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US senator: Use of location data not well-disclosed
A GAO report says that mobile carriers and app developers provide inconsistent and unclear information about their use of location data
Grant Gross (IDG News Service) 11 October, 2012 21:46
Mobile carriers and app providers do not consistently or clearly disclose to customers how they use location information and other personal data, according to a new report from government auditor the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The GAO report shows the need for legislation to address how carriers use location information, said Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat who asked for the study. Franken's Location Privacy Protection Act would require mobile carriers and app makers to get customer permission before collecting location information and before sharing it with other companies.
"I believe Americans have a fundamental right to privacy: to know what information is being collected about them and to be able to control whether or not that information is shared with third parties," Franken said in a statement. "And this report clearly shows that mobile industry companies often fail to respect that right, giving out consumers' location data without their knowledge or explicit consent."
Mobile customers can benefit from location-based services on smartphones, and mobile companies can use the data to increase advertising revenue and improve service, the GAO report said. And many mobile carriers and app providers have developed privacy policies. But they have "not consistently or clearly disclosed to consumers what the companies are doing with these data or which third parties they may share them with," the report added.
Privacy and industry groups have recommended location privacy practices, but those recommendations aren't consistently followed, the report said.
"We found that there aren't very many rules," Mark Goldstein, the GAO's director of physical infrastructure, said in a podcast about the report. "In many ways, this is still the Wild West of the electronic era. There's a lot of work that still needs to be done."
Representatives of the CTIA, a trade group representing mobile carriers, and the Association for Competitive Technology, a trade group representing mobile app developers, weren't immediately available for comment on the GAO report.
The report recommended that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issue comprehensive guidance to mobile companies about location data privacy. The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which launched a series of multistakeholder privacy meetings this year, has not set performance goals for the process and lacks a mechanism to enforce any privacy recommendations created in the process, the report said.
The GAO report's authors looked at the privacy practices of 14 mobile companies, with 11 of the 14 being carriers, operating-system developers or app developers. Ten of the 11 disclosed that they used customers' location data, but many policies were "not clear," the report said.
Four of the companies described ways they used personal data, but did not say whether they consider location data to be personal data, the report said.
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is grant_gross@idg.com.
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Takrut Nai Badtr Maha Ud Leaden Yantra Scroll spell, for Invincibility, Evasion of Deadly Events, and Good Fortunes, by Por Dtad (Pra Putta Wiriyaagorn), of Wat Chai Nai, in Petchburi province. Luang Por Dtat, of Wat Chai Na was a highly revered Gaeji Ajarn Guru Monk of the Paetch Buri Province, whose Takrut amulets became Legendary within his own lifetime. Luang Por Dtat, was one of Thailands great Gaeji Ajarn.
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UNITED KINGDOM — As reported by the UK Financial Times: "To gamblers losing thousands of pounds betting on blackjack and poker, the prospect of one of Britain's most established casino chains collapsing seems as unthinkable as a reality- defying run of wins on the roulette wheel.
"But unless London Clubs International, which operates some of the most prestigious casinos in the UK capital, manages to sell some of its assets or finds a partner to invest funds in the group, an ignominious exit from the gaming sector may happen sooner rather than later.
"Several parties have considered a bid for LCI: they include Kerry Packer, the Australian tycoon; Sol Kerzner, the gaming entrepreneur who created South Africa's Sun City; and some of the international casino operators such as Las Vegas' Park Place and MGM Mirage.
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Analysts Optimistic About MGM Mirage's Online Casino
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Bear, Stearns & Co. casino industry analyst Jason Ader took a different approach from his Wall Street colleagues and said he thinks the MGM Mirage Web operation is more pie in the sky than a significant part of the company's business.
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NASCAR On TNT Ends In New Hampshire
The TNT summer series ends Sunday in New Hampshire. It's been an amazing run this year for all the wrong reasons. Many fans have made it clear they will be happy to see the network depart.
Adam Alexander once again hosts both the pre-race show and then calls the race. Kyle Petty also appears on both programs. Wally Dallenbach Jr. joins Petty in the booth while Larry McReynolds appears on the pre-race show and then remains in the infield.
The bright spot for this coverage has been the pit reporters. Marty Snider has been under the weather and did not travel to New Hampshire. He passed along that he is doing much better and expects to recover quickly. So, TNT will go with Matt Yocum, Ralph Sheheen and Chris Neville to cover pit road for this race.
A casual atmosphere might be the new and cool thing in sports TV, but for covering a live NASCAR race it just does not work. Both ESPN and SPEED use traditional play by play men in Allen Bestwick and Rick Allen to call the racing action. Alexander has spent the summer doing just the opposite.
