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Utility Cybersecurity: Shut Back Doors to Critical Operational Systems
Cyberattacks on utilities are becoming more frequent, more successful, and more dangerous. While utilities have some of the most sophisticated and effective cybersecurity measures and protocols in place and update them frequently, they also face significant and proven vulnerabilities posed by third-party vendors.
Utility Security: Shut Back Doors to Critical Systems
Early in 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI issued a Technical Alert (TA18-074A)1 warning that the Russian government is targeting the energy and other industrial sectors. Attacks were comprised of strategic, multi-stage campaigns, using techniques such as spear-phishing and staging of malware, all designed to conduct network reconnaissance and collect information pertaining to industrial control systems (ICS). The ultimate goal for these threat agents: reach a point where they can throw switches.
Before this alert was released, Symantec issued its own report on these campaigns, detailing what it referred to as the re-emergence of a cyberespionage group known as "Dragonfly," which had been targeting the energy sector since at least 2011.2 After a period of relative quiet, the Dragonfly group re-appeared in 2015, continuing its efforts to carry out campaigns aimed at learning how utility facilities operate and maneuvering its way towards gaining access to the ICS themselves.
Of note, Symantec had previously described Dragonfly as "technically adept and able to think strategically."3 It continued with: "given the size of some of its targets, the group found a 'soft underbelly' by compromising [utility] suppliers, which are invariably smaller, less protected companies."
As detailed by the DHS and FBI, these threat actors target two distinct categories of victims—staging and intended targets. Hackers begin by exploiting the systems and applications provided by trusted third-party suppliers—staging targets—using any opening as a pivot point to gain direct access to utility systems, the intended target. Utilities use many applications, components, and systems that are developed, installed, and upgraded by third-party vendors, including mission-critical communications technology. These communication systems often share a common network that is necessary not only for day-to-day operations, but also for resiliency and restoration processes. Protecting these third-party, mission-critical communications systems must be a consideration when assessing and managing a utility's overall cybersecurity posture.
While the task is daunting and there are many areas for concern, there are multiple, achievable ways to provide systems with secure operating environments. This paper identifies some of the energy-focused ones for consideration.
The best defense against any cybersecurity attack starts with the front line of an organization and extends to business partners. Employees, contractors, and third-party suppliers must be trained to be vigilant regarding system and application use, maintenance, and physical access. These individuals are the ones most likely to be targeted and are also the people who, when properly trained, will be first to notice an attempted intrusion. Training should be performed systematically and tailored to align with business roles to ensure best practices for cybersecurity are always top of mind. The objective for training should be to instill a culture of cybersecurity, one where individuals are vigilant about recognizing potential threats and equipped with processes and procedures to fend them off.
On October 18, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the supply chain risk management reliability standards, CIP-013-1, submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in response to the commission's directives from Order No.829.4 The purpose of CIP-013-1 is to mitigate cybersecurity risks in a utility's supply chain, including communications technology and ICS. Compliance with CIP-013-1 requires the development of one or more plans to address four objectives for high- and medium-impact Bulk Electric System (BES) cybersystems:5
Software integrity and authenticity.
Vendor remote access.
Information system planning.
Vendor risk management and procurement controls.
Before procuring any mission-critical system, including a communications technology, energy companies should closely examine their vendors' security protocols, including how often measures are updated to counter evolving threats. Vendors must be held accountable to ensure that software, hardware, and other components have not been tampered with or maliciously infected before arrival onsite. Specific security requirements, expectations, and controls should be included in a Statement of Work (SOW), contracts, and Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Another alternative is to tie payments to the validation of implemented security controls and features. This linkage will motivate vendors to be vigorous in their compliance, tightening their own security and achieving higher standards through creative, enhanced solutions.
For hardware and software designed and manufactured overseas, vendors should be required to utilize tamper tapes to secure boxes and track all shipments end-to-end using a certified signature method. The goal is to create an audit trail and ensure the shipment never deviates from its safe route to its destination. Even with strict controls, it is a challenge for the average vendor to accomplish the objectives because of inadequate processes or controls. Unfortunately, non- compliant vendors may be the only option available. Nonetheless, utilities should push back and demand vendors do more to reduce the likelihood of breaches and exploitations.
Before granting system access to a vendor, complete a thorough screening and contract process. Ensure vendor employees have gone through background checks. Also, use only secure connections from the vendor's network. The vendor must be able to adhere to the utility's corporate security policy. A review of the vendor's security policy and controls may be necessary to find out how well the vendor is going to be able to secure the utility's data and the interconnections between both systems. Only vetted and authorized personnel should be allowed onto the utility's network.
This vendor-focused activity leads to Vendor Risk Management and Supply Chain Risk Management efforts at a corporate level, which is now recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through its published guidance document, SP 800-161 "Supply Chain Risk Management Practices."6
Testing of Systems and Applications
After a successful implementation of security awareness training and supply chain risk management, the next step is to test the mission-critical systems and applications in a controlled environment before deploying into the production network. Mission-critical communication systems should be set up and tested using various automated and manual tools to validate that security requirements, expectations, and controls are met. Scenarios such as misuse testing— acting like a user—are employed to provide some confidence that the application will behave correctly under stress-based conditions. These tests are sometimes performed by external organizations under the term, "red team." Vulnerability testing, looking for common security weaknesses, penetration testing, and acting like a hacker should be considered at this phase. Any discovered vulnerabilities should be noted and communicated to the appropriate vendor. If the vendor cannot immediately resolve the issue, then request the vendor create a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) item, including a secure workaround until the vulnerabilities are fixed. The ultimate objective is to introduce "clean" systems and applications to the production environment to establish a clean baseline.
Ports, Services, and Protocols Management
Utilities should require vendors to provide architecture and networking design of a mission-critical communications system. It should include all hardware and software connections and state the necessary source and destination ports, including port ranges, and services and processes tied to each port required for business operations. Only the required logical network ports and services deemed necessary should be utilized. It is essential to identify approved ports and services to help network defenders manage network traffic through firewalls and intrusion-detection and prevention systems. The best practice is to logically disable/uninstall unnecessary ports and services on all devices within the production environment to mitigate unauthorized access. In addition, a packet-filtering firewall should be leveraged to look at destination and source addresses, ports, and services requested. At the network layer, only the approved whitelisted ports and services should be accepted. All unauthorized incoming and outgoing traffic should be disabled or blocked.
Security Patch Management
Every applicable major and minor release of security patches and firmware updates from third-party vendors should be tracked and evaluated expeditiously. Test security patches and firmware updates in a controlled environment prior to full production deployment. Confirm that each new device is fully patched before deploying to the production environment. Utilize an application and system scanning tool to validate that security patches and firmware updates are up-to-date.
There is an intricate balance with patch management—security verses availability. There are times when a security patch could impair the behavior of the system or cause downtime. A secured system that is not fully functioning or offline is useless. Meanwhile, an available system with security holes may be subject to various threats. Utilities and their suppliers should be able to assess risk versus reward as well as potential compensating measures. Not all vulnerabilities have related patches, so system administrators must not only be aware of applicable vulnerabilities and available patches, but also of other methods of remediation (e.g., device or network configuration changes, employee training) that limit the exposure of systems to vulnerabilities.
Malicious Software Management
Malware attacks come in many insidious forms, from viruses, worms, and Trojan horses, to hybrids and exotic programs. There are various malware solutions on the market. Choosing the right solution for the appropriate environment can be an overwhelming task. The right solution should at least provide standard and embedded system and application protection and must be updated to receive and distribute the latest definitions. Additionally, the solution should have the option of either agent or agentless deployment. For embedded devices that do not support malware solutions, it is essential to have a layered approach—firewall and intrusion detection and prevention systems. These compensating controls will help cover and reduce potential exposure. Some mission- critical communication systems may not be able to run a malware solution due to an adverse impact on the system and application. In this case, the best option is to exclude the identified and approved directories and executables to maintain a host-based malware solution.
Configuration and Baseline Profile Management
Configuration management should be instituted to reduce unauthorized changes and record implemented changes. Utilities should establish a Configuration Control Board (CCB), which is typically comprised of business unit and information technology managers. The CCB is the organizational group responsible for overseeing all configuration changes to active systems, including approving, disapproving, or deferring a request, managing costs, and minimizing downtime. When a change is presented to the CCB for approval, the system and application owners should be notified before authorization. This allows for review and evaluation of the proposed change to be conducted. After deployment, all parties involved in any update—including vendors, users, and application owners—should be notified to allow time to provide information and training to the operators and support staff affected by the change. Whenever unscheduled changes must be implemented, and time does not allow for a prescribed protocol to be followed, those changes should still be managed and controlled. A solid change-management process that includes proper vetting will help minimize changes that could have an adverse impact on the production environment.
A mission-critical communications system should not only go through change control, but a baseline profile should be established for each device and application. It is important to utilize an automated tool to have an established baseline structure. If any change deviates from the baseline without an approved change control, then the tool should flag such incidents and a specialized team should carefully investigate. If it's a false positive, accept those changes as the new baseline. If not, remove the change and perform testing to ensure the system and application have not been adversely altered or compromised. Validate that both the system and application are in a secure state and working appropriately.
System Access and Alert Notification
Access control begins and ends with an organization's internal policy. The appropriate policy should support local domain or Active Directory authentication. The appropriate data and asset owners should identify approved users and determine access, permission, and restrictions for user roles assigned to a given asset. User access should be restricted based on roles and responsibilities. Role- based access helps prevent unauthorized access to critical and important applications and systems. Further, implementing strong password complexity settings, secure connection, and two-factor authentication will help safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of system and application access. An important aspect of system and application access that is often overlooked is the removal or adjustment of access rights and default credentials. When an employee has been transferred or terminated, or the status of a vendor has changed, the access to electronic systems, applications, and physical facilities should be reviewed, adjusted, and disabled/removed in a timely manner. Also, remove or change default usernames and passwords tied to systems and applications to eliminate the possibility of exploitation.
A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Manager and SNMP Agent should be installed in the appropriate environment to query, collect, and send system and application information. Whenever a notification trap is triggered (disk capacity, hardware failure, system offline, successful and unsuccessful authentications, password threshold, error messages, etc.), an alert should be sent to the appropriate groups and/or personnel. The alert notification allows system and application custodians to be proactive and help defend the physical and logical security boundaries.
