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Are you a Jewish grandparent navigating your relationship with your child, their partner, and your grandchild? Are you the adult, sandwiched between your parent and your young child, respecting the one who raised you and hoping they will respect your choices in raising your own family? I am curious what works (and what doesn?t work). Please comment below and join me as we start a dialogue about the role of grandparents!

I believe step one should be to have a conversation. The grandparent should sit down with their adult child and discuss how each sees the other?s role. Share thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams. Respect each other. Recognize that this can be easier said than done!

But then what? Grandparents: what do you do (have you done) that has worked really well? What didn?t work so well that you would do differently next time? Children, what have your parents done that worked (or didn?t)? What do you wish they would do?

I have five ideas to get us started; I?m interested to hear if you think these will be well received.

• Celebrate a Jewish holiday with the other grandparents. For example, invite them to the Passover seder (along with your child?s family). Include them in your religious/cultural celebrations. Help them better understand Judaism and its rich traditions.
• Ask your child if they need support, resources, or guidance from you. Offer to assist them in the choices that they make. Being active in the Jewish community can be expensive; if you are in a position to help, offer to pay for religious school or summer camp (if your assistance would be appreciated).
• Offer to babysit, but make sure you?re transparent with your plans. Tell your child that you?d like to invite your grandchildren over for dinner on Friday night, light Shabbat candles, say the blessings, and enjoy a wonderful meal together. Attain quality time with your grandchildren and give their parents the night off for their own quality time together!
• Be visible in your grandchild?s life. Visit often if you can. Use modern technology like Skype to see and talk to your family if they live far away (or even if they are around the corner).
• Keep the dialogue open.

What would you like to add to this list?

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Pedersen On Sports | Pedersen on Sports | Tucson Weekly

By the end of this column?assuming you read the whole thing?you'll either be thinking to yourself, "What have I done to deserve this?" or "This was just what the Tucson Weekly needed to cement itself as the top media source in the region."

I get paid either way, so it's no bother to me what the verdict is.

But be warned: This space will be reserved for analysis, bluntness, commentary, discussion and exposition on all facets of sports, recreation and entertainment in Southern Arizona, and maybe even Phoenix if I'm feeling particularly saucy.

DISCLAIMER: This means there will be talk not just about the University of Arizona but also of professional and high school sports as well as bowling, gambling (especially poker), board games and Little League. They're all areas that, frankly, deserve some attention but just don't get enough of it from this region's UA-and-nothing-else slant.

The approach will be a mix of promotion, kudos and character evisceration?if necessary, of the throwing-them-under-the-bus variety. Punches won't be pulled for fear of getting kicked out of the press box or having credentials revoked. That ship sailed with my predecessor a long time ago.

I have opinions, and I like to voice them when appropriate?and also when it's not appropriate, as anyone who follows me on Twitter has learned. These viewpoints come from more than 18 years of witnessing the comings and goings of the sporting and pop culture worlds in Tucson, both as a fan and as a reporter for various local publications.

I even picked up a gig coaching youth basketball, which I heard was a prerequisite for Weekly sports coverage.

My legacy lives on from more than a decade writing for the morning daily, where a certain cup is awarded to the top prep athletic program (yup, I came up with that), a certain approach is taken to selecting prep all-stars (me again) and a certain series of stories chronicles odd attractions found around town (guilty as charged).

But this isn't going to be a place for rehashing what's been done before, or what others are still doing. The only things seen here will be truly relevant in the local sports community, the things people really want to know about. I'm not going to chronicle the music playlists from sporting events?you have my word.

So, let's get the ball rolling:

? Tucson needs to distance itself from its annual rodeo as much as possible if we ever want to be considered a truly progressive and trendy (read: well-heeled-tourist-friendly) locale. Sure, it's nice to be home to the world's largest nonmechanized parade, but we also have a world-class golf tournament here at the same time. And with Tucson also becoming the western hub for Major League Soccer's preseason, we're more than just a rodeo town.

Yet we still let the kids out of school for two days to celebrate "Rodeo Days," a practice that dates back to when people actually went to the rodeo. I've always felt that it should be a requirement to attend at least one calf roping or barrel racing event in exchange for the time off. If that doesn't fly, then please change the name to something else, like midwinter break (that's what we called it back in New Jersey; I used that break in 1994 to visit the UA, and the rest is history) or something all-inclusive like Sports Break.

Just not Rodeo Days. That makes us sound like a podunk community, the kind that shuts down not just schools but all of the businesses on Main Street so everyone can participate in the county fair.

? No matter what changes the Arizona Interscholastic Association makes, Southern Arizona teams are going to get the short end of the stick. It's a Phoenix-centric governing body, with only token advisers from outside Maricopa County, and it's never going to give us a fair deal.

How else can you explain the fact the girls' soccer team at Sierra Vista's Buena High went undefeated in the regular season yet found itself uninvited to the Division I state tournament? The Colts had one tie and 11 wins in games that counted toward the power points system the AIA instituted this school year in reaction to complaints that the previous system was flawed. But somehow this proprietary formula that MaxPreps uses managed to make it possible for an unbeaten club to finish 18th (only the top 16 made the playoffs).

The saddest part was that Buena coach Marilyn Piduch knew that not making state was a distinct possibility despite the team's record. Piduch had no say in who her team played this season thanks to the AIA using a computer program to match schools against their closest opponents in hopes of cutting down on travel.

"It's like our schedule is automatically putting us at a disadvantage," said Piduch, noting that her team had to face the "closer" teams on Tucson's southside instead of tougher opponents a few miles farther away like Catalina Foothills, Ironwood Ridge, Mountain View and Sahuaro.

