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Qualcomm and BREW Application Developers and Publishers to Showcase BREW-Enabled Innovations at CTIA Wireless 2002
Mar 13, 2002SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO -- March 13, 2002 -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced that it - along with thirteen leading Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless™ (BREW™) application developers and publishers - will demonstrate their BREW applications at CTIA Wireless 2002, March 18-20, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The BREW applications exhibit will feature a variety of wireless content brought to life by companies taking advantage of the BREW platform's open development environment. The complete BREW solution provides developers, wireless service providers and device manufacturers with everything they need to successfully create and distribute wireless applications, and to make money in the process.
"The companies joining us at CTIA have done amazing work and are taking this opportunity to highlight the expanding possibilities of wireless," said Peggy Johnson, president of Qualcomm Internet Services. "Visitors that come to our booth at CTIA will see the work and experience first-hand the vision and talent of the BREW developer community."
BREW Partner Stations
Thirteen application providers will share exhibit space and demonstrate their applications on BREW-enabled handsets in the Qualcomm booth (number 846) at CTIA, including:
Air2Web will demonstrate Airmail, its new BREW application that enables wireless users to receive, compose, forward, reply and delete e-mail messages, as well as manage their mail offline and easily synchronize later.
ESPN will unveil three new wireless applications, including ESPN's 2-Minute Drill™, based on the popular sports-trivia TV quiz show of the same name, as well as ESPN X Games Skateboarding and ESPN X Games Snowboarding.
JAMDAT will show off EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour® Golf, JAMDAT Bowling, JAMDAT Solitaire, JAMDAT Football and other games.
NuvoStudios will showcase six games, including all-time favorites Blackjack, Speed Blackjack and Tic-Tac-Toe, as well as exciting new puzzle games Removi, BrainCheck and Link'Em.
Premium Wireless Services, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA, will demonstrate Ringster™, an application that allows users to browse, select, download and forward popular tune ringtones for mobile phones.
RocketMobile will demonstrate four of its applications: MobileExpense™, MobileConverter™, go2® Directory and MobileLoan™.
Togabi will demonstrate its LiteMedia Player, designed to enable video capabilities in mass-market handsets for services such as video e-mail and video-on-demand. These services will include content such as movie trailers, music video clips and sports highlights.
Vindigo will showcase its "Vindigo for BREW" application, a location-based application that enables users to find the best and closest places to eat, shop and play with their BREW-enabled handset.
COMVERSE will showcase its Mobile Multimedia E-mail application, which makes e-mail accessible from any mobile phone, enabling users to send, receive and process e-mail messages and personal information from any location.
Eyematic will demonstrate several mobile multimedia applications based on its Synthetic Video software platform, including multimedia messaging, personal horoscopes, adventure games and avatar-based news and information services.
Other application providers in the BREW solution booth include dotPhoto, IBM and Webraska.
"BREW Times" on the Road at CTIA
The Qualcomm Internet Services show daily, "BREW Times," will include BREW news and views from CTIA Wireless 2002. Updates will be posted each afternoon of the show athttp://brew.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm's BREW platform is a thin application execution environment that provides an open, standard platform for wireless devices. The BREW platform is part of a complete, end-to-end solution for wireless applications development, device configuration, application distribution, and billing and payment. The complete BREW solution includes the BREW SDK™ (Software Development Kit) for developers, the BREW applications platform and porting tools for device manufacturers, and the BREW Distribution System (BDS) that is controlled and managed by carriers enabling them to easily get applications from developers to market and coordinate the billing and payment process. Carriers' BREW-based services will enable consumers to customize their handsets by downloading applications over the air from a carrier's application download server. The BREW platform is a product of Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS), a division within the Qualcomm Wireless&Internet (QWI) Group of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas include CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; the BREW applications platform; QChat™ push-to-talk technology; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar™ system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress®. Qualcomm owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. Qualcomm has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in theS&P500 Index and is a 2001 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed and the BREW platform is adopted, the availability of commercially successful applications for the BREW platform, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001, and most recent Form 10-Q.
Qualcomm, OmniTRACS, OmniExpress and Eudora are registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. BREW, QChat and BREW SDK are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral Qualcomm Satellite Services, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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The research report at hand focuses on information behavior. The examined target group consists of adolescents between the ages of 16 and 20 in the area around Salzburg. For this purpose, we examined the use of media for the acquisition of knowledge pertaining to social and political issues. The aim of this study was to figure out in how far the type of information acquisition, i.e. media selection, frequency of use etc., has an impact on the general knowledge of adolescents. Studies show an age-related difference in the main sources of information. On principle, young people retrieve their information online whereas older people prefer traditional media. The general rule is: Information does not equate to actual palpable information awareness. Social upheaval, political changes and fake news, which gained new popularity within the American election campaign, demand information awareness and media literacy. The conducted study shows that the more frequently news are consulted, the better informed these adolescents are. The examined subjects have a good level of knowledge concerning current topics.


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NASA completes main Grail mission ahead of time
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NASA's Grail mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its main task ahead of schedule, gathering information about the internal structure and evolution of the moon in unprecedented detail.
The mission's twin probes, Ebb and Flow, are now being prepared for extended science operations that will start at the end of August and continue until December 3.
Since March 8, the spacecraft have operated around the clock. From an orbit that passes over the lunar poles, they have collected data covering the entire surface three times. Using their onboard Lunar Gravity Ranging Systems, each spacecraft transmits radio signals that allow scientists to translate the data into a high-resolution map of the moon's gravitational field.
"Many of the measurement objectives were achieved from analysis of only half the primary mission data, which speaks volumes about the skill and dedication of our science and engineering teams," says Maria Zuber, principal investigator of Grail at MIT.
"GRAIL delivered to Earth over 99.99 percent of the data that could have been collected, which underscores the flawless performance of the spacecraft, instrument and the Deep Space Network," said Zuber.
Both spacecraft instruments will be powered off until August 30. The scientists say they're not concerned about the lunar eclipse expected on June 4 and its associated darkness and sudden changes in temperature.
"Before launch, we planned for all of GRAIL's primary mission science to occur between lunar eclipses," said David Lehman, Grail project manager.
"But now that we have flown Ebb and Flow for a while, we understand them and are confident they can survive these eclipses in good shape."
The extended mission will see the spaceships taking an even closer look at the moon's gravity field, halving their current operating altitude to fly as close to the moon as is safe.
"Orbiting at an average altitude of 14 miles (23 kilometers) during the extended mission, the GRAIL twins will be clearing some of the moon's higher surface features by about five miles (8 kilometers)," says Joe Beerer, GRAIL's mission manager.
"If Ebb and Flow had feet, I think by reflex they'd want to pull them up every time they fly over a mountain."
Prometheus featurette stands on the bridge
Sprint shutters iDEN network to clear spectrum for 4G

