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- Also called:
- mucoviscidosis
- Formerly:
- cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
- Key People:
- Francis Collins
- Related Topics:
- human genetic disease
- pancreas
- inborn error of metabolism
- meconium ileus
- sweat test
cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited metabolic disorder, the chief symptom of which is the production of a thick, sticky mucus that clogs the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract. Cystic fibrosis was not recognized as a separate disease until 1938 and was then classified as a childhood disease because mortality among afflicted infants and children was high. However, by the mid-1980s, more than half of all victims of cystic fibrosis survived into adulthood because of aggressive therapeutic measures.
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder mainly affecting people of European ancestry. It is estimated to occur in 1 per 2,500 to 4,500 live births in these populations and is particularly concentrated in people of northwestern European descent. It is much less common among people of African ancestry (about 1 per 17,000 live births) and is very rare in people of Asian ancestry. The disorder was long known to be recessive—i.e., only persons inheriting a defective gene from both parents will manifest the disease. The disease has no manifestations in heterozygotes—i.e., those individuals who have one normal copy and one defective copy of the particular gene involved. However, when both parents are heterozygous, they may expect that, on the basis of chance, one out of four of their offspring will have the disease. In 1989 the defective gene responsible for cystic fibrosis was isolated. The gene, called cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, or CFTR, lies in the middle of chromosome 7 and encodes a protein of the same name, designated CFTR.
Cystic fibrosis affects the functioning of the body's exocrine glands—e.g., the mucus-secreting and sweat glands—in the respiratory and digestive systems. Within the cells of the lungs and gut, the CFTR protein transports chloride across cell membranes and regulates other channels. These functions are critical for maintaining and adjusting the fluidity of mucous secretions. Most cases of cystic fibrosis are caused by a mutation that corresponds to the production of a CFTR protein that lacks the amino acid phenylalanine. As a result, chloride and sodium ions accumulate within cells, thereby drawing fluid into the cells and causing dehydration of the mucus that normally coats these surfaces. The thick, sticky mucus accumulates in the lungs, plugging the bronchi and making breathing difficult. This results in chronic respiratory infections, often with Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chronic cough, recurrent pneumonia, and the progressive loss of lung function are the major manifestations of lung disease, which is the most common cause of death of persons with cystic fibrosis.
In the digestive system, the abnormally thick mucous secretions interfere with the passage of digestive enzymes and thus block the body's absorption of essential nutrients. The resulting maldigestion and malabsorption of food can cause affected individuals to become malnourished despite an adequate diet. Bulky, greasy, foul-smelling stools are often the first signs of cystic fibrosis. About 10 percent of infants with cystic fibrosis have intestinal obstruction at birth due to very thick secretions. In addition, mutations in the CFTR gene are associated with degeneration of the ductus deferens and sterility in adult males who have cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis causes the sweat glands to produce sweat that has an abnormally high salt content. The high salt content in perspiration is the basis for the "sweat test," which is the definitive diagnostic test for the presence of cystic fibrosis. Mutations associated with cystic fibrosis can be detected in screening tests. These tests are effective in the identification of adult carriers (heterozygotes), who may pass a mutation on to their offspring, as well as in the identification of newborns who may be at risk for the disorder.
The treatment of cystic fibrosis includes the intake of pancreatic enzyme supplements and a diet high in calories, protein, and fat. Vigorous physical therapy on a daily basis is used to loosen and drain the mucous secretions that accumulate in the lungs. Medications such as dornase alfa, a recombinant form of the enzyme deoxyribonuclease, are given to thin mucus, facilitating its clearance from the lungs through coughing. In addition, bronchodilators can be used to relax the smooth muscles that line the airways and cause airway constriction, making it easier for patients to breathe. These agents may be administered by means of an inhaler or a nebulizer, which is powered by a compressor that sprays aerosolized drug into the airways. The anti-inflammatory agent ibuprofen has been shown to slow the deterioration of lung tissue in some cystic fibrosis patients. In severe cases, lung transplantation may be considered. Many patients with cystic fibrosis regularly take antibiotics, sometimes in aerosolized form, in order to fight lung infections.
Among the most promising treatments under investigation for cystic fibrosis is gene therapy. Gene therapy first emerged as a potential form of treatment in 1990, when researchers successfully restored CFTR chloride channel function in cultured lung and airway epithelial cells that carried CFTR mutations. The researchers used recombinant DNA technology to generate viral vectors containing normal copies of the CFTR gene. These vectors were then transfected into the cultured cells, which subsequently incorporated the normal genes into their DNA. This success led to the first clinical trial of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis in 1993. The same technology was used to insert the CFTR gene into a replication-deficient adenovirus that was then administered into the noses and lungs of patients. This first trial initially appeared to be successful, since increased expression of the CFTR protein was observed shortly after treatment. However, the patients experienced severe side effects, including lung inflammation and signs of viral infection. Since the 1990s, gene therapy for cystic fibrosis has undergone significant refinement, and the outcomes of clinical trials are marked by steady improvement. However, the natural defense systems of the lungs and airways have proved significant obstacles to cellular uptake of the viral vector carrying the normal CFTR gene. As a result, the development of an effective gene delivery system has become a major focus of cystic fibrosis gene therapy. Delivery systems under investigation include cationic polymer vectors, cationic liposomes, and adenovirus associated virus. The latter, which can bind to a type of receptor expressed in high numbers on the surfaces of lung cells, has proved particularly effective in laboratory studies using human lung tissue.


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Italian » Spiritualità » Pellegrinaggi e Ritiri » Lebanon, Syria and Jordan Pilgrimage 2005 » The Official Pilgrimage Report »
Pilgrimage is not just about traveling; it is also about seeking. The true pilgrim is actually trying to find a way home. Pilgrimage is associated with religion because ultimately our home is with God, our Creator. Pilgrimage expresses the call we experience within, a call which could be put into one word, expressed as an invitation:
What we might call the pilgrimage of life itself has many turnings: right and wrong; cross-roads; winding, dangerous roads; broad, apparently easy roads; cul-de-sacs with warnings, and blind alleys. Within this greater pilgrimage there are smaller ones: journeys to biblical countries and holy places; shrines, famous monasteries, etc. All of these travels are undertaken to keep us mindful of that deeper call which is not just about life after death, but the here and now.
We are almost like characters in a fairy tale; seekers after the legendary Kingdom, searching for the wisest and noblest of Kings, for the place of ultimate peace and joy where we have the most sublime sense of well-being. Yes, we know we seek Heaven, but the Kingdom is being opened to us in our daily lives with all its drudgery and challenges by the King Himself Who comes from His heavenly Throne to seek a humbler one; the human heart.
The Pilgrimage that produces fruit is the one that we travel in humility and love. Frustrations, delays, excess heat, chilly evenings, insects, thirst, and hunger are just as necessary as good company, laughter, wholesome food and prayer. A pilgrimage is not a holiday, as many a priest is forced to explain to his parishioners, even if it is billed as "pilgrimage/holiday." A holiday is meant to be a time of rest; on the other hand, a pilgrimage is meant to reflect the journey of life itself and so involves struggle, hard work, and determination. Aspects of self-discipline, such as being on time, become more than bothersome. They are like little lights illuminating aspects of human weakness. In the context of a pilgrimage human weaknesses show up in selfishness, laziness, rebelliousness and carelessness. At the same time, some people shine. Such are the "salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13).
These, and so many other things, become aspects of the Kingdom, which in this life is like a vast field consisting of both wheat and its counterfeit tares, or darnel. We hope that one of the graces of pilgrimage is the wisdom to know the difference both in ourselves and in the world around us. This means that one of the most important invitations within a genuine pilgrimage is the call to repentance.
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Discorsi Selected speeches from Vassula and various other contributors listed in chronological order
Lettere Scritti di Vassula su temi diversi
Essays Essays and other writings from various contributors on various subjects
Miracles A NEW project undertaken in Nov 2006. Collection of recorded miracles associated with Vassula and TLIG
Riflessioni sui Messaggi Meditazioni puntuali, riflessioni e commenti su alcuni Messaggi
Prayer Groups TLIG Prayer Groups and Associations
Pellegrinaggi e Ritiri Pellegrinaggi e Ritiri passati e futuri della Vera Vita in Dio
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City of Lenoir firefighters work 24 hours on and 48 hours off. The department has three different shifts (A, B, & C). Firefighters report to our station at 8:00 a.m. and are relieved at 8:00 a.m. the next morning. Administrative personnel work Monday through Friday, daytime hours.
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Although most of you are way ahead of me, I thought I would start a thread to chronicle my progress. I will add to it as things get done.
Here is what I'm am planning - Build a CHIFT PIST system, That is a Constant hieght in fish tank , pump in the sump system, raise tilapia ( if I can purchase them from some one) and vegtables year round via a radiant heated greenhouse. I am planning on constant flow using loop siphons in the grow beds and river bed systems made of 6" PVC.
For radiant heat I am going to build a hot water storage system copied from Mother Earth news utilizing a pond liner and insulated box. I will pump this hot water thru the pad via the radiant heat tubing. Although I am a big believer in buying locally you should shop around for this Item as it is varies in price from one distributer to the next. I am planning on taking advantage of solar and wind power to reduce operating costs but will also use electric for a backup.
I purchased a 275 gallon IBC from a local barrel cleaning company to use as my fish tank. I plan on enclosing and insulating it with a styrofoam/plywood box hopefully reducing any drastic temperature fluctations. After all this is Kansas and the weather changes to all extremes.
I have already purchased a 10x12 Harbor freight greenhouse and have installed the radiant heat tubing in the pad for it with 3-1/2" of concrete. I did this a couple of weekends ago. Mother Nature has been fighting me all the way! First working with 3/4" radiant heat tubing in the cold is a drag! Doesn't bend or manipulate very well. Since this is a greenhouse with water involved I also installed a small drain in the center.
Then the weekend we poured we recieved an unforecasted cold snap right after we poured. Fortunately the only damage to my pour might be a little scaling on the top layer. I can live with that, after all the concrete is there for thermal mass. Notice the light dusting of snow on the pad after we uncovered it.
Well I was hoping to get to constructing the greenhouse last weekend but that didn't pan out because of high winds(part of life in Kansas), so I decided to start building my growbeds.
These are made up of 30 gallon sterlite containers my wife found on sale a few weeks ago. they were a littlle tall, so I broke out the die grinder and cut them down to 12" deep on the inside.
Since I am planning to use a loop siphon system I constructed a internal drain pipe with 3/16" holes drilled in it for the water to drain thru. I made these removable, in case I need to make a design change (add more or bigger holes) and to aid in cleaning.
The next step in this process was to drill a 1 3/8" hole in the grow bed to allow the drain pipe to connect to the loop siphon . I connected it with a home made bulkhead fittng using 1" pvc to 1" pipe male and female adapters and hand cut rubber grommetsand 90 degree elbow. These seem to be fairly sturdy, but I have yet to test them.
I worked fairly steady at these and was able to complete 9 growbed assemblies this weekend. This will give me approximately 170 gallons of growbed capacity. I may add more But I really need to get the greenhouse up first to see what I am dealing with when it comes to room to work.
I hope you enjoy this thread and please don't hesitate to offer advise! We all could use a little help from our friends.


