In August 2017, I've blogged about Adwind, a cross-platform RAT written in Java that is also known as "jRAT" and "JSocket". The main infection vector for Adwind is via spoofed email. The attacker doesn't have to care about the recipients operating system (OS): Adwind works on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Recently, security researchers and AV vendors have published a handful interesting blog posts on Adwind. The recent uprise in Adwind campaigns seems to be related to Qrypter: a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform @Angelill0 blogged about in December 2017. The Qrypter MaaS platform is hosted in the Tor network, which makes it more resilient against takedowns and actions from law enforcement (LEA). However, the botnet controllers itself are hosted in the clear net. The following map shows the top Adwind C&C hosting countries in the past 6 months. In this period I've spotted almost 10'000 Adwind samples calling out to more than 2'800 distinct botnet controllers (C&Cs). Most of these Adwind samples are related to the Qrypter MaaS.
Taking a closer look at the netranges of Gerber associated with Qrypter reveals that they have one thing in common: They are all labeled with "Gerber non logging VPN Service". So it appears that Gerber sells VPN services, but I'm wondering how Gerber EDV advertises and sells their VPN services as their domain name doesn't host any website (uh?). As Gerber EDV-Dienstleistungen has their offices in Switzerland, I decided to vist them and ask them where all this abuse related to Adwind / Qrypter is coming from.
Gerber (as well as AnMaXX) seems to be all fake. It is obviouse that both are operated by the same guys. There is no Gerber EDV-Dienstleistungen at Junkerngasse 44 in Bern and not even a registered company with that name in Switzerland. The sole purpose of Gerber and AnMaXX seems to be providing botnet hosting to Qrypter MaaS and other RATs such as NanoCore and RemcosRAT. I've also learned that RIPE requires that the information provided in the RIPE objects is correct. However, RIPE does not verify the provided information at all. I've submitted a complaint to RIPE regarding the incorrect information provided by Gerber EDV in the hope that RIPE can force them to reveal their real location (if there is any).


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Bio Rodrigo Galindo manages technology and supports research and education for simulation programs at the Center for Advanced Pediatric & Perinatal Education (CAPE) (http://cape.stanford.edu) within the School of Medicine/Pediatrics/Neonatology division. He also assists with collaborative quality improvement initiatives between CAPE and the departments of Labor & Delivery and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital.
Prior to joining CAPE, Rodrigo was Senior Director, Special Projects and IT Director for over 15 years at several flagship pediatric subacute facilities: Children?s Recovery Center (CRC), Sub-Acute Saratoga Children?s Hospital (SASH), and Scribbles and Giggles Pediatric Day Health Center (collectively known as Pediatric Recovery Network). Through his tenure he also trained staff in and managed clinical IT and biomedical technology. A notable accomplishment included implementation of Masimo Patient Safety Net (PSN), a centralized and remote monitoring system for pulse oximetry, at CRC and SASH.
Rodrigo has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (emphasis in Adapted Physical Activity) from San Jose State University and a Master of Science in Physiotherapy from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. Through his professional work at CAPE and in the community through The Medically Fragile Children?s Foundation of Northern California, Rodrigo continues to be an advocate for advancing programs that not only improve the quality of life, but the quality of childhood for children who have severe medical needs and require medical technology to sustain life.
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? My initial training focused on marine biology, with special emphasis on trace metal pollution. This work, which involved collaborations with different governmental, private (as Venezuelan Oil Company) and University entities (national and international), was well recognized in Venezuela where I received a merit award by the Town Hall of Porlamar (Margarita Island).
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A labral tear in the hip is, for most patients, a mildly uncomfortable, nagging sort of injury. It is caused when the labrum, a layer of connective tissue that surrounds the hip, is torn through some sort of trauma, because of wear or due to some underlying malady. There are methods for treating a labral tear in the hip that are surprisingly effective.
Start an over-the-counter pain medication regimen. Most patients find that they receive maximum benefit from NSAID drugs such as ibuprofen or naproxen sodium. These medications will help to reduce swelling and inflammation along with reducing pain.
Begin physical therapy. Physical therapy sessions should be run at least once per week, and more often if possible. These sessions should focus on restoring proper range of motion to the hip joint of the sufferer and on strengthening the muscles around the hip joint to help support it.
Use corticosteroid injections. These injections take place directly at the point of the labral tear, using X-rays of the area for guidance, and can significantly mitigate the pain experienced by most patients. For the majority of patients, this will be enough treatment to successfully manage the labral tear in the hip joint.
Attempt basic treatments for 4 to 8 months. Try to exhaust all nonsurgical options, listed above, during this 4- to 8-month period. If pain is extreme and unmanageable, wait only 4 months before proceeding. Otherwise, try to wait the full 8 months to see if the labral tear can be managed by less-invasive methods than surgery.
Undergo arthroscopic surgery if, after 4 to 8 months, the other treatment options simply aren't managing the symptoms of your labral hip tear.
Physical therapy will be much more effective if the patient cooperates and does all of the at-home therapy that's recommended.
Arthroscopic surgery for a labral hip tear, which is called hip arthroscopy, should be considered only after all other options have been thoroughly explored and exhausted. Remember, all surgeries carry with them assumed risks and should only be undertaken when necessary. Always consult a medical professional if you have any severe worsening of symptoms or you think that your labral hip tear may be getting steadily worse.


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Biocontrol Market
Market Leaders : Syngenta AG and FMC Corporation are Focusing on Partnerships, Expansions, and New Product Launch Strategies to Strengthen their Market Position in Biocontrol Market
The global biocontrol market is estimated to be valued at USD 6.6 billion in 2022. It is projected to reach USD 13.7 billion by 2027, recording a CAGR of 15.8% during the forecast period. Agricultural crop protection solutions are crucial for pest management in the fields. Chemical-based pesticides are currently dominating the market. However, due to rise in incidences of insect infestation, pest resistance, rise in consumer awareness and subsequently in organic food demand, along with strict environmental regulations are pushing the demand for biocontrol solutions, particularly biopesticides which are relatively safer and have quick development procedures than conventional pesticides. Biocontrol solutions are broadly categorized into biopesticides and semiochemicals. Biopesticides include bioinsecticides, biofungicides, bionematicides and bioherbicides. Semiochemicals include pheromones and allelochemicals. They are developed through natural sources such as microbials, biochemicals and macrobials.
Key players in this market include BASF SE (Germany), Bayer AG (Germany), Syngenta AG (Switzerland), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Japan), Corteva Agriscience (US) and FMC Corporation (US)
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Syngenta AG has a global presence in more than 90 countries and revenue of around USD 28.3 billion in 2021. It is a leading global player and one of the top five biocontrol crop protection companies in the world. It offers agricultural biologicals through its crop protection business segment. Within the crop protection division, the company offers its solutions for selective herbicides, non-selective herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, seed care, controls, and other crop protection products. In April 2022, the company launched a new semiochemical product in pheromone category in Indonesia, named Nelvium. It is a pheromone based biocontrol to control pests in rice, which is a major crop produced in Indonesia. The product launch will help Syngenta enter the Indonesian market and broaden its semiochemical portfolio. In 2022, the company also collaborated with various companies and startups in the biocontrol market. A noticeable collaboration was in May 2022, when Syngenta collaborated with M2i Life Sciences (France), a leading technology provider of pheromone-based crop protection solutions to launch EXPLOYO Vit, which is a new pheromone-based solution to help wine growers in France effectively manage pests in vines such as the vine moth, Lobesia botrana. The collaboration benefitted Syngenta AG by partnering with leading technology providers in biological space such as M2i Life Sciences and in targeting vine growers across different markets.
One of the top agrochemical firms, FMC Corporation offers creative solutions to growers all over the world. A variety of plant protection solutions made from microbes and other naturally occurring substances make up its plant health business division, which has expanded dramatically over time. The company's European Innovation Center has been engaged in research and development (R&D) projects aimed at creating new bioinsecticides, bioonematicides, biofungicides, biostimulants, and, most recently, pheromones. The business will introduce a number of commercial launches to the market.
FMC and Novozymes engaged into a strategic partnership in 2021 to jointly develop and market crop protection products based on biological enzymes that target fungal and insect pests. As commercial and production partners, FMC and Novozymes would integrate the businesses' separate R&D facilities.
A significant chemical producer and marketer globally is BASF SE. Biological solutions are provided by its business section for agricultural solutions. Biopesticides and semiochemicals are included in this section of biological solutions; they are intended to be used in IPM programmes for growers in both greenhouses and open fields. When it comes to biological research, BASF SE has been aggressive in embracing new tools and techniques in order to expand its offering of cutting-edge solutions. Its most recent development also indicates the same. A contract was struck in March 2021 by BASF and AgBiome to introduce Howler, a novel biofungicide, to the European market as well as important Middle Eastern and African nations. AgBiome would gain from the deal while it worked to develop its novel biofungicide in Europe and a few adjacent markets in the Middle East and Africa. Additionally, it would enable BASF SE's agricultural solutions division to broaden the range of biosolutions it offers.
Biocontrol Market by Type (Biopesticides and Semiochemicals), Source (Microbials, Biochemicals, and Macrobials), Mode of Application, Crop Type, and Region (North America, Europe, APAC, South America, Rest of the World) - Global Forecast to 2027
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Novokoejbysjevsk (Russisch: Новокуйбышевск) is een stad in Europees Rusland. De stad ligt in de oblast Samara en heeft ruim 100.000 inwoners.

Geografie
Novokoejbysjevsk ligt in Centraal-Rusland, nabij de linkeroever van de Wolga en ongeveer 20 km zuidwest van de oblasthoofdstad Samara. Nabijgelegen steden zijn Samara en het 18 km naar het zuidwesten gelegen Tsjapajevsk.

Geschiedenis
Novokoejbysjevsk werd als industrie- en woonstad voor het naburige Samara opgericht. Het begin van de stad ligt in het jaar 1946, toen met de bouw van een aardolieraffinaderij werd begonnen. Oorspronkelijk gepland als kleine arbeidersnederzetting, groeide het door zijn gunstige verkeersligging steeds verder aan. In 1952 verkreeg het stadsrechten, in 1992 werd het chemische en nucleaire industriecomplex Majak ermee samengevoegd.

Bevolkingsontwikkeling

Economie en verkeer

Novokoejbysjevsk is een industriestad waar aardolieverwerking en chemische industrie de belangrijkste rol spelen. Voorts is er een fabriek die pijpleidingen maakt, twee energiecentrales en diverse bedrijven op het gebied van de lichte- en voedingsindustrie. De grote hoeveelheid industrie op een vrij klein oppervlak betekent dat hier, ook naar Russische maatstaven, het niveau van luchtvervuiling hoog is.

De belangrijkste verkeersverbindingen lopen via Samara, waar een aansluiting is op de M-5, een binnenhaven en een internationaal vliegveld. Novokoejbysjevsk heeft een eigen spoorwegstation met verbindingen naar Samara, Tsjapajevsk en Sysran.

Geboren
 Inga Abitova (* 1982), lange-afstandsloper
 Aleksander Abrossimo (* 1983), volleyballer
 Natalja Achrimenko (* 1955), kogelstoter
 Oleg Saitov (* 1974), bokser

Externe links
 Novokoejbysjevsk op mojgorod.ru (russisch)
 Portal van de stad (russisch)

Plaats in de oblast Samara
Stad in het federaal district Wolga

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Bailey is proof that the mainstream music industry isn't all it's cracked up to be. (Illustration by Julienna Renk, University of California, Berkeley)
Screens /// Sounds x May 24, 2019
How YouTuber Madilyn Bailey Found Fame Far from the Mainstream
Bailey's primary concern is, and always will be, her YouTube family.
By Britni Hones, Lindenwood University, Belleville
I discovered YouTube artist Madison Bailey Wold, now known as Madilyn Bailey, in 2013, during my freshman year in high school. I was browsing for covers of songs, and one of her videos happened to pop up.
Young Bailey began singing and songwriting when she was just 7 years old. Soon after, she made it her mission to learn the piano, guitar and drums. Self-doubt was her biggest set-back, as it led her to believe she would never make it as an artist.
She uploaded her first video on YouTube in 2012. Much to her surprise, Bailey began blowing up on the site instantly and her views started to soar.
Now, 26-year-old Madilyn Bailey is becoming one of America's top self-made artists. From acting to singing and songwriting, she continues to create a name for herself.
The Struggle
Bailey's youth was spent bouncing around different sports. Coming from a small village in Wisconsin, when it came to starting her career as a professional singer, the odds were not in her favor.
She began recording covers in her bedroom with a camera, and decided to post them on YouTube. When she began to sing seriously for YouTube, she realized she had to choose between sports or building her YouTube career. Deciding music is where she wanted to take her career, she pushed herself and graduated from high school six months early.
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The Beginning of an Era
VidCon, hosted in 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center, was a memorable moment for the singer-songwriter. VidCon is a major convention for YouTubers, vloggers and pros, and it gives people the opportunity to interact with famous people in the industry.
The exposé is a learning experience for all to gain insider knowledge on how to make it, and for those on the top to share their personal endeavors.
There, Bailey received the opportunity to go on her first tour in 2013 with the band Boyce Avenue. The young artist also successfully released her first album that year at age 20.
Her Dedication to YouTube
Dedication is an understatement when used to describe Bailey. She started out on YouTube, and doesn't plan to ever completely leave or give herself to the mainstream media.
She appreciates fan interaction on YouTube. Without YouTube, she would not be as successful as she is today, boasting more than 6 million subscribers.
In an interview with New Media Rockstars, she said, "I think mainstream is nervous. I think they're really nervous about the fact that anybody in the world can post a video and with the right video or right reaction from the crowd, they can be on the same relevance level as somebody who's mainstream."
Dear to the young artist's heart, her brother influenced her focus on pop music. Creating her own unique style to other artists songs, she takes rap lyrics and remakes them into clean melodic pieces for her fans to enjoy.
The hard part occurs in LA where she produces her songs and music videos, which takes a lot of patience and long hours. At home in Wisconsin, she is able to experience life in her own little oasis and put that toward her lyrics.
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As her career progressed, she was forced to make the move to LA permanently. She needed to be closer to her work to continue upgrading her YouTube channel, which gives her a sense of community.
Part of the reason Bailey had to make the move was because she was using outdated equipment to produce her videos. By making the move to LA, she was able to gain access to the right software and got a personal team. Despite the fact that she now has a team and state-of-the-art equipment, Bailey still occasionally makes videos for her channel on her own.
Now living in L.A so close to all of the mainstream influence, she is constantly forced to make the right call for her future as an artist. These are tough decisions to make, as one wrong choice could ruin everything you have worked so hard for.
Bailey should be considered an icon. She truly has thrived by choosing to not go full mainstream. She is staying out of trouble and avoiding being the tabloid headlines.
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Something as simple as not falling into the mainstream industry's trap brings adds respect to her name. Bailey is someone who is making a life for herself while avoiding the drugs and alcohol that often follow fame.
Bailey is someone to look up to. She chased her dreams and is constantly experiencing success at every corner. She is interactive with her fans, which is admirable compared to others who pay little to no attention to the fanbase that gave them a name in the first place.
Being able to interact with famous individuals is very rare, because not many are presented with the opportunity to converse with someone they look up to. But Bailey goes out of her way to answer questions, give advice and never leaves her fans guessing.
Whether she is doing a cover or singing one of her personal songs, you will be sure to fall in love with her creations. She is an exceptional artist who started from the bottom and worked her way up the ladder, inspiring people every step of the way.
Looking back when Bailey first started her singing career, she was very timid and had to have someone beside her while she performed. The countless hours spent practicing, rehearsing and trying new things paid off. She tested her limits and hasn't let anything hold her back since.
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Road network in Gaza and West Bank. Gaza Roads from PA MOP, West Bank roads from JRC, updated by OCHA.
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Must-Visit Bookshops in Leeds
A History of Literature in Leeds
The bookshops in Leeds are diverse and extensive, reflecting the fact that Leeds itself is home to a range of famous writers including Barbara Taylor Bradford and Tony Harrison.
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, even lived in Leeds for a time whilst he worked at Leeds University as a professor of English Language.
More recently, friend of the blog, Stu Hennigan is set to release his debut book, Ghost Signs: Poverty and the Pandemic, exploring social inequality in the UK.
Must-Visit Leeds Bookshops
1) OK Comics
OK Comics is the premier comic bookshop in Leeds.
Nominated for a number of Eisen awards, it's a veritable trove of comic and graphic novel goodness.
Image by OK Comics
I first stumbled into OK Comics by accident during my first year at university and was taken aback by how impressive it is. The owner is really kind and welcoming, whether you're new to comics and graphic novels or a seasoned veteran.
One awesome thing about Leeds' OK Comics is their free regular order service. Even if you're not a local, you can still get your hands on the latest issues of your favourite comic book series, with free delivery as standard. Pretty neat!
Next time you're in Leeds, do pop by OK Comics. It's a proper old-fashioned comic book store, cozy and inviting, and a memorable bookish spot.
OK Comics
19 Thornton's Arcade,
Briggate, Leeds,
LS1 6LQ
https://okcomics.co.uk/
2) The Little Bookshop
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Just a bus ride away from Leeds city centre lies The Little Bookshop in Chapel Allerton.
It's a beautiful bookshop that focuses primarily on selling and promoting children's literature.
In fact, The Little Bookshop is the only independent children's bookshop in Leeds. Featuring regular author reading events, it's perfect for families looking to find the next book they can read together.
The Little Bookshop
47 Harrogate Road
Chapel Allerton
LS7 3PD
https://www.thelittlebookshopleeds.co.uk/
3) The Bookish Type
Open since September 2020, The Bookish Type is an independent queer bookshop, hidden away in Leeds' Merrion Centre.
Image by Visit Leeds
Championing LGBTIQA+ authors, The Bookish Type's mantra is to ensure that its readers feel seen in the books they read.
Stocking fiction, children's books, YA, memoirs, poetry, short stories, zines, non-fiction, colouring books and graphic novels, The Bookish Type has a bit of everything!
They also some brilliant community outreach schemes such as a book club for older LGBTQIA+ people. A brilliant Leeds bookshop that's conveniently located and well worth visiting.
The Bookish Type
58 Merrion Centre,
LS2 8NG
https://thebookishtype.co.uk/
4) Philip Howard Books
Philip Howard Books is a classic community bookshop in Leeds's pleasant suburbs of Roundhay.
As self-styled guardians of knowledge, the staff at Philip Howard Books know their stuff!
Featuring a wide range of books, they also offer an ordering service over the phone and via email, whilst students, reading groups, and teachers can benefit from generous discounts.
Roundhay also has some great bars and pubs nearby.
Philip Howard Books
47 Street Lane
Roundhay
LS8 1AP
5) Village
Village is an independent bookshop specialising in art, fashion, design, and photography from both local artists and those around the world.
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The bookshop also includes a not-for-profit art gallery, showcasing talent from Leeds and beyond.
Holding book launches and art exhibitions, Village is a really neat little place in the centre of Leeds, if you're into your art & photography.
10-12 Thornton's Arcade,
https://villagebooks.co/
6) The Grove Bookshop
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Arguably the most beautiful place on this list, The Grove Bookshop, based in Ilkley is one of the most popular independent bookshops in the UK.
It's also the official bookseller of the annual Ilkley book festival!
A short train ride from Leeds, The Grove Bookshop has everything, ranging from brand-new bestsellers to quirky, less well-known titles.
Plus, if you're looking for something particular, they can order it in for you in time for the next day! Efficient.
If you're not local, you can browse their full stock online and either get your book delivered or stocked ahead of your visit.
Grove Bookshops
10 The Grove,
LS29 9EG
https://www.grovebookshop.com/
7) Travelling Man
Travelling Man is awesome.
A specialist bookstore that focuses on comics, graphic novels, and board games, it's a palace of nerd culture.
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Beginning as a small shop in Headingley, Travelling Man can now be found in Leeds City Centre proper, as with a small handful of additional stores around the UK.
Owners Simon & Nabil are knowledgeable about all things table-top gaming, and love to stock books and comics that explore the boundaries of what is possible, hence 'Travelling Man'.
This is a must-visit indie bookshop.
Travelling Man
32 Central Rd,
LS1 6DE
https://travellingman.com/
8) Truman Books
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Coffee, cake, literature.
These are three things you're sure to find in the stunning Truman Books, based in Farsley, West Leeds.
One of the newer independent bookshops on this list, Truman Books opened its doors in early 2021 and has proven a hit success since.
It's all about the community here. Truman Books wants you to stay, have a drink, and chat whilst browsing the shelves.
From storytime sessions for children to bookish chats with both emerging and established authors Truman offers something for everyone. It's a beautiful place and well worth visiting.
Truman Books
95 Town St,
Farsley, Pudsey
LS28 5HX
https://trumanbooks.co.uk/
How many of these Leeds bookshops have you visited? Let me know some of your favourites in the comments below!
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I moved a bit ago, and as far as I can tell there are no small bookstores near me, and even the Barnes & Noble is a bit of a driver. So it's super fun to see all the options you have here!
Leeds has some really great spots. I used to go to Uni up there and miss it quite a bit!
I'm currently working on a series highlighting quirky bookshops up and down the UK btw. Hoping to publish the next one in a couple of weeks, depending on how much time I have when our newborn is here!
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There are zero independent bookstores near where I live (we have a small Waterstones). Truman is the sort of bookshop that's the dream to own.
I'm quite fortunate to have a few not too far from me, but yeah, Truman is a really beautiful spot.
Definitely one to drop by!
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Is your to-do list effective?
We all have them, they are dotted all around my house and office, but the question is how effective are they? Are they serving their purpose or are then hindering you more than you realise?
See on their own the whole concept is great, but often we do not use them to their potential!
List writing is really easy to do yet can be so tricky to get the hang of, we all have a habit of scribbling down the things that pop into our minds on a piece of paper, or a new log if using an online system, but doing this we are not giving it a second thought, I know some of my entries will have a handful of words that mean something when writing it, but hour or days later I haven't a clue!
And here is one of the problems, we are not being clear, concise and logical.
Keep it visible – keeping it somewhere in view will help you stay focused on the job in hand, make sure that you review your list regularly too, don't bury it and then not being able to find it, then having to start a new one, have it pinned somewhere you can get to it quickly.
Larger tasks – it is so easy to put something like "social media" on your list, but in fact that is a massive task, and probably when broken down its several tasks, try and break down the larger tasks into smaller, easier tasks, this way you will be able to cross this off quickly, as opposed to never or taking longer to cross off, which in turn just demoralises you. So put "Facebook posts" "Participate in a twitter hour" "run a competition" see that way you will cross those 3 things off yet you may have more to do another day.
Not everything needs to be done in a day – remember Rome wasn't business in a day, so create your list to run over a week, then you can run those bigger tasks over the week, but still be able to cross things off as the week goes on.
Finally, find a list system that works for you, there are thousands of options out there, from pens and pads, Apps, books, list pads, you name it there is a system. Find what works for YOU!! By all means grab snippets from other people you speak to, in fact, you could incorporate bits from others into your own system. It's what works for you.
I have tried loads, but for me currently, I use my Outlook calendar, in here I have a list of things that need doing, they are colour coded by client, and they are given a date of when it needs to be done by as well as a % of job done option.
This currently works for me, but I am always looking at new ways, once you have found your way, don't be frightened to mix it up in the future if you feel it is going a little stale.
Let me know what way you have chosen to try out.
Being a business owner comes with many hats and guises, you have to dig deep to get done what you have to get done, and even deeper when it's something you just don't want to do. Have you found yourself writing list upon list of things that you have to get done on a certain day/week? I know I have and have often failed to cross much off due to daily distractions.
If you are lucky enough to be working away from home, then those distractions maybe less (I say maybe in a light tone), I know for me I work from home, and I use to have a million distractions in my working day, from my online shopping being delivered, the odd person who sees my car on the drive and pops in for a cuppa as I'm home (forgetting that my home is my office), housework, and the biggest distraction is the kids! I am fortunate enough now to have my office out in the garden, so I am away from those daily household distractions.
I now have my set working hours each day of the week, and I now have a set period of time each week that is focussed on my business, but as you know working from home you can't help yourself but get distracted.
This is where self-discipline comes into play, what can you do to stop yourself being distracted, how do you get that discipline into your working life?
* 'Distraction Free Time' Try and block 20mins a day, or better still 20 mins in the morning and 20 mins in the afternoon, set that time as pure DFT time, turn your phone to silent, turn off the programs you are not using, those pings and little red notification dots are hugely distracting, and one that needs to be removed from your DFT block. It's something about your phone and those notifications that can waste a lot of your working day. So for this time that you block out its best to remove the temptation.
* 'Natural productive time' everyone has it, I am not a morning person, if my children wake me too early I go green! so setting my alarm to wake before the kids to do work it's just not in my DNA, but I am a late person, so for me my most productive time of the day is evenings, I find that knowing the kids are fed and in bed, we have had dinner, there are no further distractions (apart from The Walking Dead!), so I know that its head down and get on with my work. This is MY natural productive time, I do however get lots done when they are at school. But my content is normally written of an evening when my productive time is at its best. So you need to find out when you are at your most productive! you might be that person that does love that hour before the house wakes up if so you need to incorporate it into your working day.
* Procrastination! Ok, I am going to jump outside the box on this one, and instead of saying it's bad it's this and it's that, I will simply say embrace it! Shock Horror!!!!!! why embrace it, well I find that if you can pinpoint what it is that makes you procrastinate, once you have figured out why you can almost learn how to deal with it. For an example, I hate anything accounts based, so I often find when I'm sat here having to do that type of work it takes me much longer to do it, I keep trying to put it off, in hope that the accounts fairy will come along swish her wand and hey presto it's done or failing that tomorrow it will become more appealing, which sadly neither happens.
So I have now learnt to schedule it into either my DFT or do it during the evening when I'm at my peak of productivity. Don't shy away from those jobs that make you the world's greatest procrastinator! We are all procrastinators, it happens to all of us at some point during our week. If they are jobs you have to do find the best time to do them, or failing that outsource!!
* As I happened to mention 'Outsource' this is something else that can benefit you and your self-discipline, if you can offload work to someone else this will free up your time to do what you are good at in your business, but you have to be disciplined to outsource, you need to figure out what is taking up too much of your time, and find someone you can outsource to like a VA, but you need to be strong and let that person do what you have given them!!!
If you are wanting to outsource but haven't a clue where to start, then check out my free download, this gives you the top things to ask a potential Virtual Assistant, we know what it's like when you get on the phone, those questions vanish, and when you hang up you remember!
Be strong, stay focused and remember this is your business, run it the way you want to run it, but get the best out of your time, hopefully, some of the above tips may help.
What tips would you offer a new business owner? what have you found has worked for you? Leave a comment below you never know it may just help a newbie in their self-employment dream.
Dear Claire, Here at XYZ Ltd, we like to keep on top of the latest trends to grow our business, with this in mind HR and your Line Manager Mrs Blog feel that you would benefit greatly by attending the 2-day intensive course.
Do you remember getting those through, and how the thought just filled you with sheer boredom! I remember them well, and for me, it was things that I had no major interest in but it was to the benefit of the company more so than me.
On the week running up to this 2-day course you would have to cram all your workload into a couple of days to cover you being out of the office, and then off you trot to this course that was always miles away, participate in the breakout sessions, lunch with random's and stuck travelling home again to have to do it all again tomorrow.
Why is it different now?
So you are sitting there wondering why the heck have I titled this 'Learning something new' well you see this time you are learning to benefit YOU and YOUR business, I know it sounds selfish and probably ungrateful that any of my employers paid out money for me to attend these training courses, but learning something new now as a business owner, is something that interests you, and let's face it, if you have to sit there and learn at least learn something that you want to learn.
I vowed to myself this year that I was going to learn a new skill or perfect an old skill each year, or if I am lucky maybe 2 new skills, this will not only benefit me but my clients too, I have since started my own business gained experience in many new fields, ones that I had no clue on as previously I would have had a department to call to sort the problem out.
So ask yourself a question, if you could learn a new skill or perfect an old skill for your business this year what would it be?
For me, I want to get to grips with basic photo/video editing, I have started to incorporate video marketing into my business as I feel this will help me get a step up in the small business world, as we as humans are so visual, we like to see or watch something over reading 80 pages of the same content, it's just how we are.
Tell me in the comments box below what would you like to learn this year?
Don't forget if you are struggling with your admin, or have tasks that you really just don't want to do, why not contact me and see if I can help you. You never know we could plan your future success together.
Also, why not sign up for my downloadable freebie, 'Top tips for delegating to your Virtual Assistant' a quick guide of an easy way to let go of some of your precious work.


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It doesn't get any more Pacific Northwest than Oregon, and the state has some good genealogical, cultural, and historical resources in a variety of online archives that celebrate its Pacific-Northwestiness.
For family history work, the Oregon Historical Records Index includes easy surname searching on family history information from death records, censuses, land claims, tax records, and something called "delayed births" (which I've never seen before), and a lot more.
For even earlier records, Early Oregonians is an ambition attempt to document pretty much everyone who lived in Oregon prior to 1860.
Oregon Trademark Labels offers low resolution images of trademarked businesses in the state from the late 1800s and early 1900s, with high-res copies for sale.
Echoes of Oregon (documents from the state's territorial period).
Historic Photograph Collections A cooperative project of the Oregon State Archives, Salem Public Library, and Marion County Historical Society.
Scenic Oregon Images and Landscape Photos -- even more photos, county by county. You can use the site search, then click the "image" tab in the results to zero in on photos.
Over at Oregon State University you'll find more digital archives. The Oregon Multicultural Archives Digital Resources is multi-faceted, ranging from Chinese Disinterment (yes, it's what you think it is) to Braceros as farm labor. OSU has even more at the Special Collections & Archives, with a particularly impressive Natural History collection.


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The 'domestic terrorist' designation won't stop extremism
When blocking a highway, who is a domestic terrorist and who is a peaceful protester? And does it make a legal difference? David Ryder/Getty Images As U.S. politics heat up in advance of the November election, it's not surprising that extremist groups across the political spectrum are becoming more active […]
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As U.S. politics heat up in advance of the November election, it's not surprising that extremist groups across the political spectrum are becoming more active and engaged in acts of political violence.
A growing number of scholars and policymakers suggest this problem should be dealt with by designating violent groups as "domestic terrorist" organizations.
Like most students of American extremism, I agree that some members of domestic extremist groups do engage in terrorist acts – using violence to spread fear among targeted groups of people, with the aim of promoting political objectives. Nonetheless, as someone who has studied democracies' response to domestic terrorism for almost 20 years, I believe that legally designating domestic extremist groups as terrorist organizations will have limited benefits, if any at all.
What is domestic terrorism
Too little organization
No real effect on operations
There is not a formal legal definition of a domestic terrorist group, the way there is for international terrorism.
A federal law and a presidential executive order allow the government to designate groups as foreign terrorist organizations. Most scholars agree that some American far-right groups are involved in foreign conflicts, and others communicate with foreign groups. But that is not enough to be considered a foreign organization: American extremists do not have permanent logistical, operational and leadership apparatus abroad.
The law, or the executive order, could be revised or replaced in ways that would cover U.S.-based groups.
But the real problem is that designating specific groups as terrorists doesn't actually curb terrorism.
Many acts of far-right violence are perpetrated by individuals, not organized groups. These people may be loosely associated with, or perhaps supporters or online followers of, far-right movements. But they usually operate independently, without help or involvement from others. My research has shown that in many cases, the acts of violence aren't even planned in advance.
In any case, the two major contemporary extremist movements which attracted calls to designate them as terrorist organizations, the "boogaloo" movement on the right and antifa on the left, both lack any hierarchy or central coordination and, therefore, don't fit the criteria of a formal organization.
There are several organizations that the U.S. has designated as "terrorists" over the years – including Hamas, Hezbollah, FARC, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Islamic State group and its affiliates. Being named to the list subjects a group and its supporters to certain legal, administrative and financial sanctions: Americans who give them money, for instance, can be imprisoned. Non-Americans who are deemed members can be deported from the U.S. or denied permission to enter the country. Banks can be ordered to seize the group's funds.
Despite decades on the list, though, many of these groups are still flourishing. Some are even powerful enough to be dominant political movements in their regions or hold territory outside the control of national governments.
Others of these groups appear to have disappeared, but really didn't. Kahane Chai, for instance, was an Israeli organization that advocated violence against Palestinians in the West Bank in order to ensure Jewish control of what its members considered part of the Jewish homeland. The U.S. State Department designated it a terrorist group in 1997. Kahane Chai is no longer operating, but many of its members are active in other associations, promoting a similar ideology and engaging in violence.
Similar dynamics are also visible among American extremist movements. In my book on the American far right, I explain that after the Aryan Nations, the most prominent white supremacy group of its time, collapsed in the late 1990s, most of its members dispersed and joined other organizations. The American far-right community was largely unaffected.
Also in the late 1990s, many states passed anti-militia laws, seeking to limit the American militia movement in the wake of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh, who was linked to the Michigan Militia and similar groups in Arizona. The state laws banned people from gathering to practice military-style training, and had a limited effect for about a decade. But in the last 15 years, a second wave of militias has emerged, which actually seems to be more popular, more organized and more capable of mobilizing members than their predecessors.
Most domestic groups remain decentralized, small and without formal structure, even if they coordinate with like-minded people online. The few groups that are more organized tend to split, merge or change their names frequently. In my view, that's too fragmented a situation for any formal terrorist designation to have much use. A better solution would be to advance policies that can slow political polarization and counter the development of extremist beliefs in the first place.
This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts.
Arie Perliger does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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Impact of Ethno Religious Crisis on Library and Information Science Undergraduate Students of the University of Jos, Nigeria
Lily Oluebube Ezeala University of Jos, Nigeria.
Shittu Lukman Olayinka University of Jos, Nigeria.
This study examined the impact of crisis on Library and Information Science undergraduate students in University of Jos, Nigeria. Crisis has become prevalent in many parts of the country and this is becoming wanton across Nigeria, however this study was limited to Jos North LGA because this area has been a flash point as regards issue of crisis. The objectives of the study includes; to examine the extent to which ethno religious affects students socialization process in the University of Jos, and to suggest ways of reducing the effects of ethno religious crisis on students among others. 3 research questions were formulated to guide the study inline with the objectives of teh study. A thorough literature review was carried out on ethno-religious crisis in various part of Nigeria. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design and the population consisted Library and Information science undergraduate students in the University of Jos which were 376 for the academic session 2018/2019 and a sample size of 100 was randomly selected using stratified random sampling to ensure that each level provide equal ratio to the sample size. The analysis revealed that, ethno religious crisis affects students in so many ways, it affects their academic achievement, it also affects their socialization process as well as their pattern of settlement among many other effects. Another key factor causing ethno religious crisis is religion and ethnicity. The study made certain recommendations that, tolerance should be encouraged, inter faith competition should be established, religious institutions should also promote interfaith relationship among others.
Keywords: Ethno Religious Crisis, Library and Information Science
EZEALA, Lily Oluebube; OLAYINKA, Shittu Lukman. Impact of Ethno Religious Crisis on Library and Information Science Undergraduate Students of the University of Jos, Nigeria. KIU Journal of Humanities, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 4, p. 105-112, jan. 2020. ISSN 2522-2821. Available at: <https://ijhumas.com/ojs/index.php/kiuhums/article/view/649>. Date accessed: 21 jan. 2022.


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Singleton Strikers FC's weekend saw first grade moving up to third on the table thanks to a 3-1 win over Wallsend at Howe Park on Saturday while, on Sunday, three of the four youth grade teams registered wins (the under-13s nightmare start to the season took a major step forward loosing dramatically by the odd goal in five). First grade, still without three regulars due to injury, welcomed the return of power-house defender Jordan Phelan from injury and a return to Striker's colours of Klaudon Amataj. The Albanian previously played 45 games for the club between 2014-17. Singleton started off with a bang and it was Ryan Dean, who had the best games since his return, who was credited with the first goal on six minutes. Jackson Cox made it two a few minutes later before Wallsend began to find their way back into the game as the home side appeared to lose their intensity. The visitors continued to press after the break and found the back of the net to reduce arrears. Midway through the half they were reduced to ten men following a bad tackle. This re-focussed the Strikers who added a third, thanks to a thunderous Phelan header. After the game it was Jackson Cox, described as an 'energiser bunny', who was announced as the 'Players' Player' at the Royal Hotel. SINGLETON'S RESULTS: First grade: 3-1 U23: 0-8 U19: 0-6 U17: 3-0 U15: 1-0 U14: 7-1 U13: 2-3 Both 19s and 23s despite starting their games reasonably well suffered crushing defeats. The 19s again relied on a number of under-age players and two of these Kye Dann and Braeden Messenger were among those who stood out. Players Player was the outstanding Nick Watson. 23s with a full team but suffering from a lack of cohesion, due to changes in personnel, were unable to match a better and fitter team on the day. Jack Kelly was Players Player. On Sunday the day started well despite the 13s losing 2-3. Rather than become despondent after the Cooks Hill game the club's youngest Northern League one team showed that fighting Singleton spirit. They were two nil down at the break but pulled them back with goals from Christian Bentley and Ben Ruigrok before Wallsend snatched a late winner. The 14s, who had also been finding football at this level a struggle answered their critics in emphatic style by beating their opponents 7-1. Six of the goals were scored by Alex Staffa, probably a record by a Singleton player at this level. The other goal was scored by Luke Dunn. Also deserving a mention was defender Trae Rowan who blocked out every attack confronting him. The 15s took on a Wallsend team in the top three but returned to Singleton having scored the only goal of the game. This team which had a taste of this level of football last year is starting to gel into a handy outfit. The goal was scored by Blayden Brooks, who had more than held his own playing 'up' the day before. 17s coach Roger Hughes was seen smiling all the way back to town after his team beat Wallsend 3-0. A great strike by Cameron Neal reflected Singleton's dynamic start as they took the lead. After a certain amount of complacency late in the first half, the lead was doubled with an opportunist goal by Peter Mutasa after the re-start. This seemed to knock the wind out of Wallsend before a shot by Mutasa was deflected into the net to bring up the final 3-0 score line. All seven Strikers NewFM League teams will be at home on Good Friday with the 13s kicking off the day at 9am. The final match will start at 6.45 with South Cardiff the opposition in all grades. Full canteen facilities will be available and a great day out can be assured.
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Singleton Strikers sit third on Northern League One table | PHOTOS
Michael Akrill
Singleton Strikers FC's weekend saw first grade moving up to third on the table thanks to a 3-1 win over Wallsend at Howe Park on Saturday while, on Sunday, three of the four youth grade teams registered wins (the under-13s nightmare start to the season took a major step forward loosing dramatically by the odd goal in five).
BACK HOME: The Strikers hit the board early before settling for a 3-1 win against Wallsend at Howe Park.
First grade, still without three regulars due to injury, welcomed the return of power-house defender Jordan Phelan from injury and a return to Striker's colours of Klaudon Amataj.
The Albanian previously played 45 games for the club between 2014-17.
Singleton started off with a bang and it was Ryan Dean, who had the best games since his return, who was credited with the first goal on six minutes.
Jackson Cox made it two a few minutes later before Wallsend began to find their way back into the game as the home side appeared to lose their intensity. The visitors continued to press after the break and found the back of the net to reduce arrears.
Singleton sits third on Northern League One table | PHOTOS
Singleton Strikers defeat Wallsend (April 13, 2019)
Singleton Strikers defeat Wallsend 3-1. (Photos provided by Michael Akrill)
Midway through the half they were reduced to ten men following a bad tackle.
This re-focussed the Strikers who added a third, thanks to a thunderous Phelan header.
After the game it was Jackson Cox, described as an 'energiser bunny', who was announced as the 'Players' Player' at the Royal Hotel.
SINGLETON'S RESULTS:
First grade: 3-1
U23: 0-8
Both 19s and 23s despite starting their games reasonably well suffered crushing defeats. The 19s again relied on a number of under-age players and two of these Kye Dann and Braeden Messenger were among those who stood out. Players Player was the outstanding Nick Watson. 23s with a full team but suffering from a lack of cohesion, due to changes in personnel, were unable to match a better and fitter team on the day. Jack Kelly was Players Player.
On Sunday the day started well despite the 13s losing 2-3. Rather than become despondent after the Cooks Hill game the club's youngest Northern League one team showed that fighting Singleton spirit. They were two nil down at the break but pulled them back with goals from Christian Bentley and Ben Ruigrok before Wallsend snatched a late winner. The 14s, who had also been finding football at this level a struggle answered their critics in emphatic style by beating their opponents 7-1. Six of the goals were scored by Alex Staffa, probably a record by a Singleton player at this level. The other goal was scored by Luke Dunn. Also deserving a mention was defender Trae Rowan who blocked out every attack confronting him.
The 15s took on a Wallsend team in the top three but returned to Singleton having scored the only goal of the game.
This team which had a taste of this level of football last year is starting to gel into a handy outfit. The goal was scored by Blayden Brooks, who had more than held his own playing 'up' the day before.
17s coach Roger Hughes was seen smiling all the way back to town after his team beat Wallsend 3-0.
A great strike by Cameron Neal reflected Singleton's dynamic start as they took the lead. After a certain amount of complacency late in the first half, the lead was doubled with an opportunist goal by Peter Mutasa after the re-start. This seemed to knock the wind out of Wallsend before a shot by Mutasa was deflected into the net to bring up the final 3-0 score line.
All seven Strikers NewFM League teams will be at home on Good Friday with the 13s kicking off the day at 9am. The final match will start at 6.45 with South Cardiff the opposition in all grades. Full canteen facilities will be available and a great day out can be assured.


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"The Winter Line" is the second episode in the third season of the HBO science fiction dystopian thriller television series Westworld. The episode aired on March 22, 2020. It was written by Matthew Pitts and series co-creator Lisa Joy, and directed by Richard J. Lewis. The episode served as Thandie Newton's pick to support her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Plot summary

In Warworld, Maeve is rescued by Hector and eludes Nazi guards. She soon realizes that Hector is just playing out a narrative like in Westworld and that he no longer remembers who she is. She kills herself, which sends her back to Operations. When she escapes and tries to lobotomize herself, Lee Sizemore stops her, revealing he survived being shot in Westworld. He explains he made sure to have Maeve brought to Warworld as it was the closest park to Westworld and the Forge, so she can reunite with her daughter in the Sublime.

Bernard arrives at Westworld and travels to the old lab where he had learned he was a host. He finds Ashley Stubbs there, who reveals he was programmed to help cover Bernard's escape and then kill himself to protect Bernard's secret, but when he attempted to shoot himself, he missed his explosive killswitch. After Bernard fixes him up, Stubbs takes him to the Mesa to find Maeve, as Bernard believes she is necessary to fight Dolores. However, they find Maeve's host in cold storage and missing its "pearl."

When Maeve wakes again in Warworld, she quickly abandons Hector to meet Lee and travel to the Forge. Once there, Lee is surprised when Maeve admits she has never been inside the Forge before and it was not her who activated the Door, coming to the conclusion it must have been Dolores. Lee's behaviour and questioning leads Maeve (as well as Lee) to realise he is not the real Lee Sizemore, who did indeed die in the park. She further discovers that her entire experiences so far have been part of a virtual reality simulation to gain information on accessing the data in the Forge. She returns to Operations with Lee and deduces that the system she is in has limited processing power. When she wakes up again in Warworld, her tricks overload the system, freezing everything and allowing her to find her location in the real world, among a bank of other hosts connected to a system. She programs a maintenance robot to steal her pearl, but guards are able to shoot down the robot upon its escape.

Stubbs takes Bernard to a medieval fantasy-themed park and its functioning Operations center so he can try to find Maeve. He finds Maeve is no longer in the park and must be outside. While Stubbs protects him from Delos guards, he uses the park systems to check his own code to ensure Dolores did not contaminate it when she made him a new body. They flee, with Bernard having become aware of Dolores researching past park guests including Liam Dempsey Jr..  Bernard programs Stubbs to continue as his bodyguard as they return to the mainland.

Maeve awakes in the real world home of Engerraund Serac, who reveals the system he built is helping to write humanity's future, until it recently stopped working correctly. He had thought that Maeve had caused the divergence, only to discover that the disruption was instead caused by Dolores. He seeks Maeve's help to kill Dolores. Maeve wants no part in his plan and tries to stab Serac, but he reveals a killswitch that enables him to freeze her in her tracks.

Production
During one scene with Bernard and Ashley, they walk through the Operations Center for Medieval Park, which includes cameos from David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, executive producers of Game of Thrones, as park technicians considering how to take a dragon host and sell it to a park in Costa Rica with the park's closing. There had long been discussion between showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy with Game of Thrones Benioff and Weiss as well as the series' original author George R. R. Martin, a fan of Westworld.

The episode begins as 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, but as Maeve realized being in simulation, the aspect ratio dolly from 16:9 to 2.35:1 as in the second season to differentiate reality from simulation.

As Futureworld, the sequel of the original Westworld film, featured a Medieval World setting, fitting this into the show was "just irresistible", according to Nolan. Further, they were able to use the CGI model of Drogon as the dragon from Pixomondo that did the model for Game of Thrones. The idea of selling the dragon to the park in Costa Rica also references another Michael Crichton work, Jurassic Park.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has a 89% approval rating with an average score of 7.06/10, from 19 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "In 'The Winter Line', Westworlds muddled timelines start to surface, but by continuing to put character development center stage the episode avoids confusion and takes Maeve and Bernard on an exciting new journey."

The original live broadcast received 778,000 viewers, which was down in viewership from the season premiere which had 901,000 viewers.

See also

 Italian Fascism
 World War II in popular culture

Notes

References

External links
  at HBO.com

2020 American television episodes
Westworld (TV series) episodes


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Liberaci dal male  (Deliver Us from Evil) è un film del 2014 diretto da Scott Derrickson, con protagonista Eric Bana.

Oltre a Eric Bana, del cast fanno parte Édgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn, Joel McHale e Sean Harris.
Il film è ispirato a eventi realmente accaduti, raccontati nel libro Beware the Night scritto dal poliziotto newyorkese Ralph Sarchie con la collaborazione di Lisa Collier Cool.

Trama
Il film si apre con uno scontro a fuoco in Iraq, dove i soldati Griggs, Santino e Tartner trovano e perlustrano una caverna nella quale, dopo poche immagini confuse, li si sente urlare.
La scena si sposta in una New York di qualche anno dopo, dove il poliziotto Ralph Sarchie trova una bambina sul fondo di un cassonetto, rimanendone sconvolto.
Ralph riceve in seguito, insieme al collega Butler, una chiamata che li porta in un appartamento dove trovano una donna picchiata dal marito; l'uomo tenta di fuggire ma, dopo un lungo inseguimento, Sarchie riesce ad arrestarlo e a portarlo in prigione, dove si scoprirà essere proprio Jimmy Tartner. Qualche giorno dopo Sarchie viene chiamato allo zoo per cercare una donna che ha gettato il figlio nel recinto dei leoni e poi è fuggita; la troverà in palese confusione mentale mentre gratta convulsamente il suolo.
Ad interessarsi del caso arriva il sacerdote gesuita Mendoza, convinto che la donna sia posseduta dal demonio così come il misterioso mandante, misteriosamente legato a Sarchie. Per il poliziotto inizierà una lotta interna contro l'ira e la razionalità, per poter esorcizzare anche i propri demoni del passato.

Produzione
Nel settembre 2012 Scott Derrickson firma per dirigere la pellicola, basata su una sceneggiatura scritta dallo stesso Derrickson con Paul Harris Boardman. Jerry Bruckheimer produce il film attraverso la sua casa di produzione Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

Inizialmente il ruolo del protagonista venne proposto a Mark Wahlberg, ma dopo il rifiuto di questi la parte venne affidata a Eric Bana.

Con il titolo Beware the Night, poi cambiato in Deliver Us from Evil, le riprese del film hanno avuto luogo a New York tra i mesi di giugno e luglio del 2013. Ad agosto la produzione si è spostata a Abu Dhabi, negli Emirati Arabi Uniti.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 2 luglio 2014, e in quelle italiane il 20 agosto dello stesso anno.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film thriller
Film horror demoniaci
Film horror religiosi
Film ambientati a New York
Film girati a New York


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AMC Networks Names ViacomCBS Exec Christina Spade CFO
Unilever: A Global Pioneer Again ... A Tradition Of Corporate Social Responsibility
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How To Plan Your Work Week For Maximum Productivity In 2021
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Three "Tells" Of Lousy Consulting
Robert ZafftContributor
I cover The Right Way to Win: business ethics, compliance & governance
Death by PowerPoint
Who in business hasn't yearned at some point to beat a consultant over the head with his/her own PowerPoint deck? Here are three ways to tell lousy consulting.
Pretending that categorizing something explains it
My wife's friend married a French Communist. Like any good French Communist, he had a government job and lived off money from his wife's parents' business.
After dinner at a restaurant, he lit up a cigarette and declared, "The American welfare system is sh-t. The Dutch give disabled people money to visit prostitutes. You Americans are so stingy. So bourgeois."
"Wait a second," I countered. "We have the world's most developed private philanthropy."
He let out a long stream of smoke. "That," he scoffed, "is bourgeois philanthropy.
MECE / MESE
Categorization matters because a principle of consulting holds that analyzing a system should be mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive ("MECE"). This means that when describing the system, there should be no gaps and no overlaps. Check out, for example, the team standings in the sports section of a newspaper: Sports-leagues-conferences-divisions. Each team appears only once, with no teams left out.
But MECE's not enough. How you break down a system also depends on why you're breaking it down. What your goal is. That's what makes the breakdown meaningful and sensible ("MESE").
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The image at right shows produce at a market. How should we analyze — break down — the image?
A botanist might say that the image shows fruits and vegetables. She might then say that among the fruit are citrus fruits, berries, etc. Likewise for the vegetables: root, leafy, etc.
But what about parents with a weaned infant to feed? They would distinguish the foods the baby could and couldn't eat. Of the former, they would break out what they could serve raw (berries, bananas) from what requires cooking (carrots, peas, etc.)
Similarly, a diabetic and a still-life painter would analyze the produce based upon their own respective goals (maintaining blood sugar levels, balancing colors, shapes and textures).
Drowning The Client In PowerPoint and Proposals
Executives get paid to make decisions. In fact, if you want to frustrate a senior executive, raise a topic without asking him/her to decide something.
The best consultants distill an issue to its essence. They also know that top-most executives need to focus on fundamental choices.
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Consulting legend Peter Drucker reportedly challenged incoming GE CEO Jack Welch with just two questions about his conglomerate: "If you weren't already in [a particular]...business, would you enter it today? And, if the answer is no, what are you going to do about it?"
The best consultant I ever worked with never brought more than three PowerPoint slides to a meeting with a CEO.
That was in 2000. At the time, a final presentation for a client study might be 50-60 slides, or 80-100 slides for New York City and German clients.
In returning to consulting over a decade later, I found that interim presentations regularly ran over 200 slides. Instead of trying to distill the problem into 2-3 issues, a partner I worked for wanted at least 12-15 recommendations.
Why this change? He told me that if we made three recommendations and the client agreed with none of them, our work would be considered a failure. But, if we made 12-15 recommendations and the client accepted three or four, the client would view our project as a success.
Never admitting mistakes
One client executive I met described his "$20 million box." It contained the final presentations of the consulting studies his firm paid $20 million for but never implemented, either because the client didn't accept the recommendations, or found itself unable to implement them.
From the client's perspective, a solution the consultant recommends that can't be implemented is no solution at all.
Consultants sell themselves as the smartest people in the room. Premier firms charge over $1.5 million for a standard 12 week study with a full-time team of three people.
With consulting commodifying over the last 20 years, firms also tout their expertise ("spike") in specific industries and disciplines.
Under such circumstances, admitting goofs gets hard.
Coming full circle
In light of the above, how should we think about good consulting, and what should we make of the partner who preferred 200-slide presentations and 12-15 recommendations?
That partner started an office from scratch, grew it immensely, got promoted, and now runs a global practice group for the world's premier consulting firm.
I, meanwhile, sit writing this column.
How can one therefore possibly imply that what that partner was providing wasn't good consulting?
In my defense, I would say that one might call it "successful" consulting.
But, it was, I would add, also very bourgeois.
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Robert Zafft
My introduction to business came during Russia's wild 1990s, when bankers were getting blown up on Main Street at rush hour. A Harvard Law graduate, I have worked as a
My introduction to business came during Russia's wild 1990s, when bankers were getting blown up on Main Street at rush hour. A Harvard Law graduate, I have worked as a McKinsey consultant, global-law-firm partner, and OECD Senior Expert. My books include The Right Way to Win: Making Business Ethics Work in the Real World and The OECD White Paper on Corporate Governance in Asia (uncredited). My consulting and training/leadership development comprise ethics, compliance, governance, and crisis management. I teach Business Ethics at Olin Business School and practice law Of Counsel with Greensfelder, Hemker & Gayle, PC, in St. Louis, Missouri.


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WATCH: Ryan Tubridy surprises Saoirse Ronan on The Late Late Show
Saoirse Ronan stopped by The Late Late Show last week where host Ryan Tubridy managed to pull of an adorable surprise.
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Saoirse certainly wasn't expecting this!
Saoirse Ronan, still in the midst of her Irish media tour for her new film Mary Queen of Scots, stopped by The Late Late Show last week to chat with host Ryan Tubridy.
Read More: WATCH: Saoirse Ronan wants to play this legendary Irish woman in a movie
During her visit, Tubridy managed to pull off an adorable surprise for Saoirse Ronan.
Join us on the Late Late tonight when the ridiculously talented, three-time Oscar nominee (she's only 24?!!) talks movies, pizza and knitting.... #oscarbravo #saoirseshmeeersha
A post shared by Ryan Tubridy (@instatubridy) on Jan 11, 2019 at 3:26am PST
"We found something really interesting, that you don't know about," Tubridy said to Ronan, who instantly grew suspicious.
"You were 10 years old," Tubridy continued, "and there was a competition running on the radio, on the Gerry Ryan show."
Read More: Saoirse Ronan claimed as British by leading London magazine
"Oh my god," Ronan interjects, copping on to what's happening.
For the radio competition, entrants had to explain why they wanted to visit Disney World in Florida but had to speak as one of the characters from the Shrek movies.
Read More: Saoirse Ronan a favorite for Best Actress Oscar after 'Mary Queen of Scots' raves
Ronan, ever the talented actress, put on a commanding performance as the Gingerbread Man from the film series.
Luckily for Ronan and her parents, who at that point had never had a "proper" holiday, they won the competition.
Listen to the adorable clip here:
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Slight change of plans from what I said last time! One of the girls I was going to travel with got sent off to her job straight away, and my job didn't start til the 10th so I still needed to find something to do. Brisbane was actually getting pretty boring, as it was pouring with rain and we were running out of things to do that wouldn't be very expensive. We also figured that going to the great barrier reef wouldn't be that much fun in this weather and also that the fish might have been disrupted due to the tsunami after the Chile earthquake. So instead me and friend, Matthieu, who also did the ranch training course, decided to rent a car and go on a road trip down the Eastern coast to get to Sydney.
It turns out that the driving wasn't actually that much fun, as it was basically raining solidly for 2 whole days! It was also a bit of a shame as I'm sure the scenery looks a lot better in the blazing sunshine that Oz is famous for. Anyway, we still had a good time! We stayed in a hostel in a small town called Ballina on the first night, and then in a place called Newcastle on the second.
We arrived in Sydney this morning to sunshine (finally!) and found the hostel that I'd booked earlier. It's a bit dodgy actually, doesn't seem very clean and it's really messy so I think I'm going to try and move to another if possible. Matthieu is flying to Perth to start his job tomorrow morning so I will have a few days to sightsee here. I'm going to try and do as much free stuff as possible as the funds are definitely begging to run low! I've seen a couple of pretty cheap day trips into the Blue Mountains advertised so I might do one of them as I want to see them whilst I'm in this area. I will catch a 15 hour bus back to Brisbane on Monday, and then a 16 hour bus to a town called Barcaldine, near my job, straight after. So that's a good 30 hours on a bus to look forward to!


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President Obama and the Case of the Missing Research
By Jason Bedrick
One of President Obama's favorite rhetorical tactics is to claim that there is no serious evidence pointing in any direction other than his preferred policy. The president had occasion to deploy this tactic in an interview earlier this week, when Bill O'Reilly asked him why he opposed school vouchers:
O'REILLY - The secret to getting a ... good job is education. ... Now, school vouchers is a way to level the playing field. Why do you oppose school vouchers when it would give poor people a chance to go to better schools?
PRESIDENT OBAMA - Actually — every study that's been done on school vouchers, Bill, says that it has very limited impact if any —
O'REILLY - Try it.
PRESIDENT OBAMA - On — it has been tried, it's been tried in Milwaukee, it's been tried right here in DC —
O'REILLY [OVERLAP] - And it worked here.
PRESIDENT OBAMA - No, actually it didn't. When you end up taking a look at it, it didn't actually make that much of a difference. ... As a general proposition, vouchers has not significantly improved the performance of kids that are in these poorest communities —
The most charitable interpretation of the president's blatantly false remarks is that he's simply unaware that 11 of 12 gold-standard studies of school choice programs found a positive impact while only one found no statistically significant difference and none found a negative outcome. Jason Riley summarized the findings of a few recent studies:
A 2013 study by Matthew Chingos of the Brookings Institution and Paul E. Peterson of Harvard found that school vouchers boost college enrollment for blacks by 24%. A 2006 evaluation of a school choice program in Dayton, Ohio, found that "after two years, black voucher students had combined reading and math scores 6.5 percentile points higher than the control group." A 2010 study in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics found that voucher recipients had math scores 5 points higher than the control group after just one year. A 2008 study of vouchers in Charlotte, N.C., found that "after one year, voucher students had reading scores 8 percentile points higher than the control group and math scores 7 points higher."
What about the voucher programs in Milwaukee and Washington that Mr. Obama dismissed as ineffective? A 1998 Brookings Institution study found that "After four years, voucher students had reading scores 6 Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) points higher than the control group, and math scores 11 points higher. NCE points are similar to percentile points." And the Obama administration itself released a report on the D.C. voucher program in 2010. "The students offered vouchers graduated from high school at a rate 12 percentage points higher (82 percent) than students in the control group (70 percent), an impact that was statistically significant at the highest level," according to a summary. "Students in three of six subgroups tested showed significant reading gains because of the voucher offer after four or more years."
But even Obama's own faulty reading of the evidence does not warrant opposing school choice. Putting aside the fact that voucher students are more likely to perform better academically and to graduate high school, even if their academic outcomes were roughly the same as government school students, as Obama claims, he should still support school choice because it expands freedom, parents are more satisfied, the schools are safer, and it costs so much less.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Washington D.C. spends nearly $30,000 per pupil annually at its government-run schools, more than double the national average. For this "investment" they get practically the worst schools in the nation. By contrast, the low-income D.C. voucher students receive up to $8,256 for K-8 students and $12,385 for students in grades 9-12.
Perversely, whereas the Obama administration ignores mountains of evidence when opposing school choice programs, the president once again promised universal pre-school in his State of the Union address despite the overwhelming evidence that federal preschool programs do not work. And that's according to the federal government's own research!
It takes a special kind of chutzpah for the Obama administration to repeatedly tout their "evidence-based approach" to policy when they so consistently adopt policies that run counter to the evidence.


He paid $1,500 bond and has been ordered to stay away from his wife as his case proceeds. Bryant's arraignment hearing is set for May 2.
Bryant's arrest adds to a year of public mishaps by the police department dating back to the police shooting of Charles Kinsey last summer. Last week audio of Chief Gary Eugene's interview with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement revealed that members of the command staff and administrative leaders kept Eugene in the dark on the day of the shooting and officers tainted the crime scene.
Kinsey, a behavioral specialist, was lying on his back with both hands in the air in the middle of the roadway when he was shot in the leg by SWAT member Jonathan Aledda last July. Kinsey was trying to protect a severely autistic client named Arnaldo Eliud Rios. The case was reviewed by FDLE and they released a report late last year that is under review by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
Bryant won the city's officer of the month award in November 2013 and in February 2016.


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[Commlist] New book: Inhuman Power Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism
Thu Jul 11 05:09:34 GMT 2019
Book Announcement: Inhuman Power Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism (Pluto Press)
I'm very pleased to announce the publication of /Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism/ (Pluto Press), by Nick Dyer-Witheford, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen and myself (James Steinhoff).
Here's the back cover blurb:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen major advances in recent years. While machines were always central to the Marxist analysis of capitalism, AI is a new kind of machine that Marx could not have anticipated. Contemporary machine-learning AI allows machines to increasingly approach human capacities for perception and reasoning in narrow domains.
This book explores the relationship between Marxist theory and AI through the lenses of different theoretical concepts, including surplus-value, labour, the general conditions of production, class composition and surplus population. It argues against left accelerationism and post-Operaismo thinkers, asserting that a deeper analysis of AI produces a more complex and disturbing picture of capitalism's future than has previously been identified.
Inhuman Power argues that on its current trajectory, AI represents an ultimate weapon for capital. It will render humanity obsolete or turn it into a species of transhumans working for a wage until the heat death of the universe; a fate that is only avoidable by communist revolution.
And some links:
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Nick Dyer-Witheford is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. He is author of Cyber-Marx (University of Illinois, 1999), and co-author of Digital Play (McGill-Queen's, 2003), Games of Empire (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Cyber-Proletariat (Pluto, 2015), and the co-author of Inhuman Power (Pluto, 2019).
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The book Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Atle Mikkola Kjosen, and James Steinhoff is published by Pluto Press.
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