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Peshawar: The Sardar Begum Dental College's Annual Poster Competition was held amongst the 1st year BDS students, on 5th April at Surgeon Muhammad Kabir Auditorium, Gandhara University.
This competition was organized by the Department of Dental Material Sciences and was supervised by Prof Dr. Tahir Ali Khan (Head of Department), Associate Prof Dr. Amjid Naseer and Lecturer Dr. Munazzah Ejaz.
The purpose of this competition was to encourage and motivate students in simulating such activities and to further enhance their presentation skills.
The Heads of various departments alongside faculty members of Sardar Begum Dental College and Kabir Medical College, Peshawar, visited the competition and appreciated the efforts of students.
The faculty members of Sardar Begum Dental College, Khyber College of Dentistry and Peshawar Medical College were cordially invited to assess and judge the poster competition, on the basis of technical content, visual appearance, answers and student contribution.
The students were divided into 7 groups. Poster titles for the competition were unique and were related to research topics of MPhil Dental Material students. The concerned postgraduate students supervised all the groups.
The poster Nanotechnology in Dentistry grabbed 1st position, under the supervision of Dr. Asad with following students: Ubaid Ur Rehman, Hamza Sikander, Nauman Khan, Uzair subhani, Sana Rauf, Zainab Ashraf, Ayesha Irfan, Safeena Hassan, Mahnoor Imtiaz, Sumayya Iqbal and Sherin Zeb.
The poster Micro leakage in Restorative Materials stood 2nd , under the supervision of Dr. Munazzah, with following students: Rumeena Imran, Shanza Khan, Maila Khan, Aimen Nazir, Huzaila Ishfaq, Sidra Ismail, Nofil Zaman, Nauman Shah, Moiz Noor, Saim Arshad and Saad Rehman.
The poster Incorporation of MISWAK in Restorative Materials came 3rd, under the supervision of Dr. Noreen, with following students: Sehrish Khan, Mahnoor Maqssod, Izzah Banori, Sumbal, Ruqayya, Zarghuna Fazal Sher, Suleman Shah, Hassan Laiq, Baharat Kumar, Hassan and Shah Zeb Khan.
The Chancellor, Gandhara University, Mrs. Roeeda Kabir was invited as the Chief Guest. She appreciated the efforts of the Department of Dental Material Sciences and its Faculty members, alongside 1st year BDS students, who actively participated and displayed some great work.


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Q: Shred a file in X fragments with Y parity fragments for redundancy The theory
says that we can split a file in N fragments and after that, we can recover the file with only P of those fragments. Where P < N.
I'm trying to build something like Symform, just a subset of that actually.

Each block is shred into 64 fragments, with 32 parity fragments added
  for redundancy when stored in the cloud.

Is there an open source solution that I can re-use it? Or maybe some link that will describe the algorithm in more detail?

A: This is a very nice C and python solution. I'm still looking for something similar in Java.
"Generate redundant blocks of information such that if some of the blocks are lost then the original data can be recovered from the remaining blocks. This package includes command-line tools, C API, Python API, and Haskell API."

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In the Christmas season, we are not exempt from receiving news that could change our lives. Perhaps you've had a very welcome, exciting surprise in your life - or perhaps you've experienced an interruption that leaves you feeling shocked and dismayed. Today we journey with Mary in Luke 1 as she unpacks the life-changing news that the angel shared with her. Let's consider how we, too, can handle unsettling news at Christmastime.
When good things happen to bad people the question becomes, "Is it worth serving God?" Why do the sinners seem happy and the saints so sad?


