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McCarthy On Delaney: "That's A Hell Of A Title, He'll Need A Wide Door"
Irish manager Mick McCarthy joked that new Executive Vice President of the FAI John Delaney would need a "wide door" for his new title, following the announcement of his reshuffle on Saturday.
In a lengthy statement following Ireland's 1-0 win over Gibraltar, the FAI confirmed that Delaney would be stepping aside from his role as Chief Executive to become the new Executive Vice President of the organisation.
Delaney's decision to step down from his previous role comes amidst the recent controversy over a bridging loan of €100,000 which he gave to the FAI in April of 2017.
"That's going to be a hell of a title for his door isn't it?, he's going to need some wide door," said McCarthy after Irish training when the subject of Delaney's new role arose.
The news of Delaney's reshuffle has been met with criticism by many in the Irish football fanbase, with rumours circulating about a potential protest over the corporate governance during tomorrow's game against Georgia.
Ireland will be hoping that they can improve on the pitch when they take on Georgia at the Aviva Stadium in what will likely be a very tricky test for McCarthy's men.
Georgia have never beaten the Boys in Green but they picked up their first draw against Ireland in their last meeting in Tbilisi just over a year and a half ago.


Test your music knowledge with friends & family in an exciting game show called "Music Challenge", integrates with iTunes or Windows Media Player, plus a funky show host named Gina.Join Gina on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai. Prepare for her to stretch your knowledge of your own music collection. Answering quickly &. Free download of Music Challenge 1.0.3, size 13.53 Mb.
1001 Minigolf Challenge is a mini golf game by Selectsoft. The game takes you through over a thousand holes in a variety of golf courses. It is a 3D game which has OK-looking textures and detail.
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Slingshot Challenge is an enjoyable flash game in which you must keep a can in the air by just shooting at it with a slingshot. It looks simple, but it requires a lot of skill to shoot the can. The longer you keep the can in the air, the more points you will get. For every shot you make to keep the can in the air, you are given points. If the can. Freeware download of Slingshot Challenge 1 1, size 26.78 Mb.
Eyesight Challenge is a small game freely distributed by Novel Games; with a nice interface but a very short gameplay. This is a game that challenges you to identify ten objects on an image in the least time possible. It basically shows you the image of a living room, with objects of any kind scattered all over the place. It also shows you a list. Freeware download of Eyesight Challenge 1 1, size 2.68 Mb.
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The UK arm of the Australian Global Rock Challenge concept offers secondary school students the adrenaline-laden performing arts alternative to a lifestyle of substance abuse.
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If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would have probably noticed that I tend to bake or grill my food pretty regularly. I also like to do quite a lot of stir fried dishes. There is a really simple reason why I prefer these cooking methods – yes, because they are generally one-pot dishes that require little cleaning up.
These are also the reasons why I don't steam food a lot. Don't get me wrong, I love steamed food, especially fish, seeing that I am a Teochew Ah Nia through and through. But steaming requires adding water into a wok, and regular checks to ensure that there is (still) some water in the wok during the cooking process. In addition to that, steaming makes my (already) hot kitchen even hotter. For these reasons, I rarely steam anything.
Recently, as a contestant in the Best Cooking Blog category in the Singapore Blog Awards, I was given the opportunity to review the new Panasonic NN-CS894B microwave oven. To my surprise (and later, much delight too), this was not just any microwave oven. It is a microwave AND a steamer AND a convection oven all in one.
When I showed my mom the machine, she remarked, "Are things so advanced these days?" Apparently so.
Naturally I could not wait to try to cook something with this oven! Since a reader had recently asked me if I had a recipe for Tim Sum style Steamed Pork Ribs with Fermented Black Beans, I thought I'd give it a go and steam me some ribs!
Let me tell you, this was a breeze to cook. It took me all of 15 minutes (not counting marinating time) to put everything together and steam the ribs. Best of all, there was no need to add water to the wok and to keep topping up the wok with water (not to mention all that washing after wards). And my kitchen stayed cool throughout the entire process.
What is even more amazing is that this oven is equipped with a TurboSteam function. This means that the food is actually cooked with steam, instead of microwave like in normal microwave ovens. In other words, your food retains moisture while cooking!
The results were juicy and succulent ribs subtly flavored with Shaoxing wine and fermented black beans.
So let me show you how easy the cooking process was!
In a bowl, season the ribs with sugar, salt, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil and ground white pepper.
Mix to combine, then cover the bowl with cling film and leave this to marinate in the fridge for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
Before cooking, mix together the cornstarch and water. Pour this into the bowl and stir to coat the pork.
Transfer the ribs onto a heatproof dish – I used small dim sum dishes but you can always place all the ribs in a bigger dish.
Sprinkle the black beans on the ribs.
Fill the water tank of the oven..
Seal it, then return it to the oven.
Place the ribs in the oven – you can steam more than a dish at a time as long as your dishes fit into the oven!
Press the Pure Steam button, set the timer and hit START.
And 25-30 minutes later, dinner is ready!
Garnish with chopped peppers and serve hot.
No mess, no clean up and no steaming hot kitchen!
Since the ribs were cooked using Pure Steam, the ribs remained juicy and retains all its flavor. If you'd like to find out what else this oven is capable of, take a look here.
The Panasonic Steam Convection Microwave Oven is available for sale at: Best Denki Ngee Ann, Junction 8, Katong, Court Mega Store, Harvey Norman, Isetan, CK Tangs and Takashimaya.
The above store mentions are subject to stock availability.
Note: This review was written in conjunction to my participation for the Best Cooking Blog in Singapore Blog Awards 2015. This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
Fill the water tank. Seal it, then return it to the oven.
Steam for 25-30 minutes, or until the ribs are cooked through and tender.
Depending on your cut of meat, and the level of softness you like, steaming times may vary. Please adjust accordingly.


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Former Federal Prosecutor Jumps Into 2018 Race for Governor
by Christine Stuart April 19, 2017, 9:11 am January 21, 2021, 7:01 pm
Chris Mattei (Ctnewsjunkie file photo)
HARTFORD, CT — He knows how to get the attention of jurors, but will the former federal prosecutor who put former Gov. John G. Rowland in jail a second time be able to convince Democrats to support his gubernatorial bid?
Chris Mattei, a 38 year-old Hartford attorney, who is now in private practice with Koskoff, Koskoff, & Beider, believes he's the right Democrat for the job. He's never held elected office and is describing himself as an outsider to the political process.
Mattei is the second Democratic gubernatorial candidate to announce he's interested in the seat following Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's decision not to seek a third term. Jonathan Harris, the former Consumer Protection commissioner and West Hartford mayor, spent part of his day Tuesday calling reporters to announce he would be filing an exploratory committee today.
The announcement was much more casual and low-key than the email and maiden campaign video Mattei emailed to his supporters Wednesday morning.
In his maiden video, Mattei, who is not well-known to political insiders, seeks to strike a populist message.
"We've arrived at a troubled time. It seems as the values that I grew up with and that so many of us share are being put to the test everyday," Mattei says in the video that is overlaid with soft piano music. "Values of fairness and decency. Tolerance and the rule of law."
Mattei, who formed a committee and filed his paperwork Wednesday, is fashioning himself after former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. In 2005, Patrick was at first seen as a dark horse candidate, facing veteran politicians, but he was able to win a three-way primary with 49 percent of the vote. He went on to win the general with 55 percent of the vote.
Like Patrick, Mattei is an attorney, but one who is much younger.
Mattei's message, which he tried out in February during a visit to the Windsor Democratic Town Committee, is about making government accessible to voters. He also wants to build back up the Democratic base by returning to the party's core values, which continue to be tested by a series of budget deficits and the "new normal" of the economy.
"If we are finally going to address our challenges we must embrace a new kind of politics," Mattei said in his Wednesday campaign video. "A politics of engagement and openness. A politics that rejects the backroom deals and influence peddling which only hold us back."
Mattei, who grew up in Windsor, described his first run for public office as a "once-in-a-generation campaign."
Mattei is unlikely to be the last Democratic candidate to get into the race.
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo is said to be considering a bid for the Democratic nomination. Middletown Mayor Dan Drew was the first to open an exploratory committee in January.
Harris said he would get out of the race if Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman decides to run.

