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Nearly 300,000 Iranian IP addresses likely compromised
Security firm Fox-IT said over 99 percent of requests for google.com using a rogue certificate came from Iran
Close to 300,000 unique IP addresses from Iran requested access to google.com using a rogue certificate issued by Dutch digital certificate authority DigiNotar, according to an interim report by security firm, Fox-IT, released on Monday.
The rogue certificate, issued on July 10 by DigiNotar, was finally revoked on Aug. 29.
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"Around 300.000 unique requesting IPs to google.com have been identified," Fox-IT said in the report. On Aug. 4 the number of requests rose quickly until the certificate was revoked on Aug. 29. Of these IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, more than 99 percent originated from Iran.
The list of IP addresses will be handed over to Google who can inform users that their email might have been intercepted during this period, Fox-IT said.
Not only the e-mail itself but also a login cookie could have been intercepted, it added. Using this cookie the hacker is able to log in directly to the Gmail mailbox of the user and other services from Google.
"The login cookie stays valid for a longer period," Fox-IT said. It would be wise for all users in Iran to at least logout and login, but even better change passwords, it added.
A sample of the IP addresses outside of Iran during the period were mainly Tor-exit nodes, proxies and other VPN (virtual private network) servers, and almost no direct subscribers, according to the report which analyzed OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) request logs.
Current browsers perform an OCSP check as soon as the browser connects to an SSL (secure sockets layer) Website protected through the HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol secure) protocol.
Tor is a distributed anonymous network used by people to prevent being tracked by websites or to connect to instant messaging services and other services when these are blocked by their local Internet service providers.
A total of 531 digital certificates were issued for domains that included google.com, the CIA, and Israel's Mossad,
The list of domains and the fact that 99 percent of the users are in Iran suggest that the objective of the hackers was to intercept private communications in Iran, Fox-IT said.
Google said on Aug. 29 that it received reports of "attempted SSL man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks" against Google users, whereby someone tried to get between them and encrypted Google services. The people affected were primarily located in Iran.
The attacker used a fraudulent SSL certificate issued by DigiNotar which has since revoked it, Google said in a blog post.
Trend Micro, another security firm, said on Monday that domain validation.diginotar.nl was mostly loaded by Dutch and Iranian Internet users until Aug. 30. Domain name validation.diginotar.nl is used by Internet browsers to check the authenticity of SSL certificates that are issued by DigiNotar.
DigiNotar is a small Dutch certification authority with customers mainly in the Netherlands. "We, therefore, expect this domain name to be mostly requested by Dutch Internet users and perhaps a handful of users from other countries but certainly not by a lot of Iranians," Trend Micro's senior threat researcher, Feike Hacquebord, said in a blog post.
From analysis of Trend Micro Smart Protection Network data, the company found that a significant part of Internet users who loaded the SSL certificate verification URL (uniform resource locator) of DigiNotar were from Iran on Aug. 28, but by Aug. 30 most traffic from Iran disappeared, and on Sept. 2 about all of the Iranian traffic was gone.
It became public in the evening of Aug. 29 that a rogue *.google.com certificate was presented to a number of Internet users in Iran, according to the Fox-IT report. The false certificate had been issued by DigiNotar and was revoked that same evening.
The security firm was contacted the next day and asked to investigate the breach and report its findings before the end of the week.
Fox-IT's report indicates that the initial compromise at DigiNotar may have occurred on June 17. DigiNotar noticed the incident on June 19 in its daily audit procedure but doesn't appear to have done anything about it. The company could not be immediately reached for comment.
The first rogue certificate *.google.com, was issued on July 10. All the other rogue certificates were issued between July 10 and July 20.
The hack implies that the current network setup and procedures at DigiNotar are not sufficiently secure to prevent this kind of attack, Fox-IT said. The most critical servers, for example, contain malicious software that can normally be detected by anti-virus software. The separation of critical components was not functioning or was not in place, it added.
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College Football Playoff Games Score Over 21 Million Viewers For ESPN
"The Peach Bowl peaked at 23.9 million, averaging 22.1 million, while the Fiesta Bowl peaked at 26.4 million and averaged 21.4 million."
The College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year's Eve drew in the largest audiences in five years according to ESPN.
The network revealed that combined the Fiesta Bowl in the 4 p.m. window and the Peach Bowl in primetime brought in 21.7 million viewers. That figure was up 28% year over year.
Typically the semifinal games have been blowouts, but both TCU/Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl and Georgia/Ohio State in the Peach Bowl came down to the wire and made for captivating television. The Peach Bowl peaked at 23.9 million, averaging 22.1 million, while the Fiesta Bowl peaked at 26.4 million and averaged 21.4 million.
The Georgia/Ohio State game was the most-watched primetime semifinal since the playoff's first season in 2014.
ESPN noted the games were the 3rd most-watched semifinals of the playoff era and were the most-watched non-New Year's Day semifinals on record.
Both games also landed in the top five of the most-watched non-NFL telecasts of 2022.
The Sugar Bowl, which kicked off at noon eastern/11 a.m. central in New Orleans, averaged 9 million and peaked at 10.1 million, the network said.
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Mog ate an egg for breakfast
It's been a delight to curate a collection of framed prints from 'MOG the Forgetful Cat,' the first in the MOG series which went on to total 17 books. This joyful series of prints can only be found at Ralph & James.
Everyone's favourite cat Mog first appeared over fifty years ago, in a funny and warm-hearted escapade where in the end Mog's forgetfulness comes in very handy one night… These beautiful framed prints are perfect for anyone who has ever known or loved a cat like Mog.
We love that Mog was based on Judith Kerr's own first cat (Mog). Mog the character enacted on the pages many of the real-life Mog's peculiarities, such as her penchant for boiled eggs for breakfast each morning!
Judith Kerr (1923 – 2019) was born in Berlin. At the age of 10 her family fled for Switzerland as the Nazis came to power, eventually settling in Britain in 1936. During the Second World War, Judith worked for the Red Cross, helping wounded soldiers, before being awarded a scholarship to study at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and becoming an artist.
Kerr is best known for her classics The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968) and the MOG series which began with MOG the Forgetful Cat (1970). As well as young children's books, Kerr wrote children's novels such as the semi-autobiographical Out of the Hitler Time trilogy.
Kerr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to children's literature and Holocaust education.


Most police departments, federal and state agencies have a written entrance exam that you must pass in order to be hired. Some departments give their exam on a regular scheduled basis while others may only give it once every year or two years. You usually have to register to take the exam but some cities allow you to "walk-in" and take the test. In some cases, you may have to pay a small fee of around $25 to take the exam. Generally speaking, the higher you score on the test the sooner you will get an interview.
Most exams are between 75 - 150 multiple-choice questions. The exam usually consists of several parts and each section of the test may be timed. The entire exam will take about three to four hours to complete. The exams vary depending on what type of job you are applying for. Federal exams ask more judgement type questions. State and county exams focus more on traffic maps and patrol tactics. Exams for a city police officer usually will ask a lot of general knowledge questions.
In addition to the written exam, some departments also give applicants a video test. You will watch a video of a law enforcement related scenario. As the police officers start to deal with a subject, the video will pause asking you what you would do. You will then be presented with multiple choice answers that will appear on the screen. The scenarios are usually designed to test your judgement and reasoning abilities.
For more information check out police & law enforcement Situational Judgement Test (SJT) - practice, resources, and advice.
How can I prepare for the written portion of the police entrance exam?
Preparing in advance is very important for anyone who wants to become a police officer. The first step is to visit the site of the police department you are applying to. Look through the information and gather as much info as you can about the application process. Pay special care to try and figure out who provides the test. Some common providers of the entrance exam are the B-PAD Group, Darany & Associates, CWH Research, and EB Jacobs. Once you figure out who the test provider is, you can start to practice for the written exam itself by searching through the police exam by assessment company. Taking practice tests is a great way to know what to expect on the testing day. By taking practice exams you can figure out your strengths and weaknesses. You should spend more time on weaker areas, this can help optimize your study time. Check out police exam practice tests to give you a taste of what to expect on the exam.
Listed below are some links to various types of sample tests. Even though you may not be applying with these departments, you should visit these sites and take the sample tests to get a better understanding of the type of exam you may be taking when applying for a job.


