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Monero mining virus eradicated from 850,000 devices by French police
The malware, dubbed "Retadup," originated from Paris.
Retadup was first recorded by Czech antivirus firm Avast last spring.
The French police cybercrime unit has recently discovered and neutralized a virus, dubbed "Retadup," that secretly infected over 850,000 devices worldwide. It was used to mine Monero (XMR), which focuses on privacy and anonymity. The malware originated from Paris. The most recent attack employed the processor power of a large number of Windows-operating computers to produce coins for the perpetrators in more than 100 countries.
In an interview with France Inter radio, C3N chief Jean-Dominique Nollet said:
"We managed to track down where the command server was, the control tower for the "botnet" network of infected computers."
The French "cybergendarmes" along with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a counterattack soon after they received an alert. They succeeded in disinfecting computers all over the world, mainly in Central and South America. Retadup was first recorded by Czech antivirus firm Avast last spring. This alarmed the French authorities to the software. The worm is the reason for opening a backdoor on infected machines, letting the attackers to carry out the commands remotely. Avast reported that Retadup runs almost without trace, which is the only noticeable difference for the end-user being reduced hardware performance.
France's C3N digital crime-fighting center believes that the operators behind the botnet might have made millions of euros since they started operations. Instances like this have arisen over the last two years, leading commentators to warn of a possible epidemic.
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The malware, dubbed "Retadup," originated from Paris. Retadup was first recorded by Czech antivirus firm Avast last spring. The French police cybercrime unit has recently discovered and neutralized a virus, dubbed "Retadup," that secretly infected over 850,000 devices worldwide. It was used to mine Monero (XMR), which focuses on privacy and anonymity. The malware originated from Paris. The most recent attack employed the processor power of a large number of Windows-operating computers to produce coins for the perpetrators in more than 100 countries. In an interview with France Inter radio, C3N chief Jean-Dominique Nollet said: "We managed to track…
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OSPRay Overview
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Intel OSPRay is an **o**pen source, **s**calable, and **p**ortable **ray**
tracing engine for high-performance, high-fidelity visualization on
Intel Architecture CPUs. OSPRay is part of the [Intel oneAPI Rendering
Toolkit](https://software.intel.com/en-us/rendering-framework) and is
released under the permissive [Apache 2.0
license](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

The purpose of OSPRay is to provide an open, powerful, and easy-to-use
rendering library that allows one to easily build applications that use
ray tracing based rendering for interactive applications (including both
surface- and volume-based visualizations). OSPRay is completely
CPU-based, and runs on anything from laptops, to workstations, to
compute nodes in HPC systems.

OSPRay internally builds on top of [Intel Embree] and [ISPC (Intel SPMD
Program Compiler)](https://ispc.github.io/), and fully exploits modern
instruction sets like Intel SSE4, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512 to achieve
high rendering performance, thus a CPU with support for at least SSE4.1
is required to run OSPRay.

OSPRay Support and Contact
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OSPRay is under active development, and though we do our best to
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still possible. Should you find any such issues please report
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Accepts submissions of adult fiction and nonfiction and young adult literature. No science fiction, fantasy or category romance. Send query by email with brief synopsis.


Acoustic Guitar Magazine holds an "offsite" event every year at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchandisers). The NAMM show is the largest annual music "trade only" conference and trade show in the United States. Acoustic Guitar Magazine holds "The Acoustic Cafe" at the Anaheim Hilton hotel on the grounds of the NAMM show. This is an invitation only concert that features some of the greatest guitar players in the industry. The Acoustic Cafe was an annual institution from 1998 to 2010 and Teevan Productions was honored to produce every one of those years.
Celebrity Guests: John Sebastian, Roger McGuinn, Lawrence Juber, The Waybacks, Ben Verdery & William Coulter, Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson, Mark Goldenberg, Kaki King, David Jacobs-Strain, Eric Johnson, Sandro Albert, Billy White Acre , California Guitar Trio , Bernie Leadon. Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso, Ed Gerhard , Brad Davis, The Greencards, Andy Summers. Jake Shimabukuro. Monte Montgomery. Tim O'Brien.


no video, KDM keeps auto-restarting, can't do anything!
This is a fresh installation on a MSI K9N2G Neo motherboard. I have both the VGA and HDMI connected to monitors. It doesn't seem to detect the NVidia 8200, so I figured I'd set it to use "nv" or "vesa" for now in xorg.conf... only I can't get there!
It appears that KDM is automatically trying to reset itself after about 5 seconds, and I can't Ctrl+Alt+Fx to get to a screen (since KDM restarts before I finish logging in). I finally was able to get a login prompt and try to sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop.... and it doesn't stop!
How the heck can I get it to stop? It only seems to show the text on the VGA output.
Re: no video, KDM keeps auto-restarting, can't do anything!
Before anyone asks, yes I read the sticky about black screen issues, and the DVI -> VGA adapter I have doesn't fit the motherboard. It doesn't have the little pins around the - and my adapter does.
Disregard, I thought I didn't have a recovery mode because my monitor was too slow to display it. If I hit esc anyway it then pops up.


TEASER: A fierce Kangana Ranaut, the Queen of Jhansi.
Several Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Anushka Sharma and Randeep Hooda among others have come to the aid of flood-hit Kerala.
Did Kangana Ranaut just confirm Priyanka Chopra's engagement?!
Looks like the Queen of Bollywood, Kangana Ranaut, has finally revealed that the Baywatch star is "extremely excited and happy" post the engagement.
Kangana Ranaut, who took some time off from the shoot of Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi, recently visited Adishakti Ashram in Coimbatore.
Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi starring Kangana Ranaut will hit the theaters on January 25, 2019 & Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 is also slated to release on the same day.
I am truly happy with what I get in life. In fact, whatever I have ever wanted has been so bad for me. Like, every time I wanted to get married to someone, I'm glad it didn't happen and after a few years, I've always said, 'Thank you, God, you saved me!'.


As Chair of the Oklahoma House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, I continue to track our state's progress on replacing or fixing deficient, dilapidated and dangerous bridges. We will get an annual report in December of this year, but as of last December, we are looking at 468 bridges that still need to be made safe.
In total, there are about 6,800 bridges along our state highway system. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation inspects those every year. With each passing year, bridges are added to the list, so our progress is set against a moving number.
In 2004, there were 1,168 bridges on our list – an all-time high. For decades, transportation had been stagnant. In 2005, Republican candidates came into office in a wave and began to prioritize infrastructure spending. State lawmakers joined Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley in taking politics out of the decision of how projects were prioritized. They instead set them along a schedule that took into account each project's effect on public safety.
More recently, state lawmakers and Gov. Mary Fallin have worked to accelerate the schedule of these projects. We enacted legislation and appropriated money to eliminate all structurally deficient bridges by 2020. Last year, a proposal was made to slow down the plan in order to provide funding to other areas of state government. We soundly rejected that plan.
This fall, ODOT revealed a new eight-year plan of projects. I want to let everyone know that this schedule is fluid. As projects are accomplished ahead of schedule, projects can be moved up on their timetable. Many of the current projects that are scheduled for 2019 or 2020, for example, may take place much sooner.
The proposed 2015-2020 work summary includes 935 bridges. The total cost of these projects is more than $2 billion. To increase the safety of a number of Oklahoma roads, we are looking to make shoulder and roadway improvements to inadequate two-lane highways. This will cost us just under $2 billion.
I believe transportation funding is a priority in the state because of its effects on our economy and public safety. Old, unsafe roads are a hazard just waiting to rear its ugly head and they are also an eyesore that keeps business away from the state, especially in rural areas. They benefit every taxpayer they serve and are therefore a core state government service.
I will continue to discuss road and bridge infrastructure in my next two columns. I will include more discussion of the cost of proper road and bridge maintenance and how it affects the overall Oklahoma state budget. I also want to talk about how my district will fit into the eight-year plan.


