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There is no official route for cycling Lands End to John O'Groats (LEJOG) or, funnily enough, its reverse from John O Groats to Lands End (JOGLE). Providing you start at Lands End or John O'Groats and end up at its counterpart any route to cross the country will do.
Elsewhere on the site I recommended that you create your own route and I have set out below some ideas on how you could do this and the types of things you will want to consider when doing so under the heading Creating Your Own Lands End to John O Groats Cycle Route.
However, there is quite a lot of work involved and now that this site has been active for a few years it is clear that many people would like to follow a route that has already been created, perhaps with a few modifications here and there.
I cannot recommend the John O Groats to Lands End cycle route that I rode on my first end to end. In hindsight it is dangerous and not much fun, being largely on main roads, some of them dual carriageways. In fact it has concerned me that someone would try and ride it and end up getting injured or killed.
So, I have been on a quest to find a much safer end to end route than the one I rode in 2009. It has taken a long time but is now finally ready. It is a quiet route using mainly small roads and lanes and utilising old railways, cycle-ways and canal tow paths. The route is devised as a set of gpx files for use with a navigation device and comes with an accompanying book of information. Links to the route on Google Map are also included so that you can amend the route anyway you like. You can use the instruction on this site (and repeated in the accompanying book) to help you make amendments and to then create your own amended gpx files.
For more information about the route book click on the cover image below.
If you would like a flavour of the ride you might like to view the travelogue style book of my experiences when first test riding the initial route (Roy's Mad Adventure – Cycling the Google Route). The final route is still about 85% the same with the dodgy bits having been re-routed (and re-ridden). You can download free samples of the books here .
You can access other recommended routes at Amazon by clicking on the cover images below.
Creating Your Own Lands End to John O Groats Cycle Route
If you are keen to create your own Lands End to John O'Groats cycle route then, in principle, doing so is simple. You have a defined start and finish and it is basically up or down, depending on where you start. Of course in reality it is not so simple. There are many factors to take into account:
How long are you planning for the tour? Do you have time to wander or will you have to go in as straight a line as possible?
What sort of roads do you like to cycle on – flat, hilly, narrow, wide, quiet or busy (Busy roads do have some advantages: drag from lorries and juggernauts, they tend to be less hilly, average speeds are higher and there are actually less hazards on the main roads – but the consequences of an incident are much worse, so you're less likely to have an accident or a spill but if you do you'll probably be dead.)
Do you want to go as direct as possible or do you want to make sure you cover at least a 1000 miles as an extra challenge?
Why are you doing the trip – to see things or just to get there?
Are there specific places you would like to see?, e.g. St Ives, Dartmoor, Bath, Chester, Lake District, Gretna Green, Loch Ness, Cairngorms.
Do you want an extra challenge? For instance you might want to incorporate some extra UK mainland 'extremes' with little extra mileage, e.g. most southerly point (Lizard Point) – most north easterly point (Duncansby Head – not John O'Groats!) – most northerly point (Dunnet Head)
What sort of accommodation are you going to use? Is it conveniently on your proposed route?
In most parts of the country there are many road options to get from A to B, so picking the right one is entirely dependent on your own personal preferences.
What you need is a methodology to create your own route, based upon your own requirements. I am sure that many of you have tried and tested route creation techniques but others may feel, like I did, a little daunted at tackling a 900 mile route.
I started with a road atlas. I used the primary road map at the front to fix the basic route with the distance table providing the ballpark stopping points, based upon how far I intended to ride each day – 150 miles. This process pegged key points somewhere around John O'Groats, Fort Augustus (on Loch Ness), Glasgow, Windermere (Lake District), Shrewsbury, Taunton and Land's End [I was riding John o Groats to Lands End].
Having broken the 900 miles down into six daily chunks I then turned to the more detailed pages to try and find the most favourable roads for each day. With my requirements of speed and distance in mind I looked at the primary routes first. Where possible I selected old primary roads that often run alongside newer ones. They are usually in good condition but much quieter than the new road or motorway that has taken their place. Where the road looked good I marked it in with pen. Where I wasn't sure I left blanks.
Having completed this process I had a road atlas with a route marked most of the way through the country but with big gaps around Glasgow and right through the midlands. Quite frankly the midlands had me quite scared. The road atlas was just a big spaghetti splat of twisting red, blue and green lines. I got headaches trying to follow roads from one page to the next. Having no local knowledge of the area it looked like a nightmare of urban sprawl. And the same was true of Glasgow but to a lesser extent, being a smaller area.
In the end I bit the bullet and penned in my line on the road atlas through the midlands but was still left with my Glasgow gap. So I turned to the internet and searched on www.google.co.uk [other search engines are available] for bike routes through Glasgow. I quickly found many possibilities and ultimately decided on a route that got me off the A82 at the first opportunity, to cross the Erskine Bridge. This avoided the bulk of Glasgow completely but directed me more westerly than I had originally intended. However, although it added a few extra miles to the route, ultimately it meant quieter but still primary route roads.
So, I now had my rough route marked in pen on my atlas. My next step was to find B&B accommodation at roughly 150 mile steps. With my Glasgow bypass this would now be roughly Fort Augustus, Kilmarnock, Windermere, Shrewsbury and Taunton. I returned to Google and searched for 'B&B Fort Augustus' and was presented with a list of options. I browsed each site to decide which was the most suited to my needs (close to route/en suite if possible/cheap) and made contact with my preferred option asking:
a) if they had single availability on my chosen date.
b) if they had anywhere I could store my bike.
c) if they would be willing to accept delivery of a parcel on my behalf a couple of days before my arrival.
d) whether potentially arriving late in the day would be a problem.
e) what the cost was.
I then booked the best option and printed out a directions map from the website to show the B&B's location compared to my main road route. This process was then repeated for the other stopping areas. My only sticking points in the process were in the Lake District and around Taunton. In the former I ended up in Kendal rather than Windermere (because it was considerably cheaper) and in the latter I found few options near the route and had to detour down some twisty lanes for a few miles (as it turned out a detour well worth taking for the accommodation – see day 5 in the section describing my route).
Fortunately, probably because I was booking a few months in advance, I managed to get into my first choice accommodation at each stopping point.
I marked the B&Bs on my atlas and re-jigged the route accordingly. So now I had my entire John O Groats to Lands End cycle route penned in on the atlas (a little messy in areas). However, I had decided that I didn't want to carry any paper maps with me (no room in my bag – full of other stuff!) so what I really wanted was a written route sheet telling me which way to turn at each junction and the distances between instructions. Having taken out a small mortgage to buy a sat nav I thought it would be a good idea to have the route on there as well. The sat nav also had a map of the whole UK on it as back-up, providing the battery didn't give up at the critical moment.
Back on the internet I Googled 'bike route creation'. At the time there were only a couple of options available and I chose www.bikely.com. Following the instructions I created a separate route for each stage and then laboriously followed the route through on screen, writing down instructions of what to do at each junction and the distance to that point. These were later typed up to create my route sheet (see appendix).
Since then I have discovered a much better way to create directions and gpx files by using Google Maps.
Of course what you actually take with you in terms of directions and maps is a matter of personal preference. You could just set off with a list of town names you are going to pass through or near and navigate by road signs. Or you might want to have written directions and detailed maps of the whole route.
Whilst I did without maps I did have a very detailed route sheet. And when I did lose my way I used my portable navigation device to put me back on track. [Not my sat nav, which I hadn't mastered when I started the ride. I used my mobile to call my wife who told me where to go. Luckily she also got the road atlas out and gave me directions.]
Kickstart your Land's End to John O'Groats planning
Everything you need to know to get you started on your Lands End to John O Groats adventure is contained within these three books: a How To, a detailed account of riding the Google Map route for LEJOG and a 'safe' Route Book using GPX files.
Click the image above for free samples.
Available as electronic or paperback books from as little as £2.99 each or get all 3 for the price of 2 through this site for only £5.98. That's less than an inner tube or a Costa coffee with a slice of cake.
The most popular pages on the site concern planning your End to End, including training for long distance cycling, thinking about the cycling equipment you will need, how to look after your bike, what you should be eating and drinking whilst cycling and how to create a route for Lands End to John O'Groats. Or you can read my own account of cycling End to End to get some idea of what to expect.


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Péter Klobusiczky (* 26. Juni 1752 in Fehér-Gyarmat, Königreich Ungarn; † 2. Juli 1843 in Kalocsa (Ungarn)) war römisch-katholischer Erzbischof von Kalocsa.

