'Mad Men' star sings again, joins alt rockers

The Jesus and Mary Chain perform "Just Like Honey" with "Mad Men's" Jessoca Pare in Buffalo, New York on August 2.

By Rolling Stone

"Mad Men"?star Jessica Par?, who plays Megan Draper on the show, took the stage with alt-rockers?Jesus and Mary Chain?in Buffalo, N.Y., and Toronto last week,?notes Slicing Up Eyeballs. Par? sang "Just Like Honey" with the band on Aug. 2 in Buffalo and joined them for "Just Like Honey" and "Sometimes Always" the next day in Toronto.

Jessica Par?'s Megan Draper sings a scintillating rendition of "Zou Bisou Bisou" during Don's (Jon Hamm) surprise birthday party on "Mad Men."

Par? showed off her singing talents onscreen during the season five premiere of?"Mad Men," performing a flirty rendition of the?French pop tune "Zou Bisou Bisou"?that stirred up so much buzz it was?released as a single. Jesus and Mary Chain, meanwhile, are currently on a North American tour, with their next stop on Sept. 5 at New Orleans' House of Blues.

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OUPblog ? Blog Archive ? Cyber War and International Law

By Dr. Russell Buchan and Nicholas Tsagourias

It seems both timely and necessary to question whether public international law adequately protects states from the threat of cyber attacks. This is because states have become increasingly dependent upon computer networks and the information that they hold in order to effectively regulate their societies. It is therefore unsurprising that hostile states, individuals and non state actors have sought to attack computer networks of target states with greater frequency and ferocity. This is exemplified by the much-discussed cyber attacks against Estonia (2007), Georgia (2008) and Iran (2010). Indeed, a day barely seems to pass without the media reporting that a state has been a victim of a cyber attack.

Cyber attacks can of course take many different forms. On the one hand, a cyber attack can cause physical damage comparable to that caused by conventional weapons. A cyber attack can corrupt the operating system of a power plant and cause a nuclear meltdown, for example, or shut down civil aviation systems thus causing civilian aircraft to crash.? On the other hand, a cyber attack may not cause any physical damage. Consider, for example, a cyber attack that appropriates sensitive data or causes key websites to cease functioning. However, this does not mean that cyber attacks causing non-physical damage does not affect adversely the security of a state. Indeed, the damage they can produce can be extremely serious. A good illustration would be a cyber attack that cripples a state?s financial sector or disables military defence systems.

The question then becomes whether international law is able to protect states against such cyber attacks that impact upon state security. Sure, international law has long sought to construct an international legal framework to protect states from hostile attacks from abroad: the jus ad bellum, as it is known. However, the jus ad bellum was created in the aftermath of the Second World War when the overwhelming threat to state security was represented by conventional weapons such as guns and bombs. An international legal framework, broadly represented by the United Nations (UN) Charter, was therefore constructed to address this type of threat: the threat of kinetic force. For example Article 2(4) UN Charter, which prohibits the threat or use of force among states, is generally regarded as encompassing only those acts that produce physical damage; namely, damage to physical property or death or injury to people. Similarly Article 51, which confirms a state?s inherent right to self-defence where an armed attack occurs, can only be engaged in those situations where there has been a grave use of force i.e. only where serious kinetic damage has been caused.

The conclusion, then, is that a cyber attack producing non-physical damage would seem to fall outside of the legal regime established by the UN Charter. The ability of the jus ad bellum to protect states from cyber attacks is therefore called into question. International lawyers must therefore dedicate attention to the application of the jus ad bellum to cyber attacks, seeking to reveal the deficiencies of the current legal framework and suggesting proposals for reform.

It is also important to consider the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) to cyber war. Crucially, IHL applies when there is an armed conflict. According to IHL, an armed conflict exists when there is exchange of hostilities between one or more parties. However, the question that arises is whether cyber hostilities that do not involve the use of kinetic force can give rise to an ?armed conflict? and, if they do, whether they need to reach a certain threshold. Even if cyber hostilities give rise to an armed conflict, the next question is whether the armed conflict is international or a non-international in character. This is because IHL maintains a firm distinction between these types of armed conflict and, more importantly, applies different legal regimes. The status of non-state entities or organisations and their links with states is also of paramount importance in this regard.

Cyber hostilities challenge many other established principles of IHL such as the principles of distinction and proportionality. These principles hold that civilians and civilian objectives should be distinguished from combatants and military objectives and that the action should be proportional to the military objective sought. However, in interconnected computer systems, adherence to these principles may prove difficult. For example, a cyber attack on a military computer system may incidentally but inevitably cause disproportionate damage to connected civilian systems and, consequently, may cause death or injury to civilians. A more intricate question is the status of those civilians who are involved in the design, installation or operation of cyber weapons. If it is concluded that they directly participate in hostilities they can be directly targeted. However, IHL?s definition of when an individual directly participates in hostilities was crafted in order to address situations such as when civilians chose to ?farm by day, fight by night? or provided ad hoc medical assistance to combatants. The point is that the application of this test to a qualitatively different scenario, such as those installing or operating computer systems, is very difficult.

