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Q: Core Data: updating configuration with a migration At the moment I've 2 different store configurations:
A: Local to the client device
B: Local to the client device and Synched with iCloud
In the next version of my App I want to merge some of the entities in the configuration A into the configuration B.
I can't find any useful information to perform this operation without losing user data.
I'll try to give you some more details:
Let's say that these are the schemas of my configurations:
Configuration A entities:
- Entity_1
- Entity_2
- Entity_3

Configuration B entities:
- Entity_4

I want to end up with this single configuration:
Configuration A entities:
- Entity_1
- Entity_2
- Entity_3
- Entity_4

The current code that I've used to initialise the stores is the next:
- (NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *)persistentStoreCoordinator
{
    if (_persistentStoreCoordinator != nil) {
        return _persistentStoreCoordinator;
    }

// Define the stores URLS
    NSURL *store_A_URL = [[self databaseFolder] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"StoreA.sqlite"];

    NSURL *store_B_URL = [[self databaseFolder] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"StoreB.sqlite"];

    NSError *error = nil;

    _persistentStoreCoordinator = [[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator alloc] initWithManagedObjectModel:[self managedObjectModel]];

// iCloud sync store config
    if (![_persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType
                                                   configuration:@"Config_A"
                                                             URL:store_A_URL
                                                         options:@{NSPersistentStoreUbiquitousContentNameKey:@"Store"}
                                                           error:&error]) {

    /// Error management

    }

// Local only store config
    if (![_persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType
                                                   configuration:@"Config_B"
                                                             URL:store_B_URL
                                                         options:0
                                                           error:&error]) {

    /// Error management

    }

    return _persistentStoreCoordinator;
}

My question is: "how can I perform the migration of the entities of store_B to be included into store_A and so automatically synched with iCloud?"
EDIT:
I wonder if adding the NSPersistentStoreUbiquitousContentNameKey option to "Store B" would be enough to have it synched on iCloud... leaving the 2 different configurations...
What do you think about that?


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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion	 21 1 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman)	 11 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2	 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	 2 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
ts insertion in your valuable Historical Magazine, in the hope that it will meet the eye of some one who can tell me the name of the battery, the kind and numbers of guns (I think there were but two), the nature of the position, the casualties, and any other facts that may be of interest, which I should like to incorporate in the history of my company soon to be published. Hoping to hear something authentic touching this matter in your next issue, I am, sir, Yours, very truly, John D. Billings, Historian, and former member of Tenth Massachusetts Battery, Second Army corps, Army of Potomac. The failure of General Hooker to cut Jackson's column when moving to his rear at Chancellorsville has been much discussed. The following letter will throw some light on an interesting episode of that great movement: San Francisco, 26th January, 1881, 439 California Street. General Fitzhugh Lee: Dear General,--Accident some time ago placed me in poseession of a copy of your ad
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Literary notices. (search)
Literary notices. History of the tenth Massachusetts Battery of light Artillery, 1862-1865. By John D. Billings. Boston: Hall & Whiting, Publishers. 1881. This is a well gotten up book of four hundred pages, which tells in interesting style the story of a gallant battery which served with the Army of the Potomac. With few exceptions it seems to be written in a fair spirit, and to strive to do justice to the Confederates--albeit a little more careful study of our official reports and a little less reliance on McCabe's Lee as Confederate authority, would have helped the historic value of the book. On the whole, we commend it as greatly superior to many similar publications. We are indebted to the courteous author for our copy. The Publishers — Charles Scribner's Sons, New York — have sent us the following additional volumes of their Campaigns of the civil war: III. The Peninsula, by General Alexander S. Webb; IV. The Army under Pope, by John C. Ropes, Esq.; V
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The public schools of Cambridge. (search)
r schools, each for both sexes, with six grades of pupils. The following table of these schools is based on the data of December, 1895:— Schools.When founded.Teachers.Pupils.Principals. Allston184814571Benjamin W. Roberts. Harvard184119742James S. Barrell. Morse189011414Mary A. Townsend. Peabody18897295Frederick S. Cutter. Putnam184518688Thomas W. Davis. Shepard185212449Edward O. Grover. Thorndike186113488Ruel H. Fletcher. Washington184214453John W. Freese. Webster185317685John D. Billings. Wellington18845 Assisted by the training class.435Herbert H. Bates. The history and work of these great schools merit a larger notice than is here possible. It may be said in passing that Mr. Roberts has been principal of the Allston School from its beginning. At the age of eighty, he shows the vigor and progressive spirit of his prime. Many of these schools had an existence under other names and conditions before the dates of their founding as given above, like the Shepard,
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Grand Army in Cambridge. (search)
The Grand Army in Cambridge. John D. Billings. If faith is to be judged by works, then must the faith of those who regard Cambridge as one of the most patriotic of towns find abundant justification. The history of the settlement, from its earliest beginning, is rich in testimony to this point. Every page is illumined with S. Kenney; Officer of the Guard, John Gilligan; Chaplain, T. H. Ball; Sergeant-Major, M. F. Davlin; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Peter B. Haley. Late in 1886 Mr. John D. Billings, then a member of E. W. Kinsley Post 113 of Boston, aided by Captain John S. Sawyer and Lieutenant John H. Webber, obtained signatures for a new Post in CaJanuary 13 a charter was granted to John A. Logan Post 186 by Department Commander Richard F. Tobin. The following officers were elected and installed: Commander, John D. Billings; Senior Vice-Commander, John S. Sawyer; Junior ViceCom-mander, James G. Harris; Surgeon, Charles E. Vaughan; Adjutant, W. P. Brown; Quartermaster, Thoma
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Government of the city of Cambridge, 1896. (search)
. Charles W. Dailey, Mr. James F. Aylward, Mr. Joseph P. Gibson, Mr. William A. Munroe, Mr. Warren F. Spalding, Mr. Isaac S. Pear, Dr. James A. Dow, Mr. John D. Billings, Mr. Charles W. Cheney, Hon. Chester W. Kingsley, Mr. Stillman F. Kelley, Mr. David T. Dickinson, Mr. Thomas F. Dolan, Mr. John E. Parry, Mr. Georgen Robert A. Parry, Cornelius Minihan, and Hamilton H. Perkins, Rev. David N. Beach, Messrs. M. G. Parker, William Goepper, Joseph P. Gibson, Thomas F. Dolan, John D. Billings, and John H. Ponce. Decorations and illumination. Alderman Charles P. Keith, chairman; Councilman William F. Brooks, clerk; Councilman David W. ButterfOrigen O. Preble, Messrs. Otis S. Brown, John Read, William B. Durant, Rev. David N. Beach, George Close, Leander M. Hannum, George H. Howard, John S. Clary, John D. Billings, Edmund Reardon, and Walter H. Lerned. Incidentals. Mr. Henry O. Houghton, chairman; Councilman George E. Saunders, clerk; Alderman Watson G. Cutter, C
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
for right of way. Century, vol. 32, p. 761. — – At Gettysburg. Win. F. Fox. Century, vol. 36, p. 103. — – – Illus. Century, vol. 33, p. 282. — – Dress parade uniforms of. Bivouac, vol. 3, p. 91. — 10th Batt. Mass. Services of John D. Billings. Bivouac, vol. 2, p. 54. — – Obituary notice, with details of military record, of 1st Lieut. Henry H. Granger. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 295. — – Short note, praising history of. J. D. Billings. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 19,ry J. Lectures on military surgery, with demonstrations described; effect of Minie ball, etc. Boston Evening Journal, May 8, 1861, p. 4, col. 5. Bigelow, John. France and Confederate navy, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, vol. 47, p. 457. Billings, John D. 10th Batt. Mass. L. A. Services of. Bivouac, vol. 2, p. 54. — – History of, short note in praise of. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 19, p. 435. Bingham, Chas. H. Recruits, 13th Regt. M. V. I., 1862. Bivouac, v
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Introduction (search)
y some years since made but slight use of this book. The lapse of time has shown the survivors of the Battery that this omission on the part of their historian was a mistake; that many of them could have been materially aided in establishing their claims for a pension had these records been available, and that other historical material omitted should have found place in the volume. Acting on this idea at the last meeting of the Battery Association a committee was chosen, consisting of John D. Billings, Maj. Milbrey Green and Lieut. Charles E. Pierce and given full power to print the contents of the Morning Report Book with such other valuable historical material as seemed desirable. That committee, after careful deliberation, decided it to be the part of wisdom to publish these Morning Reports, adding to them the history written many years ago carefully revised and corrected with its roster made accurate and complete. The committee also voted to include in the volume such portrai
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 4: (search)
May 7. Packard reported for duty. Hunt reported for quarters. Received notice of the discharge of Wm. H. Martin, April 22, 1863. May 9. Colbath reported to quarters. May 10. Pierce (?) and Colbath reported for stable duty. May 12. Billings reported for quarters. One horse shot per order Capt. Sleeper; disease glanders. Capt. Sleeper returned from Washington. Redfield returned from furlough. Chase reported for stable duty. May 13. Billings reported for duty. One horse diedBillings reported for duty. One horse died; disease lung fever. Lieut. Adams started for Washington on 48 hours furlough. May 14. Fifteen horses condemned (11 shot, 4 turned in) per order Col. A. B. Jewett commanding brigade. May 15. Samuel Abbott (Abell)? having been discharged is dropped from the roll. Lieut. Adams returned. May 17. Leroy E. Hunt returned to duty. May 19. Received notice of the discharge of Joseph Brooks on the 11th inst. for disability. May 20. Received notice of the discharge of John Norton on th
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 15: (search)
or all losses save that of companions in arms. Had the men known the number pitted against them they would have felt even more jubilant. But now our occupation was gone for a season. We were without guns and had but few horses, so we lay at ease in camp in rear of the army, having no fear of orderlies or their orders, and utterly indifferent to all rumors of impending movements. Lest it may be thought by the casual reader that the historian has been too partial to his old com- John D. Billings mand, let one of the enemy tell the story as he saw it acted. May 10, 1890, the Hon. Charles M. Stedman of Wilmington, N. C., delivered a Memorial Day address on the life and character of Gen. William MacRae. It will be remembered that MacRae's brigade formed a part of the charging body, and incidentally the orator gives a sketch of the battle of Reams Station. Toward the conclusion he says: In truth the Federal infantry did not show the determination which had generally marked
spital. Sergeant G. M. Townsend promoted First Sergeant. Corporals Parker and Currant promoted sergeants. Private Allard promoted sergeant. Privates Goldsmith, John E. Mugford (?), O. F. Glidden (?), W. E. Endicott (?), Ellis (?) and Carr (?) promoted corporals (?). Private Estee Lance Corporal to date from Dec. 1. [The above record is a sad jumble of fact and fancy. Mugford, Glidden, Endicott, Ellis (whoever this may mean) and Carr were notpromoted. Estee, Leverett Pierce and John D. Billings were made Lance corporals.] Nov. 4. Privates William Allen and Thomas Smith returned to duty from general hospital. Nov. 6. Notice received of Corp. G. A. Smith and privates Wm. Rawson, Thos. Cusick, G. W. Stetson, L. W. Adams and J. P. Brown being at Camp Parole, Md., as paroled prisoners. Nov. 7. Notice received of private C. D. Thompson at hospital, Annapolis, Md. Nov. 8. Four horses turned over to Capt. Strang by order of Lieut. E. L. Smith Battery K, 4th U. S. Art'y,

