Yours latest stable MULTIPE is really outstanding. Because i have configured it to allocate as little RAM as possible when XP source have been selected, i could use it with NVDA even with The system which have been equipped with only 256 MB of RAM. And i could perform my favourite chkdsk /f /r c: Command. But i have one very, very big plea to You.
Would You try to release new MULTIPE version, which would enable me to use modern harddisks connected to The main board by using SATA controllers?
I Am afraid, that current MULIPE do not contain The necessary mass storage drivers, so eventhough many SATA drivers are being provided, it is not enough to make modern harddisks recognisable by The NT kernel when booting live CD based on XP source.
Or, there is second possibility, script for adding SATA drivers must be chosen by Winbuilder context menu.
It would be gread, if support of modern harddisks would be possible at least like a choice from some Winbuilder script.
What do You think about my plea?
I can not help myself, but classic explorer.exe from XP is The best tool for blind users to browse files of The corrupted systems. And because UI automation do not have to be used by screen reader to get necessary information about chosen file or folder, browsing by communicating with syslistwiev32 class name without UI automation is really much more faster. I also love detailed list style of Windows Explorer from Windows XP.
I can not modify LX155 which You have made to run faster to use NVDA.
I can never get NVDA to work and combining scripts from MULTIPE with LXP155 which You have redesign to work faster can not be simply used.
I can not combine myself The necessary scripts to enable support of modern harddisks.
Thank You very much for Yours help and answers.
Some smaller bugs are fixed which could become active in the first builds.
The project is closed now.
Following the fact that WinBuilder 8x is no longer supported, also multiPE support ended.
Bah, WinBuilder 2015 doesn't even boot for me on 50% of machines I try it on (says it can't find the boot drive or something), where-as old WinBuilder projects were usually very reliable.
It was only a quick joke for Peter.
that both mean "disimprovement" or "worsening" , but it has somehow the meaning that it is the result of someone attempting (often with good will, and in good faith) to improve something, but failing at it and thus make it worse than before.
I'm not sure whether you want to get help, or just complain?
"I've tried every variation" is just a non-constructive complain giving no chance to help. Please enum the hundreds of variations you tried.
It is not wise to want to have allways the latest version of an application, independent of you want to fix an issue of the current install.
Why using v78 when v77 fullfills your requirements?
How many machines do not boot with WB 2015? What's the type of the test machines? MBR or GPT? BIOS or EFI?
Please give an usable table wich can help to find the common property prohibiting a regular boot.
BTW: "Winbuilder 2015" has no logical connection to the current topic.
@Wonko: w/o more information I have no opinion whether v78 is a Verschlimmbesserung.
(Google translates to nonsens. It cannot solve the "hast" related to two items.
The sence: You are right and I relax.
Ummm, neither? I'm mainly reporting the problems I had, in the hope that (1) it might be useful to you or others, (2) I thought you might like to know about problems with it (whether or not development has stopped - maybe you'll want to revert to v77?), and (3) the small hope you might be able to suggest something or possibly even do something.
"I've tried every variation" is just a non-constructive complain giving no chance to help. :whistling: Please enum the hundreds of variations you tried.
I didn't take any notes, and I didn't think it would be helpful anyhow since I was just making wild guesses. It would be better if I could somehow identify where it was BSODing, and then work backwards to the cause, but I don't know how to do that unless Windows is booting off a HD (and so has a permanent log file).
My comment was merely meant to indicate that I'd made "reasonable effort" to get it to work, and had run out of ideas.
I hadn't used any version until I tried it this week. v78 was the first version I tried, and it didn't work. In desperation I tried v77, and that worked straight away to my surprise.
The latest version isn't always NECESSARY, but it is NICE to have the latest version, especially since it may fix various bugs.
The connection seems logical to me, since you said "Following the fact that WinBuilder 8x is no longer supported, also multiPE support ended." As far as I am aware, WB 8x was discontinued in favour of WB 2015.
I never intended to derail the thread with WB 2015 discussion, so I won't elaborate further.
Edited by cluecop, 22 June 2016 - 05:52 PM.
Appearently it depends on my bad English, that on your first post got the impression, that you are a "professional complainer".
Your last post changed my opinion.
Currently I have only one idea, why v78 boot failes, while v77 is ok: Maybe it is a corrupted (upload >>) download.
I'm going to check next week.
Sorry for my wrong assumption.
P.S. The account verification emails NEVER arrive at GMail addresses (I tried tens of times), but some other email providers are OK. I guess that there is some problem with your email server, which causes GMail to be 100% certain it's spam. From a quick check: Your "reboot.pro" domain name has *no* MX records, so likely GMail considers your email server as unauthorised, and so rejects emails automatically.
Edited by cluecop, 08 August 2016 - 07:15 PM.
I am Rinxero , a newbie from Paris FRance.
I use a Laptop ASUS F5SL ( 2007) with Windows Visa SP2 and Java JRE6.
As my laptop dont offer the Image recovery capabiliy, I am using Image XML software.
Now in case of my laptop crash , to reload he XML Image, I need to have a windows recovery DVD.
To accomodate my Windows Vista, i have tried to dowload he winbuilder VistaPE on my laptop but it doesnoit work.
I also noticed that multiPE is the first WinBuilder project which builds a PE from XP, Win2003, Vista and Win7 sources.
"This track is based on PE3 environnment, and will use a Windows TM Win7 CD. It builds the PE from source CD Only ".
Those 2 statements are antagonist.
Does it need Windows TM Win7 CD. or Windows Vista that my lapop is running on?
I am using the WinBuilder 082.
Many thanks for those who can confirm to me a i can run WinBuilder 082. on my ASUS laptop?
Another question: should i leave the default menu as set or any particular changes?
The multi-PE was developed to be used on (and for) XP,Vista and 7.
It is entirely possible that in some later versions there is a "pre-set" for Windows 7, but that is not relevant, the scripts should work just fine.
The issue is, if I understand you correctly, different, most (if not all) Winbuilder projects (including I believe the multi-PE) need as "source" an actual "source", in the form of a "standard" install CD or DVD (or of an .iso image of them).
If you do not have an "original" and "standard" Vista installation disc (DVD) or an image of it, you miss the actual "source".
In many cases, particularly OEM laptops (such as Asus), never shipped with a "standard" DVD, in some cases you could create an "install" DVD by using a specific OEM program, but often this was not a "standard" install DVD but rather a "recovery" system (such non-standard sources are unsupported, in some cases - but not always - it is possible to recreate a "simil-standard" source, but it involves usually a lot of work).
which can restore the images just fine.
So, if you miss the "source" and you just want a "recovery media" the Linux Live CD is good enough (and fast enough to "build").
As a side note, please remember that DriveImageXML makes images of "drives" (please read as "volumes") and NOT of "disks" (or physicaldrives or "the whole thing") so, while it is always possible to recreate it from scratch, a good idea is to have a backup of the MBR (Master Boot Record or first absolute sector of the disk) besides the DriveImageXML image(s).
THank you so much for your prompt and detailled answer that is enlightening for me.
Just for clarity sake, underneath some extracts from the links you provided, that confirms that in the case of my laptop failure or corruption , i cannot restart with the C drive infected and therefore i need a Windows Preinstallation Environment" different from Windows on C, that will allow me to restaure a DiveimageXML of my whole system including OS windows, Drivers and all personnal medias.
This is the reason why , still from the description provided by WinPE link underneath , in undersand that PE is the solution to the limitation of my Vista edition.
"DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives.
Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. "
"Microsoft's WinPE is a stripped down version of Windows, capable of running from a boot CDs or a USB stick. Its name stands for "Windows Preinstallation Environment". It is used as an installation platform for OEM/Enterprise customers.
WinPE does not require a hard drive to boot, it can run solely from a CD or a USB stick using the memory for dynamic data. This feature makes WinPE appealing for data recovery and system maintenance purposes. In fact, you can run our software from such a boot medium. Since the primary purpose of WinPE is to install Windows, you can expect most hardware to be supported."
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"The most compelling benefit of WinPE is that you can run our data recovery software on the affected computer without interfering with the hard drive you want to recover data from. Remember, if you want to recover data you must not write anything to the affected drive, leaving you in trouble if the drive in question was the system (C:) drive. With a bootable CD or USB stick containing our plugin you can recover your data without installing a new operating system."
Do a data recovery with GetDataBack without having to install a complete Windows operating system. Boot from a CD-ROM or USB stick and run the data recovery entirely from there using the RAM for dynamic data. Copy the recovered data to another hard drive or - if you have network access enabled - to a network destination.
Edit your hard drive with DiskExplorer. Have unlimited access to any area on any of your drives. For example, after booting from the medium you can let DiskExplorer overwrite your whole drive with zeros.
Easily make an image of a drive, locally or through the network.
Use a boot medium and restore your system drive from a backup with DriveImage XML.
1)"This said, you don't normally need any "particular" PE to run Image XML, I believe you are referring to this one, DriveIMageXML:".
As mentioned above "Use a boot medium and restore your system drive from a backup with DriveImage XML"
What is the other way than PE to reload Driveimage XML in case of C Sysem drive corruption???
2) "As a matter of fact they link to Winbuilder based projects that are more up-to-date and that use as source more common (nowadays) OS's, 7, 8 and 10:".
Does it mean that I would not be able to use the PE built with vista to restore Driveimage XML ? If this is the case it contradicts :"Use a boot medium and restore your system drive from a backup with DriveImage XML." ? What would be the interest of Winbuilder for Vista then ?
Thanks for the advise on new Backup function Knoppix-Based Runtime Live CD. This is new to me and i need to look into it.
3)"As a side note, please remember that DriveImageXML makes images of "drives" (please read as "volumes") and NOT of "disks" (or physicaldrives or "the whole thing") so, while it is always possible to recreate it from scratch, a good idea is to have a backup of the MBR (Master Boot Record or first absolute sector of the disk) besides the DriveImageXML image(s)."
a) What is the difference betwwen "Drives" (as volume ) and "Physical Drives"( As disks)? Not clear at all !!! Through my Image backup ( DriveimageXML ) i want to back up the overall drives or Volumes of the Whole LAPTOP. Wouldnt DriveimageXML just do that and the whole laptop???
Doesnt drive image XML comprise MBR (Master Boot Record or first absolute sector of the disk)?
a) a "Recovery DVD ASUSTeK Computer inc" With the indication " N2496 EN/FR/SP/CS/CT V1.3 15G356031002 Windows Vista"
B)"F5 Driver & Utility Ver 1.0 F5SL N2631 A5G356219100" " This disc supports Windows Vista 32 Bit Only"
Do you think that they dont comprises the Sandard Windows Install DVD but hat they are the recovery DVD. In which case "it is possible to recreate a "simil-standard" source, but it involves usually a lot of work)" means that i would have to give up this Win Builder solution as i am not IT literate?
Again , many thanks Wonko for any complementary reactions, explanations and advises you will be able to give.
Dont' worry, you are not the first one confused about the whole stuff and with the terminology used (which often is confusing).
Simplified (but not much) what you see in the rows of Disk Manager (named as Disk0, Disk 1, etc.) are "disks".
What you see inside the rows are "partitions" (parts of the disks) that contain "volumes". or "drives", i.e. what get a "drive letter" and you normally access in Explorer.
3) one (or more) partition(s), a partition (if of the type primary) is to all the practical effects the same thing as a "volume" or a "drive", whilst a partition (of the type "extended") may contain one or more such "volumes" or "drives".
The MBR (Master Boot Record) contains some code and a "partition table" where the addresses of the partitions (that as said are either a "drive" or contain "drives") are located.
The DriveImageXML is intended to save/backup the "drive" (which for all practical purposes you can think as the "whatever gets a drive letter in Explorer"), i.e. items in #3 above only.
#2 and #4 are normally unused and not useful anyway and there is no reason to save/backup them normally.
#1 is instead useful and necessary in a "total" recovery (also sometimes referred to as "bare metal" recovery).
Though it is perfectly possible to re-create the MBR from scratch, using the information contained in the images of the drives, it is not intuitive/easy, particularly in a situation where the user is already stressed by the malfunctioning that led to the need for restoring the backup images. so it is advised to make a copy of it anf keep it together with the saved image(s) of the drive(s), as it costs nothing to do such a copy when creating the backup and having it saves time when/if there is a need for restoring and - for *whatever reasons* - the MBR has been deleted or was corrupted.
2) the disk drive (the device) is malfunctioning and you need to replace it and restore to the new device the contents from the backups.
In case #1 the image(s) taken with DriveImageXML is/are all is needed.
In case #2 the image(s) taken with DriveImageXML need to be integrated by a newly made or restored MBR.
Since it costs nothing (or next to nothing) to make a copy of the MBR, it is a good idea to make one, even if it will be never used.
don't be misled by the name, it is a plain simple tool useful to save (and restore) a MBR, you want to run it and make a copy of the first sector of the PhysicalDrive (the disk), then save it to a file. You can make sure to select the right PhysicalDrive# (it will very likely be 0, as in a laptop there is usually only a single disk) by checking in Disk Manager, the disk 0 is PhysicalDrive0, the disk 1 is PhysicalDrive1, etc.).
Back to the main "Winbuilder", the idea is to create a Windows PE from a "source" install DVD.
The install DVD means a "standard" install DVD from Microsoft or an image of it (.iso), the *need* for an original install DVD is only because the Winbuilder projects are an automated way to create the PE, and it wouldn't be practical/feasible to adapt the project .scripts to each and every slightly different DVD made by OEM's (historically the worst nightmares were the customized install CD's/DVD/s by DELL and HP, as an example).
In your case (as it often happens BTW in the last 10 years or so), you don't even have an install DVD, but rather a "recovery DVD", which more or less contains already a WinPE and an image of the disk as it was when it left the factory, the problem is that some of such PE's (cannot say yours specifically) are "narrowed" to automatically apply the existing image (and nothing else) and thus by running it you would obtain something very similar to the "reset to factory" you may be familiar with regarding smartphones, the device is restored to a point in time before you had it, and thus all your data, preferenmces, settings, etc., etc. are lost.
In some case it is very easy to "adapt" the PE inside the "recovery DVD" to a more "generic" PE and/or to adapt it to be the "source" Winbuilder requires, but yes, it implies anyway some IT knowledge, or however the will (and time) needed to learn some fundamentals, so it is not advised in your case.
But you can still create a PE downloading a suitable source, such as the VIsta or the Windows 7 AIK as there is no real need that the PE used for restoring is built from exactly the same OS as the one is installed, as a matter of fact it is totally irrelevant what environment is used, as long as it allows the DriveImageXML (and the optional MBR restoring tool) to operate, in this the good guys @runtime.org made a very wise choice providing an alternative Linux based environment (that - unlike *any* WinPE - merely for copyright/licensing reasons) they can distribute pre-built and ready to be burned/used as recovery environment.
If you prefer, what most of the people on forums like reboot.pro are looking for is a "generic" and "wide" PE capable of doing "everything" and run "everything", while your *need* is much more "vertical", you need an environment which can be used to run DriveImageXML to restore an image (and that's it).
So, for a "general" tool there may be preferences by each person previous knowledge of the base OS (and people familiar with Dos/Windows may have some initial difficulties with Linux, and viceversa people familiar with Linux/*nix may have some initial difficulties with a Windows based PE) but in a very "vertical" use such as yours none of this will apply.
Firstly Happy new year to you and so grateful for the extremely useful explanations you gave me in your previous post.
Apologies to have been so long in answering as I left my desk and Computer for relaxing holidays...far away.
I hope that you had a happy end of te year.
1) I managed to download and burned a CD-R with the Linux RuntimeLiveCd.iso that means that irrespective on my success on Winbuilder , i will be able ( hopefully as i didnt try yet) to boot with the Linux RuntimeLiveCd.iso and restore my driveimage. XML .
2) Now thanks to your explanations , i measured the importance of backing up the Master Boot Record (MBR).
But i am stucked there as the HdHacker.exe file from Dimio is reported as a malicious program (https://www.reverse....vironmentId=100).
In particular when i dowloaded HdHacker from the dimio mentioned site, my Bitdefender doesnt let me execute the exe file stating that it is infected and launching a cleansing procedure.
How can i circumvent Bitdefender that prevent me to execute it?
If you confirm as evidenced tat HdHacker.exe is malicious would you have an other MBR Backup program that you know is clean.
Ah well, from time to time (and here and there) this or that Antivirus through its auto-magic-hyper-smart-mega-trans-heuristic technology will flag this (or that, or that other) file as malware.
No way to know if it is accurate or not (it is not in this case) but of course you shouldn't EVER trust blindly what a perfect stranger tells you on the internet.
BTW the file you submitted to www.reverse.it is not the actual HDhacker, but a (stupid) "portable version" you got from somewhere else (which anyway is possibly clean).
In this case "stupid" because hdhacker is already portable, as a mattter of fact, if you are OK with the English interface you can run it as is from within the .zip file.
But there are tens of tools capable of just backing up the MBR, command line or GUI.
Now when you write "you can run it as is from within the .zip file." what do you mean as I actually downloaded the hdhacker.exe from the dimio site you provided me. After downloaded on my c: drive when I execute the file, bitdefender block it. So how do you do?
the winbuilder claims that it cannot connect to the internet(that is wrong as I am connected). I could enter some proxy /port/ connexion details on some map that winbuilder shows what do you advise.
It is possible that the whatever modifications needed to create out of Hdhacker.exe the "portable" version HDHackerPortable_1.6.5.paf.exe triggers this (or that) antivirus.
Making a "portable file" for an ALREADY portable application makes no sense whatsoever.
The executable reads a few values from Registry (like - say - 72.18% of stupid GUI programs written and compiled with the stupid Microsoft compilers and libraries).
As said, it is entirely your responsibility to trust or not trust an antivirus, in any case alternatives has been given.
About Winbuilder and internet connection, it is flawed by design.
Winbuilder is (should be) ONLY a command processor, it should need not to connect to *anything*, and of course usually the settings are not working, the list of urls is outdated, or they are not working anymore (or both).
It is of course not at all your fault , sorry if I seem grumpier than usual , it is a long standing (actually from day one of Winbuilder) issue.


