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The seven science advisers Barack Obama has chosen are surely the most distinguished group of scientists at the highest levels of government in decades.
As America struggles with such weighty issues as the war in Iraq, the foundering economy and the run-up to a historic presidential election, it may be difficult to recall that seven years ago this month the most wrenching issue facing the nation was human embryonic stem cell research.
Calmatives agents are in theory an attractive approach not only for national security purposes but also for domestic policing. However, the time lag between the release of a substance and its effect on targeted individuals makes currently available opiates such as fentanyl poor candidates for such uses. It is not well understood, for instance, why the group holding the Moscow Theater hostages did not react when it became apparent that something was going on in the confines of the building, but perhaps they were so overcome with exhaustion that they did not register events quickly enough. Whatever the explanation, there is no assurance that future hostage-takers bent on suicide could be managed in this way.
In 1985 the American public was treated to detailed information about President Reagan's colon when he was diagnosed and successfully treated for cancer. I wondered in a Washington Post Health Section column at that time how much intimate knowledge about a president's, or any elected official's, physical condition the American public was entitled to have. […]
Video Jonathan Moreno talks about a why the new effort in Congress to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research is vital to move research forward.
Report Report addresses uncertainties that need consideration as genetic medicine gets increasingly personal and the Senate considers genetic non-discrimination legislation.
The work of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kyoto University scientists will jump start the field of regenerative medicine, writes Jonathan Moreno.
The Center for American Progress launches a new project, Science Progress, which includes a daily blog, heavy-hitting web-content, and coming soon, a print publication.
The weight of science and the strength of bipartisanship stand behind stem cell research, yet Bush won't listen, write Moreno and Berger.
Jonathan D. Moreno recalls the life and influence of the most important progressive philosopher of the last 40 years.
I recently presented an undergraduate class with this quotation: "Some day we will realize that the prime duty, the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his blood behind him in the world, and that we have no business to perpetuate citizens of the wrong type." Most of the […]
Congress should help build on researchers' stem cell momentum, write Sam Berger and Jonathan Moreno.
Yesterday's announcement that scientists had created embryonic-like stem cells without destroying embryos is a major step forward for the field. Today, the House has a similar opportunity to advance stem cell research by passing legislation to update our federal stem cell policy. Read more here.
Report New report gives an analysis of state and federal funding for stem cell research alongside key recommendations.
As the Senate debates stem cell research legislation this week, Moreno and Berger note that science leads to life-saving cures, not ideology.


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2005 Sine Qua Non Chardonnay Mr. K The Noble Man California (half bottle)
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93 Points | Stephen Tanzer's IWC - November/December 2008
($100; for 375 ml.; 235 grams per liter of residual sugar) Orange-gold color. Wild, impressively complex bouquet of smoky apricot, mango, passion fruit, vanilla and brown spices, with a slow-building licorice quality. Round and oily, offering rich orchard and tropical fruit flavors and a deep undercurrent of dusty minerals. A lush, sweet wine that manages to be lively too. Finishes with impressive clinging sweetness and length. This completely botrytized fruit was taken from the Alban vineyard.

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WASHINGTON -- During Monday's opening session of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, senators on the judiciary committee displayed various versions of what constitutes judicial activism.
Here was Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., outside the hearing room:
"It's not activism for a judge to reverse prior law if it's a good sound decision. What's activism is if a judge makes any decision or ruling or reverses any case based on ideological, philosophical or personal views, and not the law and the facts."
Here was Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisc., during the hearing:
"That term really seems to have lost all usefulness, particularly since so many rulings of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court can fairly be described as activist in their disregard for precedent and their willingness to ignore or override the intent of Congress. At this point, perhaps we should all accept that the best definition of a judicial activist is a judge who decides a case in a way you don't like."


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In May, under pressure from the news media, Donald Trump made good on a pledge he made four months earlier: He gave $1 million to a nonprofit group helping veterans' families.
Before that, however, when was the last time that Trump gave any of his own money to a charity?
If Trump stands by his promises, such donations should be occurring all the time. In the past 15 years, Trump has promised to donate earnings from a wide variety of his money-making enterprises: "The Apprentice." Trump Vodka. Trump University. A book. Another book. If he honored all those pledges, Trump's gifts to charity would have topped $8.5 million.
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LONDON -- There were so many tears shed in Olympic Stadium on Monday night it was as if they were showing a double feature of "Brian's Song" and "Field of Dreams." Everyone, it seemed, was crying. Especially the winners.
New Yorker Jenn Suhr won the women's pole vault with a vault of 4.75 meters, then crossed the track to sob in the arms of her coach and husband, Rick Suhr. Of course, she knew the tears were going to come. Before the race, Suhr imagined what it would be like to win and she started crying. And then she thought about what it would be like if she finished fourth. "And I cried over that, too."
Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic wept, too. Sanchez won the gold medal in the 400 hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he learned that his grandmother had died the morning of his race. Devastated, he ran poorly and then made a promise to himself. He would not retire until he won a medal in her honor.
That's a heck of a promise to make when you're a 30-year-old hurdler, but Sanchez fulfilled it Monday by winning the 400 hurdles. Eight years after his first gold medal and just three weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Sanchez ran with the word "grandmother" written on his shoe and a photo of her pinned inside his bib "so she could be close to my heart." When he crossed the finish line in first place, he shouted in triumph and then dropped to his knees, kissed the photo and started sobbing.
"When I went up to the podium for my medal, it started to rain," Sanchez said. "It made me think that my grandmother was up there crying, crying tears of joy and pride."
Feel free to grab a tissue yourself if needed after that quote.
Suhr's tears were of joy, pride and about every other emotion. "I've never felt so much pressure, relief, joy and happiness all at once," she said.
That's understandable. She was competing in the wind and rain against the best pole vaulter in the world, two-time gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva, who beat her in Beijing. That silver-medal finish prompted much angst for the Suhrs -- not married at the time -- when NBC cameras picked up what sounded like harshly critical comments from Rick regarding Jenn's performance. "I took a beating in 2008 when that NBC camera hit me," he said.
The critique wasn't meant in that way, though. Suhr and her husband simply have their own way of making their relationship work. They train and motivate and argue as coach and athlete in a Quonset building on their property, then go inside the house and resume their relationship as husband and wife.
"It's definitely something we had to learn how to do, being married and having our training facility like 50 meters in the backyard," Jenn Suhr said. "A lot of it we used to carry over into the house. It's definitely hard to separate the relationship and the pole vault. But one thing we learned is that pole vault is something that we do, but it's not our life."
"We are completely dependent on each other for our success. Completely," Rick said. "I don't think there is a more unique relationship between a coach and an athlete -- or a more dependent one. It's good. Together we gain momentum. I believe in Jenn completely. And Jenn believes in me completely. And I think after tonight a lot more people will believe in what we do."
