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April 30, 2015 /in Health news, Politics, Social Issues, U.S News /by Dr. Samuel Jones
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Achieving Health Equity by Design
Disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity and by income status are persistent and difficult to reduce. For more than a decade, infant mortality rates have been 2 to 3 times higher among African American populations, rates of potentially preventable hospitalization have been substantially higher among African American and Latino populations, and the complications of diabetes have disproportionately afflicted African American and Latino populations.1 These and other disparities have persisted despite recognition that inequity costs the economy an estimated $300 billion per year.2 In addition, health disparities threaten the ability of health care organizations to compete fiscally as insurers increasingly base payments on quality and outcomes, such as reducing preventable admissions and readmissions.
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April 29, 2015 /in East Africa health news, Economic news, Health & Wellness, Health news, U.S News, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
The Health of Young African American Men
Deaths in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City; Sanford, Florida; and other areas have focused international attention on young African American men. In a recent campaign, young African American men draw attention to key overlooked facts that describe their demographic: 1 of 3 goes to college, 3 of 4 are drug free, 5 of 9 have jobs, 7 of 8 are not teenaged fathers, and 11 of 12 finish high school.1 How can clinicians help address existing health disparities and add to these positive outcomes?
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April 27, 2015 /in East Africa health news, Health & Wellness, Health news, Southern Africa health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
A Finnish study found daily saunas protect middle-aged men against heart attacks.
The Finnish are clearly onto something. Though the Angry Birds ship has sailed—we feel your deep-seeded jealousy toward Rovio's genius, too—you can jump on Finland's health bandwagon by stepping into a sauna.
Frequent sauna trips (baths? sits?) may help you live longer, a Finnish study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found. Saunas are to Finland what Starbucks is to America. For a population of 5.3 million people, there are 3.3. million saunas in Finland, according to InterNations.org. And they have good reason to cherish their sweatboxes.
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LAUGHING MAKES YOUR BRAIN WORK BETTER
April 23, 2015 /in East Africa health news, Health news, North Africa health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
Studies show that laughter improves memory.
Laughter is great not just for your mood, but for your gray matter, says a new study out of Loma Linda U., where a group of adults who watched a funny video for 30 minutes did better on unrelated short-term-memory tests afterward than a separate group who'd just sat twiddling their thumbs.
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April 20, 2015 /in Caribbean News, East Africa health news, Health news, Southern Africa health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
Say pilsner and black beer is most effective
Can halve the amount of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to colorectal cancer
As barbecue season approaches, researchers have discovered an unlikely ingredient that could improve the safety of your meat – letting it swill in beer.
They say that letting meat marindade in pilsner can help reduce the formation of potentially harmful cancer-causing substances in grilled meats.
They say pilsner and black beer are most effective, halving the amount of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to colorectal cancer.
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Medical Daily
April 15, 2015 /in East Africa health news, Health news, Southern Africa health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
Turmeric is a main spice in curry — it's a yellow-colored, bitter-tasting ginger root that can also be quite medicinal. Turmeric has been used to treat arthritis, heartburn, stomach issues, and diarrhea, among other things throughout human history — but now researchers have found a new potential outlet for the root in treating disorders involving fear memories, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
In a new study led by Glenne Schafe, a professor of psychology at Hunter College, researchers found that curcumin — the principal compound found in turmeric — impaired the formation of fear memories in the brain after a traumatic experience.
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Your love for avocados is oh-so right, according to a new study that finds that eating an avocado a day can improve bad cholesterol levels — at least in overweight and obese people.
Avocados have gotten a bad rap in the past because they're high in calories and fat. But it's their richness in monounsaturated fat that researchers say gives avocado its ability to lower bad cholesterol.
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April 11, 2015 /in North Africa health news, Southern Africa health news, U.S News, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
Electronic cigarettes and health
The latest investigation of vaping suggests it can help you quit smoking
Dec 20th 2014 | From the print edition
THERE are few more reliable routes to an early grave than cigarette smoking. But despite the dangers, nicotine addicts find it almost impossible to kick the habit. Half of those who try to stop "cold turkey" will fail within a week. Fewer than 5% manage to stay clean for a year or more. Crutches such as nicotine patches or gum, which provide the drug without the cigarettes, can help—but only a little.
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April 9, 2015 /in East Africa health news, Health news, North Africa health news, Southern Africa economic news, Southern Africa health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
How to avoid the possibility of eating poisonous rice.
Eaters of white and brown rice have healthier diets— they take in more fruits and vegetables and less saturated fat and added sugar, a Baylor College of Medicine study of more than 14,000 adults showed. But all's not well in Riceville. It turns out, the grain is often tainted with carcinogenic metals, especially when crops are grown in once industrial areas. In China, the concern is cadmium, a metallic compound that may cause cancer and kidney disease. In fact, a Greenpeace East Asia test found unsafe levels of cadmium in 12 of 13 rice crops sampled. Stateside, arsenic is the enemy, though the FDA has so far deemed levels too low to cause immediate adverse health effects.
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April 8, 2015 /in Health news, West Africa health news /by Dr. Samuel Jones
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A new treatment for allergy to peanuts is being developed
Dec 20th 2014 | CHICAGO | From the print edition
ANAPHYLAXIS, an allergic reaction that causes swellings and rashes and can thus block a person's airways, is always unpleasant and sometimes lethal. Often, the allergen is in a specific sort of food. Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soyabeans and wheat are particularly risky. Together, they account for 90% of anaphylactic incidents in America, a country in which between 4% and 8% of children are reckoned to have a food allergy, and in which a third or more of such allergies are potentially life-threatening.
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Q: PHP Images rename double digits I have pictures in a folder and I would like to rename them sequentially to a two digit number. I browsed and tried a lot of solutions but I didn't manage to find what I am looking for. I grown desperate now. I managed to find this code but it renames one digit from 1 to 9, and two digits from 10 onward. I would like it to numerate starting 01.jpg, 02.jpg, 03.jpg, etc...
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How can I modify the above code to make it a double digit?

