Date Originally Written: November 9, 2017.
Date Originally Published: February 5, 2018.
Summary: The leveraging of social media technologies by violent extremists like Al-Qaeda (AQ) and Daesh have created a road map for others to do the same. Without a combined effort by social media companies and intelligence and law enforcement organizations, violent extremists and others will continue to operate nearly unchecked on social media platforms and inspire others to acts of violence.
Text: Following the 9/11 attacks the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and AQ, the violent extremist organization who launched these attacks, lost ground. With the loss of ground came an increase in online activity. In the time before the worldwide embrace of social media, jihadi's like Irhabi007 (Younis Tsouli) led AQ hacking operations by breaking into vulnerable web pages and defacing them with AQ propaganda as well as establishing dead drop sites for materials others could use. This method was pioneered by Irhabi007, who was later hunted down by other hackers and finally arrested in 2005. Five years after Tsouli's arrest, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) established Inspire Magazine as a way to communicate with its existing followers and "inspire" new ones. Unfortunately for AQAP, creating and distributing an online magazine became a challenge.
Today, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, VKontakte, and YouTube are now the primary modus for jihadi extremists to spread the call to jihad as well as sow fear into those they target. Social media is perfect for connecting people because of the popularity of the platforms and the ease of use, creation of accounts, and ability to send messages that could have a large audience. In the case of Daesh, they use Twitter and YouTube as their primary means of messaging not only for fear but also command and control as well as recruitment. Daesh sees the benefits of using social media, and their use has paved the way for others. Even after Twitter and YouTube began to catch on and act against the Daesh accounts, it is still easy still for Daesh to create new accounts and keep the messages flowing with a new user name followed by a digit.
AQ's loss of terrain combined with the expansion of social media set the conditions for movement toward inciting the "far war" over the local struggle as AQ saw it before Osama bin Laden was killed. In fact, the call to the West had been made in Inspire magazine on many occasions. Inspire even created a section of their magazine on "Open Source Jihad" which was later adopted by Dabiq (Daesh's magazine), but the problem was actually motivating the Western faithful into action. This paradigm was finally worked out in social media where recruiters and mouthpieces could, in real-time, talk to these potential recruits and work with them to act.
Online messaging by violent extremist organizations has now reached a point of asymmetry where very little energy or money invested on the jihadi's part can produce large returns on investments like the incident in Garland Texas. To AQ, Daesh, and others, it is now clear that social media could be the bedrock of the fight against the West and anywhere else if others can be incited to act. This incited activity takes the form of what has been called as "Lone Wolf Jihad" which has caused several incidents like the Garland shootings to current day events like the attack in New York City on the bike path by Sayfullo Saipov, a green card holder in the U.S. from Uzbekistan.
With the activating of certain individuals to the cause using the propaganda and manuals put out by the jihadi's on social media, it is clear that the medium works and that even with all the attempts by companies like Facebook and Twitter to root accounts out and delete them, the messaging still gets to those who may act upon it. The memetic virus of violent extremism has a carrier and that is social media. Now, with the advent of social media's leveraging by Russia in the campaign against the U.S. electoral system, we are seeing a paradigm shift into larger and more dangerous memetic and asymmetric warfare.
Additionally, with the advent of encryption technologies to the social media platforms the net effect has been to create channels of radicalization, recruitment, and activation over live chats and messages that cannot be indicted by authorities easily. This use for encryption and live chats and messages makes the notion of social media as a means of asymmetric warfare even more prescient. The jihadis now have not only a means to reach out to would be followers, but also a constant contact at a distance, where before they would have to radicalize potential recruits a physical location.
Expanding this out further, the methodologies that the jihadi's have created and used online are now studied by other like-minded groups and can be emulated. This means that whatever the bent, a group of like-minded individuals seeking extremist ends can simply sign up and replicate the jihadi model to the same ends of activating individuals to action. We have already started to see this with the Russian hybrid warfare at a nominal level by activating people in the U.S. such as neo nazi's and empowering them to act.
Social media is a boon and a bane depending on it's use and it's moderation by the companies that create the platforms and manage them. However, with the First Amendment protecting freedom of speech in the U.S., it is hard for companies to delineate what is free speech and what is exhortation to violence. This is the crux of the issue for companies and governments in the fight against violent extremism on platforms such as YouTube or Twitter. Social media utilization boils down to terms of service and policing, and until now the companies have not been willing to monitor and take action. Post Russian meddling in the U.S. election though, social media company attitudes seems to be changing.
Ultimately, the use of social media for extremist ideas and action will always be a problem. This is not going away, and policing is key. The challenge lies in working out the details and legal interpretations concerning the balance of what constitutes freedom of speech and what constitutes illegal activity. The real task will be to see if algorithms and technical means will be helpful in sorting between the two. The battle however, will never end. It is my assessment that the remediation will have to be a melding of human intelligence activities and technical means together to monitor and interdict those users and feeds that are seeking to incite violence within the medium.
National Security Situation: Paying ransom for exploits being extorted by Advanced Persistent Threat Actors: Weighing the Options.
Date Originally Written: June 1, 2017.
Date Originally Published: June 8, 2017.
Author and / or Article Point of View: Recent events have given rise to the notion of crowd funding monies to pay for exploits being held by a hacking group called ShadowBrokers in their new "Dump of the month club" they have ostensibly started. This article examines, from a red team point of view, the idea of meeting actors' extortion demands to get access to new nation state-level exploits and, in doing so, being able to reverse engineer them and immunize the community.
Background: On May 30, 2017 the ShadowBrokers posted to their new blog site that they were starting a monthly dump service wherein clients could pay a fee for access to exploits and other materials that the ShadowBrokers had stolen from the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC). On May 31, 2017 a collective of hackers created a Patreon site to crowd fund monies in an effort to pay the ShadowBrokers for their wares and gather the exploits to reverse engineer them in the hopes of disarming them for the greater community. This idea was roundly debated on the internet and as of this writing has since been pulled by the collective after collecting about $3,000.00 of funds. In the end it was the legal counsel of one of the hackers who had the Patreon eite shut down due to potential illegalities with buying such exploits from actors like ShadowBrokers. There were many who supported the idea with a smaller but vocal dissenting group warning that it was bad idea.
Significance: The significance of these events has import on many levels of national security issues that now deal with information security and information warfare. The fact that ShadowBrokers exist and have been dumping nation-state hacking tools is only one order of magnitude here. Since the ShadowBrokers dumped their last package of files a direct international event ensued in the WannaCrypt0r malware being augmented with code from ETERNALBLUE and DOUBLEPULSAR U.S. National Security Agency exploits and infecting large numbers of hosts all over the globe with ransomware. An additional aspect of this was that the code for those exploits may have been copied from the open source sites of reverse engineers working on the exploits to secure networks via penetration testing tools. This was the crux of the argument that the hackers were making, simply put, they would pay for the access to deny others from having it while trying to make the exploits safe. Would this model work for both public and private entities? Would this actually stop the ShadowBrokers from posting the data publicly even if paid privately?
Option #1: Private actors buy the exploits through crowd funding and reverse the exploits to make them safe (i.e. report them to vendors for patching).
1) Legal issues over buying classified information could lead to arrest and incarceration.
2) Buying the exploits could further encourage ShadowBrokers' attempts to extort the United States Intelligence Community and government in an active measures campaign.
3) Set a precedent with other actors by showing that the criminal activity will in fact produce monetary gain and thus more extortion campaigns can occur.
4) The actor could be paid and still dump the data to the internet and thus the scheme moot.
1) The actor is paid, and the data is given leaving the hacker collective to reverse engineer the exploits and immunize the community.
2) The hacker collective could garner attention to the issues and themselves, this perhaps could get more traction on such issues and secure more environments.
Option #2: Private actors do not pay for the exploits and do not reward such activities like ransomware and extortion on a global scale.
Risk: By not paying the extortionists the data is dumped on the internet and the exploits are used in malware and other hacking attacks globally by those capable of understanding the exploits and using or modifying them. This has already happened and even with the exploits being in the wild and known of by vendors the attacks still happened to great effect. Another side effect is that all operations that had been using these exploits have been burned, but, this is already a known quantity to the USIC as they likely already know what exploits have been stolen and or remediated in country.
Gain: By not paying the extortionists the community at large is not feeding the cost to benefit calculation that the attackers must make in their plans of profit. If we do not deal with extortionists or terrorists you are not giving them positive incentive to carry out such attacks for monetary benefit.
Other Comments: While it may be laudable to consider such schemes as crowd funding and attempting to open source such exploit reversal and mitigation, it is hubris to consider that this will stop the actor with bad intent to just sell the data and be done with it. It is also of note that the current situation that this red team article is based on involves a nation-state actor, Russia and its military intelligence service Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye (GRU) and its foreign intelligence service the Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR) that are understood to not care about the money. This current situation is not about money, it is about active measures and sowing chaos in the USIC and the world. However, the precepts still hold true, dealing with terrorists and extortionists is a bad practice that will only incentivize the behavior. The takeaway here is that one must understand the actors and the playing field to make an informed decision on such activities.


