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Thread: Pet Peeves
This is a thread for you to talk about all those pet peeves you have. The things people say really aren't a big deal. The small things that just get under your skin.
For example, you know what I hate? People who hit "reply all" to a big mass email, that you really don't need to reply all to. Just replying to the sender is good enough. The rest of us don't need to get spammed with 20 emails letting us know you're RSVPing to little Jimmy's birthday party, OK?
What are your big pet peeves?
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People that don't kick those nasty clumps of snow out from between their tires. For that matter, people that don't brush the snow off the top of their cars before getting out on the road.
These are pretty trivial but I hate the word "dollop" and when someone refers to a dinner having "all the trimmings".
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Keeping with the driving theme, people that don't indicate when coming off a roundabout. And people that don'y say thanks if you let them out from a junction.
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One I'm getting annoyed at today at work is people that don't cover their fucking mouth when they cough. I'm not a germaphobe but c'mon have some manners.
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I spend half my day in a preschool, so basically every other sentence out of my mouth is reminding little humans to cover their mouth when they cough...at Lunch...as they cough all over my tray. Of course it's even more inexcusable when they're grown adults doing it and not three year olds.
I have much more.
1. People who read what you're writing over your shoulder as you're writing it, and then proceed to read each word out loud as you write it down.
2. People who call me buddy. It's petty, but I find it so demeaning. I feel like when you call someone buddy, it's like you're looking down on them. Like you're bigger than them. Like you call a little kid buddy, but calling another grown man buddy is weird. Unless you're like walking in a crowded New York street and a car almost runs you over, and you shout out in a New Yorker accent "Hey Buddy I'm walkin here!". But other than that, inexcusable.
3. When people are referencing time, and they say something like "Oh, it's quarter to 12". Just fucking say 12:45. You saying Quarter to makes me have to cognitively process time in an entirely more complex way than I need to, when if you just say the damn time it would be fine. Plus it took much like 15 years to even figure out that Quarter to meant 15 minutes, because 15 is a quarter of 60. I legit thought Quarter meant 25, because that's what a damn Quarter is. So I thought when you say Quarter past 12, you meant 12:25. We need to end this.
4. When people pronounce the year wrong, and I know this is going to be a controversial one because it's soooo common. When we said the year before 2000, we pronounced it like nineteen ninety nine. But then, understandably after 2000, we had to say it different. So from 2001 to 2009, we as a society had to readjust and start saying the year as "two thousand and...". However, starting at 2010, we should have readjusted back saying "twenty ten". But we didn't, we kept collectively saying "two thousand and ten". And it drives me absolutely nuts. However, I have a theory that after 2020 we will finally collectively readjust back. Because of phrases like "2020 vision" people will say 2020 correctly, and from then on they'll say 2021 correctly and so on.
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1.) When my Uber driver wants to talk. Seriously - one of my favorite things about Uber is I don't have to listen to a cab driver talk on the phone the entire ride. I also don't want to talk to them. Let me think about how I'm too fucking lazy to wake up on time to take the train into work, and now I'm having to Uber.
2.) When I do wake up on time to be able to take the train into work (and by train, I mean the DLR in London) and I'm squeezed in like a sardine, being jammed into the stomach by some woman who is still holding her purse by her side. Addon pet peeve, when a woman on the train decides to fling her hair around like she's in a Pantene pro-v commercial and it hits me in the face. It's even better when it get stuck in my beard. This has happened. Multiple times.
3.) Coworkers who can't tell when I'm done with their conversation. You have roughly 90 seconds until I'm bored. Make the most of it, before I turn around and get back to my keyboard.
4.) People who stretch on planes in the aisle way. Do that shit by the bathroom. Seriously had some old guy doing toe touches so his ass went in my face every time.
5.) People that are incessantly rude to cashiers or customer service agents. Unless the person owns the place, or intentionally did something to harm you, they're just following policy. And maybe they legitimately don't know the answer. Like don't get mad at the dunkin donuts cashier because your doughnut isn't gluten free.
Originally Posted by Inogenius
1.) When my Uber driver wants to talk.
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Pet peeves:
The term Trailer: its a fucking preview
The term drop when something is coming out like a new album.
The term track. Its called a song.
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As someone that works in retail I agree with this. Granted, in my department I don't deal with snotty guests nearly as much as others do, but I've dealt with some when backing up at a check lane or guest service. I tend to just let it go and not let it ruin my mood or day, because it's not worth it and also because I do not like confrontation.
Another pet peeve of mine is people that litter, leave their trash in a shopping cart, etc. Why bother doing either one of those especially if there is a trash can that's five feet away? It won't hurt to walk a few feet and throw whatever it is away where it belongs.
Originally Posted by indyfan
Not that this will change your mind on it but the reason it's called a trailer is that they used to air at the end of movies as opposed to the beginning, thus trailing the preceding main feature. Obviously that didn't last long but the name stuck. Personally, I've always called them previews because that's what they are.
I agree on the term "drop". It's dense.
As far as the term track goes, it's supposed to be mainly used in reference to electronic music and the process of "tracking" the beats in a sequencer. I do refer to techno/drum and bass songs as tracks but everything else are just songs.
Another of mine is people that talk about the weather in elevators. I realize it's just small talk but try to come up with something a little more interesting please and thanks.
Last edited by Fuji Vice; 02-20-2019 at 08:56 PM.
Originally Posted by Fuji Vice
Really thats where it comes from? Thanks for the tidbit!!!
I have always called them previews. And i always will.
and yeah drop sounds so lame. I find track is pretty lame too.
Im just getting old i guess.
I did edit my above post to try and explain why the term track exists as well. I do find it annoying when someone on the radio says they're about to play a CCR track. Last time I checked, Bad Moon Rising wasn't a dance tune.
I for one can't wait for the new Drake track to drop
As long as you tell me about it in an elevator as opposed to discussing the weather then we're all good.
Ha i was waiting for some millennial to reply this but its only when i hear it around me.
Ha exactly
I imagine track is from cds. i remember when i first popped in my first cd( it was the first Korn album) into my Mcintosh LC3 and it said track 1 , track 2 etc
I got even more hyped after he posted a trailer for it.
I'm still pretty young but I'm starting to see the slow motion effect of my generation turning on the youth and their slang and hobbies and stuff, forgetting how obnoxious we found it when adults laughed at how lame our shit was when we were kids. Kids come up with silly shit all the time, I hate the holier-than-thou culture that emerges with each generation acting like we didn't obsess over goofy shit like Fortnite or fidget spinners. Kids will be kids, I find an adult who looks down on that far more irritating.
Comments on social media, that's a big one.
As someone who once aspired to be a journalist and then gave up because I didn't have the people skills, I absolutely hate the 'fake news' culture, both the lazy people in the media who can't be bothered to fact check, or the commonfolk idiots who think anytime a minute story detail was wrong that journalism is dead and that organization has no credibility left. Journalism's fucking tough and it's essential to the common man in a way that's starting to go underappreciated. Big pet peeve of mine anytime someone downplays the effort involved because they saw a typo in a Times headline one time.
I really hate when people assume why you have an opinion that you do. Like if I say I didn't like a movie, and unprompted, an overzealous fanboy says "Oh well you just didn't like it because it was too dark for you." like fuck off homie I didn't tell you that and I don't like the insinuation that you know me better than I do. That might be my biggest one.
Pretty much all of my big pet peeves come down to discourse between other human beings, really. I think people suck and need to treat each other better.
Also I hate that whenever I buy a little container of milk I always use it in like three days but when I get the bigger container I throw the whole thing out two weeks later.
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I hate when people waste milk.
And yeah i found it obnoxious when adults looked down on me when i was young. Now its my turn and its pretty god damn fun!!
I hate that other generations are jealous of my generation because we ruled so hard
People who define others by "generations". Mostly because things are typically too complicated to reduce it to those broad strokes (people with/without siblings that are older/younger, or are from outright different cultures will hardly have the same generational experiences as the broad stroke generation stereotypes that is typically defined as a baby boomer or millennial or gen x or whatever else you wanna use).
Also people who mindlessly use buzzwords
Also people who hate on shit because its a remake/reinterpretation/re-whatever of something they enjoyed when they were younger and say it ruins that older thing as if it has any legit effect on it.
I'll piggyback on the "people who are assholes to customer service one."
When people can't make the effort to avoid casually using slurs, especially when the person it could offend is present. Can't stop someone from using the n-word when they're with others/at home/in their car/whatever but it would be decent of you to try and avoid using it around me or at least apologize if you do.
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When I don't eat all of my dinner and someone in my family asks me "are you ill?". It frustrates the heck out of me and I get overwhelmed with sudden rage when it's said. No clue why, but it's annoys me, especially when it's a family member that I haven't seen in 5 years.
And when people constantly try and talk to you whilst you have your ear phones in. Once or twice is fine enough but when it's the 5th time and you clearly just want to listen to music yet the person is oblivious to to it, it can been really annoying.
I probably have more but this will do for now .
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People who chew gum with their mouths wide open. It drives me nuts when I hear people chew their fucking gum. Working in customer service I notice that the same people will always be constantly chewing gum. I can't even chew it more than like 10-20 minutes before the taste goes and my jaw is hurting I cannot grasp why some people chew the same piece or even different pieces nonstop. Other food to an extent too but as long as I'm not enjoying my meal I don't mind. Also people who slurp their food. Last night my roommate decided to eat cereal and for some reason had to eat it in the most obnoxious way and it drove me crazy.


