In Latin America and elsewhere, the IMF may be re-emerging-but in a changed landscape.
The London G20 Summit in April was the IMF's big comeback gig. In 2007 the fund's loan book was down to just $20 billion; now its capital is set to triple to $750 billion, plus permission to issue $250 billion in "special drawing rights" (the fund's quasi-currency which allows member countries to borrow from each others' reserves). Since September 2008 a range of East European and ex-Soviet states have taken out new loans. So too have Pakistan, El Salvador, and Iceland-the fund's first Western European client since Britain in 1976.
The World Bank and regional development banks are also getting in on the party. In Latin America, the World Bank's regional vice president Pamela Cox says she expects lending to triple in 2009 to $14 billion. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the most active IFI in the region, expects to lend $18 billion-its typical loan portfolio is under $8 billion. And the development banks are queuing up behind the IMF with their caps out for capital increases: the Asian Development Bank wants to triple its capital to $165 billion; the IDB is asking for an extra $50 to $80 billion on top of its current $101 billion.
But the issues at stake here go beyond the IFIs' own agendas. On the one hand, their revival implies a reassertion of U.S. and global North dominance. They aren't called "Washington-based" just as a matter of real estate: the United States has a 17% voting share on the IMF and World Bank, enough to give it a veto on some major changes; Europe and the United States control the top management positions.
On the other hand, the story underscores how parts of the global South are gaining in economic power. In the crises of the 1990s, or so the neoliberal story went, the IMF stepped in to clean up the messes made when fragile Third World economies exploded. This time around things are very different: the mess is in the North, and the likelihood is that the emerging economies of Asia and Latin America will emerge from it stronger and more independent. (It's important to note, though, that large areas in the South, notably Africa, are not part of this story-nor is Eastern Europe.) The so-called BRIC nations in particular (Brazil, Russia, India, China) are getting the bargaining power to back up their claims on the global financial system. Will these claims be met within the existing institutions, or by creating a new financial architecture that bypasses Washington altogether? The future of the IFIs is a key arena in which global rebalancing of economic power is playing out.
The aim of Banco del Sur is to replace the Washington-based lenders altogether with institutions run by and for South America. Maria Jose Romero, who researches the IFIs at the Third World Institute in Montevideo, encapsulates this spirit. "In responding to the crisis Latin American countries have two options," she says. "We can return to the old institutions and the failed recipes of the 1990s, or we can move forward with alternatives."
For many Latin American countries a return to the IMF is politically out of the question. According to Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, the decline of the IMF started with the Asian financial crisis over a decade ago. After the fund's failure to act as emergency lender of last resort to Asian banking systems in 1997, those states moved to build up sizeable currency reserves, determined not to be dependent on the fund again; others followed suit.
This turning away has been more dramatic in Latin America, where IMF policies are blamed for precipitating the 1998 crisis in Argentina which led to the collapse of its banking system and eventually to its 2002 default. Argentina and Bolivia both paid off the last of their debts to the fund in 2006; in April 2007 Ecuador announced it had paid off its IMF loans and requested the fund withdraw its country manager; the same month Venezuela announced itself debt-free, and a few weeks later said it would withdraw from fund membership altogether. When Daniel Ortega won the Nicaraguan presidential election in May 2007 he promised the country would be "free from the fund" within five years.
How has this freedom-from-Washington line held in the current crisis? U.S.-friendly Mexico was the first to sign up for the new Flexible Credit Lines the IMF is granting without conditions to "pre-approved" governments, followed by Colombia-though neither has yet drawn on them. So far only El Salvador and Costa Rica have taken out new loans. In sharp contrast to Eastern Europe, most Latin American states had healthy reserve cushions coming into the crunch. And with commodity prices now rising again, it may be that the region's anti-IMF resolve is not going to face the test many had anticipated.
"The crisis has focused attention to the failings of the existing financial system," she says. "It is helping build the impetus for Banco del Sur, as well as for moves to settle bilateral trade in local currencies [rather than dollars], which is the first step towards monetary union, and for broader South-South cooperation initiatives."
To be fair, Banco del Sur may not live up to proponents' hopes. With just $7 billion in capital, the bank won't be in the same league as the Washington-based IFIs. Nor is there any immediate plan to create an emergency monetary fund-an Ecuadorian proposal to that effect has been dropped. And the principle of one country one vote, perhaps the biggest rallying point of all, has been modified: equal votes will apply only on loans under $70m, above which approval is required from members with 2/3 of the capital contributions.
Finally, there is still no clarity on the focus of lending. Campaigners hope for a true emphasis on poverty reduction and projects to build regional cooperation, and have scored the provision of a socially focused "audit board." But some fear that more conservative members (read: Brazil) could push Banco del Sur toward being just one more development bank.
Across Asia, there are parallel developments. A proposal by Japan to set up an Asian Monetary Fund met the same fate as an earlier Malaysian-backed scheme called the East Asian Economic Caucus-both were dropped after expressions of disapproval from the IMF and U.S. officials. But now the Chiang Mai Initiative, a longstanding plan for a system of swap arrangements between the central banks of the southeast Asian countries plus China, Japan, and South Korea is expected to come on line this year, and the proposed size of the scheme was upped to $120 billion in February. Chiang Mai is linked to the IMF (members need IMF agreements in place to withdraw more than 20% of the total), but some see it leading towards an eventual independent regional fund. For now, though, at least officially, the talk is usually of "complementing," not supplanting, the IMF.
Even as they move ahead with building regional institutions independent of the IFIs, the BRICs are pushing for more power within the Washington-based institutions. Increased say at the IMF is one of the four governments' main demands. In March 2008 China's vote share was raised all the way up to 3.7%-putting the world's most populous country on a par with Belgium plus the Netherlands, combined population 27 million. The BRICs jointly muster a 9.82% quota.
According to Vince McElhinny, the BRICs' contributions to the fund's current capital boost are aimed at bolstering their demands for more say in IFI governance. When, a week before the BRIC summit, Brazil's President Lula announced a $10 billion contribution, he talked of thereby gaining "moral authority to keep pushing for changes needed at the IMF."
The IMF's desire to placate emerging powers such as the BRICs may explain the makeover it has displayed in its current comeback-dubbed "IMF 2.0" by Time magazine. Managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for the fund to spend against recession: less structural adjustment, more counter-cyclical stimulus. But the changes may be largely cosmetic. According to a study by the Third World Network, the actual conditions of recent IMF loans to Pakistan, Hungary, Ukraine, and other countries are familiar: the borrowers must reduce their fiscal deficits through public spending cuts, wage freezes, higher fuel tariffs, and interest rate hikes.
What real changes are the BRICs really likely to get? There's plenty of gossip flying around: some are touting Lula as the next World Bank president; perhaps China will get to pick Strauss-Kahn's successor.
Mark Weisbrot, however, does not see the U.S. government giving any ground on voting shares. "The U.S. would rather walk away from the IMF than give up control," he says.
Weisbrot describes the IMF as "the most important instrument of influence the U.S. government has in developing countries-beyond the military, beyond the CIA. Or, at least, that's the role it's played for most of the last 30 years. A good part of that influence has been lost recently; now they're trying to get it back."
The IMF's power has never really been about its own lending, however. Its influence over countries' economic policies is far greater than would be suggested by its share in overall capital flows. The real issue is the fund's role as "gatekeeper" of a global "creditors' cartel."
Multilateral loans from the World Bank and regional development banks and bilateral loans from the wealthy countries typically come with some form of "cross-conditionality" clause. You only get your loan if you first have an IMF agreement in place; installments only keep flowing so long as you stick to it. Similar conditions can also apply in private capital transactions. For instance, Venezuela's 2007 threat to give up its IMF membership triggered a market sell-off because under covenants written into its sovereign bonds, a break with the fund would count as a "technical default."
Now, though, recent shifts in Latin America have dealt what Weisbrot says could be "a final blow to the IMF creditors' cartel in middle-income countries."
This is a continental tale, but Argentina is a good place to begin. The country cut itself off from international capital markets with its 2002 default, and is still being chased by "hold-out" bond investors in the New York courts. Yet Argentina grew at almost 9% a year from 2003 through 2007-the country's most rapid growth in 50 years, and some of the fastest growth rates on the continent. This expansion has been funded largely by selling bonds to another emerging regional power, Venezuela. These bond transfers are no subsidies-Argentina pays commercial interest rates-but they do come free of Washington conditions. For Weisbrot, "Venezuela's offers of credit, without policy conditions, to Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other countries has changed the equation."
It's true that easy Venezuelan credit dried up early on in the crisis as oil prices plummeted. It's also true that Argentina is now allowing IMF staff in to monitor its economy and taking out new loans from the World Bank and the IDB. But it's telling that Argentina got these loans without any IMF agreement in place: the cartel, at least in its old form, appears to be broken. And then there's the other plank in Argentina's current crisis management strategy: a $10.2 billion swap line direct with China.
In short, the IMF and allied institutions have regained some lost ground in the crisis, but forms of "South-South cooperation" that stand to weaken the Washington-based creditors' cartel have kept on building too.
According to one very plausible interpretation, this crisis has been about the consequences of the rich countries' capital piling into the financial services sphere to compensate for the loss of manufacturing production to the Third World. Control of the world's financial capital flows was one last highly profitable channel where Northern capital still ruled unopposed. Increasingly, though, global-South states and corporations are cutting out the middle man to trade directly with each other. It's against the background of these new possibilities that the next chapter in the story of the IFIs will play out.
Dariush Sokolov Dariush Sokolov is an activist and independent journalist based in Argentina. He writes about political philosophy, anarchist economics, and global finance, among other things, and sometimes updates his blog, La Parte Maldita.


