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WARNEING: I'm fit for Ashes! Shane, 43, is in the shape of his life and ready to save Australia
Just when it seemed we could bid an emotional farewell to the last of Australia's true greats with Ricky Ponting's tearful retirement, up pops Shane Warne to flex his spinning finger and tease us all over a possible Ashes comeback.
Warne chose the week of his latest return to action in the Australian Big Bash Twenty20 competition with the Melbourne Stars to say that he had 'absolutely no doubt' he could bowl at Test level again.
The ball, it seems, is in his close friend Michael Clarke's court and fizzing like a classic Warne leg-break. Can he really be serious?
Ashes to Ashes! Warne is willing to come out of retirement to face England once again
Final Warne-ing: Would Shane's other half put a block on him playing England again?
Well, perhaps the greatest bowler of them all, and almost as great a showman, has talked of comebacks before but there has always been more than a hint of publicity stunt about it.
Now, in the aftermath of Australia's crushing defeat by South Africa in Perth, he again chose to provide a glimmer of hope to a slightly desperate nation.
If the Australian captain gives him a call, Warne insists he will respond. 'If your best friend says, "Mate, I want you to seriously consider making a commitment to Australian cricket by coming out of retirement", that's a different scenario,' said Warne.
'Especially with back-to-back Ashes series coming up next year. It could be a 12-month thing where you take three spinners with you and say, "Righto, work with these spinners and see how you go". That's a different kettle of fish.'
Nemesis: Warne took great delight in bowling England over time and again
Ball of the century: Mike Gatting was bowled all ends up in 1993
So is this what you might call a 'come-and-get-me plea'? 'I'm definitely not asking for Michael Clarke to come out and say that,' conceded Warne.
'You asked me if I felt I could still play international cricket, if I wanted to just turn up, do my bowling and if the first Test was in three weeks, do you think I could play?
'I'd have no hesitation in saying yes. And I think I'd do pretty well.'
It does, of course, feel like madness. Warne, after all, is 43 and has not played Test cricket for almost six years.
He may be able to turn his arm over in a domestic Twenty20 league but could he really return to what remains the biggest battle in world cricket?
It is not as if he needs to. Warne is busy and in successful postretirement and, since he met Elizabeth Hurley, has found contentment in what has often been a rocky personal life.
Surely he would not risk his considerable reputation by putting his neck on the line again?
And yet. Warne is probably in the best physical shape of his life, has never been close to being replaced in the Australian team and could bowl off a couple of paces and resume his old position at slip, as long as his eyes haven't gone, without too much fuss.
It couldn't happen, could it? 'From purely a bowling perspective I don't think my form would be a concern,' said Warne.
'It's just the time and actually making a commitment again. 'My kids are turning 16, 14 and 12 next year and we're juggling two continents with my work commitments and Elizabeth's.
'There's travel, sponsors, businesses, so much stuff that I'd have to put on hold to come back to international cricket. That's the reason I haven't said for a while that I'm going to make a comeback.'
Oh Shane, don't spoil it. His comments, made in Adelaide, have guaranteed publicity so we might as well dream of what it might be like.
Shane's world: Warne retired in 2007 and soon took up commentary duties
The thought of Warne in another Ashes series is like a huge dollop of stardust that will be missing in the contests in England and the return in Australia as a result of Ponting's absence.
'For me it's not a question of whether I could do it,' said Warne. 'I have no doubt that if I wanted to commit I could do it.
'I watched the Perth Test and I felt like jumping off the couch and grabbing the ball. I really felt for Michael Clarke from a captaincy point of view.'
Nathan Lyon, the latest Australian spinner faced with the thankless task of stepping into Warne's shoes, should look away now.
'When you've got international bowlers bowling one or two full tosses and half-volleys an over I felt for Pup (Clarke), I really did. I think I'm bowling as well as I have for a long time. The best since I retired from international cricket. My body's fresh and strong and fit. My mind's fresh from it all and off the field I'm very happy, content and looking forward to playing.'
Oh, go on Pup, give him a call. You know you want to. We all certainly want you to. That really would light up the Ashes.
Andrew Flintoff has improved his fitness levels so much in his boxing training that he may play Twenty20 cricket again, says his father, Colin.
The only people cheering Warne's return would be England's batsmen
The only surprise about Shane Warne's latest dalliance with the idea of unretiring and playing Test cricket once more is that it's been a while since he's aired the possibility.
Barely a week went by during the 2010-11 Ashes when Warne wasn't asked whether he fancied helping out his struggling former team-mates. And, being a straight-talking kind of guy – and one with an eye for a PR stunt – he was damned if he was going to dismiss the prospect without giving it at least some room to breathe.
Now, he's done it again, saying he has 'absolutely no doubt' he could hack it at Test level and leaving a nation to dream of the good old days, when the thought of Australia failing to take six South African wickets in an entire day to win a match – as Michael Clarke's team contrived to do recently in Adelaide – would scarcely have occurred.
No one can question Warne's self-belief. It was part of the package that made him the most compelling spin bowler in the history of the game. His capacity to wring so many front-foot lbws out of impressionable umpires was a wonder to behold.
His aura might still earn him the odd wicket, and he could doubtless summon up the old magic to produce the occasional rip-snorter. Hell, it would be fun to watch.
But Test cricket is a gruelling business. And in a shade over six months next year spilling over into 2014, Australia will play ten straight matches against England, away and home. Warne will turn 44 between the two series. A return to Test cricket? Really?
If the headlines ever descended from the realms of Cloud Cuckoo Land, the only people cheering once the initial excitement had worn off would be England's batsmen.
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History of paper
Of all the writing materials mankind has employed down through the ages, paper has become the most widely used around the world. Paper has a long history stretching back to ancient Egypt in the third millennium BC.
Although our paper may not be recognisable to the Pharaohs, paper has retained its essential characteristics down through the ages and today's diverse offerings remain as natural, essential and precious as ever.
The word 'paper' is derived from papyrus, a plant that was once abundant in Egypt and which was used to produce a thick, paper-like material by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Papyrus, however, is only one of the predecessors of paper that are collectively known by the generic term 'tapa' and which were mostly made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry, fig and daphne trees.