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ROAR teaches children ages four to eight body safety and empowerment through a simple acronym: Remember privates are private. Okay to say no. Always tell secrets. Raise your voice and tell someone. A cartoon lion named Rex takes children on an exciting journey using real life scenarios.
"In Oklahoma, we know that 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys will be abused before their eighteenth birthday," said CARE Center CEO Stacy McNeiland. "We created ROAR because those statistics are unacceptable. We have to stop the cycle of abuse and violence, and that begins with teaching children what is and is not acceptable and giving them the tools they need to speak up if they are being abused."
The ROAR program is taught in schools, foster care agencies, daycare centers, and other youth-serving organizations and is free to Oklahoma City Metro organizations. The program has been endorsed by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Department of Health. McNeiland said the CARE Center's goal is to extend services to even more kids in 2019, but the current challenge is that program demand exceeds staff capacity.
Does your child know how to ROAR?
"Our goal at The CARE Center is to stop child abuse," McNeiland said. "We'd love to put ourselves out of business. When we looked at prevention services, we didn't find anything geared toward younger children, and We created ROAR to address what we felt was a missing piece of the puzzle in fighting child abuse."
"Children have disclosed abuse after learning the Rules of ROARing." Shelby Lynch, CARE Center Education Manager said. "We actually just had a counselor let us know a student disclosed to her mom when they were going over their ROAR parent guide at home together after I'd been to her school that day."
"Our hope is that kids who hear ROAR are more likely to report abuse to a trusted adult or even prevent it from happening altogether" McNeiland said. "If abuse is reported, we work with our partners in law enforcement and DHS to investigate the case further and provide services for the child and family. We're proud of that work, but we'd far prefer to stop the abuse before it starts. ROAR does that – one school, one classroom, one child at a time."
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Q: export to CSV - headers to be TEXT not GENERAL I have a CSV creator which is 'working'.
It takes the correct fields in a table, in the order needed and exports to CSV on the desktop:
strAusPost = "SELECT tblTempAusPost.[Additional Label Information 1], tblTempAusPost.[Send Tracking Notifications], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Name], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Business Name], " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Send From Address Line 1], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Address Line 2], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Address Line 3], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Suburb], tblTempAusPost.[Send From State],  " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Send From Postcode], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Phone Number], tblTempAusPost.[Send From Email Address], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Name], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To MyPost Number],  " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Business Name], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Type Of Address], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Address Line 1], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Address Line 2], " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Address Line 3], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Suburb], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To State], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Postcode], tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Phone Number], " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Deliver To Email Address], tblTempAusPost.[Item Packaging Type], tblTempAusPost.[Item Delivery Service] , tblTempAusPost.[Item Description], tblTempAusPost.[Item Length], " & _
"tblTempAusPost.[Item Width], tblTempAusPost.[Item Height], tblTempAusPost.[Item Weight], tblTempAusPost.[Item Dangerous Goods Flag], tblTempAusPost.[Signature On Delivery], tblTempAusPost.[Extra Cover Amount] " & _
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        With qdf
            '.ReturnsRecords = True
            '.Connect = oCon
            .SQL = strAusPost
            'Debug.Print strSQL
        End With
Dim desktopFolderPath As String
desktopFolderPath = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").specialfolders("Desktop")
DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, , "QuAusPostStandard", desktopFolderPath & "\AusPost.csv", True

MsgBox "Your CSV file is on your desktop named 'AusPost'", vbInformation, ""

The issue is that the header is GENERAL in the CSV however if I upload this it doesn't work.
I have contacted Australia Post support and they say the header must be TEXT not GENERAl as a format...
How can I achieve this?

A: To export the results to a CSV file:
1-Click on the table or query to export from (in this example "Top Ten Orders by Sales Amount" on the left)
2-Click the "External Data" tab at the top of the window
3-In the "Export" section click "Text File" and a wizard will appear
4-Choose a location for the exported CSV and name your file (make sure the file ends with a .csv extension)
5-Click OK
6-On the next screen be sure the "Delimited" option is selected
7-Click the "Advanced…" button in the lower left of the window
8-SpatialKey stores its data as Unicode UTF-8, we need to ensure that the data is exported in this format
    8.1-Click the drop-down box next to Code-Page
    8.2-Choose Unicode (UTF-8) in the options list
    8.3-Click OK
9-Back at the Export Text window click "Next"
10-Be sure "Comma" is selected as the delimiter and Text Qualifier is a double quote: "
11-Click the checkbox "Include Field Names on First Row" (should be selected)
12-Click "Next"
13-Verify the file name and location and click "Finish"
14-The final screen of the wizard gives you the option to save the steps allowing for easy re-exporting of the data in the future. If you anticipate needing to update the data in SpatialKey go ahead and check the checkbox to save some time in the future.
15-Close the window when finished.

