Some web-based exploits are more dangerous than others… and unfortunately, this is one of the nasty ones. Security researchers at KU Leuven have discovered an attack technique, HEIST (HTTP Encrypted Information can be Stolen Through TCP-Windows),…
That didn’t last long. On the heels of Dish Network deal with the NFL expiring, the company has announced that Sling TV (owned by Dish, of course) will have the NFL Network and NFL RedZone available for the 2016 season. Neither the streaming service…
Photographers cried out all at once when phones started coming with cameras. While there’s always a need for someone to take photos professionally, smartphones have certainly lessened the demand, and that’s because you can take some great pictures with your phone and have them on Facebook before the event you’re at is over. I recently spent 6 weeks in Japan, and while I took over 2,000 photos with my DSLR, most of the photos that made it to social media came from my phone because there wasn’t enough time to get them onto a computer, edited, and uploaded fast enough.
Imagine my delight in finding the CASE Air, as it will plug into your DSLR, give your camera a hotspot, and allow you to transfer images, even RAW files, onto your computer or tablet. Before anyone asks questions, no, this WIFI hot spot doesn’t need to be close to civilization to work. Not only will you be able to transfer photos quickly and efficiently, but you can also live-view your photos from your iPad, get touch focus through your device even if your camera doesn’t have that functionality, and set parameters.
Not only can you mess with shutter speed, ISO, white balance, AF, and metering, but you can go into video mode at a moment’s notice, use focus stacking, do HDR, and time lapse photos without having to hold down a button. This even lets you see the histogram, photo info, and more! You’ll only need a hot shoe, 1/4” screw hole and clip for this to set up shop. Thanks to its cable, it can even hook into older camera models to give them brand new functionality. Its battery will last around 6 hours before needing to be recharged, and it’ll cost you $84-385 if you’re quick to action.
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Before you go out and spend hundreds of dollars on a DJI Phantom, you can learn the basics of flying a quadcopter with this $24 toy drone from Aukey. Trust me, if you can fly this thing, you can fly a GPS-equipped, gyro-stabilized camera rig. And if not, well, it’s not like crashing it will be that big a deal.
The Crew #5 is a comic that gave me life. It’s a remix of history, a superhero genre work that seethes with spiritual energy. Reading it feels like, no lie, going to church.
It was nearly midnight, there was a slight mist, and I couldn’t resist the call of the Wells Cathedral. Join me on a little walk to ponder Brexit and the timeless wonder of a 700-year-old cathedral. Can you share a travel moment when you should have been in bed, but weren’t?
This is Day 73 of my 100 Days in Europe series. As I research my guidebooks and make new TV shows, I’m reporting on my experiences and lessons learned in Vienna, the Alps, the Low Countries, England, and beyond. Find more on my travel blog.
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Athletes get suspended all the time for taking performance enhancing drugs. There’s no doubt that some upcoming Olympic gold medal winners will end up being stripped of their medals because of PEDs. But what do those drugs actually do? How much do they help? Life Noggin takes a look at two popular PEDs—steroids and blood doping—to reveal their effects.
Very soon the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will open in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thousands of athletes from around the globe will navigate their way to this historic South American city to compete in their respective sports. To more fully understand and appreciate this upcoming celebration of sport, it is important to know about more than the fastest times and the highest scores. Behind the performances on the field or court or in the pool lies a philosophy that has undergirded these Games for decades. This philosophy, known as Olympism, was developed by Pierre de Coubertin, the French historian and educator who revived the modern Olympic Games.
According to the Olympic Charter, “Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.” The fact that Olympism gives us a philosophy for sport as well as daily life is valuable and can help people around the world, athletes and non-athletes alike, to have a lens for living life and a lens for viewing the world. Coubertin once said, “The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.”
Learning about Olympism helps us take a different perspective and encourages a unique way to engage with the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Charter further states that, “The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.” Olympism allows us to appreciate a bigger picture, one where sport can be seen as a much broader phenomenon that values the human condition. Sport has the potential to contribute to humanity and peace. Olympism helps us connect with a global community that believes in the values of sport and the power of sport for making the world a better place. Coubertin said, “I remain convinced that sport is one of the most forceful elements of peace, and I am confident in its future action.”
To understand Olympism is to appreciate and respect diversity in all forms, including race, gender, sexual orientation and disability. The Olympic Charter continues, “The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.” Olympism is a human philosophy that embraces everyone. The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, frequently speaks of “unity in diversity,” which resonates through Olympism.
So when you tune in this summer to follow your favorite sports or athletes, take a moment to consider this. After the torches are extinguished following 16 days of the Olympic Games and 10 days of the Paralympic Games, the competitions may end, but the underlying values of Olympism live on in all of us who value the determination and diversity of humanity.
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Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed the 9/11 hijackers would have been barred from entering the United States if his proposed ban on Muslim immigration had been in place.
“Those people that knocked down the World Trade Center, most likely, under the Trump policy, wouldn’t have been here to knock down the World Trade Center,” the Republican presidential nominee told a crowd in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and set off a decade of American conflicts in the Middle East.
Trump’s comments seemed to willfully ignore the fact that prior to the 2001 attacks, the United States had few reasons to weigh any kind of policy to limit immigration from the Middle East due to fears of terrorism.
What exactly Trump meant by “the Trump policy” is unclear, and a spokeswoman did not respond to The Huffington Post’s request for clarification.
Trump has, at various times, promised strikingly different immigration policies. They include a blanket ban on all travel to the United States by the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, which he proposed early in his campaign; a ban on immigration to the United States by citizens of countries which export terrorism abroad, a position he adopted earlier this year; and lastly, a much stricter screening process for citizens from “dangerous countries,” primarily Syria.
This last proposal seems to stop well short of the blanket bans he was fond of promising last year. It would also seem to exempt the countries the 9/11 hijackers hailed from, namely Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.
Earlier this year, Trump said the United States would protect Saudi Arabia in a hypothetical regional conflict, telling Bill O’Reilly, “I would want to protect Saudi Arabia. But Saudi Arabia is going to have to help us economically.”
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are longstanding U.S. allies in the Middle East, and Trump has pledged to protect U.S. allies fighting terrorism. One of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers, Walid Phares, hails from Lebanon, where he has ties to one of the country’s most controversial pro-Christian political parties.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ― 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ― from entering the U.S.
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Good people of Missouri, former Navy SEAL (and former Democrat) Eric Greitens would like to be your next Governor. Now please watch him fire off a Gatling-style machine gun for 20 seconds.
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