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Personal information leaks reached unprecedented levels last year, according to a brace of studies out last week.
Lost laptops, insecure systems and mislaid discs means problems posed by the exposure of customer records are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. As in other areas of information security organisations are often reticent to invest in encryption and other security defences until they've been hit by a problem.
The San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center reckons more than 79m records were exposed in the US up to 18 December. The figures represent a fourfold increase on the organisation's estimate of 20m lost records in 2006. Increased reporting of breaches as well as greater volumes of data are among the factors accounting for the rise, AP reports.
Data handling has probably always been poor, but information security breach disclosure laws have pushed the issue out into the open.
Meanwhile, Attrition.org reckons 162m customer records were compromised worldwide in the year up to 21 December, compared to 49m lost records in 2006.
As well as taking into account the whole world instead of just the US, Attrition's estimate is higher because it reckons that 94m records were exposed by the theft of credit card data at TJX. Attrition.org's figures come from a lawsuit filed by TJX by banks. The Identity Theft Resource Center takes the 46m figure of potentially compromised credit card details TJX has publicly acknowledged. Hackers are reckoned to have obtained the credit card numbers after snooping on weakly encrypted wireless transmissions of customer information at two Marshalls stores in Miami, a security weakness they exploited to gain access to eventually gain access into TJX's central databases as part of a long-running attack that went undetected for months.
The TJX breach was by far the worst breach of 2007. Other major breaches of last year include the loss by the UK government of two unencrypted CDs containing the records of 25m child benefit claimants. ®


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Ice cream shop coming soon to downtown Torrington
TORRINGTON >> Torrington residents with the occasional sweet tooth will soon have another place to satisfy their cravings.
An ice cream shop called S&S Sweet Treats is opening at 38 Main St.
First time business owners John and Tina Sessa, from Winsted, chose to open an ice cream parlor as a way to give back to the community, while offering tasty treats. After operating a portable ice cream business last year, as a way to help their 15-year-old son Spencer learn how to run a business, the family decided they wanted to open a permanent location.
"We absolutely loved it," Tina Sessa said. "We had been looking for something to do as a family in the business market."
Tina Sessa has been self-employed for the last 16 years working for Pampered Chef while her husband John is a volunteer firefighter for the Winsted Fire Department.
"We're always trying to give back to the community," she said.
One day a week the ice cream shop will donate a portion of their sales to charities. In addition, they will still offer the portable ice cream kiosk, where they donate some of the proceeds to charities like Relay for Life and the Foothills BMX Track.
The name S&S Sweet Treats, Tina Sessa said, was named after her two children Spencer, 15 and Sophia, 5.
The new ice cream shop plans to serve over 28 flavor's of Hershey's hard ice cream, in addition to milk shakes, ice cream sundaes, soda floats, ice cream cakes, coffee and mini melts, which is very similar to dippin' dots. The new ice cream parlor will not be serving soft serve ice cream.
"Our philosophy, is creating smiles one scoop at a time," said Sessa. "We're excited, excited-nervous."
The hardest, part she said, is choosing the different flavors.
"We want to carry what people want us to carry, (Hershey has) over a hundred flavors, it's hard to choose," she said.
In addition to ice cream, S&S Sweet Treats will be working with other downtown merchants to provide treats like baked goods, for people who may not want to eat ice cream.
S&S Sweet Treats will be an addition to the recently opened frozen yogurt shop within the Yankee Pedlar Inn at 95 Main Street, called Yankee Yogurt and the Dairy Queen up the street. The new ice cream shop will be Torrington's newest old-fashioned hard ice cream parlor since the closing of Cold Stone Creamery, that was located in the Staples plaza, a couple years ago.
The 38 Main St. location was previously home to It's a Perfect Party Boutique who makes ice cream and cupcake jewelry as well as ornaments and other crafts. The boutique hosted a variety of parties as well as craft events too.
"We're excited to work with other merchants. It seems to us everyone in downtown is eager to work together," said Sessa.
S&S Sweet Treats is looking to open the weekend of March 9 and in the meantime the new ice cream company is offering daily giveaways on its Facebook page.
Anyone who likes S&S Sweet Treats Facebook page will have a chance to win a free ice cream sundae. In addition, Tina Sessa said, they are planning a special promotion for their Facebook fans.
Tina Sessa said S&S Sweet Treats will likely be open Tuesdays through Sundays with reduced hours from 3-8 p.m. to start with. As the weather gets warmer, the hours will be extended.
"We will always be open when things are going on (around town)," she said.

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of American Music
The Shedd's annual August classic Songbook festival, Oregon Festival of American Music features classic musical theatre, cabaret, and standards-based jazz.
The Emerald City Jazz Kings
The Shedd Institute's resident historic jazz & classic American Songbook ensemble is now in its 22nd season, offering 4 all-new programs each year in Eugene, Florence and Corvallis.
Shedd Classical
The Shedd Institute's classical music series, featuring both self-produced local and national artists. Shedd Classical touches on the full extent of the European art music tradition, with a special interest in the Americas and 20th c.
Shedd Theatricals
Shedd Theatricals offers full, live-orchestra productions of the best of classic Broadway from the 1940s-60s and the fun-loving, witty, and totally sparkling musical comedies of the 1920s and '30s.
