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Benjamin Netanyahu suggests microchipping kids, slammed by experts

"If the information with the kids' location is uploaded to the internet, a pedophile with some cyber knowledge may invade the system and stalk them," cyber expert Einat Meron said.

By LEON SVERDLOV  

MAY 8, 2020 14:46

Cyber experts slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his proposal to "microchip" children who return to schools and kindergartens as the coronavirus lockdown is lifted, Ynet reported on Friday.

While speaking at a press conference on Monday, Netanyahu suggested the Health Ministry use new technology to help Israel adjust to its new routine as the state is lifting the coronavirus lockdown. "That is, technology that has not been used before and is allowed under the legislation we shall enact," he clarified.

"I spoke with our heads of technology in order to find measures Israel is good at, such as sensors. For instance, every person, every kid – I want it on kids first – would have a sensor that would sound an alarm when you get too close, like the ones on cars," the prime minister said.

"It will be hard to do it to more than a million schoolchildren who return to their educational institutions in order to ensure one student sits at the distance of two meters from another. It is fictional and dangerous," cyber resilience expert Einat Meron told Ynet.

"Theoretically, I get the idea behind it," she said. "But although such distance-sensitive microchips exist in vehicles, it is different in humans." According to Meron, "a beeping sound telling me I got close to someone is not enough. Who says it will change anything? I would have gotten closer either way."

The expert added that "the actual issue is the enforcement, and here everything changes." Meron told Ynet that "microchipping children will not pass any test – both practically and legally." Similar to Meron's notion that notifying citizens on their distance will not affect their actions, many fear the state would make use of the information available from the sensors.

"If the information with the kids' location is uploaded to the internet, a pedophile with some cyber knowledge may invade the system and stalk them outside their schools, follow them and distribute the information on other platforms," Meron said. "Can the state take responsibility for that?"

The Prime Minister's Office responded to the report, telling Ynet Netanyahu's suggestion "is not to be implemented through databases, but through simple technology notifying [the citizens] about their distance. It is a voluntary option that is designed to help children keep their distance, like Mobileye with vehicles."

The office added that the prime minister's suggestion is "an idea that may help maintain social distancing, and there will not be any violation of privacy."

On Wednesday, Walla reported the movements of all vehicles in Israel were tracked by police and stored in an unregulated database named Eagle Eye. A source cited by the media site said the information "may be kept for years on end."

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) reportedly submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act that police disclose the extent of the operations of Eagle Eye, as well as the time the information on citizens' movements is stored in the system. 

Israel Police responded to ACRI, saying the system's activity was not standardized internally despite several years of operations. "Either way, once finalized, the procedure will not be disclosed to the public," police added.

In late March, Yediot Aharonot reported a classified Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) database stored information on all Israeli citizens and most Palestinians from the West Bank. The data tracked by the security agency included movements, phone calls and text messages.

Dorothy Kilgallen

Dorothy Kilgallen: The Reporter Who Knew Too Much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdDQ6MNi6HA

Author and former criminal defense attorney, Mark Shaw, speaks about his book "The Reporter Who Knew Too Much" and its follow-up, "Denial of Justice." Each chronicle not only his 12 years of research but most importantly, the life and times and mysterious death of What's My Line? TV star and crack investigative reporter Dorothy Kilgallen and her 18-month investigation of the Dallas tragedies which included being the only reporter to interview Jack Ruby at his trial. Shaw also discusses his controversial exposure of the most important JFK assassination documents in history, the Jack Ruby trial transcripts.

pete best

How did he cope in a world that never lets anyone forget about The Beatles? “I think if I’d kept reflecting about what happened yesterday, all the time, and it was like a nightmare to me, I would have ended up bitter and twisted. But there came a period in my life when I was like, to hell with what happened yesterday it’s about today and tomorrow.”

Lennon and Harrison are dead now, while Starr had nothing to do with the decision to replace the drummer. So there’s only one Beatle left who was directly involved in the banishing of Pete Best. Does Best forgive McCartney? “I’ve nothing to forgive him about ... they made a decision as young men which was safeguarding their future. Okay, it could have been handled better. I was the fall guy for it, I suffered, but I’m not holding them to task over it. If I’d have been in the same situation and I was another member of the band, maybe I’d have been one of the bad guys.”

“I’ve no regrets,” he continues. “I think I’m a lucky guy. I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved as a person, of the examples I’ve set to people to get on with your life, to pick yourself up. I’ve been an inspiration. And I’m proud of that.”

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Johnny Hutchinson

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/221963/i-turned-down-the-beatles-and-i-have-no-regrets/

Updated: 5th April 2016, 8:20 pm

ONE is the world’s most famous drummer and worth £180million. The other a pensioner who lives in a four-bed semi in Liverpool.

