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Luxury hotels in Brisbane city
By Tegan Reeves, June 26, 2018
Brisbane is the perfect year-round weekend getaway destination. With average temperatures sitting in the mid-20's for most of the year, Queensland's capital is the ideal solution if you're looking to escape the colder south of Australia and visit Queensland's capital. The Brisbane luxury hotel scene is alive and thriving, with options plentiful.
In recent years a number of central Brisbane hotels have newly opened or been renovated. This has transformed the city's accommodation choices to include luxury options within walking distance of Brisbane's main attractions including Suncorp Stadium and the man-made beach at Southbank. The advantage of a stay in one of Brisbane's luxury hotels is that they are often far more affordable than their Sydney and Melbourne counterparts.
Located on Brisbane's iconic Queen Street Mall, the Hilton Brisbane is everything you'd expect from the hotel brand that once dominated the luxury accommodation scene. All rooms come standard with walk in showers, lounge areas and views of the Brisbane city.
Those looking to experience the best the Hilton Brisbane has to offer should book one of the suites, which come with separate sleep, work and relaxation zones. These giant rooms boast hydra baths as standard, while granting guests access to the exclusive Executive Lounge. Here, guests can enjoy complimentary breakfasts, refreshments, canapes and evening drinks.
Downstairs, the Hilton's restaurant, Vintaged Bar and Grill plates up breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a focus on produce from local farms. The menu concentrates on meats—namely choice cuts of steak, cooked to your liking. Those who prefer to eat meat free will be pleased to know there is a dedicated vegan menu, with items like grilled miso eggplant and truffled white polenta on the menu. In the midst of the restaurant, is the glass-walled 'Wine-Room', home to a collection of over 1000 wine varieties.
The Hilton Brisbane is also well known for its high tea offering, which is served daily to rave reviews. The three-tier high tea, consists of delicacies like mango, coconut and basil verrine, macarons and smoked salmon pinwheels.
All guests should take the elevators up to the Hilton's rooftop in order to enjoy the heated swimming pool and views of the Brisbane CBD. Rooftop pool not luxurious enough? That's ok, have a game of rooftop tennis instead.
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Sofitel Brisbane
Few people might know that the luxury Sofitel hotel chain was actually born in Paris during the 1960's. These French origins can now be seen in Sofitel hotels all around the world, including Brisbane's.
The French design and service of the Sofitel Brisbane go together to create "art de vivre" – the art of living, in French style. Rooms have been decorated in charcoal colours, paired with neutral tones. Contemporary works of art hang on the walls, next to views of the Brisbane CBD.
On the 28th floor sits the Opera Suite, the crème de la crème of the Sofitel Brisbane. This suite has been decorated with marble, velvet and silk, creating the feel of a chic Parisian apartment. The suite features a grand bedroom, living room, electronic blackout blinds, a surround-sound system and an oversized ensuite—home to an oval stone spa bath, rain showers and Hermes toiletries.
Sofitel Brisbane is home to two award-winning restaurants, Thyme² Restaurant and Privé249. Although Thyme² is a buffet restaurant, it's no Sizzler's. Thyme² specialises in freshly sourced seafood—think oysters, King prawns and Moreton Bay Bugs, along with gourmet salads and cured meats. Most importantly, perhaps, there's a dessert buffet, with selections such as espresso martini mousse, pressed watermelon and a chocolate fountain.
Next door, Privé249 takes the dining experience up a notch, with a seasonal a la carte dinner menu. An impressive number of proteins are served up next to inventive sides, and a well curated wine list.
W Hotel Brisbane
Brisbane's newest luxury hotel marks the launch of Marriott's luxury W brand in Australia, with its Sydney and Melbourne hotels set to open in 2020. Sitting on the CBD's northern bank of the Brisbane River, W Brisbane marks a positive shift in luxury accommodation in the city.
The hotel's interior design is far from your standard 1970's-esque, mission brown palette. Instead, geometric patterns in bright, eye-catching colours line the walls, with designers fulfilling the brief of 'river dreaming'—an ode to W Brisbane's location.
At W Brisbane, each room comes with its very own cocktail station as standard. Extra luxury points are awarded for the gold cocktail shakers. Rooms are also fitted out with flat-screen TVs (with access to Netflix), surround sound systems and Nespresso machines. Customise your sleep with the W pillow menu.
If you're interested in what the most luxurious (and expensive) room at W Brisbane consists of, then read on. The 'Extreme WOW Suite' is a whopping 200-square-metres, with a full kitchen, dining room seating up to nine people, and bar seating up to five guests. Amenities like dual rain showers, a matte black bathtub and GHD hair styling products take the bathroom to the next level.
One of Sydney's most successful local restaurants, Three Blue Ducks, have made the move up to Brisbane to take over the W Brisbane kitchen. Diners can expect many Three Blue Ducks classics, along with some new additions—spanner crab scramble with green mango, coal roasted lamb and corn fritters. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served overlooking the Brisbane River.
Wet Deck—the poolside bar—is open daily, exclusively to guests of W Brisbane. The bar brings resort style vibes to the Brisbane CBD, all with some of the best views (and drinks) in the city.
Marriott Brisbane
The Marriott Brisbane offers old-school luxury in the heart of the Brisbane CBD. This is apparent as soon as you enter the classically designed lobby, which has been completed with a marble finish. Although five-star hotel restaurants tend to lean towards the pricier side, this is not the case with the Marriott Brisbane.
If you're after a room with one of the best views of Brisbane, be sure to book a suite on one of the top floors of the 28-storey building. The views in these rooms swing between the Sunshine Coast Hinterland and the Brisbane River.
Suites are spacious, and the most luxurious room is the 28th floor Presidential Suite. This room comes complete with both lounge and dining areas in addition to the bedroom. Guests of the Presidential Suite are also granted access to the Executive Lounge on level 26. Here, guests enjoy complimentary breakfast buffets, hors d'oeuvres and desserts (access to this lounge can also be granted with an executive upgrade when booking).
The hotel restaurant, Motion Bar and Grill is the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine from the 'wine wall' (which is exactly as it sounds). Sit back and take in some people watching in the CBD's northern district. Dining highlights include the crispy pork belly, Szechuan spatchcock and high tea (available on weekends).
Gambaro Hotel Brisbane
If you're looking for luxury accommodation in close proximity of Suncorp Stadium, then look no further than Gambaro.
While many of Brisbane's luxury hotels are home to 100+ rooms, Gambaro is one of the few luxury boutique offerings. Services like free WiFi, pillow menus and beds made exclusively for the hotel are what sets this hotel apart from others.
Even the Gambaro's mid-range rooms fall into the 'luxury' category. Four Gambaro Suites have been individually designed and decorated – check out which one is ideal for you before booking. Our pick is the Corner Suite. This features two balconies with floor-to-ceiling windows and views of Suncorp Stadium and the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Just as Gambaro's rooms are luxurious, so are its restaurants. The two in-house restaurants, Gambaro Seafood Restaurant and Black Hide Steakhouse are both well revered within the Brisbane dining scene. Once you've eaten, head next door to MG bar for a post dinner drink.
Pullman Brisbane King George Square Hotel
The Brisbane Pullman offers both four- and five-star hotel rooms, in a bid to appeal to leisure and business travellers. The result of this is a number of different rooms and features that aim to make a stay at the Pullman convenient and luxurious all at once.
Like the Marriott Brisbane, the more expensive rooms at the Pullman Brisbane come with access to the hotel's executive lounge. Admission to this lounge means complimentary buffet breakfasts, evening canapes and drinks, as well as use of the private boardroom and business facilities.
Here, the most luxurious suite is the (aptly named) Prince George Suite. This suite boasts separate lounge, dining and bedroom areas, all overlooking the Brisbane skyline. The room has been decorated in whites, blacks and greys, with the occasional splash of red for emphasis.
Guests should enjoy at least one nightcap at the Pullman's rooftop bar, Sixteen Antlers. The cocktail menu here is worth a mention, with the Choc Sour and Pineapple Express being standouts.
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Gli arsenali della Repubblica erano un antico complesso di edifici volti alla produzione e riparazione delle galee dell'antica Repubblica di Pisa. Del complesso rimane solo un edificio, parzialmente distrutto durante i bombardamenti della seconda guerra mondiale e restaurato nel 2015.

