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IIM Udaipur Becomes the National Finalist in Global Management Challenge (GMC) India 2020
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24th December 2020; Jaipur: In one of the world's largest strategy and management competition, Global Management Challenge (GMC) organized by SDG- Simuladores e Modelos de Gestão, IIM Udaipur became the National Finalists for GMC India 2020. GMC consists of a management simulation where corporates and B-schools participate as teams and manage a virtual company for over five weeks. Their target is to achieve the highest investment performance for the company's shareholders. In this year's management competition where all top B-schools of India, including IIMs, participated, seven teams from IIM Udaipur reached the National qualification round, out of the 54 selected. Further, eight teams were declared as the National finalists, out of which IIMU GSCM (Global Supply Chain Management) was one of them.
Prof. Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur added, "It is heartening to see our efforts towards developing the entrepreneurial capabilities of our students translating into such wonderful results. We are committed to developing managers and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrow's leaders. This prestigious accomplishment is important for the Institute as we work towards our 2030 Vision of being a Global Management School."
With 40 editions of GMC, there are about 30,000 participants globally from over 35 countries that take part in the competition every year. GMC India 2020 is a 10-week long competition that commenced on 18th September 2020. The competition featured 3516 students and corporate managers and 768 teams from the field of Academia and Corporates.
IIMs around the nation have a proud record of quality and accomplishment. Well-poised to carry forward this illustrious legacy, IIM Udaipur is breaking new ground by focusing on world-class research, transforming the learning experience for students who will be managers and leaders of tomorrow. IIM Udaipur arrived on the global education stage by getting milestone accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in merely eight years of its establishment. With this prestigious accreditation, IIM Udaipur is counted in the same league of global institutes like Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the MIT Sloan School.
IIMU is currently ranked fourth in India, after ISB, IIMA and IIMB, for research in the field of management according to the methodology used by UT Dallas which tracks publications in the leading global journals.
About IIM Udaipur:
The IIMs have a proud record of quality and accomplishment. IIM Udaipur is positioned to carry forward this illustrious legacy and is breaking ground by focusing on world-class research and transforming the learning of students who will be managers and leaders of tomorrow. The Institute has arrived on the global education stage by getting accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in merely eight years of its establishment. With this accreditation, IIM Udaipur is now counted in the same league of global institutes like Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the MIT Sloan School. IIMU has recently been listed on the QS 2021 Masters in Management (MIM) Rankings as well as the Financial Times (FT) MIM Ranking 2020. IIMU is the youngest B-school in the world on both these rankings. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020, IIM Udaipur is ranked 17th amongst all B-Schools. IIMU is currently ranked 4th in India for research in the field of management according to the methodology used by UT Dallas which tracks publications in the leading global journals.
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Rachael Bragg
Former Muhlenberg assistant Rachael Bragg was named the new head women's lacrosse coach at Bridgewater College in the summer of 2017.
Her first season featured an 11-6 overall record, three shutouts, three 100-point scorers, and a #21 national ranking in an early-season Nike/US Lacrosse Magazine poll.
Bragg's three seasons as a Division III assistant coach resulted in a 42-13 record, two championships, and two victories over a #1 ranked team.
In her second season at Muhlenberg, Bragg and the Mules compiled a 13-4 record, defeated the nation's #1 ranked team (Gettysburg) and earned the program's first-ever national ranking (#20).
In 2016, Muhlenberg went 13-5 and won its first-ever ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship, defeating Stockton 13-9 in the final.
Bragg coached one All-American, two All-Region players, seven All-Centennial Conference players and one Centennial Offensive Player of the Year in her two seasons at Muhlenberg.
In 2015, Bragg was an assistant coach at The Catholic University of America. The Cardinals opened the season with a 13-12 win over #1 Salisbury, defeated Susquehanna 22-9 in the Landmark Conference championship game, and then beat Western New England and Mount Union in the NCAA tournament before finally falling by one goal to #2 SUNY-Cortland in the Elite Eight.
Bragg has also coached at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, and with the T3 West and Next Level club programs.
She attended Birmingham-Southern, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner. Bragg earned her bachelor of science degree in psychology in 2013, and then graduated from Northeastern University's Master of Sports Leadership program in the spring of 2017. She attended the NCAA's Emerging Leaders Conference that year.
Taylor Frombaugh
Taylor Frombaugh has been named the new women's lacrosse assistant coach at Bridgewater College.
Frombaugh spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Elizabethtown College, with the Blue Jays making a Landmark Conference playoff appearance in 2017 after an 11-5 overall record.
She coached a total of eight All-Landmark selections at Elizabethtown, including 2018 Player of the Year and All-Region selection Katie Thompson.
Frombaugh was a four-year letterwinner at Division II Millersville University, where she was named team captain as a senior.
She was a member of the Millersville Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.), and the Student-Athlete Training Club Committee.
"We are so excited to welcome Taylor Frombaugh to our Bridgewater lacrosse family," said head coach Rachael Bragg. "Her knowledge of the sport, passion for coaching, and her drive to help develop these student athletes made her the best candidate for the position. She embodies the core values of our program and I look forward to working with her to continue to take our program to the next level."
Frombaugh has also coached with Lanco Elite Lacrosse Club in Lancaster, Pa., and at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pa.
She graduated from Millersville in 2015 with a bachelor of science in biology and a minor in athletic coaching. She also earned a bachelor's in athletic training through a dual-degree program with West Chester University.
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La Nordalbingie (en ), également appelé Albingie du Nord, était l'une des quatre régions administratives du duché médiéval de Saxe, les autres étant l'Angrie, l'Ostphalie et la Westphalie. Le nom de la région est basé sur le nom latin Alba de l'Elbe et fait référence à une zone principalement située au nord du Bas-Elbe, correspondant à peu près à la région actuelle du Holstein. Situé dans ce qui est aujourd'hui l'Allemagne du Nord, c'est le plus ancien domaine connu des Saxons.