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Top Pilgrimage Sites of Nepal
Posted on: October 4, 2018 May 3, 2019 by Dolma Ecotourism
Nepal is a religious country where people of many religion have been living in peace for centuries. Nepal is the country where no blood has been shed in the name of religion. Despite the greatest diversity, Nepal has always been united as a one. In Nepal, the majority of the followers is Hindu which is followed by Buddhist. Apart from these two major, Christianity, Sikh, Islam, Kiranti are some of the other religion. The difference in religion is one thing, even the people following the same religion has a difference in customs and tradition because of difference is ethnicity. So, this varied variation in the belief of people and so many religion, there are many pilgrimage sites in Nepal, which is worshipped by Nepali people to pay homage to their deities. Some of these pilgrimage sites are well-known to the whole world too. Today, let's peek at those holy homes of the gods.
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath is the famous and sacred site of Hindus. The temple is located on the north-east side of Kathmandu in the bank of the holy Bagmati River. Pashupatinath serves as the seat of Nepal's national deity, Lord Pashupatinath who is the incarnation of Lord Shiva as "lord of animals." The temple was also enlisted in the list of World's Heritage Site in 1979.
The temple of Pashupatinath was erected as new by the Lichhavi King Shupuspa in the 15th century after the older one was consumed by termites. And, even after that countless temples have been erected around the main two-storied temple. The complex of Pashupatinath is spread in the area of 264 hectares, and the land includes 518 temples and different monuments. Among these temples, there is the Vaishnava temple complex with a Rama temple from the 14th century and the Guhyeshwari temple from the 11th century. The main temple of the complex is pagoda styled and is guarded by the military.
Apart from the religious belief of temple, the temple is also one of the major tourist attractions. Many tourists prefer to visit the temple to look and study the Nepali culture and tradition in a more detailed way. During the festival of Maha Shivaratri, the temples welcome more than 1 million devotees.
Lumbini is one of the main pilgrimage sites of Nepal and for the people around the world as well as it is the birthplace of the Lord Buddha. In this very place, Queen Mayadebi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam in 563, who achieved enlightenment sometime later in his life and became Buddha founding the religion of Buddhism. It is located in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. Lumbini also gained the status of World Heritage Site in 1997.
The complex is surrounded by many temples including the Mayadevi temple. Monuments, monasteries, and museum of the complex are also within the holy site. Countries like Myanmar, India, Thailand, China, Japan, and Canada have also built the temples around the area. There is a holy pond known as Puskarini, where Buddha's mother took a ritual dip before giving him birth and where he had his first bath. In the Lumbini complex, there is also a pillar built by Ashoka, emperor of Maurya Empire of India. In that pillar, there lies a Brahmi inscription that gives evidence that Ashoka visited Lumbini in 3rd century BCE and identified it as the birthplace of Buddha.
Boudhanath
Boudhanath is located in the northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu. It is a stupa with a very massive mandala making it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal. The Boudhanath stupa is so large that it dominates the skyline and so it is the largest stupa in the world. The stupa is also in the list of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1979.
The Boudhanath stupa is on the ancient trade route from Tibet which enters the valley of Kathmandu through the village of Sankhu in the northeast corner. The merchants of Tibet have rested and offered their prayers here for many centuries. Around the stupa, there are mostly Tibetan who entered Nepal from Tibet in 1950s. And, because of the influx of Tibetans, there are over 50 gompas around the stupa.
The stupa suffered major damage during the earthquake of April 2015. The earthquake cracked the spires severely, and as a result, the whole structure above the dome and the religious relics it contained had to be removed. However, in the present the reconstruction of the stupa is complete, and it stands anew.
Swayambhunath
Swaymabhunath is located in the top of the hill in the western side of the Kathmandu city. It is the ancient religious architecture. The site has a different name in Tibetan which means "Sublime Trees" for many varieties of trees that can be found in the hill. In the mythological history and origin myth as well as day to day religious practice of Buddhist Newar, Swayambhunath occupies a central place. Whereas for the Tibetans and the followers of Tibetans Buddhism, it comes in second place after Bouddhanath. The most of iconography of Swayambhunah comes from the Vajrayana tradition of Newar Buddhism. But it also an important site for Buddhist of many schools and is also revered by Hindus.
The complex of Swayambhunath has many stupas, monasteries, museum, library, and variety of shrines and temples and some of them even goes back to the period of Lichhavi kings of Nepal. Swayambhunath is also popularly known as the "Monkey Temple" because it is overly populated by the monkeys.
Pathibhara Temple
Pathibhara temple is located in eastern Nepal in the hill of Taplejung district. It is one of the most significant temples of Nepal and is one of the holiest places for the Limbu community. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Pathibhara, who is believed to possess supernatural powers and diligently answers the devotees' prayer. It is believed that she is the manifestation of the divine feminine, who is also called by other names like Maha Maya, Maha Rudri and Adi Kali.
The temple is visited by many devotees from around the country and from India as well as there is belief a pilgrimage to the temple ensures the fulfillment of the pilgrim's wishes.
Halesi Mahadev Temple
Halesi Mahadev temple is located in the Khotang district of Nepal at 3,100 ft-4,734 feet above sea level between the holy rivers of Dudh Koshi and Sun Koshi. The temple is also known as the Pashupatinath of eastern Nepal. It is the sacred pilgrimage site for Hindu as well as Buddhists, and the temple is a cave.
There is a belief that Lord Shiva used this cave to hide from the demon named Bhasmasur for 6,000 years. The temple celebrates the festival like Ram Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi. Apart from the devotees inside the country, Indians also visit this temple to pay to honor the god. The cave of Halesi Mahadev is 67 feet below the surface of the land, and it has round shape with a diameter of 193 feet with a separate cave lying beneath. The floor of the cave is 223 feet in circumference. Halesi Mahadev is also visited by many tourists.
Gosaikunda
Gosaikunda is located in the Rasuwa district within the Langtang National Park at an altitude of 4,380 meters. Gosaikunda is also very popular as the trekking destination. It is an alpine freshwater oligotrophic lake with a surface of 13.8 hectares. There are other lakes which are associated with Gosaikunda, and in total the complex is of 1,030 hectors. Altogether there are 108 small to medium sized lake in this area. Gosaikunda lake melts and sips down to form the Trishuli rivers and then remains frozen for six months in winter.
As per the Hindu mythology, Gosaikunda constitutes as the abode of the Hindu God Shiva and Gauri. It is also believed that Lord Shiva created the lake after he swallowed poison. He thrust his Trishul/holy Trident into the mountain to extract water so that he could cool his burning throat. In the Hindu scriptures like Bhagvat Puran, Vishnu Puran, and the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat, they all refer to Samudra Manthan which is directly related to the origin of the Gosaikunda. The water of this lake is considered holy, and the devotees visiting the lake make sure to take a dip in the lake. And, the water is considered of even more significance during the festival of Janai Purnima. The lake is visited by thousands of pilgrims from Nepal and from India as well to worship the lake.
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How do you connect to departed loved ones?
What should I do to prepare for a Reading?
The best thing you can do to prepare for a reading is to have an open mind. Sometimes people expect to only speak upon one matter and what they don't realize is that I am being given information from sources who have more than just that matter as a concern. I tend to focus on the most pressing matter at first but sometimes a Spirit's pressing matter is not your pressing matter. Another thing you can do is to have a list of specific questions regarding certain circumstances. I tend to answer most of the questions people have but from time to time I focus only on one area and then ask about any questions you may have. Most people will go blank and they forget to ask things they had planned on asking. Remember that I can only see what they show me, I'm not Wikipedia so I don't necessarily see or know everything that is happening in your life. Write down and have your list of questions ready.
As a psychic, it is my work to share anything I sense or pickup during your session. Please understand that though I can sense specifics and details, I do not know everything. When I tune in, I begin to pick up on aspects of your life like pieces of a puzzle. I will not see the whole picture and will have to make assumptions based off of my understanding of those pieces. These assumptions are my best guess for what is occurring in your life. Dates and times are not a certainty and events may play out in a different way than suggested. Details may be misinterpreted and you are ultimately responsible for how you use information shared during a session. I try to be honest and direct with what I sense albeit positive or negative. I can not guarantee that you will like what you hear or necessarily agree with it. Please try to have an open mind as things may play out in time and you may be unaware of how or why. I ask that you use your best judgement when making decisions regarding your own life and know that I can only share what I sense. I am unable to make guarantees regarding information that I have given during a session. When I begin a reading, I will tune in to certain areas and aspects and give as much detail as I can. Once I have finished my initial analysis, you will have an opportunity to ask questions. These questions will guide my psychic ability in the direction of that issue and I will then sense more detail surrounding that topic.


