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"Off-Campus/On Screen" films have encore presentation Jan. 24
By: Kathy Hovis
Morales is excited to be a first-year student at Cornell, but she's experiencing her first semester online from her apartment in the Bronx. Her parents have lost their jobs, so she and her sister are working part-time to support the family. And she's tired of hearing other students say "we're all in the same boat," because, frankly, her boat seems a lot less seaworthy than many of her classmates.'
The story of Morales and how she's dealing with the pandemic is one of nine short films that students have created in collaboration with faculty and staff in the Department of Performing & Media Arts. The nine stories came together in the PMA mainstage fall production, "Off-Campus/On Screen," a collage of short films exploring Cornell life in the time of COVID-19. First shown Dec. 18-20, the production will have an encore presentation Jan. 24, from 2-4 p.m. including a discussion afterward. Reserve your free ticket at schwartztickets.com.
The stories open a window into the lives of Cornell students who are now scattered across the globe from Ithaca, to Iowa City, to Beijing, London, and Novosibirsk, Russia.
Students proposed ideas for their shorts in the fall and have worked with PMA faculty and staff throughout the semester to realize these initial sketches.
"Our theatres have been closed for the last eight months, but we felt a deep need to continue telling dramatic stories," said Rebekah Maggor, assistant professor of theatre in PMA and the project initiator. Maggor led the project in collaboration with Jeffrey Palmer, assistant professor of film and Youngsun Palmer, a filmmaker and communications & events coordinator in PMA. They sought to explore the ways the pandemic has affected the Cornell community in unequal ways – whether economically, emotionally, physically or spatially. The creative team also includes PMA faculty and acting specialists Carolyn Goelzer and Panagiotis Angelopoulos.
A scene from "Dreamer on Campus"
Ana Carmona-Pereda '24, who wrote the script for the story of Morales, relates to her character in many ways. Although she's on campus now, she did spend the summer of 2020 in her family's Bronx apartment, completing Cornell's Pre-freshman Summer Program online.
"Morales' story is my story too," she said. "I took inspiration from my friends and my family to write this and was scared to put me and my family out there. But telling my story through this project helped me to process my feelings and thoughts about this time."
Students started with an idea, which they transformed into a screenplay through theatre devising sessions led by Maggor, developing dramatic structure, creating compelling characters and outlining the obstacles and stakes their characters faced.
"Using devising, or scene improvisation, to create dramatic screenplays was a totally unique experience for all of us," Maggor said. "It's one of many ways this project has brought the film and theatre faculty together to work creatively under difficult circumstances. We've gained so much through this collaboration and I imagine we'll be using these ground-breaking techniques far into the future."
A scene from "Lifting Pas"
Linshuang (Lynn) Wu '21 contributed to writing "Lifting Pas," about an international student from China who must return home and complete her senior year remotely from Beijing. She feels alienated from both her American and Chinese communities during the pandemic. The story is told as an experimental dance-on-film piece and includes a mixture of contemporary Western and Chinese dance. The Amber Dance Troupe, a Cornell student group that practices traditional Chinese dance, choreographed and produced the film, with advising from Jumay Chu, PMA senior lecturer in dance, and direction by Wesleyan student Bruce Mi. Most of Amber's members are studying remotely in Beijing this semester, so they were able to come together to create the group choreography in the film.
"This film is about the solitude, the misconceptions and the constraints," Wu said. "Others might impose them on us, but it could also come from ourselves deep inside. So we seek connection, understanding and freedom through our artistic expressions."
Throughout the semester, PMA faculty and staff mentored and collaborated with students, on every aspect from devising, screenwriting, acting, cinematography and editing, as well as the design elements of the shorts. "This project involves the entire theatre production faculty and staff – set design, sound design, lighting, props, stage management and costumes." Maggor said. "We took the fundamental building blocks of what we teach in person and applied them in virtual sessions."
"Since I filmed my piece in my room, the Schwartz Center staff sent me lighting kits and the set pieces needed," said Duoer Jia '21, whose story focuses on a student studying abroad in London who needs to get back to Ithaca in the next 24 hours, as the pandemic triggers lockdowns. "I also met with Sarah Bernstein and Lisa Boquist, who are the costume designers, to discuss clothing choices."
Some of the student teams visited the Schwartz Center in person to work, socially distanced, with faculty and staff. Jason Simms, PMA assistant professor of scenography, designed a set of a Bronx apartment for Carmona-Pereda's film, which technical director Fritz Bernstein and props coordinator Tim Ostrander built and dressed.
A scene from "GREAT"
They transformed the same set into an Ithaca apartment room for Euna Park's '21 film "GREAT." Sound design senior lecturer Warren Cross and master electrician and virtual capture expert Steven Blasberg created "tech kits" for several of the off-campus student teams in order to augment the filming and audio equipment they needed to shoot shorts off-campus.
Park's film tells the story of a student whose mental health is sinking during the semester, although she tells her mother she's doing fine.
"I think this semester has been overwhelming for a lot of Cornellians, as so much of our normal has been radically changed, but there's still a pressure to be successful and show the world that we're not only doing just fine, but we're also thriving," Park said. "I've heard people tell me that my personal testimony has been encouraging for them to hear. If you've felt mentally and emotionally overwhelmed this semester but your instinct is to retreat instead of asking for help, I hope my character's story helps you feel that your silent struggle is heard and encourage you to open up and keep trying."
Some of the shorts also use humor to deal with the new reality under COVID-19. The Cornell student comedy sketch group, The Skits, devised "Razor Scooter" about an undergraduate who volunteers to enforce the behavioral compact on campus. The student, played by TJ Sheppard '22, takes his job a little too seriously, abusing his power and unleashing his wrath on Collegetown. "There are a lot of dark inside jokes about Cornell campus life under Corona, but ultimately the film is a testament to a community coming together to try and salvage some sort of collective life during the pandemic," Maggor said.
Jeffrey Palmer said he's enjoyed watching the process of story development. "The great thing about this is that we realize we speak the same language," he said about theater devisers and filmmakers. "Watching Rebekah teach them how to get ready for their scenes has taught me how to be a better director."
Theatre students are learning a diverse set of skills in the production class, said Youngsun Palmer. "Usually they are the subjects for us and we are holding the camera, but in this project, they are holding the camera and setting the scene," she said.
Jia said she's had lots of acting experience, but no filmmaking or script devising and writing before this course. "I learned so much about creating storyboards, camera placement, filming from different angles and had the chance to execute it all myself," she said.
Park said she gained a new perspective on what it takes to make a film. "After an over four-hour shoot for just a page and a half of script, I emerged with not only some tips to use in potential future passion projects, but also a lot of admiration for everyone involved on set when it comes to making cinema," she said.
A scene from "Introduction to Acting"
To weave the different shorts together into a whole, Maggor wrote three episodes, devised with students and acting faculty, entitled "Introduction to Acting," which feature Goelzer teaching the protagonists from each short film in a class together.
"We thought it was important to bring in the experience of people working at Cornell, not only the students," Maggor said. "The story is about how we as faculty are struggling to connect with our students through new technology and under immensely stressful circumstances. It's been a challenge for all of us."
Though the stories are varied, Jeffrey Palmer said there's a sense of loss that permeates all of them and a realization of the importance of relationships in real life. "This is a difficult moment and time for all of us," he said. "We've taken so many things for granted, such as our experience in certain spaces. Now, we want nothing more than to go back and be there."
A scene from "Razor Scooter," featuring TJ Sheppard
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Although schooled in the art of war, Joe Marm didn't know the slightest thing about true combat when he arrived in Vietnam as a 23-year-old Army lieutenant in 1965.
Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor awards Lt. Walter J. Marm Jr. the Medal of Honor on Dec. 19, 1966.
By the time the Washington, Pa., native was done with his first pitched battle two months later, he was a veteran in every sense of the word.
A bullet had shattered his jaw, and his battlefield heroics that November had earned him a Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor.
Using an anti-tank weapon, a grenade and his M-16 rifle, Marm singlehandedly punched through a death-dealing machine gun nest that had pinned down his platoon on a swath of South Vietnam's central highlands.
Marm didn't turn the tide of battle that day. But he played a pivotal role in relieving the pressure on his company, which was trying to rescue a stranded platoon in what was to become one of the Vietnam War's earliest and bloodiest campaigns.
Most warriors awarded the Medal of Honor receive it posthumously. Only two of the 10 Western Pennsylvanians who earned it in Vietnam lived. Walter Joseph Marm Jr. was one.
Even today, nearly 35 years away from his life on the edge and a burst of gallantry that now seems more like a dream than reality, Marm downplays his actions.
"I'm just an average, run-of-the-mill guy," the retired career officer said in an interview yesterday from his home in Fremont, N.C., where he works in his wife's hog farming business.
That's not what anyone else thought, not the government and not his fellow soldiers.
Marm grew up the son of a noted state trooper. He was a Boy Scout who disliked hunting but enjoyed target practice with a rifle.
He studied finance at Duquesne University and intended to become a banker. When it became clear, though, that the United States was teetering toward war somewhere in Southeast Asia, Marm's life took a different turn. He decided to enlist in the Army and become an officer instead of getting drafted and serving as a grunt.
Five days after graduating in 1964, Marm headed off for four months of basic and advanced training at Fort Gordon, Ga., and six months in Officer Candidate School. Marm's last stop was to train as a Ranger, the elite commandos who specialize in small unit combat patrols and reconnaissance.
Marm was a few weeks shy of graduation when his orders came through: He was shipping out to Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division, one of the first major military units to head for the war there.
The division was something special. Known as an airmobile unit, it was part of a nascent battlefield strategy the Army had been testing. Instead of helicopters being used exclusively to evacuate wounded soldiers and transport supplies, they were going to be used to deploy troops.
Not only was Marm an unknown quantity, so was the whole operation.
Flying deep into Vietnam to their base camp, U.S. troops watched a placid landscape spread out before them. Marm marveled at the beauty of the infinite shades of green in the jungle and the rice paddies.
During the first two months, Marm saw little combat. He participated in an ambush. He learned what burning flesh smelled like when he helped secure a crash site where a U.S. helicopter had gone down.
Nothing, though, could prepare him for Nov. 14, 1965. Marm was a platoon leader in a campaign to eradicate the North Vietnamese Army from the Ia Drang Valley. The enemy was dug in around the Chu Pong massif, a mountain range that marched straight into Cambodia. The battle that unfolded marked the first time U.S. troops had been pitted against North Vietnamese regulars.
Despite the butterflies in his stomach, Marm felt good. He was young, tough and in control. Like any 20-something, he thought he was invincible.
Sitting in the Huey helicopter during the 30-minute flight to the landing zone, weighted down by 75 pounds of gear, he said little to the half-dozen or so members of his company alongside him.
It didn't take long for the operation to unravel. A platoon from another company had found itself stranded and under heavy fire. In short order, the unit's command structure was wiped out, leaving a buck sergeant in charge.
Marm's company joined the remnant of the other company in a rescue mission, making its way through the grass. They could see the North Vietnamese running around in their pith helmets and tan uniforms. Bullets whizzed. It was Marm's first time under heavy fire.
As afternoon waned into evening, the soldiers could go no further. They had run smack into an obstacle, a van-sized mound of solidified earth surrounded by trees. Hiding behind it were North Vietnamese soldiers. They shot and shot, racking up American casualties.
Marm ordered someone to shoot an anti-tank missile at the mound. A soldier obeyed, but the weapon misfired. Marm grabbed the miniature bazooka himself. Exposing himself to the enemy so he could draw a bead on the machine gunners, Marm fired. It wasn't enough.
He barked an order for someone to attack the bunker with a grenade, but his men misunderstood and lobbed the grenade from where they were hunkered down. It landed short.
That's when Marm stepped in.
"I was looking for speed, so I told my men to hold their fire and I was going to do it myself, so that's what I did. I charged that bunker."
He sprinted nearly 100 feet across open ground.
"When I got to it, I took my grenade and threw it over the top. When it went off, I went around to the side. I shot a few that were still there, still alive," Marm said.
In all, Marm is said to have killed 12 to 18 North Vietnamese soldiers.
Another lieutenant, Dennis Deal, was on the battlefield and witnessed Marm's heroism. He recounted it to Joseph Galloway, who was a 24-year-old reporter with United Press International. Galloway, who was overhead in a command helicopter during Marm's charge, included Deal's recollection in a book on the Ia Drang campaign called "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young."
"On the right flank of the Bravo line, Lt. Deal was now rolling around on the ground desperately trying to dodge a valley of machine-gun slugs cutting through the grass all around him. Suddenly, 25 yards away, Deal saw an American get up and charge forward while everyone around him was flat on his belly," wrote Galloway, now with U.S. News and World Report.
Marm paid for his onslaught. After emptying his chattering rifle into the enemy bunker, he was shot in the face.
"I had to feel my jaw to make sure it was still there," he said. "I didn't know if I had the bottom part of my mouth."
Marm was evacuated. Within days, he was recovering in Valley Forge Hospital, Chester County. His jaw was wired shut and he was on a diet of baby food. A year later, Marm received the Medal of Honor. In 1969, he returned to combat in Vietnam.
"I felt like I should pull my share of the hardship tours," he explained.
Today, Marm, 58, usually keeps his medal in a safe deposit box. A dimple on his jaw marks the spot where the bullet struck him. Vietnam didn't crush his spirit or his body. He became a career soldier, retiring in 1995 with the rank of colonel.
Marm sees himself as a caretaker for the Medal of Honor, someone who received it for all the valiant soldiers who laid down their lives.
"I was really there just to lead them and set the example and do the best I could," Marm said. "I always say I wear the medal for all those brave men who were in that battle whose actions go unsung. My actions happened to be observed."
Tomorrow: The Vietnam War hurt generations of people, sometimes all at once. We look at an East Butler man who died, leaving behind a 7-month-old daughter, his wife and his mother.