Mr. Tom's Magical Moombah!
Mr. Tom's Magical Moombah is a musical vaudeville for kids! Filled with skits, songs and contests, the Moombah introduces youngsters to the great songs that everyone should know!
Now Hear This
The Now Hear This presents 35 to 40 concerts each year in a broad variety of genres from jazz and classical to bluegrass, world music and country, and more.
Shedd Presents
Shedd Presents offers a fascinating mix of special projects by top local artists. It regularly premieres projects that subsequently become permanent ongoing features in the Shedd mix.
Shedd Welcomes
Each year The Shedd Institute welcomes a wide range of concerts and special events presented by other community cultural, educational and social institutions.
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The Shedd Community Music School's home page is the place to start for newcomers to get oriented on what we have to offer currently and throughout the year.
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Interested in private lessons? Over 40 Shedd faculty members offer private lessons in a variety of musical instruments, voice and dance and in different styles. All ages are welcome and lessons can begin any time.
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If I were mayor of Miami Beach, I would impose "no plastic straws" and "no plastic bags" policies in shops, restaurants and bars. Bars and restaurants could only offer stirring straws made out of biodegradable material, and restaurants offering takeout would receive from the city low cost reusable bags that the clients could purchase for less than $1 each to offset the cost to the business.
The amount of plastic bags and straws that litters our streets, parks and beaches is unacceptable and sad. We need to be proactive to make our city cleaner, so we can be proud to show it off to visitors.
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Gordon and Doris Canary are the parents of Sonja and Marcy. When Sonja gets pregnant at the young age of fifteen, Doris and Sonja retreat to Vancouver. Doris and Gordon accept Sonja's child, Joan, as their own. Joan, however, is a special child. When she is first born, those who were present say that they hear her speak, �Oh no, not again.� These were the last words that �Callous Alice,� a bitter old woman who died in the very same room, ever spoke....


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Due to attrition, French cars in the U.S. are becoming as rare as poule dents, Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Peugeot 405 Mi16 could make sightings in someone's neighborhood a lot more common, but only if its price proves uncommonly good.
Something else that's rare is a day when one of our candidates claims a Nice Price win, but that's just what happened to yesterday's veddy English 1974 MGB-GT. Its arrest me red paint seemingly arresting a full 78% of you. And that was even in light of ominous proclamations about rusty sills.
Today's car comes from across the Channel, and is a totally different animal from that little Brit. Perhaps unfairly, the French have been derided for what is perceived as cowardice in the face of overwhelming force. They are flippantly referred to as surrender monkeys, and some jokingly claim that the country's two top industries are the manufacture of white flags and welcome mats. But come on, none of that's true, and the French Resistance has the graves to prove it.
The French auto industry is may have finally surrendered here in the U.S., but it too didn't go down without a fight. Renault tried assimilation, buying up AMC-Jeep and affecting a Wisconsin accent. Peugeot, on the other hand, stayed home but sent over emissaries to compete in some of the industry's most competitive classes. In the end, neither maker found the success they were so desperately seeking and each retreated back to the Continent, licking their wounds and salving their bruised egos with wine and stinky cheeses.
And like ET's forgetful friends, they left some soldiers behind. One of those is today's candidate, a dog's dink red 1991 Peugeot 405 Mi16. Offered in both Berline and Break the 405 was a fully modern replacement for the antiquated 504, a car so old it's mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls- something about breaking down on the way to a bris. Both the bent-trunked 504 and the 405 featured Pininfarina styling, and the later car has a strong family resemblance to other members of the late '80s Peugeot family.
This one is the four door, and is the top of the line in the U.S., Mi16. That's noted by its trunk lid where both a discreet badge and less discreet spoiler announce that this Pug is très rapide. The 16 refers to the number of valves atop the 1,998-cc four cylinder, fuel injected engine, a feature that at the time was notable for its rarity. Contemporary specs pegged the Mi16 at about 150-bhp, and with less than 2,800-lbs to drag around, performance should prove lively.
The seller of this red over black edition claims that significant investment has been made in ensuring it runs - not so much to justify the asking price, but perhaps to reassure that it is not a ticking time bomb of French fail. Despite the new parts and claims that it has been tuned to a top, there's still plenty to do on this Pug. The paint is doing its crazy dance on all horizontal surfaces, and the driver's seat looks like a grouper fish intent on eating someone's genitals. The seller says the window switches work 'sometimes' while the sunroof has gone beyond inconsistent action to complete inaction, but at least has stopped closed. There's some other issues, including a clock that's described as funky looking, but there's nothing here that's really that bad, or which couldn't be fixed in a couple of weekends - well, maybe that cracked windshield will take a little longer. With 108K on its funky clock, it looks like about what you would expect from a 20-year old car, and the seller has at least not to paint an inaccurate picture of the car's condition.
The 405 won the European COTY award in 1988, and enjoyed a career racing Dakar and Pike's Peak as Peugeot's gravel kicker of record. It also appeared in a series of TV ads featuring the dirge takes my breath away and slo-mo explosions, so it's got that going for it. Sure you could buy a similar size and age Accord for lots less, but where would the fun or Franciness be in that? Here you're getting a beautiful Pininfarina body wrapped around a well-sorted chassis and a French tickler of an engine - all ready to go.