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Home › Fitness Fire 🔥 › Freedom Run Author, Jamie Summerlin, Will Celebrate Anniversary of Cross-Country Run to Benefit War Veterans
Freedom Run Author, Jamie Summerlin, Will Celebrate Anniversary of Cross-Country Run to Benefit War Veterans
Posted by Cara Bruce · Updated Jul 31, 2018
We will be hosting Freedom Run: A 100-Day, 3,452-Mile Journey Across America to Benefit Wounded Veterans author Jamie Summerlin for a book signing event at our showroom in Middle River, Md on Saturday, July 13 at 11:30 a.m. to commemorate the anniversary of his inspiring run across the nation in 2012. His appearance at Holabird Sports will serve as one of a few, select stops in a tour of Maryland to support the United States military and veterans.
Last year, Summerlin, a former Marine, trekked 3,452 miles across the nation in 100 days and raised 50,000 dollars for veteran-focused charities, including the Wounded Warrior Project and Operation Welcome Home. He commenced his journey in Coos Bay, Ore. and finished in Delaware on July 6, 2012, averaging 34.5 miles per day. He consummated his historic run with a 100-mile final leg from Annapolis, Md. to Rehoboth Beach, Del.--a feat he completed in less than 24 hours.
Jamie's incredible journey compelled him to write Freedom Run, an intimate account of both the hardships of his run and the heartfelt stories of veterans he encountered en route. The book was launched in May and will be available for sale at Holabird Sports. He will read an excerpt of Freedom Run, sign books and answer questions during his visit to the store. A portion of the book's proceeds will benefit charities that serve U.S. veterans.
Summerlin resides in Morgantown, W.Va. and is currently the president of the board of directors for Operation Welcome Home. An avid runner, he has completed several marathons and ultramarathons and will race a Half Ironman triathlon in late July.
To help Summerlin in his support of the U.S. military and veterans, Holabird Sports is offering a 10% discount on Freedom Run and all in-store items, including running shoes and apparel, for anyone with a military discount, including all members of the U.S. military, veterans, and their families.
To learn more about the author and his latest endeavors, visit www.FreedomRunUSA.com.
Photo Credit: Tiffany Summerlin Photography
Location: Holabird Sports, 9220 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore, MD 21220


The plan to declare Europe Day – May 9 – a Bank Holiday across the European Union has been described as "a bribe".
MEP Jonathan Arnott, who hit out at the plan ahead of today's vote by the European Parliament, said it was "to bribe voters with a holiday to like the European Union more.
"If it is thought that voters will actually like the EU more after this decision they are wrong. People are not as stupid as they like to think though they are still hell-bent on imposing their will on them.
The vote in favour of the May 9 Bank Holiday was passed by 455 to 190 votes but as it was non-legislative it may never come to fruition.
Mr Arnott has also voiced his concerns on a report on European Citizenship, which seeks to impose a EU identity upon citizens in countries across Europe.
"That is not a European identity, you can feel European while still considering the structures, these institutions to be bad for democracy and bad for accountability," he said.
"If there is one thing we should have realised by now, should be absolutely obvious by now, it is that the State cannot impose identity on the people.


Have you ever gotten to your desk in the morning and declared that you have everything under control? Fat chance. If you are like most IT and security professionals, you are virtually always alarmed about some potential threat that may creep into your environment (or is already there). But that is also the nature of the game in a fast-moving profession that requires steady hands to keep up with the abject and elaborate behavior of cybercriminals.
For the infosec practitioner, predictability can be your best friend. If you are up to speed on the tactics and maneuvering of your adversaries - e.g. What type of malware do they prefer? Which vulnerabilities are they exploiting? Which file attachments are they using in phishing emails? - you can better prepare for the inevitable. The more impervious you can make your organization to attack through prevention, detection and response, the more you will reduce your risk.
Fortunately, while security pros may be engulfed by priorities, they also care. If you want to have all the latest information about your enemies at your disposal, you will be pleased to learn that the Trustwave Global Security Report is back for its ninth year. The 2017 version looks back on 12 months of vulnerability, threat and breach activity to formulate patterns of attack that you can use to not only assess your exposure, but also fight off an active siege.
The report's design is modeled after ASCII, short for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a throwback to early computing days. In fact, ASCII art was employed in early versions of email because images could not be embedded. The layout and copy of the report thus pays tribute to how far computing has come, while acknowledging how far we have yet to go to adequately secure it.
And as you will see, the report drills down into specifics about a wide range of topics, but sections are written and designed in such a way that non-technical audiences will be able to acquire important insight as well.
The report is 90 pages long - so do not try to finish it all in one sitting. Instead, think about it as a working document, one which you can reference throughout the next year to gather useful wisdom that will help your security program move forward.
We hope you enjoy, and if you like what you read, please encourage your peers to download a copy too.


This week's Look We Love is brought to you by the ever-energetic Hallie Wilson of the NYC Based fashion and lifestyle blog Corals + Cognacs. (We say ever-energetic because she happens to have a full time job, maintains a blog and impressive social media following and is a Soul Cycle instructor!) Despite her busy schedule, Hallie had time to style our Perri Crossbody bag and enjoy a day in the city. We love how she removed the strap and is carrying the bag as a clutch! It's a great accessory that pulls together her entire look. A perfect contrast to the light blush-tones of her jacket, shorts and top. Thanks for sharing your post Hallie!
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So how does it feel to know that you are completely dispensable in someone's life? All that you thought was important and necessary, suddenly just a pitiful attempt at self-consolation.
How does it feel to know that you do not matter? That you never did. That you were just a waste of space and breath. That you are just as easily replaceable as a broken chair or a dirty pillow cover.
How does it feel to know that the love you gave and the sacrifices you made were secretly laughed at? How does it feel when you realise that the respect you were given was a pacifier, given to a baby to keep it silent and out of everyone's way.
How does it feel to have your beliefs and ideas, which you tried so hard to stand by, thrown back spitefully in your face like a cruel joke? How does it feel to be just a number on the phone, deleted with the click of a button?
How does it feel to have the carpet whipped out from under your feet making you land with a great big thump on your behind? How does it feel to see those painstakingly built castles crash as if they were made of sawdust?
Well think about it. And prepare yourself.
Because in reality, you never mattered, you never will. You'll disappear like the biodegradable lump of human matter that you really are and no one will even notice.
I wish I could recall wilde on this ad verbatim. There is always something ridiculous about people we once loved and no longer do.
Its such an inescapable emotion . I never really wondered about those I loved and their ability to perceive this change though .
All of it seems like such a waste of time and effort . If only we weren't ruined by poetry .
Honestly, I liked the way this post turned out.
:) why think about it?
Where did this inspiration come from?
This particular post came from something I was reading. A word set it off and then the rest just came in a flow.
Do I sense a hint of sarcasm/doubt in that comment, Mr/Ms. Anonymous?
Words are my weapon, my disguise, my shield, my vulnerability. Writing is a way for me to think things through, purge my system, communicate things I find too difficult to say. I am a hoarder, a fixer. I am a collector, of memories.