Paper as we know it traces its roots back to China at the beginning of the first millennium AD. Traditional Chinese records give the credit for its development to one T'sai Lun (about 105AD). He was subsequently deified as the god of papermakers!
The craft of papermaking spread throughout the world and remained a relatively small-scale, artisan activity until paper production became industrialised during the 19th century. Originally intended purely for writing and printing purposes, a dazzling array of paper products are available to today's consumer.


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I am just wondering whether it is possible to get given an income payments arrangement towards the end of BR? I have been BR since May and will be AD in May 2009 and do not have an IPA, I just pay my tax ammount to them.
I am currently pregnant and I'm unsure if and when I legally need to notify the OR? I am desperately hoping for an ED in Nov/dec and I am wondering whether this would have any affect on the possibility of an ED.
Also, how would a change of living situation affect my BR presuming I did not get an ED and was still undischarged next year - If say in Jan or Feb time, my living situation changed and rather than living on my own, I then lived with my partner, could I then be given an IPA that would go on for several years given the fact that I would then only be paying half the ammount of rent than before? Even though I would obviously have other baby related expenses?
Sorry , this has gone on a bit!
If anybody has experience of this situation or has any comments, would love to hear from you....


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Uefa has discussed replacing international friendlies with a new 'Nations League' in what would be the latest radical revamp of Michel Platini's presidency.
The proposal to launch a new competition would see all 54 Uefa member nations compete across nine divisions, with promotion and relegation between them and prize money for the ultimate champions.
Uefa sources confirmed the idea was one of several floated ahead of its executive committee meeting in Dubrovnik last month as part of a discussion about how to improve the attractiveness of international football.
It is not clear whether any new competition would run over a single season or whether any friendly matches against non-European teams would remain on the calendar.
That calendar is set until 2018 and any change is likely to be adopted after that.
Platini's presidency has already seen the European Championship expanded to 24 teams and Euro 2020 become a pan-European tournament, while next season will see the start of the so-called "week of football", in which qualifiers will take place across six days to maximise viewers.
Football Association of Norway president Yngve Hallen, who sits on UEFA's national committee for international tournaments, told Dagbladet: "It is true that a series of games is one of the models being discussed."
The Swedish FA representative Karl-Erik Nilsson told Aftonbladet: "It has been established that it is difficult to get interest around friendlies.
"For 2020 it has been looked at whether it would be possible to combine traditional qualifiers with this league format, instead of friendlies, to increase interest.
"There won't be more international games because of this."
Nilsson said one idea included in the presentation was to divide the groups so that clubs next to one another in the Fifa rankings were grouped together, while another version envisaged a geographical structure.
How it could look:
Division One
Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, England, Portugal
Division Two
Russia, Greece, Croatia, Sweden, France, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Division Three
Ukraine, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic
Division Four
Ireland, Serbia, Norway, Slovakia, Turkey, Israel
Division Five
Slovenia, Austria, Poland, Romania, Montenegro, Finland
Division Six
Scotland, Armenia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus
Division Seven
Northern Ireland, Albania, Iceland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Wales
Division Eight
Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Kazakhstan
Division Nine
Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar


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Former pharmaceuticals CEO and hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli has fired his legal counsel and plans to hire a new legal team to defend him against charges that he defrauded investors at his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he headed.
Defense lawyers from the law firm Arnold & Porter said in court papers filed on Monday in Brooklyn federal court that Shkreli indicated he wished to replace them and was in the process of retaining new representation.
The filing did not cite a reason for the change in representation and his former lawyers have not respond to requests for comment.
Shkreli is best known for purchasing a drug used to help AIDS patients and then raising the price of that 60+ year old drug by 5,000%.
Despite his recent charges, Martin Shkreli can often be seen on Twitter, live-streaming on YouTube, and even taking media interview.
The outspoken investor says federal prosecutors are unfairly targeting him with a "fictitious" case over anger caused by his drugs price increase.
Shkreli pleaded not guilty last month to charges that he ran his companies like a Ponzi scheme, using each subsequent company to pay off defrauded investors from a prior company.
His arrest forced the investor to step down as chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals and he was later fired as chief executive of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. KaloBios also filed for bankruptcy.
A hearing for Shkreli's case was scheduled for Wednesday, although that date may be pushed back.
"We respectfully request a two-week continuance of the scheduled conference so that Mr. Shkreli can finalize his engagement of new counsel and we can properly transition the matter to the new attorneys," wrote the lawyers, Marcus Asner and Baruch Weiss.


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How to build Redis server on Ubuntu 14.04
Recently we used Redis server on Ubuntu 14.04. And I just thought about writing a blog post to show how to build Redis on Ubuntu server or desktop editions.
First of all, you have to go to the Redis site and download the Redis source code. Redis site
Then connect to the server through SSH or take a terminal on Ubuntu desktop machine. Run below command
wget <URL that you copied from redis site>
Then you want to install build-essential and libjemalloc-dev in order to build Redis server. To install those packages run below command.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install buid-essential libjemalloc-dev
After installing dependencies and tool you want to extract Redis archive. Run below commands to extract it. Change the archive name depending on your download.
tar xvf redis-2.X.XX.tar.gz cd redis-2.X.XX
To build Redis server type below command on the terminal. It may take a while to build Redis.
If it didn't throw any errors, Congrats! You just build your own Redis server. Then if you want to run Redis server run below command. Make sure that you are in Redis folder.
Then you can test Redis server using a redis-cli tool like below.
dedunu@test5:~/redis-2.8.17$ src/redis-cli 127.0.0.1:6379> 127.0.0.1:6379> set key1 value1 OK 127.0.0.1:6379> set key2 value15 OK 127.0.0.1:6379> get key1 "value1" 127.0.0.1:6379> get key2 "value15" 127.0.0.1:6379>
If you get an output like above your Redis works fine!


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False Alarm (For Now)
In the last update, we had many indications that the markets were angling toward the typical summer correction following the age-old pattern of "Sell in May, and go away". Surprisingly, we saw a surge higher in prices last week that took our indicators off the brink and gave this hard-charging uptrend another breath of air. At the same time, the economy and markets are now giving us some early clues regarding a potential recession (in 2018). Finally, I'll finish with some high-level thoughts on real estate versus other options in terms of long-term rates of return.
