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Bursts of energy known as relativistic jets spew out matter at close to the speed of light. These jets can travel across an entire galaxy, suggesting they can affect the evolution of the galaxy.
This image from a simulation shows an energy jet launched from a spinning black hole surrounded by a disk of accreting material. The black hole is spinning at half the maximum rate, and its mass is that of the black hole at the center of the M87 elliptical galaxy. The central black hole 'shadow' due to extreme light bending is apparent in this simulation.
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EnlargeA peek at swirling matter around a giant black hole verifies that it is the source of a monstrous blast of energy thousands of light-years long, researchers say.
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Bursts of energy known as relativistic jets spew out matter at close to the speed of light. These jets can travel across an entire galaxy, suggesting they can affect the evolution of the galaxy.
"For a long time, astronomers have theorized that?black holes?and the matter swirling around them were responsible for the jets we see in some galaxies, but we've never had a telescope with the resolving power to verify this,"said study lead author Sheperd Doeleman, an astronomer at MIT's Haystack Observatory in Westford, Mass.
Now, "by making a virtual Earth-sized telescope that links radio dishes from Hawaii to California, we were able to achieve the necessary magnification power," Doeleman told SPACE.com. [Photos: Black Holes of the Universe]
The researchers used their new array, known as the?Event Horizon Telescope, to look at "the base of the famous jet in the galaxy called M87," about 54 million light-years from Earth, Doeleman said.
The center of virtually every galaxy is home to a?supermassive black hole?millions to billions of times the mass of the sun. Scientists have long suspected that relativistic jets came from the accretion disks of gas and dust pulled toward these black holes by the black holes' immense gravity, whirling like water flowing around a bathtub drain.
The new array combined data from three observatories in Hawaii, California and Arizona to look at the?relativistic jet in M87, which has a central black hole about 7 billion times as massive as the sun and about as wide as the solar system.
The size of the region the relativistic jet originated from matches the estimated size of the innermost stable circular orbit of M87's accretion disk. This area is about five times the size of the solar system, or 750 times the distance from Earth to the sun.
"It is remarkable to me to think that we have the ability to measure the size of the region where matter orbits a black hole just before it disappears from our universe forever," Doeleman said.
Scientists were unsure whether relativistic jets need a spinning black hole to form, and if so, whether they were more likely to arise when accretion disks spin in the same direction as their black holes. The researchers found "the size of the jet launch point was so small that the best explanation is that the black hole has to be spinning and the orbiting matter has to be moving in the same direction as the black hole is spinning ? think of the planets orbiting in the same direction as the sun is spinning," Doeleman said.
"Our result is just the tip of the iceberg," Doeleman added. "We've used just three stations in a global Earth-sized virtual telescope to peer deep inside a relativistic jet. We are about to add critical new stations to this Event Horizon Telescope, which will bring us closer to imaging a black hole boundary than we have ever been before."
The scientists detailed their findings online today (Sept. 27) in the journal Science.
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Protestors shout slogans as they fill up Neptuno Square during a demonstration against government austerity measures in Madrid.
By NBC News wire services
MADRID ? Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries? capitals Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity cuts.
In Madrid, demonstrators approached parliament for the third time this week to vent their anger against tax hikes, government spending cuts and the highest unemployment rate among the 17 nations that use the euro currency.
The boisterous crowds in the Spanish capital let off ear-splitting whistles near parliament and yelled ??Fire them, fire them!?? -- referring to the conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Rajoy?s administration presented a 2013 draft budget on Friday that will cut overall spending by 40 billion euros ($51.7 billion), freezing the salaries of public workers, cutting spending for unemployment benefits and even reducing spending for Spain?s royal family next year by 4 percent.
Pablo Rodriguez, a 24-year-old student doing a master?s in agricultural development in Denmark, said the austerity measures and bad economy mean most of his friends in Spain are unemployed or doing work they didn?t train for.
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A picture of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is seen during the demonstration in Madrid.
Spain's unemployment rate is almost 25 percent, and more than half of people under 24 are jobless.
??I would love to work here, but there is nothing for me here,?? Rodriguez said. ??By the time the economy improves it will be too late. I will be settled somewhere else with a family. One of the disasters in Spain is they spent so much to educate me and so many others and they will lose us.??
He doubts he will put his education to use in Spain until he is 35 or 40, if ever, will probably get job abroad and stay.
In Lisbon, retired banker Antonio Trinidade said the budget cuts Portugal is locked into in return for the nation?s ?78 billion ($101 billion) bailout are making the country?s economy the worst he has seen in his lifetime. His pension has been cut, and he said countless young Portuguese are increasingly heading abroad because they can?t make a living at home.
??The government and the troika controlling what we do because of the bailout just want to cut more and more and rob from us,?? Trinidade said, referring to the troika of creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. ??The young don?t have any future, and the country is on the edge of an abyss. I'm getting toward the end of my life, but these people in their 20s or 30s don?t have jobs, or a future.??
In Spain, Rajoy has an absolute majority and has pushed through waves of austerity measures over the last nine months -- trying to prevent Spain from being forced into the same kind of bailouts taken by Portugal, Ireland and Greece.
The protests near Spain?s parliament turned violent Tuesday and Wednesday nights when protesters clashed with riot police, who barricaded entry to the streets surrounding government buildings. Dozens of people were arrested and injured.
Investors worried about Spain?s economic viability have forced up the interest rate they are willing to pay to buy Spanish bonds. The country?s banks hurting from a property boom that went bust are set to get help soon from a ?100 billion ($129 billion) financial lifeline from the eurozone, and Rajoy is pondering whether to ask for help from the ECB to buy Spanish bonds.
Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro said Saturday that the budget cuts for next year were necessary to ease market tensions and try to bring down high interest rates Spain must pay to get investors to buy its bonds.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger, talking about his affair with a family housekeeper for the first time in a television interview, said it was "the stupidest thing" he did in his marriage to Maria Shriver and said it "inflicted tremendous pain" on his family.
In a "60 Minutes" interview with reporter Leslie Stahl due to air on September 30, Schwarzenegger admitted that he lied to Shriver about the affair. CBS released a clip of the interview on Friday.
"I think it was the stupidest thing I've done in the whole relationship. It was terrible. I inflicted tremendous pain on Maria and unbelievable pain on the kids," Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger, 65, had been quiet in public about his affair with their housekeeper Mildred Baena. He and Baena had a son, Joseph, who grew up not knowing Schwarzenegger was his father until the scandal made headlines last year.
After the revelations, Shriver and Schwarzenegger began proceedings to end their 25-year marriage. They have four children together.
The interview coincides with the October 1 release of Austrian-born Schwarzenegger's autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life." He told Stahl that he was determined to write a book that included his "failures" as well as his successes in bodybuilding, film and politics.
Since his term as Republican governor ended, Schwarzenegger has returned to movies with "The Expendables 2" last August, and he has five more films in the pipeline. He also inaugurated a global policy think tank in his name at the University of Southern California's Los Angeles campus.
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The original Tablet S has already absorbed a few interesting updates and now it's getting one more: devices are waking up to an Android 4.0.3 update that brings significant additions like a Guest Mode for creating restricted user accounts, revamped media and social aggregation apps, and six assignable macro buttons on the IR Remote Control app. Sony has also bolstered its Small Apps function, allowing you to overlay a browser, IR remote and other utilities in a window on top of another app. What this update isn't is Jelly Bean, which is headed to the Tablet S's similarly-named replacement, the Xperia Tablet S.
Correction: We originally confused the Tablet S with the newer Xperia-branded model. Thanks to all who spotted the error.
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A cheeseburger and large fries from a Five Guys restaurant is the kind of meal that's taking a bite out of the popularity of the big boys in the burger biz.
By Carol Tice, Forbes.com
?Quick: What?s the best chain burger in America?
This is not a McDonald?s vs. Burger King question. Neither of those chains even made the top 10 in a recent poll of more than 7,000 burger lovers by customer-research firm Market Force Information.
The winner was Five Guys Burgers & Fries, followed by California-based regional cult-fave In-N-Out Burger. Rounding out the top five: Fuddruckers, A&W Restaurants, and up-and-comer Smashburger (see chart below for the full list).
Forbes.com: Five Guys burgers: America?s fastest growing restaurant chain
McDonald?s, Wendy?s, and Burger King clearly aren?t the biggest burger chains because America craves their burgers most. Only two old-time chains, Carl?s Jr. and Wendy?s, managed to sneak into the lower ranks of the top 10 in terms of burger taste.
The success of these top chains hinges on four factors:
Over the next couple of decades, much of the advantage will swing to the better-burger upstarts, setting up an increasingly pitched battle for the shrinking value-burger audience. As Five Guys and other quality burger upstarts expand, that may further weaken the position of the old-time burger also-rans.
Forbes.com: Meet America?s most promising company: Smashburger
Several of the upstart better-burger chains are growing fast, including Five Guys. Soon, for many diners, a Five Guys or Smashburger might be just as easy to visit as McDonald's.
Also, these chains tend to rely, as In-N-Out always has, on word-of-mouth as their primary form of advertising. They cultivate an under-the-radar, cultish fandom rather than trying to be the brand with mass appeal. ?
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The lack of big, national TV ad campaigns gives the new chains a distinct cost advantage. Combine that with above-average typical unit sales ? Whataburger?s $1.8 million per unit is higher than any top-10 competitor by sales except McDonald?s ? and you have a formula for higher profits.
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The growth of the foodie movement means more people are switching to better-quality food, shrinking the audience for the lowest-common-denominator burger. The habit of eating the nearest cheap burger is fading and, as the survey put it, more and more customers are ?voting with their palates rather than their wallets.?
Demographics will also start to catch up with the legacy chains, as older diners die ? Hardening of the arteries, perhaps? ? and younger diners with less-entrenched burger habits are lured away by burgers made with better-quality ingredients.
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This could play out a couple of interesting ways for the burger stalwarts. Wendy?s, which has been struggling to join the better-burger niche, could get some traction on its strategic shift and solidify its lead on Burger King, which it passed in sales earlier this year.
Or, Burger King, Wendy?s, Jack in the Box and other old-timers could all be casualties as top operator McDonald?s ? widely acknowledged as having the best systems in all of franchising, and currently a revenue juggernaut ? becomes the last old-time burger chain left standing.
Forbes.com: The perfect hamburger, spoiled
One thing?s for sure: With Five Guys and Whataburger already ranking in the top 10 biggest chains with fewer than 1,000 stores, in a few years the discussion could be about who will survive of the better-burger contenders.
For now, though, there seems to be plenty of opportunity to simply nibble away at the core audience of the value-burger brands.
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It?s that time again: the spookiest, sexiest, sugariest night of the year is almost upon us!
Halloween is THE BEST holiday. ?When else do we get a chance to bodily inhabit any fantasy we can dream up?? AND have fun with friends and family? AND eat candy? It?s distinct from other major American holidays because (at least in the way it?s celebrated in modern times) it?s inclusive; you don?t need to be a particular religion, nationality, gender, age, or to have a family or partner to enjoy the best things about it. True, it?s origin may have been a little different, but I?ll leave that tale to an historian instead of a lingerie designer.
It?s a night of lighthearted fun ? of surprise, delight, hijinks and gorging on candy.? But it?s also a night to think, at least a little, about how we women own and don?t own our bodies and our sexuality in day-to-day culture and life ? and how we can choose to shake up our body identities for one night.? On Halloween, even if we are not consciously engaging in debates about gender politics, or necessarily making our choices based on philosophy, all of us who dress up are faced on some level with the woman-specific question: to slut or not to slut.
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When did Halloween become such a flesh fest?? According to a Slate article, the 1970?s.
Ever since the Victorians started gallivanting around at costume balls in the 19th Century, the holiday has been a costume event for children and adults.? But it wasn?t until New York City?s gay men threw the first big, fun, drag-filled Halloween parade in 1973 that the modern risque version of the holiday was born.? Now, THAT?S an origin story I love to tell.
Retailers of course soon realized the commercial opportunity, and now, forty years later, any nice suburban lady need only Google ?sexy nurse costume? to have forty busty, garter-belted options to buy.
Every year on Halloween I look around the streets of New York City, and I think, ?A leotard and spike heels is not a costume!?And neither are boobs!? Boobs are not a costume!?? I have mixed feelings about these women who choose to wear their sexuality AS their disguise for the night.? I equally question our culture that seems to encourage us into the Madonna/whore dichotomy of womanhood?so that we feel pressure to be buttoned up all year and then overflow in this one-night-only explosion of cleavage and fishnets.
Actually, scratch all this.? Maybe my main objection to these hypersexy interpretations of ?Halloween costume? is not as a woman, but as a fashion designer. ?Dressing up as ?Sexy? instead of as [fill in the blank] is a giant missed sartorial opportunity on Halloween night. Why not be both? ?Wear something that someone designed to look like SOMETHING other than sex. ?Look sexy and strong, or sexy and funny, or sexy and unique?or be a sexy monster (see below)!
A lot of the costume business overlaps with the lingerie world.? It makes sense that lingerie companies design and manufacture costumes since they already have expertise in the construction of related silhouettes.? So I thought I would troll the world of sexy costumes to come up with some recommendations that are sexy and strong. (Eds. Note: Click the photos to be taken to the costumes directly.)
Who?s hotter than Wonder Woman!?? I would love the chance to inhabit a superhero?s superworld for the night.? Comfy microfiber fabric, plus the slimming effects of a corseted top, PLUS the shimmer factor that I can?t get enough of?.this one is one of my faves.