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You are here: Virgin Islands News Online » News » VG reduces dependency on landfills through recycling efforts
VG reduces dependency on landfills through recycling efforts
October 11th, 2018 | Tags: Department of Waste Management Greg R. Massicote Valley Day Top Dog Pinch a Penny
Pictured are Department of Waste Management staff and partners of the Recycling Programme in Virgin Gorda. Photo: DWM
recycling bins that were destroyed in 2017 have been replaced with new and improved eco-friendly wooden recycling bins. Photo: GIS
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - The Department of Waste Management (DWM) has announced the revitalizing of the recycling programme in Virgin Gorda, in an effort to reduce the Territory's dependency on landfill disposal.
Manager at the Department of Waste Management, Mr Greg R. Massicote, in making the announcement said, the initiative is being done through the ongoing partnership between the department, Green VI, sponsors and other stakeholders.
Mr Massicote was quoted in a Government Information Service (GIS) release, on October 9, 2018, where he explained that a pilot recycling programme was first introduced on Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke, with the intention to expand throughout the Territory prior to the 2017 disasters.
Additionally, recycling bins that were destroyed in 2017 have been replaced with new and improved eco-friendly wooden recycling bins.
Valley Day
The bins have been placed in various locations including Valley Day, Top Dog and Pinch a Penny.
The programme is expected to extend to more places throughout the island and eventually throughout the Territory.
The bins vary in size to accommodate individuals and families and are designed with compartments for aluminum cans, plastics and glass.
Mr Massicote said, it was two local artisans Gleason Brooks and Rashley Bobb who made the bins out of wooden pallets.
"This sends a message about how serious we are about waste diversions and recycling in the Virgin Islands (VI)…Once placed in the compartments, recyclables will be collected and taken to the local recyclers to be transformed or exported out of the Territory," he said.
The Manager also stated that a team is currently working on an electronic application (app) for use on phones, tablets or computers to assist residents in locating recycle bins that are closest to them.
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Math Night at Fairmeadow is a fun family evening, and your help will ensure its continued success! The math games will be brought and set up by Math Matinee.
We need parent volunteers to help explain the games and reset up the games as they are played. While it would be great if you can stay for the entire time, if you cannot, please volunteer for a portion of the evening.
Volunteers are encouraged to join in the math fun as well!


The Urban Farmers project is about to enter a new phase and we are hopeful and excited. After four years of work, we are finally ready to move the project from a tightly controlled, central effort to a decentralized and democratic model of volunteering and civic engagement.
We now know the problem, arguably in more detail than necessary, and have the basic infrastructure in place to begin the work of gleaning the solutions and designing the next phase of the project.
The infrastructure, from deploying local teams, to communicators, to speedy software development and group teleconferencing tools are in place for building solutions quickly and improving constantly.
The next step is to bring everyone together.
In ancient cultures, in order to solve a social problem, they formed groups that cared about the community and in turn the community supported them. This way by sharing their know-how, they formed solutions that were appropriate and resilient.
"Knowing in Common" – We want to enable you to develop your own ways of gleaning in your neighborhood based on your experiences and your local culture. This requires some basic tools and training that we will provide.
Development – The other half of the meeting is to start the building of an intentional community, where the tinkerer can sit with the designer, and the dreamer can meet the practical, with the intent of building something useful beyond our most optimistic expectations.
* The sessions are limited to small groups, so if your favorite session is "sold out" please add your name to the wait list.
* We will do our best to accommodate everyone and will set up as many sessions as necessary.
* Organic pizza will be served after sessions 1 and 3, and before session 2.
* If you'd like to bring something to share with the community, please do.
* The volunteer appreciation event has been moved to September. More to follow.


The French Official Facebook page is confirming some good news today – more reggae for this year's Sziget!
The Dubians are now confirmed, and so are Easy Star All-Stars, that we told you about a while ago.
Also a new act for the Roma Stage in there: Yasmin Levy. Rona Hartner is now officially confirmed, so are Klezomofobia, for the same stage.
1) Wildbirds & Peacedrums will play on August 14. According the dutch site they will play on A38-Wan2.
2) Andy Moor will play on August 12.


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Gembling is a hamlet in the civil parish of Foston on the Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately  south-west from the coastal resort of Bridlington and  north from the village of North Frodingham.

In 1823 Gembling inhabitants numbered 87. Occupations included eight farmers and a carrier who operated between the hamlet and Hull on Thursdays and Foston on Fridays.