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Strategic Acquisitions, Cost Cutting and Corporate Actions Top the Bill at Sibos
Last week's annual Swift user conference in Amsterdam saw the messaging network operator focus on a range of items central to its new 2015 strategy (see our video interview with Swift's managing director for the UK, Ireland and the Nordics Arun Aggarwal on the subject earlier this year), including cost saving opportunities, strategic acquisitions of "adjacent" businesses and the progress of its corporate actions standardisation initiative with XBRL US and DTCC. Chairman Yawar Shah and CEO Lázaro Campos listed the cost savings Swift has achieved over the last year to the delegation in attendance at the opening plenary, for example, including a reduction in its structural costs of 17% of its total cost base, or €90 million.
The cost savings are the result of Swift's two year Lean programme, which has included a fair amount of headcount chopping and "fat trimming" in order to realise cost savings in the face of last year's messaging volume decline of 2.4%. Accordingly, Shah informed delegates that they would be receiving a 15% rebate for this year, worth around €50 million and a reduction in the price of FIN messaging of an average of 20%. He also indicated that Swift is expected to live up to its overall price reduction of 50% over the course of five years (promised under the banner of the 2010 strategy), which is due to be realised by the end of next year: a 48% reduction has been achieved thus far.
These numbers all look positive at the outset, but a less reassuring number was the percentage of securities industry delegates to the conference itself, with only 14% making up the numbers. Given the securities industry is a key focus for Swift going forward, as it represents a large proportion of its expected messaging traffic growth over the next five years, this is not good news. The benefits of a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and a strategy targeted more directly at individual user communities mean nothing when they aren't reaching the right ears, after all.
The structure of Sibos itself did Swift no favours either, with the first day heavily slanted towards securities industry topics (including the securities reference data utility panel and a morning of post-trade infrastructure discussions) but very little afterwards in terms of main conference sessions. There were a few standards and corporate actions focused discussions later in the week, but not enough in the way of focused, securities industry specific panels.
Arguably, the main sessions on risk, regulation and rebuilding trust were relevant to securities industry participants, but many of these sessions had a heavy transaction banking slant. The external view of Sibos as a payments conference has not really changed and is unlikely to do so unless action is taken. In order to attract more delegates from this desired demographic, Swift really needs to develop a structured and targeted securities industry stream. If by next year's event in Toronto the industry network operator has failed to do this, percentages in terms of attendees will remain low and this might have an impact on messaging volumes from the securities sector going forward.
However, there was no shortage of panels on the subject of corporate actions at this year's event. Swift is attempting to carve out a niche in the corporate actions messaging and standardisation space via its strategic initiative with XBRL US and DTCC, launched at Sibos in Hong Kong last year, and this year witnessed a barrage of discussions and announcements on the subject.
The biggest news was the addition of a few more high profile names to the list of financial institutions participating in the pilot programmes to prove the benefits of XBRL tagging and ISO 20022 messaging in the corporate actions space. Last month, Citi announced its involvement and now Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), JPMorgan and Bank of New York Mellon have publicly declared their involvement.
The pilot programme, which is being run by DTCC, is aimed at allowing the global custodians to use the Swift network to automatically receive standardised corporate actions announcements and their related cancellations from DTCC in ISO 20022 messaging formats. The programme is expected to start in the second quarter of next year and will initially focus on corporate actions announcements and their related cancellations. The remaining corporate actions lifecycle processes, such as entitlements, elections and payments are expected to begin in 2012.
Chris Church, chief executive of the Americas and global head of Securities for Swift, explained to Reference Data Review over lunch that the aim is to reach critical mass by adding more financial institutions as the programme progresses. These initial pilot firms will therefore act as a beacon for the rest of the industry to follow by proving the benefits of ISO 20022 and XBRL tagging. A task which, given the reticence of many to adopt the new standards at the moment, could prove challenging.
For now, those involved in the pilot are convinced of the benefits and it will be up to them and the initiative's key stakeholders to pass on that sentiment to the rest of the market. Tim Keaney, CEO of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, said: "By engaging key stakeholders from across the industry the group has taken an important step forward in establishing new levels of automation and standardisation for corporate actions processing. This in turn will lead to reduced costs and greater efficiencies for the industry."
Another controversial topic at Sibos was the "flexing of Swift's new muscles", as stated by Shah during the opening plenary in reference to its more acquisitive approach to market. Following on from the acquisition of SunGard's Ambit Messaging Hub earlier this year, Swift will soon be exercising these muscles again, predicted Shah, causing a ripple of equal parts interest and concern throughout the vendor delegation.
Acquisitions are just one part of Swift's new arsenal, which also includes spin offs, joint ventures and partnerships, according to Shah and Campos. This is all in line with the "deepening of Swift's core" business, which is set out in the 2015 strategy. Shah referred directly to the opportunities in the reference data and utility space in his speech (albeit in a rather non-specific way).
We await the next acquisition with bated breath…
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Our strength is in our numbers and the friendship of those we serve is the foundation of our progress. The Kansas Meat Processors Association is an organization comprised of meat processors from throughout the state of Kansas. Our members include slaughterers, processors, locker operators, smoked meat producers, retail meat processors, custom operators and wholesalers. The business of the members of the Kansas Meat Processors Association vary greatly but share a single conviction: To stand together to fight for the right to remain in business and to serve their customers.
KMPA is an organization for independent meat processing plant owners and operators for their mutual benefit, education and communication.
By being a member of your industry trade association, you will convey professionalism and help build up your customer confidence.
Annually, we award two scholarships to Kansas State University undergraduate students that exhibit interest in the meat industry.
Our annual convention, held in Manhattan, features a large array of exhibits of the meat industry's leading suppliers and manufacturers.


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'Hoarders of Cool' Bring Skate Culture to Rochester Art Museum
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Skateboarding culture rolled into the Art Museum of Rochester Saturday night for a showcase of its memorabilia. Friends of Roc City Skatepark presented the exhibit "Hoarders of Cool," with items from skate culture of the past 30 years.
There was an array of old skateboards, t-shirts, stickers and original artwork.The event was held to spread awareness about a potential park in the city.
A board member of Roc City Park says the journey to get a park has had its ups and downs. The city has earmarked $100,000 for a park to be built in 2017. Of the 125 biggest cities in the U.S., Rochester is the only one without a free-use skatepark.


