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Biden To Implement Travel Restrictions To Combat New Coronavirus Variants
By Jaclyn Diaz
President Biden is expected to sign off on new travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from South Africa, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland and 26 countries in Europe.
President Biden will reimpose a ban on many non-U.S. citizens attempting to enter the country. The move is an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19 and contain new variants of the disease that have cropped up in several countries around the globe, according to media reports Sunday.
The ban, expected to start Monday, would prohibit travelers from the United Kingdom, Ireland and 26 countries in Europe that allow travel across open borders, called the Schengen Area, according to Reuters. It will also block entry to travelers from Brazil and South Africa, where researchers discovered new variants of the virus.
Former President Donald Trump imposed similar restrictions on travelers from Brazil and Europe but ordered that those bans be lifted two days before his term ended.
Biden's order rescinds that decision, marking the new administration's approach to coronavirus policies moving forward. It also follows early signs that Biden planned to turn back Trump's attempts to open U.S. borders to foreign travelers amid the still-raging pandemic.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized Trump's announcement to lift travel restrictions, writing in a tweet last week, "With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel. We plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19."
With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel.
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) January 19, 2021
New threats
Just over a year after the first U.S.-based coronavirus case was detected, the nation surpassed a harrowing pandemic milestone on Sunday: 25 million confirmed cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.
A U.K.-based variant of the virus, first discovered in the U.S. in late December, is believed to be more infectious than the main strain. Other new variants have been found in South Africa and Brazil that could also be more infectious and may also decrease the efficacy of vaccines.
The variant found in South Africa drove a decision by U.S. health officials to add that country to the travel ban list.
"We are adding South Africa to the restricted list because of the concerning variant present that has already spread beyond South Africa," Dr. Anne Schuchat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's principal deputy director, told Reuters.
Tests before flying
The CDC said that starting Tuesday it would also require all travelers flying to the U.S. from abroad to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before getting on a plane.
The CDC is declining to consider temporary waivers requested by U.S. airlines that would exempt some travelers coming from countries with limited testing, Reuters reports.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC's new director, will sign a separate order Monday requiring passengers 2 years and older to wear masks on all airplanes, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-share vehicles, Reuters said.
New global restrictions
Countries around the world are implementing new lockdown measures to combat the pandemic's spread.
Israel announced it would close its only international airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, for one week to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The only exemptions would be cargo flights, medical evacuations and firefighting flights, according to The Washington Post.
Australia said it would suspend New Zealand's "green zone travel status" for three days after a woman acquired the coronavirus variant found in South Africa while in hotel quarantine.
Passengers arriving in Australia on green safe travel zone flights are exempt from a requirement that travelers be tested for the coronavirus at least 72 hours before leaving their country of origin.


Things are getting more real every day. The more I feel her the more I feel like I get to know her, and her personality. I already know we're gonna be little buddies, and I am so excited for that. Kelly is so cute with her already. I think I am more excited to see Kelly become a dad than anything else. My due date still seems like its a million years away, which I guess is good cause we still don't own anything for her except for a couple outfits. I am waiting for the school year to end so I can focus on baby preparations over the summer. She measured big early on, and they said they may change my due date to August, but I hope they don't. And I really hope she doesn't come then. We may be moving in August, and I really can't deal with it all at once.
Though we don't own anything for her, her nursery is in full on design mode. (Not that we have a room for her in our apt...our two bedroom apt is already way too full.) I want it to be bright, simple and happy. We'll see how it turns out.
Hating: Lower right back pain. Honestly, I don't think its pregnancy related, but its realllllly annoying. And painful.
Wearing: Dresses. Mostly normal, non maternity ones, but they are mixed in, too. I only own three maternity pieces, and they are all dresses. I can still wear a lot of my pants, but most are not comfortable. I do the rubber band trick with most and then I am fine. I really love the belly sleeve from motherhood maternity. Its so comfortable and extends the life of pants and shirts that start getting too short.
So excited for you both! I had no idea she was measuring big, it's all so exciting and we can't wait to see you this weekend!
You look completely beautiful! How nice a photography assistant Kelly has become. He is quite the versatile man. Love you both and can't wait!


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What has the Richie Incognito–Jonathan Martin affair taught us? Plenty.
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Last July after midnight, I happened to voluntarily step off a plane in Chicago with a cocktail stewardess who also accepted the free trip. My "sacrifice" was good for a roundtrip ticket to Peru, and so I got on a van for a motel with her and her boyfriend who worked as a small-time sports agent starting out with couple pro NFL clients.
Well, that was the night of the Chicago Blackhawks celebration, and the three of us were stuck on that van for about 90 minutes, enjoying the celebration right outside our window and chatting about sports.
He wasn't familiar with my decades-long stand on zero tolerance for hazing, but he jumped in vigorously on a financial issue. His small stable of rookie clients was stressed beyond measure at the extortion—no other word for it—of huge sums of money demanded by veterans at training camps. As I well knew, but as he firsthand stated, high-bonus players and not-so-high draft picks alike were coerced into spending money on player junkets, gifts such as expensive jewelry, and outlandish meals in which certain veterans ordered everything on the menu.
"It's killing my guys," he said, both financially and spiritwise.
He didn't mention any other forms of bullying. But I've written in the past about some of the flareups over the years.
–Of the Dez Bryant flap when, at least at first, he refused to carry a veteran's shoulder pads.
–Of the ridiculous tradition by the New York Giants and others to toss rookies into ice tubs
–Of the bullying and hazing by the old New Orleans Saints under Mike Ditka where a gauntlet injured first-year players Cam Cleveland and Jeff Danish.
Whether it be in high school athletics hazing or fraternity hazing, there has always been a "hidden harm" factor that comes up over and over. Every year, I get calls from parents and athletes—some angry and some despairing—over the mental and physical (mainly after sexual assaults) abuse dished out in locker rooms, buses and yeah, in restaurants as well. Paying $10,000 for a team meal is not only outlandish and wasteful, but again, extortion.
So the fact that Jonathan Martin has gone off to seek counseling after a racist and threatening tirade by Richie Incognito is now a labor management issue that ought to become a teachable moment for the NFL—and all pro, college and high school sports, really. I also wonder aloud if what he said on the phone reached the level of a hate crime. It sure wasn't the kind of hazing meant to bond rookies with veterans…but to exclude a rookie from feeling welcomed.
Lost among this big story is the fact that McGill University's football team, accused of sexual hazing by a player eight years ago, now has forfeited the rest of its games for a hazing "party" last August. Although the details are sketchy, what is clear is that at last college officials have begun to say "enough is enough."
Cornell University recently suspended its Big Red lacrosse team for hazing and this week, York University in Pennsylvania suspended its wrestling squad while officials tried to dig out the facts attached to serious hazing allegations.
http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_24440933/expert-nationally-hazing-incidents-grow-ferocity
Some heartening comments have come out of the Richie Incognito affair. He should not be the lone scapegoat in the NFL's hazing mess, although goat he is and there is no escape for him given the ferocity of his comments directed toward Martin.
So let's points some fingers. The NFL commissioner, the management of the Miami Dolphins, and the coaching staffs and owners of every other NFL team engaging in hazing have tolerated workplace harassment that is forbidden strictly by law. They deserve all the criticism finally coming out. Hazing is a form of discrimination and harassment driven solely by whether a worker–a player–is new or, as with Martin, perceived to be a loner or just different. To the likes of an Incognito, a player likes Martin threatens the status quo, and an Incognito lashes out when he feels or perceives a threat, unaware that it his own actions that ultimately can hurt or perhaps even destroy a season.
What's long been needed is zero tolerance for a practice that long ago got out of hand. And at the college and high school level, has no place in educational institutions purportedly using sports to build character.
And as for the rookies mentioned by the agent I had a chance encounter with this summer…the Jonathan Martin incident could have been you. It should be all the incentive you need to stand up to bullying and hazing.
For every Richie Incognito, there are many NFL players stepping in quietly to help rookies out and to calm down the sadists, zanies and misguided bullies who perpetuate unacceptable behaviors. See Peyton Manning.
Could this episode be the keystone event that brings hazing in pro sports, at least, to a long-overdue end?
One can hope, one can hope.
But one thing is for sure. Richie Incognito isn't laughing anymore. He stands convicted in the court of public opinion today as the poster child of bullying and hazing. He'll be remembered for that long after everyone has forgotten last year's Pro Bowl appearance.
Richie Incognito is fortunate the Florida hazing law applies only "to a student." Otherwise, I'd urge a prosecutor to look at his actions. http://www.stophazing.org/laws/fl_law.htm
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I grew up thinking that "faith" and "doubt" were opposites. Faith was good. Doubt was bad. With that mindset even questions could be dangerous, as I figured they could lead to doubt. For an intellectually curious person, that is a difficult thing to deal with, and I struggled with it for most of my rememberable life. The questions I used to resist ranged from wondering whether God really cared that much about X or Y specific rule mentioned in the Bible, sometimes vaguely or heavily interpreted, to that large and ever-present question: Does God exist?
At one point, I had what seemed to me a revelation, and which I have since learned to be something many people of faith agree on: Doubt is not the enemy of faith, but can in fact make it stronger. Answers need questions as much as questions need answers.
The way I see it, when you are a person of faith and you question your faith, one of two things happens: either you lose said faith—in which case it was probably not real or strong enough to begin with—or, you find that despite the inner struggles, despite the sadness, despite the unexplainable or unanswerable, your faith remains. The latter is what happened to me when I let myself explore my doubts.
I often find myself frustrated at the need many of us often have to make things "either/or" and to put everything in a box, from ethnicities to religions to God Himself. We feel the need for a conclusive answer. Right or wrong. Black or white. Faith or reason. Science or God. I think there are very few things in life that are so simple. I also think the whole point of God and faith is that it is something beyond our "boxes" and something we cannot be conclusive about.
In the end, what we are left with is a choice of faith. I choose to have faith, to believe that there is a God, and that being connected to His Higher Power makes me a better human being. Wanting to be the best person I am capable of being is in itself enough reason for faith. My faith may not be "traditional," and sometimes I miss that sense of simplistic confidence that I used to have. In its place, however, I have instead gained awareness, humility, and openness that I hope will never go away. I'm hungry to learn, because I know that there is so much I do not know.
It follows that if there is a God, and if the Bible is His Word, then the two things that He has said matter most are: Love God and love your neighbor. Those are things that I should do, can do, and will do. Following the primary commandments and being loving and kind, tolerant and forgiving toward one another—as fellow human beings, made in God's image, each of intrinsic and immeasurable worth—is of much greater significance to me than trying to figure out what opinions and preferences God might have regarding specific things about my lifestyle and personal choices, or those of my loved ones, or of humanity in general.
I used to see that verse as saying that "if you doubt, you displease God." Now I read it quite differently. There are only two things it says I need to do in order to have faith and please God: 1) Believe that He is, and 2) believe that He rewards those who "diligently seek Him." I believe that He is, and I have diligently sought Him—the questions and doubts were a necessary part of that "diligent seeking." I have found peace in knowing that I'll never have all the answers, and that's okay. That's a part of faith. Greatest of all, He rewards me with His presence. I know there's no way of explaining that to someone who doesn't have faith, but I know that I know Him, and that knowing Him is pure joy.
While I can't say that my faith is stronger than before I started on my journey of doubt, I can say this: I have thrown every doubt at my faith, and my faith is still here.


