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Top Stories Top Stories constitutes the most severe since records started being taken in the US Senator Ted Stevens More teenagers attracted to early 1990s. convicted on 7 counts computer crime, say experts United States Senator Ted Security experts warn more and The study by scientists of Stevens of Alaska was convicted more teenagers are now into hi- University College London has Monday on seven counts of failing tech computer crime. Alarmingly been published in the journal to report gifts. large number of teenagers are Geophysical Research Letters. The Stevens, a senior found peddling credit card work provides the first definitive United States numbers, phishing kits and proof for overall decrease in Arctic Senator from Alaska cracking tips in some Internet ice volume, claim the authors. and the longest forums. The young offenders are serving Republican very likely to get caught and The researchers have found that in the Senate, had prosecuted due to their inferior last winter's ice thickness been accused not reporting tens technical skills, claim experts. represented a decrease of an of thousands of dollars worth of average of 26 centimeters below gifts from the VECO Corporation Wikipedia Current Events the 2002-2008 winter average. including free house remodeling. The greatest decline of 49 At its PDC, Microsoft delivers a centimeters was in the western pre-beta release of Windows 7 to Homes of six Minnesota Arctic, which could explain the developers, and announces plans politicians vandalized region's becoming relatively ice- to release a full Windows 7 beta An unknown person or persons free this summer, allowing it to be early in 2009. wrote graffiti and vandalized the open to shipping for the first time exterior of homes •North Korea issues a statement in 30 years. The record low of ice belonging to six declaring that it will turn South thickness during summer members of the Korea into "debris" if the South happened when the weather was United States does not stop all "confrontational not abnormally warm. congressional delegation from the activities". state of Minnesota late last “About five years ago, the average •Iran opens a naval base in the Monday night or early Tuesday projection for the sea ice town of Jask, just outside the morning. disappearing was about 2080. But Strait of Hormuz entrance to the the ice minimums, and this Persian Gulf. Acting teacher and director evidence of melting, suggests that dies at age 75 we should favor the models that Acting teacher and director Milton Arctic ice thickness decreasing, suggest the sea ice will disappear Katselas died Friday at age 75, suggests satellite data study by 2030-2040, but there is still a after suffering from heart failure A recent study based on satellite lot of uncertainty.” —Dr Seymour at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in radar altimetry indicates drastic Laxon, University College London , . He began thinning of Arctic ice during the the in winter of 2007. It was found that Katharine Giles, the lead author, 1978 and taught acting classes the ice thickness had been fairly points out that the study used there to noted actors including constant for the five previous satellite data sets, which had a and Gene winters. The researchers were able number of advantages over other Hackman. His book Acting Class: to highlight widespread ice methods. Previous studies have Take a Seat was published earlier thinning in areas covered by both used measurements from drilling, this month. old and young ice. This thinning or submarine and airborne

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 surveys. These studies could be noted actors including George premise: successfully get an acting severely limited by time and Clooney and . role within six weeks or leave the space. The present study utilized Katselas is survived by a sister and course. continuous, all-weather, day-and- two brothers. night radar altimeter data from the He grew up in , European Space Agency's Envisat Katselas directed an off-Broadway Pennsylvania to parents who had satellite. The study measured ice production of 's The immigrated from Greece, and thickness from October to March, Zoo Story, and received a Tony graduated from Carnegie Mellon. 2007, over more than half of the Award nomination for his 1969 He studied acting with Lee Arctic. direction of . Strasberg in New York at the Actress Blythe Danner won a Tony , and received advice There has been considerable Award for her role in Butterflies from directors and uncertainty over the causes of ice are Free under Katselas' direction. . loss in the Arctic. It has been He moved to California to direct debated that ice could have been the film version of that play, and Katselas was a prominent piled up against the coast, thus went on to direct films and Scientologist, and a July 2007 reducing the sea ice extent. television movies. Actress Eileen profile on Katselas in The New Measurements of the ice thickness, Heckart received an Academy York Times Magazine observed as in the present study, give Award for her role in the film that some of his students stopped definite proof for ice melting. "So version of Butterflies are Free. taking courses at the Beverly Hills this means melting; it doesn't Playhouse because they felt they mean that the ice has just been Katselas directed the San had been pressured to join the pushed up against the coastline," Francisco and Los Angeles Church of . According remark Seymour Laxon, co-author productions of the play P.S. Your to the article, Katselas credited of the paper. Cat Is Dead! by playwright James Scientology founder L. Ron Kirkwood, Jr. In his author's notes Hubbard "for much of his success The conclusions of the study can in the publication of the script, in life", and one of his students help predict what could happen Kirkwood acknowledged Katselas, works at Scientology's Celebrity with the ice cover in future. and wrote that the plays were Centre. The article commented Deflection of sunlight by the Arctic "directed with incredible energy that some in Los Angeles view the ice cap could be reduced, leading and enthusiasm by Milton Beverly Hills Playhouse as "a to larger areas of water, which can Katselas, to whom I am extremely recruitment center for absorb heat. Warmer indebted". Scientology". temperatures will in turn promote more ice melting. "About five Katselas directed the television Katselas met L. Ron Hubbard after years ago, the average projection movie Strangers: Story of a moving to California, and began for the sea ice disappearing was Mother and Daughter, and actress studying Scientology in 1965. The about 2080", said Dr Laxon. "But Bette Davis received an Emmy New York Times Magazine reported the ice minimums, and this Award for her role in the movie. that he had reached the level of evidence of melting, suggests that Katselas taught many famous "Operating Thetan, Level 5, or O.T. we should favor the models that actors including , V." in 2007. According to The New suggest the sea ice will disappear Richard Gere, Robert Duvall, Jack York Times Magazine when by 2030-2040, but there is still a Lemmon, Al Pacino, , Scientologists proceed up the "The lot of uncertainty." Christopher Walken, Burt Bridge to Total Freedom" they Reynolds, George C. Scott, learn the story of Xenu, and that: Acting teacher and director , , "75 million years ago the evil alien Milton Katselas dies at age 75 , and Patrick Swayze. Xenu solved galactic Acting teacher and director Milton Katselas was credited with being overpopulation by dumping 13.5 Katselas died Friday at age 75, able to nurture actors with raw trillion beings in volcanoes on after suffering from heart failure at talent so that they could develop Earth, where they were vaporized, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los strong Hollywood careers. He scattering their souls." A Church of Angeles, California. He began the utilized innovative techniques in Scientology publication, Source, Beverly Hills Playhouse in 1978 his courses - one course called lists Katselas as reaching O.T. V. and taught acting classes there to "Terrorist Theatre" had a simple in 1989.

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“He is brilliant, and knows me so Anne Archer was introduced to Katselas, for his insights, wisdom, well as a person and an actress Scientology while studying at the and inspiration, which have helped that he gets the most out of me.” Beverly Hills Playhouse, as was make me the actress that I am." — former Scientologist and now outspoken critic actor Jason “I really care about the craft of Though some actors felt pressured Beghe. Beghe told Roger Friedman acting. It's absolutely necessary to to join the of FOX News in April 2008 that "He take the time and patience to after taking courses at the Beverly [Katselas] gets kickbacks", and really develop an actor.” Hills Playhouse, at least one that he was brought to a —Milton Katselas individual felt Katselas was not Scientology center by fellow active enough with the Beverly Hills Playhouse classmate Katselas authored two books: organization. Actress Jenna Elfman , Jenna Elfman's Dreams Into Action: Getting What left the Beverly Hills Playhouse husband. In a 1998 article for Buzz You Want, first published in 1996 because she felt Katselas was not Magazine, Randye Hoder wrote "In by Dove Books, and Acting Class: committed enough to Scientology. his class, Katselas is careful not to Take a Seat, which came out Katselas had previously directed label anything as a tenet of earlier this month. Dreams Into Elfman in half of Visions and Scientology, but there is no Action, a New York Times Lovers: Variations on a Theme, question that the church's Bestseller, sought to modify two one-act plays about influence seeps into the motivational acting exercises to relationships that he had written playhouse." the field of business. himself. In 1999 Katselas had planned to adapt the script of Anne Archer's husband and fellow In an interview in the 2007 book Visions and Lovers to a film Scientologist, producer Terry Acting Teachers of America, version, and Elfman was set to Jastrow, commented to The New Katselas commented on his reprise her role from the play. In York Times Magazine that Katselas experiences as an acting teacher an article in Variety about the changed the way he experiences over the years: "I have very project, Elfman commented on her life on a day-to-day basis: "I go special teachers here at the experience working with Katselas: out in the world and look at human Beverly Hills Playhouse—some "He is brilliant, and knows me so behavior now. I see a woman or have been with me for over well as a person and an actress man interacting with a saleslady, twenty-five years. I believe that to that he gets the most out of me." and I see the artistry in it. Life is make a difference over the long an endless unspooling of art, of haul, we need to train teachers. I Other prominent Scientologist acting, of painting, of architecture. really care about the craft of actors who have studied under And where did I learn that? From acting. It's absolutely necessary to Katselas include , Milton." take the time and patience to , and Leah Remini. really develop an actor." According to , Actor Anthony Head of Buffy the Katselas also recruited actress Vampire Slayer spoke highly of Homes of six Minnesota Kelly Preston to Scientology. Katselas in a 2002 interview with politicians vandalized Actress (the Chronicle: "He's this An unknown person or persons voice of Bart Simpson), told wonderfully intuitive teacher and wrote graffiti and vandalized the Scientology publication Celebrity his premise is basically: The only exterior of homes belonging to six that Katselas motivated her to get real barriers are the ones we put members of the United States more active in Scientology, and in front of ourselves. If you say, congressional delegation from the she stated she took the 'My character wouldn't do that' -- state of Minnesota late last organization's "Purification bollocks! Ultimately it's you who Monday night or early Tuesday Rundown" and her life "took off wouldn't say that. Who knows morning. completely" what your character might do." In the acknowledgements of her 2004 According to the Star Tribune, “Life is an endless unspooling of autobiography Are You Hungry, Laurie Coleman, wife of U.S. art, of acting, of painting, of Dear?: Life, Laughs, and Lasagna, Senator Norm Coleman, found the architecture. And where did I learn actress wrote: "I words "U R A CRIMINAL, RESIGN that? From Milton.” —Terry thank my friend and acting OR ELSE! PSALM 2" written on the Jastrow teacher, the incredible Milton family's garage. The word "SCUM"

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 was also written in three places on communities," Franken's campaign know enough to get a simple another side of the garage. Psalm told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The phishing or attack tool right," said 2 is a biblical reference. paper said that the Franken Kevin Hogan, a senior manager of campaign office was the victim of Symantec Security Response. The The homes of senator Amy graffiti attacks including the words teenagers often end up damaging Klobuchar, and U.S. "Crazy" and "No New Taxes." their own PCs by the viruses they representatives Michele have written. Bachmann, Keith Ellison, John Federal and local authorities are Kline and Jim Ramstad were also still investigating these incidents, Teenagers desire to win targeted by vandals. Ellison's as well as similar incidents that recognition for their exploits make house was the only one that took place in Missouri. them post revealing videos in sites sustained damage. such as YouTube. They commonly Over the weekend, a Minnesota sign on with the same alias used “We're looking at this as an actual hair salon was targeted. Police say to crack a site, run a phishing threat.” —Peter Panos, St. Paul it may have been a copycat attack or write a web exploit. They Police spokesman vandal, though the salon is said to are thus easily tracked down by be patronized by Norm Coleman. computer security experts. Peter Panos, St. Paul Police spokesman, told the Star Tribune More teenagers attracted to “Some are quite crude, some are that threatening message in the computer crime, say experts clever and some are stupid” graffiti were cause for concern. Security experts warn more and —Chris Boyd, FaceTime Security more teenagers are now into hi- "We're looking at this as an actual tech computer crime. Alarmingly Mathew Bevan, arrested as a threat," he told the Star Tribune. large number of teenagers are teenager cyber criminal and then "We're taking it quite seriously. found peddling credit card acquitted, says teens enjoy the Vandalism threats are pretty rare numbers, phishing kits and "thrill and power to prove they are in this city." cracking tips in some Internet somebody". Thus they end up forums. The young offenders are sticking to the same alias, even at Bachmann, Coleman, Kline and very likely to get caught and a risk of being caught. "The aim of Ramstad are Republicans. prosecuted due to their inferior what they are doing is to get the Klobuchar and Ellison are technical skills, claim experts. fame within their peer group," he Democrats. All live in the said. "They spend months or years Minneapolis-Saint Paul Swapping malicious programs, developing who they are and their metropolitan area. Reps. Collin knowledge, stolen data, exploits status. They do not want to give Peterson and Jim Oberstar, who and virus code are very popular that up freely." live in out state Minnesota, along with teenagers exposed to the with Rep. Betty McCollum — who world of computer crime. Online Graham Robb, a board member of lives in a condominium, did not communities and web forums the Youth Justice Board, cautions receive vandalism to their homes. sharing application cracks, exotic about the life-long stigma on being Senate candidates Al Franken and exploits and virus code make it caught. "If they get a criminal Dean Barkley, who are running easy for teens to do the illegal record it stays with them," he said. against Coleman in the November activities. Many nuisance programs "A Criminal Records Bureau check elections, condemned the are written by teenagers to exploit will throw that up and it could vandalism. users of social networking sites, prevent access to jobs." opines Chris Boyd, director of “There's no place for this malware research at FaceTime Today in History unacceptable behavior in our Security. 1268 – Conradin, the last Duke of political process, or in our Swabia, was beheaded in Naples communities.” —Al Franken "Some are quite crude, some are after failing to reclaim Sicily for campaign clever and some are stupid," said the House of Hohenstaufen from Mr Boyd. Attempts to make money Charles of Anjou. "There's no place for this by dabbling in cyber crime quite 1787 – The opera Don Giovanni, unacceptable behavior in our often fails due to a lack of based on the legendary fictional political process, or in our technical skills. "They do not even libertine Don Juan and composed

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