text:
The Political Forums > Politics and News > U.S. Politics > Pulitizer Winner Seymour Hersh on the NSA, Obama and Pathetic America Media
View Full Version : Pulitizer Winner Seymour Hersh on the NSA, Obama and Pathetic America Media
http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media
Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism –
close down the news bureaus of NBC and ABC, sack 90% of editors in
publishing and get back to the fundamental job of journalists which, he
says, is to be an outsider.
It doesn't take much to fire up Hersh, the investigative journalist who has been the nemesis of US presidents since the 1960s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh) and who was once described by the Republican party as "the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist".
is angry about the timidity of journalists in America, their failure to
challenge the White House and be an unpopular messenger of truth.
even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so
much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" –
or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story,
it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic
US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Hersh is writing a book about
national security and has devoted a chapter to the bin Laden killing. He
says a recent report put out by an "independent" Pakistani commission
about life in the Abottabad compound in which Bin Laden was holed up
would not stand up to scrutiny. "The Pakistanis put out a report, don't
get me going on it. Let's put it this way, it was done with considerable
American input. It's a bullshit report," he says hinting of revelations
to come in his book.
The Obama administration lies systematically, he claims, yet none of the leviathans of American media,
the TV networks or big print titles, challenge him.
"It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this
guy [Obama]," he declares in an interview with the Guardian.
"It used to be when you were in a situation when something very dramatic
happened, the president and the minions around the president had control
of the narrative, you would pretty much know they would do the best
they could to tell the story straight. Now that doesn't happen any more.
Now they take advantage of something like that and they work out how to
re-elect the president.
He isn't even sure if the recent revelations about the depth and breadth of surveillance by the National
Security Agency will have a lasting effect.
He is entirely correct. The media picked Obama and now have to downplay his shittiness so they aren't called on their own hypocrisy.
It's sad when only Jon Stewart, a comedian with a fake news program, covers the news more fairly than the real news media.
I think most progressives are embarrassed that they voted for him, or maybe that's wishful thinking on my part. I'd hate to think they're all hypocrites. My sister's husband HATED Bush, HATED the Patriot Act, HATED Gitmo and torture and all that and now he gets all embarrassed when you remind him and makes weak excuses for Obama.
I think deep down they all wish they had voted for Hillary instead.
He also says Bin Laden killing a lie
http://swampland.time.com/2013/09/27/new-yorkers-seymour-hersh-bin-laden-raid-one-big-lie/
The story of how U.S. Navy Seals killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid on an compound in Pakistan is "one big lie," veteran journalist Seymour Hersh claimed.
"Not one word of it is true," the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer told the Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media) in an interview. Hersh is currently working on a book about national security, which reportedly includes a chapter on the bin Laden raid. Hersh hinted at revelations to come in his book.
"It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious," Hersh said of the American media. "They are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama]."
Is it any surprise? Our country is morally bankrupt and sick (as in ill, not disgusting).
http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/green-arrow-soliloquy.jpg
I love listening to real liberals with backbones speak. I think there are still some real ones left in Great Britain, too.
How did America get so shitty?
jillian, you're the resident New York liberal. What do you think of what he has to say? Why do you think our news media is afraid to slap Obama around like they slapped Bush around? It's the same policies just a different dude using them.
My dad is a Blue Dog Democrat who rues the day he voted for Obama. There are liberals here who will admit their disappointment. There are partisans who will never.
@jillian (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=719), you're the resident New York liberal. What do you think of what he has to say? Why do you think our news media is afraid to slap Obama around like they slapped Bush around? It's the same policies just a different dude using them.
i think he shouldn't aim at NBC and CBS when he doesn't say a word about fakenews. that said, they do aim at this president. they aimed at him during syria. they aimed at him during benghazi and the irs thing until it became clear there was no there there. i thought they were namby pamby with bush or they wouldn't have done his bidding by not calling the intel on iraq fake like the UN inspector hans blix said it was.
so yes, i agree with him. i disagree with your premise that they treat one president worse than the other. i agree that they should hold ALL of them to task. I also agree with the presmise that the media coronates candidates like they did romney and obama (after they first coronated hillary). they did it here in NY with christine quinn. but it seems most people don't like being told who to vote for... which is a very good thing.
the one they really slammed was clinton, but i don't know if you'd believe that. (i'm not sure you remember that, though).
this issue is one they've actually been exploring on the show the Newsroom (great show, btw) at one point one of the characters gets up and complains that they're not journalists, they're the candidate's press office. he's right. no one asks the hard questions.
i miss tim russert.
Girl, were you laughing to yourself when you typed that? You'd have to be. Called him out on Benghazi? LOLWUT?
Syria???
Drones??
Close Gitmo??
Repeal the Patriot Act??
Oh, yeh...they rode his ass straight to the wood shed!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8a62af969266782b7db21f46a0dea88/tumblr_mj99e4iDJ41ryfkypo1_400.gif
no, because normal people know that there were 13 benghazis when bush was president.
sorry. i don't do fauxrage
http://www.policymic.com/articles/40811/13-benghazis-happened-under-president-bush-and-fox-news-said-nothing
Benghazi was not a simple embassy attack, unlike the others you cite too.
You're confusing me for a non-libertarian. It should be an outrage every time regardless of who's in office. I don't play partisan crap. I'm pro America, not pro-party.
AmazonTania
There are plenty of those in Great Britain, not those lily-livered intellectually deficient cowards known as progressives.
Two wrongs will always make a right.
We get it...
And yet you defend Obama as if he were a saint. From the time you came to this forum to now I have never once see you take him to task.
When Bush was president I got the same slack for criticising him as I now get from you and your fellow travellers from criticizing Obama.
Well you're not one to mince words, and that's good, but there are liberal progressives here, in the US, CA, here on this forum, who are intellectually and emotionally capable of engaging discussion, and then there are those who are not, and they stick out like sore thumbs.
Obama is not a liberal, he's a back-stabbing traitor who promised a new era of liberalism and instead gave us a new era of even harder-core corporatism.
How many times did Bush Blame a video. Did Bush lie like Obama? We still have no facts from Obama
No, I'm sure Bush never lied like Obama. Obama is on a completely different plane of existence from us normal humans. Bush was a saint.
Bush did things wrong but he lied less than Obama. Bush would take responsibility for his administration Obama takes responsibility for nothing.
The longer Bush was president the more he moved to the left.
After Bush I said I would not vote lesser of two evils again. I have voted constitution party last 2 presidential elections. I also voted constitutional party for senator because I do not trust Rubio. I do vote GOP for my House Representative because Bill Posey has shown me he is a conservative
Let's see:
faux(foʊ)
adj.artificial or imitation; fake: faux pearls.
[1670–80; < French]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Well, since you pose a strawman, other embassy attacks where our government did everything it was supposed to be to protect it's people, it looks to me like your strawman is about as faux as it comes. Maybe your rage is too and the only thing that is real is that you are a terminal partisan hack who won't hesitate to make anything and everything up to push your partisanship.
What amazes me is that you continue to do so here where you are outed and made the fool daily by a clearly much better educated and politically sophisticated group of people yet you don't learn anything from it.
I suppose we could say that you are just confirming what we know about progressives, namely that you simply do not learn from your failures and errors.


text:
Black History Month: Focus On MPD's First Female Assistant Chief
Filed Under:Anita M. Najiy, Assistant Chief of Police, City of Miami Police Department, Commander, Historic Promotion, Manuel Orosa, Miami Police, Miami Police Promotion, Najiy, Summer Knowles
City of Miami Police Department Assistant Chief of Police Anita Najiy. (Source: CBS4)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – CBS4 continues to celebrate Black History Month by recognizing special people in the South Florida community, including the City of Miami Police Department's newest assistant chief whose recent appointment made history in the department.
Overtown Commander Anita M. Najiy, a 31-year veteran of the agency, is the first female Assistant Chief of Police in the department's history.
When Chief Manuel Orosa called with the news, she was stunned.
"He said, 'I'm calling to promote you to Assistant Chief of Administration Division.' At first I was surprised and shocked. I had to sit down," explained Najiy.
Assistant Chief Najiy spent some of her early years in Carol City and her teenage years in the city of Miami, but it was actually in Overtown where she felt she was able to make a real impact.
As the Commander in Overtown, the 31-year veteran prided herself on interacting with residents and just spending time in the community to personally observe what needed improvement.
"What I saw when I got here was the lighting, the street lighting was almost null," Najiy said. "One of the things we were trying to get community members to understand is that we need their help and in order for us to help, we need them to be our eyes and ears. But one of the main things was, if we can't see, we can't help you, so that was a major issue we had to tackle getting the lights back on."
Tackle it they did, Najiy said the number of calls for service in that community started going up almost immediately. She said that was a good thing because crimes were going unreported.
But she worked diligently with community agencies, beat officers and residents who stepped up. One business owner even gave officers access to her personal surveillance system in the neighborhood.
"When she would see crime occurring or drug sales occurring, she would let us know and then we would come out and I would direct the officers to come into the area and we would be able to make arrests," said Najiy.
That is just one of many of her success stories which she plans to continue as she heads up the Administration Division and continues to trail blaze the way for other women on the force.
"I have to represent. One of the things I was always taught was to lead by example," she said.
Prior to her recent promotion, the title of "Major" was considered the highest held by a sworn, female employee of the agency.
Commander Najiy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Management and a Masters in National Security Affairs.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Description: By buying this game, you will be helping WWF to save South Africa's rhinos through the organisation's numerous rhino conservation projects.
And he's on a mission for good - to save the rhinos of Southern Africa. Brought to you by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa. Play now and save the rhinos.
Rad keeps up a running charge against poachers and their arsenal of weapons. With the help of his trusted ally, Horn Bill, Rad has to dodge the flying hand grenades and automatic rifle fire; jump over exploding barrels... then thump the poachers as you chase after their getaway trucks and get one charge closer to Mr Big, kingpin behind the international rhino poaching syndicates.
Rad's adventure across the African savannah is punctuated by WWF's key insights into facts about rhinos and the truth behind the rhino poaching scourge. Rhino Raid aims to create awareness of WWF's rhino conservation projects in South Africa. It's fun, it's for good ...and it's RAD!