Applications, especially web applications, are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The primary problem with an insecure application usually lies in the roots of the software development foundation and process. That's why utilities should expect their mission-critical communication system vendors to participate in an ongoing audit and compliance process for their systems. A vendor that has participated in vulnerability testing, penetration testing, black-box testing, or white-box testing has a proven level of due diligence.
Before procuring an application, energy companies should request NERC-CIP, NIST 800-53, and other relevant security compliance or certification accreditation. Without knowing the status of the application source code and pre-existing vulnerabilities, software defects, and logical flaws, the organization opens their network infrastructure for potential exploitation.
Additionally, utilities should review and use standards that are accepted and instituted for application security such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). This project is an open, worldwide security community dedicated to enabling organizations to develop, purchase, and maintain applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) that can be trusted. The following page provides an overview of OWASP's Top 10 Application Security Risks, as produced in December 2017, with the general causes for each risk.7
OWASP's Top 10 Application Security Risks
A1: Injection
Injection flaws, such as SQL, OS, and LDAP injection, occur when untrusted data is sent to an interpreter as part of a command or query. The attacker's hostile data can trick the interpreter into executing unintended commands or accessing data without proper authorization.
A6: Security Misconfiguration
Good security requires having a secure configuration defined and deployed for the application, frameworks, application server, web server, database server, and platform. Secure settings should be defined, implemented, and maintained, as defaults are often insecure. Additionally, software should be kept up-to-date
A2: Broken Authentication
Exposure Application functions related to authentication and session management are often not implemented correctly, allowing attackers to compromise passwords, keys, or session tokens, or to exploit other implementation flaws to assume other users' identities.
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
XSS flaws occur whenever an application takes untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or escaping. XSS allows attackers to execute scripts in the victim's browser that can hijack user sessions, deface web sites, or redirect the user to malicious sites.
A3: Sensitive Data
Many web applications do not properly protect sensitive data, such as credit cards, tax IDs, and authentication credentials. Attackers may steal or modify such weakly protected data to conduct credit card fraud, identity theft, or other crimes. Sensitive data deserves extra protection such as encryption at rest or in transit, as well as special precautions when exchanged using a browser.
A8: Insecure Deserialization
Exploitation of deserialization is somewhat difficult, as off-the-shelf exploits rarely work without changes or tweaks to the underlying exploit code. The impact of deserialization flaws cannot be overstated. These flaws can lead to remote code execution attacks, one of the most serious attacks possible.
A4: XML External Entities (XXE)
Attackers can exploit vulnerable XML processors if they can upload XML or include hostile content in an XML document, exploiting vulnerable code, dependencies, or integrations. These flaws can be used to extract data, execute a remote request from the server, scan internal systems, perform a denial-of- service attack, as well as execute other attacks.
A9: Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
Components, such as libraries, frameworks, and other software modules, almost always run with full privileges. If a vulnerable component is exploited, such an attack can facilitate serious data loss or server takeover. Applications using components with known vulnerabilities may undermine application defenses and enable a range of possible attacks and impacts.
A5: Broken Access Control
Exploitation of access control is a core skill of attackers. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools can detect the absence of access control, but cannot verify if it is functional when present. Access control is detectable using manual means, or possibly through automation for the absence of access controls in certain frameworks. When they gain access control, attackers can act as users or administrators with the ability to use privileged functions and create, access, update, or delete every record.
A10: Insufficient Logging and Monitoring
Exploitation of insufficient logging and monitoring has caused nearly every major incident. Attackers rely on the lack of monitoring and timely response to achieve their goals without being detected. Most successful attacks start with vulnerability probing. Allowing such probes to continue can raise the likelihood of successful exploitation to nearly 100 percent. In 2016, identifying a breach took an average of 191 days — plenty of time for damage to be inflicted.
OWASP developed this list to educate developers, designers, architects, managers, and organizations about the consequences of the most common and most important web application security weaknesses. This guidance and these basic techniques will help protect against high-risk problem areas.
To this extent, application development frameworks, such as the OWASP-developed Software Application Maturity Model (SAMM), have been developed, instituted, and implemented by many software and systems companies over the past few years, providing a guide for software security strategy, evaluation, and measurement. System and application security, however, must be an ongoing process, not a destination. There is no bulletproof solution to completely protect or isolate systems and applications from being compromised by threat actors. To better manage and protect systems and applications, it is essential to examine governance and administrative policies, operational and technical risks, and implemented controls. With a good foundation and understanding of risk and control management, organizations can better protect, mitigate, and manage cybersecurity risks.
Above all, the implementation of a comprehensive security ecosystem starts with a paradigm shift throughout the organization, from senior officers to end users. Without proper management support and a culture of continuous improvement that includes ongoing security awareness training, organizations will struggle and likely fail to defend their systems and applications.
The internal and regulatory pressure to protect systems and applications is already enormous. As the public learns more about emerging threats and vulnerabilities, they put on more pressure for an urgent response. Businesses and organizations then push vendors and manufacturers to quickly develop security patches and hotfixes to protect or mitigate system and application holes and exploitations. While the urgency is real, it's easy to overreact in such an environment, resulting in quickly developed solutions that can cause adverse impacts on hardware and software. Software repairs require testing and review of the patches themselves. Installing these software components quickly can, and often does, lead to other software, hardware, and system deficiencies and weaknesses that are open to unforeseen compromise. Therefore, it's important for utilities to follow a methodical development, testing, and implementation process, such as the OWASP-based SAMM, to mitigate the introduction of any other potential vulnerabilities.
Applications running with web enablement make up most of the development in today's rapidly advancing technology market. Multiple lessons have been learned since the World Wide Web was invented in 1989 with respect to conducting secure transactions and communications. Some of these lessons include such things the deployment of web-application firewalls (WAFs) between web servers and the internet, and validating inputs and testing by ensuring inputs are within the expected range.
Other advancements include handling errors and exceptions with invisibility to the user so motivated attackers cannot get additional information about potential weaknesses in the application, and creating self-monitoring software that monitors the user's activity to flag unusual events and actions.
Mission-critical communication technology vendors may have different software development life cycles (SDLC), but the goal of any energy organization is to understand pre-existing software weaknesses and mitigation steps. Applications are usually compromised because of poor programming practices. Utilities should implore vendors to use secure software best practices like DevOps and other secure techniques to decrease the chances of repeating known software bugs, defects, logical flaws, and vulnerabilities. Establishing application security requirements, designing application security architecture, implementing standard security controls, continuously monitoring and improving the secure development life cycle, and enforcing application security education will create a more secure software ecosystem.
Find out which programming language each software vendor or development organization uses. There are many different software languages and code development techniques, each with known strengths and weaknesses. Ensure that all software developers receive training in writing secure code for their specific development environment and language.
Utilities and their suppliers should use these four recommended application testing methods to ensure the safety of the software used in especially critical energy sector applications:
Static Testing of Software (SAST), which involves software code reviews, line-of-code logic reviews, and automated software exams that search for errors in the logical structures and flaws in the implementation of routines.
Dynamic Testing of Software (DAST), which checks the software in action to see if it actually works and how well it produces the expected outcomes.
Testing the application while connected to other software, which will reveal how the application performs when connected to and communicating with other applications and output devices. All components and applications need to be reviewed and evaluated to show operational status, expected behaviors, and expected outputs.
Production level testing of the application must occur before going live. Regulators usually require operational testing of applications and systems to show both risk management and due diligence in employing new components. This type of testing is conducted as the last step prior to the application being deployed in the production environment. This level of testing often uncovers communication errors or deficiencies in design or development of software that supports equipment deployed in the field.
The DHS and FBI have reminded the energy industry that it continues to be a prime target for cyberattacks. Hackers have proven that, under the right circumstances, they can find a path into staging targets, gather info, and move on to intended targets. And they're relentless in their efforts to break through any barriers erected to keep them out.
With this as the backdrop, it's fair to say a utility's cybersecurity posture is only as strong as its weakest link. With third-party suppliers and vendors increasingly being used as staging targets, they have the potential to become this weak link unless they are fully vetted and can demonstrate they are able to meet cybersecurity requirements for systems and applications. Consider this: All it takes for a serious breach is for a hacker to learn the password of a vendor's employee who has access to the system. And there are, unfortunately, many other opportunities.
All energy organizations and vendors must protect and defend their technologies, systems, applications, and communications with even more vigor, imagination, intelligence, and resources than the hackers who are attempting to break in. From the smallest suppliers to industry leaders, all systems and applications must be protected and secured starting with how they are built, transported, and installed through how they are used, maintained, and updated. The focus must be on all mission-critical systems and applications, including those used for communications.
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1 United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Alert (TA18-074A), "Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors (2018). https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-074A
2 "Dragonfly: Western energy sector targeted by sophisticated attack group," Symantec blog, October 20, 2017. https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/dragonfly-energy-sector-cyber-attacks
3 "Dragonfly: Western Energy Companies Under Sabotage Threat," Symantec blog, June 30, 2014. https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/dragonfly-western-energy-companies-under-sabotage-threat-energetic-bear
4 U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Order No. 850, Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards (2018). https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/comm-meet/2018/101818/E-1.pdf?csrt=15773227531081670129
5 North American Electric Reliability Corporation, CIP-013-1, Cyber Security – Supply Chain Risk Management (2017). https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Reliability%20Standards/CIP-013-1.pdf
6 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Publication 800-161, Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, (2015). https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-161.pdf
7 "Category: OWASP Top Ten Project," Open Web Application Security Project (2017). https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project The OWASP Top 10 is free to use and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A 31.ª edição do Giro de Itália Feminino (oficialmente: Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile ou também conhecido como Giro Rosa) foi uma corrida de ciclismo de estrada por etapas que se celebrou entre a 11 e a 19 de setembro de 2020 com início na cidade de Grosseto e final na cidade de Motta Montecorvino em Itália. O percurso constou de um total de 9 etapas sobre uma distância total de 971,8 km.