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Chef-owner Patty Unterman of Hayes Street Grill was thrilled to have Elvis Costello and Diana Krall in the restaurant. She said, "She's beautiful and he looked great. They admired all the artists on the walls. They belong up there with them." Krall was performing at Davies down the street over the weekend.
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Amid the pile-on of denunciations of Jonah Lehrer, the New Yorker writer whose invention of a Bob Dylan quote was uncovered earlier this week by a contributor to the Tablet, his former editor steps up to defend him.
I was Jonah Lehrer's editor at Seed magazine, which I believe was the first magazine to publish his writing on neuroscience, and the originator of his "Frontal Cortex" blog. One of the stories we worked on together was included in the 2007 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing (although that one, in truth, didn't need much help from me).
He is one of the most talented, hard-working, meticulous, and careful writers I've edited (a group that includes Dave Eggers, Geraldine Brooks, Peter Godwin, Michael Eric Dyson, Evan Ratliff, Bryan Walsh, Jake Silverstein, and Tom Clynes). And having first-hand experience of the fact-checking departments at The New Yorker and Wired, the magazines for which Lehrer most recently wrote, I doubt very much that his manufacturing or misuse of quotes extends much to his magazine writing.
It's possible that this analysis is colored by my being invested in the outcome of this affair—I don't know him well but I like and admire the guy. The corrections and suspicious non-attributions that others have uncovered have no doubt already led some editor somewhere in Manhattan to assign a young writer to fact-check all Lehrer's work; if Michael C. Moynihan's Tablet article is just the opening of the floodgates, expect the
Absent further revelations, though, I find it an unfair double-standard that something Lehrer falsely attributed to Bob Dylan—which is essentially accurate, even if it isn't technically—has cost him his job, and that his publisher is yanking his book. It's not as if he quoted Dylan as saying, "I'm a Wiccan," or "Wallace Stevens was a sucky poet." He wrote, "'It's a hard thing to describe,' Mr. Dylan said. 'It's just this sense that you got something to say.'" Here's Dylan, to Ed Bradley on "60 Minutes" (according to the New York Times' Media Decoder blog): "It came from, like, right out of that wellspring of creativity…I don't know how I got to write those songs."
(This isn't to say what Lehrer did is OK, but as in many cases it seems the attempted cover-up was worse than the misdeed itself; if, say, Lehrer had cut corners in his book proposal's sample chapter and forgotten or otherwise failed to fix it later, then admitted as much to Moynihan, I venture that he'd still have his cushy New Yorker contract, and his best-seller status.)
Because meanwhile, fatheads on cable TV like Bill O'Reilly knowingly (and probably unknowingly, too) purvey falsehoods every day and they don't lose their jobs, and their books (of much lower quality, and higher degree of falsehood, than Lehrer's "Imagine," in nearly all instances) stay on the shelves. Books by Dinesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter have been full of demonstrable falsehoods for years, and what do these authors get? Another six-figure book contract, that's what. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's and Amazon's actions to erase Imagine from the market are cowardly, seen in this light.
And what of the politicians' lies? Sad to say, but the only explanation is that we expect it of them, and hold our writers to a higher standard than our policy makers.
Dylan himself has not been immune to borrowing, appropriation, theft—Jonathan Lethem would know what to call it: Dylan's artworks displayed at Gagosian Gallery last year included an image that appeared to be mimicry of Henri Cartier-Bresson; he was accused of appropriating lyrics from a Civil War-era poet; and his album "Love & Theft" contains melodies and chord progressions that sound remarkably similar to earlier songs, including one from his own album, "Oh Mercy."
The fact is that the reporter at Tablet who busted Lehrer; most of the bloggers who've recycled the Tablet article and make a living as parasites on the work of better reporters than themselves (the twit at FishbowlNY can't even bother to spell Jonah's name right); and this reporter, too, couldn't hold a candle to him as a writer or original—yes, original—thinker. (He's also a hell of a nice guy.)
People will point to Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass (whose articles I ex post facto fact-checked, with Lorne Manly, for Brill's Content) as evidence that Lehrer's career as a journalist is over. But, while the editors of The New Yorker and Wired will argue the point, Lehrer has become less a journalist and more of a purveyor of ideas. He's much higher on the media totem pole than Blair or Glass ever were, and he can come back as an author of books, public speaker, TV commentator, screenwriter.… David Remnick's distancing statement notwithstanding, Lehrer doesn't need The New Yorker anymore (not that they would take him).
I hope Jonah relaxes and spends a lot of time watching his child grow for a couple of years until this sad, stupid affair blows over and he goes back to earning a fortune by helping us understand ourselves better. I wonder where the people talking smack about him now will be then.
Paul Tullis has written for New York, Businessweek, Scientific American Mind, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Bon Appetit, Radar, and more than 50 other print, digital, and broadcast media outlets. He lives in Los Angeles.


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The Lodge at Chaa Creek is now accepting bookings for the Belize Rainforest and Barrier Reef Vacation, a new for 2012 all-inclusive vacation package that allows visitors to explore Belize's Heartland of the Maya rainforests as well as the Belize Great Barrier Reef in one affordable holiday, according to Chaa Creek's marketing administrator.
Larry Waight said the new package sees two of Belize's most highly regarded resorts, The Lodge at Chaa Creek and the El Pescador Beach Resort on Ambergris Caye teaming up to present the "2012 Belize rainforest and reef experience of a lifetime."
"This really is a fantastic opportunity to see the best of Belize while staying in two of Belize's best resorts," Mr Waight said, "Chaa Creek and El Pescador are both Green resorts, sharing a strong environmental ethos and both are family businesses, so we felt very comfortable with a partnership that offers our guests a chance to experience Belize's greatest assets – our rainforests, Maya heritage, Caribbean beaches and the Barrier Reef, in a hassle-free and very affordable manner."
Mr Waight said the week-long package offers flexibility in that guests can choose to start their Belize vacation at either location. "You can begin with a Caribbean Sea holiday and complete it in the rainforest home of the Maya, or start in the rainforest and enjoy the beaches of Ambergris caye before heading home. Either way, you're well looked after from the moment you land in Belize until you depart, and with no hidden costs," he added.
The Chaa Creek portion of the Belize vacation package includes rainforest cottage accommodations, a full meal plan, excursions to the ancient Maya temples of Xunantunich and the royal palace of Cahal Pech, a tour of Barton Creek Cave and Big Rock Water Falls, rainforest ziplining, guided tours of the Natural History Centre and Butterfly Farm, canoeing, guided nature walks and round trip ground transfers with a stop at the Belize Zoo.
At Ambergris Caye, El Pescador provides a beach double room, round trip airfare from Belize City to San Pedro, boat transportation from San Pedro Airstrip to El Pescador Beach Resort, two welcome drinks, a snorkelling excursion to Hol Chan and Shark Ray Alley, full day fishing expedition and a beach picnic, and complimentary use of swimming pools, WIFI, gym, kayaks, and bicycles.
"We worked carefully to pack a lot of activities into the week while still allowing for that all-important relaxation and quality time. And by combining our expertise and resources, we can offer a Belize holiday package that is much less expensive than a similar vacation using separate resorts and tour operators. Everything is included, so there are no surprises and you're getting real value for money, whether as a family, a couple, individuals or a group.
"With so much attention on the Maya during 2012, we wanted to showcase that fascinating part of Belize while giving guests a true Caribbean island and Belize Barrier Reef holiday, and I'm happy that we succeeded with the Belize Rainforest and Barrier Reef Vacation," Mr Waight said.


