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Some follow-up to yesterday's reports of Syrian Electronic Army regime-directed hacktivism and pro-Morsi hacker attempts against Emirati networks.
Security Research Labs' exposure of a longstanding but unrecognized vulnerability in SIM card encryption continues to draw considerable attention. The consensus appears to be that the problem is real and widespread (with a notable dissent from the GSM Association). Analysts suggest the discovery lends weight to arguments for data containerization (particularly as BYOD becomes increasingly common).
With SIM-card news following months of iOS and Android exploits, Scientific American's warning that mobile hacks may be coming seems almost naÏve, like announcing the discovery of sin. (Still, worth a look.)
As Quantum Dawn 2 wraps up, along with similar exercises in Australia and South Korea, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the World Federation of Exchanges find that cyber attacks on trading markets aim more for disruption than direct fraud.
SC Magazine discerns a trend in vulnerability research: there are signs it's being chilled by fear of prosecution.
The big marketplace news, of course, is Cisco's acquisition of Sourcefire for $2.7B, or $76 per share. The move is intended to improve Cisco's position against competitors like Juniper, Check Point, and Palo Alto Networks.
With interest driven by PRISM leaks, companies specializing in privacy solutions emerge as venture capital darlings.
Der Spiegel reports ties between the Bundesamt Für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) internal security service and the US NSA, and the Bundestag launches an investigation.
The US considers tax breaks and other incentives for cyber innovation.
Today's issue includes events affecting Australia, China, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Philippines, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States..
Government and industry leaders will gather in New York for SINET's Innovation Summit, August 6, to discuss cyber innovation and entrepreneurship. The CyberWire will provide special coverage of this event.
Stock exchange cyber attacks aimed at market disruption, rather than financial gain, according to survey (Out-Law) Cyber attacks on global stock exchanges and financial markets are usually designed to disrupt markets, rather than for immediate financial gain, a new report has found
Indonesia Joins China as Cyber-Attack Powerhouse (Businessweek) Indonesia isn't known as an epicenter for hacking, but the Southeast Asian country was the source of 21 percent of the world's cyber-attack traffic in the first quarter of this year, according to a report by Akamai Technologies to be published later
US more prolific source of cyber-attacks than China, says new report (ITProPortal) The report does not make good reading for the US, though Imperva was keen to point out the difficulty in country-attribution for cyber-attacks
My Editorial: Q3 issue: Lost For Words (Infosecurity Magazine) Seven years reporting on this industry has left me amused, and sometimes strangely comforted, by the over-use of clichés by the industry's professionals. More recently, however, the exposure has frustrated me and left me asking why, in an industry dominated by intelligent people, we can't be more innovative and creative with our communications
Why must political chiefs keep pushing the cyberwar alert button? (Naked Security) "There is a cyberwar going on", according to the UN's telecoms boss Hamadoun Toure. Cyber terrorism is capable of causing "mass destruction", says former director of the FBI Louis Freeh
Study: Cloud Computing Security Still Immature (Midsize Insider) The article points out that the Cloud Security Alliance is such an example, offering a checklist to help IT pros consider whether cloud security services are appropriate for their company. Security should not be an afterthought with the cloud
Fear of prosecution hampers security research (SC Magazine) As Black Hat and DefCon near, there's a noticeable "chill" in the air due to recent, aggressive legal action taken against security researchers. And the biggest loser of all may be the public. A few months ago, Matthew Green was asked to advise a small team of undergraduate students who were investigating possible security vulnerabilities in a state's toll collection system
CSIS Releases Study Linking Cybercrime To Job Loss (Dark Reading) McAfee-sponsored report quantifies economic impact of cybercrime. McAfee announced today that it has sponsored a first-of-its-kind report quantifying the economic impact of cybercrime. After years of guesswork and innumerable attempts to quantify the costly effects of cybercrime on the U.S. and world economies, McAfee engaged one of the world's preeminent international policy institutions for defense and security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to build an economic model and methodology to accurately estimate these losses, which can be extended worldwide. "Estimating the Cost of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage" posits a $100 billion annual loss to the U.S. economy and as many as 508,000 U.S. jobs lost as a result of malicious cyber activity
Trillion-dollar global hacking damages estimate called exaggerated (Reuters) A $1 trillion estimate of the global cost of hacking cited by President Barack Obama and other top officials is a gross exaggeration, according to a new study commissioned by the company responsible for the earlier approximation. A preliminary report being released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and underwritten by Intel Corp's (INTC.O) security software arm McAfee implicitly acknowledges that McAfee's previous figure could be triple the real number
Is Software Quality Going To Hell In A Shopping Basket? (Forbes) When I was a CIO back in the day, I'd get into frequent debates with my peers. One philosophical question: "Is it better for new software to be on-time and buggy, or late and bug-free?" To me the answer was a no-brainer. No one remembers if you were a bit late, but everyone remembers a buggy start. Here it is, twelve years later, and I'm feeling really old fashioned. Whether delivered late, early or on time, software just seems to always be buggy. Not just new software - but even seemingly minor updates. And not just small bugs either. We're talking major glaring holes. It has been a problem for a long time, and what Facebook calls "The Hacker Way" has only exacerbated the problem
Under Attack: the Threat from Cyberspace (F-Secure) "There are now three certainties in life -- there's death, there's taxes and there's a foreign intelligence service on your system." —MI5's Head of Cyber. BBC Radio 4 recently aired a very interesting series on cyber espionage, theft, and war
Escalating Cyber Security Threats Mean Rise of the CISO (American Banker) Tom Sanzone has a curriculum vitae few in the bank technology sphere can rival. CAO of Merrill Lynch. CIO of Credit Suisse. CIO for the Corporate and Investment Bank, the Private Client Group, and the Global Transaction Services business at Citigroup. Managing director and head of global application development at Salomon Brother
Morozov and the Internet's Great Failure (Slashdot) When you learn that Evgeny Morozov's previous book was called The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom, you quickly realize that his new book, To Save Everything, Click Here, isn't likely to be an ode to the utopian wonder of the Web. And indeed it isn't
The Bring-Your-Own-Device Dilemma (IEEE Spectrum) Employees and businesses seek to balance privacy and security. The smartphone revolution opened the floodgates to the BYOD (bring your own device) trend among workers. Carrying two devices is cumbersome, and many people simply preferred to use their new devices over corporate-issued phones or laptops. IT departments might have been able to brush this off, except that many of the early iPhone (and later, Android) adopters sat in executive offices. Now BYOD has spread around the world, creating a host of new challenges for IT departments concerning security, device management, and support costs
E-shopkeepers stabbed with SQL needles 'twice' as much as other sites (The Register) US number-one source of injection attacks, says security biz. Retailers suffer twice as many SQL injection attacks on their systems as other industries, according to a new study by data-centre security firm Imperva, which claims the ferocity of web-based assaults is growing
Are You Reading My Emails? Former State Dept. Official Asks the NSA. (Daily Beast) What happens when a former top-level State Department official asks the government to reveal if it's reading his communications? John Kael Weston on his adventures in our national-security state
Germany to Probe Secret Service Ties with NSA (SecurityWeek) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government Monday announced a probe into ties between its secret services and US agencies whose sweeping online surveillance was revealed by fugitive intelligence analyst Edward Snowden
Spying Scandal Piles Pressure on Merkel Over Extent of NSA Links (Businessweek) German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under renewed pressure over the trans-Atlantic surveillance scandal after a report that German intelligence cooperated closely with the U.S. National Security Agency. Germany's BND Federal Intelligence Service, led
US Surveillance, Syria At Issue On Defense Bill (Associated Press) Limits on secret U.S. surveillance programs and President Barack Obama's push to help Syrian rebels were in dispute as the House weighed legislation to fund the nation's military. The House planned to begin debate Tuesday on the $598.3 billion defense spending bill for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, and late Monday the House Rules Committee voted to allow votes on the contentious issues
DHS approps slightly higher under Senate committee than House (FierceHomelandSecurity) Senate Appropriations Committee funding for the Homeland Security Department would be greater by about $334.16 million than the amount the House approved June 6 in that chamber's version of the DHS fiscal 2014 spending bill--although a large amount of that difference comes from the overseas spending for the Coast Guard, which the House would fund through the Navy
House and Senate appropriations committees differ significantly on NIST spending (FierceGovIT) The House and Senate Appropriations committees have marked up versions of a fiscal 2014 spending bill with significantly different levels of funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Grants and rate increases top tier incentives for cybersecurity framework adoption, says DHS (FierceGovIT) Among the incentives under consideration for private sector adoption of the framework called for by President Obama's February cybersecurity executive order are federal grants and giving permission for rate increases in price-regulated industries
White House considering cybersecurity incentives (Politico) The Obama administration has weighed whether to back tax breaks, insurance perks and other legal benefits for businesses that make meaningful improvements to their digital defenses
The key to cleaning up the internet is tackling the darknets, not letting censorship in by the back door (ZDNet) The UK government's proposals for blocking search terms for illegal content aren't only badly thought through, they're dangerous. The latest proposals to lock down the UK internet in the name of preventing child pornography are at best a misunderstanding of how the dark side of the internet works, and at worst a basis for a censorship infrastructure that could make the Great Firewall of China look like a leaky sieve
The Ever-Evolving Cyber Laws (Insurance Journal) There is a wide array of state, federal, and international laws requiring individuals and entities that gather, use and secure "personal" or "protected" information to report, and/or "notice," when this type of information is accessed or acquired without authorization. The original motivator behind these laws is that this type of information, when in the hands of the wrong person, can be used to commit fraud. The goal is to provide affected individuals, and the government or consumer agencies they may turn to for assistance, with notice of the data security incident so that they may take steps to protect themselves
Apricorn unveils FIPS 140-2 encrypted USB 3.0 drive (Help Net Security) Apricorn debuted its Aegis Padlock Fortress, a secure drive designed specifically for the stringent requirements of the Government, Military and Healthcare. The first USB 3.0 hardware encrypted
BAE, Bayshore Networks Grow Cybersecurity Partnership (Executive Biz) BAE Systems has agreed to resell and distribute several Bayshore Networks firewall products under an expanded partnership aimed to help customers protect networks from cyber attacks
Getting Physical At Black Hat (Dark Reading) Researchers offer up work on breaking into buildings by hacking alarm key pad sensors and key card access control systems
Tripwire Announces New Version Of TRIPWIRE Log Center Solution (Dark Readin) Tripwire Log Center solution is powered by the Tripwire VIA agent. Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk based security and compliance management solutions, today announced the availability of the Tripwire Log Center TLC™ 7.0 featuring the first phase of integration with IP360™, as well as Tripwire's new VIA™ Agent, advanced log intelligence, and enhanced correlation analytics designed to improve log intelligence
Integrating Vulnerability Management Into The Application Devleopment Process (Dark Reading) App developers often fail to do proper vulnerability scanning. Here are some ways to plug those holes
MaskMe: Finally a way to use the web without surrendering all your personal info (VentureBeat) Here's an obvious reality about privacy breaches: Companies can't lose data that they don't have. Taking advantage of this realization is privacy company Abine, which has officially announced MaskMe, an ambitious browser extension that gives users the privacy-protecting power of disposable e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and even credit card numbers
Securing Critical Infrastructure Through Information Sharing (Tripwire) In this panel discussion industry experts investigate the possible sources and application of the knowledge needed to secure critical infrastructure. Questions the panel will ponder include
The Fallacy of Targeted Attacks, Advanced Threats and Sandboxing-based Technologies (Damballa) Over the last few months, mainly due to my new role in Damballa, I had the tremendous opportunity to visit, meet and hold extensive discussions with people in the security field. These people varied from sales representatives and operational security practitioners, to executives in large companies. I've realized with great sadness (to be perfectly honest) a great level of misconception around the detection or even prevention of targeted attacks and advanced threats
Australian Securities Exchange goes to Cyberwar on Cyber crime (Cyberwarzone) The Australian Securities Exchange has undertaken its own ''war games'', simulating cyber-attacks as part of efforts over the past year to shore-up defences against a growing threat