Is it just me or have hawks and owls taken over our town? Birds of prey, also called raptors, seem to be everywhere. I was 40 years old before I saw a bald eagle. Now I see them all the time, sometimes twice in the same day. A hawk circling overhead or resting on the crossbar of a utility pole is no longer an unusual sight.
The profusion of patio birdfeeders may have something to do with these increased sightings. Raptors are well-suited to prey upon feeder birds and other animals that are attracted to the spillage.
Many bird watchers celebrate the return of the predator-prey dynamic to our backyards and gardens, but if you live with a small dog like we do, you're probably not one of them. I'm always saddened by the explosion of feathers when a hawk snatches a songbird in the middle of a bath. Not since the first time I saw Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" have I been so nervous about our Chihuahua going outdoors. The chances of a raptor hauling away your pet are slim, but you still need to be careful. While it doesn't happen very often, any small pet could be attacked.
All raptors are carnivores and predation is a part of their natural behavior. Once their supply of food is gone, they'll move on. Remember, hawks and owls are federally protected species, just like eagles. Harming one could result in a felony conviction, a hefty fine and even jail time, so don't do it.
Even though they're extremely efficient hunters, they can't lift more than their own weight. The largest hawks and owls weigh no more than three or four pounds, so most pets aren't at risk. However, a hungry raptor could still injure your pet, inflicting serious puncture wounds from their razor sharp claws and curved beaks.
I've been swooped upon by an angry owl for no apparent reason. Maybe it was nesting nearby, who knows? The four-foot wingspan was unexpected and frightening, like some prehistoric flying dinosaur. Five-pound Rosa wouldn't have stood a chance.
Be aware of the birds in your area. Raptors can be dangerous if they feel their chicks are threatened. If a hawk or owl nests near your garden, keep your pets indoors until the eggs have hatched and the chicks have left the nest. Never leave your small pets unsupervised, even if your yard is fenced in. Birds of prey are keen observers and can become familiar with your pets' habits, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. If hawks are feeding on birds at your feeders, you'll need to get rid of the feeders. You don't want to attract predators.
It's important to respect all wildlife. Raptors play an important role in keeping the population of rodents in check. The safety of our pets requires our constant vigilance, especially when they're outdoors.


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Necurs is indeed constantly evolving to find other effective measures of tricking victims while defeating countermeasures waged against it. And since it has a highly effective botnet component that may also be sold as a service, malicious actors will continue to find ways to circumvent detection and improve how they trick the weakest link in cybersecurity — the user.
As security vendors are wise to Necurs's traditional infection chain (a script, a macro, or archives containing certain file formats), the malware has started using an internet shortcut or .URL file to bypass detection.
Figure 1. A diagram of a previous version of the Necurs malware.
Figure 2. A diagram of the evolved Necurs malware.
Internet shortcuts, or .URLs, take the form of clickable icons and are objects used to access internet sites or web documents faster. Internet shortcuts have contents that are in the INI file format, which allows the changing of icons. Necurs malware uses this to its advantage by changing the folder icon to trick the victim into thinking that it's a different file type, as it is less suspicious than clicking on a script. The .URL will then access the remote resource that downloads another downloader. The second downloader remotely executes the payload.
Notice that aside from the icons disguised as folders, the filenames were also crafted to resemble typical folder names such as IMG-20180404-9AC4DD, SCN-20180404-268CC1, and PIC-20180404-ADEEEE shown in Figure 2, to name a few.
Furthermore, the actual attachment archive does not contain the script downloader Necurs uses to download its payload. The .URL file accesses the remote server, which then executes through the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol — a tactic that may be successful in evading certain spam filters.
The malware doesn't stop at disguising .URL files. The latest Necurs variant no longer has the actual script downloader in its attachment. It only contains the internet shortcut to the remote site that contains the script that is then executed remotely. This means that it does not "download" the actual script on the victim's machine. This is the closest it gets to its previous malicious spam runs: Attaching a URL in the email and tricking a victim into clicking on the link to download a malicious file.
Interestingly, Necurs does not infect computers using Russian as a language.
The use of QUANTLOADER may be twofold: First, it adds another download stage before it downloads the final payload, possibly to mix things up and evade behavioral detections. Secondly, QUANTLOADER is persistent in nature — it drops a copy of itself and creates an autorun registry so that it executes at startup.
To protect against Necurs and other continuously evolving spammed threats, businesses can take advantage of Trend Micro endpoint solutions such as Trend Micro Smart Protection Suites and Worry-Free Business Security. Both solutions can protect users and businesses from threats by detecting malicious files, and spammed messages as well as blocking all related malicious URLs. Trend Micro Deep Discovery has an email inspection layer that can protect enterprises by detecting malicious attachment and URLs. Deep Discovery is able to detect the remote script despite it not being downloaded in the physical endpoint.
Trend Micro Hosted Email Security is a no-maintenance cloud solution that delivers continuously updated protection to stop spam, malware, spear phishing, ransomware, and advanced targeted attacks before they reach the network. It protects Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, and other hosted and on-premises email solutions. The spam mail used by this threat is detected on arrival by Trend Micro Email Reputation Services , while our spam engine can detect Necurs's technique: an archive containing internet shortcut.
A list of all the hashes (SHA-256) is in this appendix.
The post Necurs Evolves to Evade Spam Detection via Internet Shortcut File appeared first on .


In what may be a first in professional sports, the Atlanta Hawks have tapped (or swiped) in to the casual dating category with what the team is promoting as "Swipe Right Night." Wednesday night's game against the Griz is being promoted to help fans find their match, courtesy of the Atlanta Hawks and Tinder." Game on!


EVERYONE is assured of a warm welcome at Christ Church, and that definitely includes families of every shape and size! Please explore this site and find out more about our family life together. Every one of us is important to God - and so we are all important to each other.
Naturally we take the issue of Safeguarding very seriously and Catherine Hilton, Safeguarding Officer or any of the Clergy will be happy to discuss this with you.


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Technical details (AK MB SS) A=K=Tapered Bore, Taper 1:12. MB=Machined Brass Retainer, Inner Ring Guided. SS=Seals??


I just finished Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic. If you are interested in the creative process it's an interesting, fun read. Elizabeth was made famous with her blockbuster memoir and later a movie Eat, Pray, Love. I heard her speak after that success here in Toronto. Her TED talks are here if you would like to listen. She is funny and engaging in person as well as in her writing.
So why do we want to be creative? Elizabeth says "A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life." I totally agree. There is some New Age sensibility in this book, which I'm sure will be criticized by some readers. I felt it was balanced by her pragmatic approach to simply getting the work done, as well as her discussion about dealing with real failure and the fear of failure that haunts many creatives.
Her simple joy in writing and her sense of gratitude for what being a writer has brought to her life is inspiring to any creative soul.
Elizabeth shares that ultimately she writes for her own pleasure and I think that shows in the end result. She recommends that you please yourself by simply following your own interests and curiosity. I can do that!


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A slightly different Wednesday Inspiration post this week, sharing the other tutorials in the Crafty Christmas Tutorial Link-Up which I took part in on Monday. You can see my tutorial for cross stitched Christmas tree hoops here.
Head over to Bugs and Fishes to see the complete set of blog links and larger images of the projects. Here are my favourites!
2nd in on the 3rd row - Embroidered Mistletoe Ornament by Bugs and Fishes.