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"He's out," said Pooh sadly . . . and while he waited for Piglet not to answer, he jumped up and down to keep warm, and a hum came suddenly into his head, which seemed to him a Good Hum, such as is Hummed Hopefully to Others.
"The more it snows (Tiddely pom), The more it goes (Tiddely pom), The more it goes (Tiddely pom) On snowing. And nobody knows (Tiddely pom), How cold my toes (Tiddely pom), How cold my toes (Tiddely pom), Are growing." -The House at Pooh Corner
A.A. Milne wrote those words 85 years ago, and they are still apt, at least as far as the affairs of government are concerned. The calendar may read July, but there is a distinctly partisan chill in the Washington summer air, sadly with no end in sight.
As much as I had hoped several months ago that bipartisan cooperation on gun control and immigration might provide a path forward toward good faith bargaining between the Republican House and the Democratic White House, recent events have forced me to lower the odds substantially.
Benghazi missteps, Justice Department mischief and IRS misbehavior have created an Administration trifecta tripwire that Republicans could not possibly have imagined six months ago. Instead of a thaw in partisan dueling, both sides have unsheathed their swords and are doing battle anew.
Just weeks ago on CNN's "State of the Union," Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in discussing the IRS scandal with host Candy Crowley, called President Obama's press secretary Jay Carney a "paid liar."
David Plouffe, former senior White House adviser and Obama confidant, immediately snapped back with the tweet, "Strong words from Mr. Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler. And loose ethically today."
Such dialog does not provide much hope for bipartisan hatchet burying. And without a cessation of hostilities, it's hard to see how Washington will fix the dysfunctional mess it created for science in the fiscal year 2013 budget.
To fiscal conservatives, across-the-board sequestration cuts, which the Continuing Resolution baked into the year-end pie, don't seem like a big deal. After all, they say, you can always root out five or six percent waste in any federal program. But, as with many generalizations, the facts often differ jarringly with the mythology.
Take the National Science Foundation (NSF), for example, which commits research support three years forward to guarantee continuity in grants it has agreed to fund, even though it only receives its appropriations annually. Such a policy leaves two-thirds of NSF grants fenced off in any fiscal year. So, absent any other machinations, a five percent reduction in the Foundation's budget would produce a 15 percent dip in support for new grants or renewals.
But for fiscal year 2013, the dip will be more like a dive. Here's why.
Congressional appropriators and NSF administrators have elected to hold a number of high-profile activities harmless, among them construction projects and initiatives. Those decisions place an overwhelming burden of the sequestration on the Foundation's "Core Program," which funds university individual investigators and accounts for slightly more than two-thirds of the NSF's research budget. The result: a projected 20 to 25 percent reduction in available funds for new proposals and renewal requests in many activity areas.
Regrettably, young scientists, who are just entering the competition for research funding, will be hit hardest. Unless lawmakers put an end to the gridlock that has caused the current mess, our nation could foreclose on an entire generation of scientists.
Which brings me back to the issue of bipartisanship, without which there will be little hope for science or anything else. Unfortunately, for now, it appears more likely that the summer months will reflect more of an ideological freeze than a much-needed thaw in across-the-aisle relations. Even the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, historically a paradigm for bipartisan comity, has recently fallen prey to nasty partisan sniping.
In an ill-conceived and poorly executed hunt for social and behavioral science grants that might not pass muster in some congressional quarters, House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) sent a politically tinged letter on April 25 to NSF Acting Director Cora Marrett requesting copies of the peer review reports for five proposals the Foundation had funded. Smith wrote, "Based on my review…I have concerns regarding some grants…and how closely they adhere to NSF's 'intellectual merit' guideline."
It took less than 24 hours for Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), the committee's ranking Democrat, to respond. In a sharply worded message to Smith, Johnson wrote, "…your letter marks the beginning of an investigative effort, the implications of which are profound. This is the first step on a path that would destroy the merit-based review process at NSF and intrudes political pressure into what is widely viewed as the most effective and creative process for awarding research funds in the world."
According to several members of the House committee, the rupture between the chairman and the ranking member has sown seeds of partisan mistrust that will be difficult to repair anytime soon.
And if the winds of partisanship don't soon abate, the current session of Congress could well be the least productive in history. And the coming months will become the summer of our discontent.
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10/6/2018 - The Berrien County Emergency Management Office conducted a monthly test of the B-Warn! system at about 1PM today. The B-WARN! system is meant to augment Emergency Alert System messages and other alerting systems, such as sirens. The system is designed to allow users to sign up for the alerts they would like to receive and for which areas within Berrien County they would be interested in.
B-WARN! users can choose to opt out of system testing, however; we believe it is important to test the system regularly and ensure it is functioning well.
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Formula X for Sephora – New Liquid Crystals and Celestials for Spring 2014
Formula X for Sephora officially replaced the beloved Sephora by OPI line last fall and, to be honest, every time I go in the store, I am so overwhelmed by the immensity of the line that I can never decide on a just a couple shades to try and leave empty handed. I think it's just too much all at once and my brain explodes looking at the display. You know what I mean?
Anyway, when I heard about the new Liquid Crystals collection, I just had to see them for myself. Inspired by stained glass, this Effects line is made from crushed micro-crystalline glass and light reflecting micas. And when I say that they glow, they GLOW. They've also added more textures to the Celestials line and I have one of those to show you as well.
Formula & Application
Formula X for Sephora is 3-Free (Formaldehyde, Toluene and DBP). The rounded, brick-like bottles have a futuristic look and feel. The shiny plastic outer cap pops off to reveal and ribbed, round inner cap for application purposes. The brush is long, thin and round with flexible bristles that capture a lot of polish and easily fan out to cover the nail.
Since both polishes have completely different finishes and textures, I'll address application and coverage individually below.
Formula X for Sephora Equinox is a warm red grape that is super pigmented and filled with so much crystallized sparkle that it's like there is a fire burning beneath the surface. It gives new meaning to "lit from within." What's unique is that while it has a glass-fleck style finish, it's pigmented so you don't have the opacity issues than can plague the genre. Essentially, it's the love child of glass-fleck and foil.
It's saturated enough to only need two, thin, silky coats yet it effortlessly floats the crystal flecks for even glitter disbursement.
Finish-wise Equinox reminds me of one of my all-time fave purples, The Painted Nail by Nubar Legendary Lavender. Though LL isn't as red or as pigmented. In terms of shade, Zoya Hope is in the same immediate family with Nubar Pasadena Purple as a distant cousin.
Formula X for Sephora Glitter Rocket is a lilac-hued glittery texture meshed with golden shimmer. It's very much in the PixieDust style of refined glitter and the golden shimmer, definitely stands out more in person when the light hits it than it appears here.
Because of the fine texture particles, I was able to apply relatively thin coats, which is always preferred over thick layers that can be lumpy and take longer to dry. While I could have gotten away with two coats, three gave me the coverage and level of sparkle I was looking for.
As you can see, Glitter Rocket is lighter and a bit more pink than other polishes in this shade range. China Glaze Tail Me Something has more blue to its base color while Zoya Stevie is darker with a silvery, not golden, shimmer.
Bottom Line: The formula, pigmentation and finish of Equinox makes it such a joy to apply and wear that I need to get my hands on the rest of the Liquid Crystals colors, stat. Obviously I can't speak for all the shades but if they apply with the same coverage, I'm going to be in heaven. Granted, this finish isn't as revolutionary as Sephora would like you to believe but it's the pigmentation that really sets it apart. Warm pale purples like Glitter Rocket aren't my most flattering shade but I dig the golden shimmer and fine grit of the texture.
Formula X for Sephora is a Sephora exclusive, obvi, and the Liquid Crystals 14-shade collection and 5 new Celestials are available now at Sephora stores and online at Sephora.com. These two collections retail for $12.50/ea for a .4oz bottle.
Tell me I'm not alone. Are you as smitten with Equinox as I am? Have you tried some of the other Liquid Crystals shades? Tell me your faves and if you plan to add Equinox to your collection.
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This 1977 D-35 arrived at our shop with a big hole in its Sitka spruce soundboard and a bag of miscellaneous broken braces and slivers of spruce top wood.
1. A close-up of the violated and damaged 1977 Martin D-35. 2. The anatomy of the original
soundboard. 3. Martin's replacement soundboard. 4. The original top's finger braces. 5. The
finger braces on Martin's replacement top. 6. Inside view of Martin's legendary craftsmanship. This
'77 D-35 is extremely clean.
This 1977 D-35 arrived at our shop with a big hole in its Sitka spruce soundboard and a bag of miscellaneous broken braces and slivers of spruce top wood. Of course, I was curious to know what had happened, but I was simply informed that someone had expressed themselves a little too much. The good news was the neck and fretboard showed no signs of damage, nor did the East Indian rosewood back and sides. Clearly this was a guitar worthy of being saved and not just laid to rest or parted out.
For those not familiar with the D-35 or the era it was built in, here's some background: Martin introduced the D-35 in 1965 and it was the first Martin model with a three-piece back. This design reflected a shortage of Brazilian rosewood that was wide enough to make a two-piece, dreadnought- style back. In addition to the three-piece back, the D-35 included a bound fretboard and black-and-white purfling on the sides adjacent to the binding.
Martin had concerns about the three-piece back's effect on tone, so as a part of their research, Martin luthiers made a few guitars using variations of the company's different top and back braces. The builders concluded that using 00 top braces and 000 back braces worked best, and this resulted in the D-35 design we know and enjoy today.
The '70s were tumultuous times for Frank Martin and the company, even though 1971 came with a record-breaking increase in production. The change from Brazilian to East Indian rosewood didn't concern the buyers, as Martin's sales weren't slowing down. From the success of this boom, Frank Martin reached out and found other financial adventures to pursue, which for the most part never panned out. Towards the end of 1977, Martin employees who worked on the factory floor crafting the instruments went on strike. During this time, Martin's office and management staff had to step up to those empty work benches and start building guitars.
With its history in mind, I carefully examined this D-35. There are times when an original soundboard can be restored—after warping, cracking, or receiving a mild blow, for example. In the vintage world, you want to preserve the instrument and keep everything original whenever possible. However, after diagnosing the damage, I concluded that the soundboard was too far gone and that the guitar would be much better off with a replacement top.
The first step was to remove the ebony bridge and soften the glue joint of the fretboard extension using Stewart McDonald's bridge heater and fingerboard iron (item #4607 from stewmac.com). Then I removed the neck by applying steam into the dovetail joint while using the neck joint steamer (item #4059) to soften the glue in the pocket.
At this point, I traced out the top to give me a reference for replacing it later on. Then starting at the dovetail, I removed the top binding using a hair dryer and channel spatula. (Had the original binding not been damaged, I would have used a delicate procedure for removing the soundboard while leaving the binding attached to the rib.) Now with the binding off, I used a razorblade and chisel to separate the soundboard from the sides, while being careful to avoid splintering or loosening the kerfed lining.
I decided to use a replacement soundboard I'd purchased from Martin more than 10 years ago. Looking at the original '77 top and its newer replacement, I noticed a few obvious differences. The original had the larger rosewood bridge plate that Martin implemented in 1969, whereas the replacement had a smaller but very stout maple bridge plate. The finger braces on the original soundboard are trimmed leaner, and I decided I'd shape the replacement top's braces to be more like the original. I felt this would help the top respond better to the string vibrations, and not obstruct the glorious tone with a stiff soundboard.
Having taken a very close look at the exterior and interior of this D-35, I believe it exemplifies Martin's legendary quality. Who knows? Maybe this was the last guitar to be built by the craftsmen in 1977 before they went on strike. Perhaps this was their final statement—a way of showing build quality as it ought to be.
Next month, we'll discuss attaching the replacement soundboard to the Martin D-35 body.
John Brown is the inventor of the Fretted/Less bass. He owns and operates Brown's Guitar Factory, a guitar manufacturing, repair, and restoration facility staffed by a team of talented luthiers. His guitar-tool and accessory designs are used by builders all over the world. Visit brownsguitarfactory.com or email John at email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON, May 8, 2012 — A recent attempt by Yemeni-based terrorists to plant an explosive device on an airliner bound for the United States shows the nation needs to remain vigilant against new acts of terrorism, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said.
In a plot whose details may never be fully known, U.S. and Yemeni operatives last month disrupted the plans of a bomber affiliated with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, to detonate a plastic explosive device aboard a commercial aircraft.
"What this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those who would seek to attack this country," Panetta said during a news conference yesterday. "And we will do everything necessary to keep America safe."
On Air Force One today, White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama, who was briefed on the operation in early April, is pleased with the success of intelligence and counterterrorism officials in foiling the attempt by al-Qaida to use the explosive device.
"It is indicative of the kind of work that our intelligence and counterterrorism services are performing regularly to counter the threat posed by al-Qaida in general, and AQAP in particular," Carney said. "At no time were Americans in danger as a result of this."
During an interview this morning on NBC's "Today," John Brennan, chief White House counterterrorism advisor, said international cooperation was key to the operation's success.
"It took very close cooperation with our international partners," Brennan said. "This is something that we have really emphasized over the past many years — working very closely with our Yemeni partners — because al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula poses a serious threat to us."
Having the intelligence and being able to take action before any IEDs can reach an airplane or an airport, he added, is instrumental in disrupting such attacks.
According to news reports, the IED was plastic, similar to the one Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to use on Christmas Day 2009 on Northwest Airlines flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit. AQAP claimed credit for that attempted attack.
"AQAP's bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, has demonstrated real proficiency as far as concealment methods as well as the materials that are used in these IEDs," Brennan said.
The FBI is examining the IED to see what kind of modifications or refinements may have been made, he added.
The United States also adapts its countermeasures, Brennan said.
"Whatever we learn from this IED, we're going to ensure that it's going to be incorporated into the measures that we take at airports, as well as any other avenues of approach that the would-be terrorists would take," the president's counterterrorism advisor said.
Brennan said no one has to worry about the IED or the would-be bomber.
"This is still in a sensitive stage," he added. "We're working very closely with those partners. We want to protect sources and methods, as well as operational equities. But neither the device nor the would-be bomber poses a threat."
Now, Brennan added, "we're taking additional measures in the event that there are other efforts out there on the part of al-Qaida to try to evade security."
In New Delhi, today, on the last segment of her trip to Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the thwarted terrorist attack is on the minds of U.S. and Indian officials.
Both governments "know the tragedies and losses that come with terrorism on our soil," she told reporters.
"We have increased our cooperation between India and the United States," she added, and we're going to continue to do everything we can not only to prevent terrorists from carrying out their evil acts of violence, but also to try to convince people not to be recruited into terrorism, which is very much of a dead end, literally and figuratively, when it comes to pursuing any kind of political or ideological aims."
The plot itself indicates that the terrorists will keep trying, she said.
"They keep trying to devise more and more perverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people," the secretary of state added. "And it's a reminder as to why we have to remain vigilant at home and abroad in protecting our nation and in protecting friendly nations and peoples like India and others."
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)


