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Аманет је српски филм из 2015. године. Филм је дебитантско остварење редитеља Немање Ћипранића и сценаристкиње Саре Радојковић.

Филм jе премијерно приказан у Србији 14. августа 2015. године на 39. Фестивалу филмског сценарија у Врњачкој Бањи, a светску премијеру је имао на Филмском фестивалу у Монтреалу 3. септембра 2015. године.

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У живот главног јунака Тодора, који живи скромно с мајком, наизглед се случајно појављује Вишња, трудна девојка којој очајнички треба његова помоћ и подршка. Њихов однос прераста у љубав, која се додатно компликује када Тодор одлучи да поврати везу са својим моћним оцем, који га је напустио кад је био дете. Како се прича "размотава" намећу се заправо питања ко је заправо Вишња и ко су негативци, а ко хероји, ако их уопште има.

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|Љубомир Булајић || Тодор
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|Милена Живановић || Вишња
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|Даница Максимовић || Радмила
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|Светозар Цветковић || Томислав
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|Горан Радаковић || Милан
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|Марија Вицковић || Мила
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|Јелисавета Орашанин || Ана
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|Милан Михаиловић || Професор
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|Дарко Томовић || Шанкер
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|Драгана Ђукић || Ања
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Продукција
Филм је сниман у режији Немање Ћипранића по сценарију који је написала Сара Радојковић, на више локација у Београду, у периоду од 21. јула до 27. августа 2013. године. Филм је сниман у продукцији -{Spot Light Production}- уз техничку подршку компаније -{Pink Film International}-.