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Lawmakers seek progress on climate goals
Members of the Legislative Climate Solutions Caucus aim to mobilize citizens around initiatives to meet Vermont's commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 2025
By Olga Peters/The Commons
BRATTLEBORO—Climate change has taken center stage, from youth-led protests, to newspaper op-eds, to conversations at the Tuesday night Selectboard meetings.
Most of these events have reflected a high-pitched, we're-all-going-to-die-and-nobody-cares urgency.
On Nov. 19, in a meeting at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, the state legislative Climate Solutions Caucus struck a different, more-measured and practical, note: Climate change is here. This is what we're doing about it. This is how you can help.
The meeting was one of many the caucus is holding around the state as a way to build grassroots support for legislation planned for 2020.
Caucus co-chair Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, D-Bradford, explained that several lawmakers feel frustrated that despite Gov. Phil Scott's claims that his administration is working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, few initiatives have gone into effect.
They aim to change that.
The caucus's top goal for the Legislature after representatives return to the State House in January is to pass bills that will make the state's emissions goals legally enforceable.
Vermont has made steady progress in meeting its renewable energy goal of 90 percent renewables by 2025, according to a report from the Energy Action Network, a Montpelier-based advocacy nonprofit that "works to achieve Vermont's 90% renewable by 2050 total energy commitment and to significantly reduce Vermont's greenhouse gas emissions in ways that create a more just, thriving, and sustainable future for Vermonters," according to its website.
Despite that progress, the state struggles to meet its greenhouse-gas emission goals as set out in the Paris climate accord.
Shortly after President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the agreement, which 194 countries have signed, Gov. Phil Scott announced that Vermont would join the U.S. Climate Alliance.
The state is one of 25 that have joined the organization, which commits to advance the goals of the international agreement despite the federal policy shift.
This agreement sets 2025 as the deadline for Vermont to reduce its emissions to levels that fall 26 to 28 percent below those measured in 2005.
According to EAN, the state has reduced emissions by 2 percent since 2005. Overall, emissions have increased 16 percent since 1990.
"We can tell two stories about Vermont: a renewable energy leader and a climate laggard," The EAN report writers wrote. "Both are true."
Members of the Windham County legislative delegation also attended the meeting. The lawmakers echoed Copeland-Hanzas, saying that the mission to reduce carbon emissions presents challenges but also offers opportunities — like boosting economic development or becoming energy independent.
The important thing, they said, was ensuring that new policies do no harm to low-income Vermonters.
Reducing emissions and policy areas
Copeland-Hanzas said that the top two sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont come from transportation (43 percent) and home-heating fuels (28 percent). The next-highest category, agriculture, contributes 11 percent.
Based on this information, the Climate Solutions Caucus has identified four main policy areas its members will focus on during the upcoming biennium.
• Accountability: The caucus plans to advocate for passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act to turn the state's greenhouse-gas reduction targets from aspirations into enforceable mandates.
In 2006, California passed legislation by this name, as did Massachusetts in 2008.
Vermont House lawmakers submitted their version of the bill — co-sponsored by Copeland-Hanzas — during the last session, and it now sits in the House Committee on Energy and Technology.
• Cap and invest: This policy tool would mean placing a cap on transportation emissions and investing in ways for the state to reduce emissions through efforts such as creating better public transportation or reducing the number of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles.
The caucus supports the state joining 12 other Northeastern states in a program called the Transportation Climate Initiative developed by their governors, including Scott.
The governors will unveil their policy in December. The states will then have until the spring to opt in.
"We're cautiously optimistic that this could be a source of revenue for the state," Copeland-Hanzas said.
• Building efficiency: Warm homes and businesses are also energy-efficient homes and businesses.
Copeland-Hanzas said that reducing the amount of emissions from heating is also an opportunity for economic development, as 78 percent of what Vermonters spend on heating leaves the economy.
The caucus hopes to develop training for contractors, appraisers, and real-estate agents in green-building best practices.
Copeland-Hanzas said that Vermont has multiple building codes that support energy efficiency but that those aren't enforced — yet.
• Electrification transition: Vermonters shifting toward powering more vehicles and homes with electricity will require tweaks to a number of incentives and policy, Copeland-Hanzas said.
For example, the Legislature recently removed a cap on the number of customers that could receive power from a single solar field.
Another proposal is to streamline incentives offered by the state: for example, incentives to purchase electric vehicles.
The caucus is also hoping to expand Efficiency Vermont's remit beyond energy efficiency to include all fuels so it can focus on transportation and heating as well.
Ultimately, the caucus aims to have the increased capacity of electricity generated in state and from renewable sources.
Reaching out to neighbors
Copeland-Hanzas asked the audience to actively support the caucus's work by following the progress of the bills, calling their representatives and senators, and contacting the governor's office.
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, who hosted the Brattleboro meeting, asked for a show of hands after asking the question, "Who has friends or family in other parts of the state?"
Most audience members raised their hands.
Call them, she said — get them to call their representatives.
That's where the people in this room have a lot of power, Kornheiser pointed out.
"Continue to have your voices in the State House," she said. "And bring your neighbors along with you."
Kornheiser added that many of the new policies or initiatives proposed by the caucus will require a collaborative approach. Such a process will also mean that the bills creating those new policies will move slowly through the Legislature's multiple committees.
"The more comprehensive the [bills] are, the more stops they have to make on a very long train," she reminded the audience.
One theme that emerged during the evening was the concern that as the state adapts to new ways of living with climate change, no person or industry should be left behind.
And that raised the question: How does the state ensure that all communities end at the same place regarding climate change when not all communities are starting in the same place regarding resources or knowledge?
Chris Campany, executive director of the Windham Regional Commission, said the process would require multiple efforts.
For starters, he said, towns need to sit down and ask themselves what they want in the next five or 10 years and predict how climate change will impact that vision.
Campany also suggested a regional approach to solutions, as opposed to a town-by-town approach.
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, said that conversations around policy changes often pit the state against communities, boiling down to "we're right, you're wrong."
Instead, she said, it's important to avoid adversarial conversations in favor of framing initiatives and changes around "this is where we all fit in[to]" the solution.
Senate Majority Leader Becca Balint, D-Windham, said, "Many of us have resources others don't, and we must acknowledge that before we make systemic changes."
It's important that the climate-change initiatives don't hurt low-income or rural Vermonters, she cautioned.
'They're Vermonters, too'
In a separate interview, Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, who serves a number of rural towns such as Readsboro, Stamford, and Wardsboro, said that she has had multiple conversations with people who are experiencing the impacts of climate change.
Yet, implementing some of the changes suggested by the caucus comes with challenges.
A non-starter for Sibilia are other conversations she's had with members of environmental-advocacy groups who say they won't subsidize the rural lifestyle and that it's OK to leave these rural communities to fend for themselves.
"That is not happening," she said. "They're Vermonters, too."
Sibilia's suggested solution? Innovate.
"We can solve problems," she said. "We don't have to abandon people."
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Q: Example of a regular strong solution of an SDE, which doesn't satisfy a Lyapunov condition? Let $$dX_t = a(t,X_t) \, dt + b(t, X_t) \, dW_t, \quad t \in [0,T]$$ be a stochastic differential equation, where $W$ is an $m$-dimensional Brownian motion, $X_0 = x \in \mathbb{R}^d$, and the coefficients are given by $a(t,x) : [0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^d$ and $b(t,x) : [0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^{d \times m} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^d$. Furthermore the coefficients satisfy some local Lipschitz and linear growth condition, i.e. if $B_R := \{x \in \mathbb{R}^d : |x| < R \}$, then for every cylinder $[0,T] \times B_R$ there exists a constant $B$ s.t.
$$|a(s,x) - a(s,y)| + \sum_{i=1}^m |b_i(s,x) - b_i(s,y)| \leq B|x-y|$$
and
$$|b(s,x)| + \sum_{i=1}^m |b_i(s,x)| \leq B(1+|x|)$$
for every $(s,x),(s,y) \in [0,T] \times B_R$.
There is a Lyapunov-criterion, which guarantees the existence of a strong solution, which is also regular, i.e. there are no explosions in $[0,T]$.