The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made the most sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code in three decades. To be clear, the changes won't result in a tax cut for everyone. For example, people who have high property or state income taxes could get hurt by the limited SALT deduction, and the higher standard deduction won't exactly work out favorably for everyone.
Having said that, the tax changes will indeed result in a lower federal tax bill for millions of Americans. Here are four specific reasons why you might owe significantly less income tax than you did last year.
Tax refund check with cash money on top.
The most obvious reason you might owe less in taxes when you file your return this year is that the marginal tax rates in the U.S. are generally lower now. Here are the new U.S. tax brackets for the 2018 tax year (the return you file in 2019).
As you can see, Americans will be paying generally lower tax rates on their income now, which should contribute to lower overall tax liability for many people. For example, a married couple with $100,000 in taxable income would have owed $16,307.50 under the old tax code. Under the new tax bracket structure, a couple with this income would owe $13,879, a savings of more than $2,400.
Of course, taxable income is just one piece of the puzzle and it's entirely possible that an American family would end up paying more under the new tax code. However, the lower marginal tax rates could certainly translate to a higher refund for many people.
One of the biggest changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the near-doubling of the standard deduction and the elimination of the personal exemption. For many taxpayers, the net result of this will be a better overall tax break.
For example, a married couple with no children would have been entitled to a $13,000 standard deduction and two $4,150 personal exemptions in 2018, for a total of $21,300 excluded from their taxable income. So, the new $24,000 standard deduction would indeed be better.
On the other hand, some households wouldn't be quite so lucky. For example, a family of four would lose out on $16,600 in personal exemptions, so the $11,000 increase in the standard deduction wouldn't quite make up the difference. It's possible that the newly increased Child Tax Credit could help make up the difference, but as we'll see in a bit, that won't be the case for everyone.
If any of your income comes from self-employment, or from a business you actively participate in that is structured as a pass-through entity (LLC, S-Corp, and partnerships are examples), there's a new 20% pass-through tax deduction you may benefit from.
For example, if you have a full-time job and do some consulting work on the side through an LLC, you may be able to deduct 20% of your consulting income on your taxes.
To be clear, income restrictions apply, so high-income individuals in certain types of pass-through businesses won't be able to take advantage, but this should be a big tax benefit to millions of Americans who have pass-through income.
The credit has been doubled to $2,000 per qualifying child, with up to $1,400 of this amount refundable.
The income phase-out for the credit is dramatically higher. For married taxpayers filing jointly, the credit doesn't start to phase out until AGI above $400,000 -- much higher than the old $110,000 threshold.
To be clear, this only applies to children age 16 and younger. There's also a nonrefundable $500 credit available for taxpayers who have dependents who don't qualify for the Child Tax Credit.
Early data suggests that on average, tax refunds are lower in 2019 than they were last year. For the week ending Feb. 1, the average tax refund was more than 8% lower than the same period a year ago.
The main reason for this isn't because taxes went up. Rather, it's because the Treasury's tax-withholding guidelines for employers were updated for the tax changes, and it looks like there are now fewer taxpayers who are having too much withheld.
In other words, if your tax refund went down this year, it could be because you got more money with each paycheck -- not necessarily because you didn't get a tax cut.


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Q: Struggle with obtaining same answer for both Disk-Washer Method and Shell Method on same Problem The problem is straightforward with the Disk-Washer method.  To help me fully understand these rotation problems I like to work the problems using both Disk-Washer and Shell (some problems become too difficult to solve for the x or y variable, but most work at the Calculus 1 level).
The problem is:  Find the volume of the solid that results when the region is rotated about the y-axis.
$y=3-2x, y=2, y=0, x=0$
Using $V=\pi \int_{0}^2 (\frac{3-y}{2})^2 dy$ I get the correct answer of $13\pi/6$
When evaluating how to do this via the Shell method I notice that I will need to break this region into 2 pieces - a rectangle and a triangle.
Since the line $y=2$ intersects the line $y=3-2x$ at $(\frac{1}{2},2)$ I chose the two shell integrals as follows:
$V=2 \pi\int_{0}^\frac{1}{2} (x)(2) dx + 2\pi\int_{\frac{1}{2}}^{\frac{3}{2}} (x-\frac{1}{2})(3-2x)dx $
This does NOT produce the same answer. I think the correct answer is produced if I use:
$2\pi\int_{\frac{1}{2}}^{\frac{3}{2}} (x)(3-2x)dx $ for the second integral.  But I don't understand this.  For my second integral, it would seem to me that my radius is NOT $x$ but $(x-\frac{1}{2})$.
Can you assist with doing this problem via the Shell Method?

A: In the second integral, the cylinder radius should be $x$, not $x-\tfrac{1}{2}$, as it is the distance of the position of the cylindrical shell from the rotation axis: the line $x=0$, not the line $x=\tfrac{1}{2}$.  With integrand $x(3-2x)$, you obtain the result $\frac{13\pi}{6}$ as with disks.