Sanchez became the oldest hurdler to win the gold medal in his event and in doing so, overcame four long years when he was all but written off as a contender. As he got older and older, the promise to his late grandmother became less likely to be fulfilled. But he kept trying.
"I was fighting my age and fighting their youth," he said. "Obviously, I wanted to win a medal, and I knew that 33 was the age of the oldest medalist."
Sanchez was born in New York and grew up in San Diego but he runs for the Dominican Republic because his parents are from that country. He and Angelo Taylor of the United States have been alternating as Olympic champion for the past 12 years, with Taylor winning in 2000 and 2008 before finishing a disappointing fifth Monday.
"At the end of the day I didn't achieve my goal but I still am blessed and happy," said Taylor, 33. "I won two Olympic gold medals. Not many men can say that. Before today, only two people had done it -- now Felix is in that company."
Taylor was emotional as well, falling short of a third gold medal in what will be his final Olympics. As was American Kerron Clement, who despite finishing last was so overcome with happiness to compete in the Olympics that he, too, teared up and had to walk away.
But it was that sort of night at the stadium, a night to give your all on the track and then let the tears flow.
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Big rig crash blocks lanes on I-5 during wet commute
North, south lanes blocked near Seamas
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A big rig crash is blocking lanes on Interstate 5 during a wet Thursday morning commute in Sacramento County.
Commuters face rain, wind advisory in Sacramento
See photos from the scene
Both north and south lanes are blocked by the big rig. Northbound traffic has been slowed down as a result of the crash near the Seamas exit.
The California Highway Patrol said the truck was traveling southbound when it lost control, crashing into the center divide.
The tractor-trailer remains on the southbound and northbound lanes.
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DT Williams 'Day-to-Day' with Ankle Injury
Wednesday's practice was the mix and match variety, with players from all over the apparent recent depth chart playing with the top offensive and defensive units at one point or another.
The staff wanted to give some older, more experienced vets the day off, including Corey Cooper and Josh Mitchell in the defensive backfield. Both players are at 100 percent health, Bo Pelini said, but got the day off. Pelini said he wanted to see some hypotheticals for some "specific" info in some "what if?" scenarios.
Some players were held out with injuries however, including defensive tackles Kevin Williams after suffering a scary-looking leg injury last week. Pelini said however Williams' leg injury is just "day-to-day," and occurred in the ankle rather than the knee as originally thought.
"It's a very mild one," he said of William's injury. "I think it just scared him more than anything. When you've been through what he's been through, I can see why."
–Sam Burtch, Ryne Reeves, Zach Sterup, Brandon Reilly and Andy Janovich didn't participate in practice either. Long snapper Gabe Miller still remains out, with Pelini unsure about his potential to return. "Our long snapping is getting better. We have options there, so I feel comfortable," he said. As for Miller returning for the first game: "Right now I would say we're not counting on it."
–True freshman D.J. Foster played on the defensive line Wednesday, despite playing offensive line to this point. Pelini said he thought of the switch to give practice depth after Williams went down, with Foster having played defense in high school.
As for (now former) defensive tackle Aaron Curry, Pelini said he's no longer with the team and has been released from his scholarship.
"He didn't like the fact that he was the fifth tackle," Pelini said. "There you go."
–The early offensive mix and match looks gave some interesting scenarios, with a 3-receiver set of Jordan Westerkamp, Jamal Turner and Taariq Allen making for an interesting matchup problem for the defense. Earlier in fall camp, offensive coordinator Tim Beck said the offense has considered formations to put both slot receivers on the field at the same time.
The offensive mixing gave Terrell Newby plenty of reps with the No. 1 offense, where he had one snap that led to the play of the day. Newby made a jump cut on a off-tackle run to the left, hitting a small gap that was all but filled by the linebacker. Newby and Imani Cross were both impressive catching the ball out the the backfield as well.
–Linebacker Zaire Anderson lit up when asked about the defense possibly surprising some people this season. "Yeah, I think we're gonna surprise some people this fall," he said with an uncharacteristically big grin. "I just think people don't really know how good we are this year, and we're going to show them. We're going to keep trying to get better and keep pushing. I think we can have a good defense in the Big Ten."
With nearly all defenders having starting or playing time last season, Anderson said the experience shows.
"I think we're really ahead," he said. "I think just everyone knows their assignment more, and everyone's been on the defense for a year, so that helped us out a lot this year."
–The offensive line may have seen the most shifting among starters and backups, with Matt Finnin, Givens Price and Chongo Kondolo all having solid days with the ones. You can tell Finnin is a violent players who plays past the whistle. Price and Kondolo make an interesting combination on the right side at tackle and guard respectively, and it appears that Price is making the most of his time with the top offense in Sterup's absence.
–It seemed like Wednesday had the most scout team play. Last week Pelini said the Huskers would mostly practice "good on good" until this week, and that was certainly true Wednesday. Mick Stoltenberg, Peyton Newll and Luke Gifford were notable names on the scout defense, but Pelini did not give any indication about their status for redshirt possibilities.[nggallery id=138]


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House in Sa Rapita with shared pool
Size120 m²
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- Parking available
- Pool
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3 bedroom house with garden in 'El Paraiso'. A family residential complex from 6 km. to Sa Rapita and 9km. to Campos.
Family holiday, pool and tennis, sun, relax, from 8km. Es Trenc beach
Sleeps 6 people. 3 bedrooms in this duplex house with shared swimming pool
Living room with international TV. The room has access to a covered terrace become summer lounge.
Equipped kitchen has access to the back garden with table and chairs for outdoor dining and a portable barbecue.
2 bedrooms with 2 single beds each and a bathroom with shower.
1 bedroom with double bed and bathroom with shower / bath in suite.
Open sitting room with a sofa and a library
Besides the gardens, pool and tennis community, the house has 2 small private gardens, in the front and back.
Baby cot on request at no extra charge (no sheets provided).
1 set of bed linen is provided, along with blankets and 1 set of towels per person (toilet and shower). Must bring your beach towels.
Large gardens and outdoor unheated pool with shallow area for children. It is shared with few neighbors, about 25 houses. Family atmosphere. Tables, chairs and loungers for free.
Two community tennis courts, outdoor (not sports equipment provided)
In the coastline of Sa Rapita, there are supermarkets, bakery,...and restaurants with terraces overlooking the sea and the silhouette of Cabrera Island.
'El Paraíso' is located between two Yacht clubs, S'Estanyol and Sa Rapita both organize several lessons of water sports like sailing for children and adults.
To 5 minutes driving distance from the beaches of Sa Rapita, Ses Covetes and Es Trenc.
South of Mallorca and specialy residential area 'El Paraíso' is perfect if you are looking for enjoy a quiet holiday with the best weather of the island and beautiful lanscapes. Sun, beach and relax.
Car is essential.
There is always place to park the car on the street in front of the house.
The rental of this property is based on the Spanish Law on Urban Leases (29/1994, 24th November). According to this law the property is available for seasonal renting, however, the contract does not offer any tourist service. It is only for the use and enjoyment of the property.
