Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa and Costea Dinescu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
With a record of 4 wins, 0 losses and 0 draws, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa!
With a record of 3 wins, 1 losses and 0 draws, fighting out of St Petersburg, Costea Dinescu!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
Dinescu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Dinescu moves out of range.
Dinescu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa is looking to clinch but Dinescu is avoiding it.
Murhaa lands with a hook. Dinescu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
and Dinescu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Dinescu.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinescu.
Dinescu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Murhaa.
Dinescu throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinescu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dinescu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murhaa.
Dinescu misses with a body shot.
It looks like Costea Dinescu has been cut.
A little jabbing left from Dinescu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa swings for the body but Dinescu moves out of range.
Dinescu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Dinescu is just out of range.
A big left from Dinescu misses.
Dinescu throws a right and a left that Murhaa avoids nicely.
Dinescu misses with a few strikes there.
Murhaa moves into the clinch successfully.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinescu's elbow.
Dinescu trying to control the position but instead, Murhaa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dinescu into the ropes.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinescu pushes off an throws an elbow but Murhaa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dinescu looking to slow down the pace here.
Dinescu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dinescu effectively controlling the action here.
Dinescu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinescu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murhaa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dinescu can turn it around.
Dinescu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dinescu has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa keeps control of Dinescu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murhaa managing to block the knees to the body from Dinescu.
Dinescu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Dinescu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dinescu backwards.
Dinescu lands with a right to the head.
Dinescu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dinescu.
Murhaa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dinescu is keeping busy.
Dinescu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dinescu struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
Dinescu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Dinescu backwards.
Dinescu stalling in the clinch but Murhaa improves position.
Still in the clinch, Dinescu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murhaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dinescu.
The cut man is working on Costea Dinescu's cut.
Dinescu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murhaa. Murhaa obviously looking to wear him down.
and Dinescu counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dinescu's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dinescu trying to control the position from guard on top but Murhaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dinescu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dinescu tries to free his leg and advance position but Murhaa is retaining full guard.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dinescu can do to turn this around?
Dinescu postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murhaa, as that shot connected.
A left and a right from Dinescu both land. Nice combination.
Dinescu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dinescu drops his hands momentarily and Murhaa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dinescu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa scores with a nice head shot.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dinescu.
Murhaa tries to counter by clinching up but Dinescu breaks away and moves out of range.
Dinescu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dinescu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dinescu misses with a low kick.
Dinescu moves out of range of the body kick.
Dinescu was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses Dinescu's front leg but catches the back leg as Dinescu tries to avoid it.
Dinescu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murhaa thuds his shin into the meat of Dinescu's side.
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dinescu has time to react.
Dinescu is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dinescu misses with a looping right.
Dinescu keeps the fight on the outside.
Dinescu misses with a series of wild punches.
Dinescu thuds his shin into the meat of Murhaa's side.
Murhaa throws a sloppy head kick and Dinescu moves out of range easily.
Dinescu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dinescu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murhaa tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dinescu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dinescu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dinescu lands with a nice body punch.
Dinescu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murhaa throws the kick towards the body but Dinescu avoids it.
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dinescu.
Dinescu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costea Dinescu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murhaa connects with a right hand. Dinescu shakes it off.
Dinescu lands with a straight right. Murhaa didn't see that one coming.
Murhaa lands with a nice combination. Dinescu backs away looking to recover.
Dinescu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dinescu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Murhaa eats them both and turns towards Dinescu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dinescu slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Dinescu misses.
Dinescu throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
Dinescu walks into a straight right hand from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dinescu doesn't seem bothered though.
Murhaa lands a front kick.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinescu was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Dinescu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Dinescu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Dinescu.
Dinescu has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murhaa.
Dinescu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dinescu takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dinescu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dinescu is trying to stall.
Dinescu is trying to maintain a safe position but Murhaa gets an underhook and turns Dinescu into the ropes.
Dinescu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
Dinescu tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Dinescu back against the ropes.
Dinescu throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Dinescu lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murhaa as Dinescu tries to tie him up.
Dinescu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dinescu just leaning against Murhaa, taking a breather.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Dinescu controls his hands.
Murhaa avoids a wild elbow strike from Dinescu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinescu.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Dinescu avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the ropes.
Dinescu prevents a body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to stall but Dinescu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murhaa pushes Dinescu back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Dinescu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dinescu misses with a looping left.
Murhaa cracks Dinescu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dinescu dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
Murhaa defending well as Dinescu loads up on a big left hand.
Dinescu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dinescu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
Murhaa thows a body kick. Dinescu tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dinescu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dinescu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
letting Dinescu counter with a right hand.
Dinescu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
and Dinescu counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Dinescu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa ducks right into an uppercut from Dinescu.
Dinescu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dinescu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dinescu throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Murhaa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dinescu.
Murhaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Dinescu's head.
A slow jab from Dinescu misses its intended target.
Dinescu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dinescu drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Murhaa defends it well.
Dinescu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dinescu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dinescu motions for Murhaa to come forward. Dinescu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa throws a push kick but Dinescu slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murhaa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murhaa takes a swing at Dinescu's ribcage but misses.
Dinescu is trying to counter with his kicks.
Dinescu connects with a jab.
Murhaa lands with a straight right. Dinescu didn't see that one coming.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinescu moves away.
and Dinescu decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Murhaa's guard.
Phol Murhaa had his way with Costea Dinescu in that round.
Dinescu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa.
Murhaa pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dinescu back to the ropes. Murhaa follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dinescu. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
Dinescu throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Dinescu throws a leg kick that misses.
Dinescu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murhaa clinches up with Dinescu and pushes him back against the ropes.
Dinescu lands a shoulder strike.
Murhaa is looking to control Dinescu's arms but Dinescu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murhaa has his back to the ropes.
Dinescu lands with a left to the head.
Murhaa keeps Dinescu at a distance using the push kick.
The fighters circling - Dinescu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa lands a nice hook to Dinescu's body. Dinescu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murhaa punishes Dinescu's body with a nice straight punch.
Dinescu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dinescu misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Dinescu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dinescu unleashes a big counter combination but Murhaa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dinescu lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. Dinescu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dinescu connects with a leg kick. Murhaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murhaa blocks a head kick by Dinescu.
Dinescu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dinescu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Dinescu.
A left lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Costea Dinescu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dinescu defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
Dinescu moves forwards but Murhaa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dinescu throws a one two combo.


