Google has trademarked its Duplex service in Canada, signalling the search giant might be working to bring it north of the border.
For those unfamiliar, Google Duplex is a human-sounding AI voice technology that can book appointments on your behalf.
Google first demoed Duplex at its I/O event in 2018 but received backlash due to how eerily human it was. Later, the company adjusted its stance and said Duplex would introduce itself as a robot when it talked to them.
Most recently, Duplex began rolling out to small groups of Pixel owners in select U.S. cities, such as New York, Atlanta, and Phoenix. Further, Duplex operates in a 'restricted' state and can only make restaurant reservations for now.
Not long after its launch, videos began to surface that showed Duplex in action.
However, with the registering of the Duplex trademark, Google could be looking to bring the feature to Canada in the future.
It also describes making appointments and reservations at restaurants and hotels.
Ultimately, the prospect of having Duplex in Canada is exciting, to say the least. Hopefully, we'll see it here soon.
Google also filed a trademark for Google Fi, its MVNO telecommunications service, in Canada.


Ending Love Relationships - Booty Girls!
The death of a relationship is sometimes subtle and slow. One or both of the partners may become distant and silent. They decide to abandon or ignore the actions that are necessary, daily, to keep the relationship alive and healthy. Unfortunately, over time the things that once made the relationship strong are the same factors that can begin to tear it apart.
There are four signs that your relationship and romance is over.
It was not that long ago the interests the two of you sharef helped to bring you together. Now it is the same interests, partner and relationship that no longer bring joy into your life.
Remember when the two of you used to spend hours on the phone talking with each other. The conversations that you have now are often painful, strained and stressful. The conversations are hollow and there is no love being expressed in them.
After the newness of the relationship has worn away, there are no more surprise hugs, kisses, cuddling or hand holding. The intimacy in the relationship may have become infrequent, or there may not be any intimacy at all.
If it seems that no matter what conversation you try to have, the conversation turns into a fight, chances are high that your relationship is in its final stage.
These are four of the most common signs of the death of a relationship, but there are several other signs that you should be aware of.
What were once compliments and thoughtful comments have been replaced with rudeness, disrespect and criticism. The negative comments may be associated with physical changes such as weight loss or gain, people you associate with and your behaviour or personality. Consistent lack of respect for both partners can end the relationship.
When a partner expresses dissatisfaction with a certain situation, there is little to no effort on the part of the other partner to understand. There is no more empathy and it has been replaced with annoyance. The other partner feels belittled and neither is motivated to find a solution to the issue.
While it is normal for people to evolve and change during the course of a relationship, these are some of the signs that your relationship may be in trouble. However, the relationship can be saved if both partners are willing to put in the work. There is a reason you once fell in love with that person, do what you can to restore the lost love.


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Falling levels of housing support are putting a small but significant proportion of households in Leicester at risk of serious hardship with little or no prospect of an improvement in circumstances in the near future.
There is little doubt that life has become more and more difficult for many households over the past few years. The consequences of rising prices, stagnating wages and shrinking state support are being felt up and down the country. Many households find themselves in a worse position than in 2008 before the economic crisis and government cuts started to bite. Some groups have fared particularly badly and face a significant and growing risk of having incomes that do not provide enough to reach an acceptable standard of living.
At a national level, our work tells us that single adults, lone parents and families with children are most at risk of low income, but that single people under 35 and households in private rented accommodation are the most likely to be deep in poverty. Behind these broad general trends, showing a progressive and steady deterioration for large parts of the population, there will be some groups whose pain is much sharper and deeper.
We can see this in work we're now doing looking at the local situation in large cities. We have just published the first local report – based on analysis of open and local level data – undertaken for Leicester City Council. It shows how particular categories of deprivation are distributed differently across the city. For example, in some areas, low income is associated most clearly with families on estates; in others there are large swathes of single people, particularly young adults, on extremely low disposable incomes.
A particular issue illustrated clearly by the local level data is extent to which housing benefit is falling short in covering housing costs for low income households. The changing nature of housing support creates very difficult circumstances for a relatively small but significant proportion of households. Recent years have seen a systematic undermining of state support to meet housing costs – exacerbated by a diminishing stock of social housing – through strict limits on the levels of private rent the state is willing to support through benefits and the introduction of what has become known as the 'bedroom' tax.
Looking at local housing benefit data for Leicester tells us a great deal that is of interest. More than a quarter of households (28 per cent) in the city require housing benefit, compared to just less than a fifth in England overall. Of these, two-thirds are in social housing. And of households in social housing 13 per cent pay the bedroom tax, having to find £13.58 on average each week to cover the gap between housing benefit and rent.
Nearly 40 per cent of all working age housing benefit claimants in Leicester are in the private rented sector. More than half of all housing benefit claimants in the private rented sector – including pensioners – have a shortfall each week because their actual rents are higher than the level eligible for housing benefit. Private renters with a shortfall are on average having to find £21.71 each week – more than £1100 each year – to cover the gap.
What this all means is that 6 per cent of all households in Leicester have a gap between their housing costs and housing benefit because of the bedroom tax or limits on rent in the private sector. In some wards in the city, nearly one in ten households have a gap. These are the households that are far more likely to have to cut back in other areas to meet their housing costs, that are more likely to find themselves well below what the public think is needed in order to have an acceptable standard of living, that are likely to sacrifice what many of us take for granted simply to afford somewhere to live.
This is not a situation that is unique to Leicester, but what our work with local level data in the city has shown is that meeting the costs of housing, especially in the private rented sector, poses a considerable challenge for a sizeable number of households. There is some support available through locally administered discretionary housing payments, but this fund is very limited and there is a significant risk – as our national level work emphasises – that those in rented accommodation are going to find it more and more difficult to reach the standard of living considered socially acceptable by the public.


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Businesses to receive boost following restoration of Night Tube services for first time since pandemic
London businesses are set to receive a boost after Night Tube services have been restored in full for the first time since the pandemic. "As visitors and employees return to London, a safer and reliable mode of transport is a crucial service to help raise footfall and aid the economic recovery of our businesses," said [...]
Sigh of relief for Londoners as ALL long-running strikes on Night Tube suspended
Long-running strikes on London's Night Tube have been suspended. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have been taking industrial action over weekends in a dispute over shifts. "We are pleased that after our strong industrial campaign, we have made significant progress on the Night Tube dispute," said RMT's general secretary Mick Lynch. [...]
Guess who's back: TfL restarts Night Tube services on Northern line from Saturday
Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will restart Night Tube services on the Northern line from Saturday, two and a half years after they were initially suspended. The Northern line is the latest to see the return of the Night Tube, after services were reinstated on the Victoria and Central lines in November 2021 [...]
TfL announces reopening of Jubilee line Night Tube services
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that Night Tube services on the Jubilee line will resume from next Saturday. Jubilee services will run on Friday and Saturday night, joining the Central and Victoria lines – which reopened in November after the public demanded the reopening to guarantee the safety of more vulnerable people. "From next [...]
Night Tube services to return on Jubilee line from end of May
The Night Tube on the Jubilee line is set to return from 21 May, Transport for London (TfL) announced today. Services will run every Friday and Saturday night, joining the Central and Victoria lines, which reopened in November after an 18-month hiatus induced by the pandemic. The Piccadilly and Northern lines will reopen later in [...]
London Tube strike: Uber to charge 150 per cent more for rides today
With London going through yet another tube strike on five of its main lines today, many will be left with no other option than to call a taxi to work to avoid delays. However, Uber users across London may face much higher charges today, likely to be around 150 per cent. A recent study from [...]
Mayor of London slams planned tube strikes for putting women's safety in the lurch
Sadiq Khan has attacked tube workers' plans for strike action tomorrow as he said services help London women "get home safely at night." The Victoria, Central, Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines will be affected as RMT drivers are urged not to clock in for work tomorrow from 4.30am. Transport for London has said the action [...]
Another strike: Londoners face severe tube disruption on 26-28 November, 3-5, 10-12, 17-18 December
Transport for London (TfL) is hitting back at the strike action planned by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), warning that commuters could face severe disruptions because of the "unnecessary strikes". If going ahead, the strikes – which will disrupt services on two days and eight nights between 26 November and [...]
Night tube drivers plot series of strikes later this month
Tube workers are calling a strike action over the reopening of Night Tube services, the National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announced. The union has cited "the imposition of unacceptable and intolerable demand" made by Transport for London (TfL) as the main reason for the strike action, saying it made efforts to [...]
London Assembly call on mayor to reopen the Night Tube in full
The London Assembly has called on the mayor to set a timeline for reopening Night Tube services in full after more than 150,000 Londoners signed a petition. London Assembly member Emma Best said: "Sadiq Khan must fully reopen the Night Tube; two lines are simply not enough to keep women, girls and vulnerable Londoners safe [...]