E.g. Theorem 3.5 in Khasminskii's book "Stochastic Stability of differential equations" states the following: If there exists a Lyapunov-function $V: [0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, which is two times continuous differentiable w.r.t. $x$ and once w.r.t. $t$,
$$\lim_{R \rightarrow \infty} \inf_{t \in [0,T],|x| > R} V(t,x) = \infty,$$
and there exists a constant $c>0$, s.t.
$$LV(t,x) \leq cV(t,x),$$
where $L$ is the generator of the SDE, then there exists a strong regular solution.
Finally my question: Is there any example of an SDE, which possesses a regular strong solution, but doesn't satisfy the above Lyapunov condition? Or does even the other direction hold, i.e. if we have a strong regular solution, such a Lyapunov-function exists?
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The Hornsdale battery (provided by Tesla to a Neoen facility) started up today
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The Drone King, a previously unpublished Kurt Vonnegut short story
The Atlantic has just put up a previously unpublished short story by Kurt Vonnegut, The Drone King. It's about bees.
He examined the card for a long time. "Yes," he said at last. "Mr. Quick is expecting you. You'll find him in the small library — second door on the left, by the grandfather clock."
"Thank you," I said, and I started past him.
He caught my sleeve. "Sir—"
"Yes?," I said.
"You aren't wearing a boutonniere, are you?"
"No," I said guiltily. "Should I be?"
"If you were," he said, "I'd have to ask you to check it. No women or flowers allowed past the front desk."
I paused by the door of the small library. "Say," I said, "you know this clock has stopped?"
"Mr. Quick stopped it the night Calvin Coolidge died," he said.
I blushed. "Sorry," I said.
"We all are," he said. "But what can anyone do?"
An audio version of the article is available.
The story is one of five that Vonnegut wrote in the early 1950s that were recently discovered in the author's papers. These five, plus all of Vonnegut's other short stories, will be out in book form later this month.
* This post was cut and pasted from kottke.org
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The Mustard Seed - Author Unknown
The Mustard Seed - an old Chinese tale
Once there was a woman whose only son had died. In her sorrow she went to ask a wise holy man is there a way to bring her son back to life. "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home that has never known sorrow. We will use it to bring your son back to life." He said to her instead of sending her away or try reasoning with her.
At once she quickly set off looking for that elusive mustard seed. The first place she came to was is a huge mansion. Knocking on the door, she asked "I am looking for a house that has never known suffering. Is this the place? It is very important to me."
"You have come to the wrong place" they told her. They begin to pour out all the tragic things that have befallen upon them.
"Who is better to be able to help these poor unfortunate souls than I who has experience sadness and can understand them?" she thought. Therefore she stayed behind and consoled and comforted them before going to another house that has never known sorrow before.
However, wherever she goes, from huts to palaces, there is never one without tales of sadness and misfortunes. In time to come, she became so involved in listening to other people's sad stories that she forgot about her quest for that elusive mustard seed. By listening to other people, she had actually driven the grieving out of her life.
Tagged: Short Stories, pain, sorrow
Cathedral, by Raymond Carver
"My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to."
You can buy it here
or download it here.
Tagged: Cathedral, Raymond Carver
The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy
"Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This short novel was the artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation."
Tagged: Death of Ivan Ilych, Leo Tolstoy, Short Stories
The Red Bow, by George Saunders
KILL EVERY DOG, EVERY CAT, SHE SAID SLOWLY. KILL EVERY MOUSE, EVERY BIRD. KILL EVERY FISH. ANYONE OBJECTS, KILL THEM TOO.
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In Memoriam: Franklin Jerome Anderson, 1954-2015
Filed in In Memoriam on June 23, 2015
Franklin J. Anderson, a lecturer in African American studies and director of the Challenger Program at the University of Houston, has died. He was 61 years old.
The Challenger Program is a TRIO program for student support services, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Among the classes taught by Anderson at the University of Houston was "African American Experience Through Theater."
A veteran of the Broadway stage, television, and film, Anderson was the author of Memoirs of My Days with the Stage Production, The Diary of Black Men: An American Phenomenon (CreateSpace, 2014). He also co-wrote the screenplay for the horror film Street Tale of Terror.
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With the energy of the home fans cheering, the Northeastern women's basketball team beat the Towson Tigers, 66-63. After honoring their three seniors: guard Shannon Todd, forward Courtney Redcross, and forward Rachel Aho, the Huskies came out of the locker room with a perfect start to the ball game.
An almost out-of-bounds ball was saved by senior guard Todd who kept it in for sophomore forward Alexis Hill, who then completed an under the basket pass to sophomore guard Katie May for the first bucket of the game. Todd then hit a triple, making it 7-0. May followed with her own triple, giving the Huskies (12-14, 8-7 CAA) a 13-0 run to open the quarter.
"The ball was just going into the basket for me today, it just happened to be my night, but it could have been anyone's and looking at the score, it was everyone's," said May about her game-high 15 points.
Towson (13-12, 8-6 CAA) finally secured a bucket with 3:30 left in the opening frame, making it 13-3. The Huskies could only get an additional three points while the Tigers went on their own run with the quarter ending in NU's favor, 16-10.
The second quarter, on the other hand, wasn't nearly as perfect for NU with four lead changes. With two triples by the Tigers, followed by a stolen ball converted to a layup, the Tigers took their first lead of the game. May then followed with a triple, regaining the lead making it 21-19. This was short-lived as Towson freshman guard Maggie Sharp countered with her own triple, 21-22.
After three minutes of no scoring for the Huskies, sophomore guard Kendall Currence knocked down a triple to get the NU lead back, 24-23.
"We just have to be more consistent and have fun with it like we did today because when we put our mind to it, this is what we can do," said Currence.
A massive block by Hill led to her own bucket in the Husky paint. Although the Huskies were outscored in the quarter 19-18, the score was still in NU's favor, 34-29.
It seemed to be a game of threes as both teams were neck and neck with treys, with the Huskies going 6-17 and the Tigers going 5-16 for the first half.
Junior guard Stella Clark hit the opening basket of the second half for the Huskies, 37-31. Senior forward Ayanna Dublin was the only Husky to fall in foul trouble with three early personal fouls to her name. Currence hit the trey to end the quarter, 51-46.
The Huskies were off to a not-so-great start for the fourth quarter as the Tigers scored two back-to-back buckets putting them within one, 51-50. With the Tigers having nearly caught up, they fouled Clark, sending her to the charity stripe where she made both baskets, putting the Huskies up 62-59 with just 30 seconds left in the game.
The Huskies then secured the game in front of friends and family, winning 66-63.
Looking ahead in the season, the Huskies need to win their next three games, or go 2-1 and win two CAA tournament victories, to qualify for the at-large national postseason bids.
"We have three more obstacles in our way, it's getting closer to tournament time and everything we are doing right now is one step at a time trying to put ourselves in the best position when the tournament comes around," said NU coach Kelly Cole.
Double-digit scorers for the game were May (15) with five assists as well, Clark (11), Todd (10) and Currence (12). Hill and Clark had nine rebounds apiece.
The Huskies head down to the Carolinas as they take on UNCW (7-18, 4-10 CAA) on Friday and College of Charleston (11-14, 4-10 CAA) on Sunday.
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It was immensely terrifying: Agra doctor describes Typhoon Jebi that hit Japan
Talking to India Today, Dr Jain said that they had to leave their hotel and take shelter in an underground bunker to escape this typhoon which is said to be the fiercest in 25 years.
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UPDATED: September 7, 2018 00:50 IST
Dr Arvind Jain
Having barely survived the Typhoon Jebi that struck Japan recently, two senior physicians of Agra, Dr Arvind Jain and Dr Arun Singhal have described the typhoon as something that shook up the entire Japan.
They said that the typhoon killed at least a dozen people in the western parts of Japan where the Osaka and Kyoto cities are located.
Dr Jain,who runs the Sai Dham hospital in Agra, said that their families were also in Osaka but they had been already alerted about the typhoon by the local emergency response departments and they had safely reached the bunker before the typhoon hit Japan. The emergency bulletin had even marked the time at which the typhoon will strike the islands and that is exactly when it hit.
Praising the orderly way in which the Japanese people acted during the typhoon, Dr Jain said it was interesting to watch the calm reactions of the Japanese people to the typhoon compared to India where such an emergency would have caused stampedes, leaving scores of dead bodies in their wake.
He said that it was really heartening to watch that the Japanese people are not dependent on the government for disaster management. The airport and bullet trains were closed for some time, but then they were made operational without any glitches which is a wonder when we look at the mismanagement that continues for days following the smallest of storms.