These questions represent some of the most serious challenges that cyber war poses to IHL. As with the jus ad bellum, the role of the international lawyer is to question the adequacy of the application of IHL to cyber war and, where deficiencies are found, to postulate proposals for reform.

Dr. Russell Buchan is a lecturer in international law at the University of Sheffield and is an expert in the field of cyber war.?Nicholas Tsagourias is Professor of International Law and Security at the University of Glasgow and has published widely in the area of international peace and security. Together they have worked on a special issue for the Journal of Conflict and Security Law. You can access the special issue, Cyber War and International Law, via Oxford Journals.

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TALX Executive to Discuss Value of Workforce Analytics on HR's ...

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 08, 2012

TALX, provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions and a leader in human resource, payroll and tax-related services, announced today that Mike Psenka, senior vice president of Workforce Analytics and founder of eThority, will be featured as a guest on DriveThruHR, a top-rated daily internet radio show covering topics most relevant to today?s HR professionals. Psenka will appear on DriveThruHR?s August 14 episode at 12:00 noon CDT.

As more organizations seek to leverage company data to make informed and timely business decisions, many find that they simply do not have the resources to get to the right data. Others become inundated with lengthy reports that are difficult to understand or don?t provide actionable information. During his appearance, Psenka will share thought leadership on how workforce analytics can put the right information in the hands of decision makers to enhance company performance, identify risks, reduce costs and achieve compliance organization wide.

Since its first episode aired in early 2011, DriveThruHR has become a highly popular internet radio show that thousands of HR professionals depend on to hear the latest news and industry hot topics. HR?s number one internet radio show, DriveThruHR is hosted by William Tincup, CEO of Tincup & Co. and an expert on HR technology, and Bryan Wempen, chief strategy officer of PeopleClues and a 20-year human capital management professional and practitioner. Listeners can tune in weekdays at 12:00 noon CDT by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drivethruhr or calling (347) 996-5600.

?Without fully automated analytics, it is very difficult for organizations to attain the actionable and easily interpretable information they need to optimize their business operations,? said Psenka. ?TALX combines high integrity data with eThority?s powerful technology to help companies gain the insight they?re seeking. I look forward to sharing my experiences with DriveThru HR?s listeners and to discussing how workforce analytics can streamline processes and relieve HR and overall business pain points.?

?More employers are hoping to learn how workforce analytics can help drive informed decisions,? said Tincup. ?As a leading expert on the technology and data that matter to business users, Mike is one of the smartest people in the space. We can?t wait to see where he takes us on DriveThruHR.?

About Equifax

Equifax is a global leader in consumer, commercial and workforce information solutions, that provides businesses of all sizes and consumers with insight and information they can trust. Equifax organizes and assimilates data on more than 500 million consumers and 81 million businesses worldwide, and uses advanced analytics and proprietary technology to create and deliver customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers. Workforce Solutions (TALX) is an Equifax business unit. It is a leader in human resource, employment, tax management, and payroll-related services.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax operates or has investments in 18 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor?s (S&P) 500

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Antipsychotic use growing in U.S. kids and teens

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed during almost one in three of all visits kids and teens make to psychiatrists in the United States, according to a new study, up from about one in eleven during the 1990s.

Much of that increase, researchers say, is from doctors prescribing the drugs for disruptive behaviors, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There are, however, no antipsychotics approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat those disorders in kids.

"They're approved for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and irritability with autism. None of them are approved for use with ADHD," said Dr. Mark Olfson, the study's lead author and a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University in New York.

Olfson and his colleagues, who published their work Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found that for kids and teens, roughly 90 percent of the antipsychotic prescriptions written during office visits between 2005 and 2009 were "off label," which means the drugs are being prescribed for something other than for what they're approved.

While the study cannot say whether the prescriptions were unnecessary, the effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs for disorders like ADHD is uncertain. The drugs, however, have been linked to weight gain and diabetes.

Last year, a large study of children, from the University of Massachusetts, found that kids who took antipsychotic drugs were four times more likely to develop diabetes than their peers who were not taking the medications. (See Reuters Health story of November 22, 2011: http://reut.rs/MtH5dB.)

In September, an FDA advisory board also raised concerns about the drugs and urged the agency to monitor weight gain and other metabolic diseases in children taking antipsychotics. (See Reuters story of September 22, 2011: http://reut.rs/MtHCwe.)

"For some of these kids, taking these can be setting themselves up for metabolic problems in the future," said Olfson.

PRESCRIPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

For their study, Olfson and his colleagues used information on almost half a million doctors' visits in the U.S. between 1993 and 2009.

Overall, antipsychotic prescriptions increased across all age groups - including adults. For kids and teens, however, the increase was more rapid.

The number of kids getting antipsychotic prescriptions increased from 0.24 for every 100 people between 1993 and 1998, to 1.83 for every 100 people between 2005 and 2009.

For teens, that number increased from 0.78 for every 100 people in the 1990s to 3.76 in the 2000s.