A: Change sprintf('../thumbs/%d.jpg', $i+2); to sprintf('../thumbs/%02d.jpg', $i+2);

A: You can specify width of the integer number using a digit preceding the d in %d.
Instead of sprintf('../thumbs/%d.jpg', $i+2); use sprintf('../thumbs/%02d.jpg', $i+2);
See sprintf docs also

A: I'd suggest str_pad http://www.php.net/str_pad for a more flexible approach:
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Los Angeles launches first LGBT heritage month today
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa kicks off what is intended to be the city's first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Heritage Month at City Hall today, the Daily News reports.
(The LGBT community has only been in Los Angeles about a century. What took so long? I guess better late than never.)
The mayor will present the Spirit, Dream and Hope of Los Angeles awards to three prominent members of the LGBT community, including comedian Wanda Sykes, during a special presentation in the City Council chambers.
About 200 youth from the Gay-Straight Alliance Network are expected to attend the presentation.
"For them the event is important because it shows there has been an LGBT history longer than the last five or 10 years," said Sam Borelli, communications director for the nonprofit LGBT advocacy group Christopher Street West, which hosts the annual LA Pride parade and three-day celebration.
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LA Pride celebrates 40 years
On June 28, 1970, Los Angeles organized the nation's first gay pride parade. Forty years later, the parade, which celebrates the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender communities, is one of the largest in the city. More than 400,000 people lined Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood Sunday to watch and cheer the parade and its participants, according to organizers.
The LA Pride Festival started in 1974, four years after the first parade.
Both events started in Hollywood before moving to West Hollywood in 1979, partly because the enclave had a large gay and lesbian population and was considered more gay friendly.
But a major consideration was the festival had outgrown its Hollywood site, which was targeted for development. A third factor was the continuing hostility of the Los Angeles Police Department.
LA Pride's first parade commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Inn rebellion in New York City. That protest receives the bulk of attention as the dawn of the gay rights movement, but Los Angeles has distinction in the pages of gay history, too.
In 1967, gay men protested police brutality and harassment at the Black Cat Tavern in Silver Lake. Some historians consider that rebellion the birthplace of the gay-rights movement.
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Famous for her cinnamon buns and her splendid Scandinavian cookbooks, food writer Sig (AKA Scandilicious) has an infectious enthusiasm for good food. We were introduced on Twitter longer ago than we care to remember and have been firm food friends since, meeting every year at Abergavenny Food Festival. She is always busy with a delicious project or two, whether it's tasting Christmas puddings for a newspaper, or travelling Scotland in search of the best whisky. Her instagram is guaranteed to make you hungry.
Below, she tells us which restaurant she goes to weekly, and why she'll always have butter on her porridge.
Both sides of my family – parents, grandparents, everyone really. I was lucky to grow up in a household where we sat down for home-cooked dinners nearly every night. Food was – and still is – considered a vital part of family life for us. It helped that my Norwegian grandparents had a farm, we learned so much about food there.
Well, the first job I remember doing for money was selling strawberries, aged 10 1/2 years. My Norwegian grandfather was quite a crafty man, getting us grandchildren to not only pick the berries that grew on their farm, but also to help with the preserving of those berries and whenever there were leftovers – to sell them to German tourists driving past the farm. It helped that I spoke a little German too!
Today? As it happens, a slow-cooked porridge made with Rude Health sprouted oats, gently simmered in half milk, half water and seasoned with your fantastic vanilla salt. I usually top the cooked oats with homemade jam, some variety of nut butter, or occasionally just butter, a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon. Because life is short and you may get run over by a bus, so why not have butter on your porridge?
I live in London and am a real creature of habit. I tend to go almost weekly to Koya Bar for udon noodles, slightly less often to Kanada-Ya for ramen, Atari-Ya for reasonable sushi, Kikuchi for more pricey sushi and when my dad's in town: Roka for seriously fancy sushi! I love the Korean bibimbap at Jinjuu in Soho, too.
Dishoom is great for Indian and my local, Holborn Dining Room, for brunch and Sunday lunches. Sourdough pizza at Franco Manca, spaghetti at my local Italian-red-sauce-and-old school-check-table-cloths-trattoria LEGEND that is Ciao Bella. Occasionally I stop by Fischer's on Marylebone High Street for a bit of Germanic "Gemütlichkeit" as I love their veal schnitzel and they do a mean cherry strudel in the summer.
If I feel the call of the wurst I head to Herman ze German for a bratwurstchen and Andechs bier (my parents lived in Munich for a decade and I was born there. I have a feeling my first spoken word may have been 'wurst') Otherwise I love the old-school charm of Le Caprice and sitting at the bar there is always a glamorous treat. Quo Vadis in Soho is a firm favourite for their onglet steak and great service. Lyle's is terrific, I really don't go there often enough – James Lowe is one of the best chefs in town and his food is utterly delicious. I adore Hawksmoor for both their beef and cocktails, and a more recent local haunt is the excellent Noble Rot which serves excellent wines and delicious food, AND happens to be in my neighbourhood so no schlepping across town, yay!
I also love Duck & Waffle, but having severe vertigo means I don't go there as often as I'd like (it's 40 floors up in the sky. The lift is utterly terrifying to a person scared of heights like I am.) I had a soft spot for Henry Harris's cooking at Racine, and hope he opens a new place soon. We need his signature French bourgeois cooking in the West End!
None. I don't believe in associating food with guilt. Eat what you love and everything in moderation – the occasional serving of triple cooked chips or a freshly fried cardamom doughnut never hurt anyone. The only time I'd feel guilty about food is if I started eating at nasty chain restaurants or horrible fast food joints all the time, but then I'd have greater problems to contend with – like having clearly lost my mind.
Beautiful, serene, friendly, melodic and welcoming. I love Wales, and always come away from a visit there – be it to Abergavenny or Halen Mon – feeling so happy and relaxed.
WHAT DO YOU EAT AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK?
If I've been surrounded by food all day or thinking about food for work then all I want is simple food in the evening: beans on (good) toast, a buttery fried egg or two, some spicy noodles, sardines on garlic toast with parsley and lemon, or a simple soup.
About once a month I spend a Sunday afternoon doing a lot of batch cooking, ie. making large quantities of bolognese sauce that can be frozen in portions and taken out to form the base of a chilli con carne, a cottage pie or just to be eaten with good old spaghetti. Cooking shouldn't be a chore, but with enough forward planning you shouldn't have to resort to takeaways and ready meals. Funnily enough if I'm tired and hungry in the evening after a long day I always gravitate towards savoury breakfast foods. Tonight I'm whipping up a batch of Ottolenghi's eggs shakshuka from his 'Jerusalem' book as I find that so comforting and easy to prepare. Eggs: a true superfood. You can't go wrong with eggs.
That's an impossible question to answer! It depends on mood, season and what I have in my kitchen to cook with. I love the cook books by Diana Henry, Yotam Ottolenghi, Claudia Roden, Nigel Slater, Nigella, my colleague Fiona Beckett and the style of food writers such as Tim Hayward, Maunika Gowardhan (aka @cookinacurry), and the recipes in both Honey & Co books. I can't abide dieting or "healthy" eating books with all their unappetising, under seasoned goo, with one exception: Eat Right by Nick Barnard is a great cookbook honouring the traditions of preserving and fermentation. I'm excited to see Elly Curshen's (aka @pearcafe) first cookbook out this spring, she's a true cook and really understands flavour and texture.
I kinda love really old cookbooks where the methodology is so condensed that all they say is "cook until done" – because back in the day I guess people just knew when their food was cooked and didn't need as much hand-holding as in modern cookbooks.