Some believe things will get better for Tucson next year when all of our larger schools move down to Division II or Division III to avoid battling enormous Phoenix schools for playoff spots. I'm reserving judgment on that.

? Weather and attendance aside, it's a safe assumption that FC Tucson's monthlong SoccerFest was a raging success. It gave local soccer lovers a chance to immerse themselves in the game and created an opportunity for new fans to take a gander at a variety of competitions. Overall, it created a fun atmosphere that permeated throughout the city at a time when so many other big-ticket events (the aforementioned rodeo and golf events, plus the gem shows) are already entrenched.

That being said, a few tweaks could keep Tucson's evolution into a pro soccer mecca moving forward.

Most notably, the ticket prices are going to need to come down to keep growing the fan base. Putting on games involving MLS teams, even in the preseason, is pricey? it's ridiculous how much referees have to be paid just for an exhibition?but the lighter the burden placed on fans to subsidize this soccer effort the better.

One thing FC Tucson and the local soccer machine unfortunately won't be able to benefit from is the use of Arizona Stadium for games, such as a much-desired contest involving either the U.S. or Mexican national teams. Most pro soccer outfits view playing on anything but grass with disdain. So the stadium's artificial turf, and its "ghost lettering" set to be in place for the 2013 football season, all but kill any chances of having a big-time contest held there.

Source: http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/pedersen-on-sports/Content?oid=3654074

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UNC sexual assault victim faces expulsion for talking

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A University of North Carolina sexual assault victim has been charged with violating the school's honor code and creating a hostile environment for her attacker, according to Jezebel.com.

The charge came approximately a month after Landen Gambill, a sophomore at UNC?who last spring reported being raped by a student she says is still on campus?filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. She, as well as others who filed with her?including current and former students, and Melinda Manning, the school's former assistant dean of students?allege that the school had pressured Manning into underreporting sex offense cases.

An email sent by the school last week to Gambill?who says she's facing possible expulsion for speaking out about her ordeal? reads in part:

You are being charged with the following Honor Code violation(s):

I.C.1.c. - Disruptive or intimidating behavior that willfully abuses, disparages, or otherwise interferes with another (other than on the basis of protected classifications identified and addressed in the University's Policy on Prohibited Harassment and Discrimination) so as to adversely affect their academic pursuits, opportunities for University employment, participation in University-sponsored extracurricular activities, or opportunities to benefit from other aspects of University Life.

The matter has been turned over to UNC's Honor Court. If found guilty, Gambill could be subject to a range of sanctions, including probation, suspension or even expulsion.

An avatar used by Gambill's supporters (Twitter)

"This type of gross injustice is unacceptable," Gambill wrote on her Facebook page. "It's important to me that we continue to advocate for the rights of survivors?not just because it affects me personally but because I desperately hope no one has to go [through] anything like this again."

Some of Gambill's supporters have also taken to Facebook and Twitter, changing their avatars to say "I Stand With Landen" and tweeting messages with the hashtag #standwithlanden.

Colby Bruno, managing attorney for the national Victim Rights Law Center, told InsideHigherEd.com the code violation is "outrageous.? For the university "to entertain this as a viable claim is a problem, because it's not,? Bruno said.

[Related: Fox News co-host apologizes for campus rape remark]

The university would not comment on Gambill's case, citing federal privacy laws. But at a board meeting last month, Leslie Strohm, UNC's vice chancellor and general counsel, told trustees "the allegations with respect to the underreporting of sexual assault are false, they are untrue, and they are just plain wrong."

In 2010, the Department of Justice estimated that 25 percent of college women "will be victims of rape or attempted rape before they graduate within a four-year college period," and that schools with more than 6,000 students "average one rape per day during the school year.?

According to New York University's "National Statistics about Sexual Violence on College Campuses," fewer than 5 percent of such cases are reported to law enforcement.

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Satechi Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader

• Pros

  Speedy USB 3.0 connection. Doesn?t require an external power supply.

• Cons USB connection only.
• Bottom Line

  The Satechi Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is a versatile, nicely designed USB 3.0-compatible solution for users who need to access data stored across multiple card formats.

By Ahmer Kazi The Satechi Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader ($29.99 direct) is an attractively designed, portable solution for users without a built-in card reader in their system, or have one that can't read different card formats. . It serves up a convenient, USB 3.0-compatible way to access and transfer data stored in SD, XD, MS, TF, M2, and CF formats.

Measuring 0.6 by 4.1 by 2.5 inches (HWD) and weighing a scant 4 ounces, the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is tiny enough to slip into your pants pocket or backpack without adding any noticeable bulk. With the exception of the plastic front and rear panels, the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is constructed entirely out of sleek brushed aluminum. Consequently, its chassis earns points for style while also providing a degree of sturdiness that would otherwise be absent in, say, an all-plastic design.

The top of the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is simple and unadorned, save for an LED power indicator that emits a bright blue light when the unit is connected to your system. Four included adhesive feet can be affixed to the bottom of the unit to provide a grip for smooth surfaces. The front panel of the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader houses slots for MS, TF, M2, and SD card formats. The rear panel, meanwhile, sports XD and CF card slots.

There's a USB 3.0 port for connecting the reader to your system. It's backwards-compatible, so the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader can also be connected via USB 2.0. Moreover, since the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is bus-powered, no external power supply is required. As its name implies, though, the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader only supports a USB connection; users with a preference for eSATA or FireWire need to look elsewhere.

The Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is compatible with Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7/8) and Mac (OS 10.2 or higher). In both operating systems, setting it up is a straightforward process that requires little beyond simply plugging it into your system's USB port. Since it's a plug-and-play device, I found it equally easy to use in both Windows and Mac, and functioned identically in both operating systems, albeit with one wrinkle: In Windows, the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader appears as five removable disks, with each one representing the five slots. In the Mac interface, conversely, only slots with inserted cards appear as a removable drive. More importantly, the card slots are judiciously arranged between the two panels in a way that prevents overcrowding when the Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is fully loaded. That, along with a generously-sized 24-inch USB cable, make for a hassle-free user experience.

Whether you've got data stored across multiple SD, XD, MS, TF, M2, CF cards and don't have a system with an integrated card reader or if you prefer to access multiple cards at once, the Satechi Multifunction USB 3.0 Card Reader is an great option. Overall, it's a portable and convenient way to access and transfer data stored in multiple card formats. While it would have stood to benefit from giving users the option of connecting via eSATA or FireWire, it's nonetheless worth checking out.

By Ahmer Kazi

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Clearwire borrows $80 million from Sprint but still flirts with Dish

Who knew that the greatest love triangle of the decade would involve the mobile industry's own Bella Swan, Clearwire? The network provider has accepted an $80 million loan from nailed-on suitor and sparkly vampire, Sprint, but Clear is still pondering a buyout offer from Jacob, sorry, Dish Network. The scuttlebutt around Forks the industry is that Dish will withdraw its bid after spurned by Clearwire one too many times -- but you never can tell with true love, or multi-billion business deals.

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Large shark kills man in New Zealand

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) ? A shark possibly 14 feet long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach on Wednesday, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator.

Muriwai Beach near Auckland was closed after the fatal attack, one of only about a dozen in New Zealand in the past 180 years.

Pio Mose, who was fishing at the beach, told The New Zealand Herald he saw the swimmer struggle against the "huge" shark. He told the man to swim to the rocks, but it was too late.

"All of a sudden there was blood everywhere," Mose said. "... I was shaking, scared, panicked."

Police Inspector Shawn Rutene said in a statement that the swimmer, who was in his 40s, was about 200 meters (650 feet) offshore when the shark attacked. He said police went out in inflatable surf-lifesaving boats and shot at the shark, which they estimate was 12 to 14 feet long.

"It rolled over and disappeared," Rutene said, without saying whether police are certain that they killed the creature.

Police recovered the body of the swimmer, whose name was not immediately released because his relatives had yet to be notified.

About 200 people had been enjoying the beach during the Southern Hemisphere summer at the time of the attack. Police said Muriwai and other beaches nearby have been closed until further notice.

Police did not say what species of shark was involved in the attack. Clinton Duffy, a shark expert with the Department of Conservation, said New Zealand is a hotspot for great white sharks, and other potentially lethal species also inhabit the waters.

Attacks are rare. Duffy estimated that only 12 to 14 people have been killed by sharks in New Zealand since record-keeping began in the 1830s.

"There are much lower levels of shark attacks here than in Australia," he said. "It's possibly a function of how many people are in the water" in New Zealand's cooler climate.

He said that during the Southern Hemisphere summer, sharks often come in closer to shore to feed and to give birth, although that doesn't necessarily equate to a greater risk of attack.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time they ignore people," he said. "Sometimes, people get bitten."

Around the world, sharks attacked humans 80 times last year, and seven people were killed, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. The death toll was lower than it was in 2011 but higher than the average of 4.4 from 2001 to 2010.

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreigners

Map locates Luxor, Egypt, where a hot air balloon crash killed foreign tourists

Map locates Luxor, Egypt, where a hot air balloon crash killed foreign tourists

Egyptians gather near the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists, a security official said. (AP Photo/Hagag Salama)

A victim of a ballon accident is seen in a body bag lying on a dirt road near the scene of a crash outside al-Dhabaa village just west of the city of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists, a security official said. (AP Photo/Hagag Salama)

Rescue workers inspect the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists, a security official said. (AP Photo/Hagag Salama)

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) ? A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 18 foreign tourists, a security official said.

It was one of the worst accidents involving tourists in Egypt and likely to push the key tourism industry deeper into recession.

The casualties included French, British, Belgian, Hungarian, Japanese nationals and nine tourists from Hong Kong, Luxor Governor Ezzat Saad told reporters.

Three survivors of the crash ? two tourists and one Egyptian ? were taken to a local hospital.

According to the Egyptian security official, the balloon carrying at least 20 tourists was flying over Luxor when it caught fire, which triggered an explosion in its gas canister, then plunged at least 300 meters (1,000 feet) from the sky.

It crashed into a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village just west of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Bodies of the dead tourists were scattered across the field around the remnants of the balloon. An Associated Press reporter at the crash site counted eight bodies as they were put into body bags and taken away. The security official said all 18 bodies have been recovered.

The official said foul play has been ruled out. He also said initial reports of 19 dead were revised to 18 as confusion is common in the aftermath of such accidents.

In Hong Kong, a travel agency said nine of the tourists that were aboard the balloon were natives of the semiautonomous Chinese city. There was a "very big chance that all nine have perished," said Raymond Ng, a spokesman for the agency. The nine, he said, included five women and four men from three families.

They were traveling with six other Hong Kong residents on a 10-day tour of Egypt.

Ng said an escort of the nine tourists watched the balloon from the ground catching fire around 7 a.m. and plunging to the ground two minutes later.

In Paris, a diplomatic official said French tourists were among those involved in the accident, but would give no details on how many, or whether French citizens were among those killed.

Speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to be publicly named according to government policy, the official said French authorities were working with their Egyptian counterparts to clarify what happened. French media reports said 2 French tourists were among the dead but the official wouldn't confirm that.