Rarity means these cars aren't clogging the classifieds and that's an additional attraction - you're not likely to see another one around any time soon. Of course that also means they're not just giving them away and the seller in this instance is looking to get $3,700 for his pretty Pug. Do you think he ought to get it? Or, do you want to let him have it just for asking that much?
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A Facebook firestorm has erupted over a photo of a visitor "clowning around" near the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery - and now there's an online campaign to cost that visitor her job.
Lindsey Stone, a visitor from Cape Cod, was on a work trip to the Washington area last month when she and a co-worker visited Arlington, reports News4's Erika Gonzalez.
A sign at the Tomb of the Unknowns, among the most solemn places in the cemetery that calls itself "our Nation's most hallowed ground," asks for "Silence and Respect."
Stone's co-worker shot a photo of Stone next to that sign, her middle finger raised, and mugging as if she is shouting loudly.
Stone posted the photo to her Facebook page, and quickly received a flurry of furious reaction, reports Gonzalez.
Stone has since removed the photo, but it already had been shared widely. A "Fire Lindsey Stone" Facebook page was quickly created, and now has more than 12,000 likes.
Stone would not agree to an interview. But her father told News4 that his daughter wants to apologize to anyone she may have offended.
She was clowning around and reacting to the sign, not the place, Stone's father told Gonzalez.
Stone had taken to Facebook in her own defense, saying she was "challenging authority in general. Much like the pic posted the night before, of me smoking right next to a no smoking sign."
"OBVIOUSLY we meant NO disrespect to people that serve or have served our country," she said, according to Gawker.
But that explanation does not seem to have quelled the anger of the "Fire Lindsey Stone" community, many of whom have posted photos of their loved ones who were killed in action and are buried at Arlington.
"However one feels about the war, these young men, fought, bled, endured things beyond 99% of the population's comprehension and gave their lives for a country they love…" reads part of one post.
"Having been to Arlington I can't imagine how any human being could be so disrespectful," reads another.
Stone and her co-worker, initially now on unpaid leave from their jobs at LIFE, a non-profit organization that provides housing for people with disabilities in the Cape Cod area that paid for the trip, were fired Wednesday.
The organization previously issued a statement saying, "This photograph in no way reflects the opinions or values of the LIFE organization, which holds our nation's veterans in the highest regard."
The Old Guard, the U.S. Army Infantry regiment that is charged with guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns and is famous for weathering literal storms, seems prepared to weather a social media storm as well. They told Gonzalez that Stone is entitled to her freedom of speech.
And as for Stone's photo, the Old Guard said, it deserves no futher comment.


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2013 Buick Enclave AWD First Test
Subtle Changes to a Proven Formula
We don't often get the chance to test successive model year vehicles close to one another, but when we do, we gain an insightful look into the evolutionary changes on a model that's just undergone a refresh. The most recent example is the 2013 Buick Enclave, which we tested just a few weeks ago after testing the 2012 model. We praised the older crossover for its solidity, quietness, and roominess, but we also noted it was overdue for a freshening. Well, here it is.
On the outside, Buick has endowed the 2013 Enclave with some strategic nips and tucks to bring its styling more in sync with the rest of the lineup. The most noticeable changes on the outside of the Enclave are the new grille and headlights. While it's instantly recognizable as an Enclave, the new LED running lights and eyebrows give it a more upscale look. The vestigial venti-ports remain on the hood, but are moved from the edge of the "power dome" to the top. We're not generally fans of non-functional styling gingerbread, but as exterior jewelry goes, it's one of the less egregious examples.
A few exterior changes we do appreciate more are the discreet application of the Buick tri-shield logo to the C-pillar, and the subtle tri-shield logo within the taillight reflectors. The integrated exhaust outlets in the rear bumper also give the Enclave a more contemporary image, although looking a little further inward reveals a standard-issue, non-polished pipe, but this is no different from how most other manufacturers do integrated exhaust outlets.
Changes are bigger on the inside. Noticeable right away is a sweeping aquamarine accent light that stretches across the width of the dashboard and the top of the front and rear doors. Save for a few inches around the outer edges of the dashboard and the front of the doors, it forms a neat and continuous arc. The 2013 model also makes more judicious use of woodgrain trim, which is applied more liberally to the door panels but more sparingly on the dashboard.
The satin faux-metal of the 2012 has been permanently banished and we can't say we miss it. The center vent housing with the central analog clock returns, but with a more cohesive and elegant continuous chrome surround. The most appreciated changes, however, are to the climate controls. Last years' flat buttons are replaced with two knobs accented with brightly lit LED temperature readouts. They're immediately intuitive and a step forward in ergonomics and design.