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Ako ay Pilipino is a Filipino patriotic song written by George Canseco in 1981, commissioned by First Lady Imelda Marcos for the inauguration of her husband, 10th President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and performed by Kuh Ledesma.

On February 8, 2022 Toni Gonzaga performed the song but in a shorter version in singing its final stanza at the end of Uniteam's proclamation rally for Bongbong Marcos (Marcos, Sr. and Imelda's son) and Sara Duterte's campaign for president and vice-president held at the Philippine Arena.

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Q: Does the static keyword give any performance increase? I appreciate that this is a micro-optimization, but I am interested in whether declaring either a function or member variable as static provides any performance increase compared to a non-static implementation?
I remember reading that const can be used for compilers to optimize, so it made me wonder whether static had any similar advantages.

A: Considering that static and non-static variables have extremely different semantics, whether or not you can declare static really has nothing to do with performance.
Also, cache and other issues might well mean "no".

A: it could be for data, if construction takes a long time (e.g. a precomputed buffer or something read from disk). often, this is only ideal when the data is immutable.

A: @DeadMG already pointed out that changing a member variable to static would completely change the semantics, the same applies to a static function.
In general the answer is no, static doesn't help performance (and neither does const) but one way that static can help is in an ELF shared library, where a static function isn't externally visible and so calls to it don't need to go through the procedure linkage table, which gives a small performance benefit which can be worth considering when writing code for shared libraries.

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About 3,500 Americans die and 20,000 are injured each year in fires that may have been preventable! Already in 2011, the Bakersfield Fire Department has responded to multiple structure fires and, tragically, experienced several fatalities due to fires in residential occupancies. The Bakersfield Firefighters cannot stress enough the importance of having a working smoke alarm with an operational battery in your home. If you are prepared and have a working smoke alarm in your home, you can greatly lower the chances of your family dying in a fire.
1.	Have a working smoke alarm that can sound fast for both a fire that has flames and a smoldering fire that has smoke and/or fumes without visible flames. This detector is called a "Dual Sensor Smoke Alarm."
2.	Install a smoke alarm on the ceiling of every level of your home and outside bedrooms. Children and the elderly can sleep though the loud sound of a smoke alarm. Make sure your escape plan includes someone that can help children and others wake up immediately to escape from the home.
3.	If you keep your bedroom doors closed, place a smoke alarm on the ceiling of each bedroom.
4.	Check smoke alarms monthly by pressing the test button.
5.	Never remove smoke alarm batteries to put into other items like games or remote controls.
6.	Teach children what the smoke alarm sounds like and what to do when they hear the alarm sound.
7.	If there is a fire, leave the home right away by crawling low under the smoke and never go back inside.
8.	If smoke from cooking makes the alarm sound, press the "hush" button, if your alarm has one. You can also turn on the kitchen fan, open a window, or wave a towel near the alarm until it stops making the sound. Never take the battery out of the alarm.
9.	Most alarms need a new battery at least once a year. If your smoke alarm is over 10 years old, replace it with a new alarm and a new battery.
10.	If you rent, talk to your landlord about placing a working smoke alarm in your home. You still need to buy a new battery at least once a year for the alarm.


