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Brake-specific fuel consumption
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Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft power. It is typically used for comparing the efficiency of internal combustion engines with a shaft output.
It is the rate of fuel consumption divided by the power produced. It may also be thought of as power-specific fuel consumption, for this reason. BSFC allows the fuel efficiency of different engines to be directly compared.
1 The BSFC calculation (in metric units)
2 The relationship between BSFC numbers and efficiency
3 The use of BSFC numbers as operating values and as a cycle average statistic
4 The significance of BSFC numbers for engine design and class
5 Examples of values of BSFC for shaft engines
The BSFC calculation (in metric units)Edit
To calculate BSFC, use the formula
B S F C = r P {\displaystyle BSFC={\frac {r}{P}}}
r {\displaystyle r}
is the fuel consumption rate in grams per second (g/s)
P {\displaystyle P}
is the power produced in watts where P = τ ω {\displaystyle P=\tau \omega }
(W)
ω {\displaystyle \omega }
is the engine speed in radians per second (rad/s)
τ {\displaystyle \tau }
is the engine torque in newton metres (N⋅m)
The above values of r, ω {\displaystyle \omega }
, and τ {\displaystyle \tau }
may be readily measured by instrumentation with an engine mounted in a test stand and a load applied to the running engine. The resulting units of BSFC are grams per joule (g/J)
Commonly BSFC is expressed in units of grams per kilowatt-hour (g/(kW⋅h)). The conversion factor is as follows:
BSFC [g/(kW⋅h)] = BSFC [g/J] × (3.6 × 106)
The conversion between metric and imperial units is:
BSFC [g/(kW⋅h)] = BSFC [lb/(hp⋅h)] × 608.277
BSFC [lb/(hp⋅h)] = BSFC [g/(kW⋅h)] × 0.001644
The relationship between BSFC numbers and efficiencyEdit
To calculate the actual efficiency of an engine requires the energy density of the fuel being used.
Different fuels have different energy densities defined by the fuel's heating value. The lower heating value (LHV) is used for internal-combustion-engine-efficiency calculations because the heat at temperatures below 150 °C (300 °F) cannot be put to use.
Some examples of lower heating values for vehicle fuels are:
Certification gasoline = 18,640 BTU/lb (0.01204 kW⋅h/g)
Regular gasoline = 18,917 BTU/lb (0.0122222 kW⋅h/g)
Diesel fuel = 18,500 BTU/lb (0.0119531 kW⋅h/g)
Thus a diesel engine's efficiency = 1/(BSFC × 0.0119531) and a gasoline engine's efficiency = 1/(BSFC × 0.0122225)
The use of BSFC numbers as operating values and as a cycle average statisticEdit
BSFC [g/(kW⋅h)] map
Main article: Consumption map
Any engine will have different BSFC values at different speeds and loads. For example, a reciprocating engine achieves maximum efficiency when the intake air is unthrottled and the engine is running near its peak torque. The efficiency often reported for a particular engine, however, is not its maximum efficiency but a fuel economy cycle statistical average. For example, the cycle average value of BSFC for a gasoline engine is 322 g/(kW⋅h), translating to an efficiency of 25% (1/(322 × 0.0122225) = 0.2540). Actual efficiency can be lower or higher than the engine's average due to varying operating conditions. In the case of a production gasoline engine, the most efficient BSFC is approximately 225 g/(kW⋅h), which is equivalent to a thermodynamic efficiency of 36%.
An iso-BSFC map (fuel island plot) of a diesel engine is shown. The sweet spot at 206 BSFC has 40.6% efficiency. The x-axis is rpm; y-axis is BMEP in bar (bmep is proportional to torque)
The significance of BSFC numbers for engine design and classEdit
BSFC numbers change a lot for different engine designs, and compression ratio and power rating. Engines of different classes like diesels and gasoline engines will have very different BSFC numbers, ranging from less than 200 g/(kW⋅h) (diesel at low speed and high torque) to more than 1,000 g/(kW⋅h) (turboprop at low power level).
Examples of values of BSFC for shaft enginesEdit
The following table takes values as an example for the specific fuel consumption of several types of engines. For specific engines values can and often do differ from the table values shown below. Energy efficiency is based on a lower heating value of 42.7 MJ/kg (84.3 g/(kW⋅h)) for diesel fuel and jet fuel, 43.9 MJ/kg (82 g/(kW⋅h)) for gasoline.
lb/(hp⋅h)
g/(kW⋅h)
48 64 1989 Rotax 582 gasoline, 2-stroke Aviation, Ultralight, Eurofly Fire Fox 0.699 425[1] 19.3%
321 431 1987 PW206B/B2 turboshaft Helicopter, EC135 0.553 336[2] 24.4%
427 572 1987 PW207D turboshaft Helicopter, Bell 427 0.537 327[2] 25.1%
500 670 1981 Arrius 2B1/2B1A-1 turboshaft Helicopter, EC135 0.526 320[2] 25.6%
820 1,100 1960 PT6C-67C turboshaft Helicopter, AW139 0.490 298[2] 27.5%
958 1,285 1989 MTR390 turboshaft Helicopter, Tiger 0.460 280[2] 29.3%
84.5 113.3 1996 Rotax 914 gasoline, turbo Aviation, Light-sport aircraft, WT9 Dynamic 0.454 276[3] 29.7%
88 118 1942 Lycoming O-235-L gasoline Aviation, General aviation, Cessna 152 0.452 275[4] 29.8%
1,799 2,412 1984 RTM322-01/9 turboshaft Helicopter, NH90 0.420 255[2] 32.1%
63 84 1991 GM Saturn I4 engine gasoline Cars, Saturn S-Series 0.411 250[5] 32.5%
150 200 2011 Ford EcoBoost gasoline, turbo Cars, Ford 0.403 245[6] 33.5%
300 400 1961 Lycoming IO-720 gasoline Aviation, General aviation, PAC Fletcher 0.4 243[7] 34.2%
7,000 9,400 1986 Rolls-Royce MT7 gas turbine Hovercraft, SSC 0.3998 243.2[8] 34.7%
2,000 2,700 1945 Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone gasoline, turbo-compound Aviation, Commercial aviation; B-29, Constellation, DC-7 0.380 231[9] 35.5%
57 76 2003 Toyota 1NZ-FXE gasoline Car, Toyota Prius 0.370 225[10] 36.4%
550 740 1931 Junkers Jumo 204 diesel 2-stroke, turbo Aviation, Commercial aviation, Junkers Ju 86 0.347 211[11] 40%
36,000 48,000 2002 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent turboshaft Marine propulsion 0.340 207[12] 40.7%
2,340 3,140 1949 Napier Nomad Diesel-compound Concept Aircraft engine 0.340 207[13] 40.7%
165 221 2000 Volkswagen 3.3 V8 TDI Diesel Car, Audi A8 0.337 205[14] 41.1%
2,013 2,699 1940 Deutz DZ 710 Diesel two stroke Concept Aircraft engine 0.330 201[15] 41.9%
42,428 56,897 1993 GE LM6000 turboshaft Marine propulsion, Electricity generation 0.329 200.1[16] 42.1%
130 170 2007 BMW N47 2L Diesel Cars, BMW 0.326 198[17] 42.6%
88 118 1990 Audi 2.5L TDI Diesel Car, Audi 100 0.326 198[18] 42.6%
620 830 Scania AB DC16 078A Diesel 4-stroke Electricity generation 0.312 190[19] 44.4%
1,200 1,600 early 1990s Wärtsilä 6L20 Diesel 4-stroke Marine propulsion 0.311 189.4[20] 44.5%
3,600 4,800 MAN Diesel 6L32/44CR Diesel 4-stroke Marine propulsion, Electricity generation 0.283 172[21] 49%
4,200 5,600 2015 Wärtsilä W31 Diesel 4-stroke Marine propulsion, Electricity generation 0.271 165[22] 51.1%
34,320 46,020 1998 Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C Diesel 2-stroke Marine propulsion, Electricity generation 0.263 160[23] 52.7%
27,060 36,290 MAN Diesel S80ME-C9.4-TII Diesel 2-stroke Marine propulsion, Electricity generation 0.254 154.5[24] 54.6%
34,350 46,060 MAN Diesel G95ME-C9 Diesel 2-stroke Marine propulsion 0.254 154.5[25] 54.6%
605,000 811,000 2016 General Electric 9HA Combined cycle Electricity generation 0.223 135.5 (eq.) 62.2%[26]
Turboprop efficiency is only good at high power; SFC increases dramatically for approach at low power (30% Pmax) and especially at idle (7% Pmax) :
2,050 kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 turboprop (1996)[27]
Nominal idle (7%) 192 hp (143 kW) 3.06 kg/min (405 lb/h) 1,282 g/(kW⋅h) (2.108 lb/(hp⋅h)) 6.6%
Approach (30%) 825 hp (615 kW) 5.15 kg/min (681 lb/h) 502 g/(kW⋅h) (0.825 lb/(hp⋅h)) 16.8%
Max cruise (78%) 2,132 hp (1,590 kW) 8.28 kg/min (1,095 lb/h) 312 g/(kW⋅h) (0.513 lb/(hp⋅h)) 27%
Max climb (80%) 2,192 hp (1,635 kW) 8.38 kg/min (1,108 lb/h) 308 g/(kW⋅h) (0.506 lb/(hp⋅h)) 27.4%
Max contin. (90%) 2,475 hp (1,846 kW) 9.22 kg/min (1,220 lb/h) 300 g/(kW⋅h) (0.493 lb/(hp⋅h)) 28.1%
Take-off (100%) 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) 9.9 kg/min (1,310 lb/h) 290 g/(kW⋅h) (0.477 lb/(hp⋅h)) 29.1%
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Thrust specific fuel consumption
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Why Herbal Medicine?
17 August 2021 by Jack Barber in Life Style, News
Herbal medicine is the use of plants and plant extracts to treat disease or ailments. Many modern pharmaceuticals use compounds found in plants, although these days they are generally created synthetically. Modern drugs focus on utilizing only the perceived active ingredient in a plant, whereas herbal medicine uses the plant, or parts or the plant, as a whole. There are arguments that point to the mixture of chemicals in a plant as a whole work together to produce a more desirable effect than a single active ingredient.
Healing with plants predates records and is a practice not only used by humans but other animals which are naturally drawn to certain plants to help them maintain their health. The first recorded use of herbal medicine dates back approximately 5000 years ago. Evidence was found on a clay Sumerian slab from Nagpur. It comprised of 12 recipes for medicine preparation and references over 250 different plants. Traditional Indian herbal medicine is called Ayurvedic medicine. We stock a wide range of Ayurvedic herbs.
The Chinese book "Pen T'Sao", which was written by Emperor Shen Nung approximately 2500 BC references over 365 dried parts of medicinal plants, many of which are still used to this day, including Rhei rhisoma, camphor, Theae folium, Podophyllum and more such as jimson weed, ginsend, cinnamon bark, and ephedra. At Herbal Apothecary we stock a range of Chinese herbs, herbal tinctures and fluid extracts. Throughout history there has been a notable use of herbal medicine across cultures and civilisations, with references in the Indian holy books and the Bible.
In the Middle Ages, cultivation and preparation of medicines had moved towards monasteries, where most therapies were based on 16 medicinal plants. The monks at such monasteries commonly grew sage, anise, mint, Greek seed, savory, tansy and more. Charles the Great (742-814 AD) founded a medical school in Salerno, made an order dictating which medicinal plants were to be grown on state-owned land. Around 100 plants were quoted to be grown, many of which are still used today such as sage, sea onion, mint, common centaury, poppy and more. Charles the Great was said to especially appreciate sage (Salvia officinalis L.), which was named so in Latin as it was referred to as a salvation plant (with salvare meaning "save, cure"). Even in modern times, sage is a mandatory plant in all Catholic monasteries.
Historically in the Arab world, numerous plants were used in herbal medicine, mostly from India where there were good trade relations. Many of the medicinal plants used by the Arabs then are still in use today, some of these include aloe, deadly nightshade, henbane, coffee, ginger, saffron, pepper, cinnamon and senna. European physicians in the Middle Ages often consulted Arab works such as "De Re Medica" (John Mesue, 850 AD), "Canon Medicinae" (Avicenna, 980-1037 AD) and "Liber Magnae Collectionis Simplicum Alimentorum Et Medicamentorum" (Ibn Baitar 1197-1248 AD), where over 1000 medicinal plants were described.
In the 18th century, Linnaeus (1707-1788 AD) decided to create the work "Species Plantarium" (1753 AD) to provide short descriptions and classifications of species which had previously been described. Plants were described and named without taking into consideration previous descriptions and names. Most plant names up to this point used a polynominal system, where the first word denoted the genus, whilst the latter polynominal phrase described other features of the plant. Linnaeus changed the naming system into a binominal one. The name of each species consisted of the genus name, with an initial capital letter, and the species name, with an initial small letter.
In the early 19th century there was a scientific breakthrough concerning the discovery, substantiation and isolation of alkaloids from the poppy, quinine, pomegranate and other plants. With the improvements made to chemical methods, other active substances were discovered such as tannins, vitamins, hormones and more. This showed the different chemical make-up of different plants and how this would have an effect on their uses. In the late 19th century and early 20th century there was a looming danger that medicinal plants may be eliminated from therapy. Some authors wrote of perceived shortcomings of drugs obtained from plants, due to enzymes and their destructive action during the drying of medicinal plants, noting that healing action may depend on the mode of drying.At the turn of the 21st century, 11% of the World Health Organisation's list of 252 drugs considered 'basic and essential' were exclusively of flowering plant origin, which shows the use of herbal medicine has most definitely not been lost, and is still relevant to this day. Herbal medicine comes from natures own laboratory, naturally occurring solutions to our health. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world's population, or about 4 billion people, currently use herbal medicine for some of their health care. Thirty percent of the US population uses herbal remedies each year. In the past 10 years, the use of herbal supplements has grown over 380%.
Herbal medicine can be useful on its own to support our immune systems and to help with ailments. However, our immune systems are three dimensional, meaning their function relies not only on the physical health and the things we consume, but also our social and cultural health. Where we lack in one dimension there is a profound impact on the system as a whole. Herbal medicine can be used alongside other forms of treatment to support and maintain a healthy immune system. The 'medicine' so to speak, is more than just a consumable, and until relatively recently this was a widespread and understood idea – our health, immune system, mood etc. are a reflection of our physical, social and cultural wellbeing. In more recent years, the idea that our social and cultural wellbeing can affect our physical health has been somewhat brushed under the rug. This has resulted in the root causes of problems which individuals experience (such as social isolation) not being addressed and instead they are given treatment which widely involves being prescribed a synthetic drug.
There are several problems with this approach of which the consequences can been quite clearly today. Bacteria has evolved to become resistant to our modern antibiotics, which humans have become increasingly dependant on. The European Commission estimates that adverse reactions from prescription drugs cause 200,000 deaths each year in Europe; together with around 128,000 deaths each year in the US. Consequently around 328,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe together die from prescription drugs each year. Another problem is the efficacy of prescription drugs is much lower than would like to be admitted, Dr Allen Roses (Ex Vice-President of GSK) has said "The vast majority of drugs – more than 90% – only work in 30-50% of the people".
Herbal medicine has been utilised since humans existed, we know instinctively what our bodies need and what we should avoid. As observations have been made over the years it has become apparent which plants are best at treating certain ailments, which ones support our general health and which plants should be avoided. We have known for millennia the importance of social and cultural interactions too. Together these things all contribute to our health as a whole, but without one the others are weakened. It's no surprise that the herbal medicine market is beginning to boom again, which significant growth projected over the coming years. Perhaps the COVID-19 situation has opened people up to prophylactic treatment using natural remedies to boost their immune system, or perhaps the wider public are again being drawn back towards what is, and always was natures solution to our physical health.
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Jack Barber
Herbal Apothecary – Based in Whitby, North Yorkshire
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David Perlman (December 30, 1918June 19, 2020) was an American science journalist based in San Francisco, California, who was the science editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Early life and education
Perlman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Perlman graduated from Columbia College, where he worked for the student newspaper Columbia Daily Spectator in 1939 and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1940.

Career
He began his career as a reporter in 1940 at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he started covering science in 1957, after breaking his leg while skiing and reading about astronomy during his recovery. He became the Chronicle's science editor emeritus after retiring in August 2017 at the age of 98. In a 2017 interview for Poynter, he stated that cuts to science coverage in the media are "absolutely obscene" and create "a generation with a major disability in what they can think about and understand."

In 2000, the American Geological Union recognized his contributions to science news reporting by instituting the "David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism—News". A former president of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, he was a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. He was the recipient of journalism awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union and the United States Geological Survey.

Death
Perlman died on June 19, 2020, at the age of 101.

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Jean-Luc: Another Star Trek-Inspired Baby Name
"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." -Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
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The name Jean-Luc debuted on the SSA's list in 1987, and peak usage was in 1992:
1993: 63 baby boys named Jean-Luc
1987: 8 baby boys named Jean-Luc [debut]
1986: unlisted
The inspiration?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise.
Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, was the central character in the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered in late 1987 and ran until mid-1994.
The character, though born and raised in 24th-century France, was a native English speaker. How? According to the show, French had become an obscure language by the 2300s. And yet, interestingly, the people of English-speaking future-France were still getting very traditional French names. Picard's parents were named Maurice and Yvette, for instance. (Do you think this is a believable scenario?)
The names Geordi and Riker also debuted during the years TNG was on the air. They were likely inspired by the characters Will Riker (first officer) and Geordi La Forge (chief engineer, played by LeVar Burton).
The only other Star Trek name I've blogged about so far is Uhura, but there are more coming up…
In the meanwhile, what do you think of the name Jean-Luc?
Image: Star Trek Earl Grey Tea
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5 thoughts on "Jean-Luc: Another Star Trek-Inspired Baby Name"
We still give our children ancient Greek and Roman names even though, two millennia later, no one speaks those languages any more. I can see people still clinging to history in naming their children in another two millennia from now!n
elbowin says:
Hearing the name Jean-Luc, I think of the French film director Jean-Luc Godard. But I agree that the Jean-Luc debut in 1987 is probably due to the Star Trek character.
Frank B. says:
If the Jean-Lucs were disproportionately from Florida, then Haitian immigration may also have contributed to this trend.
Nancy Man says:
@Sara – I could certainly see that as well! No doubt that many of the traditional/historical names we use today will continue to see use long into the future. It just seemed odd to me that, in this hypothetical 3-name sample we have from future-France, all 3 names are so traditionally French. I guess that's the part that seems unlikely to me. I would expect there to be an incredible amount of diversity in first names at that point, but this sample doesn't reflect anything but traditionalism.
@Frank B. – I think Haitians in Florida may have been an influence, but a bit later on. Five babies were named Jean-Luc in Florida for three years in a row — 1995, 1996, 1997 — but that's the only time the name is on the Florida list.
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Story Island: an adventure in pictures tours Victorian public libraries
This is an archived media release. Links were correct at the time of publication, but may have changed or expired.
State Library Victoria announces Story Island: an adventure in pictures, a beautiful touring exhibition and reading experience for young children designed to promote early literacy skills and the joy of children and parents reading together.
Travelling to public libraries throughout Victoria from June 2016 – January 2018, Story Island draws from the world-renowned Scholastic Dromkeen Children's Literature Collection held at State Library Victoria, and brings together works from some of Australia's favourite children's book authors and illustrators to create a visually striking and interactive exhibition.
Story Island features four custom-made pods which evoke stories of the bush, the city, bath and bed time and offer children a space for reading, imaginative sharing, learning and exploring stories and pictures together with their parents or carers.
State Library Victoria CEO, Kate Torney, said she was delighted to work with Public Libraries Victoria Network to bring this exhibition to Victorian libraries.
"This special exhibition is a lovely experience for children and parents. It also gives parents and carers good ideas for how to develop a child's literacy from infancy, which is so important. It's a fine example of the critical work public libraries do in fostering a love of books and reading in children."
Throughout the exhibition questions and activities are suggested to encourage discovery and exploration with friends and family. The exhibition is also accompanied by a children's exhibition booklet and activities for children and carers as-well-as book lists for children 0-8 years.
Story Island: an adventure in pictures opens at Realm (Ringwood) Library on 10 June and will travel to twelve regional libraries and galleries across Victoria until 20 January 2018.
Realm (Ringwood) Library 10 June – 23 July 2016
Glenroy Library 29 July – 10 September 2016
Yarram Library 16 September – 29 October 2016
Wonthaggi Library 5 November – 13 December 2016
Frankston Library 19 December – 4 February 2017
Braybrook Community Hub 10 February – 25 March 2017
Warracknabeal Library 31 March – 13 May 2017
Newcomb Library 19 May – 8 July 2017
Kerang Library14 July – 26 August 2017
Castlemaine Library 1 September – 14 October 2017
Craigieburn Library 20 October – 2 December 2017
Sunshine Library 8 December 2017 – 20 January 2018
Story Island: an adventure in pictures is a joint initiative of State Library Victoria and Public Libraries Victoria Network.
The exhibition is free.
For further information visit slv.vic.gov.au/story-island
Download the media release
Story Island release.pdf (pdf,44.29 KB)


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Since 1980 Street Magic Acappella, with their doo-wop style singing and charm, has been wowing audiences across New England, making regular appearances at a variety of venues and performing for private parties and promotional engagements.
Street Magic is also available for corporte events and commericial advertising.
Carmen Federico
Carmen Federico was born and raised in the North End of Boston. Three things that best describe Carmen are family, baseball, and singing. Although music has been a part of his life for many years, his professional journey began in the mid 70's. Carmen began playing bass in a number of different groups, he even had a chance to play with the Harptones. In the early 80's, along with his buddies from the neighborhood, began the acappella group Street Magic - And the rest is history. Carmen credits his love of music to his family - his grandfather Carmine, Americo his Dad, his uncles Ralph and Paul, and cousins Gino, Nino, and Paul. Today the real music in his life is his wife Linda and daughters Francesca and Fabia.
Robert Gennari
Born and raised in the North End of Boston, Robert was introduced to music by his family at an early age. Primarily influenced by his Italian heritage, he began his musical training at Ingo Conservatory at the age of seven studying classical piano. His professional career began at the age of 14 performing at general business events as keyboardist and singer, and for the next 15 years the Robert Gennari Band, better known as "Roberto ed il suo complesso", was the premier Italian/American Band in the Greater Boston Area. Robert shared the marquee with top Italian billings including Gianni Morandi, Little Tony, Massimo Ranieri, Ornella Vanoni, I Pooh, Claudio Baglioni, and Toto Cotugno. He continued performing into the '90s with such bands as Uptown Acappella and the Rat Pack Orchestra. Robert has been a member of the Street Magic family since 1998.
Michael Benard
For years Michael has pursued the Great White Whale with all his being until thoughts of his quarry consume his waking moments and haunt his dreams, bending his back and hunching his shoulders under the weight of unrealized expectation.
......And he sings bass.
Dick Paris
Dick Paris has been a professional singer/entertainer for 45 years. He was born in Melrose and grew up in the Melrose/Malden area. In the late 60's, he began his musical career performing with various local bands, ultimately becoming a lead vocalist for the 10-piece show band, Mac's Mob. He enjoyed a 10-year run with the "Mob", sharing the bill with such names as Louie Prima, Mel Torme, Nancy Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Association, Brenda Lee, and Frankie Valle and the 4 Seasons.
In the early 80's, he left Mac's Mob to sing acappella. In his 15 years with North Shore Acappella, he enjoyed memorable bookings with comtemporary stars such as Al Jarreau, Gene Pitney, Roberta Flack, and The Temptations. In 2000, he became a member of the acappella group, Street Magic.
Jim Bramante
Born and raised in Boston's East End (East Boston), Jim began his entertainment career at age 17. After attending Berklee College of Music as a Composition/Performance major, Jim spent the next several years on the road with nationally-based show bands serving as guitarist/ vocalist and principal musical arranger, having the opportunity to perform with featured artists Bill Cosby, Sheena Easton, Barbara Mandrell, and the Capital Steps. Most recently Jim had the chance to work with the late Boston jazz legends Al Vega and Ray Santisi. In addition to Street Magic, Jim also performs as principal vocalist with several New England classic big band swing orchestras.
Jim joined "Street Magic " in April of 2017 and looks forward to making some great music with this talented bunch of guys.
Vincent "Jimmy" Caserta
Born in Malden, Jimmy's passion for music came early in life. Being the brother in law of the late great Bobby Crowley, Jimmy was exposed to Bobby's legendary groups like The Betterway and Breakaway at an early age. Jimmy went on to sing with North Shore Acappella and now Street Magic Acappella.
He is also an accomplished drummer working with many local groups like New Life and Mac's Mob to name a few and is still filling in whenever possible.
When he is not singing with Street Magic, you can find him DJing an event on Cape Cod where he is living and working as a disc jockey with Cape Tunes for may years.


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500+ 'custom publication' sites in health, medical and life sciences journals will add semantic search, improved mobile viewing, and a new content management system
By Chris Capot Posted on 4 June 2013
The web platform for Elsevier's 500-plus health, medical and life science journals is being upgraded with improved search accuracy, a more robust categorization tool for editors, and a much-improved reading experience on mobile devices.
The upgrades will begin this Fall. The scope of the project applies to publication-specific customized sites that serve large personal and society member audiences of primarily, but not exclusively, clinical practitioners, such as TheLancet.com or GastroJournal.org.
"Our journal editors want to make their articles more discoverable and more usefully organized for their online readers," said Patrick Crisfulla, VP of Digital Journal Products in Elsevier's STM Journals Group. "They also want to ensure their subscribers can keep up with the advances in the profession via mobile devices, for example, in between patient appointments.This upgrade supports those objectives."
Elsevier will extend this new platform's capability to its society journals in the Physical and Social Sciences as it expands its business in those domains.
The new web-hosting service uses Elsevier's Smart Content system, which provides semantic enrichment technology for health, medical and life sciences through EMMeT, the Elsevier Merged Medical Taxonomy. EMMeT is also used for ClinicalKey, Elsevier's online search tool that helps physicians find answers to clinical questions at the point of care.
"We look forward to using the new collection tool for editors that Elsevier is planning," said Dr. Craig Niederberger, Head of Urology at the University of Illinois, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Fertility & Sterility and Urological Survey Section Editor of The Journal of Urology, in a press release announcing the new platform today. "These semantic technologies are needed to assist editors in offering navigation and article collections organized around topics that are relevant to readers."
The system also has an editor's content management tool, built upon EMMeT, that enables the creation of automated or curated topic collections. The new web service is powered by Atypon Literatum. Upgrades also include an advanced mobile-device adapted presentation for these websites through Atypon's Literatum for Mobile."We wanted to give journal editors a semantic technology-assisted content management system to organize their materials for readers, and also give the readers a site that adapts to the device they are using," Crisfulla explained. "We think the journal subscribers will appreciate the enhancements."
These journals have about 1.2 million personal subscribers.
The Smart Collection Tool provides an easy, self-service interface for editors to search their tagged content and assign articles to topical collections. The collections can be set up as "dynamic," meaning that any newly published content that matches the editor's search query is automatically added to the collection.
"This is far easier and more accurate than trying to do this manually," said Crisfulla. "In addition, the tool allows us to set up navigational browse paths on journal sites, so readers can click on a topic of interest within a navigation bar and find all the journal content filtered by that topic. It means that the journal sites can deliver new articles by topic as well as by volume and issue, which is quick and relevant for the reader."
Opportunities to develop journals further
Harriet Bell, VP of Business Development for Elsevier's STM journals, explained:
The Smart Collection Tool offers us a range of exciting opportunities for bringing more relevant journal content to our medical journal readers more quickly. We can launch collections to coincide with conferences, improve the ranking of our journal sites by promoting topical content that is highly searched for, create collections for sponsored access and boost the value of a journal subscription by offering related article collections. For our journal readers, we're responding to their need to quickly navigate to articles in their field of interest. Collections will also work very well for on-the-go mobile browse.
"We've come up with a new method that uses a medical taxonomy to automatically scan the article as it's published," Crisfulla explained. "Then the article is mapped into predefined categories that make it easier for a reader to find it. For the editor, this system is much easier than the previous manual one."
Making the website content more manageable for the editor is important, he said, because journal editors are often juggling this work with their work in hospitals, private practices and the business of the journal they're editing.
Better search
The Smart Content system improves search accuracy by mapping EMMeT's extensive taxonomy to each journal article and webpage on a granular level. Based on UMLS (Unified Medical Language System), EMMeT contains select terms from standard vocabularies such as MeSH, SNOMED CT, RxNorm, ICD9 & 10, and LOINC. Manually curated by a team of taxonomists, EMMeT also includes an extensive custom vocabulary of jargon (abbreviations and acronyms) to reflect natural language.
As a whole, EMMeT has more than 1 million concepts and 3 million synonyms, including 250,000 core clinical concepts. Branches include diseases, drugs, procedures, anatomy, clinical findings and symptoms, organisms and substances.
The search technology on the new journal websites will help readers narrow their query more accurately by suggesting terms and mapping their query to related concepts.


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Oldenborg International Research and Travel Grant offers financial support to help cover expenses for international research for a senior thesis or senior exercise. Proposed projects must have received prior departmental approval. A selection committee will review grant proposals and make grant awards. Awards may be made in varying amounts up to a total of $4,500. Grant awardees present a summary of their research and experiences during a special student research presentation (Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium) held in spring semester during Family Weekend.
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The North West now boasts 14,560 manufacturing firms, accounting for 15.5% of the region's total output – the third highest of any UK region.
A new report from EEF, the manufacturers' organisation and BDO LLP, the accountancy and business advisory firm, shows that North West manufacturers have seen the biggest improvement compared to every other UK region in the last year, with the biggest increase in output and orders balances.
However, despite a strong year as a whole, output has started to tail off in the last three months as consumers start to tighten their belts due to budget cuts and a squeeze on real incomes. The pharmaceutical sector, which accounts for 20% of the region's manufacturing, has had a poor start to the year while weaker consumer spending has hit the food & drink sector.
An improved picture is forecast for the second half of the year, however, which is reflected in improved job prospects where companies on balance expect to increase recruitment. This continues a trend over the last three years where North West recruitment intentions have trended above the national average.
The annual report – Regional Manufacturing Outlook – was published on 24th July and draws in survey data and the latest ONS figures to provide a longer-term and in-depth picture of the health of UK manufacturing. This year, it reveals that the North West now boasts 14,560 manufacturing businesses in the region, with food and drink, transport equipment and pharmaceuticals being the region's main sectors.
The region continues to enjoy a healthy export record, accounting for 10.4% of the UK's manufactured exports. Despite 52% of the region's exports going to the EU, this is the lowest of any UK region. In contrast, the share of North West exports which go to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America are above the national average.
"Positive trends in UK manufacturing are being reflected here in the North West with the region seeing across the board improvement since the third quarter 2016. Confidence within the sector across the region remains strong in spite of a squeeze on domestic budgets.
"The North West has seen a strong performance with a healthy export record, increases in output and orders balances and has strong recruitment intentions for the second half of 2017.
Sam Nicholson, Head of Low Carbon and Manufacturing at the Business Growth Hub, said: "Today's report reflects the renewed confidence that we are seeing with the small and medium-sized manufacturers that we work with in Greater Manchester. However, many businesses continue to feel stretched and require their people and equipment to do more with less in order to fulfil their order book.


The story is being kept under wraps but it's a female-empowered subversion of the serial killer genre.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Shawn Levy's 21 Laps (Stranger Things, Arrival) have acquired the rights to Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller All The Light We Cannot See to develop into a limited series, Deadline hears.
EXCLUSIVE: Unsolved Mysteries is back after Netflix revived the long-running true crime and paranormal franchise.
The series, which was hosted by Robert Stack and ran for over 500 episodes between 1987 and 2010, is being refreshed by Stranger Things EP Shawn Levy and his company 21 Laps Entertainment and Netflix.
British director Jonathan Entwistle once saw a copy of Charles Forsman's self-published microcomics series The End of the F***king World in a trash bin. The find led to him creating the cult comedy-drama series for Channel 4 which became a Netflix original in the rest of the world.


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Anna Birgitta Tullberg, tidigare Birgitta Sillén-Tullberg, född 2 januari 1952 i Stockholm, död 6 oktober 2017 i Stockholm, var en svensk ekolog.

Tullberg disputerade 1982 vid Stockholms universitet, där hon senare blev professor i evolutionär ekologi.

Hennes forskning undersökte hur skilda egenskaper hos besläktade arter har utvecklats under olika ekologiska förhållanden, bland annat genom att studera hur insekters försvarsmekanismer utvecklats. Hon forskade även kring könsskillnader och omvårdnadsbeteenden hos ryggradsdjur, samt om evolution av mänskligt beteende. Inom det senaste området skrev hon bland annat med koppling till etik, även populärvetenskapliga skrifter, bland annat boken Naturlig etik: en uppgörelse med altruismen (1994; tillsammans med sin make, ekonomen Jan Tullberg).

20 januari 2010 invaldes Tullberg som ledamot av Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien. Hon är begravd på Galärvarvskyrkogården i Stockholm.

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Youth4DigitalSustainability: 12 recommendations from youth
As part of the #Youth4DigitalSustainability project, 50 experts under 30 from all parts of the world have developed twelve recommendations for the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the Internet. We are happy to say 5 of our Youth SIG board members have been involved in the process of creating the messages within the 4 Working Groups, including Lily Edinam Bostyoe, Juliana Novaes, Eileen Cejas, Elnur Karimov, and Mohammad Atif Aleem.
These are now presented to the United Nation's Internet Governance Forum.
The Internet and digital technologies contribute significantly to global CO2 emissions, e-waste is a cross-border challenge and global inequalities are increasing. Digital policy and the climate crisis are two issues that particularly affect young people. Therefore, the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) has called on young experts from Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America to analyze the social, economic and ecological sustainability effects of digitization in the project #Youth4DigitalSustainability. The aim was to develop solutions that go beyond a purely German or European perspective.
Twelve concrete demands emerged from the working process, which lasted several months, in four working groups focusing on environment, economy, society and governance. Key aspects of these demands include environmentally friendly Internet access, circular economy, the inclusion of marginalized groups, and the democratization of the sustainability discourse. The complete paper is available to download.
These are the 12 recommendations:
We should actively strive to mitigate the environmental impact of the Internet and ICTs. Both public and private stakeholders should strengthen collaboration by following a framework that allows for responsible growth, consumption of digital resources, and promotion of innovation;
Promoting access to the Internet and other ICTs is inherently a matter of sustainability. If we want to connect the next billion, we must do so in an eco-friendly way, taking into consideration the significant environmental impacts that digitalization comprehends;
The environmental impact of the Internet and ICTs must be communicated in an accessible and effective language. It's important to compel stakeholders to action by framing the environmental crisis as an opportunity for change, while being based on scientifically accurate information;
Businesses should champion diversity and sustainability by (1) hiring C-Suite representatives and/or consulting subject matter experts and (2) strengthening their commitment towards principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion and ecological digital infrastructure;
Governments should offer economic incentives to businesses that commit to a circular economy model and Fair Trade standards, in order to re-imagine supply chains that discourage e-waste, and improve the quality of life of those residing in emerging economies;
Businesses should create an open data environment to promote transparency. By acquiring user consent and anonymizing personal data, businesses can demonstrate their commitment to carbon neutral and humane practices that encourage behavioral changes in consumption practices;
Youth accounts for one out of three active users of media content platforms. Such platforms need to assure youth representation in internal advisory bodies and self-regulation processes to improve on the decisions that affect this age group;
Big Tech and other companies that produce Internet products and services should have more indigenous languages built into automated translation tools and technologies to help bridge the language barriers and Western cultural bias of the Internet;
Women and gender diverse people are facing restrictions in accessing information on the Internet and participating meaningfully. To establish healthy and equal societies, youths should urge governments and civil societies to guarantee the rights to freedom of online expression for these communities;
We urge states to pursue cross-border alliances in the governance of the Internet as a shared resource based on democratic ideals. Entities collecting and managing data should adopt alternative forms of data governance that grant individuals greater control over their data;
Rules for AI and standards for ethical AI should be formulated through a multistakeholder approach rather than by technology companies. AI systems should be audited based on these rules by external parties for fairness and their working should be made transparent to the public;
The companies that develop and sell AI systems should be held accountable for them and any entity that uses these systems should implement a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system throughout the lifetime of the system
Make sure to register to the "WS #231 Youth&Sustainability: Creating change through collaboration" and get to know more what activists and experts of environmental advocacy and Internet governance will deliberate on how digital sustainability can be mainstreamed in Internet governance discoursed, and where the movements for climate justice, and for the inclusive, open, and accessible Internet intersect. Link here
Source: https://yigf.de/news/12-youth-recommendations-for-a-sustainable-internet/
November 2, 2020 Pedro Lana Events No comments yet
Youth4DigitalSustainability: 1-1 session + invitation to webinars
The Internet offers many opportunities for communication, development, and collaboration, but we can also acknowledge concerning environmental, social, and economic effects of digitality. Young people are at the forefront of advocacy for a more sustainable world, and have impact on policy development. For the UN Internet Governance Forum 2020, the Youth4DigitalSustainability Program wants to highlight the opportunities of digital sustainability and point the way forward.
The key policy topics that this program is concerned with are: Greening the Internet, Fair Digital Businesses, Internet for Social Good, and Sustainable Internet Governance. For each, a global working group is established in order to draft policy recommendations to be presented to decision-makers in the public and private sectors, civil society, academia, and the technical community.
Youth who are between 16 and 30 years of age from across the globe are part of these working groups and we are happy to inform that Lily Edinam Botsyoe (Secretary), Juliana Novaes (Global Engagement Director), Eileen Cejas (Regional Engagement Director-Latin America and the Caribbean region), Elnur Karimov (Regional Engagement Director- Eastern Europe region) and Mohammad Atif Aleem (Regional Engagement Director- Asia Pacific region) were selected for this program along with other active members of Youth Observatory also have been chosen to work in the above mentioned 4 working groups.
Young people in all world regions, with diverse backgrounds and levels of professional and academic experience are contributing through this interesting initiative.
On August 16, Elnur Karimov had a 1-1 online session with Elisabeth , organiser of the Youth4DigitalSustainability Program. You can watch the recording and read the slides here
Register in the links below to participate of the webinars:
Webinar 1: Greening the Internet
August 20, 2020; 4 PM-5PM/16:00-17:00 CEST (Berlin Time)
Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3035337496791218702
Webinar 2: Fair Digital Businesses
August 27, 2020, 4PM-5PM/16:00-17:00 CEST (Berlin Time)
Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3106850832574131470
Webinar 3: Internet for Social Good
September 3, 2020, 4PM-5PM/16:00-17:00 CEST (Berlin Time)
Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/607881904476491022
Webinar 4: Sustainable Internet Governance
September 14, 2020, 4PM-5PM/16:00-17:00 CEST (Berlin Time)
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Uber driver charged with raping 16-year-old passenger
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Avi Selk
Dec. 15, 2017 at 6:44 p.m. UTC
Police were called to an apartment complex outside Atlanta in the dark hours of Monday morning to find an extremely intoxicated 16-year-old girl with her pants around her ankles, they said.
She told Gwinnett County police officers that her Uber driver had just raped her. Now that driver is in jail, and police say the girl may not have been his only victim.
The teen had been out drinking at a bar, police said in a statement, and a friend ordered her an Uber to get home.
Abdoulie Jagne — a 58-year-old who had been driving for the service for two months and had no prior complaints, according to the company — pulled up to the bar.
According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Uber later provided information to police suggesting the ride took longer than it should have. Detectives now suspect that Jagne raped the girl on a street lined with houses and strip malls in an unincorporated section of the suburbs, a few miles northwest of Atlanta.
An eavesdropping Uber driver saved his 16-year-old passenger from her pimps, police say
He then dropped her off at a complex along the same road, where she started banging on doors and saying her driver had assaulted her.
Officers called to the complex took the girl to a hospital and got in touch with Uber. On Thursday, they arrested Jagne on a charge of rape.
The driver was calm at the point of handcuffs, sheriff's deputies told the Fox affiliate. He remained in jail Friday, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Police have not provided any more details about the case but suspect Jagne may have assaulted others, and they have asked anyone who may have been a victim to contact them.
An Uber spokeswoman told The Washington Post that the driver has been permanently banned and that the company is cooperating with police.
"What's reported here is horrifying beyond words," Uber said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the rider and her family during this time."
The arrest is the latest in a string of violent incidents allegedly involving Uber drivers, including a 2014 rape case that got the service banned from New Delhi, a fatal accident involving a 6-year-old in San Francisco and a mass shooting last year in Kalamazoo, Mich.
As The Post has reported, Uber is facing a class-action lawsuit that claims flaws in its screening process have endangered thousands of people.
Drivers are required to clear a criminal background screening, but Uber has strongly resisted calls to strengthen that system with fingerprint checks — going as far as to shut down its operations in areas that demand it.
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A teen is reunited with her birth mother — who then killed her and burned her body, police say
She was abducted from a hospital as a newborn. 18 years later, she met her birthparents.
They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee, so a jury told them to pay her $1 million
Accused of Satanism, they spent 21 years in prison. They were just declared innocent and were paid millions.


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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh mesmerized the world with the first set of their wedding pictures in which the couple looked nothing short of royal. On the other hand, Ranveer colour-coordinated with her in a red coloured sherwani.
With a phone and social media ban extended to the handful of guests attending, we should be pretty happy with these snapshots that made it out of the special day. From stealing hearts with their on-screen chemistry to making the fans go gaga over just the way Ranveer looks at his ladylove off-screen, they are undoubtedly one of the most-loved couples of Bollywood.
Deepika and Ranveer are now husband and wife.
The couple got married in Italy's scenic Lake Como on Wednesday but Bollywood's A-lister couple kept things fiercely private leaving the celebrity media breathlessly waiting for scraps of information. "Both Ranveer and Deepika are deeply committed to the cause and want to involve all their guests in the good deed".
Now according to a report on an entertainment portal, Ranveer and Deepika did not invite any of their B-Town friends, and the couple was advised the same by their close friends from film fraternity.
The pair have yet to comment or release pictures from the event which was closed to the media.
The couple started dating in 2013 after working together in Ram-Leela. It was a lovely picture.
"Such a stunning gorgeous and handsome couple!" "#PartnersForLife.wish you both endless growth, fulfilment and happiness, "love is not something you can put into motion, or has a time schedule: #lennon. Here's to a lifetime of love and joy", Johar wrote on Twitter".
Indian superstar Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas are due to get married in India early next month.
Butler told the Timberwolves in September he wanted to be traded, and it took weeks for the team to find a deal it would accept. He had reportedly listed the NY teams, along with the Clippers among his preferred destinations after requesting a trade .
Referee Viktor Kassai pointed to the spot, despite Sterling clearly tripping himself by kicking the ground. The Manchester derby comes on Sunday as champions City welcome their arch rivals United to the Etihad.
Under the measure, it will be regulated like alcohol and only be allowed to be used by people in the privacy of their own homes. It came as the state was still setting up its medical marijuana system, which voters approved by a wide margin two years ago.
I give everybody the benefit of the doubt", one supporter, who gave her name only as June, said. He added that "people are going out and they're voting for something and not against".
Ahead of their big matchup against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots , Aaron Rodgers will be without one of his receivers. Fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland will be able to watch the game live on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event.
Anguished family members have been providing samples for DNA tests and police say results are expected within four to eight days. The JT610 plane that crashed off Jakarta was a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet, a new model that was launched globally previous year .
WWE Crown Jewel will have a live telecast on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 1 HD (both English) and Ten 3, Ten 3 HD (both Hindi). One of the biggest highlights of the event will definitely be the first-ever World Cup tournament .
While MSNBC had declined to air the speech live, CNN broadcast Trump's speech directly, exposing millions of viewers to his lies. Some 5,200 troops are already making their way down to the border to provide logistical and other support to U.S. border agents.
Lampard played 648 times for Chelsea in 13 years at Stamford Bridge and is the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Derby threatened in the second half and nearly scored a third equaliser when David Nugent hit the post late on.
Defending champion Jack Sock did not face a break point and needed less than one hour to beat lucky loser Malek Jaziri 6-0, 6-4. Sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem won 6-4, 6-2 against Gilles Simon , beating the Frenchman for the eighth time in 10 meetings.


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Q: Multiplication in MySQL query (Joomla, php) I use this piece of code to display data from my database on my (joomla 2.5) web.
$query
    ->select($db->quoteName(array('Code', 'Name', 'Price', $username)))
    ->from($db->quoteName('mytable'))
    ->where($db->quoteName($username)." != ".$db->quote('0'));

$username is used to display quantity ordered by the client. So there are 4 columns. I want to add 5th column "Total" where there will be the multiplication - "Price" * "$username".
Tried to do it something like:
$query
    ->select(array('Code', 'Name', 'Price', $username, 'Price' * $username as 'Total'))
    ->from($db->quoteName('mytable'))
    ->where($db->quoteName($username)." != ".$db->quote('0'));

But for a reason it doesn't work (blank page).  What am I missing?
Thanks for your time.

A: I think you have a syntax error. Should be :
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Q: Red, dotted lines around links It's probably trivial but I'm not sure how do I get rid of it.

A: These are the result of some addOns on your computer. These are used by the developers to check the elements in their development phase. Please refer to your installed addOns and disable/ uninstall them one by one. And point out which one was triggering this.
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Latest Warnings / The Coming Storm — 6 Comments
Multiple Human Rights, Foreign Policy Sites Hacked
A rash of recent and ongoing targeted attacks involving compromises at high-profile Web sites should serve as a sobering reminder of the need to be vigilant about applying browser updates. Hackers have hit a number of prominent foreign policy and human rights group Web sites, configuring them to serve spyware by exploiting newly patched flaws in widely used software from Adobe and Oracle.
The latest reports of this apparent cyberspy activity come from security experts at Shadowserver.org, a nonprofit that tracks malware attacks typically associated with so-called "advanced persistent threat" (APT) actors. APT is a controversial term that means many things to different folks, but even detractors of the acronym's overuse acknowledge that it has become a useful shorthand for "We're pretty sure it came from China."
A diagram depicting the (since-cleaned) attack on the Website of the Center for Defense Information.
One look at the list of the sites found to be currently serving an exploit to attack a newly-patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2012-0779) shows how that shorthand is earned. Shadowserver uncovered Flash exploits waiting for visitors of the Web sites for Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Center for Defense Information, a Washington, D.C. think-tank. The home page for the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism was found to be serving up malware via a recent Oracle Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507), while the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs site was pointing to both Flash and Java exploits.
"In recent months we have continued to observe 0-day vulnerabilities emerging following discovery of their use in the wild to conduct cyber espionage attacks," wrote Shadowserver volunteers Steven Adair and Ned Moran, in a blog post about the attacks, which they dubbed "strategic Web compromises."
"Frequently by the time a patch is released for the vulnerabilities, the exploit has already been the wild for multiple weeks or months — giving the attackers a very large leg up," they wrote. "The goal is not large-scale malware distribution through mass compromises. Instead the attackers place their exploit code on websites that cater towards a particular set of visitors that they might be interested in."
The discoveries come just days after security vendor Websense found that the site for Amnesty International United Kingdom (AIUK) was hosting the same Java exploit. According to Shadowserver, other sites that were compromised by remarkably similar attacks but since cleaned include those belonging to the American Research Center in Egypt, the Institute for National Security Studies, and the Center for European Policy Studies.
Latest Warnings / Security Tools / Time to Patch — 58 Comments
Urgent Fix for Zero-Day Mac Java Flaw
Apple on Monday released a critical update to its version of Java for Mac OS X that plugs at least a dozen security holes in the program. More importantly, the patch mends a flaw that attackers have recently pounced on to broadly deploy malicious software, both on Windows and Mac systems.
Distribution of 550,000 Flashback-infected Macs. Source: Dr.Web.com
The update, Java for OS X Lion 2012-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7, sews up an extremely serious security vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507) that miscreants recently rolled into automated exploit kits designed to deploy malware to Windows users. But in the past few days, information has surfaced to suggest that the same flaw has been used with great success by the Flashback Trojan to infect large numbers of Mac computers with malware.
The revelations come from Russian security firm Dr.Web, which reports that the Flashback Trojan has successfully infected more than 550,000 Macs, most which it said were U.S. based systems (hat tip to Adrian Sanabria). Dr.Web's post is available in its Google translated version here.
A Little Sunshine / Latest Warnings / Time to Patch — 51 Comments
New Java Attack Rolled into Exploit Packs
If your computer is running Java and you have not updated to the latest version, you may be asking for trouble: A powerful exploit that takes advantage of a newly-disclosed security hole in Java has been rolled into automated exploit kits and is rapidly increasing the success rates of these tools in attacking vulnerable Internet users.
The exploit targets a bug in Java (CVE-20120-0507) that effectively allows the bypassing of Java's sandbox, a mechanism built into the ubiquitous software that is designed partly to blunt attacks from malicious code. Microsoft's Malware Protection Center warned last week that new malware samples were surfacing which proved highly effective at exploiting the flaw. Microsoft says the samples it saw loaded the ZeuS Trojan, but thieves can use such attacks to install malware of their choosing.
According to posts on several underground carding forums, the exploit has now been automatically rolled out to miscreants armed with BlackHole, by far the most widely used exploit pack. An exploit pack is a software toolkit that gets injected into hacked or malicious sites, allowing the attacker to foist a kitchen sink full of browser exploits on visitors. Those visiting such sites with outdated browser plugins may have malware silently installed, and Java is almost universally the most successful method of compromise across all exploit kits.
According to software giant Oracle, Java is deployed across more than 3 billion systems worldwide. But the truth is that many people who have this powerful program installed simply do not need it, or only need it for very specific uses. I've repeatedly encouraged readers to uninstall this program, not only because of the constant updating it requires, but also because there seem to be a never-ending supply of new exploits available for recently-patched or undocumented vulnerabilities in the program.
Case in point: On at least two Underweb forums where I regularly lurk, there are discussions among several core members about the sale and availability of an exploit for an as-yet unpatched critical flaw in Java. I have not seen firsthand evidence that proves this 0day exploit exists, but it appears that money is changing hands for said code. Continue reading →


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The king is dead, love live SF Theater Pub
WriterSam Stander
SectionPixel Vision
SF Theater Pub's one-night-only presentation of Alfred Jarry's bawdy classic Ubu Roi this past Monday felt like nothing so much as a group of dedicated friends putting on a show because they thought it just might turn out awesome. The staged reading took place at SF lounge Café Royale, a pleasant venue with couches and balcony seats as well as standing room that rendered the production all the more intimate.
The play is a deliberately sick-and-twisted piss-take on Macbeth, eviscerated of all its pathos and stuffed full of crap, and the Theater Pub performers, as well as director Bennett Fisher's new translation, seemed entirely tuned in to its irreverence. Greedy, grubby protagonist Pere Ubu was played with alternating witlessness and pomposity by Sam Leichter, but the most successful comic performer on display was Catherine Lardas, who delivered a positively Oliver Hardy-esque Mere Ubu. The herald Pile (Warden Lawlor) stood above the other actors on the balcony, reciting increasingly complicated titles for Pere Ubu as he continued to murder and annex the positions of several other noblemen.
Music and sound effects from DJ Wait What were evocative of old radio plays, and the minimal use of props such as a giant plastic sword generated a few laughs. The show certainly felt like a one-off event, with all the actors reading their lines from music stands, but this only added to the sense of comeraderie and fun.
Besides the fact that SF Theater Pub's events are free (a donation at the door will get you a raffle ticket!), their most attractive feature is their apparent modernist sensibility when selecting plays. They've already put on Václav Havel's Audience and an assortment of Greek tragedies. They're following up Ubu with a collection of short local plays under the heading "The Pint Sized Plays." Their blog then announces a series of Beckett shorts for September, though on Monday night they claimed September would hold some Oscar Wilde performances.
Most fascinatingly to this reporter, they'll be celebrating Halloween with a series of radio play-style adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft stories. There's nothing I love more than hearing people say "eldritch" and "gibbous" out loud, so those should be jolly good fun. This diverse roster of plays, as well as a genuine sense of joy, means SF Theater Pub are ones to watch in the coming months. Especially since watching them is totally free!
Sam Stander


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Airbnb has been around for just over a decade with the past few years creating serious disruption in the lodging industry. They're in a protracted battle with New York City, including a lawsuit and subpoenas in recent months. New York City isn't the only one trying to disrupt the business model of the disruptor. New Jersey has instituted an "Airbnb tax". And, they're tangling with Miami Beach as well.
The fight in South Florida seems especially bitter. Code compliance officers knocking on doors, asking renters who they rented from. In certain situations, customers are being asked to leave their rental, which they already paid for. Airbnb says they'll accommodate you if that happens.
Before we get too deep into this post, I think it's fair to disclose I've never stayed in an Airbnb, or any of their competitors. There are plenty of reasons why Airbnb can make sense, especially for family travel. Extra space is hard to come by in hotels, and virtually always comes at a premium. It makes sense to me why families (and individuals) would want to consider these options. Thousands of people rent from the likes of Airbnb and never have a problem. That sort of success rate spreads, as people tell their friends how much they saved and how lovely the house or apartment they rented was. Bad experiences get some press, but far more people have positive experiences.
Airbnb is not for me. I like extra space just as much as the next guy. But, I don't like the uncertainty of an Airbnb. I don't want to show up and find out I can't find my host. I don't want to hunt for hidden cameras in my room. If there's a problem in the middle of the night with my room, I want to have a hotel front desk ready to address. I understand that some of the same problems that happen in an Airbnb can happen in a hotel. I just prefer to have the structure of a hotel chain for my vacations. Now that you know my bias….
Airbnb is the largest and most prominent of the players in this space. Thus, many cities are targeting them as opposed to their competitors. It'll catch up with the majority of companies one time. But, for now Airbnb takes the brunt of new regulation. On top of the aforementioned risks, such as a host not being available when you need them, you also bear risk from these new rules. It's unlikely you'll have a code compliance officer knock on the door of your Airbnb and tell you that you need to leave. But, it is a risk you should be aware of.
While not a perfect solution, you can arm yourself with some information before you book. The articles I reference above were all found with an easy Google search. You know that Miami Beach and the Jersey Shore are cracking down on Airbnb. Take the extra time to search the area you're traveling to in case there's news of concerns you need to be aware of. Make sure you're renting from a reputable host where you can.
Airbnb is fighting a number of jurisdictions on the changes being put in place that hamper their business model. As a small business owner, I have no sympathy for Airbnb. There's evidence that the hotel chains are lobbying for some of the regulatory changes. That might seem like unfair pressure by the hotel chains. However, keep in mind that in many cases hotel chains are paying taxes that Airbnb hosts aren't. In Manhattan, the hotel taxes are almost 15%. If I were a hotel owner, I'd want everyone on a level playing field.
As a restaurant owner, I may not like the additional taxes and fees being charged by various jurisdictions. But, I'd be especially angry if I was paying them in a timely manner while my competition wasn't. Disruption is a messy business, and it generally leads to more competition. That's good for consumers. But, regulation can be good for consumers, in ways you may not even realize. If a hotel puts a refrigerator in your hotel room, they're required to make sure it maintains the correct temperature. That, and many other aspects, are inspected periodically by regulators. The requirements and oversight for such things on an Airbnb rental are significantly less clear.
There are plenty of products and services that I think are good for the travel industry, even if I'm not a customer. Airbnb falls squarely in that category. I wish the likes of Airbnb and Uber didn't fight regulation in the manner they choose to do so. But, that's not changing anytime soon. Until it does, you need to be aware that you can get caught in the middle of these battles. Your remedies are undefined, at best. Arm yourself with the information to make the best decision possible for you.
I agree with your points about AirBnB. I would also add to the uncertainty the fact that an AirBnB host can cancel your stay with very short notice (it has happened to me!). And then there's also consistency (or lack of it): when you stay at a brand hotel, you know what to expect. You know how the bed will feel, how the A/C will work, etc. Not at AirBnB. The bed may be very uncomfortable, the shower incredibly small, the front door very dirty (I've had a personal experience with all of these).


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Q: Why my SQL MERGE inside an EXECUTE BLOCK with doesn't work? A table1 contains a list of ids. The goal is to check if inside a table3 (for each id from the table1) there is a row which contains this id. If not, I would like to insert a new row which contains a list of values.
I've tried to do it with this block:
SET TERM #;
EXECUTE block AS
DECLARE idA bigint;
DECLARE idB bigint;
BEGIN
FOR SELECT id_x, id_y FROM table1 inner join table2 on table1.column = 'random' into :idA, :idB
do
MERGE INTO table3 FCA USING (SELECT '1' AS TEST FROM RDB$DATABASE) R ON (table3.column1= :idA)
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (column1, column2, column3) VALUES (null, :idB, :idA)
END#
SET TERM;#

However, it doesn't work (the MERGE statement). Actually, I've tried with an INSERT INTO. It works, but as you can see, it's not what I want.
So, why the merge doesn't work?

A: MERGE is working as RIGHT JOIN. In your case join condition is always fulfilled so NOT MATCHED action is never performed.


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Surprise, surprise—Eric Dee and Bea Soriano have finally tied the knot! This stylish couple may have managed to keep their engagement a secret, but there's no way we're missing out on the rest of the details. We've already spilled the beans about the bridal dress and the romantic garden wedding location, but there's one more thing we're pretty sure you're also itching to find out—their star-studded guest list! So, who among your favorite celebrities have come to congratulate the newlyweds? Click on the gallery and find out!
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4 Signs That Your Roof Needs Replacement Or Repair - Don't Fight The Bees!
The harsh weather conditions of winter can be damaging to a roof, which is why it is important to occasionally inspect it. Look for these 4 roofing problems that are a sign you need roof replacement or repair.
Start by going in your home's attic to look at the rafters that hold up the roof. Look for parts where the rafters appear to sag, or even worse, you can actually see sky through a small gap. This is a sign of structural damage, which will require professional help to fix it. It's important to have structural damage repaired before the winter, because the added weight of snow and ice can cause more damage.
Another problem to look for in your attic is dark spots that have formed along the roof's wooden underside. These dark spots are signs that there is existing water damage. Rain or snow has been finding a way past the shingles and has reached the roof deck. Ignoring the problem can lead to mold growth or a leak.
While it is possible to fix leaks without completely replacing a roof, is depends on how much water has been leaking in, how old the roof is, and the roof's overall condition.
Curling shingles are easiest to identify, and are often noticeable by looking at your roof from the ground. The shingles will have a noticeable curve to them instead of laying flat. Damaged shingles are also easy to identify from the ground, since they may be loose, cracked, or have obvious damage that require the whole shingle to be replaced.
You will need to get closer to inspect for bare shingles. You will notice that there are many tiny granules that have collected in your gutter. This is a sign of the shingles slowly becoming bare as the weather loosens the granules from the shingle and they roll off towards the gutter.
An obvious sign that you have a problem is if water is coming into your home through your roof. You have a major look that will need to be repaired immediately. Leaks do not always require roof replacement, since they can be caused by damaged flashing, structural damage, ice dams, and poor roof construction.
If you notice any of these problems, you should contact a local roofing company, such as Acoma Roofing, to give you a plan for either roof replacement or repair.