Net Exposure Increased Again – False Alarm
One could argue that we should just ignore technical signals during a bull market. After all, the most productive investment strategy during a bull market is to just stay 100% invested in a diversified group of securities and forget about it. That is all well and good in theory. Ben Carlson, of AWealthOfCommonSense.com, wrote this in his blog about why just sticking with a diversified portfolio over time is so difficult. He argues, as we do, that a diversified portfolio is hard to stick with given all the comparisons to a stock market that is running away to higher highs nearly every week. Of course, a diversified portfolio holds things other than stocks like bonds, commodities, real estate, etc.
Ben said it well;
- -- U.S. stock market valuations are high and interest rates are low. This has been true for a number of years but that doesn't make dealing with this scenario any easier.
- -- There have never been more fund or product choices available to tempt advisors and investors alike from making portfolio additions or changes.
- -- Many wealthy people make their money by placing concentrated bets in business. It can be difficult for advisors to change a client's mindset from what it takes to build a fortune to what it takes to preserve a fortune.
- -- Investors want what they can't have. They mostly want strategies that work in every environment, fixate on short-term market moves, obsess over the performance of people doing better than they are and would rather focus on what's working now versus what works over the long haul. Needless to say, this is at odds with reasonable investment advice that doesn't work all the time.
- -- Diversification is hard.
I'll add one of my own. Diversification doesn't matter, until it does. Meaning bear markets have a nasty way of surprising everyone and wiping out at least 60% of the previous bull market's gains in relatively short order (Investech Research). Those who fail to stay diversified or have no risk management systems in place, like our Net Exposure model, will simply make money and then lose it, rinse and repeat. Are we close to such an event? Yes. What does close mean? It means that the probability of a bear market materializing at any time from these levels is significant. But, as we've seen since elections, prices can still move higher nonetheless. Tick tock.
Small Caps, Transportation, and Breadth in Gear
Some of the components of our Net Exposure model have been stubbornly sitting in negative territory but as of last week, most moved tentatively back into bullish mode. Small Caps and the Transportation sectors are often seen as a confirming group for market trends as a whole. Both have been sorely lagging the broad US stock market, until last week, when both saw a great deal of buying enthusiasm. If, and when, both break out to new highs, we can say that the bull market uptrend is still alive. The new strength is healthy and welcome but not yet enough to say, all is well. Also for several weeks, we have seen the FANG stocks literally carry the entire market on their backs while the rest of the index components traded below the peaks made in March. An index like the S&P 500 is capitalization weighted so it is quite easy for mega-cap tech companies to drive the index higher without much participation from any other components. An easy way to observe this is to watch a chart of the Equally Weighted S&P 500. Again, finally, last week we saw the equally weighted version of the S&P 500 also break out to new highs (green bar on the right side), thus confirming the move. This is a form of "market breadth" and the first sign of real confirmation we have seen since March 1st. The odds of a summer correction or the beginning of a bear market are now statistically lower than they were a few short weeks' ago.
Back to our Net Exposure model, these developments are good and have given us reason to get back to a fully invested position after only a few days of carrying a bit of cash. From a sentiment perspective, bullishness is also off the highs again, which gives us a little more confidence that prices can still go higher. Fundamentally, there are few new developments worth noting. Homebuilder starts continue to come in soft. Auto sales look like they have peaked now (except Ford trucks), and employment numbers were surprisingly weak last month. These are the additional signs of weakness in the economy that contradicts the story of unbridled consumer strength and business optimism. These are not acute or massive signs, but worthy of our attention in the aggregate. We'll be watching the ratio of leading indicators to coincident indicators closely in the coming weeks. All is not as it seems regarding the story of a strongly growing economy and the recent strength in the bond market is echoing that statement. I have no doubt that the Fed will raise interest rates again this month as they tend to lag most trends in the economy by several months or quarters. But, with GDP sitting just above zero, they must be a bit nervous, behind closed doors and away from the public eye. I can almost imagine they have their meeting, and then finish with a winking agreement regarding their spin to the public. "We know what's really going on, but what should we tell the public?" Ok, I'll try not to be such a curmudgeon.
Real Estate and Other Options
I'm going to reference another piece from Ben Carlson, but from way back in April of 2014. It would worth your time to read this
It would also be worth your time to subscribe to Ben's free commentary. He's bright and I like his stuff.
In this blog, you'll see this chart. Spend a minute with it.
These are high-level numbers looking at calendar decades of returns. What you'll notice is that housing prices generally track the returns of cash (or money market rates). For those who have taken a few macro econ classes, you know that cash or money market rates also tend to track inflation. Thus, this is an excellent time to repeat and remind ourselves of this long-standing fact; Real Estate prices tend to track inflation in terms of a rate of return +/- about 1%. Now take a look at the current Schiller Home Price Index: Year over Year % change
You'll see a few things. The first is that when price appreciation, year over year moves above 10%, it becomes highly unstable, as it was back in the late 80's and near 2005 and more recently in 2014. Now, remember, we're looking at the rate of change on a rolling 12-month basis. These numbers are going to peak before actual prices peak because things tend to slow down before they change directions. Real estate is a slow-moving animal so lead times can be as much as two years. Now, look at the recent peak in the 12-month rate of change. By the eye, I'm going to say it happened around mid-2014. So, unless we see a dramatic increase in the Year over Year % change in real estate prices now, like right now, I'm going to expect to see an actual price peak in the near future. Finally, you might notice the current rate of change itself as mid 5%. I'm going to get myself in trouble with my realtor friends for saying this but when the real annualized rate of change (return) in the value of your home is less than the commission charged to sell it (6%), it seems we should all be a little critical of this transaction cost. I can say that after two decades of fee compression where the public thinks that any management fee is too much. Why are we not as critical about a 6% real estate commission on one of our largest centers of household wealth? If ever there was an industry ripe for automation, it is the real estate transaction business. I'm SHOCKED that the internet has not cut into this business yet… it will.
All good stuff to keep in mind as we make short and long term decisions about what to do with our hard earned money.