A carreira fez parte do UCI WorldTour Feminino de 2020 como concorrência de categoria 2.wwT do calendário ciclístico de máximo nível mundial, sendo a quinta carreira de dito circuito. Como sucedesse em 2015 e 2017, a vencedora foi a neerlandesa Anna van der Breggen do Boels-Dolmans. Acompanharam-na no pódio, como segunda e terça classificada respectivamente, a polaca Katarzyna Niewiadoma do Canyon SRAM Racing e a italiana Elisa Longo Borghini do Trek-Segafredo.

A neerlandesa Annemiek van Vleuten, líder e dominadora da concorrência desde a segunda etapa teve que retirar da carreira ao finalizar a sétima etapa devido a uma queda sofrida no último quilómetro em onde se fracturou a boneca.

Equipas
Tomaram a saída um total de 24 equipas, dos quais participarão os 8 equipas de categoria UCI WorldTeam Feminino habilitados e 16 equipas de categoria UCI Continental Team Feminino convidados pela organização da carreira, quem conformaram um pelotão de 137 ciclistas das quais terminaram 85. As equipas participantes foram:

Percorrido

Desenvolvimento da carreira

1.ª etapa

2.ª etapa

3.ª etapa

4.ª etapa

5.ª etapa

6.ª etapa

7.ª etapa

8.ª etapa

9.ª etapa

Classificações finais
As classificações finalizaram da seguinte forma:

Classificação geral (Maglia Rosa)

Classificação por pontos (Maglia Ciclamino)

Classificação da montanha (Maglia Verde)

Classificação das jovens (Maglia Bianca)

Classificação por equipas

Evolução das classificações

Ciclistas participantes e posições finais

Convenções:

 AB-N: Abandono na etapa "N"
 FLT-N: Retiro por chegada fora do limite de tempo na etapa "N"
 NTS-N: Não tomou a saída para a etapa "N"
 DES-N: Desclassificado ou expulsado na etapa "N"

UCI WorldTour Feminino
O Giro de Itália Feminino outorgou pontos para o UCI World Ranking Feminino e o UCI WorldTour Ranking Feminino para corredoras das equipas nas categorias UCI Team Feminino. As seguintes tabelas mostram o barómetro de pontuação e as 10 corredoras que obtiveram mais pontos:

Ver também
 Giro d'Italia de 2020
 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia de 2020

Ligações externas

UCI WorldTour Feminino de 2020
2020
Desporto na Itália em 2020

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So ya where have I been? Not alot of places and I think its time to get back to blogging. Not just for you but for me as well. Good head clearing therapy, I need lots of space to share so for a few pics lets begin. Anyone know this lady?
This is THE Pioneer Women you can visit her site here http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/ I know some of you follow her so I want you to know I was at Ponca City Oklahoma Brace Books at 9am to get my number at 10 am then went back at 1pm with #25 to have her cookbook signed and personalized to me :) Yes I am proud.
Last night our Cheri had us over for dinner and a fun Christmas Exchange I will guarantee you there are great pictures of me floating about but I dont wanna mention why I dont have any on my camera :) Finished a pillow today courtesy of Brandy its a fleece OSU for my Carlee. Its a travel type for her to tote from here to there.
LOVE Pioneer Woman...NEED the cookbook!