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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
New York, N.Y. – March 21, 2013 – The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group, will kick off the Road to Kentucky Derby series with a 30-minute special previewing the Triple Crown season on Saturday, March 23, on the NBC Sports Network from 6 – 6:30 p.m. EDT.
The NBC Sports Network Channel Finder is located at nbcsports.msnbc.com.
The special, produced by America's Best Racing, will provide a comprehensive look at the top contenders for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, as well as features on jockeys Gary Stevens and Rosie Napravnik, and the six recent college graduates who are now serving as "brand ambassadors" for America's Best Racing.
The live racing telecasts commence on Saturday, March 30, with the Besilu Florida Derby from Gulfstream Park and the Louisiana Derby from Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on NBC Sports Network from 6 – 7 p.m. EDT.
The Wood Memorial from Aqueduct Racetrack and the Santa Anita Derby from Santa Anita Park will air on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, April 6, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. EDT.
The series will conclude on Saturday, April 13, with two and half hours of continuous coverage spread across two networks. A 90-minute live broadcast on NBC featuring the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland Race Course will be followed by a one-hour broadcast on the NBC Sports Network featuring the Arkansas Derby. The NBC telecast will air from 4:30 – 6 p.m. EDT; the NBC Sports Network telecast will airfrom 6 – 7 p.m. EDT.
All six races fall into the highest tier on Churchill Downs' new points system to determine starters for the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4, on NBC. The points system features 36 stakes races overall and 17 marquee events for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds that comprise a 10-week run up to the first Saturday in May.
America's Best Racing, initiated and funded by The Jockey Club and promoted in association with NTRA Communications, is a multimedia fan development platform designed to increase the profile and visibility of North America's best Thoroughbred racing events, with a primary focus on the sport's lifestyle and competition. Additional information is available at followhorseracing.com.
The brand ambassadors are traveling around the country in an "ABRV" bus, promoting Thoroughbred racing's lifestyle scene and premier events. The tour kicked off at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, March 8-17.
THE JOCKEY CLUB: The Jockey Club, founded in 1894 and dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred racing and breeding, is the breed registry for North American Thoroughbreds. In fulfillment of its mission, The Jockey Club provides support and leadership on a wide range of important industry initiatives and it serves the information and technology needs of owners, breeders, media, fans and farms, among others. Additional information is available at jockeyclub.com.
NBC SPORTS GROUP AND HORSE RACING: The NBC Sports Group is the exclusive home to the most important and prestigious events in horse racing, including the Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup, which was broadcast on NBC from 1984-2005. NBC has been the exclusive home of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes since 2001, and the Belmont Stakes since 2011, when the NBC Sports Group reassembled the Triple Crown. In 2012, the NBC Sports Group presented 27½ hours of Triple Crown coverage across NBC and NBC Sports Network.
NBC Sports Group is the home to "Summer at Saratoga," and, in collaboration with The Jockey Club, the Road to the Kentucky Derby series that provides live coverage of six major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby.


