Servicemen and servicewomen looking for auto loans are encouraged to contact Best Chance Auto Loan. Our financial department offers Used Car Loans for Military in Lynnwood, and we would be happy to give you more information about these loan opportunities. Continue reading here for a brief summary of our program.
Here at Best Chance Auto Loans we work hard to streamline the loan process for clients, especially clients who need Used Car Loans for Military in Lynnwood. With an extensive lender network and years of experience we provide our military clients with reasonable interest rates and manageable down payments. To get the process started simply visit our website and fill out some information in our financial application. Once you submit this information, our financial team will contact you with details about available loan packages. If you are new to the loan process and need more information, please ask questions and our financial team can offer answers and guidance. A successful auto loan always begins with an informed client, and we work hard to ensure our clients understand the terms of the loan.
The first step in the loan process is choosing one of our Used Car Loans for Military in Lynnwood. Once you have worked out the details of your loan, you can start browsing our used car inventory for your next vehicle. We offer a range of body styles, from SUVs to sedans, and our long list of automakers includes Ford, Chevrolet, Audi, and much more. Available comfort and convenience features may include climate control and power-adjustable seats. Many models offer multiple storage compartments, including glove compartments, door pockets, and seat-back pockets. For added convenience we recommend models with steering wheel-mounted cruise control and audio buttons. If safety is a priority, ask our sales team about available safety features, such as antilock brakes, airbag systems, stability control, and tire pressure monitoring. Drivers with young families should ask about child seat anchors and rear door safety locks. There is much more to learn about our inventory and individual models, so please get in touch with our team if you would like a tour of our used cars selection.
We are excited to tell you more about our Used Car Loans for Military in Lynnwood. For more information give us a call at 888-756-0048, or visit our automotive center at 11800 124th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98034. Remember to explore our website where you will find more details about our financial department and the current inventory. Contact us today.


Forest City Housing Authority is working to make our developments more vital by providing an improved living environment with an inclusive demographic.
Applicants must meet the requirements for rental references and criminal background checks.
We offer Public Housing and Section 8 New Construction apartments.
Forest City Housing Authority offers adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a suitable living environment free from discrimination.
We manage three different apartment complexes with a total of 176 units.
We offer handicap-accessible units, as well as 1- to 5-bedroom units.


My name is Briar and I am eighteen years old. I attend an AAT college course one day a week and spend the other four days working as a trainee accountant in a small practise.
Personally, I like that I have found my role is incredibly varied. I take care of a lot of the administrative tasks such as answering the phones, but I also do bookkeeping and other tasks more related to accountancy. Many jobs tend to be repetitive, but with my apprenticeship I have found this has not been the case.
I chose to do an apprenticeship as the idea of getting on the job training as well as attending a college course once a week, all the while earning a wage, appealed to me. I felt I would benefit more from gaining experience in the workplace rather than being just in a classroom.
I would recommend an apprenticeships if you are looking to gain workplace experience. When applying for jobs, you tend to need to have experience of the role, but then you need the job to be able to gain experience in the first place. An apprenticeship is a great way of gaining this experience and training.
This year I am going to be progressing to do my Level 3 AAT and then hopefully I will then be able to move on to the Level 4, after which I will be AAT qualified. This will open up to me many different opportunities.


For some people purchasing a property at auction can be a daunting experience. The following information is designed to clear up the auction process so that you can proceed with confidence. Most people I come across don't like auctions. The reason for this I think is because the process is not explained clearly.
Buying property whether it is your first purchase or you are a seasoned investor, is still a stressful process. It takes time to research the market so you know that you are fully informed. When considering buying a property at auction usually the buying conditions are not on your side, but at least you know that you have bought the property for true market value.
During an auction, bids for the property are called for on a given day and time and you can clearly see what other buyers are offering. This takes out the often hidden process of not knowing what the other party is offering, especially in a multiple offer situation and missing out without fully knowing what was going on.
If you are interested in buying an auction property, or any other property with the market turning, don't play the 'I'm not interested card' unless, you don't mind missing out altogether on the property. In this market properties that may be going to auction in a few weeks or even days, are been sold prior to the auction. My advice is if you are interested in a property, make it known to the agent or if you still don't want to do that, get a friend to make enquiries and get them tell the agent that they are interested in the property.
Yes. To bid at an auction you need to have pre-approved finance so that you can bid with no conditions of sale (You can always try and get conditions approved before auction but this can affect the purchase price). A 10% deposit of the purchase price is required for an auction (again this can be less but has to be approved by the seller before the auction). Make sure you find a great finance broker who knows the area you are buying in, they will help you have your finance in order before the auction.
Q2. How long of a settlement?
Usually auctions are 30 day settlements from the date of the auction, however, it is often possible to extend the settlement date, talk to the selling agent before the auction.
Q3. How do I find out how much the property is worth?
The more property you inspect in the area the better you will become at determining approximate values. If you need help ask the agents selling in the area for guidance. They will be able show you similar properties and what they have sold for. You can always pay for a registered valuation, or check out real estate websites that list the properties and the prices they have sold for. The best thing to do is your own research and find an agent that you can trust, go to a few auctions and see what happens. Hire a buyer's agent as they are worth every dollar as they will save you money and time when it comes to purchasing your property.
Yes you can always make an offer before auction, some owners may consider selling before auction day, some may not. It is a good idea to make an offer, so that they agent knows you are interested and will keep you informed of any developments with the property.
The conditions of sale state the seller has the right to bid for themselves in the form of a vendor bid. This can be compared to a counter offer during private negotiations. This bid may be used by the auctioneer to start the auction or bid during the auction to build bidding momentum. The auctioneer will disclose all vendor bids by saying "My Bid" or "Vendor Bid" and will only bid below the reserve price. Make sure you stand at the back of the auction and also walk around so you see who else is bidding and when.
Q5. Can I buy the property if I'm not there?
Yes, there are a number of ways which you can bid if you cannot attend. This is where having a buyers agent working for you is best, as they can bid using strategies that they know will get you the property for the best price. The selling agency can bid for you by telephone providing you have written authorisation for them to do so. You can also have a friend or relative bid on your behalf make sure you contact the agent before the auction day to arrange this.
I trust that you will find the following information useful and helpful in securing your next auction purchase.
Am I able to bid on the terms and conditions advertised?
Have I made enough enquiries in relation to recent sales?
Have I provided the relevant forms and identification to enable me to bid at auction?
Arrive on time, unflustered and composed, pick your favourite bidding number for good luck.
Set your bidding limit by writing it down prior to the auction. When setting your limits you should have 5 levels in place.
What price would I love to pay for the property?
If I could secure the property for this price it would be an awesome buy.
My regret price – at what price would I regret not paying more and you wish you had offered more?
My walk away price – No! I don't want it above this price.
may wish to purchase the property but may have limitations such as requiring a sale of their current property, which may prevent them from bidding at auction.
Another point to consider is that the seller will generally be more negotiable when they are selling under auction conditions as it gives them certainty of achieving a sale. So you can bid in confidence knowing that you are in a superior position to the other conditional buyers waiting in the wings.
Review your strategy on how you will bid on the day, remember that the majority of buyers do not plan this well and start to consider this at the auction. Your best position is to have a plan and to have the confidence to act quickly.
By preparing prior to the auction you will be in a more controlled position than others, you will be non emotional, structured and have complete dominance of the auction.
QUIT! When the property reaches your limit!