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'Hitting the reading for pleasure button' at Mill Chase Academy
Mill Chase Academy, Bordon, Hampshire
Mill Chase Academy is a small secondary school in rural Hampshire which has approximately 500 students aged 11-16, and is now in its fourth year of using Renaissance Accelerated Reader and Star Reading. Dominic Carney, the school's library practitioner, discusses the school's implementation of these programmes.
Introducing Accelerated Reader
The decision to implement Accelerated Reader came from senior management in reaction to a perceived need to improve literacy across the school as a core requirement, and Accelerated Reader was seen very much as a tool to enable us to do so. This is now our fourth year using the programme.
Accelerated Reader as a system is very straightforward to drive, and the processes around labelling our books were clear and straight forward, and well supported by Book Guide. The only problem with this was the scale, but here we found value in acquiring help with the manual work from our library prefects. The training we received worked well and gave us enough confidence to move forward with the programme – the coaches were totally expert.
Accurately tracking reading age and assessing on entry with Star Reading
We carry out a Star Reading test every term, so three times per year. There is so much good, strong information within Star – we're very keen on the programme. We are now using Star instead of our other battery of programmes for testing English and have found it very useful in taking a snap shot of progress and plotting this over time. If anyone wants to drill down in further detail then they have all the data available to do so. When we tested our Year 7s coming in from Year 6 the tests showed a disparity between their estimated scores from primary and their Star test scores. This gave us a very strong notion of what their actual reading ages were. The exhaustiveness and dynamics of Star testing make for a very good assessment of reading age, it's worth its weight in gold.
A reading culture across the school
Where we see classes really engaging with Accelerated Reader, then it's almost universally the case that we have seen reading age lead chronological age by anywhere between 25-30%. It's not uncommon for us to see an average class moving through year 7 to shift up 15 or 16 months through the 10 or 11 months of the school year. We also try to push this out and make it an attainment goal for the pupils. For instance, one young lady increased 4 years and 8 months over the period from October 2015 to July 2016, which is astounding. There will of course be lots of factors at play here but Accelerated Reader certainly helped us to track that, and did a lot to contribute towards it.
We are very much driven by our own house system, too. We have four houses of mixed ability and we use Accelerated Reader to drive competition – we have a big house literacy competition and smaller in-class competitions for which we award prizes to students who read the most. We celebrate word millionaires and use certification in this respect too. So that we don't stray too far away from quality over quantity in recognising success we've set up the 100% club, which you can only be in once you have three books read and 100% in each quiz. Last year the school worked towards and achieved a 75 million word target by the end of the year, which has inspired lots of competition within the school and even got the house staff involved. Accelerated Reader is therefore one of the highlights of our end of year summer assembly to recap these achievements.
Qualitatively, students are discussing books and are more and more interested in reading; talking about why they like manga or not, or classic versus contemporary novels for example. It has made what can be something rather dry in school into a very interesting area. From a library practitioner's point of view, I think this is something that really empowers the library and makes it the centre of activity, it gives the whole place a buzz. We have had cases of students who previously were not interested in reading at all suddenly hitting upon one author that they love and ploughing through everything by that author in a matter of weeks. We have had to buy in more titles and they then find more authors who write stuff that they like, so it's really hitting the reading for pleasure button.
Assessment, Incentives, Library Use, Progress Monitoring, Reading Age, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure

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Azerbaijani Ministry of labor provides people with job
Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 8 / Trend U.Ismayilova /
In 2009 the Employment Service of the Azerbaijani Labor and Social Protection Ministry has received 46,476 proposals from the unemployed to get jobs, of which 28,382 persons were provided with adequate jobs, the service reported today
In 2009, 5,986 persons were granted the status of unemployed, 5,687 persons were appointed for unemployment benefits in accordance with legislation. During this period, the Ministry sent 4,827 people to the professional training courses, which is 42 percent more than the indices in 2008. Some 1,598 people received paid public work in 2009.
The Ministry held labor fair in Azerbaijan (57 cities and the regions), including the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2009 and 3,022 companies offered vacancies. The companies offered in the regions 24,190 vacancies as a result of 8,132 people were provided with jobs, 866 were sent to the professional trainings and 149 were attracted by paid public work
In Baku, Ganja, and the Absheron region of Azerbaijan the Ministry carried out events under the slogan "First step in the career" to support alumni and students. Some 470 companies offered 2,351 vacancies as a result of 431 people were provided with job
In 2009, 3,938 unemployment including 2,182 women, 1,875 teenagers, 186 refugees and IDPs and 32 disable people were provided with job through the labor exchange in Baku, Ganja, Sumgayit and Mingechveir regions


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This began to create Mural July 20, 2016, and already 11 August the project was ready. The house in the style of "Old Amsterdam" artfully decorated with stucco 3D-image. Prior to this house from the outside on the Cathedral looked pretty sad.
This is not the first draft that had experience here. Previous in red and peach tones are not caused admiration vinnichan. Simultaneously framed mural-artu «VIN-ART-CITY», devoted to the forthcoming City Day (September 3), prepare Mural other.
In particular, the Cathedral, 50, already decorated "Angel" (work nearing completion). For Gogol at 1 zakvitne "Sunflower." Avenue Kotsyubinskogo end design "Richka Bug". A street Vashchuk (school №34) grow "tree of knowledge".
In Kiev, a huge painted-Mural still life .
"Highway Bar - Airport - Bar highway": in the winery launched bus №33 .
American street art artist created colorful Mural in Kiev .
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У столиці при проведенні реконструкції сходів між Пейзажною алеєю та вулицею Воздвиженською, знайдено інші сходи – кам'яні, 16 століття. Після відновлювальних робіт у Києві може з'явитися новий пам'ятник архітектури.


