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What is the VPN? Explained
Posted by SahilInformation securityPosted on 12/05/2020
Many companies are now introducing a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to ensure the safety of inter-site communication. In the past, "private lines" were used as secure communication lines. Still, various VPN services such as "Internet VPN" and "IP-VPN" have appeared due to the evolution of communication technology. This time, we will explain the features and secure way of VPN, which has been attracting more and more attention in recent years due to the increase in remote work etc. in "Workstyle reform", and also consider future trends.
What is a "VPN"? Achieves secure communication without a dedicated line
VPN is an abbreviation for "Virtual Private Network" and is translated as "virtual private line". As its name suggests, it is a technology for establishing a virtual private network (dedicated line) on the Internet and exchanging data using a secure route.
With the widespread use of mobile PCs, smartphones, and tablet terminals, the number of users who want to securely access their homes or in-house systems via the Internet from outside is increasing. It is also common to exchange information by connecting a secure network between the company and the business base.
However, services that use the Internet are diversifying, and there is a growing need for secure communication without being aware of the applications used. Then, a technology called "VPN" appeared. By using a VPN, information can be protected from threats such as wiretapping and alteration of data.
VPN has a long history in Internet communication technology and has been used since the 1990s. Also, the technology named VPN is very diverse and has many uses. VPNs can be broadly classified into two types, "Internet VPN" and "IP-VPN".
Difference between Internet VPN and IP-VPN
The Internet VPN uses a general Internet access line. On the other hand, IP-VPN uses a closed network (closed network) that is independently owned by a communication carrier and is isolated from a general Internet access line.
The difference between the two is the access line used, but there are some differences depending on this difference.
For example, Internet VPN uses an Internet line contract, and you can build a VPN without the need for an additional line contract. The Internet is generally a low cost because it is a network that is premised on "best effort". On the other hand, since there are many unspecified users, there is a risk of communication delay due to increased traffic, and wiretapping and falsification during data communication.
In that regard, IP-VPN uses a closed network, so it is provided with SLA (Quality of Service). A certain bandwidth is guaranteed even when traffic is congested, and the risk of eavesdropping and tampering is low and reliable, but the cost is high.
Difference between the Internet and closed networks
Type Usage cost reliability
the Internet Low Low (best effort)
Closed network (IP-VPN, wide area Ethernet, etc.) High High (with SLA)
Features of Internet VPN What is tunneling technology?
To use the Internet VPN, a dedicated device or dedicated software is required on the sending and receiving sides. A technology that is especially important for Internet VPNs is called "tunneling." In tunneling, technologies called "encapsulation" and "encryption" are used.
On the Internet, when transmitting and receiving data, the unit of data is a packet. A packet is an "parcel" in English, and it's easy to understand if you put the data in small boxes little by little and deliver a lot.
Since the Internet is a huge autonomous distributed network shared by many people, it is designed so that specific users cannot send a large amount of data at one time. Therefore, data is divided into units called packets and exchanged. The maximum amount per packet is set to "64 kilobytes".
The Internet is a network in which countless pieces of this small packet of data flow back and forth. In tunneling, a new header is added to a packet and "encapsulation" is performed to perform communication. This additional destination becomes the public address of the VPN terminating device. Therefore, all encapsulated packets are sent to the same VPN termination device regardless of the destination contained in the original header.
Also, the contents of the data can be seen only by tunneling. In order to prevent eavesdropping and falsification of tunneled packets, a mechanism is used to encrypt and transmit packets using the "function to encrypt communication packets". The packet is encrypted so that the contents cannot be identified even if it is seen by someone on the way. Since both ends of the VPN device are encrypted and decrypted, it is impossible to snoop on the way.
Main applications are "connection between bases" and "remote access connection"
There are two main uses of the Internet VPN: "connection between bases" and "remote access connection".
Inter-site connection and remote access
A connection between bases is a network that connects bases such as our offices and data centers. It is common to contract closed networks provided by network operators such as IP-VPN and wide area Ethernet, but the number of cases where Internet VPNs are used here is increasing considerably.
The reason is simple, easy and low cost. Most companies and individuals have already contracted to connect to the Internet.
Then remote access connection. This is a form of usage where users connect from homes, cafes, or other locations where a private corporate network is not available.
For homes and cafes, there is no option to contract a closed network like connection between bases. However, access to the Internet can be easily secured. Free Wi-Fi provided by cafes and tethering for personal smartphones will also provide sufficient internet connection for remote work. Japan has a well-established internet communication infrastructure, and according to some data, stable broadband communication is ranked 8th in the world as of 2017.
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By using these lines and VPN software together, you can easily connect to your company's private network from a PC on the go. You can see that it has a high affinity with remote access because it can be used only with an Internet connection and VPN software.
As we have seen, Internet VPNs are widely used for inter-site connections and remote access. Especially in the latter case of remote access connection, the use is expanding due to the increase in home work and remote work accompanying the recent "work style reform". On the other hand, security is attracting attention.
Easy to understand characteristics of PPTP, L2TP, SSTP, IKEv2, OpenVPN.
This section describes the protocol for the VPN connection. VPN is a secure network, but the protocol used for connection varies depending on the provider. Each has different characteristics, such as compatibility and security strength, but protocol-based measures are essential for reliable access.
In addition to considering VPN encryption technology, bandwidth, etc., the range of communication protection depends on the type of protocol selected, so it is necessary to choose an excellent protocol according to your needs.
In this article, we will summarize the protocols that are important when selecting a VPN and outline their characteristics.
What is a protocol
A protocol is a communication standard or procedure for communicating between different computers, and is called "communication protocol" or "network protocol". Protocols that have different roles are layered depending on the target, such as network and application and are the basis of Internet communication. And this protocol affects the encryption strength and communication speed efficiency of the network.
In VPN communication, security enhancement and privacy protection can assume to be the foundation of the service. The security of a VPN consists of protocols and encryption, as each provider exposes a choice of protocols. It is essential to choose which protocol to use for VPN because they compared in categories such as security, communication speed, and compatibility, and their advantages and disadvantages are different. When higher security is required, a protocol specialized for security measures should be selected.
Currently, there are five types of protocols that are commonly use.
Each characteristic explained.
it Developed in 1999, and this is the first VPN protocol introduced by Windows. It is installed on most platforms and has the characteristic of high communication speed. However, the handshake authentication "MS-CHAP v2" has been reported to have security vulnerabilities, and its safety regarded as an issue. There is also a weakness in blocking, so blocking by a firewall makes communication impossible. It is a protocol that is not suitable when you require a high level of security.
High communication speed
Compatible with almost all terminals
Low-security performance
Decrypted by NSA (National Security Agency)
SSTP protocol is more secure than PPTP. It has been deployed to Mac and Linux, etc., but it is mainly Windows, so the feature is that the platform is limited. It's loud in security, but unclear because it's Microsoft's proprietary encryption standard. It has characteristics such as communication protection and firewall evasion, but it is not a perfect protocol due to its limited platform and non-open source.
Highly secure communication
Avoid firewall
Low compatibility
Not open source
L2TP (IPsec)
VPN protocol developed in 1999 as an enhanced version of PPTP. Since L2TP alone does not come with encryption, it is used together with a security system called IPsec. The data processing requires two steps, so the communication speed will decrease. It is more secure than PPTP, but it is suspected of being compromised by the NSA. It has a right balance of security and compatibility, but there are concerns that it is easy to be blocked by a firewall because the ports are limited.
High compatibility
Slow communication speed
May be blocked by a firewall.
VPN protocol developed by Microsoft and Cisco. Of particular note is the ability to follow communication signals automatically. The transition from the mobile terminal to Wi-Fi connection → cellular communication will be smooth. It's great for people who frequently move around in a Wi-Fi environment, as it's great for when you need to switch connections. The security and speed are better balanced than PPTP, SSTP, and L2TP, so safe and high-speed communication is possible. It is suitable for VPN communication on mobile terminals.
Communication speed is faster than PPTP, SSTP, L2TP
Stable connection
Supports BlackBerry
Not open-source (There are open-source versions other than Microsoft and Cisco)
platform is limited
OpenVPN is the most reliable protocol. The strength and speed of security is superior to other protocols, and the highest level of encryption, "256-bit AES," is available. In addition to being able to use all ports such as UDP port and TCP443, it has the strength of avoiding censorship by pretending to be HTTPS communication.