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Le Hvítserkur, toponyme islandais signifiant littéralement en français « chemise de nuit blanche », est une montagne d'Islande située dans l'Est du pays, non loin de la localité de Bakkagerði.

Il s'agit des restes très érodés d'un volcan âgé de plusieurs millions d'années. Essentiellement formée de rhyolite et d'ignimbrite, elle est parcourue de veines de basalte.

La montagne est accessible par la route F946 prolongeant la route 946 jusqu'au Loðmundarfjörður.

Notes et références

Lien externe

Sommet en Islande
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Q: PHP Merge and group arrays and sum them up I have the  following arrays which return the values based on certain calculations :
print_r($adult_array);
print_r($children_array);
print_r($senior_array);

//Adult array start
Array
(
    [0] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Business
        [premium_price] => 1336.81
        [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 0
        [upper_limit] => 75
        [no_travellers] => 2
    )

    [1] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Holiday
        [premium_price] => 22960.81
        [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 0
        [upper_limit] => 75
        [no_travellers] => 2
    )

    [2] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Schengen
        [premium_price] => 11740.81
        [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 0
        [upper_limit] => 75
        [no_travellers] => 2
    )

    [3] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Student
        [premium_price] => 22960.81
        [eligibility] => Up to 30 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 0
        [upper_limit] => 30
        [no_travellers] => 2
    )
)
//Adult array end

//Children array start
Array
(
    [0] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Student
        [premium_price] => 5740.205
        [eligibility] => Up to 30 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 0
        [upper_limit] => 30
        [no_travellers] => 1
    )
)
//Children array end

//Senior array start
Array
(
    [0] => Array
    (
        [travel_plan] => Senior
        [premium_price] => 38714.41
        [eligibility] => 76 to 85 Yrs
        [lower_limit] => 76
        [upper_limit] => 85
        [no_travellers] => 1
    )
)
//Senior array end

The above array output is retrieved and held by different variables. I would like to merge/group the arrays depending on the travel plan and at the same time sum up the premium rates for all similar travel plans. So that there is only one array per travel plan and a sum of the premium price per travel plan.
How can I achieve this? The output should be the following :
    Array(
        [0]=>Array(
            [travel_plan] => Business
            [premium_price] => 1336.81
            [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
            [lower_limit] => 0
            [upper_limit] => 75
            [no_travellers] => 2
        )
        [1]=>Array(
            [travel_plan] => Holiday
            [premium_price] => 22960.81
            [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
            [lower_limit] => 0
            [upper_limit] => 75
            [no_travellers] => 2
        )
        [2]=>Array(
            [travel_plan] => Schengen
            [premium_price] => 11740.81
            [eligibility] => Up to 75 Yrs
            [lower_limit] => 0
            [upper_limit] => 75
            [no_travellers] => 2
        )
        [3]=>Array(
            [travel_plan] => Student
            [premium_price] => 28701.015
            [eligibility] => Up to 30 Yrs
            [lower_limit] => 0
            [upper_limit] => 30
            [no_travellers] => 2
        )
        [4]=>Array(
            [travel_plan] => Senior
            [premium_price] => 38714.41
            [eligibility] => Up to 30 Yrs
            [lower_limit] => 0
            [upper_limit] => 30
            [no_travellers] => 1
        )
    )

I have tried the  following function but it adds up all the  values to one :
        $final_package = array();

        foreach ($travel_plan as $key => $values) {

            foreach ($values as $label => $count) {

                // Create a node in the array to store the value
                if (!array_key_exists($label, $final_package)) {
                    $final_package[$label] = 0;
                }
                // Add the value to the corresponding node
                if(is_string($count)){
                  $final_package[$label] = $count;
                }else{
                   $final_package[$label] += $count;
                }

            }
        }

// Sort the array in descending order of values
        arsort($final_package);

        print_r($final_package);

Giving me the  following output as the  final array :
Array
(
    [premium_price] => 103453.855
    [travel_plan] => Senior
    [upper_limit] => 85
    [eligibility] => 76 to 85 Yrs
    [lower_limit] => 76
    [no_travellers] => 1
)

A: array_merge(array1,array2,....) will be your answer.
Here is an example.
$a = [
  [
      'travel_plan '=>'Schengen',
      'premium_price '=>'Rs 1,200'
    ],
  [
      'travel_plan '=>'Business ',
      'premium_price '=>'Rs 1,300'
    ]
];

$b = [
  [
      'travel_plan '=>'Senior ',
      'premium_price '=>'Rs 1,600'
    ]
];

$c =array_merge ($a,$b);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($c);

The Output will be like this
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [travel_plan ] => Schengen
            [premium_price ] => Rs 1,200
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [travel_plan ] => Business
            [premium_price ] => Rs 1,300
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [travel_plan ] => Senior
            [premium_price ] => Rs 1,600
        )

)

A: This logic will solve 90% percent of your problem all you need to do is to extract upper limit and lower limits.
$bigArray = array_merge($adult_array, $senior_array, $children_array);

$BusinessTravels =  sortByTravelPlan('Business', $bigArray);
$StudentTravels =  sortByTravelPlan('Student', $bigArray);
$SeniorTravels =  sortByTravelPlan('Senior', $bigArray);
$SchengenTravels =  sortByTravelPlan('Schengen', $bigArray);

print_r($BusinessTravels);
print_r($StudentTravels);
print_r($SeniorTravels);

$finalResult = array_merge($BusinessTravels, $StudentTravels, $SeniorTravels, $SchengenTravels );

function sortByTravelPlan($type, $bigArray){
    $Array = [];
    foreach ($bigArray as $key => $value) {
        if($value['travel_plan'] == $type){
            array_push($Array, $bigArray[$key]);
        }
    }
    return processArray($Array);
}

function processArray($array){
    $result = [];

    $prev_price = null;
    $max_age = null;
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        $result['travel_plan'] = $value['travel_plan'];
        if($value['premium_price'] > $prev_price){
             $result['premium_price'] = $value['premium_price'];
        }
    }

    $result['upper_limit']  = 30;
    $result['lower_limit']  = 0;
    $result['no_travellers'] = count($array);
    return $result;
}

Output resulting from your array is below
https://3v4l.org/4X2ts#output

A: You can try by this way.
$full_array = array_merge($adult_array,$children_array,$senior_array);
$result = [];
foreach($full_array as $item){
    // Count how many index
    if(isset($result[$item['travel_plan']])){
        $result[$item['travel_plan']] += 1;
    }else{
        $result[$item['travel_plan']] = 1;
    }

    // Sum total value
    if(isset($result[$item['travel_plan'].'_total'])){
        $result[$item['travel_plan'].'_total'] =         $result[$item['travel_plan'].'_total'] + $item['premium_price'];
    }else{
        $result[$item['travel_plan'].'_total'] = $item['premium_price'];
    }
}