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by: HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press
Carolyn Burnett sorts through mementos to select items to commemorate her son Chris Burnett on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Olathe, Kan. Chris Burnett, an unvaccinated 34-year-old father who coached football at Olathe East High School, died in September as a result of COVID-19 after nearly two weeks on a ventilator. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a beloved high school football coach whose outdoor memorial service drew a crowd of hundreds.
The unvaccinated 34-year-old father of four died in September as a result of COVID-19 after nearly two weeks on a ventilator, and his loss has left a gaping hole for his mother, widow and family as the holidays approach.
How, she thought, could they take a holiday photo without Chris? What would Christmas Day football be like without him offering up commentary? How could they play trivia games on Christmas Eve without him beating everyone with his movie expertise?
The U.S. on Tuesday hit another depressing pandemic milestone — 800,000 deaths. It's a sad coda to a year that held so much promise with the arrival of vaccines but is ending in heartbreak for the many grieving families trying to navigate the holiday season.
For its Christmas card photo, the Burnett family ultimately opted to hold up a football presented as a memorial by the Kansas City Chiefs to represent Chris. Carolyn Burnett also set up a special shelf for the holidays, filling it with a drawing of her son, his bronzed baby shoe, a candle, a poem and an ornament of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
But nothing feels quite right this year.
"These emotions come and go so quickly," she said. "You see something. You hear something. His favorite food. You hear the song. There's just all these little things. And then, bam."
The year began with the COVID-19 death toll at about 350,000 in the U.S., at a time when the country was in the throes of a winter surge so bad that patients were lined up in emergency room hallways waiting for beds.
But vaccines were just getting rolled out, and sports stadiums and fairgrounds were quickly transformed into mass vaccination sites. Case numbers began falling. By spring, nearly all schools had reopened and communities were shedding mask orders. TV newscasters began talking cheerfully about a post-pandemic world. President Joe Biden proclaimed the Fourth of July holiday as a celebration of the nation's freedom from the virus.
It didn't last long. The delta variant struck just as vaccination rates were stallingamid a wave of misinformation, devastating poorly immunized portions of the Midwest and South. Hospitals brought back mobile morgues and opened up their pocket books in a desperate bid to attract enough nurses to care for the sick.
"People have no idea," said Debbie Eaves, a lab worker, who grew weary of the wave of death as she collected swabs from patients at Oakdale Community Hospital in Louisiana amid the surge. "Oh, no. They have no idea what it is to look and see, to see it."
In Kansas, Carolyn Burnett begged her son, who went by the nickname Coach Cheese because of his love of cheeseburgers, to get vaccinated.
"He was a part of the group that … just didn't trust it," she said, pausing and sighing. "They didn't want to be a guinea pig. They didn't want to be experimented on."
She thought maybe he was softening. When his dad got his first COVID-19 shot in August, Chris, a diabetic, told his mother he would discuss it with his doctor. But then one of Chris' children got infected at a family sleepover and soon everyone was sick.
She texted him, "Honey, God's got you." His last text to her said: "Mama, I feel him." He died Sept. 11.
School administrators tweeted heartfelt condolences, praising his passion in coaching running backs at Olathe East High School. Tearful athletes paid tribute in TV interviews. The Kansas City Glory, an all-female football team that Burnett coached, asked fans to contribute to a GoFundMe fundraiser to help his children. And he was honored with an inspiration award at a ceremony that recognizes the region's best high school athletes.
"We had so much support that you would think he was a celebrity," his mom recalled.
Now, as the year ends, the delta variant is fueling another wave of hospitalizations, court battles are brewing over vaccine mandates and fresh questions are swirling about the new omicron variant.
Steve Grove has seen his share of coronavirus deaths in his role as a chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
Recently, one dying patient's family gathered in a conference room. One by one they were taken to the patient's bedside, while the other relatives watched on Zoom.
"It's a huge pain in the butt and the connection drops and it's weird," he acknowledged. "Here's what I'm going to say to COVID: 'Up yours.' I'm getting a Zoom call going, and there you have it. That's what's happening today at least. You're going to do what you're going to do and you're going to kill this person. You get to do that COVID. But what we're going to do today is this. And I'm going to give them a hug when it's done.
"The alternative," he said, "is that you just, you just give up, and I guess most people in this building have too much faith in humanity."
He acknowledged that he sometimes gets mad at unvaccinated patients because it "didn't have to be this way. And now there's a mess that perhaps was avoidable."
"I'll confess to it," he said. "And I know I'm not proud of it, and I swallow it down and then I remember as a human being that my compassion reminds me that it's still somebody's loved one. It is still death and it still stings."
Dr. LaTasha Perkins, of Georgetown University Student Health, is getting ready to take a job in January in a clinic that helps underserved residents of the community. She is Black and said she felt compelled to make the change after watching the virus devastate her family.
She has lost a great uncle, an aunt and a cousin to COVID-19, and she suspects the virus may have played a role in the death of her grandfather. When it struck her own household last December after she had gotten her first shot but the rest of her family wasn't yet eligible, she spent sleepless nights watching her toddler breathe and took her husband to the hospital, although he wasn't admitted. She never got sick and credits the vaccine. Her husband also later got the shot.
Still, maddeningly to her, only three of her six siblings are vaccinated. Some of the hesitation, she said, is rooted in the "horrible things done in the name of medicine to Black and brown bodies in this country." She tells them: "If you're worried about rich white people not caring about you, they're lining up getting the vaccine."
She has been unable, though, to get through to some of her relatives. It's part of the reason why she started doing hesitancy talks specifically for African Americans in the D.C. area.
"For my own selfish reason, I don't want to go to any more funerals," she said, "and I don't want COVID to come back in my house."
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The Montessori method of teaching young children was developed by Italian educator and physician, Dr. Maria Montessori. One of the most influential pioneers in early childhood education, her ideas have become known and recognized throughout the world and have significantly influenced mainstream education.
Children learn best by doing things for themselves. In a Montessori environment, the children are given the opportunity to acquire basic knowledge and skills through their own interests and hands-on experience. This measure of freedom allows each child to develop good working habits, social interaction, self-discipline and self-esteem, initiative, and powers of deliberation. Children are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and trust their own ability to think and solve problems independently. With the capacity to choose and complete one's own work comes a deeper sense of self-worth.
Just as in a family, the ages are mixed together in one class. Being looked up to as role models by younger children and having the opportunity to show what they have already learned is an opportunity all children eagerly await to experience, which has powerful benefits for both the younger and older children.
When you visit a Montessori classroom, you will notice that everyone is busy and interested in what they are doing. One child is experimenting with magnets, others are working together on a puzzle, and several children are cooking up delicious treats in the play kitchen . The Montessori classroom is not the domain of the adults in charge; it is, instead, a carefully prepared environment designed to facilitate the development of independence and a sense of personal empowerment. This is a children's community. They move freely within it, selecting work that captures their interest. All children are responsible for the care of their own child-sized environment. When they are hungry, they prepare their own snack. They use the bathroom with little to no assistance. When something spills, they help each other carefully clean up.
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Maria Montessori herself that are placed on low, open shelves.
Born in Italy, she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School. In 1907, she opened the first Montessori school, called the Casa dei Bambini (Children's House). The school was located in the worst slum district of Rome and the class consisted of fifty children between two and five years of age. Using the classroom as her laboratory for observing children, she devised a method of education based on the central ideas of freedom for the child within a carefully planned and structured environment.
The great pioneering achievement of Dr. Montessori was to recognize the crucial importance of a child's first six years of development. It is during this time that a child's powers of absorption are highest, and lifelong attitudes and patterns of learning are firmly formed. Dr. Montessori traveled the world, establishing schools and lecturing about her discoveries. Her books have been translated in more than 20 languages and the Montessori method has become part of every good teacher-training course.
Today, nearly 100 years later, her revolutionary concepts bring a sense of joy, freedom, and achievement to classrooms throughout the world. Her schools continue to thrive and expand – a tribute to her inspirational insight – which has helped change the course of early childhood education.
The Reggio-Emilia Approach was developed after World War II by educator Loris Malaguzzi and parents in the village of Reggio Emilia, Italy. A philosophy based on the principles of respect, responsibility, and community, the Reggio-Emilia approach is built on the premise that all children are endowed with a hundred languages – referring to the many ways children have of expressing themselves. Exploration and discovery are supported in an enriching environment, based on the interests of the children through a self-guided, emergent curriculum. Children are believed to be "knowledge bearers" and are encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas about everything they could do during the day. Rather than being seen as the target of instruction, children are seen as an apprentice, researcher, and an active constructor of knowledge. Much of the instruction at Reggio-Emilia schools takes place in the form of projects where children have opportunities to explore, observe, hypothesize, question, and discuss to clarify their understanding.
The teacher is considered to be a co-learner, collaborator and researcher, not just an instructor. Teachers are encouraged to facilitate learning by planning activities and lessons based on the child's interests, asking questions to further the child's understanding, and actively engaging in the activities alongside the child. Projects begin with teachers observing and questioning children about the topic of interest. Based on the children's responses, teachers introduce materials, questions and opportunities that provoke children to further explore the topic. Reggio-Emilia teachers provide children with different avenues for thinking, revising, constructing, negotiating, developing and symbolically expressing their thoughts and feelings.
Using a variety of media, teachers give careful attention to the documentation and presentation of the thinking of the children. Rather than making judgements about the child, the teacher inquires and listens closely to the children. An example of documentation might be a book or panel with the student's words, drawings, and photographs. By making learning visible, the teachers are able to study the thinking and feeling of the students in order to gain insight into their understanding. Also, documentation gives parents information regarding their child's learning experience while creating an archive for the class and school.
The organization of the physical environment is crucial to the Reggio-Emilia early childhood program, and is often referred to as the child's "third teacher." The preschools are generally filled with indoor plants and vines, and have an abundance of natural light. The children's artwork and project work is always displayed at the children's eye level. In each classroom there are studio spaces in the form of a centrally located atelier and clearly designated spaces for group activities. Throughout the school, there is an effort to create opportunities for children to interact.
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T20 World Cup Final: England won the toss, Pakistan will bat first
The final match of the T20 World Cup is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today. The final is between Pakistan and England, a tough competition is expected between both the teams. There is a toss between all this. The toss has gone in favor of England. After winning the toss, England have invited Pakistan to bat first. Let us tell you that England had made it to the final after defeating India. At the same time, Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the semi-finals to enter the final. Talking about today's match, somewhere there is a shadow of rain on it. On the one hand, Babar Azam would like to win Pakistan in any case, while England will also exert full force for the book.
Also read: T20 World Cup 2022 Final: Pakistan's strong history and England's explosive form, know which team will lift the trophy
Talking about the pitch, it is completely dry. However, a green patch is also visible at some places, which is quite solid. In the match, bowlers will make more use of short balls. The ball is more likely to swing in the power play. All eyes will be on Shaheen Afridi, Bains Stock and Chris Woakes. Jos Buttler said that we are going to bowl first. There is tremendous energy in the stadium and we are looking forward to a great match. Both the teams are in great form in this final and we are looking forward to a tough challenge. At the same time, Babar Azam said that we also would have bowled first but the toss is not in our hands, so we will try to score runs on the board and put pressure on them.
Pakistan (Playing XI)- Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (w), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
England (Playing XI)- Jos Buttler (w/c), Alex Hales, Phillip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brooke, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid
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World Taekwondo to announce first inductees into WT Hall of Fame in October
SEOUL, Korea (March 17, 2020) – World Taekwondo has announced that the first inductees into the WT Hall of Fame will be revealed in October at an official Awarding Ceremony in Sofia, Bulgaria on the occasion of the World Taekwondo Junior Championships.
The WT Hall of Fame was created by the World Taekwondo Council at its meeting in Manchester, UK in May 2019 with the aim of recognizing those who have made an extraordinary contribution to taekwondo as an Olympic sport during their careers.
World Taekwondo appointed Vice President Gen. Ahmed Fouly as the Chair of the WT Hall of Fame Committee to work with members, Hoss Rafaty (WT Secretary General), Maria Borello (WT Council Member), Jean-Marie Ayer (WT Member Relations and Development Commission Chair) and an Independent Consultant (to be appointed by the President) to select the first tranche of inductees. The inductees will be selected across four different categories: Officials, Athletes, Coaches and Lifetime Contribution Award.
The Committee will identify a longlist of candidates and conduct a meeting via conference call to agree the shortlist. The achievements and suitability of the shortlist will be reviewed again before the Committee confirms the final list of inductees, which will be presented to the Extraordinary Council Meeting on May 12.
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Our Client's Husband, who had a history of alcohol issues, died following an evening of binge drinking. The coroner's office classified the manner of death as "accidental" and the cause of death as "acute alcohol intoxication." The Husband had two insurance policies that promised benefits to his wife if he died as a result of an accident. Our client submitted a claim to each of the insurance companies and both denied coverage under an exclusion for loss caused by "sickness or disease." Both insurance companies claimed that a contributing factor to decedent's death was his alcoholism which they asserted excluded coverage.
With the assistance of our own medical consultant, we pointed out the absurdity of CIGNA's position. To suggest that an alcoholic cannot stop drinking because of his "alcoholism" would mean that every alcoholic would die at a very young age due to their inability to stop drinking. This of course is not the case. There are numerous reasons why an individual may drink to excess on a particular occasion. None of these potential causes were investigated by CIGNA. CIGNA just assumed that his drinking problem caused him to drink, on this one particular day, more than his body could handle.
Both insurance carriers initially denied the claim. After submitting an appeal, LINCOLN looked at the evidence and concluded that the claim was covered. CIGNA, on the other hand, ignored the evidence and looked for excuses to deny the claim. This has resulted in a lawsuit against CIGNA, which we believe will result in payment of the claim.
Denials of Accidental Death claims, due to the standard exclusion for death caused by "sickness or disease or the treatment thereof" are often improper. If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of our client in this case, make sure to consult with an experienced attorney to help you with your claim.


