Jazz vocalist and composer KAVITA SHAH incorporates music from around the world—as in Interplay, her latest album. After earning a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies at Harvard, she worked as a journalist and at nonprofits. But the call of music was irresistible. Her compositions and style are informed by her eclectic outlook and upbringing.
What would you say is the most common misconception about jazz that people who don't know much about it assume?
Jazz has become a very nebulous word for a long time. Is Ella Fitzgerald jazz? Is it Louis Armstrong? When you get into what's happening in the jazz world today, it sounds nothing like this kind of classic jazz and really reflects many more decades of development.
One of the elements is having the talent of improvisation, of being a skilled enough musician that you're able to create on the spot, and that makes jazz music different. It is being completely in the moment. And it's almost a spiritual experience.
You seem to have worked your Indian heritage into your music without being labeled as an Indian-American musician. You are known as a multicultural artist. How did you manage that?
I think that's kind of a lifelong question. The one geographic identity that I can say I claim is being a New Yorker. I feel that above being an American, I feel that above being an Indian. I'm a New Yorker. That's who I am. I grew up next to the United Nations. My family and their outlook on the world as well as the things I was exposed to shaped me. I grew up singing in a choir called the Young People's Chorus of New York City; it's a professional children's choir. And we sang in over 20 languages in many different styles: we would sing Gospel and also sing classical music, and in Carnegie Hall. There was an exposure that made me feel comfortable among that kind of diversity and richness.
I think there is this thread of Indian culture that is cosmopolitan that gets lost in the binary story of Indian integration. And you know, we have some stereotype of what it really means to be Indian. You don't have to wear certain clothes and speak a certain language and dance in a certain way to be Indian.
You talk not just about the pursuit of virtuosity, but of the use of your work as one of the cornerstones for promoting cultural dialog. Was that something that you always set out to do as your mission?
It is who I am, you know, these multiple identities with my research (in Latin American Studies) and my fluency in different languages, my travels, I am all these things. I actually think in many ways my experiences with different cultures has helped me to appreciate and understand my own. It's my life, you know, where all those things live together and I only feel comfortable with all of these diverse elements being together. I think I would feel very uncomfortable if I walked into a room of people where everybody was homogenous.
You mentioned your family's outlook helped shaped you as well. Are you able to tease that out?
They really espoused values of multiculturalism in the arts. My parents were both from Bombay; my grandfather was the first person to bring American books to India in the 1940s. So he actually came to New York in the forties, way before the '70s wave of immigration. He worked in the book business, and my dad worked with him. There were a lot of books around the house and there was a real value and appreciation for literature and culture. Music, not so much. I brought that into the mix. They gave me the opportunities to explore it.
It's taken me actually until now to really feel Indian. I just actually visited my ancestral villages in Gujarat and I had never been there before. It felt like I was going to a village in Brazil or in Africa except I was finally coming home. It sort of all made sense—this is where I'm from and this is who I am and it feels very good.
What advice would you give to kids who want to follow their heart as you did?
Life is short. Strive to chase your own dreams and not someone else's, or you might never be at peace. If you are creative, remember that we live in a world where art is much needed but grossly undervalued. To succeed, you must be willing to fail, and find strength not in others' praise, but in your own practice.


Discussion in 'Aquarium Aquascaping' started by midthought, Mar 18, 2010.
Hello everyone. I'm in the process of putting together a 29g freshwater community tank and was hoping that people can give me some guidelines on how to create areas that will make my fish happy with each other. I'm going with silicate sand and either Fluorite or Eco-Complete for substrate.
Right now, I'm considering the following setup.
I think the only territorial fish in there are the blue rams, and that's if they pair and try to breed. But I want to be prepared from the getgo so I only do the work once (if possible).
It won't be fully planted so as to keep a decent amount of sand for the cory cats to root around in (also, less work). I just want some specifics about what kind of aquascaping will make for the least aggression in case the rams pair up. Do I prepare large open space for swimming? Densely-spaced tall plants? Do I split the tank floor with driftwood/large rocks? Will giving the corys a canopy/shelter over their sand protect them from rams?
As for things I have on hand, I have a large piece of driftwood and another large rock with holes (maybe 12"x12"x5"), as well as two or three smaller rocks formations with holes.
Hmm, a very clever thing to think of to say the least! I've never properly thought about it before. So from what you have got I would try and make the area where the rams would spawn, if they did, separate from the rest of the tank.
So I would say, use most of your rocks one end and make a barrier of big rocks and then smooth flat rocks behind them, this is the type of area rams prefer to spawn. Then have your open sandy area opposite, for the corys.
The gourami will like plants near the top of the tank so put them at the opposite side aswel.
And the neons will swim everywhere so they will have to look after themselves.
Good suggestions above from Ben.
Have a flat surface leaning on an angle at one end of the tank. That will be the intended spawning site for the Rams. You can use rocks, wood or plants to form a wall from the rest of the tank. Then a bit of open space. The remaining half of the tank can contain some tall plants for the Gourami so that it wants to hang around down there & a few broad leaf plants for the Corys to shelter under. The Neons will have to fend for themselves as Ben suggested. They will work out where they shouldn't be & stay mostly away.
The open space between the Rams area & the rest of the decor is the really improtant bit as that will define the territory for all of the fish in there. Make sure there are no flat rocks in areas you don't want the Rams to spawn or they might decide to go there instead of where you want them to be.
Hmm, going to have to shop around for the large flat surface, I think. It sounds like something I could silicone glue together though, if I found the right pieces. How "large" does the large flat surface need to be? As large as a kitchen plate? Or several ones as large as my palm would work? Would rectangular/narrow work as well?
Thanks for the advice. You guys are awesome.
It doesn't need to be large. A piece of slate the size of your hand placed on an angle against the tank glass or another rock will do the Rams just fine for a breeding surface.
I went to the LFS today and picked up 3 pieces of rainbow rock and slate. One's a little smaller than my palm, one is maybe the size of a kitchen knife, and the other is, I don't know, like a laptop keyboard.
It occurs to me that my mind makes size comparisons in weird ways.


Are you an Angry Birds fan? Do you hate it when you have to complete all the levels again when you swap devices? Worry no more as the developer has rolled out Rovio account feature that allows users to store their game progress on one device and continue it on any other device.


Michael Upton – exhibition of the conceptual British artist's work at Messum's, Cork Street, London, W1S 3LJ until 19 April.
New Work by Elsa Taylor. Landscapes and still lifes in which Elsa's love of paint and harmony shines through and captures the senses. Her flower pieces are more celebrations of colour and design than depictions of flowers. At Brian Sinfield Gallery, 127 The Hill, Burford, Oxon until 5th April. www.briansinfield.com.


