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I have been running this buisness for 3 years and have over 500 participants. My clientele is primarily female but I would like a logo created to attract more men and athletes to my buisness. My business has grown to include much more then pilates classes: currently I am offering running groups, sport specific athletic training, certification programs, injuries, bootcamps, teens and youth programs, programs designed just for men and much more
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together with the name of the company Pilates For Me I would like the following words incorporated under the logo I am open to suggestions on this. the type of words i am looking for is: "Strong body. Balanced Mind. Powerful Life.
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Animal brains, ours included, have evolved to be powerfully aware of where we are at any given moment. But it turns out that our brains are surprisingly, frustratingly two-dimensional, and that we're only dimly aware of changes in altitude.
That's the finding of new research from University College London. The team studied specific brain cells as rats moved through space: grid cells, which are used to measure distance, and place cells, which are used to understand location. When the rats moved upwards in altitude on little spiral staircases and climbing walls, the researchers found that the grid cells didn't respond at all, and the place cells only barely registered. This indicates that animal brains simply do not have the complexity to handle full three-dimensional awareness, and so we shortchange our knowledge of height in order to better navigate horizontally.
Lead author Kate Jeffrey explains:
"The implication is that our internal sense of space is actually rather flat — we are very sensitive to where we are in horizontal space but only vaguely aware of how high we are. This finding is surprising and it has implications for situations in which people have to move freely in all three dimensions — divers, pilots and astronauts for example. It also raises the question — if our map of space is flat, then how do we navigate through complex environments so effectively?
"It looks like the brain's knowledge of height in space is not as detailed as its information about horizontal distance, which is very specific. It's perhaps akin to knowing that you are "very high" versus "a little bit high" rather than knowing exact height."
If nothing else, this does rather make science fiction's most infamous lapse into two-dimensional thinking far more understandable.
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Here we go. Hurry up and breath all that fresh air in, because this is the last weekend before Apple takes wraps off the next iPhone (tentatively called the iPhone 4S/5).
Will it have that 4-inch screen? Will it have that teardrop aluminum body? Will it have that faster dual-core A5 processor with 1GB of RAM and a spiffy 8-megapixel rear camera? Maybe that elongated multi-gesture home button? That's anybody's guess.
The next iPhone will no doubt attract a lot of attention and coverage next Tuesday, so to get the train rolling early, we've collected some of the craziest patents in Apple's portfolio that might make it into the new smartphone. Hey, Apple owns the patents to build the tech, who's to say it won't surprise everybody with a few of them?
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1. MagSafe
The lovable and tuggable magnetic power cords used on MacBooks would be a perfect fit on the iPhone. I can't tell you how much I hate the 30-pin cable on the iPhone. It has scratched the bottom of my iPhone way too many times when I blindly plug it in the dark. A magnetic cable would make attaching and detaching the iPhone from docks and computers a simple breeze. It works on the MacBooks, why wouldn't it on the iPhone?
2. OLED Screens
The current iPhone 4 uses a beautiful 3.5-inch IPS LCD. It has wide viewing angles and decent blacks, but it's no match against a brighter OLED display. OLED displays have the advantage of low power management, faster response times, and can produce deeper blacks with even wider viewing angles. The only caveat? They're expensive as hell to make right and sell cheaply (although Samsung does sell some nice smartphones with Super AMOLED screens).
3. Wireless Charging
The original Palm Pre was ahead of its time with a built-in induction charging system. It's a shame HP decided to kill it along with webOS-based hardware. There are wireless systems available like the Energizer Inductive Charger, but those require special cases and charging pads for your iPhone (not exactly pretty ones either). This particular patent requires no special docks. It's like Wi-Fi. As soon as your iPhone senses the near field magnetic resonance, it will start charging — right there on your sofa, in your pants, or wherever.
4. E Ink / LCD Hybrid Display
This one is crazy. For all the confetti Apple loves to toss around about the iPhone 4's rich Retina Display, it's still a lousy device to use in direct sunlight — as is the case with any glass screen. A hybrid E Ink / LCD display would give the iPhone a major boost while using it outdoors (think Kindle E Ink) while keeping battery life down when in E Ink mode.
5. Naughty Text Message Blocker
Thanks to the Internet, most of us sit in front of computer screens and communicate through some kind of instant or text message on our mobile devices. Calling is overrated now. Why talk when people can
sext text? Well, if Apple has its way, it could include parental controls that would censor or block naughty words from sending. Great way to keep sexting under control for that teenage kid you have? Absolutely.
6. 3D Display
For as long as science fiction has been around, holographic and 3D displays have been around with it. Why should we be limited to physical control inputs if we can manipulate functions on a projected display system. Think Kinect or Minority Report-style interfaces. That's what this patent is. In theory, an iPhone would be able to project a 3D display and be manipulated with your fingers or gestures. Hello 3D gaming!
7. Solar-coated iPhone
It goes without saying that the bigger the battery the longer the device will last right? But what if you could have an infinite amount of energy, so long as you have access to sunlight? With Apple's patented solar-coated film, it could apply that tech onto the back of an IPhone or even the front bezels and if you wanted to charge it up, just let it shine on the window sill. It's clean energy and it'll save you a few bucks on your electricity bill. What's not to love?
8. Smart Bezels
Buttons? Who needs physical buttons? It's a race to the bottom and buttons need to die. If you've ever used a BlackBerry PlayBook, you'll know what I'm talking about here. Flick any border around the screen and it'll activate a different function. Smart bezels are intuitive and it's hard to go back to pressing buttons after you become accustomed to using them. Apple needs to copy that and bring it to the iPhone.
9. Pour To Share Data
As powerful as an iPhone is, it's no MacBook Pro or iMac. You can't share data between one iPhone and an iPad. Both have to sync up to a computer and then the transfers made manually. An easier solution would be to simply tap the devices together to swap data. HP's done that with its now dead TouchPad and Pre smartphone. Apple has a better idea: pour it. It's the perfect gesture metaphor and even grandma will understand it. To move a photo from one iPhone to an iPad, just pour the photo into it. Simple.