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Merce and Victoria were very nice hosts. We enjoyed our stay very much, although we feel the house itself needed/needs a few renovations. We were unlucky during our stay to have had flying ants and ants entering the living room area during the evenings, finding in the mornings that they had exceeded into the kitchen looking for food. We had to deal with this problem ourselves, this unfortunately took some of the pleasure out of our stay.The area was lovely and relaxing and central to most places. The swimming pool and other facilities lived up to our expectations, taking price level into consideration.
We really enjoyed the house, the hostess was very friendly. This morning we had to rely on punctuality due to the flight - and there was! The pool has met our expectations. All in all a very enjoyable week!
Wir haben das Haus sehr genossen, auch die Gastgeberin war sehr freundlich. Heute morgen waren wir wegen des Fluges auf Pünktlichkeit angewiesen - und die war da! Auch der Pool hat unsere Erwartungen erfüllt.
Alles in allem eine sehr erfreuliche Woche!
Perfect apartment for our long weekend stay in Palma. The terrace was an amazing space to eat breakfast, have drinks, and sunbathe. It's really central in the old town, but very quiet at night as it's on a street of shops. Beds were comfortable, shower was powerful, and the kitchen was well equipped, and the whole apartment was really clean and spacious.
Merce and Victoria were lovely hosts and gave us tips about local beaches and restaurants. We would certainly recommend this apartment.
We really enjoyed our stay in Palma de Mallorca. Our hosts were very nice, friendly and easy to talk to. Merce showed us the most important places (buses, best beaches&clubs etc) on the map and she also gave us great advice - for example where are the most spectacular caves and how to get there. Also, the apartment was very clean and tidy and there was everything we needed. One thing we would like to point out is that, even though the apartment is in the old town and the days seemed so-so busy and loud, the nights were very quiet. :)
We recommend staying in this beautiful apartment.
A Lovely apartement. Fantastic! A historic feeling in the heart of Palma.
Close to the mercado at placa olivar, so we did all the shopping there and cooked in the kitchen. When we eat supper we had the pulse outside on placa Mayor.
Nice beds and no disturbance from the Square or the street.
Busses where easy to get from Plaza espana or la rambla. Nr 25 to playa Palma in 15 min.
Mercé and Victoria are helpfull and gave nice advice of things to do.
We really recommend this!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Merce & Victoria for the great stay in Mallorca!
It was such a great experience to meet Merce and Victoria and have stayed in their wonderful apt. The apt at a perfect location, right at the place major, you basically middle of everything, without to be disturbed in the night, because it is in a quiet street right at the place major.
The apt itself is very clean, bright and has this Mallorca charm of old windows and high celling, but also modernized for a comfortable use, the best is the elevator, it was so important for our big stroller and of course for the two small kids. The real apt is even much nicer than the impression from the photographs. Merce even asked us whether we would need two baby beds, which she would place it before our arrival. We finally asked for one, and this was indispensable.
We were really been welcomed very warmly and additonally with all maps and restaurant tips. We followed all the tips and must say that this was really the best we can find during our stay.
The apt was the best, what could happen to our trip! Thank you Merce & Victoria for everything and all your tips!!! We will definitely book this apt again by our next visit to Palma!!!
It was a very nice holiday in Palma and we liked the flat very much, aswell as your kindness.
See you again!
We had some fantastic days in Mercè and Victorias flat in Palma. The Flat has everything you need to feel at home instantly. Mercè was so friendly and kind and provided us with all Information we needed. She was there absolutely punctual to give us a warm welcome.
The flat is well-equipped and has everything you need to be happy - Even spices and Oil for the cooking were there :) The bed was excellent. We slept very well.
The location of the flat was very central. We basically fell out of the door onto the Placa Major!! A Dream. We will certainly book this flat again!! Thank you Mercè and Victoria
Only met Merce is who came to give us the keys. Lovely. A good time with us explaining the city with a map and recomedándonos sites remained.
The apartment, completely new and renovated, has a bedroom with a double bed and a wardrobe with plenty of capacity, very large kitchen-living room with a sofa bed, air conditioning, TV, wifi and ... practically everything. And a bath, not great, but who lacked neither the dryer. Both the bedroom and the living room have a floor to ceiling windows which let in plenty of light and you can hover to see the narrow street, a few meters from the main square, where it is located.
I would say the apartment and especially its location is charming and very comfortable. Besides other floor apartments are companies, so you do not bother or upset them at night
The kitchen also has everything, even the typical things that never there when you go into an apartment and you have to buy, such as oil, sugar etc.
It has washing machine, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, etc. For course also TV (LCD) and even a stereo in the bedroom.
It was a very pleasant stay. If I go back to Palma, I try to do this same place.
Conocimos solo a Mercé que es quien vino a darnos las llaves. Encantadora. Se quedó un buen rato con nosotros explicándonos la ciudad con un mapa y recomedándonos sitios.
El apartamento, completamente nuevo y reformado, tiene un dormitorio con una cama de matrimonio y un armario con mucha capacidad, un salón-cocina muy grande con un sofá cama, aire acondicionado, TV, wifi y...prácticamente de todo. Y un baño, no muy grande, pero al que no le faltaba ni el secador. Tanto el dormitorio como el salón, tienen unos ventanales del techo al suelo por los que entra muchísima luz y a los que te puedes asomar para ver la estrecha calle, a escasos metros de la plaza mayor, en el que se encuentra.
Diría que tanto el apartamento como especialmente su ubicación, tienen mucho encanto y son muy cómodos. Además el resto de apartamentos de la planta son empresas, por lo que ni molestan ni les molestas por la noche
La cocina tiene también de todo, incluso las tipicas cosas que nunca hay cuando vas a un apartamento y tienes que comprar, como aceite, azúcar etc.
Cuenta con lavadora, frigorifico, microondas, tostadora, etc.Por supuesto también televisión (LCD) e incluso una minicadena en el dormitorio.
Fue una estancia muy agradable. Si vuelvo a Palma, intentaré hacerlo a este mismo lugar.
The meeting point was easy to find and Victoria gave us a warm welcome (thank you again for the water, Victoria!). The flat is perfect located for all shopping addicts and also for people who like to explore Palma by night. The flat is equipped with everything you need, but because of hundreds of bars and restaurants in the neighbourhood we only used the kitchen for a coffee in the morning. We stayed in the apartment in June (hot) so we had the windows open at night. For this reason we couldn't sleep as good as home, as we heared all people while walking through this narrow street at night (the two single beds are comfortable).
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Tommy Chong Remains in High Spirits Despite Cancer Diagnosis
Originally posted 06/18/2015 07:35PM
Tommy Chong is keeping his sense of humor intact during a difficult time.
DWTS: Which Couple Didn't Make It to the Finals?