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Let's face it, row upon row of flat, representational images becomes really tedious quickly. Which is to say, you have to be a huge photo nerd to enjoy the AiPAD fair (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers), now open at the Park Armory through Sunday. I spent most of my time at yesterday's press preview circling the space, hoping this AiPAD's "story" would reveal itself at some point. To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure it ever did, but I did come up with a few observations so I'll run through them below.
I'd gladly see a Polaroid or two over art fair staple, Massimo Vitali. There's a limit to the number of aerial shots of beaches we need to see, and this artist exceeded them a while ago. Notably, I saw no Polaroids at AiPAD (though apparently there were tons), which saddened me, since they would have at the very least, provided a break from the monotony of framed objects.
Gary Edwards Gallery offers a diverse range of poorly composed and cheesy vintage photographs, the piece above, uncharacteristically sophisticated relative to the rest of the booth. Part of a larger series of mostly forgettable works, this piece charmingly places the cut out heads of people on top tiny doll clothes. It's nothing we haven't seen before of course — I just like knowing that this practice began as early as 1840.
Laura Letinsky at Yancey Richardson.
I can't say I haven't seen better from Laura Letinsky. I guess this is why people say good collectors have patience; they wait until the better work becomes available.
I'm going to miss the show unfortunately, thanks for posting some highlights although I really only like the Letinskey.
Lets be honest, it was really only ever about the Letinsky and the Soth to begin with. I guess Soth too has shot better, but I still think this is a really nice group. The head shot on the left maybe a bit too fashion magazine for my tastes, but it does balance out the photography of mid-west life, which is, well, ubiquitous.
I dig the faceofamerica1 piece. Not so much the rest. However, the great blog title makes up for it. Cheers!
You saw no polaroids??? How did you miss the 2 entire walls of Andre Kertesz polaroids??
Silverstein had a huge wall of Kertesz Polaroids..actually it was right next to the Bonni Benrubi gallery booth!!
Plus there were a few Large Chuck Close polaroids around as well.
Sadly.. I thought the new Soth magazine work was his "lightest" to date…Alec is super nice & was a great blogger, but I just wonder if his 5 minutes of fame have past already?
By the way.. all the Polaroids I saw at AIPAD were framed!!
You know.. when you're charging $2,000+ for a tiny Polaroid.. they may actually throw the frame in for free!!
You know I circled that fair like five times, and I'm embarrassed to say I still missed all of that! I really have a hard time picking anything out of that fair. It all looks the same to me – so much more so than at fairs like Pulse or the Armory.
Re Soth: It is weak compared to other series, but I liked the booth as a show space. Also, as far as the magazine series goes, as I recall there's far weaker work in that group than what was showed, so at least some editing went on. I missed the high school girls, and say, Moujik IV, but most of the shots he took of people who were used to being shot seemed like throw aways to me. As a disclaimer I should say that I do my best to keep up with photography and am learning a lot in an effort to get caught up, but it's not my area of expertise.
What a disappointment this show was. There were so few foreign galleries and the work was so conservative. 75% black & white from the usual suspects that are all dead and buried.
Most the color work were from contemporary super conceptual photographers like the Julie Blackmon's and Lottie Davies' of the world, which I personally can't stand. And don't ever get me started on Alec Soth.
Photo Miami during Art Basel blew this show away! Save your $25 for something better.
I think the polaroids were the best part of this.. I think there is something so special about polaroid photos because they are so innocent and blunt. One of my favorite pieces of art!