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Portrait Painting in the Facebook Age
Aimee RubensteenDecember 16, 2014
Anya Rubin, 'Natalia,' 2014
Red on black on crimson on white. Repeatedly layered color arrangements are typical in the work of Anya Rubin, especially when the Russian-born and New York-based artist is depicting her friend's wine-stained lips or glittering eyes on a canvas. In this way, Rubin's paintings produce interlocking patterns of abstract color studies that double as portraiture. Two of Rubin's recent portraits were recently on view at Onishi Project's current group show in Chelsea.
Titled "Images of Nature and the Nature of Images," the exhibition explores the representation and function of the image, a Herculean task. The 11 artists' work ranges from photographs to paintings to sculptures, but the variety in the show barely begins to decipher the age-old question of imagery's presence and potential in our oversaturated world.
What the show lacks in answers, however, Rubin's paintings provide in investigation. Do we see color before we see shapes? These two elements intertwine in Rubin's patchwork painterly effect. Do two circles on a face always correlate and translate as eyes to the viewer? There are too many circles to count on Rubin's paintings, but the eyes are immediately recongizable. Do we feel convinced or distracted by the illusion of depth depicted on a flat surface? This list of questions can become endless the longer the viewer looks at Rubin's paintings.
It should come as no surprise that Rubin is infatuated with the way individuals represent themselves on social media. She uses this manipulated self-identity as an inspiration in her portraits. In this regard, Rubin's painting, "Natalia," (2014) depicts the artist's good friend in a way that invites the viewer to question and challenge the idenitity of the model and the way her somewhat distorted facial features represent her.
Upon closer observation, Rubin's artistic process parallels the "touched-up" culture of self-representation of the twenty-first century. First, Rubin photographs her model. Then she edits the photograph in Photoshop before she even touches the canvas with paint. This process highlights the multiple technical stages of Rubin's layered imagery. Notice the way the lips fall off the face when viewed up-close, but also anchor the facial features together on the surface of the canvas. The simultaneous push-and-pull of the pigments and lines throughout the composition keeps it engaging for its viewers.
When viewed from a distance, the multiple color arrangements (reminiscent of choosing from similar but specific color swatches) construct a face, and an especially elegant one. The model's face is depicted with an air of sophistication, seen in her choice of makeup and large diamond or pearl earrings. Since the face is viewed from slightly below the turned-up nose and far-off sparkling eyes, the viewer is at once at the beckoning of the model.
Rubin admits to only painting people that she knows well in order to capture their personality, and yet, it is clear that she is creating more than a perfectly realistic portrait of a familiar face. In fact, Rubin explains in an interview with the author that she chooses color based on the feeling she gets from her model. "Color for me describes the emotion and personality" of the subject, she said, which trumps the naturalistic coloring of such faces. The cool color palette utilized in "Natalia" becomes even more enticing within close proximity to the surface. So many blues and greys overlap and blend in swift circular strokes to depict a unified portrait eager to be simultaneously dissected and decorative.
Like many artists today, Rubin is referencing the techniques of art movements (the visual aesthetic of Pointilism and Impessionism are particularly noticeable in her painting) of the past, but also harnessesing the commercial aesthetic of social media in her work. The cropped and expanded composition in "Natalia" reflects the common format for Facebook profile pictures. Confronting the selfie obsessed population, Rubin's portraiture addresses our complex visual experience of facial recognition. Furthermore, Rubin's paintings emphasize our acceptance and desensitization of distorted self-representation.
Aimee Rubensteen