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2020/21 Metropolitan Pennant Competition Dates
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Weekend Pennant & Midweek Pennant Competition Information
Following Bowls Australia's decision to cancel the 2020 Nationals in the first two weeks of October, Round 1 of Metropolitan Pennant will now commence on Saturday September 26 (Weekend Pennant) and Tuesday September 29 (Midweek Pennant). The season will be 18 Rounds of competition, concluding in late March.
The decision made to commence the season earlier was to avoid the previously scheduled double headers and to accommodate the AFL Grand Final Weekend (Currently scheduled for Weekend of October 24).
Bowls Victoria are aware the 2020 AFL Grand Final does not have a definitive schedule date for competition, but regardless of date, Weekend Pennant will not be played on the Weekend in which this match occurs.
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New Competitions and Alterations to existing competitions
Bowls Victoria will introduce and offer new competitions for this season, this includes the following.
2020/21 Weekend Pennant 6-a-side Competition
The Weekend Pennant 6-a-side competition will move to a Saturday Morning (10:00am start) and including 2x seasons of competition (Spring Season and Summer Season) as outlined in the dates below.
The 6-a-side competition will now be shortened to 15 ends and be played with 6 teams in a section, ensuring minimal travel and a more localized competition.
The two shorter seasons Spring Season (September – November) and Summer Season (January – March) allows for Clubs to market to barefoot and social bowlers entering the club in the busy Christmas period, the ability to offer a shorter, Bowls Victoria competition to play in the second half of the Pennant season.
Bowls Victoria will ask for team registrations for the Summer Season of 6-a-side in January.
Players involved in the new Weekend Pennant 6-a-side competition have the option to play in the usual afternoon timeslot at 1:00pm.
The change offers the option for bowlers that are time poor, new to the sport, want to play more, want to play for a shorter duration or have the desire to play closer to home.
2020/21 Midweek Pennant 6-a-side Competition
The Midweek Pennant 6-a-side competition remains at the usual timeslot at 10:30am on a Tuesday.
Similar to the Weekend 6-a-side competition, this competition will now move to 15 ends, with two separate seasons (Spring Season and Summer Season).
The competition will also move to 6 teams in a section, ensuring a more localized competition.
2020 Junior League (Under 18) Competition
After a successful first season, Season 2 of Junior League will start on Sunday October 11 at 9:30am.
Depending on entries, multiple venues may be used for the 2020 Season.
The Two Bowl Triples competition will be held across six weeks in 2020 and conclude before the start of the Vic Open.
Team Registrations can be found by clicking below.
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NEW: 2021 Bowls Victoria Metropolitan Night Pennant Competition
After discussions throughout the lockdown period, for Season 2020/21, Bowls Victoria will provide additional support to existing Metropolitan Night Pennant Competitions and organize a Metropolitan Final in late March 2021.
The event in late March will involve all top division winners from existing competitions including the Eastern Ranges, Sandbelt Electric Light & Northern Gateway Night Pennant.
NEW: 2020/21 Thursday 7-a-side Competition
As a new option of competition, Metropolitan Clubs will be asked on their registration forms for interest in a newly proposed 7-a-side competition held on a Thursday.
The 7-a-side competition commences at 10:30am and involve two pairs teams and a triples team.
Similar to the 6-a-side competition, the competition would be localized, giving clubs the opportunity to play a different format on a different day with minimized travel.
Following feedback from Metropolitan Clubs, a decision in late August will determine whether this competition is viable moving forward.
Proposed 7-a-side Competition Dates
Promotion, Relegation and the latest Return to Play updates.
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2020/21 Metro Pennant Draw
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Frederick H. Bliss
Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
East Cemetery
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at HERE.
Reported wounded, May 5, 1864.
Burlington Daily Times (Burlington, Vermont) December 17, 1864: "In the list of Vt soldiers, who are reported as having died in prison in Georgia are Henry Labounty and Robert Rankin of Burlington and Frederick H. Bliss of Colchester." Other Vermont newspapers printed a similar report, but suggested that Frederick died "deranged".
On June 24, 1865, a "corrected list of names of Vermonters who died at Andersonville, Georgia, while prisoners of war" was printed in the Burlington Daily Times. That list states Frederick died from being "Scorbutic" (affected by scurvy), and that he was interred in grave 5728.
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Creating content is hard, especially with limited budgets, time, and resources. Not to mention, the content that your hotel is publishing is not only competing with content from other hotels but also with content from other brands, other industries - even users' family and friends. In the digital world, community managers are constantly trying to think of creative ways to attract and engage followers.
As a social media manager, it is not always necessary to create content from scratch. Engaging content can be discovered and re-shared with your network. Often times, content curation can even be the key to increasing engagement. A hotel using its social media to curate local content (concerts in town, festivals, events, and general local area information) becomes valuable to both guests and the local community.
Marketing expert Rohit Bhargava defines a content curator as "someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online." In short, content curation is the process of sifting through (keyword: relevant) content to repurpose and share. Brands, people, and organizations you follow on different social media channels curate content each and every day. Whether it be on Facebook or Twitter or even in an eNewsletter, content curation is an integral part of any social strategy.
Content curation creates countless opportunities when done effectively and correctly. As a social media manager for a hotel, if you are curating valuable content that past, current, and potential guests will find useful, you are giving them a reason to engage and come back for more - before you even begin to dish out your original content!
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HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Points. A food safety management system basically depends on the principal of HACCP. It helps to identify what may go wrong in a food system and provide guidelines to the organization on how to prevent it. It is specially designed to control and identify food hazards. HACCP is the system to minimize food safety risk in food production system. HACCP provides a systematic preventing system assuring the safe production of food and food products including the meat .HACCP has been increasingly applied to the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. HACCP has 2 major components: HA of HACCP represent the Hazard Analysis which specifies where and how of hazards. CCP OF HACCP represents the critical control point which specifies proof of control and control of the process. The main objective of HACCP is to make and processed the product as safe as possible.
Increase Food Safety Standards of the organization.
Increase Food Quality and Safety Standards of the firm.
Develop team work among the employees and increase motivation.
Decrease risk in food production system.
Manage and monitoring manufacturing procedure of the food.
Improves the risk management system.
Define the operational parameters of the organization whichensure to control effectiveness, including corrective action and monitoring procedures in case of failure.


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Tragedy of Covid deaths lost in 'snowstorm of daily figures'
Laura Oneill
More than 1,000 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the UK, the highest daily reported figure since April.
It brings the total number of coronavirus deaths in the UK to 77,346.
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, warns that, although the vaccine roll-out offers hope, it will not be enough unless we all do what we can to reduce transmission of the virus
'We have reached the third consecutive day where the highest number of daily cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began has been recorded and tragically, it has now been reported in the daily data that more than 1,000 people have lost their lives due to covid.
'We may soon be offering vaccinations in sports stadiums but we also have the daily caseload to fill them.
'While the national lockdown is necessary and the vaccine roll-out offers hope, it will not be enough unless we all do what we can to reduce transmission of the virus.
'Protecting the NHS is not just a slogan or even an end in itself. On a daily basis, our members know this means protecting your friends, your families, your colleagues and your loved ones from harm and allowing the broader range of NHS services to carry on wherever possible.
'Earlier this week the country was moved to its highest covid alert level meaning that there was a 'material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed'. Figures like today take us one step closer to that prospect and so, it is incumbent on all of us to prevent that from happening.'
Mr Mortimer said the tragedy of the number of deaths is being lost in the 'snowstorm' of daily figures.
He warns that the teams of dedicated health professionals who are working flat out to tackle coronavirus are dwindling as healthcare staff succumb to exhaustion and sickness.
'These figures need to be a wake-up call to the stark impact that the pandemic is having on our friends, neighbours and loved ones and the daily battle being played out across all health and care services against this horrible disease.
'The tragedy of around 80,000 people dying in the UK with COVID-19 over the past year can sometimes be lost in the snowstorm of daily figures but behind each death is an individual and behind each hospitalisation is a dedicated team of health professionals who have been working flat out to tackle a pandemic day in, day out.
'But those teams across the country are becoming smaller through vacancies, exhaustion and sickness and the numbers they are supporting will become insurmountable peaks unless we all heed the chilling warning and follow the necessary guidelines.'
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Sean is new to the Formula Student Team in 2016. After spending a year in industry working with GE Aviation as an Engineering Repair Intern, he has returned with a keen interest in developing the front wing package on the new BR18 car, working closely with the entire Aerodynamics team to develop an improved package over the BR17 car.
In addition to working on the BR18's aerodynamics, Sean has taken the role of Sponsorship Manager. He will work closely with various companies and organisations, securing partnerships that will be of great equal benefit to them and the Brunel Racing team.
Sean also brings a level of racing experience to the table, having competed in Kart racing since the age of 8, remaining an active racer and Captain of the university race team. He will work closely with the race engineers, providing valuable feedback about the cars performance.


This page contains the Super Gem locations and Bonus Challenge requirement for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker's Episode 2-16 Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials.
The first Super Gem is hidden in the Pluck Patch to the right of the starting area. Tap the platform with the Bullet Bill cannons so they destroy the two gray bricks, and then go pick up the gem.
Once in the middle of the stage, Toadette will pass over a touchable platform while walking into a doorway. Don't go too far, as bringing up that middle platform is the key to finding the second Super Gem. Raise it, walk in and obtain the gem.
Toadette will fall off a tall, touchable block on the left portion of the stage to a smaller tappable platform. Instead of progressing forward, move back and go up the ramp to grab the final Super Gem for this level.


Mumbai: Navratna company Bharat Electronics Ltd said that its net profit for the second quarter ended 30 September grew marginally at Rs123.73 crore over the corresponding period a year ago.
The company had a net profit of Rs122.84 crore for the September quarter last fiscal, Bharat Electronics Ltd said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Total income of the company rose to Rs833.90 crore for the quarter under review from Rs760.62 crore for the same quarter previous fiscal.
For the six months ended 30 September, premier defence PSU posted a net profit of Rs126.25 crore, against Rs149.14 crore for the same period last year.
Total income rose to Rs1179.82 crore for the reviewed period from Rs1113.31 crore for the same period a year ago.
Shares of the company fell by 7.68% after the announcement of its results today and closed at Rs594.36 on the BSE.