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Alumni Calhoun, Vecellio elected to the National Academy of Construction
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The National Academy of Construction has honored two School of Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni as part of its 2017 membership class.
The academy announced 29 new members in late May, including Bill Calhoun Jr. and Leo Vecellio Jr.
"I am a truly humbled to be asked into such an esteemed group of accomplished people," said Calhoun, a 1981 civil engineering graduate.
"It is an honor to be selected for the National Academy of Construction," Vecellio said. "I look forward to joining my esteemed colleagues as we contribute our insights and experience to benefit not only the industry, but the nation as well."
Vecellio finished his civil engineering master's degree in 1969. He is chairman, president and CEO of Vecellio Group, which provides construction and construction materials as well as advanced energy services and products through nine subsidiaries.
Calhoun is vice chairman and executive vice president of Clark Construction. He's also a member of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Advisory Board, the School's Construction Advisory Board, and an emeritus member of the School's External Advisory Board.
The academy will officially induct Calhoun, Vecellio and the other new members in late October at the group's annual meeting. The pair joins fellow civil engineering alumnus and Georgia Tech President Emeritus G. Wayne Clough, who became a National Academy of Construction member in 2016.
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The 10 Wealthiest Countries In The World
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From all the 200 countries in the world, there are a few that generate billions, and trillions. But there are some countries that were able to become the richest in the world due to their revenue each year.
According to IMF, the October 2017 datgaon GDP per capita of the International Monetary Fund, the countries' currencies are being compared in relation to the cost of goods and it is being used to weigh the economy of the country and its relation with others.
Based on many important things, these are the 10 wealthiest countries in the world. Click on Next to read more
San Marino: $60,360
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San Marino is a tiny European country that was able to be the world's 10th richest country. The country's major industries are mostly electronics, tourism, banking, cheese, and wine production, but tourism is responsible for half of its economy, and notably, the country is known for not holding any national debt.
Switzerland: $61,360
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The Swiss financial and banking institutions are the ones that keep the nation's economy on its feet. Plus, it is important to note that the world's richest people and companies own Swiss bank accounts, which means this country has a great access capital to use, especially for investment purposes.
Also, Geneva and Zurich are always ranked among the world's top 10 in terms of standards of living.
The UAE: $68,250
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The United Arab Emirates goes without saying. This country has a land area of 32,276 sq (New York is 54,556sq) and 9.2 million people (more populated than New Jersey), yet, its personal average incomes is $68,250 which mostly comes from oil. Also, it is the second biggest economy in the Arab world (Saudi Arabia is the largest).


If your child's primary tooth has extensive decay, or has been damaged by trauma, action may be needed to restore the integrity of the tooth and prevent infection from spreading to surrounding teeth.
After a set of X-rays are taken, Dr. Dana will be able to assess the extent of the infection and recommend one of two options, a pulpotomy or a pulpectomy.
If the decay or trauma is confined to the crown of the tooth, a pulpotomy may be recommended. When a cavity gets really deep — close to the pulp of a tooth, or even into the pulp — the pulpal tissue becomes irritated and inflamed.
A pulpotomy is when the inflamed pulp chamber, usually on a baby molar, is removed. A dentist will remove all the infected material in the pulp of the crown only, to leave the living tooth root intact. After a pulpotomy on a baby molar, the empty space will be filled with dental cement and a stainless steel crown placed to restore the tooth.
Stainless steel dental crowns are regarded as a good temporary restoration to save a primary tooth until the permanent tooth can emerge and take its place. Keeping the primary tooth, if at all possible, is essential. A primary tooth can be restored with a stainless-steel crown during one appointment. A crowned tooth must be brushed and flossed, the same way as other teeth.


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La Facultad de Bellas Artes de Granada es un centro docente universitario español perteneciente a la Universidad de Granada, dedicado a la docencia e investigación de los estudios de bellas artes.

Desde los años noventa se encuentra situada en el Campus de Aynadamar, habiendo estado previamente en el campus universitario de la Cartuja.

Docencia
Actualmente en la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Granada se imparten los siguientes estudios universitarios oficiales:
 Grado en Bellas Artes
 Grado en Restauración y Conservación de Bienes Culturales
 Máster Universitario en Artes Visuales y Educación
 Máster Universitario en Dibujo: Creación Artística, Producción y Difusión
 Máster Universitario en Producción e Investigación en Arte
 Máster Universitario en Formación del Profesorado de ESO y Bachillerato (especialidad en dibujo, imagen y artes plásticas)
Asimismo, su máster propio en museología está calificado como mejor máster español en su campo.

Instalaciones
La Facultad consta de tres módulos en el Campus de Aynadamar y otro más en el Albaycín. En Aynadamar se encuentra el edificio principal, donde están Secretaría, Decanato, Salón de Actos y Grados y Biblioteca, además de impartirse las clases teóricas, de pintura, dibujo, etc. El segundo módulo es exclusivamente de escultura, encontrándose en él todos los talleres de modelado, talla, vaciado, metales y teóricas, aparte de la cafetería de la Facultad. En el tercer módulo se encuentra todo lo relacionado con las nuevas tecnologías, audiovisuales, fotografía... Por último, en el Albaycín se encuentra el Palacio del Almirante, sede de la facultad donde se localizan las clases de restauración y conservación, aparte de impartirse cursos y otras utilidades.

Dado el alto grado contaminante de los materiales usados en los talleres de la Facultad (químicos, disolventes, pinturas, etc.), el centro cuenta con un sistema de gestión medioambiental para su eliminación o reciclaje.

