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FLAMENCA UNBOUND
[Dedicated to the dedicated Valerie Michelle Wilhite.]
This post is a spin-off from an abstract I was writing for a call for papers, which I'm also sharing and redistributing immediately here below. It's an idea for an ideal (post-book) edition of the 13th-c. Occitan Flamenca, and the post is punctuated with illuminations from Scarfolk Council*. You see, I am still being rather overcome with joy because of two things:
Flamenca is gaining recognition (a steady happiness since May), and
yesterday, my copy of Discovering Scarfolk arrived.
Some of this post is still in note/draft form, but you'll get the gist of the idea.
[jump straight to the idea]
THE CALL FOR PAPERS
The Société Guilhem IX
International Medieval Congress
May 2016 Kalamazoo
Session of Papers: Interlingual Exchange, Interlinguistic Comprehensions, and Multilinguism in Occitan Spaces (I)
Organizer: Valerie M. Wilhite
Presider: To be determined
Recent scholarship in Mediterranean Studies and Pan-European Literary Studies are coming up against a linguistic barrier as they try to explain the permeable linguistic boundaries of the Middle Ages as regards oral interlingual communication which comes to the surface only after viewing texts – especially the historical – awry. The study of interlingual or translingual oral exchanges would seem to require a different methodology than the examination of textual transmissions and translations. New terminology is being created to speak of the communicative phenomena that allow interlocutors to transcend boundaries. Rosa Maria Medina Granda speaks of intercomprensión lingüística, Jonathan Hsy develops the concept "translingual" while Léglu sees a phenomenon termed monolangue which reduces the multiplicity of the oral plane to a single language for the purposes of textual transmission. Jocelyne Dakhlia and Karla Mallette hunt down the elusive textual evidence of the Lingua Franca, elusive due to the orality that defines it. Zrinka Stahuljak is producing a book-length study of Medieval Fixers, interlingual mediators in the medieval Mediterranean. The Société Guilhem IX invites papers that examine the interlingual exchanges between Occitan actors or which take place in Occitan spaces.
Roundtable: The Medieval Occitan Romance Flamenca (II)
The Société Guilhem IX invites parties interested in discussing the romance of Flamenca to join a roundtable for the International Medieval Congress in May, 2016. Discussions by participants are limited to 10 minutes to ensure to encourage exchange between participants and also with listeners.
The important Occitan romance, Flamenca, has received quite a bit of attention of late. The romance was translated and edited in 2008 for an Italian-reading audience in Flamenca: romanzo occitano del XIII secolo by Roberta Manetti. Anton Espadaler has recently produced the first modern Catalan translation of the text while Jaime Covarsi Carbonero's translation into Spanish was published in 2010. The excellent translation-editions produced by Lettres gothiques have also added Flamenca to the collection with an edition/translation produced by Zufferey and Fasseur in late 2014.
The Société Guilhem IX is pleased to offer for the 2016 Congress:
A one-year membership in the Société, including a subscription to the journal TENSO, to any graduate student whose abstract is accepted for inclusion in either of the sessions sponsored by the Société Guilhem IX.
Payment of the registration fee (in 2015, $145.00 US) for the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies to anyone who resides outside of North America and had their abstract accepted for inclusion in either of the sessions sponsored by the Société Guilhem IX. The same individual(s) will receive a one-year membership in the Société (in 2015, $50.00 US), including a subscription to the journal TENSO.
Please send your expression of interest at your earliest convenience before summer's end. Titles with brief descriptions or queries may be sent to Valerie M. Wilhite at:
vwilhite-at-hotmail-dot-com
with "Kzoo GIX" in the subject line. Please have your titles and abstracts to VMW by August 1st if you would like to be considered for the special benefits we will be providing graduate students and presenters from outside North America.
Valerie M. Wilhite
Vice-President of the Société Guilhem IX
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
University of the Virgin Islands
Albert A. Sheen Campus-St. Croix
RR1 10,000
Kingshill, USVI 00850-9781
AN IDEA FOR AN IDEAL EDITION
There have been a fair few editions of Flamenca over the last two hundred years. The recent Lettres Gothiques one is I think the most exciting, as it's in a major readily-available paperback series à des prix bien démocratiques. In Anglophone cultural terms, it's the market equivalent of Penguin Classics and Oxford World Classics, but with facing-page original text and modern vernacular translation, and with more paratextual material. I'm excited about it not just because any Flamenca news is good news (and not just for me: for everyone), but because I hope this might help the work to reach out to more people, and to more audiences.
Nearly all the previous editions have been from "properly scholarly" presses, for a small "properly scholarly" audience. You will find them (editions and audience both) in university libraries, be that directly or via inter-library loan. Used copies can sometimes be found, often for scary prices. (Sadly, this last attribute is only true of the books.)
One notable exception to the rule was an earlier experiment in outreach, the UGE "10/18" series parallel-text paperback (Jean-Charles Huchet). The paper, font, and feel leave much to be desired; as do the paratextual materials; but it satisfied the need for access to "the text." And it was decently priced.
The new editions of Flamenca will, like any other previous edition of the work, attract The Usual Suspects. That is:
People who already know Flamenca.
People who are already familiar with medieval Occitan literature.
People who are working on or otherwise interested in medieval European vernacular romance, and/or its equivalents and parallels in other cultures.
New cheaper paperback editions will attract (or otherwise be bought and, hopefully, used by) the following Usual Suspects:
Graduate students.
Students (graduate and undergraduate) who have been set the work in required reading for a course, as the work can be included in syllabus due to reasonable price and availability.
Any student is a potential future medievalist, without whom the field will either fossilise preserved in aspic, or cease to exist; that's death either way. When teaching, one can introduce and incorporate the medieval (and anything else one happens to find interesting and care about and want to share, within the limits of professionalism, ethics, and good taste) in any course: see the previous post on this present blog for an example.
A good facing-page translation does, as all teacher-scholars all the way back to Erasmus know, three things:
it enables someone who doesn't read the original language to get something out of a work, whilst seeing that further joys can be gained by being able to read the original; so it's also an enticement, the start of seduction (in Flamenca's terms we're working towards Amors and her rapture of Guillem, metaphorically speaking, in this reading of Flamenca as "breviari d'amors"…)
it exposes them to the Occitan, out of the corner of an eye, and they can then start to familiarise themselves with it and learn it
for the more curious and lively reader who wants more, the paratextual apparatus suggests further temptations. Like Flamenca itself, you're looking at an open, provocative, flirtatious, and dangerously seductive creature. Such editions are, I feel, more true to the spirit of the work they contain—insofar as one can contain such a work—than many a previous approach has been.
My main problem with most editions of Flamenca is that they have targeted a captive audience. If we Occitanists and Medievalists consider that this work is a great work worth reading, we need to stand up for it. So I'm putting my money where my mouth is: this is great and worthwhile literature that could be a good read for anyone, and everyone should have a chance to read it. "Read" in a variety of ways, reading an "it" that could be a number of things.
Flamenca is so rich in so many ways that it's a shame more people haven't read it, in any of their individual ways. I'd love to have a public library reading group around it. Cheaper editions, more readily available, facilitate reading. Like with other Great Classics and Rich Enduring Inexhaustible Works, never-ending stories in themselves and beyond, in their existence in readings and in readers' imaginations.
What I would like to see would be more digitisation and more open free access. A massively hypertext ecosystem project, akin to an MMPORG, for which Flamenca is ideally suited because it is already a perfect "gateway text" opening portals onto multiple other worlds: diachronic and synchronic literary parallels, a language and literature and culture, histories, infinite approaches to texts; a speculative fiction Stargate. Partly due to its encyclopaedic nature as a critical, metacritical, meta-romance, super-text literary summa. Like Andreas Capellanus's De Amore, the Roman de Renart, the fabliaux, Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, the Legenda aurea, the Codex Calixtinus, the Canterbury Tales, and all of Dante (but funnier than the last of these).
There's already the COM CD-ROM version of the text, using the Gschwind edition, and the COM is a wonderful tool for cross-referential searches and pattern-seeking across the whole medieval Occitan corpus. In an ideal world, it would be great to link that up to Flamenca's whole world, earlier and around the time and later, to literature in Catalan (especially later Catalan, and Spanish), Italian, French, and further afield.
Scholarship on Flamenca produced by my generation and previous ones included a lot of drudge-work; my generation has benefitted from the invaluable and duly much valued COM and other computational and digital humanities resources, which saved some donkey-work on the Occitan front which in turn meant more time and energy for higher-order intellectual work. A better use of our minds and talents than mindless drudgery, surely?
I am not just saying that out of laziness, arrogant impatience, disdain for hard graft, or resistance to the slow painstaking slog of research (all too often a thinly-veiled hazing and fagging by Elders And Betters). Consider the chap who got a PhD out of a manually-made (no computers) concordance to Montaigne's Essais. And his wife did all the typing. That would be unimaginable and ridiculous today. Consider much scholarly work of the past, and it either looks similarly ridiculous (and unthinking, or lacking in thought, and thus lacking in evidence of intelligence let alone brilliance) or charming, quaintly heroic, verging on the Quixotic; we can still admire the effort and the intelligence exhibited in trying to overcome adversity with the meagre tools at the poor man's disposal (such as the wife). Think of Beethoven and Brahms performing innovative miracles composing for a future piano that did not yet (and maybe still does not) exist.
That corpus of scholarly work still has merit, at a historical distance, read and interpreted in its contemporary context. Like others before us, we are dwarves on the shoulders of giants. And that's a fine thing for giants and dwarves both.
I am not being charitable but sympathetic, because I hope future Flamenca-ists might be able to be as sympathetic about us today. Or would it be better still if the best we can hope for is empathy?
So. What next?
(1) We (by which I mean all friends and allies of Flamenca) need a good proper solid online edition.
(2) It should have good digitised images of the manuscript, in colour. This will mean unbinding the Carcassonne unicum, which means that we'll also be able to see how it's actually been put together at long blinking last. Putting some questions to rest.
By "the manuscript" I also include everything else that is physically part of the material book, including close-ups of rips, tears, excisions, all Flamenca's lovely gaps; and of the late 19th-c bindings and covers.
(3) Transcription: we already have several and one wonders why there would be a need for more, given that the text is in a single copy in a nice clear hand. Existing transcriptions still vary; they should, with variae lectiones, be amalgamated. If anyone feels the need for yet more transcriptions, let's farm it out to students, interactively, worldwide, in online practice side-exercises.
(4) Translations, plural, into several languages. Maybe crowd-source translations into other languages, involve the erudite reading publics in other countries once they can access the Occitan through their own second languages.
The idea of interlingual access fits nicely with the theme of the Société Guilhem IX's first Kalamazoo session, as outlined in the Call For Papers above: a lingua franca / langue véhiculaire approach to intercultural intercomprehension.
As for communal work, for the common good? Don't laugh: if cooperative translation is good enough for Paul Muldoon via being an integral part of Princeton's creative writing / literary translation courses; and if open online cooperation is good enough for pure maths and philosophy; then I don't see why our fields should be sniffy about crowd-sourcing. Besides, the more languages and internationality are involved, the more and bigger funding agencies can be involved. Aim high: UNESCO. Occitan is a world literature, more than fulfilling Goethe's criteria.
(5) Introductions, comments, notes, critical commentary, the whole background and landscape and environment: an online edition permits all of these to be plural, as best suits the character of a work like Flamenca.
Free informed choice and heterodoxy should be the guiding principles for this happy possible future of a utopian literary world beyond The Book.
