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(3) Grease must be added to the main speed bearing of the automatic wire crimping machine every week.
Smearing grease (uniformly applied on the surface of high speed bearing) and restoring (note: in the process of removing pulley, attention to bearing balls perhaps be lost).
Usually in the work, we not only need to know how to use the automatic terminal machine, but also need proper maintenance. Without maintenance, not only will reduce the life of the machine terminals, but also the maintenance skills of the automatic terminal machine will affect the efficiency of the machine.
1. (Stepping Principle) The motor keeps turning. There is an internal wrapped breaker with a clutch. Every step produces a standard “O” coming out, which is the most common.
2. In the last five years, there has been a mute wire crimping machine with a servo. Its operating principle is different from that above. It just gives the servo a message, which is then transmitted to the motor and acts as an action.
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Cardio dance classes can add some much-needed fun into a workout routine that’s starting to feel just blah. But is it just us, or does it always seem like studios are full of legit professional dancers? If you’re typically more of a weights gal or an outdoor runner, shakin’ it in front of a bunch of strangers–no matter how dim the lights–can feel more than a little intimidating.
So where better to get the hang of a dance routine than in the safety (aka privacy) of your own home? These cardio dance workout videos show you all the moves you’ll need to break a sweat–and crack a smile. Because you’re a lot more likely to stick to an exercise regimen if you actually enjoy it rather than totally dread it. Press play on one of these super-fun sequences–and dance like no one’s watching (because literally no one is–phew).
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by Miles Gilbert & James Donohue
Horatio Ross was born at Rossie Castle, Forfarshire near Montrose about 35 miles northeast of Dundee, Scotland on September 5, 1801. He was the son of Hercules Ross and Henrietta (nee Parish) Ross and named for his godfather Lord Horatio Nelson. Hercules Ross and Lord Horatio Nelson corresponded over the period 1780-1802 and their letters are in the Archives of the Royal Naval Museum.
Horatio Ross joined the 14th Light Dragoons in 1821 and retired as Captain in 1826. He won large sums in prizes for shooting (Gilbert 2010) and steeple chasing. He became a member of Parliament for Aberdeen in 1831 and in 1834 he married Justina Henriette, daughter of Colin Macrae, Chief of the Clan Macrae. They had five sons, three of whom competed with their father as four of the Scotch eight competing with the English for the International Trophy, the Elcho Shield. Horatio Ross was so often successful and so highly regarded that the British NRA honored him with some long range shoots at Bisley Ranges. Holland and Holland named a Rook rifle model for him.
In obituaries published December 7th (The Scotsman) and 9th (The Highlander) 1886 he was described as, “…one of the best athletes and sportsmen of his day in the early part of the present (19th) century.” And as, “a shot without equal.” And as, “one of the best riders of the day.” It was also reported that he won the first steeple chase on record, that he together with three of his five sons was part of a team of eight shooting for Scotland in 1863, and that he was regularly out on the Glorious Twelfth of August for the opening of the grouse season. In a letter to an old friend he said that he was preparing for his 69th consecutive 12th. A keen deer hunter, he shot his last stag in the season of 1884 when he was in his 83rd year. Prior to that he had once taken eight deer in twenty minutes, and once taken thirteen deer with fourteen shots.
In addition to hunting, fishing, target shooting and steeple chasing, Horatio Ross was a passionately keen amateur photographer. He was a daguerreotypist from 1847, and a calotypist from 1849. He was taught the calotype process by James Ross. He helped to establish the Photographic Society of Scotland, and he became the Society’s Vice President from its foundation in 1856. He led the case for the amateur photographers in the Society at the Special General Meeting in 1858 when there was rivalry between the amateur and Professional members.
The original Henry records for the lovely rifle number 3575 under consideration here verify that it was sold to Captain Horatio Ross on the 8th June 1875. It is listed as a ‘Best’ quality single shot .450 Express with thirty two inch full rib, 14 5/8 LOP, 1 11/16 DAC, 2 ¼ DAH, and pistol grip. Alexander Henry was one of the very best gun makers of his day. Everything he turned out was handsomely crafted with great attention to detail. “The lock, action, barrel and furniture look as if they have been nailed to a tree and the wood grew around them, so expert is the fit.” (Winfer 1979:78).
Alexander Henry petitioned for patent protection and was granted Patent No. 1071 April 17th, 1865. His outside hammer, back action lock, falling block action is similar to the Sharps system, but in my opinion it is simply elegant by comparison. One of us once traded a Sharps Business rifle with Freund ‘More Light’ sights for the first of several Alexander Henry falling block rifles that he has owned. There is no accounting for impulsive action, is there?
Was Horatio Ross impulsive when he block stamped QUEEN OF THE FOREST on the right side of the rifle stock? That he thought highly of the rifle and used it very well is manifest in his correspondence. First, a letter to Alexander Henry written in June 1876 (Walsh 1882: 23b) :
“Dear Mr. Henry,
Yesterday I gave the ‘Queen of the Forest’ a severer trial than I ever did previously
I was anxious to take advantage of the rifle range and target here, to ascertain exactly what its trajectory really is. I got Mr. Ferguson to assist me, as I consider him to be one of the most careful and painstaking rifle shots we have.
We began at 100 yds., and fired at 130, 150, 180, 200, 220, 230, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, and 400 yards.
We aimed at the same spot as at 100yds. Up to 250yds., using the first sight. We found that up to 230yds. there was no perceptible drop.
At 250yds. we had to put up the flap sight, which gave very satisfactory results as far as 350yds., after that, at 400yds., we found the drop considerable and sudden.
Mr. Ferguson said that, until he had shot this rifle, he had no conception that it was possible to make a rifle which, up to 230yds., had such a flat trajectory.”
“Yours very truly,
Next, a letter written from Ross’ hunting lodge, Wyvis Lodge near Loch Ness, to famous Scot gun maker Hugh Snowie of Inverness, dated Saturday 27th August 1881 (The Englishman Jan 9, 1887):
You like to hear of anything connected with Highland sport. I therefore send you a very curious account of what occurred last Monday to me. I may say that I do not recall anything like it during the more than half a century that deerstalking has been my favorite sport. I was stalking three stags and slowly slipping down a hill when two sheep saw me. The stags saw the sheep and knew at once that danger of some sort was near and from their manner it was evident that they were about to bolt. They were a long way off but I had confidence in my Henry rifle. I fired at one whose horns were clear of velvet. To my surprise they never moved. I fired again at the same stag, then they started at a gallop. The stag I had shot at, after going about thirty yards fell down dead. On going up to him I found that both my bullets had hit him, one passed through the liver, the other through his heart and the two bullet holes were not more than four inches apart. There is no great merit or difficulty in hitting a stag standing steadily broadside although the distance was considerable (200 yards by measurement) but that he should not have moved after a bullet has passed through his body is quite unaccountable….”
Let the reader note that Ross was in his 80th year and the iron sights on the rifle are not user friendly to such chronologically enhanced eyes.
However, Ross had exceptionally good vision as demonstrated in his ability as a pistol shot. He killed 20 swallows one morning before breakfast, most of them on the wing. He was in fact known to be the best pistol shot in all of Europe. In an interview with Sir Henry Halford in 1893, Halford recalled “So great was he with the use of a pistol that a Spaniard came over specially to study his methods,querying whether Ross was as proficient with the weapon as avowed. A match was arranged between the two men with dueling pistols – the distance being twenty yards, and the target a bull’s-eye, the size of a sixpence (.764 inch diameter). The Spaniard hurried off home after seeing Ross hit the bull’s-eye with twenty consecutive shots.” Ross was chosen to act as Second in 16 duels and was always successful in dissuading the combatants from carrying them out.
So, it is with great pleasure that we present to the readers of the Black Powder Cartridge News this thumbnail biography of a remarkable rifleman and his Queen of the Forest.
Sir Edwin Landseer was a close friend of Horatio Ross, who along with Queen Victoria, was one of his wealthy patrons. According to Ormond (2005: 70), Landseer painted Ross in hunting scenes such as this one.
Gilbert, Miles ‘Thomas Kennedy, Maker to HRH Prince Albert’ Double Gun Journal winter 2010.
Ormond, Richard THE MONARCH OF THE GLEN Landseer in the Highlands. National Galleries of Scotland, 2005.
Walsh, J.H. THE MODERN SPORTSMAN’S GUN AND RIFLE. VOL II Wolfe Publishing Co. Prescott, AZ.
Winfer, Wal ‘Alex Henry and his falling block rifles.’ The Gun Digest 1979.
Grant Cypher at Ron Peterson Guns, Albuquerque for photographs of Horatio Ross’ Henry rifle.
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You help members improve their use of language
- To choose a Word of the Day (WoD)
- To record any notable uses of language and of the WoD
- To deliver the grammarian’s report
Before the meeting
- Choose WoD.
- Choose a WoD that people can easily weave into their talk – e.g. someone chose the word ‘frustrated’ once and it was fun for the speakers to use.
- Prepare a short definition of the word – include one or two usage examples.
- Print the word out in large letters on two separate pieces of A4 paper – make it big enough to read easily across the meeting room.
- Prepare your introduction – explain your role and introduce the WoD plus examples.
- Practice your introduction.
- Keep an eye on the clock – make sure you stay within the allotted time.
Upon arrival at the meeting
- Display the WoD.
- Stick the WoD papers in visible places – at the front and back of the room.
During the meeting
- Pay attention to the speakers.
- Note any good/fun use of English and of the WoD.
- Keep phrases short – you only have 3 minutes to deliver your report at the end of the evening.
- To make it easier for yourself, you could pick a theme around the English language – e.g. great examples of vivid imagery, use of onomatopoetic words, powerful rhetorical questions.
- You can also count up the number of times some speakers use ‘filler words’, e.g. umm, ahh, err. It can be very useful for speakers.
- Give your report.
- First, report on which participants used the WoD and how many times.
- You do not have to say how the WoD was used.
- Highlight some of the most interesting examples of language – pick examples from a variety of speakers and from various different parts of the meeting.
- Try to avoid a list of ‘‘speaker x said this, speaker y said that and speaker z said…’’
- Explain why something was a good use of language.
- Structuring your report around rhetorical devices (RDs) may help – e.g. ‘’we had some great examples of anaphora, as when speaker x said…’’
- Keep an eye on the time – when you see the amber light, choose one or two short examples, wrap up and hand back to the Toastmaster.
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The Transportation, Warehousing and Fleet Maintenance Department is responsible for servicing the university’s requirements for warehousing, central receiving, transporting university staff/athletic teams and completing various office and other related moves of furnishings and equipment. The manager of the Transportation, Warehousing and Fleet Maintenance Department is responsible for the overall operation of the above requirements and the university’s warehouse, which is located at 1 Marbury Terrace. The building is utilized to warehouse all university equipment, catalogs, as well as all other goods that cannot be stored on campus. The warehouse also provides a separate space for the Barnes and Noble bookstore.
The department completes deliveries from the warehouse to the on-campus location. A vendor delivery is considered to be the delivery of a product or piece of equipment that is delivered to the warehouse and then transported to the campus location by the Transportation staff. An example of this type of delivery would be when a piece of equipment is shipped to 1 Marbury Terrace, but the ordering department is in Richards Hall. Transportation completes the delivery process.
The department completes deliveries to on-campus locations. These are deliveries where a product has been at the warehouse for a period of time and is then moved to the on campus location as required by the university departments. An example of this type of delivery would be the delivery of paper goods that are stored at the warehouse by the Building Services Department.
The department completes internal deliveries from one campus location to another campus location. This type of delivery could involve the moving of furniture form one office area to another, or moving furniture to provide space for various contractors to do work such as carpet replacement or office, classroom, and laboratory renovations.
The warehouse receives deliveries from various vendors throughout the course of the year. These deliveries are stored at the 1 Marbury Terrace location and are either delivered to the ordering department or stored. The department is responsible for receiving and documenting the receipt of all products as they are delivered to the warehouse.
The Transportation, Warehousing and Fleet Maintenance Department also leases bus service for various departments. University departments can schedule these buses through the Transportation Department. Most of this type of bus service is provided for university athletic teams. These departments ace charged for the bus service provided. If a Northeastern bus is not available to handle a university requirement, the Transportation Department will contract these services through an external bus company to provide the service to the university department.
The department is also responsible for working with outside moving companies who are contracted to provide additional moving services. This type of contracting occurs when the moving services required are beyond the capacity of the Transportation Department’s forces.
The manager of the department also acts as a consultant when the university is developing complex projects, including departmental moves. An example of this would be all the work required for the development as well as the coordination of the project.
The department is also involved in the transportation and setup of many items used at the university’s commencement exercises. These are very important tasks, where attention to detail is paramount.
The Auto Shop performs maintenance on all university vehicles. Police cruisers, trade vans, buses used to transport students, lawn mowers and snow removal equipment all are serviced at the shop on a regular basis. In addition, the shop maintains all emergency generators on campus.
The Auto Shop provides emergency services as required. Whether vehicles are scheduled for routine maintenance or are in need of emergency service, the Auto Shop responds quickly and efficiently.
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Domaine des Mazelles Sauvignon de Touraine, Guy Allion
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Superb crisp minerally fruit with refreshing acidity.
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- Guy and Cédric Allion of Domaine du Haut Perron have 23 hectares of vines on the wonderfully exposed slopes of the Chers right bank in the Loire Touraine Appellation. The soils here are clay and limestone embedded with flint which is known as Perruches in the area. These flint deposits give their wines their trademark crisp minerality.
The Domaine practice a sustainable viticulture, looking to the long-term wellbeing of their terroir. They use traditional techniques and organic fertilisers alongside careful observation of the vines to ensure healthy and good quality grapes are produced.
A superb expression of modern style Sauvignon Blanc produced in the Loire Valley, this wine is full of superbly crisp minerally fruit counterbalanced by good refreshing acidity. A really top class and great value Touraine Sauvignon.
- 'Bright elderflower, blackcurrant leaf; good value.' - The Wine Merchant Top 100 2018
- Highly Commended in The Wine Merchant Top 100 2018
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This is such a versatile and food-friendly wine that it can go with almost any light, summery dish. One of our favourites is fish en papillote with spring vegetables, fresh herbs, and olive oil. Beautiful!
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Cali's King Cake
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“The original outlaw poet.” -Michelle Tea
WHY WE SHOULD CARE: Heroine, revolutionary, feminist and poetess of the Beat generation, Diane Di Prima is a living example of woman as artist. A renaissance creator most well-known for her poetry, she spent the sixties in New York, writing, publishing, and founding the New York Poets Theatre, the Poets Press, and editing literary magazine The Floating Bear. In the male-dominated world of beat poetry, she emerged as one of the most important artists of a generation. She became a part of the hippie movement, joining Timothy Leary’s psychedelic community in upstate New York, before relocating to California later in life. Her life is chronicled in 13 works of poetry and prose.
THREE WORKS WE ADMIRE:
Published by City Lights Books, the book is a collection of poems written and performed during Di Prima’s years as an activist in New York. First performed as guerilla theatre, and read by Di Prima from the back of a flat-bed truck, the book has been re-published 4 times, updated with new letters each edition.
Recollections of my Life as a Woman, The New York Years
Di Prima explores her childhood in Brooklyn, her experiences in 1950’s Manhattan bohemia, being a single mother, and her creativity and sexuality. The book is a journey of Di Prima’s discovery of her self, and her role as a woman in the world around her.
Described when it was first published as “the female counterpart” to Allen Ginsberg’s revolutionary text, Howl, Loba is an exploration of the feminine.
WHO WOULD WE CAST AS HER IN A MOVIE: Indie mainstays Zoey Deschannel or Chloe Sevigny
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White Bean & Sweet Pea Dip
Dips are a fun, healthy and fuss free way to satisfy a crowd while whipping up Easter dinner.
1 can (540 mL) white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup (250 mL) frozen green peas, thawed
¼ cup (60 mL) roughly chopped fresh mint
zest and juice of 2 limes
2 cloves minced garlic (*or to taste)
1 tsp (5 mL) salt
½ tsp (2 mL) paprika
¼ tsp (1 mL) pepper
Pinch chili flakes
1/4 cup (60 mL) olive or avocado oil
Place beans in bowl of food processor fitted with metal blade. Pulse until well chopped. Add remaining ingredients (except for oil). Pulse until well combined. With motor running, drizzle in oil. Pulse until well combined (if you find dip too thick, add a tbsp or two of water). Serve with an assortment of veggies & flatbreads and/or crackers.
Makes about 3 cups (750 mL).
Other serving ‘tips for your dip’:
~stir ½ cup (125 mL) with a can of tuna for a sandwich filler.
~ slather a spoonful on a piece of cooked salmon or chicken.
Roasted Carrot Fries with Crumbled Feta and Mint
A simple and nutritious side dish.
1 lbs (500 g) carrots, well washed *skin left on
1 tbsp (15 mL) melted coconut oil or vegetable oil
1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin
½ tsp (2 mL) minced garlic *or to taste
Hefty pinch salt, pepper and paprika
⅓ cup (75 mL) crumbled feta
¼ cup (60 mL) green pumpkin seeds
3 tbsp (45 mL) chopped fresh mint
Preheat oven to 400 F (200 C). Cut carrots in half crosswise, then in thick ‘french fry’ sticks.
Coconut Lemon Cheesecake
A perfect sweet treat if you’re entertaining an Easter crowd.
This lemony cheesecake comes in a portion of the calories and fat compared to a traditional cheesecake = an ideal excuse to have seconds!!
1 ½ cups (375 mL) Graham cracker crumbs
½ cup (125 mL) flaked sweetened coconut
¼ cup (60 mL) melted butter or coconut oil
1 (454 g) tub Ricotta Cheese
⅓ cup (75 mL) Canadian maple syrup
¼ cup (60 mL) brick style cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp (30 mL) finely grated lemon zest
1/3 cup (75 mL) fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 ½ tsp (7 mL) coconut extract
1 tsp (10 mL) pure vanilla extract
Garnish: melted white chocolate and large flaked toasted coconut (found at bulk food or speciality food shops).
Preheat oven to 325 F (165 C).
Stir together crumbs, coconut and butter. Press evenly on to bottom of a well greased 10-inch springform pan.
Bake in centre of oven for about 10 minutes (or until edges are light brown). Remove from oven and cool completely.
Meanwhile, place all cheesecake ingredients (except for ganishes) in bowl of food processor fitted with a metal blade. Pulse until well combined. Scrape sides when needed. Pour mixture onto prepared crust and bake in center of oven for 45 minutes (or until edges are firm and centre of cake is slightly jiggly).
When finished baking, turn oven off and open oven door slightly. Let cake cool in oven for 15 minutes (with door open) before removing. Remove from oven and cool completely.
Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. When ready to serve, drizzle with melted white chocolate and sprinkle with toasted coconut flakes. Makes 8 servings.
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Today I have been thinking about the current situation for the arts. There have been many funding cuts and many organizations that are sinking or have gone under. However, I have also seen the flip-side. There are organizations that are thriving in this economy. I hear about their sold out shows, their successful fundraisers. So why are some organizations failing and some thriving? To me it seems that some creatives are getting creative and some are not. This is the stuff that Michael Kaiser is preaching, to get creative, and it would be good if we examined his advice in more detail by considering the audience development perspective.
When I scan for audience development news, I find that usually what is getting reported are new and clever ways to engage with patrons and fans. I am finding participation avenues for their audience members that creates more passion. I am seeing creative collaborations. These ideas are what grabs the printed and tweeted attention around the globe. These organizations are being talked about, and the world can view their success.
I am not citing specifics for a reason. To me, each and every artist or organization has the potential to be one of these success stories. We are creative people after all. It is time for each of us to stop lamenting about the cuts and to start envisioning creative solutions.
What can we learn from these organizations?
- Despite the news of funding cuts, they continue to go for it – they continue to plan projects that get everyone excited and get them noticed.
- If a certain way of old is not working anymore, they reevaluate and look at new ways of finding support.
- They plan and implement these new ideas, blazing new trails along the way.
- They remain positive and pass this energy on to everyone that is a part of the organization – Board, staff, volunteers, donors, audience…
- They celebrate the successes along the way, creating more positive energy.
- They get help when needed. If they are not strong in a particular area, they will find someone who is, all the while being grateful.
- They invite the audience along for the ride.
- They make connections within the community.
- They collaborate and collaborate often.
- They care about their art and the people surrounding their art worlds.
In a nutshell, these organizations have built an energetic community surrounding their art, their programs and their ideas. Plus, they offer art and programs that are original and buzz worthy. It’s the type of energy that is infectious, you can’t help wanting to be a part of it once you get word of it!
The choice is ours. I am seeing the fight for more funding for the arts, protests against closings and budget cuts. This is good and will bring awareness that we do value the arts, but what I rather see are more organizations building a positive energy that can’t help but see successful results despite whatever the economy throws us.
Cheers to happy and loyal audiences,
“Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.”
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YouTube Gallery – Do you have an amazing way you use YouTube to promote your art? Let ADS know, and you might see your YouTube highlighted on our new gallery! | <urn:uuid:cc2cd336-b100-45a8-9b0f-310c905e2c93> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://audiencedevelopment.wordpress.com/tag/audience-development-and-press/ | 2019-07-17T18:27:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.964128 | 698 |
(Scott Johnson; 5 March, 2017)
Scott Johnson, Science Officer with the Bahamas National Trust, shares the work that he and his fellow conservationists are doing to help raise awareness about the issue of wildlife smuggling.
As a Caribbean native, I can wholeheartedly understand people’s obsession with our region. The lush green vegetation, white sandy beaches, turquoise waters, delicious food, and warm tropical climate are all hallmarks of the Caribbean experience. Every year many people, aka “snowbirds” flock to this region by the millions for a welcome respite from the frozen north.
In addition to “sun, sea and sand,” visitors also enjoy the Caribbean’s abundant wildlife, including the chance to spot spectacular native birds like parrots, trogons and todies, swim with sharks and rays, snorkel on a tropical reef, interact with rock iguanas, and even watch sea turtles laying their eggs in a nest they dig right on the beach. Unfortunately, some people want to do more than just observe the wildlife—they want to take a souvenir home, purchasing wildlife products for fashion, pets, and novel foods. This is causing a serious threat to the long-term survival of many native species.
The Caribbean is a virtual treasure trove of biological diversity. In fact, it is one of the most important biological hotspots in the world, home to thousands of endemic plants and animals. For example, 172 species of birds are Caribbean endemics, found no place else on earth. Many of these species are found on only one or two islands in the entire region. The novelty of these species unfortunately makes them key targets for smugglers.
Wildlife smuggling is one of the largest illegal activities in the world, a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. Every year, tens of thousands of animals and animal products are smuggled to places like Asia, the US and other countries to satisfy people’s insatiable appetites for the new and exotic. In Trinidad and Tobago, birds like the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch and Blue-and-Yellow Macaw are key species targeted by smugglers. In 2011, 74 eggs from both Black-billed Parrots and Yellow-billed Parrots were smuggled out of Jamaica into Austria in rum cake boxes by tourists visiting Jamaica. On the island of Hispaniola, Hispaniolan Parrots have been captured and sold in the wildlife trade and are illegally kept as pets, while a single St. Vincent Parrot is said to be worth $100,000 on the black market.
What’s being done to help curb this threat in the Caribbean?
Law enforcement is an extremely important tool in the battle against wildlife smuggling. Sadly, protection of native wildlife from illegal capture and smuggling has not been a major priority for many Caribbean countries. In addition, many enforcers do not have a well-rounded knowledge about their native species. This is where wildlife sensitization comes in. For the past two years………. | <urn:uuid:9fd3ba56-6f9b-42e0-a371-3b79fb8d6768> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://birdlife20.wordpress.com/tag/trade/ | 2019-07-17T18:56:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.947797 | 616 |
Coffee Chat – Student Retention (Thursday, January 24, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
The retention task force formed at the request of the President, has been charged with developing strategies to improve student retention and graduation rates. The group has been examining data and has some insights, but the focus of this chat is to hear instructors’ perspectives. What helps retain students early in their career, and what helps them graduate? What things put them at risk for leaving Michigan Tech? What can we, as a University, do better to help students graduate as Huskies? Come and share your experience and provide important input to help the task force wrap up this important work! Refreshments will be available for those who register by Monday January 21, 2019 Click here to register.
LUNCHEON WORKSHOP – Interpreting Student Feedback (Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Noon – 1:00 pm)
When end-of-course surveys are returned, instructors can be easily overwhelmed by the variance in ratings and comments. When some students hated what other students loved, it can be hard to decide on a course of action, and harder still to understand students expectations. In this luncheon session, we’ll discuss ways to productively parse student feedback and decide on a path for improvement. Lunch will be available for those who register by Friday, January 25, 2019. Click here to register. | <urn:uuid:7728cf86-8140-4d9f-9cf5-712a9f928aa9> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://blogs.mtu.edu/ctl/author/nsseely/ | 2019-07-17T19:41:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.955501 | 291 |
In the restaurant business each location is typically divided up into three different areas. The business office is where the general manager and bookkeepers perform the daily administrative tasks. The back of the house includes the kitchen and loading docks where the chef is generally in charge. The front of the house is the place the public sees, including the dining room. This portion of the restaurant is usually under the direction of the front-of-house manager.
Coordinating Staff and Guests
The front of house manager coordinates all the activities going on in his designated portion of the restaurant. The coordination of staff includes assigning sections in which servers work, ensuring adequate staffing for the anticipated meal count and adjusting staff levels when dining traffic is less than expected.
Coordinating Restaurant Sections
The FOH manager may also work with hosts to help regulate the flow of customers during busy periods, estimating wait times and helping to ensure that timeline. The FOH keeps in constant contact with the back of the house to ensure they are working together effectively.
Meet and Greet
The FOH manager is the face of the restaurant. He often called upon to hear both complaints and compliments about the dining experience. The manager is responsible for helping to resolve issues with unhappy customers, as well as reinforcing the positive experience to encourage repeat visists. Table touches, or walking around the dining room to check on everyone, are important to many diners even when there is no issue. The FOH manager's presence makes diners feel well cared for.
Restaurant Standards Check
The front-of-house manager is responsible for enfocing all restaurant standards. The manager will check employee uniforms to ensure they are dressed for the shift. He will randomly check for clean lines, and he is often the last line of quality control for food coming from the kitchen to the table.
The FOH manager may be responsible for writing schedules for front-of-house staff. This includes scheduling hosts, servers, bartenders, bus people and anyone else working in the front.
Fill In Where Needed
The FOH manager is the emergency back-up when staff are unable to handle demands or when someone is unexpectedly absent. The front-of-house manager should be familiar with every job in the front of the house to allow him to step in anywhere he might be needed. | <urn:uuid:5ca611fb-f804-48c6-81d8-f29127e4a3cf> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://careertrend.com/list-6667123-front-house-manager-responsibilities.html | 2019-07-17T18:48:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.953476 | 472 |
Ashwin Kumar will become Deutsche Börse Group’s new Global Head of Product Development as of 1 September. In this newly created role, he will report as Managing Director directly to CEO Carsten Kengeter. The key tasks of this new function comprise of research for new products, product enhancements and product redesign along the value chain. He will be responsible for exploring business opportunities by identifying demand from both sell-side and buy-side firms. Ashwin Kumar was a founding partner of Meru Capital and worked for the hedge fund from 2009 until 2014. Previously, he was also a founding partner of Old Lane. Further work stations include major international sell-side banks like Bank of America, Commerzbank Securities, CS First Boston and Citibank in senior management positions. During his career, he gained significant experience in fixed-income (derivatives) trading, funds and portfolio management. Ashwin Kumar worked in New York initially and for the last 12 years in London. He graduated (MBA) from University of Chicago and Purdue University (BS in Industrial Management). He is UK passport holder with family roots in India. Ashwin Kumar has three children. | <urn:uuid:e6897d5b-8a2f-41fd-9bb4-01f1005e0f1c> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://events.bizzabo.com/consensus2017/agenda/speakers/171498 | 2019-07-17T18:57:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.965417 | 236 |
Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture
Published in The Lancet.
Agricultural food production and agriculturally-related change in land use substantially contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide. Four-fi fths of agricultural emissions arise from the livestock sector. Although livestock products are a source of some essential nutrients, they provide large amounts of saturated fat, which is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We considered potential strategies for the agricultural sector to meet the target recommended by the UK Committee on Climate Change to reduce UK emissions from the concentrations recorded in 1990 by 80% by 2050, which would require a 50% reduction by 2030. With use of the UK as a case study, we identifi ed that a combination of agricultural technological improvements and a 30% reduction in livestock production would be needed to meet this target; in the absence of good emissions data from Brazil, we assumed for illustrative purposes that the required reductions would be the same for our second case study in São Paulo city. We then used these data to model the potential benefi ts of reduced consumption of livestock products on the burden of ischaemic heart disease: disease burden would decrease by about 15% in the UK (equivalent to 2850 disability-adjusted life-years [DALYs] per million population in 1 year) and 16% in São Paulo city (equivalent to 2180 DALYs per million population in 1 year). Although likely to yield benefi ts to health, such a strategy will probably encounter cultural, political, and commercial resistance, and face technical challenges. Coordinated intersectoral action is needed across agricultural, nutritional, public health, and climate change communities worldwide to provide aff ordable, healthy, low-emission diets for all societies. | <urn:uuid:0bbcabf8-d867-4049-811e-523d2398ba50> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://fcrn.org.uk/fcrn/publications/public-health-benefits-strategies-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-food-and-agriculture | 2019-07-17T19:57:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.932928 | 363 |
Car accident compensation for pain and suffering is a type compensation for non-pecuniary loss. Non-pecuniary loss is often referred to as general damages. In this article we have provided more detail about non-pecuniary loss.
Non-pecuniary loss / damage in a car accident injury claim
Non-pecuniary losses are the intangible losses that is not readily quantifiable by reference to a rate of pay or a cost that has actually been incurred. In a car accident personal injury case, if the injured person has a day off work due to their injury, the income loss is tangible, thus, this is not a non-pecuniary loss (i.e. it can be calculated by reference to the persons pay rate). However, if the person suffered from intangible loss due to the physical or physiological condition caused by the car accident, then a claim for damages would fall under the general damages or non-pecuniary loss head of damages.
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In section 3C of the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943, non-pecuniary losses are divided in the five categories
- Pain and suffering: e.g, your pain and suffering caused by the accident such as medical treatments or operations
- Loss of amenities of life: e.g, you lost the ability to lift shopping bags due to the car accident injuries
- Loss of enjoyment of life: e.g. you lost the ability to play with kids and participate in sport
- Curtailment of expectation of life: e.g, as a result of the accident you are likely to die 5 years earlier and
- Bodily or mental harm: e.g, depression, limited use your neck, limited use of your back
Please note, when injured person asked about “car accident compensation for pain and suffering”, they often refer to the compensation for the intangible loss in the above heads of damage (ie. non-pecuniary loss).
What can I expect from my pain and suffering settlements?
Pain and suffering settlements can be estimated by many methods. If you have been researching on this topic for a while, you may have read about “pain and suffering calculator”, “pain and suffering multiplier”, or “pain and suffering threshold amount”.
As at 1 July 2017, all claims for non-pecuniary loss have to exceed a minimum threshold of $20,600 and the maximum amount payable is $412,000. The threshold (deductible) amount gradually reduces for claims assessed between $61,500 and $82,000 and does not apply to assessments over $82,000. Insurance Commission of Western Australia sets Threshold Schedule annually. The Threshold Schedule is used to assess the amount payable.
As you can see, the range between minimum payout and maximum compensation is quite large. This is because there a large range of factors that may determine where you sit in the range.
If you have just suffered a personal injury in a car accident happened recently then your condition is unlikely to have stabilised and you will be unable to tell what the impact of the motor vehicle accident has been on you. You can use internet articles to find out the average pain and suffering settlements for whiplash, or other types of motor injuries, but the amount of pain and suffering from one case to another is vastly different. In most cases you would be better off revisiting the question later in your car accident injury claim when your condition is stabilised and have you a better understanding of the long term impact on you.
Settlement of your pain and suffering claim
If you have made a car accident personal injury claim, you need to be aware that settlement of your personal injury claim is a negotiation process. There are threshold amounts, limits and guidelines for the process. The actual settlement is negotiated outcome based on the case you present. Being able to build a strong case that supports your compensation expectation is vital in getting the fair compensation for your personal injury claim.
In the case of car accident injury compensation claim, managing a pain and suffering claim without a lawyer is possible but a good lawyer often has the ability to get you more compensation than you could.
No Win No Fee lawyers do not charge legal fees unless that successfully settle the client for their client. As one of the top No-Win-No-Fee compensation lawyers in Western Australia, Foyle Legal provides an obligation free consultation. If you have made a car accident personal injury claim, consult a lawyer on obligation free basis may assist you to understand how to best progress your claim. | <urn:uuid:a7ab7c90-5bb0-4d3e-b8c7-5e12676e72da> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://foylelegal.com/blog/car-accident-compensation-for-pain-and-suffering-non-pecuniary-loss | 2019-07-17T19:45:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.955285 | 972 |
A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to review a pair of Fields & Lane gardening gloves as well as offer a contest for my readers. And all I can say is HOLY COW, I LOVE these gloves!
Gardening gloves are normally something I go through at the speed of light. I’m very hard on them, and they seem to last about a month or so before I blow out the fingertips. I’ll admit, I don’t spend much on my gloves, probably in the $5-10 range, but I figure since I’m so rough with them why spend more? I also don’t spend a fortune on sunglasses since I’m always losing or breaking them, but that’s another story.
I’m also really picky about my gloves since I don’t want anything thick and cumbersome, preferring to feel whatever I’m touching. In fact, I’d prefer to garden bare-handed any day if it didn’t completely destroy my skin and nails. Because of my pickiness, I requested to review a different pair of gloves (the Flex Gardener) than the thicker pairs offered in the contest, knowing I’d prefer the lightweight version. And after giving them a massive workout this past week I am probably their #1 fan!
At first I thought they might be a bit snug for me, and therefore drive me crazy. I had measured my wrist, according to their directions, and ordered the small size. As soon as I began to garden, though, they felt as if they were custom made for me, quickly conforming to the shape of my hands. I even forgot I was wearing them when I tried to access the messages on my phone, which I was successfully able to do without taking them off!
The goat leather is fantastic, allowing me to handle pruning thorny rose bushes with ease. In fact, my daughter didn’t believe they could be so puncture-proof so she even tested them for herself and now wants a pair for herself!
Another reason I love goat leather so much is it doesn’t get stiff and crackly after its been wet (like my cheap plastic gloves do!) After gardening all day yesterday, in the wet mud no less, I was able to put my gloves on today and within 5 minutes they had warmed up and felt good as new!
And the breathable fabric on top of the glove lets my hands stay cool all day long – crucial when gardening non-stop.
Fields & Lane is located in Carleton, Oregon and sources all leather within the United States. The gloves are then assembled in a fair trade factory in Costa Rica. This company impressed me on so many levels, one of the main reasons being its commitment to community. They’re huge into philanthropy and won me over immediately. See for yourself:
Company & Community
We take our values seriously, integrating them into our business and our personal lives. Our focus on special-needs children has its roots in owner Bob Laughlin and his wife Dorothy’s experience with their own daughter Bonnie, who had cerebral palsy.
In 1992 the Laughlins started helping at La Escuela de Ensenanza Especial, a public school for children with special needs in Costa Rica. Their involvement with the Escuela is really how they got involved with the community there and why we set up shop in San Isidro. Our factory has been making semiannual donations to La Escuela since we started producing in 1995.
The factory also makes monthly donations to support two homes, or hogares, for community members with special needs in San Isidro. Hogar Manuel is a group home for adults with disability. Hogar Bethania is a care center for adults in their last years of life, average age over 80.
We’ve also helped the victims of the Haiti earthquake and the 9/11 attacks by donating our work gloves to support the relief efforts after those disasters, shipping over 900 pairs to Haiti and 2400 pairs to relier workers after 9/11.
Okay, so what’s the prize?
The Fields & Lane Prize Package: One lucky Gossip in the Garden reader will win 2 pairs of gloves, including 1 pair of Forester gloves (valued at $27; men’s and women’s sizes available) shown on the right, AND 1 pair of Wave gloves (valued at $29.35; only women’s sizes) shown on the left.
2 Ways to Enter this contest It’s easy to enter this giveaway! Just do one the following before midnight on December 5, 2011:
1) Leave a comment on this site telling me why you want these gloves, what you look for in gardening gloves, any tips you might have, etc.
2) Or you can also head over to the Fields & Lane Facebook page and sign up on the company’s mailing list. Just make sure you leave me a comment letting me know you did that!
A few more details: The winner will be chosen at random by Dec. 7, 2011 and contacted within 24 hours. If the proposed winner forfeits or does not claim the prize by Dec. 12, 2011, the prize will be re-awarded based on the sponsor’s sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded. Please provide your name and email to enter this contest, so I can immediately contact you if you win. The winner agrees to allow his/her first name to be mentioned in conjunction with this giveaway.
The number of eligible entries will determine the odds of winning. This giveaway is limited to U.S. residents only, who are over the age of 18 years old. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. This sweepstakes is VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to these conditions.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post, and product and compensation were provided. All expressed opinions, however, are absolutely and without a doubt, my own.
Don’t forget! You must enter this giveaway before midnight on Dec. 5, 2011.
Good luck everyone!
UPDATE!!! And the Random Number Generator has chosen…..drum roll please…..Meghan Phillips! Congratulations Meghan! I’ll be contacting you today to get your address!
Thanks for your comments, everyone. I truly enjoyed reading them as some were actually quite funny! I wish I could give each of you a pair, but alas I cannot. Here’s hoping Santa leaves some for you in a few weeks! 🙂 | <urn:uuid:e074d49a-c09b-462f-8ef3-79e908c074e7> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://harmonyinthegarden.com/gossip-in-the-gardens-great-giveaway-week-2/ | 2019-07-17T18:30:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.961384 | 1,372 |
Dennis DeYoung says a Styx classic nearly became the closing theme for Spider-Man: Far From Home.
He explains in his latest Facebook column, "'The Grand Illusion' was up for the credit roll music... The deal was negotiated and came down to two songs. [We] didn’t get it. I hear it’s The Go-Go’s 'Vacation.'"
Noting that "the credit roll [placement] is as important as the movie," Dennis is pleased that "at least it was in the running... Guess I’d have to see it to understand 'Vacation' as the choice." But not in the nearby multiplex: "I’ll wait for HBO. By the way, is that a thinly disguised Roboto in that picture?" | <urn:uuid:d5d2e277-000b-462c-900e-3fdb2ea36a5d> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://kbgo.iheart.com/featured/big-95-morning-show/content/2019-07-09-dennis-deyoung-styx-classic-nearly-used-in-spiderman-movie/ | 2019-07-17T19:17:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.983126 | 168 |
What are your thoughts on using an SBA loan to grow your business? Is this something you have considered in the past? Is this something that you want to look into in the near future? Do you have enough knowledge of SBA loans to make the right decision?
Before you decide for or against an SBA loan, you need to understand what exactly an SBA loan is. To get this out of the way and move on to the finer details, we’re going to turn to the U.S. Small Business Administration website:
“The SBA works with lenders to provide loans to small businesses. The agency doesn’t lend money directly to small business owners. Instead, it sets guidelines for loans made by its partnering lenders, community development organizations, and micro-lending institutions. The SBA guarantees these loans will be repaid, which eliminates some risk for the lending partners.”
Now that we have that out of the way, you need to learn about the finer details of SBA loans.
What Do You Need to Qualify?
This is an important question to answer, as you don’t want to spend too much time on this loan product if you don’t qualify.
While every lender is different, here are some general qualification requirements that are likely to come into play;
- Annual revenue of $100,000 or more
- A credit score of 620 or higher
- A minimum of two years in business
If you don’t meet the eligibility requirements right now, you may want to wait until you do before attempting to secure a loan. Of course, you also have the option to consider a different type of loan.
How Much Money You Can Get from an SBA Loan
If you’re going to apply for an SBA loan, you want to know what you can get in return. There are a few things to consider, with these details among the most important:
- Maximum loan amount: $5,000 to $5 million
- Loan term: 5 to 25 years
- Interest rate: starting at 6.5 percent
- Approval process: typically within three to four weeks
So, as you can see, there are a few things you need to think about.
For example, you need to decide how much money you require. Maybe you only need $10,000, or maybe you need to apply for $1 million or more.
Note: you can use an SBA loan for a variety of business purposes. It doesn’t matter if you own a marketing agency, restaurant, or some other type of business, there’s a good chance you can think of a few ways to use the funds of your loan.
For most business owners, the primary benefit of an SBA loan is the ability to get the funds they need. This alone is enough to excite them. However, there are other benefits to keep in mind, including:
- Low down payment
- Long payment terms (thus bringing down your monthly payment)
- Competitive interest rates
- The ability to use the funds for many purposes
It’s these types of benefits that push many business owners to an SBA loan, as opposed to other options.
The Potential Downfalls
With so many benefits, you may begin to wonder if there is anything wrong with applying for an SBA loan. There are some potential downfalls, including the following:
- A detailed application process
- Longer approval times than some other loans
- May require some form of collateral
Here’s the question you need to answer: do these potential downfalls outweigh the benefits of an SBA loan?
If the answer is yes, you may not want to move forward just yet. If the answer is no, this may be the type of loan that is best for your company.
These are the types of details that should help you decide if an SBA loan could be the right financial choice for your business at the present time.
Although you may not apply just yet, you should continue to learn as much as you can about this financial product.
What are your thoughts on SBA loans? Do you have any experience with this form of funding? Is it something that you would recommend to others? Would you apply for this type of loan again in the future? Share your thoughts on SBA loans, including your personal experience, in the comment section below. Your feedback can help other business owners make the right decision. | <urn:uuid:5a06db9d-9c47-4992-804b-46ba06616d78> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://kscripts.com/debt/the-finer-details-of-sba-loans.html | 2019-07-17T18:28:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.968428 | 926 |
Artie wears a green suit with a red tie. He has a big nose and a round body. His hair style is combed over and his hair is colored blue.
Montsarton Gallery's curator loves pizza nearly as much as does fine art. In face, Artie is so fond of cheese that he eats while patrolling the halls. Visitors enjoy the art...but aren't so fond of the aroma!
(To be added.)
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Residential and Commercial Air Conditioner & Heater Repair, Sales, & Installation in Barrington, IL
Barrington, IL, is an upscale village about 30 miles Northwest of Chicago. It has a population of almost 10,500, and the area is woodsy with parks, forest preserves, wetlands and horse trails. Barrington is part of the Chicago Metro Area and one of the wealthiest suburbs in America.
The Barrington area was initially home to the Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa Native American tribes. By treaty in 1833, 5,000,000 acres west of Lake Michigan and east of the Mississippi River were ceded to the United States by the Native Americans in exchange for $100,000 in annuities and grants.
Pioneers from New York and Vermont began settling the area in 1834, a lumber facility opened for business in 1855, and by 1863, there was a population of 300. The oldest buildings in Barrington were made of brick and stone to protect them against fire, and many are still standing today. In 1929, the Jewel Tea Company erected a new facility near Barrington that provided hundreds of jobs during the Great Depression. In 1934, Chicago gangster Baby Face Nelson was killed in a shootout with two FBI agents in the Battle of Barrington.
Barrington Village boasts the largest residential historic district in Illinois. It has a profusion of Queen Anne and Victorian architecture from the turn of the century. The Octagon House, a residence built in 1860, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Catlow Theater, designed by Prairie School architect Alfonso Iannelli, is also listed on the National Register. The theater seats 700, opened for business in 1927 and is still going strong today. Boloney’s Sandwich Shop, adjoining the theater, offers freshly made food for in-theater dining.
The historic Ice House Mall was built by the Bowman Dairy in 1904 and was a functional ice house for almost 70 years. The turn of the century building was renovated in the 1970s and now houses local specialty shops.
Barrington Historical Society, located downtown, features a museum complex called “Old Barrington Center.” The historic exhibit contains a one-room schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop and a barn.
Parks And Recreation
Barrington has four public parks with tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds, baseball fields and a water park. There are also two golf courses in the village, and the Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve boasts a three-mile crushed gravel trail.
Festivals And Celebrations
Every year Barrington hosts a Memorial Day parade, a Fourth of July parade with fireworks, an auto show, a beer festival, a food festival and a fine arts charity event called “Art in the Barn” that’s attended by almost 7,000 people annually.
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tl;dr: Breadth = % of users using, while Depth = key usage per user
Geoff Ralston recently wrote a post on his brilliant (b * d) / c formula for prioritizing product development features. You should definitely read his post if you haven’t. I call it Ralston’s Unified Theorem of Product Development.
Basically, the formula takes how many users will benefit from a feature (breadth, aka b) multiplied by how much it will improve their experience (depth, aka d) divided by how long it will take to build (cost, aka c). This formula is awesome and Geoff has used it in more than once in the Imagine K12 office hours our team at Trinket has had with him.
As he notes in his post, though, the key to success with this formula is picking the right metric to use with it. Are there any more specific guidelines we can use to pick these metrics? I think so.
Metrics are People too
Eric Ries’ famous line “metrics are people too” reminds us that product metrics should always relate back to users’ experience. There are two main ways to do this:
- look at the ratio of users that do something, such as a conversion or utilization rate (i.e. users using / total users)
- look at the degree of usage, usually through events per user or time on site per user
The former is perfectly suited to breadth measurement, while the latter is perfect to depth. Geoff is right that there’s a lot of going by your gut in early stage startups. But Ries forces us to make our assumptions and hypotheses explicit so that we can verify their truth. If you combine Ries’ explicit hypotheses with Geoff’s formula you have a perfect setup for validating your hunches while moving quickly and trusting your gut.
Breadth Measurement by Usage Rates
Anyone who’s built a product from scratch has run into a situation where they’ve built a feature or set of features expecting it to take off with a majority of users, only to find out it was in fact used by very few.
At Trinket this was the case with our HTML trinket. My hypothesis was that HTML was used in much more widely in classes around the world than Python is, so the new feature would soon dwarf our Python usage. Hypothesis: after a few weeks, the utilization rate of the HTML trinket would be greater than the Python trinket.
Well, I was very wrong about this. Python continues to be our most popular language and is outgrowing all other trinket types. The utilization rates told this tale easily and we haven’t seen any difference in depth of usage, which means that improvements to our Python trinket should outrank work on HTML. This focus has helped us deliver new features most of our users will use.
A nice feature of breadth measurement, by the way, is the ease of setup. You don’t need a full-on split test to gauge usage as long as the feature is presented side by side with an alternative, as is the case in our New Trinket dialog.
With the clarity of this new data, I realized that one of the problems we solve, quick and easy setup, was not experienced strongly by HTML teachers. So they were not searching for a solution as actively as Python teachers. Using Geoff’s formula, we realized that the breadth of the feature was not as great as we had predicted, so we decided to focus on improving our support for Python.
Thinking about breadth can also influence your product architecture. We now try to share as much code between Trinket types as possible so that feature improvements touch all users regardless of the language they’re coding in.
Measuring Depth with Events or Time
Depth is how much a feature matters to users. We can measure it by, roughly, usage per user. In most cases this boils down to how often they use it and by how the presence of the feature affects their time on site.
Measuring depth of engagement is more difficult than breadth because it most often requires a split test setup (aka A/B test). If you’re not set up to do split tests via feature flags, custom flows, or a service like Optimizely you should drop everything and get set up to do so. Without the ability to split test it’s almost impossible to produce the validated learning that startups live and die by.
Google Analytics events are a surprisingly robust and easy tool for this kind of measurement. At trinket we use them to understand how many times users run code, edit code, and interact with the code’s output (i.e. play with games). Each new feature ships with its own analytics event so we can track how many times users are using it.
Some features are important to users but happen rarely, like accepting comments from other users on a blog post (one of the many reasons I love Medium). In these cases, the real value to the user may need to be measured by how the presence of the feature affects the users’ time on site or number of sessions overall. To do this reliably, a split test is likely needed.
Picking one metric for (b * d) / c
So far we’ve talked about characteristics of metrics you should use for b and d. Geoff’s formula is designed to optimize one particular metric over time. So which one metric should you pick?
b is just a measure of how many people use a feature, and doesn’t have units attached to it. That means that d is your key metric. Your choice of interactions, signups, sessions per user or time on site per user will be the key determinant of how the formula ‘grades’ your product development options. Your product will go through phases when different metrics assume different levels of importance. Just make sure to pick a metric consciously and stick with it long enough to move the needle. Shifting your target metric will shift your priorities entirely.
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Explains the systems and techniques for the collection, processing, activation and management of data for the purposes of audience targeting, campaign measurement, advertiser insights, and publisher monetization. The class also includes training on the legal policies and business considerations for the use of consumer data in advertising. Learn more HERE.
Digital Media Buying & Planning Certification Exam Prep | Recorded Webinar Series
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We executed the migration of stand-alone database servers to an active/active cluster. This was for our enterprise-wide reporting solution which includes a scaled-out deployment of Reporting Services implementing F5 BIGIP as a load balancer.
We migrated over the Distributor Instance and needed to re-snapshot several tables; planned for a 36 hour downtime. Small tables were copied over quickly but we were struggling with large tables. We had IO_COMPLETION and ASYNC_NETWORK_IO as top waiters during the bulk copy. In this scenario, data was brought over to the distributor instance and then bulk copied onto the subscriber. Both instances reside on the same node, each one with their properly assigned storage on Dell Equallogic SAN.
The first thing we attempted was to correct the link negotiation from auto to 1000/full. Changes were made and we experienced no change. All instances bounced immediately after the change, a surprise as we never thought that changing the configuration for 1 NIC will affect the database instances. It was neither the heartbeat nor the iSCSI NICs the ones affected.
We continued with the bulk copy until we found that a 110 GB table was taking extremely long to complete. I decided to exclude the largest tables from replication and approach another plan for them (backup, restore, batch insert and partition switch-in – I might write about this in another blog post).
We continued with the remaining objects and declared success on a Sunday at 10 PM. Everything looked good except for four of the very large tables that were not included due to the time required to copy them over.
Re-Snapshot and subsequent Rollback:
Something interesting happened. A bulk copy was rolling back on Monday morning which took around 8 hours to complete. The log file grew to 125 GB and hit the storage limit. We were not sure why as the table was bulk copied successfully a night before. We removed the table from replication and decided to continue troubleshooting the I/O problems.
I was able to reproduce the I/O symptoms at the OS level by copying files larger than 4.4 GB. I would see rates of 15 MB/s instead of the 500 MB/s I was seeing with smaller files. We failed over expecting to isolate the issue to 1 node, but the issue reoccurred. We decided to upgrade the NIC drivers to the latest published a few weeks ago, but no improvements were experienced. The SAN admin then found an article about disabling Windows Scaling heuristics and decided to give it a try.
Registry was updated, nodes were bounced (1 at a time) and tests were re-ran. No more I/O contention and replication was just flowing with a a few ms. of IO pending requests instead of 200 ~ 400 we were hitting before.
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Re-Snapshot and subsequent Rollback, again:
I/O was fixed, so now we needed to re-snapshot the missing table that rolled back. We did on a Tuesday night, everything went well and then on Wednesday morning a rollback was pending. We again hit the storage limit of 125 GB for log. I asked the SAN admin to extend it to 200 GB, asked one of the DBAs to exclude the table for replication and let the undelivered commands flow to the subscriber.
The rollback took another 6 hours to complete and at that point I was just waiting for replication to catch up. 30 minutes later, nothing happened. We continued waiting 30 more minutes and nothing happened either. Jobs were bounced, SQL Server Agent restarted on the Disitributor and Subscriber and nothing happened either. I asked a question on Twitter and was suggested to call Microsoft. Before I did, I called a friend of mine, Anthony Sammartino (Twitter | Blog), and left a message. While calling Microsoft, Anthony called me back and explained that there might be some errors with DMLs attempted on the subscriber. He discussed it with one of the DBAs and we were able to get replication going by changing the distributor agent profile. We had over 5 million undelivered commands pending.
Stabilization of the Environment:
By 8 PM we were up to date with all tables except the bulk copy that rolled back. I decided to stop making changes to the environment for the long Thanksgiving weekend and ensured that the environment was stable enough to continue working on it on the next Monday.
Re-Snapshot and subsequent Rollback resolution:
We figured that a filter was later giving an exception letting the publisher reinitialize replication for the object issuing a re-snapshot. It had been performing bulk copies and then rolling back several times during the night. The filter value was defined as column NOT LIKE ‘%value%’.
We decided to exclude the filter and re-snapshot the table today. 15 minutes later, 60 million rows were inserted into the subscriber. No issues so far.
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Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment, “Jesus and the Ossuaries: First-Century Jewish Burial Practices and the Lost Tomb of Jesus,” in Behold the Lamb of God: An Easter Celebration, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008), 201–36.
Jesus and the Ossuaries: First-Century Jewish Burial Practices and the Lost Tomb of Jesus
Roundtable discussion with Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel was publications director at the Religious Studies Center, Jeffrey R. Chadwick was an associate professor of Church history and doctrine, Frank F. Judd Jr. was an assistant professor of ancient scripture, and Thomas A. Wayment was an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was published.
This discussion, “Jesus and the Ossuaries: First-Century Jewish Burial Practices and the Lost Tomb of Jesus,” is an attempt to fulfill Peter’s charge, “Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15).
The Easter Season Phenomenon
It seems every Easter that we have some media blitz on the latest controversy regarding Jesus of Nazareth, the New Testament, or the history of early Christianity. In 2005 it was The Da Vinci Code, in 2006 it was the Lost Gospel of Judas; and this Easter season the media drew our attention to The Lost Tomb of Jesus—a program airing on the Discovery Channel followed by release of a companion book, which claimed that the family tomb of Jesus had been found. For many Christians this was an unsettling claim because the program further alleged to have found the ossuary, or bone box, that had held Jesus’s bones—a direct contradiction to the story preserved in the four Gospels that Jesus had indeed risen from the grave.
This roundtable discussion will address some of the questions raised by the “Lost Tomb” controversy and will also take advantage of this opportunity to expand our discussion beyond the specifics to the larger first-century Jewish world, which provides a context to our spiritual convictions regarding Jesus’s death, burial, and Resurrection.
Recent Scholarly Advances
We live in a remarkable age of discovery of new data from the past that has forced us to reinterpret past data as competent historians, archaeologists, and biblical scholars make significant progress in reconstructing the world of the New Testament. Many of these men and women are honest, good people dedicated to the pursuit of truth. They include both Jews and Christians. Their work allows us to put Jesus’s ministry in its cultural and historical context in ways that we could not have imagined two or three decades ago. In some ways, we know more about the first century today than we did a hundred years ago.
One specific area where significant progress has been made by scholars is the subject of first-century Jewish burial practices. Jewish writings of the period of the New Testament reveal the implicit general belief among Jews that the spirit survives death. Additionally, Jews generally believed that the time of death was determined by God, as Creator. Among the Jews of the first century, some also believed in the literal resurrection of the dead. As a result, Jews believed that the body was to be respected in life and death and that a proper burial was a duty of family members.
When a person breathed the last breath and the heart stopped beating, the eyes of the deceased were reverentially closed, the entire body was washed and anointed with oil, and the hands and feet were then wrapped in linen bands. The body, clothed in a favorite garment, was then wrapped with winding sheets. Spices of myrrh and aloes were placed in the folds of the garment to perfume the body. A napkin was then bound from the chin to the head. The family took the body on a bier to be buried within hours of death, not days. During the first century, many people were laid to rest in rock-hewn tombs, one of the most prominent features of the hill country of Galilee and Judea; others were buried in the ground.
Burial in a rock-hewn tomb usually consisted of two separate and distinct burials. The first burial was the simple placement of the body in the tomb either in a niche (loculus, Latin for “a little place,” and in Hebrew, kokh, plural kokhim)—shafts cut as deep as a body in the burial chamber—or on an arcosolium—a bench or shelf cut out of the wall of a tomb.
The second burial occurred about a year later when family members reentered the tomb, carefully took the bones of the deceased (once the flesh had completely decomposed), and placed them in a specially prepared, separate container known as an ossuary (from Latin os, “a bone”). These chests were placed in small niches in the tomb for permanent burial. Gathering the bones following the primary burial was considered one of the important duties of a son and was viewed as a time of rejoicing. This practice ended by the middle or end of the third century AD.
Most of the ossuaries from this period were made of soft limestone, which was common in Jerusalem. A family’s financial means often determined the type of finished ossuary purchased for the deceased. Obviously, those with more means could and did purchase ossuaries with ornamentations, whereas plain ossuaries were no doubt less expensive. Two ossuary “price tags” have been found, suggesting that the cost of an ossuary was within the range of one day’s wage for a common laborer.
A number of ossuary inscriptions that were carelessly executed have been found, including spelling errors and spacing problems. Others have been found with charcoal, ink, and paint inscriptions. It was not uncommon to find inscriptions repeated, sometimes in different languages—including Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. In most cases, inscriptions record the name and family relationship of the deceased.
Holzapfel: What do Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell us about Jesus’s burial?
Judd: The Gospels themselves contain limited information about the burial of Jesus. All four Gospels agree that Joseph of Arimathaea was involved in the burial of Jesus, but each account provides different details. Joseph of Arimathaea was a member of the local governing Jewish council, the Sanhedrin (see Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50), and he did not agree with the council’s decisions concerning Jesus (see Luke 23:50–51). He was a righteous man who had been looking for the kingdom of God (see Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51). By the time of the Crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathaea was secretly a disciple of Jesus (see Matthew 27:57; John 19:38).
After the Crucifixion of the Savior, Joseph of Arimathaea approached Pilate and requested—and was granted—permission to take the body of Jesus for burial (see Matthew 27:58; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:52; John 19:38). Only the Gospel of Mark informs us that Pilate was surprised that Jesus was dead so soon after being placed on the cross (see Mark 15:44). It was possible for a person who was crucified to survive for a few days upon the cross.
The Gospel of John says that Nicodemus assisted Joseph of Arimathaea by bringing spices to prepare the body for burial (see John 19:39–40). Nicodemus was also a member of the Sanhedrin (see John 3:1) and seems, like Joseph of Arimathaea, to have secretly been a disciple of Jesus. He had approached Jesus “by night” (John 3:2) early in the Savior’s ministry (see John 3:1–10) and later had defended Jesus in the council (see John 7:50–51). All four Gospels agree that the body of Jesus was wrapped in a linen shroud and placed in a tomb (see Matthew 27:59–60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:40–41).
Concerning the tomb itself, each Gospel account supplies important details. Significantly, information from the Gospels preclude the suggestion that the tomb in which Jesus was buried was a family tomb of the Savior. Joseph of Arimathaea, a wealthy man, owned the tomb (see Matthew 27:57, 60). The tomb was new (see Matthew 27:60; John 19:41), and no other body had ever been laid in it before (see Luke 23:53; John 19:41). Further, the tomb was hewn in bedrock (see Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53), and a large stone was rolled to cover the entrance (see Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 24:2; John 20:1). The Gospel of John is the only account to suggest that the tomb was in a garden near the place where Jesus was crucified (see John 19:41).
Holzapfel: What does the Gospel of John say about the burial?
Wayment: The Gospel of John aligns very well with what the synoptic Gospels report about the burial of Jesus, although it adds one simple detail: the site of the burial was very near the place of crucifixion, which would make it possible for Jesus to be buried immediately after being taken down from the cross. This idea seems to play into John’s overall telling of the story. The account from the Gospel of John would not preclude that Jesus’s body would later be placed in an ossuary; although it gives no positive indications that this was intended. I would add that the disciples’ initial misunderstanding of what had taken place to Jesus’s body at the Resurrection provides no indication of whether they intended to eventually place it in an ossuary.
Holzapfel: What do the Gospels say about the Resurrection of Jesus?
Judd: Numerous times during His mortal ministry, the Savior taught His disciples and others that after His death, He would rise again (see, for example, Matthew 16:21; 17:22–23; 20:18–19; 26:32; 27:63; Mark 8:31; 9:9–10; 9:31; 10:34; 14:28; Luke 18:33; 24:6–7; John 2:19). All four Gospels contain ample testimony of the empty tomb. Each account clearly testifies that although the body of Jesus was laid in the tomb, on the third day it was gone. According to the Gospel of Matthew, a guard of Jewish soldiers was placed at the tomb to keep the disciples from stealing the body during the Sabbath (see Matthew 27:62–66). Early on the third day, an angel rolled back the stone (see Matthew 28:1–4). When some of the soldiers informed the chief priests that the tomb was empty, the chief priests bribed the soldiers to tell others that the disciples of Jesus had stolen His body (see Matthew 28:11–15). Then, upon arriving at the tomb, the women disciples entered the tomb and discovered that the body of Jesus was not there, and the heavenly messenger testified that Jesus had risen from the dead (see Matthew 28:1, 5–6; Mark 16:1–6; Luke 24:1–5). In particular, the Gospel of Luke includes the following declaration to the women: “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5).
The Gospel of John focuses on the experience of Mary Magdalene. When she saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, she ran and testified of the empty tomb to Peter and John: “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him” (John 20:1–2). In response, both Peter and John raced to the tomb and saw for themselves that it was empty (see John 20:3–8).
Each of the Gospel accounts also provides multiple witnesses that Jesus was resurrected with a physical, tangible body. Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene before any of the other disciples (see Mark 16:9; John 20:16–18). The King James Version translates the words of the Savior to Mary Magdalene as, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father” (John 20:17). This has caused some to suppose that Mary was forbidden to physically touch the resurrected Christ until He reported to His Father in Heaven. The Greek verb, however, that is translated as “touch me not” could be translated as “stop touching me.” The implication is that in her joy at seeing Jesus alive again, Mary Magdalene has grabbed the Savior and is hugging Him. The Joseph Smith Translation may lend support for this understanding in light of the fact that it changes this verse to “Hold me not” (Joseph Smith Translation, John 20:17). Mary Magdalene certainly provides the first eyewitness of Jesus in bodily form, and she may also provide the first sure witness of His physical, resurrected body.
The Gospels provide other witnesses that Jesus was resurrected with a physical body. Soon after His appearance to Mary Magdalene, the resurrected Savior also appeared to the group of women who were returning home from the empty tomb, and they “held him by the feet, and worshipped him” (Matthew 28:9). Later, Jesus appeared to ten of the Apostles (see Luke 24:36–42; John 20:19–23). Because the disciples thought that Jesus was only a spirit, the resurrected Savior responded to them: “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:39). As further proof of the reality of His physical body, the disciples “gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them” (Luke 24:42–43). When the Apostle Thomas returned and was told of the appearance of Jesus, he said: “Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe” (John 20:25). Eight days later, the resurrected Savior appeared again and instructed Thomas, “Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing” (John 20:27). The Gospels clearly teach that Jesus’s flesh did not rot away and His bones were not collected into an ossuary but that He rose from the dead on the third day with a glorified, physical, resurrected body.
Holzapfel: As Frank noted when the soldiers told the chief priests that the tomb was empty, the Jewish leaders bribed them to say, “His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept” (Matthew 28:13). The Gospel of Matthew adds, “And this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day” (Matthew 28:11–15). Some scholars suggest that an archaeological discovery, the so-called Claudius inscription, may shed light on this passage.
Wayment: The Claudius inscription is an artifact that came into the possession of the Louvre in 1925, unfortunately without direct provenance. Although the owner, a private collector of antiquities, claimed that he had found it or purchased it in Nazareth. The fact that the artifact cannot be definitively traced to Nazareth is somewhat problematic. However, it records an imperial decree indicating that if any graves are disturbed, the person responsible for doing so would be put to death. Typically this decree is dated between AD 41 and 54; some even suggest that AD 50 is the most accurate date for the stele. It may represent a clumsy attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius to suppress rumors of Jesus’s Resurrection, a topic that was hotly debated between Christians and Jews. If so, it obviously represents a profound misunderstanding of how to stop such rumors.
Holzapfel: What do modern archaeological finds tell us about first-century burial practices?