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Mount St. Helens Is Waking Up!
News story originally written on October 5, 2004
Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington on the west coast of the United States, has been quiet for 18 years but now it is quiet no more! It has been puffing steam and ash as scientists look for clues to whether a large flow of lava is on the way.
On September 29th, 2004 a large number of small earthquakes in the area warned scientists that the volcano was changing. Two days later, researchers flying over the volcano noticed a bulge at the top and large cracks along the surface several feet wide and tens of feet deep. Later that day, the area with the cracks emitted steam and ash for almost half an hour. The volcano puffed more steam and ash a few days later. Scientists say that a larger eruption is likely.
But do the belches of steam and ash that are currently coming out of Mount St. Helens indicate that a flood of lava is on the way? Ash particles that have settled on the leaves of nearby trees in the last few days may give scientists the clues they need. The researchers are looking closely at the mineral composition and the shape of the ash particles for clues. If the ash particles are made of sharp, glassy shards of rock and contain certain groups of elements, then magma is likely rising toward the surface and will erupt soon. If the ash particles are made of weathered rock dust, smaller events at the base of the volcano are lifting old rock into the air.
A first look at the ash suggests that it is the weathered pieces of older rocks from inside the volcano. That means hot magma was probably not racing toward the volcano's surface on Friday when the ash was released into the air. However, scientists continue their studies to see if the volcano is changing as it spits more ash. If the characteristics of the ash change, then magma may be on its way to the surface!


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The top wide receiver left on the free-agent market might wind up playing for his former rival.
Greg Jennings will visit with the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported. It's his first free-agent trip, and a source who has spoken to Jennings told Rapoport that both sides "are serious" about getting a deal done.
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After shipping Percy Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks, the Vikings are in the market for a No. 1 receiver. Jennings, when healthy, is one of the best receivers in the NFL and would be head and shoulders better than anyone currently on the Vikings' roster, including the newly re-signed Jerome Simpson.
The visit comes on the heels of an ESPN Twin Cities report that said the Vikings wouldn't pursue Jennings if the receiver was interested in making Mike Wallace-type money (the receiver's contract is worth $50 million over five years, with $27 million guaranteed upon signing, NFL.com's Albert Breer reported Thursday).
The trip to Minnesota might signify that Jennings and his advisors have acknowledged the market is scarce on $10 million-plus contracts this offseason.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported Wednesday that the Packers still are "strongly in the running" to re-sign their star receiver.
Follow Kevin Patra on Twitter @kpatra.


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Chelsea Handler: I Definitely Don't Want Kids
The always candid Chelsea Handler recently stopped by The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, where the 38-year-old comedian explained her decision to never have kids.
"I definitely don't want to have kids," she put bluntly on the show's April 27 episode. "I don't think I'd be a great mother. I don't want to have a kid and have it raised by a nanny. I don't have the time to raise a child. Childhood was heartbreaking enough for anybody. I don't know that I could handle my own child, especially if I had a girl, going through what I went through growing up. Not that it was so traumatic, but in many ways, it was, in your own way."
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Handler has previously discussed her decision to have an abortion when she was 16 years old.
"I had an abortion when I was 16. Because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Anyway, those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about," she told The New York Times in 2011.
Handler also opened up to de Cadenet about her relationship with hotelier Andre Balazs.
"My boyfriend is as busy as I am, so we both make time. I think if you want to be in a relationship with someone, you both make it happen, and we do," she said.
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But things weren't always smooth sailing for the two.
"We had some troubles in the beginning because we were both fighting who the other person was. Everything you like about somebody you end up detesting about them ... Finally, we both calmed down and then we were able to come together in a much different way," Handler said. "But I'm grateful to be in an adult relationship because I always figured, 'Oh, I'll just have sex with a bunch of guys and have my career.'"


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When Brandt captures Preston he shouts to witnesses about how the cleric has been caught etc which seems to be a clear case of pride.
Also, I seem to remember when Preston is being interviewed and is asked about the best way to get a cleric's weapon off him Brandt smiles as he answers, clearly happy with himself.
If emotions are illegal then why are these tolerated?


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Take notes! These five key security trends will reshape how universities defend their databases in 2008 and beyond.
In the ever-changing world of computer security, Jon Allen never sits still. As information security officer at Baylor University (TX), Allen recently embraced encryption software to strengthen the university's overall security framework.
"You can't be in reaction mode when it comes to security," says Allen. "You always have to be watching the market for new advances—from both the vendor community as well as the hacker community."
That's for sure. Allen is quick to note that there's no silver bullet to information security; universities must continue to keep their antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, and patch management systems in good working order. But that's not all, he explains: These days, the largest target for hackers appears to be university databases (see "The Big Target"). Now, universities are searching for new solutions to safeguard those systems. In fact, at least five key security trends are emerging across the higher ed landscape:
Together, these five leading trends provide a comprehensive data security framework for today's universities. However, universities also must leverage best practices and common sense for effective IT security (see "People Are Still Your Best Defense").
The Encryption Challenge
During a typical year, 81 percent of US businesses lose one or more laptops containing sensitive information, according to the Ponemon Institute and Vontu, a San Francisco-based provider of data loss-prevention products.
"It's a safe bet that figure is similar in higher ed," says Ed Golod, president of Revenue Accelerators, a technology consulting firm in New York. "Universities are the most unwired organizations in the world. So it's hardly surprising when laptops, notebook computers, and other mobile devices are used outside of the office—and wind up disappearing."
WHAT'S THE WEAKEST LINK in your university's security architecture? The answer often has little to do with technology, and a whole lot to do with people. Certainly, a hacker can probe your network for weak links. But in many cases, hackers use "social engineering" techniques to trick people into sharing passwords and other confidential information.
Take the case of Kevin Mitnick, a convicted hacker who spent much of the 1990s breaking into highly secure networks from Sun Microsystems, Motorola, and other technology companies. While Mitnick was a skilled technician, he also spent a considerable amount of time working the phones pretending to be company employees who had lost their passwords. On several occasions, Mitnick even tricked network administrators into sending or revealing password information. How can schools keep their campus communities from falling prey to such determined hackers and their techniques?
In order to combat social engineering, universities should remind students, staff, and faculty to:
Still, losing a notebook often isn't the real problem. Of greater concern is recovering— or at least protecting—databases, Excel spreadsheets, and other types of confidential information residing on the systems. That's where encryption software enters the picture. In a typical scenario, encryption software scrambles data so that they can't be read by probing eyes. The encrypted data could reside in a server database, or on a desktop or notebook, and can only be decrypted by the appropriate software "key."
Yet, in the 1990s, most encryption software placed too much "overhead" on hardware and software, slowing down systems and impeding productivity on servers, desktops, and mobile computers. "The very people who expected to benefit from encryption wound up complaining that it either was too complicated, too slow, or too expensive to deploy campuswide," recalls Golod. But the times they are a-changin'. Faster hardware coupled with improved encryption software has set the stage for broad adoption of encryption technologies. Baylor, for one, has embraced PGP's Whole Disk Encryption technology (www.pgp.com) to protect data stored on its desktop and laptop computers, along with the PGP Universal Server for centralized management of its encryption applications.
"One of our key requirements was a solution that supported both Windows and Mac OS X," says Baylor's Allen. "PGP passed that test with no problem at all. We're impressed with it so far, and we're finding that our users are happy with it as well. PGP provides security without causing any headaches for our users."
"Encryption certainly has gained popularity, especially for safeguarding faculty laptops," offers Paul Zindell, a network security specialist at CDW-G, the government- and education-focused division of CDW. "But there are some challenges. For small mobile devices that don't have much processing power, encryption remains wishful thinking. But for PCs and servers, it's becoming more and more of a mainstream option."
Find the Leak
Another big IT security trend focuses on information leakage—which involves the deliberate (or accidental) movement of data off of university systems. For instance, a university administrator may accidentally send confidential financial information to a consultant whose e-mail address closely resembles that of a peer employee.
"At one time or another in our careers, we've all made the honest mistake of forwarding a message to a person who shouldn't see it," notes Andy Honl, a senior product marketing manager at data security giant Symantec.
But as privacy and compliance concerns grow, universities must take steps to stop such information leakage. Not by coincidence, most traditional security software companies—from McAfee and Symantec, to Websense—now offer solutions that block confidential data from leaving designated servers or desktops. Ideally, software that blocks information leakage must look beyond e-mail systems, and also must stop users from moving data from a PC to a USB (universal serial bus) thumb drive, CDROM, DVD, or other type of mobile or portable device.
Wireless Worries
Contrary to some speculation, WiFi networks have proven to be just as secure as traditional wired networks. The trouble with WiFi, however, frequently involves misconfigured devices and/or rogue wireless access points that provide an open door into a university's network.
"It wasn't long ago that every university wanted to boast it had a wireless campus," recalls CDW-G's Zindell. "Many schools spent a lot of money unwiring their campuses—but they forgot to lock down those wireless networks."
One common wireless attack on college campuses involves the so-called "man-in-the-middle" hack. In this scenario, a hacker typically sits in a university courtyard or campus quad area. He then sets his laptop to broadcast a free WiFi signal. Unsuspecting students, faculty, and staff members using notebooks may mistake the hacker's wireless signal for a legitimate campus WiFi network. Those who latch on to the hacker's signal may wind up sharing passwords, financial information, and other confidential data without ever realizing it, notes Paul Henry, VP of strategic accounts at Secure Computing, an enterprise gateway security provider.
"These days, the big focus for universities is to detect rogue wireless access points," says Zindell. "We're seeing more and more universities use centralized management tools to tie down their wireless networks."
Encryption. It got off to a slow start in the 1990s. Encryption systems were too complex, and they dragged down the performance of servers and desktops. But these days, encryption technology is going mainstream and is even built into Windows Vista.
Information Leakage. The big fear of many university administrators and technologists: information leaving campus via e-mail systems, USB thumb drives, and other mobile storage devices. Most security vendors now offer software that halts such information leakage.
Wireless. There's no doubt that, increasingly, confidential information flows across wireless networks. Looking ahead, the big challenge involves safeguarding smart phones and other mobile devices that don't run traditional PC security software.
Appliances. The security market is now flooded with appliances that promise enhanced security. But choose wisely. As recently noted by Jay Chaudhry, vice chairman and chief strategy officer for enterprise gateway security provider Secure Computing, more than 80 percent of security appliance vendors will either go out of business or be acquired within the next three years.
Open Source. It's pushing beyond Linux, Apache, and e-mail. Next up, open source code will increasingly land in security servers and appliances. That could lead to better collaboration among security experts around the globe.
Charleston Southern University (SC), for instance, deployed next-gen WiFi solutions from Xirrus in order to provide secure video and audio streams of its athletic teams in action. At one point, the university considered deploying fiber-based networks across its athletic fields. But the Xirrus solution provided secure, centrally administered WiFi coverage to the fields for roughly $15,000 less than the fiber alternative, recalls Rusty Bruns, chief information officer at the university.
WiFi isn't the only wireless security challenge facing today's universities, however. Increasingly, university technologists and administrators are discovering they also must understand how to safeguard smart phones that rely on the GSM (global system for mobile communications) standard, notes J. Keith Fowlkes, vice chancellor for information technology and CIO for The University of Virginia College at Wise. "We're looking at mobile phones and other types of devices to reach out to faculty, staff, and students in a time of emergency," says Fowlkes. "But we need to know those communications will be secure." As this story went to press, UVA-Wise was issuing a request for proposals for a voice over IP (VoIP) network. That system, Fowlkes notes, will need the potential to support and manage GSM devices over a secure connection.
Not by coincidence, many vendors are enhancing their technologies to safeguard wireless VoIP environments. In August, Enterasys Networks, for one, unveiled its new Secure Open Convergence platform, which protects IP telephony networks (both wired and wireless) from security threats.
At Creighton University, four 40-inch LCD screens are installed in two of the college's busiest areas. Two are mounted to the ceiling of a high-traffic hallway. The others sit side-by-side in the main entryway as one large presentation, tickers flowing from one screen to the next. The screens provide news, weather, and market updates to students as they move between classes.
Appliances Come of Age
Meanwhile, UVA-Wise is using a mix of security solutions from Aruba Networks and Fortinet to safeguard its existing network. While Aruba provides a secure wireless infrastructure, Fortinet delivers a unified threat management (UTM) appliance that includes firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN (virtual private network), spyware prevention, and anti-spam capabilities. "Fortinet is the key to our security architecture," says Fowlkes. "It's an affordable option with a great feature set."
Fortinet isn't the only security appliance catching on with universities. Hofstra University (NY), for instance, uses Campus Manager—a network access control (NAC) appliance from Bradford Networks—to manage, secure, and control all devices that attempt to access Hofstra's network.
THE DAYS OF INTERNET joyriding are over. University databases—which contain Social Security numbers and other confidential information— are now prime targets for hackers. Think it can't happen on your campus? Here's a sampling of recent break-ins:
March 2005: Harvard (MA), MIT, and Stanford (CA) business schools' admissions are hacked.
March 2005: California State University-Chico is hacked; information on students is stolen.
June 2005: The University of Southern California online application system is hacked.
October 2005: Hacker accesses University of California-Berkeley research being performed for Department of Social Services; data on 600,000 people is exposed.
October 2005: The University of Georgia is hacked; information on 1,600 employees, including Social Security numbers, is accessed.
May 2006: Ohio University officials discover that the university's database had been compromised for over a year; hackers gained access to the personal data of more than 300,000 alumni and other individuals.
December 2006: UCLA alerts 800,000 current and former students, faculty, and staff that a database containing their personal information has been accessed by a hacker for more than a year.
May 2007: It's revealed that more than 22,000 student records may have been compromised when a hacker infiltrated a University of Missouri database.
May 2007: The University of Colorado-Boulder acknowledges that nearly 45,000 student names and Social Security numbers were exposed to potential identity fraud when a worm attacked a computer server at the university.
June 2007: The University of Virginia discovers a security breach in one of its computer applications that resulted in the exposure of sensitive information belonging to nearly 6,000 current and former UVA faculty members.
Sources: Bill Wall, HackWire, SecurityProNews, SearchSecurity.com, TGdaily.com, UVA Today.
"The solution profiles all the devices on the network, manages that information in a database, and then assigns the appropriate security policies to each device," says Jerry Skurla, VP of marketing at Bradford Networks. Using NAC appliances, many universities are helping students to register and configure their PCs for campus networks even before they arrive for fall or spring semesters, Skurla notes.
Open Source Grows Up
Most university technologists are fluent in Linux, Apache, and other mainstream open source options. But looking ahead, open source security devices and networking gear likely will gain momentum within academic settings. One prime example: StillSecure has launched an open source platform that supports a secure firewall, intrusion prevention, WiFi, and VPN services. Known as the Cobia Unified Network Platform, the system is free to universities, businesses, and home users, according to StillSecure CTO Mitchell Ashley. Universities and other customers can pay a commercial fee to purchase the vendor's software bundled with hardware and related support services. Early adopters include the University of Arkansas, the University of British Columbia, and the New England School of Law (MA).
Open source software provides several potential benefits in the world of security. For starters, any programmer is free to probe the open source code for potential bugs or security holes. The programmer can submit a fix to the problem, which is then incorporated into the product's code base. Another potential upside: Open source solutions parallel the open, collaborative nature of academia. People across the world can share ideas and new concepts on security.
But open source security solutions remain in their infancy. "You'll see more traditional, commercial products dominating the security market for the next few years," predicts Golod at Revenue Accelerators. "But like any good university, you've got to keep your eye on the horizon for the next big thing. It's safe to say more security innovations will come from the open source arena, because so many programmers are now switching to the open source model."
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It's a very rich piece, full of interesting examples of contemporary cultural change and hybridity, including many from Appiah's own Asante community in Ghana. But there is a powerful single thesis underlying it all, which Appiah returns to in each section: people ought to be free to choose what they like.
Appiah is skeptical about movements to protect the sanctity of "cultural difference" or diversity. Human cultures cannot be thought of in biological metaphors (i.e., genetics), partly because in liberal thinking the rights of individuals to choose their values supercedes the sanctity of the community that surrounds them. In other words, if I am an African who wants to wear t-shirts and jeans instead of traditional African attire, my right to do so ought to be protected even if someone feels I am damaging "tradition." And "cultural imperialism" is a bad term -- suited for shrill polemic rather than actual analysis.
The standard example that is brought up whenever one gets into debates about globalization and cross-cultural interaction is the American, British (and, via Rupert Murdoch, Australian) dominance of the global mass-media. But even if the infrastructure of globalization has favored American programming in the global marketplace, recent scholarship questions whether people around the world receive American cultural artifacts passively. Building on work done by Larry Strelitz, Appiah argues that people respond to foreign cultural artifacts through their own culturally-specific lenses:
And one thing they've found is that how people respond to these cultural imports depends on their existing cultural context. When the media scholar Larry Strelitz spoke to students from KwaZulu-Natal, he found that they were anything but passive vessels. One of them, Sipho - a self-described "very, very strong Zulu man" - reported that he had drawn lessons from watching the American soap opera "Days of Our Lives," "especially relationship-wise." It fortified his view that "if a guy can tell a woman that he loves her, she should be able to do the same." What's more, after watching the show, Sipho "realized that I should be allowed to speak to my father. He should be my friend rather than just my father." It seems doubtful that that was the intended message of multinational capitalism's ruling sector.
But Sipho's response also confirmed that cultural consumers are not dupes. They can adapt products to suit their own needs, and they can decide for themselves what they do and do not approve of. Here's Sipho again:
"In terms of our culture, a girl is expected to enter into relationships when she is about 20. In the Western culture, a girl can be exposed to a relationship as early as 15 or 16. That one we shouldn't adopt in our culture. Another thing we shouldn't adopt from the Western culture has to do with the way they treat elderly people. I wouldn't like my family to be sent into an old-age home."
It wouldn't matter whether the "old-age homes" in American soap operas were safe places, full of kindly people. That wouldn't sell the idea to Sipho. Dutch viewers of "Dallas" saw not the pleasures of conspicuous consumption among the superrich - the message that theorists of "cultural imperialism" find in every episode - but a reminder that money and power don't protect you from tragedy. Israeli Arabs saw a program that confirmed that women abused by their husbands should return to their fathers. Mexican telenovelas remind Ghanaian women that, where sex is at issue, men are not to be trusted. If the telenovelas tried to tell them otherwise, they wouldn't believe it.
Talk of cultural imperialism "structuring the consciousnesses" of those in the periphery treats people like Sipho as blank slates on which global capitalism's moving finger writes its message, leaving behind another cultural automaton as it moves on. It is deeply condescending. And it isn't true.
I agree with this. Just as violent video games do not make children go out and kill people, foreign TV shows do not make viewers into passive receivers of cultural values. Viewers read the shows with their own interests and preoccupations in mind, and their resistance to what they see of America through TV (as in the case of Sipho above) is not always the politically correct kind of "resistance."
The other example that is often discussed (and this is not in Appiah's essay, but in my own conversations with friends an family) is a concern that aesthetic values are becoming more homogeneous because of greater American penetration of global markets. This is especially problematic with Bollywood films and film music, which, rumor has it, now blindly copy American script ideas.
But is it really true across the board? First of all, Indian "copies" of American films often have interesting deviations from the American plots, generally in a conservative, pro-family direction, something that was especially marked in Murder (2004), the adaptation of Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful, but which can also be seen in loose adaptations like Salaam Namaste (9 Months). And one suspects the more conservative ending of Murder had more to do with the censor board than with the vision of the director. What does it say when the number one protector of "Indian values" in Bollywood cinema is actually an obsolete and repressive institution like the censor board?
Analogously, isn't it true that b-grade Bollywood movies (which dominate the industry) have always copied foreign films, while more serious efforts, such as Pakeezah (then) or Parineeta (now) have been few and far between? Remember, back in the "golden days of Hindi cinema," for every Pakeezah that was made, there was also an Aatank!
In short, I don't really believe the term "cultural imperialism" is relevant, not these days. There is, admittedly, an often alarming dominance by the western media in the global marketplace of ideas and images, but that dominance is arguable, because a) it might not be as extensive as people think, b) it might have more to do with branding, marketing, and corporate efficiency than political dominance, and c) it is dependent on the free choice of global consumers.
But of course, I'm willing to hear from people who feel differently.


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It was conceived as an important visual document, accessible to the public and to institutions, which would describe the faces of a community and a moment whose memory is already fading from our consciousness.
The Kickstarter for the project needs a real boost as it winds down now, with less than three days to go. If the book doesn't get published, I think it will be a genuine loss for activism today.
Of course if it does get published, it won't mean a cure for AIDS. Also, to be sure, "The AIDS activist project: A new book of portraits of AIDS activists from around the globe" is not a vanity project for the artist, Bill Bytsura, or for those members of the historical ACT UP whose beautiful portraits will be a part of it.
Its importance is greater than the authors of the project or the subjects included in the book.
Pictures are important for understanding a past and inspiring a future, but pictures assembled in a context are still more important, and take on a life of their own. ACT UP was a movement which exploded in the late 80s, and burgeoned through half of the next decade, responding creatively, and often heroically, to a life and death crisis which was being ignored by an establishment which appeared to be unmovable.
Its people and the community they formed, along with the AIDS crisis which galvanized them, may be ancient history to a generation struggling today worldwide with an indifference among the powerful arguably even broader in scale - if, perhaps, less deadly. There is much to be gained today from looking at the devices employed, their successes - along with their failures, by a movement which flourished twenty and more years back. There's also the courage and nobility of so many of its members, and the anger and the love which was always a part of the movement.
Bytsura's book would give a face to an entire generation of activists (although in fact people of all ages were included in its membership), and it could serve an entire new generation as both muster to resistance, and powerful inspiration for effective resistance. Please help to breathe life into it, and consider contributing to its publication.
Full disclosure: Billy has been a friend since the days of ACT UP at it peak, and Barry and I have several of his beautiful non-activist photographs in our collection. There is also this portrait of a very young me, at 50, in 1990.


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The Okanagan region has been reduced from a flood warning to flood watch by the B.C. government, but that could change in short time as hot weather melts a heavy snowpack.
Meanwhile, the B.C. River Forecast Centre is watching for potential for flooding to "come back up again" on the already battered Boundary region. Up to now, 2,500 properties have been evacuated in that region and Grand Forks lost power this week.
So far, Chris Duffy with Emergency Preparedness B.C. said there are 23 states of local emergency, 10 band council resolutions and nine First Nations have emergency operations centres opened. Three reception centres have been opened for evacuees.
On that note, 31 evacuation orders affecting 1,993 homes have been issued and 36 evacuation alerts affecting 930 homes. Over two million sandbags and 10 sandbag machines have been delivered in the province, with help from 210 B.C. Wildfire Service personnel.
Five to 20 per cent of higher elevation snow pack melted in Southern Interior (for example, Silverstar). 30-50 per cent melted in lower elevations. Though water flow in #Okanagan has dropped, they're watching the trend after the weekend. #BCflood
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"For us the flood warning is that we expect the breaching of the river banks is either occurring or imminent, and on a number of areas on the Okanagan, we saw rivers come up to that level on Wednesday night, Thursday," said Dave Campbell with the B.C. River Forecast Centre on the reduction of flood risks in the Okanagan.
"For example, Mission Creek came up to about 120 cubic metres a second, and that's now dropped down to the order of … about 55 cubic metres a second. So in the short term that immediate flood risk is not there. As we turn into this warming trend, if we start to push those levels … we would upgrade it again to a flood warning."
In a media conference call Friday morning, officials said ongoing high temperatures — averaging 5 C above normal — can be considered extreme weather, due to the lengthy period of time.
Been 5 degrees above normal over past while. "Can be characterized as extreme weather," as it has been prolonged. Next week is third phase, "racking up a month of hot weather." 9,000 kL/s flowing through Fraser River.
— Dustin Godfrey 📰 (@dustinrgodfrey) May 11, 2018
"(It was) in some ways, a kind of worst case scenario if conditions — leading into that, very warm weather over the past week and then followed by fairly heavy rainfall. Upwards of 50 millimetres of rain over about a day-and-a-half period through many areas of the North Okanagan, Okanagan and over into the Boundary country."
That came with an "extremely high" snowpack in the region, which has been measured at about 150 per cent of the historic normal. Despite a cooler early spring, the hotter weather more recently has begun melting that snowpack, but Campbell said there's still plenty to come.
Only about five to 20 per cent of the snowpack has melted in higher elevations in the Southern Interior, compared with about 30 to 50 per cent of the snowpack in lower elevations.
"A number of rivers, on the preliminary side of things, got up into the 100-year return period level, or above," Campbell said, cautioning that the statistics have not been verified yet.
Shifting flood warning in #Okanagan down to a flood watch, keep an eye on how this warm weather will change things. #BCflood
— Dustin Godfrey 📰 (@dustinrgodfrey) May 11, 2018
"We're in a bit of a holding pattern right now. If you look at the weather, the wet weather's worked its way through. Things are easing slightly, and so we're putting our heads toward the next phase of weather that's coming at us."
That's that hot weather expected to rise to the upper 20s C, and not dropping likely at least until mid-week next week, but potentially into the end of next week. Campbell said the next few days will be a gradual build up to a point that may draw concern.
"For a number of areas we're kind of at that cusp, or near that cusp, of is there enough snow to keep these rivers high. Where we've got areas that are a higher elevation, there's absolutely enough snow for that," Campbell said.
"When we're in the lower elevations, we're melted out now, and we're sort of in that middle-elevation zone that we're maybe a little more uncertain just how this hot weather is going to influence things."
Looks like Osoyoos Lake held briefly in the early morning, but spiked a little higher later on. Still about 2/3 or 3/4 of a foot below the record high, though. #BCflood pic.twitter.com/XbpMy7d9m0
— Dustin Godfrey 📰 (@dustinrgodfrey) May 11, 2018
To the south, Osoyoos Lake continues to fill — in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it appears to have held steady, before spiking somewhat later on in the morning. That lake is still a little under a foot below the record depth of 917 feet.
Similar to other areas, Campbell said officials are watching how the snow melt from high temperatures will affect the water flowing into the lake, which is drained into the U.S. Control over how that water is drained is run south of the border.
"The question is how much can we squeeze out of this before we get to that point, and I think that's a bit of uncertainty," Campbell said.


