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McAfee, think tank push online voting, but recognize security risks

McAfee, think tank push online voting, but recognize security risks

A new paper calls for a push to solve security problems related to Internet voting

The U.S. and other nations should look toward Internet voting to make it easier for disabled and elderly people to cast ballots, and to increase participation among young people, but online security remains a huge hurdle, according to a new paper for the Atlantic Council and McAfee.

Online voting has "the power to revolutionize the democratic process around the world," said the paper, released Wednesday by the think tank and Intel's security division. However, online security will "need to be vastly improved."

With the paper, the Atlantic Council and McAfee are pushing to "change the nature of the cybersecurity debate," said Tom Gann, McAfee's vice president of government relations. "Our goal is to move the public discussion from one that all too often focuses on gloom and doom, to one that focuses on the age of the possible."

The paper lists several potential solutions to the security problems, including broader use of encryption, biometric identification, and preconfigured bootable USB sticks or CDs containing voting software that could be sent to voters.

But as the U.S heads toward a national election in November, large-scale online voting systems in the country are a long way off, some security and e-voting experts said during a discussion of the paper at the think tank.

With the underlying and ongoing security problems of the Internet, secure online voting on a large scale may still be 30 to 40 years away, said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

"You hear about all these breaches; every day there's a new news story," said Pamela Smith, president of Verified Voting, a group that has pushed for electronic voting audit trails. "You wonder sometimes where the idea of sending something as valuable as votes over the Internet, how did that get to be a good idea?"

In the U.S., local governments, many with tiny IT budgets, run elections, Smith said. Many local governments don't have the resources to fix problems or fight off attacks against online voting systems, she said.

Much of the focus on security for online elections has until now focused on securing the network, but vulnerabilities on voters' devices could also cause problems, said Representative Jim Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat. "Relying on a voter's PC or smartphone to honestly represent her intentions is simply naive with malware as prevalent as it is," he said.

In addition, online voting compounds one of the stickier problems of earlier electronic voting machines, in that it can be difficult to verify and audit votes after they are cast, Hall noted. "If you don't have something to audit, if you don't have something to recount, that is independent of the software, you may be in a world of hurt," he said.

Other panelists disagreed about the maturity of online voting systems. A handful of countries including Brazil, Estonia and Switzerland have already rolled out online voting systems, noted Damon Wilson, the executive vice president of Atlantic Council.

Other countries are moving toward online voting in the near future, added Jordi Puiggali, chief security officer at elections technology vendor Scytl. It is possible now to run secure online elections using encryption and other security measures, he said.

"It's impossible to say in 20 years, 'now the Internet is secure,'" he said. "We will have new threats."

With a huge number of potential benefits, technologists and policymakers should focus on improving online voting security independent of the underlying network, said Kent Landfield, McAfee's director of standards and technology policy.

"We don't want wait 30 years to get the Internet as stable as it could be for electronic voting online," he said. "We need to start looking at how to design the voting system to ride on top of that kind of infrastructure, knowing the infrastructure itself is not as secure as we want."

Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's email address is

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Record results for Sports Direct

British sports chain Sports Direct has managed to grow its turnover 23.8 % in the past fiscal year, reaching 2.706 billion pounds (3.4 billion euro). Gross profit grew 15.6 % to 239.5 million pounds (or 303 million euro).

Increased importance for online sales

Its record-setting results were mainly because of its British stores, the Austrian purchases (EAG), the Baltic region (SIG) and its excellent online sales (which grew 26.8 %). Web sales have now taken up 17.1 % of the company's full sales.

A conflict with one of its main suppliers, Adidas, has put Sports Direct in the spotlights over these past few weeks, as Adidas refused to supply shirts for its team at the World Championship Football (like Germany, Spain, Argentina and Colombia) "as [Sports Direct] did not present the products decently". The conflict has been resolved by now and a solution has been reached.

Profits go to purchases and personnel

Another difficult issue this past year was the approval of a personnel bonus package as Sports Direct wants to let management in on the profits if certain targets have been reached. Its new plan goes until 2019 and is worth 200 million pounds (or 253 million euro). Chairman Mike Ashley, who owns some 60 % of the chain, has already waived his own part in the bonus package.

Shareholders will not be getting a dividend as the chain wants to use the profit for possible purchases. The chain is already active in 191 countries (among them Belgium and France), but it still relies heavily on the United Kingdom, with more than 400 of its 600 stores located there.


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October 14, 2013

greet a customer“How do you approach a customer?” visitors to my website often ask.

Not like this, I hope…

I had finished a speech to about 500 retailers and wanted to treat myself to a great meal. In the hotel where I was staying was a Ruth's Chris steakhouse.

Perfect, I thought.

I went up to the hostess station where two twenty-something women were standing. They broke conversation and one turned to me, Dinner? “Yes.”

Just one? “Um, yes.”

Taking another look at me she said, “Do you want to just eat in the bar?

Oh, OK. She led me back to the dining room (which was deserted by the way) and set me at a two-person table in the middle of the room.

“No, that’s not going to work. Can I have this booth?” I asked as I moved towards it.

Uh, sure. I’ll get your server.

I almost walked out.

I went from feeling invincible to feeling like a loser because a hostess – the one most responsible for embodying the spirit of hospitality – made me feel like some kind of loser going to a Denny’s late on a Friday night.

When the server – who was great - asked about my experience at the end of the meal, I told him what had happened. I ended by confiding, “I almost walked out and that means your tip would have not been here tonight.”

He said he’d talk to the manager then added, “I know we have a new girl who’s only been here a couple weeks…”

I interrupted, “Do I care as the customer?” No, you’re absolutely right.

This is a restaurant that caters to business guys. Whether alone or with others, we are the ones who are most likely to patronize their white, linen-covered tables, and order wine, desserts - the works.

What should have transpired?