Chadwick: As was noted before, archaeology in the land of Israel tells us quite a bit about Jewish burial practices in the first century BC and first century AD. Many newly discovered first-century tombs match the description found in the four Gospels. For example, inside a single chamber tomb we typically find three stone benches abutting the stone walls of the cave in a horseshoe or inverted “u” fashion. The entire chamber was essentially a three-sided bench, with a small place in the middle where those who were visiting the tomb or bringing a body in could stand. Variations of this tomb style allowed, in some cases, for entrance chambers where bodies were not buried, connected to one or more adjoining interior chambers with burial benches. Often there were also perpendicular burial vaults carved into the wall on a long axis either at floor level or above the burial bench. Again, these perpendicular burial vaults were called kokhim (a singular vault was called a kokh).
Now what we know about ossuaries is that they were made of carved material, most commonly limestone, and also from imported hard wood. An ossuary cost about a day’s wages, in the case of a simple, undecorated limestone box. But a decorated stone ossuary would cost double that, and a more expensive cedar wood chest could be triple that price. Since wood decays away, archaeologists have found very few remnants of cedar ossuaries. The Jewish sources record that bodies of the deceased were first laid on a burial bench (arcosolium), and there they would decay for about a year or more before a secondary burial would take place. After a year, family members would gather the deceased bones and place them in the smaller chest we call the “ossuary” (the Aramaic-speaking Jews called it gluskema, which is also the Talmud term) for permanent placement in the tomb.
About 750 tombs have been found within a three-kilometer radius of Jerusalem’s Old City on the city’s south, east, and north sides. If you move that radius to five kilometers you come up with about a thousand tombs in that area. Of all these tombs, around one hundred featured burial benches, or the arcosolia. About five hundred tombs feature the low, perpendicular burial vaults called kokhim. All these Jewish tombs, however, were located north, east, or south of the city. Almost no Jewish tombs were located west of the Old City of Jerusalem. This was due to the ancient Jewish belief that wind could carry impurities from decaying bodies over the city. Since the wind blew from the west, burials were forbidden by Jewish law on the west side of the city. With all of these tombs, about several thousand ossuaries have been found to date. Of these only about a thousand are assigned to museums; the rest are in warehouses or privately owned.
It is difficult to believe that Jesus was buried in a kokh, one of those narrow, perpendicular burial vaults. The Gospel accounts speak of angels sitting at the head and foot of where He had lain, but that scenario would be impossible with a kokh, where one could not sit up at the far end of the vault, nor could even be seen there from an angle outside the tomb. But this also applies to a bench with an arcosolium over it where the arch would be very low at each end of the bench, preventing anyone from sitting up at the head or foot of the burial locus. We can not only conclude that Jesus was not laid in a kokh, but He also cannot have been laid on a recessed arcosolium bench. Thus we can eliminate these features from the picture we create in our mind of what the interior of the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea looked like, at least in the case of the spot where Jesus was laid in the tomb. We may, however, safely conclude that Jesus was indeed laid on a simple, unrecessed burial bench, since that is not only a prominent feature of Jewish tombs which we know archaeologically, but also is supported by the report of angels sitting at the head and foot of the burial locus after Jesus’s Resurrection. This, too, gives us a fair idea of how to re-create the interior appearance of the Arimathaean’s sepulchre. And since Jesus’s temporary burial there was a primary interment rather than a secondary one, the question of an ossuary being used is not even relevant.
Holzapfel: As noted, archaeologists have found hundreds of first-century tombs and in many cases the contents of those tombs—the ossuaries themselves that provide a flood of information on this period of history. What significant ossuaries have been found to help us appreciate the New Testament better?
Wayment: The Caiaphas ossuary is one of the most impressive ossuaries that has been discovered. It was prepared for Joseph Caiaphas, and if you look carefully you can actually see the name still on the side. The bones found inside the ossuary come from a man who was roughly sixty-five years old. The person to whom this ossuary belonged was also fairly wealthy as evidenced by the elaborate carving and fine detail he was able to afford. Another ossuary is of Nicanor of Alexandria, which is inscribed on the outside of the ossuary. According to Jewish tradition, a Nicanor from Alexandria paid for or worked on the doors of the beautiful gate of the Jerusalem temple.
An ossuary containing the remains of a man named Alexander of Cyrene has also been found. This ossuary is important because it records the name “Alexander the son of Simon.” Mark 15:21 tells us that Simon of Cyrene had a son named Alexander. It is possible that this is the ossuary of Simon of Cyrene’s son as reported in the Gospel of Mark.
Another startling find is the ossuary that contained the bones of a man who had been crucified. The man’s name was John, and in the ossuary they discovered a heel bone that still had a crucifixion spike stuck in it. Apparently the spike had been embedded in the man’s heel, and it was too difficult to remove at his death. The spike forced fragments of olive wood into the man’s heel, which were also still evident when archaeologists discovered the ossuary. It is almost certain that the man was crucified on an olive wood cross during Roman times.
Ossuary of Yohanan ben Hagkol, discovered at Givat HaMivtar in Jerusalem. Israel Museum, used by permission. This first-century AD box contained the bones of a crucified man whose name was inscribed on the ossuary's exterior. A portion of the victim's fused heel was found with a nail still embedded in the bone, a graphic example of the Roman practice of crucifixion.
Holzapfel: The discovery of the crucified man is really important because some scholars had argued that the New Testament story about Jesus’s burial was not plausible since the Romans generally took down crucified victims (slaves and political criminals) themselves and threw the bodies into a mass grave—effectively preventing anyone from memorializing a particular death. This discovery therefore demonstrates that there is at least one example of a crucified victim having been buried in the first century in a personal tomb by family members.
What sites in Jerusalem have been associated with death?
Chadwick: There are two sites that Christians, visiting tourists, and pilgrims hold as having been the site of Jesus’s execution and the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea.
The first one, of course, is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre located in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem’s old city, a place where literally millions and millions of Christian faithful have visited. It will be a very busy place tonight [Easter eve], and in the morning, Easter morning in Jerusalem, when thousands of Orthodox pilgrims will gather inside this remarkable and historic building. The Anastasis, or shrine of the Resurrection of Jesus, is in a great rotunda over the remains of an old second-temple period burial bench from a destroyed tomb. Apparently the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built in the area of tombs, dating from the centuries before Jesus. Near the Anastasis shrine are two kochim, those low, perpendicular, horizontal burial vaults that go back about two meters and were obviously burial sites. I say these were second-temple period graves, but the second-temple period lasted from the sixth century BC to the first century AD. The problem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from the New Testament perspective, is that it cannot have been an active tomb site in the first century AD when Joseph of Arimathaea constructed his burial cave. Even though it would have been outside the city in the first century, to be sure, it was nevertheless on the west side of the city, an area out of bounds for new tomb construction in the period Jesus lived.
Prior to the reign of Herod the Great there was no northern neighborhood of Jerusalem north of the so-called “first wall.” The tomb that became the Holy Sepulchre Tomb could properly be constructed there, north of the city of Jerusalem, in the second century BC. However, with the reign of Herod the Great a brand new neighborhood grew up in the north of Jerusalem and was surrounded with a wall prior to the birth of Jesus. This means that all the tombs west of that new walled area would have been cleared, the bones redeposited in other places, and no new tombs would have been constructed at the Holy Sepulchre site during the time of Jesus’s life. In other words, the Holy Sepulchre cannot be a site where Joseph of Arimathaea’s tomb would have been constructed.
Now we know that the tomb of Joseph was in the place where Jesus was crucified. The very best candidate for Golgotha, or the place of the skull described in the scriptures, is this very skull-like feature on the north side of Jerusalem’s old city. It is often called “Skull Hill” and is near the famous “Garden Tomb,” which is felt by many to be a better candidate for the site where Jesus was laid and rose again.
In terms of placement north of the city, the Garden Tomb does qualify as a site in the place near where Golgotha is likely to have been. The Garden Tomb then, has become a very popular option for Protestant Christians and Latter-day Saints to visit as a candidate of the place of Jesus’s burial. An examination of the tomb shows where burial benches that existed in this tomb when it was originally constructed were later cut away in the Byzantine period.
However, the difficulty with the Garden Tomb is that it appears by all stylistic comparisons not to be a second-temple period tomb but rather a seventh—or eighth-century BC tomb, dating hundreds of years before the time of Jesus. This is the conclusion of virtually all archaeologists who deal with ancient Jewish tombs. If that is the case, and my own examination has suggested it probably is, it means that the Garden Tomb, while close to the skull feature, would not have been a new tomb in the first century AD, making it difficult to justify as the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea.
The good news, however, is that in the area around the skull feature, on its east side, second-temple period tombs were being dug with regularity during the first century AD, and Joseph of Arimathaea’s tomb may indeed have been in that area, very close to the skull feature, as described in the New Testament. It would not have been the Garden Tomb area, which is on the west side of the skull feature, but in the area of Saladin Street, on the east side of the skull feature. Now, the Garden Tomb may still be visited by pilgrims wishing to see a good example of what an ancient tomb looked like and what features would have been present (such as burial benches). You can read my study of Golgotha, the Garden Tomb, and the Holy Sepulchre in The Religious Educator of 2003 if you desire to go into greater detail on these sites. In that article, I note that President Hinckley, on a visit to the Garden Tomb, said that the body of Jesus had been buried either at that site or somewhere nearby. This allows us to consider not only the merits of the Garden Tomb, but also the merits of other sites near the skull feature.
Holzapfel: Having provided an overview of what the scriptures tell us about Jesus’s death, burial, and Resurrection, along with what modern scholars inform us about first-century Jewish burial practices, we can now turn our attention to issues related to the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” controversy:
Lost Tomb of Jesus
Let me briefly outline the story of the Lost Tomb for those who may not have seen the Discovery Channel special, read the recent news reports, or had a chance to skim through the book.
During the past thirty years, hundreds of first-century tombs and thousands of ossuaries have been discovered in and around Jerusalem, or ancient Judea. A rock-hewn tomb, now identified as the Talpiot Tomb, named after the Jerusalem neighborhood where it was accidently discovered in 1980, contained ten ossuaries. Like many other bones boxes of this period, six of them had the names of the deceased inscribed on the lid or sides of the ossuary.
The “Lost Tomb” promoters claim that every inscription found on the six ossuaries are directly tied to individuals mentioned in the Gospel narratives. Further, they argue that the Talpiot Tomb should be identified as Jesus’s family tomb. This is where the story gets interesting. The ossuaries, therefore, are the bone boxes of family members, including Jesus, His wife, and child.
Although there is a veneer of scholarship, as they marshal various types of evidence to substantiate these wild claims, using epigraphers, archaeologists, and statistical studies to prove that the cluster of names could not be happen stance and controversial DNA studies to postulate a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus of Nazareth, many scholars, Jews, Christians, and secular academics, vigorously reject the novel interpretations of the data and claim that in many cases their evidence is flawed.
It should be remembered that the promoters themselves state that the program is part archaeological adventure, part Biblical history, part forensic science, part theological controversy. They state that it is a story that will be carried around the world. In other words, it is another attempt to make money on Jesus. It is now time to get behind the hype to the issues at hand. What are some of the problems associated with this new theory about Jesus’s burial place?
Wayment: The Mary ossuary contains what some recent sensationalist authors have claimed to be the remains of Mary Magdalene. The ossuary is decorated to some degree and therefore likely belonged to a somewhat wealthy individual. The ossuary is not nearly as elaborate as Joseph Caiaphas’s, but nonetheless it has more ornamentation than many other ossuaries. The confusion about this ossuary, and what apparently confused some of the people who initially reported the find, is that two individuals are buried in the same ossuary. This was a fairly common practice, and in fact, many ossuaries contained the remains of several individuals. This ossuary actually contained the remains of a woman named “Mariam” and those of a woman named “Marah.” Through a little confusion of language, someone in the popular media confused the name Marah with the noun for “Master” and thus read the inscription as “Mary a Master.” Unfortunately, the two names are written at very different times in very different writing styles, so there really is no confusion about the names. Therefore, this ossuary is unfortunately not that of Mary Magdalene, but rather of two women named Mary using slightly different spellings of that name. One would expect that if this were the tomb of Mary Magdalene that it would say that, rather than using some obscure title calling her a master. The New Testament does not ever refer to her in that way, and it is a leap of the imagination to associate any other title with Mary other than the woman from Magdala (that is, Magdalene).
Holzapfel: What are the problems with the thesis of the “Lost Tomb”?
Judd: For Latter-day Saint Christians in particular and for other Christians in general, one of the biggest problems with the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” theory is that the authors are attempting to undermine the fundamental doctrine of the empty tomb and the bodily Resurrection of Jesus. As has been plainly demonstrated above, the New Testament is clear that on the third day after His Crucifixion, the tomb of Jesus was empty and Jesus appeared alive, with a physical, resurrected body.
Modern scripture confirms that Jesus was buried after His Crucifixion. The Doctrine and Covenants states that those who come forth in the Resurrection of the just have been “baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water” (D&C 76:51). In the Book of Mormon, Nephi referred to the writings of the prophet Zenos from the brass plates, which contained a prophecy that the Savior would be “buried in a sepulchre” (1 Nephi 19:10). In spite of His immediate burial, modern scripture and modern revelation also confirm that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day with a physical, resurrected body. President Gordon B. Hinckley has testified: “The tomb was sealed, and the guards were set. But no force beneath the heavens could now hold back the power of the Son of God. . . . The Lord of heaven and earth arose from the bier, shook off the burial clothes, and stepped forth to become the firstfruits of them that slept. The empty tomb bore testimony of this greatest of all miracles.”
Latter-day Saints believe in the reality of Jesus’s bodily Resurrection even more strongly than some other Christians. This glorious truth is confirmed most vividly in the Book of Mormon, which contains an extended account of the postmortal visit of the Savior to the Nephites (see 3 Nephi 11–28). When He appeared to a group of two thousand five hundred people (see 3 Nephi 17:25), the resurrected Savior instructed them: “Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet” (3 Nephi 11:14). The Book of Mormon describes the response in wonderfully specific detail: “The multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come” (3 Nephi 11:15).
The body of Jesus was not left in the tomb to rot in order that the bones might be later collected into an ossuary. When somebody died, the most likely scenario would be for a family to make an ossuary or commission an ossuary to be constructed when the flesh had finally rotted away—many months after the death of the individual. Even in the unlikely event that an ossuary for the body of Jesus had been constructed in the small amount of time between His death and the beginning of the Sabbath, it would not have ever been used for the bones of Jesus. On the third day after His death, the tomb of Jesus was empty and the Savior rose from the dead with a glorified physical, resurrected body. Because the death of Jesus occurred a few hours before the Sabbath began and because He rose from the dead early on the third day, there was no time to even make an ossuary or commission one to be made. Since His family and disciples discovered that Jesus was alive again so soon after His death, it is not even likely that an ossuary of Jesus of Nazareth ever existed in the first place.
Chadwick: The problem with the “Lost Tomb” thesis here, from my perspective, is we have found this ossuary with an inscription that has been translated to read “Jesus Son of Joseph.” But more properly the name is actually “Jehoseph,” which has one letter more than the name we translate as “Joseph” from the New Testament. Yeshua, the name that we pronounce as “Jesus,” was a very common name in ancient Judea. So also was Yosef, or “Joseph.” There are also two other forms of the name Joseph—the short form Yosi (spelled “Jose” or “Joses” in our New Testament), and a longer form Yehosef (which would be “Jehoseph” in King James English). Sometimes both Yosef and Yehosef are expressed in English as “Joseph,” but they are actually two very distinct and different names.
Here is one of the problems I see on this ossuary inscription. I will be very frank in saying that as someone who is experienced in Aramaic, I am not even sure this says Yeshua! That is how L. Y. Rachmani reads it, and Rachmani is a noted scholar, so I will stipulate to that interpretation based on his seniority, but I do not see that this is the best possible reading of that messy name in this messy inscription. That it does say bar (the word for “son”) in the middle, and Yehosef or “Jehoseph” on the end, is clear. The five letter Aramaic name Yehosef is located right there on the ossuary. The problem is that Yehosef (“Jehoseph”) is not the correct spelling for the name of the man who was the guardian father of Jesus. Really, the shorter Hebrew name Yosef (“Joseph”)—without the intermediate “h”—would be the better choice. The reason for this is that it is the shorter Yosef that we find in the Greek texts of the New Testament, rather than longer Yehosef. The man which the New Testament names as Jesus’s guardian was Yosef, not Yehosef. The name on the ossuary is not the New Testament Joseph!
Another inconsistency in the film on the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” is that they also suggest that the so-called “James son of Joseph brother of Jesus” ossuary (a very controversial artifact!) was at one time in the same tomb as well, and that the “James” and the “Jesus” of those inscriptions were sons of the same “Joseph.” But the inscription on that ossuary spells the name Yosef with only four letters, with no intermediate “h,” so the filmmakers have created an internal inconsistency in their own theory—you cannot have your “Joseph” person be called Yosef on one ossuary but Yehosef on another ossuary. The film fails in its logic.
To summarize, while I am sure that the ossuary inscribed with the name Yeshua bar Yehosef was indeed the burial chest of some man called (in our English) “Jesus son of Joseph,” that particular Joseph was not our New Testament hero, Joseph of Nazareth, and that particular Jesus definitely not our New Testament Savior, Jesus of Nazareth.
Holzapfel: When Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians, apparently some in Corinth believed that there was no bodily Resurrection. Paul was trying to dispel false teachings by drawing the several conclusions he makes in 1 Corinthians 15. First, if the dead do not rise from the grave, then not even Jesus was raised from the dead. Second, Paul’s apostolic preaching of the Resurrection was useless. Third, the Saints’ faith in the Resurrection was also useless. Fourth, the disciples’ witness of the Resurrection was false before God. Fifth, the Corinthian faith was ultimately futile. Sixth, each Saint was still in his or her sins and without hope of redemption. Seventh, the Saints already dead were lost forever. And eighth, the living Saints were, of all men and women living in the Greco-Roman world, most miserable (see 1 Corinthians 15:19). Of the above list the last argument is most consequential for everyone who wishes to become a committed disciple of Jesus. If in this life only we have hope in Christ the mortal, we are of all men most miserable. Paul may mean that if our hope in Christ is based on His life only, then we should be most pitied among all the world’s population for putting up with the heavy cost of discipleship. Yet Paul’s categorical conclusion based on the evidence presented in the first verses of chapter 15 is a straightforward testament: “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:20–22). The day will come when we will know of these truths ourselves as found in this passage in 1 Corinthians, for Paul tells us that he knows of the certainty of that Resurrection by his own experience.
And so next Easter we expect another controversy, but it is all good news. Because every time Jesus makes the cover of Time Magazine or becomes the focus of a national television program, it gives us another opportunity to bear witness, become part of the very public dialogue, and increase our own witness of these important events.
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I was ill again last week. So typical. So I stayed in bed Monday and Tuesday but felt better on Wednesday and could go to work. So the rest of the week I just took it easy after work, to rest as much as possible. I really don’t want to get ill again between now and Christmas (or on my Christmas break!), too much to do!
The weekend was quiet as well, which was nice. On my lunch break on Friday I went to Whole Foods to buy some nice things for the weekend. Love it there and it’s a treat to go now when I don’t have one close to me anymore.
I bought mussels that I cooked that night with white wine, cream and potatoes. So yummy!
On Saturday we slept until noon, had poached eggs for breakfast and then went for a walk around Wimbledon Common. It air was crisp but the sun was out and it was perfect weather for an autumnal walk.
When we got backed we watched a bit of the tennis and some rugby before going for a drink at the local pub followed by dinner nearby.
Sunday treated me to another lie-in and then I pottered around, making pudding for supper and prepping ahead. For dinner I made a lovely pasta dish I will post about later, and lemon posset for pudding. Then we cuddled up on the sofa watching The Handmaid’s Tale and when I couldn’t take it anymore, an episode of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man.
The next month will be busy, but I hope I can squeeze in another cosy weekend without plans. Sleeping until one wake up naturally is just the best!
Last week was a lot quieter than I had planned, but I got ill again (typical this time of year) and had to cancel those plans. Oh well…
Monday I took it easy at home in the evening, did some laundry and made broccoli cheese for supper. Although it’s really a side dish I like to eat it as it is, with maybe some ham and a piece of toast on the side. Love it!
Tuesday I felt rubbish so after work I went straight to bed and had scrambled eggs in my PJs for dinner before falling asleep early.
On Wednesday I had a little bit more energy so managed a burger and cinema after work. Although BlacKkKlansman was a hard film to watch (because of the subject) I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it.
Thursday I just stayed in and watched BBC’s new series Bodyguard (that everybody’s talking about) and so far so good. Friday was again another quiet night in, I watched One Day and made the yummy spinach dip for supper.
The weekend continued in the same way; watching TV, sleeping lots and more cancelled plans. But I managed to do a bit of cooking as I didn’t have the energy to go out and wasn’t in the mood for a greasy takeaway. Always something!
This week was very quiet by my standards, and it was much needed. The beginning of the week was quiet. I made sure to walk home from work enjoying all the flowers. I can’t believe the lilacs are flowering already, but it’s so pretty and the scent heavenly.
On Wednesday I tried a new-ish restaurant in Clapham and really enjoyed it, so a write-up is coming soon, but here is a little sneak peak.
It’s not often it happens on Friday a few of colleagues and I had drinks. Always lovely and as it starts early it means you get home early too. I was in bed by 10pm and it was perfect.
Saturday was lovely with a lie-in (so needed to sleep!) and some pampering before meeting up with Gaby for a dim sum lunch at Grand Imperial.
After lunch we met up with Rowena and then spent the afternoon at the Dominique Ansel Bakery escaping the rain and enjoying his delicious cakes!
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Our children are our gifts to us, we are their custodians, their guides and nurturers, it is a privilege to be a parent. It is also a challenge and one we do not need to do alone.
Here you will find shows on raising our children and listening to hear and hearing to speak.
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30min Video + PDF slides
Search term-based strategies for Google Shopping
Google Shopping is on the rise. Paid search is shifting, with more money and attention moving to Shopping. The challenge for advertisers is that Google Shopping doesn’t play by the familiar rules of AdWords. It works in a fundamentally different way, and has to be managed differently. This can be a little scary for advertisers.
But there is a real incentive to put some effort into developing a strategy for Google Shopping. Most of your competitors have no idea that they’re doing in this space, so if you’re even a little bit thoughtful or inventive you will gain a serious competitive advantage. As a result, we see a wide range of approaches being developed, some good and some bad.
From these approaches, one winning philosophy has emerged, and the people who are totally dominating Google Shopping are using variations on this. At its most basic, it’s about manipulating account structure to create ad groups that are made up of search terms, not product groups.
PPC Caesars Award international winning case 2017 (2nd speech most voted by participants).
David Walker is an experienced online marketing professional and recognised expert in the space, with over eight years of experience in all forms of online marketing (PPC, SEO, Social, Conversion, RTB, Email). A graduate of the LSE and Trinity College Dublin, Dave is Co-Founder and Director of the strategic search marketing platform – Segmatic, re-branded from Subrosa. Prior to this Dave was Head of Conversion, Ad Operations and Real Time Bidding at Paddy Power, having begun in Paddy Power as a PPC Manager.
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Jack Dorsey is one of the most influential names in the tech world. Cool and rebel. Creative and hardworker. Rich and humble...CEO and Founder at Twitter and Square
Jack Dorsey, best known as the dual boss or CEO of the instant and real time social media platform, TWITTER, and instant payment platform and method, SQUARE.
Here we will lead you to get a quick glimpse of what he is into and lear the most you can out of this great character.
St. Louis, Missouri
November 19, 1976
Narrative class of startupik:
While he is in the famous league of college dropp-outters, Jack Dorsey is doing unbelievable thing even for other elite members of the league. Back in college, he got into scene by following a real social issue. Instantly, he was thinking of transportation fleet problems according to lack of real-time statues tracking. As a junior developer, he created a dispatch software where taxi driver could connect with and update each other. It was the first hint where you can follow where he was heading to.
In the same way, he took that Idea very much serious and dug deep. The real-time information update was the tickle trigger for him, and seemingly for every other human in this planet. Thus, he came up with this Idea. Where you could tell your friends what you are at. He exceed the same mechanism to the real social life of people. In 2006, TWITTER born out of a taxi cab real-time communication to be “THE NEXT” communication tool for the children of Adam.
Over the curse of time, challenges of high-level board of people in power at twitter forced him to get out of his own business. But is he going to give up? Somehow, he built up a payment platform which driven from the very same idea. Instant payment with a very simple physical and cyber procedures. Then, SQUARE, a revolutionary business tool brought Jack Dorsey on the scene. 2010 it was, when Jack Dorsey stormed back.
After his undeniable success, Jack was invited back to the twitter. After a few change of high-level change of position and statues, he finally selected as the CEO of TWITTER once again.
He has literally bitten off more than he could chew. Surprisingly, he has done it victoriously. Jack Dorsey is the commander in chief of two major companies with a combination net worth of 3 billion dollars. He has split himself in two place and in a same period of time.
But what he is insisting on is:
My goal is to make sure that we are building something that outlives me and that endures and that continues to serve generations beyond me,That means I need to build structures that aren’t dependent entirely on me. That means I need to recognize leaders who can succeed me. That means we need to get our decision-making rigor and process into the very DNA of our companies.
It means, structure is everything for him. Since he is handling zillions of multitask responsibility at the same time, and for the sake of GOD he has twitter and Square under his belt. we should trust what he is saying.
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Gobble, gobble, Happy Thanksgiving and happy holidays to you all. ‘Tis the season of overindulgence with the end effect of becoming an overfed slugabed or layabout.
Fellow travelers, are you one of the millions sitting at your desk or walking around with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and are not even aware of it? Overdoing food and alcohol during this holiday season could make the condition worse leading straight to a heart disease and/or liver failure.
“Data has shown that nearly 30 million Americans have NAFLD. Many times it is missed until the person’s liver enzyme levels are high,” said Dr. Howard Monsour, chief of hepatology at Houston Methodist Hospital. “Patients can die from a heart attack or cirrhosis of the liver. It’s a serious condition that we have to get under control quickly in this country.” (Kovacik, 2015)
The nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is an accumulation of fat deposits inside the liver cells. Alcohol, drugs, obesity, lipid disorders and diabetes can all contribute to this disease. Moreover, many individuals with this condition suffer from Metabolic Syndrome, a group of factors, which include a large waist size (men greater than 40 inches, women greater than 35 inches), high blood pressure, high triglyceride levels, and insulin resistance that heighten the risk of heart attack, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
Over a period, an individual could experience fatigue, weakness, and loss of appetite. Some individuals may develop pain in the center or right upper part of the belly. The symptoms might get worse after heavy drinking.
“However, much like type 2 diabetes, NAFLD can be cured with proper diet and exercise,” Monsour said. “If you lose 12 percent of your current weight, no matter how much you weigh, you can eliminate fat from your liver.” (Kovacik, 2015)
Dr. Monsour continues by saying that hearty exercise: as weight lifting, swimming, running or aerobics, between 75 and 150 minutes a week with a high rate of 120 or above during the holiday season and beyond will help with this problem. He also suggests that eating fruits and vegetables as a snack before attending a family function or holiday party will help you feel full and just might keep you away from foods high in fat.
It should be noted that between five and 20% of people with fatty liver would develop serious liver disease. Whether or not one develops cirrhosis, fibrosis or liver cancer depends on whether the person has inflammation in the liver caused by the fat resulting in an inflammatory response called steatohepatitis. Many times but not always, this causes an increase in liver enzymes on routine blood tests.
“The key is to catch it early and man times it may not be discovered until a routine checkup,” Monsour said. “If you start to experience symptoms, see a doctor as soon as you can. Letting it go without evaluation can lead to a very difficult, unhealthy life.”
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Kovacik, G. (2015, November 16). People Unaware of Fatty Liver Disease Could Make the Problem Worse with Holiday Overindulgence. Retrieved November 16, 2015, from HUSTON Methodist LEADING MEDICINE: http://www.newswise.com/articles/people-unaware-of-fatty-liver-disease-could-make-the-problem-worse-with-holiday-overindulgence
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“He was drunk and exhausted
but he was critically acclaimed and respected.”
– The Hold Steady, “Stuck Between Stations”
Writing about literature is often figured as a sort of parasitism – “what lice will do, when they have no more blood to suck,” is how I’m told they put it in the Nineteenth Century. For a time in the Twentieth, however, the relationship between a certain school of exegetes and a certain coterie of writers was closer to symbiosis. The job of New Critics and their Formalist counterparts was to decode a text’s meanings through close examination of its language. The job of the poet, meanwhile, was to create a text that would stand up to such scrutiny.
Ezra Pound‘s Cantos constitute, it seems to me, the paramount example of poetry alert to – even anxious about – its own interpretative possibilities. It is the tension between Pound’s confidence in the cryptographic stamina of his readers and his desire to make the poems finally unsolvable that makes The Cantos (all 800 pages of them) so frustrating. And so beautiful. Behind the bricolage of quotations (translated, mistranslated, untranslated), the syntactic suspensions, the typographic oddities and the lunatic fragmentation, there’s always a sense of something powerful, mysterious, and epic at work.
John Berryman‘s The Dream Songs, which I came to by way of The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America, clearly counts The Cantos among its million billion influences. And at first blush, The Dream Songs seem equally baffling – the kind of private language the philosophers tell us isn’t possible:
Le’s do a hoedown, gal,
one blue, one shuffle,
if them is all you seem to réquire. Strip,
ol banger, skip us we, sugar; so hang on
one chaste evenin.
-Sir Bones, or Galahad: astonishin
yo legal & yo good.
Who is Mr. Bones? Why the dialect? And what’s up with that accent mark over the “e”? These are the same kinds of questions Pound invites. For all their fragmentation, though, The Dream Songs are intensely intimate in a way The Cantos never quite manage. Through a variety of moods and methods, they adumbrate the life and consciousness of a hero as multifarious and singular as Joyce‘s Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker. Also: Berryman’s ear is astonishing. Sometimes a Difficult Book is more swimming pool than jigsaw puzzle. Rather than trying to solve it, we do better just to jump in.
The final poem cycle worth mentioning in this troika of Difficult Books is Ted Berrigan‘s The Sonnets. Berrigan is often identified as a “second-generation” New York School poet, a designation both helpful and un-. On the one hand, The Sonnets draw on both the suggestive opacity of John Ashbery and the urbanity of Frank O’Hara and Kenneth Koch. On the other, nothing about these poems feels self-consciously “School”ed. By the time his generation came of age (Berrigan was born in 1934), the New Criticism’s dominance was waning, and with it the legacy of programatic formalism. The fragmentation of The Sonnets speaks of openness and freedom, rather than discipline and constraint. Which is to say it’s a very 1960s kind of book. “And high upon the Brooklyn Bridge alone,” Berrigan writes,
to breathe an old woman slop oatmeal,
loveliness that longs for butterfly! There is no pad
as you lope across the trails and bosky dells
I often think sweet and sour pork”
shoe repair, and scary.
What does it mean? I have no idea. I often don’t, when I read these three marvelous poets. But I don’t know what life means, either – just that, like Berrigan, Berryman, and Pound, it makes me feel alive.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about diet. A doctor changed my regimen just recently and I won’t go into details, except to say that I may have had my last pasta carbonara. Ever.
Along with all the time I’ve spent reading labels in the health-food aisle, I’ve been spending time reading about how food affects the human body.
I’ve always considered myself a pretty well-read and savvy guy. I think about food. But there have really only been two things I thought about.
- Eating the right number of calories.
- Eating fruit and vegetables.
You can see a little example of what I was eating in 2010 at this link: Lots of fruit, some vegetables, but also lots of chocolate and chips and booze.
My diet today is pretty different. One of the things I’ve been reading a lot about is gut bacteria. There is a big link from the bacteria that live in your gut to your overall health. The bacteria do a heap of really important work (like protecting against allergies), and can cause major health problems, not limited to gut problems. They may be involved in a lot of mental illnesses and multiple sclerosis.