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Which is the Song of the Year: Essence Vs Love Nwantiti
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By Khisa CJ
Wizkid's 'Essence' and Ckay's 'Love Nwantiti' are two of the biggest songs from the Naija Music Industry that have performed well in the global scenes this 2021. The two singles have a lot of things in common. From both being love songs released in 2020 to performing well on Billboard charts.
'Essence' is a song housed in Wizkid's 'Made In Lagos' album released in 2020 while 'Love Nwantiti' is off the 2019-released EP 'Ckay the First. We take a look at how the songs compare against each other.
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Essence, which sees Wizkid team up with fellow Nigerian singer, Tems has only one official remix with Canadian singer Justin Bieber released in August 2021.
'Love Nwantiti' on the other hand has a number of remixes, the popular one being a feature with Joeboy and Ghanaian highlife and afrobeat singer Kuami Eugene.
There are also 7 other versions of the single representing different regions and languages, from Spanish, North Africa, East Africa, South Africa French, and German versions with each of those featuring artists for respective languages.
Nominations/Awards
'Essence' has been nominated for two awards so far; best African Collaboration and Song of the Year in Africa while 'Love Nwantiti' was nominated for the Best Collabo of the Year at the 2020 City People Music Award.
As of today, 'Essence' has four certifications – the record is Gold in Canada and New Zealand, silver in the United Kingdom and also Platinum certification in the United States of America where it has already sold a million units.
Mayorkun to Feature Joeboy, Flavor, Gyakie in Back In Office Album [Full Tracklist]
'Love Nwantiti' on the other hand has three certifications so far. Gold certification in Italy and Portugal and silver certification in the United Kingdom where it has sold over 200,000 units.
In 2021 alone, 'Essence' has appeared in at least 20 different charts spread across the world among them, peaking at #1 on the Billboard US World Digital Song Sales, UK Afrobeats Singles (Official Charts Company), and Sweden Heatseeker. The song has also charted on US Billboard Hot 100, Canadian Hot 100, and Global 200.
For 'Love Nwantiti', statistics for both 2020 and 2021 show that it has appeared in 30 different charts, peaking at #1 in 7 charts among them UK Indie (OCC) as well as in France, Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland. It is also currently charting on the US World Digital Song Sales, Billboard Hot 100, and Global 200.
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Past studies on confronting sexism suggest that sexism is not an innocuous annoyance but a serious issue with negative psychological impact. To the best of our knowledge, no research has yet utilized a high-impact design to explore how to encourage women to confront sexist behavior. The present study was designed to explore women's willingness to confront sexist comments and whether it is possible to increase the level of confrontation by modeling confronting behavior. Twenty-nine female psychology students were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions, one in which confronting behavior was modeled, and one in which it was not. In both conditions, participants were told that the purpose of the study was to evaluate group decision-making processes; in fact, each participant was grouped with two confederates who were following a script that included two prejudicial comments. The participants' choices to confront or self-silence were evaluated in terms of condition and questionnaire responses. Although initial analysis indicated that modeling behavior is not an effective way to increase confrontation of sexist remarks, certain factors (e.g., age, level of self-monitoring, degree of confrontation) suggest that confronting can be influenced. The present research also suggests that women lose tolerance for sexist remarks when the behavior appears to indicate a pattern, rather than a one-time deviation. A surprising number of women indicated that they had confronted when they had not; they even transcribed confrontational comments they had not made.


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5S Store : Books : LEAN HEALTHCARE
Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements
Item #: 70B7063
Healthcare Kaizen focuses on the principles and methods of daily continuous improvement, or Kaizen, for healthcare professionals and organizations. Kaizen is a Japanese word that means "change for the better," as popularized by Masaaki Imai in his 1986 book Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success and through the books of Norman Bodek, both of whom contributed introductory material for this book.
In 1989, Dr. Donald M. Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, endorsed the principles of Kaizen in the New England Journal of Medicine, describing it as "the continuous search for opportunities for all processes to get better." This bookshows how to make this goal a reality.
Healthcare Kaizen shares some of the methods used by numerous hospitals around the world, including Franciscan St. Francis Health, where co-author Joe Swartz has led these efforts. Most importantly, the book covers the management mindsets and philosophies required to make Kaizen work effectively in a hospital department or as an organization-wide program.
All of the examples in the book were shared by leading healthcare organizations, with over 200 full-color pictures and visual illustrations of Kaizen-based improvements that were initiated by nurses, physicians, housekeepers, senior executives and other staff members at all levels.
Healthcare Kaizen will be helpful for organizations that have embraced weeklong improvement events, but now want to follow the lead of ThedaCare, Virginia Mason Medical Center, and others who have moved beyond just doing events into a more complete management system based on Lean or the Toyota Production System.
It's often said, without much reflection, that people hate change. The experiences shared in this book prove that people actually love change when they are fully engaged in the process, get to make improvements that improve patient care and make their day less frustrating, and when they don't fear being laid off as a result of their improvements.
Writen by: Mark Graban, Joseph E. Swartz
Published by: Productivity Press
Publication Date: June 21st 2012
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Minnesota has historically been an amazing place to be a bee.
we're not anymore, but We have ongoing opportunities, from the state capitol to your yard, to be so again.
In August 2016, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture released the findings of their two year Review of Neonicotinoids: a great summary of the science on this class of systemic insecticides and its impacts on pollinators. They concluded that neonics do harm pollinator populations, and are a driver of their decline, and made 8 recommendations to reduce pollinators' neonic exposures. Governor Dayton issued Executive Order 16.07: "Directing Steps to Reverse Pollinator Decline and Restore Pollinator Health in Minnesota on the same day, calling on MN's agencies to increase pollinator protection.
Both efforts represent necessary steps toward curbing the decline of Minnesota's pollinators.
And they're not isolated efforts- they build on the growing concern and mobilization by Minnesotans and our municipalities.
We care about bees and have been voting with our tractors and trowels, dollars and votes to protect pollinators for many years now. Over 38 of our MN cities, counties and school districts have passed pollinator friendly resolutions. In the past five years, Minnesota has been leading the nation with some great legislation for bees: laws that increase habitat, limit bees' exposure to pesticides, and support beekeepers.
every legislative session, there are a few bills that impact pollinators. find out what's happening this year here.
Our elected officials hear frequently from special interests opposed to bee friendly practices. They need to hear from us too! Letter writing makes a difference, phone calls are even better, and an in-person meeting does amazing things. It's not too hard- especially during summer and fall when the legislative session isn't happening. These folks represent us and want to connect with us.
Scroll down to learn about how you can advocate for pollinators in your communities.
Many municipalities are passing resolutions that pledge to protect pollinators. These cities, townships, school districts and counties are increasing clean habitat and reducing pesticide use on the land that they manage. Citizen concern drove these resolutions. Shorewood was the first city in Minnesota to pass a resolution and did so by learning more about the issue for the organization Humming for Bees; find their resolution here. While many other cities around the country have done the same, Minnesota has more pollinator friendly municipalities than any other state. Your community could be next! Find resources on how to push this effort in your community here.
Support bees with your trowels!
Planting clean, pesticide-free flowers helps feed the hungry pollinators in your neighborhood. In Minnesota, we have about 425 species of bee, and they like to eat different things. Planting a diversity of flowers with a diversity of bloom times provides food all season long.
One way to help bees is to learn more about them. Why not do so in a beekeeping suit with us? Take a Pollinate Minnesota Class- learn more about the issues facing pollinators while safely hanging out with 50,000 honey bees.
Pollinate Minnesota is a new organization, working toward a better Minnesota for pollinators and people. Your tax-deductible donation allows us to advocate for the critical policies above, provide resources to communities making the pollinator friendly transition and puts more K12 students from around Minnesota in beekeeping suits in our classes. Donate here.