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It's May and things are crazy. They are like this every year for every family I know…Mother's Day, End-of-the-Year programs, Graduations, my mom's birthday, Josh's yearly trip out west, organizing curriculum to return, Ruby's birthday and more!
I apologize for having NO pictures of Easter and NO pictures of Mother's Day. I really don't know what exactly has kept me from grabbing my camera for these special days, but I haven't.
I do have some stuff to tell about Mother's Day, Augusta visit and a few random things from around here, but it will have to wait until I get some laundry moving and about 400 pair of shoes back into the proper place. It may take days, but I hope it just takes a few hours to do some of these house chores and then update the blog on what is going on in our world. I am sure all three of you are waiting anxiously……just be patient.
lol! I think you have a bigger 'following' than 3! can't wait to see some pics!! Go get your camera girl!


Novell Receives Buyout Offer; More Bidders Coming?
Elliott Associates LP, a hedge fund that holds an 8.5% stake in Novell Inc., offered to buy the rest of the software company for about $1.8 billion.
Novell has been the subject of buyout rumors multiple times since the early 1990s. Once a Wall Street darling, Novell struggled to transition from the old NetWare business to more recent initiatives like SUSE Linux, identity and security management, and various data center efforts.
No doubt, the SUSE Linux business is strong… but some critics wonder if Novell's various software businesses really fit together under one corporate roof? Apparently, Elliott Associates, L.P., plans to take Novell private if the hedge fund successfully acquires the software company.
IBM: Big Blue has close working relationships with both Red Hat and Novell, and IBM has also been working a bit more frequently with Canonical (Ubuntu Linux) in recent months. Could IBM abandon those relationships and buy Novell? Hmmm… The VAR Guy thinks it's unlikely. Linux is less than 20 percent of Novell's business (The VAR Guy believes). Does IBM really want the other 80 percent?
Hewlett-Packard: Um, Hewlett-Packard has never really been a player in the software industry. And HP also has an extremely close working relationship with Microsoft. So, would HP want to compete with both Cisco Systems (in servers and networking) and Microsoft (in operating systems) at the same time? The VAR Guy doubts it.
Microsoft: A decade ago, The VAR Guy believed Microsoft would never, ever enter the Linux market. Fast forward to the present and the timing could be right. The existing Microsoft-Novell relationship has convinced many CIOs to consolidate their data centers around Windows Server and SUSE Linux. By acquiring SUSE Linux, Microsoft could ultimately decide to port Exchange Server, SharePoint and other server apps over to Linux. Has The VAR Guy lost his mind? Perhaps. But Microsoft bidding for Novell doesn't seem so far fetched these days.
Oracle: Sure, Larry Ellison's software giant is busy digesting Sun Microsystems. But Novell is an intriguing potential play for Oracle. Remember: Oracle faces growing competition from Red Hat Enterprise Linux running JBoss middleware and a range of third-party open source applications. Owning Novell would be one way for Oracle to potentially combat Red Hat and Microsoft at the same time.
SAP: Sure, SAP has a close working relationship with Novell SUSE Linux. But at this week's SAP Partner Conference in Las Vegas, Red Hat stepped forward to sponsor a major welcome reception. SAP has enough challenges competing with Oracle and SaaS companies. Does SAP really want to own a Linux operating system? The VAR Guy doubts it.
Dark Horse – Computer Associates: Ironically, nobody has pointed to CA Inc. as a possible suitor for Novell yet. But CA might be a good fit, The VAR Guy believes, since both Novell and CA have extensive systems management, identity management and security products. Also, moving into the Linux market would give CA an instant "wow" factor going forward.
Ok, VAR Guy. I'll take the bait. Here are the odds on who buys Novell.
Well – as long as openSUSE continues to exist, it doesn't matter to me who, if anyone, buys Novell. But if somebody buys Novell and *kills* the best freaking Linux desktop / laptop / netbook distro out there, I'm going to cry for months!
Just who are Elliott Associates LP ??
Where do they stand in the sordid quagmire of patents / IP – do they have *any* tie-up with MS of Seattle ??
Are they a Trojan Horse into the great city of opensource / UNIX / Linix ??
How about Dell? Seems a perfect fit given Dell's intentions to become a services company.
How about a merge with RedHat?
Frankie@1: The VAR Guy was in Vegas earlier this week… and wonder if the pros agree with your odds.
Azza@2: The VAR Guy hasn't been able to track down Elliott Associates' Web site. But our resident blogger thinks they are purely a financial firm looking to take Novell private. From there, the options are (A) build up Novell as a whole or (B) break up the pieces… Of course, that's speculation from The VAR Guy.
Chris@3: Last time The VAR Guy heard, Dell was Red Hat's largest worldwide reseller. Does Dell really want to shift all of those customers to Novell SUSE while alienating Red Hat along the way? Plus, does Dell really want all the other businesses (identity mgmt, etc.) that Novell has? The VAR Guy doubts it.
David@4: The VAR Guy thinks Red Hat would be wiser to stay the course and keep building momentum in its core products. If Novell gets acquired, there will be a transition period… and that spells opportunity for Red Hat.
Closing thought: The VAR Guy wants to reiterate that one possible end result is nobody buys Novell.
But our resident blogger will keep watching for new developments.