One of the most powerful practices included in an RtI framework is using data to guide decision making. During early stages of RtI planning and implementation, teams are making decisions about what tools will be used for progress monitoring, how frequently progress will be monitored, what decision rules will be used to prompt when changes may be warranted,· when will these data discussions take place, and who will be involved.· Make no mistake, these decisions usually require a significant amount of time and spirited discussion to arrive at consensus for district or building level teams.· Once made, actually launching the data teams and using the decision rules are important milestones in the RtI journey. I emphasize" important milestones" because, to me, they are initial steps in the process and require the group to engage in reflection on the process so it can be properly matured over time.· This is where many of the teams I work with are in the process and, for this blog, I want to share what realizations we are coming to as we work to make the process more efficient and effective.
We find that revisiting the purpose of the review process is essential. The purpose of the review process is to determine whether or not to change something about what we are doing during core instruction and intervention in order to better meet the student's needs. While we have team norms, this mantra needs to be repeated in order to "undo" decades of our spoken or unspoken purpose being that we determine whether the data suggest that we go to an initial evaluation, or whether the student continues to "need help" from the reading or math specialist.
The general education teacher is the student's primary teacher. As such, we need to ensure they are comfortable and confident leading the discussion regarding each student's specific strengths and need areas. For example, in reading, it is important that they understand which big ideas are strengths and which are need areas. This sounds very straightforward, but even my very veteran and strong teaching colleagues have indicated that thinking about reading by the big ideas was not emphasized in their preservice programs and usually is not provided adequate coverage in staff development beyond the knowledge level.
Using screening data and a validation process to determine who may warrant additional support has been an easy transition for most all teams I work with. The more challenging component has been for the team to clearly understand and be able to match or create an intervention to the student's specific need. While reading and math specialists may feel comfortable with this process, it is important that the child's classroom teacher understand both the match of intervention and the scope of skills that will be covered.
While a first step for a team is to be able to accurately describe student progress monitoring data in terms of level and slope of performance, the next step is to use this summary as a springboard to the reflections on the student's performance in the core curriculum and during intervention time. We are finding that "on the spot" reflections are not sufficient to engage in problem solving when a change is warranted, so we are working to provide a reflection guide in advance. We anticipate that the advance reflection will allow for (1) more meaningful problem solving and (2) curtail the "quick fixes" that I find us going to – "add x number of minutes of sight word review," "add fluency opportunities." It isn't that these may not be appropriate, but for students experiencing the most significant time learning to read, I'm not sure we have really created the most thoughtful change.
Given what I've been sharing, we've created a "story script" that we've been using to guide each of us through the process. We created this because we find that a team of 6 people will have six different ways to "share the story." This makes it inefficient for a team to wrap their head around the details of the student. (For those of you who have had Ruby Payne training, showing the "Did you hear about Jack" video is a fun way to emphasize how difficult it can be to follow people's stories). The script, therefore, allows us to practice articulating all the essentials to ensure we have a collective understanding. One way to practice this is to have teachers rotate being the facilitator so they are also in the position of listening for the essentials and checking for understanding. In my next blog, I'll share two case studies of how this has resulted in problem solving.


On this project and its documentation, see the Preface to D.31-34 and the related entries.
It is probable that these two small drawings were of two of the three compositions that are known to have been made for the fresco project at S. Maria delle Lagrime in Arezzo (see above). One could have been the autograph Throne of Solomon in Bayonne (D.34) and the other the Allegory of the Immaculate Conception in Florence (D.32) or a drawing for the third known composition for this project (see D.33A). Or they were drawings of totally lost compositions. One difficulty with this identification is the specification of "Cappella magiore" in the inventory entry. The vault that Rosso was to fresco is not actually over what would normally be so called, that is, the area related to the high altar of the church. It was apparently only the atrium of the church with which Rosso was concerned, with the frescoing of its vault and with the design of an altar for this location (see D.38). It is just possible that the entry refers to the latter but then one might expect the specification of an altar rather than a chapel. More likely is it that the "doi desegnetti" were for the fresco project.


Laiba is an Eight-grade student at Beaconhouse School who has to pay Rs. 17,000 monthly as her school fee, a late submission would cost her further Rs. 500. Her younger brother Yazaan, a student of grade 4, pays Rs. 22,000 to the same school every month. Their 3rd and elder sister Noor who has just been promoted to A Level will start paying Rs. 40,000 in the coming month as her monthly fee has increased insanely.
Their father, Abdul Qayyum who belongs to a middle-class family, undergoes this trauma for earmarking Rs. 80,000 every month that goes straight into the pockets of private school mafia in the name of tuition fee. His tension further grows when he has to pay the home-tutor fee, transportation expenses, books etc. Ever since he started the education of his children, he has seen a 1,600% fee hike.
This is not limited to Beaconhouse only, Asad ul Azim faces a similar situation when he pays nearly 40,000 as tuition fee every month to Lacas School for his two children.
They are among thousands of parents who are feeling this heat which is killing them as they additionally bear the burden of the price hike for daily commodities and huge taxes that our governments keeping putting every now and then.
After hundreds of failed attempts to capture the attention of policymakers in Pakistan over the years, these parents have resorted to street protests in hope that the new PTI government and the Chief Justice of Pakistan would take the action to address their grievances.
To keep the voices silent, these private schools of likes Beacon house, Lacas, Bahria School, City School, and hundreds of others, keep pressurizing these parents by mistreating their children at school. Many parents have their children struck out of the schools because of raising the voice. However, the movement has taken the momentum in all the big cities of Pakistan where parents have come up with their demands.
They gather at different places holding the placards and chant slogans against the untouchable private school mafia. They do this in hope that someone would listen to them.
In a recent meeting with Dr. Murad Raas, Education Minister (Punjab), some three hundred parents tried to seek his attention to address the issue, but the voice wasn't loud enough to convince the minister.
"After that meeting, I am consistently trying to access him through emails and Twitter to remind him of the promise he made with us but he (Murad Raas) never responds", told Amber, a mother, and a protestor.
At a recent protest at the Liberty Chowk Lahore, they came up with their following demands.
Formation of Regulatory Authority for having check and balance on private schools.
Immediate action by education ministry on the application submitted by parents of private schools in meeting dated September 13th, 2018 with education minister Dr. Murad Raas.
Audit of last five years of all private schools of having a fair calculation of their profitability before the decision of Supreme Court Petitions on Private Schools matter.
Collection of data of private schools students for purpose of decision making by Supreme Court of Pakistan. The decision by the government and the court should base on rational data instead of assumptions provided by schools.
Upgrading and extension of schools like DPS/ Cresent Model/ Punjab School for flopping agenda of private school mafia and formation of Model Schools by the government following standards/curriculum of above-mentioned schools.
Implementation of the Lahore High Court decision of W.P.No.29724/2015 dated 05/04/2018.
Immediate attention of the government is requested to look into the matter of student harassment for non-payment of fee & expelling students for non-payment of the fee.
Good piece of writing depicting 360 degree analysis of private schools fee hike issue.


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Josef Bílý (30 June 1872 in Zbonín-Ochoz – 28 September 1941 in Prague) was a Czech general and commander of the Czechoslovak national armed forces.

Early life and education
Bílý attended the State Real Gymnasium from 1883 to 1888.

Military career

Service in the Austro-Hungarian army
After completing his studies at gymnasium, he studied at the Austro-Hungarian Army's infantry cadet school in Trieste from 1888 to 1892. Joining the 15th Infantry Regiment in Tarnopol as a cadet in 1892, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1894. From 1898 to 1900 he attended the Military College in Vienna, after which he served in the 7th Infantry Division in Osijek (Slavonia), then in Lviv and, beginning in 1906, in Trieste, having risen to the rank of captain in 1903. He was an instructor in tactics and training at the cadet school in Vienna from 1908 to 1910, after which he served in the 4th Infantry Regiment in Vienna.

After being promoted to major on 1 August 1914, he commanded the battalion on the Russian front of the First World War beginning on August 18 of that year. He participated in fighting in Galicia and the Carpathians, and on 3 July 1915, he was wounded and sent to recover at the field hospital in Ljubljana. After serving for six months in the military government of Lublin he was appointed battalion commander in Brixen. In 1916 he became a lieutenant colonel and, beginning in February 1917, he commanded a special unit on the front at Asiago. In June 1918, he took command of the 74th Bosnia-Herzegovina Infantry Regiment, and in this role participated in the offensive at Asiago in Italy.