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Janet Yellen, America's treasury secretary, gave her strongest warning but on the potential penalties of not elevating the federal debt restrict, saying it might be "catastrophic". The Treasury estimates that it's going to run out of cash by October 18th except the ceiling is elevated to permit the federal government to proceed borrowing. Even with a stopgap decision to keep away from a authorities shutdown, the problem of lifting the debt restrict nonetheless stays. Ms Yellen stated the uncertainty was eroding investor confidence.
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Stockmarkets had their worst day in months on September twenty eighth. The S&P 500 dropped by 2% and the Nasdaq by 2.8%, its greatest decline in half a 12 months. European and Asian bourses additionally fell. The prospect of a authorities shutdown was only one issue unsettling traders. Markets are additionally digesting strikes by central banks to taper their stimulus programmes, which has led to a sell-off in bonds.
Natural-gas prices remained volatile, however had been nonetheless rising sharply in Asia and Europe, and to a lesser diploma in America. That fed into oil markets, as some industries swap to the commodity to maintain the lights on. The value of Brent crude crept as much as $80 a barrel for the primary time in three years.
Evergrande, China's second-biggest property developer, bought a part of its stake in a financial institution to a publicly owned funding group, elevating $1.5bn. The financial institution has demanded that Evergrande, which has rattled markets by warning of a debt default, use its proceeds to repay a mortgage. It received't make a lot of a dent within the firm's $300bn-worth of liabilities. Nonetheless, the truth that the stake was bought to a state funding agency was taken as an indication that the federal government is working behind the scenes to keep away from Evergrande's collapse.
Battle strains had been drawn within the American Senate over a potential second time period for Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Elizabeth Warren, a left-wing Democrat, grew to become the primary senator publicly to oppose Mr Powell remaining in workplace due to his previous assist for monetary deregulation. She known as him "a harmful man". Joe Biden is anticipated to announce his choice on who ought to lead the central financial institution throughout the subsequent few months.
Ford introduced an $11bn plan to construct three factories that will produce batteries for electric vehicles and one other plant to make its F-series of electrical pickup vehicles. The funding is in partnership with SK Innovation, a South Korean firm; the carmaker is offering $7bn. Together with its Detroit rivals, Basic Motors and Stellantis, Ford has made a dedication to change to greener motoring and needs 40% of its world gross sales to be electrical by 2030.
Voters in Berlin backed a referendum proposal to expropriate flats held by company landlords, essentially the most visceral response but in an enormous European metropolis to property hypothesis that has priced out most households. The vote is non-binding and should find yourself in Germany's Constitutional Courtroom.
With one of many hardest vaccine mandates in American enterprise, United Airways stated that 96% of workers in the USA had been jabbed to guard themselves in opposition to covid-19, however that it was making ready to fireplace nearly 600 who had not performed so earlier than the deadline of September twenty seventh. They'd just a few days leeway to conform. About 2,000 staff sought a non secular or medical exemption.
In Britain the furlough scheme launched firstly of the pandemic in March 2020 got here to an finish. Over its course the programme coated 11.6m employees, paying as much as 80% of their wages, although by July 2021 that had dropped to 1.6m. The federal government spent practically £70bn ($94bn) on its assist. In the meantime, revised figures confirmed that the British financial system grew by 5.5% within the second quarter, a sooner tempo than an preliminary estimate had recommended. GDP is now simply 3.3% beneath its pre-pandemic stage of late 2019.
A number one indicator of home costs in America rose at a file fee for the fourth consecutive month. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller nationwide index jumped by 19.7% in July over the identical month a 12 months in the past, with the most important will increase reported in Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. The agency stated it wanted extra information to inform if surging costs had been being pushed by a shift to the suburbs because of the pandemic.
Dealing in bricks of a special form, Lego reported a web revenue of DKr6.3bn ($1bn) for the primary half of the 12 months, up by 140% from the identical interval in 2020.
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Amazon launched its first robotic for the house, which is able to promote for beneath $1,000. Astro, an internet-connected roving machine, has a periscope digicam that its proprietor can entry remotely. In a nod to privateness issues, it may be programmed to remain out of intimate areas, such because the bed room or toilet.
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To analyse the impact of perioperative complications and complex treatment courses on postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after radical cystectomy (RC) and continent (ONB) or incontinent (IC) urinary diversion at multiple prospective time points.
A total of 121 consecutive patients underwent RC with curative intent between 2013 and 2014. HRQOL was prospectively assessed preoperatively, after 3 and 12 months, using the QLQ-C30 questionnaire. The impact of complex perioperative treatment courses including cases requiring surgical re-interventions was retrospectively assessed using Martin criteria and the Clavien–Dindo scale. Urinary continence was determined using the validated ICIQ-SF questionnaire. Statistical analysis included Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA, Spearman's rank correlation, and ordinal regression models (p < 0.05).
A total of 100 patients underwent further analysis. Physical functioning (PF), role functioning (RF), and global health status (GHS) scores were higher in the ONB subgroup both preoperatively (p < 0.001, 0.010, 0.048) and 3 months after RC (p = 0.003, 0.048, 0.019). Clavien complications ≥III led to reduced PF levels after 3 months (p = 0.050) without effect on GHS (p = 0.825). Operating time and length of critical care monitoring correlated with 3 months pain scores in the ONB subgroup (p = 0.003, 0.009) without affecting GHS (p = 0.603, 0.653). Continent urinary diversion was an independent predictor of increased HRQOL after 3 months (p = 0.021), however, not after 12 months (p = 0.803).
Patients receiving an IC have lower PF, RF, and GHS scores than those receiving ONB. Perioperative complications and complicated treatment courses can affect HRQOL subdomains but do not significantly impact the GHS. ONB is an independent predictor for better overall HRQOL 3 months, but not 12 months after RC.
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02.23.09 — We woke up excited knowing that we will be in Phuket in a few hours. The shuttle was supposed to pick us up at 9am. We went down the lobby early because we still have to check out. My friends bought some breakfast from a nearby Starbuck's while I patiently waited for the bus.
A busy Monday morning at Bukit Bintang.
Several minutes have passed but still no sign of the shuttle. We'll be late! Oh no! So I asked the staff at the reception if I can make a call to the Star Shuttle's office. The agent told me that the bus was stuck in heavy traffic but assured me that it will arrive soon.
A few minutes later, the agent called back. She told me the bus was already waiting at the next block.Yipee!
Ringgits. Turned into Baht after a few hours.
This was taken outside the departure area. I was just supposed to take shots of the airport when this man posed in front of me.
Still got 3.5 kilos left for my Bangkok shopping.
At the boarding area.Yogyakarta bound passengers.
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Goodbye, KL. I'll see you soon.


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