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Er trat am 17. Oktober 1769 der "Gesellschaft Jesu" (SJ) bei und wurde am 24. August 1774 zum Diakon und am 25. September 1775 zum Priester geweiht.

Am 10. Juli 1807 wurde er mit kaiserlichem Dekret Franz I. zum Bischof von Satu Mare ernannt. Diese Ernennung bestätigte Papst Pius VII. am 10. Januar 1808. Konsekriert wurde er am 21. Februar 1808 durch den Erzbischof von Eger, István Fischer de Nagy. Mitkonsekrator war der Bischof von Rožňava, Ferenc Szanyi. Er wohnte zunächst, wie bereits sein Vorgänger, als Gast im Schloss der Grafenfamilie Károlyi Erdödi, bis seine Residenz fertiggestellt wurde. Er vollendete die Kathedrale, die Bischofsresidenz mit dem angeschlossenen Priesterseminar und hielt vom 23.–26. September 1821 die erste Diözesansynode ab.

Der Kaiser ernannte ihn am 21. Dezember 1821 zum Erzbischof von Kalocsa, was von Pius VII. am 19. April 1822 ebenfalls bestätigt wurde. Er ließ ein Krankenhaus und Altersheim in Kalocsa erbauen.

Erzbischof Péter Klobusiczky starb am 2. Juli 1843 und wurde in der Krypta der Kathedrale von Kalocsa beigesetzt.

Literatur

 Rupert Klieber: Die Bischöfe der Donaumonarchie 1804 bis 1918. Ein amtsbiographisches Lexikon, Band 1: Die röm.-kath. Kirchenprovinzen Gran, Kalocsa, Erlau im Königreich Ungarn, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-428-15648-1 (Print), ISBN 978-3-428-55648-9 (E-Book)

Weblinks

 Biografie zu Péter Klobusiczky auf der Homepage der Diözese Satu Mare (rumänisch)

Einzelnachweise

Römisch-katholischer Bischof (19. Jahrhundert)
Ungar
Geboren 1752
Gestorben 1843
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Q: What is the best strategy for Real-time Live Streaming I'm not referring to which transport technology (e.g WebRTC, Web Socket, standard HTTP etc.) is the best for real-time live streaming of Web Cameras, etc., but, the general strategy (in terms of programming itself).
In my testing, I found the best is to:

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*Just stream frame by frame (stream JPEG images directly) at least at 30ms/frame however this is quite bandwidth intensive. (Say each frame is 50kb average, for 1 second video that's 500kb, and thats about 30MB per minute so in an hour that would be 1.8GB give or take), solution maybe is not to use JPEG, but something like AVIF image compression which when I tested the size and quality is very optimal. It may bring down the bandwidth issue with frame-by-frame real-time streaming. Summary for this approach is it is really real-time, fast and smooth but eats up bandwidth.

*I also tested with MJPEG (encoding frames first then sending it in chunks) -- container is AVI but images inside are compressed JPEG images. Framerate is smooth but local looback already have 1 second latency, so if this is going to be sent over the network (via UDP, TCP / HTTP / Websocket etc.), haven't tested but I assume it would add additional latency, say 1 second. I've researched on existing streaming, and found total latency is 3 seconds, so just about what I have now. Summary for MJPEG, I don't suppose it saves bandwidth at all, since after all inside the AVI container it still JPEG images, what was saved was the number of network requests (not sure if that's even a plus)

*Finally, similar to the MJPEG approach, but use encoders/decoders like MPEG1, MPEG4, WEBM etc. will definitely save bandwidth due to better compression algorithm but will definitely add to the latency, since the MJPEG with just raw packing of JPEG inside a container, this approach will add additional CPU workload to process further compression. So summary for this approach is it saves bandwidth but adds more latency.
Given the 3 scenarios above, I would assume that the best strategy for real-time streaming is to not compress at all, the least is to compress in JPEG and pack the JPEG into a container (like 3-4 frames per pack) at 100 ms and stream that bytes into the network. However for an expert in real-time streaming, what is the best strategy for Real-time Live Streaming?

A: An important concept to consider is congestion control. Your network will fluctuate, and you need to be able to respond to it. With everything you have proposed you have no way to measure backpressure, and then respond to it.
Web Socket, standard HTTP will operate pretty similarly, but WebRTC will perform dramatically better if you use it properly. WebRTC hasn't done anything new to solve this problem, but it uses the existing technology RTP/RTCP which allows senders and receivers to communicate about the state of the media transfer. The sender could adjust bitrate on the fly, or even change the coding complexity if the receiver requests that.
I don't have a good single document for all this, but the rmcat requirements does a good job of explaining this!
All of these solutions you proposed above can be run over RTP, and you just need to evaluate your requirements and what you have available (bandwidth, latency etc..). But I think in the end any robust solution requires receiver feedback.