5 Benefits Of Cloud Computing You Aren't Likely To See In A Sales Brochure (Forbes) Cost savings… elasticity… scalability… load "bursting"… storage on demand… These are the advertised benefits of cloud computing, and they certainly help make for a solid business case for using either third-party services or a virtualized data center
Children as adversaries in technologically-enhanced homes (Help Net Security) You might sometimes consider your child an adversary when it prevents you from sleeping enough hours or having a sit-down meal without interruptions, but Microsoft researcher Stuart Schechter uses the same unexpected word for describing the effect of children's natural tendency to "hack" technology made for adult use
Tactics for Responding to Cyber Attacks - Squeezing Your Cyber Response-Curve: Part 1 (CircleID) Many cyber attacks against companies today go unreported, and more still are undetected. This poses a critical threat to organizations that are striving to innovate, maximize efficiency and compete in a connected world. Timing and context are everything. The faster a company identifies a problem, and the faster and deeper it is understood and its relevance to the business, the more effectively the company can respond. We call this squeezing the cyber response curve. This two-part post will discuss the current state of cyber threats, what the cyber response curve is and its impact your organization and how you can effectively squeeze this curve to improve attack response
Will CSOs become CROs in the future? (CSO) Is the chief security officer title destined to evolve into one that is about more than just security? Many CSOs have seen their responsibilities morph from defending an organization, to calculating an organization's risk profile as well
Top IaaS Security Requirements To Consider (NetworkComputing.com) "The security requirements for using Infrastructure as-a-Service are essentially the same as they would be for using your own data center," Dave Cullinane, chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance board, told Network Computing. "You should evaluate
Cisco to buy security software maker Sourcefire for $2.7 billion (Reuters) Cisco Systems Inc said it will buy software maker Sourcefire Inc for about $2.7 billion (1.7 billion pounds) to increase its network security services. Cisco will pay $76 per share for the company, a premium of 28.6 percent over its closing price on Monday of $59.08
DuckDuckGo, PRISM, and the new business of privacy (VentureBeat) One the most valuable things in the world right now is your data. For Facebook and Google, your data is a window into your soul, your interests, and your buying habits. It's how they can convince advertisers that giving them money makes sense. It's how they've gotten rich
Venture Funds Invest in Electronic Spying Startups (Wall Street Journal) The string of revelations about America's surveillance apparatus by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has cast a spotlight on the growing number of American companies involved in electronic spycraft
Michael Dell Faces Biggest Week Of His Career (InformationWeek) This week could alter the course of Michael Dell's legacy, as investors consider his $24.4 billion offer to take the company private. Throughout his career, Dell CEO Michael Dell has overcome many challenges. He famously launched the company, once the world's biggest PC maker, from his college dorm room, for example. Along the way, he became one of the world's richest people
Northrop Grumman taps new sector VP of business development (Washington Technology) Kondrotis comes to Northrop Grumman having served in executive business development roles at CACI International and in General Dynamics Information Technology's Intelligence Solutions division. She has also worked at Lockheed Martin in business
Laser–wielding boffins develop ETERNAL MEMORY from quartz (The Register) Crystal-based storage tech could kill the need for backups
MIT researchers teach TCP new tricks with software named Remy (NetworkWorld) Remy automatically generates congestion-control algorithms for dramatically improved speeds and lower latency. Network World - A sophisticated piece of software called Remy can be used to manage network communications with unprecedented precision, creating new protocols and controls on the fly in order to wring maximum efficiency out of a network
Syrian Electronic Army hacks Online Newspaper The Daily Dot, removes article (HackRead) The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked into the official website of an Online Newspaper The Daily Dot and removed an article related to their latest Mobile Messaging Service Tango.me hack. Background: On 22nd July 2013, Curt Hopkins of The Daily Dot had posted an article along with a caricature of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The hackers then requested the newspaper for removing the image making fun of
Tango down! Chat app millions ransacked by pro–Assad hacktivists (The Register) And handed straight to the Syrian govt, we're told. Hacktivists loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad claim to have extracted 1.5TB of sensitive data from chat app Tango
UAE under Egyptian cyber-attack (The North Africa Post) Officials of United Arab Emirates Telecoms Authority have claimed that they have dealt with a cyber-attack originating from Egypt against government websites. Officials linked the attack to the support rendered by the United Arab Emirates
SIM Card Hack A Wakeup Call (Dark Reading) A researcher has discovered major flaws in some SIM cards that could pave the way for more targeted attacks against mobile device users. Famed encryption researcher Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs will show at Black Hat USA next week how he was able to hack some SIM cards in mobile phones by cracking the Data Encryption Standard (DES) keys used for over-the-air updates. The vulnerability in the DES authentication, as well as another flaw Nohl found in the cards' virtual machine or sandbox feature, could affect millions of SIM cards
70's Cryptography Causing Security Catastrophy (SiliconANGLE TV) Welcome to NewsDesk on SiliconANGLE TV for Monday July 22, 2013. If your identity has been stolen, your phone may have been an accomplice to the crime. Joining us now to explain more is SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto
Hijacking SIM Cards through Over-the-Air Updates (Symantec) We all know that mobile phones have been the focus of cybercriminals for a while now. But Trojanized mobile applications are only one attack scenario. Some problems lie even deeper in your phone. Karsten Nohl, a German researcher who has done a lot of work with GSM networks and mobile phones in the past, has found a critical vulnerability connected to mobile phones
SIM flaw boosts mobile data container argument (CSO) With 40-year-old encryption find on Subscriber Identification Module cards, researcher says at least 500 million phones may be vulnerable. The discovery of 40-year-old encryption standards in the SIM cards in possibly hundred of millions of mobile phones bolsters the argument for isolating corporate data in devices
Mobe SIM crypto hijack threatens millions: Here's HOW IT WORKS (The Register) You'll kick yourself when you know how. Analysis A German researcher reckons he can take control of your phone's SIM card and hijack the handset by cracking the encryption on the device. But he's not alone: network operators have long been able to do just that, and a careful look at how that's possible makes the long-standing security of GSM phone networks all the more remarkable
Fact or Fiction: Your Smartphone and Tablet Are Vulnerable to Hackers (Scientific American) Stories of high-profile attacks on Internet-connected mobile devices are hard to come by, but it may not always be this way. Personal computers have been subject to cyber attacks from the moment we began connecting them to the Internet. Nowadays, malicious software lurking in spam and on Web pages is kept at bay only through effort and expense. So why don't we have the same security problem with our smartphones and tablets, which are essentially variations on the PC
Ubuntu Forums Remain Down After Password Breach (Threatpost) Ubuntu Forums remain down today after a breach of their password database was reported over the weekend. All 1.8 million users' information was accessed
Ubuntu Forums hacker won't publish stolen passwords (Help Net Security) The Ubuntu Forums are still down following this weekend's breach claimed by a hacker that goes by the online handle "Sputn1k_", and there is no news on when they will be back online
Combat Arms players, beware of free NX generators (Help Net Security) Players of the popular Combat Arms first-person shooter are being targeted by online crooks via the in-game chat system, warns Chris Boyd
Deceptive 'Media Player Update' ads expose users to the rogue 'Video Downloader/Bundlore' Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) (Webroot Threat Blog) Our sensors continue picking up deceptive advertisements that expose gullible and socially engineered users to privacy-invading applications and toolbars, most commonly known as Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs)
Phantom apps appear in Chinese fanbois' iTunes accounts (The Register) Chinternet a-flutter with speculation and conspiracy theories. Chinese fanbois are reporting that mobile apps they didn't buy have started appearing in their iTunes accounts, leading to speculation an app promotion company may be illegally accessing accounts
[OVH] Security incident (OVH.com) A few days ago, we discovered that the security of our internal network at our offices in Roubaix had been compromised. After internal investigations, it appeared that a hacker was able to obtain access to an email account of one of our system administrators. With this email access, they was able to gain access to the internal VPN of another employee. Then with this VPN access, they were able to compromise the access of one of the system administrators who handles the the internal backoffice
Another Facebook hack exposes primary email address [of] Facebook users (The Hackernews) Last week we explained a critical vulnerability in Facebook that discloses the primary email address of Facbook user. Later the bug was patched by Facebook Security Team
Philippines Navy website hacked by Pr3 H4ck3r (E Hacking News) A Hacker with handle "Pr3 H4ck3r" from Philippine Cyber Army has claimed to have hacked into the database of the Navy website
Royal Baby: Exclusive Pics! — Don't Fall for It (Infosecurity Magazine) When Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, went into labor with the child who recently became third in line for the throne of England, the event immediately had millions of royal-watchers riveted – and, apparently, plenty of spammers ready to leverage the vast amount of public interest in everything from the sex of the baby to "secret pictures" of the new arrival
St. Mary's Bank Suffers Security Breach (eSecurity Planet) Malware found on an employee's computer may have captured customer data. New Hampshire's St. Mary's Bank recently began notifying 115,775 customers that malware found on an employee's computer may have captured sensitive information, including customer names, addresses, Social Security numbers, account information and transcaction records
How Digital Certificates are Used and Misused (Lenny Zeltser) Online communication and data sharing practices rely heavily on digital certificates to encrypt data as well as authenticate systems and people. There have been many discussions about the cracks starting to develop in the certificate-based Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) on the web. Let's consider how the certs are typically used and misused to prepare for exploring ways in which the certificate ecosystem can be strengthened
How to spot and avoid Facebook 'Like' scams (C/NET) When you click or press the Like button, you may be disclosing more about yourself than you imagine. You may also be contributing to the bank accounts of Internet scammers
Network Solutions' June "Snafu" — Why Heads Should Roll (Security Week) If you are the domain manager for a major enterprise and are still using a consumer-grade registrar for your company's main domain names, you should lose your job. Period
6 Colleges and Universities That Are Fighting Against Cyber Attacks (US News and World Report) Universities across the country are becoming proactive in fighting cyber crime as the number and sophistication of the attacks grow
Chinese hacker to help defend Western companies (Yahoo News) A leading Chinese hacker who used to attack American targets in the name of patriotism is now sharing his skills with Western multinational firms. Cyber security has become a major diplomatic sticking point between the world's superpowers, and a cyber war between China and the US is escalating. The US has come under fire after former spy Edward Snowden revealed a vast US surveillance program that also targeted Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. Earlier, US security experts had identified a specialist hacking unit within the People's Liberation Army honing in on their institutions. China is now calling for a global anti-hacking agreement, but one of the biggest threats still comes from those working outside the system. Hacker Laoying, meaning Eagle, is seen as something of a godfather by his peer
U.S. Army Sergeant Admits Data Theft (eSecurity Planet) Ammie Brothers faces up to five years in prison. Ammie Brothers, 29, of Columbus, Ga., recently pled guilty to unlawfully obtaining personal information from the U.S. Army's Army Knowledge Online system
Normal humans — aka "non-celebrities" — are telling Big Brother to go stick his head in a sack (Naked Security) Sweet and Maxwell, a legal publisher in the UK, says that privacy actions against police, hospitals and security services in the UK are up 22% over last year
World's Biggest Data Breaches (Information is Beautiful) Selected losses greater than 30,000 records
Growing Maryland's cybersecurity industry: Technical.ly Baltimore Meetup (Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 30, 2013) Join Technically Baltimore in at CyberPoint International on July 30 for a presentation about Maryland's rapidly expanding cybersecurity industry -- and how the Baltimore region's broad, general technology community can become better partners with the state's cyber sector. Local cyber experts, company founders, university faculty and Maryland state officials will be on hand to talk about what the next steps are in making Maryland the cybersecurity "epicenter," as Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley said at the 2012 CyberMaryland conference.
Third Annual SINET™Innovation Summit (New York, New York, USA, August 6, 2013) SINET™, the premiere community builder and innovation catalyst for the Cybersecurity industry hosts their third annual Innovation Summit at Columbia University on August 6th. SINET programs are where the business of Cybersecurity takes place. The networking will be high level and robust with a shared mission of protecting our nation's critical infrastructures. Dawn Meyerriecks, CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology, will deliver the closing keynote. The CyberWire will provide special coverage of this event.