The group of small-city school districts that has been suing New York over funding inequities are seeing a court order that would require the state to pay up now.
Attorneys for the eight districts filed a request for relief over the Thanksgiving holiday, asking the court to declare that current school funding levels are "so inadequate" that they violate students' right under the New York State Constitution to a sound, basic education.
The request came about one week after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he was suing the Utica city school district (one of the eight plaintiff districts) for allegedly shunting immigrant students into special education programs that essentially segregate them from the rest of the student populations.
ALBANY – The attorneys for the plaintiffs' school children in the Small Cities Schools lawsuit (Maisto vs. State of New York) are seeking a court order to direct the State to immediately and fully fund the eight small city school districts involved in the case. Since the State froze foundation aid in 2009-10 and instituted the Gap Elimination Adjustment in 2010-11, these eight districts have suffered a shortfall of over $1.1 billion in state school aid.
The "request for relief," which was filed over the Thanksgiving holiday, asks the court to declare that the current levels of school funding are so inadequate as to violate the right of the districts' students to a "sound basic education" under Article XI, Section 1 of the New York State Constitution. In addition, the plaintiffs request that the court order the State to fully fund the 2007 Foundation Aid formula, calculated without any adjustments, cuts or modifications to the severely underfunded school districts: Jamestown, Kingston, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Port Jervis, Poughkeepsie and Utica.
The attorneys, Gregory G. Little, White & Case LLP; William E. Reynolds, Nixon Peabody LLP ; David Sciarra and Wendy Lecker, Education Law Center; and Rich Casagrande, General Counsel and Megan M. Mercy, Associate Counsel, New York State United Teachers, asked New York State Supreme Court Judge Kimberly O'Connor, to order the State to begin funding the formula in time for the 2016-17 school year. The court filing also asked the State to fully fund the districts no later than the 2019-20 school year. This would provide the State time to phase in the funding over a four-year period.
Maisto vs. the State of New York was heard in Albany over a span of eight weeks from January 21 to March 12, 2015. The plaintiffs filed their Conclusions of Law on November 23. The State is due to file its response in January.


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'On the Road' Picked Up Early by AMC, IFC Films & Sundance Selects
by Alex Billington
Early acquisition news for a big title playing in Cannes. It has been officially announced that IFC Films and Sundance Selects have partnered to acquire and distribute Walter Salles' On the Road, an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book starring Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart. The film is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month, meaning celebrities like Hedlund and Stewart will be on the red carpet, bringing a lot of attention - along with hopefully positive reviews. But now IFC and Sundance have jumped on it early, securing the U.S. rights to the film and setting it for "major theatrical release" late fall this year.
Based on the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1957, the film stars Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst and features performances by Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss and Viggo Mortensen. The screenplay was written by Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries), it's being directed by Walter Salles (Exposure, Foreign Land, Behind the Sun, The Motorcycle Diaries, Dark Water). Executive producer Francis Ford Coppola has been developing the project since 1978. We featured the first official trailer a few months back and it looks pretty damn good.
AMC Networks made the announcement, and Josh Sapan, CEO and President, stated in the press release: "Walter Salles has made an ambitious and accomplished film out of Jack Kerouac's iconic novel. It's a classic road movie with career-making performances from Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley, and a terrific showcase for Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst. This exceptional piece of filmmaking is the cinematic equivalent to the ground-breaking original content that our company produces for its networks." That's some high praise. Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films, added: "This is a major step forward for us, and we plan to work across AMC Networks in putting all our resources together to make this theatrical release into a significant cultural event." We'll keep you guys updated on its release this fall!
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This is good news. It must mean it really is worth the trouble. Will you see it at Cannes, Alex? If you do, please review it!
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PNC outlines plans to solve unemployment when voted into power
Thu, 26 Nov 2020 Source: Happy 98.9FM
The Youth Organizer of the People's National Convention, Mark Ewusi Arkoh has shared that the PNC will do away with unemployment of young graduates through strategic policies in entrepreneurship, agriculture and industrialization.
Speaking on YFM's new initiative on the Ryse N Shyne show dubbed 'Youth Decide', Mark outlined: "The major problem we are facing as a country is unemployment."
"The PNC Manifesto is talking about creating the opportunity for young graduates to become entrepreneurs. So we would not be having a backlog of a chunk of students who are graduates and not gainfully employed."
"We will turn those people into entrepreneurs and they will become people who can create job opportunities for their friends to be able to help us develop our economy."
"Apart from that our industrialization policies have a bigger break regarding our educational sector. When people or industries employ, what they do is, they send much money and training in the same people they have employed. So immediately, we need to have a system where graduating from school would not be that much of a problem getting a job."
"Agriculture happens to be the backbone of our economy. PNC will acquire lands which will belong to the state. This is to ensure that anyone who wants to go to farming will have a farm to start. We will also provide start-up capital for anyone who wants to go into farming".
He assured that the PNC when voted into power, will set up practical jobs for Ghanaians and as such the country should consider the party as an option that can steer the affairs of the country in the right path.
'Youth Decides' is a concept under YFM's political power building initiative, 'Rock with the Vote' that will engage the youth organizers of political parties to share the policies and plans of their political parties for the youth
Source: Happy 98.9FM
PNC poised to win five seats from the north
PNC's Apasera, running mate begin 3-day tour of Upper East
Our farmers deserve better, PNC will do it differently – Apasera
Election 2020: PNC launches manifesto, promises free healthcare and education up to university level
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Q: How to solve the svn error "Entry for 'xxx is marked as 'copied' but is not itself scheduled for addition." When I try to commit a specific file (xxx.java) following error pops up:
svn: Entry for 'C:\aaa/bbb/ccc/xxx.java' is marked as 'copied' but is not itself scheduled
for addition.  Perhaps you're committing a target that is
inside an unversioned (or not-yet-versioned) directory?

How to solve this SVN-Error?

A: If you are checked out of a large source tree and want to avoid having to refresh everything, I have found another work-around for this problem. Since the alternative is to blow everything else away anyway, this is at least worth a shot (It worked for me).
Within the .svn folder you'll notice that you have an 'entries' file. If you open one of these guys up in the .svn folder where XXX.java is located, you'll see a bunch of 'copied' flags within the text. I'm not quite sure how yours got there, but mine came from playing around with VisaulSVN.
I have found that removing these copied flags from these entries files will cause the error to go away and allow you to commit again. A couple of notes :

*

*note that the entries file is initially a ReadOnly file and you'll have to uncheck this to make the change, and re-check it when you're finished.

*This copied flag may be in a couple of areas of the source tree, so you may end up having to fix several of these entries files.

*Be careful that you keep the line numbers the same and just delete the 'copied' text from the file.

A: I solved it with the following steps:

*

*Backup your changes in the folder "ccc"

*delete the folder "ccc".

*run "SVN UPDATE" on the top-folder
"aaa"

*redo the changes in the file
xxx.java

*Commit again

Then the commit worked.

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Bonsai is the Japanese pronunciation of the Sino-Japanese word "ç›†æ ½". It is an Asian art form using cultivation techniques to produce small trees in containers that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees.. .. Small trees grown in containers, like bonsai, require specialized care. Unlike houseplants and other subjects of .
Actually, bonsai are mostly normal trees kept size limited by their root growth,. The life-cycle of bonsai is rather odd: You spend the first part of their training .
If your bonsai is receiving full sun, it may be necessary to water once a day. This schedule may vary with the size pot, type of soil and type of bonsai tree you own .
Bonsai trees benefit from trimming to maintain their miniature size and beautiful. My Unsettling Life: How to take care of a bonsai tree – Beginners guide Ficus.


