An article appeared on Forbes today wherein the author wrote disparagingly about alternative medicine treatments and research, entitled "$142 Million For Quack Medicine Buried Inside The New 2018 Budget." The article detailed how terrible the author felt about the current US federal budget including ANY funding whatsoever for the research and study of the effectiveness of alternative medicine treatments for chronic health conditions.
This is where we would say, "Hold on, back up, please." This is simply not true. Even though proponents of conventional medicine assert that alternative medicine is useless, and further, that we must all use ONLY conventional treatments because only these have been proven to work, this is actually not the case. However, most Americans believe inaccurate memes because of articles such as the Forbes piece and many others like it which they are barraged with on a continual basis.
again….and they then get sued again later for the same offense with a different drug – according to researcher Peter Gøtzsche in Deadly Medicine and Organized Crime); manipulation of doctors with gifts, trips, money, and dinners (which has become so excessive that New Jersey has just made a law against it); and the incredible number of doctor-caused deaths in hospitals, making iatrogenic death (doctor-caused death) about the third-leading cause of death in this country.
This last statement comes from an article in the JAMA which was published on their website, but has since been removed. You can still find the text of this article in a PDF on the Johns Hopkins website.
Some might make the argument that Dr. Starfield, the author of the JAMA article, is the only person to have made this assertion; a quick look to the British Medical Journal disproves this notion. U.S. News has shared the content of the BMJ article wherein two other researchers (lead author Dr. Marty Makary, also of Johns Hopkins!) state that medical errors are responsible for 250,000 deaths per year in the US (the same number as Starfield concludes).
These are deaths tallied from medical errors inclusive of all classes of doctor or hospital-caused deaths, where Barbara Starfield further presents a breakdown of deaths due to correctly prescribed medications, infections in hospitals, other errors in hospitals, unnecessary surgeries, and medication errors. These are in descending order, from highest occurrence to lowest.
Since all of these can be classed together as medical errors, it is safe to say that doctors are the third-leading cause of death in this country. Just to be clear, there is no similar track record among alternative medicine practitioners. Whenever a patient dies while undergoing an alternative treatment, even if the death is not caused by the treatment itself, there is generally such bad press and backlash that the alternative health provider is driven out of business post-haste. Yet hospitals continue causing unnecessary patient deaths, year after year, without much concern expressed by the public.
It is also true that when persons die or experience life-altering complications outside of a hospital from a properly-prescribed and correctly taken medication, it is unlikely that their cause of death will be attributed to the medication that was actually responsible. It is more likely that their death will be attributed to the secondary effect, such as when the medication causes a heart attack or a stroke. Then, the cause of death would be listed as a stroke, rather than as a result of the medication (such as one of the leading NSAID drugs, its black-box warnings clearly state that they can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke).
In addition, all reporting of adverse events, reactions, and deaths is performed by doctors. There is no consumer reporting database collecting reports, where a family member of someone who died of a stroke could easily make a report to state that their medication was being taken prior to death or debilitation. Such anecdotal data could be useful in providing more complete data for aggregation and pattern tracking.
The American Journal Of Medical Quality found in surveys at hospitals that the reporting systems in place are under-utilized by doctors, with only about 43% of physicians contributing to the database at all. There is no Federal mandate, as of yet, with regard to reporting systems, though over half the states now have such systems in place.
This likely means that the incidence of errors, including doctor-caused deaths, is likely higher than the present projected numbers could possibly indicate, since most doctors are not reporting possible or known issues.
The author of the Forbes piece, Steven Salzberg, is a respected researcher at the very same place that Barbara Starfield, now passed, once taught at, Johns Hopkins University. Therefore, Mr. Salzberg should be familiar with her past research and similar studies that have been conducted demonstrating that conventional medicine is actually the "dangerous" medicine, warranting caution, at the very least.
Yet, the premise of his article completely ignores this important fact. Why provide more money for research to the NIH, as he suggests, when there may be less dangerous alternative medical treatments for the same conditions? Considering that the facts are the converse of what he suggests, why would a researcher discourage alternatives to something that is among leading causes of death for Americans?
So, now we shall return to the main premise of the Forbes article: that there are no effective alternative treatments for any health condition that have been discovered through research. This is an untrue statement that does not reflect the reality of present-day research.
We shall show the effects of two such "alternative health" discoveries that are now in the mainstream and have been researched extensively, one of them by the very same group lauded by Salzberg in the Forbes article, the National Eye Institute, part of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health umbrella organization.
The other discovery was researched and discovered by the March of Dimes after many years dedicated to exploring all avenues that may help reduce suffering by preventing birth defects. I choose to discuss only two here, for the sake of brevity. This article would be exhaustively verbose if we discussed every alternative treatment with evidence supporting it.
Perhaps you are aware of the detrimental effect of macular degeneration on the quality of life in the aging population. The authors would wonder if the reader is also aware of the AREDS study, and its results.
The AREDS study was conducted by the NEI of the NIH. While unusual for the NIH to research an herbal formulation, this study was crucial, since macular degeneration has no real conventional treatment, and affects a large percentage of the aging population. With America set to have record numbers of retirees as the Boomer generation gets older, this is especially significant.
appropriately have been conducted by the NCCIH, because this is an herb and vitamin combination and the NCCIH focuses on herbs and vitamins, among other relevant topics.
This study shows definitively, and in multiple follow-up studies, that the herbal and vitamin combination used in the trials prevented and, in many cases, reversed macular degeneration, especially where one eye with MD was compared with the other healthy eye of the same patient. The risk of developing MD was reduced by about 25%, and the risk of complete vision loss caused by MD (in patients already suffering from macular degeneration) was reduced by about 19% with this anti-oxidant "alternative medicine" formula. The combination consists of lutein and zeaxanthin (herbal extracts from marigolds), and high doses of zinc, vitamin C, and vitamin E.
Many older adults have already been prescribed this alternative remedy. A significant number have had excellent results, depending on their vision and level of degeneration when they started supplementation, as well as the quality and dosage of the supplement they received.