10. Video Ringtones
Apple's obsession with turning audio menus into visual ones is pretty far reaching. First it revolutionized the super boring audio voicemails with visual voicemail so you don't need to cycle through robot operators and now it wants to improve ringtones. Yes sir, instead of just hearing a ringtone, Apple thinks it might be a better idea to see a video clip with the ringtone. Lame and annoying? Sure, but it's the little touches like this that make iPhones feel special.
11. 'Find My iPhone' Feature That Records Finder
It sucks to lose your precious iPhone. iPhones aren't cheap so it hurts real bad when someone steals it or you lose it in a bar. Trust me, I know, I've lost mine before, but luckily was able to recover it with the Find My iPhone feature. It's not perfect, but it does tell you in which vicinity your iPhone is at. If someone finds it and returns it, great. If someone finds it and doesn't return it or doesn't answer when you dial the iPhone, then you're screwed. The next logical step is to remotely trigger the cameras and record the finder and or see where it's aimed at. Then shoot that feed over to the police and you should have a better lead on who jacked your phone.
12. Smaller Retractable Headphone Jacks
I don't know how Apple does it, but somehow its engineers and designers always seem to design products that are even thinner than the previous models. In the mobile world, every millimeter shaved off counts towards a thinner and lighter device. For the iPhone, you'd think Apple would hit a technological limit of thinning it down until it becomes as thin as the headphone jack, right? Nope, Apple's already working on a solution to that as well. Using unique sockets, hinges and micro doors, Apple might have figured out how to make iPhones thinner than a headphone jack, without changing the spec for a standard 3.5mm plug.


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If you're a student in the Greeley-Evans (Colo.) School District and you want to wear your brand-new Peyton Manning jersey to school, you might be gang-curious, according to the people who run your schools.
For several years, the district has imposed a strict dress code that forbids students from wearing certain clothing that could be associated with gangs, including jerseys with the No. 18, which could represent the city's 18th Street gang.
They are also prohibited from wearing jerseys with the Nos. 13 or 14 because of their association with the Sureño and Norteño gangs, and the reverse numbers—31 and 41, as well as 81.
Before the arrival of Manning, these restrictions weren't much of a big deal, since no kid liked Dante Rosario that much. But with the most popular jersey in the country now being disallowed, parents are complaining, and district spokesman Robert Fiedler says the bans could be reviewed. Free the Steve Watson throwbacks!
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The Houston Dynamo announced on Wednesday that the Second Annual Dynamo Charities Cup will be played on June 19 at Robertson Stadium against El Salvador club CD Águila.
"Águila is one of the top clubs from El Salvador and they have a long history and tradition," Dynamo chief operating officer Chris Canetti said.
The Dynamo Charities Cup was started last year to raise money for Dynamo Charities, the charitable arm of the Dynamo. The first match featured Mexican club Monterrey, which Houston defeated 2-1 in October.
While the team was disappointed with the amount it was able to contribute to charity from that match, the hope was to build upon the foundation set by that initial match.
"The Dynamo are the first MLS team to come up with this concept and institute it and we're building a tradition and this is only year two of what we hope will be a longstanding tradition," noted Canetti.
"I thought last year was a great event for us, not only for the fans, but for the fans of Monterrey as well," Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear said. "There is a large population of Salvadoran people here who are passionate about soccer and love to watch their home teams when they come to town."
While Houston was victorious against Monterrey, midfielder Corey Ashe suffered an injury which limited Ashe's involvement down the stretch for Houston. As a result, Kinnear was pleased the match was being played earlier in the season and during a break in the club's schedule.
"On the competitive side, there is a risk that someone gets an injury," noted Kinnear. "Corey recovered in time for the playoffs, but there is that risk but it's a sacrifice to raise some money for our charities and this year is a much better time in the middle of the season and on a short break time when we would be training anyways."
Kinnear admitted that while he will take full use of the liberal substitution rules, several starters will see minutes.
"It's important for us to be competitive and win this game as you saw last year," said Kinnear. "It was not short on drama, whether that be goals or the confrontations between the players, so the team selection will be liberal in letting guys who haven't played get some time, but you will see some normal guys start the game."
Regardless of who plays in the match, the Dynamo are hopeful that they can raise a nice amount for charity, play a quality opponent, and continue to try to connect with fans that might not have been previously exposed to the team.
"We know we have a big following of Salvadoran fans here in Houston and there is a big population of Salvadoran fans that have not come out to see the Dynamo," Canetti said. "We think it will be a wonderful match, well-attended, and a good opportunity for fans to see some good soccer and a chance for us to connect with [the Salvadoran] community and help build fans over the long term."
Dwain Capodice is a contributor to MLSsoccer.com. Questions or Comments can be sent via email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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According to Classic Rock Magazine, Bob Daisley has published a selection of unheard clips featuring the late RANDY RHOADS, recorded while they were members of Ozzy Osbourne's first post-Black Sabbath outfit BLIZZARD OF OZZ.
The tapes were made between December 1979 and March 1981, and offer a range of glimpses into the band's development, including the moment Rhoads received and first tried out his effects pedal board.
The bassist, who hopes one day to release what he calls his "Holy Grail" tapes, launched the clips to mark the 32nd anniversary of Rhoads' death – and he's also taken the opportunity to illustrate how hectic life was in the band, especially once manager Don Arden appointed his daughter Sharon as tour coordinator.
Daisley says on his website: "I've got one show on tape, but it's not labelled so I'm not sure which gig it is.
"Sharon had only just arrived back from America before the tour began. Dates were being moved, added, pulled, postponed and rescheduled at short notice.
"As an example, our day off in Birmingham, after playing Liverpool the night before, was cancelled so we could drive to Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey to remix Goodbye To Romance for a single. After we'd done the the remix and spent the night at Ridge Farm we were informed that Jet Records wanted a new song to release.