With OpenVPN, you can flexibly customize security measures and speed. We can say this is very safe because it supports various encryption. Being open-source, it is the best of the protocols. If you are concerned about safety in a VPN, you can surely choose OpenVPN.
High-security level
Can avoid severe censorship
May require third-party apps
OpenVPN is secure in all respects.
From the characteristics of each protocol, OpenVPN is the most reliable protocol at the moment. In addition to high-speed communication without sacrificing security, firewalls in highly regulated countries can be bypassed, ensuring VPN safety and flexibility. The wide range of compatible platforms also improves convenience. When choosing a VPN, it is a good idea to consider whether an OpenVPN connection is possible or not.
The risk behind Free VPN. 3 things you need to know to use it safely
VPN introduced to improve network security. There are paid and free versions, but the free version has some caveats. Even a VPN used to improve security is meaningless if it cannot play its original role. To protect your important corporate information from threats, be aware of Free VPN risks.
I will discuss three risks you should know before using Free VPN.
Not just a secure VPN
Now that the Internet has become indispensable for corporate activities, VPNs are beginning to spread in many companies and organizations. In addition to preventing the risk of eavesdropping and information leakage through encrypted communication, it is also expected to improve business efficiency through communication between bases that connect the head office and each branch.
At the same time, the number of businesses offering VPN services is also increasing, and it has become an environment where a wide variety of VPNs can be used from corporate to individual, paid version and free version. However, there are some Free VPNs that are not operating properly, and there are cases where the original VPN functions cannot be utilized.
In companies that exchange a large amount of information every day, information security measures also affect the relationship of trust with customers and business partners. Choosing a reliable and well-secured VPN is important from a management perspective. Free VPN can be cheap, but it is important to understand its danger and security level.
Three things you need to know when using Free VPN
There are the following risks in the released Free VPN.
Risk of malware infection / cyber attack
Free VPN is a security vulnerability. There are cases where the VPN itself is maliciously created, and there is also the risk of launching cyber attacks aimed at security weaknesses. In some cases, you may have been infected with malware without your knowledge, which could lead to troubles such as extracting important internal information and falsifying data.
In addition, there is a possibility that the data on your device may be misused or you may be caught in a crime by remote control. To protect your company's assets and avoid getting involved in crime, it's important to choose a reliable VPN that minimizes these risks.
May not be encrypted
In VPN communication, it is basically designed to prevent interception of communication contents by encryption technology. However, it has been reported that some Free VPN communications are not encrypted, which threatens the right to protect privacy and personal information.
Even with an encrypted VPN, the strength of encryption varies depending on the selected protocol. At present, if you use a protocol that does not have a high security level such as "OpenVPN" (such as PPTP), there is a high risk that a third party may snoop or tamper with it.
For a company that handles sensitive information, using such a low-security VPN can be very risky.
Log data may be used
"No log policy" is one of the measures to secure VPN. VPN logs are data such as sites and communication history that users browse through VPN. Many VPNs have declared that they do not keep this log from the viewpoint of privacy and protection of personal information, but there are some services that get the log in Free VPN.
In addition to the connection logs such as IP address and communication data volume, the visited sites and files may also be saved. The log data saved in this way may be resold to a third party, so it cannot be said that privacy is protected.
What are the criteria for using Free VPN?
Although it cannot be asserted that Free VPN is not necessarily good, it can be said that the free version has a higher risk of being involved in troubles aimed at security vulnerabilities than the paid version. Be careful when using it as it is likely to violate your company's security policy.
It is especially dangerous when you use a private notebook PC for private use, or when you use Free VPN on a smartphone or tablet that contains corporate data. Even if you have a strong VPN built in-house, using a weak VPN can quickly put you at risk.
Use the paid version for corporate activities as much as possible, and encourage the company not to connect to the free version on company devices. If it is unavoidable to use, in addition to the provider's privacy policy, make sure to check "using the latest protocol", "reliability of VPN provider", "logging" etc. Is also important.
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Betfred Championship news round up
Whitehaven have taken teenage Wigan hooker Aiden Roden on loan to help cover for the loss of Callum Phillips through suspension.
The former Workington man was handed a four-game ban and fined £250 after being sent off for a dangerous throw during the Challenge Cup first-round win at home to Dewsbury.
Phillips missed Saturday's league opener at Dewsbury, where Haven were beaten 17-8, and will also be ruled out of the trips to Newcastle on Sunday week, April 18 and Featherstone on April 25 as well as the home game against Bradford on May 2.
"It's a blow to lose Callum, but having sought clarification from the RFL over the sending off, we accept the decision and the suspension," said coach Gary Charlton, who is also without Sam Dowsett due to work commitments so was down to just one experienced hooker in James Newton.
"We're pleased to bring in Aiden and are grateful to Wigan for their help, and hopefully, the loan will benefit all parties."
The 19-year-old Lancashire Academy representative player featured in the Warriors' pre-season clash with Salford and was among the replacements at Dewsbury.
Charlton's assistant Jonty Gorley added: "Aiden comes with good raps from people who know him. He's a tough nine who has come through a great system at Wigan."
Wigan's head of youth Darrell Goulding said: "This is a great opportunity for Aiden to test himself at a high level and get regular game time.
"He has played a big part in the successful Academy and Reserve teams over the past few years with his solid defence and distribution skills."
SWINTON LIONS have handed a Championship chance to 20-year-old centre Dan Clare and taken experienced prop Tom Spencer on loan from Leigh.
Clare, who previously played for Shevington Sharks and Blackbrook, has impressed during a two-month trial period with the Lions.
Coach Stuart Littler, who is preparing for Sunday's home Challenge Cup third-round clash with Super League Warrington, said: "Dan is a very likeable character who has fitted into our dressing room with ease.
"He has a robust frame for a centre and really has some speed to burn in open play. We are looking forward to working with him and seeing where that development leads us.
"I'm sure our fans will be glad to see us add another quality youngster into our ever-developing squad."
Spencer, 30, is in his second spell at Leigh, having started at Wigan, where he made seven Super League appearances.
His first stint with the Centurions ran from 2014-16, after which he spent two seasons at London Broncos. He rejoined Leigh in 2019 and last season played three times pre-lockdown.
Littler, who handed Spencer a debut in Friday's 28-20 league-opening defeat at Oldham, said: "I'm made up to be able to bring in Tom, who was a teammate of mine at Leigh towards the back end of my playing career.
"We are travelling a little light on troops and Tom adds some real size to our forward pack.
"After speaking to Tom, I feel he comes to us with a point to prove and we will aim to get the best out of each other.
"I would like to thank Leigh for their support on this one, and the deal will hopefully be beneficial for all."
Spencer said: "I can't wait to get stuck in with Swinton and hopefully make a positive impact.
"I'm keen to turn things around personally after missing out on selection through concussion protocol at Leigh, so this will provide the vital game time I need to get to where I want to be."
WIDNES VIKINGS skipper Jack Owens has signed a new long-term contract – and coach Simon Finnigan says his climb into the top ten of the club's all-time leading points-scorers is an achievement which shouldn't be underestimated.
The fullback, whose new deal runs until 2024, went into this season with 720 points from 103 appearances and climbed above Martin Offiah to join the elite list by bagging 26 more in the 58-4 Challenge Cup first-round win at West Wales.
The other members are club-record holder Ray Dutton (2,195 points), Mick Burke, Jonathan Davies, Jimmy Hoey, Harry Dawson, Mal Aspey, Andy Currier, Mick Nanyn, Robert Randall.
Owens added 14 further points in the 34-10 home win over Whitehaven which earned the Vikings a Challenge Cup third-round trip to Salford.
The 26-year-old is in his second spell at Widnes, where he came through the development system, earned England Academy honours and made his first-team debut at 16.
He had a two-year spell at St Helens from 2016-17 and played for Leigh in their 2018 Championship campaign.
"Jack is a key man for us, experienced and consistent, and maybe outside the club, doesn't get the credit he deserves," said Finnigan.
"I'm delighted for him to have made that top ten, because if you look at the quality of other players, it's quite a list."
Widnes, who expect a foot problem to keep hooker Logan Tomkins out for a further three months, will consider whether to try to extend the loan of young Warrington prop Eribe Doro.
The 20-year-old England youth international came through the Wolves development system and made two first-team appearances last season.
He is ineligible for Saturday's Challenge Cup third-round tie at Salford because Warrington don't want him to be cup-tied.
