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Unnatural outbound links. Excellent. To be clear, this domain does have outbound links that were probably placed with the intent of manipulating PageRank. It's irredeemably bad, a running joke. Google did the right thing penalising it. I've been waiting for this.
Well, I've never seen an outbound link penalty before, and I'd like to see if I can shift the penalty using a technique that probably shouldn't work.
This took a few minutes to implement. I think it's to the letter of the law, but not quite the spirit – I'm skipping redirecting external links to blocked intermediate pages and am just blocking them for all useragents at source. As Googlebot shouldn't be allowed to crawl the links, there's no way they should be passing PageRank or manipulating the link graph in any way.
I received the 'critical health warning' indicating a couple of days later that Googlebot couldn't access the site. Excellent.
I have made it so the links from my site no longer pass value to their destinations. Thanks.
If a human reads this, I hope they reject this reconsideration request. If a computer parses it, I hope they try to access each of the suspect pages in their list, fail to do so, and consider me repentant.
I'll update this post as soon as I've had a response from Google. I really don't believe this should pass review, but if it does (or doesn't), I'll share the response here.
Should the reconsideration be successful, I plan to, uh, remove the robot.txt directive and set a stopwatch by how long it takes for the penalty to come back. Anything for science.
This time they've let me know what to expect. Has anyone else seen this alternative response? Is anyone looking to buy a domain?
Interesting test, can't wait to see what happens. I think it will be ignored.
I recently recovered from just a penalty like this by installing a nofollow plugin on the site in question. 5 days later the penalty was lifted. I think your solution should have worked.
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I write some strange things. Here are a few short stories; the first adapted from the draft of my second book, The Life of Almost.
Note to text: the poems at beginning and end are original and by this author; other texts quoted are not copyright restricted. There are layout anomalies throughout where I have cut and pasted from file; go gentle on me as I couldn't manage to correct them on wordpress!
to the graves half-full: is it done now, is it all and are you sure?
even in this loud new world.
Evans the Bodies loved his Dead Dears. He had established a thriving business in the low white farm buildings out the back of a farm on the coast road. In the past, this had been owned by a rather careless and drunken farmer with an insecure barn so that, from time, those who arrived for Evans's attention—silently, so silently—might have met with a stray heifer crossing the yard or traversed cow pats, so hardly the most respectful of endings, or beginnings, as Evans saw it, since he was fonder of the dead than the living and saw things backwards through his better eye. Nowadays, though, the yard was gravelled, the whitewash immaculate, the cows tidily restrained and a new farmer in residence. This man was laughed at by the locals as a hobby farmer. A man with an antique shop in Tenby who got people in to do the hard work and exhibited his cheese to great applause, although he had not really made it himself and even his dairy herd looked askance, it was said on the coast road, because your dairy cow knew an amateur when it saw one and mocked in its cow-grunt while you flaunted your wares in front of the Aga.
So there, in his low white buildings, worked Evans. And I went to work with him when I was almost grown; I was a poor schoolboy, or I suppose that was what I inhabited in that time, so they jostled me out on an apprenticeship as soon as they could. Technically, I should have been eighteen to be allowed to handle the dead, but we hid from the rules, I looked big and talked confidently (of course!) and bluffed expertly and then Evans—at least to begin with—kept me away from the worst, most gruesome cases. He needn't have done, for I saw no fear in temporal things and the sad features of a face rearranged; I saw them as the anagram of thereafter and the very interest of now. But as I was saying, I worked with him, learned from the master and saw how he attended carefully to his craft. He had it all planned meticulously and liked to recite the rules of his job to himself and declaim thus to the world, should it be listening. Now, I tell you, the best of the words were not really for me, but for the woman he had loved his whole life and whose own life and voice had been taken by the abruptly dead of her own.
Thus with him worked Muffled Mfanwy.
She went muffled after Philip Llewhellin, her husband, hanged himself in the shed and then her son, Lewis the Younger, remember? With gun over shuffle-board, not tidy-like. You must have heard! Always, Evans was in love with this soundless sad lady and together they worked with the corpses, a delicate ballet, with tubes and brushes and buckets and pipes and the love of the dead that is known best to those sad with the living, or those born, or otherwise, with their feet half in the next world. He had dressed and buried her husband and son and allowed himself only to breathe, 'You should not have'. And he had placed, under the hands of her brother in law, the schoolmaster, found in a mound of violets though not dead of his own hand, a tiny bunch of the blooms with a sprig of rosemary: love, faithfulness and remembrance. And I watched, apprentice, Evans and Mfanwy in the twilight shadows. Always I was there.
Learning, ah learning. And seeing. And I felt, I think, new things and they had poetry.
Because he was a lonely dragon, he, even with his Dead Dears and she was sad and her voice was stilled and I wanted to give her flight and for her to sing and cast off her own dead. And then there was the very intimacy of it: he had washed and nursed her lost son and sent him lovingly to his resting place; he had done the same for her lost husband and even though the woman he loved was married to that man and that man had made her suffer and his son had made her suffer, he nursed them and prepared them in death and felt their deep sadness, though he did allow himself to whisper, 'You should not have' again to both men. And when Llewhellin the schoolmaster was found in his mound of violets, he took care to place his poetry book under the hands and, within it, though no-one knew, yes he had also pressed some violets from the mound because of how much their musky sweetness had been adored. Evans was a man who noticed such things.
Between them, Evans and Mfanwy, they lifted the dead man onto the table and Evans began gently sloshing from his vat of disinfectant and washed the body of Jones from Begelly. Such hadn't been a good man; he was a mean old man, but he was unwanted solitary and hurt by the world and Evans knew this and when he washed it was like a baptism. As he went, he signed the cross when he remembered and felt he should, but sometimes he went round and round like doodling spirals—or sometimes shooting stars; sometimes a maze.
It was a strange courtship. Over the corpses and the bottles of formaldehyde and the tubes and pipes and the no-smell and the lowing of the dairy herd somewhere not so far away. And Evans loved the dead and he loved poor sad Muffled Myfanwy and he thought she might feel the same way, but it had not been so long since the hanging in the shed and the shuffle-board shooting in the back of the pub.
As Evans the Bodies took the needle to show her, they brushed arms and both felt a shiver and the warm smell of hope and happiness beyond the disinfectant, and then it was gone. Myfanwy looked away. He passed the needle into her hand.
Rapture. Oh, I saw it.
Myfanwy nodded and tried to squeeze Jones's mouth into an enigmatic smile and Evans the Bodies shifted the giant silver tank for the embalming and began, visualising the draining arteries as he went, sliucing blood from the body through the veins and replacing it with his embalming solution via the arteries.
Myfanwy nodded. Drip, drip, drip, gurgle. Magenta, to clear and clean.
Myfanwy gesticulated. What did she mean. Ah—he saw. Jones was wearing a toupée.
THE METHODS OF CATCHING THEM by J.M. Bechstein, M.D. Of Walterhausen in Saxony. 1812 was given as the first printing and, below an exquisite plate of a golden oriole, he was lost in time as he learned about ornamental cages and diseases called The Pip, The Rheum, costiveness and The Bloody Flux; for the consumptive cage bird, the suggested remedy was the juice of a turnip. Evans had wanted to read to the end of the book and understand its beauty and barbarism, but the Dead Dears should not wait and no-one wanted to see Jim the Fish, because he had been bought from and dealt with—had the best crabs this side of the Neyland Bridge—but he had been unloved, so burial would not be halted and he would be laid to rest, this secret bird scholar, the intimacy of which was only known to Evans. And to me, apprentice, of course, who saw everything and thought I might visit the man who wrote the book to see how he cradled the oriole before he wrest it from his world. I said I was an apprentice, but this is not my first apprenticeship, time or place. Why, no. Do you guess?
