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William MATHIAS (1934-1992)
Let the people praise thee, O God, Op.87 (1981) [5:15]
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Op.53 (1970) [7:32]
A Babe is Born, Op.55 (1971) [3:30]
In excelsis gloria (1954, revised 1991) [2:23]
Processional (organ solo) (1964) [3:19]
Missa brevis, op. 64 (1973) [19:07]
Ave verum corpus (1992) [4:29]
Carillon (organ solo) (1989) [6:15]
All wisdom is from the Lord, Op.88 No.3 (1962) [6:19]
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, op.44 No.2 (1969) [2:12]
O nata lux, No.3 from Rex gloriae, Op.83 (1980) [2:05]
Festival Te Deum, Op.28 (1964) [7:13]
O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate Deo), Op.90 No.2 (1983) [4:40]
Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens
rec. 21-22 May, 4-5 June 2008, Wells Cathedral, Somerset
HYPERION CDA67740 [75:32]
The work of William Mathias ranges across many genres - it includes three symphonies, three piano concertos, concertos for violin, harpsichord, harp, oboe, clarinet and organ and a variety of orchestral dances; one opera (The Servants of 1981 - which has a libretto by no less than Iris Murdoch); three string quartets and a number of other chamber works; a considerable body of music for organ. But it is, above all, as a composer of choral music that his powers of invention and the sheer quality of his craftsmanship are consistently heard at their very best - though I would also make a claim for the rarely-heard string quartets.
Wells Cathedral Choir and organist Jonathan Vaughn - under the direction of Matthew Owens - do something like full justice to this aspect of Mathias's work on this excellent CD. The choir sing with sensitivity and energy throughout, with a variety of colour and texture, with a wholly engaging balance between polish and expressiveness; what the words mean seem to matter to this choir and its director at just as much as beauty of sound - something that can't be said for every choir in the English cathedral tradition. Jonathan Vaughn shows himself, once again, to be both a highly shrewd accompanist and well able, as a soloist, to handle - though the feet are relevant here too! - the cross-rhythms of Processional or the wit of Carillon, playing the Cathedral's rebuilt Willis organ. The work of Matthew Owens is everywhere intelligent and assured.
As the fine booklet notes by Roderic Dunnett suggest, Mathias's music was a fusion of many passions and influences - particularly important amongst them being Benjamin Britten, tempered, as it were, by a knowledgeable fondness for the medieval and for modern French music - but the outcome was distinctively individual. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the Missa Brevis of 1973, written for St. Matthew's Northampton. There are passages of remarkable beauty and profundity here, not least in the Kyrie with its dark, introspective tension, in the restrained ebullience of the Sanctus, where the writing counterpoints organ and voices to striking effect, and in the Agnus Dei, rapt and delicate, utterly persuasive in its spirituality. In musical architecture, in responsiveness to text and in emotional substance the Missa Brevis is a masterpiece of modern British church music and it gets, here, a performance that does it justice.
The variety of Mathias's choral writing is made very clear if, by the side of the weight of the Missa Brevis, one puts carols such as A Babe is Born and In excelsis Gloria, both of which have their roots in the medieval, without ever sounding merely archaic or nostalgic for earlier musical languages. Mathias can also do the grand public statement - as is well exemplified in the openness and accessibility of Let the people praise thee, O God, written for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981.
In short, wherever one turns on this CD one encounters music of real sophistication - but it is always a sophistication of technique and invention in the service of ends greater than itself, in the service of text and occasion, emotion and spirit.
Glyn Pursglove


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How Czar Putin Stops any Competition for 2018 Presidential Race
Posted in Other | 09-Feb-17 | Source: Globalo News
The leader of the Russian opposition party, Alexei Navalny, has now been found guilty of embezzlement and has been given a five-year suspended prison sentence that would all but make impossible his proposed run for president in 2018.
Presidential candidates are not allowed to have felony convictions.
The case is a retrial of a 2013 verdict in which the ECHR found procedural violations.
Alexei Navalny is one of the few openly vocal and critical politicians in Russia regarding corruption and Putin.
Questions are arising whether Putin will run in 2018, and he does not want a strong opponent if he does.
The Russian election rules say that candidates cannot have felony convictions, however, the anti-corruption activist has said he will appeal and continue his campaign "no matter what happens in court".
I've met Russian opp. leader Alexei Navalny, found him v. Impressive. Now he's been found guilty of embezzlement so can't run for Pres. Hmm.
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) February 8, 2017
"What we saw was a telegram from the Kremlin saying that they consider me, my team and those people whose views I express too dangerous to allow us into the electoral race," Navalny said in the courtroom post- verdict.
"This verdict will be overturned. I have the full right under the constitution to participate in elections, and I will do so. I will continue to represent the interests of people who want Russia to be a normal, honest, not corrupt country."
This trial has widely been seen as a way of silencing one of Putin's most vocal critics. In the past Navalny was allowed to run for mayor of Moscow in 2013 while he was convicted of embezzlement from a state timber company in Kirov. This 2013 verdict is the case the Russian government has pushed for a retrial in after the European Court of Human Rights found procedural violations in the original trial.
Navalny's lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, said the new verdict did not address any of the ECHR's criticisms of the original trial as the verdict was based on the same evidence and assigned the same five year suspended sentence.
As the new verdict was being read out, Navalny tweeted out pages from the original verdict to prove that it had been copied verbatim. Asked before the verdict if the Kremlin was worried that Navalny would lose the right to run for president, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said: "We don't consider any such worries to be appropriate."
"The Kremlin hasn't decided yet if it needs a sparring partner, an effective opponent who will get 10% of the vote and give it legitimacy, and if it does who will it be," said the analyst Stanislav Belkovsky commenting on the flawed electoral process.
Putin does not want a strong opponent
Meanwhile, Marina Litvinenko, the widow of murdered Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, intimated that Vladimir Putin and his allies may have played a part in the court's decision.
She said: "All judges and all courts in Russia are not independent. All decisions that were taken about Navalny were taken because of someone's wish and now we know who this might be.
Electoral law states that he cannot be barred from the race while the verdict was still being appealed, and even if the Russian and international courts do not overturn the ruling, Russia's constitution only forbids citizens from running if they are currently serving a prison sentence.
"As we've said before: despite the guilty verdict, the campaign for Navalny to stand in the elections continues. And it will achieve victory," Leonid Volkov, a close advisor to Mr Navalny, wrote on Twitter after the verdict was read out.
"If you too dislike judges who word-for-word repeat verdicts that have already been found illegal and overturned, come here," he added in a tweet with a link to the campaign's website.
Big man Putin is in reality a tiny coward who doesn't dare any competition despite controlling all relevant media. #Russia #Putin #Navalny
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) February 8, 2017
Navanly rose in popularity during the street protests against the Kremlin in 2011-12 as his anti-corruption foundation continues to publish damning information about the extravagant wealth of government officials and their families.
Putin has said that he will not run again for president when his current term ends in 2018, but most experts still expect him to. Putin still has 80% approval ratings so a Navalny victory is unlikely.
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Participating in conception of the invention is the key. Anyone who contributed to the conception of the invention is an inventor. In other words, anyone who suggested any of the steps or features listed in the claims is an inventor.
In contrast, a person who did not help conceive the invention is not an inventor. For example, a person who merely identified the problem is not an inventor unless they also helped conceive the solution. In addition, a person who reduced the invention to practice without helping to conceive it is not an inventor.
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Embracing Balance: What's up, yo?!
Hello bloggies! TGIF! Hope you all have some big plans for the weekend. I actually get my long weekend this week because I get Memorial Day on Monday instead of Victoria Day this past week.
Since no one else around here will be off I will use my Monday to lounge around, sort tax papers, walk the doggie, and work on my contract job. I know…big ol' party over here!
Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. I think for the first time since I started blogging (almost 5 years ago!) I'm in a rut. This whole "unable to work out" thing has really been taking it's toll on me…and you'd think that if I can't work out I would at least eat well, but guess what? It doesn't necessarily work that way.
I took a break from the "this is what I ate today" posts because I tried to eat the same things every day as a way to get back on track. Trust me, no one wanted to see five bowls of fruit and yogurt. And dinners have literally been of the "stand in kitchen with fridge door open until mood strikes" variety. Again, nothing of interest to see here!
Also, it's pretty hard to spout off about "embracing balance" when I've been doing a seriously piss-poor job of it myself. It'll come back, but until then you all will just have to bear with my random rambles, OK?
Enjoying lots of hockey. Canucks for the Cup!!! Woooooooo!
Drinking a lot of iced coffee.
Finally reading more books on my Kindle. Clearly the key was getting "fluffier" books. Castle for the win!
Watching far too much old school Dawson's Creek.
Stockpiling recipes from Jenna and Jessica. I'm never going to lose weight with all this bacon and cream cheese floating around.
Hot yoga! I'll be the slowest moving, least flexible person in the room but at the very least I'll sweat out some of the chocolate covered almonds I've been stuffing myself full of.
Planters on my deck. I blew my whole "fun budget" at the Home Depot garden center last night.
Five month anniversary of Tiffaney's birthday. Any excuse for cake.
Salad. I promise. Kinda. Maybe.
Every day I wake up hoping that my motivation has returned and although I have my good days, the bad ones have been winning. I'm actually kind of OK with it…except when I'm not.
I have a similar sized bag of rhubarb in my fridge. I was trying to figure out what to do with it, those square look good!
May 27, 2011 at 2:13 p.m.
Hey, have you watched Breaking Bad?
Your post title reminded me of Jesse Pinkman from that show. Maybe you would sub out Dawson's Creek for a little BB... You'll love it, I promise!
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Published: May 29, 2022, 1:26 PM
Updated: May 29, 2022, 3:18 PM
Tags: Barbora Krejcikova, Sloane Stephens, Michelle Obama, Jil Teichmann, Elise Mertens, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Martina Trevisan, Naomi Osaka, Amanda Anisimova, Emma Raducanu, Sports, Venus Williams
Coco Gauff, now 18, returns to French Open quarterfinals
Published: May 29, 2022, 1:26 PM Updated: May 29, 2022, 3:18 PM
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates winning against Belgium's Elise Mertens in two sets, 6-4, 6-0, during their fourth round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PARIS – Quite a trip to Paris in the springtime for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff: She celebrated graduating from high school — an achievement saluted via social media by former first lady Michelle Obama — and now is into the French Open quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.
How did YOU spend the past week or so?
Learning as she goes, Gauff took control of a tight opening set against No. 31 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium on Sunday and grabbed the last eight games to pull away for a 6-4, 6-0 victory in the fourth round at Roland Garros.
"You're never going to play your best tennis in a Slam every moment of the match, but I think I'm getting better and better," said Gauff, who is seeded 18th at the clay-court major tournament, "and I think, mentally, I can't ask for much more from myself in each match."
Next up will be a match against Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion and 2018 French Open runner-up, who defeated No. 23 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 6-2, 6-0 later Sunday.
"I love Coco. ... I really look forward to it," said Stephens, a 29-year-old American who arrived at Roland Garros on a five-match losing streak and with a ranking of No. 64.
The other quarterfinal on the bottom half of the draw will be a meeting between left-handers: No. 17 Leylah Fernandez, a 19-year-old Canadian who reached the final at last year's U.S. Open, against 59th-ranked Martina Trevisan of Italy, who also got to the quarterfinals in Paris two years ago.
Fernandez compiled more than twice as many winners, 35, as unforced errors, 17, and broke serve a half-dozen times to beat 20-year-old American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on a chilly, windy day. Trevisan grabbed the last four games and eliminated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 (10), 7-5.
"Every time I step out on the court, I still have something to prove," said Fernandez, who was ranked only 73rd last September when she beat four-time major champion Naomi Osaka on the way to being the runner-up to Emma Raducanu at Flushing Meadows. "I still have that mindset I'm the underdog. I'm still young."
Gauff, of course, is even younger.
A 2021, she was the youngest French Open quarterfinalist in 15 years, but frittered away five set points in the opener of a loss to eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova.
That stuck with her Sunday, when she was in a back-and-forth first set against Mertens that was 4-all before Gauff got going. Afterward, she praised herself for staying calm in the moment.
"That was the biggest lesson I learned last year in my quarterfinal match. I had a couple set points and I think I freaked out when some of those points didn't go my way," said Gauff, who delivered one around-the-net-post backhand on the run, but ultimately lost that exchange. "Today, I didn't freak out when a couple of those important points didn't go my way."
Gauff burst onto the scene at Wimbledon in 2019 when she was 15 by becoming the youngest — yes, there's that word again — qualifier in tournament history, beating Venus Williams in the first round of the main draw and getting all the way to the fourth.
Other Week 2 runs at major tournaments have followed, although she's prouder of her success with schoolwork. She posted a series of pictures on Instagram of herself wearing her cap and gown and holding a diploma, the Eiffel Tower in the background.
A response from Obama, whom Gauff has met, was a nice surprise.
"I'm super thankful for that message. ... What really meant a lot: It wasn't about the tennis, it was about my education," Gauff said. "So I think that meant more to me."