  1. If two hostesses are necessary and talking, they should never do it side to side so a customer can walk up and not be noticed.

  2. The first thing the hostess should have greeted me with, “Welcome.” Bonus, if she added, “Glad you could join us for dinner.”

  3. She could continue, “Will you be dining with anyone else tonight?” When I said no she could then say, “Excellent. We’re fairly open right now, so you can have your choice of seating. Would you prefer a booth or a table?”

  4. Bonus would have been to ask if it was the first time at the restaurant, where I was from, what brought me to the city, etc. as she was showing me to the table.

I share this story for those of you retailers and restauranteurs who still think marketing is where it’s at. Those of you thinking we just have to get more customers in the doors. Those of you telling yourself, Our customers love us. Those of you trading on your history.

All of that brought the customer to your doors. But... a customer’s opinion of your business can turn on a dime.

Your employee either welcomes the customer without judgment, without attitude, and without trying to peg them as being worth their time – or not.

There are too many places to buy too much of the same thing. Traffic counts are down across the board.

The best place... the only place you can differentiate yourself is within your four walls. Blow that and you blow all the years you’ve been in business and all the goodwill that has accumulated as a result.

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Velocity Ultra Review (PS3)

For a long time the PlayStation minis have represented bite sized chunks of cheap fun, ideally suited to the pick and play mechanics offered by first the PSP and then the PlayStation Vita. However, though fun, many have been nothing more than attempts to replicate games often found on the iOS and Android systems. Velocity represented a departure from this and in doing so created a new standard for what can be achieved with a mini.

With Velocity Ultra, FuturLab have taken the original game and upped the level of the presentation to try and make it a Playstation 3 game in its own right. What they have managed to create is the greatest vertically scrolling shooter from yesteryear that you haven’t yet played. But to merely categorise it as a shooter is doing it a disservice. At its heart there are so many different mechanics going on that it’s something with much more depth than that.

Each of the fifty levels (plus Bonus stages), requires players to juggle with a number of different objectives. First of all, players must blast enemies and simply servive in classic shooter style. Secondly, there are pods spread around the level containing survivors which need to be rescued and last but not least each level is a deadly race to the finish as a clock continually counts down. As you progress the focus changes in each stage with, for example, a static comic book style screen popping up displaying a message to tell you if you can take your time or need to boost through until the end.

It is within the mix of these games mechanics that things become very interesting. Aside from the usual weapon power ups and bombs your ship can also teleport. The levels often descend into crazy scrolling mazes with dead ends, when this happens you need to teleport into a clear section of the level to continue. Holding the right trigger button also speeds up your craft as it moves up the level. This leads to many levels turning into more of a maze race than a shooter, especially when the time limits are set incredibly tightly.

This would be hectic enough but there are even more fiendish things afoot. At a certain point players gain the ability to drop teleport pods. Sometimes these are infinite and sometimes highly limited in use. This allows the player to teleport back to any one of the pods they have dropped and continue the level from there. The reason you need this is because at higher levels there are complex laser shield defence systems that need to be deactivated. This generally consist of anywhere between ten and thirty colour coded nodes that need to be destroyed in numerical order from lowest to highest. Hit one in the wrong order and the whole grid reactivates.

The nodes are of course spread out all over the levels requiring the playing to bounce back and forth around the map to hit them in the right order. There can also be numerous sets of nodes, all in different colours. Couple this with the continued threat of enemies, the time limit and the need to rescue survivors and everything gets incredibly, addictively hectic. Oh and of course hitting any of the laser shields results in instant destruction.

As well as this there are hidden areas spread around the levels that unlock trophies and further bonus missions. This, along with a tough medal grading system based on your performance means there is a staggering about of replay value in the game. Just in case that isn’t enough for you there is also a complete version of mine sweeper and a few takes on classic games such as thrust hidden away in the extras section.

Velocity Ultra has made the transition from handheld to console remarkably well. The visuals spring to life on HD displays and the music has never sounded better. Velocity Ultra is a must have game but there isn’t anything here that wasn’t in the Vita version, so some may well think twice before buying it again. It’s a shame the title isn’t cross buy, but more of a shame that it doesn’t have cross save functionality. Many Playstation network games now offer up these functions as standard so it’s something we can’t ignore.

We’ve said before that if this had been made on the eight or sixteen bit consoles it would be lauded as an all-time classic. This is still about as essential as you can get and shows an imagination, design level and craft that many of the industries big hitters could learn from. For PS3 gamers without a Vita it’s a must buy, the rest of us might be better looking to Velocity 2X though.

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Syrians largest refugee group after Palestinians: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrians have overtaken Afghans as the largest refugee population aside from Palestinians, fleeing to more than 100 countries to escape war in their homeland, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Syrian refugees walk along a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias in the Bekaa valley January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

At more than 3 million as of mid-2014, Syrians accounted for nearly one in four of the 13 million refugees worldwide being assisted by the U.N. refugee agency, the highest figure since 1996, it said in a report. Some 5 million Palestinians refugees are cared for by a separate agency, UNRWA.

“As long as the international community continues to fail to find political solutions to existing conflicts and to prevent new ones from starting, we will continue to have to deal with the dramatic humanitarian consequences,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.

At least 200,000 people have died and half the Syrian population has been displaced since the conflict began in March 2011 with protests that spiraled into civil war.

Worldwide, an estimated 5.5 million people were forcibly uprooted during the first six months of last year, 1.4 million of them fleeing abroad, the UNHCR said.

The Middle East and North Africa has become the main region of origin of refugees, overtaking the Asia and Pacific region that held the top spot for more than a decade.

Afghan refugees, the biggest group for three decades, have fallen to second place, with 2.6 million hosted by Pakistan and Iran at mid-year, it said. Somalis ranked as the third largest refugee group at 1.1 million.

Syria’s neighbors — Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey — continue to bear the brunt of the crisis.

“With 257 refugees per 1,000 inhabitants, Lebanon remains the country with the highest refugee density at mid-2014,” UNHCR said, noting that Jordan ranked second.

Sweden, with 12 refugees per 1,000 inhabitants, is the only industrialized country among major hosts, ranking 10th, it said.

Syrians also formed the largest group of asylum-seekers worldwide during the first half of 2014, lodging 59,600 applications, it said. Germany and Sweden together received 40 percent of these claims, it added.

Iraqis fleeing conflict were the second largest group of asylum-seekers during the period, at 28,900, the report said.

Last year nearly 3,500 migrants perished while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the UNHCR says.

Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Ruth Pitchford

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Russia/Georgia: Moscow Vetoes OSCE's Border-Monitoring Mission

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has failed to reach agreement on continuing the monitoring of Georgia's border with Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Daghestan. Spokesman Richard Murphy said Russia vetoed a draft agreement to extend the mandate for another six months during a meeting today in Vienna.

Vienna, 30 December 2004 (RFE/RL) -- At a highly charged session of the OSCE's Permanent Council in Vienna, Russia said the border-monitoring missions have completed their tasks and are no longer needed.

In practice, their work ends at midnight on 31 December.

Russia also refused to endorse the OSCE's budget for next year, meaning that the organization will have to limp along on emergency funding until the crisis is resolved.

OSCE rules require the consensus of all 55 member states for decisions to be approved.

OSCE spokesman Richard Murphy said border monitors will begin to leave their posts starting tomorrow and continue the process of withdrawal over the weekend. He said Georgia, the United States, the European Union, and others have pledged to continue to pressure Russia to reverse its veto.

"There was no consensus on extending the border-monitoring operation in Georgia," Murphy said. "So as of 31 December, the mandate of the border-monitoring operation will expire. Negotiations will continue in January on this and other unresolved issues, such as the 2005 budget."
The withdrawal of the monitors will be managed in such a way that they could rapidly return if a compromise is achieved.

The monitors are assigned and paid for by individual states -- not by the OSCE.

Murphy said the withdrawal of the monitors will be managed in such a way that they could rapidly return to their posts if a compromise is achieved.

Diplomats in Vienna told RFE/RL that Russia made it clear several days ago that it would refuse to extend the mandate of the monitoring mission. A compromise proposal that would have extended the mandate until 30 June failed.

The OSCE's Georgian border missions began in 1999 when Moscow charged that armed Chechen fighters were traveling back and forth across the border with Georgia. More than 30 nations contributed unarmed monitors to the mission, including Russia.

European Union representative Daan Everts said today that it is "too soon for funeral rites." He said the EU might be willing to supply its own force of monitors to work alongside Georgian monitors. Several delegates suggested that this could create an unfavorable situation for Russia because Moscow would have no control over such an effort.

Concerning the budget, Russia said it would approve it only if the OSCE accepted Moscow's proposal for a special conference on protecting energy supplies and also agreed to a discussion on changing the OSCE's system of monitoring elections. Moscow has criticized the OSCE's conduct of election monitoring in Belarus, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Murphy said the Russian veto will curtail OSCE operations but not stop them. Regulations allow the OSCE to spend 25 percent of last year's budget in the first three months of the new year.

He recalled that Russia also vetoed the budget in 2002 in a dispute involving Latvia and Estonia. It lifted its veto five months later.

Slovenia, which is taking over the chairmanship of the OSCE, said the failure to approve a budget for next year threatens to damage the organization's international credibility.


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Iran's Supreme Leader Appears To Endorse Ahmadinejad For Another Term

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on August 24

Who will be Iran's next president?

Even though the elections are still some nine months away and the candidates' names have not yet been put forward, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seems to have already made up his mind about who should win.

On August 24, Khamenei, who has the last word on all matters related to the Islamic Republic, was quoted as saying that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad should plan on remaining in power for a second term. The remarks were published on Khamenei's website and also by Iran's official state news agency IRNA.

Yet just a few hours later, some of his comments -- made during a meeting with Ahmadinejad and his cabinet -- were mysteriously removed from both websites.

Khamenei had reportedly told Ahmadinejad to work in his last year as if it were his first year.

However, he added that the president should plan for another term: "In other words, imagine that in addition to this year, another four years will be under your management. Work with this in mind; act and plan accordingly."

Iran's newspapers, however, did not report these particular remarks.

'Not In The Interests'

Tehran-based analyst Sadegh Zibakalam believes the comments were censored following an order by the leader himself.

"Even if Ayatollah Khamenei would want deep down in his heart Ahmadinejad to be the winner of Iran's future presidential elections, he wouldn't express his wish so clearly and publicly," Zibakalam says. "Government officials, officials in charge of Iran's official news agency, were probably so happy about Khamenei's comments that they didn't realize the way they published his comments was not in the interests of the Islamic Republic."

Khamenei's apparent endorsement of Ahmadinejad puts Iran's future presidential election in question. An open backing of the president by the leader could lead Khamenei’s loyalists to vote for Ahmadinejad. Some observers believe Khamenei's support for Ahmadinejad was a key factor in his surprise election in 2005.

Among them is Shahram Rafizadeh, an Iranian journalist based in Toronto.

“The remarks by Iran's supreme leader are a sign of his unconditional support for Ahmadinejad’s government, a government that came to power with his special backing,” Rafizadeh says.

Ahmadinejad has been increasingly criticized in recent months and weeks over his handling of the economy and rising inflation and unemployment, which has led to growing public discontent. The inflation recently reached 26 percent and the official unemployment rate has hit 10 percent. Economists, however, believe the real rate is closer to 30 percent.

Conservative Criticism

The criticism has come not only from pro-reform politicians but also conservatives who seem to have lost patience with the president.

The problems that exist in Iran cannot be ignored by those living there.
Last week, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and Ahmadinejad’s main rival during Iran's last presidential elections, lambasted the government over economic problems and issues such as power and water cuts across the country.

Zibakalam says even some hard-liners are now criticizing Ahmadinejad.

“The problem Ahmadinejad’s government is facing -- and to a certain degree, Khamenei -- is that gradually, significant numbers of hard-liners have turned into Ahamdinejad’s critics because of his economic policies and his performance on the international scene, which has put Iran under the shadow of sanctions, isolation and even military attack," Zibakalam says. "The problems that exist in Iran cannot be ignored by those living there.”

Despite such problems, Khamenei praised Ahmadinejad for his handling of the nuclear issue, saying that the president and government had stood up to the “excessive demands” of “bullying and brazen countries.”

Khamenei’s unusually strong backing of Ahmadinejad and his government could silence some of the critics. Ahmadinejad later described the leader’s approval of his government’s performance as “a medal of honor.”

The day after some of the comments were published, Iran’s hard-line daily described the remarks as a “conclusive statement” in support of the government.

Maintain His Support?

So has the fate of Iran’s future presidential elections already been decided?

Some observers believe it remains to be seen whether Ahmadinejad will mange to keep Khamenei’s backing.

Zibakalam believes citizens will still have a say.

“If we interpret Ayatollah Khamenei’s comments as a done deal, meaning that Ahmadinejad will be Iran’s next president -- whether we like it or not -- then this is tantamount to the end of the republic system of the establishment," Zibakalam says. "But I don’t think this is the case. Even if the leader supports such view, in the end I think it’s up to the citizens to decide whether they want Ahmadinejad to be president for a second time or not.”

Some disagree, like this Iranian citizen who shared his skepticism with RFE/RL's Radio Farda: “It’s nothing unusual, not just one term, or two terms. [Ahamdinejad] can remain in power for [as many terms] as [Khamenei] would want him. Anyhow, I hope the people of Iran will [have a say].”

Radio Farda broadcasters Mohammad Zarghami and Nima Tamaddon contributed to this report

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It’s a new year: time for a new set of predictions about how the world will look 12 months hence.

Predicting the future is always a tricky business, but economic prognosticators face even more uncertainty than usual this year. Even as they counsel restraint and cautious optimism, experts see a range of challenges on the horizon. Some can trace their roots back many years, to the most recent global financial crisis.

“Since the deep global recession of the late 2000s, the global economy’s performance has been uneven,” says Fergus Cleaver, Auckland-based accounting expert and partner in Cleaver Partners. “It’s likely that this general trend will continue through 2017, with some important modifications that could benefit or disadvantage international enterprises.”

As the world continues to clean up after the past and push forward into an exciting but fundamentally uncertain future, consensus is emerging that it’s poised to be shaped in the near term by these five key economic trends. Here’s what they are, and what they mean for your wallet.

  1. Rising Interest Rates in the United States

After years of anticipation, it’s finally here: rising U.S. interest rates. At least, that’s the conventional wisdom from the world’s best and brightest economists. The Federal Reserve has already raised rates twice (a total of 0.5%) from post-recession lows, and it’s likely that two to three more raises are on tap for 2017.

That could push the Federal Funds Rate (the U.S. benchmark) north of 1% for the first time in a decade, and make everything from mortgages to credit cards more expensive. On the bright side, savings accounts will finally yield something. (Maybe.)

  1. Flat or Gradually Rising Oil Prices

Oil prices have recovered somewhat from the rock-bottom levels hit last summer, but they’re nowhere near the highs of a few years ago. And it’s not clear that they’ll get back to those highs anytime soon. Commodities experts expect prices for U.S. and Brent crude to hover in the $50 to $70 per barrel range this year: low enough to benefit drivers and manufacturers, but not low enough to panic producers.

  1. Continued Strength in the U.S. Dollar (And Weakness in Pair Currencies)

The U.S. dollar is likely to remain strong in the coming year. That’s potentially good news for countries (and companies) that sell into the U.S. market, as U.S. consumers are flush relative to most other parts of the developed world. It’s also likely to keep energy prices in check, as the U.S. dollar is the de facto currency for oil trading. Conversely, the strong dollar may hamper U.S. manufacturing, dampening the country’s growth rate and causing knock-on effects elsewhere.

  1. Continued Fraying in the Eurozone

With pending elections in France, Germany, and the Netherlands, the Eurozone faces tremendous political risk in the year ahead. If far-right parties win the day in France and Germany, and the Netherlands votes to leave the European Union, the bloc could face a genuine existential crisis, with unpredictable (but likely negative) consequences for the rest of the world.

  1. Possible Tax Changes in the United States

The incoming U.S. administration has promised an ambitious tax reform package. On a macroeconomic level, its most salient feature is a proposed reduction in the corporate tax rate, coupled with a tax holiday for U.S. companies that pledge to repatriate dollar-denominated funds parked overseas. The details have yet to be worked out, but any large-scale repatriation could have an inflationary effect in the U.S. and an opposite effect abroad.

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They’ve not even got out their second game Chantelise yet, but already Recettear‘s translator/Western publisher Carpe Fulgur have lifted the lid on project the third. It’s another translation of a Japanese indie game – this time being side-scrolling RPG/platformer Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone, which apparently has been something of a pet project for CF boss Andrew Dice. Have you heard of it? I haven’t. But then I haven’t heard of most things, like dinosaurs, cheese and the offside rule.

Allow me to copy some pasta for you, as I’m not enormously familiar with most of the comparison games here:

“”It’s cut from the same sort of cloth as Zelda II, Wonder Boy or the original Ys III (Wanderers From Ys, not Oath in Felghana). It includes both combat and puzzle elements, with later puzzles requiring clever usage of all three party members to succeed. Each party member has different abilities – Arche is a swordfighter and is surprisingly strong for her age, Sana is a water spellcaster and has a number of support abilities (and can breathe underwater) and Stella… burns things. Lots.”

What’s a Zelda?

Fortune Summoners appears to have a promising detailed hand-drawn look, though obviously it has ANIME-LOOKING CHARACTERS WITH BIG EYES AND STUFF, therefore some of you will have A VIOLENT OBJECTION to even thinking about this HORRIFIC INSULT to EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR/prefer to look at, regardless of how good a game it turns out to be. Comments like that make my day. No, wait, the opposite. (I’m no fan of that look myself, but it’s never going to stop me from playing something interesting).

More in the announcement post, which also reveals stuff such as being DRM free, having X-input support for assorted gamepads and details on which version of the original Japanese game this is based on. We’re looking at a November or December release, with a demo likely to land a month or two sooner.

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The Bye Bye Man Movie Review

Although I have no special inside knowledge regarding the creation of “The Bye Bye Man,” I can harbor a fairly strong guess as to how it came about. A group of ambitious filmmakers gathered together with the express purpose of creating a truly unique horror film that would uphold the great traditions of the genre while still striking off in new and unexpected directions. After a couple of hours, they decided that was just too hard and chose instead to slap together a bunch of ideas shamelessly cribbed from other movies, and mix them together into a cinematic shrug of indifference that seems custom-made to be presented in empty theaters in the dead of January. At least I hope that’s how it came to be. To think that everyone here intended to make a movie this utterly lifeless and banal from the outset is infinitely more frightening than anything presented on screen.

Following the usual prologue chronicling a horrible event that will eventually be sort of explained, the film turns its focus to a trio of Wisconsin college students—Elliot (Douglas Smith), his girlfriend Sasha (Cressida Bonas) and his best pal John (Lucien Laviscount)—as they move in together off-campus in a run-down old house that they are somehow able to afford to rent even though it appear to be slightly roomier than the Overlook Hotel. Alas, they have barely settled in when weird things begin to happen. A classmate of Sasha’s offers to do a psychic cleansing of the place and senses a lot of bad mojo. Elliot begins hearing weird noises and is convinced that John is trying to steal Sasha from him. Sasha begins to develop an alarming cough. (To be fair, this just might be the inevitable resulting of spending the winter in Wisconsin.) A nightstand is found with the phrase “Don’t Say It. Don’t Think It” scribbled repeatedly inside of it along with a reference to something known as The Bye Bye Man.

As the weirdness continues, Elliot begins to investigate what is going on with him and his friends. With the help of perhaps the most overly solicitous librarian (Cleo King) in screen history, he finally gets to the bottom of things. Apparently, the Bye Bye Man is a malevolent spirit that can be summoned simply by speaking his name only once—when that happens, it gets into your mind and causes its victims to see things that aren’t really there as a way of driving them to madness and murder. This is clearly an unstoppable force with unimaginable powers and therefore it only takes Elliot a few minutes before he figures out a way to fight it off. But will it be enough to help save him and his friends? More importantly, is there any chance that they will be able to get their security deposit back as well? (You may laugh, but the scariest line of dialogue is when Sasha complains to the guy they are renting from about all the weird things going on and he replies, “You did sign a lease.”)

Though I cannot imagine anyone with more than a few functioning brain cells being particularly shocked by this revelation, “The Bye Bye Man” is pretty much as lame as can be—a film that is alternately far too silly to work as a horror film and far too boring to succeed as camp. The screenplay by Jonathan Penner is notable only for its utter slovenliness—the scares are predictable, the backstory is banal and the various rules regarding the Bye Bye Man and the scope of its powers are explained so poorly that viewers are more likely to be confused than frightened. As for the allegedly terrifying visions—which are supposed to be so horrifying as to drive their victims to madness yet still somehow conform to the parameters of a PG-13 rating—they are executed by director Stacey Title in the most indifferent manner imaginable. To be fair, there was one moment featuring the characters wandering through a bleak, chilly and unforgiving landscape that initially struck me as highly creepy and disturbing until I realized that it was supposed to be just an ordinary day in Wisconsin.

Speaking of the characters, they are as bland and uninteresting as can be. The most notable thing about Elliot is the collection of freshly laundered punk rock T-shirts that he wears throughout to symbolize his apparent edginess, and the performances by the three young leads are equally forgettable. The only notable performances in the film are the brief but bizarre turns contributed by the only two familiar names in the cast, both of whom pop up in the final third. Carrie-Anne Moss appears as one of the less convincing tough-talking cops in recent memory, though you get the sense that she realizes just how preposterous the whole thing is. And in the inevitable role of the weird old woman who turns up just before the climax to sort of explain to everyone what is going on, the one and only Faye Dunaway. Like everything else in the film, this particular scene is dumb as can be but it at least generates some degree of tension by inspiring viewers to wonder, “What the hell is Faye Dunaway doing in this?” My guess—Lin Shaye was already booked.

Both as a straightforward horror exercise and a look at the perils revolving around off-campus housing in Wisconsin, “The Bye Bye Man” is the kind of film that is so boring and bereft of anything of possible interest that it becomes infuriating. By the way, as it turns out, the only way to resist the Bye Bye Man is to refuse to say his name or think about him at all, the theory being that the less important he becomes in the minds of his potential victims, the less powerful he becomes. If you go to the movies this weekend, why not test this theory by refusing to speak his name at all, especially when you get to the head of the ticket line. You can help prevent a malignant force from claiming more victims and, perhaps even more importantly, prevent the possibility of “The Bye Bye Man II.”

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Once upon a time, Amagansett, New York, like most of Long Island, was farmland serving the burgeoning port city of New York. It produced, among other things, abundant wheat crops, which were ground by local mills into flour to support the urban population.

Today, the hamlet, which lies near the tip of Long Island, about two and a half hours from Manhattan, is again producing wheat thanks to the efforts of farmers Katie Baldwin and Amanda Merrow.

Baldwin and Merrow run Amber Waves Farm, which they founded in 2009, after the two women met at a farm apprenticeship. Starting with a tiny, experimental crop in their first year, they have built the enterprise into a 25-acre wheat farm, growing a range of heritage varietals. Wheat is only one crop on the farm. Baldwin and Merrow also run a CSA and sell at farmers markets and to wholesale customers.

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From many standpoints, Baldwin and Merrow’s operation is typical of the increasing wave of young, ambitious, and often successful farms dedicated to building a sustainable business on sustainable, local farming.

What sets Amber Waves apart, however, is its educational mission, which is built into the very DNA of the business. Baldwin and Merrow launched their farm in response to a request for proposals for cultivating the land by the Peconic Land Trust, which owned the land. Their business plan was chosen because it included an educational program.

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That program includes farm tours and workshops for school-aged children, designed to “empower children to establish a lifelong connection with their food,” as Baldwin told a local blogger. For young adults, the farm offers a farm apprentice program that has graduated 21 apprentices, many of whom have gone on to start their own farms or other sustainable agriculture projects.

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It’s not surprising that these farmers would be stalwart supporters of farm education, as neither one comes from a farming background and they launched their successful venture after an apprenticeship program of their own at a nearby farm.

“Katie and I are living proof that anyone can become a farmer,” Merrow told the New York Times.

In 2017, Merrow and Baldwin completed a purchase agreement with the Peconic Land Trust for the land that the farmers have been cultivating, as well as for the public farmers market situated nearby. The purchase secures the farm’s future, Baldwin says, and ensures that future generations of local children will grow up with a better sense of where their food comes from.

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Organic Valley is committed to building a future for sustainable family farming and is happy to support Amber Waves Farm as it contributes to a vibrant system of agriculture in America.


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Four sixth form students have qualified to represent the UK at the 2017 International Biology Olympiad, after triumphing over 7,500 other pupils.

The pupils are (from left to right): Rebecca Eden from St Paul's Girls' School, London, Jiaqi Chen from The Perse School, Cambridge, James Baudry from Wellington College, Berkshire, and William Chadwick, from Reading School, Reading.

The team of four were selected after making it into the final 16 for this year’s British Biology Olympiad, which took place earlier this month at the University of Warwick and was organised by the volunteers of RSB’s UK Biology Competitions team, and supported by the BBSRC.

The UK team will compete against students from over 60 other countries, taking part in theoretical and practical tasks and challenges designed to test their biosciences acumen and stretch their understanding of the subject to the limit.

The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is taking place for the first time ever in the UK, also at the University of Warwick, from 23rd - 30th July.

In previous years the IBO has taken place across the world in countries such as Vietnam, Denmark, Taiwan and Singapore.

Dr Andrew Treharne, chair of UK Biology Competitions, the volunteering team at the RSB who runs the events, commented: “We’re very excited to have Jiaqi, James, Rebecca and William representing the UK at this year’s International Biology Olympiad, taking place for the first time ever here in the UK.

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The West has cut off millions of dollars in aid to Uganda after the country introduced harsh new penalties for homosexuality. Uganda has said it can do without the aid and it will show “the world does not owe them a living.”

Uganda has faced a barrage of criticism for a new law that imposes tough penalties for homosexuality. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a bill into law Monday that introduces life sentences for gay sex and same-sex marriage and criminalizes “homosexual propaganda.”

The western world reacted sharply to the new law with US State Secretary John Kerry condemning it as “morally wrong” and compared it to the crackdown on Jews in Germany in the 1930s.

Three European countries have already taken measures to cut millions of dollars of aid going to the Ugandan government. The Netherlands has said it is stopping all aid going to the Ugandan government, but will continue to support non-governmental groups. Norway and Denmark took similar action, slashing annual payments of around $16 million.

Following suit, the World Bank stalled a $90 million loan that was going to help the Ugandan health system. A spokesperson for the World Bank said the payment had been halted to ensure “development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law.”

Despite Uganda depending on foreign aid for 20 percent of its state budget, the government has shrugged off the aid cuts. Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo described the aid payments as “a trap for decadence” and said their removal would actually have a positive effect.

“The West can keep their ‘aid’ to Uganda over homos, we shall still develop without it,” he said in a message on Twitter.

LGBT rights groups have warned that the new law will have disastrous effects on the fight against HIV in Uganda. Unicef said that in 2012 over 7 percent of the Ugandan, adult population were infected with HIV.

However, the Ugandan government has assured its people that gays will have the same access to health facilities under the new law.

"All people, whether they’re sexual orientation [is] gay or otherwise, are at complete liberty to get full treatment and to give full disclosure to their doctors and nurses," Ugandan health minister Ruhakana Rugunda told the BBC.

Uganda has defended the measure in the face of western condemnation, hailing it as a show of their independence from the West’s “pressures and provocation.”

“Outsiders cannot dictate to us, this is our country,” said President Museveni. “I advise friends from the West not to make this an issue, because if they make it an issue the more they will lose.”

The new bill is popular amongst many people in Uganda, where conservative Christian values are widespread. David Kato, who was considered to be a pioneer of the Ugandan gay rights movement, was bludgeoned to death in his own home in 2011 after a magazine published photos of him, identifying him as gay and calling for him to be killed.

Ugandan anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Ssempa (C) leads anti-gay supporters as they celebrate after Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality in Kampala February 24, 2014. (Reuters/Edward Echwalu)


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On top of all that, we examine rugby’s eligibility rules and put forward three solutions that would ensure the integrity of international rugby is assured.

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We reflect on the U20 World Cup and Super Rugby, check in with a thriving club in China and catch up on the latest sevens goings-on ahead of Rio 2016. Plus, there’s 30 Minutes with Sam Burgess, two U20 Hotshots and a rant on deliberate knock-ons

Shane Horgan – He runs the rule over Ireland’s wing options

The Secret Player – Our former pro gives us the inside track on World Cup camps

Adam Jones – The Test centurion pays tribute to Jerry Collins

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Maro Itoje – England’s rising star on poetry, politics and progress

John Barclay – The Scarlet talks about being back in the Scotland mix

Chris Henry – The Ulsterman opens up about his return after heart surgery

Tomas Francis – Meet the Exeter prop who can make a big impact for Wales

The Rugby Championship – Eben Etzebeth on South Africa’s title bid and the World Cup

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The Big Issue – RW takes an in-depth look at ‘flags of convenience’ and the eligibility rules

Sam Warburton – The Wales captain on makes him angry and World Cup preparation

Season Review – Look back at the Pro12, Premiership and Top 14 finals with facts & photos

RWC 1991 – Did England get their tactics wrong in the 1991 final? Read what the players think in this extract from Behind The Rose

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Rob Kearney – The full-back insists Ireland have the game plan to succeed at RWC 2015

Samoa – How ongoing turmoil off the field could affect them come the World Cup

Finn Russell – Scotland’s young fly-half explains why his gambles have paid off

The Piutau Brothers – Charles and Siale Piutau are set to go head-to-head for New Zealand and Tonga respectively at RWC 2015. So how do they feel about being foes?

Worcester – Stephen Jones looks at the Warriors’ chances in the Premiership and gives his verdict on the Championship play-offs

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Nutrition – Why planning your meals is so important

Fitness – Three exercises to help you drive mauls like an England forward

Pro Playbook – Former Harlequins wing Tom Williams reveals his circle ball ploy

Mini Rugby – This month’s game is rugby cricket. Plus, learn how to sell a dummy

Essentials – DVD and book reviews as well as new products on the market

Uncovered – Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli on why it’s all change in Argentina

Tour Tale – How did Ireland’s kit man get revenge on Brian Carney?

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Tierberg Pass

Mountain Passes in or near Vanrhynsdorp, Cape West Coast in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Western Cape Tourist AttractionsTierberg Pass

Where? 30 km from Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape

Overnight? Accommodation in Vanrhynsdorp, in Western Cape

The Tierberg Pass that ventures off the Koebee Pass near Vanrhynsdorp in the Northern Cape might be short and sweet, but it is also steep and difficult.

It takes the form of a single hairpin sweep up to a rooibos farm at the top, by the name of Tierberg Farm. You could describe the pass as a service road, but for bikers and 4x4 enthusiasts it presents a challenge that few would pass up. And the road has been made accessible for that very reason.

It is not a good idea, however, to even attempt Tierberg pass in an ordinary sedan. A 4x4 with a low range is a necessity.

The gravel Koebee Pass (the pass before the pass, so to speak) is regarded in its own right as pretty spectacular, and most of it needs to be driven in either first or second gear. Although, interestingly, you can manage this one in a high-clearance vehicle, there is not a need for a 4x4.

At its summit are a couple of signs, one of which reads Tierberg. Driving Tierberg involves opening, and closing, a farm gate (as tourists, however, we're on a short leash; forget to close the gate and the farm may forego permission to drive the pass).

The first section of Tierberg gives lie to just how steep it really is. An initial steep climb soon levels off and gives one pause for thought as the rest of the climb appears ahead of one. At this point you can still turn around if you think it is too steep for you! You will need good driving skills.

As one ascends, the small peak after which the pass is named appears high above one to the left. The hairpin bend follows with a sharp climb and curl almost simultaneously. Even with the concrete it is bumpy and takes complete concentration to manage. You will need to be in low gear.

It does not end there either for the rest of the climb seems as steep, even with several concrete sections. But the views out over the Koebee valley, and the distant Knersvlakte, are worth the effort.

A road leads from the summit to the farm and if you follow this for a couple of kilometres there is an area that lends itself to turning around. You descend the way you came up, which means that you will need to use low gear and drive down with extreme caution.

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Travel along the N2. Take the Izotsha/Shelly Beach/St Michaels turn-off, with the South Coast Mall on your left. Turn left and then turn right at the second set of traffic lights. Pass the Shelly Beach Centre/St Michaels Bridge and find the BP service station on your right-hand side. Turn right onto Bond Street. When you get to the T-junction you will see Constance Street. Turn right and then take the first left into Vienna Drive. Continue along this road. Pass Grindewald Street. The house on the left-hand side of the road with the cream walls is number 14. At the gate, push the top button on the intercom and wait for the gate to open. Go up the driveway, pass the house, and after the first flat on the left, park your car on the grass.

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The Scottish Dog Breeds presentation will be in the outside covered pavilion of the Celtic Cultural Center at a time and date to be determined. Anyone bringing a dog for the presentation gets one (1) free admission ticket per dog to be picked up at Will Call; you MUST contact Diane McLeod at in advance to take advantage of this benefit.

We need your help in finding the dog breeds listed below for our 2019 Scottish Dog Breed presentation. If you have one of them or know someone that does, please contact:

There are 14 Scottish Dog Breeds broken into 4 categories:

  • Border Terrier
  • Cairn Terrier
  • Dandie Dinmont Terrier
  • Scottish Terrier
  • Skye Terrier
  • West Highland White Terrier

Herding Dogs

  • Bearded Collies
  • Border Collies
  • Rough Collies
  • Smooth Collies
  • Shetland Sheep Dogs

Gun or Sporting Dog

  • Golden Retriever
  • Gordon Setter

  • Scottish Deerhound

Any assistance you can give us will be appreciated. We will have an area set aside for the owners and dog clubs to use after the presentation. There, people can enjoy visiting with the owners and their furry companions and learn more about the unique qualities and special talents of each breed. Several breed clubs and rescue organizations will be present to discuss the work they do with dogs.

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Keeping Our Promises to Our Children

The Campaign to Finish Our School

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Saint John's Catholic Prep Founded 1829
Dr Thomas H Powell, President

In 1829, Fr. John McElroy, SJ, made a promise to build a contemporary Catholic high school for the students of Frederick, Maryland. He not only fostered the Catholic faith, but he promised to build educated citizens for our nation.

We keep faith with his promise, by fulfilling ours to ensure that students at Catholic Prep have a campus that supports them in building their minds, their bodies and their faiths.

We need to fulfill that promise by finishing our high school.

Letter from the President

Most of us remember our high school days. When we look back at this critical time in our lives, it was a time of becoming the persons we are today. My high school days, which I suspect were typical, were times of new learning about myself and our world. So much of my high school experience was about my Catholic high school, the lifetime friendships I formed there and my experiences both in the classrooms and after school.

For many of us, athletics were a central part of our high school experience. Whether we played or cheered for our teams, athletics were the common ground that bound us together and served as the foundation for our joint experiences.

It is no different today. While today’s teenagers have many distractions, it is sports that helps to teach them new lessons. It is sports that provides the respite from their electronically connected world. It is athletics that teaches them about sportsmanship, good competition, and pushing themselves to achieve a common goal.

At Saint John’s Catholic Prep, we pride ourselves in a comprehensive scholastic athletic program that involves 224 students in our 19 sports athletic programs. This is a staggering 74% of our student body. We compete in two athletic conferences comprised of 50 private schools throughout Maryland. Our students have the opportunity to travel to some of our nation’s most beautiful campuses with athletic facilities that rival many colleges.

Sadly, most of our student-athletes do not have home fields for practice or competition. They travel to leased fields, giving them neither a sense of pride nor allowing them to share their beloved high school with visiting teams. As they travel to other schools they see beautiful fields, stadiums, tracks, and outdoor amenities that characterize contemporary high school facilities.

When Catholic Prep moved its campus, we made a promise to our students. That promise was to build contemporary athletic fields for our students. We knew that keeping that promise would not be easy. Keeping that promise would mean self-sacrifice, hard work, and an ongoing commitment to comprehensive Catholic education. We need to keep that promise and we need to do that now.

I know you have many demands for your resources. My request is for you to join us in devoting some of your resources to building a lasting legacy for our students and the many generations of students who will attend Catholic Prep.

While we may be the oldest Catholic high school in Maryland, we have one of the newest facilities and it is not finished. I hope you will help us keep our promise to our students.

With my prayer that God will continue to bless you and your family with His grace,

I am,

Promises to Keep

Naming Opportunities

Many donors wish to honor their families or other loved ones through a permanent naming opportunity. We are offering the following for this campaign:

Altar $5,000
Stained Glass (4) $2,500
Stations $2,500
Mary Statue $3,000
St. Joseph Statue $3,000
Ambo $1,000
Seats (35) $500 3/35

Athletic Stadium

Athletic Stadium
Overall Stadium $250,000
Turf Field $100,000
Scoreboard $75,000
Bleachers $40,000
Concession Stand $30,000
Main Gate $25,000
Press Box $10,000
Flagpoles (2) $5,000
Bleacher Row (40) $1,000 2/40
Pavers (800) $500

Music Room

Music Room
Room Name $25,000
Instrument Storage Center $10,000
Percussion Center $10,000
Band and Choral Library $10,000

Art Room

Art Room
Room Name $25,000
Paint Center $10,000
Graphics Center $10,000
Art Supply Center $10,000

Baseball Field

Baseball Field
Field Name $75,000
Scoreboard $15,000
Backstop $10,000
Flagpole $5,000
Dugouts (2) $10,000
Bleachers (2) $10,000
Pavers (800) $500

Softball Field

Softball Field
Field Name $75,000
Scoreboard $15,000
Backstop $10,000
Flagpole $5,000
Dugouts (2) $10,000
Bleachers (2) $10,000
Pavers (800) $500

Track Name $150,000
Jump Area $20,000
Throw Area $20,000
Pavers (300) $500

Named Scholarship $50,000
Viking Scholarship (10) $5,000 1/10

Special Areas

Special Areas
Multi-Purpose Room $25,000
International Office $10,000
Conference Room $10,000

Ways to Give

You may make a gift to our Promises Campaign in the form of cash, pledges, securities, or
planned gifts. Pledges may be made over five years (2018-2023) in whatever increments
that are most comfortable for you.

All designated gifts will be deposited in a restricted account held by Columbia Bank. The
Board of Trustees will only authorize spending for specific projects when sufficient funds
are raised. A strict accounting of funds will be provided to donors.

Cash- You may make a gift by cash or check. Cash gifts are deductible as provided by law.

Pledges- You may make a pledge to the campaign through 2023 (up to 60 months). Pledges
may allow you to contribute a larger gift than would be possible in any given tax year. We
ask that at least 10% of the pledge be paid at the time of the pledged gift.

Securities- Securities can provide an attractive means of giving. Through this type of
gift, you can receive the charitable income tax deduction and avoid paying tax on capital
gains that would otherwise be due if the securities were sold. In some cases, you may even
be able to carry a “loss” for a multi-year period.

Matching Gifts- Some employers will offer to match your gift or pledge, and you will
receive credit for the entire contribution. Your company can tell you if Saint John’s Catholic
Prep will qualify for a matching gift.

Planned Giving- One of the best ways to grow our scholarship endowment is through
planned gifts of estates. This allows the donor to leave a legacy that will directly help
students in the future. The typical planned gift is through a bequest in a person’s will. You
may give a certain percentage of your estate or other holdings after your family and loved
ones are provided for.

Life Insurance- Some donors wish to donate to Catholic Prep by naming us as a beneficiary and owner of a life insurance policy. Some donors use already existing policies to make a donation by assigning the beneficiary as Catholic Prep. Using this form of gift may have particular tax advantages for the donor.

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