Until next time
Sam Jones


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Forget thinking that the Titans are going to be cash strapped when it comes to trying to get back Albert Haynesworth. Today's Tennessean says that the team will have enough if they want to bring the big man back before he bolts through free agency:
General manager Mike Reinfeldt said the Titans have the cash to re-sign Albert Haynesworth, who wants to become the NFL's highest paid defensive player. Now they just have to decide whether to take a massive chunk out of their salary cap space. The Titans are about $33 million under.


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Finished Project Linus Quilt 1
I had a heck of a time trying to photograph this quilt...it was the first time I tried out a nifty feature of my tripod..the horizontal arm. but lighting was not cooperating. (it is rather nice outside. but cold. and wet. and all our windows face the wrong way to let enough light in to be useful.)
Note to self: next photography goals are to a) get a decent flash and b)figure out indoor lighting. or not be lazy and take things outside to photograph in natural light. oh, also, c) practice more with new tripod so I can take pictures of a flat object so they look flat. may need a *wider* angle lens. d) stop coveting lenses I cant afford.
I've been working on a couple of posts about my photography equipment. I have no idea if there even is anybody interested (mostly because nobody reads this thing), but I think it will be interesting to look back on them in a year or so to see what was awesome to me in the past.
Of course..little may actually change. but we will see!


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Now that the preseason is set to begin & Enes has started to settle down in New York there is a lot of questions left unanswered. How will the knicks play this year? Will Kanter start alongside porzingis?
Many NBA followers are intrigued to see the two big man play together. With Enes operating out of the low post & Porzingis doing the damage from just outside the key it will be a great offensive team. The rebounding Enes provides and man to man defense Porzingis brings will surely cause problems for many teams, especially those migrating to a smaller lineup.
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Bentham Ohia has been announced as the new Māori Party co-vice president (Tāne). President Che Wilson says the selection of Ohia aligns with their new direction.
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It looks like the Māori Party may be preparing itself for a return to parliament now that Marama Fox has stepped down.
Fox steps down as Māori Party co-leader
The Māori Party has announced the resignation of Marama Fox as co-leader of the party.
Fox refutes Hauraki settlement 'done deal' claims
Māori party co-leader Marama Fox has refuted claims from Māori Labour MPs Willie Jackson and Tamati Coffey that the Pare Hauraki Treaty settlement was a 'done deal' under the previous National government.
Fox eyes up Tāmaki electorate
Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox is considering standing in the Māori electorate of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Davidson to re-enter Te Rā o Parihaka Bill into Parliament
Marama Davidson announces that she will re-enter the Māori Party's Te Rā o Parihaka Bill into the Parliament's Member's Bill Ballot. This comes as a surprise as the people of Parihaka commemorate 136 years since the invasion by the Crown on Parihaka in the Taranaki region.
From Wellington in the south, to Potaka, and inland to the Tarawera township, the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti region is a long and vast electorate.
Māori Party farewell from Parliament
An official farewell from Parliament was held for the Māori Party.
Post-election Peters isn't holding back, throwing shade at Te Ururoa Flavell
NZ First MP Winston Peters has labelled Māori Party Co-Leader Te Ururoa Flavell's politics 'trash' following the party's loss at the election. But Te Ururoa Flavell says Winston's desire to remove references to the treaty will be disastrous for Māori.


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I probably started hearing "When a Man Loves a Woman" around the time Percy Sledge originally recorded it, in 1966. The song has a specific format in that the first line starts right away with the chorus (what we call "the hook") rather than the verse. So the title hits you right off the top. In Hit Songwriting 101, you learn that there is a craft of writing pop music where you tell a bit of a story, but then you quickly get to the chorus. We even have a joke about it: "Don't bore us, get to the chorus." In this case, the title to the song are the first words Percy sang. Percy's performance of "When a Man Loves a Woman" is definitive and made the song a classic.
That beginning creates an indelible melody and sets a scene that elicits an emotional response. Oh… This is about a man being in love. During my shows, this is the one moment when I get off stage and actually go out into the middle of the audience to perform the song. It's funny when I watch people move their lips to the lyrics, they all yell out those first few words, but then they'll often mumble through the rest. Then it comes back around to "When a man loves a woman," and everyone sings along again. There's just something very direct and clear about that message.
It's universally received as this powerful love song, but when you really go through the lyrics you realize how deep it is—"if she's bad/he can't see it/she can do no wrong," she can bring him misery, she can play him for a fool, and so on—it's about how vulnerable you are when you're in love. And it's about how devastated you would be if something goes wrong. You will "spend your last dime, give up all your comforts, sleep out in the rain." "When a Man Loves a Woman" is about potential devastation. You only hope there's going to be a happy conclusion. In one sense you're saying, "You're my world, you're my everything," but really it means, "Please, be careful with me, don't do me wrong."
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All songs remind me of experiences in my life, though not necessarily about one particular person. There are probably moments for everyone in "When a Man Loves a Woman" that aren't restricted to one person; it's just about that feeling when you're all in, you're exposed, you're completely human and vulnerable. That's what happens when you fall in love. And whatever is in my heart at that moment finds its way into delivering the song live.
I don't know exactly when I decided to record "When a Man Loves a Woman" myself. I'd already experienced 9 albums and zero success in 18 years. I was signed to Epic when I was 16 and didn't have a hit until I was 34. All along the way, I'd meet people, including Clive Davis, who heard something in my voice that they thought had commercial potential. I only finally had large success with Soul Provider in 1989. That album sold 12 million worldwide, and included a version of "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles, who was probably the single biggest influence on me as a kid.
When you've been striving for that long, you don't take success for granted — it only makes you work harder. So I went right into preparing for my next album, Time Love and Tenderness, and I wanted to put "When a Man Loves a Woman" on it. After I'd recorded "Georgia," radio programmers were like, "Who's this white kid from Connecticut?" I actually took that as a compliment, and as inspiration to take to the microphone with another favorite, always conscious that my own interpretation must be respectful to the original composition. You can take a lot heat for stepping up to something that's already a standard.
Just when I was about to turn in my album, Tommy Mottola, the president of Sony, came into the studio. He said, "You know what would be huge, Michael? If you record 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' this would be an enormous record." I smiled and said, "I'm really glad you said that, Tommy, because we actually recorded it."