"There is very little question as to whether these drugs are being prescribed in kids much more than they used to," said Olfson.

Those numbers, however, only represent the number of people going to doctors' offices - not clinics, community health centers or other medical centers.

Also, the researchers cannot say how long patients were on the drugs, or whether any of the prescriptions were from repeat visits by the same patient.

Overall, Olfson told Reuters Health that he hopes parents ask more questions about antipsychotics and whether there are any alternative treatments.

He said there are psychosocial interventions such as parent management training that have been shown to reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors in kids, but added that those interventions are more expensive and take more time.

"Perhaps if they were more available, we wouldn't have as much use of these antipsychotic medications," Olfson said.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/Qbay74 Archives of General Psychiatry, online August 6, 2012.

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Apple lands patent for NFC-ready shopping app, could make impulse spending an iPhone tap away

Apple has been filing more than its fair share of NFC-related patents, but it was just granted what could be one of its more important wins at the USPTO. The design for an "on-the-go shopping list" app would help buyers find and pull the trigger on deals through every tool an iPhone has at its disposal, whether it's taking a snapshot of goods with the camera, punching in the UPC code by hand or tapping an item for an NFC-based "touch scan." We'll admit that we're a bit disappointed at how NFC is used, however. As with an earlier filing, the very short range wireless is kept largely to price comparisons and adding products to a list for a purchase from a store clerk later on, rather than closing the deal outright as we've seen with Google Wallet. The original 2008 filing date will also have seen a lot of water flowing under the bridge; there's no guarantee that any enthusiasm for NFC from the iPhone 3G era will have transferred to the present day. Accordingly, we would be careful about drawing any connections between iOS 6's Passbook and Apple's ideas from four years ago -- even if Apple has regularly been a never-say-never sort of company.

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China surges to top of medals table on Olympics day two

China surged clear at the top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday, adding two more golds to their opening day haul as swimming star James Magnussen put Australia on course for relay glory.

After dominating day one of competition with four gold medals, Chinese athletes hit paydirt once again with wins in shooting for Guo Wenjun before synchronised divers Wu Minxia and He Zi triumphed at the Aquatics Centre.

Guo successfully defended her 10m air pistol title with a thrilling last-shot finish at the Royal Artillery Barracks to overhaul France?s Celine Goberville, who had led going into the last round.

?I just focused on doing my best on the final shot,? Guo said, adding: ?I think everyone is good, I just never give up.?

Legendary diver Wu meanwhile clinched her third consecutive gold medal in the 3m springboard synchronised after wins in 2004 and 2008.

But while China celebrated their burgeoning gold haul, hosts Great Britain were still waiting for their first win with cyclist Lizzie Armitstead having to settle for silver in a thrilling road race won in driving rain by Marianne Vos of the Netherlands.

United States shooter Kim Rhode meanwhile took the gold medal in the women?s skeet, her fifth consecutive visit to the podium following medals at the Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics.

Elsewhere Sunday the women?s gymnastics competition was rocked by a failed drugs test, as organisers launched a probe into rows of empty seats at venues.

In the pool, world champion Magnussen ? tipped to be one of the stars of the Games ? dived in at the last change to reel in US veteran Jason Lezak and lift Australia into Sunday night?s relay final as top qualifiers.

It was Magnussen?s first swim at the Games and the ?Missile? delivered on his brash confidence, clocking a sizzling 47.35 seconds to surge past Lezak (48.04).

Defending Olympic champions America were second quickest ahead of Russia and France.

?I felt nice and relaxed in the first 50 and I just let the crowd carry me home at the end,? Magnussen said.

The Americans, who have won eight of the 10 Olympic gold medals awarded in the event, are expected to bring in big guns Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones and Michael Phelps for Sunday night?s final.

US teenager Missy Franklin, swimming in seven events, was second-quickest.

Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned diuretic furosemide, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced.

Galiulina underwent a drugs test on July 25, three days before the start of the women?s artistic gymnastics competition.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the London Olympics, Sebastian Coe, insisted most venues were full of spectators as organisers launched a probe into blocks of empty seats at some events.

Sun Yang led the way into the men?s 200m freestyle semi-finals just one day after he gave China it?s first men?s swimming title.

Coe said unoccupied seats at some venues were due to accredited officials still working out which events to attend, but he said he had visited four events on Saturday which were full to capacity.

?Let us put this in perspective. Those venues are stuffed to the gunnels. The public are in there,? Coe said.

?There are tens of thousands of people at this moment within the accredited ?family? that are trying to figure out what their day looks like, where they are going to be asked to go to, frankly working out how you divide your time.?

In other action on Sunday, the United States? collection of NBA multi-millionaires, who are expected to cruise to a successful defence of the basketball title, were facing France in their opening game.

Over at Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova takes on Israel?s Sharar Peer as the women?s tennis first round is completed.

Former world number one Novak Djokovic and home hope Andy Murray, who was knocked out of the doubles on Saturday, are also in action.

A total of 14 medals are up for grabs on Sunday, with two also on offer in judo and weightlifting, as well as one each in fencing and archery.

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