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Why Zero Trust for Mainframes Is a Financial Institution Imperative
Linux / Security / Sponsored / Contributed
5 Jan 2022 7:41am, by Chris Perry
BMC sponsored this post.
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Chris Perry is a cybersecurity strategist, for BMC
Mainframe computers continue to form the backbone of financial service IT operations. According to Constellation Research, 45 of the top 50 banks rely on them for core banking functions. Mainframe systems process approximately $3 trillion in transactions every day, a number that likely understates the impact of mainframes in financial services because it counts only transactions using COBOL.
The need will continue to grow. According to a recent survey by Deloitte, 91% of executives at firms that rely on mainframes identified the expansion of their mainframe footprint as a major priority in the next 12 months.
However, security for mainframes is subject to misconceptions that leave financial institutions exposed. Executives rely too heavily on the idea of "security by obscurity," which is a way of saying that threat actors avoid attacking mainframes because they are more familiar with Windows or Linux operating systems.
Security by obscurity is inadequate. The reality is that all mainframes today run Unix System Services with the same Linux-based capabilities and tools familiar to hackers. On top of that, mainframes often lack the modern detection and response tools that have become ubiquitous on other parts of the network. This means that attackers who are able to gain access to a mainframe system will be able to maintain persistence and easily expand their initial footprint to gain full control of the platform.
The Risks of Mainframe Trust
To secure their mainframes and remain resilient, financial services firms need to move to a modern Zero Trust architecture, defined by its "Never trust, always verify" mantra. Zero Trust gained popularity as cybersecurity defenders realized they needed more defense in depth. There were too many examples of hackers gaining initial access to an organization through stolen credentials and realizing that they could use those same credentials to gain access to the entire environment. This dramatically reduces the amount of work a hacker must do to steal or destroy sensitive data while limiting the ability of defenders to detect and respond to the breach effectively.
With Zero Trust, you continually assess the user's identity, the sensitivity of the resources the user interacts with, and the user's permissions to access those resources. It is designed to prevent privilege escalation and lateral moves within the network that advanced threat actors have so often used successfully. This philosophy, while around for nearly a decade, has gained tremendous momentum in the past year with the U.S. National Security Agency pushing guidance and the White House publishing its own Zero Trust strategy.
Exacerbating Risks
Over-reliance on traditional, perimeter-based security models, which bestow an enormous amount of trust on users, exacerbates the weakness of security by obscurity. It is unfortunately still quite common to hear experienced mainframe professionals claim the mainframe is not at risk because it is not internet-facing. Yet they also connect to the mainframe from a typical laptop, which is one targeted phishing attack away from being the entry point to the mainframe with single-factor credential access.
Inside a poorly configured mainframe, users can access files, export data and make lateral moves to gain more privileges. While the mainframe does have identity access management controls from one of the largest External Security Managers, the reality is that these platforms are almost never assessed by an adversarial-based penetration tester, which means most financial institutions operate daily with a significant number of unknown vulnerabilities on their system. The absence of adequate controls makes this type of system extremely vulnerable to insider threats or threats in which an outside actor gains access to compromised credentials.
As an example, one company did not have modern cybersecurity capabilities on the mainframe and was a victim to a ransomware attack. The hacker used a file-less keylogger on a laptop with access to the mainframe. Over time, they gained access to sensitive passwords and were able to extort a multimillion-dollar ransom after encrypting a mainframe computer. It is quite unlikely these hackers took the ransom and simply retired.
At the end of the day, losing the mainframe to ransomware or another cyberattack would be catastrophic for nearly all financial institutions. If you are a bank that cannot process credit card transactions or allow users to look up their accounts because the mainframe is broken, then you will simply not be able to do business. This mandates that the mainframe receives the same security capabilities and focus as every other server in the enterprise, which are all best served by a Zero Trust architecture.
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Walking and Running to Zero Trust
For IT administrators, the core components of a Zero Trust policy for mainframes include robust identity management and heightened device security rules. These components need to govern the interaction between your sensitive data and the people, workloads, networks and devices that access it. There is no such thing as perfect in this domain, but as you start your Zero Trust journey, you can execute small and highly effective solutions before advancing to more complex capabilities.
Below are four immediate actions that can be taken to dramatically improve the resilience of the mainframe environment and move you toward a Zero Trust architecture:
Encryption: Workloads between the mainframe and other environments like cloud should be encrypted. This might sound obvious, but many companies are still running 3270 connections without encryption, which leaves username and password in clear text on the network.
Monitoring: IT administrators need robust visibility across the network to enforce and monitor these policies. Ask yourself if your mainframe data is integrated into your real-time security tools like your enterprise security information event monitor (SIEM). If it's not, you have a significant risk from this blind spot.
Multifactor authentication (MFA): You cannot allow a single mainframe administrator to be the only gateway between an external threat and privileged control to your mainframe. What happens if this administrator is phished? MFA, while not a panacea, has been shown to dramatically reduce the ability for external threats to compromise credentials and conduct masquerading attacks.
Privileged access management: You don't want to let security controls limit the necessary agility your operations teams need to do their job. Automate the management of privileged access tied to legitimate and approved service work so the mainframe is maintained smoothly while adhering to the least-privilege principle.
While these policies will drastically improve security, the list is by no means complete, and some of these features are easier to achieve than others. The ultimate goal is that your technology enforces the policy that your data is truly only accessed by those who are appropriately authorized to use it.
What is most important is that you decide that Zero Trust is a critical business goal and form an official initiative, as a Zero Trust architecture will not develop by accident. If your enterprise security team under the CISO already has a Zero Trust initiative, then it is not too late to ensure that the mainframe is part of the deliberate scope. If not, this is the perfect time to start that journey while confirming that all servers, from mainframe to cloud, are equally defended.
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Explosion During Tank Cleaning at CRU Railcar Services in TX Kills 1, Injures 5
An explosion at CRU Railcar Services in Elmendorf, TX while a tank was being cleaned on May 10 killed one employee and injured another. Gary Garza, 39, died in the explosion. Five others were injured including one man was severely injured when he was impaled by a cable.
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N.J. weather: Taste of summer will soon return, with heat and humidity rising, thunderstorm threat
As temperatures and humidity rise high on Wednesday, occasional rain showers and thunderstorms could develop in New Jersey.National Weather Service
By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
If you enjoyed the fall-like weather we had during the past few days and were ready to bid summer an early farewell, you might be a little disappointed in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.
Summer will be making a brief comeback — with temperatures soaring into the upper 80s, humidity levels rising to uncomfortable levels and some afternoon thunderstorms firing up in parts of New Jersey. As of now, it does not appear the thunderstorms will be severe, with hail and damaging winds.
But the heat index — how hot it feels when the temperature is combined with the humidity — will be hovering in the low 90s in interior sections of the Garden State, under partly sunny skies. Perhaps it's just Mother Nature's way of reminding us that autumn doesn't officially start until Sept. 23?
WEDNESDAY'S HEAT INDEX
Look at all of those mid 90s for inland locations! Very similar to what we dealt with exactly a week ago. Much of the 7day features above normal temperatures. pic.twitter.com/7GEAN8xmhE
— Adam Joseph (@6abcadamjoseph) September 9, 2019
Peak of hurricane season
Another reminder: Sept. 10 is statistically the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, and even though there are no hurricanes or tropical storms spinning in the Atlantic, there is a weakening cyclone and three tropical disturbances that are being monitored by the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle, which formed last week in the eastern Atlantic, never posed a threat to the United States and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone late Tuesday morning as it continued to weaken. The hurricane center says Gabrielle is forecast to get even weaker and then dissipate as it moves west of the British Isles on Thursday.
Hurricane season officially peaks on Sept. 10, and three tropical disturbances are being monitored by the National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Gabrielle has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.National Hurricane Center
One of the three tropical disturbances has a 30 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical depression or tropical storm during the next five days, and two have a 20 percent chance, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The disturbance with the 30 percent chance will be dropping rain across the Bahamas and Florida during the next few days, then is forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, when it could encounter conditions that are more favorable for developing into a tropical depression.
If that storm happens to turn into a tropical storm, it would be named Humberto.
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This is great, however I'm left with the question: is Logos for the Mac ever going to come, or am I just left with this little widget?
Hopefully we'll be able to post another update before long. Bob has been providing those but he's on the road with the Bible Study Bus right now.
What about a gadget for the Windows Vista Sidebar?
Please hurry. I want to take Parallels off of my Mac. This program is the only reason that I keep it on there. I need the Mac version soon!
It the same way with the full applications. They each have their own unique strengths, and it is difficult to say which is best. I thank God that I am fortunate enough to own a large number of resources in both.
It would be nice if the Bible widget could post more than one text at a time. For example a series of texts could be seen and copied into other applications (such as John 3:15-21).
Is it possible to have it in italian ?
I love y'all, but haven't we been hearing the same thing ("It will be available soon") for a long, long time?
Conrad, I agree. This was designed as a very simple, streamlined widget.
Paolo, I don't know of any plans for the widget to support other languages.
Kent, the project has definitely taken longer than any of us anticipated. Every date given has been in good faith and based on feedback from the outside development firm. At this point, we're not giving dates but progress reports instead. Please be assured that we're absolutely committed to the Mac version and progress is being made on it every day.
Need logos for Mac. Heard about it on Coast to Coast AM.
Does Logos search LDS, BoM, D&C, Pearl of Great Price etc.?
I know many times we set dates and plans that later we are not able to complete on time or complete at all, but in those situations the worst we can do is become critical.
So, my prayers are with you in your effort to produce something that will greatly benefit may of us in our study of the Word of God. Meanwhile, I will keep using Logos in my PC and being thankful for having it there already.
I was in lengthy phone conversation with Bob immediately following his initial release of Logos (pre-Libronix) asking when and why there was no effort to provide comparable software for the Mac. This especially bugged me as a multitude of churches and Christian organizations with which I interacted were all adamant Mac users. Meanwhile, I grudgingly invested thousands with Logos to buy the Scholars Version and an incredible number of add-on books…all Windows compatible. When this Mac version is finally ready, will it be up to par with (or superior to ?!?) the Windows version, or will we Mac users be expected to accept a less-than-complete version (as compared to the Windows version) just to say that we have it. Will it be Leopard compatible when finally released, or will we then have to wait many months for an updated version? And will all of the add-on books that I purchased from Logos be able to be ported to, converted to, or swapped for Mac-compatible versions?
I agree a Vista gadget would be very helpful – a quick Bible search without launching the entire Logos suite would be great!


This topic provides the API reference of Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS). If you are familiar with Web service and one or more programming languages, we recommend that you use APIs to manage your ECS resources or develop applications. For more information, see API overview.
We set limits on the number and specification for the ECS instance, disk, security group, snapshot, and network bandwidth that you can create. For more information, see Limits. Whenever the API description, optional parameter values, and available specifications conflict with the resource or specification limits described in the Limits, the Limits topic always takes the precedence.
In particular, you can skip the authentication process by using the SDK, CLI, and API Explorer. It is easier for you to get started by using the language-specific SDK instead of making a request over HTTP or HTTPS.
Note When you call API in the Alibaba Cloud CLI and SDK, remove the period (.) from the request parameters. For example, use SystemDiskCategory instead of SystemDisk.Category.
However, you must complete the authentication process for every request if you make an API URL request over the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. For more information, see Digital signature and Create an AccessKey.
Region Region A specific data center established by Alibaba Cloud in which you can run your business. To decrease network latency, we have linked the regions all over the world. However, the region cannot be changed once an ECS resource is create in it.
Availability Zone Zone Zone for short. An area with independent power grids and networks in a specified region. Each region has one or more zones. The network latency for ECS resources within a specific zone is reduced.
Instance Instance A virtual computing environment that includes CPU, memory, operating system, bandwidth, disks, and other basic computing components. An ECS instance is an independent virtual machine, and is the core element of ECS. For more information, see Instance type families.
Image Image A running environment template for an instance. It includes an operating system and preinstalled software. You can use an image either to create an instance or change the system disk of an instance.
Disk Disk The storage device of instances.
Security group Security group An instance-related security group. An instance must belong to at least one security group. The security policies of a security group apply to all instances in the group.
Snapshot Snapshot A restore point created for a disk. It contains the disk data at a specified time and can be used to restore disk data or create custom images.
Tag Tag Consists of a key-value pair. You can assign tags to ECS resources for fast listing and filtering.
IP address IP address The Internet or intranet IP address of an instance.


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IBM backs new stablecoin
Stronghold USD launched on the Stellar blockchain platform
Reuters (Computerworld)
IBM is backing a new cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, in a partnership with U.S.-based financial services provider Stronghold that adds stability to a sector known for its volatility, the companies said.
The so-called stable coin, Stronghold USD, launched on the Stellar blockchain platform. Buyers of the coin will deposit greenbacks with the company's partner bank, Nevada-based Prime Trust for Stronghold to issue the tokens based on a 1-to-1 ratio.
Stable coins, pegged to an asset like gold, or major currencies such the euro, pound and U.S. dollar, have emerged as issuers seek to expand uses for digital currencies, which are unregulated and volatile. Bitcoin, the most well-known token, has fallen around 55 percent so far in 2018 against the dollar, after surging more than 1,300 percent last year.
Cryptocurrencies are powered by blockchain, a shared database maintained by a network of computers connected to the internet.
Stronghold USDs are designed for use among businesses, such as financial institutions, multinational corporations, and asset managers, the company said. The tokens may be made available to retail customers in the coming months.
"The engineering work has been done on this token and we have seen a little bit of the early release of it," Jesse Lund, IBM's vice president of global blockchain, said in an interview.
"IBM will explore use cases with business networks that we have developed, as a user of the token. We see this as a way of bringing financial settlement into the transactional business network that we have been building."
As applications that use blockchain and stable coins become more mainstream, Lund said, merchants, consumers and global suppliers will get cheaper, faster and safer alternatives to cash, credit cards, debit cards and wire transfers.
"The token allows folks to do payments, foreign exchange between companies in a very seamless and frictionless and more secure way," Stronghold founder and Chief Executive Tammy Camp said in an interview.
"It enables people to be able to trade that token with other assets and other tokens as well," she added.
IBM also announced on Tuesday a partnership with Columbia University to open the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Transparency. It will offer students access to IBM internships and joint research.
(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Richard Chang)
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John Weiler, OBJECTive Technology Group (and OMG's Government Liaison), gave a brief presentation on the Interoperability Clearing House Initiative. This joint government/industry initiative is being headed by the OBJECTive Technology Group under a DARPA contract, with oversight by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The primary mission is to provide both architecture tools and a supporting Web-based repository that help in the selection, management, and validation of interoperable software components. An initial goal is to define a mapping showing how various component technologies fit together in an enterprise systems architecture. By enabling links between interdependent components, users will be able to determine which set of standards and associated products interoperate to form a virtual Common Operating Environment. Partners in the effort include standards organizations, user groups, component suppliers, system integrators, and independent software validators. More information on the initiative can be found at http://www.omg.org/library/ic.htm and http://www.TheOTC.com.
Notes: Additional metadata capabilities are needed to address a number of problems in CORBA-based systems. IDL provides mostly syntax, not semantics. Support is required for both large- and small-grained objects. It is also desirable to be able to look at individual differences among instances, and have dynamic discovery and introspection. MOF is useful, but the metamodel is not extensible, it supports only IDL, and no standard transfer format is defined. Beans provides no access to fine-grained content, and metadata only on interfaces and methods. Web-related technologies that can help provide the needed capabilities include XML, DOM, RDF, and XML-Data, and work on specific metadata properties such as Dublin Core. Providing CORBA metadata in XML would allow access both within the CORBA environment and by Web browsers.
The basic idea is to describe CORBA representations using XML metadata, and add tags to define more precise type information. The XML tags are defined by starting with the OMG BNF syntax as the basis of the DTD, defining XML tags for CORBA meta concepts. Additional tags can then be added that further constrain types (e.g., along the lines of COBOL-like PIC definitions).
XML allows arbitrary mixing of tagged information that represents both metadata and data. As a result, it is possible to start with a set of XML tags that represent a type, and then create instances by adding additional tags that hold the instance-specific data. The approach also provides an extensibility framework. By adding XML to an existing DTD, a new DTD can be generated which includes new tags defined by that XML.
Next steps for this technology include integration with RDF and XML-Link. If the ISIG thought such technology was promising, it might cnsider issuing one or more RFPs in the area of XML/CORBA integration.
The Web application layer provides an object-oriented network API for HTTP 1.1, and is designed to support "TCWA" (The Classic Web Application). The Messaging layer essentially defines middleware support, and provides an OO RPC protocol. The Transport layer defines a set of protocol stacks (some portions being composable), and includes support for multiplexing and bi-directionality. HTTP-NG uses binary formats on the wire to reduce parsing overhead and the number of bytes transmitted. Advantages of HTTP-NG include efficiency (including minimization of round trips), extensibility (e.g., to support new applications like WebDAV--Distributed Authoring and Versioning), and simplicity.
Phase I of the project ends this summer, with the first release of drafts scheduled for early July. A basic feasibility demo will also take place. The results will be presented to IETF at their August meeting in Chicago. A more extensive briefing will be given to the ISIG at its Seattle meeting.
Notes: This talk described how component technology, such as JavaBeans, can be used to support CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work). Eric described current capabilities for using CORBA in this type of application (e.g., OrbixTalk, the Event Service). The general architecture is a classic 3-tier architecture. Components such as JavaBeans can run in anyof the three tiers. Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) are designed for the middle tier, supporting transactional, data-intensive applications. When using them, clients are provided with stubs to access these middle-tier components. It is not always clear how to map CSCW applications onto this 3-tier architecture, although in some cases the mapping is straightforward. Eric also described FACELIFT, an FY98 C4I demonstration, based on this approach. It uses JavaBeans at the client tier, EJB + CORBA + an HTTP server in the middle tier, with databases and legacy systems at the bottom tier.
which can be sent to servers using a Java DII call (referencing the structure getaddress.xml, in this case). The basic idea is that much healthcare data will probably be represented in XML anyway, so it will be useful to have everything represented in XML so that common manipulation techniques can be applied.
The first two of the WGs were scheduled to have concurrent breakout sessions in the afternoon, followed by a cross-briefing, after which there would be a plenary session for the third WG (this general pattern is planned for future meetings, with the WGs rotating having the plenary session).
These are becoming very important, given the increasing number of systems being built which incorporate both CORBA-based distributed object technology and Web technology, and the increasing frequency with which Web technologies such as XML are being referenced in OMG Task Force activities.
Manola indicated that he would produce a draft initial charter, and distribute it via email to get discussion started prior to the Helsinki OMG meeting in July. He also solicited input on Web/OMG applications. Overall, there was a great deal of interest and enthusiasm shown for this effort.
The CSCW Working Group is looking at developing open standards to support component based, "tailorable", collaborative, place-based or instantiation-based environments. Through these, a user may meet with others, either synchronously or asynchronously, in a "room", leave materials in the room for review, etc., share applications, voice, video, and so on. The "room" might be an instantiation, perhaps a node in a self-building work flow diagram. Some of these capabilities are just now coming to market, but not in an interoperable, web-based way. There is much work to do. So far, MITRE, Hitachi and Lotus are involved.
The WG's Mission is: To examine and report on opportunities for fullfilling emerging requirements for Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) within distributed, component-based enterprise.
A password accessed discussion has been created for the Workgroup, located at http://www.i2itechnologies.com/om g/cscw. Send e-mail to Henry Rothkopf if you want to join.
Following the breakouts, the first two WG's exchanged cross-briefings. Henry Rothkopf and Frank Manola described the general goals of their respective Working Groups, as reported above. Henry additionally noted that the CSCW WG intends to work on a Green Paper, and cooperate in depth with the other WGs. Frank Manola noted that WOIA, in addition to standing for "Web/OMA Integration Architectures", might also stand for the general question it attempts to answer: "Why Objects and the Internet Anyway?".
Mike Bigrigg led a working session on OTAM (effectively, the OTAM WG meeting). This is aimed at defining an OMG facility, based loosely on the ISO FTAM specifications, for a form of virtual file system that allows access to, and maintenance of, virtually any type of data. Mike circulated both a draft OTAM Green Paper and a draft RFI. There were a number of questions raised as to the need for the proposed facility, how it related to existing OMG specifications, scenarios in which it would be used, etc. More information on these subjects is needed before an RFI can reasonably be issued. Frank Manola had written up a list of questions/comments on the Green Paper, which he agreed to send to the entire group via email following the meeting.


The company is buying the assets of Montalvo, a startup that tried to break into the x86 chip market.
Sun Microsystems is buying the technical assets of Montalvo Systems, a semiconductor company that was looking to break into the x86 market against the likes of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.
In a statement, a Sun spokesperson said the company completed the acquisition of Montalvo April 21, although the announcement was not made until April 24. Terms of the deal were not disclosed because the acquisition was "not material with respect to Sun's earnings per share," according to the statement.
It is not clear why Sun, which is best known for its own line of SPARC and UltraSPARC processors, bought a company that had focused on the more popular x86 market, which are the primary chips used in PCs and commodity servers. In addition to its own SPARC- and UltraSPARC-based servers, Sun has a number of systems that use AMD and Intel processors.
"The assets will be integrated into the Microelectronics business unit," Dana Lengkeek, a Sun spokesperson, wrote in an e-mail. "We believe acquiring these assets will enhance the current and future products we are developing and expect them to contribute to future generations of Sun's microprocessor technology, which will in turn drive additional differentiation for Sun's Systems products."
There is not much known about Montalvo. A check of its Web site shows a number of job listings for the Santa Clara, Calif., company, but no list of products.
"Montalvo Systems is a well funded fabless semiconductor startup funded by prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms," according to a statement on the Web site.
Montalvo is the second chip company snatched up by a major vendor this week. On April 23, Apple announced it will buy P.A. Semi, a small chip company that makes low-power processors for the embedded market and licenses IBM's Power Architecture technology.
Since P.A. Semi is focused on low-power chips, Apple could use the technology in a range of its own devices, including the iPhone and iPod. Montalvo also appears to have been developing low-power processors, according to several published reports.


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Англи́йский масти́ф () — старинная английская порода догообразных собак, крупнейший дог Европы и самый большой из мастифов.

Этимология названия
Существует несколько версий о происхождении названия породы. Согласно одной из них, слово «мастиф» произошло от искажённого master of thief — «господин воров»: днём мастифов держали на привязи, чтобы ночью они были свирепее. По другой версии, название породы происходит от англосаксонского слова masty — «сильный».

Согласно Оксфордскому словарю, «мастиф» — производное от старофранцузского mastin (совр. mâtin). Также существует мнение, что название произошло от лат. massivius («массивный, большой»).

По В. В. Володарской впервые слово «мастиф» было употреблено во времена Римской империи. В Англии заимствованное у римлян название породы появилось в IX веке в королевских уложениях Хивела Доброго.

История

Начало становления породы
Есть разные точки зрения на зарождение породы. Наиболее вероятный предок современных мастифов — тибетский мастиф, обитавший в горах и впоследствии распространившийся в Персии, Ассирии, Вавилоне, Египте, а позже — и в Греции. В ходе археологических раскопок в городе Ниневия обнаружена ваза, датируемая 612 г. до н. э.; на вазе изображена массивная собака с крупной квадратной головой и в броне. В Великобританию эти собаки попали вместе с кельтскими племенами, пришедшим из Малой Азии в IV—III вв. до н. э.

В середине I в. до н. э. земли бриттов были завоёваны Римской империей. Историк Галльской войны Фалискус писал:
«Стоит предпринять тяжелейшее путешествие к далёким берегам Британии только за тем, чтобы увидеть собак местной породы, по силе и свирепости превосходящих всех собак, известных нам».

Юлий Цезарь упоминал об огромных собаках бриттов, сражавшихся с хозяевами против римских легионов в 55 г. до н. э. В Римской империи даже существовала должность закупщика собак с Британских островов. В Риме порода получила название «мастиф» и стала использоваться в гладиаторских боях.

В 407 году на территорию Великобритании вторглись саксы и привезли в земли Англии своих боевых собак. Сакские собаки делились на несколько типов:
 costog kyn — собака короля, наиболее крупное и сильное животное;
 costog oi emul oi anos pan funa — разновидность крупной овчарки, близкая к горным прамолоссам;
 costogaidd — сторожевая собака, посаженная на цепь;
 gafaelgi — собака для травли и охоты на крупного зверя.
В результате ассимиляции завезённых собак с аборигенными появилась разновидность, названная «costog». У таких собак была средней длины, преимущественно тёмная шерсть и свирепый нрав.

Мастиф XI века представляет собой крупную разновидность «gafaelgi» чёрного окраса. Мастифы употреблялись для воинской службы, надзора за рабами, охоты на крупного зверя. Мастиф на охоте приравнивался к своре из 20 гончих и борзых — при обмене за одного мастифа назначалась такая цена. На войне мастиф мог сравниться с двумя пешими легковооруженными воинами. Крестьяне не могли позволить себе такую собаку: за содержание мастифа платили налог в королевскую казну.

В 1066 году Британию атаковали норманны. Дипломатические отношения норманнской знати с материком способствовало ввозу в Великобританию алана — европейского охотничьего мастифа, полученного от нескольких разновидностей травильных собак и догов восточного типа. В результате смешения кровей алана и английских прамастифов получили несколько разновидностей мастифов. Генрих III, опасаясь того, что мастифы могут убивать королевских оленей в заповедных лесах, принял закон об охране дичи, согласно которому лесничие обязаны были ежегодно производить учёт мастифов, принадлежащих крестьянам. Мастифам при этом отрубали три когтя на каждой передней лапе; при этом считали, что такая операция не помешает собакам выполнять сторожевые функции.Помимо этого, существовала старая боевая разновидность мастифа — «бэндог» (сакс. bandog), оставшийся после саксов. Это были сторожевые собаки с тёмным окрасом шерсти, делавших их незаметными в темноте. В 1406 году в староанглийской книге об охоте, автором заметок которой является герцог Йоркский, мастиф описывается как охранная собака; упоминается о стравливании мастифов и алаунтов.

Этап племенного разведения
Начало чистопородного племенного разведения мастифов пришлось на времена правления Тюдоров и Стюартов. В 1415 году в битве при Азенкуре сэр Пирс Ли скончался от ран. Его собака, сука мастифа, сражалась рядом с телом с французами до подхода английского войска. Генрих V приказал отправить собаку на родину и чествовать её наравне с отличившимися в сражении солдатами. От этой суки берёт начало известная в XVIII—XIX веках линия мастифов «Лайм Холл» (англ. Lime Holl), названная в честь замка сэра Пирса Ли.Помимо «Лайм Холл» существовало ещё три старинных питомника: «Чатсуорт» (англ. Chatsuort) герцога Девонширского, «Элвастон Касл» (англ. Elvastone Castle) лорда Харрингтона и «Хэдзор-Холл» () семьи Гэттонз.

В 1550 году в записках лейб-врача королевы Елизаветы I мастиф описывается как большая, похожая на льва бесстрашная собака, используемая в качестве сторожевой, военной и травильной.

Сторожевых мастифов в 1631 году упоминает Конрад Хересбах.

В 1835 году в Англии вышел указ, запрещающий звериную травлю. Стали популярны огромные короткомордые собаки. Однако к 30-м годам XIX века мастифы измельчали, а вскоре исчезли совсем. Согласно книге М. Б. Уинна  «The History of the Mastiff» (1886), восстановить породу удалось благодаря использованию альпийского мастифа, сенбернара, меделяна и американского поголовья мастифов. Также в воссоздании породы участвовали бульмастифы, ньюфаундленды, датские доги. В 1871 году на выставке было представлено 63 мастифа, а уже через несколько лет — ни одного.
В 1872 году основан Клуба любителей староанглийского мастифа, задачей которого было воссоздание породы. В 1873 году на выставке собак в Бирмингеме впервые был представлен мастиф современного типа — Таурас (англ. Tauras) из питомника «Нанбэри» (). Таурас стал победителем на выставке, что стимулировало дальнейшие старания заводчиков. Потомок Таураса, Крон Принс () стал родоначальником всех современных линий мастифа; пёс был куплен на аукционе в 1884 году за 180 гиней. К 1883 году сформировался современный тип староанглийского мастифа. На выставке в 1890 году на Crystal Palace все призовые места заняли потомки Крона Принса.
В 1906 году стандарт породы был пересмотрен: серые, чёрные, пятнистые и длинношерстные представители породы дисквалифицировались.

После Первой мировой войны порода почти исчезла за пределами Великобритании. На первой послевоенной выставке было представлено лишь 60 мастифов. С 1906 по 1918 годы в США были зарегистрированы только 24 мастифа. В 1918 году Американской кинологической ассоциацией был зарегистрирован щенок по кличке Беовульф. Началось медленное восстановление североамериканской популяции мастифов.

В 1937 году Альдровандус создаёт подробное описание мастифа.

После Второй мировой войны в мире насчитывалось лишь 14 мастифов, 12 из которых были потомками американских представителей породы. В 1945 году секретарь Клуба любителей староанглийского мастифа миссис Дикен приняла решение провести выставку собак. Выставка состоялась в 1947 году; на ней было всего семь представителей породы. В США и Канаде после войны насчитывалось 30 мастифов. Благодаря продуманной селекции и использованию представителей американского поголовья, за 20 лет удалось воссоздать и значительно улучшить породу. Сейчас мастифы распространены во всём мире; в 2009 году мастифы стали 27-й по популярности породой в США.

На базе английского мастифа в США была создана новая порода собаки молоссоидного типа — американский мастиф. В 2000 году порода была признана Континентальным клубом собаководства как чистокровная порода.

Использование мастифов в травле

Считается, что англичане начали проводить травлю животных по примеру римлян; в Британии проводить медвежьи бои начал Эдуард Исповедник. В таких боях использовали мастифов и мастифообразных собак.

Генрих VIII устроил в своей резиденции Уайтхолл «медвежий ров». Позже поэт  так напишет о травле медведей:

О медвежьих боях.
Что за безумие заводить у себя невзирая на риск,
Огромного мастифа и дикого уродливого медведя,
И все только для того, чтобы видеть, как они подерутся,
Разрывая друг друга, что за отвратительное зрелище.
И все же, думаю, глупее подобных людей не сыскать,
Денег у них почти нет,
Но каждое воскресенье они обязательно потратят
Одно или два пенни, чтобы таким образом попытаться поправить свои дела.
В Пэрис-Гарден в любое воскресенье наверняка
Вам попадутся две или три сотни их в поле, где происходит медвежья травля

Сэр Уолтер Рели, фаворит Елизаветы I, считал, что как достопримечательность Лондона «медвежий сад» не уступает по важности Вестминстерскому аббатству и в обязательном порядке должен демонстрироваться иностранцам.

Сохранилось письмо Роберта Лейнема (), описывающего представление, данное Робертом Дадли, графом Лестер в Замке Кенилворт в 1575 году :

Четверг, 14 июля, шестой день пребывания Её Величества, огромный выбор мастифов на привязи во внешнем дворе и тринадцать медведей во внутреннем…

Да, сэр, медведей завели во внутренний двор, собак приставили к ним, нос к носу. Затем тщательно убедились, нет ли у одной из сторон явного преимущества, дабы не пришлось сдерживать другую. Мне об этом трудно судить. И медведи, и собаки очень сильны, и многое решает бойцовская страсть. Если собака в защите вцепится медведю в горло, у того остаётся возможность содрать с неё шкуру когтями.

Запрет на травлю медведей в Великобритании был установлен в 1835 году.

Внешний вид

Общий вид. Крупная, сильная, пропорционально сложенная собака. Голова объёмно-угловатая, производит впечатление массивности. Ширина головы относится к её длине как 2:3. Корпус широкий, крепкий, длинный и глубокий. Сложение атлетическое. Конечности прямые, крепкие. Мускулатура рельефная.

Тело большое, с большой глубиной и широтой, особенно между передними ногами, в результате чего они должны быть широко расставлены. Длина тела, взятой из точки плеча до седалищного бугра, больше, чем высота в холке. Стандартная высота для этой породы составляет 30 дюймов (76 см) в холке для самцов и 27,5 дюймов (70 см) (минимум) в холке у самок. Типичный самец может весить 150—250 фунтов (68—113 кг), типичная самка может весить 120—200 фунтов (54—91 кг), очень крупные особи достигают 130 кг (286 фунтов) или более.

Шерсть. Короткая, не истончённая на шее, спине, лопатках.

Окрас. Олений, абрикосовый, серебристо-олений, тёмно-олений, тигровый, палевый. Чёрная маска на морде.

Голова. Широкая между ушами, в черепной части. Лоб плоский, ярко выраженные кожные складки, ещё больше выделяющиеся, когда собака напряжена. Развитая мускулатура скул и височных костей. Лобная борозда берёт начало между глазами и тянется до середины головы. Чётко выраженные надбровные дуги. Морда широкая, короткая, глубокая, образует почти прямой угол со лбом (прямой стоп); хорошо заполнена под глазами. Нижняя челюсть широкая.Нос большой, широкий, плоский, при взгляде сбоку не вздёрнутый и не конический; хорошо открытые ноздри. Брыли чётко очерчены, умеренно обвислые, квадратные в профиль; с носовой перегородкой образуют тупой угол. Длина морды относится к длине головы как 1:3, окружность морды и окружность головы соотносятся как 3:5.

Глаза. Небольшие, широко расставленные (на расстояние не менее удвоенной длины глаза). Между глазами хорошо выражен выступ черепа. Цвет глаз ореховый, предпочтительно тёмно-ореховый, третье веко не допустимо.

Уши. Небольшие, тонкие, высоко и широко поставлены, зрительно расширяют череп. Когда собака спокойна, уши лежат на щеках.

Зубы. Прикус «клещи» или «перекус», если нижние зубы не выделяются при закрытой пасти. Зубы белые, крепкие. Мощные клыки.

Шея. Умеренной длины, немного выгнутая, мускулистая. Окружность шеи меньше окружности черепа, измеренной перед ушами, на 2,5—5 см.

Передние конечности. Лопатка и плечо немного скошены. Ноги прямые, мощные, кости толстые. Плюсны прямопоставленные, локти чётко выраженные.

Туловище. Грудная клетка широкая, глубокая, опускается до уровня локтей и ниже. Рёбра округлые. Ложные рёбра развитые, закрывают бока до бёдер. Окружность рёбер превышает высоту в холке на 1/3.Спина и поясница широкие, мускулистые, уплощённые, немного шире у суки и выпуклее у кобеля. Пах умеренно подобран.

Задняя часть тела. Конечности прямые. Бёдра и голени развитые. Скакательные суставы чётко выражены. Плюсны параллельны.

Хвост. Постав хвоста умеренно высокий. Хвост толстый, сужающийся к концу; достигает скакательных суставов. В возбуждённом состоянии собака поднимает хвост не выше уровня спины.

Лапы. Крупные, округлые. Пальцы изогнутые, сводистые. Когти чёрные.

Продолжительность жизни
Продолжительность жизни мастифов, как и всех крупных собак, несколько меньше продолжительности жизни собак маленьких и средних пород и составляет в среднем 6—10 лет. Однако были случаи, когда мастифы жили 13—14 или даже 16—17 лет.

Здоровье

К наиболее распространённым и опасным заболеваниям у мастифов относятся:
 заболевания суставов: дисплазия тазобедренных суставов, локтевая дисплазия;
 глазные заболевания: дисплазия сетчатки глаза, прогрессивная атрофия сетчатки, глаукома, катаракта;
 кожные заболевания: поверхностная пиодермия, демодекоз;
 заболевания нервной системы: эпилепсия, мышечная дистрофия, миастения;
 другие болезни: лейкоз, кардиомиопатия, рак кости, синдром Воблера, гипотиреоз.
Менее опасными болезнями являются:
 глазные заболевания: киста радужной оболочки, энтропион, «вишнёвый глаз», дистрофия роговицы;
 кожные болезни: аллергические реакции;
 заболевания суставов: артрит, гипертрофическая остеодистрофия, спондилёз позвоночника;

 болезни репродуктивных органов: крипторхизм, односторонний крипторхизм, вагинальная гиперплазия.
 сердечно-сосудистые заболевания: лёгочный стеноз, шумы в сердце;
 прочие: грыжи, болезнь Фон Виллебранда.

Интересные факты

 Александрийские ювелиры лучшим способом огранки драгоценных камней считали помещение камня в желудок собаки. Обычно для этих целей выбирались мастифы; преимущество отдавалось кобелям. Камень помещали в кусок мяса, который давали собаке вместе с порцией костей, осколки которых в желудке шлифовали камень так, что ювелиру оставалось только немного подправить его. Побывав в собаке, камень приобретал особый блеск. За собакой приглядывал раб, называемый «прихвостень» и пользующийся доверием господина. Он обязан был наблюдать за собакой и извлечь драгоценный камень из помёта.
 В Риме мастифы помогали рыбакам ловить бычков. Мастиф добирался до каменной гряды неподалёку от берега, под которой обитали бычки, и сидел, выжидая, пока утихнет вода, взволнованная движением собаки. Потом мастиф опускал морду в воду и с силой, громко булькая, выдыхал. Бычки выплывали из-под камней, а мастиф в это время прыгал в воду и начинал сильно бить лапами по воде. Поднятая со дна грязь забивали рыбам жабры, удары по воде оглушали, и бычки становились лёгкой добычей для рыбаков.

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Alex is not one to cry easily, but the one thing that consistently gets the tears flowing is watching people perform. Alex has a passion for creativity and helping her fellow visionaries realize their dreams.
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