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Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) means that I am either hypersensitive (over sensitive) or hyposensitive (under sensitive) to the different senses, it is a condition in its own right, but is also very common in autistic people, people with ADHD, Tourette's, and are otherwise neurodivergent. Over the next few months I am going to do individual blogs about how having SPD affects each of my senses. This is a blog about having SPD in general, an overall account of having SPD.
I'm going to be using a lot of metaphors in this blog, as it for me is the best, and only, way I know how to describe things. So just a forewarning of that, if you don't understand something, or would like some clarification, then feel free to leave me a comment asking and I'll happily try to explain.
For me the world hurts, I mean really bloody hurts.
Wearing clothes so often feels like I am being attacked by or am wearing holly leaves, labels in clothes are like holly leaves are trying to tear my skin apart.
So often I get home and I have to take my clothes off, except my boxers, this is when things are particularly bad, when like this every time I move the air against my skin hurts and I want to no longer be in my body. Many times a hug, a handshake are not possible. For to partake in them would burn the part of my body that has come into contact with someone else, even through clothes.
So often I'll touch something and then screech, flap and rapidly rub my fingers against anything to get the feel of what I touched off me. When I touch something I cannot cope with it is like I have been burnt, I feel a hot pain in that area of my skin. It feels horrible.
The outside world booms and sounds echo constantly all clashing into one another, everything is above full volume and cannot be turned down, however hard I try.
Sounds become one and I cannot differentiate them. Even two or more conversations going on around me cause me to be unable to join in with one, as the sounds merge (Auditory Processing Disorder also adds to this) but even if I didn't have auditory processing disorder, sounds are so loud that I cannot think, I cannot concentrate and I cannot communicate.
I feel like all the sounds are directly in my ears, and they never leave. I can hear fridges humming and clocks ticking as if they are perched in the entrance to my ear, a constant sound that won't let my mind fully concentrate. Yet to others these are background noise that they can filter out, I am not so lucky.
My eyes burn, a steering pain within them. Light of any source, whether natural or unnatural makes my eyes burn and my head pound with pain. I so often get a sudden and sharp pain from the front of my head, going through my head in a line and coming out the back of my head. This happens when suddenly a new light source is there, light suddenly gets brighter. For others they think I am in a dark room, for me it may be just about comfortable.
I wear tinted lenses at all times, for the time being it is just regular sunglasses, whilst I wait for my Irlen tinted lenses to come back after my assessment for them.
What others may call a cloudy day, for me is a very bright day, for what others call a bright day, is for me excruciating.
But it is not just the brightness of lights, flashing lights can cause sensory issues too, I often feel physically ill if I have watched a film with lots of flashing and special effects, even if it wasn't that bright. Even things such as bright paint, or certain patterns in bright paint can make me feel ill to look at.
When someone smells something they do not like, usually for a few seconds, maybe up to a minute, they react, they may say yuck and feel a bit sick from a smell. For me as soon as I smell something I cannot deal with I immediately feel ill, my face starts to ache and a pain radiates from my nose, to my face and then my head and neck. This pain stays for several hours, my face feels like it is expanding and as if it will burst. These smells can be anything, so often things that others like, such as toiletries, perfume, flowers. They are everyday things that are impossible to completely escape.
When people call you a fussy eater, they usually mean you're annoying on purpose and you should just learn to like things.
I'm so often called a fussy eater, yet I don't count myself as a fussy eater at all. Yes I eat a small variety of things and am not adventurous with trying new food and yes there are foods I do not eat, but I'm not just a fussy bugger who is trying to annoy you.
Taste and texture in regards to SPD tend to go together for me, although there are times, when something I've eaten the taste has been ok, but not the texture, or vice versa. Yet this is rare, as I think even if just one of the two is affecting me, it causes the other to be affected, or ignored. There are foods that I cannot eat because when I put them on my tongue I want to rip my tongue out of my mouth, as it feels like I've poured boiling liquid that sizzles onto my tongue. There are things I taste that immediately make my mouth burn, I want to scratch away at my skin inside my mouth.
What also comes with this is a very strong sense of taste for some things. I don't drink alcohol, have only ever tried sips and the taste is one of those tastes that make my mouth burn. I've tried the shandy that can be brought, which has 0.5% alcohol and apparently most people cannot taste the alcohol, I can taste it very strongly. This is the same with spicey food, I am very sensitive to it. I remember once, myself and Evan (my partner) had a friend over and Evan made a vegan korma. Our friend likes curries to be spicey, so she had some chillies to put on it. So she is there adding lots of chillies to her korma, and I'm sat there saying the korma is nice, but very spicey!
SPD doesn't just affect what you might think of as the obvious senses. It affects how my body regulates my temperature, so to others it's a freezing day and to me I am a nice comfortable temperature, when for others it is a nice sunny day, to me it is burning hot and I want the sun to go away. It affects I I sense signals in my body for certain things, so from what I've gathered most people feel gradually more and more tired as the evening goes on and then will go to bed. I however, feel wide awake for hours, and then suddenly feel extremely sleepy and tired, there isn't really an in between that I can sense. It is the same with others things as well.
Although I am mostly over sensitive to most things, water from a shower is one where I am under sensitive. I have it about double the temperature my partner does. To me it is a good temperature, others say it is boiling hot and apparently I come out of the shower with red skin from the heat, but to have it any lower and the shower is cold.
There are many times where all of the above is worse, where I go into sensory overload, where my body has had so much sensory input that it is in constant agony and I need to spend at least a few hours, probably a day or two in the dark, with maybe a sensory light on being able to mostly control my sensory inputs. Sensory overloads are very regular things for me, at least once a week.
There are things I do to reduce these sensory inputs, but there is only so much they can do. They probably mean that instead of either being in constant sensory overload or having sensory overload episodes several times a week, they are on average weekly.
These things are usually helping me a little bit, so don't take them off me or pressurise me to take them off.
So yes, the world does indeed bloody hurt.
I have exactly the same body temperature thing! People freezing, but I feel absolutely comfortable. On the taste side, I am very under sensitive, so food is very bland, what prompted me to stat cooking my own food, which is usually very, very spicy.
Usually, my most common source of pain and discomfort are clothing (I found a line of t-shirts that are comfortable enough, so most of my t-shirts are the same) and noise, but the noise canceling headphones are of no use, as when I am in total silence, I start hearing the noises inside my body (heartbeat, bones) that are too weird.
Yeah I've found certain clothes I just can't wear, jeans being the main one.
Yeah when I eat with noise cancelling headphones it certainly makes that noisier which is weird. Although I don't get much silence with having Tourette's syndrome and very constant tics, both motor and vocal tics. I hear my heartbeat very loudly at times and bones clicking, but I'm kind of used to noise from myself and although it can cause extra distress with the sensory stuff, nothing I can do really.
I'm glad you've found some comfortable t-shirts and can cook food how you like it.
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Michael Berkowitz to Join The Rockefeller Foundation
NEW YORK—Dr. Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, announced today that Michael Berkowitz has been appointed to the role of managing director for the Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, a multi-year effort to build urban resilience worldwide.
Michael Berkowitz comes to the Foundation from Deutsche Bank, most recently serving as the deputy global head of operational risk management (ORM), overseeing the firm's operational risk capital planning efforts, serving as a primary regulatory contact and connecting the firm's operational risk management efforts. Since joining the bank in 2005, Mr. Berkowitz has held multiple other positions including chief operating officer of corporate security, business continuity and operational risk management, global head of protective intelligence, and other management positions based in New York, Mumbai, and Singapore. Previously he was the deputy commissioner at the Office of Emergency Management for New York City.
"Michael's expertise and leadership in both the public and private sectors, particularly in urban settings, will be integral to the success of the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge," Dr. Rodin said. "His background in urban planning, risk management and resilience thinking will be an outstanding addition to The Rockefeller Foundation as we continue to strengthen our commitment to building urban resilience in cities around the world."
While at the Office of Emergency Management in New York City, Mr. Berkowitz worked on major planning initiatives, including the New York City Coastal Storm, Biological Terrorism and Transit Strike contingency plans. At OEM he led an initiative to create the Public-Private Emergency Planning Initiative and the city's Ready New York citizen preparedness campaign. During that tenure, he also responded to incidents including the 1999 outbreak of West Nile Fever, Tropical Storm Floyd, major flooding in Southern Queens (1999), the crashes of SwissAir 111 and American Airlines 587, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, as well as the 2001 anthrax incidents and the World Trade Center disaster. Earlier in his career, Mr. Berkowitz was the editor of Emergency Preparedness News, a Washington, DC-based newsletter for emergency management professionals.
"The Rockefeller Foundation pioneered the field of urban planning, and has a remarkable history in fostering resilience thinking and action in cities around the world. I am thrilled to lead the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge team, and to catalyze efforts to help cities globally become more resilient and equitable places," Mr. Berkowitz said.
Mr. Berkowitz will officially begin his post at the Foundation in August, and will be based in New York.
About The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation aims to achieve equitable growth by expanding opportunity for more people in more places worldwide, and to build resilience by helping them prepare for, withstand, and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses. Throughout its 100 year history, The Rockefeller Foundation has enhanced the impact of innovative thinkers and actors working to change the world by providing the resources, networks, convening power, and technologies to move them from idea to impact. In today's dynamic and interconnected world, The Rockefeller Foundation has a unique ability to address the emerging challenges facing humankind through innovation, intervention and influence in order to shape agendas and inform decision making. For more information, please visit www.rockefellerfoundation.org.

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The second volume of the Journal of Array Design in card form, making it easier than ever to use all the runic arrays from the Journal during your games.
Each card is colour coded so you know what theme the array is in (offensive, defensive, utility or incantation) and contains the runic array on one side and its name and notation on the reverse.
All 50 runic designs from the Journal is in here, including all the new incantations!
And remember to get your hands on the Volume 1 deck if you haven't yet so that you have all the runic magic you would ever need.


This page is a collection of facts, deductions, and other tid-bits that I have found on the internet in the course of my search, that may or may not relate to my father's military service. As such, I will, hopefully, be updating this page very often.
On the back of the photo that my father carried in his wallet was printed "max 3-3165." I initially took this to be the phone number of a friend of his named Max. But one day, I typed it into the Google Search engine, and one of the hits was to a phone number for the Freedom of Information Office at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The page was an on-base listing of phone numbers at Maxwell AFB. To dial the FOIA office, a person on base merely had to dial 3-3165. For persons wishing to dial the office from off-base, a person would dial 953-3165.
This seemed to make sense to me. If my father had been involved in some sort of paratrooper activities, that were classified, he might have to make any inquiries through an Army Air Corps base. I began to think that perhaps "max" was a reference to Maxwell AFB. And this would also imply, that my dad was actually on that base, at least for a while. Otherwise, he would have had to dial the prefix. I also guessed that my dad had written the number down prior to July 4, 1966, the date the Freedom of Information Act became law, perhaps as far back as 1945. I wondered what office it might have been at that time. I figured that the Army probably didn't change their phone numbers very often, so whatever it was, it probably served a similar function for the servicemen as the present-day FOIA office.
According to Samuel Eliot Morison's book "The Battle of the Atlantic", The German submarine U-608 laid 10 mines in the NY Harbor on November 10, 1942. The first mine was discovered by a sweeper and the NY Harbor was closed for a period of two days, the only time the harbor was ever closed during the entire war. This corresponds to data from the War Diary of the Eastern Sea Frontier dated November 13, 1942.
"At 1117 Hours, Minesweeper YMS-20 witnessed an under water explosion two miles from Ambrose in 40-25-42N; 73-44-00W, bearing 170 degrees True from minesweeper, range 300 yards. YNS-20 considers explosion actuated by reverse pulse. Column of water 200 feet high was seen. EDC reports all Army mines have been accounted for. Explosion evaluated as magnetic mine or old depth charge. Port entrance closed until 1800/14 while twelve minesweepers operate in area".
I reference this link because, by coincidence, the explosion occurred in New York Harbor at exactly the same time my father was recorded AWOL from the MTBS station in nearby Melville, Rhode Island. According to US Navy documents that I obtained from the NPRC, in addition to AWOL, my father also plead guilty to taking and causing damage to an automobile belonging to one John Hogan of Usher Place in Bristol, RI. There was no mention, however, of how far the car had driven or where the damage occurred. One month later, my dad was discharged from the Navy with a Bad Conduct Discharge.
Note that this was not the first time my dad got into trouble in the Navy. He had two previous Captain's Masts for AWOL, and served 5 and 10 day punishments in solitary confinement, on bread and water for each. In neither case, however, had he stolen a car. I don't know if my father had a driver's license at that time.
Note the date of this correspondence with Sen. Walsh. I found the timing of this especially interesting because all of my father's Captain's Masts were conducted by Lt. D. J. Walsh, and later Lt. Cmdr. D.J. Walsh. Both my father and Lt. Kennedy were having trouble at MTBS at precisely the same time, and both cases were resolved by somebody name Walsh.
1. 1943 is the year my father was inducted into the Army, after being discharged from the Navy.
2. The fact that an obituary index from that year would even be posted on the internet.
3. Each obituary entry refers to an actual obituary message that was placed in the Weirton Daily Times on the day referenced, but these are seemingly unobtainable now even from several archives that maintain copies of the Daily Times.
Note that the first entry for Nannie Lyons would have appeared in the newspaper on 1/8/43, the date of the obituary. The reader would have read that her age was 88 at time of death. If you count 88 days from that date, you come up with 04/06/43, the date of the obituary for Musto Maru.
5. I also found it interesting that the Index contained the dates of the obituary itself. Wouldn't it be more useful to genealogists and family tree researchers to have the date of death?


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DoubleTree by Hilton Adds Five Hotels to it's UK Portfolio
Location: Five locations across the UK
Name: Now DoubleTree by Hilton
Cambridge Belfry, to be renamed DoubleTree by Hilton Cambridge
No. of Keys: 712
Owner: DoubleTree by Hilton is set to add five new hotels to its rapidly expanding UK portfolio, following a franchise agreement between real estate investment company Aprirose and Hilton.
The hotels will be managed by RBH – formerly Redefine|BDL Hotels – and are located in Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Glasgow, Cambourne, and Forest Pines (Yorkshire) and are expected to welcome their first guests under the upscale brand later this year (2018).
Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president, development, EMEA, Hilton said: "With the addition of these outstanding hotels, DoubleTree by Hilton has grown to more than 50 properties trading or under development across the UK & Ireland.
Fundamental to its success has been the diversity of the portfolio. These properties, which range from exclusive landscaped resorts with considerable sporting and spa amenities, to an impressive hotel in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, will further enhance the brand's offering to business and leisure guests."
DoubleTree by Hilton Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort is set in 190 acres of Yorkshire woodland and includes an award-winning 27-hole golf course. The 188 guestroom hotel incorporates significant meeting space, and an upmarket spa and health club.
DoubleTree by Hilton Oxford Belfry includes 154 rooms and extensive meetings and events space. Situated within 17 acres of landscaped gardens, the hotel is popular for weddings and events and includes a spa and health club. Guests staying at the hotel will benefit from convenient access to Oxford's historic city centre and university, Bicester Village designer outlet and from London and the Midlands via its nearby transport links.
DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Hotel & Golf Resort is an established rural resort with an 18-hole golf course, and meeting space for up to 400 delegates. The 148 guestroom hotel includes a spa, health club and two restaurants.
DoubleTree by Hilton Cambridge Belfry is located in Cambourne on the outskirts of the famous university city. Guests at the 120 room hotel can enjoy the lakeside vistas, a spa and health club, and modern meeting space. The property is primed to cater for the many businesses, technology and research companies based in the surrounding area.
DoubleTree by Hilton Stratford-upon-Avon is situated in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. The hotel has 102 guestrooms, a fine dining restaurant and fully equipped gym. Stratford is one of the UK's most appealing visitor attractions, and guests to the hotel can follow in the footsteps of the world's most famous playwright, William Shakespeare. Steeped in Tudor culture, Stratford is home to The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and close to the medieval fortress of Warwick Castle.
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Muslims often seek outside help to lose weight, although the Qur'an and Hadith provide guidance on many ways through which we can combat being overweight. They include periodic cleansings, eating simple and whole foods and herbs, avoiding excess, drinking plenty of water, praying and seeking guidance from Allah, seeking the help of others, and being persistent and patient.
Ramadan is a time for physical cleansing as well as spiritual cleansing. A prophetic tradition (Hadith) states, "Fast the month of Ramadan so to heal your bodies from disease."
If we strive to eat only pure, simple and light foods during Ramadan, we can undergo a physical as well as a spiritual cleansing. Since there is such a strong scientifically proven correlation between our spiritual, mental and physical health, to purify all systems at the same time provides the ultimate and most powerful detoxification fast that we have available today.
To eat purely means to eat the whole, unprocessed and pure foods that Allah has provided us such as whole wheat breads, grains, beans, vegetables and fresh fruits.
These are perfect foods and we do not need to improve them with colors, chemicals and preservatives.
The Qur'an (5:4) says, "They ask thee what is lawful to them as food. Say, 'Lawful unto you are all things good and pure.'" And (50:7), "And the earth we have spread out, and we have set firm mountains on it, and have made every kind of beautiful growth to grow on it."
The Qur'an also says (7:31),"Eat and drink, but waste not by excess for God loves not the prodigals." Prophet Muhammad (SAW) emphasized this in Hadith when he mentioned that, "The stomach is the home of disease, and abstinence the head of every remedy. So make this your custom."
It is easy to eat in excess since foods once reserved for royalty are now readily available in every supermarket.
Eating breakfast is also an important part of weight loss as it speeds metabolism of the body. The Hadith say, "Eat your meal at dawn, for there is blessing in the meal at dawn," and, "There is blessing in three things: the early morning meal, bread and soup."
Another gift that Allah has given us in the battle against excess weight is water. The Qur'an says (15:45), "The righteous will be amid gardens and fountains of clear-flowing water," and (21:30), "We made water essential for all life." Muslims wanting to lose weight would benefit by drinking ten glasses of water a day, at least one half hour before and after meals.
As well as their spiritual benefits, the five prescribed daily prayers also provide physical toning benefits to the body.
And patience is often the greatest test we face when we decide to lose weight. However, the Qur'an says (2:155), "Give glad tidings to those who exercise patience when struck with adversity and say, 'Indeed, we belong to God, and to Him is our return.' Such ones receive blessings and mercy from their Lord, and such are the guided ones."
Lastly, we cannot forget the power of prayer and support from others. The Qur'an says (26:80), "... And when I sicken, then He (Allah) heals me." Abu Hurairah relates, "Allah never inflicts a disease unless he makes a cure for it." Weight gain is often caused by excess, and the weakness of one or more organs of the body.
A Hadith even says, "The origin of every disease is cold. So eat when you desire and refrain when you desire." Many people have lost weight simply by warming up their bodies with herbs and warm foods, and reducing heavier, colder foods and those that clog and chill the system.
Salam ol, urgh i havent update or write anything here for like 2 months d. got so many things to share, tapi itu lah dia, i only have 2 months here in Malaysia so gotta use my time wisely =)....and these are the pieces of my two-months-in-Malaysia puzzle.Enjoy!