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est un album de jazz de Miles Davis sorti en 1956.

Historique
Enregistré lors de la séance du  au studio Van Gelder à Hackensack, New Jersey. Le titre original de l'album était "MILES"

C'est le premier disque à paraitre du quintet historique qui rassembla Miles et John Coltrane.

Quatre standards avec de fulgurants solos de Coltrane tandis que Miles utilise une sourdine pour accentuer la fragilité de sa sonorité et toute l'émotion qui s'en dégage.

Musiciens
 Miles Davis (Trompette)
 Red Garland (Piano)
 Paul Chambers (Basse)
 John Coltrane (Saxophone tenor) - sauf titre 2.
 Philly Joe Jones (Batterie)

Titres
 Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington - Lee Gaines) (7:20)
 There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones - Marty Symes) (5:21)
 How Am I To Know ? (Dorothy Parker - Jack King) (4:40)
 S'posin (Paul Denniker - Andy Razaf) (5:05)
 The Theme (Miles Davis) (5:45)
 Stablemates (Benny Golson) (5:15)

Pochette
La pochette originale représente un paysage monochrome sur fond vert (voir l'illustration sur l'article anglophone) avec un seul mot "MILES" (d'où le premier nom de l'album). Le vert était une des couleurs préférées de Miles. Dans les rééditions de chez Fantasy la couleur est devenue bleue.

Citation
" En novembre, je suis entré en studio pour honorer mes obligations envers Prestige. Au cours de cette séance, on a enregistré que des standards. L'ensemble a été intitulé "Miles". Pendant très longtemps, tout le monde a cru que c'était le premier disque de notre groupe, la première séance Columbia ayant été tenue secrète. Ce disque pour Prestige n'était pas mal, mais loin de valoir ce que nous allions faire pour eux dans les séances suivantes. "

" La musique que nous faisions ensemble est devenue incroyable. C'était si bon, que ça me donnait des frissons, comme au public. C'est rapidement devenu effrayant, tellement que je me pinçais pour m'assurer que j'étais bien là ".

MILES L'AUTOBIOGRAPHIE.

Miles Davis avec Quincy Troupe. Presses de la Renaissance. 1989

Voir aussi
Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956

Album musical sorti en 1955
Album de Miles Davis
Album de John Coltrane
Album publié par Prestige Records