Service in the Czechoslovak army
After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, Josef Bílý took part in the formation of the Czechoslovak Army in Prague and on November 28, 1918, was officially named a colonel in the Army, thereafter holding positions at the regional and garrison headquarters in České Budějovice. In 1917 he joined the General Staff. Beginning in the spring of 1920, he served briefly as commander of the regiment in Uzhhorod and then, from 1920 to 1922, as commander of the 16th infantry brigade in Frýdek. He was promoted to the rank of general on 16 December 1921, and appointed Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Command in Brno.

Between 1923 and 1928 he commanded the 6th Infantry Division and in 1924 completed a course for generals in Versailles, France. Promoted on 16 December 1927, to the rank of brigadier general, he served from 1928 to 1935 as commander of the Provincial Military Command of Bohemia in Prague. On 3 April 1928, he was promoted to the rank of divisional general and on 26 June 1931, to the rank of General of the Army. After 47 years in the uniformed services, he retired on 1 July 1935.

Anti-Nazi resistance

Immediately after the Germans began occupying Czech territory in March 1939, Bily joined the resistance. He became a member of the so-called Council of Elders, among whose other members were generals Alois Eliáš, Hugo Vojta, and Sergej Vojcechovský. The formation of this group led to the establishment of an illegal anti-Nazi military resistance organization, Defense of the Nation (ON), at the end of March 1939. On 30 June 1939, Bílý became its commander, subordinate only to the Provincial Commander in Bohemia, General Hugo Vojta, and the Provincial Commander in Moravia, Bohuslav Všetička. After a series of arrests, the Gestapo managed to partially paralyze ON. Beginning in December 1939, Bily lived in hiding. On 14 November 1940 he was arrested by the Gestapo in a cottage in Harus Hill in the village of Radňovice near Nové Město na Moravě and imprisoned in Prague at Pankrác and Terezín.

On the first day of his tenure as Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, 27 September 1941, Reinhard Heydrich, seeking to break the resistance of Czech patriots, declared a civil emergency. In this he stated that the military court in Prague had found Bílý and Division General Hugo Vojta guilty of treason and sentenced them to death. Bílý was executed on 28 September 1941, at 9 pm by a firing squad. On the scaffold, he refused to wear a blindfold. His last words were: "Long live the Czechoslovak Republic! Dogs, fire!"

Honors

List of decorations
1898 Jubilee Commemorative Medal
1907 Military Merit Medal, Bronze Medal
1908 Military Jubilee Cross
1912 Military Merit Cross, III. Class
1913 Military official badge, III. Class for officers
1914 Military Merit Medal, silver medal
1915 Military Merit Cross, III. Class
1915 Order of Iron Crown, III. Class - knight
1916 Order of Leopold, V. Class - officer
1918 Order of Iron Crown, II. Class - Commander
1923 Order of reborn Poland, IV. Class
1924 Order of the Legion of Honor, IV. Class - officer
1925 Order of Italian Crown, III. Class
1925 Order of the Romanian star, III. Class - Commander
1926 Medvědobijce Order, II. Class - Commander
1926 Order of St. Sava, II. Class (Serbia)
1929 Order of the Nile, II. Class
1932 Order of Romanian Crown, II. class
1933 Order of Yugoslav Crown, II. Class
1945 Czechoslovak War Cross 1939, in memoriam
1992 The Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, II. Class, in memoriam
2008 Cross of Defense of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, in memoriam
2018 Order of the White Lion, First Class Military Group, in memoriam

Memorials

A plaque on the house at 801/17 Verdunská Street, 160 00 Prague 6-Bubeneč), where General Josef Bílý lived with his wife Hana Bílá until 1937.
A commemorative plaque (unveiled on 16 May 2009) on the outer wall of the chapel in the military cemetery near the Čížovská road near the South Bohemian Písek (northwest of Písek about 3 km from the city centre) towards the village Čížová.
A memorial plaque in the riding hall of the former Ruzyně Barracks. The building is located on the premises of the military unit in Prague-Ruzyně.
At the Old Town Hall (in January 2018), the deputy mayor of Prague 1, Oldřich Lomecký, assumed the honorary citizenship granted to General Josef Bílý (in memoriam).
On 28 June 2018, two stone commemorative plaques were ceremonially unveiled on the house at 122/4 Mikulandská Street in Prague 1. The first one commemorates Bílý, who lived there 1937 to 1939 with his wife, Hana. The second plaque commemorates the establishment of the military illegal resistance organization Defense of the Nation in March 1939, which took place in Bílý's apartment in this house.

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1941 deaths
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People from Písek District
Czech people executed by Nazi Germany
Recipients of the Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion
Recipients of the Order of the Yugoslav Crown
Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
Recipients of the Order of St. Sava
Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad

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Last night as I sat at my computer, I looked through this collection of rare colored photographs from the early 1940s. These are some of the few colored photographs taken of this era showing life after the Great Depression. I couldn't stop looking at every detail of the photographs--the homemade bread, the hand-me-down clothing, the barefooted children, the landscape, the steam engines as modern technology. Life was simpler. Family was everything. And they found joy where they could.
With Billie Holiday playing in the background, I imagined what my grandparents, in their 20s then, were listening to, dancing to, and how they saw the world around them.
Here are a few of my favorites. See the rest for yourself.


he book was an insightful study of James' great predecessor, Nathaniel Hawthorne. James gave extended consideration to each of Hawthorne's novels and a selection of his short stories. He also reviewed Hawthorne's life and some of his nonfiction.