The second alternative medicine treatment that has been extensively researched and has entered into the mainstream is folic acid. For many years, the March of Dimes had their annual walk, collected a lot of money, and conducted important research.
At least one amazing discovery came of all that research. Neural tube defects, which were responsible for many cases of birth defects that affected survival rates among newborns, as well as adversely affecting intelligence and learning capabilities, could be prevented by taking a single vitamin, Folic Acid, also known as Vitamin B9.
It is this group, and this discovery, that has made it mandatory for every pregnant woman in the United States and in many other countries to take prenatal vitamin supplements. The addition of folic acid prevents neural tube defects;this is now accepted medical fact.
As a consequence, the rate of this particular type of birth defect has gone down significantly. This supplement has been shown to be directly responsible for the decline in these birth defects in studies by the NIH in a South Carolina population, among other populations where similar studies have been carried out.
So before accepting without question what this Forbes article purports as a legitimate viewpoint, that funding the NCCIH is a waste of money, and that "alternative" treatments are dangerous, consider that the opposite is, in fact, the case, and can be supported by evidence.
There are very few adverse reactions to herbs, vitamins, supplements, and other alternative treatments, while the same cannot be said of conventional medical treatments. This is despite the fact that it has been legally required for all adverse events possibly caused supplements to be meticulously recorded in a database.
Poison Control Center data also shows a similar disparity in the incidence of negative effects from vitamins and supplements, when compared to medications. In fact, the National Poison Control Center reports the highest numbers of poisoning calls, year after year, from poisoning by medications, especially analgesics, sedatives, anti-depressants, and cardiovascular drugs; these are their top four call types, in fact.
These medications actually lead the list of substances poisoning adults, according to the NPCC data. It is interesting to note that there are no poisonings of adults from vitamins or supplements of any kind listed.
So, before you go into your kitchen cupboard and toss all your supplements, do the research yourself! You, as an intelligent consumer, should not be swayed by ad hominen attacks against alternative medicine, entire groups of practitioners of alternative therapies, misrepresentation, or ignorance of fact. In our presentation, we relied strictly upon factual evidence, not biases toward or against any modality, whether allopathic or alternative. Such a disinterested attitude is crucial, when considering science.
We challenge Steven Salzberg to prove his claims that "alternative medicine" is harmful, and provide data demonstrating any statistically significant loss of life or harm to patients resulting directly from "alternative medicine" treatments, alone. Even under such circumstances involving statistically significant death or permanent harm, Mr. Salzberg's assertions that research by the NCCIH be curtailed fall flat, as such issues certainly call for more research as well, in order that consumers not be harmed in future.
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Thomas L. Friedman: At Davos, searching in vain for answers to economic crisis
By Thomas L. Friedman |
DAVOS, Switzerland — In its own unpredictable way, the Davos World Economic Forum usually serves as a crude barometer of the latest mood or mania on the world stage. This year did not disappoint. What has struck me is the quiet urgency that infused so many panel discussions and private conversations here between investors, politicians and social activists. To put it crudely: Everyone is looking for the guy — the guy who can tell you exactly what ails the world's financial system, exactly how we get out of this mess and exactly what you should be doing to protect your savings.
But here's what's really scary: The guy isn't here. He's left the building. Elvis has left the mountain. Get used to it.
What do I mean? First, if it is not apparent to you yet, it will be soon: There is no magic bullet for this economic crisis, no magic bailout package, no magic stimulus. We have woven such a tangled financial mess with subprime mortgages wrapped in complex bonds and derivatives, pumped up with leverage, and then globalized to the far corners of the earth that, much as we want to think this will soon be over, that is highly unlikely.
We are going to have to learn to live with a lot more uncertainty for a lot longer than our generation has ever experienced.
We keep pouring money into the dark banking hole of this crisis, desperately hoping that we will hear it hit bottom and start to pile up. But so far, as hard as we listen, we can't hear a thing. And so we keep pouring "…
A broker friend told me it reminded him of when he was a teenager and his doctor first diagnosed him as unable to digest wheat products. He said to the doctor, "Well, just give me a pill." And the doctor told him: There is no pill. "You mean I'm just going to have to live with this?" he asked. That's us. There is no pill — not for this mess.
The fact that there is no single pill doesn't mean there's nothing to be done. We need a stimulus big enough to create more jobs. We need to remove toxic assets from bank balance sheets. We need the Treasury to close the insolvent banks, merge the weak ones and strengthen the healthy few. And we need to do each one right. But even then, the turnaround will be neither quick nor painless. Indeed, the whispers here were that what has been an exclusively economic crisis up to now may soon morph into a domino of political crises — as happened in Iceland, where the bankruptcy of the banks toppled the government Monday.
(Davos humor: What is the capital of Iceland? Answer: $25.)
Second, we're going to have to get used to a loss of trust. All those rock-solid people and institutions that we trusted with our money, our pensions and our kids' piggy-bank savings — like Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America — do not seem trustworthy anymore. Never before in my adult life have I looked around at every bank in my town and said, "I'm not sure I wouldn't prefer to put my paycheck in a mattress."
The Bernard Madoff scandal, of course, has only reinforced that loss of trust. His degree of betrayal — his suspected willingness to embezzle the life savings of people whom he had known his whole life — is so coldhearted that it charts new territory in human behavior. He's on his way to becoming an adjective. Money managers are already being asked prove to prospective new clients that their internal safeguards are "Madoff proof."
"We're all going to have to learn to live with a lower level of trust in our lives," an African banker friend said to me here. But the mind recoils at that, which may explain why so many people I talked to here are hoping that President Barack Obama will turn out to be the guy.
Like Harry Truman, Obama is definitely present at the creation of something. He is arriving on the scene "not after a war but after the same kind of shattering of institutions that a war does," said Peter Schwartz, chairman of the Global Business Network. "His job is to restore confidence to these institutions that have been at the foundation of our economy."
That may be Obama's most important bailout task: to educate the country that there is no easy escape here, except taking our medicine, getting our fundamentals right again and working our way out of this, brick by brick, by getting back to making money — what was that old Smith Barney ad? — "the old-fashioned way" — by earning it.
Thomas L. Friedman is a columnist for The New York Times.