As big an improvement as the interior changes on the 2013 model are, there are a few small let-downs. We noted with surprise that our well-equipped 2012 tester still had a conventional key at a $50,000 price point. The 2013, likewise, has a twist-it-yourself ignition. Speaking with the chief engineer for the Lambda platform vehicles at a recent event, it didn't sound like a push-button ignition was on the immediate horizon, but Buick is aware of the perception issues in a premium-priced vehicle, especially since many of the brand's more recently introduced models feature a push-button start. Finally, and this is getting into nit-picky territory, the shifter still has a sliding plastic cover instead of the more common gated or leather-shrouded shift boot on many upscale models.
Although mechanically nearly identical to our 2012 tester, the 2013 model was noticeably slower at the track, posting an 8.5-second 0-60-mph run -- a full second slower -- and was 0.8 second slower through the quarter mile. The fact that our 2013 test vehicle had fewer than 1000 miles on the odometer could have had something to do with it. From behind the wheel during normal driving, there was not a major perceptible difference in performance and acceleration between the two models.
We were able to take the 2013 Enclave down some canyon roads and drove it aggressively enough that several cars in front of us pulled off to let us past. Once we had an opening, we drove the Buick hard enough through the turns that a particularly persistent Volkswagen Jetta behind us maintained a respectable trailing distance, either astounded that such a large vehicle could handle so well or lacking the skill or confidence to push his own car that hard.
Whether by virtue of Buick's QuietTuning or our tester's grippy tires, we rarely heard any tire squeal. It may not be in the same league as the athletic Mazda CX-9, but the Enclave can hustle through the curves when asked.
Has the 2013 refresh fixed all the "problems" with the 2012? No, but as we noted in our review of that model, the Lambda platform is so fundamentally sound that even after five years on the market, the Enclave still stands as one of the best all-around examples of a premium three-row crossover that we can think of. Admittedly, the Lambdas are on the heavier side of the class, something even GM acknowledges in light of newer, lighter-weight competitors. And, as before, fuel economy could be a little better.
If you're considering something like the Lexus RX 350, but need the occasional seven-passenger capacity, or the new Infiniti JX35, but want something just a tad roomier, the Enclave is still a classy, comfortable choice that holds up well against newer competitors.
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Windows XP has had a good run. It was released on October 25, 2001. Oddly enough, Microsoft plans to unveil Windows 8 on that same date here in a few short weeks. There is no question that Windows XP was a raging success. Compared to earlier versions of Windows, XP was simply a much more stable workhorse. It kind of reminds me of the old Volkswagen Beetles. Those old 60's and 70's models are still running the roads today. Though Windows 7 very recently took the top spot away, XP was certainly a testament to a well designed and flexible system. Did it have flaws? Of course it did, but it worked and quite frankly, I believe it worked pretty darn well. Unfortunately, there is a time and a season for everything under the sun and XP, I am sad to say, has run its course. If you're like me, you're probably not completely happy about this because from a business productivity standpoint, Windows 7 just doesn't offer that much more than XP did. Windows 8 is probably going to be a lot of fun for tablet users, but I don't see it doing for business what XP did. However, 11 years is a long time for a car to run and 11 years is an awful long time for an OS to run. That has been a major problem for Microsoft whose Windows 7 OS, until recently, was essentially competing against its older brother XP. Why is this a problem? First of all, Microsoft exists to make money. Second, you can't exist as a business with no cash flow. Now I do realize that Microsoft has other products, but they have lost significant revenue over the years due to the fact that they just couldn't get users to switch from XP.
Google Driving the Nail
All this being said you would think that Microsoft would be the one pounding the final nail in Windows XP's coffin. The first major sign that XP started dying on the vine was when Internet Explorer 9 was released but wasn't supported on Windows XP. As it stands however, Microsoft does intend to support Windows XP until April of 2014. Just don't expect anything significant to be developed for it. The odd news however, is that a recent announcement by Google may be the final nail in the coffin for XP. Here's a tidbit from their recent blog post:
Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, we will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012. After this date users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser.
This is truly an interesting move on Google's part and the timing may really play in Microsoft's favor. Don't get me wrong, Google is no doubt being opportunistic here. They began the aforementioned blog post with the bragging point that Google Chrome browser automatically updates itself to the most recent version so you never have to worry about things like this. Their timing is impeccable. As any successful business person knows, timing is everything. Now this policy is not something new. Google posted the following in June of last year:
As of August 1st, we will discontinue support for the following browsers and their predecessors: Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and Safari 3. In these older browsers you may have trouble using certain features in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites, and eventually these apps may stop working entirely.
With this information in mind, I am not going to sit here and accuse Google of some evil scheme, nor am I saying that they are in cahoots with Microsoft by trying to force XP users to make the switch. However, the unintended consequence of this may just be that users will finally clue in that it is time to say goodbye to XP.


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Why I happily traded 7 million viewers for 20 undergraduates in a classroom. A report from our correspondent on the frontlines.
Writer Ray Passacantando (Col '57) looks back on the "total bust" of a weekend in 1953 that centered around the racial divide on Grounds.
Economics Professor Kenneth G. Elzinga reflects on the characteristic of UVA graduates who seem to keep talking about their University experiences even after entering the workplace.
How did CBS Executive Producer Mary Hager end up in political media, and why does she have UVA's former football coach to thank for her career path?
When asked how she comes up with story ideas, author Kim Brooks to points to a lesson learned from one of her UVA professors about asking questions.