Dallenbach is so far removed from the sport he is irrelevant. Despite his personality, his limited NASCAR experience was long ago he brings little to the telecasts. With two drivers in the booth, Dallenbach spends the entire telecast either agreeing with or disagreeing with Petty. Despite the fact that a former crew chief sits in the infield, this booth chemistry just does not click.
The subject of much media coverage this summer has been the commercials. Despite the fact that amount did not increase, the long green flag runs and the awareness of fans through social media has changed the landscape. No longer are fans willing to miss one-third of the racing while staring at the same commercials over and over again for three hours. That was made clear after the Kentucky Speedway disaster featuring the brawling Kentucky Fried Chicken family.
The buzz in TV town is that TNT may not return for 2013. There are two more seasons left on the existing NASCAR TV contract but FOX has been making lots of noise about wanting additional races. The six TNT races are the only ones possibly in question. Turner Sports has just sold back to NASCAR all the sport's digital rights, including operating the NASCAR.com website and controlling all the online audio and video footage.
Should TNT care to sell the remaining two seasons of summer coverage to FOX, it could walk away with a pretty penny and end all ties with the sport. Over the years, TNT never carried any of the qualifying or practice sessions. There has never been a NASCAR weekly show on the network. It just might be the right time to walk away.
This season will also find negotiations being done on the sport's TV coverage starting in 2015. Without the digital connections, there is little reason to expect that TNT will be a part of that new package.
It is unfortunate that the network's 2012 coverage will go out with a thud. New Hampshire is a track position race that focuses on pit stops and fuel mileage. Combined with the casual style of the TV booth, this one could be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Goodbye TNT, it certainly was interesting.
This post will serve to host your pre-race and race comments. There will be a new post up for your opinion after the race telecast is done. We live chat on Twitter during the race using the #TDP1 hashtag. Please join us. Comments here may be moderated prior to posting. Thank you for stopping by.
Colorado said...
I really hope NBC gets the rights to the 6 races in question. I just finished watching "Trainwreckday" on Speed. DW is irrelevant, and Kenny Wallace shouts at you. The unbelievable part of it was the respect that Tony Stewart and "GASP" Roger Penske showed him. To me, he appears to be a clown, who rambles on as much as the clueless DW. Penske putting him in a car? I can just hear the radio traffic: "Kenny, how does the car feel coming out of 4?" "Well the late great Dale Earnhardt Sr, once told me: Herm, the car is loose coming out of 4". The name dropping is plain stupid. My hope in the foreseeable future is that NBC gets the rights, and also takes over the Raceday program format. Get rid of the circus, put DW out to pasture, or put him down, get some energy in the booth, and hire the NHL camera crew to televise the races. Adam Alexander is good as a daily show host, but not in the booth. Here is my plan: Mike Joy hired away from FOX, with Larry Mac ONLY in the booth. Ralph Sheheen, Dave Burns, Marty Snider on pit road.No gimmicks, no toilet paper,no putting the fans down, and just SHOW THE DAMN RACE. Here endeth the lesson.
Buschseries61 said...
It would be sad to see TNT leave after this season, but it makes sense to have just 2 networks spilt the tv schedule.
I have great memories of TNT being the best tv partner for years. The loss of Benny Parsons was tough, but it gave TNT a great asset in Kyle Petty. His use of twitter in the broadcasts began the snowball of social media that is at its prime today. TNT got the commercial business into the 21st century with Daytona Wide Open Coverage, which is slowly pushing the other networks to use side-by-side commercials. TNT also gave us RaceBuddy, a great tool that I still love to use when the tv broadcast isn't very good.
Turner's downfall was the lack of $bucks deluxe$. They had only 6 races, and were stuck with a schedule filled with mostly fuel milage races. I guess the signs were out there TNT might be parting with NASCAR when Marty Snider & Wally Dallenbach became part of the IndyCar broadcasts on NBC Sports Net. The rest of the crew all have a home at SPEED (for now anyway). I have to wonder if TNT saw their limited options with NASCAR - it explains why TNT borrowed people opposed to training their own talent.
Turner also struggled with NASCAR.com. Every re-design became cluttered again and called for another re-design. TNT was an innovator in many ways, but online it was part of a blockade that prevented NASCAR.com from moving into the social media frenzy.
I certainly hope TNT stays around through 2014 for NASCAR's sake. TNT has indirectly pressured the other networks to improve their broadcasts. Will either FOX or ESPN take the initiative TNT took during this tv contract? Can fans take more of FOX's buffoonery? This season FOX was nothing but stubborn to criticism of their 'entertainment' television that abandoned the principles of a quality race broadcast.
This will be interesting...
I sure hope this is the end of TNT. 25 laps will be done after this break, 10 of which we didn't see. Absolutely pathetic.
would be a shame if TNT left and Daytona wide open coverage also left.
on the race today its more of we interrupt this commercial break for a few laps of racing.