FEATHERSTONE ROVERS coach James Webster believes there is plenty more to come from high-profile signing Fa'amanu Brown.
The Samoa international halfback, fully recovered after contracting coronavirus soon after his arrival in the UK, has already caught the eye, helping Rovers reach the third round of the Challenge Cup with a try-scoring man-of-the-match performance against Batley.
The 26-year-old, who was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and played in the NRL for Cronulla and Canterbury, is set to get a further chance to showcase his skills when Featherstone host Super League Hull FC on Saturday.
Brown's Covid scare followed an injury-plagued year and the player, who has been sharing a house with Leeds forward Rhyse Martin, a former Canterbury teammate, explained: "It was quite unfortunate. Rhyse contracted Covid and while I tried to stay away from him as much as possible, I got it too.
"It was quite weird having it, because back in New Zealand or Australia, we've only had one-to-five cases per month. It is so different here, but I am lucky to come out the other side okay."
Webster, whose side beat Batley 28-18 in Friday's first league game, is happy with what Brown has produced so far, but pointed out: "He came over here and didn't really start training properly until the back end of January so he hasn't had a lot of time to be with us and he also hasn't played for a while due to injury.
"He's playing in new surroundings and in new conditions so there are a few accumulative components that mean it will take him time to get going."
OLDHAM centre Cameron Leeming has called time on his career at the age of 25.
He is the second Roughyeds player in four months to retire due to persistent knee problems after forward Ed Smith, 28, took the same decision.
Former Hunslet, Keighley and Dewsbury player Leeming joined Oldham midway through the 2019 season and played in ten of the remaining eleven games, scoring five tries, to help clinch promotion from League 1.
Last season, he featured four times pre-lockdown, and was handed squad number four ahead of the current campaign.
Leeming said: "Due to medical advice given to me regarding long-term knee injuries, I've had to retire from rugby league earlier than planned.
"I've struggled with my knees for years after multiple ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstructions and it's finally taken its toll.
"It's for the best for me and my family to stop playing the game I've loved playing my whole life.
"The game has given me some unbelievable memories and opportunities, taking me all over the world.
"I'm just glad I got to finish it with the best group of players I've played with, albeit not in the circumstances I would have liked."
Coach Matt Diskin said: "For some time now, we've been helping Cam to get his head round this. In short, his body has given up on him.
"We wish him all the best for the future, he knows that, and we are always here to help if ever he needs us."
Oldham also have hooker Matty Wilkinson sidelined by a broken leg suffered during pre-season.
Meanwhile former Wigan halfback James Barran (groin) and powerhouse prop Luke Nelmes (knee) missed Friday's league-opening home clash with Swinton, who were beaten 28-20.
Barran was injured during the Challenge Cup second-round defeat at Swinton and Nelmes during the first-round win over Barrow at Bower Fold.
BRADFORD BULLS could appeal hooker George Flanagan's ten-match ban for 'attacking an opponent's testicles'.
The RFL handed out the suspension, which will prevent the former Hunslet man playing until the end of June, following the Bulls' Challenge Cup first-round defeat at Featherstone, another of his former clubs.
Flanagan, 34, who has also played for Batley and Dewsbury and denied the charge, was also fined £250 following a three-hour disciplinary hearing.
He was given an eight-match ban for a similar offence in August 2019.
Bradford coach John Kear, already without another hooker, Sam Hallas, who has a broken jaw, said: "We've reviewed the same footage as the RFL, and we're still as mystified as we were prior (to the hearing) about the charge.
"We've been advised not to comment, and we'd rather not, but we're certainly considering an appeal against the ban."
Meanwhile Bradford, next in action against Halifax a week on Sunday, April 18, have confirmed the retirement of former Super League prop Anthony England due to injury.
The 34-year-old made more than 250 appearances in a 16-year career which also included spells at Castleford, Gateshead, Dewsbury, Featherstone, Warrington and Wakefield.
He joined Bradford last year and played in all but one match pre-lockdown.
Kear, who also worked with England at Wakefield, said: "We are obviously very saddened by the news Anthony has been forced to retire. He will be a big loss to us.
"He is someone who I got to know well over the years as a person not just a player, and he was a real warrior. He always put his body on the line.
"Even in the short time he was with us last year I think the Bradford supporters were impressed by what they saw and it is unfortunate that we could not see more of him."
YORK CITY KNIGHTS coach James Ford is delighted at the double boost provided by his side's Challenge Cup win at London Broncos.
The 14-2 victory not only teed up a plum home third-round clash with Wigan on Friday, following the high-profile league opener against Toulouse at the new LNER Community Stadium (the French side were 21-6 winners on Saturday).
It also qualified the Knights for the last four of the revived 1895 Cup, the final of which takes place at Wembley alongside the Challenge Cup showpiece on Saturday, July 17.
Featherstone, Swinton and Widnes are also through, with the draw to be made after the Challenge Cup fourth round is completed on the weekend of May 8/9.
"I'm pleased to be in the next round of the Challenge Cup and I'm pleased to be in the 1895 Cup semi-finals, one game away from competing to win a trophy at Wembley," Ford told local newspaper The Press.
"That would be great for players, supporters, sponsors and club in general. If we're good enough to get there and compete for it, it would be a great day.
"We're a good side and we'll fancy our chances against anybody, so whoever we get drawn against and wherever it is, we'll go into the game confident and give it our best shot."
Meanwhile, former York skipper Tim Spears has tipped his successor Chris Clarkson to do "an exceptional job".
Spears, who will remain at the club as a player, had worn the armband since arriving from Featherstone in 2017.
He said of his fellow forward Clarkson, the former Leeds, Hull KR and Castleford player: "Chris is an exceptional player and he's a fantastic leader.
"He's probably a little bit quieter in his actions than I was, but he's got the utmost respect of the dressing room, he leads by example, he works exceptionally hard and I think the boys have a massive amount of respect for him."
TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE coach Sylvain Houles is coming to terms with a third squad setback after Ben Reynolds' return to Leigh.
It will be a third spell at the Centurions for the 27-year-old halfback, who had left to join the French club on a two-year deal starting this season.
Yorkshireman Reynolds, who has also played for Castleford and Wakefield, asked to be released from that contract for personal reasons.
Houles has also had to deal with the loss of France international winger Paul Marcon, who has had knee surgery and is set to miss the entire campaign, and Wales prop Ben Evans, who has joined Bradford after asking to return to the UK.
"It was a total accident what happened to Paul and it's a real shame for him because he is such a quality winger and crucial part of the team," said Houles.
"But it's up to players like Guy Armitage, who we have just signed, to step up.
"I don't think we'll be looking to recruit for our backline. We've got a few boys due back from injury, so I think we're fine in that department.
"It's different with Ben Evans, we understand his reasons for wanting to go home but it leaves us with a hole in the forwards.
"We've got some good young players who could make the step up so we're in no rush, but if the right player comes along we might take a look."
Toulouse made a bright start to their league campaign by winning 21-6 at York on Saturday.
NEWCASTLE THUNDER coach Eamon O'Carroll says it's too soon to be reading too much into results.
The Kingston Park chief is conscious of the fact that like Thunder, five other Championship sides have played only two competitive matches and the remaining eight three apiece.
Just as between their Challenge Cup first-round defeat by Swinton and opening league game at home to Widnes, promoted Newcastle will have a blank weekend before heading to Whitehaven on Sunday week, April 18.
"It's been stop-start for a number of teams, us included, said O'Carroll.
"Add to the fact that clubs went a year without any competitive rugby because of Covid, and had a maximum of two pre-season matches, and it's bound to take time to get up to speed.
"I think it will be at least two months before most sides hit their level, and while all coaches want to be winning games, at the moment, it would be unwise to read too much into scorelines, good or bad."
SHEFFIELD EAGLES coach Mark Aston is looking forward to another high-profile meeting with York.
The Eagles head to the LNER Community Stadium a week on Sunday, April 18.
A 30-6 defeat by ambitious York in the first round of the Challenge Cup at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster – Sheffield's base for the season while work continues at their proposed long-term Olympic Legacy Park headquarters – means Aston has a fortnight to prepare after his side's Championship opener at home to Bradford.
York, second-round victors at London Broncos, host Wigan in the third round on Friday.
"The start of the season is tough for us but you wouldn't want it any other way," he said.
"York are a good team, there's no getting away from it.
"In this division, every match is going to be testing and you want that for your players because it challenges them.