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Jeffries calls them opportunity scholarships. For many in public education, they are vouchers.
"I'm not against public schools, not in any way," said Jeffries, who attended Asheville City Schools herself. "I'm a product of the public school system, and that system is working well for most students. It's not working well for one group, and the numbers show that very clearly. Minority kids are not doing well in Asheville's public schools."
Republican legislative leaders announced last week plans to ask the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow the new program to begin this fall while litigation challenging it works its way through court.
Both Asheville City and Buncombe County's boards of education have passed resolutions opposing the idea, saying it would hurt public schools and might be unconstitutional to begin with.
The range of private institutions in Western North Carolina that could benefit from the program moving forward is vast, from schools that charge $10 a month serving almost exclusively low-income students to schools that cost more than many private colleges.
New City Christian School is not the operation most opponents of school vouchers might envision. It is one of 30 private schools in Buncombe County, but one of very few in the state working almost exclusively with low-income and minority students.
New City works out of a fellowship hall basement in West Asheville, without many more bells and whistles than most public elementary schools. It serves about 70 students from kindergarten to sixth grade and employs seven teachers.
The school was founded in 2006 by Jeffries, who said she was so appalled by the ongoing lack of progress in closing the achievement gap between white and African-American students that she felt she had to do something.
The problem with comparing claims on both sides about the successes and failures of private schools in addressing the achievement gap is that there is no real comparable testing between the two.
Students at private schools in North Carolina are required by law to take a national standardized test in grades three, six and nine. Students in public schools take End-of-Grade (EOG) tests, which are state-based and not comparable nationally.
"There really is no apples to apples testing between ours and the city or county's districts," Jeffries said. "But I would definitely argue that ours are as or more rigorous than state testing. Wouldn't you rather know how your child ranks across the country, instead of just the state?"
The state Division of Non-Public Education only makes sure the tests are given. Schools also don't have to make their test results public.
Students at New City take the Woodcock-Johnson III standardized test. According to Jeffries, 54 percent of African-American students who had attended at least one year at New City scored above the 75th percentile for Total Achievement, which tests students in reading and math. One hundred percent scored above the 50th percentile, she said.
That number is significantly better than the percentage of African-American students who pass End of Grade tests in Asheville's public schools on the surface. For this year's third-graders in Asheville City Schools, 76.6 percent of white students scored proficient in reading tests, as compared to 22.6 percent of African-Americans.
New City charges tuition and fees to families on a sliding scale, taking into account household income and ability to pay.
Jeffries says it costs roughly $6,600 a year to educate a child at New City, but few families are in a position to pay that amount, so the school raises money elsewhere, mostly from individual donations.
Not a single student pays the full amount, Jeffries said. Most families pay an average of about $50 a month for 10 months, so $500 total of the $6,200 annual cost. More than 90 percent of their students qualify for free and reduced lunch, she said, and more than 90 percent are minority students.
"That $4,200 could go such a long, long way in what we can offer to our kids," Jeffries said. "It could be the difference between making a small dent in this problem to really starting to solve it in a big way."
The private school range
Making that dent isn't a necessarily part of the mission for all private schools.
Tuition varies widely from school to school, and a number of schools would likely remain out of reach for low-income families, regardless of state aid.
To be eligible to receive a school voucher, students must live in a household with an income that does not exceed the threshold to qualify for the federal Free and Reduced-price Lunch program. For a family of four, that income limit is $43,568.
"The voucher program purports to be a lifeline for families not being adequately served. However, very few children in struggling school systems would be able to use these vouchers to actually afford a private school education," Asheville City School board member Leah Ferguson said.
Buncombe County's 30 private schools enrolled more than 3,100 students during the 2011-12 school year, according to data from the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education.
Annual tuitions made public by those schools varied widely, from under $10,000 up to $47,375 for boarding students at Asheville School, though the school allows for need-based financial aid.
Asheville Christian Academy is one of the more moderately priced big-name private schools in Buncombe County. Tuition there ranges from $6,100 a year for a kindergarten student to $9,800 for high school senior. Asheville Catholic School, which had 187 students according to the directory of non-public education, has a tuition of $7,800 for non-parishioners.
"We would love the opportunity to work with a more diverse group of students, absolutely," said Andrew Belz, director of advancement for Asheville Christian Academy. "And it fits with our mission and our ideology. Jesus didn't instruct us to be elitist or to serve the wealthy alone," Belz said. "We want to reach everybody, from wealthier students to those in poverty. But we need to be treated fairly in order to do that."
Belz said the school would not allow students who were entirely covered by scholarships, that every family would have to pay some amount.
"It's important to have skin in the game, to make that investment in the school," Belz said. "But we want to allow as many families as possible to have that access."
The role of religion
Religious affiliation has been a sticking point for the proposal.
Like New City, more than two-thirds of North Carolina's private schools are religious. In Buncombe County, 17 of 30 private schools have religious affiliations.
The vision of New City is to "provide an education that is Christ-centered and academically rigorous."
"If you're a person who believes what we believe, then you believe that God is at the center to everything, that there is no part of our daily lives, including education where that isn't integral," Jeffries said.
"To me, the question is not should low-income parents be allowed to send their children to private or religious schools with taxpayer money," Board member Chip Craig said. "Many private and religious schools offer financial aid that is more than the vouchers would be. The real question is should taxpayer money be used to fund private and religious schools who discriminate in whom they service?"
Local boards of education across the state have been the most vocal opponents of the scholarships for a range of reasons, though that opposition has not been without exception.
"I feel the NC Opportunity Scholarship program is a way to close the achievement gap and improve the delivery of public education through healthy competition," Buncombe County Board of Education member Lisa Baldwin said.
"The public school system has always contracted out for multiple services," Baldwin said. "Buncombe has a list of over 4,000 private vendors we may contract with. I consider the opportunity scholarship program another 'contract' for educational services."
Asheville City Board of Education member Matt Buys has been among the most vocal opponents of the law in the city. Buys said the program is politically motivated, and not in the best interest of any students.
"The shift to a push for vouchers is not naturally happening; it is being orchestrated by foundations with a for-profit agenda," Buys said. "The Walton Family Foundation along with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have quietly set their sights on privatizing education."
"The N.C. Constitution states that taxation shall only be used to provide a free public education," Ferguson said. "It also states that the state of North Carolina has the duty to secure and safeguard the right to that free public education."
Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis announced last week that they intended to file paperwork with the state's highest court asking for a stay on a preliminary injunction issued by a Superior Court judge in February.
The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority would be charged with administering the scholarships. The SEAA was created to help administer and guarantee federal student aid programs in higher education.
The judge found the program should be stopped while the courts hear two lawsuits filed by citizens and associations representing teachers and local school boards who say the program is unconstitutional.
In issuing the injunction, Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood cited the state constitution's requirement that taxpayer funding for primary and secondary schools should be used exclusively for running "a uniform system of free public schools."
Tills and Berger also announced that they were considering using powers under a new law enacted last year that would allow them to defend the private grant program in court without relying on Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat.
Cooper's chief deputy wrote Berger and Tillis late last month telling them they had decided not to appeal the preliminary injunction and instead would focus on the actual lawsuits.
"I'm grateful, as a taxpayer like everyone else, that they aren't giving up the fight," Jeffries said. "We all want the same thing — to give our kids every option to thrive."
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Federal Government Joins Effort to Repatriate Beothuck Remains from Scotland
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By Mirna Djukic Aug 25, 2016 Aug 26, 2016
The federal government decided to get involved in the campaign to return the remains of two members of the Beothuck Nation, currently exposed in an Edinburgh Museum, to their native Newfoundland.
Chief Mi'sel Joe, of the Conne River Mi'kmaq band, and the Newfoundland and Labrador government have been trying for years to repatriate the skulls and burial goods of two members of the extinct indigenous nation of Beothucks. The vestiges were taken from a grave site in Newfoundland in 1828.
The National Museum of Scotland had responded that it would only consider a claim made by the federal government in association with a Canadian National Museum. So Ottawa quietly joined the fight.
On Wednesday, CBC News got hold of a letter written by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to the director of National Museums Scotland (the parent association of the National Museum of Scotland, which is in Edinburgh).
"As the Government of Canada is committed to reconciliation with its Indigenous peoples, I am writing to inform you that it is now involved in this matter," said the letter. "The Government of Canada considers this matter to be of considerable importance."
The message was sent on May 29, as a notification to the NMS that Canada intended to put in an official request to claim the Beothuck remnants. CBC just got access to it through the Access to Information Act.
Chief Mi'sel Joe, the most prominent figure of the campaign, was happy and surprised to learn that Ottawa had taken this unusual initiative, reported CBC.
The Fascinating History of Beothucks
The Beothucks were the original inhabitants of Newfoundland. They cohabited with the Mi'kmaqs, and for a while, with European settlers before being declared extinct in 1829. There is no doubt that the arrival of the Europeans played a great role in their extinction, which certain historians call a genocide.
The remains currently in Edinburgh are those of Nonosabasut and his wife Demasduit, believed to be the aunt and uncle of the last known Beothuck, a woman named Shanawdithit. Their story is quite fascinating.
In 1818, conflicts between settlers and Beothucks were frequent in Newfoundland. One night, in retaliation for the theft of their fishing equipment, the local colony sent nine armed men to storm a Beothuck camp near Exploits River. Demasduit, wife of the leader Nonosabasut, was captured. Her husband was killed while trying to protect her and her infant son died a few days after.
Demasduit was taken into the colony and lived with a priest who gave her the white name of Mary March. Some unsuccessful attempts have been made to return her to her tribe in the summer of 1819. She died of tuberculosis one year later. Her body was retrieved by her tribe and placed in a burial hut, beside her husband and child.
According to Wikipedia, there was only 31 Beothucks remaining at that time. A Scottish explorer found the bones and other vestiges about nine year later.
Why so Quiet?
A briefing note addressed to Joly (presumably also accessed through the Access to Information Act) said that getting involved in the repatriation of the remains in Scotland "would be consistent with the government's commitment toward reconciliation with Canada's Aboriginal people… Return of these remains, or a concerted effort to have them returned, would be a high profile demonstration of that commitment."
This begs the question of why this high profile demonstration has been exceptionally discreet so far. It's possible that they wanted to avoid the diplomatic complications of a highly publicized feud between Scottish Museums and the Canadian government.
"The department is still assembling all of the elements required by the trustees of the museum in Edinburgh, in order to ensure the case is complete and as strong as possible," said Pierre-Olivier Herbert, spokesperson for the department of Heritage.