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Deadline - Ohio State Fair Scholarships
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In an effort to recognize outstanding Ohio youth and to help those interested in furthering their education, the Ohio Expositions Commission has established a scholarship program.
The purpose of these scholarships is to assist high school juniors and seniors (2019-2020) and graduates who are continuing their education at an accredited institution in an undergraduate course of study in any field.
Scholarships will be awarded to junior exhibitors during the Ohio State Fair. Applicants will be judged on scholastic standing, citizenship and leadership, Ohio State Fair participation, county fair participation, and financial need. NOTE: The deadline has been extended. Completed applications must be postmarked by April 30, 2020.


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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
HTC Commits To Ship Windows Phone 8 Devices Later This Year
Posted by Richard Chao in "Windows Phone News" @ 09:33 PM
""HTC is committed to Windows Phone more than ever and we are excited to be bringing new Windows Phone 8-enabled smartphones to customers later this year," said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation."
HTC has announced its commitment to bring Windows Phone 8 devices to market later this year in a press release made available today. No word yet on how many devices or specs.


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EURO 2016 QUALIFIERS: Oliver Norwood ready to deliver Euro glory for Northern Ireland
Michael O'Neill's side go into a crunch clash with Greece at Windsor Park minus a number of key personnel.
Striking talisman Kyle Lafferty is suspended, along with midfielder Chris Baird and defender Conor McLaughlin.
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Reading midfielder Norwood believes Northern Ireland's squad can cope with the absences – and book their place in France next summer.
"That's why you have a squad of 23. Throughout this campaign this has been a squad effort," he said.
"It has not just been about the players who start the match. We have substitutes who have come on and made a big impact and other players, who when called upon, have delivered big performances.
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"We have got some really good players in the squad who have been unfortunate not to play more in the campaign, but now there will be an opportunity for some of them to come in.
"We have more than enough to win this game and seal our qualification for the Euro finals."
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Adam Scott didn't have to look as far down the leaderboard to find players who suddenly are a real threat to win at Bay Hill.
He described them as players who are "hungry to win," and Scott served them up an appetizer Saturday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Staked to a seven-shot lead at the start of the third round, the Masters champion hit enough loose shots and missed just enough par putts to lose more than half his lead and turn his quest to be No. 1 in the world into a bigger battle that he would have preferred.
Scott made a 7-foot par putt on the final hole for a 1-under 71, giving him a three-shot lead over Keegan Bradley going into Sunday.
"I think I've got to go out and try to win the golf tournament (Sunday)," Scott said. "I'm not trying to win the No. 1 ranking. I've got a bunch of guys breathing down my neck who all have had nice rounds today and are feeling pretty good about the way they're playing going into tomorrow. So I'm going to have to play a pretty sharp round of golf and not open the door at all."
Scott was at 15-under 201.
Bradley birdied his last three holes, taking on the flag at the 18th with a 9-iron from 167 yards that narrowly cleared the rocks framing the lake and settled 4 feet from the flag. That was the final touch on an eight-birdie round of 66 that put him in the final group.
"I just kind of like that underdog role," Bradley said. "I like knowing that I've got to go out there and play well. It really gets me excited. And playing in the final group with one of the best players in the world at Arnold Palmer's tournament is what we all dream to do. Tomorrow is going to be a really fun day."
Any other year at Bay Hill, he might have been referring to Tiger Woods.
Woods, the two-time defending champion at Bay Hill and No. 1 in the world, withdrew before the tournament because of recurring back pain. Scott has a chance to replace him at No. 1 in the world with a victory, though he wouldn't take over at the top until the week before the Masters.
But there's too much golf, and now too many players, for Scott to think that far ahead.
Matt Every (66) and Jason Kokrak (67) were four shots behind, both with a chance to win on the PGA Tour for the first time. Chesson Hadley and Francesco Molinari of Italy each had a 69 and were another shot behind. Hadley, who won the Puerto Rico Open two weeks ago, can qualify for the Masters with a high finish. He likely would need to be in sixth place or better to be solidly inside the top 50 in the world.
Scott was never satisfied with the seven-shot lead, and he still felt comfortable with a three-shot advantage going to Sunday.
"When you've got the lead, you have to work for it," he said. "I'm still in good shape."
Five holes into the third round, his seven-shot lead already had been trimmed to one. Scott three-putted from 60 feet on the opening hole, an indication of how fast the greens have become at Bay Hill, and he hit a poor chip to 12 feet on the fifth hole to drop another shot. Hadley applied the early pressure with four birdies through the sixth hole to get within one shot.
Scott wasn't aware of this. He doesn't sound as though he would have been surprised, anyway.
"When you don't start birdie-birdie today, then you know the other guys have got nothing to lose and they're going for it," he said. "They've got to close the gap. It doesn't surprise me at all. You think seven is a lot, but it's not really, especially over 36 holes. If I was seven back at any other tournament, I would think I could still win."
Scott laid up on the par-5 sixth and hit wedge to 2 feet. And after a few long birdie putts on the 10th and 15th holes restored the cushion, he two-putted from 60 feet for birdie on the par-5 16th to bring his lead back to five shots.
Bradley birdied the 18th. Scott missed a 5-foot par putt on the 17th, and then the 33-year-old Australian nearly had one more wobble. His birdie putt on the 18th slid about 7 feet by the hole. Scott made that coming back for par, which he hopes will be a small measure of momentum he can carry into the final round.
"I missed two par putts shorter than that," he said. "To miss another would have opened the door a little bit too much for my liking."
Bradley made six birdies on the back nine, including the last three holes. He had a good look at eagle on the 16th and missed the 15-foot putt, made a putt just inside 25 feet for birdie on the 17th and then took on the flag on the 18th, even though caddie Steve "Pepsi" Hale was wanting him to play slightly more conservatively.
"I was going right at it," Bradley said of his 9-iron. "He was nervous. I knew the whole way it was going to cover and be perfect. But it worked out."


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Need for Speed: The Run Summary
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EA's "first look at the return" of Need for Speed this Thursday, May 21st
More Need for Speed is on the way after EA has updated the series Facebook page with a teaser for this Thursday. The main page's banner when brightened showed two cars racing at night, with some pointing to Underground. Ghost Games is leading the nitrous fuelled charge this time, and has said a return to the Underground offshoot could happen if demand was there amongst fans, and mentioned Frostbite 3 making an appearance if so.
Need for Speed film starring Aaron Paul in murder, jail, revenge plot
The story for the upcoming Need for Speed film from DreamWorks has been revealed. The premise centres around Aaron Paul's character getting framed for a friend's murder and then seeking revenge. Actor Dominic Cooper is currently tipped to star opposite as male lead Dino, an ex-NASCAR racer who builds a business out of modifying cars. Need for Speed should screen February 7th, 2014.
DICE has Frostbite-powered titles for 2013 that "will require a 64-bit OS"
Battlefield developer DICE has its own fancy engine technology that goes by the name Frostbite 2, and now the studio teases that some 2013 titles using it will need a 64-bit OS. It's a "great opportunity to upgrade" to Windows 8, says DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson. The majority of PC users don't use 64-bit, but do PC gamers? Let's hope so.
EA offering up Need for Speed to Hollywood, Paramount 'is frontrunner'
The Need for Speed franchise is being shopped around the Hollywood studio scene by EA's representation, the United Talent Agency, and the word is Paramount is hungry for it. The price for the movie rights are said to be in the low seven-figures. The latest game instalment was very film-like with its story starring actors Sean Faris and Christina Hendricks.
EA Montreal studio lent DICE's Frostbite
Johan Andersson of developer DICE is on route to Montreal, Canada to visit a studio using the Frostbite engine which powers Battlefield 3. It was also used in Need for Speed: The Run. The upcoming Command & Conquer: Generals 2 is also using Frostbite. EA's Montreal digs include BioWare and EA Montreal itself. What projects could use the engine tech?