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Get year-round access to professional film kit, including Canon DSLR, Sony FS5, Blackmagic Ursa and ARRI ALEXA Mini LF cameras.
Learn post-production with industry-standard software AVID and ProTools.
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Benefit from small class sizes, exceptional one-to-one tutor support and professional practice opportunities throughout the course.
With a contemporary curriculum, our BA (Hons) Digital Film Production combines the main elements of production, screenwriting and film theory. Taking a holistic and practical approach we also offer opportunities to explore the professional aspects of filmmaking.
To succeed in this competitive but hugely inspiring industry, we give you the necessary creative, technical, critical and entrepreneurial skills. Darkroom (2016) dir. Leonard Kitts - Level 6 Fiction.
Unlike many other university courses, we put a lot of emphasis on production and post-production sound. You explore it in a creative way, learning how to edit dialogue and apply sound effects, for instance.
Throughout the degree you work with industry-standard software and equipment, ensuring you are fully prepared to enter into this profession. See Facilities and Resources further down this page for information about our studios and supply of equipment.
Our course is designed to reflect the real world; we provide opportunities for industry placements within the creative industries at organisations such as the BBC and at a variety of local production companies. You can also sharpen your skills by producing films for clients; students have worked with Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Shorts and the National Trust to name just a few.
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You will be taught by experienced teachers who remain active as practitioners and scholars of international renown. This is further augmented by masterclasses by recognised specialists in direction, artist-filmmaking, cinematography and documentary. In recent years, Christopher Andrews, Emily Richardson, Nick Gordon-Smith, and Holger Mohaupt have provided invaluable insight into their own careers and achievements, inspiring our next generation of filmmakers.
As a result of our comprehensive course content and teaching, you will graduate with a full repertory of production and post-production skills, combined with a critical appreciation of many forms of filmmaking. This will prepare you for an ever-changing and competitive global workplace.
In the first year, you are introduced to both practical and critical approaches to your work and you start to develop your own professional portfolio.
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In your final year, there is a stronger focus on negotiated elements of work including a critical dissertation or research project and an independent short film project where students choose a genre. You also undertake our Professional Practice module.
Below is an overview of each module – more information can be found here.
Digital Film Production: Introduction Part One (Mandatory)
This module introduces creative digital filmmaking practice and is designed to encourage a flexible, informed, imaginative and reflective approach to practical work. Above all, this module introduces students to the basics of camera, lighting, sound and post-production, so that good working practices are established in order to aid the student's progression over the three-year course.
Digital Film Production: Introduction Part Two (Mandatory)
This module reinforces and develops key filmmaking skills learnt in Digital Film Production: Introduction Part One, with a greater emphasis on the creation and realisation of a single project. Throughout the module students will be encouraged to adopt an 'ideas-led' approach to filmmaking, drawing and building upon their work in the Developing Screen Ideas module.
Film Studies One: Analysis and Issues (Mandatory)
This introductory module is designed to stimulate the student's intellectual curiosity. It will develop the student's critical knowledge and skills base in ways which complement and inform their conceptual and practical work. The first six weeks focusses on the critical analysis of mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound and editing. In the second half of the module students investigate issues of race and representation, with particular reference to mainstream American cinema.
Film Studies Two: Film History (Mandatory)
This introductory module is coupled with and follows directly on from Film Studies One, and as such continues to develop students' critical knowledge and skills base in ways which complement and inform their conceptual and practical work. The module introduces Film History as an academic discipline, provides the student with a toolkit of concepts for the close analysis of a range of film texts and genres and sets the student on the path of historical and contextual enquiry through the study of a diverse range of films from around the world.
Audio One: Production Sound (Mandatory)
During this module students learn the fundamentals of recording sound for picture and the role of the sound mixer in film production. By shooting their own short films, students learn how to shoot both single-system and double-system footage and how to log, synchronise and edit that footage.
Developing Screen Ideas (Mandatory)
This module introduces students to the developmental process in filmmaking and is fundamentally concerned with the generation of ideas and the creative processes involved in their realisation. Initially, students explore key concepts and practices in screenwriting, critically analysing narrative structure, story types and themes, conflict, action, character, dialogue, genre and style. This critical study is complemented by screenwriting tasks on action, character, dialogue and genre, which will be included in students' portfolios.
Researching Film: Theories and Methods (Mandatory)
The module addresses theoretical and critical approaches to the study of film texts and provides a preparation for students' own independent research at Level 6 when formulating their research proposal for the Dissertation. Focusing on a range of film theories, approaches and methods which have been influential in the development of Film as a field of academic study, it will enable students to examine various ideas, assumptions and procedures and try them out on a diverse range of films.
Screenwriting: The Ten Minute Short (Mandatory)
This module explores the theory and practice of writing for the screen, specifically the ten-minute short. Students will engage with key practical manuals and critical studies of the screenwriting process and study a range of globally diverse shorts. The culmination of this work will be the production of a ten-page screenplay which will be put forward for selection to be made in the level five Digital Film Production: Drama module in semester two.
Avant-garde and Experimental Film (Mandatory)
This module enables students to explore alternatives to mainstream cinema which have attracted the label avant-garde, experimental, underground or alternative. Building on work done in previous critical and practical modules and also complementing the concurrent Level 5 ones, the module aims to expand students' theoretical, critical, practical and creative horizons by engaging them with a range of work and filmmaking modes which may be unfamiliar.
Digital Film Production: Documentary (Mandatory)
This module develops the Level 4 digital film work by deepening students' engagement with the medium through practical engagement with the many different forms of documentary story-telling. Analysis of contrasting examples from the practice across several continents in combination with short exercises will culminate in the production of a documentary short film to be made in small groups.
Digital Film Production: Drama (Mandatory)
Students work in small crews to produce ten-minute short films based on the screenplays written in the Screenwriting: The Ten-Minute Short module. Students develop their understanding and knowledge of narrative based drama and the possibilities and limitations of the short film form. Students are encouraged to be innovative in their use of the form and produce both conceptually and visually creative content.
Audio Two: Postproduction Sound (Mandatory)
This module forms an introduction to the key concepts, methodologies and techniques of audio postproduction for film. In the first assignment, students design a soundtrack for a short animated film extract using Pro Tools software, applying level balancing, stereo imaging, equalization and reverb to tracks that they have imported and synchronised to picture. Their second practical project requires them to: write, shoot and edit a short, 'sound driven' film. By putting this film through audio postproduction students are suitably equipped to record, edit and engineer the soundtracks for their own and each other's films during the remainder of their studies and beyond.
This year-long module represents the culmination of students' critical development on the course. It provides an opportunity for students to explore a chosen area of Film Studies. They design and carry out a sustained and coherent piece of independent research in an area of scholarship that they wish to pursue.
Digital Film Production: Final Project (Mandatory)
This module is the culmination of students' conceptual, practical and creative development on the course. Students are expected to critically evaluate the ideas generated in the Level 6 Development and Pre-production: Final Project module, in order to select the most original and physically feasible concept for a film which they will make independently on digital film.
Professional Practice (Mandatory)
This module provides an opportunity for students to undertake professional digital film work for clients and/or a work placement. Through the wide variety of opportunities available, students develop the knowledge and skills that underpin their own creative, professional and personal self-development. Building on Level 4 and 5 production modules, this module prepares students for professional life after graduation and establishes the skills and resources needed to develop a sustainable practice and work in either a self-employed or employed capacity.
Development and Pre-production: Project (Mandatory)
This module builds on students' knowledge of the development and pre-production processes in filmmaking and is fundamentally concerned with the generation of ideas and the creative and practical processes involved in their realisation. Students develop ideas for a short drama, documentary or experimental film, choosing which one(s) they wish to progress and produce as their final project in semester two.
Timetable for students commencing Sept 2020
Because of our excellent standards and practical experience with our industry partners such as BBC, ITV and independent production companies, our graduates are prepared to take on exciting industry jobs. In fact, some go on to work for big names such as Warner Bros. and Pinewood Studios.
To heighten your employability, we strongly encourage you to gain professional experience throughout your degree – during holidays for example.
Since our course modules cover all key aspects of film, you leave university with a host of transferable skills. So you have the option of a pursuing a career in film or a job in the broader broadcast landscape.
Kate McCoid, a graduate currently building her film career, says:
"I had enrolled at another university for another course, but realised it wasn't for me. The University of Suffolk handled everything smoothly and within a week I was enrolled with them. I knew I wanted to study Film and the course covered a variety of areas.
"To me, the most appealing part was that it combined practical and theory. I enjoyed sound, film history and screenwriting the most. I had underestimated the importance of sound in film, and the knowledge of film history has helped me shape my own films through influence and inspiration. I think screenwriting should be a module every film student learns it is essential."
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We are happy to announce that Pie Fest will be back for another year thanks to our partner the Thurston County Food Bank! Senior Services for South Sound and the Thurston County Food Bank will hold Pie Fest on March 2nd from 1pm to 4pm at the Olympia Senior Center. All funds raised will be used to end food insecurity in our community. Pie slices will be sold at $3 per slice. This year there will be three prize categories Professional, Amateur, Youth. To enter, please review rules and fill out the Entry Form, which is also available at the Olympia and Lacey Senior Center reception desks. Return entry sheet with two pies at the event before 10am. For more information call 360.586.6181.


