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What Is Ethical Hacking?
When many people hear the term hacking, it's often correlated with cyberattacks. However, in today's technology driven world, there's a group of cybersecurity professionals that essentially hack the hackers – they're called ethical hackers.
The role of an ethical hacker is important within the cybersecurity industry. Ethical hackers are tasked with the knowledge, skills, and experience to perform risk assessments and test systems for security related issues. These tests are conducted against all possible security breaches, exploits and vulnerability scenarios that protect organizations from attacks.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cybersecurity industry will only continue to grow in the coming years. Job projections for roles like cybersecurity analyst show a 33% increase in growth over the next few years. To learn more about types of hackers plus the tools, responsibilities, and certifications needed to become an ethical hacker, continue reading.
Using the term hacking or hacker usually has a negative connotation in its definition. Malicious hackers are often highly skilled in coding and programming, and modifying computer software and hardware systems to gain unauthorized access. However, not all hackers are created equal, and they're not always cybercriminals.
Hacking consists of conducting technical activities with the intent of exploiting vulnerabilities within a computer system, network or firewall to obtain unauthorized access. It involves misusing digital devices such as computers, networks, smartphones and tablets.
The goal of hacking is to manipulate digital devices in order to cause damage or corrupt operating systems. It also allows hackers to collect user information, steal sensitive information and documents or perform other disruptive data related activities.
While hackers can be both ethical and malicious, most fall within three main types of hacking. These three main varieties of hackers are authorized, unauthorized and grey-hat hackers. Each type has different intents and purposes for their exploits. Let's explore each of these types of hackers and how they operate.
Unauthorized Hackers
Unauthorized hackers, also called black-hat hackers, are malicious types of hackers. These hackers often use their technical skills and knowledge to seize control of computers and operating systems with the intent of stealing valuable data. Unauthorized hackers will utilize many methods to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and networks to steal sensitive organization or individual data.
Unauthorized hackers are often the criminals behind many significant data breaches and exploits. Most of them commonly use malware, social engineering and denial of service tactics to execute attacks against organizations.
Unauthorized hackers may act on their own, as part of a larger cybercrime organization or on behalf of an enemy nation-state. Most are motivated by reputation, monetary gain, or espionage conducted on both nation-states and corporations.
Authorized Hackers
Authorized hackers, also called white-hat hackers, are what many in the information security industry call ethical hackers. While most unauthorized hackers do not follow laws or permissions to target systems, authorized hackers will. They are expected to follow a code of ethics while also following established laws and access permissions when conducting their activities.
Authorized hackers are generally hired directly by companies or clients to test operating systems, hardware, software and network vulnerabilities. They will utilize their hacking knowledge, skills and expertise to help companies improve their security posture from attacks.
Authorized hackers break into systems to find vulnerabilities so that companies can patch their systems and mitigate potential cyber threats. They also conduct penetration tests as a part of their role. Penetration testing will expose the weaknesses in a network to test its security measures. It can also determine how vulnerable it is to attacks from malicious hackers.
Grey-Hat Hackers
Aside from the authorized and unauthorized hackers, there is another type of hacker that is a blend of both. These types of hackers are commonly called grey-hat hackers. Grey-hat hackers are individuals who exploit security vulnerabilities to spread public awareness that the vulnerability exists. While these hackers do not share the malicious intent commonly attributed to unauthorized hackers, they also don't necessarily adhere to a code of ethics like authorized hackers.
Grey-hat hackers may opt to reveal the security vulnerability privately to the company or manufacturer without publicizing the results. However, many grey-hat hackers will publicly exploit the vulnerability found in hardware or software programs without manufacturer permission to raise awareness of the problem.
A common concern within the cybersecurity industry is that when a grey hat releases an exploit, it makes it easier for malicious hackers to steal information and data from systems.
For instance, a group of grey-hat hackers identified and released a security gap in several models of Linux routers. This release resulted in updates for companies and individuals, allowing for closing that security gap. However, the exposure may have also resulted in many attacks on individuals and organizations because the exploit was released publicly.
How Ethical Hackers Differ From Malicious Hackers
Ethical hackers work with companies, the government and other organizations to identify potential vulnerabilities in their systems. This intel can be used to fix security issues and vulnerabilities before adversaries have a chance to exploit them.
There are several significant other ways that ethical hacking is different from malicious hacking:
Ethical hackers are hired to test vulnerability and not steal anything from the systems they're testing. Their main goal is to only look for gaps in the system's security defenses.
Ethical hackers utilize several methods to test systems apart from just attempting to gain access through illegal pathways. These paths can include brute force attacks or using keyloggers to reveal user-password vulnerability. They will also utilize legal methods of gaining access that mirror real-world attackers, known as the ethical hacking methodology.
Ethical hackers follow a strict code of ethics when conducting the tests that guide their work. This code prohibits them from sharing how they breached security measures with anyone outside the client or organization. As a result, most companies and organizations are more likely to trust an ethical hacker.
Roles and Responsibilities of Ethical Hackers
Ethical hackers often have job responsibilities that go beyond lawfully hacking systems for security issues. The primary goal of an ethical hacker is to test and identify vulnerabilities in an organization's system and correct them.
Ethical hackers are expected to follow specific guidelines to perform hacking for organizations legally. These guidelines include approval from the system owner before executing the security review.
Some of the additional roles and responsibilities that an ethical hacker will have also include:
Discovering the operating system and network weaknesses in an organization's technology infrastructure.
Demonstrating how easy it is to launch cyberattacks on their company using penetration-testing methods.
Executing security assessment simulations to show how easily they could be hacked by someone else.
Reporting any security breaches and vulnerabilities discovered within the system or network directly to the owner or manager of that system.
Keeping the discoveries confidential between them and the client or company.
Wiping traces of the hack to ensure that malicious hackers cannot enter the system through the identified loopholes.
Skills and Certifications Required for Ethical Hackers
Ethical hacking is a technology career with specific skills, and cybersecurity certifications help people break into the field. Many ethical hacking jobs still require a bachelor's degree in information technology, or another technology or cybersecurity related degree. However more employers are considering candidates without degrees in favor of experience and certifications. The most proficient ethical hackers have a combination of a degree, experience and certifications.
Ethical hackers should also have a working knowledge of infrastructure technology including Linux servers, Cisco network controls, virtualization, Citrix and Microsoft Exchange. Computer programming experience and understanding of various programming languages is required for advanced positions.
Many employers will require ethical hackers to have certifications in addition to their degree and experience. CompTIA PenTest+ and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) through EC-Council are among the most recognized industry certifications. They cover the skills and knowledge needed by experts in information security and ethical hacking.
Ethical hackers also need strong analytical skills, given that the work involves examining data to identify potential issues. Therefore, to break into this field, you must also have superior problem-solving skills, creative strategy skills and attention to detail. These skills are necessary, as ethical hackers must be thorough in their efforts to breach the security systems.
Regular re-certification is necessary to stay up to date with this industry. Continued education on the latest penetration software and industry recommendations can also be beneficial for ethical hackers in their careers.
Standard Tools Used in Ethical Hacking
A wide variety of tools on the market are used in the field of ethical hacking. Some of these tools include network scanners, penetration testers and more. Below are some of the most commonly used tools ethical hackers utilize in their roles:
Nmap: Is one of the most popular network scanning and mapping tools. Its built-in scripting library can scan for open ports and check for vulnerabilities. It can be used locally and remotely to monitor networks for security gaps. It can also be used on mobile devices and smartphones with root credentials.
Wireshark: Is a protocol analyzer tool that allows you to collect the data from a network without disturbing its ongoing operations. It helps ethical hackers test the network for security flaws. This tool is beneficial to ethical hackers trying to identify what kind of traffic the computer sends/receives while connected online. The only limitation to this tool is that the viewable packets are visible as long as they are not encrypted.
Burp Suite: Is an integrated platform for web security testing that includes proxy server, repeater and intruder mode. It also includes other tools such as Spider, Scanner and Intruder. This tool makes it easy for an ethical hacker to perform various tasks, such as detecting vulnerabilities in websites/web applications. The testing is done while maintaining a high level of security throughout their operation process.
Limitations to Ethical Hacking
Ethical hacking can often have a misunderstood scope and limit within the industry. Although ethical hacking is a type of penetration testing, it uses attack simulations and methods to assess the system and network, reinforcing that there's more to ethical hacking than just penetration testing.
Many ethical hackers need to be multifaced in not only thinking like a hacker but moving like one as well. They need to know how they operate, what they use, and the tools used to employ countermeasures against the system and network vulnerabilities – while remaining within the bounds of the laws and permissions.
Ethical hacking is also often compared with vulnerability or risk assessments. Vulnerability assessment (VA) takes place before penetration testing begins. A VA can scan for security vulnerabilities on a system or network without exploiting them. This is done to determine weaknesses in said system or network before taking further action to mitigate them.
Ethical hacking often involves many different facets of the information security field. This role requires a lot of knowledge and expertise, from coding and programming to penetration testing and risk assessment. There is a lot to learn within the ethical hacking career, but it's a high-demand field that will only continue to grow the more technology is used in our world.
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This comment, from one of the current Lower Sixth students, really made the College think. It HAS flown by. But so much has been achieved in such a short space of time. For example, Connell have welcomed their new cohort of A-level and BTEC students, completed the Connell Start period, submitted many early applications to UCAS (with students already receiving offers from universities), had lots of sporting successes, welcomed record numbers to their Open Day and experienced much, much more since September….
As well as studying a level 3 BTEC in sport, Ellie plays football for Manchester City Women's Team. Ellie was selected to represent England at the recent under 17s women's World Cup in Jordan. England finished second in their group and progressed through to round 2. Unfortunately England were beaten by Japan 3 – 0 in the second round.
Massive congratulations to Ellie on a magnificent achievement.
Georgia and Sina are both Upper Sixth BTEC Business students. They designed an app called 'Donate iT', an app which makes it easier to donate unwanted items to charity, and entered this into the Apps For Good Awards 2016 (sustainable communities category). Connell and Bright Futures are really pleased to announce that 'Donate iT' was a finalist, a great achievement given that there were 67,000 applicants in total!
Their app is now currently being developed and will be in the Google Play store from January 2017.
Well done Georgia and Sina!
Sophie left Connell in 2016 but we were delighted to see her perform in the Rio Paralympics in the summer. Sophie won a gold medal in the individual cycling time trial and set a new Paralympic record on the way to victory. Connell and Bright Futures couldn't be more proud.
Well done Sophie, you're an inspiration to lots of our students.


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In Somalia, New Law Could Finally Give Rape Survivors a Voice
In a country where rape is underreported and rarely prosecuted, lawyers are transforming the way they interview survivors and collect evidence, in the hope of reforming a justice system that often fails those it is supposed to protect.
Written by Amanda Sperber Published on  April 27, 2017 Read time Approx. 4 minutes
A woman walks down the street of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Rape is underreported and rarely prosecuted in Somalia, but new legislation could help. Tobin Jones/AFP
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Knowing what she knows today, Zeynab Bile Abdinoor would have done things differently.
She would have looked for more witnesses.
She would have asked about the strange-tasting milk the girls said they were given.
She would not have asked them point-blank, "Were you raped?"
She would have let them do the talking.
A Somali lawyer in her late 20s, Abdinoor recently took on a case that made her realize how little she knew about interviewing rape survivors – and which highlighted the severe limitations of Somalia's sexual assault laws. Her clients were two girls, aged 12 and 14. They said they were snatched from a wedding in Mogadishu in November 2016 and held in the bush for two days and two nights, where they were raped by at least two young men.
The 14-year-old told Abdinoor that she knew one of the accused. When questioned by police, the boy said the sex had been consensual. When the girl heard this, she fainted, Abdinoor says.
In Somalia, the prosecution needs to prove that penetration occurred in order to secure a conviction. Getting a medical certificate that attests to this can prove difficult. Until recently, there was only one doctor, at one hospital in the capital, who was legally empowered to give out such certificates. (Human Right Watch researcher Laetitia Bader, who spoke to the country's attorney general, says courts now accept records from other hospitals.) This doctor issued the girls with a signed certificate that said intercourse had taken place, allowing the girls to take their accused rapists to court. But there would be no conviction.
During the trial, Abdinoor says the girls were questioned in separate rooms (in Somalia, details of sexual assault can't be discussed in public courtrooms). By the end of the session, both had recanted their original statements, and the boys were let go. Abdinoor says it's conceivable the 14-year-old had consensual sex with the boy whom she knew. But the 12-year-old had also been penetrated – what happened to her over those two days in November?
"So few cases go to court, in part, because of poverty."
When applied in the state court, Somali law on sexual violence is based on an Italian colonial-era penal code, written in the 1930s. Conviction is dependent on the provision of medical and police certificates, and survivor testimony is not prioritized. Moreover, Human Rights Watch says there is no agreement over the legal age of consent in Somalia.
Statistics about rape in Somalia vary wildly, and the lack of infrastructure, combined with the rarity of reporting, means there is no way to get a firm grasp on its scope. The Somalia Protection Cluster, a consortium of NGOs working in the country, recorded 1,599 cases of gender-based violence between September 2016 and February 2017. In 2015, the attorney general's office recorded 69 rape cases, 55 of which resulted in a conviction, according to Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), a firm specializing in human rights. Back in 2013, the U.N. recorded 800 cases of gender-based violence in the first six months of the year – in Mogadishu alone.
In a country where survivors themselves believe that "rape is normal," women's rights advocates say these statistics represent a fraction of the sexual assaults that actually occur in Somalia.
"I think so few cases go to court, in part, because of poverty," said Deqo Olad, a project coordinator at the Somali Women Development Center, the Mogadishu-based human rights advocacy group where Abdinoor works. "People don't have time to deal with the case."
A bill to address sexual assault more comprehensively is currently wending its way to parliament. The proposed legislation will place more weight on survivor testimony and less emphasis on the doctor's certificate. In anticipation of the potential new law, and to teach Somali lawyers how to gather evidence that could be used in domestic and international courts, Legal Action Worldwide, which is providing technical support for the bill, is running a series of training sessions inside Mogadishu International Airport. The fortified airport is the most secure building in Somalia.
It's at these sessions that Abdinoor is learning what she might do differently next time. The attendees, most of them men, are being trained in gathering testimony from survivors and witnesses, using video to collect evidence and how to build a story to tell in court.
"Evidence collected today may be vital for access to justice for victims and building a transparent and accountable justice system in Somalia in the future."
In such a conservative culture, lawyers – both men and women – aren't comfortable naming explicit body parts. At one point in the training, attendees practiced saying "penis," "vagina," "anal" and "penetration," out loud in both English and Somali. While this detail might seem small, closing such gaps fortifies survivors' individual narratives, as well as the national legal system.
LAW wants to train the lawyers to collect more evidence than is necessary under the national penal code. Not only will that build stronger cases, such testimony can also be archived so there's enough information for the country's lawyers to adjust to the evolving Somali legal system.
"Evidence collected today may be vital for access to justice for victims and building a transparent and accountable justice system in Somalia in the future," Antonia Mulvey, LAW's executive director, says.
It's a positive step forward, but Olad says she has toned down her expectations of rapid progress on sexual assault in Somalia.
"Men think they can turn a girl's life upside down on a whim," she says. "Training someone can change the interview process, but it's not going to change the culture."
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In case you have been living under a rock, our beloved Denver Broncos WON THE SUPER BOWL! I meant to post about this last week, but I actually could not get the photos to upload to my blog for some reason. The game was great, our low key celebration was wonderful and it was definitely a day to remember!
We all wore our orange and blue! My husband faithfully watches ALL the games, even ones that the Broncos are not playing in. Football is life in his world and the kids seem to enjoy it too. I play along most days, but on Super Bowl Sunday I was all in!
I did a throw back to the Elway days and had nerves all day. I am not a huge football game watcher. I just get bored when the game is not exciting and many times games are just not exciting for me. I have always supported the home teams, I am just not a crazy fan. I was still so excited about the game though and had been watching throughout the season so when Sunday came around I was struggling with excitement, nerves and ready for our boys to win!
We all snuggled up in the living room watching the game, cheering and overall just really enjoying our time as a family. The game was great, I was screaming at the TV like a crazy person and when they finally sealed the deal, there may have been some jumping up and down.
Some of us were into the game more than others. He was still excited that we won!
Congrats to our home team and their amazing run this year. What a great way for the boys in Orange and Blue to represent Broncos Country! SUPER BOWL 50 CHAMPIONS!


A Successful Future Awaits You!
Does the whole college planning thing sound a bit overwhelming? Of course it does! But, rest assured that it isn't nearly as hard as it sounds and you are not alone. Know that your friends and classmates are facing the very same concerns as they look toward the future. Know, also, that My College Options®—your FREE online college planning service—is here to help you navigate the maze of college planning issues and help relieve your stress during your college search.
The first step in college planning is allowing yourself to see going to college as not just a dream, but an option that is a very real possibility for you. Let yourself dream a bit. Try to picture your life ten years from now…what you might like to do…your lifestyle… What do you see?
It is never too early to begin thinking about your future. Dreaming does not require you to know what you want to do for a living or what major you should choose if you go to college right after graduating from high school. To dream is to imagine, to hope or long for, or aspire to something, creating pictures and ideas in your mind of what could be, regardless of present conditions or circumstances. Therefore, one might say that college and career planning begins with your dreams for the future. The next step in the process is awareness…self-awareness and becoming aware of your options, as well as becoming aware of what it will take to achieve your dreams.
Self-awareness is essential if you are to make wise decisions at the end of the college and career planning process. Why? The answer is: because this is your life we are talking about and you are the focus of the planning process.
If the options you choose to explore and the goals that you set to achieve your dreams are to be realistic, you will need to know—realistically-- who you are, what you like and do not like, what you can and cannot do, and what help you will need along the way.
Aid you in understanding the college admissions and financial aid processes.
Armed with this knowledge, you will be well-equipped to make wise decisions about your future.
You will encounter the word "process" often as you explore your post-high school options. There is, first, the process of choosing high school courses and activities that will position you to achieve your goals and dreams; then, comes the college search process, the college application process, the financial aid process, the college selection process, the college enrollment process, all taking place while you are in the process of moving from adolescence to adulthood. All of this will happen during your years in high school and each one will take time and effort on your part. Remember that awareness is the key, at this point, and that time is on your side. Just take things step-by-step. You will be amazed at the outcomes.


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Michiels represented Belgium at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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All My Friends Are Fake è un singolo della cantante canadese Tate McRae, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica RCA Records il 18 ottobre 2019.

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Check out the grid below for a complete list of television providers and corresponding channels to see how you can catch the semifinals of the ACC women's basketball tournament live on NESNPlus at 1 and 3:30 p.m. ET.
No. 23 Florida State and No. 6 Duke tip off at 1 p.m., while No. 15 North Carolina and No. 10 Maryland face off at 3:30 p.m.


This was the fourth book I'd read in 2018 where a family grieves over a deceased parent. Here we go again is all I could think, but INKLING approaches a tough issue in a very different and creative way.
In the beginning, young Ethan Rylance finds a ink blot loose in his room. The blot slipped off a drawing board in his Dad's studio—a graphic artist and storyteller who has been in a a slump since his wife died. The blot appears dangerous at first, but Ethan soon finds out it is quite friendly and names the blob, Inkling. His new friend feeds off the print in books or magazines, erasing whatever he spreads across (at least everyone assumes Inkling is a he). Inkling can also change into any shape or word to communicate.
The secret doesn't last as friends and family get a look at the creature. Some will use it for their own gain while Inkling knows his real purpose is to somehow heal this family. Readers will get attached to this sweet and often amusing tale. The fantasy tugs your heart and provides a smile at a time when most needed.
The pages of the book are ink blotted giving you the sense of truly being in the story.
Ethan's younger sister has Down's Syndrome, but it is never portrayed as a disability. You just have to take more time with Sarah.
Rickman, a cranky old cat who provides humor and serves as a feline menace to Inkling.
A scene at the end hints at a sequel. I would welcome more time with this family.
The story is fast paced with a thrilling conclusion. It will for sure become a favorite for teachers, parents, and kids.
It turned out to be quite a long story, really a short novel, and I rewrote it the next summer. We had a family friend who knew Roald Dahl – one of my favourite authors – and this friend offered to show Dahl my story. I was paralysed with excitement. I never heard back from Roald Dahl directly, but he read my story, and liked it enough to pass on to his own literary agent. I got a letter from them, saying they wanted to take me on, and try to sell my story. And they did.
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What an interesting premise! I'd never think to write a book about an ink blot. Glad you enjoyed it.
What a clever story and a very different way to deal with grief. Love a differently abled sister. This book is getting a lot of buzz. You convinced me to check it out!
This sounds great. I'm going to order a copy tonight.
I tried to get this one when it came up for review, but someone beat me to it! Dang! I will have to get a copy. It sounds great.
This sounds like an absolute gem! Oh my gosh, what a creative idea! Especially for dealing with such a serious issue. I'll defiitely keep an eye out for this at the library. I love how they didn't portray his sister as having a disability, that's truly amazing. Plus, the inkblots on the pages!
Thanks for sharing this innovative title with us for MMGM, Greg. I love your Point #2 in your 'Five Things To Like About Inkling' section above. I believe children learn compassion and kindness from reading about characters who are exhibiting those behaviors in their on-the-page lives.


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Golden Globe nods hold some surprises
The Golden Globe Award nominations were announced Dec. 13—and, true to form, there were surprises.
The little-seen movie Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a comedic drama from last spring with Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor (both of whom got nods), scored multiple nominations. In addition, Jack Black received a best actor in a comedy nod for his role in Bernie, which co-stars Shirley Maclaine.
However, some films and actors were expected to receive nominations, and did. Those included the movies Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo and Life of Pi, and actors such as Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) and Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln).
Regarding TV nods, there were the usual suspects, including Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Homeland and The Newsroom receiving nominations for best drama. Smash, Girls and Episodes were the newcomers to the best comedy/musical category, which also includes The Big Bang Theory (starring out actor Jim Parsons) and Modern Family.
The Globes telecast will air Friday, Jan. 13, on NB, with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey co-hosting.


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Kim Jong-un invites South Korea's president to Pyongyang
South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes the hand of Kim Yong-jo, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: Jean Catuffe / Getty Images
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un extended an invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks in Pyongyang, which South Korean officials said Moon "practically accepted," per Reuters. The invitation — which proposed meeting "at an early date" — came via Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, who met with Moon in Seoul as a part of North Korea's Winter Olympics delegation.
Why it matters: The meeting, which would be the first between Korean leaders since 2007, could accelerate the thaw in tensions between North and South Korea. It's also likely to be poorly received by the United States, which is set to unveil the toughest sanctions ever against the North Korean regime.


Quality planning and control comprises the concepts and approach of a new notion of quality that seeks to maximize customer satisfaction. Work in this area is not of interest to industrial engineers only, but also to other engineering disciplines as well as to students in industrial design, management and statistics. The Quality Planning and Control minor program aims to contribute to the training of personnel who can improve and enhance quality in all phases of production such as in planning, research and design, manufacturing, distribution or customer relations.
The program requires six courses, two of which are electives.


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Suppliers' Statutory Trust Under the Construction Lien Act
The Ontario Court of Appeal has considered whether, as a means of protecting the contract price of a supplied improvement, a building supplier is entitled to the benefit of a statutorily-established trust fund under the Construction Lien Act.
Sunview Doors ("Sunview") manufactured custom-made sliding glass doors, which it supplied to Academy Doors & Windows ("Academy"). In turn, Academy acted as subcontractor and installed those doors in retro-fitted and renovated rental and condominium buildings.
An important element of the narrative is that while Sunview knew that the custom-coloured and custom-sized doors were intended for specific installations by Academy, it never knew the location of the installations, since Academy always picked up the doors at Sunview's manufacturing facility. Neither the orders by Academy nor the invoices from Sunview identified the location of the installations.
When Academy failed to pay Sunview for over $90,000 in doors it had ordered, Sunview attempted to determine the location of the doors, but Academy refused to disclose the information and actively frustrated Sunview's other attempts. Academy went bankrupt shortly after. Ultimately, Sunview sued Academy for breach of contract, and for remedies for breach of trust under the Construction Lien Act. Specifically, s. 8(1) of that Act protects the contract or subcontract price of an improvement, and statutorily creates a trust fund for the benefit of "persons who have supplied services or materials to the improvement." Sunview accordingly argued that it was entitled to the protection of s. 8(1) under these circumstances.
At trial, the judge did award Sunview the full amount of its claim, but declined to allow it to benefit from the statutory trust in s. 8(1) of the Act. This is because while Academy was a subcontractor and Sunview was a supplier, Sunview's ignorance of the location of the doors' installation meant it could not satisfy an important requirement: that at the time they were sold or supplied to Academy, Sunview intended that they be used for "known and identified" improvements.
This last stipulation stemmed from earlier legal judgments which considered the proper interpretation of the Act, and which the judge felt imposed a threshold test for Sunview's recourse to the statutory trust.
Sunview successfully appealed to the Divisional Court, and Academy appealed further to the Ontario Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal concluded that – contrary to the earlier case law on which the trial judge had relied – there was nothing in the wording of s. 8(1) that required that Sunview intend the material be incorporated into a "known and specific improvement" at the time of the sale to Academy. Rather, it was sufficient for the Act's purposes that Sunview was merely able to link the doors to the improvement for which Academy (as subcontractor) was owed money or had been paid.
After a careful review of precedent decisions together with consideration of the Act's overall scheme, intent and historical origins, the Court of Appeal could find no authority for the proposition that the Act's wording required Sunview to have intention or knowledge of Academy's specific use of the doors at the time it entered into the contract to supply them. The court said:
"Reading in a requirement that the supplier intend that the materials supplied be incorporated into a specific improvement in order for a trust to arise is not consistent with the imposition of a statutory trust."
Therefore, as long as a link "to the improvement" could be established, then Sunview was entitled to the benefit of the s. 8(1) statutory trust.
The Court of Appeal also observed that the purpose of s. 8(1) is to create a statutory trust as a form of security, to ensure suppliers such as Sunview are paid the money they are owed by subcontractors such as Academy. It wrote:
"The object of the Act is to prevent unjust enrichment of those higher up in the construction pyramid by ensuring that money paid for an improvement flows down to those at the bottom."
After concluding that Sunview was eligible to benefit from the statutory trust, the Court went on to find Academy liable not only for breach of contract but for breach of trust under the Act as well.
This was allowed even though Academy had deliberately frustrated Sunview's attempts to get information on where the doors were located and thereby establish the necessary link to the renovations. In these circumstances, the court found that "[p]recedent, principle and policy" dictated that Academy's conduct should not be condoned, and that its unjust enrichment at the expense of Sunview should not be tolerated. As such, the necessary link should be acknowledged in Sunview's favour.
Finally, in light of Academy's bankrupt status, the court found that three individual officers and directors were jointly and severally liable to Sunview for the cost of the doors. See: Sunview Doors Ltd. v. Academy Doors & Windows Ltd., 2010 (ONCA).


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{ March 27, 2010 @ 8:52 pm } · { Allman Brothers, Audio, Bonnaroo, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Star Orchestra, Dead Tour 09', Disco Biscuits, Eric Clapton, Festivals, Furthur, Grateful Dead, Hampton, Phil and Friends, Phish, Phish Fall Tour 09, Phish NYE Run 2009, Phish Summer Tour 09, Ratdog, TAB Winter tour 2010, Trey Anastasio, Video, Warren Haynes }
Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of Welcome To Now! Founded on March 25th, 2009, WTN has been there over the past year along with all you freaks out there, sharing in the groove and digging the wonderful music taking place all across this great land. In honor of this special day, let's look back at the 10 biggest musical moments of the past year in Jam:
1. PHISH RETURNS
Phish @ Hamtpon - 3/07/09
Phish returned to the stage in 2009, with a more than triumphant year of playing. The reunion began with a historic 3 show run at Hampton Coliseum in March. Things just got better as the year went on for The Phish – the band released a new album, 'Joy', and hit the road for a big 2-leg summer tour, Halloween at Festival 8 in Indio, CA, an East Coast fall tour, and New Years in Miami. All in all, 2009 was a great year to be a Phish-head!
Hampton Fluffhead
2. PHIL AND BOBBY GO FURTHUR (JOHN K. LEAVES DSO)
Lesh, Weir, and Kadlecik - Dec. 09'
Phil Lesh and Bob Weir shocked deadheads everywhere in August of 09′ when they announced their newest post-Jerry Dead project: Furthur. Unexpected to all, Phil and Bobby called on John Kadlecik, aka 'Faux Jerry', aka 'The Ghost of Jerry', DSOs long-time axe-man, to join the band. The new project laid to rest indefinitely both Phil Lesh and Friends and Ratdog, and dealt a major blow to DSO, leaving them without a front man. In the 6 months the band has been together, they've played a big coming out 3-show run in Oakland, a brief Northeast December tour, New Year's run in San Fran, and a smoking Winter tour of the East Coast and Midwest. Coming up in 2010, the band will hit the stage for a Memorial Day Festival and a mini-tour of the Northeast in late June and early July.
Furthur NYE 2009 Poster
3. THE DEAD REUNITE FOR TOUR
The Dead - Spring 09'
Months before Furthur, the Core Four reunited for the first time in over 5 years for a one-off Spring Tour across the US. The boys were joined by Warren Haynes on lead guitar and vocals, and Jeff Chimenti of Ratdog on the keys. Check out a few tour highlights below for download!
The Dead 09 Logo
Download Tour Opener – 4/12/09 Greensboro, NC
Download Madison Square Garden, 4/25/09
Download 5/2/09 – Final show at the Spectrum
Download The Dead at Shoreline – 5/10/09
4. BISCO TAKES FANS HIGHER WITH BIG NOKIA NYE RUN
Bisco - Fall Tour 2009
The Disco Biscuits closed out a fantastic year of playing with their second Annual 5 show run at the Nokia Theater in New York City. By all accounts and from personal experience, this string of shows was top-notch and a real exclamation point on the year for the band. Check out choice downloads, videos, and news from 2009 in the Bisco Archive.
Bisco NYE Run 09 Flyer
5. PHISH FESTIVAL 8 & ROLLING STONES MUSICAL COSTUME
Phish - 10/31/09 Set 1
Phish re-launched two traditions on Halloween weekend 2009 with their first festival of Phish 3.0 along with a highly anticipated Halloween musical costume set – The Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street'. Breaking new ground, the band also performed an intimate and picturesque acoustic set at Noon on Sunday, with complimentary donuts and coffee for phans. Truly a magical weekend, and it's now going to be seen like never before in a full length 3D film being released April 30th. Check out this crisp video/audio stream of the Sunday acoustic set here!
6. ABB BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: BEACON, MOUNTAIN JAM, AND MORE
ABB Beacon Marquis 2009
After canceling their annual Beacon run in 2008 due to Greg Allman's battle with Hepatitis C, the band returned in 2009 with a guest-filled 40th anniversary run at the Beacon Theater. The run included guest stops from a star-studded cast including Clapton, Lesh, Weir, Helm, Scaggs, Anastasio, and McConnell. The band kept trucking in 09′ with spring and summer festival appearances including Wanee and Mountain Jam as well as big summer and fall tours. The band just wrapped up a fantastic 9 show run at the United Palace in New York city, is sounding better than ever, and has more shows plotted for 2010 already. Check out setlist, vids, and a review of the final night at the United Palace here.
Haynes, Trucks, and Clapton - Beacon 2009
7. PHIL LESH CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL PHRIENDS
Lesh, Robinson, Weir, Greene, and Kadlecik - 3/12/10
On March 12th 2010, Phil Lesh celebrated his 70th birthday (technically 3/14/10) with a big bash at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. The evening featured a fun 3 set format complete with an opening acoustic set and 2 raucous electric sets featuring special guests from throughout Phil's solo career including John Molo, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene, and Steve Molitz. Give it a listen here:
Download Link ~ Stream Link
8. PHISH DOES BONNAROO, JAMS WITH BRUCE
Phish at 'Roo 2009 - First Tube
Breaking with long-standing tradition, Phish played their first mainstream festival with 2 separate appearances (an extended late night set and a 2 set show) at 2009's Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN. The band realized a long time dream and provided the festival's highlight with a big collaboration with Bruce Springstreen, who also headlined the festival in 09′. The boss and the boys treated fans to a fun cover/bust-out of 'Mustang Sally', as well as performances of Bruce's own songs 'Glory Days', and 'Bobby Jean'. To re-live this special moment, check out this smoking video of Glory Days:
9. STRING CHEESE REUNITE FOR BIG ROTHBURY GIG
SCI @ Rothbury 2009
The String Cheese Incident reunited for a special one-off show at 2009's Rothbury music festival. The band put on a massive spectacle of a show enhanced with massive light and art installations. The show went off with flying colors, so much so that the band has decided to tour further in 2010, with gigs at Red Rocks and beyond already announced and more in the works. To get a taste of the Cheese to come, buy the Soundboard of the Rothbury show here.
SCI at Red Rocks
10. TREY BRINGS BACK CLASSIC TAB
Markelis, Lawton, Anastasio, and Paczkowski
Having brought back the core four of his Classic Tab Band – Russ Lawton, Tony Markelis, Ray Paczkowski, and, of course, Big Red himself – in the Fall of 2008, Anastasio hit the road with a bigger-and-better Classic TAB band a few months ago in the Winter of 2010. For the tour, Trey added to the core four with a 3-piece horn section featuring TAB vets Jeffier Hartswick and Russell Reminton along with new-comer cutie Natalie Cressman. The tour was a massive success and featured some of the most enthused and passionate guitar work from Trey since Phish's 2009 return. Check out lots of downloads, setslits, vids, and more in the TAB Winter Tour archive, enjoy!
And remember folks, WELCOME TO NOW!


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Q: When my program runs automatically at startup, having trouble append text to file. Why? I made a program that runs automatically at startup, but my program does not perform the task of append text to the file when it runs automatically.
Here example code:
#include <Windows.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
void AutoRun() {

    LONG key;
    std::string FP;
    char re[MAX_PATH];
    FP = std::string(re, GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, re, MAX_PATH));
    HKEY hkey;
    key = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Currentversion\\Run", 0, KEY_WRITE, &hkey);
    if (key == ERROR_SUCCESS)
    {
        std::cout << "paketi yüklüyoruzzz";
        key = RegSetValueExA(hkey, "testzort", 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*)FP.c_str(), strlen(FP.c_str()));
                RegCloseKey(hkey);
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Maga mapket müklenemedi:(: " << key;
    }
}
int main(){
    // open output file in append mode
    const char* output_filename = "testing.log";
    std::cout << "Logging output to " << output_filename << std::endl;
    output_file.open(output_filename, std::ios_base::app);
    AutoRun();
    output_file << "zozozort\n";
}

When I restart my computer after execute this code, not add my file like:
zozozort
zozozort

What is the problem ?
NOTE: For the first time to run the regedit api, I ran the program with administrator mode when starting

A: First off, consider using HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (unless you really want all users of your machine running your app). And consider using KEY_SET_VALUE instead of KEY_WRITE (which includes rights you don't need in this code).  This will reduce the need for your code to run as an admin when setting up the auto-run.
In any case, when calling RegSetValueEx(), you are setting the data size to strlen(FP.c_str()), which is wrong, as RegSetValueEx() requires the null terminator to be included in the data size:

If the data is of type REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, or REG_MULTI_SZ, cbData must include the size of the terminating null character or characters.

So, use strlen(FP.c_str())+1 instead, or better FP.size()+1.
That being said, your app is opening the text file using a relative path, so its location is relative to the app's current working directory, which you don't know what it is when your app is started (you can use GetCurrentDirectory() to determine that). Just because the text file is in the same folder as your app doesn't mean the working directory points to your app's folder. Always use absolute paths when creating/opening files.
If you were using CreateFile() instead of (o)fstream (BTW, where is your output_file variable declared?) to create/open the file, then you could use GetFinalPathNameByHandle() to determine its actual full path, so you can see if it is what you are expecting.
If your really want to create/open the text file in your app's folder, you already know how to get the app's full file path from GetModuleFileName(), so simply replace the filename portion after the last '\' character with your text file's name, and then use that full path to create/open the file.  Just make sure your app is not running in a folder that denies write access to non-admins, such as Program Files.
You really should be writing the text file into a folder that is guaranteed to be accessible to the calling user (preferably within their own profile), instead of in the app's folder.  For instance, get a user-accessible folder path via either:

*

*SHGetFolderPath(), specifying something like CSIDL_(LOCAL_|COMMON_)APPDATA, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS, etc.

*SHGetKnownFolderPath(), specifying something like FOLDERID_(Roaming|Local)AppData, FOLDERID_ProgramData, FOLDERID_Desktop, FOLDERID_Documents, etc.
Then, create your own subfolder underneath that folder, and create the file inside that subfolder.

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I have had excellent service for fifteen years at Putnam Lexus.
After dealing with horrible service at Braman BMW I decided to trade in my BMW for a Certified Lexus. I usually leave a lot feeling uneasy but the service at Lexus of North Miami was amazing. Andre B.


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Jim Rey paints the cowboy life telling stories of long days, hard work, and, often, herds of cattle to tend. The artist knows his subjects well and enjoys bringing the viewer into all the action he creates. These cowhands have their hands full as they round-up cattle for branding. This region of Nebraska consists of grass and sand dunes with shallow lakes in low-lying valleys. Cattle ranches in this area support over half-million beef cattle, making a "Sandhills Spring" a busy time for ranchers. 20 x 16, 20 x 40, 20 x 16.


A few months ago I mentioned that I had a mini shopping spree in Boots and treated myself to the highly talked about Seventeen Phwoarr Paint concealer. I'd heard a lot of other beauty bloggers rave about this so of course I knew it had to be good. I'd been into Boots a few times since reading the reviews and it was always out of stock of my shade but finally one day it was there!
When it came to concealers I have to admit that I always felt that because I used a lot of it everyday just to cover bad spot days and bags under my eyes that the cheaper they were the better, because although I needed it, I didn't want to waste my "good stuff" on just going work. I would normally buy MUA's £1 concealer lipstick stick and think it was actually doing a good job when really it wasn't. Since starting this blog though it's made me become a little more adventurous when it comes to my make-up and I'll now be using my "night out" make-up just for doing the weekly shop!
As you can see from the picture above, I had serious bags under my eyes that day and attention was definitely needed. That's what two weeks of the common cold and no sleep will do to you! Back to the concealer though!
When it comes to picking a shade, I never know which to get. Some times I'm a lighter than what I think in one brand and then in others I'm darker than what I think and obviously because this is a "never brought before in my life" product I was once again unsure. I ended up going with the Medium shade and I have to say it matches my skin completely. It covers up any annoying spot or bags under my eyes like they were never there to start with and isn't that just what a good concealer does?
The only bad thing I could say about this concealer is that sometimes the formula itself can feel a little heavy when you layer it up a bit but personally it's something I can allow because of how good the product works.
For me the £5.49 price tag was a little too much a few weeks ago but after seeing how much better using a more expensive concealer can be, I definitely wouldn't mind cashing out that much every couple of weeks.
You can buy one for yourself in store or online at Boots.
This looks like a good concealer and the colour is perfect for hiding undereye bags! Most important thing is that it doesnt crease!
Followed your blog, love it! I would love if you checked mine out!
The result with/without a very clear. Looks and sounds like a good concealer and I wish we have this brand here in Canada but don't think I've seen it before. Great review!


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Job closing date: 07/10/2020
Job posted date: 24/09/2020
Salary: Band 6 (£31,800 - £39,169)
Employment type: Fixed-term
Job Type: Administrative Services
Hours of work: 37.5
Department: Test & Protect
Employer (NHS Board) : NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
We are seeking Contact Tracing Team Leads to join our already established Contact Tracing Team on a fixed term contract until 31st December 2021. These roles are available for an immediate start and will be based from East Bank Health Centre in the east end of Glasgow.
Test and Protect is Scotland's approach to implementing the 'test, trace, isolate, support strategy', designed to break chains of transmission of COVID-19 in the community. This role forms part of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Contact Tracing programme which undertakes effective and extensive contact tracing, supporting people to self-isolate where required to do so.
As a Contact Tracing Team Lead you will provide support within the overall service delivery through prioritizing and delegating cases to a team of contact tracers providing support and guidance in contact tracing for COVID-19 related cases and their contacts.
In this key role you will manage performance ensuring Standard Operating Procedures are adhered too and accurate data is recorded to ensure flawless Management Information reporting.
You will ensure that the team has the appropriate level of support, training and access to information and systems to ensure that they support delivery of an effective contact tracing service.
This role is demanding, challenging and at the same time highly rewarding. Applicants will need to demonstrate, through current/previous work experience, the ability to deal with often stressful and emotional conversations with the public and members of your team.
This is a unique opportunity which will suit those who can demonstrate a flexible approach to working in a service which regularly changes, with adaptable attitude while keeping calm under pressure. Understanding, awareness and commitment to following Information Governance procedures and Data Protection legislation will be a requirement of this role.
The ability to work full time across a work pattern which includes shifts rostered 8am to 8pm weekdays and weekends (inc. Public holidays) is essential.
To be successful in this position you will be someone who can remain calm under pressure, demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with an empathetic nature. The ability to evidence being able to work independently, manage and prioritise own and team workload and cope with competing demands is an essential requirement as is a high level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products, electronic data information systems and it goes without saying - an exceptional telephone manner.
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The first KELT telescope, later renamed KELT-North, is located at Winer Observatory outside of Sonoita, AZ. Winer is owned and operated by Mark Trueblood, and hosts several robotic telescopes, including DEMONEX - one of the several telescopes used for photometric follow-up of KELT-North planet candidates. KELT-North was installed at Winer in 2004, and science observations began in 2005. It sits in a large, roll-off enclosure on an independent pier, alongside the other Winer-hosted telescopes.
KELT-North at Winer is located at latitude N 31° 39' 56.08" and longitude W 110°36' 06.42" at an elevation of 1515.7 meters (4973 feet).
This picture (KN) shows the KELT-North telescope at Winer.
The second KELT telescope, KELT-South, is located at the Sutherland observing station of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The KELT-South telescope sits in a custom-built enclosure that holds the telescope, the control computer, and all the support equipment. The photo below and to the right shows the telescope pointed at the sky in the daytime with the roof rolled off. The photo below and to the left is a closer view, showing the mount, camera, and lens.
KELT-South at Sutherland is located at latitude -32° 23′ 14″ and longitude 20° 48′ 42″ at an elevation of 1798m (5899 feet).
This picture shows the KELT-South telescope at Sutherland.
(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet with a short orbital period of just three and a half days. The newly detected giant planet, designated KELT-20b, circles a rapidly rotating star known as HD 185603 (or KELT-20). The finding was presented in a paper published July 5 on arXiv.org.
Scientists have discovered a giant ringed gas planet which is likely caused by a mysterious stellar eclipse. The planet has 50 times mass of Jupiter and it is surrounded by a ring of dust. According to researchers from the University of Warwick, this planet is hurtling around a star more than 1000 light years away from Earth.
Researchers recently discovered a strange, scorching-hot planet that is only slightly cooler than our sun.
KELT-11b is the latest discovery from KELT-South. It is extraordinarily inflated, with a mass one fifth that of Jupiter but a size almost 40% larger, so the bulkdensity is below 0.1 grams per cc.
KELT is an astronomical survey that discovers planets outside our solar system, and measures the changing sky.


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A contingent of Republican voters believes the mainstream media consensus that Joe Biden "won" the election. These folks have already thrown in the towel and are now looking to 2024 as the next opportunity to elect a conservative president. If the Democrats get away with election fraud in 2020, however, then 2024 is a moot point.
Anyone who thinks there will ever be another opportunity to hold a free and fair election if this fraudulent and unfair one is allowed to stand obviously has no clue what is at stake. Republicans will never again hold the White House if Democrats get away with stealing it now.
Everything that befell socialist Venezuela will eventually befall the United States, from continual fraudulent elections to the endless cycle of dictatorships they create. America will fall, in other words, if patriots fail to stand up now to prevent that from happening.
Regardless of your perspective on President Donald Trump, preserving free and fair elections is in your best interest as an American. And the 2020 election was anything but free and fair, hence the need to nip this thing in the bud while there is still a chance to do it.
Knowing that Dominion Voting Machines originated out of Venezuela, it is accurate to say that the 2020 election was run like a Venezuelan election, replete with all of the same fraud and corruption.
If Biden is installed, they might as well burn the Constitution
This is why patriots cannot sit idly by and hope for better luck next time, because there will not be a next time. If Biden is allowed to assume the White House when it is obvious that he did not actually win, then there will never be another chance to make things right.
A Biden administration would very quickly become a Harris administration, which would then stamp out our constitutional rights and liberties and replace them with full-on communism.
Every limitation currently being imposed by Big Tech on digital speech would also be applied to verbal speech, complete with a social credit scoring system to ensure that those who engage in "wrongspeak" are punished for committing "hate crimes."
Face masks and vaccinations would quickly become compulsory at the federal level, with those who refuse to comply being barred from buying and selling. Christianity would also be illegalized because it promotes "hate speech" against LGBTQs and other protected groups.
Perhaps most significant from an economic perspective is the inevitable economic collapse that would result from the indefinite lockdowns that Democrats are attempting to keep in place forever. Once every last business and livelihood is destroyed, the Democrat plan is to usher in communism as the foundation for the "Great Reset."
Allowing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be installed, in other words, would mean shredding our Constitution and replacing it with the heavy boot of tyranny. There is no other possible outcome, and this is why it cannot be allowed to happen – because once it does, there is no going back.
This is especially true when considering that the Democrats are also planning to scrap the Second Amendment, which is our last line of defense against a total government takeover of our land. Once the guns are gone, that will spell the end of America as we currently know it.
"Kamala Harris is Biden's hand-picked successor who is radical and dangerous who envisions the following: gun confiscation, banning fracking, higher taxes, sanctuary cities, socialized medicine, the Green New Deal and defunding the police," wrote one of our own commentators on a piece we published about how a Harris administration is the true goal once Biden is done being used.
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Mitch McConnell received donations from Dominion Voting Systems and shut down two election integrity bills in 2020
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Dominion Voting Systems are fraudulent, period
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Sub:- School Education Department- Secondary Education -Opening of English Medium Classes from 6th to 8th- Instructions issued - Reg.
Read:-Govt. Memo.No.434390/Prog.J/ A2/2017 School Education (PROGJ) Department, Dated:16.11.2017.
The attention of all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education and the District Educational Officers in the State is invited to the reference read above, wherein Government have issued orders for opening of parallel English Medium Sections for classes VI to X at a stretch in Government and Local Body Schools subject to condition that the enrolment of the school shall be more than 300 and willing students to study the English Medium shall be more than 100 apart from certain other conditions.
in this regard, they are informed that certain proposals / requests are being received from field functionaries / students / parents / public representatives for obtaining permission to open English Medium sections in certain schools even though there is no adequate student enrolment as stipulated by the Government for opening of parallel English Medium sections in High School. Further, they are assuming that the enrolment of the school will be increased if the English Medium sections are opened in the Government / Local Body High Schools.
Keeping in view the demand, all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education and the District Educational Officers in the State are hereby permitted to take admission in English Medium Sections in class 6th to 8th for the academic year, 2018-19 and open English Medium Section in Class 6th to 8th where the enrolment is more than 20 in each section, subject to condition that there is no additional staff and financial commitment to Government and subject to ratification orders from Government. These sections shall not be treated as Parallel English Medium Sections.
Further, they are requested to submit the proposal~ for parallel English Medium Sections and additional infrastructure where the enrolment in the English Medium as per Government Orders referred.


Montreal (Cananda) - Philadelphia University, in Amman Jordan, is the newest member of the Icograda Education Network.
Montreal (Cananda) - Philadelphia University, in Amman Jordan, is the newest member of the Icograda Education Network. Formed in 1999, the university offers a four year undergraduate programme in Graphic Design and introduced an Interior Design programme in 2006. The design department has a student enrollment of 260, with a faculty of seven.
The Icograda Education Network (IEN) brings together the worldwide community of communication design educational institutions. The IEN was inaugurated at a meeting in Brno, Czech Republic, in June 2002. Today, the network includes 75 schools in 54 countries.
− organising collaborative projects, seminars, symposia, conferences, etc.
− sharing experiences for mutual benefit.


Help. What percentage of email addresses will Mailchimp import?
How many of my subscribers will Mailchimp accept?
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As you're viewing this post then you're likely already aware that Mailchimp won't accept all your subscribers that you try to import into your list. Email addresses that are likely to result in low deliverability or high spam complaint rates won't be accepted by Mailchimp; these include role-based email addresses and disposable email addresses such as Mailinator addresses. Even group email addresses such as Google Groups (@googlegroups.com) won't be accepted.
What Proportion of Email Addresses are Accepted by Mailchimp?
I often get asked by people that are importing into a Mailchimp list, what proportion of email addresses in, for example, an Excel file will be accepted by Mailchimp. Unfortunately there isn't a definitive answer and Mailchimp doesn't provide this data. Omnivore is the technology used by Mailchimp to monitor compliance and quality issues but information about how Omnivore works is limited.
Through experience in working with both large global brands and government departments with large lists, through to businesses with small lists, acceptance rates by Mailchimp are probably around the 65% mark. Last week I assisted a large sporting stadium and venue with their list and the acceptance rate was 85% which is very high.
Will my Purchased List be Accepted by Mailchimp?
Of course, the number and proportion of email addresses that will be accepted by Mailchimp depend on the recency and means that the subscriber email addresses were attained. It is always possible to identify purchased lists of email addresses as these almost always have low acceptance rates by Mailchimp. Organizations, like the afore mentioned sporting venue, that have attained their subscribers email addresses ethically, legally and transparently always have higher acceptance rates (even in the case of the sporting venue where the over 100,000 email addresses were attained when people connected to the stadium free wi-fi and elected to receive EDM campaigns).
If you need help in identifying the email addresses Mailchimp will likely accept in your list then please contact me.


As I sit watching heavy, grey clouds move swiftly northeast above me, I reflect on Day One of my weekly challenge.
The challenge of remembering to seek unconditional happiness began today -- and it disembarked on murky, choppy waters. After a testing week-long family illness (we're on Day 7 of The Bettis Family Sickness of 2012... it even took my voice away for a day, but not my spirit...), today began with coughs and sniffles peppered with stress and tension. Looking skyward for sunshine was amiss, too. The doom and gloom hovers over our small city like a Zoloft commercial -- it's been raining literally nonstop for 48 hours. I wondered how I would ever find all the happiness I could out of today under these conditions. But ladies and gentlemen, I did it. I found the unconditional happiness. I didn't truly find it until later in the day, but I found it.
I decided that I would use driving as my trigger into remembering to breathe. Driving opens my mind up. Everything becomes clear when I'm behind the wheel, so it seemed to me the ideal trigger for my first challenge. Today I used my driving time to relax and release anything that I was holding on to -- and I was holding on to a lot. Like I mentioned, we're on Day 7 of sickness, Kennedy has another tooth coming through and has been cranky for as long as it's been raining, and I'm planning her first birthday party for this weekend at our house. I got a bit bogged down over the weekend with it all, and it feels exhilarating to let that tension go. To do that, I followed the steps I mention in my previous post. It was simple.
The thing is, I don't hop into my car too often a day with being a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom). In fact, some days I don't drive at all. However, this week my challenge will continue with driving as my trigger, and I will take baby steps into remembering to sit in the seat of self. First I will use my drive time, then I hope to be awesome enough to remember each time I shower, open a door, pour a drink or say "Oh Toodles!!" (Yeah, we say that a lot 'round here...).
Glad to hear you found your happiness. We watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse too. "Oh Toodles!" I get the "Hot Dog" song stuck in my head. But Aiden loves watching it.


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The Perfect Play
Author: Jaci Burton
What was he supposed to say to her? No? He supposed he could have, but it was very last-minute, and it was an easy enough thing for him to do, so he'd said yes.
Alicia was a sweetheart, very much in love with her fiancé. They were planning to get married in a month or so, hopefully somewhere quick and private and out of the public eye, but she wanted to set the rumors to rest about her and Phil. The girl looked tired. She laughed and said the first trimester had been hell on her, that Phil had been her rock, but this flu had kicked his butt, and he refused to come anywhere near her while he was sick because he didn't want to infect her or the baby. Mick laughed and held her hand and told her he'd fend off any annoying paparazzi, which meant he intended to stick to her side like glue the entire night.
He hadn't made the connection that it was the same event Tara had been planning. It had just never entered his mind. He knew Tara had been worked up about some charity event, but hell, in this city there was always some charity event or other going on. And he hadn't even had time to call Tara and tell her what he was going to be doing tonight. He'd grabbed a shower, thrown on his tux, and the limo had shown up. Plus, he knew she'd be busy, and this was such a nonissue to him that he didn't think it was a big deal. He figured he'd tell her about it when he saw her tomorrow.
And then he ran into her tonight and realized he'd escorted Alicia to Tara's event. But instead of her giving him time to explain, she'd already made up her mind what was going on and had played judge, jury, and executioner. It had pissed him off that she didn't believe in him. In them.
Mick filled up a glass with ice, water, and a wedge of lime, then went into the living room and turned on the television, propped his feet up, and stared at the screen for a while, flipping through channels and not really seeing anything.
A knock at the door had him grabbing his cell phone to look at the time. It was one in the morning. Who the hell was at the door this late? He rolled his eyes and hoped one of the guys on the team hadn't gotten kicked out by his wife.
He took a look through the peephole, surprised to see Tara standing outside. He opened the door and pulled her in.
"What the hell are you doing out this late?"
Her eyes widened. "I came to see you."
Mick shut and locked the door. "You should have called me."
"I'm sorry. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Bad time?"
"No, it's not that. I just don't want you out on the streets or wandering around in this parking lot late at night by yourself."
She stepped in and slid her fingers into the pockets of her jeans, looking as uncomfortable as he felt. "Oh. Well, thanks for your concern."
"You want something to drink?"
"Whatever you're having."
"Water with lime."
"That'll suit me just fine."
He fixed her a drink and brought it out to her. She was still standing in the same spot as she was when she walked in. "You can sit down, Tara."
"I don't know if you want me to stay or not."
He handed her the drink. "Sit down."
She did, taking a seat in his oversized chair, not on the sofa with him. Okay, so it was going to be like that.
She stared at the television for a while and he let her, figuring she'd come here to say something. He sipped his water, watching her, knowing she was thinking, organizing her thoughts. She always went quiet when her brain was working, when she was thinking about what she wanted to say or working out a plan of action.
He finally gave up and found them a movie to watch.
"Mick, I'm sorry."
He muted the TV and gave her his attention. "I'm sorry, too. This thing between Alicia and me tonight was very last-minute. Liz called—"
She held up her hand. "It doesn't matter. You don't owe me an explanation."
He pushed off the sofa and came over to her, dropping to his knees in front of her chair. "Liz called and said this was very last-minute," he continued, needing her to hear him, telling her the story of how Alicia's fiancé had fallen sick and she didn't want to tell the world about her fiancé and her pregnancy without some support. "I was nothing more than a glorified bodyguard to keep the press from knocking her over."
Tara pulled her knees to her chest. "You were very nice to her. I saw how close you stayed to her. I'm sure she appreciated it."
"She's a nice kid. But she's a kid, Tara. She's twenty-two."
Tara's lips lifted. "Some of the women you've dated haven't been much older than that."
She was right about that. "I've reformed. I like more mature women now."
She snorted. "Gee, thanks."
"You know what I mean." He slid his hands over her knees. "I should have called you and given you a heads-up. I wasn't even thinking that we were attending the same event as you. I was just operating blind here, assuming I was going to do this good deed and tell you about it tomorrow. I didn't want to call and bother you with something trivial like this when I knew you were busy with work."
Tara leaned forward and tangled her fingers in his hair. "I know. And then you ran into me, and I acted like a giant bitch about it all."
He gave her an impish grin. "I'm going to assume it just means you care about me."
"If I didn't, you wouldn't have seen me act like a giant bitch."
"So we're good?"
"We're good. And I'm really sorry. I acted petty and jealous and I don't know why. It's a very ugly side of me, and I don't like it. Did I mention I was sorry?"
"You don't need to be. Next time I'll give you a heads-up when Liz tosses some stunning, sexy young babe at me."
Tara mimicked a knife stabbing repeatedly into her heart. "You're killing me here, Mick."
He laughed and stood, pulling her into his arms. "Just kidding."
She leaned against him. "No you're not. It's likely to happen again. It's your job to do these promotional things. I need to learn to live with it."
"No, it won't happen again. No one needs to be on my arm but you."
Tara swallowed, her throat gone dry. She tried to say something, but what retort could she come up with for that statement? Instead, she reached up and cupped the back of his neck, drawing his lips to hers. Enough had been said, and they were already headed into dangerous territory. Kissing was a much better idea.
When his lips met hers, the anguish of the night dissolved and she felt settled again. Every time she was in Mick's arms she felt ... she didn't know how she felt. She wanted to say calm, but that wasn't it, because whenever he touched her he riled her up and got her excited, so calm definitely wasn't the right word.
Perfect. It felt perfect and right to be with him, and when he wrapped his arms around her and deepened the kiss, exploring her tongue with his, she sighed, because everything was in balance again.
He broke the kiss and leaned back. "Can you find someone for Nathan to hang out with for a weekend?"
His question made her pause. "What? Why?"
"I bid on and won that private island in the Caribbean. I want to take you there."
She reached up and laid her hand across her heart. "You do?"
"Yeah. What did you think I was bidding on it for? To take my mother?"
She was in total awe of this man. "Wow. Well, uh, I guess I could ask his coach."
"Do that. We'll have to do it soon because once we get into preseason games, my weekends are shot."
"I'll ask Coach tomorrow."
He slid his hands down her back and cupped her butt in his hands. "I'd like to have you to myself for a couple days, where no one bothers us."
She shivered in his arms, already imagining what that would be like. "I'm already packing."
"Better make that phone call tomorrow, then. We can go next weekend if you're free."
"As a matter of fact, I am free next weekend."
His eyes crinkled as he gave her a devilish smile. "Then if it's okay with Nathan's coach, we're on. Start packing."
OKAY, SO PRIVATE ISLANDS AND HAVING YOUR OWN butler and wearing very little clothing was as far away from Tara's normal daily existence as she could get.
She could get used to this kind of lifestyle. She'd thought when the auction item said "private island," they meant a little slice of an island with a privacy fence.
Uh, no. They'd flown to the Virgin Islands, then taken another flight somewhere. Tara had gotten lost and had no idea where they were. Maybe that was the point. They'd taken a boat to a tiny island that was truly uninhabited by anyone other than the two of them and their butler, who served them meals, took care of their every need, and other than that made himself totally invisible. If they needed something, they picked up a phone and called him. He told them his quarters were off island, so they could be assured of their privacy. Which meant they could walk the island naked if they wanted to.
Tara couldn't imagine doing that, but it had taken Mick all of an hour to throw off his clothes and sunbathe naked on the sand. Who was she to argue with the primal urge to go native? Soon she was lying on a cozy beach chair with no clothes on, and she'd never felt more decadent in her entire life.
The island—what could she say about this island? A stretch of sand that looked out over turquoise waters with no other land in sight, making her feel totally isolated. Lazy palm trees that bent and swayed in a gentle breeze, providing shade over the sand. Their own two-story home nestled in the forest that overlooked the bay. It was heaven.
The warm breeze sailed across her skin, and she inhaled the salty air, lifting her arms to stretch and roll over. After about an hour in the sun, she'd pushed her chair under a palm tree to soak up some shade, careful not to sunburn her skin. The last thing she'd want is to miss any of this glorious tropical paradise while nursing a burn.
It was too perfect. Warmth, breeze, and utter relaxation. Her eyes drifted closed, but then she felt warm lips against her back, and she smiled as a hand followed, smoothing down her spine to rest at the spot where her lower back met her buttocks.
"Mmmmmmmm," was all she could manage.
"I like you like this," Mick said, teasing between her butt cheeks with his fingers. "Your body warm from the sun, every muscle like liquid."
"I'm pretty much at your mercy right now. You can do whatever you want with me."
"Is that right. Anything?"
Her limbs felt heavy, and so did her head. She couldn't even muster the strength to nod, but the other parts of her—the female parts—they were firing up like a roaring engine. "Anything."
He continued to massage her back with light touches, and it felt so good, especially when he kneaded the small of her back, teasing her by lightly tracing his fingertips over her butt cheeks. From hard pressure on the muscles of her back to the torturous caresses on her butt, it was driving her crazy, making her relaxed and tense at the same time. Her nipples peaked against the chair, and she wanted to rub them against the towel, anything to get some friction. Being naked meant her clit was getting some contact, too, and she felt the urge to reach between her legs and rub the throbbing ache Mick had caused.
But then he spread her legs. She felt the brush of his hair against her thighs and the swipe of his tongue across her pussy lips. She arched, lifting her butt, and his tongue slid across her clit.
Yes, that's what she wanted. She got up on her knees, and he tucked his head between her legs, licking her pussy in long, delicious swipes.


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Q: How do i check if there are no key inputs on xna public class Game1 : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
{
    GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
    SpriteBatch spriteBatch;
    Texture2D walkRight, walkUp, walkLeft, walkDown, currentWalk, TitleScreen, stand;
    Rectangle destRect;
    Rectangle sourceRect;
    KeyboardState ks;
    Vector2 position = new Vector2();
    bool isGrounded;
    bool isStanding;
    float fallSpeed = 5;

    enum GameStates { Titlescreen, Playing, PlayerDead, GameOver };
    GameStates gameStates = GameStates.Titlescreen;

    float elapsed;
    float delay = 200f;
    int frames = 0;

    public Game1()
    {
        graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);
        Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
    }

    protected override void Initialize()
    {
        destRect = new Rectangle(50, 50, 50, 50);
        base.Initialize();
    }

    protected override void LoadContent()
    {
        spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);

        walkRight = Content.Load<Texture2D>("walkRight");
        walkUp = Content.Load<Texture2D>("walkUp");
        walkLeft = Content.Load<Texture2D>("walkLeft");
        walkDown = Content.Load<Texture2D>("walkDown");
        TitleScreen = Content.Load<Texture2D>("TitleScreen");
        stand = Content.Load<Texture2D>("SpriteStill");
        currentWalk = walkRight;
    }

    protected override void UnloadContent()
    {
    }

    private void Animate(GameTime gameTime)
    {
        elapsed += (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalMilliseconds;

        if (elapsed >= delay)
        {
            if (frames >= 3)
            {
                frames = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                frames++;
            }
            elapsed = 0;
        }
        sourceRect = new Rectangle(50 * frames, 0, 50, 50);
    }

    protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
    //{
        //switch (gameStates)
    {
        if (position.Y >= Window.ClientBounds.Height - 50)
        {
            position.Y = Window.ClientBounds.Height - 50;
            isGrounded = true;
        }
        if (position.X >= Window.ClientBounds.Width - 50)
        {
            position.X = Window.ClientBounds.Width - 50;
        }
        if (position.X <=0)
        {
            position.X = 0;
        }
        if (position.Y <= 0)
        {
            position.Y = 0;
        }

        ks = Keyboard.GetState();

        if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Right))
        {
            position.X += 3f;
            currentWalk = walkRight;
        }
        if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Left))
        {
            position.X -= 3f;
            currentWalk = walkLeft;
        }

        if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Down))
        {
            position.Y += 3f;
            currentWalk = walkDown;
        }

        Animate(gameTime);

        destRect = new Rectangle((int)position.X, (int)position.Y, 50, 50);

        FallManagement(gameTime);

        base.Update(gameTime);
    }

    protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
    {
        GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue);

        spriteBatch.Begin();
        spriteBatch.Draw(currentWalk, destRect, sourceRect, Color.White);
        spriteBatch.End();

        base.Draw(gameTime);
    }

    void FallManagement(GameTime gameTime)
    {
        position.Y += fallSpeed;
        if (isGrounded == false)
        {
            fallSpeed = 5;
        }

        if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Up) && isGrounded)
        {
            fallSpeed -= 40;

            isGrounded = false;
        }
    }
}

I am currently creating a very basic XNA platform game for a year one college course. I am currently trying to add in a statement that says if no keys are pressed then load up texture 2d for the character standing still, but I'm not sure how to check if the there are no keys pressed at all. Basically I would like to check if the character is moving and if not the texture for the character would be set to the standing still png, does anyone know how I might do this. I have put the entire code into this question because I am not using a character class and my level of coding is extremely basic at current.

A: Maybe something like this would work for you:
ks = Keyboard.GetState();
bool isMoving = false;

if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Right))
{
    position.X += 3f;
    currentWalk = walkRight;
    isMoving = true;
}
if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Left))
{
    position.X -= 3f;
    currentWalk = walkLeft;
    isMoving = true;
}

if (ks.IsKeyDown(Keys.Down))
{
    position.Y += 3f;
    currentWalk = walkDown;
    isMoving = true;
}

if (!isMoving)
{
    //Do whatever you need to do when the player is still here
}

Basically set a flag when any key is pressed that you handle, and then use that flag later to do what you need to do when no key is pressed.
Or, if you want to check that no key is pressed what-so-ever:
if (ks.GetPressedKeys() == null || ks.GetPressedKeys().Length == 0)
{
     //No keys pressed at all. (not sure if GetPressedKeys returns null
     //or zero length array, check when in debug then remove one.
}


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Wiley Blair III passed away peacefully on March 24, 2013, in Santa Barbara, California. He had a long career in business, and his service in the army during World War II and the Korean Conflict earned him two battle stars and a Distinguished Service Medal.
A full obituary was published in the Santa Barbara News-Press on April 14, 2013.


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