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INSIGHTS INTO CHRISTIAN ESOTERISM by René Guénon
The very concept of 'folklore' as it is commonly understood rests on the radically false idea that there exist `popular creations', spontaneous products of the masses; and one can immediately see the close relationship between this way of looking at things and 'democratic' prejudices. As bas been quite rightly said, 'the profound interest of all so-called popular traditions lies above all in the fact that they are not popular in origin'; and we would add that if, as is almost always the case, we are dealing with elements that are traditional in the true sense of the word, however deformed, diminished, or fragmentary they may sometimes be, and with things of real symbolic value, then their origin, far from being popular, is not even human.
What may be popular is uniquely the fact of 'survival' when these elements come from traditional forms that have disappeared; and in this respect the term 'folklore' takes en a meaning very near to that of 'paganism", taking the Jatter in its etymological sense and with no polemical er abusive intent.
The people thus preserve, without understanding them, the debris of ancient traditions sometimes even reaching back to a past toe remote to be determined and which is therefore consigned to the obscure domain of `prehistory'; and in so doing they function as a more or less 'sub-conscious" collective memory, of which the content has manifestly come from somewhere else. (This is an essentially "lunar' function, and it should be noted that, astrologically, the popular masses effectively correspond to the moon', which at the same time indicates their purely passive nature, incapable of initiative or spontaneity.)
What may seem most astonishing is that, when we go to the root of the matter, the things so conserved are found to contain in a more or less veiled form a considerable body of esoteric data, that is, what is least 'popular' in essence, and this fact of itself suggests an explanation that we will lay out in a few words.
When a traditional form is on the verse of extinction, its last representatives may very well deliberately entrust to this collective memory of which we have just spoken what would otherwise be irrevocably lost.
This, in short, is the only way to save what can, at least in some measure, be saved; and, at the same time, the natural incomprehension of the masses is a sufficient guarantee that what-ever possesses an esoteric character will not be despoiled in the process but will remain as a sort of witness to the past for those in later times who may be capable of understanding it.
Having said this, we see no reason without closer examination to attribute to 'folklore' everything that pertains to traditions other than Christianity, as though the latter alone were an exception; such seems to be Waite's intention however when he accepts this attribution for all the 'pre-Christian'—and especially the Celtic—elements in the Grail legends.
From the perspectine of the explanation just given there is no traditional form that is privileged; the only distinction to be made is between forms that have disappeared and these stil living. The issue then comes down to knowing whether or not the Celtic tradition was really no longer living when the legends in question were being elaborated, and this is at least debatable:
on the one hand, this tradition may have endured longer than is com-monly believed, with a more or less bidden organization; en the other, the legends thernselves may be far older than the 'critics' imagine; not that there need have been texts now lost (we do not believe this any more than Waite does), but there may have been an oral transmission that lasted several centuries, which would not be at all exceptional.
For our part, we see here the sign of a `conjuncture' between two traditional forms, one ancient and the other then still new, the Celtic and the Christian, a conjuncture through which what was to be conserved of the first was, as it were, incorporated into the second, no doubt being modified in its ontward form to some extent by adaptation and assimilation, but not by transposition to another plane as Waite would have it, for there are equivalences between all regular traditions.
The issue therefore is quite other than a simple question of `sources' as understood by the erudite.lt would perhaps be difficult to specify exactly when and where this conjuncture occurred, but this has only a secondary and primarily historical interest; it is, moreover, easy to imagine that such events are unlikely to leave traces in written `documents'.
Perhaps the `Celtic' or 'Culdean' church merits more attention in this regard than Waite seems disposed to grant it; its very name might lead one to think so, and there is nothing improbable in the suggestion that behind this church there may have been something of a different order, no longer religious, but initiatic, for, like all that pertains to links between different traditions, what is here in question necessarily derives from the initiatic or esoterie domain. Exoterism, whether religious or not, never goes beyond the limits of the traditional form to which it properly belongs; whatever goes beyond these limits cannot belong to a `church' as such, which can only be its external 'support', a point we shall have occasion to return to later.
Another observation concerning symbolism more particularly here imposes itself: there are symbols that are common to the most diverse and widespread traditional forms, not as a result of `borrowings', which would in many cases be quite impossible, but because they really belong to the primorclial tradition whence, directly or indirectly, all these forms have issued.
This is precisely the case with the vase or cup. Why should what relates thereto be merely 'folklore' when present in 'pre-Christian' traditions, whereas in Christianity alone it is an essentially 'eucharistic symbol? The assimilations envisaged by Bournouf and others like him are not to be rejected here, but rather the `naturalistic' interpretations some have wished to impose on Christianity as on everything else, interpretations that are in fact nowhere valid. What needs to be done, then, runs exactly contrary to the procedure of Waite, who, confining himself to external and superficial explanations, which he takes on faith so long as they do not concern Christianity, sees radically different and unrelated meanings where there are only more or less multiple aspects of the same symbol or of its various applications.
It would no doubt have been otherwise had he not been hampered by his preconceived notion of a sort of difference in kind between Christianity and other traditions. Likewise, though Waite quite rightly rejects any application to the Grail legend of theories that make appeal to so-called 'gods of vegetation', it is regrettable that he should be much less clear about the ancient mysteries, which never had anything in common with this quite recently invented `naturalism; `gods of vegetation' and other such fictions have never existed save in the imagination of Fraser (Sir James G. Fraser, author of The Golden Bough). En and others of his ilk whose anti-traditional intentions are not in doubt. …
Read the Book: INSIGHTS INTO CHRISTIAN ESOTERISM by René Guénon
René Guénon
René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon( 15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyá, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from sacred science and traditional studies, to symbolism and initiation.
During the 1920s, when Guénon was moving in the coteries of French Catholicism, he turned his attention to some aspects of Europe's spiritual heritage. As well as numerous articles on such subjects as the Druids, the Grail, Christian symbolism, and folkloric motifs, Guénon produced several major works in this field, including The Esoterism of Dante (1925), St. Bernard (1929), and The Symbolism of the Cross (1931). Another work, – Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power(1929), was occasioned by certain contemporary controversies.
The quintessential Guénon is to be found in two works that tied together some of his central themes: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), and his masterpiece, The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (1945). The themes of these two books had been rehearsed in an earlier one, East and West (1924). The books mounted an increasingly elaborate and merciless attack on the foundations of the contemporary European world-view.
In 1930, Guénon left Paris for Cairo. During his lengthy sojourn in Egypt, René Guénon carried on an austere and simple life, entirely dedicated to his writings and spiritual development. In 1949, he obtained Egyptian citizenship. Sedgwick wrote about Guénon's life in Egypt that even though he continued his interest in Hinduism and other religions, Guénon's own practice was purely Islamic. He is "not known ever to have recommended anyone to become a Hindu, whereas he introduced many to Islam".[
While Guénon's influence remains minimal in the Western academic community at large, he is the seminal influence in the development of traditionalism. Along with Coomaraswamy and Schuon, he forms what one commentator has called "the great triumvirate" of the traditionalist school. Like other traditionalists, Guénon did not perceive his work as an exercise in creativity or personal "originality", repeatedly emphasizing that in the metaphysical domain there is no room for "individualist considerations" of any kind. In a letter to a friend he wrote, "I have no other merit than to have expressed to the best of my ability some traditional ideas." When reminded of the people who had been profoundly influenced by his writings, he calmly replied "… such disposition becomes a homage rendered to the doctrine expressed by us in a way that is totally independent of any individualistic consideration."
Most traditionalists regard Guénon as the "providential interpreter of this age." It was his role to remind a forgetful world, "in a way that can be ignored but not refuted, of first principles, and to restore a lost sense of the Absolute."


