Consumer demand and requirements from governments for eco-friendly products and companies are rapidly growing. Responding to the trend, several companies are trying to transfer to packaging made of ocean plastic.
Recently, Ecover, the mother company of Method succeeded in developing plastic bags, recycling more ocean waste. The cleaning solution from Ecover in these packaged was launched as limited edition products. The bottles were made with 50% ocean plastic and they are set to use 100% recycled plastic for all product packages by 2020.
The plastic package for Ecover Ocean Washing-up Liquid is made with 50% plastic waste, washed up and collected from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. The rest 50 % is made with the standard recycled plastic. The product uses 15% less plastic than its traditional design by mimicking the structure of micro-organisms found in the ocean.
Long Term Innovation Manager at Ecover noted that industry should take more responsibility because a durable material like plastic for single use is systemically wrong.
Ecover is already using 100% reusable, recyclable plastic for its bottles, with almost all bottles made from 25% recycled content and 75% renewable plant based plastic since 2012. With these moves, Ecover is strengthening its presence as an industry leader in bio and eco-friendly packaging.
According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, established in 2010 to promote circular economy, 95% of the value of plastic packaging material (worth $120 billion annually) is lost to the economy. Also if it goes on the current track, there could be more plastics than fish in the ocean by 2050.
Another company, following the footstep of Ecover and Method is the giant consumer goods manufacturer, Procter & Gamble(P&G). P&G has been also developing packages made of ocean plastic. The package is used for the well-known dish soap product, Fairy.
320,000 bottles of Fairy Ocean Plastic will be launched in UK and it will be the largest production run of recyclable dish soap bottles in the world, made using ocean plastic.
The Fairy Ocean Plastic Bottle was created in partnership with recycling expert TerraCycle and will reach British consumers in 2018 to raise awareness on the serious pollution from ocean plastic.
The launch of the product is part of P&G's effort to increase use of recycled plastic. P&G brands will also continue to divert 8,000 metric tonnes of plastic from landfills for use in transparent plastic bottles as part of these efforts.
According to the P&G announcement October, the innovative bottle for the dish soap will be made with 10% ocean plastic, collected from oceans and beaches around the world, and 90% post-consumer recycled plastic. With the P&G Fairy Ocean Plastic bottle and the intent to extend the initiative across other brands and regions in the future, P&G continues to leverage the power of its brands to inspire change.
Other than that, there are several other packaging manufacturers and brands producing sustainable products, using ocean plastic. Others are utilizing the value produced in the ocean, Evoware is one of those companies, developing seaweed-based bioplastic packaging materials.
Evoware is a startup in Indonesia that is developing edible and biodegradable materials with seaweed. The materials can replace plastic package for dried food. The founder of Evoware said he wants to create a cleaner world, by stopping generation of plastic waste.
Evoware is using biodegradable seaweed that does not need fertilizer or generate waste. They can help seaweed farmers in Indonesia and the farmers are already producing more seaweed than they can sell.
The Evoware seaweed is tested for food safety and it has maximum 2-year shelf life for dry food. It is made of natural food ingredients and even healthy, packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber, and also printable and heat sealable. It is customizable for colors and tastes and can be biodegraded after use to act as a natural fertilizer for plants.
As the seaweed-based package does not have chemical substances and can easily dissolve in hot water, it is an ideal choice for package for diverse food products from coffee to ramen and soup.
Evoware was selected as one of the 6 $1 million Circular Design Challenge winners. The contest was hosted by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and OpenIdeo.
The package is targeting to provide solution to 30% of the plastic packaging that isn't recycled because the material is too small or complex for easy collection, like seasoning package, wrappers or coffee cup lid.
The company is working on scaling production and is currently collaborating with a waffle company, one of its first accounts. It is introducing its packages to many companies in Europe, US and Australia and is developing multi-layer package for liquid or high density food.
Meanwhile, Japanese design studio, AMAM is developing packaging materials, using seaweed called agar. Algix in US and AlgoPack in France are also working on development of packages like film or cups made of seaweed.
Ocean waste that was once degrading the nature is now contributing to recovering the environments. New solutions found from the waste are opening a brighter future of the earth environments. Protecting the environments is in the end, the way to protecting us, living on the planet. This is the time that many companies should be more responsible and set to find better solutions for us all, including use of eco-friendly products /and packages.


To Backup your MS SQL its as simple as selecting the database you want backed up. Under the Backup tab, you will see the Microsoft SQL server plugin. On the right pane you can select the database you want backed up. For this example it is the "Management Server."
Configure where to Backup to and set your schedule.
To restore its just as simple. Click on the restore tab, find your SQL job select your database and click restore.


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Q: How to get the line number based on substring in codemirror? I need to get the line number of specific string in the textarea which has codemirror plugin.
var editor= CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("refstyle");

var doc = editor.getDoc();
var cursor = doc.getCursor(); // gets the line number in the cursor position
var line = doc.getLine(cursor.line); // get the line contents
editor.getSelection(line number)   //it will select the text based on line number

So, How can I get the line number based on string (I expect something like doc.getLine(string) or doc.getSelection(String))
Is there any function to get the line number based on the string or to get searched string selected based on line number in the textarea? Pls help!

A: To search inside a CodeMirror instance, use the searchcursor addon. It'll give you the line/char position of matches.

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Australian Open January 20 - February 2
Each January, the Australian Open draws tennis fanatics and spectators from all over the world. Head to Melbourne to grab a seat courtside for this exciting Grand Slam tournament.
By Katrina Lobley & Ashlea Wheeler
The Australian Open is one of the biggest events in tennis. There are only four Grand Slam events in the world and the two-week Australian Open is the first each year, kicking off the annual tennis calendar before players follow the circuit to the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
Where: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria
When: 20 January - 2 February 2020
Spectators can walk to Melbourne Park in about 10 minutes from Melbourne's city centre. Alternatively, take tram route 70 to the closest stops to Melbourne Park (hop off at stop 7B for the Rod Laver Arena or 7C for the Hisense Arena). Or take a train to Melbourne Park's nearest stations (Richmond or Jolimont).
Book tickets to the Australian Open
Video guide: Australian Open The Melbourne festival is much more than a tennis event.
Things to do at the Australian Open
Catch a match
The world's best tennis players flock to Melbourne each January to compete in the Australian Open. The action takes place at Melbourne Park, a cluster of stadiums and outdoor courts right next to Melbourne's city centre. To see the tennis superstars and your favourite players, mid-range tickets offer entry to the 7,500-seat Margaret Court Arena, or you can spend more to watch matches at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena, considered the tournament's "centre court".
One of the most underrated and affordable tickets is a Ground Pass (available from October) which gives you access to the outdoor courts, as well as in the 10,000-seat Hisense Arena. Between matches, you can easily fill your day (and night) exploring the fan zones, shops, dining, bars, live music and attractions like Grand Slam Oval.
Party in the park
The Australian Open is staging the country's longest music festival, with 15 days of global music acts on the AO Live Stage. Featuring a great line-up of Australian and international bands (which have previously included Aussie faves such as Jungle Giants, Client Liaison and Daryl Braithwaite), the party takes place at Birrarung Marr, the popular grassy riverside park just outside the tennis stadiums. Once the tennis begins, the park becomes a popular spot for the public to watch the action on the free big screens.
Dine in style
Foodies can indulge in some of Melbourne's best culinary delights, with options ranging from tasty street food at pop up stalls around the AO Live Stage and Grand Slam Oval, to world-class dining at five-star restaurants onsite and nearby.
The event will have a special area for the little ones. The AO Ballpark is an onsite mini theme park for kids and families with a wide range of exciting activities. The NERF and LEGO zones are always a favourite, and Disney brands make an appearance with Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney princess attractions. A 60-metre (197-foot) zipline allows children of all ages to have an exciting ride through the centre of the park, and a stage with live entertainment has shows running all day.
Australian Open highlights
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xO. An old cognac? An acronym for "Kisses and hugs"? Look again. At first glance its a cross and a circle. It can be read as "cross the line" - or the boundaries. And then everything becomes apparent. Because this is about design: To create a new perspective of things. Combine shapes, which seem not to be a match, only to then notice that they do in fact go together (and very well). Like a cross and a circle. That's the idea behind xO design: Simple, graphic – and yet unexpected.
Back in 1984, Philippe Starck was still on the way to becoming the superstar of the design scene. It was at this point that he co-founded xO Design together with Gérard Mialet as the product of a loving relationship. Mialet and Starck fondly recal those pioneering days. Anything was possible, and the work was simply fun. Products such as Ray Hollis, Dr. Sonderbar and Dole Melipone were the heroes on which the legend of xO was built.
In 1996, Bubu 1er stool opened the door to industrial production. Bubu is an injection-molded polypropylene stool in the shape of an upside-down crown. It is also a huge commercial success and embodies Starck's idea of democratic design.
XO masters the lexicon of time-honoured wood joiners but also confidently speaks several other languages; from the technical lingo of mould-makers and plastic injectors to the vernacular of ceramists and metal alchemists. This kaleidoscopic vision of its business and Starck's unwavering support are the two principal components of xO's success.
xO Design not only crosses boundaries in design. To xO, design is no longer reserved for European elites, but uses the ways and means of globalisation to establish its design in Asia and America.