Frederick?s of Hollywood Wonder Woman Costume
Continuing in the realm? of fantasy, here?s a cool anime-inspired costumes from Final Fantasy XIII:
All Anime DVD Final Fantasy Costume
If you don?t want to go the superhero route, but covet the power of flight and a big bad stinger, there?s a swarm of costume options.? I like the sequins and slim fit of this Bumblebee:
Lingerie Diva Buzzy Bee
And some playful thigh-highs to match:
Lingerie Diva Bee Thigh-highs
A?Monster costume is both playful and adorable.? I imagine many folks would be thrilled to find this monster under their beds.
Leg Avenue Flirty Gerty Monster
If you really want to impress the guys this Halloween, what could warm their hearts more than a hot girl in a Stormtrooper costume?
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Finally, Halloween is the perfect opportunity for all you DIYers to practice your craft!? Here are some inspirational pictures and tips.
Nothing would inspire me more to strut my gorgeous self than this beautiful Peacock inspired tutu.? Carrie, who owns TutuGorgeousGirl on Etsy, has both girls? and women?s sizes.? I would pair this tutu with a leotard and mask (see photo at top of article), and accent it all with some bright baubles.
TutuGorgeousGirl Peacock Feather Bustle Tutu
American Apparel Leotard
This 5 piece Old West Outlaw getup is so authentic-looking and pretty.? It seems to tell a whole story.
Passion Flower Vintage Old West/Pirate Costume
If you?re feeling ambitious, you can find a lot of home sewing patterns for all kinds of cool costumes, from crayons to wenches. Two of my favorite pattern companies are Simplicity and Butterick.
I?m a fan of this steampunk pattern.? Making a boned bustier and structured bolero would be a great accomplishment this Halloween.
Steampunk Costume Pattern
And if you want to remember the origins of Hallow?s Eve, try out this sexy, mini-skirted witch!
Simplicity Witch Costume Pattern
And most of all, have fun!
I would love to hear your thoughts about what ?sexy? means on Halloween. Even after writing this article, I am stumped this year about what I should be.? Please help with tips, suggestions, and your own Halloween stories!
I?ve loved lingerie since before that was reasonable. I taught myself drawing, designing, and sewing, and after graduating from Harvard with an English degree, immediately went to work disregarding it and following my passion for fashion. After a few years designing for a big company, I went off on my own and started Lola Haze TM, (named after the title character in ?Lolita,? my favorite book). Lola Haze is playwear for the bold woman who loves fun and dresses for herself! I feel happy and lucky that I get to love my job so much, and am thrilled to share my lingerie enthusiasm with The Lingerie Addict!
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We take the temperature of the nation?s wine retail sector, and find 10 trends making the biggest impact on the industry.
Over the following pages, we count down the key themes affecting wine sales in the UK off-trade, starting with number 10. We?ll be bringing readers the final five tomorrow.
?The UK wine market at a glance (Nielsen data):
? Value of the UK off-trade: 5.3 billion
? Average 75cl bottle price: ?4.89
? Supermarkets? value share of the market: 81%; impulse share of the market: 19%; independents? share of the market: 3%
? Own-label wines? value share of the market: 20%
? Online value share of the market: 10%
? Value of the online wine retail market: ?1.3 billion
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Senator?s bill will safeguard Montana?s outdoor heritage, increase public access.
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U.S. SENATE --(Ammoland.com)-?Dysfunction in Washington isn?t stopping Senator Jon Tester?s ?once in a generation? sportsmen?s bill from receiving a vote on the Senate floor.
Tester?s Sportsmen?s Act will be the first piece of legislation taken up by the Senate when it returns in November. The bill, which recently cleared a key procedural hurdle ? on National Hunting and Fishing Day ? on a bipartisan vote of 84 to 7 increases access for hunting and fishing, supports land and species conservation, and protects hunting and fishing rights.
?Sportsmen and women are calling for a responsible, bipartisan plan that takes ideas from Republicans and Democrats to preserve our outdoor economy and secure our outdoor heritage for our kids and grandkids ? and this proposal does just that,? said Tester, Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen?s Caucus.
?Washington needs to put politics aside and pass this bill for America?s 90 million sportsmen and women,? Tester added.
Tester?s bill is supported by 56 different conservation and wildlife groups, ranging from the National Rifle Association to The Nature Conservancy. It sets aside funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to increase public land access, reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and funds new shooting ranges.
?The National Shooting Sports Foundation is pleased the Senate has taken an important step toward final passage of the Sportsmen?s Act of 2012 ? legislation that will promote, protect and preserve our nation?s hunting and shooting sports heritage for future generations,? said Lawrence Keane, National Shooting Sports Foundation senior vice president and general counsel. ?We commend the bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Sportsmen?s Caucus, especially co-chairman Senator Tester, on their tireless efforts to shepherd these historic sportsmen?s bills through the Senate. We look forward to the Senate expeditiously passing this legislation after the November elections so that the most significant sportsmen?s legislation in a generation can be signed into law.?
?These bipartisan bills are important and diverse in the support they provide natural resource conservation,? said Paul Schmidt, Ducks Unlimited?s chief conservation officer. ?Some of the most important programs for waterfowl, including reauthorization of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, are part of this package. It?s encouraging to see that people can work across the aisle when it comes to our natural resources, and Ducks Unlimited appreciates the work that Senator Tester and the sponsors have put into this important legislation.?
In a speech on the Senate floor this week, Tester reminded his colleagues that hunting and fishing are not just recreation for Montanans, but also critical parts of the economy.
?In Montana, hunting and fishing brings in $1 billion a year to our economy, nearly as much as the state?s cattle industry,? Tester said. ?It drives and sustains jobs. And with bow hunting season open and rifle season opening in a few days, this bill is as timely as ever.?
Tester?s bipartisan bill, which would reduce the deficit by $7 million, also authorizes the Interior Secretary to reevaluate the price of duck stamps to keep up with the price of inflation. Revenue from duck stamps has been used to purchase or lease more than six million acres of wetlands.
Tester?s remarks on the Senate floor are below.
Floor remarks ? Sportsmen?s Bill
U.S. Senator Jon Tester
September 19, 2012
As Prepared for Delivery
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss my bipartisan Sportsmen?s Act.
America?s outdoor traditions are a deep and important part of our heritage. That is why two years ago, when I became Chair of the Congressional Sportsmen?s Caucus, I made it my goal to do something significant ? something historic ? for this country?s hunters and anglers.
Mr. President, this week, we have that opportunity.
My Sportsmen?s Act is the biggest package of sportsmen?s bills in a generation.
It combines nearly 20 different bills ? all important to the sportsmen?s community.
These bills increase access for recreational hunting and fishing. They support land and species conservation. And they protect our hunting and fishing rights.
And, most importantly, they take ideas from both sides of the political aisle.
This bill isn?t about Democrats. It isn?t about Republicans. Or Independents. This bill is about Americans. And the great outdoors we all share as a nation.
This bipartisan bill is supported by 56 different conservation and wildlife groups, ranging from The Nature Conservancy and the National Wildlife Federation to the NRA.
It earned their endorsement because it includes a wide range of responsible provisions that are important to sportsmen and women across America.
Mr. President, in my role as the Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen?s Caucus, sportsmen constantly tell me about the importance of access to public lands.
Right now, there are 35 million acres of public land sportsmen can?t access.
That?s why this bill requires that one-point-five percent of annual funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund is set aside to increase public land access ? ensuring sportsmen access to some of the best places to hunt and fish in the country.
My bill also reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. This voluntary initiative provides matching grants to land-owners who set aside critical habitat for migratory birds like ducks.
Over the last twenty years, volunteers across America have completed more than 2,000 conservation projects and protected more than 26 million acres of habitat under this successful initiative.
The North American Wetlands Conservation Act is a smart investment in both our lands and our wildlife ? and it needs to be reauthorized.
My widely-supported bill also authorizes the Secretary of Interior to reevaluate the price of duck stamps to keep up with inflation. Revenue from duck stamps has been used to purchase or lease more than 6 million acres of wetlands, preserving a viable waterfowl population.
And it funds new shooting ranges while encouraging federal land agencies to cooperate with state and local authorities to maintain existing ranges.
This is a responsible bill that takes into account the needs of the entire sportsmen?s community.
Now, some folks around Washington are asking why this is important, but hunting and fishing is a way of life in places like Montana. One in three Montanans hunt big game and over 50 percent fish. And outdoor recreation contributed 646 billion dollars in direct spending to the U.S. economy last year.
Hunting and fishing is NOT just recreation ? it is a critical part of our economy. In Montana, hunting and fishing brings one billion dollars a year to our economy, nearly as much as the state?s cattle industry.
It drives and sustains jobs. And with bow hunting season open and rifle season opening in a few days, this bill is as timely as ever.
Mr. President, the Sportsmen?s Act of 2012 is balanced, it?s bipartisan, and it?s widely supported. It?s also fiscally-responsible: the bill has no cost.
I?ve been Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen?s Caucus for two years.
In that time, I?ve had folks from all across the country tell me why they love to hunt and fish. They?ve also told me how outdoor activities support our economy and create new jobs while sustaining old ones.
But they?ve also told me how much their outdoor heritage means to their families, and about how concerned they are about losing those traditions.
And frankly, they?ve told me how frustrated they are with Washington. And how too many good ideas ? ideas from both parties ? get left behind because of gridlock here.
Mr. President, by approving this sportsmen?s package, we will conserve some of our most productive habitat, pass on our hunting and fishing traditions to future generations, and entrust the land and water we share ? to them.
Sportsmen from across the West have been waiting for a bill like this for a generation. A bill with widespread support that preserves our outdoor economy and secures our outdoor heritage for our children and grandchildren.
I know it?s getting close to election season. But in the time we have left ? the time that we are working on the taxpayer?s dime ? let?s get something done.
Let?s take some good Democratic ideas and some good Republican ideas and pass them. Let?s actually DO something for the 90 million sportsmen and women in this country and for our economy.
The time is now, Mr. President. I urge all members to support this bill, and I yield the floor.
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When my grandfather died many years ago, I remember falling into a fitful sleep on the living room floor of my grandparents' house in Savannah. I woke up the next morning with the vague memory of a dream about my Grampa and with an overwhelming need to find out everything I could about my family's history. The grief I felt about his death left me feeling rootless. It was as if someone had taken away vital link to my identity. I'm not exactly sure why that particular feeling informed my grief, but I knew that digging up my family tree would help. My grandfather's own father outlived him by quite a few years, but he never really spoke much about his past and he had been estranged from his children for many years. So when Great Granddaddy passed, all the questions I had were left unanswered once again. Since I didn't have very many links left to track down my Grampa's roots, I began my obsessive search with my Gramma's side of the family.
I spent pretty much all of my childhood summers in Savannah with my grandparents. There, I heard about people in my family who spoke Geechee and heard that same word applied to my inhuman consumption of rice. I could eat it by the bag full. (I still can though age and an expanding behind have considerably curbed my consumption) It was this word, Geechee, that became the central point to my understanding of Gramma's family and my own heritage. One summer, after my Grampa's passing, I took a trip to Harris Neck where my grandmother was born (the country as she called it), armed with a notebook and her ancient tape recorder ready to capture family history straight from the mouths of my relations.
Over a plates of freshly caught whiting covered in hot sauce with a slice of white bread, Wilson Moran and his mother Mary told me the story of Harris Neck. Mr. Moran is a self motivated researcher with an encyclopedic knowledge of Harris Neck's history. He told me that Harris Neck had been a thriving, self sufficient community of fisherman who lived close to the land which had been allotted to their ancestors during Reconstruction. The town was isolated with no bridges or real significant roads connecting it to the wider world. It had its own sheriff (one of my relatives as it happened) and post office.Source: http://www.isthatyourchild.com/2012/09/though-ive-been-out-of-genealogy.html
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At today's RIM event, the BlackBerry maker gave us a closer look at BB10, with CEO Thorsten Heins talking up the operating system as "all about getting things done" and coining the interface "BlackBerry Flow." He demoed a new Peek feature that lets users access the message notifications screen with a right angle gesture. The function can be used in any app: performing the swipe takes users to the BlackBerry Hub where they can view Tweets, messages and other notifications. There's also a new clock and alarm system, which works by the user holding their fingertip on the bezel and sliding it to the appropriate time to set an alarm.
There's also the business-friendly Balance feature we already knew about, which will let users' IT departments access corporate email and perform remote wipe without affecting the rest of the phone. With Balance, BlackBerry phones essentially have two profiles, one secured for the work environment and one for personal use. It just so happens that we already got a hands-on look at the software running on a Dev Alpha B handset: take a look here.
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Text passwords are unsafe, fingerprints and retinas can be faked. So how do you make an unbreakable password? A Canadian inventor is developing a biometric monitor that fits inside a shoe that he says is unhackable. Doors open for you ? and nobody else. Richard Lui and Bob Sullivan report on technology that will change digital security forever.
By Bob Sullivan
It's been a rough year for passwords.
First, 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were leaked online. Soon after, millions of passwords from eHarmony and Yahoo users were published by hackers. These events exposed untold numbers of accounts to criminals, as many consumers use the same passwords across multiple accounts. ?
The leaks also proved something experts had fretted about for a while: Passwords are very easy to guess. Analysts quickly compiled results from the list of passwords and? found that really dumb choices abounded.?The most common phrase in the LinkedIn passwords, for example, was "link." Not far behind was "1234."
Despite years of warnings, the truth is incontrovertible -- mortal users do a very poor job of defending their data with passwords. To add insult to injury, a recent analysis of debit card PINs shows that 1 in 10 users pick "1234." And the "safest" PIN code, 8068, is no longer safe because it was published in the analysis.
It's quite possible that 2012 will be a turning point in the history of passwords; or rather, it may be the point that passwords become history.
For years, you've been hearing about space-aged authentication systems like retina scans and computers that recognize your voice. And yet, for the overwhelming majority of computer users and home and at work, simple user/password combinations are all that stands between their data and the bad guys.
This old-fashioned system has obvious limitations, the most evident being user memories.? Our brains are ill-suited to recall eight-digit combinations of letters, numbers and special characters that are recommended. Sticky notes with password lists taped to computer screens remain common.
Meanwhile, "Forgot your password?" is among the more popular links on websites, and among the more dangerous, as it often puts only your pet's name and your high school mascot -- easily determined from Facebook -- between your data and hackers.
There has to be a better way. And there is, if Carnegie-Mellon University and a small Canadian start-up firm are right. At the school's new "Biometrics Research and Identity Automation Lab," researchers are investigating whether the way people walk can be used as a simple yet secure way to affirm their identities.
?The continuing threats to military personnel and critical infrastructure and the growing national cybersecurity vulnerabilities demand a new breed of credentialing technology, and what our group has achieved certainly puts a whole new spin on things," said Todd Gray, president of Ottawa-based Autonomous ID, which is working with the university on the project. The system uses a "BioSole" inserted into shoes to assess a wearer?s gait, matching that distinctive pattern against an existing record to verify the person?s identity.
BioSoles are among dozens of new authentication systems vying for acceptance in a thriving industry that has gained momentum because of the recent troubles with passwords. Before we describe more of them, it's important to discuss the basics of authentication technologies and why new systems might succeed where others have failed.?
Security professionals often talk about "two-factor" authentication as a way of double-checking to see if a person logging into a system should be authorized. Traditionally, those two factors include "something you have" and "something you know." For example, a debit card is "something you have,? and a PIN code is ?something you know.? For a criminal to hack your bank account, he or she must have both elements, which is a much harder challenge than simply stealing a password.?
Biometric passwords expand the possibilities into the "something you are" category. A retina scan or fingerprint, for example, authenticates users based on something they are, and, in most cases, cannot change. Biometrics have a decided advantage over passwords because they don?t rely on users? ability to remember them -- you are who your retina says you are. There is a dramatic downside, however. Horror films have long exploited the plot line where a bad guy cuts out a target's eyeball and uses it to log into a computer or enter a secure facility.
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Facial pattern recognition maps are on display at Carnegie Mellon's CyLab.
The newest technologies retain the advantage of biometrics, but don't create the same level of physical risk. They involve "something you do," such as the way you walk, as being researched at Carnegie Mellon. Another similar tool involves quantifying the unique way users type, a technique that's been dubbed "keystroke analysis." These so-called "behavioral" authentication mechanisms give systems architects four distinct methods to choose from.?
Another promising new behavioral technique takes advantage of a skill most video game players know well -- users learn behaviors that become automatic through play.? Later, they can recall these learned behaviors ? they can recognize patterns, for example -- ?without having to think about them. Researchers at Stanford and Northwestern are working on a system that would "teach" users to recognize a pattern of dots in a puzzle-like picture, then have that puzzle serve as a password. As writer Devin Coldewey notes, the most secure password might be the one a user doesn?t have to remember.
Marty Jost, who works in Symantec Corp.'s authentication group, says he thinks behavioral techniques offer the most promise for next-generation "passwords."
"Biometrics have been around a long time, but have historically tended to be unreliable. Just when you need it most, your fingerprints are dirty and they don't read right, for example. That's what's held it back," he said. "The key to success is providing a second factor without making it difficult to use. When you try to use an exotic method, it becomes a different problem, such as a customer service problem or a user satisfaction problem."
Symantec is concentrating on behavioral techniques that don't require dramatic changes by users. For a while, token-based authentication procedures were all the rage -- banks and corporations gave users small gadgets that provided temporary passwords to prove the person logging in satisfied the "something you have" requirement -- but users often misplaced them. So now, companies like Symantec are increasingly using cell phones as tokens. A simple text message or phone call sent to an employee?s phone serves as a second authenticating factor.
"Users are much less likely to lose their phones," Jost said.
Symantec also concentrates on back-end behavioral techniques, such as observing the kind of activities the user is attempting. A user who normally logs in from New York but suddenly appears to be logging in from Hong Kong is flagged for extra security challenges. Similarly, a user who usually transfers small dollar amounts from one account to another is flagged if her or she ?suddenly requests a $10,000 transfer.
"Behavioral data over time develop a profile," he said. ?We can analyze these patterns without having to involve the user.?
Jost is pessimistic about what he calls "exotic" login tools for mass audiences, because even a small failure rate can create a big problem for consumer brands.
"If you are a bank and you?ve done something exotic, if it?s not working for 1 percent of people, that's a lot of people,? he said. ?We try to strike that balance between strength and usability. ? We do things that make the activity safer for people without them necessary even knowing about it."
A user?s tolerance for taking extra security precautions depends on motivation. Some "exotic" methods are already in use today where circumstances encourage their use. In high-crime areas of Brazil, for example, "vein printing" machines that detect blood flow patterns in the palm of a user?s hand have been deployed. In the U.S., where ATM theft rates in the U.S. are not published by banks, the American Banking Association recently said that a successful ATM crime nets more than 10 times the cash as a traditional bank hold-up, and it hopes U.S. banks adopt one or more advanced ATM protection technologies.?
Meanwhile, facial- and voice-recognition systems like Samsung?s ?Face Unlock,? and Apple?s Siri mean consumers are getting used to biometrics in their everyday mobile lives, and they might be more tolerant of similarly imperfect technologies at work and at home.
Avivah Litan, a security expert at the consulting firm Gartner, thinks that the move to mobile computing holds the key to the future of passwords.? As users perform more and more critical functions with their mobile device ? such as mobile banking ? authentication methods will have to change with the times. So-called ?out-of-band? authentication techniques, like text messages sent to web users warning that their accounts have been accessed, are clumsy to use in concert with mobile banking. So Litan thinks that, finally, mobile users will tolerate a biometric technique that they are already very comfortable with ? talking.
?I do think voice has a real shot now,? she said. ?Who wants to carry around a token that might weigh more than your iPhone??
The big hurdle with voice printing is ?enrollment,? or getting an initial clean version of a users? voice that?s used for comparison purposes later. Techniques for mass enrollment are still under development, but cell phone carriers are in a unique position to do this easily when they sell new phones, Litan noted.
?It would be easy for them,? she said. ?But there are plenty of other ways this could be accomplished.?
But despite the technological advances, the crime and all those leaked passwords, are passwords really on the way out?? Jost isn't so sure.
"I certainly think the awareness of the problem is rapidly growing," he said. "It's quite easy to guess (passwords) ? and by using other types of systems you can overcome that problem. Is this a turning point or not? I'm not really sure. But I hope so. It is a problem that gets bigger and bigger."
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) announced today that games industry veteran Steve Tsao has joined GigaMedia as president and chief operating officer of the company's FunTown online games business.
Mr. Tsao has a proven track record in the online games business, having co-founded and grown two publicly listed game companies. Mr. Tsao co-founded United Arab Emirates-based Tahadi Games and led the company from November 2008 to December 2011 as chief executive officer. During that time, Tahadi expanded its operations to four different countries; valuation increased more than five times. Prior to that, Mr. Tsao co-founded IP E-Games in the Philippines. Under his leadership as a director and president, the company grew in four years from a start-up to a publicly traded market leader in Southeast Asia. Mr. Tsao was also founder, director, and chief operating officer of IP-Ventures Group from 2004 to 2008, an investment incubator focused on technology and media companies in Southeast Asia. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
"Steve is the real deal: a great strategic thinker with strong operational skills and an avid gamer/successful entrepreneur who knows how to win -- all the skills, qualities and experience we need to build New FunTown," stated GigaMedia Chief Executive Officer John Stringer. "Steve is already driving change to reinvigorate and strengthen New FunTown, positioning our games business for an improved 2013."
"FunTown has great opportunities to grow and create a new business model; our MahJong is renowned in Taiwan and our ARPU from casual games is exceptional," stated FunTown President Steve Tsao. "We intend to capitalize on the value of our brand and our skill in monetizing games as we extend FunTown's platform to Web/mobile games."
"We are focused on leveraging our assets, updating our products, and increasing our efficiencies," stated FunTown President Steve Tsao. "We are also beginning to rebuild development capabilities and explore growth opportunities outside Taiwan."
"As a result, FunTown is on track for improved top and bottom lines in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2012," stated FunTown President Steve Tsao. "We are also optimistic of delivering sequential growth in the seasonally strong fourth quarter."
About GigaMedia
Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, GigaMedia Limited (Singapore registration number: 199905474H) is a diversified provider of online games and cloud computing services. GigaMedia's online games business develops and operates a suite of games in Asia, with focus on Web-based/mobile games in emerging markets. The company's cloud computing business is focused on providing SMEs in Greater China with critical communications services and IT solutions that increase flexibility, efficiency and competitiveness. More information on GigaMedia can be obtained from www.gigamedia.com.
The statements included above and elsewhere in this press release that are not historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. GigaMedia cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Information as to certain factors that could cause actual results to vary can be found in GigaMedia's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2012.
For further information contact:
Brad Miller, Investor Relations Director
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