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Casting call for Iao Theater's 'Matilda' draws girls far and wide
By Matthew Gurewitsch, Special to the Star-Advertiser
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In show business, as in the parable of the wedding feast, few are chosen.
"How many Matildas are there in a show?" The question boomed through the Historic Iao Theater, Wailuku, in a voice of fire and brimstone.
A little-and-not-so-little-girls chorus piped up in unison. "One!"
"One," the booming voice confirmed.
One Sunday in mid-September, an intense afternoon of callbacks for "Roald Dahl's Matilda, the Musical" was drawing to a close. For the last half-hour, the musical director, Robert E. Wills, had been riding herd on all the girls under consideration for the title role to let loose in the taxing solo called "Quiet."
"In the theater we're all boys and girls," Wills had earlier decreed, "no matter how old we are."
Like Tim Minchin's entire score for the show, "Quiet" layers intricate vocal writing on top of tongue-twisting lyrics and plenty of them. Now Wills was steeling the young hopefuls and very possibly also himself for the coming crunch.
"You never know why a person gets chosen," Wills continued, giving it to them straight. "Maybe they wanted someone with red hair. Maybe they wanted someone with blond hair. Or they were looking for someone taller or shorter or older or younger. If you didn't get the part, you're still very good! What you've been doing here, sight-reading this difficult music — that was hard."
You remember Matilda, the elfin 5-1/2-year-old who gets back at her cartoonishly hateful parents with seriously wicked pranks? Who to the amazement of her teacher Miss Honey can rattle off the answer to 14 times 19 on her first day of school and has already taught herself to read Dickens and Hemingway and "The Sound and the Fury." Matilda, who when push comes to shove bests the hammer-throwing, tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull with strategic deployments of mind over matter.
"People say it's about girl power," says Jennifer Rose, the director of the show, who observed most of the auditions in silence, from the shadows. "I say it's also just about personal power, about taking action, right action. I love it that Matilda's such a good student but appropriately just a little bit naughty. That's a positive message for kids and grown-ups. Really, Matilda's story is all of our story. We're the only ones who are going to make a change in our own story. We can't wait around."
The stage, it often seems, is like an air terminal, where passengers' trajectories converge for a spell before dispersing again to who knows what future destinations. The audition process in Wailuku had turned up a bumper crop of potential Matildas.
Angular Matildas and willowy Matildas. Petite Matildas and long-stemmed Matildas.
A sassy, round-faced big sister (at a guess) who loves to toss her lion's mane.
A pre-Raphaelite imp with tumbling curls of flame who keeps her chin down and peers out from under shy, mischievous eyebrows, missing nothing. To her left, a serious, dark-eyed dreamer, poised as a ballerina.
A pale Renaissance Madonna minus only the halo. A square-shouldered, easygoing rodeo rat (another guess) aglow with a touch of late-summer sun.
Tackling Tim Minchin was not the only curve thrown the girls' way that afternoon. For starters, Camille Romero, the choreographer, had been putting them through their paces in a spiffy movement combination, not only to test their speed and quickness with the steps, but also on the lookout for those all-important sparks of personality.
Dancing along with the Matildas at that point were 14 other players who had survived the first cut, including four boys, ages 11 to 17, offering another study in contrasts: the loose-limbed surfer dude, the junior fashion plate a season or two away from his first print campaign for Armani, a crown prince straight out of "The King and I," a best friend who goes first only if the teacher makes him. Tryouts, especially with the youngest actors, make a casting director of anyone.
Visitors from capitals like London and New York, where theater is king, think of Maui, if they think of Maui, for the ocean, the beaches and maybe the sunrise over Haleakala. Yet if you're local and the stage is a thing you live for, the playhouses on island can keep you crazy busy.
Just ask Marsi Smith, who says she likes nothing better than to go straight from show to show. And sure enough, she opened at the Iao Theater in the speaking role of the cougar Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate," adapted from the Mike Nichols movie, two weeks to the day since she raised her hand for her next assignment.
It happened to be midafternoon on Friday the 13th when she bounced with the announcement, "I'm here for Matilda!" Then she lit into "Always True to You (In My Fashion)," the bouncy material-girl confession from the Cole Porter classic "Kiss Me, Kate," and just crushed it.
"I stand 4 foot 10 without my heels, which I'm never without," Smith said later, "so people tease me, not all in jest, about playing children's parts. This time I thought I'd tease them first. Hey, you never know!"
No, you never do. "Say," said Wills, after Smith aced it and vanished, "suppose we cast this thing age-reversed. Kids in the grown-up parts, grown-ups as kids?"
"That would be interesting," Rose drawled. "Let's not do that."
Rather than Matilda, Smith landed Matilda's mother, Mrs. Wormwood, a gargoyle who teases her hair out to there, sings like an air-raid siren and barrels through her competition rumba like a runaway locomotive. Her big number ("Loud") is a cruel catalog of zingers fired at the mousy but caring Miss Honey, played by Sara Jelley, a Maui favorite since her breakthrough in the title role of "Mary Poppins."
Dale Bottom, a local fixture, went up for the drag part of the sadistic Miss Trunchbull and got it, which cannot have surprised him; Francis Tuau, another familiar face, returns as Matilda's father, Mr. Wormwood, the flashiest used-car salesman in the U.K.'s 48 counties and the crookedest.
If such choices for the grown-up leads almost made themselves, casting the kids has to have been agony. "This isn't really a big kid show," Rose explains. "There aren't a ton of kids in it, just 16. We cast maybe a third of the people who auditioned. We didn't have roles for everyone."
And what about Matilda? With seven to choose from, how could Rose and Wills and Romeo settle on just one?
"As a matter of fact, in this case," Rose replies, "two Matildas are gonna swing. Partly because it's kids and so many were so capable, and partly because on two Saturdays in December, we've got two shows. That's a lot."
Depending on the date, you'll be watching Calilynn Salzer, the pre-Raphaelite imp, or Shayla Sanchez, with the poise of a ballerina. How to choose? It won't be easy.
'MATILDA'
Presented by Maui Onstage
>> Where: The Historic Iao Theater, 68 N. Market St., Wailuku
>> When: Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 29-Dec. 14; Saturday, 2 p.m., Dec. 7, 14; Sunday, 3 p.m. Dec. 1, 8; Sunday 6 p.m., Dec. 15
>> Cost: $20-40
>> Info: 242-6969 or mauionstage.com
Matthew Gurewitsch comes to Hawaii from three decades in New York as a cultural commentator for The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other media. Browse his archive at beyondcriticism.com.