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Redmi Note 9 With 48MP Primary Camera
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Redmi Note 9 Key specifications have been revealed by the TENNA listing. The listing also shows that the device has received certification. The device seems to be promising as it is fully loaded with features and is a mid-ranged smartphone.
TENAA listing shows that the device will be equipped with a 6.53inch Full HD+ IPS LCD display which will support 2340 x 1080 pixels' resolution. We might spot a rear mounted fingerprint scanner which is embedded at the back of the device. It is speculated that the device will have a quad rear camera setup, while for taking selfie, there will be a punch hole camera at the front.
Talking about the optics of the device in detail, the quad camera setup will include a primary shooter of 48MP which might be coupled with an Ultra-wide lens and macro lens. For taking selfies the device might have a 13MP frontal shooter. The device is packed with a 4080mah battery.
As far as the processor od Redmi Note 9 is concerned, the device is powered by a MediaTek Helio G80 SoC, which will run of Android 10. The listing suggests that the device will be coming in three variants which will include 3GB, 4GB and 6GB of RAM which will have 32GB, 64GB and 128GB if internal storage that can be further expanded up to 512GB via an external Micro SD card.
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When any disc is inserted , the message "no valid disc" comes on. I have tried cleaning the inside with alcohol. Any suggestions?
my alpine iva-d900 will play everything even mp3dvds but wont play just a moviedvd says error disk or not valid some bs I have had it for about 3-4yrs now. my alpine iva-d900 will play everything even mp3dvds but wont play just a moviedvd says error disk or not valid some bs I have had it for about 3-4yrs now.
The DVD player show in the display "No Disc" but the laser diode is clean and the disc when is inside don't turn. I supossed that the motor of the disc is bad or disconnect. The DVD player show in the display "No Disc" but the laser diode is clean and the disc when is inside don't turn. I supossed that the motor of the disc is bad or disconnect.
I have a Vevturer 7" Widescreen Portable DVD Player,it reads cds,but if i insert a dvd disc,i get this message"NO VALID DISC".I cleaned the DVD Player with a dvd lens cleaner,but still the same,any suggestion on how to fix this problem would be appreciated.. I have a Vevturer 7" Widescreen Portable DVD Player,it reads cds,but if i insert a dvd disc,i get this message"NO VALID DISC".I cleaned the DVD Player with a dvd lens cleaner,but still the same,any suggestion on how to fix this problem would be appreciated..
When inserting the DVD, the it say's "no valid disc" and will not read. What's the deal? When inserting the DVD, the it say's "no valid disc" and will not read. What's the deal?
The screen says the player does not support the edgings on the disc. What does that mean? How do I fix it? The screen says the player does not support the edgings on the disc. What does that mean? How do I fix it?
monitor shows "no picture for your safety"
I have the same problem too with the SD-20USB not reading discs, can someone help, please. I have the same problem too with the SD-20USB not reading discs, can someone help, please.
When I put in a disc it says "can't read disc". Any solutions? When I put in a disc it says "can't read disc". Any solutions?
I HAVE THE TVIEW 1006IND IN-DASH DVDPLAYER IT WIIL PLAY CD'S BUT WILL NOT PLAY DVD'S IT READS "NO DISK " I HAVE THE TVIEW 1006IND IN-DASH DVDPLAYER IT WIIL PLAY CD'S BUT WILL NOT PLAY DVD'S IT READS "NO DISK "
will not read a disk. will not read a disk.
This may be due to CD/DVD region code!
"The DVD player show in the display "No Disc" but the laser diode is clean and the disc when is inside don't turn. I supossed that the motor of the disc is bad or disconnect."
I changed the motor but still the same fail.
I had the same problem. I took the bottom off and was looking at the parts inside it. What I found with mine was that the gears were not turning smoothly. I realized it was something between the gear on the motor (white) and the middle gear. All I had to do was to push the white gear that is on the motor back down until it snapped back into place. Problem solved. I hope this helps others with the same problem.
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If this is the PVS1950D, then visit the companies website at http://www.1800customersupport.com/venturer Select "Car Entertainment" then "Mobile DVD Systems" and finally select "PVS1950D". You can either email or call them for assistance. The repair fee is about $50 I believe, plus shipping. A brand new unit with 7" screens will run you about $100.
I had the same problems as well. I ended up taking it to a local shop here in the SF Bay Area and got it fixed instantly. It didn't cost much but got it done. I wouldn't tamper with it though esp. with alcohol as it may damage the laser and set the laser out of alignment to cause more costly repairs.
Make sure use brand new Disc to test unit. still have problem? send back mfg to service.
Sorry "much longer than the warranty" Sorry "much longer than the warranty"
Check the laser lens for any dirt or obstruction. If there is, clean it carefully with a "Q" tip and alcohol. Insert a disk and listen for the disk turning inside the drive. If you don't hear anything then something is wrong with the read laser. It's either damaged or burned out. The laser must focus, read, and then spin the disk to not show "no disc".
This means that the lens of your dvd player is having a hard time reading the discs. It could be dirty. You need to run a disc cleaner to run into your player for like 30 seconds. It it does not solve the problem. You might need to clean the lens manually. Open the casing and unscrew the plastice plate covering the lens. Then get a q tip damped in an alcohol. Gently wipe on the lens' surface and let it dry. Return everything back and play those discs again.
Your optical pickup drive lens is dirty or needs to be replaced. Run a DVD disc cleaning kit through it and see if that helps. If not, then you have to open this thing up and clean the lens with a bit of rubbing alcohol and then try. If that don't work you can either kick it to the curb or replace the optical lens.
DVD no longer reads any discs and won't play.
try to clean the lens with rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip, be careful not to scratch the lens. this may help!!
Since CDs play, this is usually a sign that the optics are failing. Try cleaning the lens using a cotton swab and alcohol. If that fails to resolve the problem, the optics will need to be replaced. If you can post the make and model, I can get you the approximate cost for this as well.
My CFD-Z501 won't play a disc. I get the message "no disc"
Try to use CD/DVD clening disk ($6 in Walmart). Or simply use cotton swab (Q-TIP) and 40 % ethyl alcohol (vodka) or 50-70% isopropyl alcohol (NO ACETONE), depending on your budget.
Also check if discs are inserted correctly and not damaged/durty etc. Also check your discs. Some CD-players dont accept burned CDs (copyed). I believe Sony is not the case, just a suggestion.
If cleaning wont help lens might be damaged.
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Updated: Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:06 EST
Better Call Saul Season 6: Release Date, Cast, Trailer And Everything You Need To Know
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:06 EST
The American crime drama is being renewed for season six. Better Call Saul is the prequel to the highly acclaimed show Breaking Bad and was developed by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. In the beginning, the show has been produced in five seasons with 10 episodes, and every one of them has captured viewers' hearts. The fans are extremely excited about season six of Better Call Saul & for certain season 6 is worth the wait.
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Q: unexplainable Null exception error In one of my applications I've created a sort of queue-list so that my application can send out midi-signals in the correct order.
So whenever I want to play a midi-note, I will add that midinote to a list.
I also have a backgroundworker running which will continuously check if there is note waiting in the "queue" and if there is, he will send it to the outputdevice.
Now I wanted to stresstest this, and 19 out of the 20 it works perfectly. Once every now and then, I get a nullexception error. The truth is that I don't know why it's giving me this error.
The only thing I can think of is that at the moment that the backgroundworker if checking if there is a note waiting in the queue, that there is a second argument which is still missing at that point which is why he trows an error.
However, when I look at the contents of the queue, it's all there.
So let me show you the code:
public class queueClass
{
    public int note {get; set;}
    public int delay { get; set; }

    public queueClass(int selectedNote, int selectedDelay)
    {
        note = selectedNote;
        delay = selectedDelay;
    }
}

List<queueClass> midiQueue = new List<queueClass>();

public void playNote(int noteNumber, int delay)
    {
        if (Enabled)
        {
            // ADD THE NOTE TO THE QUEUE
            midiQueue.Add(new queueClass(noteNumber, delay));

            if (!bgwMidi.IsBusy)
            {
                bgwMidi.RunWorkerAsync();
                Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now + " >>> BACKGROUNDWORKER MIDI STARTED");

            }
        }

    }

 private void bgwMidi_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;

        while (worker.IsBusy)
        {
            if (worker.CancellationPending)
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                // CHECK IF THERE IS A MIDINOTE IN THE QUEUE
                if (midiQueue != null && midiQueue.Count > 0)
                {
                    if (midiQueue[0].note > -1 && midiQueue[0].delay > -1)
                    {
                        sendNote(midiQueue[0].note, midiQueue[0].delay);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

The error is thrown on the first line of this code:
if (midiQueue[0].note > -1 && midiQueue[0].delay > -1)
{
   sendNote(midiQueue[0].note, midiQueue[0].delay);
}

and it says:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

However when I look at my midiQueue it holds the values:

delay: 0
note: 5

For now I've tried to bypass the error by putting it into a try-catch block, but I would like to know what is causing this issue.
Does anybody have an idea on this?
Thanks!

