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More about Ruston, Louisiana:Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.GR The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population. Ruston in known throughout the northern portions of the state as the home for the annual Squire Creek Peach Festival.
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Да́йтон-Рок () — сорокатонный камень, покрытый петроглифами, найденный в американском  на берегу реки . В 1980 году внесён в Национальный реестр исторических мест США за № 80000438.

Описание

Дайтон-Рок — шестигранный блок из серо-коричневого песчаника массой порядка сорока тонн около 1,5 метров в высоту, 2,9 метров в ширину и 3,4 м в длину. Первоначально его поверхность с петроглифами была ориентирована в сторону реки.

В 1680 году английский колонист Джон Данфорт () зарисовал петроглифы камня. Этот рисунок, хотя и оказался неточным, вошёл в собрание Британского музея и помог началу изучения Дайтон-Рока.

В 1690 году другой колонист — Коттон Мазер оставил описание камня в книге «Замечательные примеры божественного напоминания» (): «Среди других курьёзов Новой Англии — огромный камень, который лежит в реке и имеет странные гравированные рисунки. Во время прилива вода полностью закрывает ту часть, где рисунки нанесены. В округе никто не знает, как он там очутился и что на нём написано…»

Описания камня, сделанные в 1730, 1768 и 1807 годах, отмечают большую стёртость части рисунков, делающую невозможной их полную расшифровку.

В начале 1950-х годов власти штата Массачусетс создали парк , занимающий около сорока гектаров, на территории которого камень и находится.

В 1963 году во время строительства плотины на реке камень был перемещён с берега в построенный для него павильон, где хранится и поныне. В 1980 году был внесён в Национальный реестр исторических мест США за № 80000438.

Версии появления и содержания надписи

В научном сообществе принято считать, что авторами петроглифов не являются сравнительно недавние мистификаторы, однако о самих авторах и содержании рисунка нет единого мнения. Наиболее часто обсуждаются следующие версии:
 Авторы рисунков — представители коренных народов Северной Америки. Именно в их культуре было принято наносить петроглифы на горные породы.
 В 1783 году американский исследователь  высказал версию финикийского происхождения.
 В 1837 году датский учёный Карл Рафн предположил принадлежность авторства петроглифов к викингам. В 2013 году его версия была раскритикована американским исследователем .
 В 1912 году американский исследователь  выдвинул версию, что текст рисунков является сокращённой латынью и содержит запись, оставленную в 1511 году португальцами Мигеля Корте Реала. В Португалии возле Морского музея находится реплика камня.

Примечания

Отдельно стоящие камни
Эпиграфические надписи
Объекты Национального реестра исторических мест в Массачусетсе
Петроглифы Северной Америки
География округа Бристол (Массачусетс)

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The SACO Music Funnel Project was formed in 2010 and falls under the Library of Congress Cooperative Cataloging Program known as SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative Program). Members of the Music Library Association (MLA) were charter members of the SACO Music Funnel Project. The goal of the project is to promote and facilitate the creation of medium of performance terms and of subject authorities relating to the cataloging of notated music, musical sound recordings, and works about music, whether or not submitters are in SACO-member institutions.
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1966 Volkswagen Beetle. 1933 Dr. Ferdinand Porsche (1875 1951) draws first sketches of a simple little car that common citizens could own and enjoy.. 1934 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commissions Porsche to develop the KdF Wagen ("Kraft durch Freude" or "Strength through joy"), forerunner of what we know today as the Beetle.
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With the astonishingly intricate opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics behind us – and nothing else nearly as interesting to show on TV – recent Olympic coverage has focused on allegations of cheating and chicanery.
Is the French cyclist blood doping?
Is the Argentine rowing team on 'roids?
Did the Greek archer just snort some Ritalin?
And of course, is the Chinese Women's Gymnastics Team actually of legal age?
Read about it here. Or here. It's all over the news. The controversy erupted as soon as the team members were announced a few weeks ago. It seems that a few of the girls might be younger than 16 – the minimum age to compete - and even as young as 14. Of course, the Chinese government was able to quickly produce passports that clearly and unambiguously demonstrate their age to be 16.
The passports might as well say they're 45. And Norwegian.
But now that we've all had a chance to see these girls run, jump, flip, and play with dolls, we're free to make up our own minds.
Um, yeah. She looks 16. And I just saw Elvis riding a unicorn.
I'm not sure why there was all this hubbub as to whether Linlin Deng and He Kexin were either 14 or 16 years old. They're clearly of neither age. It seems like everyone's missing the point entirely.
These girls are 3, maybe 4 years old.
Don't get me wrong. They're amazing athletes, and superior gymnasts. Their rubbery bones, small stature, and still-appreciable fontanels add up to an extremely lightweight package – easily flung about on the uneven bars or the floor routine.
I can see how this makes for an unfair advantage. How can even our smallest gymnast – Shawn Johnson, at 4 feet 9 inches, and 90 pounds – compete with 4 year old Chinese gymnasts who are maybe half her size?
"16" year old Jiang Yuyuan. She's about 3 feet tall and can easily ride a Shetland pony.
It's ridiculous. And although more years on Earth mean more years to train for the Olympics, the tiny size of the Chinese gymnasts far outweighs any benefit gained from training for 11 or 12 more years - when they'll actually be 16, and able to legally compete in the 2020 Fairbanks, Alaska Olympics.
And he's right. You can't.
But you can teach a 4 year old to do some amazing vaults and somersaults.
That's girl's sixteen? You're saying she's legal in some states?
Imagine hitting on her. I bet that would raise a few eyebrows.


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A nod to reality
Saturday, December 4, 2021 - 01:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday spoke some home truths which may suggest that the Government will soon have to go for hard options even at the expense of its political future in order to pull the country out of multiple crises. Speaking at the inauguration of the Asi Disi Insurance Scheme for journalists at Temple Trees the Premier said certain unpopular decisions will have to be taken that may even place at risk the Government's political future.
It would indeed have been hard for the Prime Minister to make such a dim prognostication, being a populist leader with a charisma of legendary proportions which is an indication of the predicament in which the country is placed. It is also bound to place the political futures of the rulers in jeopardy if the nature of the unpopular measures were to have a telling effect on the collective psyche of the electorate.
But moves will have to be made irrespective of their political fallout. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa himself said he would take decisions not targeting the next election but only those which are beneficial to the country.
So it looks like the people will have to brace for difficult times ahead. However, both the President's and Prime Minister's standpoint it is hoped will serve to usher in a new political culture in this country where populist measures that would make the people a happy and contented lot but take the country into economic ruin will be a thing of the past.
Many would vouch for the fact that it is populist policies adopted by all Governments to grab power that has been the bane of the country. Populist measures such as packing State institutions with political supporters in the guise of providing employment have plunged these bodies to financial hellholes today. Unwarranted subsidies offered by all Governments over the decades are also responsible for the economic mess we are in today.
It would have been prudent for successive Governments to have taken the people into their confidence by painting the true picture of the state of the economy which certainly would have yielded the desired outcome, provided the leaders set an example and made sacrifices themselves as done in more advanced countries. During WWII populations all over the world made immense sacrifices with people willing to survive on pulses and cereals to support the larger goal of peace.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the present time is also similar to a war where the country is on the verge of peril needing a firm hand to rescue it from the brink. The Premier's message which amounted to a clarion call reflected this state of affairs in ample measure and now it will be up to the people to bear with the difficulties that they may have to face for the greater good of the country in the long run.
During WWII years the people cooperated and the leaders in their turn shared in the sufferings of the people, as old timers still recall. Similarly, at present, if the people are to be persuaded, the example has to be set by the rulers. Ministers will have to forgo their luxury living and all other displays of ostentation. One cannot expect the people to lead frugal lives and endure difficulties if ministers are seen driving away in luxury vehicles with security escorts. Nor will they fall in line if they feel politicians are engaged in open corruption and living it up in grandeur.
It is the privileged lives enjoyed by the ruling elite that are driving the youth of the country from our shores in their droves as much as unemployment and non-recognition of merit. It is such a mindset among the people that the powers that be have to guard against, if the people are to comply with calls by the rulers to prepare for hard times.
Sri Lanka can no longer afford to indulge in populist measures if it is to get out of this unholy mess. The people should be warned about what is in store at election times in the manner of true gentlemanly politics. The practice of making promises that to any average mind will be untenable and then making a U-turn after coming to power should stop forthwith. It is this patronage politics that has kept our people lazy, with a dependent mentality. The Elections Commission has recently taken certain steps to control the unlimited freedom of political parties including imposing a cap on election spending. It should go further and scrutinize the election manifestos of the main political parties and inform the public about the promises contained therein which are impossible to implement.
This way the people will not only be spared the disappointment when the promises go unfulfilled but also make Governments go on the right track in implementing sound policies for the benefit of the country. A halt should be called to what is called pledge politics (Porondu Deshapalanaya) in this country once and for all. It is this brand of politics that has compelled the Premier to announce the unpleasant tasks ahead.