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Филмови 2015.
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The 2005 OK Dinghy World Championship opened in Skælskør in Denmark today with two testing races in a range of conditions and frequent use of the black flag. Overnight leader Nick Craig (GBR) described the day as 'very,very tricky' with a strong current flowing up the course causing a large number of general recalls and the many windshifts causing postponments while the course was reset.
Yesterday's pactice race was sailed in all together different conditions. Only 17 boats finished the long course with most of the leaders dropping out before the finish. The windy and rough conditions proved ideal for Ulf Brandt (DEN) who won from Greg Wilcox (NZL) and Roger Blasse (AUS).
With the imposing eastern section of the Storebælt Bridge dominating the horizon to the north, the race area was set in the Agerso Sund, between the island of Egholm and Skælskør Fjord.
Today, the morning conditions were more sedate with a gentle 6 knots blowing and scatterd showers which reduced visibility. However the fleet had to wait for well over an hour before getting away for the first start after a number of general recalls and several changes in wind direction. When the fleet finally started the wind had increased to a good Force 3-4. Five boats were black flagged including Andre Blasse (AUS) who had scored a pair of them before the day was out.
The port biased start line proved very tricky with Jon Fish (GBR) coming out from the pin with speed to lead round the top mark. The strong current favoured those on the left and Fish led from Nick Craig (GBR) and Steve McDowell (NZL). Craig and McDowell moved passed Fish on the reaches, opened up a good lead and started a tacking duel on the next beat. McDowell was ahead at the final leeward mark but Craig realed him in to take the first win of the week. The chasing Pack was led by Roger Blasse (AUS) and Jonas Quist (SWE). Andre Blasse finished fifth but was scored BFD.
The second race of the day was started in less wind, again after a number of general recalls and changes in wind direction. Again the black flag had its victims, again Andre Blasse, but also Jonas Quist and two others. Also again there was a port biased line with a port tack biased beat. Mogens Johansen used his light weather boatspeed to great effect to round the top mark first ahead of Nick Craig and Steve McDowell. There followed two very long offwind legs against the current which saw large place changes as sailors misjudged it and were swept off the layline.
On the second beat the 2002 World Champion Greg Wilcox (NZL), who had moved up to third on the reaches, tacked off to the left first to find a 40 degree shift. Taking the lead he led to the finish followed by Johensen, Craig and Sönke Behrens (GER). However, on the final beat Behrens moved up to second to be followed by Craig and Johansen. Pawel Pawlaczyk (POL) sailed a good race to finish fifth while Roger Blasse got out of jail on the 40 degree shift to finished sixth.
After the long day at sea - the sailors were on the water for some seven and a half hours for just two races, Wilcox commented, "Today was hard, and one thing is for sure, this is going to be a high scoring regatta. However Danish hospitality is living up to expectations." The sailors are all located at the local school with the boatpark on the grass in front of the rooms. Free beer is provided when coming ashore and the nice town of Skælskør is just a short walk down the road.
Conditions once again proved tricky for day 2 of the OK Dinghy World Championship in Skælskør, Denmark with wins for Jonas Quist (SWE) and Nick Craig (GBR).
With another change in the weather, the fleet was greeted by warm sunshine and a light north-westerly wind from the direction of the Storebælt Bridge. The fleet got away first time with most sailors favouring the left hand side of the course where the stronger current and greater pressure allowed Nick Craig (GBR) to round first followed by Jonas Quist (SWE) and Jesper Petersen (DEN).
On the reaches Craig sailed low and was rolled by both Quist and Petersen, but these three broke away from the pack. On the next beat the pressure died even more to leave a very patchy and fitful wind. Oliver Gronholtz (GER) banged in a right hand corner to lead briefly and at the next mark it was Quist followed by Gronholtz and Craig.
The final beat was even worse with barely enough wind to fill the sails. Quist extended his lead to win, but Craig just failed to overtake Gronholtz near to the line. Petersen sailed hard right and nearly got to the front, but just missed the bus.
Jonas Quist has returned to competitive sailing after nearly 10 years doing other things. After following the Optimist, Europe, Laser route - and getting into the top five Lasers in Sweden - he turned to coaching, but is really enjoying sailing the OK, with this championship being only his third regatta in the class. He started with a "not very good" result at the first Swedish qualifier in April, returned to win the Nodic Championships in May and now has won a race at the World Championship. He says, " My rig was a bit too stiff in the breeze today, as I have lost some weight since starting. However if the wind stays at around 4-6 metres per second, then I think I can do OK. I am happy with my downwind technique but am having some upwind boatspeed problems. Also I was having trouble getting a good start, and yesterday's black flag did not help, but today was better. Otherwise I am pretty pleased with my perfromance so far." Quite! Not bad after just 6 months in the class and not sailing competitively since 1996.
After a wait of over an hour for the wind to fill it the fleet started race 4 on a heavily port biased line that made the pin end boat crew wished they had brought some artillery along to repel boarders! However Jørgen Lindhardtsen, Craig, Quist and Jon Fish (GBR) tacked out of the carnage to lead up the first beat into a large shift. Craig just led from Lindhardtsen round the top mark followed by Quist and Fish. Craig again sailed some first class offwind legs to let both Quist and Lindhardtsen through.
By now the breeze had increased to force 3 and was still building. Craig pased Lindhardtsen and set off in pursuit of Quist. However on the run, Quist showed his potential by pulling away with Craig fending off Lindhardtsen. Meanwhile Hans Elkjær (SWE) had an amazing leg to move up to fourth.
The final beat proved decisive for Craig as the breeze increased to force 4 he overtook Quist with a combination of superior boatspeed and correctly nailing the final few shifts to take his second race win of the week. Lindhardtsen finsihed third with Fish recovering well to fourth - but a later disqualification gave fourth place to Elkjær.
After four races, Craig is the clear leader, although with the discard taking effect after race 5 race tomorrow, his lead may not be so large. Tonight the local organisers have arranged a match racing competition inside the fjord with a prize of half the winner's weight in beer. Needless to say, each country has ensured its heaviest sailor represents them!
"One of the best day's racing I've ever had."
Greg Wilcox (NZL) moves up to third position with two first places today, although two second places for Nick Craig (GBR) has extended his lead after 6 races. With the discard kicking in today, Jonas Quist (SWE) moves up to second after dropping his black flag disqualification on day 1.
A north-westerly breeze and brilliant sunshine greeted the fleet for day 3 of the OK Dinghy World Championship at Skælskør in Denmark with another day of patchy, testing winds that saw many high profile casualities picking up high scores.
Race 5 got underway in a force 2-3 with most of the favourites sailing up the left side of the course. Steve McDowell (NZL) led round the first mark followed by Roger Blasse (AUS), Greg Wilcox (NZL) and Nick Craig (GBR). The left was favoured again on the second beat with Craig and Wilcox pulling ahead and building a gap on the fleet. Craig briefly moved into the lead on the run but round the last leeward mark Wilcox tacked for the left again while Craig covered the majority up the middle. Wilcox proved right and won the race by some 20 seconds from Craig and Blasse. The final beat saw a 30 degree shift to the left, leaving many boats on the right and middle counting more boats than expected.
After being DSQ'd by the jury for hitting a mark yesterday and picking up an OCS in the second race today, Jon Fish (GBR) is still celebrating his win at last night's unofficial �OK World Match Racing Championship', sailed in the enclosed waters off the school where the regatta has been hosted and just across from the Harboe brewery which has kindly sponsored the OK Worlds and generously provided the match racing prize of half the winner's body weight in beer. Four windward-leeward races were sailed with two countries eliminated at each round. The final saw Fish against Janusz Stobinski (POL), with Fish inflicting two penalities before the start. However it was all over by the first leeward as the Pole capsized to leave Fish the proud winner of over 120 cans of Harbroe beer - a small consolation.
Race 6 was sailed in similar conditions to race 5, with the wind continually flicking left and several corner bangers making massive gains. Craig started mid line and came out on the first shift to lead up the middle. He rounded the top mark just ahead of Jonus Quist (SWE) and Wilcox. At the bottom mark Quist was right behind Craig and these two sailed to the left while Wilcox caught up some distance finding pressure to the right. On the run Quist again showed devastating speed to close right up on Craig and the two became inseparable up the final beat.
Before this regatta, Wilcox had only ever won one OK World Championship race, and that was the clinching race in the 2002 World Championship, which won him the world title. This week, Wilcox has already notched up three race wins, and is ready for more. He said, "After the race win in Napier 3 years ago, this is the best day's racing I have ever had. You can't ask for better than winning two World Championship races on the same day."
Taking about the racing so far he continues, "However, it's like a minefield out there with holes and shifts and pressure coming in from all directions. But I think I'm doing well because I am being allowed to sail my own race and haven't got sucked into playing games with other boats. Nick is proving very consistent with top 3 every race so far which is incredible in conditions like these."
The seventh race for the 2005 OK World Championship was a Danish benefit with four home boats leading the fleet home. Series leader Nick Craig (GBR) finished fifth just ahead of his main rivals Jonus Quist (SWE) and Greg Wilcox (NZL).
Those who did sail to the left hand corner had a fine view of the Danish Crown Prince's yacht, which was in attendence for the Dragon invitational trophy being sailed just downwind of the OK course area.
Again the run was uneventful, except that Nick Craig (GBR) and Jonus Quist (SWE) were pulling ever closer to the front. Round the bottom mark Brandt carried on to the right while the rest tacked off to the left again. When the fleet met, he was well ahead but tried it again and fell foul of a big left shift which left all four Danes within metres of each other just 200 metres from the finish. Deaves dropped three places when he caught some weed, which let Craig and Quist through.
At the finish Johansen pipped Lindhardtsen by a few metres as they both had to bear away having overstood the finish. Lindhardtsen related, "I should have tacked earlier and then I might have won, but my body didn't do what my brain was telling it to!" Two seconds later Wibro and Brandt finished, with Craig, Quist and Deaves just a few second behind them.
For Johansen this is is a dream come true. This 55 year old has been sailing OKs for 25 years and has never really proved himself. Earlier this year he bought himself a new Hylander hull and got some winter coaching with AC sailor Michael Hestbæk. In Denmark the Mogens phenomenon, as it has become known, has inspired other to copy his boat setup but no one can match his light weather downwind speed, although at just 81 kg, in a breeze he admits to having problems keeping up with the leaders.
With two of the top four having high scoring races today, Craig's position at the top is extended to 12 points on Quist and 26 on Wilcox in third. Tomorrow's forecast is for thunderstorms and torrential rain, which could add something different to the mix.
We all know that sailors love to talk about the weather, but today in Skælskør, Denmark at the OK Dinghy World Championships, that was all they could do.
And they had plenty of material. Waiting on the sound for over four hours for a race to start, first there was a light north-easterly and mist, then this cleared to leave flat calm, brilliant sunshine and soaring temperatures, then it some wind came from the south-east and died, then it cooled down and some more built again from the west...and died.
Finally a breeze appeared from the north-west and a course was set. But as the sailors checked the shifts and prepared for the race an enormous thunderstorm approached and with winds reaching 25 knots and torrential rain, racing was postponed and the sailors were sent home, only to find no wind inside the fjord and most had to be towed the few miles back to the sailing centre.
Tomorrow is the final scheduled day and it is technically possible to run three races, so the final result is by no means certain. But by tomorrow night there will be a new OK Dinghy World Champion.
Craig is 'over the moon'!
The final day of the 2005 OK Dinghy World Championships began with rain, no wind and a 2 hour postponement. It ended with Nick Craig (GBR) becoming the new OK Dinghy World Champion after seven previous serious campaingns and describing the struggle as "one of the hardest things I have ever tried to win."
The sailors were held on shore for two hours while the rain battered doen and the wind failed to come. Even the frogs started to come indoors because outside was so wet. Finally at 11 am, the postponement Came down and the fleet was towed out to a glass like sea wondering what was going on.
However a breeze appeared and a course was set and race 8 commenced in barely enough wind to cross the start line. Nick Craig said afterwards, "It was shocker, they should have waited a bit longer. There was barely enough wind to sail with massive shifts from each side. Jonus Quist (SWE) sailed an excellent first beat though to win. I was doing OK until the wind dies and got buried in the middle. I rounded the top mark in about 20th. And caught up a few on the reaches. On the second beat I went right a bit caught a big shift and moved up to 3rd. Lost one on the final leg to finished 4th, but that was enough." With not enough time to run two races, Nick Craig had finally won the OK Worlds, after many medals but no wins. He said, "This is awesome. I am over the moon, and really happy to have won it finally. It has been the hardest thing I have ever tried to win. It is very satisfying."
For the start of race 9, a strong wind arrived for for once the sailors could stetch their legs in the force 4-5. Jon Fish rounded the top mark in first and would have done well apart from a spash down the run which dropped him to 20th. On the second beat Roger Blasse (AUS) and Mark Perrow (NZL) had banged right and found a good shift and more wind to take the lead and win the race in the fantastic sailing conditions.