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Q: Why does the log-normal probability density function have that extra "x"? For a random variable $X \sim N(\mu, \sigma^2)$, the probability density function is
$$f(x; \mu, \sigma^2) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}} \cdot \exp\left\{ -\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \right\}$$
For a random variable $X \sim \ln N(\mu, \sigma^2)$, the pdf is
$$f(x; \mu, \sigma^2) = \frac{1}{x\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}} \cdot \exp\left\{ -\frac{(\ln x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \right\}$$
Why is there an extra $1/x$ in the log-normal pdf? I'd (naively, I guess) think that if $\log X \sim N(\mu, \sigma^2)$ then I could use the normal pdf, but this would apparently be in error? Can someone expose and correct my confusion please?

A: For a random variable $X$ that has a normal distribution, the transformed random variable $U=e^X$ will have a log-normal distribution, and not $U=\ln X$.
You cannot use the normal pdf for $U$, although superficially it looks almost identical.
Setting $U=g(X)=e^X$, we have $X=g^{-1}(U)=\ln U$. By the law of transformation of random variables, the density of $U$ will become
$$f(u)=f(x)\color{blue}{\left|\frac{dx}{du}\right|}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}} \cdot \exp\left\{ -\frac{(\ln u-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \right\}\color{blue}{\left|\frac{d(\ln u)}{du}\right|}\\=\frac{1}{\color{blue}{u}\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}} \cdot \exp\left\{ -\frac{(\ln u-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \right\}$$
hence the extra $u$ term in the denominator.
To see where the derivative term in the transformation arises, the probability that transformed random variable $U=g(X)$ lies in range $[u_1,u_2]$ must equal that of random variable $X$ lying in range $[x_1,x_2]$ where $x_1=g^{-1}(u_1)$ and $x_2=g^{-1}(u_2)$, i.e.  $$\mathbb{P}(u_1<U<u_2)=\mathbb{P}(g^{-1}(u_1)<X<g^{-1}(u_2))$$
This equality can be expressed as the integral of the probability density functions, where a change of variable occurs:-
$$\int_{u_1}^{u_2}\color{blue}{f(u)}\ du=\int_{g^{-1}(u_1)}^{g^{-1}(u_2)}f(x)\ dx=\int_{g^{-1}(u_1)}^{g^{-1}(u_2)}\color{blue}{f(g^{-1}(u))}\ \color{blue}{\frac{d(g^{-1}(u))}{du}}\ du$$
Note that the integral is unity for limits $u_1=0,u_2=\infty$ for $U$, and corresponding limits $x_1=-\infty,x_2=\infty$ for $X$.