Vice provost Maurie McInnis (Col '88) reflects on the University's complicated racial history and its implications for the present.
A UVA trauma nurse discusses the origins and importance of "The Pause," a ritual practice that honors both a patient's life and medical workers' efforts to save it.
Alumnus and current graduate student Brendan Maupin Wynn discusses the importance of offering financial aid to students in need.
Annie Rorem (Batten '13) conducts research on education and labor force participation with a particular interest in gender.
Professor Alon Confino offers his thoughts on how humans use stories to explain our history and justify our motivations for doing things—the good things and especially the bad ones.
UVA law professor Josh Bowers advocates for a shift in the ways police officers see people and people see police officers. We are all human, he says, and entitled to dignified treatment.
Professor Farzaneh Milani shares her thoughts on the work of Iranian poet Simin Behbahani and the power of poetry.
Gerry Warburg shares lessons learned from Nixon's registration in 1974, including how voter participation can inspire bipartisan action.
Religious studies professor John Portmann ponders a difficult question.
Mina Pirasteh (Col '15) documented a snow day on Grounds.
After graduation, Jon Macht (Col '82) packed everything he owned in his car and headed for Hollywood.
Is it time to bid farewell to "The Good Old Song"?
UVA housekeeping supervisor reflects on 37 years on the job.
Alumna Audrey Davidow Lapidus writes about how a rare genetic syndrome has shaped her son's life as well as her own.
Professor Kelsey Johnson helps kids reach for the stars, and find their own inner scientist.
Iran is my birth land; UVA, my intellectual home for 60 years. Here, I've tried to advance understanding of Iran's foreign policy.
Pressure for success raises questions about the pace of life
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When the cast of Season 17 of "Dancing With the Stars" was announced, two celebs - Amber Riley from "Glee" and Corbin Bleu of "High School Musical" - stood out as shoo-ins. But who would have guessed that the final four would include overwhelming fan favorite Bill Engvall and dark horse Jack Osbourne?
Now that Bill has been eliminated, which of the three finalists will survive the fusion dances, be crowned the new champ and emerge from a storm of confetti with the Mirrorball Trophy? Tonight we find out the answer.
If you missed the big opening of the season premiere, the cast gave everyone, including hundreds of fans in stands set up at the ballroom entrance, a repeat performance. To "A Little Party Never Hurt Nobody" choreographed by Mandy Moore, absolutely everyone was dancing - eliminated celebs and partners, plus all of the pros - while the audience stood, clapped and moved in place. It simply was a huge, glittering, two-hour party with all the highs (superior dances) and lows (unexpected eliminations) highlighted.
The show was full to the brim with entertainment, including a supersized "Foxing Awesome" team dance with Ylvis performing their hit song. There were also performances by Lady Antebellum, Enrique Iglesias and Colbie Caillat. And one of the highlights was a dance by Bill Nye and partner Tyne Stecklein that seemed to show Bill's improvement from his injury as he performed acrobatics all over the ballroom floor. "You would think he was a completely different person," declared host Tom Bergeron. (The dance was prerecorded with a stand-in doing the tricks, but it was a lot of fun.)
After all of the entertainment, it was time for the competition with three couples - Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff, Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke, and Amber Riley and Derek Hough - dancing fusion dances. As head judge Len Goodman explained, each dance was two styles done to one track of music and choreographed in less than 24 hours. Tom was at his spontaneous best, with quips sprinkled throughout the show. "This is so much better than the suggested essay portion," said Tom, after Len's explanation.
Corbin and Karina were first, dancing a cha cha/foxtrot. They were doing very well in the foxtrot but had some problems in the cha cha. Len told Corbin he was a fantastic dancer but he messed up one little part, and judge Bruno Tonioli agreed. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba said, "I can't believe we're still making you guys dance!" She also thought they were great in the foxtrot but "lost it in the cha cha."
Score: Carrie Ann, 9; Len, 9; Bruno, 9 = 27 plus 62 from Monday night for a total of 89
Jack and Cheryl had a tough assignment - paso doble/salsa, and Jack had never done a salsa. They brought excitement to the ballroom with a smooth mixture of the styles. Bruno said it was a "wonderful fusion" and the timing was very good. Carrie Ann liked the "back and forth" of the styles, but that Jack was slightly flat-footed in the salsa. Len told Jack, "Of all the celebrities, you have given me the most pleasure to watch. Week after week, you've gotten better and better."
Score: 9, 9, 9 = 27 plus 57 from Monday night for a total of 84
Finally, it was Amber and Derek's turn with what seems like an impossible mix - samba/quickstep. But the pair managed to make it look easy. Carrie Ann said they seamlessly and effortlessly created a new dance style: the "quisambastep"! Len told Amber that he never lost the thought of joy that he got from watching her, and that she was "absolutely bedazzling." Then he delivered the line of the night: "You, my little sausage, are a fantastic dancer!" As the crowd and dancers laughed, Bruno managed to add that Amber "counted every beat and did not put a foot wrong."