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Hamlets in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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The specific details being reported aside, the deeper structural problem with mainstream media stories on the alleged postracial power of mixed-race identity or the supposed significance of changing racial demographics is that the information presented is often one-sided, simplistic, geared to a tabloid sensibility, and does not reflect the multiform ways that edifices of power have race embedded within them, whether visible or not. It is a matter of sensationalism taking precedence over serious analysis. David Roediger identifies this tendency of providing sensationalism without substance, noting that "often multiracial identities and immigration take center stage as examples of factors making race obsolete" and that "we are often told popularly that race and racism are on predictable tracks to extinction. But we are seldom told clear or consistent stories about why white supremacy will give way and how race will become a 'social virus' of the past." Roediger's words highlight the importance of unmasking this postracial aspiration for what it is: an effort to provide comfort to a nation that is unwilling to do the hard work required to deal effectively with centuries of entrenched racism and the resultant consequences.
Spencer, Rainier, "'Only the News They Want to Print': Mainstream Media and Critical Mixed-Race Studies," Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, (January 30, 2014). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3b34q0rf
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The anxiety of sameness in early modern Spain
Manchester University Press
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-7849-9120-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-5261-3434-9
eBook ISBN: 978-1-7849-9635-2
Christina H. Lee, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Provides a counter-point to studies on marginality by focusing on how dominant groups reacted and responded to the social and racial 'passing' of lowborns and New Christians
Provides a new intervention in our current understanding of how Spanish identity was constructed in the early modern period
Uses a vast array of literary and non-literary sources to discuss the social tensions that existed between the established elite and the socially mobile
Written in a clear style, accessible to both historians and literary critics
This book explores the Spanish elite's fixation on social and racial 'passing' and 'passers', as represented in a wide range of texts. It examines literary and non-literary works produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that express the dominant Spaniards' anxiety that socially mobile lowborns, Conversos (converted Jews), and Moriscos (converted Muslims) could impersonate and pass for 'pure' Christians like themselves. Ultimately, this book argues that while conspicuous sociocultural and ethnic difference was certainly perturbing and unsettling, in some ways it was not as threatening to the dominant Spanish identity as the potential discovery of the arbitrariness that separated them from the undesirables of society – and therefore the recognition of fundamental sameness. This fascinating and accessible work will appeal to students of Hispanic studies, European history, cultural studies, Spanish literature and Spanish history.
Part 1: The usurpation of nobility and lowborn passers
1. Theorising and practicing nobility
2. The forgery of nobility in literary texts
Part II: Conversos and the threat of sameness
3. Spotting Converso blood in official and unofficial discourses
4. The unmasking of Conversos in popular and literary texts
Part III: Moriscos and the reassurance of difference
5. Imagining the Morisco problem
6. Desirable Moors and Moriscos in literary texts
Tags: Christina H. Lee, Christina Lee, Manchester University Press, Spain
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Tundra Rose Napkin Rings from Michael Michaud's Table Art collection. The rings come in a set of four, are cast in pewter, and feature hand patinaed bronze finish with gold over silver flowers. Handcrafted at the Michael Michaud studio in New York state.


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Home » Exploits » Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware: 2018's New Menace?
Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware: 2018's New Menace?
Posted on:February 28, 2018 at 2:09 am
Posted in:Exploits, Internet of Things, Malware
Menard Osena (Senior Product Manager)
Will cryptocurrency-mining malware be the new ransomware? The popularity and increasing real-world significance of cryptocurrencies are also drawing cybercriminal attention — so much so that it appears to keep pace with ransomware's infamy in the threat landscape. In fact, cryptocurrency mining was the most detected network event in devices connected to home routers in 2017.
Figure 1. In 2017, cryptocurrency mining was the most detected network event in devices connected to home routers (based on Trend Micro Smart Home Network feedback)
What started out in mid-2011 as an afterthought to main payloads such as worms and backdoors has evolved into such an effective way to profit that even cyberespionage and ransomware operators, and organized hacking groups are joining the bandwagon.
Bitcoin, for instance, was valued at around US$1,000 in January 2017 but has since ballooned to over $11,000 today. It even peaked at a record $20,000 per bitcoin. Monero's (XMR) story was the same, with a value that shot up from $13 in January 2017 to $325 in February 2018. The volatile yet sharp increases in their value give the shift some weight. Where there's money to be made, expect threat actors to try to be in on it.
Their use of cryptocurrency-mining malware and its meteoric ascent in the threat landscape is a case in point. As shown below, cryptocurrency-mining malware's prevalence gained momentum, peaking at 116,361 in October 2017 before stabilizing throughout November and December. We detected the most cryptocurrency-mining malware in Japan, India, Taiwan, the U.S., and Australia.
Figure 2. Cryptocurrency-mining malware detections in 2017
(based on Trend Micro Smart Protection Network)
Figure 3. Country distribution of cryptocurrency-mining malware detections in 2017
Other paradigm shifts are expected to be signs of things to come for cybercriminal cryptocurrency mining: the abuse of legitimate and grayware tools, particularly Coinhive, the penchant for mining Monero, and the emergence of fileless cryptocurrency miners.
From Bitcoin to Monero
Coinhive provides users and companies an alternate monetization platform by offering an embeddable JavaScript code that will use the site visitor's CPU to mine Monero. This method's apparent convenience and customizability did not escape cybercriminals. In fact, malicious versions of Coinhive's miner were reported to be the sixth most common malware in the world, hitting even the official websites of organizations in the U.S. and U.K. as well as cloud servers of high-profile companies. The miner also spread through malvertisements.
It's no surprise that Monero would be Coinhive and the cybercriminals' cryptocurrency of choice. The algorithm used to mine Monero — CryptoNight — is designed to be resistant to ASIC mining. It's thus more suited to calculating hashes on consumer hardware CPUs.
While bitcoin mining is still technically possible by using CPU and graphics processing unit (GPU) or a combination of both, it's no longer as viable as it was especially when held up against dedicated rigs using application-specific integrated circuit chips (ASICs) and cloud-mining providers. Meanwhile, a miner can run 24/7 for a year, and it still won't yield a single bitcoin.
Monero is also more pseudonymous than bitcoin. Its use of ring signatures makes it difficult to follow trails in transactions made through Monero's blockchain — address, amount, origin, and destination, senders and recipients, to name a few.
Fileless Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware
Just like how ransomware matured, we're starting to see the use of notorious exploits and methods for deploying fileless malware to install miners. Coinhive notes, for instance, that 10-20 active miners on a website can turn a monthly profit of 0.3 XMR — or $97 (as of February 22, 2018). An army of zombified systems translates to more illicit payouts.
A cryptocurrency-mining malware we found last year, which exploited EternalBlue for propagation and abused Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for persistence, is an example of this. In fact, the Monero-mining Adylkuzz malware was reportedly one of the first to exploit EternalBlue before WannaCry. The longer the system and network remain unpatched, the more they are at risk of re-infection.
A typical infection chain in fileless cryptocurrency-mining malware, as shown below, involves loading the malicious code to the system's memory. The only physical footprint indicating an infection is the presence of a malicious batch file, an installed WMI service, and a PowerShell executable. For propagation, some use EternalBlue exploits, but we also saw others employing Mimikatz to collect user credentials in order to access them and turn the machines into Monero-mining nodes.
Indeed, vulnerabilities will also be one of the main doorways for cryptocurrency-mining malware. This is demonstrated by the recent intrusion attempts we observed on Apache CouchDB database management systems. JenkinsMiner, a remote access Trojan also toting a Monero miner and targets Jenkins servers, reportedly earned its operators over $3 million worth of Monero.
Figure 4. A typical infection flow of fileless cryptocurrency-mining malware
Thwarting Cryptocurrency-Mining Malware
Cryptocurrencies aren't inherently prohibited, at least in many countries. Given their decentralized nature, they have regulatory frameworks from which their trade is legally overseen. Mining them illicitly through malware, however, is a different matter.
But while cryptocurrency-mining malware's impact may not be as palpable or damaging as ransomware's, they are no less of a threat. In December last year, the Loapi Monero-mining Android malware showed how they could physically damage a mobile device.
But cybercriminal cryptocurrency mining isn't just about device wear and tear, or even the power consumption involved. It's also a reflection of the ever-evolving technology landscape and the risks and threats that can come with it. And just like ransomware, we expect cryptocurrency-mining malware to be as diverse as they are common, using a plethora of ways to infect systems and even inadvertently turn their victims a part of the problem. This highlights the need to complement security mechanisms with defense in depth, adopting best practices not only for enterprises and everyday users but also the devices' design and equipment manufacturers.
Figure 5. Trend Micro's proactive solutions against fileless cryptocurrency-mining malware
Trend Micro XGen™ security provides a cross-generational blend of threat defense techniques to protect systems from cryptocurrency-mining malware. It features high-fidelity machine learning to secure the gateway and endpoint, and protects physical, virtual, and cloud workloads. With capabilities like web/URL filtering, behavioral analysis, and custom sandboxing, XGen™ protects against today's threats that bypass traditional controls, exploit known, unknown, or undisclosed vulnerabilities, either steal or encrypt personally-identifiable data, or conduct malicious cryptocurrency mining. Smart, optimized, and connected, XGen™ powers Trend Micro's suite of security solutions: Hybrid Cloud Security, User Protection, and Network Defense.
Updated as of February 28, 2018, 10:15 PM, to reflect updated data in Figure 1.
Tags: Bitcoin Miningcryptocurrencycryptocurrency minerMinersMonero


For millennia, humanity has sought after the secret of youth. As people age, they want to look and feel younger. While many of the will try numerous exercise routines or alter their eating habits, there's a part of the population who seems to be anti-aging. Whether they work hard for their young appearance or they've just been blessed with good genes, you can't help but marvel at how gracefully they age.
Don't worry, if you're not one of those people who make anti-aging seem so effortless, we've got a few all-natural articles you're going to love. From healthy foods that improve your skin to nourishing anti-aging essential oil serums, they will help you achieve the secret of youth that those people below have figured out!
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Can new left party Podemos make a change in Spain?
Podemos, a new left-wing party, is making big waves in Spain. With its name meaning "yes we can", it claimed fourth place in the European elections with well over a million votes. This is remarkable considering it was formed just four months ago.
Podemos's five MEPs include a school teacher, a scientist, and university lecturer, Pablo Iglesias.
Iglesias launched the party after rising to prominence through his left wing TV programme La Tuerka.
It calls for a basic minimum income for all citizens to reduce poverty and it also calls for clamping down on tax avoiders. And, it rejects the agreements with the EU that mean devastating cuts to pay back the bankers' debts.
The new MEPs have also pledged to take home a salary no higher than three times the minimum wage. This sets Podemos apart from the Tory PP that's pushing the cuts through, as well as the Labour-type PSOE that had previously changed the constitution to limit public spending.
Even the Communist Party-led United Left (IU) has been tainted by its participation in regional governments that have made cuts.
But it's the "Circles" through which Podemos organises that bring a sense that something new and different is happening.
These are mass assemblies where hundreds of people come together to debate and organise, often initiated by activists with no prior contact with the party leadership.
Hundreds of Circles were organised before the elections, and even more since.
"It has been amazing," says Jesus Castillo, a Podemos candidate in Seville and a member of the revolutionary socialist organisation, En Lucha.
"We now have Circles in every neighbourhood of the city and many of the surrounding villages. A few things made it possible. There's Iglesias, and there's the networks of activists that grew up through the movements against austerity.
The politicians didn't see Podemos coming and the opinion polls predicted it would only get 1 percent of the vote. But it didn't come out of nowhere. It is a product of three years of crisis and resistance.
Though there had been a general strike in 2010, the current round of protests exploded onto the scene on 15 May 2011, known now as 15M.
Millions of young people occupied city squares calling for "real democracy". It, and the struggles that followed, were fuelled by anger at the economic crisis, especially among the young. Youth unemployment was then close to 50 percent and has kept rising since.
There was also a series of high profile suicides of people evicted from their homes.
These came at a time when 100,000 such evictions were taking place every year. But 15M also reflected a bitterness towards party politics, and a sense that they could never be the solution.
A common reaction was to boycott official politics, building an alternative in the streets. But many of the same activists are now building Podemos Circles.
"There was a big distance between what the movements have achieved and the political impact they've had," explains journalist Nikos Loudos.
"Since 15M there has been the struggle that stopped hospital privatisation in Madrid, and a huge movement against evictions. A big teachers' strike in the Balearic Islands stopped educational reforms last year. It was built from below, by holding mass assemblies to overcome the union bureaucracy.
Podemos is a huge step to meeting that demand. But the process is only beginning.
Podemos contains people from a wide range of political backgrounds and none. Some, including En Lucha are anti-capitalist.
The more moderate leadership around Iglesias takes inspiration from Syriza, the radical left party that hopes to be the next government in Greece. It also looks to the government established by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
Many of Podemos's policies are vague enough to try and bridge the gap between those who want to overthrow the capitalist state and those who want to run it.
Its positions on such crucial issues as Catalan independence are ambiguous, and it calls for reforming the EU not leaving it. It focuses on citizens rather than classes, and the political "caste" rather than the state that lies behind it.
These positions will be tested as the crisis, and the struggles against it, bring new questions to the fore. So the debates that take place in the Circles are just as crucial as their growth.
"Podemos is very new and we are still building it," said Jesus. "We don't have much space for political debate—there is so much to organise. But we are trying to get more, and it's early days.
"Podemos is useful as a voice for the movement, and as a space inside it. As En Lucha members we can raise debates about relating to people who are active in other struggles.
We talk about organising in the workplaces—which is where people have the most power.
The Spanish state has never been able to guarantee the legitimacy and stability that capitalists crave.
Its two most important industrial regions, Catalonia and the Basque country, lead a pack of smaller nations that have never been fully subsumed into Spain. These also have long histories of independence movements.
Its capitalist class developed too late to carve out its own dominance between the relics of feudalism and the emerging working class.
Reunifying the splintering state took a fascist coup and a bloody civil war to crush a revolution. The current set up is the "regime of '78". It was created after the death of dictator General Francisco Franco in 1978 by the king Franco had groomed from childhood to replace him.
The king was able to ensure a smooth "transition" to a constitutional monarchy that would allow Spanish capitalism to develop. And the PSOE and Communist Party, eager to take part in elections, helped sell the fairytale that the king had brought democracy.
But now that regime is buckling under the pressure of the crisis.
The monarchy has infuriated people with its corruption and arrogant opulence. The PSOE and PP have fallen to less than 50 percent of the vote between them.
And the rapid growth of support for independence is pushing the conservative Catalan government towards a major confrontation with Madrid in November.
"There's now a sense of disintegration, a sense that anything is possible," says Andy Durgan, a socialist based in Barcelona.
Juan Carlos' abdication last week was intended to help reinvigorate that set up—but it could have backfired.


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Hodgdon Hoops Team Involved In Auto Accident; Schedule Changes
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Jeff Clockedile Published: January 6, 2022
Hodgdon Hawks Girls Varsity Team 2021-22
A scary night for many from Hodgdon
An auto accident on Wednesday evening involving several members of the Hodgdon Hawks girls' basketball team has forced the school to adjust the schedule over the next few days. The Hawks were scheduled to take on Southern Aroostook in a highly anticipated matchup on Friday, but the two teams will now play on January 19.
The Aroostook County Hoops Facebook page was the first to break the news of the accident, and the adjustments to the schedule in the coming days.
From what I understand the team was traveling to a local game to scout teams that are on the upcoming schedule. The team members were traveling in personal vehicles and not on a school bus or other SAD 70 property. We are happy to report that everyone walked away from the accident, and mostly with bumps and bruises. One girl did suffer a rib injury, but is expected to make a rapid recovery.
Click here for more details about the rollover crash on I-95 in Houlton.
Hodgdon has canceled practices for today to allow the girls to heal and continue to process the events of Wednesday evening. The Hawks were slated to play the Katahdin Cougars on Monday the 10th, but that game has now been moved to January 25.
Trust me, as a parent, this is the best news!
As the post says, we are most thankful that everyone involved was able to go home to their own beds and families. There were several parents who became involved and helped as many of the girls as they could work through the aftermath of the accident. I wish you all a speedy recovery and we look forward to seeing you play in the tournament next month, in Bangor.
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Q: how to increase maximum open files for memcached service Using ulimit -n i am able to set per shell based maximum open files limit
To make this value persistent i am able to edit this is in /etc/security/limits.conf and restart the ubuntu 12.10 box, here is the configuration
*               soft    nofile          10240
*               hard    nofile          10240
root            soft    nofile          10240
root            hard    nofile          10240

but the above value is not getting applied to memcached service, how to make "max open files 10240" to memcached service.
even after setting limits.conf the memcached is still showing
xx@xx:~$ ps aux|grep mem
mysql     2044  0.0  0.0 327436  1260 ?        Sl   17:09   0:00 /usr/bin/memcached -vv -m 256 -p 11211 -u mysql -l 0.0.0.0

xx@xx:~$ cat /proc/2044/limits
Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units
Max cpu time              unlimited            unlimited            seconds
Max file size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max data size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max stack size            8388608              unlimited            bytes
Max core file size        0                    unlimited            bytes
Max resident set          unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max processes             30402                30402                processes
Max open files            1024                 1024                 files
Max locked memory         65536                65536                bytes
Max address space         unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max file locks            unlimited            unlimited            locks
Max pending signals       30402                30402                signals
Max msgqueue size         819200               819200               bytes
Max nice priority         0                    0
Max realtime priority     0                    0
Max realtime timeout      unlimited            unlimited            us

please let me know how to increase "max open files" for memcached service

A: In the memcache config set the max open connections using:
-c 10240

You can check if this is actually necessary or not by checking on listen_disabled_num when running:
echo stats | nc localhost 11211

You should see that value above 0 if max connections are an issue.

A: It seems memcached process is started by mysql user. Try to explicitly add rules in limits.conf to this user (* should apply to all users except root, but it doesn't cost much to try...).
mysql            soft    nofile          10240
mysql            hard    nofile          10240

Also I think those limits are only applied if PAM loads them. Check if you have the following line in /etc/pam.d/common-session
session required pam_limits.so

If not add it at the end. After this you may need to reboot to see the changes applied.

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Season 2 premiere (all 10 episodes): After a 17-month hiatus, Bill Burr's '70s-set, politically incorrect animated comedy returns.
Season 12 premiere: The auditions begin, as judges Mel B, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel are joined by new host Tyra Banks.
Season 5 finale: As the penultimate season wraps up, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves in a race against the clock as a life is put at risk.
Season 8 premiere (new network): Rapper/Fast and Furious star Ludacris hosts this revival of the long-running NBC competition.
Series premiere: Dancers of all ages and genres vie for a $1 million prize; EP Jennifer Lopez serves as a judge, alongside DWTS grad Derek Hough and singer Ne-Yo; Step Up's Jenna Dewan-Tatum hosts.


What prompted your move to Houston Ballet ?
I have been with Boston Ballet for seven years and I've been feeling the need to change for quite some time. I've always liked Boston Ballet's size and Houston Ballet has about the same number of dancers. I'm very interested in improving my acting skills and Houston does a lot of work that involve major theatrical skills. I'm hoping the company will push me harder to reach my goal. They also have amazing facilities for dance. The company is moving to a new (approximately 53 million dollar) building in the downtown area in the spring of 2011 and the theatre is fantastic.
I've always enjoyed the first day after a break. My body tends to hurt much less and I feel a bit fresher, generally.
I attempt to begin each season with reasonable expectations, regarding casting. I don't find out what I'm going to dance until the season begins, so it's difficult to say what I'm looking forward to. I will say that I am looking forward to throwing myself into more acting roles, small or large :).
I'm a bit lazy when it comes to preparing my shoes. At the moment, I jet glue the tips and a little up the sides of the shank (on the inside) before anything. Then I hammer the vamp to soften the glue in order to have flexibility to roll through the foot and I hammer the shank a little at the ball of the foot to help the shoe to bend with my short toes. I also take some of the nails out of the shank, so they're not digging into my foot at an inopportune moment.
I'm in Spain touring with Boston Ballet right now, so I don't have a routine. Usually my routine in the morning must include coffee. I can make everything else work after that.
I think perhaps music and movement itself have inspired me to dance. Throughout my life I had teachers I looked up to and wanted to emulate, but in the end my inspiration doesn't come from a person.
Never stop discovering new things about what you might contribute to the art and never limit yourself mentally as to what you can and can't do.
I make sure I eat well and early enough before curtain. I take a shower just to warm up my body and put my warm ups on immediately after the shower. Then, I begin to work on my hair, then part of my makeup. I usually give myself a barre, finish after fondus and then head back up to the dressing room to finish my makeup and get dressed. I don't have anything that I MUST do before the show. It always varies a lot depending on what the role is I'm about to dance, but generally I do these things prior to a performance.
Every time I dance a major role it is a test, I guess. The test is with myself though. It's to see if all the work in the studio has paid off enough for me to enjoy the performance and be in the moment.
Coordination, musicality, and an ability to let go and be in the moment on stage.
Oh my God, you're killing me (in a sarcastic tone, always).
If I were to tell, it wouldn't be a secret.
In terms of your ballet career, where would you like to be in a year from now and what do you hope to achieve with your new company ?
I hope to be a little more at peace with the work I am a part of. Personally, I feel fulfilled at the end of a season if I know I've improved the level of my dancing and artistry.
Interesting to read how she works and thinks.
Wonderful wonderful photos..and also the interview..


18 Jan Five shortlisted designs have been revealed for a US$8.5bn (£6.6bn) expansion of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, USA.
The city is now inviting members of the public to share their opinions on which design is best for the future O'Hare Global Terminal. It is the first time that the city has has involved public feedback in a design competition at its airports.
O'Hare's new terminal will have an area of 2.25 million square feet, making it among the largest terminals built in the US.
The five proposing teams are: Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners; Foster Epstein Moreno Joint Venture Partners; Santiago Calatrava LLC; Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM); and Studio ORD Joint Venture Partners. The designs are pictured below.
The search for a lead architect was launched by a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in June 2018 by the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) through the Chicago Department of Procurement Services (DPS). In response, 12 teams submitted statements of qualifications, and five teams were later shortlisted based on the city's evaluation. The city's intention is to select two design teams: one to design the O'Hare Global Terminal and Concourse; and another to design two new satellite concourses.
The design teams were asked to deliver innovative designs to build a cutting-edge new O'Hare Global Terminal, while reflecting the legacy of Chicago's innovation, architecture and diversity.
The O'Hare 21 is expected to create tens of thousands of construction jobs over the next decade.
Residents as well as the travelling public are encouraged to give feedback by taking a survey by January 23. The survey includes five questions about the design concepts, as well as the new terminal features and expansion plan. The feedback will be considered in the final architect selection.