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Q: Topic authorization failed error while KSQL tries connecting to cluster I am trying to have my ksqldb-server docker instance up and connect to a remote Kafka cluster, but getting an error. Here are the details
docker-compose.yml
---
version: '2'

services:
  ksqldb-server:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
    hostname: ksqldb-server
    container_name: ksqldb-server-remote
    ports:
      - "8088:8088"
    environment:
      KSQL_LISTENERS: http://0.0.0.0:8088
      KSQL_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: broker1:port1,broker2:port2,broker3:port,broker4:port
      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_STREAM_AUTO_CREATE: "true"
      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_TOPIC_AUTO_CREATE: "true"
      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 2
      KSQL__confluent-ksql-apptest__command_topic_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 2
      KSQL_TOPIC_AUTHORIZATION_CHECKS: "false"

  ksqldb-cli:
    image: confluentinc/ksqldb-cli:0.24.0
    container_name: ksqldb-cli-remote
    depends_on:
      # - brokers
      - ksqldb-server
    entrypoint: /bin/sh
    tty: true

Dockerfile
FROM confluentinc/ksqldb-server:0.24.0

ADD ksql-server.properties /etc/meta/ksql-server.properties
ADD certificates /etc/meta/certificates

RUN rm -fr /etc/ksqldb/ksql-server.properties

RUN cp -a /etc/meta/ksql-server.properties /etc/ksqldb/ksql-server.properties
ENV KSQL_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS="broker1:port,broker2:port,broker3:port,broker4:port"
ENV KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_STREAM_AUTO_CREATE="true"
ENV KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_TOPIC_AUTO_CREATE="true"
ENV KSQL_LISTENERS="http://0.0.0.0:8088"
ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","java -cp /usr/share/java/ksqldb-rest-app/*: -Xmx3g -server -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+CMSScavengeBeforeRemark -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:NewRatio=1 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dksql.log.dir=/usr/logs -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/etc/ksqldb/log4j.properties -Dksql.server.install.dir=/usr -Xlog:gc*:file=/usr/logs/ksql-server-gc.log:time,tags:filecount=10,filesize=102400 io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlServerMain /etc/meta/ksql-server.properties"]

ksql-server.properties
#------ Endpoint config -------

### HTTP  ###
listeners=http://0.0.0.0:8088

### HTTPS ###
security.protocol=SSL
ssl.truststore.location=/etc/meta/certificates/truststore.jks
ssl.truststore.password=prmcert
ssl.keystore.location=/etc/meta/certificates/keystore.jks
ssl.keystore.password=prmcert
# ssl.key.password=?

#------ Logging config -------

# Automatically create the processing log topic if it does not already exist:
ksql.logging.processing.topic.auto.create=true

# Automatically create a stream within KSQL for the processing log:
ksql.logging.processing.stream.auto.create=true

#------ Kafka -------

# The set of Kafka brokers to bootstrap Kafka cluster information from:
bootstrap.servers=elr6hz1-06-s13.uhc.com:16016,elr6hz1-06-s16.uhc.com:16016,elr6hz1-06-s17.uhc.com:16016,elr6hz1-06-s19.uhc.com:16016,elr6hz1-06-s12.uhc.com:16016

# Enable snappy compression for the Kafka producers
compression.type=snappy

#------ Schema Registry -------
ksql.service.id=apptest_

This is the error that I see

ksqldb-server-remote | [2022-04-21 04:26:48,821] ERROR Unhandled
exception in server startup
(io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlServerMain:97) ksqldb-server-remote
| io.confluent.ksql.exception.KafkaResponseGetFailedException: Failed
to set config for Kafka Topic _confluent-ksql-apptest__command_topic
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.services.KafkaTopicClientImpl.addTopicConfig(KafkaTopicClientImpl.java:258)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.util.KsqlInternalTopicUtils.validateTopicConfig(KsqlInternalTopicUtils.java:124)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.util.KsqlInternalTopicUtils.ensureTopic(KsqlInternalTopicUtils.java:66)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlRestApplication.registerCommandTopic(KsqlRestApplication.java:1069)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlRestApplication.initialize(KsqlRestApplication.java:455)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlRestApplication.startKsql(KsqlRestApplication.java:390)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlRestApplication.startAsync(KsqlRestApplication.java:372)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlServerMain.tryStartApp(KsqlServerMain.java:93)
ksqldb-server-remote |    at
io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.KsqlServerMain.main(KsqlServerMain.java:68)
ksqldb-server-remote | Caused by:
org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TopicAuthorizationException: Topic
authorization failed.

Can someone please suggest on why I am seeing this error and how to resolve this.

A: The exception shows that KSQL cannot create the command topic because lack of permissions. The exception does not have what permissions, though. You can look at the kafka-authorizer.log from the kafka broker to see what ACL was denied and add the required ACL to allow KSQL to start.

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Austin police DWI video delays create roadblock to justice
Tony Plohetski @tplohetski
May 1, 2019 at 12:01 PM May 1, 2019 at 7:48 PM
Two years ago, Travis County officials unveiled a $3.5 million software system to expedite the flow of evidence between local law enforcement agencies in criminal cases.
One aspect of the new technology — and one touted as particularly beneficial — was faster transmission of Austin police dash camera videos, including those in drunken-driving cases.
Instead, the process has slowed down dramatically.
For an array of reasons, the time it takes to send video footage from police to prosecutors now averages 10 months, creating a backlog of thousands of cases and sparking what officials call unacceptable delays in the justice system.
The lag is 13 times what it was two years ago, when it took staffers about three weeks to burn the video onto CDs for prosecutors to pick up.
Police officials believe a primary issue is that the new system — unlike the analog processes used by police before — requires a faster internet connection than is available at most police stations.
The result is that drunken-driving suspects now wait nearly a year before prosecutors review their cases to determine whether they will go forward or be dismissed — all while the most important evidence waits in a growing queue to be sent from one government office to another a couple of miles away. It also means some suspects might spend nearly a year with an unresolved accusation against them, only to have it later dismissed.
"It just stops justice from going forward," said Travis County Court-at-Law Judge Elisabeth Earle, the presiding misdemeanor court judge. "And of course, justice delayed is justice denied, as we have all heard."
Judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers told the American-Statesman they are not familiar with a defendant who has remained in jail because of video delays or pending cases that have crumbled because prosecutors did not yet have the video.
But officials say the issue is one of efficiency that they fear could slowly begin to undermine the public's confidence in the local courts system.
"It's a valid expectation that justice be swift and, from a victim's perspective and a defendant's perspective, that their cases be resolved in a timely manner," said County Attorney David Escamilla, whose office handles the majority of drunken driving cases. "So to wait a year to get some kind of movement on your case, you get a lot of disappointed folks."
County misdemeanor judges on April 16 signed a letter expressing their concern and saying they would support an effort to temporarily hire workers to help resolve the issue. As of last week, at least 2,600 videos dating back to June were awaiting transmission.
"These delays affect both pretrial confinement of defendants and the length of time it takes to resolve cases on our dockets," the letter stated.
Officials attribute the increasing delay to a number of factors.
"It's like the perfect storm that has come together, and we continually are getting more and more behind," Austin Police Department Chief of Staff Troy Gay said.
One root of the delay, Gay said, is that technicians are handling a greater volume of video evidence, particularly with increased use of body-worn cameras. Last year, police officials received about 800 video evidence requests a month from prosecutors in criminal cases, compared with up to 1,750 per month so far this year.
"The amount of video footage that is being recorded on a daily basis just continues to double and triple," Gay said.
At the same time, the unit responsible for gathering and transmitting the information has remained the same size with five full-time staff members. Gay said several months ago, as the backlog continued to mount, he asked to hire two temporary employees and is currently doing so.
Additionally, technicians are using a slow internet connection, Gay said. It might take 30 minutes to four hours to transmit videos in a single case.
The video delay affects more than drunken driving cases, although officials say that is where the issue is most pronounced.
Such footage is often a central piece of evidence in drunken driving cases, giving prosecutors and jurors a chance to evaluate whether a person appears intoxicated. But Austin police also compile video in other cases. For instance, video might show a crime scene or record an officer's interview with a victim or witness at that scene.
Under the law, all footage in a criminal case must be gathered and shared with prosecutors and the defendant's attorney.
Officials say they have stepped up efforts in recent weeks to address the matter as judges and prosecutors have grown louder in their criticism of the delays.
Gay said the department is planning to assign officers on injury duty to the task of compiling and sending videos. It also is exploring the possibility of moving the team to another location with faster internet connectivity.
Officials say their goal is to come up with a way to send the current influx of video as quickly as possible so the videos do not add to a backlog. Then they hope to start processing videos that have been waiting for months to be sent.
They do not yet have an estimate on how long until the issue might be resolved and all videos sent.
"It's not a frill," Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore said. "It's not, 'Oh, we'd like it.' This is absolutely essential to the administration of justice in Travis County."


