| MPs call to criminalise data loss
MPs on the Justice Select Committee have called for new laws to protect the integrity of personal data. The move was prompted by critical government data losses over the past few months, such as the loss of computer disks at HM Revenue & Customs. The committee called for a breach law that would make it a legal obligation for companies to notify customers if their data has been accessed and to create a system of fines for repeat offenders. "The scale of the data loss by government bodies and contractors is truly shocking, but the evidence we have had points to further hidden problems," said committee chairman Alan Beith. "It is frankly incredible, for example, that the measures put in place at HM Revenue & Customs were not already standard procedure." The Committee also called for the Information Commissioner to have powers to make spot checks on government departments to ensure that correct practice is being followed.
Comets down Bulldogs
The Velma-Alma Comets handled the Wayne Bulldogs, 60-38, to move on to the second round of the Area consolation bracket.The Comets play at 3 p.m. today against Fort Cobb-Broxton in McLoud.V-A took a 17-4 lead after the first period of play, and had a 37-16 advantage at the half. Velma-Alma continued the onslaught in the third, outscoring Wayne 14-8.Velma-Alma was 5-of-5 from 3-point land in the game."We jumped out on them early and often," V-A head coach Kenny Bare said. "They played a zone and we attacked it just about as good as you could."The Comets were led by Trey Eason's 17 points, and Clay Dumos backed him with 14.Ryan Miller added 12 for Velma-Alma, and Kyle Tilley tallied 7 points.Velma-Alma 60, Wayne 38V-A 17 20 14 9 – 60WHS 4 12 8 14 — 38Velma-Alma — Trey Eason 17, Clay Dumos 14, Ryan Miller 12, Kyle Tilley 7, Ethan Dulworth 4, Dillon Morgan 3, Trenten Files 2.
Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?
While I'm sure Dave Zirin's concern for the people of Liberia is sincere, his recent opinion piece regarding Firestone Natural Rubber operations contains a host of unfounded allegations and paints an unfair picture of the situation in Liberia.
It is important to set the record straight.
Firestone has a long-standing partnership with the Liberian people that is built on mutual respect. We are working very hard to help the Liberian people recover from a devastating civil war that claimed as many as 300,000 lives and destroyed the country's infrastructure and social services. Let me address Zirin's points head on.
First, the International Labor Rights Fund has brought a lawsuit against the Firestone Natural Rubber Co., but the fact of a filing does not mean that the claims contained in a lawsuit are truthful or accurate.
Clinton vs. Obama: Listen To the Crowd Noise
The sound to my ear is more plaintive, a room or gym or arena willing her to win.
On this night in San Antonio it is that way. Yet the crowd is perhaps more energized. There is a symbiosis between candidate and crowd. A shared belief that for Hillary, it's now or never.
She takes a few shots at Obama's obsession with change and his gauzy references to hope.
"The question is not whether we have change the question is whether we will have progress that makes a difference in peoples lives," she says to the 4,000 or so in attendance at St Mary's Catholic University.
This does not happen by wishing for it, it doesnt even happen by hoping for it. People live in hope. We have hope, what we need is help and help is on the way!
Her message brims with practicality.
Maserati roars back into lead
FIFTY years ago the great racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio called a halt to his career at the age of 47. He retired at the top, Formula 1 world champion for the fifth time in 1957. His last race, the 1958 French Grand Prix, was in a Maserati 250F and it marked the end of the road for the Maserati racing team, which had been more than a match for Ferrari, its Italian compatriot. For all its success, Maserati, then owned by the Orsi family, had run out of money. Though it subsequently raced sports cars, Maserati continued to decline. It teetered on the edge of bankruptcy and new shareholders and owners came and went until it fell into the hands of Fiat, Italy’s automotive giant, in 1993. After wondering what to do about a company with an exciting name that was making a small number of cars with a poor reputation for reliability, Fiat entrusted the management of Maserati to Ferrari, which it had owned since 1988.
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