Storia
L'area occidentale della città dove erano presenti gli arsenali repubblicani, chiamata Tersana, era un tempo occupata da alcuni magazzini portuali posti fuori dalle mura cittadine e sulle sponde di un canale secondario affluente dell'Arno. Voluti dal podestà Guelfo Porcari, nel periodo di splendore che avvolse la Repubblica di Pisa, furono costruiti gli arsenali della Repubblica attorno ad un bacino artificiale collegato all'Arno attraverso la Porta delle Galee. Quindi, essendo diventato un punto strategico per la potenza marinara, nel 1261 fu chiuso tutto il perimetro con delle mura e furono costruite le torri del Canto e Ghibellina. Al suo interno venivano costruite e riparate le galee da tecnici specializzati nei vari elementi che costituivano le navi in maniera molto simile alle moderne fabbriche.

Successivamente alla progressiva decadenza della repubblica marinara, parte degli arsenali fu distrutta e riconvertita a magazzini e fabbriche di armi per la difesa territoriale. Allo scopo di difendere gli arsenali furono erette altre fortificazioni, come la torre di Sant'Agnese all'angolo nordest delle mura perimetrali nel 1394 e il bastione San Giorgio a protezione della Torre del Canto nel XV secolo. Dopo l'occupazione fiorentina del 1406 fu costruita la Torre Guelfa e l'intera area fu interdetta ai pisani.

Dalla metà del Cinquecento l'intera area perse la sua funzione militare, infatti nel 1542 Cosimo I fece abbattere il tratto delle mura dalla torre di Sant'Agnese all'Arno, e dove erano presenti i capannoni degli arsenali fu prima istituito l'Orto Botanico, successivamente trasferito in zona Santa Marta, mentre, nel 1747, fu costruita una caserma per le truppe di cavalleria.

Tutta l'area fu gravemente danneggiata dai bombardamenti del 1943 durante la seconda guerra mondiale che fecero crollare la totalità della copertura dell'unico capannone rimasto degli arsenali repubblicani. Esso venne parzialmente ristrutturato successivamente con la ricostruzione degli archi del tetto. Nel dopoguerra, venne approntato un progetto per la riqualificazione dell'intera area della Cittadella chiamato parco galileiano ad opera di Giovanni Michelucci. Tale progetto non fu mai completato e si rivelò fallimentare nello scopo.

Nel 2010 il Comune di Pisa ha acquistato l'area della Cittadella dal demanio dello Stato per iniziare un progetto di riqualificazione degli ambienti. Il primo segno visibile è stato la rimozione della vegetazione che occupava i resti degli Arsenali della Repubblica permettendo una maggiore visione dell'intero fabbricato. La fine dei lavori, durati quasi tre anni e costati circa 5 milioni di euro, di cui oltre 3 dal fondo FESR dell'Unione Europea, ha portato alla riqualificazione dell'intera area come supporto al Museo delle Navi Antiche di Pisa e alla sua intitolazione all'archeologo siriano Khaled al-Assad, morto per mano dello Stato islamico nella difesa del patrimonio culturale di Palmira nel 2015.

Attualmente, lo spazio è adibito ad esposizioni temporanee ma anche per matrimoni e ricevimenti.

Note

Voci correlate
 Repubblica di Pisa
 Arsenale marittimo
 Arsenali medicei

Altri progetti

Architetture militari di Pisa
Pisa
Architetture della Marina Militare
Repubblica di Pisa

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Q: Match Value and Interval via overlaps Right now I have two data frames:
amount = c(19,21,39,45,62,71,100,121,130,160,180,210,240)
id = rep(1,length(amount))
test <- data.frame(id,amount)

interval = c(1:10)
bottom = c(0,25,50,75,100,125,150,175,200,225)
top = c(24,49,74,99,124,149,174,199,224,NA)
test_2 <- data.frame(interval,bottom,top)

testcontains values of increasing amounts and test_2contains intervals. I am trying to join the two frames so that for every amount in test I get the correspondent ìnterval nr. as a new column, say test$intervall. I tried foverlapsalready like this:
setDT(test)
setDT(test_2)
foverlaps(test_2,test,by.x = amount, by.y = c(bottom,top), type = "within")

However, this returns an error message, saying
Invalid numeric value for 'by.x'; it should be a vector with values 1 <= by.x <= length(x)

Maybe one of you can help me out here, thanks!

A: Does this work:
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
test_2 %>% mutate(top = replace_na(top, 250)) %>% rowwise() %>%
mutate(iv = list(seq(bottom, top, by = 1))) %>%
unnest(iv) %>% right_join(test, by = c('iv' = 'amount'), keep = T) %>%
select(id, interval, amount)
# A tibble: 13 x 3
      id interval amount
   <dbl>    <int>  <dbl>
 1     1        1     19
 2     1        1     21
 3     1        2     39
 4     1        2     45
 5     1        3     62
 6     1        3     71
 7     1        5    100
 8     1        5    121
 9     1        6    130
10     1        7    160
11     1        8    180
12     1        9    210
13     1       10    240

A: You can try fuzzyjoin :
fuzzyjoin::fuzzy_left_join(test, test_2,
                           by = c('amount' = 'top', 'amount' = 'bottom'),
                           match_fun = list(`<=`, `>=`))

#   id amount interval bottom top
#1   1     19        1      0  24
#2   1     21        1      0  24
#3   1     39        2     25  49
#4   1     45        2     25  49
#5   1     62        3     50  74
#6   1     71        3     50  74
#7   1    100        5    100 124
#8   1    121        5    100 124
#9   1    130        6    125 149
#10  1    160        7    150 174
#11  1    180        8    175 199
#12  1    210        9    200 224
#13  1    240       NA     NA  NA