'But I will lay aside my discourse of rivers, and tell you some things of the monsters, or fish, call them what you will, that they breed and feed in them. Pliny the philosopher says, in the third chapter of his ninth book, that in the Indian Sea, the fish called Balaena or Whirlpool, is so long and broad, as to take up more in length and breadth than two acres of ground; and, of other fish, of two hundred cubits long; and that in the river Ganges, there be Eels of thirty feet long. He says there, that these monsters appear in that sea, only when the tempestuous winds oppose the torrents of water falling from the rocks into it, and so turning what lay at the bottom to be seen on the water's top. And he says, that the people of Cadara, an island near this place, make the timber for their houses of those fish bones. He there tells us, that there are sometimes a thousand of these great Eels found wrapt or interwoven together He tells us there, that it appears that dolphins love musick, and will come when called for, by some men or boys that know, and use to feed them; and that they can swim as swift as an arrow can be shot out of a bow; and much of this is spoken concerning the dolphin, and other fish, as may be found also in the learned Dr. Casaubon's Discourse of Credulity and Incredulity, printed by him about the year 1670.
I know, we Islanders are averse to the belief of these wonders; but there be so many strange creatures to be now seen, many collected by John Tradescant, and others added by my friend Elias Ashmole, Esq., who now keeps them carefully and methodically at his house near to Lambeth, near London, as may get some belief of some of the other wonders I mentioned. I will tell you some of the wonders that you may now see, and not till then believe, unless you think fit.
You may there see the Hog-fish, the Dog-fish, the Dolphin, the Cony-fish, the Parrot-fish, the Shark, the Poison-fish, Sword-fish, and not only other incredible fish, but you may there see the Salamander, several sorts of Barnacles, of Solan-Geese, the Bird of Paradise, such sorts of Snakes, and such Birds'-nests, and of so various forms, and so wonderfully made, as may beget wonder and amusement in any beholder; and so many hundred of other rarities in that collection, as will make the other wonders I spake of, the less incredible; for, you may note, that the waters are Nature's store-house, in which she locks up her wonders.
But, Sir, lest this discourse may seem tedious, I shall give it a sweet conclusion out of that holy poet, Mr. George Herbert his divine "Contemplation on God's Providence".
'Lord! who hath praise enough, nay, who hath any?
And so complete, but only he that owes them.
Whilst all things have their end, yet none but thine.
Evans the Bodies and Muffled Myfanwy hefted Jones from the embalming table to the coffin, now waiting on the trolley next to it.
Evans the Bodies moved a step closer to Myfanwy.
And the stop was loosed from Myfanwy's throat and she said, "Yes, Evans the Bodies and thank you and can you take me to chapel afterwards?' And she kissed him and was altered.
'Ynghanol ein bywyd, yr ydym yn angau,' she said, as she wept.
And there was another book that had only been seen by its owner, or nearly so. Because I saw all. In this place; in this time. But oh, for all time and you and I will meet again, but I can make you no promises it will be a sweet meeting. I was saying: Evans the Bodies wrote poems in this book. Often for the Dead Dears who had no-one and whose lives must, he thought, be recorded for posterity. So the timid lady from the post office, who had customers and bread but no friends and a mother who would have tossed her out with the peelings for the pigs, became a cowslip in a warm meadow and drank deep of the sun and was happy; so a coarse and crooked man, who lived in the last house before St Brides Bay and whose children hated him but sang like larks for his money, was limned as a quiet man, skimming stones on the beach and smiling into the auroras of a coastal morning when no-one knew. But Evans the Bodies was a watcher for the sad and lonely. He was a dresser of bodies, to be sure, but he also had a talent for the sad soul and the lonely.
And he had always loved Myfanwy; when she was someone else's, as she laboured for and lost her child, when both times he bought her milk-white lilies and she said, 'Evans, there's a soft man you are' and he cried with his back to her, as he did when she lost her husband. He put poems in the book for her. Imagined he was taking eternal pictures of her, watching her written into the world all around and, as he watched the frosty lines on the windows in his cold parlour and saw the feathers and curlicues of winter, he scratched her monogram and, again, he cried, and imagined himself at a window as the beautiful ship Myfanwy his Love sailed away and thus he wrote what I have below. I had seen it of course, but he did not know. I had learned it by heart and whispered it into the Pembrokeshire night, whose kind tendrils carried it to her and caressed her, then softly laid waste to her sadness and silence and made her think clearly about Evans the Bodies, who loved her and always had, just so. And he would not ever leave her, for when their very mass of atoms dissembled and went off to abide in rock pools and grains of sand, he was sure that theirs would still mingle, up there in the headland graves.
Myfanwy, as you were: bay window, a side light and a black background.
Then as you were again: middle room—direct front light. I was specific.
Myfanwy—I was precise; exacting with the fall of dark and bright: I wrote it down.
Myfanwy, as I hoped you were. But you smiled and sailed away, sassy girl.
I sat for hours as the shadows fell, knowing what night must still portend: my craft.
to show you how this foolish clot had mouthed the most that could be said.
Myfanwy, stay. Myfanwy, do not sail away.
Why, no. Don't go, Myfanwy—stay. Myfanwy, do not sail away.
And thus, my work, apprentice and quiet master, was done and the Dead Dears were at rest and all was well. For death is not always cruel, don't you see?
The old house, in the sleepy French village, is tall and dusty looking. Once, it must have been vibrant, but now, bindweed curls around it and ivy reclaims the windows and the stone of the house. It must be hard for the quiet inhabitants to see out. Sometimes, there is post for the house and the post boy makes a swift passage towards the door because the house alarms him. There is a housekeeper, an old crone who will not give you the time of day and, curiously, a gardener—though he never tends to the front gardens, so fallen into disrepair they must be. The villagers wonder whether there are beautiful and well tended gardens to the rear of the house. For what else could lie there?
It is said that a lady lives at the house, some say two sisters, and that they never need company. But that this is a house of shadowy presences; a place where melancholy hangs thick in the air. And at night, sometimes, in summer when the top windows of the house are opened,one hears music, from a curious assortment of instruments: flute, cello, but also mandolin and dulcimer. And an inhabitant of the village making his way home could be stopped in his tracks because the music is so extraordinarily beautiful. But even so it sends a shiver up the spine which is not so pleasant.
But today is different. People do not come and go readily in this village, but a new person has come, from the city, and he wants to enquire about the tall, great house. He knows the finest, oh the very best architects and decorators in Paris and see this is a house to benefit from his good taste and gilded fingers. He raps confidently at the door and it is answered. The rumour held true. Two women come to the door, so similar facially it is immediately clear that they are sisters. They are not beautiful, but they are arresting: striking and sensual women, with poise and grace and exquisite manners. They seem pleased to see him and he is surprised to entertain this peculiar thought for a moment: it is as if they knew he were coming.
Over tea and dainty little cakes, he explains to them what it is he is looking for. They are clearly amused by something but do not elaborate. And to his delight, they indicate quite clearly that, indeed, they were thinking of it, of perhaps finding somewhere smaller because the great house is too much to manage and they realise parts of it are in a poor state of repair. They tell him that they will be in touch, that they have a solicitor in Paris who attends to matters of estate and finance for them—and so the visitor takes his leave.
So he waits and, sure enough, within weeks he hears from them again. A sum is agreed and the solicitors are instructed. Within two months, he is in the house, removing dust and grime and revealing the lovely house under the crumbling plaster and neglect. He has a lady in Paris and she becomes his wife. So taken with the house is he that he decides to move from Paris; it is a fair trip but he thinks he can make the journey once or twice a week to conduct his business. And during these times, his new wife is left lonely at home. The dream becomes more to his liking than to hers and, eventually, resentment begins to settle in the house.
And so they come to her. The two sisters who are still there for, of course, they did not move out—just retreated into the deeper recesses of darkness until they saw a purpose. The housekeeper and gardener are there, too. They will never leave because the house is alive: it is a living breathing organism and they, hungry for blood and for dim, mysterious life, are part of its darkness. The house may be trimmed and tidied and made pretty but, underneath, it will not change. And so the young wife is taken to be with them. And when her husband, upstart from Paris, comes back, he will not find her. Eventually the house and its inhabitants will claim him too. Except that his will not be a quiet taking— or the sin of presuming to buy what forever belonged for ever to somebody else. Something that was never for sale. And all those who live in the wings of the house and in the fine rear garden will play their music, jangle the gold of our upstart, do what cruel things they must to survive and laugh. You could hear them if you went to this village on a summer night when the music is played. But keep your pride in check.
It is a strange place; a cold street, in which the temperature seems to drop as you round the corner. You feel the breeze cut into you; sometimes you think you must have imagined it, but no: there it is again. A street that looks the same as the last but inescapably, dangerously and, unfortunately, irresistibly different.