1. Place the cooked risotto rice in a bowl. Add the crabmeat, chives and tomato, season well with salt and freshly ground pepper and mix together well.
2. Roll the mixture into 40g balls, then flatten slightly so they are 1cm thick.
3. Heat the oil and butter together in a heavy-based non-stick frying pan. Fry the crab cakes, browning evenly on both sides.
4. Meanwhile, make the sweet chilli lime sauce. Heat the vegetable oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the chilli and ginger and fry gently until fragrant.
5. Mix in the brown sugar, vinegar and sweet white wine. Bring to the boil and cook briskly for 1 minute, reducing and thickening the sauce. Stir in the lime juice. Set aside to cool slightly.
6. To serve, place the risotto cakes on a serving plate topped with salad and serve with the warm sweet chilli lime sauce.


Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin, once linked to only bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis is now recognized as a major player in total overall health. Although called a "vitamin", this important element of health is actually a potent hormone that affects over 2,000 genes and at least 36 organs of the body. We get most of our Vitamin D from sunshine and a smaller amount from foods such as fish, eggs, and fortified dairy products.
We have been trained to either stay out of the sun or cover ourselves with clothing and/or sunscreen. This fear of the sun combined with our spending more time indoors in front of the electronics, has contributed to a widespread deficiency of this essential hormone, even in sunny Florida. And even those who spend uncovered time in the sun can be deficient because as we age, our skin is not as efficient at converting sunshine into vitamin D.
So why is this deficiency important? Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a myriad of common diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, migraines, and more.
So how do you know if you are deficient? You can have your Vitamin D level checked with a simple blood test. Why not just take mega-doses of Vitamin D? Unlike water-soluble vitamins whose excessive amounts can be excreted in the urine, excessive intake of fat-soluble vitamins like Vitamin D can increase to toxic levels. If you are not going to have your level checked, I recommend taking Vitamin D3 2,000 IU daily.


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It's been a shock to my system getting back into the world after being in lockdown. My brain is buzzing from all the activity outside the confines of my home. So I might of gotten a little too carried away when Dustbowl Revival played their first in-person show in 440 days.
Dustbowl Revivalvival
During the pandemic co-singer Liz Beebe stepped down away from the Venice, CA based band and was replaced by Lashon Halley. I first noticed Halley during the band's visual Sway-At-Home Festivals at the height of the pandemic. She previously performed with the Los Angeles group Eagle Rock Gospel Singers. Halley pours tons of energy into the Americana-Soul band's sound. Early on in the set, she showed off her impressive vocal aerobics singing Dustbowl Revival's 2015 signature song Feels Good.
The music ensemble's horn section lifted the mood of everyone attending the free show. Zach Lupetin lead the group through a combination of party songs and more somber numbers that reflect the feel from their album Is It You, Is It Me released last year.
In the middle of their set, the band informed the crowd that they had a purple vinyl version of their latest album for sale. Following their directions, I ran and bought the record from the nearby merch table. In my excited state, I displayed my newly acquired purchase to the band while they were still performing. The above pictures show trombone player Ulf Bjorlin and singer Zach Lupetin not looking thrilled about my enthusiasm. Dustbowl Revival brought a good time to Denver (just a little too good of a time for me).
Emily Scott Robinsonnson
Before the big party band stepped on stage, opener Emily Scott Robinson brought a calmness to the crowd. The native North Carolina performer sang about small towns, paying your dues on the road, and death. Her song White Hot Country Mess displayed her sense of humor about dealing with the hardships of a traveling musician such as not having a mirror in the dressing room and drunk sound guys. She ended the number by singing, "There is nothing I can't do with a double latte and some dry shampoo." Her song Overalls detailed a World War II veteran coming to terms with the end of his life by insisting on being buried in his overalls. Robinson will have an album release party at The Soiled Dove Underground in Denver, CO on November 17, 2021.
See you at the next show. I'll be the one up front flaunting my newly purchased purple vinyl.
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A Dictionary of Literary Symbols
Author: Michael Ferber
Category: Literary Criticism
This is an expansion of the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than on 'universal' psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we frequently encounter (such as swan, rose, moon, gold) and gives thousands of cross-references and quotations. The dictionary concentrates on English literature, but its entries range widely from the Bible and classical authors to the twentieth century, taking in American and European literatures. For this third edition, Michael Ferber has included some twenty completely new entries (such as birch, childbirth, grove, mill and railroad) and has added to many of the existing entries. Its rich references make this book an essential tool not only for literary and classical scholars but also for all students of literature.
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A Dictionary of Symbols
Revised and Expanded Edition
Author: Juan Eduardo Cirlot
Publisher: New York Review of Books
A classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. Juan Eduardo Cirlot's A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature, a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant and learned. Cirlot was a composer, a poet, an art critic, and a champion of modern art whose interest in surrealism helped to bring him to the study of symbolism. Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, René Guénon, Erich Fromm, and Gaston Bachelard also helped to shape his thinking in a book that explores the space between the world at large and the world within, where, as Cirlot sees it, nothing is meaningless, everything is significant, and everything is in some way related to something else. Running from "abandonment" to "zone" by way of "flute" and "whip," spanning the cultures of the world, and including a wealth of visual images to further bring the reality of the symbol home, A Dictionary of Symbols, here published for the first time in English in its original, significantly enlarged form, is a luminous and illuminating investigation of the works of eternity in time.
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Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Category: Social Science
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Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Category: Religion
A Christianity Today 1999 Book of the Year! Every reader of the Bible has encountered the powerful, comforting and sometimes puzzling imagery of Scripture. These concrete pictures with their hidden force have struck sharp and lasting impressions on our minds. Their imprint has etched itself on the language and grammar of Christian faith and Western culture. Why then do traditional Bible dictionaries and reference works offer so little help to explorers of the Bible's galaxy of verbal pictures? They excel in describing the climate, borders and location of Galilee or Sinai. But they are often blind to the artistic expressions and deaf to the musical meanings that echo from within the world of the biblical text. The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery is the first contemporary reference work dedicated to exploring the images, symbols, motifs, metaphors and literary patterns found in the Bible. More than that, it examines the Bible's universal archetypes or master images--including the plot motifs and character types that recur throughout life, literature and the Bible. This unique dictionary explores the dazzling variety in which the Word of God comes dressed in clothes of everyday life. It traces the trail of images from Eden to the New Jerusalem. It captures the plotted patterns of biblical narrative. It surveys the imaged texture of each book of the Bible. In short, The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery is an inviting, enlightening and indispensable companion to the reading, study, contemplation and enjoyment of the Bible.
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Each stadium is faithfully recreated with crowds and players slightly more lifelike, illustrating 2010 FIFA World Cup has just that bit more gloss and finish than FIFA 10 - the sense of atmosphere and occasion is palpable and from the moment the line-ups walk out the player will have no trouble believing they're playing in something that feels more important than any league match.
Gameplay has received less of a overhaul, but as FIFA 10 possessed such a solid system its no surprise EA has utilised the same mechanics for 2010 World Cup, if not a neat little improvement here or there.
The main issue with this game is that it exists at all. Yes there is the sense you're playing a different game than FIFA 10, with informative statistics and World Cup facts littered throughout, but essentially what you're paying for is an expanded International mode. It would have been better to see this as an expanded add-on for FIFA 10, either through download or as a cut-price title like the Grand Theft Auto series has done the last few years. But for those who bought FIFA 10, it's hard to justify paying the same amount of money for a game that has less depth and options.
As it stands, 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa is an excellent football game, with smooth, fluid gameplay with that faultless sheen and polish that has always been this series' greatest strength.
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I am an enthousiast user of Artlantis for some years. Should I still upgrade to version 7 or stick with Renderworks? Or maybe buy Twinmotion?
I've got a unified view model that I want to animate (orbital 360º rotation). I've done this lots of times successfully. Every once in a while the center point of the model is "off". The result being that the house (model) is sweeping toward you and then swinging out away from you...instead of (what I want) which would be more like if the house were sitting in the center of a turntable and you spun it around. How do I get my rotation center point back to where it needs to be?
I know VR is all the rage these days, but to some of us, animation is a very important medium for presentations that we use or would like to use. Having slight rotations and panning on views just like the videos used to showcase VW, makes presentations much more dynamic. (I'm sure that none of the animations in the VW videos are actually made in VW) So I would really like to see an improved interface for animation. I know that VW is not suppose to be an animation power house but there has got to be a better way of doing some basic animation than what we got. I use my views for working. I don't want to mess up my working environment with hundreds of irrelevant views that I have to somehow assemble in some bizarre interface. Why can't there be a tool that combines a viewport camera with the polyline tool. You make your path and at each point you can adjust your camera and the duration it takes to get to that point from the last point. Again, nothing too complex but something that is at least usable.


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It begins with a going away party for a guy who is relocating to Japan, then ends with the survivors of the group taking refuge beneath a bridge in Central Park as the Army bombs Manhattan. In between are quite a few harrowing encounters, such as when they travel down the subway tunnels and encounter a batch of small, ferocious monsters (which may be the big creature's offspring or just the equivalent of lice) to when they try to rescue a girl trapped on the 39th floor of a collapsing apartment building.
Other than in GODZILLA: MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK, this is the first time I've seen a movie that shows the devastation done to all the fleeing people as the monster rampages through a city. It's both creepy and effective. The characters are all interesting, so there's a connection there, and plenty of edge-of-your-seat action (or running).
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The King Himself Is Gone.
(Maharajapuram Santhanam's death on June 24, has left a vacuum in the world of music: and if that sounds like a cliché, it has never been truer than today.)
This article was first published in 1991 in 'The Independent Journal of Politics& Business', a Times Of India publication).
The past tense does not come easily when one is writing about Maharajapuram Santhanam .The tragic car mishap on June 24 which so cruelly snatched away this musician at the peak of his phenomenal career, was in every way a fatal collision for Carnatic music. We are humbled. A glorious voice has been silenced and silence itself is deafening.
Maharajapuram Santhanam had hitched his wagon to a star, the star of the music of the spheres. The success of his trailblazing career in the past 20 years was unheard of in the history of carnatic music. He enjoyed the giddying popularity of a rock star. He demanded fees others could not even dare to dream of. Rasikas thronged the concert halls, spilling over into the aisles and doorways, crowding on to the stage. Appropriately, Santhanam had the demeanor of a maharaja on the stage: his air of confidence, and the disarming smile on his cherubic face, hooked the listeners and they stayed hooked. In the four hours that followed, there would not be a single dull moment.
Maharajapuram Santhanam was born in 1928 in a family whose musical lineage could be traced back to Tyagaraja himself. He had his early training under one Sama Dikshitar of Melattur. But it was his father , the illustrious Maharajapurm Vishwanatha Iyer ( who was also the guru of the octogenarian doyen of Carnatic music, Semmmangudi Srinivsa Iyer) from whom Santhanam inherited a vast repertoire of compositions in four languages.
For many years was quietly content with providing vocal support to his father in all his concerts. The concert platform must have been real training ground, for Santhanam's one great asset was gauging audience response. For five years (1960-65), Santhanam took a break and served as the principal of a music college in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He seemed to have honed his talents to perfection during this period, for when here turned, his career shot up with dazzling speed.
Not many could have guessed that Santhanam had a robust voice and erudition to match. R. Sethuraman, erstwhile secretary of Bharatiya Music & Arts Society, Mumbai , reminisces," When I proposed for the first time that we encourage the young Santhanam by giving him a concert for our Sabha in 1956, there were howls of protest.
Maharajapuram's voice could soar to the highest octaves, yield easily to gamakas and graces and yet sound melodic and pleasant throughout. His stamina was enviable. Even after a string of concerts for a week, his voice would still not lose its clear ringing tone. He developed his raga alapana to grandiose proportions. His music had a lyrical charm. It was lilting, highly polished, pristinely classical. He could add unusual variations (sangatis) and unexpected twists spontaneously and draw thunderous applause from his fans. He would play to the gallery with gimmicks punctuating the concert with subtly humorous asides, and ingratiating attempts to satisfy the endless request slips that his audience handed over. But he could also sublimate his concerts with an enriched rendition of Mukhari (Ksheenamai), or Harikamboji (Dina Mani). Other evergreen favourites of the Maharajapuram style (bani) were ragas like Atana, Bilahari, and Ritigoulai. Legend has it that the raga Mohanam is a precious heirloom of the Maharajapuram family.
Santhanam often revealed an inane sensitivity to melodic expression (raga bhava) and lyrical expression (sahitya bhava). He was a past master in weaving a silken tapestry of sarvalaghu kalpana swaras—long passages of swaras woven dexterously to reach a climax with precise artistry. On the other hand, the evening's fare could become trite and theatrical with an overdose of ragamalikas, viruttams and short Tamil compositions. The purists, therefore, have often felt disappointed and a little piqued at his forays away from weighty classicism.
Maharajapuram performed to enchanted audience in many countries abroad. He represented the country in the festival of India in the USA. He was honoured with the Sangeet Natak akademi award in 1984. More than the Padmashri awarded in 1990 by the Indian government in 1990 by the Indian government, Santhanam probably valued the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title bestowed on him by the Music academy, Madras, in 1989. For the first time in its 60-year history both father and son had been equally honoured by this august body.
Maharajapuram leaves behind two young sons, Ramachandran and Srinivasan, whom he has lovingly groomed for a career in music. He has set up a Trust in memory of his father, Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer, to encourage young talent and provide pensions for retired musicians.
One does not know what plans he had for the future. One cannot guess how many more compositions his genius would have created for the music world. Santhanam's death has indeed left a vacuum. If that sounds clichéd, it has never been truer today. We have lost yet another stalwart. The Carnatic music world stands impoverished by this loss. And that is the tragedy of the moment.
NOTE: No mention of his death or obituary was published in any newspaper north of the Vindhyas. Late RGK, an eminent author and journalist wrote a letter to the editors signed by several eminent artistes of Mumbai.
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Q: Built in Spring-Boot BCrypt matches method doesn't work I have a UserController that receives a UserDTO and creates/updates the user in the DB. The problem I'm getting is that I also have a login, and when I insert the username and password on the login form, I always get the 'Wrong Password.' exception, despite the credentials being correctly inserted.
One thing I suspect is that BCrypt is to blame, since due to the fact that it generates random salt while encoding, maybe, just maybe, the cipher text ends up being different and stuff, which is weird, since I assume that it should work. I want to know how can I fix this problem of the hashing being different & not being able to validate the userCredentials
I have tried for example encoding the received password and using the matches method via my autowired passwordEncoder, and I'm using my own authProvider.
Here's the code, let me know if you need anything else.
CustomAuthProvider.java
@Service
public class CustomAuthProvider implements AuthenticationProvider {

        private final UserServiceImpl userServiceImpl;
        private final BCryptPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;

        @Autowired
        public CustomAuthProvider(UserServiceImpl userServiceImpl, BCryptPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) {
            this.userServiceImpl = userServiceImpl;
            this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder;
        }

        @Override
        public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException {
            String username = authentication.getName();
            String password = authentication.getCredentials().toString();
            UserDetails userDetails = userServiceImpl.loadUserByUsername(username);

            if (!passwordEncoder.matches(password, userDetails.getPassword())) { //The problem is here evidently.
                throw new BadCredentialsException("Wrong password.");
            }

            return new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(userDetails, password, userDetails.getAuthorities());
        }

        @Override
        public boolean supports(Class<?> authentication) {
            return authentication.equals(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.class);
        }
    }

Also, here's the loadUserByUsername method:
UserServiceImpl.java
@Override
public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
   UserDTO user = this.getUserByUsername(username);
    User anUser = convertToUser(user);
    ModelMapper modelMapper = new ModelMapper();
    return modelMapper.map(anUser,UserPrincipal.class);
    }
}

And here is the save method I use to save and update users, as well as the LoginController;

@Override

public void save(UserDTO user) {

User aUser = this.convertToUser(user);

aUser.setPassword(passwordEncoder.encode(aUser.getPassword()));

this.userRepository.save(aUser); }

LoginController.java:
@RestController
public class LoginController{

    private final CustomAuthProvider providerManager;

    @Autowired
    public LoginController(CustomAuthProvider providerManager) {
        this.providerManager = providerManager;
    }

    @GetMapping("/login")
    public String login() {
        return "login";
    }

    @PostMapping("/login")
    public String login(@RequestParam("username") @NotBlank String username,
                        @RequestParam("password") @NotBlank String password, Model model) {
        if(username == null || password == null) { //This is probably not necessary
            model.addAttribute("error", "Invalid credentials");
            return "login";
        }
        try {
            Authentication auth = providerManager.authenticate(
                    new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(username, password)
            );
            SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(auth);
            return "redirect:/notes";
        } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
            model.addAttribute("error", "Invalid credentials");
            return "login";
        }
    }

}

UserPrincipal.java
@Data
    public class UserPrincipal implements Serializable , UserDetails {
        int id;
        private String username;
        private String password;
        private Date accountCreationDate = new Date();

        @Override
        public Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities() {
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isAccountNonExpired() {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isAccountNonLocked() {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isCredentialsNonExpired() {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isEnabled() {
            return false;
        }
    }

UserDTO.java
@Data
public class UserDTO implements Serializable {
    int id;
    private String username;
    private String password;
    private List<Note> notes = new ArrayList<>();
}

I read several issues related to this topic, like
Spring Boot PasswordEncoder.matches always false
Spring Security - BcryptPasswordEncoder
Inconsistent hash with Spring Boot BCryptPasswordEncoder matches() method
How can bcrypt have built-in salts?
Decode the Bcrypt encoded password in Spring Security to deactivate user account
but none of those helped me solve my issue and there was no real solution to the problem since most of them don't even have an accepted answer.
EDIT: Found out that the 'matches' method only works if I insert the hashed password, not the raw password.

A: Found out my mistake:
The setPassword method in the User class was re-hashing the hashed password which was already being hashed on the save method, thus the modelMapper.map() method used that setPassword method, therefore the passwords never matched and the password I got from the user class never matched the actual password I could see on my database.


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Q: Specify column data type when importing I'm running into an annoying issue when importing a table of tab-separated-data. Several columns are numeric, while several are strings. Using Import[url,"TSV"] basically works perfectly - however, some of the strings are "5d2", "4e1" or things of that nature, which Import then interprets as scientific notation. For instance, ImportString["4d2", "TSV"] yields {{400.}}, which I do not want. However there are some columns which are properly in scientific notation (i.e. 2.3e+02) which I do want intepreted as numbers - is there a clean way to selectively import certain table columns as numbers, leaving others as strings?

A: Without knowing more, I would first say to look at using the "Numeric" -> False option in
Import["data.tsv", "TSV", "Numeric" -> False]

This seems (I've never worked with this functionality until now and I got the idea from here.) to leave everything as strings.
This also takes care of the misinterpretation of scientific notation problem as
ImportString[#, "TSV", "Numeric" -> False] & /@ {"4e1", "5d2"}
InputForm@%

{{{4e1}},{{5d2}}}
{{{"4e1"}}, {{"5d2"}}}

Then, once everything is imported as strings, you can change the columns of scientific notation strings to numbers.  For example,
data[[;;, column]] = Internal`StringToDouble /@ data[[;;, column]]

(Also stole the Internal`StringToDouble from here.)
All together
data = Import["data.tsv", "TSV", "Numeric" -> False]
data[[-1]] = Internal`StringToDouble /@ data[[-1]];
data

{{"1"}, {"2"}, {"3"}, {"4"}, {"5"}, {"6"}, {"7"}, {"8"}, {"9"}, {"10"}, {"4e1"}, {"5d2"}, {"2.3e+02"}}
{{"1"}, {"2"}, {"3"}, {"4"}, {"5"}, {"6"}, {"7"}, {"8"}, {"9"}, {"10"}, {"4e1"}, {"5d2"}, {230.}}

A: If your file.tsv has data such as:

"4d2" 2.3e+02 105.5
"5e1" -1.3e05 235

Then SemanticImport may help:
data = SemanticImport["file.tsv",{"String","Number","Number"}, "HeaderLines"-> 0]

Set HeaderLines appropriately to reflect the presence of header row(s) in your file.

A: Suppose your file is like this (two different types of columns for simplicity):
"4d2"    2.3e+02
"5e1"    -1.3e-05

I use here StringToStream to simulate file, but you just place your file (path + name) instead (ReadList["path to file",{Word, Number}]) with appropriate number and types of columns you have:
ReadList[StringToStream["\"4d2\"\t2.3e+02\n\"5e1\"\t-1.3e-05"], {Word, Number}]

which gives
{{"4d2", 230.}, {"5e1", -0.000013}}


Good news for military (or financial) controllers who sit at a desk with a half-dozen PCs when one secure one would do.
The quest for secure computing has come to a crossroads. On one hand the most popular computing platform in the land, Microsoft Windows, is being significantly upgraded with many security enhancements, but the biggest IT advisory firm in the land says wait until 2008 to use it with confidence.
On the other hand, the U.S. government's pursuit of general standards for secure computing, Don't hold your breath waiting for military-grade Windows.capped under the umbrella of Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme, is now being publicly embraced by scores of IT vendors as they rush to show how their products meet or exceed these latest dictates of military- and national security-level best practices for IT security.
One nice thing about the new Common Criteria 3.0 (CC) is that you don't have to wait for some third-party research firm to give the thumbs-up on whether it is safe to use software. Once a software product, or any controlled code distribution, has gained CC-level accreditation, you should feel pretty darn good about using it. If it's good enough for the National Security Agency and the Pentagon, it should be be good enough for my address book.
Indeed, if Microsoft could attain CC validation when it brings Vista to market in about a year, then there would be no need to wait to use it. In fact, you'd be a damned fool not to rip out any of your older Windows, Linux, Netware, or Solaris right then and there and replace it all with CC-grade Vista. And you wouldn't have to wait for Gartner to say it's okay to use it. You'd know: Bada-bing, bada-boom.
But don't hold your breath waiting for military-grade Windows. The validation process for those many millions of lines of code -- even if the stuff was secure enough -- would take hundreds of man-years of labor and testing. Seeking such accreditation wouldn't make market nor financial sense; Windows 2011 would be out by then.
It's really hard to get CC-type security clearance. Even Sun's Trusted Solaris is operating on waivers from some of the strictest military certifications. The certifiers reckon that Trusted Solaris has been so good for so long that it should be "trusted," but that is still does not mean it has actually attained the highest levels of security clearance. It has simply gained an a priori clearance of sorts. You have to imagine that Sun would call it "Totally Certain Solaris" if it weren't for those pesky waivers.
Indeed, one of the biggest hurdles for vendors to gain the CC-level clearance and Pentagon's MILS/MLS-level benefits is size. When there is so much code, all the ins and outs need to be checked and cleared. So a general rule of thumb is the smaller the code base, they easier it is to certify. It's no coincidence that smaller code also usually means more secure, too. Also, each part of the code needs to be independently secure from all the other parts, hence the Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) part. The key is independent levels of security, initially proposed brilliantly more than 20 years ago by J.M. Rushby. Thanks, doc.
So why are we at a crossroads for computer security? Because as more vendors gain CC-clearance, it makes sense to swap out non-CC stuff, or at least to put the CC stuff around the non-CC stuff as a wrapper, or at least build your firewalls and defenses with CC-grade solutions. Windows in a CC-grade container is better than just plain old Windows (POW).
Here's an example. At a Green Hills Software conference last week I saw an awesome demonstration of a standard x86 PC running a military-grade certified embedded software real time operating system, Green Hills' INTEGRITY, that itself acted as the security blanket for Windows and Linux, themselves running natively their applications. They call it running the commercial OSes in a padded cell, but I like calling it a security blanket better.
They say that many of the vulnerabilities of Windows or Linux still exist in such a mode, but at least the OSes are fully isolated. And you can manage the apps' access by giving them different levels of security, with no way to allow contact between apps not cleared for access.
That means for those needing real security -- you people with my credit card number online, that means you -- no longer need a separate PC on a separate network for multiple applications. They can run them in an INTEGRITY PC or server and gain beautiful and certified isolation. This is good news for military (or financial) controllers who sit at a desk with a half-dozen PCs, each running one or two applications, only to properly isolate them from potential security lapses between them and from the OSes.
The notion of a small, tight, highly certified OS -- one good enough to fly a fighter jet -- offering a powerful security benefit and full partitioning on an off-the-shelf PC has major ramifications. Sun has been chatting up the benefits of the partitioning in Solaris 10 and its Janus Project for doing a similar security blanket benefit, but INTEGRITY is small enough to run on an electric razor, and has some of the highest security clearance of any software anywhere.
Green Hills is being coy about how and when it will come to market with its security blanket PC solution. CEO Dan O'Dowd says they have an initial happy customer using the Padded Cell approach, but he won't say who. Probably some agency with three letters.
Perhaps an OEM deal might make sense with some other vendors. HP, are you listening? Red Hat? How about Microsoft? Why not make Vista market ready when it ships by getting it a security blanket?


Like reviewing notes taken in class, study your mobile contacts list, address book, or friends list. Take note of the people you haven't spoken to in a while. If you find yourself curious about or missing updated information on a contact, you should reach out to him or her and catch up. Send a note, invite for coffee, arrange a phone or video call – whatever you find comfortable. Learn what keeps your friends busy, where their talents lie, what interests they have, and where they want to go next. Catch up, offer help if you can, and take notes to update your rolodex. Promise to stay in touch.
Never rule anyone out; people can change. Some of the shady characters in high school may have sobered up to start multi-million dollar businesses. You never know. You will be surprised what happens when you reach out to old relationships, especially the ones you were never close with before. You might uncover a great opportunity, discover a shared interest, or find romance. All three have happened to me. Partnerships of all kinds form out of rebooting network connections.
Recycling old relationships can be far easier than meeting new people because you already share common ground. I would even argue that keeping your network fresh by staying in touch is equally as important as growing your network, if not more so. As I have said before, it's not about who you know, but who knows you. It is important that your contacts remember you. Stay fresh in other people's minds, keep them fresh in yours, and keep your network strong.
It all starts by skimming your phone during downtime. Stay in touch.
I have eight Facebook friends that no longer post anymore because, well, they can't. These friends have passed away. I find myself randomly checking up on these profiles now and then, and what I find always surprises me: a steady stream of fresh comments. Some of these profiles get more activity than the profiles of living friends.
Despite my irreverent post title, Facebook may be one of the greatest platforms to date for personal memorial. Like a gravestone of the future, Facebook is a place where people can publicly or anonymously reach out to, browse memories of, and spend time with loved ones that have passed. Some have left a thorough canon of updates and images for us to reflect and enjoy. Private messages to the deceased can really help bereaved friends clear their hearts and heads. In a world that hardly prays anymore, Facebook may be the next best thing.
Mr. Zuckerberg has made a great contribution to the family and friends of deceased users by not suspending inactive profiles. I hope he keeps it that way. It's worth the server space.


Military officers cited absolute power to abduct a Pheu Thai party politician and reportedly threatened to arrest his family. Matichon Online reported that on Sunday, 27 March 2016, Watana Muangsook, a key leader of the Pheu Thai party, sent a message via the Line chat application to a reporter at 6:08 pm, saying that military officers in two military vehicles visited his house in Bangkok while he was not at home.
Military freed an anti-junta facebook administrator after detaining him incommunicado for seven days. According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the family of Sarawut Bamrungkittikhun, the administrator of the Facebook page 'Poet Praden' (Open Issues), who was abducted by military officers last week, reported that Sarawut was released from the 45th Army Division in southern province of Surat Thani at 8 am on Wednesday, 16 March 2016.
Thai authorities should immediately disclose the whereabouts of an outspoken critic of the government who has not been heard from since his arrest on March 9, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Thai military have abducted the administrator of an anti-junta Facebook page who has been reported missing since last week, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). TLHR on Monday, 14 March 2016, issued a public statement, urging the authorities to immediately release Sarawut Bamrungkittikhun, the administrator of the Facebook page 'Poet Praden' (Open Issues).
A well-known embattled anti-junta activist who was abducted and reportedly abused last week, has filed charges against military officers while human rights organisations urge the junta to end arbitrary arrests and the ban on political gatherings. Sirawit Serithiwat, a pro-democracy student activist leader from Thammasat University, at 2 pm on Monday, 25 January 2016, with Anon Nampa, a human rights lawyer, filed a complaint at Khlong Luang Police Station, Pathum Thani Province, against military officers who detained him last week.
Update: At around 3:30 pm, the pro-democracy activist abducted by individuals believed to be military officers in plainclothes was set free, two hours after his friends went to report the abduction to the police at Saen Suk Subdistrict Police Station. Less than one week after Sirawit Serithiwat, a well-known pro-democracy activist, was abducted by military officers and reportedly abused under custody, another student activist has been abducted.