Originally posted 11/17/2014 10:15PM
The final five couples took to the stage for this week's Dancing with the Stars semifinals, and while each duo had impressive performances, one couple had to be sent home. This week Tommy Chong and Peta Murgatroyd took their final bows on the dance floor after performing two dances to different types of music – one plugged and the other unplugged – for this week's theme.
"I've just showed that old stoners can perform when they need to!" joked Chong during his final send-off.
Here's how the couples fared:
VIDEO: Tommy Chong Explains His Suggestive Remark on Dancing with the Stars
Originally posted 11/11/2014 02:30PM
After wrapping up his suggestive dance with Sharna Burgess and Peta Murgatroyd on Monday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars, Tommy Chong capped things off with a suggestive remark to the judges – which had the audience roaring with laughter but left Burgess and Murgatroyd looking mortified.
What was he thinking?!
PEOPLE caught up with the Cheech & Chong star, 76, backstage after the show to ask him just that. And it turns out he's been reining himself in this whole season – acting out in rehearsals but holding back on the show in the interest of decorum.
DWTS: Who Got the Boot Before Tommy Chong?
Originally posted 11/10/2014 10:30PM
Going with great news – rather than just a great performance – is the best way to start off Dancing with the Stars. To that end, Monday's installment killed it with the bulletin that oldie but goodie Tommy Chong made it for another week!
But Chong getting to stay meant that a (high-scoring) celebrity had to go. So it was a surprise when Lea Thompson – who looked stunning while performing some of her best dances – was named as the next hoofer to leave the ballroom.
"I just feel really great. I feel strong and I'm anxious to get back to my day job on Switched at Birth," Thompson said. "I love this man [Artem Chigvintsev] and he's a new pro and I think he did a great job with me."
DWTS: Who Was Finally Eliminated on Monday's Show?
Originally posted 11/03/2014 10:30PM
It was a Dynamic Duos theme under the mirror ball on Dancing with the Stars Monday but the night's Tarzan – better known as Michael Waltrip – couldn't swing enough votes to keep him and his Jane inside the fringe jungle.
The racecar driver became the latest celebrity to leave the ABC show.
"It was a chance to do something that was more emotional than it was physical, to get to experience the wonderful cast, to get to know Emma's heart and who she is as a person," Waltrip told host Tom Bergeron. "I'm happy I got to be here and sad I have to go."
"I'm so emotional," added his pro Emma Slater. "He's made me a better person. You meet these people and he has a big heart. I'll be a better person for the rest of my life."
Whose Waltz Scared the Judges and Lost Him a Chance for the Mirror Ball Trophy?
Originally posted 10/27/2014 10:40PM
How's this for scary: Judge Len Goodman started the night in a casket!
It was an appropriate opening because the returning judge had to help sound the death knell for Antonio Sabato Jr.
No matter how many times the soap star went shirtless under the mirror ball this season, he and partner Cheryl Burke just couldn't keep the judges, or viewers, happy.
"I danced with one of the best in the world," Sabato Jr. said. "It's all about the fans and that's why I am here."
DWTS: Which Celeb Threw His Partner a Little Too Much?
Originally posted 10/13/2014 10:30PM
No one got eliminated Monday on Dancing with the Stars but there were lots of new – and hazardous! – moves going on under the mirror ball.
"Bang Bang" singer Jessie J had the unenviable task of guest judging on a night that involved switch-ups among the duos – and not everybody got the partner they deserved. (Tough luck, Michael Waltrip!)
Look Who Has New Partners on Dancing with the Stars
Originally posted 10/09/2014 08:30AM
Was Peta Murgatroyd the best partner for Tommy Chong?
Betsey Johnson Was Sent Home on Dancing with the Stars
Originally posted 10/06/2014 10:30PM
It was "Most Memorable Year" night on the dance floor – though it should have been called let's gets super sad and personal because of all the teary-eyed video packages. But even a moving tribute to her adult daughter couldn't save designer Betsey Johnson on a night that gave America (or at least those on the East Coast) a chance to vote in place of the still-missing judge Len Goodman.
"Thank you, thank you, mostly to Tony, to my fans, this has been the best wonderful thing," said Johnson at the end of the show. "It's just been a trip, a big trip!"
The designer who started the night out in jeopardy earned a fairly respectable 29 after performing a panty-flashing handstand in her number with Tony Dovolani. "I think I saw your Victoria's Secret!" quipped judge Bruno Tonioli.
Randy Couture Was Sent Home on Dancing with the Stars
Originally posted 09/29/2014 10:25PM
Even on a night that saw two perfect scores on Dancing with the Stars, someone still had to leave the ballroom for good.
Sadly, Randy Couture and Karina Smirnoff began the night knowing they were in jeopardy. Based on scores from viewers and the judges last week, the duo became the third couple to leave the dance floor.
"It's been a great experience, putting myself out there and trying something new," said Couture.
Besides a roof-raising appearance by guest judge Kevin Hart, lots of other fun surprises happened underneath the mirror ball Monday. Here were the scores:
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The lockout has really put a damper on any and all NBA conversations. One of the saddest casualties of this mess are the summer leagues in which the rookies would have participated. It was exciting to see a lot of the league's young talent going at it.
Assuming the 2011-12 season isn't cancelled entirely, the regular season may be the first time we get to see the likes of Jimmer Fredette, Kemba Walker and Kyrie Irving.
With that in mind, it's kind of difficult to predict what kind of impact this rookie class will have. Even still, I'm going to try. Here are some bold predictions for each of the 30 first-rounders' rookie seasons...
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Students go back to school during flu seasonUPDATED 7:53 AM CST Jan 13, 2014
Students go back to school in the middle of a very busy flu season.Video Transcript
YELLOW ON THE MAP. IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL AND WORK AGAIN AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK WITH A BAD CASE OF THE FLU. 40/29 S UGOCHI ILOKA TELLS US IF THIS LONG CHRISTMAS BREAK HURT OR HELPED THE FLU OUTBREAK. SHE'S LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE RIGHT NOW MANY ARE GETTING READY FOR WORK AND OTHERS ARE GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO CAUGHT THE FLU OVER THE BREAK WILL PROBABLY MAKE A TRIP ... HERE TO THE PAT WALKER HEALTH CENTER BEFORE HEADING BACK TO CLASS. A NURSE WE SPOKE TO SAYS THIS WINTER BREAK THEY'VE BEEN SEEN MORE FLU CASES IN YOUNG ADULTS. SHE SAYS MOST YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24 USUALLY DON'T GET THERE FLU SHOTS BEFORE FLU SEASON HITS. KIDS ARE AT MORE RISK OF GETTING THE FLU IF NOT VACCINATED, BECAUSE THEY PICK UP ON GERMS A LOT FASTER THAN OTHERS. A NURSE TELLS US THE MORE TIME KIDS SPEND AT HOME A WAY FROM EACH OTHER THE LESS LIKELY THE FLU OUTBREAK WILL SPREAD. MEGAN MERRIGAN NURSE PRACTITIONER "If the flu starts before Christmas break then it's a little bit better because everyone can go to their homes and be separate." AND MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD THE FLU THIS SEASON, THERE IS A CHANCE YOU COULD GET IT AGAIN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TAKEN THE FLU SHOT. LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE, UGOCHI ILOKA 40/29 NEWS. AND SOME CLINICS SAW SHORTAGE OF THE FLU VACCINE IN THEIR OFFICES THIS SEASON BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT
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After Years of Insecurities, Kim Kardashian Proclaims, "I'm Proud of My Curves," and Reveals How She Got That Body!