Hot air ballooning, usually at sunrise over the famed Karnak and Luxor temples as well as the Valley of the Kings, is a popular pastime for tourists visiting the area.

The site of the accident has seen past crashes. In 2009, 16 tourists were injured when their balloon struck a cellphone transmission tower. A year earlier, seven tourists were injured in a similar crash.

Egypt's tourism industry has been decimated since the 18-day uprising in 2011 against autocrat leader Hosni Mubarak and the political turmoil that followed and continues to this day.

Luxor's hotels are currently about 25 percent full in what is supposed to be the peak of the winter season.

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Associated Press writers Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.

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Scientists reconstruct Russia meteor trajectory (+video)

Relying on videos of the meteor as it streaked across the sky over the Ural mountains, a pair of Colombian astronomers say they have reconstructed the space rock's orbit.

By Eoin O'Carroll,?Staff / February 26, 2013

This dashcam video frame grab shows a meteor streaking across the sky of Russia?s Ural Mountains earlier this month.

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A duo of Colombian scientists say they have reconstructed the orbit of the meteor that exploded earlier this month over?Chelyabinsk, Russia.?

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This is a virtual exploration of th epreliminary orbit computed by Zuluaga & Ferrin (2013). Scientific details can be found at arxiv:1302.5377

Relying on videos of the meteor from?Chelyabinsk's Revolutionary Square?and in the nearby city of Korkino, astronomers Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, triangulated the speed and position of the meteorite as it fell to Earth.

Zuluaga and?Ferrin's?conclusion rests on the assumptions that a 20-foot hole in the ice of?Lake Chebarkul was caused by a fragment of the meteor, and that this fragment was traveling along the same trajectory as its parent body. Divers have yet to find a meteorite in the lake.?

The pair were inspired by blogger Stefan Geens, who analyzed video of the shadows cast by light poles in?Revolutionary Square as the blazing meteor passed overhead. Using simple trigonometry, Geens estimated the path of the meteor, noticing that it squared nicely with an image of the meteor's contrail that just happened to have been picked up by a European weather satellite.?

In a paper published online at arXiv.org,?Zuluaga and?Ferrin took Geen's analysis further, using a gravitational analysis to reconstruct the path of the rock going back four years before impact. Their analysis indicates that the meteor was one of the Apollo asteroids, a class of space rocks whose elongated orbits occasionally cross that of our planet. There are about 5,200 known Apollo asteroids, the largest of them being 1866 Sisyphus, a six-mile wide rock discovered in 1972. Sisyphus is comparable in size to the impactor thought to have caused a global extinction event some 66 million years ago, ending the age of the dinosaurs.?

In an effort to prevent a repeat of this sort of event, European Space Agency officials announced a plan to smash a spacecraft into an Apollo asteroid?in 2022?to alter its orbit, just for practice. The target of the joint European/US Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission, a rock named?65803 Didymos, poses no threat to our planet in the?foreseeable?future, unless of course the mission goes seriously wrong and Didymos is knocked into our path.??

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Oscars 2013: The Five Moments That Actually Mattered

Here's what everyone should be talking about the day after the awards.
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Survey: Most Developers Now Prefer HTML5 For Cross-Platform Development

According to a new survey commissioned by Telerik’s Kendo UI, the majority of developers now prefer to work with HTML5 instead of native apps for their cross-platform development. Half of the 5,000 developers surveyed in the company’s 2013 Global Developer Survey also said that they developed apps using HTML5 in 2012 and 90% of them plan to do so in 2013. Only 15% of developers said they would prefer to use a native-only approach. The idea behind the survey, Kendo UI’s VP of the company’s HTML5 web and mobile division Todd Anglin told me last week, was to understand how developers are working with HTML5 and what kinds of apps they are developing. The company, however, also looked at the larger HTML5 ecosystem and found, for example, that most developers said they were interested in developing for Windows 8 (66%) – something Microsoft will likely be happy to hear – and ChromeOS (47%), but weren’t all that interested in Blackberry 10 (13%) and Tizen (8%). It’s worth noting that this preference doesn’t always result in actual products getting shipped. Many of these developers are probably working for larger corporations that don’t give them the flexibility to develop in the languages they would like to. Kendo UI surveyed about 5,000 developers from around the world for this survey over the course of January 2013. Most of the developers worked for small and medium businesses (51%) , 29% worked for startups and 20% for enterprises. Given that these developers were likely already interested in HTML5 before they took the survey, chances are the results are somewhat biased toward HTML5. Interestingly, the developers surveyed by Kendo UI also said that Blackberry and iOS are the most?difficult?platforms to develop for. Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 ranked as the easiest with Android falling in the middle. As Anglin noted, the reason for this could be the fact that developers can use HTML5 to write apps for the Windows platforms, but also that Microsoft provides a very robust set of tools for its developer ecosystem. As for the kinds of HTML5 apps developers are working on, the survey found a clear emphasis on productivity apps (54%) and utilities (38%). Entertainment, lifestyle, travel apps and games ranked at the bottom of the list. Given these results, it’s no surprise that most developers also told the researchers that they thought the most important modern web technologies right

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Seth Rogen Oscars: Actor Mistaken For Host Of The Oscars

He also hopes that Seth MacFarlane can "turn the show around." Ding!

Seth MacFarlane jokes that the first time he saw Ben Affleck's beard, he thought the "Kardashians made the jump to film." Jokes!

Liam Neeson introduces the second batch of Best Picture nominees: "Argo," "Lincoln," "Zero Dark Thirty." Fun fact: Neeson was originally set to play Lincoln before Daniel Day-Lewis was cast.

The complete rundown of 2013 Oscar winners here.

Upset! "Open Heart" was favored to win Best Documentary Short Subject.