Hope you are well. Just back from Ireland and my wife and I had a beautiful 12 days in Ireland. Thanks you for all of your help in arranging…went very smoothly as I knew it would. Even driving on the left hand side of the road with a manual transmission I was able to manage just fine.
I did not have a chance to get to Tralee to see Paddy as my wife and I were rushing to Dublin to see Barry Manilow at the O2 (we learned he was going to be having a concert and bought tickets online while we were at our Killarney Hotel…still my favorite in all of Ireland!


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Shepherds, Sheep, Hirelings & Wolves: An Anthology of Christian Currents in English Life since 550 AD
Tim Williams (author)
For many today the Church stands picturesquely in the background of modern life, but its time-honoured place has always been firmly in the foreground; it has been intimately woven into the unfolding fabric of English society and culture for one and a half thousand years. This may be largely lost to view, but the legacy is everywhere. The people ideally placed to bring this past to life – what it stood for, what it achieved, as well as the upheavals it has caused – are those whose first-hand stories speak directly to us.This anthology has assembled a crowd of witnesses, starting from Christianity's rugged, pioneering times when its role in the shaping of England was so influential, continuing through the great flowerings of enlightenment and times of turbulence, right up to this present, less certain age. These are the voices of saints and sinners, dignitaries and dissidents, shrewd observers and ordinary parishioners.
Tim Williams grew up in and around Cambridge, where he went on to study Classics and English at Trinity College. His teaching career started in York and was largely spent at Bedales School in Hampshire, where he became deputy head. He subsequently had a psychotherapy practice in London for fifteen years. His main interests are literature, cultural history, music and the countryside. He is married, has one son and a fine spread of stepchildren and grandchildren; he now lives between the West Country and London.
"This is a brilliantly chosen anthology, from the inventive Gildas to the enchanting Betjeman, and is a perfect complement for the 'built word' of church architecture. A total delight." Simon Jenkins (England's Thousand Best Churches)
"A serious tool to understand conditions of the past 1,700 years." Direction Magazine
"I'm awed by the amount of reading and reflection that has gone into this wonderful anthology: it's at once a feast and an education. I shall be recommending it to all and sundry." Adrian Poole, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Trinity College, Cambridge.
"This splendid new anthology distils a lifetime of reading across all periods of English literature, and in all its forms and genres. Everyone who is interested in how English writers over the centuries have engaged with the presence of Christianity in these islands will be delighted, amused, and informed by Tim Williams's generous and impeccable selection." David Womersley, Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, Oxford
"This is a magnificent anthology, offering rich hours of grazing. What I particularly appreciated was the way it worked its way towards an appreciation of the generosity of English spirituality and its capacity for containing contradictions."—Richard Holloway, writer and broadcaster, former Bishop of Edinburgh.'A splendid book, a treasure of scholarship, discovery and story-telling.' Michael Morpurgo