Other Remains in Canada
It's also possible that they didn't want to wake the sleeping matter of the remains of 22 Beothucks in possession of various Canadian museums. In 2012, Mi'sel Joe had declared to the CBC that returning those remains to Newfoundland is "the respectful and right thing to do, for anyone." At the time, Ottawa's Canadian Museum of History, where the remains of ten individuals lie, had named lack of resources as the reason for their failure to be proactive in the matter.
According to more recent statements of spokeswoman Éliane Laberge, they have received no formal request from Indigenous groups.
* Featured Image: A portrait of Demasduit, one of the last Beothucks of Newfoundland
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Janko Hahn, Autoneum
Published: Mar 2017
Janko Hahn
Head of Treasury Operations
Autoneum is the globally leading supplier of multifunctional and lightweight components and systems for noise and heat protection that increase automobile comfort. The company is represented at around 50 locations in over 20 countries and has a workforce of more than 11,000 employees worldwide.
When asked what his biggest learning experience working in treasury has been, Janko Hahn, Head of Treasury Operations at Autoneum has an interesting answer: "Treasury must think globally, but act locally."
No, Hahn is not a disciple of business newspeak, but a pragmatic treasury practitioner whose previous experiences have shaped an inclusive and cooperative approach to the role. The aim: to ensure that treasury adds value to Autoneum's business by coming together to find suitable solutions to meet their challenges.
Over the last five years, Hahn's philosophy and treasury skills have been put to the test as Autoneum has undergone a number of enterprise-wide transformational projects in an effort to become more streamlined and efficient.
Shaping a philosophy
Like many treasury professionals, Hahn's pathway to the profession was far from deliberate. Having obtained a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Augsburg in Germany, Hahn joined the Timberland European treasury team based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland as a Cash Manager in 2005 and later assumed the role of Treasury Manager in 2008.
Despite this being his first treasury role, Hahn's five-year spell at Timberland proved to be vital in shaping his treasury philosophy – more precisely his belief that treasury must "think global, but act local."
"The treasury department of Timberland in Switzerland was an outpost of the US parent," Hahn explains. "All policies were driven by the treasury team in the US without much consultation of how these policies would play out locally in Europe."
Although Hahn appreciated that this was simply the culture of the company – and he admits that for the most part, it worked well – there were times that he believed the company would have benefited by taking a more local view, especially in areas such as selecting bank partners. "Since then I have tried to keep this in mind with every project I undertake and make sure that local voices are heard during the decision-making process," he says.
Aside from beginning to form his philosophy, Hahn's time at Timberland also provided him with a solid grounding in how treasury operates and the skills required to be successful. As well as learning on the job, Hahn believed it was important to gain a formal treasury qualification if he was to pursue a career in the profession. He, therefore, decided to undertake the Swiss Certified Treasurer programme.
"Treasury is still quite a niche role and it is not taught widely in university, so I believe obtaining a qualification from a professional body is vital to provide a solid grounding in the profession and a toolbox of skills that can be applied in a range of treasury situations," Hahn notes. "It will also help you take the next step forward in your treasury career."
This was certainly true for Hahn, who a few years after obtaining this qualification was offered the chance to move to Swiss manufacturing company Rieter, in 2010. "This was an exciting opportunity because in mid-2010 the automotive division of Rieter was separated and listed independently under the name Autoneum on the Swiss Stock Exchange," he explains. "I had the chance to prepare the spin-off and worked on splitting the cash management structure, bank accounts and cash pool. I was also involved in a new club deal to finance the newly founded Autoneum Group."
Taking shape
Hahn was then given the opportunity to lead the treasury operations team of the newly founded Autoneum Group. Following the spin-off, he had to cope with a rather inefficient structure – especially in the area of payments, where transfers were paid either through local structured host-to-host connections, disparate e-banking systems, or even fax payments, in some instances.
Hahn also faced an outdated treasury management system (TMS), which he knew needed to be replaced if the treasury was to achieve its ambitions. "We considered several specialist TMS systems, but we soon caught wind that the company would be implementing a new ERP system," he explains. "We could see big benefits in integrating the treasury operation with this, especially if we had a say in the design of its architecture."
"Treasury is still quite a niche role and it is not taught widely in university, so I believe obtaining a qualification from a professional body is vital to provide a solid grounding in the profession and a toolbox of skills that can be applied in a range of treasury situations."
Hahn and his boss quickly made sure that treasury was an integral part of the design team and began outlining his vision of a company-wide payment factory that would become a key tenet of the group's process reengineering project, which started a few years ago and where SAP is the instrument of choice. This would see the payment flows of the group centralised and also ensure that the execution of file transfers could be conducted in a low-cost and efficient manner.
Acting local
This is a big project, with implications not only for how the treasury operated but also for the local business units on the ground who had, until recently, conducted payments themselves. "Designing the new system and making sure it worked the way we wanted to was tough, but the big challenge was controlling the change management process," Hahn explains.
As Hahn's previous experiences demonstrated, listening to those on the ground and ensuring that their vision is taken into account and aligned with the broader 'global' philosophy, leads to the best outcome. The challenge is to create a perfect blend of global and local.
"There is no 'right' way to do this," says Hahn. "But clear and precise communication is key." He stresses that this doesn't simply mean making sure the business units understand why something is being done and the benefits this will bring – although this is important – but also listening to their concerns and finding out which areas they may feel uncomfortable with.
Interestingly, Hahn highlights that the company's banking relationships were one topic which prompted much debate: the local entities had previously controlled these and formed strong relationships. But with over 100 bank accounts globally, and with a disparate group of banking partners, there was a need to rationalise.
"It is here where local insight really helps," says Hahn. "In Mexico, for instance, we asked the business units to use the US-based bank that we use in the rest of North America. The business units, however, claimed this bank could not support them in some nuanced areas around tax and social security payments and suggested another bank that could. We investigated this bank and then found we could leverage the relationships in some South American countries as well, so it made sense to go with them and everybody was satisfied."
Hahn has learnt many lessons working on this project and there are more to come as the company further investigates leveraging more advanced tools such as payments on behalf of (POBO) and collections on behalf of (COBO). But he has taken some time to reflect on his success. "It is something I am very proud of," he says. "We now have a best in class, standardised, streamlined and efficient approach which – once the roll-out of SAP has been completed – will be used globally across our entities and helps deliver many benefits."
Emerging challenges
Despite the SAP rollout and the payment factory project taking up a significant amount of Hahn's time, there are always other items on the agenda – especially given the company's presence in some of the world's more challenging markets.
"China, for example, is a very important market for the company," he says. "But it is a challenging place to do business for treasury." In recent months, the biggest challenge has come from the growing use of Bank Acceptance Drafts (BADs). A BAD, which is similar to a guaranteed cheque, is a guarantee from a bank that a payment will be made on a future date that can be up to six months if issued on paper, or a year if issued electronically. Originally intended to facilitate trade, BADs are now widely used by companies as a secondary currency that helps them meet payment obligations.
"BADs dramatically extend the terms in which our customers are paying us, which puts pressure on the liquidity of the entities in the country," adds Hahn. "They also provide a challenge from an operational perspective because of the amount of paper that needs to be processed."
Hahn is also dealing with some less familiar countries. Autoneum, for instance, is just one of a number of global companies in talks to take advantage of the opportunities in Iran now that international sanctions have been lifted. "We will be following this closely in the coming months," he says. "Iran might offer an attractive business potential to the company, but with many international banks still facing restrictions, it won't be easy for treasury to operate there. We will have to explore innovative ways to transfer funds without paying high fees, to handle local currency from an FX perspective and to cope with regulatory complexity."
Wider scope
Hahn notes that the treasury is not just dealing with nuances in country regulation: the continued growth in international regulation presents an equal challenge. "The regulatory burden is growing and I don't see this abating any time soon," he says. "What is more, often these regulations move beyond 'core' treasury topics, making them all the more complex."
He cites the OECD's Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS) scheme as one example of this. "This regulation is coming in from a taxation angle, but the impact it will have on treasury operations will be profound," he explains. As such, Hahn believes that treasury professionals now need to look beyond their original remit and become well-versed in peripheral areas, such as tax or regulatory changes.
Therefore, together with a former Rieter colleague, Hahn went to the IFZ in Zug which runs the "Swiss Certified Treasurer" programme and discussed this topic with them. "I realised from my own experience and that of my peers that there is limited tax or regulatory knowledge in the treasury space, but lots of demand for information," he says. "Together with the institute and thanks to the support of the Swiss Association of Corporate Treasurers we have been able to design a short three-day course to meet this demand and help the treasury profession as a whole grow and gain additional insights in this area." The course will debut in May this year under the title 'Swiss Treasury Practice'.
Crystal ball gazing
As well as keeping abreast of changing regulation, Hahn also spends a lot of time surveying the evolving technology landscape. Indeed, like many treasury professionals who have been inundated with a plethora of new technological ideas in recent years, Hahn remains unsure about what will work and what won't.
One area he is sure will be significantly impacted, however, is the world of payments. "We are already seeing some big changes here, especially around instant payments and the transfer of same-day value," he says. "And I expect this to continue to develop. Perhaps some new payment companies will begin to eat into the banks' business."
Elsewhere, Hahn is seeing lots of activity in the financial supply chain space. "There are lots of companies, a mixture of fintech and banks, all working in this area," he says. "The problem is that it is developing in hundreds of different directions so nobody can be certain about which way is right." He believes then that there needs to be a significant amount of consolidation before the wider treasury community begins to move towards the mass adoption of these solutions.
Although the impact of fintech on corporate treasury may be limited in the short term, Hahn believes that there will be a significant impact on the banks. "In fact, how the fintech industry forces banks to adapt may just be the biggest impact that fintech has," claims Hahn. "Not only are banks being challenged by competitors they didn't know existed a year or two ago, they are also seeing that the corporate community may benefit from solutions where they do not have sufficient experience. The banks' strategies are changing as a result, and they will have to continue to adapt to remain relevant to their corporate clients in the future. It is an exciting space."
With further work to be done on the group's payment factory, a host of in-country and extra-territorial regulation to understand, new skills to learn and a changing technological landscape to understand and digest, Hahn says he is unlikely to become bored of treasury any time soon. He also has ambitions to work more closely with the industry as a whole to drive the profession forward, just as he has aimed to do with the treasury and tax qualification.
If this wasn't enough, having a young family is also keeping Hahn more than occupied, and in an effort to achieve a more effective work-life balance he has recently reduced his working hours to four days a week, to spend more time with them. Hahn hopes that by doing this, he will also have more time to enjoy the stunning landscapes around his new home on the Swiss border.