Congratulations to "Curfew," the 2013 Oscar winner for Best Live-Action Short.

HuffPost Los Angeles reporter Sasha Bronner is in the interview room at the Oscars. That's where someone asked Christoph Waltz, Oscar winner, about the possibility of a "black pope":

"It would be exciting. I am a very adamant non-racist. I don?t care whether the pope is black or white or whatever color. If we are non-racists, than we have to stay non racist all the way."

Now you know.

Shirley Bassey gets a standing ovation after singing "Goldfinger," the title song from "Goldfinger" and one of the most famous James Bond themes ever. More below.

To honor 50 years of James Bond, Oscars producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron put together a special celebration of the famed and fictional secret agent. Singer Shirley Bassey, who recorded the theme songs from Bond favorites "Goldfinger," "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker," performed on the telecast.

More on the James Bond Oscars tribute here.

Singing "Goldfinger," bringing the the house down.

Famed Bond Girl Halle Berry introduces the James Bond tribute.

Can you hear the people sing?

Jacqueline Durran accepted the award. Eiko Ishioka, who was nominated posthumously for "Mirror Mirror," did not win. More on Ishioka here.

Poor guy. He was trying to give a shout out to Rhythm and Hues. More on that situation here.

This is the second Oscar for "Life of Pi." That tiger looked real, sorry "Marvel's The Avengers" effects team.

Miranda, who shot "Life of Pi," defeated Roger Deakins, Robert Richardson, Janusz Kami?ski and Seamus McGarvey. Deakins, who shot "Skyfall," lost for the 10th time.

Then brings out "The Avengers."

Reese Witherspoon introduces clips from "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild."

We're upset here in the live blog, but what are you going to do. Here's more on "Brave," Best Animated Feature winner at the Oscars:

"Brave" is the seventh Pixar film to win Best Animated Feature in the 12 years that the category has existed at the Oscars. Co-directed by Andrews and Brenda Chapman, the film was a worldwide smash, grossing over $535 million. "Brave" was an important feature for the animation studio as it was the first Pixar film to feature a female protagonist.

"Brave" wins Best Animated Feature, beating "Wreck-It Ralph," "Frankenweenie," "Pirates: Band of Misfits" and "ParaNorman."

Watch the incredibly wonderful "Paperman" by clicking here.

The two "This Is 40" stars are here to present Best Animated Short.

How Christoph Waltz won his second Oscar:

Waltz, who plays a German bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's Spaghetti Western homage, had previously won Best Supporting Actor awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) and BAFTA. Pairing with Tarantino has been a bingo for Waltz; he also won Best Supporting Actor for "Inglourious Basterds," Tarantino's revisionist World War II drama, at the 2010 Oscars ceremony.

More here.

And then MacFarlane made out with Sally Field. Yep, that happened.

More on MacFarlane's monologue here.

Christoph Waltz bows to his fellow nominees, then thanks Quentin Tarantino and his character.

"I thank Jamie Foxx and Leo DiCaprio. Sam Jackson and Kerry Washington," Waltz said.

This is his second Oscar. He also won for "Inglourious Basterds," also written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Christoph Waltz wins Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained."

Octavia Spencer is here to announce the winner of Best Supporting Actor.

... From the future. (Still happening.)

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/seth-rogen-oscars-actor-host_n_2756017.html

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Donaghey Scholars

The Donaghey Scholars Program is pleased to announce that we have a new Program Administrator! Dr. Jessica Scott joined our team last September, replacing Eileen Turan, who began a doctoral program at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Scott is an Arkansas native and a graduate of Benton High School. She studied anthropology and history at UALR and went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Environmental Dynamics from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. Along the way, Dr. Scott also gained business experience, working for The Walt Disney Company in Orlando,Florida, and Neiman Marcus in Dallas,Texas. She taught for four years at UA-Fayetteville, including 2 years of teaching exclusively in the Fulbright Honors College, and has spent the last 3 semesters teaching here at UALR.

Dr. Scott?s academic research improves our understanding of human evolution by reconstructing the ancient environments occupied by our ancestors millions of years ago. She has conducted research in South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Great Divide Basin in Wyoming. With fifteen peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals like The American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Mammalia, The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and The Journal of Human Evolution, Dr. Scott is a respected scholar in her own field and we are very lucky to have her on board. In addition to her position in the Donaghey Scholars Office, Dr. Scott teaches Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Human Paleontology, Dental Anthropology, and Egyptology for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UALR. This spring, she began teaching Science & Society II for the Scholars Program.

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Vatileaks probe will stay secret, says Benedict

As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to step down from his position in a matter of days, Italian newspapers are reporting rumors of blackmail and conspiracy. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News

A potentially explosive report into embarrassing leaks from the Vatican will be seen by only two people ? Pope Benedict XVI and the man who succeeds him.

Italian newspapers have already angered the Vatican by suggesting that the report found evidence of corruption, blackmail and a gay sex ring, and that it triggered Benedict?s decision earlier this month to give up the papacy.

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The Vatican said in a statement Monday that Benedict, who commissioned the report on leaks from three cardinals, is the only person who knows its contents and will make them available only to the next pope.

The pontiff also praised the cardinals for showing "the generosity, honesty and dedication of those who work in the Holy See," considering "the limitations and imperfections of the human component of each institution."

Over the weekend, the Vatican took the unusual step of lashing out at the Italian press ? accusing it of "unverifiable or completely false news stories"?designed to influence the conclave that will pick the next pope.

Father Thomas Reese, author of "Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church," said that Benedict?s decision to keep the report secret was not a surprise.

"The Vatican doesn?t like to do its laundry in public," he said.