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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers"
Posted on 2015年6月9日 2020年11月11日 by ira_k
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers" (4018)
Editors: Beau Beausoleil and Deema Shehabi/PM Press/Size: 9 x 6/320 pages
On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than thirty people were killed and more than one hundred were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet al-Mutanabbi, it has been the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. This anthology begins with a historical introduction to al-Mutanabbi Street and includes the writing of Iraqis as well as a wide swath of international poets and writers who were outraged by this attack.
This book seeks to show where al-Mutanabbi Street starts in all of us: personally, in our communities, and in our nations. It seeks to show the commonality between this small street in Baghdad and our own cultural centers, and why this attack was an attack on us all. This anthology sees al-Mutanabbi Street as a place for the free exchange of ideas; a place that has long offered its sanctuary to the complete spectrum of Iraqi voices. This is where the roots of democracy (in the best sense of that word) took hold many hundreds of years ago. This anthology looks toward al-Mutanabbi Street as an affirmation of all that we hope for in a more just society.
Contributors include: Beau Beausoleil, Musa al-Musawi, Anthony Shadid, Mousa al-Naseri, Naomi Shihab Nye, Deena Metzger, Sam Hamod, Lutfiya Al-Dulaimi, Zaid Shlah, Persis Karim, Ayub Nuri, Marian Haddad, Sarah Browning, Eileen Grace O'Malley Callahan, Roger Sederat, Elline Lipkin, Esther Kamkar, Robert Perry, Gloria Collins, Brian Turner, Gloria Frym, Owen Hill, Abd al-Rahim, Salih al-Rahim, Yassin "The Narcicyst" Alsalman, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Sargon Boulus, Peter Money, Sinan Antoon, Muhammad al-Hamrani, Livia Soto, Janet Sternburg, Sam Hamill, Salah Al-Hamdani, Gail Sher, Dunya Mikhail, Irada Al Jabbouri, Dilara Cirit, Niamh MacFionnlaoich, Erica Goss, Daisy Zamora, George Evans, Steve Dickison, Maysoon Pachachi, Summer Brenner, Jen Hofer, Rijin Sahakian, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Jane Hirshfield, Jack Marshall, Susan Moon, Diana di Prima, Evelyn So, Nahrain Al-Mousawi, Ko Un, Joe Lamb, Katrina Rodabaugh, Mohammed Hayawi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Raya Asee, Gazar Hantoosh, Mark Abley, Majid Naficy, Lewis Buzbee, Ibn al-Utri, Thomas Christensen, Amy Gerstler, Genny Lim, Saadi Youssef, Judith Lyn Suttton, Josh Kun, Dana Teen Lomax, Etel Adnan, Bushra Al-Bustani, Marilyn Hacker, Richard Harrison, Fady Joudah, Philip Metres, Hayan Charara, Annie Finch, Kazim Ali, Deema K. Shehabi, Kenneth Wong, Elmaz Abinader, Habib Tengour, Khaled Mattawa, Rachida Madani, Amina Said, Alise Alousi, Sita Carboni, Fran Bourassa, Jabez W. Churchill, Daniela Elza, Linda Norton, Fred Norman, Bonnie Nish, Janet Rodney, Adrienne Rich, Cornelius Eady, Julie Bruck, Kwame Dawes, Ralph Angel, B.H. Fairchild, Terese Svoboda, Mahmoud Darwish, Amir el-Chidiac, Aram Saroyan, Sholeh Wolpe, Nathalie Handal, Azar Nafisi, Dima Hilal, Tony Kranz, Jordan Elgrably, devorah major, Suzy Malcolm, Ibrahim Nasrallah, Rick London, Sarah Menefee, Roberto Harrison, Fadhil Al-Azzawi, Amaranth Borsuk, Lamees Al-Ethari, Shayma' al-Saqr, Meena Alexander, and Jim Natal.
Praise:
"This anthology celebrates the exquisite relationship between the book and the reader, humanity and culture, writing and life and love. It is a tribute to a street that grows into a large and archetypal symbol and spatial metaphor for books."
—Muhsin al-Musawi, professor of Arabic and Comparative Studies at Columbia University and editor of the Journal of Arabic Literature
"The collection of materials in this anthology is astounding and harrowing. Beausoleil and Shehabi have put together a book that will be adored by lovers of poetry, essays, journalism, and testimony. It will also be required reading for anyone interested in social justice."
—Steven Salaita, associate professor of English, Virginia Tech University
"Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here has brought together a stellar group of authors to write about a time and place: the destruction of Baghdad's famed al-Mutanabbi Street, when on March 5, 2007, the cultural spaces of bookstores, libraries, and cafes frequented for centuries by the Iraqi literary community were bombed. This is a wonderful and exceptionally moving anthology and a compelling collection of poetic and historical merit."
—Susan Slyomovics, professor of anthropology and Near Eastern languages, UCLA
"Propaganda reigns when there are no natural alliances of self-defense, when image-makers — poets, novelists, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, and artists—have no personal relationships with their counterparts across zones of conflict. Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here steps directly into this vacuum, holding the mirror of resistance directly to our acquiescent eyes, reminding us that before the invasion of Iraq there were sanctions, that before the sanctions there was Saddam Hussein, part of an elaborate web of U.S. supported and inspired totalitarianism that has kept the peoples of the Middle East in a stranglehold for a good part of the 20th century. This extraordinary collection asks us to account for our lack of resistance, and to begin learning just what it might mean to resist."
—Ammiel Alcalay, chair of Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College
About Beau Beausoleil:
Beau Beausoleil is a poet and bookseller in San Francisco, California. His latest book is Concealed in Language. He is the founder of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition.
About Deema Shehabi:
Deema Shehabi is the author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies including Inclined to Speak: Contemporary Arab-American Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Drunken Boat, Literary Imagination, The Poetry of Arab Women, Poetry Review (London), and Wasafiri. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart prize four times, and she served as Vice-President for RAWI, the Radius of Arab-American Writers, Inc.