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A New Tool to Protect the 'Keys to the Kingdom'
Category: Features, Generation
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EPRI Develops System to Help Improve Remote Access Security for Power Plants
By Chris Warren
A cyber attack on an oil and gas facility last year was deemed by experts a "watershed" event that could usher in a new wave of similar attacks on industrial facilities.
The attackers gained access to the plant's safety controls, manufactured by Schneider Electric and widely used in the energy industry. Malware deployed by the attackers caused the facility to shut down.
"While previous attacks on energy industry facilities focused on production systems, this was the first breach that targeted a plant's safety system," said EPRI Principal Project Manager Jason Hollern. "This indicates that adversaries have moved the needle on what they are willing to do."
"United States officials, their allies and cybersecurity researchers worry that the culprits could replicate it in other countries, since thousands of industrial plants all over the world rely on the same American-engineered computer systems that were compromised," The New York Times reported in a story about the incident.
These concerns extend to the electric utility industry, including power plants. "We tell our members that generation is a target for hacking, and we are seeing more cyber threats targeted to equipment in generation facilities," said Hollern, who is leading research to improve remote access security at generation plants.
In March 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an alert warning of Russian government–sponsored cyber activity targeting the energy sector and other critical infrastructure sectors. In July, POWER reported on a DHS webinar indicating that Russian hackers infiltrated a power plant industrial control system. In addition, Hollern notes that there have now been five publicly reported cyber attacks on industrial facilities, starting with the Stuxnet attack in 2010.
These emerging threats come at a time when market pressures and digitalization have increased potential vulnerabilities of generation assets. As part of efforts to reduce operating costs, many utilities have moved plant personnel and monitoring tools to remote locations. New digital technologies have enabled these changes.
"Whether we like it or not, the electric sector is moving from analog to digital, and vendors are coming out with a lot of new digital technologies that are being incorporated into the control systems at power plants," said Hollern. "On one hand, this is a positive development because it increases automation and enables vendors and utilities to access plants remotely. But on the flip side, it creates a larger attack surface so that there is more opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities. We have to close those holes."
This is well recognized by the power industry. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation and DHS released guidance about implementing secure remote access of industrial control systems. EPRI recently led a collaborative project on cyber security solutions for instrumentation and control systems, with participation from more than 20 utilities. The group identified interactive remote access as its number one research priority, largely as a result of security concerns.
While increased use of digital technologies to remotely monitor and control generation facilities holds great promise for driving down costs and improving efficiency, a successful cyber attack can quickly erase those benefits.
Decentralized Storage of Keys
Electricity industry leaders are investing significant time and resources to bolster cyber security across the entire power system, including power generation, delivery, and distributed energy resources. In support of these efforts, EPRI is developing technologies and procedures to establish secure remote access to power plants. "Years ago, operators considered cyber security later in the plant design process and bolted on other technologies, processes, procedures, and personnel," said Hollern. "We are moving toward incorporating cyber security at the beginning of plant design and working with vendors and suppliers so that their products and services meet the cyber security requirements of the plant and utility upfront."
The aim of the three-year project, funded by EPRI's Technology Innovation program, is to help develop products that can achieve the highest level of remote access security as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Watch a video about EPRI research on secure remote access for the electric power industry.
"The security level of remote access varies widely among generation facilities," said Hollern. "EPRI will offer tools and guides to help drive stronger, more consistent security measures across the industry."
The current approach to remote access of generation control systems typically involves issuing passwords and software tokens to users. These security "keys" are often stored in a centralized utility server, making the potential impact of a successful cyber attack more devastating.
"If someone were to hack into the network and steal the keys from the server, then you've lost all the keys issued to employees and vendors," said Hollern.
EPRI is examining an alternative in collaboration with Tyfone, Inc., an Oregon-based company that has developed digital security solutions for the banking and transportation sectors. The approach relies on decentralized storage of the keys along with physical identification cards. "We take all those keys out of the server and decentralize them," said Hollern. "Each key is stored on a card that can connect to computers through USB, Bluetooth, or near-field communication."
With this approach, a hacker that accesses a server won't be able to steal all the security keys at once. "If someone loses a card, you just de-provision that card," said Hollern. "You haven't lost all the keys to the kingdom."
Anti-tampering technology is built into the cards. "If you try to clone a card or take it apart, it will destroy itself," said Hollern. "It also uses multi-factor identification based on one-time passwords, long personal identification numbers, and biometrics—or a combination of all of those."
In addition, all remote connections require the approval of a supervisor at the time of connection. Supervisors receive requests on mobile devices and then decide whether to grant access.
"Ready to Take the System on the Road"
In 2016, EPRI completed the design of a decentralized, hardware-based remote access security system. Since then, researchers have been developing the cards and other remote access technologies for plant control systems, testing them at EPRI's Instrumentation and Controls laboratory in Charlotte, North Carolina, and incorporating lab results into a working prototype.
The initial results are encouraging. The security system achieved all its objectives:
Securely store user data and security keys on smart cards
Enable employees and vendors to securely access a plant's control systems from a corporate network and the cloud
Interoperability with power plant infrastructure
EPRI has begun limited production of the cards and other technologies. "We have ironed out the bugs and are looking at potential new features to add," said Hollern. "We are ready to take the security system on the road and show utilities how it works. As part of this proof of concept, we will establish remote access to the EPRI lab."
In 2019, EPRI plans field tests in which utilities install the infrastructure and access control systems from different devices and using the cloud and corporate networks. These pilots may occur at fossil and nuclear power plants as well as in power delivery systems.
"The utilities will determine the specific applications," said Hollern. "They may decide to test the technologies on a non-production control system or monitoring system at first."
Feedback from these pilots will inform potential commercialization.
"We will make additional improvements based on how utilities issue cards and implement the technology in their networks," said Hollern.
Development of a commercialized product is expected to start by the end of 2019. "Remote access is essential as utilities transition more of their workforce away from plant sites," said Hollern. "This technology can help provide the security they need."
Key EPRI Technical Experts:
Jason Hollern
For more information, contact techexpert@eprijournal.com.
Hardware Security for Interactive Remote Access and Information Transfer—Phase 1: Design
Hardware Security for Interactive Remote Access and Information Transfer: Phase 2a—Proof of Concept
Interactive Remote Access Guidance: Generation Cyber Security
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#ifndef _CCSIP_PLATFORM_TIMERS_H_
#define _CCSIP_PLATFORM_TIMERS_H_

#include "cpr_types.h"
#include "cpr_timers.h"
#include "ccsip_platform.h"
#include "ccsip_pmh.h"