As wide a range as possible of introductions and commentaries and essays and so on ought to be available. For each one, in the style of many journals, the abstract and first page would be free and anyone wishing to read more would need to pay for it. Links via JStore, Muse, etc. These papers would also be linked to the text itself, like longer notes (ex. all papers considering the famous wedding song-feast episode would be linked to that passage in the text).
Here is where, as we must consider such worldly realities, a project can be monetised: just reading the text (including manuscript and all translations) would be free, as would be any shorter notes (simple explanatory ones maximum 5 lines), longer notes would be free for the first 5 lines, then one would need to pay to access the rest of that information.
Rates should be different for individuals and multi-user institutions. For all users, they should also be proportional to financial means, with the option of need-based meritocratic scholarships for poor clever people. There would be witty creative competitions (see "apps for mobile devices" further down), whose first prize would be free access to the entirety of Flamencaworld for a year, runners-up paying a massively reduced rate for full access (say, in the order of $5 and $10). There would be student/scholar positions available, where in return for performing some work an individual would benefit from a reduced rate or free access.
(6) Bibliographies: open and free, interactive (a wiki would already work nicely), dynamic, with options for annotation. Like the translations (4. above), with crowd-sourcing. Options for students to work with and on them, uploading short descriptions and comments, perhaps for apprenticeship-pay as a Research Assistantship or for one of the scholarships in (5.) above.
As with translation crowd-sourcing, there will need to be quality control with at least a minimum of moderation by trustworthy wise editors exercising their good judgement in a freer variation on peer review. Aristocratic government is a compromise, but a lesser evil than idiocracy: see how the wikipedia has moved from total openness to a hierarchy. There is of course work, and political work, still to be done to avoid trolling and destructive acts and behaviour, and to avoid the pitfalls of patriarchal authority too often tied to vertical hierarchy.
Consider this to be an open question larger than Flamenca and this hypothetical ideal-edition project: Is gynarchist rhizomal networking possible?
(7) In another monetised-web move, the bibliography would be linked to an online bookstore. I would prefer that links go directly to the publishers rather than A****n, but beggars can't be choosers.
Every item on the bibliography should also be accessible for free via libraries (SUPPORT LIBRARIES!!!) with links to them by way of a "where is your nearest library copy?" feature and interactive map.
(8) Plus a whole hypertext and metatextual lexico-grammatical, poetic, rhetorical, semiotic, onomastic side-project. Tables and charts and graphs. All fully searchable and intra-, inter-, hyper-linked. Expandable and contractable pop-up windows.
(9) Short video pieces, one to five minutes long, by Leading Scholars and other stand-up comedians; freely available on Vimeo or similar. A YouTube channel with appropriate sponsored links for further monetisation.
(10) Accompanying son et lumière: images, other manuscripts, diagrams, maps, images of places, 3D reconstructions. Recorded perfomances, from straight-forward audiobook readings to more creative interpretations. Soundtracks, with options from the neomedieval (re-enactment on period instruments aiming for historical accuracy) to medievalist (indie electro post-punk) to the tangential, non-medieval, allusive, echoingly fitting in a poetic way. As provided by layers of previous readers and added to along the way.
Perhaps Sequentia would be open to a co-production?
(11) Creative space: further commentary and readers' notes (deploying a blog for example), alternative translations, versifications, parodies (as though Flamenca weren't parody enough already), rewritings, prequels, continuations, side-quests, and other fan fiction; more readers' soundtracks, performances, animated and live-action short and long films, games. Illustrations, collages, curated collections.
Bref: a collaborative submersive reality.
(12) There should be the opportunity, should a reader so desire, to design, order, and buy their very own special individual physical book that would include whichever elements they wanted. Some options: a manuscript facsimile with facing page transcription, perhaps in a more expensive larger format made from finer materials, a Lettres Gothiques-style simpler transcription and translation, two columns per page to permit the inclusion of more than one translation viewed simultaneously across the facing pages, with or without one's preferred introduction and notes. Paperback, hardback, a cheap plain edition, a fancier one, design your own front cover, choose your illustrations, and so on.
As with making Medieval books to order, the world's your oyster and the sky's the limit.
At the same time, as with the printed book, there's still also free access to knowledge for everyone.
Returning to this post's starting-point and its visual punctuation, Scarfolk Council offers a multi-media exemplary model for post-book (that is, including but not restricted to the physical book) literature (that is, a work of art whose main medium is words).
Each of the work's modes of existence allows for different creative expressions; each mode is essential to the idea and thing that is Scarfolk Council; only one (the book) costs money; it also differs structurally in that it has had framing devices and appendices added and has been stitched together into a continuous narrative, like Arnault de Mareuil. All three modes beautifully embed non-book artefacts in ekphrastic cabinets of curiosities.
Bonus: there's lots of opportunities for spin-off lucrative non-book-product merchandising. A Topatoco or Etsy shop with the usual coffee-cups, drinks coasters, t-shirts, etc. Flamenca-specific tie-ins? Well now:
Wind-up amphibious toys
Pyjamas and lounge-wear
Romantic make-your-own-salutz kits
Bathing unguents and towels
Finger-puppet collections
Wigs and veils and sleeves (the detachable sleeve as love-token is long overdue a fashion resurrection)
Board games; for example, amorous and/or argumentative snakes and ladders; and Medieval Occitan Boggle and Scrabble, to be played using the standard lyrico-erotic lexis
Wormwood-based confectionery or other comestibles
Crochet, embroidery, and knitting patterns
DIY kits for making your own pertuis spy-holes
Book covers and e-reader sleeves with a 13th-century psalter on the outside but cunningly hiding Floire et Blanchaflor on the inside (or vice versa)
Magnetic poetry word-sets for refrigerators
Apps for mobile devices:
Puzzles and conundrums
A soppy/sarcastic lyric poetry generator based on Flamenca or indeed the whole Occitan lyric and narrative corpus
Poetic composition games, where participants are given a word, phrase, line, or rhyme-word of the day to continue into a couplet or a full cobla.
Or rearrange passages or, if using the whole Occitan corpus (via Flamenca referential allusions), coblas to create new works
Or take two unrelated passages or coblas and insert a third between them to connect them and create a new sequence
Debate challenges, using topics and questions from the tensos, partimens, castia gilos and other amorous casuistry
Or taking current affairs and issues as materia to which to give Flamenca-style pastiche or parodic sen e razo (for a variation on this theme, see Grumpy Eleanor of Aquitaine). Soaps, celebrity pseudo-culture, reality TV, episodic series are not just fair game but perfectly fitting, as our cultural parallels for life-art / art-life slippages.
All the better to keep the jocs florals alive and well, and to revive and continue the international influence of medieval Occitan literature and literary culture!
SCARFOLK COUNCIL (1): A BLOG
SCARFOLK COUNCIL (2): A FACEBOOK PAGE
SCARFOLK COUNCIL (3): A PHYSICAL BOOK
* If you like Scarfolk, you might also enjoy: Sellafield, the Norfolk fenlands and their fenlanders, Innsmouth, Laird Barron, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Brookmyre, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Nick Harkaway, Tove Jansson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, HPL, China Miéville, Terry Pratchett, François Rabelais, Charles Stross, and Jeff VanderMeer. Especially the last two.
THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE
(though it's not as pretty or indeed sexy and hot as anything above; but as it is one of the main online sources for Isidore's Etymologiaein Latin, in a nice digitised version that argues strongly for the superiority of the digital over the codical–caudical?–if you have to choose one one of the two rather than working to morph and evolve both (and the scroll, and film, and virtuality) into something else; so it gets my seal of approval)
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By the time the new Sabattus Street fire substation design is complete, the city will likely have to find another $1.5 million to build it. It will be the first of three substations to be replaced over the next several years.
LEWISTON — A committee charged with designing the new Sabattus Street fire substation will pursue its current plan for a three-bay station on North Temple Street after receiving the go-ahead from city officials despite a higher-than-expected price tag.
At a City Council workshop Tuesday, those serving on the substation committee, including Fire Chief Brian Stockdale, presented the preliminary design to councilors, including cost estimates that average $4.2 million.
If the final design comes in at that price, the city will likely be left to find an additional $1.5 million over what it has already bonded for the project. The Sabattus Street station is the first of three Lewiston substations to be replaced in the coming years.
Stockdale said the committee has been whittling down building designs and layouts.
Prior budgets have funded $3.5 million toward the project, but architectural, engineering and brokerage services have come in at about $812,000 so far. Stockdale said those "soft costs" were assumed to be included in the overall expense, but were not, meaning the committee had to adjust some elements, decreasing the size of rooms and garage bays.
The committee also found ways that city staff could lend a hand in the process, which further cut down estimates.
Overall, he said, $176,000 was dropped from the estimated costs.
Stockdale said the committee chose the current design using considerations such as neighborhood fit, safety, efficiency and most cost-effective.
City Administrator Ed Barrett said with council approval, the committee will pursue its current design. Next, a more in-depth estimate with line-by-line costs will be created by the architects.
Denis Theriault, who serves on the substation committee, said the city will save about $200,000 for each station moving forward due to Lewiston using a mostly "cookie-cutter" design for the remaining two substations.
In August, the City Council approved entering into an option agreement to buy a 10-acre property at 55 North Temple St. for the new Sabattus Street substation.
When the substation committee was first formed in late 2018, it was marred by a fire department union grievance over Mayor Shane Bouchard's appointments to the committee. The firefighters appointed by Bouchard — Samantha Mayo, Nate Mailet and Chris Fournier, and Tim Trainor and David Beaule, who are lieutenants in the department — have not taken part in the committee meetings.
The City Council on Tuesday approved next year's Capital Improvement Plan that includes $39 million in proposed projects.
While the plan was unanimously supported by the council, representatives from the Lewiston School Committee said they were concerned with comments made by the Finance Committee regarding a few of its project proposals, including a planned wing expansion at Lewiston High School.
However, members of the School Committee took issue with the recommendation Tuesday, stating the vote in November 2019 has already been scheduled.
School Committee member Luke Jensen encouraged the council to keep the school project on the CIP.
"We put a lot of thought into this," he said, adding that 2019 is still an important election year in Lewiston.
He said that after "50 years of waiting" for a dedicated place for arts at the high school, the project should be supported.
City administration issued a reminder Tuesday that the CIP is a working document, and that final funding decisions for each project are made at a later date.
The City Charter requires that a capital improvement program be prepared annually for review by the Planning Board, the Finance Committee and the City Council and be adopted by the City Council at least four months prior to the end of the current fiscal year.
The School Department's section of the plan also calls for roughly $900,000 for a district-wide security camera upgrade.
Members of the Finance Committee, including Denis Theriault and councilor Marcotte, said the committee recommendations were based on the sheer number of projects in the pipeline compared to the city's debt limit.
"We're looking at a significant debt level in this city," Marcotte said, arguing that the city has "still not recovered from breaching" its debt limit level in order to fund capital projects in previous years.
Councilor Alicia Rea, who serves as the council representative to the School Committee, criticized the Finance Committee for not meeting with school officials prior to issuing its recommendation.
Barrett said the purpose of the CIP is to get a full picture of the city's capital needs in front of the council before the city sees the full budgetary picture.
Mayor Shane Bouchard said he is looking forward to digging into the project list this spring.