A: The answer given by Alijah Ahmed is perfect and more general then mine. However I felt the necessity to give another answer based directly on the definition of the lognormal distribution.
By definition, a non negative random variable $X$ is of lognormal distribution if its logarithm is normal. For the sake of simplicity let $\mu=0$ and let $\sigma=1$. That is
$$P(ln(X)<x)=P(X<e^x)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^xe^{-\frac{y^2}{2}}dy$$
Introduce a new variable $0\le u=e^x$ or $x=ln(u)$. Whit this the cdf of the lognormal distribution is
$$P(X<u)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{ln(u)} e^{-\frac{y^2}{2}}dy.$$
Since the pdf is the derivative of the cdf (if this derivative exists, like in our case) we have for non negative $u$'s
$$f_X(u)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\frac{d}{du}\int_{-\infty}^{ln(u)} e^{-\frac{y^2}{2}}dy=\frac{1}{2\pi}\frac{1}{u}e^{-(ln(u))^2}.$$
Two elementary facts from calculus have been used: (1) differentiating with respect to the upper limit of an integral is the integrand at the upper limit, (2) in the case of composite functions the derivative of the outer function has to be multiplied by the derivative of the inner function.
Furtehermore: the whole argumentation can be repeated with arbitrary $\mu$ and $\sigma.$

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The keys to the car are stored in a small electronic lockbox (we call it 'Fred'). It is kept either on the outside of the car or attached to a wall, fence or door nearby. Fred keeps the keys safe and handy so the borrower and car owner don't need to meet.
The lockbox has a keypad on the front and Borrowers receive a unique one-time-use code 15 minutes before their booking begins. They just punch in the code, out pops the key and they just pop it back in once they've parked and locked the car at the end of the booking.
See the Lockbox instructions for detail on how to use the Lockbox.
Car owners should keep their spare key in the lockbox and use their other key when driving the car themselves.


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Q: RSA BadPaddingException when decrypting I am encrypting some bytes of data On a java smart card using a public key I generated on a desktop app, but when I try to decrypt the data on my desktop I get the BadPaddingException :  Data must start with zero, I read that this might be caused by the use of a false private key to decrypt the data.

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*First, I generated a public/private key pair on a desktop app and loaded them on the smart card using the following code (being generated in BigInteger type, I converted them to hexadecimal, and from hexa decimal to a byte array):
void keyGen(String ID)throws Exception{
    // where ID is the name of the user
    KeyPairGenerator kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
    kpg.initialize(512);
    KeyPair kp = kpg.genKeyPair();
    this.pubKey = (RSAPublicKey) kp.getPublic();
    this.privKey = (RSAPrivateKey) kp.getPrivate();

    KeyFactory fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
    this.pub = fact.getKeySpec(kp.getPublic(), RSAPublicKeySpec.class);
    this.priv = fact.getKeySpec(kp.getPrivate(),  RSAPrivateKeySpec.class);

    saveToFile(ID+".pub", pub.getModulus(),  pub.getPublicExponent());
    saveToFile(ID+".priv", priv.getModulus(),  priv.getPrivateExponent());

}

here is the savetofile function:
    public void saveToFile(String fileName,  BigInteger mod, BigInteger exp) throws IOException {
          ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(
            new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fileName)));
          try {
            oout.writeObject(mod);
            oout.writeObject(exp);
          } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IOException();
          } finally {
            oout.close();
          }
        }

This is the line used to store the public key on the smart card:
Main.sRmi.setPub(Crypto.hexStringToByteArray(Main.crypto.getPubMod().toString(16)),
 toByteArray("0"+Main.crypto.getPubexp().toString(16)));

(The zero is added to the string because we cannot convert a string of odd hexadecimals into bytes)

*Then I try to encrypt the data using that public key inside the card, and this is the function I'm using:
private Cipher cipherRSA = Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.ALG_RSA_PKCS1, false);
private byte[] cipherText = new byte[64];

public byte[] encrypt(byte[] clearText){

    cipherRSA.init(rsa_PublicKey, Cipher.MODE_ENCRYPT);
    cipherRSA.doFinal(clearText, (short)0,  (short)clearText.length,cipherText, (short)0 );
    return cipherText;
}

*Then I try to get this encrypted value on another desktop application, and decrypt it using the private key I'm reading from the file:
This is how I read the private key from the file:
public void init (String ID ) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, Exception{

    Object o[] = openFile(ID+".pub");
    setPubMod((BigInteger) o[0]);
    setPubexp((BigInteger) o[1]);
    RSAPublicKeySpec keySpec = new RSAPublicKeySpec(this.pubMod, this.pubexp);
    KeyFactory fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
    pubKey = (RSAPublicKey) fact.generatePublic(keySpec);
    o = openFile(ID+".priv");
    setPrivMod((BigInteger) o[0]);
    setPrivexp((BigInteger) o[1]);
    RSAPrivateKeySpec keySpec1 = new RSAPrivateKeySpec(this.privMod, this.privexp);
    fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
    privKey = (RSAPrivateKey) fact.generatePrivate(keySpec1);
    cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1PADDING");
    cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, pubKey);
}

After getting the private key in the BigInteger Variable, I decrypt using the following method:
public byte[] rsaDecrypt(byte[] data) throws Exception, BadPaddingException {

      Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
      cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, privKey);
      byte[] clearData = cipher.doFinal(data);
      return clearData;
    }

To sum it all up, I create a key pair in BigInteger Format, I save the BigInteger Variable into a Serialized array of two BigIntegers to be used by the other desktop App, then I convert them into Hexa String, then into an array of bytes which i put inside the smart card.
Can anyone please tell me what's wrong with this procedure? Is it too much? Is there a better way to do so?

I think I know where the problem is, it's with the key stored inside the smart card, converting it the way I did obviously is not working, seeing how I read it from the card and printed it out and got a completely different result, so the question is now, how do I export successfully a public key created on java.crypto (in BigInteger) to the Smart card where public keys are stored in Bytes?
I found this:
Sets the public exponent value of the key. The plaintext data format is big-endian and right-aligned (the least significant bit is the least significant bit of last byte). Input exponent data is copied into the internal representation.
so how can I convert a big integer to this big-endian byte format?
Now I'm trying to set the public key, here is the code i'm executing for that:
public void setPub(byte[] expo,byte[] mod){
    rsa_PublicKey.clearKey();
    rsa_PublicKey.setExponent(expo, (short)0, (short)expo.length);
    rsa_PublicKey.setModulus(mod, (short)0, (short)mod.length);
}

where expo is a 65 byte array and mod is a 3 byte array generated by a key gen, but I'm getting this error :
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.sun.javacard.impl.NativeMethods.getCurrentContext()B
at com.sun.javacard.impl.NativeMethods.getCurrentContext(Native Method)
at com.sun.javacard.impl.PrivAccess.getCurrentAppID(PrivAccess.java:454)
at javacard.framework.CardRuntimeException.<init>(CardRuntimeException.java:46)
at javacard.security.CryptoException.<init>(DashoA10*..:25)
at com.sun.javacard.javax.smartcard.rmiclient.CardObjectFactory.throwIt(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javacard.javax.smartcard.rmiclient.CardObjectFactory.throwException(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javacard.javax.smartcard.rmiclient.CardObjectFactory.getObject(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javacard.rmiclientlib.JCRemoteRefImpl.parseAPDU(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javacard.rmiclientlib.JCRemoteRefImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sid2.CompteurImpl_Stub.setPub(Unknown Source)
at sid2.ServerRmi.setPub(ServerRmi.java:27)
at AddCard$2.actionPerformed(AddCard.java:160)

and this is how the keys priv and pub are generated :
KeyPairGenerator kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
    kpg.initialize(512);
    KeyPair kp = kpg.genKeyPair();
    this.pubKey = kp.getPublic();
    this.privKey = kp.getPrivate();

    KeyFactory fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
    this.pub = fact.getKeySpec(kp.getPublic(), RSAPublicKeySpec.class);
    this.priv = fact.getKeySpec(kp.getPrivate(),  RSAPrivateKeySpec.class);

A: "where expo is a 65 byte array and mod is a 3 byte array generated by a key gen, but i'm getting this error : ..."
Little wonder you get errors, the exponent is normally shorter than the modulus, which is always the same size as the key size. You are switching the modulus and the exponent around.