A: You should lock the midiqueue when Adding or removing items, if these operations are done in different threads.
When you push items:
lock (midiQueue) { midiQueue.Add(new queueClass(noteNumber, delay)); }

When you pop items:
lock (midiQueue) { /* the pop operation(s) */

When you use items:
lock (midiQueue)
{
   if (midiQueue != null && midiQueue.Count > 0)
   {
     if (midiQueue[0].note > -1 && midiQueue[0].delay > -1)
                    sendNote(midiQueue[0].note, midiQueue[0].delay);
   }
}

A: You check this :
midiQueue != null && midiQueue.Count > 0

So from there you know that you have an instanciated midiQueue and at least one element in midiQueue.
Then you do this :
midiQueue[0].note > -1 && midiQueue[0].delay > -1

And here is your problem. If midiQueue[0] is null then midiQueue[0].note will throw an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception.
So you should modify your test :
if (midiQueue != null && midiQueue.Count > 0)
{
   if (midiQueue[0] != null && midiQueue[0].note > -1 && midiQueue[0].delay > -1)
   {
       sendNote(midiQueue[0].note, midiQueue[0].delay);
   }
}


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Q: Extend Zepto.js so don't need jQuery anymore I like the idea of cutting out 80% of jQuery by using Zepto.js. However, when making the switch, it is clear some of the jQuery plugins I'm using, for example jQueryUI draggable(), can't find in Zepto what they need.
Is there a sane way to go about switching to Zepto? Or Am I just going to have to extend it function by function until I stop getting errors?

A: Hear me out. In a perfect world we always have frameworks that are exactly what we need. But we don't live in such a world. Different projects - different requirements. JQuery is designed to cover ALL of the usual requirements, therefore saving time. It may sound tempting to try to optimize it for the project needs, but in the wrong run, will it be worth building frameworks for every small project? In the end it's only 15 kbs of difference, a fraction of a second. As javascript is not compiled you don't save from compilation-time or anything. Just that little tiny bit of bandwidth. I'm not aware of the importance of your project, but I personally wouldn't sacrifice my time to build a custom jQuery distribution for every new project I'm creating.
If the stripped down Zepto doesn't work out, I'd stick with jQuery. But if you are determined to do this, I think it would be easier to start striping jQuery down, instead of upgrading Zepto. That way you can instantly tell when your modules break and see the reason.


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Q: Find out Key of c# Dictionary when Any() returns true From the below code I always come to know whether any of the DatFiles is not in sync or not. But how to get which one?
bool isNotinSync = DatFileListDictioanry.Any(t => IsThisDatFileNotInSync(t.Key)) // I want a key or Pair here!

I know this can be achieved using a simple for loop and checking all the values of the pairs. But is there something better?

A: Following should help:
If you just need the first /default entry
DatFileListDictioanry.FirstOrDefault(t => IsThisDatFileNotInSync(t.Key))

If you need the complete list then:
DatFileListDictioanry.Where(t => IsThisDatFileNotInSync(t.Key))

A: Try this:
DatFileListDictioanry.Where(t => IsThisDatFileNotInSync(t.Key)).FirstOrDefault()


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My work has also been funded by the Philip L. Quinn Fellowship at the National Humanities Center, the Thomas J. and Robert T. Rolfs Professorship at the University of Notre Dame, and the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professorship at Duke University.
I have been an invited visitor at Arché at the University of St. Andrews, the Center for Philosophy of Time at the University of Milan, and the Australian National University.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates: As the UAE marks Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Lufthansa Group has reinforced its commitment to sustainability by stepping up its efforts aimed at making the future of aviation climate-neutral. The Group has been investing in climate-friendly planes and alternative fuels in addition to improving all aspects of flight operations through the adoption of sustainable practices and innovative technologies.
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The New York Musical Theatre Festival opened this week, celebrating 11 years of America's greatest art form by providing an affordable way for artists to mount professional productions. First staged in 2004, the inaugural season featured more than 30 fully staged full-length musicals. Since that time, more than 350 shows have premiered at the Festival, featuring 8,000 artists and seen by more than 300,000 audience members. NYMF was honored with a 2013 Drama Desk Award, recognizing its first decade of creating and nurturing new musicals. Notable shows that have been cultivated at NYMF include Altar Boyz, Next to Normal and [title of show] and Chaplin.
The Broadway Blog had a chance to chat with Festival executive director and producer Dan Markley as the first round of productions were preparing to open. "It's epic in scope and that's been intention." But beyond fully staged productions, Markley is most proud of the new developmental reading series, which offers artists and audience alike the opportunity to celebrate the craft of musical theater. "Our hope is that more shows will be developed in that series and the next year they'll be done in full productions. There is no yellow brick road on the way to Broadway." Two shows that were done as readings last year, Searching for Romeo and Cloned!, are part of this season's full production roster.
"Cloned!" Foreground: Eric Mann (Clone Wally), Background: Alex Goley (Wally). Photo: Andrew Barry Fritz (BarryMoore Photography) via The Broadway Blog.
The next Kander and Ebb (or Ahrens & Flaherty, or Stephen Sondheim… the list goes on) are clamoring for their chance to be part of this creative incubator. This year the festival received nearly 250 submissions, up 50 percent from last year. What does it take for a new work to make the cut?
Initially, Markley says the committee is less concerned about the breadth of work in terms of the Festival season, but more concentrated on the "quality in book, music and lyrics. For a writer or writing team who understands where that show is in the developmental process and agrees with how we can all find the best path of success."
"As we get the collection of shows that fit within those high standards," says Markley, "then we start to separate what shows might be too similar in theme or musicality. I'm just watching it play out for the first time and it's a very sophisticated process." The reading committee consists of about 40 theater professionals, followed by 10 grand jurors—a highly qualified panel of agents, actors, directors and theater professionals who "have been down the road with putting new musicals into play."
Take the jump for our top five Festival picks…
While it's impossible to shout out to every production appearing during the Festival, which runs through July 27, The Broadway Blog offers our top 5 picks:
As We Lie Still
A new musical about Avi Leiter, a magician in New York at the turn of the 20th century who overcomes the struggles of a fledgling magic act. His assistant, Josephine, is the key to his most astonishing trick. Together, they rise to Vaudevillian fame—until the trick goes awry. Twenty years later, old, ruined, and alone, Avi must prepare one more illusion. As We Lie Still uses a spellbinding, contemporary score to tell a story of love and forgiveness, of life and death, of this world and the next.
Alexis Fishman as Erika Stern (Photo: Alina Gozin'a via The Broadway Blog).
Der Gelbe Stern (The Yellow Star)
It is 1933 in divinely decadent Berlin. Alexis Fishman (NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation Winner 2012) is Erika Stern, darling of the crumbling Weimar Cabaret scene. Feisty, sassy, and always provocative, her show embodies the excess and daring of the time. But as the Nazis rise to power, tonight's performance will be her last. The lights go down and the audience holds its breath.
A country-rock musical with music by country songwriter JT Harding and featuring many of his hit songs made famous by Kenny Chesney, Uncle Kracker, Jake Owen, and JTX (including Chesney's number one song "Somewhere with You" and Uncle Kracker's "Smile"). This compellingly gritty, coming-of-age love story centers around a new generation of Southerners growing up in the early 2000s, confronted by the methamphetamine epidemic, the war in Iraq, and other post-9/11 challenges in the rural South.
Madame Infamy
At the turn of the 18th century, America stood firmly on the backs of its slaves while Paris burned as its poorest citizens revolted against the aristocracy. Two worlds united by one electrifying score, Madame Infamy is the dark and moving tale of Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France, and Sally Hemings, slave and mistress of President Thomas Jefferson. Fighting hardship, scandal, and loss, each must find the strength to combat a nation in hopes of protecting the ones she loves.
We'd also like to offer a special mention to a fantastic initiative spearheaded by director of programming, Mary Kate Burke. An autistic-friendly performance of Rescue Rue will be presented on July 20 (11 a.m.), offering a non-judgmental theatrical experience for families with autistic children. We're giving a standing ovation to such an effort and hope that the joy of live theater reaches an even greater audience through this programming.
The cast of "Rescue Rue" (photo: Larry Hamilton/Blue Photography via The Broadway Blog).
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Products pass through different stages as they move from the point at which they are introduced to the point at which they are widely accepted and finally to the point where they are completely eliminated or are replaced by another product.
The first stage in this cycle is commonly referred to as the introduction stage and there are some remarkable similarities in the way consumers adopt various products during this stage. These similarities also have several implications for marketing mix decisions that are appropriate for the introduction stage of a product's life cycle.
An understanding of the introduction stage of a product's life cycle can provide many benefits to the marketing manager or decision-maker. See below:
Target Market: The target market in the introduction stage would generally be upscale consumers with higher levels of income and education who are also likely to experiment with new product concepts.
Product: The product itself provides a distinct product plus when compared with others currently in the marketplace though this would not exclude innovative new uses for existing products (see discussion under Implementation below).
Promotion: The introductory stage requires a major emphasis on communicating the unique features of the product and an explanation of the significant benefits the product can provide to the consumer.
Place: In general the introductory stage would require a distribution decision that is consistent with the target market that is sought. In the case of a new, innovative item, promotion in the introduction stage is usually generic, in that it presents the features of the new product and the superiority of the new product over the old one, rather than of the brand over other brands. Advertising that involves comparisons between particular brands follows later.
Price: One feature of the introduction stage is that the demand for the product can be assumed to be relatively inelastic. This provides an opportunity for the marketer to set prices that not only ensure a comfortable profit margin but also help recover the initial costs of product development and promotion.
In order for the marketing decision-maker to implement the appropriate marketing mix decisions for the introduction stage of a product's life cycle, a method for clearly defining the introduction stage must first be identified.
Such a method must also take into consideration the distinction between the introduction stage for a product category as a whole and the introduction stage for the individual decision-maker's brand or model.
Both the product category and the individual brand will have life cycles of a similar form but the life cycles will not correspond to each other on a one-to-one basis.
In general, a determinant of the introduction stage of a product category will be the overall size of the potential market for that product category. On the other hand, for a product form or brand within an overall category, the determinant of the introduction stage will be the potential share of the product category market that the form or brand can realistically be expected to attain.
A marketing decision-maker should therefore begin by developing a measure of the overall potential for the product category or form as the case may be. Next, a measure of the saturation of the market, i.e. ratio of the size of the current market to overall potential, can be determined. The introduction stage would then be at a low level of saturation and the marketing decision-maker can continually monitor this.
The implementation task through the determination of saturation, as described above, could also be aided by a consideration of some of the other signs that typically accompany the introduction stage. These include a slow growth in sales over time and a small number of competing products.
The moment these two indicators are reversed and the sales start growing rapidly and new competition enters the market, the marketing decision-maker will know that the introduction stage is over.
This discussion has identified many of the features unique to the introduction stage. Based on these features, the marketing decision-maker should address a number of questions that will help determine when a particular product is in the introduction stage and what marketing mix decisions will be appropriate for the product during that stage.
Typical questions which the decision-maker will ask are:
Is this a new product category or a new form within an existing category?
What are the characteristics of the target market to which this product will have initial appeal?
Does this product have a unique product plus that will be difficult for others to imitate in a short period of time?
Given the target market to which this product will be directed, what is the best marketing mix (4Ps) that should be employed?
Answers to these questions will help management to choose the optimal marketing strategy for the introduction stage.
Once management has introduced the product, answering various questions will help determine how long the introduction stage may be expected to last and when changes in strategy will become necessary.
What is the overall market size for this product category?
What is the current saturation level for the product category?
What share of the overall product category market can the particular product form/brand be expected to attain? How much has it already attained?
What is the rate of growth of sales and has it increased recently?
How many competitors are currently in the market and has there been an increase in their number?
The introduction stage of a product's life cycle can be uniquely identified in terms of both the nature of the target market and the particular marketing mix decisions that would be appropriate. In this section key features of the introduction stage have been noted and the distinction between product category and product brand/form considerations has been observed.
A method of quantitatively establishing the introduction stage through a measure of saturation has been provided and specific decisions under each element of the marketing mix (4Ps) which would be appropriate to the introduction stage have been discussed.
Applications to Small Business
As noted earlier, all products go though the introduction stage of the life cycle but small businesses have a particularly crucial need to understand the marketing implications of the introduction stage. This is because the introduction stage requires a clear definition of the target market, i.e. the early adopters, and appropriate promotional programs directed at that target market.
This may entail a considerable financial commitment and the slow growth of sales in this stage can frequently lead to net cash outflows for which the small business has to be prepared. Furthermore, the implications of the negative cash flow for the other operations of the small business have to be considered.
With regard to implementation, the small business, which most probably has its operations confined to a narrow geographical area, needs a sense for the overall potential in the market. It can then develop a measure of saturation against the overall market potential which will help it determine when the introduction stage begins and, more importantly, when it ends.
In many respects this is one of the most difficult tasks for the small business because such measures of potential and saturation are much more difficult to determine for a vaguely defined narrow geographical area than for a large manufacturer looking at the overall national market.
Yet, these are tasks that the small business has to undertake because at the end of the introduction stage comes a period of rapid growth which the small business needs to plan for, if it does not want to find itself strapped for resources and in a situation where it has to turn away customers and lose sales to its competition.