The gut bacteria also respond strongly to diet, so you can change the populations in there by eating differently. But that’s not all. They also help change your dietary choices! So you could potentially create a cycle where you start feeding bugs in your gut, instead of feeding your own body.
The big point I’m going to make in this post is that science keeps moving on. It’s amazing how little we understand about nutrition. Some vitamins were discovered within the last century. And the science remains sketchy on whether vitamin supplements help or hurt people.
If I were designing a tax and subsidy scheme for food, and it was 1990, I’d probably have subsidised low-calorie cola, following the principle that fewer calories are better.
But in 2014 science has found evidence that diet coke changes your gut bacteria in a way that induces glucose intolerance. And advice has changed on wine, chocolate, cholesterol, coffee, bread, etc. The history of nutrition advice is a turbulent one.
I increasingly believe that eating better is a good idea. But I’m also aware that trying to fine-tune people’s diets leads to a risk of making a scientific mistake.
And that’s even before you look at the chance of making a policy mistake. Even for foods that are clearly and unambiguously unhealthy, you need to understand why people eat them before you can succesfully make policy that helps people not to choose them.
This great story from the Atlantic The Inconvenience of Salad covers off on a few of the traps that policy makers fall into.
For example, the idea that the problem is availability of healthy foods – the ‘food desert’ concept. That idea did not get support from a study in Philadelphia, where scientists eagerly tracked fruit and vegetable consumption after the opening of a local store. They found it had no impact.
The Inconvenience of Salad is a really nice feature that follows around a young guy who has opened a business putting salads in mason jars, putting the mason jars in vending machines, and putting the vending machines out in public.
The vending machines have to be stocked every single day and I fear the nice young dude who has ploughed his life savings into this venture will be broke soon. In the article he appears to be mortally shocked when someone describes salad like this
“It’s just nasty to me; it doesn’t agree with my taste buds.”
While I was reading the article I kept thinking that the US should subsidise this guy. But then I tried to take a step back. How sure am I the science won’t change? How sure am I the subsidy will make a difference to behaviour?
The answer in both cases is I’m fairly sure. But not certain.
There is a big natural experiment in Australia. We actually do tax (most) processed food but fresh foods are not subject to the GST.
Despite this, I am yet to see a single study showing that the 10 per cent tax difference between the two has led to any change in diet, or in health. Has the study not been done for lack of data? Or because obesity has been rising so fast researchers fear what they might discover? If anyone is aware of such a study, please bring it to my attention! | <urn:uuid:2b31f00c-a51a-4967-8211-686c6dc0db89> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://thomasthethinkengine.com/2014/11/13/should-we-tax-and-subsidise-foods/ | 2019-07-17T18:45:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.960327 | 946 |
Hello!! I grew up in Vancouver and am now living and working in Hong Kong as a content writer. I’m also a travel writer whenever I’m adrift to other countries. One of my most visited cities is Bangkok (lots of family ties there).
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Double album - 2CD + digital - preorders now - April 29 release
The last year has seen a relocation to Ireland amongst a lot of travel and work on a new album, Climata, recorded entirely in 15 of James Turrell's Skyspaces traversing 9 countries. Through a special recording technique Climata allows us to hear space - and also hear the air - through the lens and frame of the Skyspace, an architectural light art installation. This quiet intervention creates a shift in the context of the Skyspace from its 'visual arts' framework to one embedded within the subtle physicality of sound. Across the 200 site-specific microtonal recordings the Skyspace is the filter and instrument - offering a direct engagement with weather, location & duration by bringing the inside and outside of the Skyspace into oscillation. The term Climata itself refers to the ancient divisions used to map the inhabitable world, from latitude to the length of days. This mapping of the inhabited world is reflected in the choice of Skyspace locations, from far-flung rural idylls to the Alps and metropolises in both Hemispheres; spanning contemporary art centres, private collections, national galleries and museums of modern art.
Described by Fluid Radio as "sense shifting work" and on RTE (Irish National Radio) as "an extraordinary piece... you really just have to get" which "artfully weaves the elements into a multipart composition... [that] explores the role of sound art as a psychological reflection and also as a social commentary". You can read more details and hear a track which comes as an instant lossless download with preorders at https://robertcurgenven.bandcamp.com/album/climata
You can watch a short interview which explains a lot of the ideas behind Climata was filmed inside Kraftwerk, a venue within a converted power station in Berlin, just before the world premiere of the concert version of Climata as a 3hour durational set as part of the 30hr The Long Now, the final event of Berlin's Maerzmuisk Festival last month
A final piece of news about the development of Climata - a preview of an installation version of the project was exhibited in the National Gallery of Australia’s Skyspace last year - an article in the Sydney Morning Herald gives a very positive overview. You'll also find a recording of that installation as the second track on Disc A of the double album.
Your support for this project through a preorder of the double CD &/or digital download would be a valuable contribution to the process of realising this massive multi-part project. A preorder will also see you with a copy on the release date of 29 April. The double album is a joint release between my Recorded Fields Editions label and Dragon's Eye Recordings (USA). | <urn:uuid:bab1c5dd-9dda-43e4-a32d-917d0c422ae3> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=520959ed78059ffb86d3d2bb5&id=1c6a4a6477 | 2019-07-17T18:29:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.925314 | 589 |
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I literally zoomed to science. I wanted to warn Francisco about the strange book. Not only had it actually talked but it’d drawn a picture I didn’t see. Plus that impish giggle sent a nervous shiver up my back.
When I arrived, Francisco beamed and waved me over to sit by him. The test tubes were already in a tray—one per lab pair. I noticed Holly perched at the back with us, writing in her notebook.
Mrs. Tanaka used Holly as a teaching assistant since this class was way too easy for her.
“Okay…let me see…” Francisco waggled his eyebrows, grabbing Wish Book out of my bag. “What awesome thing did you do for me in this class, huh? Is Mrs. Tanaka going to make me her favorite student? Give me an automatic A for the lab? What?”
“Um…about that, Francisco…” I winced. “The wish didn’t exactly work out.”
His face fell. “Huh?”
“The book is creepy. It talked to me at the library and wouldn’t let me see what I drew.”
“It’s hard to explain.”
He shook his head at me obviously ignoring my warning. Jiggling the book like it was some Christmas present, he winked at me.
Freaking out, I said, “Wait, Francisco. Seriously! I wouldn’t touch that thing. Who knows what it’s capable of doing?”
But he didn’t listen. He eyed it feverishly. More dazzling than ever, the book looked as if it was taunting him.
Francisco opened it.
I tilted my head. “Hey! It opened.” But I had a sinking feeling that wasn’t a good thing.
I was right.
Francisco studied the page for a while, not saying anything.
“What’s wrong?” I asked, squeezing his arm.
Francisco jerked away. His dark eyes glared at me and he whispered, “How can you ask me that?”
“L-Like I said,” I stammered, “it wouldn’t let me…”
But the tardy bell sounded, cutting me off. Mrs. Tanaka hushed the class.
Quickly, I flipped the pages to my last wish. Blood flowed out of my head and arms. Wish Book drew me with some horrible smirk on my face and Francisco looked as if he was running up to the front of the class. And then…I wasn’t sure what he was doing, but it didn’t matter. The words, “Dum dum and stoopid”, had arrows pointing at Francisco.
Oh my GOD!
“Class, as you can see, today is the day we get to do our organic lab. I want you all to make sure to…” Mrs. Tanaka stopped, cocking her head. “Is something wrong, Francisco?”
Instantly, Francisco bounced out of his seat and yelled, “Love potions!” His body convulsed like a huge demon had swooped into it, forcing him to twirl down the aisle as if he was a fanciful dancer.
The class giggled nervously.
He sashayed to the front of the class.
And then started doing jumping jacks, chanting like a preschooler:
“I love ice cream.
I love tea.
I love Athena,
And I hope
She loves me.”
Hot blood pulsed through my face. My neck heated up like it was 120 degrees as my body seemed to sail upward, trying to flee the class, but never moving.
What the HELL?
Laughter erupted along with tons of whistling and whooping. Some guys shouted, “Go for it, Romero!”
I sunk my head in my hands, but peeked through my fingers at Francisco.
Knees buckling and a face in full mortification, he apologized to Mrs. Tanaka.
Then he slunk back to his chair next to me, putting his face in his hands. I felt nauseated like I’d just punched an innocent person in the mouth even though I didn’t have anything to do with that wish.
I whispered, “I’m so sorry, Francisco. I tried to tell you I wasn’t the one who drew that. Wish Book did.”
Francisco didn’t move. He didn’t speak or look up or do anything to make me feel like he’d think about forgiving me.
At that moment, I was trying to process what Francisco just announced. Did he really love me or was that some assholery done by Wish Book? I was so freaking angry, I decided right then what to do next.
I was going to throw that evil book away.
I got out of my last period a little early. I hated to do it, but I blamed my wheelchair and my locker sticking and a whole assortment of other lame excuses. My Careers teacher, Mr. Glover, was a pushover. I didn’t need half of them. He was too busy reading some blog on his Slablet while the rest of the class blabbed to one another to really notice or care about what I was saying.
He wrote me a pass and told me to be careful, never removing his eyes from the small screen.
Darting to Francisco’s locker, I waited as cockroaches seemed to crawl in my stomach. I prayed he’d listen to me and understand.
A few minutes after the last bell rang, I spied Francisco in the midst of milling kids, walking toward his locker.
Once he spotted me, he made a 180-degree turn.
“Oh no you don’t,” I muttered to myself.
I dodged people with my wheelchair trying not to lose him, but he was too smart for me. He dashed toward the back door of the school that people rarely took, knowing I wouldn’t be able to follow.
Without a ramp in sight.
But I was determined, so I hit the bar on the door and rolled my wheels toward the edge of the concrete stairs, yelling, “Francisco! Wait! Let me explain!”
He shook his head. The look on his face made my throat tighten.
Out of desperation, I glanced everywhere, wishing for a ramp or a sidewalk or even a plank of wood. But there wasn’t anything except for a bunch of very steep and very scary steps.
My head swooned just thinking about what would happen if I attempted to topple down them. But I thought I’d threaten anyway. “I’m going to chase after you!”
Francisco bit his lip, squinting up at me. Then he fumbled for the keys to his motorcycle.
“I will!” I screamed, hoping he’d believe me. But he knew better. I’d freaked out around steps so many times or ranted about places not having ramps that I knew he’d bet I’d stay where I was.
Then Wish Book caught my eye.
I jerked my pointer finger at it.
“You owe me, Stupid. I don’t care if you can’t make things appear magically. You’re going to do my bidding right now.”
I grabbed a pen out of my pack. Quickly, I sketched me sliding down the steps toward Francisco, only they weren’t steps. I drew a ramp.
I waited a moment, hoping Wish Book would do its magic. Maybe a teacher would bring a board or a construction worker would help me. There were a hundred possibilities.
Francisco put the key in and revved the engine. In a few minutes, he’d disappear. I had to speak to him. Now.
Not caring what happened to me, I decided to go down the steps anyway. I’d seen bike riders bob over steps, but you needed speed and balance. I was fairly gifted at balance and could do all sorts of tricks on my wheelchair, balancing on one wheel even.
“Okay!” I screamed. “You asked for it. I’m going to kill myself trying to talk to you!”
Taking a deep breath, I backed up until the cold door handle stopped me, poking my back. Visualizing my wheelchair as a bicycle, I rotated my wheels as fast as I could. And wham!
The wheelchair soared through the air as if I’d taken off on a wheelie ramp.
My stomach felt like I’d just plummeted off the Tower of Doom as I flew over the steps. “Ahh!” I shrieked, gripping the rubber.
The wheelchair hit hard and bounced on the gravel, tossing the book out of my lap. The chair rolled a few feet then stopped. “I’m alive,” I whispered, heart hammering so hard it hurt.
Francisco hopped off his motorcycle. He scrambled to me. “Are you nuts? If you think that’s going to make me forgive you, you’re wrong. Now I’m pissed as hell at you!” He turned around and pulled at his hair. He pointed at me. “Don’t ever do that again!”
His order infuriated me. “Don’t tell me what to do, Francisco. I can do what I want. I’m not an invalid.”
“Well, don’t worry. I won’t be telling you what to do anymore because I won’t be talking to you.”
The way he was acting made my blood steam. He wasn’t even giving me a chance to explain. Obviously, the book had some sort of power, and we didn’t even understand how it worked. Why couldn’t he give me a chance?
“Fine. But you’re losing a good friend who really cares about you. I didn’t draw that wish. Wish Book did. You hear that?” I pointed at the idiotic golden book, glinting in the sun.
“So, you expect me to believe that Wish Book draws your style of manga?” Francisco caught my eyes. “I know your style, Athena. You drew that.”
Pressing my lips together, I agreed. Sort of. “Okay, so yes, I did draw it, but Wish Book guided my hand. I didn’t even see what I was doing. My eyes were closed.”
“You want me to believe that?”
“Do you believe this stupid book grants wishes?”
Jaw set, he nodded slowly.
“Then why can’t you believe it has the power to do any number of weird, assholish things? I’m telling you. IT. DREW. THAT PICTURE!”
Francisco threw his head back and heaved a sigh. Moments ticked.
Finally, he said, “I don’t know…it just seems so unreal.”
“How real is a Wish Book that grants wishes? You say you believe it, so why can’t you believe me? Tell me this, Francisco, why would I want to hurt you? Does that make sense?”
Staring at me with his brown eyes, I could see the wheels turning in his mind. I was making sense now. I was his friend. Why would I do that to him?
With a slow shrug, he finally said, “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Why would you want to embarrass me? And call me dum dum and stupid.”
“I wouldn’t. It doesn’t make any sense.”
Staring at the book, he went on, “I mean, if you hated me that much, you wouldn’t have launched your wheelchair skyward like some freakish flying squirrel.”
I laughed, feeling my face warm. All the anger from a moment ago seemed to release like the air out of a balloon. “I guess not.”
Francisco smiled. “You want me to walk you home? I have to go over to your house soon anyway for the science project.”
My heart fluttered. He was looking cute again.
“What about your motorcycle?” I asked.
He shrugged. “I’ll run over and get it later. No problem.”
Smiling at him, I pointed at Wish Book. “Can you hand the book to me? I have something important to do first.”
Once Francisco placed it in my hands, I wheeled over to a dumpster at the edge of the school property.
“What are you going to do?” Francisco asked.
“Open the lid for me and watch,” I said.
Hurling Wish Book in the air, I heard the book hit the bottom with a satisfying clunk.
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To watch the Golden State Warriors play basketball is to appreciate how beautiful the game can be.
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As premier a star as Curry is, he also gave up some of what he does to accommodate the newcomer Durant. Yes, Curry will pop from outside the three-point line on a fast break. If you shot like he does, so would you.
It’s joyous basketball they play. The NBA should never plod, and in the playoffs it rarely does. If you’re good enough to make the postseason, you’re good enough to move the ball.
This is the time of year that the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James takes off neither games nor plays. Kawhi Leonard is, as is his custom, sensational. And somehow, he is only 25. I’d pay to watch Houston’s James Harden and Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook play one-on-one.
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“Continue to educate, mentor and grow one another” was the advice Chief Master Sgt. Jason France offered the military and civilian Airmen of Air Force Materiel Command as he departed the command chief position at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Sept. 28.
“Focus on the commonalities between our military and civilian Airmen and take time to create those positive engagements and interactions with each other. We’re all working toward a common goal, and if we’re going to be successful, we need to leverage the skills, talent and experiences of every one of our Airmen,” he said.
France will assume the command senior enlisted leader position at United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, a tremendous opportunity for the 29-year Airman who began his career as a military working dog handler before transitioning into leadership positions across the Air Force.
“When I look back at my career, the people who invested in me, mentored me, pushed me out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to take on new challenges … it all makes sense now. Those difficult and challenging opportunities gave me the latitude to gain experiences outside of my functional community, taught me different ways to think through problems and showed me the value of taking risks, making mistakes and learning from them, all helping me to progress to where I am now,” he said.
France assumed the command chief position at AFMC Headquarters June 2016, though he has spent a large part of his career since 2009 progressing through enlisted leadership positions throughout the command. In addition to the command chief position here, he served as a squadron and directorate superintendent in AFMC units and also held command chief positions at both the Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and the 75th Air Base Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
“I got to see the command before the five-center reorganization and watch IMSC (Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center) go from an idea to a reality,” said France. “The entire time that I’ve been a part of this command, the leadership at every level across the command, and the staff at every one of our locations, has been absolutely phenomenal.”
As the senior leader for more than 12,000 enlisted Airmen serving in a heavily civilian organization, France focused on ensuring all Airmen understood and realized the importance of their roles in helping meet the AFMC mission effectively for the Air Force and the nation. A large part of his time here was spent visiting and engaging with Airmen at the diverse AFMC locations where he gained first hand insights to the unique missions and impacts each bring to the mission.
“Each Airman in AFMC needs to understand, down to the individual level, the importance of their work. To take the commander’s priorities and share them in a way that connects with different Airmen across our command who are doing a very broad set of missions is challenging, but very rewarding, too. The Air Force simply cannot fly, fight, win without the Airmen of AFMC,” said France.
The challenge, says France, is that AFMC Airmen do not always see immediate impacts and results from their day-to-day work. Compounding this is a lack of awareness or understanding outside the command about the impacts of AFMC work on every aspect of the Air Force mission.
“Our Airmen are not launching sorties where they can see the immediate results of what they do, said France. “Many of our Airmen work in the program offices or test organizations and are developing and testing capabilities that may not actually come out for years. Others work in our air logistics complexes, performing depot maintenance on aircraft they won’t see flying operationally. Getting that immediate reward for the work we do is sometimes challenging.”
“What impresses me most is the professionalism and humbleness that our Airmen display in the face of what may seem like thankless jobs but are truly important to the Air Force,” he said.
As the Air Force structure faces significant changes in the coming years, France sees this as an opportunity for AFMC to innovate and grow in its ability to provide that critical, agile support to our warfighters. The knowledge and skills inherent in the enlisted force are key to AFMC’s success in this change, says France, and he challenges all AFMC Airmen – military and civilian – to work together and include the enlisted force to make the best decisions throughout the command’s processes.
“Leaders at all levels need to find ways to incorporate our enlisted force into the things they do and the decisions that they make. Take time to understand the value we bring from our experience,” said France. “The places I’ve visited that do this exceptionally well are those places that have cracked the code and focus on the commonalities between our military and civilian Airmen, rather than the differences,” said France.
As he departed AFMC, France took his box of family photos and trinkets to display in his new office as a reminder to stay grounded and focused on the “big picture.”
“They are the reason I serve and remind me not to get lost in the work,” he said.
He also offers a bit of advice to his successor.
“Make it yours. It will be a different time with a different commander. The environment in the command and the Air Force will call for different ways of doing things. Don’t focus too much on what I or my predecessors did because it’s yours now. Make it even better.”
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The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth APK
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Date addedApr 27, 2019
Welcome to the world of Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth game for Android mobile by the developer Fantasy Flight Games. Get ready to go on a legendary tour with your friends and prepare yourself to fight against with dangerous enemies. You have to search for gold and jewels while playing. The game has got excellent HD graphics with HQ background sound. The file size of this game is 24 MB.
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Citation: Roo. "Lucky To Be Alive: An Experience with Fentanyl & Midazolam (during MDMA comedown) (exp89155)". Erowid.org. Jan 7, 2016. erowid.org/exp/89155
Anyone considering the use of Fentanyl ESPECIALLY in conjunction with a benzodiazepine should read this. I do not recommend the combination.
Some personal background information, I have been smoking marijuana and using various other drugs for about 7 years now. I have used MDMA about two dozen times and on this particular evening I took 150mg of MDMA with some friends at 9PM. This was a typical MDMA experience for me and I noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Typically after MDMA effects wear off, I like to take a low to medium dose opiate or benzodiazepine to help me relax. At about 12:30 PM, after the MDMA had worn off, I took 12.5 mcg of Fentanyl patch and chewed it in my mouth along with 5 mL of midazolam syrup (equivalent to 10mg) which I drank. I had taken this dose of Fentanyl about 4-5 times in this manner so I was familiar with the effects. I have had a lot of experience with various benzodiazepines and have a bit of tolerance but the midazolam was new to me. From research I had done online, the midazolam should have been equivalent to about 1mg of alprazolam, which is not high for me. This was also the first time that I had taken Fentanyl in combination with a benzodiazepine of any sort.
After about 15-20 minutes I completely blacked out. Apparently after I blacked out my breathing soon became difficult and stopped so my friends took me to the ER. I came to consciousness in an Emergency Room. My entire body was paralyzed (I learned later that I had been injected with a form of curare so that I could be intubated). I could not open my eyes or talk but I was completely aware of what people were saying around me. My parents had been called in and they were unsure if I was alive. I wanted to tell them that I could hear them but I could not do anything. The paralyzing drug eventually wore off and I was barely able to move my fingers and my track with my eyes, at which point they realized I was indeed alive. The doctors said I was lucky to be alive let alone not brain damaged, as I had a high blood acidity level and had been unconscious and not breathing for quite some time. I recovered in a matter of hours and fortunately did not have any complications.
Again, I am lucky to be alive. Had I been alone or with friends that did not realize the peril I was in, I would probably not be here today to tell this story. In retrospect I probably should have tried the midazolam without Fentanyl before combining the two, but I have a feeling that any sort of medium dose benzodiazepine probably has a large potentiating effect on Fentanyl. I have combined benzodiazepines with other opiates such as hydrocodone and oxycodone as well as morphine with no adverse effects. Use extreme caution if you enjoy Fentanyl, but in my opinion you should probably not even consider taking a benzodiazepine in conjunction with it.
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Let’s admit it — toddlers usually outgrow their crib quickly. That means you have to get a bigger bed that accommodates their size. That’s where toddler beds can help. A toddler bed is made with safety features that will keep your kid safe.
Compared to cribs, toddler beds are way safer and better for your kids. Since toddlers grow very fast, it is quite dangerous to let them sleep in their crib as they might be mobile and tall enough to climb their way out. They might hurt themselves or even fall while climbing out of their crib, which obviously is not safe at all.
Fortunately, toddler beds are there to keep your lovely kids safe during their sleep, and there are many of them in the market! However, some toddler beds are of poor quality. This is why it’s crucial for parents to research and take their time before deciding to buy a toddler bed.
If you are having a difficult time choosing the best toddler bed for your kid, then you’ve come to the right place. We have compiled the best toddler beds you can find in the market at the moment. But before we show you the top beds for your toddler, let us first tackle the things to look for when purchasing a toddler bed.
What to Look For When Buying a Toddler Bed
Choosing the right toddler bed enables your child to be comfortable and safe during his sleep. There are things to look for when you decide to get a toddler bed and that’s what we are going to show you today. Let’s dive right in, shall we?
Look for a bed that has a comfortable height to make it easier for your kids to enter and exit. Furthermore, make sure that the bed has high sides as this will help your toddlers not to toss themselves out or fall down while climbing out.
Construction and material
Toddler beds are typically comprised of either wood, fiber, and metal construction. Wood beds are quite popular than metal ones. Wood toddler beds have sturdy construction and provide a strong structure.
Metal beds, on the other hand, offers more space and have well-ventilated construction. Both wood and metal toddler beds are great, it’s up to you to decide which one would suit your kid well. For the best result, you can go for wooden beds that are blended with a high-quality metal frame and wood. To put simply, find a bed that is made of sturdy materials and can last longer.
Safety is probably the most important factor to consider when purchasing a toddler bed. When it comes to picking a bed, ensure that it has enough space and room so your child can easily sit, toss, turn, play, and lie inside. Moreover, avoid a toddler bed that has too many pointed edges as this can be dangerous. If you’re going for a metal bed, try to wiggle it a bit to make sure that it is stable.
Now that you know the things to look for when buying a toddler bed, let’s now go ahead and tackle the best toddler beds that will meet your expectations, needs, and satisfaction! Let’s not wait any longer and proceed below.
10 Best Toddler Beds for Boys & Girls
1. Delta Children Plastic Toddler Bed
Capable of holding up to 50 lbs, the Delta Children Plastic bed fits toddlers ages 15 months and up. The Delta is constructed of high-quality steel frame and plastic and is JPMA certified so it’s no doubt safe for your toddler. It’s low to the floor to make it much quicker and safer for your kids to enter and exit. It comes with a colorful, stylish design that your toddler will not resist! Moreover, the Delta is available at $48.00 so it’s pretty affordable.
2. Dream On Me Classic Toddler Bed
Looking for a bed that has a simple, elegant, and sturdy design? Here’s the Dream on Me Classic bed! This bed is made specifically for toddlers. It features 2 side safety rails that ensure your kid is safe. Sitting low to the floor, your toddler can easily and quickly get in and out of the bed. It’s constructed of heavy-duty wood so it’s worth the price. The Dream on Me offers a simple, minimalistic design and it’s available in 7 amazing finishes that your kid will love. In addition, it only cost $59.99, which is a pretty decent price!
3. Delta Children Wood Toddler Bed
The Delta Wood bed will make bedtime safe and fun for your child. It features popular cartoon characters that will spark the imagination of your kid. This wooden bed is made of strong and sturdy wood that provides a secure and safe place for your toddler. Featuring 2 high side rails, this bed will ensure your kid’s safety. The Delta bed is priced at $118.79, which is no doubt quite a reasonable price for all the interesting features it offers.
4. Delta Children 3D-Footboard Toddler Bed
What makes the Delta Children bed unique is its colorful design. This bed has eye-popping details that will transform any room into a magical world. The 3D toddler bed is constructed of sturdy steel and plastic that can withstand years of playing and jumping. In fact, the Delta bed can hold up to 50 lbs of weight and it suits kids ages 15 months and older. With the 2 attached guard rails, the toddler bed provides safety for your toddler throughout the night.
5. Dorel Asia WM3239E Toddler Bed
Built with a solid and sturdy wood construction, the Dorel Asia toddler bed will keep your toddler secure with its 2 safety guardrails. It can accommodate a standard crib mattress and it’s greatly recommended for toddlers weighing 50 lbs and 15 months old. It also features a child-safe finish so it will not harm your little one. Moreover, the WM3239E has a low frame that allows your kid to get in and out with little to no effort It comes in three different color options: White, Espresso, and Dark Cherry and comes with a simple, sturdy design.
6. Delta Children Canopy Toddler Bed
Your kid’s fairytale dreams can come true with this Delta Children Canopy Toddler Bed. Featuring a colorful design and your child’s favorite character, this bed can make bedtime really fun and enjoyable. It’s provided with two safety rails that ensure to keep your little one safe every night. An elegant canopy is also included, which significantly adds comfort and style to the bed, enabling your kid to sleep much better. Made with sturdy plastic construction and steel frame, the Delta canopy will deliver a fun, safe, and comfortable good night sleep for your child.
7. Delta Children Plastic Toddler Bed
The Delta bed features your little one’s favorite characters on its footboard and headboard. It comes in a variety of colors and designs – it’s a toddler bed with style! This bed offers many characters that children will definitely love to dream about.
Moreover, the plastic toddler bed provides enough space that enables your kid to play, sit, lean with ease. The frame is also low to the ground, providing superb convenience when getting in and out of the bed. Having 2 attached safety rails, this children bed will keep your little one safe throughout the night.
8. Delta Children Interactive Wood Toddler Bed
In need of a sturdy toddler bed that fits your 15 months old kid? Look no further as the Delta Interactive Wood is here. It is designed with a strong and sturdy wood and features cute character designs that will make bedtime more enjoyable and fun. In addition, it’s JPMA certified so it is no doubt safe for your kids. If you are looking for a bed that is sturdy, affordable, safe, and easy to assemble, then better get this one as soon as possible!
9. Orbelle Toddler Bed
Designed with two high side safety guardrails, the Orbelle will prevent your little one from falling out of his bed while sleeping. It’s made of heavy-duty wood and set at the right height, making it safer and quicker for your kid to get in and out of his bed. With all the safety features it delivers, the Orbelle is probably one of the safest toddler bed for every toddler who outgrown their crib. In addition, it’s provided with necessary tools that allow you to assemble it easily and quickly.
10. Big Oshi Contemporary Design Toddler & Kids Bed
No matter if your little one is a girl or a boy, the Big Oshi has a gender-neutral design that suits perfectly in either boys and girls room. Provided with two safety rails, this bed will prevent children from falling out of their bed during their sleep. Since the Big Oshi is low to the ground, it delivers superb convenience for your kid, particularly when they are getting in or out of the toddler bed. The bed is made of high-quality wooden frame and pine wood for extra sturdiness and safety.
There are many toddler beds available in the market today, but only some of them stand out. Above, we’ve collected the best toddler beds that your kids will certainly love! When you plan to get a toddler bed, feel free to use the list as a guide.
Table of Contents
- What to Look For When Buying a Toddler Bed
- 10 Best Toddler Beds for Boys & Girls
- 1. Delta Children Plastic Toddler Bed
- 2. Dream On Me Classic Toddler Bed
- 3. Delta Children Wood Toddler Bed
- 4. Delta Children 3D-Footboard Toddler Bed
- 5. Dorel Asia WM3239E Toddler Bed
- 6. Delta Children Canopy Toddler Bed
- 7. Delta Children Plastic Toddler Bed
- 8. Delta Children Interactive Wood Toddler Bed
- 9. Orbelle Toddler Bed
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Hyundai’s stock has been slumping for years, but it appears that a turnaround might just be right around the corner as the company plans to open a new plant to produce a low cost sedan. The Electra will sell for around $15,000 US, with estimates putting total sales at about 100,000 units per year. The new factory will specialize in producing the 1.6 liter discount sedan and cut costs by keeping factories scattered about Asia. The company already does an extensive amount of business in South Korea, but hopes to expand into China.
Small market share might equal room to grow
Hyundai supplies about 4.6% of the Chinese sedan market, but with a new factory, expects that number to top 6% within a year. Expectations are high at Hyundai, which hopes to sell 380,000 vehicles this year to Chinese customers.
Much of the future outlook for Hyundai depends on this plant. The company has faced a slumping market share and stock price, which it hopes to rebound by delving into the Chinese automaker industry. The company is amongst many competitors in China, including Toyota, Honda, Tata Motors and many other independent automakers. With so many companies vying for the same customer base, it will be an uphill battle for business.
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Parachute and Cable? Schermuly Not
How does a system, originally designed as a maritime rescue apparatus, end up on Fighter Command airfields in 1940?
In this instance, it becomes the Parachute and Cable, or PAC, system for airfield defence. Originally developed in the early twentieth century as a land based means of sending a rescue line to stranded ships on the coast, it was used by the Canadian Army in the First World War as a means of laying communication cables between trenches; it was then further developed by the Royal Aeronautical Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough as a defence for low level bombing attacks.
By February 1940, with the Phoney War in its sixth month, Fighter Command was looking to improve the local air defence capabilities for its airfields both at home and in France. Facing a shortage of Bofors anti-aircraft guns, the Air Ministry adopted the Parachute and Cable system for the RAF alongside the Royal Navy. The initial contract, for 500 units and 3000 rockets, directed the equipment to the Admiralty for use on trawlers, being used in coastal convoy escort amongst other duties. The RAF requirement was much greater; 5000 units and 10000 rockets, fulfilment of this began in February 1940. At a conference on 15 February 1940, it was proposed initial installations would be carried out at RAF Manston, RAF Wattisham and AMES Great Bromley (a Chain Home radar station). The system was described “as the Mark II P.A.C. Scheme and it is to be installed at all operational and R.D.F. stations. It consists of a rocket with parachute fitted on the top fired electrically by means of a cartridge out of a tube vertically into the air. The electric supply is from batteries. The rocket ascends to a height of 600 feet and as it rises unwinds a length of 1-ton cable (480) feet), with another parachute of equal size to the first attached to the end. This whole assembly floats to earth at a rate of 40 feet per second.” The system was to be installed at sites on the perimeter of an aerodrome in three rows, each row twenty feet apart and each rocket 60 feet from the next in the row. Even at this stage, concern was expressed over the siting of the rockets primarily so they did not damage the based aircraft or obstruct the airfield taxying tracks or dispersals. The conference agreed that the siting of the system must be done in agreement with the Station Commander. This concern remained within Fighter Command even after the system was being installed on its airfields, with Dowding commenting “…they must be sited on ground outside the aerodrome…” Dowding also requested attendance of the installation review at Manston with the RAE expert, Squadron Leader T H England, such were his concerns. However, he did insist that the PAC operators could not be drawn from the existing establishment of each airfield. He also requested 4 PAC installations per airfield.
By 12 April 1940, the plan was to have completed installation at Fighter Command airfields by the end of June, including those in France; with training commencing at RAE Exeter on 6 May each course lasting 3 or 4 days. However, on 30 April, following the German invasion, all PAC apparatus was diverted to Norway and all other installations were postponed.
After the German attack in the West on 10 May 1940, matters took another twist with PAC systems being installed at locations involved in aircraft manufacture. By 25 May, the Hawker works at Langley and the Supermarine site at Eastleigh had had their installations completed, with Gloucester, Brooklands, Derby, Crewe & Glasgow identified as the next manufacturer sites for installation. On 30 May, Kenley along with Manston (resiting), Hornchurch, North Weald, Biggin Hill, Tangmere and Debden had been identified for installation. However Kenley was only fifth in this list. As the situation on the Continent deteriorated and following the Dunkirk evacuation, on 21 June a further 27 airfields primarily on the east coast were added to the list of installation sites. The installation at Kenley and Croydon is confirmed as completed by 30 June.
As late as 2 July, Dowding registers “a formal complaint” about not being consulted on the PAC installation at his airfields. However, on 8 July this complaint is rebuffed, with Wing Commander England being told by Dowding personally on 9 March that “he did not wish to visit Manston or any other Stations under his command in order to see the siting of the PAC Scheme.” This stance was repeated in a telephone conversation around 18 April. From this point on, Dowding has more important matters on which to focus his attention. However, he delegates authority to the Fighter Command Armaments Officer which results in the requirement to resite some of the PAC installations.
As the system has now been installed at a number of sites, and with training of operators underway, instructions are issued on the airfield maintenance of the equipment and proficiency of its operators. Responsibility for the equipment on an airfield lies with the Armaments Officer who should conduct daily inspections of the Schermuly Rockets and ensure that the equipment must be suitably protected from the weather especially sockets and connections, “a temporary method of protection is to put the connections or sockets between a waterproof covering lined with paper and place between two boards and sandbags”. The operators are expected to perform the judging of height and aircraft recognition once a week. In the live environment, “Operators should therefore hold their fire until the aircraft have reached a point from which it will take them 3-5 seconds to reach the line of rockets (i.e. approximately 300-500 yards away). No hard and fast range can be laid down, because clearly the correct range will vary upon the speed and method of approach of the enemy aircraft.”
By the beginning of the Battle of Britain, 26 airfield and manufacturer sites have the PAC system installed with a further 22 scheduled. However, concerns about damage to aircraft on the ground still remain and a number of requests are made to resite the PAC to overcome this. A report from the RAE relayed to Dowding allays this fear “… a discharged rocket on reaching the ground, although hot, does not constitute a danger to aircraft on which it may alight. The weight of the discharged rocket is approximately 15lbs. And during firing trials at Exeter one of these rockets hit a Blenheim in the region of one of the engine nacelles without causing any damage to the aircraft.” As a result of this report the decision to resite PAC installations is rescinded at the end of July.
Due to the nature of the PAC system, weather conditions continue to play a large part in its operability. Methods to overcome this are often down to the ingenuity of local personnel, a 3 August report from Church Fenton, “Technical Difficulties. It was found that after rain, the connections became damp. This trouble has now been eliminated by covering all connections with waterproof, and fastening same at each end with rubber bands also by pegging the connections off the ground with Y pegs. The connections at the bayonet sockets have now been soldered and this has prevented any play between the connection and bayonet sockets which tended to cause short circuits.”
As the Battle of Britain intensified at the beginning of August, Kenley requested a PAC installation at Shoreham and Redhill. This request is repeated on 11 August when West Malling is added to the list of satellite airfields. Airfield defence became even more pressing after 12 August, when the Germans changed their tactics to attacks on airfields in the 11 Group area; their intention being to force Fighter Command to give up the south east as an operating area, a prelude to the gaining of air superiority by the Luftwaffe. After three days of attacks, culminating in a heavy raid on RAF Croydon on 15 August, there was a two day lull as the Germans planned a series of attacks on Biggin Hill, Kenley, Hornchurch and North Weald for 18 August. Even on this date, there was still some confusion within elements of Fighter Command as to what form of attack PAC was intended to combat, the Air Ministry pointing out that it was not suitable against dive bomber attacks. Ironically, this was the day when the system made its successful combat debut at Kenley.
The raid on Kenley was a three pronged attack led by Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG76) with high, medium and low elements. The high level element was intercepted in the Sevenoaks area by the Hurricanes of number 32 and Spitfires of number 64 squadron. Following shortly after, at low level, were 9 Dornier Do.17s of 9 Staffel, KG76. They crossed the coast near Beachy Head, but their progress was tracked closely by the Observer Corps who kept 11 Group HQ at RAF Uxbridge informed of their routing. The original German plan envisioned this low level formation as being the final element of the attack on Kenley, arriving as the defenders were starting to recover from the earlier raids, however 9 Staffel were now the lead element of the attack. The raiders approached the airfield from the south skimming over the tree tops, their bombs destroying three of the hangars and cratering the airfield. However, this line of approach suited the defenders on the northern boundary perfectly, as A.C. Knowles described in his report: “After a short interval we observed twin engine bombers flying over the hangars in our direction at about 50ft. They then dropped bombs on the hangars. Two bombers approached A Line of Rockets machine gunning the ground defences. When they were in range I set up No.1 A Line 17 Rockets and observed that the left wing of the leading aircraft caught one of the wires, he staggered slightly then straightened up, though in great difficulty, and appeared to go down in the valley. The second aircraft also went into the line of Rockets. My view was then obscured owing to the first plane dropping a bomb on a pile of cinders a few yards from my lines. I then proceeded to fire Nos 2 & 3 lines and obtained no results, on testing the lines I found that Nos 2 & 3 had been knocked out of action apparently due to the blast of the bomb. When the bombing died down I repaired the lines then proceeded back to the Post to await further action.” Accompanying Knowles that day and responsible for another Line of rockets was A.C.2 Roberts, his report echoing the experience of Knowles. Roberts concludes his report: “Shortly after the raid I accompanied Wing Commander England to the wreck of the Dornier 17 and he gave his opinion that there was evidence of cables being caught on the wing.” In a letter to HQ Fighter Command on 21 August, the Kenley Station commander commends the operators: “It is desired to record the excellent judgment and devotion to duty displayed by A.C. Knowles and A.C. Roberts who were responsible for operating the lines in question.” In the space of a few moments the PAC system had brought down one enemy aircraft and damaged two others; only four of the attackers returned to their base, none of them having escaped damage either from ground fire or by the Hurricanes of 111 Squadron operating from Croydon. It is interesting to note that Manston could have been the first station to deploy the system operationally on the same day against attacking Me.109s, but its operators were caught by surprise.
The effectiveness of the system at Kenley is due in no small part to the support of the Station Commander. Throughout 1940, the Air Ministry views the local commander as the key in getting what we now term “buy in” from its operators. A Kenley resident, as a boy, witnessed a demonstration of the system in a local park; describing it as looking like a series of tea chests with a tube on the corner. Actually seeing the system in operation was worth more than a training drill which stopped short of firing the rockets.
The events of 18 August at Kenley had demonstrated that, under the right circumstances, the Parachute and Cable system was an effective close range airfield defence weapon. However, the operators put themselves at great risk when deploying the weapon; as an Air Ministry note on 3 September demonstrates: “Recommends provision of shelters with overhead cover but with good all round field of view for PAC operators. Dugout accommodation affording complete cover but allowing no view of attacking aircraft must on no account be provided as this encourages operators to shelter at the critical moment when they should be operating the weapon. Operators can control the apparatus in a prone position at ground level and a low parapet of sand bags against blast effect and light overhead cover raised well above the parapet against falling debris should provide adequate physical and moral protection.”
By 11 September, the network of, and plans for, installation of the Parachute and Cable system ranged from Sullom Voe in Shetland to Manston in Kent and St Eval in Cornwall. A simple solution to short range airfield defence had had its worth recognised. Another recorded instance of the system occurred on 18 February 1941 when a Heinkel He.111, from Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG53) the Condor Legion, was brought down by the PAC at RAF Watton in Cambridgeshire where it ran the length of one of the lines of rockets, crashing near Ovington in Norfolk. The aircraft had been on a reconnaissance mission over the Humber and was returning to base in somewhat marginal conditions when it descended below the cloud base believing it was over friendly territory. All five crew survived and were taken prisoner.
A further derivative of the Schermuly system was used by U.S. Rangers to scale the cliffs when attacking Pointe du Hoc on D-Day.
The PAC system was a short-term, quick solution to a pressing need at the beginning of 1940 that of airfield defence. With a shortage of Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and their slow rate of production, close airfield defence was down to Vickers and Lewis machine guns. Neither of these weapons really carried an effective punch against attacking aircraft as they were operated singly or in pairs. The adoption of the PAC system filled a gap in airfield defence coverage using a simple solution. As evidenced earlier, the siting of the system was crucial and at Kenley this proved propitious and effective.
The National Archives, Kew
Kenley Revival Oral Histories
Battle of Britain, Alfred Price (Ian Allan 2010)
Action Stations Vol.1: Military Airfields of East Anglia, Michael J Bowyer (PSL 1979)
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Now that you're aware of what the data breach laws mean and how to protect your business, it's time to focus on arguably the most important cybersecurity task: developing a data breach response plan for when that terrible day finally arrives.
Why a Data Breach Response Plan is Important for Your Business
The fact of the matter is that in today's digital climate, becoming the target of a cyber attacker is no longer a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. According to one recent study, total global cyber crime damage is expected to hit an amazing $6 trillion per year by as soon as 2021 - a figure that literally represents the largest transfer of economic wealth in the history of the world. Cyber crime is literally more profitable than all illegal drug trades around the world combined, so it makes perfect sense that the number of attacks is only going to increase as time goes on.
With this data in mind, you and everyone else is bound to become a cybersecurity target at some point. This is an irrefutable fact that you cannot avoid and therefore must prepare for.
Developing the right data breach response plan for your business is the key to making sure that your doors stays open and that you can keep moving forward.
How to Develop a Data Breach Response Plan
Any quality data breach response plan can essentially be broken down into two smaller parts — a section on what should be done to pre-empt a breach and what contingencies should be done during and after an incident happens or has been detected.
To speak to the former category, any data breach response plan that you develop must clearly define and communicate a number of core factors:
- The roles and responsibilities of all parties involved. Never forget that a data breach is truly an all-hands-on-deck situation. Everyone will need to know exactly what role they need to play and what tasks they will be responsible for before an event starts to save time while the incident is still going on.
- Internal detection, reporting, and evaluating guidelines. Simply put, what steps do you have in place now to detect suspicious activity as quickly as possible? What specific types of security threats is your organisation most vulnerable to and what can you do today to prevent unauthorised access to your systems? The answers to these questions absolutely need to be built into your response plan by design.
- Information about the containment and elimination of the breach. Once an event has been detected and is officially ‘ongoing’, what do you need to do to put a stop to it as fast as you can? How can you gather as much information as possible to determine how the event occurred so you can address that vulnerability and make sure it doesn't happen again? This should be another key part of your plan.
- Information about taking action and moving forward to restore normal operations. Part of the response plan and will outline exactly how normal operations can and must be restored. This is another area where identifying key roles and responsibilities will come in handy, as everyone will have a unique role to play during this time to help get you back up and running again as soon as possible.
Even though some of these elements describe steps that you will take during and after a breach, you still need to have these plans in place before the event occurs. Doing so will eliminate the guesswork from the equation, save valuable time in a situation where every second counts, and guarantee the fastest and most holistic response possible.
Building The Next Step Into Your Plan
As stated, another key part of your plan will involve knowing precisely which actions to take as an organisation and as individuals while the attack is going on. This will include a detailed analysis of factors like the following:
- Who are the appropriate personnel to reach out to and how can you alert them as quickly as possible?
- Are any steps required to physically secure the premises depending on exactly what type of breach you're dealing with?
- What do you need to do to prevent a further breach or additional data loss?
During this time, you will also need to begin a comprehensive investigation and may even want to go as far as enlisting the help of an external forensics team depending on the situation. You will want to interview all people directly involved in the cyber attack, assess the risks, and document everything — all in an effort to compile as much usable data as you can. This will tell you what happened, why it happened, and what you can do to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
Other Elements Your Response Plan Must Include:
Again, the specifics of your data breach response plan are going to change based on the type of business you're running and the unique situation you face. That said, these are all great starting points for you to use to build the best response plan that meets your needs before you actually need to use it.
To get a better idea of what your actual data breach response plan will look like when it is formalised and completed, view the following template that was created by the Federal Trade Commission. Yes, this is all going to change once your unique business is accounted for, but it's nothing if not an excellent place to begin.
As an additional resource, use this data breach cost calculator from the experts at IBM Security to help better understand exactly how your organisation will be affected (including monetary damage) from the various types of data breaches that you may one day face.
Powernet: Let's Take the Next Step in Securing Your Business IT Together
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Hose failure leads to bigger issues
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Take note of these tips to maximise the effective service life of hoses in your workplace.
Ensure the hose you are using is right for the job. Using the correct hose for your application is crucial to ensuring you get the longest life and best performance out of your hose.
Know what substances found in the work environment are likely to damage your hose. Often hoses manufactured from a particular material have excellent resistance to some chemicals or substances, and not so good resistance to others. Your hose manufacturer can help you with the specs for your particular hose.
Inspect hoses regularly. Check the hose before using it – if you have any concerns about its suitability for the task, quarantine the hose, let your supervisor know, and follow your workplace safety procedures.
Be aware of the hose’s natural bend radius. The bend radius is the minimum radius that a hose or cable can bend without kinking – your hose manufacturer can help you with this specification. If a hose is bent or twisted past its natural bend radius, the inner layers can be compromised which can cause splitting and failure of the hose. And if a hose is bent close to the end fitting (as shown in the above photo), the hose barb can scratch or pierce the inner lining resulting in a damaged hose.
Keep them away from extreme heat. Hoses that are used close to exhausts, motors and heat-emitting mechanical equipment may fail faster than those that are shielded from heat sources.
Keep them out of the elements. Hose life can be maximised by storing hoses away from harsh sunlight in a clean, dry environment. Obviously, this isn’t always possible, especially in truck-mounted applications, however consider ways you might protect hoses that are used outside. Can a cover be installed? Could the hose be run along a different path that is more protected? Can the hose or hose reel be mounted inside a frame or box?
Store hoses correctly. Hoses stored neatly up off the ground are likely to stay cleaner for longer, and are less likely to be damaged by vehicles and environmental factors. Using a hose reel can increase the life of hoses, as well as creating a safer, more productive working environment.
As always, it’s best to contact your hose manufacturer for further information on your particular type of hose.
What do you do to prolong hose life in your workplace?
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Costa Rica – Paquera – community outreach festival and mission week update…
We were blessed to have a wonderful team in Paquera. The mission week and festival held February 12th through 18th was a culmination of work including; pastor trainings, logistics, and community relationship building for a year.
I want to say a special “Thank You” to Justin Benedict and his family’s ministry. Justin lives in Costa Rica and is the director for our work.
Some of our team (from left to right): John Andrus (BMX), Camilo Rodriguez, Vic Murphy (BMX), Justin Benedict (Missionary), Manny Braswell, Dan Barth, and me.
There was so much that God did during the week and at the festival that I’ll have to write the next few newsletters to tell you some of the stories. One story will be about a little girl named Camila who was diagnosed with cancer, but God healed her, and it was confirmed by a doctor. Another story will be of a man named Luis, who had been hard to the Gospel and he was who adamantly against his wife going to church, but he came to faith in Jesus at the festival.
For now, I’ll just give final numbers received from the pastors and leaders. I do not take numbers myself but rely on the pastors and leaders to give me their input.
We had an estimated 1200 people reached with the gospel via all school assemblies, street outreaches, home visits, and festival. 138 people responded to the invitations given throughout the week. (To qualify this number with integrity; I only saw 23 response cards filled out at the festival, but I believe more cards came in after we left). The pastors are counting all “public responses” at all outreaches; schools, street, homes, and festival.
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This is the initial four-hour course for health care professionals who do not have a current BLS certification.
The course curriculum includes adult, child and infant CPR, as well as automatic external defibrillator (AED) and airway obstruction removal.
This class is ideal for anyone working in health care or studying to be a health care provider.
Pre-register is required. Registration closes two (2) business days prior to each class date.
Course fee includes required manual.
- Scripps Center for Learning and Innovation
- Room 104E (Dec. Class in 104F)
- San Diego, CA 921239619 Chesapeake Dr.
|Wed, Apr 13th, 2016 - Wed, Aug 17th, 2016||10 am - 2 pm||$75.00|
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Published May 11th 2016 on News24.
Lagos - More Nigerians are set to experience better health and affordable care following a partnership between a digital industrial company and an entrepreneurship centre.
General Electric and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa.
The partnership has been announced in Lagos.
The mother and child programme aims to help social enterprises addressing maternal and/or child health strengthen their business models, refine business plans, reinforce organizational development, manage talent, and learn how to scale sustainably.
Enterprises that provide infrastructure services or facilities associated with needs from pregnancy to pediatric care are also eligible to apply.
The programme is being offered to 15-to-20 selected participants. The programme includes six month’s of online training during which participants will be matched with a Silicon Valley leader who will guide them on how to develop a scalable enterprise.
Selected social entrepreneurs from Nigeria Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, South Africa and Angola will be taken through a detailed training programme.
Other countries where the social entrepreneurs who apply will be screened include Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Senegal.
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Whilst a great many students wish to study abroad, it is sometimes necessary to start with a preparation year, also known as « Foundation Year », in order to have more success later on.
A preparation year allows to combine language lessons with academics classes. Despite the fact that these programmes are geared towards foreign students, some allow students to attend the academic classes in total immersion amongst local students. This is the case at Griffith College Dublin, or at Chichester College. Whether you are looking to get your english up to speed, to have a year to think, to catch up academically or even preparing to enter a top university, foundation programmes are a real asset. Often ignored, or even looked down upon, their value is nonetheless undeniable ! You will find some foundation programmes with our Language partners, but your best bet is to get in touch with one of our advisors to get further information.
Typically, these programmes are made for people who fall into the following categories :
This year is not useless or a waste of time… Universities have actually proved it : a foreign student with a good foundation year under his belt will have more success during his studies than similar students who didn’t do a foundation year. Which makes sense, it’s an academic year that gently introduces you to the local education system.
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Acupuncture can be effective for many types of sports injuries and rehabilitation of gait related disorders. One such study can be found here.
The effect of needling is though to be 3 fold: local, segmental and cortical.
The local effect of needling occurs at the site of the needle insertion. Local tissue damage causes cytokines to be released and this stimulates both the inflammatory and healing process, as well as increasing local circulation.
The segmental affect is thought to be at the spinal cord level (the dermatome or sclerotome) where inhibition of pain impulses occur (pre synaptic inhibition for you neuro nerds out there)
The cortical or “long loop” effect is thought to be due to activation of higher brain centers which cause descending inhibition of pain and activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (which appears to be one of the reasons acupuncture can be effective for colds and other problems).
You can view many of our posts on pain and its physiology here to gain a better understanding of the pain pathway and pain modulation.
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In the twenty years I’ve lived on Quisenberry Lane, I’ve walked the same three-mile loop over 5,000 times. I call it The Circle. Up the lane, cross the highway, turn right on Old Boonesboro Road. Climb the hill to the cemetery, trace the interior wall, and loop back home. In every season, in every kind of weather. My walk is a ritual, a holy practice that grounds me.
Occasionally I invite my husband, my daughter, or a friend to accompany me. But, in all honesty, alone is better. My preferred companions are the turkeys, deer, raccoons, foxes, birds, and groundhogs. Late one night, I surprised a momma possum with nine babies clinging to her belly as she moseyed across the lane under a full moon; as a new mother myself, I understood her resignation and exhaustion. One cold January morning, I came face to face with a coyote. He raised his head from snow red with blood from his fresh kill. We locked eyes and I backed up slowly, giving him wide berth. He chuffed in warning but clearly saw me as no threat and returned to his meal. I’ve startled hundreds of snakes, screamed every single time. I’ve watched trees grow large, seen a few toppled by storms or age or man’s cruel hand.
I have walked to process grief, looping endlessly after the 9/11 attacks, Trump’s election, my husband’s dance with depression. I waddled the loop through my pregnancy and ambled zombie-like around the circle at all hours of the night when I had terrible post-partum insomnia. Once, after Hurricane Katrina, I was crying so hard as I trudged through the trash-strewn shoulder of Old Boonesboro Road that several cars stopped to ask me if I was ok. I wasn’t, but it was a bone-deep sadness no ride home would balm.
More often, The Circle is a celebration. It is where I listened to Obama’s inauguration and where I learned that same-sex marriages would be legal in the Unites States. Audibles by Neil Gaiman has entertained and informed me. I’ve danced to countless Showtune soundtracks. Sometimes I just allow Nature’s soundtrack to be the back-up singer to the cadence of my breath.
The Circle has been walked, run, strolled. I know where every pothole is in the asphalt, where every puddle is in the field. Though I could easily traverse it blindfolded, I never shut my eyes. I’ve witnessed the sunrise shift with the seasons, watched my feet walk through the wet, dewy grass, then crunchy orange leaves, then icy, frozen snow, and then new green dotted with dandelions, the circle endlessly reassuring.
That’s what makes it a ritual. Ritual gives rise to comfort, reassurance that, while everything changes, reliability still exists. The halfway point in The Circle is a tall statue of Jesus, hands on his chest and thumbs in his armpits like he’s tugging up his suspenders. No matter the year, my age, the current state of disarray in my monkey mind, the statue is reassuringly there; it beckons me to sit for a spell and take stock. If the weather permits, I might pause to slough my sandals and wiggle my toes in the grass. This moment for mindfulness elevates a simple walk to a holy pilgrimage, a journey of spiritual significance.
For me, The Circle is not about calories burned or muscles developed. It’s about cultivating curiosity and connection. Any activity we do with a high level of presence and awareness reveals new things about ourselves and our world. The Circle is where I meet disappointment and despair and decision, but also creativity and delight (in fact, every single column I have written for this esteemed publication was first conceived on my labyrinthine loop). Walking stabilizes me, galvanizes me through the ups and down of adulting.
Årsgång, or Year Walking, is a Swedish custom where one walks around a cemetery or church at midnight on Winter Solstice. It is said that if the walker is pure of heart, she will enter the spirit world and the future of the upcoming year will be revealed.
Why wait for solstice, when the magic of mindful walking is available to us in every moment? This ritual has survived since Medieval times because the human spirit will never stop longing for connection.
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Iterative Channel Estimation Algorithm in Multiple Input Multiple Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Systems
Mona Nasseri and Hamidrezav Bakhshi
DOI : 10.3844/jcssp.2010.224.228
Journal of Computer Science
Volume 6, Issue 2
Problem statement: The objective of this study is improving channel estimation accuracy in MIMO-OFDM system because channel state information is required for signal detection at receiver and its accuracy affects the overall performance of system and it is essential to improve the channel estimation for more reliable communications. MIMO-OFDM system was chosen in this study because it has been widely used today due to its high data rate, channel capacity and its adequate performance in frequency selective fading channels. For this purpose a 2×2 system was designed and pilot aided channel estimation with interpolation, is made iterative to enhance BER performance. Approach: First of all, pilots were inserted among subcarriers in transmitter with distances emerged of sampling theory then Least Square (LS) method was chosen for initial channel estimation in pilots at receiver, using applicable proposed receiver, which has simple and usable structure, then channel state information was estimated by linear interpolator in information subcarriers, which uses two adjacent channel estimation in pilots to compute channel in another subcarriers and an LMS iterative algorithm, including a feedback of output is added to system. This algorithm uses the channel estimation of last iteration in current estimation. Results: Adding a LMS iterative algorithm to system, improves the channel estimation performance. Simulation results proved the acceptable BER performance of iterative channel estimation algorithm, which is closed to the ideal channel. Conclusion: The low-complexity proposed receiver including LMS algorithm, has a higher efficiency than conventional methods and it can work in lower amount of SNRs.
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Market Market is a shopping festival where rare archival pieces from the past 7-8 will be available for purchase. I went to the first Market Market and spent way too much money , but the experience was incredible. Seeing rare pieces dating back several years from all the CdG sub-lines was a pleasure all on it’s own. The fact that everything is 70% off or more is just icing on the cake. Do not miss this if you are in New York. The sale will be open to the public from May 10th to the 13th and will be located at 127 W 30th Street. This is guaranteed to be worthwhile pilgrimage for Comme devotees.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Bullitt County Animal Shelter needs volunteers.
Demolition is set to be done over the kennels next week -- Tuesday through Thursday.
They need teens and adults who can stay outside with the dogs for a few hours at a time to keep them occupied.
The shelter said there are pools and outdoor pens to hang out in.
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The rise of the digital global insurrection
Chapter 1: What is Hacker/where did they come from?
I will be looking at the rise of global anti-establishment hackers that have stricken fear and panic in government agencies, security firms and web site owners since their debut in the early 2000’s. I will be looking at where hackers came from, what a hacker is and what a hacker does. I will be exploring the history of the art of exploration as well as the effects hackers have had on Geo-politics and revolutionary uprisings. I will be looking at the contrast of how the media looks at hacking and hacking crimes compared to the ethics hackers hold as well as the actions that follow their aftermath. I will be focusing on the global collective only known as Anonymous and the behaviour of it and its various off shoots. The purpose of this dissertation is to create a bridge of communication between the hacking collective and the academic community.
This field of study is at the forefront of discussion within various bodies involved in the online communities across the globe. There are plenty of advocates within the Internet community and various journalists praising the hacker groups acting currently; and just as many governments and security companies hunting hackers down. Some of these include worldwide web superstars such as Kim dot Kom, Julien Assange, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and Ed Pilkington to Ted talkers Keren Elazari and Logan LaPlante. However, on the reverse side of the coin we have government bodies like the NSA & FBI as well as Scotland yard who have many of these same hackers on there most wanted list.
It currently stands that an estimated 2 billion people on this planet currently use and have access to the internet. We live in a digital age where data and personal information such as Credit/Debit card information, family photos, house addresses or even your favorite songs are stored online and are often unprotected. We also live in an age where privacy can be bought and is a privilege for some but not for others. I would like to put forward the argument that there must be transparency on both sides so open dialogue can happen in order that misinformation is not created. I feel personally that the term ‘hacker’ is often misunderstood. A perfect example that highlights this point is the perception of the works of Tom Chance and how he depicts hackers in comparison to how the BBC, Daily Mail, CNN and Fox News portray hacking.
Hacking in its basic form can be described as the art of exploration and problem solving. A hacker is someone who uses technology or programming to their own or somebody else’s advantage. The term is often debated as the media use it negatively by labeling hackers criminals who break into computers. In contrast, Eric Raymond, compiler of The New Hacker’s Dictionary, is against the term being used to describe people who break into other people’s systems for criminal gain. Raymond instead refers to hackers as those who are absorbed by programming, whether theorizing about it or practicing it. The term within the hacking community used to describe breaking into a system is often referred to as ‘Cracking’. When searching the media links to the word hacker or hacking, it is the clear that the definition has been twisted to a more sinister meaning and is often being used to refer to cracking into systems. It would appear that the word hacker has been heavily demonized by the mainstream outlets. An example of this occurred in 2013 when the Daily Mail released an article on their website entitled “BBC takes three days to regain control of a computer server after Russian hacker breaks in and tries to sell access to other cyber-criminals”. The article follows a story of when the BBC servers were compromised and allegedly sold to “cyber-criminals”. In the opening few lines and sensationalised headline the Daily Mail portrays the event as online criminals selling servers and data bases on the online black markets.
To those in the public who did not bother to read the entirety of the article and simply skimmed the headlines, the Mail online had already convinced them that what happened was criminal theft. However, as you scroll and actually read the article, we are told that it is not known whether the hacker stole data or caused any damage during the attack and the majority of the story is pure speculation. I often compare this mentality to the moral panic theory where fabrication and misinformation lead to heavy criticism of a culture which is simply misunderstood. The same is happening currently as we now enter 2015 with the media portrayal of the Xbox and Playstation network attacks with headlines such as “Xbox live and Playstation attack: Christmas ruined for millions” (The Guardian 26th December 2014 ), “Is this the man who ruined Christmas? ‘Hacker’” (The Daily Mail 27th December 2014) and “Hackers Ruin Christmas Gaming Fun By Taking Down Sony And Microsoft Servers” (hellou.co.uk 25th of December 2014)
From my research into this topic I feel that this over the top sensationalism has targeted an entire culture and labeled the hacking community as common criminals rather than innovative body of people who utilize technology to their own advantage. The persecution of hackers has been happening for as long as there has been hacks. The most infamous retort from the hacking community was in 1986 and was penned by Lloyd Blankenship who used the pseudonym ++Mentor++. He released it shortly after his arrest by the FBI for his affiliation with the hacking groups: Extasyy Elite and Legion of Doom.
“ Another one got caught today, it’s all over the papers. “Teenager
Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal”, “Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering”…
Damn kids. They’re all alike.
But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950’s technobrain,
ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what
made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
I am a hacker, enter my world…
Mine is a world that begins with school… I’m smarter than most of
the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me…
Damn underachiever. They’re all alike.
I’m in junior high or high school. I’ve listened to teachers explain
for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. “No, Ms.
Smith, I didn’t show my work. I did it in my head…”
Damn kid. Probably copied it. They’re all alike.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is
cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it’s because I
screwed it up. Not because it doesn’t like me…
Or feels threatened by me…
Or thinks I’m a smart ass…
Or doesn’t like teaching and shouldn’t be here…
Damn kid. All he does is play games. They’re all alike.
And then it happened… a door opened to a world… rushing through
the phone line like heroin through an addict’s veins, an electronic pulse is
sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought… a board is
“This is it… this is where I belong…”
I know everyone here… even if I’ve never met them, never talked to
them, may never hear from them again… I know you all…
Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They’re all alike…
You bet your ass we’re all alike… we’ve been spoon-fed baby food at
school when we hungered for steak… the bits of meat that you did let slip
through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We’ve been dominated by sadists, or
ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us will-
ing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the
beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying
for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons, and
you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek
after knowledge… and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color,
without nationality, without religious bias… and you call us criminals.
You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us
and try to make us believe it’s for our own good, yet we’re the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is
that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like.
My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual,
but you can’t stop us all… after all, we’re all alike.” (January 8 1986)
In Tom Chance’s dissertation ‘The Hacker Ethic and Meaningful Work’ he gives a definition of what a hacker is. He defines the word ‘hacker’ originating “in the computer labs of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1950s amongst a group of programmers who believed that “all information should be free” and that “access to computers… should be unlimited and total” (Levy, 2001, p.40). Hackers now define themselves as “an expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example” (Raymond, 2003). One could work in a ‘hackerish’ way in any field of endeavour where universal access to, and sharing of, the tools of your trade would be positive and viable. Decades later the media began to apply the term to criminals using computers, but whom hackers referred to as ‘crackers’ (Raymond, 2003).” http://www.acrewoods.net/free-culture/the-hacker-ethic-and-meaningful-work Tom Chance (2005). The Hacker Ethic and Meaningful Work. Reading: University of Reading.
In the documentary ‘We are Legion: Story of the Hacktivist’ Steven Levy (Author of Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution) agrees with Tom Chance but adds that the hackers came specifically from the tech model railroad club within MIT. Richard Thieme (Tech author and professional speaker) who also took part in the documentary further expands on origins within MIT explaining that hackers were originally pranksters, giving the example of students who placed a Volkswagen on top of the dome of the MIT building, or the students in the engineering department who measured the length of a bridge using one of their classmates. Thieme refers to the student being measured as “Brian”. Therefore ending up with a measurement of the bridge as being so many “Brians” long. Chance reflects on this notion when he states “It is important to note that when hackers talk about intrinsic motivation they almost always use adjectives like “fun”, “passionate”, “joyous” and “entertaining”.” (Chance 2005).
Chapter 2: Justification/ Why Hack ?
White Hat: (A Hacker that works for the government or is pro security)
Black Hat:(A Criminal Hacker or Anti security)
Grey Hat: ( A Hacker that pro security and breaks the law)
One of the answers to why someone would hack is simply for entertainment. It may be that the Hackers ‘fun’ will often come at the expense of breaking security or, as Thieme puts it “Humiliating the Man” (We are Legion: Story of the Hacktivist). It is therefore hardly surprising that this has the potential put them in a confrontational situation with already existing power structures such a corporations and political institutions and governments. Hackers are naturally anti-authoritarian. “Anyone who can give you orders can stop you from solving whatever problem you’re being fascinated by”. (Eric S. Raymond). This does not mean hackers are against power structures per se, but all hackers believe in freedom and desire their own control. It is due to this that hackers are often self-taught and although originally spawned from one of the greatest places of academia (MIT), they will not come from any specific educational background or have any formal training. What makes the hacker successful is his or her self-motivation, learning through experimentation and trial and error. What connects all definitions of the term is that the hackers’ biggest trait is self-determination and an unquestionable thirst for knowledge. Richard Stallman (software freedom activist and computer programmer) famously said “free as in free speech, not as in free beer.” This ideology of freedom is applicable in all of the hackers’ work – from the creating of free software to believing in the free flow of information.
Due to its anti-authoritarian ideology hackers are intrinsically political (whether they want to admit it or not). In 1996 a hacker known as Omega, who was a member of a hacking collective and self proclaimed DIY media organization rooted in Lubbock, Texas called the ‘Cult of the dead Cow’ (also known as CdC communications), coined the term Hacktivism. The website http://www.techtarget.com describes the term as “The act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose. The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist.“ (June 2007). However, it could be stated that in a broader sense of the meaning of the word hacktivism is utilizing technology for direct action. This can be brought about either by creating social media pages to bring to people’s attention the issues surrounding human rights, or hacking a website in support of a specific political agenda. In these instances, hacktivism could be seen as an electronic push towards social change.
To have a better understanding of why hackers hack, I would like to look at some of the major players that have made up this culture over the past years. I would like to bring to the reader’s attention that there are many hacker coalitions in existence and out of these the most successful, if we can use that description, are probably unknown. The three examples I will be looking at in this chapter vary in goal, political Ideology and style of ‘hats’ but at the core fit the definition that I have put forward.
The first group I will look at is L0pht (pronounced “loft”) Heavy Industries, a hacker think tank that was active between 1992-2000. The company which was originally established in Boston consisted of seven members under the aliases of Brian Oblivion, Kingpin, Mudge, Space Rogue, Stefan Von Neumann, John Tan and Weld Pond. L0pht picked up on the many security flaws in corporations and businesses in the late nineties including Microsoft, IBM & Novell. On May 19th, 1998 the collective famously proclaimed to the United States Senate that between them they could shut down the internet and its infrastructure globally in less than 30 minutes. L0pht’s goal was to raise awareness of the security gaps within the digital framework of the internet. They believed in creating safe and protected use of technology. L0pht rose from the underground scene to become one of the community’s most renowned white hat hacking groups.
Moving onto the next group, I will be looking at a black hat group that went under the name of ‘Lizard squad’ and which in 2014 burst into the arena and began a campaign of denial of service attacks¹ against major video gaming communities. The group utilized social media, in particular twitter accounts to agitate video game users. Their first publicised target was the multi-player online battle arena PC game ‘League Of Legends’ (LoL). This game had been developed and published by American company Riot Games and currently has over 27 million users a day worldwide (Paul Tassi, contributor to www.forbes.com article dated 27/01/2014 entitled Riot’s ‘League of Legends’ Reveals Astonishing 27 Million Daily Players, 67 Million Monthly). The collective hit Riot servers in August 18 downing them and rendering the game unplayable for millions. ‘Lizard squad’ then broadened their attacks, continuing to make a name for themselves, and in December of the same year held video game console owners at ransom when they targeted Sony and Microsoft servers that were linked to Playstation Network and Xbox Live. The group hit both servers with the signature Ddos attack and threatened they would hit the networks on Christmas rendering many peoples Christmas presents utterly useless as well as threatening the profit margins of Sony and Microsoft who had just released a next generation of console that was in demand that Christmas. The on-line edition of the Daily Mail had as its headlines on December 25 “Please let us play! Thousands of Playstation and Xbox gamers who are STILL locked out of networks plead with hackers who ‘ruined’ Christmas to let them log onto games”. The most infamous member of the group simply known as ‘Jordie’ who communicated through the twitter handle @GDKJordie soon became the face of the group, antagonising and mocking gamers who were complaining about the down time for the on-line services. Jordie who and a tendency to use lewd and obscene language in his online comments often mocked the idea that people were paying for these services. Through their action and whether we could make the premise that it was intentional or not ‘Lizard squad’ raised the argument of corporations putting their profit margins before customer service i.e. charging subscriptions for on-line services that should arguably be included in the retail price of the game². This stance within the hacker community is often referred to as Anti-sec (abbreviation of Anti-security). However, what is behind these attacks is a very relevant issue that the corporations involved should be taking seriously, and that is that their cyber-security is not secure, in fact, it is often very insecure, thus allowing hacking groups to get into their systems and use it as a platform for their own agendas. If we refer back to Thieme and his previous definition in “Humiliating the Man”, we can see how this could be said to be the ultimate goal of ‘Lizard squad’ – not to deny gamers the opportunity of playing a new game but to embarrass Sony and Microsoft and make them look at the way they did business.
Out of the three hacking groups that we willl be looking at in this chapter, none have caught the media’s eye as much as the grey hat collective that was spawned in the beinging of 2000s and which is simply known as ‘Anonymous’. However, unlike the other hacking groups mentioned, ‘Anonymous’ does not soley describe itself as a hacker collective but rather titles itself as a resistant movement. PCMag gave the following description: “Anonymous is not the name of an organization. In fact, “organization” is the least appropriate word to describe the phenomenon that is Anonymous. It might be better to call Anonymous a movement, or a trend, or even a philosophy. However, the best way to describe Anonymous is as a group action, a spontaneous and unified activity performed by like-minded people with no specific starting point.” (Will Greenwald, http://www.pcmag.com, 2011).
The seeds of Anonymous can be found in a website called 4chan founded in 2003 by a 15 year old Web designer known as Chris moot (real name Christopher poole) who created a mirror site of 2chan which was an uncensored Japanese image board and called it 4chan. “Poole wanted a place to talk to people in English about anime , and 2chan had started blocking English posters. So he decided to clone 2chan by copying its publicly available HTML code, translating it to English” (P. Olson, ‘We Are Anonymous Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency’ pp27). Unlike many other forums 4chan allowed users to post without being a member and post anonymously (this is where the name Anonymous derived from ). It started out as anime focused due to the in increased interest in the genre by western fans but soon opened up to many diverse subcategories – from video games and politics to a whole category on the subject of origami. Over a period of years, 4chan became the home of many within the mysterious group known as ‘Anonymous’. While the group is often described by mainstream media simply as a “loose-knit group of computer hackers” (nbcNews, 2013, http://www.nbcnews. com/), ‘Anonymous’ defined itself as something much more. Part of this was thanks to Poole’s contribution to an unmonitored raw site that allowed a free flow of unmoderated messaging where conversation was allowed to flow freely. Starting off in /b/ a sub forum in 4chan, famous for its seedy underbelly and lewd imagery, ‘Anonymous’ at the time was nothing but random internet pranksters who specialized in online harassment and internet trolling, acting as Anti-sec hackers often for the LULZ ( a corruption of the anagram of ‘laugh out loud’ abbreviated to LoL that was coined on 4chan by posters).
Unlike the previous collectives mentioned, Anonymous does not have any official members but rather works as a hive mind of many voices who come under the umbrella of what has become known as Anonymous. Wired.co.uk, an online site, offering the latest news on technology, inlcuding blogs and podcasts, labels the group as “a nascent and small culture, but one with its own aesthetics and values, art and literature, social norms and ways of production, and even its own dialectic language.” Anonymous has no offial members nor spokesperson and has often refered to itself as ‘Legion’ – “We are Legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget, expect us” (Anonymous Motto) referencing the biblical demons mentioned in the new testement, The Gospel of Mark, 5:9, “And He (Jesus) asked him (the man), “What is thy name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion: for we are many.”” This definition was corroborated in an interview I was able to get with a self proclaimed partcipant from within the collective who goes under the handle ‘20% coooler’ who stated the following: “For me Anon is a beautiful idea. I like that fact that instead an individual working toward something or standing up for something the collective can support an idea or a wrong and expose it without fear of their safety or job. I love the different factions. I think each group synchronize so well together”. (Twitter Interview, 10th April 2015)
The group Anonymous made it’s debut in media headlines in 2008 (although one could argue this was not their begining but was rather the first time the public would read about them) when it kicked its way into the public spotlight with what was dubbed Operation Chanology (OpChanology), a protest movement started by the leaderless internet based movement against the practices of the church of scientology³. It started with a Youtube video circulating the internet, and grew into a world wide anti-establishment movement in which Anonymous still continues to disrupt the status quo to this day. On January 14th 2008 a video was produced by the church of scientology featuring ‘A’ list celebrity Tom Cruise which ended up on Youtube and many other video upload sites. The video portrayed the prominent church member Cruise rambling incoherently about the perks of his cult/religion stating that scientologists are the only people who can help after a car accident, and that scientologists are the only source of authority on getting addicts fight drug addiction. The video was viewed by millions as news of Cruise’s behaviour on screen spread around the internet, and was instantly memed⁴. On the 16th of that same month, the church began removing the Youtube videos from the internet through Youtubes Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and although people had to mirror the video and reupload it to other sites to counter this, they were still somehow being removed. To this day no one really knows how the videos were being DMCA(ed) so fast but those involved could only assume that the church of scientology had its lawyers in direct contact with these websites pressuring them to shut down any re-upload of the footage. The website wwww.gawker.com founded and owned by Nick Denton was one of the many sites that hosted Cruise’s video on their front page while this internet phenomenon took place and who were tageted by the church’s lawyers. Many existing critics of the church had come out and warned both members of Anonymous and others involved that the church was ruthless in its attacks against those who opposed its values. An example of this can be found when the church’s founder, science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard famously quoted in a 1955 magazine entitled ‘The Scientologist, a Manual on the Dissemination of Material’ stated: “The purpose of a lawsuit is to harass and discourage rather than to win.” Gawker became the target of such threats from the church’s lawyers but remained adamant that the video was “Fair use”⁵ claiming in an official statement to the said lawyers:
Dear Ms Paquette,
We are using this video in the context of news reporting and critical commentary, which are uses that may not be authorized by your client, but which serve the public interest. For this, and other reasons, we believe our use is fair. We further do not accept that we have broken any criminal laws in publishing it, and it any event, several of the statutes you cite are inapplicable in this case.
We therefore believe that we are entirely within our rights to publish this video and as such we cannot comply with your removal request.
VP, Finance & Legal, Gawker Media
(Nick Denton. (2008). Church of Scientology Claims Copyright Infringement. Available: http://gawker.com/5002319/church-of-scientology-claims-copyright-infringement. Last accessed 15 April 2015.)
Anonymous took the church’s threats as a form of censorship and the online movement responded by calling for the church’s destruction In a video uploaded to Youtube on January 21st 2008 under a parody account titled ‘Church0fScientology’. Karin Pouw, public affairs director for the Church of Scientology, responded after the church’s sites began to be hit by several denial of service attacks. in an interview with Cnet.com, an online site that deals with tech, product reviews, news and forums with the following official statement:
“As the Church previously announced, the pirated and edited excerpts of Mr. Cruise were contained in an official Church event in 2004, an event attended by 5,000 Scientologists and their guests and further available for viewing in any Church of Scientology world over. Having presented these selective and out-of-context excerpts with the intent of creating both controversy and ridicule, nevertheless resulted in people searching for and visiting Church of Scientology Web sites as evidenced by “most searched for” lists of various search engines. Those wishing to find out the Church of Scientology’s views and to gain context of the video have the right to search official Church Web sites if they so desire.”
(Robert Vamosi. (2008). Church of Scientology responds to Internet attacks. Available: http://www.cnet.com/news/church-of-scientology-responds-to-internet-attacks/. Last accessed 16 April 2015.)
On January 27th (2008) a second video was uploaded by the same account (Church0fScientology) titled ‘Call to Action’ calling on those who opposed the values of the church to come out and take to the streets . Due to scientology’s aggressive nature against it critics ‘Anonymous’ had a set of rules for the first wave of its protest, the most famous of which is Rule 17: “Cover your face. This will prevent your identification from videos taken by hostiles”. For those who chose to wear masks the decision was simple: taking inspiration from the last scene of the film, in which a crowd of people dressed as Guy Fawkes watch the Houses of Parliament explode, in the “V for Vendetta” movie, this same mask provided just the cover that Anonymous needed.” C.C. (2014). How Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protest . Available: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/11/economist-explains-3. Last accessed 16 April 2015. Finally on February 7th a final video was uploaded by ‘Anonymous’ that read:
“Hello, church of Scientology. I present myself to you as Anonymous. I, like many others, have taken the time to become knowledgeable about the atrocities of your church, and have vowed to do everything in my power to put an end to your tyrannous methods.
Do not misread our intentions. We do not wage this crusade to denounce your faith. Ours is not to judge your beliefs, nor the beliefs of anyone else, and we do not question the validity of your faith. Any individual who does should not be taken as a representative of the greater whole that is Anonymous. We oppose the organization as a business, not a religion, of which it claims to be both.
How can a supposedly nonprofit organization cause its believers to go bankrupt to simply find answers no one can possibly know to questions about life?
Your work as a deceiver, corrupter, and succubus for the masses is commendable, no doubt, and your execution of your goal of ruining the lives of your followers for your own gain, as well as the restriction of information on all your matters, is truly masterful, almost without flaw. But as with all great evils in the course of human events, this organization shall fall. No more shall you charm the masses with your lies.
We carry with us not sword nor gun, and we do not attack you with warfare of the modern day. We are armed with the most powerful and ancient weapon of all, crafted by humans at the formation of our race and anathema to all you hold dear: Information. We will raise awareness of your wrongs to the populace, and, given time, your iron grip is sure to waver.
We are more than an enemy; we are an inevitability, the product of a race that desires freedom and justice. Knowledge is free, and faith should not come at a price.
We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive, and we do not forget. Soon you will know us, for we are the voices of the world around you.” – (Anonymous1321 http://www.Youtube.com)
Three days later, 7000 Anonymous members from one hundred cities across the globe came together in protest in front of Scientology churches. This marked the first time Anonymous had crawled out from behind their computer screens. Scientology soon became Anonymous’ main rival, with the church attacking members outside of demonstrations or by threatening legal action to members of the internet group who had been unmasked by private investigators hired by the church. Although at the time, from the perspective of an outsider looking at events, this may have seemed like two niche groups fighting, this marked the first wave of post-modern protest that would soon be iconiclly depicted by mainstream outlets today. Anonymous continued to attack the church simultaneously from three fronts – the first from the streets, the second at the church’s establishments and thirdly digitally with a constant barrage of DDOS attacks on the churches website. Through these varied attacks, Anonymous began dismantling what they considered the ‘misinformation’ the church presented. The group also found ways to counter the churches propaganda by using social media sites such as twitter and Facebook as well as it’s ‘safe’ zones, for instance, 4chans sub forum /b/ to not only advertise the current first wave of protests but to raise awareness of what the group deemed “crimes” of the church. The most prominent crime that the group chose to pinpoint was the case of Lisa Mcpherson, a young girl who was separated from her family by the church’s controversial ‘disconnect’ law that which did not permit church members to have any connection with non-believing members of their family. Jeff Jacobsen wrote on the Lisa Mcpherson website: “On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was dead on arrival at a hospital 45 minutes north of Clearwater Florida. According to the coroner’s report, Lisa was underweight, severely dehydrated, and had bruises and bug bites. Scientologists chose to pass three hospitals en route to New Port Richey Hospital, where Scientologist Dr. David Minkoff was on duty. They could have gone to Morton Plant Hospital, only six minutes away.” Jeff Jacobsen. (2008). Lisa died needlessly at the hands of Scientology. Available: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/. Last accessed 16 April 2015.
Anonymous then began infiltrating Scientology even further by not only reviling how they were recruiting personnel but also removing the recruitment advertisements from the web. Scientology members had been posting classified adverts on Craigslist since to 2010 to secretly recruit new members often under the pretext of giving “spiritual guidance. “By December that year, the true colour of the ads had been exposed by Operation Clambake forum member RadioPaul, who managed to connect the dots between the ads on Craigslist and other local classified sites.“ After exposing the advertisements as manipulative, Anonymous proceeded to mass flag the advertisements as spam so the websites filter algorithm would automatically remove them once enough flags were raised.
This waged a propaganda war between both sides that formed a formidable anti-Scientology movement on a site called whyweprotest.net/. This was a site completely dedicated to OpChanology and was used as a central hub for critics of the church. “Throughout November 2012, posters continued to use the thread to share links to Scientology messages on their local Craigslist sites so other users could help flag the posts as spam.” However, in September 22, 2013 a blogger, called Tony Ortega who had been writing about the church leaked pages from a book with a chapter guide on how to write these very advertisements Anonymous posters were condemning .This was not only confirmed what was behind the attacks from Anonymous but completely legitimized their campaign against the church of Scientology and resulted in the removal of the churches one power – its secrecy.
Anonymous’ war on Scientology can still be seen today with the 2015 release of a new documentary entitled ‘Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief’ directed and written by Alex Gibney. The documentary describes itself “an in-depth look at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.“ (IMDB) This is the type of exposure that arguably would not of happened if Anonymous had not cast the Church out from the shadows. The success of Operation Chanology was a rallying cry for Anonymous and gave the group not only confidence but also brought them to the attention of news medias. Due to Anonymous’ moral stance it was much harder to paint these “Hackers” as villains and the image of Anonymous as a group hiding behind their computers started to emerge as legitimate “protesters”. In 2008 the BBC displayed on the website ‘Masked protest over Scientology’ referring to the group as “Masked demonstrators“ BBC (2008). Masked protest over Scientology . Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7237862.stm. Last accessed 20th April 2015. This was one of the first times Anonymous was mentioned on mainstream media. However, although this gave the group legitimacy it also highlighted the organization as a threat to the authorities.
Chapter 3: How Hackers fought the establishment
With Operation Payback in 2010 Anonymous were well on the way to being recognized as an online leaderless movement with fully autonomous global members who stood for freedom of information. Operation Payback was a series of coordinated DDOs attack against major entertainment monopolies such as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association and the attacks brought down these two major corporations for an entire month. In December, members who had participated in Operation Payback shifted their attention to the online journalistic tool Wikileaks. Anonymous launched an attack on Paypal, Visa and Mastercard for their blockade over donations being made to Wikileaks. The blockade consisted of refusing to allow transactions to be made to the wikileak’s site due to what can only be considered to be political pressure over the controversy regarding the site. The Mail online in a 2012 article wrote about the attack, referring back to Anonymous as “A computer hacking gang, who caused major companies multi-million pound losses,(and) boasted there was ‘next to zero’ chance they would be caught, a court heard.” What was interesting about this event was that while Anonymous’ actions abroad depicted them as demonstrators and protesters, when they attacked western super powers, they are labeled with criminal rhetoric as seen in the Mail online “The gang even discussed hacking pop star Lily Allen’s website in revenge for her stance on anti-piracy, Southwark Crown Court heard.” Eddie Wrenn . (2012). Next to zero chance’ of getting caught: Boasts of ‘Anonymous’ computer hackers who brought down Mastercard and Paypal in Wikileaks protest PayPal lost £3.5million after site was taken offline by . Available: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238601/Boasts-Anonymous-hackers-brought-Mastercard-Paypal-Wikileaks-protest.html. Last accessed 20th April 2015.
On January the 2nd 2011, Anonymous as well several other “hacktivist” groups began collaborating with Tunisian Anonymous members and activists and it began traditionally with several DDOS attack against Tunisian government websites. Many western Anonymous members were participating due to wiki-leaks exposure of the human rights violations that were prevalent in the country, but for the Anonymous supporters and participants in Tunisia it was a call for revolution. Most mainstream outlets ignored the slow beat of the revolution moving throughout the middle east but Anonymous did not: “As Anons realized the significance of what was taking place in Tunisia – and the fact that it was being ignored by foreign media – they collaborated with Tunisian dissidents to help them share videos with the outside world. “ Yasmine Ryan |. (2011). Anonymous and the Arab uprisings. Available: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/05/201151917634659824.html. Last accessed 20th April 2015. Following on from the methods used in the war against the church of Scientology, Anonymous attacked the Tunisian government on two sides. While Tunisian activists and protesters stormed the streets, Anonymous members on the web began their cyber-dissidence by attacking websites and creating what were dubbed “Care Packages” which were translated into French and Arabic. These “Care Packages” gave advice to the Tunisian protesters on how to conceal their identity online as well as offering medical advice and basic first aid to those on the street. Hackers within the group also wrote a “grease monkey script” which was a coded extension to the Mozilla Firefox browser. This allowed users to evade government phishing for their online details as well as avoid the cyber police active in the country. It was during these events that Anonymous first came to the attention of the U.S Government as the western super power witnessed the online group instigate the start of a revolution anonymously from the comfort of their home PCs.
The protests which began in Tunisia in 2011 quickly spread to neighbouring countries and led to what became know as the ‘Arab Spring’. After Tunisia, Anonymous quickly turned it’s focus to Algeria where use of the internet was limited and heavily monitored by the state. Then, on January the 25, Anonymous launched OpEgypt. At the request of Egyptian activists, Anonymous worked hand in hand with the hacker think tank Telecomix to restore mirrors to websites and create proxies to bypass government filtering. As well as hacking fax machines in Egypt to communicate with activists on the ground through the old dial up system,others took to more analog tactics by placing massive pizza orders to various Egyptian embassies around the globe. By now these attacks against governments had become second nature to most Anonymous members who had worked relentlessly to support the people of the middle east. While supporting Egypt, other parts of the now vast group were making their way to support the Libyan revolutionaries. In the Al-jazeera article titled ‘Anonymous and the Arab uprisings’ members of the internet group were quoted saying: “Libyan freedom fighters came to Anonops ( a popular IRC chat room that was part of Anonymous) as a safe meeting point.” This format of guerrilla style journalism and activism created by a platonic cyber democracy, along with brutal real life events that members witnessed, allowed Anonymous to turn from it’s juvenile prankster activities into a mature, politically motivated group that demanded to be taken seriously.
Because of their involvement in what was happening in the middle east, Anonymous started to appear in news headlines. Members of the organization found themselves being asked by the media to give interviews to explain what were the organization’s motives in getting involved in the ‘Arab Spring’. The most prominent spokes person was self proclaimed anarchist and American journalist, Barrett Brown, who has previously written for such outlets as The Guardian and Vanity Fair. Brown had formed a crowd sourced investigative project between 2009 and 2010 entitled Project PM. He had caught the eye of Anonymous back in 2010 while he was writing a book called ‘Political pundits’. However, he gave up on his book to team up with Anonymous when he became aware of the online group’s anti-censorship operations which were burgeoning in Australia. Brown stated: “I am now certain that this phenomenon is among the most important and under-reported social developments to have occurred in decades, and that the development in question promises to threaten the institution of the nation-state and perhaps even someday replace it as the world’s most fundamental and relevant method of human organization.” (Barrett Brown February 2010). He soon became the face of Anonymous and with his journalistic background made it that much harder to scrutinize the group and its actions. Brown created his own off shoot partner titled ‘Project PM’ where he collaborated with existing Anonymous partners he had networked with while participating in Operation Tunisia.
Project PM’s purpose was to combat the surveillance state in America and the rest of the world. Barret began investigating mushroom mercenary companies and military think tanks. “I began recruiting individuals with a variety of backgrounds for an experimental online group, the initial purpose being to conceive and put into play new dynamics by which to improve information flow on the internet, as well as to develop new methods of practical online collaboration. A number of proposals were discussed among the participants whom I’d managed to bring in via announcements on The Huffington Post, Skeptical Inquirer, and other outlets for which I was writing at the time. Some work was done on a sort of “collaborative network” that could theoretically grow from the inside out without incurring a decrease in the average capabilities/seriousness of its participant base. Meanwhile, an operation by which to improve the state of science journalism in the U.S. by coupling volunteer scientists with working journalists was launched (with only moderate success, beyond a few collaborations we managed to facilitate here and there), and another was planned involving “crowd-sourced Africa development,” as one might term it. All in all, Project PM was more experiment than success for the first year of its existence, but it did manage to attract several dozen individuals with an unusual array of talent and certain shared ideas and values.”Barret Brown . (2012). The Purpose of Project PM . Available: http://barrettbrown.blogspot.com/2012/05/purpose-of-project-pm.html. Last accessed 20th April 2015. While investigating, Brown proudly became a face for journalists to speak to and was a bridge of communication between the press and the Anonymous community. Although not an Anonymous “member”, Brown considered himself part of the community and further legitimized Anonymous movements. He was not a hacker, and it became apparent to outsiders looking at the group that to be part of Anonymous you did not need to have computer skills, that it was rather an ideology centered around technology and you could get involved through supporting or actively participating. Brown and Anonymous worked hand in hand with each other and had a definite impact on world events.
In January 2011, U.S contractor Aron Barr CEO of HBGary, a subsidiary to super corporation ManTech, which focused on private security intelligence and military Software became interested in Anonymous’ activities. HBGary clients ranged from the the U.S government and Israeli officials to major oil corporations. During this period, Aron Barr began making bold claims about the group known as Anonymous. At the time he was working for he FBI with regards to cyber security, and based on his work he devised a plan to infiltrate groups like Wikileaks and Anonymous by “friending” them and feeding them false information in order to discredit them. “Barr decided there was no better target than Anonymous. About a month prior, in December 2010, the news media exploded with reports that a large and mysterious group of hackers had started attacking the websites of Mastercard,Paypal and Visa in retaliation for their having to cut funds to Wikilieaks. ” (Parmy Olson We Are Anonymous inside the hacker world of Lulzsec Anonymous , and the global digital insurgency ). Barr was making claims that he knew the leaders of Anonymous and although the group claimed it was leaderless he believed this to be a lie. In fact he claimed it was a small group and that he had located the major players that ran it. Barr was working with the FBI who were currently beginning to investigate Anonymous. In a quote from online editorial service http://www.Wired.com Barr was quoted saying “At any given time there are probably no more than 20-40 people active, accept during hightened points of activity like Egypt and Tunisia where the numbers swell but mostly by trolls,” he wrote in an internal e-mail. (All e-mails in this investigative report are provided verbatim, typos and all.) He also stated that “Most of the people in the IRC channel are zombies to inflate the numbers.” in reference to the online hacktivist group.
However, Anonymous were not happy with Mr Barr’s behaviour towards them. Parmy Olson in her book writes the following about what happened next: “Across America on February 6,2011, millions of people were settling into their couches, splitting open bags of nachos, and spilling beer into plastic cups in preparation for the year’s biggest sporting event. On that super bowl Sunday, during which the green bay Packers conquered the Pittsburgh Steelers, a digital security executive named Aaron Barr watched helplessly as seven people whom he’d never met turned his life upside down. Super Bowl Sunday was the day he came face-to-face with Anonymous” Parmy Olson. (2012). The Raid. In: P Olson We Are Anonymous inside the hacker world of Lulzsec Anonymous , and the global digital insurgency . 2nd ed. New York Boston: Little Brown and Company. 3pp. Aaron Barr knew something was wrong that day as his iphone had not buzzed in his pocket which was unusual. When he eventually got round to checking his phone on that morning he was greeted by a blue screen that read ‘Can not get Mail’; when he proceeded to attempt to reset his password the client prompted Barr to type in his password ‘Kibafo33” yet it came up as incorrect. It dawned on Barr that only a few days earlier he had been snooping in an Anonymous internet relay chat room trying to gain intelligence on Anonymous members, in particular, LULzsec member Topiary who he had obviously mistaken as the entirety of Anonymous rather than a member of a certain section of it. Barr then tried to access his Facebook and twitter finally trying to access his Yahoo email. However, he was locked out of all of his accounts. Even though he was CEO of a security firm, Aaron Barr had used the same password for all his social media and email accounts as well as Hbgary Federal. As well as making a mockery of Hbgary’s security, Anonymous also brought to light what can only be described as criminal intent when they leaked several documents. An analysis of the content revealed what appears to be a proposal, written for leading US legal firm Hunton & Williams by HBGary Federal, on how to bring down wikileaks (PDF) through a combination of hacking and disinformation. It was prepared in conjunction with data analysis firm Palantir Technologies and consultants Berico Technologies. The document suggests a campaign of misinformation involving feeding false documents into Wikileaks and exposing them to discredit the site’s output. Hacking attacks against the central Wikileaks document server in Sweden were also suggested. The presentation recommended researching the backgrounds of those involved in Wikileaks to identify “risky behavior”, and a media campaign which would ” create concern and doubt among moderates”. This media campaign may also have included attacks on journalists perceived as pro-Wikileaks. The presentation highlighted Glen Greenwald of Salon.com as a key target.”
On May 2011 an off shoot and soon to be partner of Anonymous formed named LULZSec. The group consisted of three known members who went under the aliases Sabu, Topiary & Kayla; their motivation was simple to have fun and bring back the “LULZ” Anonymous had lost when turning from pranksters and hackers to political demonstrators. They formed a twitter handle @Lulzsec and labeled themselves “the world’s leaders in high-quality entertainment at your expense” (The Lulz Boat, Twitter) They kicked things off by attacking right wing news outlet Fox News during that month. LULZSec released several passwords and Linkedin profiles of Fox News network staff as well as accumulating 73,000 X Factor contestants personal details. During May 15th the rampage continues as LULZsec release 3100 British ATM transaction logs. In the same month LULZSsec gained international attention bringing Anonymous in to the spotlight with it when attacking PBS for its attacks against Wikileaks. “LulzSec acknowledged that it had hacked PBS in response to a documentary about WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning, who allegedly passed sensitive information to WikiLeaks and whose imprisonment has become a source of international controversy. WikiLeaks had complained about the documentary, saying it was biased against the organization.” Jack Mirkinson. (2011). PBS Hacked Again By LulzSec In Retaliation For WikiLeaks Documentary. Available: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/31/pbs-hacked-again-by-lulzs_n_868941.html. Last accessed 20th April 2015.
Chapter 4: The price of revolution.
However, this spree came at a heavy price, as on June the 7th 2011, Sabu real name Hector Xavier Monsegur, was arrested. Sabu was both a prominent member of Anonymous and Lulzsec “his substantial impact on the Anonymous underworld was made from a tiny apartment in the impoverished projects of the Lower East Side, where his self-taught facility with computers led him into hacking to help his grandmother pay her bills by stealing credit card information. He was at the forefront of audacious raids such as the posting of an Anonymous open letter on the website of the Tunisian prime minister during the 2011 uprisings, hacks into major companies such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal in protest against their refusal to take donations to Wikileaks, and a breach of the FBI subsidiary Infragard, which is what finally led federal agents to his door.” Ed Pilkington . (2014). Anonymous superhacker turned FBI informant Sabu remains defiant over snitching . Available: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/hacker-sabu-defends-informing-anonymous-fbi-interview. Last accessed april 20th 2015. Unlike the other members of LULzSec, Sabu was in this solely for political activism and the way he communicated and acted was much more militant. He saw Anonymous as a tool of revolution “The whole idea of LULz didn’t sit comfortably with Sabu, who was more interested in hacking as a form of protest. But realized Anonymous needed some inspiration, and figured he could steer Topiary and the others toward more serious pursuits.” (We Are Anonymous inside the hacker world of Lulzsec Anonymous , and the global digital insurgency) However, despite all his words Sabu seemed to have no qualms in going over to the other side and he did so quickly: “Since literally the day he was arrested, the defendant has been cooperating with the government proactively, sometimes staying up all night engaging in conversations with co-conspirators to help the government build cases against them”, Assistant U.S. Attorney James Pastore said at a secret bail hearing on August 5, 2011.
Meanwhile similar feelings of rebellion began to surface in the western world just like it had in the middle east with the Occupy moment sprouting up in various locations around the world. “The story of how Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street intertwine dates back to February 2010, to the birth of “The 99 Percent Movement.”The notion of “the 99 percent” most likely started with journalist David DeGraw in his 2010 book, The Economic Elite vs. The People of the United States. “The harsh truth is that 99% of the US population no longer has political representation,” DeGraw writes. As a follow-up, he formed the 99 Percent Movement, a social network soliciting ideas for a platform of economic and legal reform.” Sean Captain. (2011). The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street. Available: http://www.fastcompany.com. Last accessed 22nd April 2015. The Occupy movement was inspired by the Arab Spring, and ultimately the actions and methods of Anonymous, as well as the general equality movements popping up in Europe at the time, for example, the Spanish Indignados movement began in mid-May 2011. The demands were simply that they wanted economic equality and an end to class warfare. This was a direct result of the financial crash back in 2008 where the global economy and its bankers were bailed out by the public. Sabu while an informant for the FBI played an integral role in instigating the Occupy moment. This was because as a popular member of Anonymous he had a large following both in IRC rooms and on Social Media accounts. On June 19th Sabu (now working for the FBI) forms another off shoot this time from LulzSec called Antisec guided towards a more politically motivated agenda rather than for the lulz. On September 17th the streets began to fill in New York city as protesters took to to Wall Street to confront their economic elites and among these activists were participants and or collaborators of Anonymous who on August 23rd released a video that it would support the Occupy movement. “Most people learned about hacktivist involvement in the occupation—indeed about the occupation at all—from an August 23 YouTube video. Purporting to be from Anonymous (the most that can be said for any video), it announced plans to mobilize 20,000 people in lower Manhattan. The buzzword “Anonymous” garnered media attention from NPR to the Huffington Post to CNNMoney. And according to a September 2 article in Computerworld, it even spawned Department of Homeland Security alerts.” Sean Captain. (2011). The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street. Available: http://www.fastcompany.com/1788397/real-role-anonymous-occupy-wall-street. Last accessed 27th April 2015. Anonymous continued to spread the word using Twitter, blogs, Internet Relay Chat rooms. About 1000 people turned up initially in Manhattan Square with many in the crowd wearing the signature Guy Fawkes mask Anonymous had branded as its own. At the time New York had been monitoring the protests and we must assume also that at the time so was the FBI, given that their informant was a key player in the movement, rallying his “brothers & sisters” to flood the streets, completely unaware he was working for the agency that was hunting them. Back when the Occupy movement was young, participants began posting stories and media to a new Tumblr page associated with The 99% movement that started gaining traction and on September 19th the movement was endorsed by celebrity Rosanne Barr. The media reaction was clearly politically swayed and biased towards these events with the mail stating “Comedienne and actress Roseanne Barr has launched another scathing attack – this time taking aim at bankers, ordering them to return profits or be beheaded. The controversial self-proclaimed presidential candidate appeared on the Russia Today television programme Keiser Report to reveal her solution for dealing with the economic crisis saying the banks should repay the money the U.S. government bailed them out with in 2008.” Daily Mail Reporter . (2011). ‘Bring back the guillotine and behead those who won’t give up wealth’: Roseanne Barr’s solution to the banking crisis. Available: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044747/Roseanne-Barrs-solution-banking-crisis-Bring-guillotine.html. Last accessed 29th April 2015. NewsMax the American news outlet went with headline ‘Horowitz: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are ‘Idiots”. As well as biased media reports, the so-called occupiers also endured extreme prejudice from law enforcement. The NYPD began to reinforce an arcane law from 1845 so they could specifically target masked Anonymous members of the protest. On September 20th “five people connected with the protest to “occupy” Wall Street have been issued a violation for running afoul of the antimask law, according to police. “People here are very acutely aware of it now because of the arrests,” Laura MacAuley, a spokeswoman for the social media-fueled event, said Monday.” Sean Gardiner And Jessica Firger . (2011). Rare Charge Is Unmasked. Available: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904194604576581171443151568. Last accessed 30th April 2015. These attacks continued and on September 24th 80 more people were arrested while marching. Anonymous was quick to notice the brutality of the police as videos began to circulate of excessive police force and trigger happy cops with pepper spray. Throughout the coming months police proceeded to arrest members of the movement, with 700 people taken into custody in October alone. However, despite the States best attempts to suppress the movement, it erupted on August 6th when about 4,000 protesters marched in Portland and more demonstrations unfolded in Houston, Austin, Tampa, and San Francisco. By October 9th these protests happening in nine-hundred cities across eighty-two countries, all preaching economic and political equality. However just like the dictators in the middle east clamped down on their demonstrators, so did the American government. Although arguably (partially) instigating the Occupy movement, the FBI was also involved in cracking down on protesters. In Naomi Wolf’s Guardian article ‘Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy’ she states “ It was more sophisticated than we had imagined: new documents show that the violent crackdown on Occupy last fall – so mystifying at the time – was not just coordinated at the level of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and local police. The crackdown, which involved, as you may recall, violent arrests, group disruption, canister missiles to the skulls of protesters, people held in handcuffs so tight they were injured, people held in bondage till they were forced to wet or soil themselves –was coordinated with the big banks themselves. “ (Guardian, September 9th 2012). According to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), “Freedom of Information Act revealed that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful protest and did “not condone the use of violence” at Occupy protests.” (http://www.justiceonline.org 2012) Not only this but in a redacted document later released by the FBI we discover that the Domestic Security Alliance Council a collaboration of FBI, DHS and local police forces conspired to destroy the Occupy movement. At least six campus universities in America were revealed to be under investigation by campus police who funneled information about students involved with Occupy moment to the FBI, with the administrations’ knowledge. World banks also sat down with FBI officials to pool information about protesters harvested by private security to use against them.
However, Anonymous still unaware of its infiltration from the FBI had not given up. In response to law enforcement attacks against the the protesters of Occupy, Anonymous began to scan the countless hours of citizen journalism picked up from the events of Occupy. They formed what was titled ‘Cabin Cr3w’, a Tumblr page dedicated to exposing anything and everything about NYPD officers (who were heavily criticized by the press and several human rights groups including Amnesty international). This is often refereed to in the hacking world as D0x or D0xxing and included information onbadge numbers to credit card details. Despite its best efforts, the suppression from world governments, the banking sector and specifically the American Government Agency who were instigating a false flag operation with an Anonymous member, the movement was brought to an end in November 2011. The exposure of these events are still incomplete as much of it has been redacted by the FBI. However, it is clear there was a political agenda by both the presses reaction to Occupy as well as how law enforcement was used to not only manipulate, but shut down the movement with extreme violence, something western politicians has previously condemned in the middle east.
Shortly after this, on November 7th Sabu’s new group AntiSec, with what we can only assume was with the FBI’s permission hacked Stratfor, a think tank in Austin, Texas. They sent out daily news letters about security and intelligence matters all over the world. Strafor’s clients included the Defense Department, Lockheed Martin and Bank of America. Sabu enlisted the help of crypto-Anarchist Jeremy Hammond who was using the handle Anarchaos at the time and was another prominent member of Anonymous. “Anonymous hackers broke into web servers of Stratfor and copied 200 gigabytes worth of data. Thus far, it appears that the hackers have details only about Stratfor customers who purchased Stratfor’s newsletter, but the hackers could easily have more than that. Several reports indicate Anonymous will next release more than 3.3 million client e-mails. An independent analysis by data loss and identity theft prevention service Identity Finder says that, so far, 9,651 active credit cards, 47,680 unique e-mail addresses, 25,680 unique phone numbers and 44,188 encrypted passwords were hacked from the A through M name list. More details will be released in the coming days as Anonymous publishes the N through Z list of names. Stratfor looks especially bad in this instance because the credit card data was not encrypted, which means it was much easier than usual for Anonymous to steal and crack open. It’s quite the amateur mistake for a so-called “intelligence” firm.” Sean Ludwig. (2011). 10 things you need to know about Anonymous’ Stratfor hack. Available: http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/28/anonymous-stratfor-hack-10-things-to-know/. Last accessed 30th April 2015. Anonymous proceeded to publish the data via twitter disseminating the information across the web. However it is clear in retrospect that this was a trap to incriminate several Anonymous members. That would inevitably lead to Hammond’s arrest and a 10 year prison sentence in November 2013.
Anti-sec continued to hack government websites. Ironically Anonymous with the help of Anti-sec launched “fuck fed Fridays” where every Friday in February that year Anonymous and Anti-sec would hack the establishment, releasing private phone calls of the FBI and Scotland Yard who were caught confirming strategies on how to target members of Anonymous. It is unclear whether this was a fake operation orchestrated by the government agencies, by Sabu founder of Anit-sec or whether the hackers obtaining the information were legitimate and unwittingly exposed the phone calls to the FBI themselves. However during these attacks including the one on Stratfor, Sabu supplied information to the FBI with details that led to the arrest of five co-conspirators associated with the group LULzsec including the already mentioned Jeremy Hammond along with Topiary and James Jeffery both from the UK.
This blow to the internet movement was devastating. In Vivien Lesnik Weisman’s Documentary ‘The Hacker wars’, Anonymous member ‘subverzo’ described everyone’s paranoia as “off the roof”. Sabu, renowned for his militant tone had inspired many of the members of Anonymous and most probably Lulzsec to commit these crimes. Behind this was the FBI who were playing a waiting game in order to catch the key players. Hammond was already on a government watch list in March 2012 when he was eventually arrested. A further blow to the community in the same month, was the raid on Barret Brown’s house. The FBI stormed his house live on web cam in front of various Anonymous members in tinychat.com, a popular web cam chat room used by the members. Barrett is still facing a 105 year jail sentence for his role within Anonymous of publishing hacked material into his journalism project.
Despite these attacks by the authority, Anonymous has endured as a movement. In 2012 the group rose up against a U.S government bill entitled ACTA which critics claimed was a violent censorship bill. Anonymous took yet again to social media and formulated operations not only to make people aware of the bill, but to prevent it. On July 4th The Inquirer ran the story ‘Death of ACTA is celebrated’ (July 2012) where in the Polish MP’s wore Guy Fawkes masks in celebration of their victory against the U.S.A’s new law. Between 2012-2015 Anonymous’ most consistent Operations have been the annual Million Mask March that mirrors the Occupy spirit and where hundreds to thousands of people flood major cities across the globe to protest against austerity. The most recent one was in 2014 where about 700 people marched in London, disrupted traffic and clashed with the police. The other is Operation Israel, where Anonymous teamed up with AnonGhost an Arabic hacking team in solidarity with the Palestinian conflict. Anonymous have also played a role in the struggle of African Americans within the USA, and the police prejudice towards many of them. The most successful of these was the shooting of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. In this instance, Anonymous went as far as to take on the KKK, inevitability wiping most members from the web as well as exposing extensive ties that linked the Prosecutor, and Wilson, to an off shoot of the Klu Klux Klan known as the Traditional Knights of America.
Anonymous may have taken a killing blow by the the FBI, however it still works in small sections of the internet and many who want greater exposure of their cause still call out to Anonymous for help. There are many ongoing operations such as Operation Seaworld which originated from the revelations exposed in the 2014 documentary ‘Blackfish’, while others help spread the word of online anonymity and web safety. In its whole, Anonymous can be likened to the head of the hydra – remove one head and another just grows back. It sits somewhere on the fringe of Marxism and Anarchy and is in my opinion a democratic philosophy and ideology attached to the human spirit of revolution. I think even with many key players arrested, Anonymous still poses a great threat to existing power structures and corporate monopolies after all in the final tweet from Topiary before he was taken away by authorities he stated “you can not arrest an Idea”. What Anonymous does may sometimes seem threatening, may not be legal, but what it does do is give the people a voice and does not sit back and allow injustices to go unpunished and it uses the digital technology that is available to do this. | <urn:uuid:d6dbd949-ff59-4580-bcc8-b52d74595724> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://your2minutesofh8.wordpress.com/tag/wikileaks/ | 2019-07-17T19:18:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525374.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190717181736-20190717203736-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.971865 | 14,584 |
Web Endpoint - need more details when a endpoint failed
In the WebEndpoint monitoring feature, I tried to call a web service by using a Payload and several headers. Unfortunately I missed something in the header (SoapAction) and it failed.
I was not able to have the details of the error without going to the log file in the server itself. This is not very convenient.
It should be better to have a trace of the issue in the web portal it self (or to be able to read log files from the web site). | <urn:uuid:3f12e897-a975-4ede-95ab-96b3011e1083> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://feedback.biztalk360.com/forums/331695-biztalk360-operations/suggestions/19373692-web-endpoint-need-more-details-when-a-endpoint-f | 2019-07-19T02:07:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525973.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719012046-20190719034046-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.950566 | 113 |
SVG Optimised Content Management System Version 5-6 Released
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Website Content Management Systems have just got even easier to style with the latest release of the ForBrains Optimised WCMS product. Version 5.6 allows users to choose site wide colours that result in all the images of the site template automatically updating. Users of the system simply need enter their new colour scheme details and all pages and graphics in the template are instantly updated, site wide.
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The 21 year old Cuban- American singer, Camilla Cabello is swimming through our ears, heart and minds with her song “HAVANA”. She used to be a member of “Fifth Harmony” created during the second season of X-Factor but she left the group in 2016 to become a solo artiste. Her 2018 album “CAMILA” debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, supported by its lead single “Havana”. The song “Havana” which reached number one the UK and the US has a Latina spice that makes it so groovy.
Jonny Drille is a Nigerian musician and guess what? He is a folk/alternative singer, songwriter, producer, and sound engineer; He has got all the package. There’s no wonder why we love his single “Wait for me”, in late 2016 he was nominated for the Headies as the Best Alternative Song for ‘Wait For Me’. On February 28, 2017 Johnny Drille was officially announced as a Mavin Records artiste. | <urn:uuid:d97cce3d-6307-4047-8bb2-81f0fc6193b8> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://hiphopworldmagazine.com/musicposts/testmusic4/ | 2019-07-19T01:25:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525973.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719012046-20190719034046-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.977953 | 233 |
Acknowledging that he would rather be discussing the upcoming Super Bowl, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he didn't give the game balls a thought during hist team's win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game.
"I didn't alter the ball in any way," Brady told a roomful of reporters at a Thursday news conference. He described the routine he goes through before every game to select footballs that have been conditioned by the Patriots' equipment staff.
"To me, they're perfect," Brady said of the selected balls. "I don't want anyone touching them or rubbing them, putting air in or taking air out."
He continued, "That happened, obviously, on Sunday night. I didn't think anything of it."
Brady said that the NFL has not yet spoken to him about the condition of the footballs. Repeating what he said Monday morning, the quarterback said he hadn't heard of the allegation until being told of it by a radio station.
When asked to declare whether he is a cheater, Brady said, "I believe in fair play." He later added, "I feel like we won the game fair and square."
NFL rules require teams to provide their own balls for their offenses to use, and that they be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch. Officials inspect the balls about 2 hours before game time — but an official in Sunday's game briefly interrupted the Patriots' offense to take one ball out of play, apparently because he suspected it wasn't properly inflated.
It's not clear what condition the Colts' footballs were in. But ESPN reported Wednesday that the league found that "11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were inflated significantly below the NFL's requirements."
To a reporter's question asking why he wouldn't be able to detect a two-p.si. difference in the footballs, Brady answered, "I get the snap, I drop back, I throw the ball. I don't sit there and squeeze it."
Brady compared breaking in footballs for use in a game to the process of breaking in a baseball glove. The idea is to use equipment that's comfortable and familiar, he said.
The question of whether the balls were properly inflated — and whether they might have been tampered with, to give the Patriots an edge — came up shortly after the team decisively beat the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7, earning a berth in next week's Super Bowl.
The possibility has served as a talking point for sports fans as they await the biggest game of the NFL season, between the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Many have also wondered how much difference a small change in a football's inflation could make.
"Particularly during that game which was very rainy, it's hard to hold the ball, it's hard to catch the ball," materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez told NPR's Geoff Brumfiel earlier this week. "So by making it a little softer, it's easier to catch the ball."
Brady spoke hours after New England head coach Bill Belichick said he had "no knowledge" of how the team's footballs were inflated for last Sunday's game – and he never has.
"In my entire coaching career, I have never talked to any player or staff member about football air pressure," he said at a news conference this morning. | <urn:uuid:42075281-6486-40eb-a470-7883f4bd3640> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://kansaspublicradio.org/npr-news/i-have-no-idea-footballs-condition-patriots-brady-says | 2019-07-19T02:58:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525973.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719012046-20190719034046-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.986608 | 689 |
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Using InfluxDB Time Series Database To Manage Smart Environments
|Title||Using InfluxDB Time Series Database To Manage Smart Environments|
|Publication Type||Conference Proceedings|
|Year of Conference||2018|
|Authors||Giacobbe, M., R. Di Pietro, A. Longo Minnolo, M. Todaro, and A. Puliafito|
|Conference Name||4th Italian Conference on ICT for Smart Cities And Communities (iCities 2018)|
|Conference Location||L'Aquila, Italy|
|Keywords||Continuous Queries, E-government, InfluxDB, Retention Policies, smart cities, smart environments, SmartME|
The data of the Public Administrations (PAs), together with technologies and platforms developed to provide services to citizens, are the basis of the PA digital heritage.
Referring to the Italian context, the Three-Year Plan for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the PA addresses the optimization of both the front-end and the back-end management in order to enable a new paradigm that (i) goes beyond the old ``silos logic'' and (ii) puts software components in common among the PAs.
In this work we present our vision and the related strategy, based on continuous queries and retention policies, resulting from the #SmartME project experience.
Specifically, we present a case study related to the use of the InfluxDB time series database at the back-end side.
The goal is to enable new opportunities for heterogeneous stakeholders (i.e., people, PA, academia, industries) to meet and define new synergies in Smart Environments. | <urn:uuid:f568a623-ed5d-4711-8758-42b1730ab014> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://mdslab.unime.it/node/537 | 2019-07-19T01:24:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525973.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719012046-20190719034046-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.79168 | 357 |
Tour Master Elite Tri-Bag Magnetic Mount Motorcycle Tank Bag
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- Brand: TOURMASTER
- Manufacturer Part Number: 8263-1105-30
- UPC: Does not apply
- Model: Elite Tri-Bag
- Material: Textile
- Style: Magnetic Mound
- Type: Tank Bag
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Anyone who’s ever absently scarfed down half a bag of chips or sat too close to the office jelly bean bowl can easily see snacks as the enemy. One-third of the calories in an average American diet come from snacks, according to nutritionist Christopher Mohr.
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Sixteen youth and eight adults from St. Mark’s traveled to Morehead City in late June to serve a community that was heavily impacted by Hurricane Florence (September 2018). We stayed at First UMC in Morehead City and served residents of Morehead City, Newport, Otway, and Beaufort. Our participants worked hard in all their volunteer activities. Below is a recap of the work we completed:
- At a property owned by an elderly couple, participants installed a sturdy railing around a porch, installed new electrical sockets, and cut back overgrowth from the house.
- At a trailer owned by a woman and her 19 year old daughter, participants painted the interior, installed sub-flooring, removed a dangerous porch, and installed a new porch.
- At a property owned by an elderly woman who helped care for her adult son, participants installed a new tarp on the roof since the one installed last September was in tatters. We also cut overgrown bushes away from the house.
- We did much-needed yard work on two other properties that included weed whacking, tree removal, and general cleanup.
- Many of our youth had the opportunity to help lead aspect of the Vacation Bible School at First UMC.
I was told by one of the long-term recovery leaders in Carteret County that the area would not see normalcy for another 3-5 years. Our group commented several times throughout the week that our efforts were a drop in a very large bucket, but that our efforts were also much more than a drop to the people we were able to serve. The people we helped we so thankful for our work to make their homes safer and more livable. It was a pleasure to serve alongside our youth as they went outside of their comfort zones, learned new skills, and served God and neighbor in the process. I was so proud of the way they carried themselves and the way they threw themselves into the work so enthusiastically.
In addition to the volunteer work we did, we also had devotions and group discussion each evening, we made a couple of trips to the beach, and we enjoyed two of the local restaurants (Dank Burrito and Sanitary Fish Market).
My thanks go to:
- Our youth, who did an awesome job on and off of the volunteer sites.
- My co-leaders on the trip: Dave and Eileen D, Susan G, Patrick H, Charles and Susan L, and Dan W. It was a blessing to have these parents with us to serve alongside our youth, participate in group discussions, and keep our youth safe.
- Our congregation, which supports our youth in so many ways. Trips like this on are so important to the spiritual growth of our young people. Thank you to St. Mark’s Lutheran for making our youth a priority. Thank you to all those who donated funds to this cause.
- First UMC in Morehead City, who hosted us and invited us to serve at their VBS. I’m especially thankful to Waylon for being our contact person there and for sharing his testimony with us on our last night in Morehead City.
- The Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance, for sending us to volunteer sites and helping us with our work. We really enjoyed working with these fine folks.
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Delft Garden Salad Plate
A classic blue-and-white design with a floral pattern along the rim makes this Delft Garden salad plate a timeless addition to the table. 8 3/4" dia. Porcelain.
During the eighteenth century, delft pottery served, in part, as a less expensive imitation of Chinese porcelain. This tin-glazed earthenware was made in the Netherlands and other areas of Continental Europe, but the majority of the delft owned in colonial America was manufactured in England. Our lovely Delft Garden collection plays on this look, creating the perfect blend of “Trend Meets Tradition.”
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This summer I decided that I would learn to make bread. I think I have become enamoured with the idea of being fairly self-sufficient- in the sense of baking my own bread, making my own cereals, whipping up fresh and delicious nutritious meals for myself. I want the health benefits and money saving benefits of it. I want to know that I can take care of myself. Alas, the reality is that I am actually a little hopeless in the kitchen. It’s not something I want to admit, as it clashes so much with my images of what I want to be, but as much as I enjoy pottering around in the kitchen the results don’t always match the pictures, to put it in the kindest way. I have improved over the years. My desire to be a good cook and baker is something I’ve been struggling towards for years and as embarrassing as that is, at least where I am now is much better than when I first started- I can manage a few basic dishes and I am an adequate baker of biscuits and cakes, but I still have many limitations.I think I perhaps became comfortable in those limitations, and it only now I’ve given up dairy that I’ve begun to play around a bit, trying to become even better. (Not being able to rely on cheese kinda forces one into this position…)
It’s really not as easy as it looks, though.
To focus on the bread.
I began yesterday morning with a recipe pulled from the Internet and a lot of optimism. I followed the instructions and formed my dough seemingly as it should be, then set my little ball of dough in a greased bowl, all wrapped up and warmed up by the dishwasher running beneath. Five hours later and my little ball of dough had not risen at all. Worried, I began to frantically google and was forced to accept the truth about my bread- I had killed my yeast. I’d not only put them in too-hot water to begin with, but left them hungry with no sugar to feed on. Reading through forum posts and recipes with their comments I realised that I’d probably not even kneaded it right. Annoyed, fed up, I threw the dough on a greased pan and shoved it in the oven just to see what would happen. The results were a lump of heavy, dense, gooey ‘bread’ that…actually tasted very nice. My optimism was restored- all I needed to do was keep my yeast alive and everything would be OK. With the help of my frantic searches earlier I rewrote the recipe- adding in sugar at the beginning, making careful note of the ideal water temperature , extending times for letting the yeast develop and kneading. Today, I did it all over again. I made the water neither cool nor hot and mixed in a tiny bit of sugar. Then, I added the yeast and let them sit for 5 minutes, watching in fascination as the yeast bloomed before my eyes. They were alive! I added in the olive oil then slowly began to add flour mixed with salt, until the mixture became too stiff to mix and thus I began to knead. I kneaded and kneaded and kneaded- forcing myself to keep going for 10 minutes and only then did I ball the dough up and put it in a greased bowl, covering it this time not only with a damp cloth but a layer of clingfilm. I set it beside the stove as I cooked lunch to keep it warm and in an hour- it had risen! Hopeful now, I formed it into something resembling a loaf and stuck it in the oven. The results were much lighter and just as tasty but alas, it is still a little too dense, and it looks utterly deformed. although the first rise was successful, the second rise in the oven…well it did not seem to rise much in the oven. Neither did I shape it correctly. I still have a long, long way too go with this bread making business. It really seemed so easy, too.
I think its time to phone my grandmother.
One thing I have been doing a lot of now that I am home is bake. It is good to have a kitchen again. My first project was banana cake. They were selling banana cake at one of the cafe’s at uni which reminded me how much I love it (its one of my favourites actually). I therefore set out to learn how to make my own and it turned out very easy and very delicious. I even it with lemon icing too and it could have even been called pretty. My baking is never pretty. Always tasty, and always ugly. :| Clearly, I am improving.
Next up I made these cupcakes. Cupcakes are easy, so it wasn’t hard to make these. The butter icing is a new skill that I have learnt, and I’m now icing everything I can. (see above) I also saw these decorations at the shop and thought why the hell not. I’d actually never really planned to make cupcakes, but I remembered my sister gave me some silicon cupcake molds for Christmas that I hadn’t used yet and thought I better get round to making something with them. Turns out they’re fantastic. Very cute, easy to use, easy to wash, and eco friendly of course. I found some more at TK MAXX for and now I find myself wanting to bake more cupcakes. Although I also want to make carrot cake, and bran muffins, and biscuits, and basically I want to bake ALL the things. I am becoming very aware that I will be going back to uni in just a matter of weeks. Just 13 days left.
Baked some biscuits this afternoon using a recipe from my Granny. I’ve eaten these throughout my childhood so safe to say, they’re a favourite. The recipe for these biscuits I had pinned on my notice board for about 3 years. Then I changed my noticeboard, put the recipe away in a safe place and of course, lost it. The things you put away carefully will travel to Narnia, whilst that you chuck on your floor or in the nearest available free space will get in the way and never be lost. It’s a law of the universe that isn’t it? Or is that just me being hopeless like always? Anyway, whilst on holiday I made sure to ask my Gran for her recipes, including these. These biscuits are just simple vanilla biscuits. They were terrible easy to make, though I had some trouble at the end using the biscuit press to actually form the biscuits. I had to call on my dad, who then phoned my gran, in order to get it to work. My dad and I had some minor arguments but we figured it out eventually. I love having a biscuit press. Even though at first it’s tricky, once you get how it works then it makes the whole process of shaping biscuits so quick and easy! I got a load of different templates but I chose a plain and boring one for today XD Then I cooked them and then I ate them and I can say they turned out pretty good. Almost exactly like my Gran makes them :D Next time I am adding cherries on top for a bit of extra decoration and taste though, and I also need to make the spice version and chocolate version of these. Yum.
Ugly but delicious biscuits! These biscuits are called Romany Creams and they are wonderful: two fat chocolate+coconut biscuits sandwiched together with milk chocolate. It was my first time making them, so I was a bit nervous, but I succeeded! It took me over two hours to make them on Saturday and they’ll be gone in a week, if that, and in the end they aren’t exactly healthy. However I had great fun making these up and I can take some in to uni for a not-so-healthy snack to look forward to eating on the train. Romany Creams are the third of my Granny’s recipes I’ve used actually- thus another South African type thing. Mine taste almost exactly like my Granny’s biscuits too, which makes me think of home and makes how difficult (and messy!) it was to make them worth it. I’m not sure what to make next yet but I’m definitely enjoying recreating the tastes of my childhood. I think I have another of my Granny’s biscuit recipes- maybe they’ll be my next project! :D
A collection of random thoughts and not-very-major events for today:
— My dad is currently on a business trip to south Africa. He left last night. I never ever wake up for him, because he leaves at like 4am but last night was different. Last night I went to bed at 1:30am, though I had wanted to keep reading longer I tore myself away from my book and switched my light off. At 3am comes a knock at the door. I am just falling asleep, in that nice place where you’re not quite asleep but rested and comfortable. I waited for someone to get it but nobody got it and then the phone rang. So I blearily got up to answer it, and turns out it was my sister outside home from the party she went to last night. I had no choice but to drift downstairs to go answer the door. My dads alarms went off 10 minutes later and thus everyone was up and I was completely awake. I went back to bed but quickly realised there was no way in hell I was falling back to sleep. Went downstairs where my mom was sitting on the couch, and my sister and dad were at the table eating cheesecake. I ended up joining them; despite the little voice in my head telling me that there was no way that it was going to be digested. Straight to the hips. the voice in my head told me, but I ate anyway and in the end I felt sick (served me right really). There was something strange and surreal about gathering together at 3am to eat cheesecake. I was so tired but at the same time so awake. It felt like I should go and eat breakfast, even though I’d slept barely an hour my brain still registered that it had been asleep, and now it was awake and light and thus time to begin my day. My dad left at 4am and it must have the first time that all three of us (my mom, my sister and me) were there to say good bye to him. And you know what I might as well have continued reading before, because I ended up reading until 4am when my dad left, and then until 4:30am after that. I went to bed at 4:30am and eventually fell asleep, waking up at 2pm this afternoon. I feel perfectly crap. I have such a bad headache :x
— Tried to bake a carrot cake this afternoon and it turned out horribly. It tasted like earwax, and I wish I was joking but I’m not. It was the most gross cake ever. It could be seen as an achievement that it was that bad. This cake is the sort you’d use on variety shows to test endurance. It wasn’t even edible. My pride was bruised, I got even more pissed than I already was (I have been in a bad mood all day; see above) and thus I set out to bake another cake, one I knew would turn out good. It came out the oven now and it seems edible. My pride is still somewhat damaged due to the unfortunate carrot cake incidence but I am reassured: I am not a bad baker, I just can’t make carrot cake to save a life. Also I saved my mother a piece of the unfortunate carrot cake (threw the rest way) and I warned her, to eat it and get it over with because it is so terrible but she is saving it for tomorrow. Tomorrow holds an unpleasant surprise for my mother…
— I start university in a week. ONE WEEK. I am all sorts of petrified. My sister is home at the moment so I did get a chance to ask her what I’d need, which means I no longer need to panic about not having the right stationery (these are the sorts of things I panic about, yes) but I still feel all AHHHHH I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING about it all. I’ve never been to university before, obviously, so I have no idea what to expect. Also I’m studying engineering. ENGINEERING. It’s what I want to do but that doesn’t make it any less daunting. I am so worried :/ Also there is that whole little thing called interacting with new people. I am shy and awkward and I make weird not-funny-at-all jokes and blurt out the first thing that comes to mind when nervous (and I get nervous when surrounded by people I don’t know so put two and two together and you can imagine what peoples first impression of me would be). I most likely won’t be able to join any clubs or societies either because I am not living in Liverpool, which puts another damper on any social life I might gain. I am so nervous about the social aspect as well as the academic side of things. :( Also I have gotten into the routine of going to bed at 1am and getting up at 10am. This is not good. I will most likely have to wake up 6am to get to Liverpool for 9am, which means going to bed at 22pm. Very much so different from how things are now. I don’t know how I will cope with the new schedule :| I just don’t know how I will cope full stop. I AM PETRIFIED. Only one week now D:
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What does Shaka mean?
The meaning of Shaka is "chief".
Shaka is generally used as a boy's name.
It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Sha-ka.
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An auspicious name, it is one that will be admired.
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Has anybody heard any recent news on the movie version of At the Mountains of Madness?
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Squeamish - 2008-01-09 I loved this movie when it came out. I can't wait to see what the HPLHS does with The Whisperer in Darkness.
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Hi, I am Amanda Looker,
I first studied holistic therapies in the 1990’s quickly adding Sports Therapies, progressing to qualify as a trainer and an assessor.
I loved the holistic approach and my passion to explore the mind body connection lead me to study Hypnotherapy, Coaching, NLP and CBT.
There was still a link missing. That part of the puzzle came when a colleague invited me to experience a phenomenal new therapy.
The Havening Techniques® (Amygdala Deportation Therapy). l was soon experiencing for myself the effect and power of The Havening Techniques®. I will never forget that feeling and outcome from experiencing Havening, and l was really excited to be able to share it.
From there, there was no going back, this was the connection or missing link, l had been searching for.
I enrolled on the first course available, l was privileged to train with the developer of The Havening Techniques®, Neuroscientist Dr Ron Ruden MD. Along with Paul McKenna and Kevin Laye. I have been able to help many people, with many types of traumas or life events.
More recently, l trained in Steven Blake’s OldPain2Go®. Helping people with Old Pain that has been diagnosed by a medical professional and they have prescribed or suggested pain management. OldPain2Go® can help reduce or remove pain when it seems nothing else can.
I am passionate about keeping up with my training, and widening my knowledge, which enables me to give the best solution.
l offer a free 20 min consultation, either on the phone or online.
I am now focusing on using my knowledge to help people who have been through traumatic and stressful experiences, and those who are suffering in pain. To help people lead the best life possible.
Amanda has over 25 years experience within the complementary and holistic health area & has had the privilege of training with the creator and Co creator, Dr Ronald Ruden and Dr Steven Ruden, of the breakthrough Havening Techniques® alongside Mr Paul Mckenna. Becoming one of the first licensed practitioners in the world able to offer this ground- breaking therapy. Amanda can help you overcome emotional traumas such as PSTD, childhood/life traumas, bullying, victim of a crime, phobias, relationship issues, physical/psychological abuse or even guilt and anger. Amanda recognises that, some issues may be difficult or painful to discuss, this is the amazing part with ‘The Havening Technique®’ That painful issues doesn’t need to bring brought up again and again, in fact if the pain is not possible to be verbalised then Amanda can still work with you. Helping you to move on, spending less of your valuable time reflecting or acting on the past, and enabling you to move forward to focus on a more positive future.
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In life we usually tend to focus on what is missing in our lives. Perhaps we are not making as much money as we would like to be making or do not yet have the job that we would like to have. Perhaps we feel that we are not yet fulfilling our purpose or have not yet reached our academic or career goals. Or, perhaps, we are not in the relationship we would like to be in.
This might be a good place to start when setting your life, career, or relationship goals, but staying focused on what you do not have while you are working toward accomplishing your goals, might actually distract, frustrate, and create more stress for you. These distractions and feelings of frustration and stress are more likely to keep you from getting where you want to be.
Instead, focusing on and feeling grateful for all that you already DO have, is more likely to help you reach your stated goals.
Focusing on what you do already have in your life brings you into a present, happier, and more positive frame of mind. It is this recipe of presence, happiness, and positivism that sets the right foundation for you being successful in reaching your goals.
To clarify the above suggestion, here is the following distinction:
When setting a goal for yourself –> Think about what you do not yet have, and want in your life.
When working toward accomplishing those goals –> Focus on all that you already DO have, so that you can be in the right frame of mind to accomplish your stated goals.
I am my own first client, and have first hand experience of focusing on all that I do not yet have, but want, while I am working toward accomplishing my goals. When I stay focused on what I still do not have, I feel frustrated and unappreciative of all that I have already accomplished and all that I am currently doing. This attitude and approach affects my work and distracts me from being and doing my best. If I continue focusing on the negative, I will continue not doing my best, which will actually keep me from ever reaching my goals of success.
Instead when I focus on all that I do have, all that I have already accomplished, and all the great things that I feel honored and privileged to be doing right now, I feel happy and positive and realize that I am much closer to my goals than I thought I was. This attitude and approach allows me to be in the present and be and do my best, and continue to guide me on the path of success.
Here is a suggestion for the both of us this week:
Everyday for the next week, let’s make the time to reflect and recognize what we already DO have in our lives that we are grateful for. Let’s do this twice each day, once in the morning and then again in the evening before heading to bed. I believe that the impact will be a positive one and will bring us much closer to our goals.
As always, please be in touch with any questions or comments anytime.
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Is that enough acronyms yet? In Adam’s previous post, Justin Mason commented:
There’s another danger of this — even if the number is an opaque ID, the *presence* of the RFID chip means than an attacker can remotely detect the presence of an I-94, therefore a foreign passport, therefore a tourist ripe for a mugging (or whatever the attacker may have in mind).
This brings me back to my post from yesterday about RFIDs in passports. As our friends at Flexilis have shown us, this can get even more insidious. To wit:
Additionally, it may be possible to determine the nationality of a passport holder by “fingerprinting” the characteristics inherent in each country’s RFID chips. Taken to a logical extreme, this security vulnerability could make it possible for terrorists to craft explosives that detonate only when someone from the U.S. is nearby.
Check out their video of the risk of an unshielded RFID…
Barry Ritholz, an NYC hedge fund manager, blogs about a WSJ story. The gist:
On Sept. 21, 2001, rescuers dug through the smoldering remains of the World Trade Center. Across town, families buried two firefighters found a week earlier. At Fort Drum, on the edge of New York’s Adirondacks, soldiers readied for deployment halfway across the world.
Boards of directors of scores of American companies were also busy that day. They handed out millions of bargain-priced stock options to their top executives.
A review of Standard & Poor’s ExecuComp data for 1,800 leading companies indicates that from Sept. 17, 2001, through the end of the month, 511 top executives at 186 of these companies got stock-option grants. The number who received grants was 2.6 times as many as in the same stretch of September in 2000, and more than twice as many as in the like period in any other year between 1999 and 2003.
I find myself surprised at the instinctive greed this story reveals to us. As Mr. Ritholz says:
What makes this so pathetic is that corporate executives could have stepped up AND BOUGHT STOCKS IN THE OPEN MARKET if they believed they were so cheap. It would have been reassuring to a nation to see the leaders of industry voting with their own dollars.
In 1929, when the stock market crashed, JP Morgan (and others) stepped in. They bought stock with their own dollars, they saved Wall Street. Oh, and they were rewarded for it — both monetarily, and in the history books.
As an aside, Ritholz’s two blogs are worth a few minutes.
…but my internet tube was flooded.
If you want to know what the heck that means, the good folks at 27B Stroke 6 (easily the best blog name I’ve seen this year), provide the details. The short and sweet is that U.S. senator Ted Stevens ain’t exactly Vint Cerf:
I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?
Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially.
It gets “better”.
Seriously. Plus, he says it wouldn’t be a civil liberties issue.
I’m not sure what to expect out of this story of a guy who, left behind in a crazed state and presumed to have died, overnighted above 8000 meters on Everest and was found alive the next day, prompting a rescue effort expected to take three days.
(Note that this is a different climber from the one who really did die after being left behind as beyond hope a few days earlier.)
Update 5/27/2006: He made it. Said to be suffering severe frostbite and cerebral edema (HACE).
In one of the soon-to-be countless articles about the VA Incident, Network World’s Ellen Messmer writes:
The sad irony in all this is that there are many at the VA who have worked hard to design and install network-based security. But in the “multiple layers of security” everyone is so fond of discussing, the human being apparently remains one of the hardest to fix.
Yes, while “there’s no technical solution to a social problem”, in this case the problem seems to have been that unencrypted sensitive data were literally left lying around. Even if one accepts the premise that these data need to be stored on laptops (which is far from clear in this case), any number of commercial products could easily have helped here.
A further point. Much is being made of this being a “simple burglary”. Let’s imagine that it was not. With crypto, an insider being paid for information would need to commit two offenses: leaving the info lying around (which might be worth it, depending on how much he’s being paid and by how gullible investigators are), and deliberately disabling the protection provided by crypto (by leaving the machine running, or by leaving the crypto key in plain sight on a Post-It). I’m no lawyer, but it seems that the second scenario makes it easier to separate malice from stupidity. Sounds like something that might be worth doing.
The lawsuit we mentioned the other day is now up to $200 billion, as Bellsouth and AT&T are added as defendants.
Photo via realitynewsonline.com
Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey asks Dennis Hastert whether legislation protecting mobile phone users’ privacy has been sent to a “legislative ‘Guantanamo Bay'” in order to modify it so that intelligence gathering activities analogous to those affecting land lines would be unimpeded.
In February of last year, I told you about Lester Eugene Siler, a Tennessee man who was literally tortured by five sheriff’s deputies in Campbell County, Tennessee who suspected him of selling drugs. The only reason we know Siler was tortured is because his wife had the good sense to start a recording device about halfway through the ordeal.
The audio is now available online (read the transcript here). Drug war outrages lend themselves to overuse of superlatives. But I gotta say, this may be the most horrifying 40 minutes of audio I’ve ever heard.
So writes Radley Balko in “Torture and The Drug War.” I don’t know, but I suspect the very existence of a “debate” around torture civilizes this sort of repulsive behavior in a way we should not tolerate. I hope those responsible get the book thrown at them.
Sebastian Holsclaw has other comments at “Drug War Atrocity,” where I found the story.
“We try to weed out those who pose a security risk,” Chertoff said in a briefing with reporters. “I don’t know … that background checks with people hired will predict future behavior.”
Well, golly, Mr. Secretary, I don’t know…that either. So will you please cancel CAPPSIII/Secure Flight/Free Wheelchairs for Paraplegic Children, rather than invading the privacy of anyone anywhere who gets on an airplane?
After all, if background checks aren’t going to predict future behavior, we’re spending a lot on the wrong security bits.
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The US stock market looks set to break all-time highs in the coming months as the S&P500 has found support above the critical level of 280.
United States President Donald Trump, who has often used the stock market as a barometer for his own success, may be proved right after claiming that December’s sharp move to the downside was just a “correction”.
After soaring to September’s all-time high of 294, the S&P500 nosedived 20% in a couple of months before finally finding support at 234 just before the new year.
The diagonal support trendline that propped the market up at 234 has been respected for more than a decade, with four bounces coming from that level since 2009.
The latest bounce was by far the most violent, with the S&P500 defying all odds by rising by 21% in less than two months.
Another significant factor in the most recent bounce was the confluence of the 200 exponential moving average on the weekly chart with the diagonal trendline. Aside from a stray wick, the weekly candle closed exactly on the 200 EMA before rallying to the upside.
The last time this moving average was tested was in February 2016, with another bounce of nearly 20% coming in the following months.
While many thought that December’s slump was the start of a long-awaited bear market, the subsequent bounce suggests that the bull isn’t ready to give up command just yet.
If the S&P500 can continue to establish support above 280, a test of 286 could be the next step before knocking on the door of all-time highs at 293.
Credit Suisse S&P500 forecast pic.twitter.com/GumZrWUNWj
— Kazi (@king_kazii) March 18, 2019
If the diagonal trendline continues to be respected moving forwards, it could mean the minimum expectation of the S&P500 by January 2024 would be around 320.
However, in spite of a bullish cross of the 55 and 100 EMAs on the daily chart, the stock market isn’t out of the woods yet. If price fakes out at this level and falls below 280, it could fall down to test levels of support at 259 and 254.
Which fundamentals are driving price action?
Aside from the technicals, there have been fundamental changes in the past few months that have driven the recent price action.
One major factor has been the increased profitability of corporate share buybacks, which hit a record $1.1 trillion in December.
93% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2019
The recent tax reforms in the US have also been received well by small businesses, with a renewed sense of optimism returning for Trump’s administration.
However, while small businesses are cheering, many are claiming that the reform is only temporary, with a movement mobilising to force Congress to make the tax breaks for small businesses permanent.
There have also been a number of cases of funds being repatriated from abroad back to the US. Apple planned to repatriate $285 billion in 2018, which has been seen as a big boost to investors.
If the stock market soars, where will that leave crypto?
Cryptocurrency has often been seen as a safe hedge to the stock market. While economic and political instability is usually a bad thing for businesses and the stock market, it regularly spurs price action in the cryptocurrency space.
Bitcoin was spawned out of the 2008 financial crisis. Consumers lost trust in banks and in turn sought a viable alternative.
Cryptocurrencies offered people the opportunity of self-sovereignty and eventually the masses flocked, culminating in 2017’s bull market that saw Bitcoin reach highs of $20,000.
But since then, the cryptocurrency market, as well as the hype that surrounded it, has dwindled, with the entire digital asset market cap falling from $813 billion to $139 billion in just over a year.
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Students interested in the thesis track will submit an application according to the following requirements:
- Minimum grade point average from bachelor's degree of 80 (according to TAU transcript evaluation).
- Minimum grade point average of 85 from the first semester MA courses.
- Completion of all coursework as required in the International MA Program non-thesis program.
Students accepted to the thesis track will be required to complete a course in research methods or a course that will improve their research skills related to the thesis topic, in addition to the 38 required credits for the MA non-thesis program. This course should preferably be taken during the first semester of their thesis track program. The course should be chosen or approved in writing by the student’s supervisors.
Students are required to have two Thesis Supervisors, one of whom must be TAU tenured faculty. Each supervisor must represent a different discipline, thus reflecting inter-disciplinarily of the research. Finding supervisors is up to the student, but the Program may provide support and consultation. Any proposed supervisor who does not hold a tenure-track position at TAU must be first approved by the program's Academic Committee and then by TAU Vice Rector.
Students will be required to attend 10 lectures/seminars over the course of the thesis year, at the Department of Environmental Studies at TAU, or other departmental seminars at TAU, or relevant conferences.
Thesis Final Exam (Thesis Defense)
Students will present their research in a Thesis Final Exam ("Thesis Defense") attended by both supervisors and two external reviewers. The exam must take place at the Porter Building. In special conditions, the program's Academic committee can approve other TAU locations for the final exam.
Deadlines for submission of application, research proposal and all fees and payments are published to students during the first semester of the academic year.
Tuition for the thesis track is $5,400. Refund and cancellation policies are found in the Student Handbook. The Department of Environmental Studies may offer scholarships for the thesis track students.
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A Nike Kyrie 4 NCAA edition is releasing later this month, but before that, Kyrie Irving’s newest signature silhouette will be coming in a sleek colorway of black with metallic silver. The sneaker basically features the black hue across its entire flyknit upper and suede heel, while metallic silver accents are used for the Swooshes and branding on the tongue. Mint green speckling are seen on the midsole for a nice contrast, but adding more pop to the look is an orange outsole to complete the design altogether.
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Cleveland Indians’ Leonys Martin recovering from ‘life-threatening’ bacterial infection
CINCINNATI — Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin is recovering from a bacterial infection that team president Chris Antonetti described as “life-threatening.”
Martin is in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic. Antonetti provided an update on Martin’s status when he addressed the team prior to Monday’s series opener against the Reds.
Doctors determined Martin had a bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream and created toxins that damaged his internal organs, compromising their function.
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Post written by Summer Espinoza, Director of Archives and Special Collections at GFBNEC
Sue Kato was a self-identified tomboy as a child. She grew up in Platte, Nebraska in what she perceived as a diverse community for its size. She lost her mother at a young age and her father was a farmer with land in Colorado and who was a share-farmer in Platte. She attended Japanese language school in the summer months and wore a lot of denim, well, because she liked to play. In high school she became active in the Girl Reserve, Latin Club and Pep Club. In Girl Reserve, she got a knack for stamp collecting, which later translated into a hobby for scrapbooking. I am thankful that she developed this hobby and you will understand why in a few moments.
After high school she was a bookkeeper at a tire re-tracking business at which point she decided she wanted join the Women’s Army Air Corps. She did not initially hear back from the army and later learned that the renamed Women’s Army Corp was now accepting applications from Nisei women, she reapplied and began her service on December 13, 1943.
Fast-forward seventy three years and imagine you are a historic investigator, someone who is looking to understand and share the Japanese American experience in World War Two with anyone and everyone. Now, imagine coming across this very large scrapbook, obviously aged and with a note, “Donated by Sue Kato.” In addition to being an investigator, you also are someone who works with the largest Japanese American Nisei veteran oral history collection known in the world, so first order of business—do we have an oral history for this woman? Yes! You try to contain your excitement. You open this scrapbook and see layers upon layers on every page. There are letters, faded handwritten notes on the scrapbook pages, Women Army Corps brochures and pamphlets, newspaper articles, currency, V-Mail, programs for musical performances, original photographs of Women Army Corps’ members and all of these are intact and little sign of use. Some of these letters are on rice paper, folded meticulously and you do not dare try to unfold it no matter your excitement; you know it is too fragile.
Sue Kato spent three years in the Women Army Corps. Basic training began in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, followed by Fort Devens, Massachusetts and language training at Fort Snelling, a stint at Camp Richard, Maryland and finally to Fort Myers where she was part of an allied forces translation team.
Sue Kato may not have been faced with military combat, but she was touched by the hand of fear and hatred by her fellow WACs and military personnel:
The first day, we were in Fort Des Moines, new recruits… I go to my closet and my civilian clothes, overcoat and outfit are on the floor and my shoes are kicked in the corner. And I was startled and I said, “Who did this?” And a tall slim WAC, about three rows of our bunks came quietly and she says, “I did.… One of your kind shot and killed my only brother, he was a naval officer. … I said, “I was born in the States, in Nebraska, and I’m an American just like you.”
Kato recalls another incident walking into a military hospital.
“They saw this oriental in uniform and I had to walk down this long corridor and all these GIs, injured GIs sitting there you know. And I’ll never forget the feeling, their eyes just, just burned into me.”
Come back with me again to 2016 and now you have seen this oral history and you have only scratched the surface of this scrapbook. You now have the tools to share this knowledge with others. This rich content is exactly what people in my field live to experience and we cherish any opportunity to share. Sue Kato was a courageous woman who volunteered because she felt compelled to serve her country first as a clerk and then as a translator. She lived a life of service working for the City of Long Beach. Sue Kato was born in 1921 and passed in 2011, but we will continue to share her legacy in the archives. | <urn:uuid:e68881b9-e22b-42fd-bcba-5f9ff3cb0bba> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://goforbrokearchives.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/uncovering-the-life-of-sue-kato-through-the-lens-of-an-archivist/ | 2019-07-19T01:47:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525973.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719012046-20190719034046-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.983104 | 886 |
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The common skin condition keratosis pilaris occurs when a protein called keratin forms a plug in hair follicles causing white or red rough patches and bumps to emerge. It is most often seen on the arms, thighs and buttocks, but can also appear on the face.
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- Patients concerned about their skin's appearance would typically start by consulting a dermatologist. For patients with health insurance, out-of-pocket costs for visiting a dermatologist will typically consist of a doctor visit copay of $5 -$30 or more, or coinsurance of 10%-50% or more. For patients without health insurance, an office visit typically costs $50-$200 or more.
- Since no one measure will eliminate keratosis pilaris, treatment typically involves using medicated creams to soften skin.
- Common remedies include topical exfoliants that contain peeling or softening agents such as salicylic acid, urea, glycolic, or lactic acid; topical corticosteroids; and topical retinoids. These may be prescription strength or over the counter, and can cost $15 - $150 or more. Costs will vary depending on whether the patient buys a name brand or its generic equivalent. For example, Drugstore.com charges about $50 for a tube of generic tretinoin cream and almost $150 for the brand-name equivalent. The lactic acid cream Fluorouracil AmLactin Moisturizing Lotion costs $15 at Drugstore.com, while a set of two 4 oz tubes of the glycolic acid urea blend Dermadoctor KP Double Duty costs $67 at sephora.com.
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- Keratosis pilaris is typically painless, has no long-term health implications and often resolves on its own. There's no cure for keratosis pilaris, but according to the Mayo Clinic , prescription medications and self-care measures can improve the look of affected skin.
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Shopping for keratosis pilaris treatment:
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- The American Academy of Dermatology has a search tool for patients.
- The Mayo Clinic offers questions about keratosis pilaris for patients to ask their dermatologists.
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Forgotten Expenses In a Home Addition Budget
Items like construction costs, permit fees or debris removal aren't the only expenses to consider when calculating the total costs of a home remodeling project. || Posted August 5 2013
7 Lesser-Known Discounts for the 50+ Crowd
As they age, members of the Baby Boomer generation don't like to admit that they're senior citizens, but they love getting discounts. It's kind of a quandary, because some of the best deals available are reduced prices for older folks. || Posted October 21 2013
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Adrian Colyer: Why dm Server Is Moving To Eclipse
As JAXenter reported last week, SpringSource have submitted a proposal for dm Server to move to Eclipse.org. The follow-on from the recently released dm Server 2.0 will be developed under the Eclipse Runtime Project. JAXenter caught up with the Chief Technology Officer for SpringSource, Adrian Colyer, to ask him about the project.
JAXenter: The SpringSource dm Server will continue as the Eclipse project “Virgo” – What are the reasons behind the migration to Eclipse?
Adrian Colyer: There is a
great deal of interest and innovation around enterprise OSGi and
the dm Server. This interest is strongest amongst early
adopters, and projects with requirements that match closely the
dynamically modular nature of the OSGi Service Platform. For a
mainstream development team though, who just want to build an
enterprise application as quickly as possible, and with as little
hassle as possible, the costs currently associated with adopting
enterprise OSGi can outweigh the short-term benefits. This
situation needs to be addressed before enterprise OSGi can become
the de-facto approach for mainstream enterprise application
The dm Server builds on, and tightly integrates with, Eclipse Equinox – the reference implementation of the OSGi Service Platform. In addition, the recently proposed Gemini project at Eclipse.org will host reference implementations of many of the key enterprise OSGi specifications supported by Virgo – including the SpringSource led Gemini Web Container and Gemini Blueprint Service projects. The dm Server development tools are also all Eclipse-based. As an Eclipse RT project, Virgo will benefit from close collaboration with the OSGi community at Eclipse.org, the ability for multiple parties to contribute to it’s ongoing development, and feedback from the Eclipse user base to help shape future direction. This community involvement and collaboration is the fastest way to help make the transition into the mainstream for enterprise application development on OSGi.
JAXenter: What does the migration mean for the development process of the dm Server (i.e. Virgo)? Is SpringSource abandoning the project ?
Adrian Colyer: Beyond the 2.0 release which we just put out, ongoing development of the dm Server will happen as part of the Virgo project at Eclipse.org. The full set of SpringSource developers currently working on the dm Server will become committers at Eclipse.org. The aim is to put out a baseline release from the Virgo project as quickly as possible, and ultimately to join the Eclipse release train to coordinate Virgo releases with Equinox and other Eclipse component releases. We already have indication from other interested parties that they would like to contribute to Virgo development too, so the project has a healthy future ahead of it.
JAXenter: What role will virgo play in the context of the Eclipse Runtime Top Level Project? Are there any deeper integrations planned with other projects like Equinox, Jetty or the recently proposed Gemini-project?
Adrian Colyer: Eclipse.org itself has a stated number one strategic priority to “Establish Eclipse runtime technology as a leading open source runtime platform.” and clearly the Virgo project plays an important role in helping achieve this objective. Regarding the relationship to other Eclipse projects, this is covered in the proposal document. Of particular note is the close integration with the Gemini project, and the intention to make the Gemini Web Container and Virgo work with Jetty as well as with Tomcat.
JAXenter: Will Virgo join the Eclipse Helios Release Train? What are the next steps for Virgo?
Adrian Colyer: The Helios release train is essentially closed already – by the time the Virgo project has been through initial creation review and uploaded the initial contents it will be too late to make the 2010 train. The intention is to align with the release train for 2011 though. We plan to put out a baseline release from Virgo as soon as possible, probably followed by a service release on the “2.0” code base. We will also aim to put out a new release during 2010 off the back of the Helios train.
JAXenter: You wrote in your blog, that the costs currently associated with adopting enterprise OSGi can outweigh the short-term benefits. How can Virgo help the adoption of enterprise OSGi?
Adrian Colyer: The move to Eclipse.org can help drive community involvement in dm Server (Virgo) in two key ways. Firstly, the license change from GPL to EPL means that many more organisations and individuals will be comfortable using Virgo, building on Virgo, and contributing back to Virgo. Secondly, Eclipse.org is vendor neutral and this will help to alleviate any concerns over Virgo being too strongly controlled by SpringSource. The broader community involvement will in turn help steer the project to better address mainstream requirements.
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“He never went off subject.” —Journalist Tom Brokaw, of Billy Graham
No one had to ask what his subject was—when you heard the name Billy Graham you knew it was, without apology, Jesus.
Let me meddle a minute…
When others say your name, what do they think of? What do you aspire to be known for? Will it outlive you? Is it greater than you? More than that, what will you be remembered for? That’s the subject of your life.
Billy never went off subject—he knew that everything in life is less than Jesus except the people Jesus died to save. Do we? Like Billy, our subject is known by everyone around us, and it will be our epitaph.
Three apprentice devils were preparing to come to the earth to finish their apprenticeship. They first spent time talking to Satan about their plans to tempt and ruin men.
The first devil declared “I will tell men that there is no God”
Satan said to him, “That will not delude many, for they know there is a God”
The second devil boasted “I will tell men that there is no hell!”
Satan answered the second, “You will deceive no one that way. Men know even now that there is a hell for sin.”
The third devil thought for a moment, then said, “I will tell men that there is no hurry…”
Satan excitedly told the third “Go! and you will ruin men by the thousands!” (Adapted from William Barclay)
People are dying; Jesus is coming; Christians have eternity; the world doesn’t.
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Kino Classics kickstarts Halloween with the first of several Blu-rays devoted to the horrific. In the case of A Bay of Blood (aka Twitch of the Death Nerve and about 30 other titles), we’re delving into the slasher route. A Bay of Blood is probably my favorite of the Bava films I’ve seen. (I’ve previously reviewed Kidnapped and Black Sabbath.) The gore is unrepentant and makes up for the incomprehensible plotline that I dare anyone to explain. A dash of macabre humor thrown in for good measure turns A Bay of Blood into the slasher movie from the 1970s you need to watch.
Countess Federica (Isa Miranda) is viciously murdered by her husband…who in turn is murdered by an unseen assailant. The countess’ death brings out a group of various merry murderers who hope to inherit their money, if they can kill the others. Soon, the blood is flowing but the original question remains: Who really killed the Countess?
A Bay of Blood is often called the grandfather of the slasher genre, and while Hitchcock’s Psycho commonly receives that title as well, there’s something to be said for Bava holding onto the award. A Bay of Blood follows the slasher handbook to the letter (and a few scenes were recreated, shot for shot, in Friday the 13th: Part II). You have the various murders perpetuated by an unseen entity; Hitchcock provided no real mystery since you were under the impression Norman was involved, somehow. When the Countess is killed and her husband comes out of the shadows, you believe you’re set for a game of cat and mouse with said husband evading justice. Nope, starting the trend of black humor that pervades the film, he’s quickly dispatched in equally gory fashion.
The murder notwithstanding, Bava creates a beautiful film where everything – including the requisite foamy red blood – is deliberately placed in a way that turns it away from gore. The death of the Countess is Gothic in its imagery with muted colors and taking place on a dark and stormy night; perfect weather for a little murder. All of this exquisite imagery is shattered by the brutal murders the audience watch in full. As a final artistic aside to the audience, Bava shoots the murder scene in a wide shot so we can take in the lush, velvet furnishings and lacy curtains fluttering in the breeze; never mind you see two dead bodies. Bava takes a painterly approach from there on out, with the lake – the titled “bay of blood” – and forest complimenting the dark horrors being committed.
After the opening murder, the blood flows copiously throughout the scant hour and 24 minutes of the movie. As the various characters all assembly it’s pointless to remember names and who is related to whom. Upon release, Bava took flack for the incomprehensible plot, and it is. You have various murderers vaguely related to Federica’s children; on top of that you have a couple of joyriders who stumble into things who possibly have connections. It doesn’t help matters that names aren’t put out there often, and the characters vaguely resemble each other (or are just really nondescript). I had to look up the plot – that I was paying attention to – on Wiki, and even then it reads terribly. Bava obviously felt inspired by the convoluted mysteries of Agatha Christie, and he succeeds in setting up a twisted web, but presents no way to untangle it. I have no issue with that because the bloodlust is what you’re watching for! And for my male readers, there is a fair bit of nudity, as there always is in a good slasher film. I mean, it wouldn’t be an Italian film without a buxom Italian girl in a dress/shirt running around nude, right?
The various death sequences are inspired, and increasingly gruesome, culminating in a decapitation juxtaposed with a broken face sculpture that’s as hilarious as it is disgusting; Bava certainly isn’t afraid of moving the camera from a close-up of a sliced head. The ending is another chuckle moment, ultimately leaving the movie to be one of futility that has to be seen to be believed.
Kino’s transfer is fantastic; the blood is bright red, which heightens the artifice of it and prevents the audience from becoming too disgusted. The score is a bit loud, particularly when people are talking. There is an audio commentary with Tim Lucas who wrote a book on Bava’s work. It’s an informative piece discussing Bava as a director, his various quirks, and the bright blood! There’s also an alternate European release unchanged from the American, except you have the option of watching the movie in Italian with English subtitles. This is a much appreciated feature that I wish was included in the poorly dubbed Black Sabbath or Kidnapped. Here, the movie is actually dubbed very well, almost to the point where I believed a few actors recorded dialogue live, so I didn’t feel the need to switch. There’s also trailers for other Bava films in the Kino collection and the theatrical trailer.
A Bay of Blood is an intent Italian horror film gushing blood out of every pore. The story lacks coherence, but the actors know how to scream and the slashing is on high alert. Kino turned me into a new movie for my Halloween festivities..
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Bay of Blood: Kino Classics Remastered Edition [Blu-ray]
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New York Fashion Week has just ended and while it focused on Fall/Winter 2016, it means that Spring is that much closer. Last fall, when the fashion shows showcased their spring looks, they also created trends for beauty and nails for the upcoming season.
Updated french manicures were seen on numerous runways including Monique Lhuillier, Veronica Beard and Johnathan Simkhai. Another designer, Tibi, took it a step further and combined the negative space trend with the modern french tip. There are two ways you can achieve this look and you can either use an opaque or sheer base colour.
For the beginner nail artist, start with your base colour (a pale nude or pink looks best) and apply two coats. Allow to dry completely. Once it is fully dry, use a french nail tip sticker and place it where you’d like the tips of your nails to start. Take the accent colour and paint above the sticker, leaving a small vertical stripe in the middle of your nail. Remove the sticker immediately so you are left with a crisp line.
For the more advanced artist, take a nail art brush and the accent colour once you’ve applied the base colour. Freehand the french tip and again, leave the vertical space blank in the middle.
Either way let the design dry for 10 minutes and then apply a top coat.
Polishes Used: CND Vinylux Skin Tease and OPI Rich Girls and Po-Boys
What nail art trends are you excited to try out?
til next time…
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First Movers are cities, local governments, or public institutions (like universities, schools or hospitals) that have at least one meal per week that is completely dedicated to vegetarian foods. This is often alongside other great programs like public education and organic sourcing, but the main criteria is having at least one dedicated vegetarian meal or day per week.
Los Angeles, USA
Bahia Province, Brazil
Making Progress means that the city, local government, or public institution has increased vegetarian options or increased the use of organic meat but has yet to implement dedicated, mandatory vegetarian meals at least one meal per week.
Mae Tha, Thailand
Washington, D.C., USA
Pasig City, Philippines
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Where we're changing food
C40 Network and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
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5 dozen Fresh Oysters , shucked
1 1/2 cups Mission® 6" Yellow Corn Tortillas (06942) , crushed
6 oz. Chorizo , cooked and crumbled
3/4 cup Fresh Spinach Leaves, chopped
3 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
1 cup Cotija Cheese Crumbles
Kosher Salt and Pepper to taste
1 batch Chimichurri Oil (see Related Recipe)
1.) Fold crushed Mission® Yellow Corn Tortillas, crumbled chorizo, spinach leaves, mayonnaise and cotija cheese crumbles together in mixing bowl.
2.) Season to taste with salt and pepper.
3.) Place shucked oysters on sheet pan.
4.) Scoop 1-1½ ounce of tortilla filling and press on top of each oyster. Amount may vary slightly depending on size of oysters.
5.) Place in 400º F oven and cook until cheese is melted.
6.) Garnish each oyster with a drizzle of Chimichurri Oil to serve.
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