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package org.apache.flink.runtime.security;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry;
import javax.security.auth.login.Configuration;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A dynamic JAAS configuration.
 *
 *
Makes it possible to define Application Configuration Entries (ACEs) at runtime, building upon
 * an (optional) underlying configuration.   Entries from the underlying configuration take
 * precedence over dynamic entries.
 */
public class DynamicConfiguration extends Configuration {

	protected static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DynamicConfiguration.class);

	private final Configuration delegate;

	private final Map<String, AppConfigurationEntry[]> dynamicEntries = new HashMap<>();

	/**
	 * Create a dynamic configuration.
	 * @param delegate an underlying configuration to delegate to, or null.
     */
	public DynamicConfiguration(@Nullable Configuration delegate) {
		this.delegate = delegate;
	}

	/**
	 * Add entries for the given application name.
     */
	public void addAppConfigurationEntry(String name, AppConfigurationEntry... entry) {
		final AppConfigurationEntry[] existing = dynamicEntries.get(name);
		final AppConfigurationEntry[] updated;
		if (existing == null) {
			updated = Arrays.copyOf(entry, entry.length);
		}
		else {
			updated = merge(existing, entry);
		}
		dynamicEntries.put(name, updated);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the AppConfigurationEntries for the specified name
	 * from this Configuration.
	 *
	 * @param name the name used to index the Configuration.
	 *
	 * @return an array of AppConfigurationEntries for the specified name
	 *          from this Configuration, or null if there are no entries
	 *          for the specified name
	 */
	@Override
	public AppConfigurationEntry[] getAppConfigurationEntry(String name) {
		AppConfigurationEntry[] entry = null;
		if (delegate != null) {
			entry = delegate.getAppConfigurationEntry(name);
		}
		final AppConfigurationEntry[] existing = dynamicEntries.get(name);
		if (existing != null) {
			if (entry != null) {
				entry = merge(entry, existing);
			}
			else {
				entry = Arrays.copyOf(existing, existing.length);
			}
		}
		return entry;
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SUCCESS STORY: Lindsey Catarino
Posted:	 November 30, 2012 Categories: Coach Monthly December 2012	Author: cholmes	comment off
When Lindsey Catarino's Army Ranger husband first enlisted, she knew she had to find a way to earn some extra money—even though she already had a powerhouse position working full time at a local university.
"When my husband joined the military, our income dropped significantly, so I thought, 'let's see if I can replace it'."
Luckily, Lindsey had already been pushing play with P90X to get fit for her wedding in Maui. When friends started asking how she had become such a buff bride, she couldn't stop talking about P90X.
"People would stop me in the mall or on my way to work and say—'You're the P90X Queen'—because that's what I talked about."
That's when it hit her. Coaching could be the answer to her problems. "I remember my husband and I thinking, 'well, an extra $200 a month would be great'."
Discover Your Why.
But like most new Coaches, fear initially got in Lindsey's way. She had an MBA. She had a demanding, high profile job she knew how to do. She was super-organized, so she figured she would find the time.
But actually selling to people she didn't know? That was terrifying.
It took a few months until she realized, "it's really just carrying the product and being a huge advocate of the workouts." She wasn't "selling"—she was helping people reach their fitness goals.
"People want a real person who has real struggles and is willing to share their journey. Just talk about it, share it, love it and you'll find people are drawn to you."
That realization helped her uncover her Why, and has become her great advice for new Coaches: "Just start. Try it. Do something. I did P90X. I got it. I loved it. So I talked about it. That's the key. Just share something you're comfortable with—something you're fired up about."
Adapt. Improvise. Overcome. (And sell like hell!)
At first, Lindsey was pretty much on her own. She wasn't part of a big, powerhouse Team. Didn't have a network of contacts she could ask for guidance. She didn't even have anyone she could eat with at Summit.
But she had a mission, and a burning determination to succeed.
"I just started training programs and Challenge Groups and all these things on my own…just hoping I was steering the ship correctly."
And she started connecting with other newbies. "The best thing I did when I did my first Challenge Group was get a partner. She's actually one of my Diamond Coaches today, but we joined about three weeks apart, and we didn't really know what we were doing."
The key for Lindsey was 'doing something', even without having all the right answers. She started a Challenge Group and things began to fall into place.
The Importance of New Coaches
Over time, Lindsey finds herself building more and more Challenge Groups. Spreading the word about Team Beachbody and it's mission is key to growing her business and supporting her Why – helping others.
"We get 30, 40, 50 Coaches and they start 'friending' each other on Facebook and before you know it, they're cheering each other on." And before she knows it, there's a new wave ready to join, and then another. And another.
Never Lose the Personal Touch.
Even as her group grows rapidly, Lindsey always makes time for the personal touch. She sends Monday morning motivational tips. She emails, tweets, texts and reaches out on Facebook. On Fridays, she sends a favorite healthy recipe from her own kitchen.
And she uses hardcore business tools—many that she's created—to keep her team completely on mission. "My team members striving for Diamond actually send me their Business Activity Tracker with real names listed. It keeps them honest because it's one thing to simply check it off, another one entirely to provide a name."
"With Coach prospects, I'll keep a running list of everyone they are chatting with, and role play with them and their downline."
That personal touch leads to referrals that then lead to other referrals. "If you really want to build a business, referrals are the key. I have a Challenger right now who brought in four Challengers with her… it's like this girl got her sister and then her sister got her co-worker and then the co-worker got her mom."
That's just one of the reasons Lindsey has sold 114 Challenge Packs and growing. And, to come full circle, it's one of the reasons Lindsey and her husband have found the financial freedom they always wanted.
Make Big Goals and Reach Them!
With her first year under her belt, Lindsey couldn't be more satisfied with her success. She's happier and healthier than ever before. She's building a network of Coaches who look to her for inspiration and ideas.
And she's seeing paychecks larger than she ever imagined. She and her husband don't have credit card debt. They're proud that he can be in the military without cutting into their income.
They see the possibility of truly achieving financial freedom. Or, as Lindsey says, "My husband and I see big things in the future. All the money I'm making from my Coaching… I kind of consider it to be my retirement plan. And I plan to retire a lot earlier than most people."
Don't "sell"—inspire. Ask questions, and listen carefully. Everyone has a Why. Your job is to find it, then show how you can solve it.
Don't wait. Dive right in. Don't have a lot of contacts? Make them. Don't understand Facebook? Learn it. Need a bigger network? Grow your own.
Always ask for referrals. People will come to see you as a problem-solver, someone who cares enough to help them… and their friends. Your reputation will grow and your business will explode!
Spread your Why. Share your journey. People trust someone who is real, open and honest. When you share your journey, you'll be surprised how many others want to tag along.
Add that Personal Touch. Never forget where you were when you started. Always remember to reach out to your Team and your new Coaches and help them grow. Helping others with their business will help yours in the end.

