Packets of computer code, known as "exploits", allow hackers to infiltrate or even control computers running software in which a design flaw, called a "vulnerability", has been discovered. Criminal and, to a lesser extent, terror groups purchase exploits on more than two dozen illicit online forums or through at least a dozen clandestine brokers, says Venkatramana Subrahmanian, a University of Maryland expert in these black markets. He likens the transactions to "selling a gun to a criminal".
Just a dozen years ago the buying and selling of illicit exploits was so rare that India's Central Bureau of Investigation had not yet identified any criminal syndicates involved in the trade, says R.K. Raghavan, a former director of the bureau. Underground markets are now widespread, he says. Exploits empower criminals to steal data and money. Worse still, they provide cyber-firepower to hostile governments that would otherwise lack the expertise to attack an advanced country's computer systems, worries Colonel John Adams, head of the Marine Corps' Intelligence Integration Division in Quantico, Virginia.
Exploits themselves are generally legal. Several legitimate businesses sell them. A Massachusetts firm called Netragard last year sold more than 50 exploits to businesses and government agencies in America for prices ranging from $20,000 to more than $250,000. Adriel Desautels, Netragard's founder, describes some of the exploits sold as "weaponised". The firm buys a lot from three dozen independent hackers who, like clients, are carefully screened to make sure they are not selling code to anyone else, and especially not to a criminal group or unfriendly government.
More than half of exploits sold are now bought from bona fide firms rather than from freelance hackers, says Roy Lindelauf, a researcher at the Netherlands Defence Academy. He declines to say if Dutch army or intelligence agencies buy exploits, noting that his government is still figuring out "what we're allowed to do offensively".Laws to ban the trade in exploits are being mooted. Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of the European Parliament, is spearheading an effort to pass export-control laws for exploits. It is gathering support, she says, because they can be used as "digital weapons" by despotic regimes. For example, they could be used to monitor traffic on a dissident's smartphone. However, for a handful of reasons, new laws are unlikely to be effective.
Exploits are a form of knowledge, expressed in computer code. Attempting to stop people from generating and spreading knowledge is futile, says Dave Aitel, a former computer scientist at America's National Security Agency (NSA) who went on to found Immunity, a computer-security firm in Florida. He says that legal systems would not even agree on which code is good and which is bad. Many legal experts say code should be protected by free-speech laws—it is, after all, language expressed as strings of zeros and ones.
Moreover, tracking down exploits is hard. Hackers keep them secret so that the intended victim doesn't identify and fix the vulnerability, thereby rendering the exploit worthless. As a French exploit developer puts it, those liable to be rapidly detected are about as useful as a "disposable gun" that can be fired just once. Secrecy surrounding the design, sale and use of exploits makes protecting computer networks from them akin to finding "unknown unknowns", says Kenneth Geers, a cyber-security specialist at America's Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Several governments want firms to develop exploits. In 2010 a computer worm called Stuxnet was revealed to have attacked Iran's nuclear kit. It used four main exploits to get in; at least one appears to have been bought rather than developed in-house by the government that launched the attack (presumably America or Israel), says David Lindahl, an IT expert at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, a government body in Stockholm. An unprecedented weapon, Stuxnet remained undetected for years by quietly erasing its tracks after "planting sabotage charges at exactly the right place" in Iran's uranium-enrichment centrifuges, Mr Lindahl says.
Nearly all well-financed intelligence agencies buy exploits, says Eric Filiol, a lieutenant-colonel in computer intelligence for France's army until 2009. Computer experts who years ago would reveal software vulnerabilities for mere prestige have realised that they were treating "diamonds as pebbles", says Mr Filiol, now head of the Operational Cryptography and Computer Virology Lab in Laval. His lab is partly financed by France's defence ministry to provide it with exploits.
The price of exploits has risen more than fivefold since 2004, Mr Filiol says, referring to a confidential document. They vary greatly, depending on three main factors: how hard the exploit is to develop; the number of computers to which it provides access; and the value of those computers. An exploit that can stealthily provide administrator privileges to a distant computer running Windows XP, a no-longer-fashionable operating system, costs only about $40,000. An exploit for Internet Explorer, a popular browser, can cost as much as $500,000 (see chart).
Such "bug bounty" schemes, however, will struggle to compete with buyers who want to exploit rather than seal vulnerabilities. Tarsnap's biggest payout was just $500. Last year Google offered Vupen, a French firm, $60,000 for an exploit that burrowed into its Chrome browser. Vupen's boss, Chaouki Bekrar, balked, noting that he could get more elsewhere.
Other reputable customers, such as Western intelligence agencies, often pay higher prices. Mr Lindelauf reckons that America's spies spend the most on exploits. Vupen and other exploit vendors decline to name their clients. However, brisk sales are partly driven by demand from defence contractors that see cyberspace as a "new battle domain", says Matt Georgy, head of technology at Endgame, a Maryland firm that sells most of its best exploits for between $100,000 and $200,000. He laments a rise in sales by unscrupulous vendors to dangerous groups.
On March 12th the head of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, General Keith Alexander, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee that state-sponsored groups are stepping up efforts to steal and destroy data using "cybertools" purchased in illicit online markets. As an American military-intelligence official points out, governments that buy exploits are "building the black market", thereby bankrolling dangerous R&D. For this reason, governments appear increasingly keen to develop exploits in-house. Paulo Shakarian, a cyberwar expert at West Point, an American military academy, says China appears to be moving in this direction.