With the help of students and the support of the community CCAT was able to acquire the Buck house on the campus of HSU. Since then CCAT has been used as the testing ground for alternative building and energy practices.
This project serves as a great educational tool that spans across all age ranges. The bike is equipped with a voltage and amperage meter so more advanced students can calculate power output, while younger students can learn how much energy is needed to power an everyday device like a T.V.
When we first approached the project in February 2010 the T.V. was not functioning properly. We suspected this was as result of no voltage regulation in the initial design. Therefore, we decided to design a new system.
This project was designed as an educational tool for CCAT by John Hackett, Thorin Somers, Bart Orlando and others.
This project, suggested by CCAT, was a renovation of their existing "pedal powered TV " The objective was to redesign and update it with more current technologies. Improvements were made to the design of the electronics, as well as transportability, and resilience. Because educational value is vital to CCAT, we made the design more transparent. Now others can visually see all of the components and the roles they play in the system. We redesigned the physical structure, making it a complete unit equipped with locking casters. This allows it to be moved easily but be stable when in the locked position. Mechanically we first diagnosed the causes of the previous system failure and integrated new technologies to promote a longer lasting system.
We began working on this project in February 2010 and we finished in May 2010.
The research and design of this project was primarily done at the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, USA. This project is primarily designed as a demonstration tool for micro-scale electricity generation. It can be made in all locations that have access to bicycles, TV's and basic electronics.
This section presents a review of the available literature that is pertinent to the pedal powered TV/VCR system at CCAT.
The generator is driven by a fan belt which wraps around the outer circumference or the bike's 15" diameter - 40lb flywheel and the 4" diameter pulley on the drive shaft of the generator. The generator is mounted on the underside of a wooden pedestal that the front end of the bike rests upon. The relative sizes of the flywheel and pulley determine the range of voltage the generator can deliver (up to 20V). The exact output voltage is determined by how fast one pedals. The optimum voltage, based on ease of pedaling effort seems to be approximately 15 volts while pedaling at 90 rpm. There is no battery used in this system. Electricity flows directly from the generator to the Panasonic TV/VCR.
The power stops when the pedaling stops.
With direct power no electricity is used. Power is created from pedaling which is given to devices directly through a mechanical connection. Some commonly used examples of this is a pedal powered blender or washing machine.
Pedaling powers a generator which creates electricity that can be used to power everyday electrical devices. Examples of this type of system are the CCAT pedal powered TV, and the pedal powered laptop's created at MIT.
This section includes all possible aspects thought up by the group members for this project as well as the directors of CCAT. These criteria were chosen to evaluate the project based on ease of use, educational capacity, and transportability. These criteria will help us to determine how much time, money, and effort should be invested in each aspect of the system based on its importance to our client (CCAT).
When we began designing the structure there were several things that we wanted to accomplish: transparency, simplicity, mobility, and strength. To make it transparent we mounted the permanent magnet motor and all the related circuitry right out in the open, rather then being hidden under a wooden platform like it was in the old design. To simplify the design we decided to make it a single mobile unit. Previously the structural design consisted of several peices: the front of the exercise bike would sit on a platform where the motor was mounted, a large block was put in the back to level it, and a small table was needed for the T.V. to sit on. To make it a single unit we combined the table that the TV needed to rest upon with the platform needed to mount the motor, we then added wheels to the back of the bike to level it. Rather than bolt the exercise bike directly to the platform we decided to hold it in place with friction from tiny blocks this way the bike can easily break away from the platform/ TV stand into two smaller parts for transportation in community outreach. We used a total of 6 locking casters each with load bearing of 150 pounds, thus giving us mobility and strength. Also to promote durability and strength we used 2x4 and 2x6 wood screwed together with 2" decking screws.
The electrical design of the original project was already very simple and we wanted to keep it that way so people could easily understand it. When researching other systems we found that many people use batteries for pedal power but we decided to not use one in our system because of the efficiency loss and the fact that they require maintenance. Without a battery our design needed two things to work: first, a way to stabilize the wide range of volts being produced by the motor to a solid 12 volts before reaching the TV, and second without a constant power source such as a battery we needed protection so that if a person was not pedaling fast enough the system would shut off before low voltage damage occurred to the TV. After a bit of research we found two specific products available on the internet that each solved one of our problems. The voltage surge protector from Amperor is designed to take a range of volts from 10-24 and even them out to a solid 12. The second part is a relay that will not complete the circuit and allow power to the surge protector until the person pedals the minimum 10 volts, at which point it clicks on. If the peddler falls below the 10 volt threshold the relay will break the circuit to avoid damage to the components.
Some of the basic tools used include: measuring tape, saw, drill, bolts & screws, sockets, volt meter, and paint. To build the stand we measured the highest and widest points of the flywheel and pedals and then built a box around those measurements. Once a box was built we attached a top sheet made of lumber grade A plywood stained with mineral oil. The rest of the stand was painted with an exterior oil based paint. To attach casters to the stand we simply marked them, drilled holes and then bolted them in. Attaching casters to the rear was more difficult however, and for this we took u bolts that went around the bike through a piece of 2x6 (so the casters had a flat surface to mount to) and then bolted into the casters. Once all 6 casters were in place we centered and mounted the generator, then mounted the DC receptacle and meters. With the generator in place we then had to create belt tension between the pulley and the flywheel by pulling the bike back. Once the belt was at proper tension we simply attached small strips of plywood to the stand, that act as holding blocks for the front leg of the bike.
Structural Tests- To test the strength of the caster assembly we slowly applied weight until we had 250 pounds seated on the bike, which we considered the recommended maximum rider weight. A heavier person could use our bike only if a block was placed under the back wheels to support the weight on the block instead of the wheels.
Electrical Tests- To test our electrical circuitry we used a basic volt meter, to test for continuity, test voltage, and amperage. Originally, our design had no relay and just the stabilizer. However, after a bit of testing with just the voltage stabilizer alone we found that when a person stopped pedaling and dropped below the products recommended 10 volt input, the stabilizer would very slowly release its voltage down to zero due to a small capacitor inside the stabilizer that allows it perform its function. This test told us that we needed some sort of low voltage protection because LCD TV's are very sensitive to low voltages, and as warned by the manufacturer could cause unrepairable damage. We decided to use a relay that we placed after the stabilizer in our diagram. Once it was wired we began testing, initial readings from the volt meter showed that the voltage was stabilized when no appliances (load) was being used. However, when the TV was plugged in and the system was under load we began to see the LED power light on the TV begin to flash, leading us to believe that it was receiving fluctuating power or something else was wrong. Next, we decided to test what would happen if the stabilizer came after the relay and plugged directly into the TV. Initially, we received similar results to our first test, the voltage was regulated when not under load, but that voltage would slowly dissipate when pedaling stopped before the relay would break the circuit. Because of what we were seeing we became skeptical to test the system under load because of the low voltage the TV might receive. However, after spending a bit of time talking to the manufactures of all these products and experts from various electrical fields, we received a resounding answer that the system will function much differently when under load and that the extra voltage we were seeing would be dissipated in nano-seconds. This test proved successful at powering the TV without flux, and when the person stopped pedaling no obvious damage was occurring to the TV.
We intended for the design to be virtually maintenance free and for the most part it is. However, there are several things that should be done to keep the pedal powered TV in top condition: First, the entire unit especially the TV should receive regular dusting. Second, bearings in the generator and casters will wear over time so a check to make sure there is no noise and they are all running smoothly. Also, inspect the belt for wear and proper tension and replace if necessary. Sadly, the relay we purchased has a set life but should last for years to come, but eventually will die and need to be replaced. Otherwise this project is fairly self sufficient and will require very little upkeep.
While working on the CCAT pedal powered TV project we encountered a few challenging set backs that could be looked at in the future for possible upgrades to the existing design. Listed are some of the problems we encountered but where not able to address due to budget and time constraints.
During are attempts to come up with a solution to making the pedal powered TV and bike more mobile for CCAT's needs we ran into some issues with strength of our design. Our first design in-tailed using pre measured blocks of 2*6 plywood with u-bolts that would connect the bike to the caster wheels. The U-bolts we had decided to use on the first attempt where 3.5" long. To be able to make these work we had to counter drill a whole into the blocks of wood therefor lowering the strength of the wood. As a possible solution to this set back we decided to use longer square shaped U-bolts and one solid 24" 2*6 block of wood. This still showed signs of stress on the block of wood which could potentially fail.
One possible solution to this problem would be to instead of adding casters for mobility in our design there is the possibility on our machine to add a straight shaft with two wagon wheels through the back of the frame which is 4" hollow aluminum tubing. This could be potentially stronger than the current design.
The addition of an AC inverter would allow the project to have more versatility for everyday users. Currently the design only generates DC power, which limits the users in the electrical appliances available to them. Inverters can cost as little as 20 USD, but unfortunately we ran out of money in our budget for this addition.
YEAH! This project made great progress this semester and thanks to the skilled efforts of John Hackett, Thorin Somer and yours truly, a break through in pedal power has been achieved. This system demonstrates how to power a flat screen TV/DVD player (or power a laptop computer via a micro inverter) ...WITHOUT USING A BATTERY OR CAPACITOR... to stabilize the generator's electrical output. This system encourages exercise and provides a source of emergency power for electronic telecommunications equipment so that news and information can be exchanged with the outside world in the event of a local disaster. This system can charge cell phones and keep laptops charged while sending or receiving emails or accessing on line news sites. Future tests could determine if it is also capable of powering a dc satellite dish internet up-link and a laptop at the same time. This system requires ~30% less pedaling effort than the previous TV/VCR system. As electronic components become more efficient, pedal power will be validated as a legitimate source of energy for powering systems of this scale. Such systems could be incorporated into Health Clubs that offer spinner bikes. Alternately, if pedal power were fed into the grid via a grid-inter-tie, the health club would be functioning as a human power plant. I hear the first such human power plant has been built in Hong Kong and not only the exercise bikes but every type of weight lifting machine and every treadmill have been replaced with machines that provide the same exercise but channel the energy of a workout into generating electricity. Even the stairways generate power as people walk up and down them. Perhaps one day people will actually be paid to exercise in this way because the cost of dealing with chronic illness from lack of exercise exacts a much greater financial burden on society ($500 billion/year in the U.S. alone).
This section is for all the people who have helped with us get through this project. Without these sources of information who knows where we would be.
Page was last modified 21:06, 5 March 2018. Based on work by Jacob Gellatly, Lonny Grafman, Emily Klee, Lily Pastel and Nicole Caputo and others.