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Ryuk Ransomware Delivered Using Malware-as-a-Service Tool
Sophos: Cybercriminals Renting Buer Loader Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • October 28, 2020
Phishing email containing link to malicious Google Doc that helps download the Buer malware (Source: Sophos)
The operators behind the Ryuk strain of ransomware are increasingly relying on a malware-as-a-service tool - the Buer loader - to deliver the malware, rather than botnets such as Trickbot and Emotet, according to the security firm Sophos.
Researchers spotted advertisements for the Buer loader on underground forums starting in August 2019. The Sophos analysis, however, finds that the Ryuk operators have been increasingly relying on the loader to deliver their ransomware over the last several months.
Buer is a malware-as-a-service tool that provides an initial compromise of targets' Windows devices and enables the threat actors to establish a digital foothold within a network, Sean Gallagher, a senior threat analyst with Sophos, notes in the report.
"Buer has previously been tied to banking Trojan attacks and other malware deployments - and now, apparently, has been embraced by ransomware operators," Gallagher notes. "In many ways, Buer is positioned as an alternative to Emotet and Trickbot's emerging Bazar loader."
Ryuk's Return
After a dormant period starting in March, Ryuk activity has surged since the end of the third quarter, says Bill Siegel, the CEO of incident response firm Coveware. This includes a confirmed attack against French IT services company Sopra Steria earlier this month (see: French IT Services Firm Confirms Ryuk Ransomware Attack).
Office furniture giant Steelcase also appears to have sustained a Ryuk ransomware attack within the last week, according to a report in Bleeping Computer, which cited sources familiar with the company's response.
For years, the Ryuk operators used the Emotet and Trickbot botnets to deliver their crypto-locking malware to compromised devices. Some security analysts, however, have noted that cybercriminals may have started scouting for alternatives to Trickbot after Microsoft launched a campaign to dismantle its infrastructure early this month (see: Microsoft Continues Trickbot Crackdown).
"It's clear that Ryuk is back and that the actors behind it are evolving their methods for initial compromise, using multiple loader bots to achieve initial access," Gallagher says. "It's not clear if the same actor is behind all of these attacks, using multiple malware-as-a-service platforms to deliver Ryuk, or if there are multiple Ryuk actors."
Buer Malware
Buer, which was first advertised on underground forums as the "Modular Buer Loader," was described by its developers as a modular bot written in the C programming language. It also includes a command-and-control server written in the .NET language that cybercriminals could access as well, according to Sophos.
The Buer developers advertised that the malware loader was available for rent for a flat fee of $350, which included some customization and access to the command-and-control servers' IP address. For an extra $25, cybercriminals could change the IP address to fit their needs, the Sophos report states.
View of the control panel used with Buer's command-and-control server (Source: Sophos)
"The [command-and-control] can be used to track the number of successful downloads in a campaign and to assign tasks to bots by filters such as the country they're in, the 'bitness of the operating system' (32 or 64 bit), the number of processors on the infected machine and the level of permissions obtained by the bot," Gallagher says.
Malicious Document
The Sophos team discovered a sample of Buer during a Ryuk ransomware attack in September. The loader was hidden within a Google Doc delivered by a phishing email to the potential victim, according to the report.
"The document required the victim to enable scripted content to activate - a behavior similar to Emotet and other loader attacks via malicious spam emails but leveraging cloud storage to make the forensic analysis more difficult," Sophos says.
The variant of Buer recovered from the September attack uses a now-revoked certificate to help bypass security controls, the researchers say. The loader also checks for the presence of a debugger to evade forensic analysis and scans the device for language and localization settings to determine the geographic region of the targeted device.
Buer also deploys several PowerShell commands that alter settings within the Windows device, including the Windows Defender's exclusion list. This allows the loader to bypass additional security controls, according to the Sophos report.
Once these checks are done, a dropper then deposits Buer within the device's memory and executes the loader. Once this process is complete, the loader then attempts to download the Ryuk ransomware, the Sophos researchers say.
Gallagher notes that Buer and Ryuk share some of the same shellcode, but it's not clear if that means the two were jointly developed by the same operators.
"This may not be an indication of shared authorship; the developers may have simply used the same sample code as their source," he says.
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Last week the Telegraph reported that 5,000 patients being treated by the NHS had been put into hotels for overnight stays. Freedom of Information requests showed 21 trusts have spent £1.6 million since January 2012.
The scheme has come under the attack of patients' groups, who expressed their concern over the care of patients at these often luxurious hotels. Roger Goss, co-director of Patient Concern said the schemes were "an outrageous waste of taxes". Even worse is that he thinks this can sometimes pose a risk to patients.
Examples of some of the hotels used include the four-star Mercure Sheffield St Paul's Hotel and Spa. This has been used on eight occasions. The price of one night with breakfast normally costs around £94.
Is this really a justifiable way to spend taxpayers' cash? It would better for the NHS to cut out wasteful spending in other areas so they can prioritise their resources - there are many examples of how they can do this in the Bumper Book of Government Waste.


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History You Might Have Missed: A "Permanent" Tully Treasure
Elsa Lanchester, Bride of Frankenstein; Wikimedia Commons
Tully is a town that was built out of salt and ice and agriculture and tourism but the first thing I noticed when I walked into the local historical society's museum had nothing to do with any of those industries. What caught my eye was a contraption that looked as if it belonged in the Bride of Frankenstein, the 1935 version with Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester.
Despite its ominous appearance, the machine is an artifact of the beauty industry; a monument to feminine physical and mental endurance for the sake of appearance. The device is a Permanent Waving Machine circa 1930, and it's a reminder that beauty parlors have a long history in many small communities as places where changing social tastes and trends were first encountered.
A 1928 U.S. patent for this hair appliance was the first one ever awarded to an African-American woman. Marjorie Stewart Joyner, a Chicago hairdresser and salon owner who went on to be employed as a vice-president for Madame C.J. Walker Beauty Schools, developed the gadget to "straighten curly hair and curl straight hair." Damp hair was wrapped around rods that dangled at the end of covered wires connected to a dome-shaped gizmo suspended from a rolling metal frame.
Permanent Wave Machine; Tully Historical Society
Once the woman's hair was completely secured, she looked as if her head had been caught in the tentacles of a huge chrome-plated jellyfish. Once the electric current pulsed into the rods, heating them to a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, it's likely the intrepid customer also felt like the stinging sea creature had landed on her scalp. As the damp hair steamed dry, it conformed to the round shape of the rod and voila, curls that lasted for longer than a day.
Several sources claim Marjorie Joyner's waving machine inspiration came from her method of cooking a pot roast. Metal rods thrust into the beef heated in the oven and cooked the meat from the inside out.
Tully's "Permanent Hair Wave Machine" was donated in 1981 by the late Al Howlett. He was a village trustee and an industrial arts teacher in Fabius. It is 5'7″ tall – the machine, not Mr. Howlett – "with 14 bunches of curler hooks. Has dial and switches in the back along with a timer and is electric," according to the historical society's records. As Nancy Porter, a member of the museum's staff, commented in an email, "Pretty frightening, huh? I could see why it was called 'Permanent'." Yeah, it's an imposing piece of machinery that gives new meaning to the old question, "What price beauty?"
Though the early 20th century hair tool grabbed my attention, the Tully Historical Society's museum houses a trove of interesting equipment and memorabilia that reflects the town's roots as an important food, fun, and production center for crucial commodities important to the national economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
For more information and museum hours check out theTully Historical Society's webpage.
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Path with L1- Logistic Regression
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Computes path on IRIS dataset.

"""
print(__doc__)

# Author: Alexandre Gramfort <alexandre.gramfort@inria.fr>
# License: BSD 3 clause

from datetime import datetime
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from sklearn import linear_model
from sklearn import datasets
from sklearn.svm import l1_min_c

iris = datasets.load_iris()
X = iris.data
y = iris.target

X = X[y != 2]
y = y[y != 2]

X -= np.mean(X, 0)

###############################################################################
# Demo path functions

cs = l1_min_c(X, y, loss='log') * np.logspace(0, 3)

print("Computing regularization path ...")
start = datetime.now()
clf = linear_model.LogisticRegression(C=1.0, penalty='l1', tol=1e-6)
coefs_ = []
for c in cs:
    clf.set_params(C=c)
    clf.fit(X, y)
    coefs_.append(clf.coef_.ravel().copy())
print("This took ", datetime.now() - start)

coefs_ = np.array(coefs_)
plt.plot(np.log10(cs), coefs_)
ymin, ymax = plt.ylim()
plt.xlabel('log(C)')
plt.ylabel('Coefficients')
plt.title('Logistic Regression Path')
plt.axis('tight')
plt.show()

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I will be revisiting the Solomon Islands (for the 20th time) on the wonderful (old but comfortable) MV Bilikiki.
Meals are served buffet style and there are plenty of choices for all types of diets. Food is purchased from the local islanders who come to the stern of the Bilikiki in their dugout canoes filled with wholesome fresh produce. We eat in the open air on the forward deck. There is public space in the salon where we can gather with our computers after dinner to compare photos, inspire each other with ideas and solve problems. Here I am oohing and aahing over one of Bill Gewin's wonderful photos.
Air travelers can easily fly to Honiara, (on Guadalcanal), the capital of Solomon Islands, and the home port for the Bilikiki Cruises. Fiji Airways flies from LAX to Nadi, Fiji and then on to Honiara on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Solomon Airlines flies from Brisbane, Australia to Honiara on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and from Honiara back to Brisbane Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. This last option will involve an overnight in Honiara Saturday night after the September 5 - 16 trip.
The weather is exceptionally boring -- calm, flat, warm, sometimes a little soft rain, a breeze or two. Just for variety a brief squall may dash through, but then it quickly returns to the boring, calm, warm, sunny weather. The weather is cooler and drier in September than it is from November to April, so it is quite comfortable. Most island crossings are calm.
Dive gear is stored on the back diving deck and is handled by the crew for you. You just point to it, they load it onto the small diveskiffs or "tinnies". You step into the tinny for the short ride to the site, and your tank is lifted to be put on your back. All you have to do is fall into the water and they hand you your camera. (If you cannot do this backward roll with a tank on, then optional techniques will be used just for you. Wherever you surface, the tinnies will come and get you. The drivers are excellent. They know where you are, how many divers are still in the water, and there is always at least one of the two tinnies in the area as they ferry the earlier divers back to the boat.
There is a little of everything on this trip. There is always a surprise, always something that I have never seen before. This is not, however, well known for large pelagic encounters. While people have seen whale sharks, hammerheads and even sperm whales, these sitings are rare. You can, however, depend on finding every kind of anemone fish, and every type of scenic found in the South Pacific.
I was intrigued by the pattern of the rind of this gorgonian, but a pygmy seahorse kept sticking his head in the photo.
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Discussion in 'Aquarium Stocking Questions' started by manzeez, Apr 22, 2017.
I think of all the parameter, PH is the least of your worries. Ammonia and that is the bigger concern. My ph is very high as well and it's the sudden shift that will kill fish. The majority of people on here will say don't bother because conditioners can cause the ph to suddenly fall (or rise) and THAT is what will kill fish. Drift wood I know will lower ph a little bit it leaches tannis and can make you water brown. I wouldn't be to worried but by all means wait for a second option.
I have a German ram that is apparently even more sensitive then Bolivians and he's never been healthier.
What size tank? What is the stocking?
Then you should be fine!
Your pH is fine. Where are you getting your fish from? If it is locally, the pH and hardness should be the same as your tank water.


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Q: Python plotly: How do I set up x.xx% format on Yaxis My project is to scrape data from https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield and create a plotly line chart.
My problem is while I've scraped data I can create same table, but when I'm trying to apply this data to plotly chart I can't get yaxis. My goal is to show on Yaxis data in format x.xx%
I don't know if this is the wrong data I'm scraping or the code I'm using.
My current code is:
treasury_url = 'https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yieldAll'

    df = requests.get(treasury_url)
    html = df.text

    soup= BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")

    table = soup.find('table', {"class": "t-chart"})

    rows = table.find_all('tr')
    data = []
    for row in rows[1:]:
        cols = row.find_all('td') # find all rows in a table
        cols = [ele.text.strip() for ele in cols]
        data.append([ele for ele in cols if ele])

    df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=['Date', '1 mo', '2 mo','3 mo', '6 mo', '1 yr', '2 yr', '3 yr', '5yr', '7 yr', '10 yr', '20 yr', '30 yr'])

fig=go.Figure()

fig = px.line(df, x='Date', title='Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates')

fig.update_xaxes(
    rangeselector=dict(
        buttons=list([
            dict(count=1, label="5d", step="day", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=1, label="1m", step="month", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=3, label="3m", step="month", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=6, label="6m", step="month", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=1, label="YTD", step="year", stepmode="todate"),
            dict(count=1, label="1y", step="year", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=5, label="5y", step="year", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(count=10, label="10y", step="year", stepmode="backward"),
            dict(step="all", label='All')
        ])
    )
)

fig.update_layout(title='20 Year Treasury Rate',
                    width=1200,
                    height=600,

                 xaxis = dict(
                     type='date',
                     linewidth=1,
                     showgrid=False,
                     title='',
                     tickangle=-45,
                     tickformat='%Y',
                     tickfont=dict(
                         size=12
                         )
                     ),
                 yaxis = dict(
                     linewidth=0.5,
                     title='Interest rate',
                     tickformat=".2%",
                     tickfont=dict(
                         size=12
                         )
                     )
                 )

fig.show()

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

A: Please don't take this as an answer (at least not yet) as you are asking several questions at once and this is against SO rules.
Get data
Here pandas is your friend and you could avoid BeautifulSoup using pd.read_htmlas following
import pandas as pd
treasury_url = 'https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yieldAll'

# this returns all the tables from a webpage
dfs = pd.read_html(treasury_url)

# the second one is the one you need
df = dfs[1]

# convert date to datetime
df['Date'] = df['Date'].astype('M8')

Plot one line only
import plotly.express as px

# as you want data as percentage
# you might consider to scale it first
df[df.columns[1:]] = df[df.columns[1:]]/100

fig = px.line(df, x='Date',y='1 mo', title='Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates')
fig.update_layout(title_x=0.5, yaxis=dict(tickformat=".2%"))

From here you should plot all possible line (eventually with plotly.graph_objects) and play with the visible argument.


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Three Saudis killed in Houthi missile attack, Egypt condemns - Daily News Egypt
Politics Three Saudis killed in Houthi missile attack, Egypt condemns
Three Saudis killed in Houthi missile attack, Egypt condemns
US warns UAE of attacking Hudaydah, ICRC raises concerns over humanitarian situation
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Three Saudi civilians were killed in the Jizan province, in the south of the kingdom, as the Houthi movement launched a missile from Yemen, Saudi state media reported on Saturday night.
The Saudi-led coalition said it would retaliate against anyone who threatens the safety of its citizens and residents.
On Sunday, Egypt condemned the attack, saying that it stands with Saudi Arabia in confronting any assaults that could affect its stability and peace. In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt also expressed support for the kingdom in the fight against terrorism.
Saudi Arabia formed the Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen in March 2015, after the Ansar Allah group, known as the Houthi, backed by Iran, seized control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September 2014. The Houthis have fired a series of missiles into the kingdom in recent months.
Besides Saudi Arabia, the coalition includes the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Pakistan, Djibouti, Sudan, Senegal, Kuwait, Morocco, Malaysia, and Egypt, as well as the internationally recognised government of Yemen.
Meanwhile, clashes have intensified between troops backed by the Saudi-led coalition and Houthis near Hudaydah port in Yemen, amid United Nations attempts to reach a ceasefire to avoid a possible attack on the city.
Last week, the United States warned the United Arab Emirates of attacking Hudaydah, amid the UN warnings that an attack on the city could destroy the country's main lifeline and worsen a situation which is already described as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.
The US warnings came amid an operation carried out by Yemeni forces backed by the UAE to attack the port, which lies about 230 km away from the capital Sanaa and is controlled by the Houthi movement. The forces moved within 10 km of the port, which receives the biggest amount of humanitarian aid for the country.
Ten days ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) raised concerns over the situation in Yemen and the potential situation in Hudaydah if the Saudi-led coalition enters the city, saying that more than 200,000 civilians could be displaced.
"The ICRC, in line with international humanitarian law, urges all the parties to the conflict to respect civilian lives by taking every possible measure to protect civilians," said the committee.
More than 100,000 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen, while hundreds of thousands have been wounded. More than 22 million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance or protection, of whom about 8.4 million are severely food insecure and at risk of starvation.
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Journal Full Text PDF: Comparative Analysis of Principals Role in Establishment of Effective School Environment (Study at Secondary Level in District Kotli Azad Kashmir).
This study was design to investigation the role of school principal in establishment of effective school environment at secondary level in district Kotli Azad Kashmir. It was descriptive study in nature. Simple random technique was used to draw sample from the population. 30% schools (42 schools) were selected randomly and data was collected through structured interview taken from the principals belonging to this study. Findings of the study was that principal can play his/her role to improve effective school environment by using various strategies in this respect. Main recommendation of the study was that principals should provide freedom to perform their active and positive role to improve effective school environment.
Keywords: Principal, School, Effectiveness, Secondary, Environment, Teacher, Education.
Cheng (1996) said that effectiveness of school is the capability of the school to make best use of institutional functions or it is the degree in which the school can act upon institutional functions when fixed amount of institutional inputs is given. According to Creemers (1994) Educational effectiveness is differentiated from the study of educational effects which also described unanticipated educational outcomes i.e the hidden curriculum results. Alternatively, it is also seen as of the concept of educational competency which concerned with the association between the inputs of education and the effects of education, mostly in the terms of finance. Effectiveness points out such factors at the different stages of any education systems to contribute in outcomes of education. As Creemers (1994) explore that at such moment; the most excellent standard for the effectiveness of education is the worth of education puts into the preliminary traits of learners.
a. How principals play their role in establishing the effective school environment?
b. Which strategies are required by principals to improve effective school environment?
c. Which qualities are required for principals to improve school effectiveness?
a. To identify the principals role in establishing the effective school environment.
b. To explore the strategies which used by principals to improve effective school environment.
c. To investigate the required qualities for principals to improve school effectiveness.
Usually the betterment of a school or the extent of its achievement is recognized in terms of its effectiveness and success as a whole, i.e. organizational effectiveness. This research includes categorizing the effective schools on basis of the factors that are present in the schools and then compare the results of the schools accordingly and promoting ideas and suggestions for the improvement of the results (Mortimore, 1998). According to my research, the question that what school principals could do to foster effectiveness do to foster school effectiveness was the main point. In addition to that we also gathered views about this from the school teachers.
Previous attempts of understanding and marking the traits of effective schools were classified by the differences in number of factors as well as the differences among the factors as well. (e.g., Edmonds, 1982; Brophy, 1982; Metzler 1990).
Hallinger & Heck's (1998) review which took place between 1980 and 1995 stated that the principal of the school, notably the principals of an institution played a great role in the lives of their students, especially in their achievements ……….


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Green Bay wasn't able to take down Minnesota in their new home opener, as they fell 17-14 on Sunday Night Football. Detroit was able to hold off Tennessee, as they gave up 13 4th quarter points to lose 16-15 at home. Green Bay has yet to hit their top gear as they sit at 1-1 and have a +1 point differential through 2 games. However, both games were on the road, and the Pack is pretty tough to beat at home with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. In his career, Rodgers is 50-13 (79.4% win %) with a 109.8 QBR. On the other side, Matthew Stafford doesn't always fair well on the road as he is 18-29 (38.3% win %) with an 83.4 QBR. Green Bay also has the better all-around team, as their defense ranks in the top 10 in yards allowed while Detroit ranks 25th. Expect Green Bay to start their dominant run towards the postseason with a strong home performance, and they will almost definitely get the victory in front of the Lambeau faithful.
Carolina got back to winning form after their Super Bowl rematch loss on the road, as they dominated San Francisco 46-27 at home. Minnesota was able to satisfy the home crowd in their new stadium, as they got the victory over division rival Green Bay 17-14. Carolina almost seems better on offense than last year with the addition of Kelvin Benjamin, as he has quickly become Cam Newton's favorite target. Minnesota has found ways to win with a strong first outing from Sam Bradford and stellar defensive play thus far. However, in this matchup between elite defenses, the Carolina offense has a clear advantage in this matchup. Pair that with the fact that Adrian Peterson just went down with a torn meniscus, and there are a lot of question marks on the Minnesota offensive side of the ball. Carolina also hasn't lost at home since 2014, so I think they're a safe bet to move to 2-1 at weekend's end.


The Oviatt Penthouse is one of LA's true treasures! Built in 1928 and being restored to original luster it makes for a perfect venue for any intimate wedding! It is under new management which has great pride in this venues history! Truly Yours Catering is the exclusive caterer for the site and has a 26 page menu to give you the event of your dreams! Everything has been upgraded to the new Chivarri Chairs to opening the upper deck to a lounge area! We welcome the public to come enjoy the space by taking the Art Deco tour through the Los Angeles Conservancy or booking a private photo session with Top Of The Event Photography who has exclusive use of the site! The space is designed for a maximum capacity of 122 guests and is booking fast! Get a sneak peek by joining us on the rooftop for a New Year's Eve Party! And keep track of the restoration work by checking us out on Facebook under Oviatt Penthouse!
Built for James Oviatt, a haberdasher whose luxurious shop once occupied the ground floor of his namesake building. Oviatt's ambition was to create a spectacular residence that would showcase the Art Deco design he'd admired at the 1925 Exposition in Paris. The Penthouse suite leads to a spacious rooftop terrace with dramatic 360-degree views of downtown Los Angeles. No insurance or security deposit is required. No additional fees.
The Oviatt Penthouse in Los Angeles is a fresh and beautiful setting to hold a wedding, featuring the many skyscrapers and light of Downtown as the backdrop. Though a somewhat small venue holding up to about 120 people, the views from the outdoor portion of the penthouse are boundless. Guests will enjoy watching the sunset, dancing underneath the stars, sipping cocktails, and eating their dinners catered by Truly Yours. The Oviatt is also accustomed to meeting the needs of any themes parties for corporate events or personal parties. Truly Yours go out of their way to work with clients and provide a number of different satisfying packages to meet their needs. Each package may also come with a plethora of great bonuses such as a personalized menu, chivarri chairs, silverware, dinnerware, glassware, serving staff, and bartenders. They also have photographers on site called Top of the Event Photography to capture memories from the event. This particular menu seems to be getting more and more popular as couples and corporate offices are discovering this comfortable yet refreshingly different venue. Overall, the setting is beautiful while the staff is professional and friendly. The facilities are well kept and the overall service is wonderful.


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Outdoor / Skate / The inspirational legacy of disabled skate legend Jon Comer
The inspirational legacy of disabled skate legend Jon Comer
Living beyond your limits
Posted Monday 11th July 2016 /
Text By Christopher Saunders
Skater Oscar Loreto Jr. pays tribute to Jon Comer, who showed the world that a prosthetic limb cannot hold you back from pursuing what you love.
In the mid-nineties, adaptive skateboarder Jon Comer made a name for himself in skate circles around the world, proving that having a prosthetic limb cannot hold you back from pursuing what you love. Filmmaker Ben Stoddard looks at Comer's legacy in this tender, short documentary which follows skater Oscar Loreto Jr.
"One day I hope some kid with a missing leg sees me skating and gets inspired" says adaptive skater Oscar Loreto Jr., reflecting on how, as a child, Jon Comer inspired him to surpass the limits imposed on him by his disability: "What inspired me the most was how he just put himself out there … He never used it as a pity card."
An Ode to Jon Comer, directed by filmmaker Ben Stoddard, is an affectionately made short documentary looking at the lasting influence of Comer who rose to the highest level in the international skate scene in the mid-nineties, despite having a prosthetic limb.
Stoddard focuses on Loreto Jr. as one of many young disabled skaters who have had their lives changed by the sport, and who were initially compelled to pick up a board by seeing Comer skate.
Loreto Jr. – who was born missing both hands and a leg – tells Stoddard that, when he was younger, Comer made him realise that skating was a sport that wasn't closed to those with a disability. Indeed, he found the skate world to be one bereft of prejudice, unlike other sports where he found himself bullied and ostracised for his appearance.
Loreto Jr. talks fondly of the skate scene for the way it unifies people regardless of body type or ability: "At the skate park, nobody cared that I was handicapped." They didn't 'murmur' or call him names like they did in the basketball courts, for example, they just accepted him for who he was.
Stoddard's film captures Loreto Jr.'s love of the sport through both his interactions with other skaters, who marvel at his abilities, and through the use of a mobile camera which catches him in action, proving how strength of mind can overcome the limits set by the body. This is all thanks to the bravery of Comer: "Jon's courage helped inspire me to get out of my shell, and all I can only hope is that I can do that deed for someone else."
Ben Stoddard
Jon Comer
Oscar Loreto Jr.
Posted Monday 11th July, 2016
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One curiosity is where Chuck and Barbara Grimes even got the name Toala'. They write on page 49, "There has been great diversity in the previous classification of Toala'..." and so one might assume from the following discussion that Esser, Van der Veen, Salzner, Mills and the authors of the Peta Bahasa had all mentioned a Toala' language, but this is not true. The term Toala' is used only by Salzner, who listed it under his Makasar-Bugi group (see page 15), but never gave it a location on his Southern Sulawesi map (map no. 23). Since Salzner did not do any original research in Sulawesi, he must have picked up this term from someone else, but we could not track down this earlier source. Noorduyn calls Toala' "an exceedingly inapt exonym ... meaning 'people of the forest'" (1991:203). The preferred self-designation is Luwu', and "there is little chance of confusion with the Luwu dialect of Bugis" (Friberg and Laskowske 1989:9).
However, integrating the dialect descriptions of Valkama (1987:125, 127), Friberg and Laskowske (1989:9) and Vail (1991:79) is not without its difficulties. In particular, Valkama writes as if Rongkong Bawah and Sabbang are separate subdialects, and places the latter within his North Luwu dialect. Valkama also uses the inelegant terms Northern South Luwu' and Southern South Luwu'. These terms are especially to be avoided since once Bua is removed from his Northern South Luwu' (following Vail 1991), the split is more east- west rather than north-south. The Bastem and Bajo subdialects are named after kecamatans (subdistricts), but both are spoken more broadly than the respective kecamatan borders. Bastem is a mountain kecamatan which borders on the Toraja area. Finally, it is unclear from Ian Vail's report whether Bone-bone and Masamba are to be regarded as synonyms for Northeast Luwu', or whether they should be regarded as separate, marginally different subdialects under Northeast Luwu'. Kari Valkama took only one word list in this area, so it is impossible to resolve the issue by investigating Kari's primary data.


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