Géographie
Selon le traité de 1076 Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum du chroniqueur Adam de Brême, la Nordalbingie se composait de trois zones tribales (ou Gaue):

 Le Dithmarschen, s'étendant le long de la côte de la mer du Nord de l'embouchure de l' Elbe à la rivière Eider au nord
 Le Holstein à proprement parler, situé sur la rivière Stör, un affluent droit de l'Elbe
 Le Stormarn sur la rive nord de l'Elbe, y compris la région actuelle de Hambourg .

Les tribus nordalbingiennes s'étaient alliées aux Saxons s'installant dans le pays de Hadeln (Haduloha ) au sud de l'Elbe. A l'est, le Limes Saxoniae, une région inaccessible entre l'Elbe et l'actuel fjord de Kiel sur la mer Baltique, formait une frontière naturelle avec les terres de Wagria colonisées par les obotrites slaves .

Histoire
En 772, Charlemagne, souverain des Francs, déclenche les guerres saxonnes pour conquérir les terres de la plaine d'Allemagne du Nord . Selon les Annales royales franques, le noble westphalien Widukind a refusé de se présenter à la Diète impériale de 777 à Paderborn et s'est enfui à travers l'Elbe vers la Nordalbingie (ou peut-être plus loin à la cour du roi danois Sigfred ). Même après la soumission et la christianisation de Widukind en 785, les tribus nordalbingiennes sont restées réticentes jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient finalement vaincues à la bataille de Bornhöved en 798 par les forces combinées des Francs et de leurs alliés obotrites dirigés par le prince Drożko . Les Saxons perdirent 4 000 personnes, 10 000 familles de Saxons furent déportées vers d'autres régions de l' Empire carolingien .

Les zones au nord de l'Elbe ont d'abord été données aux Obotrites, tandis que pays de l'Hadeln a été directement incorporé. Cependant, la Nordalbingie fut bientôt envahie par les Danois et seule l'intervention du fils de Charlemagne Charles le Jeune en 808 les repoussa de l'autre côté de la rivière Eider. L'année suivante, l'empereur fit ériger le château d'Esesfeld près de l'actuel Itzehoe et toute la région fut incorporée à l'empire franc. Afin de faire face aux invasions en cours menées par le successeur du roi Sigfred, Gudfred, les Francs ont probablement établi une marche danoise s'étendant de la rivière Eider aux fortifications de Danevirke au nord. Après la mort du roi Gudfred, son successeur Hemming conclut le traité de Heiligen avec Charlemagne en 811, après quoi l'Eider devait marquer la frontière entre le Danemark et la Francie. Cependant, les querelles entre les deux parties se poursuivront pendant plus d'un siècle jusqu'à ce que le roi franc oriental Henri l'Oiseleur vainque finalement les forces danoises du roi Gnupa à Hedeby en 934.

Après la mort de Charlemagne en 814, les Saxons du Nordalbingien ont été graciés et leurs terres leur ont été restituées par les Obotrites.  Selon certaines sources, l'empereur avait l'intention d'établir un diocèse de Nordalbingie dirigé par le prêtre Heridag. Ce projet fut abandonné après la mort d'Heridag et la région fut attribuée aux diocèses de Brême et de Verden sous le règne de l'empereur Louis le Pieux, lorsque Ansgar fut nommé archevêque de Hambourg en 831.

Voir aussi

 Nordalbingiens

Références

Saxe médiévale
Histoire du Schleswig-Holstein
Histoire de la Basse-Saxe
Histoire au Moyen Âge
Histoire de l'Allemagne
Basse-Saxe
Territoire du haut Moyen Âge
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Pietro Accardi, né le  à Palerme, est un footballeur italien qui joue au poste de défenseur. Il prend sa retraite en 2014 et devient le directeur sportif de l'Empoli.

Biographie

Il s'est distingué pour avoir pris un petit pont autant sublime que mystifiant de Pato lors de UC Sampdoria - Milan AC durant la saison 2010-2011. Il prend sa retraite en 2014.

En , il devient le directeur sportif de l'Empoli, venant de monter en Serie A.

Palmarès
  US Palerme
 Champion de Serie C1 en 2001
 Champion de Serie B en 2004

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Naissance à Palerme
Sportif italien du XXIe siècle
Footballeur italien
Joueur du Palerme FC
Joueur de l'UC Sampdoria
Joueur du Brescia Calcio
Joueur de l'Empoli FC
Naissance en septembre 1982


Learning to roll a neat puttee was an art and anything leather had to reflect like a mirror.
We have learnt to go for four or even six days without washing, without taking off cumbrous and fairly heavy equipment, without taking off boots or puttees and without sleeping except for three or four hours a night which a couple of hours on sentry and six or seven hours on the defences leave you.
Letters from soldier show his changing enthusiasm on frontline; Poignant letters from more than a century ago have been unearthed showing the changing attitudes of a Cardiff soldier towards life on the frontline of war, while his parents at home in Wales anxiously awaited news from their three soldier sons. Tony Peters and Roy Dowell report..
Turrall dragged the officer into a shell hole, bandaging his leg with one of his puttees, and used part of his entrenching tool as a splint.
This event was followed some weeks later with the arrival of strange-looking soldiers in dun-colored uniforms with puttees wrapped around the legs from ankle to knee.
Take Off YourAuld Boots and Puttees Sky base is a place, where I hear we all dwell.
Knickerbockers or bloomers with puttees or gaiters and sweater will be found to be serviceable and safe.
His personal diary, now held at the RAF Museum in London, records a visit to a crash site and he describes the sight of "dead men's legs sticking through the sides with puttees and boots still on - bits of bones and skulls with the hair peeling off " as "nauseating".
Puttees were strips of cloth or bandages wrapped around the lower leg.
The puttees are captured and reissued Italian IV11909 grigio-verde leg wraps.
To the right of this figure another resurrected soldier unravels himself from his puttees like Lazarus removing the strips of cloth that bound him in death.
Ten days of battle had left all ranks haggard, unshaven and unwashed: their uniforms had been soaked in the mud of the Langemarck trenches and torn by the brambles of Polygon Wood: many had lost their puttees or their caps.
By now, it went without saying that John would design the jacket, and Paddy was delighted with the result: a fair-haired young man in puttees with a rucksack, gazing down on a frozen landscape bathed in sunlight.


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Top 10 Moments From the Billboard Awards 2017
The BBMA's this year did not disappoint
Faith Rush
Yesterday, the 2017 Billboard Music Awards were on last night and many musicians, as well as actors, were out to perform and receive awards. The performances and the outfits shown on the carpet were sights to see. Everyone came dressed in their best and were definitely ready to impress. While watching there were definitely memorable moments so here are my top 10 moments from the night
1. The many wardrobe changes of Ludacris and Vanessa Hudgens
These two came dressed to impress. Each time they reappeared on the screen, it was always with a new outfit. The rapper and singer made sure to complement each other when it came to the outfits.
2. Vanessa Hudgens singing Celine Dion
It can now be said that Vanessa does not back down from a challenge, no matter what. Early on in the show, native to the BBMA's, Ludacris, challenged his co-host Vanessa Hudgens to sing her favorite karaoke song by Celine Dion and she did not disappoint.
3. Camilla Cabello's solo performance
This is the first time Cabello has been back on stage to perform since she took her separation from Fifth Harmony. I had no clue of what to expect but was surprised with her performance. Her debut as a solo performance had a definite wow factor and sets her up for her album release that is expected soon.
4. Miley Cyrus performance of her new song "Malibu"
Miley has definitely gone back to her country roots with her new song. She came out with a new appearance: dressed in all white and long hair--providing the audience with country music vibes. The song took me back to the "Hannah Montana Movie" when Miley goes back to her hometown in Tennessee. She has definitely revamped herself and I can't wait to see what else she has in store.
5. P Diddy celebrates Biggie's Birthday
If anyone can come on stage and speak for more than 5 minutes, it's P-Diddy. P-Diddy reminded everyone of the icon and that he should be celebrated, not only on his 45th birthday but on any day that we listen to his music.
6. Celine Dion celebrating Titanic
Who doesn't love the iconic song to the movie that made us all fall in love with Leonardo DiCaprio? Dion gave a spectacular performance to the song "My Heart Will Go On." However, her performance was not the only highlight of the show. The crowd shocked Dion as they all sang along with her creating a memorable moment for all.
7. Drake's outside performance
Drake always goes outside of the box to give a spectacular performance. At the award show, he took his performance outside to the Bellagio Fountain with fire and water coordinated to his song "Gylachester." Drake broke boundaries with this performance and broke records with the number of awards he has won.
8. K-Pop group BTS group wins award
Korean pop music is making its way up the charts in America. Being a fan of K-Pop myself I was elated when this seven-member group BTS won an award as Top Social Artist. BTS displays the influence music can have. Korean music is finally getting international appreciation in the United States
Even the members are getting some praise with their carpet debut. The internet has come to love BTS especially their member Jin who has been named "Third Guy From The Left"
9. FGL and John Legend perform "H.O.L.Y"
An odd trio, but an amazing performance nonetheless. FGL who won for Top Country Song came to perform H.O.L.Y with the legend himself, John Legend. The three went on stage and sung their hearts out, giving the audience a mellow yet unforgettable performance.
10. Prince Michael Jackson coming out as a presenter
I adore Michael Jackson and his music. His legacy continues to live on not just through his music but through his children. One of the best highlights of my night was to see Michael's oldest son Prince come on stage to present an award. It's been forever since anyone has seen them, so to see them doing well was amazing for me. It was a great way to end the night.
Comment what your favorite moments were from the night?
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When people want to read about Magic, they want it presented, not a bland repetition of news.
Let me begin by letting you know something somewhat cool... I have finally collected one of every card for the Avacyn Restored set. It took almost 3.5 months, but I did it, without buying a set. It was through packs, trades, and a few individual card purchases that I hadn't pulled after a lot of packs.
Third: I came in 8 out of 25 for the deck I'm going to put details on here. First match, won 2-1, second match lost 0-2 (but got some great advice on the deck from my opponent, whom I had met at FNM but during all the past 6+ months I have never ever played. Kind of fitting for my last time), third match was a 1-2 loss, fourth match was a 2-1 win, and the last match was a 2-1 win. It was one of my better decks (and ironically was for my girlfriend to use tonight. She decided she didn't want to play, so I used the deck I built for her).
First, before I start hearing cries of "Restoration Angel!", I should have you know they are all in another deck. A good, other deck. Hopefully this good other deck will fare well for my friend who will be using it. Also, this deck obviously doesn't fit with the "still legal in Return to Ravnica" thing I'm doing. I used what I had to make a deck and in some cases, I was just like "what the hell, this might be my last chance to do something like this unless I find myself playing in Extended."
So, long story short, as you can tell by my notes, some things are not needed. Planeswalkers were good diversions, but not necessary. Sword of Body and Mind worked perfectly. Deck needs more Cavern of Souls, Thunderous Wrath belongs in the main deck, I need to put another Thundermaw Hellkite in here, and then another Slayer's Stronghold would do me some good.


In addition to a particular interior design, color or personal artifact, the different spaces in which a person often finds themselves can say a lot about who they are and the way that they show this side of themselves to the world around them.
I basically live in the kitchen. It doesn't matter where I am. I can be in my own apartment, at a friend's house or at my grandparents' house. The kitchen is where I usually like to set up shop. It's my home. I love to cook, so I spend a lot of time getting creative in the kitchen and trying out new recipes. I've also learned that, if you're in the process of putting a meal together in the kitchen, and you're not making a mess, you're doing it all wrong.
What I typically eat for lunch on any given day. Tomato soup, a banana and coffee!
I love to ferment a lot of my own vegetables and fruits. This is blackberry soda and strawberry soda that I had going a couple of weeks ago.
Because everyone needs a photo of the fat globules in a pot of chicken soup cooking on the stove.
Oddly enough, I actually don't spend a whole lot of time in my living room. It's generally my work space for those cold, rainy days that I don't feel like going outside, but unless I'm done for the day (or, Netflix just added a brand new season of Criminal Minds or Bob's Burgers), I'm either in my kitchen, or not in my apartment at all, preferring to work and study at either Jupiter House or the library.
My couch, where not-a-damn-thing gets done.
If I had one safe place to call my own, a place that belongs to no one else but me, of course, it'd be my bedroom. This is usually the space that I gravitate toward if I want to work out, practice yoga, meditate or take a nap. It's my space to simply just be for awhile.
I like to call this the Travel Corner.
Just look at all of the pretty receipts and miscellaneous scraps of paper that I don't want to deal with.


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You are in control of the soil quality and there are many options for the growth medium for your bed. Take a look at Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening book for one recipe. Remember that you can substitute the peat moss with coconut fibre (coir). Mulch spread over the top of the bed will provide some weed control. Check the pH of the soil and make amendments as necessary.
For enhanced drainage, be sure to add in some compost and sand. Drip irrigation and soaker hoses are ideal for watering.
To keep pests out, cover the bottom of the bed with chicken wire and bird netting over the top, as needed.
And should you have the mis-fortune to acquire a soil-based disease, you can change the soil and begin anew. This is a major advantage of raised beds. With a traditional in-ground bed, you would have to wait it out!
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Consider a raised bed or two for this season. You'll be pleased with the results!


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Should the President Respond to Foreign States' Cyberattacks Under a Formal Process?
State-sponsored cyberattacks are on the rise, and it's important to fight them with every tool in the U.S. government's arsenal. This includes broad sanctions and punishments for individuals and state actors involved in cyberattacks against the U.S. – and this bill is a necessary expansion of the president's power to impose such consequences.
Hans's Opinion
Sure! Send out a tweet! Lol. In all seriousness this response would require more than the intellectual capital that we have in the White House and Congress combined at this time.
Fritz 's Opinion
Our government has been attacked. We have a obligation to defend ourselves
Ellen's Opinion
Why not? Will his buddy Putin get mad?
The White House and executive branch agencies already have the authority to use all the sanctions and tools in this bill — and there's no need for a more formalized structure to ensure action is taken.
burrkitty's Opinion
Any other President and I would seriously consider it, but not this one. This one can't be trusted with anything. Who's to say he won't try to steer things for his benefit? He has for everything else.
Adam's Opinion
1) We need to draft a piece of legislation that acknowledges cyber attacks are the equivalent of an actual attack on domestic soil. 2) we need to secure our cyber security systems and modernize to prevent any previous bugs 3) #45 is not trust worthy to be in charge of our security. He would keep face with our enemies to prop his own ego before willing to do what's right for the American public's safety.
Traci's Opinion
The president should not be involved with the topic at all. There are entire departments of various agencies who handle this subject.
This bill — known as the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018 — would establish a strategy for the U.S. to respond to attacks by foreign state-sponsored hackers by giving the president the authority to identify, respond to, and deter cyber attackers.
The president, acting through the Secretary of State, would designate the following as critical cyber threats:
Foreign persons and foreign state agencies that the president deems to be responsible for or complicit in state-sponsored cyber activities that have threatened U.S. national security, foreign policy, economic health, or financial stability;
Foreign persons that the president has determined to have knowingly materially assisted or provided support for cyber attacks against the U.S. by a foreign person or foreign state agency;
Foreign state agencies that the president has determined to have materially assisted or supported cyber attacks against the U.S. by a foreign person or agency;
Foreign persons that the president has determined to have attempted to engage in or support cyber attacks against the U.S.; and
Foreign agencies that the president has determined to have attempted to engage in or support cyber attacks against the U.S.
This bill would also establish a comprehensive, uniform list of foreign hacking groups to give government agencies common terminology when discussing cyberthreats. This list would be published in the Federal Register, and would include input from various federal agencies.
The president would impose either travel-related or non-travel-related sanctions (or both) with respect on foreign persons and states designated as critical cyber threats. Non-travel related sanctions include:
Withdrawal or suspension of non-humanitarian U.S. development assistance or security assistance; U.S. opposition to international financial institutions' loans to hostile foreign states; directing the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or other U.S. agencies not to approve guarantees, insurance, credit, or extension of credit; import restrictions; and export restrictions.
Travel-related sanctions include: making foreign nationals designated as critical cyber threats inadmissible to the U.S., ineligible to receive a visa to enter the U.S., and otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the U.S.; and revoking vias or other entry documentation issued to foreign persons designated as critical cyber threats.
Foreign states could be subject to additional sanctions from the president, including: banning the export of items on the U.S. Munitions List to the governments of foreign states designed as critical cyber threats; prohibiting transactions in foreign exchange in which the governments of foreign states designated as critical cyber threats have an interest; and prohibit transfers or credit or payments between one or more financial institutions when those transactions are subject to U.S. jurisdiction and involve any interest of the government of the foreign state.
On a case-by-case basis, the president could waive the imposition of sanctions for a period of up to one year, and could then renew that waiver for additional periods of no more than one year. When waivers are granted, the appropriate Congressional committees would have to receive written determinations from the president attesting to the reason for the waiver.
The president may remove sanctions if the president determines the foreign person or foreign state subject to sanctions has verifiably ceased participation in cyber attacks against the U.S.
The president shall be required to periodically report to Congress about state-sponsored cyber activities against the U.S.
Argument in Favor:
Argument Against:
State-sponsored hackers; cyber terrorism; cyber warfare; the President; and the Federal Register
The CBO estimates that implementing this bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2019-2023 period.
In-Depth:
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) introduced this bill to combat state-sponsored cyber threats by creating a three-step process for identifying, deterring, and responding to state-sponsored cyber attacks:
"Not all threats to our national security are kinetic. More and more, countries who wish to weaken the United States and disrupt our way of life are using keyboards and the internet. China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, and other malicious actors have developed sophisticated capabilities that can disrupt our networks, endanger our critical infrastructure, harm our economy, and undermine our elections. These cyber attacks must be stopped. My Cyber Deterrence and Response Act will shine a light on these countries and create a framework that not only deters but provides the proper response for their actions. It is vital that when these attacks happen, they are exposed, pulled out of the shadows, and punished accordingly."
Writing in The Guardian in 2013, Adam Segal, the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, argued that cyberattacks are difficult to retaliate against due to the limited — and still-undefined — definitions of what constitutes an attack or legitimate target:
"There are still no mutually agreed upon terms of what types of cyber-attacks would be considered a use of force or what constitutes a legitimate target. A standoff could very easily escalate, producing unintended and disastrous outcomes, if both sides miscommunicate and misperceive red lines… [the U.S. and potential adversaries, such as China] should try and dispel the growing mistrust by explaining their national interests and intentions in cyberspace."
In 2016, the Justice Department's top national security official, John Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, argued that the most successful tools the U.S. federal government has employed to deter cyber attacks against the U.S. have been legal, rather than tit-for-tat counterattacks or retaliation. Carlin pointed to a September 2015 agreement between then-President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping, which was credited to a ratcheting up of prosecutions and sanctions, as proof of the effectiveness of legal consequences as a deterrent for state-sponsored cyber attacks and a means for defining what is and isn't acceptable cyber activity under international law:
"This new approach of investigation and attribution showed we can find out who's doing these things, and that's because Sony did the right thing and reported it to government... Two, we said it: That's new. Take it out of the intelligence channels and be public about it, because that's the only way to change the behavior of the people who are launching these attacks, but also the other countries who are watching them get away with it… The idea is that if you let someone walk across your lawn for long enough, they get the right to walk across your lawn. It's called an easement, and that's how international law works. We had a situation where attacking private companies was the day job for uniformed members of the second largest military in the world, and that case was a giant no-trespass sign: 'Get off our lawn.'"
In a continuation of the Obama administration's position as stated in Executive Order 13694, the Trump administration deems cyber security a national emergency.
Christopher Painter, who served for six years as the United States' top cyber diplomat at the State Department, argues that more structure around sanctions for state-sponsored cyber violence is needed:
"[W]e still need to do a better job of actually imposing consequences on those countries that actually make a difference, and I think that requires a lot more strategic thought… I think we're creating a norm of inactivity, that these are acceptable [behaviors] because no one does anything about it."
This legislation passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee with unanimous support and currently has the support of 13 bipartisan cosponsors of this bill, including seven Democrats and six Republicans.
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State-sponsored cyberattacks against the U.S. have been an issue in recent years, with Russian interference in U.S. elections and Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromising a U.S. Navy contractor to steal sensitive military intelligence being only two examples of the threat. Government agencies and employees aren't the only targets of state-sponsored hacks, either: hacks at Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Las Vegas Sands Hotel and Casino have been blamed on North Korea and Iran, respectively.
As of 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is already on a mission to publicly shame cyber criminals after they've been caught, as part of an effort to ensure malicious actors can't count on anonymity. Paul Abbate, the FBI's executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch, told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that criminals can depend on the fact that "[they] will be identified pursued, and held to account no matter where you are in the world."
The FBI's cyber response team is focused on tracking high-level network and computer intrusion by state-sponsored hackers and global organized crime syndicates, which are often operating from overseas. According to Abate, once it identifies these actors, the FBI seeks to "impose costs on them," which may include "economic sanctions, prison terms, or battlefield death," as well as "publicly nam[ing] them, sham[ing] them, and let[ting] everyone know who they are… [so they] don't feel immune of anonymous."
In April 2015, then-President Barack Obama signed an executive order giving the executive branch additional authority to punish overseas hackers. Executive Order 13694 gave the Secretary of the Treasury the authority "to impose sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities" in those cases that pose "a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy or economic health or financial stability of the United States."
The Treasury Department has used sanctions to punish state-sponsored cyber terrorism during the Trump administration. In June 2018, the Treasury Department added five Russian companies and three Russian individuals to its sanctions list for providing "material and technological support" to the FSB. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in a statement, called the entities designated at that time direct contributors "to improving Russia's cyber and underwater capabilities through their work with the FSB and therefore jeopardiz[ing] the safety and security of the United States and our allies."
At present, the President has wide discretion over releasing information about foreign cyber campaigns. Both the Obama and Trump White Houses have been hesitant to take Congressional direction on punishing cyber attacks, with the general feeling being that a strict menu of responses to an attack limits strategic flexibility.
Sponsoring Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) Press Release
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Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018
To address state-sponsored cyber activities against the United States, and for other purposes.
Committee on Foreign Relations
The house Passed September 5th, 2018
Passed by Voice Vote
Committee on Financial Services
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Oversight and Reform
IntroducedApril 18th, 2018
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13 Cosponsors
Hans's Opinion In Favor
burrkitty's Opinion Against
Adam's Opinion Against
Traci's Opinion Against
Brian's Opinion Against
The White House and executive branch agencies already have the authority to use all the sanctions and tools in this bill — and there's no need for a more formalized structure to ensure action is taken. I'm also against giving the executive more unilateral power.
TheDarkSide's Opinion Against
Absolutely not!! The country can't afford anymore sustained damage or missteps by the current president. Once someone educated and stable assumes the office then revisit this!
Deidre's Opinion Against
Not THIS President
William's Public Comment
Instead of responding to attacks across the Internet, the US should make its systems secure.
davidf's Opinion Against
Giving Trump more unilateral power is exceedingly dangerous.
Mindful's Opinion Against
Timely! In this instance, with current POTUS, and the known and recognized erratic behavior and doubtful reliability of his judgement in many diverse circumstances, No More Unilateral power must be encouraged to be practiced by this POTUS-unless. Indispensable oversight by Congress is asserted with their authorizing or denying his selected course of action.
Claude's Opinion Against
We don't need any new laws. The ones we have are perfect. All we need is a President that isn't Compromised and under the control of a foreign state. Ie..Russia!
KyleCorley's Opinion Against
The president can make recommendations on punishment for those countries who commit cyber attacks against the U.S but Congress should have the final authority. We need to quit taking power away from one branch and giving it to another. We have three separate branches for a reason with three separate duties and power.
Donna's Opinion Against
I believe that our computer techs need to design programs that block these attacks. If we leave it to our Treasonous and obstruction of justice President, he will make a mess out of it, and cause more harm to the American people.
Wallace's Opinion Against
This president needs to protect the country whether formally or informally!!! Just do it!!!!
Barbara 's Opinion In Favor
Of course! The man must get off twitter!
A.HamsLegacy's Opinion Against
I don't trust this president and refuse to expand his power. Congress needs to hold the reins on responding to any act of war, including cyber attacks.
Fritz 's Opinion In Favor
Janet's Opinion In Favor
Not that this president would do anything about cyberhacking. It's how he got elected.
Jason's Public Comment
Quick! Somebody blame Obama! He should have prevented the felony conspiracy (conspiracies?) that Trump used to secure the presidency! Ignore the man behind the curtain.
Clay 's Opinion Against
The President acts as if he supports the cyber attacks through his denial of DOJ proof of Russian involvement.


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Mobile Operating System
Ultra-mobile PC
2-in-1 Tablet
Mobile Internet Device
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Type of Tablets
Type of Laptops
2-in-1 PC
BlackBerry Ltd
Mobile operating systems
Working state
Current (Only updates)
Closed source
Version 1.0 for Pager BlackBerry 850; January 1999
Version 3.6 for smartphone BlackBerry 5810 Wireless Handheld; March 2002
7.1.0.2930 (BlackBerry 9790/9900) / November 2013
BlackBerry Desktop Manager
BlackBerry line of smartphones
Java virtual machine
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BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system developed by BlackBerry Ltd for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices. The operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized input devices that have been adopted by BlackBerry Ltd. for use in its handhelds, particularly the trackwheel, trackball, and most recently, the trackpad and touchscreen.
The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native support for corporate email, through MIDP 1.0 and, more recently, a subset of MIDP 2.0, which allows complete wireless activation and synchronization with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise email, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts, when used with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The operating system also supports WAP 1.2.
Updates to the operating system may be automatically available from wireless carriers that support the BlackBerry over the air software loading (OTASL) service.
Third-party developers can write software using the available BlackBerry API classes, although applications that make use of certain functionality must be digitally signed.
Research from June 2011 indicates that approximately 45% of mobile developers were using the platform at the time of publication.
BlackBerry OS was discontinued after the release of BlackBerry 10, but BlackBerry will continue support for the BlackBerry OS.
Table of versions: BlackBerry
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January 1999; 15 years ago
The BlackBerry OS made its debut and it was released for the Pager BlackBerry 850.
March 2002; 12 years ago
Released on the BlackBerry 5810 smartphone.
August 4, 2009; 5 years ago
It was released on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 8520 and came to the other BlackBerry smartphones a short while after its release.
In April 2010, RIM announced the BlackBerry OS 6.0 version, which was released in the third quarter of 2010. This version included a new WebKit-based browser.
It was officially released in August 2011, making its appearance on the BlackBerry Bold (9900/9930), BlackBerry Torch (9810/9850/9860), and the BlackBerry Curve (9350/9360/9370/9380). Any smartphones running an earlier version of the BlackBerry OS could not be updated to version 7.0.
It has now been superseded by the BlackBerry 10 operating system, but is still sold by BlackBerry on its smartphones. This was an update to version 7.0 and added several new features compared to 7.0, including
Ability to create a WiFi hotspot
Calling people over WiFi (if supported by their mobile phone operator)
Ability to listen to FM radio (Curve Only)
Blackberry Tag (sharing images using NFC)
Still sold
Supported devices: BlackBerry 8000 series
BlackBerry devices in the 8100 and 8800 series, plus BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip.
BlackBerry Curve 8330/8350i/8520/8530/8900.
BlackBerry Bold 9000, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm 2 and BlackBerry Tour.
BlackBerry Bold 9650/9700/9780, BlackBerry Curve 9300/9330, BlackBerry Pearl 9100/9105, BlackBerry Style 9670, and BlackBerry Torch 9800.
BlackBerry Bold 9790/9900/9930, BlackBerry Curve 9310/9315/9350/9360/9370/9380/9220/9320, and BlackBerry Torch 9810/9850/9860.
BlackBerry Fonts
The following is a list of fonts that were included in some versions of BlackBerry (note: some of them were not included in older versions):
Andale Mono
BBAlpha Sans
BBAlpha Sans Condensed
BBAlpha Serif
BBCAPITALS
BBCCasual
BBClarity
BBCondensed
BBGlobal Sans
BBGlobal Serif
BBMilbank
BBMilbank Tall
BBSansSerif
BBSansSerifSquare
BBSerifFixed
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
BBAlphaSans and BBAlphaSerif are based on the free software DejaVu fonts.
On September 27, 2010, BlackBerry Ltd. announced a new unrelated QNX-based platform, BlackBerry Tablet OS, to run on its recently released BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer.
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Detroit's been undergoing a rebranding — not just getting a new slogan and logo, although that's part of it. Tourism officials have been overhauling the way they sell Detroit to the rest of the world.
Last year, they settled on a industrial looking D, and a "Detroit: Cars, Culture, Gaming, Music, Sports" theme. They wanted a Detroit story that was urban, edgy and über cool to appeal to the under 40 crowd, or the crowd that lives like they are under 40.
This little, no, actually huge exercise has been profitable — convention business is heating up, for instance — but Jim Townsend, executive director of the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau's Tourism Economic Development Council, wants to take it a step further.
Along with The Henry Ford (one of the "early adopters" of the D Brand), the Convention & Visitors Bureau is holding a D Brand Summit on Feb. 1, an effort to extend their branding tools and ideas to area businesses.
The idea is that what's good for selling the region to tourists is good for selling the region to investors and talented people, which is good for business. Plus, if you've got a healthy economy and a region full of young, creative workers, then you've got a place that's attractive to visitors.
It's chicken and egg. Cart and horse. Love and marriage. You can't have one without the other.
"If there's a new Detroitness that's urban and real and bubbling with cool nightlife and culture, a sense that it's an emerging city that's worth discovering, and it's almost cool to go out and do so," Townsend says, "then that's the message that is going to help everything else here being done to help change the economy,"
This summit is novel. Other cities have had rebranding efforts, to be sure, and those Las Vegas commercials, where "what happens here stays here," are one fine example. Yet, the idea of spreading that brand into the non-tourism business sectors is rather unique.
Eric LaBrecque, whose California-based Applied Storytelling is helping with Detroit's rebranding efforts, says they looked around at the follow-through in other cities, and the standard operating procedure is to create the brand, "drop it in the constituents' laps," and be done with it.
The problem, he says, is that a lot folks don't know how to use it. If it's just adopting a logo or slogan and slapping it on a couple web sites, then it's not going to have a big impact, LaBrecque says.
To help show other businesses how to adopt the brand, the bureau has tapped some early adopters, businesses and institutions that have already added elements of the D Brand into their own branding and marketing schemes.
"We thought, let's create some serving suggestions, if you will, " says LaBrecque. These real world examples will be presented at the summit. They include efforts by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Detroit Tigers and Strategic Staffing Solutions.
Each company was able to use elements of the brand in different ways, LaBrecque says.
"Strategic Staffing Solutions is a global IT outsourcing organization. Its headquarters is in Detroit. Its founder is a Detroiter, and it's passionate about the city," he says. "They realized they weren't talking to a younger audience about how great it is to be here and live here.
"What we're saying to businesses," LaBrecque says, "is that if you are trying to attract talent or retain talent in the Detroit area, it makes sense for you talk about the appeal of living here and working here. If you are not doing that or doing that well, you should be."
The summit, which is also sponsored in part by Model D, will include an overview of the brand, presentations from the "early adopters" on how the brand has worked for them, as well as ideas on how to put the brand to work for individual companies.
There will also be an address from John Kao, who as been dubbed a "serial innovator" and "Mr. Creativity" by The Economist. The consultant has worked with a wide range of Fortune 500 companies, startups, and government agencies around practical issues of strategic innovation and organizational transformation. He's taught at the Harvard Business School, and authored the books Innovation Nation, on positioning the country globally and Jamming, on fostering business creativity.
• An understanding that adopting the D Brand can work for their own financial advantage.
• Practical help via forums and opportunities to ask the experts.
• A basic understanding of general branding best practices that can be used even if the organization does not adopt the D Brand. "Even if you don't see the connection to the D Brand there will be benefits. A lot of organizations aren't sophisticated marketers and these people don't have as easy access to the same talent and ideas that big organizations do," La Brecque says.
However, Townsend says the D Brand has applications across many sectors. "We're not trying to say something that precise, we're trying to create a tone and a feeling about Detroit. There's so many different takes people can have on those ideas."
Plus, he says, every company or organization in Detroit is tied to the D Brand by simply being here — and whether that "here" is inside the city or 20 miles outside of it. Where these companies go, they carry a banner for the region.
"Whether it's tourism, high tech, professional services, automotive, creative services — any company that's located here has a need to tell a story about itself in the context of being here in metro Detroit," Townsend says. "Companies are like people, they have persona and a brand about themselves and it relates to Detroit because they choose to be here."
The more companies that preach the D Brand, or their version of it, the more the message about Detroit's image will change.
"The real object here is to change the Detroit narrative, to change the storyline that attaches to Detroit in people's mind both locally and globally," Townsend says of the D Brand efforts. "It takes a lot to change the basic buzz about a place. It can't come from one place; it has to come from a thousand different places. It doesn't mean adopting the same words and pictures, but they need to be moving in the same direction."
"The fundamental thing," he adds," is being honest and beyond non-apologetic — being honest and proud of what Detroit truly is."
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey's brand is managing editor of Model D.


