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"Discoveries from the Neolithic period are virtually unknown in this area, so this finding is of the upmost importance," said Frederic Geyau, the head of the mission.
The only other settlement discovered so far from the Neolithic period is the town of Sais, which was excavated by the Egyptian Exploration Society.
The significant amount of data collected at Tell el-Samara since 2015 provide a unique opportunity to gain a better knowledge of the prehistoric societies living in Lower Egypt a thousand years before the 1st dynasty.
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Have a Little Faith is a 2009 non-fiction book by Mitch Albom, author of previous works that include Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It is based on two separate sets of conversations that took place between the author and members of the clergy: a rabbi in a relatively affluent section of New Jersey, and a Protestant minister in a very poor section of Detroit, Michigan.

Synopsis
Albom (Mitchel David "Mitch" Albom) writes in the introduction to this book that the idea for it began with the request by Albert L. Lewis, his childhood rabbi, to write and deliver the eulogy when the time came for the rabbi's funeral.  Albom agreed, contingent on an agreement that he could begin a series of interviews and conversations, in order to get to know Lewis as a man, not just as a rabbi.

Albom writes that his conversations with Lewis—whom he refers to as the Reb, an affectionate term drawn from the Yiddish word for rabbi—eventually led to an increased interest on Albom's part in the power and meaning of faith in a larger sense.  In his hometown of Detroit, he forged a link with Pastor Henry Covington, an African-American Protestant minister at the I Am My Brother's Keeper Church.  Covington, a past drug-addict, dealer, and ex-convict, was ministering to the needs of his down-and-out parishioners, in an urban church serving a largely homeless congregation, in a church so poor that the roof leaked when it rained.

The book alternates between his conversations with Lewis and excerpts from some of his sermons; and Life of Henry, the title of the sections describing his conversations with Covington, and stories about him.

From his relationships with these two very different men of faith, Albom writes about the difference faith can make in the world. Albom writes as follows:

This is a story about believing in something and the two very different men who taught me how. It took a long time to write. It took me to churches and synagogues, to the suburbs and the city, to the "us" versus "them" that divides faith around the world.  And finally, it took me home, to a sanctuary filled with people, to a casket made of pine, to a pulpit that was empty."In the beginning, there was a question. It became a last request. "Will you do my eulogy?" And, as is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor, when in fact I was being given one."

Albom has told interviewers that he believes that the reason Lewis originally asked him to deliver the eulogy may actually have been a way to draw him back to the roots of his own faith, and "back to God a little bit."

Sermon by the Reb

Albom included a number of Lewis's many stories, which were used as mini-sermons for his congregation, in the book. One example is this story, delivered in 1981:

A soldier's little girl, whose father was being moved to a distant post, was sitting at the airport among her family's meager belongings.  The girl was sleepy. She leaned against the packs and duffel bags.  A lady came by, stopped, and patted her on the head.  "Poor child," she said.  "You haven't got a home."
The child looked up in surprise.  "But we do have a home," she said. "We just don't have a house to put it in."

The Eulogy

The book, both about individuals with faith and faith itself, concludes with the eulogy that Albom delivered at Lewis's funeral, on February 12, 2008.  It included the words:

I didn't want to eulogize you. I was afraid. I felt a congregant could never eulogize his leader. But I realize now that thousands of congregants will eulogize you today, in their car rides home, over the dinner table. A eulogy is no more than a summation of memories, and we will never forget you, because we cannot forget you, because we will miss you every day.  To imagine a world without you in it is to imagine a world with a little less God in it, and yet, because God is not a diminishing resource, I cannot believe that.

In addition to the eulogy, the book describes the fact that funeral attendees were surprised to hear a seven-minute taped message from Lewis, which he specifically prepared to be played at the funeral. In it, he delivers his final teaching to his congregation, touching on questions about God and immortality; expressing his gratitude to friends and family for the privilege of knowing them; and ending with the words, Shalom Haverim -- Goodbye, Friends.

Reception

This book is being used by religious and non-religious groups around the country, in discussions about faith and as an inspiration for interfaith dialogue, charity, and community service projects.

One of the direct results of Albom's conversations with Covington, and the writing of this book, was the establishment of the A Hole in the Roof Foundation.  The Foundation helps faith groups of every denomination with programs for the homeless repair the spaces in which they carry out this work.  While repairing Covington's church was the first project for the Foundation, it has since worked in areas including repairs to the Caring and Sharing Mission and Orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Additionally, the Author's Note in the book states that, "Per the tradition of tithing, one-tenth of the author's profits on every book sold will be donated to charity, including the church, synagogue, and homeless shelters in this story."

When the book was released, it was the No.1 book on The New York Times Non-fiction Best Seller list for January 10, 2010.

Film adaptation
In June 2011, an announcement was made that the book would be filmed as a made-for-television movie, scheduled for release during the 2011 Christmas season on ABC.  However, the movie's television screening was moved up from Christmas weekend to Thanksgiving weekend, and aired on ABC Sunday November 27.

Martin Landau portrays Albert Lewis, and Laurence Fishburne plays Henry Covington.  The film was produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame and directed by Jon Avnet with a screenplay by Mitch Albom.  The film, also stars Bradley Whitford as Albom, began filming in Detroit in June 2011. Hank Azaria, who played Albom in the 1999 TV film Tuesdays with Morrie, was offered the chance to reprise the role, but had to reject the part due to filming conflicts with the sitcom Free Agents.

An advance "world premiere charity event" screening of the movie took place on November 16, 2011, at the Emagine Theatre complex in Royal Oak, Michigan. All ten theaters within the Emagine Multiplex Theater showed the film.

All proceeds from the screening went to the "A
Hole in the Roof Foundation" and the "Rabbi Albert Lewis Fund," and the screening was attended by director Jon Avnet and many of the film's stars, including Laurence Fishburne, Martin Landau, Bradley Whitford, and Melinda McGraw.

Also, as the movie states, a year after Albom's book was first released, came Pastor Covington's unexpected death (12.21.2010). Albom, as stated at the end of the movie, delivered his eulogy.

References

External links
Book Excerpt
YouTube: Mitch Albom talks about the book.
'Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom Keeps the Faith, USA Today'', September 29, 2009.
He Sleeps in a Storm, sermonette, Rabbi Albert Lewis, 1975, taken from the book.
Sample Christian sermon based on Rabbi Lewis's inspiration as recounted in the book, Have a Little Faith; the Rev. Timothy C. Ahrens, senior minister, First Congregational Church, UCC, Columbus, Ohio, Jan 3, 2010.
Book Review, Have a Little Faith, Attribute Magazine, Katrina Williams, Feb 9, 2010.
One-on-One with Author Mitch Albom, Saturday Evening Post, Oct 20, 2009, discussing the book, Have a Little Faith.
Video: Mitch Albom and Rabbi Lewis, Conversations at KCTS9, Nov 9, 2009. Mitch Albom describes his relationship with Rabbi Al Lewis.
Video: When Albert's Time Came, Conversations at KCTS9, Nov 9, 2009, Mitch Albom describes Lewis's last days.
Katie Couric interviews Mitch Albom on a wide range of topics, with a strong focus on the book, Have a Little Faith, Nov 10, 2009.
Mitch Albom website
Book discussion guide, by Pastor Floyd Flake.
Text version of Lewis's final message to his congregation, played at his funeral.
Audio version of Lewis's final message.