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Del. John Welch
By John-Henry Doucette
For years, a biography on the Virginia House of Delegates Web site said Del. John Welch had earned a Ph.D.
He has not. He's a doctor of chiropractic.
The Republican is running for re-election in November against Democratic challenger Bobby Mathieson.
Welch tweaked the official biography this week after The Virginian-Pilot asked about it. "I'm not a Ph.D.," Welch said Wednesday. The information on the Web site, he said, "is controlled by the General Assembly. I don't know why it's there."
He said he never claimed to have a doctor of philosophy degree, even though records show Welch approved the biography over the years, making updates and corrections.
But "Ph.D." remained.
Welch is licensed by the state to practice. He was recognized by the Virginia Chiropractic Association as the organization's Chiropractor of the Year in 2002.
On Wednesday, Robert Rummells, Welch's legislative assistant, said the House clerk's office compiles the biographies.
"We have no input into that," Welch said at the time.
On Thursday, the clerk's office released records that show Welch's office reviewed the biography.
In November 2001, Welch's office faxed the bio to the clerk's office, with a handwritten note along the top: "ALL INFO IS CORRECT. JJW."
Earlier that year, Welch filled out a form for the clerk's office that listed his contact and personal information. He listed "doctorate." This apparently became "Ph.D." when entered into a computer. And it remained until Wednesday.
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"The only answer I can give you, if myself or my office looked at this and signed off on it, it was probably an oversight," Welch said. "I think the education thing about me has been vetted to the point of exhaustion," he told The Virginian-Pilot. "Other than you and my opponent, I don't know who looks at this stuff."
Shortly before Welch was first elected to the General Assembly in 2001, Democrats accused him of exaggerating his resume by claiming an associate's degree.
Welch initially could not recall whether he received it. But his sister found the evidence hanging on a wall. Welch, his diploma in hand, held a news conference.
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As I discovered earlier this year, my paternal grandfather, Dave Adams, was born in Portland. The birth announcement I found for him listed a street address for his parents, 749 Roosevelt Street. So I thought while I was here I might see if I could find the home his parents were living in when he was born on November 12, 1904.
Last night, after dark and in the fog, Shannon and I found ourselves near Roosevelt Street. (I had told her about it on the phone when I first found the birth announcement, and she remembered.) As it happens, due to the addition of freeways and an industrial plant in that area, only one residential block of Roosevelt street remains. So it was easy to narrow down our search.
However, some time in the 1930s, Portland changed its numbering scheme for its addresses. The block we were in was the 2200 block. My quest today was to find out whether the last existing residential block of Roosevelt happened to be the same block my great grandparents lived in.
Thankfully, Shannon is savvy about online resources available in Portland and she pointed me to Portland Maps, a city-run website that provides loads of information on each property in Portland. I had written down the address of one of the houses, so I looked it up. I was able to click on historical permits on that house and the houses around it until I found a permit old enough to reveal the original address. I learned that 2354 Roosevelt was 780 Roosevelt back in the day. I clicked on the next house west and saw that it had been 782 Roosevelt, so I knew I was going in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, there were only a couple of houses east of 2354 Roosevelt, so it became apparent that my great grandparents' house was one that was destroyed in order to make room for the freeway.
A look at the plat map of Portland in 1906 showed that the whole area had been residential. Shannon and I agree that the turn-of-the-century houses we saw in the last remaining block of Roosevelt probably are a good representation of where the Adams family had lived.
While I was ultimately disappointed in the outcome of this fun little research project, I'm thrilled to have a feel for the kind of housing my ancestors lived in 110 years ago. I'm so grateful to have this information available to me at my fingertips but also glad that I saw those houses in person.
Incidentally, I used the Research Tracker in my Family History Organizer notebook in Springpad (available to you by clicking here) to track this project. I'm finding it a really easy way to keep track of my research without feeling overwhelmed by a big spreadsheet.
Over the last couple of months I pondered purchasing some technology to help me in my family history research. I panted over the ScanSnap SV600 contactless scanner. And I asked your opinion about whether I should get an iPad air to help with genealogy.
Guess what? I bought both!
On December 26, I purchased a 64-gigabyte, wifi-only, white iPad Air. And I ordered the scanner on December 29, though it arrived about a week ago.
So far, I haven't had the opportunity to use the iPad much for genealogy. My research has been done at my desk and I prefer to use my MacBook Pro (with external monitor, keyboard and mouse) at my desk. But I'm traveling this week to do some business planning (but probably not any genealogy research) and I suspect my iPad will get lots of use.I bought Lisa Louise Cooke's ebook, Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse, but I haven't read it yet. That may become airplane reading for me.
I'm really struck by the speed and lightness of the iPad Air, especially compared with the iPad 1 that I purchased in 2010. (And sold in 2013.) It's also much faster than my iPhone 4S and makes it feel downright clunky.
The ScanSnap SV600 is actually smaller than I expected (which is a good thing). I had no difficulty setting it up, but I'm finding there's a bit of a learning curve in using it. I haven't yet set aside the time to figure out exactly how to manipulate the images after scanning to remove the curvature of a book, for example. But it's all very promising.
Once I start really using this technology, I'll let you know how useful I find both of these new toys!
I've become a fan of Springpad, a personal organizer app for the web and mobile devices. I use it to manage tasks and keep track of things like books I want to read and have read, movies, and wines. So far, I'm just scratching the surface of its functionality, but I really am loving it. I wrote on my Peace of Mind Organizing blog about how much I'm loving their Task Notebook.
To me, Springpad feels like Evernote meets Pinterest. I find it intuitive, easy to use, and visually appealing.
I created the research tracker because I have a hard time sticking with a proper research log. The research tracker is light version of a research log, but I think the information it captures will be helpful. Just copy and paste the template headings into a new Note within the Research Tracker tab at the conclusion of each research session and you'll have an easy, accessible record of that session.
I'll update the resources section of the Family History Organizer when I come across great resources (or when I want to share a particularly useful blog post).
I hope you'll check out this custom notebook. If you're interested in information and tools about organizing in general (not just genealogy), I also have a notebook called The Habit Maker. This is all part of Springpad's Operation Organization campaign in which they've partnered with a small group of organizing experts to create a dozen or so of these notebooks.
If you try out the Family History Organizer, please let me know if you have any questions or feedback!
Back in January, I blogged about reorganizing my electronic file system. I took inspiration from Ben Sayer of Genealogy Tools, creating a file structure format for each individual, organized into surname folders on my Mac. What I name individual documents within a folder is fairly loose, but the folder naming structure has been standardized.
I wanted to save money on paper and toner by printing less. What I didn't take into account, though, is that I also save time by saving documents rather than printing them. It takes a bit more time to type the file name than to click Print, but once I've done that, the process is over. I don't have to file the paper documents. And they're also easier to retrieve. Since I store my genealogy file cart in a closet in my office, retrieving files took a little effort.
Another benefit is that when I'm feeling industrious, I can link images of source documents from my hard drive directly into the Reunion software I use. Once I get consistent about that, I'll really be set and it will be so easy for me to see the research I've found.
I'm saving more documents and easily using this new naming protocol for folders. The next step will be to work on my backlog. My 2012 files are not consistently filed. But I know if I work on it a little at a time, I ca bring order to my hard drive!