But then I got an unexpected response from one executive at the label. He said, "We just heard the album, it's great, but there's one song that needs to come off… 'When a Man Loves a Woman.'" Apparently, someone inside the building had done this sort of analysis of the album, a small essay, and when she got to the song, she tore it apart, primarily based upon the fact that there was no reason for anyone to ever re-record this song. I thought, Wow, what they're saying is that I haven't really done anything special with it.
I didn't want to take it off the record, so I tried to improve it. I called upon my producer Walter Afanasieff and dragged him out of his family vacation to re-record the song with me … eight more times. We worked tirelessly and listened back. My first version was still the strongest. I went back to the label and insisted, the song stay on the album.
And then, everyone in radio started playing my version of "When a Man Loves a Woman" even before its release as a single. That's a good problem to have. It went straight to number one, I won a Grammy for vocal performance. It just skyrocketed and drove the album to sell over 16 million worldwide. Being able to record that song was one of the most important experiences of my life.
It's Percy's performance that I owe most to, in addition to the composer's gift. It was Percy who first brought the song to life. I can't stress enough the importance of his delivery of the song to the world. Another person's interpretation might still have been a hit song, but not one with the staying power of Percy's. A song by itself won't do it, and talent by itself won't do it. Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" is so deeply ingrained in all of us, it's in our DNA—five or six generations of people all around the world.
The only time I ever got to meet Percy was a few years later, when I had the opportunity to perform "When a Man Loves a Woman" with Percy himself. It was live in Chicago, for VH1—a pared down, invite-only, special guests event. He was so generous and just a wonderful human being. And then he sang it beautifully. You often hope in vain that, when you meet someone you admire so much, that they'll live up to your idealization. Percy far exceeded. Singing with him is forever a moment in my life I remember and carry with me.
Everyone in the audience and backstage was gasping, "Oh my god, that's Percy Sledge!" He started speaking to the audience and said, "I was on tour, and I heard my song on the radio, but it wasn't me singing it. It was Michael Bolton. It was my hit, and now it's his."
I said, "No, no, no, it will always be yours. That song will always be yours."
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Water is the sign of life. Wars have been fought for it and still more than 80% of world's population does not get it the way they deserve. The day humans find water on any nearby star, they will invade it, that's how valuable it is.
Apart from the biological factors, it also brings a great amount of joy and splendor if you just sit on lake shore or a beach. Sad thing is that photographing it is not an easy task, with all the light bursts and other technical difficulties, besides when you take a photo of a landscape consisting of just water, the viewer say, "what's the point, it's just water!" He'll never understand the atmosphere there was when you took the photo.
Today I have a collection of pictures which are basically consist of a water landscape and you'll derive great inspiration for taking such shots.
If you look a little deeply, the photographer was sitting while he took this shot. Framing and composition is also bloody perfect.
Ocean Under Umbrella
That's just capturing it from the right angle. You can see there's no unnecessary part in the image.
Cool Ocean
I'm not really sure if this is the ocean or not but if you look closely, there wasn't a focal point in this image, so the photographer just added a couple of tall trees in the frame. Focal point is very important.
Sun and Ocean
If you think this kind of shot can be taken with the first attempt, you're dead wrong. Always always capture many shots and one will best fit your imagination. This is exactly what the photographer would have done.
Flowers and Ocean
Sometimes the details of an image are what makes it great. You can see a little boat in the background, remove it and the picture will lose its feel.
White Clouds with White Ocean
Sometimes it's just the location that makes it great. This really is a splendid view.
Mountain and Sea
This image has excellent focus levels.
Island Resort
If you remove the trees that border the lower left edges, the picture will lose its soul.
Have a look at the toning.
Sea and Beach
HDR effect without HDR.
Anticipation of the Storm
Low exposure in the perfect way possible.
Fuji Lilac / Transylvanian Dog Albino
It is a brilliant idea that when you capture a structure, try to capture its reflection in the water. Creates a great effect.
In the Quiet of the Saddle
The best time selection of early evening and the trees on the left guard the lake. Super shot.
Stones in Sea
This is a low exposure with a magnificent focus level. The focus was set to the plants in the foreground and that's why the trees look a little blurry.
Farewell to Khortitsa
That is just seizing the moment. A photographer always has his camera ready. You never know when you might find a sight to remember.
The digital miracle. Some excellent light toning and contrast adjustments have been made on this photo. Photographers should have a grip on Adobe Lightroom or its free counterparts.
Ice and Ocean
That's how you capture fog and mist.
Cliffs in Water
That must be the work of a naughty photographer. See how he has merged the sky and ocean.
Plunge into the Cloud
A camera doesn't only shows, it also hides. See how it is hiding the impurities and pollution in the water.
Colourful clouds with Colourful Sea
Low exposure mixed with digital assistance.
In the Long Cold Arctic …
That's framing with the proper elements. The same landscape could have been very ordinary from another angle.
Pillar in Sea
It's a beautiful view, you just have to be there on the right time.
On the pier …
This picture has so many feelings in it that one or two lines can't do justice. I'll skip it.
Water Scape with Stars
As you know, a photographer should visualize the shot before taking it. This photographer did exactly that. A wonderful low exposure shot.
… Evening Kerch …
Panorama photography example.
Seychelles Smile
Border on one side and the reason photographer took this shot is that there were many many colors here.
Dawn on the Great Lake Kasli
Same thing we learned earlier, the photographer visualized this shot immaculately. It's a low exposure.
Early Autumn Sunrise
Waseem says it's photoshopped, the orange glow can't be so vivid. I don't think so though.
Onega morning
Excellent sharpness combined with low exposure.
One, Two, Three… I'm going to look! Who is not hiding
And again, spotted at the right time. Always keep your camera ready.


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Allen & Heath has just come out with another brilliant product. Introducing the new ICE-16 16 Channel, Multitrack recorder + USB / Firewire interface. It is a new way to do multitrack recording, made easy.
Please take a look at the attached video which is quick introduction to the new gear:
The new ICE-16 unit will be an excellent unit to use with the Allen & Heath Mix Wizard series of rackmount mixers. The WZ3 -16x2 would be a perfect match! The ICE-16 unit also has the capability to be daisy-chained together when more inputs are required. The USB drive interface is such an easy way to store the recorded tracks. Up to 6 hours or recording on a 32GB USB stick! What an easy way to record all your band's live shows, rehearsals or anything else that you want to archive. It want to get my hands on one of these cool units and use with my regular band sound gig.