How I'm healing in MoP – Holy Pally 4eva: Your Cooldowns. Use Them.
You remember the three component of paladin healing?
Even back when Holy Paladins were (wrongfully) accused of "one button healing", proper use of cooldowns distinguished the decent Paladin healer from the good Paladin healer. Between mana buttons, output enhancing buttons and fight manipulation buttons, we had a lot of control over what happened during a fight.
Now that we have more healing buttons, we also have more cooldown buttons (including talents and excluding potions, I counted 17) and, more than ever, using cooldowns properly will take your playstyle to the next level.
A cooldown (or CD) is a spell or ability of considerable power which, when used, has a timer before it can be used again.
For the purpose of this post, the time between uses has to be at least 20 seconds (so Holy Prism can qualify). While Holy Shock does have a cooldown, I don't think of it as a Cooldown Spell.
So how do I know to use a Cooldown?
First, make sure your UI clearly shows which cooldowns are ready to be used and how much time is left on those that are not.
DPS Style: Use your CDs the second they're ready, goals being to squeeze in as much healing as you can and to lower mana requirements for the fight.
Saviour Style: Save your CDs for specific moments, either to react to a predictable burst of damage, or to prevent a wipe in case of an emergency.
1- The Nature of the Cooldown: There's no point in using a specific damage reduction cooldown if that type of damage isn't present, just like it's silly to use a threat manipulation cooldown if threat isn't a concern.
2- The Cooldown Timer: When a timer only allows one use per fight, the cooldown is best saved for an emergency or for the last minute of the fight. Abilities with very short cooldowns can be used more freely since they're likely to be ready again by the time they're really needed.
3- Knowledge of a Fight: If you know the types (magic vs physical) and patterns (burst vs periodic, single target vs raid-wide) of damage in a fight, you can plan your cooldown usage to get the most out of all your spells.
Cooldown use is also influenced by the strategy your raid or healing lead has in mind. It's always a good idea to use your guild's strategy threads to make sure you're on the same page as your leaders when it comes to cooldown usage on specific fights. Prevents screaming matches.
I'll also point out that on new progression fights, aka, fights where your team is just starting to learn the mechanics, aka, where you expect to wipe within the first 3-4 minutes, it makes sense to blow all your extra healing CDs early. They'll help keep the team alive longer during the mechanics-learning process and they should be ready for use again by the time you recover from the wipe.
Divine Favor: (3 minutes) Increases haste and crit for 20 seconds.
Avenging Wrath: (3 minutes) Increases healing output. Can by modified with Sanctified Wrath (talent) and Glyphs of Avenging Wrath and the Falling Avenger.
Trinket with on-use Intellect: Empty Fruit Barrel was the only one I could find with an on-use Intellect boost.
Holy Avenger: (Talent only – 2 minutes) Increases healing output of certain spells and builds Holy Power.
Potion of the Jade Serpent: (Potion – Once per fight, may also use an extra one right before pull) Increases intellect for 25 seconds, which in turn increases healing output.
All of these cooldowns increase your throughput somehow.
All the other buttons (and the trinket), however, have a 2-3 minute cooldown, meaning you should use them at least twice on any fight longer than 6 minutes. On most fights they can be used DPS Style (as soon as they come up), but if a fight has conveniently spaced bursts of damage (think Empress in Heart of Fear), you can time your cooldowns to help you mop up after the bursts.
Unless you need a biiiiig burst of healing, avoid having more than one cooldown active at a time. Hitting Divine Favor and Avenging Wrath together will, more often than not, result in 20 seconds of overheal. It's much less of a waste to use one, wait for it to finish, then use another.
Lay on Hands: (5-12 minutes) Heals the target for the amount of your maximum health. This is the tank saver. Can be modified with Glyph of Divinity for a bonus mana-return and with the Unbreakable Spirit talent for a cooldown reduction.
Guardian of Ancient Kings: (5 minutes) Adds to 5 of your single target heals and splashes healing onto nearby players.
Execution Sentence: (Talent only – 1 minute) Single target heal over time.
Holy Prism: (Talent only – 20 seconds) Can be used a cheap single target heal or as a small area of effect heal.
Light's Hammer: (Talent only – 1 minute) Puts an area of healing on the ground for 17.5 seconds.
Lay on Hands and Guardian of Ancient Kings have fairly long CDs. On long, long, long fights they can be used twice (maybe three times if a fight goes over 15 minutes) but on most fights they can only be used once.
Lay on Hands is such a powerful tank savor that I like to save it for emergencies, regardless of fight length, unless I'm positive that our tanks won't need it. As for Guardian of Ancient Kings, it's nice to use twice on long fights, once early on and once at the end, unless you feel you might need to prevent a wipe halfway through. Never finish a fight with Guardian off CD. It's such a great healing bonus that if the fight is almost over and you haven't needed it yet, just use it. USE IT.
The other three are the level 90 talents. You pick one. They're on short timers, so use them whenever they're available, unless you have a perfect opportunity coming up within the next few seconds.
Devotion Aura: (3 minutes) Reduces magic damage (AND ONLY MAGIC DAMAGE) for 6 seconds. Also prevents Silences and Interrupts for those 6 seconds, which is more useful in PvP than in Tier 14 raiding.
This time around, Devotion Aura (or, affectionately, Devo Aura) is our cooldown that affects the entire raid. It (only) lasts 6 seconds and is useless against physical damage.
There are still a lot of fights where Devotion Aura is lovely, though, so check the types of damage caused by different boss abilities. If there's magic damage that affects more than 2-3 people at once, you've got a Devo Aura opportunity.
You can usually fit it in twice a fight, but check with your raid or healing lead – most teams like to coordinate raid-wide CDs for maximal benefit.
Hand of Sacrifice: (2 minutes) Transfers some damage from the target over to you.
Hand of Purity: (talent only – 30 seconds) Reduces damage from (most) periodic effects on the target. Check out Gina's list of HofPurity opportunities.
Hand of Protection: (5 minutes) Prevents all physical (AND ONLY PHYSICAL) damage on the target (also usually removes bleed effects) for 10 seconds, but prevents the target from using physical attacks (melee and hunters don't like this). Has added affect that melee mobs will stop attacking the target and go elsewhere (squishies like this, tanks to do not).
Hand of Salvation: (2 minutes) Removes the targets threat. Hunters appreciate the thought. Tanks, not so much.
Hand of Freedom: (25 seconds) Removes/prevents movement impairing effects. Useful on the trash to Elegon.
Hand CDs are called Hands for a reason: they give you some control over fights.
Hand of Sacrifice can be used DPS-Style, however some teams like to coordinate usage for certain fights. Check with your leaders before keeping Hand of Sacrifice on CD. Same goes for Hand of Purity, on fights where HofPurity is helpful.
Note that while Hand of Sacrifice on its own should not be able to kill you, if you have Hand of Sacrifice active while intense raid damage is going out, your face might meet the floor. I speak from experience. Be wise when you use it, and if you think you might die, get a damage reduction CD on yourself (scroll down this post to read about Divine Protection and Divine Shield). Also note that damage transferred through HofSac keeps its type. So physical damage to your target means physical damage to you.
Hand of Protection is really handy (oh the bad pun!) during trash, or for fights with lots of adds, if your team is a little clumsy. I've also used it to clear nasty Wind Steps on Heroic Blade Lord. The CD timer is long, though, so you'll rarely get to use it more than once a fight. Choose your opportunity wisely.
I've yet to use Hand of Salvation, but if your team is a little clumsy, some of your trigger-happy dps might appreciate a good Salv. As for Freedom, in PvE, it is very situation specific, but does have occasional uses. Both have a fairly short timer and can be used rather freely.
If you really like your Hands, look into the Clemency talent, which lets you use all Hands (except Purity) twice before triggering the CD.
Divine Plea: (2 minutes) Returns mana for 9 seconds but lowers healing output during that time. Can be modified via Glyph of Divine Plea to negate the healing penalty in exchange for a 5 second cast time.
Trinket with on-use Spirit or Mana: Scroll of Revered Ancestors, Jade Courtesan Figurine, Vial of Ichorous Blood, Price of Progress all have on-use Spirit or Mana return.
Master Mana Potion/Potion of Focus: (Potion – Once per fight) Potions that restores mana.
Unless you're drowning in a pool of your own mana, Divine Plea can (and usually should) be used DPS-Style starting when you reach about 80% mana. Be smart about it though, if you're approaching a point in the fight where the healing penalty (or cast time) might be a problem, wait a little bit. Same goes for if a point in the fight where the healing penalty or cast time doesn't matter is coming up.
As for your on-use mana-returning trinkets, they have no penalty associated with them, so if you have a such a trinket, you'll want to use it right after your first few casts, then whenever it makes itself available.
Again, I put some potions in for completeness. The Master Mana Potion only restores a little bit of mana, but can be used instantly. Potion of Focus, on the other hand, restores more mana but requires that you drop what you're doing to sit and drink. You only get to use one potion per fight, so choose wisely.
Divine Protection: (30 seconds to 1 minute) In it's original state, reduces magic (AND ONLY MAGIC!) damage for 10 seconds. You can add a physical damage reduction component via Glyph of Divine Protection, and you can reduce the CD via the Unbreakable Spirit talent.
Divine Shield: (2.5-5 minutes) Makes you invulnerable (with some exceptions) for 8 seconds and removes most debuffs. The CD can be reduced via the Unbreakable Spirit talent.
Divine Protection has such a cute little CD that it can be used DPS Style for fights with regular raid damage, unless there's a big burst of damage coming up. Check damage types before each fight to know whether or not to add the physical damage reduction Glyph.
While Divine Shield coupled with Unbreakable Spirit can have a fairly short CD, this spell is such a powerful oopsy-fixer that you'll want to almost exclusively use it Savior Style. If you screw up and are about to be killed (and humiliated) by avoidable damage, you want this spell to be available to save your face. I mean your life. You'll probably only get to use it once per fight, but you're a good pally who doesn't make many mistakes, right?
AND THAT ENDS THE HOW-TO PORTION OF THIS GUIDE!
Next post is the one I've been looking forward to since day one! I get to update my links and point all you avid pally-info readers to some awesome resources and fantastic members of the paladin community.
But for now I need to rest my sore fingers.
This entry was posted on January 16, 2013 at 4:15 pm and is filed under Paladinning Info, Teh paladin. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.
Good run down. I probably would add trinkets for completeness, and probably under mana.
Particularly at times when I am "just" or undergeared, I will often view my more frequent output CDs as "mana" CDs, as good use of them allows me to spend less mana keeping everyone healed, saving my mana for those points in the fight when it is needed.
I did consider trinkets, then thought "all of my trinket auto-proc". Because obviously everyone uses the same trinkets as me, haha. I'll update the post.
I definitely agree with using the output CDs to reduce mana requirements. I see it that way too. I thought I had put it in the post, but I guess it wasn't very clear. Will edit!
I am so guilty about not using my cooldowns enough. I'm great as using them when crap hits the fan, but being more proactive rather than letting them sit is something I really need to work on.
Potion use can be the difference between ending a fight OOM, or having the mana to keep going. Many fights have a moment where you can hit Divine Plea and sit down for 10 seconds to get that Potion of Focus. Between those two and your natural regen, it's pretty easy to get back nearly half your mana pool in that 10 second period. Just make sure you let your other healers know that you're doing that.
I prefer the cast-time Divine Plea myself, as mentioned in previous comments, because there's far more opportunities for a 3 – 4 second cast time than there is for 9 – 10 seconds of 50% healing mortal strike.
Finally, pre-potting the intellect potion actually makes sense in fights with tight enrage timers. Gara'jal is an interesting case since healing is so light at the beginning. Pop the intellect pot before the pull, then Avenging Wrath, Divine Favor, throw down your Hammer of Light/Execution Sentence on the boss and go to town spamming Denounce for 20 seconds. The amount of burst DPS that Holy is capable of doing that is actually quite impressive (I've clocked upwards of 40k – 50k DPS at the start doing that before).
Good point! I'll find a way to fit that in when I update the post tomorrow.
Hey I enjoyed reading the post. Really good stuff in here that is rarely utlized by many. Great breakdown and examples for CD's. Spreading your cds like you expressed above is huge and utilizing them all to your advantage is key. We have come along way since Icc of Holy light or Flash of light builds. Each patch/Tier they add more tools to our healing toolbelt. To maximize a holy paladins potential I suggest holy pallys to read this. Good stuff Rykga!


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Up until now, 106 101 people have been infected with coronavirus in the country, 68 572 of them have recovered, and 1 256 people have died. The number of active cases stands at 36 273.
Over the past day, 19178 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Azerbaijan, bringing the total number of tests to 1,665 832.
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Iran at the center of the Eurasian riddle
By Pepe Escobar – posted with permission
With the dogs of war on full alert, something extraordinary happened at the 19th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) late last week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Virtually unknown across the West, the SCO is the foremost Eurasian political, economic and security alliance. It's not a Eurasian NATO. It's not planning any humanitarian imperialist adventures. A single picture in Bishkek tells a quite significant story, as we see China's Xi, Russia's Putin, India's Modi and Pakistan's Imran Khan aligned with the leaders of four Central Asian "stans".
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani walk as they attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Bishkek on June 14, 2019. Photo: AFP / Vyacheslav Oseledko
These leaders represent the current eight members of the SCO. Then there are four observer states – Afghanistan, Belarus, Mongolia and, crucially, Iran – plus six dialogue partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and, crucially, Turkey.
The SCO is bound to significantly expand by 2020, with possible full membership for both Turkey and Iran. It will then feature all major players of Eurasia integration. Considering the current incandescence in the geopolitical chessboard, it's hardly an accident a crucial protagonist in Bishkek was the 'observer' state Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani played his cards masterfully. Rouhani speaking directly to Putin, Xi, Modi and Imran, at the same table, is something to be taken very seriously. He blasted the US under Trump as "a serious risk to stability in the region and the world". Then he diplomatically offered preferential treatment for all companies and entrepreneurs from SCO member nations committed to investing in the Iranian market.
The Trump administration has claimed – without any hard evidence – that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which Washington brands as a "terrorist organization" – was behind the attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. As the SCO summit developed, the narrative had already collapsed, as Yutaka Katada, president of Japanese cargo company Kokuka Sangyo, owner of one of the tankers, said: "The crew is saying that it was hit by a flying object."
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had accused the White House of "sabotage diplomacy" but that did not derail Rouhani's actual diplomacy in Bishkek.
Xi was adamant; Beijing will keep developing ties with Tehran "no matter how the situation changes". Iran is a key node of the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It's clear for the leadership in Tehran that the way forward is full integration into the vast, Eurasia-wide economic ecosystem. European nations that signed the nuclear deal with Tehran – France, Britain and Germany – can't save Iran economically.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, right, in Bishkek at the SCO summit on June 14. Photo: Nezir Aliyev / Anadolu / AFP
The Indian hedge
But then Modi canceled a bilateral with Rouhani at the last minute, with the lame excuse of "scheduling issues".
That's not exactly a clever diplomatic gambit. India was Iran's second largest oil customer before the Trump administration dumped the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, over a year ago. Modi and Rouhani have discussed the possibility of India paying for Iranian oil in rupees, bypassing the US dollar and US sanctions.
Yet unlike Beijing and Moscow, New Delhi refuses to unconditionally support Tehran in its do-or-die fight against the Trump administration's economic war and de facto blockade.
Modi faces a stark existential choice. He's tempted to channel his visceral anti-Belt-and-Road stance into the siren call of a fuzzy, US-concocted Indo-Pacific alliance – a de facto containment mechanism against "China, China, China" as the Pentagon leadership openly admits it.
Or he could dig deeper into a SCO/RIC (Russia-India-China) alliance focused on Eurasia integration and multipolarity.
Aware of the high stakes, a concerted charm offensive by the leading BRICS and SCO duo is in effect. Putin invited Modi to be the main guest of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in early September. And Xi Jinping told Modi in their bilateral get together he's aiming at a "closer partnership", from investment and industrial capacity to pick up speed on the stalled Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor, another BRI stalwart.
Imran Khan, for his part, seems to be very much aware how Pakistan may profit from becoming the ultimate Eurasia pivot – as Islamabad offers a privileged gateway to the Arabian Sea, side by side with SCO observer Iran. Gwadar port in the Arabian Sea is the key hub of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), much better positioned than Chabahar in Iran, which is being developed as the key hub of India's mini-New Silk Road version to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
On the Russian front, a charm offensive on Pakistan is paying dividends, with Imran openly acknowledging Pakistan is moving "closer" to Russia in a "changing" world, and has expressed keen interest in buying Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and Mi-35M attack helicopters.
Iran is at the heart of the BRI-SCO-EAEU integration road map – the nuts and bolts of Eurasian integration. Russia and China cannot allow Iran to be strangled. Iran boasts fabulous energy reserves, a huge internal market, and is a frontline state fighting complex networks of opium, weapons and jihadi smuggling – all key concerns for SCO member states.
There's no question that in southwest Asia, Russia and Iran have interests that clash. What matters most for Moscow is to prevent jihadis from migrating to the Caucasus and Central Asia to plot attacks against the Russian Federation; to keep their navy and air force bases in Syria; and to keep oil and gas trading in full flow.
Tehran, for its part, cannot possibly support the sort of informal agreement Moscow established with Tel Aviv in Syria – where alleged Hezbollah and IRGC targets are bombed by Israel, but never Russian assets.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on June 14, 2019. (Photo by Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP)
But still, there are margins of maneuver for bilateral diplomacy, even if they now seem not that wide. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued the new rules of the game; reduce imports to a minimum; aim for less reliance on oil and gas exports; ease domestic political pressure (after all everyone agrees Iranians must unite to face a mortal threat); and stick to the notion that Iran has no established all-weather friends, even Russia and China.
St Petersburg, Bishkek, Dushanbe
Iran is under a state of siege. Internal regimentation must be the priority. But that does not preclude abandoning the drive towards Eurasian integration.
The pan-Eurasian interconnection became even more glaring at what immediately happened after Bishkek; the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Bishkek and Dushanbe expanded what had already been extensively discussed at the St Petersburg forum, as I previously reported. Putin himself stressed that all vectors should be integrated: BRI, EAEU, SCO, CICA and ASEAN.
The Bishkek Declaration, adopted by SCO members, may not have been a headline-grabbing document, but it emphasized the security guarantees of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone Treaty, the "unacceptability of attempts to ensure one country's security at the expense of other countries' security, and condemning "the unilateral and unlimited buildup of missile defense systems by certain countries or groups of states".
Yet the document is a faithful product of the drive towards a multilateral, multipolar world.
Among 21 signed agreements, the SCO also advanced a road map for the crucial SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group, driving deeper the Russia-China strategic partnership's imperative that the Afghan drama must be decided by Eurasian powers.
And what Putin, Xi and Modi discussed in detail, in private in Bishkek will be developed by their mini-BRICS gathering, the RIC (Russia-India-China) in the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka in late June.
Meanwhile, the US industrial-military-security complex will continue to be obsessed with Russia as a "revitalized malign actor" (in Pentagonese) alongside the all-encompassing China "threat".
The US Navy is obsessed with the asymmetrical know-how of "our Russian, Chinese and Iranian rivals" in "contested waterways" from the South China Sea to the Persian Gulf.
With US conservatives ratcheting up "maximum pressure" trying to frame the alleged weak node of Eurasia integration, which is already under total economic war because, among other issues, is bypassing the US dollar, no one can predict how the chessboard will look like when the 2020 SCO and BRICS summits take place in Russia.
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Discussion in 'Everything Else Bees' started by Maggiesdad, Dec 21, 2014.
Just getting into bees, I've got two 5 frame nucs and two packages coming in the spring. A friend gave me his Lang setup and gear when he moved to Texas... so I started reading. Now it's going to be two Langs and two top bars. Top bars seem to me like the way to go, but this way we'll have a decent evaluation of the two types for ourselves - total bee newbies.
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Hey Glen! . . . Again!
You're speaking GREEK to me here. However your subject caught my eye, because we eventually want to start raising bees.
In your post you say you moved to Texas, but your name plate says you are in Central Virginia. So, did you used to live in Texas? We moved to Texas from South Central PA last June.
And I find out holy moly - bees are expensive! ...and beginners with one hive will likely lose it! Noooo! Come back bees! Okay I need TWO hives.. ummm, Langstroths and allllllll their associated gear are exspendsive too! This is nuts.
Here we go! I can build my own Top Bar hives and the bees will just fly right in it! Yay! Now we're talkin'!
So, long story short - I'm going to start FOUR hives, and that first stinking lb of honey is gonna set me back about 1K.
And I swell up like a toad when I get stung.
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That's funny! A $1000 jar of honey! You had BETTER like honey at that rate! And you are allergic to bee stings, to boot!
Okay, now I get it. Your FRIEND moved to TX! Gotcha!
Bees will absolutely help your orchard. My trees exploded with fruit this year from my bees. It will be interesting to read your comparisons between the Langsroth and the top bar hives. As for honey, I wouldn't expect any the first year.
I have 1 Langsroth hive and I did lose my bees the first winter from mites. I reinstalled the following spring, and my bees are now doing fantastic going into their 2nd winter. I got honey this year, which was a nice bonus. I may need to learn how to split mine into two hives, the hive was packed with bees on my last inspection - I don't need to lose them in the spring to a swarm!
So I'm not the only new-bee here it seems. Going to install 2 langstroth hives this spring. Just talked to the source I'm ordering them and the bees from. I'll be going over to visit and pre-pay here later this week. Now I have to start amassing all the other gear I'll need before they arrive this spring. Getting excited about the whole endevour!
This is awesome! Congrats on diving in.
What state are you in? Do you know your area's main nectar flow source? Are you starting with packages or nucs?
Greets Maggiesdad! Happy new year! VA is a beautiful state (commonwealth- which is the only BAD thing about it). I spent many years in the VA Beach area (retired-Navy). I'm in a state of amazement (most of the time) but really; Colorado along the front range N/NE of Denver.
I'll be starting with packages. I was told they'll be coming out of Montana, but I sincerely doubt that as it will be pretty cold there still (April) to be breaking hives to create them. I believe they may spend the summer there, but doubt they are always there. I could be wrong... it has been known to happen on occasion ... They are supposed to be Italian bees, so should be gentle.
I am surrounded by farm fields where I live that grow pumpkins/squashes, natural herbs, flowers, corn, melons, etc. There is also a large commercial greenhouse about 1/4 mile away as well as several tree nurseries, all within a 3 mile radius. I have no idea what the bees will be feasting on, but they should have plenty to choose from once everything starts. I do NOT know what all these places use as far as GMO, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. I'm gonna hope for the best. The largest farm around me does/did have a very old established apiary, so I'm hoping that's a good sign.
I also have a small vineyard and fruit trees on my property and will be putting in a veggie garden. Barring anything unexpected, I expect to have honey the end of my first season.
Sounds like you'll have a great set up!
Seems like packages around here are available 3-4 wks ahead of nucs, I guess that's because they're shook, with an added queen - instead of a proven queen on frames of capped brood. It will be interesting to see how far along my packages are in the top bars by the time I get the nucs to go into the Langs.


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It is easy to recognize the connection between the parables of Luke 15. They might be easily summarized as the parables on the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. Three things that were lost and found. Each refers to the joy that heaven has over the repentance of lost sinners (see Luke 15:7, 10, 23,24, 32). Something I had not recognized prior to my reading this morning is a significant connection between the parable of the prodigal son and the parable of the dishonest steward which immediately follows it in Luke 16:1-13.
The prodigal son squandered his wealth in wild living, later described as devouring this wealth on prostitutes. The dishonest steward squandered the possessions of his master.
Secondly, this connection is evident in their acknowledgment of their wrong. In each case they ask what might be described as a "What shall I do now?" kind of question. In the case of the prodigal son, those words aren't explicit, but implicit (Luke 15:17-19). They are explicit in the case of the dishonest manager (Luke 16:3-4). Each of them recognized their guilt and the desperation of their precarious state. In recognizing this, they gave up figuring things out on their own, and put their fate in the hands of others—the prodigal son put his in the hands of the father; the dishonest steward into the hands of the debtors. This is a "What shall we do?" kind of question.
In another place, Luke records the wrong way to answer that question (Luke 12:16-21). There the Lord had blessed a man with abundant possessions and he asked himself the question, "What shall I do?" His answer?
This sounds like an advertisement for a financial management company. Keep in mind, it wasn't that this man had barns for storage, it was that his need, instead of his generosity, increased dramatically with the Lord's blessing. When the Lord adds to you, which of those increases most: your need or your generosity?
20"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21"This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."
The parable serves those of us who read it as God's question for us, "Is that your final answer?" Like the man in this parable, and the dishonest steward, we have been fools, and have wasted what has been entrusted to us. What must I now do? We must throw ourselves on the mercy of God (Acts 2:38), we must put our fate in His hands, we must become rich toward God (Luke 12:21), and that richness toward God will be expressed in a richness to those who are in need (Luke 16:4) just as God has been rich toward us in our need. Freely we have received; freely we give.
This isn't only about money. We have been entrusted with the grace of God in the Gospel, we have been given forgiveness of our sins. How are we doing in giving away forgiveness? God has been rich toward us; are we lavishing forgiveness and forbearance on others? Or do we make them pay even though they've repented? There are so many ways in which God has entrusted to us His wealth; are we being faithful with what we've been given? When we want to hold someone's sin against them, though they've repented, we ought to hear the question, "Is that your final answer?" What shall I now do?


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