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Going to Iraq? Bring your lawyer.
Iraqis hope to sue U.S. troops under new accord
BAGHDAD – The families of three men who were killed last week during a search of a grain warehouse want to press charges against American soldiers under the terms of a new security agreement between the U.S. and Iraq.
The security document protects American soldiers so long as they're on U.S. bases or on missions, so it's unlikely that the families can base their claims on it, though they plan to press their case with the help of international lawyers.
Nonetheless, their charges are a preview of some of the nettlesome questions that are likely to arise as the U.S. yields more authority to Iraq under the terms of the pact, which takes effect Jan. 1.
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Now, if this was 1968, not 2008, I'd say bs to suing our troops- but every single one of our guys over there is there by choice- pay the cost, fellas. Maybe if kids find out you'll face charges for playing army with real people, they'll skip enlisting.
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Shared Leadership: A Social Network Analysis
Erika Engel Small, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Joan R. Rentsch
Robert T. Ladd, Michael C. Rush, James Wansley
Current leadership theory and research has centered on the attributes, behaviors, and relationships of a single leader. However, researchers now recognize the team as an alternative source of leadership. Theories of shared leadership propose that leadership is a process that can be shared among team members, and that this behavior is beneficial to team performance. The purpose of this study was not only to examine the performance benefits of shared leadership, but also to explore factors that may facilitate its development. Moreover, a social network analysis was used to measure the distribution of leadership among team members and the degree of leadership within the team, providing a richer source of information about shared leadership than the more traditionally used aggregation measurement approach. Results indicated that intragroup trust was a key predictor of both dimensions of shared leadership, which were positively related to team effectiveness. Moreover, the interaction between the two dimensions of shared leadership was significantly related to team viability. However, contrary to expectations, the direction of this interaction suggested that the distribution of leadership within the team was more strongly positively related to team viability when the degree of leadership was low rather than high. These empirical findings are among the first on the relatively new concept of shared leadership, and they draw attention to the need for further research to more fully understand the causes and consequences of shared leadership and its measurement.
Small, Erika Engel, "Shared Leadership: A Social Network Analysis. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2007.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/305
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Eggleston Hall is composed of three wings: East, Main, and West. Main Eggleston is a co-ed residence hall; West Eggleston is co-ed and houses 198 students. East Eggleston contains office space on the first floor and residential space on the second and third floors.
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In 1952 Eggleston Hall was named for Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, a schoolteacher, school superintendent, editor, Southern Education Board employee, and Virginia's first elected superintendent of public instruction before becoming president (1913-19) of the Blacksburg college and the first head of its Virginia's Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics. As president, he spurred the move toward Collegiate Gothic architecture, created an agricultural education department, and established several Reserve Officers' Training Corps units.
Eggleston Hall is comprised of three wings, which were constructed between 1935 and 1940 and served student residential purposes. The residence hall housed 648 male students until it closed after fall 1965 for renovation into a women's dormitory. East Eggleston (including the tower) was converted to an academic and administrative building in 1983. In 2015, the upper floors of East Eggleston were converted back to residential space.


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Lazy Gramophone | Journal - Zophiel Webb's Five Things.
Hi, I am Zophiel Webb and I draw pictures.
I grew up in Croydon and graduated from the now non-existent Byam Shaw School of Art. At university I realised how much I enjoyed drawing over and above everything else. It means everything to me and feels as though I couldn't exist if I could never draw again.
I like to produce images, mostly portraits, which look as though they're printed but when you concentrate you can see it's been created by hand. The portraits usually feature a mandala in the background that has different significance in each drawing. There's normally an excruciating level of detail that I'll try and fit in so you have to get really close to see what's happening. The people I choose to draw in this way have normally had a significant impact on my life in one way or another.
I also make what I call "Bookassettes" which is a mixtape disguised as a book. I make these to give away and it consists of a mixtape, tracklist, collages and trinkets, all hidden in the hollowed out book. Music and literature have always had a huge influence on my work and this I felt was a way of combining it all. I've given them out to people that I felt I wanted to give something back to.
There are obviously many other things I think about drawing and ideas I've been mulling over for years but these are things that will happen in the future. Right now I'm happy drawing random folks and listening to music and working at a record store, but I do long for a day when I'll get the chance to expand my illustrative horizons.
Personal Journals by Sage Francis.
An album that touches and galvanises me deeply no matter how many times I listen to it. Sage Francis inspires me every day and I always think how amazing it must be to do so much for people and help them in many ways without even being there or knowing that you're doing it. His words keep me going.
My tattoos by Saira Hunjan.
Saira is literally the most talented tattoo artist I've come across, her tattoos are beautiful and I'm honoured to have them indelibly on my body. We've worked together on a number of the pieces on my body and I love them all dearly. Her artwork is equally amazing and this woman continues to astound me with her skill and outlook on life.
Buddy is a musician that I've had the privilege to watch change and flourish into the talented artist he is today and will continue to be forever. We share very a similar process when it comes to execution of work and it's been one of the single most helpful and motivational things to have him as part of my life as an artist. I'm more than proud to say he's not only my friend but one of my biggest influences and idols.
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Making The Case For Medical Device Software Protection
2015-02-13 Terry Gaul
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged that he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function. The device in question was a defibrillator that could detect irregular heartbeats and control them with electrical jolts. Cheney had his doctor turn off the device's wireless function in case a terrorist tried to send his heart a fatal shock.
Medical devices used for critical care are becoming increasingly reliant on software and securing that software from tampering and malware has become a critical consideration in the development process.
Even so, software security remains an afterthought in some medical device design, according to researchers from Carnegie Mellon who are working towards evaluating the software security of medical devices. In their paper, "Take Two Software Updates and See Me in the Morning: The Case for Software Security Evaluations of Medical Devices," Steven Hanna, University of California Berkeley, et al, notes that medical devices are susceptible to malware because:
Software in medical devices is becoming increasingly complex.
More and more medical devices are becoming networked with wireless Internet connectivity.
More medical devices are evolving from electro-mechanical to software-controlled devices.
Analyzing security after a potential risk becomes a tangible threat would be too late for effective deployment of defensive technology.
In their study of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), they identified security flaws in both the embedded software and the commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) update mechanism. They concluded that manufacturers of medical devices containing software should have plans for assessing specific security risks, detecting security compromises, and recovering from computer security incidents—especially if the manufacturer plans to use wireless communication or Internet connectivity that would increase the device exposure to the risks of malicious software.
After becoming aware of cybersecurity vulnerability and incidents that could directly impact medical devices or hospital network operations, the FDA is recommending that medical device manufacturers and health care facilities take steps to assure that appropriate safeguards are in place to reduce the risk of failure due to cyber-attack, which could be initiated by the introduction of malware into the medical equipment or unauthorized access to configuration settings in medical devices and those connected to hospital networks.
They further stated that manufacturers are responsible for remaining vigilant about identifying risks and hazards associated with their medical devices, including risks related to cybersecurity, and are responsible for putting appropriate mitigations in place to address patient safety and assure proper device performance.
At Wibu-Systems, we are providing the tools that enable embedded software developers to protect medical devices. The term "Integrity Protection" encompasses security measures, namely protection of system resources, programs and data against unauthorized manipulation, or at least identification and display of such modifications. The challenge consists in guaranteeing data integrity, and, if not possible, bringing the system to a safe mode and stopping the execution of any function.
We've demonstrated that the best integrity protection solutions are based on cryptography and associated security mechanisms, such as digital signatures and message authentication. With our CodeMeter licensing and protection platform, we provide a smart-card-security-based protection system, which is available for industrial interfaces. By utilizing CodeMeter, you can secure a device so that it only receives software updates from the device manufacturer. When the device is started, integrity checks are performed to be sure that the software being run is authenticated and not some type of virus.
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IAN MCAULEY. The National Party's Dämmerung – an awakening for representative democracy?
The National Party represents a declining demographic with values out of step with most Australians. In most democracies it would be sidelined as a fringe group. It holds disproportionate political influence only because we are not facing up to the need to break from our dysfunctional polarised political system.
When I recently wrote about Turnbull's problems confronting the Liberals' hard conservatives, Chris Sanderson reminded us of the other conservative force in the Coalition:
We have become so used to the idea that the 'Coalition' actually is one. It's not. It's two parties pretending to be one, for the purpose of having the numbers to 'win a majority' in parliament.
Our electoral system and parliamentary conventions have given the National Party political power way out of proportion to their public support. In NSW and Victoria, where the Nationals are in coalition with the Liberals but identified as a separate party, a mere eight percent of first preference votes in last year's election delivered them ten seats in the House of Representatives, while the Greens, who won eleven percent of the vote, won only one seat.
An additional six members of Queensland's merged Liberal-National Party make up the party's caucus, giving the Nationals 16 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. Not a significant number in itself, but it becomes significant in a coalition with a one-seat majority.
The absurdity of that situation becomes evident when we consider how such minor parties on the left or right fringe fare in other countries. In the Netherlands, for example, which also has a 150-seat chamber, Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom holds 20 seats – four more than our Nationals in our House of Representatives – but that country's centrist parties have left his party out on the sidelines.
In most democracies where two more-or-less centrist parties hold an overwhelming majority such representation as held by the Nationals would relegate them to the cross bench. More centrist parties, while recognising their differences, work out a way of getting on with the task of governing without being held hostage to fringe movements.
A Dutch or German person looking at our parliament would see that the combined Liberal plus Labor representation in the House is 114 ( and that's not counting 15 members of the LNP who identify themselves as Liberals.) He or she would conclude, rightly, that Australians have voted overwhelmingly for centrist politicians, a majority of whom probably support a clampdown on tax concessions for housing speculators, a market mechanism to combat climate change, federal controls on land clearing, a minerals resource-rent tax, an in-depth inquiry into the financial sector, and other sensible economic reforms.
Also, as confirmed by opinion polling that most Australians are strongly opposed to public subsidies for the Adani coal mine – a project pushed by the National Party (and the Queensland state Labor party) in defiance of economic logic.
If the Nationals represented a growing political movement, the coalition arrangement may make some sense for the Liberal Party. Indeed, the Nationals like to crow about how in last year's election they gained a seat (Murray in Victoria) from the Liberals, while the Liberals lost 13 seats. But demographic trends are not on the side of the Nationals; nor are political trends.
Five of their sixteen seats, all coastal, are held on a less than five percent two-party margin. In these seats the balance between the coastal settlements and the rural hinterland is shifting, to the detriment of the National Party. Indeed, it is feasible that these coastal seats could become Green territory. The Nationals hold their inland seats with larger margins, but in time electoral re-distributions will result in a consolidation of inland seats because their population growth is much lower than in capital city and coastal regions.
Also, it would be folly for the Nationals to rely on rural social conservatism because the farming population is changing. Farming – from horticulture through to arid country grazing – is increasingly a technology-intensive industry, employing people no less skilled and educated than employees of high-technology industries in the city, whose social values are probably similar to those of their urban counterparts.
Nor are country people universally supportive of the National Party's economic policies. The clearest division is over coal seam gas, but there are other divisions. Farmers who are trying to manage their properties responsibly are not enamoured with the idea that they have to compete with environmental vandals engaged in tree clearing, overstocking and profligate use of water, or with bullies underpaying seasonal workers. Tourism operators know that the natural environment is the asset that keeps them in business. Yet the National Party makes no secret of its hostility to the whole environmental movement. (It's currently trying to have tax-deductibility for donations to environmental organizations abolished.)
Perhaps it will take an electoral defeat for the Liberal Party to see its coalition arrangement as a political liability. More broadly, both the Liberal and Labor parties, and other centrist groupings (including the Greens and the Xenophon team) should be thinking about how to prepare for a transition from a polarised and confrontational political system – a system displaying its worst characteristics in the USA and the UK – towards a multi-party democracy. There is nothing in our Constitution that binds us to a situation where our Parliament can be held hostage by a minority on an ideological fringe.
Ian McAuley is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Canberra and a fellow of the Centre for Policy Development
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La chiesa di San Pietro in Bosco, conosciuta anche come chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo in Bosco, è un luogo di culto cattolico, posto in località Sdruzzinà, sulla Strada Statale 12 verso Verona. La chiesa è sussidiaria, appartiene alla parrocchia di Santa Maria Assunta e fa parte della zona pastorale della Vallagarina dell'arcidiocesi di Trento.

La leggenda narra che fu il luogo d'incontro tra la regina Teodolinda e il terzo re longobardo Autari.

È inserita nell'Elenco degli edifici monumentali e degli oggetti d'arte del Trentino redatto a Roma il 7 novembre 1918 e nel progetto I Luoghi del Cuore del Fai.

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La chiesa, che è tra le più antiche costruite in Trentino e conserva la struttura romanica e gli affreschi risalenti al XIII secolo, è il luogo dove la leggenda narra sia avvenuto l'incontro storico dei promessi sposi Teodolinda e Autari.

La chiesa è divenuta sito di ricerche archeologiche che hanno permesso di riportare alla luce parti della prima chiesa preromanica del IX secolo. Questo edificio era di piccole dimensioni, monoabsidata e con un piccolo altare costruito con materiale di recupero, probabilmente proveniente da resti di un edificio preesistente. Nel medesimo periodo fu edificata sul lato a nord, la torre campanaria.  La parte esterna e la facciata della chiesa furono completamente rimaneggiate nel XVII secolo.

Le prime testimonianze scritte della chiesa risalgono solo al 1348, viene infatti citata, con altri edifici di culto, nel lascito testamentario di Francesco del fu ser Malcoardo da Ala, lascito che viene citato ancora nel XVII secolo. Serve considerare che era un piccolo edificio di culto, e che era gestito dalla Confraternita di San Pietro. Nel 1511 risulta sia stata acquistata la campana per la torre campanaria, mentre la prima visita pastorale i cui atti sono conservati nell'Archivio Diocesano Tridentino, è quella del vescovo Bernardo Clesio del 1538. Nel XVIII secolo la chiesa venne gestita dalla Confraternita della Dottrina Cristiana della parrocchiale di Ala.
Dalla Visita pastorale del 1636, si rileva che l'edificio non era considerato idoneo alle nuove regole imposte dal Concilio di Trento e tra il 1668 e il 1681 furono eseguiti lavori d'imbiancatura delle pareti e di formazione del nuovo presbiterio, rinunciando a quello romanico preesistente. Nel 1678 fu realizzata la facciata esterna con le due ali del tetto a capanna sostenute da una grande trave che permette una maggiore ampiezza di questo spazio coperto, e la costruzione del muro sulla parete a nord che coprì parte dell'affresco trecentesco raffigurante la Madonna col Bambino e santi. Dai documenti e dalle testimonianze che si sono susseguiti nel tempo, si deduce che la chiesa, che era sorta come cimiteriale, non aveva nessun muro che divideva la chiesa dall'area del cimitero.

Nel 1684 don Pietro Pezzana decise, seguendo la moda del tempo, di dare alla chiesa un'immagine neoclassica, facendo imbiancare con la calce le pareti e la facciata lasciando visibili solo le immagini del Cristo benedicente con Madonna e san Pietro sulla facciata, facendo quindi perdere le pitture medioevali. Nel 1876 fu aggiunto il locale della sagrestia. Solo nel 1883 la chiesa fu soggetta ad una forma di recupero da parte del pittore e restauratore Pietro Nanin, che però cambiò la fisionomia e l'identificazione di alcune pitture.

La chiesa con il tempo perse la sua funzione liturgica, venne considerata periferica e di conseguenza utilizzata solo per la festa patronale e per i riti propiziatori delle rogazioni, mentre il cimitero divenne luogo di sepoltura per chi, nel territorio, aveva avuto una morte tragica. Nel XIX secolo, durante un periodo di pestilenza, fu chiesto che i locali diventassero sede del lazzaretto e quindi scomunicati, ma questo non fu consentito.

