"J Is for Jazz" also has brief biographies of the people who made Durham's jazz scene — Yusuf Salim, Bus Brown, Mary Lou Williams, Paul Jeffrey, Grady Tate, Ira Wiggins, John Brown, Jim Ketch — and the generations that were inspired by them — Nnenna Freelon, Lois Deloatch, Branford Marsalis, and students who have graduated from the jazz studies programs at North Carolina Central University, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
The exhibit opener coincided with the first night of the Art of Cool Festival (whose parent organization Art of Cool Project was one of the sponsors). As visitors walked through the exhibit, an ensemble led by Wiggins on tenor saxophone, Brown on bass, Orlandus Perry on drums and Riley Mangan on piano performed outside the hub. Wiggins and Brown, respectively, direct the jazz programs at North Carolina Central University and Duke University.
Laney, a graduate student in museum studies at UNC-Greensboro, has been working on the exhibit for a year as part of her master's degree requirements. When her professor suggested the project to her, she gladly volunteered. "I get to listen to good music for a year and call it research," Laney said.
The first step in building the exhibit was a listening session held in August, in which residents shared stories, Laney said. At first, Laney was nervous that she would not have enough resources, but Durham residents were generous with their archives and materials. "We were swimming in things. There was no lack of sources," Laney said.
In addition to the explanatory panels, this exhibit also has music samples from different musicians. A video has interviews with Salim, Marsalis, Deloatch, and a 1980 film of Mary Lou Williams playing solo blues on piano. The film chronicles Salim's strong influence on the scene dating back to the 1970s, when he came to Durham and started playing music at the now defunct Salaam Cultural Center. Salim went on to hold weekly gigs in which anyone could sit in with the band.
The opening was also a night of reminiscence, and looking ahead. Crovitz, who attended the first reminiscing session, said Salim, known as Brother Yusuf, gave her the name "Mama Jazz," because "he could never spell Crovitz," she said.
Benjamin Reese Jr., who is a vice president at Duke University and was one of the early board members of the Art of Cool Festival, puts on an annual musical event with Brown in observance of Martin Luther King Day. He has listened to a lot of jazz locally and worldwide and thinks the music is becoming more visible in Durham.
One factor is the new venues, like Beyu Caffe, which Reese called "the centerpiece for jazz." He also cited the jazz programs at NCCU, Duke and UNC as strong influences.
"I think these great programs and the venues we have are contributing to the richness of the genre," Reese said.


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Together, truckers like you move over 10.42 billion tons of freight each year. This requires dedication, focus, and skill, which you surely have in spades. However, hiring managers sometimes need help recognizing those valuable traits. To land more jobs — and the best jobs — you may have to make your qualifications more evident. You may have to build a personal brand. This isn't being full of yourself; it's simply providing potential employers with opportunities to get to know you. With solid marketing, employers may even come to you with job offers!! Of course, this isn't easy when your job takes up so much of your time. To help, we've put together 5 fast and easy tips for building a personal trucker brand while you're on-the-road!!
1) Start a Video Log (VLOG): Being on the road is a great time to log your journey for others, often with a driver-facing recording device. Start a YouTube channel and upload videos from places you visit. Record things that happen along the way, narrating your own unique perspective. Discuss the best routes. Offer driving tips. Not only will you inform and educate, you'll inspire others and potential employers will take notice. When it's time to recruit, they'll know who you are.
2) Start a Blog: It's so easy to start and maintain a blog these days. If you enjoying talking about your adventures and what's happening in the industry, you'll never run out of things to talk about. Commercial Truck Trader's blog — TheDealerConnection.org (you're here now) — runs using WordPress, but there are many great blogging options out there. And it doesn't have to be only words!! Take some pictures to add to your blog. Interesting visuals will make fans out of regular folks, fellow drivers, and potential employers alike. And you can connect your blog with your VLOG for maximum exposure.
3) Be Active on Social Media: When you're beginning to grow an audience, following people in your industry is a good way to get followed back. Instagram is a great place for truckers who like to take lots of pictures and video. Facebook is great for those visuals too, and is a also a great place to share your blog. Twitter can help you keep up with what's trending in the industry and in the world. LinkedIn is an ideal site for making more professional connections. You can manage your social media in as little as 10 minutes a day. There are also websites like Hootsuite that let you schedule social media posts ahead of time, across platforms, meaning you won't have to worry about personally posting throughout the day, week, or month.
4) Find a Niche: Find an area of the industry about which you are really passionate. Maybe you're all about the most efficient routes. Maybe you want to inspire youth to become drivers. Maybe safety is your thing. Narrowing your range of topics, especially at first, will help you connect with others and discover the best ways to speak to their personal lives. For example, if you specialize in cross-country moving, you can create content around your side of the job, as well as posts around how to help the people who are actually moving, in order to get more eyes on your brand. Really think about this. When a topic is your passion, writing and talking about it will never seems like work.
5) Network with Industry Influencers: You probably already network with other drivers on social media. You may even follow some top people in the industry. Connect with these individuals. Start networking. Demonstrate your expertise by talking with them about your videos, your blog, and why you're passionate about trucking. Ask them to share your content with their followers to boost your own following.
You already have the passion and the skill required for a great job. Start putting those valuable traits to work for you by building a personal trucker brand through on-the-road marketing!! And leave us a comment – how do you build your brand??
Gary Ashton is a realtor with The Ashton Real Estate Group in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Will you ever think about banana bread the same way again? The pandemic has transformed Americans' relationship with food, and we'll see this reality come into focus in 2021 as we prioritize eating plans that are simpler and more sustainable for ourselves, our communities, and the planet.
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There are few places more representative of the change wrought by COVID-19 than the kitchen. A report from PwC found that 51 percent of Americans reported a "significant increase" in home cooking thanks to the pandemic. According to Maya Feller, RD, food has served as a form of comfort as COVID-19 cases rise and economic prospects remain uncertain at best. (Just look at the soaring popularity of homemade sourdough, banana bread, and even nostalgic packaged snacks since March.) And after a year of so much turmoil, our food choices in 2021 will be all about alignment—nutrition that aligns with our individual health needs, and food choices that align with values like sustainability and racial and economic equity.
In this new context, more people will realize that the restrictive dieting so commonplace in wellness no longer serves their physical or emotional well-being. Dietitian-influencers like Christy Harrison, RD, Shana Minei Spence, RDN, and Dalina Soto, RD, have long educated their hundred of thousands of followers that restriction leads to bingeing, psychologically damaging guilt and shame, and an increased risk of disordered eating—and 2020 yielded the fruits of that labor in the form of backlash to high-profile diet programs like F-Factor and All In By Teddi. In fact, data from the International Food Information Council Federation finds that 39 percent of Americans are newly interested in mindful or intuitive eating, practices that emphasize listening to your body and its needs when determining what and how to eat. "Mindfulness has been bubbling up for the past year or two," says Brigitte Zeitlin, MPH, RD, "but I think COVID-19 has escalated the conversation."
With that in mind, more people will seek out personalized nutrition solutions that work for their unique circumstances—like eating specifically for heart health or diabetes prevention. "People are concerned about those non-communicable diseases in relation to the pandemic and their overall longevity," Feller says. New-to-2020 companies like Sugarbreak and Muniq (which make supplements and shakes for people with diabetes) as well as apps like Zoe and Wellory (which create eating plans for people based on biometric data and digital dietitian consults, respectively) will support people on their quests for tailor-made nutrition. Books like Mastering Mindful Eating, by Michelle Babb, RD (out in December), and Intuitive Eating for Every Day, by Evelyn Tribole, co-founder of the intuitive eating movement (out in March 2021), will also help people learn to better tune in to the needs of their own bodies. Zeitlin says 50 percent of her clients have questions about mindful eating: "Once they 'get it,' there is a big shift in their relationship with food," she adds.
The forthcoming 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines (due to be released in January) will also support this move towards eating what feels right for you: Feller says they will include messaging from governmental health agencies on how to personalize the broad recommendations to your individual needs and background. (Other changes to expect: new guidance on added sugar intake and the first guidelines for pregnant and breastfeeding people.)
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Another major factor transforming people's relationship with food is the climate crisis. More than ever, "environmental concerns are weighing bigger on peoples' minds as we're seeing that every year we are getting closer to a tipping point where if we continue on the path we are on…this world could become more difficult to live in for all species—including our own," says Dana Hunnes, PhD, RD, adjunct assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health. The issue is especially important to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), Feller adds, as these groups are disproportionately affected by climate change's effects. "My hope is that people will look more towards plant-based food choices, which are significantly better for the environment than animal foods," Dr. Hunnes says—a safe bet given that sales of plant-based products, like oat milk and alt-meat, have soared during the pandemic. But don't count out meat entirely; with sales of sustainably-sourced meat also skyrocketing this year and the grass-fed beef industry expected to grow by $14.5 billion between now and 2024, better-for-the-planet animal products will have a place on many of our plates, too.
"People are going to be thinking about, 'How do I make sure that I have good food that's affordable and healthy?'" Maya Feller, RD
In addition to the climate crisis, the ongoing economic crisis—and the historic increase in food insecurity—will transform the way many Americans think about food and community, specifically pushing many to newly consider food equity as a cornerstone value. "People are going to be thinking about, 'How do I make sure that I have good food that's affordable and healthy?'" Feller says. Indeed, Nielsen polling shows that 23 percent of Americans plan to grow their own food if the economy worsens, and 19 percent of Americans plan to use food banks more. As new federal aid continues to stall, expect to see a continued increase in local solutions for food access, such as community fridges and gardens. (Case study: New York City's first "Freedge"—a grassroots community fridge program—opened in February; now there are over 60 across the five boroughs.)
The ongoing reckoning with racism in the food industry—propelled by the protests over the death of George Floyd—will slowly start to expand who is part of the larger American food culture, says Jenny Dorsey, chef and founder of Studio ATAO, a food and community-focused nonprofit. "The ingrained food culture in the U.S. is not the only food culture that exists," she says, and the U.S. has a lot to learn from Indigenous, Ayurvedic, and traditional Chinese medicine-based food practices, for instance. While legacy food publications—including Bon Appetit and the New York Times Food and Cooking sections—start to hire more BIPOC folks and overhaul their style guides to decenter whiteness, groups like For the Culture (a forthcoming biannual magazine founded by Klancy Miller that celebrates Black women in food) will provide new coverage and visibility for BIPOC chefs and creatives, allowing them to shape what foods and ingredients hit the "mainstream." There is a long way yet to go to make all areas of the food industry more equitable (not a single major food retailer has adopted the 15 Percent Pledge, for example) but for the first time in a long time, there are positive steps being taken towards a better future—so long as we're willing to keep up the momentum.
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'Half-Scratch' Meal Kits Have Dinner on the Table in Less Time
For many folks, the novelty of the quarantine kitchen has officially worn off: A September 2020 report by marketing firm Acosta found that 25 percent of people have grown tired of cooking. And to lessen mealtime stress, 53 percent of American adults are now turning to heat-and-eat meals. Weary home chefs will be happy to hear that the new class of healthy, quick-to-make options are a far cry from the microwavable bowls and TV dinners stashed in the freezer.
"Half-scratch cooking" meal kits—which come with pre-prepped ingredients so all that's left for you to do is cook and consume—are leading the charge. "Sales for meal kits have grown tremendously this year," says Laurentia Romaniuk, a trends expert at Instacart, speaking to the growing interest.
New pre-prepped options are already available, including Down To Cook (boxed meal kits that only require adding your veggie of choice), which launched in May 2020. Fast-casual chain Just Salad also launched its first-ever deliverable zero-prep meal kits in April as part of its New York City-focused grocery service, Just Grocery. And more products will be on the way in 2021, such as expanded offerings from Hungryroot, which sells pre-prepped ingredients meant to be mixed and matched together, and Kevin's Natural Foods, a Paleo-inspired line of five-minute cooking kits. "The focus in 2021 is expanding the menu," says Kevin's Natural Foods co-founder Kevin McCray—such as launching a steak-based entrée early next year. You can also expect Down to Cook products (including soon-to-launch breakfast options) to arrive in retail markets starting in 2021, says Trishna Saigal, the brand's founder and CEO.
Even established meal kit companies are taking note and adding more time-saving options to their lineups. Sun Basket launched its own heat-and-eat meals that are ready in six minutes flat—even quicker than its standard recipe cook time of 25 minutes. Vanessa Meyers, Sun Basket's senior vice president of growth, says more than 50 percent of the brand's customers have added the new quicker options to their orders since the launch in August. Home Chef, a subsidiary of Kroger, also announced in November that its meal kits line will be expanded to include dinners that can be prepped in five minutes (as opposed to its current offerings, which typically require 45 minutes of prep).
With meal kits this quick to assemble, you'll be able to give your Grubhub app a break, too.
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Kevin McCray
Founder of Kevin's Natural Foods
"People have become masters at semi-homemade cooking. It makes sense. For years, culinary shortcuts like parboiled rice, pre-cooked pasta sauce, and blanched or frozen vegetables have been helping families get dinner on the table. At Kevin's, we [ask]: How much of the culinary legwork can we tackle for our customers without decreasing the flavor or nutritional value of the meal?"
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Sparkling Water Is Getting Supercharged With Superfoods (and More)
While the soft drinks industry has declined by an average of 4 percent per year over the past five years, sparkling water is popping off. In fact, it's expected to grow at an annual growth rate of 12 percent from 2020 to 2027. According to George Daines, category merchant of beverage at Whole Foods Market, this growth is motivation for brands to keep things fresh, and in the new year, we'll be treated to a slate of seltzers that pack an extra dash of health benefits—think, vitamins, adaptogens, and probiotics—into each can.
These boosted sparkling waters are the next step in the steadily growing functional foods movement (a category that's expected to increase in value at a rate of 7.5 percent per year from 2020 to 2027). "Each drink is specifically formulated to help with things like increased energy, immunity, focus, and occasional stress," Britt Dougherty, co-founder of Heywell, says of the brand's line of functional sparkling waters, which began rolling out at select Target stores in October and will be expanding into more locations this spring. Heywell's products feature ingredients like ashwagandha, schisandra, and L-theanine.
Boosted seltzers started percolating a few years ago with the arrival of turmeric sparkling water brand ARYA (launched in 2017), electrolyte-infused Käter Wingman (launched in 2018), and CBD sparkling water brands Recess and DRAM (launched in 2018 and 2019, respectively), but new releases on the horizon make it clear that functional sparkling water will reach mainstream status in 2021. Take new cans from Sipp and Rockaway (superfood- and adaptogen-boosted sparkling waters, respectively), which appeared on store shelves in the back half of 2020. Droplet launched its line of adaptogen- and superfood-infused sparkling waters in September and will expand beyond independent retailers into traditional grocery stores in early 2021. And look out for 2021 launches from probiotic-infused water brands Huzzah, Wildwonder, and Bio-K+ (the latter entering regional chains at the start of the new year), as well as from a new CBD water brand called Fountain.
Consumers are drinking up this trend, but what do the health experts think? Spoiler: They're fans, too. "These are exciting new ways to hydrate," says Lori Rowell Welstead, RD, a registered dietitian at The University of Chicago Medicine. While sparkling water and seltzers are already healthy alternatives to sodas and other sugary drinks, Welstead says having these functional ingredients—in moderation—may provide additional health benefits. For example, "probiotics are a key component of maintaining gut health integrity and serve to keep the good bacteria in the gut populated," says Alana Kessler, RDN.
"The sparkling water boom shows that hydration is a staple item that can bring people a lot of joy, while also helping them reach their own personal health goals," says Celeste Perez, co-founder and CEO of Droplet. With functional sparkling water becoming more readily available in 2021, you'll have a lot more to choose from with your bubbles than just peach-pear or pamplemousse.
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Upcycled Products Are Coming To Shrink Your Food Waste
The pandemic taught Americans to get scrappy in the kitchen. Looking to save money (and trips to the grocery store), they found creative ways to use more of the ingredients they had purchased. You could say they took their overripe bananas and made banana bread. And in 2021, you'll see brands join this upcycled food movement with a slate of new products that repurpose bits of food that would otherwise go to waste into new items.
Upcycled foods are also reflective of another quality valued by shoppers: sustainability. "Consumers are growing increasingly aware of sustainability and their own purchasing power. They're looking for new ways to engage in sustainable practices, and are willing to try new things to do so," says Kelly Landrieu, global coordinator of local brands at Whole Foods Market, which also predicts upcycled foods will gain prevalence in 2021. It's on Kroger's radar, too. In September 2017, the brand launched a Zero Waste Foundation, which funds companies committed to ending food waste, and in the spring of 2020, they awarded funding to upcycled food brand Ripe Revival for the second year in a row.
A few brands you'll spot on store shelves: Barnana, which turns bananas deemed too "imperfect" for the produce section into snack foods (100 million upcycled bananas and counting), was an early innovator in the space, launching in 2012 and reporting steady growth since then. Outcast released its line of protein powders made from surplus fruits and vegetables in 2018, and this year moved into a production space 15 times the size of its previous one in order to keep up with demand. The rapid success of two new brands that launched during the pandemic, Agua Bonita (aguas frescas made from "ugly" produce) and Goodfish (salmon chips made from used salmon skin), are further proof that consumers are using their dollars to show support for sustainable initiatives. "We've already gone from prototype to nearly selling out our first production run," says Agua Bonita co-founder and CMO Erin PonTell, who says that the direct-to-consumer brand will also be available on store shelves in 2021.
Goodfish founder Justin Guilbert says he's excited not only about the growth he's seen for his business, but more so the good it's doing for the planet: "Since launching in March, we've purchased and given purpose to over 164,000 pounds of salmon skins that would have gone to waste, increasing the value of each fish, and helping to support 15,000 jobs," he says.
Considering that the United Nations estimates that $400 billion of food is wasted before it even gets delivered to stores, this is one shift in the food world that's more than just a trend: It's a movement toward a more sustainable way to eat.
Adaptogenic 'Shrooms Will Enjoy Even More Function in 2021
Adaptogenic mushrooms—varieties like reishi and lion's mane that benefit cognitive health, stress levels, and immune support—have been mainstays in wellness circles for years. But the pandemic has shown the mainstream American market what East Asian medicinal traditions have understood for decades: the potential of mushrooms for supporting health.
The extreme challenges of the pandemic created an increased interest in minimizing stress and anxiety through food, says Tero Isokauppila, the founder of functional mushroom brand Four Sigmatic. Same with cognitive support, he adds—in the era of Zoom fatigue and anxiety-induced brain fog, consumers are looking for any kind of advantage.
Taste was long a barrier to mainstream acceptance of functional mushrooms, says Isokauppila, but product innovation has made these potent fungi easier to swallow. You can now find them incorporated into premade lattes from 2020 newcomers Earth & Star and Taika, a new line of salad dressings from Tessemae's (which dropped in October), and even chewing gum from Mighty Gum. Plant-based protein powders loaded with mushrooms will be the latest format to try, thanks to 2020 launches from Four Sigmatic. Functional mushroom brand Spore, which launched in 2020, plans to expand beyond supplements to new formats in 2021.
Even culinary mushrooms like shiitake—which is also loaded with vitamins and immune-supporting nutrients—will become more popular in 2021, says Shizu Okusa, founder and CEO of adaptogen brand Apothékary, as people look for more readily accessible ways to reap the health benefits of these fungi. Not only did mushroom sales increase during the pandemic, 63 percent of consumers plan to continue to cook with them "after things get back to normal," according to a survey conducted by the Mushroom Council.
With global functional mushroom sales expected to grow 8 percent by 2024, keep your eyes open for new-to-you mushrooms like agarikon (nicknamed "the elixir of long life") to start appearing in products, says Michael Zavet, co-founder of Spore. The potential of functional mushrooms for gut health is also an "emerging frontier" of research and product focus, adds Isokauppila. And considering Japanese market launches, "ready-to-drink shots are the future of what this trend could look like," predicts Okusa. Time to make some room for 'shrooms on your shelf.
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Shelf-Stable Pantry Goods Get a Wellness Glow-Up
Forty-two percent of Americans say they'll continue to load their pantries until COVID-19 is "fully resolved"—and thanks to new brand innovations, the products on our shelves in 2021 will be better than ever.
While superfoods have long hogged the spotlight in healthy eating circles, pantry staples that previously acted as supporting players just might steal the show thanks to new flavor and health upgrades. Take vinegar, which is getting the gourmet flavor treatment from brands like Acid League (which launched in August), Pineapple Collaborative (which started selling olive oil and apple cider vinegar in November 2019), Brightland (which dropped two vinegars in June), and Ramp Up (which launched in 2019 and re-packaged its vinegars in June). Or tuna, which is leaning into sustainability with new-to-2020 products like Wild Catch from Chicken of the Sea (which features wild-caught tuna and zero preservatives) and Bumblebee Tuna Pouches (portable, seasoned, wild-caught tuna). Even canned soups are adapting—this fall, Gardein dropped the first canned soup with plant-based meat, while Swanson added new flavors featuring Moroccan and Chinese spices to its Sipping Bone Broth line.
The pantry has also created an opportunity for brands to bring restaurant flavors directly to home chefs, says Marguerite Mariscal, the CEO of Momofuku. The brand launched its first line of pantry goods in September, featuring its famed Chili Crunch seasoning and a trio of seasoned salts. (You can join the wait list for Momofuku's gourmet soy sauce and tamari, which launched in December and already sold out.) Similarly, Omsom, which sells shelf-stable sauce and spice kits for core Southeast and East Asian dishes like bulgogi and larb, launched this year with the help of nearly a dozen NYC-based chefs. (It just dropped three new kits in late October.) And spice retailer Spiceology pivoted to focus on home chefs after the pandemic ate its restaurant and catering business. With $4.7 million in new funding secured in September, it's safe to assume the brand will continue to expand its offerings—starting with a new six-product collaboration with Huy Fung Sirarcha in time for the holidays.
Heading into 2021, you can expect further innovations from 2020's newcomers to meet demand. Acid League, for example, is releasing vinegar-based non-alcoholic wine in December, and plans to bring three new vinaigrettes to Whole Foods in February. And other established pantry players will expand their reach in 2021—Chinese condiment brand Lee Kum Kee plans to launch shelf-stable, heat-and-eat noodle and rice bowls at grocery stores nationwide in early 2021. With so much innovation, we're betting the pantry will be your new favorite part of the kitchen next year.
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Your Snack Shelf Is Getting a Mindful Upgrade
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If 2020 was the year of pandemic snacking, 2021 will be the year we slow down, savor the moment, and lean into feel-good snacks. In other words, the oil and vinegar shelf isn't the only area of your pantry that's getting a glow up.
One example? Smartfood® Smart 50® Popcorn, which has only 50 calories per cup or less and comes in two delicious flavors, white cheddar and sea salt (both varieties pack that ridiculously satisfying crunch into every bite). And current evidence already supports the mindful-snacks trend: Sales of the white cheddar flavor have grown six percent since this summer.*
The emphasis on "feel good" snacking is an intentional one, as our shopping-list approach has become more intentional, too. "With so many consumers eating at home more often since the outbreak, the meal planning and shopping experience has become much more deliberate," says Ciara Dilley, vice president of marketing, Frito-Lay North America.
As self care continues to be top of mind heading into 2021, expect for mindful snacking—and Smart 50—to make their way into your consciousness and your cart.
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*based on IRI Unify grocery $ sales % change vs YA L12 weeks ending 10/25/20
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The Gulf: High Culture/Hard Labor is lively, opinionated and eye-opening book. It is an important publication because of the realities it reveals and investigates. But it does more than that. The essays it contains can be read as a series of lessons for anyone, journalists, artists or activists, who want to take a stand, protest and challenge every complicit element leading to a situation of abuse and injustice.
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(1)Before driving, it is necessary to wear a safety helmet and conspicuous tight clothes, so as to facilitate the control and increase the attention of drivers.
(2)Don't drive when you are not in good health.
(3)Don't drive after taking medicine.
(4)Driving after drinking and driving without license are strictly prohibited.
(5)Carefully check the condition of the car, do not ride a sick car.
(7)When overtaking, we must turn on the turning light to ensure safe overtaking and not close to the overtaken vehicle.
(8)In rainy and snowy weather, the ground friction resistance is small and the braking distance is relatively long. We must slow down and slow down. The braking operation should be gentle to avoid crashing.
(9)When driving at night, because of the short visible distance, we must slow down and turn on the night traffic lights to attract the attention of pedestrians and vehicles.
(10)When the motorcycle feels abnormal in driving, it is necessary to stop and check it.
(2)Whether there is oil seepage or abnormal sound in engine etc.
(3)Close the circuit and lock the car.
(5)To stop the vehicle, it is better to use the central support to stop, reduce the tire load and prolong the tire life.
(6)Keep away from the fire source and don't smoke near the motorcycle.
DW Industries was established in year 2014 as a high quality All Terrain Vehicle manufacture. Located in Shandong province Binzhou city, we enjoy convenient water, land and air transportation. Integrates development and manufacturing in-house, Specializes in manufacturing ATV,UTV,Buggy all types of off road vehicle, The engine displacement from 150CC to 1000cc. Currently ,DW product already exported to America, Australia,UAE,Mexico and 10 Other countries. Our company promises: reasonable prices, short production time and satisfactory after-sales service. DW Industries people have continuously tried to improve product quality, We aim to give full satisfaction to all our customers.


Indian Air Force School Teacher Recruitment 2018 Notification: Indian Air Force School, Air Force Station has invited applications for recruitment of Teachers in the Air Force Vocational College, Air Force Senior Secondary School and Air Force School Narayana, Delhi. The candidates eligible for the post can apply through prescribed format on or before 11 December 2018.
Recruitment of Teachers in the various Colleges/Schools of Air Force i.e.Air Force Vocational College, Air Force Senior Secondary School and Air Force School Narayana, Delhi.
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Air force Bal Niketan Middle (Aided) School, Vayusenabad, New Delhi invited applications for the post of Assistant Teacher, PET, and Drawing& Special Education Teacher. Eligible candidates can apply for the post in the prescribed format within 21 days (06 September 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement.
Last Date for Application Submission - within 21 days (06 September 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement.
The eligible candidates can apply to the post in the prescribed format and send the applications along with other necessary documents to Chairman, Air force BalNiketan Middle (Aided) School, Vayusenabad, New Delhi – 110062 within 21 days (06 September 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement.
Indian Air force invited applications for the post of Lower Division Clerk at Air Central Medical Establishment, New Delhi. Eligible candidates can apply within 30 days (30 July 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News.
Last Date for Application Submission - 30 days (30 July 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News.
The eligible candidates can apply to the post in the prescribed format and send the applications along with other necessary documents to Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Central Medical Establishment, Subroto Park, New Delhi, PIN - 110010 within 30 days (30 July 2018) from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News.


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Mayhem Fest Founder Asks: Should The Festival Come Back?
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Is BOTCH Teasing A Reunion?
Would you want the fest to return?
It's been four years since Mayhem Fest toured the United States. For the late '00s and early '10s, it was the biggest metal event of the summer, playing ampitheaters across the country, anchored by headline acts like Slipknot, Slayer, Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie and then featuring a smorgasbord of underground bands on the side stage from Cannibal Corpse and Hatebreed to Suicide Silence, In This Moment, The Red Chord, and Veil of Maya.
In the annual summer festival's absence, there hasn't been any touring metal fest to take its place. Instead, a series of destination festivals have cropped up all over the country, like Welcome to Rockville in Florida, Chicago Open Air and Sonic Temple but could there be room for Mayhem Fest to stage a comeback?
That's what the festival's co-founder, John Reese, was wondering out loud when he posted on the Mayhem Fest Facebook page yesterday:
I have very fond memories of Mayhem Fest being a fun destination to see top headliners and some cool up and coming acts that would normally never tour with each other. Perhaps it's due for another round, but it all depends on the lineup that could be available. Would you go?
Mayhem Fest went away in 2015 after disappointing ticket salesand a big PR mistake by co-founder Kevin Lyman who gave an interview bemoaning the lack of headliners in the genre (not wrong) but then also calling metal "old, gray and fat," which resulted in backlash from headliners and bands not even on the tour, John Reese, the other co-founder of the fest confirmed that this was the last year for the festival and tried to call for a truce in the scene.
Either way, I would imagine it's too late for anything to happen this year and it would be more likely for 2020.
Here are some fun videos from Mayhem Fest we posted throughout the years:
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The piece of land between the main station building and Bathurst Street, encircled by the streetcar loop tracks, is used by the City of Toronto as a public park. Previously named "Bathurst Subway Parkette", a ceremony took place on September 22, 2008 to rename the park "Ed & Anne Mirvish Parkette". Ed Mirvish had been a well known local businessman whose landmark Honest Ed's discount store was located nearby at the southwest corner of Bloor Street and Bathurst Street. The Mirvish family had requested an appropriate commemoration to Ed, who had died on July 11, 2007 and the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division recommended the renaming of this parkette as an opportunity to honour Ed and his wife Anne, who were both a positive influence on the community.

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No Bull—Chicago's Reshaped Roster Could Be a Threat
Splashy moves for Lonzo Ball and DeMar DeRozan have changed the Bulls' trajectory. But did they put enough around Zach LaVine—especially on defense—to become a major player in the East?
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The win-now acquisitions of DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso set the stage for a high-stakes season for the Chicago Bulls. Zach LaVine, one of the NBA's best scorers, can become an unrestricted free agent next summer. But the Bulls showed the past two days that they are all in on competing, and this revamped roster has the potential to be the best team of LaVine's career.
LaVine became an efficient 27 point-per-game scorer last season on a game fueled by explosive at-rim baskets and deep 3s, yet he will now share a backcourt with DeRozan, whose midrange style is a relic of a bygone era of basketball. But DeRozan's shot selection and playmaking also quietly evolved in his three seasons with the Spurs. Since 2018-19, DeRozan ranks third in isolation scoring efficiency among all 104 players to log at least 200 chances, according to Second Spectrum. Only Steph Curry and James Harden rank ahead of him. Kevin Durant and Zion Williamson are right behind him.
This statistic may come as a surprise, considering DeRozan's reputation as an inefficient player. But even on the Spurs, a team without a lot of knockdown 3-point shooting on the roster, DeRozan was able to feast, getting to the basket or pulling up from midrange.
That uptick in scoring efficiency is a by-product of DeRozan's playmaking development. He takes better shots and looks to pass far more frequently. He weaponizes the threat of his midrange jumper, snaking his way into the paint and using jabs or pump fakes to draw defenders out of position and open passing windows. He plays with a seasoning that he lacked earlier in his career, when he was making All-Star teams.
DeRozan could be a perfect mentor for LaVine, who faces similar questions about his passing ability. But more immediately, DeRozan will provide balance as a shot creator worthy of taking the ball out of LaVine's hands. DeRozan can now create opportunities for him, or carry the load on nights when he's feeling it. This is why the Bulls will sign him to a three-year, $85 million contract, after sending Thaddeus Young, Al-Farouq Aminu, a protected first-round pick, and two future second-rounders to the Spurs to acquire him.
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Bulls head coach Billy Donovan had a thing for three-guard lineups during his final season with the Thunder. Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Dennis Schröder formed one of the most devastating offensive lineups in the league during the 2019-20 regular season. Expect Donovan to do the same by rolling out lineups with LaVine, DeRozan, and Ball.
The new Bulls trio has complementary skills. LaVine gets to the basket and takes a lot of 3s. DeRozan is a midrange artist. Ball has become a knockdown spot-up shooter who plays well within the flow of the offense by facilitating and cutting.
It's worth noting that Ball's improvement as a shooter came once he was connected with Pelicans assistant Fred Vinson, who has become something of a shooting coach guru over the past few years. Ball made 39.7 percent of his catch-and-shoot 3s the past two seasons in New Orleans. Maintaining his mechanics without Vinson's guidance will be a new challenge. But his success is encouraging.
With DeRozan and Ball able to run the offense, LaVine won't need to carry such a massive offensive load. He could play off the ball more often, utilizing his versatile shooting and lurking as a constant lob threat. With Nikola Vucevic's ability to facilitate from the elbows and the post, as well as score inside or from 3, Chicago's offense has the potential to play different ways and generate baskets from a wide variety of players.
Getting stops will be a concern, though. Ball is a strong defensive playmaker away from the ball who can alertly rotate into the paint to deter would-be attackers, jump into passing lanes for interceptions, and close out onto shooters with both energy and fundamentals. But as a man-to-man defender, he isn't a stopper. Neither is LaVine. DeRozan seemed allergic to defense in San Antonio. And having Vucevic, a solid-at-best rim protector, behind them to clean up mistakes doesn't inspire much optimism for Chicago's ability to have an average defense, never mind a very good one.
After signing with the Bulls in 2018, Jabari Parker said, "They don't pay players to play defense." Maybe he was right. Even if the Bulls stink on defense, they're more than equipped to outscore enough teams to grab a playoff or play-in tournament spot. This team will undoubtedly be fun. But being more than a team that just makes the playoffs requires defense.
Caruso was an important signing in that regard, adding someone who can get stops at the point of attack. Though he didn't make an All-Defensive team last season, he did receive a few votes. Much like Ball, he's a good help defender. But he can also be trusted to toggle between wings and guards on the ball. For years, his mere presence on the court helped fuel the Lakers' defense; he should make a similar impact in Chicago.
Finding more players like Caruso is critical. The Bulls aren't finished filling out the roster. They have the room exception, worth $4.9 million, still available, as well as the ability to sign league-minimum contracts and sign-and-trade Lauri Markkanen, a restricted free agent. Chicago needed a backup center and found one on Wednesday morning in Tony Bradley, who excelled last season with the Sixers and Thunder. Finding anyone who can play defense at wing or forward should be next: Justise Winslow or Andre Iguodala? How about Jarred Vanderbilt or Stanley Johnson? Options are slim.
The Bulls constructed a roster that will be competitive. Defenses will have a hard time stopping them from scoring. Fans will want to watch and fill up seats. This is progress. It beats anything Bulls fans have experienced since before the Fred Hoiberg era. But going from a nice team that competes for the playoffs to being a contender will require Patrick Williams to also make a leap with his own development.
After getting drafted fourth in 2020, Williams showed promise as a rookie, flashing versatility on defense and the ability to create his own shots. As noted in the video analysis of his game below, Williams takes a heavy dose of midrange jumpers at this stage of his career but displays the touch to potentially become a more potent dribble-jumper shooter behind the arc.
The Bulls could also be positioned to make a play for free agents or trade targets. If recent sign-and-trade acquisitions have proved anything, having cap space is overrated. Chicago spent heavily this summer but all of the players it acquired have manageable, tradable contracts. After so many years of losing, it became easy to forget the Bulls are a big-market team with one of the most recognizable names worldwide. Looking competent and competitive on the court could be appealing to the next star who becomes available.
There's immense risk in Chicago's approach, though. Acquiring Vucevic required giving up first-round picks in 2021 (Franz Wagner was drafted eighth) and in 2023 (top four protected) or 2024 (top three protected). The pick the Bulls traded for DeRozan will go to the Spurs in either 2025 or 2026, meaning they can't deal another first until 2027 at the earliest. A lack of draft picks will restrict their ability to make big moves via trade.
Of course, the next domino is having LaVine commit beyond this season. If Chicago is a competitive playoff team, he'll have all the more reason to sign a five-year, $205 million extension next summer. If not, a long line of teams will be interested in adding him. LaVine will have options, and the pressure is on the Bulls to start winning games. Pressure sure beats the frustrating irrelevancy of the GarPax era. When you're under pressure, you have something to lose.
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Ferntree Gully musician Benny Allen is Anzac Day with a new single.
ANZAC Day is a truly significant day on the Australian calendar, and one that Ferntree Gully musician Benny Allen believes people should remember and commemorate.
The Ferntree Gully musician is marking the occasion with a new single, 'We Will Remember,' released on April 15.
Speaking to the Mail the singer-songwriter said he wrote We Will Remember after a conversation with his children about the sacrifices made by those who serve on behalf of our nation.
"I really believe that we are so fortunate to live here in Australia," he said.
"And a lot of the reasons we have the freedoms we do, is because of the sacrifices that have been made by those serving to protect our country.
We Will Remember captures the poignant story of war, in particular the hardship experienced by those who served on the front line, during some of our country's biggest wars.
The song was recognised by the Tamworth Songwriter's Association earlier this year at their annual awards night, and made it through to a finalist position in the hotly contested ANZAC Song of the Year category.
All the proceeds from the song if bought on iTunes will go toward Guitars For Vets – a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of ailing and injured military Veterans by providing them free guitars and music instruction.
"I wanted to capture what I was feeling, after talking to my children about what has been sacrificed by other people on our behalf, and why we always need to remember," Benny said.
Benny will perform the song at Boronia RSL at the Anzac Day Service.


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A little more than two years after Beyoncé changed the music industry with her self-titled magnum opus, she has once again set the world ablaze. "Lemonade," in yet another world-stopping moment, was released on Tidal late Saturday night after an HBO special with the same title premiered. A powerful, ambitious work, "Lemonade" pushes Beyoncé to further artistic heights. And causes the Internet to meltdown along the way.
Beyonce set the music world on fire Saturday night when she dropped new album "Lemonade." PHOTO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.
While we might have lost another music icon in Prince this past week, we still have the successor to the giants that were Prince, Michael Jackson and Madonna (who is still alive and kicking it). And her name is Beyoncé Knowles. At this point, she has surpassed her contemporaries commercially, critically and artistically.
"Lemonade" is an important work of feminist and black pride, but since I'm a white gay, I'm gonna stay in my lane and keep it light. Especially since people like Les Fabian Brathwaite, Miriam Bale and Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley can talk about the racial and feminist significance of "Lemonade" about a million times better than I ever could.
On top of its cultural significance, "Lemonade" is an interesting album to listen to. Sonically, it's similar to 2013's "BEYONCÉ" but without the joy and love found on "Drunk in Love" or "Blow." Because Beyoncé is angry on "Lemonade" and has no qualms about letting everyone know. In a way, "Lemonade" is the yin to "BEYONCÉ's" yang.
"Lemonade" is about marital breakdown and the path from rage and pain to forgiveness and reconciliation. The album starts mid-scene, as Bey has just discovered Jay Z is cheating on her. This is no happy album — the opening lyrics are "You can taste the dishonesty / It's all over your breath as you pass it off so cavalier."
She moves from disbelief on "Pray You Catch Me" to anger on "Don't Hurt Yourself," which has some of the most vicious lyrics I have ever heard. "Hey baby, who the f— do you think I is?" she snarls during the song's climax. "I smell that fragrance on your Louis V, boy / Just give my fat ass a kiss, boy / Tonight I'm f—ing up your s—, boy."
Angry Beyoncé is terrifying.
She channels that anger into revenge on "6 Inch" with The Weeknd. Sadness and despair soon set in on the devastating "Sandcastles." Just when you think Beyoncé is about to serve Jay Z the divorce, the album moves to a happy ending. The triumphant "Freedom" is the emotional climax of the album, which closes with "Formation."
Just like "BEYONCÉ," "Lemonade" incorporates a variety of genres. She moves into country and blues territory with "Daddy Lessons," gospel on "Sandcastles" and R&B on "Freedom." It shouldn't work, but it does. And because Beyoncé no longer needs big radio songs to fuel her success, there's no Big Pop Song like "Crazy in Love" or "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" of albums past.
After the emotional rollercoaster that is "Lemonade," everyone is left wondering: Did Jay Z really cheat on Beyoncé? For almost a decade, they have been music's premier power couple. Years of divorce rumors, which picked up after the iconic 2014 elevator incident with Bey's sister, Solange, did little to tarnish their image. But "Lemonade," if what Beyoncé is singing is about is true, suggests that the tabloid rumors were true.
While there are conspiracy theories that Bey did this all for press, there is way too much personal stuff on "Lemonade" for it all to be an act. For years, Beyoncé seemed disconnected from the lyrical content on her albums, hiding her emotion behind overwhelming confidence. On "Lemonade," the emotion is palpable, the "come back" she begs at the end of "6 Inch" is heartbreaking.
What really set the Internet into a downward spiral is the identity of Becky. On "Sorry," Beyoncé closes the song with "He only want me when I'm not there / He better call Becky with the good hair."
Internet sleuths immediately set to work figuring out the identity of "Becky with the good hair," Jay's presumed mistress. Everything blew up when fashion designer Rachel Roy posted a photo on Instagram the morning after "Lemonade" with a caption about her "good hair." Rachel Roy had already been connected to Jay and Bey in 2014 after the elevator incident, so either she outed herself as the mistress or was thirsty for attention. Either way, it was not a good look on her part. She immediately got so much social media vitriol that she had to make her Instagram account private and issue a statement denying her involvement. And poor Rachael Ray got caught in the crossfire.
So who really is this Becky, and is she actually a real person? I first was inclined to point at Taylor Swift, who I tend to blame for everything, because she's had a Tumblr-joke association with the name "Becky" for years. But Beyoncé explicitly states that Becky has good hair, and we all know that isn't true in regard to Taylor Swift.
Regardless of the identity of Becky with the good hair — it's Poot Lovato — "Lemonade" is another victory in Beyoncé's ascent to pop superstardom. Captivating and ambitious, the album succeeds in every category and has given social media comedy fodder for about two years. What else can we ask from a legend like Bey?
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The collective voices of American dissent has manifested into a movement impossible to ignore. "Occupy Wall Street" began in the world's financial capital, but this week protests have blazed through dozens of cities nationwide.
In the Big Apple, over a thousand of "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators marched into Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon. Unlike protests on previous two Saturdays, this demonstration finished quite peacefully. Police, who were heavily present at the area and along the whole route, declares that no arrests were made.
Meanwhile, lower Manhattan can no longer camp the over 15,000 Americans gathered there for anti-bank protets. On Saturday, the campaigners had to discuss whether they should expand to other public spaces in New York.
"This seems pretty revolutionary to me. The spirit of revolution is here and so I need to be a part of it," says campaigner Talib Kweli.
Labor unions, transport workers, teachers, nurses and US veterans standing shoulder-to-shoulder with young activists, spearheading a fight against US wealth inequality and corporate greed.
"Young people right now have no hope in our society. I just want to see a fair and more just society for the young people coming up, and all Americans that are suffering through these hard economic times," a US army veteran told RT during the protests.
The "Occupy" movement has gained such momentum even the president, who promised change, has been forced to address the issue.
"These days, a lot of folks who are doing the right thing aren't rewarded, and a lot of folks who aren't doing the right thing are rewarded," he added.
While the US has encouraged and supported democratic uprisings in the Arab world, the same events playing out at home have been met with batons, pepper spray and the mass arrest of nearly 800 peaceful protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge. A scene that reminded some of Egypt's Tahrir Square.
Three weeks into the "Occupy" movement, the New York City Police Department has pumped $2 million into overtime pay. Funds, some critics say, are being used to repress freedom. But this does not abash the campaigners.
"Once you are not afraid of being arrested anymore, the whole entire control of the police state disappears. When that happens, there are credible possibilities for us. Suddenly you can imagine a different world and you believe you can be an agent of change," says Robert Cammiso, who was arrested during an "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration.
Two miles from the chaos, at the United Nations, even financier and billionaire George Soros weighed in on the populist uprising.
Grievances spreading so loud and large that mainstream media outlets have been left with no other choice but to cover the protests.
In a matter of weeks, "Occupy Wall Street" has not only mobilized international attention. Many believe this ongoing event could become a turning point in the US, where a mass movement goads American politicians into working for the majority of the people – a passionate collective demanding democracy from the very leaders that promote it.


to have to say goodbye.
and knew you wouldn't be back?
Isn't that the definition of loving.
At the end, hopefully, I would have a ton of great memories that defined my life as the life I happily live over again… Full of moments that make it worth, painful to leave it behind, and brings simple smile to my face….
Just like one who leaves a beloved home that was once full of laughter, joy, love.


Petya's self-propagating "worm" infects any vulnerable PC that does not have the "MS17-010" patch deployed.
The recent wave of Petya was initially reported as ransomware. However, it turned out to be much worse: the malware is not intended to make money from people wanting to decrypt their files. According to researchers, the way Petya encrypts the victim's files won't allow the attackers to decrypt the files even if the ransom is paid. Since the attackers can't provide users with keys to regain access to their data, if the data wasn't backed up, it's lost.
On June 27, 2017, a new malware variant named "Petya" (also known as "NotPetya" or "Nyetya") began affecting Microsoft Windows personal computers (PCs) around the world. The malware hit many businesses around the world —including Rosneft, Maersk, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and government, power grid, and healthcare systems around the world.
The recent wave of Petya was initially reported as ransomware. However, it turned out to be much worse: the malware is not intended to make money from people wanting to decrypt their files. According to researchers, the way Petya encrypts the victim's files won't allow the attackers to decrypt the files even if the ransom is paid. Since the attackers can't provide users with keys to regain access to their data, if the data wasn't backed up, it's lost. So Petya appears to be a "wiper" rather than true ransomware.
Although Petya does not directly target industrial organizations or control systems, like the recently exposed CRASHOVERRIDE threat, it is still very dangerous and spreading like wildfire.
The malware spreads in a manner similar to the "WannaCry" ransomware that surfaced in May 2017. The self-propagating "worm" infects any vulnerable PC that does not have the "MS17-010" patch deployed. Microsoft issued this patch in March 2017.
The biggest concern for industrial organizations is that operator and engineering workstations often run on Microsoft Windows platforms containing the underlying vulnerability that enables this attack, will become infected. If these workstations are compromised, important files will be encrypted and lost. Without the engineering and HMI workstations organizations will loose visibility into the process. ICS-CERT released an alert to enhance the awareness of critical infrastructure asset owners/operators about the Petya variant and to identify product vendors that have issued recommendations to mitigate the risk associated with this malware. Rockwell Automation, for example, released a notice titled "Rockwell Automation Recommended Mitigations For "Petya" Malware", recommending that customers deploy the patch to prevent system compromise.
However, while patching windows-based machines is a standard best practice, that isn't always the case when it comes to industrial control systems (ICS). Workstations maybe involved continuous processes that can't be stopped. Take for example Oil and Gas companies - you can't stop a pipeline or turbines that easily in order to patch supporting systems. System stability and safety are also big concerns.
The U.S government also warned industrial firms last week about a hacking campaign targeting the nuclear and energy sectors. According to a report from the DHS and FBI, hackers used "phishing" emails to grab credentials that would enable them to gain access to target networks. Officials for the nuclear and electricity industries said there has been no apparent impact from a hacking campaign that has drawn the attention of federal officials.
While Indegy is an agentless solution, it can identify the propagation of the malware in the network by detecting the network activity between compromised systems.
Indegy recommends its customers to consult with their OT vendors whether it is possible to deploy the Microsoft patch on their ICS workstations. It is important to note that most OT vendors do not recommend patches to be applied automatically due to stability and availability concerns.
In any case, we strongly advise our customers to keep a secure backup of all critical systems and files.


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Ulrich Lang (* 24. Juli 1933 in Sulz am Neckar; † 14. Februar 2018 in Michelbach an der Bilz) war ein deutscher Pädagoge und Politiker (SPD).

Leben und Beruf
Lang wurde als Sohn eines Pfarrers und Dekans geboren. Nach dem Besuch der Volksschule und dem Abitur am Gymnasium in Heilbronn studierte er von 1953 bis 1958 Evangelische Theologie, Deutsch und Latein an den Universitäten in Tübingen und Hamburg. Er beendete sein Studium 1958 mit dem ersten und 1959 mit dem zweiten Staatsexamen für das höhere Lehramt, trat 1960 in den Stuttgarter Schuldienst ein und wechselte später an eine Heilbronner Schule. In dieser Zeit begann sein Engagement für die Kinderfreizeiten auf dem Heilbronner Gaffenberg. Anschließend war er als Lehrer am Evangelisch-Kirchlichen Aufbaugymnasium in Michelbach an der Bilz tätig, zuletzt als Studiendirektor und stellvertretender Schulleiter.

Seit 1952 war er Mitglied der Studentenverbindung AV Virtembergia Tübingen.

Partei
Lang trat zunächst in die GVP ein, wechselte später zur SPD und beschäftigte sich vornehmlich mit der Bildungsthematik. Im Mai 1981 wurde er als Nachfolger von Erhard Eppler zum Landesvorsitzenden der SPD Baden-Württemberg gewählt. Im Mai 1987 wurde er in dieser Funktion von Ulrich Maurer abgelöst.

Abgeordneter
Lang war seit 1968 Ratsmitglied der Gemeinde Michelbach und wurde 1971 in den Kreistag des Kreises Schwäbisch Hall gewählt. Dem Landtag von Baden-Württemberg gehörte er von 1972 bis 1992 an. Hier war er von 1976 bis 1980 zunächst stellvertretender Vorsitzender und von 1980 bis 1988 dann Vorsitzender der SPD-Fraktion. Bei der Landtagswahl 1984 trat er als Spitzenkandidat der SPD gegen Ministerpräsident Lothar Späth an, konnte sich mit der Partei aber nicht durchsetzen. Von 1988 bis 1992 war er erneut stellvertretender Vorsitzender der sozialdemokratischen Landtagsfraktion.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

GVP-Mitglied
Parteivorsitzender der SPD Baden-Württemberg
Landtagsabgeordneter (Baden-Württemberg)
Fraktionsvorsitzender (SPD Baden-Württemberg)
Kommunalpolitiker (Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall)
Person (Sulz am Neckar)
Korporierter (Studentenverbindung)
Deutscher
Geboren 1933
Gestorben 2018
Mann


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namespace _03MilesToKilometers
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            double miles = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            double kilometers = miles * 1.60934;

            Console.WriteLine("{0:f2}", kilometers);

        }
    }
}


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Somalia embassy celebrates 59th Independence Day
Embassy of Somalia held a reception to commemorate the country's 59th Independence and Unification Days. Members of the diplomatic corps, government officials, members of the Somali community in Kuwait and media personnel attended the event.
In his address to the gathering, the Somali Ambassador to Kuwait H.E. Abdullahi Mohammed Odowa revealed some historical background on the Somalia Independence Day celebrations. He said, "Every year, the people of Somalia hold a week-long Independence Day Festival, as three significant events took place in the last week of colonial rule in the Somali territories in the Horn of Africa."
He elaborated by saying, "First, on 26 June 1960, former British Somaliland got its independence from Great Britain. Four days later, on 1 July 1960, the former Italian Somaliland got its independence from Italy. And, finally, again on 1 July 1960, the British and Italian Somali colonies united to form the Republic of Somalia." "After 59 years of Independence, the Somali experience shows mixed results of success and challenges concerning state-building endeavors," the Somali ambassador noted, "In the first nine years following independence, Somalia was one of the first countries in Africa to successfully establish a vibrant multi-party democracy and the rule of law. Unfortunately, the military coup in October 1969 and subsequent years of military rule and dictatorship resulted in a civil war and state collapse in the country. However, after years of national reconciliation efforts, and to address the grievances of different regions and districts across the country, the Somali people have opted to adopt a federal system of government, and as a result, the country was renamed as Federal Government of Somalia."
Speaking about the advantages that his country and people present, Ambassador Odowa said, "Somalia is endowed with enormous economic potential of untapped natural resources and an essentially strategic geopolitical location on the Gulf of Aden, which includes one of the longest coastlines of mainland Africa, In addition, there is a large population of the Somali diaspora in almost all parts of the world, including North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and Africa. The future of Somalia is one full of hope and brightness."
Expressing praise for his countrymen and their contributions to the development of Kuwait, their second-home, the ambassador said, "The Somali community in Kuwait is one of the oldest communities in the country with the first members of the community arriving here in the late 1940 and 1950.
However, the majority of Somali families and experts arrived here in the late 20th century. "Since then, the Somali community has been part of the magnificent transformation and development that has taken place in Kuwait under the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah." "It is important to note that two brotherly communities of Kuwait and Somalia share many cultural and traditional norms in common, which is why Kuwait has become home far from home for many Somalis who are born and educated in Kuwait," he stressed.
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Q: guzzle 6.0 call to undefined method GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response::xml() I want to check the xml based responses from server, here is an example of the response format.
<response>
    success
</response>

My existing code,
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
$client = new Client();
$response = $client->post('http://example.com/verify', [
    'form_params' => [
        'transID' => 1234,
        'orderID' => 6789,
        'token' => '0X45FJH79GD3332'
    ]
]);

$xml = $response->xml();

dd($xml);

However, when I make request to the server error occurs like below.
Call to undefined method GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response::xml()

A: I believe the documentation is outdated (for version 5.3 actually, I suppose you're using 6.*)
They say Sending a request will return a Guzzle\Http\Message\Response object. In this version of Guzzle, you're getting GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response instead which does not implement xml() method.
You can go and check old version at https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle/blob/5.3/src/Message/Response.php and use that method. Eg. create this:
public function xml(Request $request, array $config = [])
{
    $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
    $internalErrors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
    try {
        // Allow XML to be retrieved even if there is no response body
        $xml = new \SimpleXMLElement(
            (string) $request->getBody() ?: '<root />',
            isset($config['libxml_options']) ? $config['libxml_options'] : LIBXML_NONET,
            false,
            isset($config['ns']) ? $config['ns'] : '',
            isset($config['ns_is_prefix']) ? $config['ns_is_prefix'] : false
        );
        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
        libxml_use_internal_errors($internalErrors);
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
        libxml_use_internal_errors($internalErrors);
        throw new YourXmlParseException(
            'Unable to parse response body into XML: ' . $e->getMessage(),
            $request,
            $e,
            (libxml_get_last_error()) ?: null
        );
    }
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}

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Hunter, landowner charged for incident recorded in viral duck hunting video
Jeffrey Erman, Bismarck, was charged with trading in special influence, disorderly conduct-obscenity and interfering with rights of hunters and trappers, court records show. Dustin Wolf of West Fargo was charged with criminal trespass
This screen shot from a YouTube video shows the encounter that resulted between a landowner and a group of duck hunters during a dispute on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in North Dakota's Eddy County.
EDDY COUNTY, N.D. – A Bismarck man and a hunter from West Fargo, N.D., have been charged for their roles in a hunting dispute that was recorded on video and subsequently went viral .
Jeffrey Erman, 69, Bismarck, was charged with trading in special influence, disorderly conduct-obscenity and interfering with rights of hunters and trappers, court records show. Trading in special influence is a Class A misdemeanor, and the other two charges are Class B misdemeanors.
Dustin Wolf, 23, of West Fargo was charged with criminal trespass, a Class B misdemeanor, according to court records.
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The charges result from an incident that occurred Friday, Oct. 21, when Erman confronted Wolf and a group of hunting partners who were set up on the property line of a neighboring field.
According to court records, Wolf had gotten permission to hunt the harvested bean field but was told not to go near Jeffrey Erman's land without Erman's permission.
When Wolf and five others set up on the boundary line of the field — an area they weren't supposed to hunt — Erman drove up in a side-by-side ATV and said they were touching his harvested corn field and had spoiled his hunting plans for the morning.
A heated confrontation ensued, and Erman called James Myhre, district game warden for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, who arrived on the scene about 8 a.m.
Jacob Sweere of Madison Lake, Minnesota, who was part of Wolf's hunting crew, recorded the confrontation and posted it on his YouTube hunting and fishing channel, where it went viral and had been viewed more than 1.7 million times as of Thursday morning.
In the video, Erman can be heard shouting obscenities at the hunters and at one point approached their hunting blind to say he would call off his "friend" the game warden and let them hunt if they gave him $300, an amount he twice tried to get them to pay, court records show.
Dokken: Charges pending in incident documented in viral duck hunting video
As of Thursday morning, Oct. 27, the 31-minute video, titled "Crazy Hunter Harassment Duck Hunting in North Dakota (Game Warden Involved!)," had been viewed nearly 466,000 times on YouTube and was spreading like wildfire.
They politely declined.
In his report on the incident, Myhre wrote that while Ermer wanted the hunters ticketed for trespassing, the boundary line between the cornfield and the soybean field was "not a legally justifiable boundary to determine legal trespass."
However, since Wolf was specifically told not to go near Ermer's property line and did, there was probable cause to charge him with criminal trespass, Myhre wrote.
At the same time, Erman's profanity-laced language, his repeated offer to let them hunt on his land and call off his "friend" the game warden if they paid him, along with his recorded effort to physically scare away ducks the crew was hunting justified the three charges against him, court records show.
"Knowing the hunters were attempting to hunt ducks (Erman) waited until several were landing within shooting distance of the hunters, drove his Ranger quickly up to the property line, jumped out and yelled, 'YAHOO! We're hunting ducks!'" court records indicate. "Knowing his loudness scared away the birds, he then looked at the hunters and said, 'sure would have been easier to get along, wouldn't it boys?'"
Erman and Wolf both have initial court appearances set for 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in New Rockford, N.D., court records show.
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