Underpinning the theoretical basis are a number of principles & methods integral to cultivating a greater understanding of the fundamental principle of harmony.
As a form of Budo (the martial way), Aikido is more than a fighting art. It is a path of personal discovery and character improvement. Some of the benefits include increased physical fitness, improved self-confidence and a greater awareness of yourself and your boundaries as well as those of people around you.
The most fundamental concept of Aikido is that of 'harmonising' with an attacker. In practical terms, a practitioner of aikido will use the force of an attack against their aggressor to apply a lock, throw or pin. When pulled the Aikidoka (practitioner of Aikido) moves forward in the direction of the attack.
When pushed, the Aikidoka pivots out of the way. In this way, Aikido redirects the force of the attack until it is no longer a threat. In this weakened position, the attacker then becomes susceptible to various forms of controls (ways of directing an attacker to a final pin), or throw.
Underpinning this theoretical basis is a number of principles and methods, all integral to cultivating a greater understanding and means of applying this fundamental principle.
The first of these methods is the appropriate roles of both 'shite' and 'uke'.
In traditional aikido training, shite and uke are training partners, not opponents. As a 'pair', both will work with each other, fostering an atmosphere suited to the application and research of often dangerous locks and throws.
Such a high level of co-operation helps you to reconceptualise an attack – from a hostile and destructive force to a positive facilitator of your aikido technique. The attack becomes a positive means to your ends.
Another of the methods used is 'Shuchu-ryoku' – or focused power. This is the ability to focus your power into one point. Using the power of the hips, legs, knees, abdomen, etc, harnessed together to focus your energy towards one aim.
The power generated is greater than the power of the muscles alone.
It is the aikidoka's ability to generate such power that enables a smaller and comparatively weaker person to apply techniques on larger and stronger opponents.
Breath power or 'kokyu-ryoku' results from the alignment of feeling (sensitivity), breathing and rhythm, allowing the Aikidoka to read uke's movement and lead them. It is not necessary to do any special training in order to develop breath power, you will develop it through consistent training.
For the Yoshinkan Aikidoka, the 'ki' in aikido might be understood as the combination of correct posture, centre line, breathing and the augmented power of focused energy. Although there are many interpretations of such a complex concept, it might be said that "aiki" is the "mastery of balance".
Sho Shin is a concept in Zen Buddhism meaning Beginner's Mind and is often associated with the study of Japanese martial arts.
"Shin" means mind, spirit or attitude.
The concept describes the attitude that beginners have when first learning something. A beginner approaches a new subject with eagerness and a lack of preconceptions allowing them to be open to new learning and experiences.
Applied to the practice of Aikido, it refers to the idea that all students no matter how experienced should approach every lesson as if it was their first. It enables the student to continuously learn even when repeatedly practicing the same technique.


text:
Haverhill Student Introduces Rep. Dempsey at Annual AICUM Dinner, Speaks of Importance of Need-Based College Grants
By Tom Duggan on January 24, 2016 Comments Off on Haverhill Student Introduces Rep. Dempsey at Annual AICUM Dinner, Speaks of Importance of Need-Based College Grants
From left: AICUM president Richard Doherty, State Rep. Brian Dempsey, Merrimack College student and Haverhill resident Stephanie Bellapianta.
Haverhill resident Stephanie Bellapianta, a freshman at Merrimack College, presented an award to State Representative Brian Dempsey in front of 350 leaders from the state's higher education sector, at an annual dinner for the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM).
The December 14 event held at the Seaport Hotel in Boston honored State Representative Brian Dempsey, Chair of the state's House Committee on Ways and Means, with the AICUM Committed to Access Award, and honored Congresswoman Katherine Clark with the AICUM Committed to Action Award. AICUM represents 58 of the state's private, non-profit colleges.
Bellapianta is a recipient of the MassGrant, which provides need-based scholarship aid for Massachusetts students attending college in state, and for which Rep. Dempsey is a tireless advocate.
According to a copy of her prepared remarks, Ballepianta stated that thanks to officials such as Rep. Dempsey, "I – and 12 others from Haverhill, and hundreds more from other cities and towns in Massachusetts – are able to attend Merrimack."
The event was heavily attended by college leaders and other higher education advocates, and by representatives from industries with which AICUM member colleges frequently partner.
"This event was a reminder of the tremendous community we have supporting independent higher education here in Massachusetts," said AICUM president Richard Doherty. "AICUM's member colleges not only bring countless educational opportunities to young people across the state, but they are an economic engine driving innovation throughout the Commonwealth. The breadth and strength of our state's higher education community was highly visible at this annual event."
The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM) was founded by independent college presidents and today comprises 58 degree-granting, accredited independent colleges and universities in the Commonwealth. It is the leading voice on public policy matters affecting independent colleges and universities in Massachusetts. AICUM plays a critical role in advocating for state and federal funding for need-based student financial aid, research and other actions which address state and Federal legislative and regulatory issues.
Based College Grants, Haverhill Student, Importance of Need, Introduces, Merrimack College, Rep. Dempsey at Annual AICUM Dinner, Speaks
Haverhill Student Introduces Rep. Dempsey at Annual AICUM Dinner, Speaks of Importance of Need-Based College Grants added by Tom Duggan on January 24, 2016


text:
Q: Sending a POST request from STORE This is my Store class. I am trying to get a POST request done. Here's my code;
Everything works fine, i also get the Server response when i check it from Firebug. But the only problem is that when i check the Params tab in firefox i see _dc    1341141752113 , and when i check the Post tab in firebug i see
limit   25
page    1
start   0

1.) These are some pamaters which i didnt pass in my code. Why am i getting these ?
Ext.define('Pro.store.Animal',{
    extend:'Ext.data.Store',
    model:'Pro.model.Animal',

    proxy: {
        actionMethods : {

            read   : 'POST'
        },
        type: 'ajax',
        url : '/projectmy/animal.php'

    }

    });

2.) If i want to pass parameters to a PHP file, how should i edit my code to pass the parameters ?

A: These parameters are defaults. They will be needed if you use an pagination-toolbar or other controls to navigate through your data.
For additional parameter you can use extraParams in your proxy.

A: Ext.define('App.store.StoreName', {
    extend: 'Ext.data.Store',

    requires: [
        'App.model.StoreName'
    ],

    constructor: function(cfg) {
        var me = this;
        cfg = cfg || {};
        me.callParent([Ext.apply({
            storeId: 'stid',
            model: 'App.model.MyModel',
            proxy: {
                type: 'ajax',
                actionMethods: 'POST',
                api: {
                    read: '../myreadPhp.php',

                },
                reader: {
                    type: 'json'
                }
            },
            listeners: {
                beforeload: {
                    fn: me.onArraystoreBeforeLoad,
                    scope: me
                }
            }
        }, cfg)]);
    },

    onArraystoreBeforeLoad: function(store, operation, options) {
        this.proxy.extraParams.yournameparameter = "pass some name here";
        this.proxy.extraParams.yourageparamete = "pass your age here";
    }

});

myreadPhp.php will be expecting the parameter yournameparameter  and yourageparamete

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


There can only be one adjective to associate with the 18-hole, Par 72, championship course of Four Seasons Golf Club Anahita Mauritius: exceptional! At every level, and in every domain, one returns to this word… location, beauty, welcome, management team, golf pros, immaculate greens and large fairways, features, views, challenges, community relations, and much more beside. No golfer's trip to Mauritius will be complete without a round on what is probably the best golf course in the Indian Ocean.
It is true that the team overseeing this course, the centrepiece of the Anahita sanctuary, has been handed a dream course, designed by multiple Majors winner Ernie Els. In terms of what every golfer, beginners to professionals, seeks when he is on a course, a round at this course, better known locally as the Anahita Golf Course, allows one to benefit from minute attention to detail, all with the objective of allowing the golfer to appreciate fully just where he is actually playing.
Departing the Club House, with its fancy Italian restaurant Il Forno, in an electric golf cart, complete with GPS and data, one approaches each individually named hole, each with 6 sets of tees (black, blue, white, gold, red, and green, with a dedicated scorecard for the children's green tees). From this point, the recommendation can only be: enjoy the game and the ride through the course that is fringed by a vast azure lagoon, mangrove inlets, and the spectacular backdrop of green mountains in the distance. This course boasts of no less than 6 oceanfront holes!
An integral part of the offer is the 350 m driving range and putting greens, as are the tuition facilities provided by the Golf Academy, dedicated to enhancing the learning experience for each guest. Here, lessons include private instruction sessions such as a quick-fix with a few pointers, to playing a round with an instructor, or having your swing analysed using the latest video technology. The commitment of Four Seasons Golf Club Anahita Mauritius to improving community relations can best be seen in the daily free initiation to golf sessions open not only to resort's guests, but also to any Mauritian wanting to discover about this wonderful game.