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Allegri Seek for Three Points Against Juve Despite Ibrahimovic's Absence
by Guest Post on February 24, 2012
Losing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and potentially several other players such as Kevin Prince-Boateng, Alberto Aquilani and also Maxi Lopez ahead of Ac Milan's weekend clash against Juventus apparently won't make Massimiliano Allegri content with getting anything other than three points.
The absentees remains a problem for the Rossoneri but with the excellent morale hanging on the players head at the moment, Allegri believes that his team can still put on an excellent performance.
However, despite being confident with his team's quality, Allegri won't reject the idea of getting all three points without having to play well as beating Juventus this week would give a morale boost although it might not be that decisive for Scudetto challenge as just yet. Obviously, Milan would try to continue their good performances of late as keeping a winning run would simply boosted the Rossoneri confidence even more ahead of several important games to come.
We're ready to play a big game. We have to play well technically and we'll have to be good defensively. It's not yet a decisive game, but a win for either team would change the balance of the league championship. We just have to play a big game and try and get the best result we can," Allegri explained. "If they told me we could play a bad game and still win, I'd sign for that right now. But anyway, we've been playing reasonably well lately and against Juventus we'll have to play technically well."
Moreover, regarding the failed appeal attempt on Ibrahimovic's three match suspension, Allegri apparently has already accepted the decision and opted to focus on the match against Juventus instead by preparing other options. The tactician is expecting that Alexandre Pato will finally step up his form again after simply been losing a lot this season mostly because of his usual injury problems, which have been frequently arriving in the last few seasons.
"I have to accept the Ibrahimovic decision because there's nothing anyone can do about it. The decision was taken and we all have to accept it and concentrate on the game. With or without him we have to try and won this game because it's a big one and so we'll have to try and play as well as we can," Allegri stated. "Pato will play tomorrow. Pato, like everyone else will be really motivated for the game."
Milan's squad against Juventus:
Abbiati, Amelia, Abate, Antonini, Bonera, Ely, Mesbah, Mexes, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta, Yepes, Ambrosini, Emanuelson, Muntari, Nocerino, Van Bommel, El Shaarawy, Inzaghi, Pato, Robinho
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Does "West Side Story"
Lin-Manuel Miranda '02 is keeping busy adapting a fresh Broadway revival of "West Side Story", translating much of the musical's original dialogue and song lyrics into Spanish:
In his own musical Mr. Miranda struggled to balance English and Spanish; he said that, surprisingly, the amount of Spanish doubled between the Off Broadway and Broadway productions. In the song "Breathe," he noted, when one of the characters returns home confused after dropping out of college, her friends sing about how she has always been the star of the neighborhood.
"It's much more visceral to hear them sing in Spanish," said Mr. Miranda, dressed in a hooded blue sweatshirt from Wesleyan, where he first started writing "In the Heights."
New York Times: A Changed 'West Side Story' Returns to a Changed New York
Washington Post: A Bilingual Return to National Theatre Stage
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It's an issue that we're constantly battling with: Should we say that we're all the same, deep down, because that would bring us closer together? Or should we say that we are different, deep down, but it's okay because diversity is good? Or should we say that we're all the same, deep down, so it's okay to keep more superficial differences (like clothing/food/language)? It kind of brings up our conflicting ideas about what we want for our country…PS I've loved reading this discussion. I wish I were as eloquent as you all!
It's an issue that we're constantly battling with: Should we say that we're all the same, deep down, because that would bring us closer together? Or should we say that we are different, deep down, but it's okay because diversity is good? Or should we say that we're all the same, deep down, so it's okay to keep more superficial differences (like clothing/food/language)? It kind of brings up our conflicting ideas about what we want for our country…
PS I've loved reading this discussion. I wish I were as eloquent as you all!
Joe:Yeah, I think the difference is that while we *should* coexist peacefully, we don't; and certainly we didn't. I think there is a lot of merit to emotionally accurate portrayals of the tensions between assimilation, cultural pride, and racism (or maybe otherism).I think the melting-pot vs stew (I've heard mosaic or patchwork as metaphors, but it's the same idea) is an interesting debate. Personally, I would rather live in a stew than a melting pot. The melting-pot is a tricky concept. On the one hand, it speaks to an American culture that has room for everyone and that can change with its population. On the other hand, it means that when you immigrate, you're home culture is essentially replaced by American culture. I don't think that the melting-pot image has ever really been true; American main-stream culture is still very much white, protestant, children-of-the-puritans culture. Acknowledging the lack of complete blending, I think, makes room for the subcultures that exist in America that really haven't impacted the general culture-at-large. wow, that was much longer than I expected it to be…as for ITH vs WSS, I think the generational gap between the characters is really important in understanding the purpose of their "ghettoization." In WSS, all the Latin characters are Puerto Rican and ostensibly immigrated together (I think? It's been a while since I've seen it). They are a single group. They also live in a blatantly racist society that makes no claim to acceptance. In ITH, the community of characters is Latino-American. They are the product of a sort of mini-melting-pot effect where, despite being from different countries or even being first or second generation American, the characters identify as part of a larger immigrant culture defined primarily by language. They also live in 21st century NYC which, while not a utopia, is certainly not as racist as the city (NY?) in WSS. So I think when Usnavi chooses to stick with "his people," and when Miranda chooses to depict this as a heroic act, it is very different from him forcing the audience of WSS to only identify with the group or groups they would identify with in real life (again, exception for spanish-speaking non latins). The latter is about understanding the culture and era of the show, it's a storytelling device for an audience who has grown up with a very different kind of racism than the audience who would have seen the original show. The former, well, I'm not sure what to think about the former. I can't tell if Miranda meant for it to be an overarching statement about culture, identity, togetherness, etc, or if it was just the right choice for Usnavi, the character. Either way, I think the ideas are different enough that it doesn't speak to a theme of Miranda's.God, that was also really long. sorry.~12:38
Joe:
Yeah, I think the difference is that while we *should* coexist peacefully, we don't; and certainly we didn't. I think there is a lot of merit to emotionally accurate portrayals of the tensions between assimilation, cultural pride, and racism (or maybe otherism).
I think the melting-pot vs stew (I've heard mosaic or patchwork as metaphors, but it's the same idea) is an interesting debate. Personally, I would rather live in a stew than a melting pot. The melting-pot is a tricky concept. On the one hand, it speaks to an American culture that has room for everyone and that can change with its population. On the other hand, it means that when you immigrate, you're home culture is essentially replaced by American culture. I don't think that the melting-pot image has ever really been true; American main-stream culture is still very much white, protestant, children-of-the-puritans culture. Acknowledging the lack of complete blending, I think, makes room for the subcultures that exist in America that really haven't impacted the general culture-at-large.
wow, that was much longer than I expected it to be…
as for ITH vs WSS, I think the generational gap between the characters is really important in understanding the purpose of their "ghettoization." In WSS, all the Latin characters are Puerto Rican and ostensibly immigrated together (I think? It's been a while since I've seen it). They are a single group. They also live in a blatantly racist society that makes no claim to acceptance. In ITH, the community of characters is Latino-American. They are the product of a sort of mini-melting-pot effect where, despite being from different countries or even being first or second generation American, the characters identify as part of a larger immigrant culture defined primarily by language. They also live in 21st century NYC which, while not a utopia, is certainly not as racist as the city (NY?) in WSS. So I think when Usnavi chooses to stick with "his people," and when Miranda chooses to depict this as a heroic act, it is very different from him forcing the audience of WSS to only identify with the group or groups they would identify with in real life (again, exception for spanish-speaking non latins). The latter is about understanding the culture and era of the show, it's a storytelling device for an audience who has grown up with a very different kind of racism than the audience who would have seen the original show. The former, well, I'm not sure what to think about the former. I can't tell if Miranda meant for it to be an overarching statement about culture, identity, togetherness, etc, or if it was just the right choice for Usnavi, the character. Either way, I think the ideas are different enough that it doesn't speak to a theme of Miranda's.