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Hit bad actors in the ROI
8 lessons from the Garmin ransomware attack
John P. Mello Jr. Freelance writer
In late July, a ransomware attack on Garmin brought the company's business to its knees. The attack forced the business, a major player in the GPS smartwatch and wearables market, to shut down Garmin Connect, the website used by users to sync data about activities such as runs and bike rides, as well as its aviation database services, some production lines in Asia, as well as its call centers.
After five long days, Garmin's systems slowly began to come back online. Soon after that, reports began to appear that Garmin paid a multimillion-dollar ransom to obtain a decryption key to restore data scrambled by a particularly pernicious piece of malware, called WastedLocker. Some researchers have linked this malware to Evil Corp, a crime group based in Russia that has been sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury.
As with any large-scale cybersecurity incident, there are lessons to be learned. Here are eight takeaways from the Garmin ransomware incident.
1. No organization is safe from ransomware
One of the main takeaways from this incident is that no organization or network is safe from a ransomware attack, said Kacey Clark, a threat researcher with Digital Shadows, a provider of digital risk protection solutions.
"Vulnerabilities can be found, systems can be misconfigured, and employees can be misled."
—Kacey Clark
Even large and mature organizations are not immune to having their entire operational capabilities completely halted by a sophisticated attacker, said Chris Clements, vice president of solutions architecture at Cerberus Sentinel, a cybersecurity consulting and penetration testing company.
"Modern ransomware gangs are not script kiddies. They have a high level of expertise and are well funded to develop their own tooling and exploits."
—Chris Clements
Not only are large organizations not immune from ransomware attacks, but they can be attack magnets, said Dan Piazza, the technical product manager at Stealthbits Technologies, a cybersecurity software company.
"A larger organization means more chances to expose surfaces for attackers, as well as larger potential profit for attackers."
—Dan Piazza
As ransomware attacks become common, they begin to be lumped into other risks and their impact diluted, said Israel Barak, CISO of Cybereason, a maker of an endpoint detection and response platform.
"Ransomware has become a part of doing business. Garmin's stock price didn't even drop after the attack was reported."
—Israel Barak
2. To pay or not to pay: A tricky question
Law enforcement authorities and many security experts advise against paying ransoms to extortionists. "Paying off ransomware operators can further compromise organizations," Digital Shadows' Clark said. Attackers may see your company as an easy target in the future.
"Payment may fuel the attackers to continue their operations," she added. "Legal implications may also be involved. "
What's more, paying a ransom is, at best, only a short-term fix to ransomware problems. "It doesn't make the problem go away," said Melody J. Kaufmann, a cybersecurity specialist at Saviynt, an application and infrastructure security provider.
"It's been proven that paying up emboldens the bad actors."
—Melody J. Kaufmann
Garmin can expect to have similar cyber criminals knocking on their door in the future because now it's common knowledge they aren't prepared for such an incident, she said. "In cases like this, unless the victim takes some serious steps to prevent this again, they will be hemorrhaging ransom money repeatedly."
Ken Jenkins, CTO of EmberSec, a managed detection and response services company, said that if a target is victimized again, it probably won't be by the original gang of bandits.
"I don't see a lot of re-infections. Attackers seem to believe the well is dry after an attack. The target has probably taken measures to protect against another attack."
The thinking is, he continued, if I got my ransom and got away with it, why risk going back when there's all these other companies that I can go after that haven't already been hit with ransomware?
Despite admonishments, though, companies are more likely to pay a ransom than not. According to an IBM survey, 70% of businesses infected with ransomware pay the ransom to regain access to their data and systems.
Tim Bandos, vice president of cybersecurity for Digital Guardian, a data loss protection company, said the sophistication of ransomware had evolved quite considerably over the past several years, with encryption being almost impossible to crack without a key.
"This has ultimately led to companies having to pay the ransom in order to reclaim their information."
—Tim Bandos
Saryu Nayyar, CEO of Gurucul, a threat intelligence company, said the reality of the situation meant companies are forced to be pragmatic.
"We're learning the painful lesson that sometimes it's cheaper to pay off a criminal than it is to implement tools and processes that will prevent the crime in the first place."
—Saryu Nayyar
Whether or not to pay the ransom can be further complicated by cybersecurity insurance.
"Cyber criminals will inflate the ransom they ask for, knowing that if it's sufficiently higher than the deductible in a cybersecurity policy, the company will pay it because they expect most of it to be paid by the insurance company."
3. Attacks are timed and targeted
Garmin was an attractive target for Evil Corp, whose ransomware is believed to be used in the attack on its data and systems. "We saw that Evil Corp targeted Garmin because they knew they were a large corporation with both deep pockets and mission-critical data, which meant they'd pay up," said Chloé Messdaghi, vice president of strategy at Point3 Security, a provider of training and analytic tools to the security industry.
"Many ransomware perpetrators don't target SMBs, even though the smaller and medium-sized companies are usually easier targets, because their security spending and planning aren't as extensive as the larger enterprises. Evil Corp picked their target and intentionally used an attack that cripples networks, takes a lot of time to recover from, and is expensive."
—Chloé Messdaghi
Evil Corp also timed its attack shrewdly, said Hank Schless, senior manager for security solutions at Lookout, a provider of mobile phishing solutions.
"Data protection, and security in general, has a direct impact on the financials of the organization. This attack was launched shortly before quarterly earnings were announced, which could have been intentional—to get Garmin to comply with the ransomware demands."
—Hank Schless
4. Ransomware is most powerful when it impacts customer operations
Ransomware attacks on businesses have the most value when they can disrupt customer operations. "The real issue with Garmin was their connected devices stopped working," said Ron Brash, director of cybersecurity insights at Verve Industrial Protection, a provider of industrial control security solutions.
"This is a fundamental consumer value proposition. If Garmin had allowed more downtime, customers would switch off and not trust them."
—Ron Brash
This has major implications for any business that has operating assets, Brash added.
"Sure, it would stink if you couldn't bill or you couldn't get access to your Salesforce account, but if your customers cannot access your product, you'll be willing to pay a very high ransom."
He said Garmin should have been investing more in protection of the assets that deliver essential services to customers.
5. An extensive array of products can make an organization vulnerable to large-scale attacks
The more products and services offered by an organization, the less transparent an organization's infrastructure can be. That lack of transparency can provide attackers with the cover they need to launch an attack.
"We've learned that having an extensive offering of hardware, such as watches and GPS systems, and software, such as mobile apps and platforms, makes any organization a target for a large-scale attack."
To protect your organization and your customers' data, he continued, you need to ensure that your security team has visibility into every potential entry point or asset that can be leveraged in your infrastructure.
From servers to mobile devices, each endpoint represents a potential target that a threat actor could leverage for an attack, he said.
6. No network safeguards can contribute to the severity of an attack
Although details of the Garmin attack are scant, what's known about it points to a lapse in network security, EmberSec's Jenkins said.
"They probably didn't see themselves as a target for ransomware. I say that because this just propagated across their network. They were in a race to shut things down instead of containing the problem."
Most companies don't have playbooks for cyber attacks, and of those that do, less than half have ransomware plans, said Point3's Messdaghi.
Verve's Brash said that, given the wide spreading of the ransomware, it's likely Garmin's network structure was flat and centralized. This lack of diversity basically allowed the ransomware to spread unfettered, and the organization likely had few means to restore its systems in a timely and effective manner.
"Highly homogeneous networks and systems, and lack of segmentation—either network-wise or by business units—seem to have led from what could have been a limited incident to one with a far more catastrophic impact."
All too often, the manufacturing or customer-delivery parts of the technology stack are the last to be protected, he said. "These should be the first to be segmented and protected."
7. Human error continues to be a ransomware enabler
Garmin hasn't explained how its systems became infected, but the ransomware believed to be the source of the attack, WastedLocker, is known to masquerade as a software update on a website until it's downloaded by a user.
Employees continue to need ongoing education with regard to identifying threats, Stealthbits' Piazza said.
"While many types of vulnerabilities continue to exist in networks, the human factor continues to be one of the largest threats to security."
Point3's Messdaghi added that the Garmin attack raises questions about what kind of training employees received. "Many companies train hundreds of employees virtually, with multiple-choice questions and very basic content rather than ongoing training and testing," she noted.
8. Sanctions are ineffective at preventing payments
Some complexity has been introduced into meeting ransom demands made by Evil Corp, thanks to action taken last year by the Treasury Department. It imposed sanctions on Evil Corp that included barring any US person from engaging in transactions with the hacker group. Reportedly, Garmin skirted the sanctions by paying the ransom to a third party that then paid the hackers. That party claimed there was no clear evidence that WastedLocker belonged to Evil Corp.
We learned that government sanctions are "squishy" when the bad actor cannot be clearly and specifically identified or tied to that exact attack, Saviynt's Kaufmann said.
"Even though Evil Corp was implicated in the attack, there was just enough probable doubt that Garmin was able to find a negotiation service that could leverage that doubt to allow them to pay."
If sanctions are enforced only when the cyber criminal can be 100% pinned to the crime, then they aren't going to be effective, because rarely are cyber criminals so inept that they leave clear, indisputable evidence of their deed.
"You don't remain a cyber criminal long if you are leaving behind evidence of what you've done."
Largely, and historically, sanctions barely work as expected, especially in a world of nearly non-existent borders on the web, added Verve's Brash.
How to throttle bad actors' ROI
The attack on Garmin illustrates how ransomware uses legitimate business models to operate, said Gurucul's Nayyar.
"Ransomware negotiation services are an indication of just how much of a business this has become. There is now an entire ecosystem in place for these malicious acts, with malware as a service and technical support to explain to victims how they can purchase cryptocurrency to pay off a ransom."
That's why ransomware artists need to be hurt where a business can be hurt most, ROI, said Mounir Hahad, head of the threat lab for Juniper Networks, a network security and performance company.
"We have to put the bar so high that return on investment for the cybergang pushes them to give up the ransomware business. Business leaders should be driven by morals that dictate that we won't pay a ransom, unless human lives are at stake."
—Mounir Hahad
We also have to enact laws that criminalize the lack of good IT practice, he said.
"If you are sitting on a treasure trove of data or are providing critical services, but you didn't take steps to secure your network, back up your data, or patch your systems for too long, falling prey to ransomware and causing harm to others should be grounds for prosecution."
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Q: Pivot on multiple columns based on single column I have the following table in my SQL Server 2008 R2.
Provider  ContractID  Department    StDate       EndDate
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10001     CTR456        IT           1/1/2012     12/1/2014
10001     CT346        Account      4/1/2014     9/9/2014
10002     CT88R01        IT           2/1/2012     2/1/2013
10003     C23TR01        IT           3/2/2012     1/1/2099
10003     C4TR02        Health       3/2/2012     1/1/2099
10003     CT56R03       Security     3/2/2012     1/1/2099