Score: 10, 10, 10 = a perfect 30 plus 64 from Monday night for a total of 94
Then, based on the viewers votes last night and the judges' scores tonight, Jack and Cheryl landed in third place. "I learned that I'm not a better dancer than my sister - we're tied." (Kelly Osbourne also placed third in the season she competed.) "I feel I won by going the distance."
With the last two couples standing together, Tom and co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet made the announcement - the winners of Season 17 were Amber Riley and Derek Hough. There were tears flowing and smiles for miles. Corbin was gracious in his acceptance - "I had more than fun" but Amber had the statement of the night. "I did this competition because i didn't know if I could do it. Anything that scares me, I want to do. I want women of all sizes out there to know you can do whatever you put your mind to. It doesn't matter what size you are, what color you are, you can do whatever you put your mind to," she said, as Keyshawn Johnson and Mark Ballas hoisted her to their shoulders in celebration.
It was a great show, with a perfect balance of short interviews, celebrity dances, entertainment and competition, and I don't think that there was more than a tiny amount of filler in the program. I hope that the producers of the show do something to improve the voting to reduce the amount of confusion before Season 18 begins in March. It's been a blast - keep dancing.


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he first thing I noticed is that Arrow replaced the stock icons for system apps like Phone and Messages, which isn't in and of itself a bad thing but an unexpected behavior.
The main screen is divided into three sections. There is a row on top for recent apps, a larger area in the middle for frequently used apps, and the bottom row for user-selected quick access apps. One trick up Arrow's sleeve is that you can swipe up from that bottom row, revealing more apps, folders, and recent contacts. It chooses all of these for you to begin with so that the space isn't empty.
There is one page to the left and one to the right, each which serve specialized functions. You can't add or remove pages at this point. Swipe right and you get a running to-do list, which is very simplistic but does offer the ability to add scheduled reminders. Let's hope Wunderlist integration is forthcoming.
To the left is a set of shortcuts to recent and frequent contacts, in case the swipe-up shortcut wasn't useful enough for you. Last but not least, the app drawer is similar to the Android M Google Now Launcher and many others with that style.
- FEATURE: Widgets are here! Many of you told us that you can't live without widgets, and we listened. Simply swipe to the left and you will find the brand new Widgets page.
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- FEATURE: Custom Icon Pack. You can now set your own custom icon pack in Arrow. Simply go to the Settings and turn off "Use Arrow's icon pack." You will then be able to use your own icon packs.
- BUG FIX: reduced crashes by 25%. Stability has improved and we appreciate your patience.
- BUG FIX: fixed an issue that prevents custom wallpapers from being set.
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The accessory costs $60 and is supposed to ship in less than a week. And while $60 seems like a lot to spend on a charger, the unexpected monster demand for the Nexus 4 probably means it'll sell out soon. So if you want one, don't dawdle. [Google Play via Verge]


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Fans of Glee were left stunned on Thursday (03Jul14) when Internet hackers took over Chris Colfer's Twitter.com account and informed his followers that he had been fired from the Tv show.
Hackers posted a message on the 24 year old's social networking page suggesting Colfer had been let go due to "personal issues".
The message read: "Due to personal issues, I have been let go from the cast of Glee. Explanations will come shortly..."
Colfer's representative was quick to react and she assured fans the message was a hoax.
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The show will return to Tv screens in America in the autumn (14).
A spokesperson for show producers at 20th Century Fox have also issued a statement, which reads: "We've been alerted that Chris Colfer's Twitter account has been hacked. Rumors of his dismissal from Glee could not be further from the truth. We love Chris and look forward to working with him again this season."


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Preventing Late Blight
Late blight is here to stay. Particularly challenging for those who prefer the flavor of open-field-grown tomatoes is the seeming arbitrariness of the outbreaks. While many growers this past season in Maine were caught unprepared by an early onset of LB, others in parts of Massachusetts and Vermont were spared both early and late. Although cool temperatures, moist conditions, still air and lack of sunshine favor sporulation, spores can occur and advance in any condition of high humidity even in the absence of significant precipitation. LB might spread quickly…or not; wind-borne spores can travel hundreds of miles on storm fronts, but also can be baked into submission by the hot sun. Be prepared and employ as many preventive techniques as you are willing and able. Once LB lesions develop on your plants you need to take immediate action to halt the disease in hopes of salvaging a crop. Our recommendations:
- Where possible, use resistant varieties. Unfortunately, we have yet to find a resistant main crop variety that meets our high standards for flavor. Our search continues.
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Who is the child in the swaddling clothes,
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Who is this little stranger?
Hush now, the child is the Son of God.
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Shepherds have come to worship Him.
Angels their watch are keeping.
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False advertising complaints can sometimes sound like nitpicking, with the government zeroing in on some offhand comment in a commercial. But the Federal Trade Commission's detailed charges against Snapchat, announced on Thursday, May 8, are devastating because they go to the heart of everything that Snapchat has positioned itself as. (You really should read the full settlement before you use Snapchat again.)
The FTC established that, unlike the wacky "we'll let people pop up your screen without permission" program Snapchat unveiled last week, Snapchat's disappearing texts and images don't actually go away if the recipient doesn't want them to. Snapchat claimed, "We'll let you know if [the recipient] takes a snapshot." The FTC says, "Not so much, no."
Snapchat's privacy policy said, "We do not ask for, track, or access any location-specific information from your device at any time while you are using the Snapchat application." The FTC: "Snapchat did not disclose that it would, in fact, access location information, and continued to represent that Snapchat did 'not ask for, track, or access any location specific information.' Contrary to the representation in Snapchat's privacy policy, from October 2012 to February 2013, the Snapchat application on Android transmitted Wi-Fi-based and cell-based location information from users' mobile devices to its analytics tracking service provider."
Then there's Snapchat's Find Friends feature. "When the user chooses to Find Friends, Snapchat collects not only the phone number a user enters, but also, without informing the user, the names and phone numbers of all the contacts in the user's mobile device address book." Oops!
That last one was corrected by Snapchat in September 2012, but the FTC stresses that it was hardly because Snapchat saw the error of its ways. "Snapchat did not provide notice of, or receive user consent for, this collection until September 2012, at which time the iOS operating system was updated to provide a notification when an application accessed the user's address book." In other words, Snapchat made the fix only because the OS was about to expose what it was doing.
The FTC also detailed a lack of Snapchat effort to verify phone numbers, which had serious consequences. "From September 2011 to December 2012, Snapchat failed to verify that the phone number that an iOS user entered into the application did, in fact, belong to the mobile device being used by that individual. Due to this failure, an individual could create an account using a phone number that belonged to another consumer, enabling the individual to send and receive snaps associated with another consumer's phone number. Numerous consumers complained to Snapchat that individuals had created Snapchat accounts with phone numbers belonging to other consumers, leading to the misuse and unintentional disclosure of consumers' personal information. For example, consumers complained that they had sent snaps to accounts under the belief that they were communicating with a friend, when in fact they were not, resulting in the unintentional disclosure of photos containing personal information. In addition, consumers complained that accounts associated with their phone numbers had been used to send inappropriate or offensive snaps."
The government also took issue with Snapchat's lack of limits on account creation, which it said was the precise cause of a major Snapchat data breach. "From September 2011 to December 2013, Snapchat failed to implement effective restrictions on the number of Find Friend requests that any one account could make to its API. Furthermore, Snapchat failed to implement any restrictions on serial and automated account creation. As a result of these failures, in December 2013, attackers were able to use multiple accounts to send millions of Find Friend requests using randomly generated phone numbers. The attackers were able to compile a database of 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and the associated mobile phone numbers. The exposure of usernames and mobile phone numbers could lead to costly spam, phishing, and other unsolicited communications."
Snapchat's defense for all of this? "When we started building Snapchat, we were focused on developing a unique, fast, and fun way to communicate with photos. We learned a lot during those early days. One of the ways we learned was by making mistakes, acknowledging them, and fixing them," a Snapchat statement said. "While we were focused on building, some things didn't get the attention they could have." Didn't get the attention they could have? That makes it sound like inadvertent holes weren't noticed. Grabbing the customer data without saying anything? Touting the disappearing images knowing they sometimes didn't? It doesn't look like a lack of attention. It reads far more like it got a whole lot of the wrong kind of attention. The "let's see how much we can get away with" kind of attention.
Some of the false claims rested on statements that the company knew to be not true. Snapchat said there was no way for an image to be seen after the pre-selected time expired, but it knew at the time of quite a few ways to do so, including apps designed for that purpose. How easy was it to get around the screenshot detection? The FTC made a good case that it was stunningly easy: "On versions of iOS prior to iOS 7, the recipient need only double press the device's Home button in rapid succession to evade the detection mechanism and take a screenshot of any snap without the sender being notified. This method was widely publicized."
In short, the attribute that is most identified with Snapchat -- that an image will disappear forever after a few seconds -- was bogus. Oh, it works well enough if the recipient plays by the rules and stays within the app. But consumers can't rely on message recipients to do that. They trusted Snapchat. Their bad.
The good news is that the FTC is starting to force companies to do what they say they do. Look at your own company's privacy policy. How much of it is fully and honestly true? Does it acknowledge all of the ways that the system's safeguards can be outsmarted?
Workarounds are a fact of life in IT. In my last job, a portion of our content required a paid subscription. We asked subscribers to please not make copies of the content and share them publicly. Did a lot of people do it anyway? Absolutely. But we never told subscribers that it was impossible to do. We simply hoped that they would play by the rules.
Years ago, when Amazon was starting its Look Inside the Book feature, it provided no direct way to save the images, in order to make publishers more comfortable. But it could still be done with a simple screen capture. When Amazon announced that it had blocked the hole, we found that the hole existed using less popular browsers. I had the chance at the time to ask Jeff Bezos about the hole, and he was very realistic about it, saying that there's only so much one can do to protect content that is viewable by others. As a practical matter, no one would likely take the many hours required to recreate a book.
But Amazon never said that it couldn't be done.
Therein lies the Snapchat headache. It didn't fib about a minor feature. It directly lied about its most significant features, the heart of its app. Maybe its images don't really disappear, but Snapchat's reputation is starting to.
Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek and eWeek. Evan can be reached at email@example.com and he can be followed at twitter.com/eschuman. Look for his column every other Tuesday.