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Telenor Pakistan Celebrates Success of 4G Services with Business Customers
Press ReleaseLast Updated: Nov 20, 2016
Pakistan's premier Telecom provider, Telenor Pakistan arranged a special musical evening for its B2B customers in Lahore. Telenor Pakistan had launched its 4G after acquisition of 850 MHz technology-neutral spectrum through a successful bid in PTA's spectrum auction.
Telenor Pakistan's 4G services were initially launched in 8 cities across Pakistan. The cutting edge services have ever since set a bench mark in the country's broadband market for its matchless speed and seamless connectivity.
Also Read: Telenor Introduces Safe Internet Guide & School Outreach Program
Telenor Pakistan Celebrates Success of 4G Services with Business Customers. The event was graced by a great number of dignitaries from various businesses, collaborating with Telenor Pakistan for its communication services. The audience was captivated by soulful musical performance by star musician Sajjad Ali.
Sharing his thoughts on this, CEO Telenor Pakistan, Mr. Irfan Wahab Khan said:
"We are here to celebrate the success of our 4G services in the country. As a customer-centric Digital Service provider, the event is testament to our commitment that Telenor Pakistan will continue to prosper and grow with its customers on its side. We are glad that the leading edge services are not only benefiting individual users but also contributing to various business partners across different sectors including Textile, Logistics, health care, agriculture, banking, pharma and more. We will continue to invest and build world class Digital infrastructure to better serve our prestigious customers."
The audience expressed their gratitude for the superior acoustic delight and lauded Telenor Pakistan efforts to bring best possible services to its customers. Telenor Pakistan will also organize similar get-together programs in Karachi and Islamabad for its B2B customers.
In pursuance of its motto 'Internet for all', Telenor Pakistan also launched a host of 4G enabled devices to support and extend its digital ecosystem in the country. The cost effective and technology enabled devices including smartphones are aimed at increasing digital inclusion in the country. It is part of Telenor Pakistan's ambition to promote broadband penetration and technology uptake in the country.


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Scientists from the University of Kansas have discovered a "mother lode" of six new fossil primate species in parts of southern China. Approximately 34 million years ago, these primate species eked out an existance soon after the Eocene-Oligocene transition.
This period was a time when extreme cooling made most parts of the Asian regions unfavorable to these primates. As a result, their population was reduced drastically and this made it difficult to unearth such fossil species.
The results of the study have been reported in the Science journal.
At the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, because of the rearrangement of Earth's major tectonic plates, you had a rapid drop in temperature and humidity. Primates like it warm and wet, so they faced hard times around the world -- to the extent that they went extinct in North America and Europe. Of course, primates somehow survived in Africa and Southern Asia, because we're still around to talk about it." Because anthropoid primates -- the forerunners of living monkeys, apes and humans-- first appeared in Asia, understanding their fate on that continent is key to grasping the arc of early primate and human evolution.
This has always been an enigma. We had a lot of evidence previously that the earliest anthropoids originated in Asia. At some point, later in the Eocene, these Asian anthropoids got to Africa and started to diversify there. At some point, the geographic focal point of anthropoid evolution -- monkeys, apes and humans -- shifted from Asia to Africa. But we never understood when and why. Now, we know. The Eocene-Oligocene climate crisis virtually wiped out Asian anthropoids, so the only place they could evolve to become later monkeys, apes and humans was Africa.
The study was the outcome of years of fieldwork carried out at a southern Chinese site, where the primate species would have migrated in search of warmer temperatures. Along with other researchers Qiang Li, Xijun Ni, and Lüzhou Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beard elucidated the six new fossil species from tooth and jaw fragments, which act as fingerprints to locate prehistoric animals. These fragments have strong enamel surfaces, and thus were able to withstand many years of time.
The fossil record usually gives you a snapshot here or there of what ancient life was like. You typically don't get a movie. We have so many primates from the Oligocene at this particular site because it was located far enough to the south that it remained warm enough during that cold, dry time that primates could still survive there. They crowded into the limited space that remained available to them.
According to the KU researcher, the ancient Chinese primates were similar to present-day primates and were typical tropical tree-dwellers. One of the species, named Oligotarsius rarus by the researchers, was "incredibly similar" to the current tarsiers that inhabit the Indonesian islands and Philippine.
If you look back at the fossil record, we know that tarsiers once lived on mainland Asia, as far north as central China. The fossil teeth described in this paper are nearly identical to those of modern tarsiers. Research shows that modern tarsiers are pretty much living fossils -- those things have been doing what they do ever since time immemorial, as far as we can tell.
Beard further added that if extreme cooling of the Eocene-Oligocene transition has not occurred, the critical stage of primate evolution could have continued to remain in Asia, and would not have migrated to Africa where Homo sapiens evolved in due course. These key findings indeed highlight a susceptibility to climate change, shared by all primate species.
This is the flip side of what people are worried about now. The Eocene-Oligocene transition was the opposite of global warming -- the whole world was already warm, then it cooled off. It's kind of a mirror image. The point is that primates then, just like primates today, are more sensitive to a changing climate than other mammals.


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Do "green" vehicles really save energy? Is a Prius worse for the environment than a Hummer?
In the United States most electricity used in electric cars would probably come from fossil fuels, right? Given all the steps involved, does the loss of energy during electrical generation, transmission, battery charging, and electric motor operation make electric cars an energy-losing proposition?
Greg Glenn I read an article stating the Prius has a worse impact on the environment than a Hummer because of the enormous pollution created in making the car's batteries. True? Jim Cummings
Good questions, complicated answers, even if we dance past the fine points. Not to waffle, but we'd better consider this an interim report. First some definitions:
Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV): This uses an internal-combustion engine for most of its power, but also has an electric motor run from batteries recharged by the engine. Typically the engine shuts off when the car is stopped. HEVs include the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight.
Plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV): An HEV that can charge its batteries by plugging into a charger, permitting all-electric short trips. The forthcoming Chevrolet Volt is such a car.
Battery-electric vehicle (BEV): an electric car powered solely by batteries.
All three can charge their batteries using regenerative braking, which recaptures energy otherwise lost as heat when bringing the car to a stop. That's a big advantage of electrics.
How much energy is lost getting electricity from the power plant to your PHEV or BEV? Plenty. In the U.S. right now, about 70 percent of the energy used to make electricity — more than four million gigawatt-hours — comes from fossil fuels. About 70 percent of that amount is wasted generating the power and transmitting it to your door. Additional energy is lost when charging batteries and running electric motors. Overall, electric cars use fossil fuel at 20 to 25 percent efficiency, but dismal as that sounds, it beats an internal-combustion car, which typically operates at about 15 percent efficiency. An HEV uses around 0.48-0.74 kilowatt-hours per mile, while PHEVs in electric mode and BEVs use 0.18-0.46 kWh per mile. By contrast, a conventional car getting 25 MPG uses 1.35 kWh/mile. To put the issue in more familiar terms, a PHEV or BEV offers fuel economy equivalent to as much as 188 miles per gallon.
Now let's talk pollution. A huge advantage of PHEV and BEV cars is that their energy can come from renewable sources, such as hydroelectric, wind, or solar. Even if the energy source is fossil fuel, installing state-of-the-art emission controls on a few big power plants is way easier than installing 'em on hundreds of millions of motor vehicles. What's more, since many electric plants use natural gas, CO2 emissions from power generation are a modest 1.27 pounds of CO2 per kWh — 1.9 pounds per productive kWh once we account for losses during battery charging and so on. Compare that to gasoline, which produces the equivalent of 3.9 pounds of CO2 per productive kWh.
What about the Prius and its allegedly grim environmental impact? The cause of the controversy seems to be a report called "Dust to Dust" by Oregon-based CNW Marketing Research. The report claims a Prius has a higher lifetime energy cost than a Hummer, an assertion cited by George Will in 2007 in his syndicated newspaper column. But the report is ludicrous. It evidently was self-published, lists no authors, quotes no technical literature, never explains its methodology, and contains numerous unsupported and often bizarre assertions. (Sample: a Prius will have a life span of only 109,000 miles whereas an H1 will last for 379,000 miles, apparently the basis for the contention that the Hummer's per-mile costs are lower.) Only a fool or a commentator with an ax to grind would take such nonsense seriously.
The same can be said of another anti-Prius yarn circulating over the past year. It originated with an article last spring in the Mail on Sunday, a UK paper, blaming the Prius for devastating environmental damage around a plant in Sudbury, Ontario, that processes the nickel used in Prius batteries. The story was grossly wrong; the major damage occurred more than 30 years ago, long before the Prius. Pollution has since been reduced 90 percent and the region reforested. The Mail yanked the piece off its Web site with an apology, but not before the usual knuckleheads picked it up, folded in the "Dust to Dust" drivel, and spread the result everywhere. Rush Limbaugh is said to have read on the air a version of the story that appeared in a student newspaper.
To be clear, I've got no vested interest in electric vehicles. Notwithstanding the above, I'm willing to believe that once all the costs and benefits are totted up they're not much greener than conventional technology. But I also know this: the era of petroleum-fueled vehicles is drawing to a close. Either we find a substitute or we resign ourselves to a slightly updated version of the transportation options available in 1898. (Thanks to my assistant Una for technical consultation.)