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Garret 2560 BEGI S3 Problems - Miata Turbo Forum - Boost cars, acquire cats.
The Turbo (as the kit) has about 10k road miles and 1/2k track miles. Boost always at 10 Psi.
What could be the reason of this in your opinion?
Anyways. What to do now? Can I rebuild this or is better to move on to a different turbo?
My car is a 93 with a 99 1.8 engine , stock internals, maybe in the future some rods. But for now would want to keep it stock.
Any chance of repair this turbo?
'tis be dead in my opinion.
You can find a chra+compressor housing online. Have a local shop repair the turbine for you. Send it off to be balanced after new build/reseal.
The guy raned it without a filter.
Call Garrett you should be able to do a CHRA exchange for about $450 on that. It is your best and cheapest option to get going quickly with a real Garrett turbo.
that doesn't look like a Garrett wheel whatsoever.
the shaft is going to be bent as well. it needs a chra replacement, which includes the turbine, chra, and compressor wheel. at $450 that's a steal.
Another thing, as you can see in the video there are metal shavings around there. Can I clean my intercooler or should I replace it?
any shavings that get into motor at this point wont really matter. but that's braineack logic.
Give Garrett a call and talk to them. They will know about the CHRA exchange.
Yeah blow all the stuff out first. I doubt there's much in there but it's cheap insurance. Buy a cheap SR20 T25 in the meantime and ream out your "friend" for being such a moron.
Anyone who sold you that turbo in that condition without mentioning it is not a friend.
You can clean out the intercooler, for metal bits like that backflush it.
To be honest he didn´t knew . He is one of my best friends. He insisted he would pay a brand new turbo immediately as soon as I told him the bad news.
why my turbo is so laggy!


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The Nigerian Army has confirmed the release of Maj. Christopher Datong, the officer abducted at the permanent site of Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, on August 24.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah, reported by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday evening. The statement revealed that the officer regained his freedom late Friday.
The Army spokesperson revealed that the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs had earlier issued a directive after the abduction of the officer, that he be rescued and his abductors, fished out.
"Sequel to the directive, the 1 Division, in conjunction with the Air Task Force, Department of State Services and other security agencies, swung into action by conducting operations in the Afaka general area of Kaduna, to locate and rescue the officer," he said.
The statement revealed operations were conducted based on several leads received from various sources regarding the abductors, and likely locations the officer was held.
"Operations were sustained since the abduction of the officer, resulting in the destruction of several identified bandits' camps in the Afaka- Birnin Gwari general area, and the neutralization of scores of bandits, particularly in the late hours of September 17.
"Upon arrival at a camp suspected to be the location where Datong was being held, the troops exchanged fire with the bandits and in the process, the abducted officer was rescued.
"The Division wishes to commend the efforts of the NAF, DSS, Nigerian Police and patriotic Nigerians for their invaluable support, which contributed to the success of this operation.
"Our operations will continue until we capture or neutralize the assailants that killed two officers in the NDA on 24 August 2021," Idimah said.
Maj. Christopher Datong sustained a minor injury according to the report but he is currently being treated.
On August 24, 2021, bandits attacked the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA), Kaduna, killing two officers and abducting another senior officer.


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The report had noted that "Federal Government had deemed it fit to grant it to Nigerians, especially small-scale business owners. The money will be paid to your account and you are to pay back within six months.
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Q: SWRL tab in Protege 4 The protege SWRL tab is not available in Protege 4 versions, I have tried both protege 4.1 and protege 4.2. The axiome plugin mentioned to edit the SWRL rules in protege has been said to work only in protege 3 versions.
Can anyone tell me plugins or procedure to include the plugin to edit SWRL rules in protege?

A: you can use ORE ontology rule editor , i am using it and it works well
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ore/

A: There is a Pellet plugin to support SWRL inference in Protege 4.x:
http://clarkparsia.com/pellet/protege/
(Reasoning can be started in Reasoner/Start reasoner after selecting Pellet)
This is a very complete tutorial on the integration of Protege 4.x and SWRL:
http://dior.ics.muni.cz/~makub/owl/

A: SWRL rules can be edited in Protégé 4, but not with a nice interface like in Protégé 3. If you go to menu Window -> Views -> Ontology views, there is an option Rules. Select it and add it as a "view", i.e., a rectangle in the current tab. Rules are written like this:
parent(?x,?y), brother(?y,?z) -> uncle(?x,?z)

where properties are written as binary predicates, classes as unary predicate, variables are prefixed with question marks, head is separated from body by -> and constants are just written without the ontology prefix. It does not work if the properties, classes and individuals you use are not previously defined in the respective tabs.