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Q: How to initial check elements in a CheckboxTreeviewer I'm using a custom Dialog with a CheckboxTreeViewer inside my GMF Editor, which works fine so far, as you can see below:

After closing the Dialog, the selected element are saved so far. Now my Problem:
When I open the dialog again, all elements are unchecked. So I thought it would be easy to tell the treeViewer that specific elements should be initially checked.
But it turned out that it's not that easy, as the Tree initially consist of the root element. The other elements are not added until the tree expands. Elements are added by calling the getChildren(Object parentElement) of the ContentProvider.
So it seems that I can't check specific elements initially, but rather have to provide a dynamically approach. I'm looking for something like an element added listener, but there seems none to exist.
Here is the part, where I'm creating the CheckboxTreeViewer
Composite container = (Composite) super.createDialogArea(parent);
        tv = new CheckboxTreeViewer(container, SWT.MULTI | SWT.H_SCROLL
                | SWT.V_SCROLL);
        tv.getTree().setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH));
        tv.setAutoExpandLevel(2);
        tv.setContentProvider(new FeaturePropertyDialogContentProvider(this));
        tv.setLabelProvider(new FeaturePropertyDialogLabelProvider());
        tv.setInput(productLine);
        tv.setExpandPreCheckFilters(true);
        return container;

And here is the getChildren method of my ContentProvider:
@Override
    public Object[] getChildren(Object parentElement) {
        if (parentElement instanceof PL) {
            PL p = (PL) parentElement;
            return new Object[] { p.getPropertyList() };
        }
        else if (parentElement instanceof PropertyList) {
            PropertyList propertyList = (PropertyList) parentElement;
            return propertyList.getGeneralPlatforms().toArray();
        } else if (parentElement instanceof GeneralPlatform) {
            GeneralPlatform platform = (GeneralPlatform) parentElement;
            return platform.getHardwareElements().toArray();
        }
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

Any ideas on this?
--------------------Solution---------------------
Found the following solution by myself, which works fine for me so far:
tv.expandAll();
tv.setCheckedElements(preSelectedProperties.toArray());
tv.collapseAll();
tv.expandToLevel(2);

A: You should add a listener on the tree viewer to get a notification when a node gets expanded (method addTreeListener() on TreeViewer). At that time, the nodes are already in the tree, and you can check the check-box.
Here is a snippet of a tree that sets the check state when the tree is expanded:
public class Snippet {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Display display = new Display();
    Shell shell = new Shell(display);
    shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());

    final Map<String, Boolean> userChecks = new HashMap<>();

    final CheckboxTreeViewer tv = new CheckboxTreeViewer(shell, SWT.MULTI | SWT.H_SCROLL | SWT.V_SCROLL);
    GridData gridData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH);
    tv.getTree().setLayoutData(gridData);
    final FeaturePropertyDialogContentProvider provider = new FeaturePropertyDialogContentProvider(tv);
    tv.setContentProvider(provider);
    tv.setInput("root");
    tv.addCheckStateListener(new ICheckStateListener() {
        @Override
        public void checkStateChanged(CheckStateChangedEvent event) {
            userChecks.put((String) event.getElement(), event.getChecked());
        }
    });
    tv.addTreeListener(new ITreeViewerListener() {
        @Override
        public void treeCollapsed(TreeExpansionEvent event) {
        }

        @Override
        public void treeExpanded(TreeExpansionEvent event) {
            final Object element = event.getElement();
            final Object[] children = provider.getChildren(element);
            for (Object child : children) {
                if (userChecks.containsKey(child)) {
                    tv.setChecked(child, userChecks.get(child));
                } else if (child.equals("b")) {
                    tv.setChecked(child, true);
                }
            }
        }
    });

    shell.setSize(200, 200);
    shell.open();
    while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
        if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
            display.sleep();
        }
    }
    display.dispose();
}

private static class FeaturePropertyDialogContentProvider implements ITreeContentProvider {

    final CheckboxTreeViewer tv;

    private FeaturePropertyDialogContentProvider(CheckboxTreeViewer tv) {
        this.tv = tv;
    }

    @Override
    public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement) {
        return this.getChildren(inputElement);
    }

    @Override
    public Object[] getChildren(Object parentElement) {
        switch ((String) parentElement) {
            case "root":
                return new String[]{"1"};
            case "1":
                return new String[]{"a", "b", "c"};
            default:
                return new String[0];
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Object getParent(Object element) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasChildren(Object element) {
        return this.getChildren(element).length > 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void dispose() {
    }

    @Override
    public void inputChanged(Viewer viewer, Object oldInput, Object newInput) {
    }
}
}

In this example, I only compare the node value with the string "b".

Edit: in this context, elements are immutable (for some reason they cannot be changed), and the solution with wrapping objects in tree nodes is not accepted (see comments).
In that case, you can save user check actions in a map, and when setting checked/unchecked state, search for any previous user check actions. I think it is reasonable to assume the map is simple and will not grow too much. User has to check a lot of nodes to get it big :)
I updated the snippet to keep track of user checks.