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Every transaction between a buyer and a seller involving the transfer of property is a contract. Some contracts are of the simplest form, while others are made the subject of lengthy written agreements, defining in technical terms the nature of the material, method of payment, and other contractual conditions.
From the inception to the consummation of a transaction between a buyer and a seller, many important issues are involved. The proper handling of these issues and the administering of the business features connected with them are vital factors in the successful completion of the transaction, and it permits the establishment of uniform policies with respect to seller relationships.
All Fordham University Purchase orders have standard terms and conditions that are designed to protect Fordham's legal rights in transactions with suppliers. Only the Director of University Procurement has the authority to change or waive any standard PO terms and conditions including payment terms.
A Purchase Order is processed through the Purchasing Department. University policy requires that certain purchases costing over $5,000 (mostly for goods and services) be processed via a Purchase Order, and the expense "encumbered" in Banner.
Fordham University is recognized as a non-profit, educational 501(c) (3) institution, and is exempt from sales tax on most purchases. Individuals purchasing materials, supplies, and services subjected to New York State sales tax should speak to Purchasing or Accounts Payable prior to purchasing from vendor to discuss Fordham purchase tax exemptions.
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Holla, We Want Prenup!
By Marissa Pullano & Samantha Guido on August 23, 2021
Posted in Matrimonial and Family Law
Most people have probably heard Kanye West's infamous song, "Gold Digger." Specifically, the line "Holla, 'we want prenup! We want prenup!'" Interestingly, the lyrics of Mr. West's hit song seem to indicate that a prenuptial agreement can protect an individual from having to pay child support (wrong). Additionally, Mr. West's popular song also seems to indicate that prenuptial agreements are only for the rich and famous. When it comes to the discussion of prenuptial agreements, the reaction can be mixed. Many people express apprehension about entering into a prenuptial agreement because they can feel like signing one is a symbol that their marriage is doomed. However, prenuptial agreements do not only account for the possibility of divorce. They can also address what should happen in the event of an unfortunate and untimely death. As such, in order to assist our readers, in this week's blog post we set out to cover some basic concepts to think about when deciding whether you and your future spouse want to enter into a prenuptial agreement.
What is a Prenuptial Agreement?
Under New York Domestic Relations Law, marital agreements may be "made before or during the marriage." DRL § 236(B)(3). As indicated by the first three letters of the word, "pre," a prenuptial agreement (also referred to as an antenuptial agreement) is a marital agreement that is entered into before the parties to the agreement get married. A prenuptial agreement is entered into in contemplation of the marriage and becomes effective when the parties in fact get married. The agreement must be in writing and must be signed by both parties in front of a notary public. Further, the terms of a prenuptial agreement must be fair and reasonable at the time the agreement is entered into and not unconscionable at the time of the divorce to be enforced by a court.
Contrary to popular belief, a prenuptial agreement is not only for the rich and famous. Instead, anyone contemplating marriage can enter into a prenuptial agreement and tailor said agreement to their own specific needs.
What Can Be Contemplated In A Prenuptial Agreement?
Again, while a prenuptial agreement can be tailored to each couples' own needs (subject to state law and public policy), there are some general terms many couples contemplate when deciding to enter into a prenuptial agreement. This blog will discuss just a few of those.
First, parties can waive maintenance or spousal support in a prenuptial agreement. There is one caveat to this general proposition, however. Pursuant to New York General Obligations Law § 5-311, a spouse can contract to relieve the other of a requirement of support except to the extent that the spouse may become a public charge. For example, the parties enter into a prenuptial agreement and agree to waive maintenance. At the time of execution of the agreement, both parties are working and have a stable income. During the marriage, the wife stops working and becomes a stay at home mother, bringing in no income whatsoever during a lengthy marriage. At the time of the divorce, the wife has no job, is left with no assets pursuant to the terms of the prenuptial agreement, is at risk of being a public charge and will need to rely on government assistance to support herself. A court will likely find that the provision waiving maintenance is void and will not uphold the waiver because enforcing such provision would be unconscionable.
Second, parties can also waive their rights in estates in a prenuptial agreement. In fact, waiver of estates rights is one of the most significant motivators behind entering into a prenuptial agreement. Simply put, prenuptial agreements do not only account for what happens in the event of divorce. They can be an effective way of planning for an unfortunate and untimely death. For example, if both or even just one party was previously married and has children from a previous marriage, they may want to seek to protect the children's inheritance rights in an agreement.
Third, a prenuptial agreement can contain a provision waiving pension or retirement rights. However, this may be tricky as some retirement accounts only permit a spouse to waive their rights, not future spouses. On the other hand, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (REA), does not prohibit a waiver of any interest in a pension by an otherwise valid prenuptial agreement. Instead, a prenuptial agreement cannot constitute a waiver of survivor benefits. Whether parties can waive their rights to a pension or retirement account in a prenuptial agreement should be determined on a case to case basis and should be explored with counsel of the parties own choosing.
Finally, a prenuptial agreement can establish pre-marital debt and separate property. For example, if a party comes into the marriage with substantial student loan debt, the parties can agree in a prenuptial agreement that the debt remains with that spouse and does not become a marital loan. Similarly, a prenuptial agreement can define and can specifically identify which property is separate property for each spouse. In other words, a prenuptial agreement can identify which property will not be subject to distribution upon a future divorce. As safe practice however, you should always keep your separate property separate and apart from all marital property (property obtained during the marriage) to ensure it retains is separate nature.
What Cannot Be Contemplated In A Prenuptial Agreement?
Contrary to what Kanye West's song may suggest, there are certain things, like child support, that cannot be contemplated in a prenuptial agreement. Courts have found that it is against public policy for parties to waive child support in a prenuptial agreement for future children of the marriage. Similarly, a prenuptial agreement cannot address issues of custody for unborn children either. These issues must be addressed based on the circumstances at the time of the separation or divorce action.
The above is a mere glance at the intricacies of a prenuptial agreement. Any person contemplating entering into a prenuptial agreement or seeking advice on how a prenuptial agreement could benefit them should consult legal counsel of their choice. The material in this blog is meant only to provide general information and is not a substitute nor is it legal advice to you. In the event that you need legal assistance, please contact Marissa Pullano or Samantha M. Guido at 516-746-8000 or at mpullano@jaspanllp.com and sguido@jaspanllp.com.
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