If you want a VBA solution, try to do it like this.
Public Sub export_query()
    DoCmd.TransferText transferType:=acExportDelim, SpecificationName:="Query1 Export Specification", TableName:="Query1", FileName:="C:\test\Query1.txt", hasfieldnames:=True
End Sub

Or...
Public Sub export_query()
    DoCmd.TransferText transferType:=acExportDelim, SpecificationName:="CSV Specification", TableName:="Query1", FileName:="C:\test\Query1.csv", hasfieldnames:=True
End Sub

Or...export ALL queries...
Public Sub export_query()
  Dim db As DAO.Database
  Dim qdf As DAO.QueryDef

  Set db = CurrentDb()
  For Each qdf In db.QueryDefs
    DoCmd.TransferText transferType:=acExportDelim, SpecificationName:="Query1 Export Specification", TableName:=qdf.Name, FileName:="C:\test\" & qdf.Name & ".txt", hasfieldnames:=True
  Next qdf
  Set qdf = Nothing
  Set db = Nothing
End Sub

Check out the link below.
https://access-excel.tips/access-vba-docmd-transfertext-method/

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"This award symbolizes ActioNet's Corporate Culture and Core Values that center around making our customers and each other successful. A company is only as good as its people and our ActioNeters, who embody our Core Values, work hard every day to deliver our vision of providing outstanding service. Our ActioNeters also fulfill an important part of our Mission in giving back to our community and helping others achieve their dreams," said Ashley W. Chen, President, and CEO.
The Washington Post today recognized the top places to work in the greater Washington area. In its first annual survey, The Washington Post's Top Workplaces 2014 list spotlights private, public, nonprofit and government agencies based on the feedback from more than 33,000 employees.
More than 2,000 employers across the region were nominated. WorkplaceDynamics, an employee survey company, then conducted a survey of employees from eligible companies who evaluated their employers on factors including the quality of leadership, pay and benefit practices, work-life balance issues and more.
ActioNet, Inc., headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, is an SEI CMMI® Level 3, ISO 20000, ISO 27000, ISO 9001, HDI-certified, 8(a) and woman-owned IT Engineering Services Firm with strong qualifications and expertise in Cloud-based Solutions, ITSM, Cyber Security, Program Management, Infrastructure Solutions, Software Engineering and IT Business Governance. As a Mission-Focused, Client-Centric and Results-Driven organization, ActioNet also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. ActioNet has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 92 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. ActioNet holds the highest 5A1 Financial Rating from Dun & Bradstreet. Most recently, ActioNet was designated one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters℠ by the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) 2013 -2014.


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Thiago Silva praises Militao: "He will be one of the core players for Real Madrid"
The veteran defender said good things about Real Madrid's center-back.
By Lucas Navarrete@LucasNavarreteM Jul 1, 2021, 9:16am CEST
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Thiago Silva is a legend for Brazil. The center-back talked to the press last night and praised Real Madrid's Eder Militao after what's been a very good season for the young defender. Silva believes Militao will be a crucial player for Real Madrid now that Sergio Ramos is gone.
"I'm sure that he will be one of the core players for Real Madrid from now on, after Sergio Ramos' departure," said Silva.
Militao is indeed expected to start in the center of the defensive line, although Carlo Ancelotti could also deploy Varane and Alaba as center-backs if the French defenders ends up staying in the club.
Silva also revealed that he told Militao some words of encouragement after Chelsea beat Real Madrid in the Champions League Semifinals.
"I told him to keep going because he was completing a very good season. I told him to keep going because that way we will be playing for our national team for many years to come," said Silva.
The veteran center-back also described Militao's game and style as a defender.
"Militao trusts his speed a lot. He's a very quick guy and sometimes he loses his position a bit because he knows he will track back successfully. That's something I learned when I got to Milan and it's something I try to tell and teach him," concluded Silva.
Real Madrid spent €50 million on the signing of Militao two years ago and the transfer could've been considered a failure last summer. However, he managed to turn things around with his great performances when both Ramos and Varane were injured and Militao was a very solid and reliable defender on a consistent basis, so it looks like he might actually be ready to earn a spot in the starting XI.


According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the consumption of hard coal decreased by three per cent last year in comparison with the previous year. The consumption of hard coal as a fuel in the generation of electricity and heat amounted to 3.1 million tonnes, corresponding to 79 petajoules (PJ) in energy content. Compared to the average for the 2000s, the consumption of hard coal was 31 per cent lower.
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Consumption of hard coal data (StatFin online service) are updated year 2000 to revised annual data with the new data source due.
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With the launch of their new single: Save Me Now, featuring PredZ, Avastera brought everything they had to their intimate headlining show, featuring an all Perth line-up, at the exciting Astor Lounge on November 12 2016. Performing along with them was Those Who Dream, The Faux & Small Town Heroes!
Opening the night was Those Who Dream, an erratic pop duo with ecstatic energy. The variation of pop to pop-punk brought by The drummer and the front man who jumped between guitar and piano only made the crowd more excited as their performance went on, the crowd didn't know what to expect from these two!
Next up was The Faux, having a pumped beat over a melody of smooth alternative rock only helped in getting the crowd excited and going from a dance mood to a light head bang vibe, they achieved in delivering a powerful performance!
Before the main act was Small Town Heroes. They held the strong, classic pop-punk sound but pulled their own Australian twist on it. Pushing the pace faster, the crowd let out as much as they were getting back!
Up last were the astonishing Avastera, As well as playing the fan favorites, the boys in Avastera decided to surprise Perth with performing two new songs! Joining Avastera on stage was the very talented, Predz, performing the brand new track: Save Me Now.
It was an excellent night filled with even better music! The crowd slowly made their way out at the end, phone in hands, looking up any band that they didn't already know, so they can listen to their music again and again.
Words from the Photographer: I believed Avastera and all the opening acts were incredible, they all had a different sound from each other and all gave everything they had. I have been following Avastera for a few years and was dying to see what the new vocalist, Adrian Wilson, had to bring and I was extremely impressed; I know he is a perfect fit for Avastera.


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As back to school session is underway , I love greeting new students with artfully decorated bulletin boards. My favorite way to do so is with Tagxedo's word cloud maker. To use the Tagxedo site you must have Silverlight (a free Microsoft plug-in) installed on your computer. Silverlight does not work with all browsers. I ended up using Explorer. Once you have cleared this hurdle making word clouds on Tagxedo is very intuitive.
I had a great time playing around with the different shapes, fonts, colors – it is very entertaining and totally free! I finally settled on the traditional apple shape and loaded it with the names of fictional students. Check out tagxedo.com, see my sample below!
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Positive coronavirus test for staffer upends Biden-Harris campaign travel
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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris arrives on Capitol Hill for the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)
Two people on Kamala Harris' campaign plane — her communications director and a flight crew member — have tested positive for the coronavirus, upending the candidate's travel plans in the final weeks of the contest.
Campaign officials said that although Harris had tested negative and was not in close contact with either of the people who tested positive, they will cancel her in-person campaign events until Monday, including three stops she had planned in the battleground state of North Carolina where early voting began Thursday.
Harris also canceled a planned trip Friday to Ohio, where early voting has already begun.
Presidential nominee Joe Biden's schedule is unchanged because he has had no contact with the infected staff members. He will participate in a televised town hall meeting Thursday evening as planned, campaign officials said.
"Senator Harris was not in close contact, as defined by the CDC, with either of these individuals during the two days prior to their positive tests; as such, there is no requirement for quarantine," campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement, noting that Harris was never within six feet of either of the people and that she and all staff members flying on her campaign plane wore N-95 masks.
"Regardless, out of an abundance of caution and in line with our campaign's commitment to the highest levels of precaution, we are canceling Senator Harris' travel through Sunday," O'Malley Dillon said. Harris "will return to in-person campaigning on Monday" and conduct virtual events in the meantime.
The campaign's response to the news — canceling Harris' public events, quickly announcing who had tested positive and disclosing when Harris had last received a negative test (Wednesday) and when she would be tested again (Thursday) — all seemed aimed at drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump, who came down with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, roughly two weeks ago.
The White House has consistently refused to reveal when Trump last received a negative test before his illness and has also declined to say how many of his staff members or close contacts have tested positive.
Nor have administration officials tried to contact people who may have been infected at White House or Trump campaign events. The Biden campaign announced it had begun the contact-tracing process to notify anyone who had come into contact with the infected staff members.
Asked how the episode would affect the campaign, O'Malley Dillon said it illustrated a central Biden message: "This shows how seriously we take COVID." She said Harris would continue to campaign virtually, and would be sure to return to North Carolina before the election.
The staff members in question — a flight crew member whose name was not disclosed and communications director Liz Allen — had been with Harris on a flight Oct. 8, but the campaign said they were not within six feet of her for more than 15 minutes, and all three wore N95 masks. The two staff members subsequently took time off to attend personal, noncampaign events. Their infection was detected in COVID tests they were required to take before returning from an outside event to the campaign.
In addition to Harris, her husband, Doug Emhoff, had been scheduled to travel to Minnesota on Thursday with Biden's wife, Jill, and on his own to Iowa on Friday and Georgia on Sunday. The campaign said his Thursday events had been canceled, but he would resume campaigning on Friday as he had no contact with the people who had tested positive.
The diagnosis roiled the campaign with less than three weeks until election day, a crucial time when Biden and Harris have been hoping to advance their closing arguments, mobilize their supporters and hold on to their sizable lead in national and battleground-state polls.
Throughout the campaign, Biden has underscored the differences between the way he has taken precautions against infection and Trump's more cavalier approach. His campaign for months conducted only online events and, once it started in-person events, sharply limited the number of people in attendance and resorted to car rallies to limit exposure. Reporters and photographers traveling with Biden and Harris have been subject to COVID testing and screening.
The campaign has been stepping up the pace of in-person events as election day nears, and as more and more states have begun early and absentee voting. Earlier this week, Biden made appearances in Michigan, to court blue-collar voters, and in Florida, where he addressed older Americans. Last week, Biden traveled to Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona, where he campaigned with Harris. Before that joint appearance, Harris was in Salt Lake City for her debate with Vice President Mike Pence.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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How to refresh TV episodes?
So I have the option to display missing aired episodes. When I do copy the missing ones, I get two listings--the missing episode still appears and the newly copied episode appears. I can only get rid of this by exiting and re-opening Emby Theater. Is there a way to refresh the season (with a remote control) or something instead of having to exit and go back in again? Also if we accidentally play the missing episode, the little circle keeps going around and it sort of freezes things, might be better to just have an error come up saying "Episode is missing and cannot be played" or something. Thanks!
Hi, usually if you just leave the screen and come back in it will refresh. We'll look at having that screen automatically refresh in the future. Most other screens in the app do already automatically refresh.
In general I would not suggest enabling that feature though as we're starting to fall behind on our ability to test it. Thanks.
Oh ok, so you're saying I should disable the option to show missing episodes?
Well it's just my recommendation, obviously as long as we have the setting, we have to support it.


Superb 4 bedroom 4 bathroom villa with pool, Stunning views across to the Tramuntana mountain range, easy walking distance to the beach and town centre facilities. Set in an elevated position facing the El Vila hillside.
Neutrally decorated throughout Vista Muntanya is situated in a quiet residential area of Puerto Pollensa, within easy reach of the beaches & harbour. This property offers all that anyone could want for in a holiday villa with an abundance of natural light and plenty of relaxing or even entertaining space. The property is constructed using quality materials, has a high quality kitchen with fully integrated appliances as well as open and covered terraces with a barbecue.
The accommodation, which is distributed over two levels comprises on the ground floor of a well proportioned kitchen, 2 living rooms filled with natural light and double-glazing throughout guarantees comfort all year round and the doors which lead on to the garden, pool area (fenced). An excellent size double bedroom with a family bathroom.
Upstairs currently compromises 2 double bedrooms with their own bathrooms en suite and terrace, a third bedroom with 2 single beds, a separate family bathroom and an utility room just next to the bathroom.
Air-conditioning and central heating throughout the property (Except downstairs bedroom).
Swimming pool heating for cooler months is possible for an extra charge of £350 a week.
Change over days vary from property to property. Please enquire for further information. Typical check-in is any time after 15:00 on arrival and check-out is 10:00 on day of departure.