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two black bears paid an unwelcome visit to Wexford this week.
They didn't bother anybody, and pretty much stayed in the woods near the state game lands. The two furry guys stuck around long enough to pose for some pictures and then took off.
KDKA viewer Tom Doesack sent in two photos of the black bears.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission says we didn't see many unwanted visitors this year.
It's not like last summer when bears were frequenting suburban neighborhoods.
One bear got tranquilized in Aspinwall. Another bear roamed through Cranberry Township, and more bears showed up in Frazer Township.
But this summer, they stayed away.
"Each year, hunters have been taking legally harvested bears. I think that's had a little bit of an impact on the population," said Puhala.
The Wexford bears stayed out of trouble; although, they did wander near a shooting range on the state game lands.
But they stayed away from the homes that sit just down the road.
Soon, they'll be going away for the winter.
Most recently, in September, the "bucket bear" was rescued in Clarion County.
The bear was found roaming around the Perry Township area for several weeks with a bucket-like airbag stuck on its head. People looking to help the bear created a "Save The Bucket Bear" Facebook page.
However, some residents took matters into their own hands, pulling the bucket off of the bear's head after about 30 to 40 minutes. The bear then ran back into the forest.
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Wittenmyer, Robert A. and Horner, Jonathan and Mengel, M. W. and Butler, R. P. and Wright, D. J. and Tinney, C. G. and Carter, B. D. and Jones, H. R. A. and Anglada-Escude, G. and Bailey, J. and O'Toole, Simon J. (2017) The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXV. A candidate massive Saturn analog orbiting HD 30177. The Astronomical Journal, 153 (4). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0004-6256
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This Sejanus, now, had shared for a time his father's command of the Pretorians; but when his father had been sent to Egypt and he had obtained sole command over them, he strengthened his authority in many ways, especially by bringing together into a single camp the various cohorts which had been separate and distinct from one another like those of the night-watch. In this way the entire force could receive its orders promptly, and would inspire everybody with fear because all were together in one camp.
התעצמותו של סיאנוס דרך הפכיתו למפקד היחיד של המשמר הפרטוריאני.
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Q: Name the primary key of Container in Cosmbos DB Sql Api different than "id" I am working on Azure and I have created a database with Cosmos DB SQL API. After creating a container I see that the primary key is always named "id". Is there any way to create a container with PK with name different than "id"?

A: Every document has a unique id called id. This cannot be altered. If you don't set a value, it is assigned a GUID.
When using methods such as ReadDocument() (or equivalent, based on the SDK) for direct reads instead of queries, a document's id property must be specified.
Now, as far as partitioning goes, you can choose any property you want to use as the partition key.
And if you have additional domain-specific identifiers (maybe a part number), you can always store those in their own properties as well. In this example though, just remember that, while you can query for documents containing a specific part number, you can only do a direct-read via id. If direct reads will be the majority of your read operations, then it's worth considering the use of id to store such a value.

A: PK = primary key, by the way ;) It's the "main" key for the record, it is not private :)
And no, as far as I know you cannot change the primary key name. It is always "id". Specifically it must be in lowercase, "Id" is not accepted.

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Jon Katz
by Steve Kiviat January 31st, 1997 August 29th, 2020
T U E S D A Y
Despite its provocative title, Wired magazine editor Jon Katz's Virtuous Reality: How America Surrendered Discussion of Moral Values to Opportunists, Nitwits, & Blockheads Like William Bennett is less a hard-hitting analysis of conservative hypocrites and the country's ethical climate than a trite advertisement for the plugged-in media the author makes his living writing about. While this former CBS Morning News producer's trusting, civil liberties-based rules of conduct seem more sensible than those dominating the current discourse, his overblown, platitudinous embrace of the reach and quality of the Web, CNN, and MTV News is nearly as fanciful as the good ol' days invoked regularly by politicians of all stripes. Katz reads from his effort at 6 p.m. at Vertigo Books, 1337 Connecticut Ave. NW. FREE. (202) 429-9272. (SK)


of confidential documents teeth in Vietnam , in the aesthetic dental clinic Beauty technology called "nano porcelain crown" or "white nanotechnology" is actually technology has been outdated decades ago and potential risks for users. The "new" technology is not new According to dental experts, the nature of the "nano-porcelain" technology is actually just a composite filling technique – a resin-based toothpaste that is quite similar in color to real teeth. Composite is produced in many colors from very dark to very bright, so that dentists can choose to match the color of patients teeth. Typically, it is used to fill welded teeth, lightly toothed teeth. Compostie can also be applied to the surface of teeth, to change the shape and color of the teeth. Composite filling at the cutting edge and intercostal position are difficult skills, and dentists also have to train a lot to do well, not to mention the untrained spa staff.
You also use some medicine with toothpaste, but no teeth that gold extra. I do not remember the name, remember it is like a bottle of ointment eye drops, while medicine is Sutin C drug is it!
– Your teeth are worn out, there is a "tooth" in the teeth: this case is only need to fill and you need to see the doctor to find out why the situation does not repeat.
– Your teeth do not matter at all. Normally, the root of the teeth is slightly yellowish on the edge of the bite / chewing surface, so the yellowing of the teeth does not suggest a pathology at all. Teeth with black spots can be tartar / stain sticking to teeth, want to black out just scrape lime is finished.
Legs – the crown is a joint, the tooth is held by the bone – ligaments so you can rest assured that the root cannot naturally get rid of it!
About the problem you ask about tartar: This is a very wrong concept of everyone is the removal of teeth (scraping lime) will weaken teeth. The principle of operation of the shaving machine is to create a light vibration to break up each piece of tartar. This vibration is transmitted through metal tools into the lime and breaks it. As such, lime shaving actually affects only the lime, and our teeth are very rigid. This vibration has no way of weakening the teeth. If slashing weakens the teeth, it is not encouraged, of course, every six months.
The use of drugs, drug use is almost no effect on the common oral diseases such as gingivitis, periodontitis, tooth decay … if not accompanied by resolve the cause. If the plaque is still there, the gums will not heal regardless of the best medicine. Instead of wasting time and money on buying drugs, you should go to a hospital or dental center to see and consult with the doctors themselves, not to hear from the amateurs around and then panic , fear.
Hopefully, after you have understood the problem, you will become a "messenger" to spread the right knowledge for people to take care of their teeth better.