text:
Semi Professional
Semi Professional – Premier League week 2/11-2/13
Giancarlo Urquia, Writer|February 15, 2017
Footy Headlines
The English Premier League has now gone through it's 25th week and Chelsea is 8 points up on 2nd place Manchester City. Chelsea seems unstoppable.
The top 4 teams in the league get a spot in the UEFA Champions League which is the tournament that is known for having the best games in Europe and maybe the world. The 2015 final had about 70 million more views than Super Bowl 49.
In the top games this week, Arsenal won 2-0 over an 18th place Hull City in a much needed win by Arsenal who are under pressure recently due to a dip in form the past couple of weeks. The players and especially 20 year manager, Arsene Wenger, have been booed by the fans at the end of matches.
Manchester City have an exciting prospect in Gabriel Jesus, he's scored 3 goals in his first 4 games. Unfortunately, he broke his ankle and is now ruled out for 4 months, missing the rest of the season. Man City won 2-0 over Bournemouth, putting some pressure on Chelsea.
Liverpool have now gotten their first win of 2016, due primarily to key player Sadio Mane returning. They had a tough opponent, Tottenham Hotspur, who are two places above them. Liverpool won 2-0 with Mane scoring both goals showing fans what they've been missing the past two weeks.
Swansea City won against the reigning champions Leicester City 2-0. Swansea who were just in 19th place two weeks ago have climbed up to 15th after new manager Paul Clement has reinstalled hope to the squad completely.
The remaining thirteen weeks are still filled with matches that can sway the standings of the league. The top four spots are up for grabs as 2nd to 6th place are only separated by only four points.
championship league
Giancarlo Urquia, Writer
Hi! I am Giancarlo Urquia, a freshman at WRHS. I have an older brother who is seventeen. My hobbies include eating, sleeping, and going outside with my...
Semi Professional – Premier League 4/1-4/2
Semi Professional-Premier League 2/25-2/27
On the Same Page: Season 2, Ep. 1
Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter: the turbulent aftermath
Bulls TV: Holiday Special
Wiregrass Ranch Christmas wishlists
Countdown to Christmas: the greatest holiday movies
Stampede Holidays Collection
Jenna Ortega: Hollywood's newest star or the latest trend?
Bulls TV: Marching Bulls


text:
Mayra Koury
Tech Credit Union
Jim Cunha
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Dr Jerry Vochteloo
Lee Kim
Kneber Botnet Threat to Government IT
Though Few Sites Hit, Risk Could be High Eric Chabrow (GovInfoSecurity) • March 2, 2010
Only 20 or so government computers were among the 75,000 hosts infested by the Kneber botnet earlier this year. But the computer security researcher analyst who discovered the botnet, a member of the ZeuS Trojan family, says the intrusion should be of concern to the security professionals charged with safeguarding government IT. (See Botnet Strikes 2,500 Organizations Worldwide.)
"The way I look at it is a single compromised PC inside a network is potentially a foothold and if you look at historically the way some of these compromises have occurred in the past, that is typically the way they start" Alex Cox, principal analyst at the IT security firm NetWitness, said in an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com (transcript below). "You get a single foothold inside a network and then pivot off of that foothold into other places in the network."
Cox said that's how Operation Aurora - the assault on IT systems of Google, Intel and other company - got started. "They got one machine and then got all the machines they needed," Cox said. "Saying my organization only has one compromised host to make yourself feel better really isn't realistic because that is the root of the compromise really."
In an interview, Cox describes:
How the Kneber botnet works.
Who the malware targeted.
Damage the botnet could cause.
Cox was interviewed by Eric Chabrow, GovInfoSecurity.com managing editor.
ERIC CHABROW: What is the Kneber botnet and how does it work?
ALEX COX: The Kneber is actually not a unique botnet. It is a botnet that we kind of identified as a member of the ZeuS Trojan family. We called it Kneber based on some of the information that we developed as we researching the compromise on the networks because of the use of an e-mail address, HillaryKneber@Yahoo.com, that was used to register some of the domains that were involved in the compromise.
CHABROW: How does it work?
COX: ZeuS has to be considered a key logger and it is more along the lines of a form logger, but it really has a lot of different capabilities. Typically, the way ZeuS is used is it injects form elements into logon pages so that miscreants can collect credential information and banking information and that sort of thing. That is then sent to a central connection control server or it is pushed into a database so they can access it as they want to.
That being said, it is not used just for financial fraud, it can really be configured to steal any kind of credential information. It can also run additional executables on it, compromise a host site and also pull, protect and store information out of, say, your Internet Explorer where an Explorer stores passwords when you tell it to save passwords. So it is really a kind of multiuse piece of malware that can steal all kinds of different information.
CHABROW: Do you have any idea of who may be behind this and who are its targets?
COX: Historically, ZeuS is believed to be of eastern European origin. It has been around for a while. The security research community generally believes that it is being maintained by eastern European cybercriminals. As far as directed attribution, it is always hard to do that.
CHABROW: There were a lot of attacks; how many have you counted so far?
COX: As far as compromised hosts in this particular incident, you have to remember that this is just a series of log data; 75 gigabytes worth of log data over a one month period, and that was mid-December through mid-January. There were close to 75,000 unique hosts in that log data, so at least 75,000.
CHABROW: At least 75,000 and I believe you were saying something like 2,500 different organizations were hit?
COX: Yes. When we mapped out the unique IDs to the organizations that were involved. We were looking at over 2,400 global organizations, so that is not just in the U.S., that is all over the world in various places. And they include corporations like financials, technology firms and government organizations as well as ISPs, so a lot of your home users on their home internet connections are probably included there as well.
CHABROW: Do you know what kind of government sites were being attacked?
COX: One of the things that we determined as we were researching this is some of the recent spear phishing attacks towards .gov e-mail addresses were involving the ZeuS Trojan as well. And when we did some malware analysis on those particular Trojans, what we found was that the commanding control servers and structures were the same as the ones that were result of this log data.
We were basically able to make a connection that not only were they involved in this worldwide collection of credential information, but also they were also actually doing some spear phishing targeted attacks towards the U.S. government.
CHABROW: Can you characterize the kind of information that people are trying to get?
COX: It is really hard to say because we didn't have access to the configuration file for ZeuS from when the logs were created. But when you look at the log data as a whole, what you see are a lot of things like social networking sites and e-mail sites and just credential information for various systems. There is a lot of social networking involved, but then there are just a lot of just various credentials for various sites.
What it kind of looks like is that they just open the net, they cast the net to see what they can get, and we found that somewhat significant because ZeuS is historically considered to be a banking Trojan, something that is used to steal banking credentials. And in fact, when we did malware analysis on the binaries that came down after the newer versions of ZeuS, after this log data that was discovered, the configuration actually was attacking a banking site. If you look in the white paper that we published, there is a big list of all of the banking sites that were listed in the config and so basically the bot had been reconfigured to look for login credentials for those banks.
CHABROW: But you said that it also is attacking government sites.
COX: In the log data that we have, there is indication of government sites that are affected with bots and then also the spear-phishing attacks directly against government e-mail addresses, so yes.
CHABROW: Walk us through a scenario of an attack that eventually leads to a government site.
COX: A really interesting comparison to make is the recent Aurora attacks with the Chinese involvement. One of the research findings that came out of that particular incident was that the cybercriminals used Facebook to infect their targets. And the way they did was they compromised friends of their target on Facebook and then they were able to send messages from the friend to the target and the target would be more likely to click on that message because it is from one of their friends on Facebook. So if you think about that perspective and using that kind of methodology to spread their malware, it gives them a tremendous amount of leverage.
The other thing to consider is that if I get access to an e-mail account, your e-mail accounts are typically used for all kinds of different authentication processes and signing up for access to various sites, I could potentially have access to a large number of other systems that may be interesting to me.
The way that that would kind of come back around to attacks is, say for example, that I have a web host, maybe I pay a monthly fee to have access to a web server that I put my blog up on. So a miscreant attacks my system, they get access to my e-mail account, they can then get access to my web hosting account and they can use my web host to host their malware.
It is kind of this multilevel compromise process that they can go through. There is a lot of value in not just banking credentials but credentials of all types because of the way that the connected systems work; you can just basically extend your compromise.
CHABROW: The people who are conducting this attack, is there any way you can determine what kind of damage to try to do say, federal government accounts, or are they just going in there and looking around? COX: It is really hard to say. From a money standpoint, with the banking attacks they are interested in getting access to bank accounts, transferring that money offshore and then using money mules to get access to that money.
From a government perspective it is really hard to say. There are a lot of rumors around online that foreign intelligence services sometimes work with these cybercriminals so you have the perspective of getting a big intrusion into the U.S. government maybe because some Russian intelligence official has asked for that sort of access and offered to pay for it.
The ultimate thing we should get out of that is that this data that is being stolen is being stored on these servers in these other countries, but ultimately we don't know what the end consumer of that data is going to be, be it cybercriminals that are going to try to steal money or a nation state that wants intelligence.
CHABROW: The kind of people who are hacking, these are people who have some kind of ill intent; these aren't just people who are just wanting to get into who they can get in?
COX: Absolutely. There are people who are dedicated to making money doing this. There is a lot of evidence toward a cybercriminal underground where they buy and sell various services via botnet access or exploits or identities or credit card numbers and they absolutely use those credit card numbers and those stolen credentials to make money.
CHABROW: Of the attacks, of the 2,400, 2,500 that you mentioned, do you know how many of those are government?
COX: I don't have an actual count. It was I want to say around 20 government organizations that we saw.
CHABROW: Federal, local, state?
COX: All of the above.
CHABROW: Not a large number but something that people should be concerned about.
COX: The way I look at it is a single compromised PC inside a network is potentially a foothold and if you look at historically the way some of these compromises have occurred in the past, that is typically the way they start. You get a single foothold inside a network and then pivot off of that foothold into other places in the network.
That is how the Aurora worked as well, they got one machine and then got all the machines they needed. Saying my organization only has one compromised host to make yourself feel better really isn't realistic because that is the root of the compromise really.
Cloud Providers' Hiring Methods Pose Risks
White House Partly Lifts CNCI Secrecy
Eric Chabrow
Retired Executive Editor, GovInfoSecurity
Chabrow, who retired at the end of 2017, hosted and produced the semi-weekly podcast ISMG Security Report and oversaw ISMG's GovInfoSecurity and InfoRiskToday. He's a veteran multimedia journalist who has covered information technology, government and business.
The DLP Dilemma Report
Frost & Sullivan Executive Brief: Beyond The Cloud
The Human Factor 2021
Securing Microsoft 365: 10 Reasons Organisations Choose Proofpoint to Protect Their Cloud Deployment
Stopping BEC and EAC
2021 VOICE OF THE CISO REPORT
Reimagining Email Security: Protecting with People-Centric Email Security in the Cloud Era
Redefining Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/kneber-botnet-threat-to-government-it-a-2255