How can i achieve the below output using Pivot or any other method.
Provider Contract1 Dept1 StDt1 EndDt2   Contract2 Dept2 StDate2 EndDt2 Contract3 Dept3 StDate3 EndDt3
=====================================================================================================
10001    CTR456     IT    1/1/12 12/1/14 CT346    Accont 4/1/14 9/9/14   NULL      NULL NULL   NULL
10002    CT88R01    IT    1/1/12 12/1/14 NULL     NULL   NULL   NULL     NULL      NULL NULL   NULL
10003    C23TR01    IT    1/1/12 12/1/14 C4TR02   Health 3/2/14 1/1/99  CT56R03   Secu 3/2/14 1/1/99

I appreciate if anybody solve this issue.

A: Try this,
DECLARE @sql varchar(max)
DECLARE @colList varchar(max)

--create dynamic list of columns
SELECT @colList =
STUFF
(
  (
   SELECT + ',' +
   quotename(colName +  CAST(CAST(REPLACE(ContractID,'CTR','') AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR))
   FROM Tab1
   CROSS APPLY
   (
     SELECT 1 As Ord, 'Contract' ColName UNION ALL
     SELECT 2 As Ord, 'Dept' UNION ALL
     SELECT 3 As Ord, 'StDt' UNION ALL
     SELECT 4 As Ord, 'EndDt'
   ) v
    GROUP BY colName,Ord,  CAST(CAST(REPLACE(ContractID,'CTR','') AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR)
    ORDER BY CAST(CAST(REPLACE(ContractID,'CTR','') AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR), Ord
   for xml path(''), type
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)

--unpivot columns into rows and then apply pivot
SET @sql
= '
SELECT Provider, ' + @colList + '
FROM
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   FROM Tab1
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     SELECT ContractId As ColVal, ''Contract'' ColName UNION ALL
     SELECT Department, ''Dept'' UNION ALL
     SELECT CAST(StDate AS VARCHAR), ''StDt'' UNION ALL
     SELECT CAST(EndDate AS VARCHAR), ''EndDt''
   ) v
) A
PIVOT
(
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) P1 '

EXEC(@sql)

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Gators come alive to overcome upset-minded Kentucky
Robbie Andreu
Just like a week ago, the Florida Gators re-learned the lesson that there are no easy wins in the SEC.
That message was pounded home again Saturday by Kentucky, which was coming off a 60-point loss to Alabama, but very much in control of the game for most of the first half Saturday.
The Gators found themselves trailing to that same UK team late in the first half.
But No. 5 UF, ignited by a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown by Kadarius Toney with only seconds remaining in the half, carried that late momentum into the second half and pulled away from the Wildcats 34-10 in The Swamp to move to 7-1 on the season.
Here are five takeaways from the game:
Special teams come up huge
Heading into Saturday's game, the UF special teams had been pretty quiet this season, failing to come up with any game-changing plays. Much different story in this game.
The special teams changed the complexion of the game with two huge plays in the first half — one early, one late.
The first came when it appeared UF had opened with a three-and-out on offense. The Gators, facing a fourth-and-two from their own 25, faked a punt with the snap going to the up-back, Dameon Pierce, who ran for 15 yards and a first down.
Two plays later, quarterback Kyle Trask threw a 56-yard TD pass to tight end Kyle Pitts.
"You practice fake punts, you practice them," UF coach Dan Mullen said. "You get in a situation where you're going to call it and then you've got to go execute it. And our guys did that very well."
The second game-changer came in the closing seconds of the first half, when Toney returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown with just 42 seconds remaining to give the Gators a 14-10 lead in a half that had been dominated by a ball-control UK offense.
It was a trick return. UF sent two return men deep on opposite sides of the field. After the punt was launched, true freshman wide receiver Xzavier Henderson acted like he was going to catch the ball and the UK cover team converged on him.
Then Toney made the catch about 20 yards away and had a wide-open path to the end zone.
"We go through the different punt returns (in practice)," Mullen said. "I think we executed that well."
Welcome back, Kyle Pitts
The Florida offense rolled right along without injured star tight end Kyle Pitts in the previous two weeks. But it was evident Saturday what kind of impact he does have on the offense.
He caught three touchdown passes, including a 56-yarder early in the game, and was his usual match-up nightmare for opposing defensive backs. He led the Gators in receiving with five catches for 99 yards.
"It's great (having him back)," Trask said. "Kyle is a phenomenal athlete and tight end. He causes a lot of mismatches for the defense, causes a lot of chaos in the secondary. It's great for us as an offense.
"We obviously go way back. We were backups a couple years ago. So chemistry's always been building. And also I think we've been doing a great job of getting him in good situations to where the defense has to try really hard to figure out how they're guarding him. I just think we did a solid job executing today."
More:Kyle Pitts is back: Florida Gators TE makes immediate impact vs. Kentucky Wildcats
Defense adjusts, dominates
Florida's defense could not get off the field in a first half that saw the Kentucky offense pound the ball on the ground and melt away the majority of the time on the clock.
The Gators trailed 10-7 late in the half. One of the reasons is the UF offense rarely had the ball, running just 21 plays from scrimmage.
Adjustments were made at the half because the Gators came out and dominated the second half, shutting down the run and shutting out the Wildcats.
"Our coaches, they're real good defensive coaches and we have defensive guys who take a lot of pride in what they're doing," Mullen said. "We came out and didn't play very well to start the game. Still only gave up 10 points.
"The players and coaches understand we've got to make some adjustment, make sure we adjust to what (UK) is doing. Todd (Grantham) went through that at halftime. The game is so much about adjustments. Our guys made a great adjustment and were really motivated in the second half."
Dan Mullen's frustration
Offensive-minded head coaches want the ball. Now. And Mullen and his offense weren't getting it in the first half that was dominated by UK's ground game. Mullen's frustration with his defense and his defensive coordinator — Grantham — was evident on the sideline as the Wildcats continued to play keep-away.
Mullen had what appeared to be several heated exchanges with Grantham, especially during a Kentucky drive that went from the Wildcats' 8-yard line to inside the UF 10 and ended in a field goal and a 10-7 UK lead.
After the game, Mullen jokingly said the heated banter was over Christmas lights.
"I'll be honest with you," Mullen said. "I got home from Thanksgiving dinner. We're neighbors. He had his Christmas lights up on the front door. I said. 'We don't put Christmas lights up until after Thanksgiving.' He was adamant that, 'Yes, we do.' So we agreed to disagree."
Mullen said the exchanges were typical among coaches on the sideline during a game.
"You get after it, just having different discussions," he said. "You look at the job they did at halftime and look at how Kentucky was trying to attack. We came out and really shut them down."
After those halftime defensive adjustments were made — and produced on the field — Mullen and Grantham were both quiet and calm for most of the second half.
More:Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen, defensive coordinator caught in heated exchange
Trask tracker
Trask threw for three touchdowns Saturday, the eighth time he's reached at least that total this season, but the Wildcats certainly made the Heisman Trophy candidate work for his TDs and passing yards.
That was pretty much expected because the Wildcats have the No. 1 pass defense in the SEC.
Still, it was another move up in the record book for Trask, who is now tied for third for the most TD passes in a season by a UF quarterback with 34. He tied Rex Grossman, who had 34 in 2001. The only QB ahead of Trask now is Danny Wuerffel, who threw 35 touchdown passes in 1995 and 39 in 1996, the year he won the Heisman and led the Gators to a national title.
Trask finished with 256 yards passing and the three TD tosses to Pitts.
Who: Florida at Tennessee
When: TBA
TV: TBA
Radio: 103.7-FM, AM-850
Online: For more coverage of Saturday's win, click to Gatorsports.com


That above is a rare East Asian Mandarin Duck that popped up in Central Park earlier this week, which caused quite a stir.
Across the internet, it came to be known as 'Hot Duck', because clearly America is desperate for some good news in the midst of a toxic political battle.
New Yorkers, and indeed visitors of the city, flocked to Central Park to snap a picture of the feathered beauty.
We should mention that the mandarin duck is a common pet, and it's more than likely that this duck escaped from an aviary or private residence, but that didn't stop the Big Apple from getting into it.
…"This makes me nervous," wrote one worried duck fan. "Thoughts and prayers," said another.
The duck suddenly reappeared out of the reeds at the pond Thursday morning, according to an avid birdwatcher who had been waiting for the creature to come back.
Nonetheless, Barrett said he's thrilled to have the rare bird back in Central Park.
That's it – take a deep breath, because 'Hot Duck' is safe and sound and all is well with the world.


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2019 Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Awardee: Román Baca
Román Baca, a New Mexico native, is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer. In 2001, recognizing his desire to defend the defenseless, he took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq during the Iraq War.
After the war, Mr. Baca returned to dance and co-founded Exit12 Dance Company, which tells veterans' stories choreographically, to increase cross-cultural understanding and heal divisions. He has choreographed and championed dance works that explore the military veteran experience and the impact of war on civilians and families. Mr. Baca has presented his work at the 1st and 4th National Summits for the National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military, King's College London, the Mayo Clinic's Humanities in Healthcare Symposium, TEDXTUBerlin, TEDX San Antonio, TED@NYC, and is the choreographer and subject of the award-winning short documentary Exit 12: Moved by War produced by Square Inc.
He has also led choreographic workshops at schools, universities, and veteran's centers to inspire military veterans, victims of war, and civilians through the power of dance.
Mr. Baca is currently submitting his thesis for the completion of an MFA in choreography at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. His research at Trinity Laban is two-fold: to expand his practice and solidify his voice as a choreographer, and to research, choreographically, the methodology of increasing understanding of war trauma through live performative events.
Outside of his studies in London, Mr. Baca provided production support to the critically acclaimed play Soldier On's UK tour including a six-week run on the West End. Mr. Baca also served on the leadership team that delivered the first UK Veterans Art Festival alongside the 2019 UK Invictus Trials in Sheffield, UK.
Mr. Baca is the recipient of the 2017-2018 US-UK Fulbright Postgraduate Award to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, a 2018 HillVet Nominee, a 2015 New York State Veterans' Hall of Fame Inductee, an 2014 Art and Healing Network Awardee, and has served as a fellow with Veterans in Global Leadership, The Mission Continues, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
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A Los Angeles Landmark and Hollywood Icon – Celebrating the 6th Street Bridge
FilmLA September 1, 2015 For Communities, For Filmmakers1 Comment
Spanning the Los Angeles River just east of downtown, the 6th Street Bridge, with its intricate design, wasn't built to last. Unbeknownst to its designers and the masons who built it, materials used in its construction would ultimately be the cause of the bridge's decay. When the bridge opened in 1933, nobody could have predicted that the high alkali content in its concrete, developed using a state-of-the-art process, would lead to structural erosion and force the bridge into retirement.
But that is exactly what happened, and later this year, we will bid the bridge goodbye.
Recognizing the need for a replacement, the Los Angeles City Council launched a contest in 2012 to design a new bridge. In its decision making process, the City evaluated design concepts against community response and the total cost of replacement or refurbishment. Eventually, the City Council selected a design submitted by architect Michael Maltzan called "The Ribbon of Light." The new design will completely replace the existing structure and add a variety of architectural features. The designers' goal was to construct a modern structure that pays homage to days past, while looking forward toward L.A.'s bright future.
Tearing down the old and erecting a new bridge will come with a $420 million dollar price tag. The City opted for replacement, rather than refurbishment, since the latter would have cost an additional $30 million. Construction of the new bridge will commence by year's end and take four years to complete. During this period the bridge will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to film production activity.
A Popular Filming Location
The 6th Street Bridge has been in demand by filmmakers and content producers for many years. Those who've scouted the bridge relish its gritty, urban feel, making it an ideal location for a random flash mob as seen in Pharrell Williams's "Happy" music video, or a 1950's drag racing scene as depicted in Grease. Whether for a period piece or a contemporary project, the 6th Street Bridge has been a popular standing set for content producers.
In January 2015, the Los Angeles Times released its annual study of popular L.A. filming locations, and the sixth street viaduct ranked third behind Griffith Park and the Harold Examiner Building in 2014. The 6th Street Bridge generated 86 production days for 2014, hosting CBS's crime drama Criminal Minds, El Rey's Matador and the Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
While we join our fellow Angelenos in marking the passing of the 6th Street Bridge, FilmL.A. looks forward to facilitating filmmaker access to its replacement. For information about filming in construction-adjacent areas, please contact FilmL.A.'s Production Planning team. To share your favorite 6th Street Bridge filming story, please paste a comment below.
If you are interested in learning more about the history of the 6th Street Bridge, Art Share L.A. is hosting an art exhibition and panel discussion in September. To learn more, visit http://artsharela.org/event/ode-to-6th-street-bridge-gallery-opening-art-share-l-a/
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Jay Glazer reports that the Broncos were aware of the suspension since before camp started.
Update: Mike Florio's source says Welker had taken molly cut with amphetamines at the Kentucky Derby in May.
Update 3: Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick claimed to have a similar situation last month when he was given a four-game suspension.
I'm as shocked as everyone at todays news. I want to make one thing abundantly clear: I would NEVER knowingly take a substance to gain a competitive advantage in any way. Anyone who has ever played a down with me, lifted a weight with me, even eaten a meal with me, knows that I focus purely on what I put in my body and on the hard work I put in year round to perform at the highest levels year-in and year-out.
I want any youth football players and all sports fans to know, there are NO shortcuts to success, and nothing but hard work and studying, leads to success.
I have never been concerned with the leagues performance enhancing or drug abuse policies because under no scenario would they ever apply to me, but I now know, that (drug-policy procedures) are clearly flawed, and I will do everything in my power to ensure they are corrected, so other individuals and teams aren't negatively affected so rashly like this.
Welker was also handing out $100 bills to random people that day.


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The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles #9), Tess Gerritsen
Yee | 06 Jan 2020 | 2 min read
One-Sentence Summary: A martial arts teacher seeking for the truth of her husband's death for nineteen years, and she believes their best friend is not the killer.
A severed hand is found on Beach Street at Boston's Chinatown by a kid from the Chinatown Ghost tour. On the rooftop of a nearby building, Jane and Frost found the remaining body lying on a congealed lake of blood.
The victim is a woman, and she owns the gun which found nearby the severed hand. The GPS in her abandoned car provides two addresses, and one of them is an address to a martial arts training centre. Coincidentally, the owner's husband was a victim of the massacre incident which occurred at Red Phoenix restaurant nineteen years ago. Mr Wu, the cook of the Red Phoenix restaurant at that time, was believed to be the killer of five people and then shot himself dead. According to Zucker, who is the criminal psychologist that handled the case at that time, there was a series of bad things that occurred after the massacre incident. The technician was killed in a car accident, and Ingersoll's wife had a stroke and later died. And then two of the victims' daughter suddenly disappeared.
The owner of the martial arts training centre, Iris Fang, posted an ad on the anniversary of the massacre which claims that the killer is innocent. The families of other victims accusing her of sending notes to them every year on the anniversary of the incident. Iris Fang believes that the real killer is someone else. Meanwhile, the other victim's mother wondering whether the killing is related to a mafia business.
This story puts more focus on Jane compared with the previous book. Maura was less involved in this story, but a few characters related to her life in the last story was mentioned in the book. This is something refreshing to read as the author is trying something different, such as background setting in Chinatown, martial arts and ancient Chinese folklore.
I really enjoyed reading it but personally disappointed with the ending. I felt the ending has ruined the author's effort after putting up such a great story from the beginning. It was going so well throughout the story except the ending. The ending was complicated, dramatic and a bit cheesy for me. As usual, the final piece of the puzzle comes from nowhere or someone that had been mentioned earlier in the story. The ending was often a random one, and a connection was built out of nowhere, such as Detective Tam's connection with the case was added out of sudden. The plot twist didn't seem convincing to me but was forced to accept it.
SPOILER WARNING!
Charlotte was one of the victim's daughters who is missing but alive. She plans her own disappearance from her family to escape from her abusive father.
Mr Wu is innocent. He was trying to run away from the shooting and also to protect his daughter from being found. The shooter arranged the scene as if Mr Wu committed suicide after the killings.
Bella Li (Iris Fang's student) and Detective Tam are Mr Wu's children.
Detective Tam is the mysterious figure who saves Jane from danger without Jane's knowledge.
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Additionally, ISSUE-143 attempts to provide a mechanism to convey non-browser UAs that activate DNT to the Server.
The point is that with IE your decision is masked by MSFT's default. If you turn it off, I know that you've made a decision, but if you turn it back on again I have no way of knowing if you're a user that made a decision or not.
With FF it is __NOT__ proposed to be "off" by default. It is proposed to be unset by default. You turn it on I know you made an explicit decision. You set it to off and I know you made an explicit decision.
I install MSIE and it's on by default. So I turn it off. 2 days later I decide I want to turn it on again.
I install FF and it's off by default. So I turn it on. 2 days later I decide I want to turn it off again.
There's no functional difference between those two statements. The spec cannot determine "who" turned it on or off.
The difference is that with IE you can't tell, and with FF you can tell.
As for being set by intermediary, we prohibited that in the spec as well, but there's not a great way to tell this. Presumably you might see something like "100% of users coming from this ASN are using DNT" if you cared to look, but it is a much harder question.
Question: How do you know if this is 'truly the preference of the user'?
1.  I install Windows 8 and MSIE sends the DNT:1 header by default.
What's the difference that you can determine with server code?
Second question: How do you know it's been set by a vendor or intermediary?
*   Proxy server adds DNT:1 to all outgoing HTTP requests.
I think the problem is that compliance is based on both sides ability to honor user preference.  If one side forges user preference, and the other side can correctly only be compliant by acting on actual user preference, there is an untenable situation.  Where a UA sends a well formed header absent having obtained a preference from the user, the recipient server will always be forced into non-compliance, no matter which action it takes.
1.  If a UA sends a DNT:1 by default, AND this is truly the preference of the user, if the server fails to respond accordingly to DNT:1  then arguably compliance has not been achieved.
2.  If, conversely, a server honors a well formed DNT:1 set by a vendor or intermediary, absent such being the actual preference of the the user, again preference has not been honored and compliance not maintained.
For the second case: I'm not aware of anything in draft specifications that would make a server non-compliant if it treated a user that hadn't expressed a DNT:1 preference as if it had. For example, we don't have any requirements that a user who arrives with DNT:0 must be tracked. You might confuse a user if you provide a very different experience under DNT:1 and it was inserted by an intermediary unbeknownst to the user, but I don't see any issues with compliance with this group's specifications.
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Q: Undetected Virus? I study at College, and Now all of the school computers have paint.exe -autocheck in the startup? "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Paint.exe" -autocheck
is added to the registry every time its removed. This is like global. All the lab PCs(more than a hundred), personal laptops have this file. I really have no expert help to turn to.. as jotti says this file is clean.
Here's the dropped file [removed]
It seems that we all had this game cheating tool on our PCs called "Garena Maphack". Everytime it was run it would drop paint.exe into the system dir.
Paint.exe is diguised as the real paint.exe from windows. Having the same icon and such.
Check out threat expert's report at
threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=176288f6f22a80c76329853f8535d45b
The game cheat that started this huge mess can be obtained from [removed]
What do I do? any experts care to take apart this file?

A: This isn't really much of a finding so far, but I started to disassemble the file you linked.  I extracted the files.db, and the main Exe dropper.  It looks like it was coded in VB, if that matters, and Garena Universal MH appears to just drop files from the files.db using some of the crypto API to aid in the process.
One of the files is Paint.exe to C:\windows\system32\ as you mentioned.  The VirusTotal of that file shows 1/40 as a hit for possible malware.  Here's the report for that paint.exe.
While I didn't find anything particularly crazy going on with these files, VirusTotal did think something was funky and well, I only looked for about 15 minutes.  I'd say to ere on the side of caution and reformat those boxes.  But then, I'm a paranoid freak.

A: did you run MBAM yet? if that fails, give SmitfraudFix a shot (READ the instructions thoroughly!!).

A: Not going to touch the file with a 10-foot pole, however I'd say that a good first step would be to expunge the cheat utility from the affected systems.


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2023 Election: Northern Youths Reject Jonathan, Backs Southwest
December 8, 2020 mabelnaija Nigeria News 0
The Northern Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to perish the thought of contesting in the 2023 presidential election.
Naija News reports that there have been rumours in some quarters that the former president was plotting to contest the election.
Jonathan who recently received some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had stated it was too early to discuss the 2023 election.
But speaking to newsmen in Adamawa State on Tuesday, the Northern youth forum said Jonathan acquitted himself well as president, especially by humbly conceding defeat in the 2015 election and ensuring smooth transition to the present government.
National Chairman of the NYLF, Elliot Afiyo stated that the odds are against the former president.
He recalled that Jonathan rejected an agreement he had with the North when he contested and won the 2011 presidential election.
Afiyo stated that the insurgency which Jonathan fought but failed to curtail is still a challenge even under a northern president.
"You remember the difficulty of the Jonathan Presidency over the Boko Haram insurgents. He was even accused of deliberately encouraging insurgency to undermine the North," Afiyo said.
Speaking further, the chairman of the NYLF urged the APC to zone its presidential ticket to the southwest to compensate the region for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari.
He warned the ruling party against zoning its ticket to the Northwest in 2023.
Meanwhile, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the APC on Tuesday approved the granting of waivers to new members to contest party primaries ahead of the 2023 elections.
This online news platform reports that without waivers new party members would have to wait for two years to be able to contest party primaries.
The NEC also condemned the call for the resignation of Buhari by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their allies.
The ruling APC asked opposition parties in the country and all stakeholders to join hands with the Buhari-federal government to tackle insecurity.
#EndSARS: Police Ready To Protect Peaceful Protesters – IGP Adamu
ASUU Agreed To Call Off Strike Dec 9 – Ngige
Miyetti Allah To Akeredolu: Our Members Are Responsible Not Criminals
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There are often things I would like to buy, but unfortunately I haven't won the lottery. When I do, I will be buying everything on the list. In the mean time, I can day dream!
Perhaps I should actually put the lottery on?
More of a visual person?


