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Q: How to insert into mysql with a server side AES encryption whilst having mysql recognize weird symbols?
this is my first post and I'm very new with mysql and php.
I'm currently doing AES encryption for passwords.
I'm using this encryption: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/4238-PHP-Encrypt-and-decrypt-data-with-AES-in-pure-PHP.html since we don't have SSL security and must protect our server side as well.
It gives me an encrypted string like this : '�<�rB�5�]��MJ' and mysql fails at inserting the string even though I put the column type in unicode-general.
Can you help this poor damsel?
Thank you for your time.
 <?php
    $input = '123456';

function Encrypt($toEncrypt)
 {
   $Cipher = new AESCipher(AES::AES256);
   $password = 'superKeyHere';
   $cryptext = $Cipher->encrypt($toEncrypt, $password);
   return CleanUpString($cryptext);
 }

function Decrypt($toDecrypt)
{
  $Cipher = new AESCipher(AES::AES256);
   $password = 'superKeyHere';
   $output = $Cipher->decrypt($toDecrypt, $password);
   return CleanUpString($output);
 }

 function CleanUpString($inp)
 {
    return str_replace(array("�", "ۓ"), array("=^_^=", "=^.^="), $inp);
 }

  $cryptext=Encrypt($input) ;
  //Encrypted
  print 'cryptext: '.$cryptext.'
';

   $oSql = new sql(0);
   $cryptext=mysql_real_escape_string($cryptext);
   $oSql->query("update userTab set pass='$cryptext' where id=1");

   $oSql = new sql(0);
   $oSql->query("select pass from userTab where id=1");
   $rows = $oSql->get_table_hash();
     $cryptext="";
    if (sizeof($rows) >0){
    $cryptext= $rows[0]["pass"];
    }
 $cryptext=Decrypt($cryptext);
 //Decrypted
 print 'message: '.$cryptext.'
';

 ?>

A: To store data that you encrypt, it is probably necessary to use some kind of BLOB field like VARBINARY.  Otherwise, MySQL will try to validate the data, which almost certainly will not be valid Unicode data.  Another possibility would be to convert the encrypted data to Base64 encoding.  That data could then be stored in a Unicode (or even ANSI) field.

A: In your particular case I recommend BASE16-encoding the encrypted data (BASE-16 is when each character is replaced by it's hex code, with 20 being for " "/space, 41 being for "A" etc). This way you get alphanumeric string which can be safely inserted into the DB.
And even better approach is to not keep passwords in the database, instead keeping the salt (some unique value) and hash of (password+salt). This is much more secure from many aspects.

A: You could try the format Windows-1252. Maybe that works.

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Sprouting from change
Story by Ching Lee
Urban gardener connects with customers and food in new ways
Edible Gardens LA founder Lauri Kranz expanded her business of helping people establish vegetable gardens to helping farmers sell their produce through her food-box deliveries. Photo: © 2020 Yoshihiro Makino
Even before she started farming, Los Angeles-based gardening guru Lauri Kranz had been on a bountiful journey for years.
As founder of Edible Gardens LA, Kranz has turned urban spaces into productive vegetable gardens and edible landscapes for chefs, celebrities and other clients interested in growing their own food.
When COVID-19 forced many restaurants to close—and farms that supplied those restaurants had nowhere to go with their crops—Kranz turned her green thumb to helping farmers who mentored her, by launching a new produce-delivery business.
"It was so reactionary to the times, to what was happening," she said. "I knew there was a lot of food coming from those farms. I reached out to them and said, 'Can I buy this food from you? I want to start bringing it to people.'"
Food boxes from Edible Gardens LA's CSA feature products from farms including Schaner Farms in San Diego County and Flora Bella Farms in Tulare County. Photo: © 2020 Yoshihiro Makino
Farm to door
Across the nation, subscriptions to community-supported agriculture food boxes have soared during the pandemic, with many farms that market their crops through CSAs reporting increased membership and growing waiting lists. The Edible Gardens LA CSA business represents one of many farm-to-door services that sprouted this year to meet surging demand for locally grown produce, as people shelter in place and make fewer trips to the store.
Kranz described response to her CSA as "very overwhelming." Her produce deliveries grew, mostly through word of mouth, from just five members during the first week to thousands of sign-ups, with hundreds more requesting the service each week, she noted.
Some of the crops come from a "very small, modest urban farm" in East L.A. that she started farming a year ago, but most of what supplies her boxes comes from "favorite farmers" she's known for years from farmers markets and "who really nurtured my early interest in growing food."
Kranz talks with San Diego County farmer Peter Schaner at the farmers market. Photo reprinted from "A Garden Can Be Anywhere: Creating Bountiful and Beautiful Edible Gardens." Copyright © 2019 by Lauri Kranz. Photography by Yoshihiro Makino. Published by ABRAMS.
Connections that count
San Diego County farmer Peter Schaner, who grows citrus fruit, avocados and seasonal vegetables, has been selling at farmers markets for more than 30 years. He first knew Kranz when she was in the music industry, recording and touring with her indie band Snow & Voices. She's been a customer of his at the farmers market. Not only is Kranz a "very talented musician-singer," he said, but she's in tune with the restaurant scene and chefs in the L.A. area, some of whom are her gardening clients.
Kranz's connection to the food world provided insight on how Schaner and other farmers struggled to find alternative markets for their crops when purchases from restaurants and chefs plummeted during the pandemic. Being a part of her CSA has been "a big financial support for our farm," Schaner said, as it has allowed the farm to keep working and the crops to not go to waste.
"She saw a way where she could help people out, and that's what motivates her," he said.
James and Dawn Birch of Flora Bella Farms in Tulare County have known Kranz for 20 years, first as a customer of theirs at the farmers market in Hollywood and now providing produce to her CSA twice a week. The couple had stopped going to farmers markets because of health concerns brought by COVID-19.
"I'm glad I know her because (the CSA) is really helping our farm out a lot, and I'm sure it's helping out other farmers she's getting produce from," James Birch said.
Kranz tends to a garden house designed to keep out wildlife. Photo: © 2020 Yoshihiro Makino
Seeds of inspiration
Kranz's reintroduction to gardening came when she volunteered for her then-5-year-old son's school garden. Having lived in New York City before moving to Los Angeles, she'd spent many years without a garden, but the experience of gardening with her father growing up made a lasting impression.
"He had an office job during the week, but on weekends we would work in the vegetable garden—this very small, modest vegetable garden, but so prolific with watermelons just rambling about and tall, beautiful sunflowers," she recalled. "This was such a happy time I had with my dad and I thought, 'Oh, I would like to have this experience with my own child.'"
She fell "madly in love" with the school garden and started other gardens, learning mostly from books and talking to farmers. People began asking her to set up their gardens, eventually hiring her to design, build and sustain them, which led to her business, Edible Gardens LA.
Kranz shares some of her garden creations in her book "A Garden Can Be Anywhere," which includes praise from famous clients such as actor Jason Bateman, singer Katy Perry, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, TV personality Nicole Richie and chef Suzanne Goin, who also wrote the foreword and is now one of her CSA customers. (See Book Reviews.)
"I think this desire to be a part of where our food comes from … just really resonated with people," Kranz said. "I hope it continues to forever more, because I think (gardening) is one of the most powerful and important things any of us can do to stay connected to the natural world and to nurture each other."
In her edible gardens, Kranz interplants plenty of flowers and flowering herbs to attract bees and other pollinators. Photo reprinted from "A Garden Can Be Anywhere: Creating Bountiful and Beautiful Edible Gardens." Copyright © 2019 by Lauri Kranz. Photography by Yoshihiro Makino. Published by ABRAMS.
Beauty with purpose
Kranz said her gardens are both edible and ornamental, interplanting vegetables with flowers to bring bees, butterflies and other pollinators that are "vital to the success of any garden."
Schaner said he's been impressed with Kranz's "passion and vast knowledge" of growing food, even though she has no agricultural background, and with how she "turns the landscape into something that is still very beautiful but also usable and edible."
Because of the pandemic, Kranz said she had to put new garden projects on hold and hasn't done home visits, but her clients continue to send photos of their gardens and ask questions.
"I am so happy and encouraged to see people really digging in and spending time," she said. "I think people feel really comforted by these gardens, and I've gotten an extraordinary amount of inquiries for new gardens."
As she waits for "the health of the world to return a bit" so she can again create new spaces for people to grow food, Kranz has kept busy with CSA deliveries and running the Edible Gardens LA Farm, ventures in which she partners with her husband, Dean Kuipers. They have plans to expand, she said, but they want to do so in "tiny baby steps" to ensure they're "doing it safely, wisely and keeping the integrity of the deliveries, and honoring the beautiful food that the farmers we work with grow."
"I feel very fortunate and grateful that these farmers are able to provide food for all of us," Kranz added. "We're just helping to get it out there."
Ching Lee