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Show Off Your Detroit Pride at the 10th Annual Marche du Nain Rouge
By: Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers | March 11, 2019
Photo Courtesy of Marche du Nain Rouge.
Detroit pride is important, but did you know that it is essential in defeating the Nain Rouge, a harbinger of doom, every March?
Whether you knew it or not, the Marche du Nain Rouge is returning to Midtown Detroit for its 10th year of celebrating what makes Detroit unique. Motorcycles, cosplay, and the Nain Rouge will all be on display as Metro Detroiters gather to defeat the harbinger of doom by overwhelming him with city pride.
The free parade invites everyone to join them at the corner of Canfield and Second Avenue, next to Traffic Jam & Snug, at noon on Sunday, March 24. The parade to the Masonic Temple begins at 1 p.m. and all are encouraged to dress in cosplay, bring masks, or do whatever it takes to show city pride. Awards will also be presented to the groups with best costumes and human-powered floats.
Marche du Nain Rouge began in 2010, when the city of Detroit was facing its fair share of hardships. Co-founder and event director Francis Grunow said that the goal was to bring the community together and celebrate what makes the city of Detroit unique.
"We saw how important the first Mardi Gras after Hurricane Katrina was to the city of New Orleans, and when the city of Detroit was facing financial hardships, we wanted to bring something like that to Detroit," Grunow said.
This year marks the 10th rendition of the Marche du Nain Rouge. It has grown exponentially since its first parade where it had roughly 300 attendees. Grunow thinks the march grows every year because it's a unique event where you don't just watch the parade, but you make the parade.
"[Marche du Nain Rouge] really is an inside-out parade. It allows you to participate in street theater and let your freak flag fly," Grunow said.
For those who want to get a head start on the festivities, Traffic Jam & Snug will be hosting Krewes du Rouge on Thursday, March 21. The event will feature award-winning beer and bites, the Motor City Zydeco, and a floor show by Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the cover is only $5.
While you're getting your cosplay and motorcycles ready for March 24, be sure to keep an eye on the Marche du Nain Rouge's website and Facebook page for the latest information and updates.
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Excel spreadsheets might be one of the most popular applications available, but it's also one of the most costly and destructive tools used in business.
One case in point is Johnson Financial, a company that found itself wasting hundreds of hours every year tracking down the thousands of IT equipment it rents to clients. After a lot of frustration and lost time and money, the company ultimately adopted an asset tracking system in 2008 that saved an estimated $8,000 per year looking for missing or misplaced assets.
That's a lot of money for a small business. Johnson Financial's story is a frustrating — and common — one for business owners, but the company's loss was nowhere near the extent of JPMorgan Chase's "London Whale" incident where the bank lost $6 billion in 2012, in part as the result of errors made in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. That's definitely enough money to make business owners stop and think about their own systems for a few minutes.
There are other instances of costly Excel errors, such as the time a formatting mistake by a Barclay's associate added 179 unwanted contracts to a Lehman Brothers bankruptcy buyout deal. Instead of deleting the spreadsheet cells, the first-year law associate accidentally hid them.
Why would you risk the future of your business on a system that cannot prevent errors? When you are small and starting out, miscalculations may only have minor losses on the balance sheet, but as your business grow, those costs multiply. As a smart business owner, do you want to take that risk, losing money, clients, and even your reputation?
To further the story, below are 4 reasons spreadsheets are a nightmare to manage.
All small business owners know that time is crucial when it comes to managing and growing your company. The faster you can figure out how to most efficiently utilize your employees, the faster you will achieve a competitive advantage. After all, the last thing you want to do is pay employees to do mindless tasks when their efforts could be put to more strategic initiatives.
According to Jemima Spare, IT Support Officer for The University of Oxford's telecommunications department, before adopting a proper systems management solution, each person on the team was wasting two to four hours every week tracking equipment taken from the stockroom. Now anyone can instantly look at the database to see what's available, where it's located, and what needs to be ordered.
As the examples above prove, there's no way anyone can avoid data entry errors because there's just no way humans can be perfect. This is especially true if you're dealing with multiple spreadsheet cells that eventually all blend together. Even the most careful eye won't catch every mistake.
At Excell Data, employees are provided IT assets like computers, monitors, and printers to use on the job. At one time, spreadsheets were being used to record serial number, location, and the responsible party for every piece of equipment loaned out. When a new batch of inventory arrived, it took the team hours to manually input all the relevant information.
"Mistakes were made when data was manually entered into the spreadsheet," Maurice Fuller, Executive Director of Operations for Excell, said in a Wasp Barcode Technologies case study. "Serial numbers can be difficult to read and record. Was it the number 0 or the letter O? Was it a lower-case l or a capital I? We were spending too much time on a spreadsheet that wasn't working for us.
Even if multiple people have access to the Excel workbook, only one person can edit the workbook at a time. This is a waste of time if multiple people are working with inventory. If this individual leaves the company abruptly, your system is at risk, especially if no one else is familiar with the last changes and modifications made.
The ability to forecast inventory in real-time is crucial when it comes to meeting customers' demands. However, when using spreadsheets, there's a good probability your system is out of sync with your actual inventory count because every piece of data relies on manual input. If you don't update constantly, your records won't accurately reflect what you actually have in storage. This can be a big problem when you are deciding on inventory purchases with the information you have on hand. If you don't have enough inventory, your business suffers. If you have too much inventory, your money is wasted and you won't have the mistakenly used funds readily available to invest elsewhere.
"We never had a true handle on inventory and keeping the sites running at full capacity was stressful," inventory analyst Bryan Harej recalls about trying to manage TopGolf's large inventory across multiple locations.
At the end of the day, the cost-effectiveness and convenience of using Excel will end up costing you more money than investing in an asset tracking management solution. After all, poor inventory management is one of the major reasons small businesses fail. Why would you put your company at risk when there is a more efficient way of running things? Running a small business is already hard enough; don't limit yourself by placing more obstacles in the way.
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Once again it appears a major men's 1500m race will boil down to a clash between two family dynasties: the Manangois of Kenya and the Ingebrigtsens of Norway.
At the IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere earlier this summer, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was denied 1500m gold through an inspired run from George Manangoi, the Kenyan teenager edging him 3:41.71 to 3:41.89. But since then Ingebrigtsen has gone on to double European gold at senior level, and as he prepares to represent Europe for the first time in Ostrava, his chief threat will be George Manangoi's older brother, Elijah.
The latter is the world 1500m champion and arrives off the back of his African Championships victory in Asaba last month which he followed up with a runner-up finish over 1500m at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich.
The chief threat to both Manangoi and Ingebrigtsen may well be Poland's Marcin Lewandowski, who finished with a flourish in the European 1500m final to come up just 0.04 shy of the gold medal. He will be looking to utilise his searing finish once again to good effect.
The Asia-Pacific team is led by Australia's Ryan Gregson, who finished 10th at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich last week.
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Canada and USA's Drew Hunter will represent the Americas, the latter enjoying a breakthrough summer in which the 20-year-old clocked a PB of 3:35.90 for 1500m in London.


