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When Chef Ryan Clark was named the Executive Chef at Casino Del Sol in 2017 he brought with him his deep passion for using local ingredients in his cooking repertoire. The resulting evolution of the menus at the Casino was most apparent at PY Steakhouse whose menu reflects ingredients from over 30 Southern AZ farmers and purveyors. This influence can now be seen throughout all five food venues at the resort.
The new "Chefs Seasonal Menus" program, will feature seasonally inspired monthly dishes. This program is in partnership with Pivot Produce, a company that sources and distributes local produce from a wide network of Tucson farms delivered directly to local chefs. Chef Clark and his culinary team will work closely with owner Erik Stanford to hand select the best ingredients that will then be featured in specific dishes in each restaurant concept. There will be different ingredients featured in new dishes offered on the first of each month.
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Q: Is there a way to freeze TODAY for when it was written to a cell in Google Sheets? Using today(), I have a cell populate with the current date when an adjacent cell is filled. Unfortunately, when tomorrow rolls around, yesterday's date, from tomorrow's perspective, will be the wrong date.
Is there a way to freeze today() as the day it was written and not the current date?
Note: there are thousands of these cells, so doing Cmd + ; does not solve this issue. It needs to be a formula that can be copied to those thousands of cells.

A: possible only with script:
function onEdit(e) {
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
if( s.getName() == "Sheet3" ) {
var r = s.getActiveCell();
if( r.getColumn() == 13 ) {
  var nextCell = r.offset(0, 9);
  var newDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(),
  "GMT+8", "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss");
  nextCell.setValue(newDate);
}}}

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*"Sheet3" = sheet name

*r.getColumn() == 13 = column M / 13th column

*r.offset(0, 9) = offset timestamp 9 columns to the right on the same row eg column V

*"GMT+8" = timezone

*"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss" = date and time format

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Work as a penetration tester for even a moderate amount of time and chances are that in order to get your hands on the digital goods, you'll find it takes actually physically getting your hands on a system or two. Discounting the outliers -- dressing up in disguise for a bold daytime incursion or simply taking advantage of miserably lacking physical security measures -- clever pen testers have to come up with high- and low-tech ways to get around building security. Next week at Black Hat USA, three security pros from consulting firm Bishop Fox will present two different talks on new methods they developed for getting around building alarm systems and RFID access card readers to gain discrete access inside targeted buildings.
"A lot of attackers are becoming bolder in their attacks, and physical security is one of the areas where companies might be lacking," says Drew Porter a senior security analyst for consulting firm Bishop Fox. "They might have great digital defense, but on the physical side it can be lacking."
Porter, together with his colleague Stephen Smith, also a senior security analyst, will demonstrate how basic building alarm systems can be maneuvered around without careful installation. The duo will offer up a number of ways to circumvent security alarm systems -- most notable among them a means of hacking alarm system sensor keypads by building a rogue cellular base station to manipulate signals meant to go to and from the alarm company data center.
The pair found that while many of the alarm systems in common use within homes and offices tout their dependency on two different cellular bands, the truth is that the most commonly used keypads associated with those systems only support those systems. Similarly, keypads were typically designed around older 2G technology for a reliability sake rather than going with more secure 4G or 3G communication. All of that made it easier for Porter and Smith to develop a simple cellular base station to wreak havoc.
"We found that they were using an older standard for cellular, which is extremely easy to intercept and to force onto our network," Porter says. "I was able to get a cellular base station up and going from scratch in about six hours and then start intercepting communications."
That interception made it possible for the pair to not only prevent the alarm from tipping off the authorities at the company's home base, but to also send a signal from the base station that would silence the alarm sound going off on-site.
In addition to this more dramatic development, Porter and Smith also discovered ways to circumvent alarm system sensors with methods like developing infrared light "bombs" or even just holding up a piece of cardboard up to fool motion detectors.
As experts who work frequently in physical security penetration testing, the pair found necessity to be the mother of invention when it came to their alarm research. The same could be said for an additional bit of hacking to be presented by Fran Brown, managing partner at Bishop Fox, who will take the wraps off of a concealable hardware device that will make it easier for penetration testers like him to steal key card information in order to clone them and gain entry to doors protected by RFID access control systems.
Brown says the research stemmed from a gig he was tasked with to penetrate a SCADA system, which required entry into two specific buildings. As he did research into key card leeching tools already freely available, he found that their range was exceedingly limited.
"My goal was to walk by someone and steal their badge information without them noticing," he says. "But the handful of tools out there only have a couple centimeter range, which means you have to go up and essentially grab people's asses. That's not very practical, and you're going to get caught."
In spite of being a computer scientist with very little electrical engineering training, Brown put his shoulder into learning the finer arts of soldering and circuit board design to hack the same kind of keycard reader used at garages -- designed with lots of proximity head space so drivers don't have to get out of their cars -- to come up with a portable reader that can steal badge information, convert it to text files, and store it on a miniSD card. Brown used an Arduino prototyping board to weaponize commercial card readers and create an easily stashable device that works up to three feet away.
He will not only only demo the device at his talk, he's also giving away the ingredients to his secret recipe. Bishop Fox is giving away 100 copies of the custom PCB Brown developed to those in attendance at Black Hat and DefCon; those who miss out will also be able to download the schematics to manufacture their own PCBs, plus a parts list and instructions on how to build a lookalike.
Brown reports that the device not only worked for the gig he originally designed it for, it's now become a staple at his firm.
"We have done several pen tests since them, and it's worked like a charm," he says.
At his talk, Brown will also discuss countermeasures against methods like the one he will demo. This can include tactics as simple as requiring users to use shielding envelopes around their badges, to those as thorough as upping the lifec ycle of physical security hardware. According to HID Global, the maker of the access control systems Brown hacked, while there is newer technology immune to Brown's methods, the truth is that 70 to 80 percent of their customers still use the older vulnerable hardware.
"The reality is that physical security products have a life cycle of 20 years," Brown says, explaining that organizations may need to rethink their physical security hardware priorities to protect their properties.
This is just simply criminal behavior, why call breaking and entering "hacking". This information is only useful for criminal purposes. Just like a lock, these systems only keep out honest people. WHY help those who hurt others?
They may as well just say "with a gun I can break into anyone's security" no one is safe from that kind of thinking anyway. Your wireless security will not stop bullets and explosives.
Call it what it is - Breaking the law.


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Failed IT projects demolish big businesses and executive careers, say researchers
IT projects spinning out of control in the public and private sector are ending the careers of senior executives and causing entire businesses to collapse.
Karl Flinders, Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly
Published: 22 Aug 2011 5:00
Big businesses are collapsing because of failed IT projects, according to research.
According to research from Oxford University, IT projects are 20 times more likely times more likely to run out of control than other business projects. One in six IT projects run out of control with average cost overruns of 200%, the research found.
Researchers anticipate more large companies failing as a result of out-of-control IT projects.
The research, from the Said Business School, found there had been an increasing trend for IT projects to run out of control in recent years. This is the result of larger, more complex projects, said the researchers.
A lack of understanding of the unpredictability of these projects - described as "black swan projects" - is the problem. "These run-away tech projects are due to managers focusing on average performance [of previous IT projects] instead of variability," said the researchers. This is causing large cost overruns and delays.
The research analysed 1,500 global projects worth $245bn. These projects had an average cost of $170m.
The fact that businesses and government think they are in control when they are not, is costing them dearly, said the report.
"Rotten-egg IT projects have brought down well-known brands such as Kmart and the UK's second largest car glass company, Autowindscreens," said the researchers. "These companies spun out of control and collapsed while trying to implement large IT projects. Whole corporations such as Airbus, Levi-Strauss, TollCollect, and Hershey's have been on the brink of collapse because of out-of-control IT." Government agencies face similar problems, the Oxford researchers found.
Bent Flyvbjerg, principal investigator, said: "We were shocked when the data came in and we learned that large IT projects are twenty times more likely than normal projects to spin out of control. IT projects are now so big and touch so many aspects of business, government and citizens' lives, that this poses a singular new challenge for top management."
"I would not be surprised if a large, established company fails in the coming years because of an out-of-control IT project. In fact, our data suggest that one or more will", said Bent Flyvbjerg.
The public sector is littered with examples of out of control IT projects.
A study from the European Services Strategy Unit, completed in 2007, reported on 105 government ICT projects which cost more than they should, overran or were terminated. Or even all three.
The 105 projects were valued at £29.5bn and cost almost £9bn more than expected.
A total of 60 programmes had cost overruns and on average cost about 30% more than they should have, 35 contracts were delayed and 31 cancelled. (see table below for examples).
The private sector and the suppliers that often carry out large projects are not immune. In 2009 BT Global Services lost £1.2bn due to cost overruns on big contracts with the NHS and Reuters.
Five out-of-control public sector IT projects.
1 £3.04bn - Defence Information Infrastructure for new IT at defence locations around the world (March 2005), signed with Atlas consortium led by EDS. Cost now estimated to be £5bn and major problems at first site near Bristol. 16,000 terminals installed by October 2007 but missed target of 70,000 by mid 2007.
2 £2.77bn - Skynet 5, Satellite Communications Services cost increase to £3.66bn by spring 2007 (+32%).
3 £237m - Joint Personnel Administration, cost increase to £257m (+8%) as a result of delay in roll-out to Royal Navy and British Army
4 £2.4bn - Bowman Combat Infrastructure Platform to replace the Clansman radio network, signed with General Dynamics. Project recast to include an additional £121m, £51m write-off, £24m training cost plus £204m over 25 years. Projects delays.
5 £2.57bn - Renegotiated submarine contract in 2003 increasing cost by £1bn - delays and failure of computer aided design. Contract with BAE Systems.
Source: Cost overruns, delays and terminations: 105 outsourced public sector ICT projects by the European Services Strategy Unit
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Our great-grandfather Dierk Mueller, lived 3/4 hour's walk from Ottersberg at Fischerhude, where he died of typhoid fever in the year 1828.
Our grandfather, Peter Mueller, came to America in 1838, shortly after he had married Anna Schnackenberg.
The young couple was accompanied by his mother Gesche and his brother Johann Heinrich (His brother Cord had come to America the year previous). After a six weeks journey on a sailboat they landed at New Orleans on December 18, 1838.
They remained in New Orleans for three months. Then they were induced to move to Cole Camp, Missouri by David Holsten, who had settled there a few years previous.
They made the trip from New Orleans to St. Louis by boat on the Mississippi River, thence on the Missouri to Boonville, Mo., arriving there in spring of 1839.
By ox-cart they traveled 65 miles over wild prairies to Cole Camp.
Our grandfather and great-grandmother both took up Government land, each 160 acres, and began their home life. Both farms were well located at the edge of timber.
Poverty was the order of the day among those settlers. However, there also were advantages. Missouri timber offered them the finest building material for houses and barns. They were practical people. Bedsteads, tables, chairs and other articles for home use were built by grandfather. The homes were generally built of logs.
To supply the family with wearing apparel was a job assigned chiefly to the mothers. Wool produced by the sheep served to make material for clothing. The wool was washed and then spun into yarn. For dye they used the hull of walnuts or oak bark. After the yarn was dyed it was woven into cloth on the weaving-loom built by grandfather. To produce stockings, socks, mittens, shawls, and caps constituted the family's knitting project. Father, mother, sons, and daughters would sit around the table in the evening knitting.
The closest towns for shopping were Boonville and Jefferson City, about 65 miles away. Grandfather made trips to one or the other of those shopping centers twice a year with oxen. He took eggs, butter, furs, etc. to the market to buy supplies for the family and neighbors. Such a trip took a whole week.
Our grandparents had five sons and one daughter, viz.: Dietrich, Gesche, Cord, Heinrich, Johann, and Peter. Each of the boys took up 160 acres of Government land when they had reached the required age. Miss Gesche married Claus Brase. He also took up 160 acres of Government land. All four farms bordered.
Thus the grandparents and their children with their families lived close together.
This setup was frequently referred to as the "Mueller Village".
There was no organized congregation when the grandparents settled in Cole Camp. Men who called themselves pastors made their frequent visits among the settlers. To mention one, there was a certain Meyer, a shepherd from Germany, who posed as an independent pastor. He was nicknamed "Schaefer Meyer" (Shepherd Meyer).
Later the Missouri Synod came into the field. The Holy Cross Lutheran congregation was organized; all members of the "Mueller Village" remained faithful members.


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Armenia is a mountainous country located between Europe and Asia in the region known as South Caucasus. Armenians were the first nation in the world to formally adopt Christianity in the year of 301 AD.
Early Armenian kingdom was already established in 859 BC and was called Kingdom of Urartu, and now Armenia is an independent Republic with president as the head of state.
Armenia has rich historical and cultural heritage, and is proud to be the homeland of such amazing and talented artists like great composer Aram Khachatryan, incredible chanson Charles Aznavour, marvelous painters Martiros Saryan and Hovhannes Ayazovsky and many others.
The capital city Yerevan is a wonderful place for touring: it has the spirit of the ancient capital, and at the same time one can admire the modern architecture of the city. The city centre is usually very crowded, and especially in the evenings most of the citizens and capital's guests go out - be it for drinking coffee, tasting delicious Armenian cuisine, enjoying their time in clubs or simply for strolling purposes.
Ukraine /juːˈkreɪn/ ew-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ]; is a country in the East of Europe. It has slightly bigger than France area, making it the largest contiguous country on the European continent.
Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The believed population is 46 million people, with 3 of them residing in Kyiv. The Ukrainian language is the official language in Ukraine, Russian is also widely spoken, English is rarely understood.
Ukraine is famous for incredibly active politics, Orange revolution, Klitschko brothers, Space industry, the richest man of Europe, co-hosting Euro-2012, fair guest workers and, of course, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.


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European Union (Future Relationship) Bill passes
Taking back control of our money, our borders and our laws
This afternoon I voted in favour of the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, which passed by 521 votes to 73. This Bill will put into law the 'exit deal' reached between the EU and the UK negotiating teams last week, implementing our agreements on trade, security, tax ,transport and a range of other areas.
Unfortunately the debate today was heavily oversubscribed and so I wasn't able to speak, but I know that these are issues of great importance to residents across Penistone and Stocksbridge so I will set out below some of the comments that I would have made in the Chamber of the House of Commons had there been more time.
I am delighted that this Deal, which comes into effect on New Year's Day, fulfils our commitments to the British public to take back control of our money, our borders and our laws. The deal we have secured is the first Free Trade Agreement the EU has ever reached based on zero tariffs and zero quotas, and is great news for families and businesses in every part of the UK. The fact that both UK and EU representatives are pleased with the outcome is a triumph of negotiation and their achievements should be recognised.
I know many of our local businesses have been concerned about the prospect of having tariffs imposed and so the Free Trade Agreement is excellent news for importers and exporters across our constituency. When I have spoken to and visited businesses across Penistone and Stocksbridge this year, including farmers, steelmakers and other manufacturers, their message for the Government has been clear, 'we need a deal.'
And the agreements reached on travel, transport, procurement and security will also provide reassurance to those people whose livelihoods depend on physical and virtual access to EU countries. Most people I have spoken to and heard from are extremely relieved that this deal has been reached, especially since the prospect of 'No Deal' loomed large over recent weeks.
Since the EU referendum three and a half years ago, politics in the UK has been turbulent. We've had three general elections in less than 5 years and in October last year, Parliament became paralysed, unable to find a way through disagreements about what 'type of Brexit' we should pursue, or whether we should leave the EU at all. These disagreements – between Remainers and Leavers – have dominated our national conversation for the last four years, and have sadly divided communities and even families.
Many have rightly criticized the previous Parliament for the length of time it took to resolve these issues, and I share these frustrations. In 2016, the majority of people in our area, and across the UK, voted to leave the EU but it has taken four and a half years to make a clean break. There were many different reasons why people voted to leave the EU, but the overriding sense was that the UK should be a free and independent country, able to govern ourselves in our own best interests. All sorts of economic, political and social arguments were made about why this was a bad idea, but many of these arguments missed the point;
it is a fundamental human desire to want to control our own destiny and most people believe that decisions should be made as close as possible to the people they affect. And it's a long way from Brussels to Barnsley.
Last year's General Election settled the political argument, returning a Conservative majority Government with a mandate to Get Brexit Done. But even once the Withdrawal Agreement was signed, it was never going to be easy or simple or straightforward to extricate ourselves from the EU after 40 years of economic and political union. These issues – ones of sovereignty, autonomy, security and trade – are complex and interrelated and take time to resolve. Many predicted that it would take ten years to reach a Free Trade Agreement with our EU partners; the fact that this has been achieved in just eleven months is a reflection of the political will and skill on both sides to get it done. The Prime Minister was criticised in January for legislating to end the Transition Period on 31st December 2020, but without that deadline I don't believe this agreement would ever have been reached, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a big political moment for the UK. None of us know what the next few years will hold – especially at the moment – but we can look forward to an independent future as an independent nation. Our success in being the first country in the world to approve and roll out a coronavirus vaccine – and the fact that we have guaranteed the Oxford vaccine at cost price to developing countries - is evidence that the UK has what it takes to be innovative, nimble and outward looking.
Over the last four years, many opinions on the extremes of the Brexit debate have dominated the airwaves. From those who have painted the EU as the 'goodies' and Brexiteers as 'bigots', to those who insisted that only a No Deal Brexit would satisfy, it has been hard to find the middle ground. But it's crucial now that we move away from the extremes of the debate and from the hyperbole that has defined it and find a way forward that is optimistic, realistic and united.
To do this, we must consider ourselves as one United Kingdom with sober judgement; not talking down our strengths and our potential, but also not pretending that we can succeed without strong relationships with other countries in Europe and the world. This is a time for reflection and I hope we can seize the opportunity to be bold, creative and ambitious as we re-imagine what it means to be independent and self-governing for the first time in over 40 years
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Our client Seed Global Health (Seed) is looking for a Chief Operating Officer. Seed is a non-profit organisation that focuses on strengthening the education, practice, and policy of the local professional health workforce in Africa. Its mission is to educate a rising generation of health professionals to strengthen access to quality care with the goal of saving lives and improving health. Seed is unique in its approach by focusing on educating and training doctors, nurses, and midwives who offer support across the health system from frontline health workers' referrals for definitive care to resilience and responsiveness to diverse health challenges to training future generations.
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The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will oversee the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of Seed and provide internally focused leadership delivery of strategy including ensuring theorganisation achieves its impact, people and resources and execution goals. To support this, the role holder will review and improve the internal infrastructure for effective working.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and working closely with the executive leadership team, the COO's responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
Lead the operational management across the organisation including teams in the US, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Malawi
Plan and implement new country entry
Working closely with the Director of Development to ensure donor relations are effectively managed
Financial, administrative, and implementation tasks as required by the position.
Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures
Work closely with the CEO, and wider executive team in the development of Seed's strategic plan, goals, and objectives, and ensure their successful execution
The desired candidate will have but not limited to:
Minimum of ten years of professional experience in an operational leadership or oversight role at an organization, ideally with a global non-profit organisation
Deep experience across Africa and commitment to the continent's development
Proven track record of success facilitating progressive organisational change and development within a growing organisation
Experience in building, managing internationally dispersed teams and a demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity and ability to build respectful relationships with colleagues from different cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds.
Strong understanding of advanced and growth planning and regulatory issues
Ability to work well both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast-pace, entrepreneurial setting
For more information about Seed Global Health and the skills and experience expected, please download our detailed Candidate Pack which also provides instructions on how to apply for the position.
Since 2007 Millar Cameron has specialised in sourcing leadership and keyperson talent across a number of industries, including agribusiness, international development, industrial, consumer, financial and professional services, private equity, and technology, media and telecommunications. Our mission and purpose is to positively contribute to the development of Africa, and other emerging markets, through the provision of people.
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Honestly, how well situated is your business to support your sales efforts? How smooth are the transitions, and how satisfied are customers with your process? What's the plan for setting up one-and-done project management accounts versus those generating recurring revenue? Are you more adept at handling one or the other?
Grifco first asked these questions when we set about putting our own process hierarchy together to maximize your success. Ultimately, nothing is more vital to your business than your sales engine. Fuel the engine with professionals who ply their trade daily—with total focus and without distraction, and sales will no longer be a hindrance to growth (you can now focus on areas of your business that will profit by increased sales volume). Burden your sales force with cumbersome paperwork, multiple job responsibilities, and inefficient scheduling and reporting, and your engine fails to perform.
It's easy to allow lines to become blurred between your sales force and the rest of your company. Defining everyone's role plays a significant part in either success or failure. Are you ready to take the next step toward increased profitability? Contact Grifco Strategy today to discuss the state of your sales and how to revitalize your efforts.


What is the Tesco Hudl tablet?
Given that the supermarket giant hasn't exactly been renowned for its tech innovation up to now, the Tesco Hudl has taken us a little by surprise. Tesco has stamped its name on the budget tablet market with the release of the Hudl, its very first tablet – and a truly decent one at that.
Tesco's 7-inch Wi-Fi-only Android tablet is looking to take on Google's pricier Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX. Available at launch for £119, the Hudl is now priced from just £79 since the release of the Tesco Hudl 2, and can be bought for considerably less if you've accumulated enough Tesco Clubcard points. That's around £80 cheaper than the Nexus 7 16GB model, which is down from £199 at launch to £150.
Plenty of budget Android tablets have been and gone and have really missed the mark. The Tesco Hudl, though, offers value for money, decent overall performance and the design team has really thought about how to make cheap Android tablets easy to use for the whole family.
Over one year on and with 750,000 units of the Hudl now sold, the Hudl 2 has now replaced the smaller original model. The Hudl 2 boasts improved specs across the board and is still available at a low enough price to convince shoppers to drop it in their trollies.
Tesco Hudl doesn't look too different to most 7-inch Android tablets.
get it in black, purple and red.
more suitable to use the Hudl lying down on the sofa.
smaller hands to get to grips with and easier to survive drops.
you'll find the microphone and 3.5mm headphone jack.
there's a pair of speakers and the 3-megapixel rear-facing camera.
1,400 x 900 HD resolution screen offering 242 ppi (pixels per inch).
1,920 x 1,200 of the Nexus 7 2. It also has a small edge over the similarly priced Asus MeMO Pad HD 7, which has a 1,280 x 800 resolution screen. Indeed, the Asus is its most direct rivial in terms of price and features.