Leggenda
Autari fu il terzo re dei longobardi, cercando sostegno politico presso le altre famiglie longobarde, sposò la figlia del primo duca bavaro Garibaldo  e di Valdrada, Teodolinda.  La leggenda narra che i due promessi si incontrarono in località Sardis qui supra Veronam est presso l'Adige, località identificata nella chiesa di San Pietro al Bosco in prossimità di Ala.  Il matrimonio fu poi celebrato a Verona presso il campo di Suardi il 15 maggio 589. Questo evento fu raccontato da Paolo Diacono che citava la presenza di reliquie donate dalla regina Teodolinda alla chiesa, a ricordo di questo incontro.

Nel 1803 il parroco don Pietro Pezzana, iniziò le ricerche di queste reliquie. Furono rinvenute in un anfratto dell'antico altare. In un sacchetto mal conservato, vi erano riposti frammenti ossei ritenuti le reliquie donate da Teodolinda. Furono consegnate alla chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta di Ala che le conserva nel Reliquiario delle Croci  e, dal 1º ottobre 1803, ritenute venerabili dal vescovo Giovanni Andrea Avogadro di Verona.
La leggenda non corrisponde alla verità storica e probabilmente non fu questo il luogo d'incontro dei due promessi sposi, ma la piccola chiesa di San Pietro conserva il fascino della storia.

Descrizione
L'edificio ebbe nel tempo numerosi rimaneggiamenti, che portarono a successivi restauri per la ricerca del recupero delle affrescature e delle parti architettoniche più antiche, fino ai lavori eseguiti negli anni 1998-1999 a cura dell'Ufficio Beni storici artistici promossi dal Ministero dei Beni Culturali della Provincia autonoma di Trento.

Esterno
L'edificio è preceduto da un piccolo sagrato in ciottolato di pietra di fiume racchiuso entro un alto muro di cinta la cui unica apertura è un alto cancello a cui si accede da una piccola gradinata. La facciata è preceduta da un atrio coperto con tetto ligneo a capanna. Si accede all'aula da un unico ingresso architravato ai cui lati ha due finestre munite di inferriate. La parte superiore della facciata è terminante con una feritoia che centra l'affresco raffigurante: Cristo benedicente tra la Vergine e san Pietro.

Cristo benedicente tra la Vergine san Pietro

L'affresco posto sopra l'ingresso della chiesa, di tradizione bizantina, ha nella parte centrale la raffigurazione di Cristo benedicente di grandi dimensioni, posto all'interno di una nicchia e seduto su di un trono composto da uno scranno impreziosito da gemme. Con la destra compie l'atto benedicente, mentre con la sinistra tiene il libro delle scritture aperto e appoggiato sulle gambe dove è leggibile la scritta: EGO/SUM/LUX/MUNDI. Le parti laterali furono scialbate durante i restauri del 1804 per volontà di don Pietro Pezzana. I restauri di Pietro Nanin del 1883, furono una ripittura della parete, e due soggetti laterali divennero san Pietro con le chiavi e san Paolo con la spada. L'affresco di ottima qualità era realizzato su base di pittura ocra gialla poi completata con pennellate libere di terre rosse e brune. La figura di Cristo, l'unica che non ha subito scialbi, è perfettamente centrata alla facciata. La parete mantiene i segni impressi come traccia geometrica del calcolo delle dimensioni della figura e la traccia del compasso per l'aureola.
La Vergine dipinta a figura intera a tre quarti, è posta a sinistra con il volto e una mano rivolta verso Cristo posto centralmente. A destra, speculare, l'immagine di san Pietro che porge la destra all'immagine centrale mentre con la sinistra regge la ferula papale.

Madonna col Bambino tra due santi - San Cristoforo
Sul muro laterale esterno del porticato a fianco del Cristo benedicente, vi sono due altri affreschi in cattivo stato conservativo. Sul lato a sinistra la Madonna col Bambino e due santi che però sono di difficile identificazione. La Vergine è seduta in trono in posizione frontale, accanto a lei a destra un santo che tiene in mano un fiore a tre petali, potrebbe essere identificato in un giglio, e alla sinistra un santo con la tonsura e con un libro in mano.
Sul lato a destra vi è dipinto san Cristoforo che porta il Bambino sulle spalle. La parte inferiore di questo affresco fu rimossa quando venne ricostruita la facciata, con l'apertura di una finestra. Furono eseguiti dal medesimo freschista probabilmente in un unico giorno nella prima metà del XIV secolo. Anche questi hanno subito il rifacimento a opera del Nanin non corrispondente alla raffigurazione originale.

Gli affreschi sarebbero risalenti al XIII secolo secondo lo studio di Thomas Steppan del 2008 Di difficile interpretazione sono i due affreschi posti nei riquadri a lato.

Campanile

Il campanile, a pianta quadrata, è stato eretto a nord rispetto all'edificio. La torre, che risale all'XI secolo, venne soprelevata nel XVII secolo con l'aggiunta delle bifore romaniche con colonnine centrali in pietra bianca.

La struttura è in mattoni rossi frammisti a pietra bianca. La parte cuspidale ha forma conica ed è costruita in mattoncini dalla forma semicircolare in cotto veronese; su ogni angolo presenta un pinnacolo conico appoggiato su un prisma a base quadrata in mattoni che termina con una pigna, sempre in pietra bianca e con croce ferrea. La campana risale probabilmente al 1200.

Interno
L'interno a unica navata è a pianta rettangolare. Si conservano gli scavi lasciati a vista, che rappresentano le diverse modifiche dell'abside nei secoli. I resti dell'abside di dimensioni minori risalgono all'originaria costruzione del IX secolo, quella centrale di misura media risale all'XI secolo, mentre i resti della terza abside di dimensioni maggiori risalgono al XIII secolo, entrambi sostituiti con quella realizzata nel 1681.

Fino agli anni '70 del Novecento, l'altare era completato dalla pala opera dell'alense Sebastiano Gresta: la Madonna con Bambino tra i santi Pietro e Paolo, poi trafugata e persa, con la successiva rimozione dell'altare ligneo durante lavori di manutenzione del tetto.

Si conservano gli affreschi sulla parete meridionale della seconda campata raffiguranti la Resurrezione della carne, Abramo in trono nel paradiso  e San Giorgio che uccide il drago, quest'ultimo, con i restauri del Nanin, era diventato  san Michele che uccide il diavolo; nei restauri del 1989 si ridiede l'intitolazione originaria; il dipinto dovrebbe essere collocato nel medesimo periodo dell'affresco esterno, ma non fu eseguito dal medesimo artista, questo infatti non ha avuto un disegno preparatorio se non per le linee corrispondenti all'esatta inclinazione del capo, e la muratura è di un periodo leggermente precedente. L'affresco però è stato eseguito con un'accurata ricerca della tecnica preparatoria, differente nelle diverse parti del disegno, conferendo plasticità ai soggetti diventando non solo una pittura rappresentativa ma narrativa.  Il santo non ha la classica rappresentazione da guerriero ma indossa abiti cavallereschi, volendo indicare un modello ideale di coraggio cristiano.

In considerazione della posizione della chiesa divisa tra la pieve dei Mori e il principe Vescovo di Trento, seppure non si conosce la committenza delle opere affrescate, si presume che l'esecutore dovette rispettare le volontà politiche, mentre per la parte esterna nel Cristo Benedicente si può vedere l'influenza della chiesa di Roma, contrariamente nell'affresco di san Giorgio vi si può leggere un invito alle crociate per sconfiggere gli infedeli.

Nella prima campata vi è il grande affresco delle Storie di San Pietro, santi e sante risalente al XIV secolo, posto su due registri divisi da una greca. La parte inferiore presenta un grave ammaloramento. La prima scena superiore a destra è la Liberazione di san Pietro (rimangono leggibili le lettere: ANG...P.), quella centrale Chatedra Petri raffigurante l'evento raccontato nelle scritture di Pietro ad Antiochia, e la terza è la Condanna di Pietro e Paolo. La parte superiore quindi raffigura parti della vita dell'apostolo in tre situazioni differenti, a Antiochia, a Gerusalemme e a Roma.Il registro inferiore è una raffigurazione di santi e sante a figura intera di cui pochi identificabili, sicuramente una santa Caterina d'Alessandria, un probabile san Valentino martire romano, san Giacomo. <Gli affreschi furono eseguiti dal medesimo artista identificato in un frescante veronese presente sul territorio e che eseguiva dipinti in modi pittorici già scaduti, del tardo Duecento.

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 Chiesa di San Leonardo (Avio)
 Chiese della Comunità della Vallagarina
 Regione ecclesiastica Triveneto

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