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Expiry date. What is the shelf life of candies?
The hard candy products are microbiologically very stable products. Candies contain a low percentage of water (<2%), a very low pH, between 2 and 3 units, and are cooked at very high temperatures. All this makes that there is no expiry date for them.
What quality certifications hold our company?
We manufacture under the ISO 9001, HACCP, BRC and are in process to obtain the IFS.
Our products, are they suitable for diabetics?
The sugarfree products that we manufacture contaisn a base of Isomalt, one of the sweeteners with lowest glycemic index in the market, and are completed with a mixture of intensive sweeteners, Acesulfame k and Sucralose, also with a very low glycemic index. This mixture is suitable for diabetics Type I and II. Excessive consumption of these products may cause laxative effec.
Gluten. Are our products suitable for coeliacs?
None of the products we make has gluten. We require our suppliers allergens certificates for all raw materials and we do not acquire any containing gluten, avoiding further potential cross-contamination. We do periodical analysis of our products in order to guarantee the absence of allergens. All our products are included on the Official List of FACE (Federation of Associantions for Celiaques in Spain).
Which are the ingredients of the candies and lollipops?
Hard candies and lollipops are mainly composed by sugar and glucose syrup. The remianing ingredients are found in much lower percetange and are citric acid, aromas and colorants. There are a wide range of other ingredients thay may be used depending on the required product as natural honey, plant extracts, chewing gum, vitamins, etc.
At Caramelos Cerdán we only work with the best raw materials available. This fact, added to a strict quality control over the entire production process, guarantees the maximum quality of our finished products. Caramelos Cerdán manufactures under the ISO 9-001, HACCP and BRC Quality Standards and we are dealing to get the IFS in the next months.