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IT Focus Area: security
4 Major Myths of Zero Trust Architecture
Author: John Kindervag
With the ongoing threat of data breaches, data security continues to be top-of-mind. Traditional data security strategies tend to operate under a "trust but verify" approach, a perimeter-centric model that trusts internal users with unrestricted network access, while considering the external or "untrusted" network as the only network in need of security controls. With a Zero Trust Architecture model, trust is a vulnerability that should be mitigated in every network. Zero Trust Architecture is an alternative security model that addresses the fundamental flaw of traditional strategies—that data only needs to be protected from outside of an organization.
Zero Trust Architecture focuses on the business needs and functionality of an organization by implementing a network-centric data security strategy that provides specific access only to those who need it. The Zero Trust model views data security through a new lens, enabling parameters that dictate access and restrictions. In a legacy network, organizations have little to no visibility or control regarding network and data usage, but with a Zero Trust Architecture, all network traffic is seen by the segmentation gateway containing granular policy regarding data, application, or asset access that is strictly enforced. Zero Trust networks employ a positive security enforcement model where specific rules must be in place before a resource can be accessed.
There are many misconceptions surrounding Zero Trust Architecture model —from its overall functionality to implementation. Discover the four major myths of Zero Trust Architecture and learn how it can help organizations maximize data security.
Myth #1: Zero Trust Architecture Always Requires a 'Rip and Replace' of the Existing Network
A Zero Trust Architecture is implemented using an augmentation of an existing network by adding segmentation gateways and granular policies based on users, application and data types incrementally over time, despite perceptions that it must require a 'rip and replace' on the endpoint. As a network-centric security solution, Zero Trust Architecture is eminently scalable, can be built quickly, and provides viable security solutions for organizations—without the costliness and disruptions of a 'rip and replace'.
Myth #2: Zero Trust Architecture Is Expensive and Disruptive
Since Zero Trust Architecture is an augmentation of current security controls and not a 'rip and replace', typically there are few, if any, disruptions when it comes to implementation. This means that with a Zero Trust Architecture in place, organizations will have a simplified security model that provides greater operational efficiencies and is also more cost effective—all while enforcing a smarter, more powerful data security strategy.
Myth #3: Zero Trust Architecture Is Done All on the Endpoint
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After your experiences with the Rising Storm 2 fun day, we'd like to know how you felt about the game. what are your concerns, what you liked, etc.
as a note for everyone, the server we used today would not be a battleday server. the dedicated box we used is technically below recommended spec for CPU speed, and it had a lot of lag issues as a result. this is what we had for free and quickly available for setup, and if we did run a campaign we would be getting more powerful hardware so that connections were more stable.
I had tons of fun. I would love to see us try a campaign with this game.
Very intense, lots of opportunity for cooperative tactical play. Some minor problems with the game being a bit buggy and laggy, and our server probably needs an upgrade if we decide to do a full campaign. For anyone experiencing high pings as the server fills: the RO2 game engine adds together network latency and server response time to give you a ping, which is why it will rise as the server fills.
I think we should pull the trigger and start some planning. Everyone seems eager to play a campaign and this will at least keep us going until another usable BF game is released (If ever).
I'm very much into playing a campaign on this. Battlefield has gotten more and more like CoD over the last years, and I like RS:V's more tactical approach to movement.
I'll echo some of the above statements and say that it's not particularly well optimized. When we moved from the first map into Hue City, my fps took a massive hit until I lowered the settings are restarted my game. The server definitely got weird as it filled up, and I had some rubberbanding, got shot around corners, etc.
I don't think either of those are major issues though, and I'd happily join a campaign on this game.
as to my thoughts, I've been pushing this game since before I even played it for a campaign in a senate after EA screwed us with BF1, going back into last year. I'm all for using it for a campaign.
my only concerns at the moment are related to round length and the lack of maps currently. that said, round lengths are things we would have to test out in internal scrims, and the game is fully steam workshop integrated so maps might be an issue now but won't be in the future, plus the game is fully mod friendly so we could even do our own thing.
I had fun. I'd like to play a campaign with it. I'll need to learn all the game mechanics and get used to a more careful playstyle, but I think the core pieces we need are there. The maps are nice and big and seem pretty well laid out to enable/require tactical movement. I think it's a game that will really reward communication and coordination.
Fields wrote: I think we should pull the trigger and start some planning. Everyone seems eager to play a campaign and this will at least keep us going until another usable BF game is released (If ever).
Playing the devil's advocate role, I'm not sure if there's enough substance in the game at the moment for a full fledged campaign. It's also important to keep in mind the small matter of player count, which is kind of low at the moment. That said this game might be a good way to introduce like minded players to GC.
+1 for running a campaign in this. I don't think the weird ping is too much of an issue but if we know how to fix it anyway then it's a non issue.
I personally have issues of low FPS that drops off over time but it looks like the devs may be aware of the issue and attempting to fix it.
As has been said, there aren't many maps but if steam works is a thing, in a few months that probably won't be a problem. We could probably make our own if people had the drive and skill.
I don't think player numbers is too much of an issue, at least in a game specific way. Any game we choose to play will have the same problem and we will have to bring in new people from what ever game we play's wider community. There were probably 12 - 15 people who played today over the entire evening.
I feel we're all in pretty agreement: let's run a campaign in this.
Now, having said that, I'm sure there are some logistics to be addressed (like server, and like rules, campaign mechanics, etc.). Would the server we used today continue to be available? We could leverage that to recruit folks for a campaign, if we so inclined.
I was going to mention the lag until I read Matsif's reply. Personally I think the game fits GC's style of play: structured, coordinated, and intense.
Me and Insanity Jr (aka Noah) had a blast today. He remarked how he liked the fact all the GC folks played the objective instead of screwing around. Next step for me is to get him registered here.
And Fields (I think it was you): after I explained Loa, Noah was grateful for the comparison.
At this point, do we even need a poll or can we just say: We're doing it! What can I do to help out?
InsanityRocks wrote: He remarked how he liked the fact all the GC folks played the objective instead of screwing around.
Are you sure he was playing in the same TS we were? What about all the Fli Lice?
I'm sure; he's sure. He thought everyone from GC was really cool.
Not sure what I could add that hasnt already been said. I always wished for a campaign in RO2/RS but it never really seemed to interest enough people here or something. This one is just as fun and offers much of the same tactical feeling I had playing RO2/RS so I'll just say that I'm definitely down for a campaign in RS2.
Can't guarantee I'll be as reliable as I used to be like attending the full 6 hours every battle day but I should be able to pull off at least 2-3 hours.
While i'm not sure whether my Hardware and my Internet Connection (WiFi to the first floor) will be truly capable, i'd love to play a GC Campaign with good GC Squadplay again after all those years deeply missing it ... and maybe we can reactivate more BOFs like me ... can i Haz teabegg please ?!?
How many GC members where playing on funday ?
What about another one with a bit more advertisement at our Steam Group to get more in ?
Also, does the game have airplanes?