Humility is considered one of the chief virtues in many cultural traditions.
In a society that values personal accomplishment and renown, it can be difficult to ensure that children take in the virtue of humility. However, by weaving engaging crafts into your lesson plans, you can ensure that your students have easy-to-remember visual reminders of the value of being humble.
The classic fable of the tortoise and the hare is an excellent example of the difference between pride and humility: The proud hare is so confident in his speed that he takes a nap in the middle of the race and lets the slow tortoise pass him and win. To illustrate this story, have your students make models of the tortoise and hare out of modeling clay or paper.
Your students might decorate the hare with shiny stickers or plastic crystals to illustrate his boastful nature, and portray the tortoise in drab colors, such as green or brown. Set up a finish line in your classroom and have your students re-enact the story with their models, and then explain how the fable illustrates humility's long-term advantages over pride.
This is a craft that helps students tell the difference between prideful choices and humble ones. Before class, create a list of both proud and humble behaviors.
Have your students cut out two large trees from green construction paper and several dozen small red apples out of red construction paper. Have them mark half the apples with brown and black markers to indicate they are "rotten apples." Tack the two trees to a piece of poster board and label them "Pride" and "Humility."
Then read the list of behaviors you made before class to your students. For each behavior you present, have your students decide whether it's proud or humble. If it's proud, have them write out the behavior on one of the rotten apples and tack it on the "Pride" tree; if it's humble, have them write it on one of the good apples and tack it on the "Humility" tree. This provides your students with an excellent visual illustration of the difference between proud and humble actions.
Provide your class with white paper. Have each of your students cut a circle out of the white paper, and then cut a wedge-shaped section out of the circle. When they're done, they should be able to fold the paper so the two edges where the section was cut out can touch each other, forming a cone from the paper.
Have your students write "Pride" on one side of the paper with markers or crayons, opposite where the section was cut out, and "Humility" in the same place on the other side of the paper. Have your students color the "Pride" side as a mountain, with a snowcap around the inside of the circle, and draw flowers on the "Humility" side, sprouting out from the inside of the circle.
Then, instruct your students to fold the paper into a cone, with the "Pride" side on the outside. Ask them what they're capable of holding with their pride -- explaining that, if they're standing on the mountain of pride, there's no room to learn new things. Then have them turn the cone over, and ask what they can hold with their humility. Students learn in discussion that, by being humble and keeping an open mind, they have a vessel that is open to new ideas and growth.
Give your students each a piece of construction paper and some markers, and have them draw an outline of their head. Instruct them to leave most of the space on the paper outside the outline. Then read out a list of items that may or may not be known -- such as "my own name," "how many stars there are in the sky," "what my parents are thinking" -- and ask your students whether they know those items.
If they know, have them write that item inside the outline of their head; if not, they should write it outside the outline. When they're done, your students will have a powerful illustration of how limited their knowledge is in the scope of the universe, an excellent reminder to be humble.
Zamboni, Jon. "Elementary Crafts to Teach Humility." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/elementary-crafts-teach-humility-8608768.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


We would like to ask for assistance in the purchasing of our first new away kit in over 5 years.
By way of an introduction; we're an established local community football club providing affordable football at the heart of the Birley/Frecheville area (Sheffield).
Since 2012 we have enjoyed several promotions; this whilst maintaining exceptional fair play ratings. Last season unfortunately saw us miss out on the Premier Division title, finishing second on the final day of the season, with progress in our two domestic cups halted at semi final and second round stages by eventual winners and runners up respectively.
Supported by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA, we are in the latter stages of officially becoming an FA Chartered Club; A formal club structure/committee, club banking, etc. allowing our application. Longer term, we'd love to expand across different age groups, maintaining a fair play ethos at our core.
We trust you believe in the role that sport plays in the community and we'd be very grateful of any donation.
Follow us on Twitter (@BirleyFC) and come down to see us in action!
Birley Football Club. Men's football club, established in 2012 and playing in Sheffield's Imperial Premier League. Home ground, Frecheville Community Sports & Social Club. Page operated by Jamie Boardman, Birley FC Treasurer.


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Welcome to Women's Medical Care!
The mission of Women's Medical Care, PC is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve and to manage illness with skill and compassion. Thank you for choosing Women's Medical Care, PC, serving the OB-GYN needs of women in Prescott and Prescott Valley. Our practice is committed to providing you with a superior level of care in a friendly and personalized environment. Our practice is dedicated to providing OB-GYN healthcare for our patients, with pleasant surroundings in a state-of-the-art facility.
Dr. Feingold and Dr. Fernandez are also certified BioTE® practitioners offering hormone pellet therapy to help men and women in Prescott and Prescott Valley balance their hormones naturally. We are experienced with BHRT, also known as bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, and understand how helpful it can be to our patients in their journey to balance their hormone levels.
Women's Medical Care is open and following government recommended guidelines to keep our staff and patients safe.
Masks are required to enter the office and visitors may be limited at your appointment. If you feel like you have any Covid-19 symptoms or are currently waiting for Covid-19 results, please stay home and give us a call.
Obstetrician Adam Feingold selected 2019 Physician of the Year
Kind, compassionate and willing to share his knowledge with staff are three recurring phrases employees and medical staff members use to describe Adam Feingold, MD, FACOG, Yavapai Regional Medical Center's (YRMC's) 2019 Total Healing Environment Physician of the Year.
"I am truly grateful and honored for this incredible recognition from my YRMC colleagues — my work family," said Feingold, a highly skilled Obstetrician-Gynecologist. "The work I do involves many different kinds of professionals — physicians, nurses and other clinicians — in order to fully care for the patient. To a person, every member of the YRMC team with whom I work is outstanding and ready to serve patients."
n Arizona native, Feingold earned a double-major degree in Biology and Psychology from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He graduated with distinct honors in 1986.
Medical school took Feingold to Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He pursued his medical residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Feingold's love of teaching was recognized during his residency as he was named the Teacher of the Year in 1995. He is board certified and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
After completing his medical residency, Feingold returned to his hometown of Phoenix, where he worked for Cigna Healthcare. In 1998, he left the Valley to join YRMC and put down stakes in the Quad Cities.
"It was a great honor for me to present this award to Dr. Feingold," said John Amos, president and CEO of YRMC. "As a long-time member of our medical staff, Dr. Feingold has been with YRMC for many important milestones, including the opening of the Family Birthing Center at YRMC East in 2010. Dr. Feingold is an exceptional individual and an amazing physician. We are proud to recognize him as our 2019 Physician of the Year."
Feingold currently serves as medical director of the Yavapai Laborist Program, which was created to ensure a board-certified OB/GYN is always on-site at YRMC's Family Birthing Center. He also has served as chairman of YRMC's Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and was a member of YRMC's Credentialing Committee.
In 2010, Bridgeway Health Solutions of Arizona — now Arizona Complete Health — presented Feingold with the Summit Award for Obstetrics. Feingold was recognized for the high-quality obstetrical services he consistently provides members of the organization's health plan.
In his leisure time, Feingold enjoys spending time with his family as well as pursuing his hobbies, which include stand-up paddle boarding, mountain biking and hiking.
Adam F. Feingold
M.D., FACOG
Women's Medical Care, P.C. 1005 Division Street
Prescott, AZ 86301 US
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Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 US
"The staff is very friendly and treats you as a friend rather than just another patient. I would highly recommend this office."
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"Both Fernandez and Feingold are fantastic doctors. I've never felt more at home there with not only them but also all the kind women working in the office."
CLAIRA M.
"Absolutely love the doctors and nurses! I've had Dr Fernandez as my Dr since 2010. Wouldn't want anyone else."
LOVETTE J.
"Dr. Fernandez is one of the best Doctors I have ever had. I have been a patient since he started at WMC."
"Dr. Feingold and Dr. Fernandez are both wonderful doctors I've recommended them to many friends and I hope to use them through many more years and at least one more pregnancy."
Kelsey C.
"Dr. Feingold is patient, knowledgeable, and always answers all my questions thoroughly. I love the staff too...very efficient and caring! I would never go anywhere else!!"
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"I was under Dr Feingold's and Dr Pilottes care for both my pregnancies 13 and 12 years ago fantastic care these doctors really care and are very knowledgeable."
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The recent High Court decision of Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz  HCA 5 confirmed that any contract clause which ties the release of retention to some event under the Head Contract will be a "pay when paid" provision under the Security of Payment legislation and therefore that relevant clause is void or of no effect.
The High Court's decision will impact on many construction contracts and entitle subcontractors to early release of retention money.
This clause and other contract clauses with similar applications will now be of no effect which means that the subcontractor will be entitled to the early release of all retention moneys at practical completion of the works performed under the Subcontract and not at the later period of the expiry of the defects liability period under the Head Contract.
Generally Head Contractors avoid releasing security to Subcontractors until the Head Contractor's security has been released under the contract with the Principal. While this type of clause may be valid in relation to Bank Guarantees or Insurance Bonds that is not the case for retention moneys.
The Maxcon Constructions High Court decision has now confirmed that Head Contractors will no longer be able to hold cash retention of subcontractors until expiry of defects liability periods under the Head Contract.
Subcontractors should review their contracts and consider whether any of the relevant contract clauses which entitled the Head Contractor to deduct retention moneys is a pay when paid clause. If so, you may be entitled to claim release of any retention money immediately.
Should you need any assistance to recover your retention moneys please contact CTI Lawyers at Marina.Galatoulas@neca.asn.au or if you need any advice in this regard please contact CTI Lawyers.


What's better than a cuddly stuffed animal or cozy socks? A cuddly, cozy, sea turtle bundle!
Your bundle supports our work to protect vital coastal nesting habitat, educate coastal homeowners about their impacts, and work in the courts to defend and enforce the laws that protect sea turtles.


As a financial institution, Assumption Life recognizes the importance of sound governance. The Company has in place to this end numerous policies, procedures and programs based on best practices in the industry.
The role of the Board of Directors is to oversee management of the Company's affairs. Its responsibilities include defining the Company's main orientations and ensuring that the Company's management team is competent, focused and capable of managing the Company successfully. It is also responsible for ensuring that the Company's activities are carried out in compliance with applicable laws and that the necessary systems are in place for identifying and managing the main risks associated with its activities.
The Board of Directors is currently made up of ten members. Only the president and CEO is also a member of the Company's management team. The other nine members are independent. The Board is chaired by one of the independent members. The maximum duration of a chair's term is three consecutive years.
The Board of Directors follows a formal process for selecting new members. Board members are chosen based on their integrity, sense of responsibility, knowledge about financial matters and professional expertise in areas relating to the Company's activities.
The Board of Directors holds five regular meetings per year plus one annual strategic planning session. The independent members meet in a closed session before or after each board meeting without Management present. The Board establishes a work calendar each year covering all aspects of its mandate.
The Code of Ethics prescribes that all Board members, managers and employees of the Company avoid any situation in which their personal interests compromise, or could potentially compromise in any manner whatsoever, the Company's interests as well as any situation that might be perceived as creating a conflict of interest. The directors are also subject to a conflict of interest policy. In addition, any board member having a direct or indirect interest in any contract with the Company must declare this interest and may neither attend nor participate in the vote on a motion to approve the associated contract.
Board members, managers and employees are required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire on an annual basis in which they must disclose any existing conflicts and confirm that they have not used or disclosed confidential information concerning the Company without its authorization.
The Board of Directors has five standing committees: the Governance Committee, the Audit and Review Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Investment Committee. Each committee functions in accordance with a written mandate revised on an annual basis and is subject to an annual evaluation in regard to this mandate.
The Governance Committee is made up of the chair of the Board, the vice-chair, the president and CEO and the chair of each standing committee. Its mandate is to oversee the establishment, development and optimal operation of the Board of Directors and its committees and to ensure that the Company's mission and strategic directions serve the best interests of the Company and its clients and insureds. It represents the Board of Directors when it is impractical for the Board to meet.
The Audit Committee is made up of four independent board members with knowledge about financial matters. Its mandate is to assist the board of directors in fulfilling its responsibilities with respect to financial audits and monitoring. It is also responsible for reviewing all transactions between the Company and related parties with a view to gauging their impact on the Company's solvency and stability and ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
The Review Committee is made up of independent directors. Its mandate is to look at transactions between the Company and related parties to assess the impact on the Company's solvency and stability and ensure applicable laws are respected.
The Human Resources Committee defines the management philosophy in human resources and ensures that appropriate policies and practices are in place in this regard and monitors their implementation. It recommends compensation policies to the Board and carries out evaluations of the president and CEO.
The Investment Committee oversees the development and monitoring of the Company's investment policies.
See the members' attendance to Board meetings and participation in the committees by clicking here.
Orientation is provided to new Board members in the form of a Guide for New Board Members including information on the Company, its organizational structure, its internal operations, its strategic directions and the regulatory framework as well as on the obligations of Board members. New Board members are also encouraged to discuss various matters with senior managers to increase their knowledge about the Company's activities and the regulatory context during an orientation day. In addition, Board members are provided ongoing training during their terms concerning the Company's primary activities and recent trends in the financial services industry.
The Board of Directors has processes in place for annual evaluations of the Board, its committees and all committee chairs. These evaluations take the form of self-evaluation questionnaires. The Board and its committees are evaluated in terms of their mandates. Evaluation results are submitted to the Board, which proposes improvements and develops action plans. Directors are evaluated by other directors using a peer-evaluation questionnaire. A formal evaluation process also exists for the performance of the president and CEO, who is evaluated annually in terms of the objectives defined for each particular year and personal skills described in the skills profile.
Board members (other than the chair of the Board and the CEO) receive fees of $12,500 per year; the chair of the board receives fees of $25,000; committee chairs receive additional fees of $2,500 per year; and the chair of the Audit Committee receives a further additional fee of $1,500 per year.
Board members also receive attendance fees of $400 for the Investment Committee and of $650 for the other committees or Board meetings that they attend.


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When emergencies occur, you may need to survive on your own. This means that you cannot rely then on yourself for at least three or four days; this is why survival experts recommend that you should have enough supplies to last a week.
Although different authorities and emergency services will be on the scene after a disaster, they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours, or it might take days. Also, basic services we are used with such as gas, electricity, water and sewage treatment and even phone signal can be cut off for many days and even weeks.
Fresh water should be a top priority, used for drinking, cooking and cleaning purposes. A good rule of thumb is to have one gallon of water per family member per day. Drinking water should not be rationed, as it is necessary for bodily functioning. Keep water in durable containers that can be easily taken in case of evacuation. Change stored water every six months. Plan on storing a two-week supply for each member of your family.
People can survive on half their normal food intake for long periods of time; if necessary, one can go many days without food. Unlike water, food can be rationed. Store non-perishable, ready-to-eat foods in a cool, dry place. Pay special attention to expiration dates on packaged foods, and replace items as needed. Choose foods with high nutritional value; include items for infants or people on special diets.
The most important item to keep on hand is fresh water, followed by food.
Keep a fully stocked first aid kit ready for potential injuries. Protect life first aid kits include everything you would need in case of disaster and emergencies, including a first aid brochure containing the necessary instructions for wound care.
Our specialists recommend that you store the first kit in your home and smaller ones in your vehicles. If you require prescriptions or individual medical supplies, consult your physician or pharmacist to see if it is possible to stock up on these.
Store your family's personal identification, driver's licenses, credit cards, cash and other important documents in a safe place. Have personal items such as clothing and toiletries packed in durable backpacks or luggage and containers with sturdy handles.
o Try to keep at least half a tank of gas in one vehicle large enough for your whole family. This is enough gas to travel over 100 miles for most vehicles, far enough to avoid any potential dangers near your home.
o Unload any large items stored in your automobiles, in case you have to leave quickly.
o Store all your supplies in one area, near your vehicle if possible, so that they can be taken with you if you need to evacuate the area.
o Keep a map on hand, and familiarise yourself with area roads and escape routes. Consider alternate routes in case of traffic or road blockages.
Rehearse your disaster plans with all family members. Have a means of contact if anyone becomes separated, such as a general meeting place or a phone number everyone should call. Keep cell phones and extra batteries charged. Make sure everyone knows how to react to an emergency and assign tasks for each family member in the event of the disaster.
It is also recommended that all your family members should know the basic first aid rules, which are the components of a first aid kit and how to use them properly.
Remind everyone that, in the case of an emergency, it is important to stay calm and put the situation into proper perspective. Even in times of fear, uncertainty, and doubt, you should go about your daily activities as usual because the likelihood of a disaster taking place near you is slim. No one can predict a disaster, and if you have stocked the necessary supplies and developed a disaster plan with your family, you have done your best.
If you have more tips or questions please comment below and our survival specialist will be happy to answer! Don't forget to order your survival first aid kit for disaster preparedness!


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Nearly 21% of the world's top 100,000 websites still aren't using HTTPS
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6.8% of the top 100,000 still support SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0, too
For as quickly as HTTPS has proliferated, there are still a few stragglers out there. Quite a few actually. In fact, nearly 21% (20,911) of the Alexa Top 100,000 websites still aren't using HTTPS.
That's one of several interesting takeaways from WatchGuard's Q3 Internet Security Report, which came out earlier this week. Among other interesting tidbits: despite calls to deprecate support for SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 from a number of different industry and regulatory bodies—they both persist.
So today we're going to break down WatchGuard's report.
Or at least the parts that are in-scope for us.
Let's hash it out.
Before we start, let's put the Alexa Top 100,000 in context
For all intents and purposes, the Alexa 100,000 doesn't exist in a practical sense. There is no list you can pull down off the internet. They used to publish a top 1,000,000, but discontinued it in 2016. Scott Helme will occasionally publish some information on it, but other than that this data isn't terribly accessible.
If you want know the ranking of a specific website, you can go to Alexa.com and search individually by URL.
There is a ready-made list of Alexa rankings, you just have to pay for it. And it's not like they make it easy to find, which makes work like this even more valuable—given the barrier to entry with this kind of research.
There is some necessary context before we start slinging around statistics though. As the report states it:
"We suspected the top websites make up most of the Internets users' page visits. To prove this, we used the Alexa top 100,000 results and results from similarweb.com. Alexa compiles a list of the top one million websites in order of the most visited. Similarweb.com also compiles the top websites by the most visited and provides estimated visits per month for the most popular websites."
The numbers back that up. Not all is equal within the top 100,000. The traffic is largely consolidated amongst the top 100 or so websites. The difference between the world's top site (Google) and the world's 100,000th is staggering, with no. 1 receiving over 143,000 times the traffic the 100,000th site receives each month.
Or to put that in even starker terms: Google receives as much traffic every 20 seconds as the world's 100,000th most trafficked website receives in one month. Here's a visualization of how the traffic stacks up across the top 100,000, courtesy of WatchGuard.
Now let's get to the fun stuff.
Let's start right at the top with the most worrisome statistic: one in five of the Alexa Top 100,000 websites is still being served via HTTP. At this point it feels like I've been beating this dead horse for three years (I have), but we should be past the stage where whether to use HTTPS is even a conversation.
The internet was not designed to be secure because it didn't need to be secure when it was designed. I realize that's a confusing sentence, but at the time the internet was being developed and these protocols were being created, there wasn't a whole lot of private, sensitive information on the internet. Commercial activity was banned back then, the main use case was the free exchange of information between government entities and academia.
Obviously, that couldn't be further from the reality of today's internet. And just like cars didn't have seatbelts when they were first created and we had to mandate them later, we've now mandated that websites should be connecting securely via port 443 instead of spraying plaintext from port 80. HTTP connections are not secure. Anyone that's eavesdropping on any of the dozens of devices your connection routes through on the way to its destination can easily harvest or manipulate any information being exchanged.
Seriously, we wrote about this a few weeks ago, if people actually knew how many points their connection passes through when they visit a website, the mere mention of HTTP would be met with pitchforks and torches. Even Google – of the 'don't be evil' ethos – has been kneecapping websites for not using HTTPS.
So, with that in mind let's check out the breakdown of websites in the Alexa top 100,000 that use HTTPS versus the incorrigible websites still being served over HTTP.
Again, the majority of these websites are going to be towards the back half of the top 100,000, but 20+% is not negligible, either. Clearly there is still plenty of work to be done on the HTTPS migration front.
6.8% of those HTTPS websites still support SSL 2.0 and/or SSL 3.0
Let's talk about SSL and TLS protocol versions. And this harkens back to an old conversation about the difference between SSL and TLS. SSL or Secure Sockets Layer was the original protocol, developed in the mid-90s by Netscape. The initial version, SSL 1.0, never got off the ground. SSL 2.0 was published but short-lived. SSL 3.0 was the final iteration of the SSL protocol, after that it became TLS or Transport Layer Security, which is a similar protocol, but the two aren't necessarily interchangeable, either.
We're currently on TLS 1.3. Currently, best practice is not to support SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0 – both are considered unsecure as a result of known exploits like POODLE and DROWN – with TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 due to be completely deprecated by 2020 (the payment card industry has already mandated this deprecation).
So now let's look at SSL/TLS version support across the Alexa top 100,000. We'll start by looking at the highest protocol supported:
There were some interesting tidbits that came up when WatchGuard rolled up its sleeves and really got elbow deep in the data. For instance:
24 websites tested support SSL 2.0, but not SSL 3.0
All but five of the sites that support SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0 do support higher versions
349 sites that support SSL 2.0 support its weakest cipher suite
Two sites only support TLS 1.3 and won't downgrade to previous versions
TLS 1.1 appears to be the redheaded stepchild of the TLS family
On the plus side, TLS 1.3 adoption seems to be going well, with just over 17% of the top 100,000 now supporting it.
Getting back to outmoded SSL/TLS protocol versions though, the five sites that don't support anything above SSL 3.0 definitely need to get it together, but there's also a disturbing number of websites that support more recent versions, but still haven't deprecated support for those outmoded SSL protocols yet.
This is important because it opens the site and its visitors up to downgrade attacks that can basically render the encryption useless.
"In our opinion, there is no good reason for these sites to support SSLv2 or v3. Luckily, many of these sites will still accept a more secure protocol when offered. However, retaining support for older SSL protocols can allow hackers to force downgrade attacks."
Well said. Here's the breakdown, and keep in mind these figures only include the 79,089 websites using HTTPS:
For the statistic-minded, that equates to about 5.7% of the top 100,000 sites supporting SSL 3.0, while an additional 1.1% also support SSL 2.0.
Again, given the breakdown of traffic across the Alexa top 100,000, these statistics can feel a little overblown. But this is still a good barometer for the general health of the SSL/TLS ecosystem. There's progress on one end with over 17% of the world's top sites now supporting the recently finalized TLS 1.3. But, at the other end of the spectrum we have websites dragging their feet on version support while they continue to exercise lax cybersecurity.
We'll end with this: there are plenty of things in the world of cybersecurity that are beyond the control of even the most skilled of professionals. Connection security is not one of those things. Any website can have a well executed SSL/TLS implementation. And every website should.
It's low hanging fruit and the price for not taking the time to get it right can be steep
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Well, how surreal. Today I was radiotherapied by elves…I kid you not!
The staff in the oncology unit were dressed as elves and very good ones, too. There were mince pies and chocolate mini rolls.
I was there and back in an hour an a half…fantastic!
And now I'd like to wish you all a Happy Christmas (or a grumpy one if that's your thing)…I hope all your wishes come true.
And I'd like to thank everyone for the support, gifts, well wishes, terrible jokes, bizarre photographs. All these things have made me feel there is more to my life at the moment than one hospital appointment after another. You've made me feel like me and not the poor sick lady.
Wishing you a Happy and Peaceful Christmas.
A bit of Elf magic should have done you the world of good, and now it's time to be cosy at home with TB, have a wonderful Christmas this year.
A Happy Christmas and a very Merry New Year to you and Mr T!


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An illustration of how 3-D-printed metamaterial unit cells could be combined like Lego blocks to create structures that bend or focus microwave radiation more powerfully than any material found in nature.
Researchers at Duke University have 3-D printed potent electromagnetic metamaterials, using an electrically conductive material compatible with a standard 3-D printer.
The demonstration could revolutionize the rapid design and prototyping of radio frequency applications such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, wireless sensing and communications devices.
Metamaterials are synthetic materials composed of many individual, engineered devices called cells that together produce properties not found in nature. As an electromagnetic wave moves through the metamaterial, each engineered cell manipulates the wave in a specific way to dictate how the wave behaves as a whole.
Metamaterials can be tailored to have unnatural properties such as bending light backwards, focusing electromagnetic waves onto multiple areas and perfectly absorbing specific wavelengths of light. But previous efforts have been constrained to 2-D circuit boards, limiting their effectiveness and abilities and making their fabrication difficult.
In a new paper appearing online in the journal Applied Physics Letters, Duke materials scientists and chemists have shown a way to bring electromagnetic metamaterials into the third dimension using common 3-D printers.
It takes about 20 minutes to 3-D print one metamaterial unit cell using the Electrifi filament and a relatively low-cost 3-D printer. By combining a series of these cells, each tailored to interact with an electromagnetic wave in a certain way, researchers can create a structure that can powerfully manipulate microwave radiation.
The key to making 3-D printed electromagnetic metamaterials a reality was finding the right conductive material to run through a commercial 3-D printer. Such printers usually use plastics, which are typically terrible at conducting electricity.
While there are a few commercially available solutions that mix metals in with the plastics, none are conductive enough to create viable electromagnetic metamaterials. While metal 3-D printers do exist, they cost as much as $1 million and take up an entire room.
That's where Benjamin Wiley, Duke associate professor of chemistry, came in.
Wiley and Shengrong Ye, a postdoctoral researcher in his group, created a 3-D printable material that is 100 times more conductive than anything currently on the market. The material is currently being sold under the brand name Electrifi by Multi3D LLC, a startup founded by Wiley and Ye. While still not nearly as conductive as regular copper, Cummer thought that it might just be conductive enough to create a 3-D printed electromagnetic metamaterial.
Experiments and simulations show that the 3-D printed cubes interact with electromagnetic waves 14 times more strongly than their 2-D counterparts.
In the paper, Cummer and doctoral student Abel Yangbo Xie show that not only is Electrifi conductive enough, it interacts with radio waves almost as strongly as traditional metamaterials made with pure copper. That small difference is easily made up for by the printed metamaterials' 3-D geometry — the results show that the 3-D printed metamaterial cubes interact with electromagnetic waves 14 times better than their 2-D counterparts.
By printing numerous cubes, each tailored to specifically interact with an electromagnetic wave in a certain way, and combining them like Lego building blocks, researchers can begin to build new devices. For the devices to work, however, the electromagnetic waves must be roughly the same size as the individual blocks. While this rules out the visible spectrum, infrared and X-rays, it leaves open a wide design space in radio waves and microwaves.


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Pamela Sherrod Anderson is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, playwright, journalist and educator. She has worked as director, assistant director, producer, script supervisor and consultant on independent films.
Ms. Anderson was among those writers honored at the Chicago Public Library Foundation's Carl Sandburg Literary Awards in October, 2012. She was recently selected to be in Kartemquin Film's and Community Film Workshop's Diverse Voices in Documentary pilot program.
Her first feature-length documentary, "The Curators of Dixon School," made its debut at the 2012 Black Harvest International Film Festival in Chicago and received the Black Harvest Audience Award for Best Feature. Ms. Anderson wrote, directed and co-produced the documentary.
She also wrote and directed the short film, "Getting Directions," which was an official 2006 selection at the Golden Gate Fiction & Documentary Festival in the category of art direction. A 2006 Chicago Short Film Festival selection, it also was screened at the Reel Sisters Film Festival in Brooklyn, the Spike Lee Theater, the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival, the Black Harvest Film Festival, the Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival and at Le Kadjinol Theater in Dakar, Senegal.
Ms. Anderson has written and directed stage plays and screenplays, including the feature script "Natchez," that won an America's Best Writers Foundation award presented by filmmaker Oliver Stone.
As a journalist, she has been an editor, reporter, photographer and features staff writer. Ms. Anderson has worked at the Chicago Tribune, United Press International news service, Lansing (Mich.) State Journal, Chicago Citizen and Independent Bulletin Newspapers. She has also been a contributing writer to Essence Magazine and a contributing writer to the book, "Black Women's Health: Speaking for Ourselves." She contributed to the White House years research for the Emmy-awarded WTTW-TV documentary, "Paper Trail: The First 100 Years of the Chicago Defender."
As an educator, she teaches in the Film and Video Department at Columbia College in Chicago and at DePaul University in the School of Communications.
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