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Polymyxins are relied upon for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections, but polymyxin resistance is increasing. Only broth microdilution is recommended for polymyxin susceptibility testing, but this method is impractical for most clinical microbiology laboratories. An article in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (P. J. Simner, Y. Bergman, M. Trejo, A. A. Roberts, R. Marayan, T. Tekle, S. Campeau, A. Kazmi, D. Bell, S. Lewis, P. D. Tamma, R. Humphries, and J. A. Hindler, J Clin Microbiol 57:e01163-18, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01163-18) found that colistin broth disk elution, a method that requires only colistin disks and broth, had excellent performance compared to broth microdilution for all strains except mcr-positive Escherichia coli strains.
The polymyxins (i.e., colistin, polymyxin B) were first recognized to have broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative bacteria in the 1940s and were used therapeutically over the following two decades (1, 2). However, they were abandoned as systemic antimicrobial agents in the 1970s, after they were shown to be highly nephrotoxic and neurotoxic and as agents with more favorable side effect profiles became available (2, 3). Unfortunately, with the emergence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to all other classes of antimicrobial agents, polymyxins have been increasingly relied upon as agents of last resort (2). Nationwide data demonstrate a nearly 3-fold increase in the use of colistin from 2006 to 2012 (4). Even with the availability of newly approved antimicrobial agents for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, there is continued need for polymyxins because the novel agents are active against only a subset of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and because the high costs of these new agents may limit their use in areas of the world where the need is the greatest (5).
Isolates of P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii with colistin MICs of ≥4 μg/ml are considered to be resistant to colistin by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) (6) and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) (7). EUCAST also considers Enterobacteriaceae with colistin MICs of ≥4 μg/ml to be resistant, whereas CLSI designates these organisms non-wild type. In the rest of this commentary, I refer to organisms with colistin MICs of ≥4 μg/ml as resistant. These cutoffs for resistance are supported by pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analyses that demonstrate that even with the highest tolerable dosages of colistin, patients are very unlikely to attain exposures that are correlated with efficacy when MICs are ≥4 μg/ml (8).
Unfortunately, colistin resistance among carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria has become common. In two multicenter analyses of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from U.S. medical centers, 13% to 16% of isolates were colistin resistant (9, 10). Colistin resistance has become even more problematic in other countries. For example, a multicenter study from Italy demonstrated that 43% of carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae isolates were colistin resistant (11). Although colistin resistance is not as common as it is with K. pneumoniae, colistin resistance has also emerged among A. baumannii isolates (12) and, to a lesser degree, among P. aeruginosa isolates (13). The colistin resistance mechanisms identified in these studies have almost exclusively been chromosomally mediated, but the emergence of a newly identified plasmid-mediated mechanism of colistin resistance, mcr-1 (and its variants), further threatens the activity of these last-resort agents (14).
It is critical that clinical microbiology laboratories be able to identify carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to colistin, so that patients do not receive this nephrotoxic therapy when it is unlikely to be effective. Unfortunately, there are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared diagnostic tests for colistin or polymyxin B susceptibility testing, and thus, neither agent is on automated susceptibility panels that are used by most clinical microbiology laboratories. This lack of an FDA-cleared test is partially because the FDA does not have any breakpoints for the polymyxins, and thus, manufacturers cannot validate the performance of their panels to correctly classify susceptible and resistant strains against a reference method (15).
Most clinical microbiology laboratories rely on disk diffusion or gradient diffusion susceptibility testing methods for agents that are not on automated panels. Unfortunately, the polymyxins are large cationic molecules that diffuse poorly in these diffusion-based assays. It is thus not surprising that neither disk diffusion nor gradient diffusion tests can accurately detect colistin resistance. Tan and Ng compared the performance of multiple colistin disk diffusion methods to that of the reference agar dilution method and demonstrated that the majority of colistin-resistant isolates were called falsely susceptible by all disk diffusion methods (16). Because of these high rates of very major errors (in which an isolate is called susceptible when it is resistant by the reference method), no CLSI or EUCAST disk diffusion breakpoints exist for the polymyxins. Widely used gradient diffusion tests, such as Etest (bioMérieux) and MIC test strips (MTS; Liofilchem), also fail to identify colistin-resistant organisms, with very major error rates being 35 to 53% (9, 17). Based on the poor performance of these commonly used methods, CLSI and EUCAST do not recommend using disk diffusion or gradient diffusion for colistin susceptibility testing and instead recommend using broth microdilution (BMD). Unfortunately, reference broth microdilution is not a practical method for the majority of clinical microbiology laboratories. Premade Sensititre broth microdilution panels (Thermo Fisher) perform well compared to the reference broth microdilution method (18), but even the use of these premade panels requires substantial manual labor that is beyond the capacity of many clinical laboratories and unnecessarily duplicates susceptibility testing for the other agents that are on these panels. The lack of a simple, easy-to-perform colistin susceptibility test has left most clinical microbiology laboratories in an unenviable position where they cannot provide clinicians with an accurate assessment of colistin susceptibility.
In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Simner and colleagues report the performance of the colistin broth disk elution (CBDE) test for assessing the susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria to colistin (19). In this method, 0, 1, 2, and 4 10-μg colistin disks are placed in four different 10-ml cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton broth tubes, respectively. These tubes are then incubated at room temperature to allow the colistin to elute from the disks, leading to presumed colistin concentrations of 0, 1, 2, and 4 μg/ml in these tubes, respectively. The organisms are then inoculated into these tubes and incubated overnight, and the MIC is read as the lowest concentration where turbidity is not observed. This test was evaluated on 172 Enterobacteriaceae, A. baumannii, and P. aeruginosa isolates, including 38 isolates that were colistin resistant, by comparing the results of CBDE to those of the gold standard of broth microdilution (BMD). They found a categorical agreement of 98%, an essential agreement of 99% (MIC within a single doubling dilution), and no major errors (in which the organism is called resistant when it is susceptible by the reference method). They did find an 8% very major error rate, and this was because three of the six Escherichia coli isolates with mcr-1 that had MICs of 4 μg/ml by BMD (resistant) had MICs of 2 μg/ml by CBDE (susceptible).
Broth disk elution was first reported as an antimicrobial susceptibility testing method 45 years ago (20). It was primarily evaluated for anaerobes, where it demonstrated good performance in this setting compared to agar dilution (21), and was previously a method approved by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS; the organization that preceded CLSI) for anaerobes. However, the NCCLS rescinded its approval of this method because of performance issues for Bacteroides fragilis isolates when the MIC was near the breakpoint and challenges in assessing turbidity when partial disintegration of the disks occurred (22, 23). This method eventually fell out of favor, and a national survey in 2006 did not identify any clinical microbiology laboratories that used broth disk elution for anaerobic susceptibility testing (24).
The results from Simner et al. (19) are highly encouraging because they suggest that this simple test can reliably identify Enterobacteriaceae, A. baumannii, and P. aeruginosa isolates that have chromosomally mediated colistin resistance, the most common mechanism of colistin resistance (25). Furthermore, this test requires only colistin disks and Mueller-Hinton broth, supplies that can easily be obtained by any clinical microbiology laboratory, including those in resource-limited settings, where colistin may be needed the most and where colistin resistance may be the most prevalent.
While these preliminary results are encouraging, limitations of this study merit attention. First, although the study was performed at two sites, the vast majority of isolates were tested at only a single site. As the authors note, a true multicenter study that assesses a larger number of colistin-resistant isolates is needed before this method can be widely recommended. Second, the CBDE test had difficulty in identifying E. coli isolates that were colistin resistant because of mcr-1, which led to the 8% very major error rate in the study. This very major error rate of 8% would likely have been much lower if a more representative sample of organisms were used. Currently, mcr is identified in only 3% of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae worldwide (25), yet it was present in 16% of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the study. Furthermore, only a single mcr-positive P. aeruginosa isolate has been reported, and mcr-positive A. baumannii isolates have yet to be reported (26). The poor performance in isolates with mcr is not surprising because these isolates often have colistin MICs of 2 to 4 μg/ml, values that straddle the current breakpoint (18). These findings are reminiscent of performance issues when the broth elution method was used for B. fragilis isolates with MICs near the breakpoint for these organisms (22). Based on these considerations, the authors recommend performing reference broth microdilution on isolates with colistin MICs of 2 μg/ml by CBDE. For most clinical microbiology laboratories, this would require sending the isolate to a reference lab, which would mean the result would not be obtained in a clinically actionable time frame.
As an alternative, it may be worthwhile to assess the actual colistin concentrations in the tube of broth with four colistin disks and experiment with using 3.5 disks in the last tube if the colistin concentration is found to be >4 μg/ml with four disks. A colistin susceptibility testing method called Polymyxin NP, a colorimetric assay that is similar to Carba NP and that uses a colistin concentration of 3.75 μg/ml in the final well, has been developed in Europe and may be more accurate in identifying colistin-resistant isolates with mcr (27). However, as with Carba NP, Polymyxin NP requires the frequent preparation of specialized reagents, which may not be practical for laboratories where the need for colistin susceptibility testing is sporadic.
Lastly, given that polymyxin B may offer a more favorable pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic profile and may be less nephrotoxic than colistin (28, 29), it would be valuable to know how the broth disk elution method works for polymyxin B. Although the categorical agreement between colistin and polymyxin B is nearly 99% for Gram-negative bacteria, approximately one-third of colistin-resistant isolates will have a lower polymyxin B MIC than colistin MIC (30).
In summary, there is an urgent need for a simple, practical, and inexpensive colistin susceptibility testing method, so that laboratories can reliably identify isolates that cause infections that are highly unlikely to respond to this toxic antimicrobial agent. The broth disk elution test, which repurposed an antiquated method that had been largely abandoned for decades, may be the method that we have been looking for to detect resistance to an antimicrobial agent that was also abandoned for decades and that is now used as an agent of last resort.
I have received research grants through Weill Cornell Medicine from Allergan, Merck, and bioMérieux and compensation for advisory board participation from Achaogen.
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From November 27 to 30, sister companies Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), Volvo Penta, Volvo Financial Services (VFS) and SDLG are revealing its star line up of construction equipment and market-leading technologies designed to handle the region's rapid infrastructure growth in the most sustainable way possible. Under the theme of 'Building Tomorrow', the stand in the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) is showcasing to an audience of 200,000 visitors how it has the machines, services and network to adapt to a dynamically changing world.
I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Volvo showcases portfolio for sustainable infrastructure at bauma China and is located at https://tunnels-infrastructures.com/volvo-portfolio-sustainable-bauma-china/.