God, that was also really long. sorry.
~12:38
i think it's funny everyone keeps talking about authenticity with his spanish translation of west side story, but if they wanted to go for true authenticity, then they'd make it about Jews and Catholics, the way that Leonard Bernstein wrote the play
12:38: I think you're right, actually. It's a weird goal though, don't you think? It's a change from what I was taught growing up, you know, that we're all deep down the same, and we should all coexist peacefully. I think you're absolutely right that the feeling of alienation is what the production was going for, but something still struck me as odd (neither good nor bad) about it. (And I speak Spanish reasonably well, too!)In the Heights, too, ends with Usnavi staying and glorifying what is essentially his ghetto, even as all his friends are leaving. Staying on his corner, serving coffee for the rest of his life, never leaving "home;" I don't know. Is it anti-assimilation, or am I just reading it wrong? You tell me. Someone said (and I don't remember who) that America is no longer a "melting pot" society; we're more of a "stew" now, with all these different flavors being thrown in independently. It's neither good nor bad, but I think it's an interesting cultural change.
Joe March 20, 2009 at 6:47 AM
12:38: I think you're right, actually. It's a weird goal though, don't you think? It's a change from what I was taught growing up, you know, that we're all deep down the same, and we should all coexist peacefully. I think you're absolutely right that the feeling of alienation is what the production was going for, but something still struck me as odd (neither good nor bad) about it. (And I speak Spanish reasonably well, too!)
In the Heights, too, ends with Usnavi staying and glorifying what is essentially his ghetto, even as all his friends are leaving. Staying on his corner, serving coffee for the rest of his life, never leaving "home;" I don't know. Is it anti-assimilation, or am I just reading it wrong? You tell me.
Someone said (and I don't remember who) that America is no longer a "melting pot" society; we're more of a "stew" now, with all these different flavors being thrown in independently. It's neither good nor bad, but I think it's an interesting cultural change.
Joe:I wonder if your reaction is what the show was going for. There's an argument to be made that having the emotions of the PR characters only accessible to a portion of the audience (a portion that, obviously, won't be comprised only of Latinos but who will be symbolically linked to Latino culture by speaking spanish) is more realistic than having them speaking english and therefore communicating as characters with the whole audience. I'm not sure if that made sense, and I don't mean to imply that this is a perfect interpretation of american "race" relations, but that may have been the point.
I wonder if your reaction is what the show was going for. There's an argument to be made that having the emotions of the PR characters only accessible to a portion of the audience (a portion that, obviously, won't be comprised only of Latinos but who will be symbolically linked to Latino culture by speaking spanish) is more realistic than having them speaking english and therefore communicating as characters with the whole audience. I'm not sure if that made sense, and I don't mean to imply that this is a perfect interpretation of american "race" relations, but that may have been the point.
Hispanics are an ethnicity, not a race; they're not of color, necessarily.
i lived in the heights this summer, it was not like the show
Word @ Johnwesley
johnwesley March 19, 2009 at 11:20 AM
uncomfortable is an authentic feeling.
johnwesley March 19, 2009 at 7:20 AM
I saw this production when it was in D.C. I left the theater feeling quite uncomfortable, actually. Let me explain…Yes, having the Puerto Ricans speak Spanish makes them more authentic, but it also others them in a way that I didn't expect. Yes, it's great to celebrate cultural diversity, but when you can't understand what Anita is saying at a crucial moment in the story, well, how are we supposed to relate to the Puerto Ricans' drama? Okay, you don't need to know Spanish to understand what "I Feel Pretty" is about, but I thought Anita's song was pretty problematic.In general, I'm not one to value P.C. ness or the "let's just do something new!" -attitude at the expense of clarity of narrative, even if the show is so well-known. And while I'm at it, if they wanted to go for something "authentic" and "real" in their interpretation, why did they dress all the Puerto Ricans in purple and the Jets all in orange? Just seems like the production didn't know what it was going for.Not that I have anything against Lin-Manuel, though. Great guy. Maybe I didn't "get" the performance when I saw it; but I left the theater more uncomfortable about the translation than impressed by it. Just sayin'.
I saw this production when it was in D.C. I left the theater feeling quite uncomfortable, actually. Let me explain…
Yes, having the Puerto Ricans speak Spanish makes them more authentic, but it also others them in a way that I didn't expect. Yes, it's great to celebrate cultural diversity, but when you can't understand what Anita is saying at a crucial moment in the story, well, how are we supposed to relate to the Puerto Ricans' drama? Okay, you don't need to know Spanish to understand what "I Feel Pretty" is about, but I thought Anita's song was pretty problematic.
In general, I'm not one to value P.C. ness or the "let's just do something new!" -attitude at the expense of clarity of narrative, even if the show is so well-known. And while I'm at it, if they wanted to go for something "authentic" and "real" in their interpretation, why did they dress all the Puerto Ricans in purple and the Jets all in orange? Just seems like the production didn't know what it was going for.
Not that I have anything against Lin-Manuel, though. Great guy. Maybe I didn't "get" the performance when I saw it; but I left the theater more uncomfortable about the translation than impressed by it. Just sayin'.
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This post is a tad bit late since I have been working on adding sections to the blog and working on restructuring my posts and pages. Instagram should be up to date with all available posts, finally! I'm thinking of investing in a social media posting platform to automatically post as blog posts come out. That may happen in the near future. Between school and work, once I finish a post, it is hard to keep up with making sure that all of my social media accounts are up to date.
Anyways, one of the new pages on TheUnluckyThirteen, as you can now see, is video games. I love video games and this is a way to expand my writing and give me more content between subscription boxes and streaming releases. I am still devoted to keeping you up to date on those.
Some of you probably already know that Bethesda is releasing a new game Fallout game. The Fallout: Vault 76 release followed an intense stream of NOTHING on Bethesda's Twitch page. The stream focused on a sleeping Vault Boy with intermittent activity. By the time I found out about it, it was 8:00 pm (my time). Of course, I watched it until 11:00 when I fell asleep. I missed the trailer release but watched it on YouTube shortly after. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here.
The game is going to be an open-world survival RPG game. Similar to the previous Fallout games with an added online or multiplayer mode.
It will have quests and a story, like any other game from Bethesda.
It will feature base-building, similar to Fallout 4.
The game is going to take place in West Virginia.
The vault is opened 20 (25?) years after the bombs fall, making it the earliest in terms of the Fallout game timeline. These dwellers were meant to be the first ones to reclaim the land after the bombs fell.
These vault dwellers were not part of an experiment, unlike many other vaults that we have come across in past Fallout games. They are part of the 17 control vaults that were used exactly as advertised and are meant to rebuild after the bombs.
There are possibly aliens? In Fallout 3, there is a recording found that was made by the Vault-Tec Assistant CEO when he was inspecting Vault 76's construction site. In the recording, he is trying to talk to the aliens and end up being killed (or taken).
2102 was the year that the FEV virus was discovered and when The Master started experiments resulting in super mutants.
Take all of this information with a grain of salt. I have not been able to play the game or seen any gameplay. Don't make any decisions about the game solely based on this information. There should be some confirmed information during and after E3.
That is all I've got from hours of YouTube and multiple articles that have been published. Bethesda has confirmed their press conference at E3 on June 10th. I will do my best to keep everyone updated on what happens at E3, for those of you who don't tune in on your own.


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Steven Arons and Nicholas Comfort
Bloomberg July 2, 2019
(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG is sounding out regulators about lowering its capital cushion as a way to help finance its impending restructuring, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The lender has discussed lowering its common equity tier 1 ratio -- a key measure of financial strength -- with German financial regulator Bafin and the European Central Bank, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The authorities are generally positive about Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing's restructuring plans, they said.
Sewing is putting the finishing touches on what may be the lender's deepest overhaul in decades including the loss of as many as 20,000 jobs over the coming years, people familiar with the matter have said. The cost could run into the billions of euros, analysts estimate, and the measure could help Sewing pay for the restructuring while avoiding a capital increase that would dilute existing shareholders, other people have said.
Representatives for Deutsche Bank, German markets regulator Bafin and the European Central Bank declined to comment.
The lender's "current profitability is close to break-even and capital is on track to be near regulatory minimums," Bank of America analysts led by Andrew Stimpson said in a note on Monday. If Deutsche Bank wants to shrink the investment bank while trying to grow other business lines, it may need to raise 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) in fresh capital, they said.
Deutsche Bank's CET1 ratio was 13.7% at the end of the first quarter and it's current full-year target is to remain above 13%. Some of Deutsche Bank's European peers such as BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale SA have CET1 ratios well below 13%. Barclays Plc's ratio is 13%.
Deutsche Bank is well above its minimum capital ratio of 11.8%, the threshold at which it faces restrictions on dividends and bonuses. But, as a large bank, watchdogs demand that it hold a wider buffer. Anything that moves such a significant bank closer to its minimum tends to be closely coordinated with regulators.
The ECB wants banks to meet its capital demands during restructuring, according to another person with knowledge of the matter. The promise of shedding risk tomorrow doesn't translate as a lower bar for capital today, the person said. The risks involved in a restructuring mean that supervisors want sufficient capital on hand.
As part of the restructuring, the bank also plans to cut its assets weighted for risk by as much as 50 billion euros, people familiar have said. That reduction over time could lead to a rise in the CET1 ratio, another person said. Handelsblatt previously reported that Deutsche Bank may lower its CET1 ratio to finance the restructuring.
Deutsche Bank shares fell to 6.76 euros Monday in Frankfurt trading as the Euro Stoxx 600 index was up almost 1%.
The revamp is likely to hit Deutsche Bank's investment-banking division the hardest, particularly its U.S. operations, as well as equities trading and interest rate derivatives, people familiar have said. The bank is planning to cut its global equities headcount by 50%, they have said. The lender also plans to cut about 1,300 positions in the retail and commercial clients division by 2022.
(Updates with details of expected job cuts in final paragraph.)
--With assistance from William Canny.
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Real cyber security threats are the ones faced by the critical infrastructure sector: Kaushik Ray, COO, WhizHack Technologies
Every 44 seconds, a cyberattack occurs, causing turmoil and commotion, these attacks are so complex and challenging to identify. The COO of Whizhack Technology, Kaushik Ray, in a conversation with ET Edge Insights speaks on emerging technologies, cyber security initiatives and strategies. Excerpts from the interview:
1. Concerns about Cyber-attacks in critical infrastructure have led to a tremendous effort in cybersecurity. AI, machine learning, and other technologies are being used by hackers to carry out increasingly complex assaults. What is the strategy being used to stop the surge in cybercrime?
I have been talking about this for a while now, the real cyber security threats are the ones faced by the critical infrastructure sector. The energy and power sector has reported some very sophisticated and complex cyber security attacks in recent times. Emergency services, water treatment plants, traffic management, and other critical infrastructure rely on operational technology solutions to function. Operational technology (OT) uses hardware and software to manage industrial equipment and systems in the energy, industrial, manufacturing, oil and gas, robotics, telecommunications, waste control, and water control industries. Cybersecurity is critical to OT systems to protect critical infrastructure. Any momentary delay or period of unplanned downtime can cause manufacturing plants, power plants, or water supply systems to shut down.
The only strategy that can work is a 360-degree approach where we have the right products for protection which mean a timely detection or pre-empting threats, timely deployment of the products and skilled work force to counter. Any one piece of the puzzle missing can lead to tremendous loss.
2. The extent of the threat to the country more so in areas of transport, power and defence – Please elaborate
Power companies have OT and IT systems converging as companies digitize and build the power sector's version of the industrial internet of things, including the "smart grid" and the challenge is expanding exponentially, since today's interconnected world also requires them to secure vast, far-flung, and increasingly complex global supply chains.
Kaushik Ray, COO, Whizhack Technologies.
Power companies purchase information, hardware, software, services, and more from third parties across the globe. And threat actors can introduce compromised components into a system or network, unintentionally or by design, at any point in the system's life cycle. This may be through software updates or "patches," which are downloaded frequently, or through firmware that can be manipulated to include malicious codes for exploitation at a later date. Adversaries may also compromise the hardware that utilities install in their operating systems.
On October 2020, Mumbai was hit by a massive power outage by Chinese hackers, affecting railways, water supply and commercial operations, India witnessed over 18 million cyber-attacks and threats, at an average of nearly 200,000 threats every day, in the first three months of 2022, according to US-based cyber security firm, Norton. Globally, India ranks in third place, after the US & UK, in facing cyber-attacks on its critical infrastructure and digital financial systems but also on its numerous small businesses. As per a PwC study, the instances of cyberattacks on Indian enterprises surged by 117 percent in 2019 compared to the previous year. According to NASSCOM, the rising incidents of cyberattacks along with data protection and privacy laws are estimated to lead to a USD 35 billion revenue opportunity and job opportunities for millions of Indian professionals by the year 2025. Cybersecurity would account for about 10% of the revenue generated by India's IT sector in the same year.
3. Is India Prepared to handle cyber-attacks? Where do we stand in terms of skilled workforce?
India faces significant challenges in withstanding advanced Cyber security attacks on critical infrastructure. It neither has cyber security as mainstream curriculum in major courses at school or university level. On the other hand, there is almost complete dependence on international cyber security products for implementing cyber defense that is fraught with geopolitical risks. (Skilled cybersecurity personnel are in great demand in India with 60% of organizations had unfilled cybersecurity positions, and 42% of cybersecurity teams being understaffed. Shortage of the cybersecurity workforce in India is 9% higher than the global average). This is where we sensed a massive opportunity and envisaged a holistic vertical integration. We believe WhizHack Technologies is India's first vertically integrated cyber security organization, developing security softwares, providing managed security services and building training programs across diverse segments which delves into the gaps and challenges faced by the country both in terms of manpower, products & services.
4. What initiatives have been taken by Whizhack to protect from such attacks. What are the Cyber Security products and their deployment?
Whizhack is building a strong foundation for Cyber Security in India through development of cutting-edge cyber security products and manpower development forging strategic partnerships with educational bodies both at home and abroad. We have a partnership with Isreali outfits to develop and train a workforce. Recently we struck another one with NPTI (National Power Training Institute), setting up the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Cyber Defence in the Power Sector. IIT Jodhpur remains a strong ally in our effort to impart Cyber Security education. WhizHack has trained thousands of students on it's Bootcamps with IIT Jodhpur for a start in cyber security industry and it's teenager's program as well, the first of its kind program for school going children, to build an aptitude for ethical hacking that creates career pathway for cyber defence.
We want to be a completely self-reliant outfit to digitally secure India. We have developed 'Made in India' threat detection product TRACE and Zero Day cyber-attack prediction and remediation engine ZEROHACK. This is currently being used in strategic Indian defence, power sector and academic establishments in India. We have a global services team that is deployed to provide on-site resolutions of advanced attacks. Its training division uses advanced pedagogy, personalised hand-on labs and access to top faculties from IITs and industry experts in creating highly empowered cyber defenders.
5. Your thought on the weaponization of the internet and the phenomenon of the splinternet.
The current Russia-Ukraine conflict has raised the spectre of geopolitics defining weaponization of the Internet and splinternet i.e. Internet dividing due to various factors, such as technology, commerce, politics, nationalism, religion, against the original principles of Net Neutrality.