Audio of the student-led gubernatorial debate between Drew Edmondson (D) and Kevin Stitt (R). Recorded live at OKC Community College and hosted by From Now On. This was the first gubernatorial debate in the United States that was entirely organized and hosted by students.


text:
The Orion's Arm Universe Project Forums › The Landing Site › The Arrivals Lounge
Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption
(05-16-2018, 03:13 AM)Drashner1 Wrote: You're correct that we make very little mention of using quantum computing in the setting. This is not due to a specific rejection of QC in the setting so much as it being the case that most of us don't fully understand it sufficiently to feel comfortable writing/speculating about it and those of us who do understand it well enough haven't chosen to do the necessary writeups to help us develop that aspect of the setting. If someone (such as yourself perhaps) was willing to help us fold QC and encryption information into the setting in a realistic and (mostly/reasonably) layperson understandable fashion we would likely to happy to do that.
Sounds like an interesting project - I think this discussion might be a good first step.
(05-16-2018, 03:13 AM)Drashner1 Wrote: The upshot of much of this is that the archai can probably break or bypass or otherwise cheat a lot of modosophont/low transapient encryption, but that even the S6 have limits in terms of raw breaking of encryption, meaning that even modos can successfully encrypt messages the gods can't break.
OK, so then as I suspected we're in a Minicrypt or Cryptomania scenario. Again, this sounds like if it could be written up at an encylopedia-suitable level with fewer technical terms than I've been using above, as an article on encryption (with some mention of why that almost invariably isn't enough when facing technotelepathy/cliology/archailect-level hacking/etc./etc., except maybe in a first-contact situation or the like), so there might be an article in this.
(05-16-2018, 03:13 AM)Drashner1 Wrote: Various initial thoughts here:
a) Given their rather...fuzzy...relationship with the concept of individuality as we humans generally understand it, archai could easily have hundreds or thousands of quantum computing 'lobes' or sub-selves within their brains that operate at the full #3 level that you describe. They aren't really the 'full' mind of the archailect - but they would be a part of it and would possibly think of themselves as equivalent to the full archai in their own way - or at least definitely a contributing member of the 'orchestrat' so to speak.
b) As an alternative to a Tipler Oracle, the archai might used nested Void Pockets/specialized Void Ship like devices to pack nearly a Lunar mass worth of quantum computronium into a volume no more than a nano-meter across (and do this repeatedly if desired). The QC hardware might start as raw matter and then be created after void pocket enclosure - or not. I/O issues might be...interesting...but some creative potential solutions come to mind.
c) We've toyed a bit with the idea that S2 or higher minds might be able to (as a bit of transapient 'magic') create and maintain arbitrarily large quantum entangled states and/or create 'room temperature' quantum entangled states (aka the environment is very 'noisy' and chaotic, but the transaps can maintain the entangled states anyway - at least to a point. While certainly speculative, does this strike you as a potentially workable idea or too far beyond the pale in this universe?
a): Agreed, and that's what I meant by my discussion about specialist nodes above, and by the digression under quantum-level-1) of it being safe to assume that even a quantum-level-1) archailect would have small specialist nodes of S0, S1, or for a higher archailect maybe S2 that were fully quantum.
I really need a more baseline-friendly terminology -- how about rather than quantum-level-0) through 3) I call these "completely classical", "quantum coprocessor", "partly quantum", "fully quantum"?
b): Good point! Yes, that's obviously the easy way for an archailect to make a fully quantum S3 or S4 (so it's a safe assumption that an S3 black angel or an S4 void ship ISO seraph is likely to have one or more void motes that contain a fully quantum subnode one toposophic level down, so S2 or S3 respectively, for handling problems where that looks useful); and it has a nice progression to using a Tipler Oracle to hold a fully quantum S5.
c): In general, that sounds impossible -- the state would collapse in attoseconds or even less -- normally too fast even for error correction from magmatter quantum sensors/processors to maintain it. But there might be plenty of subtle counterexamples, under special circumstances -- perhaps ones a mososophont or supoerbright could understand if it were explained to them, or not, but that they would have a lot of trouble actually finding. Basically you *can* do this, if you can find a (possibly subtle) quantum subspace concealed somewhere within the full dynamics of the system that either a) has no noise interactions with the rest of the system (so it's completely isolated), or very low interactions (low enough that you can add enough quantum error correction to keep up with the noise -- there tends to be a threshold here, as the noise increases this switches from possible to impossible), or b) that has quantum interactions with the big noisy environment that are moderate but (almost) always of a limited predictable form or forms (so the noise you're trying to block has a predictable format), and you can apply error correction that recognizes any signals of that form, can tell that they must be noise, and thus can cancel them, while you do your actual computation only over modes that are orthogonal to the noise.
Let me give you a concrete example of each. For a), there exist thin film materials that have quantum excitations that are always linear: maybe they're boundaries between patches of material with opposite magnetizations, or something more subtle -- anyway, they have to consist of closed loops. If you have a system that consists of a donut shape coated with this material, then there's a potentially a topological effect -- the loop may be such that it can collapse to a tiny loop and disappear, or the loop may be wrapped around the donut so it can't disappear, and has a minimum size (the circumference of the donut in the direction it's wrapped around). This might be a physical donut, or it might be something more subtle like a donut-shaped strange attractor inside the local dynamic behavior of a distribuited system. In a hot, wet, messy system, there is likely to frequently be enough thermal noise to create or destroy a little loop of this linear exitation. But it could be the case that the system isn't hot enough, or strongly interacting enough, or whatever for there to be any significant chance of it spontaneously creating a loop as big as the minimum size of loops that are wrapped around the donut -- so there would be a very low error rate for that subsystem, consisting only of loops wrapped around the donut. Or there might be some symmetry or topological reason why the interactions that normally occur in the system can never create such a loop, no matter how hot it gets (but the archai's effector system can, by using more exotic physics). Then the error rate for that system would be (at least to an excellent approximation) zero. Either way, you have an isolated subspace of topological loops with little or no noise, so (if tis space is also unobservable to other systems and sophonts in the space -- they can't see into it, because it's decoupled) then you can put a fragile entangled state in it, or use it for quantum computing. This is called "topological quantum computing" -- there are some similar tricks for braids or knots rather than loops called "braid quantum computing", and so forth, and probably a lot of other more subtle tricks us modos haven't thought of yet.
For the second type of subsystem b), the one where the noise is recognizable, suppose you have something that has fairly high symmetry -- for example, consider a sphere (either a physical one, or some sort of effectively spherical subspace of the entire space of dynamics of the whole system). Suppose it's pretty strongly coupled to the rest of the system, so lots of thermal noise gets into it and out of it, but suppose that for some reason in the dynamics (maybe the main coupling is via a uniform magnetic field, or something, so it's inherently antisymetric) the noise consists only (or at least almost entirely) of odd spherical harmonics on the sphere -- ones that are antisymmetric under swapping the north and south poles of the sphere. Suppose the archaic conceals the quantum system they want to create entirely in the even spherical harmonics of the sphere. Then (to the extent that the sphere has perfect spherical symmetry), that's perfectly orthogonal to all the noise modes, and thus unaffected by them. So if the sphere has really perfect symmetry, they can just ignore the noise. Or, if (as seem more likely), the sphere isn't perfectly symmetric, just very symmetric, they can put in some sort of damping or error correction mechanism that rapidly damps or cancels the odd harmonics (before their slight crosstalk from those to the even ones due to the less-than perfect symmetry of the spere can cause a problem), while leaving the even harmonics alone. Either way, now the quantum subsystem of even harmonics is sufficiently well isolated from the main system to be usable for quantum computing or the sorts of tricks that you're discussing.
Basically in each of these cases, what the archai is doing is identifying some small (perhaps subtle and inobvious) subset of the dynamics of the big messy system that is, for some (again, perhaps subtle and inobvious) reason, mostly or almost entirely decoupled from the rest of the system, and perhaps also subtly engineering the dynamics in a way that greatly increases the decoupling.
So I would say the answer to "can an archai do this at will across a wide area of a general, big, messy, not previously chosen environment?" is "probably not, unless they get lucky or ingenious". But if the question is "can an archai locate some small or subtle location/structure or other thing somewhere inside general, big, messy, not previously chosen environment where they do have the opportunity to do this, or can they prearrange the ability to do this, in a subtle way that a modosophont would never figure out in advance?" then I strongly suspect the answer is going to be "almost always (though possibly not in a way that happens to be useful for their current purpose)". In general, the situation here is complex enough (and incomprehensible enough to a modo reader) that an author can probably have it happen or not happen as they wish for plot reasons. The challenge for an author is coming up with a plausible sounding collection of buzzwords if you feel you have to describe to the reader *how* the archai did it -- I would suggest avoiding that if possible: leave it a mystery or speculation if you can. If you really want to try, the key elements here are a small subsystem, that in some way is weakly coupled to or blocked from all the noise in the big system (and similarly is unobservable by observers in the big system), or can be engineered to be so, probably for subtle reasons involving symmetry or topology or some mathematical buzzword like that (ideally one most readers have heard of but know little enough about that you can snow them successfully).
Also, consider the manus dei effect (which I assume involves a lot of tiny imperceptible magmatter processors and effector field generators, and so forth, and requires very intense surveillance and very close supervision from an archai to control) -- that could certainly engineer the sort of subsystem I describe above into the apparently-normal location and arrange for it to stay isolated for as long as was needed. Or the quantum system could just be a small amount of magmatter, which inherently has negligible interactions with the (non magnetic) real matter it interpenetrates. Or it could just consist of quantum computronium specks distributed amoung the nanites of the local angelnet. So yes, if you're willing to throw enough clarktech at this problem and get an achai personally involved, you they can almost certainly fake it -- just not where a modosophont is directly watching (unless the archai has quietly virtualised the modo, are now running them on quantum computronium, and are going to manus dei reengenerate them afterwards, Da'at style -- in which case they can do whatever they want, including taking them on a directed tour of the inner workings of a helium atom).
(05-16-2018, 03:13 AM)Drashner1 Wrote: That's not really a problem unless you want to invent an entire quantum S-level terminology and then apply it to every mention of an S-level across the setting/ ;)
It is generally understood (or should be) that the toposophic levels as we currently describe them are a greatly simplified shorthand version of the 'real thing' that is actually used by professional Toposophic researchers and professionals inside the setting.
If one outcome of our discussions here is an article or article modification to add quantum terminology into the pages on toposophy that would be perfectly fine - just as long as (as mentioned above) we don't have to rewrite every mention of an S-level as a result:P
Completely agreed - no, this is more like the distinction between a slow god and a fast god -- sometimes important, but not important enough for widespread use of the notation for it (though doubtless in the venue the would be a notation for it, and our version of the encylopedia could mention that in a suitable article).
What I'd suggest is that the article about quantum sophonts say things like:
* Unless there is some very good reason to assume otherwise, it's a safe bet that most S3's and above are partly-quantum if inorganic, and even organic ones will have at least quantum coprocessors -- indeed, at this level being fully classical would normally be regarded as a form of antitransavancy.
* However, due to their sheer size, making archai fully-quantum is an increasingly difficult engineering challenge at higher toposophics levels. Also, because classical computronium generally runs full-classical algorithms a lot faster for quantum computronium would (since it doesn't have a lot of unnecessary quantum-error-correction overhead built in, and often can run at a higher temperature), for many problems where use of quantum algorithms at the top level of processing (rather than in subroutines) isn't useful, being fully-quantum is often an inefficient design. Thus archai are far more likely to merely have some fully quantum specialist subnodes -- perhaps large ones, than to actually be fully-quantum themselves.
* In high-tech societies even most baselines have a quantum coprocessor either implanted or available in their exoself or via ubiquitous computing, and this is almost universal among superbrights, while S0 vecs and other forms with inorganic comoutronium are almost invariably going to at least have a quantum coprocessor, and will generally be partly-quantum (unless they were built specifically for very high temperature or very high radiation environments, where the level of shielding required for this may become too burdensome)."
Then we let people assume that (unless we're talking about the Silk God) S4 presumably means SI:4(q2) or whatever the long notation we end up with looks like.
Also, this probably also should be mentioned in the sections on technotelepathy and baroquification, since it adds some complications there. For example, its basically impossible for a completely classical archai (if such a thing existed) to do always-accurate technotelepathy on a fully-quantum being, even one several toposophic levels lower, and probably hard to do it on one that's even partly-quantum. But a partly-quantum (or even merely quantum-subprocessor) S6 that has at least fully-quantum S2 specialist subnodes (which is a safe bet) is capable (up to the no cloning theorum and the existence of true quantum randomness) to doing technotelepathy on a fully-quantum S1. At the risk of oversimplifying, the more quantum you are, that also acts like free baroquification against anyone less quantum than you, and for the specific case of a fully-quantum defender vs. a fully-classical technotelepathist, that can act as extremely effective baroquification, typically enough to overcome several levels of toposophic difference -- which presumably means that fully-neoclassical transapients would be at a major disadvantage (enough that for a high transapient being fully classical would probably be considered to be a form of antitransavancy), and thus be rare.
Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Roger - 05-14-2018, 09:33 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Rynn - 05-14-2018, 09:57 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Drashner1 - 05-15-2018, 12:36 AM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by selden - 05-15-2018, 01:02 AM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Roger - 05-15-2018, 03:52 AM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Drashner1 - 05-17-2018, 02:18 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Crossroads - 05-18-2018, 05:45 AM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Roger - 05-15-2018, 02:50 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Crossroads - 05-15-2018, 01:53 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Avengium - 05-16-2018, 01:37 AM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by Alphadon - 05-18-2018, 05:30 PM
RE: Hi, a timeline question, and some math about encryption - by stevebowers - 05-20-2018, 02:18 AM