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The Scariest Things: 'The Others'
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Though praising the cinematography and acting, Assistant Opinion Editor Jula Utzschneider writes that 'The Others' felt more like a drama than a horror film.
Jula Utzschneider, Assistant Opinion Editor
Are you ready for ghosts, drama and a plot twist that will blow your mind? This week, I watched "The Others" (2001), written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar. This thriller follows the devoutly religious Grace (Nicole Kidman), mother of Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), who suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that causes the sun to harm them. During World War II, Grace moves her family to the English coast, where her daughter claims to be able to see ghosts. Initially thinking the new servants are playing tricks on her, Grace soon experiences chilling events that make her believe her daughter.
Without further ado, let's start the review.
The Others by Jula Utzschneider
Fright Factor: How scary is the movie?
For a horror movie, I was expecting it to be scarier than it was. Although there were definitely a few jump scares and areas where suspense was created, it is totally lacking in the spine-chilling, hair-raising aspect that horror movies are all about.
Plot: Is the storyline/script interesting?
At the beginning of the movie, I thought it was just going to be a basic "ghosts haunt house and the protagonists find a way to get rid of them" type of movie, but I was wrong. The plot twist at the end really had me surprised, especially when I thought I had the ending all figured out. That being said, the movie didn't get interesting until well over halfway into it, which I find a bit annoying.
Quality: How well is it produced? How good is the acting?
"The Others" was produced very well, and the setting and cinematography were beautiful. Nicole Kidman was amazing in the role of Grace, but my favorites were Alakina Mann and James Bentley, who play Grace's children. In some parts, it doesn't even feel like they are acting, like when Anne had just been hit by her mother. She looked genuinely hurt and I completely forgot it was part of the movie. The only thing I found irritating about the movie's production was the volume. During the dialogue, they were speaking very softly and I really had to pay attention so as not to miss something. On the other hand, during parts when there was music playing (to build suspense), the volume was unnecessarily loud and I felt like I was about to burst an eardrum.
Entertaining: How fun is it to watch?
This movie, for the most part, was boring. It also wasn't super easy to watch, as you really had to pay attention the whole time. If you missed one line of dialogue, you might not understand what was going on the rest of the movie. However, I did really enjoy the last 20 minutes, when the plot twist was revealed. If the rest of the movie was like that, it would have been way more enjoyable.
Honestly, this movie felt like more of a drama than a horror. It's not a bad movie, but I definitely think more scares and elements of horror movies would have taken it to the next level. The ending was fantastic, but for me it doesn't make up for the disappointment the rest of the "horror" movie is.
Have a frightful Friday everyone, and be sure to come back on February 26 for my review of "Chucky."
Jula Utzschneider, Editor-in-Chief
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Using sends is a step towards to songs which sound bigger and better. In the tutorial below, you will learn how to create and use sends, in order to get a clean and professional sounding mix.
But first, let's see where and in what situations we can use them. Generally speaking, if you don't want to affect an original sound or sound source, you can use sends to route the original signal. In this way, you can apply your desired tweaks to the sound, having a parallel signal from the main source to work on. Also, if you want to save time and have different sound sources grouped for an easy workflow, you may use sends.
In a brief explanation, the chain is simple: a mixer track receives audio data from a plugin or audio clip, then all the signal goes to master. When you route signal from a mixer track to another mixer track/send, the master will receive audio data from both sources. But what's cool, is that you have full control of each of the both mixer tracks, for example you can bypass the original sound and leave only the processed sound from the send, or adjust the amount of signal the master receives from the mixer tracks etc etc. Going further, the signal cumulated into a send can be directed or diverted to another send, and so on, which means the possibilities are endless.
Watch the video to understand the whole thing about sends. After this, you'll have to apply everything you learned from this video tutorial in an example involving drums.
You have a drum beat with each of the drum sounds having its own mixer track.
Route all the drum tracks to a single channel. Here we resent their signal to a mixer track (send) called "ALL DRUMS".
Now we can process all drum sounds at once. Use compression, filter, an equalizer, distortion – anything you consider your drums need – add the effect plugins in the "ALL DRUMS" mixer track.
But how about some reverb? Create a new send and rename it "REVERB". Route "ALL DRUMS" to "REVERB", insert a reverb effect plugin (don't forget to turn off the "Dry" fader) and voilà!, now you have reverb applied on all drums.
As a recap, we just got a drum mix with each drum sound on its separate channel (but audio signal to master completely disabled), then all drums routed to a send for compression, which finally is linked to a new reverb send. It may sound difficult, but really isn't. Just experiment again and again, with this method you will get better and better results, and you'll even discover new ways of working with sound.
Hopefully this tutorial was useful, happy producing you all!
P.S. Download the FLP file used in the Youtube tutorial here.


