General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Retd) delivered the Australia Day Address in 2010.
General Peter Cosgrove retired from the Army in 2005. Four year earlier, he had been Australian of the Year. The son of a soldier, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1968. He was sent to Malaysia as a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I was very honoured to be asked to address you on the occasion of this annual Australia Day oration. I see from a list of the luminaries who have preceded me that the oration has become a very important part of New South Wales' observance of our national day and that has made me very aware of my obligation to speak as well as I might on a theme of significance to all of us, as Australians, as some of our overseas guests and to those not of this country who follow what we say on these seminal occasions.
Just in the last several weeks, the largest country in the world, India has been watching what we've been doing in Australia very keenly and analysing most carefully things we say. I might say, that is as it should be, even if we would all wish for the reasons for such scrutiny to be different.
I have entitled what I will say to you this evening as "Sunshine and Shade: the triumphs and tribulations of Australia in our time: things which make us great and which occasionally diminish us in our own eyes and those of the world community." I was asked some time ago to settle on a title and a theme so you will understand that this is not some immediate reaction to recent events but there is a synchronicity which I will not fail to underscore today.
This great continent is a land of sunshine and shade: Sunshine -- sometimes harsh but life-giving to the wide brown land and all who live in her; Shade -- sometimes blessed in the relief that it provides from the harsh sunlight but also the repository for some of the dark moments of our existence.
Last year I was asked to deliver the Boyer lectures on ABC radio. This was another great honour and certainly one which made me put my thinking cap on! Like all of you here over the many years of my adult life I have had a wealth of opinions on things large and small which are significant to me about our Australian way of life. In accepting to do the Boyer lectures I had to crystallise many of those opinions in the words of the lectures: a sort of "put up or shut up" opportunity! So, like a test cricketer with a good long innings behind him, I come to you in good nick -- even if I might have offered the odd catch behind during my recent stay at the crease!
Time for some sunshine! One of the most illuminating and warming aspects of our national character is our sense of compassion, generosity, selflessness and equity when we encounter the suffering and need of our neighbours in the region (and often enough, much further afield). After the first Bali bombing, many of the victims rescued and given first aid and later much more sophisticated medical treatment were ministered to by Australians. Our Disaster Victims Identification teams asked not the nationality nor ethnicity of the victims -- all were treated with identical dignity and professionalism and energy. In the great grief that swept over this nation, part of that grieving was for all the innocents killed, injured or bereaved by the atrocity, not just those Australians who were victims.
When the greatest natural disaster of our lifetime, the Asian tsunami rolled ashore around the Indian Ocean on the 26th of December 2004, in a couple of short breaths well over 200,000 people were killed, the vast majority of them Indonesians and Thais and Sri Lankans. In the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, it was yet a moment to be very proud of our nation. Our men and women in uniform and many other volunteers besides, rushed to the disaster areas with such urgency that in some cases they were the first foreigners on the ground.
They encountered human and material devastation on a scale few of us can imagine and yet with a toughness and compassion that we would all envy, they got about the job of bringing hope to the hopeless and help to the helpless. Back here in Australia individuals, corporations and governments all dug deep and raised and sent staggering amounts of money for the relief operations for our hard hit neighbours. There was no stinting, no hesitation, no ambivalence, no dredging up of old sensitivities or quibbling about our own present needs - just the unqualified act of giving by the fortunate to the unfortunate. When I finally shuffle off this mortal coil, it may be this is the moment in our modern history which makes me proudest when I report in at my next destination, saying "Australian here!"
There was also "Sunshine" for us all in 1999 when Australia played a central role in East Timor's rocky road to independence. A profound feeling of unease felt by many people in Australia erupted into alarm and concern across the board when we saw broadcast images of violence, murder and arson leading up to the referendum and then in the aftermath. I had a front row seat in watching the force known as INTERFET, the men and women of 22 nations, bring urgent relief and safety to the people of the tiny island. Pivotal in that work were the men and women of the Australian Defence Force and many policemen and women from the AFP and State police services. Unsung but there in abundance were (I was going to say "ordinary" but they were actually all extraordinary people) Australians with aid agencies, the UN and some of our other government departments, every last one of doing all in their power to help the East Timorese. Most of you will have seen much of it playing out in the media -- much praise for those in the media too for the hazards they embraced in bringing the stories to you. You rightfully admired them, hundreds indeed thousands of them; so did I -- the front row seat that I enjoyed was a rare privilege and another of those "Sunshine moments".
Less well known because of all the uproar at the time in the Middle East but still very close to home, there was a lot of bright sunshine about the way in which Australians brought assistance to the Solomon Islands in 2003. The men and women who went there in their hundreds were by and large just the boys and girls typical of suburbs and towns all over Australia, yet their sensitivity and effectiveness in dealing constructively and sympathetically with the Solomon Islanders, traumatised and riven by inter-communal strife for years before the intervention, was a revelation to all who saw it.
There is a view that the events of 11th of September 2001 were so profound as to divide certain attitudes and levels of antagonism into pre-and post-9/11.
Maybe so and also maybe that's stretching it a bit but let's bring that theory back to those periods of daylight I've just finished describing. Plainly Timor took place in a different time, before 9/11. Yet Bali, the Solomon Islands and the Asian tsunami all post dated 9/11. In all the cases I have described Australians behaved wholeheartedly and equitably, kindly and compassionately -- in fact to a degree remarkable to many observers. Observing those Australians dealing with the people they set out to help and indeed their fellow Australians and non- Australian co-workers, would that darkest of labels, 'racist' have seemed justified? No and again no!
But have past events and some commentators on those events, 'belled the cat'? Time to pass from broad daylight into some shade. Is there a strand of racism or perhaps pockets of racism here in Australia – undoubtedly. No multifaceted society can be absent some level of intolerance but there should be no consequent complacency on our part.
I don't think there's much to be gained by examining smaller, individual incidents which all of us will have heard about or experienced at some stage, where it is likely that there was some racist "tinge". One would have to live in a cocoon to avoid those casual moments which have offended our sense of equity. They occur in every society with any ethnic plurality about it. Let us instead today remember and reflect on some quite high profile, recent moments in our Australian experience. It was only about four years ago when there was significant public disorder in the Cronulla shire, violent, alcohol-fuelled and shocking. We will all remember that seemed to be an outcome of rising tension between locals and their supporters purporting to represent the amorphous majority, and an ethnic minority. Because it was so unusual and unexpected, it reverberated around the world -- it was unexpected because Australia's reputation was that of an egalitarian and multi-ethnic society, tolerant, cheerful and relaxed.
These perceptions can rarely be totally accurate but we flattered ourselves that they were mostly so about us! December 2005 gave us pause for thought. Yet in the aftermath, people were arrested and charged and brought before the courts for their behaviour over that period. The public thought that some of the harsh penalties handed down were appropriate and responsible authorities got busy with the vital work of bridge-building between the wider community and the group seen to be on the "outer". Not perhaps a perfect, enduring and "root cause" solution but significant and well intended.
Moving further into the shade, we should consider for a moment an issue which has been brewing in this country and between Australia and India for some time but which has erupted over the last several weeks to become a major problem.
I lived for a year in India in 1994. I love the place and the people and have been back to visit. It has its own vibrant collection of 'isms': caste-ism, nepotism and cronyism and great religious tensions and hatreds to boot. But if you are inclined therefore to think in relation to recent events about 'stones and glass houses', don't. This issue must be about us, not the messenger.
I sense in relation to the spate of attacks on largely Indian people in Melbourne and elsewhere, Australians are very concerned and disinclined to downplay, much less dismiss the potential "racist" elements in what is becoming a litany of criminality. As usual, the poor old police are stuck in the middle, working hard, looking to be objective and reluctant to jump to conclusions and therefore copping it from all sides. The problem for us is that the criminal incidents are cowardly and sly and it is easy to conclude that they are racially-targeted. We are all dismayed that there might be some kind of warped campaign in progress. The vast majority of Australians, totally rejecting any such despicable behaviour will welcome the apprehension of those who are preying on these visitors and their rigorous prosecution. Only that outcome will satisfy our determination to be and to be known as, a just and equitable society.
In 1947 when I was born the population of Australia was 7.5 million. I grew up in Paddington in Sydney had seemed to me then that every second adult male in the suburb was a returned servicemen. Although bombed and scared and scarred by the war, the Australia in which many of us grew up, in that period seemed a cheerful place where there was optimism and perhaps relief that threats of the nature of World War II appeared to have receded for the time being. One scholar has observed that Australia in that period was in a kind of 'convalescence'. It is interesting to reflect on that -- if he meant some kind of self-focused and therapeutic period of recovery, I think he was right. If he meant that there were still traces of a malaise, then I missed seeing it!
Certainly what it was, was one of the great modern immigration periods. It is that factor that fills my memory of the time.In my suburb of Paddington and in my primary school, St Francis Xavier's, the family names increasingly were a roll-call of southern and central Europe as much as they were of British and Irish counties! Paddo was a bit rough and tumble in those days and not even the kids were unaware of the various soubriquets Aussies had and frequently used to refer to particular parts of the community. Nino Culotta that famous but fictional character reported on it!
How things have changed: if a younger Australian was transported back to those days and could listen to the casual language used by ordinary people about and sometimes to some of our recent migrants, they would faint in shock! By the standards of today, it just wouldn't do -- today all that would be termed racism and there would be hell to pay! Looking back, it may have been confronting and even offensive for those new Australians who found themselves typecast with patronising verbal tags. But if racism it was, then it seemed to me at the time that it was pretty superficial. Because in the shadow of the war, it was very obvious that all of these migrants had come from a poor and damaged place to this shining new place, Australia looking to work hard, to pitch in and to make a go of it. They had made the most profound social commitment, they had volunteered to become Australians where as the rest of us had had no say in the matter! Put simply, it was obvious to all of us that they had devoted themselves to assimilating into Australian society, values and culture even while cherishing and displaying their own. The heavy accents and broken English of those mums and dads are only faint echoes in the dry and arid tones of their kids and grandkids who are now indistinguishably part of our social fabric.
I wonder why what seemed so easy and unremarkable back then, the assimilation of hundreds of thousands of people for whom English was either a second language or an unknown one, is now so fraught, so front of mind. For most of my lifetime attitudes towards ethnic minorities have been irreverent but have seemed to be without malice. I can recall on taking over a platoon of infantry soldiers in the jungle in Vietnam, the sergeant giving me a run through of the soldiers' names as we walked around meeting them. He introduced one young man as "Wheels" which is what I called him for weeks until one day back in the base I happened to glance at the roll book and saw his real name, quite a mouthful with an eastern European origin; I challenged the sergeant as to why he called him 'Wheels' and he said plaintively 'Because I can't pronounce his real name!' 'Wheels' apparently was short for wheelbarrow, an infamous old Army substitute for an unpronounceable handle.
A moment or two ago I mentioned the term "assimilation". It's an interesting word and in an immigration context it is meant to imply the absorption of individuals and family groups into mainstream Australian society. There is an implicit understanding that this process of absorption will entail the assumption of a broad range of Australian obligations, loyalties, values and characteristics. There is nothing inherently flawed or evil in that understanding as far as it goes. For example, whether a migrant came here in 1947 or in 2009, whether the migrant stepped off a passenger liner or a sinking fishing boat near Christmas Island, all must be prepared to obey the laws of their new home. All should predispose themselves to a loyalty for and liking of our home. But that is about as far as you can go. Loyalty in its fullest sense must be earned. Our values and characteristics are not proprietal: no section of society, no generation past or present owns or dictates those values and characteristics. Even though pundits and would-be pundits like me occasionally attempt to list our values and our national characteristics, Australian society is really best at defining them in the negative: by that I mean we all are intuitively understand when some action has deeply offended our values or when some person has displayed an "un- Australian" characteristic. Generally and uselessly we tend to think of our values and our characteristics as "all that is good". Occasionally some stirrer will hand us a characteristic he or she reckons we have that is straight-out bad and of course we all reject that out of hand!
In reflecting back to that great wave of immigration in the 50s 60s and 70s, I think assimilation was not as useful a word as "merge". For sure, most of those immigrants were absorbed seamlessly into our society within one or at most two generations. But I think that it was more of a merger than perhaps we give credit for: just as so many of those immigrants now so obviously love this place as their home, respect the flag as their own and regard the old country as being just that, how much have we absorbed from them. Because it crept up on us, I think to a great degree we haven't noticed how extensively we have been enriched by their cultures and previous lifestyles.
The 50s also saw the final dismantling of the White Australia policy and an opening of Australia's doors to neighbours from Asia and Africa. With the vast majority of new immigrants thus enabled coming from Asia, a great new potpourri of cultural influences entered our broader society. Apart from a relatively few casual affronts from a white society still coming to terms with a new social pluralism, this new wave of immigration particularly from the 70s until the present day has gone very well with some exceptions. Leaping into the present day, I'll bet a great number of you are uneasy about a seam of friction between some of our ethnic minorities and elements of what I referred to earlier as the amorphous majority.
Not to beat about the bush, I refer to an ongoing estrangement between broader society and elements of our Muslim community. Our extended history way back to early colonial days shows that from time to time there have been episodes of bad blood between sections of the community based on ethnicity or very occasionally, on religion. Yet they have almost invariably been quite limited in scope and duration. Over a very long period, Muslim families have been migrating to this country. By and large they have merged into society as seamlessly as any other grouping. Mosques have been respected places of worship around Australia for many years. It is easy to point to an estrangement between parts of the global Islamic community and all non-Muslims but especially Christians over the last 20 years or so, and obviously since the Al Qaeda attacks on 11th September 2001. I think in hindsight it could be claimed that these events and the reactions to them were simply catalysts of our further failure. By that I mean that some of our Islamic community already felt alienated and isolated from the mainstream in Australia. It is a volatile mix when especially younger people are told that they are surrounded by corrupt and impious behaviour at every hand. It is unsurprising that some of them then perform in ways which stigmatises the whole Islamic community.
All of this is exacerbated by the ongoing wider confrontation between jihadists and their range of perceived enemies around the world. In the elevated temperature and polarised views which characterise this problem, it is hard to have a neat and persuasive prescription on how we move past this. However a few observations: first, we must not be panicked into somehow changing or restricting our immigration patterns because of these sorts of issues.
Secondly, we should be very careful before assigning major blame for the problem to our broad Australian way of life, as if the estrangement was all somehow our fault and we should change accordingly. The Australian people know that that is not true and wouldn't wear it anyway! Thirdly, we should continue the many and various ways we engage with the broader Islamic community and especially those who have turned away from us, to bring them back. Lastly we should remember that even over our short history we have dealt with and survived and moved on from some pretty big problems and remained as a society intact and remarkably unified.
Let me close this address in the shadow of Australia Day with some remarks about indigenous Australians. Unsurprisingly my sentiments will echo some eminent predecessors such as Peter Garrett, Lowitja O'Donoghue and Tim Flannery. I won't therefore attempt to canvass every issue but rather to summarise what I believe is at the core of my views. We all note in the context of 26th January, that every part of this land was once trodden only by indigenous Australians, without our contemporary rules and presence. We cannot "dis-invent" ourselves, the things we have, the life we live or the overarching rules governing that life -- that's the reality. It is also a reality that indigenous Australians have been hugely disadvantaged in seeking to retain the integrity and dignity of their ancient culture.
They may continue to feel as colonised as many other ancient societies did in centuries past. Yet the obverse of this colonisation is unattainable. We, the non- indigenous have nowhere to go because this is now as it has been for centuries our only home too. I believe what our indigenous people fervently desire from the rest of us is respect and the opportunity for their culture to live on; to have both the practical support and the breathing space to enable their social conditions to dramatically improve, especially in the communities; and to have this wherever possible with the least intervention and paternalism. Having said all that it is hard to see how Australians could have faced themselves in the mirror without reacting vigorously to the reports which prompted the recent interventions.
Every well-intentioned, strong initiative to try to do the right thing faces the problem of the humiliation of intrusiveness versus the effectiveness of the intent. There are no easy solutions and certainly no perfect answers. We should not see the prospect of 'arriving at a satisfactory conclusion'. Our obligation to this foundation element of the great Australian community is endless.
Well, it is almost Australia Day! How shall we be, how shall we feel about the nation and ourselves as we emerged into the sunshine and attend one of the great public observances of the day or take the kids to the beach or fire up the barbecue. Shall we feel joyous and hopeful or remaining in the shade, shall we instead be uncertain and anxious, borne down by our imperfections and shortcomings.
I think the former -- it's in our nature to be optimists, not so much because we are shallow or lazy (living the "she'll be right" dream) but because we are a highly moral, inclusive and stable society with the precious gifts of democracy, affluence and security. Our challenges are not beyond us.
Australia is a nation of good fortune and a good future and that's a cause for celebration!


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Interview: Cristian Mungiu takes his time with 4 Months
By PETER KEOUGH | January 30, 2008
Fetal positions: 4 Months refuses to come to terms. By Peter Keough
The latest acclaimed film from the unlikely cinematic hotbed of Romania, Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the European Film Award, and kudos from just about every critics' group in the USA. Everyone has hailed it as an unflinching study of the options of two women in a country in which abortion is illegal. Given the Motion Picture Academy's track record with serious foreign films, however, no one was too surprised when 4 Months, which Romania had submitted (each country may submit one movie), failed to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. (It didn't even make the top 10.) The Academy's snub was one subject I wanted to discuss in my telephone chat with Mungiu. That and some intriguing details from the film, like, what's up with the orange Tic Tacs?
How are things in Bucharest?
I just got back last night from a very long flight from Japan. It's snowy.
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A lot of people here are embarrassed and angry that your film got dissed by the Oscars. How are you taking it?
Well, we had this expectation because we had this wonderful response from the press. And because the film was very well received in festivals and because we got a lot of nominations and awards from different critical associations in the States, we had these expectations, and we thought it was maybe likely that the voting members of the Academy would have the same opinion, so we're disappointed, to be honest. And the other thing is that now I understand that they are considering changing this regulation [i.e., the nominating process]. It's all right if these people have different taste. The problem is that the group of people who vote doesn't represent the taste of all the members of the Academy.
On the other hand, another film about a similar topic — Juno — got tons of nominations.
Well honestly, I haven't seen the film. And then, you can't really compare, because it's a very different situation, and you can't really compare a film spoken in English with a film spoken in some other language. It's normal that in the US most of the attention will be on English-spoken films, which is very understandable.
This subject is difficult and polarizing. But what was really important for us while doing the promotion of the film in the US was to make it clear that the film we screened doesn't carry any kind of message, neither for or against abortion. It presents a story set in a very complex kind of environment, and it invites you to have an opinion. So I don't think it could be offending either people pro or against abortion. I hope that we are going to reach our most important goal, which is to have as many people as possible see the film and have their own opinion.
There's been a recent spate of comedies about this subject in America, including Juno and Knocked Up. Do you think 4 Months is an appropriate treatment of it?
I've made a lot of comedy in my life before this film, but it never appeared to me, in connection with the story I was trying to tell, that a comedy — it's not about humor here — that a comedy would have been appropriate. I wanted to be realistic, and I thought that this is the way I want to speak about this now. And this should be generating and stimulating people to think about something important. For all of us to have our own opinion, this is what I want. It's not like telling people what to do.
There are some funny moments in the movie, though.
I don't have anything against humor. But you know, there's a huge difference between humor and comedy. Comedy lacks — from my perspective, comedy is something that creates laughter lacking realism and placing the discourse of the film from the beginning on a very different tone. My main concern was to be very believable, very faithful to the story, and to present in a very realistic way both the society and the period in which this happened and this specific story.
A comedy also implies a happy ending, or at least an ending of some sort, and you don't really have either one in your film.
Because I don't have much to do with this kind of filmmaking, at least not for this project. So we never aimed to please the audience, we wanted to tell a very true story in a very direct and honest way. Assuming from the beginning that people might be displeased with what they considered to be the truth.
My editor saw Juno and 4 Months in the same week and noticed that in both films orange Tic Tacs play a prominent role. Can you explain that uncanny coincidence?
Orange Tic Tacs?
Yes. Otilia buys them in the commissary.
Unless, you know, pregnant women crave orange Tic Tacs, I don't have any other explanation.
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New facilities are tuned into the needs of the music industry
Aspiring music producer Kieran Ursin-Smith says he is relishing the opportunity to learn his trade on the latest industry-standard equipment at Telford College.
Kieran, 22, is on an HND music course at the Haybridge campus, where studio facilities have just been revamped and upgraded.
The former Hadley Learning Community student is building his own home music studio, and said starting his HND was proving to be his best ever decision.
"I've learned industry-standard techniques during my HND. I've learned the tools I need to develop professional tracks – it's definitely helped get me to where I want to be," he said.
The two-year HND programme – which can be topped up to a degree-level qualification at university – has two pathway options, allowing students to choose either a music production or a session musician route.
Kieran, who is targeting a career in music production, said: "At first, I didn't know anything about music production.
"My level two and three qualification in music gave me a strong foundation, but throughout my HND I've really developed musically.
"I get to apply my knowledge in a professional environment."
The upgrade of Telford College's music facilities has been completed with support from audio engineers of Professional Music Technology in Birmingham.
Aspiring music producer Kieran Ursin-Smith
The new-look facilities will be officially opened at an event on May 14, from 5.30pm, when officials from local record label MAS Records will be present, and former student and musician Anna Silvers will perform live.
Telford College now has two top-of-the-range recording studios, fitted with the latest technology, including specialist software and equipment.
The college has also fostered links with local and national music industry players, giving students the chance to visit recording studios, work with local artists, and access the latest technology.
Kieran said: "I'd say to anyone debating progressing onto the HND programme that it's definitely worth it. The tutors have been really supportive and explained things in a way that's easy to understand. I've developed so much – from mixing and mastering tracks to learning new software."
Andy Turner, learner manager for creative and music at Telford College, said: "Kieran is an excellent example to students that if you work hard you can achieve your goals and progress in your studies.
"He's really developed his skills as a music producer as well as wider industry skills that will help him once he's completed his HND.
"With the college also relaunching its level two music programme in September, there's never been a better time for students to progress through this pathway."
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Dredd star Karl Urban says conversations are happening for a potential Judge Dredd TV series on either Netflix or Amazon.
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Analysis: How Microsoft turned a mouse into a monster
Corporate governance, Online advertising, Online privacy, Security, Technology development
By Simon Davies
The tech press has been buzzing over the past few days about a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow hackers to exploit a mouse tracking feature used by advertisers and analytics companies. This anti fraud process assists advertisers by determining whether a banner click resulted from a human or a bot.
What interests me most is the crude way Microsoft handled the controversy
There are some possible privacy and security issues somewhere in this issue, but what interests me most is the crude way Microsoft handled the controversy – and the opportunities that it lost in the process.
First, some background. This issue first came to light on December 12th when a small UK based analytics company called Spider.io blogged about the vulnerability. The blog stated: "A security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, versions 6–10, allows your mouse cursor to be tracked anywhere on the screen, even if the Internet Explorer window is inactive, unfocused or minimised. The vulnerability is notable because it compromises the security of virtual keyboards and virtual keypads."
The blog stated that Spider.io had contacted Microsoft in October and noted that whilst the Microsoft Security Research Center had acknowledged the vulnerability in Internet Explorer, they also stated that there are no immediate plans to fix it. Spider.io concluded: "It is important for users of Internet Explorer to be made aware of this vulnerability and its implications."
Spider.io continued: "The vulnerability is already being exploited by at least two display ad analytics companies across billions of page impressions per month."
The vulnerability is already being exploited by at least two display ad analytics companies across billions of page impressions per month.
Before coming to Microsoft's bizarre response to this claim let's be clear about the complainant. Spider.io is an analytics company. Its profits are derived from intrusion, not privacy. Neither is it a security specialist, so its claims tend to emerge from postulation rather than through structured security analysis. This doesn't make their claim any less valid – it just increases the need for scrutiny of the claim.
From what I can deduce by joining the dots, the company's key motivation in causing this uproar was to damage competing analytics companies who were using the mouse tracking feature in ways that Spider.io doesn't or couldn't. Of course they "may" have been genuinely concerned about the security of IE users, but the marketing spin in the company's blogs doesn't inspire confidence
That aside, what the company engineered this week is strategic genius. Maybe Microsoft could do worse than consider buying it for that very reason.
Press reporting of the claim was generally sloppy, with few journalists prepared to ask tough questions about the true level of security threat from this vulnerability. Nonetheless, a blatant gauntlet was thrown down to Microsoft: why did IE not prioritise the problem and fix it?
A blatant gauntlet was thrown down to Microsoft: why did IE not prioritise the problem and fix it?
Regardless of its technical validity – or the underlying motivation – this was a legitimate question. However the next day Dean Hachamovitch, Corporate Vice President for Internet Explorer, published a blog that not only avoided the question, but which also badly inflamed the controversy. It was a case study in negative messaging.
In summary, Hachamovitch made three points. First, this isn't really an issue, so don't worry about it. Second, other browsers exhibit similar behaviour, so we're not solely at fault. Finally, this controversy is motivated by rivalry between analytics companies.
I'm tending to side with the security analysts who believe this issue is theoretical and largely overblown, but the Microsoft response was misjudged at multiple levels. While Hachamovitch did assert that Microsoft was looking into the issue in association with security partners his post came across as defensive and dismissive, devaluing the concerns of users.
I can well understand if Microsoft was annoyed that a largely theoretical and possibly minor risk was blown way out of proportion, but to argue that a risk is low priority just because no-one's yet been hurt is little better than a politician who dismisses privacy because he hasn't yet received a letter from a constituent (yes, I know that's the way busy security labs prioritise issues, but when a a scare explodes publicly you don't advertise that modus operandi – you take measurable action on the risk).
The company cannot afford to compromise ten years of trust-building on Trustworthy Computing and privacy.
Importantly, the Microsoft blog contributed relatively little detail at a technical level – even though detail was expected in response to a technical concern. Hachamovitch was consequently ripped to pieces by commentators.
I come back to a point I made in a previous blog criticising another Microsoft action: the company cannot afford to compromise ten years of trust-building on Trustworthy Computing and privacy.
While this situation is a travesty, it is not irrecoverable. Mr Hachamovitch needs to square up substantively to the challenge. This is, after all, the same guy who enabled DNT by default on IE and stood up to the mighty ad industry. It's the same guy who suffered multiple lacerations when the industry came after him.
While I'm yet to be convinced this is an earth-shattering privacy risk it's important to take engineering decisions as if it was an earth shattering privacy risk. The price of winning the high ground is you have to fight to maintain it. This isn't just IE's problem, so this is a perfect moment to put IE into the leadership role and resolve the issue.
Now Microsoft has raised the bar on transparency it's time for governments to stop living in the past Three healthy indications that online privacy may have turned a corner Analysis: Why Google has become a threat to sovereign law Analysis: Why the EU data protection crisis is more perilous than you imagined
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When your spouse is ill, life is difficult. Not only is there tremendous stress because of the constant doctors' appointments and ever-present medical bills, but also there is the very real fear of losing your spouse, which, of course, makes people think about their own mortality as well. It's one of life's hardest challenges, and there is no easy solution or answer as to how to handle it.
In particular, when your spouse is hospitalized, it can be very difficult to cope. For some, there is a sense of guilt during a hospitalization because they feel that they should be caring for their spouse at home or because they feel a sense of relief at having some help after a long stretch of solo caregiving. Both are natural and normal responses to a very depleting, scary situation.
Get some rest: Just as we tell new moms, "Sleep when the baby sleeps," so too should caregivers take advantage of moments of respite. When you're caring for a sick spouse, a hospitalization is a difficult, stressful event for both of you. But it's still a good idea to go home at night, eat a healthy dinner, and get a full night's rest while you can. If you don't take care of yourself, you won't be able to care for your spouse when s/he comes home.
Ask for help: Reach out to family, friends, and colleagues, and let them know what's happening. Particularly if you have other people to care for (young children, aging parents), having your spouse in the hospital is a significant logistical challenge. Let people know if you need help getting your kids to school, time away from work, housekeeping help, or other assistance. Often, help is only as far away as the phone if you're willing to make the call.
Talk about it: Seeking a counselor, whether s/he is a spiritual counselor, clergyperson, or mental health professional, can be truly beneficial when your spouse is seriously ill. The right counselor will help you process through any feelings of guilt, ambivalence, sadness, fear, resentment, desperation, and exhaustion. S/he may be able to connect you with a group for spouse caregivers where you can connect with others in similar situations. Some people find this group dynamic with online chat rooms and bulletin boards dedicated to specific health concerns or life situations. Finding people who can relate is tremendously helpful, no matter where or how that comes about.
Make a plan: If your spouse is hospitalized due to a potentially life-threatening situation, take the time away from caregiving to ensure that all of your estate-planning documents are in order. No one likes to think about end-of-life decisions, but you and your spouse may feel a great sense of relief in knowing that these important decisions have been made and are properly documented.
Be present: It's easy to fall into the trap of just sort of going through the motions when your spouse is hospitalized. Make time to be present with him or her and engage about something other than the illness. As well, make it a priority to give your attention and focus to your children during this time. Be mentally and physically present with them to help them through any fear they may have while their other parent is absent.
By engaging with your spouse and kids; asking for help; planning for all possibilities; talking to supportive counselors, family members, and friends; and taking care of yourself, you can get through your spouse's illness and hospitalization. It is an indescribably difficult time, yet you don't have to go it alone. Reach out. Good luck.


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Double-duty textile developed by Stanford researchers could warm or cool
Clothing made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable, bringing down buildings' energy costs.
By Vicky Stein
Stanford researchers have developed a reversible fabric that, without expending effort or energy, keeps skin a comfortable temperature whatever the weather.
A new textile made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable. Two layers of material with different abilities to release heat energy are stacked together and sandwiched between layers of polyethylene. (Image credit: Yi Cui Group)
In a paper published Nov. 10 in Science Advances, a team led by Yi Cui, professor of materials science and engineering, created a double-sided fabric based on the same material as everyday kitchen wrap. Their fabric can either warm or cool the wearer, depending which side faces out.
This project came out of Cui's interest in energy efficiency and his expertise in manipulating nanoscale materials. He thought if people could be more comfortable in a range of temperatures, they could save energy on air conditioning and central heating.
"Why do you need to cool and heat the whole building? Why don't you cool and heat individual people?" asked Cui.
Thirteen percent of all of the energy consumed in the United States is simply dedicated to indoor temperature control. But for every 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) that a thermostat is turned down, a building can save a whopping 10 percent of its heating energy, and the reverse is true for cooling. Adjusting temperature controls by just a few degrees has major effects on energy consumption.
Cooling kitchen wrap
Our bodies have many ways of controlling our temperature. When it's cold, the hairs in our skin stand out to trap warm air. Eventually, we may start shivering to produce more radiant heat in our muscles. When it's hot, we release heat as infrared radiation from our skin, and if we're still warm we start to sweat. Water evaporating away from our bodies carries a large amount of heat with it. But those mechanisms only help within a few degrees. Get outside the temperature range to which our bodies can adapt, and we reach for the dial on the heating or air conditioning.
In 2016 the team announced a first step toward a solution: fabric that allowed the body's heat to pass through, cooling the skin. Although they were inspired by transparent, water-impermeable kitchen wrap, their new material was opaque, breathable and retained its ability to shuttle infrared radiation away from the body. Compared to a cotton sample, their fabric kept artificial skin 2 C cooler in a laboratory test – possibly enough to stop a person from ever reaching for a fan or the building thermostat. The team's first textile could save a building full of workers 20 to 30 percent of their total energy budget.
Reversible progress
"Right around when we figured out cooling, then came the question: Can you do heating?" said postdoctoral fellow Po-Chun Hsu, who was first author on the recent paper. It was a particularly chilly winter, and he was headed to a conference in Minneapolis with a carry-on bag full of coats. Could he create an article of clothing that would serve him in a crowded warm conference room as well as on the frosty street?
Hsu realized that controlling radiation could work both ways. He stacked two layers of material with different abilities to release heat energy, and then sandwiched them between layers of their cooling polyethylene.
On one side, a copper coating traps heat between a polyethylene layer and the skin; on the other, a carbon coating releases heat under another layer of polyethylene. Worn with the copper layer facing out, the material traps heat and warms the skin on cool days. With the carbon layer facing out, it releases heat, keeping the wearer cool.
Combined, the sandwiched material can increase a person's range of comfortable temperatures over 10 F, and Hsu predicts that the potential range is much larger – close to 25 F. With inhabitants wearing a textile like that, buildings in some climates might never need air conditioning or central heating at all.
Practical polymers
The white-colored fabric isn't quite wearable yet, the team said.
"Ideally, when we get to the stuff you want to wear on skin, we'll need to make it into a fiber woven structure," said Cui. Woven textiles are stronger, more elastic, more comfortable, and look much more like typical clothing. But good news: They've already started testing to make sure their fabric will be machine washable.
"From my perspective, this work really highlights the significant opportunities in combining thermal engineering concepts with nanophotonic structures for creating novel functionalities," said Shanhui Fan, a professor of electrical engineering who participated in the work.
The team's ambitions are to create an easily manufactured, practical textile that people could use to save huge amounts of energy around the world. And they don't stop there – Cui, Hsu and Fan envision clothing with medical devices and even entertainment printed right into the fabric.
"I think we are only seeing the beginning of many creative ideas that can come out of such combinations," Fan said.
Cui is also professor of photon science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and a member of Stanford Bio-X, the Precourt Institute for Energy and the Stanford Neurosciences Institute. Fan is also an affiliate of the Precourt Institute for Energy. Other Stanford researchers who contributed to the study are postdoctoral fellows Chong Liu, Alex Y. Song, Jin Xie, Kai Liu and Lili Cai; graduate students Ze Zhang, Yucan Peng, Chun-Lan Wu and Shang Zhai; senior research engineer Peter B. Catrysse; and Arun Majumdar, a professor of mechanical engineering and of photon science and co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy.
The work was funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.
Amy Adams, Stanford News Service: (650) 796-3695, amyadams@stanford.edu
How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy
Uniting computer science, mathematics and genomics, cryptogenomics expert Gill Bejerano hopes to expand access to DNA while also keeping it secret.
Better mental health found among transgender people who started hormones as teens
Transgender adults who started gender-affirming hormone therapy as teens had better mental health than those who waited until adulthood or wanted the treatment but never received it, a Stanford-led study found.
Lerone A. Martin on what we know – and don't know – about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lerone A. Martin, the new faculty director of Stanford's Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, discusses why access to information about King is more important than ever.
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A couple days ago, I wrote about verifying bulk listings in Google Places and my concern about the process.
My concerns have been alleviated to some degree because I have since received a confirmation email from the "Google Team" about my bulk upload verification request.
Even more reassuring – the Google Team email comes from "Local Help".
While I am not absolutely certain, I don't recall ever receiving an email from Google regarding any other issue I have had with a Google Places listing.
Maybe Google really is taking communication with local businesses seriously.
At least in this case, the Google Local Help Team appears to be concerned enough with bulk verification upload requests enough to provide an email response.
Because I have received an email confirmation from the Google "Local Help" team, I am somewhat optimistic their bulk verification upload process may actually produce the successful publishing of my bulk Google Places listings.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended in 2008, is one of the most challenging laws to implement within the workplace. The ADA requires employers with 15 or more employees to accommodate persons with disabilities so that they can continue to perform the essential functions of their job. The 2008 amendments greatly expanded the definition of "disability" to include many sorts of physical and mental impairment that affect not only major life activities, but also major bodily functions. Such conditions may not be visible or apparent to the employer or coworkers. Of increasing concern for employers is how to handle issues around mental impairments, such as PTSD, depression, ADHD, autism, bi-polar disorders, etc. When is an employee considered a threat to one's self or others? How does the employee's impairment affect his or her ability to perform the essential functions of the job? How can these conditions be accommodated? These and other questions will be addressed by local employment attorney and HRASM member, Joshua Brewster, during the meeting.
Joshua S. Brewster is a solo practitioner in the areas of employment and disability law. Mr. Brewster was born and raised in Indiana, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree from Manchester University, majoring in Political Science. Joshua received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. Mr. Brewster moved to St. Mary's County, Maryland, in 2012, with his wife, Dr. Meena Brewster, and their young daughter, Aneesha. He is admitted to practice law in the States of Indiana and Maryland, the District of Columbia and the United State Supreme Court.
Mr. Brewster has over a decade of experience in the enforcement of state and federal employment laws, including Title VII, ADA, ADEA and FMLA, most recently as Deputy Director and Chief Staff Counsel for the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. He has conducted numerous educational seminars for employers, housing providers, consumers and attorneys on the topic of equal opportunity compliance. In the private practice of law, Mr. Brewster brings his extensive experience in support of employer compliance with the myriad laws and regulations facing small and medium size employers in southern Maryland.
FOOD: Lunch will be assorted gourmet sandwiches, cookie, and a drink.


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Verizon disconnects 8,500 rural user accounts in the US
September 18th 2017 | United States | Internet | Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc will disconnect unprofitable accounts held by 8,500 rural customers from its wireless network, according to media reports on September 15th citing a company statement. These users will lose access to Verizon's service on October 17th.
The mobile operator issued notices of disconnection to these customers, holding about 19,000 lines across 13 US states, including Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, and Wisconsin. Verizon attributed its decision to the fact that these users lived outside areas where the company operated its own network. Consequently, they consume a significant amount of data while roaming on other operators' networks. The company claimed that the roaming costs raked up by these users exceed the tariff charged from them. It said that the move would apply to customers using both limited and unlimited packages.
This is the second such move by Verizon this year. In July, it disconnected a small number of users in rural areas who primarily roamed on other networks. The company has been fighting competition to retain its existing customers and gain new ones with unlimited data plans, which it started offering in mid-February, after a gap of five years.
Lower equity losses support Verizon's bottom line in H1 2019
Verizon Q1 2019 profit up by 11% on lower expenses


I've done it. And I'm ahead of schedule. I can scarcely believe it myself.I anticipated a scramble towards the end to get it done but I was wrong. However, without the numerous children's books loaned to me along the way I would never have achieved this at all.So massive thanks to all my students who lent me their darlings.
Snuff This book reminded me yet again of why Pratchett is one of my favourite authors. It covers world and local issues with insight and great wisdom while making me guffaw at the very top of my lungs. I have yet to read a Pratchett which doesn't make me howl with laughter in several sections. I loved, loved, loved it. And am delighted there is still much of this great genius' oeuvre for me to discover as well as all my favourites to reread.
If you're a long standing follower of my blog you're well aware of my views on Christmas and Christmas presents. But if you've only just joined this happy band then please refer to the posts Christmas CheerEpisode 1 & Episode 2 of this blog to find out my true feelings on the festive season.
But now I'd like to get down to the serious business of discussing big store ad campaigns. I've never really followed them much in the past but found myself inadvertently drawn in to the midst of the debate on which is the best one this year.
The first ad I spotted was by House of Fraser - this is the ad with all the dancers and the distinctly Thriller style dance scene.That's the main reason I noticed the ad.


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Diagnostic Specialties
Client and Patient Support
George Z. Mentis, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in Neurology)
George Mentis received& his B.Sc in Physiology and a M.Sc in Neurological Science from University College London (UCL) and& his PhD in Neuroscience from Imperial College London in the UK. He then worked initially as a postdoctoral fellow and subsquently as a staff scientist at NINDS in the NIH in Bethesda Maryland. At the beginning of 2010 he was recruited as an Assistant Professor to the Center of Motor Neuron Biology and Disease in the Dept. of Pathology and& Cell Biology at Columbia University.
Email: gzmentis@columbia.edu
PhD, Neuroscience, Imperial College University of London (United Kingdom)
2006 NIH FARE Award (Fellows Award for Research Excellence).
2010 1st Audrey Lewis Young Investigator Award (from Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - FSMA).
Spinal motor neurons serve as mediators of motor output from the spinal cord and their activity is modulated by a network of spinal neurons, known as the central pattern generator, responsible for the coordinated motor output that comprises locomotion. Locomotion and the spinal network that generates the required patterns of muscle activity is an appealing system for studying how the nervous system produces complex behavior. In our laboratory, we have taken a developmental approach to the study of locomotion in the neonatal mouse. To understand the role of spinal motor neurons in normal motor behavior, we must first depict the local circuitry in which they function. These same functional connections are undoubtedly perturbed in diseased states such as the neurodegenerative motor neuron disorder, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and must be understood in the context of disease models if function is to be protected or restored. Advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of heritable diseases such as SMA and ALS have also made it possible to model these disorders in mice. We are using these models to elucidate the synaptic, cellular and neuronal circuit pathophysiology in motor neuron disorders using physiological, anatomical, behavioral and optogenetic approaches.
Neural Degeneration and Repair
Synapses and Circuits
MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC LOSS BY THE CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY IN MOTOR CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2018 - Jun 30 2023
MECHANISMS OF AXON PATHOLOGY IN ALS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - May 31 2023
MECHANISMS OF CENTRAL SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION IN SMA (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2012 - Jun 30 2022
RNA-MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF MOTOR SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2017 - Feb 28 2022
EXCITATORY SPINAL MICRO-CIRCUIT MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2016 - Jun 30 2020
SMN POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (Federal Gov)
May 15 2017 - Apr 30 2020
THE ROLE OF P38 MAPK ACTIVATION IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2017 - Mar 31 2020
GENERATION OF MICE TO SELECTIVELY MARK A SUBSET OF SPINAL INTERNEURONS (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2017 - Dec 31 2019
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY ASSOCIATION PROPOSAL (Private)
Jan 1 2006 - Mar 31 2018
GENETIC EVALUATION OF THE P53 CELL DEATH PATHWAY IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SMA) (Federal Gov)
Feb 1 2014 - Jan 31 2017
THE LOSS OF PROPRIOCEPTION AS A MECHANISM UNDERLYING THE SMA PHENOTYPE (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2011 - Sep 30 2016
TREATMENT POTENTIAL OF SELECTIVE HDAC6 INHIBITORS IN PAINFUL PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (Private)
Jan 1 2016 - Jul 31 2016
H-REFLEX AS AN ASSAY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MOTOR OUTCOME IN A MOUSE MODEL OF SMA FOLLOWING IN VIVO TREATMENT WITH THE SMN-C3 COMPOUND (Private)
Nov 11 2014 - Jun 30 2016
CELLULAR BASIS OF MOTOR CIRCUIT DYSFUNCTION INDUCED BY SMN DEFICIENCY (Private)
A NOVEL SPINAL CIRCUIT INVOLVED IN LOCOMOTION (Federal Gov)
Feb 15 2013 - Jan 31 2016
EVALUATING HMG-COA REDUCTASE AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN ALS (Federal Gov)
MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC, CELLULAR AND CIRCUIT DYSFUNCTION INVOLVED IN SMA (Private)
Oct 1 2013 - Sep 30 2014
COLUMBIA SMA PROJECT: 4-AP AS A POTENTIAL SMA THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF ACTION (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2011 - Aug 31 2014
ROLE OF STASIMON DYSFUNCTION IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (Federal Gov)
SMA AS A PROGRESSIVE SYNAPTIC DISEASE (Private)
Sep 1 2010 - Dec 31 2012


This course will explore patent law in depth. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American patent system; the remainder will be devoted to the major relevant multilateral treaties and to the patent systems of other countries. Substantial attention will be paid to the efforts by economists to justify, reform, or abolish patent law and to the impact of patent law on developing nations. Students will be expected to participate via email in a discussion of the issues raised by the course. Materials will consist of Robert Merges and John Duffy, Patent Law and Policy (3rd ed. 2002) and a set of supplementary readings available through the course homepage.
Students may not take both this course and the Patents course taught by Professor Arti last year. Students may take this course and the "Introduction to Patents, Copyrights, and Similar Exclusive Rights Regimes taught by Professor Benkler this Fall but with one fewer credit for the second course taken because of the overlap.


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