#define LINE_NOT_FOUND -1

/*
 * Defintions
 */
typedef void (*sipTimerCallbackFn_t)(cprTimer_t pTmrBlk);

typedef struct
{
    cprTimer_t  timer;
    cprTimer_t  reg_timer;
    int         line;
    char*        message_buffer;
    int         message_buffer_len;
    sipMethod_t message_type;
    cpr_ip_addr_t   ipaddr;
    uint16_t    port;
    boolean     outstanding;
} sipPlatformUITimer_t;

typedef struct
{
    cprTimer_t timer;
    int        line;
    cpr_ip_addr_t   ipaddr;
    uint16_t   port;
} sipPlatformUIExpiresTimer_t;

typedef struct
{
    cprTimer_t timer;
    int        line;
    boolean    started;
} sipPlatformSupervisionTimer_t;

extern sipPlatformUITimer_t sipPlatformUISMSubNotTimers[]; // Array of timers

/*
 * Prototypes
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int
sip_platform_timers_init(void);
void
sip_platform_post_timer(uint32_t cmd, void *data);
void
sip_platform_msg_timers_init(void);
int
sip_platform_msg_timer_start(uint32_t msec,
                             void *data,
                             int line,
                             char *message_buffer,
                             int message_buffer_len,
                             int message_type,
                             cpr_ip_addr_t *ipaddr,
                             uint16_t port,
                             boolean isRegister);
void
sip_platform_msg_timer_stop(int line);
boolean
sip_platform_msg_timer_outstanding_get(int line);
void
sip_platform_msg_timer_outstanding_set(int line, boolean value);
void
sip_platform_msg_timer_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_expires_timer_start(uint32_t msec,
                                 int line,
                                 cpr_ip_addr_t *ipaddr,
                                 uint16_t port);
int
sip_platform_expires_timer_stop(int line);
void
sip_platform_expires_timer_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_register_expires_timer_start(uint32_t msec,
                                          int line);
int
sip_platform_register_expires_timer_stop(int line);
int
sip_platform_localexpires_timer_start(uint32_t msec,
                                      int line,
                                      cpr_ip_addr_t *ipaddr,
                                      uint16_t port);
int
sip_platform_localexpires_timer_stop(int line);
void
sip_platform_localexpires_timer_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_msg_timer_update_destination(int line,
                                          cpr_ip_addr_t *ipaddr,
                                          uint16_t port);
sipMethod_t
sip_platform_msg_timer_messageType_get(int line);

// Supervision timer
int
sip_platform_supervision_disconnect_timer_start(uint32_t msec,
                                                int line);
int
sip_platform_supervision_disconnect_timer_stop(int line);
void
sip_platform_supervision_disconnect_timer_callback(void *data);

// Sub/Not Timers
int
sip_platform_msg_timer_subnot_start(uint32_t msec,
                                    sipPlatformUITimer_t *,
                                    uint32_t index,
                                    char *message_buffer,
                                    int message_buffer_len,
                                    int message_type,
                                    cpr_ip_addr_t *ipaddr,
                                    uint16_t port);
void
sip_platform_msg_timer_subnot_stop(sipPlatformUITimer_t *);
void
sip_platform_subnot_msg_timer_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_subnot_periodic_timer_start(uint32_t msec);
int
sip_platform_subnot_periodic_timer_stop(void);
void
sip_platform_subnot_periodic_timer_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_standby_keepalive_timer_start(uint32_t msec);
int
sip_platform_standby_keepalive_timer_stop();
void
sip_platform_standby_keepalive_callback(void *data);
int
sip_platform_unregistration_timer_start(uint32_t msec, boolean external);
int
sip_platform_unregistration_timer_stop();
void
sip_platform_unregistration_callback(void *data);
void
sip_platform_timers_shutdown(void);
int
sip_platform_notify_timer_start(uint32_t msec);
int
sip_platform_notify_timer_stop();
int
sip_platform_reg_all_fail_timer_start(uint32_t msec);
int
sip_platform_reg_all_fail_timer_stop(void);
int
sip_platform_pass_through_timer_start(uint32_t sec);
int
sip_platform_pass_through_timer_stop(void);

#endif

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Last year, this site dedicated three columns to the dramatic changes threatening Booth Rental in our industry, most notably in the Golden State via a recent State Supreme Court ruling called Dynamex. Other states, including our nearby northern neighbor, Washington, are seeking the end of Booth Rental via legislation, modeling East coast states who've already enacted similar legal crackdowns.
So it should be abundantly clear to any industry observer that Booth Rental is under siege, but will it survive this growing threat? I think it may, but only if Booth Rental salons dramatically evolve to meet the heightened scrutiny that courts, policymakers, regulators and even insurance brokers are leveling upon them.
Our best guess is that California policymakers will carve-out some sort of Dynamex exception for our industry, given the disproportionate number of Booth Rental establishments in our state and the outcry from those earning a living in such salons and barbershops. In fact, no industry is speaking more loudly to our state electeds than stylists and landlords upset with this bombshell legal ruling. Yet again this industry shows its ability to exert its numerical strength in the political arena when a galvanizing issue rises to our collective consciousness.
However, given the political power of labor interests within our State Capitol and their disfavor of businesses utilizing independent contractors, which skirt labor laws and hamper union organizing efforts, I think any potential exemption will be narrowly tailored, and therefore still be out of reach of a large percentage of currently operating rental shops.
This may actually end-up being a good thing for our industry, including the long-term viability and legitimacy of the Booth Rental business model.
Let's face it: for far too long far too many Booth Rental establishments have operated under the radar of tax and labor laws. This has undermined the professional reputation of our industry and its credibility with policymakers, who are now in charge of setting the lending standards for all federally-backed student loans, as well as other public incentives that encourage young people to pursue certain career pathways.
These under-the-radar salons have also cratered continuing education opportunities for stylists, who used to be encouraged — and often mandated — by their employers to enroll in seminars, attend trade shows and continuously improve their craft. With the widespread advent of Booth Rental, our collective, professional advancement has been significantly eroded, as has the right of privately invested stakeholders to control the health/safety protocols of beauty services within their places of business.
For anyone honestly assessing the impact of ever-increasing numbers of Booth Rental salons on our industry's overall trajectory, one would have to acknowledge a steady decline in the professionalism of beauty services and diminished goodwill among our clientele.
That's not to say that all forms of Booth Rental are illegitimate. Quite the contrary; for those dwindling number of Rental salons who have worked closely with legal counsel to devise models that keep the appropriate level of distinctiveness, while at the same time creatively divining incentives for those independent contractors to continuously improve their skills and knowledge, this approach to salon management can be rewarding for landlords, convenient for stylists, and safe for their clientele.
But far too many Booth Rental salons haven't been able (or willing) to find that secret sauce, opting for quick profits, fast-and-loose management, and little to no support for their hard working renters. And the blame goes beyond the landlords.
Booth Renters, themselves, have most of the leverage, since a salon's book of clients essentially belong to the stylist, not the establishment. A salon's regular clients are wedded to the skill of their preferred stylists, not necessarily the ambience and location of a particular salon, and therefore will follow those stylists wherever they go.
If a salon employer demands too high of standards of a stylist, they can move down the street, rent space and invite their clients to follow them. And if they are no longer strictly adhering to the health/safety protocols or income tax disclosures, or if they stretch their meager resources by reusing single-use implements, they could actually afford to charge even less for their services — or the same and pocket the savings.
While keeping more of what you earn may sound attractive, particularly to a young stylist beginning to develop a book of faithful clients, consider some of the downsides of going it alone. You will not have the peace of mind knowing you are insured against on-the-job injuries (through an employer's workers comp policy), nor will your employer be responsible for withholding sufficient funds to cover your annual tax bill, instead requiring you to do quarterly paperwork and payments. You could also be short-changing your eventual Social Security benefits by under-reporting your current income. Moreover, you will be responsible for all of your business expenses, including products and equipment, and you'll likely have to handle your own scheduling, client communications and marketing.
Many Booth Rental establishments, with the eager approval of their stylist-renters, assume and/or share these responsibilities, but they do so in clear violation of the legal separations that must exist in all independent contractor relationships. This fosters a lax attitude toward tax and labor law, and with it, a reduction in professional standards across the board.
So, for example, has large-scale Booth Renting contributed to the decline in attendance at trade shows and seminars, along with a rise of cross contamination and injuries in salons? Has the decline in reported income been directly used to justify decreased public investments in beauty schools via diminished grants and loan ceilings? And have all of these trends increased the growing chorus of politicians calling for delicensure and/or freelancing, shifting the burden to maintain professional standards from regulators and industry stakeholders to consumers, under a buyer-beware approach to oversight?
If you're making a living behind the chair or by having your chosen name on the salon entrance, are you comfortable allowing these larger currents to be directing the course of our industry and your livelihood?
It is my hope to encourage all stakeholders in this industry, and in particular young stylists just starting out, to consider the long-term impact of the temptation to avoid the costs associated with abiding by labor laws or institutionalizing a legally above-board rental model. I hope they will keep in mind how their actions affect the overall perception of our industry by the public, our elected representatives and regulators. And then include in their profit/loss calculus the draw on their own, individual bottom-lines from increased regulatory costs inevitably tied to declining professional standards and the decreased market value of beauty services resulting from the diminished goodwill of our paying clientele.
Raising the professionalism of how we conduct our services and business operations will accrue to everyone's eventual advantage, as a rising tide lifts all boats. Elevate your horizon when chartering the course of your salon and livelihood, for your long-term benefit and the benefit of all making a living in our vibrant, ever-evolving industry.