The young man, lean and callow, has been called upon to work for the shadowy residents of this street. There, every day, post is delivered, collected from doormats, papers from drives and houses and gardens maintained in apparently pristine condition. And yet, we see no-one, telling ourselves only that the street's inhabitants must keep shifts or, more exotically, rather bohemian hours.
The kitchen is through the long narrow hallway with its unusual intricate pattern of hexagonal tiles. The room has a surprisingly vast azure ceiling, upon which are painted many tiny gold stars. He would have thought it exquisite, had it not already begun to make him dizzy just looking at it for a short while.
She boils water in an old fashioned urn (strange, he thought: why no kettle?); rather too much for tea for two. She makes tea in a lovely, highly polished silver tea pot -again it seems disproportionately large of scale.
Yes, for the first. That shouldn't be hard but her second request would be more difficult. But, as he drinks his tea, he feels he wants to please her, so he agrees to start the job the next day. Although really, his other commitments tell him he should wait. It is something about this lady—and she amuses him too, he thinks as he drinks the tea from more of her little cups.
He drinks more of her tea, even eats some dainty little sandwiches she makes him, and begins work on the cabinets. The work seems to flow from him; oddly, some of his best work to date. Invisible joints and beautifully conceived design. He has surprised himself. But then, standing back from the room, as it begins to come to life with its first fittings, he feels suddenly tired and this she sees.
He sits, closes his eyes for a moment to rest. He feels worse. Looking up at the ceiling — at the fine golden stars — he becomes dizzier and dizzier. And then he sees and remembers no more.
The shadowy inhabitants of the rest of the houses in the street come through interconnecting doors—they are corporeal, after all—and they feast and they drink him dry from the little fluted cups as they sit under the stars. And what they cannot digest, they grind for their medicines and make up and potions and this they place in the shallow apothecaries' drawers. And thus they retreat to their own homes and the lady with the lovely blue eyes is alone. Until, that is, she crosses her hall to the next visitor, floating across the fine encaustic tiles, which show not hexagons, but pentagons—no pentangles-—and say, in the Latin inscription which our carpenter did not know how to read, 'Caveat venus et stella.' And if you, too, cannot read this, then you must find out. Just in case.
This last one is about losing a parent as a kid. I don't think you ever get over it. I had no relationship as an adult, then, with either of my parents. In a way, I have invented who they were. I'm kind of…Asa in this story. It is ragged and in draft form; the beginning is particularly trite, but see what you think. This is not a piece I will revisit, but it has meaning for me. The text is shot through with lines from Keats, from The Tempest and from Andrew Marvells's 'Bermudas' and 'The Garden'.
Asa: an earnest child, worried about many things; he adored and was ever watchful of his mother; in later and calmer times, he would recall feeling paralysed by anxiety about her during the day. But he never told of this, dissipating it instead by gathering small gifts for her when others were not looking: a fir cone or a curious small piece of ribbon which someone had dropped. It is amazing what a child can find amongst the roots of a holly bush or a monkey puzzle tree: what treasure. The gleam in his eye when he found something for her was his and his alone. The gleam was there, too as he dreamed his special dreams – of chasing tigers through the Sundarbans; of a lady with green almond eyes who cast spells as she rubbed your feet with mustard oil. Closer to home, he knew of the magic song called by a farmer to his cows so that, at night, they could fly. Of the school lollipop lady whose lollipop, when turned this way, showed you the parallel world to yours – the one you see out of the corner of your eye. Don't you know it is there, even as the tired, myopic adult that you are?
Just on a short walk home from school, Asa could feel the shifting sand and mud as he tracked the dense, halophytic coast: he loved the name – Sundarbans – with its satisfying polysyllabic heft – and he felt all at once the mysterious substance, mutability and danger of its landscape; its tidal swell and tangle of mangrove. But then, the boy could hear the whispers of the giant banyan in the botanical gardens in Calcutta or reflect that Fern Hill lived both in an imagined seam of Wales and in our real world as a halt on a narrow and lazily meandering railway line in Southern India: it was a train stop in Pondicherry. You can look it up, of course. Neither is more true than the other. The boy found fantasy no less satisfying or believable than our tidy quotidian life. For him, fact and fiction merged with a satisfying gorgeousness that, to the unobservant adult, was perplexing indeed.
Asa was handsome and athletic, but appeared otherwise disengaged from school; the sort of boy who appears tired, with glazed eyes. Sometimes his mother wept for him because in her heart she heard and felt his difference. His eye did not gleam like a cat in class. His teachers, in striving to mould him this way and that, expressed much concern about the boy. To one he was "worryingly tired": to another "A strange boy; a quirky boy." Did he rest well? Did he test for anaemia? Wasn't she worried? And why didn't he read what they gave him to read? She was an intelligent parent; she must understand how a child cannot thrive without his varied diet of books.
But at home, Asa did not merely read, he fed on books and followed lines on maps to places whose names sated his tongue. Descriptions of trees, extraordinary things, feasts, islands, magicians, love at first sight, noble savages, cloven pines, the censer old, a beaded rosary, frosted breath and lustrous salvers. Of course, Asa did not always fully understand what he read, but sensed its importance and atmosphere inchoately, if not completely. And afterwards, he held the words in his hands and in his pockets – sometimes with the treasures of which I spoke at the beginning of this story. And he also kept a small notebook in which he would write down lines he had found particularly transporting; the notebook had wide margins which he peopled with faces and musical notes and trees with swaying arms. The book was often accompanied by a miniature book or two: tiny leafed texts he made which were filled with ideas, rules and structures for his real and imaginary worlds. He found that time and time again he returned to two elderly texts which sat side by side on his parents' bookshelves: one was a copy of 'The Tempest' and the other 'The Poetical Works of John Keats'.
Asa's grandfather silently understood him. On Sundays afternoons, they would tend the walled garden by his house, look after the chickens and sometimes, when they made a bonfire, grandfather would make fire toast on the flames. It was, the boy thought, the most delicious thing ever – all blackened at the edges and disapproved of by his grandmother. And he knew that, later, when his grandparents dozed, he could take his notebook and write in it, inscribing little worlds in the margins around a poem or a short story. One of his own or something copied from his grandparents' fusty old books. At home, too, he would lose himself in the endless afternoons, letting the jellies and fruits on the table laden by Porphyro arrest his senses and come dripping from his tongue; feeling, with Caliban, that he cried to dream again as he etched the dimensions of his fine island in the margins of his book. Marvellous sweet music. I have it. Check. Noises. Check. And then, as he read of Antonio's wonderment at the isle, the boy added the mythical one tree of Arabia, where was set the throne of the phoenix. He had read somewhere that its nest was redolent of spices and made of burnished wood. There, now, came the strange shapes bringing in a banquet. And a unicorn: all check. And while he was not so good at drawing a unicorn, and was unsure what the one tree which held the phoenix throne might look like, yet when he had finished, he fancied the former had a glint in his eye and the latter a supine trunk, bedecked with a velvet bark. And that the phoenix smiled, if a phoenix could.
were the miniature books. One was of rules for the room – "No smoking; no stealing: you have to share your sweets in this room" – and another, more complex, of the myriad rules for an imaginary world. Or maybe for two or three worlds. "In this world, there are kind unicorns and lots of bright colours everywhere. There are soft things to sit on and, if you know the words to write and read, everything is edible and delicious. Mothers are not tired and everyone is pleased and happy. There are always music, soft lights and a way through the maze. There are angels who are very kind. And also there are feasts of "syrups tinct with cinnamon" and "jellies soother than the creamy curd." Asa imagined that a feast which glowed like that must be magnificent to eat indeed. And you ate it as the amethyst and rose bloom fell, by what must be the grace of moonshine through the casement, upon your hand and arm. The room behind you was dark, treacherously so. But for the feast, the darkness would be kind.