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The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series highlighting some of the previous week's cyber headlines and explaining why they matter. Each article includes a closer look at the potential implications of the news or event, predictions about what might happen next and suggestions for all readers, from the C-suite to end users. Articles are ordered by date, not necessarily priority.
Data of 14,200 Diagnosed with HIV in Singapore Leaked Online (January 28, 2019)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-14200-diagnosed-with-hiv-in-singapore-leaked-online/
Summary: An American living in Singapore has allegedly accessed and leaked the health records and personal data of more than 14,000 individuals diagnosed with HIV.
Why it matters: The theft and disclosure of electronic health records (EHR) is a cyber scenario that often keeps CIOs, CROs, and CISOs in the healthcare industry awake at night. There have been multiple cases in recent years involving the accidental compromise of HIV data in the United States. In 2017, a health insurer mailed HIV information to 12,000 patients, but sensitive data was visible through the envelope windows. The incident resulted in class action lawsuit settlements and state attorneys general enforcement actions totaling at least $17 million to date. In 2011, records containing HIV information for 192 patients were left on a train by a Massachusetts General Hospital worker, resulting in a $1 million HIPAA settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights. In 2018, an unsecured database containing information about thousands of HIV/AIDS patients in Nashville, Tennessee's Metro Public Health Department was determined to be inappropriately accessible to all staff. In this most recent case, in which sensitive data was collected by the partner of an insider, it's clear that in many cases the healthcare industry is still lacking the necessary, basic procedures to limit, control and protect sensitive patient data—from a mandatory multi-person approval process for accessing data to the ban of USB drives and other portable devices, and using encryption to render stolen or leaked data unintelligible. At the end of 2018, we predicted that major Public Health Information (PHI) breaches will continue, but the attacks will get more personal and creative. Although right now it's unclear if the data thief has released the patient data, it's likely that such data will be put up for sale on the dark web and eventually surface as a trove of information that will be used in ransomware attacks or public extortion attempts, much like we recently saw in Collection #1 data leak the and Collections 2-5 data leaks.
Shutdown Might have Helped Government Cyber in Some Ways (January 30, 2019)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/01/30/shutdown-might-have-helped-government-cyber-in-some-ways-494645
Summary: While many have feared a negative impact and increased cybersecurity risks, recent research suggests that the government's cyber posture actually improved on account of the shutdown.
Why it matters: Last Friday President Trump agreed to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations continue. Although a sigh of relief for many, the shutdown had a massive impact—from furloughed employees who were forced to find alternative employment to Stop-Work orders that cost federal contractors as much as $200 million per day. Of the roughly 40,000 small government contractors, nearly one third lack the cash reserves to sustain business operations during the shutdown. Clearly, we'll be feeling the shutdown ripples for the foreseeable future. There's also been considerable concern about the government's ability to maintain a strong cybersecurity posture during the shutdown. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which leads efforts to defend U.S. critical infrastructure, had almost 40% of its staff furloughed as a result of the shutdown. The impact at the Department of Defense (DoD) was not as severe because the department already had its 2019 budget in place, but many have worried that cyber adversaries would capitalize on the lack of cyber personnel and double their efforts to penetrate federal networks and systems. However, this recent research indicates that despite the shutdown, the government's security posture actually improved. In two areas, patching and endpoint security, scores improved; one area that worsened, network security, was likely due to normal variance over time. Quite simply, these improvements can be attributed—at least to a large degree—to the lack of personnel on the network. If employees aren't connected, it's far easier to protect your network. It's hard to phish someone, for example, if they aren't checking their email. While this story tries to find a silver lining in the shutdown—and perhaps in the short-term security improved—the reality is that the shutdown is going to have much more severe consequences on the cyber posture of the federal government in the long-term. TSA employees aren't the only ones seeking new employment. Many federal cybersecurity staff are also looking for employment outside of the Public Sector, putting an additional strain on an already understaffed cyber workforce. At a recent congressional hearing, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned that the cyber efforts of foreign actors are "likely to further intensify this year." Given that, it's imperative that the U.S. government make every effort to avoid shutdowns in the future. Some have gone so far as to suggest laws that would effectively ban government shutdowns.
Hackers are Going after Cisco RV320/RV325 Routers Using a New Exploit (January 27, 2019)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/
Summary: Internet scans and exploitation attempts started last Friday after a proof-of-concept exploit for two Cisco router models was published.
Why it matters: Admins of Cisco network infrastructure responded this week to a pair of new router vulnerabilities undergoing exploit in the wild. The first, CVE-2019-1653, allows a remote attacker to get sensitive device configuration details without a password. The second, CVE-2019-1652, allows a remote attacker to inject and run admin commands on the device without a password. When used together, it's possible for attackers to remotely take full control of the vulnerable devices. Cisco initially issued a workaround, which required an admin to change the access privilege level to 15/15 and replace the old password with a new, complex one. But, as always, it's best to update the router firmware with the latest patches from Cisco. In 2018, we saw other Cisco zero days exploited by bad actors, such as CVE-2018-15454 (also see Forescout's Security Policy Template (SPT) version 18.0.4). It's only a matter of time before this latest exploit is leveraged by multiple bad actors, so it's critical that security teams patch their impacted Cisco networking gear as quickly as possible.
Japan to Survey 200 million Devices in Cybersecurity Push ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics (January 29, 2019)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/29/business/japan-survey-200-million-gadgets-cybersecurity-push-ahead-tokyo-2020-olympics/#.XFMqE_ZFw2w
Summary: The Japanese government is preparing a national sweep of some 200 million network-connected devices for cybersecurity lapses ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Why it matters: The Japanese government is taking proactive measures to limit the possibility of a cyberattack, but for the efforts to truly be effective, the owners of the devices—mostly Internet Service Providers (ISPs)—will need to take additional action to purge the connected devices of malware and patch any vulnerabilities. Those additional actions, however, may require a considerable amount of time and extra resources, so it will be interesting to see how the ISPs respond. Previously, some ISPs have taken swift action to coordinate with government requests. Last year, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) rapidly agreed to block access to sites that provide unauthorized access to copyrighted content. Not surprisingly, NTT is a monopoly government-owned corporation, although the government did significantly reduce its volume of shares just last year. Other Japanese ISPs have traditionally taken a more measured approach and consulted with experts before taking action. Regardless, what we can hope is that the Japanese ISPs will capitalize on the government investment and take action to create a more secure cyber ecosystem in time for the 2020 Olympics.
Splunk Enterprise Version 7.2.3 Authenticated Remote Reverse Shell Code Execution Exploit (January 24, 2019)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151328/splunkenterprise723-exec.txt
Nagios XI Version 5.5.6 Suffers from Remote Code Execution and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (January 23, 3018)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151296/nagiosxi556-execescalate.txt
Summary: Security Operation Center (SOC) screens and information radiators needed a refresh last week, with two major remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting Nagios XI and Splunk Enterprise.
Why it matters: Countless SOCs leverage the two resources together to manage and secure enterprises with thousands of users and endpoints, and terabytes of sensitive or mission-critical data. Nagios XI is an enterprise server and networking monitoring software used to monitor mission-critical infrastructure, applications, services, network protocols, operating systems—even in-house applications and systems. Similarly, Spunk Enterprise is a tool often used in tandem with Nagios XI to turn the data collected into meaningful, actionable intelligence and visualizations. These kinds of vulnerabilities, if exploited, might allow an attacker to not only access Splunk Enterprise and Nagios XI, but also map the data, systems, applications and networks being monitored. Attacks on SIEM logging and analytics systems become interesting because of the context of the targeted end-user (in this case SOC analysts). The vulnerabilities recur because, like all parsers, systems designed to parse logs into structured data might become susceptible to command injection, when the expected input stream breaks out of data context into that of code execution. As a result, attackers could ultimately see the weaknesses that the security team is trying to resolve, and either exploit them directly, or document them for future attacks. We saw a similar proof-of-concept exploit last month with Elasticsearch, which, when combined with Logstash and Kibana, is used in a similar manner as Splunk for data processing and visualization assistance. Further, the last week brought us major vulnerabilities in Exchange and the Thunderbird email client, plus the Firefox and Chrome browsers, all of which serve as reminders that even the most defended SOC workstreams are exposed wherever they're connected. Patching is a critical exercise not just for end users, but for SOC owners and operators as well.
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Home » Assessments - Talent Assessment Blog » How do entrepreneurs identify attractive business opportunities?
Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition is one of the core elements in entrepreneurship as it is in this initial stage that entrepreneurs seek to identify and select new ideas to develop and build up into new businesses.
But what are the cognitive mechanisms behind that process? How important are general mental abilities and what role does creativity play?
Former research has mainly focused on either one of these constructs. Having good mental abilities enables entrepreneurs to process important information, such as new technologies or changes in the environment and society. Thus, they can use this knowledge to adapt market offers to the needs of customers. However, being creative also plays an essential role. It leads to innovative and unusual business ideas.
Zorica Zagorac-Uremovic from the University of Liechtenstein suggests that it needs convergent as well as divergent abilities to effectively recognize and develop entrepreneurial opportunities. In the context of her dissertation, she conducted an exploratory multiple case-study analysis, using qualitative and quantitative methods. She collected data from 32 entrepreneurs in and around the German-speaking region of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
In a first step, she interviewed the entrepreneurs to find out what their thinking processes were like when they were in the stage of opportunity recognition. Did they process a lot of data? What was the technological status at that time? How did they get to extraordinary business ideas?
Furthermore, the entrepreneurs participated in two of our tests: sparks, to measure creativity and scales verbal, to measure their verbal reasoning abilities. Also, three independent business experts rated their business ideas with regard to several criteria that are central in the process of opportunity recognition such as 'Market Newness', 'Customer Usefulness' and 'Profit Potential'.
So what were the results of the study? First of all it shows that mental abilities seem to be important to create useful products and services. In order to do so, it is necessary to analyse hard facts, such as technological feasibility, problems with current solutions and the market size. Moreover, mental abilities show a relationship with the market growth of specific ideas; to be successful with a new business model for example, it is necessary to analyse the state of the potential market including current trends (such as on-demand economy and digitalization) and how it is likely to develop in future.
But not only mental abilities are central to develop useful products. Creativity showed relations to it as well. Generating many ideas enables to identify and choose the most appropriate business opportunity. It also seems to be fundamental when it comes to generating new ideas. Additionally, those who scored higher in creativity were more likely to develop completely new products instead of participating in niche markets or adapt existing products.
In conclusion, the quantitative results confirm that both mental abilities and creativity play central roles in the process of opportunity recognition. Yet, the results need to be interpreted with caution as most of them were not significant, probably due to a small sample size.
The results from the retrospective interviews suggest that convergent thinking dominated the overall process but divergent thinking helped to facilitate flexibility, in the sense that after a period of analysis, divergent thinking enabled cognitive shifts, which helped new ideas to emerge. The entrepreneurs often stated that former education and work place experience have influenced them to stay in a more structured and methodological thinking states. Especially, when it comes to products and services in the high-tech area, convergent thinking was crucial to understand the required technology.
In an upcoming study Zagorac-Uremovic hopes to get deeper insight into the thinking processes by giving out scenarios to the participants and letting them "think loudly". In this methodological approach, the participants are asked to share every single thought when working on a task. She anticipates that this will help her to understand how the systems of convergent and divergent thinking are working together or take turns.
We will keep you updated about further developments!
Zagorac-Uremovic, Z., & Marxt, C. (2017). Divergent and Convergent Thinking in Different Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contexts. Paper presented at the ISPIM Innovation Conference 2017, Vienna, Austria.
Zagorac-Uremovic, Z., Palmer, C., & Marxt, C. (2017). The Joint of Effects of Divergent and Convergent Thinking on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition: Findings from Exploratory Case Studies. Paper presented at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange 2017, Melbourne, Australia.