But Johnny Hutchinson, the drummer who turned down The Beatles before they became the biggest band in history, insists he would not trade places with Ringo Starr if he had his time again.

The quietly spoken musician says: “It was a big call but I have no regrets. I couldn’t carry it on.

“It was too much for me, playing with my group and playing with The Beatles.”

While Johnny’s name may not be familiar, the 76-year-old played three gigs with the fledgling rock ’n’ rollers in August 1962 but returned to his own band, The Big Three, despite an offer from Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Johnny — now a buy-to-let landlord — believes the offer, once thought to have been made weeks before Ringo was asked to join, may have come the same day incumbent drummer Pete Best was sacked.

Fans and historians have since obsessed over what might have been had “Johnny Hutch” said “yes”.

But he has never given a full account of the amazing story, until now.

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Today, in a world exclusive, he recalls the day — August 16, 1962 — Epstein headhunted him.

He says: “I was 23 and playing with The Beatles in Chester. Brian was there and kept looking at me strange.

“I got off stage after the gig and had to zoom off. Brian said, ‘I was looking at you to see how you’d fit with The Beatles’.

“I joked, ‘I don’t really.’ He said, ‘You do, I want you to join The Beatles.’”

Johnny then remembers telling a shocked Brian: “I don’t want to play for The Beatles, Brian — I’ve got my own group.

“I would not join The Beatles for a gold clock.

“There’s only one group as far as I’m concerned and that’s The Big Three.

“The Beatles can’t make a better sound than that and Pete (Best) is a very good friend of mine.”

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Johnny adds: “They were lucky to be playing with me. I used to walk around Liverpool and think, ‘I own this city.’

“Paul McCartney wouldn’t come near me.

“I told Brian I couldn’t do the dirty on Pete but he said, ‘John, The Big Three is limited but for The Beatles the world is their oyster.’ I’ll never forget him saying that. He was a very clever man.”

Photographed two years earlier, playing as a last-minute replacement for The Beatles who were at an audition, Johnny had already seen enough of his fellow Liverpudlians to decide he would not fit in. He reckons John Lennon was eager for him to join, but Johnny didn’t like the frontman’s drinking.

He says: “Me and John were different people. I used to pick him up when he was drunk face down in his meal. I didn’t drink.

“I go up to Liverpool airport now and see the sign ‘John Lennon Airport’ and I think, ‘Jesus Christ, if only they knew’.”

But Johnny says the pair remained pals, adding: “John made up with me — he always used to say, ‘Johnny Hutch can sing better than you’ to Paul. He wanted me to join.”

So convinced was Johnny that The Beatles would never amount to anything, when he ended up with a self-portrait of John he let his dad use it to fix a broken door.

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He recalls: “John owed me ten bob — 50p. So I went to his flat and said, ‘Hey, where’s my money?’

“None of us had any money, we were all bums, we played music to get by, they were all lazy bastards. So I said, ‘Where’s my money?’ and he says, ‘I don’t have any’ and I said, ‘I want my money now or I’m taking something.’ There was a portrait of him on the floor in a red waistcoat and a white shirt — so I took that. He had painted it of himself.

“My ma put it at the fireplace but in the end my dad nailed the back door up with it. We had no timber and the door was bust, so he looked around and saw the portrait of John.

“How much do you reckon that would be worth now? £100,000? It must be.”

Of all The Beatles, Johnny was closest to George Harrison, who was “my favourite Beatle — a proper mate”.

As for Ringo, Johnny takes the credit for urging Brian to recruit him. The two drummers knew each other well.

Ringo bought his first car, a Standard Vanguard, from Johnny for £75.

Canny operator Brian apparently decided to keep Johnny in the dark about the talks the band already had with Ringo.

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Johnny says: “Ringo was with Rory Storm And The Hurricanes at the time. I told Brian to get him.

“Pete Best couldn’t play the drums — I could play the drums better than Pete Best with a stick stuck up my a**e. Honest.

“And Ringo? I gave Ringo the job. I wouldn’t let Ringo play my drums. I just wouldn’t. I didn’t trust him with my drums, just like nobody would get to drive my van.”

After the Chester gig, Johnny played two more the day after.

Ringo came on board at a show one night later, with news of Pete’s sacking leading to protests on the streets of Liverpool and at the city’s famous Cavern Club. The rest is history. Beatlemania swept the globe, while The Big Three parted ways after moderate success.

But Johnny insists that, unlike Pete, his world never imploded and he never thought twice about the decision which might have cost him £180million — Ringo’s current worth on The Sunday Times rich list.

He married wife Elizabeth, now 75, when he was 19 and is still devoted to her today. Elizabeth suffers from Alzheimer’s and Johnny cooks her meals every day.

The loving couple had three children and one granddaughter and always remained in Liverpool.

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But being a rock star is now a distant memory to Johnny, who no longer keeps a drum kit in his house. His focus now is on his 12-strong property empire — although, last week, he took part in a reunion of Sixties Merseybeat legends at the Cavern, where they remembered old pal Cilla Black, who was buried in Liverpool on Thursday.

He says: “It was a great time and I loved it but to me it was just a game.

“Other bands were after fame and that’s all they cared about.

“They were all ‘would-bes if they could-bes’ and snotty-nosed kids really. Some bands, as soon as they made it, they p***ed off to London, and I hated London.”

Ringo celebrated his 75th birthday last month with an autograph session at LA’s Capital Records Tower, where The Beatles recorded.

Since the Fab Four split in 1970, he has recorded 18 solo albums and been inducted into Music’s Hall Of Fame.

But Johnny, far from being bitter, only has fondness for the man who replaced him and recalls: “Ringo once said, ‘There’s only two drummers that have come out of Liverpool — me and Johnny Hutchinson.’

“He puts me second.

unflappable

“Kate is unflappable. Her mantra is very like the queen’s keep calm and carry on approach in life"

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#1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#1. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR | - Tuition: $51,200 (out-of-state); $15,558 (in-state, #10 most expensive) - Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan - Students: 28,702 (student-to-faculty ratio: 11:1) - Acceptance rate: 27% (ACT: 30-33; SAT: 1330-1500) - Outcomes: graduation rate: 92%; six-year median earnings: $63,400 And the winner is...the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, a school that has been ranked the #1 public research university in the country, and that offers some of the top business, engineering, and psychology programs in the nation. Of course, for out-of-state students, that prestige comes with a high price tag: The Board of Regents approved a 3.7% tuition increase prior to the 2019–20 academic year, taking the $49,000 cost above $51,000. However, the cost of tuition seemingly doesn't bear too much of a burden: Niche still ranks UMich as having the #3 student life in America. (Ken Wolter // Shutterstock)

Beach Boys

Beach Boys music could have been a catastrophe. Consider their starting point: a conglomeration of novelty genres most of which were out of date - doowop, barber shop quartet, and surf. Not the stuff of rock classics.

The image, which is important in pop, didn't stand on very much. Only Dennis looked like a rock star. Brian was shy and stiff on stage, Carl and Al look like accountants, and Mike Love you want to punch in the face. In the early days, they wore identical stripped preppie shirts and ill-fitting pants that only looked too tight and not sexy a la Jim Morrison. After the Beatles made it big, they set fashion trends. The Beach Boys put on Hawaiian shirts. 

Even the name - Beach Boys. What is that? Sounds like a hot dog stand on the boardwalk. It's not a name that grabs you like the Who, the Guess Who, the Kinks or so many others.

But here's what Brian Wilson did with this mess. And when I offer to explain it I only offer to give a very rough outline for to know the secret of the Beach Boys is like knowing the secret recipe to Coca Cola or the atom bomb. I can't tell you exactly what they did. But it was a bit like this:

Brian crafted several dozen of the best pop songs ever written. Interesting songs. The wild girl who'll have fun until her father takes away her T-bird. The young couple who long to be older so they don't have to part every night. Rhonda, who'll help me get the other girl out of my heart.  The girlfriend who will help me not to worry. Some of them are fun, some are introspective, some are funny.

The song crafting is superb. It's insane how superb. Imagery, hook lines, characters and story lines that are setup in seconds. The songs were lean and they popped on contagious melody.

And top of that granite foundation sat the doowop and surf and barber shop harmonizing. It came together like a symphony of Spektor sound and Motown. It was circuslike. You didn't know what was coming next. They had so many tools. A soaring vocal, a ba ba ba, a harmony, a guitar riff, a snare shot. 

Classical music orchestras are like this too. There are some strange instruments - the bassoon, the bass drum, the bass, the piccolo. Each on its own is OK, but weird in any quantity as are their players. You put 'em together the right way and you have Tchaikovsky.

The Beach Boys were a Tchaikovsky of pop music. They could step awkwardly side to side all night in shirts your 60 year old uncle might wear and you'd find yourself singing like there was no tomorrow and feeling such joy. When they really get going on Help Me Rhonda, there is nothing else I'd rather be doing than listening to that song. Nothing.

The band executed wonderfully. Brian and Carl had tender, sweet voices. Al and Mike sounded like teenagers. And I mean that as a complement. They really sounded like authentic teenage boys telling their story. It made the songs so real.

As musicians they were good enough. The studio musicians of Pet Sounds of course executed to perfection.

The Beach Boys are in the top echelon of rock. Every one agrees. You say their names along with the Stone, the Beatles, Dylan. That's where they stand. They could have been so bad as to not even qualify to be a bar mitzvah band. Instead, they are rock royalty.