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Your vacation begins the moment you arrive, as we can whisk you from baggage claim to your hotel. There, your Local Host will greet you with materials to familiarize you with the city. The next morning, after an included breakfast, your sightseeing with a local expert includes iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, where Napoleon was crowned emperor in 1804, and a Seine cruise, one of Europe's great historic rivers and considered the river of Paris. You won't just see these sights, though; you'll have VIP access! In Nice, your sightseeing includes a walk through the Old Town as well as the chance to hear insider stories. And that's not all-we've investigated the best places to take photos of Arc de Triomphe in Paris and Nice's famous Promenade des Anglais, so be sure to ask your Local Host.
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Willibald z Eichstätt (ur. 22 października 700 w Wesseksie w Anglii, zm. 7 lipca 787 lub 789 w Eichstätt w Bawarii) – biskup Eichstätt i święty Kościoła katolickiego.

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Był synem św. Ryszarda i Wuny, bratem św. Wunibalda i św. Walburgi. W wieku pięciu lat kształcił się w klasztorze w Waltham. W 721 roku wybrał się wraz z ojcem i bratem z pielgrzymką do Rzymu. Jego ojciec zmarł w drodze do Lukki, a jego brat znalazł się w klasztorze w Rzymie. W 729 roku wrócił do Włoch i zajął się odnowieniem klasztoru w Monte Cassino. W 741 roku otrzymał święcenia kapłańskie z rąk św. Bonifacego i rozpoczął działalność duszpasterską i misyjną. Był pierwszym biskupem Eichstätt. Zmarł 7 lipca 787 lub 789 roku, a jego wspomnienie obchodzone jest w rocznicę jego śmierci 7 lipca.

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Eichstätt
Święci katoliccy
Urodzeni w 700
Zmarli w VIII wieku


Pakistan's nuclear capability has become of "considerable concern" to the US and other countries as its nuclear warheads are set to increase in number to between 220 and 250 by 2025, a new study carried out as part of the Nuclear Information project reveals.
The projections by the Federation of American Scientists far exceed those by the US Defense Intelligence Agency in 1999 which predicted Pakistan would have 60 to 80 warheads by 2020.
If the projections turn out to be true, Pakistan would become the world's fifth largest nuclear power.
The study was likely alluding to a potential incursion by India in the mountainous region of Kashmir – the scene of a 67-year dispute between India and Pakistan. Both countries claim full sovereignty over the territory, which is currently divided between the two.
According to an assessment in July by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, (SIPRI) India trails Pakistan in terms of the number of nuclear warheads, possessing between 130 and 140.
But in July India said its deterrent capability is "robust" and that is ensures "survivability" for retaliatory strikes, while the modernization of its nuclear armament continues.
"This development has created considerable concern in other countries, including the United States, which fears that it lowers the threshold for nuclear use in a military conflict with India," the 'Pakistani nuclear forces 2018' report reads.
Pakistan currently has 140 to 150 nuclear warheads and the stockpile is expected to increase to 220 to 250 by 2025 if the current trend continues, according to the latest report by authors keeping a track of the country's nukes.


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Barantolla lepte är en ringmaskart som beskrevs av Anne D. Hutchings 1974. Barantolla lepte ingår i släktet Barantolla och familjen Capitellidae.

Artens utbredningsområde är Mexikanska golfen. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3967 is currently housed at Site-17 and is allowed to freely roam the facility under supervision of at least one (1) Level 1 researcher. It is allowed to have a fully furnished housing unit located in the staff housing wing. When not in its housing unit, SCP-3967 is to be equipped with a tracking bracelet attached to one of its arms or legs, even when under supervision. SCP-3967 should not be allowed near exceptionally sharp objects including but not limited to kitchen knives, needles, and saw blades.
SCP-3967 is allowed daily meetings with Site-17's psychiatry staff. If SCP-3967 enters a distressed state, it is to be brought to its housing unit and left alone. Every morning and evening, SCP-3967 is to be shown a handwritten or electronic journal of the events that transpired the previous day. Any edits, entries, or changes made to this journal are to be reported to Dr. ███████. Similarly, any alterations to SCP-3967's memory loss rate are to be reported immediately to Dr. ███████.
SCP-3967 is not to be let outside under any circumstances due to risk of accidental containment breach. In the event SCP-3967 ever accidentally breaches containment, Mobile Task Force Tau-7 "Firewatch" is to be dispatched to safely recover it. Recovery via helicopter is strictly prohibited following Incident A-3967.
Description: SCP-3967 is an animate, humanoid-shaped balloon standing at approximately 1.4 meters and is matte black in color. It has no appendages other than its arms and legs, each only having little use. SCP-3967 can control at what altitude it floats below 6 meters, but above that altitude will begin to uncontrollably float upwards. Although SCP-3967's surface is made of common, non-anomalous polychloroprene used in commercial-use balloons, only one incident to date has resulted in a rupture in its surface. When ruptured, gas does not leak out of SCP-3967 nor does it deflate, however SCP-3967 will lose its ability to control its altitude and will fall to the ground. Any damage to SCP-3967s surface will self-regenerate after a period of one (1) hour. SCP-3967 also lacks an inflation outlet on its surface, making it unclear how it was initially inflated.
During Test A-3967-1, it was discovered that the gas inside of SCP-3967 is non-anomalous, but has not been previously recognized. The gas has a similar density to helium, approximately 0.183 g/L at STP and an average molecular mass of 4.046 g/mol. However, when exposed to extremely low temperatures that would normally liquify helium, the inside of SCP-3967 did not change. Likewise, the gas inside SCP-3967 did not change at absolute zero. Similarly, when exposed to extreme pressure, the gas did not solidify. SCP-3967 does not notice temperature or atmospheric pressure changes, other than limitations on what altitude it can float.
Despite lack of any internal organs or orifices capable of vocalization, SCP-3967 is able to speak. It is generally conversational and friendly, showing enthusiasm and cooperation with staff. SCP-3967 claims that its name is "Paul" and can be addressed as such under individual discretion. SCP-3967 is of average intelligence and has an IQ of roughly 92, but shows little to no understanding of complex technology or machinery.
Within a certain period of time after creating a memory (determined to be between 15-19 months), SCP-3967's memory begins to deteriorate. Usual memory loss begins with SCP-3967 being unable to recall certain details-such as a person's skin color or height-followed by SCP-3967 being unable to discern whether or not something happened or not. The only memory SCP-3967 is able to recall that is older than 19 months is its name. To prevent complete memory loss while in containment, a handwritten or electronic journal is to be recorded of daily events and shown to SCP-3967 every morning and evening.
Incident Log A-3967: SCP-3967 was escorted outside under supervision of Dr. Lang and Dr. Summers during a light rainstorm. Windy conditions had not yet developed. The three were sitting underneath a covered pavilion when conditions worsened and a strong gust of wind forced SCP-3967 out from its seat and into the open air, where it began to float upwards uncontrollably. Mobile Task Force Tau-7 was dispatched to recover it, using two (2) Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.
During recovery, SCP-3967 was struck by one of the helicopter rotors and its surface was torn, resulting in it falling towards the ground. MTF Tau-7 began descending in an attempt to find it, but increasingly worse conditions forced them to return back to Site-17. Recovery was postponed until the storm had passed. Four hours later, SCP-3967 arrived at Site-17 with no damage to its surface, claiming it had been able to regenerate itself and walk all the way back to Site-17.
Dr. Lang and Dr. Summers were assigned janitorial duty for two (2) weeks.
Addendum 3969-A: SCP-3967 was discovered at [DATA EXPUNGED] on 8/15/16 by a group of high school students. It was brought to the Foundation's attention when a local newspaper published an article mentioning a "magic balloon man." The town was administered Class-A amnestics and SCP-3967 was moved to Site-17. The entity expressed gratitude upon being contained, stating that "[he] was tired of almost flying into outer space." It is unknown how SCP-3967 is able to return to the surface after floating above 6 meters. Testing to determine this is prohibited.
Addendum 3967-B: Test logs of SCP-3967.
Procedure: SCP-3967 is placed in the middle of a 3x3x3 soundproof room with speakers installed on the walls. Low frequency soundwaves are pulsed at five (5) second intervals in the direction of SCP-3967 for three minutes.
Results: By observing how sound waves passed through SCP-3967, researchers were able to determine the density of the gas inside.
Procedure: SCP-3967 is placed in a testing chamber capable of reaching absolute zero Kelvin with specialized speakers placed against SCP-3967's surface. Outside temperature affecting the speaker's ability to transmit soundwaves outside of SCP-3967 is compensated for. Temperature is lowered inside the chamber to 54.37 Kelvin (oxygen liquefaction point) and speakers begin pulsating soundwaves through SCP-3967. No changes are noticed in the soundwave's ability to travel inside SCP-3967. Temperature is lowered to 24.5 Kelvin (neon liquefaction point). No change is noticed. Temperature is lowered to 13.98 Kelvin (hydrogen liquefaction point). No change is noticed. Temperature is lowered to absolute zero. No change is noticed.
Results: Although the lower temperature affected the soundwave's ability to travel outside of SCP-3967, the soundwave's ability to travel was not affected inside SCP-3967.
Addendum 3967-C: Second recorded transcript between SCP-3967 and Dr. ███████.
Foreword: SCP-3967 had been floating on the ceiling of its housing unit for three hours.
Dr. ███████: Good morning, SCP-3967. How are you today?
SCP-3967: Oh, good morning, doctor. I'm doing pretty okay, how about you?
SCP-3967: Oh, sure! SCP-3967 descends from the ceiling and floats in front of Dr.
███████. As long as you aren't going to ask me to do math, haha. Go right ahead.
Dr. ███████: Yes, it does. Do you know how humans speak?
sound or something like that, but I don't really know the science behind it.
Dr. ███████: That's close enough. You're aware that you have no internal organs, correct?
absolutely no clue. It just happens.
SCP-3967: Not a clue. You guys move your lips and know when you're talking, but for me, I don't move any of my body. I just… create the sound somehow.
ones in [DATA EXPUNGED], but they were asking me a bunch of questions, too.
Dr. ███████: Do you have a last name? Can you remember any other names?
Dr. ███████: That's okay. Do you remember how you ended up in [DATA EXPUNGED]?
SCP-3967: No, not really. I think that I wanted to be there. Or I might have known someone there. It's getting hard to remember. I'm forgetting about that place.
Dr. ███████: You think you knew someone?
SCP-3967: Not anymore, no. It was like I remembered something wrong. It's weird, though.
to be here. With everyone working here. It's like… I've known everyone here forever.
Dr. ███████: You feel as if you've had previous relationships with the staff here?
despite no sweat forming. Doctor, I'm sorry, but I'm getting quite anxious. Is it possible we could continue this later? I'd like some time alone.