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Cardiff and Lyon are, according to reports, interested in signing Didier Ndong.
By Andy Tomlinson@SAFCsource May 29, 2018, 4:22pm BST
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Didier Ndong joined Premier League Watford on loan on deadline in January but his spell with the Hornets turned into a nightmare, with the Gabon international not featuring for the club - bar three appearances as an unused substitute.
That failed Watford move has not stopped teams from wanting to sign Ndong though, with three clubs hoping to sign the 23-year-old.
According to a source close to the player, speaking to isport.ga, Cardiff City, Lyon and another unnamed club are all interested in his signature:
One thing is certain, Didier will not play next season in Sunderland, a club relegated to the 3rd Division. Currently there are three serious tracks. Cardiff City, which has just been promoted to the Premier League, and where Bruno Ecuélé Manga plays, is one of the most serious tracks. The agents of the players are activated. But there is also Lyon who are interested in the profile of the player. Unfortunately Didier Ndong does not wish to return to France.
Unfortunately due to his less than stellar displays in the red and white and his failure at Watford, Stewart Donald is likely to see a poor return on the club's investment in the player.
David Moyes spent £13.6m on Ndong when he signed from Lorient in August 2016 and we'll be lucky to see any club offer even half of that fee.


This week, the Bureau of Land Management announced its decision to immediately terminate its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) United States Sheep Experiment Station (USSES). The MOU, which expires in December, allowed USSES to graze domestic sheep on the Bernice allotment near Howe, Idaho.
In a letter from Jeremy Casterson, field manager at the Upper Snake Field Office (USFO), to Andrew Hammond, area director for USDA, ARS, Pacific West Area, Casterson states, "The risk of direct contact between domestic and bighorn sheep is relatively high in this allotment as the timing of domestic sheep use between Nov. 23 and Feb. 5 directly overlaps with the winter habitat use by bighorn sheep in the lower elevations.
"The impact of domestic sheep grazing in the Bernice Allotment was reviewed in an Environmental Assessment (EA) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act in 1999. Since that time, additional information regarding bighorn sheep use and movements within the area has been collected. Further, additional research has been conducted relative to disease transmission between domestic and wild sheep. While there is no expiration date relative to the previous EA, the availability of new, previously unconsidered information regarding bighorn sheep, both general and site-specific, would indicate that the level of analysis in the previous EA may now be considered outdated," the letter stated.
The USFO is currently updating its land use planning documents and will issue an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in the near future. No domestic sheep grazing will be authorized in the Bernice Allotment until completion of the USFO land use planning document and related EIS.
Peter Orwick, American Sheep Industry Association executive director, remarked, "This appears to be fully in violation of the congressional prohibition on the reduction of sheep grazing because of wild sheep. The USSES absolutely values the use of this allotment for existing research and management practices conducted by the station including the use of herders."


A bridge may be used to replace missing teeth, help maintain the shape of your face, and alleviate stress on your bite.A bridge replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth, looks great, and literally bridges the gap where one or more teeth may have been. Your bridge can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain, or a combination of these materials, and is bonded onto surrounding teeth for support.
The success of any bridge depends on its foundation — the other teeth, gums, or bone to which it is attached. Therefore, it's very important to keep your existing teeth, gums, and jaw healthy and strong.
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Trump friend may be thinking twice about buying Weinstein Co.
by Alanna Petroff @CNNMoney October 25, 2017: 11:51 AM ET
What we've learned from the Harvey Weinstein scandal
A close friend of President Trump's may be having second thoughts about buying the crippled Weinstein Co.
Tom Barrack, head of the private equity firm Colony Capital, has been in talks to purchase all or part of the firm after co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault and rape.
But comments by the investor on Wednesday suggest that a deal for the TV and film studio may be difficult to pull off.
"The creative product is something that we all looked at and thought was salvageable," Barrack told CNNMoney's John Defterios at an investor conference in Saudi Arabia. But, he added: "The liabilities surrounding the situation, as you see day by day, [have] become quite complex."
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"It may be a challenge for our particular capital to rescue, but we'll know in a few days," said Barrack, who described Weinstein's behavior as "despicable" and "unacceptable."
Colony Capital agreed to provide Weinstein Co. with a financing deal earlier this month after The New York Times and The New Yorker published stories detailing a decades-long pattern of alleged sexual misconduct by its co-founder.
Weinstein Co. said at the time that it was negotiating with Colony Capital "for a potential sale of all or a significant portion of the company's assets."
Colony Capital has had a business relationship with Weinstein Co. for several years.
Barrack's name has been in the news lately because he is a rumored candidate to be the next White House chief of staff. He has been a close confidant of Trump's for years, and was the chairman of his private Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Weinstein was fired by his board on October 8 after reports of the alleged harassment came out. Since then, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced an investigation into whether the producer or his employees broke the law.
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Weinstein has denied some of the allegations leveled by dozens of women, including all of the allegations of non-consensual conduct, but admitted to some improper behavior and apologized for causing pain.
Further reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker indicate that the company's senior management knew about some of Weinstein's behavior, although that is in dispute.
As a result, Weinstein Co. is stuck in a state of corporate limbo. There are widespread doubts in Hollywood about Weinstein Co.'s future as a standalone company.
The Weinstein Co. produces popular TV shows like "Project Runway" and films like "Lion." The company's next film, "The Current War," was supposed to come out in November, but it has now been delayed to early 2018.
-- Brian Stelter contributed reporting.
CNNMoney (London) First published October 25, 2017: 11:51 AM ET


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The Emperor Financial Capital Group Won the "Outstanding Corporate Strategy Award 2019" for Four Consecutive Years
On 10 September 2019, sponsored by East Week Magazine, the "Outstanding Corporate Strategy Award 2019" awards ceremony was held in the Hotel ICON. The ceremony invited Mr. Jeffrey Kin-fung LAM, GBS, JP, member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as its officiating guest. Mr. Lam was joined by Mr. Raymond L M YOUNG, Chief Executive Officer of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong and Ms. Alice Mei-kuen MAK, member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, presenting the awards in recognition of the outstanding achievements of Hong Kong and Macao's outstanding enterprises in business development, product service innovation and brand management, as well as their continued efforts to boost the economic development of Hong Kong and Macao. In addition to having an excellent business strategy, an outstanding company should also devote itself to meeting the needs of each customer to win their favour and trust, and build a strong market presence and achieve brilliant results. Many excellent companies seized this opportunity to get together and learn from each other and review the outstanding achievements over the past year.
Mr. Aaron Ho, Executive Director of Emperor Securities Ltd., attended the event on behalf of the group. Emperor Financial Capital Group (EFCG) has won this award for four consecutive years, reflecting the high recognition of the group among the industry and society. On the list of this year's award winners were 18 outstanding companies including the New World Development Group, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Prince Jewellery& Watch and SF Express (Hong Kong) Ltd.
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