Believe it or not, arriving at this bikini photo op has taken a long time for Kardashian, 28. The second of four children, she recalls bypassing her older sister Kourtney on the puberty fast lane, developing "huge boobs and a butt" by age 11. In 2006 she found fame as Paris Hilton's BFF and Nick Lachey's blink-and-you-missed-it love interest. But the spotlight brought a harsh glare: She quickly earned the nickname The Tush from bloggers who scrutinized her weight. "I wasn't heavy, but I was being criticized left and right," she says now. "It really brought me down."
As Kim's stardom grew, thanks in part to the hit E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, her confidence sagged. Despite a shape most women would kill for—with 128 lbs. on her 5'3" frame, she was a size 6, she says—Kim wouldn't walk on the beach without a cover-up. "I'm most self-conscious about my thighs," she says. "Everyone talks about this great butt I had, but I was so unhappy about it."
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Such a proactive approach has gotten Kardashian through her public love life. Her marriage of more than three years to music producer Damon Thomas ended in 2003; a few years later a private sex tape she made with R&B singer Ray J, her then-boyfriend, leaked onto the Internet. "No one should be judged by one mistake," she says. "It's how you handle yourself after the mistake. You have to learn from things." And in July she ended her two-year relationship with NFL running back Reggie Bush, 24. "That was really hard," Kim says. "We both have a lot of love and respect for each other," hinting that the door might still be open down the line for a reconciliation (in fact, the two were spotted spending time together last month in New Orleans, though they remain split for now). "Sometimes people need a break to put things in perspective. Everything was amicable; it just wasn't working right now. But you never know what will happen."
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July 11, 2008
Bipartisan efforts to get U.S. fishermen health insurance continue to gain traction.
This week, the California state Senate in a 22-14 vote approved a resolution by Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) urging Congress to pass the Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act of 2008. Wiggins' resolution now moves to the state Assembly.
The act would create a health insurance fund and provide affordable health care coverage for commercial fishermen and their families.
"The fishing community is under-insured relative to most other industries because of the danger of the job, the migratory nature of the fishing fleets, and the irregular cash flow of the industry," Wiggins, who chairs the Joint Legislative Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, said in a press statement released on Monday.
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You can learn more about the health care bill and easy ways to contact your legislators by visiting the Fishermen's Partnership Health Plan Web site http://www.fphp.org as well as the Commercial Fishermen of America Web site http://www.cfafish.org/actionalerts.html.
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Web posted Monday, August 24, 1998 5:02 a.m. CT
Resigned to the fact
Clinton should resign
By JOYCE A. ECKHARDT
Letter to the Editor
I have followed Bill Clinton's career since he began to make news while he was the governor of Arkansas and have concluded that he lies only when he speaks in public or in private. His ability to obtain and retain the highest political office in the land (while still lying) has earned him the title "Slick Willie."
It really angers me that that is the way I think of my president. Slick Willie has so dishonored the highest office in the land that for the first time in my life (I go back to FDR), I have no respect for my president.
Slick Willie is no longer quite so slick since his confession that he lied to everyone has stripped away one layer of slime. Hopefully, other layers will quickly follow. He has disgraced himself and humiliated his country. He should resign immediately.
If he has one iota of character, he will resign.
If he has a shred of morality, he will resign.
If he has even a smidgen of honor, he will resign.
If he has a particle of compassion for his country, he will resign.
Does anyone think that he will resign?
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Since when is the Oval Office a bedroom?
It is a public office where the president is supposed to be running the free world. Where do people get off saying his latest affair was conducted in the privacy of his own bedroom? Is it because they feel guilty for thinking it is all right for the leader of our country to behave in such a fashion?
We have many more important problems than worrying about the private bedroom life of Bill Clinton. Can't people use their common sense and realize this is no way for our kids to see the leader of our country conducting himself? He preaches about moral values, then exhibits no morality in his own life.
As Americans, we are followers. We are ready to complain about events but are too laid back and accept things the way they are handed to us.
"It's all right Mr. Clinton is an adulterer and a liar," some say. "It doesn't affect the way the man does his job."
No! It is not all right and it has to affect the way he does his job. Behavior like Mr. Clinton's tears families apart. It affects the youth of today and leaders of tomorrow.
Who do people blame for there being so many gangs and hoodlums today? They blame it on the parents. Stop blaming the parents and blame it on today's leaders (and liars).
People are so ready to discharge members of the armed services when they commit adultery, and I did not see any comments calling their behavior something done in the privacy of their bedrooms. Everyone thought it affected the way they did their jobs. The same standards of conduct should apply to Mr. Clinton.
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ImageWare Releases Q4 2015 Earnings Statement
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ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, is partnering with CDW Corporation (CDW), a leading provider of integrated IT solutions, to provide customers with IWS biometric authentication products for cloud and mobile use cases.
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ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, has issued financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, as well as a corporate update to highlight the company's progress since its last quarterly update on May 11, 2015.
- Awarded patents by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and Patent Office of Australia for technology used in ImageWare's multi-modal Biometric Engine® product.
- Signed agreement with OnlineAuction.com to provide ImageWare's patented GoVerifyID® mobile biometric security software to 200,000 online auction members, beginning August 2015.
- Signed a three year licensing agreement with Lockheed Martin under which ImageWare will integrate its patented Biometric Engine into the Lockheed Martin cloud-based multimodal biometric IDHaystack® Identity as a Service Platform.
"ImageWare's strategy to target large IT service providers and deliver security for their cloud and mobile customers remains on track," said Jim Miller, ImageWare's chairman and CEO. "Ultimately our model is dependent upon our partners, and we have formed very significant relationships with Fujitsu, TransUnion, CA Technologies, IBM, Deutsche Telekom, Agility, Extenua, and more recently, with Lockheed Martin and Online Auction. All of these partners have now moved from the testing to integration phase and some are even moving to the launch of aggressive marketing campaigns.
"These companies see and live in the same world as we do -- a world that saw 50% of all organizations experience some form of data breach in the last 12 months, with two-thirds of those breaches involving the compromise of pins and passwords. So we have the right products in the right place at precisely the right time. We believe that we are now at the start of large consumer adoption and that our technology will be front and center as that rollout commences."
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Updated July 14, 2015
ImageWare Systems Announces License Agreement With Lockheed Martin
ImageWare Will Integrate Its Biometric Engine Into the Lockheed Martin IDHaystack Identity as a Service (IDaaS) Platform
Imageware Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, has executed a three year licensing agreement with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) under which ImageWare will integrate its patented Biometric Engine® into the Lockheed Martin cloud-based multimodal biometric, IDHaystack(SM) Identity as a Service (IDaaS) Platform. Lockheed Martin will offer the identity service to the federal government and other customers through its FedRAMP approved government community cloud -- SolaS®.
"Lockheed Martin is a well-recognized, world class company and we both pride ourselves on delivering superior world class biometric products and technology to our markets and partners," said Jim Miller, Imageware's chairman and CEO. "We believe that the IWS Biometric Engine will provide our partners at Lockheed Martin with a distinct advantage as they pursue opportunities in the Identity Management market."
"The IDHaystack(SM) service is an innovative new way to offer open backend storage and matching capabilities to support virtually any biometric-enabled operation using one or more customer-selected algorithms for common as well as advanced biometrics," said John Mears, senior fellow, IT and security solutions at Lockheed Martin. "Partnering with ImageWare Systems allows us to more quickly offer advanced, secure, cloud-based capability to our customers and to their missions." For more information: ImageWare Systems,www.iwsinc.com
Updated July 6, 2015
OnlineAuction.com to Deploy IWS GoVerifyID to Provide Security and Speed for Members
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, has executed an agreement with OnlineAuction.com (OLA) to provide ImageWare's patented GoVerifyID® mobile biometric security software to 200,000 online auction members, beginning in August 2015.
OnlineAuction.com, also known as OLA.com, provides online auctioning services throughout the world via the internet and is expecting significant expansion later this year as it begins to service the Asia-Pacific marketplace. OLA members will access their accounts via biometric authentication of their identity; using voice and facial recognition. OnlineAuction.com will utilize the IWS product under a software as a service agreement, paying a monthly service fee.
"GoVerifyID is the premier mobile biometric authentication product in the biometric industry, and we are pleased to partner with an equally premier provider of online auction services," said Jim Miller, chairman and CEO of ImageWare. "We look forward to delivering both ease and speed of service to their several hundred thousand users."
"OLA customers have long appreciated our quality, service and integrity," said Chris Fain, president of OnlineAuctions.com. "To that list, we now add the option of state-of-the-art security for our users via ImageWare's GoVerifyID. This technology will ease the log in and use process, as well as provide a quick, safe and efficient alternative to passwords."
ImageWare estimates the contract value to be approximately $3.6 million over a 12 month period, following delivery. For more information: ImageWare Systems, www.iwsinc.com
Updated July 1, 2015
ImageWare Systems Granted Patents in Canada and Australia for Multi-Modal Biometric Platform
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, has been awarded patent number 2,588,078 by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and patent number 2005307863 by the Patent Office of Australia for technology used in the company's multi-modal biometric ID and authorization system. This technology is marketed by ImageWare as the IWS Biometric Engine®. Imageware had also been previously awarded the patent on this technology in the United States.
The IWS Biometric Engine® is a real-time, highly scalable, high performance database supporting enrollment and multiple kinds of biometrics. It is algorithm independent and protects a user's technology investment by allowing new and improved biometric algorithms as well as new biometric modalities to be added without impacting the rest of an identity solution.
"Our unique and patented biometric technology offers users customizable security solutions to support population databases of unlimited sizes, as well as a wide variety of biometric types," said Jim Miller, chairman and CEO of ImageWare. "As the need for security continues to rise with the evolution of technology, these patents, along with the rest of our technology portfolio, enable us to capitalize on this fast-growing industry and affirms our position as a leader in multi-modal biometrics in our home market as well as abroad."
The IWS Biometric Engine is a scalable technology that enables government and commercial enterprises to biometrically search and match populations for identity confirmation. The platform is a hardware and algorithm agnostic system that allows users to achieve identity confirmation through an array of enrolled biometric types, including: finger, face, iris, hand geometry, palm, signature, DNA, voice, 3D face, and retina.
The IWS Biometric Engine is available as a web-based solution, as well as a software developer's kit that enables system integrators to build custom applications or incorporate the functionality into existing applications. For more information: ImageWare Systems,www.iwsinc.com
Updated March 16, 2015
Extenua and ImageWare Deliver Revolutionary Enterprise Secure Cloud Storage
Cloud2Drive™ and GoVerifyID™ create the first end-to-end enterprise secure cloud storage, data encryption and multi-modal biometric identity management platform for office and mobile devices.
Extenua Inc., a pioneering developer of enterprise security software that simplifies the use and access of ubiquitous cloud storage, announced a strategic partnership with Imageware Systems, Inc., a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions. The partnership delivers the industry's first enterprise grade, end-to-end secure cloud storage platform.
With pricing at just dollars per-user per-month, Cloud2Drive™ is a software-only solution. Cloud2Drive requires no VPNs, gateways or other appliance-based hardware, eliminating their single-point-of-failure risks and bottlenecks. Key features include:
"Enterprises large and small face security challenges in taking advantage of the productivity and economics of cloud storage. Extenua Cloud2Drive makes shared cloud storage secure, easy-to-access and simple to deploy with either new or existing cloud storage deployments and providers," said Extenua Chief Executive Officer Steve Visconti. "Applying superior encryption techniques and multi-modal biometric identity management features provides a secure, unified enterprise platform without precedent. No matter the cloud service provider and scheme deployed—public, private, and hybrid—the security, flexibility and cost savings of Cloud2Drive more fully leverage enterprise data assets."
"Partnering with Extenua makes advanced biometric authentication for cloud storage a reality," said, Jim Miller, Imageware Chairman and CEO. "Combining Extenua's revolutionary secure cloud storage with GoVerifyID allows the enhanced levels of security the enterprise is looking for. ImageWare GoVerifyID™'s out-of-band biometric authentication product delivers advanced fraud-prevention capabilities to organizations. Biometric authentications including voice, eye, signature, fingerprint and facial recognition, provide an additional enterprise-grade security layers and fraud defense for cloud storage users. Biometrics also delivers the most effective, most seamless security solution for mobile data and users."
Updated March 13, 2015
Agility and ImageWare Partner to Bring Biometric Solutions to New Markets
Agility (KSE: AGLTY), a leading global supplier of logistics, and ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, announced their agreement to partner and sell biometric solutions to Agility partners and clients throughout the Middle East Gulf Coast region and in other parts of the world where Agility operates.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will create a new joint venture company, operated and managed by Agility. Agility, which is based in Kuwait, will operate the partnership, its sales, and its marketing efforts in the region. ImageWare will provide its proven biometric technology under a software sales agreement for the licensed territory. ImageWare will receive a Technology Transfer Fee from the joint venture company. ImageWare's products, such as CloudID® and GoVerifyID®, will be sold and distributed by the joint venture company to Agility partners in the region and in other parts of the world. The companies anticipate that the joint venture will be operational in the second quarter of 2015.
As its first priority, the joint venture will target airport and customs brokerage venues where Agility is under contract to provide services, as well as other commercial opportunities in the region.
"Biometrics can play an integral role in providing additional security to supply chain management," said Jim Miller, ImageWare's chairman and CEO. "ImageWare is both proud and excited to be a partner with one of the world's largest and most successful supply chain and logistics company. Agility's global relationships and their world class expertise in air, ocean, and road freight, supply chain systems, and warehousing will bring ImageWare's products and technologies to new and large markets."
Updated January 13, 2015
ImageWare Systems Joins as an Advanced Partner in the CA Technologies Tech Partner Program
ImageWare's Patented Biometric Solutions to Integrate and Operate with CA Security Products
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, is participating in the CA Technologies (CA) Tech Partner Program with an Advanced Partner membership status.
CA Technologies is one of the world's leading providers of IT management software and solutions. Through its Technology Partner Program, CA enables the development of value-added integrations for its products, such as ImageWare's patented biometric solutions.
As an Advanced Partner in the program, ImageWare will work with CA to integrate its GoVerifyID™ product, which is anchored by the Biometric Engine® 2.0, with CA Single Sign-On, CA Identity Manager and CA Advanced Authentication. These products will be delivered on premise or as a service.
"ImageWare is honored to collaborate with this world class enterprise by integrating our patented biometric products with the CA family of identity and access management solutions," said Jim Miller, chairman and CEO of ImageWare. "We look forward to providing further details about the program following its commercialization later this quarter."
For more information about the CA Technologies Tech Partner Program, please visit the company's website here.
Updated November 14, 2014
ImageWare Systems Debuts Biometrics-as-a-Service Identity Authentication Solution Combined With FUJITSU Retail Solution Market Place
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) (ImageWare), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, announced today that their GoVerifyID™ software application will be demonstrated within an omni-channel workflow transacting with the FUJITSU Retail Solution Market Place. The demo, with GoVerifyID identity authentication running on the FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5, will be shown at next week's Fujitsu Forum in Munich, Germany.
FUJITSU Retail Solution Market Place is an omni-channel Point of Service (PoS) application that allows retailers to significantly simplify and enhance the customer shopping experience and increase revenue while reducing IT costs. FUJITSU Market Place achieves this by supporting enterprise-wide transaction and order fulfillment to deliver a consistent and seamless buying experience to customers across traditional point of service, online and mobile channels.
FUJITSU Market Place breaks down the barrier between orders and in-store shopping by combining both in a single transaction. For customers, this means consistent pricing, promotions and customer experience whether online, in-store or using a mobile device. Combined with the IWS Identity Authentication Solution, retailers and customers can be more secure in their transaction processing, ensuring that the person attempting the transaction has been authenticated and verified. The result is a lower risk of transaction fraud, whether online or in a physical retail store.
"We are very pleased to demonstrate ImageWare Systems' Biometrics-as-a-Service Identity Authentication Solution at Fujitsu Forum in Munich," stated Rowan Cape, director of Global Retail Software Solutions at Fujitsu America, Inc. "Adding IWS's fast and powerful biometric authentication to transaction processing elevates the level of trust that can be established between retailers and their customers, minimizing the overall risk of fraud from the entire retail operation."
The IWS GoVerifyID identity authentication solution, in addition to being algorithm and hardware agnostic, enables plug-n-play technology and can be deployed globally as an enterprise end-to-end or modular solution that can be implemented in a matter of hours rather than days or weeks. GoVerifyID, which is a part of the GoCloudID™ platform that includes a software development kit (SDK), enables rapid integration into existing company programs and applications.
"Through our partnership with Fujitsu and their global omni-channel commerce solution, FUJITSU Market Place, the demonstration shows we can bring convenience and biometric-based security to retailing and 'e-tailing' via the omni-channel functions that Fujitsu Market Place addresses, improving customer service and overall enterprise efficiency," says Jim Miller, Chairman and CEO of ImageWare.
To learn more about ImageWare Systems GoVerifyID, please go to: http://iwsinc.com/products/goverifyid/.
Updated November 13, 2014
ImageWare Will Combine Technologies With TransUnion to Offer Biometric Authentication for Fraud Prevention
Biometric authentications, which include voice, eye, signature, fingerprint and facial recognition, provide an additional layer of fraud defense to TransUnion's and ImageWare's customers. Through the relationship, consumer identities will be thoroughly analyzed using both biometric signatures and the TransUnion ID Manager platform. Both TransUnion and ImageWare customers will benefit from new seamless access to these fraud prevention tools.
"In the past 12 months, the scope and frequency of data breaches have placed a growing burden on U.S. consumers who are often frustrated with inadequate, excessive or ineffective responses to compromised data," said Jeff Brown, vice president of identity risk solutions at TransUnion. "Through our relationship with ImageWare, we can offer customers an added level of fraud defense that helps them quickly establish a trusted relationship with consumers."
Identity verification tools help organizations verify and ensure the correct customer is accessing information or accounts, which reduces risk exposure and potential loses. With biometric authentications, organizations can ensure they are integrating advanced fraud-prevention capabilities, while gaining additional consumer trust in their security procedures.
"Biometrics are the key to effective and seamless security in mobile channels," said Jim Miller, chairman and CEO of ImageWare. "TransUnion has a record of innovation in fraud solutions for businesses and consumers. This integration with the TransUnion ID Manager platform allows us to quickly enroll users while enhancing the security of a rapidly-growing technology to the benefit of both of our customers."
Jim Miller is the Chairman and CEO of ImageWare Systems, Inc.
SecurityStockWatch.com: Thank you for joining us again today, Jim. There have been many significant positive developments at ImageWare Systems since we sat down together about 1 year ago. Please update us on your recent deals with Fujitsu, IBM and T-Systems.
Jim Miller: Thank you and always a pleasure. Fujitsu, T-Systems, and IBM are three Blue-Chip companies we have gone to market with. These large, established partners offer the support, brand name and worldwide cloud platform needed to seamlessly distribute our products.
At the beginning of April, Fujitsu announced the kick-off and worldwide expansion of our partnership model with a dedicated sales team covering the Americas. Since then, Fujitsu and ImageWare have closed a three-year agreement with a major international retailer who will use the IWS CloudID® products running in the Fujitsu cloud for face, finger, iris, and voice enrollment and matching. Additionally, Fujitsu has set up proof of concept pilots with several of their major customers, with more expected in the near future, and has kicked off sales and marketing of the partnership products in Japan and China.
Our partnership with T-Systems has led to a project with Deutsche Bahn, the German national railroad, who is slated to become the first customer receiving our joint product offering. We expect more to follow and anticipate this agreement will begin producing revenues in the fourth quarter.
While IBM's BlueMix is in the early stages, we are in active discussion with referrals from IBM BlueMix. Blue Mix is currently in the late beta stage, but is expected to be in full production during the fourth quarter of this year.
We see partnering with these third parties as a vital part of our plan to extend our brand and market; while, at the same time, serving to validate our disruptive technology as well.
SecurityStockWatch.com: In addition to Fujitsu, IBM and T-Systems, we understand that IWSY also has additional key partner relationships with CSC, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft and United Technologies, just to name a few. Please tell us more.
Jim Miller: Just as we are doing in the cloud and mobile markets, ImageWare has traditionally partnered with many large companies - with Unisys, we did the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, with IBM Global, we did the Canadian TSA, with Johnson Controls ,we supply biometric software for access control implementation, and others, such as Raytheon and CSC - to bring our patented multi-modal based identity management product suite to the government market place, which as you know, was one of the first to adopt biometric technology.Partnering is a key part of our go to market strategy. I think it's safe to say that "we play well with others." While we are able to share in the benefits of the global reach of our partners, we are also able to provide them with cutting edge biometric technology that they can use to create new revenue streams with our pioneering revenue sharing software as a service model.
SecurityStockWatch.com: It is truly a validation of ImageWare Systems' business model and market positioning to have such an extensive list of global blue chip partners. Please give us an overview of the products and solutions IWSY brings to market.
Jim Miller: Sure. ImageWare Systems delivers multi-modal biometric user authentication with patented, agnostic, plug-n-play technology. We promote interactive communication and Out-Of-Band Authentication via mobile devices, on premises, and in the cloud. Three foundational technologies form the basis of ImageWare's multi-modal biometric and credentialing offerings: Biometric Engine; GoCloudID; GoMobile Interactive.
On top of these three offerings, we also provide a turn-key software called GoVerifyID™ that enables Out-Of-Band verification using any mobile device. For the user, no mobile front end coding is required and this software can be integrated into existing enterprise applications. It can be licensed or available as part of GoCloudID's subscription.
IWS is NOT a traditional user authentication provider. Instead, we built our path here with customized multi-modal biometric solutions and inspired acquisitions, leading IWS to arrive in the biometric user authentication marketplace as a disruptor:
These combined, summarize IWS' innovation in the user authentication market.
SecurityStockWatch.com: Can we drill down a bit further into GoCloudID™, an agnostic, cloud-based, Identity Management Platform that reliably manages access to biometric enrollment & verification with no start up costs. The market drivers here seem to be very well aligned with the features and capabilities of GoCloudID™. Your thoughts?
Jim Miller: Yes, GoCloudID is a cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management platform that puts reliable, simple, and cost-effective identity verification onto your mobile applications so that you can provide fraud prevention and identity protection for your customers. It offers full (biometric and biographic) and anonymous identity management, provides rapid development and deployment of customized standard-based identity solutions; dynamic scalability allows for the space maximization of web and mobile applications; easily reconfigured to adapt to customer requirements and emerging technology. Also, GoCloudID's rapid integration with new and existing applications supports a pay-as-you-go model.
Two significant innovations differentiate this next generation identity platform:
IWS CloudID® is easily incorporated into new or existing cloud-enabled environments or integrated as cloud-ready software into traditional networked client server and data center IT infrastructures. CloudID achieves optimal performance in either configuration and is easily transitioned from non-cloud to cloud environments.
SecurityStockWatch.com: Congratulations on your recent announcement to implement a multi-modal biometric driver license system for the State of Baja California, Mexico. Can you give us a bit more color about this "win"?
Jim Miller: Sure. State of Baja California is the rapidly growing twelfth largest state by area in Mexico, with 2.8M population. IWS multi-modal software will power the driver's licenses for this state including Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate and Rosarito, as well as implement mobile stations throughout the state. The multi-modal biometric driver license system will be based on ImageWare's CloudID™ modular software platform that supports the rapid development and deployment of highly secure, yet flexible identity management solutions for the creation of credentials, including IDs, passports, driver's licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. IWS CloudID® is designed to deliver a "future proof" identity management solution, allowing unlimited population sizes and stations, as well as adding additional biometric modalities and incorporating new biometric devices. ImageWare's software will help generate more than 1.5 million licenses over the next three years.
SecurityStockWatch.com: Few companies, regardless of size, can match the track record IWSY has established:
What's next for IWSY?
Jim Miller: Quite a bit. We look forward to providing details on new partnerships as well as new users of our mobile, cloud-based products. Stay tuned.
SecurityStockWatch.com: Jim, can we discuss the Internet of Things for a moment? The benefits of IoT are clear…in seconds with our mobile devices we can pay a bill, send a gift, make a dinner reservation, check the stock market, and with ImageWare Systems' pillphone® even stay healthy! Do we have this right…that ImageWare Systems' pillphone®, a biometrically secured mobile health management application powered by GoMobile Interactive™ is an FDA-cleared application that tackles one of the toughest healthcare issues — treatment compliance?
Jim Miller: Yes, pillphone is a vertical example of what IWS' GoMobile Interactive can provide. IWS offers a cloud-based enterprise identity verification solution via mobile devices, called GoMobile Interactive™ (GMI). It is an API- driven mobile platform that combines dynamic template-based messaging with multi-modal biometrics for added security.
Leveraging GMI, IWS developed a mHealth enterprise mobile APP called pillPhone®.
The pillphone is the only FDA cleared and biometrically secured mobile platform that connects patients, physicians, nurses, other care providers, insurers, and hospitals. It can be integrated with third party data providers. It is also backed up by medication studies showcasing improved medication adherence.
SecurityStockWatch.com: The Target breach is still causing repercussions, and, there are all too many headlines suggesting that in this era of IoT, with all of its many benefits, that we are also more vulnerable. Care to comment on how biometric authentication is perhaps the key to making us more secure?
Jim Miller: Yes, the breach to Target's payment card systems during the 2013 holiday shopping season was a stark wake-up call to retailers and card-accepting enterprises across the globe. More recently we see Home Depot with a similar situation. These retailer breaches abound and cause substantial financial damage to the victims. We know many are looking for the best practice to avoid becoming the next retailer victim. We believe anonymous multi-modal biometrics may help to solve a piece of this problem.
Also, the most recent Apple iCloud incident with Hollywood celebrities reveal the weakness link in cloud services – our mobile phones. If not secured in the right way, these devices that we all carry 24/7 will expose our vulnerability to the world, in a second!
I think Lake Street Partners analyst, Jaeson Schmidt, has said this perfectly: "We are experiencing a perfect storm coming in the biometrics space: the emerging integration of biometric solutions in the consumer electronics market combined with an increased focus on preventing consumer fraud." We believe ImageWare is very well positioned in this storm.
SecurityStockWatch.com: What resources are available at ImageWare Systems for the IWSY community?
Jim Miller: Yes, we have a full list of social media that people can follow us.
Here is the list:
Follow IWS on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IWSINC
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/imageware-systems-inc.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imagewaresystems
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcTr2UMoDRfODCVBD3Ng3A
For regular news updates, bookmark the IWS newsroom: http://iwsinc.com/latestnews/


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