Sekisui Plastics US (SPUS) has opened a new $5.2 million manufacturing facility in Kenton, Ohio, US.
According to Sekisui, the new facility will increase the company's moulding capacity by about 40% with room for future growth. The plant will initially produce foam products moulded mainly from Piocelan hybrid mouldable foam resin for use in automotive parts, baby seat core parts, and other industrial markets such as protective packaging.
SPUS says future plans for the Kenton facility include producing the actual raw material used to mould its various products, and for other manufacturing capabilities to support new markets. "Depending upon future requirements and business development efforts, this location could house Piocelan foamable resin production and extrusion capabilities for various foamed and unfoamed products," said Pontiff.


Kakeru Arao is a self-centered host. Satoshi Niizuma is a freaky best-selling author who stalks him. Kakeru got drunk and (accidentally) hit on Satoshi while Satoshi was working as a convenience store clerk, and as a result, Satoshi fell in love at first sight! So begins their stalkerish romance! Every time Satoshi starts to complain, Kakeru screws him until he can't stand up. But, with Satoshi's tendency to attempt suicide and his indifference to his own health, Kakeru finds that he can't leave him alone. Despite their growing bond, Kakeru won't admit that he's falling for Satoshi. Where will their romance take them...!? Behold the dangerous love between a host and a freaky stalker!


The Congress was in power when the Mumbai attacks took place but questioned the BJP government's surgical strikes in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Monday, hitting out at the opposition party on the issues of terrorism and Naxalism.
A week after American national John Allen Chau, 26, was reportedly killed by an arrow by north Sentinelese tribesmen in Andaman islands, police officials are working with anthropologists and psychologists to retrieve his body.
Japanese car firm Mitsubishi Motors today sacked Carlos Ghosn, 64, as chairman over alleged financial misconduct at the Japanese-based car company.
"During today's board meeting, it was decided that he is dismissed as chairman," the company said in a statement.
A Chinese university said on Monday it will immediately launch an investigation after an associate professor released videos on YouTube claiming to have edited the genes of twins born earlier this month and defending the ethics of his work.
At least 15 people were killed and ten others wounded in the central Somalia town of Galkayo on Monday when Shabaab militants attacked a Sufi religious centre, officials said.