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Q: Remove empty [] from object in angular This is my service class method
public getSidebarItems(): Observable<INavData[]>   {

    //  let params = new HttpParams();
    //  params = params.set('userId', userid.toString());
      return this.httpClient.get<Result<INavData[]>> (`${baseUrl}/GetMenusByRoles`)
       .pipe(map( res => res.data));

  }

This is my json file recieved from api
[{"id":1,"name":"Dashboard","url":"/dashboard","icon":"icon-speedometer","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":2,"name":"User","url":"/user/user-list","icon":"icon-list","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":3,"name":"Role","url":"/role/role-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":4,"name":"Bank","url":"/bank/bank-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":5,"name":"Branch","url":"/branch/branch-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":6,"name":"Customer","url":"/customer/customer-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":7,"name":"Transaction","url":"/transaction/transaction-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[{"id":8,"name":"Test","url":"/report/transaction-report\n","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":7,"children":[]}]}]
I have to remove  empty "children": []
items$: Observable<INavData[]>;
 let result=this.sidebar.getSidebarItems();
  this.items$ = result.pipe(
    map( sidebarItems => {
      return sidebarItems
      .filter( value=> Object.keys( value ).length !==0 )

   }));

The above code fremove empty
My Question is

*

*Above code is not working .. i have to removeempty children with  node children":[].

Please let me know ..thanks
EDIT:
export interface INavData {
    name?: string;
    url?: string;
    icon?: string;
    childrens?: INavData[];
    ..other property
}

EDIT 1:
After updating code:

 result.pipe(
        map(x => {
            return this.removeEmptyObjects(x);
        })
       ).subscribe(results => { console.log(results); });

A: While looping through array of object. Grab the object information's using object.entries. This will give you keys and values as an array then after filter out empty array.
Loop through resultset and delete those keys from your main object.

const { from } = rxjs;
const { map, reduce } = rxjs.operators;

var data =[{"id":1,"name":"Dashboard","url":"/dashboard","icon":"icon-speedometer","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":2,"name":"User","url":"/user/user-list","icon":"icon-list","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":3,"name":"Role","url":"/role/role-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":4,"name":"Bank","url":"/bank/bank-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":5,"name":"Branch","url":"/branch/branch-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":6,"name":"Customer","url":"/customer/customer-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[]},{"id":7,"name":"Transaction","url":"/transaction/transaction-list","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":null,"parent":null,"children":[{"id":8,"name":"Test","url":"/report/transaction-report\n","icon":"icon-folder-alt","parentId":7,"children":[]}]}];

from(data).pipe(
  map(x => {
      return removeEmptyObjects(x);
  })
).subscribe(results => { console.log(results); });

function removeEmptyObjects(x){
      var emptyKeys = getEmptyObjects(x);
          removeKey(x,emptyKeys);
      if (x.children && x.children.length>0) {
        x.children.map(y=>removeEmptyObjects(y));
      }
          return x;
}

function getEmptyObjects(x){
return Object.entries(x)
    .filter(x => Array.isArray(x[1]) && x[1].length == 0);
}

function removeKey(obj,tobeRemoved) {
  if(tobeRemoved && tobeRemoved.length > 0) {
              tobeRemoved.map(key=> delete obj[key[0]])
   }
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/rxjs/6.3.3/rxjs.umd.min.js"></script>

Edit 1: updated the code for nested level removal.
Edit 2 As it is returning array of object we need to use map function of that.
result.pipe(
        map((x) => {
          return x.map((y) => this.removeEmptyObjects(y));
        })
      )
    .subscribe((results) => {
      console.log(results);
    });

A: use the rxjs pipe & map operator on the observable to transform the raw data to the format you desire.
this.sidebar.getSidebarItems().pipe(
  map( sidebarItems => {
     return sideBarItems
     .filter( value=> Object.keys( value ).length !==0 )
     .filter( value=> JSON.stringify( value !== '[]' ) )
     .map( (item: SideBarItem) => {
        return removeEmpty(item);
     });
  }
);

*

*the first map takes the value returned from the observable and allows you to operate on it

this allows you to subscribe to an shared Observable, but transform the values to the format you need.


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Naval Power
Air Power
How North korea Help Pakistan To Build Ballistic Missiles
July 7, 2020 July 25, 2020 - Top 10, World
he Rodong 1 was the first fully indigenous ballistic missile developed in North Korea for the country's armed forces, and began to be deployed in the early 1990s as a means of deterring American threats at a time of heightened tensions following the collapse of the Soviet Union. With a range of 1,500 km, it allowed the Korean People's Army (KPA) to target the entirety of Japan's mainland including the American military facilities considered vital to staging operations against Korean territory. North Korea's earlier ballistic missile designs the Hwasong-5 and Hwasong-6 were restricted to short ranges, 330km and 500km respectively, and had been developed to target U.S. and South Korean assets on the Korean Peninsula itself. Both were closely based on the Soviet Scud design but featured a number of enhancements. The Rodong-1 thus represented a significant improvement to the country's strike capabilities and had a major impact on the balance of power in Northeast. Asia.
North Korean Hwasong-6 Short Range Ballistic Missiles
The new Korean missile was tested on May 29, 1993, and surprised Western analysts with its high degree of precision. The missile succeeded in striking a small buoy in the Sea of Japan hundreds of kilometers away – a warning of the country's considerable technological prowess in the field of ballistic missile development. This demonstration was particularly important in light of the result of the Persian Gulf War two years prior, in which the Iraqi ballistic missile arsenal which was derived from many of the same core Soviet technologies proved wildly inaccurate leading Western analysts to underestimate the potential of the Korean arsenal. The Rodong-1 has since played a large though diminishing role in North Korea's deterrent force, and while original platforms were equipped with large payloads of approximately 1,200kg, the missile is suspected to have been modified both to extend its range and to integrate a miniaturised nuclear warhead .
North Korean Rodong-1 Ballistic Missiles
North Korea first gained access to Soviet ballistic missile technologies through Egypt, which sold the country Scud-B missiles in the late 1970s which it had received from the USSR at the beginning of the decade. The Soviet Union had notably refused to provide Pyongyang with such missiles, but in Egyptian hands they had been used in a limited capacity to strike Israeli targets during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. North Korea notably participated in the war in support of Egypt, and went on to form strong relations with the Egyptian military government. Relations notably warmed considerably under Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who came to power in 1981. While Egypt possessed Scud missiles it had a negligible military technological base and hardly any domestic weapons production capabilities. North Korea, with its potent military industries and advanced technological base, was able to reverse engineer missiles obtained from Egypt and aid the country in manufacturing new missiles to upgrade its ballistic missile arsenal. This was critical to Egypt which, having seen ties with the Soviet Union fast deteriorate during the 1970s, needed assistance to keep its arsenal viable in the face of a growing Israeli nuclear and ballistic missile force. North Korea's first production lines for ballistic missiles were thus based on studies of Egyptian supplied weaponry.
Scud-B Short Ranged Ballistic Missile
The Hwasong-5 developed as a Korean derivative of the Scud-B notably had a superior performance to the Soviet original – namely a longer range. This performance was further improved with the entry into service of the Hwasong-6 in the mid 1980s. Aware of the importance of the ability to strike targets beyond Korea however, and of the key importance of the American military bases in Japan to U.S. operations in the region, a new longer ranged missile was quickly developed which became the Rodong-1. The new platform had a stable body to avoid the need for extensive in flight guidance, and was designed to be able to rapidly redeploy from transporter erector launchers (TELs), a capability which U.S. analysts repeatedly noted would seriously complicate any operations to neutralise the country's arsenal. A report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think tank in the early 2000s ascertaining the possibility of military action against North Korea, noted to this effect: "As the United States discovered during the Gulf War, destroying mobile (ballistic missile) launchers is difficult, even in the desert. It would prove a daunting task in the mountains of North Korea."
Pakistani Hatf 5 (Ghuari) Missile Developed from Rodong 1
The Rodong's technologies were highly sought after in the 1990s, when it was the only missile with a medium range made widely available for export. The missile was exported to Pakistan, reportedly in exchange for nuclear technologies, facilitating the development of the Hatf 5 (Ghauri). The Half 5 program was pursued in parallel to an advancing nuclear program in the South Asian state, and provided what was for a long time the most capable delivery vehicle in the country's arsenal. Iran also acquired the missiles and manufactured them under licence as the Shahab-3, providing the country for the first time with the ability to carry out missile attacks on targets in Europe and Israel and on U.S. bases in the Gulf region. Alongside sales to Egypt, a number of reports also indicate that Libya was able to acquire the missiles. These were dismantled under Western pressure in the mid 2000s in exchange for relief from economic sanctions, which left the country without a means to retaliate when NATO launched a major air campaign against the country in 2011. The design continues to be modernised, and in Iranian service new enhanced variants such as the Emad have entered service heavily based on the original Rodong design.
North Korean Rodong-1 (left) and Iranian Shahab-3 Ballistic Missiles
With North Korea's missile program rapidly advancing far beyond the expectations of its adversaries, it has the potential to establish a highly potent ballistic missile deterrent technologically on par with those of the United States and USSR during the Cold War – although on a much smaller scale. The Rodong-1 would be overshadowed within little over a decade of its entry into service by the Musudan, a more advanced platform with over double the range. This was followed in the 2010s by development of more advanced Musudan variants, as well as the longer ranged Hwasong-12 and intercontinental ranged Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15. The Pukkuksong-2 was also developed as a compact platform with a solid fuel composite, and can be more easily redeployed and has a shorter launch time than the Rodong-1 while also retaining a longer range. Although existing Rodong-1 missiles are unlikely to be phased out of service, resources are set to be focused towards producing newer more capable platforms, although upgrades to existing Rodong missiles remains a possibility as has been the case in Iran.
North Korean Hwasong-12, 14 and 15 Ballistic Missiles Introduced in 2017 (left to right)
Considering that Pyongyang perceives its primary adversary to be the United States, and one of its primary purposes to be deterring attacks from the superpower, the ability to strike U.S. military facilities across the Pacific remains highly prized. As North Korea continues to enlarge its arsenal of intercontinental ranged ballistic missiles to target the United States mainland, the role of shorter ranged platforms designed to target U.S. military facilities across the Pacific remains critical. Rodong-1 missiles are thus set to continue to play a role in North Korea's defence for years to come. While the missile remains in production in Iran under license, production in Korea itself and in Pakistan are speculated to have been terminated in favour of newer designs. It remains to be seen whether the the East Asian state will have comparable success marketing its newer generations of missiles such as the Pukkuksong-2 for export.
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Pieology opens first location in Central Florida
A pizzeria with locations all across the United States has opened its first restaurant in Central Florida.
Pieology has officially opened its doors at 2198 Western Way C, in Winter Garden's Flaming Crossings Town Center.
The pizzeria specializes in stone-fired pizza that are completely customizable with four crusts, six sauces, and thirty-five toppings to choose from.
The list of ingredients includes five types of cheeses, artichokes, banana peppers, jalapeños, spinach, chicken, pepperoni, and sausage, among many others.
The company got its start over a decade ago in 2011 with locations scattered throughout California. Since then, locations have sprouted up all around the country, including seven in the Sunshine State.
Pizzas may be ordered for dine-in, takeout, or delivery.
Pieology joins multiple other businesses that have either opened or are in the process of opening new locations in the Flamingo Crossings Town Center.
That includes Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ and White Rabbit Dessert Experience, which are both currently under construction.
The restaurant is open seven days a week, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information on its menu, or to place an order, visit the Pieology website.
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As I was thinking about who I should highlight this month, I kept coming back to Mary because each year during the Christmas season we hear the story of how an angel of the Lord appeared to a girl and proclaimed that she would give birth to a son even though she was virgin. Here's where I find Mary to be Stunningly Strong; she said YES. We only read about HER encounter with the angel, but I wonder, were there others who were approached first?
I think about that a lot. God gave us all a free will and He will not bend our will to fit His plan because that would not be love, that would be dictatorship, and I find it hard to believe that a Heavenly Father who loved us enough to send His son to die for us would dictate who was going to be His son's mother.
So, was Mary the only one the angel appeared to? Maybe. But I'm going to put a spin on it and say maybe not. Perhaps, there were other virgin girls betrothed to other Jewish men who found favor in God's sight and were asked to take on this horribly complicated, messy, scandalous task. Perhaps, when the shock of seeing an angel of the Lord standing in front of them wore off, and the reality of what he was asking them sank in, they said "No thank you", "I can't do it", "Surely there is someone else".
Mary's words "Let it be unto me" were spoken in spite of her fear and her questions. She proverbially jumped off a cliff with a blind belief that the Heavenly Father would catch her before she hit the ground. She did it scared, she did it willingly and that's what makes her Stunningly Strong.
I want to encourage all of you to take the leap that God is asking you to take in 2019. I'm talking to myself as well. There is a plan for our lives. We have a purpose, and sometimes, when we say there is not a plan or a purpose or something greater for us, it's because we know what it means if we say YES to what God wants us to do and it terrifies us.
Here's what else is amazing to me when I think about Mary's story, God, STILL used her even with her fear and questions. He didn't say "Well, I thought you were the one to carry out this task, but since you seem to be scared, even though you are willing….never mind." NO! He used her even though she had questions, and was scared, BECAUSE she WAS willing. I wholeheartedly believe you can do what God asks you to do and still be petrified. That's being human. That's trusting in HIS power and not your own and just taking that leap and doing whatever He has asked you to do. That's the ultimate example of willingness.
I don't doubt for one minute that Mary wasn't worried when she told Joseph and her family what happened. I'm certain she feared rejection and possibly death, but she was WILLING, and in the end, on that Holy Night, she was the reason that the angels sang Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and goodwill towards men.


The seemingly universal network connection, twisted-pair Ethernet cable, has another role to play, providing electrical power to low-wattage electrical devices. Power over Ethernet (PoE) was ratified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in June 2000 as the 802.3af-2003 standard. It defines the specifications for low-level power delivery—roughly 13 watts at 48 VDC—over twisted-pair Ethernet cable to PoE-enabled devices such as IP telephones, wireless access points, Web cameras, and audio speakers.
Recently, the basic 802.3af standard was joined by the IEEE 802.3at PoE standard (also called PoE+ or PoE plus), ratified on September 11, 2009, which supplies up to 25 watts to larger, more power-hungry devices. 802.3at is backwards compatible with 802.3af.
The way it works is simple. Ethernet cable that meets CAT5 (or better) standards consists of four twisted pairs of cable, and PoE sends power over these pairs to PoE-enabled devices. In one method, two wire pairs are used to transmit data, and the remaining two pairs are used for power. In the other method, power and data are sent over the same pair.
When the same pair is used for both power and data, the power and data transmissions don't interfere with each other. Because electricity and data function at opposite ends of the frequency spectrum, they can travel over the same cable. Electricity has a low frequency of 60 Hz or less, and data transmissions have frequencies that can range from 10 million to 100 million Hz.
There are two types of devices involved in PoE configurations: Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and Powered Devices (PD).
Power injectors, a third type of PSE, supply power to a specific point on the network while the other network segments remain without power.
PDs are pieces of equipment like surveillance cameras, sensors, wireless access points, and any other devices that operate on PoE.
In addition to the applications noted above, PoE also works well for video surveillance, building management, retail video kiosks, smart signs, vending machines, and retail point-of-information systems.


Pairing food and wine has a reputation for being something only the experts can get a handle on. But sparkling wines like Champagne are actually known to pair fairly well with a lot of foods, and now one expert is claiming that the duo of french fries and Champagne is one of the best.
In an interview with The Drinks Business, Marie-Christine Osselin, Moët & Chandon's wine quality and communication manager, said that junk food and Champagne actually go very well together.
French fries are especially good with the drink according to Osselin. They're crispy, salty and fatty, all things that play well with the high acidity and fine bubbles of Champagne. She recommends a meal of fried oysters and French fries, though you could always upgrade to something like tempura lobster if you want to feel fancy.
Osselin isn't alone in her thinking. Fried food has long been hailed as an ideal partner for bubbly. Top Chef alumnus Richard Blais has a Moët Champagne vending machine at his fried chicken restaurant, The Crack Shack. There's even a Champagne bar in San Francisco called The Riddler that specializes in pairing sparkling wines with foods like popcorn, tater tot waffles and caviar served with potato chips.
The next time you want to class up your McDonald's order, swing by the store on your way home and pick up a bottle of bubbly. Your large fry will taste a lot classier with Champagne than a cup of Mountain Dew, that's for sure.


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Architexturez: In-Enaction Critique
Architecture As Amnesia
Commentary — Gautam Bhatia, Outook (India) Magazine, 24th January 2019
We ask little of our buildings, yet agonise over mere spectacle
When Jawaharlal Nehru said, "Open your windows and let the winds of change blow through your house", he had not anticipated that the action would upturn the furniture and break everything that lay within. Much of what has happened in Indian architecture since Nehru's prophetic words has been destabilising and destructive. The civilising influence of building, seen in the independence ideals of Chandigarh, is lost in a haze of changing aspirations, and now almost three-quarter of a century later, the struggle to find an identity within the urge to globalise has left Indian buildings with a crisis of design.
Nehru's view of architecture arose from western modernity and the hope of creating a national culture through architecture. But it was mistakenly interpreted as a break from tradition. Rather than the original doctrine of an ascetic and frugal simplicity bestowing a visible equality for all, Indian modernism began to emulate a capitalist ideology; certainly, it changed the perception of the country from 'third world' to 'developing', but in its wake left a muddled inheritance.
The new Indian lost all time-bound links to place and operates in free time. He functions with global institutions and networks, building houses and glass office complexes that could be in Rio or New York.
... unlike India, much of the neighbouring work reflects an older order. Bhutan specifically restricts all flamboyant commercialism and even enforces strict guidelines for new buildings to follow traditional patterns. A view of Paro conveys a Bhutanese city sitting tranquil and familiar in the valley. Next door, a dispirited and erratic Gangtok rises in a messy Indian urbanism, part shop, part house and slum. A looming gray fog envelops the hillside with borrowed facsimiles of glass and cement—ragged, ramshackle and always incomplete.
Why do we ask so little of our buildings, yet agonise so much over architecture? When architecture is not formed out of existing circumstances—materials, technology and cultural insights—it is formed out of nothing, and becomes a mere fanciful object of design. Without an understanding of cultural requisites, and their continued expression in new buildings, the architect flounders, and a case for redundancy looms large. In the larger scheme of things, the Indian architect betrays a lack of faith in culture, and forgets that the basis of the future is the past. In the shining chrome and glass building, that belief seems far away.
How Chandigarh got built: a recall by Mulk Raj Anand
Anand, Mulk Raj. How Chandigarh got built: a recall by Mulk Raj Anand. Chandigarh: Mulk Raj Anand, document in collection of Aditya Prakash Foundation, 1998.
Chapter X: The Ethics of Machinery
Havell, Ernest Binfield. "Chapter X: The Ethics of Machinery." In The Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India, 150-163. Madras, India: The Theosophist Office, 1912.
I. 1947 – 1959: Options after Independence, the Evolution of Contemporary Indian Architecture
Chatterjee, Malay. "I. 1947 – 1959: Options after Independence, the Evolution of Contemporary Indian Architecture." In Architecture In India, 124-131. Paris and Milan: Electa Moniteur, 1985.
The Search for Roots and Relevance
Sharma, Ram. "The Search for Roots and Relevance." In Architecture In India, 112-123. Paris and Milan: Electa Moniteur, 1985.
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Home Music Archives Alison Krauss & Union Station, Earls of Leicester and more join IBMA's 2015 festival lineup
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Earls of Leicester and more join IBMA's 2015 festival lineup
by Allison Hussey
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At a press conference in Raleigh this afternoon, representatives from the International Bluegrass Music Association, PineCone and other North Carolina organizations announced the full lineup for the 2015 Wide Open Bluegrass festival. Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring dobro player Jerry Douglas, will be the main headliner, with The Sam Bush Band, Earls of Leicester, The Gibson Brothers, Blue Highway and the O'Connor Family Band joining, too. Krauss was supposed to perform with an all-star jam at the 2013 Wide Open Bluegrass festival, but illness prevented her from taking the stage.
Krauss, Douglas and company join an already-announced lineup that includes Brevard's Steep Canyon Rangers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Balsam Range and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, among others. The Wide Open Bluegrass festival is a two-day component of the five-day International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass conference, which includes the IBMA Awards. Last year, combined attendance to World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass topped 180,000 people, injecting $10.8 million dollars into Raleigh's economy. And while World of Bluegrass was initially only contracted to stay in Raleigh through 2015, last year the organization's board voted to extend IBMA's annual stay in Raleigh through 2018.
Tickets to Wide Open Bluegrass are on sale now, and the free, open street festival should announce its own bands as the festival date draws closer.
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This unsentimental portrait of the complex and charismatic "Mother of Modern Dance" traces the life and artistic development of San Francisco-born Isadora Duncan (1877-1927). Duncan raised dance from mere vaudeville entertainment to a legitimate art form, laying the foundation for today's modern dance. The first American performing artist to gain worldwide acclaim, she dared to use her medium for political purposes: creating the first choreography to call people to arms, to express the plight of repressed workers, and to agitate for the freedom of women. Set against the social tapestry of turn-of-the-century America and Europe, ISADORA DUNCAN: MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUL is a study of a revolutionary and iconoclast, a woman who dared to defy Victorian mores through both her art and the way she lived. Illuminating and gracefully crafted, the documentary interweaves the details of Isadora Duncan's tumultuous life with re-creations of twelve of her dances. Spanning the entire range of her career, these dances illuminate Duncan's personal and artistic development. Viewers witness the evolution of Duncan's early lyrical compositions into her later dramatic and politically motivated work.
A legend in the world of burlesque travels the globe with her partner entertaining her legions of devoted fans.
The film is a sympathetic portrait of a free spirit, a determined and individual artist, who found freedom through her dancing. I have been interested in ballet for several years. This presentation gave me a new appreciation of the art she established and a glimpse at the driven, idealistic, determined woman she was. I would be more inclined to try her dancing style rather than just watch it. It is like going to a Barbershop quartet concert (which I love.) After the first half hour, everything seems to be the same. The film, however, didn't touch on whether her school also took boys. There seems to be quite a bit of interaction between her dancers, but I can't imagine her approach would indulge lifts or throws.
A rather ordinary and at times overwrought paen to one of the most original artist of the 20th century. The exquisite dancing by Lori and Margaret gave some idea of Isadora's genius and passion.


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Raksha Singh Semnarayan on cocooning to take care of others
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In In her own words
Raksha Singh Semnarayan has been in the legal fraternity since the dawn of a democratic South Africa. As a candidate attorney, she was in the room as the country's constitution was being drafted, and her early work saw her helping trade unions take their place in a constitutional democracy.
Her career and activism have always dovetailed, which is why when South African experienced unprecedented looting and unrest last month, Singh Semnarayan used her platform as Director of Outreach for South Africa International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom to remind the country of the lodestar of our liberal democracy, writing the essay, 'South Africa in Political Turmoil Leading to Targeted Mass Killings.'
We've experienced a winter of discontent – a devastating spike of Covid-19 infections and the days of looting and violence in which 300 people were killed. How have you protected your mental health during this time?
Thanks for the opportunity to share on this platform. Expressing provides a platform for creating perspective and healing.
I have lots of family including siblings and elderly parents in Durban. Hearing my mom continuously saying the gunshots are loud and not stopping and the buildings are still burning for three days made me scared and feel helpless. Many friends and relatives were also patrolling to protect their homes and I feared for their safety. Some of my relatives were evacuated at 1am and my family were helping the elderly to leave an area called Duffs Road. Many people had nowhere to go. I was receiving continuous live feedback on family and other chats.
My coping mechanism generally is to make sense of a situation and develop a solution. Being an activist against injustice and having lived the journey of reconciliation, I had assumed that the people of South Africa had developed tolerance, and I never expected this level of violence and anger for South Africans to turn against each other. Not being able to make sense of what was happening made me sad and frustrated. It felt like decades of reconciliation and healing were lost. I experienced even more anger when I saw schools and clinics that were built by communities were burnt to ashes.
Throughout all of this the failure and delays by the army and police to provide protection contributed to my sense of helplessness and confusion in trying to understand the rationale for the violence or who was really responsible for these acts of violence.
I wished that this was a dream but it was not. I then for the first time accepted that the complexity of the situation could not be rationalised. This acceptance brought me some relief. My duty was to ensure that the persons who were under my care were safe and to assist in providing food relief to the destitute whose sufferings increased ten fold after the incidents, where I could.
Our glass walls have made us forget of the societies that we are part of. There is also a need to create a feeling of empowerment amongst people where the dependence on government lessens.
Seeing persons you know dying daily from Covid as well as a failed heath system was one of the worst episodes for me personally and for South Africa. I had to once again remind myself that not all things are within my control. This seems obvious but for some of us who feel that there is a solution to be implemented to every crisis, this was a pretty difficult acceptance. I was reminded of the power of the Serenity Prayer. I grew up as a child of Alcoholics Anonymous and this prayer is used in AA: 'God Grant me the serenity, to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.'
In this difficult acceptance, I found my peace. Once again helping communities with food where it was needed during Covid provided provided me with some fulfilment.
You're from Durban, and even though you were physically distanced from the crisis, you were involved in on-the-ground efforts to help feed communities. But that also meant you were barely sleeping during this already emotionally exhausting time. What advice do you have for our community who want to help, but feel paralysed by the vast need in our society, while also keeping their work and home lives together?
The feeling of helplessness can be frustrating but also empowering. My advice is that each one of us can make a difference in some way. We need to be aware of credible organisations and support these financially or in any way that we can. We can reach out to those who are affected or going through a hard time to give them hope and encouragement. Contacting a relative who lives in an affected area and checking on them is a simple but powerful gesture.
When we see racist propaganda in response to what is happening, we have a duty to speak up against it. We need to remind people of upholding progressive values that bring people together. We need to be aware of the people in our own communities and help where we can. Our glass walls have made us forget of the societies that we are part of. There is also a need to create a feeling of empowerment amongst people where the dependence on government lessens.
Cocooning describes a moment of change that is also uncomfortable and vulnerable. You wrote about this moment in South African politics as a chance to return to the country's constitutional values. How do we do that?
In my article I spoke of how a beautiful rose garden that exists in a desert is useless if the people are hungry and thirsty and there is no food or water. Similarly there needs to be an acceptance that the prize in the fight for democracy was the Constitution. A right to life, as enshrined in the Constitution, for example, becomes meaningless when a vast majority of people are hungry and unemployed and when there is no health care that can be accessed for hours.
There needs to be acceptance then that the Constitutional Rights are just limited to words in an Act and there has been a grave failure to give effect to these Human Rights. Once there is this acceptance then we can create solutions to address the failures and create solutions that will uplift the lives of South Africans. Currently there is a denial of this.
In this imperfection we still try to find joys in the "small" things in life like helping others
You've experienced upheaval—nationally and personally. How do you manage transition, the positive and negative, the unexpected and the planned, and still stay grounded?
One needs to have unwavering principles and stick to them despite the situation. My values are that of promoting non racism, non sexism, equality and justice. In the midst of chaos I use these principles to guide me.
One should never compromise one's values. I also have an inner faith, and strength and we must know that even the worst situations and the brutal times will pass. The hardest experiences have provided me with the greatest lessons and growth. I remind myself constantly to search for the lessons and to implement them.
You have two teenage children, and your eldest was in eSwatini when the protests ignited there. How do you talk to your children about the chaos in the world today, but also manage their anxiety and help them remain positive about the future.
It is firstly important for youth to understand what are the basic values that humanity needs to live by. This should not be considered as obvious knowledge. It is further important to expose children to great thought leaders of transformation and change. Our youth need to understand that where there is inequality and injustice, people will attempt to change this. This process may cause instability and in these incidents, they need to take positions based on progressive values.
Youth also need to accept that certain situations are not within their ambit of control but standing up for righteousness and progressive principles is their duty. They also must show compassion and assist where they can. I constantly tell my children to become adults that can make humanity a better place and in their contributions the worlds that is part of their existence can become a better world. Youth however learn more from examples of adults in their space than from examples in textbooks.
A powerful philosophy for youth to learn is that there are no perfect leaders, parents, governments or world but in this imperfection we still try to find joys in the "small" things in life like helping others and appreciating art and nature and finding one's true purpose in a chaotic world. In this they will find an inner joy that can never be destroyed.
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Rediff.com » Cricket » Lord's recommended to stage 2019 World Cup final
Lord's recommended to stage 2019 World Cup final
Last updated on: December 18, 2014 06:02 IST
The Lord's cricket ground in London. Photograph: Harry Engels/Getty Images
Lord's should host the 2019 50-over World Cup final, the England and Wales Cricket Board recommended to the International Cricket Council on Wednesday.
The hallowed ground, which staged the World Cup final in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999, has also been put forward to host the women's World Cup final in 2017.
The ECB also suggested to the ICC that the opening game of the 2019 tournament should be staged at The Oval, London, with the semi-finals to take place at Old Trafford, Manchester, and Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The ECB confirmed that Edgbaston and Old Trafford have been allocated Ashes Tests for the 2019 series.
The other three venues -- Headingley, Lord's and The Oval -- had already been awarded Ashes Tests in 2019.
"Lord's Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019 – and will also host the ICC Women's World Cup final in 2017," the ECB said.
It will also recommend to the ICC that the semi-finals in the 2019 World Cup should be allocated to Old Trafford, Manchester, and Warwickshire's home of Edgbaston, with the opening game being staged at The Oval.
"The tournament should also see Taunton host international men's cricket in 2019 for the first time since the1999 World Cup, when two matches were played at the County Ground."
There will also be proposed group matches for Durham, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton. All venue allocations are subject to approval by ICC.
Lord's staged the first three ICC Cricket World Cup finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983. The West Indies won the first two finals – their only World Cup successes – while India recorded the first of their two World Cup triumphs in 1983.
In 1999, Australia won the first of their three consecutive World Cups in the fourth final to be staged at Lord's.
Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, said: "ECB is extremely proud to be staging the tournament which follows the Olympics and the Rugby World Cup in the list of truly global events being held in this country.
"Multi-cultural Britain ensures that all the teams competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup will have generous support in all the games they play in what promises to be a global celebration of cricket."
Lord's staged a Women's World Cup final in 1993 when England beat New Zealand by 67 runs but this was before the tournament came under the auspices of the ICC.
The remainder of the venues for the ICC Women's World Cup will be recommended to the ICC by the ECB Board in April.
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Ohio State brought back Student Appreciation Day for 2019, allowing students to get an inside look at Ryan Day's team. A number of top recruits and former Buckeyes were also in attendance, making it the most-watched practice of the year.
You can see some footage from the practice in both the video above and the clips below.
Ohio State posted its own video, showing off the Chick-Fil-A Field Goal Competition and Ryan Day's post-practice speech.


NEW YORK — National League MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension was overturned Thursday by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das, the first time a baseball player successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance.
The decision was announced Thursday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, one day before the 28-year-old outfielder was due to report to spring training with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Braun's urine tested positive in October for elevated testosterone, and ESPN revealed the positive test in December.
Braun has insisted that he did not violate baseball's drug agreement.
MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred said management "vehemently disagrees" with Das' decision.
Das, who has been baseball's independent arbitrator since 2000, informed the sides of his decision, but did not give them a written opinion. He has 30 days to do so.
Manfred and union head Michael Weiner are part of the arbitration panel, and management and the union almost always split their votes, leaving Das, the independent panel member, to make the decision.
An evidentiary hearing on Braun's appeal was held Jan. 19-20 in New York, ending the day before the player accepted the NL MVP award at a black-tie dinner.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that, after being informed of the positive result, Braun asked to have another urine test taken, and that the second test was within normal range.
During the hearing, Braun's side challenged the chain of custody from the time the urine sample was collected by Comprehensive Drug Testing Inc. to when it was sent nearly 48 hours later to a World Anti-Doping Agency-certified laboratory in Montreal, the person said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because what took place in the hearing is supposed to be confidential.
Positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs have been relatively rare under the major league testing program, with just two others in 2011: Tampa Bay outfielder Manny Ramirez and Colorado Rockies catcher Eliezer Alfonzo. Ramirez at first retired rather than face a 100-game suspension for a second positive test. Wanting to return this year, he is serving a 50-game penalty — the length was shortened because he missed most of last year.
Braun hit .312 with 33 homers and 111 RBIs last year and led Milwaukee to the NL championship series, where the Brewers lost to the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers are counting on his offense following the departure of Prince Fielder, who became a free agent and signed with the Detroit Tigers.
Braun already was signed through 2015, but the Brewers gave him a new deal running through 2020 that added $105 million and guaranteed him a total of $145.5 million over a decade.


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Ludvík Orleánsko-Braganzský celým jménem Luís Maria Filipe Pedro de Alcântara Gastão Miguel Rafael Gonzaga (26. ledna 1878 Petrópolis – 26. března 1920 Cannes) byl syn brazilské korunní princezny Isabely a jejího manžela Gastona Orleánského (původně francouzského prince) a jako takový byl brazilským princem. Od roku 1908 až do své smrti v roce 1920 byl navíc po své matce následníkem na zrušený trůn brazilského císařství v důsledku rozhodnutí staršího bratra Pedra oženit se proti vůli matky, která jako hlava císařské rodiny se sňatkem nesouhlasila a musel se tak nároku na trůn vzdát ve prospěch mladšího bratra Ludvíka.

Během první světové války sloužil v řadách britské armády ve Flandrech, kde se nakazil zhoubnou formou revmatické nemoci, která podlomila jeho zdraví a v 42 letech zemřel. Před svou smrtí byl za válečné zásluhy vyznamenán ve Francii, Belgii a Spojeném království.

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Dne 4. listopadu 1908 se v Cannes oženil s princeznou Marií Piou Bourbonsko-Sicilskou (1878–1973). Spoleně měli 3 potomky:

 Petr Jindřich Orleánsko-Braganzský (13. září 1909 – 5. července 1981), po otcově smrti pretendent brazilského trůnu, ⚭ 1937 Marie Alžběta Bavorská (9. září 1914 – 13. května 2011)
 Ludvík Gaston Orleánsko-Braganzský (19. února 1911 – 8. září 1931), zemřel svobodný a bezdětný
 Pia Maria Orleánsko-Braganzská (4. března 1913 – 24. října 2000), ⚭ 1948 René Jean Marie Nicholas de Nicolay (1910–1954)

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Související články
 Orleánsko-braganzská dynastie
 Brazilské císařství

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Orléans-Braganza
Brazilští princové
Rytíři Řádu čestné legie
Narození v roce 1878
Úmrtí v Cannes
Úmrtí v roce 1920
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Narození 26. ledna
Úmrtí 26. března


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Swimming in Dunning Lake begins the first Saturday in June and ends on Labor Day. The lake is open on Labor Day. Swim hours are 10:00am-7:45pm in June and July, and 10:00am-7:30pm in August until the beach closes.
Open water swimming is not permitted.
The lifeguards are here to protect everyone. Please respect their authority and judgment. Keep paths in front of the lifeguard chairs free of chairs, towels, umbrellas, and beach toys. No sitting or climbing on lifeguard chair.
Children are the responsibility of their parents. No child under the age of twelve is to be left unattended. Please do not think the job of lifeguarding is that of baby-sitting. Bubbles, water wings, rafts and other floating devices are prohibited. The safety of your family is important to us.
Coast guard approved lifejackets are acceptable but cannot be used to aid a child in getting to the rafts. Children are allowed to the rafts only if they are able to make it on their own.Do not tow them!
Alcoholic beverages are permitted in the picnic areas only. No glass containers.
Smoking is prohibited from the beach area.
Baby changing tables are provided in both sides of the bathhouse and at the playscape. Do not use picnic tables to change diapers.
No cloth diapers/pampers are allowed in the lake. All babies/toddlers must wear swim diapers.
Do not push off, flip off or swim under the rafts.
Please do not touch live animals, including mussels.


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Top Mobile Security Stories of 2019
Author: Tara Seals
Cybercrime increasingly went mobile in 2019, with everything from Apple iPhone jailbreaks and rogue Android apps to 5G and mobile-first phishing dominating the news coverage. Here are Threatpost's Top 10 mobile security stories of 2019.
Cybercriminals are increasingly and successfully targeting mobile users, as our look back on the Top 10 2019 mobile security stories show. For enterprises that are embracing an ever-more-mobile workforce, escalating mobile attack vectors significantly widen the threat landscape, and are forcing companies to rethink what their security requirements need to be. For consumers, greater awareness is their only hope to protect their personal data.
Apple Takes Bug Bounty Public
In December, Apple officially opened its historically private bug-bounty program to the public, while boosting its top payout to $1 million (for a zero-click remote chain with full kernel execution and persistence on Apple's latest shipping hardware). The payouts are a huge step up from the private program's paltry $200,000 top reward – but the tech giant is looking for full working exploits with any vulnerability submission. Other payouts range from $25,000 to $500,000 across a range of products, including Macs, iPhone and iPad, and Apple TV.
Apple Bugs Proliferate
Speaking of Apple bugs, iOS vulnerabilities turned up throughout 2019, including the "AirDoS" bug that allows nearby hackers to render iPhones and iPads inoperable, via the file-swapping feature AirDrop. In June, an iMessage bug came to light that bricks iPhones running older versions of the company's iOS software; and five other iMessage bugs were found that required no user interaction to exploit, including one that would allow remote attackers to access content stored on iOS devices. Also, a total of 14 iPhone vulnerabilities – including two that were zero-days when disclosed in February – were found to be targeted by five exploit chains in a watering hole attack that lasted years.
WhatsApp Faces Down the NSO Group
In May, WhatsApp is warned users about a zero-day vulnerability found in its messaging platform was exploited by attackers who were able to inject spyware onto victims' phones in targeted campaigns. Later in the year, WhatsApp owner Facebook sued the Israeli company NSO Group, alleging that it developed the surveillance code itself and used vulnerable WhatsApp servers to send malware to approximately 1,400 mobile devices, targeting human rights defenders, journalists and other members of civil society worldwide. NSO's president later took indirect aim at WhatsApp over the issue in a conference session.
StrandHogg Impersonates Android Apps
This fall, researchers found a new Android vulnerability called StrandHogg that could allow malware to pose as popular apps and ask for various permissions – enabling hackers to listen in on users, take photos, read and send SMS messages, and basically take over various functions as if they are the device's owner. The wrinkle is that the activity overlays and masquerades as a mobile app, such as Facebook, that a person would use regularly. The flaw affects all Android devices, including those running Android 10, and puts the top 500 most popular apps at risk.
The Checkra1n Jailbreak
A BootROM vulnerability for iPhone dubbed "checkm8" was disclosed this year – an un-patchable bug affecting hundreds of millions of iPhones that gives attackers system-level access to handsets via an unblockable jailbreak hack. An exploit soon emerged, called checkra1n, which would allow users to bypass DRM restrictions to run unauthorized and custom software. Checkra1n also makes users susceptible to rogue or unstable apps downloaded from outside of Apple's curated App Store. Meanwhile, a fake website purporting to enable iPhone users to download checkra1n (but ultimately downloading a gaming app bent on click fraud) made the rounds.
Mobile Phishing Kits Emerge
April saw a new wrinkle in the mobile landscape: Mobile-first phishing. A kit that specifically targets Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. pushes phishing links to users via email, masquerading as messages from Verizon Customer Support. These are tailored to mobile viewing: When the malicious URL is opened on a desktop, it looks sloppy and obviously not legitimate – however, when opened on a mobile device, it looks like what you would expect from a Verizon customer support application.
Spotlight on 5G
This year for the first time, security for 5G networks became a top conversation topic. The next-gen mobile technology promises ultra-low-latency and exponentially faster throughput to pave the way for new enterprise use cases and applications, including remote telesurgery, self-driving cars, electricity on-demand and more. However, in these scenarios, a cyberattack can literally be a matter of life or death. With many of the security protocols and algorithms for 5G are being ported from the previous 4G standard, researchers have already found 5G flaws allowing device fingerprinting and man-in-the-middle (MiTM) offensives.
Data-Scraping Apps
Earlier this year, Twitter and Facebook warned of software development kits (SDKs) that could be embedded within a mobile application and used to scrape profile information, such as email addresses, usernames, gender, last tweets and so on. The SDKs, which the tech giants said are maintained by oneAudience and MobiBurn, violate both companies' data privacy policies, which prohibit allowing third parties to harvest profile information for data monetization purposes. That was a change implemented in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and the issue continued the debate around social media privacy.
Retina X Stalkerware
In its first crackdown on "stalkerware," the FTC has banned the sale of three apps – marketed to monitor children and employees – that can be installed on devices to track their owners' location, activity and more. The apps come from a company called Retina-X Studios, and the FTC said that since the apps were designed to run surreptitiously in the background, they're are uniquely suited to illegal and dangerous uses, especially in domestic violence situations. Meanwhile in November, the Coalition Against Stalkerware formed to help victims of stalkerware, instances of which have increased more than 300 percent in 2019.
Biometrics Bypasses
While fingerprint sensors and FaceID are touted as providing the best available mobile security, 2019 saw a few bypasses of the technology. The Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor for instance was shown to be fooled in a hack involving a 3D printed fingerprint cloned from a wineglass. And Samsung admitted later in the year that anyone can bypass the Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor if a third-party silicon case is enclosing the phone. In October, Google came under fire for its Pixel 4 facial recognition unlock feature, which users said would unlock for users even if their eyes were closed. And in August, researchers revealed a bypass for Apple's FaceID.
Google Account Security Keys Launch for iPhone
iPhone users can now use Bluetooth to secure their Google accounts.
'Fleeceware' Apps Downloaded 600M Times from Google Play
New research shows apps that dupe users into being charged excessively with little reward persist on the Android app store.
Trump Slams Apple for Refusing to Unlock Suspected Shooter's iPhones
Legal battle pitting Feds against the tech giant over data privacy and device security in criminal cases seems inevitable.


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Qatar Military Dog Show Enhances Bilateral Relations [Image 1 of 9]
AS SALIYAH, QATAR
Photo by Dustin Senger
Area Support Group - Qatar
"I've seen a lot of dog shows before but this was really good – especially the drug and bomb detection," said U.S. Air Force Jennifer Asia Gonzales (center), from Chicago, Ill., after a Qatar military working dog exhibition for U.S service members at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, April 13. Gonzales was enjoying a four-day pass from duty in Iraq, by participating in the U.S. Central Command rest and recuperation pass program in Qatar. Also on pass from Iraq (far right): U.S. Air Force Brianne Gordon-Garcia, from Charlotte, N.C. and Army Pfc. Sharmeka Reed, from Hollandale, Miss.
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