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Was It Incompetence Or Malice ?
What is it in your brain that results in you experiencing life from your current point of view?
So do you feel like you're just a "useful idiot" hanging around with a gigachad like me?
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Free To Play Unlimited with Oxana is the exclusive FreeMMOStation.com webshow about free MMORPG and F2P games. The team will bring you exciting news, quizzes, the most anticipated games and more. In this episode Tera Rising is confirmed as free-to-play, Akaneiro Demon Hunters begins its open beta, Scarlet Legacy says farewell to everyone and Path of Exile announces its open beta date. Recent First Looks include the visually compelling Akaneiro, frantic space shooter Star Conflict and cutesy browser-based MMORPG Chrono Tales. In Face Off, RaiderZ now faces great competition with Tera Rising, while the Most Wanted game of the week is Sega's Phantasy Star Online 2. If you know the answer to this episode's quiz then leave it in the comments below or in YouTube, along with your suggestions.


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A type of fuel utilized in motor vehicles that comes from a source other than fossil based products (e.g. petroleum, gasoline, diesel, and kerosene) such as electricity, natural gas, ethanol made from corn and biodiesel made from vegetable oil.
Biodynamics is a holistic, sustainable form of agriculture that is considered above organic practices. According to the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, biodynamic farming and gardening view the soil and the farm as living organisms. It regards maintenance and advancing of soil life as a basic necessity if the soil is to be preserved for generations. It also regards the farm as being true to its essential nature if it can be conceived of as a kind of individual entity in itself - a self contained individuality. It begins with the ideal concept of the necessary self-containedness of the farm and works with furthering the life of the soil as a primary means by which a farm can become a kind of individuality, which progresses and evolves.
Organizations and/or individuals in the supply chain.
BS 8901 provides guidance in the form of easy to understand practical information designed to assist the user to implement the requirements and those in event management to manage their environmental, financial and social risks and impacts spanning all aspects of event management.
Present opportunities for more efficient planning and encourage the re-use of equipment and infrastructure.
Carbon dioxide or carbon is a chemical compound – a gas that exists in the Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide or CO2 is produced by all things living during respiration including, plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms.
Your carbon footprint refers to the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activities at any given time, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). A carbon footprint is usually measured for a period of a year.
Carbon offsetting is the act of mitigating or "offsetting" greenhouse gas emissions. A common example is the purchasing of offsets to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions from car travel or air travel. A "carbon offset" is an emission reduction credit from a different organization's project that results in less carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than would otherwise occur. Carbon offsets are typically measured in tons of CO2-equivalents (or 'CO2e') and are bought and sold through a number of international brokers, online retailers, and trading platforms.
(Definition provided by Associate Professor in Environmental Studies Howard Daugherty – York University, Toronto, Canada). Fair Trade is certified by the Fair Trade Labeling Organizations (FLO) and by TransFair Canada. FLO verifies that the coffee is produced by a democratically run cooperative and that the benefits are equally distributed among the membership. TransFair then certifies that the price paid by the coffee buyer is at least USD $1.26/lb (about 15 cents more for organic). Fair Trade requires nothing in terms of sustainability, but both FLO and TransFair Canada (and TransFair USA) encourage sustainable practices such as pesticide reduction, erosion control, etc. Certified Fair Trade coffee means that the coffee was produced by a democratic cooperative (no private sector allowed) and that the Fair Trade base price of USD $1.26/lb was paid. The benefit of course is that farmers receive a higher price for their coffee.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) focuses on the practice of sustainable forestry globally. They represent the comprehensive system for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. Carrying the FSC-certification logo on your print products indicates that you support the highest social and environmental standards in the market where you use paper. Your purchase of FSC-certified paper and print products contribute to conservation, responsible management, and community level benefits for people near the forests that provide your paper.
The word 'green' is a very loaded term and denotes many connotations. When using the word 'green' and sometimes 'eco', it often indicates concern for the well-being of the Earth, nature and all the natural resources it produces. It suggests an eco-consciousness and a distinct awareness to act as stewards to the Earth. For example, "Go Green" would mean consider the environment.
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are often called greenhouse gases.
According to Builder/Architect Magazine, a green building can be defined as any building that is sited, designed, constructed, operated and maintained for the health and well-being of the occupants, while minimizing impact on the environment. Furthermore, green buildings promote resource conservation by including design renewable energy and encourage water conservation. By promoting resource conservation, green building design creates healthy and comfortable environments, reduces operation and maintenance costs, considers environmental impacts of building construction and retrofit, and concentrates on waste minimization.
A green meeting refers to a meeting or a conference with a focus on sustainability and mitigating the negative impacts of holding such events. Meetings and conferences generate a great deal of waste and consume high volumes of energy.
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities defines a green roof system as an extension of the existing roof, which involves a high quality waterproofing and root repellant system, a drainage system, filter cloth, a lightweight growing medium and plants. Green roof development involves the creation of "contained" green space on top of a human-made structure. This green space could be below, at or above grade, but in all cases the plants are not planted in the "ground'. Green roofs can provide a wide range of public and private benefits such as savings on energy heating and cooling costs and sound insulation.
Any vehicle that joins two or more sources of power that can provide propulsion power is a hybrid. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids.
According to the ISO 14000/ISO 14001 Environmental Management, this standard specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects, which the organization has control, and over, which it can be, expected to have an influence. ISO 14001 is often seen as the corner stone standard of the ISO 14000 series.
Organic means that food and other agricultural products are not being produced using synthetic fertilizers, chemicals, or sewage sludge, cannot be genetically modified, and cannot be irradiated. As well, organic meat and poultry must be fed only organically grown feed (does not contain any animal or animal by-products) and cannot be administered any hormones or antibiotics. Furthermore, the animals must have outdoor and open pasture accessibility (does not necessarily have to graze on pasture to be considered organic).
This term refers to the non-usage of synthetic chemicals and substances to eradicate or control a variety of agricultural pests that can damage crops and livestock and reduce farm productivity. Commonly applied pesticides are insecticides (insects), herbicides (weeds), rodenticides (rodents), and fungicides (to control fungi, mold, and mildew). However, the most commonly known pesticide is herbicides (weed killers) as they are sprayed on public and private green spaces.
Post consumer waste (PCW) is paper made out of paper that has been used by the end consumer and then collected for recycling from a range of recycling programs. This is the best paper to buy because no trees are cut down for making this type of paper. The actual percentage of the recycled and post-consumer recycled content is important to note when buying paper. For example, 50% recycled 20% PCW, means 50% comes from virgin wood, 30% is pre-consumer recycled and 20% is post-consumer recycled. If environmental sustainability is encouraged, choosing 100% PCW recycled and are either unbleached or bleached without using chlorine or chlorine derivatives should be priority.
It is important to realize that all paper is recyclable. The recycling symbol, which we have all grown accustomed, has very little meaning. It is used on many items which can be 'recycled' but may have no recycled content. Paper, which is designated as 'recycled', can be a mixture of virgin wood fiber, pre-consumer waste or post-consumer waste. It is important to distinguish between the pre-consumer and post-consumer content in recycled paper.
(Definition provided by Associate Professor in Environmental Studies Howard Daugherty – York University, Toronto, Canada). Coffee has traditionally been grown under mature shade trees. Genetic manipulation during the last 40 years has resulted in sun-tolerant varieties of coffee. As a result, coffee today is grown in systems, which range from zero shade to the traditional shade cover of about 60%. The yields of sun-grown coffee are higher than shade grown so many farmers switched. However, the quality of the bean is lower. Coffee beans develop more taste and aroma when grown in cooler shade grown systems (or at higher elevations where it is cooler).
There has been a trend back to shade grown coffee in recent years for two reasons: one is to provide a higher quality coffee for the specialty market and secondly to restore wildlife habitat, particularly migratory birds that over-winter in the tropics. The Smithsonian Institute began about 20 years ago to promote shade grown coffee as part of its Migratory Bird Program, irrespective of farm size. The Rainforest Alliance (RA) has developed a certification program for tropical timbers and several agricultural crops, including coffee. Their definition of "shade-grown" is 40% shade cover (again regardless of farm size). However, the RA certification program deals more with larger private sector coffee estates. Many coffee roasters prefer the RA system because of its balanced approach to ecological sustainability, social justice and economic equitability.
The capacity to provide for the needs of the current world population without destroying the ability of future generations to provide for themselves. When a process is sustainable, it can be performed repeatedly without negative environmental effects or impossibly high costs to anyone involved.
Refers to someone who, for various reasons, chooses to avoid using or consuming animal products. Vegans also avoid dairy and eggs, as well as fur, leather, wool, down, and cosmetics or chemical products tested on animals.
The Vegetarian Society defines a vegetarian as someone living on a diet of grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits, with or without the use of dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or slaughter by-products.
Waterless printing is an offset lithographic printing method that removes the use of water or dampening solution used in regular printing. Waterless printing plates have the added benefit of not requiring fountain solution for offset printing. It uses a special silicone rubber coated printing plate, special ink (sometimes vegetable ink), and typically a means of temperature control on press.
This term first came out in the state of Colorado. It refers to sustainable landscaping or a water-conservative approach to landscaping. Vegetation is carefully chosen to reflect the cultural requirements and appropriate to the local climate. This type of landscaping is designed to pay extra attention to avoid water wastage to evaporation and run-off.