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"If you're upset that your manager hasn't sat down and talked about your career, it's your job to raise it with them," says co-author Beverly Kaye. "It's your job to say, 'Can I have 10 minutes? I've been thinking I really love this project and I'd love to do more of it. Here's some ways I've thought about how I can do more.' " The key, says co-author Julie Winkle Giulioni, is to "funnel your development desires through what's also going to serve the employer."
Some bosses are skilled at coming up with what Giulioni calls "immobilizing myths" designed to keep them from having to have these types of talks. They'll insist they don't have time, or they believe it's not worth their time because employees will leave once they've gotten what they want or there's no room for raises or promotions at the firm.
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A good argument could be made for excluding Wharton professor Kent Smetters from the IA 25. He's responsible for an online service called Veritat Advisors that provides goal-based financial planning to a broad base of underserved clients, and on the face of it, Smetters' new website would seem to spell doom for the advisory business.
Launched just over a year ago and now in the implementation phase, Veritat offers advice at the low price of $40 a month per family after a $250 initial planning fee, and clients themselves input the data online, prompted by user-friendly guidance. The website does all the scheduling, creation of personalized plans and portfolio management. Smetters calls it the "Turbo Tax approach" to financial planning.
Looks like the human factor gets cancelled out, doesn't it? But wait — there's a select place reserved for advisors on Veritat. According to Smetters, most advisors only spend about 20% of their time in front of clients, and he means to change that.
"A lot of websites have tried to get rid of the advisor, and we know that doesn't work," says the Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. "So we went in the opposite direction and said, 'Let's allow advisors to focus on what they really enjoy, which is the relationship and not all the data-gathering, compliance, execution and implementation.' You don't need a human being for a lot of those steps. What you really need a human being for is the emotional part. Money is a very emotional issue, and that's where you need the human touch."
In fact, Smetters says, the startup's "real sweet spot" is empowering advisors. Veritat allows financial planners to join the firm's registered investment advisory as independent contractors rather than as W2 employees or central-office advisors. The RIA had less than 100 advisors as of early spring, but Veritat keeps bringing on more advisors and targets adding several dozen a month, according to Smetters, who reckons that 25% of approximately 65,000 certified financial planners nationwide are working moms who should find his model appealing. Advisors and clients can meet in person or via webinar technology that simply relies on a telephone and a web browser.
Smetters, 44, is the Boettner Chair Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School as well as a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His recent research has focused on incomplete markets, investment risk management in the presence of fat tails and the interaction of risk management and public policy. Previously, he held policy positions at the Congressional Budget Office and the U.S. Treasury.
To be sure, Veritat has a Wharton pedigree, with a staff comprising student interns as well as full-time paid Wharton MBAs. The firm's low-cost structure includes arrangements with product and service providers in which Veritat derives no economic benefit because the idea behind its business model is serving middle-class clients. Veritat uses Scottrade as its main custodian and charges no transaction cost and no commission on exchange-traded funds. Most of the trades don't create ticket charges, and Scottrade gets some of the expense ratio as owner of Focus Morningstar ETFs. As for the insurance piece, Veritat uses a broker that works with fee-only advisors, and for wills and trusts, Veritat's relationship with Legal Zoom provides the four documents that Smetters says clients who are not ultra-high-net-worth need the most.
Advisors' role at Veritat? To help clients pay down debt, set aside emergency reserves, obtain the right amount of life insurance, save for college, set up wills and plan estates.
"Our whole mission is to provide financial advice for the middle class," Smetters says. "Veritat is honest, it's affordable, it's comprehensive, and it also empowers advisors. There's a huge blue ocean out there right now in terms of the middle class."
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Could you please give me a definition of Shrove Tuesday for a project that I am doing at school? Thank you
Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which, for Roman Catholics, is the beginning of Lent (40 days before the traditional Easter -- the resurrection of our Lord). As you may know, Lent is set as a time of fasting and self-denial from foods and other legitimate pleasures. Shrove Tuesday, being the last pre-Lent day, is supposed to serve two purposes: (1) a time for the enjoyment of the pleasures forbidden in Lent, and (2) an opportunity to make confession of sins before the beginning of the 40 holy days.
This does not come naturally to me since I, as an Orthodox Presbyterian minister, feel no obligation even to celebrate Easter. If anything, the Lord's Day is a weekly Easter. ("Easter" is not our favorite word for commemorating the resurrection of Christ since it is taken from the name of a medieval pagan goddess! Most churches in the OPC do observe that day, not out of duty but of choice.)
Another even more basic reason for our non-observance of Lent (and therefore of Shrove Tuesday) is that Lent is supposed to be a time of penance, which in Catholic thinking has the implication of atoning for our sins through self-denial and suffering. But we are convinced from Scripture that Jesus atoned for ALL the sins of his people by his death on the cross. Sorrow for sin is in order any time we sin, but atoning for our sin, in the least sense, is an affront to our Lord who paid for all his people's sin (Romans 3:19-26; 8:1; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, and Hebrews 7:25).
I recognize that I've given more than you asked, but I feel obliged to bear witness against anything that would detract from the honor of the one and only Savior of mankind. I hope this will be useful to you.
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