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2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting
By BGA
Please join the Better Government Association online Tuesday, July 14, for the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting.
In a virtual video ceremony at, we will present three awards to journalists or teams whose stories reveal officials' corruption, waste, inefficiency, mistreatment and mismanagement. Highlights include:
Video highlights from the stories of five finalists
A conversation with BGA President David Greising and Richard H. Driehaus about vital role of investigative journalism in democracy
Announcement of winning journalists
Because we can't be together for the ceremony this year, we invite you to participate by voting in advance for the winner of an additional prize: The People's Choice Award. Stories from five finalists will be shared online shortly before the event so you can read their powerful work and vote for your favorite. Watch for an email with more information and an opportunity to vote.
Streaming online. A link will be provided the day before the show.
We are grateful to the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for sponsoring these awards and the presentation ceremony.
Please join us to honor and reward the extraordinary contributions of journalists whose work holds public officials accountable.
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Emergency department team shortlisted for national award
BMJ Awards, clinical leadership, Dr Julian Webb, east surrey hospital, Emergency Department, Friends and Family Test, michael wilson, NHS Hospital
The emergency department at East Surrey Hospital, run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH), has been shortlisted in the Clinical Leadership Category of the BMJ Awards 2015.
In their seventh year, the BMJ Awards recognise the dedication, talent and care provided by a wide range of specialist teams from across the UK.
The East Surrey Hospital emergency department team nomination acknowledges the successful development and performance of the team in improving safety and care of patients by extending the skills and range of specialists in the team.
Dr Julian Webb, lead consultant for emergency medicine for SASH said:
"We are really pleased to have been shortlisted – the work of all members of the team has moved the emergency department at East Surrey Hospital from being seen as one of the worst in England to being seen as high performing and consistently in the top 20% of hospitals the country.
"The efforts of clinical leaders in developing their specialist teams and in listening to our patients and implementing new ways of working have made a difference and we see the positive impact of this in the comments we regularly receive from patients and through the patient Friends and Family Test where we are in the top 10% nationally."
The next stage for the team is a presentation to the awards judging panel, in London, on 24 March with the winners being announced at the BMJ Annual Awards 2015 event taking place at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster on 6 May (2015).
Michael Wilson, chief executive, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, said:
"I am proud of the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of the emergency department team and the difference this makes to the people we care for.
"At a time when there are real pressures on emergency departments across the country it is vital that we continue to provide high quality care and that we also develop and improve how we deliver this care."
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Stolen Zoom Credentials: Hackers Sell Cheap Access
COVID-19 , Governance & Risk Management , Identity & Access Management
Meanwhile, Zoom Continues Security Overhaul With Bug-Bounty Reboot, Geo-Fencing Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 16, 2020
Zoom features heavily in this list of cracked account credentials for sale on an underground forum. (Source: ZeroFOX)
One measure of the popularity of the Zoom teleconferencing software: Cybercrime forums are listing an increasing number of stolen or cracked accounts for sale.
See Also: Buyers Guide: Third-Party Cyber Risk Management
Using these credentials, miscreants could "Zoom bomb" calls by showing up uninvited, potentially record and leak the contents of calls, as well as push malicious files to meeting participants.
From a defensive standpoint, security experts say the solution involves some simple steps: Zoom meeting organizers should require strong passwords and carefully review all attendees' identity. "Don't share meeting information on public platforms," Tokyo-based security firm Trend Micro notes in a guide to locking down Zoom and other video conferencing platforms.
It's no surprise that pranksters, criminals – and likely spies – are taking a much closer look at Zoom because COVID-19 has driven so many individuals to mostly stay at home. "With journalists, teachers, personal trainers, yoga classes, families, businesses and even places of worship 'going virtual' to keep people in contact even though physical meetups are no longer allowed, Zoom bandwidth usage has expanded enormously," Paul Ducklin, a researcher at security firm Sophos, says in a blog post.
Concerns over the security of Zoom have led some to attempt to sidestep security challenges by picking other options. The New York City school districts, the government of Taiwan and Standard Chartered Bank have all banned Zoom outright.
But the attention being paid by hackers to Zoom likely extends to Microsoft Teams and Skype, which also have seen a surge in use, as have Cisco's WebEx and LogMeIn's GoToMeeting, among other services, security experts say.
Conferencing application use from Feb. 1 to March 29 surged by 700 percent, primarily due to increased use of Zoom (brown). Use of Skype (yellow) and WebEx (green) also increased, albeit at a lower rate. (Source: Nokia, looking at "select networks in the U.S.")
Zoom Credentials, Sometimes Valid, Come Cheap
Stolen email address and password combinations for accessing Zoom accounts have been distributed via cybercrime forums for free or for a very low cost, says Singapore-based cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble. The company tells Bleeping Computer that it was able to purchase about 530,000 credentials for Zoom accounts for an average of just $0.0020 each. Purchased account information included a victim's email address, password, personal meeting URL, and HostKey – a 6-digit PIN used to gain access to the host controls in a meeting, the publication reports. It contacted a random sampling of the email addresses and found that they were valid, although respondents said some of the passwords being sold were old ones.
Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums (Source: Cyble, via Bleeping Computer)
Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX reports that on a single cybercrime forum, it saw more than 4,000 cracked Zoom accounts for sale; it also found 3,600 such accounts circulating for free across dark web forums. For accounts being offered for free, the majority had emails that traced to the higher-education sector, followed by telecommunications and financial services.
In an attempt to avoid police scrutiny, many dark web forums have now banned distributing or advertising stolen Zoom credentials, ZoneFOX reports.
"As hacking forums have restricted discussion of Zoom, chatter has shifted onto Discord channels," it says, referring to the free communications app. "Many of these channel links are shared on social media platforms to improve visibility." Since April 6, the firm says it's seen more than 15,000 posts to social media outlets that link to Discord chats devoted to Zoom bombing.
Post to an underground forum (Source: ZeroFOX)
This isn't the first time that internet-connected devices and services have been abused by third parties.
"A similar string of attacks occurred against Amazon Ring security cameras in December 2019," ZeroFox says (see: Amazon's Ring Mandates Two-Factor Authentication). "Lax Ring security protocols allowed hackers to compromise devices and interact with users, often harassing them. Because of the publicity of these attacks, moderators of the hacking forums used to organize these Ring hacks banned the discussion of the devices, in an attempt to fly under law enforcement's radar."
It's unclear how many of the Zoom credentials being sold were harvested via credential-stuffing attacks, which refers to attackers obtaining email/password pairs from one site, and trying them on a range of other sites to see where they also work. This remains a widely used attack tactic because it's so effective, thanks to so many people continuing to reuse the same password across different services.
The solution: "Don't reuse passwords," Ducklin says. "Anyone who's reused an old password lately has kind of 'pre-hacked' themselves," given the ease with which hackers can run credential-stuffing attacks. Instead, users should ensure they use a different password for every different site or service they use, ideally generated and stored via a password manager to keep track of them all (see: How Can Credential Stuffing Be Thwarted?).
Fake Zoom Domains Spread Malware
Beyond credential stuffing attacks, many other Zoom-themed attacks also are old school.
By the end of March, for example, more than 1,700 new domains with a Zoom theme had been registered, Check Point has reported. The goal of such domains can be to try to trick individuals into falling for phishing attacks and sharing personal information, or running a malicious downloader disguised as legitimate Zoom software (see: Coronavirus Fears Lead to New Wave of Phishing, Malware).
Malware disguised as a Zoom installer (Source: Check Point)
"However, Zoom is not the only application targeted by cybercriminals," Check Point reports. "New phishing websites have been spotted for every leading communication application, including the official classroom.google.com website, which was impersonated by googloclassroom[.]com and googieclassroom[.]com." (Brackets added to prevent readers from going directly to the malicious sites.)
Zoom Overhauls Security Program
As the use of Zoom has surged, the San Jose, California-based company has promised to do better. For starters, CEO Eric S. Yuan recently announced that the company is suspending rolling out new versions for 90 days to focus instead on improving the security of its existing product, such as through geo-fencing (see: Zoom Promises Geo-Fencing, Encryption Overhaul for Meetings).
In the past week, Yuan says the company has removed meeting IDs from the title bar – so screenshots will not reveal the. It also now requires passwords not only by default for joining a meeting, but also for recording it. Admins can also set password complexity minimums for users (see: The Cybersecurity Follies: Zoom Edition).
On Monday, Zoom CTO Brendan Ittelson announced that starting this Saturday, all paid customers can also opt into or out of having their communications routed through different data center regions. "You will not be able to change or opt out of your default region, which will be locked. The default region is the region where a customer's account is provisioned. For the majority of our customers, this is the United States," he said.
Zoom says it has grouped its data centers into eight regions: U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Australia, China, Latin America and Japan/Hong Kong. Free users will be locked to the default region for where they provisioned their service. Zoom says no one outside of China will ever get that country as a default.
Zoom has also earned plaudits from many in the information security field by hiring two experts to advise it.
Tthe company has tapped Alex Stamos, the former CSO of Facebook and the director of Stanford's Internet Observatory, to serve as an adviser working on improving the security of its platform as well as better use encryption (see: Zoom Still Addressing Security, Privacy Concerns). "There's never been a company that has had to scale this quickly, and supporting hundreds of millions of people is a fascinating technical challenge," Stamos say.
Real change is putting effort into investing properly in security and privacy, not just with words, not just by bringing in big names in security, or jacking up bug bounty prices in a frenzy to create the appearance of diligence.https://t.co/DHl1ubnpvI
— Katie Moussouris (@k8em0) April 16, 2020
In addition, Zoom has tapped bug bounty guru Katie Moussouris, who launched both Microsoft and the Pentagon's bug bounty programs, to reboot its own bug bounty program. Moussouris, who heads Luta Security, "will be assessing Zoom's program holistically with a 90-day 'get well' plan, which will cover all internal vulnerability handling processes," the company says.
This week, Zoom also announced that it's also getting additional help from cybersecurity consultancies NCC Group, Trail of Bits, Bishop Fox and Praetorian Security, as well as threat intelligence services from CrowdStrike and Queen Associates' DarkTower. To bolster its encryption capabilities over the longer term, Zoom this week also brought in as consultants Lea Kissner, who formerly headed privacy technology for Google, as well as Matthew Green, a renowned cryptographer and Johns Hopkins University professor who's previously published deep dives into Zoom's encryption.
"Many people are doing the best they can during a very hard time. This includes Zoom's engineers, who are dealing with an unprecedented surge of users, and somehow managing to keep their service from falling over," Green wrote in an April 3 blog post. "They deserve a lot of credit for this. It seems almost unfair to criticize the company over some hypothetical security concerns right now. But at the end of the day, this stuff is important."
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Paul Dyck passed away in 2006 at age of 88. In 2014, John Dyck, son of Paul Dyck and President of the Dyck Foundation, contacted the Verde Valley Archaeology Center to inquire if they would be interested in having the Dyck Rockshelter artifact collection and site records donated to it. The Center quickly accepted the collection. This exhibit displays only a tiny fraction of the items in the collection. There is a display of Farming and Gathering, Hunting, and Weaving. It is our intention to rotate the items periodically over the next several years.
A description of Paul Dyck's life and the collection can be viewed by clicking HERE.
In 2017, Verde Valley Archaeology Center was awarded a grant of nearly $24,000 from the Museums for America program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to strengthen and expand our exhibit on the prehistory and history of the Yavapai and the Apache cultures who have occupied the Verde Valley since about 2,000 B.C. This need was identified during discussions with the Yavapai Culture Director and the Apache Culture Director of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
A description of the Yavapai-Apache Nation exhibit can be viewed by clicking HERE.
The Honanki Collection is on loan from the U.S. Forest Service of items from the Honanki Heritage Site, one of the few prehistoric sites in the National Register of Historic Places. One of the reasons Honanki is so significant to the Verde Valley was the discovery of a large number of perishable artifacts. The preservation of perishable artifacts, as seen in this exhibit, is outstanding. More examples of prehistoric cordage, basketry and weaving textiles have been recovered from Honanki than from any other site in the Verde Valley. Since all of such objects are composed entirely of perishable plant and animal materials, few textile and basketry materials have survived. At Honanki, for example, only about 120 textile fragments were recovered. Consequently, relatively little is known about the development and changes in perishable technologies through time. Our understanding of prehistoric Pueblo textiles and basketry is almost entirely based on materials found in dry caves, only a few of which have ever been scientifically excavated.