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Friends of South Surrey Park
Friends of South Surrey Park is active in South Surrey Park in Surrey Hills, Melbourne, working in conjunction with Boroondara Council on:
progressively replanting the park with indigenous native species
providing habitat for native animals such as birds and possums
providing timber seating and other amenities in the park
monitoring aquatic insect life in Back Creek that flows through the park intermittently.
removal of exotic weeds
restoration of the Back Creek water way, in conjuction with Melbourne Water
providing information about the park and group activities on a notice board situated near the high footbridge across Back Creek.
South Surrey Park follows the course of Back Creek from Union Road in the north to Riversdale Road, Melbourne in the South. There are well graded walking paths throughout the park, and a children's playground adjacent to Verdun Street.
Back Creek is an open water course through the park. This is unusual in Boroondara - most other water courses have been put into underground drains.
1 History of South Surrey Park
2 Working bees
2.1 Sunday 29 July 2007
2.2 Sunday 27 June 2010
2.3 Sunday 29 August 2010
[edit] History of South Surrey Park
The park was formed on land owned by Mr W. Kleinert, a coachbuilder and blacksmith of 34 Union Road.
A footbridge across the creek in the park was opened with ceremony in 1937 by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Winston Duggan. The footbridge partially collapsed in the 1990's and was rebuilt using only some new material, giving it a mish-mash appearance for many years. The bridge was fully rebuilt by Boroondara Council in 2007.
[edit] Working bees
[edit] Sunday 29 July 2007
Planting near Riversdale Road on the east side of Back Creek on National Tree day. The free BBQ was provided by Boroondara Council.
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[edit] Sunday 27 June 2010
Planting native grasses, herbs and small shrubs at the footbridge below Anderson Street.
[edit] Sunday 29 August 2010
Planting native grasses, herbs and small shrubs behind the Riversdale Road shops.
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Bilderberg agenda: Western elites meet to determine the future of Middle East and Africa
During the world's most secretive gathering the Bilderberg Group is set to discuss topics including cyber warfare, US foreign policy, "developments in the Middle East" and "Africa's challenges" despite the glaring absence of regional representatives.
The Bilderberg Group, long criticized for a lack of transparency, has revealed details of its upcoming meeting. This year 138 politicians, bank bosses, billionaires, chief executives and European royalty have confirmed their attendance to the invitation-only event, set to take place in Watford, England. The list notably includes only 14 women.
The group is comprised largely of individuals from financial and business backgrounds – there will be nearly three dozen CEOs and more than two dozen Chairmen of banks and petroleum giants. Twenty-three financial institutions will be represented at the five-star Grove Hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire, including Goldman Sachs.
As the list was released, critics could not help but point fingers at problems some of the attendees are currently facing in their respective fields.
Special attention has been placed on Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and Google's Eric Schmidt, as the two are currently facing unprecedented political pressure over their tax avoidance strategies. Google, for its part, has faced scrutiny amid reports that it paid just £10 million in corporation tax in Britain between 2006 and 2011, despite revenues of £11.9 billion.
Chancellor George Osborne and his Labour shadow Ed Balls, who have been making headlines with their spending and tax offers for the UK, will also rub shoulders with other participants of the Bilderberg Conference.
One of the guests is group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, which faced a stringent investigation in 2012 for allegedly assisting in the laundering of money from Mexico, Iran and Syria for terrorist networks and drugs cartels.
Among guests there are also the 75th and 70th US Treasury Secretaries, Tim Geithner and Robert Rubin, respectively.
There will be other leading figures such as Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, former US secretary of state and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Henry Kissinger, and David Petraeus, the former director of the CIA.
The list of prestigious names also includes the former Prime Ministers of France and Italy, François Fillon and Mario Monti.
There will also be scholars from some of the world's most prestigious universities – one from Harvard University, two from Stanford, and one from both Oxford and Princeton.
Starting June 6 for three days, the delegates will be discussing of the record a list of topics of universal importance, determining how the world should proceed.
"The conference has always been a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world," a Bilderberg spokesman said in a press release.
Originally founded in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America, this year's topics include an expansive range of issues.
With Europe still trying to find solutions for financial problems and growing unemployment, the elite guests are set to discuss "jobs, entitlement and debt", "politics of the European Union" and the broadly defined "current affairs".
Among the 12 "key topics" for this year's conference are "developments in the Middle East" and "Africa's challenges." The inclusion of "Africa's challenges" is an interesting choice, as the guest list is notably absent of any major (or minor) political or academic figures from that vast continent.
Despite Bilderberg's traditional exclusion of other areas of the world, six Turkish attendees are slated to be the only Middle Eastern voices at the conference. The inclusion of a large contingent from that country comes at an auspicious time, as political demonstrations continue throughout Turkey in opposition to the ruling AKP party.
The overlapping agendas of political and private sector leaders, as well as current and former political leaders is enough to make even the most conservative of observers start to wonder what may bear fruit as a result of the top-level, off-the-record conference.
As with gatherings of the G-8 and other international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, which tend to draw large, disruptive groups of demonstrators, Bilderberg has prepared a robust security apparatus to keep things running smoothly.
According to various reports by British media, UK taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of the 'exceptional costs' to police the meeting, which takes place in that country for the first time since 1998.
Source: RT News
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Join Warren Ness, the premiere rock sculpting trainer in beautiful Oceanside, California for an intense 2 day hands on rock carving seminar on February 28th and March 1st .
Warren was born in the Bronx N.Y. in the late 1970's. He discovered an appreciation for art at an early age and began developing his style. A family trip to the Bronx Zoo was his first exposure to faux environments and carved concrete, and eventually led to his interest in carving.
Experimenting with various 2D art mediums throughout the years, the intrigue of creating something beautiful and natural from concrete captured Warren's attention for most of his life. Scientific by nature, the challenge of using the physical properties of concrete to shape rock to look realistic has created an obsession, with the result of amazed clients across the United States.
Warren has had the privilege of working on some of most prestigious properties throughout the United States recreating mother nature.
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In this worksheet, students plan and write a description of a beach.
This worksheet is designed to help prepare you for the descriptive writing task you will be asked to do for your GCSE. You will carry out a number of short tasks culminating in an extended piece of writing.
Firstly you are going to create a plan for your descriptive writing. When writing descriptively, it is often a good idea to plan around the five senses.
To start off, we are going to work on the sense of sight. Write the heading Sight and list all the things you can imagine seeing on a beach of your choice.
Now look over your list and add colours to the things you have imagined seeing. If you can, add similes and alliteration to describe some of the things on the beach.
Now add the heading Sound and list all the things you might hear on a beach.
Try to include some onomatopoeic words such as 'crash'. You could also compare the sounds to other things through using similes or metaphors.
Now you are going to focus on the smells, textures and tastes of a beach. You may wish to focus on the feel of the sand and the smells and tastes from a beach bar.
Choose three or four things you might find on a beach. For each one, brainstorm as many different words and phrases as you can to describe its smell, taste and texture. You may wish to include some alliteration if you can.
Now it is time to write your description of a beach. You should write at least three paragraphs: one about the sights at the beach, one about the sounds and one about the smells, textures and tastes you might experience at a beach.
You should aim to spend about 20 minutes on this task. You can look at your previous answers at any time by pressing the 'Back' button.
When you have finished your parent or guardian will mark your writing using a mark scheme that is similar to the one used in GCSE writing examinations. You will be awarded a mark out of ten.
Check that the student has a list of things they might see on a beach and has used words and phrases to add colours and similes and alliteration to describe some things on the beach.
Check that the student has a list of words and phrases to describe what you might hear on a beach. They should have attempted to include some onomatopoeic words such as 'crash'. They may also compare the sounds to other things using similes or metaphors.
Check that the student has chosen three or four things you might find on a beach and for each one has brainstormed different words and phrases to describe the smell, taste and texture. They should include some alliteration if they can.
Read the student's work and then mark it according to this GCSE style mark scheme. Use a 'best fit' approach.
•	Paragraphs are used correctly and the student uses a range of different types of sentences with varied punctuation.
•	There is an attempt at correct use of paragraphs and sentences are mainly punctuated correctly with an attempt at varied punctuation.


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People often are amazed that some people never make it out of the city. Everybody should get of the city they live in and travel at least once in their lives.
Many people instead use the television to get their traveling fix. They make use of travel documentaries to see how the rest of the world looks and feels.
As mentioned earlier, the world is a book; with so many pages to be explored and enjoyed. Some people prefer to be outside and this is often the key to having a great trip because so many places have great outdoor features.
This means the dreams people have is finally going to come true because they are exploring some of the exotic places they found through the television.
Adventures can be had in a country on the other side of the world, but also simply in the state next door. Those who want to see the ocean can visit the numerous states that border it.
Pairing one's hobby such as rock climbing to the vacation would lead to finding spots that feature great rock formations.
You can explore new cultures when you travel to a foreign country. From the cool weather of the Arctic to the heat of the desert, there are so many places to explore.
Consider travel during off season to save a lot of money. Checking flights and hotels against various dates will help you to determine the best time to visit each place.
There is no reason for anyone to miss out on these adventures. For people who get nervous when they visit new places, they should start off very small and slowly work their way up in the adventures they take on.