In any event, he added, the new pope could always decide to make the report public. Benedict?s decision simply gives him cover in case he wants to keep it private, Reese said.

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Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. Look back at his life from childhood through his papacy.

The pope ordered the report on what has become known as the Vatileaks scandal last year after documents became public that deeply embarrassed the church, including some of Benedict?s own correspondence and letters alleging corruption.

Benedict pardoned the ex-butler, Paolo Gabriele, just before Christmas.

The pope, 85, announced earlier this month that he would abdicate, the first leader of the Catholic Church to do so since the Middle Ages. His last day is Thursday. A conclave to pick successor begins next month.

The decision to keep the leaks report secret adds a layer of intrigue to what has already been a tumultuous papal transition.

Just Monday, the most senior cleric in Britain, Cardinal Keith O?Brien, resigned after The Observer newspaper reported that three priests and a former priest had accused him of inappropriate behavior going back 30 years.

Also Monday, the pope changed Vatican law to allow his successor to be picked sooner ? as soon as all the voting cardinals are in place in Rome. Under previous law, the conclave could not have begun before March 15.

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Britain?s top cardinal quits amid priests? allegations

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The Pattern: Explanations for reconnecting with an Ex! | The Quarter ...

Going for dinner with the ex (the ex before the most recent ex) was not on the list of things to do this week. I had opted out of going to an expat party in Amsterdam with my friends. I had things to do and I could already predict the party; drunk Mediterranean guys with one goal. So I was looking forward to a quiet night in. Randomness is an understatement when out of the blue an ex contacts me to go to dinner. It took me a few minutes to realise my supply of U.S. Cold medicine had not gone to my head and I didn?t read the message wrong. Reading my blog you are aware that randomness is no stranger to my life, so I thought to just roll with it. Not going to lie, I spent a good hour wondering why the ex who I thought hated me wanted to meet for dinner. I debated standing him up, I refused to change lingerie just in case it was one of those kind of messages. I consulted with friends, but finally I said screw it and why not? I could have had this dinner long ago. Hell, I could have a dinner with all my ex?s present. So dinner turned to a game of pool and pool turned into several cups of tea at home. Whilst I cleaned the tea cups which I successfully did not throw at my ex (as I did 9 months ago). Another random life thought came to me; there seems to be a pattern. Why is it that when we want to form a normal relationship with our most recent ex, it doesn?t work. Yet, a normal relationship with our ex before is suddenly possible? Must there always be an ex in between?

If I had to present a thesis on why I am moving on from my recent ex, then I could. However, despite my attempt at bringing normalcy to our friendship that we say we both want to have, a thesis would be a lost cause to us at present. My recent ex has been avoiding eye contact to the point I might as well wear a pirate patch and he wouldn?t notice. Our ability to talk about everyday things is so absent that I might as well say I am moving to Siberia and see if he notices. Maybe it is sexual tension or maybe it is just too soon, but I am ready to say Oy Vey and down a glass of whisky because of this situation. Why do I want normalcy between us so badly now? Why not? Why must there be uneasiness if you both know your not meant to be with the other? Why not enjoy long talks as friends do? Why not feel there is no one I need to avoid in Holland?

It seems there is an unwritten protocol of when you can become friends with your ex again. I have realised it is when there is a relationship between your relationship with that person. For example, after you break up, you both see other people and possibly form new relationships with other people. Then when you break up with the new relationship it is now okay to contact your previous ex. There is a buffer relationship between you two. It is a safety net. You both proved you moved on from the other. There is time between you. You have had a chance to evaluate relationships in general and more importantly your energy of avoidance is now saved for avoiding an argument with your recent ex. You come to a point where there is no reason, but to not be friendly to the previous ex. Which is what Friday was for me. We both had a breakup buffer between us. We both moved on from the other and found ourselves in other relationships and with a newer breakup than our own.

There was a third wheel present at our reconnect dinner, our most recent ex?s. The only thing is that they have no clue they were present and they were physically invisible to us. They were our buffer of safety, the reason why we could now reconnect. The relationships between our own past relationship has provided time and an opportunity for personal growth and realisations. We can laugh about all the things we had wrong and right. We accept that everything happened for a reason. You feel comfortable around the other. You are at a point where you both just want to bury the hatchet.

Maybe I have it all wrong and we decided to meet just because we were bored and had nothing better to do. However, I have realised this is not the first time in my romantic history of this pattern. I am liking this pattern that gives some explanation for the randomness of what was my Friday night, but more importantly I like that this pattern outlines the importance of time and realisations. Still I have an urge to invite my two favorite (and only ex?s in NL) to my next Shabbos (Friday night) dinner table just to enjoy life. However, my patterns are telling me to take a chill pill and let my recent ex be, reconnect with the one ex and just enjoy waiting for the next prince charming to come along. All I can predict is that one day I will find myself in another random Friday night with another ex and we will be reconnecting because we have an invisible relationship buffer between our own.

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Nestle buys U.S. medical foods firm Pamlab

ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle has agreed to buy U.S. medical foods company Pamlab, the latest in a string of recent acquisitions as the world's biggest food group expands in health and nutrition.

Nestle Health Science, which was set up in 2011 as the Swiss-based firm seeks to profit from growing demand for medical foods from an ageing population, said it was not disclosing terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval.

Pamlab, which was founded in 1987 and employs over 300 staff, makes medical foods for patients with conditions including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, dementia, depression and high-risk pregnancy.

"Pamlab will particularly strengthen our brain health platform and provide us an additional foothold in metabolic health in the U.S.," Luis Cantarell, head of Nestle Health Science, said in a statement.

Last year, Nestle bought a stake in U.S. firm Accera, which makes a medical food brand for Alzheimer's patients.