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Spellbook has been hard at work on their MMORPG Heroes of Dire for the last couple of months, and are now asking for funding through Kickstarter—$20,000 to be precise—to bring their heroes to the fore. Although I'm a fan of the art style—which brings back memories of Borderlands' wacky character designs—I'm not so sure about some of the things they're boasting about on the Kickstarter page.
For one, it definitely takes more than $20,000 to make a game of Heroes of Dire's size, especially since Spellbook claims that it's going to be one of those games you just "keep coming back to"—a game that "lasts for years." That being said, Heroes of Dire will supposedly have "six fighter classes, ten races, fifty weapon classes and four armor classes" which is nothing to frown at. But I don't see much in the way of gameplay on the Kickstarter page, which I presume has to do with the fact that Spellbook began full production on the game in December 2015.
My editor, Greg Micek noted that the stretch goals seem "overly aggressive"—it takes a mere $20,000 to make the game but a whopping $100,000 to add "fully-animated pets" onto the battlefield? What?! And then from $200,000 to $300,000, they'll add some "epic boss raids"? It all seems rather peculiar to me. Then again, I may be in the minority; Heroes of Dire has already raised more than twice the amount they are asking for, and their campaign has only just begun.
You can track Heroes of Dire's progress on our Campaign Calendar.
Author's note: If Spellbook is reading this, I'd be interested in hearing your response to some of the queries I've listed above. My contact information is listed below.
Edit 5/4: We've posted a follow-up article titled Addressing Concerns Raised Over Heroes of Dire.
Felix spent a large chunk of his youth behind a 24 inch monitor and intends to do the same with the rest of his adult life. For reasons still unbeknownst to friends and family, he decided to eschew a more conventional career path to instead become a guy who writes about video games for cash and coin.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
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Екатерина Енева е български сценограф и живописец.

Биография и творчество
Екатерина е родена в София. Баща ѝ – Христо Енев е представител на "Шел" за България. Майка ѝ Евгения Енева е преподавател по френски език.

Екатерина Енева завършва Софийската художествената гимназия специалност – "живопис", и Националната Художествена Академия специалност – сценография при професор Георги Каракашев.

Сценография

Драматичен театър "Сава Огняннов" – Русе
Първите ѝ спектакли като професионален сценограф са в Русенския Драматичен театър през 1968 г. Първата ѝ професионална сценография е за пиесата "Монахът и неговите синове" от Милко Милков с режисьор Жарко Павлович. През периода в Русе тя работи с емблематични за времето си режисьори: Иванка Цветанова, Васил Луканов, Слави Шкаров, Николай Колев, Константин Димчев.

През 1971 г. се омъжва за българския режисьор Петър Александров. Заедно създават десетки спектакли в България и Чехословакия. Получават национални и чуждестранни награди за режисура на Петър Александров и сценография на Екатерина Енева.

Драматичен театър "Боян Дановски" – Перник
В периода 1972 – 1977 г. работи в Драматичен театър – Перник. Тук тя се среща с режисьора Леон Даниел – излиза постановката "На дъното" на М.Горки. За спектакъла получават награда за режисура и сценография.

Младежки театър "Николай Бинев"
От 1977 г. работи като щатен сценограф в Народен театър за Младежта (НТМ) – по-късно преименуван на Младежки театър "Николай Бинев".

Екатерина Енева е член на Съюза на българските художници. Участва като сценограф в редица сценографски изложби: Квадриеналето в Прага; изложби на СБХ; Триеналето в Нови Сад.

Постановки

Постановки в Русенския драматичен театър "Сава Огнянов"
 "Монахът и неговите синове" – Милко Милков – реж. Жарко Павлович – 1968
 "Между два изстрела" – Н. Драганова и П.Стефанов – реж. Николай Колев -1969
 "Ние не сме сами" – Христо Кацаров – реж. Васил Луканов -1969
 "Амазонката" – Богомил Райнов – реж. Слави Шкаров – 1969
 "Чайка" – Чехов – реж. Иванка Цветанова – 1969
 "Огненият мост" – Борис Ромашов – реж. Жарко Павлович и Слави Шкаров – 1970
 "Ленин влезе в нашия дом" – Георги Караславов – реж. Слави Шкаров – 1970
 "Горещи нощи в Аркадия" – Драгомир Асенов – реж. Иванка Цветанова – 1970
 "Съд на честта" – Рангел Игнатов – реж. Слави Шкаров – 1971
 "Греховната любов на зографа Захарии" – реж. Константин Димчев – 1971
 "Трън в петата" – Франсоаз Саган – реж. Слави Шкаров – 1972
 "Хей, които и да си ти!" – Уилям Сароян – реж. Иванка Цветанова – 1972
 "Авария" – Фридрих Дюренмат – реж. Константин Димчев – 1972
 "Когато слушаш хората" – Бранислав Нушич – реж. Иванка Цветанова – 1974
 "Боян магьосникът" – Камен Зидаров – реж. П. Александров – 1974
 "Януари" – Йордан Радичков – реж. П.Александров – 1975
 "Между два стола" – Рей Куни – 1991
 "Сън в лятна нощ" – Шекспир – 1991
 "Скок в леглото" – Рей Куни – реж. П. Александров – 1992

Постановки в Младежки театър "Николай Бинев"
 "Оливър" – Лайнъл Барт – 1987; 2007– реж. Андрей Аврамов
 "Страшни смешки, смешни страшки за герои с опашки" – реж. ЛилянаТодорова
 "Любовта към трите портокала" – Р. Москова – реж. ЛилянаТодорова
 "Да се събудиш в Сиприля" – Е.Пиониду – реж. ЛилянаТодорова
 "Влияние на гама лъчите върху лунните невени" – Пол Зиндел – реж. Николай Бинев
 "Аз чакам знак" – Уилям Гибсън – реж. Николай Бинев
 "Гардеробиерът" – Р.Харууд – реж. Николай Бинев
 "Изпитание" на Р.Каугвер
 "Път на Надето моля" – К.Воденичарова
 "Укротяване на опърничавата" – Шекспир
 "Приятна жена, цвете и северен прозорец" – Н. Радзински
 "Зинуля" – А.Гелман
 "Куфар с глупости" – А.Петрушевская
 "Поглед от моста" – А.Милър
 "Снежната кралица" – Е.Шварц – реж. Недялко Делчев
 "Грешки от любов родени" – Л. Де Вега – реж. Надежда Сейкова

Постановки в страната
 "Тримата мускетари" – по М.Рехелс – реж. П.Александров – Драматичен театър – Пловдив
 "В света на мълчнието ни" – В.Станилов – реж. П.Александров; Държавен Куклен Театър – Русе
 "Лазарица" – Радичков
 "Старият дом" – Ал. Казанцев – реж. Н. Томанова – НАТФИЗ;
 "Последната нощ на сократ" – Стефан Цанев – реж. Н.Поляков – театър "199"
 "Пигмалион" – Бърнард Шоу – Драматичен театър – Габрово;
 "Облог" – И. Милева – реж. Л. Ардити – Драматичен театър – Перник;
 "Странната двойка" – Нийл Саймън – Малък градски театър "Зад Канала" – реж. Андрей Аврамов
 "Слънчево с гръмотевици" – Кен Лудвиг – Малък градски театър "Зад Канала" – реж. Андрей Аврамов

Театър "Jihočeské divadlo" – Чехословакия
 "Цигуларят на покрива" – Джери Бок; диригент Йозеф Заплатилек – реж. П.Александров – 1990 г.
 "Розмари" – Рудолф Фримл/Херберт Стотхарт; диригент Йозеф Заплатилек – реж. П.Александров – 1992 г.
 "Един + една = 3" – Рей Куни – реж. П.Александров – 1992 г.

Живопис
Екатерина Енева твори не само като художник сценограф, но и като живописец. Нейни живописни платна са собственост на частни колекции в страната и чужбина – България, Австрия, Канада, САЩ. Нейни платна участват и в благотворителни търгове в страната.

Изложби
 Съюз на българските художници – Изложба живопис и сценография – 2015 г.
 Галерия "Астри" – изложба формат 30 – 30 – 2014 г.
 Галерия "Феста" – изложба Миниатюра
 Галерия "Феста" – изложба живопис и темпера – 2002 г.
 Галерия "Сезони" – изложба живопис – 1998 г.

Награди
 "Ние не сме сами" – Христо Кацаров – реж. Васил Луканов - награда за сценография – 1969 г.

 "На дъното" на М.Горки – реж. Леон Даниел – награда за режисура и сценография

 "Януари" – Йордан Радичков – реж. Петър Александров – награда за сценография и режисура – Национален преглед на българската драма и театър – 1975 г.

 "Оливър" – Лайнъл Барт – реж. Андрей Аврамов: награда за сценография Пенчо Георгиев – СБХ – 1987 г.

 "Страшни смешки, смешни страшки за герои с опашки" – реж. Лиляна Тодорова – награда за сценография

Източници

 Биография в официалния сайт
 Биография на Сайта на Съюза на българските художници
 "Енциклопедия на Българския театър" – книгоиздателска къща "Труд" 2005 г.
 Летопис на Драматичен театър "Сава Огнянов" – Русе 2014 г.

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When It Comes to Trumponomics, Economists Are on High Alert
By Mark Thoma
Faith in macroeconomic models plummeted after the Great Recession, and for good reason. The models failed to foresee the economic problems that were coming, the severity of the recession was misjudged, and the models provided little guidance on how policymakers should respond to the economic crisis.
Macroeconomists have since overcome many of these problems. For example, the failure to integrate a meaningful financial sector into the models and working out how monetary and fiscal policy impact the economy when it is stuck at the zero bound. But even today, as Berkeley economist Brad DeLong points out (and as I pointed out long ago), macroeconomists cannot even agree on the importance of various explanations about the primary cause(s) of the recession.
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Does that mean economics has little to offer when it comes to evaluating policy proposals from the Trump administration? Have macroeconomic models been tarnished to the point where the Trump administration can disregard economic analyses unfavorable to their proposals because the experts don't know what they are talking about?
I believe that macroeconomic models and the forecasts they generate have more value than they are given credit for, especially now that the shortcomings in the models are being rectified. But even if we set aside macroeconomic models, basic economics – the concepts that are emphasized in principles of economics courses – still have considerable value in guiding how to think about whether a particular proposal ought to be enacted.
One of the things we tell students who are just beginning to learn about economics is that it will teach them a way of thinking that applies very generally, a way of thinking that will be valuable in almost all areas of life, including making business decisions, evaluating government policy, and making choices in one's personal life.
The first important principle is how to properly measure economic costs, what economists call "opportunity costs." The true cost of an economic choice such as deciding to go to college is not measured by the cost of room, board, etc. Suppose, for example, that a year of a public college education costs $20,000. The cost measured in this way does not necessarily reflect the true cost of pursuing an academic degree. Instead, the true cost is the highest valued alternative that could be pursued.
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If, for example, the person could have worked in a family business and made $85,000 per year, that is the cost—what is given up – by choosing to get a year of education (and many people, say an athlete with a huge pro contract, will decide the cost of another year of college is too high even if tuition, books, room and board, etc. are largely covered by a scholarship). In this example, the education costs $85,000, not $20,000, and if the benefit of a year's worth of education is perceived to be less than that, education will take a back seat.
Thus when Trump proposes tax cuts for the rich or any other policy, the true cost is not measured by the dollar value of the tax savings for the rich, but rather what society has to give up to enact the tax cuts. What is the highest valued alternative way the revenues lost from the tax cuts could have been used? Will government programs will be sacrificed to pay for the tax cuts, and if so, as seems likely, how much value does society place on the social programs that are cut from the budget?
This brings us to the second important principle in the economic way of thinking, learning to think "on the margin." In trying to decide whether, for example, to hire one more unit of labor, the choice can be made by comparing the costs and benefits of having one more worker on the payroll (i.e. "marginal" costs and benefits of one more unit of labor). If the benefit of hiring one more person, the extra output the worker can produce in an hour multiplied by what it can be sold for, exceed the costs, the hourly wage (plus benefits) then the worker should be hired (and the firm should continue hiring until the marginal costs and benefits are equal).
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So, to evaluate whether a policy such as tax cuts for the wealthy should be enacted we should compare the costs and benefits that arise from this policy. The cost of the tax cuts has already been discussed. It should be measured by the value of what society gives up to support them, and we should also consider the fact that the policy would make the inequality problem worse.
But what about the benefits? Republicans claim that tax cuts for the wealthy will spur economic growth, and that benefit of higher growth will be far larger than the programs that must be sacrificed to pay for the reduction in taxes. But we don't need fancy theoretical macroeconomic models to evaluate this claim about tax cuts and economic growth, the empirical evidence is quite clear. The idea that tax cuts will spur economic growth finds very little support when tax cuts in the past are evaluated.
When economists object to policies the Trump administration proposes, the objections are likely to be dismissed based upon the claim the macroeconomic models have failed us. But don't be persuaded by this argument. Macroeconomic models are better than their reputation, particularly now that many of their shortcomings have been addressed. But beyond that, the Trump administration's policy proposals can be evaluated using tried and true concepts such as opportunity costs and thinking about costs and benefits on the margin.
If the Trump administration's policy proposals pass these tests, great, let's enact them. But if the evidence on the costs and benefits is evaluated honestly, I don't believe that most of the policies that Trump has suggested – infrastructure spending done correctly is perhaps an exception – can be supported.
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Kolkata (nee Calcutta) used to be called the "City of Gardens", but the green space in the city has dwindled considerably over the years. In this scenario, the National Library grounds, tucked away on Belvedere Road, are a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of the city.
The National Library is situated on the 30 acre-sized Belvedere Estate. It used to be the residence of the Lt Governor of Bengal in the British era, and is now the premier Library of the country, with a huge collection of books, journals and manuscripts.
The first National Library was started in Kolkata after the amalgamation of the Imperial Library and the Calcutta Public Library, and opening of the same at Metcalfe Hall in 1903. The library in the present day premises was opened in 1953.


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salaam, if there are people here that either live in leeds or have been there, i would kindly want to ask what do you think of it. would it be a good place to move to do you think ?
r u plannig to go to leeds uni?
yeah, i have taken university of leeds as my firm offer. whether i am going to get in is an other thing ( inshallah i will ). are you planning to go there amani ?
Ah Leeds. Well Leeds is a nice place, a very diverse population and has a massive underground community which you should be aware of. I wouldn't go there for uni though, not that it's low in standards, but also has a very wrecked society. We all here people say that you won't be drawn in and you'll keep away, but we all know very well the promise of the devil don't we. Is there a chance you could consider going elsewhere for uni? Huddersfield is ok, and Bradford isn't too bad either.
Now here's the irony, I might be going to Leeds uni too! Not much choice I have, honestly!
no huddersfield is not that good!
what you planning on studying?
i just came to know the fact that i have to share my kitchen with about 5 peeple!!
i am not really up to that, specially in the morning smelling the beacon being fried.
how can i aviod this. any ideas ? cause i haven't got a clue what to do.
if i tell the uni that i would like to share my kitchen only with muslims, they might think that i am being fussy and racist.
Dude, what's "chemical engineering meng." all about then? Anything geeky?
By the way, are you currently residing in/around West Yorkshire?
Celestial are you American? anyway my cousin lives in Leeds and he tells me it's a good place to live, it's a big city so you have most facilities, the countryside is next door if you want to relax and so are some major cities, Sheffield and Manchester ain't too far, and theres Bradford which isn't really a nice place.
About sharing kitchens, just use different cooking equipment to the kafirs, i'm sure they'll understand.
Dude, what's "chemical engineering meng." all about then?
Chemical engineers apply the principles of chemistry and engineering to solve problems involving the production or use of chemicals, building a bridge between science and manufacturing. They design equipment and develop processes for large-scale chemical manufacturing, plan and test methods of manufacturing the products and treating the by-products, and supervise production. Chemical engineers also work in a variety of manufacturing industries other than chemical manufacturing, such as those producing electronics, photographic equipment, clothing, and pulp and paper. They also work in the healthcare, biotechnology, and business services industries.
The knowledge and duties of chemical engineers overlap many fields. Chemical engineers apply principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanical and electrical engineering. They frequently specialize in a particular operation such as oxidation or polymerization. Others specialize in a particular area, such as pollution control or the production of specific products such as fertilizers and pesticides, automotive plastics, or chlorine bleach. They must be aware of all aspects of chemicals manufacturing and how it affects the environment, the safety of workers, and customers. Because chemical engineers use computer technology to optimize all phases of research and production, they need to understand how to apply computer skills to process analysis, automated control systems, and statistical quality control.
hell no :). i am a somalian living in the uk, birmingham to be exact.
What!? Are you kidding me? You live in Birmingham and you want to come all the way up to Leeds to study? Hello! Wolverhampton uni!
Oh, just remembered. There's that Maths thing.
well is there like an open day or something?
all the way to leeds ? that a two and half hours from birmingham by train.
i would say that isn't too much, i was planning to go to london but couldn't.
Does anybody know anything about Leeds??


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Helmut Carol Klimek, auch Helmuth Klimek (* 16. März 1941 in Lugoj, Königreich Rumänien) ist ein Musiklehrer, Komponist und Musikverleger.

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In Rumänien
Helmut Klimek wuchs in einer deutschstämmigen Familie im Banat auf und erhielt eine klassische Ausbildung in Klavier, Akkordeon, Gitarre sowie Gesang. Nach der Ausbildung zum Musiklehrer war er von 1963 bis 1980 an der Volkskunstschule (Şcoala Populară de Artă) in Lugoj angestellt und unterrichtete Akkordeon, Gesang, Gitarre und Schlagwerk. Zugleich war er dort Leiter des Unterhaltungsorchesters.

Es folgten Konzertauftritte und Uraufführungen von eigenen Werke. Im Jahr 1979 erschien unter dem Titel Rhythmusparade (Parada Ritmurilor) im Verlag editura litera in Bukarest das erste Notenalbum für elektronische Orgel mit 13 Eigenkompositionen, das in 60 rumänischen Städten veröffentlicht wurde. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Stadttheater (Teatrul Municipal) in Lugoj bei dem Musical Broadway-Melodie 1492 (auch Christoph Kolumbus) nach Jura Soyfer erhielt er den ersten Landespreis (Premiul Naţional) und eine goldene Medaille, und zwar als Pianist sowie als Leiter des Musicalorchesters. Er war ein langjähriges Mitglied der Union der Komponisten und Musiker in Rumänien (Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România – U. C. M. R.).

In Deutschland
Helmut Klimek übersiedelte 1980 in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Im  Jahr 1983 veröffentlichte er sieben Musikwerke und Jahr 1985 erschien beim Musikverlag Banana-Flip-Music in Biberach die Schallplatte Apollo-Melodie sowie das Notenalbum Das goldene Spielheft mit zwölf Kompositionen. In Erinnerung an den italienischen Orchesterleiter Mantovani entstand 1988 eine Serenade sowie ein Vortragsstück für elektronische Orgel.

Von 1985 bis 2008 unterrichtete er in seiner eigenen privaten Musikschule in Stuttgart Klavier, elektronische Orgel und Keyboard.

Seit 1988 veröffentlicht er Interpretationen und Musikalien im Musikverlag Helmut Klimek in Stuttgart.

Kompositionen (Auswahl)
 1979: Parada Ritmurilor. Notenalbum mit 13 Kompositionen für elektronische Orgel
 1983: Ich brauch' die Dollars. Swing.
 1983: Und ich bin den Weg gegangen. Jazz-, Rockmusik.
 1983: Es kommt ein Tag. Slowfox.
 1983: Dreimal Caramba, Bandido. Samba.
 1983: Ave Maria. Für Gesang und Klavier. Erstauflage
 1983: Der König der Berge. Für Gesang und Klavier. Arrangement von Octavian Zemlicka.
 1983: Edelweiß-Romanze "La fleur de bon Dieu". Arrangement von Octavian Zemlicka.
 1983: Orgelzauber von und mit Helmut Klimek. Tonträger; (Ich brauch' die Dollars, Es kommt ein Tag, Und ich bin den Weg gegangen, Dreimal Caramba Bandido, Mary-Ann, Deine Tränen sind Regen für mich, So mag ich Dich, Ein verlorener Abend, Ein Blick genügt, Non Stop in das Glück, Wie fallender Schnee, Erzähl mir Deine Träume)
 1984: Wenn wir uns ein bisschen versteh'n. Für Gesang und Klavier.
 1984: Orgelzauber II von und mit Helmut Klimek. Tonträger; (Wir zwei wir lieben uns, Doch nein ich bin allein, Ich fang' an zu fragen, Bevor die Nacht beginnt, Mach mich glücklich, Liebe für ein ganzes Leben, Du bist ja nur Gast auf Erden, Mädchen Musik und Wein, Erinnerungen, Ich hab auf Sand gebaut, Ein Traum im Wind verweht, Monte Carlo)
 1985: Das goldene Spielheft. Notenalbum; (Frühlingsnostalgie, Konzertwalzer, Apollo Melodie, Einsame Straßen, Skylight, El Dorado, Das Lied der Prärie, Und wenn der Regen fällt, Der Charlie war ein Clown, Arrivederci Capri, Rondo grazioso, Tornado).
 1985: Apollo-Melodie. Rondo grazioso. Schallplatte. Banana-Flip-Music, Biberach.
 1986: Ding Dong. Tonträger. Text und Verlag: Heinz-E. Klockhaus.
 1988: Intermezzo. Vortragsstück für elektronische Orgel.
 1988: Erinnerung an Mantovani. Serenade.
 1988: Erinnerung an Mantovani. Vortragsstück für elektronische Orgel.
 1988: Serenade. Vortragsstück für elektronische Orgel.
 1993: London by Night. Für elektronische Orgel und Keyboard.
 1995: Ave Maria. Musik- und Klavierarrangement von Helmut Klimek. Neuauflage. Text und Verlag: Heinz-E. Klockhaus.
 1998: Das Meer. Konzertfantasie für Klavier und Orchester; opus 14.
 1998: Frühlingsrhapsodie. Vortragsstück für Piano; opus 15.
 2002: Die Spieluhr. Konzertrondo für Klavier und Orchester; opus 13.
 2010: Romantische Träume. Tonträger und Notenalbum; (London by Night, Romantische Träume, Der Leierkasten, Atlantic line, Heiß war der Sand, Pardon Madame, Mondschein in Venedig, Intermezzo, Serenade. Gitarrenklänge, Amalfi, Abendglocken, Das Traumboot, Konzertwalzer Nr. 2, Mister Charleston).
 2010: Frühlingskonzert. Konzert für Klavier und Orchester.
 2013: Serenade für Flöte und Streichorchester

Weblinks

 Helmut Klimek im Katalog der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität
 Helmut Klimek auf YouTube

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Komponist klassischer Musik (20. Jahrhundert)
Komponist klassischer Musik (21. Jahrhundert)
Komponist (Rumänien)
Komponist (Deutschland)
Musikverleger
Musiker (Stuttgart)
Banater Schwabe (Rumänisches Banat)
Emigrant
Rumäne
Deutscher
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Camelot's National Lottery accounts are hacked
November 30, 2016 By Cyber SecurityNo Comments
It could be you- as tens of thousands of online lottery Camelot players' accounts are hacked.
National Lottery operator Camelot says the login details of thousands of people who do the lottery online have been stolen.
There are 9.5 million national lottery players registered online, but Camelot said only around 26,500 accounts were accessed. It added that fewer than 50 accounts have had suspicious activity, such as personal details being changed, since the breach.
The company said it unearthed "suspicious activity on a very small proportion of our players' online National Lottery Accounts" during its online security monitoring on 28 November 2016.
It added that there has been no unauthorised access to core systems. "In addition, no money has been deposited or withdrawn from affected player accounts," said Camelot.
"However, we do believe that this attack may have resulted in some of the personal information that the affected players hold in their online account being accessed."
The company said it is now trying to find out what happened, but it believes that "the email address and password used on the National Lottery website may have been stolen from another website where affected players use the same details".
The affected accounts have been suspended and Camelot will contact the account holders to re-activate them. Camelot added that it is working with the National Cyber Security Centre on the incident.
Are you an online lottery player?
If so, just crossing your fingers is not enough. To mitigate risks in the short term, account holders should update passwords and avoid using the same password across multiple sites.
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Why are businesses ignoring cybercrime and cyber risks?
How can cyber security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks?
Business owners don't like spending money on anything that doesn't make them more money. Even insurance is a grudge purchase. I'm never fond of paying a high premium, but if there's a risk that I could lose my livelihood and house if I fail to get the right insurance cover, then I accept that.
Mitigating cyber risk is exactly the same. If companies don't do it, then they could go out of business.
But there's definitely over-confidence in the space, and I often hear "well, it will never happen to us, we've just installed anti-virus on all of our laptops".
So exactly how do you give the business that niggling feeling that encourages them to mitigate security risks? The reactive approach definitely isn't the right way, demanding cash after something has happened to plug a hole.
The sales led approach isn't the right way, where security suppliers force silver bullets down your throat and you end up buying something to help them meet their sales targets, regardless of how nice it makes your treasured server rack look.
It's about taking a proactive stance, and dealing with cyber security before something happens; and being prepared to tell security suppliers where to stick their hardware if it doesn't fit into your security programme.
I've never seen a business turn down a carefully prepared cyber security risk mitigation programme that fits the business. Fortunately, creating one is remarkably simple. Define scope. Carry out a security audit on said scope. Conduct a gap analysis, work out three costed options with pros and cons to address each gap, and present to the business.
But that still doesn't mean the business will buy in. We're missing that niggling feeling. Much as I dislike scare tactics, now would probably be a good time to think about them, with a short, sharp exercise that demonstrates to the business exactly what could go wrong in their cyber world.
Simulate a phishing email. It's easy enough. Put an EICAR (European expert group for IT-security) malware test file on your CEO's laptop. Take your CFO's laptop away for an hour and simulate critical hardware theft. Leave a suspicious package in the mail room. Simulate a web server hack.
These exercises would take less than an hour of the board's time and, while they won't get the cheque book out, they will raise awareness over time. Throw in a few fire drills to keep their minds off cyber for a bit. Simulate a flood. The point being, over time, your business can become cyber-aware; and ultimately this loosens the purse strings and gets you that next hire and support for implementing change.
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UK organisations are still not taking ransomware seriously enough
November 2, 2016 By Cyber SecurityNo Comments
UK organisations are still not taking ransomware seriously enough, and continue to fall prey to this method of low cost, low risk cyber extortion.
Businesses still get caught by ransomware, even though straightforward avoidance methods exist.The CryptoLocker ransomware caught many enterprises off guard, but there is a defence strategy that works.
Another factor promoting the popularity of ransomware among attackers, is that unlike many other forms of malware, ransomware does not require any special user rights.
"If your system gets infected by a keylogger, it has to escalate privileges to become an administrator on the system so it can survive a reboot, but all ransomware needs is access to the files the infected user can access," said chief research officer at F-Secure Mikko Hypponen.
"This makes them a unique problem because you can't fight ransomware by locking down systems, restricting user access or removing administrator privileges from users.
"I fully support this approach to security. Only give users access to what they need, take away admin privileges, but none of these things will protect against ransomware."
The most effective way to counter ransomware, said Hypponen, is to backup all critical data, but many organisations are failing in this.
"They may be backing up data, but they are typically not doing it often enough. They are not backing up all the information they really need because files are not being saved to the right folders, and they are not testing their backups regularly. Even if they have backed up the information, they are often unable to restore it to a usable form," he said.
"In addition to regularly tested backups, organisations should also ensure they would be able to detect and respond to a live ransomware Trojan on their network before it has succeeded in locking up all the data," said Hypponen.
One way of approaching this is to plant dummy "canary" files throughout the network. These should never be touched by legitimate users and act as alarms. If these files are touched, it points to malicious activity on the network.
Ransomware is also popular, he said, because its developers are able to outsource the risk to partners whose role is infect computers in return for a share in the money extorted from victims.
In addition to ransomware, another new business model for cyber criminals is circumventing the fingerprint locks on iPhones.
"Once fingerprint readers were added to iPhones, users were able to lock and unlock them quickly and easily. This meant that if the phone was stolen, it was useless and could be only sold for spares, which did not yield very much," said Hypponen.
But researchers are now starting to see criminal organisations that are able to trick victims of mobile phone theft into revealing their iCloud credentials.
"Victims typically receive an email message a few days after their phone is stolen to say it has been located using the 'track my iPhone' facility, telling them to click the link embedded in the message," said Hypponen.
"But the link takes them to a phishing site that asks them to log into their iCloud account, and once they have done that, the criminals have the information to reset the stolen phone and sell it as a fully working device."
The second lesson learned in 25 years of cyber security, said Hypponen, is that people will never learn, and that user education is a waste of time.
"It doesn't matter how many times you tell them, they will always double click on every executable. They will always follow every link, they will always type their password and credit card number into any online form that asks for that information, and they will always post their credit card picture and even CVV numbers on Twitter," he said.
Admitting this may be overly pessimistic, Hypponen said that instead of trying to "patch" people by educating them, the responsibility should be shifted to those better equipped to handle it.
"We should be thinking about where we really want the responsibility to be," he added. "Do we really want people to be responsible for security when most of them can't handle it, or should we be thinking about taking the responsibility away from the user and giving it to operating system developers, security companies, and internet service providers and mobile operating firms that provide the connectivity that causes the problems in the first place?"
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ИЗБОР НА ЦВЯТ
Политическа организация
Председател на ЕИСК
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Заместник-председател по бюджета
Организационна структура (политическа)
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Твоята Европа, твоето мнение!
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ЕИСК обединява представители от всички области на организираното гражданско общество, които отправят независими препоръки относно политиките и законодателството на ЕС. 350 те членове на ЕИСК са организирани в три групи: "Работодатели", "Работници" и "Други интереси".
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В ЕИСК има шест секции, специализирани в конкретни области, имащи връзка с гражданите на ЕС – от социални и икономически проблеми до енергетика, околна среда, външни отношения и вътрешен пазар.
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Civil society contribution to the next European Semester cycle
Lobo Xavier
President, European Semester Group (ESG), Employers' Group (Group I) EESC
Adviser to the Board of the Portuguese Association of Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industries (AIMMAP), member nominated by the Confeder...
Adviser to the Board of the Portuguese Association of Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industries (AIMMAP), member nominated by the Confederation of Portuguese Business (CIP)
Demelenne
Rapporteur of the EESC additional opinion on the "Annual Growth Survey 2019", Workers' Group (Group II), EESC
Former general secretary and president of the Wallonia section of the Belgian General Federation of Labour (FGTB)
Jutte
Head of Unit of the "Employment and Social Aspects of the European Semester" Unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission
Jeroen Jutte is responsible in the Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG of the European Commission for the "Employment and social aspects of the Europ...
Jeroen Jutte is responsible in the Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG of the European Commission for the "Employment and social aspects of the European Semester". In particular, he coordinates and supervises European Semester analyses on employment, education, skills and social policy issues, as contained in Commission Country Reports, and the development of Country Specific Recommendations in those fields. Mr Jutte dealt in various earlier positions within the Commission with inter alia the European Parliament discharge of the Commission expenditure in the employment and social domain relations with the European Court of Auditors, European Social Fund Coordination, accession negotiations/pre-accession assistance and business statistics.
Vanraes
Political Coordinator of the ECON Commission, European Committee of the Regions
Jean-Luc Vanraes is a member of the Renew Europe political group. He is also a member of the ECON (Commission for Economic Policy) and NAT (Commission for Na...
Jean-Luc Vanraes is a member of the Renew Europe political group. He is also a member of the ECON (Commission for Economic Policy) and NAT (Commission for Natural Resources) Commissions at the European Committee of the Regions.
Research Fellow, Bruegel Institute
Grégory's research interests include international macroeconomics and finance, central banking and European governance. From 2006 to 2009 Grégory worked as a...
Grégory's research interests include international macroeconomics and finance, central banking and European governance. From 2006 to 2009 Grégory worked as a macroeconomist in the Economic Research Department of the French bank Crédit Agricole. Prior to joining Bruegel he also conducted research in several capacities, including as a visiting researcher in the Financial Research Department of the Central Bank of Chile in Santiago, and in the Economic Department of the French Embassy in Chicago. Grégory is also an Associate Professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris where he is teaching macroeconomics in the Master of Finance. He previously taught undergraduate macroeconomics at Sciences Po in Paris.
Director of Global Policies and Sustainability, EEB
Patrizia has been working as an advocate for global justice at the intersection of human rights, environment and development for more than 10 years working m...
Patrizia has been working as an advocate for global justice at the intersection of human rights, environment and development for more than 10 years working mainly in and with non-profit organisations in Europe and Asia. She leads the European Environmental Bureau's work on sustainable development, is part of the Steering Group of SDG Watch Europe and, together with the Secretary General, represents the EEB in the Multistakeholder Platform on the Implementation of the SDGs. For the EEB, she follows intergovernmental processes at the UN level and supports projects on environmental democracy, EU enlargement and neighbourhood policies as well as environmental and economic justice. She was previously Executive Director of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of environmental, human and labour rights organisations.
Policy Coordinator, EAPN
Sian Jones is currently Policy Coordinator at the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). She is responsible for coordinating EAPN's anti-poverty policy and ad...
Sian Jones is currently Policy Coordinator at the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). She is responsible for coordinating EAPN's anti-poverty policy and advocacy work at EU and national level, involving 31 national networks and 13 European Organizations.. She has particular expertise in engaging with members to achieve progress on social rights and poverty reduction through EU processes including the European Semester and the Social Open Method of Coordination. Quality jobs, social protection and minimum income have been key EAPN priorities and she has worked with the Commission, the European Parliament, EESC and the Council on these areas including on in-work poverty and new ways of work. Prior to EAPN she was Senior Policy Officer for the Welsh European Centre in Brussels responsible for policy work on Employment, Education and Social Inclusion and worked as a research consultant for the Council of Europe on youth inclusion.
Director, BusinessEurope
James Watson was appointed Director of Economics at BusinessEurope, the Confederation of European Business, in June 2011. In this role he is responsible for ...
James Watson was appointed Director of Economics at BusinessEurope, the Confederation of European Business, in June 2011. In this role he is responsible for developing and communicating the organisation's positions on macroeconomic policies, structural and financial market reforms, economic governance, taxation, the EU budget and EU regional policies. Prior to joining BusinessEurope, James worked for 14 years as an economic adviser in the UK government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly DTI), providing economic advice and analysis on policies to raise the UK's long-term growth rate.
Putaturo
Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Chiara Putaturo is Policy Advisor on Inequality and Tax at Oxfam EU Office since February 2019. She is working on advocacy at EU level for ending corporate t...
Chiara Putaturo is Policy Advisor on Inequality and Tax at Oxfam EU Office since February 2019. She is working on advocacy at EU level for ending corporate tax avoidance and increasing countries' domestic resource mobilisation for funding public services and reducing inequalities. Previously, she was Project Officer for 8 years at Transparency International Italia, where she was responsible for research and awareness raising campaigns on anticorruption and transparency in the public sector. She has an academic background in political science and development economics.
Kajus
Hagelstam
Head of Unit of the Economic Governance Support Unit, European Parliament
Kajus Hagelstam is the Head of Unit of the Economic Governance Support Unit at the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he worked as Counsellor on Econo...
Kajus Hagelstam is the Head of Unit of the Economic Governance Support Unit at the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he worked as Counsellor on Economic and Financial Affairs at the Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU. After this, he was an Administrator for a Parliamentary body in the field of macroeconomics until 2012. From 2012 onwards he has been the Head of the Economic Governance Support Unit, which aims to provide European Parliament organs, in particular to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, with information and technical support on economic governance in the EU.
Gil Tertre
Head of Unit of the "European Semester, European Strategic Investments & Cohesion" Unit at Secretariat-General, European Commission
Miguel Gil Tertre is the Head of the Unit in charge of the European Semester (economic policy recommendations to Member States), European Strategic Investmen...
Miguel Gil Tertre is the Head of the Unit in charge of the European Semester (economic policy recommendations to Member States), European Strategic Investments and Cohesion at the Secretariat General (services of the President) of the European Commission. Between July 2014 and July 2017, he worked in the Cabinet of Vice-President Katainen and was in charge of Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness designing and implementing the investment Plan for Europe (Juncker Plan) and the European Defence Fund. He has a 10-year previous experience in telecom and internet economic analysis and regulation.
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