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Helen Mirren Reacts to Being Mistaken for Keanu Reeves' Girlfriend
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The 'Hobbs and Shaw' actress admits she's flattered by the comparison to Keanu's 46-year-old girlfriend Alexandra Grant, praising the artist, 'She's obviously lovely.'
AceShowbiz - Helen Mirren has finally responded after her name was brought into the conversation when Keanu Reeves and his girlfriend Alexandra Grant made their red carpet debut as a couple at the LACMA Art + Film Gala on Saturday, November 2. With her natural silver hair, the 46-year-old artist was mistaken for the movie vet.
Met at the premiere of her new movie "The Good Liar" in New York City on Wednesday, November 6, the 74-year-old actress addressed the mix-up. Not the slightest offended by the comparison, the Academy Award-winning actress told ET, "I saw that. That was very flattering on me, you know, because she's obviously lovely."
Helen went on singing praise for Keanu. "I do know Keanu very well. He did a film with my husband and he is just the most adorable, lovely person," she said, referring to the 1997 horror thriller "The Devil's Advocate" which he starred in. "So she's a lucky girl and I'm sure that he's a lucky boy."
Keanu and Alexandra were all smiles and holding hands while posing together on the red carpet of the Saturday event which was held in Los Angeles. They stayed close to each other while walking past photographers and heading into the museum.
It marked the first time in decades the 55-year-old actor went public with his girlfriend. The two, however, have been friends for years and worked together his 2011 book "Ode to Happiness" as well as his 2016 book "Shadows".
A source told PEOPLE that the pair "started dating earlier this year, but have wanted to keep it quiet." Of his decision to finally make their relationship public, the so-called insider said, "Keanu wants to openly share his life with her. He is extremely happy and grateful to have Alex in his life."
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Parent Teacher AssociationMomenteel geselecteerd
Quite a number of parents are actively involved in the school through the PTA or 'Ouderraad'. Its aim is to support the interests of the students and their parents or guardians and promotes contact between everyone at International School Hilversum - students, parents, teachers and staff.
The Board of the PTA aims to advise the parent representatives in the DMR (Deelmedezeggeschapsraad or Works committee) and the school management, providing a forum in which issues regarding students, parents and the whole school can be discussed, seeking appropriate solutions in consultation with all parties involved.
The PTA Social Committee organises social events and fundraising activities in the school and helps families who recently moved to The Netherlands to feel welcomed and at home. The 'Welcome back to school BBQ', at the beginning of the school year, is a popular event on the annual calendar and is organised by the PTA.
Every year the PTA produces the International Community Guide to Hilversum. They produce this Guide to help new families to adjust to their new home as quickly as possible. It contains information, ideas and recommendations which both newcomers and established families can use. Please use the link to access a digital copy,
http://www.ptaish.nl/Hilversum-Guide-2018
The PTA has its own website, www.ptaish.nl, which provides more information or can be contacted on board@ptaish.nl


Can you use this method to speed up rendering?
Can you use this with Screamernet?
I don't know if Lightwave or the LWSN applications are "parallelized" -- Scott_Newtek the Mac guy at NT may know, but if they aren't this application won't improve rendering.
In addition, if I understand it correctly, you wouldn't use this as a screamernet setup, because all the "nodes" are treated as one big processor.
if you remember this was a big thread on the old forum.


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Mark Walker Mark Emmert Sports Athlete recruiting College sports Coronavirus Infectious diseases Diseases and conditions Health Lung disease Athlete compensation Sports business Lobbying Political issues Government and politics Athlete contracts Sports transactions Political organizations Legislature Laws Legislation College football Football Men's sports
AP Exclusive: Power Five spend big on lobbying Congress
FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, John Swofford, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, announces the cancellation of NCAA college basketball games at the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting the ability of college athletes to earn endorsement money. "In this particular case, the (Power Five) conferences are working together on this so that there's less confusion, not more, in terms of the messaging to congressional leaders that helps explain NIL (Names, Images and Likenesses) and what the concerns are, and how it might work," Swofford told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, a panel of witnesses, from left, Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert, University of Kansas Chancellor Dr. Douglas Girod, National College Players Association Executive Director Ramogi Huma and National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Chair Kendall Spencer listen during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting the ability of college athletes to earn endorsement money. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting the ability of college athletes to earn endorsement money. At the hearing in February, NCAA President Mark Emmert said Congress needs to put "guardrails" on athletes' ability to earn money, in part to protect against potential recruiting abuses and endorsement money being used as a pay-for-play scheme. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn. The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part of a coordinated effort to influence Congress on legislation affecting the ability of college athletes to earn endorsement money. The Southeastern Conference was the biggest spender, hiring three lobbying firms and paying them a total of $140,000, according to lobbying disclosure forms reviewed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)


Mind blind / by Lari Don.
Rivals in the city / Y.S. Lee.
Dodger's guide to London / by Terry Pratchett.
My first rhyme : London / edited by Donna Samworth.
My journey to London : a tale about a short break to London / written by Mariam Bibi-Kaggwa ; illustrated by Jag Lall.
Publisher: Woodstock : Ibrahim Nelson Kaggwa in conjunction with Writersworld, c2013.


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A Veterans Day Like None Other Before
Even as we mark their sacrifice, there is evidence everywhere that America has "broken faith" with its veterans, the living and the dead.
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For nearly a century, hundreds of millions of people all over the world have stopped their busy lives to pause for a moment on November 11th to honor the sacrifice of military service. But something will happen this year, tomorrow, which has never happened before. For the first time, the solemn date will be observed without the presence of a living World War I veteran. The last surviving veteran, who served with the Woman's Royal Air Force, died this past February at the age of 110. The last American World War I veteran-- the last "Doughboy"-- died in 2011. The last World War I veteran to see action in battle, another Briton, died in 2009.
Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day, whatever we want to call it. As we mark the literal end of an era, as the torch is passed to a world without direct knowledge of the first war to end all wars, it is worth suggesting today that we must still do far more than we have done to honor the dead, to comfort the wounded, and to lend a hand to those fortunate enough to have returned to us unharmed, than merely attend parades or wear poppies or visit graves or bow our heads in silence. If we are serious about honoring those who gave their last full measure of devotion to their country, and also with those who were willing to do so, we must do so much more.
In America today, The Washington Post just reported, about 70,000 veterans sleep in the streets. The rate of military suicides has spiked again in 2012. We are still woefully behind in recognizing and treating traumatic brain injuries, the signature wound of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even as we fail to provide adequate health care for our military personnel suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the signature wound of our last ground war in Asia. And it's not just neglect. In some cases, our laws and our judges are aggressively hostile to the legitimate medical concerns of our service members and their families.
The lack of adequate care given to our veterans mocks their sacrifice. Which is why it is also fitting to note today that the most haunting poem of World War I, and one of the most famous poems in human history, was written by a young Canadian doctor, a Montreal boy, a McGill graduate, named John McCrae. He wrote "In Flanders Fields" in May 1915, in the middle of the Battle of Ypres, in the middle of that awful Spring, shortly after witnessing the death of another young soldier. Helping care for his comrades in the field, working to spare the lives of countless other young soldiers, McCrae himself never made it home. He died of pneumonia in France in 1918, having never lived long enough to see even the first Armistice Day.
Andrew Cohen is a senior editor at The Marshall Project and a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice.


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Q: Problems while running C# application on a mac using mono I have a C# WinForms application with very simple controls: Message boxes, labels, pictureboxes and textboxes. I want to be able to run this app on a Mac so I downloaded mono and ran it using the terminal.
I have 2 questions:
1.) How do I make the default process for a windows based exe application to open using the framework so I dont have to open it from the terminal every time?
2.) The controls don't appear at the right position. Most of the labels, textboxes have moved their position and the position of a button on the screen is not where it is supposed to be clicked but a little below it. The form looks perfect on Windows.
Can anyone help me figure this out?
Thanks in advance

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Elasund? the little settlement on the coast? Well, those days are long gone. Elasund is growing rapidly and Catanians are streaming into the city, eager to make a fortune! You are appointed to help the city develop. You heed the call to drive the city�s growth and prosperity. Hire workers, acquire building materials. What will your next build be? The competition is eager to excell and claim all of the credit!
Limited resources early on will limit players to a few small buildings. Your influential connections will provide you with all the necessary building permits. In Elasund, nothing works without building permits! Once buildings are constructed, they can generate either gold or influence for you. Soon you can start going after bigger projects! Soon enough you may become involved in grander projects, such as building the church or the city walls.
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The certificates include Database Programming, Information Systems, Gaming Design, Programming and Web Development, and Networking Systems.
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All courses are developed, approved, and implemented in coordination with the BCIS advisory committee, a body of professionals in business, information technology, and computer operations environments.
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5 Reasons Why 2013 Was Good for Women in Politics
From a record number of women in Congress to an 11-hour filibuster, it was a notable 12 months for female politicians in the U.S. and elsewhere.
There's still a gender gap when it comes to positions of power. But 2013 was a notable year for women in politics, in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Here at The Story Exchange, we welcome such progress. When there are more females holding office, it stands to reason we'll see more gains in women's health, education and economic empowerment. And of course, we're all about role models. If "Your Honor" is a woman, that sends a strong message — especially to the younger generation — that any ambitious dream is possible.
Here's a look at the past year's milestones.
1. More women head to Capitol Hill and City Hall.
Image Credit: US Congress, Office of the House Minority Leader
The 113th Congress kicked off in January with a record number of women in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives — 98 female members out of 535 members (although, more dismally, that's still only 18.3% of Congress, according to the National Women's Political Caucus). This past Election Day, female mayors were elected or re-elected in a number of cities, including three in upstate New York (Albany, Syracuse and Rochester) and Houston, Minneapolis and Dayton, Ohio. Next year should be a good one to watch: Emily's List, a group that supports pro-choice Democratic female candidates, recently endorsed Heather R. Mizeur for Maryland governor in 2014. She'd be the first elected openly gay governor and the state's first female one (and she's a business owner to boot.)
Related: Good Year for Female Mayors, 'Lady Parts'
2. Clinton versus Warren?
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Unlike 47 other countries, the U.S. has never had a female head of state….which is why a Democratic-nominee showdown between Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state, and Elizabeth Warren, the senator and former Harvard professor, would be rather epic. The scenario became widespread speculation in 2013, although Warren's camp has pledged she will not seek the White House. One thing's for certain: there'd be much less fuss over these two powerful ladies if more women ran for public office. But we look forward to more Clinton-Warren buzz in the new year.
Related: What Hillary Clinton Did for Women (and Men) Everywhere
3. Hail to the Fed Chief.
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Speaking of powerful ladies, Janet Yellen is poised to become the first woman to run the Federal Reserve in the central bank's 100-year history. What's particularly sweet is that she won the nomination after Lawrence Summers — the same guy who made remarks about women's aptitudes in math and science, while he was Harvard's president — dropped out. Now she'll just need to get the country's financial house in order. We wish her luck.
4. Wendy Davis's filibuster.
Image Credit: Texas Tribune via Flickr
First she became a household name in June for speaking for nearly 11 hours (while wearing pink sneakers) to run out the clock on a bill that would have shut down abortion clinics in the Lone Star State. ("It was an amazing moment for democracy in Texas," she told Anderson Cooper in this video.) Now, Davis is running for governor of Texas. Many say she's given voice to women and highlighted governmental intrusion into reproductive rights. This much is clear: She brings new meaning to the phrase "stand up and fight."
5. Women take over in South America.
Image Credit: Agencia Brasil via Wikipedia
Nothing like Latin America, home to machismo, for putting the rest of the world to shame when it comes to female empowerment. The year ended with Michelle Bachelet defeating Evelyn Matthei (that's right — both candidates were women) in Chile's presidential race. Meanwhile, over in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is serving as president while in Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is in her second term as that country's leader. There have been similar gains for women in Central America and the Caribbean. Need some inspiration? Look South.
Sheila Duncan: Trouble the Dog–Canine Comfort for All Ages
To date, Trouble The Dog is in the arms of thousands of children all over the world; that's success to...


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Cybersecurity News. PHOTO: Cybercrime Magazine.
07 Nov Cybercrime Bytes: Ransomware Statistics, NYC Cyber Jobs, Yahoo! Refunds
Weekly news that keeps you on the cutting edge of cybersecurity
–Steve Morgan, Editor-in-Chief
Sausalito, Calif. – Nov. 7, 2019
This week's rundown is sponsored by KnowBe4, the world's leading platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing.
— Global ransomware damages will be $20 billion by 2021, up from $5 billion in 2017. Companies will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds in 2021, an increase from every 40 seconds in 2016. Forbes
— Cyber NYC plans to create 10,000 jobs in cybersecurity over the next few years. Cybercrime Magazine
— Yahoo! breach victims from the U.S. and Israel who had free email accounts registered from January 2012 to December 2016 can get between $100 and $25,000 USD provided they present proof of damage or opt for free credit monitoring for two years. Cybercrime Magazine
— 2020 Women In Cybersecurity Resource Guide is a comprehensive handbook with relevant reports, lists, videos, news, associations, companies, and events, all in one place. Cybercrime Magazine
— To fill the growing demand for cybersecurity experts, Tampa, Fla. companies are tapping into their veteran workforce. Veterans News Report
— The cybersecurity unemployment rate is at zero percent in 2019, where it's been for the past 8 years. Cybersecurity Ventures
— Fortune 500 and Global 2000 CISOs will reduce the number of point security products in use at their corporations by 15-18 percent in 2019. Cybercrime Magazine
— In the constantly evolving cyber threat landscape, we need out of the box thinking, pattern recognition, idea generation, problem solving and innovation — the hard-to-find skills that can exist within those who are neurodiverse. National Cyber Security Alliance
— PwC found that companies with over 5,000 employees experienced a meaningful (cyber) crisis every year. Security Insider Access
— A failure to perform simple safety measures such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) a.k.a. two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the biggest reasons organizations become cyberattack victims. Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA)
— There are 38 international (non-U.S.) companies on Cybersecurity Ventures' Hot 150. Israel, the world's no. 2 exporter of cyber technology, leads the way with 18 companies. The UK has 7, and Canada has 5. Cybercrime Magazine
— Cybersecurity expert Scott Schober reviews the book "Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime." Cybercrime Magazine
— 90 percent of new cars will be connected to the Internet by the end of 2020. Hackers will use those vehicles to exploit vulnerabilities and steal sensitive data. CIO Review
— Approach email with extreme caution. Law firm websites and legal professionals' LinkedIn profiles are a phishing data mine for bad actors. JD Supra
— Hacking can take various forms, from unintended hacks by "script kiddies" — unskilled hackers — to organized cybercriminals all the way up to multi-year efforts by nation-state groups. The Republic
More next week.
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Ginninderra Athletics is an all ages athletics club, the first of its kind in the ACT and we cater for members from Tiny Tots right through to Masters Athletics.
Taking a family first approach, our program of activities at the Ginninderra Athletics Field gives our youngest members (3-9 years) first rights to the facilities before their hour long session finishes and the next age groups begin.
Our sessions are aimed to take an hour each with our oldest members taking 90 minutes to give them enough recovery time.
The staggered start times give every member of the family an opportunity to participate and support one another.
Mums and Dads are encouraged to give it a go in our social Masters program and even to test their fitness by participating alongside the Teen Tigers using our seeded starts or as a member of one of our relay or community event teams.


The book begins with three transatlantic crossings, each a novella within a novel: Frederick Douglas's 1845 visit to Ireland; the 1919 flight of British aviators Alcock and Brown; and former US senator George Mitchell's 1998 attempt to mediate peace in Northern Ireland. McCann then loops back to 1863 to launch the saga of the women we've briefly met throughout Book One, beginning with Irish housemaid Lily Duggan, whose bold escape from her troubled homeland cracks open the world for her daughter and granddaughter. McCann's sixth novel is a brilliant tribute to his lyrical and complicated Irish homeland, and an ode to the ties that bind Ireland and America. McCann's writing style is challenging and beautiful - sometimes reading more like poetry than prose.
This masterfully written, recently released work of fiction, is a hard one to put down. Kline takes us on a journey through the lives of two orphans tossed together in a twist of serendipity. Molly is a teenaged orphan with a Goth exterior and an attitude to match who is sentenced to do 50 community service hours helping 91 year old Vivian clean out the boxes in her attic. It turns out Vivian was an orphan as well and, as these two women open the old boxes in the attic, the story unfolds from Ireland, New York City, Minnesota and then Maine. What can these two learn from each other?
At the turn of the 19th century thousands of east coast orphans were put on trains and sent to the Midwest. There the children were lined up for potential adoptive couples to take their pick. Kline has delved deeply into how this process worked and her level of detail paints pictures with words that leave you feeling like you are one of those orphans. Of course the train is a metaphor about each of our lives and our own ride and the thin line that often separates one possible outcome from another.
We are always so excited when we see a new Otis book! Loren Long is not only an astounding illustrator, but the stories he has created with our little friendly tractor, Otis, are perfect for kids of all ages!
In the latest installment, Otis has a new friend on the farm, a little puppy who loves to play, run around and lick faces. But, while playing hide-and-seek, this little puppy gets lost in the forest in the dark. Both Otis and his new friend are afraid of the dark. His friend is alone and in need, though, so Otis takes a deep breath, counts to ten, and sets off on a different game of hide-and-seek.
Sometimes in these pages we note books that we don't like very much. This latest Alex Cross mystery from the wildly popular James Patterson is a case in point. It reeks of formula, fairly pedestrian writing and rehashes yet again the far-fetched travails of a DC cop (in our humble opinion!). Actually, we liked the early Alex Cross books. Perhaps Patterson is tiring or perhaps he himself is falling victim to his expanded definition of authorship – books by James Patterson with... a myriad of otherwise unknown names. It seems to reduce writing to a cottage industry like that of Thomas Kinkade the painter. But, we carry the books by James Patterson himself and will cheerfully provide them over the counter.
It is no secret that we at Apostle Islands Booksellers are very partial to William Kent Krueger. We have highly recommended his Cork O'Connor mystery series to many satisfied readers who keep coming back for more. So, it is a huge bonus for us to be able to say that his newly published stand-alone novel, Ordinary Grace, is also terrific, a must-read for Krueger fans and for all readers who appreciate a deeply moving story with richly developed characters, beautiful narrative and a captivating mystery. It is the summer of 1961 in a small town in Southern Minnesota. A thirteen-year-old boy; his Methodist minister father; his passionate, artistic mother; his Juilliard-bound older sister; and his wise-beyond-his-years kid brother are about to be changed forever by the events that unfold. We're looking forward to Kent's visit to the store later this year!
This much-awaited follow-up to The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns is gripping and deeply satisfying. At its center is diaspora – the human diaspora, the Afghan diaspora, the family diaspora, and the personal diaspora. The book dances nimbly from setting to setting – Kabul, Paris, Silicon Valley, and the Greek Islands. It ranges from the mid-1940's until yesterday. Each character grows and morphs with time and place. This is different from Hosseini's earlier work – more layered and complex – but the writing has the same magic. Available May 21st.
Jim Harrison is one of those authors we call "regional" up here because of his frequent settings in the north woods of the nearby Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is also one of those "regional" authors of "universal" appeal and scope. These two small novellas span the lifetime of this fictional memoir-writer - Thad, the "River Swimmer" is 17; Clive, the art professor returning to "The Land of Unlikeness," is 60. Both play out in the hardscrabble farm country of the western Great Lakes. The land and water have much to do with both, as do the tragic longings and wanderings of his human characters. The New York Times noted that, "Harrison is a writer of the body, which he celebrates as the ordinary, essential and wondrous instrument by which we measure the world. Without it, there is no philosophy". Nicely said!
So, what shelf do we put this one on? Humor? Science? Poetry? Nature? Essays? General Non-fiction? Fantasy? We should probably get seven copies and put one in each. Leach's range is cosmic – from tiny warblers weighing a third of an ounce to the Pinwheel Galaxy twenty-two million light years away; from thirteen billion years into the past to the year 3,000,2012 in the future. This is an absolutely original, totally idiosyncratic book. We have not read anything quite like it. It is mainly in the realm of the biological sciences, but, as David Abram puts it, it is "Loopy, mad-hatterish, infernally addictive writing that makes you sneeze." Yup!
Have you seen those images of the "pink slime" that is what many fast food chains use to create their "meat" on their menus? Michael Moss was one of the first who brought these practices to our attention. In Salt Sugar Fat, Moss illustrates how our country has become obsessed and at times addicted to consuming processed foods. This is not a scathing expose, but more a truly helpful book offering resources for those who want to simply learn to eat better and more responsibly. The simple practice of limiting your grocery shopping to to outer aisles of your grocery store is a great place to start!
Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands is a manual stuffed with helpful information to help teens and tweens to organize to help save our oceans, lakes, rivers and wetlands. Geared for readers age 11 and up, Going Blue is an exciting challenge to kids to analyze the issues about water purity, investigate our dependency on clean water supplies, prepare with further understanding of the immensity of the issues and problems, suggested ways to take effective action, a chance to step back and reflect, and finally a chapter on publicity, or demonstration by sharing your stories of going blue. Going Blue is a mini treasure trove of information and well documented research and action stories about communities which have made positive choices to help clean up water resources.
2011 Man Booker award winner for The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, says that he writes about "memory and time. What time does to memory and what memory does to time, how they interact." In this collection of short stories, written at around the same time as the novel, he explores that theme. The book is anchored by four pieces all titled At Phil & Joanna's composed almost entirely of dialogue around the dining room table. The couples share wit and sexual innuendo long into the night as they shave tidbits from the "cliff-face of cheese." Interwoven with these conversations are poignant tales, often about other couples, that are similarly anxious and glib. Some of our favorites include The Limner, The Marriage Lines, and Carcasonne. Updike like!
The obituaries said that Michael Hainey's father had died suddenly on Chicago's North Side "after visiting friends." Michael was six-years-old (his father had been just thirty-five) and all through his youth and into adulthood he obsessed about the circumstances of his father's death. When he himself reached his mid-30's he began the task of unraveling that mystery. It took almost ten years, but the resulting story is not only a first-rate whodunit, but an intimate portrayal of his family and its secrets. Hainey, a journalist himself, provides a gritty view of the Chicago newspaper business of the mid-20th century. This is how a memoir should read!


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1812 Chalmers' Biography / M / John Milner (England; 1627–?) [vol. 22, p. 171]
Milner, John
, a learned English divine, the second son of John Milner of Skircoat, near Halifax in Yorkshire, was born probably in Feb. 1627-8, as he was baptised on the 10th of that month. After being educated at the grammar-school of Halifax, he was sent at fourteen years of age to Christ's college, Cambridge, where he took the degrees of B. A. and M. A. at the regular periods. He was first curate of Midleton in Lancashire, but was forced thence, on sir George Booth's unsuccessful attempt to restore king Charles II. a little before the fight at Worcester. After this he retired to the place of his nativity, where he lived till 1661, when Dr. Lake, then vicar of Leeds, and his brother-in-law, gave him the curacy of Beeston, in his parish. In 1662 he took the degree of B. D, and the same year was made minister of St. John's in Leeds. He was elected vicar of Leeds in 1673, and in 1681 was chosen prebendary of Ripon. In 1688, not being satisfied about the revolution, he removed from his vicarage, and was deprived of all his preferments; on which he retired to St. John's college, Cambridge, where he spent the remainder of his days, continuing a nonjuror till his death, which happened in St. John's college, Feb. 16, 1702, in his seventy- fifth year. He left an only son, Thomas Milner, M. A. vicar of Bexhili in Sussex, who proved a great benefactor to Magdalen college, Cambridge. Dr. Gower, lady Margaret's professor at Cambridge, gave the following character of Mr. John Milner to Mr. Thoresby "Great learning and piety made him really a great man he was eminent in both, and nothing but his humility and modesty kept him from being more noted for being so. I had the happiness of much of his conversation, but still desired more. He was a blessing to the whole society, by the example he gave in every thing good. He died beloved, and much lamented here, and his memory is honourable and precious among us, and will long continue so."
His works are, 1. "Conjectanea in Isaiam ix. 1, 2. Item in parallela quaedam veteris ac novi testament), in quibus versionibus LXX interpretum cum textu Hebræo | conciiiatio," &c. Lond. 1673, 4to. Dr. Castel, the Arabian professor, called this "a most excellent essay, wherein the author shewed incredible reading and diligence, in perusing so many copies, versions, and various lections, with the best interpreters of sacred writ." 2. "A collection of the Church History of Palestine, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the empire of Diocletian," Lond. 1688, 4to. 3. "A short Dissertation concerning the four last Kings of Judah," Lond. 1689, 4to. This was occasioned by Joseph Scaliger's "Judicium de Thesi Chronologica," &c. 4. "De Nethinim sive Nethinaeis, &c. et de iis qui se Corban Deo nominabant, disputatiuncula, adversus Steuch. Eugubinum, Card. Baronium," &c. Camb. 1690, 4to. 5. "An Answer to the vindication of a Letter from a person of quality in the North, concerning the profession of John, late bishop of Chichester," Lond. 1690, 4to. 6. "A Defence of the Profession of John (Lake) lord bishop of Chichester, made upon his death-bed, concerning passive obedience, and the new oaths; with some passages of his lordship's life," Lond. 1690, 4to. 7. "A Defence of archbishop Usher against Dr. Cary and Dr. Is. Vossius, with an Introduction concerning the uncertainty of Chronology, and an Appendix touching the signification of the words, &c. as also the men of the great Synagogue," Camb. 1694, 8vo. 8. "A Discourse of Conscience, &c. with reflexions upon the author of Christianity not mysterious," &c. Lond. 1697, 8vo. 9. "A View of the Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, &c. lately published by the rev. Dr. Bentley. Also, of the examination of that Dissertation by the hon. Mr. Boyle," ibid. 1698, 8vo. 10. "A brief Examination of some passages in the Chronological part of a Letter written to Dr. Sherlock, in his vindication. In a letter to a friend." 11. "A further Examination of the Chronological part of that Letter. In a second letter to a friend." 12. "An Account of Mr. Locke's religion, out of his own writings, and in his own words: together with observations, and a two-fold appendix," Lond. 1700, 8vo. 13. "Animadversions upon Mons. Le Clerc's Rejections upon our Saviour and his Apostles, &c. primitive fathers, &c." Camb. 1702. He left also several manuscripts enumerated in our principal authority, on subjects of chronology, biblical criticism, &c.1
1 Watson's Halifax. Thoresby's Vicaria Leodensis, p. 114, &c, Wilford's Memorials.
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Starting again. New Life. New City. 7 boxes in the garage, that is my life down there.
I take what I need when I need it. I am blessed to have friends that put me up in their home and opened their hearts.
I've known my friends for 30 years. They came to my home when they started from zero as well, in New York a long time ago.
There is something exciting about starting again. It is very difficult, but it is a new learning curve. How to survive, get an income a job a bed or a room or a studio.
How to return to a routine where yoga can again appear here, and the movements of the curves of life with yoga.
Yoga has definitely helped. It has saved my life more times that I care to remember.
The breathing… If I can concentrate in my breathing, then things are OK now… Try it if you'd like.
Life threw me into a curve that I did not expect and breathing through the pain is the way I am washing it clean, my body, my mind, one day at the time.
Today I am going to continue with taking care of myself, looking for what I need. One day at the time.
And the 7 boxes will remain in the garage, for now. Just for now.


Catholic Peace Fellowship – GOOD FRIDAY; THE PENITENT SPEAKS by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
GOOD FRIDAY; THE PENITENT SPEAKS by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
in harness to their seeing-eye god.
Can one befriend his God?
The question is inadmissible, I know.


See other images of Mary shared here at Picturing God.
What a beautiful and perfect fit of words to image and image to words.
With Her Hands in that position, it is as though She is saying "Come to Me ,My children,I will carry you and lead you all to Heaven".Thankyou.
Thanks for your additional interpretation, Tina.
That's definitely the grotto that's at my school. It's John Carroll University. One of the best places on campus in my opinion.
Thanks for stopping by, Brian, to share a bit more information about the picture.


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Past/Lives Flashback #7: Rick Damelian – Leichhardt, NSW
By Michael Wayne on April 20, 2013 | 9 Comments
Original article: Rick Damelian/For Sale – Leichhardt, NSW
Over the last year, you're likely (I would hope) to have enjoyed a healthy bank balance, a good credit rating, a roof over your head. Simple stuff that the people of Sydney take for granted. Rick Damelian on the other hand…
When we last left the epic tragedy that is the Rick Damelian saga, things weren't looking too good for both Rick and his former dealerships. Despite their desirable location along Parramatta Road at Leichhardt, the caryards, weren't attracting any offers, and Rick himself was staring down the barrel of a pretty severe bankruptcy.
But hold on. Look there, in the window…is that what I think it is? Let's take a closer look.
Your eyes aren't deceiving you. In November 2012, these showrooms finally sold, and since then have returned to doing what they did so well at the peak of Rick's success – selling cars.
Even on the roof, Rick's private helipad has been obscured by a legion of cars. The staff might want to check to make sure Rick isn't living in one of them.
Remember Ric's Cafe, the on-site licenced restaurant that was the jewel in the crown of Rick's decadence? It's since been replaced by even more cars! It's funny, Rick might not be in the situation he's in today if he'd just thought to sell a few more cars instead of food and helicopter rides. Live and learn, I guess.
Further down the road, a modestly priced used car dealership has set up shop on Rick's old turf. So toxic was the land, so tarnished was the site's reputation as a car seller that the signs feel the need to be as explicit as possible: "WE BUY CARS! WE SELL CARS!". It's a trick Rick didn't seem to be able to employ in his last years: speaking the language of the customer. Having cars onsite helps too, I'd imagine.
Rick's old bedfellow, Honda, has returned as well. Formerly the core of Rick's sales strategy, Honda left Rick holding the bag when the Japanese tsunami decimated their inventory, and some speculate that this marked the beginning of the end of the Damelian empire.
Yet here they are.
Fancy that: it's easier to come back from the ravages of a tsunami than it is to survive Rick's management.
One thing Honda has held onto are Rick's 'Dealer of the Year' awards. I can see what Honda's trying to do…but Honda – you issued these awards. It'd be like me giving myself the 'Blog called Past/Lives of the Year' award.
Over the road, Morris has set up shop at the old Rick Damelian Prestige lot. A few examples of Rick's flamboyance remain: the floodlights, the pointless sign on the far left, the Hollywood-style palm trees. But the cold, impersonal MG style sits heavily at odds with these elements, further highlighting their uselessness. But fortune hasn't been so kind to the man himself. As Rick Damelian and his wife sit together in their $3.3m McMahons Point townhouses, arguing over whose turn it is to heat up the beans tonight, the banks and other creditors hover over him like a hawk. Should he decide to sell his two townhouses – thereby leaving himself, his wife and his mother homeless – he's so in debt that he's likely to receive nothing. It's reported that Rick has just $73 left in his bank account, and can't even afford to buy a car. You really have to feel for his wife at a time like this…with no car, she may never get off her Ls.
After nearly 40 years in car sales, Rick's biggest accomplishment was establishing his own name. That's not necessarily a bad thing – take Dick Smith for instance – but it meant that Rick's triumphs and tragedies didn't stick to Honda, or Fiat or whatever brand of car he was flogging at the time, they stuck to him.
$200m-a-year sales? "Damelian's business savvy creates sales juggernaut."
Your new car sucks? "I wouldn't buy from Rick Damelian again."
While it's true that the financial crisis hit everyone hard, Rick's lavish showrooms didn't help him weather the storm. And since he put himself forward so often, it was his name that thousands daily saw stagnating as they passed his high-visibility caryards at the top of Taverner's Hill.
No matter what should happen in the future, the name Rick Damelian will forever be tied to car sales, and there are plenty of dealers who would kill for that kind of association. At least in his downfall, Rick has provided a cautionary tale for the next generation hungry to make an impact as the world's financial situation improves. Fitting then, that it appears it's harder to expunge Rick's name from his old dealerships than it is from bankruptcy court.
Posted in: caryards, dead brand names, name change, residual signage, special feature	| Tagged: Alfa Romeo, Autosports Honda, bankrupt, bankruptcy court, car dealership, car sales, cars, caryard, Citroen, closed, Damelian Group, empty showroom, Fiat, flashback, For Sale, Honda, Jacqueline Damelian, King of Taverners Hill, Lara Bingle, Leichhardt, Morris Garages, Parramatta Road, Petersham, preauctioncars.com.au, prestige cars, receivership, Renault, Ric's Cafe, Rick Damelian, Robert Damelian, Saab, Skoda, special feature, Strathfield Group, Suzuki, used cars
Past/Lives Flashback #9: Hire One – Hurstville, NSW
Original article: Homestead Golden Fried Chicken/Kentucky Fried Chicken/Hire One – Hurstville, NSW
One of the most interesting aspects of revisiting these places one year on is discovering whether history has repeated itself. As you'll no doubt recall, this location was formerly the fondly-remembered Homestead Golden Fried Chicken and later KFC, until an outbreak of stupidity and negligence caused its closure. Oh, you need a refresher? Hope you haven't just eaten:
The Leader, August 6 2009.
Hire One was quick to jump in and seize the reins of that deep fried legacy…
Alas, one won't be hiring anything anymore at this husk. Hire One was apparently absorbed into the Kennards empire, the coffers of which were deep enough to break the lease and free up the site for a potential Homestead comeback. Or perhaps given the sordid history of the site, a Hartee's comeback is more likely.
Allied with the powerful Captain Hindsight, Cerno agent Donovan Moodie wisely buried 'restaurant' deep within the list of potential usages. Note that first part: "Previously successful Hire One plant hire business". No mention of the hapless KFC, which is probably the building's longest tenant (and certainly the least hygienic).
But there's no need to mention it; the eerie visage of the Colonel hangs over the place like a bespectacled ghost. Look closely and you can still see him smiling, just as he did after each Hire One customer walked out with their temporary cement mixers. I hope you washed your hands…
Posted in: closed, dead brand names, fast food, for lease, name change, residual signage, restaurants, special feature	| Tagged: Cerno, closed restaurant, Donovan Moodie, flashback, For Lease, Forest Road, Hire One, Homestead Golden Fried Chicken, Hurstville, hygiene, Kennards Hire, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, NSW, pest infestation, unhygienic, West Hurstville
Past/Lives Flashback #10: Butchery No. 1 – Hurstville, NSW
By Michael Wayne on March 27, 2013 | Leave a comment
As promised, here's the first in a series of articles taking a look back at the top ten most popular Past/Lives posts of the last year. If I was smart, I would have picked the ten least popular posts so as to boost their views, but there's a good reason the Belfield denture clinic never found its audience.
With that in mind, it's to my complete amazement that I present the tenth most popular entry, Hurstville's No. 1 Butchery.
Original article: Food Fair/ANZ Bank/The Base Store/No1 Butchery – Hurstville, NSW
First things first: there are no obvious changes. Given the building's colourful history, it's almost a surprise there's been no activity over the last 12 months, but there you have it…NO changes whatsoever (perhaps with the exception of the chemist next door having become "Australia's cheapest chemist". Yeah, right). It's as ugly a shopfront as ever, and that demonic pig in the logo is just as disturbing. I'd be willing to bet those people walking past are the same as last year, too.
What's really interesting to me about this place is that just over the last few weeks, it's exploded in terms of page views. Why? The whole point of this series was to show you how things have changed over a year, and to find something new to add, so this is a great start. What's so special about this place? Then again, that's probably what you were saying when I published the original article a year ago. Wait! Do you feel that? It's moments like these that bring us closer, dear reader.
Don't worry, they won't all be like this.
Posted in: banks, residual signage, shopfronts, special feature	| Tagged: Anata Awning, anatomy of a shopfront, ANZ, bank, banks, branch closure, Butchery No. 1, dead brand names, evolution, flashback, Food Fair, Forest Road, fruit and vegetables, history, Hurstville, Knapp's Butchery, Lowes, name change, No1 Butchery, NSW, one year anniversary, party supplies, residual signage, shopfronts, Super Centre, Sydney, The Base Store, Westfield


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package gossip

import (
	"net"
	"strings"

	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/util"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/util/log"
)

// info is the basic unit of information traded over the gossip
// network.
type info struct {
	Key string // Info key
	// Info value: must be one of {int64, float64, string} or
	// implement the util.Ordered interface to be used with groups.
	// For single infos any type is allowed.
	Val       interface{}
	Timestamp int64    `json:"-"` // Wall time at origination (Unix-nanos)
	TTLStamp  int64    `json:"-"` // Wall time before info is discarded (Unix-nanos)
	Hops      uint32   `json:"-"` // Number of hops from originator
	NodeAddr  net.Addr `json:"-"` // Originating node in "host:port" format
	peerAddr  net.Addr // Proximate peer which passed us the info
	seq       int64    // Sequence number for incremental updates
}

// infoPrefix returns the text preceding the last period within
// the given key.
func infoPrefix(key string) string {
	if index := strings.LastIndex(key, "."); index != -1 {
		return key[:index]
	}
	return ""
}

// less returns true if i's value is less than b's value. i's and
// b's types must match.
func (i *info) less(b *info) bool {
	switch t := i.Val.(type) {
	case int64:
		return t < b.Val.(int64)
	case float64:
		return t < b.Val.(float64)
	case string:
		return t < b.Val.(string)
	default:
		if ord, ok := i.Val.(util.Ordered); ok {
			return ord.Less(b.Val.(util.Ordered))
		}
		log.Fatalf("unhandled info value type: %s", t)
	}
	return false
}

// expired returns true if the node's time to live (TTL) has expired.
func (i *info) expired(now int64) bool {
	return i.TTLStamp <= now
}

// isFresh returns true if the info has a sequence number newer
// than seq and wasn't either passed directly or originated from
// the same address as addr.
func (i *info) isFresh(addr net.Addr, seq int64) bool {
	if i.seq <= seq {
		return false
	}
	if i.NodeAddr.String() == addr.String() {
		return false
	}
	if i.peerAddr.String() == addr.String() {
		return false
	}
	return true
}

// infoMap is a map of keys to info object pointers.
type infoMap map[string]*info

// infoSlice is a slice of Info object pointers.
type infoSlice []*info

// Implement sort.Interface for infoSlice.
func (a infoSlice) Len() int           { return len(a) }
func (a infoSlice) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
func (a infoSlice) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].less(a[j]) }

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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'I Feel the Presence of The Lord'
"I Feel The Presence of The Lord" is a personal collection of devotions intended to encourage the reader to seek and see the Lord in every aspect of their life.
The enemy of our souls would have us subscribe to the mentality of being endlessly busy, and therefore it being excusable to relegate God to a Sunday morning church service, if that. Thus, many in our churches today are powerless Christians and/or Christians in whom faith and fellowship with God is sorely wanting.
I Feel The Presence of The Lord is not just a book to be read as part of our daily devotions. It is a collection of thoughts and instructions to inspire the reader to meditate upon the Lord and His Word.
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January 6, 2021: First Person Account by Robert Socha
Political, Christian and Conservative Issues
January 6, I trekked to the Nation's capital to engage my first amendment right to peacefully assemble and petition my government for a redress of grievances. This particular grievance being the failure of our elected servants to investigate the irregularities in the election process, especially in critical "swing" states that caused them, without exception, to swing toward the Biden/Harris ticket.
My 15-year-old daughter and I boarded a bus from our hometown at about 7 PM on January 5. The bus was relatively comfortable, and the drivers proficient, but 10 hours proved arduous.
The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial welcomed our buses' arrival at 6:30 AM. It is curious that of all the quotes they attributed to Reverend King, I didn't see one directly quoting scripture, but I digress.
It took some time to get 100 people organized and walk to the ellipse. Of course, we were free to go as we pleased, meeting back to board for the trip home by 6 PM. Nevertheless, our group within the group, three fathers with teenage daughters, stuck together.
We joined the line to enter the ellipse but were far too late to be considered entering that small space, so we found ourselves among the enormous overflow crowd. There were people of every persuasion amid this line, notably many Asians, who were extremely vocal in their support of limited government and keeping our country from falling into socialism's fallacies.
In particular, one person, the man with the horns, was traversing the orderly line, about 8 AM, and screaming rhetoric. I could not decipher what he was conveying, but our eyes met for a moment, and I felt something sinister behind them. The buses' organizers coached that there was great possibility Antifa would infiltrate our ranks disguised as supporters, and if we were to see them, not to engage. I did witness several men dressed in Kevlar helmets and military-style masks; they seemed out of place. There was militia present, to be fair, and they could have been part of one of those groups.
We had been queueing for almost an hour when we realized we were waiting in a long line to simply gather on the Mall. It was quite comical. We chose to walk across the grass and find our place to stand until the speakers began to engage the crowd.
An interesting thing happened to me because I chose to walk across the grass. My tennis shoes got wet from the dew, and the moisture penetrated my socks. With the easterly wind and 40-degree temperatures, my toes began to ache severely from the cold. And I began to complain about it until I remembered that George Washington crossed the Delaware River on December 24, 1776, and his men's blood stained the snow as they marched, many of them barefoot, through the night to engage the enemy. Needless to emphasize, but my complaints ceased.
We decided to find a restroom and walk to the Lincoln Memorial because of the wind and cold temperatures. At least we would be moving and relieved. Notably, there were no portable johns on the Mall in any direction. The port-a-potty absence was curious because I have been to other large events on the Mall in D.C., and portable potties littered the area. In fact, when we found an open bathroom on the south end of the World War II memorial, the line for the men's room was longer than the line for the women, and we all made it a point to emphasize the inconsistency to typical bathroom lineage.
While we walked along the reflecting pool, vivid memories of the Reverend King's speech calling for us to judge a man by his character and not his skin color flooded my mind. Climbing the steps to Lincoln's memorial evoked memories of our trip to Gettysburg in 2018 and the tremendous price our country paid in slavery's abolition. (Arguments toward the "true" cause of the Civil War notwithstanding, the 13th Amendment is a direct result.) We took some time to reflect silently in the edifice and read Lincoln's immortal Gettysburg Address and 2nd inaugural address. The justice of God flooded my soul as I read the following:
"Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword as was said three thousand years ago still it must be said, "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. With malice toward none with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the Nation's wounds…"
After reflection, and wonder that the judgement of God might be calling for justice of those never born, we left the memorial wading through an unflattering protest calling for Nancy Pelosi's resignation and made our way back to the ellipse. The crowd had grown considerably, and we waded until we found a spot with a clear line-of-sight to the large screens. We were in the midst of a sea of souls
We heard America's mayor, Rudy Guliani, and Don Jr. speak, but the President was delayed. We chose to walk to the U.S. Capitol Building at about 11:30 AM because I wanted to join a prayer meeting there. The others were in agreement. We thought entreating Heaven on the grounds of the government's lawmaker's seat would be more impactful than standing and listening to political rhetoric.
When we arrived on the capitol grounds, we joined a prayer walk around the building's perimeter. The small band of Believers began the Jericho march just after twelve-noon.
We were walking up Independence Avenue when a lonesome jogger ran by us and uttered unfriendly epithets. His mocking statements were uncalled for, but necessary to disclose in the discourse, because less than one hour before the Capitol's breech and in the midst of an organized protest with tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people in attendance, a local jogger (there were many such joggers I witnessed throughout the day) felt safe enough to engage in his routine and mock the people visiting in solidarity.
We arrived on the west side of the U.S. Capitol Building at about 12:30 PM and joined with some small groups engaged in worship and prayer. There were people from specific contested states praying for truth and integrity in the political process. People were worshipping the Lord in spirit and truth. There were small but sincere crowds gathered together earnestly petitioning Heaven for Liberty and Justice for all. We stood with these groups for some time and entreated the Lord.
A good friend of mine, who works for one of the Department Of Blanks, wife had contacted him, informing him of my presence in D.C. He contacted me and invited our group to visit his office and tour their facility. He instructed us to find a Metro stop and take it to his location. Unfortunately, the cell signal for my AT&T phone was inconsistent at best and the battery drained so quickly I hesitated to utilize its functionality, especially the camera and video, and had me on a bit of a wild-goose-chase finding the Metro. When we finally located the entrance and were walking toward it a couple of policemen engaged us. One of them was extremely excited and adamantly, to the point of belligerence, instructed us to turn around as there was a supposed bomb threat in the area.
I was complying but trying to ask him how to get around the threat to make it to our destination. The officer was intolerant. He would not allow me to ask him anything and kept barking orders demanding our compliance, which we were doing. As we retreated toward the Capitol, a female officer was very kind, offering advice on a path to our destination. We made it back to the corner of Independence and 1st St. SE. (Note: my friend suggested the bomb threats were manufactured to keep the protesters in an agitated state of confusion since it was so close to a Metro station that the station entrance was closed to the public.)
While trying to communicate with my friend and get some semblance of organization, a police officer guarding the National Archives pulls us aside and warns us not to go around the Capitol because Antifa has infiltrated the other side and were engaged in violent actions.
My friend from the Department of… and I were working on getting us transportation to his location.
My 15-year-old daughter makes a statement: "Oh my gosh, they are climbing the steps of the Capitol!"
We were standing on the corner and had a perfect view of the U.S. Capitol Building's west side.
I turned around and declared, "oh my, they breached the police line and are climbing the Capitol steps."
My daughter replied, "yeah, that is what I just said."
We witnessed the march of "protestors" climbing the steps of the building. It was surreal. These agitators were not the peaceful, prayerful people we had engaged less than 30 minutes previously. These were provocateurs who appeared to be invited up the steps and cause confusion.
We could hear the pop of tear gas canisters and the roar of an agitated throng. It is an interesting phenomenon where regular Joe's can get caught up in the mob mentality and engage in behavior that otherwise would not be considered acceptable. We never felt threatened or fearful that violence would find us in that corner, although emergency vehicles were whizzing by us at an alarming pace. We had no idea what was transpiring on the west side of the Capitol building.
My friend gave us instructions to meet a car at the corner of 4th and Pennsylvania SE, so we made our way to the rendezvous and escaped the melee. Once inside the office building and having passed through security, a general calm came over the group. After a chance encounter with the Department's Secretary and photo op, we retired to my friend's office for a late lunch and the ability to observe the events via TV. It was about 3 PM.
Returning to Reverend King's memorial at 5:30 PM, we began to compare notes with our neighbors who rode the same busses but separated by the day's events.
One of my good friends escorted a group of ladies who were frightened by the rumpus back to the safety of our pick-up location.
One of the young women had engaged a police officer at the Capitol and stated that although it was a bit tense, they were respectful on both sides. She was able to thank the officer for exercising restraint and allowing the protest to continue.
These are not the actions of a violent mob bent on overthrowing the halls of government. They are the actions of a discontent populace who have been silent long enough and demand the government return to its constitutional chains, especially investigating egregious election irregularities.
The violence perpetrated was by a slim minority (whom I question their affiliation) and unfortunately stained the entirety of what we were trying to accomplish; Integrity! The loss of life that day is a tragic reminder of our action's consequences, whether they be those who engaged in the protest and broke the law or those of the elected officials who failed to act upon mountains of questionable evidence.
I do not condone violent uprisings. I do condone peaceful protests. The actions of a supermajority of Capitol protesters on January 6 were just that: peaceful; even most of those who climbed the Capitol steps.
We boarded our bus home about 6 PM and arrived just after 6 AM. There was tremendous traffic to get out of the city, and our first stop was packed with buses full of protesters from a plethora of mid-western locales.
The sated mood gave pause for reflection upon the day. Standing in that roadside gas station, I felt the day had gone awry but had accomplished its objective. We endeavored to make our voices heard that chicanery would not be tolerated and justice must prevail. Hopefully, the Capitol's hallowed halls will echo that sentiment and enact necessary change to ensure election integrity. If not, I fear Justice will have no choice but to act in defense of Liberty and the bloodstained fields that held our nation together 150 years ago cry out for refreshing.
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Border walls obstruct legal trade by one-third, 'divert' illegal trade
Political scientist co-authors study of more than 50 barriers around the world
The barrier between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego being patrolled by security. (Photos: Shutterstock)
Border walls remain a politically charged topic in the United States and elsewhere around the world. Yet they are far more than an immigration or security issue, finds a new study co-authored by a Washington University in St. Louis political scientist. They are a barrier to trade — reducing the legal flow of trade by nearly one-third.
The study, examining more than 50 barriers erected around the world — most of which have emerged since 2001 — found that legal trade plummets up to 31% as a result of constructing a wall between two neighboring countries.
No matter the intent of the wall, the economics suffer inconspicuously.
"Walls are not intended to block legal trade, which flows through ports of entry," said David Carter, associate professor of political science in Arts & Sciences. "Rather, the reduction is the result of both increased general security and inspection that accompanies border fortification — often diverting workers and resources from ports to walls — as well as substitution by smugglers, who try to divert more illicit goods through ports of entry."
The study, "Barriers to Trade: How Border Walls Affect Trade Relations," by Carter and Paul Poast of the University of Chicago, was published Dec. 23 in International Organization, the journal with the highest citation impact factor in political science.
Using an array of econometric analyses, the authors crunched data to analyze the unintended consequences these border policies and construction movements create for trade.
A 2015 study regarding political economy, security and stability at borders erected between 1800 and 2014 — research in which the authors found economic disparities were a stronger predictor of wall construction than security — provided them with an empirical foundation on which to build this trade study.
Their empirical approach allows them to compare pre- and post-wall trade levels, controlling for all variables except those that are transnational or international and change across time. For example, they measure shifts in cross-border income inequality across time using gross domestic product-per-capita data — because walls tend to be built by richer countries that have poorer neighbors. Moreover, they also analyze the potential influence of alliance patterns, cooperative measures, disputes and rivalries, and differing forms of government across borders.
However they cut it, the authors wrote: "We consistently find a negative relationship between the creation of a border wall and cross-border trade flows.
"Reducing trade flows might be the intended goal," the authors added. "Or reducing trade flow might be deemed an acceptable price for eliminating negative externalities …" such as illegal immigration, undocumented workers and illicit goods.
Border wall separating Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico.
Said the University of Chicago's Poast: "Border walls are a symbol of the backlash against economic integration and globalization. Many argue that such backlash is what led to Brexit and Donald Trump's election. What our study indicates is that walls also produce material consequences, reducing legal trade as well as illicit activity."
Then again, the authors also argue that such border fortifications lead to the diversion of illicit goods into ports of entry, which is consistent with some existing studies that find that border walls redirect rather than reduce crime.
Moreover, beyond being costly upfront, wall construction brings additional downstream costs, such as raising prices on legal trade and movement of people across the border. Some governments find such costs bearable; others do not.
One key question the study raises: As a wealthier neighbor than Mexico, is the United States' staunching of the illegal flow of goods and people, or at least giving the appearance of it, worth the cost given that Mexico is one of this country's most important trade partners? The same question can be asked for walls being built in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as neighboring countries are commonly key trading partners.
"The sharp uptick in wall construction in the last two decades seems inconsistent with globalization, but is likely in no small part a product of economic globalization," Carter said. "The people most affected by wall construction are those living near fortified borders and people who try to cross these borders to escape political and criminal violence in their home countries.
"It is not clear that walls are all that bad for smugglers, as an increase in the difficulty of operations leaves higher prices and potential profits for those organizations still able to partake in illicit trade," he said.
Port of entry in Nogales, Mexico
Drilled down to a local level between Texas and Mexico towns, for example, McAllen-Reynoso and Laredo-Nuevo Laredo are two neighbors who shared daily commerce and travel of goods, services, consumers and workers. There, a wall proves to be an economic hindrance, aside of any policy or goodwill affects, the co-authors pointed out.
Border walls aren't a recent conundrum, either. For example, in 1994, President Bill Clinton authorized security fencing around the same time that the North American Free Trade Agreement was enacted with that same neighboring Mexico.
Carter said that despite the known economic costs — in addition to the probable military and human costs that he and Poast plan to analyze in future work — border walls are sharply on the rise globally.
"There were only nine border fortifications in place at the end of the Cold War, and 15 in 2001," Carter said. "The number jumped to over 30 by 2010. By 2018, there were over 50 that are in place or in construction. Clearly, this is not a passing issue, but is one that will be with us as we move into the 2020s.
"As such, we view it as imperative that social scientists further our understanding of the economic, political and human consequences of walls."
The University of Chicago's news release contributed to this story.
Arts & SciencesBorder wallsglobalizationillegal tradeinternational trade
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Dr. Lewis Fish
Name Lewis Fish
Born 23 Apr 1871 Lancashire, England [1, 2, 3]
Immigration 1887 [4]
Emigration 22 Jul 1887 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [3]
Naturalization 27 May 1893 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island [3]
Naturalization Record of Lewis Fish
History 1902 Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts [2]
He joined he masons.
Masonic Membership Card of Lewis Fish
Census 1910 Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts [5]
He was a physician.
27 Myrtle Avenue
86 Day Street
Residence Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Died 5 Jun 1933 Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts [2, 7, 8]
Residence 1934 Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts [9]
Buried Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA [8]
Fish Memorial
TIMOTHY FISH
BORN DIED JUNE 3, 1902
ELIZABETH ANN FISH HIS WIFE
BORN APR. 25, 1839 - DIED SEPT. 19, 1902
LEWIS FISH 1871-1933
ANNABEL L. FISH 1876-1948
Plot: Section D, Lot 0093
Person ID I1168 Delvee Family | Spouse of a Delvee
Father Timothy Fish, d. 3 Jun1902
Mother Elizabeth A. Sherwood, b. 25 Apr 1839, d. 19 Sep1902
Family Annabel Louise Johnson, b. 8 Mar 1875, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 14 Nov 1948, White Plains, Westchester County, New York (Age 73 years)
Married 6 Apr 1901 Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1]
Marriage Record of Annabel L. Johnson and Lewis Fish
+ 1. Theron Jasper Fish, b. 27 May 1903, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts , d. Jul 1976 (Age 73 years) [Birth]
2. Lucille Elizabeth Fish, b. 6 Aug 1908, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts , d. 2 Feb 1990, East Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire (Age 81 years) [Birth]
Born - 23 Apr 1871 - Lancashire, England
Emigration - 22 Jul 1887 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Naturalization - 27 May 1893 - Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Married - 6 Apr 1901 - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
History - He joined he masons. - 1902 - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Census - He was a physician. - 1910 - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Residence - - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Died - 5 Jun 1933 - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Residence - 1934 - Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Buried - - Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
[S814] Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 , (Ancestry. com).
[S883] U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (2010)).
Year: 1930; Census Place: Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0177
Year: 1910; Census Place: Fitchburg Ward 5, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_628; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1742; FHL microfilm: 1374641
Year: 1920; Census Place: Fitchburg Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_746; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 57
[S885] Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).
Memorial ID 104406269 Dr. Lewis Fish
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934


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Justice for Mark Alexander
Case File
A family's fight for their son's freedom
Mistake #9
"Mark maintained that Sami was living with him in London".
"Mark said he was living in a close Egyptian community in London with friends".
– Excerpts from the Daily Mail et al
The semantics are important here because one could be forgiven for thinking that "living with him in London" quite literally means living under the same roof, when in fact it means living in the same city. This very confusion in fact arose at my trial, where one particular witness made the honest mistake of conflating the two. The Honourable Judge Reddihough explained in his summing up that although JP had "made a presumption" to this effect, he "agreed that Mark had never told him personally that his father was living with him".
Certainly, when I came home in the New Year to find the house empty, I could only assume that dad was staying with friends from the Coptic Church. I explain why here.
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Mark's School Teacher
"Mark won an Arnold Foundation Scholarship to study as a boarder in the Sixth Form at Rugby School in 2004. He was a naturally talented singing pupil. Through diligence, he made very rapid progress and was soon picked to sing solos in major school productions. During his two years at the school he gave generously of his time and effort; the musical life of the school was richer as a result.
In all of this, Mark demonstrated ability, intelligence, courage and confidence. The fact that he was entrusted with the responsibility of these performances and that he acquitted himself very well shows his reliability in difficult circumstances. He responded well to the challenges which were given him; behaving at all times with maturity and determination.
I am astonished and extremely sorry that Mark finds himself in his current situation. I cannot believe that the boy whom I knew would be capable of such things"
"Mark won an Arnold Foundation Scholarship to study as a boarder in the Sixth Form at Rugby School in 2004. He was a naturally talented singing pupil. Through diligence, he made very rapid progress and was soon picked to sing solos in major school productions. During his two years at the school he gave generously of his time and effort; the musical life of the school was richer as a result. In all of this, Mark demonstrated ability, intelligence, courage and confidence. The fact that he was entrusted with the responsibility of these performances and that he acquitted himself very well shows his reliability in difficult circumstances. He responded well to the challenges which were given him; behaving at all times with maturity and determination. I am astonished and extremely sorry that Mark finds himself in his current situation. I cannot believe that the boy whom I knew would be capable of such things"
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As car enthusiasts, driving on roads that prove to be a challenge are always a task worth attempting. Imagine driving along a scenic route, enjoying the views, when around the bend the road narrows and the strong winds plummet your car off the edge. We have accumulated our own lists of 10 of the world's most dangerous roads, and they may very well kill you. These dangerous roads around the world will get your adrenaline pumping, so fasten your seat belts, you're in for a ride!
The Stelvio pass in Italy descends in a zigzag layout across many miles. The road is one of the highest passes to drive along in the European Alps. Voted the best driving road in 2008 by Top Gear, and with an incredible 48 hairpin turns, the road may not be the most dangerous on our list, but it certainly is the most winding. Concentration is key so make sure you're not distracted by the glorious Alpine views.
The road begins in Chengdu of Sichuan on the east and ends at Lhasa in Tibet on the west; the trip may take around 15 days so make sure you're not in a hurry! Motorists braving this death trap will be rewared with views of the regions majestic peaks and picturesque landscapes. The Sichuan-Tibet Highway has claimed thousands of lives over the years, and a single mistake could result in death. This high-elevated road takes you through open landslides and majestic scenes. Landslides and rock avalanches are just some of the difficulties you may face on this ride.
Named the best drive in the world by the Guardian in 2006 and with one of the most scenic drives in the world. The road is also home to Storseisundet Bridge, 'the bridge to nowhere', with an approach that looks like a ramp to the sky! Driving along this road is like teetering on to the edge of the sea. The brutal waves of the Norwegian Sea often crash over the road during stormy weather conditions, so be make sure you're prepared for it all, this one is definitely a roller coaster!
The pass is a vital link between Ladakh and Kashmir, It is often closed during winter due to the treacherous conditions, closing off Ladakh from the rest of the world. Even when the sun is shining the drops are steep, the roads are narrow and there's no barriers. It is littered with overturned buses, crashed cars and livestock. This high-altitude pass will make you experience it all, from heavy snowfall to high winds.
This unpaved Russian highway runs straight through Siberia. During the winter (which is ten months long), temperatures get so low you cant wear your glasses, as the metal will freeze to your face. The road crosses mountains, forests, deserts and much more. During summer the icy road turns to mud, which is when driving conditions become worse. In July and August the road is a mud blanket swallowing vehicles. It is the only available route to arrive to the city of Yakutsk, so motorists have no choice. The road is isolated, so carrying survival supplies is key, just in case you get stuck. Fun fact- This road is the only road where the coldest temperature has ever been recorded outside Antarctica.
It is estimated that around 200-300 people fall to their deaths in trucks, cars and buses. Cycling along this road is now one of the most popular activities for backpackers. It's barely the width of one vehicle and no guardrails to protect you from falls of up to 2,000 feet. To make it worse, weather conditions such as fog, dust clouds and rain reduces visibility to almost zero, along with mudslides and waterfalls. The North Yungas Road, also known as the Death Road, was labelled as the 'worlds most dangerous road'. The good news however, is that an alternative route has now been built and since then it has lost its title of the worlds most dangerous road.
Located in the south-west of New Zealand, the road constitutes of 16.5 miles and was hand carved by miners over 140 years ago. The road is so dangerous that even your car insurance wont be honoured if you drive on it. The drive is definitely worth it, with the most beautiful views, there are many excellent photo opportunities; so don't forget your camera! Although incredibly scenic, it is extremely narrow and formed of gravel. From twisty hairpin turns, high elevations, steep grades and winding and narrow roads, the Skippers Canyon is certainly a test of your ability. Due to its unique and remote location and bad road conditions it is important to be prepared when tackling this one.
Located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, this spectacular and dangerous mountain track consists of a length of 16.2km. Combined with unstable gravelled roads, treacherous high altitude and narrow turns. A drive along Fairy Meadow means that you're certainly in for a ride. Although it is a picturesque destination the absence of guardrails and barriers means there is nothing preventing a vehicle from falling off the cliff. This road is definitely not for the faint hearted. Did we mention it's all gravel?
Located in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, the road is a mind numbing vertical drop of thousands of feet, so you might want to give this one a miss on a windy day. It is one of the most dangerous roads and a true test of your ability. The wonderful views of the mountains spread out before you are just some of the few scenic views you will encounter. Weather conditions such as wind and rain can make the road muddy and slippery, making it a challenge to get through, even with a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
This 66 mile long road consists on 29 hairpin bends with no railings or barriers to prevent cars from plunging off the edge. Dangerousroads.org have recently named it as the most dangerous road in the world, beating Yungas road in Bolivia due to its risk factor. Parts of the road are closed during the winter months due to snow blizzards and treacherous weather conditions. This road will test the skill and courage of all drivers, and there is no room for error. Avalanches, landslides and heavy snowfalls are just some of the obstacles you will face when tackling the worlds most dangerous road. Bayburt highway is a working road used by locals driving every form of transport. The road is a true highway to hell and has taken numerous lives in recent years- therefore being given the title of the most dangerous road in the world on our list!
Which of these roads would you dare taking on?