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Google is finally upping its Android One game. It has not just expanded its Android One program to new countries but has also started rolling out mid-range devices developed by leading OEMs. Previously, Google had mainly limited its program to budget devices. After launching the Xiaomi Mi A1 and Moto X4 Android One version, Google is now set to announce the HTC U11 Life.
Rumors regarding the HTC U11 Life have been floating around for the past few months, with reputed tipster @evleaks revealing the look of the device. Now another renowned HTC leakster, @LlabTooFer, has divulged the specifications of the upcoming Android One handset.
The HTC U11 Life is codenamed as Ocean_Life. As per the tipster, the Android One mid-range will launch with Android Oreo out of the box. Also, it would be the first Android One to do so. The Xiaomi Mi A1 and Moto X4 run on Android Nougat. Internally, the HTC U11 Life will run on Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor. Additionally, the smartphone will come in two variants. One will come with 3GB RAM/32GB storage and other with 4GB RAM/64GB storage.
Finally, the HTC U11 Life will feature a 16-megapixel front and rear cameras. The rear camera will be backed by an LED Flash. Besides, it will come with 2,600mAh battery, IP67 water and dust certification and Edge Sense. Moreover, @LlabTooFer also claims that the HTC U11 Life will come with USonic earphones within the box.
Overall, the HTC U11 Life appears to be another mid-range offering from Android One's stable. Just hope HTC gets the pricing right. And that's something the Taiwanese firm has completely messed up during the past few years. It would be great if HTC prices the U11 Life at around $350. And we are not sure if it makes it to the Indian shores.
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The latest music video from EXILE ATSUSHI, joined by one of Japan's most influential guitarist Char, has been released!
The song is a cover of the classic song "Ningen no Shomei no Theme" from the late Joe Yamanaka, which was a big hit in 1977 selling more than half a million copies.
The video features ATSUSHI playing a man who is wandering on the streets looking for his mother, singing his love to her against the backdrop of Tantalus Hill on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu.
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MORITZ: Political junkies mainline opinion polls, but the rest of us shouldn't
The who's-up, who's-down surveys may be intoxicating, but understanding the nuance requires sober reflection.
MORITZ: Political junkies mainline opinion polls, but the rest of us shouldn't The who's-up, who's-down surveys may be intoxicating, but understanding the nuance requires sober reflection. Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2DRDPYK
John C. Moritz/USA Today Network Austin Bureau, USA Today Network Published 5:29 p.m. CT Jan. 26, 2018 | Updated 5:29 p.m. CT Jan. 26, 2018
The winner of next year's race for the U.S. Senate in Texas will be an Ivy League-educated guy in his mid-40s with a picture-book family — the similarities end there. Wochit
U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, left, and U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke(Photo: Ruben R. Ramirez/El Paso Times)
AUSTIN – If there are such things as political junkies, their gateway drug is the public-opinion poll.
All they need is just a tiny taste of those sweet, scientific, intoxicating numbers telling them who's surging, who's slipping, who's on life-support and who's toast. The junkies might tell you they can hear about a poll and walk away uninterested. In their head, they might even believe it.
But as soon as they get one little sniff of one little statistic, they're going to want more. And then some more. And they won't be satisfied until they've snorted – er, sorted – the numbers from every demographic sub-group, calculated every margin of every error, and questioned every tiny anomaly mixed within the facts and figures.
"Why aren't suburban blue-collar protestants 45 and older siding with this candidate? And why are rural Latinas between the ages of 33 and 59 with incomes over $50,000 backing that candidate? Doesn't make any sense."
The fact is, pollsters and the candidates and interest group who commission them don't churn out these surveys – especially several months before an election – just to satisfy the addictions of people who mainline politics.
Take the poll that hit last week previewing the U.S. Senate race between first-term incumbent Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke, the three-term congressman from El Paso. The poll, by Public Policy Polling, showed Cruz with a reasonably comfortable lead of 45 percent to 37 percent.
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But the only partisans talking about it were Democrats. And, from their news releases and social media posts, they were ecstatic – even though it showed O'Rourke down by 8 points, and even though it suggested that fully six in 10 Texans had little or no idea who O'Rourke even is.
From the Cruz camp, crickets. If they said anything at all about the poll, they dismissed it as fantasy even though it showed their guy winning.
So why would O'Rourke and company get all smiley and giddy over a poll showing them getting shellacked?
Because it's Texas. And Democrats are so used to getting their brains beat out by 20 points or more in statewide elections that a mere 8-point deficit counts as good news.
But more importantly, a poll showing a Democrat within single digits provides the party an opportunity to dial for dollars and to boost the faithful's spirits. And that was evident just minutes after the PPP poll results out on Wednesday.
"Texas is a single-digit state," trumpeted state Democratic chairman Gilberto Hinojosa in an email to party regulars on Wednesday morning. "We have the momentum to flip seats, defeat Trump Republicans, and turn key counties solidly blue across the state."
The message ended with a "donate now" button that took viewers to the party's fundraising page.
It's too soon to measure the success of Hinojosa's call for cash. But the outreach did pay off in the public-relations department. National media outlets like The Hill, Salon, the PBS NewsHour and even the Charlotte (North Carolina) Observers – for whatever reason – carried stories laced with excited anticipation of a competitive Senate race in the largest and most reliably red state in the nation.
In a piece gauging the possibility of big Democratic gains nationwide in November, Solon cited the poll, writing, "it's not too far off to think that – just maybe – even Ted Cruz's Senate seat is in jeopardy."
Maybe it is, maybe it ain't. Public Policy Polling is generally considered friendly to Democrats. And the poll, which carries a 3.6-percentage point margin of error, was commissioned by an equally friendly advocacy group called End Citizens United that is pushing campaign finance reform.
To be fair, the Cruz camp earlier this month touted its own poll showing the incumbent up by 15 points, which no doubt was a boost to the spirits of Republicans who worry O'Rourke's insurgency might catch fire.
Even though the results of both polls varied widely, they had the predictable effect of providing at least a brief high for political junkies. But there's a long time between now and November, which means the results of any poll this early should be examined with sober reflection.
John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin. Contact him at John.Moritz@caller.com and follow him on Twitter @JohnnieMo.
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Etihad Airways Becomes Air Berlin's Biggest Shareholder, in Strategic Alliance Move
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According to reports from Europe, Etihad Airways is paying only €72.9 million ($94.9 million) to buy 27.03 per cent of Air Berlin, Europe 's...
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways has agreed to increase its stake in Air Berlin to 29.21 per cent, becoming the German carrier's largest shareholder.
According to reports from Europe, Etihad Airways is paying only €72.9 million ($94.9 million) to buy 27.03 per cent of Air Berlin (which styles itself 'airberlin' and is Europe 's sixth-largest airline) in addition to the 2.99 per cent pre-dilution shareholding it already owned in the carrier.
Air Berlin is issuing new shares at a price of €2.31, slightly below the €2.50 level at which Air Berlin's shares have been trading recently, to fund the Etihad Airways share investment. Air Berlin's shares had traded as high as €20 in 2007, but the German carrier has been unable to make a profit for the past four years and has been cutting routes and disposing of aircraft in an attempt to restore financial stability.
Although the deal values Air Berlin at only about €200 million ($260 million) in total market capitalization, Etihad Airways has also agreed to provide Air Berlin with five-year debt financing facilities of up to $255 million to support fleet development and future network growth. Air Berlin's biggest recent concern has been in finding financing to pay for the aircraft it has on order.
Air Berlin, which is joining the oneworld alliance, operates 10 Airbus A330-200s and three A330-300s on transatlantic routes. It inherited the widebodies from LTU when Air Berlin took over the Dusseldorf-based carrier) The carrier also has 15 Boeing 787-8s on order
The strategic move, announced on December 19 in Berlin by Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer James Hogan and Air Berlin CEO Hartmut Mehdorn, will see the two airlines connecting their networks and frequent-flyer programs to offer travellers a total network of 239 destinations across 77 countries.
In addition, Air Berlin is due to joint the oneworld alliance in the first half of 2012, offering access to a network of nearly 800 destinations in almost 150 countries.
"The strategic partnership with Etihad Airways opens up enormous opportunities for the future of our company," said Mehdorn. "This applies especially to future market development and the realization of synergies."
Mehdorn added: "One of the key components of the new partnership is the launch of airberlin services to Abu Dhabi , which will become our new gateway to Asia and Australia. The agreement with Etihad Airways will also dramatically improve the global connectivity of our customers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and throughout the GCC and Middle East ."
Noting that the Air Berlin shareholding deal was one of the most important in Etihad Airways' history, Hogan said: "This new partnership expands our network reach, gives us access to 33 million new passengers, and provides us with a real opportunity for global growth. Through airberlin, we gain immediate access to a broad and complementary European market, with outstanding connectivity options for customers of both airlines."
Added Hogan: "Our partnership strategy has been integral to our success over the past eight years, and the returns we have seen from this strategy have confirmed its value. We are always looking for ways to grow and partnerships are a smart way to enhance our ability to compete on the world stage."
Hogan continued: "We now have a portfolio of 34 quality airline partners, but this is our first equity investment in another airline. It is a sign of our confidence in airberlin's management and in the carrier's potential to grow with us. We expect such growth will also offer a host of additional employment opportunities, both in Europe and the United Arab Emirates."
Etihad Airways has a total of 18 Boeing 777-300ERs in service and on order, and has optioned 14 more
Noted Hogan: "Etihad Airways and the airberlin group carry a combined total of more than 40 million passengers a year, operate 233 aircraft, and employ 18,000 people. Together, the companies generate more than US$ 9 billion in revenues. We estimate each airline could achieve incremental revenues of between €35 million and €40 million just in the first year, and we believe the partnership has enormous potential to unlock a range of efficiencies."
Under the partnership, Air Berlin will shift its Middle East operation from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. The German carrier will operate four Airbus A330-200 flights a week between Berlin and Abu Dhabi from January 15.
This will give European travellers immediate access to a total of 29 flights a week to and through Abu Dhabi from four German hubs, and Air Berlin plans to increase this to 42 flights from mid-April.
The two airlines will implement an extensive codeshare agreement, with Etihad Airways codesharing on routes to 36 of Air Berlin's 171 destinations and Air Berlin codesharing on routes to 24 of Etihad Airways' 82 passenger destinations. The two carriers also plan further expansion of the pool of codeshare routes.
Etihad Airways will sign codeshare agreements with the Air Berlin group for all European activities including Niki, the Austrian airline, and Belair, the Swiss airline.
Meanwhile, Etihad Guest and topbonus, the airlines' frequent-flyer programs, will be integrated, enabling passengers of both airlines to 'earn and burn' on each other's flights and offering reciprocal benefits – including status earning – to top-tier members.
Under the agreement, Etihad Airways will have two seats on the board of directors of Air Berlin PLC.
The two companies will seek anti-trust immunity from the European Union and Abu Dhabi governments, which would allow greater coordination of route networks and of sales and marketing activities.
Air Berlin and Etihad Airways have committed to creating a joint procurement task force to look for cost efficiencies across the two companies, including areas such as fleet procurement and deployment, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and general procurement.
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Recently, I have been exposed to both excellent and absolutely appalling customer service. The latter having happened only yesterday.
Now I can only really speak for the UK but it was made more apparent when I received excellent service in Florida, only a few weeks ago.
…so, yesterday I made a phone call to my local hospital to discuss an appointment that I had cancelled, only to be told that I hadn't cancelled it, but just hadn't turned up…this in itself was not a great start.
The lady on the other end of the phone was very abrupt and accusing when speaking to me. She had no intention of listening to what I had to say. She assumed I had not shown up and wasn't prepared to be convinced otherwise. As you can imagine, this did not impress me.
After constantly being interrupted, I asked her to let me speak. She was not very happy to be told to basically "shut up" in a polite manner.
On finally being able to explain and tell her that I had indeed cancelled the appointment through the reminder text I had received from the NHS. The text gives you a cancellation number to call and a reference number.
What came out of her mouth next just got my back up even more. Rather than apologise, or suggest that the message hadn't reached her or her colleague…she proceeded to tell me that she had no idea what messaging service I was talking about or what number I rang.
Already riled, I asked why a message service was being used if no-one knew about it and how it was possible for a number and reference to be given which was (according to her) unrelated to the department in question.
And this is my biggest issue with customer service today. I don't want you to pass the buck, I don't want to hear excuses. I want a solution; I'm after a reasonable explanation and to be told that something will be sorted…maybe it's me, after all, I do have high standards when it comes to this sort of thing. I am a customer service 'snob'.
This takes me to the positive. The excellent customer service I received whilst on holiday in Florida.
Everywhere my family and I went, we were amazed at how good the service was. From waiters, guides, retail staff, car park staff. You name them, they were happy to help.
No problem was too big or too small for them to deal with. From the minute we arrived at the airport to the minute we got on the plane home, we were made to feel like we were human beings being dealt with by other human beings. It all leads to me to wonder why this country struggles so much to care about the experiences they provide others. Why have we become so miserable and so self-absorbed that we no longer give a damn about our work, or the impression we leave people with ourselves?
When did customer service not care for anything?
Why did 'money' become the be all and end all?
If you think you would like to have a chat about what I can do for you then please call me on 07968 381793 or faye@fayepa.co.uk. I also have a Facebook page and Twitter account.
Are you just playing with your time?
Are you serious about what you do?
Do you wish you could be doing this and this alone?
You need to answer these three questions 100% honestly and then take a look at where you'd like to see yourself 12 / 18 or even 24 months from now.
If you can see yourself taking hold of what you have and wanting to make real money out of it then 'congratulations' you have or should I say you are on your way to having a serious business.
Sharon is my next-door neighbour and when I said I was setting up my Virtual PA Business, she half-jokingly said 'brilliant, I may be needing you!' Sharon is a Holistic Therapist specialising in Reiki. She had another job and had been practising her therapies for many years on the side.
It took a month or so, but we eventually sat down and had a chat where she'd like to be in a year's time and what she ACTUALLY enjoys doing for work.
Sharon had some old vouchers, website and business postcards, which I must say were very out-dated. I took a good look, told her they weren't going to work as they weren't eye-catching, didn't reflect who she was and didn't contain the right information. She looked a little shocked by my honesty, but I believe that if you're serious about helping people, you have to be honest from the start.
She looked at me blankly and then finally said 'she hadn't thought about it like that', but now I'm asking, she'd honestly like it to be her business and would like to give up her other job.
We then discussed what she needed to do to transform her 20+ year hobby into a serious business. Being the kind, generous and caring person that she is, Sharon was giving far too much of her time away for 'FREE'.
Treatments were lasting for longer than the allotted hour. Her initial consultations, which are very detailed, were being done for free! If she wanted this to be a business, she really needed to change her mindset.
Sharon sends all her clients a birthday card. She's not giving this up and I agree. What makes Sharon unique, is her genuine warmth and care for people. The birthday cards allow for her clients to see this.
We then set about re-designing her business cards. We set up a simple WordPress website, and we designed a new flyer, Facebook page and LinkedIn profile.
This initial meeting left Sharon feeling very positive, inspired and ready to take Sharon Weekes Holistic Therapy out to the world.
We set up some processes and organised her office so that she felt more in control of the admin side of her business too.
When we first met, Sharon lacked confidence in talking about what she does and putting herself out there to gain new business.
With me behind her every step of the way, she has grown massively. Her self-confidence is getting better all the time, and she now even picks up the phone and promotes her business to her target audience and groups of people she thinks could benefit from her treatments.
I am very proud of how far she has come, and I have every faith in her and her ability to build a thriving business that she loves.
So, think back to those three questions I asked! Could this be you? Does Sharon's story sound familiar?
If you think you would like to have a chat about what I can do for you then please call me on 07968 381793 or visit my website www.fayepa.co.uk. I also have a Facebook page and Twitter account.


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Engineers of Unitsky String Technologies Inc. took measurements of the track structures temperatures at the Belarusian String Technology Testing Centre EcoTechnoPark. Vyacheslav Babushkin, Head of the design bureau «Transport Overpass» told about the aims and results of the work.
According to the specialist, the task of the tests was to determine how the ambient temperature affects the temperature of the rail. In the long term, this will help increase the service life of the string tracks and protect them from extreme weather conditions.
Measurements were made at sections of the track structure that are in sun and shade. In turn, the environmental parameters were recorded with the help of a weather station on the territory of the EcoTechnoPark. In particular, the company specialists took into account air temperature and humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction, precipitation, solar radiation, and energy.
The test results were commented on by Vyacheslav Babushkin:
«As a result, we found that the maximum temperature of the structure is reached when the sun is at its zenith, and the solar energy is at its maximum in the selected region. The largest temperature differences between the metal and the air occur at sunset, when the air temperature drops drastically, and the string-rail cools down much more slowly. Moreover, the larger the structure, the slower the temperature will drop. At the same time, the heating itself takes longer in comparison to small-scale transport overpasses. Incidentally, the largest metal temperature differences were obtained on a flexible track structure. With its small footprint, it heated up faster than the others.».
Vyacheslav highlighted that similar tests had also been carried out at other times of the year. With temperatures varying from +35 ℃ to -27 ℃, the employees of Unitsky String Technologies Inc. were able to collect enough data which will help to build string tracks in different latitudes, from the Arctic to the tropics.
In addition, the specialist pointed out that the string tracks are generally designed to withstand extreme weather conditions. This is achieved by means of a prestressed rail, which has an uncut structure. When the temperature drops, such a rail will stretch and when the temperature rises, the rail will sag within the permissible limits and without detriment to the transport. The tests carried out have made this technology even more advanced.
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The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to provide educational programs and services that promote and support excellence in teaching and innovative scholarship in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The college has a collegial and distinguished faculty and staff who offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs to a diverse student body. Through effective teaching, active scholarship, and service, the College supports Fayetteville State University to promote the educational, cultural, social, and economic wellbeing of citizens throughout North Carolina, the nation, and the world.
The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest academic unit at the university, consisting of over 220 full time faculty and 80% of all declared majors at FSU. The college includes the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Government and History, Mathematics and Computer Science, Nursing, Performing and Fine Arts, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, and World Languages and Cultures. The College of Arts and Sciences offers baccalaureate degrees in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. The college offers a number of undergraduate online degree completion programs in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Fire and Emergency Services Administration, and the RN to BSN.
The College of Arts and Sciences also has a number of graduate programs. We offer master's degrees in Biology, Social Work, Psychology (counseling and experimental), Sociology, and Criminal Justice. The Master of Science Degree program in Criminal Justice is offered online, face to face, or a combination of both.
The College of Arts and Sciences Office of Academic Advising serves many purposes, including the initial transfer equivalency review and advising of all transfer students interested in CAS majors, the coordination and initial advising of all online students in the College, initial advising of undeclared majors as they transition from University College, provide backup and support for faculty academic advisors in the College, and actively engage in all recruitment and advising activities such as First Steps and Open House.


All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi has summoned Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to New Delhi.
Primarily the discussion will be on Satyam and also on the ensuing parliament and state assembly polls.
AICC sources said that YSR would be directed to act fast on the Satyam fraud amounting to Rs 7,800 crore (Rs 78 billion).


NLA is unique. Do we need unique schools in our country? This is a country with so much poverty that it hits you in the eye on a daily basis. One simply has to drive from the airport to the Strand, and one's overwhelming impression is that of feeling sorry for so many people living in makeshift houses in which there are children who need to go to school. Schools in those areas easily have classes with up to 60 students per class. A maths teacher from one of these 'overfull' schools, told me that it was impossible to teach maths to 60 students of whom at least 10 had fetal alcohol syndrome.
On the other hand, I attended a local primary school sports day recently where I observed happy, lucky and active little kiddies running around, learning a new sport, learning how to cope and have good manners within our cultural norms. They were blissfully happy in this almost carefree, idyllic environment – mountains in the background, mothers arriving with cooler boxes, dads trying to teach their six-year-olds how to handle the bat correctly. I sat under a tree and studied behaviour – of parents, teachers and the pupils – neither to enjoy, nor to judge, but to learn.
In one 6-year-old cricket team I saw a few pupils who, should nothing drastically go wrong in their lives, would excel in this environment, students who would benefit from sameness; same hairstyle, same uniforms, same bookcases, same everything. But I also saw the little quiet ones, looking bewildered, not because of newness but because of who they were, clearly not comfortable with this preconditioned set up.
There were a few bullies-in-the-making. One overgrown little boy could not leave the ones who wanted to be obedient alone. He did that by quickly pulling the hair of the one in front, pushing another one when nobody looked, pulling down the pants of a boy who was standing in the row as he was asked to do. The mother was sitting in the shade, so proud, not noticing – no one is as blind as he who does not want to see. She was holding his lunch bag with snacks and juices, which would not be shared with the classmates who only have water.
My observations that afternoon made it so clear that needs vary, that educating does not have only one form and that the process of differentiation of those little six-year-olds should have started already. It had nothing to do with intelligence, but much rather with personality, natural talents and some parents and their children's need for more care and more guidance to raise that child to become a well-rounded adult who can enjoy life and be productive and compassionate. Those are the students who should be identified as soon as possible, for whom a remedy should be found.
One of the possibilities (not the only one) is to change to a non-mainstream school, where emphasis and resources are on individualized learning and development, where a young boy, for instance, can develop his self-esteem from playing the violin and not necessarily holding a cricket bat.
There are township schools without the idyllic setups, without resources, where apart from students who perform against all odds, you also have the students who need individualised learning.
I am not a politician, nor a freedom fighter, nor any form of activist. I am only a teacher and proud to be a teacher. Through teaching I together with my staff at NLA, try to change lives, at school as well as at places with more adverse circumstances. NLA students get taught that they are privileged, and from that perspective they too assist compassionately where they can. Naming all the involvements would, to my mind, be uncivilized and counterproductive. Our Facebook over the years, as well as our website, shows how NLA interacts and brings about change.
A few students from less fortunate circumstances, not racially determined, are taken in at a lesser fee. The balance comes from personal funding from the school owners and some members of the public. An NLA Stichting was established in the Netherlands a year ago. The aim of this Stichting is to help NLA to accommodate students who cannot afford it, to receive tuition the NLA way.
We are so very proud of our ex-students. Two of them are currently teaching at the school, one in animation and the other in physical education. A few of our ex-students are studying to become teachers. There is a well-known chef, a few designers, science students, a 3rd-year medical student. One of our gr. 12s has just been awarded a full bursary at the Western Cape Rugby Academy, whilst another is in the WP dancing team. The proud list is long…I shall follow up with information.
As a school that is unique in so many ways we annually help students to reach their potential and to become responsible citizens. Some of our unique characteristics is that we did away with homework years ago (long before the big hype). Our students have school till 17h00 which includes time for so-called homework, enrichment such as visiting places of possible further studies, going to museums, to the movies and much more. At NLA we truly love what we do and all the teachers are being re-trained in Solutions Focused Education. Therefore, within clear boundaries, we always work from the positive, keeping the student's self-esteem in mind.
Contact us should you wish to discuss further, we welcome enquiries.


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Tag: MedSec
Abbott Labs makes a costly mistake as FDA targets cybersecurity deficiencies
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Tagged with Abbott Labs, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, IoT devices, MedSec, Muddy Waters Research, short, short-selling, St Jude Medical
By Cameron Abbott and Giles Whittaker
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after a previous warning in 2014, threatens legal action against Abbott Labs if the company fails to address safety and security issues in implanted cardiac devices sold by St Jude Medical – a recent subsidiary acquired by Abbott Labs. The internet of things takes a much more serious tenure when it's a medical device compared to your fridge!
The company recently purchased St. Jude Medical, which makes implanted cardiac devices that have been the subject of cybersecurity concerns. A warning letter issued by the FDA gives Abbott Labs 15 days to submit a plan to address errors in the products' design that could allow hackers to tamper with the settings and drain the batteries of the devices. Many of the cybersecurity concerns first came to light after medical device security research firm MedSec submitted a report outlining a variety of alleged security flaws in St. Jude products to investment firm Muddy Waters Research (MWR). MWR subsequently publically announced the product design failures while short-selling St. Jude Medical's stock in order to capitalise on the expected market response.
As the public increases its awareness of cybersecurity issues it becomes apparent that a failure to adequately consider these issues – as a day to day function of operating a business or prior to the acquisition of a new business – can result in significant damage to a company's bottom line. The recent short-selling by MWR indicates the necessity for cybersecurity considerations to form central in a company's business model, otherwise risk having its inadequacies called out in a public forum. And we are not even thinking about what litigation liability risk these sorts of issues might raise.


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The Temper Trap Bids Farewell To Their Guitarist
by Bryna K.
Australian alternative rockers, The Temper Trap who delivered an outstanding performance here in Malaysia during the Future Music Festival Asia early this year at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) has bid farewell to guitarist, Lorenzo Sillitto.
The work of Lorenzo who had played and toured with the band since 2006, can be heard on two of the band's albums — Conditions and The Temper Trap and he also played sessions for The Temper Trap's third and upcoming album.
Having won multiple ARIA Awards, the group's debut Conditions and its global hit Sweet Disposition peaked at number six on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. The self titled album followed up and was received warmly by fans as it opened at number one on the ARIA album charts since its release last year and has been certified platinum together with its lead single Trembling Hands.
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Guitarist Lorenzo said in a statement that he leaves the band with a heavy heart and he decided it was time for him to try out new things. He also described his eight year journey with the band as an amazing experience that he will never forget for it changed his life.
Sweet Disposition peaked at no.6 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Check out the video:
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CP on Gls on incident
Submission #18
European Association of Co-operative Banks
Question 1: Do you consider the definitions included in the draft Guidelines to be sufficiently clear?
The EACB welcomes the opportunity to participate in the public consultation on Draft Guidelines on major incidents reporting under the Payment Services Directive 2. We would like to stress our concern about the volume and the extreme sensitivity of data and information to be gathered by the authorities. The EACB believes that PSPs should be informed about the security measures implemented by the authorities to keep safe all the information sent in the framework of these reporting obligations. Data leakages could lead to attacks, and reputational impact may be very high. As regards to competent authorities, the Draft Guidelines mention the confidentiality and integrity of the information exchanged but not the confidentiality of the information stored.
Beyond the sharing of information between Member States, the ultimate objective of the reporting of operational and security incidents is not very clear (i.e. only best practices sharing is mentioned). Members of the EACB would appreciate some feedback from national authorities on the identification of such good practices for example.
Additionally, PSPs should be entitled to receive warnings from their competent authority about major incidents that could affect them in order to tackle them proactively.
Regarding question 1, the definition of ''major operational or security incident'' provided in page 21 of the Draft Guidelines is a good starting point but considering that other incident reporting procedures have spread across many different areas of EU legislation (e.g. NIS Directive or GDPR) the EACB would like to call for a consistency check between all existing definitions of incident. Indeed, it is crucial that the EBA makes sure that the definition provided in the Draft Guidelines does not imply an unintended duplication of the reporting obligations of PSPs.
Having said that, we consider that the Draft Guidelines should provide for the definition of an ''operational or security incident'' instead of the current definition of a ''major operational or security incident''. Indeed, the EACB believes that the classification of an incident as major or non – major is only the result of the assessment that PSPs should perform according to the criteria established in Guideline 1. The starting point should be to know what is an ''operational or security incident'' and then to have clear tools to classify it depending on its materiality.
Finally, it could also be useful to add a definition of "payment service user" or to refer to the one provided in PSD2 art. 4[10] with the objective to consistently use it in the Guidelines instead of the word "clients" (e.g. Guideline 1: Incident classification, 1.1., b.).
Question 2: Do you consider the criteria and methodology applicable for the assessment and classification of an incident as major to be sufficiently clear? If not, what should be further clarified?
The EACB would like to put forward the following comments about the criteria and methodology applicable for the assessment and classification of an incident as major:
1)	Need for a proportional reporting system:
-	The Draft Guidelines should achieve a balance between what is essential to notify and a realistic timeframe to do so. This principle is particularly relevant for smaller organisations (e.g. many co-operative banks) which resources are limited. In practice, in smaller organisations, the employees that are investigating the incident are the same ones who have to fill in the reports relating to the incident. Therefore, oversize reporting and notification requirements mean less time for investigating the problem and preventing its harmful consequences. The current version of the Draft Guidelines require very detailed notification of incidents within a very short timeframe.
-	Additionally, for some co-operative banks the reporting is made by the central body which needs to verify the information with regional cooperative banks (qualification of the incident, quantification of the impacts: number of customers, number of transactions and amounts, … ). In this context, reporting obligations need to consider the existing diversity within the European banking sector. Emphasis should be given at any time on investigating and repairing the incident rather than in following complex notification procedures. In this context, the EACB proposes a lighter notification procedure that is fit for purpose, feasible and realistic for all kind of PSPs (please, see answers to questions below).
2)	Detailed comments on the criteria for the assessment of the materiality of an incident:
We would like to inform EBA that some of the criteria provided in the Draft Guidelines are already used by some co-operative banks and that based on the experience of using them, we would request the following changes:
•	Clients affected – (assuming that "clients" are "payment service users")
	The feasibility will depend on the availability of the information required. For instance co-operative banks established at regional level might not have direct access to the identifying information related to each customer of a local co-operative bank for which the services are provided.
	It is uncertain whether the total amount of the customers of the payment service provider or merely the customers that use the relevant payment service should be considered. Regarding the consolidated reporting process, it is uncertain whether the customers (total/service) of each payment service provider or the overall amount of customers of all the consolidated payment service providers should be considered.
	Finally, it would be helpful to clarify the calculation of the threshold in case of several PSPs aggregation if they show very different size among each others. In particular, it would be helpful to clarify if PSPs have to take into account not only the number of clients but also the dimension and the qualification of the clients affected (i.e. physical person or corporate or big clients).
•	Economic impact:
	It might not be possible to determine exhaustively, in two weeks since business is deemed back to normal, the indirect economic impact of an incident (e.g. insurance refunds, lost revenues, customers complaints, etc.). Indeed, the normal time needed to assess a possible insurance refund and/or a submission of a claim by a customer exceeds two weeks (expected timing to deliver the final report). Overall, difficulties linked to determine indirect economic impact might lead to a situation where incidents are first classified as non-major" because of lack of actual data. The guidelines should be reduced to ask only for the direct costs linked to an incident (e.g. call a technician to replace a piece of hardware) which can be assessed within these deadlines.
Finally, it would be helpful to clarify why there is no "Level 1" economic impact threshold in Guideline 1.3.
•	High level of internal escalation:
	Using this criteria for the identification of a major incident may cause misleading internal behaviours when there is no clear evidence of a major incident state. The quantitative (objective) criteria most often already trigger internal escalation procedures, so there is no need to add a subjective criteria and mix internal and external communication procedures.
	In addition we suggest not to use the "crisis mode" in Guideline 1.3 (table 1) for the initial classification of the incident because it is not necessarily known whether an incident triggers a ''crisis mode'' until more than two hours have gone by.
•	Reputational impact:
	Reputational impact is an unquantifiable factor and it is difficult to implement it especially when it comes to define the time frame to be considered. Furthermore, it would be helpful to clarify which are the "types of incident" (Guideline 1.2. g. v.) that should be recorded in order to search the same type of incident in the past.
	Finally, the reputational risk assessment could be too expensive for PSPs if the regular social network monitoring is required.
3)	Need to reduce the number of reports:
Regarding Guideline 2, the EACB would like to ask EBA that only 2 reports are compulsory for the notification of major incidents: an initial report and a final report. The EACB believes that intermediary reports do not bring any added value regarding the management of the incident itself while they create substantial administrative burdens for PSPs. Therefore, a reasonable reporting system would be:
•	Initial report to be provided within the 24 hours from the moment when the incident is first classified as ''major'' using a simplified version of the template in Annex 1 (please, see answer to Question 7). Indeed, we believe that providing an initial report with all the information requested in the template (Annex1) within two hours is not materially feasible.
•	Final report to be provided in a maximum of two weeks after business is deemed back to normal according to the Template in Annex 1 (please, find below our answer to question 5 to see the EACB proposal for the structure and content of the template)."
Question 3: Do you consider that the methodology will capture all of / more than / less than those incidents that are currently considered major? Please explain your reasoning.
(see also our comments under Q 2) In order to ensure that the right number of incidents are reported, in EACB's view it is necessary to:
1)	Stress that Guideline 2 should clearly state that the incidents that need to be reported are only those classified as ''major'';
2)	Reduce the amount of data to notify, the number of reports to provide and extend the time limits for doing so.
If not, we believe that the proposed methodology might capture less major incidents than those which are currently considered major according to the internal procedures of members of the EACB. Therefore, we would like to request EBA an extension of the time limits established to provide the reports which are too strict in the current Draft Guidelines.
Question 4: In particular, do you propose to add, amend and/or remove any of the thresholds referred to in Guideline 1.3? If so, please explain your reasoning. No comments.
Question 5: Do you think that the information depicted in the template in Annex 1 is sufficient to provide competent authorities in the home Member State with a suitable picture of the incident? If not, which changes would you introduce? Please explain your reasoning.
(see also our comments on question 2) The EACB considers that the template in Annex 1 is not suitable for a timely notification of an incident to the competent authorities. We believe that the template should be shortened in general (see answer to question 3) and in particular for the initial report. With regard to the specific fields that the template proposes to fill in, we would have the following comments:
Template: Major Incident Report (Page 36 - 37 of the Draft Guidelines)
1. GENERAL DETAILS
EACB proposes to eliminate the obligation to present intermediary reports (see answer to question 2). The following fields should be deleted from the current version of the template - Section 1- :
•	''Is this an update of a previous incident report ? ''
•	''What is the ETA for next update? ''
2. INCIDENT DISCOVERY
EACB believes that it is necessary to eliminate the obligation to present intermediary reports. In line with this approach, we would propose the deletion of the following information field: ''If still ongoing, when is it expected to be over? (*).''
The EACB would like to replace ''Actual date and time of recovery of the incident, if applicable (*)'' by Date and Time of end of incident".
4. INCIDENT DESCRIPTION
The EACB would like to propose the deletion of ''under investigation'' as a suggested ''causes of incident'' because the words "under investigation" reflect a status description and not a cause.
The EACB would also like to request EBA to clarify what is meant with an ''external event'' as cause of the incident (e.g. natural disasters, strikes, pandemic, public unrest?).
5. INCIDENT IMPACT:
The EACB would like to request EBA to further clarify that filling the field ''Building(s) affected (Address), if applicable (*)'' is only mandatory if the situation effectively happens.
Furthermore, the EACB would like to suggest the addition of the following fields:
•	Number of employees affected (specifically for external events, e.g. a percentage of employees cannot work because of unavailability of building, strike etc.);
•	With regard to the field "Systems and components affected'', we consider that the choices provided are too broad, please add subcategories (e.g.: OS: Linux, Windows.../ Application: Webserver/Tomcat, Network: router, switch, firewall...).
6. INCIDENT MITIGATION
Please, remove the following questions (no added value - and is part of root cause analysis):
•	Is an investigation still ongoing?
If still ongoing: When is it planned to be concluded? How is the incident investigated and what are the priorities? Please provide additional details, if needed.
Furthermore, we have noticed a typographical error:
Did the PSP have (instead of had) to cancel or weaken ...?
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The EACB would like to replace the following sentence ''has the incident been shared with other PSPs for information purposes?'' by ''Has the incident been shared with other parties for information purposes (e.g.: other PSPs, CERTS, Cyber Threat Intelligence providers, Law Enforcement, Other - please explain?)''. This because in some instances (if part of our NIS Directive obligations we may have to report to other instances.)"
Question 6: Are the instructions provided along with the template sufficiently clear and helpful to remove any doubts that could arise when completing the required fields? If not, please explain your reasoning. No comments.
Question 7: As a general rule, do you consider the deadlines and circumstances that should trigger the submission of each type of report (i.e. initial, intermediate and final) feasible? If not, please provide a reasoning and justify any alternative proposal.
In general, the EACB believes that the deadlines for the submission of each type of report are too short. In particular, it is not feasible to submit an initial report in 2 hours including all the information set in Annex1.
Our suggestion in order to implement a reasonable reporting system is:
•	Reduce the number of reports: We would ask EBA to request PSPs to provide only two reports:
	Initial report to be submitted according to a simplified version of the Template in Annex 1 (please, see above) which would include only the following sections:
1 – General Details (all information fields);
2 - Incident Discovery: only short description of the incident;
3 - Incident Classification.
	Final report to be submitted according to the Template in Annex 1 (please, find the EACB proposal for the structure and content of the template in the answer to question 5).
•	Extend the deadlines to send the reports:
	Initial report to be provided within the 24 hours from the moment when the incident is first classified;
	Final report to be provided in a maximum of two weeks after business is deemed back to normal.
Question 8: Do you consider I that the delegated reporting procedure proposed in the draft Guidelines will provide added value to the market? Please explain your reasoning.
The EACB considers that the possibility to delegate reporting obligations adds value to the market. Indeed, it speeds up the reporting process, while keeping the affected PSPs fully responsible.
The EACB appreciates the interpretation that the EBA makes in the rationale section (paragraph 28) of the Consultation Paper about the delegated reporting procedure. Indeed, according to EBA ''practical experience shows that the delegation of reporting obligations is most commonly used by groups of payment service providers (be they legal or not) that rely on one common IT-group service centre or one common technical service provider offering them the same services/processes/infrastructures.'' This is the case for a number of cooperative banking groups where the individual local or regional banks delegate the reporting obligation to the central institution.
Having said that, the EACB is of the view that the requirements formulated under Guideline 3 do not fit the specific case of cooperative groups and networks. Indeed, article 4.40 of PSD2 defines ''group'' as a group of undertakings which are linked to each other by a relationship referred to in article 10. 1, 113.6 and 113.7 of the Regulation 575/2013/EU (i.e. Capital Requirements Regulation).
Considering the definitions provided by the EU legislator in articles 10.1, 113. 6 and 113.7 of the Capital Requirements Regulation, some of the conditions set in Guideline 3.1 for the delegated reporting are irrelevant for co-operative groups and networks as the delegation taking place is not to a "third party" but to a member of the group. Our concerns are in particular with the following:
•	Guideline 3.1 b: definition of liabilities in the formal contract underpinning the delegated reporting; Indeed, when the reporting obligations are delegated to a body within the co-operative group or network, there is no need of a ''formal contract underpinning the delegated reporting'' which ''unambiguously defines the allocation of responsibilities of all parties''. According to the provisions of articles 10.1, 113.6 and 113.7 of the Capital Requirements Regulation, a co-operative group or network is characterised by a system which clearly allocates the liabilities between its members. Therefore, the EACB would like to request EBA to allow co-operative groups and networks which delegate their reporting obligations according to Guideline 3, to be exempted from the requirement of concluding such a contract.
•	Guideline 3.1 c: compliance with the requirements for the outsourcing of important operational functions as set forth by Article 19 of the PSD2. The EACB would also request the EBA, to exempt co-operative groups and networks which delegate their reporting obligations according to Guideline 3, from the obligation to comply with PSD2 outsourcing requirements. Indeed, co-operative groups and networks should not be required to provide the competent authorities with all the information listed in Article 19. 1 of PSD2 because the management and the internal control mechanisms used are already unified within this kind of banking structures.
•	Nevertheless, if a PSP delegates to third party, the EACB does not agree with the requirement consisting in informing the competent authority in the home Member State before the delegation of the reporting obligations. We believe that this burden is against the freedom of contract (also considering that PSPs remain fully responsible for the fulfilment of the obligation and of the requirements provided in art. 96 of PSD2). We agree with the request to inform the Authority but we believe that it's sufficient to inform after the signature of the agreement.
Finally, it would be helpful to clarify the calculation of the threshold in case of consolidated reporting. In fact, it is not completely clear if it is necessary to consider the customers of a single PSP or the customers of the consolidated PSPs.
Question 9: Do you consider that the consolidated reporting procedure proposed in the draft Guidelines will provide added value to the market? Please explain your reasoning.
Yes, it provides added value to the market but it should stay optional as it often depends on existing legal frameworks and SLAs which add complexity and might actually delay reporting.
Having said that, the EACB would like to request the EBA to provide further clarity on the concept of "consolidated reporting".
We gather from Guideline 3.2. b (p. 30) that a consolidated report can only be made on the basis of a "disruption in the technical services provided by the third party" to which the affected PSPs have delegated their reporting obligations. We don't really understand why the consolidation should be made conditional on the incident being caused by a disruption in the technical services provided by the third party. In fact, a group consisting of several smaller PSPs could well benefit from the possibility of issuing consolidated reports for the whole group, even if the incident was not caused by a failure of the technical services provider. Such an opportunity would be even more interesting if thresholds for each criterion could be calculated for the whole group on a consolidated basis: this way, the PSP would not have to issue a report for an incident that can only be considered major for one entity, without significantly impacting or endangering the entire group.
Furthermore, the EACB would welcome a better illustration from EBA of the opportunities opened up by the consolidated reporting procedure, specifically by giving examples of situations in which a consolidated report may be issued. Is consolidation an option for a group consisting of many subsidiaries? What about a PSP wishing to issue a consolidated report with a non-capitalistic third party?
Besides, we are unsure of the way thresholds should be calculated in the context of consolidated reporting. Should they be calculated for each PSP or on a consolidated basis?
Finally, the EACB would like to stress that the added value for the market comes from further research and analysis based on information provided by the reports – but only if this is shared with the market participants. Thus it would be very valuable for all PSP's to get some kind of information from competent authorities relating to these major incident. Information at least at a certain extent should be shared in order to learn how to avoid same kind of incidents in the future.
Contact name Pablo Lahoz Marco


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Raymond receives highest honor from TICO
By Tom Stone on 8th January 2016 Awards & Events, Materials Handling
The Raymond Corporation has received the President's Award, the highest honor from Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), in recognition of Raymond's exceptional achievements and contribution to Global Quality Improvement Activity at its paint improvement project at its headquarters and manufacturing plant in Greene, New York, USA.
The activity was championed by Toyota Material Handling Group (TMHG) to ensure the four direct influencers of efficient manufacturing are optimized — man, material, machine and methods. After implementation, Raymond showed significant improvement in its paint process quality.
"Raymond team members successfully embraced the new tools, and their collaboration was an integral part of the process," said Michael Field, president and CEO of The Raymond Corporation. "This is a significant accomplishment for our team. We are honored to receive this prestigious award."
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The Moonstone is an epistolary novel by Wilkie Collins about Rachel Verinder, who inherits an Indian diamond from her corrupt uncle who served in the army in colonial India. The diamond is not only very valuable, but has Hindu religious significance and priests have been trying to recover it. After flaunting the jewel at her eighteenth birthday party, Rachel finds that the jewel has been stolen. A long string of misfortunes and plot-lines from multiple perspective ensue until the diamond is returned to its rightful Indian owners.
Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam. Angry at his family, who shun him, he leaves it in his will as a birthday gift to his niece Rachel, thus exposing her to attack by the stone's hereditary guardians, who, legend says, will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Rachel wears the stone to her birthday party, but that night it disappears from her room. Suspicion falls on three Indian jugglers who have been near the house; on Rosanna Spearman, a maidservant who begins to act oddly and who then drowns herself in a local quicksand; and on Rachel herself, who also behaves suspiciously and is suddenly furious with Franklin Blake, with whom she has previously appeared to be enamored, when he directs attempts to find it. Despite the efforts of Sergeant Cuff, a renowned detective, the house party ends with the mystery unsolved, and the protagonists disperse.
During the ensuing year there are hints that the diamond was removed from the house and may be in a London bank vault, having been pledged as surety to a moneylender. The Indian jugglers are still nearby, watching and waiting. Rachel's grief and isolation increase, especially after her mother dies, and she first accepts and then rejects a marriage proposal from her cousin Godfrey Ablewhite, a philanthropist who was also present at the birthday dinner and whose father owns the bank near Rachel's old family home. Finally Franklin Blake returns from traveling abroad and determines to solve the mystery. He first discovers that Rosanna Spearman's behavior was due to her having fallen in love with himself. She found evidence (a paint smear on his nightclothes) that convinced her that he was the thief and concealed it to save him, confusing the trail of evidence and throwing suspicion on herself. In despair at her inability to make him acknowledge her despite all she had done for him, she committed suicide, leaving behind the smeared gown and a letter he did not receive at the time because of his hasty departure abroad.
Now believing that Rachel suspects him of the theft on Rosanna's evidence, Franklin engineers a meeting and asks her. To his astonishment she tells him she actually saw him steal the diamond and has been protecting his reputation at the cost of her own even though she believes him to be a thief and a hypocrite. With hope of redeeming himself he returns to Yorkshire to the scene of crime and is befriended by Mr. Candy's assistant, Mr. Ezra Jennings. They join together to continue the investigations and learn that Franklin was secretly given laudanum during the night of the party (by the doctor, Mr. Candy, who wanted revenge on Franklin for criticising medicine); it appears that this, in addition to his anxiety about Rachel and the diamond and other nervous irritations, caused him to take the diamond in a narcotic trance, to move it to a safe place. A re-enactment of the evening's events confirms this, but how the stone ended up in a London bank remains a mystery solved only a year after the birthday party when the stone is redeemed.
Franklin and his allies trace the claimant to a seedy waterside inn, only to discover that the Indians have got there first: the claimant is dead and the stone is gone. Under the dead man's disguise is none other than Godfrey Ablewhite, who is found to have embezzled the contents of a trust fund in his care and to have been facing exposure soon after the birthday party. The mystery of what Blake did while in his drugged state is solved: he encountered Ablewhite in the passageway outside Rachel's room and gave the Moonstone to him to be put back in his father's bank, from which it had been withdrawn on the morning of the party to be given to Rachel. Seeing his salvation, Ablewhite pocketed the stone instead, and pledged it as surety for a loan to save himself temporarily from insolvency. When he was murdered, he was on his way to Amsterdam to have the stone cut; it would then have been sold to replenish the plundered trust fund before the beneficiary inherited.
The mystery is solved, Rachel and Franklin marry, and in an epilogue from Mr. Murthwaite, a noted adventurer, the reader learns of the restoration of the Moonstone to the place where it should be, in the forehead of the statue of the god in India.


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New Indian restaurant on Maldon High Street in bid to provide alcohol and live music for customers, despite residents' objections
Posted: 05.10.21 at 17:17 by Charlotte Lillywhite
Chutney House opened on Maldon High Street in September
An Indian restaurant new to Maldon High Street has revealed the range of entertainment it hopes to provide for its guests, which has proved unpopular amongst neighbouring residents.
Chutney House opened at 116 High Street in early September, but is not currently licensed to sell alcohol or play live music.
Its bid to provide alcohol and music, alongside other activities, through the granting of a new premises license is set to be debated by Maldon District Council next Wednesday (13 October).
And the application has received 15 letters of objection from neighbouring businesses and residents, who cite concerns about noise levels and public safety.
One resident said: "I feel that this would affect my mental health and daily life.
"I work in London and have to commute very early in the morning - I believe that the loud music [would] keep me awake and affect my work and home life.
"The High Street is already noisy and this would tip the balance too far."
Another added: "I do not want lots of people coming out of there at 12.30am into the street as it scares me."
A further objector said: "This is a quiet residential area and noise like this could ruin our lives, both young and old."
Chutney House's plans include the sale of alcohol between 11am and midnight from Mondays to Saturdays, and between 11am and 10.30pm on Sundays.
It also hopes to exhibit films, provide live music and recorded music, host dance performances and offer late night refreshments each day from 11pm to midnight.
The fine dining restaurant, which also offers private parties, is open to the public from 11am until 12.30am every day.
There are flats above and around the restaurant, and a large number of homes in the immediate area.
Members of the district council's licensing sub-committee will vote on the application at its meeting on Wednesday, 13 October.
For more information on Chutney House, you can visit its website using the link here.
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I've already tried doing this using flex with position absolute but the problem is the responsiveness. How do I make this better? Is there a way that I could do this with just flexbox and not use position absolute while making the first row of the first and last column have equal height?
Here's my initial code:

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        left: 50%;
        transform: translateX(-50%);
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        background: green;
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A: In this solution, the outer container is a grid with 12 columns. The middle column (.col2) takes up twice the space of col1 and col3. The -1 in grid-column: 10 / -1 means to span to the end of the grid, wherever it is.
Inside, I make the first and last columns into flexboxes, so that their children can take up an even amount of space in their respective containers. All spacing between columns and rows is accomplished using gap.

.container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr);
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100dvh;
  gap: 1rem;
  padding: 1rem;
}

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.col1 {
  grid-column: 1 / 4;
}

/* 6 columns */
.col2 {
  grid-column: 4 / 10;
}

/* 3 columns */
.col3 {
  grid-column: 10 / -1;
}

.col1,
.col3 {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1rem;
}

.col1 > *,
.col3 > * {
  flex: 1;
}

body { margin: 0; }
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
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A: there is more than one way to do that. I personally prefer using flex for such situations because it's more flexible for adjustment.
so basically, I used three containers in a row flex-direction then in the containers on the sides, I put 2 divs in each with column flex-direction. that's it.
you can control max and min width as you wish.

body {
    background: lightgrey;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

#container {
   /* background: lightcoral; */
   width: 100%;
   height: 400px;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
}

.middle {
    width: 60%;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    flex-direction: column;

}

.left, .right{
    width: 20%;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
}

.left div,
.right div {
    border: 1px solid;
    width: 100%;
    height: 50%;
    margin: 10px;
}

.middle div {
    border: 1px solid;
    width: 95%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 10px;

}

A: In your problem its better to display grid instead of flex

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*div2: left-top

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*div4: right-top

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grid-template-rows: repeat(2, 1fr);
grid-column-gap: 0px;
grid-row-gap: 0px;
}

.div1 { grid-area: 1 / 2 / 3 / 5; }
.div2 { grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2; }
.div3 { grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2; }
.div4 { grid-area: 1 / 5 / 2 / 6; }
.div5 { grid-area: 2 / 5 / 3 / 6; }

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Beit Midrash Series Covenant & Conversation
Anger: Its Uses and Abuses
Rabbi Jonathan SacksAdar 4 5778
Covenant & ConversationKi Tisa
Comparing two of the most famous events in the Torah, we face what seems like a glaring contradiction. In this week's parsha, Moses on the mountain is told by God to go down to the people. They have made a golden calf. Moses descends, holding in his hands the holiest object of all time, the two tablets carved and inscribed by God Himself.
As he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw the people dancing around the calf. In his anger, he threw down the tablets and broke them to pieces (Ex. 32:19). It was a public display of anger. Yet Moses was not criticised for this act, done entirely of his own accord. 1 Resh Lakish, commenting on the verse in which God commands Moses to carve a new set of tablets to replace the ones "which you broke" (Ex. 34:1), says that God was, in effect, giving His approval to Moses' deed. 2
The sages went further. The concluding verses of the Torah state, "No other prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord knew face to face …or in any of the mighty hand and awesome wonders Moses displayed in the sight of all Israel" (Deut. 34:10-12). On the phrase "mighty hand," they said that it refers to the breaking of the tablets. 3 In other words, it is seen as one of his greatest acts of courage and leadership.
Many years later Moses was faced with another crisis. The people had arrived at Kadesh. There was no water. The people complained. Once again, Moses displayed anger. Told by God to speak to the rock, he struck it twice, and water gushed out. This time, however, instead of being praised for what he did, God said to him, "Because you did not trust in Me to sanctify Me in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them" (Num. 20:12).
The difficulties in this passage are well-known. What was Moses' sin? And was not the punishment disproportionate? My concern here, though, is simply with the comparison between the two events. In both cases, the people were running out of control. In both cases, Moses performed a gesture of anger. Why was one commended, the other condemned? Why was a show of anger appropriate in one case but not in the other? Is anger always wrong when shown by a leader, or is it sometimes necessary?
The answer is provided by Maimonides in his law code, the Mishneh Torah. In his Laws of Character, he tells us that in general we should follow the middle way in the emotional life. But there are two emotions about which Maimonides says that we should not follow the middle way, but should instead strive to eliminate them entirely from our emotional life: pride and anger. About anger he says this:
Anger is an extremely bad attribute, and one should distance oneself from it by going to the other extreme. One should train oneself not to get angry, even about something to which anger might be the appropriate response… The ancient sages said, "One who yields to anger is as if he had worshipped idols." They also said, "Whoever yields to anger, if he is wise, his wisdom deserts him, and if he is a prophet, his prophecy leaves him." And "The life of an irascible person is not a life." Therefore they have instructed us to keep far from anger, training ourselves to stay calm even in the face of provocation. This is the right way. 4
However he adds an important qualification:
If one wants to instil reverence in his children and family, or in public if he is the head of the community, and his desire is to show them his anger so as to bring them back to the good, he should appear to be angry with them so as to reprove them, but he must inwardly remain calm as if he were acting the part of an angry man, but in reality he is not angry at all. 5
According to Maimonides, the emotion of anger is always the wrong response. We may not be able to help feeling it, but we should be aware that while it lasts we are in the grip of an emotion we cannot control. That is what makes anger so dangerous. It is, to use Daniel Kahneman's terminology, thinking fast when we ought to be thinking slow.
What then are we to do? Maimonides, here and elsewhere, adopts a position that has been strikingly vindicated by neuroscientists' discovery of the plasticity of the brain. Intensive training over a prolonged period rewires our neural circuitry. We can develop new patterns of response, initially through intense self-control, but eventually through habit. This is particularly hard to do in the case of anger, which is why we have to work so hard to eliminate it from our emotional repertoire.
But, says Maimonides, there is a fundamental difference between feeling anger and showing it. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent, teacher or leader to demonstrate anger – to look angry even if you aren't. It has a shock effect. When someone in authority displays anger, the person or group it is directed against is in danger, and knows it. It is almost like administering an electric shock, and it is often effective in bringing a person or group to order. It is, though, a very high-risk strategy. There is a danger it will provoke an angry response, making the situation worse not better. 6 It is a weapon to be used only rarely, but sometimes it is the only way.
The key question then becomes: is this a moment when anger is called for or not? That calls for careful judgement. When people are dancing around an idol, anger is the right response. But when there is no water and the people are crying out in thirst, it is the wrong one. 7 Their need is real, even if they do not express it in the right way.
So, to summarise: we should never feel anger. But there are times when we should show it. These are few and far between, but they exist. I say this because of one of my own most life-changing experiences.
There was a time when I smoked a pipe. It was the wrong thing to do and I knew it. There is a mitzvah to take care of your health, and smoking harms you badly in multiple ways. Yet there is such a thing as addiction, and it can be very hard to cure even when you are fully aware of how badly you are injuring yourself and others. For years I tried to give it up, and repeatedly failed. Then someone I respected greatly became angry with me. It was a cool anger, but it felt like a slap in the face.
It cured me. The shock was so great that I stopped and never smoked again. The experience of being on the receiving end of someone's anger changed my life. It may even have saved my life.
This was a difficult discovery. When you are a leader, you are often at the receiving end of people's anger. You learn to live with it and not let it depress or deflect you. However when someone who clearly cares for you, gets angry with you, not because he or she disagrees with you, but simply because they see you doing yourself harm, it can change your life in a way few other things can.
You come to see the point of Maimonides' distinction as well. Therapeutic anger, if we can call it that, is done not out of emotion but out of careful, deliberate judgment that this is what the situation calls for right now. The person who delivers the shock is not so much feeling anger as showing it. That is what makes it all the more shocking.
There are families and cultures where anger is used all too often. This is abusive and harmful. Anger is bad for the person who feels it and often for the one who receives it. But sometimes there are situations that demand it, where putting up with someone's bad behaviour is damaging, and where making excuses for it can become a form of co-dependency. Friends and family, intending no more than to be tolerant and kind, in effect make it easy for the person to stay addicted to bad habits, at a cost to his and others' happiness.
Maimonides on Moses teaches us that we should try to conquer our feelings of anger. But when we see someone or a group acting wrongly, we may have to show anger even if we don't feel it. People sometimes need that shock to help them change their lives.
-To engage further with Rabbi Sacks's teachings, or to sign up to his mailing list, please go to www.rabbisacks.org
^ 1.Shabbat 87a.
^ 2.Shabbat ibid.
^ 3.Yerushalmi Ta'anit 4:5.
^ 4.Hilkhot Deot, 2:3.
^ 5.Ibid.
^ 6.For one example of this see Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Mamrim, 6:9.
^ 7.See Rambam, Shemoneh Perakim, ch. 4.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Former Chief Rabbi of the UK, Currently Professor of Judaic Thought at New York University and the Kressel and Ephrat Family University Professor of Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University.
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