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There are 5 entries for this date: William Blake , Friedrich Engels , Sir Leslie Stephen , Claude Levi-Strauss and Randy Newman
On this date in 1757, poet and artist William Blake was born in London to shopkeepers. He enrolled in a drawing school at age 10, then apprenticed to an engraver at 14. After his 7-year apprenticeship, he became a journeyman copy engraver at age 21. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art's School of Design in 1779. His book of poetry, Poetical Sketches, was published in 1783. Blake set up a printing and publishing partnership in 1784 and invented relief etching in 1788. His first illuminated books were influenced by the Swedish mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg: All Religions Are One and There is no Natural Religion. He had become disillusioned with Swedenborg by the time he produced Songs of Innocence (1789) and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790). He began to rub shoulders with London's leading rationalists and reformers, composing and engraving designs for Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories from Real Life (1791). He met William Godwin, Joseph Priestly, and Thomas Paine. It was said Blake tipped off Paine about an impending arrest and helped him flee. Although Blake lived in the imagination and was theistic rather than rational by temperament, he was also staunchly unorthodox: "As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys." (Proverbs of Hell, from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.) His ethical advice? "A truth that's told with bad intent/ Beats all the Lies you can invent." (Auguries of Innocence.) Wordsworth wrote after Blake's death: "There was no doubt that this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott." D. 1827.
"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
—William Blake, Proverbs of Hell, 1790
On this date in 1820, Friedrich Engels was born in Germany into a wealthy family. Managing a branch of his father's business in Manchester, England, from 1842-1845, Engels became appalled at the poverty of the workers. He wrote his first socialist work, Conditions of the Working Class in England. After their meeting in 1844, Engels and Karl Marx became lifelong colleagues. While co-writing an article with Engels called "The Holy Family," Marx was expelled from France at Prussian insistence. Engels followed him to Belgium. They founded the Communist League in London in 1846 and co-wrote The Communist Manifesto. A month after it was published in 1848, Marx was expelled from Belgium. Engels became a primary financial supporter of the Marx family, returning to work in Germany with his father while Marx lived in England. Prime Minister John Russell had refused to expel Marx or Engels on principles of freedom of thought. Engels' books include Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. After Marx' death in 1883, Engels edited and translated his writings. According to freethought encyclopedist Joseph McCabe, Engels' acquaintance, Belfort Bax, called him "the devout Atheist" (A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists). D. 1895.
Sir Leslie Stephen
On this date in 1832, former Anglican priest, author and political essayist Leslie Stephen was born in Kensington Gore, England. He was educated at Eton, King's College and Cambridge, primarily studying mathematics. He was required to become an Anglican priest when he became a fellow of his college, but was known for his athletics, not his sermons. He later told freethought historian Joseph McCabe that Cambridge was so liberal when he was there that if it was known a dinner party was open to heretics only, it was standing room only. By 1862, Stephen refused to participate in chapel services, saying he had not lost his faith, only discovered that he had never had any. He was divested of his orders in 1875. He became editor of the Cornhill in 1871, and wrote freethought articles for Fraser's and Fortnightly. In 1877, he wrote An Agnostic's Apology. His writings include: History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, 2 volumes (1876), Johnson (1878), Pope (1880), Swift (1882), Science of Ethics (1882), and The English Utilitarians, 3 volumes (1900), among others. Stephen also edited 26 volumes of the Dictionary of National Biography and was its first editor. In 1902, he was knighted and made a fellow of the British Academy. Today, he is best known as the father of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and was the model of Virginia's Mr. Ramsey in To the Lighthouse (1927). D. 1904.
"I now believe in nothing, to put it shortly; but I do not the less believe in morality."
—Sir Leslie Stephen, journal entry, Jan. 26, 1865. (Quote source: 2000 Years of Disbelief by James A. Haught)
On this date in 1908, French anthropologist, linguist, and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Brussels. Lévi-Strauss was instrumental in the development of structuralism and structural anthropology, incorporating the structural linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure into anthropological theory. Born to French Jewish parents, Lévi-Strauss was dismissed from a teaching position in 1940 due to the Vichy racial laws in Nazi-occupied France. These same anti-Semitic laws would subsequently strip him of his French citizenship and force him to move to New York City to find work teaching at the New School for Social Research. Lévi-Strauss' time in New York, perhaps especially because he was working alongside other intellectuals in exile (including Russian linguist and literary theorist Roman Jakobson) proved massively influential over his work. Upon publication of Tristes Tropiques (1955) — part memoir, part travelogue, part philosophical treatise — Lévi-Strauss was recognized as one of the world's foremost intellectuals.
Lévi-Strauss was the chair of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France from 1959-1982 and was elected to the Académie Française in 1973. He received nearly every major honor given to French intellectuals, including the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. He is frequently referred to as the "father of modern anthropology." A thoroughly interdisciplinary thinker, Lévi-Strauss incorporated sociology, philosophy, critical theory and literary theory, along with linguistics, into his anthropological work. His most influential work, La Pensée Sauvage (1962) documented an important debate with Jean-Paul Sartre over the nature of human agency, history and social change. In the book, Lévi-Strauss' structuralism is presented as an alternative to Sartre's existentialist philosophy. Lévi-Strauss, an atheist, was quoted in Time magazine in 1966 as saying, "Personally, I've never been confronted with the question of God." D. 2009.
"Nothing is settled; everything can still be altered. What was done, but turned out wrong, can be done again. The Golden Age, which blind superstition had placed behind [or ahead of] us, is in us."
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, "Tristes Tropiques" (1955)
Compiled by Paul Epland
On this date in 1943, singer-songwriter Randy Newman was born in Los Angeles to Irving George Newman and Adele Fox. Growing up in New Orleans, Newman was greatly influenced by the music he heard as a child. He began playing piano at age 7. His uncles wrote film scores for a living, and one, Al Newman, wrote the now-famous 20th Century Fox fanfare.
At age 17, Newman began work as a songwriter for a California publishing company and released his first single in 1962. He studied music at UCLA, but dropped out with just one semester left. Newman established professional relationships and wrote hit songs for well-known musicians, such as Cilla Black, Gene Pitney and the Alan Price Set. His first album, "Randy Newman" (1968, Warner Bros.), was critically acclaimed. In 1972, Newman's songs "Sail Away," covered by Ray Charles and Linda Ronstadt, and "You Can Leave Your Hat On," covered by Three Dog Night and Joe Cocker among others, gained him further recognition. Newman's first major pop hit, "Short People" (1977), reached number two on the Billboard charts. His song, "I Love L.A." (1983), was also successful, and can be frequently heard at sports games in Los Angeles. Newman has written music for decades, releasing more than a dozen albums over the span of his career, including The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 in 2003, and Vol. 2 in 2011.
In the 1970s, Newman branched into his other major métier: writing film scores. The film "Ragtime" (1981) earned him two academy award nominations for best score and best song. His other scores include "Parenthood" (1989), "Avalon" (1990), "Awakenings" (1990), "The Paper" (1994), "James and the Giant Peach" (1996), "Pleasantville" (1998), "Meet the Parents" (2000), "Seabiscuit" (2003), and "Meet the Fockers" (2004), to name a few. Newman has also worked with Disney/Pixar, scoring the three "Toy Story"films, along with "A Bug's Life"(1998), "Monsters, Inc." (2001), "Cars" (2006), and "Monsters University" (2013). With 20 Oscar nominations, Newman has won twice — for his original songs "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc."(2001) and "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" (2010). Newman's other accomplishments include six Grammy Awards, and three Emmy Awards for his work on the cable shows "Monk," and "Cop Rock." In 2002, he received the Recording Academy's Governors' Award and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Although nostalgic and heartwarming at times — "You've Got A Friend In Me" (1996) from "Toy Story," for instance — Newman's instantly recognizable voice came to be associated primarily with his acerbic and irreverent political satire. In "Political Science" (1972), Newman criticizes American foreign policy, and in "I'm Dreaming" (2012), Newman vilifies American racism. His song "Louisiana 1927" came to be an anthem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reviling the government mismanagement of the disaster. That Newman's parents, an internist and a secretary, were from Jewish families, but were not observant, may have contributed to his lifelong commitment to freethinking. Newman was married to Roswitha Schmale from 1967 to 1985, and they have three children. He has been married to Gretchen Preece since 1990, and they have two children together.
And the Lord said:
I burn down your cities — how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
That's why I love mankind
You really need me
—Randy Newman lyrics from "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)," a song from his album "Sail Away" (1972)
Compiled by Noah Bunnell; photo by S. Bukley, Shutterstock.com


The nine European PathoGenoMics partner countries will issue the sixth PhD Award to recognize up to three of the most remarkable and outstanding PhD theses in the field of genome research on human-pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria and fungi). The PhD theses should have been finished in the year 2010 in the ERA-NET PathoGenoMics partner countries. The deadline for proposal submission is the 28th February 2011.
The PathoGenoMics PhD Award is endowed with 2000 € for each winner and will be presented to the winners at the 4th Congress of European Microbiologists, FEMS 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, June 26-30 2011 where the awardees will have the opportunity to present their work.
The awards and any costs related to the award (e.g. costs for travel and subsistence of the award winners) will be covered by the ERA-NET PathoGenoMics.
ERA-NET PathoGenoMics (The Trans-European Cooperation and Coordination of Genome Sequencing and Functional Genomics of Human-pathogenic Micro-organisms) has been set up to establish sustained co-operation between national funding bodies and to co-ordinate their genome-based research programmes on human-pathogenic microorganisms.
The PhD Award will emphasize the importance of pathogenomics and will contribute to integrate the PathoGenoMic scientific community. The award will be issued annually by the ERA-NET PathoGenoMics.
The proposal can be submitted electronically (mail or CD) to the respective national funding organisation (see the national contacts below).
The price will be awarded only to the most outstanding and promising young scientists in the field of pathogenomics.
Each national funding organisation chooses among all applications of the respective country the two most outstanding ones and submits them at the PathoGenoMics secretariat.
Evaluation of the submitted proposals will be carried out by an Award Evaluation Board (AEB), which consists of high-level scientists from the pathogenomics field.
All proposals will be evaluated by three evaluators. The proposals coming from a given country will not be evaluated by the AEB member from this country.
Based on the evaluation, the three highest ranked proposals will receive the award.
The PathoGenoMics secretariat together with the national funding agencies will be responsible for practical issues related to the award.
Each national funding agency of the ERA-NET PathoGenoMics will appoint one leading scientist as a member to the Award Evaluation Board (AEB), responsible for the evaluation of the proposals.
The PathoGenoMics PhD Awards will be presented presumably at the 4th Congress of European Microbiologists, FEMS 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, June 26-30 2011.
The award recipients will be asked to give a short presentation of their PhD work.


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Biografia
Nacque a Forlì nel 1901, figlio di Alfredo e Pia Civico Garzia. All'età di diciotto anni prese parte, come legionario, all'impresa di Fiume con Gabriele D'Annunzio, e poi prestò servizio per un paio di mesi nel 1922, presso il 19° Reggimento artiglieria da campagna da cui venne successivamente posto in congedo perché studente universitario. Lavorò come giornalista presso la Gazzetta del Popolo di Torino e poi entrò nella vita politica.
Nel 1935 partì volontario per l'Africa Orientale per combattere nella guerra d'Etiopia con la 215ª Legione CC.NN. "Cimino" inquadrata nella 4ª Divisione CC.NN. "3 gennaio" e con il grado di aiutante partecipò alle operazioni belliche e alle successive operazioni di grandi operazioni di polizia coloniale ricevendo anche un encomio solenne. Alla vigilia della seconda guerra mondiale fu nominato sottotenente di complemento dell'arma di fanteria in forza al 57º Reggimento fanteria "Abruzzi" di stanza a Schio. Fu trasferito, a domanda, presso il LXXX Battaglione CC.NN. d'assalto della Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale e partecipò alle operazioni militari sulla frontiera occidentale. Pur avendo diritto di essere smobilitato dopo l'armistizio con la Francia, ottenne di essere trattenuto in servizio attivo e il 29 luglio 1940 partì per l'Africa Settentrionale Italiana, dove fu destinato al Raggruppamento sahariano "Maletti". Partecipò all'invasione dell'Egitto condotta dal Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani, e una volta raggiunta Sidi El Barrani gli giunse la notizia della nomina a Ispettore del Partito Nazionale Fascista e la conseguente nomina a  Consigliere Nazionale.
Cadde in combattimento ad Alam el Nibeiwa il 9 dicembre 1940, venendo decorato con la medaglia d'oro al valor militare.

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Pubblicazioni
L'Ultimo Legionario. Un diciottenne a Fiume (introduzione di Giordano Bruno Guerri), Diarkos, Santarcangelo di Romagna, 2022.

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Voci correlate
Mario Bonini
Giuseppe Li Bassi
Augusto Pola
Aldo Turinetto
Francesco Kirn

Collegamenti esterni

Medaglie d'oro al valor militare
Medaglie di bronzo al valor militare
Croci di guerra al valor militare
Militari italiani della guerra italo-etiopica
Militari italiani della seconda guerra mondiale
Ufficiali del Regio Esercito
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Commercial Dispute Resolution > Mance and Edwards make summer moves
Mance and Edwards make summer moves
Published by: Ben Rigby at 15/08/2018
Arbitration's attractions tempt Lord Mance to 7 King's Bench Walk, while Anthony Edwards join...
Arbitration's attractions tempt Lord Mance to 7 King's Bench Walk, while Anthony Edwards joins 39 Essex Chambers.
Following retirement as deputy president of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in June, Lord Mance has re-joined 7 King's Bench Walk (7KBW), where he will practice as an arbitrator in international, commercial and investment arbitration claims.
From 1993 to 1999, Lord Mance sat as a judge in the Commercial Court, from where he was then appointed to the Court of Appeal. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Lords as a Law Lord, a role he held for four years, before the establishment of the Supreme Court in 2009.
He has experience in commercial, European and international law, and has written judgments in these areas at appellate and first instance levels, having had extensive practical involvement with European law and institutions in various capacities while serving as a judge; he is also currently the chair of the International Law Association.
Housden to take over at Henderson Chambers
Jason Housden will start the summer as chambers director at Henderson Chambers, as John White steps down after forty-five years at the set.
Xavier Grange | 17 January, 2020
Euro hires for Dentons and Signature Litigation
Disputes lawyers in Madrid, Düsseldorf and Paris are on the move to Dentons and Signature Litigation, respectively.
Essex Court appoints new leaders
Joe Smouha QC and Huw Davies QC appointed as head of chambers as David Foxton QC steps down to be appointed as a High Court judge.
Rosenstein joins King & Spalding
Ex-US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein has entered private practice as an investigations partner with King & Spalding, while a prosecution and law enforcement veteran has joined Holland & Knight in Chicago.
McDermott improves equality with 2020 promotions
Seven litigators and one administrative disputes lawyer were among McDermott Will & Emery's 2020 promotions, including five female lawyers.
New partners for Hogan Lovells
The number of disputes lawyers elevated to partner by Hogan Lovells has remained steady, in another large promotions round for the firm.
New leaders for Quinn and Macfarlanes and new partners for Arthur Cox
Two firms have appointed new London leadership, while Irish firm Arthur Cox has new partners.
Crowell & Moring and SPB make moves
Disputes partner Nicola Phillips has left Squire Patton Boggs in London to reunite with several of her former colleagues now at Crowell & Moring, but her former firm has made international hires of its own.
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William Benjamin Carpenter est un naturaliste britannique, né le  à Exeter et mort le  à Londres.

Biographie
Il fait des études de médecine à l'université de Londres de 1833 à 1835 puis à celle d'Édimbourg de 1835 à 1839 où il obtient son titre de docteur. Il devient professeur de physiologie à la Royal Institution de Londres en 1844 puis enseigne la médecine légale de 1856 à 1879.

Aux côtés de Charles Wyville Thomson, Carpenter conduit les missions d'exploration des H.M.S. Lightning et H.M.S. Porcupine en eaux profondes dans le nord de l'Écosse de 1868 à 1870. Afin de compléter ces premiers travaux, Carpenter suggère en mars 1870 d'étendre ces observations au sud de l'Europe et à la Méditerranée.

L'analyse des observations physiques suites à ces premières croisières, permettent à Carpenter d'esquisser une théorie sur le déplacement des masses d'eau océaniques qui diffère en plusieurs points de la théorie pionnière de Matthew Fontaine Maury.

Compte tenu du contexte de l'époque avec l'essor de la télégraphie sous-marine, Carpenter fut l'artisan principal qui convainquit à la fois l'Amirauté et le gouvernement britannique d'engager une expédition océanographique de grande ampleur afin d'étendre les observations à l'échelle mondiale. Ces efforts déboucheront sur la mission d'exploration du H.M.S. Challenger.

Il obtient un doctorat en droit honoris causa décerné par l'université d'Édimbourg en 1871.

Carpenter est membre de diverses sociétés savantes dont la Royal Society à partir de 1844 et reçoit de nombreux honneurs dont la médaille Lyell en 1883.

Il est l'auteur de nombreux travaux en zoologie et en botanique.

Publications (sélection)

 1839 : Principles of general and comparative physiology (J. Churchill, Londres, réédité à de nombreux reprises).
 1843 : Popular cyclopædia of natural science (trois volumes, Londres).
 1846 : A Manual of Physiology, including physiological anatomy, etc. (John Churchill, Londres, réédité à de nombreuses reprises).
 1847 : Vegetable physiology and botany; including the structure and organs of plants, their characters, uses, geographical distribution and classification, according to the Natural System (Wm. S. Orr and Co., Londres).
 1848 : Animal physiology (Wm. S. Orr and Co., Londres).
 1850 : On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors, in health and disease. Prize essay (John Churchill, Londres).
 1851 : On the Intimate Structure of the Shells of the Brachiopoda partie incluse dans l'ouvrage de Thomas Davidson (1817-1885) British Fossil Brachiopoda).
 1856 : The Microscope and Its Revelations (John Churchill, Londres, réédité à de nombreuses reprises).
 1857 : Mechanical Philosophy, Horology, and Astronomy (Londres).
 1862 : avec Thomas Rupert Jones (1819-1911) et William Kitchen Parker (1823-1890), Introduction to the study of the Foraminifera (Londres).
 1873 : avec C.W. Thomson et John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809-1885), The Depths of the Sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of H.M.SS. "Porcupine" and "Lightning" during the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870 (Londres).
 1874 : Principles of Mental Physiology, with their applications to the training and discipline of the mind, and the study of its morbid conditions (H.S. King & Co, Londres, réédité à de nombreuses reprises).

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Allen G. Debus (dir.) (1968). World Who's Who in Science. A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Marquis-Who's Who (Chicago) : xvi + 1855 p.

Liens externes

Botaniste britannique du XIXe siècle
Biologiste britannique
Zoologiste britannique
Étudiant de l'université d'Édimbourg
Étudiant de l'University College de Londres
Membre de la Royal Society
Compagnon de l'ordre du Bain
Contributeur de l'Encyclopædia Britannica
Lauréat de la médaille royale
Naissance en octobre 1813
Naissance à Exeter
Décès en novembre 1885
Décès à Londres
Décès à 72 ans
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Highgate


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Sergio Valkenburg represents The Mobile Factory in Haiti
Originally Sergio Valkenburg was named Sjoerd by his parents. However, they could not then apprehend that Sjoerd would become a citizen of the world, who wished to work for the underprivileged in developing countries. In these parts the name Sjoerd however, was so unpronounceable, that Sjoerd from his 25th in Granada, Nicaragua, where he volunteered at an educational organization, was called Sergio.
He has been educated in tourism, the logistics market and the construction industry. His experiences in Latin America is what inspired and formed him. A visit to the Netherlands made him realize that the smile of a human being in distress gave him more satisfaction than a relatively rich and well cared life in the Netherlands.
Sergio worked in the Netherlands for 5 months at the Red Cross when on January 12th 2010 the dramatic earthquake in Haiti took place. Within 2 minutes this disaster caused 230,000 deaths and 1.3 million victims, of which more than three years later some 300,000 still live in dingy tent camps. The news and the horrifying images touched him deeply and he went to Haiti where he took care of the earthquake victims in the Hopital General.
Mid-2012 he learned in Haiti the aspirations of The Mobile Factory. The transformation of debris into safe, affordable houses for the disadvantaged and homeless victims, appealed to him strongly. Especially since construction debris structurally intertwined with everyday life in Haiti and has polluted the country dramatically. It is scattered all over and is dumped, where it is considered to be convenient.
After having performed exploratory activities for The Mobile Factory, a permanent collaboration has been realized. Sergio now officially represents The Mobile Factory in Haiti. With Sergio we are convinced to have found someone who can disseminate the culture and objectives of The Mobile Factory like no other.