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can david swann survive dave taylor's blow?
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With Liberal MLAs standing behind him, David Swann speaks with the media about Dave Taylor's resignation.
This morning I attended Liberal leader David Swann's media conference in response to Calgary-Currie MLA Dave Taylor's resignation from the Liberal caucus. Backed up by six of his seven remaining caucus-mates (Calgary-McCall MLA Darshan Kang is in India), the Leader of the Official Opposition put on a brave face. This may have been his toughest media conference since becoming leader in December 2008, but I believe that this may have been the strongest performance that I have seen from Dr. Swann. He had a clear message and showed emotion in defending his leadership from the criticisms raised by Mr. Taylor.
At around the same time in Calgary, Mr. Taylor released a statement to the media explaining his reasons for leaving the Liberals. Among his reasons were some fair comments about the state of the Liberal Party in Alberta. Between 2006 and 2008, it looked like the Liberals were gaining new ground on the nearly forty year ruling Progressive Conservatives. The election of Craig Cheffins in the Calgary-Elbow by-election replacing retired Premier Ralph Klein showed that there could be potential for the Liberals to expand in Calgary, while holding their base in Edmonton. In 2008, the major gains never materialized in Calgary and the Liberals lost ground in Edmonton. Mr. Taylor thought he could turn his party's fortunes around, but was unable to attract the support needed to win the Liberal leadership in 2008. After his defeat in to Dr. Swann, it became well-known in political circles that Mr. Taylor was not satisfied in playing second fiddle to the Leader of the Official Opposition.
The Liberals continue to have difficulty gaining traction on issues raised in the Legislature and appear completely irrelevant in the political narratives that have evolved around the PCs and the Danielle Smith-led Wildrose Alliance.
No matter how you put it, this resignation is a major blow to Dr. Swann's leadership and to the Liberal Party. The loss of Mr. Taylor leaves the Liberals with only 8 MLAs and without the public persona that Mr. Taylor perfected during his many years as a radio host on QR77.
Dr. Swann faces a tough and perhaps impossible challenge: as Alberta's political sands continue to shift, he needs to prove to the Liberal Party membership and his fellow MLAs that he can grow his party's political support and create a strong presence that can compete with the insurgent Wildrose Alliance in the next election, otherwise his leadership face more serious internal dissent.
(See more photos from today's media conference)
Tags Craig Cheffins, Dave Taylor, David Swann, Ralph Klein Danielle Smith
← alberta liberal attrition. → electoral battleground: edmonton-glenora.
9 replies on "can david swann survive dave taylor's blow?"
JD Galtsays:
Dave Taylor's comments:
"The majority of Albertans don't want that. They want sensible, moderate, pragmatic solutions that are fiscally responsible, socially progressive, and that put Albertans first."
It sounds like almost a direct quote from the Alberta Party, maybe he should go on a listening tour. Are we seeing the beginning of his drive to be the Alberta Party leader or is this a ploy to launch a coup of David Swann. Either way it proves that Dave Taylor sure doesn't like to be second fiddle. It should be interesting times.
Shubenacadie Spamsays:
I sincerely hope that Dave moves to the Alberta Party and gives it some legitimacy. Only them will the failure of the left be complete. The left will be fractured and mortally wounded. Premier Danielle Smith has a nice ring to it.
Amelanchier Alnifoliasays:
Dave Taylor's simple non-denial that he's thinking about the leadership the "nascent" Alberta Party really does say something about this party raising it's profile enough to even be noticed… albeit at slow speed, and through some legitimate skepticism
Still, Mr. Taylor's public evisceration of Dr. Swann and the ALP doesn't bode well for the Alberta Party. Those trying to get the AP into a position of legitimacy believe the best way to garner support is through the thousands of Big Listens it has planned for the province and to try and do politics in a different way. If it wants off the ground… and to shed the continuing criticism that it is another right-winged party or a laughable collection of misguided souls… it needs to follow through on the Big Listens… convene a policy convention and move to a legitimate leadership race that is open and transparent to all Albertans.
Leadership of personality and force of a single character is not something that is going to entice Albertans to take a serious look. It will simply be more of the same.
Dave Taylor is welcome to take a look… as are all Albertans, regardless of previous (or current) political affiliation.
Frustratedsays:
Meanwhile – while we're busy stabbing each other in the back, the NDP has announced Dave Eggen will run in Edmonton Glenora. That's a seat we should be aiming to win back. Where's the ALP candidate for this and other ridings we want to win?
Ray Danyluk's Inner Gothsays:
Nobody cares if someone defects from the Liberals. Nobody cares about David Swann. Nobody cares if they survive or not.
Only the PC's and WAP are relevant to Albertans as the Liberals are really just a fringe party.
Anonymoussays:
The Liberals should not waste energy trying to retake Edmonton Glenora. Between a PC cabinet member, an NDP "star" candidate, and the rejigged boundaries for that riding, it would take a tremendous amount of resources to basically turn this riding into a roll of the dice. There are so many better ridings for the ALP to target…
Darrensays:
Erickson is a nice guy but if the Alberta Party wants to make any kind of inroads into Edmonton or Calgary they'll have problems. With a rural leader (people already derisively refer to Stelmach as that pig farmer from Andrew) urban voters won't likely embrace the party and shrug it off as just another fringe party from the sticks. Now if you were to put Taylor at the helm and generate a good core of fiscally responsible policies, touting above all else restraint, you'd have something.
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Maria is in charge today, with Nonaka as her support. Immediately, she starts talking about her nerves. In two days… on the 7th, Maria is supposed to throw the first pitch at Tokyo Dome for her beloved Hokkaido Ham Fighters.
Nonaka: …What is a 'first pitch' anyway?
Maria: Nonaka-chan… you said 'Congratulations' (laughs) but you don't even know what it is?
Maria gives Nonaka the Japanese for it (しきゅしき – shikyushiki) as before she was using the Waseigo for it (ファーストピッチ – Faasto Picchi) which helps Nonaka's understanding a little bit, but in the end Maria explains that it means she gets to throw the ball to the player.
The reason why Maria is nervous is..
Maria: When I tried to do it previously… I could only go about 14 meters.
Nonaka: Don't worry I can only do it for 6 meters.
Maria: Ahhh, what am I going to do?
Nonaka: How many meters do you need to get it?
Nonaka: So 4 more meters? That's rather a lot isn't it?
Maria has no idea if she can do it or not and is panicking about it. She hasn't been able to practice at all. She's just had no place to. Nonaka suggests that Maria practice inside her house, but Maria insists that the walls are in the way.
Well, at least she threw it all the way over there, even if it was a bit off.
Finally, mixing things up, they have split up the younger and older pairs. Maria is in charge this week, with Ogata as support.
Of course, as Ogata mentions they don't actually have really anything in common, but they will try their hardest today.
Maria starts us off by mentioning that something really awesome happened to her and Ogata recently. Ogata takes over from here and explains that Ikuta-san and Fukumura-san have invited the two of them to go to Disney Sea with them. Why exactly Ikuta and Fukumura invited her and Maria, and only the two of them, she's not sure… to make it worse they also haven't exactly told Nonaka or Akane about it yet.
Ogata: That sounds so suspicious (laughs).
Once again the show is hosted just by Akane and Maria, this time of course, however, Akane is now in charge, finally getting her turn.
Like the last few shows, they open the show asking about whether or not they are nervous. Maria also makes the statement (an echo from last show) that she has always been struck at how adult-like Akane is despite being the youngest.
Song: Morning Musume – The Peace!
Akane decides to bring up the fact that they are currently enjoying their first Hello! Project concert tour as a part of Morning Musume '15. Maria mentions that it's very different from when they were in the Kenshuusei. In the Kenshuusei they never held any microphones and they were always together when they did sing. So holding a mic now, not dancing in the back behind everyone and getting to wear cute costumes, it makes her really happy.
Akane's anecdote starts by her talking about her hair, saying that when she joined Morning Musume she slightly changed the way she styled it. At one concert when she was having trouble with it, Hagiwara-san(Mai) came up behind her and helped her with it.
Maria interrupts her then to proclaim her love for Hagiwara Mai, launching into her own Hagi-story. When Maria was still in the Kenshuusei she went on tour with C-ute. While on that tour she noticed that Hagiwara used a really nice smelling perfurme and Maria fell in love with it and really wanted it. She asked Hagiwara what it was called and then Maria's Mom bought it for her. Now Maria uses it all the time, except when she's at school of course. During the first Hello! Project Concert, during a song where everyone was singing together, Maria was dancing next to Hagiwara and had used a lot of the perfume that day, so Hagiwara noticed it. Hagiwara got really excited when she realized it was the perfume she had told Maria about and asked if they could take a photo together after the day's concert was finished. Maria also reports that Hagiwara blogged about it afterwards as well. Even though Hagiwara doesn't use it anymore she was happy.
The blog entry consists of Mai squealing over how Maria is just way too cute.
This time around, only two of our four 12th Generation girls are MCing: Haga Akane and Makino Maria.
Of the two of them however, as promised, Maria is the one in charge. Maria asks Akane if she thinks they'll be all right with just the two of them. Akane replies that they'll try their best at least.
Maria once again announces them and then pauses to say she still sounds really stiff.
Akane replies that it's only Maria's third time saying it and she's probably just nervous.
Next, Maria brings up that a while back 12th Generation went out to Yakiniku with all of the Morning Musume '15 girls, sans Suzuki Kanon who couldn't come. She asks Akane how it was.
Nonaka: I can eat katsudon forever.
Ogata: What does that mean?
Nonaka: I can eat katsudon forever~!
Ogata: You'll get fat, you'll get fat.
Today is the second broadcast of the show and everyone is super pumped about it. Ogata mentions that she has been waiting all week to do this again. Everyone also agrees that it's great that they get to do this every week. Today, Nonaka Miki is in charge. She asks everyone how they're feeling now that they've done this once already.
Maria mentions that she doesn't feel like she talked much last time. Hearing that, Nonaka and Ogata put in that they talked a ton. They all agree that Maria should speak up a bit more this time.
This week the staff have helped out by given them questions to answer on the show.
Tell us some stories about your Senpai.