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Are there more Hmong coming to the United States?
There are no more Hmong coming to Wisconsin nor the U.S. As stated earlier, the last group of Hmong refugee families that came to the United States from Thailand was between June 2004 and May 2006. About 70% of the 650 Hmong refugees that came to Central Wisconsin resettled in the greater Wausau area.
There are still several thousand (7,000) Hmong refugees in Thailand, but the U.S. government has no plan to bring them to this country. The Thai and Lao governments had decided to repatriate the Hmong in Thailand back to Laos. The repatriation has already begun in small numbers. There is fear that the Lao government would imprison or even persecute Hmong leaders and men who were returned because of their roles during the Vietnam War under the United States CIA.
Do the Hmong want to integrate into American society?
The Hmong are integrating into American society. They are making great strides during the past 30 years. A significant number of Hmong are graduating from high schools and colleges. 95% of all able body Hmong-Americans are participating in the local workforce. Nearly 70% of all Hmong families have become homeowners. In addition, a growing number of Hmong families are starting family-run businesses. These businesses include grocery stores, restaurants, specialty clothing stores, video shops, and small manufacturing.
For the most part, Hmong children are doing well in schools. An increasing number of Hmong high school graduates have gone on to colleges or universities. Many have graduated from college and are returning to the community to work and serve as bridges between the Hmong and the larger communities. There are Hmong doctors, teachers, school counselors, nurses, social workers, bankers, businessmen, insurance agent, elected officials, and many others.
The majority of Hmong have become U.S. citizens. The Hmong-Americans are getting more involved in the community, and generally doing the varied things that one would expect in any community. In essence, they have become productive and contributing members of the community.
What is the Hmong population in Central Wisconsin?
There are approximately 9,000 Hmong living in Central Wisconsin (Marathon, Portage and Wood Counties), which make the area the second largest Hmong population in the state. Marathon County has more than 6,000 Hmong residents. Hmong-Americans comprise approximately 12% (4,700) of Wausau's residents, making the city of Wausau the highest per capita Hmong population in the state and in the U.S.
What were the Hmong's roles in the Vietnam War?
In the early 1960's, the U.S. CIA sought out the Hmong and recruited them to fight a "secret war" against the North Vietnamese communists and the Pathet Lao. The Hmong played many critical roles under the directions of the U.S. CIA, including disrupting the communist North Vietnamese on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, providing intelligence about enemy operations, guarding U.S. strategic installation, and rescuing downed American pilots in northern Laos.
After the War in 1975, the Hmong were singled out by the victorious communist governments of Laos and Vietnam. They were hunted down, taken to concentration camps, and persecuted. Their villages were sprayed with chemical weapons and bombed with napalm (yellow substance). It is estimated that more than 10% (35,000) of the entire Hmong population in Laos died as a result of their involvement with the United States during the Vietnam War. It is also estimated that an additional 20,000 Hmong died after 1975 because of persecution, starvation, chemical spray, drowning, and simply killed by the communist Pathet Lao. Many who survived suffered physically, mentally, and emotionally until this day.
Where do Hmong people live in the U.S.?
Since 1975, after the U.S. pulled out of South Vietnam, thousands of Hmong have moved out of Laos to seek asylum in many European and Western countries. About 230,000 Hmong are now living in the United States, with the majority living in the states
of California (80,000), Minnesota (70,000) and Wisconsin (50,000). The remaining numbers are scattered in other states (MI, CO, NC, SC, FL, KS, MO, OH, RI, WA).
Who are the Hmong?
The Hmong have a long history dated back about 5,000 years; however, there are conflicting stories about early Hmong history as to where they lived. According to scholars, the Hmong have lived in China for at least 2,000 years. Many wars and uprisings were noted in early centuries with the majority Chinese. In response, the Hmong began constant movement within China to maintain freedom and preserve their culture. Some Chinese Dynasties welcomed the Hmong; most tried to enslave them.
References to the Miao, the larger ethnic group to which they belong, can be found in Chinese literature dating from the first century CE. Miao is considered derogatory by many non-Chinese Hmong, though it is still in common use in China
The term Hmong came into use, often translated as meaning "free" or "free people." The Hmong had no written language in the early years. Therefore, folktales were developed during this time and have been orally recited ever since, passing from one generation to the next.
As a result of constant fighting and being conquered and taken over by the Chinese, some Hmong decided to flee to Southeast Asia. In the 18th century, large numbers of Hmong migrated to Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Thailand in response to the oppressive Qing Dynasty ruling in China. Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand now have some of the largest Hmong populations after China.
Before the 1960's, the Hmong lived in small villages located in the mountainous areas in the central and northern part of Laos. For many decades, they were able to live peacefully by raising live stocks and doing agricultural farming to support their families. They were independence and enjoyed the freedom that they came to seek.
Since 1975, about half of the Hmong in Laos escaped to seek refuge in Thailand. Most of them have moved to a third country to seek freedom and opportunities for themselves and their children. Now, Hmong people can be found in many countries around the world including China, Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, and the United States.
Why are the Hmong in Wisconsin?
As political refugees, the Hmong sought a new life in the United States. They were resettled by church organizations such as Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Service. Area churches sponsored Hmong families here in Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Approximately 50,000 Hmong Americans now live in many communities across Wisconsin.
The latest phase of Hmong refugee resettlement in the U.S. took place between June 2004 and May 2006. More than 3,000 Hmong refugees were sponsored by their families or relatives in Wisconsin to reunite with them in the state.
Why does the Hmong population in Wisconsin continue to grow?
Hmong culture places great importance on the family. Most Hmong move to Wisconsin from other states to join with families, relatives, and clan leaders. Wisconsin also provides opportunities for Hmong families struggling to create a new life in the United States. In addition, Wisconsin cities offer a peaceful and healthy lifestyle as well as good educational opportunities for both children and adults. Furthermore, Wisconsin provides agricultural opportunities such as farming and gardening for many Hmong families.
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Apple is generous with information when it releases a new product, but some of those product's details may be difficult to ferret out of Apple pronouncements and presentations. Confounded by the what, how, why, and where of the new iPhone 5? We spare you from having to waste your time digging by answering your every iPhone 5 question with clarity.
When can I get the new iPhone 5?
You can start pre-ordering the phone online as of 12:01 PT a.m. on September 14. The phone will be available beginning September 21 in the U.S. Doors at Apple Stores will open at 8 a.m. local time on that day. In addition to this country, the new iPhone also goes on sale in Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore on September 21.
Apple says that the iPhone 5 will be available in 20 more countries starting September 28, and in 100 countries by year's end.
Which carriers are offering the iPhone 5?
We're going to assume you're asking that question from within the borders of the U.S. (And if not and you're wondering which telecoms offer LTE outside the U.S. see this Apple document.) If that's the case, then AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon are your wireless service providers for nationwide coverage, just like they were when the iPhone 4S debuted. Note that the Big Three are going to want you to sign a two-year service agreement. Assuming you're not obligated to stick with your existing carrier, you should check the coverage maps for AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint—particularly for LTE coverage—to get a sense of which carrier best serves your needs before you commit to them for the next two years.
Any no-contract carriers or regional carriers?
Yes: Cricket, which jumped into the iPhone fray earlier this year with no-contract, prepaid service for the iPhone 4 and 4S, will be doing the same with the latest iPhone. The catch is, you'll have to wait, though not terribly long. Cricket will begin offering its no-contract plan for the iPhone 5 on September 28. That's a week after AT&T, et al start selling the phone. Note that since Cricket can't count on two years of service fees from you, it makes you pay up for an unsubsidized iPhone. The company hasn't announced pricing yet, but in the case of the iPhone 4S, that was $500 for a 16GB model.
Can I use FaceTime over cellular with the iPhone 5?
It's up to your carrier. Sprint and Verizon place no limits on the feature, which lets you video chat even when you don't have a Wi-Fi connection. AT&T requires that you purchase a Mobile Share plan to use the feature.
Can I talk and use data at the same time on Verizon?
"iPhone 5 was designed to allow simultaneous voice calling on the Verizon Wireless network while browsing the Internet over Wi-Fi," Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney told Macworld. "This is no different from the current iPhone 4S." So it seems that even if you're using Verizon's cellular network (including its LTE service) you can't use voice and data at the same time.
How much does the iPhone 5 cost? How many models are there?
Like the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5 comes in three different capacities, available in two color options. The colors are just a smidgen different this time around: There's black with a slate back, and white with an aluminum silver back.
Pricing and storage options match the iPhone 4S: $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB. Of course, all those prices require two-year carrier contracts. At this writing, Apple hasn't yet offered details on pricing for an unlocked iPhone 5. The unlocked iPhone 4S cost $649 for the 16GB version, $749 for 32GB, and $849 for 64GB.
Great question. You can check your upgrade eligibility at Apple's website. AT&T customers can also dial *639# from their iPhones to receive a text message with upgrade details. Note that if you bought an iPhone 4S at the time of its year-ago release, those $199-$399 pricing options aren't likely to be available to you; you'll have to pay full price for the new phone.
The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch screen. That's a change from every prior iPhone, which used a smaller 3.5-inch screen. Screen measurements look at the diagonal length, and the iPhone 5's screen isn't any wider than its predecessors—just taller. As a result, Apple packed a fifth row of icons onto the iPhone 5's home screen.
The screen also packs in a lot of pixels—326 pixels per inch, as a matter of fact, on a 1136×640 display. And that means more room for your apps: Apple is redesigning all of the built-in apps that ship with the iPhone to fit more data on the new model's larger screen.
Does that mean my current apps are going to need to be rewritten to work on the new iPhone?
Only if they want to also get more information on the screen. Wednesday's press event, for example, featured demos of an updated OpenTable app for the iPhone that brought in a lot of elements from the iPad version's interface. As for existing apps, they'll work just fine on the new iPhone, even without an update. But they will feature black bars around the edges—on the side for apps running in landscape mode, on the top and bottom in portrait orientation—to fill in the extra screen space. On the bright side, old apps won't need to be stretched or scaled when they run on the iPhone 5.
With the bigger screen, the iPhone 5 must be awfully heavy, right?
Not so! It's actually slimmer and lighter than the iPhone 4S, Apple says. The iPhone 5 is just 7.6mm thick, and weighs 112 grams.
Is that it? Just taller? No other under-the-hood changes?
Both cameras—the front- and rear-facing ones—are updated on the iPhone 5. The networking—both wireless and cellular—is improved, with new LTE support and Bluetooth 4.0. The audio's better, and there's a new dock connector port called Lightning, too.
Break it down for me. Start with the cameras: What's new there?
The rear-facing camera gets an update with a new dynamic low-light mode and sapphire lens cover, and leverages image processing technology new to the A6 chip. The front-facing camera gets an upgrade, too; it's now a FaceTime HD 720p HD camera.
The iPhone 5's camera allows you to take photos while you're shooting video, which is a first for an iPhone. That sapphire lens cover should not only protect the lens, but also make images look cleaner and sharper, Apple claims. And, along with the iPhone 4S in iOS 6, the iPhone 5 offers a built-in option called Panorama, for taking stitched-together panoramic shots.
You mentioned improved networking and LTE support?
Indeed, we did. New to the iPhone 5 is support for LTE. That's on top of the GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, HSPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSDPA options the iPhone 4S already offered.
With LTE support, the iPhone 5 can connect to the fastest cellular networks in the U.S. Apple offers a webpage detailing the precise breakdown of which U.S. carriers support which LTE networks. The AT&T iPhone 5 supports only two LTE bands; the Sprint and Verizon model supports five. If you plan to travel internationally and want your iPhone to work on European or Asian cellular networks, note that AT&T's model won't do for you.
LTE partners for the iPhone 5 include Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon in the U.S, and Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, and more in Canada. Schiller said there are "plenty" of LTE partners in Asia, Australia, the UK, and Germany, with lots of DC-HSDPA support in Europe as well.
That's a very prescient question. The answer is yes. The iPhone 5 supports 802.11 a/b/g/n standards, and works on both the 2.4GHz and, for the first time, 5GHz spectrums. Apple claims that gives the iPhone 5 a maximum theoretical download speed of 150Mbps.
That LTE technology and larger screen must be a massive battery drain. What's battery life like?
We haven't yet gotten our hands on an iPhone 5 to put the battery through its paces. But Apple claims that the iPhone 5's battery actually lasts longer than the iPhone 4S's. The company says that you can expect eight hours of 3G talk time, browsing, and LTE browsing; ten hours of Wi-Fi browsing; ten hours of video; 40 hours of music; and 225 hours of standby time.
Lightning is Apple's name for the new 8-pin, all-digital connector in use by the iPhone 5 (along with several new iPods). It replaces the 30-pin dock connector of old.
Apple says that the Lightning technology is more durable than the dock connector it replaces. The plug is reversible, like a MagSafe adapter, meaning you don't have to worry about which way is up.
So I guess my old accessories are worthless now?
Depends on what you're willing to spend. Apple's offering a pair of Lightning adapters: A $29 dongle that plugs into a Lightning port on one end, and offers a dock connector port on the other, and a $39 cable that does the same thing.
Without at least one of those, yes, your old docks, chargers, and cables are about as useful as a SCSI terminator. Obviously, AirPlay speakers will continue to work with the iPhone 5 just fine.
If you have any old iPhone 4/4S cases lying around, unsurprisingly, those won't fit the taller iPhone 5.
What if I want to output iPhone 5 video to a TV? What are my options?
As with the 30-pin connector, the Lightning connector supports video output; Apple told Macworld that Lightning-to-HDMI and Lightning-to-VGA cables will be available "in the coming months." In the meantime, you're restricted to AirPlay. Until those cables appear, if you want to show pictures or video from your iPhone on the big screen, you'd better have an Apple TV hooked up.
You mentioned something about audio improvements?
The iPhone 5 is the first iPhone with three microphones: One on the front, one on the back, and one on the bottom. Apple says that they work in tandem to improve noise cancellation and voice recognition. The earpiece includes better noise-cancellation now, too, Apple says.
The iPhone 5 still, like its predecessors, sports a mono speaker, but Apple says that speaker is improved, with better frequency response and better sound.
With certain carriers—though none in the U.S. so far—the iPhone 5 will support wideband audio, which should make your voice sound more normal to folks on the other end of the conversation, unlike the typically compressed sound associated with most cellphone calls.
And I think I heard something about new headphones, too?


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Sylvestre Nsanzimana (* 5. Januar 1936 in Kirago, Südprovinz, Ruanda; † 1999) war ein ruandischer Politiker und von 1991 bis 1992 Premierminister Ruandas.

Nsanzimana gehörte von 1969 bis 1971 der Regierung von Präsident Grégoire Kayibanda als Außenminister an. Darüber hinaus war er zeitweise auch Minister für Handel, Bergbau und Industrie. Später war er stellvertretender Generalsekretär der Organisation für Afrikanische Einheit (OAU) sowie Justizminister Ruandas.

Am 12. Oktober 1991 berief ihn Präsident Juvénal Habyarimana zum ersten Premierminister Ruandas nach über dreißig Jahren. Die Ernennung löste Kritik am Präsidenten aus, da dieser nicht zuvor die Ernennung mit den Parteien besprochen hatte. Dieses Amt übte er bis zu seiner Ablösung durch Dismas Nsengiyaremye am 2. April 1992 aus. Als Premierminister gehörte er dem Mouvement républicain national pour le développement an. Seit 1994 lebte er im Exil in Brüssel.

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Actor Peter Dinklage has urged "Game of Thrones" fans to stop buying huskies just because they look like direwolves.
Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister in the hit HBO series, teamed up with animal rights organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals to address an alarming trend among fans who have been adopting huskies due to their resemblance to direwolves, only to abandon the canines once the novelty wears off, reports nydailynews.com.
He said: "Please, to all of 'Game of Thrones' many wonderful fans, we understand that due to the direwolves' huge popularity, many folks are going out and buying huskies.
"Not only does this hurt all the deserving homeless dogs waiting for a chance at a good home in shelters, but shelters are also reporting that many of these huskies are being abandoned -- as often happens when dogs are bought on impulse, without understanding their needs.
"Please, please, if you're going to bring a dog into your family, make sure that you're prepared for such a tremendous responsibility and remember to always, always, adopt from a shelter."
Direwolves are well regarded by "Game of Thrones" fans due to their connection to House Stark, the series' main protagonist family. In the show's series premiere, the Stark family finds a litter of direwolf pups and adopts them, with each Stark child training and raising a wolf.
The loyal animals act as guardians and protectors to their owners throughout the course of the series, which is aired in India on Star World and Star World HD.
Dinklage is a longtime vegetarian and animal rights activist, who has previously worked with PETA on the "Face Your Food" campaign.


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Redskins Rookie Round-up: Fabian Moreau's Shift to Cornerback
By varedskinsfan@VARedskinsFan May 20, 2017, 9:00am EDT
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Redskins' third round pick: Fabian Moreau, DB, UCLA
Over the past several years, the Washington Redskins have shifted several players to new positions. After the team selected Iowa tackle Brandon Scherff with the 5th pick in the 2015 draft, they moved him to guard. Recently acquired wide receiver Terrelle Pryor spent his college days as a quarterback. DeAngelo Hall transitioned to safety and took on the challenge of learning a whole new position after 12 years as a cornerback. Quinton Dunbar, an undrafted free agent in 2015, took transitioning to a higher level, however, when he not only changed positions but suited up on the other side of the ball, going from wide receiver at Florida to cornerback in the NFL.
While rookie cornerback and third-round draft pick Fabian Moreau, from UCLA, will likely want to seek the counsel of an experienced veteran like Hall, it turns out he may have more in common with Dunbar. Moreau went into preparation for the 2012 season as a running back; a phone call from his running backs coach, Steve Broussard, changed that, and Moreau found himself, like Dunbar, on the opposite side of the ball. When Broussard asked Moreau to give cornerback a try, the player agreed. According to UCLA's paper, the Daily Bruin, Moreau later told his father, "Dad I'm going to give it a 100 percent. I'm going to give it a 110 percent if that's what it takes. I'm going to learn it and I'm going to try and be a successful corner."
Fabian Moreau as a running back at Western High School
Certainly, it's that kind of attitude that contributed to Moreau's successful switch from soccer to football in high school, and when you combine his attitude with his athleticism, Moreau's success as cornerback in college shouldn't come as a surprise. In the last season of his collegiate career, Moreau was a 12 game starter who led the Bruins in passes defended, was named honorable mention to the All-Pac-12, and tallied 32 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 1 forced fumble.
Moreau has one last change to make for now; it doesn't appear he'll sport #10 any longer. Redskins fans should look forward to seeing Moreau wearing #32R when he takes the field alongside Josh Norman, Bashaud Breeland, and the team's other cornerbacks after signing his contract and recovering from tearing his pectoral muscle back on March 21 at UCLA's Pro Day.
How much of a role do you think Moreau will have in his rookie season?
He'll be starting before the season's over.
He'll feature heavily in the team's cornerback rotation.
He'll earn some playing time but won't really challenge anyone.
He'll struggle to see a lot of playing time on Sundays.


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Q: Azure Devops Server 2019's Pipeline is getting failed while robocopy command run through bat file Hello,
I have created on bat file, that contains a lot of logic among them there is one command which I have to run to complete the whole logic of bat file. the command is robocopy with a timestamp.
MY Commands:
@echo off
echo BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY contents:
@dir %BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY% echo Over and out.

@For /F "Tokens=1-5Delims=/: " %%G In (     '""%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" \: . /NJH
/L|"%__AppDir__%find.exe" " 123""' )Do @Set "bdate=[%%I-%%H-%%G]-[%%J-%%K]"

ROBOCOPY "%BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%\Resources" "\\servername\Copy\%bdate%" /V

Note:

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*I know there is one task in Azure DevOps Server 2019 for robocopy
"Windows Machine File Copy task" but I don't want to separate tasks.

*I know there are so many arguments with robocopy that we can utilize but for checking purpose I have used only /V.
Error:
2020-04-27T04:11:04.1190482Z ##[error]Process completed with exit code 1. 2020-04-
27T04:11:04.1206512Z ##[debug]System.Exception: Process completed with exit code 1.    at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.Handlers.ProcessHandler.RunAsync()    at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.TaskRunner.RunAsync()    at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.StepsRunner.RunStepAsync(IStep step, CancellationToken
jobCancellationToken)

But the strange is ----> folder is created with timestamp and files are also copied in the destination but still, the pipeline is getting failed.
Please let me know how we can overcome this error?

A: This is more a solution to fix the very poor formatting of the code in your question.
You could have left it as one line, as I did in my previous answer to you.
@For /F "Tokens=1-5Delims=/: " %%G In ('""%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" \: . /NJH /L|"%__AppDir__%find.exe" " 123""')Do @Set "bdate=[%%I-%%H-%%G]-[%%J-%%K]"

If for easier reading/beautification purposes, you wanted to split the line over more lines, then the following two should do it:
@For /F "Tokens=1-5Delims=/: " %%G In ('%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe \: . /NJH /L^
 ^|%__AppDir__%find.exe " 123"')Do @Set "bdate=[%%I-%%H-%%G]-[%%J-%%K]"

Although this three line split would be my preferred style:
@Echo BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY contents:
@Dir "%BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%"
@Echo Over and out.
@For /F "Tokens=1-5Delims=/: " %%G In (
    '""%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" \: . /NJH /L|"%__AppDir__%find.exe" " 123""'
)Do @Set "bdate=[%%I-%%H-%%G]-[%%J-%%K]"
@"%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" "%BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%\Resources" "\\servername\Copy\%bdate%" /V

And please remember, that if you're not further using %bdate%, you  don't need to define it as a variable, (as per my previous answer to you).
@For /F "Tokens=1-5Delims=/: " %%G In ('""%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" \: . /NJH /L|"%__AppDir__%find.exe" " 123""')Do @"%__AppDir__%Robocopy.exe" "%BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%\Resources" "\\servername\Copy\[%%I-%%H-%%G]-[%%J-%%K]" /V

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The contract with Inter is resolved, and Eriksen's freedom to go where the defibrillator has no problem
Eriksen has played for Inter Milan since January 2020, having played for Tottenham Hotspur for 6.5 years. AFP photo
The 29-year-old midfielder collapsed in June of this year after suffering a cardiac arrest. It happened while he was playing for the Danish national team against Finland during the European Championship. He underwent a defibrillator implantation the following week to prevent future heart failure.
At the time, it was questionable whether Eriksen would ever play football again, but he recovered quickly. However, due to his pacemaker, he is no longer allowed to play in the Italian professional league, which has strict rules about professional sports with a heart condition.
Danish fans showed their support for Eriksen at the European Championship after his collapse a few days ago. AFP photo
Earlier this month, Eriksen was seen at a training session for his old Danish club Odense. Earlier this week, there were rumors of a termination of the contract with Inter Milan. On Friday, the club announced the termination of the contract with Eriksen by mutual consent.
This appears to be a first step towards resuming the professional career of Eriksen, who played in the Netherlands for Ajax from 2010 to 2013. In many countries, there are no rules prohibiting playing football with a pacemaker. Eriksen himself did not comment on this.
In a message on Twitter, Inter are showing their gratitude to the Dane. In it, the club calls Eriksen "forever white and blue", the colors of the Milan club. In a statement, the club wished him "all the best for the future".
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How We At Corgibytes Developed Our Core Values
Three years ago, my business partner and I were debating whether or not to give our consulting company another go. We thought long and hard and decided to dive back in. Only this time, we'd do it better. Instead of starting with the services we'd offer, we were going to start with our core values.
Working with our friends at The Spark Mill, we participated in a strategic planning retreat to help us get clarity. We emerged with the goal of building a workplace culture "centered around empathy, autonomy, and balance."
The next step was to define our core values. There were pieces of research from people like Brené Brown, Dan Pink, and Carol Dweck that we liked, so we started saying little catchphrases over and over. It took about six months of finessing, but eventually, we nailed our core values down to five. They are the nucleus of our company: the center of all decisions, big and small, for the Corgibytes executive team and staff. Here's a look at each one in detail.
Think of Others
In many technology companies today, shame is the motivational tool of choice. However, this command-and-control management style is an artifact of the manufacturing era and does not provide a competitive advantage in today's interconnected and information-rich environment. Companies that attempt to motivate through fear and ostracizing are often left wondering why their best employees, many of them women, leave en masse.
Brené Brown describes empathy, the act of thinking of others, as the antidote to shame. If we are to build a workplace where people feel respected and contribute their best selves, empathy has to be at the center. Thinking of others requires us to be vulnerable, to allow for uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. As Dr. Brown puts it; "Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness."
At Corgibytes, we each keep a daily journal as a wiki page where we practice describing our day. Journals are intentionally professional, personal, and public. Having work journals that everyone can read gives our team context into the choices we're making so we support each other as needed. We also post daily stand-up meetings where we list what's in our way. Sometimes what's blocking us is a technical issue, but it's often something personal in nature, too.
Adopt a Growth Mindset
Is intelligence fixed? People who are praised as smart or for a particular skill tend to think so. However, science is showing that this worldview severely limits human potential. At the forefront of this research is Dr. Carol Dweck, defines a growth mindset as "based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts."
High-achieving individuals with a fixed mindset are most prone to experiencing Imposter Syndrome, the feeling of not being good enough despite evidence to the contrary. Dr. Valarie Young shares how "imposter feelings crop out most during times of transition or when faced with a new challenge." Just how empathy is the antidote to shame, adopting a growth mindset is the antidote to Imposter Syndrome.
While learning something new, it is also helpful to be aware of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias where people who objectively are less skilled feel more superior and project their ability to be much higher than it is.
This concept of the duality between Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect was summarized by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell when he said: "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
Communication is Just as Important as Code
When a team is focused on solving complex problems with many interdependencies, transparent communication becomes imperative.
At Corgibytes, we eliminate the binary belief that people are "technical" or "non-technical." Everyone is expected to be both. Folks who come from a computer science background participate in sales calls and help with blog posts, and everyone, no matter their role, is expected to learn how to code.
To preserve a culture of autonomy, we push for asynchronous communication that allows people the most scheduling flexibility. To achieve this, we use the following ChatOps stack: Slack, Todoist, GitHub (including issues and wikis) Google Docs, and custom built APIs.
We have also developed a framework for reducing context switching costs based on the movie "Inception." The more ideas within ideas an individual is holding at a given time, the less prepared they are to collaborate. Synchronous collaboration works best when individuals have the opportunity to wrap up their mental models.
Routine communication occurs across teams and with clients, including daily stand-ups, daily journal entries, weekly retrospectives, weekly client check-ins.
At Corgibytes, we focus on transparent communication in a variety of ways:
All staff keeps a public work journal
Daily standups and weekly retrospectives
Encouraging pair and mob programming
Perform technical discoveries for each project
Push small commits that use the description box, which is the best source of documentation because rationale comes up when you run git blame.
Use wikis to document daily communication, environment setup, meeting notes, etc.
Calm the Chaos
Urgency leads to errors; frenzy to frustration. At Corgibytes, we focus on developing the steady working rhythm and calm mind that works best for solving complex problems. Here are some specific things we have implemented:
Eliminated office hours and company holidays. The staff is encouraged to work in a way that matches their personal productivity.
Notice how language choices can influence stress. Ex: sprint vs. iteration
Praise staff for self-care and results rather than effort.
Introduce a framework for stepping away from the keyboard to solve a complex problem: 80% of your brain, 80% of the time.
Mindfulness training through yoga classes three times per week.
Craftsmanship in Context
Software developers are often trained to be binary thinkers and the result can be their beliefs about the right way to develop software are often dogmatic and polarizing. Always estimate! Never estimate! Always write tests first! Never write tests first! Scrum only! Scrum is stupid! And the list goes on.
In our view, it's important to look at every problem we're solving through the lens of context. We frame every technology choice with "What's the business problem we're solving?" to help us figure out which practices will provide the most value to our clients in any given situation. For example, sometimes clients just need quick and dirty prototypes to prove a concept and get a budget for a bigger project. Other times, we're refactoring very sensitive systems that have to be handled with care. The way you treat each of those problems will vary widely. You have to take context into account before choosing your level of craftsmanship.
As a result of this empathy-focused culture, Corgibytes recruits and retains talent (despite its location in a mid-market city), maintains a gender-balanced technical team, and regularly receives praise and increased business from customers based on the high quality of service. The vision that we had when we first started is now a reality, thanks to keeping our values clear and visible.
This post originally appeared on Corgibytes.com
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Вальтер Цеплін (; 17 вересня 1918, Грайфсвальд, Німецька імперія — 30 вересня 2001, Грейтаун, США) — німецький офіцер-підводник, оберлейтенант-цур-зее крігсмаріне.

Біографія
9 жовтня 1937 року вступив на флот. З січня 1941 року — командир корабля 7-ї флотилії R-катерів. В липні-листопаді 1942 року пройшов курс підводника. З грудня 1942 року — 1-й вахтовий офіцер на підводному човні U-575. З 1 квітня 1943 року — командир U-971. 8 червня 1944 року вийшов у свій перший і останній похід. 24 червня U-971 був потоплений в Ла-Манші неподалік від Лендс-Енда глибинними бомбами чехословацького важкого бомбардувальника «Ліберейтор» з 311-ї ескадрильї Королівських ВПС і скоординованої атаки британських есмінців типу «Трайбл» «Ескімо» та «Хаїда». 1 член екіпажу загинув, 51 (включаючи Цепліна) були врятовані і взяті в полон. Після звільнення працював капітаном торгового флоту.

Звання

 Кандидат в офіцери (9 жовтня 1937)
 Морський кадет (28 червня 1938)
 Фенріх-цур-зее (1 квітня 1939)
 Оберфенріх-цур-зее (1 березня 1940)
 Лейтенант-цур-зее (1 травня 1940)
 Оберлейтенант-цур-зее (1 квітня 1942)

Посилання

 Біографічні дані.
 Цеплін на сайті uboat.net

Примітки

Німецькі підводники Другої світової війни
Командири підводних човнів
Оберлейтенанти-цур-зее крігсмаріне


In the realm of full-sized sedans, it can frequently become a relationship of compromises. Those compromises being a trade of speed for space, luxury for cost and so on. The Lexus LS 460 F-Sport doesn't demand compromises; it's everything you could want in a sedan. To purchase a luxury sedan is to provide the ultimate consideration for the passenger, it's about comfort and a smooth ride, but again and again, the driving-factor gets lost in all the lushness.
At 200 inches long, you wouldn't expect the unforeseen thrust that the 386HP V8 puts out. 0-60 comes at 5.4 smooth and silent seconds in the LS, but you're not denied a subtle growl of engine in the midst of it all. It's a dangerous thing that the LS tops out at 130MPH because it happens effortlessly and without any static road noise, as if you're in a capsule traveling at light speed.
It's a five passenger vessel of craftsmanship, full of the kind of details you'd expect in a European luxury ride. The optional Shimamoku wood steering wheel is next level; it takes 38 days to create and is literally a piece of art you can grab onto. The details of the LS aren't obvious and in your face, rather a preceptive vibe of skillfulness.
Between the four-zone climate control, Mark Levinson surround sound and optional reclining rear seats, there LS isn't short of the Japanese answer to a Bentley. This is a ride for someone who enjoys the smooth motions of a large sedan and has a eye for details, and ultimately needs to fill five seats.


order now If it has wings — or rotor blades — Fred Province has probably flown it. He has video that backs up that claim, and he talks about it every Sunday evening on "Captain Fred's Aviation Theater," carried on Spectrum Cable's public access channel.
If aviation is your thing, this is the place to go to see it, and hear about it.
Fred has interviewed some of the world's great pilots over the years — Joe Foss, Jim Stockdale, John McCain — the list goes on and on.
He also happens to be married to one of the world's better-known woman aviators, Ana Camberos Province. She's in The Ninety-Nines, the international sorority for female pilots. She's received an Amelia Earhart medal, and a number of other prizes and recognition.
Fred isn't just a pilot and TV host — he has two advanced college degrees, and has in the past been a schoolteacher and school principal. But it's flying that really flips his switch.
He always knew he wanted to fly, and started by building his own glider at his home in rural Missouri when he was only 14 years old.
Fred finally was taught to fly a glider by, of all people, Hans Busch. Busch was actually a former German Luftwaffe pilot who made it to the United States after World War II.
Thus was born the lifelong addiction to flight.
It wasn't all an easy education.
Fred met Ana in college, and she decided she wanted to try flying. She ended up soloing in an Ercoupe — a tiny two-seat plane that's very easy to fly. From there, she and Fred pursued time in the air whenever possible — and it was possible a lot.
We wanted to talk with Ana for this story, but Fred said she didn't want to be interviewed.
Ana herself has a couple of degrees in accounting, both American and Mexican college degrees. She was born very poor in Tijuana, but got away from that life.
Nowadays, Ana busies herself as the producer and aerial photographer for "Captain Fred's Aviation Theater".
He has lots of stories to tell.
—Doug Curlee is Editor at Large. Reach him at doug@sdcnn.com.


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The Knucklehead of the Day award
Bill Jempty March 15, 2009 Immigration, Knucklehead of the Day No Comments
Today's winner is the UK Border Agency. They get the award for the following–
THE taxpayer will be picking up the bill for the deportation of an Iranian family who then had to be returned to the UK by officials because they had been given temporary leave to stay.
Leila Mountakhabi, 30, is seeking asylum with her husband and baby son after news of her affair with a local man became public in Iran, where adultery is punishable by death.
The three were granted leave to stay in the UK pending a High Court review just minutes before their flight was due to take off from Heathrow but officials with them did not check the outcome of their hearing.
And when their solicitor called to congratulate them on escaping deportation, he discovered they were already in Tehran.
Ms Mountakhabi, her husband Sourena Jawkar and their 19-month-old son Danoush were then flown directly back to the UK with their six Home Office escorts, who upgraded to first class and left the family in economy.
A spokesman for the UK Border Agency said: "We are reviewing these events and we will learn any lessons to be learnt. We would not remove any asylum seeker until court proceedings are resolved."
The Home Office refused to disclose the cost to the taxpayer of the nine wasted flight tickets to and from Tehran.
I might be wrong, but I'd say in excess of $15,000 but less than 25,000. You never know, government bureaucracies aren't known for bargain shopping.
It took six people to escort them back to Iran. These aren't terrorists, but a family with a small child. Couldn't officials stayed on the plane too till the door was closed before leaving?
Was anyone aware a lawyer working for the family was still appealing? If they weren't, why?
The whole story is a comedy of errors and that's why I name UK Border Agency today's Knucklehead of the Day.
Pass the Parmesan cheese
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Shaping the Question to Shape the Answer
The Knuckleheads of the Day award
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Q: What is the value of x in: $(20-2x)(20-2x)x = 576$ What are the step to find the value of x in this equation?
$$(20-2x)(20-2x)x = 576$$
I am doing Shaum's pre-calculus and there is this a word problem at the end of the chapter. There is 3 side of a box and the volume, and you have to find the value of x. I tried putting all the terms on one side and do a synthetic division to find x but it didn't work. What is the correct way to solve this problem?

A: Note that the equation can be factorized as
$$(20-2x)(20-2x)x -576$$
$$= 4(x^3-20x^2+100x -144)$$
$$= 4(x^3-20x^2+64x + 36x -144)$$
$$= 4[x(x-16)(x-4)+36(x -4)]$$
$$= 4(x-4)(x^2-16x+36)=0$$
which yields the solutions $x=4, \>8\pm 2\sqrt7$.

A: Notice that $(20-2x)^2 x=24^2$
Since the LHS is equal to a square, it has to be a square itself, which means x could  be a square because the product of 2 squares is a square.
i.e. $m^2 *n$ is a square if n is a square.
Trying out a few values of x will fetch the answer,
$x=2^2=4$
and then do the long division to get the other two roots.


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Home » Energy Efficiency Focus in the SC12 Technical Program
Energy Efficiency Focus in the SC12 Technical Program
by Natalie Bates, Co-chair Energy Efficient HPC Working Group (EE HPC WG)
Energy efficiency will again be a hot topic at SC12, with at least 38 Technical Program sessions focused on energy efficiency. A complete list of these sessions organized both chronologically and by topic can be found on the Energy Efficient HPC Working Group website. SC12, the annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, will be held Nov. 10-16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, see the SC12 website.
BROAD SCOPE SESSIONS
"The Third Annual Workshop on Energy Efficient High Performance Computing – Redefining System Architecture and Data Centers" promises to be interesting to a broad audience. Some of the featured speakers include; Peter Kogge, University of Notre Dame who will look at the historical trends of power, energy and supercomputing; John Shalf, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory whose talk will focus on the energy requirements for applications; as well as Herbert Huber, Leibniz Supercomputing Center and Steve Hammond, National Renewable Energy Laboratory who will speak about energy efficient data centers.
There are four other technical programs that will cover the topic of energy efficiency at a high level. Kirk Cameron, Virginia Tech is on the slate to give two talks, both of which have clever and enticing titles with phrases about a "Growing Power Struggle" and "Energy Oddities." Prohibitive energy costs motivated Thomas Ludwig, German Climate Computing Center to consider the cost and benefits of "HPC-Based Science in the Exascale Era." Finally, there is a "Cool Supercomputing" Birds of Feather (BoF) organized by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that covers tools and techniques for optimizing energy consumption at all levels.
"Setting Trends for Energy Efficiency" is a BoF representing a collaborative effort by the Top500, Green500, the Energy Efficient HPC Working Group and The Green Grid to standardize the power measurement methodology used when running system workloads for architectural comparison, such as High Performance Linpack. This is one of seven sessions that cover energy efficiency measures and metrics. The Green500, Top500 and now the Graph500 have their own BoFs and will report power consumption and energy efficiency as well as performance for their Lists. The High Performance Group at at the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) has also organized a BoF that will discuss a new OpenMP benchmark suite with an optional energy metric that scales to 512 threads. From the home of the Green500 at Virginia Tech, Balaji Subramaniam will present his doctoral showcase on metrics for energy efficiency. Finally, an Intel team will present a paper on tuning for the Graph500 Traversal which includes both performance and energy efficiency results.
SESSIONS FOCUSSED ON SYSTEM HARDWARE
Thirteen of the sessions are exploring system hardware energy efficiency. Of these thirteen, seven of them focus on alternative processors like GPU and ARM that are continuing the trend towards aggregating low-power processors and using accelerators. There are three BoFs that explore alternative processors and all three are organized by Europeans. The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) explores a set of prototypes to test and evaluate promising new technologies for future multi- Petaflop/s systems that include GPUs, ARM processors, DSPs and FPGAs. The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is heading up an ARM-based exascale demonstration and will review their research results and plans at two BoFs; "Energy Efficient HPC" and "Exascale Research- The European Approach." Besides these BoFs, there is a session as part of Broader Exchange where Calxeda, an ARM-based server provider, will present their products and roadmaps. NEC is presenting an exhibitor forum on "Hybrid Solutions with a Vector-Architecutre for Efficiency." There is also a paper on "Multi-Core DSP" and a poster on modeling "Power-Performance Efficiency" for GPUs.
A new topic for SC this year is a focus on memory technologies, which was presaged by a keynote at the International Supercomputing Conference held in Hamburg, Germany last June when Dr. Byungse So, Samsung Senior Vice President gave a talk on "Advanced Memory Technology – #1 Factor for Energy Efficient HPC". Two papers, RAMZzz and Mage, both explore novel memory system designs. Samsung and Micron, respectively are presenting exhibitor forums on "How Memory and SSDs can Optimize Data Center Operations" and "Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC)".
Whereas memory is on the uptake, the focus on liquid cooling has waned with only two sessions this year compared to six last year at SC'11. Eurotech will present an exhibitor forum on "Differences Between Cold and Hot Water Cooling on CPU and Hybrid Supercomputers" and Green Revolution Cooling will present on "100% Server Heat Recapture in Data Centers is Now a Reality."
DATA CENTER SESSIONS
Kimberly Cupps, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will present on "The Sequoia System and Facilities Integration Story". It appears that she will be giving the same talk at two different sessions; on Monday during Broader Engagement as well as on Tuesday as an Invited Speaker. Also, the M+W Group will present an exhibitor forum on "Reducing First Costs and Improving Future Flexibility in the Construction of High Performance Computing Facilities."
APPLICATION TUNING AND JOB SCHEDULING
There are nine sessions that describe research on tuning applications for energy efficiency and various aspects of energy efficient job scheduling. Seven of the nine sessions are doctoral showcases, papers or posters. There is a BoF on "Power and Energy Measurement Modeling". In this BoF, members of the research community and industry will present current state-of-the-art and limitations in measuring and modeling power and energy consumption and their effect on HPC application performance. An open discussion about future directions for such work will follow, with the intention of creating a "wish list" of feature requests to HPC vendors. Another BoF of interest is the SLURM User Group Meeting, which provides an open source job scheduler. Also, Charles Lively, ORNL will give a talk during Broader Engagement on "Heading Towards Exascale – Techniques to Improve Application Performance and Energy Consumption Using Application-Level Tools".
Following is a list of the titles for the doctoral showcases:
High Performance Non-Blocking and Power-Aware Collective Communication for Next Generation InfiniBand Clusters
Total Energy Optimization for High Performance Computing Data Centers
Following is a list of the titles for the papers:
T* – A Data-Centric Cooling Energy Costs Reduction Approach for Big Data Analytics Cloud
NUMA-Aware Graph Mining Techniques for Performance and Energy Efficiency
Following is a list of the titles for the posters:
Statistical Power and Energy Modeling of Multi-GPU kernels
Virtual Machine Packing Algorithms for Lower Power Consumption
OTHER SESSIONS
Two other sessions that will cover energy efficiency include an all day workshop on "High Performance Computing, Networking and Analytics for the Power Grid" and a poster on "Pay as You Go in the Cloud: One Watt at a Time."
Although this is a list of sessions with a specific focus on energy efficiency, many more sessions will include energy efficiency as part of a broader focus.
insideHPC Guide to HPC/AI for Energy
In this technology guide, we take a deep dive into how the team of Dell Technologies and AMD is working to provide solutions for a wide array of needs for more strategic cultivation of oil and gas energy reserves. We'll start with a series of compelling use-case examples, and then introduce a number of important pain-points solved with HPC and AI. We'll continue with some specific solutions for the energy industry by Dell and AMD. Then we'll take a look at a case study examining how geophysical services and equipment company CGG successfully deployed HPC technology for competitive advantage. Finally, we'll leave you with a short-list of valuable resources available from Dell to help guide you along the path with HPC and AI.
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A pedestrian has died after being hit by an electric bike in east London.
A cycle lane in central London.
They are essentially regular bikes with the addition of a small electric motor to assist progress.
The motor helps users to get up hills more easily, sweat less, and provide quicker acceleration from a standstill.
The bikes can provide a method of transport for journeys which are too far to walk or use a normal bike, but not long enough to drive or take a train.
People who suffer an injury or illness can use the bikes to allow them to continue cycling, rather than giving up completely.
The e-bike involved in the death of a pedestrian in east London was from the Specialized range.
They cost between around £2,000 to £9,000.
Where can they be used?
E-bikes are allowed on the same roads and paths as regular bikes as long as they meet certain criteria.
What rules must they abide by?
The motor must be of no more than 250 Watts, the pedals must be turning for electric assistance to be provided and the boost must cut out once the bike reaches 15.5mph.
Riders must be aged at least 14.
Charity Cycling UK insists e-bikes do not pose "any greater risk" than conventional bikes.
How often are pedestrians killed by cyclists?
Three pedestrians died after collisions with bikes in 2016, according to Department for Transport figures. This is out of a total of 448 pedestrians killed on roads.


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using System.Reflection;
using FunctionalQuery.Providers;

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	internal static class ParameterConverter {
		public static Dictionary<string, DatabaseParameter> CreateParameters(IDatabaseProvider dbProvider, object parameters) {
			if (parameters == null) {
				return new Dictionary<string, DatabaseParameter>();
			}

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			var propertyInfos = type.GetProperties();
			var paramDictionary = new Dictionary<string, DatabaseParameter>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
			foreach (var param in propertyInfos.Select(pi => CreateParameter(dbProvider, parameters, pi))) {
				paramDictionary.Add(param.ParameterName, param);
			}
			return paramDictionary;
		}

		private static DatabaseParameter CreateParameter(IDatabaseProvider dbProvider, object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo) {
			var parameterName = "@" + propertyInfo.Name;
			var value = propertyInfo.GetValue(obj, null);
			if (value is DatabaseParameter) {
				var param = (DatabaseParameter) value;
				param.ParameterName = parameterName;
				var valueType = GetPropertyType(param.Value == null ? typeof (object) : param.Value.GetType());
				return AddRealParameter(dbProvider, param, valueType);
			}
			return AddRealParameter(dbProvider, new DatabaseParameter {ParameterName = parameterName, Value = value, Direction = ParameterDirection.Input}, GetPropertyType(propertyInfo));
		}

		private static DatabaseParameter AddRealParameter(IDatabaseProvider dbProvider, DatabaseParameter param, Type valueType) {
			var isList = IsList(valueType);
			var isTable = isList || param.Value is DataTable;
			var realParameter = isTable ? dbProvider.CreateTableParameter() : dbProvider.CreateParameter();

			realParameter.ParameterName = param.ParameterName;
			realParameter.Value = isList ? DataSetConverter.GetDataTable((IEnumerable<object>)param.Value) : param.Value ?? DBNull.Value;
			realParameter.Direction = param.Direction ?? ParameterDirection.Input;
			if (!isTable) {
				realParameter.DbType = param.DbType ?? TypeMap.GetDbType(valueType);
				var defaultOptions = TypeMap.GetOptions(realParameter.DbType);
				realParameter.Size = param.Size ?? defaultOptions.Size ?? 0;
				realParameter.Precision = param.Precision ?? defaultOptions.Precision ?? 0;
				realParameter.Scale = param.Scale ?? defaultOptions.Scale ?? 0;
			}
			param.RealParameter = realParameter;
			return param;
		}

		private static bool IsList(this Type type) {
			if (type == null || type == typeof (string)) {
				return false;
			}
			return typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(type);
		}

		private static Type GetPropertyType(PropertyInfo propertyInfo) {
			return GetPropertyType(propertyInfo.PropertyType);
		}

		private static Type GetPropertyType(Type type) {
			if (type.IsGenericType && type.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Nullable<>)) {
				return type.GetGenericArguments()[0];
			}
			return type;
		}
	}
}

