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Gartner Security Summit News Round-Up
By Lisa Phifer,
Annual IT security gathering urges attendees to adopt more pragmatic, risk-centric, business-focused approaches.
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At last week's Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, threats were booming, budgets were lean, and businesses were challenged to do more with less. Security professionals now scramble to safeguard new IT initiatives like cloud computing, social networking, mobility, and Windows 7, while meeting escalating regulatory, compliance, and e-discovery demands. CISOs have little choice but to focus finite security resources on those risks that most impact business success.
As Gartner analyst Eric Ouellet said about Data Loss Prevention: "Don't try to boil the ocean – follow the priorities of your organization to attempt only what makes sense for you right now."
Organizations are buying too much DLP, said Ouellet. Most fail to deploy all of the components they have purchased within three years. Worse, many underestimate the need to involve non-IT stake holders, right from the start. Too often, the result is an expensive disappointment. "Start with one big business issue and focus on solving it first," he said.
Similar recommendations were made about other technologies throughout this summit. Cyber-crime continues to grow, as do vectors through which we expose business assets. As the attack surface expands, it becomes impractical to lock down everything. Instead, speakers told attendees to enable key business processes with targeted security controls.
Learn to share—smartly
In his summit kick-off, former US Attorney General John Ashcroft said that organizations must learn to protect sensitive information while balancing privacy vs. usability. "The important breaches – those that are the most costly – come from inside," Ashcroft warned. As in the infamous case of FBI-agent-turned-spy Robert Hanssen, Ashcroft said, "There can be just too many people with too much access."
However, ignoring situational awareness can be just as damaging. Whether the result of policy or lack of consolidation, "Siloing of information inside IT can be as dangerous [to enterprises] as siloing inside intelligence agencies was to the US before 9/11," said Ashcroft. "Don't let this happen to you."
Ashcroft cited recent "shoe bomber" and "Times Square" terrorist attacks that were defeated through the participation of individuals, not just law enforcement. When it comes to effective enterprise security, IT cannot go it alone. "We need to enlist the broad public in securing information," argued Ashcroft. Privacy should be about enabling access, by the right people, to the right data—not preventing access by everyone.
Prioritize defenses
Gartner analyst John Pescatore took attendees on a tour of cyber-threats, past, present, and future. "In mainframe days, all we had to worry about was insider threats," said Pescatore. "But then the Internet changed the way that we did business."
Soon thereafter, worms began to prey upon e-mail as a common business communication medium. "Today, social network and virtualization are reshaping cyber-threats once again. We're seeing the rise of non-traditional application ecosystems, where everything occurs outside the good old data center," he said.
From Twitter and Facebook worms to DNS cache poisoning, it's tempting to think of next generation threats as requiring new controls. However, "more than ninety percent of these attacks are exploiting vulnerabilities we already knew about, or should have known about. Very few attacks – less than 1% – are zero-day attacks," said Pescatore.
As a result, Pescatore advised attendees to focus on a few big-impact areas:
Scouring inbound messages at security gateways (or inside cloud services);
Supporting IT consumerization securely using NAC, desktop virtualization, and application whitelists; and
Improving Web security through software vulnerability assessment and SaaS.
Supply chain pollution, hypervisor/VM threats, Trojans downloaded from app stores, compromised clouds, and LTE/4G attacks are likely to emerge over time. But those sexy new threats should not be permitted to siphon attention away from today's top-priority defenses.
"Don't count raindrops," said Pescatore. "Focus on leaks in the roof."
Ouellet observed that turnout for his Data Loss Prevention session was bigger than ever. Despite early-adopter burn-out, the DLP market continues to grow. [Editor's note: For advice on how to choose the right DLP for your company, read "How to Choose a DLP Provider".]
DLP products now are widely available for deployment at the network perimeter or on endpoints, policing data delivered through a single channel (e.g., e-mail, DRM) or enterprise-wide. Acquisition costs can be hard to plan because components are often sold a la carte – for example, separately-licensed discovery, prevention, and encryption modules. The good news, said Ouellet, is that per-endpoint prices have fallen to the point where the incremental cost of single-channel DLP may now be considered negligible.
Of course, bigger operational costs are incurred as DLP is rolled out.
"Most deployments end up in monitor-only mode because the cost and impact of blocking can be too much," said Ouellet. One example: It is rarely appropriate for first line IT to examine leaked data to decide how to remediate an incident. "The person who should probably look at content is the data owner – finance, legal, HR, compliance." Thus Oeullet's imperative to get non-IT stakeholders involved at project start.
Ouellet described one trial that compared monitor vs. prevention modes. "Remediation was actually lower in the blocking trial. It turned out to be more effective to monitor, warn, and educate than to block," he said. Organizational resistance, false positives, and national privacy laws may all pose concerns, but DLP rollouts are most successful when focused on one big business problem. "Start with single channel or skip prevent for now," Ouellet recommended. "Work closely with user awareness programs to get the most value from DLP and measure success by reduction in events. If rates don't drop, educate."
Pursue quick returns
In his session on Windows 7 security planning, Gartner fellow Neil MacDonald noted that most enterprises skipped Vista. He predicts that half will deploy Windows 7 this year, and that making this transition will have real security impact. However, the most promising security features in Windows 7 are only available in Enterprise or Ultimate versions, which require additional on-going fees.
However, MacDonald said that many enterprises could greatly improve their security posture even without Windows 7. "The two most significant things you can do today are get off Internet Explorer 6 and get rid of administrative rights for end users," he said. "Neither requires moving to Windows 7, although you can use Windows 7 migration as a catalyst to make them happen."
Some IE6 applications will not run on IE8 (included in Windows 7). Companies stuck on IE6 for this reason should consider using Windows 7 XP Mode or terminal services to (virtual) XP desktops to preserve legacy access. Moving all other Web activities to IE8 without further delay can tap improvements like DEP and ASLR protection while browsing, smartscreen filters, and Type 1 cross-site scripting defenses.
"You will need to test all of your applications, especially if you're running as a standard user, but you should start using IE8 as soon as possible," counseled MacDonald.
Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC) does not require running as a standard user, but it can discourage users from making unauthorized changes. MacDonald acknowledged that the politics of eliminating administrative rights can be daunting. "Our users are like ponies running around free on the prairie. Now we're putting up barbed wire fences and they're getting spooked," he said.
Nonetheless, MacDonald argues that companies should start running all applications as standard user prior to deploying Windows 7, clearing this hurdle before UAC prompting begins. Organizations grappling with tough cases should consider solutions like BeyondTrust or Avecto that can permit privilege elevation on exception while running as standard user most of the time.
More intriguing security features like AppLocker, BitLocker, and DirectAccess may come with full-blown Windows 7 deployment, but executing a migration plan can easily take a year. In the meantime, get these two big-payoff steps out of the way, advised MacDonald. And don't forget to survey your security tools for Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) support and involve your security team in deciding which Windows 7 features to use.
Leverage unmanaged devices
Many enterprises are now working to enable secure access from employee-liable smartphones – especially iPhones. But in his session on trusted portable personalities, Gartner analyst John Girard noted that many business activities require a larger screen and better data entry to edit documents. To support such activities in a secure, but cost effective manner, IT must provide a trusted environment (safe, private, and auditable) that is portable (available when and where needed, from a wide range of hardware) and embodies each employee's personality (files, applications, settings).
Portable personality approaches to enable corporate data access from unmanaged desktops and laptops fall into two broad categories: device-based and portal-based. Device-based offerings include workstation-on-a-stick (e.g., vDesk, IronKey) and virtual machines (e.g., Citrix, VMware). Portal-based approaches include virtualized desktops (e.g., terminal services, Citrix), SSL VPN with quarantine (e.g., Juniper, F5), and cloud application services (e.g., Google, Nivio).
Each approach has distinct benefits, but can be stymied by limitations, such as trusted agents that lack permission to run or enforce policy, hosts that cannot boot from USB, and cloud services that cannot support offline use.
"No single solution satisfies every dimension," said Girard. "You may need more than one." He then described nearly a dozen case studies in which large security-sensitive organizations had successfully used one or more portable personality solutions to support a wide range of business activities, including the US Navy and FEMA.
Girard recommended that each company establish a decision framework with which to evaluate manageability, compatibility, and supportability for each portable use case. To maximize local defense, consider portable personality devices; to maximize versatility, consider portable personality portals. When deploying solutions, bear in mind that each will be used in a potentially hostile environment.
"The equipment they're using could be lost; the data they're working with could be placed at risk. You'll need to know what the user was carrying when they lost it, what they were doing when compromised, and that means audit capability," cautioned Girard.
Avoid audit fatigue
Each Gartner summit includes solution provider sessions during which vendors and their customers describe challenges and how they were addressed. During one, Tripwire CTO Gene Kim shared his research on audit performance and recommended nine practical steps to overcome the audit blame cycle.
Kim and colleague Jennifer Bayuk benchmarked audit performance for over 1500 organizations, examining prep practices and measuring associated costs. "We wanted to codify how [high-performing] organizations were different. One way they were different was in how they played the audit blame game," said Kim. Audit readiness is usually over-stated until immediately before the audit, at which time there is a mad scramble to right all the wrongs. With security accounting for 15 percent of total IT spend, compliance and audits are starving other projects.
This occurs when organizations focus on the wrong goal – passing the audit, rather than ensuring that business assets and processes were properly secured all along.
"When all of your time is spent getting ready for audits, businesses start implementing controls as part of one-time audit prep," explained Kim.
Kim found that organizations that performed well in audits shared several characteristics. In addition to spending one-third the time prepping for audits and having fewer repeat failure findings, they were five times more likely to detect a breach by automated controls, fives times less likely to have breaches resulting in loss, and experienced half as many change implementation failures. In short, whatever these organizations were doing to pass audits more easily also had real business value.
"It turns out that three controls predicted 60 percent of performance," said Kim: the extent to which an organization defines, monitors, and enforces (1) a standard configuration strategy, (2) process discipline, and (3) controlled access to production systems.
Based on these findings, Kim outlined steps that attendees could take to emulate these top-performers, starting with aligning tone at the top and creating a merged set of infosec and compliance goals.
"Put goals into business context, identify controls to meet those goals, and define what business process owners must do to support them," said Kim.
Next, map goals onto indicators that demonstrate success and apply them to business processes. Using inputs, outputs, and systems identified during process analysis, establish control ownership roles and responsibilities and define tests that demonstrate whether compliance goals are being met. Conduct tests frequently enough to rely on results, independent of audit timing or scope. Track metrics and remediation reports, and maintain situational awareness to determine business change impact on defined goals.
"If you take these steps, you'll have a culture that doesn't tolerate [unplanned] change, that makes decisions based on data, and that tracks data so that fixes can be made quickly, before problems have business impact," said Kim. Oh – and you'll be more likely to pass your next audit with less waste, lost sleep, and finger pointing.
Seek innovative solutions
Nearly 100 companies exhibited in this event's "solutions showcase," including premier sponsors Google (Postini), RSA (Archer), Qualys, Symantec, Websense, and Verizon Business. Products on display ranged from DLP, endpoint protection, data encryption, patch management, Web security, and IT security controls to e-discovery, fraud detection, SEIM, GRC, audit management, risk assessment, and IT disaster recovery management.
Gartner showcases are not loud glitzy extravaganzas. This is not an event where dozens of companies stage major product announcements. Instead, booths are modest, providing attendees quiet opportunities to chat with existing suppliers and learn about new solutions. Here is just a small sampling of what we found there.
IronKey CMO Dave Tripier demonstrated Trusted Access for Banking, which builds on IronKey's ruggedized, encrypted USB storage. According to Tripier, 20-30 percent of users have experienced online fraud; Zeus is a major threat. To mitigate this risk, some banks are giving select business customers an IronKey Trusted Access for Banking stick. During the demo, the stick's virtual keyboard defeated an implanted keylogger, while its trusted DNS resolver bypassed /etc/hosts redirection to a phishing site.
"Our virtualized secure environment provides a secure browser session that launches to a bank-defined portal page," explained Tripier. "The secure session prevents snooping at transactions, which are proxied through IronKey's cloud."
We sat down with CEO Ron Brittain to learn about AuthenWare, a second factor biometric authentication solution that requires no hardware. As users log into Web apps in their normal manner, server-side AuthenWare measures the cadence and rhythm of keystrokes, combined with environmental characteristics. The result is a Singularity Pattern that can be used for transparent secondary authentication. Brittain said that AuthenWare 2.0 was certified by the International Biometric Group (IBG) as having low false acceptance and rejection rates, depending on a configurable sensitivity. 2.0 also adds support for iPhones and BlackBerries, and an anti-replay Javascript to mitigate browser-based capture/replay attacks.
CORE Security, known for its IMPACT Pro penetration test tools, chose the summit to announce INSIGHT Enterprise, an appliance that continuously verifies a network's security posture and defenses.
"INSIGHT does not replace human intuition; there is still a need for pentest tools and experienced testers," explained senior director Michael Yaffe. "INSIGHT automates common tests, focusing on the data exposed (rather than exploits and vulnerabilities that cause exposure). It is designed to better inform the business."
Application owners can use INSIGHT to run their own first-line and regression tests on systems for which they have credentials and access. Security staff can use INSIGHT to trend test results and evaluate the effectiveness of controls.
We chatted with ProofpointCMO Peter Galvin about e-mail archival in the cloud. Proofpoint has a long history of delivering anti-spam and anti-malware, initially using software, then an appliance, and now SaaS. Over time, Proofpoint added e-mail encryption, data loss prevention, and archival, administered through a common policy engine.
"Compliance and retention drove our recent move into archival," explained Galvin. "We leveraged cloud delivery to provide capabilities similar to what large enterprises can achieve, but at a low cost per user. Using grid computing and commodity storage, we can journal a copy of every message for archival, retrieving those messages in under 20 second search time."
A cloud service like this can implement a 7-10-year retention policy far more economically than a forensic e-mail search ever could, said Galvin.
Many companies focus on e-mail and messaging security, but IndorseCEO Rob Marano says this leaves a hidden crisis – electronic files.
"Like a foundation that's solid, but has a few cracks, what we do is to complement Sharepoint, WebDav, DRM, and other network file sharing systems by applying file format and processing expertise to catch whatever slips through," said Marano.
Indorse manipulates files to track their movement, even beyond a secure IT environment. For example, video game manufacturers use Indorse to track pre-release screenshots shared with authorized reviewers.
"The file leaves the administrative domain, but the domain doesn't leave the file," said Marano. "We protect files in a way that doesn't require licensing software to all of the parties that need access."
Senior Security VP Tom Gillis spoke to us about Cisco's Secure Borderless Networking initiative. At the summit, Cisco announced new Cisco ASA and Cisco Security Manager releases. Gillis said there will be always be a place for "heavy" endpoint security, but that smartphones need lighter-weight solutions that dovetail with network defenses.
"We put a small software NIC on each device – iPhone/iPad, Palm Pre, Windows Mobile, Nokia/Symbian – to make policy-based routing decisions," explained Gillis.
E-mail might be sent to a ScanSafe cloud, Web traffic might be redirected to the nearest proxy, SIP traffic could be routed to a VoIP call manager, and all other traffic tunneled to an ASA. However, when the smartphone is inside the firewall, different rules could be applied – transparently to the end-user.
"We want to provide secure, seamless access for wired, wireless, and mobile Internet," said Gillis. "A BlackBerry-like experience, but for all traffic types and devices."
So many sessions, so many sponsors, so little time. Like cyber-threats themselves, we could not come close to exhaustively covering everything of interest at Gartner's Security and Risk Management Summit 2010.
In the end, we left with a sense that security staff simply cannot learn about, much less defend against, every possible risk. Given finite resources, security planning has become a matter of triage – identify areas that require the most immediate attention and pose the greatest potential, focusing your resources without losing sight of the bigger picture.
Lisa Phifer owns Core Competence, a consulting firm focused on business use of emerging network and security technologies. A 28-year industry veteran, Lisa enjoys helping companies large and small to assess, mitigate, and prevent Internet security threats through sound policies, effective technologies, best practices, and user education.
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In 2017 the 177,000 square metre Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi Stadium, a major regional sports centre in Woldia, Ethiopia, was inaugurated by then-Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Mohammed said on that occasion, "The community here [In Woldia where Mohammed grew up] has a very special love of sport. This stadium is my gift to the people of Woldiya." Personally, he supports the major Ethiopian Premier League football team St. George FC, based in Addis Ababa.
Outside Ethiopia, he sponsored the CECAFA Cup, Africa's oldest football competition, from 2004 to 2007. It was renamed the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup in 2005 and 2006. His support for sport has also extended outwards to the Ethiopian diaspora and he contributed significant funds to AESAONE, providing, at one stage, a three year financial commitment.


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Like a mash-up of Alien and Gravity, this ripping sci-fi horror movie is very effective at generating tension and terror. And it helps that an adept cast is on board to give some weight to characters who are rather thinly written. The script, by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, keeps everything lean and mean, concentrating on the scary stuff while ignoring any thematic depth or topicality. But director Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) keeps it moving briskly.
It's set on board the International Space Station, where a specialised six-person crew is examining new soil samples from Mars. Science officer Hugh (Ariyon Bakare) finds alien life in the dirt, and watches in amazement as the cells grow and cooperate to create an interactive jellyfish-like creature, which schoolchildren on Earth name Calvin. Infectious disease doctors David and Miranda (Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson) are concerned that this life-form remains contained in the lab. So Captain Kat (Olga Dihovichnaya) and technicians Roy and Sho (Ryan Reynolds and Hiroyuki Sanada) set out to lock things down. But of course, this proves trickier than they thought it would be.
What follows is, unsurprisingly, a stalker slasher movie in which the crew members go down one by one. Calvin is a quick learner, and grows into a seriously menacing creature, complete with the silly addition of a kind of evil digital face. It also gets a few corny point of view camera angles. But mainly Espinosa holds his nerve, maintaining a believable sense of the science and the setting as things get increasingly out of control. Each terrifying set piece is followed by a brief moment of silence in which the characters (and audience) catch their breath. This also allows them to add one back story detail per person, in an attempt to stir up some emotional connection. But it doesn't really matter once the violent mayhem kicks into gear again.
Gyllenhaal is terrific at the centre as the veteran astronaut who holds the record for the longest stay in space. And details about his crewmates make them interesting as well. But none of the interrelationships ever comes to life, and there's never anything under the surface to pull the audience in more intensely. Instead, it's just the simple pleasures of straight-on suspense, as this slimy, slippery creature slithers around the station trying to survive. Espinosa creates a superb sense of the setting, using the constant weightlessness to keep us off balance. And while the film is almost as forgettable as its generic title, it at least provides plenty of freak-out fun while it lasts.
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Genre: Sci fi/Fantasy
Run time: 108 mins
In Theaters: Friday 16th April 1999
Budget: $60.3M
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Director: Daniel Espinosa
Producer: Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson as Miranda North, Jake Gyllenhaal as Dr. David Jordan, Hiroyuki Sanada as Sho Kendo, Ariyon Bakare as Hugh Derry, Olga Dihovichnaya as Katerina Golovkin, Ryan Reynolds as Roy Adams, Camiel Warren-Taylor as Dominique, Naoko Mori as Kazumi, Alexandre Nguyen as 2nd Fisherman
Also starring: Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Dana Goldberg
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Project Runway Season 1 was the first season of Project Runway, Bravo's reality competition show for fashion designers. The season received critical acclaim including an Emmy nomination for outstanding competitive reality series. Growth in audience popularity was also dramatic from its debut to the season finale, making it a sleeper hit. Project Runway gave Bravo one of its most successful series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The winning designer of the first season was Pennsylvania-based designer Jay McCarroll. As his prize for winning the competition among 12 designers, McCarroll won $100,000, a mentorship with Banana Republic to aid in developing his own fashion label, and a feature of his work in the American edition of ELLE magazine. The winning model of the first season, selected by McCarroll, was Julia Beynon. McCaroll later turned down both the $100,000 and the mentorship with Banana Republic, stating that the prizes came with too much contractual baggage. Austin Scarlett later appeared in Project Runway: All Stars in 2012, where he finished runner-up. Wendy Pepper, in the same year, competed in the second season of the All Stars edition placing 12th out of 13.
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How Direct Democracy Breeds Majoritarianism
Delian Valeriani
Democracy is contrived to be a panacea of human liberation, and the fountain of justice which will cure all social ills. In foreign affairs, we assume that oppressed people merely require a little democracy to melt away their chains of oppression. It is surmised that if we just had more democracy at home, all iniquity would disappear.
Democratic philosophy conceives of all responsibility as shared. In such a weltanschauung, a man like Donald Trump, who puts his name on everything in huge letters, is the absolute devil. It believes that no one should have more responsibility than anyone else, and that anyone who does is purely vainglorious and full of demonic conceit.
In practice, responsibility diffuses with each individual involved in the decision making process, until no one can be held accountable for anything. Then the masses seek a tyrant. If the executive power had not grown to Leviathan proportions under a popularly elected president, the prospects of a Trump or Clinton presidency would not be so unsavory. If the office of the President was not given such great weight, the Senate, House and Supreme Court would be effective counterweights to balance the power of an unpopular president.
It is clear that the democrats believed they would define reality indefinitely, as they not only applauded, but encouraged ever more egregious transgressions. Now that Republican style government failed to bend to their will, they wish for even more direct democracy.
So, we are now facing a challenge to the Electoral College because the system worked exactly as it was intended–as a fail-safe against majoritarianism. The original spirit of the Constitution was to mix various levels of democracy. The president was originally selected by popularly elected electors. A popular vote was never intended as the method of electing a president at all, let alone a direct popular vote. The Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the president and confirmed by the legislature. The Senators were appointed by the State governments. Only the House Representatives were directly elected.
The states already have no representation in the Federal government since the ratification of the 17th amendment. The 17th amendment was a massive leap toward direct democracy and nationalism. William Allen White, an old progressive, celebrated every step toward democracy as "a step toward the Declaration of Independence, and away from the Constitution, which so feared majority rule that the majority was hedged about with checks and balances at every possible point."
The Electoral College is one of the last ramparts between the United States existing as a Constitutional Federalist Republic and becoming a national collective. Democracy must be hedged in by laws which govern its reach, or its reach is unlimited, while simultaneously restrained by systems of checks and balances.
In Federalist No. 10 Madison concedes the "causes of faction cannot be removed" so the only preventative measure against the collusion of faction is to control its "effects." The preventative measure for a minority faction dominating is self-explanatory. This means only the minority needs protection through complex systematic means. Madison postulated that the intricacies of checks and balances constituted in the republic would prevent such evils as "(a) rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project…" As predicted, when the checks and balances dissolved so did the protections against such improper projects.
Once the fail-safe of checks and balances falls the fundamental rights set down in the Constitution become threatened. Natural law is replaced with the subjective whim of the masses. When everything is relative, nothing is sacred, especially rights, which are no longer seen as natural, but as inventions of the state. Once democracy is victorious it seeks to make everything public and political. Its tendrils will choke out all life and liberty.
The cult of democracy believes everything is potentially under its purview of control, so long as the majority demands it. The majoritarianism of direct democracy is the ultimate experiment in applied relativism and subjectivism. It rejects the concepts of natural law, absolute rights, self-organizing systems, and spontaneous complexity. The democratic philosophy sees laws as mere constructs of government, tools for social engineering and totalitarian management of individuals.
Cicero wrote "…justice is completely non-existent if it is not derived from nature… If there is such power in the decisions and decrees of foolish people that they can overturn the nature of things by their votes, why do they not enact that things wicked and destructive should be deemed good and wholesome?"
History has answered this. Democracies always fail, and they always lead to tyranny, for the scales of justice are always biased in majoritarian society.
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Delian Valeriani works as a diver, cook, and pyrotechnician, he has started and run a restaurant, is a volunteer firefighter, visual artist, and sometime political activist. In his spare time he writes philosophy, reads and collects books, and enjoys hiking, fishing, whitewater, shooting, and riding his motorcycle. His philosophical work applies scientific theory as a basis for social theory and strives to bring historical and philosophical context to the apparently convoluted world of today.


I need a shower installed, hot and cold pipes are adjacent, hot water tank to be moved . Please can you contact me ASAP as I am returning to the UK on the 9th August. Work to be done in October or to suite you.
Hot water feed is not working. Cold water supply ok. Suspect damaged inlet valve.
I am currently looking for someone to clean my apartment after it has been rented. Also for the sheets and towels to be washed and returned to apartment before the next arrivals.
Tonte de 1000 m2 toutes les 3 semaines. A l'expérience la tonte prend 2 à 3 heures. Pas de matériel fourni. Besoin d'une tondeuse classique et d'un rotofil.
J'aimerai savoir le prix de fourniture et pose pour dalles pvc de couleur pin ou marron clair pour sol de mon studio de 25m2.
Pose clôture bois, style ranch, poteaux percés (dia 14cm) trous (dia 8cm) avec 2 lices, le tout sur 12 mètres seulement de longueur.
Annual maintenance of gas boiler in a newish apartment in St Gervais, possible annual contract. Looking for someone to service around new year when we are there.
The power supply to the boiler has blow and needs a replacement as a matter of urgency.
We would like solar panels fitted to make electricity. We live at 900 metres and have a large south east facing roof made of concrete tiles.
Bathroom-fit a bath/sink/shower/taps and toilet (connections are already in place) Kitchen - fit a sink/taps/dishwasher. Install a new toilet on the first floor (no existing toilet at present).
Cover existing beamed ceiling with plasterboard. Also replanted a small kitchen.
Just bought this place in St Gervais and the TV signal is very weak and only picking up 1 channel. Need to repair please.
Plan de travail mélaminé stratifié 3m085 plus angle : - découpe évier, découpe plaque induction, découpe tuyauterie chaudière et assemblage.
Relocating and Installing 1 No. Cast Iron Radiator and adapting pipework to new location.
Oil Fired Heating Install/Repair/Service in 74170Les contamines.
Clean the open fire wood burning chimney in our chalet (2 story)and give a certificate of work done. Easy access to the roof. Thank you in advance.


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Beyond the Lyric
Wednesday 27th February, 6 - 8pm, CAPITAL Centre Studio, Millburn House
The CAPITAL Masterclass - Beyond the Lyric
An evening of poetry and music with Fiona Sampson and the Coull Quartet
Come and hear the first two movements of Schubert's great C major String Quintet performed by Warwick's quartet-in-residence, the Coull Quartet, playing with Lucy Hall (2nd year English) and Sophie McKechnie (2nd year History), alongside work-in-progress by poet Fiona Sampson.
What do poetry and music have in common? What is the musical element in poetry? Usually, when words and music come together they do so in song. But supposing that, instead of setting words to music, we set music to words? What would that sound like?
Our exploration takes on one of the great lyric moments in chamber music – composed by the master of lieder and song-cycle.
Fiona Sampson is an award-winning poet and translator and the editor of Poetry Review. Her recent collection Common Prayer was short-listed for this year's T. S. Eliot prize. She is a Fellow of Creativity at the CAPITAL Centre. The Coull Quartet have been Warwick's string quartet-in-residence since 1977, and regularly perform concerts around the world.
Tickets are free but limited, and are available in advance from the CAPITAL Centre office between 9am and 5pm. For further details, please call 024 761 50377 or e-mail Peter.Kirwan@warwick.ac.uk
Last revised: Mon 25 Feb 2008


Antibiotic of biosynthetic penicillin group. Has a bactericidal effect by inhibiting microorganisms' cell wall synthesis.
Most effective against gram-positive bacteria: Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp. (incl. Streptococcus pneumonia), Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Bacillus anthracis; against gram-negative bacteria: Neisseria meningitides, Neisseria gonorrhea; against anaerobic spore-forming rods, as well as Actinomyces spp., Spirochaetaceae.
The strains of Staphylococcus spp., which produce penicillinase, are benzylpenicillin-resistant. Dissolved in an acidic medium.
Benzylpenicillin sodium salt compared to potassium salt has longer action duration.
After i.m. injection it is quickly absorbed from the injection site. Widely distributed in tissues and body fluids. Benzylpenicillin penetrates well through the placenta. BBB in case of meninx inflammation. T½ - 30 minutes. Excreted with urine.
Treatment of diseases caused by benzylpenicillin susceptible microorganisms, сroupous and focal pneumonia, pleural empyema, sepsis, septicemia, ichorrhemia, acute and subacute septic endocarditis, meningitis, acute chronic osteomyelitis, urinary tract infections and bile ducts infections, quinsy, skin purulent infections, soft tissue and mucosal infections, erysipelas, diphtheria, scarlet fever, malignant pustule, actinomycosis, treatment of suppurative inflammations in obstetrics and gynecology, ENT diseases, eye diseases, gonorrhea, blenorrhea, syphilis.
Hypersensitivity to benzylpenicillin and other drugs of penicillins and cephalosporins group. Endolumbar administration is contraindicated to patients with epilepsy.
In moderate infection: 250,000-500,000 units intramuscularly and intravenously; daily dose: 1,000,000-2,000,000 units. In severe infections (sepsis, septic endocarditis, meningitis): 10,000,000-200,000,000 units/day; In progressive emphysematous necrosis: 40,000,000-60,000,000 units.
Daily dose of children under 1 year: 50,000-100,000 units per 1 kg of body weight, of children above 1 year: 50,000 units/(kg per day). In severe infections (meningitis, sepsis, severe forms of acute pneumonia) daily dose can be increased to 200,000-300,000 units/kg; for the treatment of life-threatening conditions: 500,000 units/kg.
Daily dose is divided into 4-6 injections.
In intravenous injection dissolve 1,000,000-2,000,000 U in 5-10 ml of water for injection or isotonic sodium chloride solution, inject 1-2 times a day in combination with intramuscular injections.
In intravenous drip injection dilute 2,000,000-5,000,000 units in 100-200 ml of isotonic sodium chloride solution or 5-10% glucose solution.
Depending on disease, 5,000-10,000 units are injected to adults, 2,000 to 5,000 units – to children. Dilute the drug at the rate of 1,000 units per 1 ml.
Used subcutaneously for puncturing infiltrates (100,000-200,000 units per 1ml of 0.25-0.5% novocaine solution).
The solutions are used immediately after preparation without adding other drugs.
Colorless transparent glass bottle with a stopper and protective plastic cap.


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Game City
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm
481 W HWY 105
Monument, CO 80132
Game City Monument
New Arrivals for Wednesday, December 7th
PS2: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Shrek 2, SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALs, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
PS4: Elden Ring, King of Fighters XV, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster
360: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Sith Edition, Forza Horizon, Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition, Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition, Mass Effect 2: Collector's Edition, Skate 3
XBO: The Sims 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Dying Light
Wii: Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Party 8, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars,
GBA: Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land (JPN), Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (JPN)
3DS: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
NS: No More Heroes III, Collection of Mana, Persona 5 Royal
Systems: Nintendo 3DS (Flame Red), Nintendo 2DS (Black/Blue), Xbox One X (Black, 1TB)
New Arrivals for Wednesday, February 1st
SCD: Tomcat Alley DS: Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood PS: Resident Evil 2 PSP: NCAA Football 09, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, Hot
New Arrivals for Saturday, January 28th
NES: Mother (JPN), Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN, FDS) SNES: Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, Secret of Mana (JPN), Trials of Mana (JPN), Chrono Trigger (JPN, CIB) N64: Animal Crossing (JPN), Harvest Mo
New Arrivals for Wednesday, January 25th
GB: Pokemon Blue, Super Mario Land, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Mole Mania, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Tetris, Pokemon Gold (JPN), Pokemon Silver (JPN), Pokemon Crystal (JPN) N64: Super Mario
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EDUARDO BARÃO is a law student from Paraná―with a Southern accent and all. He describes himself as paradoxical, perfectionist, and an idle writer. He started writing at an early age; at ten, he had already written drafts of what one day would become a combination of nostalgia and shame.
Gnawing on crazy ideas to turn them into something digestible, anxiously awaiting positive feedback, and having little time to read anything else but Silvio Venosa―who writes about Civil Law―are only some of his constant concerns.
Influenced by several amateur and professional writers, he saw writing at the end of the tunnel as an escape from his fast-paced routine and the lack of creativity that afflicts youth.


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MoneyConsumerDont Waste Your Money
Target is giving post-holiday bonuses to employees
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AP Photo/Charles Krupa
By: Brittany Anas
After a double-digit increase in holiday season sales, Target announced it will be distributing $500 bonuses to its hourly team members.
This marks the fifth round of bonuses that the mega-retailer has announced since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. This time around, money from a $200 million bonus pool will be distributed to 375,000 team members, including seasonal employees who worked during an unprecedented holiday season. Store directors and others in leadership positions will be receiving bonuses ranging between $1,000 and $2,000.
"Over the last year, this team has stepped up in remarkable ways," said Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell in a video that ran on Bullseye View, a Target site that publishes company news. "Our teams have stepped up again and again, despite the challenges, to serve our guests and to serve America. And for that, I can only say thank you."
The video was also posted to Twitter:
We're saying thank you to 375,000 of our frontline team members with a $500 bonus in the new year. ❤ Learn more: https://t.co/wR9brQctxS pic.twitter.com/xjRntg1Uiq
— Target (@Target) January 25, 2021
As customers were hunkered down at home during the holiday season this year, Target saw comparable sales rise 17.2% in November and December compared to the previous year's sales. This increase came despite a decision to shut down on Thanksgiving, which traditionally has drawn crowds of early Black Friday shoppers seeking deals. Target noted the increase in sales was driven largely by sales in the home department and hardline goods (i.e. things like electronics, appliances and sporting goods).
Retailers for much of the past year have been awarding bonuses to store employees who have continued to work during the pandemic. For instance, Walmart, to date, has awarded four rounds of bonuses, with the last one distributed to employees on Christmas Eve. Full-time hourly employees received $300 and part-time and temporary workers got $150.
In early November, and ahead of the holiday season, Target doled out $200 bonuses to its hourly team members. The retailer in July also raised its minimum wage to $15 for all U.S. employees.
Target also said it will be extending its coronavirus-related employee benefits in 2021, with free virtual doctor visits for all team members, 30-day paid leave for vulnerable team members, mental health support through free counseling sessions and more. There's no word yet on more bonuses, but the retailer has been awarding them consistently throughout the pandemic.
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ALSA-BIO3 is an observational clinical study funded by ALSA and the Fulton Family Foundation. In this study, biofluids as well as clinical and electrophysiologic measures will be collected from the same participants at multiple time points, and placed in repositories for future use. By building the NEALS Biobank, BIO3 helps to bolster a resource that will help scientists and clinicians make new discoveries and develop new treatments for ALS.


A Canadian public health study has discovered people who had a low birth weight are more likely to develop depression and anxiety later in life.
The findings support the theory that conditions in the womb do indeed have an effect on our future development.
"We found that even people who had just mild or moderate symptoms of depression or anxiety over their life course were smaller babies than those who had better mental health," said lead author Ian Colman of the University of Alberta's School of Public Health.
The study, published in the December 2007 issue of Biological Psychiatry, analyzes information drawn from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, one of the longest-running cohort studies in the world.
The survey tracked more than 4,600 people born in Great Britain in 1946 for symptoms of anxiety and depression over a 40-year period.
The results represent an important chapter in the "nature versus nurture" debate, supporting the theory that prenatal conditions do indeed have an effect on our future development.
The connection between birth weight and mental health isn't the only fascinating find made by Colman and colleagues at the University of Cambridge and University College London in England.
"One of the surprising findings from our research was that people who had worse mental health throughout their lives had also reached developmental milestones—like standing and walking for the first time—later in life than those who had better mental health," said Colman.
The researchers emphasize they are not saying all small babies will experience poor mental health in the future. They also say this study is not about babies born full-term versus babies born premature, since the data collected back in 1946 made no mention of gestational age at birth.
"Being born small isn't necessarily a problem. It is a problem if you were born small because of adverse conditions in the womb—and low birth weight is what we looked at in this study because it is considered a marker of stress in the womb. When a mother is really stressed, blood flow to the uterus is restricted and the fetus gets fewer nutrients, which tends to lead to lower birth weight," explained Colman.
At the same time, because the mother is stressed, stress hormones are passing through the placenta to the fetus and may affect the fetus's neurodevelopment and stress response.
"Under these conditions, the part of the child's brain that deals with stress could be programmed incorrectly in utero—the brain doesn't develop as it would under ideal circumstances. If this theory is correct, you would find that when stressful events occur, the people who were smaller babies would be more likely to become depressed or anxious," said Colman.
Notable strengths of this study include the nationally representative sample, the sample size, and the long follow-up with the members of the 1946 cohort, whose anxious and depressive symptoms were measured at 13, 15, 36, 43 and 53 years of age.
"The idea that things that are happening in the womb might predict your health much later on in life is absolutely fascinating. And the public health implications of that are huge," said Colman.