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Q: Python multiple if else function and return Is this possible on python ?
def NearSourceFactor(seismic_source_distance,seismic_source_select):
    Na = 0
    if (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        Na == 1.5
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        return Na == 1.2
    elif (seismic_source_distance > 10) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        return Na == 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return Na == 1.3
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return Na == 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance > 10) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return Na == 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "C"):
        return Na == 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "C"):
        return Na == 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance > 10) and (seismic_bldg_geometry == "C"):
        return Na == 1.0

Na = NearSourceFactor(seismic_source_distance,seismic_source_select)

seismic_source is 10 and seismic_source_select = B but unfortunately the answer is = "None"
I'm expecting the answer is 1.0

A: def NearSourceFactor(seismic_source_distance,seismic_source_select):

    if (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        return 1.5
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        return 1.2
    elif (seismic_source_distance > 10) and (seismic_source_select == "A"):
        return 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return 1.3
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance >= 10) and (seismic_source_select == "B"):
        return 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 2) and (seismic_source_select == "C"):
        return 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance <= 5) and (seismic_source_select == "C"):
        return 1.0
    elif (seismic_source_distance > 10) and (seismic_bldg_geometry == "C"):
        return 1.0

Na = NearSourceFactor(seismic_source_distance,seismic_source_select)

I fixed it so it would do what you want, but please be aware of the following things :
a) There is no reason to configure a variable which you want to return, all you need to do is return the value (return 1, for example)
b) When writing Na == 1.0, you are actually comparing and receiving a boolean value.
c) Try and see if you can change the logic to not have so many if statments (It seems like you have a default value of 1, so you can put everything in a else statment for example)

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Former Dem. State Committee Member (69th A.D.) Bob Ginsberg ran for a vice president position in his new home club, 3 Parks Dems., at their annual meeting this month and lost, 88 to 17. But what is interesting was the massive effort and the extent the club hierarchy (Doty, Botfeld, & Wood) made to defeat him for what is considered a do-nothing post in most clubs. They sent out two letters; made 'phone calls; and had a pulling operation led by Cynthia Doty.
Oh, man, Alan Zimmerman passed away?
He was a good, smart, witty guy. Back when I was in high school I frequently used to visit his book shop after school, along with a number of other regular patrons from my high school. It was always a pleasure talking with him.
I hadn't seen him since the shop had to close (due to skyrocketing rent, if I remember correctly), but I always remembered him (and the shop he ran) fondly.
Just now, I thought to google him because a conversation reminded me of him, and was dismayed to discover this and other online obituaries. I'm quite saddened to hear that he passed away.


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Review & Giveaway - Five - Out of the Dark by Holli Anderson
Title: Five - Out of the Dark
Series: Five #1
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My Content Rating: PG-13 (Nothing more than kissing, some violence)
Summary from Goodreads: Five teenagers who've recently discovered they have magical powers and are living in the Seattle underground feel it's their responsibility to protect unsuspecting humans from otherworldly foes. Things are going well until Johnathan, their unofficial leader and the boy sixteen year old Paige is in love with, is bitten by a changeling – the venomous saliva causing him to metamorphose into a ravening beast with each full moon. Paige vows that, no matter the cost, she will find a way to cure Johnathan of the evil that has embedded itself in his soul.
Johnathan's monthly transformation and daily personality roller coaster isn't the only problem they have to deal with. The Five are also gearing up to face their toughest and most dangerous enemy yet—a powerful and ruthless Warlock who will go to any means, including high school, to build his Dark Army.
Five - Out of the Dark was difficult for me to review because it started out very shaky for me and then got better and better as the book progressed. Here's why:
Beginning moves way too fast. Honestly, I was very worried at the beginning of this book. I was starting to wonder if I was even going to be able to give it three stars because the beginning of the book had some major issues. The biggest of these was the pacing - everything moved at breakneck speed. In the first 25 pages or so of the book, Paige discovers that she has powers, experiments with her powers, is discovered, almost gets locked up, runs away, meets up with with Johnathan, finds a psychic who tells them about their powers, discovers there is such a thing as demons and fae and such, finds and joins with three more kids with magical powers, learns (from a book) just about everything she needs to know about magic and magical creatures, fights many battles against those magical creatures (it is during one of these that Johnathan is bitten) and FALLS IN LOVE. 25 pages! Is your head spinning yet? Because mine was. It honestly bordered on ridiculous. There was obviously no real character development or really even plot development during all of this - it all just happened, as quickly as possible. It was as if Anderson really wanted to get to the real book and just needed to get these pesky details out of the way. The book needed 50-100 more pages at the beginning to flesh out everything that was happening! Now, I'm happy to say that once I got past the beginning of the book, things got much better. It took me a little while to get past the feeling of frustration I was having at the beginning and there were still some times when I wished there was a bit more development, but the book easily turned into a four star book somewhere around a third of the way through.
Paige. I enjoyed Paige as a main character. She was strong, but broke down sometimes when things got too crazy (which happened pretty often), she was smart and didn't let fear or anything else stop her from doing what she knew she had to do. I was rooting for her!
Johnathan's transformation. Johnathan's transformation into a werewolf was handled really well. Not just his actual physical transformation (which was pretty harrowing), but the way that his personality changed even when he wasn't a beast. He had an incredibly difficult time controlling himself - both his anger and his lust for Paige. There were times when he would lose control completely - and everyone needed to stay out of his way when that happened!! Not only was this a struggle for Johnathan, but it created dramatic tension for the rest of the group (especially Paige). Johnathan, of course, didn't want to hurt anyone and Paige felt like she was racing the clock to save him before he either took off or went off the deep end. Paige was willing to do anything to save him - even if it meant facing the worst kind of evil.
The school storyline. I also really enjoyed the storyline at the school - kids were mysteriously committing suicide in droves and those who hadn't killed themselves were turning into lifeless versions of themselves. Paige and her friends knew that there was something demonic behind it all, but they didn't know what or how to help, so they went into the school, undercover. I especially loved when Paige is exposed to the substance that was affecting the other kids in the school - the results were terrifying!!
Get past the first third or so of this book and you will find an engaging, intriguing paranormal mystery with real bite. If you're a fan of this type of book, read it, knowing it improves immensely as it goes on. I struggled a bit with rating this one, but in the end decided on 3.5/5 stars.
Holli Anderson has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing—which has nothing to do with writing, except maybe by adding some pretty descriptive injury and vomit scenes to her books. She discovered her joy of writing during a very trying period in her life when escaping into make-believe saved her. She enjoys reading any book she gets her hands on, but has a particular love for anything fantasy.
Along with her husband, Steve, and their four sons, she lives in Grantsville, Utah—the same small town in which she grew up.
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Utility arborist snags regional award
October 4, 2010 By Ben Sclair
The International Society of Arboriculture didn't go out on a limb when it gave Hal Porter the Utility Arborist Award at its annual regional conference in Tacoma this week.
Porter has worked as an arborist for Tacoma Power for 26 years. He helped develop tree-trimming systems that keep foliage off power lines, improving the reliability of the electrical system and ensuring public and employee safety.
"I'm pleased to receive the award," said Porter, one of three Tacoma Power arborists. "The guys here have set the standard pretty high."
Porter helped develop a four-year tree trimming cycle for power lines in residential areas and a two-year cycle for the high-voltage transmission circuits that connect substations to dams and other substations. Maintaining that schedule, along with additional inspections, helps reduce power outages.
Tacoma Power crews trim about 350 line miles of trees each year.
"Hal is very knowledgeable about our entire system and the people we serve," said Tim Ross, Tacoma Power line maintenance supervisor. "People are really passionate about the trees on their property, and Hal understands that. He keeps customers happy and safe while keeping the reliability of the system secure."
Porter's award was given by the board of directors of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). There are about 8,000 arborists in that chapter, which includes Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and British Columbia. The ISA approves proper tree trimming methods, deals with the science of growing and maintaining trees, and offers arborist education.
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Rosalía Lázaro is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F12 long jump events.

Lázaro has competed in every summer Paralympics from 1992 to 2008. She has always competed in the long jump but has also competed in the 100m in 1992 and 2008 and the pentathlon in 1996. Across all these games she has won three medals, all in long jump, her first was a silver in the F10/11 class in 1996, she improved on this in 2000 winning the F12 class before winning a second silver in the F12 class in 2004.

External links
 profile on paralympic.org

Paralympic athletes of Spain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Spain
Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
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Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Spanish female sprinters
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The five-minute CIO: Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner
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Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon. Image: Connor McKenna
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon talks about the impact GDPR will have on the business landscape.
"Every company now is a data company," warned Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon, as the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looms.
Dixon describes GDPR as a "game-changer" in how organisations and individuals will treat and value data. While companies have been warned about punitive fines, one aspect that is rarely mentioned is the potential for civil action by individuals that will come in the wake of GDPR.
Dixon is currently in the eye of the storm when it comes to data protection of EU citizens. Her office is engaged in a High Court case involving Austrian lawyer and activist Max Schrems, social media giant Facebook and the US government over standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and the transmission of EU citizens' data from Europe to the US.
Since taking the office in 2014, Dixon has presided over a quadrupling of the DPC's annual budget, the opening of a new office in Dublin and an increase in staff to more than 60 people, with plans to hire 30-35 more people in the coming year.
The necessity to expand the resources available to Ireland's DPC is not only about protecting data in Irish business and Irish society. The reality is that the DPC has a Europe-wide brief because of the presence of so many of the world's biggest internet companies on these shores.
What will GDPR mean for businesses, and consumers too?
We see the GDPR as heralding a new era in the regulation or processing of personal data. And by that, we mean that the GDPR is bringing in amplified and expanded rights for individuals to control their destiny in terms of the data that is collected and processed; and then, correspondingly, putting a whole range of obligations on organisations that collect and process personal data to ensure that they are meeting those rights.
On top of that, for data protection authorities such as the Irish DPC, it is giving us a whole enforcement focus. We are going to have a range of sanctions that we can impose on organisations that contravene data protection legislation, and we are also going to have the capability to impose very large administrative fines.
So really, the GDPR is about putting the individual much more in the driver seat now, and organisations are going to have to have to respect that individuals have a right to know and understand what personal data is being collected and processed, how long it is going to be retained and for what purpose it is being collected.
How are businesses performing in Ireland when it comes to respecting consumers' privacy rights and also protecting themselves from data breaches?
We see that some sectors now that engage very strongly with us, for example, the insurance or banking sectors, now have very strong compliance and education programmes to try and augment the standards of compliance across their sectors. Of course, it is a moving target for them all the time.
But then in other areas, we see from the individual complaints we receive that organisations really still have not yet come to terms with the fact that individuals have very strong rights under existing data protection law.
So, for example, we see that 52pc of the complaints that the Irish DPC receives are still about access requests. Organisations are refusing to comply with an individual's request to have a copy of their personal data.
We are seeing a lot of organisations still sending SMS messages or using individuals' mobile phone numbers – that they have collected without their consent – to directly market them.
So actually on that, we are planning to run two big information campaigns at the start of March; one on access rights of individuals, and one on SMS direct marketing, and we are targeting those messages at both individuals and organisations.
Every day, new implications for data protection are emerging; from senior people in positions of power making fundamental mistakes to large companies being hacked. What needs to happen to ensure that everybody has respect for privacy in the future? Is education the answer?
First of all, I think education of the individual on what their rights are under data protection legislation, and under the charter of fundamental rights, is going to be a good starter. The Irish DPC hopes to play its role in that as we roll out our GDPR awareness campaign.
The second thing is for organisations to take up their obligations under the law and to implement strong programmes of awareness and training in their organisations.
Time and time again, we see big organisations that have good data governance programmes but they are only as strong as the weakest link of their frontline staff.
So really, ongoing staff awareness and frontline staff training are necessary.
The third thing I think that is going to engender a culture of compliance is the enforcement focus under the GDPR; the fact that administrative fines are going to be administered against organisations that contravene the law. Sanctions are going to be taken.
There is likely to be publicity around the sanctions that are administered and that is going to help drive a culture of awareness.
An interesting feature of the GDPR is also the fact that it increases the rights of data subjects, in terms of their ability to take civil actions against organisations that contravene their data protection rights, and obtain compensation from those organisations, so I really think we are going to see a big increase in terms of actions taken by individuals directly against organisations.
With many of the world's global data companies present in Ireland, how do we cultivate a culture of data protection while ensuring this industry continues to grow and develop?
There is clearly a huge presence of tech and and internet multinationals here and, correspondingly, we have had to develop a huge expertise in regulating those types of entities, and social media companies.
Since I took office in 2014, we've had a quadrupling of the budget of the DPC. It is now more than €7.5m per annum.
We've been able to recruit large numbers of additional staff; we now have in excess of 60 staff at DPC.
We've opened a new office in Dublin, with more than 30 staff based here. In particular, from my point of view at deputy commissioner level, we have expanded our numbers to four. Recent new recruits that we've added on that team have been a litigation specialist lawyer and a technology consultant specialist.
So we have increased our senior management capability considerably.
We have also recruited and focused on recruiting into our multinational and technology team. We have brought in systems analysts, security analysts, security specialists and software developers, in order to deal with the quantities of cases that we now have that are technology-related.
We often talk about the fact that every company is now a technology company.
Every company now is a data company as well.
These types of skills are critical in terms of delivering on our role. We are about to start a recruitment campaign; in fact, it is already underway for 2017. We are going to recruit an additional 30-35 staff, and again we are confident that we can attract industry specialists who want to come and work at the regulatory authority, in cutting-edge cases we are dealing with at the intersection of technology and data protection law.
When it comes to new areas such as the internet of things and drones, what priorities will the office of the DPC be setting in the year ahead?
The more I study the GPDR, the more I see how clever it is.
I think the GPDR is going to allow us the ability to regulate all of those new technologies such as drones, internet of things and artificial intelligence.
Albeit, I think there is going to be a challenge for industry to come up with new ways itself to deliver on things such as the transparency and notice requirements to individuals, to decide what affirmative action that constitutes consent is going to look like under those new technologies.
So that, I think, is going to be a challenge for the industry, as well as the regulators.
We talked earlier about the fact that the GDPR is about putting the individual in the driver seat, allowing them control and ensuring that organisations respect their fundamental rights.
I think all of the industry providers in those new technology spaces should start out with that orientation towards what they are doing, then we can achieve compliance and achieve the benefits of technology for society and for economies, but also have as strong a protection as possible for the individual in terms of their rights.
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Related: privacy, data, GDPR, Ireland, Data Protection Commissioner
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Australia first to admit "we're part of global surveillance system"
Echelon outed by the head of Australia's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Martin Brady.
Australia, one of five countries running the controversial Echelon global surveillance network, has become the first to admit it. The Australian government has confirmed that the system spies on the international communications of it own and other countries' citizens. As part of their disclosures, Australian intelligence officials have also published details of secret government orders which restrict spying on Australian citizens.
Besides requiring European countries to start dealing seriously with the threat of economic espionage through the Echelon system, the Australian disclosures should force other nations to review whether the protections for their citizens' privacy matches up to the Australian standards - if they exist at all.
In a series of letters to Australia's Channel Nine "Sunday" programme, revealed this week, the head of Australia's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Martin Brady, states that DSD "does co-operate with counterpart signals intelligence organisations overseas under the UKUSA relationship". The contents of the letters were disclosed after the Nine Network transmitted a one hour documentary on Echelon, last Sunday.
The UKUSA agreement binds together the giant US National Security Agency with the signals intelligence organisations of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Although its precise terms have never been revealed, the UKUSA agreement provides for sharing facilities, staff, methods, tasks and product between participating governments.
Under the Echelon system, millions of messages are automatically intercepted every hour, and checked according to criteria supplied by intelligence agencies and governments in all five UKUSA countries. The intercepted signals are passed through a computer system called the Dictionary, which checks each new message or call against thousands of "collection" requirements. The Dictionaries then send the messages into the spy agencies' equivalent of the Internet, making them accessible all over the world.
DSD runs some of the world's most famous spying bases, including Pine Gap, an isolated satellite control centre near Alice Springs in the middle of the hot central Australian desert "outback". For more than 30 years, Pine Gap has controlled the CIA's electronic listening satellites, called Rhyolite, Aquacade and Magnum.
Australians have long suspected that the CIA-run station spied on their communications. The use and control of Pine Gap by the CIA was a central issue in the overthrow of radical labour Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975. The Australian government now claims that after years of controversy, Australians are in charge. They also say that a former "American-only" communications centre on the base has been closed down, and that Australian staff now see everything the CIA satellites do.
The Australian government admits that DSD's satellite interception station at Kojarena in Western Australia is part of the Echelon system. Four satellite antennae at the base intercept fax, e-mail, data and telephone calls passing through Intelsat satellites over the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia, however, does not use the codename "Echelon" for its station.
About 80 per cent of the messages intercepted at Kojarena are sent on automatically to the CIA or NSA without ever being seen or read in Australia. Among the "collection requirements" that the Kojarena Dictionary is told to look for are North Korean economic, diplomatic and military messages and data, Japanese trade ministry plans, and Pakistani developments in nuclear weapons technology and testing. In return, Australia can ask for information collected at other Echelon stations to be sent to Canberra.
Director Brady's decision to break ranks with the US and officially admit the existence of the hitherto officially unacknowledged spying organisation called UKUSA is likely to irritate his British and American counterparts, who have spent the last 50 years trying to prevent their own citizens from learning anything about them or their business of "signals intelligence" - "sigint" for short.
International and governmental concern about the UKUSA Echelon system has grown dramatically since 1996, when New Zealand writer Nicky Hager revealed intimate details of how it operated.
New Zealand runs an Echelon satellite interception site at Waihopai. A year after publishing his book, Hager and New Zealand TV reporter John Campbell mounted a daring raid on Waihopai, and sneaked inside the base, complete with a TV camera and a stepladder. From open, high windows, they then filmed into and inside its operations centre.
They were astonished to see that it operated completely automatically. Lights flashed on long racks of electronic equipment as messages were analysed and sent on. Rows of computer monitors sat unattended, as the codeword "Envoy" rotated round the screens.
Campbell and Hager's film includes shots in which they zoom in to scrutinise a supervisor's desk. Viewers can then see that the manuals the New Zealand sigint agency is using are the manuals for the Intelsat satellite which supplies communications to the South Pacific Islands.
The Australian government decision to be open about the UKUSA pact and the Echelon spy system has been motivated partly by the need to respond to the growing international concern about economic intelligence gathering, and partly by DSD's desire to reassure Australians that its domestic spying activity is strictly limited and tightly supervised.
According to DSD Director Martin Brady, "to ensure that [our] activities do not impinge on the privacy of Australians, DSD operates under a detailed classified directive approved by Cabinet and known as the Rules on Sigint and Australian Persons".
But Australians' international calls, faxes or e-mails can be monitored by NSA or DSD in specified circumstances. These include "the commission of a serious criminal offence; a threat to the life or safety of an Australian; or where an Australian is acting as the agent of a foreign power".


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package org.grizzlytech.protoxml.beans;

import org.grizzlytech.protoxml.util.ClassUtil;
import org.grizzlytech.protoxml.util.Common;
import org.grizzlytech.protoxml.xml.XMLObjectFactory;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Encapsulates a Java BeanImpl property
 * Used to dynamically get and set properties
 * Has support for generics, where a property is a collection
 */
public class Property implements Comparable<Property> {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Property.class);

    /**
     * name (sans "get"/"is" or "set") of the Java property
     */
    private String name;

    private Field field=null;
    private Method getter=null;
    private Method setter=null;

    /**
     * Class of the property value.
     *

     * Generics, this is the RawType. E.g., List<Foo> would have valueClass of List
     */
    private Class valueClass;

    private boolean isGeneric;
    /**
     * Class of the parametrized property value.
     *

     * E.g., for List<Foo> would have parameterClass of List
     */
    private Class valueParameterClass;

    /**
     * name of the XML type/attribute
     */
    private String xmlName;

    private int order = 256;

    private boolean required = false;

    public Property(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    static String extractPropertyName(Method method, Accessor[] accessorHolder) {
        String propertyName = null;
        if (method == null || accessorHolder == null || accessorHolder.length != 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("method and accessorHolder must be provided");
        }
        // Initially assume the method is NOT an Accessor
        accessorHolder[0] = Accessor.NOT;

        String methodName = method.getName();

        // Determine accessor
        String methodNameUC = methodName.toUpperCase();
        if (methodNameUC.startsWith(Accessor.GET.getPrefix()) && method.getParameterCount() == 0) {
            accessorHolder[0] = Accessor.GET;
            propertyName = methodName.substring(Accessor.GET.getPrefix().length(), methodName.length());
        } else if (methodNameUC.startsWith(Accessor.IS.getPrefix()) && method.getParameterCount() == 0) {
            accessorHolder[0] = Accessor.GET; // consider "is" as a Getter
            propertyName = methodName.substring(Accessor.IS.getPrefix().length(), methodName.length());
        } else if (methodNameUC.startsWith(Accessor.SET.getPrefix()) && method.getParameterCount() == 1) {
            accessorHolder[0] = Accessor.SET;
            propertyName = methodName.substring(Accessor.SET.getPrefix().length(), methodName.length());
        }

        // Determine property name
        if (accessorHolder[0] != Accessor.NOT) {
            propertyName = Common.camelCase(propertyName);
        }
        return propertyName;
    }

    static Property.Accessor[] createAccessorHolder() {
        return new Property.Accessor[1];
    }

    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getIndexedName(int index) {
        return getName() + ((index >= 0) ? "[" + index + "]" : "");
    }

    public Field getField() {
        return field;
    }

    public void setField(Field field) {
        this.field = field;
    }

    Method getGetter() {
        return getter;
    }

    void setGetter(Method getter) {
        this.getter = getter;
    }

    Method getSetter() {
        return setter;
    }

    void setSetter(Method setter) {
        this.setter = setter;
    }

    public Class getValueClass() {
        return this.valueClass;
    }

    public Class getValueParameterClass() {
        return this.valueParameterClass;
    }

    public boolean isGeneric() {
        return isGeneric;
    }

    public boolean isCollection() {
        return isGeneric && Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(this.valueClass);
    }

    public String getValueTypeName() {
        String typeName = Common.safeToName(this.valueClass);
        if (this.isGeneric) {
            typeName += '<' + Common.safeToName(this.valueParameterClass) + '>';
        }
        return typeName;
    }

    public String getValueTypeSimpleName() {
        String typeName = this.valueClass.getSimpleName();
        if (this.isGeneric) {
            typeName += '<' + this.valueParameterClass.getSimpleName() + '>';
        }
        return typeName;
    }

    public String getXmlName() {
        final String DEFAULT = "##default";
        return (Common.isEmpty(xmlName) || DEFAULT.equals(xmlName)) ? getName() : xmlName;
    }

    public void setXmlName(String xmlName) {
        this.xmlName = xmlName;
    }

    public String getXmlName(Class substitution) {
        final String DEFAULT = "##default";
        String xmlName = null;
        XmlElements elements = (this.field != null) ? this.field.getAnnotation(XmlElements.class) : null;

        if (elements != null) {
            for (XmlElement e : elements.value()) {
                if (e.type().equals(substitution)) {
                    xmlName = e.name();
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        if (xmlName == null || DEFAULT.equals(xmlName)) {
            LOG.warn("No @XmlElements defined for [{}]: {}", toString(), substitution.getCanonicalName());
            xmlName = Common.camelCase(substitution.getSimpleName());
        }
        return xmlName;
    }

    public boolean isRequired() {
        return required;
    }

    public void setRequired(boolean required) {
        this.required = required;
    }

    public int getOrder() {
        return order;
    }

    public void setOrder(int order) {
        this.order = order;
    }

    // Extraction methods for the Value's Class and Type

    void storeTypeInfo() {
        try {
            // Set the valueClass
            this.valueClass = extractValueClass();

            // Set generic attributes
            ParameterizedType valueParameterType = extractValueParameterType();

            this.isGeneric = valueParameterType != null;

            if (this.isGeneric) {
                this.valueParameterClass = extractValueParameterClass(valueParameterType);
            }

            if (this.field != null) {
                storeAnnotationInfo();
            }
        } catch (PropertyException ex) {
            Common.fatalException(ex, LOG, "extractTypeInfo failed for property {}", this.name);
        }
    }

    void storeAnnotationInfo() {
        // Check in order to likelihood
        XmlElement xmlElement = this.field.getAnnotation(XmlElement.class);
        if (xmlElement != null) {
            this.xmlName = xmlElement.name();
            this.required = xmlElement.required();
            return;
        }

        XmlAttribute xmlAttribute = this.field.getAnnotation(XmlAttribute.class);
        if (xmlAttribute != null) {
            this.xmlName = xmlAttribute.name();
            this.required = xmlAttribute.required();
            return;
        }

        XmlElementRef xmlElementRef = this.field.getAnnotation(XmlElementRef.class);
        if (xmlElementRef != null) {
            this.xmlName = xmlElementRef.name();
            this.required = xmlElementRef.required();
        }
    }

    private Class extractValueClass() {
        Class clazz = null;
        if (this.getter != null) {
            clazz = this.getter.getReturnType();
        } else if (this.setter != null) {
            clazz = this.setter.getParameterTypes()[0];
        }
        return clazz;
    }

    // Methods to obtain empty values

    private ParameterizedType extractValueParameterType() {
        Type type = null;
        if (this.getter != null) {
            type = this.getter.getGenericReturnType();
        } else if (this.setter != null) {
            type = this.setter.getGenericParameterTypes()[0];
        }
        return (type instanceof ParameterizedType) ? (ParameterizedType) type : null;
    }

    private Class extractValueParameterClass(ParameterizedType valueParameterType)
            throws PropertyException {
        Class clazz = null;
        Type[] arguments = valueParameterType.getActualTypeArguments();
        if (arguments.length > 1) {
            throw new PropertyException("Unsupported: Property is a generic with more than one parameter: "
                    + valueParameterType.getTypeName(), name);
        }
        String className = arguments[0].getTypeName();

        // Handle "? extends X" case
        final String EXTENDS = "? extends ";
        if (className.startsWith(EXTENDS)) {
            className = className.replace(EXTENDS, "");
        }
        // Handle "X<?>" case
        final String ANY = "<?>";
        if (className.endsWith(ANY)) {
            className = className.replace(ANY, "");
        }
        // Ignore the single character "T" and "?" cases
        if (className.length() > 1) {
            // Attempt to load the class
            clazz = ClassUtil.getClassElseNull(className);
            if (clazz == null) {
                LOG.warn("Unable to parse value class from [{}] for property [{}]. You must use setPathValueClassName",
                        className, toString());
            }
        }
        return (clazz != null) ? clazz : Object.class;
    }

    // Getter and Setter for Value

    public Object getValue(Object target) throws PropertyException {
        Object value;
        if (this.getter == null) {
            throw new PropertyException("No getter defined", this.name);
        }
        try {
            value = this.getter.invoke(target, (Object[]) null);

            if (value == null && isCollection()) {
                // We rely on the host being able to instantiate generics.
                // The Bean#follow() method will fail otherwise.
                String message = String.format(
                        "The getter implementation [%s] returned null as opposed to the expected instance of [%s]",
                        target.getClass().getCanonicalName() + "#" + this.getter.getName(), getValueTypeName());
                throw new PropertyException(message, getName());
            }
        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            throw new PropertyException("Cannot invoke getter: " + this.getter.getName(), this.name, ex);
        }

        return value;
    }

    public Object getValueElseNull(Object target) {
        Object value = null;
        try {
            value = getValue(target);
        } catch (PropertyException ex) {
            LOG.error(ex.toString());
        }
        return value;
    }

    public void setValue(Object target, Object value)
            throws PropertyException {
        if (this.setter == null) {
            throw new PropertyException("No setter defined", this.name);
        }

        // Try to invoke the setter
        try {
            this.setter.invoke(target, value);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            String error = String.format("Cannot invoke setter %1s with value %2s on object %3s",
                    this.setter.getName(), (value != null) ?
                            (value.getClass().getName() + ": " + value.
                                    toString()) : "null", target.getClass().getName());
            throw new PropertyException(error, this.getName(), ex);
        }
    }

    // Getter and Setter for Beans holding the Value

    // For mutable value classes - methods to create an empty value

    Object emptyValue(Class<?> clazz)
            throws PropertyException {

        return emptyValue(clazz, null);
    }

    Object emptyValue(Class<?> clazz, String factoryName)
            throws PropertyException {
        Object value = null;
        try {
            if (clazz.isEnum()) {
                throw new PropertyException("Property is an Enum and cannot therefore be constructed", this
                        .name);
            } else if (clazz.isPrimitive()) {
                throw new PropertyException("Property is a Primitive and cannot therefore be constructed", this
                        .name);
            }

            // Use the JAXB Object Factory for @XMLType classes
            if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(XmlType.class)) {
                XMLObjectFactory factory = XMLObjectFactory.getInstance();
                if (JAXBElement.class.equals(this.valueClass) || JAXBElement.class.equals(this.valueParameterClass)) {
                    Object parameter = factory.createObject(clazz);
                    value = factory.createObjectW(JAXBElement.class, parameter, factoryName);
                } else {
                    value = factory.createObject(clazz, factoryName);
                }
            }
            // Otherwise just use newInstance
            if (value == null) {
                value = clazz.newInstance();
            }

        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException ex) {
            throw new PropertyException("Cannot load class: " + clazz.getName(), this.name, ex);
        }
        return value;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Property(" +
                "name=" + Common.safeToString(name) +
                ", type=" + getValueTypeName() +
                ", field=" + Common.safeToString(field) +
                ", getter=" + Common.safeToString(getter) +
                ", setter=" + Common.safeToString(setter) +
                ", xmlName=" + getXmlName() +
                ", order=" + order +
                ", required=" + isRequired() +
                ")";
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Property property) {
        return this.getOrder() - property.getOrder();
    }

    /**
     * Assumes that className "is-or-extends" valueClass
     *

     * Used if the user wishes to request a subclass of value
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Object emptyValueUnused(String subclassName)
            throws PropertyException {
        // Load the requested class
        Class requestedClass;
        try {
            requestedClass = Class.forName(subclassName);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            throw new PropertyException("Cannot load requested class: " + subclassName, this.name, ex);
        }
        // Verify a subclass has been requested, otherwise setting the value will fail later
        if (!this.valueClass.isAssignableFrom(requestedClass)) {
            throw new PropertyException(
                    "Requested class [" + subclassName + "] is not a subclass of valueClass: " +
                            Common.safeToName(this.valueClass), this.name);
        }
        return emptyValue(requestedClass);
    }

    public enum Accessor {
        GET("GET"), IS("IS"), SET("SET"), NOT("NOT");

        private final String prefix;

        Accessor(String prefix) {
            this.prefix = prefix;
        }

        public String getPrefix() {
            return this.prefix;
        }
    }

}

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The Provisions newsletter
An obstructionist Parliament? Just ask Henry III.
The Brits must really be into self-loathing. Every recent Brexit failure in Parliament has been greeted with words like 'messy', 'humiliating', 'a shambles', 'a disgrace'. It's as if they truly believed that parting ways with Europe was going to be as easy as getting a divorce in Las Vegas. Show up, sign the papers, then hit the casinos and all-you-can-eat specials. Of course, that was never the case. Nobody in their right mind could have mistaken Brussels for Vegas or that seeing through the biggest issue facing the country this century was going to be a snap. But however contentious the whole process has been, one thing is for certain: ain't nothing new here. The spectre of Europe has always dominated the debate in Parliament, right from its very beginnings, and the tone and obstructionism were just as nasty then as they are today.
Parliament as an institution of state goes back to the reign of Henry III (1216-72). Henry was a boy of 9 when his father King John died. One of the first acts of his regency council was to re-issue Magna Carta, which imposed restrictions on the English monarchy. Once Henry reached his majority, he would have to summon and consult his leading men on all the big questions of the day. By 1237, these assemblies were being called 'parliament', meaning 'to discuss', and in this year Parliament voted the king a tax. But they let him know all the things that were aggravating them, and topping the list was Henry's policy towards Europe.
At the beginning of the thirteenth century, England controlled nearly half of what is now France. It was under Henry's father that most of these lands were lost to the French monarchy. Henry aimed to get them back, not just because his prestige was on the line, but he was a humanist at heart who liked fashion and architecture and looked across the Channel for ideas and inspiration. Lacking the warlike spirit needed to go over and re-conquer them, he used diplomacy, marriage and alliances to put pressure on the French. Parliament despaired at the cost of it all, not to mention the influx of foreigners benefitting from it. Year after year, the nobles told the king that if he wanted to pursue this agenda, he would have to cede more power to them. He always refused and fell back on his Plan B.
Parliament in the meantime was evolving. Committees were being formed for the first time, the assemblies were getting bigger. Westminster became the venue of choice because Henry was rebuilding the abbey, all part of his vision to make that complex by the Thames the centrepiece of his realm. In 1254, he went to Gascony, the last English duchy on the Continent, to put down a revolt. He named his queen, Eleanor of Provence, to serve as acting head of state in his absence. She summoned Parliament to ask for a defence subsidy on behalf of the king, but they balked as usual. So Eleanor summoned another assembly, this time ordering the sheriffs in each county to have two local knights elected for the purpose of debating the subsidy at Westminster. In doing so, she gave Parliament its first ever democratic mandate. History was being made under her determined hand. And the outcome? 'The noes have it!'
Then there was Henry's biggest project of them all. The papacy, which was viewed as the Brussels of its day, had offered the Kingdom of Sicily to England on condition that the king financed the whole enterprise. Henry was supposed to go on crusade, but since Sicily looked like a cheaper, more realistic prospect than the Holy Land, he accepted. It again became a yearly thing. He summoned Parliament to provide the funds for it and the answer was always the same. 'The noes have it!'
In 1258, both sides made a deal. The king would cede the powers sought by Parliament in return for their promise to help him secure the money. He kept his end of the bargain, but once in control, the barons and bishops denounced the Sicilian business and left it by the wayside. Henry was forced to claw back the royal authority he had given away in good faith, which opened up a whole new chapter of civil war, constitutional monarchy and restoration. Closure came in 1270 when the king, after a marathon session to secure a crusade tax, finally heard, 'The ayes have it!' And so, thirty-three years after it began, the parliamentary obstructionism was at an end, but so too was his reign.
Brexit might not take that long and certain pundits will argue that it won't with a different leader. It was the same with Henry. He's the problem, not us. The poor chap, consensus and leadership are simply beyond him. But it's worth noting an incident that went back to his early days on the throne. His first regent was the famed knight William Marshal, whose death on 14 May 1219 will mark 800 years in the coming days. As Marshal lay dying, he was asked to name a successor to guide the young king. Marshal declined, saying he would leave the decision to God. He was worried that no matter who he named, the others would be envious and sow discord throughout the land. In his opinion, which aptly fits today, 'there are no people of so many different minds as the English'.
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"Build Back Greener? "Biden's Plan for America's International Climate Commitment
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Five years later - Happy Birthday, Paris Agreement?
12 December 2020 will be the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement. This analysis provides important materials and pursues the questions: Where do we stand in dealing with the climate crisis? What false solutions must be avoided? And how can we push the urgently needed radical course change in pursuit of climate justice?
By Lili Fuhr, Linda Schneider , Liane Schalatek and Lisa Tostado
Into the 2020s at full throttle: Finally #NoRoomForGas
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Climate campaigner Andy Gheorghiu takes stock of a 2020 full of climate activism in Europe and the World, and pencils the main climate policy milestones to look forward to in 2021.
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A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C
To stop climate change, we have to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But can we still achieve this target? And if so, what pathways can society take in transiting towards a climate-just economy?
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G Herbo and Lil Bibby are the culture's dynamic duo. Herb confirmed to DJ Pharris of Power 92 Chicago that him and Bibby are indeed working a joint album.
Herb first announced "No Limitations" during an interview with This Is 50's Young Jack Thriller.
Bibby hinted a collaborative project was on the way during an interview with DJ MoonDawg of 107.5 WCGI Chicago in November 2015. Bibby said the project would drop in early 2016.
Bibby teased the possibility of a joint project with Herb during his Revolt TV interview.
Bibby told MoonDawg in May 2014 that him and Herb chose to focus on their solo careers before linking up on joint project.
"That's like a little brother to me," Lil Bibby said. "We just working, man. I put out my mixtape first then he dropped his right after mine. We might be doing something together in the future.
Lil Herb echoed similar sentiment during an interview with XXL Mag.
Lil Bibby and Lil Herb have collaborated on a slew of tracks, including, "At Night," Know Something," "Heir Apparents," "Lil Herb & Lil Bibby," "We Do This Sh*t For Y'all," "A Year Ago," "All I Got" and "Donations," to name a few.
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Psychology is an IB group 3 option. The course aims to develop your understanding of human behaviour and to create an awareness of how psychological research can be applied for the benefit of human beings. Diverse methods of psychological inquiry are included.
A student wishing to study psychology should have at least a grade 5 in GCSE English and at least grade 5 in GCSE mathematics. There is no pre-requisite to have studied psychology at GCSE.
Standard Level students will be assessed through two written examinations at the end of the course and through an internally assessed report of a simple experimental study, conducted by the student. Higher Level students will sit three written examinations at the end of the course and will also be assessed internally on their report of a simple experimental study. For SL, the written papers account for 75 per cent of the marks on offer, and for HL, they account for 80 per cent.
Students may consider university and Higher Education courses in a wide variety of subjects, including: behavioural biology; sports science; psychology; psychiatry; psychotherapy; animal behaviour; equine studies; business and management; neuroscience; sociology; philosophy or hotel management.
Psychology graduates are highly valued by corporate employers whose businesses rely on interaction with the public. Careers can cover many fields including marketing, advertising, human resources, retail, journalism, broadcasting, policy making, speech writing and tourism as well as counselling, motivational and lifestyle industries and teaching.


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Office and LOB App Delivery is the third step in our recommended deployment process wheel covering the options to install and manage Office and LOB. For successful deployment do not skip the first two steps. To see the full desktop deployment process, visit the Desktop Deployment Center.
You are now ready to deliver Office and your Line of Business Apps and there are a number of ways to do this, including some exciting new options. While some applications are only available as either a 32-bit or 64-bit compiled version, others such as Office 365 ProPlus, offer both as 32-bit and 64-bit native compiled code, and one of biggest decisions you will make is which version to deploy. To take advantage of additional compute power and RAM on new devices Microsoft recommends using the 64-bit version when there are no 32-bit dependencies. To determine any add-in or file-related compatibility challenges you may have it is recommended to revisit Step 1 Device and App Readiness before you continue.
If nothing is blocking you, we recommend you deploy 64-bit versions of all apps, including Microsoft Office. 64-bit native compiled apps offer the best performance and is the most future-proof choice.
There are many methods and models for installing apps on Windows, so let's look at your delivery options.
For your line of business apps, you'll probably use MSI-based packages or executable and install apps as part of an OS deployment task sequence. Windows 10 continues to work with these packages.
Software deployment tools like System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune are also optimized to deliver MSI-packaged apps. Once you have validated your apps on Windows 10, you can use System Center Configuration Manager (current branch) for app delivery. If you use the Company Portal in Microsoft Intune you can extend the choice of IT sanctioned apps available to your organization to include the latest applications, and users to self-select what they need.
Another popular method of app delivery is PC imaging. In this case, applications are either installed via task sequence or manually on a sample PC, then a system image is captured with the required applications pre-installed. The imaging approach to build and capture can save time when provisioning new PCs but remember operating systems and apps within the image can become stale quickly. The Cumulative Update model in Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus help with this problem, but doesn't eliminate it completely. This is why we recommend a thin image approach, where your applications are installed from outside the image at deploy time.
If you do want to include Office 365 ProPlus in your image, remember that this uses a user-based activation; it cannot be pre-activated by the system admin. Use the Office Deployment Tool to pre-install Office on the device you are imaging and skip the user sign-in. Once the image is deployed end users can sign-in using their Office 365 credentials and activate Office 365 ProPlus.
Office 365 ProPlus is installed using Click-to-Run, and Click-to-Run replaces MSI-based packaging in every version of the upcoming Office 2019 release for Windows. It brings with it a number of advantages, including faster installations, faster and more efficient updating, and cleaner uninstallation.
Programs delivered via Click-to-Run execute in a virtual application environment on your computer and so co-exist with other applications without conflict; they also take about half the disk space they would as an MSI-based package. Office applications are delivered and managed via the Office Deployment Tool which is the Office setup engine needed to download, configure, and customize your Office apps. The Office Deployment Tool reads a configuration XML file which provides the metadata instructions on how to configure and customization your Office installation.
Microsoft recommends using the Office Customization Tool to customize your deployment settings and create your configuration XML file. Through the Office Customization Tool you can set which applications and languages will be installed, how the applications will be updated, application preferences, and installation expereince settings.
If you use System Center Configuration Manager, you can still use it for broad deployment of Office 365 ProPlus. System Center Configuration Manager (current branch) has native support for the updated Office Customization Tool, package customization for Click-to-Run at install time, and native support for software update management post installation.
There are a few things to consider in order to make sure that your browser-based applications continue to work as expected. If you have specific web sites and apps that you know have compatibility problems with Microsoft Edge, you can use the Enterprise Mode site list so that the web sites will automatically open using Internet Explorer 11.
Additionally, if you know that your intranet sites aren't going to work properly with Microsoft Edge, you can set all intranet sites to open using Internet Explorer 11 automatically. This process uses an XML file to govern whether IE11 is used for each site, using Group Policy to enforce settings.
So far, we have covered well known deployment methods. But there are two new approaches to app deployment you may wish to consider.
Microsoft Store for Business provides a flexible way discover, acquire, manage, and distribute free and paid apps to Windows 10 devices at scale. As an IT admin, you can publish selected Microsoft Store apps, along with your custom own apps, to your own private store while assigning and re-using licenses as needed. Your users are directed to this store only, and so can only find and install approved apps.
Store apps can be natively built as UWP apps or you can use the Desktop Bridge to repackage your existing apps for the Store and add modern experiences for Windows 10. Aside from the code that you use to light up Windows 10 experiences, your app remains unchanged and continues to run in full-trust user mode.
A new option for application packaging is MSIX. MSIX uses the containerization technology available in Windows, bringing together the best aspects of Click-to-Run, UWP and MSI packaging. With tools to migrate existing installers like EXE, MSI, APPV and APPX directly to MSIX we see MSIX Containerization provides a unifed path for the many installation technologies in use today. MSIX support is included in current versions of Windows: any device running Windows 10 RS5 or newer includes everything you need to install and run MSIX packaged apps. Windows 10 dynamically integrates MSIX containers it receives, while keeping the applications separate from the operating system.
Containerization means clean uninstall and removal of packages, unlike a lot of MSI and EXE-based packages today that may leave items on the system. It also means only needing Standard User credentials to install applications – you do not have to have Administrator credentials to install MSIX containers. MSIX containers are more efficient to update too. When an update is published, use of block level differentials means only net new binaries are applied, reducing the update payload, for faster deployments consuming less network bandwidth.


Remember those times when life was slower, gentler and in many ways, more personal? Milk wasn't something you picked up at the supermarket. Your friendly milkman, the one with treats in his pockets for the kids and dogs on his route, delivered it along with real cream and butter.
Bert Browning was the owner/manager of a small local firm, Kalmia Dairy. Kalmia, by the way, is the botanical name for our native mountain laurel. The dairy was a processing plant purchasing milk from many Henderson County farms to supplement the production of its own small dairy farm on Haywood Road.
In 1943 Bert and his wife, Sara, expanded the scope of the operation with the purchase of the Hicks McCrary dairy farm consisting of 103 acres, two barns, a large farmhouse located on the level area to the west of the old oak tree and four small tenant houses.
Since the farm and the dairy were both bought in the month of May and Bert and Sara's anniversary also was in May, they named the new acquisition Mayfields Farm. Over the years white board fences replaced barbed wire. Three more barns and two silos were added. Some 70 Guernsey and Holstein cattle grazed the well-tended pastures. The one barn remaining today was a feed barn. The flooring in the loft was laid of hardwood for the square dances that were enjoyed in the summer before the winter hay was dried and stored. For special dances a live band was on hand but more often the music was from a PA system and a 78-rpm record of "Down Yonder" performed by the Skillet Lickers. Only one record was needed because these were square dances and that was the only tune anyone wanted.
Kalmia Dairy, the processing plant, was operated in four different locations over the years, the last one being built in 1952 on Asheville Highway. This final location was proclaimed (both with a full cover photo and a feature article) by the Southern Dairy Products Journal as the foremost processing plant in the southeast. The Asheville Highway location also featured a restaurant (we called it a dairy bar) serving salads, sandwiches, soups, pies and, of course, ice cream. Everything was made on site including the ice cream. Operated by Sara from 1950 until 1957, The Kalmia Dairy Bar was a favorite with residents and tourists alike.
A small part of the original entrance road to the barns is now the Hodsdon's driveway at 27l5 Brevard Highway. During WW II, German prisoners were held in a camp here in Henderson County and groups of them were sent out to work on farms. Until 1962, when Bert decided to dress it up with a rock facing, you would have seen the initials P.O.W. on the concrete heading of the culvert under the Hodsdon's driveway, a legacy of the young Germans who installed it.
The Brevard Highway was four feet narrower in the 1940s' than it is today. With wider shoulders and much less traffic, we rode pleasure horses along the various roads in the county without any safety concerns. For training, there was a riding ring next to the stream in the level area behind Frank and Pat Newell's house at 210 Heathcote Road.
Kudzu came along in the 1950's, widely hailed as the perfect thing to feed cattle. On a summer day we set out to plant this wonderful addition along the edge of the pastures on the west. Fortunately the cattle ate most of the plants before they had a chance to root!
Bert sold Kalmia Dairy in 1957, both the processing plant on the Asheville Highway and the Mayfields Farm cattle. He had always said that the land was so rolling that it was more suited to a development than to farming and the next few years were spent planning and implementing the subdivision that we now enjoy.
The purchase of 97 acres of wooded area, now Heathcote Road, brought the total acreage to 200. William Pitkin, an architect known for laying out Shaker Heights in Cleveland, Ohio, was hired to plat the roads and the lots. It was Mr. Pitkin who gave Bert and Sara the idea of a name for the subdivision by saying that he had never seen so many hawthorn trees in one place. Bert was pleased with the name, but was bugged forever after by people who insisted on putting an "e" on the end of Hawthorn. Nathaniel might have been pleased but Bert was not.
Mayflelds Farm and subsequently Hawthorn Hills had a private water system until 1990. At first the water came from a spring on the mountain above Lake Virginia that fed two large covered reservoirs and flowed by gravity feed to the various residences. After a well was dug near the barn in 1973, the spring water was augmented by well water during dry periods. As more homes were constructed and demand became heavier, the pump house on Heathcote Road was built in 1986 to raise the water pressure to serving homes on the upper side of Browning Road and we tapped into the Hendersonville City Water System. Bert made sure that all residences had meters approved by the Hendersonville Water Department and it was my job to read the meters each month and take care of the billing.
In 1990 the cost to Browning Enterprises of providing water for the subdivision became prohibitive. The Utilities Commission of NC would have approved substantially raising the rates. However, we decided to give the pump house and the system to the City of Hendersonville rather than place this burden on the residents. I must admit that I wasn't unhappy to give up my chore of crawling into 63 holes each month to read meters so that I could then go home to figure and prepare the bills and Bert III wasn't sorry to lose his responsibility of getting any leaks or ruptured lines repaired.
After Mr. Pitkin had finished his work in 1959, Sara began planting trees on all of the lots that had been open pastureland. She did well and many of those trees are enjoyed today although many others did not survive. During the early years the undeveloped pasture lands were cut for hay and many a tractor operator failed to see tree seedlings not much, if any, higher than the hay.
Bert built the first house in 1963. It is now the residence of the Brewers at 110 Hawthorn Drive. Over the years he was the contractor for 16 homes. Some were spec homes to set the tone of the area but most were built for specific owners.
By design, Hawthorn Hills developed slowly over the years. Prior to 1993, no more than two lots were sold in any single year. Bert loved the land and since it carried a cost basis of farmland, he had an excuse to sell it off very slowly. Lake Archer was built in 1962. Hawthorn Drive, Browning Road, Heathcote Road, Riding Gate Road and the rest of Phase Two were developed over the years in four separate stages. In 1963 the first part of Hawthorn Drive was graded and paved. It went from the highway to the barn while at the same time Browning Road was established as far as the driveway to 309 Browning Road. About 1969 Heathcote Road and Gregory Way were put in and Browning Road was extended to meet it. The "meadow road" extending Hawthorn Drive from the Barn around to meet Browning Road, was built in 1977. Riding Gate Road and the rest of Phase Two were established in 1993.
Sara and Bert built their dream home at 304 Browning Road in 1965. The brick from the milking barn was used in its construction and the leaded panes flanking the front door came from bookcases originally in the small cottage that sat at the site of Nooky Noel's home, 116 Hawthorn Drive. Other fine architectural items from various places were incorporated into the house and it was filled with fine antiques. Bert and Sara joked that they should just call the house "Leftovers." Work in her yard was Sara's love. The grounds at 304 Browning Road were a showplace and Sara could be seen every morning, weather permitting, working in the yard and visiting with those passing by. Surely Bert and Sara share our pleasure that it is now owned and loved by their grandson, Parker Browning.
Sara also developed and tended the plantings at the entrances to Hawthorn Hills, along the highway and around Lake Archer. While Sara gardened, welcomed new residents and gave memorable parties, Bert also kept very busy. He rode through the subdivision every day making sure that everything was shipshape and not a single stray limb had fallen to mar the landscape. With loving care over the years, Bert saw to the maintenance of the roads, lakes, entrances and common grounds. All building and site plans had to meet with his approval and contractors were often reminded that no trash was to be scattered around a building site. Ever mindful of the overall appearance of the neighborhood, he even knocked on doors and asked the residents to adhere to his high standards. He was fondly known as the "Benevolent Despot."
The Hawthorn Hills family grew and thrived. The first 4th of July picnic under the big oak tree was held in 1978 followed in December by the first Christmas gathering at the Hendersonville Country Club. The Christmas lunch at the club that year was $6.50 per person including champagne!
Sara, beloved by all who knew her, passed away in 1983. Bert stayed on in their home. He continued his active life in Hawthorn Hills and in the community although by that time most of the running of the subdivision had been taken over by his children, Bert III (downtown Bert) and me. Even after he was no longer able to drive on the highways, Bert was seen each day driving through Hawthorn Hills to be sure all was in order.
The last home that Bert built was a custom home at 302 Browning Road, now the Miller home. This was in 1987. Bert was 86 at the time and, as always, expected the carpenters to be on the job and working at 8:00 a.m. Coffee and smoking breaks were definitely not necessary in his estimation particularly since he himself was on the job for the entire day with only a short break for lunch.
In 1996 Bert suffered a bad fall that made it necessary for him to reside in an assisted care facility. However, after recovering from the fall, he came out during the day and worked in his workshop continuing to build the fine furniture that had been his hobby since 1944. Bert passed away in 1997 at the age of 96. His long and full life was celebrated by a memorial service held in a large tent near the old oak tree where the original farmhouse had stood. An era had come to a close.
Bought some cows for his Kalmia Dairy.
today we call it Hawthorn Hills!"


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