Developing exploits in-house reduces the risk that a double-dealing vendor will resell code meant to be exclusive. Even so, the trade isn't likely to fade away. When developers work out a trick that gives them control over the targeted software, they like to yell out a celebratory "who's your daddy?" notes Pierre Roberge, boss of Arc4dia, a Quebec firm that sells exploits to spy agencies. Exploit trading will continue as long as people pay big money for the opportunity to utter the same joke—this time at the expense of a victim who has been hacked.
Cyber-security: The digital arms trade, Economist, Mar. 30, 2013, at 65.
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UPDATE: Venom: Let There Be Carnage has officially been delayed to October.
It looks like the fears of Venom fans may actually be coming true. The latest trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Sony's highly anticipated Venom sequel, didn't include the planned September release date at the end, leading many to believe that the studio was considering delaying the film yet again in the wake of the recent COVID upswing. While Sony hasn't said anything concrete on the matter just yet, a new report suggests that a move could be imminent.
According to Deadline, Sony is having discussions about delaying the Venom sequel's release date yet again. The report suggests that moves to October 15th and January 2022 are both on the table, though the studio is also considering just staying put on September 24th. Without a dedicated Sony streaming service, the studio is likely going to keep one of its biggest tentpole properties in theaters, so the release date is an enormously important decision.
The first Venom made over $850 million when it was released back in 2018, setting the record for the best October opening in box office history (only to be beat by Joker one year later). Given the kind of success a sequel would be guaranteed under normal circumstances, it makes sense that Sony is concerned with releasing the film in the current climate.
Theaters have reopened and the COVID-19 vaccine is widely available here in the United States, but the Delta variant is causing more outbreaks amongst the unvaccinated population and we're seeing the cases rise once again. It's also important to remember that Venom made the majority of its money in other markets, many of which are seeing even bigger box office struggles than we are here in the States. Without a streaming plan to fall back on, Sony has to consider whatever date would give Venom the most bang for its buck.
Sony has been working closely with Netflix over the last year, sending several movies to the streamer in the wake of theaters being closed. To this point, those have been either animated films or smaller pictures. Film's like Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Ghostbusters: Afterlife are going to have to be theatrical releases for the studio.
Do you think Venom will get delayed again? Where do you think it will move? Let us know in the comments!
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Will this one a different Artwork as the first Time 12" release via Astrum Tempestas or some other different Things?
Yes, sort of. I will keep the layout much closer to the original demo layout.
Glad to see this getting a reissue. It really is an overlooked gem.
Was also released on split CD w/ Ungod, like fifteen years ago. Was a blind purchase, but I remember it being quite ok. I think the name was compelling enough.
It has been reissued several times already on vinyl, but all are out of print now. I mainly wanted to do a version my way with all original graphical elements intact without any manipulation whatsoever, and the audio to be mastered for vinyl and cut at 45 for the best sound quality possible.
This demo is one of my all time favorites.
I love this demo! I have the split Lp version but will buy this one too.
third time this gets released on vinyl. second one, even 'die-hard edition', still readily available from the label. it's a very good recording, though. better than anything by ungod.
I'm sure whatever NWN cooks up will be nicer and at a better price point. I don't mind a bit.
The LP is €14, the LP+patch+shirt €26. Those prices can't be beat. LP is very nice too, btw. Have a look yourself.
I'm making it even more widely available, especially in the USA where they're less known. It's a good thing considering that they're playing in TX next year for the first time.
Not sure how to feel about that, truth be told.


Glamorous food doesn't come cheap.
Fine dining typically means splurging a little for high-quality meat or fresh seafood. But what if money were truly no object?
Restaurant owners and chefs around the world create original dining experiences for those who want unique experiences. You know, like spending over $10,000 on a pizza or $1,000 on an ice cream sundae.
Click through to learn about some of the most expensive dishes and tasting menus in the world — all cost more than $500 per person.
At Kyoto Kitcho Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan there are several prix fixe menus to choose from, but the costliest option is 54,000 yen — or $507 a person. Granted, you won't leave hungry, as the meal is at least 10 courses and features rounds of sashimi, grilled and steamed food, rice, pickled vegetables, and dessert, to name a few.
The chef, Kunio Tokuoka, is the helm of the restaurant, following the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were the chefs before him. When you're eating a high-end meal, be mindful of how restaurants mark-up dishes to increase your bill.
Chef Guy Savoy opened the restaurant in 2015 overlooking the Louvre and the Pont Neuf. Currently the Parisian restaurant offers a prix fixe menu of up to 18 courses described as a feast of "textures, colors and flavors." The price does not include drinks, however. For the hundreds of dollars, you'll enjoy duck, lobster and artichoke soup with black truffles, in addition to other delightful dishes.
Paris is one of the most romantic cities in the world, and eating at Restaurant Guy Savoy Monnaie will certainly make your heart stop.
Plan to set aside two hours for the nearly $600 sushi eating experience at Masa in New York. That price does not include tax and drinks. You will save on gratuity, though, as tips are not accepted. Although the menu changes regularly, expect to be served only the finest Japanese cuisine, carefully crafted by chef Masayoshi Takayama.
Dining at Masa is a little different than ordering sushi as a midnight snack, but spicy tuna roll is one of the most popular late-night takeout orders around the country, a GOBankingRates study found.
Would you like a multi-sensory dining experience? How about a dinner that dazzles more than your taste buds? French chef Paul Pairet designed the concept in 2012. This 20-course meal comes with theme music for every course, as well as light shows. All guests at the table are served the same food at the same time.
Make a visit to Ultraviolet part of your life-changing trip to China — it will be worth the cost.
The Paris Las Vegas resort restaurant serves up this burger with pancetta, goat cheese, seared foie gras, arugula, Maine Lobster and 100-year aged balsamic paired with a BLT salad. The meal also comes with a bottle of Rose Dom Perignon Champagne.
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If you have $1,000 to spend and are curious what a four-figure dessert tastes like, head to Serendipity 3 in New York.
How can a sundae be more than a few bucks? In this dish, Tahitian vanilla ice cream made with Madagascar vanilla bean is covered in 24-karat golf leaf, specialty chocolates, Parisian candied fruits, truffles, caviar, and more. A sundae of this magnitude isn't served in a simple glass dish, but rather a Baccarat crystal bowl that you can take home as a souvenir. Don't forget to pre-order this decadent treat at least 48 hours in advance.
When you're wealthy, you can pay for a three-hour dining experience that costs, according to CN Traveler, over $1,700 per person. That's more than the average family will spend for an entire month on food.
SubliMotion is not your typical dining experience, however. In fact, it operates very much like Ultraviolet — only more expensive. Chef Paco Roncero opened the restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza in 2014, creating a spectacle for the eyes, ears and taste buds. Music and art go along with the 15-20 course tasting menu.
The Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata may look out of place on the menu for Norma's in New York, as it isn't an extremely expensive restaurant, per se. Most menu items are in the $30 range. So what's the catch? The $2,000 omelet includes 10 ounces of Sevurga caviar, which is a big factor in price. For those who can't afford to pay the extravagant cost, there is a smaller frittata with only 1 ounce of caviar available for just $200.
The first pizza making the list of the most expensive meals is the 24K* Pizza at Industry Kitchen, located in New York's South Street Seaport neighborhood. The pizza requires a two-day advance order, and is truly for the upper crust.
So what makes this pizza cost a whopping $2,000? For one, you're not paying for an average cheese and pepperoni pie This pizza has Stilton cheese, foie gras, platinum Ossetra caviar, truffles and 24K gold leaves to top it off.
You're not going to find beef patties that live up to the caliber of chef Hubert Keller at your neighborhood burger chain. This one even knocks Burger Brasserie's burger out of the park when it comes to price. There's no question Keller has spiced up his burger with unique additions.
Keller's Fleur restaurant is located inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Only the most expensive meat is used to flavor this $5,000 burger; the Wagyu beef costs about $100 per pound. Also adding to the high cost are truffles worth $1,500 per pound. The meal also comes with a bottle of 1995 Chateau Petrus, valued at $2,500.
Do you want a pizza fit for a king? If you're filthy rich you can splurge on the Louis XIII Pizza, one of the most expensive food items you can order. It will be made in your home by Renato Viola, one of Italy's best master pizza chefs.
The pizza is anything but ordinary, with sophisticated toppings, such as mozzarella di bufala, lobster, and caviar all flown in from all different parts of the world. To top it off, the feast is served with Remy Martin Cognac Louis XIII and Champagne Krug Clos du Mesnil 1995.
If you prefer to eat nearly $15,000 rather than put it towards retirement or paying off debt, then this is the extravagant dessert for you.
Made on special request, with a minimum of 24 hours notice, the dessert features Italian cassata flavored with Irish cream, and is served with a pomegranate and mango compote. The base is a champagne sabayon, adorned with an 80-carat aquamarine stone, placed beneath a handcrafted chocolate stilt fisherman.
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Alibaba's Singles' Day sales top $38 billion
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the After 24 hours of frenzied buying and selling, and weeks of advertising and promotions before it, Alibaba Group said today its sales hit another record high on Singles' Day, the biggest shopping day on the planet.
The Chinese e-commerce giant said its platforms sold goods worth 268 billion yuan, or $38.4 billion today, easily exceeding last year's record $30.7 billion haul. Electronics gadgets and fashion items were among the most sold goods in the 11th edition of the Singles' Day annual event, company executives said in an interview.
More than half a billion people from a number of countries participate in the event, which is China's equivalent to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Except, Singles' Day is much larger. The five-day Black Friday clocked under $25 billion in sales last year. Alibaba Group said earlier today that it had netted its first $1 billion in sales today in just 68 seconds.
To bridge people in China and those living elsewhere, Alibaba also maintains a number of dedicated websites. AliExpress sells goods from Chinese brands to international residents; Tmall sells goods from global brands to China; and Taobao sells Chinese brands' goods to people in China.
The shopping glitz hosted a number of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Asian pop icon GEM to generate buzz. This year, the Hangzhou-headquartered firm has also focused on live-streaming via its platform, a phenomenon that has gained significant traction in China.
In a live-streamed video, Kim Kardashian announced last week that her fragrance brand KKW will be sold on Tmall this Singles' Day.
One figure who was missing from the action was Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, who retired in September this year. In previous years, Ma has not only delivered powerful speeches but also put on performances for employees and customers.
At a press briefing an hour ago, Alibaba Chief Technology Officer Jeff Zhang described 11.11 as an "airplane flying at turbo speed," adding that improving this supposed engine has been company's biggest focus.
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The biggest challenge for Alibaba remains the expansion of JD.com and Pinduoduo, both of which have better hold over the smaller cities and towns and more organized logistics networks. The three of them are locked in an intense battle, with each one of them bandying out billions of dollars in discounts to lure — and sustain — customers every year.
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Aimbridge Hospitality And Interstate Hotels & Resorts To Merge
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DALLAS, TX––Aimbridge Hospitality ("Aimbridge"), North America's largest independent hotel management firm, and Interstate Hotels & Resorts ("Interstate"), a leading independent multinational hotel operator, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating a global leader in third-party hotel management services. The combined company will manage a portfolio of more than 1,400 branded and independent properties in 49 states and 20 countries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Together, it is expected that Aimbridge and Interstate will have the scale, resources and global reach to reinforce their leading hospitality offerings, continue delivering superior financial and investment performance for hotel partners and create positive experiences for guests. Hotel owners will benefit from a scaled, global platform; enhanced data and analytic capabilities; a top talent pool; and increased support and resources, including sales, marketing, ecommerce and revenue management infrastructure. This enhanced offering will position the combined company for further growth and international expansion.
Dave Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Aimbridge, will become CEO of the combined business. Michael Deitemeyer, President and CEO of Interstate, will become Global President, overseeing operations globally and corporate disciplines. The merged company will be a premier employer in the hospitality industry, with a talent pool of more than 60,000 employees delivering best-in-class service worldwide.
"Aimbridge is thrilled about the opportunity to join forces with Interstate to enable us to bring even more value to our hotel owners," said Dave Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Aimbridge. "Our combined scale will ensure access to more robust data and the best talent to further differentiate us as leading hospitality managers. Personally, I am excited to work with Mike Deitemeyer, a good friend and well-respected industry leader."
"Our united, global portfolio allows us the talent and expertise to ensure we deliver best-in-class operations across all hospitality product categories," said Mike Deitemeyer, President and CEO of Interstate. "Dave and I share a common focus on winning through our people."
Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, acquired a majority ownership stake in Aimbridge earlier this year and will assume majority ownership of the combined entity.
"Through this merger and under Advent's ownership, Aimbridge and Interstate can build a platform that differentiates the combined company through optimizing owner value, top-notch talent and global expansion," said Glenn Murphy, Chairman, Aimbridge.
"We have enjoyed our valuable partnership with Mike Deitemeyer and the Interstate team and appreciate their efforts in establishing Interstate as a global leader in the third-party hotel management sector," said Ahmed I. Wahla, Partner at Kohlberg & Company, which has owned Interstate since 2016.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Moelis & Company LLC acted as financial advisors and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisor to Interstate. Ropes & Gray LLP acted as legal advisor to Aimbridge.


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Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) 2019 in Collaboration with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) on "Sustainable Development for Ports and Shipping in the Indian Ocean Region for Maritime Connectivity"
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On the 22nd to 26th April 2019, the Centre for Maritime Economics and Industries Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) successfully conducted an MTCP training programme in collaboration with IORA on Sustainable Development for Ports & Shipping in the Indian Ocean Region for Maritime Connectivity, at the Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel Malaysia.
The programme was designed to enhance competency in regulating and managing port and shipping issues, as well as to provide insight to the into growing complexities and best practices of these two maritime industries.
It was aimed at senior and middle-level officials from relevant government agencies involved in policy making, regulations port and shipping management from respective IOR countries. The training also served as a bridge for participants from diverse backgrounds and culture to build a network and develop friendships.
A total of 13 IORA country participants and 10 local participants attended the training. IORA country participants were from Comoros, India, Iran, Mauritius, Seychelles, Singapore, France, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, while local participants were from Malaysian ports, port authorities, shipping companies, as well as researchers and interns from MIMA. A representative from France, which is a Dialogue Partner of IORA, joined the training as well. The event was officiated by Director General of MIMA, First Admiral Dato' Chin Yoon Chin (Ret) and the Director of IORA Secretariat, Dr. Gatot Hari Gunawan.
H.E. Issop Patel, High Commissioner of Mauritius, and H.E. Abukar Abdi Osman, Ambassador to the Embassy of the Federal Republic for Somalia attended the opening ceremony to show their support for the programme.
MTCP-IORA participants with MIMA Director General and Director of IORA Secretariat
Methodologies used in the course was a combination of lectures, workshops, tutorials, case studies, group discussions, presentations, technical site visits, and evaluation of the topics discussed.
Case studies and group work allowed participants to identify, analyse, and interpret situations as a form of experimental learning, besides sharing and benefiting from experiences among each other.
Lectures were delivered by MIMA researchers and experts from various backgrounds of Malaysian maritime industries. The programme focused on ports and its supporting services, as well as sustainable development for ports and shipping. It also provided participants with a better insight into the Malaysian logistics master plan and overview of the ship building and ship repair (SBSR) industry.
Moreover, the programme also comprehensively described IORA members countries' port development and the regulations through Country Presentations, delivered by participants with different levels of developments in the maritime industry. These presentations had created an excellent opportunity to enhance comprehension of ports and shipping on a broad spectrum.
A field trip was also organised. Participants visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia in Putrajaya, Port Klang Authority, and Westports in Port Klang to understand and learn about Malaysian government strategies in formulating policies as well as regulating and managing ports. Participants were particularly interested in the success of Malaysia's privatisation and port operations in Port Klang.
MTCP-IORA participants visiting Westports and Port Klang Authority
Feedback from the participants on the MTCP-IORA programme was positive. They felt that the training was well-managed and speakers had good knowledge of their respective topics. The participants thought that the training modules were relevant and useful in magnifying their knowledge of sustainable development for ports and shipping. Among some of the feedback by participants was a suggestion to increase the number of speakers with various functional roles in the maritime industry, diversify technical site visits in order to acquire in-depth in-situ maritime knowledge, and to establish strong networks between the speakers and participants for future collaborations. MIMA welcomed such suggestions, and are currently working on incorporating the whole spectrum of the maritime industry management, and include current and emerging maritime concerns such as key technologies that drive the industry (e.g. the Industrial Revolution 4.0) for future MTCP-IORA training courses.
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Population
Lors du recensement de 2005, on a dénombré 284 habitants dont 124 hommes et 160 femmes.

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Voir aussi

Liens externes
  Bamenda II, sur le site Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)

Village dans la région du Nord-Ouest (Cameroun)

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George Boole's inventions in mathematics, logic and probability heralded the digital age.
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Next time you use your computer or turn a switch, remember George Boole (1815-1864). Use the asterisk to discover details about his fascinating life and achievements.
In 2015 UCC celebrates Boole as one of our own. And we celebrate the groundbreaking work he completed in his adopted city.
The Genius of George Boole
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Celebrating George Boole's Bicentenary
In 2015, University College Cork celebrated the bicentenary of George Boole, 1815-64. Born in Lincoln, Boole was a mathematical genius who was largely self-taught. His appointment as the first Professor of Mathematics at this college in 1849 provided the opportunity to develop his most important work, An Investigation of the Laws of Thought.
Boole is a pivotal figure who can be described as the 'father of the information age'. His invention of Boolean algebra and symbolic logic pioneered a new mathematics. His legacy surrounds us everywhere, in the computers, information storage and retrieval, electronic circuits and controls that support life, learning and communications in the 21st century.
The Poetry of George Boole
Professor Desmond MacHale has just published a unique and exciting collection of George Boole's poems entitled: 'The Poetry of George Boole'.
The purpose of this little book is twofold. First, and most importantly, it is to collect and preserve the seventy or so surviving poems written by the mathematician and logician George Boole (1815-1864) and to comment upon what light his poetry throws on his character and personality.
Second, it is to discuss a much-neglected topic, the interaction between Science and the Arts, with particular reference to mathematics and poetry.
Poetry clearly meant a great deal to George Boole, both to read and compose. From his early teens until about 1855, he used poetry as a form of recreational activity, possibly as a form of relaxation from his more serious work in logic and mathematics. He was a competent, if not exceptional, translator and versifier, who now and then wrote lines of real poetic merit. And in the debate about reciprocal contributions by artists to the sciences, it would be difficult to find even a single established poet who made even a minor contribution to mathematics.
Conceive, Believe, Achieve - University College Cork A Fitting Venue to Pay Tribute to Teachers & Students
Strong mathematical skills are critical factors in the future development of the economy, and teachers are in the front-line of fostering such skills among the young. On Sunday 26 May, a unique and special ceremony took place in University College Cork's Aula Maxima (home of the beautifully ornate stained-glass Boole Window), where accolades, tributes and awards were given to pioneering secondary school teachers and students of mathematics in Ireland.
Photo: Portion of Boole Memorial Window in the Aula Max, University College Cork
The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript & Its Boolean Connection
The Voynich Manuscript is one of the world's most mysterious books written in code. The manuscript gets its name from Wilfred Michail Voynich (1865-1930), George Boole's son-in-law.
Several attempts by world class codebreakers (including Alan Turing) have failed to definitively unravel its meanings. Written in an unknown code, this early fifteenth-century Italian volume, has been described as:
'the longest, the best known, the most tantalising, the most heavily attacked, the most resistant and the most expensive of all cryptograms.'
George Boole's Great-Great Grandson, Prof Geoffrey Hinton Wins 'Nobel Prize of Computing'
It has recently been announced that Prof Geoffrey Hinton (great-great grandson of George Boole) has won the Turing Award 2018 along with Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun - two other proponents of deep learning, a popular form of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This achievement is great news for the field of artificial intelligence and, in particular, machine learning. The Turing Award is widely regarded as the 'Nobel Prize in Computer Science'.
Such AI is increasingly used in products that people use every day - from smart speakers to Facebook. Deep learning is also seen as a promising, though not flawless, tool for the development of self-driving cars and other futuristic technologies.
Spring is in the air: George Boole on St. Patrick's Day by Breeda Herlihy, Boole Library, UCC
Through the George Boole Papers held in UCC Library , we get a great insight into life of an academic living in Cork in the nineteenth century. Boole was obviously a considerate family man and wrote frequently to his family in Lincoln as the collection of his personal papers show. On 17th March 1851, the feast day of St. Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), he writes to his sister Mary Ann and sympathises with her on her recent ill health. As is the Irish condition, he speaks about the weather and how it might interfere with his plans for the day.
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The Institute held many lectures every year. Lectures included: A course of eight lectures on Modern European history given by CH Pearson, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, late Professor of Modern History, King's college London, 1871.
In 1866 the list of lectures included: "Ghosts, Faries and Witches" by the Rev M Macfie.
"Some of the English authors of the 18th century" by The Rev John Gill.
"Love Courtship and Marriage" by the Rev N Haycroft.
Many people in the Town and surrounding villages wanted entertainment rather than lectures. The Institute needed money, so they started annual entertainment programmes in the winter months.


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World Records for Mass Relays
OFFICIAL RECORD LIST BY THE REKORD-KLUB SAXONIA
If a relay is not marked as "women", men and women can run. A runner must not run more than once (exceptions: the last three events in our list). A baton must be used.
Information about new records and corrections are always welcome (contact).
100 X 4 m: boys and girls (aged from 8 to 15) at Winston Hill Little Athletics Centre in Winston Hills (New South Wales, Australia) 2:11.2 min (11 March 2006) DETAILS
50 X 50 m: SKV Eglosheim (Germany) 5:17.8 min (7 October 2006)
100 X 100 m: Chummen Sport (Switzerland): 18:36,88 min. (26 August 01) DETAILS
100 X 100 m (women): junior runners from Baden-Württemberg (Germany): 21:16.99 min, Stuttgart (1 July 01) DETAILS
1000 X 100 m: Police Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany): 3:46:30 hrs, Selm-Bork (24 June 93)
100 X 200 m: Württembergischer Leichtathletikverband Kreis Ludwigsburg (Germany): 43:19.9 Min., Freiberg (23 July 00)
100 X 400 m: University of Loewen (Belgium): 1:29:11.8 hrs, Loewen (19 April 78)
1000 X 400 m: Wirtemberg School/Gymnastics Club Stuttgart Untertürkheim (Germany): 16:22:24 hrs, Stuttgart (5 September 87)
100 X 1000 m: Akademischer Sportverband Zurich (Switzerland): 4:35:39.0 hrs, Zurich (3 July 1979) DETAILS (in German language)
100 X 1000 m (women): Institut für Lehrerbildung "Clara Zetkin" Berlin (German Democratic Republic): 6:43:38 hrs, Berlin (26 May 1989)
1000 X 1000 m: runners from Göttingen/ Hannoversch Münden/Duderstadt/Osterode (Germany): 52:48:59 hrs, Duderstadt (1-3 July 89)
100 X 1 mile: Canadian Milers Athletic Club in Toronto (Canada): 7:35:55.4 hrs (20 December 98)
100 X 1 mile (masters): Houston Area Road Runners Association (USA): 9:04:02 hrs, Houston (24 August 97) DETAILS
100 X 1 mile (veterans): Houston Area Road Runners Association (USA): 11:08:12 hrs, Houston (24 August 97) DETAILS
100 X 1 mile (women): Canadian Women's Milers Club (CAN) 9:23:39 hrs, 27 Dec 1999 DETAILS about the previous record
100 X 1 mile (women, masters): Houston Area Road Runners Association (USA): 12:10:23 hrs, Houston (24 August 1996) DETAILS
1000 X 1 mile: Guardia di Finanza (Italy): 95:31:52.2 hrs, Ostia (13-17 August 88)
100 X 5000 m: Florida Striders Track Club (USA), 37:12:53.66 hrs (10-12 December 2010) DETAILS
(new record claims, not yet verified:
30:56:49 hours, Charlotte Running Club (USA), 26/27 March 2011
30:01:14.01 hours, Greenville Track Club (USA), 21/22 May 2011
28:01:49 hours, Johnston High School (Iowa, USA), 18/19 July 2014
10 X 10000 m: Enhörna IF (Sweden): 5:16:32.2 hrs, Mariehamn (8 October 83)
10 X 10000 m (masters): 6:08:33 hrs, LTC Berlin (Germany), Berlin (7 July 2003)
10 X 10000 m (women): team from Leipzig (Germany): 6:42:11.8 hrs, Leipzig (28 October 95)
10 X 10000 m (mixed: 5 women, 5 men): Prado Racing Team San Diego (USA), 6:01:35.72 hrs, San Diego (19 June 2011) VIDEO
100 x 10000 m: , 69:06:52 hrs, team 'Stros, Trolls, Clones, Dogs, & Co.' (the majority of the runners coming from Richards High School, Shepard High School, Trinity Christian College, and Moraine Valley Community College), 25-28 June 2015, Alan B. Shepard High School, Palos Heights, Illinois, USA DETAILS / DETAILS about the previous record
24 X 1 hour: AAC Amsterdam (Netherlands), 418.97 km, Amsterdam (29-30 April 87)
24 X 1 hour (on a treadmill): LG Laufzentrum Wipptal (Italy), 408.800 km [254.0 mi] 12/13 May 2007 at Brennerexpo 2007
100 miles (10 runners): Lockport High School, Lockport, New York (USA) 7:27:55.6 hours (16 June 1968) DETAILS
1000 km (10 runners): Sparta Copenhagen (Denmark): 67:17:33 hrs, Copenhagen (1-3 May 92)
24 hours (10 runners): Puma Tyneside RC (Great Britain): 487,343 km [302.281 mi], Jarrow (10-11 September 94)
24 hours (10 runners, women): LG Kappelberg (Germany): 378,55 km, Mörlenbach (1982)
A record for the 24 x 1 hour decathlon was established by LG Freiberg/Neckar (Germany) on 3/4 July 1993. Each of the 24 athletes had to perform a decathlon within an hour, and the final aggregate result was 104098 points.
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Beshear Signs Corrections Bill Into Law
Posted byTony McVeigh	 March 3, 2011
Landmark legislation designed to ease prison overcrowding in Kentucky has been signed into law by Governor Steve Beshear.
Among those recognized during signing ceremonies at the State Capitol were Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tom Jensen, and Representative John Tilley, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.
"In discussing the bill last week with a reporter and writer from The Economist, the weekly news magazine, he said to me and submitted that he thought it was not bipartisan, but it was non-partisan," said Tilley. "And I frankly think that's accurate. I don't think it could have been any more non-partisan than it was, and I think that led to the success of what you see today."
The legislation, which cleared the House 96-1 and the Senate 38-0, empasizes treatment, probation and parole, over incarceration, for non-violent drug offenders. It's expected to ease prison overcrowding and save the state 422-million dollars over ten years.
Posted byTony McVeigh March 3, 2011 Posted inLocal News, PoliticsTags: corrections bill, Frankfort, General Assembly, Governor, john tilley, Law, steve beshear
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Veteran broadcast journalist Tony McVeigh has been covering Kentucky politics since 1986, reporting for Clear Channel Communications before joining Kentucky Public Radio in 2004. His stories are aired by seven KPR affiliates, whose signals blanket the Commonwealth and parts of surrounding states. McVeigh began his broadcasting career at WRFC in Athens, Georgia, while earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia. He has extensive anchor/reporter experience, including stints with South Carolina Network and Georgia Radio News Service in Atlanta. In 2007 and 2008, McVeigh was named Best Radio Reporter in the Kentucky Associated Press Awards. He also picked up consecutive AP Awards for Best Political Coverage. McVeigh won four Kentucky AP Awards in 2009, six in 2010 - including Best Political Coverage and Best Hard News Feature - and three in 2011. His coverage of the 2007 Kentucky governor's race topped the Political Reporting category of the Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Awards of 2008. In 2009, McVeigh placed second in Courts and Law Reporting in the Atlanta-based competition for journalists in 11 Southern states. McVeigh is also the proud recipient of an Individual Liberty Award from the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The Brunswick, Georgia, native is a die-hard UGA football fan who enjoys photography, astronomy, live music, hiking Kentucky's Red River Gorge and exploring the state's beautiful back roads. McVeigh and his big, fat, black cat Simon, reside in Frankfort, KY.	View more posts
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Cognitive Enhancers: A Real Life 'Limitless' or a Dangerous Fad?
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Imagine a world where we could access 100% of our brain capacity. Now stop imagining, because we already can.
The new CBS show "Limitless," premiering this fall, expands on the 2011 movie of the same name. The premise involves the invention of a pill, NZT, which allows the hero, Brian Finch, to use 100% of his brain capacity. But what most people don't seem to realize is, we're already more than able to use 100% of our brains.
The only issue? Everyone uses 100% of their brains. The idea that we only use 10% of our brain capacity is a myth that has been perpetuated since the early 1900s. Just last year, the movie 'Lucy' capitalized on what is widely known as "The Silliest Lie Known to Neuroscience" to tell its story of a woman's mission of revenge.
In her article "The 10 Percent of Brain Myth," psychologist Kendra Cherry states what many neuroscientists have been yelling at TV and Theater screens for years. Sci-Fi has been lying to us.
"Brain imaging scans clearly show that almost all regions of the brain are active during even fairly routine tasks such as talking, walking, and listening to music."
If we really want to improve Brian Finch's cognitive abilities, a pill that grants us the ability to do what every thinking human being can do is not going to help him much.
Luckily, we have options.
Cognitive Enhancement Devices, or CEDs, are already available and in use today. CEDs on the market today include transcranial direct current simulators, transcranial magnetic stimulation, cranial electrotherapy stimulators, and neurofeedback equipment. While these names might all sound a bit baffling, they all have a similar end result. CEDs, like NeuroStar TMS Therapy and the Fisher Wallace Stimulator, can be used for medical or therapeutic treatments for disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, there are also CEDs available for anyone who just want their brain to work faster, more efficiently, more creatively, or even control their emotions.
One of the many CEDs available for purchase is Thync, a device that promotes itself with the tagline, "How good feels." Thync marketers rename the slightly scary sounding "transcranial current stimulators" to the more consumer-friendly "vibes." You can choose between Calm Vibes to "settle down and overcome anxious moments," or Energy Vibes to "invigorate you for peak performance." For just $299, you can get your very own Thync headset that will ship out sometime this September, just in time to get you psyched for the "Limitless" premier, or calm you down when they try to recirculate the cliched 10% myth.
Does it sound like some sketchy device used in a sci-fi dystopia by robot overlords to control the emotional human population?
-Yes.
But is it actually sketchy?
-Well, yes...
CEDs used for conditions like depression are regulated by organizations such as the EU Medical Devices Directive. However, if the device does not claim itself as a therapeutic device to be used as treatment for a specific diagnosis, the CED is not subject to medical regulation. In Europe, CEDs are only required to pass product safety requirements, even they change the electrical activity of the brain. Some of the risks of using CEDs are as mild such as sensitive skin at the headset contact point, but some fear that with a lack of industry regulation, new CEDs could emerge that could damage a user's brain and even cause seizures.
Is it worth the risk? That's up to for you to decide with all 100% of your brain capacity, because you shouldn't be fooled by shows like Limitless and movies like Lucy...our brains might not be firing on all cylinders, but they're certainly firing on more than 10% of them.
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Sirhan Sirhan's parole is a story of doubly silly decisions to hollow out the criminal-justice system.
Last Friday, two California parole board commissioners recommended release for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted a half century ago of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy—then a senator and presidential candidate. Two of Kennedy's eight living children—one of whom, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is a conspiracy theorist who maintains that someone else shot his father—supported the ruling. It also received the tacit endorsement of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, the "progressive prosecutor" whose policy is never to send one of his attorneys to parole hearings.
Sirhan may yet remain behind bars. The two commissioners' ruling is subject to review by the full board and to the veto of Governor Gavin Newsom, who could choose to deny parole. Six of Kennedy's children, including former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, have called on both authorities to act against Sirhan's release.
But even if Sirhan is not ultimately set free, his case will highlight a double absurdity of the criminal-justice-reform movement: that of ignoring the particulars of any case in staking out a universal opposition to tough punishment. It is this absurdity that led the state of California to fail to execute Sirhan 50 years ago and, in turn, to the possibility that he could be set free today.
Explaining his vote, parole commissioner Robert Barton cited new requirements to consider Sirhan's age at the time of the crime (24) and his current health (deteriorating at age 77). He also weighed Sirhan's prison education. This is a familiar logic of reformists: the offender was too young then to be culpable; now he is too old to be a threat; and anyway, he has reformed himself. It relies on a utilitarian theory of punishment: we punish to reduce the risk of crime, and when someone is no longer a risk, there is no reason to punish.
Such analysis can be useful as a policy matter, but Sirhan's case demonstrates how it can slide into moral vacuity. By considering only general characteristics such as age and education, this logic obfuscates the particularity of the crime. Assassination of a political leader is a uniquely grievous offense. RFK's death deprived not only a person of his life and a family of its father, but America of a leader. In punishing the assassin, the state takes retribution on behalf of both the individual killed and of itself, as the assassin by his action challenges the legitimacy of the state.
This obfuscation is Gascón's fault. At Sirhan's last hearing, in 2016, the D.A.'s office clearly stated its view that "the seriousness and the gravamen of the crimes committed by this prisoner are too abhorrent to justify his release." This is a claim not about utility, but about the talionic consideration of justice—asking, before we weigh utilitarian factors, what an offender actually deserves for his crime.
To this retributive argument, some might retort that a 50-year sentence is more than enough punishment. But in the American tradition, the customary consequence for assassination has been either life without parole or death. The people of California apparently agreed when they sentenced Sirhan to the gas chamber in 1969. Had he been executed as promised, there would now be no debate about the legitimacy of his sentence.
But he was not executed, thanks to 1972's People v. Anderson, the California supreme court case that invalidated the state's death penalty as "cruel or unusual," in contravention of the state constitution. In Anderson, the court similarly put aside the specific question of whether certain people deserve death, instead insisting on a general rejection of capital punishment. As a result, both Sirhan and Charles Manson escaped execution.
It's in the most extreme situations that unsteady logic collapses. If your account of justice leads you to the conclusion that it is unfair to put Charles Manson to death, then the proper response is not to reaffirm your principles but to reevaluate them. Similarly, if your commitment to criminal justice "reform" leads you to conclude that it's not even worth sending prosecutors to oppose the release of an infamous assassin, then your commitment needs reconsideration.
Sirhan Sirhan deserved a harsher punishment. But total commitment to a general theory of our justice system's brokenness blinds California officials to the particulars of his case—and therefore to those of all cases. Justice, in the sense of giving each his desert, is first and foremost about particulars. It is impossible to achieve through generalities alone.
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.
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Capitals and Abacuses from the Narthex of the Collegiale de Saint-Melaine de Preuilly-sur-Claise (The Annunciation)
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Central France, Southern Touraine, mid-12th century
Limestone with traces of paint
Overall: 51.5 x 63.5 x 37.8 cm (20 1/4 x 25 x 14 7/8 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance in memory of his beloved wife, Elisabeth DeWitt Severance 1930.18
The current installation of these capitals is based on photographs of their original placement in Saint-Melanie. Measured drawings helped restore the original height, space separations, and distances between the two larger capitals. These larger capitals present the Nativity, Annunciation, and Visitation. To the medieval mind, these themes established the entrance of God into human history: God became man. The left capital presents a theophany-Christ in Majesty flanked by censing angels-and conflates Ascension and Second Coming iconography, characteristic of many 12th-century portals. The image shows Christ triumphant, ascending into heaven, and implies his ultimate return on Judgment Day. The remaining capitals present other themes characteristic of the period. The scene on the right depicts the punishment of Luxuria, a figure representing a cardinal sin, attacked by demons, snakes, and toads. Other capitals suggest more such punishments. Notice the array of fantastic creatures and torments: basilisks drinking from a chalice, warriors astride fantastic quadrupeds, a man riding two attacking lions, winged beasts with human heads, and griffins interlaced with a mask.
Collegiale of St. Melaine at Preuilly-sur-Claise; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey, & Co., New York).
Scheifele, Eleanor L.. "A French Romanesque Capital of Daniel in the Lions' Den." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 3 (1994): 46-83. Reproduced: p. 50; Mentioned: p. 51, 76 www.jstor.org
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Gift of John L. Severance in memory of his beloved wife, Elisabeth DeWitt Severance


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Dress Code Non-restrictive, warm clothing.
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The practice of archery was a legal requirement for Englishmen during the medieval ages to help defend us from invaders.
Henry the VIII banned football as men were playing football rather than practising with their bows.
He was also the first man ever to own a pair of purpose-built football boots. Slightly hypocritical perhaps?
The archery practise field was known as "the butts" (a target was called a 'butt'). You'll see evidence of this in most towns and cities with streets still named "The Butts".
Big screen Robin Hoods include; Sean Connery, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner.
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