God has given us a strong heart and calling to reach our own city. At Grace, there are four quarterly events each year that we host in order to reach the community around us. Also, we partner with local organizations that provide opportunities for Grace Church to serve the community of San Diego.
Are you in need of a meal? Visit our MAKE-A-MEAL webpage!
We believe in reaching the next generation and one organization doing an amazing job at touching the lives of college students is Intervarsity. We support this amazing organization and Jason Belcher's ministry on the USD campus! Intervarsity has been on the USD campus for 20 years and has a large group meeting called "Encounter" and around 10 small groups that meet throughout the week.
JH Outback is a family focused ministry that helps build, strengthen and restore relationships between parents and their children. Through weekly groups and weekend fun family experiences, they help many families connect in amazing ways. We support JH Outback and will help facilitate families at Grace get plugged into their programs.
In Guatemala we partner with Hope of Life as they care for some of the most impoverished families outside of Guatemala's capital, Zacapa.
We are excited to have established a long term relationship where we are sponsoring a small village called Buenos Aires. We will be building a church, a school and a well for the village, as well as providing job training and development in the future. We are blessed with this opportunity to serve alongside some amazing people! We will take annual team trips to Guatemala.
Every year we recruit and train a team to travel to a small town in Northern Thailand called Mae Sot. Mae Sot borders Burma and is known for having a large community of Burmese Refugees who put their lives at risk to come across the border each day. We team up with our partner organization, Global Child Advocates, who empowers vulnerable women and children.
Before the devastating earthquake of January, 2010, Grace Church leadership had an strong passion to go to Haiti to send teams to share God's heart. At that time, Grace SD raised support to help a specific ministry in Haiti. We are now partnering with that same ministry, Child Hope International, as they care for at-risk youth.
Each year we recruit and send a team to support CHI and gain a valuable experience in their own development in becoming more of a servant leader.
Door of Faith Orphanage is located in La Mision, Baja California, Mexico. For over 50 years Door of Faith has served orphaned children and the impoverished communities around them.
We are excited to send multiple groups each year down to DOFO to serve and grow!