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Arthur H. Sasser Collection, 1936-1944
Predominant Dates: 1938-1940
The Arthur H. Sasser Collection documents the work of alumnus Arthur Sasser on broadcasts of the KOAC radio show "Foresters In Action" and the Annual Cruise publication. Primarily comprised of radio scripts written by Sasser, this collection also contains copies of the Annual Cruise and the Daily Barometer newspaper.
Sasser, Arthur H.
ID: MSS Sasser
2 boxes, including 1 oversize box
The scripts reflect shows that aired from 1938 to 1940 and number 38 in total. Each script features dialogue between a regular cast of forestry students who explore various topics in an informal conversational way. Topics range from stories and information about fire suppression and encounters with forest wildlife to soil geology and the economic value of logging, farming, and mining. Sasser wrote himself into the show as the character "Sass." The two editions of the Annual Cruise, a yearbook published by the Forestry Club, are dated 1941 and 1944. Four of the six copies of the Daily Barometer newspaper are green tinted "forestry" editions printed to commemorate the Annual Fernhopper forestry alumni reunion event.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Born in 1916 in Mitchell, Oregon, Arthur Harold Sasser came to Oregon State College in 1936. As a student in the School of Forestry, Sasser became involved in the school's Press Radio Guild, where he wrote scripts for, and starred in, the "Foresters In Action" radio show. Sasser served as the guild's first director as well as the photographic editor for the Forestry Club's Annual Cruise publication. Graduating in 1941 with an undergraduate degree in forestry, Sasser entered military service and went on to serve as a mine sweeper for the U.S. Navy during World War II. After returning home from the war, Sasser married Bernice Brandner in 1948 and worked for the Oregon State Forestry Department until retiring in 1980. He died in 2010.
The "Foresters In Action" radio show aired from 1936 until 1943. The program was sponsored and produced by the Forestry Club until the establishment of the Forestry Press-Radio Guild in 1940.
Author: Karl McCreary
Preferred Citation: Arthur H. Sasser Collection (MSS Sasser), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: This collection was transferred from the College of Forestry in 2015.
Acquired: 2015.
Collection Material Type: CLD
College student newspapers and periodicals--Oregon--Corvallis.
KOAC (Radio station : Corvallis, Or.)
Oregon State College. School of Forestry
Forms of Material
Radio scripts.
The publication, Foresters In Action: Voices from the Past, contains transcriptions of all of the radio scripts featured in the Sasser Collection. Published in 2014 by the College of Forestry, this publication can be accessed online here. The Annual Cruise is also available online. Three songs originally broadcast on the "Foresters In Action" program in 1939 have been digitized from vinyl sound recordings and can be accessed here: Cruiser's Song, George W.-The Dean, Alouette. These recordings are described as a part of the KOAC Records (RG 015). Documentation of the OSU Forestry Club can be found in the Forestry Club Records (RG 039) and the Memorabilia Collection. A photograph of Sasser as a part of group shot with other 1941 alumni at a 50th anniversary reunion gathering can be found in the Alumni Relations Photograph Collection (P 17).