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Through its Herambiente subsidiary, the Hera Group operates over 90 treatment plants for recovery and disposal of municipal waste, and of hazardous and non-hazardous special waste among which the main types are: 10 waste-to-energy plants, 11 composting plants/digesters, 15 selection plants, 16 chemical/physical and stabilization plants. Marche Multiservizi manages two landfills and one biostabilization plant. Herambiente also holds a 50% stake in Enomondo, which operates a biomass plant.
The initiatives launched by Herambiente in terms of material and energy recovery continued in 2018, characterized by a strong acceleration in the process of transformation of its industrial activities in view of a "circular economy". In fact, 2018 was marked by three important and fundamental events that testify to Herambiente's ability to transform the principles underlying the concept of circular economy into facts:
complete integration of the plastic recovery chain, from collection, selection and subsequent recovery, through the synergies achieved following the acquisition, in 2017, of control (through an 80% stake) of the Aliplast Group, a leader in the production of rigid and flexible films;
construction and start-up of a plant to produce biomethane from the organic fraction of separate collected municipal waste;
award of the contract, worth Euro 28.5 million, for the reclamation of the port of Chioggia. Herambiente won the tender for the renovation of strategic areas related to this important maritime port, qualified as a "Site of National Interest" (SNI).
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implementation, in the liquid industrial waste segment, of technologies aimed at recovering, rather than disposing of, organic water, solvents, sludge, etc.;
modernization and upgrade of organic media composting and aerobic stabilization plants to align all Herambiente Group plants to the best available technical standards and BATs (Best Available Technologies);
integration of the system linked to M&A operations, increasingly oriented towards market segments related to industrial waste management and recovery and "full service" services at production plants of medium to large sized companies operating in oil & gas, food & beverage, large-scale retail, etc.;
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Birthday Surprise Trip - Day 2
Shira promised me that for my Birthday we'd be hiking in the mountains. Not only that, but the hike would be of such epic proportions that she wanted me to bring some serious gear along, including a sleeping bag and stove in case we needed to spend the night in frigid conditions. This all sounded delightful to me, but I couldn't imagine where she was going to find snow capped mountains near Northern Virginia this time of the year.
Part of the mystery was solved last Thursday night when she informed that we weren't hiking on Friday as planned, instead we were flying somewhere Friday and hiking on Saturday. That made a winter hike seem a lot more plausible.
The first leg of our trip took us to Boston, which provided us with a delightful stop to visit my nieces and nephew. But looking around, I didn't see any mountains surrounding Boston. So I was still clueless as to what Shira had planned.
We got in the car and drove for about 3 hours. Eventually we crossed the border from Massachusetts to New Hampshire. I racked my brain, yet I couldn't for the life of me figure out what epic hike was in New Hampshire. Finally we pulled into a cute little hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire. We did a little unpacking and then walked down the road to a pizza place where I was eagerly awaiting Shira's explanation of how she picked this place for our hike.
Once seated, and with a pizza on the way, she refused to answer my question. Instead, she handed me a trail overview for Franconia Notch State Park and told me to read it. When I finally did, the trip became absolutely clear. To understand the relevance of the trip, you have to appreciate that one of the items on my Bucket List is to hike a section of the Appalachian Trail in every state that it runs through. So far I've checked off Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. With this trip, I'd be getting to check off New Hampshire from my list. What a wonderful gift for my 37th birthday!
Shira pulled out a map of the area and we started planning the details of the next day's hike. The map represented only 6 x 8 miles, yet the trail descriptions made each trail sound more daunting than the next. Shira had also checked ahead of time, and the park said that some of the trails were probably covered with snow and mud. In a rare moment of sanity, I suggested we do a relatively short hike first, and then if we had time, we'd add on to it.
We planned to do the following: Start in Lafayette Campground, hike Lonesome Lake Trail to Cascade Brook Trail, then finish up the circuit with the Pemi Trail. On the map this trip looks to take up about 6-7 miles. A piece of cake.
We started our hike at Lafayette Campground and I made sure to snap a photo of a small patch of snow still on the ground. How cute, I thought, that there was still some snow around. The trail started climbing pretty quickly, but we were eager and fresh, so this hardly bothered us.
After a bit of hiking we found ourselves dodging patches of snow and ice. Then a bit further up, we found that we had run out of dirt to walk on, and were exclusively climbing up snow, ice and the occasional rock. Shira found herself heavily relying on her hiking poles, and I found myself grabbing on to roots and trees; anything to steady myself.
The snow had officially turned from a novelty into an icy hazard.
After about a 1000ft climb in elevation we found ourselves on flatter trail. The ice had been replaced with packed snow and the going was easier. It was then that we met a hearty New Hampshire Hiker, trudging through the snow in shorts and a t-shirt. We said our hellos and he looked at our feet. Yeah, he explained, without snow shoes, the trail up ahead may be impassible. He was also wearing a pair of trail crampons (spikes attached to his boots). I suddenly felt completely unprepared. We pushed on.
As we walked along the packed snow I wondered how many inches deep it was. And then I took a step and sunk 2 feet into the snow. Oh, that's how deep it was. Holy crap. We made our way down the Cascade Brook trail, and thankfully the trail was a relatively gentle grade. And other than the occasional misstep into knee high snow, it was actually outstanding hiking.
As we descended into lower elevations the snow thinned out, and my fears of needing crampons and an ice ax to get off this mountain passed. Well, I figured, we were through the tricky part of the hike and it would be easy going from here. Yeah, not quite.
All along the trail we'd seen signs mentioning that the Cascade Bridge was out and that crossing the brook may not be possible. We finally arrived at the brook, which looked a whole lot more like a raging river than a brook, and started figuring out how we were going to get to the other side. There were quite a number of boulders to hop on, but none of them seemed to be a straight line to the other side. Finally, after 20 minutes of planning we figured out a route. And sure enough, a few hops later, we were on the other side.
Whew. We had survived the ice which required crampons, the snow which called for snowshoes and crossed a raging river with the bridge out. I was feeling pretty good. It was time to just relax and enjoy this leisurely hike.
With about .2 miles to go to the Pemi Trail turn off we encountered Whitehouse Brook. Again, think fast moving river, not gentle brook. Surely we weren't expected to cross this sucker, were we? Then Shira spotted a tree in the middle of the brook with white water flowing around it that had a white AT trail blaze. We were going across. From a distance, crossing these brooks looks fairly easy. But as you approach the perfect place to cross you realize that the rocks are just a little too far apart, or perhaps they're wet and slippery. Finding the right path across is like chasing down mirage after mirage. And when you do decide on a place to cross the secret is to do so with absolute confidence. If you pause or over think the crossing process, you're just asking to lose your balance and take a swim.
In the end we crossed the Whitehouse Brook with relative ease. We were just a fraction of a mile from the Pemi trail, which promised a nice flat 2 mile walk back to our car. Easy, right?
And the Pemi trail did start off easy enough. It hugged the river, which made for some terrific views. The trail was muddy thanks to all the snow run off, but in the scheme of things, mud was the least of our concerns. And then we lost site of the trail. Where did it go?
As I scouted around I realized that the next blue blaze was on the opposite side of Whitehouse Brook, yes the very same brook we had just crossed. The water looked to be about 5 feet deep at the point at which the trail met the brook. That wasn't a trail crossing, that was a swimming hole. So we started our long trek up the bank of the river looking for a place where we could cross. We found various possibilities, but none of them looked like they were going to be remotely safe. Finally we found a spot where the water was relatively shallow, about 3-4 inches deep. Shira and I linked arms and stepped into the fast moving water. As we expected, the current was using all its effort to get us down stream, but we managed to make it across. Our feet soaked were with 33 degree water, but we were safely on the other side.
We continued on our way.
For the rest of the hike, the Pemi trail behaved itself. It was relatively flat, and to our shock, provided a few small bridges to traverse some tiny little streams. Someone had their priorities a little out of whack.
Further up the Pemi Trail we found "The Basin" where we stood in the same spot Henry David Thoreau had. I wonder if his boots were soaked from a stream crossing, too?
After about 10 hours of hiking, we finally made it back to our car. What an absolutely thrilling hike. I felt that I could confidently check off "New Hampshire" from my AT checklist. And Shira earned a Wife-Of-The-Year Award for enduring this trip with such skill and confidence, complaining not a single time.
By Ben Simon at April 28, 2013
Labels: Birthday Surprise Trip, outdoors, travel
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