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how I learned to stop worrying and love scorpions: an interview with Danny Rocker
by Ty Y., 18
When I met Dan, the first thing he asked me was to call him "Danny Rocker." If there was any indication of the eccentric personality that I would be speaking to, that was it. A conversation with Dan is not a linear ordeal, it's a sprawling one. He will enthusiastically point out his shirt featuring his favorite band, Scorpions. He will gesticulate wildly, speaking his mind with such ferocity that you are thrust along for the journey, and you are enjoying it. There will be interjections and long laughing interludes, quick bursts of rapid-fire stories, each one missing a conclusion but packing the punch of a doorstop novel. Through music, art, mental health, and life itself, Dan tells a story of struggle. More important, he celebrates the many ways he has overcome that struggle.
Dan's stories never start at the beginning. Somewhere along the winding road of our conversation, you will find some of his formative moments, punctuated by his animated storytelling. He has always had a penchant for creativity and a passion for art in all of its forms, beginning with long hours of his childhood spent drawing Spiderman. His interests quickly solidified and he moved onto painting, which he pursued with great enthusiasm. His ultimate dream was to go to an art school to study painting and chase his passion, but this was never fully realized. Dan's parents insisted he either become a doctor, a lawyer, or an engineer—a lineup that makes him laugh to this day and was wholly unappealing to him then. Despite this less than ideal choice, Dan remembers that he was ecstatic to leave his home to go study engineering. "I didn't like being controlled by my parents, so when I left home it was very inspiring," he said, grinning. When I asked him whether he was at all scared to undertake this journey, Dan balked at the question. "No, I was looking forward to it. I couldn't wait to get the hell out of the house!" he laughed.
However, this enthusiasm soon subsided. The high-strung environment of schooling became overwhelming for Dan. He warned his parents that he "would be better off studying what I wanted—art—and be stable," but his words were ignored. Two months after enrolling in his engineering program, Dan was admitted to a psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with clinical depression, which he believes was exacerbated by the stress of schooling. His illness, and the subsequent treatment for that illness, deeply affected Dan and has been a continuous obstacle throughout his entire life.
Most frustrating for Dan is the effect of his illness on his creative process, an essential part of his life and well-being. "It sort of deadens the creativity, unfortunately," he says of his illness and medication. "I used to play guitar. I bought a brand new Gibson Les Paul, and I don't even use it!" he says, still laughing as he always laughs. Despite Dan's struggles with remaining creative, he is thankful for his medication for making him stable, and always recommends staying on medication if you're prescribed that for a mental illness. With this fact, Dan remains steadfastly dedicated to retaining that playful spirit he displays so readily, to continue to live in and love this world despite the obstacles.
Dan continually refuses to let his illness define him or his demeanor. The passion is still there, and it is still strong as ever. You can see it in the enthusiasm that permeates every yarn he spins, every joke he tells. Whether waxing poetic on Scorpions or telling sprawling stories full of gusto and drama, Dan exudes a certain zest for life that is rarely found these days. Our conversation is punctuated by potent memories: the Vatican during Mass on Easter Sunday, long hours spent listening to the stereo, a job as a gate watchman for a petrol chemical plant during the Persian Gulf War. He says he would get calls threatening to blow up the plant unless he personally gave them a million dollars. When I asked what he would say back to these threats, he laughed, explaining that he said, "If you step foot in this terminal I'll kick you right back out!" Dan brings each tale to fruition, building them larger than life itself, imbuing them with a mythic vivacity, and a set of comedic chops to match that.
The energy that Dan exudes only becomes more valuable as you learn more about the deeply moving struggles he has endured. The hilarity of his stories, the sadness of the hardships he has faced, all of this taps into a wellspring of the deep and powerful emotion that makes speaking to him an absolute pleasure, an experience wrapped up in itself.
Dan is firm in his belief that people with mental illnesses are intelligent, creative, and important. They deserve to be treated with respect. He is proud of being alive, proud of being able to share his stories. I can only imagine that Danny Rocker's final stand will last forever; no matter what setbacks he faces, he will continue to tell stories, he will continue to laugh, he will continue to live.


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The Real Purpose of Sex in Literature
You know there's a difference between pornography and erotica, don't you? Think about it. We'll get to it later.
Before I get to the purpose of sex scenes in fiction I will start with the purpose of fiction. You read fiction because you enjoy it. When you read a really good book, you are off into another world. An intimate world.
Fiction provides a degree of intimacy rarely found in real life. Where else can you read another person's mind, discover his conscious and subconscious motives?
Humans are story-tellers. Everyone has a story to tell because everyone uses language to share visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and kinesthetic memories.
Everyone listens to, or reads, a well told story.
Tension makes a good story.
Now, here's the kicker: believable tension among identifiable characters in authentic situations, no matter how imaginary, creates unforgettable stories.
Think back to a favorite novel you read as a child-one that transported you and showed you new information about human nature. Mine was "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I was ten or eleven. My mother saw me reading it and said, "Oh, you don't want to read that!" I had nearly finished reading it so continued behind her back. That book taught me about sex. No one else did. It was a gentle teaching.
Perhaps that's why I approve of sex scenes in fiction and why I write them.
Everyone has sexual feelings. How each person lives with his sexual feelings is idiosyncratic. No two people have identical attitudes toward sex, male myths to the contrary.
A sexual scene in a novel can be highly effective for characterization and theme. Memorable characters in literature, and life, for that matter, often confuse love and lust. He or she believes he is in love with someone who is ultimately all wrong for him--or her.
This confusion provides underlying tensions that enhance the plot.
Identifiable characters are created with just enough specific information such as speech inflection, body language and dialogue to make you say as you read, "I knew a guy just like that. His father was a bear."
Or, "She shouldn't be so uptight around men. But I would be, too, if I grew up with that grandmother."
Put these identifiable characters in an authentic, albeit imaginary, situation and you have an unforgettable story.
As readers glimpsing the thoughts and feelings of a well-rounded character, we learn about ourselves in the privacy of our own living room. We identify with the lead characters and say, "Oh yeah."
Shakespeare's characters are enduring because he gave them contradictions. To this day we can watch Mercutio explode and think, I've felt like that. Or Hamlet struggling with his conscience because he didn't know what to believe. Shakespeare gave his characters sexual drive as well as confusion. His sexual scenes produced on stage naturally were not as explicit as those can be in novels read in privacy
Characters make a story for me. I have fun and take great care creating my characters.
And, the difference between pornography and erotica in fiction? For pornography, I quote Lee Siegel's fascinating essay about Norman Mailer in the New York Times Book Review January 21, 2007: "In his book about Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer wrote, 'Since sex is, after all, the most special form of human communication, and the technological society is built on expanding communication in much the way capitalism was built on the expansive properties of capital and money, the perspective is toward greater promiscuity.' If you are seeking an explanation for why pornography takes up most of the Internet, there it is."
Pornography, like lots of money every Friday, has a happy ending even if it's always the same, but erotica ends unhappily with longing. In both, the characters are indistinguishable.
Which remind me of a friend who wrote and published several historical romance novels. She didn't like to write erotic scenes but the genre required one per novel. Therefore, she cut and pasted the one scene she had written and simply changed the names for all subsequent novels. It didn't matter in that genre if the characters were indistinguishable as long as the longing came through.
© Evelyn Cole, MA, MFA, The Whole-mind Writer, www.write-for-wealth.com evycole@hughes.net Cole's chief aim in life is to convince everyone to understand the power of the subconscious mind and synchronize it with goals of the conscious mind. Along with "Mind Nudges", "Brainsweep" and "Your Right to Happpiness", she has published three novels and several poems that dramatize subconscious power.
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Positive Luxury, the company dedicated to driving sustainability for the global luxury industry for over a decade, announces the launch of the Connected Butterfly Mark. The original Butterfly Mark certification was launched in 2011 exclusively for luxury brands, and today is a globally respected trust mark providing independently verified evidence of ESG+ (environmental, social, governance, and innovation) performance to stakeholders – consumers, customers, employees, regulators, shareholders, and investors – of luxury brands, retailers and suppliers.
Their new digital Connected Butterfly Mark will enable businesses to demonstrate their sustainability efforts directly to their consumers and stakeholders with data-led transparency and confidence.
An industry first, companies such as Tom Ford Beauty, Smythson, Anya Hindmarch, Etro, 111Skin, and many more have been signing up to adopt this exciting new technology. The certification gives power to consumers who can shop with complete transparency with a smartphone tap – quickly accessing a company's ESG+ profile.
What is the Connected Butterfly Mark?
The new Connected Butterfly Mark enables organizations to demonstrate verified ESG+ and Sustainability performance. In addition, the mark provides a high level of confidence to stakeholders that the brand is taking quantifiable and measured steps towards the highest standard of ESG+ performance. Physical and digital touchpoints include websites, social channels, advertising, products, packaging, in-store and window POS, sustainability reports, and employee handbooks - via widget, QR code, NFC tag, or hyperlink.
Truly connected, easy to install
Easy for clients with only an internet-enabled laptop or smartphone required, and certified companies can directly access consumer behavioral data via a dashboard through the tool's passport office. Blockchain-ready, the Connected Butterfly Mark has been designed to provide product-level traceability in phase 2 (available in 2023).
Decoupled ESG+ (environmental, social, governance, and innovation) performance scores, educational content for consumers, other certifications & accreditations, United Nations SDG targets and achievements, and areas of excellence map, a sustainability journey tracker, positive actions, and company information are all included as part of the tool.
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Since 2011 Positive Luxury has been accelerating organizations' adaptation to the new climate economy, keeping clients ahead of cultural and economic shifts. The company's unique four-part methodology is the only ESG assessment and certification program designed specifically for the luxury industry and incorporates a particular focus on innovation. Visit: www.positiveluxury.com and follow @Positiveluxury
Rejecting the traditional model rating past performance, Positive Luxury provides clients with precise gap analysis and the ability to identify and address current and future sustainability risks and diagnostics. In addition, the Connected Butterfly Mark communication tool also helps them leverage areas of strength and opportunities for competitive advantage.
Companies that meet Positive Luxury's exacting standards for certification are approved for the Butterfly Mark, a globally respected trust mark, independently verified, signaling that companies meet the highest standard of sustainability best practice across ESG+: environmental, social, governance and innovation. With a growing community of nearly 200 luxury companies, Positive Luxury has created a community of brands, retailers, and suppliers taking tangible action – measuring, managing, and reporting their ESG impact.
Diana Verde Nieto, Co-founder, and Co-CEO of Positive Luxury
Diana Verde Nieto is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Positive Luxury, a pioneer in ESG, and a globally recognized figure in sustainability. Diana holds a degree in Global Leadership & Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, was trained by Former USA Vice President Al Gore at the Alliance of Climate Protection and was subsequently honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. In addition, Diana sits on various boards, including BA&SH and Grass Roots Soccer, an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth in developing countries.
"Consumers, employees, and the investment community demand transparency and accountability from brands, and our new Connected Butterfly Mark answer to that. From a single source of truth, people can easily access an unparalleled depth of verified ESG+ verified performance data, including a brand's sustainability journey, clearly stating their actions and ambition. This level of disclosure raises the bar for Luxury and beyond." Diana Verde Nieto, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO of Positive Luxury
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Amy Nelson-Bennett brings 25 years of global experience across business transformation, brand and commercial strategy, and digital commerce and communications gained across media, retail, and luxury goods. Most recently, she led the successful turnaround of Molton Brown as CEO & President and joined the PE-backed Clive Christian Group to modernize the brand and operations and deliver rapid growth. Amy is responsible for the strategic direction of Positive Luxury, brand and commercial strategy, and day-to-day business operations. By championing a new definition of Luxury that aligns with the core principle of Luxury and sustainability, she aims to accelerate the actions of the Luxury industry and the collective positive impact it can make on nature and society.
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Within the first week of June 2016, 13 Chicagoans have been shot and killed, primarily in the war zone called the South Side of Chicago.
In Cincinnati a 17-year-old well-behaved gorilla was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a 4-year-old child wiggled into his living space. Anxious zookeepers followed protocol and shot the gorilla to save the child.
A week earlier at a zoo in Chile a seemingly deranged man snuck into the big cat area, stripped naked and offered his flesh to the lions. The zookeepers obeyed their preset ground rules and shot two lions dead to save the suicidal human.
One could argue that 4-year-old kids are more at risk on a June Saturday night in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago than in the lair of a generally quiescent gorilla in daylight.
June 1, 16-year-old Victor Felix was eaten by the awful violence in Chicago's war zone. At 8:44 a.m. he was walking in the lion's den of violence, the 4100 block of West 56th Street., just blocks away from his high school, when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Such incidents happen every day in Chicago's Aleppo. Felix had no zookeeper to shoot his potential killer. These days, many of Chicago's armed "zookeepers" are afraid to guard the city's war zone too closely for a myriad of reasons. Can we fully blame them?
We want to blame the mom at the Cincinnati zoo, but an inquisitive 4-year-old at a zoo can be a dangerous sneak. The nutty guy in Chile was saved from the fate he seemingly was asking for. I'm happy for him, I think, and a little sad for the lions who were prepared to do what lions do. Who is to blame for Felix's murder?
What kind of town is Chicago where hundreds of kids get eaten up each year by wandering into the neighborhood war zone?
Question: Are parents of murdered children to blame for not taking them out of war zone neighborhoods?
Wrong place and wrong time? This makes it sound like the Gorilla was innocent of doing anything. There is video online and eye witness testimony showing it manhandling and dragging the kid by the ankle through the water and observatory.
I initially asked why tranquilizers weren't used, however it could make the animal even angrier killing the kid in a fit of rage. Then we would all be sitting here blaming the zoo for not shooting it.
In the case of the lion & gorilla unfortunately the issue may come down to level of advocacy potential against the "zookeepers" versus those int he city streets of Chicago and many other towns around the country. The gentleman before noted there was video and second guessing or hindsight, not to mention editing and other "eye witness accounts" that put the zookeepers at odds with what should be doing the right thing, while they try to decide if they want to get involved.
Your question at the end asking if the parents are to blame for not moving their kids from a war zone is only part of the issue. The zoo for the little boy should be safe, as well as for the lion & the gorilla. But barriers are only effective when the "animals" on both sides of the barriers are willing and able to let the others co-exist while expressing curiosity and learning from one another.
It is somewhat like the shooting out here in LA at the UCLA campus, the college is a place for learning, exchange of ideas and challenging of others to propel better ones and reach higher opportunities. But we have grown into a society that devalues others and life simply because we feel harmed, hurt, take advantage of. Those kids living in the war zones are and the parents that feel trapped there are always in peril. But if they don't get involved in figuring out the ideas for taking back their cities, block by block, park by park, school by school, then the zookeepers will never be effective. Unfortunately the ones that currently win that battle are the gangs, they have banded together and take control, unfortunately they don't have the leadership or vision to look beyond the environment of struggle and violence as a way to move beyond the never ending struggle to be on top. Until the leader of the gang can take that energy and passion and move it to something positive they will get more violent and it will be less safe as the gangs breed internal competition.
How about we give the police the right to actually police the streets and stop being so PC about everything.!!!! Yikes this is more than a testament to allowing more and more crime for our kids and the environment they grow up in. When I was a kid I HAD to be in by the time the street lights came on. If I didn't there were consequences. There are no longer any consequences just poor examples of parenting making everyone else responsible.
I know question is a hard one and some may resent the implication of blaming the victim, but I do blame parents for staying in the war zone and allowing their childten to be so exposed. Section 8 housing options exist. Relatives can take kids in. Maybe you take tefuge in the South. You may see yourself as a helpless victim but do you have to make your kids wounded or dead victims? Care enough to at least keep them out of the lion cage.
If it were up to me zoos would be abolished. Wild animals that are caught and placed in zoos are essentially enslaved for the benefit of humans. This presents a moral issue that troubles me. I'll quickly acknowledge that I'm not a vegan, or even a vegetarian, which makes me somewhat of a hypocrite, but if we can get past that I'll continue with my thoughts relating to zoos.
Humans make the protocols for zoos. Given that zoos exist, I agree with the protocol that protects human life, even in cases where someone does something stupid. Why? Because, for one thing, it would put an awful responsibility on zoo employees to make the call regarding whether someone with a death wish should die, to save innocent, and sometimes rare, animals. However, the killing of innocent animals who are kept in captivity against their will is wrong, in my opinion. Of course, there are far worse examples around the world of bad things that people do, but that falls outside what we're discussing here.
Modern technology provides a solution to the zoo issue. I'm referring to virtual reality (VR), which is getting better all the time. While VR isn't a perfect substitute for zoos, it's the solution I would vote for. It could provide children and adults with many more visual animal experiences than zoos. It could even include the smells, to enhance the sensory realism associated with observing animals. In addition, VR would be far cheaper than zoos. In my opinion it would be the preferable compromise.


Lasers for Innovative Solutions (L4IS) is a leader in Laser Ablation technology. Using destruction to create the most detailed 3D image possible, L4IS founder, Benjamin Hall is leading the charge to find new ways to use this exceptional technology, along with the support of Penn State University and Innovation Park. "Being a company that stemmed from an invention at the University, we are proud Penn Staters who are trying to showcase this wonderful technology to the world. Innovation Park treats us well, and being close to the university also allows us to utilize research facilities on campus for our work. We can even tap the talent at the university to help further develop the technology," Hall states.
When Hall founded L4IS, he wasn't necessarily seeking it out. While working with lasers in a different capacity at the Penn State Applied Research Lab, Hall was approached by scientists who wanted to find out if lasers could help the agricultural industry. For a long time, in order to study a root in depth, researchers painstakingly cut minute slices in order to see what was inside. Working with lasers, Hall was able to develop a way for the roots to be sliced consistently to the correct size at a much faster rate.
This collaboration led Hall to receive a grant from the National Science Foundation. Through his work, Hall decided that there was a better way to share the laser-cut pieces of root rather than physically walk them across campus. Hall decided to record the laser cut by slowly pushing a piece of root through the laser sheet with a high magnification lens. Using a special program, Hall then created a 3-D image using the recorded frames.
Hall patented this process, calling it Laser Ablation Tomography, which combines a high-powered laser to repeatedly vaporize a thin surface layer of a specimen. Images of the specimen are simultaneously captured using a proprietary imaging system which is then reconstructed into a high-resolution 3D digital structure for analysis, quantification, segmentation, and virtual dissection. Today, the speed and accuracy of laser ablation is already helping scientists analyze plant structure to determine DNA. In addition, this technology is being used by agricultural researchers at Penn State University to help develop crops that can grow in dry, low-nutrient soils. Laser Ablation has practical usage as well, not just in the lab. It can help farmers understand the complicated interactions between plant and soil, potentially helping them reduce the amount of pesticides and fertilizer being used.
According to Hall, this is just the tip of the iceberg. "LATscan is utilized by researchers in a myriad of fields which includes botany, entomology, life sciences, material science, pharmacology, etc., with applications in high-throughput phenotyping, biomimetics, root-soil and pest-plant interactions, pesticide efficacy, education, consumer products, to name a few. The most successful rollout of the technology has been in the agrochemical industry. Three out of the top seven agrochemical companies in the world utilize the technique." With the opportunity for applying this technology in other sciences, the possibilities are endless. "L4IS' next big industry push will be into the life sciences. LATscan allows the analysis of nature in a way not possible via any other technique, answering questions about structure and morphology everyday," says Hall.
For more information about L4IS, visit their website at https://www.l4is.com/.


Traffic is the the problem that the commuters in the Philippines is facing everyday and deemed almost impossible to solve. With millions of commuters and growing number of vehicles added by inefficient and faulty railways, this dilemma is a burden for every commuters who come to work schools and elsewhere. This is the problem that has been handed down from administration to administration and unless the government formulate and implement an effective solution, will stay for generations.
Representative Niel Abayon of AANGAT TAYO Party List passed a bill that will require all public officials to experience the sentiments of the riding public by ordering them to take public transportation once a month.
House Bill 6195 or the "Public Servants' Commuting via Public Transport Act" requires all elected and appointed national and local government officials and public servants with the rank of division chief to department secretary. The President , Vice-president, supreme court justices and those in serious medical conditions are exempted.
Public officials can take their pick from buses, jeepneys, trains, taxis. It they have to travel by air, officials has to use the economy class seats. penalties awaits those who will not comply.
The bill proponent said that this will help the lawmakers to further influence their policy making to solve the growing traffic problem in the country. Some public officials agreed on the policy. DFA Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano said that it doesn't even need to be a bill for the public officials to do it. They can take initiative and take public transportation systems to feel how the common people struggle everyday.
Source: CNN Philippines President Duterte and his cabinet now embarks with massive infrastructure projects to provide ease in transportation by building roads and mass transport system.
Abayon believes that public service requires empathy and concern for the people whom they serve.


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Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2002.

Fellows

Allan Bradley
Robin Carrell
Michael John Crawley
Stuart Cull-Candy
John Dainton
Roger John Davis
Anne Dell
David Dolphin
David Fowler
Steve Furber
Graham Goodwin
Jean-Pierre Hansen
Nicholas Hastie
Christopher Hawkesworth
Judith Howard
Philip Ingham
David Ish-Horowicz
James A. Jackson
Bruce Ernest Kemp
John Vincent Kilmartin
David Malcolm James Lilley
Terry Lyons
Georgina Mace
John McCanny
Brian Cecil Joseph Moore
David Parker
Martyn Poliakoff
Eric Priest
Terence Quinn
Peter John Ratcliffe
Mary Rees
Miles Reid
David Rhind
Thomas Maurice Rice
Roy Sambles
Peter Sarnak
Anthony Ronald Entrican Sinclair
Andrew Benjamin Smith
Anthony John Stace
Nicholas Strausfeld
Mark Welland
Ian Wilmut

Foreign members

Claude Jean Allegre
Per Oskar Andersen
Hubert Simon Markl
Alexander Pines
Peter Raven
Carl Isaac Wunsch

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Q: nonNoetherian ring of countable cardinality I recently asked myself if I could find a nonNoetherian ring (commutative w/ one) of countable cardinality.
I could not.
My wealth of nonNoetherian rings is small and usually relies on taking $k[x_{1}, ....]$ modulo something, a nonfinite direct product of rings, or some other very large object.
I was thinking I could take my countable ring, write down the nonzero non-one elements as $x_{1}, ...$ and think of it as a quotient of $k[x_{1}, ....]$. The kernel of this map is very large and you can find a representative for every coset that is a sum of a bunch of monomials, but there is absolutely no reason (for me) to think some a finite polynomial ring over k surjects onto this quotient.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

A: You have the ring of all algebraic integers (the integral closure of $\mathbf Z$ in $\overline{\mathbf Q}$).
Also the ring of polynomials $\mathbf Z[x_1, x_2, \dots,x_n,\dots]$.
The ring of integer-valued polynomials (the subring of $\mathbf Q[x]$ which take integer values on integers).

A: You could just use the field of two elements $F_2$ and look at $\oplus_{i=1}^\infty F_2$ with an identity adjoined (it is simply the subring of $\prod_{i=1}^\infty F_2$ generated by the identity and $\oplus_{i=1}^\infty F_2$.

A: $A[(T_i)_{i\in I}]$ for any non-zero countable ring $A$ and any strictly countable set $I$.

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I don't know how things go in your turkey camp, but ours are usually pretty hectic and hurried before we head out in the morning. If we have time for breakfast at all, it probably consists of Pop Tarts or a cheese Danish washed down with scalding hot coffee.
By the late morning meet up back at camp, everyone is about to starve. If one of us has been lucky that morning and a fresh turkey breast is available, we will knock out a batch of these Cajun-Fried Wild Turkey Breakfast Sandwiches. They aren't complicated, Cajun seasoning and flour make the dredge for the turkey cutlets, a slice of cheese and a fried egg top everything off. But then we go a step farther. After the turkey finishes frying, we make a pan full of country gravy from the drippings.
A ladle of gravy and a few splashes of your favorite hot sauce give the sandwich plenty of kick to make it stand out. It doesn't matter if your biscuits are canned, frozen or homemade, just pick your favorite.
Start by placing the turkey breast cutlets into a zip-style bag. Pound them down to a quarter inch thickness.
Pour a half inch of vegetable oil, Crisco or lard into a skillet and heat to medium-high. While the oil heats, mix the flour, Cajun seasoning, salt and a healthy pinch of black pepper into the flour. Dredge the flattened turkey breast on both sides with the flour mixture, shake off any excess flour, and gently place them into the hot oil. Fry for 5 to 7 minutes per side, or until the turkey is cooked through and nicely browned and crisp.
Move the turkey to a warm platter and cover with foil to hold in heat. Pour all but 2 to 3 tablespoons of the cooking oil from the skillet, being careful to retain all of the crunchy brown bits in the pan. Add 1/3 cup of the flour mixture to the pan and stir well, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes until the flour is golden in color. Reduce the heat to medium, add the milk and stir or whisk constantly till the gravy begins to thicken, probably around 10 minutes or so. Reduce heat to low, test for flavor and add salt and pepper if needed.
To plate, halve the biscuit, add a fried turkey cutlet, top with a slice of cheese and a fried or scrambled egg. Spoon over a ladle of gravy and top with hot sauce, if desired. Top with the other biscuit half and serve with a knife and fork, this one isn't for holding.


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Get To Know Colston VB
published Feb 10th 2012 by schmuck
Interview by Jeff Schmuck
Hey Colston, how's it going?
Great! Just got done skiing another sunny day up on Blackcomb, which was pretty uplifting, because although it's been snowing a bunch it's been very foggy for the last two weeks. I had a super fun day cruising around up there but I had an incident with an older woman on a cat track. It's so busy here and I'm not used to it yet, these bigger resorts are like cities on snow!
Why don't you start by telling us a little bit about yourself, since you may be considered to be relatively new on the scene by some people.
Sure thing. I was born and raised in Rossland, BC and although I've traveled a lot I feel like I'm a real product of that Kootenay mountain environment and lifestyle. I've been skiing since I was two years old, but I've also spent a lot of time snowboarding, and even ski racing over the years, basically anything that has to do with snow and the outdoors during the wintertime. I describe myself as a big mountain freeskier, and am fortunate enough to have picked up supporters along the way, including Salomon, Oakley and Red Resort.
Photo by David Peacock
I know that although big mountain skiing is your specialty, you also shred the park. Did skiing alongside guys like James Heim and Dane Tudor while you were growing up in Rossland shape you desire to become a more well rounded skier as opposed to just focusing on one thing?
Absolutely. To me it's about slaying literally everything in front of you. When I was younger we didn't even have a park at Red. I think all skiers from Red learn how to ski the steeps and the bumps and the trees whether there's a park or not, and I feel that, along with the Red Mountain Racers program and the terrain at Red, has made it the ideal place to learn the fundamentals of becoming a great skier. Growing up I skied with guys who were much older than me, and there was a mindset where if you couldn't keep up, you weren't going to have anyone to ski with (laughs). So it definitely taught me how to ski fast, and you'd take your beatings if you acted out of line. The older crew I skied with were all about teaching Dane and I to be humble and how to keep up, so I definitely owe many childhood memories on the mountain and everything I'm doing in skiing now to all of those guys.
On that note, who would you say your biggest influences are?
I'm definitely inspired by many things outside the sport, and definitely a number of old school legends within it. These days I've been surfing a lot during the fall and that's been huge for the technicality of my skiing in terms of the maneuvers and style I want to bring to the sport. Growing up Dane (Tudor) and I used to home school together and ski almost every day, and he always pushing it, so I obviously always wanted to be on the same level as him. And I remember as a little guy I'd always be stoked on photos in the magazines of Sean (Pettit) and Kye (Petersen), who are now my friends, yet I feel we all bring different things to the table in the skiing world. Kye's two years older than me, and every year when his segment would come out I would make sure I could do everything he did in his segment that year, to try to be on par with those guys who were in the limelight having grown up in Whistler and all that. So although I wasn't skiing with them at the time, they were a huge influence on me and showed what was possible for groms to accomplish.
Photo by Dave Heath
Looking more to the present, what have you been up to this season so far?
This season has actually been really slow so far. I've been having a blast skiing with my friends in all conditions, but things have been tough for filming because of the weather. It snowed a bunch at the start of the year, but then there was a huge drought and after it started snowing again the freezing levels went up really high, so there's not much powder left. Before the season I finished a semester of university and took the winter one off like I've been doing since high school. I started out in Rossland skiing pow with my family and friends to get my ski legs under me, and now I'm in Whistler where I've been shooting with Salomon Freeski TV, and I just did a day with the Sherpas. I wanted to come out here to step things up a bit, because the mountains are bigger and there are more crews to work with, more of a scene you know? Where I'm from there's wicked skiing, but no media attention, so it's hard to balance your ambitions with just skiing for yourself. Now that I'm here we'll see what comes of it.
What are your plans for the remainder of the winter?
I'm planning on sticking around BC. I want to get up into the bigger zones where it's all open and there's a bunch of funky natural terrain that I can get creative on, along with skiing some spines and steeper lines. I find that kind of terrain is the most fun and fulfilling to ski, and I think it's where I shine the most.
You just dropped a season edit. Tell us a little bit about it.
Yeah it's mainly backcountry footage that I shot primarily with the Voleurz crew last year and a few other people. I didn't have a full part this year so I just edited something together myself, and I definitely wish I knew more about editing (laughs). I'm sure I'll learn more in the future though, but I just wanted to show people what I'm about and what I got up to last winter.
Winter's Wolves from Colston VB on Vimeo.
Speaking of filming, where can people check you out over the course of the next little while?
Well I think Salomon Freeski TV for sure; I'm really exited about some of the concepts they have for their episodes for next season. And hopefully some other well-known production companies, as I've been in the loop with a bunch of crews but things are tough for us up-and-comers in terms of ski industry politics and logistics with sponsors and whatnot. I'm still going to work as hard as I can regardless though, because for me there is no plan B, I know what I want out of this winter and that's a progressive full video part. It sounds simple but there is so much more to it.
Where do you hope to see yourself in the next five years as a freeskier?
That's a tough one! Hopefully I'll just be more comfortable, and be able to relax a bit and maybe not have to work in the summers. I'd really like some notoriety in terms of being known as someone who does things a bit differently in the backcountry. And I'd just like to involve myself more in the ski industry on many different levels, because I feel like I have a lot to bring to the table.
Any shout-outs you want to toss out there?
Absolutely! I am so grateful for so many things, and I literally couldn't live this awesome life without support in many different forms. A huge shout-out to Bob Bailey for lending me his snowmobile this year, because I lost mine last winter and it's frozen ice age-style somewhere on a glacier (laughs). Everyone who has let me stay with them during ski missions, I cannot explain how much that means to me. My mom, who helps me out with all sorts of advice, and of course to all my sponsors, especially Virgine Tisseau from Salomon, for seeing and understanding my vision and bringing me on board. And to all my friends for being awesome characters and hilarious human beings!


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Form cache curruption is a MS outlook issue. NearPoint has in-built tool to clear the cache (mentioned in the documents). That would help to clear the form cache.
Wher can I get product suport for Mimosa NearPoint ?
I have a system and need some help. I am in Wester Mass.
What kind of support? Do you not have a support contract with them?
Thanks I will take a look. I think at time I was experiencing the issues they didn't have the tool.


The Ethereum network is still working out its economics and attempting to optimize mining, but some see the reward reduction as a move to boost ETH prices.
The Constantinople hard fork is supposed to be one of the final steps before Ethereum moves into the proof-of-stake stage. However, mining will continue for an indefinite period with a reduced reward. The Byzantium fork from October 2017 lowered the block reward from 5 to 3 ETH.
Some see the move as effectively an attempt to drive up the ETH market price. However, the potentially lowered supply would take years to produce an effect.
The developer meeting reached no consensus on disabling ASIC mining for Ethereum. For now, the Ethereum network will delay the difficulty time bomb, meaning that mining would continue for longer than expected. Ethereum will be predominantly minable for another 12 months. For now, the 2 ETH block reward has not been implemented. A date has yet to be picked for the Constantinople hard fork, which is expected to bring the Ethereum network closer to proof-of-stake. Another meeting is scheduled in two weeks for further discussion on network changes.
The ETH market price has been persistently depressed due to the inherent selling pressure on the coin. Miners will always sell some amount to cover operational costs so unless coins are locked for staking, ETH will always have selling pressure. Additionally, it is being sold by ICO projects as startups seek to cover operating costs.
At the time of writing, ETH trades at $290.43. It broke above $300 only briefly on September 1 before sinking again. Ethereum development matters affect the price less as most of the changes are expected ahead of time.
While the Byzantium fork brought the biggest growth in ETH prices, the Constantinople fork will coincide with a bear market that has little enthusiasm for new purchases.


With consumers spending more and more time on the web, it's increasingly important to make sure your website is current. Technology does change rapidly. Once you bring home a television, computer, or new smartphone, it's already dated and a newer model is being advertised. So, how do you know if your website is getting the job done without constantly changing the design each month (which, by the way, is as unrealistic as purchasing a new flat screen tv every month)?
Here are five reasons you should consider when evaluating your website.
1. It isn't mobile responsive.
Okay, this is a biggie! So what does responsive mean? Responsive sites simply adjust your website to the size of the viewer's screen. Some information may be displayed differently to allow legible text and quality images. Why is this important? According to recent data from Flurry, average growth for the mobile industry as a whole is up 78%, and global mobile app sessions rose nearly 150% year over year in January. This means more people are surfing the web on their smartphones and tablets. Having a responsive site that adjusts to the viewer's screen gets your message in front of them, no matter where they are or what device they're using.
Think about your online experience and apply it to your website. You may know where all your content is, but does your visitor? How many steps and clicks do they have to go through to get to a specific page on your site? If the answer is too many, then the time a consumer spends on your site will be drastically low. And if they aren't spending time on your site, then they aren't likely to buy from you. If you have too many drop-down menus in your navigation, it's time to think about a re-design to simply your website. The less clicks the better.
4. Blurry and digitized photographs.
Last week we discussed the importance of the hero shot. It's also important that each image on your site is the proper size and resolution. With the growing number of phablets (yes, this is indeed a combination of the word phone and tablet - an example would be the iPhone 6 Plus and the Galaxy Note 4), it is important images are high quality. A grainy, blurry, or bitmapped image makes your website look unprofessional. And people don't want to do business with someone they don't deem professional.
You're asking yourself what does social media have to do with my website? Actually, a lot. If you don't have social media icons on your site and you don't have a social media presence, then you are losing traffic to your site. Your website is the center of your digital presence and should be a reflection of your web campaign. However, a website isn't enough today and by creating a social presence to drive traffic back to your website, you are able to keep your company top of mind awareness when a consumer decides to buy. Social sites also help you rank higher in browser searches. Not a believer? Search for the name of a local business. Chances are, their Facebook, Google+, or LinkedIn page will come up in the top 5 results.
If you have any questions or need help evaluating your website, please don't hesitate to contact us. We'll be happy to help you find a solution to fit your digital needs.


Topic: A New Accord - Season 9 is Live!
If you've ever thought about playing Star Trek Online, the time will soon be right to jump in and try it. Or come back and give it a look if you haven't seen it in awhile.
Season 9: A New Accord launches April 22. It advances the STO story with a full scale invasion of the Undine (Borg designation Species 8472) from Fluidic Space. The Federation, the Klingon Empire, and the fledgling Romulan Republic must form a united front to deal with the threat.
The Reputation system is being revamped and streamlined across all Reputations, they are introducing a new modular Kit system, Earth Spacedock has been rebuilt from the ground up, and more. The Dyson Sphere Adventure Zone is being expanded to include a new zone where starship captains can face the Undine in space and on the ground. Two more new scenarios allow players to track down Undine infiltrators on Bajor or destroy Undine Planet-Killers threatening one of four homeworlds that Star Trek fans will recognize.
The Federation Reborn fleet was originally formed to serve members of the Freedom Reborn community, and now is a great time to join the fleet. We have built up our fleet holdings considerably over the last year and can now offer our members many new services and gear, including a Tier 3 shipyard.
Did I mention that Star Trek Online is Free-To-Play?
Re: A New Accord - April 22nd!
Update: The release date has been published - April 22nd.
Did they ever do anything about maps in Starbases? I tried it quite a while ago while still playing CoH and while I seemed like a good game, the second I arrived at the first base, I found the map of no help in figuring out where to go to find mission givers and stores and could not even find a particular vendor I was supposed to go to for a mission or something. If that's been improved, then I may consider checking it out again.
As it happens, they have completely revamped Earth Space Dock for Season 9 and it should be easier to find what you're looking for. All vendors and services have icons to help you locate them on the maps. It's been like that for awhile now.
Mind you, I haven't seen much besides screenshots and a walkthrough. But it's laid out completely different and is meant to reduce that feeling of getting lost. It's also visually impressive. I think it's worth a visit even if you don't end up sticking around.
Other bases that have been updated since the CoH days are Drozana Station, and Qo'NoS the Klingon homeworld. Deep Space Nine has gotten a facelift in the last couple of years but nothing major. But the new Earth Space Dock (ESD) is state-of-the-art.
One week till season launch! Pre-patching is enabled, so start patching up now!
All full members are currently authorized to buy from fleet stores and we have lots of provisions saved up. As long as there is no high demand or abuse, we'll keep it that way.
Marhawkman (aka Markhawkman) is co-Leader and he's on just about every day. I'm in at least once a week and usually more. We both DOFF regularly and we keep an eye on the fleet holdings to make sure there are projects queued up.
We're still struggling to hit that critical mass of active members that keeps the fleet growing, so the more the merrier. Once you've gotten your invite and have been promoted above Candidate (a mere formality) you can invite your own alts if you want.
We've got a T3 shipyard, so we can satisfy some demand for fleet ships. We've got a T2 embassy and working hard on a T2 mine. We're in a position to queue up upgrades for T1 spire, T3 transwarp, and T3 starbase. We're not running out of projects anytime soon!
Re: A New Accord - Season 9 is Live!
Because of the graphical changes to the game in this release, it looks like the game is resetting graphics options. You may need to tweak your graphics options to get the performance and quality you want (or can live with, depending on your hardware).
Other than playing around with the new Traits and Reputation revamped systems, that's about as far as I've gotten.
I've got a Science captain named M'aeo who can help out the fleet, if someone can give him an invite. He has maximum Developmental rep and 856 fleet marks at the moment. My handle is @blazingdragon71.
Regarding tiers, I believe there are a few ships (I know of at least one) where you have to have either a T2 or T3 spire to get.
I'll try to send that invite tonight.
I know you have to have an upgraded spire to get the Obelisk carrier (after the promo period) and I believe the Fleet versions of the 1000 day Veteran ships are behind that wall too. Don't remember what else at the moment. We'll be able to slot the Spire T1 upgrade sometime today, I think.


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What's Holding Uber Back
Geplaatst op jun 3, 2014 in News
As a consumer, I absolutely love Uber. The other week I was at a dinner in a relatively remote part of Singapore. Afterwards, the hotel concierge furiously worked three phones to get taxi cabs to appear for the 15 people who were waiting with growing impatience. I clicked three buttons, and my ride was there in 12 minutes. It's simple, and it works beautifully.
I also love Uber as a student (and teacher) of disruptive innovation theory, because the challenges the transportation company is encountering as it seeks to expand into new cities helpfully illustrate how to assess an idea's disruptive potential.
This is important, because companies that adhere as closely as possible to the patterns of disruption have the greatest chance to create explosive growth and transform markets. Those that deviate from the approach can succeed, but they are likely to have to fight much harder and spend much more.
Based on our field work applying Clayton Christensen's foundational research on disruptive innovation, we look at potential disruptors' performance in three critical areas.
First, the would-be disruptor should follow an approach that makes it easier and more affordable for people to do what historically has mattered to them. Making the complicated simple and the expensive affordable is why disruptors have the potential to dramatically expand a constrained market or prosper at price points that are far lower than market leaders'.
Uber nails this. Getting a taxi is a maddeningly complex task in cities around the world. Uber's slick user interface solves the problem in a simple, elegant way. It has had to deal with occasional customer complaints about so-called surge pricing (when the price of a ride shoots up dramatically at times of high demand, such as during major weather events or on New Year's Eve). But it probably has a more committed user base than any business launched in the last five years.
Next, the innovator has to develop a behind-the-scenes advantage: a way of producing a product or service that seems magical from the customer's perspective and that is difficult for other companies to replicate. Ideally, the innovator has a proprietary technology that makes the offering simple and affordable, or it has developed an innovative operating model that enables the business to keep its costs radically lower than competitors' as it scales up. Either (or ideally both) of these advantages helps the innovator defend itself when existing competitors or others inevitably respond by trying to emulate its success.
Uber looks solid here, as well. Its powerful back-end system allows it to manage a real-time network of cars in an extremely simple and potentially low-cost way. It can take advantage of network effects in its operations, since the more drivers it recruits, the more valuable its service become and the more other drivers want to join in.
The final area — and the one where Uber faces clear challenges — is whether the would-be disruptor is following a business model that takes advantage of "asymmetries of motivation". In simple terms, that means a disruptor is attacking markets that existing companies are motivated to exit or ignore because they are unprofitable or seemingly too small to matter. (We discussed these in detail in Seeing What's Next.)
Consider the early days of Salesforce.com. The company sold its cloud-based customer relationship management software to small companies that could never afford more-sophisticated applications sold by industry leaders like Siebel. Salesforce.com didn't compete against these applications. It competed against pen and paper and handmade spreadsheets. In its early days, market leaders felt no pain because Saleslforce.com wasn't taking away any of their customers; rather, it was creating new ones.
The other way disruptors take advantage of asymmetries of motivation is to build a business model that makes it financially unwise for incumbents to respond. This is at least one reason why Netflix ended up crushing Blockbuster. Netflix's business model did not require it to charge the late fees that made up the vast majority of Blockbuster's profits. Naturally companies are unlikely to follow strategies that appear to destroy profitable revenue streams or promise to lose them money.
Uber is following neither of these paths. It targets exactly the same customers that taxi companies want. And customers pay fares that are generally comparable, if not higher, than ordinary taxi fares. Taxi companies therefore are naturally neither motivated to ignore nor to flee from Uber. Rather, they are fighting fiercely with every tool at their disposal, including protests by taxi drivers and legislative action.
Worse, the battle between traditional taxis and Uber has attracted opportunity-sniffing entrepreneurs who want to help the incumbents fight back. For example, one of the most popular apps now in Singapore is called GrabTaxi, which uses an Uber-like mobile interface to simplify the process of ordering a traditional cab. That allows cab drivers to offer many of the conveniences of Uber without being disintermediated. GrabTaxi isn't trying to disrupt the market; it's trying to help established companies fight back against entrants.
All of these battles are great for consumers, who get to enjoy simpler, increasingly more convenient solutions. There's little doubt that Uber will continue to penetrate the markets it targets — particularly with its growing war chest of venture capital funding. But because it appears to be missing a key disruptive ingredient, the fight looks like it will get increasingly difficult and expensive.
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Georg Ernst Wilhelm Berg (* 13. August 1878 in Dresden; † 13. November 1946 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Geologe und Mineraloge.

Georg Berg besuchte in Dresden zunächst das Gymnasium zum Heiligen Kreuz und machte Ostern 1896 auf dem Annenrealgymnasium sein Abitur. Anschließend studierte er an der Bergakademie Freiberg und erwarb im Herbst 1901 das Diplom als Bergingenieur. 1901 immatrikulierte er sich an der Universität Leipzig, wo er 1903 mit einer Arbeit über die Magneteisenerzlager von Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge promoviert wurde. Von 1903 bis zur Auflösung am 1. April 1939 war er an der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt tätig.

Er lieferte bedeutende Arbeiten zur Petrographie, Geochemie und Lagerstättenkunde.

1946 wurde er zum Mitglied der Leopoldina gewählt.

Schriften
 Die Magneteisenerzlager von Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge. A. W. Schade, Berlin 1903  Archive
 Die mikroskopische Untersuchung der Erzlagerstätten. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin 1915 Archive
 Der Granit des Riesengebirges und seine Ganggesteine (Petrographische Studien). Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, N.F., 94, Berlin 1923
 mit Fritz Behrend: Chemische Geologie. F. Enke, Stuttgart 1927
 Vorkommen und Geochemie der mineralischen Rohstoffe. Einführung in die Geochemie und Lagerstättenlehre, besonders für Chemiker und Studierende der allgemeinen Naturwissenschaften. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 1929
 Das Vorkommen der chemischen Elemente auf der Erde. J. A. Barth, Leipzig 1932
 Vergleichende Petrographie oolithischer Eisenerze. Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung, 76, Reichsamt für Bodenforschung, Berlin 1944

Literatur
 Lebenslauf in seiner Dissertation (1903) Archive

Weblinks

 Eintrag Berg, Georg in der PGLA-Geologenliste (mit Bild)

Geologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Geochemiker
Mineraloge
Mitglied der Leopoldina (20. Jahrhundert)
Mitglied der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt
Deutscher
Geboren 1878
Gestorben 1946
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Rand Paul: 14 Things You Didn't Know About Him
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times
Just named to Time Magazine's 100 most influential list (Sarah Palin wrote the effusive blurb about him), Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said this week he's considering running for the White House in 2016.
The Tea Party favorite and son of libertarian hero Ron Paul says the increased visibility he gains from being a presidential prospect allows his views to resonate on a wide range of issues. "I want to be part of the national debate, so whether I run or not, being considered is something that allows me to have a larger microphone," he said at a Wednesday breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor.
The nearly 13-hour Senate filibuster that Paul pulled off in March contesting the Obama administration's use of drones to kill suspected terrorists – plus Paul's surprise straw-poll win during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this year, when he just edged out Florida Senator Marco Rubio – have catapulted the 50-year-old ophthalmologist into the national spotlight. Last February 13, Paul delivered the official "Tea Party" response to President Obama's state of the union speech, and this May, he'll deliver the keynote address to the Iowa State Republican Party.
"Paul's strongest point is that he has an understanding of the American conservative movement and how to articulate it," Craig Shirley, a Reagan biographer, told The Fiscal Times. "He is the first politician since Gingrich and before that, Reagan, who has a philosophical framework for making populist conservatism into a popular governing framework."
Paul said he'll be visiting the early primary states shortly – "I'll be in Iowa, in New Hampshire this spring. I think I'll also be in South Carolina in the summertime – so we're considering it. We won't make a decision until 2014," he said Wednesday.
As much as Paul excites conservatives with his smaller government, let's-disengage-from-foreign wars stance, he has also raised the ire of liberals for some of his comments on gun-control legislation. On Wednesday he said that President Obama was using some of the victims of the horrific school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, as "props" for advancing his gun control agenda.
"When I see the father(s) and the mothers and them testifying — and I know they're coming voluntarily, and they want to come and be part of this debate — but it still saddens me just to see them. And I think that in some cases the president has used them as props. And that disappoints me," he said Wednesday, according to The Washington Post.
He added that "a lot of things in Washington are window dressing, it's a dog and pony show, it's a parade, it's theatrics, it's histrionics, all to show people that something bad happened – which it did, something terribly tragic happened." But he added that "none of the proposals would have addressed the tragedy."
As the first-term senator continues to attract attention, here are a few other noteworthy facts about him:
He wants "to reduce the income tax and if possible, eliminate the income tax... The first thing you do is balance the budget, then reduce the size of government."
He's a government ombudsman: "[It's my job to] keep an eye on what our government is up to. As a conservative, I have grave concerns that our government has become completely out of control… Many Americans don't realize it, which I'm quite sure is completely fine with many elected officials. It's not 'fine.' It's infuriating."
Paul told a group of Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, NY that it was a "mistake" to topple Saddam Hussein in Iraq and later wage war in Libya.
He's offended by government abuse of power: "Whether by coincidence or design," he also says in his 2012 book, Government Bullies, "since EPA regulations began taking property, jobs, and businesses away from citizens, unemployment in America has increased by 33 percent. This abuse of power by the implementation of regulations infringes upon all Americans' basic rights, whether or not some of us are ever directly affected by their rules."
He would "send Roe v. Wade back to the states."
He's opposed to institutional racism, he has said, and "I would've, had I been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for [it]."
He is extremely leery of sending American troops to fight in any global hotspots without very careful congressional oversight: On the Senate floor in March 2011, he said he told his constituents that "when I first ran for office, the most important vote I would ever take would be on sending their men and women — the boys and girls, the young men and women in my state — or anywhere else in the United States — to war. To me, it's an amazing thing that we would do this so lightly, without any consideration by this august body – to send our young men and women to war without any congressional approval." He was referring to U.S. participation in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya.
A surgical ophthalmologist, Paul is a graduate of Baylor University and the Duke University School of Medicine. He specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants.
In high school in Texas, he was on the swim team and played defensive back on the football team.
Paul is married and has three sons. His wife, Kelley, has managed payroll and marketing communications for her husband's surgical practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
In 1994 Paul founded Kentucky Taxpayers United, an anti-tax organization that encouraged politicians to pledge publicly to vote uniformly against tax raises.
Paul has said he's a "huge fan" of the anti-tax pledge engineered by Grover Norquist that a number of Republican lawmakers have signed over the years. In the fall of 2012 during the heat of negotiations on how to resolve the fiscal cliff, Paul said on Fox News, "I think [politicians] should be reminded they took a pledge to the voters in their states. They campaigned on it, they said they weren't raising taxes. They said that is what we believe in."
He received a skeptical reception at Howard University a few days ago when he spoke about the GOP's efforts to appeal to a diverse array of Americans. "Some have said that I'm either brave or crazy to be here today," he told the audience of faculty and students. "I come to Howard today, not to preach, or prescribe some special formula for you, but to say I want a government that leaves you alone.... If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights."
He believes in immigration reform and in a path to citizenship. In response to those who have accused him of being for "amnesty," he says this country's current policies are actually "de facto amnesty... We have 11 million people here that have been here, some of them for a decade or more," Paul told Fox News last month. "No one is telling them to go home. No one is sending them home."
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But back to the beginning. I was in Morocco for a meeting (incidentally, we managed to change how the Internet is administered). After six days of difficult meetings, I was about to leave for the next meeting but had a day or two free first. I wanted to ski the other places than Oukaïmeden that I had skied my previous visit to Morocco. There are a few other ski areas listed in Morocco, but only two appear to actually exist today: Michlifen and Jbel Habri, both near the town of Ifrane in northern Morocco. This area is often called the Switzerland of Morocco.
After a gruelling day-long taxi drive to the Middle Atlas mountain range, I settled in the Michlifen Ifrane Suites and Spa, a hotel that indeed does bring Swiss luxury to mind. The two ski areas are just outside the town.
The first ski area I visited was Michlifen. The entire area is covered by Moroccan tourists and kids who play in snow. The kids love it, I cannot imagine that they see snow too often! The highest mountain forms the actual ski area. There's one lift, and it is no longer operating this season, although I would have thought there was enough snow. I climb up and ski down in mostly untouched hard snow. At the bottom there are again tons of people photographing themselves in the snow, playing with sledges, etc. This is a nice, sunny area. I wonder what it feels like in the coldest part of the year. And if the lift really is ever running.
Next up was Jbel Habri, some 10 kilometres further. This volcanic cone sits on otherwise fairly flat land, and I cannot see any signs of a ski lift. My plan was to walk up the 100 or so meters, but as I start my way up, a guy appears in front of me with a horse, suggesting that he can take me up. Plenty of people ride the horse, so I figure it would be fun.
On the way up the horse stops a couple of times, with the owner trying to pull it forward with a rope. I didn't think much of it, but the next time it doesn't just stop, it objects wildly, rears, starts jumping and runs away. I tried to hold on, but couldn't. It might have been better to be just thrown out, but I ended up having one of my boots stuck, dragged along by the horse. Once I got free, I slid down the slope.
Everything happened too fast for me to remember the details. Fortunately I didn't hit my head. But I was clearly hurt in chest and back. And breathless for some time. Did I fall on top of my camera? Or did the horse kick me? Don't know, but my ribs are broken where there's a horseshoe-shaped big and painful bruise.
After collecting myself and picking up various pieces, like my camera buried in mud, I skied down. It didn't feel right, but was probably the easiest way to get down. And allowed me to collect the skiing of this hill!
My driver took me to the local hospital, where I got X-rays done which showed that I was generally OK but had some broken ribs. The next day I flew to London, as I was supposed to continue my trip with a workshop in California. London also offered a convenient place for me to show the damage to western doctors. Curiously, you have to wait much longer for admission in a London clinic than in Africa. Fortunately or unfortunately, I was asked to stay put and not fly in this condition, so I didn't get to go to my interesting workshop.
Lessons from this? I'm very unhappy that I didn't get to go my super-interesting workshop. And I suppose it wasn't such a great idea to ride a horse without really knowing anything about it. And attempting to have an adventure every weekend... just based on the pure odds, I have to be more careful to not hurt myself.
But mostly, I should learn to keep my GoPro on, for once again I have an accident that didn't get on the video. Darn.
Here were by the way my accommodations in Medina, the old town of Marrakesh during my meetings. The old town looks scary, and the traversing the dark corridors at night is unnerving. But inside the Riads it can still be luxurious.
Photos and videos (c) 2016 by Jari Arkko. This blog is also available on the TGR site. Tämä blogi löytyy myös suomeksi Relaasta.
There are two ski areas, but also skating on the Näsijärvi lake, and even some caves along the road back home to south. But back to the skiing. Nysse, local slang for the bus, takes you to Mustavuori (black mountain) ski areas on routes 17 or 29, and to Hervanta on routes 13, 23, or 30. "Nysse" stands for "Nys se tulee" and has become to mean the bus, instead of the act of coming ("now it is coming") that it literally stands for.
Both ski areas are local small hills, but clearly with good vibes with many kids playing around, big air jumps, and small cafeterias. And even a grill in both places, with sausages available for sale from the cafeteria! Very nice.
On Näsijärvi you can skate along a snow-plowed path and rent the skates from the Bikini Bar on the lake shore. Although bikinis are furthest away from your mind when visiting their snow covered hut. The route is very nice, along shore next to the Näsinneula observation tower, and then onwards to the small lighthouse in a rocky outcrop, Siilinkari, in the middle of the lake. I always wanted to visit Siilinkari, and now it was possible!
And then to the caving: I visited the Hirvi-Simuna cave in Lempäälä. This is a set of broken-up large boulders, with some space left under the stones. Hirvi-Simuna was a local hunter in the 1800s and lived in the cave. The main rooms in the cave are relatively big for being under a boulder. But the most interesting part was a crack between two rocks, a very tight squeeze to go see. You can turn around in the middle, and going all the way in didn't feel right, not head first at least. I also wanted to come back from the cave. Anyway, a good cave to visit, and will certainly will give a day's worth of claustrophobia!
Photos and videos (c) 2016 by Jari Arkko and Janne Arkko. This blog is also available from the TGR site. Tämä blogi löytyy myös suomeksi.


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KGCS offers coverage of high-school graduation ceremonies
Students and staff at KGCS-TV will provide live coverage for several upcoming high-school graduation ceremonies.
High-school ceremonies will include Neosho High School at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18; Carl Junction High School at 7 p.m. Friday, May 19; and Joplin High School at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21. Programming may be seen over the air on digital channel 22 and on regional cable television systems.
There ceremonies will be rebroadcast on the station in the upcoming weeks.
The station will also sell DVD copies of the ceremonies. Order forms were distributed to graduates at the schools and are also available at www.mssu.edu/kgcs.
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96. A Different Kind of Hanukkah Blessing
A Different Kind of Hanukkah Blessing
The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of a candle.
~Robert Altinger
"So tell me, can I light the first candle soon?" asked May, the branch manager of my local bank. She pointed to an electric menorah on a table beside a Christmas tree. All the "candles" were in place, but none were lit. Yet.
May and I have known each other for years, ever since our now grown-up kids played baseball together. Season after season, she and I sat together on the sidelines, dispensing snacks, water and praise to the entire team, cheering their victories and lamenting their losses. May's a very kind, as well as a competent person, with a sunny disposition and a big heart. She also is Catholic. And I am one of her Jewish customers.
It was a Friday morning in mid-December. The holiday of Hanukkah would begin at sundown, when the first candle would be lit. Which is why I told May, no, she couldn't flip the switch on the bank's menorah today because they closed at 3:00 in the afternoon. Two more candles would be lit in Jewish homes over the weekend, so during banking hours on Monday, she should light…
"Three candles? Am I right?" she asked. Clearly, she wanted to do it correctly.
I nodded yes, and explained that usually candles are placed in the menorah from right to left, and lit from left to right, although it isn't mandatory. But I didn't say that Hanukkah candles don't burn in Jewish homes during the day, and that lighting them when she came to work in the morning, which is what she — and countless other well-intentioned managers and merchants — wanted to do, was basically incorrect. Silently, I thought about the difficulties we all face at times, when we want to do the right thing for other people, but don't know how to do it. Here was May, a Christian, trying to honor my religion in a respectful way. Although I deeply appreciated her efforts, silently, I thought if secular businesses insist on lighting menorahs, maybe they should just ignite all eight candles at once, and let it go at that. But the whole thing reminded me of the childhood puzzle game: What's wrong with this picture?
Also, because I knew that May's concerns were heartfelt and sincere, I didn't say that personally I don't like seeing religious objects or symbols displayed in public places. In the same way that many Christians think that the commercialization of Christmas profanes it, I agree with Jews who believe that lighting menorahs in non-Jewish settings is inappropriate. The menorah is a key religious symbol of Judaism; it's not the Jewish equivalent of a Christmas tree.
Christmas trees are part of the Christmas holiday, but they are not essential to it. Kindling the lights of the menorah, however, is a sacred act, central to the celebration of Hanukkah. Jews, in fact, are required to do so, and we say: "We praise you, Eternal One, Source of the Universe, who teaches us holiness with your Mitzvot, and commands us to kindle the Hanukkah lights."
May and I talked briefly about the story of Hanukkah, which commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, who crushed the mighty armies of King Antiochus Epiphanes, in 165 B.C.E. Led by Judah Maccabee, the Jews revolted against Antiochus' campaign to destroy their faith by banning the study of Torah, demanding that Jews worship idols, and deliberately desecrating their Temple by sacrificing pigs on the altar.
After the Temple was cleansed and repaired, oil was collected and lit in candelabras. Part of the story of Hanukkah describes the "miracle of the oil which lasted eight days instead of one," but the primary message focuses on resisting assimilation into the mainstream, no matter how attractive and tantalizing it may be. The word, "Hanukkah," means rededication. Lighting the oil first occurred on the eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, and it has been observed at that time ever since.
"Celebrate and rejoice with mirth and gladness," said Judah Maccabee.
But there was something else.
"By the way, we don't just light candles," I told May. She looked at me quizzically.
"We recite a blessing in Hebrew," I explained. "It's fundamental in Judaism to do an act, and say a blessing. In that order."
Her shoulders slumped. Was she sorry she had started this discussion? "But I can't recite a Hebrew blessing," she replied.
I agreed. But we both knew that saying nothing was not the answer.
"Maybe you can recite something, May," I said. "Some sort of universal prayer — for peace, good health, and love."
She smiled. "Of course, I can," she said.
I smiled back and thought, that sounds good to me.
~Susan J. Gordon
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Pinhan Trio (Tur/Ger), Levent Yıldırım (Tur)
Friday 16 February 2018 - 20h00
Molière Theatre - Galerie de la Porte de Namur, 3 Square du Bastion, 1050 Bruxelles
Hidden songs of Anatolia is the first album of Pinhan Trio. The repertoire consists of ten pieces, songs and instrumentals from various regions of Anatolia and the Caucasus, which are either widely unknown even in Turkey or, at least, didn't receive the attention that they should have. Nilgün Aksoy was born and raised in Istanbul. She came to the Netherlands at the age of seventeen with her family. Listening to all varieties of Turkish music since she can remember, it was the voices of the old masters of regional music traditions that moved and influenced her most – so deeply that she decided to study Turkish music. The German brothers, Malte and Benjamin Stueck discovered traditional Turkish and Kurdish music coincidentally in some festivities of the early 90s and were deeply moved by its beauty and emotion. Since 2008, the three of them live in Hamburg and founded a school for Anatolian music to transmit the beautiful tradition of this music.
Levent Yıldırım is considered one of the modern pioneers of Middle Eastern percussion. Levent and his older brother Ahmet Misirli are the starters of a musical revolution that opened a new path for future generations of percussionists : they have brought a lesser-known instrument – the Egyptian doholla – into the limelight, and elevated it to the ranks of instruments able to claim a virtuosic solo repertoire.
The result is an infinite variety of sounds coming one after another in total spontaneity. Humility, fluidity and sincerity characterize the music of Levent, mostly improvised, which boldly synthesises the artist's various influences from the Arab, Turkish, Indian and Western worlds. His third album, Doholla Tarang, invites you to immerse yourself in the intimate charm of Levent Yıldırım.
Pinhan Trio
Malte Stueck: vocals, saz
Benjamin Stueck: vocals, saz
Nilgün Aksoy: vocals, kemence
Levent Yıldırım & Guest
Levent Yıldırım: doholla, percussion
Asad Qizilbash: sarod
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