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DIGGING IN THE TOXIC SOIL OF LEGAL ABORTION
I received a shocking email this morning from Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life. It is posted below.
Fellow Pro-Lifer,
Sexual predator Jermaine Jones is serving a 15-year prison sentence for raping his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter in 2009. But what became of the doctor who performed a 24-week abortion on that child – and then returned her to Jones and broke Florida law by failing to report an abortion on a minor?
HE IS STILL IN BUSINESS!
Does that strike you as wrong?
IT IS!
Our close friends and colleagues at Life Dynamics came across this story while researching ways the abortion industry covers up child sexual abuse. This case was even more shocking than most.
Two abortion clinics, both members of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), should be shut down for failing to report the rape of a minor.
Michael Benjamin
Abortionist Michael Benjamin should be out of work instead of pocketing blood money as he continued to kill more unborn children.
Here are the basics of the story. Jermaine Jones raped Janet Marshall's 12-year-old daughter in June 2009. In November, her mother took her to the All Women's Health Center in Gainesville, but was turned away because the girl's pregnancy was too far advanced.
The NAF hotline then referred Marshall and her pregnant daughter to Benjamin's office in Tamarac, FL, a six-hour drive away. NAF also helpfully noted that the organization would cover most of the cost of the abortion.
Jones, Marshall and the 12-year-old rape victim traveled together to Tamarac for the multi-day procedure. The Florida Board of Medicine later determined that
Benjamin's "counseling" session with the pre-teen victim lasted six to eight minutes.
According to a report from the Alachua County Sherriff's office, "There is concern why the medical staff in Tamarac that met with (name redacted) did not notify DCF," referring to the Florida Department of Children and Families.
In January 2011, the Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint against Benjamin
for his failure to report the sexual abuse of a minor.
In April 2014, Benjamin was fined $10,000, ordered to attend
classes about mandatory reporting, and his medical license was put on probation for two years.
Then, in a bizarre twist, he was put under the supervision of
another Florida abortionist, Frank Rodriguez. In 2006, Benjamin and Rodriguez had worked together at another NAF clinic where a very similar situation happened. Underage girl, adult predator, abortion, failure to report. The predator, this time a teacher, got five years in prison.
Benjamin and Rodriguez were allowed to continue business as usual.
This kind of criminality is what we find when we dig into the toxic soil of legal abortion. This kind of thing goes on all the time. In fact, a staffer at the Tamarac clinic, when asked why no one reported that a 12-year-old girl was pregnant, commented:
"Maybe we've been hardened with so many kids coming in."
For once, an abortion worker is telling the truth.
If you are as outraged as we are, please join us in demanding the permanent revocation of Benjamin's license to practice medicine.
Please contact the office of Florida Health Secretary John Armstrong and demand that Benjamin's license is permanently revoked
So please click here (http://www.priestsforlife.org/alert/alert.aspx?id=55 ) for the information on how to make that phone call or send that email today. And please send this email to as many people as you can!
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: 888-PFL-3448
Email: mail@priestsforlife.org
www.priestsforlife.org
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Care Net Center seeks director following death of leader
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 13 February 2019 at 5:29 pm
Kim Scott praised for vision in strengthening center's mission
Provided photo: Kim Scott is shown in late November with a Christmas tree in the hallway of Care Net Center of Greater Orleans in Albion. She passed away from cancer on Jan. 18.
ALBION – The Care Net Center of Greater Orleans is seeking a new director to lead the organization which has a pro-life mission.
Kim Scott, the center's director, passed away on Jan. 18 after twice battling cancer. She was praised by staff for her vision in moving the center to a more prominent and accessible location in the community, the KFC and Family Dollar plaza at 168 South Main St.
"She was a people-person who just loved people," said Sharon Sugar, the office manager. "She was also very detail-oriented and that allowed her to do many things at once."
Scott was also a fun person to work with, and very passionate about Care Net's ministry, said Jocelyn Wilson, the client advocate at the center.
"She loved working here and loved the mission of it," Wilson said about Scott.
The center is in its 28th year. Last year it served 133 clients who made 585 visits to the site.
Care Net provides limited ultrasounds to confirm a baby's heartbeat. Care Net did nine ultrasounds last month. The center also provides free pregnancy tests, STI testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, peer counseling, parenting and healthy relationship education, and post-abortion support.
The center also has two "blessing boutique rooms" with supplies for families, including clothing, diapers, wipes, formula and toys. When parents complete classes, they earn "blessing bucks" for some of the items in the boutique rooms.
Scott organized several successful fundraising programs, including the annual banquet. Last year's event in April was attended by about 400 people and raised $50,000.
Care Net staff Sharon Sugar, left, and Jocelyn Wilson are pictured at the center's suite at 168 South Main Street. Other staff include nurse manager Kathy Baker and Sally Grout, who does limited ultrasounds.
Scott already worked out most of the details for this year's banquet on April 4 at Hickory Ridge Country Club, including lining up the speaker, Christian musician Matt Hammitt. He is also an author and launched the "Lead Me Live" marriage and family program with his wife, Sarah.
Scott also worked on a new fundraiser for Care Net, a March 9 shopping extravaganza and basket auction from noon to 6 p.m. at Care Net. The event includes several local vendors and businesses.
The center has seen an increase in volunteers and supporters since Gov. Cuomo and the State Legislature last month approved the "Reproductive Health Act" which makes Roe Vs. Wade law in state, affirming abortion rights.
The executive director position is part-time, 24 to 30 hours a week. For more information call the center at (585) 589-7505, send a cover letter and resume to carenetorleans@gmail.com or click here.


This original and sharply obser-vant book gives new significance to three important figures in the history of twentieth-century art: Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Anne Wagner looks at their imagery and careers, relating their work to three decisive moments in the history of American modernism: the avant-garde of the 1920s, the New York School of the 1940s and 1950s, and the modernist redefinition undertaken in the 1960s. Their artistic contributions were invaluable, Wagner demonstrates, as well as hard-won. She also shows that the fact that these artists were women—the main element linking the three—is as much the index of difference among their art and experience as it is a passkey to what they share.
Anne Middleton Wagner is Professor of the History of Art, University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Sculptor of the Second Empire (1990).


If you've always wanted to experiment with swinging, there's no better time than when you go in this stylish black flapper costume! This black dress includes a gorgeous gown and stunning hat. The black dress is covered in shimmering dots that catch the light. The inside of the dress is a satin-like slip that is attached to the outer layer. The skirt is also the same black satin-like material, with tattered sequin shreds layered over for a fun and flirty effect. The foam cloche hat is made in the same shining material as the dress, and features a black band around the crown and a black fabric rosette. This flapper girl will do the Charleston and the Lindy hop, all in one night!


Rabat – As the former president and first lady of the United States unveiled their respective portraits on Monday in Washington D.C., Barack and Michelle Obama offered a glimpse of how they want their legacy to be seen and remembered.
The Obamas' portraits follow an established Washington tradition: the National Portrait Gallery has commissioned portraits of outgoing US presidents and first ladies since 1962.
However, the Obamas are an unprecedented couple and they continue to break new ground in terms of representation and whom they entrust to represent them.
Just as Barack and Michelle Obama became the first African American couple to be featured on the walls of the Presidential Gallery, so did Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald become the first black artists to create official presidential portraits for the Smithsonian Institution.
Reflecting to the audience, Michelle Obama admitted to feeling "a little overwhelmed" by occasion. "As you may have guessed, I don't think there is anybody in my family who has ever had a portrait done, let alone a portrait that will be hanging in the National Gallery," she told the press, celebrities, and politicians present.
Both Wiley and Sherald are portraitists who specialize in painting African Americans and in rendering aspects of black culture.
Neither of the Obamas had seen the finished product before the unveiling took place. Mr. Obama, for his part, seemed delighted with the painting, showing him leaning forward intently while seated, suspended in a verdant backdrop of vines and flowers.
Kehinde Wiley is known for august portraits of African American figures and has formerly painted such icons as Michael Jackson, Grandmaster Flash, and the Notorious B.I.G.
The former President admired the artist's approach to challenging "conventional views of power and privilege," although he asked Wiley to resist painting him "like Napoleon." "I have enough political problems," said Mr. Obama to laughter from the audience.
While less famous than Wiley, Amy Sherald has honed another approach to African American portraiture. (Until relatively recently, she maintained a side job waiting tables at a restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland.) Michelle Obama appears seated, wearing a sleeveless white dress with several geometric, quilt-like patterns. Although Sherald selected a more subdued palette for her painting, her subject appears no less regal.
The former first lady's hair, arms, and face are different gray shades, which is one of Sherald's signature ways of painting the skin tone of her African American subjects. The artist has described the influence that black and white photography has had on her style of portraiture.
Sorry Mrs. Benkirane, you are wanted in the catwalk!