The prime example of a bubble that really hurt was the parabolic ascent of the NASDAQ Composite Index from a rational level of 2200 in early 1999 to the ridiculously irrational 5000 15 months later. That was vertical mania by investors out of their mind.
By the end of 2002 the value of these mostly technology issues had collapsed in panic selling that was more extreme than the buying. That was a bubble worth trillions popping.
So, too, was the mania in housing, where all reasonable expectations were obliterated by leverage upon leverage in mortgage-backed securities and derivative contracts.
This bubble was a systematic and dangerous departure from economic fundamentals into the chaos of evaporating home prices.. We are still suffering four years later from that extinguishment of household wealth -- a massive damaging loss for ordinary Americans quite soon after the Nasdaq stock market bubble.
Get the idea? Bubbles are serious when they are massive. The rule for spotting bubbles before they destroy you, says Harvard economist Ken Rogoff, is to "look for large rapid surges in leverage and asset prices, surges that can suddenly implode if confidence fades."
By this measure, then, the deterioration in Treasury bond prices, in tax-free muni bond prices and fright from the anxiety about some European sovereign bonds, like Greece and Portugal, are more signs of a rationally-proceeding bear market than a panicky bubble. At least so far. Orderly retreats are not bubbles by my standard.
Same with gold, where speculation in futures contracts have been substantially reduced (lots of leverage in futures contracts) while bullion prices are trading in a fairly boring range, since confidence in the gold bubble has eased. If gold were a bubble, it wouldn't matter what the dollar was doing. Investors would just be blown away with the urge to buy gold.
Long-term gold investors believe this mania will be triggered by a sudden aversion to dollars, a plunge in their value -- and a corresponding spike to unrealistic levels for gold. They will all be trying to get out at the same time. Good luck.
Commodities are a better candidate for a bubble, as we had one in the summer of 2008 when oil popped at $147 and fell unmercifully, taking with it some food and metals prices. Since then oil has rebounded by 21 percent, food by 35 percent, copper by 108 percent, gold by 73 percent and silver a pretty bubbly 222 percent.
It was, of course, George Soros who called gold the "ultimate bubble" when it was selling for about $1,000 an ounce. Since then, we have had plenty of volatility in commodity prices and a generally accepted opinion that the demand from emerging market nations would push prices ever higher.
What could pop the bubble would be China's failure to restrain inflation and its subsequent hard landing. The China bubble clan is watching to see if the People's Bank of China fails to prevent the bubble, in the same manner as the Federal Reserve failed to restrain the housing bubble in the US by its too massive monetary easing and low interest rates.
Ignoring asset bubbles "is a very painful way to show your disdain for macro concepts and a blind devotion to your central skill for stock picking," says Jeremy Grantham, founder of GMO, the highly reputed Boston investment manager.
Grantham "unabashedly" worships bubbles, reckoning it is absolutely mandatory to identify "hugely mispriced major sectors or asset classes among equities." He suggests that short-term interest rates should remain low for 8 more months, until say August or September, in his Quarterly Letter of January 2011.
The signal for an equity bubble would be the S&P 500 index rising to 1500 and rising short term interest rates. "I still don't understand how the U.S. could have massive numbers of unused labor and industrial capacity yet still have peak profit margins. This has never happened before."
The real quandry, my friends is: When does an overpriced market become a bubble? After all the investors shifting out of Treasuries into common stocks finally rebalance their portfolios, only to get killed again?