"So Randy, Lee Kerslake and I put together the music, with Lee singing the guide vocal at soundcheck while Ozzy, drunk, slept under the drum riser. I took the tape of what we'd written back to the hotel and wrote the lyrics in my room before the show that night. The song was You Said It All."
Daisley believes fans of the band will enjoy hearing his collection of recordings, but adds: "I've often been asked if there were any songs or ideas left over from the writing sessions with Randy. The answer is 'no' – we used and recorded everything that was completed at the time."


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text: OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese is urging farmers to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Reese announced Tuesday that 70 percent of Oklahoma producers already have responded to the census, which is conducted every five years. He says those who have not completed the survey still will get one last mailing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Reese says new data from the NASS shows total gross farm receipts exceeded $7.8 billion in Oklahoma for the first time in 2011, with $6.6 billion from livestock and $1.2 billion from crops. He says the data collected by federal officials is used by town planners, policy makers, agribusinesses and others to make key decisions for Oklahoma communities.


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Employment numbers in Pike County are much bleaker than statistics in the U.S. as a whole, says Mike Sullivan, executive director of Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Authority.
Employment numbers in Pike County are much bleaker than statistics in the U.S. as a whole, says Mike Sullivan, executive director of Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Authority.
He spoke recently at an early-morning seminar he hosted, "Pike County Employment, Unemployment and Business Activity," at Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing.
Unemployment around the country is at about 7.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which seems to be a great improvement since the recession, Sullivan said.
However, he said the number does not reflect the labor force participation rate, which declined from 66.5 percent in 2003 to 63.25 percent, as people left the workforce, many retiring early, as prospects for employment diminished for people in their late 50s and 60s. Plus, he said, 8 million claimed disability.
"People leave the workforce because they send out 50 resumes and get no interviews," said Sullivan.
So the number in the labor force is the same as in 2003, 113.4 million, he said, while the population increased by more than 20 million. "Economic power is lost with the low participation rate," he said.
Consequently, more people have less spending money, and in Pike County, which depends so much on tourism and discretionary income, the results include a 10.8 percent unemployment rate, and an average salary of $607 per week, while the national salary average is $984 per week.
Since 2007, 10 percent of Pike County's 977 companies with employees have been lost, taking the number of employees down from 8,177 to 7,569, said Sullivan.
"According to MIT statistics, the living wage is $18.82. But salaries won't go up, because so many people apply for jobs with low salaries," he said. "So you must create competition for employees with new employers. But most businesses in Pike County are one-man bands."
A majority of Pike County residents, 52 percent, work outside the county, Sullivan said. "That's unhealthy," he said. "They come for good schools and drive" very far to work in New Jersey and New York state.
But those who are unemployed should not just sit at home, said Cynthia DeFebo, director of Pike County Workforce Development Agency, who also spoke at the seminar. "We screen applicants for employers who say, 'Let us know if someone good comes in,'" she said.
She gets calls from employers in businesses ranging from manufacturing to health care. Her Shohola office has a federally funded job gateway website (jobgateway.pa.us), a job board, and job fairs. A veterans' representative also works in her office.
DeFebo has a close-up view of Pike County's unemployed or "mal-employed," as she described, for instance, a bookkeeper who took an $8.50-per-hour job at a gas station as her unemployment ran out.
She sees single parents barely getting by, contractors and crane operators who once made $65 an hour who have been unemployed for two years, now making $20 or $15.
"I have people who are 75 or 80 looking for work," she said.
She advises people looking for work, "You have to get out there. Tell everyone you know you're looking for work."
But she also warned that people can lose unemployment benefits if they have independent-business cards.
Meanwhile, as inmates are released from prisons, having done their time, they also need jobs, said Philip Yzeik, re-entry coordinator at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Waymart, Pa.
He announced a "mock job fair" Aug. 22, from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m., where offenders would have practice interviews, as they ready themselves for the outside world.
Some have been without work for a long time, or were never employed, but learned skills in prison. For them, jobs are important for beginning a productive life.
Yzeik said that employers interested in participating would not appear on a list of "felon-friendly" employers.


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Second Baptist Church of Detroit celebrates 177th anniversary
Church honors anniversary of oldest African American church in Michigan
DETROIT – The Second Baptist Church of Detroit says they are holding a two-day celebration to honor the 177th Anniversary of the oldest African American church in Michigan.
The church said it was founded in 1836, one year before Michigan became a state, by thirteen former slaves and free men and women.
The celebration began Saturday as Rev. Dr. Julia M. Robinson presented a lecture called "Home of Strangers: Detroit's Second Baptist and the Great Migration."
Robinson's lecture was about the little known story of how the church helped hundreds of black southern migrants find housing, employment, and faith during the Great Migration.
The church said Robinson will return Sunday at 10:30 am to deliver the sermon. Her message, "Establishing the Kingdom of God: A Legacy of Faith..." is said to be spiritually uplifting, said the church.
"We are blessed and excited to have such an outstanding speaker and scholar to help us to celebrate our 177th anniversary," said Bobbie R. Fowlkes-Davis, Anniversary Chairperson.
Since 1836, the church says it has achieved many milestones, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father, Rev. King, Sr., speaking at the church, abolitionist Frederick Douglass speaking from its pulpit, and establishing one of the first schools for African Americans in Detroit.
"We are proud of Second Baptist Church's long history of actively fighting for freedom, equality and justice for African Americans," said Rev. Dr. Kevin M. Turman, Pastor. "We invite all citizens to attend this momentous occasion."
The public is welcomed to attend these free events. Refreshments will be served following the program.
The church says free validated parking will be available at 1001 Brush Street, between Monroe and E. Lafayette. Second Baptist Church of Detroit is located at 441 Monroe near Greektown in downtown Detroit.
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Information security salaries are holding up well during the economic downturn but capital spending projects are feeling the axe, according to a pair of surveys from training organisation (ISC)2 and specialist recruitment consultant ISS.