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Arcadia Sanctorum
The Arcadia Sanctorum is a place to learn about comics and comic book collecting. We find lesser-known stories from the comic book universe. We teach collectors how to grow, sell, and preserve their collections. And we share news and insights about the contemporary comic book artform. Enter and discover.
Most Valuable Comic Book Creators: The Golden Age
If you collect comics, or read comics, or have ever heard of comics, then you know that the most valuable comic books in the world are Action Comics #1 (record sale 3.2 million) and Detective Comics #27 (record sale 2.1 million).
That's because those are the first appearances of Superman and Batman, respectively. But what about the creators behind those landmark issues? The creators often get over looked when people talk about the most valuable comic books ever. Everyone has heard of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at this point, but what about William Marston and H.G. Peter? Shouldn't we know about them too?
In this article we wanted to look at some of the most valuable comics from the golden age and talk about the creators behind them, as well as how the characters came to be.
With out further ado, let's get started
Action Comics #1 : Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Don't act surprised, I mentioned it above. Action Comics #1 is widely considered to be the birth of super hero comics and is therefore the most valuable comic book on the resale market.
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Joe Shuster, the character Superman was created while they were in high school, though at that time he was a villain with mind control powers, oh and bald. They later reworked the character to be heroic, bullet proof and super strong. They pitched the character to no less that 7 different comic book publishers and newspapers, all of them rejecting the idea, before being accepted as a 13-page story for Action Comics. The rest, as they say, is history.
Detective Comics #27 : Bob Kane and Bill Finger
After the mania that followed Superman's creation, comic book publishers shifted most of their focus to finding the next big hero. Bob Kane wrote comics at National Comics (which later changed to DC comics), and developed an idea for a character called "The Bat-Man". He developed some rough sketches of the character and invited his artist friend, Bill Finger, over to take a look. Finger gave his friend some ideas, and once said that,
"I went over to Kane's, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with kind of … reddish tights, I believe, with boots … no gloves, no gauntlets … with a small domino mask, swinging on a rope. He had two stiff wings that were sticking out, looking like bat wings."
Bill Finger
Bob Kane (left) and Bill Finger (right)
Finger went on to redesign the character too look more like the one we know and love.
There were significant issues later on, including Bill Finger's claim to the creation of Batman being hidden from the world, and many, many, lawsuits, but that is a story for another time.
All Star Comics #8 – William Marston and H.G. Peter
After deciding to create a character who fights with love instead of fists, William Marston's wife, Elizabeth Marston, told him that the character should be a woman. Marston was a well-respected psychologist who loved comic books. He'd already made a name for himself when he created the polygraph test, and gave a speech outlining the short comings of the comic books that were coming out at the time which caught the attention of National Comics. He created the character and based much of her personality and appearance on his wife and their polyamorous partner, Olive Byrne. Marston went so far as to say,
"Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world."
William Marson
William Marston with his lie detector
He would go on to team up with H.G. Peter, who was a self-described women's suffrage and equal rights supporter. Peter made very few changes to Marston's original designs, and the Wonder Woman costume has changed very little in the time since her creation.
Captain America #1 – Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Joe Simon (left) and Jack Kirby (right)
Joe Simon created Captain America during the period of time before America entered into World War II. Simon brought his close friend, Jack Kirby, onboard to draw the character, who in his first issue used a triangular shield. MLJ comics threatened legal action against Timely Comics (later known as Marvel Comics) because the character was too similar to their character, The Shield. It wasn't until the second issue that Jack Kirby redesigned Cap's shield into the one we all now know.
Fun Fact: While Stan Lee did not create Captain America, he did come up with the idea of Cap using his shield as a returning weapon in the characters 3rd issue. And that has become one of Cap's signature moves.
Whiz Comics #1 (#2) – Bill Parker and C.C. Beck
Captain Marvel!
Bill Parker took inspiration from Superman to create a hero for Fawcett Comics. He and artist C.C. Beck had always shared an affinity for Greek and Roman mythology, so they decided to create a character that kids could relate to. They gave Billy Batson to the world, a boy who, after saying the magic word, transforms into earth's mightiest mortal.
We wrote an article about the creation of Captain Marvel (Shazam!), and it goes into far more detail, find that here.
Marvel Comics #1 – Carl Burgos and Bill Everett and more
Marvel Comics #1 is important for many reasons. It was the first issue published by Timely Comics (which went on to become Marvel Comics), and it also featured first appearances of two characters that have been important to Marvel throughout the years.
Carl Burgos was the writer, and artist on a short story featuring the Human Torch. No, not that Human Torch, this human torch is an android who can control fire. He was also one of the most popular characters throughout the 1940's and fought against the Nazi's, side by side with Captain America. He also participated in the first super powered battle in comics, against Namor!
Namor the Sub Mariner
William Blake Everett
Created by Bill Everett for an ultimately abandoned comic book in 1938, Namor was instead published in Marvel Comics #1 in 1939. In his first appearance, he is actually an enemy of the United states and destroys a ship, killing all of the men on board, earning him the honor of being comics first anti-hero. While the android Human Torch has been largely forgotten, Namor the Submariner has remained an important part of Marvel Comics throughout the years. Bill Everett is also the co-creator of the blind vigilante, Daredevil, along with Stan Lee, and contributed to Timely Comics for the rest of his career.
We know the heroes, we know what they stand for and what they represent. We know that Superman came to earth from space, that Bruce Wayne watched his parents die. But it Is equally important that we know who created these characters, whom we cherish. Without them, we'd be missing a big part of our child hoods. So hats off to all of them, and for the work that they did to create such incredible characters.
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WND Touts Anti-Vaxxer Haranguing Scientist For Admitting Ivermectin Doesn't Work
Topic: WorldNetDaily
Researcher Andrew Hill has told the tale of how he initially highlighted how ivermectin seemed to be effective for treating COVID -- but turned against that conclusion when he discovered medical fraud in previous pro-ivermectin studies and that the remaining non-tainted ones showed no benefit for the drug. He wrote of the abuse and threats he received in response to that finding:
I was sent images of Nazi war criminals hanging from lamp-posts, Voodoo images of swinging coffins, vivid threats that my family were not safe, that we would all burn in hell. This was happening most days – I opened my laptop in the morning to be confronted with a sea of hate and disturbing threats. Twitter did nothing after I reported these threats. So I had to shut down social media.
There were also threats to my scientific reputation on email. I know many other scientists who have been threatened and abused in similar ways after promoting vaccination or questioning the benefits of unproven treatments like ivermectin. If scientists cannot communicate for fear of threats and abuse, how can all the misinformation be controlled?
Back in December, WorldNetDaily columnist Jack Cashill touted a harangue against Hill by Tess Lawrie -- whom Cashill insists is "a world-renowned data researcher from the U.K. with an international reputation for integrity" but who is in fact a rabid anti-vaxxer and equally rabid ivermectin enthusiast -- made in a Zoom call between the two. In it, she screeched that Hill was bought off by lobbyists, insisted that "All other countries are getting ivermectin except the U.K. and the USA and Europe are owned by the vaccine lobby," and sneered to him, "I don't understand how you sleep at night, honestly."
Well, that harangue has been compiled into a video, and Art Moore devoted a March 8 article to promoting it, with an emphasis on attacking Hill:
At a time when the nations of the world were recording about 15,000 COVID deaths per day, Dr. Andrew Hill of the University of Liverpool was about to publish a meta-analysis for the World Health Organization and other leading health agencies indicating the remarkable effectiveness of a repurposed drug in treating COVID-19, reducing hospitalization by some 80%.
But when he published his highly influential pre-print paper on Jan. 18, 2021, his stated conclusion didn't match the study's findings.
Instead of urging physicians around the world who were desperate for solutions to try the safe and effective drug, Hill wrote: "Ivermectin should be validated in larger appropriately controlled randomized trials before the results are sufficient for review by regulatory authorities."
The English researcher's turnabout didn't go unnoticed.
A colleague, Dr. Tess Lawrie, confronted Hill in a remarkable Zoom video conversation that was recorded and featured in a short documentary produced by Oracle Films.
Lawrie, the director of the Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy at the University of the Witwatersrand in Bath, South Africa, got Hill to admit that his non-profit sponsors, UNITAID, pressured him to alter his conclusion.
Lawrie noted to Hill that he is not a clinician.
"You're not seeing people dying every day. And this medicine prevents deaths by 80%. So, 80% of those people who are dying today don't need to die because there's Ivermectin."
Hill argued that the National Institutes of Health would not agree to recommend ivermectin.
"Yeah," Lawrie replied, "because the NIH is owned by the vaccine lobby.
"This is bad research. So at this point, I am really, really worried about you," she said.
Needless to say, Moore made no effort to contact Hill for his response to being targeted in such a way, nor did he report on the death threats he received for following the science.Nor did he subject Lawrie's claims to any sort of fact-check -- he supports her narrative, being an ivermectin enthusiast himself, and is more than happy to be her stenographer.
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War in Heaven by David Zindell (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, Book Three)
The final book in David Zindell's trilogy is supremely underwhelming. His striking prose is unable to redeem the meandering plot or make up for the total lack of resolution in some key storylines. But even said prose starts to feel tedious after awhile, especially when the protagonist — who is practically perfect in every way — experiences a mind-blowing epiphany seemingly every other chapter, epiphanies that Zindell describes in great detail. Perhaps most annoying of all, the novel's climax is basically a riff on classic utilitarianism, which (A) requires the protagonist to abandon the lofty idealism he's spouted throughout the trilogy and (B) undermines Zindell's passionately written ruminations on life's purpose and humanity's potential.