Just from watching the video alone, I can already imagine all the recording jobs could be accomplished with this simple to operate unit.
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Guest Choreography at SCU
Raissa Simpson will premiere FICTIVE ROOTS February 8-11, 2018 at Santa Clara University. The work is made possible through the input of the students.
Reflection: Santa Clara University
It's a long rainy day and I admit this reflection is long overdue. This post feels like an unleashing of subconscious memories, a trail of deeply rooted thoughts for probing an unwilling mind. When I first stepped into the studio at Santa Clara University, I had few preconceived conceptions of what I was getting myself into. Many years ago, the campus was the scene to an all-day math camp for Black and Latino students. It was a place to where I studied subjects like Algebra and Geometry. It was also a backdrop to prejudice where a Latino camp leader asked the black students to sit on one side of the Mayer Theater while the other students listened to his chants of "Chicano Power."
Here I stand. Despite all my attempts to forget, perhaps these memories permeate my existence as I look to the horizon at the Mayer Theater as the location to debut FICTIVE ROOTS. These past experiences have informed my approach to creating this new work on new but capable bodies. It has made me self-aware of how I positioned in this dialogic process.
Imagine a Black mixed heritage woman choreographer asking a group of students, who on the surface seem hegemonic, to effect a work steeped in the experiences of marginalized bodies. Through an open dialogue, the students are asked to ideate core values around ancestry. Each pupil contributes information extracted from each of their grandparents in order to learn their own individual ancestry. They then present these lineages, which includes Guatemala, the Philippines, and much more.
By remaining unbiased, I was able to get to know what forms of oppression are a concern to the students like colonization, freedom of religion and war. The group was open to lending their voices to a sound score. Asking me to see a positive side to any obstacles of making cultural work almost privileges the conversation. From my perceptions, the work needs to have as much disconnect as it does connection
This is a starting point… The distance traveled is important. The obstacles we encounter along the way should be counted and acknowledged.
Raissa Simpson will premiere FICTIVE ROOTS February 8-11, 2018 at Santa Clara University. The work is made possible through the input of the students.


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Most animals have a far better understanding of what their dietary needs are than the average human does. Herbaceous animals in the wild are constantly on the move looking for the right plant materials to fill their requirements. Although plants contain trace minerals, the age of the plant and quality of the soil from which it's grown has a big impact on the foliage's mineral levels.
To meet their dietary needs they have to find additional sources of digestible minerals. I've watched deer lined up along hillside outcrops, as if it were a drive through, all waiting for their turn at their favorite mineral lick. The need for some plant consumption by our human companions (dogs and cats to name a few) is absolutely normal and there are dozens of theories out there on why they like to graze. I certainly think taste has a something to do with it.
I (Sandy, previous owner) raise Rhodesian Ridgebacks and I've seen them chew blades of grass from specific clumps. They also love to pick their own huckleberries and I've even watched my female take her older puppies to a wild raspberry patch, where she would carefully nip, then drop the berries to show her puppies how it's done. After all the years of raising, breeding, training and showing dogs, I thought I knew everything, I needed to know about nutrition for my dogs health and hadn't given much thought to the need for mineral supplements until I almost lost one of my dogs from a mineral deficiency.
I ( Sandy) moved to a new place back in 1996 and within a few months my Ridgeback male "Saber" began to get sick. The first symptom I noticed was "obsessive" grass eating, which he would later vomit back up. A little grass chewing is O.K., but Saber was down right mowing it! Next he began hunching up with abdominal cramps, developed diarrhea and began to stagger. His diet hadn't changed and I couldn't find anything toxic he could have ingested. Luckily, I have a great veterinarian who quickly ruled out poisons and diagnosed him with Pancreatitis. This is also known as "Garbage Gut", a condition dogs develop when they've eaten indigestible, intestinal blocking substances which can lead to Malabsorption Syndrome. Doc said to recheck the whole property and I did. No garbage, rotting deer carcass, bones, offal (or awful) things were out there. Next Doc said to check his stool. (My dog's that is.)
First I had to find it! Then I had to sieve it. Not fun, but at last I found the culprit! Clump after clump of clay! The soil in the area had a high clay content and he was getting a steady supply from all the grass he'd been chewing. So what was wrong with his diet that compelled him to overgraze? His dog food was good and hadn't changed. What about water? I was using the existing storage tank and rainwater collection system while my well was being drilled.
Rainwater does not contain the minerals that water, which has percolated through the ground, does. So, nature compelled him to find another source! I was lucky to have such a good Vet help me find the answers, before it was too late. Because the Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large breed dog, I buy a 50lb. bag of food. So now I add about ¼ cup of Pureganic Mineral Powder to the dry food and mix it into the top 8 inches and repeat as the bag empties. Now my dog is much better. It looks chalky at first but is later absorbed into the feed.
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Instead of the steamed veggies that you might find in your favorite restaurant, this dish features roasted squash, tomatoes, garlic, and onions with a bit of butter, Parmesan cheese, and fresh basil. The corkscrew-shaped fusilli pasta absorbs the fresh basil/butter sauce. Roasting the vegetables provides a uniquely wonderful flavor. Give it try.
4 summer squash (cut into ½-inch thick slices)
2 cups cherry tomatoes [cut in half]
2 red onions (halved lengthwise and sliced ½-inch thick)
4 garlic cloves (chopped)
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
8 ounces fusilli pasta
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
½ cup Parmesan cheese (grated fine)
1 cup firmly packed fresh basil leaves (chopped)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Divide squash, tomatoes, onions, and garlic between two large rimmed baking sheets. Drizzle with oil, and season with salt and pepper; toss to coat and then spread evenly. Roast (without tossing) until tender and starting to brown, 30 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil; add a generous amount of salt. Cook pasta until al dente according to package instructions. Drain, and return to pot.
Add roasted vegetables, butter, parmesan, and basil to pot; season with salt and pepper, and toss gently with pasta to combine. Reheat over medium-low if necessary before serving.


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Monday, 5 January 2015
Paper Towns by John Green / Where I Was From by Joan Didion / Walking Home by Clare Balding
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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I felt ominously lurgified recently so chose the YA novel Paper Towns as the easiest read of the selection on our Kindle. Set in Orlando, Florida, the novel tells of a group of High School students during the few weeks prior to their graduation. One girl, Margo, mysteriously disappears leaving her besotted childhood friend Q going to ever more bizarre lengths to find her.
The main strength of Paper Towns is in its depiction of the relationship between Q and his two best friends Ben and Radar. I thought this trio were very realistic and fun to read about. Their dialogue actually got me laughing out loud several times. By contrast, the female characters seemed more stereotypical and the continual emphasis on their appearances was irritating. All the students are also remarkably affluent - $100s of dollars are spent without any of them appearing to have jobs! I did like the descriptions of the 'paper towns' that were planned but never came into existence. There are a lot of these houseless plots in Spain so reading about the American version was topical for me.
Paper Towns is an ok light read but I found it difficult to buy into the main premise that Q would go to so much trouble for a girl who has basically ignored him for the best part of a decade. We are told he idolises her but, for me, his potentially jeopardising a college future that is fantastically important to him purely for the sake of a one-night madcap adventure was stretching credibility too far. I also missed out on much of the poetical theorising having not read the Whitman poem that was analysed. I've not read any of his poems and am starting to think I must get a collection to browse through - he is namedropped so often in American literature! Anyway, having got through the whole novel in an afternoon, the writing is indeed easy on the brain and there are some great humorous moments that took my mind off feeling poorly. Love the beer sword! However, the time-sensitive ending is too contrived - perhaps written with one eye on a film script - and I didn't like the last scene at all.
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Dave chose Where I Was From for our Kindle so I didn't read any blurb prior starting the book. I was vaguely expecting an autobiography of a journalist's youth and certainly not the wide ranging evaluation of California that Joan Didion has so eloquently penned.
There are elements of her own family history mixed in with every Californian family's history, whether 'original' or recent settlers. We also learn in detail about the political life of the state and I was amazed to realise how much of the economy is, or at least was, based on Government money and Defence contract production lines. There are definite echoes of the collapse of the old British mill towns in the current Californian situation. I have only travelled through this part of the world once - by Amtrak from Los Angeles to Santa Clara to San Francisco, a fortnight in all with a few days in each city - but found Didion's book fascinating even though many of the places are unfamiliar to me. I love the way she has melded her storylines to make every word feel personal.
This is very much a book of her struggling to identify and come to terms with her roots and their contradictions. I suspect most of us have a mental image of our home that isn't necessarily truthful about what is really there. Didion has made a brave stand to speak of both the good and the bad of her home state.
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I enjoyed the Audible version of Clare Balding's My Animals and Other Family back in the summer and so have been looking forward to downloading her newest book, Walking Home. I got this one on audio as well. Balding reads her own words and is a very professional narrator.
This memoir is based around Ramblings, the Radio 4 series that Balding has presented for many series. I don't think I've ever actually heard an episode. I go through stages of being a Radio 4 listener and my most recent phase must have been over a decade ago. However, I got the gist pretty quickly - Balding goes on walks all around the UK and chats with Interesting People. I particularly enjoyed hearing her talk about her experiences making the programme and the places she has walked. Perhaps someone should have had a quiet word about attempting mimicry and accents though - most really didn't work for me. I listened to practically every word through headphones whilst walking around Mojacar in Spain - there's some fab walks here, Clare! - so I felt particularly inspired. Not having a convenient notepad and pen was an error though. I can now only remember the names of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland and the Wayfarers Walk near her family home as ones we really must do too! Maybe there is an index in the printed book edition?
Balding's attempts to get her family to do various sections of the Wayfarer's are humorous to listen to and I recognised several situations in which Dave and I have also found ourselves - what do you mean it's flooded? How flooded?!
Balding does also ramble in the other meaning of frequently going off topic and I did find this irritating at times. Her other subjects, including a long section on the London Olympics, are probably interesting in their own right, but when I was being inspired by walking tales, the sudden veers away were distracting.
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In the computer game Watch Dogs, developed by French video game developer Ubisoft, protagonist Aiden Pearce is able to use a highly specialised mobile device to gain access to the operating system of a hyper-connected future Chicago, enabling him to hack directly into moving vehicles and take control of their electrical systems using Wi-Fi.
While this may seem a little far-fetched and something that is a long way off in terms of our own technological achievements, it has in fact, already happened. Cyber attacks are now no longer confined to computer networks and mobile devices.
In July of this year, cyber security researchers Charlie Miller of Twitter and Chris Valasek of IOActive used the latest hacking techniques to hack in to the electrical systems of a Jeep Cherokee. They were able to do this without direct physical access to the vehicle.
Using the Internet they were able to gain wireless control of the Jeep Cherokee giving them access to the Jeep's entertainment system, enabling them to relay commands to its dashboard functions, steering, brakes and transmission, and they were able to do all of this remotely 10 miles away from the vehicle's location.
Miller and Valasek have been hacking motor vehicles for years, but they had always required direct access to the vehicle to do so, with auto industry representatives playing down their accomplishments but this time they have been able to do this wirelessly from any location in the world.
So how is all this possible?
Well, because vehicle manufacturers like Crysler are now building cars in such a way that makes their electrical systems and computer networks act like smartphones that are connected to the Internet, this opens up a whole host of possibilities for hackers, allowing them to gain access to critical systems remotely using wireless connections.
It's not just Crysler vehicles that are vulnerable either. While the Jeep Cherokee was highlighted as the most vulnerable by Miller and Valasek's research, other models from various other manufacturers also ranked highly as possible targets.
The duo rated 24 cars, SUVs, and trucks based on three factors that they thought may determine their vulnerability to hackers.
- Number and type of radios that connected the vehicle's systems to the Internet
- Whether onboard computers were properly isolated from the vehicle's critical driving systems
- Whether digital commands could trigger physical (cyberphysical components) actions
Miller and Valasek developed software that was able to exploit these vulnerabilities. Their software was able to silently rewrite the firmware for the Uconnect's entertainment system (or head unit) allowing them to plant their code and send commands through the vehicle's internal computer network.