"We have got a squad which is a nice blend of youth, experience and people in the middle of their journey. It bodes well going forward."
BATLEY BULLDOGS skipper James Brown believes the addition of former Super League quartet Jodie Broughton, Kieran Buchanan, Tom Gilmore and Jack Logan has provided an opportunity to emulate the Bulldogs side of 2016.
That was prop Brown's second season after joining from Swinton, and Batley finished third in the Championship behind Leigh and London Broncos to make the old Middle Eights, during which they played Super League sides Huddersfield, Hull KR, Leeds and Salford.
Ex-Widnes halfback Gilmore, who made two appearances while on loan to Salford last season, and winger Broughton, who played in the top flight for Hull, Salford, Huddersfield and most recently Catalans, have moved from Halifax.
Buchanan has switched from Hull, where fellow outside back Logan, signed from Doncaster, started his career.
"The club have gone about their business really shrewdly. We haven't got a massive budget like the clubs at the top end of the division, but we have signed some quality players," said forward Brown, 32, in an interview with the Batley and Birstall News.
"I am quietly confident we will do really well this year. I rate the side as good as the 2016 team."
DEWSBURY RAMS prop Frazer Morris reckons intensity on the training field holds the key to the Rams' hopes of following up a 17-8 home win over Whitehaven by toppling Widnes in their next outing.
Lee Greenwood's side head to the DCBL Stadium on Saturday week, April 17, after back-to-back meetings with Haven, away in the Challenge Cup and at home in the first league match.
"We have to be tough on each other at training to be ready to put big performances in," said the former Wakefield and Halifax prop.
"The coaching staff let us know what we need to do to be better in each game.
"Training is intense and the coaches put it in our hands. We all have our areas that we know we need to work on."
HALIFAX PANTHERS coach Simon Grix has warned his players not to get too carried away by the margin of their 47-14 home victory over London Broncos in Friday's first league game.
Grix was pleased by the improvement shown in the wake of the 19-6 home defeat by Batley at The Shay in the first round of the Challenge Cup.
But he pointed out: "London came into the game depleted and we were able to exploit that, making the final score a bit flattering.
"We won't get carried away, but it's pleasing that we showed such an improvement on the Batley game.
"We were far more disciplined in following the plan and doing the things we had talked about doing."
Halifax are now preparing for game two of their Championship campaign away to Bradford on Sunday week, April 18.
LONDON BRONCOS duo Oli Leyland and Rian Horsman were handed debuts against York in the second round of the Challenge Cup, and the latter enjoyed a follow-up appearance in Friday's league opener at Halifax, where Danny Ward's side went down 47-14.
The halfbacks were among ten homegrown players to feature in the knockout tie in the capital, which York won 14-2.
Backs Gideon Boafo, skipper Will Lovell, Josh Hodson and Jordan Williams and forwards Sam Davis, Olsi Krasniqi, Jacob Jones and Dan Hindmarsh also came through the club's development system.
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2929 Productions Funds 'Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'; Here's Hoping The Movie's Funnier Than The Press Release
2929 Productions is financing Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, a comedy by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim that's being produced by Funny Or Die creators at Gary Sanchez Productions. The film company sent out a press release with what I felt was a lame attempt to humorously paint itself as the priciest film ever. There are interesting details, like that 2929 money men Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner will appear in the film. I invited them to furnish some serious details this morning, but they never came. So Deadline readers can eyeball the original knee-slapper of a press release and decide: Funny or Die?
2929 Productions with Gary Sanchez Productions and Funny or Die Begin PRODUCTION ON Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
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Los Angeles – March 14, 2011 – 2929 Productions announced today it is financing Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, the feature film debut of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, with Gary Sanchez Productions and its Funny or Die Films banner co-producing. Heidecker and Wareheim will write, direct and star in what is undoubtedly the most expensive production in cinematic history. In addition, 2929's sister company Magnolia Pictures has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the film, which is shooting throughout the month of March in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California.
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie is a star-studded comedy created by the prolific team of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, best known for their five seasons of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" which have aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Numerous celebrity cameos will be featured, as well as the beloved cast of regular characters that appear on "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"
"We are very excited to be a part of this very expensive film," said Heidecker. "We are professional boys and we'll use the money wisely," added Wareheim.
Wagner/Cuban co-owner and 2929 Productions CEO Todd Wagner said: "We were initially apprehensive of the unprecedented price tag of the film, but apparently we agreed to it after having a drink with Tim and Eric. Actually, it's all a little bit fuzzy. Regardless, we now realize that it would be foolhardy not to participate in what is sure to be the grandest entertainment ever presented to mankind." Wagner and business partner Mark Cuban are also reported to have cameos in the film.
"Letting Todd and Mark be in the film seemed like the least we could do considering they're investing so much of their personal fortunes in the project," said Heidecker and Wareheim.
Gary Sanchez Productions' co-founder Will Ferrell remarked that "You can't put a price on creative excellence and we didn't… maybe we should have, but we didn't," with GSP co-founder Adam McKay adding that "There are six billion people in the world, so if we can get every sixth person to see this movie, we break even. If they tell a friend, we'll do well, quite well."
The billion dollar price tag is far and away the most money paid for any film, more than three times the reported budget of Avatar. With 2929 Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions (run by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy) is producing through its "Funny or Die Films" adjunct banner. GSP has produced such films as The Goods, The Foot Fist Way and the Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg cop comedy The Other Guys.
Under their Abso Lutely Productions banner, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have produced five seasons of their popular experimental comedy show "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. In addition to TEASGJ, they have created the television show "Tom Goes to the Mayor" for Adult Swim, as well as the online comedy titles "Tim and Eric Nite Live" and "Stephen and Steven" for Superdeluxe and Comedy Central. Dave Kneebone and Jon Mugar will be producing for Abso Lutely Productions.
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Saving Children's Lives: UWI Donations Build Ashkelon School Bomb Shelter
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Thanks to the generosity of UWI supporters who have now helped to build 17 bomb shelters, a large new shelter was deployed at a road safety school in Ashkelon that serves thousands of Israeli children.
United with Israel, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Sarasota (Florida), donated a large shelter for schoolchildren in the southern city of Ashkelon, which was delivered after the recent festival of Sukkot, shortly after the beginning of the new school year in Israel.
United with Israel founder and executive director inspect bomb shelter in Ashkelon delivered last month.
The Center for Traffic Safety Education, which received the donated shelter, teaches children from Kindergarten through Grade 6 how to be responsible commuters – whether on foot, as bicyclists or as motorists. The program is an integral part of the Ashkelon school curriculum, serving thousands of children ages 5 to 11 who reside in the vicinity of Ashkelon.
Due to the constant firing of missiles at southern and central Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, the school, which is generally open all year round, had been closed throughout the past summer and during the first few weeks of the school year. The school is not housed in a building; rather, a handful of caravans are used as offices and classrooms.
Due to the city's relatively close proximity to Gaza, attacks on Ashkelon and throughout the South have been ongoing for several years, although they had intensified since the beginning of the summer. Since there was no bomb shelter to which the children could run for safety, they would go outside and lie on the floor, between caravans, with hands on their heads.
United with Israel founder Michael Gerbitz and David Zeit, executive director, were present for a dedication ceremony on November 3, which was attended by city officials and school staff, including Ashkelon Deputy Mayor Tomer Glam; Yossi Greenfield, Ashkelon head of security, and school director Ruth Attias. Approximately 30 first-grade children gave a singing performance.
UWI received a plaque from the road safety school and the City of Ashkelon thanking UWI supporters "for your love and care for the children of Ashkelon."
"The expression of appreciation on all of their faces, children and adults alike, was so genuine," Zeit said. "I wish that all of our UWI donors had been there to see it, but Michael and I were happy to be there to represent all of them."
This Ashkelon shelter for schoolchildren is the 17th bomb shelter donated by United with Israel supporters since the organization's founding.
You can continue to help save lives by donating to UWI's bomb shelter effort. Click below to contribute.
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Corporate Sci-Fi.
September 1, 2017 lghtstrm	Leave a comment
Note: Also published on LinkedIn
Why your company needs to play in the future.
As a professor of design and a design fiction researcher, I write academic papers and blog weekly about the future. I teach about the future of design, and I create future scenarios, sometimes with my students, that provoke us to look at what we are doing, what we are making, why we are making it and the ramifications that are inevitable. Primarily I try to focus both designers and decision makers on the steps they can take today to keep from being blindsided tomorrow. Futurists seem to be all the rage these days telling us to prepare for the Singularity, autonomous everything, or that robots will take our jobs. Recently, Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of the gene editing technique called CrisprCas9 has been making the rounds and sounding the alarm that technology is moving so fast that we aren't going to be able to contain a host of unforeseen (and foreseen) circumstances inside Pandora's box. This concern should be prevalent, however, beyond just the bioengineering fields and extend into virtually anywhere that technology is racing forward fueled by venture capital and the desperate need to stay on top of whatever space in which we are playing. There is a lot at stake. Technology has already redefined privacy, behavioral wellness, personal autonomy, healthcare, labor, and maybe even our humanness, just to name a few.
Several recent articles have highlighted the changing world of design and how the pressure is on designers to make user adoption more like user addiction to ensure the success of a product or app. The world of behavioral economics is becoming a new arena in which we are using algorithms to manipulate users. Some designers are passing the buck to the clients or corporations that employ them for the questionable ethics of addictive products; others feel compelled to step aside and work on less lucrative projects or apply their skills to social causes. Most really care and want to help. But designers are uniquely positioned and trained to tackle these wicked problems—if we would collaborate with them.
Beyond the companies that might be deliberately trying to manipulate us, are those that unknowingly, or at least unintentionally, transform our behaviors in ways that are potentially harmful. Traditionally, we seek to hold someone responsible when a product or service is faulty, the physician for malpractice, the designer or manufacturer when a toy causes injury, a garment falls apart, or an appliance self-destructs. But as we move toward systemic designs that are less physical and more emotional, behavioral, or biological, design faults may not be so easy to identify and their repercussions noticeable only after serious issues have arisen. In fact, we launch many of the apps and operating systems used today with admitted errors and bugs. Designers rely on real-life testing to identify problems, issue patches, revisions, and versions.
In the realm of nanotechnology, while scientists and thought leaders have proposed guidelines and best-practices, research and development teams in labs around the world race forward without regulation creating molecule-sized structures, machines, and substances with no idea whether they are safe or what might be long-term effects of exposure to these elements. In biotechnology, while folks like Jennifer Doudna appeal to a morally ethical cadre of researchers to tread carefully in the realm of genetic engineering (especially when it comes to inheritable gene manipulation) we do not universally share those morals and ethics. Recent headlines attest to the fact that some scientists are bent on moving forward regardless of the implications.
Some technologies such as our smartphones have become equally invasive technology, yet they are now considered mundane. In just ten years since the introduction of the iPhone, we have transformed behaviors, upended our modes of communication, redefined privacy, distracted our attentions, distorted reality and manipulated a predicted 2.3 billion users as of 2017. [1] It is worth contemplating that this disruption is not from a faulty product, but rather one that can only be considered wildly successful.
There are a plethora of additional technologies that are poised to refine our worlds yet again including artificial intelligence, ubiquitous surveillance, human augmentation, robotics, virtual, augmented and mixed reality and the pervasive Internet of Things. Many of these technologies make their way into our experiences through the promise of better living, medical breakthroughs, or a safer and more secure life. But too often we ignore the potential downsides, the unintended consequences, or the systemic ripple-effects that these technologies spawn. Why?
In many cases, we do not want to stand in the way of progress. In others, we believe that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, yet this is the same thinking that has spawned some of our most complex and daunting systems, from nuclear weapons to air travel and the internal combustion engine. Each of these began with the best of intentions and, in many ways were as successful and initially beneficial as they could be. At the same time, they advanced and proliferated far more rapidly than we were prepared to accommodate. Dirty bombs are a reality we did not expect. The alluring efficiency with which we can fly from one city to another has nevertheless spawned a gnarly network of air traffic, baggage logistics, and anti-terrorism measures that are arguably more elaborate than getting an aircraft off the ground. Traffic, freeways, infrastructure, safety, and the drain on natural resources are complexities never imagined with the revolution of personal transportation. We didn't see the entailments of success.
This is not always true. There have often been scientists and thought leaders who were waving the yellow flag of caution. I have written about how, "back in 1975, scientists and researchers got together at Asilomar because they saw the handwriting on the wall. They drew up a set of resolutions to make sure that one day the promise of Bioengineering (still a glimmer in their eyes) would not get out of hand."[2] Indeed, researchers like Jennifer Doudna continue to carry the banner. A similar conference took place earlier this year to alert us to the potential dangers of technology and earlier this year another to put forth recommendations and guidelines to ensure that when machines are smarter than we are they carry on in a beneficent role. Too often, however, it is the scientists and visionaries who attend these conferences. [3] Noticeably absent, though not always, is corporate leadership.
Nevertheless, in this country, there remains no safeguarding regulation for nanotech, nor bioengineering, nor AI research. It is a free-for-all, and all of which could have massive disruption not only to our lifestyles but also our culture, our behavior, and our humanness. Who is responsible?
For nearly 40 years there has been an environmental movement that has spread globally. Good stewardship is a good idea. But it wasn't until most corporations saw a way for it to make economic sense that they began to focus on it and then promote it as their contribution to society, their responsibility, and their civic duty. As well intentioned as they may be (and many are) much more are not paying attention to the effect of their technological achievements on our human condition.
We design most technologies with a combination of perceived user need and commercial potential. In many cases, these are coupled with more altruistic motivations such as a "do no harm" commitment to the environment and fair labor practices. As we move toward the capability to change ourselves in fundamental ways, are we also giving significant thought to the behaviors that we will engender by such innovations, or the resulting implications for society, culture, and the interconnectedness of everything?
Enter Humane Technology
Ultimately we will have to demand this level of thought, beginning with ourselves. But we should not fight this alone. Corporations concerned with appearing sensitive and proactive toward the environment and social justice need to add a new pillar to their edifice as responsible global citizens: humane technology.
Humane technology considers the socio-behavioral ramifications of products and services: digital dependencies, and addictions, job loss, genetic repercussions, the human impact from nanotechnologies, AI, and the Internet of Things.
To whom do we turn when a 14-year-old becomes addicted to her smartphone or obsessed with her social media popularity? We could condemn the parents for lack of supervision, but many of them are equally distracted. Who is responsible for the misuse of a drone to vandalize property or fire a gun or the anticipated 1 billion drones flying around by 2030? [4] Who will answer for the repercussions of artificial intelligence that spouts hate speech? Where will the buck stop when genetic profiling becomes a requirement for getting insured or getting a job?
While the backlash against these types of unintended consequences or unforeseen circumstances are not yet widespread and citizens have not taken to the streets in mass protests, behavioral and social changes like these may be imminent as a result of dozens of transformational technologies currently under development in labs and R&D departments across the globe. Who is looking at the unforeseen or the unintended? Who is paying attention and who is turning a blind eye?
It was possible to have anticipated texting and driving. It is possible to anticipate a host of horrific side effects from nanotechnology to both humans and the environment. It's possible to tag the ever-present bad actor to any number of new technologies. It is possible to identify when the race to master artificial intelligence may be coming at the expense of making it safe or drawing the line. In fact, it is a marketing opportunity for corporate interests to take the lead and the leverage their efforts to preempt adverse side effects as a distinctive advantage.
Emphasizing humane technology is an automatic benefit for an ethical company, and for those more concerned with profit than ethics, (just between you and me) it offers the opportunity for a better brand image and (at least) the appearance of social concern. Whatever the motivation, we are looking at a future where we are either prepared for what happens next, or we are caught napping.
This responsibility should start with anticipatory methodologies that examine the social, cultural and behavioral ramifications, and unintended consequences of what we create. Designers and those trained in design research are excellent collaborators. My brand of design fiction is intended to take us into the future in an immersive and visceral way to provoke the necessary discussion and debate that anticipate the storm should there be one, but promising utopia is rarely the tinder to fuel a provocation. Design fiction embraces the art critical thinking and thought problems as a means of anticipating conflict and complexity before these become problems to be solved.
Ultimately we have to depart from the idea that technology will be the magic pill to solve the ills of humanity, design fiction, and other anticipatory methodologies can help to acknowledge our humanness and our propensity to foul things up. If we do not self-regulate, regulation will inevitably follow, probably spurred on by some unspeakable tragedy. There is an opportunity, now for the corporation to step up to the future with a responsible, thoughtful compassion for our humanity.
1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/330695/number-of-smartphone-users-worldwide/
2. http://theenvisionist.com/2017/08/04/now-2/
3. http://theenvisionist.com/2017/03/24/genius-panel-concerned/
4. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/world-of-drones-congress-brisbane-futurist-thomas-frey/8859008
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August 4, 2017 lghtstrm	Leave a comment
If you follow this blog, you know that I like to say that the rationale behind design fiction—provocations that get us to think about the future—is to ask, "What if?" now so that we don't have to ask "What now?", then. This is especially important as our technologies begin to meddle with the primal forces of nature, where we naively anoint ourselves as gods and blithely march forward—because we can.
The CRISPR-Cas9 technology caught my eye almost exactly two years ago from today through a WIRED article by Amy Maxmen. Then I wrote about it, as an awesomely powerful tool for astounding progress for the good of humanity while at the same time taking us down a slippery slope. A Maxmen stated,
"It could, at last, allow genetics researchers to conjure everything anyone has ever worried they would—designer babies, invasive mutants, species-specific bioweapons, and a dozen other apocalyptic sci-fi tropes."
The article chronicles how, back in 1975, scientists and researchers got together at Asilomar because they saw the handwriting on the wall. They drew up a set of resolutions to make sure that one day the promise of Bioengineering (still a glimmer in their eyes) would not get out of hand.
43 years later, what was only a glimmer was now a reality. So, in 2015, some of these researchers came together again to discuss the implications of a new technique called CRISPR-Cas9. It was just a few years after Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier figured out the elegant tool for genome editing. Again from Maxmen,
"On June 28, 2012, Doudna's team published its results in Science. In the paper and an earlier corresponding patent application, they suggest their technology could be a tool for genome engineering. It was elegant and cheap. A grad student could do it."
In 2015 it was Doudna herself that called the meeting, this time in Napa, to discuss the ethical ramifications of Crispr. Their biggest concern was what they call germline modifications—the stuff that gets passed on from generation to generation, substantially changing the human forever. In September of 2015, Doudna gave a TED Talk asking the asks the scientific community to pause and discuss the ethics of this new tool before rushing in. On the heels of that, the US National Academy of Sciences said it would work on a set of "recommendations" for researchers and scientists to follow. No laws, just recommendations.
Fast forward to July 26, 2017. MIT Technology Review reported:
"The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers in Portland, Oregon… Although none of the embryos were allowed to develop for more than a few days—and there was never any intention of implanting them into a womb—the experiments are a milestone on what may prove to be an inevitable journey toward the birth of the first genetically modified humans."
MIT's article was thin on details because the actual paper that delineated the experiment was not yet published. Then, this week, it was. This time it was, indeed, a germline objective.
"…because any genetically modified child would then pass the changes on to subsequent generations via their own germ cells—the egg and sperm."(ibid).
All this was led by fringe researcher Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, and WIRED was quick to provide more info, but in two different articles.
The first of these stories appeared last Friday and gave more specifics on Mitalipov than the actual experiment.
"the same guy who first cloned embryonic stem cells in humans. And came up with three-parent in-vitro fertilization. And moved his research on replacing defective mitochondria in human eggs to China when the NIH declined to fund his work. Throughout his career, Mitalipov has gleefully played the role of mad scientist, courting controversy all along the way (sic)."
In the second article, we discover what the mad scientist was trying to do. In essence, Mitalipov demonstrated a highly efficient replacement of mutated genes like MYBPC3, which is responsible for a heart condition called "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that affects one in 500 people—the most common cause of sudden death among young athletes." Highly efficient means that in 42 out of 58 attempts, the problem gene was removed and replaced with a normal one. Mitalipov believes that he can get this to 100%. This means that fixing genetic mutations can be done successfully and maybe even become routine in the near future. But WIRED points out that
"would require lengthy clinical trials—something a rider in the current Congressional Appropriations Act has explicitly forbidden the Food and Drug Administration from even considering."
Ah, but this is not a problem for our fringe mad scientist.
"Mitalipov said he'd have no problem going elsewhere to run the tests, as he did previously with his three-person IVF work."
Do w see a pattern here? One surprising thing that the study revealed was that,
"Of the 42 successfully corrected embryos, only one of them used the supplied template to make a normal strand of DNA. When Crispr cut out the paternal copy—the mutant one—it left behind a gap, ready to be rebuilt by the cell's repair machinery. But instead of grabbing the normal template DNA that had been injected with the sperm and Crispr protein, 41 embryos borrowed the normal maternal copy of MYBPC3 to rebuild its gene."
In other words, the cell said, thanks for your stinking code but we'll handle this. It appears as though cellular repair may have a mission plan of its own. That's the mysterious part that reminds us that there is still something miraculous going on here behind the scenes. Mitalipov thinks he and his team can force these arrogant cells to follow instructions.
So what now? With this we have more evidence that guidelines and recommendations, clear heads and cautionary voices are not enough to stop scientists and researchers on the fringe, governments with dubious ethics, or whoever else might want to give things a whirl.
That puts noble efforts like Asilomar in 1975, a similar conference some years ago on nanotechnology, and one earlier this year on Artificial Intelligence as simply that, noble efforts. Why do these conference occur in the first place? Because scientists are genuinely worried that we're going to extinct ourselves if we aren't careful. But technology is racing down the autobahn, folks and we can't expect the people who stand to become billionaires from their discoveries to be the same people policing their actions.
And this is only one of the many transformative technologies that are looming on the horizon. While everyone is squawking about the Paris Accords, why don't we marshall some of our righteous indignation and pull the world together to agree on some meaningful oversight of these technologies?
We've gone from "What if?" to "What now?" Are we going to avoid, "Oh, shit!"
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/?mbid=nl_72815
2. http://wp.me/p7yvqL-mt
3. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608350/first-human-embryos-edited-in-us/?set=608342
4. https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-crispr-the-first-human-embryos-in-the-us-maybe/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare
5. https://www.wired.com/story/first-us-crispr-edited-embryos-suggest-superbabies-wont-come-easy/?mbid=nl_8217_p9&CNDID=49614846
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On utopia and dystopia. Part 1.
June 16, 2017 lghtstrm	Leave a comment
A couple of interesting articles cropped up in that past week or so coming out of the WIRED Business Conference. The first was an interview with Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of Crispr/Cas9 the gene editing technique that makes editing DNA nearly as simple as splicing a movie together. That is if you're a geneticist. According to the interview, most of this technology is at use in crop design, for things like longer lasting potatoes or wheat that doesn't mildew. But Doudna knows that this is a potential Pandora's Box.
"In 2015, Doudna was part of a broad coalition of leading biologists who agreed to a worldwide moratorium on gene editing to the "germ line," which is to say, edits that get passed along to subsequent generations. But it's legally non-binding, and scientists in China have already begun experiments that involve editing the genome of human embryos."
Crispr May Cure All Genetic Disease—One Day
Super-babies are just one of the potential ways to misuse Crispr. I blogged a longer and more diabolical list a couple of years ago.
Meddling with the primal forces of nature.
In Doudna's recent interview, though she focused on the more positive effects on farming, things like rice and tomatoes.
You may not immediately see the connection, but there was a related story from the same conference where WIRED interviewed Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy co-creators of the HBO series Westworld. If you haven't seen Westworld, I recommend it if only for Anthony Hopkins' performance. As far as I'm concerned Anthony Hopkins could read the phone book, and I would be spellbound.
At any rate, the article quotes:
"The first season of Westworld wasted no time in going from "hey cool, robots!" to "well, that was bleak." Death, destruction, android torture—it's all been there from the pilot onward."
Which pretty much sums it up. According to Nolan,
"We're inventing cautionary tales for ourselves…"
"And Joy sees Westworld, and sci-fi in general, as an opportunity to talk about what humanity could or should do if things start to go wrong, especially now that advancements in artificial intelligence technologies are making things like androids seem far more plausible than before. "We're leaping into the age of the unfathomable, the time when machines [can do things we can't],"
Joy said.
Westworld's Creators Know Why Sci-Fi Is So Dystopian
To me, this sounds familiar. It is the essence of my particular brand of design fiction. I don't always set out to make it dystopian but if we look at the way things seem to naturally evolve, virtually every technology once envisioned as a benefit to humankind ends up with someone misusing it. To look at any potentially transformative tech and not ask, "Transform into what?" is simply irresponsible. We love to sell our ideas on their promise of curing disease, saving lives, and ending suffering, but the technologies that we are designing today have epic downsides that many technologists do not even understand. Misuse happens so often that I've begun to see us a reckless if we don't anticipate these repercussions in advance. It's the subject of a new paper that I'm working toward.
In the meantime, it's important that we pay attention and demand that others do, too.
There's more from the science fiction world on utopias vs. dystopias, and I'll cover that next week.
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GAY HISTORY – September 13, 2001: Moral Majority Leader Rev. Jerry Falwell Blames Gays, Lesbians, and the ACLU for 9/11 Terrorist Attacks – [Video]
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On September 13, 2001 "Moral Majority" Reverend Jerry Falwell who founded Liberty University Law School with the assistance of the anti-LGBT hate group leader Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel, left one of his last and most hateful marks on history while the ashes were still smoldering at the site of the World Trade Center and the world mourned.
Falwell appeared on Pat Robertson's 700 Club, and actually accused gays and the lesbians as responsible for the worst tragedy to ever to strike American.
Falwell: What we saw on Tuesday, as terrible as it is, could be miniscule if in fact God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.
Robertson: Well Jerry, that's my feeling. I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't even begun to see what they can do to the major population.
Falwell: The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.
Robertson: Oh, yes.
Falwell: And I know I'll hear from them for this but throwing God out successfully with the help of the court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools… The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way — all of them who have tried to secularize America — I point the finger in their face and say, "you helped this happen."
Robertson: Well I totally concur.
Falwell further stated that the attacks were "probably deserved", a statement which Christopher Hitchens called treasonous.
The next day, Falwell "sort of" apologized in a phone call to CNN: "I would never blame any human being except the terrorists, and if I left that impression with gays or lesbians or anyone else, I apologize," but then went on to say: "I do believe, as a theologian, based upon many Scriptures and particularly Proverbs 14:23, which says 'living by God's principles promotes a nation to greatness, violating those principles brings a nation to shame," he said.
Falwell died on May 15, 2007. He is not missed and is hopefully in hell playing Go Fish with Hitler, Mussolini, and Cardinal Richelieu.
September 11 – Remembering Our Lost LGBT Brothers and Sisters In The September 11th. Terrorist Attacks
September 11, 2022 Featured, Gay History, Gay News From Around The Globe9/11, 9/11 LGBT victims, 9/11 Memorial, In Memoriam: Remembering Our Fallen LGBT Brothers and Sisters Lost In The September 11th Attacks, In MemoriumWill Kohler
While every life that was lost in the September 11th attacks was precious and deserves remembrance. I wanted to take a moment today to mention and mourn the loss the our LGBT brothers and sisters who are no longer with us because of the events of that fateful day.
Their exact numbers will never be known. But we know they were there. Airline passengers and crew, office workers, police and firefighters. We learned that missing rescue personnel were gay, and that many of their lovers, some of whom were also police and and fire fighters, had to grieve in silence for fear of outing them and in too cruel a way learned that the closet was a terrible place to grieve.
That tragic event was 21 years ago. And still feels like yesterday to many.
That was the day the world changed forever. The day that the last of America's innocence was snatched away.
Wile we remember all the victims of that fateful day let us take a moment to remember out fallen LGBT brothers and sisters who must not be forgotten.
They are in our hearts, in our thoughts and in our prayers this day,
Below is a partial list of those we lost:
Father Mychal Judge. New York Fire Department Catholic chaplain Judge, 68, was killed while ministering to a fallen firefighter at Ground Zero.
Mark Bingham, 31, a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania, helped to thwart the plane's hijackers. September 16 is officially designated Mark Bingham Day in San Francisco.
Michael Lepore, 39, was a project analyst at Marsh & McLennon. He is survived by his partner of 18 years, David O'Leary.
Carol Flyzik' was aboard American Airlines Flight 11, It was the first of two to crash into the World Trade Center. Flyzik, who was a registered nurse and a member of the Human Rights Campaign, is survived by Nancy Walsh, her partner of nearly 13 years.
David Charlebois, the co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon. Charlebois was a member of the National Gay Pilots Association. Charlebois is survived by Tom Hay, his partner of almost 13 years.
Graham Berkeley, 37, a native of England who lived in Boston, boarded United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11 on his way to a conference in Los Angeles. His plane became the second hijacked airliner to crash into the World Trade Center.
Ronald Gamboa, 33, and his partner of 13 years, Dan Brandhorst, 42, were traveling with their 3-year-old adopted son, David. Brandhorst and Gamboa were founding members of the Pop Luck Club, an L.A. organization for Gay men interested in adopting children.
James Joe Ferguson, 39, director of geography education outreach for the National Geographic Society, was on American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon.
John Keohane was killed by falling debris. Keohane worked at One Liberty Plaza near the World Trade Center and died when the towers collapsed. After the planes hit the Trade Center towers, Keohane met Mike Lyons, his partner of 17 years, on the street when Keohane was suddenly killed by falling debris. Tragically, Lyons committed suicide March 1, 2002, on his 41st birthday.
"Roxy Eddie" Ognibene, member of the Renegades of New York's Big Apple Softball League, worked as a bond trader for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on the 89th floor of WTC 2 and was tragically lost in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack.
Luke A. Dudek, Was a food and beverage controller at Windows on the World. Dudek is survived by his partner of 20 years, George Cuellar. Dudek's first day back to work in New York was Sept. 11. He died in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Catherine Smith, 44, who worked on the 97th floor of one of the World Trade Center towers.
Waleska Martinez, 37, a computer whiz in the Census Bureau's New York office, was aboard flight 93 that crashed outside Shanksville, PA.
Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the north tower. He is survived by Keith Bradkowski, his partner of 11 years.
Eugene Clark, worked on the 102nd floor of the south World Trade Center tower. He sent his partner Larry Courtney a voice message stating "I'm OK. The plane hit the other tower. And we're evacuating." Clark was never seen by his partner again.
Andrew LaCorte. worked in One WTC and was killed instantly when the first plane hit. At the time he had no partner but is remembered and missed by his many friends and family.
Renee Barrett, Renee was injured in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, died on October 18 of her injuries. Barrett was a member of the Gay Metropolitan Community Church of New York. She leaves behind her life partner Enez Cooper and her 18-year-old son, Eddie.
Seamus O'Neal, also lost his life in the attacks on the World Trade Center. He is survived by his partner Tom Miller.
Patricia McAneney was the fire marshal of her floor in the first World Trade Center tower. She is survived by Margaret Cruz, partner of 18 years.
Pamela Boyce, was at work on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center's north tower when it was struck. She is survived by Catherine Anello her partner.
Tom Ryan, one of just three out-of-the-closet firefighters in New York, [says] he "learned that about 25 closeted gay firefighters died on Sept. 11," and he knows "others who survived but are still afraid to come out."
"As the days went by, we learned that some of the missing rescue personnel were gay, and that many of their lovers, some of whom are cops and fire fighters, were grieving in silence for fear of outing them. There were also gay cops that lost family members that were rescue personnel. We all learned too quickly and in too cruel a way that the closet is a terrible place to grieve." — Edgar Rodriguez, NYPD
Francis S. Coppola, a New York City detective whose partner, a firefighter named Eddie, died in the attacks, summed up his feelings about t Sept. 11th:
"I have never been more proud of being an American or a New Yorker, but at the same time it has made me sad. The greatest country in the world, and yet we are treated like second-class citizens…. The great love of my life died doing what he did best and what he loved to do: helping others. I have never been an activist or ever wanted to be one; however, it is time we stand up and be counted and demand equality — nothing more or nothing less."
***NOTE: This list of LGBT Americans who's lives were lost on 9/11 is by no means complete. Unfortunately there is actually no way to know the exact number of LGBT victims of this tragic event. If there are those who were lost that that you would like to remember please feel free to add them to the comment section and I'll update the list accordingly. – WK
Trump Administration Took Millions From FDNY 9/11 First Responders Health Program
September 11, 2020 Gay News From Around The Globe9/11, despicable, Donald Trump, evil, FDNY firefightersWill Kohler
The New York Daily News has discovered that the Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from post 9/11 related illnesses.
The Treasury Department mysteriously started withholding parts of payments — nearly four years ago with no explanation.
This {the money} was just disappearing," the program's director, Dr. David Prezant,, the FDNY's Chief Medical Officer.. "It was disappearing — without any notification."
"The money that we don't get means that physicians, nurses and support staff are not hired. We have not had to lay off anyone, yet, but we are at that brink," he explained. "This just isn't fair. It's not fair to our patients."