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For Day #5 of our daily Leadership Challenge, this is the fifth leadership principle in the Building Trust and Rapport Series, "Avoid Placing the Burden of Your Problems onto Other People". We encourage you to apply each of the 28 daily leadership principles in this series by focusing on just a single principle every single day of the four-week challenge. This is the fifth leadership tip in the series and is one of the foundation principles in building trust and rapport with others. This series will also help you build more of a team culture within your workplace.
Avoid placing the burden of your problems on other people.
It hit me like a ton of bricks. It wasn't the economy, it wasn't my sales manager, and it wasn't Joe who was causing me to fail. I realized that every mistake or problem that had ever occurred in my life had one common variable. ME!
At that point, I took a really good look at myself. I looked at some of the mistakes I had made and asked myself, how can I avoid making the same mistake again? I used every obstacle as a learning experience. Don't get me wrong, I still make excuses on occasion, but they are few and far between, and they no longer define me. Since I made that conscious decision, my career has really taken off.
There are actually some people out there who make themselves feel better by bringing other people down. They revel in their ability to know who had a heart attack, who is getting divorced, who is stealing office supplies, and more. The more they can bring other people down, the better that they feel.
Unfortunately, when the gossip starts, it's easy to get caught up in it. My fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Lofton used to say, "Misery loves company." So just one person in your office with this type of mentality can cause the morale and team atmosphere in your office to drop like a stone.
Good leaders are the ones who stop this type of behavior in its tracks by just refusing to participate and standing up for coworkers who aren't their to defend themselves. If you want to be a great leader, avoid placing the burden of your problems onto other people.
Principle #5: Avoid placing the burden of your problems on other people.


Mission Concepcion, "The Room of God's Eyes".
Mission Concepcion, the Alter in the main Chapel.
Mission Concepcion, vaulted ceiling in the Chapel.
Mission Concepcion, "The Quiet Room".
Mission San Jose, "The Mill".
Mission San Jose "The Grainery".
Mission San Jose court yard.
Mission San Jose "Hall of Arches" looking East.
Mission San Jose "Hall of Arches", looking North.
Mission San Jose "Hall of Arches" looking South.
Mission San Jose, external original tiles.
Mission San Jose, "Rose Window".
Mission San Jose inside the Chapel.


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Tesla Turns a Profit As Company Envisions AV Ride-Hailing
Stephen Lawson
Tesla turned profitable in the third quarter, fulfilling a promise to make money in the second half of this year and saying it expects to become sustainable and self-funding.
For the quarter that ended September 30, the company reported net income of $312M for those three months, based on generally accepted accounting principles. It was the first quarter in the black for an auto industry superstar that is valued at about $50Bn despite an often volatile image. In last year's third quarter, Tesla lost nearly $620M.
As it announced the results on October 24, the company also said it plans to introduce the Model 3 in Europe and China early next year and eventually manufacture it in both of those markets. In addition, CEO Elon Musk said he recently approved a prototype of the Model Y crossover vehicle for volume production in 2020.
The quarter was rocked by scandals, especially over Musk's tweet that he had secured financing to take the company private. That later led to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit and an $80M settlement under which Musk stepped down as chairman. The Justice Department also opened an investigation.
In announcing the results, Tesla cited growing sales and profit margins for the midsize Model 3, the model it's counting on to become a mainstream automaker. It delivered 56,065 Model 3s to customers in the quarter, though its average weekly production of the cars was only 4,300, falling short of a goal of 5,000 per week. In the final week of the quarter, the company said it built 5,300.
After bleeding cash for years, Tesla ended the third quarter with $3Bn of cash and cash equivalents, up $731M and the company said it expects to be profitable again in the fourth quarter. On a webcast covering the results, executives gave more details about new and future technologies including a more advanced Autopilot processor and an autonomous ride-hailing service.
Hardware 3, the third-generation computer that Tesla itself developed for automation, is still on track to become available in the first quarter of next year, Tesla said. With about 1,000% higher processing capacity, it will be able to handle 10 times as many frames per second from cameras around a car and have more redundancy. Cost and power consumption remain the same.
The extra computing power will let Tesla deploy larger AI neural networks that that company has developed but hasn't been able to offer in vehicles yet, said Andre Karpathy, director of artificial intelligence. They can more accurately analyze situations and make decisions, he said.
Musk also gave more details on a vision for how Tesla could beat Uber and Lyft in autonomous mobility. In addition to a system for owners to share their own AVs through an Airbnb-style service, Tesla will operate its own fleet where there aren't enough owners who want to share, Musk said.
"The advantage that Tesla will have is that we'll have millions of cars in the field with full autonomy capability, and no one else will have that," Musk said.
Stephen Lawson is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @sdlawsonmedia.
Tags: Engines, electric, Elon Musk, Model 3, ride hailing, Tesla, Technology, News, Technology,


VIDIZMO Analytics provides the ability to gather information for each media uploaded on the platform. Portal administrators can view relevant information and analytics regarding media views and viewers, video impressions, completely viewed videos, likes, comments, device, browser and access location, and the number of times the video was embedded etc.
Through Media Analytics, Moderator+ roles can monitor the content quality for each media and compare it with other media to see which media performed best and why. Read Understanding Media Analytics to know more.
1. From the Homepage, log using a Moderator+ role and navigate to the Media Manager.
i. Select the video to view its analytics.
ii. The video shows up as the selected on the left-hand side.
iii. Click on the Analytics button to bring up the Media Analytics screen (iv).
Impressions, Completions: Impression is the number of times a video's playback screen gets loaded while a completion is captured when a video is viewed completely by any viewer.
Likes, Comments: Number of time a video is liked and the number of comments that a video receives is displayed here.
Audience Overview: Displayed as a graph and in a tabular form, this is the overview of the audience by Views, Viewers, and Completions.
i. Graphical View. Click on the graph legends on the chart to show or hide data on the graph. The legend for the excluded data appears as crossed-out.
ii. The Pie Chart and List icons allow you to toggle between Graphical and Tabular views.
iii. Using the Download icon, you can also download the information in a .csv format.
iv. Hovering on the node displays the information as a tooltip. In the example below, it shows 11 views for the month of July.
v. The same information displayed in a tabular form.
Breakdown: This chart displays a breakdown of viewers by the devices used to access VIDIZMO and the Browser used.
i. Use the down arrow to expand the list and select the breakdown by Device or Browser.
ii. Hovering over the section displays the information as a tooltip.
iv. Toggle views using the List or Chart icon.
Embeds: The Embeds chart gives the URL of all the sites where the video embed code was used.
i. Graphical view of the sites where the video was embedded.
iii. The Tabular view has additional information about the video such as the number of views on that video and when it was last played back.
Demographics: The demographics section displays information by location on media views, viewers, impressions and the number of times it was watched completely.
iv. Toggled view by Location in a tabular form.
Geographical Heat Map: The Geographical Heat Map is automatically populated based on the location from where the video was most viewed.
Heat Map: This bar represents video segments broken up into 30 seconds each and the views are captured within each segment. Viewed segment from least and most viewed are shown by lighter to darkest shade of the color.
iii. The Start and End column list segments, broken down by 5 seconds each.
iv. Views column, sorted by ascending/descending order using the up/down arrow, list views in each segment.
Moderators, Managers and Administrators are able to view and access media analytics from Media Manager.


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Pope will visit Chile, Peru in January, Vatican announces
by Catholic News Service
Chile's national flag is seen as Pope Francis leads his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 5. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Vatican City — Pope Francis will travel to Colombia in September and, the Vatican announced, he will return to South America in January for a visit to Chile and Peru.
The pope will be in Chile Jan. 15-18, visiting the cities of Santiago, Temuco and Iquique, the Vatican press office announced June 19. He then will fly to Peru and from Jan. 18-21, he will visit Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo.
The Vatican had announced in March that the pope would make a pastoral trip to Colombia Sept. 6-11.
No mention was made of a possible trip to the pope's homeland, Argentina. He has not returned to the country since he was elected pope in March 2013.
The Peru-Chile trip would be his fourth to South America. In July 2013, he visited Brazil for World Youth Day. In July 2015, he traveled to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. The September trip to Colombia would be his third to the continent.
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Many thanks to 29 guests who joined the tour from Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Indonesia, India, Italy, USA, Russia, and Portugal on that day.
The weather was fine and not too cold for 2 hour walking tour.
We are actually very proud of welcoming such wonderful guests from all over the world.
In this tour route we walk through Japan's heart area like Capitol Hill in Washington, Kremlin in Moscow or Buckingham Palace & Westminster in London. The tour route is not just special for foreign tourists but all of Japanese.
This year is known to be a special year for Japanese nationals because 2019 is marked as last year of Heisei and the first year of new era whose name is yet announced. Heisei began with death of former late Emperor Hirohito who was father of current Emperor Akihoto. It was 1989 in the year of our Lord, 30 years ago. So this year is addressed Heisei 31 in Japanese official calendar.
In coming May, new Emperor Naruhito will ascend the throne and current Emperor will abdicate. He reigned for almost 30 years. Before Heisei, there were 3 eras in modern time Japan since 1868. Meiji (1968-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989).
In Kyoto at a lobby of Takashimaya department store, the actual carriage used for wedding ceremony of current Emperor and Empress in 1959 when they were crown prince and princess was exhibited in memorial for Heisei Emperor and Empress.
The trial tour is scheduled on February 11, National Foundation Day. It surely marks a new era of our organization and Japan's sight-seeing. Why not plan to join?