Every time Ralph reports I get a flashback to ESPN a few years ago. Remember Allen Bestwick's energetic rundowns followed by more dull commentary by Dr. Punch? Same deal here.
The untold story of the race is the number of S&P's. We had 12 yesterday in the Nationwide race and we have 9 so far today. (49, 79, 23, 98, 36, 87, 26, 13, 30) Never thought it would get this bad in Cup.
TNT is following the right guy - Kyle Busch. Dallenbach and Petty are doing the best they can with the lack of action. TNT needs a race, and a play-by-play guy that can make the most out of junk.
Finally, through the field!
At least TNT is addressing the weather.
For some reason David Ragan is behind the wall, but TNT won't tell us.
It's getting very hard to be positive when they give nothing back in their telecasts.
Doing work to stay awake watching the race. Talk about rock bottom.
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ThinkingBrian said...
Goodbye TNT, hello ESPN in two weeks at the Brickyard 400, I can't wait for that weekend.
But a quick note, maybe since TNT can't seem to get it together except on pit road, maybe should just not do its final two years of its contract and either give it to NBC or FOX. Just a thought.
There is a new post up for your post-race comments on TNT from New Hampshire.
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UK plans farm subsidy overhaul in push for 'green' Brexit
By Euronews • Updated: 04/01/2018
Britain will only pay public funds to farmers who provide public benefits such as wildlife habitats or improved soil quality under a post-Brexit shake-up in agricultural policies.
UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who spoke at two farming conferences in Oxford, also promised that EU subsidies would continue at the same levels as they are now for most farmers until 2024 – under what will effectively be a five-year transition period – with the possibility that payments will be capped for some of the largest farms.
The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has long been a controversial topic, accounting for about 40% of the total European budget with the most money going to the largest and wealthiest landowners.
Under the policy, adopted by all EU member states, British farmers receive about 3.4 billion euros a year in public funds.
'Bold vision'
In the speech, Gove criticised the "fundamentally flawed" system that was implemented for "another world" following World War Two.
"I think that money is poorly spent. Ultimately public money should go towards people who are thinking hard and working hard in order to ensure our environment is enhanced," he said.
"If we are going to have 3 billion pounds spent then that money should be an investment in the future rather than an incentive to carry on just as people have been doing."
The environment minister's speech was praised as "impressive and comprehensive" by the UK's National Farmers Union (NFU), welcoming the commitment to change. "He sees the opportunity for a bold and ambitious future that places a coherent food production agenda at the heart of Government thinking. It is a bold vision shared by the NFU," the union said in a statement.
However, the NFU remains concerned about the impact of future trade deals, and wants safeguards to ensure high standards of environmental protection and food safety. A parliamentary report also warns that such deals must not undermine British farmers by allowing lower quality food imports.
Ending EU subsidies
Following Brexit, the payments will all come directly from the central government and will therefore be competing with all of the other ministerial departments for cash, such as health and education. While this will create an opportunity for the UK to decide its own agricultural policies for the first time in decades, every payment will be far more closely watched and potentially justified to the electorate if they are to remain at reasonable levels moving into the future.
On average, British farmers get about 15,000 pounds (16,800 euros) a year from direct payments and an EU rural development fund. For some, direct payments account for 70 percent of their income, so a future without payments would make farming an unsustainable option for them.
In a tweet, the UK's Labour opposition described the planned five-year transition period guaranteeing the same level of subsidy as under the CAP as a government "U-turn costing more than 10 billion pounds (11.2 billion euros). The former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron tweeted that it was "an insult to British farmers" to imply that farm payments were a reward for inefficiency.
But Gove's vision of an agricultural future won't apply to the whole of the UK. Policies may differ in Scotland and Wales where devolved administrations control farm spending.
Migrant labour
Gove also had a warning for farms and food companies that rely heavily on migrant labour, adding that the government would pursue a "flexible migration policy overall."
"Industries which come to rely on importing cheap labour run the risk of failing to invest in the innovation required to become genuinely more productive," he said.
"Labour-intensive production inevitably lags behind capital intensive production."
Since the June 2016 British vote to leave the EU, some farmers have reported difficulties in recruiting enough workers.
Gove said the British government would provide more details of its future agricultural policy in a document to be published in the spring.
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Another Bishop Addresses the Election and Sows Confusion
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany has published a column on the election, "We hold these truths: On the founders of our country and today's Catholic voters." I must admit my expectations were set very low when I read the first line, "A surefire way of demonstrating the existence of universal truths is to consult common experience." I had the sinking feeling that whatever was going to be said about the election would, well, lean more toward "common experience" than "universal truths."
And, sadly, I turned out to be right.