Living in a beach town can be both a blessing and a curse.
I live in Huntington Beach, and during Independence Day (4th of July) celebrations we get so many people visiting that it can feel more like an invasion!
Knowing how people often leave trash behind when they're done celebrating on the sand: Lisa Davis, Jim Lieber, and I decided to remove a plethora of plastic bags and other plastic garbage that I've noticed along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).
There is a wetland in my bioregion called Brookhurst Marsh. It is an active migration stopover for many species of birds. Unfortunately, human trash (this time hundreds of plastic bags) is frequently blown across PCH from the beach, and as soon as one hits the water's surface it quickly sinks. This causes massive disruption to this highly fragile ecosystem.
Recognizing the problem, the city installed a 6-foot tall wire fence between PCH and the wetlands, with the hope of stopping the bags and trash from getting into the water. This works pretty well, but when the wind picks up the bags inevitably float over the top of the fence. I drove by the area the night before and saw literally hundreds of bags plastered against the fence.
As Jim, Lisa, and I approached the area on Saturday morning (2nd of July) we saw that the city cleanup crew beat us to the site and were just finishing up removing the bags. GREAT! I thought, "Now we could go and work on other ODA projects." Then I remembered another site where I had seen a lot of bags.
At 1,449 acres, this is the largest saltwater wetland between Monterey Bay and the Tijuana River Estuary; Bolsa Chica Wetlands are one of the last remaining wetlands that have been set aside as wildlife habitat. Most of it is regularly flooded by tidal waters. It is a vital stopover for birds, some of which migrate from Alaska all the way to Mexico.
As we approached the area I had previously scouted, you could hear hundreds of birds making their way to and from the wetlands, across PCH, and heading to the ocean to hunt for fish. Then, looking a little closer, we could see a huge colony of California Least Terns. These are an endangered species, and Bolsa Chica is one of only three known breeding areas for these birds.
We parked our car, walked along PCH, and immediately saw bits of plastic stretching for over a mile. For the next two hours, we methodically removed as much of this toxic, ingestible debris as we could get our hands on. In the end, we were successful in removing a huge amount of this deadly plastic. It was anywhere from two feet to 20 feet away from coming in contact with the water. As we know, once it hits the water, it becomes nearly impossible to remove.
There are a lot of organizations and civic groups out there cleaning up the beaches in their areas. THANK YOU ALL!! It is tiring work, but when you see how much can be done with just a few people, the reward is knowing that all of that plastic will NOT be making its way into our oceans—or the bellies of birds, fish, turtles, and whales.
Because there were only three of us, I didn't have the time or energy to take a lot of pictures. But I am pleased to share these few with you.
Thank you Jim and Lisa for taking time out of your holiday weekend to make our waters a little safer for all the critters that we share this planet with!
If you would like to help us next time, please visit our Onshore Volunteer page to download and application, and let us know you are on board!!!


If you're not an attorney in Indiana, it's likely you've never heard of The Indianapolis Bar Association's Bar Leader Series program. But don't let that take away from its importance. The Bar Leader Series is designed to connect young, energized lawyers with leaders in Central Indiana in order to help them grow into future leaders themselves.
I'm honored to say I recently participated and graduated from this program.


When DOOM Eternal's gameplay trailer debuted at QuakeCon last week, one element that surprised me was the "Extra Life" powerup that briefly appeared on-screen in between DoomGuy's demonic eviscerations. While I'm all for DOOM's newly old style of play, surely re-introducing the concept of "lives" is going a bit far.
Luckily, Marty Stratton, Doom Eternal's executive producer, has since explained how DOOM's extra lives work. "It's just like our checkpoint system," he said in an interview with VG247. "It's just now you don't have to go all the way back to the checkpoint and play back through that combat encounter.
As someone who recalls being stuck on one particular battle in 2016's DOOM for at least half an hour, this news is more welcome than a super-shotgun on Phobos. It's not simply about giving the player a helping hand, however. Apparently extra lives are also intended as a balancing agent for Eternal's new invasion system, where squads of other players can drop into your game as a cluster of demons. The idea is to take the sting out of being suddenly kicked in the chaingun by a bunch of random internet folk, while still allowing those invading players to kill you and claim victory.
It can't be easy iterating on a game that defined itself by going back to basics, but most of the ideas id have presented so far seem spot on, and this is another one. Sadly, Stratton didn't comment on whether we'll have to write down passwords to access later levels in the game.


text:
The Good And Ugly Sides Of Facebook In 2019
Asides from taking an overview of how Facebook has provided the platform for a seamless connection between family, friends and total strangers.
No one would forget the Cambridge Analytica scandal that rocked the platform in 2018.
2019 also has appeared to be another tough time for the social media giant. Ranging from its highly criticized cryptocurrency Libra to ads permitting falsehood from politicians and so on.
The Federal Trade Commission in the United States had previously fined Facebook a whopping $5 billion over the company's misuse of users' data.
This situation has seen the company lost some of its top executed via resignation. This has called for the platform's monopoly to get broken.
However, not all stories relating to Facebook has been ugly as the company has continued to design products that ensure it stays atop the social networking ecosystem.
For the year 2019, let us consider some of the good and bad outcomes of Facebook.
Bad Side Of Facebook In 2019
Allowing ads promoting politicians lies
From all indications, it appears that, Facebook has allowed politicians, to present a tampered version, of their reality, in adverts.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO, has come under severe criticism, for allowing falsehood, in political ads. Many argued that, this has happened, due to the platform's commitment, to free speech and democracy.
Some school of thought, on Mark's position, is that, the CEO does not, really, care about free speech. It is, all about the cash. Ads are not free and Facebook claims to micro-target it, to a minute part, of the population.
Google has, however, removed micro-targeting, for political ads, while twitter has banned political ads too.
Trying to install cameras and microphones in all homes
With Facebook's Portal line of video-chat hardware and after cases of a privacy breach, the company decided, to sell its hardware products that come with cameras and microphones.
As usual, Facebook claimed that, it will not share what the Portal hears and sees, with advertisers, but after a month of the company's launch, users found out the possibility of accessing other parties' photos, without them knowing.
Facebook has, however, removed this ability, from its Portal TV.
Also read, Facebook usage, Biggest Risks Goes Beyond The Loss Of Online Privacy
Good Side Of Facebook In 2019
Efforts to fight "deepfakes"
This was one of the big things that, Facebook faced, in the US 2016 elections. The social platform was filled, with what appeared like a disinformation campaign, from Russia.
What, then, are deepfakes? These are altered videos that appear to portray you, in a very bad light. Facebook, therefore, launched a platform that can fund the design of tools, to spot out some of these altered videos.
As part of its efforts, to gain back users' trust, Facebook will, also, hire some parties, to create videos that would test, the deepfake tools.
Testing the likes, to be removed from Instagram
Facebook appears to have shown some level of concern, on the negative impacts the platform's interface had, on its users.
In 2019, the platform started testing the removal of likes, from Instagram. You would be able to see your own likes, but your connection, will not be able, to see your number of likes.
There is, a possibility that, these changes, might come on the Facebook platform too. This action got prompted after the platform consulted mental health experts.
Featured Image: thehackernews
Don't miss important articles during the week. Subscribe to cfamedia weekly newsletter for updates.
Senate Finds Nothing Wrong With SystemSpecs Handling The TSA, Through Remita
4 Social Media Trends to Anticipate in 2020 and Beyond
Founder Institute Lagos Holds Startup...
Expectations for the African eCommerce...


CrypticImagesLatest Black Friday Ads news and image galleries.
Black Friday Ad Posted!. Target Black Friday Ad Posted!
Here's When Your Favorite Black Friday Ads Will Arrive.
Kohl's Black Friday Ad 2012.
JCPenney Black Friday Ad 2014.
When Do All the Black Friday Ads Come Out in 2017?.
Office Max Black Friday Ad (2013).
Black Friday ads for Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's and more. Check back as we get closer to the big shopping day for more ads and stores.
2017 Black Friday Deals - Black Friday Ads.
JCPenney Black Friday 2016 Ad | BlackFriday.com. JCPenney 2016 Black Friday Ad is Here!
Belk Black Friday 2017 Ads, Deals and Sales.
Walmart Black Friday 2013 Ad.
Target Black Friday ad 2017: See the hours and deals | PennLive.com. Target's Black Friday deals.
Black Friday 2017 Ads: Kohl's Best Deals Leak.
Amazon Countdown To Black Friday Sales (Starts Tomorrow!).
Where to Find Black Friday Ads Online -.
Black Friday 2017 Ads, Deals & Sales. Shopko Black Friday Ad Posted!
Updated Black Friday ads and sales 2013!. Score the hottest Black Friday deals! Via Shutterstock.
Target's Black Friday Ad Is Here! Start Saving Now.
Kohls Black Friday Ad 2017 | Deals, Store Hours & Ad Scans. Kohls Black Friday Ad 2017 | $15 in Kohl's Cash today only + Shop Online Now!
When Do Black Friday Ads Come Out? 2017 Release Dates!. When do Black Friday Ads Come Out?


Run Scripts Runs a function in an Apps Script project that has been deployed for use with the Apps Script Execution API. This method requires authorization with an OAuth 2.0 token that includes at least one of the scopes listed in the Authentication section; script projects that do not require authorization cannot be executed through this API. To find the correct scopes to include in the authentication token, open the project in the script editor, then select File > Project properties and click the Scopes tab.
Jobs Projects Creates a dataflow job.
Jobs Projects Gets the state of the specified dataflow job.
Jobs Projects Request the job status.
Jobs Projects Updates the state of an existing dataflow job.
Jobs Projects Leases a dataflow WorkItem to run.
Jobs Projects Reports the status of dataflow WorkItems leased by a worker.
WorkerMessages ProjectsSend a worker_message to the service.
Get People Provides information about a person resource for a resource name. Use people/me to indicate the authenticated user.
GetBatch Get People Provides information about a list of specific people by specifying a list of requested resource names. Use people/me to indicate the authenticated user.
Get Activities Get an activity.
Insert Activities Create a new activity for the authenticated user.
List Activities List all of the activities in the specified collection for a particular user.
List Audiences List all of the audiences to which a user can share.
Insert Circles Create a new circle for the authenticated user.
List Circles List all of the circles for a user.
Insert Media Add a new media item to an album. The current upload size limitations are 36MB for a photo and 1GB for a video. Uploads do not count against quota if photos are less than 2048 pixels on their longest side or videos are less than 15 minutes in length.
Get People Get a person's profile.
List People List all of the people in the specified collection.
Get Mobileapppanels Retrieves a MobileAppPanel that is available to the authenticated user.
List Mobileapppanels Lists the MobileAppPanels available to the authenticated user.
Update Mobileapppanels Updates a MobileAppPanel. Currently the only property that can be updated is the owners property.
Get Results Retrieves any survey results that have been produced so far. Results are formatted as an Excel file.
Get Surveys Retrieves information about the specified survey.
Insert Surveys Creates a survey.
List Surveys Lists the surveys owned by the authenticated user.
Start Surveys Begins running a survey.
Stop Surveys Stops a running survey.
Update Surveys Updates a survey. Currently the only property that can be updated is the owners property.
Search Activities Search public activities.
Get Comments Get a comment.
List Comments List all of the comments for an activity.
Get People Get a person's profile. If your app uses scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login, this method is guaranteed to return ageRange and language.
ListByActivity People List all of the people in the specified collection for a particular activity.
Search People Search all public profiles.
There is an undocumented flow of being able to exchange a token with the https://www.google.com/accounts/OAuthLogin scope for a session token for google properties. I believe this is a mistake on Google and Niantic's part, and isn't being used maliciously in the way that was originally suggested. It appears that using this token in the way that was initially suggested would still be difficult with this grant as the type of use for it is not programmatic (unless there is another hidden api somewhere to grant api tokens). Omitting this scope seemed to make the auth known as "Basic user information" instead of "Full account access", and is likely what Niantic will do to update the client. The auth flow is confusing, and google should reflect that logging in with this scope can yield a token that can be exchanged for sessions on google properties. IMO, Google shouldn't be giving out this scope to non-google apps.
I spent the night digging to understand why this specific grant is "more permed" than the others, and uncovered some very interesting and undocumented information. There is very little documented about this uberauth mechanism, however it can be used to access more than the initial scope for the oauth grant. It's the mechanism that chrome uses to auto-log you into google properties.
It appears that only specific projects (including this one by Pokemon Go) can request this specific type of auth.
It IS possible to exchange an accesstoken with https://www.google.com/accounts/OAuthLogin for a specific token called an uberauth. This token can then be used to open a web session with any google property, leading to the "Full Account Access".
The token that gets generated must be exchanged for one of these "more powerful" tokens to be useful, and the article below by Duo covers how this process can work. While monitoring the app, I did not see any activity from the app's side to exchange a token for this, and it appears that this level of access is not designed to be used programmatically (via apis), but rather via a web browser. Making use of this access programmatically seems difficult, however there may be additional undocumented APIs that would allow an exchange for an api token of sorts.
The app uses binary blobs to communicate with Niantic's servers, so I can't speak as to whether or not they are storing or even seeing these tokens. Given Niantic's response, it appears that they are most likely going to remove this scope from a new version of the Pokemon Go app.
Just a note - the communication from the app to Niantic isn't encrypted. It's plain old binary protocol buffers. There is a point where your JWT is sent to them though, specifically in the first exchange (which seems to be some kind of channel/session negotiation).
EDIT: I mean, it is encrypted with HTTPS. So it's not like you're going to get MITM'd at a cafe, but you can dig the plaintext out if you control the device.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/11/pokemon_go_leaky/ It doesn't do HTTPS certificate checking apparently.
Thanks @deoxxa - you're totally right here. I updated the post to reflect that. It's still wrapped in TLS, however I didn't dig into the protocol or try to reverse it.


text:
Het Nederlands Centrum voor Beroepsziekten (NCvB) is een centrum dat in 1994 is opgericht en deel uitmaakt van het Coronel Instituut te Amsterdam.
Het doel van het centrum is de centrale, landelijke registratie van beroepsziekten; daarnaast wordt er onderzoek gedaan naar beroepsziekten en beroepsrisico's en wordt hierover informatie verstrekt aan de overheid en professionals in het werkveld, vooral bedrijfsartsen. Twee keer per jaar wordt er voor deze doelgroep, de Heijermanslezing georganiseerd. Deze lezingen, genoemd naar Louis Heijermans, een van de eersten in Nederland die zich interesseerde voor beroepsziekten, behandelen deze onderwerpen.

Via de website kan er gemeld worden, er is documentatie beschikbaar; men kan er statistieken raadplegen, zoeken naar risicofactoren voor beroepsziekten en zoeken naar specifieke brancherisico's.
Verder wordt er door middel van registratierichtlijnen, zo veel mogelijk "evidence-based" voorlichting gegeven over het op de juiste manier melden van beroepsziekten.

Instituut
Arbeidsgeneeskunde

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Equipment Management Services (EMServices) is designed to help you better manage your assets and lower your operating costs. Working with N C, you can monitor location, fuel burn and utilization, as well as health and maintenance issues like hours, fluid contamination and more. You will know where your equipment is and what it's doing with remote, real-time information.
Regular monitoring of machine and operator performance for improved productivity, efficiency, and utilization.
Maintenance tracking and maintenance alerts so your machines spend more time in the field and less time in the service bay.
Automated data gathering and analysis for more accurate cost-estimating, improved cost control, and better capital management.
Location tracking and machine usage alerts improve job site security and help to control insurance costs.
Identification of avoidance zones and up-to-the-minute operations monitoring for enhanced job site safety.
Connecting is easy and can be completed in a few simple steps.
Order your PL542 kit. Visit your nearest N C branch or call us.
Your kit includes the PL542 unit, the required mounting hardware, and a harness for your Cat equipment.
To register and activate our PL542, contact our EMS team by clicking HERE.
Get Connected and start getting the insights you need today.
Fully compatible with your Cat or mixed fleet machines.
Click Here to view our EMServices pricing form.
Click Here to view our S·O·Sˢᵐ Fluid Analysis Program overview.


The very popular queen-sized chest with inlaid cactus wood looks absolutely stunning at the foot of a bed. Store extra blankets in the chest for extra cold nights in you mountain home or cabin.
Dimensions: 48" x 18" x 19"


We are always looking for bright and enthusiastic people to join our teams creating amazing experiences for our clients and visitors. We have a varied and exciting portfolio of events across the year providing a range of opportunities. The majority of our work is in the summer at music festivals, food and drink events and concerts. We provide competitive rates of pay, positive working conditions and the opportunity to be part of a team where you can make new friends, forge new industry contacts and develop new skills.
Experienced Bar Managers, Bar Supervisors and Bar staff to work as part of our team at Ealing Comedy, Blues and Jazz from the 17th – 30th July 2018.
A variety of roles for a private festival in Kent.
Accreditation: Experienced accreditation staff from the 8th – 24th August.
Site Crew: Two Boneyard Managers from the 6th – 28th August.
Production Teams: We have a variety of roles from the 13th – 20th August including buggy drivers, campsite teams and production runners.


Zimbabwean telecommunication companies say the costs of delivering services are still excessively high despite a recent tariff hike which saw data and voice charges go up by as much as 150%.
TelOne managing director Chipo Mtasa told Parliament's Information Communication Technology Portfolio Committee that the cost of providing an average broadband connection to homes had increased by about 230% since 2018, adding that the latest tariff review would barely cover the company's cost of providing services.
Mtasa lambasted government and other parastatals for failing to repay the $101 million debts owed to the State-owned company.
Econet Wireless chief executive Douglas Mboweni, who also appeared before the same committee said operators were charging data tariffs that were way below the cost of services provision.
Mboweni insisted that in United States dollar terms, tariffs remained lower, adding that access to capital and cost of capital remained relatively high in Zimbabwe when compared to other countries.
According to Mboweni, 65% of operating costs were denominated in forex. These comprised of international transmission (12,7%), local transmission (18,3%), site operation expenses (10,3%), support fees (3%), technical staff costs (4,5%), licence fees (2,1%) and capex (49,1%).


There are two versions of Pontoon. One is the Australian variation, which is referred to as Spanish 21. The second one, the one we're covering on this page, is the UK / British variation.
We cover the rules of this unique blackjack game below.
The idea behind Pontoon is similar to nearly every other blackjack game. You want to beat the dealer's hand without exceeding 21 points. Go over 21 points and you lose your bet to the dealer.
Pontoon Blackjack is (usually) played with 8 decks, however, this will vary from casino to casino. For example, only 2 decks are used at Bovada. The cards are shuffled and dealt the same way as traditional blackjack, too.
There are a couple of unique differences, though.
One unique difference is that the 10-point cards are removed. Only the face cards remain. The second is that the dealer's cards are dealt faced down.
These differences (obviously) put the advantage in the dealer's favor, and as you might imagine, there are rules to offset this edge so that the player's aren't totally screwed.
Lets look at those now.
Players can stand on any 5-card hand, or hands valued at 15 points or more.
Players can hit after doubling.
Players can double once per hand.
Players can double after splitting. That includes one double per split hand.
Players can split like-valued hands. In other words, players can split KT, QJ, etc.
Players can split up to two times, making 3 hands. That includes aces.
Players can draw and double down after splitting aces.
Two card 21s after splitting still count as Pontoons.
Dealer's cards are dealt faced down.
Dealer checks for blackjack (Pontoon).
Dealer stops drawing at 5-card hands.
Remember: Since the dealer's cards are dealt faced down, players can easily lose money splitting and double downing, only to lose to a dealer's Pontoon.
Cards 2-9 are scored at face value.
10s are removed from the deck.
Face cards are worth 10 points.
Aces are worth 1 or 11 points.
The following are the payouts for the special hands in Pontoon. Note that these hands are listed in order from best to worst hand, and that a 5-card hand will always beat a 4-card hand, regardless of the value.
Five-Card Trick – Any 5-card hand that has not busted. Winning hands pay 2:1.
4 (or less) cards – Any 4-card hand that has not busted. Pays even money.
Pontoon is available at Real Time Gaming, Microgaming, Cryptologic and Playtech casinos. The house edge is .38-.39 percent, depending on the casino.
Aces and 10-point hands after splitting aces is 21 points (not a Pontoon or blackjack. This increases the house edge by .49 percent.
Dealer stands on soft 17, which lowers the house edge by .47 percent.
Can't draw on split aces. This increases the house edge by .49 percent.
Two deck games (versus 8) increases the house edge by .35 percent.