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Another school-based computer theft, this time 30 laptops valued at $31,000 at Hillview Middle School, occurred Friday (Nov. 25), a Menlo Park Police Department spokeswoman said. Officers converged on the school at the intersection of Elder and Santa Cruz avenues after a burglar alarm went off at 4:34 a.m., police said.
Other such multiple-computer thefts this year include 31 computers in June from Portola Valley elementary and middle schools, 10 in July from the Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, and several in August from Encinal Elementary School in Atherton, according to crime reports.
In the Hillview incident, the thief used a pry bar to forcibly enter a locked computer lab, police said. Police searched the grounds with the assistance of a police dog from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, but found no suspects.
I hope all those laptops had that Trojan Horse program that as soon as it goes on line secretly calls the cops.


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I thought we'd featured bicycles made from bamboo before but it turns out we haven't (we've featured other things made from it though), so I'd best tell you about an American company which has partnered with people in Ghana to make bicycles from bamboo.
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Award-winning Canadian poet and food writer Gerry Shikatani is the seventh annual Writer-in-Residence at UBC's Okanagan campus. Sponsored by the Department of Creative Studies and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, this program allows 16 selected local writers to get free critiques of their work.
Shikatani will spend two weeks on UBC's Okanagan campus from March 10 to 22, giving in-class talks on campus, and meeting with students and members of the local community to discuss their work one-on-one. Shikatani's free public reading at downtown Kelowna's Okanagan Regional Library, 1380 Ellis St., part of the Visiting Author Series, is Wednesday, March 12, 7 p.m.
Writers of all genres are encouraged to meet with Shikatani. If you would like to be considered for an appointment, send a maximum of four to six double-spaced pages of your poetry or prose (plus a one-page synopsis if it is an excerpt from a longer work.) Your submission should be sent by email by February 28 to toby.wesenberg@ubc.ca. Provide your name, student number (if applicable), phone number, and email address. Please put "Writer in Residence" in the subject line.
Gerry Shikatani's most recent collection is The Port's Seasonal Rental (Teksteditions/The Mercury Press, 2011.) His diverse projects include poetry, prose, text-sound performance, concrete poetry and experimental film.
His current writing, niwa, set in Japanese gardens, follows his Three Gardens of Andalucía (A Capilano Review book.) He is the founding director of Lorca's Granada: writers' retreat & colloquia (Granada, www.gerryshikatani.com) an homage to Federico García Lorca. Shikatani is also an international culinary critic and specialist of Spanish gastronomy and was decorated with the Cross of the Order of Civilian Merit, granted by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Based in Ontario, he often mentors and coaches writers.


When most people think of a gallery wall they think carefully constructed family photographs neatly arranged in matching picture frames. This does look lovely and I have the same style in my own home. However, there are many other styles which can be explored. I'm a big fan of the gallery wall and wanted to share some of my favorite designs.
I love this idea as it is totally unique to your home and incredibly meaningful. It enables children to feel so proud of themselves to see their work displayed so prominently. This always creates a bright and colorful display that will make you smile every time you see it. I've used my children's artwork in their bathroom.
A collection or theme really pulls a scheme together and allows your collection to be seen. That rhymed!
By far one of my favorite things to do as a designer. Pulling together lots of different components and making them fit yet in such a way that your eye is led on a journey, coaxing you to explore every aspect of the display.
This is a very popular idea and there is an abundance of typography pictures and plaques available making this design easy to achieve. I like the look of a picture rail as it is easier to change the look than something nailed to the wall. Again this is something I have used in my children's bedrooms to display their certificates and photographs.
Saving the best til last this design by SuzAnn Kletzien Design makes me want to be in this room and its a total feast for my eyes. The mirrors are interesting and beautifully arranged yet also serve the purpose of brightening the dark, luxurious blue by reflecting light.
I've also used a collection of fun postcards in my ground floor WC, it's helped to give a tiny space much more depth and interest. Please share your gallery wall ideas in the comments, we cant wait to hear what you come up with!
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This is going to be my next project!
I just created an amazing wall. Funny thing is that I didn't think it had a name!
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Il singolare dell'Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad 2008 è stato un torneo di tennis facente parte dell'ATP Tour.

Paul-Henri Mathieu era il detentore del titolo, ma ha perso nel 2º turno contro Marin Čilić.

Victor Hănescu ha vinto in finale 6–3, 6–4, contro Igor' Andreev.

Teste di serie
Le prime 4 teste di serie hanno ricevuto un bye per il 2º turno.

  Stanislas Wawrinka (semifinali)
  Paul-Henri Mathieu (secondo turno)
  Michail Južnyj (quarti)
  Ivo Karlović (secondo turno)

  Andreas Seppi (primo turno)
  Nicolas Kiefer (secondo turno, ritirato per infortunio)
  Igor' Andreev (finale)
  Guillermo Cañas (quarti)

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Oakland Raiders beat division rival Denver Broncos in home opener
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Oakland Raiders running back Josh Jacobs (28) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter of game against the Broncos Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive of the season, rookie Josh Jacobs ran for two scores and the Oakland Raiders responded to a tumultuous week surrounding former receiver Antonio Brown by beating the Denver Broncos 24-16 on Monday night.
The Raiders (1-0) took out all the frustration over the drama surrounding Brown with a convincing win over the AFC West rival Broncos (0-1). The offensive line cleared holes for Jacobs and protected Carr, and the defense harassed Joe Flacco into three sacks and kept Denver out of the end zone until 2:15 remained in the game.
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The win spoiled the Denver debuts for Flacco and coach Vic Fangio and ended the NFL's longest opening weekend winning streak at seven games.
The final scheduled home opener at the Coliseum before the Raiders planned move to Las Vegas next season began with derisive chants from the boisterous fans toward Brown. Those only grew louder after each successful pass play as both the fans and Raiders players seemed relieved to have the monthlong saga over Brown in the past.
He arrived with optimism following a trade from Pittsburgh in March. But a bizarre foot injury, fight with the NFL over his helmet, skipped practices, multiple fines, a run-in with general manager Mike Mayock and odd social media posts ultimately led to the decision to release the game's most prolific receiver two days before the opener.
Brown agreed to a deal with New England just hours after being granted his wish to be released by Oakland on Saturday and the Raiders wasted little time proving they had moved on.
They took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in 10 plays. Carr completed all five passes to four receivers, capped by an 8-yard TD to Tyrell Williams.
Oakland added another score in the second quarter when Jacobs capped a 95-yard drive with a 2-yard run to make it 14-0. Jacobs scored again in the fourth quarter, becoming the first Raider to run for two TDs in his debut.
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Carr completed 22 of 26 passes for 259 yards and wasn't sacked once after going down 51 times last year. ... Jacobs had 23 carries for 85 yards and a 28-yard reception. ... Wiliams had six catches for 105 yards, including a game-sealing 10-yard catch on third down after the two-minute warning. ... Flacco was 21 for 31 for 268 yards with a 1-yard TD pass to Emmanuel Sanders in Sanders' first game back from a ruptured Achilles' tendon.
After recording an NFL-low 13 sacks last year following the trade of Khalil Mack, the Raiders got off to a much better start this year with the pass rush, sacking Flacco three times. Benson Mayowa had two sacks, becoming the first Oakland player to record more than one in a game since Mack had two against Denver on Dec. 17, 2017. Rookie Clelin Ferrell also had one.
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Broncos: Host Chicago on Sunday. Fangio spent the past four seasons as defensive coordinator for the Bears.
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The following article appeared on page 7 in the Barre Daily Times, August 30, 1910.
Vermont's First Aeroplane
C. C. Bonnette's aeroplane, the first to be constructed in this state, is nearly ready for trial at his home in Passumpsic. The ship is one of the Curtis type of biplanes, 24 feet overall and is equipped with a 40-60-horse-power engine. Total weight of the machine and driver is a little over 600 pounds, and Mr. Bonnette is confident that he will succeed. Mr. Bonnette built the aeroplane last winter, and it has been examined by experts from different parts of the country, who have pronounced it the best model they have ever seen. Because it was the first airship constructed in the state, Mr. Bonnette names it "Vermont No. 1". Since he was a young man he has made over 1,500 balloon ascensions, frequently giving exhibitions at fairs. In Rochester, N.Y. a few years ago, he fell 100 feet, breaking one leg, one arm, and suffering a concussion of the brain. His wife, who used to accompany him on his ascensions, is now an invalid as a result of a fall from the balloon 14 years ago at Malone, N. Y., when her back was broken. She is much interested in her husband's plans for his new invention.
Clarence C. Bonnette, aka Bonette, was born in Victory, Vermont in 1872, and died in Concord, new Hampshire in 1947. For more information about him, see www.earlyaviators.com
The following two items were found in the August 26, 1911 edition of Aero magazine, on page 461, under "The Diary of Flight".
Atlantic, Mass. – C. C. Bonette of Pasumpsic, VT. made several short flights in his Curtis-type biplane.
Atlantic, Mass. – Dr. Percy L. Reynolds broke wood in a Burgess-Wright biplane. Reynolds unhurt. C.C. Bonette, in his Curtis-type biplane met with similar mishap.
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'Off the rails': Inside Trump's attempt to claim victory, almost sinking border wall deal
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February 16, 2019 — 2.57am
Washington: After three weeks of pained negotiations to keep the US federal government open, President Donald Trump almost blew the whole thing up again on Thursday.
Headed for another defeat on his signature promise to make either Mexico or US taxpayers pay for a southern border wall, the President was frustrated after a briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and others on details of the final deal to avoid a shutdown, according to officials involved in the discussions. Trump threatened not to sign the legislation, the officials said, putting the government on the brink of another damaging shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was on the phone with Trump at least three times during the course of the nerve-racking day, pressing him to stay the course and asserting that Democrats had actually lost the spending fight, two people familiar with the conversations said.
"We thought he was good to go all morning, and then suddenly it's like everything is off the rails," said one senior Republican aide.
By mid-afternoon, however, Trump was back on board - agreeing to sign the legislation with the caveat that he would also declare a national emergency in an attempt to use existing government funds to pay for wall construction. It was an option that Republican leaders had urged him to avoid but eventually accepted as necessary to escape the corner in which Trump - and his party - were trapped. McConnell promised Trump he would encourage others to support the emergency in a bid to get the President to sign, according to people familiar with the conversations.
President Donald Trump, pictured on Friday declaring a national emergency, groused about signing the bipartisan deal. Credit:AP
Trump refused to sign the bill on Thursday until the White House Counsel's Office convinced him it would not preclude him from declaring a national emergency, two senior administration officials said. In a ceremony in the White House rose garden on Friday, the President declared the emergency.
Though White House officials insisted on Thursday that Trump was acting in a defiant and assertive way, few Republicans, including the President's closest allies, were pleased with the ending: just $US1.375 billion ($1.9 billion) for fencing and other expenditures, plus an emergency gambit that many conservatives view as an executive overreach.
Yet for Trump, the negotiations were never really about figuring out how to win. They were about figuring out how to lose - and how to cast his ultimate defeat as victory instead.
"Zero chance you could spin this as a win for Republicans," Republican Congressman Mark Meadows, head of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said earlier in the week. He called the bipartisan deal "a total capitulation" and added, "bluntly, it was a waste of three weeks".
This account of Congress' latest border spending negotiations and Trump's erratic decision-making is based on interviews with more than two dozen administration officials, politicians and their aides, and other people involved in the talks, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
"I think the President's view was that he could get us to fold. He could talk about his emergency; he could do all kinds of things," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, a Democrat, said. "Once he learned he couldn't bully us into doing what he wanted, once he learned that the public was on our side, he realised he should give up."
A frantic scramble to build anything
The agreement this week - coming in the wake of a 35-day shutdown spurred by Trump's quest to obtain border wall money - was brokered by a 17-member bipartisan panel convened in late January after Trump agreed to reopen the government until Friday. It was led by senior appropriators, such as 84-year-old Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Over the past three weeks, Shelby and McConnell were often forced to not only navigate Democrats' demands, but also to keep a reluctant and grousing President from rebelling. McConnell spoke to Trump many times this week, one adviser said, seeking to ensure the chief executive would sign the bill.
Meanwhile, as legislators met at the Capitol and finalised details of the spending agreement in recent weeks, Trump and his aides frantically scrambled to get barriers built by any means and to convince his political supporters that he was fulfilling his signature campaign promise. A national emergency declaration was seen as likely because their expectations for the bipartisan group were so low.
The President huddled with contractors to review designs; his budget gurus identified pots of money that might be tapped by executive fiat for wall construction; his lawyers reviewed the US Code and drafted orders; and his political hands debuted a new slogan designed to convey that nonexistent action was already underway: "Finish the wall".
All along, however, Trump and top aides privately acknowledged they would probably never secure the more than $US5 billion he had sought from a divided Congress. And the White House Counsel's Office expressed concerns that the emergency declaration would be legally dicey.
Several top White House officials said they did not mind their remove from the process this time around, in contrast to the last shutdown, when Oval Office sit-downs were frequent. They said they were hoping to keep whatever emerged from Congress as a congressional product and something the President could later dismiss as inadequate as he seeks to rally his core voters for his 2020 reelection campaign, as he did on Monday at a rally in El Paso, Texas.
"There's power in that," said Marc Short, Trump's former White House legislative affairs director. "It's underreported how being able to run against D.C. and Congress as an outsider helped him in 2016, and he can make that case again."
Inside the West Wing, Trump's advisers argued to him that his call for a border wall was more popular because of his showdown with Congress and that his approval ratings had improved slightly. Indeed, he said at Monday night's rally that the shutdown was "a very important thing we did" because it raised public awareness of "what the hell is happening with the border".
Brimming with confidence
Time and again, Democrats demonstrated during the negotiations that they - not Trump - had the leverage. As rattled Republicans plodded forward, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and fellow Democrats were brimming with confidence.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was so confident that she handed out ice-cream and chocolates during negotiations. Credit:AP
Gathered on January 29 to prepare for initial talks with Republicans, Pelosi was so at ease about her party's position that she passed out ice cream - dark chocolate Dove bars, one of her favourites - as she reminded her colleagues to hold the line against the President's demand for border wall funding.
Two weeks later, with funding levels for Trump's border structure already well below the President's request, House Democratic negotiators demanded that Republicans put a new cap on beds for undocumented immigrants detained from the interior of the United States, as opposed to the border, limiting them to 16,500 per day.
The concept was the brainchild of the office of Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, a longtime critic of detention policies who holds an influential role as the Democrat overseeing Homeland Security funding. The sudden make-or-break demand nearly blew up negotiations last weekend as Shelby rejected the idea outright and turned his ire on Democrats.
Senate Republicans the next day took to Sunday morning news shows to decry the latest skirmish as a Democratic attempt to allow criminals into the country, which Democrats vehemently disputed. Senate Democratic negotiators became uneasy with the request and asked their House colleagues back off lest the party be blamed for another government shutdown, according to two people close to the Democratic lawmakers - and they ultimately did. Democrats acknowledged privately that the provision was politically difficult to defend.
But House Democratic conferees decided to push the envelope again, testing the limits of what they saw as an uncertain GOP. Just before a Monday night meeting with the top four negotiators, Democrats on both sides of the Capitol concluded they would give Trump and Republicans $US1.45 billion for non-wall border funding in the final negotiation to clinch a deal, two aides said.
Then, an emboldened House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, a Pelosi confidante, took a page from her friend's playbook of driving a tough bargain: She walked into the room and surprised her Senate counterparts by lowering the offer to $US1.375 billion.
Shelby accepted without a fight.
Privately, Trump complained vociferously about the final deal and said he felt Republican negotiators had failed him and that he might not sign it, according to one person who spoke to the President. "Everyone thinks this is terrible," Trump told this person on Tuesday, echoing the criticism from some of his supporters in conservative media, including Fox News host Sean Hannity.
But Trump did not have the stomach for another shutdown and told aides it had generated nonstop negative coverage. Polls showed most Americans blamed him for the shutdown in December and January, the longest in the nation's history. And his advisers counselled him against a second shutdown, arguing that he had options to fund barrier projects without Congress. Even acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, once an advocate of budget brinkmanship, argued against a shutdown this time.
Nelly, a Mexican migrant from Oaxaca, helps her son as they jump the border fence to get into the US to apply for asylum. Credit:AP
On Capitol Hill, there was no appetite, either, particularly among Republicans who were rattled by the GOP's poor showing in suburban and swing areas last year. "Just not an option, at all," Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick said. "We'd state the obvious: The first shutdown was a mistake and we can't do it again."
Exhaustion set in
By Wednesday, when House Republicans met privately behind closed doors, "few people stood up to complain at the open-mic session," one House GOP aide said, underscoring the exhaustion among rank-and-file politicians.
Still, Trump can be combustible and sometimes acts rashly when he feels cornered, so some Republican senators spent recent days on the phone, soothing him and trying to persuade him to hold his fire. McConnell also asked Trump to withhold judgment until the details of the deal were finalised.
Democrats decided in the final days they needed to be careful with their language, worried they could provoke Trump into another shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was on the phone with Trump several times during the day, trying to convince the President to agree to the deal. Credit:AP
"He doesn't seem to work on a totally rational basis," Schumer said. "Little comments throw him off."
When Shelby called Trump to brief him on the deal, he tried to sell the President on the idea that the $US1.375 billion figure was merely a "down payment" on his wall, according to three people briefed on the call. The money will actually pay for just 90 kilometres of fencing, not a concrete or steel wall of the kind repeatedly promised by Trump.
"Obviously he's had great success in the private sectors as a real estate developer, hotel operator - that's dealmaking, you know, on a high level," Shelby said. "Political dealmaking is a little different. I'm sure the President, he's been there two years now, he's probably learned that it's different. We'll see how the next year or two goes."
A towering appropriator whose easy charm conceals his legislative savvy, Shelby approached Trump carefully, always framing the talks in cheery terms. When he would spot a White House official at a social event, Shelby would often amble over and tell him or her that he was planning to get a "good deal" or "don't worry about anything", according to two aides briefed on the exchanges.
Tensions and worries lingered until the end, as Trump wavered and some Republican leaders were exasperated.
McConnell immediately went to the floor to announce Trump's acquiescence to the deal because he was afraid the President would reverse course again and wanted to announce the deal while he had it, according to people familiar with the matter.
In the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise, both Trump allies, wondered if they could get enough House Republicans to vote for the deal, considering it included less wall money than what Senate appropriators agreed to in December, before the shutdown, according to people close with them.
The pair set out to spin the agreement as a win nonetheless, noting that Pelosi had once vowed Trump would only receive $1 for a border wall. McConnell echoed that point in his repeated phone calls with Trump on Thursday, those familiar with the conversations said.
Democrats, privately, were amused but made a conscious decision not to gloat - concerned that if they celebrated what they considered a victory Thursday they might anger Trump enough to veto the deal.
One conferee summarised the instructions from Democratic leaders: "Don't poke the bear."
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Earlier in the summer, the College of Arts and Sciences announced the addition of the new Master of Science in Kinesiology, set to begin Fall 2020. The incoming program has encouraged our Kinesiology Department to consider innovative ways to engage faculty, staff, and students with research and the community. We invite you to learn more and consider making a gift.
Welcome to the Kinesiology Department at Seattle University!
Our small and vibrant department plays an active role in producing tomorrow's leaders in sport, exercise, and health. We believe in the motto, 'exercise for life, exercise for everyone' and look to empower our students to consider the positive impact that exercise can have on the whole person. As a result of our efforts, Seattle University has recently earned the title of an Exercise is Medicine campus by the American College of Sports Medicine.
Students who complete our bachelor of science degree in Sport and Exercise will take on employment in community, clinical, industry, and medical settings. The strong foundation in human function and performance provides many students with knowledge necessary to pursue graduate studies in related fields of athletic training, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and general sports science.
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Their light is "delivered" to the front panel of the enclosure through plastic light pipes they are laid on the sledge under a hard drive. The diagrams display average results.
Lenovo has found people buy its Qualcomm-powered always-connected PCs more for their long battery life than the fact they're always connected. Each NTFS partition occupied half of the entire disk capacity that is the second partition started exactly from the second half of the disk.
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Good performance scalability of the Adaptec controller with the increase of command queue is also good news. There are some disadvantages, of course: The sleds are numbered from Port 0 to Port 3 that's why you adaptrc stick to this order, raidd you install hard disks into the enclosure. Phones by Shara Tibken Dec 6, The SiI probably has a powerful Windows caching driver heavily optimized for WinBench 99which provides such high results in 2410wa test.
We can draw only one conclusion from this result — a powerful caching host controller with on-board memory allows to noticeably reduce the differences between RAID hard drives. Adaptec traditionally uses this processor in its products and has already fine-tuned universal Adaptec RAID code:.
The majority of other utilities for Adaptec and 3ware controllers acted strangely — the effect of cache in adaptex controllers. The average write access time for our model under raiid shown by IOmeter test is on the contrary worse than in other contenders. At the same time, the AARSA has very strong performance points — server and workstation patterns, copying files especially with a large queue depth.
But there are surprises even here. The manufacturer offers three-year warranty for this kit. Additional adaltec, like the controller supporting some functions of the enclosure, only amplify the attractiveness of this tandem. As a result, we used the jumper to set the motherboard to PCI64 mode.
Among other things, a very useful feature is the hot-swap function of storage drives, initially built into the SATA interface. David Katzmaier updates his advice for cord-cutters, the Marriott cyberattack may be the work of Chinese spies, 2401sa Intel chips score a breakthrough.
In a newer PCMakr04 track test the gap between the controllers is not that large, though Adaptec SA is outperformed by its competitors, while the SiI demonstrates a large gain from using a higher-frequency PCI bus. FAT32 partitions were MB, the first one starting at the outer edge of the media on the "fastest" tracksand the second — exactly from the middle of the media volume.
The caching controller from 3ware has a small advantage here. A noticeable gaid of Serial ATA devices is intended for professional use. The latest technology Adaptec R. Nevertheless, according to the averaged results of reading, writing, and copying files with single weightthe Adaptec controller is a tad slower than its competitors, while the SiI is nearly as fast as the 3ware Escalade Nevertheless, we still carried out some tests for the controller — four-drive RAID 10 versus adapgec couple of controllers from other manufacturers: We carry out these tests not only for the beginning but also for the middle part in terms of capacity of physical hard drives for two file systems.


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Amok – He Was a Quiet Man (Originaltitel He Was a Quiet Man) ist ein US-amerikanischer Film aus dem Jahr 2007. Die Hauptrolle spielte Christian Slater, Regisseur war Frank Capello.

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Bob Maconel ist ein zutiefst frustrierter Büroangestellter, der ständig mit dem Gedanken spielt, seine Kollegen und Vorgesetzten zu ermorden. In seiner Phantasie führt er Gespräche mit seinen Zierfischen und beredet mit ihnen den geplanten Amoklauf. Eines Tages begeht sein ebenfalls frustrierter Kollege Ralf Coleman einen Amoklauf und erschießt mehrere Kollegen. Da Bob selber bewaffnet ist, kann er Coleman erschießen und ihn dadurch davon abhalten, weitere Menschen umzubringen. Er rettet so auch der bereits verletzten Venessa Parks das Leben.

Der vormalige "Nobody" wird so zum geachteten Helden derer, denen er zuvor selbst den Tod gewünscht hat. Gene Shelby, der Chef des Unternehmens, befördert ihn zu einem leitenden Angestellten. Die von ihm gerettete Venessa, die aufgrund der erlittenen schweren Verletzungen zur Tetraplegikerin wurde, bittet ihn, ihr Leben zu beenden. Beim geplanten Freitod Venessas soll Bob sie vor eine U-Bahn rollen lassen. In letzter Sekunde entscheidet er sich jedoch um, und es stellt sich dabei heraus, dass die Lähmung entgegen der Diagnose der Ärzte reversibel zu sein scheint, woraus Venessa wieder neue Lebenskraft schöpft und sich offenbar in ihren nun zweifachen Retter verliebt.

Doch Bob ist nicht in der Lage, Venessas Zuneigung, den beruflichen Erfolg und den neu gewonnenen Respekt der Kollegen lange zu genießen. Sein Gewissen und die Zweifel an der Liebe von Venessa lassen ihn nicht ruhen. Auch hat er seine Idee, einen Amoklauf durchzuführen, nicht gänzlich verworfen. Der Psychiater des Unternehmens scheint die Gefahr, die von Bob ausgeht, zu erkennen. Bob fühlt sich überfordert und eingeengt und sieht sich mit einem Male selbst in der Rolle des Amokläufers Ralf Coleman, den er ursprünglich aufgehalten hat, und erschießt sich vor Venessa selbst.

Spätestens bei dieser Szene wird dem Zuschauer klar, dass der gesamte Film bis zu diesem Punkt nur Halluzinationen von Bob widergespiegelt hat und er der tatsächliche und einzige Amok-Schütze ist, der nun allerdings lediglich sich selbst tötet. Aus dem Off werden Bobs zu Beginn geäußerten Worte wiederholt: "Es kommt die Zeit, da müssen die Kranken und Schwachen geopfert werden, um die anderen zu retten."

In einer der letzten Szenen des Films sieht man Polizisten Bobs Haus durchsuchen. Es ist chaotisch, zum Teil verwüstet, das Aquarium ist verdreckt, und die Fische sind lange tot. Ein Polizist entdeckt eine Notiz an Bobs Kühlschrank:
"Ihr werdet fragen, warum ich tat, was ich getan habe... doch welche Wahl habt ihr mir gelassen? Wie hätte ich sonst eure Aufmerksamkeit erlangen können?"

Die Nachbarn, die von einem TV-Sender über Bob interviewt werden, sagen: "Er war ein stiller Mann" ().

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Veröffentlichungen
In Deutschland ist der Film unter dem Titel Amok – He Was a Quiet Man am 12. März 2009 auf DVD erschienen.

Sonstiges
Dem Film Amok – He Was a Quiet Man ähnlich, nämlich durch die überraschende Darstellung einer Geisteskrankheit als Ursache eines Verbrechens, ist der Horrorfilm High Tension des Regisseurs Alexandre Aja von 2003.

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Suppose that 2.0 mol H2 at 2.0 atm and 25 ∘C and 4.0 mol N2 at 3.0 atm and 25 ∘C are mixed at constant volume. Calculate ΔmixG.
Is easy to calculate that the Gibbs mixing energy is -9,7 kJ. But we also know that we cannot use gibbs' spontaneity criterion because it only works on constant pressure and temperature.
Is there any way to determine the entropy of the universe in this case to establish a criterion of spontaneity? *For example if we know that the total volume is 10L and the division is even.
Another way of doing this is to (a) first allow the divider to float so that the two chambers equilibrate in pressure and then (b) remove the divider and allow the gases to mix. You calculate $\Delta G$ for each step, and then add them. In the end, you get the same answer I got.
For a system to undergo a spontaneous change at constant temperature and pressure the Gibbs free energy must decrease, but how?
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Today, I d ecided to head over to Big Burger for lunch, and I had an awesome burger. I decided to go with the burger joint's namesake, the Big Burger, which consists of a 1/3 pound of ground beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. From tasting the burger, the meat seemed like it was seasoned with a combination of salt and black pepper and cooked to about "medium well-done." When combined with the other toppings, this is one delicious burger. The French fries were pretty good too, having a taste similar to McDonald's fries. When comparing the burger to other places in town, including my favorites Sweden Kream and Kooky Canuck, Big Burger can hold its own with the best of them.
While waiting for my burger, I glanced over the menu and noticed that Big Burger also sells sandwiches and surprisingly, pizza. The pizzas can be ordered in either 6" or 9" sizes, with a selection of these toppings: sausage, pepperoni, beef, ham, turkey, black olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, green peppers. Whenever I get the chance, I will try one of Big Burger's pizzas.
As for the service, the staff at Big Burger was very courteous and it didn't take long for me to get my order. As a result of my experience, I will definitely return again, although because it is in a not-so-nice part of Memphis, I don't think I'll be making any night visits. Overall, Big Burger definitely lives up to its name, and as far as burgers joints go, it is one of the better ones in Memphis.
For another opinion, check out the Commercial Appeal's Whining and Dining blog. The burger made it into its "best meal of the week" feature.
After ha ving an outstanding burger from Big Burger, I decided to give one of its pizzas a try. I initially wanted to get a 6" sausage pizza, but was told that the topping wasn't available, so I went with a beef pizza instead. The pizza consists of ground beef (about 1" thick) covered with cheese and jalapeños with hardly any tomato sauce, and it was quite filling. However, unlike the Big Burger, the beef seemed unseasoned and had a bland taste, and the cheese (Mozzarella, I think) didn't help. Speaking of the cheese, it would have been nice if the cheese had melted more into the beef, which could have made it easier (and less messier) to eat. To make it palatable, I added Parmesan cheese and McCormick's "Grill Mates" Hamburger Seasoning, which provided some pizazz.
From eating the beef pizza, I don't think I'll be getting another one from Big Burger. While its burgers are great, if the pie I had was indicative of the quality of its pizza menu, I would advise going elsewhere for a pizza.


So reads the one-liner synopsis for Koo Chia Meng's Too Far North, a 5-minute non-fiction film that intersperses Singaporean voiceovers with still shots of the Taipei city landscape, and the occasional time-lapse. The cinematography is exquisite, as Koo exhibits a sensitivity to framing in his maximization of the use of lines in several stunning frames, one of which an aerial shot of a busy Taipei crossroad that was especially impressionistic to this reviewer.
The film's message is clear and strong without any of the overbearing Total Defence "love your country" overtones that our government bodies seem to be fond of in their collaterals and avdertisements. All in all, this short film was certainly effective in evoking the silver of pride the average cynical Singaporean layperson might have buried deep in the recesses of his heart.
"Only you would know where home is". Well said.
This film was nomniated for Best Documentary in the 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards.