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The threat of collapse: Dow Jones Industrial can grow at the end of trading
Dow index falls, but is going to grow up in the end
In brief: Dow Jones Industrial approaches zero from today's trading on the U.S. stock market.
Hungary and the problem of employment has collapsed Dow Jones Industrial Average
Dow Jones Industrial suffers from the new fiasco today
U.S. stocks: Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq are flagships today
DJIA avoids collapse, but the weak last data make a pressure. Weak housing data weighed on the stock market as investors awaited word from the Federal Reserve on its latest interest-rate decision and the outlook for the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which entered Wednesday's trading on a two-day losing streak, held steady just after the open but recently turned lower, trading down 22 points, or 0.2%, to 10271, hurt by declines of more than 1% each in Caterpillar, Cisco, DuPont, Intel, General Electric, Chevron and Microsoft.
The market's losses piled up after new Commerce Department data showed that new-home sales hit a record low in May, down nearly 33% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000 homes, as buyers faced a lackluster job market without a housing tax credit. Economists expected 20.6% drop to 400,000. The total was the lowest since the government began compiling this data in 1963 and comes on the heels of a big drop in existing-home sales reported Tuesday. Traders are also awaiting word from the Fed. Participants widely expect officials to keep their key rate target near zero, but there has been some trepidation lately about the pace of recovery in the U.S. and other major economies and whether the Fed will change its outlook. The policy statement, due at 2:15 p.m. EDT, will be the central bank's first opportunity to weigh in on the growth picture since a disappointing payrolls report on June 4 caused many traders to reassess their own bets that the U.S. will enjoy a steady recovery through year end. "I think the Fed will want to put the best face they can on the economy, but at the same time assure investors that they're willing to keep their foot on the accelerator," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank. "It's a fine balance they have to hit." Other stock indexes slipped. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was recently off 0.5%. All its sectors traded lower except telecommunications, which edged up 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 0.6%. Among stocks in focus, Rite Aid shares surged 7.9% trade after the drugstore chain posted a narrower first-quarter loss, – reports WSJ.
CarMax's fiscal first-quarter profit nearly quadrupled on an improvement at its financing operations as used-vehicle sales climbed. Shares were up 8.9%. Overseas, minutes from the last Bank of England meeting showed the first vote in favor of increasing rates from historically low levels of 0.5%. Seven other members voted to keep rates at 0.5%. The lone call for higher rates sparked gains for the British pound. Sterling recently traded at $1.4891, up from $1.4808. The dollar was mixed against other major rivals, strengthening versus the euro but losing ground versus the yen. Oil prices fell more than $2 to dip below $76 a barrel. Treasury prices were mixed. The two year note slipped, but the benchmark 10-year note rallied on the weak U.S. housing numbers, pushing its yield to 3.114%.
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Bank stocks weigh on shares; Dow backs further from 20,000
NEW YORK : U.S. and European shares, the dollar and bond yields all headed lower on Thursday, with traders using the quiet holiday period to book some profits on the heady gains stocks have seen in the final quarter of 2016 and reposition for the year ahead. U.S. benchmark indexes were fractionally lower at the close in the aftermath of the S&P 500's biggest drop in more than two months a day earlier.
As in Europe, financial stocks, which have seen a tremendous run since the U.S. presidential election on the back of higher interest rates, were exerting the greatest downward pressure as bond yields retreated further from their recent highs. U.S. and European bank stocks both were down by more than 1.0 percent.
"We ran out of steam after the election rally. Now the market is at fair value and now it is: 'What is going to come next?'" said Scott Wren, senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute in St. Louis.
The stall on Wall Street put yet more distance between the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average and the much-vaunted 20,000 mark. The Dow has gained more than 8.0 percent since Donald Trump's victory in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election and has come to within 20 points of the milestone repeatedly without successfully crossing the line.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 13.9 points, or 0.07 percent, to 19,819.78, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.66 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,249.26 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 6.47 points, or 0.12 percent, to 5,432.09. The Dow has yet to breach the 20,000 mark after repeatedly coming within 20 points of the milestone.
The S&P 500 financial index .SPSY dropped 0.7 percent, the worst-performing sector, but has still risen about 20 percent in 2016.
Europe's index of the leading 300 shares fell 0.5 percent. The yen's strength, along with a 17-percent slump in Toshiba Corp's shares after news of potential massive writedowns led to a downgrade to its credit ratings, contributed to a 1.3-percent fall for the Nikkei.
U.S. Treasury yields fell across the curve and most hit two-week lows on Thursday as investors bought safe-haven government debt after a strong seven-year note auction on the last full trading day of the year.
Analysts said the strong bid for seven-year paper, which followed a strong five-year note auction on Wednesday, was largely the result of an overzealous selloff that has gripped bond markets since the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, boosting yields for newly issued Treasuries.
"The auctions were so well bid because the yield is so much higher," said Jennifer Vail, head of fixed-income research for US Bank Wealth Management in Portland, Oregon. "At the end of the day that's going to drive more dollars into any new issuance."
In addition to the impact of Trump's election victory, which has sent yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury notes from 1.83 percent on Nov. 8 to 2.51 percent at their open Thursday, Vail said year-end buying by investors to rebalance their portfolios has increased appetite for government debt.
The 10-year note was last up 8/32 in price to yield 2.48 percent. Yields earlier fell to 2.46 percent, their lowest level since Dec. 14. Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds fell to a three-week trough of 3.06 percent after the auction. The long bond retraced that move later and was up 2/32 in price to yield 3.08 percent. Euro zone bond yields were also falling on concerns about the strength of a rescue plan for Italian banks and normal year-end caution. Germany's 10-year yields hit their lowest in seven weeks at 0.164 percent before recovering some ground, after their discount to Treasury yields reached its widest on record earlier in the week.
The U.S. dollar hit a 15-day low against the yen on Thursday as traders used the quiet holiday period to take profits on the dollar's recent gains, while a drop in U.S. Treasury yields on waning risk appetite reduced the greenback's appeal.
The dollar was last down 0.5 percent against the yen at 116.65 yen after falling as much as 0.9 percent in early trading to 116.23 yen, its lowest level since Dec. 14. The greenback had gained 11.5 percent against the Japanese currency between the Nov. 8 U.S. election and Wednesday.
Those gains came partly as U.S. Treasury yields surged to multi-month and multi-year peaks on a faster projected pace of Federal Reserve interest rate increases next year and expectations that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies would boost inflation.
"It's profit-taking," said Douglas Borthwick, managing director at Chapdelaine Foreign Exchange in New York. "The strong dollar that we've seen since the start of November seems to be in a toppish environment." He also noted that trading remained thin during the holiday period.
The euro was last up 0.71 percent against the dollar at $ 1.0481 after touching a one-week high of $ 1.0493 in afternoon trading, but was still on track to fall 3.5 percent against the dollar this year.
In commodity markets, oil futures dipped on Thursday after a surprise build in U.S. crude oil inventories reversed an advance in prices that had boosted the benchmarks to their highest levels since July last year.
U.S. crude stocks unexpectedly rose for the second straight week, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed, gaining 614,000 barrels last week versus analysts' forecasts of a decline of 2.1 million barrels. U.S. crude futures settled 29 cents, or 0.5 percent, lower at $ 53.77 a barrel while Brent crude LCOc1 fell 8 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $ 56.14 a barrel.oil was mixed after data showed the surprise rise in U.S. crude inventories.
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STC Elections 2018: An Interview with VP Candidate Pam Estes Brewer, PhD
Connie Giordano - 02/21/2018 - Business Leader Interviews - STC
Editor's Note: The Society for Technical Communications 2018 elections open on February 26, 2018 and run through March 9. Today we share an interview with Pam Estes Brewer, PhD, one of two candidates for Vice President.
Biography Questions
Who are you? What's your background? What do you do for a living?
I am a technical communicator, university professor, and management consultant. I started my career in tech comm at Cincom Systems and then LexisNexis. I eventually earned my Ph.D. at Texas Tech University and moved into teaching tech comm. I currently teach in the School of Engineering at Mercer University and direct the online Master of Science in Technical Communication Management. I also direct the UX lab and its projects with the Department of Homeland Security.
When did you join the STC? Why?
I joined STC in 1984 when I started my first job in technical communication. At that time, my department at Cincom Systems valued STC, and our cutting edge documentation won an award of excellence in the STC international competition.
Views on the Profession
Where do you see the profession of technical communications heading in the next five years?
The profession of technical communication is breaking into more specialized paths in the U.S. but is still viewed as a more integrated whole abroad. I anticipate that will continue. It is my hope that STC will help shape the value proposition for the field as a whole, and that is certainly one of my goals.
The profession will, as always, affect and be affected by emerging technologies and techniques. Current technologies and techniques that are likely to continue to figure largely in tech comm include topic-based authoring, developer/communicator collaboration tools, improved digital rhetoric, agile methods, gamification, and technical communication in India.
New technologies that are likely to start to impact tech comm include deep reinforcement learning, brain-computer interfaces, virtual assistants, machine learning, and cognitive expert advisors.
What would you do as VP and later as President to support or change this course?
I hope to support professionalization of the field as a whole and to build more effective collaborations (as detailed below) so that STC can increase its value proposition for members and build membership.
More specifically, I will
support continued work on the TC Body of Knowledge and STC certification as these are excellent initiatives
increase collaborations between practitioners and educators/researchers in order to supply better value metrics for the field
support globalizing our organization to benefit all members
facilitate better communication between STC staff, board, and membership
Operations of the STC
The STC has had well documented challenges and some wins over the last number of years. As one of the elected leaders of the organization, your views on the organization's operations are critical.
What do you see as the right roles for national board and the local and regional organizations?
The national board should provide vision and strategy for the future of STC—based on the needs articulated by the local and regional communities. Many of the "documented challenges" noted in the question have (ironically) a root cause in poor communication between staff, board, and membership. Staff and board need to listen to our expert members.
Where should the organization and its board focus its financial resources in the next year?
First, I think we need to do a reality check and be sure we have clear vision for our future and a clear understanding of our constituents. Then, I believe we are likely to focus our financial resources on
day-to-day operations including transitions that help us to serve as a hub for education, professionalization, and networking for the tech comm field
collaborative research, particularly on metrics that measure the value of skilled tech comm to organizations
improved intra-organizational communication
How does your role as an elected leader differ from that of the full-time paid staff?
As an elected leader, I will be charged with supporting the work of staff so that they can be successful on behalf of the membership and ensuring that the work of the staff does, indeed, benefit membership.
Members and Chapters
How should STC address the changing needs of organizations for technical content and the potential skills gap of STC members?
This is, perhaps, the most complex of the questions you are asking. It is complex because STC offers itself as an umbrella organization that represents the field at large, and tech comm is a huge, widely varying field.
STC currently tries to address these changing needs for technical content via SIG and chapter activities, Intercom, Technical Communication, webinars, the TC Body of Knowledge, international and regional conferences, and more. Are these media working? I think they are to a point. But we need to increase the offerings in cutting edge content. Many technical communicators move toward smaller, more focused organizations for cutting edge, advanced content.
Although membership in STC surges from time to time, the general trend is downward. What would you do to reverse that trend?
We have stabilized in recent years, but we need to aggressively address the value proposition of STC membership for its members. I strongly believe that increasing collaborative research, particularly on metrics that measure the value of skilled tech comm to organizations; increasing global connections; and improving intra-organizational communication, will result in a steady rise in value and number of members.
Should the STC keep supporting the local chapters? If Yes, Why & How? If no, Why?
Yes. The chapters should articulate their own value propositions as well as their needs. Then the board and staff should provide the resources to help them do what they do best.
The Office of Vice President and President Elect
What can you reasonably expect to accomplish as VP and President?
I have focused on a relatively narrow agenda of goals and objectives centered around professionalization, collaboration, and globalization. I am running for STC rather than against a competitor, and, if I'm elected, I am realistically committed to
developing research metrics on tech comm value
supporting initiatives that advance the professional legitimacy of tech comm
building collaborations between industry and academy
building collaborations internationally
building better communication between STC staff, board, and membership
What will you do in the first 100 days?
In my first 100 days as VP, I will support the President and gaining a deeper, working knowledge of the staff and board. By the time I begin my term as President, I will have made headway in each of the five goals I identified in the previous question. By the time I finish my term as President, I will have made substantial headway on each of the five goals and have put in place sustainable objectives to take them forward past my own presidency.
What will be your legacy after you're done as VP and President?
I sincerely hope that my legacy will be one of contributing to the power and legitimacy of the field of tech comm and building valuable collaborations.
The Big Last Question … Why are you the right person to be the next VP for STC?
an experienced facilitator
adept at working with diverse groups
an advocate of a global perspective
a Ph.D. and experienced researcher
With my experience and skills, I can serve STC in ways that are most needed right now, such as supporting excellent work on professionalization, developing value metrics, developing collaborations that add value for members, and extending STC reach internationally.
For more information on Pam Estes Brewer, go to
Video candidate statement
STC election page
STC official blog post
Email: brewer_pe@mercer.edu
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5 things Singaporean workers can anticipate in the future
PHOTO: The Straits Times
Joanne Poh
MoneySmart
The options facing young workers in Singapore today are vastly different from what their parents had to contend with.
The baby boomer generation was largely concerned with finding career stability and raising a family, and the typical office job was a 9-to-6 affair. Fast forward to 2017 and work-life balance is becoming a huge concern, especially as working hours spiral out of control and the internet blurs the line between work time and downtime.
So what's the future of work in Singapore? Here are some hints of what's to come.
More flexibility
The government has been pushing for businesses to implement flexi-work policies in the face of a falling birth rate and slipping productivity. But unfortunately, businesses have been slow to adopt such policies, with many "old-school", "traditional" bosses still insisting on face-time.
But change is still taking place slowly but surely. A growing number of young, hip start-ups are taking the lead in allowing flexible hours and remote work. And as these firms push the envelope, more traditional businesses will eventually be forced to follow suit or risk not being able to retain staff.
More freelancers and non-traditional work arrangements
The number of people in Singapore working as freelancers has spiked, as well as the number of jobs.
This increase has not only been fuelled by a rise in retrenchment and the accessibility of Grab or Uber driving, but also by people in the tech, creative, and education industries striking out on their own to work on a self-employed basis.
It's likely we've only seen a tip of the iceberg. The number of freelancers is expected to grow even further, which will bring to the forefront issues like retirement savings and health insurance, which the government might have to deal with at some point.
People with tech skills will thrive
There's no doubt about it - those with tech skills will come out on top in the new economy. As jobs get replaced by AI, it is the guys behind the AI who will enjoy the biggest transfer of wealth.
Already, there has been a surge in the number of Singapore A'level and Poly grads aiming to study computing at Uni, and most students who get into the School of Computing at NUS have straight As.
On the other hand, those who lack tech skills will find their career options limited. Even traditionally non-technical jobs in industries like marketing and PR now have a distinct technical dimension thanks to the importance of the 'nternet in building businesses' presence and reputation.
And of course, some jobs will become victims of AI, so it pays to keep tabs on the possible future of your job and industry and to upgrade, re-skill or change industries if it looks like your job could be in danger.
Careers might have less longevity, with career switches and disruption becoming more commonplace
Careers are actually becoming more short-lived than they were decades ago.
While your parents' generation might have thought of a job as one you kept for the rest of your working life, more and more Singaporeans are now making mid-career switches, whether voluntarily or because of factors such as retrenchment.
In fact, running a high risk of retrenchment as you approach middle age looks set to be the norm in Singapore.
Furthermore, the new generation of employees are displaying a growing concern about factors such as working in an area of interest and work-life balance, which makes career switches more likely.
Widening wealth gap
Tired of seeing Ferraris whiz by as 70-year-olds toil away in menial jobs to make ends meet? We might just see more of that, as AI replaces certain jobs and wealth inequality continues to grow.
Those who are well-equipped to profit from an increasingly high-tech environment will be rewarded handsomely. Already, fresh grads in computing have seen a big jump in starting salaries.
On the other end of the spectrum, those doing unskilled or manual work could see their jobs being outsourced to robots.
With that in mind, the stakes for local students to do well at school and get onto a lucrative career path might soar even further.
How do you think work will change for Singaporeans in the future? Tell us in the comments!


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ReelzChannel Picks Up "XIII"
The ReelzChannel network has picked up the Toronto-lensed action thriller "XIII" from Prodigy Pictures, co-produced by Luc Besson's French production company EuropaCorp Television.
Starring Stuart Townsend and Aisha Tyler, the Toronto-lensed feature follows Townsend as former secret operative, 'XIII', who loses his memory as he is hunted by an anti-government organization, with Tyler as a government agent and XIII's loyal ally.
Cast also includes Virginie Ledoyen, Caterina Murino, Greg Bryk, Stephen McHattie and Ted Atherton.
"XIII" adapts the Franco-Belgian comic book series 'XIII", created by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance.
With a plot inspired by author Robert Ludlum's best-seller "The Bourne Identity", "XIII" debuted in 1984, followed by TV adaptations and video games.
In the original comic book series :
"...the first female US President, 'Sally Sheridan' is shot dead by a sniper during her 'Veterans Day' speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. He cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck, "XIII".
"In Washington, government intelligence continues to search for the President's killer. With elections weeks away, a credible suspect could swing the vote for the administration. Hours after XIII's location is picked up by covert intelligence, elite special ops forces swarm over the elderly couple's house in 'Cape Fear'.
"Running on adrenaline and instinct, XIII tactically takes out the soldiers one by one. On the run, clinging to one desperate clue after another, XIII begins to piece back his life, fragments of his memory returning. Finally captured, he learns that he has been given a stolen identity and placed undercover to flush out a group of conspirators threatening to overthrow the government.
"Ensconced within the highest echelons of power the conspirators run their own security agency alongside the Government's. Now both are out to find him. The only way for XIII to get his own life back is to play bait. A dangerous game, especially when you don't know who you really are..."
"XIII.2" is produced by Wanda Grean for XIII Series 2 Inc. Executive producer is Jay Firestone.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "XIII"...


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LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Sir: I asked for a cup of tea at the coffeehouse around the corner, not the one where they have the mimes, but the other one, and they handed me a foam cup with a teabag in it, and the teabag had a tag dangling from it. And this was the message on the tag: "Trust your identity; be in touch with your reality." Well, my reality never calls. It never even sends a postcard. My reality and I haven't spoken since 2014, when I told my reality to take a hike. And my identity was stolen by Slovenian hackers last October, so I certainly don't trust that. So I think we should tell these big tea companies, first of all, you can just keep out of my personal life, thank you very much, and in return we won't ask you about your relatives. And second, it's not "tea" unless it's made from Camellia sinensis, okay? So don't go telling me peppermint and licorice root and dogbane and lawn clippings all stuffed into a little bag make "tea," because you're not fooling anybody but yourselves. —Sincerely, Name Withheld Against My Will.
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From DR. BOLI'S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.
Lackawanna (noun).—Deficiency of earnest desire: "If I don't make it to Scranton, it won't be for Lackawanna."
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AN OBSERVATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made scads of splendid coffee-table books available in high-resolution scans at Google Books. When you're done here, you can go over there and spend a few hours among the masterpieces of the world's art. Here, for example, is a beautiful book about Armenia.
This seems like a very good idea. Few if any sales will be discouraged: the people who want to remember the exhibition with an expensive coffee-table book will probably still want the book, and the Google Books scan probably generates sales to people who see the book on line and think it would be lovely to have it on paper. But the main thing is that the Met understands its mission as disseminating information to the public, not making money for the stockholders.
We can contrast this with the attitude of Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press wants $81.60 for the ebook version of F. E. Peters' Jerusalem, a book published in 1985. We repeat that this is the ebook, so no material costs whatsoever are involved. You might think that, say, $19.95 would seem a bit much for a 38-year-old backlisted ebook, but at least it would not trigger the automatic "outrageous" flag in every sane brain. You laugh at $81.60. You will not pay it. And your reaction is probably typical. Does Princeton University Press really make more money by pricing this ebook at $81.60 than it would make by pricing it at $9.99?
Now, if you want the book on paper, well, that runs into money. For Jerusalem, the price is $260—for a paperback copy.
What accounts for that price? How does the publisher justify it?
"The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions."
Gosh! Dr. Boli—and he is revealing a trade secret here—uses the latest print-on-demand technology in his celebrated Publishing Empire, too! But he sure feels like a sucker now for pricing The Emperor at $11.88 when he could be charging twenty times that. To reveal another trade secret, he actually makes a small profit at that price. It is just enough so that the book sales pay for the Web hosting and domain names in the on-line division of the Publishing Empire, which is thus self-supporting and therefore self-justifying. Furthermore, Dr. Boli will point out that he wrote the book, which cost him some amount of effort, whereas Princeton University Press is merely scrounging in the big old barrel of long-out-of-print books to which they still have the rights. For that they get $260. Or at least they ask $260. We must suppose that they do sometimes get it, doubtless from people who are spending other people's money, because the "Legacy Library" scam has been going on for several years.
But now you can amuse yourself for a moment by speculating: How much of the $260 price for Jerusalem do you suppose goes to F. E. Peters, the author thereof, thus promoting the Progress of Science and useful Arts by encouraging him to write more books?
The answer: None of it, because F. E. Peters died three years ago.
ERRATA.
p. vii for Preface read Foreword
p. xviii for Foreword read Preface
p. xxxvii for has earned my profoundest gratitude read can go suck eggs for all I care
p. 23 for sculpture read rupture
p. 64 for Athanasius read Anastasia
p. 89 for accustomed vigor read a custard figure
p. 146 for pthhhhhht read pthhhhhhht
p. 204 for It was the best of times, it was the worst of times read Call me Ishmael
p. 278 for To Be Continued read The End
Dear Dr. Boli: So the other day at work I was talking about visiting a bookstore, and the woman I was talking to said, "These days I read all my books on a device." And I said, "That's nice," but I really had no idea what she was talking about. I mean, I thought reading a book was about the simplest thing you could do. What kind of "device" do people use to read books? —Sincerely, Ned Ludd, Anstey.
Dear Sir: Your colleague probably means something like the device the poet Horace is using in this woodcut from 1498:
It's rather handy for reference books, and modern versions are available from various manufacturers, although usually without the attractively spiral-turned swinging arm.
NOT DEAD YET.
From the Files of Mush Marlow, Private Investigator.
Continuing the story that began here.
"Okay," I said, "first of all, don't panic. I don't want you to lose your head."
"I am quite calm, Mr. Marlow," said Mrs. Pifler. "My head is firmly attached to my neck."
"Good. Keep it that way. Now, what makes you say he's missing?"
"The fact that he is not here."
"Well, that's a start. And you don't think he just stepped out for a while?"
"That is a possibility," she admitted. "However, the condition of his library suggests something more than just stepping, unless it was a herd of enraged elephants that was doing the stepping."
"Okay, you hang tight. I'll be over as soon as I can."
"Oh, there's no need to rush," she said. "I just wanted you to be apprised of the latest development. I mean, he'll probably be just as missing tomorrow. Or the day after."
"Well, I don't want to alarm you, but your husband's life may depend on how fast we act."
"I suppose. But then he may already be dead, and then wouldn't you feel silly if you'd hurried up and it was all for nothing?"
"I'll take the chance."
I hung up and headed back down the stairs.
This time I took a cab, so I wouldn't get lost on the streetcar again. The cabbie wanted a tip, so I told him to put everything on Shaggy Dog at the Meadowlands. He was still shouting something when the Piflers' butler opened the door.
"Sir was expected," the butler said as I walked in.
"Sir? What sir is that?"
"Sir, sir."
"You mean me?"
"Yes, sir. Sir is 'sir,' sir."
"Oh. Sorry. I don't speak butler."
We might have gone on like that for an hour or two, but we were interrupted by the lady of the house.
"Thank you for coming out so quickly," said Mrs. Pifler. She was coming down the stairs, and in the gown she was wearing coming down the stairs was a whole Busby Berkeley production number. "It really wasn't necessary, but I do appreciate the gesture."
"Well, that's what you pay me for. So you say someone broke into the library?"
"Not broke in. There's no evidence of breaking and entering. However, once he had entered, he did quite a bit of breaking."
"Well, let's see it," I said, and I started walking.
"Not that way!" Mrs. Pifler said, grabbing my coat sleeve. "Never that way! The south wing isn't safe. I mean, it's booked by a private party. What I mean is, it's very dusty. Actually, there is no south wing. None at all. Forget I said anything. This is the way you want to go."
She led me in the other direction, and now I remembered that this was the way the butler had led me before. We walked down the same long hallway and stopped in front of the same door, or at least I assumed it was the same door, although I don't know if there was any way to tell except by counting the doors.
"You can see what I meant about the elephants," said Mrs. Pifler.
It certainly wasn't the way I remembered the library. It was mostly colors everywhere I looked. As my eye gradually adjusted, I started to sort out what I was seeing. The floor was covered from wall to wall with picks of every color, with only an occasional overturned cardboard box to interrupt the carpet of Bakelite.
"I guess he doesn't normally leave the library in this state."
"Mr. Pifler is always careful to pack up one box before pulling down another," Mrs. Pifler responded. "Or he was very careful. I suppose until we're quite sure what happened I'll be having trouble with verb tenses."
"If your husband thought he was in some kind of trouble," I asked, "where do you think he'd go?"
"Here," she answered without hesitating. "He always came to the library when he wanted to avoid me."
"But he didn't have a club or something?"
"Not as such. Not per se. The only social life he had was at work, and of course his occasional visits to the Free Polo Grounds to see how the poor were doing with their polo ponies."
"You think he might have gone to one of those places?"
"He might have, Mr. Marlow, but I am quite certain he didn't."
"What makes you so sure?" I asked.
"I can't tell you that."
"Well, then, I don't really know what you expect me to do."
"I expect you to find out who killed my husband."
"We don't even know he's dead."
"True. You will have to remove that uncertainty as well."
As I left the Pifler place, I had a strange feeling that there were some things Mrs. Pifler wasn't telling me. I couldn't put my finger on it exactly. It was just something about the way she kept saying "I can't tell you that" that made me think she might not be telling me something.
But she was the client, so I might as well play the game her way.
So I figured if the only social life Pifler had was at work, there might be people he worked with who knew things about him his wife didn't know. Betty knows more about me than anybody, and I know she doesn't mind telling perfect strangers what she thinks of me. If I was lucky, maybe Pifler would have that kind of secretary.
When I got to the Consolidated Ice-Cream Carton Manufacturing Co., I asked the guy at the front desk, "Is Mr. Pifler's secretary in?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Well," I said, "how about a vice-president or something?"
"Not many people here," said front-desk guy. "Mostly just me and the elevator crew."
"Why isn't anybody else here?"
"Cause it's nine-thirty at night."
"Yeah, I s'pose that makes a difference," I grudgingly admitted.
"So you one of those guys looking for a Croydon?"
"So far I've had six guys here looking for a Croydon. One of 'em even pulled a water pistol on me."
"You don't say… You got any idea what this Croydon thing is?"
"Nope. But whatever it is, they ain't gettin' it. Maybe there's a Croydon here and maybe there ain't, but I don't get paid to let any old hobo come in here and take what he wants. Lucky I know Giu Gizzu, the ancient Italian art of self-defense. Just a friendly warning, in case you came here looking for Croydons."
"I don't even know what a Croydon is," I said. "But somebody sure wants one. They tried to shake one out of me, too. No, I came here for something completely different and not related to Croydons at all. I'm looking for old man Pifler."
"The President? He's home with his wife, as far as I know. At least that's where I'd be if I had a wife who looked like that."
"But he's not there. His wife is worried about him, and she hired me to figure out what happened to him."
"Really?" Suddenly he was very animated. "You a private detective, like that Sam Spade character?"
"That's my racket, yeah."
"Wow! A real detective! This is the most exciting thing that's happened on my shift since we had mice!"
"Mice?"
"Well, just one mouse, but he was a lot of trouble, believe me. I hired this weird-looking blue cat to take care of him, but he was worse than useless. Anyway, I came to an agreement with the mouse, and as long as the cheese holds out we're fine. But that was the last time anything exciting ever happened around here. A detective! That's even more exciting than a mouse! Hey, can you detect something for me? I've always wanted to see somebody do that."
"Maybe if I could get in to see old man Pifler's office…"
"Say no more! Well, I mean, obviously you can say as much as you like, but I'll get you into the President's office. I mean, it's not every day a detective comes to detect stuff around here."
He stood up and started leading me back toward the elevators. I almost had to run to keep up with him. When we reached the bank of elevators, one of the doors slid open, revealing five men inside asleep on chairs.
"Wake up," said desk guy. "We got a guest."
One of the five immediately stood up by the elevator controls. The other four sat up and picked up two fiddles, a viola, and a cello, and after a nod from one of the fiddlers they began to play "Climbing Up the Ladder of Love."
"Floor?" asked the one by the controls.
"All the way to the top," said my guide as we stepped in. It was a little cramped with the six of us, but I guess it wouldn't be much of an elevator ride without the music.
The door closed and we started to rise, passing the second floor, and then coming to a stop at the third.
"Third floor," said the operator. "President's office, potted palms, vending machines."
My guide and I stepped out as soon as the door slid open. It closed again behind us, but I could still hear muffled music as we walked down the dim hallway.
At the end we reached a door with a sign that said A. C. PIFLER, PRESIDENT.
"This is the place," said my guide. "Can't wait to see you detect something."
He opened the door.
Papers were everywhere, drawers and cabinets were open, and there was a guy sitting at the desk with his hand in the top drawer, looking kind of startled. I mean the guy was looking kind of startled, not the hand. Or the drawer. That would just be silly.
"Hey!" said my guide. "Who are you?"
"Uh," said the man at the desk. Then, as if he'd decided his response could be improved on a little, he added, "What's it to you?"
"I'm the night clerk," my guide said, "and this is the President's office."
"Well," the man at the desk said, and then he seemed to get himself together. "Well, I'm the night president."
My guide looked a little dubious. "I've never seen you here before."
"Oh yeah?" The guy at the desk thought for a moment. "Well, just for that you're fired. Pack up your stuff and get out."
The string quartet was playing a sad tune as we went back down in the elevator, and I felt kind of bad for the guy who had just lost his job. Something about the whole situation didn't add up, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Guess you'll be looking for another job," I said as I watched the former night clerk put his few belongings into his coat pocket.
"Nope," he said cheerfully. "Already know what I'm gonna do."
"Oh really? What's that?"
He put on an old blue fedora and pulled it down with an air of determination. "I'm gonna be your sidekick," he said.
Dear Dr. Boli: You've tried to explain American religion several times before, but those essays are, like, dozens or even hundreds of words long. Could you distill that information into a portable form for the busy executive on the go? —Sincerely, Francis, Vatican City.
Dear Sir: Everything there is to know about the religious attitudes of the American people is summed up in the words of a bumper sticker that has been popular on pickup trucks for a generation or more:
I'd rather PUSH a Ford
than drive a Chevy
Sometimes the brands are reversed, but the religious sentiment is the same. Remember the words of that bumper sticker, and you will know what religion means to Americans and in what gods they place their faith.
HUMAN LIFE: A POEM IN FOUR YARD SIGNS.


To make Wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) hardware technology accessible and device development a breeze, Seeed Studio has released LinkIt™ ONE, the first development board for the MediaTek LinkIt Development Platform which makes the prototyping of wearable and IoT devices easy and cost-efficient.
In the era of Wearables and IoT, much of the innovation will come from creative and driven pioneers in the developer and maker community. Their creativity needs a robust yet flexible development platform and this need is fulfilled by the LinkIt Development Platform. The LinkIt ONE development board provides the hardware component of that platform. A co-design product by Seeed Studio and MediaTek, LinkIt ONE benefits from Seeed's knowledge in open hardware and MediaTek's industry leading reference designs for the Wearable and IoT market.
The LinkIt ONE development board is one of the most feature-rich development boards on the market. It is based on MediaTek Aster (MT2502), the world's smallest commercial SoC for Wearables, and integrates GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth EDR/BLE, Wi-Fi, GPS, SD Card, and MP3/AAC/AMR Audio features.
To support rapid hardware prototyping, LinkIt ONE provides similar pin-out to the popular Arduino boards. This includes 4-pin Grove standard plug-and-play peripheral interfaces offering support for more than 120 modules, making it easy to build sophisticated prototypes by combining a wide range of sensors and peripherals with LinkIt ONE.
Open source LinkIt Hardware Board Reference Design, including schematic, layouts, and pin details , enabling developers to create their own projects using Seeed Studio's Fusion PCBA Service.
"MediaTek has very competitive solution for computation and communication, while makers still use traditional industrial components for new connected objects. With LinkIt ONE, we are excited to help Makers bring prototypes to market faster and more easily," says Eric Pan, CEO of Seeed Studio.
Other tools that developers need are supplied by MediaTek Labs, a central hub for developer offerings, including software development kits (SDKs), technical documentation as well as technical and business support. LinkIt software development is supported by a Developer's Guide and comprehensive API References. And when makers, device manufacturers, students, DIY hobbyists, programmers, engineers, and developers have used these tools to turn their innovative ideas into practical prototypes, the LinkIt Hardware Board Reference Design enables them to make their products a reality with the Seeed productization and agile manufacturing service.
Makers and developers can download the LinkIt SDK (for Arduino) by registering at MediaTek Labs, http://labs.mediatek.com, and order the LinkIt ONE HDK from Seeed Studio at http://www.seeedstudio.com/linkitone .
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/**
 * This class keeps the details of the web site to be monitored.
 * @author cliffano
 */
public class Site {

    /**
     * The web site URL.
     */
    private String mUrl;

    /**
     * Constructs a Site with specified details.
     * @param url
     *            the web site URL
     */
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        mUrl = url;
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Baza lotnicza Nagurskoje (, ICAO: UODN) – baza lotnicza Sił Powietrznych Federacji Rosyjskiej, położona na Ziemi Franciszka Józefa. Nazwana na cześć polsko-rosyjskiego pioniera lotnictwa arktycznego, Jana Nagórskiego.

Położenie
Baza lotnicza leży w obwodzie archangielskim na Ziemi Aleksandry w archipelagu Ziemia Franciszka Józefa, w granicach administracyjnych osady Nagurskoje, 1376 km na północny wschód od Murmańska.

Historia
Nagurskoje zostało zbudowane w latach 50. XX wieku jako baza wypadowa dla sowieckich bombowców Lotnictwa Dalekiego Zasięgu, aby dotrzeć do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Było utrzymywane przez agencję rosyjskich sił powietrznych OGA (Arktyczna Grupa Kontrolna), która utrzymywała wszystkie jednostki w obszarze arktycznym. 23 grudnia 1996 roku samolot transportowy An-72 rozbił się w okolicach bazy podczas próby lądowania.

W 2015 roku na obszarze bazy znajdowało się kilka połączonych obiektów wolnostojących, takich jak magazyny paliwa, instalacje grzewcze i domy mieszkalne. Uważa się, że lotnisko jest operacyjne i utrzymywane przez FSB i zdolne do obsługi samolotów An-26 i An-72.

W 2017 roku ukończono rozbudowę bazy. Objęła ona nowy pas o długości 2500 metrów, pomieszczenia mieszkalne dla 150 żołnierzy oraz stanowiska dla floty myśliwców MiG-31 bądź Su-34.

Baza jest wykorzystywana jako jeden z punktów stacjonowania sił Zjednoczonego Dowództwa Strategicznego "Północ" oficjalnie utworzonego 1 grudnia 2014 roku.

Drogi startowe i operacje lotnicze
Operacje lotnicze wykonywane są z betonowej drogi startowej:
 RWY 10/28, 1400 × 35 m

Przypisy

Bazy lotnicze Federacji Rosyjskiej
Ziemia Franciszka Józefa

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One Day Winter Workshop at Tejon Pass.
I've uploaded photos from last Saturday's Keith Douglas Skelton, One Day Winter Workshop at Tejon Pass. Click on this link http://gottago.smugmug.com/Classes-Workshops/20140208-Tejon-Pass/i-MtzN3SM to view all the photos. I photographed some of the workshop participants too.
We'd hoped to have snowy landscapes to photograph but the weather had other ideas in mind. I was pleasantly surprised to find so many photo opportunities to make something out of nothing (not really nothing:-)).
To see more photos of the fun workshop follow the link I've provided.
Fleeting but intense red San Jacinto.
Off in a while to Tejon Pass for a one day photography workshop with Jen and JJ to a workshop lead by Keith Skelton.
He'd been hoping for snow on the pass but we're probably not going to have any snow even though there has been rain in the LA area. But this workshop is about making something out of nothing. Keith is good at that so I'm hoping I'll learn some knew ways of seeing creatively.
Thanks to Ray coming in and telling me I might want to get up as the color is exceptional this morning, I got to see some brief, intense color on Mount San Jacinto.
Such potential….. unrealized as the sky went grey when I'd hoped for color galore not long after I shot this photo.
Shot on the way back from 4 holes of golf. West view over the San Jacinto range. Hoping for some snow or rain. We've had so little. The PCT hikers will probably have to avoid many a fire this hiking season.
The Bump & Grind 4.5 Mile Hike.
Hoping Melissa can get 5 days off work for a much needed backpack in a couple of months. Melissa, Jen and I have been doing sections of the Pacific Crest Trail since I introduced them both to backpacking about 3 years ago. We do have a really fun time backpacking together. It will be so nice to get "out there" again.
Saturday morning hike up the Bump & Grind training with our backpacks. PCT 132 mile segment coming up from just south of Big Bear to just past Wrightwood come April 9th!


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Q: how to parse an email message and process various information Is there any library to parse email messages? I know there are a lot.
In addition to basic MIME parsing it should be able to parse things like:

*

*If the mail is a forwarded message: parse and tell me the original sender of the message.

*Get the the parts that should be quoted. I mean like Gmail shows "- Show quoted text -"

It should support one of these: C/C++, PHP, Python

A: You will, most probably, find some code for it in Spam Assassin.

A: Here my simple example in PHP:
<?php
$str = file_get_contents('mime-mixed-related-alternative.eml');

preg_match_all('/((?<=(Content-Type: multipart\/mixed; boundary="))(.*)?(?=(")))|((?<=(Content-Type: multipart\/related; boundary="))(.*)?(?=(")))|((?<=(Content-Type: multipart\/alternative; boundary="))(.*)?(?=(")))/', $str, $boundary);

echo "
";
// print_r($boundary);

$AllPartsUnique = "";
$j=0;

foreach ($boundary[0] as $key => $v) {
  if($key >= 0){
    echo "\n\n\nBoundary " . $v . "\r\n";

    // cut boundary content
    preg_match_all('/(?<=(--'.$v.'))(| |.*|[\s\S]+|\<|\>|\.|\r|\n|\0|@|\w+)?(?=(--'.$v.'--))/', $str, $part);

    $bname = $v;

    foreach ($part[0] as $v) {
        // echo "PART " . $bname . " " . $v . "\r\n";
        $parts = explode("--".$bname, $v);

        echo "
";
        foreach ($parts as $v) {
            // echo "\r\nSINGLE PART " . $v . "\r\n";
            // $AllPartsUnique[$j] = $v;
            // with html visible on page
            $AllPartsUnique[$j] = htmlentities($v);
            $j++;
        }
    }
  }
}
echo "
";
// print_r($AllPartsUnique);

foreach($AllPartsUnique as $key => $one) {
  foreach ($boundary[0] as $find) {
    if(strpos($one, $find) !== false){
        unset($AllPartsUnique[$key]);
    }
  }
}

echo "
";
 print_r($AllPartsUnique);
preg_match_all('/(?<=((\n)To: )|(^To: ))(.*)+?(?=())/', $str, $to);
echo "To " . $to[0][0];

preg_match_all('/(?<=((\n)From: )|(^From: ))(.*)+?(?=())/', $str, $from);
echo "From " . $from[0][0];

preg_match_all('/(?<=((\n)Subject: )|(^Subject: ))(.*)+?(?=())/', $str,  $subject);
echo "Subject " . $subject[0][0];

// end script
die();
?>

Amd here mime message example:
From: ddd@email.coc
To: to@email.coc
Subject: Example Email
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MixedBoundaryString"

--MixedBoundaryString
Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="RelatedBoundaryString"

--RelatedBoundaryString
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="AlternativeBoundaryString"

--AlternativeBoundaryString
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This is the plain text part of the email.

--AlternativeBoundaryString
Content-Type: text/html;charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

  =0D
    =0D

This is the html part of the email.
=0D
    =0D
  =0D
=0D

--AlternativeBoundaryString--

--RelatedBoundaryString
Content-Type: image/jpgeg;name="logo.png"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline;filename="logo.png"
Content-ID: <logo.png@email.coc>

amtsb2hiaXVvbHJueXZzNXQ2XHVmdGd5d2VoYmFmaGpremxidTh2b2hydHVqd255aHVpbnRyZnhu
dWkgb2l1b3NydGhpdXRvZ2hqdWlyb2h5dWd0aXJlaHN1aWhndXNpaHhidnVqZmtkeG5qaG5iZ3Vy
a25qbW9nNXRwbF0nemVycHpvemlnc3k5aDZqcm9wdHo7amlodDhpOTA4N3U5Nnkwb2tqMm9sd3An
LGZ2cDBbZWRzcm85eWo1Zmtsc2xrZ3g=

--RelatedBoundaryString
Content-Type: image/jpgeg;name="masthead.png"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline;filename="masthead.png"
Content-ID: <masthead.png@email.coc>

aXR4ZGh5Yjd1OHk3MzQ4eXFndzhpYW9wO2tibHB6c2tqOTgwNXE0aW9qYWJ6aXBqOTBpcjl2MC1t
dGlmOTA0cW05dGkwbWk0OXQwYVttaXZvcnBhXGtsbGo7emt2c2pkZnI7Z2lwb2F1amdpNTh1NDlh
eXN6dWdoeXhiNzhuZzdnaHQ3eW9zemlqb2FqZWt0cmZ1eXZnamhka3JmdDg3aXV2dWd5aGVidXdz
dhyuhehe76YTGSFGA=

--RelatedBoundaryString--

--MixedBoundaryString
Content-Type: application/pdf;name="Invoice_1.pdf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="Invoice_1.pdf"

aGZqZGtsZ3poZHVpeWZoemd2dXNoamRibngganZodWpyYWRuIHVqO0hmSjtyRVVPIEZSO05SVURF
SEx1aWhudWpoZ3h1XGh1c2loZWRma25kamlsXHpodXZpZmhkcnVsaGpnZmtsaGVqZ2xod2plZmdq
a2psajY1ZWxqanNveHV5ZXJ3NTQzYXRnZnJhZXdhcmV0eXRia2xhanNueXVpNjRvNWllc3l1c2lw
dWg4NTA0

--MixedBoundaryString
Content-Type: application/pdf;name="SpecialOffer.pdf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="SpecialOffer.pdf"

aXBvY21odWl0dnI1dWk4OXdzNHU5NTgwcDN3YTt1OTQwc3U4NTk1dTg0dTV5OGlncHE1dW4zOTgw
cS0zNHU4NTk0eWI4OTcwdjg5MHE4cHV0O3BvYTt6dWI7dWlvenZ1em9pdW51dDlvdTg5YnE4N3Z3
OTViOHk5cDV3dTh5bnB3dWZ2OHQ5dTh2cHVpO2p2Ymd1eTg5MGg3ajY4bjZ2ODl1ZGlvcjQ1amts
dfnhgjdfihn=

--MixedBoundaryString--

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Nobody understands the thrill of Hockey Season here in California, like us CANADIANS! As hockey fans who prefer to live in the warm weather, we can be torn between our new home team, The Anaheim Ducks, and our Canadian Home Teams when they battle it out here at the Honda Center. For some, this is a WIN-WIN either way!
Join your fellow Canadians in Orange County to see the great Canadian Game together, featuring the Anaheim Ducks vs. the Edmonton Oilers!
Time for a quick beer before the game? By letting us know, it may be possible to meet before or after the game, even if you tickets were purchased elsewhere! Leave your suggestion in the form, and we will try to coordinate the group.
Meet up ideas or suggestions?
Thank you, and see you at the game!


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HomeMiddle EastTurkey issued 82 warrants during the 2014 pro-Kurdish riots
Turkey issued 82 warrants during the 2014 pro-Kurdish riots
Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued arrest warrants for the arrest of 82 people during a 2014 protest against the siege of the Islamic State in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
The targets include members of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) opposition party,
At least 18 suspects were detained' during police raids in seven provinces, according to the Anadolu Agency.
The agency said the suspects included the current mayor of the eastern city of Cars, Ayhan Bilgen, six former HDP lawmakers and other former party officials.
What were the Kobani protests?
In early October 2014, protesters took to the streets in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, expressing outrage that they saw the government's inaction against Islamic State militants besieging Kobani.
The three-day protests killed 37 people and injured hundreds.
What is the basis of an arrest warrant?
Ankara accuses the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group of inciting protests. He also alleged that the HDP had links with the PKK and supported the protest. The HDP, Turkey's third-largest party, has denied the allegations.
Prosecutors in Ankara said arrest warrants had been issued' for "numerous calls to the public to take to the streets and carry out terrorist acts", adding that suspects should be sought' in seven provinces. Will
The Ankara Prosecutor's Terror Crime Investigation Bureau has launched an investigation into the PKK terrorist organization and its so-called officials, as well as some political party officials and members ... and, at the present stage, 82 suspects. People have been ordered' into custody, "said the prosecutor's office.
It was not immediately clear why investigations were launched' against 82 people just six years after the riots.
Russia promises retaliation if US senators ban naval poison


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	http://stix.mitre.org/stix-1 http://stix.mitre.org/XMLSchema/core/1.1.1/stix_core.xsd
	urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xal:3 http://stix.mitre.org/XMLSchema/external/oasis_ciq_3.0/xAL.xsd
	urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xnl:3 http://stix.mitre.org/XMLSchema/external/oasis_ciq_3.0/xNL.xsd
	urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xpil:3 http://stix.mitre.org/XMLSchema/external/oasis_ciq_3.0/xPIL.xsd" id="example:Package-7db3a964-749c-4cdf-a6db-4d24b6f6c235" version="1.1.1" timestamp="2013-12-11T20:13:34+00:00">
    <stix:Incidents>
        <stix:Incident id="example:incident-d2b9a480-a865-4547-85f5-24da6e0db774" timestamp="2014-07-30T19:07:18+00:00" xsi:type='incident:IncidentType'>
            <incident:Title>Patient A received a prescription package intended for Patient B. Patient Bs name, address, and type of medication was compromised. Patient A reported the incident to the medical center and a replacement has been requested for Patient B. The Great Lakes Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) investigation concludes that this is the result of a VAMC incorrect address transmission leading to a USPS mis-delivery, not a CMOP packaging error. The medical center has been notified.</incident:Title>
            <incident:External_ID source="VERIS">B672BAFD-62A0-11E3-9856-14109FCE954D</incident:External_ID>
            <incident:Time>
                <incident:Initial_Compromise precision="year">2013-01-01T00:00:00</incident:Initial_Compromise>
            </incident:Time>
            <incident:Reporter>
                <stixCommon:Identity xsi:type='stix-ciqidentity:CIQIdentity3.0InstanceType'>
                    <ExtSch:Specification xmlns:ExtSch="http://stix.mitre.org/extensions/Identity#CIQIdentity3.0-1">
  <xpil:PartyName xmlns:xpil="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xpil:3">
    <xnl:NameLine xmlns:xnl="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xnl:3">swidup</xnl:NameLine>
  </xpil:PartyName>
</ExtSch:Specification>
                </stixCommon:Identity>
            </incident:Reporter>
            <incident:Victim xsi:type='stix-ciqidentity:CIQIdentity3.0InstanceType'>
                <ExtSch:Specification xmlns:ExtSch="http://stix.mitre.org/extensions/Identity#CIQIdentity3.0-1">
  <xpil:PartyName xmlns:xpil="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xpil:3">
    <xnl:NameLine xmlns:xnl="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xnl:3">United States Department of Veterans Affairs</xnl:NameLine>
  </xpil:PartyName>
  <xpil:Addresses xmlns:xpil="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xpil:3">
    <xpil:Address>
      <xal:Country xmlns:xal="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xal:3">
        <xal:NameElement>US</xal:NameElement>
      </xal:Country>
      <xal:AdministrativeArea xmlns:xal="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xal:3">
        <xal:NameElement>IL</xal:NameElement>
      </xal:AdministrativeArea>
    </xpil:Address>
  </xpil:Addresses>
</ExtSch:Specification>
            </incident:Victim>
            <incident:Affected_Assets>
                <incident:Affected_Asset>
                    <incident:Type>Documents</incident:Type>
                    <incident:Nature_Of_Security_Effect>
                        <incident:Property_Affected>
                            <incident:Property xsi:type="stixVocabs:LossPropertyVocab-1.0">Confidentiality</incident:Property>
                            <incident:Description_Of_Effect>Medical</incident:Description_Of_Effect>
                        </incident:Property_Affected>
                    </incident:Nature_Of_Security_Effect>
                </incident:Affected_Asset>
            </incident:Affected_Assets>
            <incident:Attributed_Threat_Actors>
                <incident:Threat_Actor>
                    <stixCommon:Threat_Actor idref="example:threatactor-127330fd-7718-4845-bc25-2e1823731b82" xsi:type='ta:ThreatActorType'/>
                </incident:Threat_Actor>
            </incident:Attributed_Threat_Actors>
            <incident:Security_Compromise xsi:type="stixVocabs:SecurityCompromiseVocab-1.0">Yes</incident:Security_Compromise>
            <incident:Discovery_Method xsi:type="stixVocabs:DiscoveryMethodVocab-1.0">Unknown</incident:Discovery_Method>
            <incident:Information_Source>
                <stixCommon:Identity>
                    <stixCommon:Name>vcdb</stixCommon:Name>
                </stixCommon:Identity>
                <stixCommon:Tools>
                    <cyboxCommon:Tool>
                        <cyboxCommon:Name>veris2stix</cyboxCommon:Name>
                        <cyboxCommon:Vendor>MITRE</cyboxCommon:Vendor>
                        <cyboxCommon:Version>0.1</cyboxCommon:Version>
                    </cyboxCommon:Tool>
                    <cyboxCommon:Tool>
                        <cyboxCommon:Name>VERIS schema</cyboxCommon:Name>
                        <cyboxCommon:Vendor>Verizon</cyboxCommon:Vendor>
                        <cyboxCommon:Version>1.3.0</cyboxCommon:Version>
                    </cyboxCommon:Tool>
                </stixCommon:Tools>
                <stixCommon:References>
                    <stixCommon:Reference>http://vcdb.org/pdf/va-security.pdf</stixCommon:Reference>
                </stixCommon:References>
            </incident:Information_Source>
        </stix:Incident>
    </stix:Incidents>
    <stix:Threat_Actors>
        <stix:Threat_Actor id="example:threatactor-127330fd-7718-4845-bc25-2e1823731b82" timestamp="2014-12-22T16:33:08.611000+00:00" xsi:type='ta:ThreatActorType'>
            <ta:Type timestamp="2014-12-22T16:33:08.611000+00:00">
                <stixCommon:Value xsi:type="stixVocabs:ThreatActorTypeVocab-1.0">Insider Threat</stixCommon:Value>
                <stixCommon:Description>Unknown</stixCommon:Description>
            </ta:Type>
            <ta:Motivation timestamp="2014-12-22T16:33:08.611000+00:00">
                <stixCommon:Value>NA</stixCommon:Value>
            </ta:Motivation>
        </stix:Threat_Actor>
    </stix:Threat_Actors>
</stix:STIX_Package>


Four-hour Friday afternoon nap for Jenny, fell asleep on Mommy in the recliner at 7:30 pm, woke up happy as can be at 7:15 am; a one-hour morning nap, followed by a regualr 2-hour afternoon nap, brief snooze from 7:30-8:30 during a Saturday night convertible cruise, then down for the count from 9:30-7:15. Pseudo normal Sunday naps, and off to bed at 8:00, only to wake up with the brightest smile ever at 6:45 Monday morning.
what a relief! I hope he doesn't do it again for a very long time!
Yeah! I love it when I get my sleep schedule back ! Congrats!!


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