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A view from Neil Davidson
SXSW: It's all about the empathy. Do you feel me?
In the heat of all the tech and the focus on data, the very human quality of "empathy" comes to the fore at SXSW.
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A few days into SXSW, the world's largest tech and innovation festival, and there's one word popping up in all the talks.
Empathy encompassed many aspects, being touted as an agent of change, a vehicle to drive forward in many different fields. The consistent point was that we have to understand that emotionally driven, unconscious decision-making remains a really big deal, a Ron Burgundy big deal, when we're talking to people. Connecting with people.
Alexander Manowsky, futurist at Daimler AG, spoke on the AI panel 'Humanizing Autonomy'. He succinctly summed up this complex challenge, spanning science, technology and communication, focussing on the simple human truth, the question driving everything.
'Do you feel me?'
Well, quite.
It's clear that we have to construct a more empathetic approach to communicate with one another, and in fast-flowing channels like social media, it pays to be aware of context and how we are evoking, or reacting, to people's feelings.
People are still people, even amidst the escalating noise, haste, memes and hate. Brands and agencies embracing shiny social media digital platforms must never forget that there is a living, breathing, feeling human being at the end of the conveyor belt.
Brands must embrace new ways of cutting through the clutter. Forging deeper emotional connections with your consumers is a good – and pretty obvious – place to start.
Borrowing the terminology of Daniel Kahneman, people are still dominated by what he calls 'System 1' thinking: fast, subconscious responses that are often driven by impulse and emotion.
This theme was reinforced in a lively talk at SXSW on Sunday: "Emoticulture – How Data And Science Create Happiness". Presented by Marcus Collins, senior vice-president of Doner agency; and Saleem Alhabash, assistant professor of public relations and social media at Michigan State University, the session's title wasn't a cultural reference to emojis. Rather, it brought to life the use of emotion to maximise connection, this being in a world where people are pressed for time to consciously, constantly 'engage.'
This session was definitely preaching to the converted at HeyHuman. We've been advocates of System 1 thinking and using neuroscience to maximise fleeting interactions for years.
Collins emphasised that emotions are key to improving receptiveness, recall and driving behaviour off the back of communication.
A great point he made was that in a world where we'll see 40 Zetabytes of data being shared by 2020, we mustn't 'mistake information for intimacy.'
There were three main calls-to-arms made to truly promote better connection:
Get better behavioural data. Self-reported data just isn't trustworthy. People are often irrational, and post-rationalise unconscious decisions. Self-reported data isn't a great motivational indicator, nor a sound predictor of future behaviour.
Tap science to improve effectiveness. Use technology to see how people really behave in response to a piece of communication. Investing in neuroscience and looking at easily usable analysis, such as heat-mapping, can give us a better sense of how to improve effectiveness.
Engender 'radical empathy' in communications. As marketers, we must strive to be empathetic so our customers actually care.
Building on these ideas, Alhabash took us through a case study for Pot Belly, a sandwich and coffee business, whose purpose was to make people happy – harking back to their roots as a brand born in an antique store.
He shared the neuroscience of how people behave online based on their attraction to, or withdrawal from, content. What he and Collins both found aligned with HeyHuman research showing that social media behaviours are ritualistic, habitual and, by and large, automatic.
Tellingly, when people press a 'like' button, there's no big emotional spike, no all-encompassing digital hug. It's like empty-calorie brain candy. So we have to work harder to kick-start people's emotional activation systems, to demand they respond.
As well as focusing on the two other elements of being brain-friendly – being easily recognised and using resonant visuals and language – the main focus of this session was context, context, context.
Alhabash shared research proving that the content around a content post affects how people respond psychologically. Surrounding it with positive content makes them more responsive, while negative content makes them less so.
Collins talked about shaping Pot Belly's social media strategy around increasingly positive social posts, relating these to their interactions. By uniting data with what they know from neuroscience, Pot Belly made people happier and more responsive. If someone was having a bad day, Pot Belly gave them a freebie, that lunch-time, in real-time. Bad weather led to sunny offers based on Pot Belly's 'smile scale.' The results were insanely impressive for such a small budget, including 16 million social views and a 1.4 percent increase in footfall.
It's great to see that hard values can be ascribed to what some might see as soft value 'science stuff'. Amidst the hardware and software, we can't forget the wetware sitting betwixt our technologised world.
That is humanity.
We do still have to look at unpacking neuroscience in communications practice. We need to maximise shallow and fleeting interactions, linking them with emotional intelligence and radical empathy. Only with this more empathetic approach, in both thinking and execution, can we really make connection count.
This way, brands can remain truly, honestly relevant to people in a post-digital world.
Neil Davidson is managing director and partner at HeyHuman
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Data breach is a term that can send shivers down the spine of any business. For a business, only a few situations are worse than having its important and confidential data accessed without authorization. The reason why businesses have to worry the most about data breach is because they tend to store a huge amount of user data in their data repositories, this includes data of their personnel as well as customers.
But hackers not only target companies, they target individuals too. When the hackers manage to get their hands on an individual's data, they could use it in any number of ways. If the information is finance related like bank account or credit card details, they could use it to steal money. If it's personal information like social security number, then they might commit identity theft.
As a business, if you've been a victim of a data breach, the first thing that you should do is prevent the breach from doing any more damage than it has already done. This step is called containment and it could mean different things for different kinds of data breach attacks. For example, it may require you to separate an affected system from the network, disable the hacked accounts of users, or freeze any associated operations for the time being. When you have ensured that the breach can not spread any further, you can begin working on rehabilitating the affected areas by using suitable techniques to obliterate the factor causing data breach.
The second step is to determine what kind of damage has resulted from the breach. This means pinpointing exactly what data has been stolen. Is it email address, password, payment card details, phone number, messages, or any other personal or contact information? Remember that you will need to share this information when you break the news of a data breach to your users. You will have to inform and warn the users about their compromised data, so you've got to be as precise as possible in this step. This brings us to the following step that you absolutely shouldn't forgo post data breach.
You have a duty to your users and the data that they entrust you with. So if a security incident like a data breach has taken place, users deserve to know because they are affected by the incident directly. It's natural for you to worry about the dent that the news of data breach could cause to your reputation. But, the sooner you come forward with the news and assure your users of the efforts you are taking to recover from the breach, the better chance you have at earning back their trust.
What's done is done, you can't really reverse the data breach. But what you can do is ensure that such a situation never arises again. Work with your managed security services provider to understand what went wrong this time. Was there any hidden vulnerability in the system? Did an employee commit an honest mistake? Try to figure out why the data breach happened in the first place. Because when you do know the reason, you can fix it. You could use a security patch if it was a vulnerability in the system. If it was a negligence by an employee, then you could work on training all your employees better in cybersecurity. Here is a guide that explains employee cybersecurity training in detail: "Train Your Employees in Cyber Security". The idea is for you to take a long, hard look at your security strategy, find the weak points in the strategy, and fix them so that a data breach doesn't happen again.
For individuals, you should change the username and password for your hacked online account as soon as possible. If you keep the login credentials the same even after knowing that the account has been compromised, then you're basically inviting the hackers to keep breaching your privacy. Therefore, substitute your old login credentials with new ones and make sure that the new credentials are stronger than before. In addition to the username and password, if your hacked account has saved answers for security questions, then change those too. Moreover, if you have used these credentials for any account other than the hacked one, then change the credentials for that account too.
If your hacked account had any payment related information, then there is a risk that your bank account or credit card will be hit next with unauthorized use. Hence, after the data breach pay extra attention to the activities in your bank accounts and on your credit cards. Whatever financial institution you are associated with, now is the time to reach out to them and let them know about the possible risks that you're facing in the aftermath of the data breach. Canceling your credit card altogether and getting a new card in its place may give you a big relief. You could also go for a credit monitoring service to ensure that any instances of fraud or suspicious activity are caught in time.