No-one but Asa saw the rules; he suspected the other boys would not understand. Nine year old boys do not, after all, generally climb a tree, raise a bonfire and then sit down to an afternoon reading Keats's 'The Eve of St Agnes' or listen hungrily to Caliban's "riches ready to drop upon me." At night, sometimes, the boy dug his nails into his hands with the thought of his difference and of the way in which his strange little books, the busy margins and the fusty volumes were his best friends. But he did not cry out or even think he should ask why this made him feel so sad. Instead, he tried to think of the unicorn or his grandfather's hens, lines of vegetables, the old warm red brick of the walled garden, the lilting voice of the farmer down the lane calling to his cows (did that call hide magic?) or maybe the taste of fire toast and the prayer which pierces so. And the possibility of hope and friendship in a book or the curious and deeply furrowed face of an ancient man. A face which you had drawn, within a fine bower of leaves, in the margin of your notebook. Then, you felt comforted and less alone. The old face lived alongside the vertical line around which you had drawn ivy – and it smiled up at you. Or so you thought as you suddenly came across it.
it ever help? Surely it provided little solace now, however pretty its words or how pleasing the details of the faces in its margins? For knowledge of illness and of an ending coming – maybe coming; how could he know? – made the boy separate. His eyes had never been bluer. He was tall and fast and lithe. Still didn't really care that much about what they taught him in school, so caught up was he in the things that interested him most, worried him most and terrified him most. And so, at the end of the day, he determined that he should apply his wits to the task. He must take to his room and his pen to keep building a world, with its rules and special constructs; he must keep company with a notebook in which the margins helped to give shape to such a world and transcribe what, without ink and graphite, could pass us by.
Downstairs, at night, he could hear his mother's breathing coming more heavily. And while his blue eyes shone at their best for her the next morning, he thought she had never looked prettier and wondered if other boys thought their mothers so lovely. As he straightened a pillow for her, she began to tell him a story: it came in breathless snatches sometimes, but it held him firm. It was a traveller's tale – of her own invention, he thought. She began with the delivery from peril at sea of our hero and his friends, as they bested a watery maze and rounded the shore of a new world, where they saw azure on white and the rich, bountiful fruits hanging like golden lamps in a green night. For now, the story was left unfinished – but her son tasted the orient fruit all day and on that winter's night, peripheral vision tempted him with fleeting glances of that most numinous citrus grove, glowing in his darkness.
It was a Wednesday when it happened. She'd been sleeping when he left for school, although maybe she had murmured to him in his sleep. Perhaps another shred of story? In later years he liked to think so. She didn't wake. His teacher took him out to the Headmaster's office and there was his grandfather to stand by his side. Asa couldn't cry but just kept thinking of the rules of his room and whether, if you thought really hard, you could will things to happen or not to happen. If you thought magically, the magic could begin. If you could, through some enchantment, make events converge upon you and steer them somehow upon a different path. If you could call up golden lamps in a green night and steer your way through a maze.
So Asa steeled himself. How could it hurt? He felt entirely alone without the scratch of the pen and the sure, soft touch of the turning page. He began to write; to doodle, hatch and scrawl. On the silent walk home from school that day he planned it all. That really hard thought would bring a world he created to life. And from this world, a creation of his could extend a cordial hand to his mother (cordial was not his word of course; it is mine, as I favour its fine, old fashioned temper), wake her and bring her back safe and rested and with her breathing even and the dark circles gone from under her eyes. And the worlds in the margins: if he filled them with extraordinary words and lands and the finest lines a boy could muster; if he could write that "she is immortal, but by immortal providence she is mine" and somehow elicit a response to set his darkness echoing, over and over – how would that be?
"I have changed the rules of my room a bit because now they are the rules of the world outside my room too. If you are here (or there) and you are speaking to me, you need to be happy and to believe in magic. Or maybe you need to believe in God. I don't believe in him yet, but I am trying to. You also have to draw things with content eyes and strong hands because then you can help me to lift up my mother and make her strong and well wherever she is. And I need to hear the end of the story she only began."And his pen dropped from his hand and the boy slept. He slept until the next day, when his grandfather came to wake him. "Never seen a boy sleep so long, old son" said his grandfather, winking at him. Asa was still in a half sleep, feeling the warm sand of the isle between his toes and the thousand twangling sounds in his ears.
And so, by day, it went on; be as expected at school, cope with the gentle concern of a teacher, climb a tree and kick a ball. But tell no-one of the notebook just yet. Then home to scribble and draw and doodle in the book, less so the page than its now intricately filled margin. This time, wise old owls who knew the secrets of all men, a kindly old lady who knew the truth in your heart and would wrap it up and never tell but, knowing it, would help you on your way wherever or whatever that way might be. And an imposing face – something like the face of God as the boy imagined it, blowing the clouds here and there and casting shafts of sunlight on to the Earth. Again – was there a little movement in the margin? Again, the boy screwed up his eyes hard and unscrewed them; he looked out of the very corner of his eye to see if he could see that parallel world to our own of which I told you at the beginning of this story.
"Put down the book now, old son" said his grandfather on the day of the church service. So many little candles flickering and sometimes guttering: out of darkness and waiting we will come to the light. Outside, he screwed up his eyes again and thought hard. Hard enough to make things happen, if a person ever could. Thought through funeral tea and tears and a bedtime in which his grandfather choked back sobs as they went about their evening routine. And then later, when he was alone, Asa continued to draw. The ivory pages were empty apart from a neatly underlined date and his name on each page but the margins were a thing to celebrate: that were becoming ever more detailed; fluent; confident. Before he fell asleep that night, with the book across his chest, the boy had drawn another unicorn, whose expression was definitely quizzical; knowing and laughing. And there was a mountain whose sides and shades showed the measure of their memories and a stream whose clear voice rang out with no sound. And the softness and the kindness of these things held Asa through a night of dreams which might have haunted, but instead of which cared for him and carried him through to another day. One in which he would be stronger and ever finer at drawing and a little more aware of the magic that does, indeed, lie within. Within the scope of our ink as we write and draw and within our minds, as we read.
Thus it was that, a few days later, Asa looked through his old rules, housed in the miniature books. He banished those which spoke of sadness – and any tiny page which seemed hopeful he placed inside the notebook whose margins became fuller and finer with each day. The tree with long arms and a wise face; the lady, the ancient man in his fine bower of leaves, a wise owl or two, the unicorns, sea monsters, streams and mountains all woven into one never-ending story. It is a story which you only break for a taste of delicious fire toast or to read so that the words fill your mouth while they usher forth a sense of something extraordinary glimpsed, but not yet understood.
I know this curious tale to be true because Asa is an extraordinary child. And also because I am his mother. So I hold his hand while he writes and fills those beautiful margins and together, telling stories, we walk through the green night, lit safely by golden lamps.
A New Writers' Group (Bath area) NOTE NEW DATE!
Okay then. New Writers' group – meeting at Vaught Towers initially. Bath area and DM me for details!
Do you write or want to write fiction? It may be that you have already had a book or books published; it may be that you are just starting out and aiming to work towards publication. And by publication, I mean with a publisher, agented with a publisher or working as a self publisher. The aim of this group is that, in a supportive environment, we share ideas on one anothers' work, offer constructive criticism and help each other along.You'd need, I think, to be happy to read your work aloud and to circulate it and to have the confidence (or fake it; I do) to offer comment and to receive it. And you'd need a ms in its initial stages or a slew of ideas for the best use of everyone's time. I'm not thinking that there is any particular genre for us, but that this group might be best suited to writers of fiction for adults, as opposed to early readers, MG and YA.
Would you like to come along? Might be just the prompt you need to carry on carrying on and I am sure it would help me. Although I have been doing the odd bit of freelance journalism for some years, I didn't start writing full length fiction until 2014 and then my first novel was published by a small press in March of last year. My second novel is currently under consideration with an agent (I think I may be a hybrid author) and I have begun my third (and fourth: I do know this sounds a bit mad) in addition to a poetry pamphlet and a non fiction book; I've also published various articles and poems over the past ten months. I am just starting out and gradually getting over feeling like an imposter. Writing is not my day job! Here's what I read over 2016, too.
Tea; cake; cosy chairs: writing, sharing information and opinion and encouraging each other in what can be a lonely pursuit sometimes.
Like to come? We could aim for once a month or so.


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package org.apache.spark.metrics

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch

import com.datastax.spark.connector.writer.RichStatement.DriverStatement
import com.datastax.spark.connector.writer.{RichStatement, WriteConf}
import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics
import org.apache.spark.metrics.source.Source
import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, TaskContext}
import org.mockito.Mockito._
import org.scalatestplus.mockito.MockitoSugar
import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}

class OutputMetricsUpdaterSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with MockitoSugar {

  val ts = System.currentTimeMillis()

  private def newTaskContext(useTaskMetrics: Boolean = true)(sources: Source*): TaskContext = {
    val tc = mock[TaskContext]
    if (useTaskMetrics) {
      when(tc.taskMetrics()) thenReturn new TaskMetrics
    }
    when(tc.getMetricsSources(MetricsUpdater.cassandraConnectorSourceName)) thenReturn sources
    tc
  }

  private def newRichStatement(): RichStatement = {
    new RichStatement() {
      override val bytesCount = 100
      override val rowsCount = 10
      override def stmt: DriverStatement = ???
      override def executeAs(executeAs: Option[String]): RichStatement = ???
    }
  }

  it should "create updater which uses task metrics" in {
    val tc = newTaskContext()()
    val conf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false)
      .set("spark.cassandra.output.metrics", "true")
    val updater = OutputMetricsUpdater(tc, WriteConf.fromSparkConf(conf))
    val rc = newRichStatement()

    updater.batchFinished(success = true, rc, ts, ts)
    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.bytesWritten shouldBe 100L // change registered when success
    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.recordsWritten shouldBe 10L

    updater.batchFinished(success = false, rc, ts, ts)
    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.bytesWritten shouldBe 100L // change not regsitered when failure
    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.recordsWritten shouldBe 10L
  }

  it should "create updater which does not use task metrics" in {
    val tc = newTaskContext(useTaskMetrics = false)()
    val conf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false)
      .set("spark.cassandra.output.metrics", "false")
    val updater = OutputMetricsUpdater(tc, WriteConf.fromSparkConf(conf))
    val rc = newRichStatement()

    updater.batchFinished(success = true, rc, ts, ts)
    updater.batchFinished(success = false, rc, ts, ts)

    verify(tc, never).taskMetrics()
  }

  it should "create updater which uses Codahale metrics" in {
    val ccs = new CassandraConnectorSource
    val tc = newTaskContext()(ccs)
    val conf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false)
    val updater = OutputMetricsUpdater(tc, WriteConf.fromSparkConf(conf))
    val rc = newRichStatement()

    updater.batchFinished(success = true, rc, ts, ts)
    ccs.writeRowMeter.getCount shouldBe 10L
    ccs.writeByteMeter.getCount shouldBe 100L
    ccs.writeSuccessCounter.getCount shouldBe 1L
    ccs.writeFailureCounter.getCount shouldBe 0L
    ccs.writeBatchSizeHistogram.getSnapshot.getMedian shouldBe 10.0
    ccs.writeBatchSizeHistogram.getCount shouldBe 1L

    updater.batchFinished(success = false, rc, ts, ts)
    ccs.writeRowMeter.getCount shouldBe 10L
    ccs.writeByteMeter.getCount shouldBe 100L
    ccs.writeSuccessCounter.getCount shouldBe 1L
    ccs.writeFailureCounter.getCount shouldBe 1L
    ccs.writeBatchSizeHistogram.getCount shouldBe 1L

    updater.finish()
    ccs.writeTaskTimer.getCount shouldBe 1L
  }

  it should "create updater which doesn't use Codahale metrics" in {
    val tc = newTaskContext()()
    val conf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false)
    val updater = OutputMetricsUpdater(tc, WriteConf.fromSparkConf(conf))
    val rc = newRichStatement()

    updater.batchFinished(success = true, rc, ts, ts)
    updater.batchFinished(success = false, rc, ts, ts)

    updater.finish()
  }

  it should "work correctly with multiple threads" in {
    val tc = newTaskContext()()
    val conf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false)
      .set("spark.cassandra.output.metrics", "true")
    val updater = OutputMetricsUpdater(tc, WriteConf.fromSparkConf(conf))
    val rc = newRichStatement()

    val latch = new CountDownLatch(32)
    class TestThread extends Thread {
      override def run(): Unit = {
        latch.countDown()
        latch.await()
        for (i <- 1 to 100000)
          updater.batchFinished(success = true, rc, ts, ts)
      }
    }

    val threads = Array.fill(32)(new TestThread)
    threads.foreach(_.start())
    threads.foreach(_.join())

    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.bytesWritten shouldBe 320000000L
    tc.taskMetrics().outputMetrics.recordsWritten shouldBe 32000000L
  }

}

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Get ready for one of the most intense aerial displays put on by a fish. Tarpon are the inshore Blue Marlin,sought after by many and conquered by few. But not to worry, we will declassify the top secret tips that will surely have you fighting the Silver King.
In a nut shell, Tarpon are probably the most over-thought fish there is. Spinning rods are a must, and the longer, the better. The typical rod of choice is an 8ft medium heavy action rod for a longer more accurate cast. Braided line has quickly made its way to the top among anglers, and 50lb to 65lb is the standard. The same basic rules apply when targeting Tarpon that you would use for beach Snook fishing. You want to stay ahead of the school and cast well in front them, letting them swim to your bait. DO NOT CAST ON TOP OF THE SCHOOL.
This is a big fish, and a good line to line connection is a must.
Long leaders are a must as well. This will prevent tail whips on the braid and get you more bites. A good knot for this is either a Slim Beauty or a PR Bobbin. Look for schools rolling and gulping air on the surface and watch to see what direction they are moving. Fish with a float 5 to 6ft away from the hook, and use a 3 inch oval or 4 inch pear float. Use 60 to 80lb fluorocarbon and a 4/0 to 6/0 4x strong hook. A good hook to use is a Gamakatsu 984 series hook. Bait choices include crabs, pumpkin seeds, threadfins, green backs, and pinfish. You can also anchor up on a sand bar edge or over inshore reefs and fish dead shad on the bottom. The preferred outfit to use for this type of Tarpon fishing is a large conventional reel with 50lb mono and 100lb to 150lb leader. You are going to want to use a bigger hook such as a 6/0 to 8/0 circle hook. A good hook choice for this is a Gamakatsu 2094 series. Conventional reels are used for this type of fishing because you will use the clicker free spool clicker feature.
There are two solid ways to bridge fish from a boat. One is anchoring and chumming to draw the fish to your boat. The other way is drifting from up current down to the bridge and repeating this process until you hook up. When anchoring and chumming, be sure to have a 5 gallon bucket full of threadfins or green backs. Cut them into small pieces and have a constant flow of a small amount drifting back with the tide. You want to be up tide of the bridge and drifting your baits back to the first and second shadow lines. The best way to fish your bait is to have one live bait on a shadow line and another live bait on another. Then, fish a piece of cut bait on one shadow line and a piece of cut bait on the other. You want to use copper rigging wire to put a small weight on your line so that when the fish hits, the weight will break off. This will help keep the weight from throwing the hook, and it will keep your bait at the same depth as your chum. (Link for diagram for copper rigging wire here - DIAGRAM PENDING).
One of the most effective and common ways to fish from a pier is with an outrigger. This technique is similar to the ones used on a boat. To use this technique, you will need a spinning rod that you will use to snag the bottom. Most people will use a PVC pipe tied to a rail that the spinning rod will go in. You're going to use a 7 inch piece of line, a snap swivel, a 3oz. lead weight, and a clothes pin. (Insert photo of clip - PENDING) This is what will take your main line out and will let you make a stationary float that will not let your bait move side to side. Your main rod should be rigged with a 5 to 7ft leader using a swivel. You are going to use a rubber band or a small piece of mono line tied to the swivel. You will then use the mono or rubber band to attach to the clothes pin. Then, your main reel is placed into free spool to deploy the bait to the desired spot. Then, your reel is place back into gear with a medium to tight drag. When the fish hits, your main line will pop free from the clothes pin, and the fish will be on your line. Popular baits are Pinfish, Threadfins, Green Backs, Grass Grunts and Ladyfish. Hook size will vary with the size bait used but is typically a 4/0 to 7/0. A great model hook is 984 series Gamakatsu.
For beach fishing we would suggest a Dogfish Stik 8ft 12-40 spinner with a Shimano Stradic 8000 spooled with 50lb braid. This outfit will also work well for bridge fishing. For Pier fishing, we recommend our Dogfish Stik #16 with a Shimano Tld 25 spooled with 50lb monofilament.


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Here it is, folks. This week's run down of what we'll be doing or wishing we were doing. On Tuesday, a trio of contemporary composers takes the tiny stage at Joe's Pub; on Wednesday a newly restored version of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless is running at Film Forum; and on Thursday, the Phillip Seymour Hoffman who's not an actor, but rather a drone musician, creates some sonic architecture at Glasslands.
We're DJing the Down N Derby roller disco at Good Units on Friday, and on Saturday, while we're up in Boston, DJ Koze and Isolee will be making beautiful things happen at Santos Party House. We're hoping to make it back in time for BAM's matinee of Metamorphosis, a version of the Kafka novella with a score by Nick Cave and Bad Seed, Warren Ellis.


This camp is an introduction into the world of robotics. Campers will learn about the six simple machines and how they are incorporated into more complex machines. Campers will also learn about circuits and power sources as they build our "Mars-like" RC Rover. The radio-controlled RC Rover is capable of performing 23 experiments and activities. Campers will also have fun constructing their very own moving robot!
Campers will be able to take home the robots they build for ours of fun after the camp week has finished!


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SG041 Royal Wedding - Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips. Issued: 14th November 1973. Perf: 13½.
SG97-98 Royal Wedding. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips. Issued: 14th November 1973 Perforations 11½.
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Q: Find the sum of all coefficients of the polynom $p(x) = (x ^4 − 3x^3 − x + 1)^9$ A polynomial $$p(x) = (x ^4 − 3x^3 − x + 1)^9$$ is written in standard form. Find the sum of all its coefficients ?

A: For any polynomial $p$ the sum of all the coefficients is simply $p(1)$. So the answer is $(1-3-1+1)^{9}=-2^{9}$.
(If $p(x)= \sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a_kx^{k}$ then $p(1)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{n} a_k$).

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European stocks fell on Thursday as the dollar weakened for a second straight session after a recent rally.
With the U.S. markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and concerns about the Italian budget standoff easing slightly, investors looked ahead to next week's G20 summit and the weekend EU summit on Brexit for directional cues.
The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 index was down 0.9 percent at 351.84 in opening deals after climbing 1.1 percent in the previous session.
The German DAX fell over 1 percent, France's CAC 40 index shed 0.9 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was down 1.1 percent.
Centrica shares slumped 8 percent in London. The owner of British Gas said it has lost 372,000 home energy customers in the four months to the end of October.
Volatility in base metal prices pulled down mining stocks, with Antofagasta, Anglo American and Glencore falling 2-3 percent.
Banks were broadly lower, with Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale losing 1-2 percent.
Export-driven automakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen fell around 1 percent in Frankfurt.
Retailer Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. dropped 0.6 percent. The company announced that its U.S. bedding chain Mattress Firm, Inc. has emerged from bankruptcy.
On the data front, France's manufacturing confidence increased in November after easing in the previous two months, figures from the statistical office INSEE showed.
The corresponding index rose to 105 from 104 in October. Economists had expected the reading to remain unchanged.


The report discusses the results of the OECD "Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs" (TSME) project which examines access to training by SMEs across seven regions in six OECD countries: New Zealand, Poland, Belgium, UK, Turkey and Canada. The book analyses the policy issues related to both low access by SMEs, and how to recognise the increasing importance of informal training and skills development methods. The book looks at how both formal and alternative ways of training and skills development interact and identifies impacts at three levels; for the firm and employees; for the industry; and for the local area where the firm is located.The report pays special attention to the development of entrepreneurial skills and the emerging area of "green skills". This focus is not just because 'green skills' represent the next new training opportunity – the de-carbonisation of economies that will occur over the coming decades represents an industrial transformation on the scale of the microelectronics revolution - but in many ways the response to the green economy is at an emerging stage- this means we have the opportunity to implement lessons from previous successful practices into a skill development area that will have enormous reach.


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The rising threat of Ransomware
Ransomware attacks are on a steep rise as the global pandemic continues. According to the cybersecurity firm SonicWall, there were more than 304 million attempted ransomware attacks tracked by them in 2020, which was a 62 percent increase over 2019. During the first five months of 2021, the firm detected another 116 percent increase in ransomware attempts compared to the same period in 2020. Another cybersecurity firm called Cybereason found in a recent study interviewing nearly 1,300 security professionals from all around the world that more than half of organisations have been the victim of a ransomware attack, and that 80 percent of businesses that decided to pay a ransom fee suffered a second ransomware attack, often times by the same cybercriminals.
Ransomware is a type of malicious software, which encrypts files, databases, or applications on a computer or network and perpetually holds them hostage or even threatens to publish data until the owner pays the attacker the requested fee. Captivated data may include Personal Data, business data and intellectual property. While Phishing attacks are the most common gateway for ransomware, there are also highly targeted attacks on financially strong companies and institutions ("Big game hunting").
Alluding to the industry term Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), a new unlawful industry sub-branch has emerged in recent years, which according to security experts lowered the entrance barriers to this industry immensely: Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). With RaaS, a typical monthly subscription could cost around 50 US-Dollars and the purchaser receives the ransomware code and decryption key. Sophisticated RaaS offerings even include customer service and dashboards that allow hackers to track the status of infections and the status of ransomware payments. Thus, cybercriminals do not necessarily have to have the technical skills themselves to create corresponding malware.
Experts point to various factors that are contributing to the recent increase in Ransomeware attacks. One factor is a consequence of the pandemic: the worldwide trend to work from home. Many companies and institutions were abruptly forced to introduce remote working and let employees use their own private equipment. Furthermore, many companies were not prepared to face the rising threats with respect to their cybersecurity management. Another reported factor has been the latest increase in value of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin which is the preferred currency by criminals for ransom payments.
Successful Ransomware attacks can lead to personal data breaches pursuant to Art. 4 No. 12 GDPR and can also lead to the subsequent obligation to report the data breach to the supervisory authorities (Art. 33 GDPR) and to the data subjects (Art. 34 GDPR) for the affected company. Businesses are called to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures based on the risk-based approach, Art. 32 GDPR.
Earlier this month, the Danish Data Protection Authority provided companies with practical guidance on how to mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks. Measures to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems when faced with ransomware may include providing regular trainings for employees, having a high level of technical protection of systems and networks in place, patching programs in a timely manner, and storing backups in an environment other than the normal network.
Category: COVID-19-Virus · Cyber Security · Data Breach · Data Protection · Encryption · EU · General · Personal Data · Phishing
Tags: Art. 32 GDPR, COVID-19, Data breach, Data breach notification, Datatilsynet, RaaS, Ransomware, Ransomware-as-a-Service
Data Breach made 136,000 COVID-19 test results publicly accessible
Personal health data are considered a special category of personal data under Art. 9 of the GDPR and are therefore given special protections. A group of IT experts, including members of the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC), has now revealed security gaps in the software for test centres by which more than 136,000 COVID-19 test results of more than 80,000 data subjects have apparently been unprotected on the internet for weeks.
The IT-Security experts' findings concern the software "SafePlay" of the Austrian company Medicus AI. Many test centres use this software to allocate appointments and to make test results digitally available to those tested. In fact, more than 100 test centres and mobile test teams in Germany and Austria are affected by the recent data breach. These include public facilities in Munich, Berlin, Mannheim as well as fixed and temporary testing stations in companies, schools and daycare centres.
In order to view the test results unlawfully, one only needed to create an account for a COVID-19 test. The URL for the test result contained the number of the test. If this number was simply counted up or down, the "test certificates" of other people became freely accessible. In addition to the test result, the test certificate also contained the name, date of birth, private address, nationality and ID number of the person concerned.
It remains unresolved whether the vulnerabilities have been exploited prior to the discovery by the CCC. The CCC notified both Medius AI and the Data Protection Authorities about the leak which led to a quick response by the company. However, IT experts and Privacy-focused NGOs commented that Medicus AI was irresponsible and grossly negligent with respect to their security measures leading to the potential disclosure of an enormous amount of sensitive personal health data.
Category: COVID-19-Virus · Cyber Security · Data Breach · Data Protection · EU · European Data Protection · GDPR · General · General Data Protection Regulation · German Law · Personal Data
Tags: Art. 32 GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Austria, Chaos Computer Club, Corona test, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Data breach, Data breach notification, Germany, Health Data, IT Security, Medicus AI, Safeplay, Security gap, Technical and organisational measures, Test centre, Zerforschung
German State Data Protection Commissioner imposes 1.2 million € GDPR fine
The German State Data Protection Commissioner of Baden-Württemberg ("LfDI Ba-Wü") imposed a GDPR fine of 1.240.000€ on the German statutory health insurance provider AOK Baden-Württemberg ("AOK"). The fine was a result of the health insurance's lack of technical and organisational measures pursuant to Art. 32 GDPR. It is the highest fine the LfDI Ba-Wü has ever imposed.
Between 2015 and 2019 the AOK organised lotteries on various occasions and collected personal data of the participants, including their contact details and current health insurance affiliations. The AOK wanted to use the data of the lottery participants for advertising purposes, insofar as the participants gave their consent to this. To ensure the security of processing, the AOK implemented internal guidelines and data protection training of their staff as technical and organisatioal measures. However, these measures were not sufficient to comply with Art. 32 GDPR because AOK staff used the personal data of more than 500 lottery participants for advertising purposes without their prior consent.
Following the investigation of the LfDI Ba-Wü, the AOK immediately stopped all marketing activities in order to revise their internal policies and processes against the GDPR. The LfDI Ba-Wü explained that in determining the extent of the fine, it considered the following mitigating factors:
the cooperation of the AOK with the Data Protection Authority,
the fact that the AOK as a statutory health insurance provider is an important part of the German healthcare system, and
the burdens of the current Corona-Pandemic on the healthcare system.
Finally, the Commissioner pointed out that technical and organisational measures must be regularly adjusted to the actual conditions of each processing activity, in order to ensure an adequate level of data protection in the long term.
Category: Cyber Security · European Data Protection · GDPR · General · General Data Protection Regulation · Privacy policy
Tags: AOK Baden-Württemberg, Art. 32 GDPR, consent, GDPR Fines, Landesdatenschutzbeauftrager Baden-Württemberg, Technical and organisational measures
Germany: Telecommunications provider receives a 9.5 Million Euro GDPR fine
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) has imposed a fine of 9.55 Million Euro on the major telecommunication services provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH (1&1). This is the second multimillion Euro fine that the Data Protection Authorities in Germany have imposed. The first fine of this magnitude (14.5 Million Euro) was imposed last month on a real estate company.
According to the BfDI, the reason for the fine for 1&1 was an inadequate authentication procedure within the company's customer service department, because any caller to 1&1's customer service could obtain extensive information on personal customer data, only by providing a customer's name and date of birth. The particular case that was brought to the Data Protection Authority's attention was based on a caller's request of the new mobile phone number of an ex-partner.
The BfDI found that this authentication procedure stands in violation of Art. 32 GDPR, which sets out a company's obligation to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to systematically protect the processing of personal data.
After the BfDI had pointed 1&1 to the their deficient procedure, the company cooperated with the authorities. In a first step, the company changed their two-factor authentication procedure to a three step authentication procedure in their customer service department. Furthermore, they are working on a new enhanced authentication system in which each customer will receive a personal service PIN.
In his statement, the BfDI explained that the fine was necessary because the violation posed a risk to the personal data of all customers of 1&1. But because of the company's cooperation with the authorities, the BfDI set the fine at the lower end of the scale.
1&1 has deemed the fine "absolutely disproportionate" and has announced to file a suit against the penalty notice by the BfDI.
Category: GDPR · General · German Law · Personal Data
Tags: 1&1, Art. 32 GDPR, BfDI, GDPR Fines, Germany, Multimillion Fine, service PIN, Telecommunication, two-factor authentication
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Vanice () je malá vesnice, část města Vysoké Mýto v okrese Ústí nad Orlicí. Nachází se asi 2 km na jihozápad od Vysokého Mýta. V roce 2009 zde bylo evidováno 45 adres. V roce 2001 zde trvale žilo 86 obyvatel.

Vanice je také název katastrálního území o rozloze 2,1 km2.

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Vesnice v okrese Ústí nad Orlicí
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Home>City Hall>Media>Press Releases>February 26, 2014
City of New Westminster appoints new Electric Utility Commissioner
The City of New Westminster is proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Fong Kwok to the role of Electric Utility Commissioner. Ms. Kwok's three-year term begins March 1, 2014. Ms. Kwok succeeds Terry Parsons, whose term came to an end in December 2013.
"We are pleased to welcome Ms. Kwok to the Board of Commissioners," said Mayor Wayne Wright. "We have lots of work ahead and Ms. Kwok's qualifications will be a welcome addition to our board."
Ms. Kwok brings with her over 20 years of regulatory experience and a comprehensive knowledge of the utility industry in British Columbia. She has held the role of Regulatory Specialist with the BC Utilities Commission, and has served 10 years with BC Hydro in varying capacities including Business Systems Consultant, Financial Services Accountant and Project Accountant. A Certified General Accountant, she has consulted with some of BC's major utilities, such as BC Hydro and BC Transmission Corp, and her wide-ranging expertise includes financial management and the development of regulatory strategies.
"I am honoured by this appointment and look forward to working with my fellow members in serving the New Westminster community," said Ms. Kwok.
The Electric Utility Commission is governed by a board of industry professionals committed to providing oversight and direction to the City's Electrical Department. The Department maintains the electrical systems at a majority of City-owned facilities including City Hall, maintains the City's streetlights and traffic signals, as well as oversees the distribution of electricity to the City's residential and commercial customers.
Contact: Rod Carle
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Government jobs are known for generous pensions, relative to the private sector. This has been especially true for career politicians in Oklahoma.
When she leaves office, Gov. Fallin's pension will be more than she ever earned while in office. She'll collect about $176,000 per year. That's $29,000 more than her salary as governor. David Boren's annual state and federal pension payments are $207,198.
Public pressure forced the politicians to scale back the sweetheart deal that Fallin and Boren benefit from. But more reform is needed, since Oklahoma still has unfunded pension liabilities around $8 billion.
Pensions let politicians make promises that don't come due until far into the future. That's always a bad idea. Like government debt, pensions let politicians buy political favor today with little regard to future costs.
The solution is to replace government pensions with accounts that are actually owned by employees. That's how things work for almost all private-sector workers. Employees—not politicians—should have control over their own retirement. And hard-working taxpayers should never be left on the hook for the unrealistic promises of politicians.
If you want pension reform in Oklahoma, sign our petition now.
It is time to get serious about pension reform. Help us get this message to lawmakers by signing the petition today.
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One of the most used punctuation mark, a comma is often abused in written communication. With this article, learn the different rules on how to use commas.
How To Use A Comma
The lowly and poor comma is misused and abused to the maximum by most people. While some people overuse it, others place it haphazardly wherever they want. Yet others do not take the pain of using it at all. A comma, in general, is used for separating things in most contexts and languages. Little do most of them know that an insertion of a comma in a sentence can change the entire meaning of the same sentence! You can see for yourself the difference in these sentences, "When lighting struck the five cats, all fled the room" and "When lightning struck, the five cats all fled the room". In order to avoid such silly and embarrassing situations, it is best to follow some rules pertaining to the use of the comma. These rules would assist you in inserting commas only at justified places. Check out the rules listed below.
Rules For Using Commas
Commas are mostly used to separate words and a series of groups of words. Consider this sentence, "My $10 million estate is to be split amongst my husband, daughter, son, and nephew". By omitting the comma after son would simply indicate that the son and nephew would be sharing one-third of the estate.
A comma is used to separate two adjectives, where the word 'and' can be inserted to divide the two. Consider these two sentences, "He is a strong, healthy man" and "We stayed at an expensive summer resort". Here, you can conveniently use the word 'and' between strong and healthy, but it would be incorrect to say 'expensive and summer'. Hence, no comma is used in the second sentence.
The name or title of a person directly being addressed should be surrounded by commas. Also, a title should be capitalized when directly addressing someone. For instance, "Will you, Aisha, do this assignment for me?" and "Yes, Doctor, I will".
A comma should be inserted to separate the day of the month from the year. However, if any part of the date is missing, leave out the commas. Examples: "Kathleen met her husband on December 5, 2003, in Mill Valley, California" and "They met in December 2003 in Mill Valley".
Cities are separated from states and states are separated from the rest of the document through commas. However, if you are using the two-letter capitalized form of any state, leave the comma. Examples: "I lived in San Francisco, California, for 20 years" and "I lived in San Francisco, CA for 20 years".
Expressions that interrupt the flow of the sentence should be encapsulated in commas. For example, "I am, as you have probably noticed, very nervous about this".
Whenever a sentence starts with a weak clause, it should always be followed by a comma. However, if a strong clause begins the sentence, do not use a comma. Examples: "If you are not sure about this, let me know now." and "Let me know now if you are not sure about this".
Two strong clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction - and, or, but, for and nor, should be separated by a comma. However, if the sentence is short, the comma can be given a miss. Consider these examples: "I have painted the entire house, but he is still working on sanding the doors." and "I paint and he writes".
While introducing or interrupting direct quotations shorter than three lines, separate them by using commas. Examples: "He actually said, 'I do not care." And "'Why', I asked, 'do you always forget to do it?'"
Whenever you begin a sentence with introductory words, such as well, now or yes, succeed them with a comma. For instance, "Yes, I do need that report." and "Well, I never thought I would live to see this day".
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It was one of the best and worst days. I don't know why what happened happened. The thought of a day alone on the beach with my aspirations for the new year bubbling up in my stomach made me giddy. I grabbed the giant umbrella and lawn chair from under the stairs along with some almonds, an apple, a big thing of water, and my 3×5 cards. I got to Ocean Beach by noon. The weather was perfect.
Still, I look at those 3×5 cards, and I think, this is going to be a great year. A Great Year Plan is your best shot at having a great life focusing on what's most important to you; it's not a checklist of stuff you have to get done.
Look at mine and tell me if I'm on track, and more importantly tell me what your plans are for a great year.


I am coming out from the dark side and even though this is a week a late; I couldn't help myself and am sending it anyways. It is the music only post and I wonder if anyone can guess how the week went?
Run through the songs and let me know. The one that guesses right will receive my love and adoration for eternity.


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Playlist includes School Science Fair Videos from Elementary Levels to High School. In this video, Junior high students from the Fairmont Private Schools - Historic Anaheim Campus, Anaheim Hills Campus, and North Tustin Campus show off their award-winning science projects that were presented at the OC Science & Engineering Fair (http://www.ocsef.org) and California State Science Fair in May, 2016.


Something like this. Unless you already have monitor, keyboard/mouse, speakers, etc., you are probably going to go over your budget. Sorry, just not much you can do with $500. You can also swap the case out for the same one, but with a side window, but this will reveal all the wires, and will look bad unless you are really good at routing cables. Don't expect this type of build to be amazing, but it should be able to play MW3, and games like Minecraft, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Left for Dead should be a piece of cake for the HD 6670.
Note: I'm not an expert. Feel free to make any changes as you see fit.


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Австралийските дървесни варани (Varanus gilleni) са вид влечуги от семейство Варанови (Varanidae).

Разпространени са в централните и северозападни части на Австралия.

Таксонът е описан за пръв път от британския ботаник Артър Хенри Шекспир Лукас през 1895 година.

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Enrollment » Inter-District Attendance Permit
Inter-District Attendance Permit
Transfer to a different District-
Reason must be in accordance with Board Policy 5117
The Inter District Attendance permit application, along with supporting documentation will be submitted electronically via email.
In order to transfer to a school outside the District (inter-district), families must complete and submit an application within the time frame indicated (December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023)
Students Residing in Another District
Who Would Like to Attend a School in NLMUSD
All requests for students applying to enroll in the NLMUSD from outside of the district should be initiated at the student's school or district of residence, not the school to which the student is applying to attend in NLMUSD.
If the inter-district transfer is granted by the school/district of residence, the application should be submitted via email to the Student and Family Services Office for processing. The application will not be accepted until it is received with all required information and documentation. To determine required documentation, please refer to the section below that lists the reasons that applications may be approved.
Students Residing in the NLMUSD Attendance Area
Who Would Like to Attend a School in Another District
All requests for residents to be released from NLMUSD to attend school in another district should be initiated at your school of residence with the site administration, not the NLMUSD District Office.
Please include all required information and documentation. To determine required documentation, please refer to the section below that lists the reasons that applications may be approved.
Reasons for Granting Inter-District Attendance Permits
A permit may be granted for a student in grades K-5 only who is cared for by someone other than the parent/guardian or a Child Care Center in a district different than the student's place of residence, if the parent/guardian is employed or if both parents/guardians are employed. The parent/guardian will be required to obtain a document on letterhead stationary that includes the following:
Employer's signature.
Employment verification information to verify that the individual is working during the child's school hours.
Verification that he/she is currently employed on a full-time regular basis for not less than 30 hours per week.
A permit may be granted if:
A student moves from one school district to another during the second school semester and wishes to remain enrolled at the school he/she attended during the first semester to complete the school year. (Proof of change of address is required)
A twelfth (12th) grade student who moves from one school district to another and wishes to attend the same school he/she attended as a junior. (Transcript required)
Anticipated Move
A permit may be granted if the parent/guardian of a student certifies that a residence is being built in another district or attendance zone; or that money is in escrow for the purpose of securing a residence in another district which the family will occupy within the semester in which the permit is requested. Parents shall furnish documentation, e.g., escrow papers, utility receipts or other acceptable evidence.
A permit may be considered for a student because of psychological social problems, medical problems, parole regulations, etc. Acceptable evidence must be presented to the district personnel, which verifies the student's situation.
A permit may be granted to a student to attend school in another district if one or both of the parents or legal guardians of the pupil are employed within the boundaries of that school district. The parent/guardian will be required to obtain a document on letterhead stationary that includes the following:
5117 BP INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE
5117 RR INTERDISTRICT ATTENDANCE
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You are serving and selling liquor at an event located somewhere other than a licensed premises.
You are a non-profit organization.
You are running a special event such as a charitable fundraiser or community festival.
Your special event is no more than a maximum of 5 days in a row for up to 26 days in 1 year. This is from April 1 to March 31.
Complete a special occasion permit application.
You can get a paper form at your local liquor store.
Submit your application at least 48 hours before your special event.
In person: 9031 Quartz Road, Whitehorse, or at your local liquor store.
Pay the permit fee. This fee depends on the number of people at the event, but will range from $50 to $150. We accept cash, certified cheque, major credit card or debit.
Your permit application will typically be reviewed within 24 hours. If everything is in order, we will call you to let you know if it has been approved.
Are you also placing a liquor order for your special occasion?
Speed up the process by submitting your permit application and liquor order together.
Display your permit where people can see it. Make sure you have the receipt for the liquor you have on the premises. Inspectors will ask for this information.
For questions about applying for a special occasion permit email yukon.liquor@gov.yk.ca or phone 867-667-5245 or toll free in Yukon: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5245.


The system allows to programme the centre frequency of ultrasound pulses, pulse duration and frequency.
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An ultrasound feedback channel allows to evaluate assess the hyperechogeneity dynamics of the medium and perform adaptive experiments with micro-bubble contrast agents in order to achieve higher transfer efficiency.