We don't mean to wax nostalgic here, but remember the old days, when all you needed to connect to the internet was a phone jack, a computer and a dial-up modem? Sure, your internet speed was about 56 kilobits a second — or even less if there was a lot of noise on the line. But you never had to worry about the kinds of security issues you face today, where criminals mask themselves as legitimate users and hack into your devices, networks and servers.
Luckily, you're not helpless in the face of such attacks. Your network router, when properly secured, stands as your first line of defense against network infiltration, buffering attackers who want to use your network illegally or gain access to sensitive materials and proprietary documents. Add a hardware firewall to your network and you're doubly protected against suspicious activity, malware — even content leaks, in some cases. So, what's the difference between these two devices, why do you need them, and how do they work to prevent hackers from attacking your data and using your network? Let's dive into the basics of how both pieces of hardware function in your network and how these vital network security products impact cybersecurity and prevent data breaches and attacks.
You're doubtlessly already familiar with these devices — in fact, you probably have one sitting on a shelf or a table at home. Routers are what your network uses to forward packets of data back and forth between your internet service provider (ISP) and your devices. You can think of them like traffic cops navigating a congested intersection: The router's job is to look at each packet of data, read its source and destination IP addresses, find the destination IP in its routing table and then send each packet on its way in an orderly fashion. Routers are necessary because most locations have more than one computer or mobile device accessing the network at the same time — if you just had a stationary desktop, like in the old days, you could plug it into a modem and call it a day. Instead, modern Internet traffic needs to be directed, and routers perform that critical role.
Because routers allow more than one computer onto the network, they also open up the possibility for more security events. An unprotected WiFi network can be accessed by virtually anyone in range, but router security means more than password protecting your network. Routers sit right at the gateway between your ISP's network and your own, which makes them your first line of defense against a digital intruder — as long as they're properly secured.
Cyber criminals frequently use this vulnerable point to spread malware, which can damage data and compromise network security. Or they may attempt to reconfigure your network by accessing your router with default administrative credentials — which is why it is so important to change these logins from the defaults. Hackers will also use routers to launch denial-of-service attacks, which can knock your operations offline for hours at a time. In these attacks, attackers flood routers with packets upon packets of data, overloading the router's ability to forward legitimate traffic. In an attempt to keep up, the router will drop data, and your employees or site visitors will get a message saying the network or site is down. Essentially, unsecured routers provide an entryway for eager attackers to wreak all sorts of havoc.
Password-protected networks work to prevent unauthorized access.
Secured routers reduce the risk of malware attacks.
Secured routers help protect sensitive data from reaching the broader ISP.
Sophisticated routers provide additional protection against denial-of-service attacks.
Another word you'll hear a lot when you're talking about network security is firewall. You probably know that a firewall provides your network with extra security, but you might be at a loss to describe exactly how it works. At a high level, firewalls monitor incoming and outgoing traffic, analyzing it for security risks and filtering out high-threat activity. To extend our traffic cop metaphor from above, firewalls would be the equivalent of customs or border patrol, reviewing the credentials and intent of network traffic and allowing it in or out based on whether everything looks to be in order. Firewalls are frequently used on sites where there's a secured private network or LAN that needs to be protected from the Internet — for instance, if you had a local on-site server or internal network hosting your printer and fax machine. Modern networks are more complicated than ever, which makes the use of these kinds of security products all the more vital. For instance, you may use VPN to connect two or more secure local networks, or host a private cloud network, where assets are stored and accessed exclusively online. To protect these complex arrays of connected networks, modern hardware firewalls use two strategies — packet inspection and stateful inspection — the differences between which we'll get into below.
Obviously, firewalls play a huge role in your business's Internet security. Specifically, packet filtering firewalls inspect the header of all the packets of data flowing in and out of the network. They review the source address, destination and port information of each packet to determine its legitimacy, then decide to send the data on its way or block it, based on a set of predetermined rules created by the network administrator.
Stateful inspection firewalls take that process one step further, reviewing not just the data in the packet but information about where it came from and where it's headed. For instance, a stateful inspection firewall would look at how the data originated — did it appear as a response to a request, or did it just show up out of nowhere.
These are the two basic kinds of hardware firewalls, but technically, there's also a third: the next-generation firewall, or NGFW. NGFWs are more sophisticated because they can be configured to scan for specific events to increase threat detection. They also allow you to block specific applications — like Facebook Messenger, say — on a per-user basis. Plus, the NGFW will look at the content from individual applications for evidence of data leaks and other attacks. All of these functions get bundled in with the packet inspection features of traditional hardware firewalls as well as the malware and virus detection of traditional software firewalls, adding up to a streamlined, all-in-one approach to cyber-security.
Regardless of what kind of firewall you decide to go with, its main function is to detect and block threats, making it a pivotal part of your network's security features. Firewalls can stop hackers who are trying to steal sensitive data, like credit card numbers or confidential company assets. They can root out suspicious malware attacks by identifying incoming or outgoing data that doesn't belong. They can block websites that are known to carry malware and spam. They can keep protected networks and servers safe from unauthorized use. They're your best hope against unwanted hacking.
Hardware firewalls detect traffic that seems suspicious.
Hardware firewalls block suspicious data packets based on administrative protocols.
NGFW firewalls block use of specific applications on a per-user basis.
NGFW firewalls analyze content to detect data leaks.
NGFW firewalls can be set up to scan for specific configurations of applications, users and data to catch events that are known to be dangerous.
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Biden Calls for 3-Month Suspension of Gas and Diesel Taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures that was greeted with doubts by many lawmakers. The Democrat... Biden Calls for 3-Month Suspension of Gas and Diesel Taxes (910 Media Group)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an move meant to ease financial pressures that was greeted with doubts by many lawmakers.
The Democratic president also called on states to suspend their own gas taxes or provide similar relief and delivered a public critique of the energy industry for prioritizing profits over production. Still, his announcement depends on the actions of lawmakers in Washington and in statehouses across the country to actually bring relief to consumers.
"It doesn't reduce all the pain but it will be a big help," Biden said, using the bully pulpit when his administration believes it has run out of direct levers to pull to address soaring gas prices. "I'm doing my part. I want Congress, states and industry to do their part as well."
At issue is the 18.4 cents-a-gallon federal tax on gas and the 24.4 cents-a-gallon federal tax on diesel fuel. If the gas savings were fully passed along to consumers, people would save roughly 3.6% at the pump when prices are averaging about nationwide.
Biden's push faces uphill odds in Congress, which must act in order to suspend the tax, and where many lawmakers, including some in his own party, have expressed reservations. Even many economists view the idea of with skepticism.
The president said "states are now in a strong position to be able to afford to take some of these actions," thanks to federal support from the 2021 COVID-19 relief bill, but there is also no guarantee that states will tap in into their budgets to suspend their taxes on gas or to deliver rebates to consumers, as Biden is requesting.
Barack Obama, during the 2008 presidential campaign, called the idea a "gimmick" that allowed politicians to "say that they did something." He also warned that oil companies could offset the tax relief by increasing their prices.
Biden energy adviser Amos Hochstein pushed back on Wednesday, saying consumers could save about 50 cents per gallon if Congress and the states heed the president's call and the oil industry doesn't pocket the savings.
"That's not a gimmick," Hochstein, senior adviser for global energy security at the State Department, said on CNN. "That's a little bit of breathing room for the American people as we get into the summer driving season."
High gas prices pose a fundamental threat to Biden's electoral and policy ambitions. They've caused to slump to lows that bode poorly for defending Democratic control of the House and the Senate in November.
Biden's past efforts to cut gas prices — including and this summer — have done little to produce savings at the pump, a risk that carries over to the idea of a gas tax holiday.
Biden has acknowledged how gas prices have been a drain on public enthusiasm when he is trying to convince people that the U.S. can still pivot to a clean-energy future. In last week, Biden described a country already nursing some psychological scars from that is now worried about how to afford gas, food and other essentials.
"If you notice, until gas prices started going up," Biden said, "things were much more, they were much more optimistic."
The president can do remarkably little to fix prices that are set by global markets, profit-driven companies, consumer demand and aftershocks from and the embargoes that followed. The underlying problem is a shortage of oil and refineries that produce gas, a challenge a tax holiday cannot necessarily fix.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated that the majority of seen over the past 12 months in the U.S. comes from higher commodity prices due to Russia's invasion and continued disruptions from the coronavirus.
"In the immediate near term, it is critical to stem the increase in oil prices," Zandi said last week, suggesting that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and a nuclear deal with Iran could help to boost supplies and lower prices. Republican lawmakers have tried to shift more blame to Biden, saying he created a hostile environment for domestic oil producers, causing their output to stay below pre-pandemic levels.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell mocked the gas tax holiday as an "ineffective stunt" in a Wednesday floor speech. "This ineffective administration's big new idea is a silly proposal that senior members of their own party have already shot down well in advance," he said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats have long worried that suspending the gas tax would simply allow oil companies to reap additional profits with no guarantee the savings would be passed along to consumers at the pump.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Democratic chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would not support suspending the gas tax. "I'm going to be working against it. I have the largest committee in Congress, so we'll see."