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SPIDIA for Personalized Medicine - Standardisation of generic Pre-analytical procedures for In-vitro DIAgnostics for Personalized Medicine
SPIDIA4P
End date 30 June 2021
Overall budget € 2 079 053,75
EU contribution € 1 999 972,50
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Periodic Reporting for period 3 - SPIDIA4P (SPIDIA for Personalized Medicine - Standardisation of generic Pre-analytical procedures for In-vitro DIAgnostics for Personalized Medicine)
Started on January 1st, 2017, the of SPIDIA4P was to go the next steps towards healthcare systems improvements with worldwide impact by developing and implementing a comprehensive portfolio of 22 European pre-analytical CEN/Technical Specifications (CEN/TS) and ISO/International Standards (ISO/IS), addressing the important pre-analytical workflows applied to personalised medicine in medical laboratories.
SPIDIA4P achieved its goals for all intended new CEN/TS and ISO/IS documents. SPIDIA4P is fully on track to have the comprehensive portfolio of 22 new pre-analytical CEN and ISO documents developed via the CEN/Technical Committee 140 "In vitro diagnostic medical devices" and the ISO/Technical Committee 212 "Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems. Until now 11 new ISO International Standards and 5 new CEN/Technical Specifications are available in the Global (ISO) and / or European market (ISO, CEN). It is expected that also these documents will become available until end of 2021 or early 2022. 16 ISO and CEN standards are introduced and available. The ones for this period are: Molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations — Specifications for pre-examination processes for: Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue - Part 4: In situ detection techniques (ISO 20166-4:2021)/ Frozen tissue – Part 3: Isolated DNA (ISO 20184-3:2021)/ Metabolomics in urine, venous blood serum and plasma (ISO 23118:2021)/ Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in venous whole blood – Part 1: Isolated RNA (CEN/TS 17390-1:2020) /Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in venous whole blood – Part 2: Isolated DNA (CEN/TS17390-2:2020)/Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in venous whole blood – Part 3: Preparations for analytical CTC staining (CEN/TS 17390-3:2020)/Saliva – Isolated human DNA (CEN/TS 17305:2019)/Human specimen – Isolated microbiome DNA (CEN/TS 17626:2021).
This success will be enhanced by the upcoming publications of following new CEN/TS standard documents which are all accepted for their final voting / ballot via the European National Standard Institutes:: the ones for this period are:Molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations — Specifications for pre-examination processes for: Fine Needle Aspirates (FNAs) – Part 1: Isolated cellular RNA (FprCEN/TS 17688-1)/ Fine Needle Aspirates (FNAs) – Part 2: Isolated proteins (FprCEN/TS 17688-2)/Fine Needle Aspirates (FNAs) – Part 3: Isolated genomic DNA (FprCEN/TS 17688-3)/Venous whole blood – Isolated circulating cell free RNA from plasma (prCEN/TS 17742)/Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles in venous whole blood – Isolated RNA, DNA and proteins (prCEN/TS 17747)/Urine and other body fluids – Isolated cell free DNA (no number yet). As targeted in the SPIDIA4P program, the three Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and the Saliva DNA documents have meanwhile become also projects at the ISO/TC 212 for progressing them further to ISO Standards under the Vienna Agreement between CEN and ISO. The Saliva DNA document has even just finalized its final international ballot as "Final Draft International Standard (FDIS)". SPIDIA4P project it became more and more obvious that the new pre-analytical ISO and CEN standards also play a key role in fulfilling the preanalytical and related state-of-the-art requirements as well as scientific validity requirements in the new "EU Regulation 2017/746 on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDR). Accreditation and certification programs at most SPIDIA4P consortium members and implementations of the pre-analytical ISO and CEN standards generated role examples how this can be achieved and improves in vitro diagnostic product developments as well as diagnostic services.SPIDIA4P has also developed the intended EQA Schemes, corresponding to the ISO and CEN documents, aiming to survey the resulting diagnostic practice. In total 13 EQA Schemes were finally tested by SPIDIA4P consortium and partner consortia participants, published and implemented into the public available proficiency testing programme of the SPIDIA4P partner Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg (IBBL). During the last period of SPIDIA4P a deep and broad statistical analysis of the IBBL proficiency testing participants' results over several years was performed. Different quality metrices, such as nucleic acids yields, purity, integrity were evaluated. The results confirmed pre-analytical workflow variables and parameters addressed in the ISO and CEN standards but also delivered input for the first revisions of the standards coming up in 2-4 years. A scientific paper is submitted: "External Quality Assurance programs for processing methods provide evidence on impact of preanalytical variables", Clin Chem Lab Med.SPIDIA4P has run a quite huge portfolio of measures for the implementation and dissemination of standards and EQA Schemes. More details can be found on the SPIDIA4P website (www.spidia.eu). Furthermore SPIDIA4P became linked to one additional new HORIZON 2020 projects in 2020: a Translational Access (TNA) project within ERINHA, the European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents. The already established close co-work with other consortia successfully continued, such as with EASI-Genomics (https://www.easi-genomics.eu/home) EU-STANDS4PM (https://www.eu-stands4pm.eu/) INSTAND-NGS4P (https://www.instandngs4p.eu/) CBmed (www.cbmed.at) CD-Laboratory on Liquid Biopsies in Graz/Austria and several others.Furthermore in 2020 the ISO/TC 212 ""Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems" and the ISO/TC 276 "Biotechnology" decided to build a new ISO Joint Working Group (JWG) for developing an ISO/Technical Specification for SARS-CoV-2 RNA based test developments. This project is generating a quite huge interest over the world.
As described above, SPIDA4P has achieved its goal to generate a portfolio of 22 pre-analytical CEN/TS and ISO/IS documents addressing the important pre-analytical workflows applied to Personalised Medicine and to drive the implementation of these in healthcare, biomedical research and biobanking. Corresponding EQA Scheme have been developed and implemented as well, aiming to survey the resulting quality of samples and diagnostic practice.
As the CEN/TS and ISO/IS documents are also applicable to research and biobanks, it can be expected that the too high percentage of non-reproducible research studies will be reduced. An increasing number of scientific publications are citing the new pre-analytical ISO and CEN standards.Overall this will lead to faster growth and benefits to the European diagnostics industry, also to SMEs working on new biomarkers and new services.
The development of the significant portfolio of International and European Standards and their impact on European research, diagnostics and innovation was recognized by European awards and the selection of SPIDIA4P by the European Commission as a success story project: 2016: DIN Award on Use of Standards (Berlin)-SPIDIA success / 2017: Golden Honary Needle DIN (Stockholm)-SPIDIA4P success/ 2020: CEN & CENELEC Standard and Innovation Award (Brussels)-SPIDIA4P success/ 2020: SPIDIA4P selected by the European Commission as one of three success stories showcased in the Standardization Fact Sheet published at the World Standards Day 2020.
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Unearthed: The secret behind America's most terrifying killing spree
DUK Editor Team Send an email January 23, 2022
Jerry Taylor loved golf and so it was no surprise that one bright sunny afternoon in March 2002, he could be found practising his chip shots at his local course in Tucson, Arizona.
Unfortunately for the mild-mannered 60-year-old frozen food salesman, lurking in the desert surrounding the practice range was a man squinting through the sights of a high-powered rifle.
Poor Jerry didn't stand a chance. The bullet hit him in the back and he died instantly.
His assailant dragged his body about 15 ft to hide it behind some mesquite bushes, went through his pockets to find his wallet and then, inexplicably, threw it away without removing the $15 it contained.
Taylor's murder might have gone down in history as just another statistic in a country which records thousands of fatal shootings every year if it hadn't later come to light that he was a victim of a psychopath who went on to gain infamy as the Washington Sniper.
Now Taylor's story — and those of the sniper's other 16 victims — is being told in an unforgettable new documentary series by Channel 4 to be screened tomorrow night.
17-year-old Lee Malvo (left) and former US soldier and Gulf War veteran John Allen Muhammad (right) shot 13 Washington residents indiscriminately during a rampage in October 2002
I, Sniper: The Washington Killers takes a forensic look behind the scenes at the murderous road trip taken by the sniper and his accomplice, which culminated in one of the most traumatic killing sprees in U.S. criminal history.
Their merciless rampage sparked a massive manhunt, paralysing Washington DC just over a year after 9/11, striking fear into the heart of every man, woman and child.
For more than three weeks in October 2002, warped Gulf war veteran John Muhammad and his teenage accomplice Lee Malvo cowed the American capital and its suburbs as they indiscriminately shot 13 residents with their Bushmaster rifle from the boot of their car.
The big-budget six-part series, more than four years in the making and including interviews with up to 300 people, reveals for the first time that the two men were gay lovers. The motivation for the killings was the older man's obsession with getting revenge on his ex-wife for his defeat in a custody battle.
It is now nearly 20 years since the Washington snipers held America hostage. Muhammad, a black American, was executed by lethal injection on November 10, 2009, at Greensville Correctional Centre in Virginia.
However, Malvo, now 36, is still serving multiple life sentences at the supermax prison Red Onion State, and he agreed to be interviewed at length for the series.
Both men came from dysfunctional families: Muhammad was raised by an aunt in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He had been found clinging to the body of his mother after she died of cancer when he was three, while Malvo was abandoned by his Jamaican parents Leslie and Una on the Caribbean island of Antigua, where he scratched a living selling bootleg CDs.
A view of the hole cut into the trunk of the 1990 Chevy Caprice allegedly used in the 2002 sniper shootings
After joining the U.S. army, Muhammad rose to the rank of sergeant, but he also got involved in black nationalist organisation the Nation Of Islam and changed his surname from Williams to Muhammad. However, serving in the Gulf War changed him, according to his second wife, Mildred, the mother of his three children.
'I believe something happened in Desert Storm,' she tells the film-makers.
In 1999, after 14 years of marriage, the couple separated, driven apart by his aggressive behaviour and incessant womanising.
The following year, Muhammad kidnapped his three children, and fled to Antigua. It was only after he returned to the U.S. to live in Bellingham, a town in Washington state near the U.S. border with Canada, that the police caught up with him.
A subsequent court hearing on September 4, 2001 — in which Muhammad discovered Mildred had divorced him in his absence — granted his ex-wife full custody of their children and proved the catalyst for his murder spree.
Mildred attended court with their former accountant, Isa Nichols, who had become a close friend, and it was Isa's niece who became the snipers' first victim.
By now, Muhammad had recruited his partner in crime, Lee Malvo, then 15, whom he had met by chance in Antigua.
John Allen Muhammad pictured arriving for a pre-trial hearing at the Prince William Circuit Court in Manassas, Virginia, in November 2002
On Muhammad's advice, Malvo read military and history books, and listened to speeches by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Muslim minister Malcolm X.
In time, the unlikely pair embarked on a sexual relationship. As Malvo told the film-makers: 'I just said, you know: "I go that way." And he understood what I meant. Then he says: "I have the same inclination; I experimented in the military." I kissed him, and that's how it started.'
Given that Malvo was under the age of consent, however, Muhammad's actions amounted to statutory rape.
The older man — who had earned his Expert Rifleman's Badge in the army — began training his protege to become a sniper, taking him to a shooting range, and working out with him at the YMCA to get him into peak physical shape.
Malvo's mother, Una, had not given up on him, however, and she arrived in Washington two months later in search of her son.
The teenager was apprehended by Border Patrol at the YMCA and, before returning him to his mother's custody, immigration officers took his fingerprints and entered them into their database. It was these prints which would ultimately lead to his downfall.
But Mrs Malvo failed to hold on to her son for long. He was soon reunited with Muhammad and at 7pm, on February 16, 2002, they claimed their first victim.
Malvo, now 36, is still serving multiple life sentences at the supermax prison Red Onion State, and he agreed to be interviewed at length for the series
Isa Nichols's niece, Keenya, a 21-year-old mother of one, who lived with her aunt in Tacoma, Washington, was shot at point-blank range as she opened their front door.
At first, neither the police — nor Nichols — connected the murder to her friendship with Muhammad's ex-wife and they had no reason to believe it marked the start of vicious cycle of random violence in which a total of 17 people would be shot dead and six wounded.
Malvo knew the die was cast. 'That was just the beginning,' he reveals dispassionately in the documentary. 'And once that ball starts rolling down the mountain, there's no stopping it.'
According to Malvo, the idea was to commit so many random killings that when Muhammad got round to targeting his ex-wife, no one would link him to her murder.
But it was their alienation from a society that both felt had failed them that fuelled their mercilessness. They resented their poverty, were embittered by the racism they had encountered, and abhorred the police.
'He [Muhammad] really hated the country,' says Malvo. 'It was a calculated, unremitting rage. Hatred does not begin to describe what he felt. He blamed the white man, the system for everything. He wanted to terrorise the nation.'
That summer, the two shooters bought a blue Chevrolet Caprice, removing the back rest so that Malvo could hide in the boot, and cutting a hole in the boot through which to fire the rifle they had stolen from the Bull's Eye Shooting Range in Tacoma, Washington.
The Bushmaster XM-15, the civilian form of the M-16 military assault rifle, is shown in this undated handout photo
Over the next few months, the snipers travelled around the country killing and wounding random strangers. But, on September 21, they made their first mistake. After firing at two women walking to their cars from Krystal's off-licence in Montgomery, Alabama, they fled the scene — but Malvo had left behind vital evidence.
'It turned out to be the owner's manual for the Bushmaster rifle,' says Montgomery detective Mike Myrick. 'It had 36 fingerprints of identifiable quality. The fingerprints were run through the entire country, it did not strike anyone. It was very frustrating.'
Eleven days later, on October 2, the snipers arrived in the capital, beginning their reign of terror in suburban Montgomery County on the edge of Washington DC.
After a 'trial run' that evening, in which they killed a man outside a food store, they went to bed.
And, on October 3, in less than 24 hours, Muhammad and Malvo left five dead and a city on full alert. It was after they'd killed their fifth victim of the day, 72-year-old Pascal Charlot, who was shot while standing in the street, that the police missed their first real opportunity to catch the snipers.
Early accounts from eyewitnesses included descriptions of a white delivery truck, with dark lettering, speeding away from the scene. So, when a witness described a different vehicle — a dark-coloured Chevy Caprice — they failed to follow up on the tip.
They shot and wounded another woman on October 4. But it was their next attack that ramped up fears across the nation — the shooting of schoolboy Iran Brown, on October 7, as he walked into Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland. 'When you involve innocent children in a wave of homicide shootings, you've crossed a line,' says Ed Clarke, head of security at Montgomery County Schools.
'I think it was a cold and calculated message to say: "You haven't been able to stop us and now we are going after children."'
Incredibly, the 13-year-old survived, despite having a hole in his stomach, a shattered spleen and an injured pancreas, and liver.
But the killers were becoming complacent, leaving a shell casing at the scene and taunting the police with a Tarot death card.
In the following days, police missed two opportunities to halt the rampage. At 3am on October 8, Baltimore officer Jim Snyder stopped the killers in a parking lot, confirmed Muhammad's driving licence and wrote down the car registration number, but had no grounds on which to detain them.
And, at 8.10pm the next day, rookie cop Steve Bailey questioned Muhammad again at a fuel station in Manassas, Virginia, where war veteran Dean Meyers, 53, had been murdered, but let him go.
'We were looking for a white van with ladder racks, driven by a white male who'd already left the scene,' says Bailey. 'So, I didn't write down any of his information. I asked him to drive safely. You just feel like you let the families down. We had them and — my mistake — I felt like I let them go.'
Eight days later, there was yet another chance to apprehend the suspects after Robert Holmes, an army buddy of Muhammad's, called the FBI and told them he thought his friend was the sniper.
Muhammad and Malvo had visited his home in Tacoma and undertaken some target practice in his back yard. But the FBI took five days to interview him.
Meanwhile, the snipers were playing cat and mouse with investigators, phoning them to taunt them about the investigation, demanding $10 million in return for stopping the killings, and leaving notes for their pursuers.
Finally, on October 23, the police operation made a breakthrough.
During one call to the police, Malvo — in order to prove he was one of the snipers — tipped them off about the shooting of the two women at Krystal's off-licence, not realising that they had his fingerprint-laden gun manual.
After matching the ballistics from the Washington shootings to the Alabama attack, the police ran the fingerprints against the immigration database and came up with a match. 'That's when we started to piece things together,' explains U.S. Marshals Service chief of investigative operations, William Sorukas.
'I saw references within that record to John Allen Muhammad . . . And in one of those reports, Lee Malvo was referenced as Muhammad's son.'
The FBI also finally interviewed Robert Holmes at his home and removed a tree stump from the yard for forensic tests.
FBI special agent Todd Bakken recalls: 'The DC sniper taskforce were trying to dig up as much information they could about John Muhammad. I heard the name and I said: "Hey I received a call the other day regarding that, on the tip line, from Robert Holmes."
'It became very urgent that we contact him, so I called Mr Holmes into the office, and from that point on, things went at 100 miles an hour.'
At 11.45pm that day, Montgomery Police Chief Charles Moose drew up an arrest warrant for Malvo and Muhammad, and issued a nationwide alert for a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, with New Jersey licence plate NDA-21Z.
At 1am, supermarket refrigeration mechanic Whitney Donahue spotted the car in a parking lot in Frederick County, 50 miles from Washington DC, and dialled 911.
Two Swat team commanders immediately flew in by helicopter to co-ordinate the arrest. Their teams gingerly approached the car, taking advantage of what cover they could in the surrounding wood, all the time conscious that, if they were spotted, a shootout was inevitable.
As it happened, Muhammad and Malvo were sound asleep and were dragged out of the car without a fight, their arrest timed at 3.19am.
The news that the men had been apprehended sparked jubilation in Washington: a city that had lived in fear for so long could finally breathe again.
n I, Sniper: The Washington Killers starts on Channel 4 at 10pm tonight.
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What happens when you have photos of cool Turkey Day Art (NHL made at school yesterday) and a moo-ing mommy with nothing else to do?
He looks so proud displaying his masterpiece! Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for stopping by!
The artwork is lovely as are the subjects. It looks like you've been having fun and aren't letting grass grow under your feet at home. Are you enjoying it?
Great slide show. I'm a (very) proud father too.
Have a great Thanksgiving ….
Kim: Thanks Kim! We have been keeping busy, yet I feel like I got more accomplished when I worked full time than I do as a SAHM. Mind you I did not have a 6 month old then constantly nursing and wanting to be held. I do enjoy being with the boys, but I crave adult contact and do miss teaching. Have a great Thanksgiving with your family!
david mcmahon: Welcome to my blog and thank you! You have gorgeous photos on your blog as well. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.


Now, startups will have the backing of a reputed institute to boost their growth because it was found that lack of resources, mentoring, market reach and early stage funding seriously jeopardised and limited the growth of many startup founders with great ideas. They will be enriched from Accelerator programmes to be run by Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of IIIT-H. And for this purpose the institute has taken the responsibility of creating a seed fund network which will invest in inspiring startups within and outside its incubator.
A strong network of technology professionals and entrepreneurs will invest in startups which are into machine learning, computer vision, robotics, AR/VR, natural language processing and other artificial intelligence domains — which are in their early stage and want to make it big at all levels.
Apart from the grant and mentorship, the startups will also have the opportunity of researching in labs and get various customer development and mentoring support from IIITH Foundation partners and ecosystem associates. The size of the fund has been kept a secret but the institute has said that it will organize programmes for regular pitching of investment to find out worthy startups in the early stages itself.
The primary source of startups-Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of IIIT-H will run accelerator programmes which would take up domain specific startups and seeding initiatives.
Five leading investors, including Vikrant Varshney, Ajay Jain, Viiveck Verma, V V S N Raju and Anurag Garg, will help in forming and handling of the seed fund for these startups.


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Authentica Solutions Named EdTech Digest 2017 Cool Tool Award Finalist For Best District Data Solution
ATLANTA, GA– March 21, 2017 — Authentica Solutions, a data integration and data analytics leader, today announced that DataSense, it's iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) Solution was named a finalist for the 2017 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Awards in the Best District Data Solution category. The EdTech Digest Awards recognize people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. Featuring edtech's best and brightest, the annual recognition program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders, and innovative trendsetters.
Authentica Solutions is driven to provide integration and analytics solutions to solve some of the most challenging opportunities within K-12 and Higher Education. Through our DataSense Cloud Solutions we build, deploy, manage and monitor technology solutions for the Education Technology Community (school districts, higher education institutions, and education software vendors).
By enabling the connection of disparate data sources, DataSense becomes the central administrative, interactive interface, making it easy to manage, monitor, and update data integrations across multiple systems.
DataSense creates a two way integration whereas DataSense receives the provided data from the external system for transformation into the exact format the receiving software system requires for ingestion. We can even take existing extracts, reports or custom scripts and set up new integrations through DataSense.
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Q: Print "no solution" if there's no input I tried modifying this code to print
no solution

if there is no input by user. That is, if I run the program and simply press enter it should print no solution. I added the code that's meant to do that to check if the string length is 0 then print but it doesn't work
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
    char str1[100];
    char newString[10][10];
    int i, j, ctr;

    fgets(str1, sizeof str1, stdin);
    j = 0; ctr = 0;

    if (strlen(str1) == 0) {
        printf_s("no solution");
    }
    else
    for (i = 0; i <= (strlen(str1)); i++)
    {

        // if space or NULL found, assign NULL into newString[ctr]
        if (str1[i] == ' ' || str1[i] == '\0')
        {
            newString[ctr][j] = '\0';
            ctr++;  //for next word
            j = 0;    //for next word, init index to 0
        }
        else if (str1[i] == '.' || str1[i] == ',')
        {
            newString[ctr][j] = '\0';
            ctr--;  //for next word
            j = - 1;
        }

        else
        {
            newString[ctr][j] = str1[i];
            j++;
        }

    }
    printf("\n\n");
    for (i = 0; i < ctr; i++)
        printf(" %s\n", newString[i]);
    return 0;
}

A: fgets() will add a new line to your string (see this link for more information) which means when you simply press enter your string length(since your string includes \n) is 1 , you should say:
    if (strlen(str1) == 1) {
        printf_s("no solution");
         // it's better to add a return 0; here if you don't want to continue the program
    }

or use this instead:
    if (!strcmp(str1,"\n")) {
        printf_s("no solution");
    }

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Emma and Drew were married in Baslow Church and then went on to East Lodge for their reception.
The morning was typical July weather, pouring with rain! Luckily it stopped long enough for Emma to get to Church…but not get out again!
The rain didn't dampen the mood, everyone was smiling and laughing all day. In the afternoon the rain broke and we got some sun.


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Q: Flatness of a curve at a point I read in a book that the flatness of the curve associated with a function $f$ at $x=a$ is associated with the relation $$\frac{d^k f(x)}{dx^k}\big{|}_{x=a}=0,~~k=1,...,n$$
i already know that when a curve have a horizontal tangent at $x=a$ then it holds that $f'(a)=0$ but my question is what the aforementioned above relation have to do with flatness? How can i prove the link?

A: Consider the Taylor expansion of your function and assume $|x - a| < 1$.
If the first $k$ derivatives vanish, then the first non-zero term in the Taylor expansion includes $(x-a)^{k+1}/(k+1)!$. The bigger $k$ is, the smaller the contribution of this term is, i.e. the smaller the change of $f$ is around $a$, roughly. This makes $f$ look more "flat" or straight around $a$.

A: See this example with powers of $x$, having increasing flatness.

A: You have to refer to the definition of "flatness".
The flatness of a curve is the degree to which it approximates an horizontal straight line.
The Taylor expansion of $f(x)$ is:
$$f(x)=f(a)+f'(a)(x-a)+\frac12 f''(a)(x-a)^2+\frac{1}{3!} f'''(a)(x-a)^3+...$$
The equation of the tangent is :
$$y=f(a)+f'(a)(x-a)$$
If $f'(a)=0$ :
$$f(x)=f(a)+\frac12 f''(a)(x-a)^2+\frac{1}{3!} f'''(a)(x-a)^3+...$$
The tangent $y=f(a)$ is horizontal and the gap between the curve and the tangent is :
$$\epsilon_1=f(x)-f(a)$$
$$\epsilon_1=\frac12 f''(a)(x-a)^2+\frac{1}{3!} f'''(a)(x-a)^3+...$$
Moreover, if $f''(a)=0$ , the tangent is the same, but the gap is smaller :
$$\epsilon_2=\frac{1}{3!} f'''(a)(x-a)^3+\frac{1}{4!} f''''(a)(x-a)^4+...$$
And so on. Each time a successive derivative is set to $0$ , the gap becomes smaller.
That is why the number of successive derivatives which are nul indicates the degree of approximation when we compare the horizontal line to the curve and so it characterizes the so-called "flatness".


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3 years of love, burritos, and lottery tickets.
Soon to be 3 years in December.
Oh, until tomorrow I wear this crooked crown.
Anything I can do to help you through it, I just love to see you you smile.
it almost half past two, and you can tell by the light, oh yeah.
Open your window and let in the atmosphere.
They were doing it in Texas.
Time won't save our souls, who knows if I'll see you again.
This must be a curse.
9 The Promise Ring : Emergency! Emergency!
some lost and some found.
I know you'll be here on the ground when I come around.
both broken when we met, there's no reason to be ashamed anymore.
Ah who cares, you always end up in the city.
I miss your kissin' and I miss your head.
That's been drowned out by the radio!
and that girl was just like a king-sized candy bar.
delightfully eclectic mix you've put together here! Well done.
+5 because you can't front on L-O-V-E. And there's a lot to love on this mix.
BRMC makes me think of the mid aughties. Props for using a lesser known Pixies tune.


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Stade du Moustoir je višenamjenski stadion koji se nalazi u francuskom lučkom gradu Lorientu te je dom istoimenog kluba FC Lorient. Otvoren je u srpnju 1959. godine a izgradnjom nove južne tribine 2010., njegov kapacitet je povećan na 18.500 mjesta.

Stadion je poznat i pod nazivom Stade Yves Allainmat u čast zamjeniku gradonačelnika Yvesu Allainmatu koji je umro 1993. godine.

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1) Each team must have proper state(s) fishing licenses.
2) Each team must have proper boat registration papers and registration numbers.
3) Each boat must have the following safety equipment: Running lights, fire extinguisher, one throwable life preserver, horn or whistle, and a life jacket for each person on board.
4) Each team member must wear a Coast Guard approved life jacket anytime the boat is on plane.
5) Alcoholic beverages are PROHIBITED during tournament hours.
6) Any violation of Fish & Game Department regulations will automatically disqualify the participants from the tournament.
7) No Game Fish, Catfish, or Spoonbill may be shot during tournament competition.
9) The winner of the tournament will be decided upon the total weight of their largest 20/30 fish. It is the team's responsibility to have their biggest 20/30 fish separate and ready for weigh in prior to pulling up to the scales.
10) Fish must be shot on public access lakes and rivers during tournament hours.
11) A check or merchandise will be given away to the team shooting the heaviest fish. It is the team's responsibility to register for the Big Fish Pot, as well as enter their fish into the Big Fish category at weigh-ins.
12) It will be the responsibility of the team to determine the largest fish from the count to be weighed and measured by tournament officials to be used for tiebreakers.
13) No baiting or chumming of fish.
14) Fish entries must be taken with bow (compound, recurve, longbow, crossbow, slingbow) and a single point arrow only.
15) No fish points or arrows with explosives or other shocking devices allowed.
16) All arrows must have a line attached to it for retrieval.
17) No dip nets, or gigs will be allowed in the boats. Gaff hooks with a single hook and total length of no more than 6 feet will be allowed for landing shot fish.
18) All boats will be subject to inspection by tournament officials prior to and until the end of the Tournament.
19) Trailering from official tournament site is allowed to any Public boat ramp.
20) Each team will be allowed the use of only ONE boat during the tournament, unless approved by tournament director.
21) Transferring of fish between teams will result in the disqualification of all teams involved. No fish may be transferred from one team's boat to another team for any reason.
22) All teams should be back at the tournament site by official weigh in time. Official time is kept by tournament director at the tournament site. You must be on site by or before official ending time. There will be a 1 Pound Per Minute penalty up to 30 minutes for any team showing up after scheduled time for weigh in. After 30 minutes, that team will be disqualified.
23) No unsportsmanlike like conduct will be tolerated. Teams must keep a respectable distance between boats, no crowding.
24) The decisions of the Tournament officials will be final.
25) Failure to comply with Tournament Rules will result in disqualification, and the entry fee will be forfeited.
26) Any tournament participants are subject to a polygraph test as determined by tournament officials.
27) Tournament hosts and sponsors will not be responsible for accidents or lost property.
28) NO AUTOMATIC REFUNDS OF ENTRY FEES: Fees or any portion of fees refunded will be the decision of tournament officials, and will be based on the reason of cancellation.
29) All participants will respect the rights and privacy of all non-participants on or around the water. Please be courteous and polite and avoid congested and populated areas.
30) FISH DISPOSAL will be taken care of by tournament officials. Fish disposal in designated containers only. DO NOT place fish in any other trash can or dumpster at tournament site.
32) Restricted RED ZONE areas are enforced for this tournament- NO BOATS, SCOUTING, OR FISHING ALLOWED for 2 DAYS PRIOR to and DURING tournament. Violators will be disqualified.
33) TIES: In case of a tie, the winner will be the team with the most fish weighed. If the tie continues, then the team with the biggest fish will win. If the tie still exists, then the winner will be determined by a coin toss.


The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has warned that anyone found transporting ram on motorcycle risked a fine of N10,000.
Mr Yusuff Salami, the Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday that the directive was part of measures put in place to ensure the safety of all road users during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
"Anyone found carrying ram on private motorcycle or `okada' (commercial motorcycle) will be charged for over loading and the fine is N10,000.
Salami said that the command had commenced a special patrol tagged "Operation Eid-el-Kabir'', to ensure free flow of traffic and strict adherence to traffic laws during the festivities.
He said that the patrol team would ensure free flow of traffic and look out for traffic offences ranging from speeding to dangerous driving, lane indiscipline, unlatched vehicles and use of mobile phone on wheels.
Salami said that FRSC personnel had been deployed to various routes across the state including, Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, Iwo road, Ibadan-Ife Road and Ibadan-Ogbomoso Road.
The sector commander urged the people to make use of the emergency line 122, to contact the FRSC for immediate action in emergency cases.
Salami urged motorists to obey traffic rules and urged passengers to always caution the drivers whenever they were violating traffic rules.


A verse play about love, loss and belief in the 80s.
We all want something to believe in.
It's 1987 and Frankie Vah gorges on love, radical politics, and skuzzy indie stardom. But can he keep it all down?
Following the multi-award-winning What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, Luke Wright's second verse play deals with love, loss and belief, against a backdrop of grubby indie venues and 80s politics. Expect frenetic guitars, visceral verse, and a Morrissey-sized measure of heartache.
Co-commissioned by Paul Jellis, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Soho Theatre.


Fresh from the mountains, our products originate from the Arlberg Pharmacy or, in German, the "Arlberg Apotheke"
The origin of BANO lies in the Arlberg Apotheke in St. Anton am Arlberg, which was founded in the 1970s by a graduate called Josef Bano. BANO products were manufactured and marketed under the company name "Mag. J. Bano, Chemisch pharmazeutische Präparate", for many years.
He soon developed the first pharmaceutical products and healing salves. The Calendulin® Marigold Salve, the Murmelin® marmot oil salve and the Arlberger Arnica Gel are among our best-known products, together with the Arlberger Mountain Pine Creme. The fact that the formulas were developed in the pharmacy, and that the products are produced within the company, means that optimum effects and quality are guaranteed.
The BANO product range has grown over the years - alongside the healing salves, our production also covers pharmaceutical products such as Anfokali and Japomin oil or foaming bath oil, sauna oils, gelatine capsules and other products. The popular "Fruchtsaftbärchen" or "fruit juice bears" also originate from our company. They are free from artificial colourings and preservatives, gluten-free and are not manufactured without the use of bovine gelatine. They also have a large amount vitamin C from the acerola cherry - and they are just delicious.
Our products are available in all Austrian and German pharmacies, as well as in selected specialist shops, and, with the exception of the pharmaceutical products, can also be bought from our online shop.
At the end of 2009, the BANO® product range was taken over by Eva Bano, who is a Graduate in Engineering. In addition to the headquarters in St. Anton, there has also been an office branch in Baden since 2010, and in 2011 a new production site was completed in Hartberg. The products, having been tested and proved over the course of decades, were now carried forward with increased commitment - in the last few months, we have given a visual lift to our packaging and marketing, whilst our recipes and formulas have remained the same. Our customers want to know exactly what they are buying, so we have compiled informational material that covers all the important questions. This is also available from our homepage under "Informational material".
We have been offering Murmelin® oil - a pure marmot oil in a 100ml bottle and a rarity in pharmacies - since 2011. Our Pectatussan® Chest Rub - made only with natural ingredients - has been available in all German pharmacies since the start of 2012. With its eucalyptus oil, menthol and camphor, it loosens the airways, and the basis for the salve is formed only from plant oils - there are no mineral oils, parabens or pigments.
Our Pectatussan® BABY Chest Rub is a new addition to our range - the mineral-oil-free alternative to the traditional pharmaceutical agents for common colds in the airways. The essential thyme oil provides relief - and does so without the use of any mineral oil, parabens, colourings or preservatives. Pectatussan® BABY Chest Rub is also suitable for small children from 6 months of age as it does not contain menthol or campho.
Due to increasing demand, the decision was made at the end of 2012 to appoint a separate field-work department for health shops/drugstores and selected specialist retailers. This means that, since January 2013, we can offer distribution services for selected partners .


Today has been a marathon – well, not quite, but nearly! 23.5 miles. It is too far, really, I am very tired now, and unfortunately, after the delightful B & B I stayed in I last night, my hotel for tonight is utterly repellent. However, those quibbles aside, it has been a fantastic day. I left just before 9am, and walked along the prom at Seaton, climbing up to Beer head. It was a good pull up, but not so steep as yesterday's first climb. Once on top of Beer Head, there is a long grassy plateau with excellent views back down to Seaton. The path then curves around and drops steeply into West Mouth bay. It climbs up again, then drops sharply, then up again, and back down to the beach. There were four of these steep ups and downs before I reached Sidmouth, which was about half way.
All the people who were at Lyme Regis yesterday have moved west overnight to meet me in Sidmouth. I rested for about half an hour then climbed steadily up yet another headland which then dropped down ( there is a pattern here….), then another up and down, more gentle this time, into Budleigh Salterton. In Budleigh Salterton there is a long and rather tedious walk inland to the bridge crossing the River Otter, even though you can see the path not 100 yards away. I am now in an area of completely red sandstone, which, if I remember correctly from what I learnt yesterday, is from the Cretaceous period. Another climb up, more gradual this time, then a long, long descent into Exmouth, via a caravan park where a few rabbits were disporting themselves in the evening sun. The sign posting is rather confusing at this point, as I had reckoned 6 – 7 miles from Budleigh Salterton, but the sign said 4 miles, then 2 .5 miles, then back to 3 miles, then 1.75, then back to 3 miles again. All a bit confusing. In fact, it was close to 7. Exmouth seems to have the longest promenade I have ever seen, making it a very dreary trudge for the last three miles.
It was an extremely warm day, which was delightful, and the boots are doing very well, although they are a trifle hot, being leather with goretex lining. Lots of butterflies today, yesterday was too windy. Saw painted ladies, large whites, small whites, green-veined whites, grizzled skippers, small tortoiseshells and even adonis blues. May have seen another kestrel, but not certain.


commercetools = visionary: We made it into the Gartner MQ for Digital Commerce!
We are so thrilled. We are so proud. We are almost speechless. Last week, we learned that we have made it into the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce, and we could not be happier! If you like to see for yourself and read the full report, feel free to head over to our dedicated landing page and download your complimentary copy.
There are already quite a number of tweets and other posts out there about the how and why and all the background, so we'll just mention a few of them and hope to publish some more soon – when we have regained or speech, that is!


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News Roundup - Sat, Feb 11, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 17:09
Spokesperson of Dignity Operation Ahmed Al-Mismari threatened on Saturday to bomb a tourist hotel in Hun in central Lib
Dignity Operation helicopter shot down in central Libya
Friday, February 10, 2017 - 18:14
A Dignity Operation military helicopter was shot down in south Sirte on Friday, sources confirmed, a day after two airstrikes on Jufra Airbase.
Fuel and Gas Crisis Committee to bring its work to an end
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 23:40
The Fuel and Gas Crisis Committee at Brega Oil Marketing is about to adopt new measures and take some final steps to end the fuel crisis in the country, the committee has announced on its Facebook page, saying this decision woul
Al-Rifadi says Anti-Terrorism Authority helped arrest 90 Dignity Operation military personnel
The commander of the so-called Omar Al-Maukhtar Brigade of Dignity Operation, which is laying a siege on Derna, Salim Al-Rifadi, said the arrest of about 90 military men from the Dignity Operation forces in east Libya was done i
Second phase of return of Sirte IDPs begins
The assistant commander of the field operation room of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos, Al-Hadi Drah, said the second phase of the return of Sirte displaced families to their houses has begun today.
Two killed, 12 injured in airstrikes for Haftar's forces on Al-Jufra airbase
Haftar's warplanes bombed Thursday morning the Al-Jufra airbase killing two and wounding 12, besides loads of destruction.
News Roundup - Thu, Feb 09, 2017
The Head of Planning Department at eastern government's Housing Ministry, Faraj Al-Rabhi, said he was robbed at gunpoint last Saturday while he was entering the building where he lived in Al-Bayda.
The Libyan National Guard announced in Tripoli
Brig. Mahmoud Al-Zigal has officially announced the establishment of the Libyan National Guard (LNG) on Thursday.