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Japan Falls Into Recession
Takehiko Kambayashi
By Takehiko Kambayashi, dpa (TNS)
TOKYO — The Japanese economy has entered recession, official figures for the July-to-September period showed Monday.
The world's third-largest economy contracted at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent in the quarter, following a contraction of 7.3 percent in the previous three-month period, the Cabinet Office said.
The reading was far worse than the 2.0-percent growth predicted in a poll of economists by the Nikkei business daily, as the country faced sluggish consumer demand after a controversial sales tax hike in April.
The contraction for the second straight quarter is bad news for the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as it pursues a package of much-touted economic policies dubbed "Abenomics," which rests on fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms.
Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari conceded the downturn of the economy was bigger than the government had expected.
Amari said the prime minister would decide soon whether to go ahead with another sales tax hike to 10 percent in October 2015 after raising it to 8 percent in April, the first increase in 17 years.
The minister sounded a cautious note in regard to the second hike, saying the economy "must not slow down and fall back into deflation."
Abe plans to announce his decision to postpone the tax increase and call a snap election, the Kyodo News agency reported, citing ruling Liberal Democratic Party sources.
Voting is expected to be held on Dec. 14 after he dissolves the powerful lower house, possibly as early as Wednesday, Kyodo reported.
"If the opposition were organized, they could exploit this as clear evidence of the hollowness of Abenomics as a recovery strategy," Richard Katz, the editor of the Oriental Economist Report, said.
"But the opposition is both weak and divided amongst itself."
On Monday, the office also reported consumer spending, which accounts for about 60 percent of gross domestic product, was up 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter, after a 5.0-percent decrease in the April-to-June period.
Corporate investment edged down 0.2 percent for the second consecutive quarter of decline.
Exports climbed 1.3 percent, compared with a 0.5-percent fall in the previous quarter, while imports were up 0.8 percent.
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Hangry District went to China and ate as much as I possibly could -- in order to report back with the best possible knowledge of local cuisine. I hope you enjoy reading about my culinary travels in China. It was such an amazing trip and we were treated like royalty. If you have any questions or want to know more, just leave a comment below! Stay tuned for Part Two with more about our non-eating adventures and tips on traveling internationally! Xiéxié!
One of our many offerings from the breakfast buffet. This was spicy marinated tofu, but the translations made us giggle!
My favorite breakfast item was the dumpling/noodle station at the hotel buffets. Made to order noodle bowls or wonton soup, so delicate and delicious.
Tim's favorite breakfast item was the individual made-to-order omelets. A fried egg patty is always delicious.
A Chinese favorite with meals was warm corn juice. Reminded me of when my parents would cut corn off the cob for me when I had braces. Fresh and yummy!
We picked this fish out from the tank in the front of the restaurant - so fresh! Served with house made noodles, chiles and warm broth. One of my favorite meals of the trip.
Puffed cripsy corn cake (reminded me of a rice krispie treat), with shrimp and a mayo/cheese drizzle. Unlike anything I've had before.
The first dumpling in China! Dumplings are my favorite food and these were amazing, filled with shrimp and green onion.
Baby cauliflower sauteed with red onion and chiles. A lot of dishes in Chinese restaurants are served over a flame to either continue the cooking process or keep it warm throughout the whole meal. I like this.
A typical Chinese restaurant will have private rooms and lazy Susan's on the tables. No water is served unless it's boiling, so the beer and wine flowwww.
Crispy spicy baby whole shrimp, duck feet (more on that later), Chinese broccoli, sweet sticky rice filled lotus root, black fungus, boiled fish head stew, poached goose, wheat buns filled with fermented cabbage, soy bean rolls with greens, scallops.
Ughh.. one of my least favorite things. Not because of the egg or the fact that you eat the shell, but because it tasted like I was eating a salt lick.
Fish, fungus and boiled goose on the buffet this day.
This was the translation for congee (porridge). My interpretation is that it's good for the soul.
This chicken dish is the beginning of an extravagent lunch on our last day in Shanghai. The chicken is always served with bones and skin, unusual for an American (unless we're talkin about fried chicken). Eating this was difficult for us and we started avoiding it after attempting it three times. This dish was served with peanuts and plum sauce.
Eggplant in China is AMAZING. This was the first of many eggplant dishes and was roasted with a red pepper sauce.
So many different kinds of tofu in China. This was a firm type with a savory umami mushroom sauce. I like.
Cucumber stuffed with garlic and steamed. Such an awesome concept and such a flavor bomb! Inspiration at it's finest.
Yellow Fish is a favorite to lots of Chinese and was especially delicious in this fish broth with baby clams and fresh noodles.
Szechuan peppers cover a massive fish head that is submerged in seafood stock. This was definitely a favorite of all of our hosts, we had it many times and it is delicioussss. Fish heads have the most flavor!
A perfectly cooked scallop on top of rice noodles with a splash of vinegar. So simple and so perfect.
Linus and I at the restaurant in Shanghai overlooking the river and the sky line.Our hosts were so generous and hospitable, taking us sight seeing, out to eat and showing us the local culture. Thanks, Linus!
Birds on sticks and lots of fried things.
Those peppers will either numb your mouth or set your mouth on fire. The peanuts are like crack, though.
The buffet at our hotel in Qinhuangdao had DESSERTS. We tried them all, the green melon is incredible as was all the fruit in China. It was like a mix of cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon.
Fried cod balls with quail eggs, roasted garlic and Chinese vegetables. My FAVORITE dish of the trip! I loved this so much and hope to be able to recreate it. Who doesn't like crispy fish!?
with Chinese yams and a mushroom broth.
Chinese yams are so good. The sticky crisp consistency was fun to eat and perfectly paired with the sweet blueberry sauce.
I loved this vegetable dish so much that I ate it all, so I took a picture from the menu book. Crisp and refreshing.
I LOVE THESE! They are many layers of crispy, chewy dough. Sometimes with green onion. After trying so many different things, I was always happy to enjoy these to soak up the spices and the booze.
Somehow word got out in each city that I love dumplings, so we had them at every meal! How lucky for me! These were stuffed with pork and Chinese greens, which have sort of a horseradishy flavor.
A much needed cappucino from a surprise discovery of a hidden cafe in our hotel. I'm all about tea, but I need that caffeine.
Traditional Chinese hot pot was our lunch in Qinhuangdao. Everyone gets a choice of spicy or not spicy (we chose spicy...I regret it) and you get your own little hot pot. Very similar to fondue.
The pots were refilled a few times throughout the meal to keep them full for all of the accoutrements.
Numbing and deathly hot. There is a sauce bar at hot pot restaurants so you can create your own concoction to dip all of your hot pot treasures in. I went with a peanut, fish sauce, vinegar, scallion, cilantro mixture. It was bomb.
Blood cake, Chinese seaweed, Mushrooms (enoki and portabello), Chinese yam.
Meat and vegetables are just constantly being passed around. I just put everything in no matter what it is.
Notice the bibs that were brought out just for us... apparently we are a splash hazard. Also I had this nice sweaty glow for the entirety of the meal. You'll notice some beef and lamb on the table ready for the pots.
What an awesome hot pot lunch.
Our hosts took us to Laolongtou (Old Dragon's Head), the very start of the Great Wall of China at the sea.
This dish was insane. I had a bite and figured the strong gamey flavor was from the lamb. QUITE the opposite - those baby greens taste like gamey meat with a hint of anise or mint. I can't even wrap my head around it, it's a mind game and you should all go try it.
"A dish for the lady" or so I was told, so I felt the need to eat all of it. The turnip was boiled slowly with corn kernels (I think??), in a corn broth with saffron. I loved this, it was delicate and flavorful, with LOTS of saffron.
A comfort food in China, as I'm told. It's warm and satisfying and reminded me of chicken noodle soup. This tofu was very soft and slippery.
Fried dumplings graced our dinner in Qinhuangdao on this fine evening! Filled with Chinese green beans and happiness.
Yes, the tongues from ducks. You hold on to those two wiry ends and pull the meat off of the tongue with your teeth. I'm a fan of tongues.
More Szechuan Fish Head Stew!
The red peppers symbolize power and luck (red is the color of China), so the stew is covered with them and you remove them revealing the tasty fish underneath!
The noodles are for dunking in the fish head stew, and there were of course more dumplings :) You'll also notice the crispy pancakes of the gods... many layers of crispy dough and green onion served hot and right into my belly.
My favorite thing to do when I travel is go to a grocery store! Look at all these beautiful fruits! I am obsessed with mangosteens and hope to be able to find them here soon.
I LOVE Pocky's -- they had blueberry ice cream flavor. yum. Some Hamburger flavored chips that were in the shape of a burger, s'more crackers (a bf pick and they were gross), and cheese crisps (weird and crispy noodle like)!
Our final stop was Beijing. This is roasted eggplant with cilantro and it was SO good. I have already looked up how to make this one for you all because everyone must eat it before they die.
I ate this whole plate, and the one the next night, and the night after that. Sorry not sorry. Imagine marinated hearts of palm -- it's like that but better.
OF COURSE! Some pan fried ones this time, filled with the Chinese greens and the others filled with pork (my fave).
You'll notice the bubbly pot that has fermented/smoked trout -- it was so delicious and our host, Bo's (pictured), favorite from his home town! There is also sliced duck with a fish sauce/vinegar dipping sauce that I loved.
Boyfriend goes in for some trout while sipping his Pawpaw juice.... not good.
I kept referring to this as Christmas lamb because of how beautifully it was presented (note the red color again). This was epically hard to eat in a civilized manner, so I just went all in with my hands and face and had the time of my lamby life.
I sang that phrase the whole day at the Forbidden City. This was SO beautiful, it is stil in it's original state from the Ming Dynasty and features glazed tiles to make up 9 dragons (dragons are a symbol of power and good luck).
Ok you guys, this was by far one of the weirdest things we ate. We told our host not to tell us what things were until after we try it. After a few bites, I was pretty sure there was some intestine involved. I was right, this is DONKEY intestine, liver, heart and meat (no clue where the meat was). We were at a local restaurant that was very small and common in Beijing. Each day the owner cooks a huge pot of one thing. This day it was donkey! Our translator informed us that Donkey is the second most heavenly meat to eat in China. The first is Dragon but apparently you can only get that in heaven...pshh. The broth was flavorful with fresh herbs and donkey stock. I actually enjoyed this, but am glad I was unaware of what I was eating.
Also it was 100º out.
Those are pupusa like dough pockets in there! Those were tasty.
Yes, that is the intestine.
Lots of fermented and salted items that will keep in the hot hot heat.
Dinner this night was SPECIAL! Our very own Peking duck! The chef prepares it table side.
Basically the same as in the U.S., but PEANUTS.
Smoked and deliciousss. I'm still a sucker for a crispy buffalo chicken wing, though.
Basically heaven on Earth. Tempura battered whole shrimp stuffed eggplant. Tim and I ate this whole plate in under two minutes. Freakin delicious.
These are a few of my favorite thingssss.
Dunk the duck in the hoisin -- a LOT of hoisin as our hosts recommended -- put in some veggies, put in the really really thin pancake (don't fill it too full!), wrap it up and eat it in one bite! This was so fun! The skin was so crispy and fatty and delicious.
The chef takes what's left of your duck and deep fries it! This was so tasty, finding the little morsels of duck meat all crispy and fatty...mmmmm.
We climbed the Great Wall of China! It was so hot and so steep, but absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. The whole time we were sightseeing our hosts told us that we really needed hats -- most people have umbrellas, hats or UMBRELLA HATS. After about the tenth time of the hat comment, we stopped at a small market to get some. Everyone was very involved with the hat choosing decision. My original hat was immediately shot down and Tim was forced to get a communist hat. The pink hat became the winner with a giant bow on the back, so there you have it -- Chinese hats, perfect for shading our white faces. I should also note that we were stopped at least ten times for people asking to take their picture with us. Many people have never seen an American before! It was like our own personal paparazzi! Another fun fact, everyone will stare at you if you put sunscreen on.
Eggplant in red pepper sauce with black fungus, steamed cabbage andddd DUMPLINGS!
Very similar to pho and sooo delicious after a very long, hot and steep climb. There are also white carrots in there!
These are your typical Beijing grapes! They are so grape-y tasting! Also, it was 100º so I am covered in sweat.
I must have been too tired to capture all of the dishes, but this was a tower of Chinese greens (like spinach), mint, cilantro and edamame. I loved this. Much needed after so many heavy meals.
It's like a soft, fleshy citrus fruit. The texture is so amazing, creamy but still bursts with a sweet and citrusy juice, similar to a kiwi with a little strawberry mixed in. Let's grow these right meow.
House made noodles and made-to-order noodle bowl for one please! I will miss noodles for breakfast.
At the airport waiting to return to DC, we couldn't fight the feeling anymore and indulged in some Pizza Hut!


One of the things I enjoyed doing occasionally was to visit Gaby at work on Sundays. I couldn't do it every week, partly because Sundays were the busiest day of the week for them and partly because I normally was with the kids, so we would end distracting them a lot.
But whenever my mother or brothers took the kids for the day or the weekend, I would show up at Gaby's pasta shop, claiming that I was there 'to help'.
My 'help' would normally be circumscribed to serving mate and doing stuff on the computer; sometimes, however, I was summoned to be in charge of the register or even to deal with the customers, which would give me the chance to showcase my histrionic talent and my undeniable comedic skills... well, that's what I thought anyway.
I would joke with the little kids, either singing Opera whenever I was selling pasta, or asking what milk colour they wanted, like the great Carlos Cela had done with me years before. Some of the kids would try a nervous smile, but most of them would look at me with a face that I could read as 'Oh, my God, I want to get outta here now!', which was definitely not the expected result for me.
But the most embarrassing moment happened one day I was taking care of a lady who was not only very well known to Gaby and the family, but also to the neighbourhood, as she was the wife of a famous TV host. It was my turn to take care of her that day, and she asked me if we still had some bread.
The other end of the bag was open, so the bread came out flying in all directions, though most of them hitting the poor lady on her body and face. An 'unforgettable' moment for me, which got even worse due to my instantaneous reaction.
Una de las cosas que me gustaba hacer de vez en cuando era visitar a Gaby en su negocio los domingos. No siempre podía hacerlo, porque los domingos ellos estaban muy ocupados y si yo estaba con los chicos iba a molestar.
Pero cada vez que mi mamá o mis hermanos se llevaban a los chicos a pasar el día o el fin de semana, yo me le aparecía a Gaby en el negocio, diciendo que iba a 'ayudar'.
Mi ayuda por lo general se limitaba a cebar mate y pasar cosas en la computadora; a veces, sin embargo, era llamado a tomar control de la registradora o directamente a atender al público, lo que me daba la posibilidad de desplegar todo mi histrionismo y comicidad... O al menos eso creía yo.
Les hacía bromas a los chicos, ya sea cantando ópera cuando les vendía pasta o preguntando de qué color querian la leche, como el gran Carlos Cela había hecho conmigo anos atras. Algunos chicos se reían nerviosos, pero la mayoría me miraba con cara de 'Dios mío, quiero irme de aquí ya mismo!', lo que definitivamente no era el resultado esperado por mí.
Pero el peor papelón lo pasé con una señora muy conocida no sólo por ser amiga de la familia y vecina del barrio, sino también por ser la esposa de un conductor de TV muy conocido. Justo me tocó atenderla a mí ese día y me preguntó si quedaban algunos pancitos de grasa.
La bolsita se abrió de abajo y los pancitos salieron volando en todas direcciones, aunque la mayoría de ellos impactaron en el cuerpo y cara de la asustada señora. Un papelón inolvidable, aumentado por mi instantánea reacción.


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Deborah Manzano manages production of America's best-selling truck the Ford F-150. She is also changing Ford's culture amid high-profile sexual harassment allegations.
"Having that culture where people are comfortable talking and not thinking there's gonna be retaliation or singling people out," she said. "It helps address issues so that we're not covering things up and letting things fester."
After nearly 25 years at Ford, Manzano was promoted in 2018 to lead F-150 production. She is now one of the highest-ranked women across the company's 27 North American plants.
"Being a female leader and, you know, being about the people, it's really important to me to make sure we have a respectful working environment and to have a good culture. And it really starts with the leadership," she said.
In recent years, Ford has faced lawsuits and accusations related to discrimination as well as verbal, physical, racial, and sexual harassment. In December 2017, Ford CEO Jim Hackett publicly apologized and said the company has invested in more than 20,00 hours of harassment and discrimination training for employees.
Manzano says she enforces a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment and says she has helped to start "speed dialogues" To foster constructive open conversations about workplace behavior.
"You want to make is a happy work environment. You want your family to want to come to work, right?" she said. "I want people to be able to say, 'Hey, I want my kids to work here.' That's like, my goal, right?"
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Open Letter To The Prime Minister From The Homecare Sector
June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017 Homecare, News
The recent election campaign showed the importance of social care to the electorate. However, with the risk of a long-term solution to social care funding becoming a political issue that is too hot to handle for a minority Government, United Kingdom Homecare Association and its members have produced the following open letter to the Prime Minister.
UKHCA's Chair, Mike Padgham, said:
"Social care was a pivotal issue during the election and had an impact on the outcome. During this crucial period government must take a fresh look at big issues, and we urge them to make sure that social care is at the top."
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA
Open letter from the homecare sector
The election campaign has demonstrated that social care is a significant issue for people, requiring solutions to the short-term pressures in the system and a political consensus on long-term funding and individuals' eligibility for state-funded care.
The signatories to this letter, and our colleagues across the country, deliver front-line homecare services. We play a leading role supporting people's social care and healthcare needs, helping them to manage medication safely at home, supporting increasingly complex treatment alongside community health services and easing pressure on acute NHS hospitals.
We urge government to tackle an increasingly unworkable system by:
Funding social care services at a level which meets the public's expectations, and which ensures that public money reaches front-line services;
Enforcing councils' market-shaping obligations under the Care Act 2014 in England;
Taking a strategic approach to the future funding of care, with cross party agreement, to provide clarity over financial eligibility and a cap on care costs;
Ensuring that the current and future social care workforce is not adversely affected by the UK's exit from the European Union.
The appendix which accompanies this letter provides more detail about these issues.
We also believe that there are a number of actions which the government could bring forward quickly to ease the pressures on homecare services and the people we support:
Provide incentives through the tax system for people to meet their current and future care costs where they fall outside eligibility criteria, or they voluntarily choose to fund their own care.
Require councils to conduct open and transparent cost of care exercises with their providers to ensure that councils honour their Care Act responsibilities.
Change the VAT status of essential 'welfare services' from exempt to zero rated, so that care providers can reclaim their input tax and make public funds stretch further.
Make the apprenticeship scheme work in a way which enables homecare providers to increase the number of places they can offer to train members of the domestic workforce.
Provide an exemption from the immigration skills charge where nurses are employed by social care providers in order to deliver complex packages of care.
Fund vanguard sites in the homecare sector to investigate new models of service delivery, on a similar basis to those developed for residential care services.
We remain committed to working with government in order to operate effective homecare services to meet the needs of older and disabled people, including our work with your colleagues in the Department of Health, though the Social Care Taskforce, and work with NHS England on reducing delayed transfers of care.
We are particularly keen to meet with your Cabinet Office colleagues developing the proposed green paper on social care, to share our insights into how new models of care can be developed to support people's independence.
Mike Padgham, Chair, United Kingdom Homecare Association Bridget Warr CBE, Chief Executive, United Kingdom Homecare Association Richard Blyth, Managing Director, Saga Healthcare Trevor Brocklebank, CEO Emeritus, Home Instead Senior Care Scott Christie, Chief Executive, Carewatch Tim Jones, Group Director, Right at Home UK Dominique Kent, Chief Operating Officer, The Good Care Group Valerie McNab, Voluntary Board Director, Border Caring Services Lesley C Megarity, Chief Executive, Domestic Care Group Anne O'Rourke, Managing Director, Caremark Limited Deepesh Patel, Director, Radis Community Care Sushil Radia, Managing Director, Westminster Homecare Limited Narinder Singh, Chief Executive, MiHomecare & Complete Care Mike Smith, Managing Director, Trinity Homecare Raina Summerson, Chief Executive, Agincare Group Claude Suppiah, Managing Director, ANA Nursing Dr Jane Townson, Chief Executive, Somerset Care Group Richard Walker, Chief Executive, Optimo Care Group Ltd Fiona Williams, Director of Operations, Bluebird Care
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Carbonic anhydrase-related protein VIII promotes colon cancer cell growth.
Increased expression of carbonic anhydrase-related protein (CA-RP) VIII has previously been shown in colorectal carcinoma. Since CA-RP has no catalytic carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity, the present study attempted to elucidate its biological significance in colon cancer cells. From a colon cancer cell line (LoVo), we established clones that overexpressed CA-RP VIII (LoVo-CA8) and a control transfectant with a vector alone (LoVo-pCIneo) and studied alterations in the biological behaviors of the tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo. LoVo-CA8 cells showed significantly increased mRNA and protein expressions of CA-RP VIII as compared to LoVo-pCIneo cells. Cell proliferation, colony formation, and cell invasion assays showed that LoVo-CA8 cells had significantly higher cell proliferative and invasive abilities as compared to parental LoVo and LoVo-pCIneo cells in vitro. In an in vivo xenograft assay, LoVo-CA8 cells showed a higher tumor growth rate than parental LoVo cells. Further, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of CA-RP VIII revealed significant inhibition in cell proliferation and colony formation of a colon cancer cell line HCT116, which showed high endogenous expression of CA-RP VIII. These findings indicated that CA-RP VIII plays a role in the growth of colon cancer cells.
9247707 - Expression of bone morphogenetic proteins of human neoplastic epithelial cells.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan.
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We are proud Texans in this household….
…but if I weren't Texan, I'd be Italian.
My mom would say the same about herself. In fact, I think she may be Italian at heart. She lives on Italian time meandering through the day, disregarding clocks and schedules, stopping for a daily afternoon siesta when she gets the yawns. Like a typical Italian mama, she cooks great big delicious meals for family and friends for any occasion that pops up.
Italian food is as diverse as the people from there (or who wish they were). It can be crazy indulgent or mad healthy. Most dishes can be modified to satisfy a meat lover, vegetarian, or even vegan. A dish can have bright and fresh flavors from lemon and rosemary, deep rustic flavors from tomatoes and olives, or rich creamy flavors from cheeses and cream. Kids love it, adults love it. What's not to love?
This bowtie pasta dish would be great to serve at your next big family gathering. Feel free to mix up the veggies with whatever you have on hand or toss in some chicken or Parmesan for the meat and cheese lovers at the table.
While prepping the veggies, boil the water and cook the pasta as directed on the box, salting the water liberally.
Chop the veggies and mince the garlic. Julienne cut the sun dried tomatoes, reserving the oil in the jar.
In a large pan, heat about a tbs of oil on med-high heat, add onions and a sprinkle of salt. Sautee until the onions are golden. Add zucchini, squash, and garlic and sautee until soft. Add artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, spinach, and white cooking wine and sautee until spinach is just wilted. Gently toss the drained pasta in with the veggies. Pour in just enough of the oil and herbs from the sun dried tomatoes to lightly coat everything. Season with salt & pepper to taste and garnish with fresh chopped parsley.
Thank you so much. I have to admit, it was pretty delicious!


The Allegro ACS781xLR is a fully integrated current sensor linear IC in a new core-less package designed to sense AC and DC currents up to 100 A. This automotive-grade, low-profile (1.5 mm thick) sensor IC package has a very small footprint.
The Hall sensor technology also incorporates common-mode field rejection to optimize performance in the presence of interfering magnetic fields generated by nearby current carrying conductors.
The device consists of a precision, low-offset linear Hall circuit with a copper conduction path located near the die. Applied current flowing through this copper conduction path generates a magnetic field which the Hall IC converts into a proportional voltage. Device accuracy is optimized through the close proximity of the primary conductor to the Hall transducer and factory programming of the sensitivity and quiescent output voltage at the Allegro factory.
Chopper-stabilized signal path and digital temperature compensation technology also contribute to the stability of the device across the operating temperature range.
High-level immunity to current conductor dV/dt and stray electric fields, offered by Allegro proprietary integrated shield technology for low-output voltage ripple and low-offset drift in high-side, high-voltage applications.
The output of the device has a positive slope (>VCC / 2) when an increasing current flows through the primary copper conductionpath (from terminal 5 to terminal 6), which is the path used for current sampling. The internal resistance of this conductive path is 200 μΩ typical, providing low power loss.
The thickness of the copper conductor allows survival of the device at high overcurrent conditions. The terminals of the conductive path are electrically isolated from the signal leads (pins 1 through 4, and 7), and allows the device to operate safely with voltages up to 100 V peak on the primary conductor.
The device is fully calibrated prior to shipment from the factory. The ACS781xLR family is lead (Pb) free. All leads are plated with 100% matte tin, and there is no Pb inside the package. The heavy gauge leadframe is made of oxygen-free copper.
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Tokyo: Man, 50, accused of abducting middle school girl for molestation
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 50-year-old man over the alleged abduction of a middle school girl in order to molest her last month, reports TBS News (Aug. 21).
At just before 10:00 p.m. on July 9, Shinji Watanabe, a company employee, lured the girl, 14, into his minivan on a road in Musashimurayama City. "Get inside — there's something I'd like to discuss," he reportedly said.
Watanabe then pulled the van into a nearby parking lot. "Touch my lower body," he then instructed her.
Shinji Watanabe (Twitter)
After the girl refused, she exited the vehicle, according to the Higashiyamato Police Station.
"There's no question that I abducted [her], but carrying out obscene acts was not my motive," the suspect was quoted by police in partially denying the allegations.
Police are investigating whether Watanabe was behind 10 similar incidents that have taken place in the area since the end of May.
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