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Droga5 + Pixar + Ancestry.com = Inspiration
I love history. In hindsight, I probably should have been a history major in college. Regardless, historical studies is a passion of mine and, like many of us, I am interested in my own history. My ancestry. While I'm fairly well versed in my family's lore, there could be a surprise or two, which makes Droga5's dual promotion of Ancestry.com and Pixar's Coco both clever as an ad, and inspiring as a message.
This past June, Droga5 became Ancestry.com's lead creative agency and kicked off its new gig with a powerful July 4th ad featuring the descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. For Thanksgiving (a holiday built on history), Droga5 launched a new Ancestry.com ad with a cross promotional approach incorporating Disney Pixar's Coco, a film about a boy who aspires to be musician but is faced with his family's ban on music and enters the Land of the Dead to solve the mystery. The result was the spot "The Hint".
The film Coco opened to rave reviews and if it's anything like the spot, it has a lot going for it.
Some Good
These are the things about this ad that hinted at greatness…
1. The Cross Promotion – I haven't been reviewing ad campaigns for long, so I'm not sure how common cross promotions are; however, that being said, this cross promotional approach worked. Here was a website that specializes in genealogy and the family tree and a film whose plot focuses on genealogy and the family tree. One ad, one message and both were done justice. You wanted to see the film to solve the mystery and all the while were inspired to solve your own via Ancestry.com.
2. The Message – I loved the message and the approach. You want somebody to (pay) use your website, which specializes in genealogy. So how do you inspire consumers to use it? Make it fun! Make it a mystery! Everyone loves a good mystery. There is nothing like finding clues as you turn the page. Then, to tie it in with a fantasy medium such as film (everyone wishes his or her life had "movie" moments) makes it all the more enticing. This approach was helped by the narration, which combined with the music, added an exciting and urgent pace to the ad.
3. The Music – I'm a film connoisseur, so trust me here. Animated films rely heavily on film scores and songs. Some of the most iconic music from film comes from animated movies. I could spend an entire thesis paper on the subject, but to save space, just look up Disney's films or any other animation studios, and see how many times their movies have been nominated for or won awards for music. It's a number and "The Hint", though an ad, had great music that enhanced the message with a stirring tempo and in conjunction with the narration, had me feeling like I was watching the climax of a mystery!
Some Bad
This is what didn't work for me about this ad…
1. Nuttin' – It's debatable how the message of the ad actually translates to the plot of the story without seeing the film, but I'm taking a guess here and saying it's pretty close. So, with that, there was nothing bad!
I can't speak for the relevancy of the ad to the actual plot of Coco because I have yet to see it; however, through clever cross promotion, wonderful pacing via music and narration, and an engrossing and motivating message, this ad made all the right moves to make me want to both see the film and explore Ancestry.com to see how unlocking my past can inspire my future.
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These privacy and security stories highlight various underlying causes. They have taught us many critical lessons.
The cybersecurity experts had a pretty busy time since the beginning of the year 2020.
While data breaches were already on the rise, we witnessed a particular increase in ransomware attacks this year.
This is all in addition to businesses and consumers' ignorant behavior towards securing their systems, fixing bugs, and paying attention to their online privacy.
Perhaps, this is why, despite repeated alerts and recommendations, the cybercriminals succeeded in their malicious activities. Today, seeing even the businesses getting shut down due to hackers is not shocking.
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1. Travelex paid for recovery after a ransomware attack
The year began with the news of a devastating attack on the British currency exchange Travelex. The incident just towards the end of 2019, and its effects lasted for months in 2020.
Precisely, on December 31, 2019, Travelex services, including their websites and mobile apps, suddenly went offline. The firm disclosed the incident as a cyber attack. However, some users and other observers could judge the involvement of malware in it.
Eventually, on January 7, 2020, it surfaced online that the firm had suffered a ransomware attack from the Sodinokibi gang.
Investigations revealed that Travelex was running vulnerable Pulse Secure VPN servers that facilitated the attack despite patches' availability.
The attackers not only encrypted the Travelex network but also stole data before that.
In the following weeks, Travelex gradually restored its services (seemingly) while claiming that they found no evidence of data loss. Although the attackers claimed to have stolen 5 GB of personal data, they threatened to leak upon the ransom's non-payment.
In April 2020, it turned out that Travelex paid $2.3 million as a ransom to the attackers (they had demanded $3 million). Besides this fact, no further details about the handling of compromised data surfaced online.
2. CoronaVirus ransomware emerged amidst phishing attacks
As COVID-19 transformed into a pandemic, cybercriminals also leveraged the opportunity to conduct cyber attacks.
Consequently, exploiting digital reporting practice, the perpetrators started attacking users with COVID-19 themed phishing campaigns.
These emails impersonated alerts from medical facilities, informing the recipient about having contracted the virus. The emails also included an attachment that the sender asked the recipients to print and take to the nearest medical facility. This attachment actually had malware embedded in it that would execute upon opening the attachment. Once executed, the malware would then steal data from the target devices.
Besides this malware, the threat actors also leveraged the disaster to develop CoronaVirus ransomware that actually covered Kpot infection. It was a unique ransomware attack demanding only 0.008 BTC (roughly $50 at that time).
3. Zoombombing threatened the privacy of web conferences
Just when work-from-home started becoming a new normal and the companies rushed going online, Zoom – the popular video conferencing platform – observed a spike in its customer base.
And, this popularity made the firm realize the plethora of vulnerabilities their platform had.
Eventually, we heard of a new term, "Zoombombing." It is the practice of exploiting different glitches and vulnerabilities to break into strangers' video meetings. Some did it for trolling, some for stealing information. And the attacks affected every niche, from business meetings to schools' online classes.
But, whatever the reason could be, such intrusions or Zoombombings compelled the firm to take several security measures to fix the glitches. The aim was to prevent any means of intrusions during video meetings.
Also, they rolled out two-factor authentication and the much-anticipated end-to-end encryption as well.
4. Israel water systems hacked
Israel marginally escaped a severe disaster earlier this year that could have seriously damaged its health situation.
Precisely, the nation suffered back-to-back cyber attacks on its water treatment systems.
The first attack happened in April 2020 that was swiftly caught and thwarted. The attackers attempted to take over the plant's digitals system and alter the chlorine's quantity to be added to the water.
If succeeded, this disturbance could have induced mild poisoning and other health conditions among the persons receiving water from the affected plant due to the intake of improper quantities of chlorine.
After this one, two more similar attacks targeted Israel's water systems in July 2020. These attacks were also repelled without damage, though.
The Israel National Cyber-Directorate (INCD) and the Water Authority urged the water treatment facilities to reset all internet-connected equipment passwords.
5. BlueLeaks exposed secrets from hundreds of US police departments
In June 2020, an inspiration from WikiLeaks, "DDoSecrets" (Distributed Denial of Secrets), attempted to dump sensitive data online.
Dubbed "BlueLeaks," they dumped a huge archive of around 270GB online, including critical information from over 200 police departments spanning more than 10 years, according to DDoSecrets.