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Acute renal haemodynamic effects of radiocontrast media in patients undergoing left ventricular and coronary angiography.
Moeckel, M. and Radovic, M. and Kuehnle, Y. and Combe, V. and Waigand, J. and Schroeder, S. and Dietz, R. and Frei, F. and Eckardt, K.U.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 23 (5): 1588-1594. May 2008
Hyperammonaemic encephalopathy and severe metabolic acidosis in a patient with chronic renal insufficiency years after ureterosigmoidostomy.
Hampel, D.J. and Stoll, J. and Nibbe, L. and Gollasch, M.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 22 (9): 2713-2719. September 2007
Soluble endoglin (sEng) joins the soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt) receptor as a pre-eclampsia molecule.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 21 (11): 3052-3054. November 2006
Crescentic glomerulonephritis and malignancy - guilty or guilt by association?
von Vietinghoff, S. and Schneider, W. and Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R.
Recurrent paroxysms of metabolic acidosis in a haemodialysis patient.
Lueth, J.B. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 21 : 811-812. March 2006
Lactate in a Laubenpieper.
Derer, W. and Elitok, S. and Claus, T. and Schuett, H. and Ruf, R. and Kettritz, R. and Luft, F.C. and Pilz, B.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 : 2851-2854. 12 October 2005
A 77 year-old haemodialysis patient with unexpected alkalosis.
von Vietinghoff, S. and Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 : 2569-2570. 9 August 2005
Lumpy jaw revisited.
von Vietinghoff, S. and Kettritz, U. and Fluegel, W. and Schneider, W. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 (4): 837-839. April 2005
Thyroid function and glomerular filtration - a potential for Grave errors.
Claus, T. and Elitok, S. and Schmitt, R. and Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 : 1002-1003. 1 January 2005
Where do we stand with renovascular hypertension?
Claus, T. and Schmitt, R. and Stabroth, C. and Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R. and Gross, C.M.
The impact of anaemia and kidney function in congestive heart failure and preserved systolic function.
Philipp, S. and Ollmann, H. and Schink, T. and Dietz, R. and Luft, F.C. and Willenbrock, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 : 915-919. 1 January 2005
A glowing report on dialysis.
Stabroth, C. and Luft, F.C.
Mapping a new suggestive gene locus for autosomal dominant nephrolithiasis to chromosome 9q33.2-q34.2 by total genome search for linkage.
Wolf, M.T. and Zalewski, I. and Martin, F.C. and Ruf, R. and Müller, D. and Hennies, H.C. and Schwarz, S. and Panther, F. and Attanasio, M. and Acosta, H.G. and Imm, A. and Lucke, B. and Utsch, B. and Otto, E. and Nuernberg, P. and Nieto, V.G. and Hildebrandt, F.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 20 (5): 909-914. 1 January 2005
Hard times with hard water.
Kettritz, R. and Pilz, B. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 19 (7): 1925-1927. 1 July 2004
The phosphorus connection - a puzzling business.
Birkenfeld, A.L. and Gollasch, M. and Goebel, U. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 19 (6): 1643-1645. 1 January 2004
Nephroquiz: Apricot urine in autumn.
Schmitt, R. and Hampich, F. and Luft, F.C.
Functional consequences of a novel uromodulin mutation in a family with familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy.
Tinschert, S. and Ruf, N. and Bernascone, I. and Sacherer, K. and Lamorte, G. and Neumayer, H.H. and Nuernberg, P. and Luft, F.C. and Rampoldi, L.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 19 (12): 3150-3154. 1 January 2004
Colchicum ad nauseum.
Kumar, A. and Elitok, S. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (10): 2197-2198. October 2003
A renal biopsy yields sight as well as insight.
Wernicke, D. and Schmidt-Ott, K. and Brasen, J.H. and Moeller, D.E. and Goebel, U.
Solving electrolyte disturbances with the Ehrlich reagent.
Schreiber, A. and Elitok, S. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (6): 1217-1219. June 2003
Myoglobinuria: round up more than the usual suspects.
Elitok, S. and Kettritz, U. and Braesen, J.H. and Kettritz, R.
Not so acute renal failure with crystals in the urine.
Dehmel, B. and Schneider, W. and Kettritz, R. and Luft, F.C.
A particularly private pain.
Goebel, U. and Kettritz, R. and Schneider, W. and Luft, F.C.
A strange case of hypokalaemia.
Brand, M. and Dehmel, B. and Cristow, S. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 17 : 297-299. 1 February 2002
In memoriam: A commentary on R. Bernd Sterzel.
Kerjaschki, D. and Kuntzendorf, U. and Luft, F.C. and Mann, J.F.E. and Murer, H. and Stahl, R. and Weber, M.
Renal anaemia of an unusual origin.
Koehler, M. and Schneider, W. and Goebel, U. and Kettritz, R.
Just another urinary tract infection?
Braesen, J.H. and Thiel, U. and Schneider, W. and Goebel, U.
G-protein beta3 subunit C825T genotype and nephropathy in diabetes mellitus.
Beige, J. and Ringel, J. and Distler, A. and Sharma, A.M.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 15 : 1384-1387. 1 September 2000
Physician-induced hypocalcaemia, nephrocalcinosis, and incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis.
Brindzjuk, M. and Krupp, G. and Kettritz, U. and Luft, F.C.
Evidence of further genetic heterogeneity in autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease.
Kroiss, S. and Huck, K. and Berthold, S. and Rueschendorf, F. and Scolari, F. and Caridi, G. and Ghiggeri, G.M. and Hildebrant, F. and Fuchshuber, A.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 15 (6): 818-821. 1 June 2000
The patient with low back pain and acute oliguric renal failure.
Woywodt, A. and Stabroth, C. and Kadow, K. and Krupp, G. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 15 : 544-546. 1 April 2000
A pain in the arm.
Kettritz, R. and Goebel, U. and Geipel, D. and Kettritz, R. and Schneider, W. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 14 : 1593-1594. 1 June 1999
A malignant 'incidentaloma' in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Juergensen, J.S. and Mueller, V. and Kettritz, U. and Woywodt, A. and Goebel, U. and Luft, F.C.
Near infra-red interactance for nutritional assessment of dialysis patients.
Kalantar-Zadeh, K. and Dunne, E. and Nixon, K. and Kahn, K. and Lee, G.H. and Kleiner, M. and Luft, F.C.
A modified quantitative subjective assesment of nutrition for dialysis patients.
Kalantar-Zadeh, K. and Kleiner, M. and Dunne, E. and Lee, G.H. and Luft, F.C.
Evaluating a critically ill patient with metabolic acidosis: the ifosfamide paradigm.
Lehrich, R.W. and Moll, S. and Luft, F.C.
Distinct regulation of IL-8 and MCP-1 by LPS and interferon-gamma-treated human peritoneal macrophages.
Bauermeister, K. and Burger, M. and Almanasreh, N. and Knopf, H.P. and Schumann, R.R. and Schollmeyer, P. and Dobos, G.J.
Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein is present in effluents of patients with Gram-negative and Gram-positive CAPD peritonitis.
Schaefer, K. and Schumann, R.R. and Stoeteknuel, S. and Schollmeyer, P. and Dobos, G.J.
Autosomal dominant hypertension with brachydactyly: an enigmatic form of monogenic hypertension.
Schuster, H.
Differentiating and proliferative effects of HGF in renal proximal tubular cells are mediated via different signalling pathways.
Stracke, S. and Ernst, F. and Jehle, D.R. and Grunewald, R.W. and Haller, H. and Keller, F. and Jehle, P.M.
Consider sarcoidosis in patients with nephrocalcinosis, even if the chest roentgenogram is normal.
Freitag, J. and Goebel, U. and Passfall, J. and Kettritz, U. and Schneider, W. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 12 : 2161-2165. 1 October 1997
Leukocyte infiltration and icam 1 expression in two kidney one clip hypertension.
Haller, H. and Park, J.K. and Dragun, D. and Lippoldt, A. and Luft, F.C.
Nontraumatic bilateral rupture of patellar tendons in a diabetic dialysis patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Kalantar-Zadeh, K. and Singh, K. and Kleiner, M. and Jarrett, M.P. and Luft, F.C.
Peritoneal leak and chronic pericardial effusion in a CAPD patient.
Naether, S. and Anger, H. and Koall, W. and Reis, A. and Mukhtar, B. and Grimm, C. and Drescher, J. and Osten, B.
Structural motifs of the pkd1 protein.
Lohning, C. and Pohlschmidt, M. and Glucksmannkuis, M.A. and Duyk, G. and Bork, P. and Schneider, M.O. and Reeders, S.T. and Frischauf, A.M.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 11 Suppl. : 2-4. 1 January 1996
An acid-base conundrum for a rainy afternoon.
Substitution of conventional cyclosporin with a new microemulsion formulation in renal transplant patients: results after 1 year.
Neumayer, H.H. and Faerber, L. and Haller, P. and Kohnen, R. and Maibuecher, A. and Schuster, A. and Vollmar, J. and Budde, K. and Waiser, J. and Luft, F.C.
Angiotensinogen gene M235T polymorphism is not associated with diabetic nephropathy.
Schmidt, S. and Giessel, R. and Bergis, K.H. and Strojek, K. and Grzeszcak, W. and Ganten, D. and Ritz, E. and Willms, B.H.L. and Petzold, R. and Henrichs, H.R. and Rambausek, M. and Schwarzbek, A. and Schneider, P. and Bosch, A.
Cellular effects of calcium channel blockers on vascular cells.
Haller, H.
Look who's talking - intracellular communication in chronic vascular disease.
Salt and hypertension: where things stand.
Light- chain-induced renal tubular acidosis: effect of sodium bicarbonate onsodium proton exchange.
Reusch, H.P. and Mann, J.F.E. and Mihatch, M.J. and Siffert, W. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 10 : 39-46. 1 January 1995
In vivo gene transfer: focus on the kidney.
Wagner, J. and Madry, H. and Reszka, R.
Association of M235T variant of the angiotensinogen gene with familial hypertension of early onset.
Schmidt, S. and Sharma, A.M. and Zilch, O. and Beige, J. and Walla-Friedel, M. and Ganten, D. and Distler, A. and Ritz, E.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 10 (7): 1145-1148. 1995
Hypercalcemia and sarcoidosis in an anephric dialysis patient.
Kalantar-Zadeh, K. and Neumayer, H.H. and Wuensch, P.H. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 9 : 829-831. 1 January 1994
How to grow a kidney: patient-specific kidney organoids come of age.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 32 (1): 17-23. January 2017
Balancing wobbles in the body sodium.
Titze, J. and Rakova, N. and Kopp, C. and Dahlmann, A. and Jantsch, J. and Luft, F.C.
Mineralocorticoid-receptor signalling in vascular smooth muscle.
Wu, J. and Luft, F.C.
Elevating nephrology to a 'stenting' specialty.
Salnik, G. and Poehls, C. and Krupp, G. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 15 (10): 1713. 1 October 2000
A man from Surinam..
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 13 : 2975-2976. 1 November 1998
Renal ammoniagenesis and tubulointerstitial injury in hypertension: reply.
Luft, F.C. and Haller, H.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 10 (12): 2373.. 1 January 1995
How calcineurin inhibitors cause hypertension.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 27 (2): 473-475. February 2012
EUNEFRON, the European Network for the Study of Orphan Nephropathies.
Devuyst, O. and Meij, I. and Jeunemaitre, X. and Ronco, P. and Antignac, C. and Christensen, E.I. and Knoers, N.V. and Levtchenko, E.N. and Deen, P.M. and Mueller, D. and Wagner, C.A. and Rampoldi, L. and van't Hoff, W.G.
The protean face of sarcoidosis revisited.
Kettritz, R. and Goebel, U. and Fiebeler, A. and Schneider, W. and Luft, F.
Blue acid blues.
Dreykluft, T. and Goebel, U. and Taveira, O. and Nuernberg, M. and Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 19 (10): 2668-2671. 1 October 2004
Pieces of the preeclampsia puzzle.
When should pregnant women with an elevated blood pressure be treated?
Homuth, V. and Dechend, R. and Luft, F.C.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (8): 1456-1457. 1 August 2003
Pre-eclampsia and the maternal cardiovascular risk.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 : 860-861. May 2003
A wretching business: 'how to get the most out of the numbers'.
Bieringer, M. and Kettritz, R.
Statins and angiotensin II-induced vascular injury.
Dechend, R. and Mueller, D. and Park, J.K. and Fiebeler, A. and Haller, H. and Luft, F.C.
Managing big issues on lean evidence: treating obesity hypertension.
Sharma, A.M. and Engeli, S.
Obesity as a risk factor in renal transplant patients.
Pischon, T. and Sharma, A.M.
Hormone replacement therapy and blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive women.
Sharma, A.M. and Homuth, V. and Luft, F.C.
Hypertensive nephrosclerosis - a cause of end-stage renal disease?
STOPPING at the CAPPP of good HOPE.
Blood pressure and salt and water- relevant genes.
Hypertension-induced renal injury - is mechanically mediated interstitial inflammation involved.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 10 : 9-11. 1 January 1995
Of savoury and less than savoury salty matterns.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 9 : 1531-1533. 1 January 1994
Genetics of primary hypertension.
Schmidt, S. and Ganten, D.


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Internet 'to make up 94% of all growth in adspend by 2020'
Internet and mobile mediums are to account for nearly all (94%) of all global adspend in the next three years, according to new research.
The data, from media agency Zenith indicates that Internet advertising's share of global adspend to continue to rise, reaching 40% in 2018 and 44% in 2020.
The Publicis-owned firm also said that adspend value will rise from US$203bn in 2017 to US$225bn in 2020 and in the most advanced markets (Sweden and the UK), it will account for more than 60% of total expenditure in 2018, and between 50% and 60% in another six markets (Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Norway and Taiwan).
Zenith believes the Internet will account for 94% of the growth in adspend between 2017 and 2020, shared between Google and Facebook, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent as these five platforms increased their share of global internet adspend from 61% to 72% between 2014 and 2016, and captured 83% of the growth in internet adspend over that time.
Lower growth overall
Zenith lowered its prediction for global advertising expenditure growth in 2018 to 4.1 percent to reach $578 billion by the end of the year, with marginal downgrades in North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific.
Zenith, owned by France's Publicis (PUBP.PA), had forecast a 2018 growth rate of 4.2 percent in September. It had also estimated 4 percent growth in 2017, down from 4.8 percent in 2016.
"We expect advertising expenditure to grow more slowly than the global economy as a whole out to 2020," Zenith said.
Breakdown by region
Zenith said that growth in North American advertising spending is being lifted by Canada's buoyant economy and is outpacing growth in Western and Central Europe.
Advertising expenditure was forecast to grow by 3.4 percent in North America in 2018, down from the 3.6 percent growth it forecast for 2017.
Zenith also lowered its forecast for Western and Central Europe to 1.7 percent this year from 3.9 percent last year, hit by a slowdown in the UK.
Political and economic uncertainty over Brexit have contributed to a sharp slowdown in British advertising spending, which Zenith expects to grow by only 0.7 percent this year, down from 9.6 percent in 2016.
Zenith reiterated that the United States, the world's largest economy, would be the leading contributor of $72 billion in advertising spending to the global market between 2017-2020, with China ranked second.
Internet giants fuel growth
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent also accounted for 54% of the growth in Internet adspend in China, while Google and Facebook accounted for 96% of the growth in the rest of the world and 76% of Internet adspend outside China in 2016.
It added that big cities are driving global adspend by concentrating growth in productivity, innovation and trade, with the top 10 cities alone contributing 12% of all global adspend growth this year, and that the top 725 will contribute 60%. From 2016 to 2019, adspend in New York will grow by US$1.4bn, while cities like Tokyo, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Houston, Dallas, Beijing, London and Chicago will grow by US$0.6bn.
"We are seeing a battle played out in business, marketing and media between big players and small players," said Vittorio Bonori, Zenith's global brand president. "Growth is coming from big countries and big cities, and being captured by big platforms. Brands should focus on upstream strategy, data-informed UX planning and downstream automation".
"Internet advertising is the biggest advertising medium in the world and the biggest driver of growth," added Jonathan Barnard, head of forecasting and director of global intelligence at Zenith. "Our unique research shows that brands are starting to use it effectively after struggling to adapt over the last few years."
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On a weekend in May 1995, John Cheeseman and I hired a truck and collected all of Street Level's assets and drove them to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Liverpool where they remain. It marked the end of Street Level's five-year period at 41 First Avenue Blacktown. It also initiated the third and final phase of Street Level as an artist-run initiative in Western Sydney.
This final phase was led by members Kathy Cleland and David Cranswick curating exhibitions and events across sites in Parramatta and the then-new Casula Powerhouse until 1998.
After the closure in 1983 of the Modern Art Gallery in Casula (run commercially by artist Alice Klaphake), there was no contemporary art space between Annandale and Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest in Emu Plains.
In 1988, the Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery came into operation, and Street Level was incorporated as a not-for-profit artist-run initiative, the first in Western Sydney. A part of Western Sydney University, it was established by about 30 former students of the Nepean College of the Arts, led by Katie Soady, Albertina Viegas, Diane Wallis and Atina Hrstic.
With funding from members and the Australia Council for the Arts, the new initiative rented a shopfront at 213 High Street Penrith, launching its first program in 1988 – an Albertina Viegas installation of bamboo and domestic implements as weapons evoking resistance and resilience in the face of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
From the outset, Street Level members wanted to connect the region to a network of artist-run initiatives nationally and internationally to engage with art and ideas. They also felt it was necessary to take up social issues of the time such as Aboriginal land rights, community television, the environment, vivisection, gay and lesbian equality and East Timorese independence. They tried new ways to present art to the community and to provide professional experience for artists and curators.
The second phase in Street Level's history was the collective's move to Blacktown. They leased a shopfront – a 'bunker' – with space to establish six artists' studios and a gallery. The collective immediately engaged with the local hip-hop scene. They set up a legal wall for graffiti writers and an exhibition called Thrill to Chill which commissioned new graffiti writers to paint the gallery walls.
The constantly changing legal wall outside, and a new exhibition/events program inside every two weeks, established a constant aesthetic dialogue on Australian hip-hop and visual arts.
Over time, Street Level was run by voluntary curators and artists developing over 200 exhibitions and events. By various ingenious means, they all activated a collective awareness of arts culture in Western Sydney.
By Kon Gouriotis
Text featured in the It's Our Thing exhibition catalogue, available online at www.issuu.com/blacktownartscentre or at Blacktown Arts Centre.
Exhibition | It's Our Thing: More History on Australian Hip-Hop
2 June – 6 August 2016 | Blacktown Arts Centre
Blacktown's influential role in the history of Australian hip-hop takes centrestage in a vibrant new exhibition. It's Our Thing revisits the emergence of this dynamic sub-culture in Blacktown in the 1990s and examines how the collaborative practices and styles of hip-hop culture influenced the work of contemporary artists Khaled Sabsabi and Minky Rawat. Sabsabi and Rawat present new and archival artworks, alongside works by some of the most iconic artists of the 20th century – Joseph Beuys, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Unique at Street Level, Blacktown, c.1992, photograph and collection of Kon Gouriotis
It's Timely Too
In 2014, Blacktown Arts Centre, in partnership with the Whitlam Institute, invited contemporary artists to examine the two iconic speeches Gough Whitlam delivered in Blacktown in 1972 and 1974, and to reflect on the ensuing cultural changes that completely transformed life in this country.
In 2016, during the 100th anniversary of Whitlam's birth, the exhibition It's Timely Too at The Lock-Up in Newcastle expands on the 2014 Blacktown exhibition, inviting local artists and one of the original Blacktown artists, to reflect on the influence of Whitlam's policies on their own lives and on regional centres such as Newcastle.
Hunter-based artist Shan Turner-Carroll explores themes of the human condition, spirituality, contentment and the search for a true self in his work.
For It's Timely Too, Shan has created self-portraits of a character who is veiled or hiding aspects of himself.
"The freedom that I have now to be who I am could have been a bit different without Whitlam's influence," Shan told curator Paul Howard in this video interview filmed in the cells at The Lock-Up.
By Paul Howard
Exhibition | It's Timely Too
25 June – 7 August 2016 | The Lock-Up
The Lock-Up is located at 90 Hunter St Newcastle
Open Wednesday to Saturday
For more information, go to www.thelockup.org.au.
Shan Turner-Carroll, Self Portrait, 2016