A huge collection of classic American muscle cars has been uncovered in Iowa by YouTuber and Hot Rod magazine contributor Patrick Glen Nichols. Unlike most reported barn finds, these cars all have the potential to start and run, too!
Surveying the property, Patrick showcased several big block, high-end collectables from the era of hot pants and permed hair. For starters, two L78 1970 Chevrolet Novas, a 1976 Ford Gran Torino wearing *Starksy & Hutch* livery, a 1970 Chevelle SS and 1971 'Heavy Chevy' reside in the main garage.
* Steve McQueen's Bullitt Mustang rediscovered!
Not only are lashing of pure-bred American muscle residing on the premises, but rare and soughtafter mechanical parts are also peppered across the property. One shelf alone is stacked with a dozen 621 bellhousings, whereas an entire rack is dedicated to Muncie four-speed transmission casings. Patrick reckons more than 500 Muncie transmissions are on site.
Wheels, alternators and bodyshells rest in further barns, alongside discarded V8 engines and restored small blocks. Round the back of the estate is where the rusty stuff dwells – chassis outriggers, body panels and frames languishing in the long grasses.
These parts may seem worthless to those outwith the American classic scene, but as donor vehicles these things are priceless. There is a reason why they have been kept back, rather than scrapped.
Alongside various 1960s and 1970s GMC trucks, Ford F150s and vintage pick-ups, the barns also house several 1976 Chevrolet Malibus, Supersport Cameros, SS350s, 1969 El Caminos, '71 Monte Carlos and countless Fords. Strangely, there doesn't appear to be a single Mustang in the collection, but then we haven't seen everything yet.
For further information and more barn find muscle, check out Patrick's Facebook page.


A unique building located just a few minutes away from the centre of Pamplona, the capital of Navarre and a city with emblematic places marked by the Sanfermines festivities and the Pilgrim's Way to Compostela. The Arga river park, just a few steps away from the Hotel Muga de Beloso-Alma Pamplona, is an attractive area that marks the old border between the city and the surrounding countryside, studded with farmhouses, old convents, fields with horses and picturesque trees along the river bank.
All our standard rooms are exterior and have a minimum size of 35 m2. They have King Size beds specially designed for Alma Hotels. The hotel is also equipped with the latest technologies. The elegance and size of our Executive Suites provide a unique atmosphere for our guests. They all have a private balcony/terrace, with a total surface area of 60 m2, offering a level of comfort created for the most demanding clients.
The hotel's Spa has a Nordic sauna, a Turkish bath and contrast showers… the ideal choice for busy people who wish to relax at the end of the day.
The 'La Ribera' restaurant, based on local produce, offers Navarrese cuisine with its most traditional dishes, charcoal-grilled fish and meat and vegetables from the hotel's own market garden, providing with new experiences in the traditional cuisine of the area.
The hotel has a large room for events and conventions, with capacity for 350 people and the latest sound, image and communication equipment. It is the best place in the city for this kind of event.


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Upper Pilton is a locality split between the Toowoomba Region and the Southern Downs Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the  Upper Pilton had a population of 63 people.

Geography
Of the locality's ,   are in the Toowoomba Region and  in the south-west of the locality are in the Southern Downs Region.

History
In the  Upper Pilton had a population of 63 people.

References

Toowoomba Region
Southern Downs Region
Localities in Queensland

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A new Hungarian startup has been established to facilitate renting procedures by, in addition to bringing together the property parameters and the needs of the renter, providing the possibility of rating both the renter and the owner of the rented properties. hvg.hu reported.
Not a day goes by in Facebook groups concerning properties without a post about some renters who suddenly disappear after running down the apartment before paying, or completely reliable people who cannot find a lodging because they have kids or pets. This is why many vacant apartments are rented by the acquaintances of the owner, as we tend to trust the friends of our friends to unknown people.
A new startup named Smartlet solves this communication problem by its rating service. Fundamentally, the model is built on distrust between people not knowing each other and tries to address the most intricate question of the apartment hunting and renting procedures: communication, since most of the misunderstandings and disappointments are the results of miscommunication.
Everyone who has already rented a flat or provided one for rent surely has some bad memories about either the apartment hunt or the rented flat. Furthermore, the situation has been worsened by the spread of AirBnB, which considerably reduced the number of flats in good condition available for long-term rent, and the increased demand has raised the prices very high.
The main goal of Smartlet is to prevent these disappointments by making it possible to background check owners and renters. More specifically, it aims to bring together owners with solvent, reliable and cooperative renters, and to direct these renters towards the best possible apartments on the market.
Smarlet's version under development is already available. First, the founders wish to validate the service in Hungary, but then they will aspire to enter the foreign market as well. The model applies sharing economy solutions, as it is operated by individuals, has reputation system, lots of people can participate in it as service provider and its use does not require any specific technical or working knowledge; however, there is no chance to earn extra profit besides the rent.


Steve joined Erskine Law in 2007, after a career at Chrysler as an engineer and later as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel. His practice focuses on finding lost assets for businesses and individuals, and has recovered approximately $80,000,000.00 to date. Steve has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University. He is married with three (and counting) grandchildren and his interests include reading, traveling and old vehicles.


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I'm pretty sure Rupert is a fussy eater.
Daren didn't want to sit next to me.
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I saw Teriann talking to Kristian.
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Countries suffering from water shortages
underground pipeline will cut through 350 kilometers (217 miles) of land—but only if the project team can first navigate a political and environmental landscape littered with tensions.
"Problems you cannot foresee are much more volatile and dangerous than the known or expected ones," says Ahmet Ligvani, a project manager at GAMA Power Systems, the project's engineering, procurement and construction contractor.
face a number of effective yet pricey options to quench their national thirst: In Libya, a massive project known as the Great Man-Made River delivers fossil water from the Sahara Desert and distributes it along entirely new waterways. Saudi Arabia is now the world's largest producer of desalinated sea-water, and in January, its government announced the commission of yet another plant.
In August, neighboring Jordan is expected to complete a solution to its own hydro shortage: The US$1.2 billion Disi Water Conveyance Project, the country's largest infrastructure project ever, will pump 107 million cubic meters ( 28 billion gallons) of water per year from 64 wells in the Disi aquifer in southern Jordan to two reservoirs in Amman, the country's capital.
The feat captured the public's attention—and with reason. Eighty percent of the country is arid desert, according to the United Nations, and the World Bank lists Jordan's water resources as fourth-poorest in the world. Most cities and villages receive water only weekly, while some provinces are restricted to once every two or three weeks.
The Disi Water Conveyance Project is an ambitious joint venture between Ankara, Turkey-based GAMA Holding and General Electric (GE), headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. The
TROUBLED WATERS
The Disi Water Conveyance Project came under scrutiny when a 2009 study published in Environmental Science & Technology found radioactivity in some of the Disi aquifer wells.
Vocal critics put the project's leaders in an
uncomfortable position. Project managers typically
focus their efforts on the technical challenges of a
project, says Mr. Ligvani, and assume major public
concerns will get resolved. "But in real life, if these
issues are not managed properly, they can adversely
impact the project on a scale never envisioned."
For Mr. Ligvani, that meant creating media
guidelines with stakeholders and project sponsors:
Would the stakeholders provide regular newsletters
to keep the media updated on developments? Were
public meetings going to be scheduled to keep the
public informed of the project's progress?
"Project managers have to have response plans and clear divisions of responsibility, especially in large-scale projects where public involvement is inevitable," he says. Early on, the team decided that press inquiries about the wells' radioactivity would be answered with an explanation about the government's plans to dilute the water and make it potable.
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation maintains that the water is radioactive from radon—a gas that evaporates harmlessly when it comes into contact with air—and therefore potable. Still, intense testing is in the works to establish how much water is needed to dilute the pumped-in reserves to safe drinking levels.
"Any release of data has to be approved by both project organizations," explains Bassam Saleh, project leader at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Amman, "but the media has a good role