A geopolitics driven polarised World can disrupt global supply chains and it is critical, particularly in high tech areas like cyber security, to remove external dependence and rely on local product development. India is bringing in new cyber security and data governance frameworks for building a self-reliant India. A few Indian companies have made ambitious forays in building advanced cyber security products within India and will contribute towards a larger ecosystem that can withstand the power of international big tech companies.
6. Can you share your vision for the current decade, particularly in emerging technologies?
As a developing country whose economy depends on knowledge based services, India must continuously remain at the forefront of new age technologies like AI, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Data Science etc. as they would dominate business processes over the next millennium. Twenty-six centres of excellence (CoEs) have been established nationwide to create capabilities in emerging technologies. Most importantly private sector, including companies like WhizHack Technologies, have ushered in significant technology development that has produced Indian IPs that can compete with the best of global technologies and have attracted investment by global PEs, will drive India being a major player in emerging technologies
7. Can you give us an outline of how your company has handled the security solution industry's intense competition?
The founding management team of WhizHack comes with collective global experience of over 100 years . As a result, within a short span of less than 2 years, it has become a major force in cyber security because of its 'vertical integration' of training, services, and product development capabilities. Most of our peers only operate in only one of the three areas thus missing out on cross leverage opportunity. We also had early backing of large PE firms, strong knowledge partnerships with IITs and Israelis and support of Government stakeholders in scaling our solution. The fact that our launch coincided with Covid that led to massive digitizations and adoption of online training, also accelerated our growth.
8. What key improvements do you believe will help enterprises deepen their engagement on making business cyber secure.
The key to attain 'sustainable' cyber security in Enterprises. To achieve that, enterprises need to train and empower all their employees on cyber defence and develop adaptable cyber defence systems that are locally made and serviced and have a successful track record of predicting and remediating the next generation of cyber-attacks.
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Romania quietly catches up with richer neighbours, helped by EU cash
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By Luiza Ilie and Gergely Szakacs BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania's economy is set to outpace its stagnating neighbours this year, helped by European Union funding, currency stability and foreign investment driven in part by reshoring from Russia and Ukraine. The International Monetary Fund expects a 3.1% expansion, while even the European Commission's 1.8% growth forecast would place it well ahead of Poland – seen growing 0.7% – and Hungary, grappling with a slowdown and sky-high inflation. That follows a decade in which Romania – long one of Europe's poorest countries, and burdened with a reputation for corruption – has quietly closed in on its peers to become eastern Europe's second-largest economy after Poland. According to most recent figures from Eurostat, GDP per capita expressed in terms of purchasing power was 74% of the EU average in 2021, a 21 percentage point gain since 2010. An average Romanian would spend about 20 months' net income to buy a new Dacia Jogger car, the same as a counterpart in traditionally richer Hungary. The transformation has been achieved despite Romania's history of political instability, most recently a government collapse in 2021. Romania's prospects are underpinned by its EU membership and good relations with Brussels. While Budapest and Warsaw are haggling with the bloc over rule-of-law strings attached to billions worth of pandemic recovery funds, Romania has already drawn down over 6 billion euros in grants and cheap loans. Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has said the government aims to tap more than 10 billion euros a year, equivalent to about 4% of GDP, of about 90 billion euros of EU funding available to Bucharest through to 2027. Some progress with justice reforms led the European Commission to recommend in November the lifting of a special justice monitoring mechanism Romania has been under since it joined the bloc in 2007. "Provided that all the anti-corruption measures in the (recovery funds) plan are correctly implemented, Romania could become an example of good governance in the region," an unnamed EU official said. S&P, which like other ratings agencies has Romania on its lowest investment grade pending reductions in the fiscal deficit, has said it expects Bucharest to make progress on reforms agreed to secure the pivotal recovery funds. RELATIVE STABILITY The stability of the leu currency is another factor, especially compared with Hungary's forint, which hit multiple record lows last year. Higher salaries across the border have already led some Hungarians to take jobs in industrialised western Romania. "This is an entirely new development, and I would caution anyone (in Hungary) against weakening the forint further, or not raising the minimum wage," said Sandor Baja, Managing Director for the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania at staffing company Randstad. A recent Reuters poll of economists saw the forint sliding again in 2023, with the leu weakening slightly. Zoltan Dio, a theatre set designer who lives near Hungary's second-biggest city Debrecen, has been working across the border for years. He keeps a Romanian bank account to shield against swings in the forint, which lost 8% against the leu last year. "If I get an assignment in Hungary, then after much haggling I can charge about two-thirds of what I get in Romania with no questions asked," said Dio. RESHORING Companies reshoring from Russia and Ukraine to nearby low-cost manufacturing hubs partially helped push foreign direct investment to 9.39 billion euros in January-October, the largest 10-month figure since Romania joined the EU. A 2022 survey by Ernst&Young showed more than half of 101 foreign companies planned to set up or expand operations in Romania, primarily in supply chains and logistics, ranking it fourth in Europe by intention to invest. "We are optimistic that investment will rise in coming years, also encouraged by EU funds," said Alex Milcev, head of Tax and Legal at E&Y Romania. While Romania does not have a unified investment agency, the ministry for small firms and entrepreneurship told Reuters it was overseeing five possible relocation projects from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine worth an estimated 705 million euros. Among them, Finnish Nokian Tyres plans to invest 650 million euros by 2024 in a factory in northwest Romania's Oradea, an affluent region bordering poor parts of Hungary. "It was clear that Oradea was the best choice for our new factory," Päivi Antola, Nokian's head of investor relations told Reuters. She said Nokian had reviewed over 40 relocation targets, looking at skilled workforce availability, logistical advantages, green energy sources and railway access. Hurdles remain for the economy, including […]
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Remote gambling in Singapore facing heavy restrictions
Out-Law News | 28 Nov 2013 | 4:58 pm | 1 min. read
Online and other remote betting activities within Singapore will be illegal, subject to "specific exemptions", under plans to be drawn up by the Government in the country.
Singapore's Second Minister for Home Affairs, S Iswaran, said that gambling operators could face sanctions if they are found to be providing remote gambling services to people in Singapore in breach of the new regime.
"As an extension of our current laws, the government intends to restrict remote gambling by making it illegal unless there are specific exemptions," Iswaran said in a speech on Thursday. "We will introduce new laws to give our enforcement agencies the powers to act against facilitators, intermediaries and providers of remote gambling services. We will introduce measures to block access to gambling websites, block payments to remote gambling operators, and prohibit advertisements promoting remote gambling."
"While such measures may not be foolproof, they will impede access to remote gambling platforms and send a clear signal of the regulatory stance in Singapore," he added.
Iswaran said that Singapore intends to follow Hong Kong's lead in developing a regulatory regime that allows for "a limited form of remote gambling through a strictly regulated authorised entity". Such a system was designed in Hong Kong combat the rise of the black market for gambling, he said.
"Our agencies will carefully consider provisions for a similar tightly controlled exemption in Singapore, with constraints on the type of operator and stringent social safeguards," the Minister said. "We will launch a public consultation exercise through REACH and seek the views of various stakeholders, as we formulate the regulatory framework to restrict remote gambling."
Iswaran said that the Singaporean Government had been identified a number of problems with remote gambling that it said had prompted it to act to restrict the activity. The concerns it raised related to the ease with which people, particularly the younger generation, can access gambling sites online and via their mobile devices, the way "the nature and design of the games ... lend themselves to repetitive play and addictive behaviour", and because of the potential for remote gambling platforms to be used as "a source or conduit of funds for other illegal activities and syndicated crime".
Gambling law expert Bryan Tan of Pinsent Masons MPillay, the Singapore joint law venture partner of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said: "The Singapore Government will probably take inspiration from different models to control remote gambling - the task may be an uphill one considering how connected the country is and the open nature of its payments infrastructure."
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