What little was said about the election is contained in the paragraph below. First, the bishop recommends "a good consultation with one's conscience." But what follows certainly doesn't help a Catholic who wants to take his advice seriously. A "good consultation" would require a proper ordering of the Church's view of moral issues. Bishop Scharfenberger uses the kind of phraseology that has now become standard among the bishops and the state Catholic conferences, a wording that uses the conjunction "and" to indicate that all the moral issues contained in the sentence have equal moral importance. Note the phrase in italics:
"As this important presidential election looms, a good consultation with one's conscience is in order, especially for Catholics who have a very rich tradition of moral and social teachings which not only affirms these fundamental rights, but also place them in wide and rich contexts like the issues of the sanctity of human life, religious liberty, public order, the freedom to move and migrate, the right to personal ownership and the commensurate good stewardship of goods and resources so that all humanity will enjoy the benefits of our common home in God's creation."
Thus, Bishop Scharfenberger fails to underscore the preeminence of the abortion issue in an election that will determine whether or not Hillary Clinton and all her Planned Parenthood pals will run our country. There's no need to dwell on Hillary's love affair with abortion, as it has been documented thoroughly elsewhere.
Just guess what "rights" are presented — the connective "and" — as being of the same importance as abortion: "the freedom to move and migrate." For the Catholic bishops, the presidential election of 2016 is first and foremost about immigration, the life issue, as I have said earlier, just doesn't matter to them.
Elsewhere in the column, the bishop provides a clue to the source of his confusion. He asks whether "we need the [Ten] commandments to teach us" that stealing, coveting, and bearing false witness is wrong. Bishop Scharfenberger, having already expressed his confidence in "common experience," argues,
"Yet, even without legislation, I would submit that there is something in the core of every rational being of sound mind — we commonly call it "conscience" — that can detect and discern what is right and what is wrong…."
Yes, Catholics do affirm the natural law, but this particular election, I would argue, needs the kind of immediate clarity that one can gain from one of God's Commandments, specifically, the Fifth:
"Thou shalt, not murder" (Exodus 20:3).
The bishops keep coming back to the need for a "well-formed" conscience, but doesn't the shepherd spell it out for his sheep on the eve of the 2016 election? "Abortion is murder, and regardless of what a "good consultation" with consciences may reveal, it cannot ignore the fact that Hillary Clinton is promoting abortion/murder as a major part of her public policy.
I was especially saddened when Bishop Scharfenberger extolled, at length, the greatness of our Declaration of Independence and its "unalienable rights" of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The bishop made a point of explaining that "unalienable" means something that cannot be taken away. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine have done precisely that, as politicians, they have denied the unalienable right to life, and will continue to do so if they are elected on November 7.
Why would Bishop Scharfenberger, or any bishop, remain silent about what is so obvious to so many faithful Catholics?
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5 things to know about the New York Rangers this season
After an unprecedented run to the Eastern Conference finals last season, the Rangers have started 3-1-1 in its 2022 campaign.
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The New York Rangers have had to a speedy start for their 2022-23 campaign with a 3-1-1 record. (Illustration by Max Von Hosen)
Avery Hendrick, Staff Writer
The New York Rangers are five games through the regular season, with a current record of 3-1-1 after an overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 20. While it is still early, there is plenty to be said on the Rangers season thus far. Here are five things to know about the team's fast start.
1. Artemi Panarin has shined with his impressive scoring
Artemi Panarin has started his season with 11 points — three goals and eight assists — in five games. It's a career-best start for the left winger, who previously scored seven points in his first five games during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Panarin's current three goals all came at even strength, while he has five assists on the power play.
Panarin set a career-high in points last season at 96, and seems well on his way to repeating that success. If he keeps up this pace, Panarin is set for a 180-point season, which would be the highest point total since the 1988-89 season, so expect him to slow down a bit.
2. Filip Chytil has shown promise at forward
One of the largest questions for the Rangers heading into this season was the performance of their young forwards, particularly Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafrenière and Filip Chytil. Kakko has scored only two points in five games, both being goals, while Lafrenière has three points — one goal and two assists.
The most impressive start comes from Chytil, with two goals and one assist in three games. It's the best start of Chytil's career, reaching a career-high 14 goals, and comes on the tail of an electric playoff run last season. His 22.2 shooting percentage this season is definitely unsustainable, but his season is off to a promising start. The Rangers will need this young talent to continue to perform if they want to return to the Eastern Conference final.
3. Igor Shesterkin's inconsistent start is nothing to worry about
Igor Shesterkin was a god among mortal goalies last season. This year, the expectation is for Shesterkin to continue his ascent to the top of all-time greats while preserving the goalie dynasty in New York. His start to the season, however, has fallen a little flat of that expectation, with a .901 save percentage after four starts.
There's no reason to worry about Shesterkin, though. Goalies generally start the season with weaker performances as they adjust to a new defensive system and teammates after the summer. Last year, Shesterkin had two sub-.900 nights in his first five games before posting a shutout in the sixth game. While two consecutive poor performances is unusual for the netminder, it's nothing to worry about.