The pair believes that these hacks will work on any Crysler vehicle that uses Uconnect versions from late 2013 onwards but they have only tested these exploits on a Jeep Cherokee so far.
So, without further ado, here are:
9 Terrifying Ways Hackers Can Control Your Car!
1. We Know How to Find You!
Because Uconnect computers are linked to the Internet via Sprint's mobile network, hackers can use a Sprint mobile device as a Wi-Fi hot spot, along with a laptop, to scan for possible vulnerable targets on the Internet. Once an appropriate target has been found, they are then able to retrieve information about that vehicle, such as its vehicle identification number, make, model, IP address, and most scarily, its GPS coordinates.
Once the hacker has the GPS coordinates of the target vehicle, they can then input this data into Google Maps and track its general location by placing markers onto the map as the vehicle travels.
While the targets are seemingly random vehicles and no personally identifiable information is currently available to the hacker, Miller and Valasek have stated that pinpointing a vehicle belonging to a specific person, while not easy, isn't impossible.
If a hacker used multiple connected devices, all scanning simultaneously, it could enable an individual person to be found and tracked. Even scarier is the fact that a very skilled hacker could use the vulnerability to take control of multiple Uconnect head units in multiple vehicles, enabling them to establish a wirelessly controlled mobile botnet, encompassing hundreds of thousands of vehicles. Such a network is a frightening idea.
2.We Control the Airwaves!
Imagine you found yourself driving down the motorway at night alone when suddenly the radio switched on at full volume, seemingly changing stations with you unable to control it or switch it off, I think you'd be forgiven for thinking you were about to be abducted by aliens, but this is one of the many ways that hackers can manipulate your vehicle via this exploit.
Try turning the volume down, or switching the radio off and you'll soon find it impossible to do so.
Apart from the obvious distraction issues, these types of attacks could be used to harass and intimidate people and when you are not aware of who is controlling the radio this could becomes quite frightening for some people.
3.Cool Your Jets!
While not the most terrifying aspect of this hack, it's also possible to control the vehicles air-conditioning system by remotely pumping air at full blast in to the target vehicle. Again, this would be something of a distraction to drivers, especially when travelling at high speed.
This may not seem all that scary but imagine driving on a very cold winters day, early in the morning and being blasted by cold air with no ability to stop it. Not a very nice experience, I think you'd agree.
4.Slow Your Horses!
It's a beautifully sunny day and your travelling at 70mph down the motorway when suddenly your washer fluid starts to continuously spray your windscreen while your wipers swish from left to right uncontrollably at full speed.
While struggling to see through your windscreen, all confused and a little jumpy (and possibly quite cold from all the cold air being pumped in to your vehicle via the air-conditioning vents), that's when your transmission unexpectedly cuts out and your vehicle stops responding to your accelerator.
As the vehicle begins to lose speed rapidly, you're terrified to see in your rear view mirror cars, lorries and other motor vehicles beginning to rapidly pile up behind you, swerving and honking their horns when trying to avoid your sudden speed decrease.
Well, using this vulnerability, this is exactly what could happen if a hacker gained control of your vehicle.
5. Cut It Out!
While your vehicle is in motion, hackers also have the ability to completely and fully kill the engine. Leaving you unable to control your vehicle safely without restarting the engine.
If this command was given at a critical moment during your journey, this could cause a dangerous incident.
Imagine being on a busy motorway roundabout when this hack kicks in. Scary!
6. This Has to Stop!
If you're not already a little worried, then imagine a hacker being able to abruptly engage the breaks of your vehicle while you're in motion?
This is where things begin to get really dangerous. Having the ability to track a vehicle on the move and then suddenly engage the braking system is quite terrifying.
Speeding down the motorway at 70mph when your brakes unexpectedly and violently kick in is an extremely dangerous prospect for you and other motorists.
7. Life in the Fast Lane!
This part of the hack is probably the scariest of the lot and it's a horrifying thought that a compromised vehicle could have its brakes completely disabled by some anonymous hacker miles away in a remote location while the driver is helpless to stop it.
This scenario is all too real though and Miller and Valasek have demonstrated this with chilling precision.
Once the hacker has control of the system, there's nothing to stop them causing a major incident.
8. Can You See Me?
Miller and Valasek have also been able to send images remotely to the in-car digital display. You can certainly see how this could be abused and cause issues for the occupants of the vehicle.
9. Show Me the Way to Go Home (Backwards)
While travelling at slower speeds and only while reversing, the hack allows for the control of the vehicles steering.
Even though this hack only works at slower speeds, this is still a dangerous prospect for both the occupants and pedestrians.
Those Added Extras
The list of commands a hacker can issue when in control of a compromised vehicle is not limited to those listed above. They are also able to manipulate digital readouts for speed and fuel consumption, honk the horn, query the vehicle for information and unlock it.
As hacking techniques get more sophisticated and pervasive, and as vehicle systems become more integrated in to the 'Internet of Things', it doesn't become difficult to imagine that future hacks could gain more and more control over a vehicles functions.
Further Information
Miller and Valasek aren't the only ones working on pointing out these vulnerabilities.
There has been other research conducted, such as that undertaken by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California who were able to wirelessly disable locks and brakes on a Sedan.
There's even a 'Car Hackers Handbook' out there.
These types of attacks are only likely to get more varied and sophisticated and with some 470,000 plus estimated Crysler vehicles already vulnerable to these types of attack, not to mention the very real possibility of other manufacturers models also being vulnerable to similar exploits it's extremely important that both the auto industry and customers take note.
Crysler has issued a security patch which can be downloaded at their website by entering your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) but this is a manual process that requires you to download the patch and update your Uconnect System via a USB drive. Alternatively, you can take your car to a dealer to get the update.
This type of patching requires that the customer be aware of the vulnerability though, which means that moving forward, the responsibility for updating the security of the vehicles electronic system lies with customers. There needs to be a better, more secure way of automating vehicle updates on these types of systems.
Crysler has now issued a recall for around 1.4 million vehicles and blocked this wireless hack on Sprint's network.
In a hyper connected world, cyber attacks and cyber threats are an ever-growing concern for businesses and consumers alike and the research conducted by Miller and Valasek highlights the need for more individuals to be working in IT security jobs, specifically cyber security.
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