You know the old theater adage: There are no small roles, only small actors.
When: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. July 16 and 22; through July 26.
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The same applies to theaters. Perhaps a show as vast and panoramic as "Evita" could effectively be done on a straw-hat stage in a refurbished barn. Or maybe a minimal interpretation would work, with a smaller cast, a smaller set and a smaller perspective on the controversial life of Argentine first lady Eva Perone.
Director Brad Dell deserves a pat on the back for shoehorning the show into Apple Hill Playhouse and making parts of the production work. But with five principals and an ensemble of 21, this "Evita" is too big for its venue, just as Eva Perone was, perhaps, too big for Argentina.
Leah Hillgrove runs hot and cold in the title role, but it's not completely her fault. The Rice and Webber songs carry her to the edges of her vocal range, and by performing unmiked under a couple of hanging microphones, Hillgrove's voice is occasionally overpowered by the six-piece band. She nails the soundtrack's single, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," and seems to communicate better when she's interacting with the audience instead of the other players.
The dramatic device at the center of "Evita" is the presence of revolutionary Che Guevara, who presides and wanders in and out of the story. Like Hillgrove, Garrett Andrae as Che also performs best while not in contact with the rest of the cast.
Leyna McCarthy is strong in a supporting role, Danny A. Kotcher is weak, and John M. Noble makes a convincing fascist as Juan Perone. Elyssa Book radiates energy and professionalism from the ensemble -- watch for her in meatier roles.


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Why Isn't it Called "Pretty Great Cupid?"
June 19, 2016 ~ theantileslie
At the advice of a friend, I decided to try OKCupid, and so far, it's been a mixed bag. I talked to a woman on the phone (look at ME!) for about an hour that was in seminary as a UU student, and as we jumped around to different topics, she told me that she saw on my profile the line that said, "you should contact me if you're a veteran." Now, I put that line in there because there's no OKCupid option where you can click if you've ever been in the military. I was thinking of Volfe, Notorious, and the L___nator when I wrote it, because they're the people that have consistently made me laugh over the years. At first, when I picked up the phone, she was worried that I had some sort of fetish. Once I explained myself, especially that I'd done lots of reading at Bridgeport on how to serve veterans in a church once they're trying to re-enter society, because I was then a member of a group on taking care of all parishioners, and we had some veterans in our congregation- all hilarious, too, I might add. I also told her that I'd heard scary stories, and she asked me how I responded to that. I said, "I generally don't say anything at all, because they just want to be heard, and there's nothing in my experience that can say "I sympathize," but I always say "thank you for your service, and thank you for your sacrifice," because you never know what the soldier feels about why (s)he was deployed, or about their government, or about anything that's happened to them during deployment or re-entry…. but EVERYONE has served, and EVERYONE has sacrificed."
She was satisfied with my answer, more than so, but it opened up a can of worms in my own mind. I mean, what veteran or active-duty soldier would be apt to contact you if they think you want to meet them because they look hot in a uniform? Well, the truth is, they do. But to say that's the only reason I'd ever want to date anyone who's active duty/reservist/retired is crazy. I've been through too much with my friends to think that the uniform is all there is to their magnificence. For instance, working with cars with Volfe and learning to shoot rifles and shotguns with him were some of the best days of my life. Soldiers are just a different breed of people, because they've seen more, done more in their lifetimes than I could ever hope to achieve… the root is not the uniform, because there's too much more to the story.
So then said woman drops it on me that she wants to be a military chaplain in the Army, because most of the liberal chaplains have dropped off in the wake of being anti-war… which is why most of the chaplains are now very conservative. It wasn't a bomb of any means, I just realized that she was testing me. My first question was "how?" I thought the age requirements to join were really low. She said that the chaplaincy program will take people up until they're 42 (which was oddly funny because that's the meaning of life in the Adams-verse).
She also said that she had two little girls, 10 and seven, and that it made her think dating anyone was impossible. I thought she was being too hard on herself, and perhaps I should have said so. There are plenty of people my age who realize that when you get to our age, there's lots of women who have children. Dating in your late 30's, it just comes with the territory. Now, I'm not the sort of person who'd get invested over one phone call, but at the same time, it was still selling herself short.
At our age, we all have baggage. We all have quirks. We all have these life experiences that make us who we are. Who in their right minds thinks otherwise?
Then she blew my hair back with all the feminist theory she'd read and I sort of felt like a moron… but in a good way, like asking her which authors I should be reading.
All in all, it was a good first attempt at getting out of my comfort zone, and I'll carry that with me whether we meet in person or not. I mean, I calld someone. That has to be something… and in fact, I said in my message, "I'm deathly afraid of phone calls, but I'd do it for you. :)"
And then there was this other woman that made me test everything I'd learned with Argo, and I was so proud of myself I kvelled.
She sent me this message that said, "I was going to ask if you wanted to hang out sometime, but being an omnivore is gross." I sent a message back that said, "so is being obnoxiously judgmental." She fired back, "that's what a slave owner would say to an abolitionist." So, instead of flipping my shit and tearing her apart, I blocked her and walked away.
Go me.
And then there was this other woman who read my line about veterans, and she sent me the most beautifully crafted message in return. She said, "I see that you are looking for veterans. I am not a veteran in the literal sense, but I've fought a lot of wars with myself, and I've lost most of them… my opponent was just too fierce." It touched my heart in a major way, and we are going on a date sometime soon. She said, "I'm sure that you could help me with spliced commas and how to use a semicolon, but I think those conversations are best had over vino."
I thought about it, and said, "Why not?"
Even if she turns out to be a basket of crazy, it's better than sitting at home all the time, afraid to branch out in the slightest.
Tomorrow is also going to be promising, because Scales and I are going out to dinner and possibly a movie. God, I've missed her. She's spending a lot of time with the colonel, and I get it… but at the same time, it doesn't stop me from wishing she was still making me laugh on a regular basis. And if the colonel wants to come along, all the better. I've met her online, and she's just as funny as every soldier I've ever met.
I have come to the realization that even though I have trouble envisioning the future, it doesn't have trouble envisioning me.
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Q: Should I save ints in SQLite Database? I have optional data that can be downloaded from the app.. of course I need to check in every app start which optional data has been downloaded.. The optional data is numbered from 1 to 114..   I was wondering where to store this info?
Should I save it in SharedSettings? or in my sqlite database? Is database access considered a heavy thing for the app?
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Convincing new hypothesis may definitively explain how the Earth formed
(ORDO NEWS) — Do you want to know something funny? In fact, we do not know how our planet formed. We have a general idea, but the finer details are much more difficult to unravel.
We have a model that is currently considered the most likely explanation: Earth was formed by the gradual merger of asteroids. However, even here there are some facts about the formation of our planet that are difficult to explain.
In a new work that combines experiments and simulations, a new formation path has been found that matches the characteristics of the Earth much more closely.
"The prevailing theory in astrophysics and cosmochemistry is that the Earth formed from chondrite asteroids. These are relatively small, simple blocks of rock and metal that formed early in the evolution of the solar system," says planetary scientist Paolo Sossi of ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
"The problem with this theory is that no mixture of these chondrites can explain the exact composition of the Earth, which is much poorer in light, volatile elements like hydrogen and helium than we might expect."
The process of planet formation raises many questions, but scientists were able to paint a big picture. When a star forms from a dense clump of matter in a molecular cloud of dust and gas in space, the material around it folds into a disk that orbits and wraps around the growing star.
This disk of dust and gas not only forms the waist of a growing star – the small, dense particles inside this vortex also coalesce into smaller, colder clumps.
Small particles collide and grapple with each other, first electrostatically and then gravitationally, forming ever larger objects that can eventually grow into a planet. This is called the accretion model, and it is strongly supported by observational data.
But if the rocks stuck together are chondrites, then the question of the missing light, volatile elements remains open.
Scientists have put forward various explanations, including the heat generated by the collisions, which could vaporize some of the lighter elements.
However, this is not necessarily confirmed: the heat should have evaporated the lighter isotopes of the elements, with fewer neutrons, according to recent experimental work led by Saussy. But lighter isotopes are still present on Earth in roughly the same proportions as in chondrites.
So Saussy and his colleagues decided to explore another possibility: that the rocks that formed the Earth were not chondrite asteroids from the Earth's general orbital region, but planetesimals. These are the larger bodies, the "seeds" of the planets, which have grown to a size large enough to have a differentiated core.
"The dynamical models with which we model the formation of planets show that the planets in our solar system formed gradually. Small grains eventually turned into kilometer-sized planetesimals, accumulating more and more material due to their gravitational pull," Saussy said.
"Moreover, planetesimals formed in different regions around the young Sun or at different times can have very different chemical compositions."
They ran N-body simulations, changing variables such as the number of planetesimals, in a Big Tack scenario in which baby Jupiter first approaches the Sun and then returns to its current position.
In this scenario, the motion of Jupiter in the early solar system had a highly disturbing effect on small rocks orbiting around, scattering planetesimals in the inner disk.
The simulations aimed to create the inner solar system we see today: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The team found that a diverse mixture of planetesimals with different chemical compositions could replicate the Earth as we see it today. Moreover, the Earth was the most likely outcome of the simulation.
This could have important implications not only for the Solar System and the understanding of the various compositions of the rocky planets within it, but also for other planetary systems elsewhere in the Galaxy.
"Despite the fact that we suspected it, we still consider this result very remarkable. Now we have not only a mechanism that better explains the formation of the Earth, but also a benchmark for explaining the formation of other rocky planets," Saussy said.
"Our study shows how important it is to consider both dynamics and chemistry when trying to understand planet formation. I hope our results will lead to closer collaboration between researchers in these two fields."
Astrophysicists figured out when the Sun will swallow Mercury, Venus and the Earth
Fascinating pictures of the Earth from the board of the station "Tiangong"
Earth's Ancient 'Supermountains' May Have Been Crucial For Life as We Know It
Scientists have told what the Earth would be like without people
Scientists are sounding the alarm because of the asteroids that threaten the Earth
Where did millions of years from the history of the Earth "evaporate": A secret hidden underground
'Extraordinarily close' asteroid is about to fly past Earth, NASA says
This is the oldest place on Earth in terms of archeology
Scientists have a plan to turn the Earth into a giant observatory
A giant spot appeared on the Sun, visible from Earth
Astronomers have noticed that part of the tail of a comet flying towards Earth came off
A strange object near the Earth alarmed scientists


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What to Eat After Root Canal Therapy? We've Got Ideas!
Are you planning for an upcoming root canal therapy? One of the best things you can do right now is to stock your fridge, freezer, and pantry with plenty of soft (but delicious) foods and snacks. You may not have much of an appetite right at first, but in the days following your root canal you will want to stick to foods that won't stick to your teeth. To help, we've put together a menu just for you! You can still eat well while you recover from a root canal — you just need to do a little prep work first.
It's important that you get plenty of nutrients in the time after an oral procedure, and smoothies provide an excellent way to get in all the vitamins you need to heal speedily. They're also hydrating. What's your favorite fruit? Peaches are in season right now — toss some (without the pits, of course) into a blender with some ice, yogurt and/or water, hit blend, and voila! Delight in your naturally sweet treat.
Extra healthy hint: Toss in a handful of spinach for even more nutrients — it'll change the color, but you won't taste the difference at all.
When you are craving something savory as you recover, you will love a cream of vegetable soup — just make sure you skip the side of crusty bread, which could damage your temporary restoration. South Texas tomatoes are ripe and in season, and when boiled and blended with a little cream or yogurt, they make for an especially hearty cream of vegetable soup! Try out this recipe.
Extra hint: Soups freeze really well, so you can whip some up in the days before your root canal treatment. They'll be easy to defrost and enjoy when you may not feel like cooking much.
Unless you're allergic, eggs are the ideal recovery food. They are filled with the protein and healthy fats that make for complete meals. Plus, any way you cook them, eggs are soft and easy to eat after an oral procedure. Have them boiled, scrambled, fried, however you like — but skip the toast, which could put your healing tooth at risk of injury.
Extra hint: Eat an omelette filled with mushrooms to get an extra helping of calcium and vitamin D.
Soft white fish is another healthy, protein-full option to eat in the days following your root canal therapy. Try boiling or grilling up some tilapia, which is extra soft. You can eat it with a side of rice and steamed vegetables to make a more complete meal post-recovery.
Extra hint: Make sure there aren't any bones in your fish of choice!
Maintaining a soft foods diet is important after your root canal treatment. Eating hard, crunchy, or chewy foods could put your affected tooth at risk of damage or infection and ultimately affect the success of the procedure. In rare cases, retreatment is needed. Avoid it by following all of our instructions after root canal therapy!
If you have questions about your upcoming root canal therapy, please don't hesitate to talk to your oral surgeon in Houston. We want you to feel completely calm and relaxed with all the information you need about your treatment. Contact us today!
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According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)'s Out of Reach 2018 report, New Jersey is the 6th most expense state in the county to rent a home.
Working at the minimum wage of $8.60/hour, renters would have to work 107 hours/week to afford a 1-bedroom home at fair market rent.
The Fair Market Rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in New Jersey is $1,199/month and for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1,465/month.
Homeless students are less likely to demonstrate proficiency in academic subjects.
Individuals impacted by homelessness shared stories of how federally funded programs such as housing vouchers helped them stabilize their lives and gain opportunity.


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Are you tired of your Internet feed being filled with constant couples' selfies, Instagrams of adorable babies, pins of elaborately layered and decorated cakes, and other things that make you feel generally bad about your own life and, also, aren't Ryan Gosling? Me too, you guys. Me too.
Luckily, a genius Web developer in Brooklyn has solved that little problem for you by creating "Hey Girl," a Google Chrome Extension that turns all the photos on the entire Internet into photos of America's boyfriend, RyGos.
Katherine Champagne (I am so jealous of her skills and her name) made the possibly controversial but approved-by-me decision to change the concept from Channing Tatum photos to Ryan Gosling photos, and voilà, we all have to get Google Chrome now to get through the rest of the work day.
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Gerber's Bear Grylls Survival Series to be Released This Week
by David Maccar It's official: Gerber's complete Bear Grylls Survival Series of knives, tools and gear is now available to...
By David Maccar | Published Feb 18, 2011 1:44 AM
by David Maccar
It's official: Gerber's complete Bear Grylls Survival Series of knives, tools and gear is now available to the public. The line features several products, including the flagship item, the Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife, which I reviewed last year when I got an early sample, along with the Parang Machete. The line also boats two survival kits, two different sized multi-tools (the Ultimate Multi-Tool pictured here), several folding knives and a fire starter.
The sixth season of Grylls' survival series, Man vs. Wild, premiers tonight on the Discovery Channel and Bear will have the Ultimate Knife by his side. Let's see how it holds up on the show.
Some readers have voiced concerns about negative reviews of the Ultimate Knife after an early beta version was offered for sale via Amazon.com. Gerber confirms there was a problem in the first run with handle strength. Some reviews claim when they used the pommel for hammering, a use for which it is intended, the handle fractured and the pommel would fall out. Even so, the knife quickly reached backordered status.
The folks at Gerber tell me the handle-strength problem was addressed and corrected for the official production run of the knife, which went on sale today.
The products will be available through retailers this week and through Geber's website beginning March 1.
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New York — President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for urgent reforms at the United Nations to ensure Africa is allocated two permanent seats at the Security Council complete with all attendant rights and prerogatives.
Speaking when he delivered Kenya's country statement at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, the Head of State said, besides the two permanent seats being demanded by the continent, Africa deserves more non-permanent seats. Currently, Africa has three non-permanent seats at the UN Security Council.
"Kenya joins in the demand for two permanent seats for Africa, with all the rights and prerogatives of current members, including the right of veto, and additional non permanent seats," said President Kenyatta.
The additional seats, said President Kenyatta, would correct the historical injustices that Africa has suffered at the global body over the years.
"As we all know, Africa is under represented in the non permanent category of the Security Council and not represented at all in the permanent category," President Kenyatta observed.
"This historical injustice is a clear indication of the skewed system that has perpetuated an exclusive model of governance that fuels the trust gap between nations, " the President added.
In the speech that lasted slightly under 20 minutes, President Kenyatta pointed out that real change at the global body cannot be realized without reforms to the membership of the UN Security Council.
He said the global governance system needs to reform for it to be relevant and effective in addressing current and emerging global challenges.
He pointed out that multilateralism has come under severe strain due to mistrust among global leaders and can only be addressed through genuine reforms.
"Rarely has the system of trade and security that was established following the Second World War, under the aegis of the United Nations, been under greater strain," said President Kenyatta.
The Head of State pointed out that populism and extremism unleashed at the national level has brought forward powerful constituencies that want a dismantling of the global order.
For this to change, said President Kenyatta, there is an urgent political need for the world to close the trust gap between people and governing institutions.
"Governments are not owed trust by citizens; that trust must be won and protected. It is not an exaggeration to say that on this issue, revolves the future of global stability and the continuity of many states," the Head of State observed.
He noted that mistrust among the global community can only be addressed if the leadership and processes of the multilateral system are inclusive of all stakeholders.
"The gap in trust at the global level is aimed squarely at the leadership and processes of the multilateral system - as reflected in the UN Security Council, the Bretton Woods institutions and other parts of the system," President Kenyatta noted.
The President said lack of proper inclusive leadership at the global institutions has greatly contributed to corruption and impunity not only in national governments but also globally.
"Without governments and the international system addressing the broadening deficits in fairness, inclusivity, and anti-corruption, populism, radicalisation, civil strife and political instability will continue to destabilise and destroy" said President Kenyatta.
President Kenyatta further observed that for national governments to succeed in combating corruption, there is need for the international organizations, which continue to demand good governance and accountability to show by example, by taking necessary measures to combat the unnecessary evil.
"The single overarching aim must be to make it exceedingly difficult to transfer and launder illegally acquired wealth in any part of the world," the Head of State said.
"All UN bodies should be tasked with detecting corruption in their different focus areas and promoting the skills and systems to combat it. In the understanding that honest, transparent and responsive government is fundamental to the achievement of their aims," he continued.
President Kenyatta said time has come for the global community to embrace bold solutions for it to succeed.
While citing the Kenyan situation in which an aggressive campaign is underway against fraud and abuse of public office in order to restore confidence in governance, the President said: "We have to fight impunity and corruption. Seriously and without fear or favor."
The President said that in its efforts to bring about good governance, Kenya has reached out to partners such as Switzerland and the United Kingdom in order to return illegal proceeds of corruption which have been stashed in their banking and financial systems.
The President noted that current challenges bedevilling the world require greater cooperation and partnerships so as to achieve better solutions for all.
President Kenyatta said the world stands in a decisive moment, and pledged Kenya's willingness to play its part by championing for change for the benefit of all.
"Today's problems, risks and threats are complex and call for more not less cooperation, more not less observance of the rule of law, more not less negotiations; we need a rule based multilateral system," said the Head of State.
Earlier in the day, President Kenyatta attended and addressed two side meetings on Tuberculosis and Climate change.


Story Club is a nonfiction storytelling show. The goal of Story Club is to mix the spontaneity of an open mic with the experience of live theater. Each show has both open mic and featured performers. Story Club is proud to be a part of the thriving live lit community in Chicago.
When does Story Club meet?
The North Side Chicago show is held the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm.
The South Side Chicago show is held the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm.
The Minneapolis show is held the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm.
The Boston show is held on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm.
The Cleveland shows are held the first Tuesday and second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
The Columbus show is held the second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
Anyone. We have at least three open mic slots at each show (more if time allows). Open mic participants sign up before the show and and are chosen randomly during the show. There is a timer on stage with the performer, counting down. Once the timer goes off, the story is over. Story Club loves having new storytellers on stage. We encourage everyone to sign up and show off what they've got!
Story Club is a forum for nonfiction stories. Each performer has 8 minutes to do their thing on stage (about 1300 words). The best stories quickly tell us where the story is taking place, who it involves, and what's at stake. If you're uncertain if your work is appropriate, we recommend reading a couple stories from Story Club Magazine.
What if it is my first time performing?
Then we love you the most. We pride ourselves in being a venue that many writers use as their first performance space. You will get a microphone, a music stand for your pages, a stool (if you want to sit), and a timer. You will also get one of the most attentive, welcoming audiences in Chicago.
Who are the "featured performers?"
Featured performances are curated for each show by the Story Club production team. Featured performers write towards that month's theme, provide drafts of their stories, work with our producers to refine their tales, and are paid based on the audience donations from the evening.
Can I start a Story Club in my area?
We currently have seven shows in five cities and we're looking to start more. Start a Story Club in your own city (or even your own Chicago neighborhood) by emailing dana@storyclubchicago.com and letting us know you're interested. We're always looking for more ways to bring the live lit experience to new audiences.
Live lit is an incredibly exciting performance literature movement in Chicago. In 2009, venues for storytelling were scarce, but today there are over 50 monthly shows held all over the city. As the number keeps growing, so does the audience. Check out our Live Lit Page for a full listing of the other organizations.


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Skype's relationship with the U.S. intelligence establishment is older than its alleged involvement with the NSA's recently revealed Internet surveillance program PRISM, according to a New York Times report Thursday.
The endeavor, called Project Chess, began five years ago while eBay still owned the company.
Project Chess' aim was,
"to explore the legal and technical issues in making Skype calls readily available to intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials," sources told The New York Times.
Earlier this month, The Guardian and The Washington Post reported that Skype was one of nine major Internet companies participating in PRISM under the National Security Agency.
Skype allegedly came on board February 2011 before it was acquired by Microsoft in May 2011. Microsoft reportedly joined the program in September 2007.
Microsoft carefully acknowledged that it complies with orders for data regarding,
"requests about specific accounts or identifiers" when the company "a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis."
"If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data, we don't participate in it," the company said in a statement to gaming site Kotaku.
The other companies accused of participating,
...have also issued their own vehement, carefully-worded denials.
Earlier this year, privacy and transparency activists urged Microsoft to come clean about it and Skype's security practices, user data retention policies and its interpretation of its legal responsibilities to comply with law enforcement requests.
The White House, senior members of the congressional intelligence committees and senior officials of the intelligence community have all defended the legality and effectiveness of the program, as well as the oversight regime holding the program accountable.
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NSA and Silicon Valley Leaders
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James Risen reported from Washington,
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Spy agencies invest in Silicon Valley start-ups,
award classified contracts and recruit
technology experts like Max Kelly.
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern.
Instead the man who was responsible for protecting the personal information of Facebook's more than one billion users from outside attacks went to work for another giant institution that manages and analyzes large pools of data: the National Security Agency.
Mr. Kelly's move to the spy agency, which has not previously been reported, underscores the increasingly deep connections between Silicon Valley and the agency and the degree to which they are now in the same business. Both hunt for ways to collect, analyze and exploit large pools of data about millions of Americans.
The only difference is that the NSA does it for intelligence, and Silicon Valley does it to make money.
The disclosure of the spy agency's program called Prism, which is said to collect the e-mails and other Web activity of foreigners using major Internet companies like,
...has prompted the companies to deny that the agency has direct access to their computers, even as they acknowledge complying with secret NSA court orders for specific data.
Yet technology experts and former intelligence officials say the convergence between Silicon Valley and the NSA and the rise of data mining - both as an industry and as a crucial intelligence tool - have created a more complex reality.
Silicon Valley has what the spy agency wants: vast amounts of private data and the most sophisticated software available to analyze it. The agency in turn is one of Silicon Valley's largest customers for what is known as data analytics, one of the valley's fastest-growing markets.
To get their hands on the latest software technology to manipulate and take advantage of large volumes of data, United States intelligence agencies invest in Silicon Valley start-ups, award classified contracts and recruit technology experts like Mr. Kelly.
"We are all in these Big Data business models," said Ray Wang, a technology analyst and chief executive of Constellation Research, based in San Francisco.
"There are a lot of connections now because the data scientists and the folks who are building these systems have a lot of common interests."
Although Silicon Valley has sold equipment to the NSA and other intelligence agencies for a generation, the interests of the two began to converge in new ways in the last few years as advances in computer storage technology drastically reduced the costs of storing enormous amounts of data - at the same time that the value of the data for use in consumer marketing began to rise.
"These worlds overlap," said Philipp S. Krüger, chief executive of Explorist, an Internet start-up in New York.
The sums the NSA spends in Silicon Valley are classified, as is the agency's total budget, which independent analysts say is $8 billion to $10 billion a year.
Despite the companies' assertions that they cooperate with the agency only when legally compelled, current and former industry officials say the companies sometimes secretly put together teams of in-house experts to find ways to cooperate more completely with the NSA and to make their customers' information more accessible to the agency.
The companies do so, the officials say, because they want to control the process themselves. They are also under subtle but powerful pressure from the NSA to make access easier.
Skype, the Internet-based calling service, began its own secret program, Project Chess, to explore the legal and technical issues in making Skype calls readily available to intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials, according to people briefed on the program who asked not to be named to avoid trouble with the intelligence agencies.
Project Chess, which has never been previously disclosed, was small, limited to fewer than a dozen people inside Skype, and was developed as the company had sometimes contentious talks with the government over legal issues, said one of the people briefed on the project.
The project began about five years ago, before most of the company was sold by its parent, eBay, to outside investors in 2009. Microsoft acquired Skype in an $8.5 billion deal that was completed in October 2011.
A Skype executive denied last year in a blog post that recent changes in the way Skype operated were made at the behest of Microsoft to make snooping easier for law enforcement.
It appears, however, that Skype figured out how to cooperate with the intelligence community before Microsoft took over the company, according to documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, a former contractor for the NSA One of the documents about the Prism program made public by Mr. Snowden says Skype joined Prism on Feb. 6, 2011.
Microsoft executives are no longer willing to affirm statements, made by Skype several years ago, that Skype calls could not be wiretapped. Frank X. Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, declined to comment.
In its recruiting in Silicon Valley, the NSA sends some of its most senior officials to lure the best of the best.
No less than Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the agency's director and the chief of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, showed up at one of the world's largest hacker conferences in Las Vegas last summer, looking stiff in an uncharacteristic T-shirt and jeans, to give the keynote speech.
His main purpose at Defcon, the conference, was to recruit hackers for his spy agency.
NSA badges are often seen on the lapels of officials at other technology and information security conferences.
"They're very open about their interest in recruiting from the hacker community," said Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society.
But perhaps no one embodies the tightening relationship between the NSA and the valley more than Kenneth A. Minihan.
A career Air Force intelligence officer, Mr. Minihan was the director of the NSA during the Clinton administration until his retirement in the late 1990s, and then he ran the agency's outside professional networking organization.
Today he is managing director of Paladin Capital Group, a venture capital firm based in Washington that in part specializes in financing start-ups that offer high-tech solutions for the NSA and other intelligence agencies.
In effect, Mr. Minihan is an advanced scout for the NSA as it tries to capitalize on the latest technology to analyze and exploit the vast amounts of data flowing around the world and inside the United States.
The members of Paladin's strategic advisory board include Richard C. Schaeffer Jr., a former NSA executive.
While Paladin is a private firm, the American intelligence community has its own in-house venture capital company, In-Q-Tel, financed by the Central Intelligence Agency to invest in high-tech start-ups.
Many software technology firms involved in data analytics are open about their connections to intelligence agencies.
Gary King, a co-founder and chief scientist at Crimson Hexagon, a start-up in Boston, said in an interview that he had given talks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., about his company's social media analytics tools.
The future holds the prospect of ever greater cooperation between Silicon Valley and the NSA because data storage is expected to increase at an annual compound rate of 53 percent through 2016, according to the International Data Corporation.
"We reached a tipping point, where the value of having user data rose beyond the cost of storing it," said Dan Auerbach, a technology analyst with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an electronic privacy group in San Francisco.
"Now we have an incentive to keep it forever."
Social media sites in the meantime are growing as voluntary data mining operations on a scale that rivals or exceeds anything the government could attempt on its own.
"You willingly hand over data to Facebook that you would never give voluntarily to the government," said Bruce Schneier, a technologist and an author.
Skype's Secret 'Project Chess'
...Reportedly Helped NSA Access Customers' Data
by Dominic Rushe
in New York
from TheGuardian Website
Scheme - set up before firm was purchased by Microsoft - allegedly
eased access for US law enforcement agencies
Prosecutors in Zhu Yufu's trial for subversion
cited text messages that he sent using Skype.
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Skype, the web-based communications company, reportedly set up a secret program to make it easier for US surveillance agencies to access customers' information.
The program, called Project Chess and first revealed by the New York Times on Thursday, was said to have been established before Skype was bought by Microsoft in 2011.
Microsoft's links with US security are under intense scrutiny following the Guardian's revelation of Prism, a surveillance program run by the National Security Agency (NSA), that claimed "direct" access to its servers and those of rivals including Apple, Facebook and Google.
Project Chess was set up to explore the legal and technical issues involved in making Skype's communications more readily available to law enforcement and security officials, according to the Times.
Only a handful of executives were aware of the plan. The company did not immediately return a call for comment.
Last year Skype denied reports that it had changed its software following the Microsoft acquisition in order to allow law enforcement easier access to communications.
"Nothing could be more contrary to the Skype philosophy," Mark Gillett, vice president of Microsoft's Skype division, said in a blog post.
According to the Prism documents, Skype had been co-operating with the NSA's scheme since February 2011, eight months before the software giant took it over.
The document gives little detail on the technical nature of that cooperation. Microsoft declined to comment. The news comes as the tech firms are attempting to distance themselves from the Prism revelations.
All the firm's listed as participating in the Prism scheme have denied that they give the NSA "direct" access to their servers, as claimed by the slide presentation, and said that they only comply with legal requests made through the courts.
But since the story broke a more nuanced picture of how the tech firms work with the surveillance authorities has emerged. The US authorities have become increasingly interested in tech firms and its employees after initially struggling to keep up with the shift to digital communications.
NSA officials have held high level talks with executives in the tech firms and are actively recruiting in the tech community.
'That information is how they make their money'
Shane Harris, author of The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State, said the NSA had a crisis in the late 1990s when it realized communication was increasingly digital and it was falling behind in its powers to track that data.
"You can not overstate that without this data the NSA would be blind," he said.
The NSA employs former valley executives, including Max Kelly, the former chief security officer for Facebook, and has increasingly sought to hire people in the hacker community.
Former NSA director lieutenant general Kenneth Minihan has taken the opposite tack and is helping create the next generation of tech security firms. Minihan is managing director of Paladin Capital, a private equity firm that has a fund dedicated to investing in homeland security.
Paladin also employs Dr Alf Andreassen, a former technical adviser for naval warfare who was also for classified national programs at AT&T and Bell Laboratories.
Harris said the ties were only likely to deepen as technology moves ever more of our communications on line. He warned the move was likely to present more problems for the tech firms as their consumers worry about their privacy.
"It's been fascinating for me listening to the push back from the tech companies," said Harris.
Christopher Soghoian, a senior policy analyst studying technological surveillance at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the relationship between the tech giants and the NSA has a fundamental - and ironic - flaw that guarantees the Prism scandal is unlikely to be the last time tensions surface between the two.
The US spying apparatus and Silicon Valley's top tech firms are basically in the same business, collecting information on people, he said.
"It's a weird symbiotic relationship. It's not that Facebook and Google are trying to build a surveillance system but they effectively have," he said.
"If they wanted to, Google and Facebook could use technology to tackle the issue, anonymizing and deleting their customers' information. But that information is how they make their money, so that is never going to happen."
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Filipino Chicken Arroz Caldo is best consumed during cold weather. It is perfect during winter, or during chilly rainy days. The good news is anyone can easily make this dish as long as all the ingredients are available. I will talk about each of the components of this dish and provide more options. I will also share the links of our other chicken arroz caldo recipes, so that you will have more idea.
We will be using two types of rice for this recipe: Jasmine rice and glutinous rice or malagkit. If Jasmine rice is not available, you can use other varieties of long grain white rice that don't get very sticky when cooked.
Note that I included the store-bought yellow rice in the image above for informational purposes. You can use this as a substitute for Jasmine rice if you want your chicken arroz caldo to be tastier and more colorful. This is available in most supermarkets here in the US . It is packaged as either yellow rice, Spanish style yellow rice, or arrroz amarillo.
If you are interested in using yellow rice , I suggest that you refer to this Yellow Arroz Caldo Recipe. I used an entire 8 oz. package of store-bought yellow rice for that specific recipe.
Fresh cut chicken is what I am using for this recipe. It does not need to be marinated in any way. All we have to do is saute it with garlic, onion, and ginger until the skin and outer part turns light brown. I also saute the chicken with rice for around 1 minute before adding chicken broth.
Aside from fresh chicken, another great tasting arroz caldo dish that I have created involves the use of rotisserie chicken. It makes the dish very flavorful. Here is my recipe for Rotisserie Chicken Arroz Caldo.
The aromatics that I always use for my Filipino chicken arroz caldo are garlic, onion, and ginger. I saute the chicken slices with the ingredients to help make it fragrant. As for the topping, make a batch of toasted garlic and top it to your arroz caldo, along with chopped scallions, boiled egg, and lemon wedges.
Basic chicken arroz caldo comes out pale white in color. However, this version is somewhat yellowish, even if I did not use yellow rice. It is because of an extra ingredient that I added, which is locally known as "kasubha" (dried safflower). It resembles saffron at first glance, but it does not have the same aroma and taste. Saffron is way more fragrant than this ingredient.
Kasubha is nice to have for chicken arroz caldo. It will help make your arroz caldo more vibrant, but it won't influence the flavor. You can still make this dish without it. If you want your dish to taste and look better, I suggest that you use a small pinch of Aquilla saffron.
Try this Filipino Chicken Arroz Caldo Recipe. Let me know what you think.
When the onion starts to turn soft and translucent, put the chicken into the pot. Cook until it turns light brown.
Add glutinous and Jasmine rice. Saute for 1 minute.
Pour 6 cups of chicken broth. Let boil. Cover the pot. Continue to cook in medium heat for 35 to 40 minutes. Make sure to stir the mixture every few minutes to prevent the rice from sticking on the pot. Add more broth if necessary.
Add kasubha, patis, and ground black pepper. Stir. Continue to cook until it reaches your desired consistency.
Transfer to a serving bowl. Top with egg, scallions, garlic, and lemon wedges.
Can I use Japanese rice for this recipe?


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The red/black concept, sometimes called the red–black architecture
or red/black engineering,
refers to the careful segregation in cryptographic systems of signals that contain sensitive or classified plaintext information (red signals) from those that carry encrypted information, or ciphertext (black signals). Therefore, the red side is usually considered the internal side, and the black side the more public side, with often some sort of guard, firewall or data-diode between the two.

In NSA jargon, encryption devices are often called blackers, because they convert red signals to black. TEMPEST standards spelled out in Tempest/2-95 specify shielding or a minimum physical distance between wires or equipment carrying or processing red and black signals.

Different organizations have differing requirements for the separation of red and black fiber optic cables.

Red/black terminology is also applied to cryptographic keys. Black keys have themselves been encrypted with  a "key encryption key" (KEK) and are therefore benign.  Red keys are not encrypted and must be treated as highly sensitive material.

Red/Gray/Black

The NSA's Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program, which uses two layers of independent, commercial off-the-shelf cryptographic products to protect classified information, includes a red/gray/black concept. In this extension of the red/black concept, the separated gray compartment handles data that has been encrypted only once, which happens at the red/gray boundary. The gray/black interface adds or removes a second layer of encryption.

See also
Computer security
Secure by design
Security engineering

References

Cryptography
Secure communication
Security engineering

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Renegade Soundwave have always been known bringing together various styles of club music with guitars to craft their own style, and there new album, "Howyoudoin," takes it even further.
The LP is the groups most diverse release to date. There's a few cuts with guitars and almost spoken vocals that are reminciscent of "Bitting My Nails" and "Probably a Robbery." But there are also smooth, heavily dub infuenced dance tracks.
"There's a couple of tracks on there that are obviously three-dimensional tracks that are as marketable as marketable can be for us," admits member Gary Asquith. "There's a couple of tracks that could go all the way that the people on the radio are prepared to play, a couple of safe tracks. Some of it's doing those things that you want to do and trying things out and putting the collection of things together in a format that you think is working on the end. We're not afraid of approaching obscure genres of music which we can find some of hook into."
Renegade Soundwave is a duo of Asquith and Danny Briottet. There had been a third member but Asquith says he "graciously departed" due to differences of opinion on where the band was heading musically.
Though Renegade Soundwave's first three releases each came out a year apart, "Howyoudoin" was four years in the making. Many probems arose during recording, like the band having to re-record most of the tracks due to tape hiss problems. In addition, the group was using Mute's studio, which was in the process of being renovated at the time.
"It's like waking up in somebody's bedroom," says Asquith. "When you go to work in someplace and you go to work in a different environment, the set up is different, things sound different. Even if you have the same desk in a different room it's going to sound different, the monitoring will be different and there's miriad of different things that can happen."
Along with bands such as Pop Will Eat Itself, Renegade Soundwave were pioneers of taking samples and creatvively working them into songs with tradtional instrumentation. But other bands who weren't so creative have made the laws more strict and sampling more difficult to pull off.
"It's not a very wise thing to do, there's a lot of crap involved," says Asquith. "You have to clear samples, they're not always easy things to do and can be time consuming"
When they made their previous albums, laws concerning sampling weren't as clearly defined, but now it's at the point where the labels are being very carefull to make sure everything is cleared. Renegade Soundwave have tried to get around this by using musicians to re-create samples they like, but many times it won't come off sounding right and they will go through the hassle of having the original sample cleared.
"Sometimes it's not cost effective to do that sort of thing," says Asquith. "If you've got three or four different things going on, and eveyone wants 25% there's not much left for you at the end."
Renegade Soundwave's strong point has always been their ability to take what is going on around them in dance music and work it into their sound. As a result, they have been much in demand as remixers.
While the group has done some performances in the past, they haven't yet fully adapted Renegade Soundwave to the live setting. That's changing now, as the group is rehearsing with an additional guitarist, drummer and DJ. Renegade Soundwave have been asked to play some festivels this summer, and hope to also do a full tour and maybe even some live recording.
"With this album, we think we've got a much better reperatoire than we've had in the past to take out and do live," explains Asquith.
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The British Government prepares a white paper on the relationship with the EU
by Ruben34 | May 23, 2018 | News
The British government will soon publish a white paper detailing the objectives of the United Kingdom on the future relationship it wants with the European Union (EU), informed today the minister and negotiator of the "Brexit", David Davis.
This white paper will explain in a "detailed, ambitious and precise" manner its position in the face of the UK's link with the EU once it leaves the European bloc in 2019, the minister added.
Davis, in a statement to the media, called the document the "most significant" on the EU since the June 2016 referendum, in which the British voted in favor of the "Brexit."
According to the British negotiator, this text will explain "what would change" after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and will cover issues in customs, divergence on regulation and financial services, as well as the future security relationship with the 27.
The text can be released before the European summit to be held in Brussels between June 28 and 29, according to the media.
The preparation of this document is known after the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, yesterday held a meeting with prominent members of her government to evaluate the different customs options in order to solve the problem that the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, since the objective is to remain invisible.
May has divided the ministers of his Government into two groups so that each one evaluates the possible customs relationship with the EU.
In one are the ministers who prefer a model of "customs association", by which the United Kingdom would collect tariffs on behalf of the EU on the goods arrived at their ports but destined to the 27, thus avoiding new checkpoints at the border British-European
In the other, there are those who prefer "maximum facilitation", which would make it possible to resort to the latest technology to minimize the need for physical border controls after "Brexit".
According to the media, May has established these two groups before the impossibility for everyone to agree on the customs relationship that the United Kingdom wants to raise with Brussels in the negotiations on the "Brexit".
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