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Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-state attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime
2 Chinese Nationals Indicted for Cyber Espionage
Prosecutors Say They Were Part of APT10 Group and Had Government Ties Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • December 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging two Chinese nationals in connection with a cyber espionage campaign, alleging they acted in association with a government agency.
"The indictment alleges that the defendants were part of a group that hacked computers in at least a dozen countries and gave China's intelligence service access to sensitive business information," said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The indictment against two Chinese men.
The indictment, which was preceded by similar indictments of Chinese nationals revealed in October, could further increase U.S. tensions with China. The U.S. reached a landmark agreement with China in 2015 to stop cyberattacks aimed at stealing intellectual property. But after a lull, experts say suspected China-backed attacks have resumed.
The security industry has often referred to the group as APT 10 or "Cloud Hopper," because the attackers targeted IT managed service providers (MSPs). Because MSPs serve many corporate customers, it meant that a successful attack against one MSP could result in the compromise of many more companies.
"APT10 has been tracked by FireEye for years and is one of the most prolific cyber espionage groups", says Ben Read, senior manager, cyber espionage analysis, with FireEye.
Chris Pierson, CEO of BlackCloak, says attacking MSPs can result in high return for hackers.
"Why attack one specific target company when you can attack someone who can give you access to one thousand other companies or their intellectual property?" Pierson says.
Members of APT10 Group
The Justice Department says the two hackers - Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, who both go by a variety of other aliases - were members of the APT10 hacking group operating in China.
"The theft of sensitive defense technology and cyber intrusions are major national security concerns."
—Dermot O'Reilly, U.S. Department of Defense
Prosecutors say the two defendants worked for the Chinese company Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company - or Huaying Haitai - and acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's Tianjin State Security Bureau.
The two are charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors say that through their involvement with the APT10 Group, from about 2006 to about 2018, the two conducted global campaigns of computer intrusions targeting, among other data, intellectual property and confidential business and technological information at managed service providers.
Those MSPs remotely manage the information technology infrastructure of businesses and governments around the world. Those targeted included more than 45 technology companies in at least a dozen U.S. states, and U.S. government agencies, the DOJ notes.
The APT10 Group targeted a diverse array of commercial activity, industries and technologies, including aviation; satellite and maritime technology; industrial factory automation; automotive supplies; laboratory instruments; banking and finance; telecommunications and consumer electronics; computer processor technology; information technology services; packaging; consulting; medical equipment; healthcare; biotechnology; pharmaceutical manufacturing; mining; and oil and gas exploration and production, the DOJ says.
"Among other things, Zhu and Zhang registered IT infrastructure that the APT10 Group used for its intrusions and engaged in illegal hacking operations," prosecutors say.
"The theft of sensitive defense technology and cyber intrusions are major national security concerns and top investigative priorities for the DCIS," said Dermot O'Reilly, director of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Extensive Espionage Campaigns
Prosecutors say members of the APT 10 Group, including Zhu and Zhang, conducted extensive campaigns of intrusions into computer systems around the world. The group used some of the same online facilities to initiate, facilitate and execute its campaigns during the conspiracy.
Beginning in about 2014, members of the APT10 Group, including Zhu and Zhang, targeted MSPs to leverage their networks to gain unauthorized access to the computers and computer networks of the MSPs' clients and to steal, among other data, intellectual property and confidential business data on a global scale, prosecutors allege.
"For example, through the MSP theft campaign, the APT10 Group obtained unauthorized access to the computers of an MSP that had offices in the Southern District of New York and compromised the data of that MSP and certain of its clients ..." prosecutors say.
Earlier, beginning about 2006, members of the APT10 Group, including Zhu and Zhang, engaged in an intrusion campaign to obtain unauthorized access to the computers and computer networks of more than 45 technology companies and U.S. government agencies in order to steal information and data concerning a number of technologies, prosecutors say.
Through this technology theft campaign, the APT10 Group stole hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data and targeted the computers of victim companies in several industries, according to DOJ.
As part of the APT10 Group's intrusion campaigns, Zhu and Zhang, worked for Huaying Haitai and registered malicious domains and infrastructure. In addition, Zhu, a penetration tester, engaged in hacking operations on behalf of the APT10 Group and recruited other individuals to the APT10 Group, and Zhang developed and tested malware for the APT10 Group, prosecutors say.
APT10 touched many countries. Australia issued a warning in April 2017 about attacks against global MSPs, some of which had operations in the country. The Australian Cyber Security Centre said it was working with international partners to track the activity.
On Friday, the Australian government warned that China risks abrogating commitments it made at the G20 meeting in 2017 and separately with Australia in 2017 regarding cyberattacks.
"Australia calls on all countries - including China - to uphold commitments to refrain from cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential business information with the intent of obtaining a competitive advantage," according to a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Marisa Payne and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
On Thursday, the U.K. Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt warned governments against undertaking attacks aimed at intellectual property and commercial data.
"Our message to governments prepared to enable these activities is clear: Together with our allies, we will expose your actions and take other necessary steps to ensure the rule of law is upheld," Hunt says.
U.S. Legal Pressure On China
On Oct. 18, federal prosecutors filed an indictment of two Chinese intelligence officers and eight others for stealing trade secrets intended to help the country shortcut the development of a turbofan airplane engine plus other technology (see U.S. Again Indicts Chinese Intel Agents Over Hacking).
In that case, prosecutors said the two officers, Chai Meng and Zha Rong, worked for the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security in Nanjing, a provincial foreign intelligence arm of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of State Security.
The two men were accused of orchestrating an extensive scheme running between January 2010 to May 2015 that recruited other hackers to gain access to companies as well as recruiting insiders to plant malware.
And on Oct. 10, the Justice Department announced that an alleged Chinese Ministry of State Security officer had been charged with economic espionage and attempting to steal trade secrets. Yanjun Xu was arrested in Belgium and extradited to the U.S. He's accused of stealing data from "multiple U.S. aviation and aerospace companies."
(Managing Editor Jeremy Kirk contributed to this story.)
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McGee is executive editor of Information Security Media Group's HealthcareInfoSecurity.com media site. She has about 30 years of IT journalism experience, with a focus on healthcare information technology issues for more than 15 years. Before joining ISMG in 2012, she was a reporter at InformationWeek magazine and news site, and played a lead role in the launch of InformationWeek's healthcare IT media site.
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On Saturday we had the great pleasure of popping down to the EtsyIreland meetup in the Market Bar, to meet some of the crafters from around Ireland who sell on Etsy. For those of you unfamiliar with Etsy, it's a global marketplace for individual crafters to sell their wares. It was lovely to meet the talented ladies and discuss what's happening with our favourite site.
So we've been planning an Etsy Week for some time, and today kicks everything off (bit later than we would have liked!). We regularly feature Etsy sellers from around the world, but for this week we've want to concentrate purely on the Irish Etsy community. The idea is to showcase some of the great local Irish designers, and their beautiful Irish handmade items - everything from jewellery to table decor.
Today we're starting with the sparkly stuff - handmade jewellery.
There's quite a number of Irish jewellers selling their wares on Etsy, so we've just picked out a few of our favourites to whet your appetite. Irish designers offer a great selection of costume and precious jewellery.
A Box For My Treasures is exactly that - a treasure trove of beautifully delicate pieces from miniature teacup pendants to tiny gold feathers. Nature is referenced in many of the designs, with leaves, birds, flowers hanging from fine gold and silver chains. Prices are really good - the highest price is about €25. Becoming a fan on Facebook is a really handy way of keeping up to date as new items are always being added to the collection.
Mise Le Meas has an amazing array of styles, everything from funky vintage to back to nature. I love that each piece is unique, so anything you buy is a one-off. A complete antidote to high street mass production. Above we have the corsage style pearl bracelet ,very old school glamour but at a fraction of the price (just €15). While the golden citrine drop earrings are at a more hollywood style price (€130), but definitely worth it!
Lilabelle Design is based in Dublin, and specialises in mixing materials and styles. Personally I love the use of coloured semi-precious stones with interesting gold-plated design elements. It makes for elegant and yet unusual pieces that draw the eye. While we haven't concentrated on specifically bridal pieces for this post, Lilabelle has a lovely collection and put a few of them up to show on facebook, deeply romantic pearls with vintage-style clasps. Also to note - Lilabelle offers free postage to Irish customers!
Lottie Bee Jewellery is a more alternative option, either for a non-trad bride, or as beautiful and unusual present for a bridesmaid. These pretty pieces are made of vintage or vintage-style charms, and each piece has a very girly look. My personal favourites are the rose pendant necklaces and the little birdcage pendants. So cute! And oh such good value - the collection starts at about €10.
This is only a small selection of the great work out there. We could have had a list as long as your arm, but we wanted to save some for future posts.


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The Walking Tours run year round, regardless of what the weather is like. Be prepared for rain, wind, snow, but most likely, a beautiful sunny day (then wear sunscreen!).
Do the cooking classes include a full meal?
All of our cooking classes include recipes and a full meal EXCEPT our Chile Amor and Salsas classes, which include small tastings only.
We offer a full refund if you give us a 48 hour notice.
Our favorite apron! Embroidered with the Santa Fe School of Cooking logo. Available in black, red, green and white.
A heavy weight denim apron embossed with the school's favorite fruit….chiles!
New Release - Among recipes from around the world, the book sprinkles in tried-and-true suggestions for what kids can do to help adults prepare and cook–even knives can be used successfully and safely with proper guidance. Ultimately, the cookbook, which has just about every kind of recipe imaginable, from Chinese American Fried Rice to Mediterranean Flatbread to Rainforest Macaroons, includes "everyone in a comfortable way." Which is exactly what we mean when we say there's room at the table." Cooking with Kids is a Santa Fe non-profit bring healthy cooking to Santa Fe's elementary schools.
An eclectic collection of recipes from the School, brought to you by Susan Curtis' expertise and relentless research into the food of the New Mexico farmers, as well as by her resident and guest chefs. Susan is the owner of the Santa Fe School of Cooking.
Honey Chipotle barbecue sauce. Great on ribs, shrimp, salmon, chicken and more.
These delicious flavors come in 10 oz. jars.
This jelly is made from the juice of the fruits of the prickly pear cactus and is great with cream cheese on all you favorite breads.
Dried smoked jalapeño, brown color.
Since 1989, the Santa Fe School of Cooking has been the Southwest's go-to source for a bounty of creative classes that share the history and traditions of New Mexico's unique food culture. Our exciting five-day August 2016 Culture and Cuisine Tour the ultimate in authentic culinary adventure!
Easy to use and easy to clean, the School of Cooking's stove-top grill lets anyone savor the delicious flavor of fresh-roasted vegetables all year round. Not sure what to give? A gift card good in our Market Store can also be used for the gift of experience at any of our unique classes!


Melissa from Candlewood Suites contacted Lake Shark Media for her upcoming booth at the Mooresville Winter Expo. Her goal was to have the booth themed with the Candlewood Suites logo and a "Winter Wonderland" themed feel. With this in mind, we were able to create fantastic promotional materials that fit the theme flawlessly.


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Well worth a visit! An amazing selection of antiques and vintage objects to browse through. My latest purchase was this beautiful copper kettle only £18! The prices here were very reasonable and there was a wide range of lovely vintage furniture and clothing as well as the antiques.
Here are some photos I took of things that caught my eye!
I love this vintage typewriter!
This stall was beautifully displayed with lovely up-cycled furniture, mirrors and decorative door handles.
An old camera. Love this!
A very pretty retro kitchen unit in pink and purple.
Another gorgeous stall with a shabby chic feel including mirrors, pink glass, jewellery, and vintage clothing.
We spent several hours looking round and will definitely be visiting again! There is even a cute retro caravan selling coffee and cakes! What could be better!


Who doesn't want firm, flat abs or even a six-pack? As a personal fitness trainer, I am often asked what is the best way to tone that tummy or slim down that bulging belly. Is it crunches? Sit ups maybe? Or what about hanging leg raises?
While there is nothing especially wrong with any of those exercises, my go to ab exercise is actually one that involves no movement at all - the plank.
The plank is an isometric exercise. All that means, in personal fitness trainer-speak, is that, although your muscles are working, they do not cause any movement to occur. In fact, planks are best thought of as an anti-movement exercise.
Your abs, in fact, like most of the muscles that make up your midsection, are seldom called upon to generate movement. Most of the time they are actually required to eliminate and prevent movement. For example, if you bend down and pick up a shopping bag, your oblique muscles in your waist must work to keep your spine vertical and stop you leaning over towards the load you are lifting. If you palpate (a fancy way of saying touch) your waist muscles when you do this, you'll feel that the side opposite the load you are lifting is tight - a sure sign they are working.
Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying anything even slightly heavy means your abs will have to work isometrically to keep your spine properly aligned. The plank exercise helps develop this ability.
To perform a plank, using technique your personal fitness trainer would be proud of, follow these simple instructions below.
1.Lie on your front on the floor.
2.Rest your elbows and forearms on the floor and clasp your hands.
3.Make sure your upper arms are vertical by placing your elbows directly under your shoulders.
4.Lift your hips up and off the floor and create a straight line from your shoulders to your hips to your feet. Keep your neck long but relaxed.
5.Hold this position for as long as feels comfortable but stop if you feel your hips lifting or dropping or have any pain in your lower back. Shaking is normal by the way!
6.Keep breathing slowly and evenly - no holding your breath.
7.On completion, bend your legs and rest on your knees. This position is also a good beginner option if you aren't quite up to doing a full plank.
Three point plank - lift a foot or elbow off the floor so you are only using three points of balance.
Rest your elbows on a stability ball - this really makes planks harder!
Perform pushup planks - rather than rest on your elbows, rest in the top position of a pushup.
Body saw planks - rock forwards and backwards on your toes and elbows in a sawing-type motion.
Side planks - same as regular planks but performed resting on one arm and the side of your feet. This variation hits the obliques more.
Hard style planks - tense every muscle in your body along with your abs but remember the personal fitness trainer's rule - don't hold your breath!
Planks require no equipment and yet are supremely effective. They are my favorite ab exercise so give them a go - I'm sure when you see how effective they are they will be one of your favorites too!


BISS 05.01.13 - ERNEST RANGLIN / AFROLICIOUS / POOR MAN'S WHISKEY / HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! / BOTTLEROCK!!!
Still gotta say Happy JazzFest BISS Listers!! The BISS rule that says, "There is no such thing as FOMO" was first put into effect at a JazzFest in NOLA many years ago. For those who don't know, FOMO stands for Fear of Missing Out. At JazzFest no matter where you are, you are not missing out on anything! You are out all night, you are at the fairgrounds, you are eating, watching, playing, you are sleeping through any one of those things. You are right where you are supposed to be at all times!
So we say, FOMO? What FOMO? Remember, it is not allowed here at the BISS List. While everyone else, who won't be reading this, is out Jazzfesting it up all day and night, we'll be getting our grooves on right here at home, all over the bay area!
Thursday night, one of the most legendary godfathers of Reggae & Ska takes the stage at Hopmonk Sebastopol! If you have not seen him, this is definitely a show you do NOT want to miss! And as always, you can *WIN* tickets from BISS List!! As you journey back down from the North, ramble through Petaluma for Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers.
In the city on Thursday, get your funk on with your weekly Afrolicious party hosts DJ's, Senor Oz and Pleasuremaker (*WIN*). Or check out the new project, Naked Soul (formerly Alma Desnuda) at the Boom Boom Room, always going late night (*WIN*)!
In the East Bay on Friday night, you get a second chance to celebrate the new album with Afrolicious at The New Parish. If you have been to the weekly Thursday night parties, this is all that and then turned up a notch with the full band that is Afrolicious rocking you out all night long (*WIN*)!!
Saturday afternoon, we'll be drinking mint juleps and watching the Kentucky Derby. Who needs stats? Pick the one with the best name!
Sunday, Happy Cinco De Mayo! Of course, the entire city will be celebrating. If you are still standing that night, check out Jerry Joseph at Sweetwater (*WIN). Or get dubsteppin at the Elbo Room for your weekly Sunday Dub Mission (*WIN).
Next week, all you jazz festers better recover quickly from what I don't have to hear about to know was an amazing non-stop musical extravaganza! No seriously, don't tell me!
You can even *WIN TICKETS from BISS for BOTTLEROCK!! To *WIN* share the Bottlerock event on Facebook, Twitter, Email, Word of Mouth and anywhere else you can think of to spread the word. The winners will be chosen based on highest visibility and best content. (subject to BISS) For extra credit, tag the bands, the venues, the promoters, and BISS. Yes, frequency counts.
The show is SOLD OUT but ask around and find someone with an extra ticket because this show will be amazing. Not only do you get to see Blues Traveler put on a super jamming show for their long time friend and former crew member Bo Mahoney, in this small intimate venue but there will also tons of special guests including (but not necessarily limited to): Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters), Eddie Roberts (New Mastersounds), DJ Logic, Glenn Hartman (Klezmer Allstars), Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green), Mighty Dave Pelliciaro (Materialized), Mark Karan (Ratdog), Lebo (ALO), Bo Carper (New Monsoon), Alan WIlliams (Katdelic, Manicato), Victor Little (Booker T), John Mader (Booker T., The Family Stone,Fred Wesley) Scott Redner (John Popper) Plus the night will be MC'd by our dear friend Dave Martin.
If you have a VIP ticket, the pre-party starts at 6pm. Food will be served by Roux The Day & desserts by the Happy Chef. There will also be a special sound check performance. The Silent Auction will be spread out for you to peruse.
Wanna preview of some of the items you might find there? A Guitar signed by Widespread Panic, A Guitar signed by Gov't Mule w/ bonus Artemus Pyle of Lynard Skynard + Jaimo of Allman Brothers, Bass Guitar signed by Blues Traveler, 4 VIP passes for Blues Traveler at Redrocks, 2 Tickets (w/ seats) for Robert Plant presents Sensational Shape Shifters with special guest Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Greek in Berkeley, An 11x14 Old School Blues Traveler Photo Print with Bobby from Jay Blakesberg, 6 months of FIJI Water home delivery and so much more!
We will have all the bid sheets at the merch table throughout the show so everyone has a chance! We will also have a raffle running all night where you can win tickets to shows, dinners at great restaurants in the bay area, and more.
We here at BISS HQ want to thank you all for your incredible support!! THANK YOU!


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NORTH LIBERTY– B-I-N-G-O! Test your luck in the North Liberty Recreation Center's free annual bingo night Friday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.
Eight games of standard bingo, five four-corner and three blackout games will be played. Prizes include memberships and gift certificates. Adults ages 21 and up can register by Dec. 2.
TIFFIN– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) boys basketball team will host its Annual Spaghetti Dinner Saturday, Dec. 3, from noon until 7 p.m., at CCA High School, when the CCA boys and girls basketball Clippers battle the Regina Regals.
The freshman boys game will be played at noon, junior varsity (JV) boys play at 3 p.m. and the varsity boys take the court at 6 p.m.
The girls' games will be held at 1:30 p.m. for JV and the varsity takes the court at 4:30 p.m.
The cost is $ 7 for adults and $ 5 for seniors and those 12 and under.
TIFFIN– The Holiday Craft Fair will be Sunday, Dec. 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) High School.
Patrons of the fair can shop local crafters, handmade artists and vendors; get pictures taken with Santa; pick up holiday treats at the cookie walk and enjoy refreshments while completing holiday shopping.
NORTH LIBERTY– North Liberty's redesigned winter activity guide, covering programs from January through April 2017, is available for download on the city's website.
Highlights for winter include a spring Shed and Scavenger Hunt with Take a Kid Outdoors on March 25, a kayaking trip from Palisades-Kepler State Park to Sutliff Bridge down the Cedar River on April 22, another season of the community gardening at the Meade Barn, a youth soccer program, Eric Litwig and Pete the Cat at the North Liberty Community Library on April 5, and the second year of Beat the Bitter on Feb. 3 and 4.
IOWA CITY– Iowa City West High's bowlers opened the 2016-17 season on Tuesday, Nov. 22, by hosting Dubuque Senior at Colonial Lanes. West split with the Rams as the varsity and junior varsity (JV) girls won 2,245 to 2,241 and 1,902 to 1,861, respectively, and the varsity and JV boys lost 2,739 to 2,919 and 1,925 to 2,116.
SWISHER– About a year ago, Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery started entering their more-aged products into prestigious contests in order to build credibility with the brand.
IOWA CITY– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers annually closes Coralville Lake's Sugar Bottom Mountain Bike Trails near Solon. This closure is to accommodate the shotgun and muzzle loader hunting seasons for deer. This year the closing dates will be Dec. 1 through Jan. 10, 2017. Corps managed lands are open for hunting in designated areas at Coralville Lake. A map of public hunting areas around the lake can be found at www.Coralvillelake.org or picked up at the Administration Office. State rules and regulations apply for hunting in these areas.
SOLON– The Solon Community Food Pantry is offering Thanksgiving gift certificates to Sam's Main Street Market for enrolled families. The certificates are valid until Tuesday, Dec. 6, and are available at the pantry on Monday, Nov. 21 and Monday, Dec. 5. Please call 319-430-8655 if you are unable to visit the pantry on those dates to make other arrangements.
SOLON– Solon Post Prom provides an alcohol-free, safe and supervised celebration following prom for Solon students and their guests. The event is jointly supported through our schools, families, and community businesses.
The following restaurants graciously agreed to donate a portion of their proceeds, on the indicated evenings, to Solon Post Prom. Please visit and dine on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Frida Kahlo; on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Red Vespa; on Wednesday Dec. 14, at Big Grove Brewery; and Thursday, Dec. 22, at Eastwood's to enjoy great food and support Solon students.
BURLINGTON– The City of Solon was recognized Oct. 20, in Burlington, by the American Planner Association (APA) Iowa Chapter. The City of Solon was presented an award for Innovation in Economic Planning and Development for the Solon Comprehensive Plan 2015. The city council would like to send a special thank you to MSA Professional Services and the Steering Committee, Planning and Zoning Commission, city staff and those who participated in the online survey and public input meetings for helping to create a plan for Solon's future.
SOLON– A plan to rehabilitate the former St. Mary auditorium into apartments and commercial space was shot down by members of the Solon City Council Nov. 16.
Council members rejected a site plan, submitted for Solon Lofts and Commons, despite its conditional recommendation for approval by the Solon Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission.
Prairie Equity Group, LLC, of Iowa City, proposed to renovate the 1915 building into lower-level commercial units and 16 upper-level condominiums, with the conversion of a separate adjacent lot into a gated parking area.
SOLON– St. Mary Helping Hands will host its annual Cookie Walk Sunday, Dec. 4, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at St. Mary Parish Hall.


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Journal of a Newbie Game Tester: Game Fatigue Is a Myth (So Far)
Michael Rousseau@mikerousseau	 August 26, 2010 1:35 AM
This post has not been edited by the GamesBeat staff. Opinions by GamesBeat community writers do not necessarily reflect those of the staff.
Editor's note: I started out working in QA myself, and, like Michael, it didn't turn my appreciation of games into something dark and horrible. But then I loved the game I was working on, even if the QA part got a bit tedious at times. If I'd done it for a couple years, though, that might've been bad. -Demian
I've been a game tester for almost two months now, and contrary to popular belief, I don't hate games (yet).
I educated myself about the life of a game tester well before I considered it as a job option, just to make sure that I knew what I was potentially getting into. As I read through multiple articles on the subject and picked the brains of some helpful industry insiders, I clued in to the realities of professional quality assurance, and how they contrast with the common misconceptions people often have about the job.
Playing games for a living isn't always fun. Work conditions aren't always ideal, and overtime is a part of the business. The work is thankless, and when it comes time to assign blame, quality assurance is usually the first to get the strap. Check, check, and double check.
One item on my "what to expect" list, though, doesn't have a red strike through it: the notion that working in the game industry, at any level or capacity, will eventually erode a person's natural love for the medium as a fun hobby becomes a job. I can safely say that that's not the case for me. On the contrary: working with games has increased my interest in them, if anything.
It's understandable why some people wouldn't want anything to do with video games after they leave an industry job for the night — or morning, as is sometimes the case. While a lot of passionate people working in the business, some with enough drive and determination to fuel a small army, there's just something unpleasant about taking your work home with you. Even when that work is something you care about, it's normal to want a change of pace while you relax and unwind.
There's also the matter of priorities. Long work days that clock in anywhere up to 16 hours leave very little time left for family, recreation, and even personal maintenance. It's natural for fun activities like video games to slowly give way to more pressing responsibilities. And contrary to popular belief, absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder. Sometimes you realize that that thing you loved wasn't as important to you as you once thought, and you move on without regret. It sucks, but it happens.
So why, then, haven't I felt the same pull away from recreational gaming? Why do I still get excited about playing NFL Blitz 2000 over lunch with my friends? Why do I meet up with a group of like-minded geeks several times a week to swap Dragon Quest 9 maps and talk about grotto findings? And why in the unholy crimson hell do I still look forward to picking up my arcade stick and getting in a few rounds of Super Street Fighter 4 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift every night before bed? It may have something to do with my relative newness to the industry, and the fact that I haven't even begun to approach burnout yet, but I like to think a few other factors weigh in a lot more heavily.
Part of it, I think, stems from working on a game that I don't actually like. Don't get me wrong: I enjoy what I do, and even though it can be incredibly frustrating at times, I get a rush out of finding a deep-seated issue before a GameFAQs poster has a chance to whine about it. But when my game hits retail, I don't plan on ever playing it again, simply because it's not something I'm interested in. Because of that fact, I often find myself craving games that are more within my tastes, and when I'm off the clock, cleansing my palette is usually high on my priority list.
That may all change when I get to work on a game that I'm interested in, and the daily grind is enough to satisfy my gaming needs, but I'm not so sure it will. I can say that because the experience of working with video games, while frustrating and relatively unglamorous, has changed me in a way.
It's helped me come to terms with a lifelong feeling in the back of my head that all the time I've spent playing, reading about, and writing about games has been a monumental waste of time. I see now that it's a viable career option, and a growing industry, and more than just a delusional place for people in a state of arrested development to hide from the real world. Video games are a valid interest for a person to pursue, intellectually, recreationally, and professionally. Now that I've finally realized that there isn't anything wrong with gaming — and nothing wrong with me by association — I'm more comfortable than ever in enjoying my hobby to the fullest, whenever I'm able.
It's likely that this could all change. It'll be interesting, a year from now, to return to this piece and see if my sentiments are the same. But for everyone who worries that a career in gaming might ruin the enjoyment of their favorite pastime, don't bother. If you're really into gaming, to such a point where it influences who you are, you have nothing to be concerned about. It'll take more than a bug-riddled alpha build to take that away from you.
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March 30, 2017 March 30, 2017 expectingalpha Best Of, InvestingBest Screening Techniques, March Madness, Role of Quality, These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Screens, Triple Play
This Expected Returns cover story from April 2009 underscores the things that really matter during bear markets, corrections and recessions. We were reminded at the time to focus on high-quality opportunities with vigilance for upstart, promising companies ratcheted up. If you're curious about our work at Manifest Investing and the resources we provide for long-term investors, and interested in a FREE 90-day test drive, let me know via markr@manifestinvesting.com … for now, may your investing brackets be "nothing but net."
The stock market madness of early March has given way to a rally that at least delivers welcome respite from the cascading decline we've experienced for several months.
Triple Play: A Measure of Opportunity. History suggests that the discovery of companies poised with Triple Play characteristics can lead to rewards. We've leaned on Nicholson's Triple Play concept often since the 4th quarter of 2008, citing potential impact on our shopping efforts. Finding companies with the prospects of potential profit margin and P/E expansion seems prudent. Combining that potential with high-quality companies exhibiting out-sized PARs could deliver a measure of success and shining moments for our portfolios going forward.
March Madness now extends into April as the NCAA basketball championships bring the current season to a close. And the stock market madness of early March has given way to a rally that at least delivers welcome respite from the cascading decline we've experienced for several months. In the movie 'Hoosiers', there's a classic scene where Gene Hackman, coach of the underdogs from a very small town, leads the boys into the championship venue for their pregame practice. He hands a tape measure to the anxious players and urges them to confirm that the hoop is 10 feet above the floor … just like home … and the free throw line, 15 feet … just like home.
From "Just Like Home" …
As many of you know, we've discovered that NAIC/BI co-founder, the late George Nicholson, focused his attention on "the next bull market" during the dreadful bear market of 1973-74. As we studied his writings at the time, we learned that he looked back to the lessons of the 1937-38 bear market — days when he was launching a successful career and lifetime of successful investing.
He believed that the challenges and opportunities of 1973-74 were similar to conditions last seen in 1937-38 complete with year-over-year 50% declines in automobile sales (sound familiar?) and a variety of economic ailments related to scarcity of commodities and mischievous behavior in the banking and investing sectors, etc. He developed a set of criteria — intended to seek opportunities just like "home."
Although we can't be certain, I can imagine that he saw it as a sort of antidote to the poisonous paralysis that afflicts so many of us as stock prices decline. In fact, Nicholson "pleaded" with investment clubs to commit to decisions during early 1975 — citing a recent 80% gain in Coca-Cola over a span of less than six months as evidence that prices could and often do, move in sudden spurts. (The stock price of Coca-Cola proceeded to languish for the next 5-6 years.) If you missed the autumn 1974 opportunity to own the Real Thing and waited a few months before committing, your experience was considerably less rewarding.
… to "Shining Moments"
CBS Sports features the song 'One Shining Moment' to encapsulate the highlight reel celebrating the coronation of this year's champion.
Nicholson shared that some of the best shining moments of a lifetime of successful investing could be traced to the elements of his Triple Play concept. Here are the three features that qualify a stock for Triple Play status: (1) A depressed stock price. Think elevated projected returns. (2) A potential for P/E expansion over a 5-year time horizon and (3) A potential for profit margin expansion. Such stocks are most frequently found at the end of a long bear market.
"I have been investing in Triple Play situations during 1973-74 in preparation for the next bull market. If past performance is any guide, the performance should exceed [stock market returns] by a wide margin." — George Nicholson.
Triple Play Candidates. This listing of study candidates was shared with the attendees at the Better Investing regional conference in Lansing, Michigan on April 3-4, 2009. Our database was screened for companies with PAR>21%; Quality>60; EPS Stability > 60; and Financial Strength > 70. A large number of companies are poised for P/E expansion (not shown) and the screening results shown here are sorted by annualized net profit margin (%) expansion in descending order. Note Solomon Select company, Mettler-Toledo, and the other precision instrument companies.
Bear Down, Regularly
There's an insurance company commercial running on television where the celebrity sponsor (President Palmer for '24' fans …) shares that we've been through twelve recessions over the last 50 years or so. All of them ended and a period of economic expansion ensued.
During a recent seminar, Steve Sanborn, retired director of research for Value Line, and I shared that — in his wealth of investing experience — all bear markets have ended. In that seminar, we explored the history of bear markets and underscored the similarities between 1938, 1974 and 2009 as supported by the accompanying graphic.
The lessons of history suggest that it's probably time to think less about poisonous paralysis — avoid remaining unduly mired in yesterday's quagmire — and focus a whole lot more on an effort to engage tomorrow's prosperity. The table displays a listing of companies with depressed stock prices and the potential for profitability and P/E expansion. Many of these companies were mentioned multiple times by some pretty effective stockpickers and educators at the regional conference in Lansing, Michigan on April 3-4.
The list includes some community favorites, a few newcomers and a few Solomon Select legacy features.
Growth by Recession
It's probably time for a reminder that our emphasis on focus on size diversification includes a healthy nudge. That nudge entails the continuous pursuit of companies with higher top line growth expectations. It also includes an increased focus or emphasis during periods when we may be approaching the end of a recession.
Bear Market Comparisons. As shown here, the bear markets of 1937-38, 1973-74 and 2007-2009 exhibit some similarities when compared versus all of the bear markets that have come and gone before. No, Virginia, we're not seeing conditions like the Great Depression (see 1929-32) yet. Nicholson seized the moment in 1973-74, seeking Triple Play candidates to ready his portfolio for the next bull market.
You'll hear some pundits, rhinos and talking heads continuing to encourage blue chip companies and we'll nod and agree that this pursuit should be continuous, too.
That said, we also heed the advice of Peter Lynch. The Magellan maestro suggested that small companies can be more nimble and recover more quickly coming out of recessions. This reality is one of the things that leads to frustrating periods where blue chip languish while "garbage companies" seem to flourish. An investor over-concentrated in slow-growth blue chips last experienced this during the 2003 bull market.
Dial up shopping efforts and maintain overall portfolio sales growth at the high end of your comfort range. Languish a little less.
I have a small confession. Much like Jim Surowiecki, I'm sometimes conflicted with doubts about how much this "quality stuff" really matters. After writing The Wisdom of Crowds, Surowiecki shares several experiences where he doubted the wisdom of a gaggle of chefs in some "predictive kitchen" only to discover that the collective wisdom held up well … again, despite and in deference to any doubt.
And every time I check, I'm stunned by the reinforcement and rediscovery that comes with it.
2-Year Annualized Returns for Low-Quality Companies. The companies shown represent approximately (20) of the lowest quality ratings as of March 2007. The average annualized loss for this group of companies is 60%. Yes, 60% … and that doesn't count three companies no longer "on the board" because they've gone bankrupt and no longer exist. In a word, Ouch.
The accompanying graphic is from a couple of slides presented at the regional conference — updating a look at bear market performance for low-quality companies versus high-quality companies. Yes, we're talking about the current bear market.
And yes, the contrast is stunning. And it hits a little close to home as we watch companies like General Motors (GM) drop from $29.27 to $1.94 over a period of two years — an annualized loss of 74% (per year!)
Nicholson's Legacy Continues
The companies shown in the accompanying graphic are often found on subscriber dashboards and rank among the most commonly-held and widely-followed by our Community. We're proud, yet humbled, that companies like Solomon Select feature Strayer Education (STRA) tops these charts, compelling us to continue our quest.
2-Year Ann. Returns for Highest-Quality Companies. In sharp contrast, the highest-quality companies combined for an average return of -19% versus a stock market down -27%. Note that three companies (including a couple of community favorites and a Solomon Select alum) managed positive returns!
Nicholson strongly cautioned avoiding lower quality companies as bull markets raged. In our vernacular and interpretation, we'd translate that to: "periods where MIPAR is historically low" as our measure of bull market condition.
Where's your "investing tape measure?" In the spirit of Hoosier coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), we continue to urge that seeking Triple Play Candidates and heeding the repeating lessons of Quality are pretty good yardsticks to honor.
Just like home … Indeed.
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It was olives that bridged the gap between the large tech haven of Palo Alto and the Texas Hill Place heaven of Wimberley for Jack Dougherty. Mr. Dougherty experienced a distinguished occupation in the substantial tech business and at a single stage supervised properly more than 1,000 employees. But his coronary heart was usually in the fruit groves and nut bearing groves in close proximity to his boyhood Palo Alto property.
In Jack's case, it appears you just cannot consider the region out of the boy and he produced his way to Texas and Wimberley as shortly as he could. He nonetheless travels the entire world in research of info and technologies, and tactics on olives, but his residence and his coronary heart are now at Bella Vista Ranch near Wimberley, Texas.
We took a tour of Bella Vista Ranch a number of months in the past and sat in amazement as he discussed the story of olives to us and a couple of other folks gathered under some stay oak trees sitting on picnic tables proper smack in the center of one of the leading olive groves in Texas and the United states. We experienced no notion we experienced stumbled upon one of the leading professionals of the olive planet correct there in Wimberley.
As he instructed the background of olives, he relevant that the 1st particular person who ever tasted an olive was most likely not amazed. Uncooked olives contain an alkaloid that makes them quite bitter and unedible. Some historic civilization uncovered that soaking them in brine gets rid of the negative flavor.
Olives have been around for centuries, but right up until lately they had been just a condiment you served with your foods or at a celebration as an appetizer. It was in the 19902s that overall health businesses took observe of the health advantages, particularly our coronary heart well being. With this discovery, new diets emerged making use of Olive Oil in their recipes.
Olive farming originated in the Mediterranean, but as the economy transformed so did the use of the land that olives ended up grown. In the United States, California is our significant grower of both environmentally friendly and black olives, but thanks to the higher rates of land, the olive increasing is also shrinking. So now Olive farmers are seeking for significantly less pricey land to grow olives to make the olive oil to meet up with the increasing desire.
It is evident that Mr. Dougherty has expended a good deal of time investigating olives. There is a report created by George Ray McEachern and Larry A. Stein, Extension Horticulturists from Texas A & M University titled 'Growing Olives in Texas Gardens', exactly where they talk about increasing Olives in Texas. They talk about the place the local weather is very good in Texas, and all about what olive trees need to endure. They limited the regions to East, Central, and South Texas. But that was about it. Mr. Dougherty retained on with his study and settled in on the Wimberley area as being perfect. He did have some issues about the temperature, but the soil conditions seemed to be equivalent to best olive growing areas in other elements of the world. Not also numerous olives are developed in Texas north of San Antonio.
The Bella Vista Ranch suits all the requirements for becoming ready to expand olives. The soil has a lot of caliche which helps make for fantastic drainage and the temperature will not dip to freezing very frequently or for extended intervals of time. There are in excess of one,000 Olive trees on the ranch these days.
There are sixteen various versions of olive trees grown at the grove, with the California Mission Olive as the tree of selection which is mainly developed at the Bella Vista Ranch.
Below are a couple of issues we discovered about olives and olive generation in Texas. Olive trees had been introduced to the New World by the Spanish. They initial arrived in Mexico and then created their way from there to California with missionaries where the trees had been very first planted in 1769. The olive trees have been recognized as Mission olives since they had been developed in olive groves in close proximity to the missions. This assortment no more time exists in Spain, but is well-liked in California and Texas. Utilizing Mission Olives presents Olive Oil a very long shelf lifestyle.
The climate has not usually cooperated with the Bella Vista Ranch olive trees. In truth a late freeze almost put the Olive ranch out of business. They had to minimize back again and change virtually all their olive trees. Other concerns were that Olives are an alternating fruit producer, indicating that some several years there are a lot more olives made than other individuals, and you have to hand select the olives and pruning is extremely important. Olive trees increase quite quickly and if the tree grows out of control, the nutrients are used by the tree for the progress and not the fruit. The Olive trees require to be kept pruned.
The Olive tree produces fruit in a interesting way, the blooms generate the olive cluster, then only 1 or 2 olives that are the strongest continue to expand and dangle from the tree. see it here go through a colour adjust from environmentally friendly to purple, Jack can appear at the tree and make a decision from the texture of the pores and skin and the coloration when it truly is time to choose the entire tree. The olives collected from each tree will be a mixture of olives from green to red and even dim red. With all the distinct stages of ripened olives, when pressed together need to make a very flavorful olive oil.


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A Virtual Assistant Followed This Daily Routine To Earn $9,000 A Month And Scale Her Business To $1.1 Million In Sales.
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Jessica Hawks.
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Jessica Hawks left a nine-to-five to become a virtual assistant, managing tasks for businesses.
Five months later, she'd quadrupled her monthly income and was making plans to scale further.
Here's how Hawks spends her day, including sleeping in, recording podcasts, and spending time with friends.
Jessica Hawks had an atypical childhood. She attended both middle school and high school online and graduated at 16. With family struggles and life changes at the forefront of her mind, she never pictured a specific future for herself.
"I wasn't thinking about what I was going to do when I got older," Hawks said, adding that some of her choices included working for the family business or enrolling in college. She began working as a chiropractic assistant but because she didn't have a college degree, she felt she had no leverage to ask for a higher salary. She decided to go back to school, but two years in nursing school didn't feel right for her either.
She wanted a job that would give her flexibility and allow her to create her own schedule and spend time on herself. When a friend who worked as a virtual assistant for wedding photographers explained her job, Hawks saw an opportunity.
"That was the first time that I had really heard anything about that career path," Hawks said. "I was like, oh my God, this is exactly what I've been looking for."
Hawks created her business profile in March 2020 and focused on honing her creativity, marketing herself, and fearlessly pursuing clients. By August, Hawks had seven consistent clients and was hitting $9,000 per month as a virtual assistant, quadrupling her salary as a full-time employee. In 2008, there were only 25,000 active virtual assistants worldwide, according to virtual assistant firm MyOutDesk. Today, 1 million individuals work as virtual assistants, but that amount is expected to at least double within the next few years.
After sharing her story on social media, Hawks was flooded with requests to help other aspiring virtual assistants and business owners start on their own. In December 2020, Hawks had officially transitioned all of her virtual-assistant clients to other assistants and began coaching and creating content full-time. Now, she runs multiple master classes and hosts a podcast, which launched on October 18. Since March 2020, her virtual-assistant and coaching company has booked more than $1.1 million in sales, according to documents verified by Insider.
The virtual assistant industry is "booming," thanks in part to the flexible schedule it provides workers and the ability to earn an average of $2,000 to $5,000 a month, according to a recent report from the US Association of Virtual Assistants.
Now able to travel, take long weekends, and work whatever hours she feels necessary, Hawks says her personalized schedule is what's allowed her to thrive. Here's how Hawks spends each day.
Hawks wakes up at 9:30 or 10:00 a.m.
Jessica Hawks, founder and virtual assistant.
Hawks allows herself to sleep in until 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. most mornings.
"When I was working in the corporate world, I used to get up at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. to go to my job, and I am not a morning person," Hawks said. When she started her own business, she tried to conform to a nine-to-five schedule but wanted to move away from that. "So now I try to be really intuitive with my schedule."
Hawks said being able to sleep in is one of the most valuable parts of owning a business, and not forcing herself to wake up earlier than necessary actually helps her to be more productive during the day.
Then Hawks gets up to make breakfast and walk her dog.
Hawks' dog, Teddy
Jessica Hawks
Hawks recently started cooking more at home to focus on her health. So each morning she will make eggs and iced coffee for breakfast.
After breakfast, she takes her energetic dog, Teddy, for a walk.
After that, the workday begins.
Hawks preparing for the day.
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Once Hawk has finished her regular morning routine, she will sit down to begin work. Her first task is always to take stock of what's to come that day for her coaching business and personal content creation.
Hawks checks her emails, her calendar, team texts, and the company project-management system.
"I make a list of the things that I have to get done that day and things that I would like to get done that day," Hawks said. Differentiating her priorities in this way helps her to stay on track with necessary tasks but not get overwhelmed.
Hawks divides her time by tasks, like communication, creation, and analytics.
Hawks and team at a content-creation shoot.
The rest of the morning is spent on communication. In addition to answering emails, she posts or comments on Instagram, checks in on Facebook groups, and replies via Slack to any of her students — whom she trains to become virtual assistants through her Digital Millennials Masterclass (which she and her business coach turned partner run together) and Digital Creatives Academy.
While she now runs her coaching business full-time, her virtual-assistant roles followed a similar schedule. As a virtual assistant, Hawks was responsible for email marketing, social-media content creation, and business administration, among other tasks. In that role, she'd break down priorities in the same way: based on task type.
"I would reserve Mondays for Pinterest management and do every client's Pinterest that day," she said. Tuesdays were reserved for social-media management, Wednesdays for tech and behind-the-scenes tasks, and Thursdays for copy or marketing.
Next, she focuses on content creation.
Jessica Hawks recording a podcast.
Hawks said social media is crucial in building any business — whether it's virtual assisting or business coaching. She used social media to build out her entire virtual-assistant business: She relied on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest to market herself. As she continues to build her personal-coaching business, Hawks is growing her online presence as a creator.
"This quarter we're having a lot of calls about creation, like creating new courses and planning photo shoots," she said.
On October 18, Hawks launched a podcast called The Digital State of Mind, where she shares her experience as an entrepreneur and has conversations with special guests.
In the afternoon, Hawks gets outside.
Jessica Hawks spends time outside every afternoon.
After most of her calls are done, Hawks takes a break. She tries to spend time outside each day: going for a walk with the dog, attending a yoga class, running errands, or going to appointments.
"Whether it's nails or chiropractic appointments, I think it's something that's so valuable whenever you start your own business," Hawks said. "It sounds like the most simple thing," she added, but it is one of the greatest benefits to being a business owner.
In the afternoon, she resumes content-creation tasks.
Hawks preparing for content shoot.
Hawks hops back into content creation after her afternoon break. While she is focused on recording and editing her podcast right now, she is also a longtime TikTok user. In fact, much of her business success can be attributed to the video app, where she shares similar tips to those of her masterclass.
Hawks says it's crucial to be intentional with content creation. When asked about the importance of diversifying content in case of social blackouts — when social platforms like Instagram or Facebook shut down unexpectedly — she said it's a double-edged sword.
"You don't want to try to spread yourself too thin across so many platforms that your content becomes less valuable," she added. "You also don't want to put all of your eggs in one basket." For that reason, she uses Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, email marketing, and TikTok.
She finishes work around 6 p.m., then spends the evening with friends.
Hawks, right, at dinner with friends.
Before logging off for the night, Hawks will spend time replying to messages that came in throughout the day and finishing must-do tasks.
"I don't force myself to stop working after a certain time because I would rather act on it when I have the motivation to," Hawks said. "A lot of times I will do more creation or work on random things that I've wanted to implement in the business but just haven't had time for in the day."
When Hawks is finally satisfied with her day's work, she makes sure to schedule a time to visit friends.
"It's important to not lose sense of why you've started your business," Hawks said. "You've created something for yourself that does allow you to travel and spend time with your friends and family and not just push those to the side because you could keep going."
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Work begins on Starlink-like constellation of small hypersonic missile-tracking satellites
The Pentagon's grand space strategy envisions a shift from larger, expensive satellites to massive constellations of smaller, easier to replace ones.
The U.S. military has hired L3Harris and SpaceX to build small satellites with powerful infrared sensors capable of spotting and tracking ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons. These satellites could become part of a large and broader early warning constellation with hundreds of space-based sensors and communications nodes watching for incoming threats, monitoring their flight, and potentially providing targeting data to missile defense assets.
The Pentagon announced that the Space Development Agency (SDA) had awarded the contracts to L3Harris and SpaceX, worth around $193.5 million and just over $149 million, respectively, on Oct. 5, 2020. Each company will be responsible for building four satellites, each with a wide field of view (WFOV) overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) sensor, in support of work on what SDA calls Tranche 0 of the Tracking Layer of the planned overarching early warning constellation.
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Elons Musk's Space X's road to the fastest internet from orbit: Here's what latest stats say
SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been dreaming of creating a constellation of broadband satellites surrounding the Earth. He vowed to provide the fastest broadband internet service to anyone in the world, and he seems to be on his way to fulfilling his promise.
With the new data from Speedtest.net, Starlink users can expect download speeds from 11 megabits per second (Mbps) to 60 Mbps while upload speeds range between 5 Mbps and 18 Mbps. Starlink is currently at 80% to the required satellites to achieve "moderate" capability, but its recent performance is impressive.
SANTA BARBARA, CA – OCTOBER 07: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the SAOCOM 1A and ITASAT 1 satellites, as seen during a long exposure on October 7, 2018 near Santa Barbara, California. After launching the satellites, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully returned to land on solid ground near the launch site rather than at sea. The satellites will become part of a six-satellite constellation that will work in tandem with an Italian constellation known as COSMO-SkyMed.
Although the results show just 6% of the 1 Gbps that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires for the $16 billion funding competition under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), it is still much faster internet than many rural service providers.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX: We now want to bring Starlink internet from space to 5 million in US
The rise of Elon Musk and SpaceX
SpaceX asks to operate 5 million end-user terminals after the US approves Amazon's rival satellite broadband plan.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied for a license to roll out five million 'UFO on a stick' end-user terminals, after 700,000 US residents signed up to be updated about the service's availability.
"SpaceX seeks to increase the number of fixed earth stations authorized under this blanket license from 1,000,000 to 5,000,000," the company said in an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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GPS III isn't fully operational yet, but when it is, it'll be great
The GPS III satellite armada will eventually make our GPS technology more accurate, but we're not quite there yet.
Just three satellites have been launched thus far, and only one of them is operational at the moment.
Elon Musk recently tweeted that our 'GPS just got slightly better,' but that isn't entirely true.
We tend to take GPS for granted these days. It works pretty well already and it feels like it's always been there, even though it's a relatively new technology, all things considered. It's not perfect, of course, and we can see evidence of that in our map apps and games like Pokemon Go that sometimes send us flying all over the map as it tries to zero in on our position.
But like any technology, it's improving, and the launch of a new GPS III satellite is a tiny step toward a more accurate Global Positioning System for the future. Elon Musk is obviously very proud that he has played a part in this and tweeted out a not-entirely-accurate boast that your GPS just got better.
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Elon Musk reveals when Starlink internet service will go live
SpaceX's Starlink broadband service will begin private beta testing in around 3 months, with a public beta opening in around 6 months.
Elon Musk revealed this tentative timeline in a tweet after the Wednesday launch of 60 new Starlink satellites.
On Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX sent one of its Falcon 9 rockets into space. It was carrying 60 shiny new satellites that will eventually become part of the company's Starlink communications network. SpaceX has been launching the pint-sized satellites into space for months already, with over 400 of them now in orbit around Earth.
The long-term plan is for Starlink to serve high-speed data to just about every corner of the globe, but with an estimated 40,000 satellites needed to fulfill the company's most grand ambitions, it was unclear exactly how long it would take before the system was up and running in any capacity. Thanks to some tweets by SpaceX boss Elon Musk, now we know.
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SpaceX's first manned flight gets a launch window
When will SpaceX's first manned flight launch? No earlier than mid-to-late May, the company declared via its Twitter account Wednesday. The "Demo–2" Crew Dragon flight will see astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley fly to the International Space Station. A successful mission will enable SpaceX to send NASA astronauts to the space station, giving the agency a new means of ferrying crew.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX: Now 1 million Starlink user terminals OKed for US internet service
The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's application to roll out a million user terminals in the US to connect with its growing Starlink satellite broadband network.
The approval gives SpaceX a 15-year "blanket license for the operation of up to 1,000,000 fixed earth stations that will communicate with its non-geostationary orbit satellite system".
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Elon Musk, Science & Technology News, Space, Space Flight, SpaceX
Human settlements in space are closer than we think. Here's what it will look like
From vast spaceships orbiting close to Earth to tunnels the size of Los Angeles under the surface of the moon
European Space Agency's plan for the Moon Village.
"We already have, or at least understand, the technology needed for a moon base," says Lewis Dartnell, an astrobiologist from the University of Westminster in London. "The time frame could be in a matter of years," he adds, "if money were no object and nations around the world were to decide that they needed to build a lunar base together."
Prof. Dartnell is not alone in his optimism. Many scientists, space engineers and industrialists believe that humanity is on the brink of a breakthrough in settlement. Recent developments could advance the realization of this vision.
For example, a report published last month stated that the radar used by the Chinese spacecraft that was the first to reach the far side of the moon is particularly useful for locating subterranean ice layers. One day, that ice may make it possible for people to remain on the moon for lengthy periods.
Continue reading… "Human settlements in space are closer than we think. Here's what it will look like"
Elon Musk says he's 'definitely going to be dead' before humans ever reach Mars — unless the pace of innovation picks up
An illustration of a woman orbiting Mars inside a SpaceX vehicle. Elon Musk/SpaceX
Elon Musk said he's "definitely going to be dead" before humans reach Mars unless innovation speeds up.
The SpaceX CEO made the comments on Monday while speaking to attendees of the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington, DC.
Musk said the biggest obstacle is designing and building a large and "rapidly reusable" rocket.
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The last General Revenue stamps of Imperial Russia, issued from 1907 onwards on unwatermarked paper, were printed in sheets of 80, with two panes of 8 x 5 side by side separated by a central vertical gutter. Within each pane the top four rows are organised tete-beche with (as it were) half a tete-beche in the bottom row. Quite why such a complicated sheet make-up was selected, I don't know.
The first image shows a strip of eight with selvedge at the right showing that it is from the left of the sheet. The Arms are printed low down in the upper half of the stamp but the value is in the middle of the bottom tablet (along with later Mss revaluations which turned Zakiyan # 16 into Zakiyan # 23). In the second image, what is probably a divided strip of eight shows the Arms a few millimeters higher than on the first strip but the value overprints still centrally placed. In other words, the two overprints are independent of each other from two plates.
Closer inspection shows that the form of the value "1 rf" varies from stamp to stamp. In principle, it is plateable and if a plate of 5 x 8 was used, then it should be relatively easy - a plate of 10 x 8 is going to be at least twice as hard!
Meanwhile, the examples above show how Armenian documents of this period (1923) are often attractively franked with multiples of the same revenue stamp.


Extensive selection of sensors compatible with the HOBO Energy Logger, U30 & RX3000 Systems. These sensors are not compatible with the USB Micro station.
The AC Current Transformer (CT) is mounted around a current carrying wire to measure AC Amperage.
The AC Potential Transformers are used with the TRMS Module to provide accurate measurement of AC voltage.
The F300 & F350 series are versatile and rugged, high-performance air velocity and air temperature sensors. Designed with conformal coated electronics and sealed enclosure, they are suitable for demanding applications, including those in corrosive or alkaline environments.
The stability, accuracy and ease of use characteristics of the PX3UL makes it the ideal product for differential pressure monitoring applications.
These units from Wattnode output a pulse which is proportional to kWh and used with the pulse input adaptor.
The Telaire 7001 CO2 Monitor measures and displays CO2 and temperature data simultaneously. It can be connected to the HOBO U12 logger to record CO2 data, or the HOBO Energy Logger to record CO2 and temperature data.
EMANZ run a range of training programs for energy professionals designed to upskill users on energy management practice, monitoring and auditing.


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Our 56 Nationalities
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Our Lovely Home: The Exhibit of Traditional Chinese Household Wares »
Embroidered Pouch
Hebao is the pinyin for Chinese name of embroidered pouch. It is a kind of ornament of traditional clothing of Chinese. Except being used as a bag, hebao is more often a symbol of people's aspiration for happiness and perfection, as well as an important expression of vision and emotion.
People began to wear hebao before Qin Dynasty (BC 200). Hebao was widely spread among people as a precious ornament in Tang Dynasty. Such custom is still popular in some ethnic minorities today.
Hebao looks small but a classic needlework for women. It has become a token of young girls for their secret fancy, love, engagement and marriage, or a symbol of praying for more sons or grandsons. It can be given to the elderly for good wish of health and longevity. It can be given to friends as the greetings to wealth and good luck. Hebao can also be used as a sacred object for worship for God. Such a small bag carries the great wishes for love, happiness and longevity.
Hebao can be worn in daily life as a wallet, a needle bag, a jewelry bag, a perfumed bag, a bag carrying loose items, such as glasses, frizzen, keys, watch, and a worship bag with mini statue of god.
People wore hebao at different positions according to their age and gender. Men usually wore it on either side of their girdles, while women between knots of their coat. The elderly usually wore it under the waist, while children in front of their chest.
The embroidery on hebao varies in different regions such as Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangdong, Beijing, Sichuan and Fujian. Different ethnic group, such as Miao, Zhuang, Dong, Tu and Man, has its unique style in design. The materials of hebao are various textiles including cotton cloth and silk fabrics. Some knitting techniques are the most commonly used, for instance, plain stitch, counted stitch, padded appliqué and flat velvet design. Every hebao has a belt on the top and tassels at the bottom, usually with jade or pearls as ornament. Some ethnic groups also decorate hebao with metal, bamboo and rattan, shells and fur-skins.
The 288 items exhibited here with their own ethnic characteristic. They are collected from the areas of Beijing, Shanxi, northwest China, and southwest China including Tibet. Those items were made in different times, from Ming Dynasty until modern times. Some of them may be dated back to 600 years.
Location: 1st floor, Bai Branch Museum, South Park
Branch Museums in South Park
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Rs 35 Cr racket of fake Input Tax Credit busted in Mumbai
IANS | December 08, 2021 03:25 PM
MUMBAI: Continuing its drive against tax evasion, the CGST Mumbai Central Commissionerate has busted a racket of generating fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) notes worth Rs 35 crore and nabbed the kingpin of the scam, an official said here on Wednesday.
The CGST said that as per investigations, the accused has generated the fake ITCs and passed them to more than 15 companies in and around Mumbai.
The accused -- who has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days -- was receiving the fake ITC and passing it in the downward supply chain without any actual receipt or supply of goods.
The latest case is part of the series detected by the CGST sleuths Mumbai in the past three months with several arrests.
Till date, the CGST' special campaigns have helped unearth more than 50 networks of tax evaders and confirmed tax evasion of a staggering Rs 3, 000 crore.
Of this amount Rs 400 crore has been recovered and the CGST has nabbed around 24 persons so far as part of the special drive, said the official.
As part of the ongoing cleansing drive, the CGST plans to carry out intensive data mining and data analytics along with specific intelligence from various sources to nab the culprits engaged in tax evasion through such fraudulent means, and causing loss to the nation.


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У́лица Тре́фолева (бывшая Варваринская улица, Февральская улица) — улица в историческом центре города Ярославля, лежащая между Советской улицей и площадью Волкова. Нумерация домов ведётся от Советской улицы.

История
В XVII—XVIII веках восточнее Казанского монастыря вдоль городской стены проходила Казанская улица, получившая название по монастырю. Она начиналась от улицы Калинина и заканчивалась у Пробойной улицы, упираясь в церковь Екатерины Великомученицы Варваринского прихода.

При регулярной перепланировке города, частично на месте старой Казанской улицы, была проложена новая широкая прямая улица, пересекавшая весь Земляной город. Она начиналась от новой Казанской улицы около Власьевской башни и проходила до Волжской набережной. Улица получила название Варваринская (с вариантом Большая Варваринская), по находившимся на ней церквям Варваринского прихода.

Позже часть новой улицы от церквей до Волжской набережной была застроена, и Варваринская стала заканчиваться у Пробойной улицы. Параллельную этой части Малую Варваринскую улицу в обиходе часто объединяли с Варваринской, и к началу XX века они уже считались одной Варваринской улицей.

После сноса в 1820 году стен Земляного города улица стала выходить на Театральную площадь.

В 1821 году на Варваринской, в створе Ростовской улицы, была возведена 60-метровая колокольня Казанского монастыря, долгое время бывшая самым высоким строением в городе.

В 1918 году, захватив власть в городе, большевики стали массово переименовывать улицы. Варваринскую они переименовали в Февральскую — по названию месяца, когда произошла Февральская революция, давшая им возможность захватить власть. При артиллерийском обстреле города Красной армией в июле 1918 года колокольня получила сильные повреждения; через 10 лет её окончательно разрушили.

В апреле 1940 года по неизвестным причинам улицу переименовали в улицу Трефолева в честь Л. Н. Трефолева (1839—1905) — ярославского поэта и краеведа, в 1870-х годах жившего на этой улице.

В конце 1958 году в сквере на пересечении Трефолева и Крестьянской был установлен бюст Л. Н. Трефолева.

Здания и сооружения
 № 9/11 — Департамент здравоохранения и фармации Ярославской области. Бывшее здание обкома КПСС. Построено в 1936 году.
 № 9 — Межрайонная инспекция федеральной налоговой службы № 5 по Ярославской области. Бывшее отделение Государственного Банка Российской империи. Построено по проекту архитектора Александра Никифорова
 № 12 — Бывший дом купца Лопатина. В 1870-е годы в нём проживал Леонид Трефолев
 № 12а — Бывший доходный дом Власьевых
 № 13 — Бывший дом Груздева, построенный в конце XVIII века
 № 14 — Бывший особняк Тверицкого, построенный в стиле классицизма
 № 15 — Бывший дом Успенского, возведенный в начале XIX века
 № 18 — Бывший дом Казанского монастыря
 № 20 — Церковь Покрова Богородицы Казанского монастыря. Построена в 1828 году. В 1950-е годы была перестроена под планетарий. Позднее здесь размещался Провинциальный колледж. В 2011 возвращена монастырю.
 № 20г — Общественная приёмная полномочного представителя Президента РФ в ЦФО по Ярославской области
 № 21 — Гостиница «Купцовъ Дом». Бывший дом Хальфина
 № 23 — Бывший дом Петрова

Известные жители
д. 13 — Герой Советского Союза А. Д. Андреев

 Борис Немцов

См. также
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Трефолева

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Almost nothing gets the heart pumping like a good horror movie. One trick of the horror movie trade is to take everyday situations and twist them into nightmarish events. Grab your popcorn and turn out the lights, it's time to find out which horror movie villain you are!


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Weekly Phoenix Herald
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Phoenix Weekly Herald
Contributing InstitutionState of Arizona Research Library- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public RecordsPreceding TitleWeekly Phoenix HeraldSucceeding TitleRepublican-HeraldCollection Summary
William H. Lyon, in his book Those Old Yellow Dog Days: Frontier Journalism in Arizona 1859-1912, argues that "politics was the great generative force of frontier newspapers." This certainly holds true for Phoenix's first newspaper, the Salt River Herald, which began publication on January 26, 1878. Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, along with Charles Beach of Prescott's Weekly Arizona Miner [LCCN: sn82014897], established the paper, whose first issue was printed in the Miner's office. Beach secured the equipment for Editor Charles E. McClintock, who later became a co-owner. By 1879, the Salt River Herald had changed its name to the Phoenix Herald. Gosper and Beach were soon at odds as the semiweekly newspaper engaged in rivalries with other local papers, including the Arizona Gazette [LCCN: sn97060102], established in 1880 by former Herald foreman Charles H. McNeil.
Throughout its history, the Herald engaged its adversaries over politics, claims of plagiarism, and even discrepancies involving shared telegrams from the Associated Press. According to Lyon, in one incident, the Arizona Republican [LCCN: sn84020558] accused the Herald of printing "grapevine-baseless rumors," rather than actual news. Lyon also notes that name calling was rampant, with rival newspapers characterizing McClintock as "a silly puppy," describing the Herald editor as having "a cranium inflated with gas and entirely void of sense, perhaps caused by cerebropathy," and labeling the Herald a "dirty vilifying paper." McClintock responded in kind, calling the Miner, a newspaper with which the Herald had formerly been associated, an "antiquated pi-box" (which, Lyon explains, is a reference to the receptacle where unimportant or unused "pied" type is deposited). The mud-slinging was cut short when McClintock died in 1881, just after putting the Phoenix Herald on a firm footing. Gosper bought his interest in the Herald from McClintock's widow.
Nathan A. Morford succeeded McClintock as editor of the newspaper, now known as the Weekly Phoenix Herald, in 1882. Like Gosper, Morford would go on to become territorial secretary. During his editorship, Morford dealt with labor issues and wage disputes. According to Lyon, the Typographical Union's efforts to restructure the Herald were ineffectual, and the union only succeeded in raising workers' pay by minimal amounts. In 1890, Morford helped organize the Arizona Press Association, whose goals were to formalize relationships among editors, encourage newspaper writing, and create standard prices for newspaper services.
Financial trouble plagued the Herald. In 1891, the paper reported that its well-being was threatened because of substantial amounts of money owed it by The Weekly Republican [LCCN: sn89077832]. In 1896, Frank Murphy, president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad, bought the Arizona Weekly Republican [LCCN: sn89077833] and hired Charles C. Randolph as editor. In 1899, the Weekly Republican in turn bought the Herald (now the Phoenix Weekly Herald). The consolidated newspaper became the Republican-Herald [LCCN: sn83025464], followed by the Arizona Republican [LCCN: sn83025465] in 1900, and finally the Weekly Republican [LCCN: sn83025466] in 1901.
Dates of Publication1896-1899Frequency of PublicationWeeklyPlace of PublicationPhoenix, ArizonaLanguageEnglishPermissions and ReuseThe contents of the Arizona Digital Newspaper Program (ADNP) are available to the public by our partners for using in research, teaching, and private study. Please note that U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws apply to the digital resources made available through this site.
Phoenix Weekly Herald, 1896-05-07
Arizona Weekly Republican (1892-1899)
Related CollectionArizona Historical Digital NewspapersPlaceMaricopa County
Phoenix Weekly Herald. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 02/02/2023, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/476


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Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 By News Release
Dispatch Wins 4 Journalism Awards
The Molokai Dispatch News Release
The Molokai Dispatch was honored with four Excellence in Journalism awards for coverage in 2020 from the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter. The statewide awards are presented annually in newspaper, TV, radio and magazine categories and this year, recipients were announced via Zoom conference on Sept. 29.
The Molokai Dispatch's editor Catherine Cluett Pactol won first place for her story, "Sust'aina ble Molokai Launches Egg Production" in the general news/enterprise category of non-daily newspapers in Hawaii. The story, which printed in November 2020, highlighted the organization as the first of its kind to be certified in egg production and assisting community members to raise egg-laying chickens.
The judges commented, "Relieving dependency upon imported eggs is the aim of the effort profiled here. An unusual and interesting story."
In the same category, Pactol's story series, "Molokai Business During COVID" took third place. Judges said, "Good effort to follow the twists and turns of the business community as stores open, close, contract and expand as the pandemic unfolds."
In the feature writing category, "Shearwaters Return to Mokio" earned second place, written by Pactol in December 2020.
"For the first time in years — maybe decades, maybe centuries, no one's quite sure — fuzzy Uʻau kani, or Wedgetailed Shearwater, chicks hatched in the Anapuka area within Mokio Preserve," the story begins.
"Who doesn't love a story featuring cute birds, and foiling the villain (a cat) intent on wiping out the chicks?" commented the judges, calling it "an out-of-the-ordinary piece."
In the community reporting category, "Molokai Navigates COVID-19" series won third place.
"Well rounded chronicle of the pandemic's effect on the area, from before the first case to the peak, to when it began to wane," judges wrote.
Stories can be found on themolokaidispatch.com.
The Molokai Dispatch has now won 25 Excellence in Journalism awards since 2014 for its coverage of local events and issues. The paper has been printing weekly since 1985, the island's longest-standing news source.
"We are grateful to you, our community, for continuing to support us and allowing us to share your voices and tell your stories," said Pactol. "I am humbled to receive this recognition for Molokai's only newspaper among statewide news sources. And though these awards are given for editorial content, we wouldn't be able to continue printing a newspaper without our small but dedicated sales, design and office team – mahalo to them for their hard work as well."
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