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Elanee's Endeavors !: What If You Loved Someone as Much as You Want to be Loved?
The thought struck me late last night after watching the 2015 Cinderella movie for the second time. It is a heart moving story in many ways, and I was impressed with the way the producers captured the themes of forgiveness, kindness, and courage. But I was also impressed with a theme that was acted out throughout the movie, but never spoken. To truly love someone as much as you want to be loved, even when they don't deserve it. Several times throughout the movie Cinderella is seen doing the right thing when all the people around her are not. She is seen holding her peace when others are fighting, and refraining from blaming others even when there was reason to do so.
As I went to bed last night the thought kept coming to my mind. What if I loved someone as much as I want to be loved, even if they don't deserve it? What if I sacrificed without hope for reward, and what if I truly lived with the needs of others in my focus instead of my own? What would change? Would life be different for me? Would it be better?
I think it would. I know for myself, the challenges and struggles I face would be almost eliminated if I was to truly live with others in my perspective instead of myself. I would come face to face with my heart, and I would see that true value is created not when I get, but when I give. True love is being willing to sacrifice without hope for gain.
So many times I think we look to people to provide us love and acceptance which we have never been able to provide to someone else. For example, many people dream about and hope for a future spouse to meet their needs, and love them unconditionally. But how many of us dream about loving someone else unconditionally, and sacrificing so that they can experience the same depth of love we hope to receive?
Maybe the reason we have yet to find that love and acceptance which we so desire is because we have been looking for it in the wrong place. Maybe instead of searching for someone to meet our needs, we need to search for needs we can meet, and maybe instead of waiting for someone to come along and love us unconditionally, we need to love the people that come along in our lives…. unconditionally. Maybe…. just maybe that is when we will truly experience the love we desire to receive.
God has given us a great gift in Jesus, His Son. He is our only source of true love, and even though most of us know that, and have come to experience the blessed hope we have in His love, we still look for people to meet our earthly needs. We look for "Cinderella's" and "Prince Charmings" to come along, and offer us a hand, to walk beside us in the journey of life, and to always know just the right thing to do, and the right words to say. But with God's help, I submit to you that we can stop looking for other people to meet our needs, and we can start becoming the people that meet needs. And as a result, instead of searching for "Prince Charmings" and "Cinderella's" we will start becoming them for other people.
So what's your opinion? What would change if you truly loved others as much as you want to be loved? What do you wish someone would come along and do for you?
Leave a comment….Let's start the Conversation.
Thanks so much for writing and sharing this convicting and encouraging post. It really gave me a new perspective on loving others. I like what you mentioned about when we are so focused on meeting other people's needs and loving them the way we want to be loved, our self centered focus is changed. I want to live like that! I pray the Lord will help me be a person that cares more about the needs of others than my own. I have a long way to go! But, praise the Lord that He doesn't leave us to become more like Jesus on our own . . .He is with us every step of the way.
Elanee, from the time I met you, you have been a true example of someone who cares more for the needs and concerns of others more than yourself. You are one of the most loving, caring and thoughtful friends I have ever had. You bless the lives of all who know you with your genuine love for the Lord and because of that, genuine love for others. You are a "Cinderella" already! :) I thank the Lord for you. May He continue to bless you as your seek to serve Him and love others so faithfully!
Thank you SO much for your comment Valerie. I'm blessed to know that this encourgaed you. I agree with you about our focus needing to change, and we have God's help to do so. What a blessing!
Thank you for your encorugament as well. I can say the same for you and your sisters. You all have such hearts of kindness and service, it is evident that God is using you for His glory. I look forward to seeing how He will continue to use your lives for His glory.
I love this, Elanee. I've been thinking somewhat along these lines recently, but you drove the point home hard here. It's easy for me to think others should love and befriend me as who I am, but when I think about it, I'm not doing the same for them.
I think that my perspective would be totally changed by really loving others unconditionally. By definition alone, unconditional love means forgetting about what you're going to receive and just pouring yourself out for that person!! And that's hard to do. Your whole MINDSET has to change, and we get a glimpse of the way Jesus loves us!
Thank you SO much for this comment Hannah! It was a blessing to read. I love your thoughts on changing our mindset. It is so true. We really need to change our focus, and see things from other's perspectives. I really appreciate your humility about this. May God bless you by giving you the desires of your heart in this area.
This is wonderful Elanee! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and thought this was very encouraging and so true. Keep writing!
Esther thank you SO much for your comment. I agree with you that this focus change is valuable for any relationship. You really brought the point home when you said we especially need to change our perspective in the relathionships where we feel like we're not gaining anything. That's very convicting to me. Because that's where my heart is clearly seen. May God bless you with this desire, and help your life to continue to bring glory to His name.
Thanks again Elanee for this post! You have a gift of writing such challenging yet encouraging posts! Thanks for your example of selfless love and service to others! You are a blessing!


Tabano is an armchair for lounge and reception areas. This piece of furniture was produced by one of the most well-known Italian furnishing manufacturers in the world, B&B Italia. Tabano was created by the famous Spanish interior designer, architect and designer Patricia Urquiola in 2014.
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The Tabano armchair can be upholstered in fabric or Alfa leather, presented in a wide array of colors.


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6 Easy Ways to Detect Healthcare Data Breaches
7/28/2022Adam Mansour4 minutes
Cyber-attacks on healthcare dominate recent news, and ransomware attacks are among the most troubling.1 Recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that 2022 has been rife with hacking incidents,2 with hundreds of providers and thousands of individuals affected.
"Over the past decade, there have been more than 2,500 data breaches in the healthcare industry affecting nearly 190 million medical records."3
The impact of these breaches can be staggering. One recently reported breach affected 657 providers and compromised more than 1.9 million patient records.4 This breach of a financial services company serving the healthcare industry has been attributed to quantum ransomware, one of the latest approaches to ransomware.
Similar to other ransomware attacks, Quantum Locker Ransomware — so named because of the extension it adds to the data it encrypts — uses malware to gain a foothold, but then a human hacker navigates the organization's defenses. (For tips on how to combat this insidious attack type, check out our blog on how to disrupt Quantum Locker Ransomware tactics, techniques and procedures.)
Healthcare Data: A Lucrative Target for Threat Actors
The reason the industry is so heavily under attack is simple: healthcare organizations — and the valuable data they host — are lucrative targets for criminals. Patient data includes a litany of personally identifiable information. Where a single stolen credit card number is bad, electronic health records have "the fullz," everything an identity thief could want.
What's more, it tends to take healthcare organizations significantly longer to contain breaches. According to The Ponemon Institute, it takes healthcare organizations an average of 1,037 days to contain a data breach, compared with 69 days for organizations generally.
So, with that in mind, how can you tell if you've been compromised?
Clues that you've already been breached
Hackers don't announce their presence. The longer they can remain hidden on your network, spreading and reconnoitering as they go, the more sensitive data they can scoop up, or damage they can do when they release their payload.
They naturally try to cover their tracks, but there are a few telltale signs you can look for:
Sudden file changes — Software you haven't heard of unexpectedly installing, file name changes or other file tampering are pretty sure signs you've been breached.
Locked user accounts — Users locked out of their accounts, and not because they've tried their password too many times, can mean others have been trying to access them or, worse, that a hacker already has access to their credentials.
Slow device and network performance — Systems compromised by botnet attacks or which have had processing power being harnessed for illicit purposes will slow down.
Antivirus "alerts" — You may receive fake pop-up notifications that are hard (at least, for end users) to distinguish from the real system alerts.
External sources — Partners or outside organizations may have discovered and informed you of a breach. Unfortunately, by the time this happens you've usually been breached for many months.
System alerts — Of course, your existing security solutions may be providing you with alerts. It's important to pay attention to these real alerts, although it can be difficult to separate what's real from the noise.
Getting help identifying patient data compromises (#7)
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) can help your clinic or hospital wade through the noise and home in on real threats, while hardening your defenses against them. MDR combines machine learning with human threat hunters to find evidence of suspicious behaviors on your network and operating systems, including telltale signs like those above, as well as not-so-obvious ones.
For instance, ActZero's threat hunters investigate what might otherwise be considered 'normal' traffic with an eye for the breadcrumbs left by hackers, such as:
Registry or system file changes
Anomalous DNS requests
Quantity of requests for file
And numerous other critical areas as surfaced by models they routinely review.
Threat hunters then validate whether an attack is taking place. By monitoring for and detecting this suspicious activity, they can respond appropriately, thwarting attacks like ransomware in real-time or quarantining systems that are compromised until the risk can be mitigated. In this way, we have you covered.
ActZero uses a range of dashboards to share information about your security posture. Incident dashboards inform you of any security-related events, and the responsive action that was taken. Vulnerability, patching and endpoint-hygiene dashboards provide a detailed understanding of the current state of your security, while an executive summary dashboard brings them all together in one view. All these dashboards are offered as part of ActZero's customer portal, helping you more easily and confidently protect your vital systems and sensitive patient data.
Or, to actively explore whether your accounts have been compromised, whether passwords are stored in clear-text, and any Dark Web attack intent targeting your organization, schedule a complimentary Ransomware Readiness Assessment; in less than an hour, with no service interruption, we will determine your healthcare organization's vulnerability to ransomware - both with, and without, our MDR service defending your patient data.
Topic: Cybersecurity Industry
Adam Mansour
A thought-leader in Cyber technology, Adam Mansour has the depth of knowledge of an industry veteran, with over 15 years experience in the Cybersecurity sector. As Chief Security Officer of ActZero, Adam is driving the company's Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (VCISO) and technology integration programs, and its evolution as the industry's leading Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provider.
Adam's experience is both broad and deep within the sector, and spans endpoint, network and cloud systems security; audits and architecture; building and managing SOCs; software development and resellership alike; healthcare, education, defense and financial organizations; global enterprises of all sizes. Most recently, he served as VCISO helping customers through new privacy regulations GDPR, CCPA and Bill C-11 and guidance on how to prevent complex malware such as SolarGate and RaaS.
Prior to ActZero, Adam was the Founder and CTO of IntelliGO Networks (acquired by ActZero) and he developed its proprietary MDR software, built to service the threat hunting process. He also had key roles in managed security services for SIEM, NGFW and Penetration Testing performed by the company.
Adam holds a BASc in Computer Science as well as multiple industry certifications and awards for ethical hacking and various cyber technologies.


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JSZN in the Media
Jewish Studies and Our Abandonment to Antisemites
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jewish-studies-and-our-abandonment-to-antisemites/
"Should I worry about my child taking a Jewish studies course in college with Professor *****? They have signed numerous statements calling Israel a Jewish supremacist genocidal state. Is this what they will learn in class?"
Pro-Israel Academics Strike Back
"Where are the pro-Israel Jewish academics?"
"The Faculty Fight for Zionism," Jarrod Tanny with Paul Gross, Menachem Begin Heritage Center
The Jewish Studies Zionist Network is an association for scholars and educators within Jewish Studies, Israel Studies, and adjacent fields who are tired of the imbalanced nature of academic discussion in higher education surrounding Israel. It is apparent to us from the significant support for BDS and the litany of public statements against Israel that the anti-Zionists within our fields are extremely well-organized. We believe that there are just as many of us, if not more, who reject those efforts to vilify and delegitimize the world's only Jewish state. We are committed to studying and teaching about Israel fairly and responsibly.
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