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Correction of errata. The first error in the error list if there are more positional arguments that positional parameters ---- is not located on page 88 but on page 91 in the top line of the printed version.
I believe the code should read this: if isinstance(index, slice): return self.__class__(self[x] for x in range(*index.indices(len(self)))) i.e. there should be a call to index.indices() instead of self.indices(). The text above states that slice objects provide the indices() method.
At the bottom of p.133 (printed edition) under `Container slicing`, change the expression `self.indices(len(self))` into `index.indices(len(self))`.
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at the end of the - expandvars expandvars(path) section, the last line says: emits /u/alex/foo/. os.path.expanduser expands a leading ~ to the path of the home directory of the current user. but that line - os.path.expanduser expands a leading ~ to the path of the home directory of the current user. should either be on it's own line or part of it's own entry, it's not clear.
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This will be a different type of blog post. This is actually a blog post from 14 graduate students who are about to graduate (or graduated) from the Rutgers Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Institute (PLDI). This post is composed of short notes about their experiences and serves to thank the Faculty and Staff involved in PLDI.
Rutgers' Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Institute program (PLDI) is designed to teach doctoral students aspiring to careers in academia how to navigate the challenges of academic leadership and thrive in the university environment. In this two-year certificate program, our professors shared a very precious gift with us – their experience. We created this blog in order to share our experience with them, with respect and appreciation for the gift they have so graciously given us. We hope that this will continue to serve as a reflective space for affiliates and future cohorts to share their perspectives.
When I first started the PLDI program and told my Dad about it, he looked at me strangely and asked why I needed leadership training if I was going to be a professor. He doesn't know it, but I have already benefitted from my training a great deal, in ways as simple as being able to participate meaningfully in debates among my family and friends about Rutgers, the challenges facing higher education, and how I see my future in this field.
This program has given me not only perspective – opening my eyes to what the issues are and some of the history and background behind the problems we face – but also a sense of purpose that I wasn't sure that I had before. I love my research and I love teaching, but it is easy to be completely terrified at some of the proclamations about the future of higher ed and to get caught up in a negativity loop about the decline of the humanities, the decline in public support for what we do, and a host of other problems. In PLDI, I met people who are facing these issues every day and who are doing amazing work to benefit not only the students, faculty and staff at Rutgers, but the profession as a whole. I feel that it is possible to face the challenges ahead and that even if I can only contribute in a small way to positive change, I have learned some practical skills that can help me to do that.
Participating in the PLDI program provided me specific skills appropriate for leadership roles in higher education. The three greatest benefits of being a fellow in this program were the acquisition of foundational knowledge pertaining to issues in higher education, participating in the shadowing experience with an administrative leader, and developing my communication and project coordination skills with other PLDI students from various academic backgrounds and experience with leadership roles. Ultimately, these skills and experiences helped me secure a job in higher education after graduation.
Throughout the program but especially in our last capstone course, I learned how to carefully listen to other students as we shared ideas, developed strategies for our final project, and came together as a team. Our class was comprised of students from diverse academic and professional backgrounds with very different personalities. The skills I learned in previous PLDI courses, helped me and my classmates successfully collaborate to construct and present our final work. Without the experiences we had as a cohort in the previous semesters, this process would have been extremely difficult. However, we each learned to listen and respect each other's perspectives – skills that will be invaluable as we move forward with our academic and professional careers.
Before attending the PLDI program I hadn't realized how much American higher education had changed. Spending time with fellow students, our guiding professors, various Rutgers administration guests, and mentors has particularly shed light on how a future in the academic profession will necessitate understanding the funding and institutional changes occurring, whether or not one is involved in leadership per se. As someone who believes in the public financing of our public universities and is concerned about providing access to public universities for a diverse group of students, I am worried by the growing influence of a corporate model for higher education. However, that does not mean I can shield myself from the realities faced by future leaders, and I am thankful to PLDI for training us in the institutional transformations that characterize higher education today.
There are four components to PLDI: two theoretical semesters (one pertaining to the construct of leadership and one pertaining to higher education administration), one applied semester in a leadership setting, and one capstone project culminating in an academic symposium. While every semester was purposeful, I most enjoyed learning about higher education administration, as explicated and contextualized by vice presidents, deans, and program directors from throughout the university community.
The teamwork and the mentoring were both extraordinary learning and bonding experiences for me. This kind of active learning is what research advocates . Dr. Ruben's program utilizes this method of educating to create a powerful and empowering teaching/learning environment . While tailored toward academic leadership, the skills we learned here have already been extremely helpful to me, both in the academy and in life in general.
Probably the key takeaway from this program for me is summed up by Theodore Roosevelt: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." The collegiality of the four instructors among themselves, with our mentors , with the guest lecturers and especially with us, the students, provided a wonderful example of how to get along with others. They truly taught by example. We learned how to pay attention to and be sensitive to everyone's emotions and thoughts and to negotiate workable compromises. Because of our training and also because of the relationships we developed as a part of this program, a respect and a synergy emerged such that we were able to complete a large project with relative ease while simultaneously helping each other to refine our interpersonal and leadership skills.
Drs. Bender, DeLisi, Lawrence and Ruben and all the guest lecturers gave us their absolute best and it was a privilege to have had their guidance . I am very grateful to Dr. Schement for his delightful and enlightening mentoring in relationship-building. Last, but not least, I am grateful to my fellow students for their insights and camaraderie. As we come to the close of this program, I know that I will miss all the wonderful people who gave their time and their wisdom: our professors, our mentors, the guest lecturers and perhaps most of all, my fellow students. Thank you all for two phenomenal years!
As a PLDI fellow, I received leadership training that has prepared me to assume a more inclusive and collaborative faculty role. Through my participation, I have gained a broadened vision of the relationships among multiple constituents in higher education environments so as engage more efficiently across its various levels. My perspective of the field has been transformed in ways that enhance my teaching and mentoring engagements with students as well as my collaborations with peers and faculty mentors. I am able to discern the concerns that propel various stakeholders, where these concerns overlap and how they might diverge. This discernment contributes a more comprehensive orientation towards the issues and challenges at stake within my particular sphere of influence and in the system as a whole.
Upon the culmination of this two-year fellowship, I note personal transformations as well—we have grown together. I feel more confident about the contributions of my leadership style, which is one of empathetic leadership. Collaboration with my peers and the mentorship of administrative leaders through the program has helped me clarify the value and potential limitations of this approach. Furthermore, I have been able to expand my leadership practices in collective endeavors. My peers taught me the importance of individual initiative and active participation that is perhaps best illustrated by one fellow's email signature, a quote from William Arthur Ward: "Do more than belong: participate." I have also learned to temper my eagerness to contribute with consideration for others' perspectives so that our achievements are based on collective investment. And the process has been worthwhile.
I have enjoyed each semester of the PLDI program. They were all different, and each came with experience that helped me think of leadership in new and helpful ways. But if I were to choose the semester when I have learned the most, it would probably be 503. I had the privilege of shadowing Barbara Bender and seeing her lead meetings, talk to the people who are under her leadership, whom she always calls "colleagues", and treats that way. While those meetings were very interesting to attend and learn from, only in the past few months have I realized how much I had learned from them. This semester, I have been in a few leadership ("mentorship" might be a better word) situations, where I have had to make decisions which greatly influenced the atmosphere and productivity of the meeting. Before having the PLDI experience, I know that I would have felt stuck in those kinds of situations, not knowing what to do to help the group move forward in a constructive way. But the skills I have acquired (and I think especially the skills that I learned from Barbara, Brent and our other PLDI mentors) have helped me assess these crisis situations, and quickly figure out what I can do to help the group move in a beneficial direction. I am grateful for this experience and how the program has helped me grow and develop my leadership skills, challenging my previous views on what it meant to be a leader, and helping me develop the skills of effective leadership.
So I want to say a big "thank you" to all our PLDI mentors and the people who have put the time and energy into developing this wonderful program. On my part, it was definitely time well spent.
At the beginning of the PLDI program I was not sure if I should continue with it, after all, I was not too interested in a career in higher education. Now I am very glad I decided to keep with the program. I cannot think of any better place to work together and learn from people with such a variety of backgrounds, skills, and personalities. The instructors gave a lot to foster a unique environment of discussion and learning that I could not have found by just keeping with my regular graduate program.
Participating in the PLDI program has required me to develop a lot of interpersonal skills that I had not worked on in the past, both in order to understand different points of view on a similar topic and to make myself understood by people from different educational backgrounds. All the cases analyzed in class during the first and second semester helped me see leadership in a different way, since leadership in higher education strongly relies on listening and empathy skills. The field project allowed me to see how all the topics discussed in class actually work in the real world, and how relevant our discussions were. Finally, working on the capstone project that we just presented was almost like a lab experiment on leadership skills. For all these experiences I want to thank Barbara, Susan, Brent, Richard, and all the PLDI staff for all their effort and dedication to the program.
As an international student, being part of the PLDI program has been a real challenge for me. When I was accepted I was a little puzzled about the goals and outcomes of this new enterprise on which I was embarking. Leaving the niche of my department and interacting with students, administrators, and professors from different disciplines has expanded my vision of Rutgers, presented many relevant challenges faced by higher education today, and has also showed me alternative professional career paths.
In this program I gained a broader knowledge of the American academic system through readings and class discussions with our professors and guest speakers. I was encouraged to reflect on the nuances of terms such as "leader", "mission", and "challenge" when applied to different academic contexts, as well as to think critically about structures, dynamics, and policies that govern universities and colleges. This has helped me to feel a deeper connection to the Rutgers community, to be more critical about leadership roles, and to analyze decisions that affect the future of our institution and of higher education in general. Shadowing my mentor provided me with a real hands-on experience for leadership skills, abilities, and strategies, which I am now able to transfer to my own working environment. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to observe Joanna Regulska (VP of International and Global Affairs) who was willing to share with me her vision of a more internationalized university. Finally, in these last few weeks of intense preparation for our group project, I have seen how diverging views can still converge in the final product. Observing our class dynamic and listening to our discussion has given me the chance to take away something meaningful from each one of my PLDI fellows.
During the past two years in the PLDI program, I have witnessed many examples of leadership, and learned a lot about what makes a good leader.Despite the fact that there exists a generally agreed-upon set of characteristics that effective leaders possess, such as communication skills, expertise and organization, it seems clear to me now that a formula for successful or effective leadership doesn't exist. Even a person who possesses many of the skills and qualities attributed to good leadership is not always a good leader. So while the right combination of skills and characteristics may be difficult to define, there is one critical aspect of effective leadership that stands out to me: the ability to be a team player. Maybe it's counter-intuitive or oxymoronic, but some of the best leaders I know are in leadership roles because they are able to work well with others. They lead by example rather than relying on the authority conveyed by their titles or positions. They are compassionate and empathetic. They address others as equals and encourage them to voice their thoughts, ideas, and opinions. In my experience, the ability to lead while still being part of the team is difficult to hone, but it is something that I will strive to do in my future leadership roles.
The PLDI class has been a tremendous experience and I feel grateful for the experiences and knowledge I've gained. The class not only taught me about leadership, but also helped me understand that people think in different ways. Working with my classmates opened my mind to viewing how others think and perceive various issues and ideas. This, in turn, taught me the importance of communication, as ideas may not be received as intended. We have learned how to collaborate effectively and respect one another throughout this process.
The formal learning of how to become an effective leader through understanding and implementing organizational change, conflict management, strategic planning, and learning the stakeholders' background proved integral to my interviewing with a world-renowned chemical company. Through discussing "What Leaders Need to Know and Do", a book by Brent Ruben read during the PLDI class, I was able to demonstrate my knowledge of the competencies for being an effective leader. I was also able to provide specific examples of my leadership using the described competencies as a foundation for skills I currently exhibit and those I hope to acquire. As a PLDI fellow, I can proudly say that I have had a PhD experience that was like no other and would only hope that a program such as this continues to train future leaders.
What an incredible honor it has been to be a fellow of the PLDI program. I have learned so much over the last two years, both formally and informally, that as I look back on my experiences now, I am completely surprised by how much I have accomplished, experienced and learned since starting the program. The core team of instructors were absolutely amazing. Their leadership as instructors ensured that we, as program fellows, had plenty of opportunities to explore a variety of relevant topics and materials and to meet and engage guest lecturers in ways that further expanded our knowledge and skills. The best, most rewarding part of the PLDI experience for me was being assigned a mentor and having an entire semester to "shadow" my mentor and learn as much as I could directly from this process. Imagine having the opportunity to sit down with and talk to an actual Rutgers Administrator about his/her journey, career choices, experiences, insights, and perspectives as a leader at Rutgers. Much thanks to all of the PLDI team, my cohort members and my mentor VP Courtney McAnuff. I've learned so much from all of you! Being able to do this program, make this journey with my cohort members, and have that mentoring experience in particular was priceless!
The greatest part of this program were the surprises – learning the unexpected, developing wonderful, unexpected friendships and mentorships, and discovering new things about myself. It has been an honor and pleasure to work with my fellow students and teachers during this two-year process. I feel that we have all been challenged to really look outside our individual perspectives and strengthen our abilities to listen and to share. It turns out, the sharing of ideas is an outstandingly difficult task when immersed in a group of leaders, and communication comes in so many forms. PLDI has been a great experiment in communication for me; I know I have gained deep, lasting insights for which I am forever grateful to the peers and mentors who challenged me to see them.
The PLDI program has been a welcome part of my experience as a PhD student at Rutgers. Coming from another country it gave me a deeper understanding of issues that underlie the functioning of Higher Education. My most memorable experiences during the program were in the 3rd semester when we had to shadow a leader. This was not just about my experience with my mentor, but experiencing the interactions with the other mentors from my PLDI classmates.
Effective Leadership is a process that takes time and PLDI has equipped me with the tools to better understand the interplays involved. I would encourage other PhD students at Rutgers to get involved in this opportunity they have on their campus.


A very interesting point was made that young workers are jumping ship quickly because they aren't learning enough.
Immediately I had to ask: Shouldn't all of us want to be learning?
If we are in jobs and work environments where we aren't learning, all of us run the risk of getting stale. There aren't many things more detrimental to a career than stagnating. Even if we have no interest in changing jobs, expanding our ability and effectiveness in our current roles makes everyone more valuable as employees.
Add in the flexibility that new perspectives bring and we have an all around winning proposition.
One message to consider out of the findings is the pain companies cause themselves. As cuts have taken away in-house training options, companies need to keep their workforces flexible and up to date. Non-traditional training options like mentoring can provide growth opportunities that also strengthen engagement within the company. Plus with the right frame of reference the learning can be far deeper and more effective.
My job is to make you the best you can be, and then make an environment where you don't want to leave.
Maybe each of us can take someone under our wing and help them be their best while making them want to stick around.
A little while back I was asked whether the handsome gent in the heading image of this site was me by a contact I have not had the pleasure of meeting in person.
For the record, it isn't. I can't claim to be that good looking.
The question led me to an interesting thought about online personas. For better or worse, our online footprints present a particular image to the world which may or may not be putting our best foot forward. But beyond the horror stories of the drunken photos and off-color perspectives reaching the ears of current or potential employers, there's another presentation type that might be hurting you.
One of the realities of the internet is that a person can present themselves however they like. That presentation might be honest and realistic, or it could be an illusion that came about intentionally or unintentionally. The fact is, however you appear someone will accept it at face value.
Something worth trying is googling yourself. Enter your name and your current home city or suburb into the magic box and see what comes back. As you eyeball the results, consider the following points.
Is everything you have posted about yourself true? Intentional trickery doesn't do anyone much good in the long run. Sooner or later the truth will beam through whether we want it to or not. Proving to be less capable, skilled or knowledgeable than you present yourself to be is a very fast way to develop a bad reputation. Look at the message you are sending out and ask yourself if you're being honest with everyone.
Has anyone else posted something that isn't true? You may not be able to control this, but if someone is posting overly positive or negative messages that you can't live up to or would hate to have spread, it's worth encouraging a realistic picture.
Could you be confused with someone else? Yes, this happens. I regularly get email for roughly half a dozen people around the globe named 'Peter Fitzgerald'. My name is so common, and I get such interesting people emailing me by accident, that I felt the need to search out other people with the same name to see what they did and where they were. The counterpoint is that there may be some less-than-pleasant people whose information might appear in search results for you.
Do the messages that you want to share show up? If you're engaged and succeeding with what you do, that's a message that should be shared! Find ways to have your successes communicated out. If you've spoken at a conference, user group or committee meeting, get it in the speaker lists and meeting minutes posted online. If a high-profile project launched, share it in your LinkedIn profile. Get the good word out!
We all like to put our best foot forward and the internet provides a wonderful platform to do just that. Use it! Know what you look like to potential employers and clients and make it the best, honest message it can be!
And if you need help figuring out where to go next, try contacting me.
Peter Fitzgerald is the founder of CareerSherpas.com and is currently working on his first book, connecting individuals with ideas and opportunities, and attempting to learn the bagpipes.
In everything we have a choice. Even not making a choice is a choice.
Think about the last week. In all likelihood through most of it you got up, went to work, performed some duties, came home, spent time in some leisure activity, and slept. Rinse and repeat.
Let's just take one segment, how about that whole "went to work" piece? How did you get there? Did you drive, walk, bike, or catch a bus? If you drove, did you drive the same way each day? Did you stop for coffee? Did you travel with anyone? Did you listen to the radio, CD or mp3s on the way? Did you move quickly or slowly? Did you feel rushed? Did you smile or wave at anyone on the way? Did you see people you knew that you didn't connect with? Did you meet someone new and chat?
You answered all of these questions whether you know it or not. Even if you weren't aware that the question was asked, you answered it.
Every step along the way, your choices shaped what came next. Your opportunities expanded and contracted at each point. You had control at every fork in the road whether you chose to exercise it or not.
Some choices are more difficult or carry more consequences than others. A choice to speed brings the risk that the next person you talk to might be the police officer pulling you over. Not going to work at all might mean you no longer have that job to go to.
Even so, you have a choice, and you made it. Whether you consciously decided or let the default option carry the day, it was your choice.
Take one area of your life that is on auto-pilot and consider carefully what choices you are making. If you need to start small, try looking at your commute or what you eat for lunch. Are you following the same pattern day in and day out? Are you happy with that pattern or is there something that you'd rather change?
Just by being aware of the choices you make, you have changed them. You made a decision not to let those choices be automatic.
When you're ready for a bigger challenge, take a look at the area of your life where you find the least joy and ask yourself: What decisions am I making here?
What Are You Going to Change This Month?
Much as the video has been shared around the internet for some time, it still holds up as a great call to action.
Make a choice of one thing and do it for a month. It doesn't have to be big or life changing to start with, but it should be something you haven't done before.
Most things will feel a bit silly or uncomfortable at first, but keep it up and see what happens. Some changes stick and some don't, but the effects go far beyond that immediate action.
For myself, I'm not going to travel home along the same commute two days in a row this month.
Take the challenge and let me know what you've taken on. Make this month awesome.


If you do not know what a foundouk is, you will be doubly surprised by the one in Tétouan. A modest inn often located in the medina or popular districts, the foundouk was once used as a storehouse, stable and, of course, hotel. Customers mainly comprised of traders in town to sell their products at the weekly souk.
Called the 'Daughter of Grenada' by some and 'Little Jerusalem' by others, Tetouan, the capital of the Rif Mountain region, is the meeting place of several cultures, mainly Andalusian, Ottoman, local and European. This cultural mixture has given rise to a fascinating blend of sights and sounds.
Thanks to its Mediteranean climate, its splendid views, and its gorgeous beaches, the city entertains many travellers from both inside and outside the kingdom, offering a wide range of luxurious hotels and residences, outstanding fish restaurants, water sports, an attraction park, and a convivial atmosphere.
Lying in the cool valley of the "Wadi Martil", just kilometres inland from the Spanish coastal enclave of Ceuta, Tetouan traces its origins back to the 3rd century BC. The city was first given the name of Tamuda. In the 1st century AD, Tetouan was destroyed by Roman conquerors and replaced with their own. The ruins still stand on the edge of the town.
The Merenids were next on the scene. They were ousted by Spanish invaders, who ruled intermittently from the 14th to the 17th century. As the capital of the Spanish protectorate from 1913 to 1956, Tetouan traded extensively with mainland Spain. The influence of Spanish architecture and culture is still very much in evidence in the city today.
There is a lot for visitors to Tetouan to see. Among the sites you can visit there is the Tetouan Museum of Arts which displays a range of artefacts and relics detailing the cultural history of the region; The Place Hassan II and the majestic White Palace with its ornate gate; I-Houts, a cloth and linen market selling typically Berber cloth; the Spanish Cathedral and the Kasbah.
Tetouan, with its famous M'diq village and beaches, is reputed to be one of the best tourist destinations in Morocco. Apart from sunbathing and enjoying water sports, the city offers its visitors golf courses, public live attractions, and boats trips out to sea. Travellers can also visit towns nearby, mainly Asilah, Chaouen, Larache, and Tangier.
Enjoy a limitless sea of sand at some of the fabulous beaches close to Tetouan.
Discover a rich Andalusian culture and contrasting Spanish influence.
See one of the world's richest cultural heritages.
Located in northern Morocco in the Tanger region, Kouass has a river, fertile land and clay quarries and is close to a natural port, all sufficient reasons to explain the presence of human life there since Ancient Times.


Family Friendly Although summiting Deer Mountain might not be doable by every visitor, it's certainly the most attainable prominent peak in the park. Summit elevation 10,013'.
A rugged hike featuring sweeping views that climbs to the summit of Deer Mountain. Although this hike does have a gradually more challenging ascent, the views more than compensate for the work to get to the summit.
This is one of the more popular hikes in the park as the views from the summit of Deer Mountain are definitely worth the climb to the top. The six-mile round trip hike to the 10,013 ft. summit is a very doable hike for most people.
Starting from the Deer Mountain Trailhead, begin on the Deer Mountain Trail. Stay right at the first junction which is shortly after the trailhead where the North Deer Mountain Trail branches to your left. The next junction will be approximately three miles in where you'll want to take a right onto the Deer Mountain Summit Spur which leads to the summit.
Given the amount of elevation change that occurs along this trail, there are some tight and steep switchbacks to navigate. The views of the surrounding mountains are spectacular along many portions of this trail - especially from the summit where you'll have a 360-degree view of the surrounding peaks of the Continental Divide, Estes Park, and Moraine Park.
Snow packed but only needed spikes to keep from slipping.
Woof. That was fun for a first CO hike. Beautiful scenery at the top!
The spur to the summit was untrackable in the snow. Great hike.
Image of the Fern Lake Fire.


It can seem like such a setback when you hear the news that your loft conversion has not been approved by the council. Whilst it's easy to point the finger of blame at your architect or the council workers, it's best not to. You could speak to your architect to see if there are any other possibilities, but if not, you may want to consider an alternative. A conservatory is a good idea if you have a good amount of garden space, and some people have even turned a conservatory into a bedroom, so whatever your original plan was for your attic room, perhaps the conservatory will be just as ideal. Offices are not always occupied and transforming your office back to a bedroom can be another wise option if you're looking to free up space in your house or make way for another child on the way. There are always different ways around rejections, so if the council says no to your attic plan, don't waste your energy complaining; just start thinking about the next possible solution.


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Q: How to use a javascript namespace? I have aes.js and aesctr.js in the same folder with my FirstWindow.js and I stumped on how to use those namespaces.
If we dont actually use a (psuedo code) #include namespace, then how does it actually get created?
My work:
aesctr = aesctr || {};
var aes = require('aes.js');
Titanium.include('aes.js')
Titanium.include('aesctr.js')

What am I doing wrong?

A: See this example of using a namespace pattern in Titanium.
Also, note that Appcelerator is recommending the use of CommonJS for code structure, and not global namespaces.  See more info on CommonJS best practices here.

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I've got a problem with the bottle...but before you start directing me to my nearest AA meeting, let me clarify - I'm addicted to Pepsi Max. I can easily pack away a 2 litre bottle of this fizzy aspartame-sweetened elixir in a day.
Dare I work out how much it costs me a year? £529 a year of phenylalanine - a bargain or what?
Seriously though, I need to nip this habit in the bud. Not only is it costing a fortune, but I find that I really cannot function without knowing that I have at least a bottle spare in the kitchen!
Aussie blogger Pepsi Max Kid set himself the challenge of weaning himself off the stuff yet he found that his focus on giving it up caused his consumption to increase.
What is it about diet colas in general which causes so many to be addicted? Dr Roberts of St Mary's hospital in Florida studied the effects of aspartame addiction. He concluding that: "Persons consuming large amounts not only may suffer aspartame disease, but also have difficulty stopping them because of violent and prolonged withdrawal reactions... the hallmark of addiction. Recovered alcoholic patients repeatedly stated that they felt worse after avoiding aspartame than alcohol, and asserted that they had traded one addiction for another."
Dr Roberts, citing recent studies asserts his conviction that aspartame: "can cause, aggravate or accelerate migraine , seizures, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and its complications, Alzheimer's disease, and even brain tumors."
Worryingly, soft drink makers Pepsi and Coke have retaliated. The New York Times reported the launch of their latest products: Diet Coke Plus and Tava. Both diet soft drinks are being produced with vitamin supplements included.
So, I have the choice ahead of me - a 'violent and prolonged withdrawl' or lupus, MS and migraine. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Me thinks I'll opt for withdrawl, but perhaps a long and drawn out one to save myself from a painful cold turkey!


Cute mesh top. Looks just like pic. Nice summer get up.
photo is fully compliant with the store quality super, торчащих thread no.
It's perfect, the inside has a few loose threads but nothing noticeable. Exactly as it is in the picture I can't wait to wear it. Thank you!


The cryptocurrency situation in Japan is evolving in many different directions. While Bitcoin is a legal payment method in the country, multiple exchanges are still facing regulatory scrutiny. So much, in fact, that two more platforms have been forced to shut down due to this mounting regulatory pressure.
Ever since Coincheck was hacked in early 2018, Japanese regulators have scrutinized the cryptocurrency exchange industry in many different ways. It is evident there are a fair few trading platforms which are under fire right now, even though they may not have been involved with hacks or anything like that. For both Tokyo Gateway and Mr. Exchange, it appears closing down was their only course of action.
More specifically, both of these trading platforms are facing a lot of regulatory scrutiny. With all trading platforms being scrutinized right now, it is certainly possible that irregularities may show up. Additionally, all trading platforms have to register with the country's FSA and obtain a license to legally operate. It is unclear if either of these two companies successfully did so in the past few weeks.
For the time being, both companies are withdrawing their applications to register, but it is unclear if they will resubmit them in the future. With both companies being tasked with improving their overall security in terms of data and trading, it seems both companies are taking a step back in order to address these issues. Doing so will take a lot of effort, though, as protecting consumer funds needs to be the top priority.
All of the cash and other currencies held by these companies will be returned to their customers in the near future. It is a bit unclear when that will happen exactly, although it shouldn't take all that long to do so. Additionally, it seems these are not the only two companies still under investigation as of right now. With 16 exchanges being allowed to operate without official licenses being approved, it is possible a few more platforms will meet a similar fate.
It is not the first time Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have been forced to withdraw their FSA applications. Three unregistered exchanges took a similar course of action in the past few weeks. There are still a few other unregistered exchanges out there which will not be applying for official licenses, and they can either shut down voluntarily or hold out until the last moment.
All of this will help strengthen the cryptocurrency industry in Japan moving forward. It is evident the bad actors and those failing to meet security standards will need to be weeded out, as only the legitimate companies should remain. While Mr. Exchange and Tokyo GateWay never scammed users or suffered from any major hacks, their inability to provide top-notch security standards is still pretty troublesome.


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Félix Charpentier (1858-1924) Bronze Bust Art Nouveau Era
"Félix Charpentier (1858-1924) Bronze Bust Art Nouveau Era"
Félix CHARPENTIER (1858-1924) Woman in bust, circa 1900 Gilded bronze on a base onyx. Signed on the shoulder Perfect condition Maurice Félix Charpentier is a French sculptor, born in Bollène January 10, 1858 and died in the 14th arrondissement of Paris December 7, 1924 First student of the school of fine arts of Avignon, Félix Charpentier was admitted to the workshops of Jules Cavelier and Amédée Doublemard at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1877. From 1879, he presented his works at the Salon des artistes français and he appeared there every year. He was awarded a silver medal at the 1889 World Fair and his fame grew steadily. He received, in 1890, the first class medal and the price of the Salon for marble La Chanson then, in 1893, the medal of honor for the marble of his Wrestlers. This work will be acquired by the State and adorns, since 1905, the place of the town hall of Bollène. Named knight of the Legion of Honor, it is decorated on April 21, 1892 in Avignon by the prefect of Vaucluse, following the inauguration on July 14, 1891, of the Monument of the centenary of the annexation of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin to France, which he realized. He was promoted to the Legion of Honor on 9 February 1901. In 1899, Austria awarded Félix Charpentier the grand gold medal at the Vienna International Triennial Exhibition for the Sleeping Globe. In 1900, he was elected mayor of Chassant (Eure-et-Loir) where he took up residence. More than 350 Charpentier's works are listed to date. He is credited with numerous statues preserved in several national museums, such as L'Étoile Filante (Nimes Museum of Fine Arts) or Illusion (1895 Salon). After the storm, he exhibited a monumental Sapphic chimney at the Salon of 1899. His works adorn public gardens (Paris, Avignon). A large number of his sculptures have been published in bronze. From 1893, the State commissioned several public monuments, be it the decoration of the Gare de Lyon in Paris, or the bas-relief Contemporary Art for the facade of the Grand Palais in Paris . After the war, he was ordered many war memorials: in his adoption department, Eure-et-Loir: Beville-le-Comte, Bonneval, Brou, Chassant, Combres, Dangeau, Fretigny, Fruncé, Unverre; in his native Provence: Bollène, Roquemaure, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux; in other departments: Misy-sur-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne) and Genas (Gard). He made many busts and medallions such as those of Frédéric Mistral or Gaston Boissier (Museum of Fine Arts of Nîmes), Jean-Marie Mengue, Paul Doumer, Gaston Doumergue ...
Artist : Félix Charpentier (1858-1924)
Style:Art Nouveau
Condition : Excellent
Material : Bronze doré et onyx
Width : 14
Height : 24
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