Many people who suffer from mental and physical illnesses can develop a dependency on drugs or alcohol. For some people who are struggling with pain, either physical or mental, can turn to self-medicating with prescription pills or illegal substances and alcohol to help control their symptoms. This is the reason that it is beneficial to the client to enter into a dual diagnosis rehab center for their addiction and mental health concerns. If you are having difficulties stopping the use of drugs or alcohol and have an underlying mental health issue, finding the best dual diagnosis rehabilitation center will help in the treatment of the addiction, and also help find the underlying condition that started the addiction in the first place. If you are ready to stop this cycle of addiction, give us a call and we can discuss treatment options in Wisconsin today.
Wisconsin Dual Diagnosis Treatment Programs help line is a free service to the public. We will assist you in finding the best treatment program in Wisconsin, that specializes in handling Dual Diagnosis Clients.
We will assist you in finding all the information you need to help yourself or a loved one enter into a dual diagnosis rehab center for their addiction. Our counselors will inform you as to what you need to know before entering into a dual diagnosis treatment center. Give us a call and we can help you understand and locate the right dual diagnosis rehabilitation center that will work for your specific needs and goals while enrolled in a program for your addiction to drugs or alcohol in Wisconsin.
How much does a drug rehab program cost in Wisconsin?
Dual Diagnosis treatment programs in Wisconsin can vary in price. Depending on your insurance plan and coverage for mental health, these concerns will determine what your insurance will or will not cover. If you are paying out-of-pocket for treatment at one of the private rehabs, the cost can vary from $5000 a month up to $60,000 a month for treatment. Most programs do not cover the cost of any medications that are prescribed, so either your insurance will cover it or you will have to cover the cost yourself. Not all programs are all-inclusive and "spending money" is necessary at all treatment facilities.
Wisconsin Dual Diagnosis Treatment Programs help line is here to assist you. We will guide you every step of the way. Our trained and certified counselors have helped thousands of people just like you, enter into a new life free of drugs or alcohol. The first step is the hardest to take, admitting that we are powerless and need help to handle the underlying addiction that has been holding us back from the life we deserve. Let your addiction become the past. Give one of our counselors a call today. We are here for you 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Will my insurance cover a Dual Diagnosis treatment program in Wisconsin?
Most treatment facilities in Wisconsin that offer a dual diagnosis treatment program will verify most insurance plans and let you know if your insurance provider covers the cost of treatment. The intake counselor will go over with you what your co-payment financial responsibility is and set up payments or expect payment in full before being able to enter their Dual Diagnosis treatment program. Private treatment centers for addiction will accept private health insurance and most PPO plans. Those who have HMO insurance plans will typically have to stay within their insurance providers network to utilize the maximum benefits available for treatment.
Our Staff is trained to help you find out what exactly your insurance plan will cover, and help you minimize your out-of-pocket expenses to ensure that you can get the maximum benefits available for Dual Diagnosis treatment in Wisconsin.
We offer programs in many cities including Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, Appleton, Waukesha, Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Janesville Wisconsin.
To deliver a full rounded program for those suffering from co-occurring mental disorders and substance abuse issues, treatment should consist of daily monitoring and counseling for at least the first 30 days. Finding a program that can adjust medications and completely change them if needed, in an outpatient setting can be difficult unless you have private health insurance. Most state-funded outpatient treatment programs are not set up to handle dual diagnosis clients and the complexities that these two conditions can pose to a treatment team. If you need some help finding inpatient or outpatient treatment in Wisconsin please give us a call we will help you find a solution that will work for you.
Do private drug rehab centers offer complete confidentiality for those seeking to enter into their treatment center in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is seeing more and more cases of people who are coming to treatment needing dual diagnosis treatment options. Due to bed availability in public treatment programs, there now are private programs that offer lower cost options for treatment in Wisconsin. Lower cost dual diagnosis programs for addiction to drugs or alcohol will be a step up from a state-run rehab or publicly funded treatment center. You may still have to share a room but the program will have more counseling and deliver a more tailored made program for the individual needs of the client seeking a life without drugs or alcohol.
Are there any free treatment programs offered in Wisconsin that can deliver a dual diagnosis treatment program?
If you need help locating free dual diagnosis drug rehabs in Wisconsin, we have listed below a few treatment programs that offer a program for dual diagnosis clients. If you would like further information about the programs listed below, please give one of our counselors a call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and they will be able to assist you in answering any questions regarding addiction and what type of program would work best for your particular circumstances.
Description Affinity Health Systems of Appleton, WI Mental Health Services with a primary focus on Mental health services and drug rehab. Specializing in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment and Drug Rehab Program, bipolar, anxiety, manic depression, ADHD and other mental health disorders.
Primary Treatment– Lafayette County addiction rehab offers an outpatient program for those needing a dual diagnosis treatment program. Treatment programs include a partial hospitalization program for bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, drug addiction, alcohol dependency, ADHD and other mental health disorders.
Program description– Human services and mental health services primary treatment is focused on mental health, drug addiction, and alcohol dependence. Outpatient treatment programs for those suffering from co-occurring mental and substance abuse issues. specialty programs for bipolar disorder, Severe anxiety, manic depression, ADHD and other mental health concerns.
Primary Treatment– Jefferson County Human Services addiction and psychiatric treatment programs offer programs for dual diagnosis treatment, anxiety disorders, severe depression, PTSD Treatment, Substance abuse, alcohol dependence, ADHD and other mental health concerns.
Program length– Long-term dual diagnosis treatment programs, short-term treatment for bipolar disorder, Outpatient Drug rehab, partial hospitalization day treatment for chemical dependency.
You can also take a more proactive approach and involve a professional interventionist in Wisconsin. Interventionists have the unique training and ability to make even the most stubborn person feel that it is time for them to make a change and start the road to recovery. Wisconsin has several teams of interventionists in and out of the state offering intervention training, planning and execution.
Free Dual Diagnosis evaluation is offered to help us get a better understanding of your specific needs. This will give us a good idea of your specific struggles and help us find you the best solution to an ongoing problem with drugs or alcohol. Please fill as much or little of the form you feel comfortable with. Your information will be deleted after you have received the help that you requested. Wisconsin drug and alcohol Dual Diagnosis treatment evaluation is provided as a free public benefit service for those in need of dual diagnosis rehab options in Wisconsin. This service is dedicated to those in need of a Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program in Wisconsin. Our Free online Wisconsin Drug and Alcohol Assessment is completely confidential and your information is deleted as specified in the HIPAA Act.
Please take a few minutes to take our free online assessment and a counselor will give you a call within 24-48 hours. You will hear back from us first in the form of an e-mail, followed by a call and then a follow-up e-mail, to make sure that you were helped in a timely manner. If you are in need of immediate placement into a Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program in Wisconsin, please call us directly and we will assist you NOW.
Help is only a phone call away. Our certified counselors are here to assist you in finding the best Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program in Wisconsin. Our counselors are waiting on your call 7 days a week 24 Hours a day. Wisconsin Dual Diagnosis treatment programs will help you get your life back. Give us a call. Our counselors are waiting to help you find the best Dual Diagnosis Rehab Center and help you start your journey.
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My primary focus is the development and production of feature films.
I am currently producing a "romantic comedy for men" called Last Shot Love and The Four Infidels, set in the Southern U.S. and Istanbul, respectively, as well developing a new original concept set in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. Each feature film is set to be produced through structured film slates in partnership with Empire Media Partners, a media financing venture.


The AICPA is pleased to announce the 2014 Leadership Academy graduating class. These 37 future leaders of the accounting profession participated in an intensive four-day program in Durham, N.C., which concluded earlier this month.
This year's class discussed the pressing issues facing the profession and charted the direction CPAs need to take to remain a dynamic and active participant in the global marketplace. Attendees participated in leadership development sessions with some of the profession's most influential leaders, including AICPA Chairman Bill Balhoff, Barry Melancon, the Institute's president and CEO, and Janice Maiman, AICPA senior vice president of communications, media, news and professional pathways.
"This year's Leadership Academy class is a talented, energetic and diverse group of individuals who will continue to make a positive impact on the accounting profession for years to come," says Balhoff.
The AICPA Leadership Academy was established to inspire, nurture and empower the next generation of CPA leaders by providing them with advanced leadership training, access to well-connected professional networks and opportunities to exercise leadership within the profession. Having just graduated its sixth class, almost 200 CPAs have now participated in the Leadership Academy.
Details for the 2015 Leadership Academy will be available online in early 2015.


Airheads is a fresh take on the endless jumper genre with a rumble through the jungle of more than 100 levels. Tilt and tap your screen to boost your Airhead and climb your way up each level, hopping along trees and rock faces to collect the gold coins and jewels necessary to complete each challenge. Airheads is a buoyant free-to-play adventure.
In Airheads, the bouncing crew of beach ball characters have crashed their plane in the rainforest and been captured by the angry Tikis. To free the Airheads, players must hop through dozens of levels, smacking angry Tikis and capturing treasure and butterflies along the way. A parrot friend guides Airheads ranging from wizards to vampires to pirates through each increasingly challenging level, introducing new scenery and prizes along the way. Use spongy mushrooms and palm fronds to propel yourself to the top of the jungle, tilting your screen in time to the airy tropical tunes. Beat all the levels to escape the treacherous Tikis and free your fellow Airheads.


Forecasting the weather requires huge quantities of data. Many of these data are collected by high-tech means such as satellites and radar, and then crunched by some of the world's fastest supercomputers into predictions that are far more accurate than they were 20 years ago. But low-tech tools are important too—especially old-fashioned rain gauges, which are nothing more than tubes with funnels fixed to places such as rooftops.
Each technique has its upsides and downsides. Radar and satellites can cover swathes of land, yet they lack detail. Gauges are much more accurate, but the price of that accuracy is spotty coverage. Now, though, Aart Overeem of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and his colleagues reckon they have come up with another way to keep an eye on the rain. It offers, they believe, both broad coverage and fine detail. Best of all, it relies on something that is already almost omnipresent—the mobile-phone network.
Their scheme starts from the observation that rain can make it harder for certain sorts of electromagnetic radiation to travel through the atmosphere. Measure this impedance (and scrub out any other sources of variation) and you can measure how rainy it is. The researchers do not measure the strength of mobile-phone signals themselves. Instead, they piggyback on something that mobile networks already do, and measure the strength of the microwave links that base stations use to talk to each other.
The idea itself is not new, and there have been trials in recent years. Using data from around 2,400 links between base-stations belonging to T-Mobile, one of the Netherlands' three mobile-phone operators, they were able to generate a rain map of the whole kingdom every 15 minutes.
Like all the best science, the idea is both technically elegant and practically useful. Dr Overeem points out that simply coming up with another way to measure rainfall is handy by itself, since it allows better cross-checking of existing methods. There are other advantages, too. Coverage is one. Even in rich countries with well-financed weather forecasters, there are likely to be far more mobile-phone base stations than rain gauges. That is truer still in poor countries, where rain gauges are scarce and radar often nonexistent, but mobile phones common. The GSM Association, a mobile-phone trade group, estimates that 90% of the world's population lives within range of a base station.
Another boon is that network operators tend to keep a close eye on their microwave links. Although the researchers were able to obtain data only every 15 minutes, some firms sample their networks once a minute. That means rainfall could, in principle, be measured almost in real time, something that neither gauges nor radar nor satellites can manage.
The technology is not perfect: snow and hail are harder than rain for microwaves to spot, for example. And there are other caveats. Mobile networks are densest in urban areas, which are also the places most likely to have meteorological equipment already.


How perfect are these pinecones designed by the amazing Grace Du Prez? Try making your own Thanksgiving Doodle or Christmas Doodle with some easy stencils and a unique stacking technique. Attach them to a hoop to make a delightful holiday door wreath or display a few in a bowl all year round.
Print out the Perfect Pinecone Stencil. Start by covering it with tape or a DoodlePad®.
Doodle the individual petal shaped pieces and peel them off after they've dried.
Combine 3 small petals into a triangular shape. This will be the tip of the pinecone.
Cut the floral shaped stencil pieces out and tape them around a tennis ball.
Outline and fill in each shape. Repeat with all the different sized pieces.
Lay out your Doodled pieces and sort them by size. Make sure you have them all!
Start assembling by stacking the smallest pair of floral shaped pieces and Dooodling them together.
Repeat the same technique with the larger pieces. Work yourself up to the largest, then back down again to the smallest.
End with the triangular tip that you created at Step 3 and you've got your pinecone!
Slip a zip into the petal shapes and attach it to the hoop.
Cut the end of the zip tie and make sure its attached tightly.
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Repeat all the steps above to create a beautiful Thanksgiving or Christmas wreath that will impress all your neighbours and friends!


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Recap - Dutchmen drop both ends of doubleheader to DiamondDawgs
The visiting Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs came into Bellizzi Field and swept a doubleheader from the Albany Dutchmen on Wednesday evening. They showed two different ways on how to win a baseball game en route to their 5-0 and 11-3 wins. The games were seven innings apiece because of the doubleheader, but that didn't stop Mohawk Valley from having a remarkable day of baseball.
The story in the first game was Mohawk Valley starting pitcher Jesse Buratt (Baton Rouge CC) who threw a no-hitter. The no-no was a unique one, in that it only lasted seven innings because of the shorter games, but Buratt was truly dominant in accomplishing this amazing feat. It was the first no-hitter in Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League history.
Buratt threw a complete game, lasting all seven innings, while striking out three. He hit one batter, walked two, and had one error made behind him. Those were the only four times a batter reached base in the game, as the most impressive part of Buratt's line was obviously the zero in the hit column.
The entire Mohawk Valley team met him on the mound after he struck out the final batter to seal the no-hitter. Buratt was able to pitch for the no-hitter later in the game because the offense gave him solid run support early and throughout the game.
Tyler Heck (Union) set the table for his squad by scoring the first run of the game after his leadoff triple. It wasn't the only triple for the Diamond Dawgs, however, as the big hit of the game came in the second inning, when Joe Carcone (Bryant) drilled a 2-RBI triple to the right-center field gap.
The positive momentum carried over to game two for the Diamond Dawgs as they jumped all over the Dutchmen in the first inning for five quick runs. For as well as Mohawk Valley pitched in the first game, they gave an equally outstanding effort at the plate in game two.
The five runs in the first came five hits, as each of the first six batters reached base safely. The Diamond Dawgs were given spectacular offensive efforts from numerous spots in the lineup.
Chris Cruz (Cornell) and David del Grande (Sacramento State) each produced nicely out of the two- and three-spots of the lineup. Cruz had three hits, including a double, and scored three times. Del Grande had two hits (one double) and scored a run for Mohawk Valley.
The best performance from a Diamond Dawg hitter came from Mark Stuckey (Marist). Stuckey had an impressive three hits, all of them being of the two-base variety, and scored two runs. The Diamond Dawgs slugged 15 hits as team, so the hitting was contagious up and down the lineup.
Ricky Schafer (Cypress) struggled to settle in on the mound for Albany. He usually comes out of the bullpen, and his start never really got off the ground. He gave up eight runs in two innings of work, giving up eight hits and walking two.
Adam Young (UC Davis) paced the Dutchmen at the plate with three hits. Will Remillard (Coastal Carolina) chipped in with two hits of his own, but in the end the Dutchmen didn't have enough to compete with the Diamond Dawgs on this day.
The two wins improve Mohawk Valley to 16-13 on the season, while the two losses drop Albany to 14-16. Albany will head on the road to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown tomorrow night in hopes of starting a winning streak.

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Home Civil Society Voices Government pandemic spending measures continue to harm biodiversity
Civil Society Voices
Government pandemic spending measures continue to harm biodiversity
Governments should promote jobs and income support for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and restoration to stimulate economic recovery
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Government recovery spending continues to harm biodiversity, even as scientists show the importance of halting the loss of nature to prevent future pandemics, the global body charged with protecting the variety of life on Earth heard on 15 December.
A special virtual session of the scientific and implementation bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), convened on 15 and 16 December, discussed work by IPBES, OECD, GEF, WHO, CBD and others to show that the underlying causes of pandemics are the same global environmental changes that drive biodiversity loss and climate change.
"The links between pandemic risk and biodiversity add further weight to the rationale for addressing the drivers of biodiversity loss to prevent or reduce risk of future pandemics" said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, CBD executive secretary.
"We are standing at a crossroads. The way we steer our recovery out of this pandemic will either lock us into a "business as usual" unsustainable path or will enable our societies to rebuild our relationship with nature and unlock its potential."
Biodiversity loss and pandemics: common policies to prevent future crises
The links between pandemic risk and biodiversity show the need for an inclusive, transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral One Health approach, as identified in the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5, released in September 2020. Such an approach includes the following:
A need to integrate human health considerations into land-use planning
Improve the regulation and management of the use of, and trade in, wildlife
Reform food and agricultural systems, particularly the management of livestock
Lower pandemic risk by promoting responsible consumption and reducing unsustainable consumption of commodities from emerging disease hotspots, and of wildlife and wildlife-derived products, as well as by reducing excessive consumption of meat from livestock production.
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Pandemics and other emerging zoonoses cause more than a trillion dollars in economic damages annually, with Covid-19 already costing tens of trillions.
Conversely, change and increasing One Health surveillance are estimated to cost one or two orders of magnitude less than the damages pandemics produce. Thus, reducing disease risk through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity is highly cost-effective.
Governments continue to spend in ways harmful to biodiversity
Measures implemented by governments aimed at protecting jobs and incomes, and to promote economic stimulus and recovery, are overwhelmingly potentially harmful to biodiversity and outweigh the volume of spending beneficial to biodiversity.
Only three of the 17 countries analysed are estimated to be net-positive in environmental terms, and even among these, less attention has been given to addressing biodiversity loss as compared to climate change.
There is an overall tendency to introduce stimulus measures that threaten to drive further biodiversity loss, for example by weakening environmental regulations or increasing harmful subsidies. This is likely to be counterproductive in the long term since the further loss and degradation of biodiversity will likely increase pandemic risk and jeopardise achievement of most of the sustainable development goals.
Build back better: Many options available
"There are many opportunities for responses to Covid-19, including both short-term stimulus measures and longer-term approaches to 'build back better' to contribute to sustainable development, and reduce the risk of future pandemics" said Elizabeth Mrema. These options include:
Maintain and strengthen regulations on land use, wildlife trade and pollution, and ensure that they are effectively enforced
Ensure that Covid economic recovery measures contribute to and do not compromise biodiversity. Governments may wish to consider the following options to ensure that public financial support for stimulus and recovery measures is positive for biodiversity:
Attaching environmental conditionality to bailouts of companies to drive sustainability improvements, particularly for bailouts in sectors with a large biodiversity footprint such as agriculture, energy and industry
Screening (ex-ante) and monitor (ex-post) stimulus measures for their biodiversity impacts to ensure they are aligned with long-term policy goals for sustainability
Setting biodiversity spending targets for Covid stimulus measures and recovery plans, similar to recovery measures which contribute to climate goals
Employing public procurement to support companies and producers that meet biodiversity criteria
Employing fiscal policies to reward biodiversity-positive outcomes when financing subnational governments to balance their budgets
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Governments should promote jobs and income support for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and restoration to stimulate economic recovery. These activities tend to be labour intensive and quick to implement. Aid finance is needed for developing countries to safeguard their biodiversity, both in the short term and in the longer term.
Clearly, governments need to improve incentives for biodiversity conservation. Subsidies that are harmful to biodiversity could be redirected to activities that have larger socioeconomic benefits and positive impacts on biodiversity.
Similarly, governments should maintain or increase taxes on activities that harm biodiversity. Revenue from biodiversity-relevant taxes and other environment-relevant taxes could be re-directed towards green stimulus measures or used to reduce budget deficits.
It is also clear that businesses and the finance sector should be engaged for a biodiversity-positive recovery. For example, by requiring or encouraging disclosure by companies of impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and to integrate biodiversity considerations across all areas of business, including risk management.
Governments could also require or encourage national central banks and all public development banks to reorient their strategies, investment patterns, activities and operating modalities to contribute to sustainable development, including the conservation and sustainable development.
Opportunity for transformative change
The evidence presented to the meeting shows that this moment is an opportunity to promote transformative change. For example, the pandemic has led many people to question what is truly ''essential'' and this may have shifted what is regarded as necessary and desirable for a dignified and good quality of life. Governments may also consider moving from indicators such as gross national income to more inclusive measures of progress.
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With a view to promoting a just transition, attention will be needed to ensure that measures contribute to reducing inequalities.
These measures may be reflected in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, expected to be agreed at the UN Biodiversity Summit, planned for China in 2021.
Source: Convention on Biological Diversity


Juiced stops your Rooster from being removed from play. Attack going to Kill you? No. Waffle damage? No. Hen in the House? No.
Counter Cards are played in response to other actions happening in the game, allowing you to cancel a specific action from happening. Play continues as if the previous action never happened.


My husband came roaring upstairs, "Check your email Check your email!"
At first, I thought it was news that the schools had been cancelled for another day. The 11-year-old didn't begin Middle School on Monday -- closed because of hurricane damage. (to other schools, not to hers) All schools closed today (Tuesday) as well. Was it a notice that schools were closed Wednesday, too?
He ... is ... now ... crawling!
I do hope my daughter and her husband buys those gates to block the stairs in their house very soon.
Nonfiction Monday is at Capstone Connect today.
Click on over to see the goodies collected there.
We spent the day preparing for Hurricane Irene to hit Maryland's Eastern Shore.
My husband repaired our leaking sunporch roof today. We are crossing fingers and toes that the repair holds under the Tropical force winds and rainstorm. I spent the day getting prepared for electrical outages -- bought more batteries, cold food, etc.
We also cleared the debris away from the storm drains in the street so that they can handle the predicted 4 to 8 inches of rain.
Children around here are hoping Irene will delay school opening on Monday, but that's not likely.
Now we wait for Irene to hit town.
Here's a blog for writers, written by writers. People who have been there, done that, and feel your pain. People who might have come up with answers for some of your writing problems.
Check out the Pencil Tips Writing Workshop's posts.
The students and graduates at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Writing for Children and Young Adults are writing articles about writing and the writing life. Each week or so, the group moves to a different blog to post their articles. For this week's writing advice, you should check out On Beyond Words & Pictures.
Wednesday's post, by the wonderful Tim Martin, talks about Pushing the Boundaries, how do we reach and grow as writers? Do click on through, and keep coming back to this blog to see all the wonderful articles.
If you love to read about a bubbly Children's book author's adventures (complete with lots of pictures), I'd recommend Lisa Yee's Blog, which is called, strangely enough, "Lisa Yee's Blog."
Meanwhile, I'll just go hide myself with my laptop in the comfy wing chair and rewrite this month's critical essay -- again.
If you want to find out what's happening at the National/ International SCBWI in Los Angeles this weekend, simply click here on the link to the Official SCBWI Conference Blog. They have a team of bloggers frantically typing away during each speech, panel, and workshop, bringing those words to you.
Granted, some reporters seemed more fixated on the speakers clothes than the talk itself last year, but I have hopes to be able to learn more about the program this year.
Bruce Coville was the Keynote speaker.
Judy Blume, Henry Winkler, Harold Underdown, and more, much more.
On the other hand, I think I'm going to go blind from being forced to look at the wild background stripes of that blog while I read it. I wonder if they can tone it down.
I was browsing Ingrid Sundberg's blog today when I discovered she had compiled a list of tidbits she carried away from our 10 day Residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts for Writing for Children and Young Adults. Something I had meant to do, but never got around to it. Click on the link to see.
She also has links to a multitude of writing articles done by faculty and students at Vermont College, otherwise known as VCFA-WCYA. That list is here.
The past few days have been dedicated to creative work. This time I'm taking a picture book -- which a Vermont College advisor and I agreed looked more like an outline of a longer story than a picture book -- and I'm expanding it.
Instead of sitting at my computer, waiting for inspiration, I already have a workable outline, complete with beginning, three attempts, and success. The writing of it has just been whizzing along and I'm already at my required 20 pages for the month.
I don't want to stop this story to work on something else. I want to keep going with this one. But I"m also required to turn in 20 pages of revised work, so I will have to put this novel aside (complete with all sorts of notes as to what I want to do next) and pull up something already written which needs to be revised.
Time for excercise. I have been going to the pool to swim laps after dinner for several weeks. But a cold, rainy front has come through and the pool will be cold. So my excercise the past days has been walking in a closed mall.
To my waistline -- because I pass three Ice Cream places and two Annie's Pretzels. Have you tried the Almond pretzels? Yummy!
The blog is called Write at Your Own Risk. I actually was on campus last January when the sign on the skating rink, Skate at your own risk, was changed in the middle of one night to Write at your own risk. How appropriate for something at a college of writing. And what an appropriate title for a blog of writing teachers.
Click on over to Write at Your Own Risk, and add them to your feed, or make a note to visit them at least once a week.


Whether you're navigating the intricacies of research, looking for upcoming events, interested in joining a student group, or simply need a deadline reminder, these links will help you locate the resources you need to make the most of your GSPP experience.
Still looking for assistance? Contact the appropriate Staff member!


Those Kardashians are just too hard to keep up with.
Who the heck is in charge of these Kardashian memos? First, Kylie Jenner said she didn't get the "email" to wear all black for the Cosmopolitan 50th birthday bash, and now there's this.
Jaden Smith met up with Kim Kardashian, Kourtney and the other family members at designer Olivier Rousteing's birthday party on Friday, but he didn't seem to get on the same page for any of the group selfies.
In an interview with GQ, Smith said his eccentric ways are all just part of his fame "experiment," and no one will know where he is in 10 years. He'll just pop up at places randomly.
We'll miss you when you vanish, Jaden Smith.


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Michael Hormillosa (born 18 June 1968) is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Living people
Filipino male boxers
Olympic boxers of the Philippines
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
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Retama Springs will be hosting its 4th Annual Community BBQ on Saturday, June 1st. This event is a great opportunity to visit with neighbors and let the kids enjoy the Nature Park. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Vendors interested in hosting a booth may email retamaspringscommunity@gmail.com to reserve their space.
or...If you'd like to get in on the fun and volunteer your time, email retamaspringscommunity@gmail.com with your name and we'll find the perfect job for you.
The 2019 Annual Meeting of Retama Springs Homeowners Association will be on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at River City Community Church located at 3809, 16765 Lookout Road, Selma, TX 78154. This will be an excellent opportunity to hear a review of the Association's activities, finances, and future plans.


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Nude Beach's "See My Way" opens with a guitar riff that might have serenaded you, your mom, or your grandmother, at each of your respective proms. "I see the fire in your eyes," Chuck Betz croons. You can practically hear the taffeta crinkle. "See My Way" is gloriously lost in time. The song is melodious like Roy Orbison's most famous songs and sweet like the Rolling Stones ripping them off ("The Singer Not the Song"). You can hear the vague psychedelia of the Guess Who's "Laughing" and the shameless zeal of Weezer's "Buddy Holly". Nude Beach condensed it all under three minutes. Like all scholars of Bar Band Theory, Nude Beach know how to sustain a thirsty crowd with a few simple chords.
For all its effervescence, "See My Way" is a punt for Nude Beach. The three-man band, comprised of singer/guitarist Betz, bassist Jimmy Shelton, and drummer/percussionist Ryan Naideau, sweats songs faster than a car radio in the summer. The song is one of three the band is using to tease its forthcoming double album, 77. Of the three, "See My Way" is the winsome one. It's apparently Roky Erickson's favorite. Betz keeps the pace by playing guitar in a sturdy, low register, while electric/acoustic pairings give the song its melted core. In the post-punk circles Nude Beach runs in, "See My Way" is the closest to a ballad you get. But in any crowd, there's always got to be one person who requests a slow dance.


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ГРЕС — пасажирський зупинний пункт Івано-Франківської дирекції Львівської залізниці на лінії Ходорів — Хриплин між станцією Бурштин (3 км) та зупинним пунктом Бовшів (2 км). Розташований у селі Бовшів Галицького району Івано-Франківської області.

Упродовж 1962—1969 років частково на землях колишнього місцевого колгоспу (806 га) споруджена Бурштинська ТЕС.

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The women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Arena Olímpica do Rio on 11 August.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the event final. It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold for the United States in this event. Defending Olympic individual all-around champion from 2012 Gabby Douglas also of the United States qualified third, and due to the strict "2 per country" policy in event finals, she did not advance. Biles had won the individual all-around at the last three World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Aliya Mustafina of Russia won her second consecutive Olympic individual all-around bronze.

Competition format
The top 24 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on the combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule
All times are local (UTC−3)

Qualification

Reserves
The reserves for the individual all-around event final were

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the all-around final. Therefore, in some cases, a third gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:
  (3rd place)
  (16th place)
  (22nd place)
  (23rd place)

Final

 Jade Barbosa was substituted in for Flávia Saraiva by the Brazilian federation, reportedly so that Saraiva could concentrate on preparing for the balance beam final. Barbosa withdrew after an injury on floor exercise.

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Women's artistic qualification
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2016 in women's gymnastics
Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics


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SolarWinds Malware
December 22, 2020 -h, 18 USC Ch. 115, cybersecurity-, extra, longLeo Goldstein
Malware, distributed by SolarWinds Orion software updates, infected the networks of the White House, the DOJ, the State Department, NASA, NSA, the military, the top IT and telecommunications companies, and most of the Fortune 500 companies. Foreign governments and private companies have been hit, too. In total, up to 18,000 large entities have been infected by the malware.
The perpetrators of this malware attack were SolarWinds employees, not any outside party.
The idea that the malware was not inserted by SolarWinds employees, but by outside attackers is preposterous and not supported by any evidence. The one and only source of this allegation is FireEye's blog, which also claims that there is a nation-state behind the attack, without naming it. Remarkably, when filing the special SEC report on the subject, FireEye did not directly repeat this claim, but stated that it is on the company's blog. SolarWinds, who should know for certain how the company became a malware distributor, refused to directly support this theory, but hinted at it: "On Saturday, December 12, our CEO was advised by an executive at FireEye of a security vulnerability in our Orion Software Platform … While security professionals and other experts have attributed the attack to an outside nation-state, we have not independently verified the identity of the attacker."
The call that he alleged nation-state is Russia was made by the media without any evidence for purely political reasons. Then these allegations have been repeated in an echo-chamber and circularly referenced.
The motives of the SolarWinds employees behind the malware creation and distribution could be numerous, from opposition to President Trump, to aiding espionage by foreign nation-state(s). Ordinary criminal interest cannot be excluded.
If a foreign nation-state was involved, Russia is an unlikely culprit. The suspicions against Russia within the cyber security circles are strong. Russia has relatively little leverage over the tech companies in the US. Additionally, SolarWinds develops its products and/or provides support from countries, which are difficult for Russia to infiltrate (including Singapore and Philippines). The Russian government denies any involvement.
SolarWinds and its Malware
On Sunday, December 13, SolarWinds announced (SWI 1 – see the Annotated References) that updates to its leading network management software Orion, shipped to customers from March 2020, contained malware. As a network security and administration tool, Orion had access to all network services, servers, and other computers where it ran and had Administrative access. Upon installation, the SolarWinds malware calls its command-n-control (C2) server, apparently not under the control of SolarWinds, and downloads instructions. When needed, it downloads additional pieces of malware and can install and spread them all over the network. One type of malware, computer viruses, can infect innocent software, which infect other networks, and so on.
As a network security company, SolarWinds is required to have strong security protections. It is required to keep logs of network activities and all changes to its production build, which are linked to the individuals who made these changes. According to statements on the company website, SolarWinds these and other precautions are in place.
SolarWinds (SWI) is a publicly traded company with market caps of about $5B (December 22). SolarWinds has 3,200 employees, most of whom are located abroad. SolarWinds also claims customers in more than 190 countries, including China. SolarWinds is headquartered in Austin, TX.
The perpetrators started preparations for the distribution of the malware in October 2019. Then they built and pushed to production updates with actual malware, from March to June 2020. These trojanized updates were pushed for 2019 and 2020 versions of SolarWinds Orion through at least October 30, 2020. Security Scorecard also reported that the updates were still available from the SolarWinds website as late as December 18.
FireEye (FEYE) is a publicly traded company with market caps of about $5B, coincidentally close to SolarWinds' (December 22).
FireEye has made a business out of the false attribution of network breaches to state actors. In this respect, it is second only to CrowdStrike. In 2016, FireEye supported the false claims that Russia hacked the DNC and leaked its dirty laundry, made by CrowdStrike.
The circumstances in which FireEye made the claims that SolarWinds was hacked by a nation-state are also very unusual. On December 8, FireEye made a public announcement that it was hacked by an unnamed nation state. The company then skillfully avoided directly repeating this claim in the same day SEC filing and instead only referenced the announcement on their company blog: "On December 8, 2020, concurrently with the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, FireEye, Inc. ('FireEye', 'we', 'our' or 'us') is announcing on our corporate blog that FireEye recently was attacked by a highly sophisticated cyber threat actor, one whose discipline, operational security, and techniques lead us to believe it was a state-sponsored attack."
FireEye claimed that the intruders stole its "Red Team" (i.e., hacking) tools. Hacking tools are not a rarity. They are widely available as network testing or Red Team tools, not only on black market, but also from legitimate vendors. FireEye did not explain why the "highly sophisticated cyber threat actor" nation state actor would need its hacking tools. Anyone capable of gaining access to the SolarWinds malware would have no need for FireEye's hacking tools. FireEye also did not say when the alleged breach happened.
If such a breach indeed happened, it is very unusual for a network security company to publicly spotlight it. FireEye could have quietly published an advisory saying that their Red Team tools have been accessed without authorization with the usual "we are investigating … have no knowledge … reporting out of abundance of caution … our mission is to blah-blah-blah, and the intruders will not stop us …".
A few days later, on December 13, FireEye announced that its network was breached through malware in SolarWinds Orion, and that SolarWinds was also breached by the same nation-state actor! Even if this were true, how could they know? The malware was in SolarWinds' software, received from SolarWinds, and signed by SolarWinds' security certificate. Everything in the malware points to it having been built by SolarWinds. A logical deduction would be that some employees of SolarWinds maliciously added the malware code into the build. Only an insane flight of fantasy can lead to the idea that some outside third party breached SolarWinds' network (which is harder to do because SolarWinds is a network security company), got access to its software signing security certificate, source code, production build and deployment configuration, inserted the malicious code, and somehow made everyone in the quality assurance and customer support departments fail to notice any issues for eight months.
According to both FireEye and SolarWinds, FireEye informed SolarWinds that it is aware of the malware in its Orion updates on December 12. SolarWinds is the primary suspect in this incident, threatening the national security. Apparently, FireEye informed SolarWinds before informing its own customers, for whom it provides network security services. This looks more like a criminal collusion, than security.
WaPo and NY Times
Russia was first named in the Washington Post and the New York Times on December 13, on the same day that FireEye and SolarWinds announced the alleged hack. The WaPo article (the first version of it) was written by Ellen Nakashima, the same writer who "broke" the fake news that the DNC network was breached by Russia in June 2016. The NY Times article was written by David Sanger, another full time Russia hoaxer. He literally wrote a book on it. Having previously reported such misinformation discredits both these writers from being trustworthy journalists.
SolarWinds Malware Perpetrators
It has been now discovered that a dummy payload was inserted into the SolarWinds Orion in October 2019 (MSFT 1), but a real malware was inserted only in March 2020. Outside "threat actors" would have exploited the access instantly because they would run the risk of it at any moment. Only insiders could afford to wait five months, assured that they would not lose their access. This delay clearly points to the culprits being insiders.
The malware was added to Orion by SolarWinds software engineer(s), responsible for the production builds. Build configuration files contain tens of thousands of lines and/or include hundreds of other build files. If SolarWinds has the level of security and discipline which it promises on its website, one person cannot do that. A collusion of two or more engineers in R&D and QA is required. The malware is sophisticated, as would be expected from employees of a security software company, but one part of it is not. It is the DNS call to resolve the address of the C2 server. It has the following format:
3mu76044hgf7shjf.appsync-api.eu-west-1.avsvmcloud[.]com
The traffic between malware and its home is usually encrypted and is expected to use steganography. But DNS requests are visible to traffic management software and saved in firewall logs. There is a myriad of products to analyze such logs for suspicious requests. Any new domain is suspicious. avsvmcloud[.]com domain was anonymously registered and recently (on February 27) moved. Its prior history was short and anonymous (2). This triples the suspicion. A request coming from a server which has no reason for making such requests should ring alarm bells. Additionally, there are two other attributes of maliciousness: a) subdomains like eu-west-1.avsvmcloud[.]com are intended to look like a large scale cloud services, and b) the long random string on its left side is rare for legitimate subdomains. Many log analysis tools use AI to flag such requests. An average network security person, reviewing flagged entries, would recognize these requests as malicious. This malware was installed in 18,000 organizations with high cyber security awareness, many of which having many sites. Undoubtedly, dozens or hundreds of cyber professionals noticed and contacted SolarWinds support. Support is a separate department from software development and QA. If the malware were planted by an outside attacker, SolarWinds would detect and eliminate it within weeks based on the customers' concerns. This did not happen, and the malware remained undetected for nine months
Thus, the perpetrators had accomplices within SolarWinds support department. The job of this personnel was to assure customers that this is fine and prevent the issue from escalating to the upper management (if it was not involved). SolarWinds has customers all over the world and across many verticals, and many customers contact their salesperson rather than technical support.
One might guess that some cybersecurity professionals in the defense, national security, and/or law enforcement went not to SolarWinds, but to the government agencies responsible for cyber security, like the CISA and the FBI. Somebody had to be there to bury their concerns. Thus, if somebody hacked SolarWinds, they also hacked the CISA and/or the FBI.
It is not a supply chain attack. In a supply chain attack, attackers (A) attack their target (T) by compromising target's vendor (V). IIn our case, SolarWinds is both the vendor and the attacker. It can be legally disputed, if the company was not aware of what its employees were doing, and some other conditions. Unless SolarWinds cooperates with the law enforcement out of the public sight, this is not the case.
So far, the story is remarkably similar to what happened in 2016 with CrowdStrike's attribution of the DNC leaks to an alleged Russian hack.
SolarWinds owners Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo sold ~ 6% of their stock to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on December 7. They deny prior knowledge. This is likely not a factor.
It is hard to understand why was SolarWinds, a transnational company with most employees abroad and customers all over the world, was entrusted to secure extremely sensitive US networks? Just the fact that its software is available all over the world allows foreign adversaries to find vulnerabilities in it. Finding a vulnerability is harder than exploiting a known vulnerability.
The source code for the software deployed by DoD, for example, used to be inspected. When did they stop this necessary practice?
might change throughout the day
Annotated References
(1) A reader's comment in KrebsOnSecurity (not connected to CISA's Krebs), Dec 18
"Anyone looking at their firewalls? This is plain incompetence with Krebs (CISA director) at the top of the heap of idiots. Yeah looking at firewall logs is eye-wateringly boring but ITS YOUR JOB!"
(2) DomainTools Post on SolarWinds and Sunburst, Dec 14
"1. Primary C2 infrastructure was acquired and initially provisioned in December 2019 using an existing but likely expired domain that superficially resembles a domain for cloud hosting services.
Hosting, name server, and other items necessary for operational use were established on 27 February 2020.
If avsvmcloud[.]com is the only primary C2 domain, the SUNBURST campaign was operational no earlier than 27 February 2020, with a significant change in aspect on 30 October 2020."
This article delineates the history of the domain avsvmcloud[.]com, which has been hosted in Microsoft cloud since February 27, until it was seized by Microsoft. by legal process.
(3) Cloudfare's blog post, Dec 16
Shows dynamics of requests to the SolarWinds malware infrastructure, timeline, maps, and animation.
(SWI 1) SWI filing with SEC, Dec 14
"SolarWinds Corporation ("SolarWinds" or the "Company") has been made aware of a cyberattack that inserted a vulnerability within its Orion monitoring products which, if present and activated, could potentially allow an attacker to compromise the server on which the Orion products run. SolarWinds has been advised that this incident was likely the result of a highly sophisticated, targeted and manual supply chain attack by an outside nation state, but SolarWinds has not independently verified the identity of the attacker."
"On Saturday, December 12, our CEO was advised by an executive at FireEye of a security vulnerability in our Orion Software Platform which was the result of a very sophisticated cyberattack on SolarWinds. We soon discovered that we had been the victim of a malicious cyberattack that impacted our Orion Platform products as well as our internal systems. While security professionals and other experts have attributed the attack to an outside nation-state, we have not independently verified the identity of the attacker."
SolarWinds is in the best position to determine the nature of the "attack," and has certainly made that determination (or a decision not to make it) by Dec 17. This language indicates that they are aware that FireEye is lying.
"The vulnerability has only been identified in updates to the Orion Platform products delivered between March and June 2020, but our investigations are still ongoing."
This is not true. People reported that they were able to download the trojanized (infected with malware) Orion updates even on Dec 13-14. They might have meant that the "updates were built between March and June 2020."
"After our release of Orion 2020.2.1 HF2 on Tuesday [Dec 15] night, we believe the Orion Platform now meets the US Federal and state agencies' requirements."
But the trojanized releases were certified, weren't they?
"We are continuing to take measures to ensure our internal systems are secure, including deploying the Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform across the endpoints on our systems."
Falcon is CrowdStrike's product. Surely it will name the nation-state, as they did in 2016.
"We have retained industry-leading third-party cybersecurity experts to assist us with this work and are actively collaborating with our partners, vendors, law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world."
They ARE cybersecurity experts themselves, and their product was shipped with the malware. They must preserve all the relevant data for the future legal proceedings, look through the old versions of the build code, find who and when inserted the malicious code, and surrender him or her to the FBI. This is, of course, if the person(s) responsible are not in China yet.
"The vulnerability was not evident in the Orion Platform products' source code but appears to have been inserted during the Orion software build process."
By insiders, although they did not say that.
(SWI 3) SolarWinds Security Statement, captured on Dec 9:
"SolarWinds maintains a written Information Security policy that defines employee's responsibilities and acceptable use of information system resources."
"Information security roles and responsibilities are defined within the organization."
"SolarWinds follows the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with layered security controls to help identify, prevent, detect, and respond to security incidents."
"SolarWinds maintains a change management process to ensure that all changes made to the production environment are applied in a deliberate manner."
"SolarWinds does not give our suppliers or vendors direct access to network/equipment management responsibility."
"We maintain audit logs on systems. These logs provide an account of which personnel have accessed which systems. Access to our auditing and logging tool is controlled by limiting access to authorized individuals. Security events are logged, monitored, and addressed by trained security team members."
"SolarWinds maintains separate development and production environments."
"Role based access controls are implemented for access to information systems. … Access controls to sensitive data in our databases, systems, and environments are set on a need-to-know / least privilege necessary basis."
"We require that authorized users be provisioned with unique account IDs. Our password policy covers all applicable information systems, applications, and databases."
"We follow a defined methodology for developing secure software that is designed to increase the resiliency and trustworthiness of our products."
Being a network security company with such elaborate internal procedures, SWI would have known all the details behind the malware in its product very quickly, certainly within a week after being notified of the problem.
(FEYE 1) FEYE filing with SEC, Dec 8
On December 8, 2020, concurrently with the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, FireEye, Inc. ("FireEye", "we", "our" or "us") is announcing on our corporate blog that FireEye recently was attacked by a highly sophisticated cyber threat actor, one whose discipline, operational security, and techniques lead us to believe it was a state-sponsored attack. Based on his 25 years in cyber security and responding to incidents, Kevin Mandia, our Chief Executive Officer, concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities.
Yes, this is the wording used by FireEye in their SEC report! FireEye reports to the SEC that it made a blog post. This is not a lie.
(FEYE 2) FireEye blog post by the CEO Kevin Mandia, Dec 8
"Based on my 25 years in cyber security and responding to incidents, I've concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities. This attack is different from the tens of thousands of incidents we have responded to throughout the years. The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to target and attack FireEye."
"We are actively investigating in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other key partners, including Microsoft."
"During our investigation to date, we have found that the attacker targeted and accessed certain Red Team assessment tools that we use to test our customers' security. These tools mimic the behavior of many cyber threat actors and enable FireEye to provide essential diagnostic security services to our customers."
(FEYE 3) FireEye blog post by FireEye, Dec 8
"A highly sophisticated state-sponsored adversary stole FireEye Red Team tools. Because we believe that an adversary possesses these tools, and we do not know whether the attacker intends to use the stolen tools themselves or publicly disclose them, FireEye is releasing hundreds of countermeasures with this blog pos…"
"A Red Team is a group of security professionals authorized and organized to mimic a potential adversary's attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise's security posture. … we have built up a set of scripts, tools, scanners, and techniques to help improve our clients' security postures. Unfortunately, these tools were stolen by a highly sophisticated attacker."
"Some of the tools are publicly available tools modified to evade basic security detection mechanisms. Other tools and frameworks were developed in-house for our Red Team."
Why would a "highly sophisticated attacker" need their tools?
(FEYE 4) FireEye blog post, Dec 13
"This campaign may have begun as early as Spring 2020 and is currently ongoing."
"SolarWinds.Orion.Core.BusinessLayer.dll is a SolarWinds digitally-signed component of the Orion software framework that contains a backdoor that communicates via HTTP to third party servers. We are tracking the trojanized version of this SolarWinds Orion plug-in as SUNBURST."
Now the key evidence:
"The malware masquerades its network traffic as the Orion Improvement Program (OIP) protocol and stores reconnaissance results within legitimate plugin configuration files allowing it to blend in with legitimate SolarWinds activity."
"The C2 traffic to the malicious domains is designed to mimic normal SolarWinds API communications."
"Multiple trojanzied updates were digitally signed from March – May 2020 and posted to the SolarWinds updates website …"
The malware comes from SolarWinds, compiled into the SolarWinds software, uses SolarWinds network protocols, and signed with SolarWinds certificate. Guess who is the attacker behind the malware?
(MSFT 1) Analyzing Solorigate, Dec 18
This article is the single most useful technical description of the SolarWinds malware.
"The fact that the compromised file is digitally signed suggests the attackers were able to access the company's software development or distribution pipeline. Evidence suggests that as early as October 2019, these attackers have been testing their ability to insert code by adding empty classes. Therefore, insertion of malicious code into the SolarWinds.Orion.Core.BusinessLayer.dll likely occurred at an early stage, before the final stages of the software build, which would include digitally signing the compiled code. As a result, the DLL containing the malicious code is also digitally signed, which enhances its ability to run privileged actions—and keep a low profile."
But even this article fails to mention that the SolarWinds malware infrastructure was hosted by Microsoft itself, as reported by DomainTools. After December 12, Microsoft seized the malware infrastructure through a court.
(MSFT 2) Customer Guidance on Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks, Dec 13
"This post contains technical details about the methods of the actor we believe was involved in Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks…"
(MSFT 3) Important steps for customers to protect themselves from recent nation-state cyberattacks, Dec 13
"Today, Microsoft is sharing information and issuing guidance about increased activities from a sophisticated threat actor that is focused on high value targets such as government agencies and cybersecurity companies. We believe this is nation-state activity at significant scale, aimed at both the government and private sector. "
These documents circularly refer to each other to justify the belief that the SolarWinds malware is a nation-state activity, and do not mention the nation-state. Neither of them mention that the attacker's infrastructure was hosted by Microsoft at the time of the attack. The only non-circular reference is to FireEye.
(MSFT 4) A moment of reckoning, Brad Smith, Microsoft President, Dec 17
Microsoft President Brad Smith is a deranged Trump hater. This article refers to "incoming Biden-Harris Administration" four times.
"While investigations (and the attacks themselves) continue, Microsoft has identified and has been working this week to notify more than 40 customers that the attackers targeted more precisely and compromised through additional and sophisticated measures."
There are many more
Russian engineers in 2016 identified weaknesses in password protection and social media platforms, hacked their way into American political campaigns, and used disinformation to sow divisions among the electorate.
Here, Brad Smith mixes up two parts of the Russia hoax. The reason for doing this is the Russian government's demand that Microsoft should not blame Russia for any cyber incidents – and the treacherous Microsoft executives complied! No, it is not treason, but it does seem to violate 18 U.S. Code § 951. So they blame Russian engineers or territory. Microsoft's and other Big Tech dependence on Russia is very small and yet they are still complying with a foreing government's demands. I cannot even imagine what they are doing for the government of China, whose influence in the Tech world is incredibly vaster.
https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/21-01/
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-352a
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/12/08/theft-fireeye-red-team-tools
https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network
MSN article, Dec 16
"Unnamed sources have told Reuters that they believe Russian hackers are behind the attack. Russia has denied any involvement. 'I reject these statements, these accusations, once again,' said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for President Vladimir Putin, told Russia's Tass news agency.
'Even if it is true there have been some attacks over many months and the Americans managed to do nothing about them, possibly it is wrong to groundlessly blame Russians right away. We have nothing to do with this.'" (emphasis added)
We look like idiots.
https://www.channele2e.com/technology/security/solarwinds-orion-breach-hacking-incident-timeline-and-updated-details/
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For now, though, mobile web could help Instagram stay a step ahead of its top competitor, Snapchat. Since Snapchat is so video-heavy, and Snap Inc hasn't prioritized building for lower-monetizing international markets and Android users, its app doesn't work as well in the developing world. Snap has left the door open for Instagram to become the defacto visual communication app for these countries. Instagram has exploited that with its Snapchat Stories clone, which at 200 million daily actives has more users than Snapchat's whole app.
Eventually, as mobile networks and cheap Android phones improve, Instagram might be able to squeeze more revenue out of developing markets. And until then, global growth drives the network effect that keeps people locked into Instagram.
As social networks hit saturation in top western markets, they must rethink how to make their apps work better elsewhere. Even if they're far away and compute differently than we do, these users can't be ignored.


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Q: "emcc" command does not recognized I'm having issue with building this demo.
https://github.com/kakukogou/opencvjs_demo_segmentation
When i cd into this folder and run make command i get this error message:
/bin/sh: 1: emcc: not found
make: *** [segmentation] Error 127

This is how make file looks like.
segmentation: ../src/segmentation.cpp ../src/export.cpp
    mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
    emcc \
    ../src/segmentation.cpp \
    ../src/export.cpp \
    -I $(OPENCV_INSTALL_DIR)/include \
    $(OPENCV_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libopencv_core.so \
    $(OPENCV_INSTALL_DIR)/lib/libopencv_imgproc.so \
    -s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS="['_on_mouse', '_on_init', '_on_process']" \
    -O3 \
    --llvm-lto 1 \
    --closure 1 \
    -s PRECISE_F32=1 \
    -s FORCE_ALIGNED_MEMORY=1 \
    -s TOTAL_MEMORY=306777216 \
    -o ./bin/segmentation.js

clean:
    rm ./bin/*.js ./bin/*.mem

Is there any issue with my environment variables.
What is the proper way to compile this ?

A: For whatever reason default path configurations in .emscripten does not enable emcc in terminal. so i manually set the EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT in /etc/environment and now it recognizes the emcc command in terminal.

A: For Windows, in 'emsdk' folder (downloaded from ' git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git ') run :
./emsdk activate latest --permanent

A: this works for me
adding
source ./emsdk_env.sh
to .bashrc or .zshrc file

A: Encounter same problem in window 11
In my case there was problem with path of EMSDK
After running emsdk_env.bat
I have check path in environment variable and I found it was E:/emsdk
Then I have changed it to E:\emsdk
Now working fine for me

A: You have to make the environment manually, try this
source /emsdk/emsdk_env.sh

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Battle: Los Angeles is an alien invasion movie filmed relatively cheaply and being promoted as a massive, Roland Emmerich-scale event movie. From what we can tell it's more of a war film than an alien one, focusing on a troop of Marines led by Aaron Eckhart as they take to the streets of Los Angeles to fend off the invasion. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman,Battle: Los Angeles stars Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, and Michael Peña. It opens March 11, 2011.
Here's the official synopsis for Battle: Los Angeles:For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.
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The world has lost respect for the US
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,September 15, 2013, 1:01 a.m.
DEMOCRATS JEERED when John McCain told a New Hampshire audience during the 2008 presidential campaign that he would be glad to see US troops remain in Iraq for decades, even a century, once the war was over. "We've been in Japan for 60 years [and] in South Korea for 50 years," he said. A similar long-term stay in a postwar Iraq, buttressing allies and providing stability in a volatile region, would "be fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed."
McCain's political foes had a field day with that. Though he had plainly been speaking of a friendly peacetime presence, Democrats hammered him as an insatiable warmonger. Then-Senator Barack Obama claimed the Arizona Republican was "willing to send our troops into another 100 years of war in Iraq." Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, declared: "McCain's strategy is a war without end." In a TV ad aired by MoveOn.org, a new mother, playing with her baby boy, told McCain that if he was counting on using her little Alex as cannon fodder in Iraq, "you can't have him."
Yet McCain was right. Having won a difficult war in Iraq, the United States should have settled in for the long haul, just as we did in Japan, Germany, Italy, and South Korea, where tens of thousands of American troops remain to this day. Instead President Obama pulled the troops out, as he had always made clear he would. Iraq's fragile constitutional democracy, so hard-won, was left to fend for itself. Al Qaeda in Iraq, all but wiped out, gained a new lease on life. Now a new generation of Americans, including young Alex, is learning that the loss of US influence makes the world a more menacing place.
We are nearly five years into a presidency whose foreign policy is driven by the conviction that America's profile in the world, above all the Muslim world, must be lowered. "One of the things I intend to do as president is restore America's standing in the world," Obama vowed as he pursued the presidency in 2008. Abandoning Iraq wasn't the way to do it. America's standing in the world has reached a new low. So low that even Bashar Assad can thumb his nose at an explicit presidential "red line" — then laugh as Vladimir Putin effortlessly suckers Washington into doing nothing about it.
George W. Bush made plenty of mistakes, but he understood the difference between leading and "leading from behind." When he went to Congress for authorization to remove Saddam Hussein from power, he got it. When he told Saddam to leave Iraq or be forcibly overthrown, he made good his threat. When he explained the need for military action, he didn't need to reassure Americans that their commander-in-chief "doesn't do pinpricks."
All American presidents engender resentment and opposition on the world stage. It goes with the job of leading the world's superpower. From his earliest days as a presidential candidate, Obama argued that Bush had eroded America's international status by going to war in Iraq and not showing enough respect for diplomatic engagement. He was sure that by reversing course he could make things better. "The world will have confidence that I am listening to them, and that our future and our security is tied up with our ability to work with other countries."
But what the world has mostly learned from listening to Obama is that he confuses moral preening with effective leadership. That he is deeply uncomfortable with America's military preeminence. That it's not hard to call the bluff of this president who says he doesn't bluff.
And that he still doesn't realize how much harm was set in motion by the wholesale withdrawal from Iraq. As the US military walked away, internal Iraqi politics grew more authoritarian. Sunni terrorism revived. Al Qaeda in Iraq started sending offshoots into Syria. Iraqi Shi'ites, meanwhile, lost their American buffer against Iran. "If American air power were still in Baghdad," writes Reuel Marc Gerecht of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, "Tehran could not resupply Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah by air, and the Assad regime would lose the two resources most critical to its survival."
Power, too, abhors a vacuum. A long-term US military presence in Iraq could have strengthened Iraq's democrats and moderates, giving peace and prosperity the same chance they had in Germany, Japan, and Korea. Instead we walked away, and the region's worst brutes made the most of it.


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This session sets the stage for the entire training program; What is supervision and management all about and, specifically, what is the role of the supervisor/manager in your organization. The session focuses on the alignment of the efforts of the leadership team with the organization's mission and values. Various management styles and techniques will be discussed. The session will help supervisors/managers in recognizing his/her own strengths and areas for improvement.
This session addresses the supervisor/manager's role as a leader and how that role interacts with employees. The session focuses on best practices of the organization and the legal issues facing supervisors/managers today. Emphasis is placed on discussions concerning cause and effect, legal guidelines, policies and procedures, performance management, and best practices of the organization.
Employee selection is a multi-faceted process: effective selection processes, interviewing techniques, and legal compliance … all in the name of finding the best match for the position. This session will take an in-depth tour through an effective and legal interviewing and selection process.
Now that the right employee has been selected for the position, how do we help this employee get started on the right foot … the right foot to ensure success and satisfaction for both the employee and the organization?
This session focuses on orientation and training initiatives above and beyond corporate provided resources. Considerations include aspects of company orientation, department orientation, formal training, on-the-job training, employee goals and objectives, and establishing performance objectives.
This session explores the variety of communication skills used daily with associates, peers, and superiors, as well as customers and business contacts. Emphasis is placed on techniques, strategy, and interactive sessions regarding the following topics: listening skills, verbal effectiveness, written communications, questioning and probing techniques, team-building communications, conflict management, the value of silence, and effective meetings.
In addition to the annual review process, these two sessions look at appraising performance throughout the entire year. It's all about monitoring, managing, and measuring performance.
Goals and objectives are initially set and communicated during new employee orientation and training. From there, how does a supervisor/manager monitor, manage and evaluate an employee's performance? How do they recognize and acknowledge "good" performance and modify "bad" performance and behavior? How can the supervisor/manager become the ultimate coach? And, in the midst of it all, how can the annual performance appraisal process be less painful and more effective for both the supervisor/manager and the employee?
These sessions will explore each of these issues and will assist the supervisor/manager in monitoring and managing employee performance throughout the year.
These topics go hand-in-hand under the heading of "management productivity." This session addresses the importance and value of these skills in management and leadership. Emphasis is placed on mastering these skills in order to optimize the overall efficiency and effectiveness of any individual, team, department, and the overall organization.
How do we attain and maintain a motivated, productive and effective staff? This is what management is all about these days.
Supervision and management through appropriate influence is amazingly effective … much more effective than the commonly used technique of throwing one's title and position around as the authority figure. This session capitalizes on the skills and techniques presented throughout the series and grandstands the value and ROI of creating an environment of influence through recognition, acknowledgement and motivation. We'll discuss no cost and low cost ideas, along with methods and techniques to maximize recognition, acknowledgement and motivation.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Supervisory Management … but Were Afraid to Ask!
Participants are encouraged throughout the first nine sessions to provide suggestions for topics to be discussed during this final "bonus session." Also, this session will be used as a forum for application and reinforcement of the previous sessions – to put it all together to demonstrate understanding and competence.
"A Day In The Life of a Manager" can be presented during this session as the last activity of the series.
We're in such a rush to solve the problem that often times the solution misses the mark. Wouldn't it be great if your organization had a "universal internal language" for communicating and resolving problems? This workshop sets the stage for a problem solving process that is effective throughout the organization and is easy to adapt. These techniques are applicable whether problem solving alone, in small groups and/or a large team.
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Герб Португалии официально принят 30 июня 1911 года вместе с флагом Португалии.

История и значение
Современный португальский герб имеет почти тысячелетнюю историю, беря своё начало от синего креста на серебряном фоне Генриха Бургундского, к которому постепенно добавлялись и убирались новые элементы, и завершился большим комплексом геральдических элементов в 1911 году.

Описание

Герб Португалии представляет собой золотую армиллярную сферу, на которую помещён геральдический щит. На щите на белом фоне в форме креста изображено 5 малых синих щитов. На малых щитах изображено по 5 серебряных безантов. По краям большого щита широкая красная каёмка с семью золотыми за́мками. Армиллярная сфера обрамлена золотыми ветвями, перевязанными снизу двумя лентами — красной и зелёной лентой (цвета государственного флага).

Малые щиты и безанты
После официального признания независимости Королевства Португалия в 1143 году на бургундский флаг были добавлены серебряные безанты (византийские монеты), что означало право короля как суверенного монарха выпускать свою валюту. Во время расцвета средневековой геральдики щит утратил некоторые элементы и изображение креста. Без креста и с пятью маленькими щитами на том месте, где были серебряные безанты, герб наследовал Саншу I. Позже число серебряных безантов было уменьшено королём Себастьяном I с 11 до 5 на каждом малом щите. Поздние толкователи объясняют их как пять ран Христа, однако такое объяснение маловероятно.

Замки
Во время правления Афонсу III появилась красная Кайма с золотыми замками (не с башнями, как утверждают некоторые источники, а именно с замками). Число замков менялось от 8 до 12. Афонсу IV определил 12, а Себастьян I окончательно утвердил 7. Предположительно, они означают мавританские замки, отвоёванные Португалией во время Реконкисты. Возможно, они кастильские, но в отличие от испанских, изображаемых с синими открытыми воротами, португальские замки изображены с закрытыми золотыми воротами.

Армиллярная сфера

Важный элемент португальской геральдики с XV века — армиллярная сфера — часто использовалась на флагах колоний, особенно в Бразилии. Этот навигационный прибор, использовавшийся для вычисления расстояний, символизирует значение Португалии в эпоху великих географических открытий, а также обширность колониальных владений, принадлежавших первой республике.

Хотя армиллярная сфера обычно использовалась как «республиканский» элемент, в противовес короне на сине-белом флаге, она изображалась и на некоторых монархических флагах. В частности, на флаге соединённого королевства Португалии, Алгарви и Бразилии, а после его распада — на флаге королевства, а позже - империи Бразилия.

История гербов

Внешние ссылки

Государственные символы Португалии
Португалия
Гербы с изображением крепости


Love your car but getting aches and pains after repetitive or long journeys? Whether you are a professional or commercial driver, commuter or regular "school-runner" you could be at risk from musculoskeletal problems. Our Chartered Physiotherapist Rebecca Wyatt advises further.
Frequent drivers commonly experience varying problems ranging from shoulder, back and neck pain to headaches and leg pain. It is important to recognise what is causing these problems and find suitable methods of managing them without going to the extremes of buying a new car! There are many reasons why musculoskeletal symptoms can occur from driving such as the ergonomics of the car and prolonged poor postures which over time can lead to the gradual progression and onset of symptoms.
So what can you do to help? Follow these simple car set-up tips as advised by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) to make sure you are sitting correctly.
Initially reset your seat to its factory setting. The lumbar support should be neutral, steering wheel fully upright and forward with the seat height at its lowest and fully back. The chair should be reclined 30 degrees from vertical and the seat cushion should be forward tilted so its front edge is lowest.
Now sit in the seat and do the following to adjust it to fit you. Raise the seat as high as is comfortable to ensure good range of vision. You need clearance from the roof! The seat height should allow for good pedal control. Make sure the seat is forward enough so that the clutch pedal can be fully depressed. When your legs are out in front of you, they should never be fully extended; aim for slight knee bend when you foot is on the clutch.
Your back should be in full contact with the back rest, with no gaps or undue pressure. Use the lumbar support to ensure your spine is in contact with the entire chair. The back and shoulders should be in firm contact with the seat.
If you are reclined too far back you will be prompted to "perch" forwards and therefore slide into a slumped poor posture.
The seat cushion should be tilted so that there is even and complete thigh contact. Be aware that you do not cause pressure behind the knee!
The neck rest needs to be adjusted to fit each individual in order to minimise the risk of injury in the event of an accident. It is not a complete solution to preventing whiplash or other neck injuries but it can help reduce the severity. Your head should naturally rest approximately 1 inch away from the head rest once all of the other seat adjustments have been made.
Finally, the steering wheel should be rearwards and downwards to avoid over-reaching and tilting forwards. Aim to have approximately 30-40 degrees bend in your elbows.
The above advice can be found on the original CSP leaflet here .
The above information is aimed at being general guidance and is not a solution to any specific conditions and is not intended to replace visiting a GP or Physiotherapist. If you are suffering with any musculoskeletal pain or symptoms then it is important you seek appropriate advice and care. Our team of experienced Physiotherapists at Lilliput Health in Poole are more than happy to help whether you just require advice or a consultation.


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