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November 2016 By CoLaw
Uber Ruling – Is It The Right Decision For The Self-Employed?
Uber drivers have been classified as Workers following a London tribunal hearing. What this means is that around 40,000 drivers working across England and Wales are now entitled to being paid the national minimum wage, holiday pay and paid rest breaks.
What does the GMB Union think?
Whilst the GMB Union feels this is a huge triumph for the ordinary driver, do the majority of the drivers share the same sentiment? The GMB also rejected claims that drivers earned an average of £16 an hour and that most wished to remain as per their current contracts.
Has this Uber ruling improved worker's rights?
The tribunal's decision may pave the way for worker's rights across the so called 'gig' economy but is this what the flexibility seeking, self-employed individual wants? Or will it be detrimental to those who have the freedom to contribute to the economy within the restrictions of their personal situation?
Is Uber happy with the ruling?
Uber will appeal against the decision as the company do not feel they acted unlawfully and firmly believe that the drivers are self-employed contractors.
"Uber also stressed that their drivers want to be self-employed and want the freedom and flexibility to be their own boss." (Source: Recruiting Times)
Steven Rowe, an Uber driver, was disappointed with the decision and claimed that whilst the minority will be pleased with the decision, the vast majority of the drivers are worried about whether Uber can operate as successfully as it has done so far in this country.
Filed Under: Uncategorised Tags: employment law, self employed


Nanoengineering Faculty Candidate Presentation-Jamel Ali, Ph.D.
High energy lithium-deficient, multiphase LixNiyMnzCo1-y-zO2 (x <1) cathode materials for Li-ion battery.
The first thing you'll likely do at any company is surprisingly go back to school. My aim is to give you an overview of what that adjustment is like and along the way discuss some of the history of Applied Materials and their industry footprint.
Want to learn more about how to get your Masters or PhD in Nanoscience or Nanoengineering? Join us for our 1st Annual Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Graduate Student Recruitment Expo. Event is open to all Undergraduate Students.
The overall theme of Dr. Bang's research is understanding the behavior of small (nano scale)material for its practical applications by tackling environmental and biomedical challenges. Finding a way to contribute for building an integrative sustainable system is a goal for my research.
Our yearly STEM event "Gateway To Science" is part of the NC Science Festival, and we'll have over 40 science experiments, tours of our facility and more, the event is free, if you are a big group we would like to know about your number and time of arrival.


Please join Karla & James Murray (www.jamesandkarlamurray.com), the acclaimed photographers and best-selling authors as they speak about the inspiration behind their public workshop and resultant exhibition: Capturing the Faces and Voices of Manhattan's Neighborhood Storefronts.
The photography and oral history workshop they led in partnership with the Neighborhood Preservation Center taught participants about the cultural significance of mom-and-pop stores and the impact they have on the pulse, life, and texture of their communities and how photography and oral history can be tools for public awareness and advocacy. Participants learned to create their own powerful photographs of neighborhood storefronts as well as record oral histories with shop owners, which communicate artistically and are insightful and moving. The resulting exhibition at the Little Underground Library at the Jefferson Market Library is on display through October 1, 2018.
There will be an opportunity to view the results of their project in the gallery following the lecture.
Place: Jefferson Market Library (at 6th Avenue and W. 10th Street), first floor Program Room (next to the main reading room – up the stairs to your left as you enter the building). Accessible entry is on the W. 10th Street side of the library.
N2N lectures are held every-other month, usually on the first Wednesday of the month from 6 PM to 8 PM unless otherwise posted.


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San Bernardino County Jail Prisoners Sue Over Jail Conditions
SAN BERNARDINO- Two prisoners in the San Bernardino County jails filed a federal class action lawsuit today, claiming that conditions in the jails are unconstitutional. George Topete and Zachary Shovey claim that the jails are depriving them of basic medical and mental health care, and protection from harm. They also allege that the jails are denying them reasonable accommodations for their disabilities. The prisoners are seeking an order from the court requiring county officials to improve jail conditions in order to comply with constitutional standards.
The suit alleges that prisoners do not have timely access to physicians and mental health clinicians, that they are victims of excessive force and violence from other inmates, and that they do not receive reasonable accommodations for their disabilities.
George Topete, 50, who has been convicted of attempted murder and robbery, alleges that he has difficulty walking and using stairs due to a physical disability. Topete is alleging that the jail system has refused him access to a cane, which he needs to walk. Topete is also alleging that the jail gave him a wheelchair, but he is not able to use it because he is not located in a wheelchair-friendly cell block. As a result, he has fallen and is at risk of falling when trying to access the visiting area, his cell, and the toilet.
Zachary Shovey, a pretrial detainee at the West Valley Detention Center, has no violent criminal record. He does have an extensive psychiatric history that includes multiple suicide attempts, psychiatric medications, and a nine-month stay in a state psychiatric hospital. Shovey is alleging that the jail failed to provide him mental health treatment and psychiatric medications for one year after his arrest despite symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, and insomnia. He is also alleging that the jail has failed to provide him with timely medical treatment for his seizure disorder.
"These people are entirely dependent on the jail for their health care and well-being – they have no other options," said Kelly Knapp, Staff Attorney at the Prison Law Office.
The lawsuits stem from a lengthy investigation undertaken by the Prison Law Office into conditions in the jails.
"Sheriff John McMahon has been transparent about the conditions in the jails and has cooperated fully with the investigation," said Donald Specter, Executive Director of the Prison Law Office. "We expect this cooperation to continue during the litigation and hope that the case can be resolved as quickly as possible," said Specter.
The county denies that conditions in the jails are unlawful and believes that health care provided to inmates is of high quality, that inmates with disabilities are accommodated and that prisoners are housed in a safe and secure environment.
Even so, Sheriff McMahon noted that, "Since realignment, counties, including San Bernardino, have faced significant challenges in housing more inmates for longer periods of time than they have historically."
The county has devoted significant resources over the last several years to ensuring that conditions in the jails meet all relevant constitutional, statutory and regulatory standards. As part of that ongoing effort, the county has been working cooperatively with the Prison Law Office for more than a year in an effort to address the claims that have been made in the lawsuit.
"We have appreciated the willingness of the Prison Law Office to work constructively with the county on these issues, look forward to continued cooperative discussions, and are optimistic that the case can be resolved amicably" said Sheriff McMahon.
This entry was posted in IE News, Inland Empire, The Weekly News and tagged IE News, San Bernardino on March 9, 2016 by ABC Public Relations.
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Though I have no shortage of books to read on this Kindle, I am always looking for more. Madeleine L'Engle has always been someone whose thoughts on writing have been invaluable to me, and her early stories some of my first forays into fantasy and Science Fiction. I recently revisited A Wrinkle in Time, a book I have not read for at least 15 years, and thought I would share a few of my thoughts on it now as an adult.
Deep Language, Deep Concepts: L'Engle doesn't shy away from complex aspects of physics, nor the vastness of human literature, right down to a character who speaks mostly in quotations. That said her explanations are eminently elegant, describing the folding of space and time as an ant traveling across a crease in a skirt.
Evil is presented without pulling punches as well. The seductive, powerful and empty qualities are all explored as well as freezing cold and blackness. While a giant brain might be a rather literal metaphor for a force of pure logic, it nonetheless conveys the lack of heart and the disgusting aspects of evil.
Memorable Characters: The three women, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which are a hoot while at the same time revealing their higher nature. Charles Wallace is beyond precocious, a child adult who speaks in his own form of lateral logic. Even as a small child you can tell he is something different and it will be interesting to see how he grows up in the later books.
Meg as the main character is going through her own journey, seeing the fallacies in her father while also learning about her strengths, and the appeal she has for others. I do think the romantic aspect of her relationship with Calvin moves a little faster than seems logical with these characters (I didn't know anyone who was 12-13 who pulled someone in for a passionate kiss). It almost seemed like what someone at that age would fantasize about romance, instead of the real thing. That said, Meg changes a lot in this story and her growth is only bound to continue.
50 years later: There were definitely aspects of the planet Camozotz that felt like other things of its time. The planet reminded me some of The Village from The Prisoner and a couple of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes. The planet lives on conformity, every decision made by IT and every irregularity harshly dealt with. That said the story ages well, both from the time it was written, and from the time I first read it.
Not Christian Fiction: L'Engle's best work incorporates some aspects of Christian faith without making them the main thrust of the story. Later works of hers are not as well balanced, but in this story she is in fine form. This balance is the same I try to strike in my work, and one that will take time and reading more great works like this one.
In short an uplifting and exciting young adult story that still resonates with adults. Recommended.
That was one my favorite books growing up – you've inspired me to reread it!
Awesome! I'm glad, and hope you enjoy it as much as I did!


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M Channi announces bonanza of Rs. 125 crore for 64,500 Asha & Mid Day Meal workers as a New Year Gift
Chamkaur Sahib (Rupnagar), December 30: Giving a much awaited bonanza of Rs. 124.25 crore for Asha and Mid Day Meal workers as a new year gift, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday announced a fixed monthly allowance of Rs. 2500 for Asha workers against the earlier amount got by them on the basis of incentives, which would cost the state exchequer to the tune of Rs.60 crore thus benefitting nearly 22,000 Asha workers. Likewise, the Asha workers would also be now entitled for the facility of cashless health insurance scheme up to Rs. 5 lakh which would be done by the state government free of cost so as to cover them against the probable risk of inflicting any infectious disease while performing their duties.
Similarly, in a major relief to nearly 42,500 Mid Day Meal workers working in 19,700 government/aided schools across the state, CM Channi also announced to enhance their fixed allowance from Rs.2200 to Rs. 3000 per month, this hike would entail an expenditure of Rs. 64.25 crore on the state exchequer. Besides, CM Channi also announced all the Asha workers and Mid Day Meal workers working across the state would be now entitled for full maternity leave on the pattern of other women government employees on regular basis. CM Channi further declared that all the Asha workers and Mid Day Meal workers would now get the hiked fixed allowance from January 1, 2022 and in future they would be getting these allowances for 12 months instead of 10 months earlier.
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Managed Code Rootkits is the 1st ebook to hide application-level rootkits and different varieties of malware contained in the software VM, which runs a platform-independent programming atmosphere for procedures. The publication, divided into 4 elements, issues out high-level assaults, that are built in intermediate language.
The preliminary a part of the publication bargains an outline of controlled code rootkits. It explores setting types of controlled code and the connection of controlled code to rootkits by means of learning how they use software VMs. It additionally discusses attackers of controlled code rootkits and diverse assault situations. the second one a part of the e-book covers the advance of controlled code rootkits, beginning with the instruments utilized in generating controlled code rootkits via their deployment.
The subsequent half specializes in countermeasures that could in all likelihood be used opposed to controlled code rootkits, together with technical strategies, prevention, detection, and reaction strategies. The booklet concludes through proposing suggestions which are in some way just like controlled code rootkits, that are utilized in fixing difficulties.
The vintage publication The paintings of conflict (or because it is usually translated, The artwork of procedure) through solar Tzu is usually used to demonstrate rules that may practice to the administration of industrial environments. The artwork of warfare for safeguard Managers is the 1st ebook to use the accepted rules of sunlight Tzu's theories of clash to modern organizational safeguard.
The improvement of IT Governance, which acknowledges the convergence among enterprise and IT administration, makes it crucial for managers in any respect degrees and in firms of all sizes to appreciate how most sensible to house details safeguard hazards. foreign IT Governance explores new laws, together with the release of ISO/IEC 27001, which makes a unmarried, international ordinary of knowledge safety most sensible perform on hand.
Dieses Buch ist ein Praxisleitfaden zum Thema Informationssicherheits-Management und gleichzeitig Begleitbuch für die Prüfungsvorbereitung zum 'Certified info defense supervisor (CISM)' nach ISACA. Nach einer Einleitung bereitet der erste Teil des Buches in vier Kapiteln auf das CISM-Examen vor.


MICRONOR introduces the world's first commercially-available MRI Safe linear position sensor system for OEM motion control applications. With 100µm resolution and 50µm accuracy, MR303 Linear Sensor is the ideal solution for medical, MRI, robotic and industrial applications where position and speed must be precisely monitored, and electromagnetic immunity and invisibility is required. The sensor works in conjunction with the MR302-2 OEM Controller which enables the sensor to integrate with conventional PLC controllers and servo drives.
The position sensor is immune to any electromagnetic interference, such as magnetic fields, lightning, high voltage and radiation. Being fabricated from non-ferrous and non-me tallic materials, the sensor is also completely transparent to electromagnetic fields. The sensor's magnetic invisibility also makes it the ideal position sensor for use in Super Paramagnetic Relaxation Measurements in which extremely small magnetic fields are measured. These attributes allow the MR303 sensor to be safely used in and around the MRI bore and does not produce any imaging artifacts.
This high precision linear encoder provides the means for performance enhancements of existing MRI systems as well as enabling new MRI applications and medical devices. Applications include MRI cradle position monitoring, MRI robots and MRI phantom training organs.
The fiber optic linear incremental encoder system is ba sed on an innovative optical technique embodied in Micronor's U.S. Patent 7,196,720 in which an electrically passive, all-optical sensor and remote controller are interconnected via a duplex fiber optic li nk. The system uses a coarse wavelength division multiplexing technique incorporating two lasers representing the A and B quadrature signals. An encoder film strip passes through the MR303 optical read head, modulating the A and B optical signals. The remote MR302-2 Controller provides both the optical input to the MR303 Sensor and processes the modulated optical return signal.
The MR302-2 Controller features both A/B quadrature outputs and Modbus RTU serial interface for transparent integration into the user's application. A discrete HOMING Input is used for internally presetting the absolute position while a discrete STATUS Output provides the direct means of monitoring the encoder's system health. The controller contains a feature-rich Modbus communications protocol for ease of integration into the user's control system.
Micronor Inc. was founded 2003 in Newbury Park, California. The founders accurately predicted the need for fiber optic kinetic sensors which provide immunity from lightning, EMI/RFI, radiation and magnetic fields. ba sed on an innovative and patented technology, using wavelength as the information carrier, the first product introduced to the market were the incremental encoders. These products are used in the transportation, mining, oil and gas industries for position sensing and controlling the speed of VFD drives. As an innovative and flexible company, Micronor offers a wide range of fiber optic sensors for measuring position, speed and temperature.
Innovation and a deep technical fiber optics know-how allows Micronor to tackle challenging tasks for position measuring solutions that will work reliably in hostile environments. Micronor has also partnered with numerous companies solving and implementing measurement solutions for nuclear research, medical MRI applications and mining.


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Surviving middle school–again
By Laura Ascione
About a year ago, I sat in the auditorium at South Orange Middle School in suburban New Jersey and listened to the cheerful principal prepare the incoming sixth-grade parents for what would lie ahead, CNN reports. The big, bad dreaded middle school years were upon us. After the principal posted his Twitter handle so we could get his feed on our digital devices, he then tried to assure the jittery crowd that middle school isn't as awful as it used to be. Leave your own baggage behind folks; we're in a gentler, more tolerant era. Not only has social media...
Laura Ascione
Laura Ascione is the Managing Editor, Content Services at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Find Laura on Twitter: @eSN_Laura http://twitter.com/eSN_Laura


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NEM Foundation Stops Tracking Coins Stolen from Coincheck
The NEM Foundation has announced it will no longer track cryptos stolen from the Japanese exchange Coincheck. The Singapore-based organization said it had provided law-enforcement agencies with information from its investigations. It did not explain its decision to end the tracking efforts. According to some estimates, half of the NEM coins that disappeared in the hack have been laundered on the darknet.
Also read: Coincheck Drops Anonymous Monero, Dash, Zcash
Tracking Provided "Actionable" Data
The NEM.io Foundation, created to promote the NEM cryptocurrency (XEM), has stopped tracking the coins stolen in the Coincheck hack. The Japanese exchange lost some ¥58 billion worth of NEM (~$550 million USD) in January, when it was attacked by hackers. The Singapore-based foundation developed a special technology to identify the accounts the cryptocurrency was sent to.
On Tuesday, the NEM foundation said its efforts have provided some "actionable information" to law-enforcement authorities, the Japan News reported. However, the organization did not reveal any more details about the reasons behind its decision to stop further tracking.
Recent reports suggest that a lot if the missing XEM cryptos are probably lost forever. A cybersecurity expert told the Japan Times the hackers may have converted up to half of the snatched coins into other cryptocurrency or even fiat money. Masanori Kusunoki, Chief Technology Officer at Japan Digital Design, claims they have been laundered through a website existing on the darknet.
Kusunoki also thinks the site is still being used to process transactions. He believes it's getting harder to trace these transfers and track the stolen coins. A week after the hack the NEM Foundation said no attempts had been made to trade the cryptos on other exchanges.
In Recovery Mode
For weeks, Coincheck has been trying to recover from one of the biggest hacker attacks. The Japanese exchange has already refunded ¥46.6 billion ($440 million) to compensate about 260,000 of its customers who lost NEM funds. It has also prepared a set of measures to improve its security, informing authorities about its plans in that direction.
The trading platform filed an application with Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) in September to register under the revised legislation regulating payment services in the country. Its registration has been postponed by the attack in January, but also by Coincheck's policies allowing customers to remain anonymous.
Japanese media reported this week that the exchange was expected to discontinue support for three cryptocurrencies providing high levels of anonymity – Monero, Dash and Zcash. According to Japan Times, the exchange has recognized the risks posed by these cryptos that can potentially facilitate money laundering. Identifying the recipients of funds transferred on their blockchains is proving impossible.
Coincheck resumed trading on Monday. Customers cannot purchase XMR, ZEC, and DASH, but the platform may offer them to sell their coins at a fixed rate.
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De geelgroene toornslang (Hierophis viridiflavus) is een slang uit de familie toornslangachtigen en de onderfamilie Colubrinae.

Naam en indeling
De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst voorgesteld door Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1789. Oorspronkelijk werd de wetenschappelijke naam Couleuvre verte et jaune gebruikt. Later werd de slang tot de geslachten Coluber, Zamenis en Haemorrhois gerekend.

Ondersoorten
De soort wordt verdeeld in drie ondersoorten die onderstaand zijn weergegeven, met de auteur en het verspreidingsgebied.

Uiterlijke kenmerken
De lichaamskleur is donker tot zwart, de wetenschappelijke naam viridi-flavus betekent groen-geel, wat slaat op de vlekjes die meestal geel zijn, maar ook naar groen kunnen neigen. Sommige exemplaren zijn geheel zwart of blauwzwart tot bruin, de juvenielen zijn witgeel met zeer brede gele banden en een opvallende zwarte kop met landkaarttekening of kleine vlekjes. De maximale lengte is ongeveer 1,8 meter, maar gemiddeld blijft deze slang meestal onder de 1,5 m, vrouwtjes zijn kleiner dan mannetjes.

Leefwijze
Het voedsel bestaat voornamelijk uit kleine zoogdieren zoals knaagdieren, maar ook hagedissen, vogels en hun jongen, slangen en amfibieën zoals kikkers worden gegeten. Daarnaast staan ongewervelden op het menu, zoals kevers en (naakt)slakken. De geelgroene toornslang is erg snel tijdens de jacht. Deze beweeglijke, terrestrische slang heeft een erg agressief karakter, en valt onmiddellijk aan als het dier wordt bedreigd. De geelgroene toornslang is niet giftig en de beet veroorzaakt slechts lichte schrammen.

De slang is overdag actief en neemt graag een zonnebad. De eieren worden afgezet onder boomstronken of grote stenen. Het zijn er meestal acht tot vijftien. De eieren zijn wit van kleur en meten ongeveer twee bij vier centimeter.  en de jongen komen na ongeveer zes weken tot twee maanden uit en hebben dan een lichaamslengte van ongeveer 25 centimeter.

Verspreiding en habitat

De geelgroene toornslang is een West-Europese endeem die te vinden is in een breed sub-mediterraan tot mediterraan areaal vanaf westelijk Bretagne tot in noordoostelijk Lorraine. Zuidelijk is de slang te vinden in centraal en zuidelijk Frankrijk inclusief de Pyreneeën, uiterst noordelijk Spanje van Bilbao tot Leida in Aragon. Het grootste deel van de populatie strekt zich uit over geheel Italië, Sicilië, Malta, Corsica en vele kleinere omliggende eilanden. De noordelijkste verspreiding van het dier is versnipperd: er zijn enkele vindplaatsen bekend in Luxemburg, de Franse grensregio met zuidoostelijk België en in zuid-centraal Duitsland.

Hellingbos, rotsformaties, mergelgroeves en kalkstenen regio's vormen vanwege de vegetatie een ideale biotoop voor rustplaatsen. De habitat bestaat uit met struiken begroeide open plekken zoals afgravingen, verstuivingen en andere drogere, warmere gebieden. In agrarische enclaves liggend aan hellingbossen met zandsteenformaties kunnen de slangen zich ver in door mensen bewoond gebied verspreiden. Ze worden dikwijls gevonden onder dakplaten, damwanden en houtstapels bedekt met landbouwplastic en diverse campings met opslagplaatsen. In Bretagne in de regio Quimperlé tot La Rochelle komen grote aantallen voor rond de recreatiegebieden aanliggend aan natuurparken met gemengd loof/naaldbos op zandgrond. De soort is aangetroffen van zeeniveau tot op een hoogte van ongeveer 2000 meter boven zeeniveau.

Beschermingsstatus
Door de internationale natuurbeschermingsorganisatie IUCN is de beschermingsstatus 'veilig' toegewezen (Least Concern of LC).

Externe link
 Enkele foto's van de geelgroene toornslang.

Bronvermelding

Dier uit het Palearctisch gebied
Colubrinae
IUCN-status niet bedreigd


Authorizers gives or denies access to cubes and restricts access to a portion of a cube.
authorize(identity, cubes) – return list of cube names (from the cubes ) that the identity is allowed to acces. Might return an empty list if no cubes are allowed.
Custom authorizer example: an authorizer that uses some HTTP service that accepts list of cubes in the cubes= paramter and returns a comma separated list of authorized cubes.
self.user_dimension = user_dimension or "user"
The custom authorizer has to be a subclass of Authorizer so Cubes can find it. The name will be derived from the class name: CustomAuthorizer will become custom , DatabaseACLAuthorizer will become database_acl . To explicitly specify an authorizer name, set the __extension_name__ class variable.
The cell restrictions are handled by restricted_cell() method which receives the identity, cube object (not just a name) and optionaly the cell to be restricted.
The authorizer is configured from the [authorization] section in the slicer.ini file. The authorizer instance receives all options from the section as arguments to the __init__() method.
Authentication takes place at the server level right before a request is processed.
Custom authenticator has to be a subclass of slicer.server.Authenticator and has to have at least authenticate(request) method defined. Another optional method is logout(request, identity) .
Example authenticator which authenticates against a database table with two columns: user and password with a clear-text password (don't do that).
The authenticate(request) method should return the identity that will be later passed to the authorizer (it does not have to be the same value as a user name). The identity might even be None which might be interpreted by some authorizers guest or not-logged-in visitor. The method should raise NotAuthenticated when the credetials don't match.


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Whoopi Stunned, Joy Has 'Breakdown' Over Impeachment Disaster On Live TV
Whoopi Goldberg was stunned and speechless today as co-host Joy Behar had a "breakdown" over yesterday's impeachment hearing disaster. Joy was shattered when Adam Schiff's hearing went all wrong. She went on a crazed rant, and no one could stop her. It was truly bizarre. Don't miss this.
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar (Photo Credit: The View/Twitter/Screenshot)
Whoopi Goldberg and the shrews of The View were almost as devastated on today's show as they were the day after Donald Trump won the presidency. The somber mood reminded us of a funeral parlor as Whoopi Goldberg introduced the segment they all were dreading: the impeachment hearing from yesterday.
"The impeachment hearing from yesterday," Golberg said. "Ambassador Bill Taylor gave some information we hadn't heard before and Republicans as they do pushed back kinda hard. Take a look."
Whoopi's first soundbite is of Rep. Jim Jordan hammering Bill Taylor. Jordan makes the point Taylor has never met Trump or anyone in his cabinet and then says: "And you're their star witness." It was a great moment of clarity in the hearing, so why would The View play it?
There was absolutely no Democrat Congressmen doing anything worthy of viewing from yesterday's hearing. Goldberg then plays a clip of a Democrat Congressman joking about Trump. That's the best they could come up with.
"He let him have it," Behar said with zero enthusiasm while referring to the Democratic Congressman who joked about Trump. Little did anyone know, poor Joy was just moments away from really losing it.
"Did [the hearing] clear anything up for people?" Whoopi asked.
"No," Joy responded, breaking the silence. "And by the way, he [Jim Jordan] says both of these guys, neither one of them has ever met Trump, and have not had direct contact with him and why not—but Trump won't let the people who have had direct knowledge of what happened in the conversation, come on to the impeachment hearing, like Mulvaney and Bolton. Both of them know stuff and they are the first people who heard this."
What in the hell is Joy blubbering about? What conversation? She is rambling incoherently.
"That's a lie, what they are saying," Joy added. "And they are going after the guy for no reason and it doesn't make any sense. Do you understand what I am saying?"
"Yeah," Whoopi quickly said.
"Yeah, Ok. Because I feel like I am not making any sense," Joy responded.
Wow. This impeachment hearing from yesterday has really shattered Joy Behar. No one had a clue what she was trying to convey. Whoopi said "yeah," hoping Behar would just stop talking. Instead, Joy continued to rant incoherently.
"I'm so [inaudible] from them," Behar continued.
"And Jim Jordan, look it, check your own stuff," Joy added while waving her hands in the air. "And put a jacket on, Ok?"
"Here's the thing, they have nothing, on their side" she continued with growing anger.
"They have nothing. He did what he did. They have nothing," Joy ranted. "And the real problem is for me from Trump, is they would like to say 'Look he did it, he did it. He tried to extort and bribe the Ukraine president for a favor and ahm, so what! It's not impeachable. It's not a crime.'"
"But Trump will not allow them to say that because he had a perfect call and everything is perfect," Joy said as her cohosts looked horrified. "And he says he did nothing wrong. So, they are between a rock and a hard place. The Republicans. They don't know what to do next. And they are spinning around and around in factual lies and things."
The problem was Joy was spinning around and around. Her Trump Derangement Syndrome kicked into overdrive, and she just lost it.
Joy Behar's incoherent rant and breakdown remind us of Nancy Pelosi today. Poor Pelosi was also having difficulties speaking after the Democrats totally bombed in their first open impeachment hearing.
Behar is 77-years-old, and she had put all her hopes and dreams of getting rid of Trump on Adam Schiff's shoulders. When confronted with reality and the truth during the hearing, Behar's mind had problems accepting she just might be wrong. We bet there are many more like Behar who got a real rude awakening watching Schiff's show on live TV.


Gives you a lead right off the bat.
Raja Bell will miss game two,Josh Howard is day to day on his injury.
I think the Suns will miss Bell more than the Mavs will Howard, if he is even out.
The Mavs are going to take it in 6!!!


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La Calabre ultérieure, en italien Calabria Ulteriore ou Calabria Ultra, est une ancienne subdivision du royaume de Naples, puis des Deux-Siciles. Elle avait eu pour chef-lieu Reggio, puis Catanzaro et Vibo Valentia (Monteleone).

Elle correspond à la partie méridionale de la Calabre dite Calabre grecque ou Calabre proprement dite (par opposition à la Calabre proprement dite ou Calabre latine devenue Calabre citérieure), et a été érigée en circonscription en 1231 par les constitutions de Melfi.

La limite entre les deux Calabres fut modifiée en 1280 pour passer à l'est par le Neto, et à l'ouest par la plaine de Decollatura.

De 1443 à 1465, le chef-lieu fut déplacé de Reggio (qui avait soutenu René d'Anjou) à Catanzaro par les Aragonais. Reggio perdit finalement son titre en 1583 en faveur de Vibo Valentia, qui ne resta chef-lieu que 10 ans avant que le siège de la circonscription ne soit définitivement transféré à Catanzaro.

Au , son nom est définitivement changé en Calabria Ultra flumen Nhetum (« Calabre au-delà du Neto »).

En 1816, la province est divisée en deux :
la Calabre ultérieure première (Calabria Ulteriore I), avec pour chef-lieu Reggio et divisée en districts de Reggio, Gerace et Palmi ;
la Calabre ultérieure seconde (Calabria Ulteriore II), avec pour chef-lieu Catanzaro, et divisée en districts de Catanzaro, Monteleone, Nicastro et Crotone.

En 1861, la Calabre ultérieure Première devint la province de Reggio de Calabre et la Calabre ultérieure Seconde la province de Catanzaro.

Ancienne province en Italie
Royaume de Naples
Royaume des Deux-Siciles
Histoire de l'Italie médiévale
Histoire de la Calabre


The city of Duluth, located in Gwinnett County, Georgia was originally known as Howell's Cross Roads (later "Howell's Crossing") because of a road built by the towns largest merchant, Evan Howell. The City's name was changed to Duluth after a north south railroad was approved linking Howell's Crossing to Duluth, Minnesota. Duluth elected Georgia's first female Mayor, Alice H. Strickland, in 1922. Duluth is home to the Gwinnett Arena and Gwinnett Convention Center. Forbes magazine ranks Duluth as one of the best places to move in America.
The offices of Thomas E. Raines, PC are a short commute from anywhere in Duluth, where the firm practices law in the areas of Business, Probate and Estate Planning. We offer client centered, creative, practical, high value, detail-oriented legal services. It is our objective to provide a combination of expertise, experience and close client relationships, resulting in personalized and innovative legal representation to clients in an efficient and cost effective manner.
Directions from City Hall of Duluth to the office of Thomas E. Raines, PC: Take Peachtree Industrial South toward 285, Turn left on to Summit Ridge Parkway, Proceed to the bottom of the hill and turn right on to Summit Ridge Parkway. Go to second driveway on the left, turn left and Suite 2110 is the second building on the right.


One of the most basic analytical and underwriting tools a banker must have is the ability to determine whether a borrower can repay its loans based on the financial information available.
First, the session will explain the interrelationships among revenue projections, the expenses needed to support the sales growth as well as the working capital assets, fixed assets, and liabilities necessary to support revenue growth. Second, the session will offer tips on how to analyzing underlying assumptions such as profitability, productivity, efficiency, and earnings retention.
Join Dev Strischek in this critical lending webinar as he shows how to use a borrower's historic financials to project balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows over the term of a loan.
Financial organizations extend credit to borrowers when the borrowers show the ability to repay the loans extended. Ideally, a request for a five-year loan should be supported by a 5-year cash flow projection.
Learn key assumptions in a projection and how to assess validity, the value of a downside-most likely projection to stress test the assumptions.
A frequent speaker, instructor, advisor and writer on credit risk and commercial banking topics and issues, Martin J. "Dev" Strischek principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group based near Atlanta, Georgia. Dev advises, trains, and develops for financial organizations risk management solutions and recommendations on a range of issues and topics, e.g., credit risk management, credit culture, credit policy, credit and lending training, etc. Dev is also a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB's) Private Company Council (PCC). PCC's purpose is to evaluate and recommend to FASB revisions to current and proposed generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) that are more appropriate for privately held firms. He also serves as the PCC's representative to FASB's Credit Losses Transition Resource Group supporting the new current expected credit loss (CECL) standard to be implemented in fiscal year 2019 for public companies and 2020 for private firms.
The former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, he was responsible for developing, implementing, and administering credit policies for SunTrust's wholesale lines of business--commercial, commercial real estate, corporate investment banking, capital markets, business banking and private wealth management. He also spent three years as managing director and credit approver in SunTrust's Florida commercial lending and corporate investment banking areas, respectively. Prior to SunTrust, he was chief credit officer for Barnett Bank's Palm Beach market. Besides stints at other banks in Florida, Kansas City, and Ohio, his experiences outside of banking include CFO of a Honolulu construction company, combat engineer officer in the U.S. Army, and college economics instructor.
A graduate of Ohio State University and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Dev earned his M.B.A. from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Strischek serves as an instructor in several banking schools, including the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, and the Southwest Graduate School of Banking. His school, conference, and workshop audiences have included participants drawn from the ABA, RMA, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, FFIEC, SBA, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the AICPA.
Mr. Strischek has written some 200 articles on credit risk management, financial analysis and related subjects, and he is the author of Analyzing Construction Contractors and instructor of a contractor analysis workshop. A past national chair of RMA and former RMA Florida Chapter president, Dev has consulted on credit risk issues with banks in Morocco, Egypt, and Angola through the US State Department's Financial Service Volunteer Corps (FSVC).


. . . still improving . . .
The challenge is figuring out how to avoid getting those ugly, Flashy-looking lines, that do all kinds of things a computer would do, but real ink would never do. If you click on these and look closely, you can definitely find the tell-tale signs. I think if I tried hard enough, I could get rid of most of those, but the process would take ten times as long. So no wonder so many people allow a certain amount of Flashy-ness in their inking.
After I spend some more time with Flash, I plan to move on and try my hand at inking in Illustrator, and maybe a few other programs.
Be sure to check out herohappyhour.com regularly for comics and other shenanigans.
My Cintiq arrived, and I got it all hooked up. I can draw right on the screen now!
Click here to see 5 more pages worth, or here to see all the stuff on my sketch blog. Want an assignment? Color one o' these ... or clean it up and ink it and color it ... and post it here. I'll be interested to see what you do with it.
. . . and maybe some more SHC's, too, but I'm not sure. Stephen Smith and John Lytle Wilson have shown there in the past, so maybe they're showing again this year. Come and find out!
If you'd prefer a different image in your square, just email it to me, and I'll change it out. cgarrison[at]bham.rr.com Please make it 2" x 2", RGB, at 72 dpi.
If you're a Salty 'Ham Cartooneesta, and you're into designing video games, and you're not already on this short list, let me know so I can add you on that page.
When you look at the All the Cartooneestas page, you'll now see SIXTY entries. That's on account of the addition of our newest recruit, Perry Sessions. Check out his SHC page, HERE.