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Home » Home » Why Application Security Must Start with Software Composition Analysis
Why Application Security Must Start with Software Composition Analysis
August 1, 2019 Ron Rymon
If you were to protect your home against thieves, wouldn't you first close the main door? Vulnerabilities in open source components are the widest openings calling hackers to come in. Among all alternatives, detecting and fixing these vulnerabilities is easiest, and provides the highest ROI and fastest time-to-value.
In the past few years, it became clear that most dangerous breaches are made possible through security vulnerabilities in the application layer. (See for example reports by Verizon, Akamai, and Veracode). As a result, many CISOs turn their focus to securing their applications.
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There are many steps that need to be taken to prevent, or at least reduce the number and severity of security vulnerabilities in applications. It is, of course, best if vulnerabilities can be detected early on in the software development lifecycle ("shift left") because then the cost is the least. Education and code review play a key role here. However, since not all issues can be detected during the application development phase, it is common to run an application through a variety of application security testing gates before it is released (e.g., SAST, DAST, IAST), and possibly to wrap and protect it in a variety of ways (e.g., RASP, obfuscation). Post-release, one may further protect the application be verifying its inputs, protecting it against devastating surges, etc. (e.g., using WAFs, data filters, restricted communication, etc.)
But out of all approaches, there is one that is easiest, fastest, and provides the highest return, and that is Software Composition Analysis (SCA).
SCA is about identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in the open source libraries that are used in an application. Today's applications are essentially composed of hundreds of open source libraries that make up as much as 80% of the total code in the application. The rest is, of course, proprietary code that is developed specifically for the application at hand. As such, every vulnerability in an open source library that your developers use is de facto a vulnerability in your application.
So why should SCA be the first AppSec project to tackle? Here are some points to consider:
#1 Open Source Vulnerabilities are Public
Vulnerabilities in open source components are public, in some cases, it is easy to also find code that can exploit them. Therefore, exploiting open source vulnerabilities is the easiest way in for a hacker. Just like walking through the main door.
#2 Over 97% of Known Open Source Vulnerabilities Have a Fix
Vulnerabilities in open source components are often fixed immediately by the community, and therefore are often the easiest to fix. Just like closing the door, mind you.
#3 SCA Tools are Fast and Accurate
SCA tools, such as WhiteSource, automatically and accurately identify and alert about known vulnerabilities in open source libraries, and in most cases will also provide a remediation path. Fast, and easy.
#4 SCA Tools Integrate Seamlessly into Development Environments
SCA does not disrupt developers and the development process. SCA tools are precise, make fewer alerts, and unlike code analysis (SAST/DAST) techniques do not produce false positives that developers need to sift through. These are confirmed vulnerabilities, and a concrete fix is often already available. As such, they require the least effort, and only to the extent necessary.
#5 Vulnerabilities Prioritization is Key
SCA tools make it easy to prioritize alerts based on severity and the nature of the affected application. WhiteSource adds Effective Usage Analysis, allowing you to postpone treatment of vulnerabilities that are not actually reachable from your code and focus on what really matters.
#6 Shift Left Open Source Vulnerabilities Management
SCA shifts left treatment of vulnerabilities, as well as other compliance and quality issues. For example, WhiteSource provides a tool that would alert a developer that a particular open source library is faulty even before it was first downloaded and effort was invested in integrating it.
So when considering how to best secure your applications, make sure to first close the door. Do yourself a favor and start with SCA. It's just the most logical thing to do.
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Nordic and Baltic ministers welcome NIB's Covid-19 response – approve 2019 results, dividend
The Board of Governors of NIB approved the annual report and audited financial statements of the Bank at its annual meeting on 26 May 2020. The Board of Governors consists of ministers of finance, industry, business and economic affairs in NIB's Nordic and Baltic owner countries.
As the Bank's capital base and financial performance remain strong, the Governors approved the payment of EUR 45 million in dividends to the member countries. However, next year the Board of Governors will consider not to pay any dividends.
NIB's mission is to provide long-term loans for projects that improve productivity and benefit the environment. In 2019, NIB agreed 55 loans and invested in nine green bonds, amounting to a total of EUR 3,316 million (EUR 4,330 million in 2018). The profit for the year amounted to EUR 182 million.
On 27 March, the Governors urged NIB to support member states' businesses to the widest extent possible to overcome the crisis. Since then, the Bank has substantially increased its lending and has thus far signed Covid-19 mitigation loans with the three Baltic countries. NIB is prepared to further increase lending to the Nordic-Baltic region and has issued a EUR 1 billion and a SEK 4 billion Response Bonds.
At the yearly meeting, the Governors also considered the recent developments concerning the coronavirus pandemic, and its effects on the economic outlook.
"NIB has responded swiftly in the corona crisis and to the invitation by the member countries to increase financing in these difficult circumstances. The reflection on not to pay any dividends next year if the crisis continues is part of our will to maximise the Bank's response to the crisis and to show our strong support," says Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance of Iceland and Chair of the Bank's Board of Governors.
The Board of Governors appointed Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance of Lithuania and the Governor for Lithuania, as its Chair for the period between 1 June 2020 and 31 May 2021.
To learn more about NIB's activities in 2019, please visit our year.
Download the NIB Financial Report 2019 (PDF)
NIB is an international financial institution owned by eight member countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The Bank finances private and public projects in and outside its member countries. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
Mr Henrik Normann, President & CEO, at +358 10 618 001, info@nib.int
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Fares Sabawi, Digital Journalist
Published: June 17, 2021, 1:07 PM
Tags: ERCOT, Energy, Texas, Greg Abbott
Gov. Abbott said reforms fixed ERCOT's flaws. Why is the Texas power grid struggling?
ERCOT said grid's reliability still 'strong' despite call for conservation
Electrical power lines near the Sand Hill Energy Center in Dell Valle on March 24, 2020.
SAN ANTONIO – On June 8, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared his confidence in the bills he signed to reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) after a power shortage led to outages that lasted for days amid freezing temperatures and killed at least 151 people.
"Bottom line is that everything that needed to be done was done to fix the power grid in Texas," Abbott said.
Less than one week later, ERCOT notified that Texans that due to tight grid conditions, they would need to reduce electric use to avoid the potential of rolling outages.
What went wrong? Abbott says the reforms haven't had the time to take effect. But one energy expert says the legislation did not do enough to address problems in the state's energy market, leading to concerns that ERCOT could be forced to mandate outages once again during the peak of summer temperatures.
What the legislation does
In the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri in February, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 3, which required power plants and transmission lines to weatherize equipment in cases of extreme weather, both hot and cold. The law also allows for fines against companies that don't comply with the mandate.
Gas facilities that are deemed "critical" by lawmakers must follow the requirement, while other fuel facilities do not have to weatherize.
Along with the mandate, the law also establishes a statewide emergency alert system and mandates more communication between participants who generate and distribute power.
Another law signed by Abbott, Senate Bill 2, changes how ERCOT is governed, giving lawmakers more say in determining who will sit on the grid's board.
Where reforms fall short, according to an energy expert
"There are three dimensions to keeping the lights on. There's supply, demand and transmission," said Daniel Cohan, an associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University. "The Legislature only addressed one of those dimensions (supply), and they only issued halfway measures to shore it up."
Cohan said in an interview with KSAT 12 that mandating weatherization for power generators is an important step in shoring up reliability during a winter storm. However, there is nothing in the new reforms will lead to a growth in supply, which becomes more necessary as Texas' population continues to grow, according to Cohan.
"Electricity demand has been growing faster in Texas than almost anywhere else in the country," Cohan said.
Because Texas' energy market is deregulated, companies decide when to build new power plants. In other states, state public utility commissions decide how much new power is needed.
"We don't have that central planning to be sure that we have as much as we need," Cohan said.
That's why other states do not generally have outages as often as Texas has had this past year, Cohan said. And because Texas is on its own grid, it cannot import energy from plants in neighboring states like the other two grids that make up the rest of the contiguous United States.
Summer outlook
In a media call on Monday, ERCOT officials said that several unexpected power plant outages led to Monday's conservation call, which is in effect until Friday.
Roughly 12,000 megawatts of generation were offline on Monday, enough to power more than two million homes in summer heat.
Officials, however, would not go into further detail about the causes of the outages.
"We're left completely in the dark as to which coal and gas plants are down and why," Cohan said.
The way it stands, ERCOT's contingency plan is thin, Cohan said. So the grid can handle slow winds — which decreases the output of wind energy — or some power plant outages, but it cannot handle both.
"They weren't ready for two or three things to go badly at once, which is just an inadequate way to prepare for extreme events," Cohan said.
Though this week's temperatures were above average throughout most of the state of Texas, conditions can get more extreme as it gets closer to summer's peak temperatures in July and August. The grid conditions don't "bode well" for Texas, Cohan said.
ERCOT and Abbott attempted to downplay concerns, stating that the grid's reliability is still "strong" despite the conservation notice, but Cohan still had his concerns.
"This is the sort of weather that a well-functioning Texas power grid should have no trouble meeting," Cohan said. "These shouldn't be such close calls."
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Today is Clean Monday in Greece and we previously posted some traditional dishes. In addition to the dishes, it is traditional to eat a special type of bread called Lagana, which is flat and hasn't risen as much as normal bread. Usually people buy it from the bakers on Clean Monday, but you can also prepare it yourself. The photos show the Lagana we made this morning, fresh out of the oven!
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in 200 ml tepid water.
Sift the all-purpose and strong flour together into a mixing bowl so that they are mixed together.
Create a dip in the centre of the flour gradually add the solution with yeast and sugar.
Use a wooden spoon to lightly cover the solution in the centre with flour.
Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes, to let the yeast solution rise.
After this time you should see some bubbles in the centre, indicating that the yeast has been activated.
Add enough tepid water to make a pliable dough, not too sticky, similar to that for normal bread.
Transfer the dough to a working surface and knead very well for about 15 minutes.
Put back in the mixing bowl and let it rest for no more than 15 minutes in a warm place, because we don't want the dough to rise as bread does.
Place greaseproof paper in 2 shallow oven dishes, approx. 40cm x 30cm.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds in each of the dishes.
Divide the dough into 2 and place in the 2 dishes, shaping it and pressing it flat on top of the sesame seeds.
Sprinkle 2 more tablespoons of sesame seeds on top of each one and press into the dough.
Set aside the 2 dishes in a warm place for 20 minutes, to rise.
Lightly press your fingers into the dough to leave small imprints all over the top (see photo).
Bake in a pre heated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes or until golden colour.
That sounds delicious and don't think I've had this. Is it similar to pita bread?
So strange! Yesterday for Valentine's Day hubby pulled out the stops and made the one dish that he's excellent at... an Italian dish (he's Irish, but can give an Italian a run for his or her money LOL!). However, your recipe for Lagana Bread (and the picture itself) makes me hungry again! You wouldn't happen to know how many calories are in a serving would you?? I'm counting calories and it's working like a charm, but that sure looks yummy!
@Poetic Shutterbug - no, it's not really like pitta bread, it's basically a 'flat' bread, because it hasn't been allowed to rise as much as normal. It's only produced and eaten 1 day every year in Greece - Clean Monday. By the way, it's really delicious with Gigantes (Butterbeans Plaki)!
@Diane - I'm afraid we're not at all calorie counters! I'll see if I can get the information, but to be honest we never think about calories, so perhaps we're not the best people to ask! I'll try and check it out anyway.
Well, after seeing the ingredients I think I can cook this one here in the Philippines.
I'll try to make this one for my family. They will love this for sure.
Traditional Lagana is yeast free, I'm hunting high and low for that one recipe, thanks all the same.


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Q: How to get a String variable's value from VSCode's Watch window? I can't quite believe I'm having to ask this, but how do I obtain the full value of a String variable in the Watch window in VSCode?
From here:

I'm trying to get the multi-line string that I can see in the tooltip into my clipboard.
EDIT: If I expand out the treeview of values here in the Watch window, I can see deeper levels of the variable's object hierarchy.  As suggested in ChatterOne's original answer, I could have copied the values from "primitive" types from the rght-clck context menu, however, this value is awkwardly a String type, so isn't working in the same way as primitives would.  As shown here:

Note that only the lowest level (fullExceptionString.value[0]) has the copy value context menu item, but it's greyed out here, and I wanted the entire string not individual chars.

A: I'm a bit late to this but you can try putting this in the variable watch
*(char (*)[3091])variableName

A: That's because you're selecting an expression with nested values.
If you right-click on anything "below" that (meaning in the same tree) but with a primitive value (meaning not nested), you'll see a copy value menu entry.
What you want is probably in the value entry. Expand that and right-click on the entry for which you need to copy the value.

A: A workaround I found is to cast variable in Watch pane:
e.g. Type in "(char *)variableName" instead of "variableName".
It is annoying but works.

A: Perhaps, you may copy/paste the output to any JSON formatter to work with your data.
In a debug console: copy(JSON.stringify(yourVarialbeHere));
I tope it helps.

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What Foods Can I Eat on a Ketogenic Diet?
In the past when I answered this question, I just linked to the infamous "Dr Eric Westman's Page 4" list but as someone pointed out to me last week, that list is no longer available on Scribd where it has been for years. A stunning loss to the Ketogenic world! However, I kept a copy in my personal notes so we are golden. I will not be copy and pasting his list here just because it is his list and I'm not sure how Dr Westman would feel about me just repeating his list here but I can assure you that all the information below is very similar to his list but just redone in my own words so as not to step on anyone's copyright toes. Plus, let's be honest, a list of keto friendly foods is pretty easy to come up with. Eat fatty meats, green leafy veggies and some full fat dairy. You can see my recipes at MySugarFreeJourney.com/Recipes.
Your diet is to be made up exclusively of foods and beverages from the following list.
No more than 20 grams of carbs a day.
– 5 grams or less for vegetables.
All food may be cooked in a microwave oven, baked, boiled, stir-fried, sautéed, roasted, fried (with no flour, breading, or cornmeal), or grilled.
Lamb, veal, or other meats.
Up to 4 ounces a day.
Brie, Camembert blue, mozzarella, Gruyere, cream cheese, goat cheeses.
Avoid processed cheeses, such as Velveeta.
Check the label; carbohydrate count should be less than 1 gram per serving.
Up to 2 tablespoons a day.
Duke's and Hellmann's are low-carb.
Check the labels of other brands.
Olives (Black or Green): – Up to 6 a day.
Lemon/Lime Juice: Up to 2 teaspoonfuls a day.
Mt. Olive makes sugar-free pickles.
On this diet, no sugars (simple carbohydrates) and no starches (complex carbohydrates) are eaten. The only carbohydrates encouraged are the nutritionally dense, fiber-rich vegetables listed.
If you feel the need to eat or drink something sweet, you should select the most sensible alternative sweetener(s) available.
Olive oil is recommended for cold dressings.
Avoid margarine and other hydrogenated oils that contain trans fats – they are not healthy.
For salad dressings, the ideal dressing is a homemade oil-and-vinegar dressing, with lemon juice and spices as needed.
Avoid "lite" dressings, because these commonly have more carbohydrate.
Natural unprocessed fats, in general, are important to include, because they taste good and make you feel full.
You are therefore permitted the fat or skin that is served with the meat or poultry that you eat, as long as there is no breading on the skin.
Do not attempt to follow a low-fat diet!
Eat when you are hungry; stop when you are full.
The diet works best on a "demand feeding" basis—that is, eat whenever you are hungry; try not to eat more than what will satisfy you.
Learn to listen to your body. A low-carbohydrate diet has a natural appetite-reduction effect to ease you into the consumption of smaller and smaller quantities comfortably.
Do not eat everything on your plate just because it's there. On the other hand, don't go hungry!
You are not counting calories. Enjoy losing weight comfortably, without hunger or cravings.
It is recommended that if you are hungry you start your day with a nutritious low-carbohydrate meal.
Note that many medications and nutritional supplements need to be taken with food at each meal, or three times per day.
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Attention General Counsel: Do You Know Your DDoS from Your APT?
Companies that read the news understand that it is not a question of "if" their networks will be attacked, it is a question of "when." What can be less clear in an organization is who owns protecting against a cyber attack, who needs to be informed once an attack is detected and who drives the response and mitigation process.
The Office of the General Counsel should be proactive in helping the organization navigate this treacherous domain, working closely with the IT team and the company's leadership.
Some business teams might think that if the IT department understands the difference between a DDoS (distributed denial of service) and an APT (advanced persistent threat) attack, that is sufficient. I disagree. IT teams are often working tirelessly to keep the networks running with the speed and functionality demanded by the business.
However, protecting against an attack can require that the IT department put in place safeguards that directly contradict many IT departments' charters: enabling fast and flexible networks. Some IT folks feel conflicted about whether they should prioritize security over functionality, especially when the business is screaming for more functionality.
An enlightened IT team may adopt a security initiative on its own volition, but IT will need support from the broader business leadership to make this initiative successful. As corporate counsel, we should not wait for our IT department to prioritize and propose mitigation for cybersecurity risk.
We also shouldn't beat them up for not having it done already. The Office of the General Counsel should bring IT to the table and help them be successful in this critical risk-management initiative, for all the reasons we help our clients anticipate, understand and mitigate other important business and legal risks.
We need to understand the IT jargon, educate ourselves on the risk and determine how we raise awareness and effectively champion the security cause within our organizations, partnering with and supporting IT.
Mike Tyson is reputed to have said: "Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face." People behave unexpectedly in moments of crisis and when they feel threatened. A perfectly rational helpdesk operator may panic and raise issues to all the wrong people when a critical system appears to be down or when a security vulnerability appears to be exploited.
Without clear (preferably written) guidance on who your incident response team is, and how to contact them in the middle of the night, you never know who a good corporate citizen might contact. Or worse. They might not call anyone and allow the attack to persist.
As any good general counsel and crisis manager can attest, informing the business early and often regarding who to call if there appears to be an attack can help ensure, and expedite, the appropriate response. Identify your incident response team, including outside advisors you might need to engage, publish their numbers internally and train – early and often.
We have read the news, time and time again. A breach followed by a lawsuit. Lawyers who are paying attention understand that cybersecurity risk management is a legal concern, and not just IT's problem. So… who is the commander-in-chief when the inevitable occurs?
There is no one-size fits all answer, but the incident response team needs to identify this person immediately (ideally in advance of an incident, such as in the incident response plan documents) and allow them to coordinate the response efforts according to the plan. In addition, this leader needs to know when to involved counsel. The answer could be that counsel is involved in any potential security breach incident, or it could be that the leader uses his or her well-informed discretion.
I opt for the former approach, unless circumstances mandate otherwise. Preserving evidence or identifying the perpetrator may require that IT does things that are counter-intuitive for some IT professionals. The incident response leader also needs to ensure the team is being mindful of legal obligations that are triggered by some breaches, including breach notification requirements and contractual obligations.
Counsel should be working closely with IT as the organization determines the action it will take in the moments, hours, days and weeks after a breach.
The Office of the General Counsel should become as conversant with its IT staff as it is with its board. It is always better to be proactive in developing these relationships with IT so that you have context for each other (and all the acronyms and jargon we all use) before an incident is discovered.
For example, the general counsel should know what the 20 critical security controls are for an effective cyber defense, and so should her team. The general counsel should know how many of those controls are implemented by your company, and how mature your security posture is in IT, R&D and other key areas of the organization. Follow the recent developments in the FTC v. Wyndham case, to understand the standards to which an organization will be held if there is a security breach.
One of the best parts of serving as General Counsel is knowing who in the organization is doing what and connecting with the organization's critical talent. This will also enable you to know who you can call in the middle of the night when you need to take care of the business.
Board Dynamics: Do BoDs Understand the Impact of Cyber Attacks?


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Tiny Buddha (« petit bouddha » en anglais) est un site web de bien-être créé par Lori Deschene en 2009. Le slogan du site est « sagesse simple pour vies complexes ». Tiny Buddha propose des articles mis à jour quotidiennement, citations inspirantes, images, et propose aussi un forum. Tiny Buddha est consulté dans plusieurs pays dans le monde, principalement en Amérique du Nord et est actif sur les médias sociaux tels que Facebook, Google+ et Twitter.

Histoire

Avant de commencer Tiny Buddha, la fondatrice Lori Deschene a passé plus d'une décennie aux prises avec la boulimie, la dépression et le dégoût de soi résultant d'un traumatisme de l'enfance et harcèlement.

Après un traitement intensif et de multiples hospitalisations, elle a minimisé ses habitudes autodestructrices, mais se sentait encore submergé par la honte. Elle a déménagé tout autour des États-Unis dans une tentative de dépasser sa douleur, mais celle-ci la suivait partout.

Lori se trouvait à New York vivant seule dans un building pour faibles revenus. Sans amis, sans respect de soi, sans argent, ni perspectives d'emploi, elle était à son plus bas, jusqu'à ce qu'elle trouve cette citation : « La vie est 10% ce qui vous arrive et 90% comment vous réagissez à elle ». Cela a changé son point de vue sur elle-même et ses circonstances, lui permettant de se rendre compte ce qui n'allait pas dans sa vie et ce qu'elle pourrait améliorer à l'avenir . Avec cet état d'esprit bien ancré, elle décide de faire du volontariat dans un studio de yoga locale en échange de cours gratuits. Cela lui a donné un sens et l'a aidée à retrouver le calme mental.

Plusieurs années plus tard, après avoir déménagé en Californie, Lori a réalisé qu'elle voulait réutiliser son ancienne expérience de la douleur pour aider les autres à s'en sortir. Elle a compris le pouvoir de guérison de partager les expériences et connaissances, de façon authentique et vulnérable, et savait qu'un site web avec ce but pourrait aider les lecteurs à se sentir moins seuls avec leurs problèmes et à pouvoir les surmonter

Quand elle a lancé Tiny Buddha en , le site publiait chaque jour un billet de blog et une citation. Depuis, le site s'est étoffé pour inclure un forum de communauté et une collection d'images et des vidéos.

Livres et applications
En , Conari Press a publié le premier livre de Lori Deschene Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions, ce qui inclut une collection de tweets de la communauté de Tiny Buddha. Deux ans plus tard, en , Conari publié le deuxième livre de Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself, qui comprend 40 histoires de membres de la communauté de Tiny Buddha. En , Harper One a acheté les droits pour le troisième livre collaboratif de Tiny Buddha, 365 Tiny Love Challenges by Tiny Buddha, qui est prévue pour une sortie a .

En , la première application iPhone Tiny Bouddha, Love (amour) par Tiny Buddha lancé au n° 9 dans le magasin iTunes.

 Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions (Conari Press, 2009) -
 Petit Bouddha pour apprendre à s'aimer : 40 façons de transformer votre critique intérieur et votre vie (Vareness, 2014) -
 365 Tiny Love Challenges by Tiny Buddha (HarperOne Publishing, 2015) -

Articles Liés
 Pleine conscience
 Spiritualité
 Sagesse

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Tiny Buddha Site officiel

Site web américain
Site web en anglais
Site web sur la société

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The final season of "Game of Thrones" is almost here and the hype is skyrocketing, with fans from all over the globe theorizing and taking wild guesses about what is going to happen in the finale.
Only the HBO crew and the cast know the truth, as the tv show is known to stray from the series of books by George R. R. Martin they are based on, "A Song Of Ice And Fire".
Among those lucky people is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who tried very hard to keep the conversation spoiler free during his appearance on talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to promote "Game of Thrones" on Tuesday night.
The Danish actor, 48, who plays Jaime "The Kingslayer" Lannister on the show, jokingly dodged host Jimmy Kimmel's questions and said the finale is "sad-isfying".
The two then addressed some of the "wildest" fan theories that can be found on Game of Thrones fan pages and forums around the internet, such as Jaime ending up killing his twin sister and lover Cersei, the Starks being the direct descendants of the Night Walkers and Jon Snow becoming the Night King, to which the actor responded with a shocked "How?!".
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also remembered the moment when he finished reading the script of this final season and was so struck that he decided to write to creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to congratulate them.
"Game of Thrones" is coming back on Sunday, April 14, 2019, on HBO.