It has also acquired U.S. firm Prometheus Laboratories, which makes tests and drugs for inflammatory bowel diseases, and UK-based CM&D Pharma Ltd, which makes a chewing gum for kidney patients.

(Reporting by Emma Thomasson; Editing by David Cowell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nestle-buys-u-medical-foods-firm-pamlab-064919785--finance.html

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Rush Limbaugh: The Left Has Won!

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The Pirate Bay Leaves Sweden Over Legal Threats

The Pirate Bay is leaving Sweden, because pressure from a local anti-piracy group representing the entertainment industry is getting too much for it. Instead, the 'Bay will be hosted across Norway and Spain, reports Torrent Freak. More »

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New insight into dogs' fear responses to noise

Feb. 18, 2013 ? A study has gained new insight into domestic dogs' fear responses to noises. The behavioural response by dogs to noises can be extreme in nature, distressing for owners and a welfare issue for dogs.

The research by academics from the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol, and funded by the RSPCA, is published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science. The study provides an important insight into dogs' fear of noises, and could improve our understanding of behavioural signs of fear or anxiety.

In the study two approaches were taken to investigate the occurrence of, and risk factors for, these behaviours: a postal survey of dog owners to investigate general demographic factors and a structured interview of a sub-set of owners to gather more detailed information.

Almost half of the owners who were interviewed reported that their dog showed at least one behavioural sign typical of fear when exposed to noises such as fireworks, thunder and gunshots, even though only a quarter had reported their dog as 'fearful' of noises.

This suggests that whilst they are aware of their pet's behavioural response when exposed to a loud noise, owners do not necessarily recognise this as being indicative of fear or anxiety. This has relevance both for awareness of compromised welfare, and the methodology for surveying such behaviour.

The most commonly reported behavioural signs were vocalising, trembling/shaking, hiding, vocalising and seeking people. It is thought trembling and shaking are more often reported by owners than other behaviours because they are similar to fearful behaviours in humans.

Other behavioural signs, such as decreased activity or salivation, may not be as easily recognised by owners as signs of fear, and may be under-reported. Also, signs of urination, salivation and destruction may make owners disappointed or angry, and this may influence their interpretation that such behaviours are associated with fearfulness.

Responses to fireworks were the most common, but fear responses to loud noises such as fireworks, gunshots and thunder appear to commonly co-occur, suggesting generalisation between salient stimuli.

The risk factors for owner-reported fear of noises included breed, although 12 breeds or breed types were less likely to show fear responses to noises than cross-breeds, including popular gundog breeds such as the Labrador, Cocker Spaniel and Springer Spaniel; age, where risk increased with age; and origin, where dogs living with the owner who bred them had a reduced risk compared to dogs purchased from the breeder by a second owner, supporting the view that an early environment that is very similar to the environment experienced in adulthood is advantageous.

The researchers suggest a dog's early life experience is an important factor in the development of fear responses to specific loud noises.

Dr Rachel Casey, European Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine and Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Bristol University, said: "Our results suggest that the characteristics of dogs, their early environment, and exposure to specific loud noises are involved in the development of fear responses to noises. Interestingly, less than a third of owners sought professional advice about treatment for their pet's response to noises."

Disappointingly, less than a third of owners currently seek professional advice about treatment for their pet's fear. The researchers recommend there is a need for veterinary surgeons to increase awareness among the general dog owning public that treatment is both available and effective in dealing with fears of loud noises, and to direct them towards appropriate sources of help.

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Obama says Congress needs to avert cuts

President Barack Obama on Tuesday morning will stand with emergency responders at the White House, according to a White House official, to issue yet another warning to congressional Republicans ahead of across-the-board, automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. The cuts total $85 billion and are set to go into effect if a budget is not passed by March 1.

The president is scheduled to deliver his remarks at 10:45 a.m. ET. He will discuss the impact of federal cuts on emergency first responders, as well as the effect of the sequester on other jobs and the middle class, according to the official.

Obama has urged Congress to pass a short-term budget fix in the absence of a complete budget resolution. The alternative, the White House says, will derail the economy.

The White House accuses Republicans of preferring a sequester over closing tax loopholes for the nation's wealthiest. Many Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, have voiced their disapproval of the sequester (even though Boehner and a majority of Republicans voted for the fiscal cliff plan that maintained it), and have pushed the president and Democrats to offer a concrete alternative that tackles debt and deficit problems.

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Nokia's Run Isn't Over Yet, Says Najarian | Breakout - Yahoo! Finance

If Nokia (NOK) has fallen off your radar over the last few years you're not alone. The Finnish handset maker has slipped from relevancy, plagued by product missteps, poor management and a staggering loss of market share. Most of those factors are still in play, but Jon Najarian, co-founder of OptionMonster.com, says he's not giving up on Nokia just yet.

"Nokia has made a furious comeback actually and has a very cool line of phones!" Najarian says in the attached clip. The comeback isn't really about the phones themselves. They may be cool but not even a Nokia bull like Najarian thinks the iPhone is under serious threat. The new handsets keep Nokia in the game but don't catapult it back into the lead.

For the purposes of Najarian's trade, staying alive may be enough to give Nokia a bid. His reasoning is based in part on somewhat obscure rules at certain institutional investment houses preventing them from owning stocks priced at under $5 a share. The fact that Nokia has a $15 billion market capitalization is irrelevant.

After it's greater than 100% run from the lows of last summer Nokia has run as high as $4.64 a share recently. According to Najarian, institutions still have only an 11% stake in the shares compared to 80% for other handset makers. Najarian thinks Nokia will find large institutional buyers if the stock gets a foothold over $5.

As a trader Najarian wants positions with a defined risk. That means limiting your loss and understanding the risk. His idea for a Nokia trade is get long the stock around $4.50 with a $4.00 stop-loss. If the stock goes below $4 an 11% loss is realized.

On the other hand should Nokia get over $5 and find real buyers Najarian sees an acceleration to $8 or ever $10 as a possibility. That puts the high end of the trade at near 80%.

You can try anything you want as long as you have an exit plan. Najarian has defined his bullish play on Nokia. As is always the case, the market will be the judge of whether or not he's right.

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/nokia-run-isn-t-over-yet-says-najarian-121548623.html

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Spearphishing: Dirty trick favored by nastiest hackers

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A new report says that the Chinese military is secretly obtaining sensitive data from U.S. companies. A key technique is "spearphishing," an approach that tricks a targeted individual to reveal information that can be used to infiltrate the company or government agency that person works for.

Security companies have been warning about spearfishing for the last two to three years, and its use is increasing. But now that it has become top news, thanks to a report from U.S. computer-security firm Mandiant Corp. explaining how Chinese operatives tricked workers at Coca-Cola and other major American firms, what is at the top of many people's minds is this: How do you know if you're being spearphished?

Different than phishing
You probably know to watch out for phishing attempts ? broad, massive email efforts to get you to hand over personal financial information like a credit card number or to click on a website link that could allow malware to steal information from your computer. They're usually riddled with spelling errors and terrible formatting.

Spearphishing is subtler, because it's aimed at intelligence gathering. It "often takes the form of key personnel inside an organization being emailed a malicious file," Graham Cluley of Sophos Security told NBC News Tuesday.

"It could be, for instance, a boobytrapped PDF file or Word document which when opened ? secretly and silently installs spyware onto your computer," he said. "The malicious spyware code can then open a backdoor on your computer, giving hackers remote access to all the files on your computer, as well as capture every keystroke, in order to steal passwords, and read everything on your screen."

But why would an employee open such an email? The information in the email is crafted to look and sound just right enough so that it's "remarkably easy to dupe someone into clicking on a link or opening an attachment in an email and for their computer to become compromised," Cluley said.

"Imagine you were a reporter covering human rights abuses in China. I simply send you an email (with a boobytrapped attachment), forge my 'from' address so you believe that the email has come from a human rights group, and in the body of the email tell you that attached you'll find shocking details of human rights abuses in China."

"Similarly, if you were a military supplier, I might make my email appear as though it came from a sister company or another supplier."

Dave Jevans, founder and CTO of Marble Security, said "spearphishers know that the easiest way to break into a company's network is not to breach their firewalls and intrusion prevention systems, but rather to compromise an employee's computer, smartphone or online passwords."

Employees who use cloud-based, shared document apps like Google Docs can be sitting ducks for spearphishing attempts.

"Google Docs is a very convenient way to fool employees or end users into divulging passwords," Jevans said. For one thing, it is a "trusted website that won't be blocked by Web filters," with invitations to view documents or forms "hosted by a trusted company ? Google ? not some hacked server in Russia." Also, he said, "Google Docs connections are HTTPS encrypted, and cannot be filtered by Web-filtering gateways to scan for malicious content."

No easy fix
Battling spearphishing is an ongoing effort, with no easy-fix solutions in sight.

"It's a massive problem," Kurt Baumgartner, Kaspersky Lab senior researcher, told NBC News Tuesday. Jevans, of Marble Security, called spearphishing "one of the most dangerous of all the advanced persistent threats" that exist.

In 2010, Sophos Security said it intercepted an attack against a firm tied to the defense indutry in which emails "carried a malicious PDF file claiming to be about the Trident D-5 missile, launched from nuclear submarines."

A report from McAfee Labs at the end of 2011 noted the worrisome rise in spearphishing, saying the problem "doesn't really lend itself to a pure technology solution. The best defense against spearphishing is employee ? particularly executive employee ? education. Next-generation firewall technology can also help prevent employees from accessing rogue sites."

Baumgartner told NBC News on the "human side, the old adage 'do not open suspicious emails or links,' is, well, old. While it's sensible advice, it's proven to be ineffective because you are dispensing that advice to people." And people, of course, don't always pay close enough attention.

Security vendors, he said, "have improved their product capabilities as well," but still, "the attackers sometimes up their game to beat all of those technologies. So you can stop 'it,' but at some level you can't always stop 'it.'

"For some organizations and targets, learning how to best tolerate and maintain intrusions becomes an attractive option," he said. Tools to expel invaders, or minimize exposure once they are in, may prove to be more important than just relying on "defensive technology protecting against spearphishing components," he said.

Cluley, of Sophos, says companies and agencies can "reduce the chances of a targeted attack" being successful by keeping software such as PDF readers, Web browsers, word processing software and the computer's operating system itself as up-do-date as possible, with the latest patches.

"Furthermore, you should run a layered defense ? that means not just using up-to-date anti-virus software, but also firewalls, email filtering technologies, data-loss protection technology and strong encryption to secure your most sensitive data," he said.

And back to that human element?

"Also, it's amazing how many people re-use passwords, and use the same weak password in multiple places," Cluley said. "That means if you get hacked in one place, and your password is compromised, it may also unlock accounts elsewhere on the Net."

All of these steps "can reduce your chances of suffering from a targeted attack," he said. "But ultimately, there's no 100 percent technological solution, as human beings can still make bad decisions. And that's why it's important to train users about threats, and warn them to be suspicious of unsolicited links and attachments and to always report suspicious activity."

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/spearphishing-dirty-email-trick-favored-nastiest-hackers-1C8422406

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