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The Sands of Mars
Book by Arthur C. Clarke
This article is about the 1951 science-fiction novel. For sand on Mars, see Martian regolith and List of rocks on Mars. For sand zones of Mars, see Geography of Mars.
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The Sands of Mars is a science fiction novel by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. While he was already popular as a short story writer and as a magazine contributor, The Sands of Mars was also a prelude to Clarke's becoming one of the world's foremost writers of science fiction novels. The story was published in 1951, before humans had achieved space flight. It is set principally on the planet Mars, which has been settled by humans and is used essentially as a research establishment. The story setting is that Mars has been surveyed but not fully explored on the ground. The Sands of Mars was Clarke's first published novel.
1 Plot summary
4 Timing
5 Relations with other novels
Plot summary[edit]
Martin Gibson, a famous science fiction author, is travelling to Mars, as a guest of the crew of the spaceship Ares. After arriving at Space Station One, in the orbit of Earth, from which all interplanetary journeys start, he begins the three-month trip to Mars.
The youngest crew member, Jimmy Spencer, who is still in training to be an astronaut, is assigned the task of answering his questions about the technology of space flight, and they become friends. Gibson tells him about his early life, revealing that he had to leave Cambridge University because of a nervous breakdown and never completed his studies. After psychiatric treatment, he had become an author. He also reveals that he had an affair at university but that he and his girlfriend broke up and that she married another man, had a child and later died.
On Mars, Gibson and the crew go their separate ways. Gibson meets the Chief Executive of Mars, Warren Hadfield, and Mayor Whittaker, who run the colony from the base at Port Lowell. He discusses the future of the colony with Hadfield, who is keen to make Mars as self-sufficient as possible, given the vast distance that materials have to come from Earth.
On a trip by passenger jet to an outlying research station, Gibson and the crew are forced down by a dust storm. They explore the nearby area and discover a small group of kangaroo-like creatures, the unsuspected natives of Mars. They appear to have limited intelligence by human standards and are vegetarians, living on native plants.
It is later revealed that the plants are being cultivated by researchers to enrich the oxygen content of the Martian atmosphere. This project, and related others, are being kept secret from Earth.
Gibson discovers that Spencer is his son. In the meantime, Spencer has formed an attachment to Irene, Hadfield's daughter.
Hadfield reveals that scientists have been working on "Project Dawn", which involves the ignition of the moon Phobos and its use as a second "sun" for Mars. It will burn for at least one thousand years and the extra heat, together with mass production of the oxygen-generating plants, will eventually – it is hoped – make the Martian atmosphere breathable for humans.
Gibson finds himself so persuaded of the importance of Mars as a self-sufficient world that he applies to stay on the planet, and is invited to take charge of public relations – in effect, to "sell" Mars to potential colonists.
Reception[edit]
Italian edition. I Romanzi di Urania issue 1, Mondadori, 1952
J. Francis McComas, writing in The New York Times, declared Sands of Mars to be "a careful, thoughtful projection of the problems of government. . . . written with a quiet realism."[1] Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin described the novel as "genuinely good reading."[2] Boucher and McComas found it "first-level science fiction for the intelligent and literate reader.".[3] P. Schuyler Miller reported that although "the plot mechanism creaks a little, . . . [this] is one of the most believable trips to Mars."[4]
Clarke's vision of Mars was based on what was known or imagined in the 1950s. The Martian canals were long discredited, but it was not thought that Mars had mountains or craters. Seasonal changes visible from Earth were thought to be caused by vegetation of the sort the novel describes.
Some of the technology shown had not changed since the 1950s. For example, carbon paper and typewriters are used on the interplanetary ship, and cameras have film. Similarly the social structures are similar to the time Clarke was writing. While a woman engineer is mentioned, most of the females on Mars are assumed to be secretaries or receptionists and the only names given in the book are of European derivation.
The book was published later as part of The Space Trilogy, an omnibus of three of Clarke's earlier works which also includes Islands in the Sky and Earthlight.
A city on Mars named Port Lowell is also mentioned by Clarke in his 1955 short story "Refugee" and The Lost Worlds of 2001.
The transformation of Phobos into a second sun has similarities to what is done to Jupiter in Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two. In that case, alien technology triggers a fusion reaction in the planet, which is largely hydrogen. In the case of Phobos - tiny and mostly rock - Clarke proposes an imaginary "meson resonance reaction"[5] that has recently been discovered.
It has been claimed as an inspiration for the title of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's last and unfinished album, First Rays of the New Rising Sun. The album also contains an unfinished song "New Rising Sun" in which "Jupiter Sun" is mentioned.[citation needed]
Timing[edit]
No dates are given, but Gibson's 20-year career began before anyone had been in space. The space age is stated to have begun in the 1960s and 1970s, implying that the novel takes place in the 1990s. The level of the development is consistent with what Clarke imagined for 2001 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. An expedition to Saturn is mentioned in The Sands of Mars: the book version of 2001 involves the first voyage there.
Relations with other novels[edit]
Clarke's early space novels mostly foresee much the same sort of future, generally peaceful and with a benevolent world state. There are however no specific links between them, no repeat of fictional people or places. The current edition of The Sands of Mars appears in the same volume as Earthlight, but they are not definitely part of the same future. If they were, the Martian novel would be part of the past of the Lunar one, since humans in Earthlight have gone much further and the planets are now independent.
The idea of using a moon as a substitute sun was used by Pohl and Kornbluth in the 1959 novel Wolfbane.
Footnotes[edit]
^ "In the Realm of the Spacemen", The New York Times, September 14, 1952
^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1952, p.122
^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, October 1952, p.43
^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, October 1952, p.168
^ Chapter fifteen
Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 102. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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Islands in the Sky
Against the Fall of Night
Earthlight
The City and the Stars
The Deep Range
A Fall of Moondust
Dolphin Island
Imperial Earth
The Fountains of Paradise
The Songs of Distant Earth
Cradle (with Gentry Lee)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
The Hammer of God
Richter 10 (with Mike McQuay)
The Trigger (with Michael Kube-McDowell)
The Light of Other Days (with Stephen Baxter)
The Last Theorem (with Frederik Pohl)
Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey Two
2061: Odyssey Three
3001: The Final Odyssey
Rama series
Rama II (with Gentry Lee)
The Garden of Rama (with Gentry Lee)
Rama Revealed (with Gentry Lee)
A Time Odyssey
Time's Eye (with Stephen Baxter)
Sunstorm (with Stephen Baxter)
Firstborn (with Stephen Baxter)
Expedition to Earth
Reach for Tomorrow
Tales from the White Hart
The Other Side of the Sky
Tales of Ten Worlds
The Nine Billion Names of God
Of Time and Stars
The Wind from the Sun
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke
Tales from Planet Earth
More Than One Universe
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics
The Lost Worlds of 2001
The View from Serendip
The Odyssey File: The Making of 2010
How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey (comics)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (film)
Rendezvous with Rama (video game)
"The Star" (TV episode)
The Songs of Distant Earth (album)
Rama (video game)
Childhood's End (TV miniseries)
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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe
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God, the Universe and Everything Else
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Huw champions work of Department for International Development
For less than a penny in every pound, it is estimated that UK aid saves a life every two minutes. The Aid Transparency Index which measures effective aid spending, ranks the Department for International Development's (DFID) spending as the third most effective in the world and 'very good'. Huw spoke in the House of Commons of the power of our aid and why we should spend it via DFID and not in other departments who do not have the track record or expertise. It was essential, he said, to stand up for a department that spends that money very well.
View his speech here: https://goo.gl/C6Z1P2
UK Aid
Ensuring our International Aid budget delivers on the ground is a key concern of mine. This May Bank Holiday weekend, I travelled to the African country of Djibouti with UNICEF.


LOS ANGELES, CA (January 18, 2012) — Which wedding trends should you wave good-bye to in 2012? Dare-to-bare necklines, towering cake tiers and reckless registries, to name a few! Have no fear—WeddingChannel.com (www.weddingchannel.com), the number-one wedding and gift registry website, has created a list of wedding details not to skip during wedding planning this year.
To help couples get inspired for their own nuptials, WeddingChannel.com recruited the most sought-after pros, who have worked with some of Hollywood's top A-listers like Katie Holmes, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Katherine Heigl, Jim Carrey and Billy Joel, to give an insider's look at what's in (and out) for 2012.
Some of the most recent celeb weddings offer style ideas that step away from the overdone vintage theme. Be inspired by Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth's country-chic wedding that took place at her rustic ranch, where guests were seated at long wooden tables, served mustard-grilled chicken and herb-roasted lamb and danced to the sounds of a bluegrass band. Reese even donned a pair of cowboy boots when it was time to hit the dance floor. If water and sun are your wedding day must-haves, take a cue from Brooke Burke and David Charvet, who exchanged vows on a 77-foot yacht in St. Barts with an intimate guest list and ended the night by sending a handwritten message in a bottle out to sea. Wine lovers? Look to the Napa nuptials of Seth Rogen, Tamera Mowry and Nikki Reed for influence.
When it comes to bouquets, don't be afraid of green. Think: mixed greenery with lots of texture such as bupleurum, hellebores, green hydrangeas and green dianthus for a monochromatic arrangement of lush foliage that differs from the traditional floral bouquet. Even incorporate greenery into your bridal party look like Kate Moss did with lush, green head wreaths worn by her bridesmaids. "Bouquets that are textural and interesting, yet not busy are in for 2012. Remember, it's about you, then the dress, then the flowers. Not the other way around," says Todd Fiscus, owner/creative director of Todd Events, whose clients include Tony Romo, Eli Mannng and Jay-Z.
Thanks in part to Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's airplane ticket wedding invitation to their Necker Island nuptials, dual-purpose interactive invitations are on the rise. "Airline ticket invites for destination weddings, invites that double as fans for an outdoor affair and comic book save-the-dates that tell the engaged couple's story are definitely in for 2012," predicts Ceci Johnson, founder and creative director of Ceci New York, who's designed invitations for Diddy and Katherine Heigl.
Definitely out in wedding videos this year? The choreographed bridal party dances we've seen time and time again to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Chris Brown's "Forever" and even Justin Bieber. Expanding beyond the popular "Sh*t Brides Say" YouTube video, brides are having a blast making fun of the silly (and sometimes ridiculous) things they've said and done during their wedding planning via Comedy Central-style roast videos. We won't be surprised if more of these videos pop up at bachelorette parties where bridesmaids have the opportunity to "roast" the bride-to-be as a fun send-off before her big day.
If your registry includes things like a $1,200 serving spoon, $500 teapot and nothing under $100, you're sure to upset more than a few of your guests. Instead of registering for the most expensive items you can find and not considering your guests, take a cue from Kate and Wills and create a charity registry. "At a time when most couples are feelings so thankful for what they have, theCharity Donation Program on WeddingChannel.com provides the perfect opportunity to give back to those who are less fortunate," says Amy Eisinger, associate editor of WeddingChannel.com.


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The Latest: Trump says Huawei still on blacklist
FILE - In this June 9, 2019 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter smiles as he returns to Maranatha Baptist Church to teach Sunday School, less than a month after falling and breaking his hip, in Plains Ga. The 94-year-old former U.S. president said Friday, June 28, that he believes Russia's meddling "if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016." Carter said he believes Trump "lost the election" and became president "because the Russians interfered on his behalf." (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump, center, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as they gather for a group photo at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference following the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump adjusts his jacket as he poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
OSAKA, Japan — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia. (all times local):
President Donald Trump is not yet willing to remove the Chinese telecom giant Huawei from a trade blacklist.
But the president said Saturday that he would now allow U.S. companies to sell components to Huawei again.
The fate of the company had become central in the ongoing US-China trade battle. Trump, attending an international summit in Japan, announced that negotiations between the two nations would resume.
But Trump said that the company's future would not be decided until the end of the trade talks.
He met with China's President Xi Jinping earlier Saturday but said that the topic of Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive held in Canada at the request of the United States, was not discussed.
President Donald Trump says he did warn Russian President Vladimir Putin about interfering in upcoming U.S. elections.
Trump joked with Putin about the matter when they met Friday on the margins of a summit in Japan. Asked Saturday about his demeanor, Trump said to "take a look at the words. I did say it."
Trump has been criticized for appearing unserious about Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Federal investigators recently found extensive interference by Russia in the election Trump won. Trump bristles at suggestions that he was elected with foreign help.
He previously has accepted Putin's denials of meddling, and noted again Saturday that "he denies it totally."
Trump said he's giving "very serious consideration" to visiting Moscow next spring for the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat.
President Donald Trump is weighing in on Thursday evening's Democratic presidential debate and arguing that California Sen. Kamala Harris has gotten too much credit for a blistering attack on former Vice President Joe Biden.
Trump is offering his assessment during a press conference marking the end of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
Harris has been widely praised for her move highlighting Biden's opposition to public school busing during the 1970s. But Trump says he thinks she "was given far too much credit for what she did" and says her answer came "right out of a box."
Trump also says Biden was no Winston Churchill — a reference to the great orator — but argued his performance wasn't that bad.
Trump is also threatening, without evidence, that the markets will crash if a Democrat beats him.
President Donald Trump is defending his decision not to confront Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Bin Salman over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump on Friday praised Mohammed as his "friend" as they met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, but ignored reporters' questions about the crown prince's alleged role in the killing last year.
Trump is calling the killing "horrible," but says that Saudi Arabia has "been a terrific ally." He's also suggesting he's satisfied with steps the country is taking to prosecute some of those involved, while claiming that "nobody so far has pointed directly a finger at the future king of Saudi Arabia."
A U.N. expert has called for an investigation into his alleged involvement in the killing at the Saudi consulate in Turkey last year. And U.S. intelligence officials concluded that bin Salman must have at least known of the plot.
President Donald Trump says Jimmy Carter is a "nice man" but he was "terrible" as America's president.
Trump on Saturday hit back at Carter after he was asked about Carter's comment that Trump is president only because of Russian interference. Carter commented Friday during a human rights discussion in Virginia, but offered no evidence for his statement.
Asked about Carter's comment during a news conference in Japan, Trump says Carter is a Democrat and what he said is a "typical talking point."
Trump says he was elected because he worked "harder and smarter" than his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
President Donald Trump says he'd "feel very comfortable" crossing the border into North Korea if he meets Kim Jong Un at the heavily-fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone separating the North from South Korea.
Trump was asked about the prospect during a news conference in Japan marking the end of a Group of 20 summit.
Trump earlier Saturday invited Kim by tweet to meet him at the border, "just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!" It would be their third face-to-face.
Trump says he'd "have no problem" becoming the first U.S. president to cross the border while he's there.
Trump and Kim last met in Vietnam in February, but that summit collapsed with no progress.
President Donald Trump says he's holding off on new China tariffs for the "time being" and the U.S. and China will restart stalled trade talks.
Trump made the announcement Saturday in Japan following a lengthy meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He says U.S. tariffs already in place against Chinese imports will remain, but that new tariffs he's threatened to slap on billions worth of other Chinese goods will not be put in place.
Trump says "we're going to work with China where we left off."
Talks broke off after several rounds of negotiations after the U.S. accused China of reneging on agreements it had already made.
President Donald Trump says he may be meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Sunday during a visit to the demilitarized zone with South Korea. But he says nothing has been set just yet.
Trump offered the update during a press conference as he wraps up his appearance at the Group of 20 summit in Japan hours after tweeting his invitation.
Trump says Kim has responded to the offer and was "very receptive" to the idea. He says: "We may be meeting with Chairman Kim... we'll find out."
It's unclear whether Trump was referring to a private communication or public comments from North's First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who called the prospect of a meeting a "very interesting suggestion."
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to a new cease-fire in a yearlong trade war.
That's according to Xinhua, the Chinese state-run news agency. The outlet reported Saturday that the leaders had agreed that stalled trade talks would resume and that the U.S. would hold off on threatened additional tariffs on Chinese goods.
The two leaders had sought to de-escalate a prolonged trade war between the economic powerhouses despite doubts about their willingness to compromise on a long term solution.
The apparent truce marks a pattern for talks between Trump and Xi, who have professed their friendship with each other and hit the pause button on protectionist measures after their conversations, only to see negotiations later break down over the contentious details.
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After taking free agent visits to Detroit and Seattle, veteran pro bowl guard T.J. Lang had offers to weigh from the Lions, Seahawks and Packers.
Lang settled on a three-year deal with the Lions, worth a reported $28.5 million, including $19 million in guaranteed money.
The 29-year-old Lang spent six seasons with the Packers and Green Bay wanted him back, but at their price.
The Packers resigned outside linebacker Nick Perry to a five-year, $60 million deal. Then, after talks broke off with Jared Cook, the Packers signed free agents Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks.
Lang played his college football at Eastern Michigan and has a home in Michigan, so his signing with Detroit makes sense. Not to mention, the Lions have a good quarterback (Matthew Stafford) and are a playoff caliber team.
Three members of the Green Bay Packers were selected Tuesday to play in the Pro Bowl by the NFL.
Guard T.J. Lang, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and quarterback Aaron Rodgers were selected to the squad. Tackle David Bakhtiari and wide receiver Jordy Nelson were named first alternates.
Other alternates include wide receiver Davante Adams, defensive tackle Mike Daniels and fullback Aaron Ripkowski.
Lang has been selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his eight-year career after being named an alternate each of the last two seasons. He has started 89 games since 2011, the most by a Packers' offensive player.
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike Pennel will serve another four-game suspension for violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. Pennel will be eligible to return for any postseason games.
It's Pennel's second four-game suspension this season, violating the league's substance abuse policy for a second time. He also missed the first four games of the season.
Pennel resolved a lawsuit that he filed in Ohio federal court earlier this week. Pennel could have been suspended six to 10 games for a second violation.
The Packers say they won't comment any further on Tuesday's announcement.
Pennel has just five tackles in eight games but did have a tackle for loss against the Houston Texans on Sunday. His departure likely means more snaps for rookie Dean Lowery who had his best game last Sunday.