However, the National Fusion Center Association (NFCA) mentioned that the data actually spanned over 24 years (from August 1996 to June 19, 2020). It included critical data such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, emails with attachments, PDF documents, image files, texts, videos, ZIP, and CSV files.
They also elaborated in their alert,
"Our initial analysis revealed that some of these files contain highly sensitive information such as ACH routing numbers, international bank account numbers (IBANs), and other financial data as well as personally identifiable information (PII) and images of suspects listed in Requests for Information (RFIs) and other law enforcement and government agency reports."
Analyzing the data made NFCA deduce how the attackers would have exfiltrated the data. Briefly, they compromised a customer account on the Netsential web platform – a service used by fusion centers, law enforcement agencies, and others. They then exploited the upload feature to inject malicious content that allowed downloading the data.
6. Apps used to store users' clipboard data
Apple users' confidence in their devices' privacy features was proven overconfidence when researchers caught how a plethora of apps had accessed what the users copied and pasted.
Precisely, two researchers, Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, discovered many popular apps from different niches used to access the device clipboard without users' consent explicitly. Whenever a user would open any of such app, that app accessed the clipboard's text.
Some popular apps exhibiting this behavior also included TikTok, Truecaller, Viber, games like Bejeweled, 8 Ball Pool, PUBG Mobile, news media like Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Fox News, and many others.
After their disclosure via a report, many of the apps stopped this behavior. The researchers have listed all the app names in their article.
Their research specifically addressed the apps' behavior with iOS 13.3. With iOS 14, Apple rolled out a feature to notify the users whenever an app would access the clipboard.
With this feature, it turned out that LinkedIn and Reddit also spied on users. Nonetheless, both fixed the glitch later on.
7. Blackbaud security breach triggered a domino effect on universities
In July 2020, Blackbaud, a cloud service provider firm, disclosed a cyberattack that actually hit the firm in May 2020.
In their security notice, Blackbaud openly admitted to having suffered a ransomware attack for which they paid as well. Though they assured that the incident didn't affect any sensitive data like bank information, they still paid the ransom to ensure that the attackers delete the stolen data.
Things seemed fine until then, except that the company was late to disclose the breach as per the EU GDPR.
However, the actual disaster unveiled when tens of universities and other organizations admitted they had suffered an impact of the Blackbaud cyber attack.
Overall the customers who got information about the attack from Blackbaud two months after the incident belonged to the US, UK, the Netherlands, and Canada.
Eventually, in October 2020, via an 8-K Form filing, the company admitted that the incident also affected sensitive information, including the customers' bank account data.
8. Vulnerabilities in critical US infrastructure uncovered
In July 2020, researchers from CyberNews shared horrifying details about the security status of critical infrastructure in the United States. Briefly, here's what they found,
"By scanning IP blocks for open ports in the US IP address range as part of an internet mapping project, we found several unprotected and accessible Industrial Control Systems in the country."
The report continued,
"Industry, institutions, and cybersecurity experts are all aware of the dangers associated with outdated ICS systems. But as our research shows, many ICS access points in the US, particularly in water and energy sectors, are still vulnerable to attacks."
Thankfully, after reached out to CISA, CERT, and the respective owners of the vulnerable ICSs, the glitch got fixed.
9. Huge hacking attack took over verified Twitter accounts
In July, Twitter users, especially the key ones, including world leaders and influencers, faced a pretty embarrassing situation when they found their accounts promoting crypto scams without them knowing.
Within a short time, it was confirmed that Twitter had suffered a massive cyber attack. Twitter also confirmed the unrest via a series of tweets through their official support account.
While they managed to recover from the incident, they started investigations and then updated the users via a detailed post.
It turned out that the attackers basically targeted Twitter employees with spearphishing to gain access to their account credentials. This eventually allowed the attackers to break into Twitters' infrastructure.
10. Android banking trojans kept everyone busy
The emergence of Android malware is nothing new. However, this year, we witnessed a particular stir with regards to Android banking trojans, apart from their malware.
At first, the 2019's prominent Android banking trojan Cerberus was found to have acquired a major upgrade. Researchers revealed that the trojan could even steal 2FA codes from the Google Authenticator app.
Later on, Cerberus even appeared on the Google Play Store, mimicking a cryptocurrency converter app.
Meanwhile, another mobile banking trojan, EventBot, emerged as a new threat.
After that, BlackRock Android malware appeared to join the list of devastating trojans by targeting over 300 apps.
There then came a moment to breathe a sigh of relief as Cerberus hinted about its departure, after the team breakup, in late July.
But, shortly after, researchers caught a new banking trojan, dubbed 'Alien,' in the wild running active campaigns. This malware seemed a fork of Cerberus.
These trojans specifically pilfer banking data from the users' devices for those who don't know yet. For this, they either impersonate banking or financial apps or overlay such apps' login screens to steal data. Though, they can perform a variety of other malicious activities as well.
These trojans are certainly dangerous as they can cause severe financial damages to the victims.
11. Cyberattack at UHS hospitals network and others amidst COVID-19 peak
While hospitals were already biological risk as they attended an overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients, they suffered a digital blow as well. The situation then became even more painful, not only for the patients but also for the medical staff.
In September, a ransomware attack targeted Universal Health Services thereby causing service disruptions.
Then, in October, a wave of ransomware attack targeted multiple hospitals in New York and Oregon. Soon after, another cyber attack hit the University of Vermont Health Network facilities. This was also believed to be a ransomware attack.
(Well, the cybercriminals were truly heartless, weren't they?)
12. Malicious apps running adware campaign targeted Android/iOS users
In September, a teenage TikTok user drew attention to a serious threat to Android users.
Briefly, the girl found aggressive promotion of an app via TikTok, about which she alerted Avast. Scratching the surface then made Avast unveil a well-orchestrated adware campaign running via 7 different apps that had over 2.4 million downloads. These apps existed on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Earlier, in June, Avast also unveiled 47 different mobile apps with over 15 million downloads involved in the HiddenAds campaign.
13. Microsoft's Zerologon vulnerability went under exploit
Once again, the practice of not paying attention to updating the systems incurred huge damages to various businesses.
Briefly, a vulnerability, identified as CVE-2020-1472, affected the Netlogon Remote Protocol. Exploiting this bug could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges upon connecting to a domain controller.
This is what actually happened later. While Microsoft already patched the vulnerability in August whilst releasing the monthly Patch Tuesday updates.
However, instead of catching the attention of the users, the bug caught the attention of cybercriminals.
Eventually, a trail of security breaches happened, affecting different firms as the attackers used publicly known exploits on vulnerable systems, ultimately transforming the vulnerability into "Zerologon."
14. Multiple attacks on COVID-19 vaccine firms
Amidst all the biological and cybersecurity chaos that existed throughout 2020, the research firms succeeded in developing vaccines against COVID-19.
But it seemed the perpetrators didn't like it much, or they became curious about the vaccine. In December, reports about a cyber-attack hitting the European Medicines Agency (EMA) surfaced online. As revealed, the incident also caused a leak of data regarding the development of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Before that, in November, North Korean hackers targeted COVID-19 vaccine front-runners, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and the South Korean firms, Celltrion, Genexine, and Shin Poong Pharmaceutical.
(Is a malicious COVID-19 vaccine in the making? We hope not!)
15. SolarWinds cyber attack
As 2020 is now reaching the end, the most devastating cyberattack of the year surfaced online.
Reportedly, the perpetrators, presumably, Russian state actors, injected malicious codes and backdoor to an Orion Platform product from SolarWinds. This allowed them to spy on and steal data from the users of the product.
SolarWinds is a software development firm having numerous US federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies on its customer base.
Eventually, a whirlwind of disruption surfaced online as multiple big names keep themselves adding to the victim list.
What did we learn from these stories?
These 15 privacy and security stories highlighted various underlying causes. They have taught us 15 different lessons that we quickly list below.
Quick tips to prevent yourself from becoming the next story:
Leaving systems and devices unpatched can make you suffer huge losses. Keep an eye on the updates and fixes coming up and ensure keeping all IT equipment up-to-date.
Stay wary of the emails you receive. Not every email that looks harmless is actually harmless. Read our guide on phishing emails to learn how to protect yourself from the consequent cyber threats.
As a business, pay attention to the customers' privacy and security if you don't want to lose your customers' trust and market credibility.
Make sure to set up unique and strong passwords. Reusing passwords, setting weak passwords, or not updating passwords frequently can be harmful.
Never be careless with your old data, especially if it's online. Also, since you can't really train your consumers to implement cybersecurity best practices (you can only ask them), make sure to protect the system's integrity from your end to avoid any disaster.
Never trust the apps you install on your mobile phones. At any time, they can go malicious and start spying on you, especially the ones that are free to use since they would do anything to collect your data for monetization. Make sure to allow only the most necessary permissions to an app. And, if you don't use an app or use it rarely, either uninstall it from your device or disable it.
B2B companies should remain extra cautious for the security of their products. They should also make sure to keep their customers in the loop to avoid any embarrassing situations later on.
Anything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. So, regardless of the niche of your or your employers' businesses, if you need internet for anything, then make sure to protect all subsequent IT equipment well-protected.
Businesses must ensure training their staff well about managing email security and handling cybersecurity threats.
Be wary of the apps you install on your device, especially mobile phones. You never know when malware would sneak into your device. Also, keep an eye on your financial transactions to spot any unusual situation right away.
Cyber attacks can happen to anyone. So, the business and the educational and medical sectors also need to pay attention to cybersecurity best practices.
Ads may be supportive of the content creators, but they are often offensive and malicious. It's better to avoid watching and trusting them. Use adblockers as much as you can.
Re-read number 1. We can't stress more on that.
Re-read number 11. That's enough to make you realize the significance of online security for everyone.
Re-read number 3 and number 7. It's all about staying vigilant for your own as well as your customers' security.
Perhaps, keeping these lessons in mind will protect you from falling victim to such cyber attacks.
What do you feel after reading these top security issues of the year 2020? Do share with us your thoughts via your comments.
Abeerah is a passionate technology blogger and cybersecurity enthusiast. She yearns to know everything about the latest technology developments. Specifically, she's crazy about the three C's; computing, cybersecurity, and communication. When she is not writing, she's reading about the tech world.
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Whether you are keto or on a low-carb diet, these Chocolate Almond Butter Collagen Fat Bombs make a great craving-killing snack or dessert!
This post may affiliate links. As always, all opinions are my own, and I would never promote or endorse a product that I don't fully stand behind. Thank you for your support!
I'm not much of a snacker. I like to eat 3 solid meals each day, and make them big enough so I don't get hungry in between them. I don't eat a ketogenic diet, but I do like to keep it lower in carbs and higher in fat and protein because that's what makes me feel great. I used to have a blood sugar imbalance back in the days when I used to eat a super high sugar diet, so healing myself through quality fats and protein has made such a huge difference in my health.
While I try to avoid desserts and I don't even crave them anymore ever since overhauling my diet, I do like a piece chocolate once in a while after a meal. My favorite go-to has been these Chocolate Almond Butter Collagen Fat Bombs that are sugar free but chock full of healthy fats and protein!
I recently discovered Perfect Supplements because they reached out to me and asked if I would like to try their products. After looking at how cleanly they source their supplements, and how much they care about the environment and the workers behind their ingredients (all their products are Fair Trade!), I had to say yes!
One of my favorite products I've tried so far is their Hydrolyzed Collagen from grass-fed pasture-raised cows. I've been putting it in my coffee every morning, hot or iced, and it dissolves easily into liquids so you can add them easily to recipes like these fat bombs. You can't tast them and I love that I'm getting high-quality protein (literally, the only ingredient in it is Hydrolyzed Collagen!). My hair and nails have been growing like crazy ever since I started taking collagen.
I've definitely been seeing some great results from it, and anyone can benefit from addition of high-quality collagen so I highly recommend you check out Perfect Supplements' Hydrolyzed Collagen.
And for a limited time, you can take 10% off your entire purchase with Perfect Supplements using the code GREATGRANDMA10 at checkout! Shop HERE.
I love that I was able to amp up the nutrients in these fat bombs with the addition of collagen, and they turned out so rich, chocolate-y, and delicious. Because of their high fat and protein content, just one of these Chocolate Almond Butter Collagen Fat Bombs will kill your sugar cravings and keep you satiated until the next meal. I didn't feel the need to add any sweeteners but you can add a bit of honey or maple syrup if you want!
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In a small saucepan, heat coconut oil, coconut butter, and almond butter, over low heat until melted.
Pour the mixture in a silicon mold of your choice. Freeze for 20 minutes until the fat bombs harden. Store in the freezer or the refrigerator.
If you don't have a silicon mold, you can pour the mixture in a small pan, freeze, then cut into bite sized squares.
This entry was posted in 30 Minutes or Under, Egg Free, Keto, Low FODMAP, Recipe, RESTART Friendly, Snacks, Sweets, Whole30 and tagged chocolate, coconut butter, coconut oil, collagen on July 18, 2017 by Jean Choi.
These look delicious, thanks for the great post!
I have tried to make coconut butter on my own, but after over 15 min. of pushing the buttons on my food processor, I gave up. Do you think extra coconut oil or vanilla-flavored ghee would be able to stand in for it? Thanks!
What wpuld a serving size be ?
This makes about 25-30 servings.
Is there nutritional info on this recipe? Also, I've used grass fed butter in place of the coconut butter and it's amazing!
I just made these and they are delicious! I am so thankful to have something like this on hand, when otherwise I would just grab something carb and sugar laden when a chocolate craving hits. I didn't have any collagen to hand, so I had to skip it, but I will be purchasing some to use in the next batch. Thanks for the recipe!
Can these be made without the collagen? I'm a vegetarian.


