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Cyber Security Research Engineer
Business Group Highlights
Perspecta Labs
Perspecta Labs generates transformative applied research to fuel solutions for our customers unique challenges. We are a self-sustaining research center within Perspecta that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics and cyber security.
We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in cyber security research and development for full-time positions in our Cyber Security research group.
Candidates will work with teams to research, conceive, and develop prototypes, and should be adept at identifying successful approaches to complex problems. Our projects span several areas of interest, including (but not limited to):
Full-spectrum cyber operations, including CND, CNE, CNA, and CNO.
Program analysis, including program understanding, vulnerability identification, and remediation
Malware analysis and reverse engineering
Resilient networking in support of cyber mission goals
Autonomous agent development
Software-defined networking for cyber defense and deception
Cryptographic techniques for assured computation
Symbolic logic and theorem proving for automating network configuration
Application of formal methods for secure and resilient systems
Application of mathematic, statistics, and linguistics to large data sets to uncover patterns, extract information and gain understanding
Artificial intelligence (reasoning, probabilistic inference, machine learning)
Research Engineers work as part of a team to design, implement, and test components of research prototypes and software systems aimed at solving cutting-edge cyber security research problems in the above areas. Research Engineers are expected to work independently in a collaborative technical environment; creativity and initiative are a plus.
Requires 8 to 10 years with BS/BA or 6 to 8 years with MS/MA or 3 to 5 years with PhD.Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific/engineering discipline preferred.
Ability and desire to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas
Expertise in one or more of: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, or similar languages
Working knowledge of Linux, MacOS, Windows, and mobile operating systems, platforms and internals
Working knowledge of modern computer networking technologies
Working knowledge of modern development practices and toolsets (Git, subversion, CI/CD toolchains)
Interest in obtaining a Top Secret security clearance
Other Relevant Skills (not required, but any are a plus):
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
o Program Analysis
o Computer networking protocol design and/or analysis
o Compute and network emulation, containerization, and virtualization
o Reverse Engineering
o Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
o Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Experience with one or more of the following classes of tools and frameworks:
o Binary Analysis Tools, such as GHIDRA, Hex-Rays IDA, Binary Ninja, Angr,
o Debugging and Sandboxing tools, such as Cuckoo sandbox, OllyDBG, WinDbg
o CNO toolsets, including Metasploit, Cobalt Strike
o Network emulation frameworks including CORE, EMANE, MiniNet
o Container and Orchestration solutions, including: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Terraform
o Cloud services experience (AWS, Azure, OpenStack)
Experience with DevOps and Agile development methodologies
Experience in the U.S. DoD/IC research community
CNO operational experience
Active security clearance a plus
Experience/interest in business development including idea generation, whitepapers, and proposals
For Colorado Residents
About Perspecta
What matters to our nation, is what matters to us. At Perspecta, everything we do, from conducting innovative research to cultivating strong relationships, supports one imperative: ensuring that your work succeeds. Our company was formed to bring a broad array of capabilities to all parts of the public sectorfrom investigative services and IT strategy to systems work and next-generation engineering.
Our promise is simple: never stop solving our nations most complex challenges. And with a workforce of approximately 14,000, more than 48 percent of which is cleared, we have been trusted to do just that, as a partner of choice across the entire sector.
Perspecta is anAA/EEOEmployer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
As a government contractor, Perspecta abides by the following provision
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).
With offerings in mission services, digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of 14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work tirelessly to create innovative solutions. We have the expertise and experience not only to devise solutions, but to execute on them successfully.
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Q: find -newerct filter on cp-copied files has different result compared to original files I've migrated some 73k files from source/ to dest/ with cp -pR. Before I did that I checked with find source/ -type f -newerct $(date -d @1623247288 +"%Y-%m-%d") that I can grab new files. I could – thanks, SO.
But when I try that same filter on the dest/ files the filter doesn't work anymore. Can anyone please tell me if they know what could have went wrong here? Allegedly, copy's preserve flag carries over the timestamps.
When checking a random file for its time that shows up although it shouldn't, it shows a time that isn't newer than 1623247288 // Mi 9. Jun 16:01:28 CEST 2021:
$ date -ur dest/random-file.jpg
Mo 26. Jun 08:23:19 UTC 2017

A: I can't seem to achieve this with -newerct, but as a workaround, I am getting better results for my needs with -newermt. Might be a matter of defining what "preserving timestamps" means.
Copy timestamps after the fact, if necessary:
$ touch -r <original_file> <new_file>