"The city has been covering some of our shortfall. But in this time of COVID crisis, that cannot continue," he said.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention notes that thousands of responders and survivors of the 9/11 attack continue to suffer adverse health effects from toxic contaminants, risks of traumatic injury, and physically and emotionally stressful conditions.
Paul Krugman's Truthful 9/11 Column Makes Republicans and Tea Party Members Heads Explode – Clean Up Aisle 2!
September 12, 2011 Featured, Gay News Domestic & U.S. Politics, Gay News From Around The Globe9/11, GOP, Paul Krugman, Republicans, Tea Party, TruthWill Kohler
Yesterday on the 10th Anniversary of the day that changed our country forever, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, writing for the New York Times wrote a column so truthful in its expose of of how Bush, Cheney and the GOP turned 9/11 into media event for their own gain and turned the aftermath of 9/11 into the crime of this century for nothing more than self greed and power.
"What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons. A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity? The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it."
Hopefully this will finally open a dialouge between true Americans to re-examine all the LIES and hyperbole that led us to attack Iraq and hold accountable the craven media, along with all the criminals and neocons of Bush & Comany who cheered and profited from it.
If we really wanted to show respect for the victims of 9/11, it would be to redeem their loss, by holding accountable and brining to justice those who have used them, and that horrible fateful day to further their own profit margins and have tortured and committed the murders of hundreds of thousands of innocents for nothing more than greed.
GOProud Uses 9/11 To Publicize Its Shameful Disgusting Self
September 10, 2011 Gay News From Around The Globe9/11, disgusting, GOPROUDWill Kohler
I cannot even put into words how much GOProud disgusts me at this very moment. Barron and LaSalvia better cross the street if they ever see me coming.
Gay Priest Was 9/11's First Record Casualty
September 10, 2011 Events, Gay History, Gay News From Around The Globe9/11, Father Mychal Judge, WTCWill Kohler
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters /Landov A mortally injured Father Mychal Judge is carried out of the World Trade Center by first responders, including Bill Cosgrove (in white shirt). Cosgrove says, "everybody you see in that picture was saved" from the North Tower's collapse, moments later.
I seem to remember hearing or reading something about Father Judge soon after 9/11. From my hometown ABC affiliate, The Denver Channel (KMGH):
You may not hear a lot about gay Roman Catholic priests.
But one such clergyman is getting a lot of attention this week: Father Mychal Judge, a Franciscan friar who donned a brown robe and sandals and who was the first recorded casualty of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Among the many hats Judge wore was as chaplain for the New York Fire Department. He was killed after going to the World Trade Center with some off-duty firefighters after the first plane hit.
Much of the coverage Judge is getting this week refers to him as the "Saint of 9/11," the name of a 2006 documentary about the priest that was produced by a gay activist.
An apparently celibate priest, Judge reportedly told few about his sexual orientation. He made no secret, meanwhile, that he was a recovering alcoholic, attending two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a month.
You can also listen to the very moving profile NPR's Morning Edition did on Father Judge.
Tip of the hat to AMERICAblog Gay for the lede.
Derek Fenton, The Idiot Who Burned Koran Pages At Ground Zero On 9/11, FIRED! (Video)
September 15, 2010 Uncategorized9/11, fired, Islam, iudiot, Koran burning, Neanderthal, NJ Transit, VideosWill Kohler
Derek Fenton, the idiot who ripped out pages of the Koran and burned them during the 9/11 protest (which was caught on video and posted on YouTube) at Ground Zero has been canned by his employer, NJ Transit.
NJ Transit said that Derek Fenton's "public actions" violated its code of ethics and that he "violated his trust as a state employee." It was not clear that Fenton was terminated because of his actions on Saturday. The NJ Transit statement indicated that he was fired on Monday.In response to questions from NewsCore Tuesday, NJ Transit released a statement saying: "Derek Fenton was terminated on September 13, 2010 from his employment at NJ TRANSIT. An at-will employee, Mr. Fenton's public actions violated New Jersey Transit's code of ethics." It continued: "NJ TRANSIT concluded that Mr. Fenton violated his trust as a state employee and therefore was dismissed."
Here's the clip of the neanderthal idiot on 9/11
Rep. Anthony Weiner Rips The Republican Party A New One For Disgustingly NOT Passing Health Care Bill To Help 9/11 Responders (VIDEO)
July 30, 2010 Uncategorized9/11, Democrats, douchebags, evil, Gay News From Around The Globe, Health Care Bill, Log Cabin Republicans, politics, Rep. Anthony WeinerWill Kohler
Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-NY) did something yesterday that every Democrat in the Seanate should be doing which is putting that incredible bullshit of treating the obsturctionist Republican Party with any repect and ripping into them for the coward and heinous act of banding togther to defeat a bill that would have provided $7.4 billion in health care to 9/11 responders.
It is about time Democrats in Washington put aside this "my distinguished colleuge" bullshit and start treating the Republican party for wehat they treuly are and showing it. An evil band of motherfucking douchebags.
It's time the Democrats in Washington grow some balls.
WATCH THE VIDEO. And needless to say I LOVE ME some Weiner.


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Israel's Deputy Minister Accused of Aiding Suspected Sex Abuser Rebuts Allegations
Ultra-Orthodox Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman was put under investigation by police for aiding an Australian school principal suspected of child abuse avoid extradition
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Israel's ultra-orthodox Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (right) at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, on Wednesday 20, 2019.Credit: Barzilai Medical Center Spokesperson unit
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said that everything he may have allegedly done to prevent the extradition of a suspected pedophile to Australia "was for the public's benefit, and in accordance with the law. I did exactly what I was supposed to do."
His remarks, made at a ceremony for the opening of a new children's wing at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, were all he would say about the police investigation into allegations that he pressured psychiatrists to declare Malka Leifer, the former principal of an ultra-Orthodox girls' school in Melbourne, unfit to stand trial. Police say they have testimony from several psychiatrists about the pressure exerted on them, which included threats to remove them from their jobs if they didn't cooperate.
Leifer, who fled to Israel in 2008, is charged with 74 counts of rape and sexual assault against three sisters who had been her students. Police said the psychiatrists were asked to submit a professional evaluation that Leifer was not fit to stand trial so she wouldn't be extradited.
At least one psychiatrist, Dr. Kobi Charns, refused three times to sign an opinion saying the opposite – that she was pretending to be mentally ill to avoid prosecution.
The president of the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation in Victoria, Dr. Miriam Kuttner, wrote a letter of complaint about this to the ethics department of the Israel Medical Association.The Leifer case is not the first in which Litzman's involvement in the area of mental health has raised questions.
Australian sisters accusing ultra-Orthodox principal of sexual assault bring extradition fight to Israel
Israel's health czar 'threatened psychiatrists' in Australian principal sex abuse case
Australian Jewish group calls to oust Israeli deputy minister accused of aiding suspected sex abuser
In 2009, Channel 2 News reported that he had approached senior psychiatrists and asked them to issue more lenient evaluations of ultra-Orthodox sex offenders who were serving prison sentences.
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I've got some news for you! I'm privately releasing the first Installment of Movie Night. Of course, I'm not just going to release the same thing that you could see for free on YouTube any old time. I'm going to great lengths to create new exclusive extras for the DVD, as well as new riffs sprinkled throughout the film and an additional scene. You can thank Aficionados Chris from AficionadosChris.com for pushing me to release this on DVD. He made me aware that there was an audience, and people who enjoyed the movie, as well as encouraged me to begin writing a second installment of the series.
As a lot of you may know, it was very difficult to get this project out there due to lots of problems in its production. At this time, I cannot give you an official release date, but you can rest assured that I am endeavoring to release a quality product as soon as possible. I'm also toying around with the idea of creating an episode of Joey's Reviews to premiere on this DVD. Please keep an eye out for any updates on the status of this release. I'm going to try to keep the DVD cheap, it will be around $9 or $10 on it's release, and it will be available while supplies last. So be sure to pick up your copy as soon as possible!
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MOVIE NIGHT: Night of the Living Dead - [FULL MOVIE+RIFF]
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Movie Night: Night of the Living Dead
In the style of MST3k, RiffTrax, and Cinematic Titanic, Josh Johnson and Joey Hollywood will riff on the 1968 classic, "Night of the Living Dead"
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Directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley Bill Cardille, and Kyra Schon.
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