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const thunkify = require('thunkify');
const Hashids = require('hashids');
const uuid = require('uuid/v1');

const hasher = new Hashids('THIS IS MY SALT');
const BASE_URL = process.env['BASE_URL'];
/**
 * Get a set of questions for a specific
 *
 * @param this
 * @param context
 * @param params
 * @return {{id, category, content, choices}}
 */
export function *getQuestionSet ({db}, params) {
  const {category} = params;
  const size = this.query.size;
  const r = Math.random();

  console.log('[getQuestionSet] Params: %j, size: %d, rFactor: %s', params, size, r);

  let data, items;
  data = yield thunkify(db.view)('question', 'question-random-r1',
    {
      startkey: [category, r],
      endkey: [category, 1],
      descending: false,
      limit: size,
      reduce: false
    });

  items = data[0].rows.map(item => {
    const {_id:id, category, content, choices} = item.value;

    return {id, category, content, choices};
  });

  if (items.length === size) {
    return items;
  }

  console.log(`[getQuestionSet] Question set insufficient. Proceeding to get more...`);
  data = yield thunkify(db.view)('question', 'question-random-r1',
    {
      startkey: [category, r],
      endkey: [category, 0],
      descending: true,
      limit: size,
      reduce: false
    });

  items = items.concat(data[0].rows.map(item => {
    const {_id:id, category, content, choices} = item.value;

    return {id, category, content, choices};
  }));

  return items;
}

export function *startQuizSession({db, user}, params) {
  const {questions} = params;
  const {id: username} = user;

  var query = yield thunkify(db.find)({selector: {doctype:'user', _id: username}});

  if (!query[0] || !query[0].docs[0]) {
    throw new Error('Cannot start quiz session');
  }

  var userDocument = query[0].docs[0];
  if (userDocument.activeQuiz) {
    console.warn('[startQuizSession] Overriding current active quiz...');
  }

  userDocument.activeQuiz = {
    createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
    updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
    questions
  };

  console.log(`[startQuizSession] Updating ${userDocument.username}...`);
  const result = yield thunkify(db.insert)(userDocument);
  if (result[0].ok === true) {
    return result[0];
  } else {
    throw new Error('[startQuizSession] Could not start quiz session.');
  }
}
startQuizSession.$inject = ['db', 'user'];
/**
 *
 * @param db
 * @param params
 */
export function *getCategories ({db}, params) {
  const data = yield thunkify(db.view)('question', 'public-categories', {limit:1, reduce: true});

  if (!(data[0] && data[0].rows[0])){
    throw new Error('Could not get public categories');
  }

  const items = data[0].rows[0].value;
  console.log(`[getCategories] Found categories`, items);

  return items;
}

/**
 * Generate a shareable url should ensure that upon open a shareable URI
 * The name questions are retrieved
 *
 * @param context
 * @param params
 * @return {{shareableUrl: *}}
 */
export function *createShareableUri({db, user}, params) {
  const {id: username} = user; // We always use user login as the identifier (hence id, username means the same)

  // Using the username, system must retrieved the corresponding questions
  var query = yield thunkify(db.find)({selector: {doctype:'user', _id: username}});

  if (!query[0] || !query[0].docs[0]) {
    throw new Error('Create shareable URL');
  }

  const userDocument = query[0].docs[0];
  let quiz;
  let shareableUri;
  if (!userDocument.activeQuiz) {
    throw new Error('User has no quiz');
  }

  const publicIdentifier = generatePublicIdentifier();
  const uri = `q/${publicIdentifier}`;
  const updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
  // Extract the quiz object from user into a separate document
  quiz = Object.assign(
    {
      doctype: 'quiz',
      version: '1.0.0',
      archived: true,
      ownerId: username,
      uri,
      updatedAt
    },
    userDocument.activeQuiz);

  const [{ok}] = yield thunkify(db.insert)(quiz);

  if (ok !== true) {
    throw new Error(`Could not insert quiz`);
  }

  shareableUri = `${BASE_URL}/${uri}`;

  return {
    updatedAt,
    shareableUri
  };
}
createShareableUri.$inject = ['db', 'user'];

export function *resolveShareableUri({db}, params) {
  const {uri} = params;
  const [existingData] = yield thunkify(db.view)('quiz','quiz-archived',
    {
      startkey: uri,
      endkey: uri,
      descending: true,
      limit: 1,
      reduce: false
    });

  if (!(existingData.rows && existingData.rows.length)) {
    console.warn(`Cannot find quiz at URI: ${uri}`);
    throw new Error('Quiz not found');
  }

  const quiz = existingData.rows[0].value;

  const {
    updatedAt,
    questions
  } = quiz;

  return {
    updatedAt,
    questions
  };
}

function generatePublicIdentifier() {
  const idString = uuid().replace(/-/g, ''); // strip dashes away from UUID V1
  const charCodeArray = idString.split('').map(function (item) { return item.charCodeAt(0); });

  return hasher.encode(charCodeArray);
}

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When my daughter, Denise, was a little girl, she was in the ministry office building doing something, and somebody said to her, "You can't do that." She turned around, looked at that person, and said, "Do you know who I am?"
That's the way we have to be with the devil. We need to know that we are God's children and then walk in the authority Jesus gave us. Like my daughter, we need to look him right in the eye and say, "Hey, you're messing with the wrong person! My Father owns this place, and I can demonstrate His saving, healing, and delivering power in the Name of His Son, Jesus!"
What is the biggest thing you think God can do?
Most people would say, "There's no limit. God can do anything." That's right, but let me rephrase the question.
What is the biggest thing you think God can do for you? This brings things a little closer to home.
What is the biggest thing you think God can do for you today? Now we're getting very specific. That question puts your response in the now!
When you seek direction from God, don't try to figure out His plan for you with your mind or physical senses. It's easy to do that. You begin to think, "This happened and that happened, so this is what I should do." That conclusion may seem right at first. But if it's not God's plan for your life, it can end in failure.
The Bible says you are to walk by faith in God and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). You can't be moved by what your physical senses tell you about a situation. Follow what God's Word and the Holy Spirit tell you. That's living according to your spirit!
Father's Day is always a special day. It's a time to make sure our dads know they're appreciated—to let them know how important they really are.
In honor of all the dads out there, we thought we'd share our top dad tips. Let's be honest. Being a dad sometimes takes a lot of hard work and dedication. But it's also one of the most rewarding jobs in the world!
Kenneth: I believe that one secret to success with your children is establishing a relationship with them when they're young—from the moment they're born. Too many fathers want to wait until their children are older. But it doesn't work that way.
Fiery trials are a part of life. I've experienced them and I'm sure you have too. I know that the same God Who met me in the middle of a fiery trial will meet you in the middle of yours. He's going to cause you to triumph, just as He promised in His Word (2 Cor. 2:14).
The Apostle Peter said, "Don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you" (1 Peter 4:12 NLT). He also said that the trial of our faith is "much more precious than of gold that perisheth" (1 Peter 1:7).


It is a pleasure sharing a few words about my son.Sravan is a fun loving person who follows his culture and tradition with a modern touch to it. He has a zest to achieve his dreams, but at the same time considers family and his loved ones central to his life. His hobbies include reading books, singing and playing guitar.
He has done his schooling from Bhashyam public school (Vizag). He has completed his bachelors in Civil engineering at IIT Madras and Masters in Applied Mechanics from IIT Madras. Presently, he is working as Associate in Nomura Services India Pvt Ltd, a widely known investment bank.
We are a close-knit family from Yellamanchili (Visakhapatnam). I am a state government employee working as an administrator(MPHEO) in a government hospital. My wife is a homemaker.
We are looking for a good-natured girl from a cultured family who will be a daughter to us and a companion to my son.
We come from an upper middle class, nuclear family with traditional values. His father is a working professional while his mother is a homemaker. He is the single child to his parents.


During the month of July, a sculptor from France, porte renaud, worked very thoroughly at his studio in Tartu. With remarkable presicion, he documented each day, both in text and photo. As a result, a very thorough and interesting documentation is available of each week spent in Tartu, containing sketches and explanation of work-in-process. The following documentation gives a great overview of porte's artwork and is a must-read for anyone who has a weak spot for art theory.