Q: https://askubuntu.com/a/1040886/846446

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Something is bunk then you debunk it
Soft Skills Are For Pansies
I didn't become a CPA to get hugs, but Tom Hood, the CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs, won't stop talking about how we all need to spoon while listening to James Taylor. For instance, Hood says: The key to unlocking value for firms is soft skills. Sorry, but no. Tom Hood is the […]
PwC June 21, 2011
Debunked Rumor of the Morning: PwC Is Rescinding Offers
Adrienne, who is hidden away in an undisclosed location (read: Boston) was tipped off last night with the following and forwarded it on to me:
Rumor has it that PWC rescinded offers for September 2011 hires. I went to GC to read the inside scoop but didn't see anything. Maybe this is a totally false rumor or a lead….
Answer: Totally false rumor.
Yes, believe it or not, we happily debunk rumors around here when possible. Of course this can only occur when people with the means to help us discredit the rumors are cooperative. We spoke to someone in the know at PwC who informed us that not only is this rumor false, P. Dubs is asking some of their new advisory hires to start in July because there is so much work. Now, it's possible that there are a few isolated incidents where someone's name shows up in the police blotter and an offer may get pulled but our source says there haven't been any reports of those and definitely nothing "systemic."
Of course if you've got evidence to the contrary, we'd welcome you to get in touch with us and good luck to those who choose to end their summers/lives two months early.
Career Center February 3, 2011
Best Place to Work Bupkis
Last week we went through the painful ritual of listing out the accounting firms blessed with a spot on Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work. All the usual suspects made an appearance but ultimately a regional firm, Plante & Moran, took the highest spot among accounting firms (but they didn't get to ring the closing bell, did they?).
None of this is of interest to you and frankly we've had about all we can stand when it comes to these lists but Adrienne pointed us to this post by Laura Vanderkam that takes the debunking to an intricate level, starting with something that we all know, that most of these lists are opted into by the companies HR or Marketing Departments (emphasis ours):
To be eligible for a list, you have to fill out whatever paperwork the tabulators require […] This means that not only do you have to be a great place to work, you have to be a company where management cares about being listed in magazines as a great place to work. Only 311 organizations bothered this year, out of thousands of employers in the US. So if you went through the whole process, your odds were pretty good. But that doesn't means that the 311 employers that did try are better than the thousands that didn't.
Our resident math genius is on vacay but if you do some rough calcs, your chances are, what, 1 in 3? Decent odds. Then, comes the strange phenomenon of where these companies fall and why:
[I]t's strange that a magazine with such great reporters as Fortune relies on such a flimsy methodology for creating their rankings. If you believe this list, then Americans prefer to work at Nugget Market (a 9-store supermarket chain) than at McKinsey, at Google vs. Facebook even though some headline-making defections would point otherwise, and we should want to work at Aeropostale because, as one young employee put it "Where else can you talk to the boss over pizza?" (Um, where can't you?)
The Trouble With "Best Places To Work" Lists [BNet]
CFOs November 1, 2010
Latest Survey of CFOs Confirms That Surveys of CFOs are Bunk
Less than two weeks ago, we shared with you the latest results from Grant Thornton's National CFO Survey.
What we learned is what we already knew, which is that the job market sucks and will continue sucking if we are to believe the 516 CFOs surveyed from October 5th to October 15th:
In a national survey of U.S. Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, only 29% plan to increase hiring in the next six months, while 21% plan to decrease hiring.
Not so good, huh? Well fortunately for all of you looking for a job out there, the GT methodology is severely flawed for two reasons: 1) It included the extra-super-tragic days of October 5th and October 15th when CFOs were feeling especially negative and 2) They survey far too many CFOs.
Had they performed their survey on October 6th through the 14th like FEI and Baruch College and kept cut their population by roughly half (FEI/Baruch interviewed 249 CFOs), they would have discovered that things aren't really that bad at all:
While CFOs this quarter continue to forecast high unemployment nationwide (on average predicting at least nine percent through October 2011), hiring prospects at their own companies paint a rosier picture. More than half (56%) plan to hire additional employees within the next six months, and overall they anticipate a four percent increase in hiring over the next six months.
So obviously Grant Thornton just needs to tweak their methodology a bit and then we'll all be on the same page.
Until that happens, feel free to get some of your hapless friends together and start asking CFOs for their broad-based economic outlook. It appears that as long as you have a shell of a methodology and manage to get at least 250 responses, it's perfectly acceptable to share the findings with everyone and claim that things are turning around.
Despite Endless Tweets to the Contrary, Recent Poll Debunks "Accounting Is Boring" Stereotype
Unbeknownst to us (until a little bit ago), Ajilon Finance has declared April as Accountant Appreciation Month and has marked the occasion by encouraging displays of appreciation through the most official of means: Facebook.
And that's not the all! A recent poll done by Ajilon says that 88% of respondents don't believe the stereotype that accountants are boring. The same poll found that 84% of the respondents don't think the profession is boring. These findings contradict a constant Twitter feed so you'll have to make your own conclusions on the validity of the poll.
In other mind-blowing results from the poll, 98% of those surveyed "recognized that accountants work hard all year round and not only the months during tax season." The other 2% obviously assume that your 8 month vacation started last Friday.
In other developments, 100% of Big 4 auditors get annoyed when their family, friends, and other non-accountants (like the ones surveyed by Ajilon) ask how their tax season went.
Accountants Can Celebrate: Tax Day is Over & Americans are Seeing the Profession in a New Light [Ajilon Press Release]
KPMG December 4, 2009
Rumor Mill: KPMG Debunking 'Six Year Manager' Rumors?
While many Klynveldians are getting amped to cobble together some bears for the kids this morning we'll pass along a little rumor about a rumor.
The rumor that the KPMG bigwigs have been considering a six year timeline to make manager in the audit practice has been kicked around for at least a couple years. Naturally, there were two schools of thought:
• Managers thought it was good idea
• SAs thought it was a terrible idea
According to a tip we received, apparently there is an email floating around that says the rumors about a "six year program are not true and that the firm will continue with existing promotion timing."
A friend of GC told us that while it's entirely possible that such an email exists, it's definitely not coming down from 345 Park and could be some local office trying to calm down those SAs that are considered flight risks.
Regardless of the rumored debunking, the path to partner is certainly becoming longer as we reported earlier this week, and early promotions will still happen based on need or political maneuvering.
If you've been notified that your promotion timing is still on track, by email or otherwise, pass the info along or discuss in the comments.

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Vol. 67 No. 2 (2014): June: 135–270 /
Double Brooding by the Northern Wheatear on Baffin Island
David J.T. Hussell
Franz Bairlein
Erica H. Dunn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4387
Keywords: second brood, Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe, Arctic passerine, life-history theory
Most Arctic-breeding passerines raise a single brood in a season, presumably because the short Arctic summer does not provide sufficient time to raise a second brood. Here we document the first cases of two broods being raised or attempted, after successful fledging of a first brood, in an Arctic-breeding population of Northern Wheatears Oenanthe oenanthe, at Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, in 2010 and 2011. In one case, the same pair was involved in raising both broods. In a second case, the female that raised the first brood was mated to a different male for her second brood. In a third case, it was not known whether the same male was involved in a female's attempts to raise two broods. The three females that attempted to raise two broods started their first clutches four to six days earlier than the estimated median date of laying first eggs and represented about 6% of all females in the study population. Potential constraints on raising two broods include not only the shortness of the summer season but also the nature and abundance of the food supply, trade-offs between the success of the first brood and that of the second brood, and effects of the one- and two-brood strategies on the survival and future reproductive output of the adults.
Vol. 67 No. 2 (2014): June: 135–270


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Relocating Capitol Art Is Not Censorship; This Day in History: Teddy Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address Aims to Undo Tribes
December 3, 2015 healingmn Uncategorized Allotment Act, capitol art, censorship, Dawes Act, Teddy Roosevelt
The debate over art in the State Capitol is getting more media traction and one of main arguments used by advocates of the status quo is that moving the art amounts to censorship.
Censorship is an emotionally triggering word, and it gets the juices flowing, but this is not censorship.
The latest media coverage comes from a Dec. 1 John Tevlin column in the StarTribune headlined: With Capitol under renovation, debate begins on which art is appropriate when it reopens. The column opens putting the spotlight on the Anton Gag painting, "The Attack on New Ulm," part of the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862.
The column starts with a conversation with George Glotzbach, former member of the board of the Brown County Historical Society. Both he and his wife, Sharon, "had ancestors who were 'inside the barricades' during the battle with Dakota Indians in 1862 and nearly killed." Sharon is president of the Wanda Gag House Association (daughter of Anton). Here's what George had to say:
"I have an agenda on this just like the Indians have an agenda," said Glotzbach. "This thing hit us like a ton of bricks when we found out that the 'Attack on New Ulm's painting was on the hit list. I see this as nothing more and nothing less than censorship … "
This is not censorship. Those of us pushing to remove some of the art from the Capitol want it in a museum where it can get better interpretation and discussion. The fact is, conversations about the meaning of the art and Minnesota history rarely if ever happen in the Capitol. People are too busy with other agendas. These issues need much more dialogue.
Here are today's letters to the editor about Tevlin's column, including one I wrote trying to make the "this-is-not-censorship" point.
This Day in History: Teddy Roosevelt's First Inaugural Aims at Breaking Up Tribes
On December 3, 1901, Teddy Roosevelt gave his first inaugural speech to Congress. It makes reference to the General Allotment Act, also known as the Dawes Act, which authorized the government to survey community-owned tribal lands and divide it up for individual ownership.
Here is part of Roosevelt's speech:
In my judgment the time has arrived when, we should definitely make up our minds to recognize the Indian as an individual and not as a member of a tribe. The General Allotment Act is a mighty pulverizing engine to break up the tribal mass. It acts directly upon the family and the individual. Under its provisions some sixty thousand Indians have already become citizens of the United States. We should now break up the tribal funds, doing for them what allotment does for the tribal lands ; that is, they should be divided into individual holdings. … The effort should be steadily to make the Indian work like any other man on his own ground.


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McPherson College is a private college associated with the Church of the Brethren and located in McPherson, Kansas. It was chartered in 1887 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

History

During their 1887 Annual Meeting, the Church of the Brethren recognized the need for a college west of the Mississippi River to serve the educational desires of settlers moving westward. The first academic semester opened on 5 September 1888, with 60 students and a faculty of seven. The Dormitory, a single building which served as residence hall, college, and library had been constructed before the semester began. By the end of the first school year nearly 200 students had enrolled and the foundation had been laid for the main building. In 1898, Sharp Hall was completed, though it had been used for school purposes for some time while still incomplete. On 12 February 1898, the school was officially christened "McPherson College."

In 1926, J Willard Hershey synthesized one of the world's earliest synthetic (man-made) diamonds on the McPherson College campus. Reporting on his experiments, Hershey wrote, "Since we first began our experiments in their manufacture more than 50 diamonds have been made synthetically at McPherson College, ranging in size from the smallest, one millimeter (about 1/25-inch) in diameter, to the largest, which, is two millimeters by one and one half millimeters by one millimeter, weighing 1/30 carat." One of the diamonds is on display at the McPherson Museum in McPherson, Kansas. There is some debate about the success of Hershey's experiments, with some researchers concluding that the diamonds were not true diamonds and others concluding that some of them were.

In 1962, McPherson College became a charter member of Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA).

In 1976, local entrepreneur Gaines H. "Smokey" Billue, provided funds for the construction of Templeton Hall along with additional operating capital through the donation of a portion of his classic and antique car collection. This donation provided the spark to launch the Automotive Restoration Technology program at McPherson College. The Tonight Show host Jay Leno has been a financial supporter of the Automotive Restoration Technology program since 1997 and a member of the program's National Advisory Board since 1998.

By the fall of 2010, McPherson College had the highest student fall enrollment in over 40 years.

In 2022, the college received a $500 million endowment match. An anonymous donor would contribute two dollars for every dollar given by others, up to $500 million in total. The college has until June 30, 2023 to meet this match.

Presidents
McPherson College has been led by thirteen presidents and four interim presidents.

Soloman Z. Sharp – 1888–1896
Charles E. Arnold – 1896–1902
Edward Frantz – 1902–1910
Samuel J. Miller (acting) – 1910–1911
John A. Clement – 1911–1913
Henry Jacob Harnly (acting) – 1913–1914
Daniel W. Kurz – 1914–1927
Vernon F. Schwalm – 1927–1941
Woodford W. Peters – 1941–1950
Desmond W. Bittinger – 1950–1965
J. Jack Melhorn – 1965–1972
Galen R. Snell – 1972–1976
Paul W. Hoffman – 1976–1996
Steven Gustafson (interim) – 1996–1997
Gary A. Dill – 1997–2002
Neil Thorburn (interim) – 2002–2003
Ronald D. Hovis – 2003–2009
Michael P. Schneider – 2009–present

Academics
McPherson College operates on a 4-1-4 (four-month semester- January Session- four-month semester) academic calendar. The present campus has sixteen major buildings on twenty-three acres of land.

Three out of four of the faculty hold terminal degrees. Twenty three hold PhDs. All of the arts faculty hold the degree of Master of Fine Arts or higher. The remainder hold non-terminal degrees. McPherson College has a 13/1 student-faculty ratio.

Freshman and Sophomore seminars
Academic Community Essentials (known as ACE) is the name of McPherson's First Year Experience program. Freshmen must enroll in the course in both the fall and spring semesters of their first year. The course goal is that "Students will show that they have learned about college life, create a degree plan, and practice good study skills, critical thinking, and conflict resolution.

Sophomores must enroll in one semester of Sophomore Seminar. The course goal is that "Students will complete a service project, develop a career plan, and show that they have explored internship options."

Automotive Restoration Technology
McPherson College offers the only four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Automotive Restoration Technology in the United States. The program focuses on the complete restoration of valuable, classic, and antique automobiles built from 1886 to 1970.

The restoration technical disciplines include research, documentation, automotive history, historical design, technical drawing and CAD, metal shaping, welding, body and paint, engine rebuilding, machining, applied diagnostics, chassis rebuilding, drivetrain rebuilding, final assembly, electricity and electronics, technical woodworking, materials engineering, foundry, and trim and upholstery.

The courses are conducted at Templeton Hall, a 33,000 square foot facility, which houses a combination of traditional classrooms and large work spaces including a metals lab, trim and upholstery lab, wood lab, machine lab, engines lab, chassis lab, assembly lab, paint lab, foundry, and motorcycle lab.

There are eight scholarships offered exclusively to Automotive Restoration students. The most famous are the Fred Duesenberg Memorial Scholarship endowed by Jay Leno and Peter Heydon, and the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Scholarship in honor of Phil Hill endowed by the Pebble Beach Company Foundation and Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Entrepreneurship program
McPherson College recently added an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship program. The slogan for the program is "Freedom to Jump" and was developed by students in a communication course. The program has four different components. The program is led by the Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Transformative Entrepreneurship Minor
Students in any major may take the Transformative Entrepreneurship Minor. Coursework for the minor is completed in four departments: Entrepreneurship, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science & Technology.

Global Enterprise Challenge
Students have the option to form teams and compete in the Global Enterprise Challenge. Teams create a plan to meet a need in a country that is selected and announced each fall. The students present their plans to a committee of faculty members. The winning team travels to the country the following summer. In 2011 the Challenge country was Haiti and in 2012 it was Panama.

Horizon and Opportunity Funds
McPherson College has two grant funds to support entrepreneurial projects by students, faculty, and staff. Students apply to the Horizon Fund and faculty and staff to the Opportunity Fund. Winning student plans have included a campus community garden, college prep summer camp for middle school students, a sundry and snack shop on campus, a baking business, and a photography studio specializing in photos of vintage cars.

Jump Start Kansas
McPherson College offers entrepreneurship grants and scholarships for high school students in Kansas. Students compete by presenting plans to a committee of faculty and administration members. There are two winners, one in the category of commercial projects and one in the category of social projects.

Milwaukee Center
The college operates a satellite in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Center offers short courses which are designed for K-12 educators who already have a bachelor's degree.

Graduate courses in education
In the fall of 2012, McPherson College started offering graduate courses in education. This program is designed to become the foundation for a master's degree in the Arts of Teaching and is pending accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. As of the fall of 2012, three regional school districts had endorsed the graduate courses for their teachers. The program requires 35 credit hours of requirements and electives. Through a partnership agreement, these courses may also be used toward the Educational Leadership program at Fort Hays State University.

Athletics

The McPherson athletic teams are called the Bulldogs. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) since the 1902–03 academic year. Their athletic team colors are red and white, with black being used as a complementary color in logos and uniforms.

McPherson competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer, competitive dance and shotgun sports.

Campus
The college's campus is located on the east side of the city of McPherson. There are five instructional buildings and two administration buildings. Miller Library serves the entire campus population and houses the college archives, academic support services and career services. Students living on campus live in one of the seven residential halls. There are two male dormitories, one female dormitory, and one co-ed dormitory. In addition, there are two co-ed apartment style dormitories. Hoffman Student Union houses the dining hall, bookstore, and mail center. The Sports Center contains all of the coaches' offices and locker rooms. Outdoor field sports are played at McPherson Stadium. In the summer of 2012 the stadium was renovated and two large practice fields were added to the campus.

Student life

In 2017 there were 733 students enrolled in McPherson College. The population is 64% male and 36% female. Among the student body, 63% identify as white and 28% identify as minorities. The majority of the students (95%) are considered traditional (meaning under 24 years old). Students from Kansas constitute 44%, out of state are 51%. The 1% of international students come from six countries.

The Student Government Association is led by a President and Vice President. There are representatives elected from each academic year and each of the residence halls.

Clubs and Honor societies include:

 Alpha Psi Omega
 Band
 Beta Beta Beta
 Business Club
 C.A.R.S. Club (College Automotive Restoration Students)
 Choir
 G.L.O.W.
 Lambda Pi Eta
 MACPAC (McPherson Peace Awareness Community)
McPherson College Pre-Health Professionals Club
 Phi Alpha Theta
 Phi Sigma Iota
Rogue Writers (creative writing club)
 The Spectator (student newspaper)
 Teachers of Tomorrow

Notable alumni and faculty
 Jonathan Coachman, former ESPN personality, former All Conference KCAC Basketball player. Current WWE announcer.
 James Gilbert, class of 1894, first large-scale excavator of La Brea Tar Pits, teacher at Los Angeles High School
 Harvey Nininger, class of 1914, American meteorite collector, self-taught meteorologist, educator, considered by many today to be the "father of modern meteoritics".
 Duane Pope, convicted bank robber and murderer. Briefly on the FBI 10 Most Wanted List.
 Harry Stine, billionaire businessman and the founder and owner of Stine Seed.

Further reading
 McPherson College: The First Century; Cynthia Mines; McPherson College, 1987.
 A History of the Church of the Brethren in Kansas (includes McPherson College history); Elmer LeRoy Craik; McPherson Daily; Republican Press; 397 pages; 1922.

References

External links

 McPherson Athletics website

Education in McPherson County, Kansas
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Church of the Brethren
Educational institutions established in 1887
Non-profit organizations based in Kansas
Buildings and structures in McPherson County, Kansas
1887 establishments in Kansas
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BJP Portrait of Britain Awards
Hannah's beautiful portrait of 'John in his living room' is one of Portrait of Britain Awards winners and is currently exhibited on UK's nationwide network of digital Out-of-Home screens, running until end of the month throughout rail stations, shopping centres, high streets and bus stops.
John is a former scientist who helped create the contraceptive pill. Hannah was using John's home as a location for a commercial shoot (he hasn't changed the décor in many, many years) and he allowed her to take his portrait on a quiet moment between takes.
"In a world fraught with division, portraiture is, in many ways, the ultimate act of collaboration. Perhaps portraiture cannot solve Britain's identity crisis, but it can help us rejoice in the diversity of our people — and remind us that, for all our differences, there is sameness amongst us, too" (Portrait of Britain Awards)


Testimonials | Philgreen Construction Inc.
Both Sheila and I want to thank you ever so much for the work that you did and the professional work that the crews did on our garage. Nothing but the best. Philgreen Construction will go very far with the work ethics that you bring with your trade. It was good to get to know you and I really appreciate your background. Thanks again for all you have done.
Dave, Thanks so much! It's all looking Fab…& it is way fun working with you & Mitch.
A custom-built relationship...PhilGreen worked with us through design, specification, estimate, finance, and build phases to deliver the home that we love to live in. Their integrity and attention to craft quality and environmental space/efficiency is unmatched."
I am delighted to say that, while we had a tight budget and schedule, this project was completed on time and on budget. Mitch's total involvement in our home, attention to detail and commitment to quality made this a totally successful project. In addition, Mitch has always stayed involved with after sale service. All warranty items were dealt with fully and promptly. We are very pleased with the results and with the entire process as Mitch handled it. This was our first project with Mitch and we will undoubtedly conduct business with him again.
This was our first custom home, and Mitch keep consistent communications with us while we lived in Denver during the initial stage of construction, and we kept that routine even after we moved to Fort Collins. The sub contractors on our site were always professional, timely, and conscientious, many times not constructing, or installing an item even though it was on the "plans", they did not think we would approve of its placement. So instead of just doing what the plans said, they would stop and give us different options to consider while maintaining their production schedule, I'm sure they saved us tremendous grief and anxiety by not letting us make bad decisions, or having to remove/replace items once they had performed what the "plans" directed them to. They treated our house as their own personal home, and it shows in the level of finish and pride they injected into our dream house. We would love to build another house, as long as Mitch was able to be our builder again. We hope to participate in that experience once more, but if not, Mitch will undoubtedly be remodeling our "last house" as we get closer to retirement.


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I just want to save this somewhere!
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Nigeria Government Gazette dated 2017-05-23 number 54
Federal Republic of Nigeria
No. 54__________________ Lagos-23rd May, 2017_________________ Vol. 104
Government Notice No. 42
The following is published as supplement to this Gazette:
Order No.                                      Short Title                                         Page
2       Executive Order (Submission of Annual Budgetary Estimates by all
Statutory and non-Statutory Agencies, including Incorporated
Companies wholly owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria)
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Q: React + Express Server Side Rendering: functions not working/calling I was following a tutorial, but when I ran my React Server, the page would turn up but none of the buttons would call a function.
I've tried:

*

*Deleting node_modules and npm install to reinstall again (no difference)

*Calling functions using componentdidmount (function still not called)

*Redoing the tutorial (same results)

My directory:

*

*public

*

*index.html

*server

*

*index.js

*app.js

*src

*

*app.js

*index.js

My codes:
server/index.js
require('ignore-styles')
require('@babel/register')({
    ignore: [/(node_module)/],
    presets: ['@babel/preset-env', '@babel/preset-react']
})
require('./server')

server/server.js
import express from "express";
import fs from "fs";
import path from "path";

import React from "react";
import ReactDOMServer from "react-dom/server";

import App from "../src/App";

const PORT = 8080;

const app = express();

app.use("^/$", (req, res, next) => {
  fs.readFile(path.resolve("./public/index.html"), "utf-8", (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
      return res.status(500).send("Some error happened"+err);
    }
    return res.send(
      data.replace(
        '

',
        `<div id="root">${ReactDOMServer.renderToString(<App />)}</div>`
      )
    );
  });
});

app.use(express.static('./src'));
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`App launched on ${PORT}`);
});

src/app.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import "./App.css";

export default class App extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props)
        this.state = ({ count: 0 })
        this.decrement = this.decrement.bind(this)
        this.increment = this.increment.bind(this)
    }
    increment(){
        this.setState({ count: ++this.state.count })
    }

    decrement(){
        this.setState({ count: --this.state.count })
    }
    render() {
        return (

{this.state.count}

                <button onClick={this.increment}>Increment</button>
                <button onClick={this.decrement}>Decrement</button>

      );
    }
}

src/index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';

ReactDOM.hydrate(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));

serviceWorker.unregister();

package.json
{
  "name": "ssr-example",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "react": "^16.14.0",
    "react-scripts": "3.2.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject",
    "ssr": "node server/index.js"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "react-app"
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.15.5",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.15.6",
    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.14.5",
    "@babel/register": "^7.15.3",
    "ignore-styles": "^5.0.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.14.0"
  }
}

I ran this all using the command "npm run ssr" and went to localhost:8080
I apologize in advance if this question has been answered before, I went through other solutions but none seem to work for me. I've been stuck for a long time and it's driving me crazy.


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The selfishness running through the poem is very much telling in its implications for the human world. After 2005 Pontin begin a transition to digital-first magazines and reduced the number of annual. The author, throughout this story, uses literary techniques to communicate that money shouldn't come before family and it can't buy happiness. Having moved to the city twelve years previously. The best poems by Ted Hughes Ted Hughes 1930-98 remains one of the most divisive English poets of the second half of the twentieth century, and not just because of the controversy surrounding his marriage to Sylvia Plath. They breathed, making no move, With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves, Making no sound.
This line shows an image of the sky being half dark and half bright. Grey silent fragments Of a grey still world. In the first stanza, Hughes portrays an almost countryside atmosphere for the readers to experience. Cognition, Fear, Mind 846 Words 3 Pages Plath and Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes Both of these poems have a central theme of nature. That struggle is fuelled by fear. It tells the story of the vicar of an English village who is carried off by elemental spirits, and replaced in the village by his double, a changeling, fashioned from a log, who nevertheless has the same memories as the original vicar. By then we had made our covenant with silence, But in the first few days it was so still We listened to our breathing and were afraid.
This poem is divided into two sections, the first section is a picture of the world after the nuclear war and the second section describes the coming of the 'strange horses' and the return of the nature. The rain plays a major role in the misery and emptiness of the man. At the wood top, with the silvered grey light coming in behind it, the black horse was standing under the oaks, its head high and alert, its ears pricked, watching him. From their tips and elbows the drops hurried steadily, and the channels of the bark pulsed and gleamed. Thought-Fox has as its literary predecessor, Coleridges Frost at Midnight — a poem and a poet in dialogue with the guardian spirit of Nature.
The farm was in front of him. Plastic is light-weight, durable, low-cost, and has a wide variety of application ranging from a pen, which you use to write on the paper, to the waste paper basket, into which you throw the paper. Assia Wevill, Electroconvulsive therapy, Sylvia 977 Words 3 Pages connections have you found between the ways in which Plath and Hughes write about the relationship between the individual and nature? An analysis of the techniques used to create meaning and understanding of conflicting perspectives? Near rhyme: Wind and Blind. It is a very violent and conflicted poem. As young as Paul is, he takes a huge responsibility.
The longer the refill, the poorer the blood circulation. He fought to keep his breathing even, two strides in, two strides out, the air ripping his lungs. The ordeal with the horse had already sunk from reality. A wave of anger went over him: anger against himself for blundering into this mud-trap and anger against the land that made him feel so outcast, so old and stiff and stupid. The speaker of the poem is unknown, but one could assume that Ted Hughes is the speaker himself.
And I saw the horses: Huge in the dense grey—ten together— Megalith-still. This early Ted Hughes poem, about the Bishop of St. It was fairly typical of the surprise with which the media greeted this appointment because Ted Hughes, it seems, is for most people a difficult poet. Such is the case with director Steven Spielberg's film War Horse, adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Marpurgo. Plastic, though seems a very useful. These 296 horses are presenting with the symptoms of Colic.
He studied the twig, bringing dwarfs and continents and animals out of its scurfy bark. Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 until her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. The rhyme scheme is as follows: a,a,b,b 10. In 1951, Hughes initially studied English at Pembroke College under M. Beyond the boughs the blue shoal of the town was rising and falling, and darkening and fading again, in the pale, swaying backdrop of rain. Conclusion This poem seems to start slowly, speed up in the middle stanzas, and then almost come to a standstill at the end when the job is complete - in the same kind of way as in 'The Horses', which gave me the idea that this poem could also be about the creative process, especially considering that Ted Hughes was a poet laureate who had had great experience of the difficulties of a writer. As a poet, not a preacher, he doesnt need to hammer home his point he lets the poem itself be the counter-point, the reminder of another kind of life, vigorous in its energy.
It describes how man would react when technology was no longer available to us. His art form expresses certain questionable ideologies of life and exposes to the audience what it takes to fully comprehend what being an. He wanted this rain to go on for ever. The library archive is accessible through the website. It stood exactly as before.
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Conditional cash for better maternal health
Jason Gutierrez/IRIN
A nationwide conditional cash transfer programme in the Philippines is slowly improving maternal health, but more is needed to reverse the climbing maternal mortality ratio, say women's groups.
Known locally as "Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program" (4Ps), five-year conditional cash transfers (CCTs) were first rolled out in 2007 as a pilot programme to cut poverty. Now, with a budget of US$227 million, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aims make CCTs available to 5.2 million eligible households by 2015.
The 4Ps identified 5.2 million of the poorest households with pregnant women and children aged 0-14, three million of which have been receiving cash grants since April 2012. In exchange, beneficiaries must meet certain health and education goals.
Participants receive a monthly grant of $12 for getting pre- and post-natal check-ups and delivering their babies in a health centre under the supervision of a skilled birth attendant, rather than with a traditional birth attendant as most women currently do, and must attend monthly parenting seminars offered by the DSWD.
National surveys indicate that prenatal check-ups average 4.4 visits per woman - the international recommendation is four - but only 44.2 percent of births occur in a health facility.
Beneficiaries also receive a monthly grant of $7 per child, for a maximum of three children, in exchange for proof of regular paediatric check-ups and school-aged children attending at least 85 percent of their classes.
Cash not enough
Perla Maribel Diotor, 36, a CCT beneficiary who lives in Baseco, one of the biggest slum communities in Manila, the capital, gave up paid employment when she became pregnant with her first child, now five children ago. She said the programme had helped her in the two years since she joined.
Her husband works "occasionally", doing construction work, fishing or "whatever job is available". On some days, he brings home the equivalent of $2. "I only wanted three kids, but I kept getting pregnant," Diotor said.
The World Bank estimates that 22 percent of women of reproductive age in the Philippines (about six million) do not have access to contraception.
According to the 2008 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), women surveyed reported wanting 2.4 children, but had on average 3.3 each.
Until late 2011, the distribution of modern contraceptives was banned at public health clinics in Manila. The city government now allows it if the contraceptives are donated by development groups and NGOs, but has not used its own funds for contraception.
Diotor and others like her have had to find contraception on their own, usually going to NGOs, where the supply is often erratic and insufficient.
"Interventions made when a woman is already pregnant are already too late. We can save lives by preventing unwanted pregnancies," said Junice Melgar, executive director of Likhaan Centre for Women's Health, a local NGO working in some of Manila's poorest communities.
A study published in 2010 by the Guttmacher Institute, a German reproductive health think-tank, estimated that up to 2,100 maternal deaths could be prevented each year by providing modern contraceptives to all women at risk of unintended pregnancy.
Government awareness
The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the Philippines has jumped by 35 percent, from 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2006 to 221 in 2011, according to the 2011 Family Planning Survey.
"We need a more serious approach to family planning. The family development sessions that beneficiaries are required to take are more of lectures that focus on natural family planning methods. Even then, were the women given beads or calendars to track their cycles? [No.] It's more of a lip service to family planning," said Melgar.
During the administration of previous President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, from 2001 to 2010, the government supported only natural family planning methods, leaving NGOs and women's groups to provide for the contraceptive needs of poor women. "We are really feeling the results of nine years under the Arroyo government," Melgar noted.
The current government recently approved the purchase of $12 million in family planning commodities in an attempt to counter rising maternal deaths. "This administration [of President Benigno Aquino] has been very clear about its support for responsible parenthood, but admittedly, there is really a problem on the supply side," said DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman.
"We lack midwives to attend our pregnant mothers. We lack adequate healthcare facilities. We are doing what we can, given our limited resources. We have started nursing programmes to fill the manpower gap, but building healthcare infrastructures and equipping them takes time," she said.
Enrique Ona, the Department of Health Secretary, told IRIN, "The latest family planning survey covers the period 2006 to 2010. We don't have a survey that will reflect the effect of a fully implemented CCT programme yet."
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Father of man found dead in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool dies aged 76
By Ron Howells • 15 September 2021 • 12:11
Father of man found dead in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool dies aged 76. image: Twitter
Terry Lubbock, the father of Stuart Lubbock, the man found dead in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool, has died at the age of 76.
THE campaigning dad of Stuart Lubbock has died without ever seeing justice for his son found dead in Michael Barrymore's pool in 2001.
Gravely-ill Terry had battled relentlessly for 20-years, without success, in an attempt to bring tragic Stuart Lubbock's killers to justice after he was sexually assaulted and left for dead at the Strike it Lucky star's mansion amid a media frenzy.
According to staff, Mr Lubbock died this morning at 9.15 am at his care home, in Harlow, Essex.
"Terry will be greatly missed by me and so many others. He was a dedicated father and a true champion of justice in this country, even though he never got any establishment recognition. He dedicated his life to finding the truth doggedly staying focused. He always thought there was someone protecting the guilty. Thank you Terry Lubbock," said Close pal and campaigner Harry Cicky.
Terry's son, Stuart Lubbock, died at Barrymore's then home in Roydon, Essex, on March 31 2001. Grandfather Terry dedicated his life to the fight for truth had his hopes raised to see a defendant stand trial over the claims after Essex Police arrested a suspect earlier this year.
However, his final hopes were dashed when the man, 50, reportedly from Cheshire, was released without any charges being brought against him.
A post-mortem examination on Stuart Lubbock showed that he had suffered severe internal injuries- suggesting he had been sexually assaulted. Alcohol, ecstasy, including cocaine, were all found in his bloodstream.
The coroner had recorded an open verdict for Mr Lubbock's son but he wanted a fresh inquest.
Barrymore spoke out about Lubbock's quest for justice and says it's a "terribly sad situation. It's a terribly sad situation for everybody," said Barrymore, speaking to The Mirror.
Terry Lubbock, Stewart's father, hired a top lawyer earlier this year to fight for answers over his son Stuart's death after he was told he had 'just months left to live', in March.
Stuart was found unconscious in the swimming pool of a property in Roydon on March 31 2001. Despite attempts to save him he later died in hospital. The 31-year-old had been attending a party at the house with eight other people. A post-mortem examination found Stuart had suffered horrific anal injuries which are believed to be the result of a serious sexual assault prior to his death."
Last year, 2020, emotional Michael Barrymore fought back tears on Good Morning Britain as he gave his first interview since the recent Channel 4 programme about the death of Stuart Lubbock was aired.
Vladimir Rogov calls IAEA reports of explosions near the Zaporizhzhya NPP a provocation
BREAKING: HUGE fire blazing at historic north London church
Ron Howells
Ron actually started his working career as an Ophthalmic Technician- things changed when, during a band rehearsal, his amplifier blew up and he couldn't get it fixed so he took a course at Birmingham University and ended up doing a degree course. He built up a chain of electronics stores and sold them as a franchise over 35 years ago. After five years touring the world Ron decided to move to Spain with his wife and son, a place they had visited over the years, and only bought the villa they live in because it has a guitar-shaped swimming pool!. Playing the guitar since the age of 7, he can often be seen, (and heard!) at beach bars and clubs along the length of the coast. He has always been interested in the news and constantly thrives to present his articles in an interesting and engaging way.


Is it possible to not show the day in the date picker or change it's colour? I am testing on a Windows device and the text for the day of the week is in navy blue and it is difficult to make out the text against the dark theme. Screenshot attached.
Date Picker looks on each platform differently, because we use native platform implementation. This is the way how Microsoft has designed it for Windows platform.
What you can do though is to use "Enforce light scheme" property in you application.
Glad to hear you are using the native implementation and not a hybrid HTML5 interpretation of how controls should look!
If I generate the Code for use in AppStores, can I do any modification to the generated source code to modify the properties of native control? I have had a go generating a UWP app and I can see the C++ UWP app but I don't see the actual app UI code and it seems the generated code is simply a "container" type app that is pre-defined to only launch the published app UI on the MobileTogether server.
You are right, MobileTogether logic is packed in one module - it would be a huge thing to expose as code. Code generation is offered for preparing your apps for the AppStore deployment.