We look to invest £25m to £125m in businesses across a number of sectors to deliver growth over the medium to longer term.
Mature, cash generative businesses with GDP plus growth rates.
Our hold period is likely to be 7-10 years and the investment structured accordingly.
We seek to make our return through a combination of running yield and capital growth.
Businesses need to be headquartered in the UK and are either market leaders or have the potential to become market leaders over the period of Caledonia's investment.
Businesses requiring fresh equity to either provide a level of shareholder liquidity or development capital.
Businesses will have a TEV in excess of £50m and robust market positions.
We require certain minority protections including a board seat and good corporate governance.
Our investment horizon is open ended but we will look to agree mechanisms to allow for future liquidity events.
Enterprises which require equity funding but have sufficient balance sheet strength to allow any equity requirement to be in the form of a structured equity investment.
Preferred position in capital structure; paying yield; limited upside; defined exit horizons and arrangements.
"Our focus is on established businesses, led by sound management teams, where our target investment size is £25m to £125m provides a meaningful presence and growth capital supporting double digit operating margins."


I gave birth to a paper baby!
When I was in high school, I liked English. My teacher however made it very clear to me, on more than one occasion, that English did not like me. She held my paper up, covered in red marks, in front of both classes, and announced that I made the most mistakes in both her classes. It was a defining moment. From that point on, I became pretty insecure about my ability to write throughout high school.
Imagine my surprise then, when I tested out of the basic English composition class to move onto the next level when I arrived at college! It gave me a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I could actually write. Combine that spark with years of journaling, and I decided to ignore my high school teachers decision of my ability.
I did this when I started blogging for the community coffee shop I opened in Northern Ireland called The Press. I would share about the experiences in the coffee shop and announce our upcoming events. I LOVED IT! Writing had always been an outlet and at that point I started to find my own voice.
Fast forward a few years. Bryan and I decided to give IVF one last shot, no pun intended! I figured the easiest way to keep people informed of our progress was through my personal blog. I had only one or two entries at that point. I guess I also need to rewind and insert this little fact. Through the years that we struggled with infertility I also journaled. I used my writing as a way of processing my pain, as a way of praying, as a way of dealing with the grief I carried, but didn't always want the world to know. I also didn't want to consistently be "Debbie Downer" by always talking about the sadness I felt. This could be partly my personality or partly the lies we believe that people can't handle our pain and suffering, I'm not really sure.
Anyway, back to what I was saying. Years before the blog started, Bryan and I had made a special trip to London to see Phantom of the Opera with the London cast. It was one of my bucket list items. It happened around my 30th birthday along with our first failed round of IVF. As we sat having dinner in a little Italian restaurant across from the theater, we decided that someday, when our family had finally arrived, by whatever means it came, that we would share our story in a book.
That moment has arrived. The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants is our story from my personal perspective. I allow you to crack open pages of my own journals, private pictures, sketches and my honest response to the struggle of infertility. I really hold nothing back. I am not trying to shock people, but I am trying to wake people up. This issue is painful. Painful for those struggling and painful for those who are watching someone struggle. 1 out of every 8 couples will deal with infertility now, 1 out of 8!!! Next time you are around that many couples, just look around because I would bet my own money that someone you know really well is struggling. It's that real friends.
This book took me almost two years to complete. Life happened in a not so kind way almost immediately after I had the full manuscript completed. My father was diagnosed with cancer. At times the book felt like a burden I couldn't shake while dealing with the grief of watching my father deteriorate. Other times it felt like an escape and a lifeline. What definitely helped was writing. Writing has become a way of life for me. Thanks to authors like Shauna Niequist, Jen Hatmaker, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Brene′ Brown, I began to believe in the power of my own voice. I also had my husband and amazing family and friends cheering me on too!
So the other night, March 12th at 7 p.m. I had my very first book launch! I was overwhelmed to see so many lovely faces come. Some I hadn't seen in years, and some I have only recently become friends with. It was a beautiful collection of people and I am so grateful for each person taking the time to come and support me in such a tangible way.
Now I have the privilege of promoting this much needed book. I get to share my story again and again with people. Validating each time that what I went through, what we went through, and maybe what you are going through will not be wasted if we let it help and guide others. Our pain truly can bring comfort to someone else's suffering, if we will let it. It means standing with our hands open instead of with clenched fists.
What have you experienced by way of pain in your life? Are you willing to open that area up to even just one person? If so, I think you will find there is healing there. There is purpose in your pain there. There is also forward momentum that helps you leave the past in the past and move towards your future with hope and joy. Please share your story, the world needs it!
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Tonight as I folded laundry I began thinking about so many things I learned while we walked the difficult road of infertility. I thought about our two wee men, sleeping tight next door in their sweet little shared room. I thought of God.
As these thoughts swirled in my head, a concrete idea formed…turn in…not away.
Infertility is brutal and cruel. There is nothing kind about taking one of the deepest longings of a woman and man's soul then playing table tennis with it. Back and forth, through treatment after treatment, one doctor to the next, one injection to the next. The game goes back and forth. The game can continue into other parts of your life too. You can argue with your husband about how much caffeine he is drinking, don't you know it can reduce your sperm honey? You can tell your Mom you are fine for now, that you aren't ready for a family just yet. When your friend announces they are pregnant you can fake excitement. When you just cannot understand how God can ignore your prayers over and over again to have a child? Back and forth, you can live your life, with your emotions hidden.
You can turn in…not away. Turn into your husbands arms when he drinks that second cup of coffee. Tell him you are scared his caffeine intake may affect your chances, this is the truth of why you may be tempted to nag at him. When your Mom asks the next time about a family, instead of turning away, turn to your Mother, the one who carried you into this world, who would most likely do anything she could to protect you from harm, and tell her the truth. Tell her how your heart is breaking everyday because you long to be a Mother yourself. When that friend announces her pregnancy that happened all too easily, allow yourself to feel the hurt and anger. Then turn to your friend and rejoice. Because I guarantee, if you turn into her friendship she will mourn with you. Rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. That's what real friends do.
And finally, let me plainly state this: God's character does not change depending on our circumstances. Things are going great, well God is good. Things are crap, well God is not good. No. That's not how it works. He is good, all the time, full stop. Life is hard, full stop. But what a good God does is this, He offers comfort in our suffering. When we turn into Him He meets us with an intimacy that cannot be rivaled. He is so so close to those who are brokenhearted, hurting and suffering, if we will only turn in…not away.
Just like any good parent He will help us learn to walk through this life if we let Him. Just as a parent walks behind his toddler, hands outstretched to catch the child if he begins to fall forward, yet remaining unseen by the child. And the child eventually learns to walk. This is how I see my Abba in these times. He has so much confidence in my ability, in my desire to turn into Him, not away that He remains hidden for a time, hidden but not absent. During the hidden times He is encouraging us to turn in…not away. I believe this is how it is for all of us. He gives us freedom upon freedom to learn, seek, grow, to walk. And I think one of the biggest lessons He teaches us in life's more challenging circumstances is to turn in…not away and it applies to all of life. Where do you need to turn in today? Start there.
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Hey lovely blog followers and those of you who just happened upon my site! This is not a normal entry but one to let you know that I am days closer to having the release date of my book The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants: A raw glimpse into the painful journey of infertility. This book has been in the making for the guts of two years and I am so delighted to be this close! My proof draft has been ordered and should be in my hands by the 13th of February. This means that if I have no real changes to make to the book it should be available to all of you lovely people as soon as the 14th of February which would be incredible!
I decided it would be my birthday present to myself to get it done this month since I turn 38 on the 16th of February. Valentine's Day holds an extra special place in our hearts too for it was the day that we found out both of our little, long awaited embryos had implanted! It was the day our hearts expanded twice over instantly.
My hope and prayer is that this Valentine's Day can hold special meaning for others too. Not necessarily the same way it does for us (although that would be incredible!) but that maybe it can be a day when you feel supported in your journey. A day you feel loved by your spouse even though you feel you are failing miserably because your body just won't do what you want it to do. I could go on but all of that to say, I am beyond thrilled that we are at this point friends. You and I are very close to getting to know each other a little better, well you me at least. I hope my open and raw story telling will help ease your pain or help you better understand someone else's pain.
If you want more info you can find me on Facebook @Breannajochud or on Instagram @breannachud. Please feel free to share this book with anyone and everyone who needs it or may benefit from reading it!
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