The survey of more than 600 respondents, contractors and permanent employees based in the UK, found that more than half (56 per cent) received a pay rise in the last 12 months. Respondents were members of organisations representing professionals in the field, including: (ISC)2, ISACA, British Computer Society, Business Continuity Institute, Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST), and MIS Training Institute.
Nearly three quarters of survey participants (73 per cent) indicated their role to be senior professional, with seven or more years of experience. Almost a half were in charge of managing teams.
John Colley, managing director of (ISC)2, told El Reg that contractors who saw their salaries cut and who struggled for work in the early stages of the credit crunch have subsequently been rehired. Jobs and prospects in the financial services industry, traditionally a major source of employment, have been hard hit, but this has been offset by work in the government sector. However, there continues to be big salary gaps between the public and private sectors. This is particularly true for those who work for local authorities, who earn about a third less than their counterparts in finance and telecoms.
Day rates for contractors ranged from £100 to £1150 (with an average £548). None of the contractor respondents had more than 40 unpaid days off in the last year.
Traditionally London has always been the regional location with the highest salaries, but this has changed due to cut-backs in the city, leaving the South East as the location with the highest wages for security workers.
The salary survey - which is designed to serve as a reference for information security pros and hiring managers - found that the average salary for the 566 permanent employees who responded was £53,600. Nearly two thirds earned more than £50,000, while nearly half received bonuses that contributed an average of £10,000 to their basic salary. Benefits received by half contributed £10,000 to their remuneration package. "Despite the doom and gloom of the economic situation, security continues to be a highly valued as a profession, and they continue to be paid well," said Iain Sutherland, founder of ISS. "The operational and administrative roles that used to be considered specialist to information security appear to be moving into IT," he added.
While security salaries might be holding up well it's a different story in terms of capital expenditure. Seventy-two percent of more than 2,500 information security pros quizzed said their budgets were reduced the past six months due to the economic downturn. However half said they did not expect any additional cuts for the remainder of the year.
Around a third of survey respondents occupied hiring roles. Two in five (43 per cent) of this sample expected to hire additional information security staff this year. Sought-after areas of expertise included information risk management, operations security, access control systems and methodology, security management practices, and applications and systems development security.
The recruitment and spending findings are part of a web based survey by (ISC)2. The survey remains open to information security pros until May 15, when final results will be published.
"While we are being affected, generally Information Security is a profession that is weathering the recession well, as companies continue to recognise that security competency is both a business imperative and a means to achieving cost –cutting operational changes," said John Colley, managing director of (ISC)2 Europe.
"Budget cuts are definitely here and security isn't immune," Colley said. " But what we're seeing is projects are sacrificed in favour of people. Firms need to align security plans to biz strategy," he added.
The release of the two (ISC)2 surveys on Wednesday coincided with the Infosec conference in London. (ISC)2 is sponsoring Job Market Cafes for members and attendees of Infosec 2009. Representatives of three specialist recruiting firms – Barclay Simpson, Acumin and Information Security Solutions – will take part in the seminar on Wednesday afternoon. The Job Market Cafes form the London leg of workshops (ISC)2 is planning around the world to assist information security pros during the global downturn. ®
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Plums: Blossoms of spring
Plums offer early blossoms, sweet fruit
By Katie Marks, Networx
Around the world, the first sign of spring after the appearance of delicate crocuses poking their way through a crust of snow is plum blossoms, which burst out earlier than every other fruit tree for a showy display in late winter. Of course, that's rapidly followed by a rain of blossoms that stick to the roofs and sides of every vehicle in sight, but for fans of these beautiful flowers, that's an acceptable price to pay for these beautiful blooms.
Plums also feature distinctive deep red to purple foliage which emerges after the flowers -- making these trees absolutely stunning well into summer, when those flowers will eventually set fruit, if you've got a fertile tree. Plums are fantastic eaten out of hand, dried, or used in jams and jellies. Interested in growing one of your own? It's super easy -- so much so, in fact, that a plum pit tossed into the yard often volunteers all on its own. (But you're better off getting a sapling from the nursery, for reasons we'll explain shortly.)
First thing's first: if you're planning on planting a plum, you need to know that there are lots of different types, known as cultivars. Some plum cultivars were developed specifically for their flowers, but they've been bred to be sterile, so they won't set fruit. Most of these were created for urban areas where cities want plums in their landscaping, but don't want to deal with fallen fruit in the summer time. Some are self-fertile and can fertilize themselves, while others rely on another tree for fertilization (and many self-fertilizing varieties do better when they're fertilized by another tree). You can also find dwarf varieties that will fit comfortably even into small gardens and modest landscaping schemes.
Various cultivars have been bred to thrive in warmer or cooler climates, and can cope with different amounts of water. You'll need to select a good tree for your needs on the basis of whether you want fruit or not, and where you live. Staff at your local nursery can help you select the best tree for your needs. Here's why you might want to consider buying from a nursery instead of growing from a pit: nurseries offer trees bred and grown for vigor, with very sturdy, healthy root stock. Plums grown from pits might not perform as well because they don't necessarily breed true, which could be disappointing for you!
The best time to plant is late winter or early spring, though you may miss the first year's flowering. Your plum tree should be planted in a deep hole with ample fertilizer and rich soil -- use soil testing to determine exactly what your baby tree will need. Mulch around the roots to help the seedling retain water, and water well to get your tree well-established. In the first year, it's important to give your plum sufficient water as it develops a root system.
Select a south or west-facing wall (north-facing if you're in the Southern Hemisphere) for your young plum tree. Because the flowers are vulnerable to frost, it's important that your tree be sheltered in cool weather (if you need to, put your Houston carpentry skills to work to build a supportive frame for a frost cloth). If you do get an unexpected late cold snap, wrap your plum tree to protect the blooms. Furthermore, be assertive when it comes to pruning; you want a strong central branch and a nice, evenly-branched form. Because plums produce flowers so early, make sure to prune accordingly, as you don't want to disrupt the tree while it's putting energy into flowering.
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Brace Yourselves for the Best Vegan Makeup Ever!
By now I'm sure you've all picked up on my affinity for Everyday Minerals. I fell in love with this makeup line the very first time I tried it. I plan on making a YouTube video/tutorial about achieving the smokey eye look using Everyday Minerals eyeshadows (look for it soon).
In the meantime, I wanted to share with you the many reasons why this makeup line is super fantastic. Feel free to add to my list in the comments section below. 🙂
- Everyday Minerals is 100% vegan and cruelty-free—now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
- I miraculously found a cheek shade (Pink Ribbon, $9) that complements my olive skin tone—this is a BIG deal (I've been searching for this for practically my entire life!)
- Also, their blush containers are uniquely designed to snap shut (inside) so that the mineral makeup doesn't fly everywhere the next time you open it—GENIUS! Seriously, why isn't this the status quo?
- Their vegan makeup brushes are hands-down the best I've ever tried (super soft and easy to work with)… I'm especially fond of their angled blending brush ($6)
- Their eye colors are richly pigmented and come in insanely bright, fun and shimmery shades (as well as earthy, natural ones) to cover all of your whimsical makeup moods ($6.50 each)
- This makeup is affordable, people! I don't wanna pay $15-20 for a frickin' eyeshadow (although I've definitely been known to [reluctantly] splurge on occasion)… Brands like Everyday Minerals actually make it possible to save some of my paycheck for other things like *pause* I don't know, food?
- They have cheap makeup kits! For example, for $20 you can get a Pillow Mints Lip Balm; Rare Silk (sample size); Mrs. Coffee Eyeliner (sample size); Raw Sugar (mini size); Happiness Bronzer (mini size); Natural Lucent (mini size); Baby Bamboo Flat Top Brush and a cute "My Love is a Renewable Source" Bamboo Tote
- They even have makeup kits for men!
- Um, free samples? Yes please! 😀
'Tis all for now! What do you love about Everyday Minerals? Any recommendations?
Hugs, kisses, booty slaps and & high fives,
♥ Sunny
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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Ohh thnak you Sunny pretty and simple but eye catching !
Can anyone recommend options for concealer, blush and foundation for a fair-skin redhead? Thanks.
It's a little on the pricey side but Hourglass makes an awesome liquid foundation if you're looking for fuller coverage. You can always get free samples from Sephora if you want to try it out first. And as far as concealer goes, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics makes the absolute best concealer!
I just made my first order from Everyday Minerals and absolutely LOVE them. Very good coverage, love it all…I have lots of samples as well to decide my next order. Terrific quality.
I just looove Everyday Minerals 😉 I've tried their brushes, foundation, concealer, almost all of their eyeshadows, their brow colors, lip products and their blush & am always satisfied.
Hi Sunny,
Have you tried any of their lipsticks? How do they wear?
Thanks, Sunny! It sounded like "fair" was the lightest on the site, so I ordered that kit and a blush. Can't wait to try them! I'll definitely let you know what I think!
Hi, Sunny! I used bare minerals for years, but this makeup looks awesome so I want to give it a try. I'm going to order a try me kit but don't know if I should get "fair" or "ivory" – I've emailed the company and contacted them through twitter, but haven't had a response yet. Do you by any chance have any idea which kit is lighter?
Hi, just wanted to let you know that a link to this blogpost been featured on Animal Action Alerts under the "conscious consumer" section. Thanks for the great post Sunny and please keep up the awesome work you do! You can see the alert here: Animal Action Email Alert – 16th Oct 2010 – http://eepurl.com/bj8Bj
Yours in critter luv,
unfortunately they don't ship to brazil anymore 🙁
Hey Sunny, check out my blog whenever you have some free time! It's in Portuguese, but it's all about cruelty-free cosmetics too!
Everyday Minerals is the only makeup I use. I love their makeup and brushes. They just sell online but the shipping is very reasonable.
Where could one get these? I've never come across this brand. Or is it only available online?
I'm definitely pro affordable vegan make up. On a student budget, I don't necessarily have the money to splurge on make up. Thanks for the info! I'll definitely keep an eye out for these products.


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Friday, September 28, 2012
Apple and Cheddar Cheese Scones
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My local farmers market, Viimsi Taluturg, hosts a big apple feast tomorrow, called Ubinapäev. If I remember it correctly, its the third year in a row. And for the second year in a row, a group of local foodbloggers, including yours truly, sets up a apple cake stand, Toidublogijate õunakoogikohvik. There are five of us, just like last year, and as last year was lots of fun and a great success (we sold all the cakes within 2 hours or so), we're more than happy to participate this year as well. So all of you who are in Tallinn or Viimsi tomorrow, are most welcome to come by and have some apple cake. But come early :)
Today's recipe is for apple and Cheddar cheese scones. The ones on the picture were made exactly a year ago, and come highly recommended. If it weren't for the prohibitive cost of Cheddar cheese over here, I'd make these for the apple cake stand tomorrow. These are excellent - slightly sweet, slightly savory, full of roasted apples and strong-flavoured cheese - a great snack first thing in the morning or with your afternoon cup of tea.
The original recipe appeared in Melissa Clark's "The Perfect Finish" (2010, Apple and White Cheddar Scones), but I've played with the amounts and ingredients a little. Smitten Kitchen and Leite's Culinaria have blogged about the same recipe from the same book (these are helpful when you're looking for US measurements). And a search for apple cheddar scones gives numerous results on the FoodBlogSearch, if you're looking for something slightly different.
Apple and Cheddar Cheese Scones
Makes 6 large scones
3 to 4 large apples (about 450 g/1 pound in total)
200 g all-purpose flour
4 Tbsp + 1.5 Tbsp caster sugar
0.5 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
85 g cold butter, cut into cubes
100 g strong/mature Cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
4 Tbsp (1/4 cup) fresh cream (single or double)
2 large eggs, divided
Line a baking sheet with a parchment paper. Peel the apples, remove the cores and cut apples into thin sectors. Place on the baking sheet on an even layer, and bake at 180 C/350 F for about 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven, let cool.
Mix the dry ingredients (flour, 4 Tbsp of sugar, baking powder and salt). Place the cubed cold butter into your food processor. Add the apples, grated cheese, fresh cream and 1 egg. Scatter the dry mix on top. Using the slowest setting, quickly mix the dough until it just comes together.
Line a baking sheet with a clean parchment paper.
Place the scone mixture onto a lightly floured table, sprinkle some flour on top as well. Gently roll it into a round disk, about 3.5 cm high. Cut into 6 sectors and transfer these onto the baking sheet, leaving some space between the scones.
Whisk the remaining egg with a pinch of salt. Brush the scones with the egg wash, then sprinkle with the rest of the sugar.
Bake in the middle of a preheated 180 C oven for about 30 minutes, until the scones are lovely golden brown.
Let cool a little, then transfer onto a metal rack to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
6 comments:
- Jael said...
Nami nami,those look so good!
- 8:05 pm, September 28, 2012
- Renee Schettler Rossi, Editor In Chief said...
Many thanks for the kind mention! How lovely to happen upon your way with words and photos today....
- 9:26 pm, September 28, 2012
- Unknown said...
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- 7:28 am, September 29, 2012
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- 7:29 am, September 29, 2012
- Jeff @ Cheeseburger said...
These apple & cheddar cheese scones looks very delicious. Can't wait to make them this weekend.
- 1:36 pm, October 04, 2012
- Unknown said...
Hello Pille,
Thanks for the Apple and Cheddar Cheese Scones recipe.
I'll create one for sure, my kids are gonna like it :)
If you don't mind, can you submit your Apple and Cheddar Cheese Scones photo in http://www.foodporn.net ?
It's a food photography site full of all DIY food pictures from members around the world. Or perhaps you'd like to submit by yourself? Let me know when you did, so I can share it.
- 7:16 am, October 08, 2012


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Robert De Niro confronted Tom Sizemore at his therapist's office as part of an intervention to get the "Black Hawk Down" star to enter rehab.
Sizemore has struggled with addictions to cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines in the past two decades, and he admits his lowest point came when his "Heat" co-star tried to talk sense to him.
Sizemore, who details the emotional family-led intervention in his new book, "By Some Miracle I Made if Out of There," tells news show "Access Hollywood," "I walked in to see my shrink and I walked in and there were all these people there … and I sit down and Bob came in and goes, 'OK. OK, now we can talk. … Now you listen to me, I'm no psychiatrist … but you're either going to go to rehab or go to prison and in walks a cop.'
"I was trying to make a joke out of it because all these people are there and I'm embarrassed and he went, 'Tom, I'm not playing. They'll put you in jail for a year!'"
De Niro then offered to fly Sizemore to rehab onboard his private plane, but the troubled actor insisted he'd check-in as soon as they wrapped their 1995 film.
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A year ago, the prospect of hundreds of new rules coming down the pike from government regulators had lenders worried over what the government would require of them. The massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 directed regulators to come up with new rules affecting consumer and commercial lending by April 2011.
At the same time, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was working up new requirements to restore investor confidence in asset-backed securities, a measure known as Regulation AB.
Fearing that they might need to increase cash reserves or hire additional staff to perform yet unknown procedures, many banks were reluctant to make loans in 2010. "Regulations cost money to comply with them," explains James F. Smith, chief economist at Parsec Financial Management in Asheville, N.C. "If you're a bank spending your money to comply with regulations, you have less money to lend out."
Such concerns are fading in 2011, however, says David Rifkind, principal and managing director of George Smith Partners, a Los Angeles-based financial intermediary. Rather than wait for regulations, commercial real estate lenders have policed their own policies and practices to help investors gain a clearer understanding of new investments.
In the process, the sector has provided government regulators with means to achieve financial reform goals without disrupting the securitized lending practices that have become vital to the commercial real estate industry.
"The capital markets participants themselves have made changes preemptively to meet market demands," says Rifkind. "In doing so, it trumped any necessity of using government regulation to shore up some of these practices from the last cycle."
Loan originations in the U.S. for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are on track to top $12 billion in the first quarter this year, more than the $11.6 billion originated in all of 2010, according to the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council. Issuance is expected to total between $35 billion and $50 billion this year.
Lenders take action
What relieved the uneasiness over financial regulation? Certainly not the regulations themselves, which insiders say are behind schedule and unlikely to be published for several months.
The lopsided victory by Republicans in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections has given lenders confidence that new rules won't derail the CMBS machine on Wall Street.
Most important, however, are the changes that CMBS issuers are already incorporating into new securitizations. Transactions are simpler, with only six or seven tranches as opposed to a dozen or more, and standardized documents are making it easier for investors to compare one deal to another.
In all new CMBS transactions, investors who purchase the riskiest tranche in a CMBS deal, the B piece, are prohibited from selling their position and must therefore retain their risk.
Proponents of the CMBS model say that last point meets a key objective of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires that either the lender or the B-piece investor retain at least 5% of the credit risk in a securitized transaction.
As the first quarter of 2011 nears its end, commercial real estate lenders have a general understanding of what the new federal rules will require, and they have already adjusted their practices. "There doesn't seem to be a lot of anxiety with regard to regulation," Rifkind says. "We see the capital markets reloading now, and regulation doesn't seem to be one of the things standing in the way."
Wheels turn slowly
When will lenders and investors know exactly what the new federal rules of the game are for commercial real estate? That depends on the rule in question.
"The Dodd-Frank legislation is really only the skeleton," pointed out John Courson, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), during last month's opening session of the Commercial Real Estate Finance and Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo in San Diego. "Now we're into the meat grinder of rule making where we really have to put meat on those bones."
The Dodd-Frank Act requires federal agencies to jointly create risk-retention rules for asset-backed securities including CMBS by mid-April of this year. A comment period and formation of a final version will follow, with regulations finally taking effect one year later for residential asset-backed securities, and one year after that for CMBS. Sticking to the federal schedule means new CMBS regulations won't take effect until 2013 at the earliest.
That schedule is already off track, however, according to John E. D'Amico, CEO of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council. Members of the New York-based trade organization traveled to Washington, D.C. in late January and met with representatives of the SEC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve to discuss progress on the rules.
Those three agencies, together with the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, are jointly responsible for coming up with risk-retention rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. "April is impossible. They're just not going to get it done," says D'Amico in relaying the message he received from regulators.
Members of Congress, too, told the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council delegation that it is more important to draft workable rules than to meet an arbitrary deadline. "They're going to spend the time they need to get it right," says D'Amico.
A delay in the risk-retention rules would push back rules expected on other issues, according to Gail Cardwell, senior vice president of commercial/multifamily programs at the MBA.
Examples include the SEC's Regulation AB measure that will regulate asset-backed securities, as well as a proposed safe-harbor rule with risk-retention implications that the FDIC put out for comment but recently withdrew pending progress on the Dodd-Frank rules.
The SEC also tabled work on Regulation AB while it focuses on risk-retention rules mandated by Dodd-Frank.
Both the MBA and CRE Finance Council prefer that regulators take time to coordinate new rules and avoid duplication or, worse yet, contradictions between rules from one agency to another. That may prove to be a herculean task with so many proposals on the table.
The MBA submitted more than 100 opinions on financial regulatory reform to regulators in 2010 alone, which underscores the wide scope of issues under discussion.
"The biggest concern we're hearing (from MBA members) is the totality of the regulations. It's not just the individual regulations, but how they work with one another," says Cardwell. "It is extremely important that there is a harmonization of regulations across regulatory agencies."
Risk under the microscope
The mispricing of risk leading up to the Great Recession and the financial market meltdown make it imperative that investors understand the risks they assume. That's why ongoing financial reforms seek to improve the ways risk is identified and communicated to investors.
The commercial real estate finance sector's answer to that call from investors has been to boost transparency in lending and in securitized transactions.
The CRE Finance Council and lenders themselves are establishing standardized practices and model documents that will help investors compare one deal to another.
New CMBS transactions give senior investors a greater voice in appointing special servicers, who handle delinquent loans in the pool of collateral.
The Dodd-Frank Act directs federal agencies to remove any requirements in existing laws that rely on rating agency reports. Some observers say an overreliance on agency ratings gave some investors a false sense of security when it came to the securities they purchased.
MBA doesn't want to see the baby thrown out with the bathwater. Some institutions have the resources to conduct property site visits and assess the risk in a securitized transaction just as rating agencies do, but many smaller banks lack those resources, says George Green, associate vice president for commercial/multifamily at the MBA.
Bond buyers should be allowed to consider rating agencies' assessments of risk in CMBS tranches, so long as those investors review the ratings and decide whether the analysis is credible, the MBA contends.
"For small banks, the type of underwriting a rating agency does would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it would be cost-prohibitive for some banks to do that internally," says Green. "We're not saying you should blindly rely on ratings. You do your analysis, look at the ratings, and affirm your belief in them."
Prospects brighten
Commercial real estate lenders and investors face the daunting prospect of adjusting to hundreds of new rules over the next few years.
While the specifics remain a mystery, there is a consensus that regulations will reflect many of the changes already taking place. There will be opportunities to provide feedback to regulators, who will make adjustments before new rules take effect.
That knowledge has given lenders and investors enough confidence to get back to work instead of waiting around to see what new rules will take effect, evidenced by the growing volume of CMBS originations.
"It's no longer having a chilling effect," says D'Amico. "People are making their plans and going forward."
Matt Hudgins is an Austin-based writer.


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The Super Bowl is more than four quarters of football, outrageous TV commercials and a glitzy halftime show. It's also about the preceding week of media hype, interviews, logistics, game-planning and practices.
How players deal with the week will factor into who wins the Broncos-Seattle Seahawks showdown. Experience matters, and in that regard, the Broncos hold a slight advantage.
Although neither team is loaded with Super Bowl veterans, the Broncos have four players who have experienced Super Bowl week. Seattle's experience? Zero.
Denver quarterback Peyton Manning and receiver Wes Welker have been through the wringer twice. Cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and tight end Jacob Tamme have each played in one Super Bowl.
Also, Broncos coach John Fox led the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl in the 2003 season, and John Elway, vice president of football operations, was Denver's starting quarterback in five Super Bowls, winning his last two.
Fox said he will lean on his most-seasoned players.
"I think there are enough young players in that locker room that can get some information from guys that have been through it before," Fox said. "There are a lot of things you deal with during these two weeks. "
Jersey boys. Manning's No. 18 jersey still is the NFL's most popular among fans, but the Seahawks have three in the top 10: quarterback Russell Wilson (ranked second), running back Marshawn Lynch (sixth) and cornerback Richard Sherman (10th). The rankings come from the league's official store, NFLShop.com.
Sherman, who has made news for his great play and brash talk, is the only defensive player in the top 10.
Back to work. Fox gave his players Tuesday and Wednesday off to take care of their Super Bowl arrangements for family and friends while his coaching staff put together the game plan for the Seahawks. The idea is to have all off-field, Super Bowl matters addressed before Fox brings the team together Thursday for its first Big Game practice.
The team will also practice Friday and Saturday at the team's headquarters, then fly Sunday morning to Newark. It will continue preparations next week by practicing at the New York Jets' facility in New Jersey.
Turnover myth. Last year's postseason bashed the long-held theory a team needs to play its best ball in December. The Broncos were 5-0 in December of 2012; the Baltimore Ravens were 1-4.
'Nuff said.
This season, the Broncos are swinging a stick at the piñata that is the importance of turnovers. The Broncos were tied for 13th with a zero turnover margin during the regular season. Yet they tied for the NFL's best record at 13-3.
In the postseason, the Broncos are minus-2 in turnovers — no defensive takeaways against an interception and a lost fumble in the San Diego game — yet are 2-0.
On the other hand, the Seahawks led the NFL with a plus-20 turnover margin in the regular season. They were plus-3 in their two playoff victories and needed every turnover to beat San Francisco in the NFC championship game.


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Justice Stewart's Papers are Now Open
Tony Mauro of the National Law Journal is reporting on the opening of Potter Stewart's papers at Yale:
Stewart died in 1985 at age 70, but he stipulated that his papers would not be made public until the retirement of all justices with whom he served. Justice John Paul Stevens was the last justice in that category, so his departure was the trigger for the release of Stewart's papers, at long last.
[…] From an initial scan of his case and correspondence files, it does not appear, however, that scholars will learn much about how his brethren won over his vote. The case files generally contain just successive drafts of opinions, with little else.
Mauro's initial impression of a lack of juicy behind-the-scenes details is corroborated by what I learned in a brief exchange with Professor Larry Tribe at the Kagan hearings. Tribe was a Stewart clerk in the 1967-68 term and told me that Stewart burned much of his more sensitive papers. Learning this dampened my enthusiasm to make a trip to New Haven to go digging through Stewart's records, but perhaps I may still head up there at the end of the summer.
Readers of F1@1F may know that I'm a big fan of Stewart's "scrupulously non-ideological" jurisprudence, as Mauro describes it. Indeed, if I were ever to write a biography of a Supreme Court justice during his tenure on the bench, I would look to Stewart. He is of a dead breed of judicial conservatism that will be due for a resurrection in the next decade or two.
As the public begins to recognize that originalism is not at all a safeguard against–but rather a thin veil masking–results-oriented, unprincipled judging, we will see a return of confidence in judges who need no theory of everything to be good, careful, honest judges. At least so I hope. Today's liberal bloc is often derided for being too pragmatic and moderate, that the left needs ideological liberals in the molds of Douglas, Black, Warren, Brennan, and Marshall. But I think the answer is in more Stewarts, Harlans, Whites, and O'Connors on the right. A perfect court, in my mind, would have its Brennan/Marshall's and Scalia/Thomas's on the wings, with a broad and heterodox middle taking each case as it came. That would be a diverse bench. The question remains, however, whether in the age of movement conservatism there remain any pragmatic right-leaning judges or lawyers for future Republican presidents to appoint.
Perhaps some of Stewart's papers that survived the fireplace may hold a blueprint for a resurgent pragmatic conservatism on the Court.
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Royal phones hacked, the former prime minister demands a police investigation of possible snooping on his mobile messages, the current prime minister's director of communications resigns, Rupert Murdoch flies in to London for a crisis meeting, and that is just the start.
Deep into the age of computer hacking, one or more journalists at Murdoch owned British newspaper the News of the World have been accused of carrying out a remarkably old-fashioned hack, that of accessing or 'phreaking' voicemail systems used by celebrities and politicians.
Dozens or even hundreds of public figures could in theory be affected and it hasn't taken long for it to dawn on people that the practice is likely to be more widespread than a single newspaper in a single country, and could also affect a greater range of people.
Voicemail systems have been under attack since the dawn of the answer-machine and business voicemail box, but it was with the arrival of mobile networks that it started to take off. These offer a standardised interface and set of access numbers and come with default security PINs that even non-technical journalists can manage to look up on the Internet.
This is the first security flaw of public voicemail systems; the PIN. A default PIN is usually set on voicemail when the service is enabled, which many users won't remember to change. Even if the PIN is changed, intruders can attempt to access the mailbox by getting the number reset by phoning up the provider. How hard is this? Nobody knows.
Attackers can get away with such simple access thanks to a second flaw, namely that public voicemail systems don't record the numbers from which the service is being accessed, only the time of access. This alone would make simple voicemail hacks harder to execute by leaving a trail of evidence of access.
Normally, there are only two further demands on the attacker – they must know or guess the network being used and be prepared to risk the wrath of the law. Accessing voicemail on any system without persmission is clearly against UK and US laws.
A more sinister possibility is that hackers might have paid informants inside mobile phone networks call centres though it is worth pointing out that there is no evidence of this in current cases.
As to corprorate voicemail systems, the same principles apply although these will be more secure due to in-depth authentication designs and longer PINs. PINs and other security measures will also be set up by a security admin and administered according to defined policies.
Beyond walking in the front door, the possibilities get more complex and slightly less likely.
Spoofing systems have appeared in recent times that exploit the fact that when a person calls their voicemail from their own phone (identified by the individual International Mobile Subscriber Identity or IMSI) on some networksthey are often able to access the system without entering a PIN at all. All the attacker would need to have – other than the knowhow to use spoofing – is the target mobile number.
Whether this would work on a particular account will depend on the network concerned, and in some cases the country in which the system is being used.
Can it be stopped?
The easiest way to avoid having one of these systems hacked is not to use them at all. Voicemail can be turned off as a service, which forces callers back on for the time being more secure systems such as SMS and email. It's also advisable for the same reason not to use message transcription services (such as replacements for the ill-fated Spinvox) that turn voicemails into text. If a system is a risk, putting a human into that chain only adds to security worries.
A second basic possibility is to reset the default PIN code. Assuming this if four digits, that allows to 10,000 possible combinations for a hacker to guess, not completely secure but a reasonable start. Make sure the PIN is then changed often. Third, use a target could use more than one phone and network. This makes it harder for an attacker to guess and access all of the target's voicemail.
Ultimately, targeted individuals could become vulnerable even on SMS and email if an attacker can get a piece of spyware on to their smartphone. This is probably the biggest threat in the medium term and would offer attackers a way of getting at anything on the phone from contacts to call logs and to private documents.
The single barrier to rogue apps on smartphones is that the attacker has to take account of the platform of the target's smartphone and get around any appproval systems that might exist. In the case of the smartphone, this is considerable.
What about the calls themselves? There have been a number of theoretical hacks of encrypted live mobile phone calls in the last year though they remain hypothetical. They can be defended against using encryption technology or by abandoning GSM altogether in favour of encrypted satellite phones.
This story, "Mobile phone hacking - can you stop it?" was originally published by Techworld.com.