DeFazio said a better course would be to tax oil companies on "windfall profits."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he would look at the proposal because Biden has proposed it.
"What I'm not sure is that it in fact will have the intended effect in terms of the retail price, whether in fact we will save the consumer money," Hoyer said. "Do I think we have the votes? We haven't counted, so we don't know yet."
But Dan Kildee, D-Mich., said he is a longtime supporter of a federal gas tax holiday.
"I admit to some frustration because I think it would have been more effective if we had done this a few months ago," Kildee said. "But it's never too late to do the right thing."
One Democratic aide, who insisted on anonymity to frankly discuss the situation Wednesday, said it appears unlikely the proposal could pass the House without first clearing the evenly split Senate.
Administration officials said the $10 billion cost of the gas tax holiday would be paid for and the Highway Trust Fund kept whole, even though the gas taxes make up a substantial source of revenue for the fund. The officials did not specify any new revenue sources.
The president has also called on energy companies to accept to increase oil production and refining capacity for gasoline.
This has increased tensions with oil producers: Biden has judged the companies to be making "more money than God." That kicked off a chain of events in which , Michael Wirth, sent a letter to the White House saying that the administration "has largely sought to criticize, and at times vilify, our industry."
Asked about the letter, Biden said of Wirth: "He's mildly sensitive. I didn't know they'd get their feelings hurt that quickly."
Energy companies are scheduled to meet Thursday with Energy Secretary to discuss ways to increase supply.
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Nomad Sweater
Made with ultrasoft cashmere that evolved to survive -50°C winters.
Built with ultra-soft cashmere and lambswool
Cashmere from Inner Mongolia and lambswool from Kangaroo Island
Thermoregulating and naturally water repellent
We've spent more than 99% of our time on Earth as nomads. For over 2 million years we migrated across grasslands, deserts and arctic tundra, only carrying what we needed, only keeping what was necessary, and only using the things we had to hand.
Today the last remaining nomads roam the planet. Masters of surviving in harsh and fast-changing environments, they know what it takes to work with nature and leave no trace. So while the rest of the world remains underprepared for Earth's increasingly volatile climate, nomads have always been ready.
Our Nomad Sweater is built for the times where all you have are the clothes on your back, and every piece of gear has to work across any climate and terrain. Created from a combination of cashmere grown on the grasslands of the Mongolian-Manchurian steppe, and superfine lambswool grown on Kangaroo Island, the sweater is designed to see you through freezing winters and scorching summers.
Material made in Italy: 70% lambswool, 30% cashmere
Lambswool is sourced from Australia and is mulesing free
Cashmere is sourced from Inner Mongolia, China
Our Italian sourcing and production partner is a member the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) and the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS)
Built with a 3 gauge knit
Naturally water repellent
Thermoregulating
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Weighs 750g
Nomads know what it takes to survive
From arctic tundra to arid deserts, nomadic communities have always lived in some of the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth. Guided by the seasons they make the most of scarce resources by simply packing up their homes and moving to new ground, only leaving a faded patch of earth behind them. But as our climate becomes more extreme and resources become scarce, their lifestyle gives us a glimpse of what our future might hold if the next century doesn't turn out quite as planned.
Why nomads use wool
To build the Nomad Sweater we started with the most versatile and natural raw material in the world. For centuries nomads have used wool from their livestock to stay warm and dry. It's soft, elastic, and superb at keeping your temperature stable. It's also naturally water repellent and fast drying. While all wools are known for having incredible properties, we set out to source one of the most extraordinary varieties on the planet, produced on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.
How we source our wool responsibly
While cashmere and lambswool are amazing materials, they have to be made ethically and in the right way. To create the Nomad Sweater we work with Filati Biagioli Modesto, a family run mill based in Tuscany that's been producing some of the world's finest yarn for over 100 years. They're a member of both the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) and the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). These independent bodies are committed to protecting the welfare and livelihood of the animals and herders, as well as preserving and restoring the grasslands they graze and work on.
The Nomad Sweater is made with ultra-soft cashmere
Known as 'The Golden Fleece,' cashmere is one of the world's softest and rarest materials. It's not only softer and more elastic than sheep's wool, but it's eight times warmer. Of course it's also much harder to make. While a sheep will produce around 3kg of wool each year, a cashmere goat will only grow about 200 grams. And that's because they only shed their fleece once a year, and the softest fibres are only combed from their underbellies. It takes all the cashmere grown by one goat in a year to make a third of the wool for each Nomad Sweater.
A harsh climate makes cashmere incredibly soft
We get our cashmere from the fleeces of the Hircus Laniger goats that graze on the vast grasslands of the Mongolian-Manchurian steppe. Stretching over 800,000 square kilometres, they experience some of the harshest winters on Earth – where temperatures can be -50°C for consecutive days, and recurring natural disasters like 'the dzud' even have their own name. While people developed yurts to survive, the goats developed an incredibly thick fleece. Today every cashmere goat has a thick and rugged outer layer that protects a warm and ultra-soft undercoat. And it's this undercoat which produces the cashmere fibres that we use to create the Nomad Sweater.
We combine cashmere with lambswool
The other two-thirds of the Nomad Sweater is made with superfine lambswool. Just like cashmere it's softer, more elastic, stronger and a better insulator than sheep's wool. It's almost as hard to get as well – as lambswool can only be collected once in each animal's lifetime. By combining the lambswool with cashmere we've built a sweater which perfectly balances strength, stability, softness and comfort. And it's the blending of the two fibres after the yarn has been dyed that creates the speckled texture of each sweater.
These are two of the world's softest, finest wools
What makes the Nomad Sweater so soft is just how fine, or thin, the cashmere and lambswool fibres are. The diameter of a wool fibre is measured in microns. The lower the micron count, the finer and softer the wool. For context a human hair is about 70 microns. While superfine Merino wool measures about 18 microns, our lambswool is 17.5 microns in diameter, while our cashmere is just 15 microns.
You can wear it year-round
The exceptional natural properties of cashmere and lambswool mean you can wear the Nomad Sweater year-round no matter what the weather is doing. The wool is so soft on your skin that you can wear it on its own in warmer temperatures. When the weather turns colder you can layer under and over it just like a regular sweater. Or you can carry on wearing it on its own and the thermoregulating, naturally water-repellent wool will still insulate you from the cold, and keep out the rain and snow.
How the sweater keeps you warm in the cold
Staying warm is all about trapping as many pockets of air next to your body as possible and that's what cashmere and lambswool are built for. Every fibre is hollow which means you have millions of air pockets trapped next to your skin. And as the natural curl of wool fibres traps more air than straight fibres, the microscopic texture of the fabric itself will also retain heat.
It keeps you cool in the heat too
The sweater will also stop you overheating in higher temperatures as it just releases its warmth if you're getting too hot. Our lambswool is sourced from Kangaroo Island in Australia, where temperatures can rise to over 40°C in summer, so the fibres have evolved to naturally absorb the moisture from sweat and disperse it to start releasing heat.
Fast drying and insulating even when wet
Lambswool and cashmere are both water repellent – the outside of every lambswool fibre is covered in a natural wax coating. At the same time the wool acts like a sponge to soak up sweat and spread it over a massive surface area so that it evaporates at high speed. And as the fibres can absorb over a third of their own weight in water and still feel dry, you'll stay warm and insulated.
It's hard to make the Nomad Sweater smell
It's not sweat that smells, or even the clothes themselves, it's the build-up of bacteria on the surface of the clothes. Cashmere and lambswool are naturally odour resistant – odour molecules are absorbed and locked into the centre of their fibres so you simply can't smell them. They're then released when you wash the sweater. It's perfect if the nearest shower or waterfall is a couple of months away.
The softest sweater ever built
The cashmere edition of the Nomad Sweater is zero effort clothing. Once it's on you simply forget it's there. The natural softness and elasticity of the cashmere and lambswool mean you can stretch in any direction and never feel restricted. We've also designed every detail of the sweater to follow your body. The engineered panels and thermoregulating textures let the sweater quietly get on with its job while you get on with yours.
Our Nomad Sweater is designed with a regular fit.
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Here is video of European Union Parliament Member Godfrey Bloom from the UK making a speech during a debate on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. He blasted "Global Warming" as a "Scam, Scam, Scam!"
Godfrey called Al Gore a "snake oil salesman" and a "crook." He asked his fellow members, "When are you all going to wake up?!"
"Wake up" assumes that Climate Cultists' Green Gang of Briffa, Hansen, Jones, Mann, Trenberth et al. has any interest in "climate change" at all. As was aptly said of Warmists twenty years ago, "Freeze or fry, the problem is always entrepreneurial free-market capitalism, the solution is always dirigiste State socialism."
Al Gore, Rajendra Pachauri, many another of their frumious ilk, could know or care less that Planet Earth is ending its 12,250-year Holocene Interglacial Epoch, inexorably tipping into a 102,000-year Pleistocene Ice Time. But having sabotaged global energy economies for decades --blocking coal, oil, nuclear development by means worthy of such nihilistic Luddite sociopaths-- they will be directly responsible for mega-deaths that make their homicidal anti-DDT victims look like a geopolitical traffic accident. Will any single one of these death-eaters acknowledge complicity in any way?-- don't count on it.
This guy really raked Gore over the coals. It will be interesting to see if others follow.
KUDOS to Mr. Bloom, who's repeated use of the "Scam" label correctly suggests that we adopt the new label "ClimateSCAM" in place of Climategate.


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