An entrepreneur and investor walk into a bar. The entrepreneur hands the investor an NDA. The investor walks out.
Ever meet an entrepreneur who is so excited about his idea but won't share anything until you sign an NDA? Or maybe you're that entrepreneur. It's common, but also very unnecessary. We're here to tell you that you should share your idea with as many people as possible to receive market feedback and validation. Time and again, we meet a client who develops his idea in a cave. Only to emerge one year later and find out the market actually doesn't care about the product or service. NDAs have a time and place, but you don't have to make everyone you meet sign one just to share your brilliant idea.
Let's get to the point. Who signs NDAs? And when?
1. Share general information without an NDA.
You should shout from the rooftops, take experts to coffee, and share your idea with your target customers to gain feedback and create the best possible product/service on the market. Determine what information you're happy and comfortable with sharing without a confidentiality agreement.
If a followup conversation presents itself, then you should consider bringing an NDA into the mix.
Never present an investor with a nondisclosure agreement right off the bat. Like our joke at the beginning of the blog post, the investor will walk out on you or at least laugh in your face. Investors won't sign NDAs because they meet with hundreds of businesses each year. If investors sign an NDA for all companies, they subject themselves to liability in the future. For example, if they meet with a dog walking startup in January and sign an NDA but don't invest, and in August they invest in a different dog walking startup, the January startup could sue the investors for a potential breach of the NDA.
You should share your idea with everyone (and their mom) to get market validation, establish feedback loops, and iterate your product/service to meet the market's demands. If an investor wants the specific information, it is a case-by-case basis on whether or not you should include an NDA in the discussion.
2. Under an NDA, disclose specific information.
This is where the exceptions come in. Who should you not share detailed information with? Competitors and potential acquirers. Often times, without an NDA (and sometimes even with one) these conversations become phishing expeditions where the company is just searching for your secret sauce.
Remember the TiVo and Dish Network intellectual property fight? TiVo made Dish Network sign an NDA. Dish made a business decision to reinvent TiVo's technology for its own service, and not acquire TiVo. The settlement? $500 million.
Don't be afraid to take a meeting without an NDA. There are exceptions, but there isn't a clear line as to how effective an NDA is, anyways. Of course, as good lawyers will tell you, when you are sharing information, don't disclose everything under the sun; instead, disclose information carefully and thoughtfully. Ready for more dos and don'ts? Read our blog post, 10 Legal Failures That Can Lead to Startup Death.
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Hayley Williams reflects on Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters' influence on Paramore
Hayley Williams has spoken about the influence that Foo Fighters and their late drummer Taylor Hawkins have had on Paramore during the latest episode of her radio show Everything Is Emo.
Williams is currently presenting the weekly 20-part series for BBC Sounds' Back To Back Sounds: Amplified, where she is sharing "her love of the music that shaped the 90s through to the current day".
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In this week's episode of Everything Is Emo, Williams spent time discussing the influence that Paramore have drawn from Foo Fighters over the years.
"[Foo Fighters] are a really important band to everyone, the whole world," she said. "But such an important band to Paramore. When I first met the guys, there were a few albums that we talked about a lot, that we referenced a lot, Foo Fighters was a band that always came up."
Williams then recalled how their drummer Zac Farro was in need of "a good drum kit" when Paramore first began playing shows, which resulted in him being gifted a kit that was previously owned by Hawkins.
"A friend that lived in town leant him a drum kit – which he ultimately gave to him – and it belonged to Taylor Hawkins first," she said. "For our first shows and tours, it's like we stole a blessing from Taylor Hawkins. It's like we took it as him saying, 'Yes, go forth and continue'."
Taylor Hawkins, who tragically died in March 2022 (Picture: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)
Williams then spoke further about Hawkins, who passed away in March in Bogotá, Colombia where Foo Fighters had been touring.
"I think about Taylor Hawkins a lot, when I think about Zac's playing," she said. "I don't want to centre myself or Paramore in the conversation around Taylor Hawkins' death, but it's just to say that he meant a lot to so many people and there are so many stories I'm sure we're yet to hear about him, and things that he's done for people, ways that he's touched peoples' lives.
"But I think, more than anything, as a music fan and as a Foo Fighters fan, I love what [Hawkins] did for Dave Grohl. I listen to his album 'There's Nothing Left To Lose' and I know it's the first record that Taylor played on. He joined the Foo Fighters and they made this record together. And you can hear the difference; I think that it brought out something in Dave Grohl's voice and the way that he wrote, all of it.
"It just really resonates with me and I loved this record so much as a teenager."
The likes of Joan Jett, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam have all paid fresh tribute to Hawkins this week.
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Hayley Williams has spoken about the influence that Foo Fighters and their late drummer Taylor Hawkins have had on Paramore during the latest episode of her radio show Everything Is Emo. Williams is currently presenting the weekly 20-part series for BBC Sounds' Back To Back Sounds: Amplified, where she is sharing "her love of the music…
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New Tax Credit Program In Maryland Looks To Revitalize Small Film IndustryA new tax credit program is aiming to revitalize the small film industry in Maryland.
'House of Cards' Filming Friday In BaltimoreIt's the sixth and final season of the show.
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Production Crew Of 'House Of Cards' To Be Paid For Additional Two WeeksCrew members for the Netflix series, 'House of Cards' will get an additional two weeks pay while production on the show is halted.
'House Of Cards' Production Crew Will Continue To Be Paid During HiatusThe suspension of Netflix's "House of Cards" amid the Kevin Spacey sex scandal will not affect the paychecks of the show's production team.
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Kevin Spacey Seeking Treatment After Sexual Misconduct AllegationsRepresentatives for Kevin Spacey have sent an e-mail to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun that the actor is "taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment."
House Of Cards Suspends Season 6 Production Amid Allegations About SpaceyProduction has been suspended on the upcoming and final season of "House of Cards," Netflix announced Tuesday.
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Aspiring Actors Audition For Political Drama 'House Of Cards' In Bel AirA lucky few got a chance Saturday to audition for one of the hottest shows out right now that films in and around Baltimore -- House of Cards.
'Game Of Thrones' Earns A Leading 24 Emmy Award NominationsThe elaborate fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" received a leading 24 Emmy Awards nominations Thursday, its stature apparently untouched by backlash over a female character's rape scene.
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Covid announcement expected as key Omicron data is released at 4pm
The impact of the Christmas period will be revealed in key figures
Aletha Adu
Jenny MoodySenior reporter
New statistics are expected to show the impact of Omicron over the Christmas period when they are shown to Government officials in England today.
The latest figures are set to be released at 4pm, and Boris Johnson was scheduled to be briefed by chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser, it has been revealed.
Chaired by the Prime Minister from Chequers, there will be a virtual meeting to determine if new covid restrictions are needed to curb Omicron, the Mirror reports.
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Three days worth of data will be lumped into one report and it will be the first time officials will see how Omicron has spread over the Christmas period.
The latest UK infection data currently in the public domain dates back to Christmas Eve, when more than 122,000 people tested positive in the previous 24 hours, while hospital data on the Government dashboard has not been updated since December 20.
Ahead of its publication, a Tory heavyweight said medics "try to make out the worst possible case" when using figures.
Urging the PM to be "very very cautious", Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, treasurer of the powerful 1922 Committee of backbench Tories, told LBC: "All these medics try and make out the worst possible case, but actually if you look at the infectivity rate among the entire population of the UK, in every category for tests of antibodies it is well over 90%.
"The latest figures we had before Christmas showed that the number of cases in hospital was relatively stable – and that is the main measure why we need any further lockdowns, is to deal with infectivity in hospitals, and I don't see that before Christmas."
England is currently under the UK Government's Plan B rulebook, with guidance to work from home, mask wearing in shops and other public settings, and Covid passes to gain entry to large events.
Mr Johnson has yet to announce any further rules for England but has indicated he will not hesitate to act after Christmas if required amid rising cases of the Omicron variant.
The Government, according to reports, may choose to issue new voluntary guidance on limiting contacts rather than risk another damaging Tory rebellion by recalling Parliament to impose new rules beyond the existing Plan B measures.
The Times reported that, even if more measures are imposed, plans are being drawn up so that weddings and funerals – deemed "significant life events" – would be exempt from any new rules and disruption.
Adam Finn, professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol, said the number of staff absences due to Covid infections was likely to play a part in the Government's thinking on whether to go further than Plan B.
"Clearly there are still large numbers of new cases being detected," he told PA.
"I assume that hospital bed occupancy and staff absences due to isolation rules will be the critical factors on the public health side of any decision."
Stephen Barclay, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was due to chair a meeting on Monday, according to The Times, on how to mitigate the impact of absences in the healthcare sector.
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