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Harpo's Harp in the Holy Land
November 22, 2017 | By The Fellowship | History | Video
Tomorrow, November 23, would have been the 129th birthday of Harpo Marx, the silent and zany member of the Marx Brothers. The brothers were the children of Jewish immigrants to the United States, and their career began in Vaudeville, inspired by the humor of early Yiddish theater. As a musician, Harpo was self-taught. His brother Chico, whose own piano playing featured prominently in many of the Marx Brothers' films, found Harpo a job at a young age accompanying silent movies on piano. Harpo's piano playing can be seen in two Marx favorites, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
But it was Harpo's harp playing that gave him his nickname. Born Adolph Marx, he disliked his given name, changing it to Arthur. Arthur taught himself how to play the harp on an instrument that was not even properly tuned. But that is the way he played it for the rest of his life. As an aged man of means, he hired teachers to teach him the "proper" way to play, but they mostly watched and listened to the unique and peculiar method their student had used to master the instrument. At an early age, during a card game on the Vaudeville circuit in Galesburg, Illinois, Arthur's playing earned him the nickname "Harpo."
The name – and the instrument which earned it – afforded Harpo a life that he might never have imagined as a poor son of immigrants at the turn of the century. But when he passed away in 1964, Harpo willed his instrument to the state of Israel. We at Stand for Israel, lifelong Marx Brothers afficianados, had long heard this claim, as well as the rumor that the harp was still being used at a university there. A story by two Marx fans who hunted down the instrument a couple years ago at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance confirms this.
So, join us in wishing a happy birthday to Harpo Marx, who provided millions with the gifts of song and laughter, and who even in death, continues to stand for Israel and the Jewish people.
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Mark your calendars for Saturday 10/13 for the double brewery, double release, of our double barreled, double Milk Stout collaboration with our friends at BuckleDown Brewing. Both beers were aged in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels then BD transferred theirs into Quincy Street Distillery barrels for double that bourbony goodness. Ours were transferred into Jamaican Rum barrels for a complex blend of Bourbon, Rum and oaky goodness. Both beers will be available in 4 packs of 12 oz cans. We will have a shuttle running between the breweries and timed variant tappings at each brewery. We will also have a commemorative glass available, food trucks, and more. Here are the tentative details and schedule, check back for updates.
-Commemorative 6.7 oz glasses are available while supplies last. $10 includes your first fill ($10.50 with infusion fill), refills are $7 ($7.50 infusion fills).
-Schedule-bus will be going between breweries all day between 12:30 and 4:30. Round trip is roughly 30 min.
-11:00 AM- IOB opens Bourbon/Rum Barrel Roll tap and can sale begins.
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Navitas Accelerates EV Adoption in Baird's 2022 Vehicle Technology & Mobility Conference
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS), the industry-leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power integrated circuits (ICs) has announced its participation at Baird's Vehicle Technology & Mobility Conference being held virtually on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 2:55pm EST.
Hosted by the company's Equity Research and Global Investment Banking teams, Baird's Vehicle Technology & Mobility Conference unites company leaders with investors and select corporates.
To discover more about GaN's adoption in EV, click here to register and join the live presentation and 'fire-side chat'.
Navitas Semiconductor, GaNFast and the Navitas logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Navitas Semiconductor Limited.
Gravity Pilot Plant Installed at Canada Silver Cobalt's Temiskaming Testing Labs for High-Grade Silver Tailings Testing
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The installation of the gravity pilot plant at Temiskaming Testing Labs will be commissioned to optimize plant performance. It is designed to process high-grade stamp mill tailings and waste rock into concentrate feed for the Re-2Ox process.
Company owns two of the three known high-grade silver stamp mill tailings in the Cobalt camp.
Beaver tailings were sonic drilled by the company last year with silver grades from 314 to 14 grams per tonne.
The reintegrated Re-2Ox process will be tested for the recovery of silver from the gravity concentrate.
The gravity pilot plant is designed to operate at one tonne per hour of high-grade silver tailings.
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Honda will supply 50 Honda e electric vehicles to Switzerland's car sharing operator, Mobility.
To allow bi-directional charging, Honda is also providing 35 Honda Power Manager units.
In this project, a total of 50 Honda e units will be allocated to 40 stations across Switzerland.
A single Honda e can feed up to 20 kilowatts of power back into the grid when plugged into a bi-directional charging station.
Honda Signs Joint Development Agreement with SES, an EV Battery Research and Development Company
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Ltd.("SES"), a U.S. (Boston)-based EV battery research and development company.
This joint development agreement with SES is part of the overall battery strategy of Honda.
From here onward, Honda and SES will pursue joint research for the realization of safe, high-durability and high-capacity next-generation EV batteries.
Recognizing the advanced technologies of SES, Honda signed a joint development agreement with SES with the aim to establish a good relationship with SES and expeditiously generate substantial achievements through our joint research activities.
DGAP-News: DIC Asset AG: 2022 off to an excellent start - with around 40,000 sqm of office space in Frankfurt let to Deutsche Bank
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DIC Asset AG ("DIC"), ISIN: DE000A1X3XX4, one of Germany's leading listed property companies, started 2022 off with a successful large-scale letting transaction.
DIC renewed the bank's unexpired lease agreement for about 32,000 sqm at the IBC office scheme in Frankfurt early on while letting an additional unit of 7,700 sqm to the bank.
The lease term for a total of 39,700 sqm of state-of-the-art office space in the office tower approximates ten years.
What is so special about it: Deutsche Bank has requested an office structure fit for tomorrow's New Work format.
DGAP-News: EcoGraf Limited: Australian Lithium-ion BAM Facility Update
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EcoGraf Limited (EcoGraf or the Company) (ASX: EGR; FSE: FMK; OTCQX: ECGFF) is pleased to announce the following activities at its new EcoGraf(TM) Battery Anode Material (BAM) Facility in Western Australia.
Completed process vendor equipment test work that confirmed suitability, resulting in final equipment selection and equipment guarantees.
Finalised regulatory permitting and approvals studies covering noise, air and bushfire management that support regulatory submissions (refer announcement Battery Anode Material Facility Development Approvals dated 25 October 2021).
The Company's state-of-the-art Battery Anode Material Facility in Western Australia will use its unique, patent pending EcoGraf(TM) HFfree processing technology.
WPUR Water and Electric Innovations To Include Sustainable Cryptocurrency Solution Highlighted In 2022 Strategic Outlook Presentation Scheduled This Friday
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Dallas, Texas, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WaterPure International, Inc. (OTC Pink: WPUR) today confirmed the company plans to publish a 2022 strategic outlook presentation this Friday, January 21st.
WPUR has recently refreshed its commitment to delivering water management technologies to the water utilities market and added electric technology innovations for the electric utilities market as an additional focus.
WPUR has initiated a solar farm project in Africa with the goal of becoming one of the largest solar farms in the world.
WPURs work with ALYI was featured in an ALYI 2022 Strategic Outlook Presentation earlier this week.
mPhase Names Energy Industry Veteran Isida Tushe as General Counsel
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Gaithersburg, MD, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC Pink: XDSL) (mPhase or the Company), a technology company developing the mPower EV+ (electric vehicle) charging network and consumer engagement platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of energy industry veteran Isida Tushe as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Most recently, Isida was part of the leadership team and served as the General Counsel of FFP New Hydro LLC, a leading developer of low-impact hydroelectric energy generation and storage in the United States.
She also held similar roles at a private equity investment partner focused on traditional energy and worked with Celtic Banks renewable energy group.
I am excited to join mPhase and this incredible team right at the beginning of the companys growth curve, said new Chief Counsel Isida Tushe.
Blink Charging to Supply Electric Vehicle Chargers to GM Car Dealerships in U.S. and Canada
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Miami Beach, FL, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) ("Blink" or the "Company"), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle ("EV") charging equipment and services, announced today it is deploying EV chargers at General Motors (GM) dealerships in the U.S. and Canada. Working with leading facility solutions provider ABM, Blink is supplying its IQ 200 Level 2 chargers to participating GM dealerships.
Working with leading facility solutions provider ABM, Blink is supplying its IQ 200 Level 2 chargers to participating GM dealerships.
We are proud to bring Blinks EV charging stations to GM dealerships, providing the vital infrastructure needed to charge GMs growing lineup of EV models, said Michael D. Farkas, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Blink Charging.
Working with ABM, which delivers turnkey EV charging installations, Blink has already started shipping chargers to selected GM dealerships and currently has orders on hand to supply GM dealers in the U.S. and Canada with additional charging stations over the next several months.
Blink Chargings principal line of products and services includes its Blink EV charging network (Blink Network), EV charging equipment, and EV charging services.
Verizon and AWS expand to 30% more metro area locations with mobile edge computing
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon and AWS are now offering mobile edge computing in more U.S. metro areas with the addition of Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, a real-time cloud computing platform, brings AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon's wireless network. The combination minimizes the latency and network hops required to connect from an application hosted on the platform to the end user's device. Launched in August 2020, the companies currently offer mobile edge computing via AWS Wavelength Zones in 17 locations in the U.S. Using 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength allows developers and businesses to build and deploy a variety of applications such as machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and video and game streaming.
Verizon and AWS teaming with SaaS providers Couchbase and Confluent to give developers seamless access to Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength.
Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, a real-time cloud computing platform, brings AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizons wireless network.
Launched in August 2020 , the companies currently offer mobile edge computing via AWS Wavelength Zones in 17 locations in the U.S.
To easily integrate the entire 5G Edge footprint into mobile applications, Verizon also offers developers the 5G Edge Discovery Service that seamlessly discovers the optimal mobile edge compute location for any Verizon mobile client.


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#14: Semi-Final 2 Hodgepodge
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The second half of the second semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is a European hodgepodge of pop, rock, dance, ethno-jazz, and… whatever it is Montenegro's doing (never change). We break down the last nine semi-finalists in this week's podcast.
#9: Dita Von Teese Curtain Monster
March 21, 2018 01:03:59
This week we chat about the last six entries for Eurovision 2018 with special guest Barbara Sawhill. Are we buying the hype for Israel's "Toy" as this year's favorite? Do we have "Bones" to pick with Bulgaria? What is up with Georgia's curtain lady?
#1: Welcome to 2018
January 9, 2018 00:50:02
In our opening episode of The EuroWhat? podcast, our Eurovision specialists introduce themselves and share their first impressions of Albania's entry.
Eurovision 2017 YouTube Week #5: Pre-Party
There has been some shuffling in the standings for YouTube views for this year's Eurovision Song Contest entries. Is it too early to declare a favorite?
Eurovision 2017 YouTube Week #4: Running Order and New Videos
Will new videos boost viewership numbers for some of the underperforming countries on the Eurovision YouTube channel?
Eurovision 2017 YouTube Week 3: San Marino is Beating Sweden?!
The big question coming out of this week's Eurovision YouTube views: could San Marino be on its way to the Grand Final again?
Eurovision 2017 Entry: Georgia — Tamara Gachechiladze — Keep the Faith
Will Georgia need to do more than "Keep the Faith" to get Tamara Gachechiladze to the Eurovision Song Contest final?
In Memoriam: 2017 Selection Season
A look back at the songs and performances that didn't quite make it to the Eurovision Song Contest stage in Kyiv.
Eurovision 2017 YouTube Week 2: Favorites Emerging
Now that we have week-to-week data and all 43 songs available, which Eurovision entries are the movers and shakers and possible favorites in Kyiv?
Georgia Trusts Tako to "Keep the Faith"
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Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation
Jun Shimazaki, Minako Kaido, Naoshi Shinozaki, Shigeto Shimmura, Batmunkh Munkhbat, Masao Hagibara, Kimiyoshi Tsuji, Kazuo Tsubota
Purpose. Severe destruction of the corneal limbus causes conjunctival invasion and subsequent visual loss Limbal allograft transplantation (LAT) was recently proposed for the treatment of these disorders. However, whether the method functions as a stem cell transplantation of the corneal epithelium remains unclear. This study provided evidence that donor-derived corneal epithelial cells survive long after LAT. Methods. Epithelial cells on the paracentral cornea in patients who have undergone LAT were subjected to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. X and Y chromosomes were detected using sex chromosome-specific probes in the FISH analysis, and HLA-DPB1 antigens were examined in the RFLP analysis. Eyes receiving conventional penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) served as controls. Results. Donor-derived epithelial cells were detected in three of five eyes (60.0%) in the FISH analysis and in seven of nine eyes (77.8%) in the RFLP analysis. Among these eyes, one and three eyes in the FISH and RFLP analysis, respectively, had both donor- and recipient-derived cells. In control PKP eyes, none of the eyes in the FISH analysis and one of eight eyes (12.5%) in the RFLP analysis had donor-derived cells. Conclusions. These results suggest that donor-derived cells survive much longer after LAT than those after PKP, and that LAT may function as stem cell transplantation of the corneal epithelium.
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Shimazaki, J., Kaido, M., Shinozaki, N., Shimmura, S., Munkhbat, B., Hagibara, M., Tsuji, K., & Tsubota, K. (1999). Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40(8), 1664-1668.
Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation. / Shimazaki, Jun; Kaido, Minako; Shinozaki, Naoshi; Shimmura, Shigeto; Munkhbat, Batmunkh; Hagibara, Masao; Tsuji, Kimiyoshi; Tsubota, Kazuo.
In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Vol. 40, No. 8, 08.07.1999, p. 1664-1668.
Shimazaki, J, Kaido, M, Shinozaki, N, Shimmura, S, Munkhbat, B, Hagibara, M, Tsuji, K & Tsubota, K 1999, 'Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 1664-1668.
Shimazaki J, Kaido M, Shinozaki N, Shimmura S, Munkhbat B, Hagibara M et al. Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1999 Jul 8;40(8):1664-1668.
Shimazaki, Jun ; Kaido, Minako ; Shinozaki, Naoshi ; Shimmura, Shigeto ; Munkhbat, Batmunkh ; Hagibara, Masao ; Tsuji, Kimiyoshi ; Tsubota, Kazuo. / Evidence of long-term survival of donor-derived cells after Limbal allograft transplantation. In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1999 ; Vol. 40, No. 8. pp. 1664-1668.
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What are Qualifications?
Job qualifications generally include securing a certain level of education.
Qualifications include any attributes that allows a person to complete a task.
Written By: Malcolm Tatum
Edited By: Bronwyn Harris
When it comes to just about any situation in life, it is necessary to meet some sort of basic qualifications. Essentially, qualifications are those attributes that are possessed by an individual that makes the person a reasonable fit for the task at hand. When it comes to the workplace, most qualifications fall into three basic categories. Here is some information on qualifications, and how they are utilized to hire the right person for the right position.
Most businesses tend to establish what is referred to as a summary of qualifications for each job or position within the company. Generally, job qualifications are very specific and focus on three main criteria. The first usually has to do with the educational background that must be met in order to be considered for the position. This type of qualification may be very basic, such as a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
For some types of work, a college degree, or some sort of graduate work may be required before the applicant will be considered. The idea behind setting qualifications based on the level of completed education help to ensure that the applicant has the necessary learning skills that may be required in order to fully master the work associated with the position.
A second example of essential qualifications has to do with the work history of the individual. Vocational qualifications may include a minimum amount of work history associated with a particular industry, or a particular role within that industry. Qualifications that are based on work history help the employer to determine if the applicant has practical experience that will make it easier to integrate the individual into company practices and functions. By not having to train the individual in the basics, the task of settling the new person into the organization will be much easier.
A third common example of necessary qualifications has to do with general skills and talents. This would include any particular ability that would help the individual be successful in the position. For instance, an individual may be switching from a manufacturing background to working in an office environment. As it happens, the individual is very familiar and efficient with two popular word processing software programs, both of which are used extensively by the employer. While that skill was not used in previous work experience, this competency with word processing helps to make the candidate a viable prospect for hire.
Just about every job posting will include a basic Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) as part of the job announcement. Analyzing this list of qualifications and relating each one back to the work history, educational background, and talents and skills of the individual make it possible for an employer to hire the right people for the right position. At the same time, establishing a list of qualifications helps the individual find a job that is an ideal fit.
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