4. Vincent Trocheck has fit in well as a second-line hitter
Vincent Trocheck was the biggest signing the Rangers made this offseason after losing Andrew Copp, acquired as a rental just at the deadline, as their second-line center. Trocheck has slotted into second-line hitter alongside Artemi Panarin and Lafrenière, where he has had a great start, with six points — two goals and four assists — and won 51% of faceoffs. He looks like a good fit for the team, who has struggled to produce outside its second line over the past few years, and could elevate Lafrenière into a true top-six forward.
A player like Trocheck brings a scoring touch to the second line, but there's been a few defensive mistakes and turnovers to start the season. Trocheck's game has been good enough so far to brush those mistakes aside — and for fans to relax a bit about his seven-year contract.
5. The Ranger's Reverse Retro jerseys are much anticipated
The NHL's second run of Reverse Retro jerseys — jerseys inspired by retro logos and team history — launched last week on Oct. 20. This year, the Rangers will be wearing a Statue of Liberty logo on a royal blue jersey for the limited collection. It's a similar design to the 2020 run of Reverse Retro jerseys, but features the more traditional coloring.
The jerseys are available for purchase starting on Nov. 15 through the Madison Square Garden Team Stores, NHL and Adidas Hockey. The Rangers will wear the jerseys during eight games throughout the season, starting on Nov. 3 against the Boston Bruins.
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Opinion | This is where AMLO pushes back?!
In mid-November the US Justice Department dropped previously filed drug charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, paving the way for his return to Mexico. My first thought upon reading this was, "So this is where AMLO chooses to push back against the U.S.?"
There is no question that the Trump Administration has repeatedly bullied Mexico and that Mexico has implemented policies that got Trump off its back. But this latest role reversal, with Mexico apparently demanding that Cienfuegos be returned is both unusual and jarring.
There is a lot to unpack here and reasons for concern by the citizens of both our countries:
Just a few weeks ago US prosecutors believed they had enough evidence to indict and arrest the former Defense Minister. That should be a matter of concern to both countries. If Cienfuegos is guilty, then we were running our counterdrug efforts with an institution whose leader was in cahoots with the traffickers. This should outrage us all because of how many lives have been lost in both countries to the drug war and to drug consumption.
How is it possible that Cienfuegos's case was important enough for US prosecutors to avoid extradition and go straight to detaining the General as he passed through a US airport one month, and then unimportant enough to drop the charges the next. Clearly, pressure was exerted on the US justice system. It is reported that none other than US Attorney General Barr made the decision to drop the charges. This is not how the U.S. justice system is supposed to work.
What does it mean for "justice" with respect to the specific charges brought against Cienfuegos? When the case was dropped in US, it was done in such a way that Mexico "may" pursue charges against the General. In US legal documents, you always have to watch out for the word "may." They may. They may not. It is yet to be seen if the Mexican government will attempt to prosecute Cienfuegos.
Why did AMLO decide that the US bullying should stop here? The Mexican president described the General's arrest as a violation of sovereignty. So, returning a General accused of drug offenses is where Mexico draws the line on national sovereignty? It wasn't on trade; it wasn't on the wall; it wasn't on water; and it certainly wasn't to help Central American migrants. It was to protect the reputation of the Mexican military.
All of the above points to the power of the military in Mexico and the United States. The prosecution of an accused drug trafficker became a matter of the highest level of national interest. The institution of the Mexican military was not going to be undermined by the United States. And, as I mentioned in a previous column about the arrest of Cienfuegos, the US/Mexico military-to-military relationship is both relatively new and extremely important to the US military. The relationship itself is something that the US worked hard to establish and does not want undermined.
Where one chooses to pick battles says a lot about their priorities. AMLO picked drug charges against a General as his line in the sand, and the Trump Administration sent the General home in what looks like an effort to prioritize the bilateral military relationship.
The citizens of both countries have something to worry about when it comes to civil/military relations.
* Joy Olson is the former Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a research and advocacy organization working to advance human rights. Twitter: @JoyLeeOlson
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Dominic calls himself a blacksmith, woodworker, artist, sculptor, Welshman.
Dominic uses his skill in hot metal forging to create artworks that explore modern Welsh identity and the changing landscape of Wales in the 21st Century. Working with the traditional form of the Welsh Love Spoon, Dominic was charmed by the symbolic icons carved into the spoons, messages from the maker to the recipient (often a suitor to his beloved). With a desire to encapsulate this method of symbolic communication in a modern idiom to express ideas about his homeland, Dominic turned to the universal language of maps. He has selected places of autobiographical importance to him (Cardiff Bay, Pen-y-Fan, Worms' Head – Rhossili) and transposed the map marks to plate steel using a variety of compression techniques to produce works that are both specific to place and of abstract material beauty.
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Alaric J. Klaos attends Virgil Abloh's first LV Men's Show in Paris
There were few fashion shows in 2018's Paris Men's Fashion Week lineup with as much built up anticipation as Virgil Abloh's debut show as the new artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear. Artfully titled "We are the World", the highly anticipated show featured "accessomorphosis" pieces, a process coined by Abloh that explores the relationship between garment and accessory. Afforded the opportunity to be in attendance, Alaric J. Klaos couldn't help but be inspired saying, "The collection was genius. I thought it was very inspirational and it gave me a second wind in terms of getting my own creative juices flowing. Being present to see the first African American man to design for Louis Vuitton was extraordinary and definitely an experience I was honored to be a part of." Alaric was not the only one left feeling inspired by the 56-look collection; the carefully curated lineup was esteemed by everyone in attendance as the show concluded with a standing ovation. Alaric's affiliation with the world-renowned brand blossomed from his friendship with Benoit Vuitton and has naturally spread its roots to high fashion-newcomer Virgil Abloh. The "hug seen round the world" closed out the show as Virgil and his long-time mentor Kanye West shared an emotional embrace at the end of the runway. Also in attendance were wife Kim Kardashian and sister Kylie Jenner, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna and Bella Hadid amongst other famous names.


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Beaton: Tangoing on through terror
Glenn K. Beaton
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"No mistakes in the tango, darlin'. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. You make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on." — Al Pacino, "The Scent of a Woman"
Terrorists struck again. Their bombs in Brussels massacred 31 men, women and children and maimed or dismembered another 300-some.
The terrorists stated that they were Muslims, and stated that they committed their terror in the name of Islam.
Attributing such words to the Islamic terrorists who speak them is deemed "Islamophobia" by the politically correct crowd. Their fear of Islamophobia rises to the level of a phobia itself. Call it "Islamophobia-phobia."
As between Islamophobia and Islamophobia-phobia, the second feels better but the first is less lethal.
In that regard, a sobering survey was conducted a couple of years ago by the Pew Research Center. It found that a quarter of U.S. Muslims between 18 and 29 (and nearly half those in France) believe that suicide bombing is justified.
Islam may be peaceful, but a disconcerting number of its adherents are not.
When the bombs went off in Belgium, President Barack Obama was vacationing in Havana. The local tyrants feted him after rounding up and jailing any freedom-fighting dissidents who might crash their party.
When it came time for a speech, he dodged controversial topics like freedom. As for the massacre in Belgium by a group that he once mistakenly dismissed as "the JV team," he devoted all of 58 seconds to it. Consistent with his Islamophobia-phobia (having 24/7 armed guards around him permits him to choose that second phobia), he made no mention of the motives of the murderers.
He did inform us, again, that the terrorist threat was not "existential." The 31 people whose existence was ended by those terrorists could not be reached for comment.
Then he read a speech from the teleprompter begging the Cuban people to love him more, since Americans now seem to love him less.
His speech didn't call for hope and change in Cuba. Maybe that's because he no longer has any need for sloganeering. Or maybe it's because he thinks that unlike America, Cuba doesn't need changing.
A generation ago, President Ronald Reagan went to Berlin to tell the jailers of that city to "tear down this wall." Obama want to Cuba last month to tell the communist overlords of that island prison that he "welcomed" their criticism of the American record on human rights and he "personally would not disagree" with many of them.
Then it was off for a photo op. While the Belgians were still mopping up the blood spilled by 21st-century terrorists, he and his entourage posed in front of a giant Soviet style mural of 20th-century Cuban terrorist Che Guevara.
Later, he went to a baseball game with the head tyrant. They ate hotdogs and did the wave.
But duty called, so he boarded Air Force One. Out of respect for the victims and their families, he cut short his hijinks and flew back to Washington to lead the world through this tragedy.
No, that's a cruel joke. Actually, he flew to Argentina for more hijinks.
There, while the Belgians were desperately hunting for the terrorists and still figuring out which limbs went with which body so that they could bury them together, he went dancing.
He danced the tango. The woman led.
This president of what used to be called "the free world" dances the tango while the whole planet burns. While the world gets tangled up, he just tangos on.
Pacino's character knew that the tango is simple but life is not. In life, you make mistakes and must correct them. You can't just tango on.
Is Obama really this clueless, or is he taunting us?
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Q: Find all the values of $c$, if any, for which $f(f(x))=x$.
Extracted from The Eleventh W.J. BLUNDON Contest, Consider the function $f(x)=\frac{cx}{2x+3},x\ne-\frac{3}{2}$. Find all the values of $c$, if any, for which $f(f(x))=x$.

My attempt,
$$\frac{c(\frac{cx}{2x+3})}{\frac{2cx}{2x+3}+3}=x$$
$$\frac{c^2x}{2cx+3(2x+3)}=x$$
$$c^2x=2cx^2+3x(2x+3)$$
$$c^2x=2cx^2+6x^2+9x$$
By comparing the coefficients,
$$c^2=9 \space \text{and} \space 2c+6=0$$
So, $$c=-3$$
But the given answer is 3. Why? What's wrong with my solution?

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Q: Signed Assembly - Could not load Type xxxx I have a asp.net project that references some other projects in my solution. A few days ago, I signed the Referenced Assemblies (No password, just adding a key in Visual Studio). Ever since then, all new Classes I've added to the Signed Assembly, throws the normal "Could not load Type xxxx" exception. My Web project does not have a key and is not signed.
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Published August 3, 2021 | By Caryn
As I was thinking about my brother-in-law, LJ Cook's birthday, I decided to talk to his daughters Machelle Moore and Susan Griffith about the special memories they had of their dad. Susan started thinking back on all the experience her dad had gained while he was in his working years, and how that made him the person he is today. She thought, and I agree that those things are LJ had been a Deputy Sheriff and later a truck driver, but he really always wanted to live in a small town. I think he liked knowing many of the people he lives around. So, he and his wife, my sister-in-law, Debbie moved their family to Thermopolis, Wyoming. They loved living in Thermopolis, and my girls, Corrie Petersen and Amy Royce loved going up there to stay for a week in the summers to hang out with their cousins. Then LJ got an offer he couldn't refuse, and the family moved to Powell, Wyoming where he began managing Empire Gas. That move would change the life paths of the whole family. Susan tells me, "Dad was the manager of the store, and was put in charge of all the propane tanks in the Big Horn Basin, which is a big area. It was his job to go to each tank and refill them. It was the late 1980s, so there were more people then using propane than there are now. They needed the propane to cook, and some to heat their houses with. He tells me about some of the places he got to go to switch out the tanks. He met a huge array of people and got to see a lot of cool places that the average person doesn't get to see, since all of the tanks were on private land. Listening to him talk about the job made it sound like the most ideal job." I think for LJ, it really was.
LJ has always been a jokester. He told Susan about this one day at work. There was a bee (or some kind of bug) on the window sill of his office while he was working at Empire Gas. He said he somehow cut the head off the bee (Susan thinks he said with his pocket knife). Well, it kept flying around without it's head. Every time it hit something it world sting it. Susan says, "He said he told his secretary what happened and she took off out the front door. Which is exactly what I would have done if there was an AWOL bee flying around. He laughs so hard when he tells the story. It must have been pretty funny to see her take off out of there so quickly." And speaking of bees and LJ, apparently they really don't bother him a bit. LJ's daughter, Machelle tells me that he has been helping his best friend, Bill with his bees!! LJ does cover up a little, but doesn't mind getting stung. Bill has a truck load of bees he goes and gets every year in California. LJ goes around to different places where Bill has the bees to collect the honey for him. I guess he wouldn't have run out of a room with a bee in it.
Recently, LJ had to have back surgery. He was in so much pain, he could barely walk…with a walker. Following his back surgery, LJ Cook had to take things rather slowly for a while. He and Debbie normally spend much of the summer in the Big Horn Mountains camping, but this year was turning out to be vastly different. As he has recovered, he has been able to start swimming, and hopefully that will help with recovery and mobility. He has really missed out on things since his back really got bad. His daughter, Machelle told me that they did manage to get up to the Big Horns over the 4th of July to spend time with the family, and they really enjoyed it.
Machelle told me that LJ has several extra vehicles, and so decided to sell a couple of them. It was his grandson, Easton, who decided to buy the Bronco. Machelle remembers that when they first got the Bronco, she was never allowed to drive it. So, now that her son is going to be the owner, and not her dad…will Machelle be allowed to drive it? Time will tell, I guess. With this family of jokesters, my guess will be…not for a while, hahahaha!!!
Susan tells me that while she was growing up, if she was in a bad mood he would always find a way to make her smile and feel better. You could say he is the best girl-dad Susan could ask for. Even though he used to embarrass her terribly sometimes. Susan reflected, "A few weeks ago, I came down with a bad bug that gave me a low grade fever and it made me think of when I was super little, I would go sit on my dad's lap and just sitting there made me feel a little better. When I was sick, I was wishing I could go sit on my dad's lap. Well that definitely can't happen anymore because I would then get him sick and the world seems to be a different place with regard to sicknesses right now. I know I can still go sit on his lap, but it's just not the same as an adult." No, I don't suppose it would be. Today is LJ's birthday. Happy birthday LJ!! Have a great day!! We love you!!


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Harry stood wide-eyed as his father inspected the car.
"It's clean," his father said, handing his ten-year-old son a crumpled dollar bill. Harry shoved the bill in his pocket, hoping his father couldn't hear the dollar sixty-two in change he'd found in the as he cleaned the seats.
As soon as he thought it didn't look suspicious, he ran to his room and added the money to his collection. Now a total of twelve dollars and eighty-four cents. It was enough! With trembling hands he pulled out a comic book, Heroes of the Ring, from under his bed. It was his only comic book, but he loved it. A mystical made rings that endued people with superpowers. Each issue was about someone receiving the gift of a power ring because they were a worthy person losing a fight with evil. The ring would give the "good guy" an edge over the baddy.
Harry would read his one copy every night after he was bullied at school. The issue was tattered, worn, with pages falling out and bare white where he pressed his fingers to turn the pages.
The child turned the book over and began to carefully cut out an order form off of the back page. He filled out the boxes, making sure his name and address were spelled correctly. He pulled out an envelope he'd been saving for this occasion and obsessively checked that the sending address was correct before putting the order form inside, along with the exact amount of cash and change needed to place an order.
Harry pulled the order out and wrote a note along the bottom.
I get beat up every day.
He put the order back in, felt the heft, and hoped it would hold together with all the change inside. His mouth became at once dry and sticky when he sealed the envelope and licked the stamp. He ran to the mailbox, and raised the flag. He'd been dreaming of this moment since the first time he'd finished reading Heroes of the Ring, volume four.
He smiled, knowing that in six to twelve weeks he would receive his own power ring, one that would help him be able to stop the bullies. What power would the mystic give him? Super strength? Invisibility? Whatever it was, Harry knew it would make him able to end the torment and get on with his childhood without fear.


Although investors showed varying levels of enthusiasm for the beginning of Q3 earnings season in the financial space, we saw the overall results from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and PNC Financial Services Group as positive, while Wells Fargo continued to suffer from increased legal costs and reputational damages due to the cross-selling scandals, despite posting slightly better-than-expected adjusted profits.
JPM said it had adjusted Q3 EPS of $1.75, versus consensus analyst estimates of $1.65. Despite weakness in Fixed Income, Commodity and Currency trading, JPM realized broad based revenue growth. Core loans were up 7% year over year and 2% quarter over quarter. The banking behemoth saw solid growth in its credit card business and maintained a market leading share of Global Investment Banking fees. Additionally, the firm enjoyed record net income in Asset and Wealth Management as well as record assets under management of $1.9 trillion.
We continue to be big fans of JPM and its growth prospects, along with its reasonable valuation and 2.3% dividend yield.
JPM's largest U.S. competitor also had a strong Q3, with Bank of America beating consensus analyst estimates by 5% when it turned in adjusted EPS of $0.48. Profits were up 17% year over year, with the improvement driven by strong operating leverage and solid asset quality. BAC also endured a challenging environment in trading, but saw consumer loans jump 8%, deposit growth rise 9% and Merrill Lynch client assets increase to $2.7 trillion. Merrill also reported the best quarter of investment banking fees since becoming part of Bank of America, while BAC continued to reduce non-interest expenses.
We continue to like BAC shares and the company's focus on not only cost containment but growth. While the dividend yield is below 2% (though we expect it to grow going forward), we like that the stock trades at less than 13 times NTM earnings expectations.
Regional banking and financial services firm PNC also reported Q3 adjusted EPS that beat investor expectations, earning $2.16 on better revenue than projected. Despite the handsome numbers, investors seemingly were looking for more. While PNC did realize overall loan growth it was not as strong as some were expecting, but we had no issues with the quarter. PNC generated positive operating leverage and benefited from continued cost cuts and a slight expansion of its net interest margin, in addition to its strong capital and liquidity positions.
We still think that PNC shares have room to run as we are constructive on the firm's operating momentum, continued cost containment and refocus on its consumer business. We also see PNC benefitting from higher interest rates.
Wells Fargo shares dropped a bit last week, even as the banking giant managed to report adjusted EPS of $1.04, slightly better than consensus estimates, as investors are still struggling to move the company out of the penalty box. Additionally, Q3 was a bit of a setback relative to peers as WFC saw a drop in overall loan balances, with only modest leverage to rising interest rates. All that said, the company continued to add deposits and benefitted from those deposits. With all of the negative press, not to mention the grandstanding of Senator Elizabeth Warren and a number of her Capitol Hill counterparts, we see the continued growth of the bank's low-cost funding base as encouraging and think efforts to overhaul its sales practices and image will prove capable of reviving revenue growth as we move farther away from the unfortunate scandal. Expenses during this period of righting the wrongs will remain elevated, but we believe that long-term we will see WFC return to a relatively lean and efficiently run large financial institution.
With near-term reputational and legal cost challenges offsetting the potential benefits from rising rates, we have adjusted our long-term Target Price lower for WFC.
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