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Nebo's Carla Pallotta on Gluten-Free Options and More
by Eater Staff Aug 21, 2014, 10:30am EDT
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To cap off her internship at Eater Boston, Lilienne Sexton has completed a special project examining the options available around town for diners who omit nuts, gluten, or dairy from their diets due to allergies or other reasons. Each day this week, we're running a map or interview on the topic.
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At Nebo, an Italian restaurant now located in Atlantic Wharf after nearly a decade in the North End, co-owners and sisters Carla and Christine Pallotta have been offering extensive gluten-free pizza, pasta, and other dishes for about seven years now, well before many restaurants were making a point of offering gluten-free options. Carla chats with Eater about their decision to start serving a gluten-free menu alongside their traditional dishes and more.
What made you decide to offer gluten-free items on your menu before it was such a prevalent thing?
It actually wasn't because of the restaurant at first. A friend said he was gluten-free, and the gentleman standing next to him was a client of ours for seven years or so, and he was saying that he was also gluten-free, and nobody did gluten-free. That friend used to come over to our house, and I was joking with him, saying "Well, I'm not doing any special dinners for you." But Christine and I love a challenge, so we just started doing this at home, for the hell of it. At first we didn't think we were going to do it in the restaurant, and then we decided to do it. It took us about four months to train everybody. We've been open about nine years and doing gluten-free at least seven.
What percentage of your customers would you say order gluten-free food?
You know something, percentage-wise, I couldn't tell you. I know we are doing more gluten-free than we've done before. A lot of people are actually doing it now just because they feel like being on a gluten-free diet. A lot of them aren't even celiac, and they come in and they just say, "Oh, I think I'm going to eat gluten-free tonight."
Are customers ever turned away by the higher prices for gluten-free options?
No, they really aren't. Anybody who has celiac goes shopping and knows what it costs to buy food that is gluten-free, and they know that in just the flours alone there are different ingredients that are much more expensive, so they really understand the add-on cost.
How do you make sure there's no cross-contamination?
We've being doing this for so long now. We double check and double check. [When someone has an allergy] it not only goes through the server, but the manager is told right away, the food line is told right away, and the kitchen is told right away. And then it's the same process coming out. You know, the kitchen is checking, then it goes to the food runner, the manager is very aware of it and watches it come out. It's a whole process with everyone involved. You have to work as a team to do it very well.
Pasta and pizza are two of the most seemingly gluten-dependent foods. What kind of process did you go through to find a good recipe? Was it difficult to get the right taste and texture?
To be honest with you, pizza is very difficult, but I think for us, we aren't known as a pasta and pizza place only for our gluten-free menu. The thing that we offer that's very different is we offer shrimp, calamari, veal milanese, zucchini lasagna. The things that we offer are things other restaurants aren't offering. It's not that we're just saying, "Oh, we will get a gluten-free pasta and do a gluten-free dish." We are actually transforming recipes that were my grandmother's and my mother's and turning them into a gluten-free menu.
You've been open in your new location for about a year now, but you had some trouble getting the oven up and running in the beginning, right?
We had a company that we ordered a pizza oven from, and we didn't like the way it was performing. They replaced it, and we still didn't like the way that was performing. Christine and I are perfectionists, and she is the pizza queen — she's so particular about pizza, she's just crazy. They had people from their factories come in, they had chefs from their factories come in, and they were like "It's good," and we were like, "No, it's not good."
At the time I was probably on my eleven hundredth pizza, and I went home and said to my sister, "I am done. This is absolutely ridiculous." It was a Friday morning, and I said to her, "I'm opening Tuesday," and her and her fiancé were like, "You can't open it; you have no pizza." I said, "You know what? I'm so much more than pizza. I'm opening." It worked out to my benefit because people would come in, and they'd always be in a rush to get to an event, and they'd say, "Just give me a pizza, give me a pizza." I used to say, "Try one of my dishes. I have cioppino," and they never would. Four weeks later, when the ovens were actually working, I decided to say, "OK, I'll start the pizza now," and people who would only get the pizza before are like, "I'll get a pizza to take home, but I'm eating the cioppino." So [pizza] is maybe a third of my business, where as before it was probably fifty, sixty percent.
Aside from the oven, how has the transition from the North End to Atlantic Wharf been?
It's so funny, 'cause at the time, our landlord had tripled our rent because he saw we were doing well there, and he figured, "Now's the time to get them." So I basically told him to go eff himself, and that's the exact words . We checked out this location, and Boston Properties at the same time was coming to us saying, "Would you consider doing another restaurant?" It was perfect timing. It was a gift. The whole thing turned out to be a blessing. We are very, very blessed, we are always busy, we have an amazing clientele. We took our entire staff with us — they all stayed — and then added probably about another fifty. We were closed for almost four months, so what we did was pay my entire staff those four months just to hold onto them.
Over here, it's great because you have people who are really dining rather than just in a rush to get to an event. And what also worked out good for us was that we have tourists, we have the hotels next to us, we have the business people, we have the families, we have neighbors. We kept our old clientele, and they still come before the games, which is amazing to me. They come here, they eat, and they're like, "No, you're our good luck charm; we can't break tradition," so it's just been fabulous. We laugh about this all the time. About two months into the new location, we looked at each other and said, "How did that go so smoothly?"
When you were preparing for the new location, you said that you wanted to bring the same experience from the North End to the Atlantic Wharf. Can you say that you have successfully completed that?
Yeah, we did a lot of little things to do that. We stayed true to who we are — we still do the recipes that we grew up with, the kind of food we grew up with, and we aren't trying to be anything fancy or anybody we're not. For us, it was about bringing these people in this neighborhood a family type of restaurant, and that's what we wanted to be. Our goal was to have people eat here four, five nights a week. Christine and I are still on-site owners; restaurants this large don't normally have their owners around as much. We also don't have any professional cooks. We start everybody out at the bottom, and they work their way up, and we train them to do our food the way we grew up doing it.
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Q: Iterate code over each text review in the list of texts, writing a loop I am implementing Aspect-Based-Sentiment-Analysis.
My data look like:
        product  rating  body                   price_aspect    packaging_aspect   quality_aspect scent_aspect  difference_aspect

0   0   Elemis ...  1   I love ememis but...    I love ememis but..None None    None    None
1   1   Elemis ...  5   Great                       None           None None    None    None
3   3   Elemis ...  5   My husband loves it...      None           None None    None    None
4   4   Elemis ...  4   This product, although...   None           None None    None    None

The column "body" is the text of the review. The columns "price/packaging/etc/_aspect" include the text of the reviews (from column "body") where a certain aspect was mentioned. So here you see that aspect "price" was mentioned in the first review.
My goal is to define a sentiment of the review in column "price_aspect". I implement Aspect-Based-Sentiment-Analysis for this.
My code is here:
recognizer = absa.aux_models.BasicPatternRecognizer()
nlp = absa.load(pattern_recognizer=recognizer)
text = df.price_aspect[0]
completed_task = nlp(text=text, aspects=['price', 'packaging', 'quality', 'scent', 'difference'])
price, packaging, quality, scent, difference = completed_task.examples
absa.summary(price)

My output when I call absa.summary(price):
Sentiment.negative for "price"
Scores (neutral/negative/positive): [0.003 0.954 0.043]

This is nice and that is what I need. However, I want to iterate this code over each line in the column "price_aspect" at once, not only for one line (line 0 in my case). So I need to change text = df.price_aspect[0] in my code that will refer me to the next line (not only line 0). Do I need a loop here? Or should I write a loop here:completed_task = nlp(text=text, aspects=['price', 'packaging', 'quality', 'scent', 'difference'])?
Moreover, when I get the result in the form "Sentiment.negative for price" I want to append it into a new column as a string.
I am new to Python. Would you refer me to any source that solves my request?

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Do I need a loop here? Or should I write a loop here:completed_task = nlp(text=text, aspects=['price', 'packaging', 'quality', 'scent', 'difference'])?

What you want to do is:
df.price_aspect = df.price_aspect.apply(lambda t: nlp(text=t, aspects=['price', 'packaging', 'quality', 'scent', 'difference']))
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Lorianna Joos, MS, LMHC, LPCC holds a masters degree in counseling and is a licensed counselor in the state of Ohio as well as in Florida. She has been practicing for over 11 years and has experience working with relationship issues, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, anger, domestic violence, obsessions, grief and loss, trauma, sexually maladaptive behaviors, substance use, family counseling, couples counseling, premarital counseling, teenagers, and children. She has taught various workshops on emotional healing, boundaries, healthy relationships, and surviving trauma. She currently serves as a licensed counselor with A Renewed Mind in Perrysburg.


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Cybersecurity helping to build business
Cybersecurity can not only prevent data breaches, but can also assist in building businesses, according to KPMG.
Last Updated: 28 April 2020 Published: 11 November 2015
According to John Havers, director at KPMG First Point Global, and Matt O'Keefe, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, the "data locked away in IT systems" could hold the key to the future of a firm.
"With all that we read about information security and privacy – with a constant and increasing stream of news about emerging cyberthreats and hacking exploits – it might come as a surprise that cybersecurity can help build a business, as well as protect it," Mr Havers stated.
Mr O'Keefe stated that while cybersecurity discussions typically revolve around the concept of 'locking down' data access and keeping out hackers, inviting people to interact with systems and technology is a vital part of the process.
"To take advantage of the business opportunities driven by the digital/mobile/data revolution, you need to invite people 'into the store' to access and share information," he said.
"That is not about locking down data access. It is about unlocking the information needed to become more intimate with customers – getting to know customers, digitally, to understand their needs to serve them better."
Mr Havers noted that respecting the wishes of clients is vital to the process of consumer identity management, and made reference to what he described as the "three P's" of data security management: permission, preferences and privacy.
"To be in the game, businesses need to empower staff with the technology tools, including consumer identity management, data analytics, cybersecurity and privacy safeguards," he said.
"After that, building digital literacy skills and applying old-fashioned business sense are the keys to knowing customers in the digital world and building a competitive advantage."
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Yeo Siak Goon's artistic style is greatly inspired by his love for nature and his fascination with tropical islands. Born in Malaysia, Siak Goon currently lives and works in Singapore, though his art has been celebrated all over the globe.
Over the years, he has represented Singapore in many exhibitions overseas in China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, France, USA, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Among his many honours Yeo Siak Goon received the First Prize in the UOB Competition (1990), Dr. Tan Tze Chor Art Award from the Singapore Art Society (1984, 1986, 2011), was highly commended in the Australian Art Competition (1985) and IBM Singapore Art Award (1987), and won first prize in the Figurative Category of the UOB Painting of the Year competition (1990).
Siak Goon's works have also been collected by the National Museum Art Gallery, United Overseas Bank, International Enterprise Singapore, Agung Rai Art Museum, Bali, American Club, Cathay Organization, The Capitol Kempinski Singapore, Pontiac Marina, IBM Singapore and several local and overseas collectors.
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Andrew Schulz last year watched his debut album, "5:5:1," reach No. 1 on iTunes comedy chart.
Whatever your perspective, the New York City funnyman is a rising star on the comedy scene who can't wait to make his Cleveland debut April 13 at the Hilarities 4th Street Theatre.
"I challenge conventional wisdom," said Schulz, calling from the Big Apple. "It's unsafe and uncensored and unfiltered. There's no political correctness here. This is a throwback to the way comedy should be done and the reason comedy was invented as a way to process these tough things.
Plus, Schulz co-starred in the new Hulu dramedy "There's Johnny" and appeared in David Gordon Green's "Halloween" reboot.
Considering the name of the latter, it's obvious Schulz can't wait for the debut episode of the final season "Game of Thrones" on April 14. And, naturally, the opinionated funnyman has a take on George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series as it relates to the current state of comedy.
When asked which "Game of Thrones" character to whom he most relates, Schulz pointed to Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), who, he said, is pulling the strings and making all of the moves.
"There's no reason he should be alive in that world," Schulz said. "He's should have been dead by now. This (expletive) walked into a dragon den. That's what I do. For me, comedy is like a bullfight. When they walk in a little baby bull, the audience boos.
When: 7 and 9:30 p.m. April 13.
Where: Hilarities 4th Street Theatre, Cleveland.


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Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 €
This is a lot of a former auction!
Justin Vulliamy, London, Werk "rms", 64 mm, 288 g
, circa 1780
A gentleman's important, heavy quarter hour repeating and quarter hour self strike pocket watch with "Chelsea bun" temperature compensation. This finely executed compensation device - the so-called "Chelsea bun" - is basically the same as the one Harrison and later Kendall (K2!) used for the first pocket watch marine chronometers, so this watch was probably produced not long after them!
Case: silver "consular" case, band and inner lid florally engraved with sound holes, rear bell, monogram on reverse side "RL", movement protection cap. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours and Arabic minutes, gold cathedral hands. Movm.: full plate movement, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, 3 barrels for going train, repetition and self strike, moulded pillars, 4 hammers, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm steel balance, temperature-compensating balance spring by adjustable helical bimetal stripe, pierced balance bridge, chatoned diamond endstone on balance, movement protection cap.
Three successive generations of the Vulliamy family were active as clockmakers from 1735 until 1854; they were particularly famous for their regulator clocks but also created excellent and important pocket watches.
Around 1743 Benjamin Gray, who was about 66 at the time and had been pocket watch maker to King George II since 1742, and Francois Justin Vulliamy (who had immigrated from Switzerland in the mid 30s) became partners; Vulliamy had married Gray's daughter Mary two years before. Gray was a watchmaker specializing in repeating verge pocket watches; during his partnership with Vulliamy these repeater watches were more often fitted with cylinder movements and the company also produced a number of clocks.
After Gray's death in 1764 Justin Vulliamy took over the shop at the west end of Pall Mall. In 1772 Justin's son Benjamin Vulliamy was appointed clockmaker to the court of King George III; together with his father he had already assisted the king in his observatory at Richmond in 1769 during the transit of Venus. Around 1780 he became a full partner in his father's business. In the early 80s the Vulliamy company had started to concentrate on the production of clocks (particularly valuable ornamental clocks) because the ever increasing number of cheap pocket watches imported from abroad had began causing serious problems for the domestic makers; special value was laid on an excellent quality control and dedication to quality. Justin Vulliamy died in 1797 when he was nearly 86 years old; he had written his last will in French.
Around 1801 Benjamin Vulliamy took his son Benjamin Lewis on as partner. They carried on selling pocket watches with cylinder escapements but started using more and more duplex excapements for their high quality pieces. The company began including items such as candle holders and other gold and silver goods into their range; this increased their turnover considerably, however, the customers' habit of not paying their bills - specially where members of the royal family and the nobility were concerned - kept the profits comparatively low.
Benjamin Vulliamy died in 1811 and his second son came into the business; however, he left again in 1820 because he was unhappy with his brother Bemjamin Lewis' strict management style. The company was by now known for its outstanding turret clock movements and the well-engineered clocks they supplied many public authorities with. Of course they still produced pocket watches as well and soon to be famous makers such as Richard Pendleton, E.J.Dent and Sylvain Mairet worked for the Vulliamys around the end of the 18th century and in the 1820s and 1830s.
Benjamin Lewis unfortunately did not manage to secure the commission for "Big Ben", but he and his ancestors had been appointed clockmakers to the royal courts of four kings and queens and the family had had several masters in the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. The company ceased to exist with Benjamin Lewis' death in 1854; goodwill and royal warrant changed over to Charles Frodsham, tools and equipment were mostly taken over by the Jumps, Vulliamy's loyal workmen.
Case: very good
Dial: very good
Movm.: very good, capable of running
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Q: Read in 2D array from file in Qt C++ I have a comboBox in a Qt GUI in mainwindow.cpp. I have this text file with a list of emails and employee names like this (this is just an example file):
Pete White      pete@mail.com
Jack Peterson   jack@mail.com
Mike Jackson    mike@mail.com
Dave Middleton  dave@mail.com
Sylvester Brown sylvester@mail.com

So the ComboBox should display these names but NOT the emails so I guess I could read this file in as a 2D array. (I do know how to do this in C but not in C++ or Qt) And then I only need the first column.
This comboBox is used in a simple form application. So if this form is filled in, it puts these fills in a variable. So like this Subject = "Soccer". All the other inputs worked (like subject) BUT with this one its different. If Pete White is selected, it should not be email = "Pete White", but email = "pete@mail.com".
This maybe explained quiet vague but thanks for helping me :) It might help if you guys have something visual:

 *It's Dutch so don't mind the other the text in the image :)

A: You didn't specify, so I am assuming that this file has fixed-width items, so name is 15 characters long, and the rest of the line is email address.
Now, you want to read the file, split line, create QPair<String, String> and put it into the QList:
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QList<QPair<QString, QString> > lst;

    QFile inputFile("addresses.txt");

    if (inputFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
    {
       QTextStream in(&inputFile);
       while ( !in.atEnd() )
       {
          QString line = in.readLine();
          // use mid to split line - but you could use QString::split to split on character
          lst.append(qMakePair(line.mid(0, 15).trimmed(), line.mid(15).trimmed()));
       }
    }

    inputFile.close();

    for(int i=0; i< lst.count(); i++)
    {
        std::cout << "Name: " << qPrintable(lst[i].first) << " Address: " << qPrintable(lst[i].second) << std::endl;
    }

}

A: You can read file to QStringList and remove or store email if needed like this:
QFile file("path_to_file");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
// reads file, splits it by newline symbol and puts it to qstringlist
QStringList list=QString(file.readAll()).split(QRegExp("[\r\n]"),QString::SkipEmptyParts);
for (int i=0;i<list.count();i++){
    list[i]=list[i].simplified(); // removing unneeded spaces inside string
    list[i].remove(list.at(i).section(" ",-1)); // removing word following the last space, where email is in example
    //(if email is needed, just store it somewhere before removing)
    // list.at(i).section(" ",-1) - email
    // list.at(i).section(" ",0,list.at(i).count()-1) -name and surname
}
file.close();

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//mp is a point object so you can use x and y properties on it.
Use the summed length divided by the total line length multiplied with the MP difference to get the MP of the point clicked.
In arcpy (python), ArcObjects and other Runtime SDK's the geometry library seems to be a lot larger and these type of analysis are standard. So, I'm not sure if this is the way you should do this.
Maybe Kelly Hutchins can advise on this?
Thank you Xander, do you know what property of the line I would loop through to get the vertice pairs?
Once you have the lines geometry (i.e a Polyline Object) you can use the getPoint method in a array.
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