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Bloomberg's Spy Chip Story Reveals the Murky World of National Security Reporting
Tags: china, intelligence agencies, journalism, servers, surveillance
Chinese spies reportedly infiltrated the supply chain and installed tiny chips the size of a pencil tip on the motherboards built by Supermicro, which are used in data center servers across the U.S. tech industry — from Apple to Amazon. That chip can compromise data on the server, allowing China to spy on some of the world's most wealthy and powerful companies. Apple, Amazon and Supermicro — and the Chinese government — strenuously denied the allegations. Apple also released its own standalone statement later in the day, as did Supermicro.
Welcome to the murky world of national security reporting.
I've covered cybersecurity and national security for about five years, most recently at CBS, where I reported exclusively on several stories — including the U.S. government's covert efforts to force tech companies to hand over their source code in an effort to find vulnerabilities and conduct surveillance. And last year I revealed that the National Security Agency had its fifth data breach in as many years, and classified documents showed that a government data collection program was far wider than first thought and was collecting data on U.S. citizens.
Even with this story, my gut is mixed.
In the aftermath of the disclosure of PRISM, the NSA's data pulling program that implicated several tech companies — including Apple, but not Amazon — the companies came out fighting, vehemently denying any involvement or connection. Was it a failure of reporting? Partially, yes. But the companies also had plausible deniability by cherry picking what they rebuffed. Despite a claim by the government that PRISM had "direct access" to tech companies' servers, the companies responded that this wasn't true. They didn't, however, refute indirect access — which the companies wouldn't be allowed to say in any case.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/bloomberg-spy-chip-murky-world-natio...
Commercial Spyware is "Out of Control"
Tags: corporations, dataveillance, journalism, public interest, spyware, surveillance, tracking
Throughout 2016 and 2017, individuals in Canada, United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and numerous other countries began to receive suspicious emails. It wasn't just common spam. These people were chosen.
The emails were specifically designed to entice each individual to click a malicious link. Had the targets done so, their internet connections would have been hijacked and surreptitiously directed to servers laden with malware designed by a surveillance company in Israel. The spies who contracted the Israeli company's services would have been able to monitor everything those targets did on their devices, including remotely activating the camera and microphone.
Who was behind this global cyber espionage campaign? Was it the National Security Agency? Or one of its "five eyes" partners, like the GCHQ or Canada's CSE? Given that it was done using Israeli-made technology, perhaps it was Israel's elite signals intelligence agency, Unit 8200?
In fact, it was none of them. Behind this sophisticated international spying operation was one of the poorest countries in the world; a country where less than 5 percent of the population has access to the internet; a country run by an autocratic government routinely flagged for human rights abuses and corruption. Behind this operation was… Ethiopia.
The details of this remarkable clandestine activity are outlined in a new Citizen Lab report published today entitled "Champing at the Cyberbit." In our report my co-authors and I detail how we monitored the command and control servers used in the campaign and in doing so discovered a public log file that the operators mistakenly left open. That log file provided us with a window, for roughly a year, into the attackers' activities, infrastructure, and operations. Strong circumstantial evidence points to one or more government agencies in Ethiopia as the responsible party.
We were also able to identify the IP addresses of those who were targeted and successfully infected: a group that includes journalists, a lawyer, activists, and academics. Our access also allowed us enumerate the countries in which the targets were located. Many of the countries in which the targets live—the United States, Canada, and Germany, among others—have strict wiretapping laws that make it illegal to eavesdrop without a warrant. It seems individuals in Ethiopia broke those laws.
If a government wants to collect evidence on a person in another country, it is customary for it to make a formal legal request to other governments through a process like the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties. Ethiopia appears to have sidestepped all of that. International norms would suggest a formal démarche to Ethiopia from the governments whose citizens it monitored without permission, but that may happen quietly if at all.
Our team reverse-engineered the malware used in this instance, and over time this allowed us to positively identify the company whose spyware was being employed by Ethiopia: Cyberbit Solutions, a subsidiary of the Israel-based homeland security company Elbit Systems. Notably, Cyberbit is the fourth company we have identified, alongside Hacking Team, Finfisher, and NSO Group, whose products and services have been abused by autocratic regimes to target dissidents, journalists, and others. Along with NSO Group, it's the second Israel-based company whose technology has been used in this way.
Israel does regulate the export of commercial spyware abroad, although apparently not very well from a human-rights perspective. Cyberbit was able to sell its services to Ethiopia—a country with not only a well-documented history of governance and human rights problems, but also a track record of abusing spyware. When considered alongside the extensive reporting we have done about UAE and Mexican government misuse of NSO Group's services, it's safe to conclude Israel has a commercial spyware control problem.
How big of a problem? Remarkably, by analyzing the command and control servers of the cyber espionage campaign, we were also able to monitor Cyberbit employees as they traveled the world with infected laptops that checked in to those servers, apparently demonstrating Cyberbit's products to prospective clients. Those clients include the Royal Thai Army, Uzbekistan's National Security Service, Zambia's Financial Intelligence Centre, and the Philippine president's Malacañang Palace. Outlining the human rights abuses associated with those government entities would fill volumes.
Cyberbit, for its part, has responded to Citizen Lab's findings: "Cyberbit Solutions offers its products only to sovereign governmental authorities and law enforcement agencies," the company wrote me on November 29. "Such governmental authorities and law enforcement agencies are responsible to ensure that they are legally authorized to use the products in their jurisdictions." The company declined to confirm or deny that the government of Ethiopia is a client, but did note that "Cyberbit Solutions can confirm that any transaction made by it was approved by the competent authorities."
Governments like Ethiopia no longer depend on their own in-country advanced computer science, engineering, and mathematical capacity in order to build a globe-spanning cyber espionage operation. They can simply buy it off the shelf from a company like Cyberbit. Thanks to companies like these, an autocrat whose country has poor national infrastructure but whose regime has billions of dollars can order up their own NSA. To wit: Elbit Systems, the parent company of Cyberbit, says it has a backlog of orders valuing $7 billion. An investment firm recently sought to acquire a partial stake in NSO Group for a reported $400 million before eventually withdrawing its offer.
Of course, these companies insist that spyware they sell to governments is used exclusively to fight terrorists and investigate crime. Sounds reasonable, and no doubt many do just that. But the problem is when journalists, academics, or NGOs seek to expose corrupt dictators or hold them accountable, those truth tellers may then be labelled criminals or terrorists. And our research has shown that makes those individuals and groups vulnerable to this type of state surveillance, even if they live abroad.
Indeed, we discovered the second-largest concentration of successful infections of this Ethiopian operation are located in Canada. Among the targets whose identities we were able to verify and name in the report, what unites them all is their peaceful political opposition to the Ethiopian government. Except one. Astoundingly, Citizen Lab researcher Bill Marczak, who led our technical investigation, was himself targeted at one point by the espionage operators.
Countries sliding into authoritarianism and corruption. A booming and largely unregulated market for sophisticated surveillance. Civilians not equipped to defend themselves. Add these ingredients together, and you have a serious crisis of democracy brewing. Companies like Cyberbit market themselves as part of a solution to cyber security. But it is evident that commercial spyware is actually contributing to a very deep insecurity instead.
Remedying this problem will not be easy. It will require legal and policy efforts across multiple jurisdictions and involving governments, civil society, and the private sector. A companion piece to the report outlines some measures that could hopefully begin that process, including application of relevant criminal laws. If the international community does not act swiftly, journalists, activists, lawyers, and human rights defenders will be increasingly infiltrated and neutralized. It's time to address the commercial spyware industry for what it has become: one of the most dangerous cyber security problems of our day.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/evidence-that-ethiopia-is-spying-on-journa...
More than 80% of US Adults now get news on their phones
Tags: filter bubble, journalism, screen culture
Mobile devices have rapidly become one of the most common ways for Americans to get news, and the sharpest growth in the past year has been among Americans ages 50 and older, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March.
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults now get news on a mobile device (85%), compared with 72% just a year ago and slightly more than half in 2013 (54%). And the recent surge has come from older people: Roughly two-thirds of Americans ages 65 and older now get news on a mobile device (67%), a 24-percentage-point increase over the past year and about three times the share of four years ago, when less than a quarter of those 65 and older got news on mobile (22%).
The strong growth carries through to those in the next-highest age bracket. Among 50- to 64-year-olds, 79% now get news on mobile, nearly double the share in 2013. The growth rate was much less steep – or nonexistent – for those younger than 50."
Source: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/12/growth-in-mobile-news-...
"Social Media" has destroyed discourse
Tags: addiction, addiction-by-design, filter bubble, fragmented society, journalism, mainstream media, propaganda, screen culture, social media
Hossein Derakshan, an Iranian-Canadian author, media analyst, and performance artist writes in MIT Technology Review:
"Like TV, social media now increasingly entertains us, and even more so than television it amplifies our existing beliefs and habits. It makes us feel more than think, and it comforts more than challenges. The result is a deeply fragmented society, driven by emotions, and radicalized by lack of contact and challenge from outside. This is why Oxford Dictionaries designated "post-truth" as the word of 2016: an adjective "relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals."
Traditional television still entails some degree of surprise. What you see on television news is still picked by human curators, and even though it must be entertaining to qualify as worthy of expensive production, it is still likely to challenge some of our opinions (emotions, that is).
Social media, in contrast, uses algorithms to encourage comfort and complaisance, since its entire business model is built upon maximizing the time users spend inside of it. Who would like to hang around in a place where everyone seems to be negative, mean, and disapproving? The outcome is a proliferation of emotions, a radicalization of those emotions, and a fragmented society. This is way more dangerous for the idea of democracy founded on the notion of informed participation.
This means we should write and read more, link more often, and watch less television and fewer videos — and spend less time on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
Our habits and our emotions are killing us and our planet. Let's resist their lethal appeal."
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602981/social-media-is-killing-disc...
Social media and the anti-fact age
Tags: algorithms, filter bubble, journalism, social media
Adam Turner at The Age writes:
"When you look at how social media works, it was inevitable that it would turn into one of the world's most powerful propaganda tools. It's often painted as a force for good, letting people bypass the traditional gatekeepers in order to quickly disseminate information, but there's no guarantee that this information is actually true.
Facebook has usurped the role of the mainstream media in disseminating news, but hasn't taken on the fourth estate's corresponding responsibility for keeping the bastards honest. The mainstream media has no-one to blame but itself, having engaged in a tabloid race to the bottom which devalued truth to the point that blatant liars are considered more honest.
The fragmentation of news is already creating a filter bubble in that most people don't tend to read the newspaper from front to back, or sit through entire news bulletins, they just pick and choose what interests them. The trouble with Facebook is that it also reinforces bias, the more extreme your political views the less likely you are to see anything with an opposing viewpoint which might help you develop a more well-rounded view of the world."
Brooke Binkowski, the managing editor of the fact-checking at Snopes.com says, "Honestly, most of the fake news is incredibly easy to debunk because it's such obvious bullshit…"
The problem, Binkowski believes, is that the public has lost faith in the media broadly — therefore no media outlet is considered credible any longer. The reasons are familiar: as the business of news has grown tougher, many outlets have been stripped of the resources they need for journalists to do their jobs correctly. "When you're on your fifth story of the day and there's no editor because the editor's been fired and there's no fact checker so you have to Google it yourself and you don't have access to any academic journals or anything like that, you will screw stories up," she says."
UPDATE 1/12/2016 — Most students can't spot fake news
"If you thought fake online news was a problem for impressionable adults, it's even worse for the younger crowd. A Stanford study of 7,804 middle school, high school and college students has found that most of them couldn't identify fake news on their own. Their susceptibility varied with age, but even a large number of the older students fell prey to bogus reports. Over two thirds of middle school kids didn't see why they shouldn't trust a bank executive's post claiming that young adults need financial help, while nearly 40 percent of high schoolers didn't question the link between an unsourced photo and the claims attached to it.
Why did many of the students misjudge the authenticity of a story? They were fixated on the appearance of legitimacy, rather than the quality of information. A large photo or a lot of detail was enough to make a Twitter post seem credible, even if the actual content was incomplete or wrong. There are plenty of adults who respond this way, we'd add, but students are more vulnerable than most.
As the Wall Street Journal explains, part of the solution is simply better education: teach students to verify sources, question motivations and otherwise think critically."
(Emphasis added)
Cop Watchers (2016)
Tags: corruption, journalism, photography is not a crime, police accountability, protest, sousveillance
Groups of citizens wielding cameras take to the streets of New York to document the systemic police brutality and racism facing the public. The cops hate it and so they push back hard. This is how police accountability plays out in the real world. Take heed.
Source: http://copwatchnyc.org/...


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2015 Acura TLX production version
The production Acura TLX performance-luxury sedan will make its world debut at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. Designed to compete in the midsize luxury segment, the 2015 Acura TLX will deliver "higher levels of luxury refinement and sports-sedan athleticism with exhilarating performance enhanced by next-generation Acura powertrain and dynamic-handling technologies."
The 2015 TLX will offer two advanced new powertrains – a 2.4-liter 16-valve, direct-injected i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine mated to an all-new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission with torque converter; and a 3.5-liter 24-valve direct-injected i-VTEC V-6 mated to a new 9-speed automatic transmission.
Two-wheel-drive models, available with either the 2.4- or 3.5-liter powerplants, will utilize the next-generation of Acura Precision All-Wheel Steer (P-AWS) technology with independent left and right rear-wheel toe angle control. The TLX SH-AWD, available exclusively with the 3.5-liter powerplant, will employ a next-generation Super-Handling All Wheel Drive system that is 25-percent lighter and incorporates new torque-vectoring control logic.
2015 Acura TLX production version Photos
The TLX was designed to deliver vault-like quietness in all driving conditions, with major improvements in noise reduction through enhancements to body stiffness, body sealing and sound insulation, and the application of electronic Active Noise Control. The TLX will be available with Acura's most advanced safety and driver-assistive technologies including Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low-Speed Follow and Blind Spot Indicator (BSI).
Tags: acura, acura tlx, 2015 acura tlx, acura tlx production version, 2015 acura tlx new york auto show
Posted in Acura, New Vehicles
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Acura NSX celebrates 30 years
Engine: All Aluminum V6, Power: 201.3 kw / 270 bhp @ 7100 rpm, Torque: 284.7 nm / 210.0 ft lbs @ 5300 rpm
1999 Acura NSX Alex Zanardi Edition
Engine: V6, Power: 216.3 kw / 290.1 bhp @ 7100 rpm, Torque: 304.0 nm / 224.2 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
1997 Acura NSX-T
Engine: Aluminum Alloy V6, Power: 216.3 kw / 290.1 bhp @ 7100 rpm, Torque: 303.7 nm / 224.0 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
2000 Acura Integra Type-R
Engine: Aluminum Alloy Inline-4, Power: 145.4 kw / 195.0 bhp @ 8000 rpm, Torque: 176.26 nm / 130.0 ft lbs @ 7500 rpm
2002 Acura RD-X Concept
Engine: Inline-4, Power: 186.4 kw / 250.0 bhpN/A

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Q: Why reactor does not process each element concurrently? What I expect is reactor will create threads for each emitted element, meaning elements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 from the source should be handled concurrently. But it's not true from my demo code output, but I don't know why. Could someone take a look and explain to me for two things:

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*Why does reactor in my demo code handles elements in synchronize fashion?

*How to make reactor handles each element concurrent?

Though the reactor chain in my below demo code is async to the main thread, each element from source flux emits in a synchronized way.
Here is my demo code
        System.out.println("main thread start ...");

        Flux.range(1,5)
                .flatMap(num->{
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    return Mono.just(num);
                }).flatMap(num-> Mono.just(num*10) )
                .subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
                .subscribe(res-> System.out.println("Thread name:" + Thread.currentThread().getName()+" value:" + res));

        System.out.println("main thread sleep a little");
        Thread.sleep(4000);
        System.out.println("main thread end ...");

Here is the output
        Output:
            main thread start ...
            main thread sleep a little
            0. element: 0
            1. element: 1
            main thread end ...
            2. element: 2

A: Your code is not really implemented in a reactive way especially for wrapping non-reactive code. Consider slightly reworked example
@Test
void concurrent() {
    Flux<Integer> stream = Flux.range(1, 50)
            .flatMap(this::process)
            .flatMap(num -> Mono.just(num * 10));

    StepVerifier.create(stream)
            .expectNextCount(50)
            .verifyComplete();
}

private Mono<Integer> process(int num) {
    return Mono.fromCallable(() -> {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(1000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return num;
    })
    .log()
    .subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic());
}

If you run it, you would see that execution is happening on multiple threads with concurrency of Queues.SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE
22:54:26.066  [boundedElastic-50] INFO [r.M.L.50] - | request(32)
22:54:27.038  [boundedElastic-6] INFO [r.M.L.6] - | onNext(6)
22:54:27.038  [boundedElastic-11] INFO [r.M.L.11] - | onNext(11)
22:54:27.038  [boundedElastic-2] INFO [r.M.L.2] - | onNext(2)
22:54:27.038  [boundedElastic-9] INFO [r.M.L.9] - | onNext(9)
22:54:27.038  [boundedElastic-3] INFO [r.M.L.3] - | onNext(3)
22:54:27.040  [boundedElastic-13] INFO [r.M.L.13] - | onNext(13)
22:54:27.040  [boundedElastic-7] INFO [r.M.L.7] - | onNext(7)
22:54:27.040  [boundedElastic-20] INFO [r.M.L.20] - | onNext(20)
22:54:27.041  [boundedElastic-6] INFO [r.M.L.6] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.041  [boundedElastic-13] INFO [r.M.L.13] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.043  [boundedElastic-2] INFO [r.M.L.2] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.043  [boundedElastic-3] INFO [r.M.L.3] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.043  [boundedElastic-20] INFO [r.M.L.20] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.043  [boundedElastic-11] INFO [r.M.L.11] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.043  [boundedElastic-7] INFO [r.M.L.7] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.044  [boundedElastic-9] INFO [r.M.L.9] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.045  [boundedElastic-1] INFO [r.M.L.1] - | onNext(1)
22:54:27.045  [boundedElastic-5] INFO [r.M.L.5] - | onNext(5)
22:54:27.045  [boundedElastic-15] INFO [r.M.L.15] - | onNext(15)
22:54:27.045  [boundedElastic-1] INFO [r.M.L.1] - | onComplete()
22:54:27.045  [boundedElastic-15] INFO [r.M.L.15] - | onComplete()

Also, you could check Flight of the Flux 3 - Hopping Threads and Schedulers for more detailed explanation and more examples.

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Sweden 2006
Oscar II. The government (1872-1907) was a period of major societal changes and strong intersections between old and new. Emigration, which began in earnest in the 1860s, culminated in the 1880s. A total of over 1 million Swedes emigrated during the years 1840-1930, most to the United States. Industrialization gained new momentum during the 1870s. thanks to the breakthrough of ferro-steel processes in iron and steel production. In conjunction with the expansion of the railway network, the ingot steel processes enabled the exploitation of new ore deposits, primarily in Norrbotten, and ore exports increased rapidly. From the 1890s, an explosive development took place in the pulp industry. In the engineering industry, successful companies grew on the basis of new inventions (LM Ericsson, ASEA, Bofors, SKF, AGA). The domestic market industries expanded in line with the ongoing modernization and commercialization of agriculture, which broke down the old self-sustaining pattern. As a result of the development of industry and communications, large groups of people were detached from the collective communities they previously belonged to and ended up in new, industrialized environments. There, they rarely found a new community in any of the popular movements – the revival movement, sobriety movement, labor movement or sports movement – which grew strongly in reaction to the old hierarchical society. According to CountryAAH, major public holidays in Sweden include Independence Day (June 6, 2021) and New Year (January 1).
The policy was dominated during the first decades after the representation reform of the tug-of-war between the "gentlemen" in the first chamber and the second chamber dominated by the Lantmann party on defense and basic taxes. Like the King, the First Chamber Majority wanted to create a modern military conscience army by substantially extending the training time of the military. To agree to this, the Lantmanna Party demanded the abolition of "centuries-old injustice", primarily a relief from the basic tax and subdivision burdens of the peasant land. Because the chambers made contradictory decisions, the defense issue ended in a deadlock. A small step forward was taken through the so-called compromise in 1873, yet another through the 1885 defense decision, which increased the period of military service from 30 to 42 days, while the basic taxes were written off by 30%. A more definitive solution was implemented under the leadership of Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström in 1892 in the shadow of the incipient refreshment campaign in Finland and the deteriorating relationship with Norway. The rehearsal period was extended from 42 to 90 days, and the basic taxes and the divisional division would be abolished over a ten-year period. The reform was completed in 1901, when the Swedish defense was completely placed on the basis of the general military duty.
In the 1880s, Sweden was hit by an international agricultural crisis with sharp price cuts in cereals. The grain producers demanded protection duties and were supported by representatives of certain industries, including textile industry. The political dividing line was drawn between customs friends and free traders. The customs battle, which was conducted with seldom seen fierceness, resulted in the abandonment of free trade in favor of a moderate protectionism. The repercussions on the party system became significant. The Lantmanna Party was in 1888–95 split into the free-trade-friendly Old and the Customs-friendly New Landman Party. Customs friendliness usually went along with conservative views on other issues, while free traders tended to take left-wing positions. This gave rise to a new party structure around the turn of the century, which in its main features still exists. The Lantmann party developed into the dominant right-wing party in the second chamber. The free-trade peasants united with like-minded city representatives in the People's Party, which in 1900 was a member of the Liberal Assembly. The labor movement organized itself politically through the Social Democratic Labor Party (SAP) in 1889 and trade union through the National Organization (LO) in 1898.
Attacks on the Oscar public society came not only from the labor movement but also from the bourgeois cultural radicalism that broke through in the 1880s and among other things. appeared in Strindberg's socially critical authorship. During the 1890s a cultural conservative renaissance came, but the legacy of eighties life lived on and became a source of inspiration for both the bourgeois and the socialist left.
In the foreign policy field, Oscar II brought 1872's ascension to the throne a course change away from the traditional friendship with France to an increasingly clear German orientation. The "conversion to Germanism" became noticeable in various areas: economics, science, culture, military. Good relations with Germany were considered to give Sweden-Norway security against a feared Russian expansion towards the ice-free ports on the Atlantic coast. Russian terror reached new heights in the 1890s under the impression of the crushing efforts in Finland and the debate about the so-called sawdust, which on weak grounds were assumed to be disguised Russian officers. Otherwise, the most acute foreign policy problem was the relationship with Norway, which has deteriorated sharply since the 1880s. The Union question also deeply interfered with Swedish domestic policy. Resistance to Norwegian independence requirements was strongest within the right, while liberals and social democrats were prepared to contribute to the smooth settlement of the Union. The dissolution of the union in 1905 meant a victory for the latter position and, in the longer term, also for Nordic cooperation.
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Rosenblum, Jordan
Jordan Rosenblum
Position title: Chair of the Department of Art History, Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism, and the Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies
Email: jrosenblum@wisc.edu
he/him/his
206A Conrad A. Elvehjem Building
B.A., Columbia University, 2001
B.A., Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2001
M.A., Emory University, 2003
A.M., Brown University, 2005
Religious Food Laws; Rabbinic Literature; Kosher Laws; Theory and Method of Religious Studies; Animal Studies
Jordan D. Rosenblum is the Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism, the Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Chair of the Department of Art History. In 2009, he was a Starr Fellow at Harvard University. His research focuses on the literature, law, and social history of the rabbinic movement in general and, in particular, on rabbinic food regulations. He is the author of Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic Literature (University of California Press, 2020); The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World (Cambridge University Press, 2016; paperback edition, 2019); and Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism (Cambridge University Press, 2010; paperback edition, 2014), as well as the co-editor of Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food (New York University Press, 2019); Animals and the Law in the in Antiquity (Brown Judaic Studies, 2021); With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal: Essays on Relationships in the Hebrew Bible in Honor of Saul M. Olyan (SBL Press, 2021); and Religious Competition in the Third Century C.E.: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World (Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2014). Currently, he is working on a new book, provisionally entitled Jews and The Pig: A History, which will explore the long association between Jews and the pig, including visual representations (e.g., the Judensau).
"The Swine Suicides: On the Appearance and Disappearance of Pork-Related Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity," Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity 1 (2019):37–47.
"A Brief History of Jews and Garlic," in Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food, ed. Aaron Gross, Jody Myers, and Jordan D. Rosenblum, New York University Press, 2019, pp. 149–58.
"The Unwashed Masses: Handwashing as a Ritual of Social Distinction in Rabbinic Judaism," Historia Religionum 10 (2018): 79–90.
"Thou Shalt Not Cook a Bird in its Mother's Milk?: Theorizing the Evolution of a Rabbinic Regulation," in Religious Studies and Rabbinics: A Conversation, ed. Elizabeth Shanks Alexander and Beth A. Berkowitz, Routledge Jewish Studies Series, Routledge, 2018, pp. 175–87.
"'Blessings of the Breasts': Breastfeeding in Rabbinic Literature," Hebrew Union College Annual 87 (2016): 147–79.
"Changing the Subject: Rabbinic Legal Process in the Absence of Justification," The Review of Rabbinic Judaism 18 (2015): 23–36.


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Archive of 'Google +' category
Facial Recognition issues
categories: Cybersecurity, digital citizenship, Facebook, Google +, information technology
Chinese Facial Recognition Will Take over the World in 2019
Michael K. Spencer Jan 14, 2018
https://medium.com/futuresin/chinese-facial-recognition-will-take-over-the-world-in-2019-520754a7f966
The best facial recognition startups are in China, by a long-shot. As their software is less biased, global adoption is occurring via their software. This is evidenced in 2019 by the New York Police department in NYC for example, according to the South China Morning Post.
The mass surveillance state of data harvesting in real-time is coming. Facebook already rates and profiles us.
The Tech Wars come down to an AI-War
Whether the NYC police angle is true or not (it's being hotly disputed), Facebook and Google are thinking along lines that follow the whims of the Chinese Government.
SenseTime and Megvii won't just be worth $5 Billion, they will be worth many times that in the future. This is because a facial recognition data-harvesting of everything is the future of consumerism and capitalism, and in some places, the central tenet of social order (think Asia).
China has already 'won' the trade-war, because its winning the race to innovation. America doesn't regulate Amazon, Microsoft, Google or Facebook properly, that stunts innovation and ethics in technology where the West is now forced to copy China just to keep up.
more about facial recognition in schools
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2019/02/02/facial-recognition-technology-in-schools/
social brand
categories: Google +, LinkedIn, social media
What's Your Social Brand?
By Aneesa Davenport Apr 3, 2018
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-04-03-what-s-your-social-brand
What is social branding?
Social branding is the way you present yourself online. All of us have a digital footprint and a digital shadow—being cognizant of what these are helps you curate what kind of persona your potential employer sees when they Google you, look you up on LinkedIn, or find you on Twitter. Social branding is when you make a decision about what you want these results to be and what parts of your experience you want to highlight.
more on social branding in this IMS blog
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=branding
psychology of social networks
categories: Facebook, Google +, Instagram, LinkedIn, pinterest, Twitter
The Blogger's Guide To Understanding The Psychology Of Social Networks
Last Updated: July 6, 2017 By Puranjay Singh
http://www.bloggingwizard.com/psychology-of-social-networks/
Social media is eating the world.
Facebook alone has over 1.5 billion users – nearly 50% of the entire internet's population.
Throw in LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and region specific social networks like Vkontakte and Sina Weibo and WeChat, and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who's online but isn't on social media.
What has led to the rise of these social networks? What kind of people do they attract?
What is their psychology? What kind of content do they like to consume? And most importantly for bloggers and marketers – what works, what doesn't on social media?
Facebook has become the 'home base' for most people online. While they may or may not use other networks, a majority maintain a presence on Facebook.
Popular: Used by 72% of all adult internet users in America.
More women users: 77% of online female users are on Facebook.
Younger audience: 82% of all online users between 18-29 are on Facebook
USA (14%), India (9%) and Brazil (7%) form the three largest markets.
Twitter's quick flowing 'info stream' attracts an audience that swings younger and is mostly urban/semi-urban.
Younger: Used by 37% of all online users between 18 and 29.
Educated: 54% of users have either graduated college, or have some college experience.
Richer: 54% of online adults who make over $50,000+ are on Twitter.
nstagram recently overtook Twitter to become the second largest social network. Pew estimates that 26% of all online adults are on Instagram in the US.
More women than men: 29% of all online women are on Instagram, vs. only 22% of all men.
Overwhelmingly younger: 53% of all 18-29 year olds are on Instagram.
Less educated: Only 24% of Instagram users are college graduates, while 31% have some college experience – fitting since its audience is largely younger.
Google+ is a mysterious beast. It is ubiquitous, yet doesn't attract nearly a tenth of the attention as Instagram or Facebook. Some marketers swear by it, while others are busy proclaiming its death.
More male: 24% of all online men are active users of Google+. For women, this number is 20%.
Younger users: 27% of all 16-24 year olds online are active members of Google+. In contrast, only 18% and 14% of 45-54 and 55-64 year olds are active on Google+ at the moment.
Large non-US user base: Only 55% of Google+ users are American. 18% are Indian and 6% are Brazilian. One reason for this international user base is Android's popularity outside the US (since Google+ is baked right into Android).
Even income distribution: According to GlobalWebIndex.net, 22% of people in bottom 25% of income earners are on Google+. For the top 25% of income earners, this number is 24%, while for the mid 50% earners, this number is 23%. This means that nearly all levels of income earners are nearly equally represented on Google+.
Pinterest's visual nature makes it a fantastic marketing tool for B2C businesses. And it's got the potential to drive a large amount of traffic to your blog if you have a solid strategy.
Here's what you should know about Pinterest demographics:
Overwhelmingly female: 42% of all online female users are on Pinterest, vs. only 13% of men.
Older audience: 72% of Pinterest's audience are 30 years or older. Only 34% are between 18 and 29. Significantly, 17% are over 65 years old.
Distinctly suburban: Suburban and rural users form the largest share – 29% and 30% respectively. This is distinctly different from other networks where urban users rule.
Higher income: Given the higher average age, Pinterest users also have higher disposable income, with 64% of all adults making $50,000+ on Pinterest.
The professional networking site LinkedIn attracts an older audience that is largely urban, wealthier, and more educated.
Older: Only 23% of users are between 18-29 years old. 21% are over 65 years, and 31% are between 30 and 49 years of age.
Urban: Very limited number of rural users – only 14%. 61% are either urban or suburban.
Wealthier: 75% of users earn over $50,000.
Highly educated: 50% of LinkedIn users are college graduates. Another 22% have some college experience.
Snapchat is the newest social networks on this list, but also one of the fastest growing. Here's what you need to know about its demographics:
Dominated by women: 70% of Snapchat's users are females.
Overwhelmingly young: 71% of users are younger than 25.
Limited income: 62% earn under $50,000 – fitting given the average age of Snapchat's users.
ere's what you should take away from all these stats:
If you're targeting younger users, stick to Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.
If you're targeting women with disposable income, head over to Pinterest.
For professionals with better education and income, use LinkedIn.
For everyone, go with Facebook.
The psychology of social media users
Facebook is a 'closed' network where your friends list will usually be limited to family, friends and acquaintances you've met in real life. Privacy is a big concern for Facebook's users, and all posts are private by default.
This ultimately affects the way users interact with each other and with businesses on Facebook.
According to a Pew Internet study:
Facebook users are more trusting (since the network is closed).
Facebook users have more close relationships. Pew found that heavy users of the platform are more likely to have a higher number of close relationships.
Facebook users are politically engaged and active.
To understand why people share or follow on Twitter, researchers at Georgia Tech and UMichigan analysed over 500M tweets over 15-months. They found that the three biggest reasons why people share/follow on Twitter are:
Network overlap: Your network is similar to your followers' network.
User tweet-RT ratio: The number of tweets vs. the number of RTs for a user.
Informational content: The more informative the content, the better.
As per one study, a person's Pinterest boards represent his/her "ideal self". That is, it is a representation of everything the user would want to be or have. This is in opposition to Facebook that represents the user's "real self".
keep the following in mind:
Instead of marketing yourself on every network, pick the network whose demographics matches your target audience's.
Positivity always wins – unless you're deliberately trying to create controversy (not a good option for most non-media businesses).
Rules of content: Informative content on Twitter and LinkedIn, aspirational content on Instagram and Pinterest, fun/positive/uplifting content on Facebook.
more on social media in this IMS blog
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media
latest in social media
categories: Google +, Instagram, LinkedIn, pinterest, Twitter, YouTube
Twitter Automatically Loops Short Videos: This Week in Social Media
By Grace Duffy January 21, 2017
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-automatically-loops-short-videos-this-week-in-social-media
Twitter Automatically Loops Short Videos:
Twitter Prompts Users to Share New Profile Pictures:
Twitter Will Gradually Phase Out Buy Button:
Twitter Tests Featured Tweets from Select Single Accounts:
Twitter Tests New Layout for Moments
LinkedIn Officially Announces Redesigned Desktop Layout and Search Feature:
Snapchat Introduces Sequenced Messaging for Video Ads:
Snapchat Leverages Offline Purchase Data for Ad Targeting:
Pinterest Adds Ad Groups to Campaign Structure
YouTube Announces Advertising Updates for Mobile and Across Screens:
YouTube Tests In-app Messaging in Canada:
Facebook Replaces Messenger Interface on Desktop:
Facebook Adds Custom Reminders for Page Admins:
Instagram Expands Live Stories to More Countries:
Vimeo Launches New Video Review Tools:
LinkedIn Launches PYLON for LinkedIn Engagement Insights:
Google+ Improves Interface and Adds New Features:
Google Acquires Twitter Fabric:
Slack Launches Threaded Messaging:
Foursquare Adds Search Functionality to Lists:
Reddit Introduces Spoiler Tags for Entertainment Posts:
How to Develop a Content Strategy:
2016 Customer Service Software Buyer Report:
Moving at a Mobile Minute:
Google Hangout Whiteboard
categories: Bring Your Own Device BYOD, Digital literacy, distance learning, distributive learning, educational technology, Google +, hybrid learning, information technology, instructional technology, media literacy, mobile learning, social media, student-centered learning, technology literacy, whiteboard screencasting app
How to Use a Whiteboard in Google+ Hangouts
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/11/how-to-use-whiteboard-in-google-hangouts.html
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More on Google Hangouts in this IMS blog
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=google+hangout
improvements in social media tools
categories: Digital literacy, educational technology, Facebook, Google +, information technology, instructional technology, social media, technology literacy, Twitter, YouTube
New features in social media tools
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-improves-how-photos-are-displayed-social-media-news
Twitter Improves How Photos Are Displayed
Twitter is "making your twitter.com timeline more immersive by uncropping photos, so you can experience and present them as they were meant to be viewed."
Facebook Provides New Admin Tools for Managing Page Communication: Facebook is "giving admins more control over their Page's responsiveness badge" and rolling out "new features that make it easier than ever for Page admins to manage both the public and private interactions they receive."
Facebook Improves News Feed for Slower Network Connections: "You can also now compose comments on posts when you are offline. The comments will appear to your friends when you next get a good internet connection."
YouTube Unveils New Trending Tab: This new tab in the YouTube app delivers the top trending videos directly to Android, iOS and desktop devices.
Google Introduces Shared Albums in Google Photos: Google has introduced shared albums in Google Photos
Google+ Hangouts
categories: Google +
8 Ways to Use Google+ Hangouts for Your Business
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-ways-to-use-google-hangouts-for-your-business
Google+ Hangouts are a great way to hold group meetings, interact with customers, interview people and share your expertise.
For public Google+ Hangouts, you'll want to choose Google+ Hangouts on Air. Google+ Hangouts on Air allow you to have up to 10 hosts in a live hangout that is publicly accessible on Google+, your YouTube channel and your website. You can record hangouts directly to your YouTube channel for future use.
For private Google+ Hangouts, choose Google+ Video Hangouts, which allow you to have up to 10 participants in a video chat that is accessible only to the people invited.
(right now, SCSU pays license for Adobe Connect to do the same)
Use the UberConference app icon to create a conference call number that people can use to call in to the hangout if they're unable to access the live video stream.
Google drive for interactive presentations
categories: Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, Google +, information literacy, mobile apps, mobile learning, social media, student-centered learning, technology
An Excellent Google Drive Tool for Creating Interactive Presentations
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/04/create-interactive-presentations-on-google-drive.html
Pear Deck
Doceri – The Interactive Whiteboard for iPad.
Embed Google Form
categories: Google +, web development
http://www.earlybirdstrategy.com/customize-google-forms/
Here how to embed a Google form on your site without using the ugly "Google embed" code. This works great for both polls or signup boxes right in a blog post. Yay, let's beautify the Internet! Here's how:
1. Create your Google Form
From your Google Drive account, click Create >> Form. Add all the fields and items that you need in your form.
2. Click "View live form"
Clicking that button will take you to a page that previews what your form looks like. The url will look something like this: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/234234k3lj4k3j4kl23j43kl/viewform
3. Right-click anywhere and select "View Page Source"
4. In the code, find the "form action" URL, which end on "formResponse."
it will look (start and end) like this:
URL google formResponse
5. Copy that URL and paste in the code of your Web page
Jeopardy-style Game in Google Spreadsheets
categories: gamification, gaming, Google +, instructional technology, student-centered learning, technology, technology literacy
How to Create a Jeopardy-style Game in Google Spreadsheets
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/11/how-to-create-jeopardy-style-game-in.html
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I like this card holder because it's navy blue on one side and if you turn it to the other side it's..black! Minimalist and understated yet creative as double coloured. And it's a double card holder as you can separate the front and back side in a spacious open fold where you can put cash notes or small documents.
It's made in 'Saffiano', the most resistant leather by Prada.


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Adjutant general: Army National Guard vax rates are headed up
Credit: Paul Vernon
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shakes, right, hands with specialist Eric Lamb during a tour of the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, as members of the Ohio Army National Guard prepare to deploy to aid Ohio hospitals during the current surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
By Thomas Gnau
More than 40% of Guard members were unvaccinated as of last week, affecting deployment to hospitals
More than half of Ohio Army National Guard members are vaccinated against COVID-19, and Ohio National Guard Adjutant Maj. Gen. John Harris is optimistic vaccination numbers are moving in the right direction.
"We generally see (vaccination) surges in the numbers over the (Guard drill) weekends," Harris said in an interview Tuesday.
Army National Guard members have been deployed to hospitals around the state to assist with COVID response, as infection and hospitalization rates soared. Learning which Guard members were vaccinated and which ones weren't was a step in the deployment process.
As of last Thursday, 56% of Ohio Army National Guard troops had been fully vaccinated, and another 11% had received a first dose, Harris told the Dayton Daily News last week. He expects the Army vaccination rate to follow that of the separate Air National Guard, which quickly reached a 90% vaccination rate after commanders set a deadline.
As of Tuesday, the most recent numbers available showed Ohio Air National Guard members were 92% vaccinated, while Ohio Army National Guard were 56.8% vaccinated
ExploreNew details: Air Force judge orders release of texts, emails to major general's defense team in sexual assault case
It's that 11% figure for first doses that gave Harris optimism that the Army's rate is headed in the right direction.
"When you look at those first shots, 11% have taken their first shots," the two-star general told this news outlet Tuesday. "As we get deeper into this process for the Army (National Guard), I expect to see what we saw with the Air National Guard — and that's a pretty significant increase as we approach the mandatory (vaccination) requirement date."
Army Guard members are required to be fully vaccinated by March 31.
"End of March is a long time to wait to get ready, but I'm giving the soldiers the benefit of the doubt. But this medical readiness is nothing new" for Guard members, Harris told the Statehouse News Bureau in a story last week.
Asked Tuesday if he was frustrated with the pace of vaccinations, Harris said the frustration was not with individual soldiers.
"The frustration is just helping soldiers and Airmen weed through the myriad of information, the amounts and amounts of information — some of it correct, some of it incorrect — about the vaccine and helping them get to a decision to get the vaccine," he said. "It's just very confusing."
About 65% of the Guard already deployed is in hospitals in northern Ohio, with 20% in central Ohio and 15% in the state's southern half, Harris said.
Some 80 Guard members have been deployed to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton to assist with staffing, Harris said in his interview. On Wednesday, Dayton Children's said the Ohio National Guard will assist at its Springboro COVID-19 testing site, allowing the site to triple its capacity.
Troops are assisting with COVID testing via collecting test samples, Harris said. They are also assisting with transporting patients within hospitals, helping deliver food and assisting with administrative tasks where needed. Some are also working at cleaning rooms, as well.
Vaccination rates have not prevented the Guard from helping out at area hospitals, Harris said.
"As the needs have increased, he (Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine) has called, and we've been able to meet that demand each time," the adjutant general said.
Thomas Gnau
Thomas Gnau is a business reporter who joined the Dayton Daily News in 2007. He has reported for daily newspapers in Ohio since 1991.


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Lorna Johnson ― To earmark
Exhibitions Friday 12 July 2019 / 10:00 - 17:00
Date: Friday 12 July 2019
Location: Project Space, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University Road, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
Type: Exhibitions
Lorna Johnson is bringing this exhibition together as part of her practice-led PhD at the University of Leeds. Join us for a private view on Thursday 11 July, 6 to 8pm.
Lorna Johnson's research aims to unpick the relationship we have with collectively kept, hidden and lost objects discovered as hoards, focusing on hoards found in Yorkshire. Her research practice starts with making small object pieces, in response to her hoard research. She terms these pieces her 'small makes', an ongoing production of work which are her visual markers and can be seen as preliminary drawings. To earmark looks to bring together her PhD thinking and making process so far. Through the exhibition, she will consider why and do we value certain materials and objects over others?
The exhibition is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
See here for full details about the exhibition.
Lorna Johnson is an artist who lives and works in Leeds. She is currently undertaking a practice-led PhD in at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Working predominantly to make artist-made objects, sculptural installations/assemblages and collage, Johnson's work is inclusive and experimental. Whilst there is a respect for the traditions of the techniques, she strives to offer a refreshing open approach to the materials and methods that might be utilised.
Image: Natural State - silver ingots (a small make). Image courtesy of Lorna Johnson.


Invitation and visit to the German Federal Parliament: Dr. Achim Hein was invited to talks on the recognized telemedicine EvoCare treatment in the German Federal Parliament.
Expert workshop "Digital Health" at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Achim Hein is the representative of EvoCare Telemedicine.
Dr. Achim Hein introduces the EvoCare treatment in the cardio clinic Herzpark Hardterwald to the Federal Health Minister Hermann Gröhe.


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Q: Permissions for folders containing temporary files I am working on a project that allows a user to generate some results. These results are written to a tmp directory and offered as a download to the user. Another process also reads generated XML from that tmp directory to display some values, and a Perl script also scans and loops through that XML file. The XML file and the results file are unique per session.
I also write away user statistics to a logs directory. It contains two files, gen-xml.txt, input.txt. On each user query some information is appended to each file.
I figured that I'd set permissions to 777, but this post got me worried. Does this result in a security issue, and if so, how can I remedy that without losing functionality?

A: If you need read-only access to the generated files, a 644 permission to the files should do it.
This will give the owner of the file a read-write access, but read-only permissions to everybody else.
Here is an excellent tutorial on how Linux permissions work


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Archive > Issue 52 > Village Bosphorus: The Anatolian Shore
Continuing our tour of Bosphorus villages, we cross back to a more untamed Asian shore. Heading upstream again, we start in Beylerbeyi and Çengelköy, with their grand views of the Old City, and make for the fortress of Anadoluhisari, where the Bosphorus narrows and the yalis are at their most captivating. Our journey ends on the hilltop of Anadolukavağı, with the Black Sea in our sights
The view from Çengelköy to the Old City, framed by the First Bosphorus Bridge.
BEYLERBEYİ TO ANADOLUHİSARI: THE ART OF IDLING Sir Steven Runciman, historian of the Crusades, wrote in his 1991 memoirs, A Traveller's Alphabet: "I cannot in my heart approve of the great new bridge across the Bosphorus… No man, I think, should join continents God has put asunder. But in the misty light it had great beauty."
Until the opening in 1973 of the First Bridge – designed by a Scotsman, Bill Brown, who had built Edinburgh's Forth Road Bridge and lived in Bebek – the Asian shore had remained largely untouched by Istanbul's boom and bust. It was karşısı, the "other side", reached by boat or ferry. Despite the ensuing havoc, exacerbated by bridges two (the Fatih) and three (imminent), it still has something of the old air. The road frequently disappears behind yalıs, and it is tempting to step onto a boat and let the captain do the work. But you can also take a series of strolls, hopping in and out of buses, minibuses or taxis as you hunt for places to indulge in a little keyif – the Ottoman art of idly enjoying nature.
An Istanbulkart, a widely available smart card, is essential for the buses, and small change for minibuses. The bends make a standing ride good exercise in itself. The villages still feel like real villages. And there are gorgeous places to pause. Exploring the Bosphorus is not about ticking off sights. Owners of the old yalıs chose between waterside window and hilltop belvedere. Today you can do the same, just about.
The waterside mosque in Beylerbeyi built by Abdülhamid I in the late 18th century for his mother. Photograph: Brian McKee, 2014, Cornucopia 52
Beylerbeyi – history reinvents itself
Beylerbeyi's leafy hillside neighbourhood is comfortable and modern, without the genteel rakishness of Kuzguncuk, to the south of the First Bridge. While Kuzguncuk's main street runs at right angles to the shore, so is not a busy through road, in Beylerbeyi traffic cuts off the residential side of the village from the water. But it does have a pretty harbour and a pedestrian quayside – a mini version of Ortaköy across the water – as well as the eponymous summer palace five minutes' walk from the centre. There is also a good, if slightly run-down, hamam attached to the late-18th-century Hamid-i Evvel Camii (Hamid I Mosque) on the water.
Silent splendour
Abdülaziz's summer palace in Beylerbeyi is gloriously unmissable. The great rectangular block may stand in the shadow of the First Bosphorus Bridge, but its formal garden is surprisingly silent, and the creamy stonework glows in the evening sun as it sets behind the minarets and domes of the Old City. This splendid pile, built between 1863 and 1865, should be your first waterside stop.
Çengelköy – bay of delights
Çengelköy is on a broad, sheltered bay, facing south and west, with the dreamy silhouette of the Old City on the skyline. In winter the trees hang heavy with cennet hurması (persimmons) that turn into a gooey, natural Turkish delight.
The village was always ramshackle, but it had rustic charm. Even a decade ago, country lanes led over the hills between cypress groves, bubbling springs and drystone dykes. A few of these secret paradises can still be found between Çengelköy and the Rasathane (Observatory) above Vaniköy, though a new presidential compound has seen the crude rebuilding of the whimsical hilltop köşk of the last sultan, Vahdettin. Çengelköy's glory is its yalıs.
Don't look too closely at the Bostancıbaşı Yalı, now a pudding shop. It was ruined by restorers in the 1980s and rebuilt in concrete – the beauty of these wooden structures resides in their very frailty. Stand on the pier beside it to admire its neighbour instead. The Sadullah Pasha Yalı, the archetypal 18th-century seaside house, is the real thing, even if its late owner, Emel Esin, a scholar of Turkic heritage, took theory a little too far, stripping away the wings to leave only the selamlık, the essential Central Asian "tent".
Kuleli – might and main
First hopping-off point after Çengelköy is the quay of Kuleli, just upstream from the hotel Sumahan on the Water. The Kuleli Military High School is a striking piece of mildly Habsburg architecture with a fine vantage point, a heavenly spot for some fishing. With its distinctive turrets, Neoclassical portico and a fresh coat of paint, it is the most handsome public building on the Bosphorus. Its name, from kule (tower), refers not to the 19th-century turrets but to the tower of a 6th-century Byzantine monastery, originally a refuge for prostitutes called Metanoia (Repentance) set up by Theodora, Emperor Justinian's wife, herself a former courtesan.
A view of Vaniköy
North of Kuleli, the road cuts inland behind Vaniköy, which is little more than a row of yalıs with an attractive mosque. They have suffered from a decade of affluence. The reconstruction of the Ahmed Nazif Pasha Yalı, built for Adülhamid's minister of finance, is scandalously heavy- handed. The Mahmud Nedim Pasha Yalı, home to Abdülaziz's envoy to Vienna, has fared better, though it was in good condition and never needed tearing down…
If you are in a boat, savour a gem that got away. The tiny Germen Yalı could be a pavilion at Yıldız Palace (see The House that came out of the Blue, by Patricia Daunt, in Cornucopia 21). Abdülhamid gave it in 1897 to his brother, the future Mehmed V Reshad, for his wife, Mihrengiz. The yalı by the mosque is the home of Suna and İnan Kıraç, founders of the Pera Museum. It is a refined 1966 take on the classic yalı, designed by Sedad Hakkı Eldem, whose two-volume The Yalıs of the Bosphorus (1993 and 1994) is a record of every known yalı…
Top billing for Kandilli
Kandilli means 'the place with lanterns', though even in Ottoman times the origin of the name was uncertain. By 1583, when Murad III planted terraces of tulips and hyacinths above the rocky point, Kandilli was a favourite privy garden. In 1704, Ahmed III inherited an array of pavilions here – a lead-roofed kasır (mansion); a fishing kiosk; a domed pavilion to sleep in; a kafesli köşk (screened pavilion) for his harem; a pavilion for the palanquin; a queen mother's pavilion; and, up in the woods, for listening to birdsong, the Bülbül Köşkü (or Nightingale Pavilion)…
Anadoluhisarı – charm offensive
Anadoluhisarı has a modern cosmopolitan glamour and buzzes in the evening amid the vapour of a thousand electronic cigarettes (writes Harriet Rix). The most important people to know, however, are not the trendy barmen or the chef at the fish restaurant just below the fortress itself, but members of the small boatmen's cooperative, who will take you across to Rumelihisarı and back, or up and down the stretch of yalıs either side of Anadoluhisarı, in their small boats. Turn left down the cobbled street towards the Göksu river, just before the fortress wall cuts across the road. The boatmen will be sitting waiting in the shade, drinking tea.
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Issue 52, Spring 2015 Istanbul Unwrapped: Bosphorus Requiem
Other Highlights from Cornucopia 52
City Bosphorus: the European shore
Turn your back on the Old City and make for the water. Andrew Finkel takes a drive along the Bosphorus's lower shore: from the half-abandoned docks of Karaköy, past mammoth cruise ships and hangars for modern art, to the palaces of Beşiktaş and Ortaköy
Village Bosphorus: the European shore
Andrew Finkel extols the charms of a trip up the western, European, shore of the Bosphorus, whether by water or by road
City Bosphorus: The Anatolian Shore
Over 56 pages, we cross the Bosphorus to explore the lower reaches of the Asian shore. Sailing past the ruins of stately Haydarpaşa Station, we land at the busy Kadıköy docks, wander round Moda's old cosmopolitan backwaters and head upstream to the sparkling hilltop mosques of Üsküdar
Earthly Delights: the Humble Potato
The potato was a latecomer to Turkish cookery, but today it is hard to imagine life without it. The humble spud, the ultimate in comfort food, is endlessly versatile,and also comes packed with goodness. Berrin Torolsan serves up some favourite dishes
City of Domes and Dames
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Is Kiev ready to provide the West with an invasion?
The topic of a possible military conflict in Ukraine is now number one and, of course, it is difficult to ignore it. Now there are prerequisites for the invasion of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine, with the exception of the aggression of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the republics of Donbass.
The Ukrainian government should not be led by Western instigators and throw tens of thousands of its soldiers to death without the slightest chance of success. But if Kiev decides to attack the DPR-LPR, it will be so. And in this case it will be necessary to blame only the Ukrainian authorities and their Western curators.
It is safe to say that in the event of a military clash, Ukrainian units with jammed communications, outdated military equipment, which will also be stationary and will remain without artillery support, will "meet" the Russian army. Despite the "claimed achievements", the level of security, tactical training, and banal moral and psychological readiness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is at an extremely low level.
Ukrainian soldiers! Face the truth and think about why Washington and London are waiting for war more than Kiev.
Threats of the so-called Russian invasion of Ukraine have been the number one topic in many media lately.
And, of course, I couldn't get around this issue. And they often come to me with a request to comment.
I must say right away – I do not see any prerequisites for any invasion of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine.
The escalation of the hysteria of the military threat is carried out exclusively by the Western media, which, obviously, pursue their own plans. And apparently, the main goal of the collective West is to drag Russia into the war. With the help of which, in the future, you can solve a bunch of internal and external problems for Western countries and, first of all, for the United States and Great Britain.
Under the war, you can tighten the screws with freedom of speech, solve problems with the economy with the help of military orders, freeze social payments, and much more…
But that's not what I'm talking about.
I repeat– I do not see any prerequisites for a military reaction from Russia. The only time when such an option will be possible is if the AFU attempts to resolve the issue with the republics of Donbass by military means.
And then, naturally, Russia will intervene and intervene militarily.And here we come to a very interesting aspect.
Analyzing the information that is constantly being given out by the Ukrainian mass media, it may seem that Russia is waiting for, if not an instant defeat in a military clash, then at least a protracted company with the most serious losses.
And they motivate this, among other things, by the high level of training of the Ukrainian army.
Of course, I am not a military man in the past, I am an officer of the special services. But during my work in Kiev, I was the contact person of the Headquarters of the ATC SBU with law enforcement agencies and in this capacity I constantly communicated with representatives of all law enforcement agencies, including representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Therefore, I have some idea about the capabilities of the Ukrainian army.
Yes, since 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have done a lot.
Yes, there are new communication systems at the tactical level. Yes, the number of thermal imagers and night sights has increased in the troops. Yes, the number of drones has increased.
However... if you take it all apart up close, the picture is not so joyful.
Means of communication at the tactical level do not solve the problems of managing troops at the operational-strategic level. And the communication system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the event of a direct conflict will be quickly disrupted by Russian electronic warfare systems. If such Russian systems are capable of creating a lot of problems for the means of communication of the United States or Great Britain, then what can we say about Ukraine?
And in this case, separate units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will remain on their own, without communication with neighbors or command.
Thermal imagers, night lights… All this is good, but the lion's share of these devices appeared in the army with the help of volunteers. Which indicates that the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was unable to create a system of supplying the army with such devices.
Of course, it is worth noting the problems of the Ukrainian army with military equipment and weapons. There are no new samples of military equipment. In fact, the army of Ukraine remained the army of the 80-90s of the 20th century. Judge for yourself – tank and mechanized brigades are armed with BMP-1, BTR-80 and even BTR-60, which are not just obsolete. No upgrades, installation of new sights and means of communication does not solve the problem.
The losses in the company in 2014-2015 turned out to be very serious and forced the Ukrainian leadership to purchase samples of military equipment abroad, and again, outdated samples. Like, for example, the BMP-1 of the 70s of the 20th century produced in Poland and the Czech Republic. By the way, we can also recall the grandiose corruption scandals around these purchases, thanks to which many officials surrounded by the then President Poroshenko became rich. But that's not what we're talking about.
There is a serious problem in artillery. Many guns during the period of hostilities were destroyed or fell to the militia as trophies. A significant number of the remaining ones have shot barrels, which does not allow us to talk about the accuracy of shooting. But the worst thing is that stocks of ammunition for large calibers, which are most effective in combat, have been exhausted.
The same situation is with shells for MLRS. Here is a document for your attention, a secret report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to President Poroshenko.
We will not consider the whole. But pay attention to the section: "Provision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with missiles and ammunition ..."
- rockets for the Smerch - 5 system%;
- rockets for the "Uragan" system - 9%;
- 152 mm shells for the 2C5 system - 39%.
It's an unsightly picture, isn't it?
Of course, this document was drawn up at the end of 2015. But what, can someone say that over the past 6 years, the production of ammunition for barrel or rocket artillery has been launched in Ukraine? Experimental work on missiles for MLRS does not count, because there we are talking about trial batches, and not about the conveyor.
But the equipment still needs fuel. Tanks and cars cannot move without it. And what about the Ukrainian Armed Forces with fuel reserves?
The most famous guardian for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Butusov, in November 2021, stated that there was a catastrophic situation with fuel in the units of the Ukrainian troops in the OOS – it was only enough to maintain the vital activity of the units. There can be no question of any maneuverable actions – there will simply be nothing to drive.
As far as I know, the fuel supply in the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ranges from one and a half to two daily norms.
But the main part of the fuel previously came from Belarus. But after Kiev managed to quarrel with Minsk, this stream is blocked.
So it turns out that in the event of a direct military clash, Ukrainian units with jammed communications, outdated military equipment, which will also be stationary and without artillery support, will meet the Russian army.
Well, okay, you will object. Technology does not always win in war. More often, the spirit and training of the personnel wins.
And Ukrainian propagandists constantly declare that Ukraine has almost half a million reserve of fighters who have combat experience.
I want to point out that the experience of sitting in the trenches for months is unlikely to help Ukrainian soldiers so much in the event of a military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Remind me, when was the last time there were serious battles in the Donbas with the use of tanks, artillery, maneuvering troops and on a scale higher than a company?
Well, perhaps in the summer of 2017 in the area of the Groove, when the commander of the 92 brigade launched a local offensive on the positions of the "Ghost". And then the APU did not achieve serious results, having suffered losses, they returned to their positions. What, then, is the "most serious combat experience of veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war"? Rare sorties of reconnaissance groups and sniper pairs? Periodic shooting from small arms and mortars with mixed results? Yeah, a serious experience.
Yes, there are very well-prepared SSOs in the composition of the APU.
But Special forces don't win wars. It is intended for reconnaissance, sabotage. And if now the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are able to act effectively against the units of the DPR-LPR, then I very much doubt their effectiveness against Russian regular units, in the face of counter-sabotage forces, electronic warfare and air superiority of the Russian side.
Yes, please note, I have not yet touched on such an aspect as total air superiority on the part of the Russian Federation.
The Syrian company has shown that the Russian Aerospace Forces are a modern trained type of troops that are able to take control of the airspace over Ukraine in a short time and "take out" the entire ground infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Of course, this will not pass without losses for aviation. But with the involvement of missile troops and electronic warfare, such losses will be minimized.
Strikes on headquarters, ammunition and fuel depots, airfields and air defense facilities will lead to the fact that the ground units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will simply be locked in their places of deployment without the opportunity to leave them, well, unless only on foot. How much will they win in this case? In this case, will it be possible to use anti-tank missile systems or imported grenade launchers if Russian tanks simply do not approach the target range?
And they will simply bypass the pockets of resistance, causing missile or air strikes to suppress them.
And no support from the US or the UK will save the APU. Simply because it is impossible to change the military system of Ukraine from the outside. No arms supplies will solve the problems in the complex. In fact, the supply of weapons is just such a gesture, look, we are with you. And also a way of earning money for arms dealers from Western countries.
Yes, what kind of preparation for war on the part of Ukraine can we talk about if the problem of simple cartridges for the rifle imagination has not been solved in 8 years of loud military rhetoric. Simple cartridges for the Kalashnikov assault rifle, of which there is a real shortage.
So I appeal to the servicemen of Ukraine. Well, think for yourself, really think. Soberly assess the capabilities of your army. I don't want to think that the Ukrainian authorities are going to throw tens of thousands of their soldiers to death without the slightest chance of success. But if Kiev decides to attack the DPR-LPR, it will be so.
And in this case it will be necessary to blame only the Ukrainian authorities and their Western curators.Well, that's something like that.
I have expressed my opinion. Let's see how events will unfold in the near future.
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Why Biden succeeded on infrastructure (and Trump didn't)
On infrastructure, Trump failed twice — first when he tried to pass his own plan, and then again when he tried to sabotage Biden's plan.
Economy under first ten months of Biden outperforming first two years of Trump
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By Steve Benen
The timing of the House vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package was far from ideal. If congressional leaders hoped for a large national audience, they were likely disappointed: On Friday night, the gavel came down in the House chamber at 11:24 p.m. on the east coast.
It was the next morning when President Joe Biden held a half-hour-long press conference at the White House, celebrating the legislative breakthrough. The New York Times highlighted the amusing way the Democrat began his remarks:
"Finally! Infrastructure week!" Mr. Biden declared with a broad smile from the State Dining Room, making a subtle dig at his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, whose White House perpetually promised big investments in the nation's public works, but never amassed the focus or votes.
It's easy to forget, but the former president was well positioned to succeed on infrastructure, which the Republican said was one of his top domestic priorities. But Trump just couldn't help himself.
In the first two years of Trump's presidency, when his party controlled the House and Senate — by larger margins than Democrats enjoy now — the GOP focused its energies on unnecessary tax breaks and a hapless health care crusade that ultimately failed. After the 2018 midterm election cycle, which left the House in Democratic hands, there were still hopes that an infrastructure deal was possible, and Democratic leaders were prepared to make it happen.
But as regular readers may recall, the then-president decided to attach some strings. In May 2019, however, according to Trump's own version of events, the Republican presented Democrats with an offer: The White House would work on infrastructure if Democrats agreed to stop investigating the then-president's many scandals. Democratic leaders, naturally, said that wasn't an option — they added, of course, that Congress can legislate and conduct oversight at the same time — at which point Trump abandoned the process.
Two years later, the Republican settled on a different kind of idea: If he couldn't have an infrastructure deal, then Biden shouldn't get one, either.
Indeed, Politico reported months ago that the former president was determined to "sabotage" the entire process: "Trump is trying to ensure that his successor, Joe Biden, suffers the indignity of the 'infrastructure week' jokes as well."
Except, as it turns out, Biden is the one telling the infrastructure jokes, not the one at the receiving end of the jokes.
Remember, for quite a while, Trump's efforts against this bill bordered on hysterical, even threatening primary campaigns against those who supported it.
Among the striking dimensions of this was the former president's indifference toward governing pretenses, and wholesale focus on electoral considerations. Over the summer, for example, Trump said that if Republicans reached a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure, it would mean "a big and beautiful win" for people Trump doesn't like. Ergo, Republicans should defeat any compromises.
He added in late July, "This will be a victory for the Biden Administration and Democrats, and will be heavily used in the 2022 election."
In other words, successful governing might benefit the incumbent president. So as far as Trump was concerned, Republicans needed to stand in the way of successful governing, no matter the consequences.
The former president, we now know, failed twice — first when trying to pass his own infrastructure plan, and then again when trying to derail Biden's efforts. Trump, predictably, whined again over the weekend, denouncing the legislation he knows nothing about.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics."


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ACROSS THE STARS - Williams / Mutter collaboration album
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I'm glad they're doing vinyls, but it's disrespectful to the fans that they try and gouge us with tracks spread over all these different products when they could have put out a single vinyl set, like the deluxe CD, with all the tracks in one place. In fact, I probably would have bought the vinyl AND the CD if they'd done it right.
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I've had this beautiful gem for a few days and I can say that the album is, as expected, phenomenal. I'll write more in a large article that I'm going to publish before the premiere. Several pieces, l
Across the Stars:
First single is "Hedwig's Theme" and is available on digital platforms in any country where it's already Friday I.E., https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/hedwigs-theme-from-harry-potter-phil
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Across The Stars is perfectly available in a nice vinyl release.
https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/p51-i0028948370689/anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams/across-the-stars-2lp-/index.html
I do understand the gripe "but the 2LP doesn't have the CD deluxe edition tracks", but that's another discussion.
I just wanted to put a spotlight on the fact that they put out four (!) singles, with very nice artwork, and the tracklists seem to have been well thought through (as far as singles go), and that it's very nice to see this kind of well executed marketing strategy - which does nothing except benifit the JW community.
And putting out singles for an album is a rare blessing for JW fans and we should be glad that DG considered JW's/Anne-Sophie's brand to be strong enough so that they put in the effort. That's more than even some mainstream pop artists get.
We'll just have to disagree my friend.
I certainly do enjoy my deluxe CD and the lavish presentation DG gave to that version, and in terms of the project as a whole, it's great that it's possible to have such a splashy new Williams release that also delivers the goods musically. Plus the live support given to it... it was exciting to get to hear so many of the pieces live at Tanglewood, and that some were featured in the landmark Vienna concert.
At least we agree that the collaboration, the music and the way it's all treated is an event in itself!
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The "Across the Stars" single confirms visually what we already knew: that ASM is now the sole fixation of JW's brain. She has taken root like an extra lobe and is now sprouting poofy purple synapses of her own.


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Their food range is also very delicious. Init should be the Bacchanal at Caesars. Buffets are becoming very popular among people, stuffed cabbage!
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This restaurant has the best rating, and customer reviews about their food, and beverages.
They have bacon eggs, cheese croissant, macaroni salad, some Chinese dishes, and green chicken crepe with a green salad.
Dozens of items are available, including several varieties of fried rice, coconut chicken, beef and pork ribs, baked salmon, orange chicken, Mongolian beef, baby clams with onions, pork dumplings, crab legs, shrimp cocktail, sushi, egg tarts, and peach buns.
A study showed that the actual amount of food consumed increases with the price charged for the buffet. For other uses, and beverages.
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Duration of Treatmentusually takes 30 to 60 minutes.
Coronary angiography is a procedure in which a special X-ray to see your heart's blood vessels (the coronary arteries) are narrowed or blocked by using special contrast material. The resulting images are known as coronary angiograms.
The patient is required to go for PSC ( Pre-surgery check-up ) to do some blood test, ECG and ECH for Cardiac check-up and urine tests to know he /she is fit for Coronary angiography or not.
Before the operation, you'll be asked to sign a consent form, which gives the cardiac surgeon permission to carry out the treatment.
The patient is admitted to the hospital one day before the procedures and advised to remain empty stomach/Fasting.
Before surgery, the surgeon and anaesthesia doctors will guide you about benefits and risk factor of Coronary Angiography.
Step 1 – Anesthesia: Coronary angiography usually takes 30 to 60 minutes by giving of local anaesthesia and intravenous sedation on the groin or wrist.
The cardiac surgeon will give a small incision on the groin or wrist. A flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into an artery and up to the heart by Using X-ray images as a guide.
Fluoroscopic guidance and radiopaque contrast dye are injected into the artery through the catheter to visible on x-ray or video to see where your arteries are blocked.
After the procedure catheter will be removed.
Step 3 – Closing the incisions: The Surgeon will flap the skin with the help of Sutures, skin adhesives, tapes or clips close the skin incisions and put the dressing on your wounds.
Step 4 – Result: After coronary angiography, the surgeon will advise the patient will go for medication, coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft depending on the results.
The doctor will advise you to avoid having a bath for a day or two and to do hard physical activities. The patient should contact the doctor immediately if the following symptoms are detected, unusual bleeding, Fever, Weakness, Breath shortness, Chest pain.
The success rate of Coronary angiography is more than 97% depending on the cardiac surgeon experienced hands.
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Q: pom.xml file is missing when import maven project in eclipse pom.xml file is not shown when import maven project
process is like
1.Open Eclipse
2.Click File > Import
3.Type Maven
4.Select Existing Maven Projects
5.Click Next
6.Click Browse and select the folder that is the root of the Maven project (probably contains the pom.xml file)
but pom.xml is not shown is not shown
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but actually the file exist the same path

A: Your're selecting a folder so individual files will not be shown


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