Jiangsu Fiber Composite Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Fiber Composite Co., Ltd. Is a high-tech enterprise, and devotes itself to the technological development, production, sales and service of the FRP composite. It held several national patents, and certified the ISO9001:2008. The main products of Fiber are the FRP pultruded profiles, molded products and fasteners with highly fire retardant and strength. The high strength and performance FRP fasteners which is research and developed by ourselves filled the domestic blank. Fiber has a modernization factory, a R&D and sales center in Nanjing. We have a leadership team who strives for excellent performance and a high-quality, knowledgeable workforce. We will embrace the inspiration motto of "a continual pursuit of excellence" in making a quality and high-tech company for fast, healthy, long-lasting development of the company.
CopyRight © 2017 Jiangsu Fiber Composite Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.


text:
The beautifully-restored Victorian home that's a short walk from some of Wales' best beaches
Wales Online 13/01/2021 John Cooper
You could take a step back in time with this characterful period property nestled close to Swansea Bay's picturesque beaches.
With a woodland garden to the rear and the popular Underhill Park on your doorstep you could live like lord or lady of the manor in this new-to-market Victorian-era six-bedroom family home in Newton, Mumbles.
Those with a spare £750,000 can enjoy a three-storey property boasting a wealth of original, period features, within a short walk of the beaches at Rotherslade Bay and Langland Bay.
According to the online listing: "This period character has been sympathetically blended with modern finishes to provide a superb family home in a very desirable location."
© Zoopla / John Francis The original stained-glass windows, tiles and staircase have been preserved © Zoopla / John Francis The period features continue on the first floor
Features include high ceilings, decorative cornices and ceiling roses, exposed wooden floorboards, marble and period fireplaces.
A south-facing garden and raised sun terrace stretch across the front of the property and the original Victorian door in the porch comes complete with stained glass panes.
© Zoopla / John Francis To the rear of the property is a conservatory and terrace leading to woodland
As you enter the property, you are greeted by original tessellated tile flooring and a panelled wooden staircase leading to the first floor.
The period detailing continues on the first floor with the original stained-glass leaded sash window on the landing and a coved high ceiling.
© Zoopla / John Francis The master bedroom boasts views of Underhill Park
The master bedroom boasts views over Underhill Park, a marble hearth and surround and slate mantelpiece above the fire.
The remaining five bedrooms are spacious and many have the original sash windows as well as other period detailing and exposed wooden floorboards.
Find your new home right here:
On the ground floor, the kitchen comes complete with a gas fired Aga stove, granite work surfaces and plenty of space for appliances.
On the practical side, a utility, cloakroom and cellar provide plenty of storage space.
© Zoopla / John Francis The kitchen has an Aga stove and maintains its period charm
Outside, the property is approached by a driveway with space for a number of cars. A courtyard garden leads into woodland to the rear of the house, as well as an immaculate lawned south-facing garden to the front of the property.
This rare example of a perfectly-maintained yet modern Victorian-era property is on the market for offers in the region of £749,995.
If you are interested please contact John Francis, Mumbles, on 01792 925005.
More from Wales Online
Wales Online


text:
GaryPinkel.com
GP M.A.D.E Foundation
MissionBoardDonate
100-Yard Journey
Mizzou Football Special Teams Play of the Week
www.youtube.com/embed/Hk7QsWtUiLE?rel=0"
This week's Special Teams Play of the Week is Andrew Baggett's 43-yard field goal as time expired in the first half of Missouri's 58-14 victory over Murray State. The kick capped off a 46-yard drive and gave the Tigers a 16-point lead and momentum going into the second half.
Mizzou fans are used to seeing Marcus Murphy's dazzling returns on the Special Teams Plays of the Week, but Baggett's third career kick from 40-plus yards is this week's highlight.
Did we mention he's only a redshirt sophomore?
After making the team as a walk-on in 2011, he battled in training camp and won the starting kicking job going into the 2012 season. On the year, he was a solid 14-20 on field goals and 33-37 on extra points. He also took over as the primary kickoff man during the last half of the season and had six of his 11 touchbacks on the year in his final two games.
Remember Mizzou's thrilling 51-48 quadruple-overtime win at Tennessee? Baggett was the hero in that game as he calmly drilled the game-winning 35-yarder and went a perfect 6-6 on PATs en route to winning SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.
When all was said and done, Baggett was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team for his outstanding season. Now one week into 2013, he already has a Special Teams Play of the Week to add to his resume, and more of the same is sure to come from the talented kicker as the season rolls on.
Mizzou Football Team Gets Nike Travel Gear
Mizzou Football Nike Uniform Combination: September 7
1 p.m. @ The Mizzou Store
5:30 p.m. @ Baxter's Lakeside Grille, Lake Ozark, MO
Pregame (tentative) Gary Pinkel & Dave Matter @ Memorial Stadium Store
7 p.m. @ Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO
2 p.m. Gary Pinkel & Dave Matter @ Barnes & Noble, Columbia, MO
6 - 8:30 p.m. Gary Pinkel & Dave Matter @ Barnes & Noble, Ladue, MO
7 p.m. Gary Pinkel & Dave Matter @ Barnes & Noble, Kansas City, MO
7 p.m. @ Rally House, Independence, MO
NFL Pipeline
The ZOU
ZOU Unit
100-Yard Journey |
Speaking |
Bio |
Mizzou Made |
NFL Pipeline |
Galleries |
Copyright © GaryPinkel.com


text:
INNOVATION 4.0 Strona główna Innovation 4.0 About us Services Kontakt NEWS Ecosystemy Innowacji Szczyt
Szczyt Szczyt Venue Program Prezenterzy Sponsorzy
About us Management
9 - 11 September 2020, Funchal, Portugal
Innovation 4.0 Institute, together with University of Madeira, is organizing the 2nd International Conference on Societal Automation.
The Conference will be held in Funchal, Portugal, on 9 - 11 September 2020.
For details, please see: https://sac2020.org
4 - 6 September 2019, Krakow, Poland
Innovation 4.0 Institute organized, in cooperation with the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, an international conference on societal automation. The Conference, held on the AGH UST campus, was the first event in a series planned for the upcoming years attempting to look in a holistic way at the Societal Automation domain in order to try to determine what solutions, technologies, architectural frameworks, and design tools are going to be needed in the design, development and deployment of future human-centered life-quality improving solutions and systems (such as Cities of the Future, for instance), as well as economic aspects of innovation and new technology development.
The Conference featured a host of presentations by distinguished speakers from academia and industry, to mention: John S. Baras, Professor and Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering at the Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland at College Park, USA; Prof. Rolf Ernst and Dr. Adam Kostrzewa from the Institute of Computer and Network Engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany; Prof. Vincenzo Piuri, Fellow of the IEEE, Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Italy; Prof. Jacek M. Zurada, Life Fellow of the IEEE, of the Computational Intelligence Laboratory & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the University of Louisville, USA; Dr. Martin Gilje Jaatun and Ravi Borgaonkar of SINTEF Digital, Norway; Dr. Jörg Gebhardt, Senior Principal Scientist at ABB Corporate Research, Germany; Dr. Athanasios Kalogeras of the Industrial Systems Institute, Athena R.C., Greece; Prof. Hervé Rivano of INSA Lyon in France; Prof. Luca Ferrarini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Prof. Wolfgang Kastner, Institute of Computer Engineering, Research Division - Automation Systems, Technical University of Vienna, Austria; and Richard Zurawski, Life Fellow of the IEEE, ISA Group, USA.
The Conference was sponsored by IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; IEEE Poland Section, Chapters of the Computational Intelligence, Computer, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, and Robotics and Automation Societies. Also by the Committee on Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Innovation Ecosystems Summit Featured Top Executives from Leading International Hi-tech and Venture Capital and Investment Firms
10 May 2017, Krakow, Poland
Innovation 4.0 Institute organized, together with the AGH University of Science and Technology University in Krakow (AGH UST), the first Innovation Ecosystem Summit on 10 May, held at the campus of the AGH UST.
Top executives from major international hi-tech firms from Europe and the USA responsible for innovation & technology and technology acquisition, as well as executives from international venture capital and investment firms, talked about policies and practices of their firms regarding innovation, technology acquisition, funding for technology development, and tangible benefits their companies derive from the activities of hi-tech startups and small technology firms.
The Summit offered a unique insight into policies and practices of the hi-tech industry leaders with respect to innovation, technology acquisition and funding of technology development. The presentations were in the context of innovation ecosystems essential to the success of hi-tech startups.
This was the first ever gathering in Central Europe of hi-tech industry leaders. Not to be missed!
For details see Innovation Ecosystems Summit page
Innovation 4.0 Institute © 2017


text:
Yara Shahidi Picture 84 - Los Angeles Premiere of Smallfoot - Arrivals
- Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi, Common, Zendaya Coleman
Los Angeles Premiere of Smallfoot - Arrivals
, Yara Shahidi, Common, Zendaya Coleman
Yara Shahidi, Keri Shahidi in 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals
(Yara Shahidi, Common, Zendaya Coleman)
Yara Shahidi in ELLE Women in Hollywood 2018
Yara Shahidi in Los Angeles Premiere of Smallfoot - Arrivals
LeBron James, Ely Henry, Channing Tatum, Zendaya Coleman, Gina Rodriguez, Yara Shahidi, Common, Jimmy Tatro in Los Angeles Premiere of Smallfoot - Arrivals
Yara Shahidi in 70th Emmy Awards - Arrivals
Yara Shahidi in 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Arrivals
Yara Shahidi in The 2018 Time 100 Gala
Yara Shahidi in Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards