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It's the Second World War and an American soldier is billeted with a New Zealand family. Jackson Coop is black and his impact on the small community is far-reaching and lasting. Rex, son of the host family, learns what real heroism is; Leo - a Dalmatian - refuses to be a victim of prejudice; Dawn protects her vulnerable grandmother and demonstrates the power of loyalty.
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The deaths of Andrew Nichols and Ketitra Jones may have happened months, and for Nichols, years ago, but those charged in their cases are still making their way through the court system.
Sam Dumas Dawkins, Robert Vincent Lambert, Michael Scott West and Chad Ashley Allen
Charged with the 2009 murder of Andrew Nichols, Dawkins, Lambert, West and Allen have all joined issue and will be tried together.
According to investigators, Nichols was taken from the area of Ivy Street in Porterdale and transported to Dawkins' home on Deer Trail in Oxford. He was taken to a shed at the back of the property, beaten and shot to death, then transported to Walton County where his body was found Dec. 6, 2009.
A trial for the four men, along with their co-defendant, Tanya Wilson Owenby, who lived in the home with Dawkins, was scheduled to begin Sept. 17. However the state requested - and was granted - a continuance in the case.
District Attorney Layla Zon said that the ADA was disqualified because of inadvertently reading a sealed ex parte filing by one of the defendants. This means that the ADA cannot do anything on the case and cannot discuss what was read with anyone in the DA's office.
A new trial date has not been scheduled. Dawkins, Allen, West and Lambert are all charged with malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and concealing the death of another. Dawkins has additionally been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and theft by receiving stolen property.
Owenby faces charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of Schedule II controlled substance, trafficking methamphetamine of amphetamine, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Hannibal Wayne McMullen
McMullen is charged with the February 2012 murder of his former girlfriend Katitra Jones.
It had been less than two months since Jones had been grated a temporary protection order against McMullen for allegedly stalking and threatening her, when he reportedly chased her down Washington Street in his vehicle, shooting her while she drove her vehicle.
A judge ordered a mental health evaluation be done on McMullen to determine his degree of criminal responsibility and sanity at the time of the act.
The goal of the evaluation is to see "whether the accused had the mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong in relation to the alleged act; whether or not the presence of a delusional compulsion overmattered the defendant's ability to resist committing the alleged act."
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On Sunday at 8 pm/ET, TBS presents Earth to America!, a star-studded special organized to raise awareness of a rather large issue, the Earth itself. But what exactly is going on during the two-hour event? I mean, how can the likes of Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller and Jack Black rescue mankind? Earth to America! creator and executive producer Laurie David, wife of Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David, gave TVGuide.com a sneak peek.
TVGuide.com: Before we get started, I have to say that every time I see the title Earth to America! I think of that Tom Hanks astronaut miniseries thing.
Laurie David: The title's like, "Hello-o-o! Earth to America!" Larry actually came up with the title. It's a good one, don't you think?
TVGuide.com: But the exclamation point at the end — that was your idea, wasn't it?
David: It was, it was. I'm very impressed you focused in on the exclamation point.
TVGuide.com: Speaking of Tom Hanks, he was actually one of the first names you lined up for this, yes?
David: He was, and I will owe this guy for the rest of my life.
TVGuide.com: He does tend to be busy with the occasional movie.
David: He does, but he signed on right away, and once he signs on, everyone else signs on, which was such a great gift to me. He's a personal friend, and I'm really appreciative to him. He's got some funny stuff on Sunday night. People are not going to believe what they're going to see. It's going to be a great show; I am so excited!
TVGuide.com: We'll get to the funny stuff in a second, but first give me the Reader's Digest version of the genesis of the idea.
David: The genesis of the idea was originally to raise money for the NRDC, [National Resource Defense Council], which is an important environmental agency. I got so sick of going to rubber-chicken dinners where they were "honoring" somebody. I said, "There's got to be something else we can do besides a dinner to raise money. I'll put a show on! I'll put it in a theater, and it will be this thing called 'Earth to L.A.'" [The event] always had a keynote speaker, which was Bobby Kennedy, and I asked all my friends to participate. The last one we did, two years ago, raised $3 million in one night. After that, I had studio presidents and agents and everyone saying, 'You've got to put this on TV.'"
TVGuide.com: But you didn't serve chicken at Earth to L.A., right?
David: We did not serve chicken. I refuse to serve chicken!
TVGuide.com: What's the intended format for Earth to America!, understanding that you're dealing with a lot of hard-to-train comedians?
David: It's going to be a very fast-paced evening with lots of elements. You're going to see film pieces and monologues and some stand-up and sketch pieces. Any one segment is going to be just a few minutes long, building to a finale at the end of the show.
TVGuide.com: They're all going to do a kick line while singing "God Bless America," aren't they?
David: No, we're not! I promise you!
TVGuide.com: Any last-minute glitches?
David: I can't believe how smoothly it's going, knock on wood. Everyone's showing up in town and then rehearsals start.... We're in a position where we're cutting material, which is great. Which means it's all going on the DVD — DVD extras!
TVGuide.com: Who have been the latest additions to the lineup?
David: Let's see... Faith Hill, Conan O'Brien and Jason Alexander.
TVGuide.com: Did you have to call in any favors?
David: You know what? Jason Alexander was a favor I called in, because Marty Short was supposed to do this number, but his film shoot ran long and he couldn't do it. We called Jason, and he was like, "I'm there!"
TVGuide.com: As a husband, is Larry David nearly as curmudgeonly as he is on Curb?
David: I think so. He would disagree with that, but I would think so. The difference between the real Larry and the Larry on the show is that the Larry on the show acts out his thoughts, and the real Larry isn't really that confrontational. In fact, between the two of us, I'm much more confrontational than he is.
TVGuide.com: Did any of your relationship anecdotes ever turn up on an episode of Seinfeld?
David: Everything that ever happened to us, including every conversation, has ended up on either Seinfeld or Curb. By the time Curb came along, I was used to it. But it still surprises me — I watched an episode the other night, and there was a conversation between him and his TV wife about snuggling, and it was the exact conversation we once had.
TVGuide.com: Have you checked the bedroom for microphones?
David: I was like, "What the heck?!" I don't see the shows ahead of time, and he doesn't tell me about them, so I'm sitting there watching with him and saw that whole scene up there. Sometimes that can be a little embarrassing. I'm a lunch mom at my kids' school, and when there's a racy scene, I go to school the next day and the parents are going, "Hey, how about...," and I'm going, "Oh, my god!"
TVGuide.com: On Earth to America!, can we expect you and Larry to do any Burns and Allen-type shtick on stage?
David: I'm strictly behind-the-scenes, so you won't see me, but you'll see a really funny monologue piece that he's doing. You don't really get to see him do stand-up, so that will be a treat.
TVGuide.com: Can you reveal something concrete about what we're going to see?
David: I'll give you a great example: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went to Washington, D.C., and interviewed four Republican congressmen who do not believe in global warming. This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Larry is doing a monologue about tuna fish.
TVGuide.com: I love tuna fish!
David: Well, you'll have to watch to see what that's about. Thanks for covering the show, don't forget to watch!


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CONSTRUCTION works at Gotagota High School in Kambale village of Chieftainess Chiawa's area in Kafue District have stalled after the contractor allegedly abandoned the project whose works started in 2013.
This came to light when Patriotic Front PF Lusaka Province youth chairperson Kennedy Kamba toured some Government projects in the rural areas of the district where it was revealed that the contractor purchased wrong specifications of the building materials, resulting in the construction of a substandard structure which has not cheered the local people.The new structure is part of Government effort to separate high school pupils who are currently being accommodated at Gotagota Primary School.
The project, which has been fully funded by Government at a total cost of K454, 000, has yet again received funding despite the delay in completion of works of the 1 by 3 classroom block and a teacher's house.
Gotagota Primary School head teacher Dickson Ntambo explained that the contractor Nchifa Contractors had contracted another firm to supply building materials but were given wrong specifications different from those required for the project.
Mr. Ntambo said the District Education Board also sent building inspectors recommended that the contractor moves back on site to redo some of the shoddily done works at the school.
He said the workmanship was poor before the contractor abandoned the works but has since talked to the contractor who assured to move back on site in a few weeks' time.
He said the school had since been tasked by the District Education Board to monitor the works when the contractor moves back on site to ensure that standard works were done.
Meanwhile, former Kambale ward councillor of Kafue constituency Charles Mandika said the construction works of the school had been slow from the time works took off.
And Mr Kamba said he would involve Government through the Ministry of Education to ensure that the works which have been ongoing since 2013 were completed as soon as possible.
Mr. Kamba who was in the company of Kafue constituency aspiring member of Parliament Gibson Sinkala and district council chairperson candidate Catherine Mutuna all under the PF also expressed dissatisfaction at the quality of works done at the school and said the delay was frustrating Government efforts to deliver equitable development in the various districts across the country.
Other developmental projects in the area that were toured include the Lesa Chongwe bridge connecting Kambale village to Chisakila village and the Chisakila health centre which is among the 650 health posts being rolled out by Government and has since been completed and was awaiting commissioning.


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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed this week to launch a program that will use blocks of motel rooms for temporary housing, a move that comes in the wake of escalating homeless numbers.
In about a month, county staffers will submit a report to the supervisors identifying at least one motel in each of the county's eight homeless-service provider areas that could be used to house homeless folks, under the proposal by Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Janice Hahn. County real estate workers will then negotiate a master lease with those businesses to set aside a block of rooms as a way to move homeless people more quickly off the streets.
Staff will also will evaluate whether the parking lots in those motels can be used for programs allowing individuals or families living in cars to park safely overnight.
Many of the homeless who would be placed in the county-run rooms likely won't have vehicles, Hahn said, so the motels will also have the space in their lots for the safe-parking program.
Wrap-around services — including drug addiction help, mental health treatment and other assistance — will be included, Hahn added.
The idea is to then move those residents into permanent supportive housing so the motel rooms can be used "over and over again," she said.
The supervisors unanimously approved the program Tuesday, June 18.
Pressure on government agencies to reduce homelessness has mounted since the county released the results of its annual homeless survey earlier this month. The results showed a 12% increase in homelessness across the county over the previous year.
"It's unacceptable to have nearly 60,000 people sleeping on the streets every night," Hahn said Wednesday, June 19, in a telephone interview.
She added that the motel conversion worked well on a one-time trial she arranged in Whittier in April.
When a local encampment was cleared out, she said, the people had nowhere to go.
"We immediately sprung into action to negotiate with a hotel nearby for a block of 60 rooms," Hahn said. "We then were able to dispatch the case workers and service providers to work with residents to relocate them into permanent supportive housing."
About 20%, she added, are now in that permanent housing.
But what's in it for motel owners?
"They'd have guaranteed payment for their rooms," she said. "Many of these hotels do have vacancies."
Under a master lease deal, Hahn said, the county would negotiate the rates with the motels.
"It's easier to begin the hard work of helping the homeless if they're inside," she said. "Living on the streets is just not healthy for anybody."
Asked which motels will likely be approached for the program, Hahn acknowledged, "We're probably not going to be negotiating with the Disneyland Hotel to be honest with you.
"But I do think this will help the (area's) tourist industry," she continued. "The tourist industry has been hurt by the sheer numbers of people sleeping on the streets."
She said she hopes some motel deals will be in place this summer and that there could be more than one per service area.
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Ex-News Director Claims Retaliation in Firing
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Former KOIN-TV news director Jeff Alan wants station owner PVT Portland to pay him $2.41 million for allegedly firing him based on his age and his objection to the station's firing one of its anchors and hiring a young female reporter who appeared in "inappropriate material" on the Internet.
Alan, then 54, went to work for KOIN-TV when the station was owned by Montecito Broadcast Group. NVT and its affiliates were considering buying the station, but their CEO, Jason Elkin, wanted Montecito to first fire anchor Ed Whelan, the lawsuit claims.
Alan claims that he and Montecito's president, Sandra Benton, "strenuously and repeatedly objected," but that Whelan was fired, anyway.
NVT subsequently bought the station and asked Alan to review a resume tape submitted by Kacey Montoya. Alan claims the tape was subpar, and told his supervisor that hiring her would be improper due to her salacious background.
The company not only hired Montoya, the suit claims, but also paid her more than the initial offer.
Alan claims he was canned next, in retaliation for standing up for Whelan and opposing Montoya's hiring. He also claims that Elkin asked him, "Aren't you getting too old for this?"
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This summer was all about home improvements. So, the gallery was not really open so much. But a new artist to our area stopped by and it was a good visit to start the season. The farm market was fun and resulted in some sales. We met an old friend musician who was performing there on one beautiful summer day. Chris Valenti. The home projects are done for the season and the gallery is of course open when the sign is out , or when you call and I am home.The bobolinks returned to Arnheim area this year and we saw them on our trips to walk the Sturgeon River Road.
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Am I Really Going To Have To See 'Skyfall' Now?
I like James Bond. I really do. I don't, however, cotton to this trend in modern cinema in which Very Serious Directors reboot classic movie franchises, strip away everything that makes then fun and endearing (read: the silliness and the camp and the sex), and then make them long, boring epics with Very Important Actors and scores usually provided by Hans Zimmer and a slew of vuvuzelas. Christopher Nolan made me excited for the prospect that there might never be another Batman movie, and that new Superman movie for which the trailer was too long and only featured Clark Kent, like, driving around a field? (Yeah, that seems FUN.) So I don't really care that the guy who directed American Beauty (which, in retrospect, everyone should know is a piece of shit) is in charge of this new one.
But apparently people are enjoying it! All of my friends are tweeting stuff like, "I don't even like James Bond but I liked Skyfall." Which, you know, is a pretty good indication that I will not like it. Why make a genre film for people who are not fans of the genre? Because doesn't that make it not a genre film, and just an action movie with a character whose name recognition can carry a lot of advertisers and convince people that making more bloggy lists called "The Best Bond Theme Songs" and "The Ugliest James Bond Girls" is a really good idea? Can't we, like, either do something NEW or just make it the same as it was before? Is that too hard to ask?
Because, look. Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig's James Bond is a dour figured compared the groovy (and, let's face it, funny and personable) guy that Roger Moore and Sean Connery portrayed. Even Pierce Brosnan's Bond was someone you'd want to hang out with! But nooo, we've got to go with the dark and gritty and, honestly? The boring. I can nap at home for free with Adele's theme song playing on a loop on iTunes. That's, I must admit, seems a lot more exciting to me.
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Expressions of Blended Colors; Variations in Mixed Media
July 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - August 10, 2019 @ 4:00 pm
Local artists Linda Trope, Eileen Williams and Iris Grundler bring together their diverse talents to create a beautiful show complete with whimsy!
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I reckon every person has a need to have some secrecy in their lives, once in a while. People have their secret places where they go to when they want to stay alone for some time.
What is your attitude towards loneliness? Do you think it is a curse, when you are isolated from the rest of the world, left face-to-face with yourself? Or do you, on the contrary, seek it, appreciating each moment of silence you can snatch from the surrounding world?
These small breaks can help you replenish your energy and reorganize your thoughts, so that you can start each day as a new one—not as an extension of a previous one.
As for me, I am more of the second kind of person; solitude for me is a gift, which is valued less by people than it should be accorded.
1. My secret place
Those once familiar smells of the sweet summer breezes become cold, sharp feelings as winter, yet again, has entered the area that holds a special place in your heart. This place still creates the illusion of peacefulness. It still makes the world around you stop, seem like nothing else matters, that everything just makes perfect sense.
Life, falls into place.
As you walk through the distance again getting closer and closer to that destination of free thinking, the radiant sun no longer shines down on you, the dark clouds now have taken its place, looming down on anyone that dares to venture outside for any reason.
You still make the journey.You become into a different mood, one that is similar but very apart from the other mood....


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Giorgio Chiellini's opener was wiped out by Palermo winger Aleksandar Trajkovski, as uninspired Italy were held by Macedonia.
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This result not only means Italy are guaranteed second place behind Spain in the group, but is also potentially disastrous for their ranking in the World Cup play-off draw.
The Azzurri had won every game in the group save for the draw and defeat to Spain, but still needed to secure a play-off spot for the 2018 World Cup. Missing Andrea Belotti, Claudio Marchisio, Daniele De Rossi, Marco Verratti, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Stephan El Shaarawy, Giampiero Ventura dropped the 4-2-4 system in favour of 3-4-3 in the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino with Bologna's Simone Verdi and Roberto Gagliardini getting their first senior Italy starts. Macedonia, beaten 3-2 in stoppages in Skopje last year, had defender Kire Ristevski suspended.
Gigi Buffon became the first Italy goalkeeper to wear Azzurri blue, as they debuted the new kit following a restyle of the FIGC logo.
Lorenzo Insigne and Ciro Immobile combined passes repeatedly at pace for the Napoli man to force a save from the on-rushing goalkeeper.
Gigi Buffon smothered a Goran Pandev half-volley at the near post after a 'sombrero' flick over defenders and Marco Parolo's cross found Insigne for a free header, which he aimed straight at the goalkeeper.
Insigne's assist then released Davide Zappacosta, but the Chelsea man's first touch was dismal and he sliced it off target.
The Azzurri finally found a breakthrough on the follow-up from a corner, as Insigne's through ball released Immobile and he generously rolled it across for Chiellini to tap in from six yards.
It was almost 1-1 moments later, as Leonardo Bonucci gave away possession on the edge of the box with a terrible pass, but Chiellini rushed across to force a corner.
Andrea Barzagli had a knock in the first half, so made way for Daniele Rugani, even though his Juventus teammate dislocated a finger in training this week.
Federico Bernardeschi replaced debutant Verdi and Buffon took the sting out of a sudden Stefan Spirovski snapshot from distance.
The first real test for Buffon was a free header from Palermo striker Ilija Nestorovski that was well smothered on the ground.
It was a warning that Italy did not heed and Macedonia got an equaliser with two Peninsula-based players. Pandev of Genoa threaded through for Palermo winger Aleksandar Trajkovski, who burst into the box down the right relatively undisturbed and blasted the finish across Buffon into the far bottom corner.
Federico Bernardeschi fired wide from distance, but there was precious little reaction and the jeers began to rain down from the stands.
Italy 1-1 Macedonia
Chiellini 40 (I), Trajkovski 77 (M)
Italy: Buffon; Barzagli (Rugani 46), Bonucci, Chiellini; Zappacosta, Parolo, Gagliardini (Cristante 75), Darmian; Verdi (Bernardeschi 63), Immobile, Insigne
Macedonia: Dimitrievski; Ristovski, Musliu, Velkoski (Zajkov 75); Radeski, Spirovski, Bardi, Alioski; Pandev (Trickovski 80), Nestorovski, Hasani (Trajkovski 63)
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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Author: Stephan Guyenet, Shizuka N. Aoki
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Language: English
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date: February 07, 2017
From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it?
No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. And these circuits don't care about how you look in a bathing suit next summer.
To make the case, The Hungry Brain takes readers on an eye-opening journey through cutting-edge neuroscience that has never before been available to a general audience. The Hungry Brain delivers profound insights into why the brain undermines our weight goals and transforms these insights into practical guidelines for eating well and staying slim. Along the way, it explores how the human brain works, revealing how this mysterious organ makes us who we are.


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There are more Wi-Fi devices in active use around the world—roughly 9 billion—than there are human beings. That ubiquity makes protecting Wi-Fi from hackers one of the most important tasks in cybersecurity. Which is why the arrival of next-generation wireless security protocol WPA3 deserves your attention: Not only is it going to keep Wi-Fi connections safer, but also it will help save you from your own security shortcomings.
It'll take time before you can enjoy the full benefits of WPA3; the Wi-Fi Alliance, a trade group that oversees the standard, is releasing full details today but doesn't expect broad implementation until late 2019 at the earliest. In the course that WPA3 charts for Wi-Fi, though, security experts see critical, long-overdue improvements to a technology you use more than almost any other.
"If you ask virtually any security person, they'll say don't use Wi-Fi, or if you do, immediately throw a VPN connection on top of it," says Bob Rudis, chief data officer at security firm Rapid 7. "Now, Wi-Fi becomes something where we can say hey, if the place you're going to uses WPA3 and your device uses WPA3, you can pretty much use Wi-Fi in that location."
Password Protections
Start with how WPA3 will protect you at home. Specifically, it'll mitigate the damage that might stem from your lazy passwords.
A fundamental weakness of WPA2, the current wireless security protocol that dates back to 2004, is that it lets hackers deploy a so-called offline dictionary attack to guess your password. An attacker can take as many shots as they want at guessing your credentials without being on the same network, cycling through the entire dictionary—and beyond—in relatively short order.
"Let's say that I'm trying to communicate with somebody, and you want to be able to eavesdrop on what we're saying. In an offline attack, you can either passively stand there and capture an exchange, or maybe interact with me once. And then you can leave, you can go somewhere else, you can spin up a bunch of cloud computing services and you can try a brute-force dictionary attack without ever interacting with me again, until you figure out my password," says Kevin Robinson, a Wi-Fi Alliance executive.
This kind of attack does have limitations. "If you pick a password that's 16 characters or 30 characters in length, there's just no way, we're just not going to crack it," says Joshua Wright, a senior technical analyst with information security company Counter Hack. Chances are, though, you didn't pick that kind of password. "The problem is really consumers who don't know better, where their home password is their first initial and the name of their favorite car."
If that sounds familiar, please change your password immediately. In the meantime, WPA3 will protect against dictionary attacks by implementing a new key exchange protocol. WPA2 used an imperfect four-way handshake between clients and access points to enable encrypted connections; it's what was behind the notorious KRACK vulnerability that impacted basically ever connected device. WPA3 will ditch that in favor of the more secure—and widely vetted—Simultaneous Authentication of Equals handshake.
There are plenty of technical differences, but the upshot for you is twofold. First, those dictionary attacks? They're essentially done. "In this new scenario, every single time that you want to take a guess at the password, to try to get into the conversation, you have to interact with me," says Robinson. "You get one guess each time." Which means that even if you use your pet's name as your Wi-Fi password, hackers will be much less likely to take the time to crack it.
The other benefit comes in the event that your password gets compromised nonetheless. With this new handshake, WPA3 supports forward secrecy, meaning that any traffic that came across your transom before an outsider gained access will remain encrypted. With WPA2, they can decrypt old traffic as well.
Safer Connections
When WPA2 came along in 2004, the Internet of Things had not yet become anything close to the all-consuming security horror that is its present-day hallmark. No wonder, then, that WPA2 offered no streamlined way to safely onboard these devices to an existing Wi-Fi network. And in fact, the predominant method by which that process happens today—Wi-Fi Protected Setup—has had known vulnerabilities since 2011. WPA3 provides a fix.
Wi-Fi Easy Connect, as the Wi-Fi Alliance calls it, makes it easier to get wireless devices that have no (or limited) screen or input mechanism onto your network. When enabled, you'll simply use your smartphone to scan a QR code on your router, then scan a QR code on your printer or speaker or other IoT device, and you're set—they're securely connected. With the QR code method, you're using public key-based encryption to onboard devices that currently largely lack a simple, secure method to do so.
"Right now it's really hard to deploy IoT things fairly securely. The reality is they have no screen, they have no display," says Rudis. Wi-Fi Easy Connect obviates that issue. "With WPA3, it's automatically connecting to a secure, closed network. And it's going to have the ability to lock in those credentials so that it's a lot easier to get a lot more IoT devices rolled out in a secure manner."
Here again, Wi-Fi Easy Connect's neatest trick is in its ease of use. It's not just safe; it's impossible to screw up.
That trend plays out also with Wi-Fi Enhanced Open, which the Wi-Fi Alliance detailed a few weeks before. You've probably heard that you should avoid doing any sensitive browsing or data entry on public Wi-Fi networks. That's because with WPA2, anyone on the same public network as you can observe your activity, and target you with intrusions like man-in-the-middle attacks or traffic sniffing. On WPA3? Not so much. When you log onto a coffee shop's WPA3 Wi-Fi with a WPA3 device, your connection will automatically be encrypted without the need for additional credentials. It does so using an established standard called Opportunistic Wireless Encryption.
"By default, WPA3 is going to be fully encrypted from the minute that you begin to do anything with regards to getting on the wireless network," according to Rudis. "That's fundamentally huge."
As with the password protections, WPA3's expanded encryption for public networks also keeps Wi-Fi users safe from a vulnerability they may not realize exists in the first place. In fact, if anything it might make Wi-Fi users feel too secure.
"The heart is in the right place, but it doesn't stop the attack," says Wright. "It's a partial solution. My concern is that consumers think they have this automatic encryption mechanism because of WPA3, but it's not guaranteed. An attacker can impersonate the access point, and then turn that feature off."
Switching On
Even with the added technical details, talking about WPA3 feels almost still premature. While major manufacturers like Qualcomm already have committed to its implementation as early as this summer, to take full advantage of WPA3's many upgrades, the entire ecosystem needs to embrace it.
That'll happen in time, just as it did with WPA2. And the Wi-Fi Alliance's Robinson says that backward interoperability with WPA2 will ensure that some added security benefits will be available as soon as the devices themselves are. "Even at the very beginning, when a user has a mix of device capabilities, if they get a network with WPA3 in it, they can immediately turn on a transitional mode. Any of their WPA3-capable devices will get the benefits of WPA3, and the legacy WPA2 devices can continue to connect," Robinson says.
Lurking inside that assurance, though, is the reality that WPA3 will come at a literal cost. "The gotcha is that everyone's got to buy a new everything," says Rudis. "But at least it's setting the framework for a much more secure setup than what we've got now."
Just as importantly, that framework mostly relies on solutions that security researchers already have had a chance to poke and prod for holes. That hasn't always been the case.
"Five years ago the Wi-Fi Alliance was creating its own protocols in secrecy, not disclosing the details, and then it turns out some of them have problems," says Wright. "Now, they're more adopting known and tested and vetted protocols that we have a lot more confidence in, and they're not trying to hide the details of the system."
Which makes sense. When you're securing one of the most widely used technologies on Earth, you don't want to leave anything to chance.
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Efforts to put cleaner cars on American roads are being threatened. In a few days, The New York Times reports, the Environmental Protection Agency will move to weaken the regulations that demand automakers producer cleaner and more efficient vehicles.
The existing standards, which Barack Obama pushed for in 2012, demand each automaker nearly double the average fuel efficiency of its cars, to deliver 36 miles per gallon. But before President Donald Trump, EPA head Scott Pruitt, or anyone else can knock that number down, they must tangle with California. The state had rules to battle govern tailpipe emissions before a 1970 amendment to the Clean Air Act gave the EPA the authority to govern vehicle efficiency. Because of its early bird status, and especially grave pollution problem at the time, Congress gave California the unusual right to keep making its own regulations, even though federal rules should supersede state ones. No other state can do this, but they may opt to follow California's rules, which tend to be more stringent than whatever Washington drums up. Today, 13 states and Washington DC do so.
Together, those states (which, unsurprisingly, cover most of the East and West Coasts) account for a third of the American car market. So automakers have long built vehicles that meet California's tougher rules. It may sound like a pain, but it's cheaper than building two versions of every car—the cleanish one for most of the country, and the cleaner one for the folks who like their air salty but clean. And so lowering the national standards is only effective if you can get California to lower its too.
Pruitt, a climate change skeptic, has signaled he's ready—and right—to wrestle the grizzly bear. "California is not the arbiter of these issues," he told Bloomberg this month. But four decades of legal precedent don't vanish without a fight, certainly not quickly. "We're prepared to do everything we need to defend the process," the state's attorney general, Xavier Becerra, told the Times.
Okay, but say Pruitt gets his way, California loses its special status, and automakers no longer have to meet such tough efficiency and emissions standards. First off, don't expect coal rolling poor Prius drivers to become the new national sport. "We're not gonna go sliding back to the gas guzzling 80s," says Rebecca Lindland, an industry analyst with Kelley Blue Book. That's because automakers plan years ahead. They have already spent the money developing the turbochargers, lightweight materials, low resistance tires, and other tech they need to meet the current rules. They're not going to change their carefully laid plans now.
That'll keep the fumes away for a few more years, at least. But there's better news for anybody worried about driving the Earth into climatic disaster: The electric cars—the ones that make the entire notion of miles per gallon outdated, the emission zero heroes—are still coming, thanks to two parties: China, and the millennials.
Let's start with China. The country is already the world's largest car market, buying about 23 million vehicles a year, and its appetite is growing by about five percent year over year, according to a McKinsey report. For automakers who have already flooded American streets with their wares, fresh territory is a vital resource. "The US [luxury] market in my view is going to remain relatively stagnant. It won't decline, but it won't grow," Cadillac head Johan de Nysschen said this week at the New York International Auto Show. "The Chinese market, in the next 10 years, is going to triple."
And China—where pollution is a serious problem—insists that any automaker doing business within its borders sell lots and lots of electric cars. That's a big part of the reason why General Motors plans to roll out 20 new fully electric cars by 2023 and Ford is putting $ 11 billion into building 16 new models by 2022. Volvo is making its entire fleet "electrified" (a term that includes hybrids), and even Jaguar Land Rover, which debuted its first all-electric car just last year, says that by 2020, it will offer electric or hybrid versions of every car it makes. In an increasingly globalized industry, you can expect to see those models hit US and European shores as well—the more of each they sell, the faster automakers can amortize heavy R&D costs.
And the youths will help the process along. Right now, Lindland says, "the push to develop and deploy electric vehicles has been driven by regulations…consumers are not demanding these products." Forcing people to change their habits—where, when, and how they fuel their vehicles—is hard. But that could change with the generation just now learning to drive. "I think people born after 2003 are those who will demand electrification," Lindland says. "Those who haven't bought a car yet. It's not even a conversion." Indeed, she says, that may help along China's push for battery-powered cars. "They have more first time buyers at their disposal."
Automakers play a very long game, and they know this new generation is coming. "As we see more millennials coming into the marketplace, companies are looking to strike a more efficient picture," says Carla Bailo, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research. That means more electric cars, fewer emissions, and cleaner air.
So millennials—the kids who kill everything—along with whatever generation comes next, just might save the planet.
Is it just me or is the cyber landscape getting more scary? Even as companies and consumers get better at playing defense, a host of new cyber threats is at our doorsteps—and it's unclear if anyone can keep them out.
My doom-and-gloom stems from the dire predictions of Aviv Ovadya, the technologist who predicted the fake news epidemic, and now fears an "information apocalypse" as the trolls turbo-charge their efforts with AI. He points to the impending arrival of "laser phishing" in which bots will perfectly impersonate people we know by scraping publicly available images and social media data. The result could be the complete demolition of an already-crumbling distinction between fact and fiction.
Meanwhile, the phenomenon of crypto-jacking—in which hackers hijack your computer to mine digital currency—has quickly morphed from a novelty to a big league threat. Last week, for instance, hackers used browser plug-ins to install malignant mining tools on a wide range of court and government websites, which in turn caused site visitors to become part of the mining effort.
The use of browser plug-ins to launch such attacks is part of a familiar strategy by hackers—treating third parties (in this case the plug-ins) as the weakest link in the security chain, and exploiting them. Recall, for instance, how hackers didn't attack Target's computer systems directly, but instead wormed their way in through a third party payment provider. The browser-based attacks feel more troubling, though, because they take place right on our home computers.
All of this raises the question of how we're supposed to defend ourselves against this next generation of threats. One option is to cross our fingers that new technologies—perhaps Microsoft's blockchain-based ID systems—will help defeat phishing and secure our browsers. But it's also hard, in an age when our machines have run amok, to believe more machines are the answer.
For a different approach, I suggest putting down your screen for a day and picking up How to Fix the Future. It's a new book by Andrew Keen, a deep thinker on Silicon Valley culture, that proposes reconstructing our whole approach to the Internet by putting humans back at the center of our technology. Featuring a lot of smart observations by Betaworks founder John Borthwick, the book could help us fight off Ovadya's information apocalypse.
Have a great weekend.
Jeff John Roberts
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Refueling a destroyer or any other large piece of military hardware is incredibly dangerous because it leaves troops very vulnerable to attack, especially if it requires a huge convoy. U.S. troops have lost their lives trying refuel vessels that are ultra-dependent on oil. The Department of Defense knows this, and as…
Anyone who has ever gone fishing knows that you don't always catch what you're trying to catch. In industrial fishing, that problem is called "bycatch," and it can have grave consequences.


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From Ideal, this Telemaster termination tool is a lever assisted multi-purpose crimping tool, suitable for most common modular data plugs, including 6//6 (RJ11) and 8//8 (RJ45) types. The steel frame gives long term durability with comfortable handle grips and operating latch. A reliable and versatile tool for anybody working with network and telecom connectors.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
We're in it together so I love you forever
"You must be sisters"
I can't express the love that I'm feeling for my little sister. I'm so thankful to have her in my life. She is always there for me and the only person who understands me, no matter what happens.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
In love with…Janet Fitch
Some weeks ago, I stumbled upon an audio book from Janet Fitchs "Paint it black". Since I learned so much and spent my whole daytime in the library, I am not able to read books in my free time for fun. So I listen to audio books most of the time when I'm driving in my car. From the first minute, I listened to "Paint it black", I was in love.
The story - which plays in 1980s punk rock LA - started with the suicide of Josie Tyrells boyfriend Michael. In reviews, Josie remembered the special relationship between her and Michael, who was a Harvard dropout with excentric artist parents, who wanted to become a painter. He shows Josie a world that was largely unknown for her. Josie in contrast to him is a teen runaway, a nude art model and sometimes an actress in some student films. Most of the things she does, are to make enough money to keep her life with lots of cigarettes, alcohol and hard drugs going.
In the progress of the story, Josie is dealing and struggling with this huge catastrophe of Michaels death, that hits her unexpected. She tries to find out, what kind of man Michael was, figuring out his dark sides and deep secrets while she wanted to hold onto the world they both shared before. A central question in this story is: What happens with the dream, when the dreamer is gone?
During her search, Josie met Michaels mother, who is a famous concert pianist and holds Josie responsible for the suicide of her son. The two women develop an intense relation between anger, doubt and after a while, they realize that they need each other.
The story, Janet Fitch created, is so intense and powerful about passion, love and loss. She takes you with her to a journey you didn't expect in the beginning. I couldn't stop thinking about the whole story for two or three weeks. It's like the story is breathing and it banned and fascinated me.
"Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. And intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way."
— Janet Fitch
Janet Fitch is well known for her famous novel White Oleander, which is also such a great book, that was filmed some years ago.
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"The world described in Paint It Black is a bleak place filled with misery and suffering. It is a world where people are not always what they seem, where happiness, if possible, is fleeting, and where love, that oft touted panacea for all the assorted ills that afflict humanity, does not necessarily cure all that might ail you."
From the review of Jack Goodstein, a professor emeritus at California University of Pennsylvania.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Short trip to Alaska, Africa and Asia
Sorry for my long absence on the blog. I'm currently learning for my exams. The tests will start in two and a half week and I'm stressed and really excited.
But last week, I took a break and went with two
of my friends to the zoo. Just to clear my head in the current situiation and have fun with my friends. It was a great day. After 6 hours outside, it got a little cold. I took some pictures, here they are:
This is the entrance of "Alaska". The zoo has three parts (Alaska, Africa, Asia), and I like that you almost see no fences anywhere. Either the animals are behind glass panes or seperated by moats.
When we came to the sea lions, we were lucky to see the feeding. I loved how fast they could dive and how funny they look under water ;)
Finally we came to "Asia" and while it began to dawn, lots of really huge bats came out and flew through the big hall, which was a bit like a greenhouse. The bats were really sooo huge. They seem to me like some pterosaurian :)
It was a fun day. I hope I will find some time in the next weeks for some blogging. But now you know that my absence is caused by my exams. After that I will definitely be back regularly.
xo, Mel
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Charlie Andrews was one of the fastest kids on the Arlington High School football team his freshman year. He ran a 4.89 in his 40 yard dash. There was only one kid on the team that was faster than him. He was the senior starting running back, Terri Lewis. Lewis was the best running back in the state of Texas. He had already run for over 5,000 yards in his high school career. During his junior year, Lewis ran for 2,100 yards, leading Arlington to their second straight state title.
Arlington was to face South Houston High in their first game. On Arlington's first possession, Lewis took the ball up the middle for a 69 yard Arlington touchdown. Arlington wanted to get out ahead of South Houston early, so they decided to go for the two-point conversion. Lewis took the pitch to the outside, ran for the pylon, cut back, and was hit hard at the knees by a South Houston linebacker short of the goal line. When the pile cleared, Lewis was still on the ground. He was screaming and pointing at his knee. He was taken off the field in a stretcher and then take to the local Arlington Hospital. Lewis had suffered a career-ending knee injury. The running back spot was now in the freshman Charlie Andrew's hands.
Charlie started out strong with a 100 yard game against Riverdale, hated rivals of Arlington High.
Charlie continued this for the next 8 games, racking up 951 yards on 141 carries. Arlington was now 10-0 going into the playoffs. They were the number one seed in the tough Div. IV. They won their first three games of the playoffs, and they were to play in the State Championship game.
The talk all week was about how the young Andrews boy would handle all the hype going into the game. Andrews did not disappoint, running for 236 yards on 26 carries. Arlington won the game 45-21, receiving their second straight state championship trophy. This was a big confidence boost for Andrews. The bravery and perseverance it took to come through for his team would be something he...


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Greece and its banks may have found a friend in billionaire investor John Paulson. A report from Reuters has said that Paulson now favors the recapitalized banking sector as a bet on Greece's recovery. After a six-year decline in the nation, Greece's exports are back up and tourism is starting to return. Whether or not this is truly the case is still up in the air, but the moves in Greece have been impossible to ignore.
The recovery of ADRs in the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG) has been so large that it is just impossible to ignore. Trading in New York was at $4.19 just last Thursday, but the gain of 18% on Monday to $5.43 has been on a whopping 17 million shares and that is with just under two hours of trading to go. Monday will mark the fifth day of gains barring any unknown drop.
We are even seeing 4% gains in the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSE MKT: GREK) to $21.42 on Monday. This would only mark the third day of gains in the ETF, but this is almost back to a 52-week high. The 52-week range for the ADR of NBG above is still $2.85 to $32.50 based upon that reverse stock split.
We have not seen parallel moves elsewhere in the PIIGS ETFs and closed-end funds, but there is at least one sympathy mover to the upside. The ADRs for the Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) were up 3% in late afternoon trading on Monday with shares at $12.50. What handily matters here is that the 52-week range is $5.15 to $12.79.
We would caution readers that moves of this sort are harder and harder to track where the news or the driving force originates. It is also hard to know if some things have not been taken out of context.


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Could Carl Crawford be nearing his final spring training game in a Rays' uniform? Could be.
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Could Carl Crawford be nearing his final spring training game in a Rays' uniform?
Could be.
Crawford was in the lineup Thursday during a 4-3 loss to Baltimore in the Rays' last 2010 spring training game in Port Charlotte. The Rays play the New York Mets tonight at 6:10 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, then travel to Durham, N.C., on Saturday for an exhibition against their Triple-A affiliate.
A potential free agent at the end of the season, Crawford has two more spring training games this spring. Could they be his last as a Ray?
"It's kinda sad when you think of it like that," Crawford said. "I just keep in mind that's the way things are. The thing that keeps me going is we have one of the best teams this year. A lot of good things can happen. I keep looking at those things and at that side than at the contract negotiations."
Crawford has been the face of Tampa Bay franchise since breaking into the majors in 2002.
He has seen plenty of the bad and more recently the good. Through it all, he has been at his locker before and after games, sharing his candid thoughts.
"I just look at it as a year where I'm trying not to think about it," Crawford said when he arrived at spring training this year. "I'm just thinking about winning. We have a good team this year. I don't want to take anything away from that. I'm going to keep everything the same and go from there."
Skeptics will ask, "Go where?"
If he continues to put up the same numbers, averaging .297 with 50 stolen bases and play Gold Glove-caliber left field during his six full seasons in the majors - and at 28 there is no reason he will not - Crawford will make in the range of $15 million per season.
With owner Stuart Sternberg saying the payroll likely will decrease from its current $70 million this year, Crawford might be too pricey for the Rays beyond 2010.
"I don't really know," Crawford said. "It could go either way. I'm hoping for the best, like always."
Hoping for the best?
"Yeah, that means staying," he said. "At this point right now, I'm going to listen to my agent and do the things they advise me to do."
Crawford knows there will be a point in the season where he will get tired of all the free agency talk. Of course, there also could be the pending trade chatter if the Rays are slipping out of the race.
"I'm pretty sure it will get to a point where it irritates me a little bit," he said.
"I'm just going to be a professional, go about my business and handle it the way other players did. I'm not the first guy to go through this, and I won't be the last. I'll just make adjustments when I need to."


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Kid photobombs CNN – Mouths "Fake News"
The 139th Easter Egg Roll was held Monday morning on the White House lawn.
During the CNN broadcast some kid photobombed Jim Acosta.
The kid appeared to mouth "fake news" behind leftie hack Acosta.
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During a live CNN report in the 11 am ET hour, a young boy photobombed correspondent Jim Acosta and mouthed something at the camera, twice. There's no volume, so it's difficult to make out exactly what he's trying to say. Could it be "f—-you"? Or maybe "fake news"?
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The Consequences of Coffee Pots That Are Left On
If you're forgetful in the kitchen, or you are simply balancing too many things at the same time, it's likely that you've left your coffee pot on. Some coffee pots automatically turn off if they've been left on, but you may face some serious consequences if yours isn't one of them.
Avoid this by setting a loud timer to go off after several minutes or by placing a checklist by your front door to remind you to turn off electronics in your home.
Burning the Coffee
If you've left coffee in a hot coffee pot, you may come home to thick coffee. This is because the steam that rises from hot coffee is water that is leaving the coffee in vapor form. This causes the coffee to be stronger and thicker. This can add a burnt flavor to some types of coffee.
Burning the Pot
One of the common consequences of leaving your coffee pot on all day is a burnt pot. This is especially possible if there was little to no coffee left in the pot. In this case, the coffee will begin to evaporate, will thicken and eventually burn to the bottom of the pot. You can generally scrub off burnt marks with salt, baking soda and lemon juice, but you may need to get a new pot if the burn has warped the bottom of the coffee pot. Your pot may be permanently damaged if it is left on without anything in the pot.
Wasting Electricity
Leaving your coffee pot on without using it will waste electricity. If you are regularly doing this, it may have an impact on your electricity bill. Furthermore, wasting electricity can have an eventual effect on your environmental footprint.
Potential Fire Hazard
While leaving new coffee pots on is generally not a fire hazard, it is possible that they could catch on fire. This is especially true if you have paper towels or napkins near the coffee pot that could get blown onto it by a breeze from an open window or fan. Another potential fire hazard is leaving the coffee pot on near an electrical cord; if the cord melts, it could cause a fire.


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David Attenborough: Modern children aren't seeing enough nature
Veteran naturalist says he wants kids to get out and see more of the natural world - but warns that this isn't possible because of increasing pressure on space
David Attenborough has a big worry; children aren't seeing enough of the natural world.
"It worries me like mad," says the veteran presenter, pointing to the fact that the increasing population and pressures on schools mean that their open spaces are getting eaten up by more and more buildings.
"The Government says primary schools has to increase [so there are] more kids and larger classes, and the progress that we've made in converting playgrounds into nature places is now being reversed because people are having to build places to accommodate the children.
"Every child I've ever met is fascinated by the natural world. I remember taking a five-year-old out into a meadow in Oxfordshire and he lifted up a stone on the ground and said, 'Oooh, look Uncle David, a slug. What a treasure!' And of course, he's right. Kids are fascinated by the natural world and as life goes on, there's other things to interest kids and so there's less space for the natural world."
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Our History
The Boston University Sailing Team is one of the oldest college sailing teams in the country - so old, in fact, that it existed before BU even broke ground on its present Charles River Campus. The team was founded in 1937 through a joint effort by Boston University undergraduates Ham Andon, Thomas Coleman, Jacob Saliba, Bob Shields, Ned Walker, and Fred Walker.
At the time, the school's campus was scattered across Boston between Back Bay and Logan Airport. Lacking a proper sailing facility in its early days, the team practiced out of the MIT Sailing Pavilion while planning and fundraising for a boathouse of its own began taking hold.
The members of the team quickly branded themselves as the BUDS - short for the Boston University Dinghy Sailors - a name that they still wear proudly to this day.
In 1952, the BUDS moved down the Charles River to Community Boating, Inc. and purchased their first fleet of boats: four Tech Dinghies, designed by MIT and purchased under the leadership of BU alumnus George Morris. The BUDS expanded their fleet over the next decade, and began teaching sailing classes at CBI in 1958.
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BU Class of 1959
Decker Swann made history in 1957 as one of the first female coed sailing captains in the country. Swann had to get special permission from BU to wear pants to her classes so that she could ride her bike across the Mass. Ave. Bridge to practice every day. Still without a boathouse, the BU team continued to practice out of the MIT Sailing Pavilion.
In 1967, the Boston University Rowing Team moved to a new home across the Charles River, giving the BUDS the opportunity to permanently relocate to the rowers' old facilities. The team continues to operate out of the same boathouse, and made major renovations to the building in 2015.
In 1978, Sandra Ray became the first woman in the United States to earn All-America honors when she earned the distinction as a coed skipper.
The 1980s
The BUDS began achieving tremendous success in the 1980s. A series of incredibly talented sailors joined the team, including 18 eventual All-Americans and 2 ICSA College Sailors of the Year.
1980 was a landmark year for Boston University: the BUDS won their first-ever national championship at the ICSA Team Racing Nationals and placed second overall at the Coed Dinghy Championship. Two years later, in 1982, the team won the Coed Dinghy and Team Racing National Championships in 1982, extending a dominant era for the BUDS. Three years later, in 1985, the BUDS won their second fleet racing national championship.
Legendary sailing brothers Ken ('84) and Brad Read ('87) continued building their sailing legacies well into their professional careers after both winning the College Sailor of the Year award and contributing to multiple national championships for the BUDS.
Brad White wins 1979 MVP Trophy
Brad White (center left) with Dan Finch, Ron Sandstrom, and John Simpson
Lynne Jewel, Class of 1981, is a two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 470 class.
1985 National Champions
(from left) Pete Melvin, Terryl King, Paul Brierre, Brad Read, Bill Foster, and Mary Jodice take home the 1985 ICSA National Championship.
Boston University was the runner-up in the 1997 Coed National Championship and saw its third ICSA College Sailor of the Year in Tim Wadlow, who skippered A-Division at the event. Wadlow's plaque hangs in the Sailing Pavilion along with his original BU Student ID card from his time at BU.
The BUDS claimed victory at the 1999 Coed National Championship in St. Petersburg, FL with the help of former Head Coach Stan Schreyer ('99), who skippered B-Division at the regatta. The win marked Boston University's third Coed Dinghy championship and fifth total national title.
Present Day
In the fall of 2020 the BUDS are planning to replace their current fleet of FJs. The Boston University Sailing Pavilion underwent major renovations in 2015 to update both the boathouse interior and roof.
In 2018, the Intercollegiate Sailing Association began sponsoring the Women's Team Racing National Championship in response to the rapid growth of women's team racing in years prior. Boston University won the first Women's Team Race Nationals, cementing its name once again in the history books of collegiate sailing and adding a seventh title to BU's record.
Most recently the BUDS won the Coed Showcase Final in November of 2019 which places the current team among the top teams in the country.
ICSA College Sailor of the Year
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Brad Read
Tim Wadlow
Sandra Ray
Nicholas Burke
Jack Slattery
Brad White
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Lisa Raggins
Rob Alexander
Brad Read
Paul Brierre
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At The Blue Fox, we believe that creating art shouldn't be stressful, and that anyone can be an artist! That's why we travel to a variety of fun, laid-back locations around the Minneapolis area, teaching you how to paint and draw through step-by-step instructions and encouraging you to let your inner artist out.
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A few weeks before the infamous Zaria pogrom, an influential Saudi Satellite Channel, Al-Wisal invited some foreign Wahabi zealots to feature in a program entitled KHALAYAS SAFAWIYYEEN, with a popular lecturer from Ummul Kura University in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Muhammad Albarrak, invited to discuss what they term 'the problem of the rapid spread of Shiah in Nigeria and berated its Nigerian Wahabi scholars for weakness for their inability to curtail the rising popularity of Shia and profile of Sheikh Zakzaky. It described Nigeria as being an "unparalleled dangerous place" with a combined Shiah population of 25 million.
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Film Screening: Victoria, Oct 27th, 19:00hs
Victoria, BC, is our next stop. We are delighted to show our documentary Conscious: Fulfilling our Higher Evolutionary Potential to this charming town's community. Alan Baiss was born there and we are thrilled to show our film to old and new friends from this lovely city. Please mark your calendars!
Film Screening and Q&A:
Conscious : Fulfilling our Higher Evolutionary Potential
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Performers come together for a day of music in aid of foodbank scheme
PUBLISHED: 07:45 30 May 2019
A free music day will be held in Saffron Walden on June 8.
In locations around the town, including the Market Square, musicians will be performing and collecting donations to support the Uttlesford Foodbank fresh food voucher scheme.
This scheme allows foodbank users to exchange the vouchers for fresh meat from Burton's Butchers in Saffron Walden, and fresh fruit and vegetables from R & D Fruits in the market.
Those taking part include Alfie & Louis Tom, Ben Smith, Crimson Shadow, Darren Stammers, Durgamata, Elisha, Eva's Dream, Harvey, Joyce Frankland Academy, Pete Isaacs, and Sorry Not Sorry.
There will be music in the market place throughout the day, with accordian player Pete Issacs at 10.30am and a finale by students from the Joyce Frankland Academy from 3pm.
Pete Issacs will also be playimg at Rose and Crown Walk and outside Phase Eight later in the day, where there will be music from 10am to 2.30pm.
Other venues include Mocha Alleyway, outside Phase Eight in King's Street, where the artists include Darren Stammers, also known as Mr Coverman, plus outside Boots in the Market Square and the Bicicletta Cafe in Hills Street. At the King's Arms, the bands Eva's Dream, Sorry Not Sorry and Crimson Shadow, will play in that order from noon until 4pm.
Musician, Durgamata, who plays a tin whistle, will play at four venues throughout the day, the market place, Phase Eight, outside Boots and outside the Bicicletta cafe.
Eva's Dream, a rock band, is named after one of a collection of stories written by Anne Frank.
Eva's Dream was her favourite. Sorry Not Sorry is a rock and punk covers band. Crimson Shadow is a rock and pop covers band.
Organiser Jacqui Portway, who introduced the idea of the fresh food voucher scheme to Uttlesford Foodbank, said: "The musicians will be putting out their collecting hats and boxes so we hope people will be as supportive as possible.
"They will all be making a donation from their busking money to the Uttlesford Foodbank Fresh Food Voucher Scheme.
"We hope people will enjoy the music and be generous with their donations."
The Music Day has been organised by the Saffron Walden Initiative.
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