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Peter Eliot Graham
February 16, 1973 - July 21, 2021
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Peter Eliot Graham at 2:00 PM on Monday, July 26, 2021 at St. Pius X Catholic Church of Lafayette. Peter was 48 when he passed at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille's DOWNTOWN location on Monday, July 26, 2021 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM with a recitation of the rosary at 11:00 AM by his father-in-law, Byron Bozeman. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Reverend Howard Blessing will conduct the funeral services. Left behind to cherish his legacy include his treasured wife of 25 years, Monique Bozeman Graham; his son, Nicholas Eliot Graham; his favorite daughter, Camille Alexandra Graham; his son, Jake Eliot Graham; his son, Samuel Eliot Graham; his parents, Neil and Kim Barry Graham; his brother, Steven Graham and his wife Allison; his brother, John Charles Francis Graham; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, god-children, cousins and all others who he considered family. He was preceded in death by his youngest brother, Mark William Graham; his paternal grandparents, Woodman and Esther Graham; his maternal grandparents, Francis and Mildred Barry and his uncle, Granger William Graham. Born in Lafayette, the oldest of four brothers, Peter took his role as oldest as a life model. School age he played soccer, baseball, basketball then football and succeeded in all. Enrolling in ULL, he worked part time and ended up as a bartender at Poet's, moving on to manager. After meeting Monique and marrying, and with babies coming, Peter went back to school with Monique's support. Carrying his tiny babies like footballs, he studied, fed and diapered his three youngest, graduating in Finance with three watching. He worked for Walmart Distribution Center and then Wesco Distribution until his death. Peter was larger than life, a presence when he walked in a room. It wasn't just his size, it was the vivaciousness that bumped up the atmosphere. His smile and his sincere concern won him many friends, and in that brotherhood bond he held them dear. On the golf course or in a boardroom, he was driven with compassion. His greatest blessings were his beautiful wife and their four children, appreciating every aspect of their lives. The world got so much smaller with his passing. Pallbearers will be his three sons, his cousins Eric and Nick King, and Dan Barry. A heartfelt appreciation is extended by the Graham family to the ICU staff of Ochsner Lafayette General for their compassionate care given to Peter. View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Martin & Castille-DOWNTOWN-330 St. Landry St., Lafayette, LA 70506, 337-234-2311
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The opulent kitchen follows boasting high-end appliances, granite countertops, plus the center island for extra storage and a magnet for family gatherings. The top level includes a large bathroom, two bedrooms and the owners suite with a walk-in-closet and a master bathroom featuring granite vanity, stand-up shower and a relaxing jacuzzi tub. The full finished basement offers extra living space and storage room, but is currently used as family room and office.
This listing was contributed by Manuel Pantiga.


Charles Barkley is one of the most famous basketball figures in history — but he is also a big softie always on the lookout for real friends.
A new podcast at WBUR entitled "My Dad's Friendship with Charles Barkley" by Shirley Wang details the special friendship that developed between Barkley and Lin Wang, a Chinese immigrant who worked as a kitty litter scientist and first bumped into Barkley at a hotel bar. The men had an instant bond, went to dinner, and returned to the bar for even more conversation.
In the podcast, Shirley Wang details how her dad and Barkley began hanging out, even partying, and how her dad surprised Barkley by showing up for Barkley's mother Charcey Glenn's 2015 funeral in Alabama. Stories Wang told about his tall pal were laughed off in his hometown of Muscatine, Iowa, but it didn't bother him — he knew he had a special companion in the form of one of his favorite pro athletes of all time.
Barkley explained by phone that Lin Wang was "one of the happiest people I've ever met in my life... It's fun to be with your friends, you know? 'Cause, I don't have that many friends that I want to be around, to be honest with you. I mean, you know a lot of people. But when you go spend time with your friends, it's a whole different animal."


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Heritage Rose District of New York City
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In the spring of 2009, the New York Times ran a story that was about heritage roses with a focus on Mr. Harison of 'Harison's Yellow'. Betty Vickers and Doug Brenner joined me in the planting of heritage roses that once grew in Harlem - the site of Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City. The roses were donated by Gregg Lowery and Mike Shoup. We planted: 'Souvenir de la Malmaison', 'Mme. Boll', 'Harison's Yellow', Rosa gallica, 'Fellenberg', 'Rose du Roi, 'John James Audubon' (one of Mike Shoup's creations - the cemetery was created on Carman's estate, close to Audubon's estate), and a rose we found in Baltimore with study name of "Greenmount Red".
The article mentioned the Heritage Rose Foundation. A week after the article ran, I received a phone call from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. His office was interested in talking to me about the rose plantings. Their dream: to create a Heritage Rose District in the neighborhood of the cemetery, an area that includes the newly founded historic district of Audubon Park. The city of New York has invited the Heritage Rose Foundation to help create the first ever Heritage Rose District.
There have been two meetings with the Borough President's Office since this phone call. What Paimaan Lodhi, Urban Planner, wanted from HRF was to become the authority, the final voice on what roses should be included, and experted advice on how to grow roses. They were very excited about moving forward with this project.
Community groups, historical societies, and cultural institutions have enthusiastically embraced this project. These institutions include: Morris-Jumel Mansion, Church of the Intercession, Trinity Church Cemetery, Hamilton Grange, Hispanic Society, Harlem and the Heights Historical Society, City College of NY, Hudson River Restoration Project (funded entirely by Bette Midler), and numerous community groups as shown in the List of Organizations and their links at the end of this article.
All of these groups that accept roses will care for them. Each group has an army of eager volunteers.
Over thirty different sites are under consideration for homes of over a hundred donated heritage roses. (see the map here).
The Heritage Rose District generally encompasses the western portion of Northern Manhattan between West 130thand West 162nd streets, with Broadway and Trinity Cemetery (final resting place of George F. Harison and Daniel Boll) at its nexus. The neighborhoods of West Harlem and Washington Heights – both with ample open spaces and a rich history – provide a perfect setting for growing and displaying roses, especially when plantings are inspired by local heritage.
This year, volunteers will plant over a hundred heritage rose bushes at the following nine sites within the Heritage Rose District: Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Church of the Intercession, the plaza at 155th Street and Riverside Drive, Audubon Terrace (the former site of John J. Audubon's estate), Broadway Malls at 153rd Street and Broadway, Morris-Jumel Mansion (the oldest house in New York City), Montefiore Park at 137th Street and Broadway, Jackie Robinson Park at 145th Street and Edgecombe Avenue, and City College Campus on Amsterdam Avenue between 136th and 137th Streets.
The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation has generously committed to constructing and maintaining a new, permanent planter at the corner of 155th Street and Riverside Drive, as well as provide soil, compost and water for all of the rose bushes that fall within the Parks Department's jurisdiction. In each instance, all of the roses being planted are varieties that once grew in Manhattan during the 18th and 19thcenturies. In fact, many of the roses were originally grown in gardens located in Northern Manhattan.
Five nurseries were willing to donate whatever we need for this project :
Brookville Nursery, Vintage Gardens, The Antique Rose Emporium, Roses Unlimited and Der Rosenmeister.
Roses came also from Cris Maurer and me. Malcolm Manners and the Florida Southern College also want to donate musk roses and Bermuda Mystery Roses as well. Irises were donated by Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Cris Maurer and Betty Vickers.
Planting events were scheduled for October 24 and Earth Day (40th anniversary next year).
Then came the D-Day!
October 24, 2009; Despite the threat and strong possibility of terrible weather, this was really happening!
The 100 roses were all there, Rosa Mundi was there, and many volunteers were on hand to plant.
Borough President Stringer said, "Today, we're re-introducing some native New Yorkers with deep roots back into West Harlem and Washington Heights. Having this area become known as the nation's first Heritage Rose District will bring a big dose of flower power to a place of rich cultural and historical significance."
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe said, "We are happy to partner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to create a Heritage Rose District in West Harlem and Southern Washington Heights. Thanks to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Manhattan Community Boards 9 and 12, these roses will dress up some of our parks along the Hudson River waterfront. None of this would be possible without the efforts of 'It's My Park! Day' volunteers, who are spending the day beautifying these sites."
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum said, "New Yorkers can take great pride in today's groundbreaking of the nation's first official Heritage Rose District, and I congratulate all the residents of Harlem and Washington Heights. It is appropriate that these historic neighborhoods will now be dotted by beautiful, traditional roses. Thanks to all the volunteers participating in today's planting."
My message was, "The Heritage Rose District of New York offers a unique opportunity for the Heritage Rose Foundation to put into action its Mission: to preserve heritage roses and promote their culture; to establish gardens where these roses may be grown and displayed; to foster public knowledge and appreciation of heritage roses and their preservation. We hope that this will start a trend across the country."
We had some protestors convinced that the planter will attract rats. Welcome to NY, dear roses. May you be protected by the spirits of M. Harison and M. Boll...
Betty Vickers said:
"We also had participation of a positive nature. Some of the neighborhood kids jumped into the big planting bed at City College New York, first assisting Lee Ginenthal (who donated big, beautiful cold-climate roses and drove them to the site for us!), then heading over to give Stephen and Dana hand. Mommas watched proudly (if a bit warily – what ARE these people doing??) And up at Morris-Jumel Mansion, Camilla Huey had the assistance of a group of Bronx teenagers, all about to graduate from high school, full of plans to go off to college next year! I was delighted beyond words when one of them turned over a spade full of earth, found a tulip bulb, and – in great surprise - said, "Yo!" These kids created a bed for the roses, first removing roots that were almost as big as they were."
All in all, there was more neighborhood participation in this project than any I have ever been involved in. It was amazing.
[Some of the information in this article provided by Paimaan Lodhi from the Manhattan Borough President's Office.)
See the List of Roses planted in 2009 here.
List of Organizations involved in this project :
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Audubon Park New York
Boricua College
Broadway Malls Association
Broadway United Businesses
Church of the Intercession
City College of New York
Community Board 12
Community Board 9
Harlem Bespoke Blogspot
Harlem CDC
Hispanic Society of America
Horticultural Society of New York
Manhattan Borough President's Office
Manhattan Rose Society
Morris-Jumel Mansion
New York Restoration Project
NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation
Partnership for Parks
Riverside Oval Association
Der Rosenmeister
Recycling the Past
Roses Unlimited
The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
Vintage Gardens
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Were it not for the quarrel with his wife, Holman would never have found the key. Certainly it was not his habit to stare at the pavement while walking; but after the long and wearying argument, which had continued at intervals over the entire weekend and was still unresolved when he left on Monday morning, Holman's normally upright carriage was more than a little wilted.
If asked why he was staring at the pavement, he would have said that he was thinking hard. How anyone could become so emotional over so trivial a matter - a purely domestic question of interior design, barely worth a moment's thought - was beyond his comprehension. As to how anyone could perpetuate so futile a disagreement over a period of forty-eight hours - that, he supposed, was something a psychiatrist might possibly be able to fathom.
His wife was still asleep when he left, so he had no chance to discuss it further with her; and although he thought hard about the problem as he drove to the office, understanding still refused to come. That was why, as he walked the hundred yards from the car park to the building, his brow was still furrowed and his head slightly lowered; and that was how he saw the key.
It was a perfectly ordinary door-key, fairly new and shiny; which may be why it caught Holman's eye, and why he so far sacrificed his accustomed dignity as to stoop and pick it up. Unlike Holman's own door-key, it was not attached to a ring and did not have a plastic sheath over its top; nevertheless, as Holman straightened he found one hand moving to his trouser pocket, checking almost furtively that his own keys were still there.
Upright once more, and ignoring the twinge in his back, he held the key in his open palm and glanced around at the people on the street. Almost all were his own kind: uniformed in dark suits, armed with briefcases or laptops, marching cadres of corporate dynamism. None looked as though they had lost anything; still less did any of them seem the type to be careless with their property, let alone to have holes in their pockets. As it seemed a waste simply to throw the key in a litter bin, and as he could hardly just leave it where he had found it, Holman closed his fist and then, after a moment's consideration, dropped the key into his pocket with those he already owned.
Fortunately, Holman was not the kind of man to let a spoiled weekend interfere with his concentration at work, and the day proceeded according to his usual businesslike routine. If he thought of his find at all, it was merely to fill an empty moment - of which, as on most Mondays, there were few. His wife did not telephone, even to interrupt. Perhaps, Holman ruminated over lunch, the key had been discarded by someone who had somewhere better to go at the end of the day.
When work was finished, he left the building and walked to the car park. Although he was tired, his mood had improved, and he kept his attention away from the ground and firmly on the way ahead. He got into his car, drove out of the car park and onto the main road, and made the journey to his own street in about the usual time. The street was just the same as always; one of the neighbours even looked up at Holman's car as he drove past. Holman had parked just outside the front gate, locked the car and walked halfway up the drive before he realised that the front door was not his own.
The keys on his key-ring had no effect, of course. Holman methodically tried them all, one after the other and some more than once; he refused to demean himself by knocking. At last, on a sort of irritable whim, he took out the key he had picked up that morning and discovered, not greatly to his surprise, that it fitted the lock and turned quite smoothly. Putting the key carefully back in his pocket, Holman pushed open the door.
His shoes clumped on bare boards, and he seemed to be breathing dust. As the door clicked shut behind his back, something not his wife arose from a dark corner and hastened, gaping, to greet him.


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King's Art Centre exhibits work by students and local artists. You can also go to classes in life drawing, drawing and painting, and digital art. Or you can use the messy room to work on your own projects. The College runs an annual art competition and has an extensive collection of artwork, some of which can be borrowed by students.
The Bunker is the exciting student-led venue at King's, a versatile underground space used for dance nights, music, and sometimes comedy, theatre and all sorts of other events as well. The venue is run by a Bunker Committee of King's students, who put on great events through the year, with good music and cheap prices. There are regular Bunker nights in the bunker itself, special themed nights such as Valentine's special, and large multi-room events, such as Oddity (March 2014) featuring Jam City supported by Her Records and Metrist, and Occupy (December 2013) with Xxxy and Randomer.
The King's drama society puts on plays in different locations around the College including Keynes Hall, the Bunker and the Fellows' Garden. Performances are open to the general public as well as students. If you're interested in theatre, you can get involved in all parts of the productions, both on and off the stage. King's Drama have staged Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Peter Shaffer's The Gift of Gorgon, as well as one-night monologue showcase events. King's students are also regularly involved in productions elsewhere in the University, including those staged at the ADC Theatre or the Corpus playroom.
King's Film Society, free to College students, holds regular screenings in King's during term-time. There are several meeting rooms in College with projector, screen and audio equipment. More generally, King's College Student Union has a projector which can be borrowed by students, as well as a wide-ranging DVD collection.
King's has a number of allotments where students can grow vegetables if they want to. The college gardeners look after them when students are away during the vacations. There is also an Arpiculture society, which keeps bees in a bee hive. It's quite a new society but we hope to harvest and perhaps sell the honey in the future. See the green activities page for more information about sustainability projects in the College.
King's hosts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) events, including various social events and a discussion group.
King's College Music Society (KCMS) is one of the most vibrant and high-profile music societies in Cambridge. King's students cover a huge range of music each year, organising large-scale orchestral concerts each term, held in the stunning, world-famous Chapel, as well as quirky and intimate concerts in the Provost's drawing room. One highlight of the year is the May Week Chapel Concert, which features the combined forces of the KCMS orchestra, King's College Choir and King's Voices. There's always a great party on the back lawn afterwards too. See the King's College Music Society page for more detail.
King's has a dedicated mountaineering and kayaking society which runs climbing sessions during term and provides kayaks for students to use on the river Cam (which runs through King's). The society runs training sessions where you can learn new skills so it doesn't matter if you've not got much experience.
Most importantly, there are very popular trips during the vacations, enabling students to enjoy camping, kayaking, climbing, hiking and other outdoor activities in more challenging scenery.
The society is ever growing and open to suggestions if students want to run a different activity. See the KMKA website.
If you're interested in photography, King's has an underground Dark Room and provides chemicals and other equipment for processing negatives and printmaking.
There is access to high quality enlargers and a range of papers, toners and editing equipment, all free of charge for society members. All users must first attend an induction session held by the more experienced users on techniques and good practice.
After that, students are encouraged to make full use of the facility and there's a good number of people in college you can ask if you need help with something. The Dark Room has a library of photography books, a flickr account where students can share their work, and occasional competitions to enter.
As well as being used by King's students, the University Photographic Society often meets at King's, and uses the facilities.
King's Politics brings top political speakers to King's, giving students and academics alike an opportunity to listen to, engage with, and challenge some of the most prominent movers and shakers. The society actively encourages students from across Cambridge to engage in stimulating, thought-provoking and exciting events.
For more information, see the King's Politics website.
King's College Choir is one of the world's best known male voice choral groups. It is made up of sixteen choristers and fourteen Choral Scholars (six basses, four tenors and four counter-tenors), and sings daily services in the Chapel as well as performing all over the world and doing radio and TV broadcasts. The Choral Scholars also have an a capella close harmony group called The King's Men.
For more information, see the King's College Choir section.
King's Voices is the College's mixed-voice choir. The group sings Evensong in the Chapel on Mondays, and puts on two major concerts sponsored by King's College Musical Society (KCMS), guest appearances in Ely Cathedral and elsewhere, performances at College dinners, etc. Each year there's a King's Voices tour, usually in the Easter vacation. As well as singing together, the choir is outgoing and sociable as a group. Rehearsals and Evensong are usually followed by a drink in the bar and at least once a term there is a dinner party.
Choral Exhibitions are awarded for students who successfully audition for King's Voices. The standard is high and the repertoire is increasingly diverse and ambitious. All members of King's Voices are entitled to a course of singing lessons each year. For more information, see the King's Voices page.
King's College Graduate Society (KCGS) organises events specifically for graduates: video nights, formal dinner exchanges with other colleges, and trips to our sister college in Oxford (New College) or to London. On Fridays, KCGS sponsors informal graduate drinks. In the summer, 'Grad Drinks' may take place by the River Cam, sometimes combined with a barbecue or late-night punting. See the King's College Graduate Society website.
A good number of subjects at King's have societies in College or occasional seminars, with invited speakers, opportunities to present and discuss student research, and social and networking events bringing undergraduates, graduates and researchers in College together for meals or drinks. These include the King's Law Society, The Biology seminar series, The Maths and Physics society, and the History society. See the relevant subject page for details. All subjects also have societies at university level, bringing people with mutual interests from different Colleges together.
There are lots of opportunities for students who want to be involved in widening participation and providing accurate information for prospective students from all backgrounds. The Admissions Office sends emails asking for student volunteers to help with school groups and Open Days. You can be on an undergraduate panel answering questions in front of sixth formers, take tour groups around King's or chat with visitors over (free!) lunch about student life. Or if you enjoy writing, you could write a King's Student Perspectives piece for the website.
The KCSU Access Officers co-ordinate student volunteers for the interview week helpdesk in early December and the Shadowing Scheme where sixth formers stay in King's and 'shadow' a student studying their subject. They also lead the King's Access Bus, a group which visits schools in the Middlesbrough area after Cambridge term has ended for Easter, running sessions for year 10 pupils.
The Women's Dinner is an annual event which brings students, fellows and female alumni together to celebrate the presence of women at King's. The event includes talks and discussion, as well as a formal meal together in Hall.
King's also plays host to many University societies. Events taking place in the college range from talks and seminars with leading politicians and journalists to lessons in belly dancing, salsa, zumba and yoga. King's maintains a proud tradition of involvement in all aspects of University life. The main University website has a full list of clubs and societies.
When reading about life at King's, do bear in mind that whilst many King's students get involved in all kinds of activities in addition to their academic work, admissions decisions are based strictly on academic potential.
The cliché of 'work hard, play hard' definitely applies here."


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Q: find and replace all xml elements within a tag I am editing an xml file in notepad++ and was wondering if it is possible to find and replace elements within specific tags. The reason I ask this is I am editing a lectora document and want to change the x and y coordinates on text boxes but only on certain chapters and if I do a find and replace for something  it will find and replace all instances of it for the whole document and I only need for a specific chapter/tag. Any help would be appreciated, thanks
<chapter id="46" parent="1">
<name>changing</name>

<point>
<x>65</x>
<y>90</y>
</point>

</chapter>

<chapter id="48" parent="1">
<name>nonchanging</name>
<point>
<x>65</x>
<y>90</y>
</point>

</chapter>

A: This should do it:
Find what:
(<chapter id="(?!46).+<x>)(\d+)(</x>.+</chapter>)

Replace with:
\1YOURNUMBER\3

Also tick ". matches newline" checkbox.
But beware that this is not a good solution, and rather use it only in some ad-hoc work, where you can verify the results.
As Luis suggested, xPath is the way to go for this kind of things.


After the fake Justin Bieber ad we saw earlier this week, here's a real one from Google Chrome, which uses everyone's (least) favorite teen sensation to illustrate how the Web browser allows people to communicate with each other and maybe rise to international superstardom. The effectiveness of the ad depends on how you feel about Bieber, I think. But his success is certainly a story about the Internet, so it's hard to argue with that. Luckily, though, Chrome also made one with Lady Gaga, who doesn't inspire quite so much hate from the public.