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Turning the Tide on Diabetes
Diabetes On Track Aims to Turn the Tide on High Diabetes Rates, Especially in Rural Communities
By Connie White
Go anywhere in rural America, and you're likely to find someone struggling with diabetes. Someone's friend. Someone's wife. Someone's grandpa.
Nebraska is no exception. An estimated 10% of Nebraskans are living with diabetes, and 35% have prediabetes, with much of those numbers concentrated in rural areas. Thanks to a generous private gift, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine recently launched Diabetes On Track.
The initiative seeks to improve diabetes care and prevention by piloting a new approach in two rural Nebraska communities. Launched this fall, the idea is for communities to tailor their own solutions through collaboration among health departments, health clinics, hospitals and community groups.
The program was made possible by a $7 million gift from the Diabetes Care Foundation of Nebraska.
"We are very excited to be involved in the development of such a critical program," said Cyrus Desouza, MBBS, an endocrinologist and chief of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. "The prevalence of diabetes tends to run higher in rural communities along with worse outcomes."
A model for rural areas
The hope, Desouza said, is to create a rural model for use across the country.
Diabetes is a chronic medical condition that affects how the body metabolizes food and utilizes glucose. When someone has diabetes, the pancreas either doesn't make enough insulin to push the glucose from the blood vessels into the cells, or the body doesn't respond as it should to insulin.
The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes increases with age and if a person has a family history of the disease. There is no cure, but a healthy lifestyle can help delay or prevent it.
Desouza is a principal researcher along with David Dzewaltowski, Ph.D. Desouza is also a medical doctor who treats diabetes patients. Dzewaltowski is a public health expert in the UNMC College of Public Health focused on communities and social determinants of nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
Desouza said patients can't control their diabetes by just taking a pill. They need an understanding of factors affecting glucose and insulin, including exercise, food, stress and illness. Eighty percent of the control is in the patient's hands. Uncontrolled diabetes can have severe consequences, including heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, amputations and death.
Cyrus Desouza, MBBS, hopes Diabetes On Track will become a model for rural diabetes care that can be replicated across the country.
"It has to be managed every day," he said. "The more the patient knows about this, the easier it is."
Community-driven solutions
Dzewaltowski said that, from a public health perspective, addressing the problem begins with understanding that community characteristics, such as access to healthy food, physical activity and health care, contribute to differences in local prediabetes and diabetes rates.
If those community characteristics are not dealt with through a "whole of community change," the root causes will never be addressed, he said.
Public health expert David Dzewaltowski, Ph.D., said addressing diabetes begins with the community.
Community solutions involve partnering with local organizations to understand the services available for diabetes prevention, screening and care management. A local coalition can then form to investigate what's working and design solutions.
Wayne, with nearly 6,000 people in northeast Nebraska, and Hastings, with 25,000 people in central Nebraska, were selected for the two-year pilot project. The initiative will focus on adults in the communities with prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes means a person has a higher-than-normal blood sugar level.
Tools to get on a healthy track
The initiative's name, Diabetes On Track, reflects the goal: to create communities that help people with diabetes get on a healthy track through food, physical activity, technology and education.
Tools can include wearable home glucose monitors that can be read via a cell phone or watch, certified diabetes educators to meet with patients, and telehealth services. The initiative also is focused on ensuring that all residents, especially those at risk for diabetes, stay on track to make healthful lifestyle choices and prevent diabetes.
Desouza said the hope is to expand the program to other communities, as additional public and private funding is secured.
The gift provides $5 million for the initial phases and $2 million to create a permanent endowment, the Dr. Timothy Wahl Presidential Chair in Diabetes Education, Care and Research Fund. Tim Wahl, M.D., is a longtime practicing endocrinologist in Omaha who serves on the Diabetes Care Foundation Board of Directors. He also is a University of Nebraska Foundation trustee.
Dzewaltowski said he feels optimistic the initiative will lead to positive health outcomes by bringing local people together to create solutions that work for their Nebraska communities.
"We are really taking this as a community-driven approach, rather than a top-down approach," he said. "This effort will keep people out of the hospital and lead to a better quality of life."


Well people, today is officially the first day of fall.
So bring on the flannels, boots, football and pumpkin spice, right?
While that all may sound like a "basic white girl" to you, admit it – we all have a little BWG in us. Whether young or old, male or female, fall hits and you know you are wearing around your favorite football jersey, planning Halloween costumes, talking about how great the weather is and thinking about happy memories. And we already know that you're secretly waiting for the leaves to change colors so you can take cute selfies with your cute fall clothes, and it's all going to be cute, cute, cute, right? Because it's fall. And everyone loves fall. But why, exactly, is fall so popular?
Let's take a look at one of the most popular things about the season: Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks. Why, you may ask, are Pumpkin Spice Lattes so important? Well, we have a few ideas why.
First, Starbucks has made the Pumpkin Spice Latte a personality.
Did you know that the Pumpkin Spice Latte not only has its own hashtag, but also its very own Instagram page with over 32,000 (yes, THOUSAND) followers? Starbucks knows how to appeal to its customers. When people started loving PSL, Starbucks was able to createa specific brand and personality for the one drink. In doing this, they was able to create a social buzz. It feels like literally everyone talks about it. Whether it's positive or negative, people are constantly talking about it during fall. According to AdWeek, in 2016 Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Lattes received 493 percent more likes per photo than shots tagged with #Starbucks. This just goes to show how much people truly love this brand.
When PSL was introduced 14 years ago, Starbucks had no idea it would turn into their most popular seasonal beverage of all time. Everyone now loves it because it represents everything that fall is: coziness, fall spices, pumpkins and cooler weather.
People also love it because of the nostalgia that comes with it. Many people have fond memories of fall and all of their autumn rituals and traditions. The spices you associate with fall help bring all those happy thoughts and memories to mind. A good Pumpkin Spice Latte is one way to help connect those moments. It makes you feel happy and excited to relive those experiences. Marketing is really about selling the experience and the feeling you get around a product, and Starbucks did a great job of that. Pumpkin Spice Lattes are about so much more than just a yummy drink.
Third, the drink is limited.
Starbucks has used the ultimate marketing tool to help make this drink so popular – a limited-time offer. When you can only have something for a certain amount of time, the product turns into a must-have, which can definitely be seen with this drink. When something is scarce, exclusive or in high demand, it becomes more desirable. According to HubSpot, these elements work because they trigger a physiological reaction that makes an offer seem more valuable. And the higher the perception of value, the more irresistible the offer. People practically beg for the Pumpkin Spice Latte to come back. Just look at these comments on the Instagram page from early in August.
Because of these marketing tactics, Pumpkin Spice Lattes have soared their way to the top of people's hearts, brains and probably their mouths. Why do you love Pumpkin Spice and fall so much?


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The Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West oversees seven historical cemeteries in northern California. These historic Jewish burial grounds were established by immigrant settlers during the California Gold Rush in the early 1850s.
Our mission includes the restoration and preservation of cemeteries and landmarks relating to the Jewish presence in the early settlements of the American west. We provide educational materials and research opportunities to inform the public of the contributions made by Jewish pioneers to the development of the state, the nation, and the world.
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Russia almost fully adhered to their pledged 300,000 barrel per day production cuts as the OPEC agreement nears expiration at the end of May. Extensions for the agreement past June have not been agreed to by Russia and they have not conveyed any sense of direction, although many OPEC members not limited to Saudi Arabia have already expressed their intentions to agree with further production curbs.
The US rig count rose by 9 to 697 according to Bloomberg. President Trump seeks to expand offshore drilling and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke stated "It's better to produce energy here under reasonable regulations than to have it produced overseas with no regulations." Increased offshore drilling could narrow future demand-output gaps. Prompt contracts closed $0.36 higher to settle at $49.33 on Friday.


Ashley Giles has sounded a note of caution amid England's Ashes celebrations and warned of a determined response from Australia in the series decider at The Oval next week.
Ashley Giles has sounded a note of caution amid England's Ashes celebrations and warned of a determined response from Australia in the series decider at The Oval next week.
Giles, 32, was a central figure in England's dramatic three-wicket fourth Test victory at Trent Bridge last night, surviving four overs to hit the winning runs and give England a 2-1 lead in the compelling series.
The victory has sparked cricket fever throughout the country as fans hope to witness the end of a long wait for Ashes success, providing England avoid defeat in the final Test starting on September 8.
But as dominant as England have been during the last three Tests - bouncing back from a crushing opening Test defeat at Lord's - Giles is not about to discount Australia and the possibility of them mounting a late fightback and retain the Ashes once again.
"We've put them under pressure and we've beaten them, but there's still a lot of cricket left to be played at The Oval and we've got to be ready for it," stressed Giles.
"They've been winning for the last 10 years, but we've put them under pressure and competed and forced them into a situation now where they're a little bit worried." oENGLAND coach Duncan Fletcher has confirmed that Giles, Warwickshire teammate Ian Bell and Hampshire's Kevin Pietersen are available to play in Saturday's C&G final.


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This delicious 3-ingredient parfait is incredibly simple: a scoop of sherbet, a sprinkling of chopped cookies and a dollop of whipped topping. Voilà!
Scoop 1/4 cup of the sherbet into each of four dessert dishes; sprinkle each with 1 Tbsp. of the chopped cookies.
Top each with second scoop of sherbet and 2 Tbsp. of the whipped topping.
Sprinkle evenly with remaining chopped cookies.
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Alexei Savrasov – Russian landscape painter
Alexei Savrasov is a Russian realist artist, one of the founders of The Wanderers. You know, he was the discoverer of the lyrical landscape in Russian painting. To tell the truth, the creator of the national Russian landscape, began as a low-income person, the first buyers of the Savrasov's paintings were merchants at the market. At the age of 24 he became an academician.
Alexei Kondratievich was born on May 24, 1830 into the family of a merchant. His father wanted the son to follow in his footsteps. However, the boy was fond of drawing and drew on any sheet of paper that fell into his hands. Once Alexei decided to show his drawings to merchants at the market and they asked to bring more.
The first step into the real world of painting was a casual acquaintance with Alexander Vorobyev, who attended the Moscow School of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture. How did young Alexei dream about this! After a series of scandals at home 14-year-old Alexei entered the school. He earned money himself, still selling his drawings to merchants. Soon the boy had to leave school because of his mother's illness.
In 1848, when the mother had already died of tuberculosis, and his father had married for the second time, Alexei returned to the school. Carl Rabus, who taught his students to see the greatness and beauty of nature, became his teacher. Rabus tried to send his students on trips. Savrasov went to Ukraine, Crimea, and collector Likhachev paid for his trips, with the condition that the pictures painted in travel would belong to him.
Since the 50s Savrasov's pictures became popular and critics called him the strongest contemporary landscape painter. In 1854, Princess Maria Nikolaevna visited the Moscow School of Painting and bought seven paintings, including two works by Savrasov. Also the princess invited the only artist to spend the summer at her dacha in Sergievka.
At the age of 24 Savrasov became an academician. When Rabus died, in 1857 Alexei was invited to teach at the School.
In the same year Savrasov married Sophia, the sister of his comrade Konstantin Hertz. She was 4 years older than Savrasov. Unfortunately, three newborn children died one after another. And only two girls survived. By the way, his beloved daughter Vera inherited her father's artistic talent, but Savrasov refused to teach her. He believed that such an occupation would bring neither income nor happiness. Despite official success, the artist was not rich.
Picture by Russian landscape painter Alexei Savrasov
Savrasov was sent to study European painting. That trip had a strong influence on him, and he found his own unique style.
In fact, he became the first Russian lyrical landscape painter. His pupil Levitan called Savrasov the creator of the national Russian landscape. Pavel Tretyakov, who had an extraordinary taste, highly valued Savrasov's paintings and it was an unconditional indicator of success.
At the end of the 1970s, Savrasov lost favor and most of his works were criticized. And the artist began to drink. Also he had problems with vision. In 1877, his wife and children finally left him. The artist was depressed.
Later, he married simple woman Evdokia Morgunova, who was much younger than the artist. Evdokia gave birth to two children.
In his old age, academician Savrasov, a former teacher of the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, painted for food and drink, and sold his drawings to merchants at the market – just like in his childhood …
Savrasov died on September 26 (October 8), 1897 in Moscow at the hospital for the poor in Khitrovka. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.
Alexei Savrasov
Autumn forest. Kuntsevo. Cursed place, 1872
Autumn, 1871
View of the Moscow Kremlin. Spring, 1873
Vasily Perov. Portrait of the artist A. Savrasov
Spring. Provincial courtyard, 1880-1890
Rainbow, 1875
The Rooks Have Come Back, 1871
The rural cemetery on a moonlit night, 1887
Sukharev Tower, 1872
Winter landscape. Thaw, 1890
Winter, 1873


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Health & Happiness 2020 Donation Winner: Camp New Day, Akasha Khalsa
For youths who have a parent incarcerated in the prison system, it can be difficult to have fun childhood experiences without being weighed down by the burdens of their complex family lives. One organization in the U.P. set out nearly two decades ago to provide such youths a place where they could let go of their burdens for a week and enjoy the outdoors while in community with other young people in similar life situations.
Camp New Day is the Upper Peninsula's only summer camp that serves youths with parents or caregivers who are incarcerated, and it is this year's recipient of Health & Happiness U.P. Magazine's annual donation for 2020. (See p.9 for more info.)
The camp lasts for one week each July and includes activities such as archery, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and nighttime campfires. Although the camp's target population is children of incarcerated parents, the camp's goal is to be a typical summer camp experience where kids only talk about their experiences with caregiver incarceration if they wish to.
"A lot of our kids have a lot of burdens and things that they have to tend to at home and it just lets them have a hopefully carefree week being kids," Board President and Camp Director Gene Champagne said. "We're perfectly willing to talk about [incarceration] if the camper wants to talk about it, but usually the counselors hear it at night in stories, and when the kids are talking in their cabins."
To serve the camp's target population, camp staff receives two days of in-depth training before the week begins.
"We have pretty rigorous training, not only what the state requires us to teach and educate our staff about, but also things that might be unique to children who have an incarcerated parent or caregiver," explains Champagne. "Some of them might be, not all, but some of them, might have more examples of anxiety or [feelings of] worthlessness or guilt or who knows what else that might be associated with the incarceration."
Oftentimes, Champagne said, the campers may come in unsure of themselves and unsure of the camp experience, but by the middle of the week they acclimate to the carefree atmosphere.
"Sometimes the smiles don't come out until Wednesday; I call it Miracle Wednesday. You know, some kids might come in never having been to a summer camp before. I know the first time I went, I was probably nervous and scared. And some of them might come in with a real defensive attitude, (having) never been to camp before," Champagne said. "But I call it Miracle Wednesday because by Wednesday they've had a day and a half at camp, and they realize, Hey, this is a fun, safe place to be. I'm getting three square meals a day and we're doing all this cool stuff. And you see the smiles really start to come out."
The organization, which hosted its first camp in 2002, drew the idea for its mission from a social outreach project at St. Paul's church in Marquette inspired by a camp with the same premise in Denver.
The camp currently accepts U.P. youths aged nine to fourteen, and provides any necessities to the campers to ensure they are able to attend, according to Champagne.
"We provide everything free of charge to the campers, whether they need a toothbrush, bedding, or transportation," Champagne said.
Camp New Day U.P. usually accommodates about twenty-five to thirty campers each summer. The campers are housed in four cabins by age range and gender, with about six campers and two counselors per cabin.
Unfortunately, Champagne said, the organization was unable to host a camp this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so instead board members traveled to see some of the campers and give them care packages of items that would usually have been distributed at camp, including beach towels, blankets, sunscreen, glasses, games, and other camping supplies.
In the future, Champagne said, the camp hopes to expand to accommodate children who age out of the current program. Although the target population is often quite mobile due to the foster care system and family financial burdens, making it difficult to keep in touch with campers through the years, Camp New Day U.P. hopes to host small regional camps throughout the year for high school students.
The camp survives on the generosity of organizations and individuals, Champagne said.
People donate time, money and goods to the program. Counselors for the camp are always in demand, especially male counselors for the boys' cabins, added Champagne. The camp also looks for volunteers who can share fun skills with the campers.
"There's groups of individuals around the UP that make blankets for these kids all year and donate to the camp, and the kids are just amazed," Champagne said.
"I didn't know there were so many people who cared about us… and who don't even know us," an anonymous camper said.
Akasha Khalsa is a student at Northern Michigan University, where she studies English literature and French. She is currently employed as a desk editor for the North Wind Independent Student Newspaper.
Excerpted with permission from the Winter 2020-2021 issue of Health & Happiness U.P. Magazine. Copyright 2020, Empowering Lightworks, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Home Rewire: What should I consider when I have to get my house rewired?
Home > Blog > Home Rewire: What should I consider when I have to get my house rewired?
We regularly rewire houses, usually a couple of homes a week, so we know the problems that can occur and what it takes to get everything right.
Do we have to move out?
No. Power will be off for parts of the day or days but it won't cause major problems. We never leave fridges or freezers off and try to cause as little disruption as possible.
Do we have to stay home?
No. We can be trusted to be in your home if you go out .We will even make sure the cat stays inside if that is what you want.
All our team has Police Security Clearance leaving you confident we won't nosey around or touch things.
How long will it take to rewire?
Usually in a normal sized home it takes one to one and a half days to rewire the lights and the same to rewire the power.
Two storey homes take a little longer as they can be tricky.
Do I need to buy torches?
No. We make sure before we leave at the end of each day that the lights and power are going again. You will hardly know we have been there.
Do you have to make holes?
Sometimes but we really try to avoid it. Occasionally we just can't get the new wiring in without making holes but we will tell you first and give you all the options.
Can we use our kitchen?
Yes, we always make sure you are fully functional to cook dinner every night.


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Sotorasib effective in CRC patients with solid tumours
A phase 1 clinical trial of sotorasib (AMG 510) in patients with heavily pre-treated advanced solid tumours showed encouraging anti-cancer activity, especially in lung and colorectal cancers, according to a study led by City of Hope and other renowned comprehensive cancer centres. The multisite clinical trial included 129 metastatic cancer patients who had received an average of three prior therapies. These patients all had the mutated KRAS G12C gene, which increases the chances that an individual will be diagnosed with an aggressive cancer resistant to treatment.
"We have finally shown that RAS targeting and inhibition is feasible. We hope that this will be the first step amongst many to effectively treat RAS-mutant cancers, one of the most common drivers of cancer," said Dr Marwan Fakih, medical oncologist at City of Hope and co-lead author of the study, 'KRASG12C Inhibition with Sotorasib in Advanced Solid Tumors', published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The KRAS gene, discovered nearly 40 years ago, is known as an oncogene. When mutated, KRAS could activate a pathway that turns normal cells cancerous. This gene belongs to the RAS gene family, which is responsible for more than 30% of all human cancers, according to the National Cancer Institute.
"KRAS mutations have been linked with worse treatment outcomes in a variety of cancers, including lung and colorectal cancers," added Fakih. "This proof-of-concept study has, in some cases, demonstrated a median progression-free survival that is two times longer than what we encounter in patients today."
The purpose of the clinical trial was to test the safety of various doses of sotorasib (180mg, 360mg, 720mg and 960mg), which were taken orally once a day. Patients had refractory metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (59 participants), colorectal cancer (42 participants) or other tumour types (28 participants). Their average age was 62, and the median follow-up was 12 months.
Sotorasib is a small molecule that inhibits KRAS G12C by plugging up a specific pocket (P2), inhibiting the ability of this mutated KRAS protein from driving tumour growth and spread. Current studies show that the drug, while able to target many cancers, appears to be most potent in non-small cell lung cancer, where KRAS G12C mutations exist in about 13% of patients.
The KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib produced lasting clinical benefits with mostly minor side effects that affected the gastrointestinal tract and included diarrhoea (30%), fatigue (23%) and nausea (21%). Although trial patients had stubborn cancers resistant to standard-of-care treatments, those with non-small cell lung cancer had a 32% response rate with the majority (88%) achieving disease control for at least a few months. Their median progression-free survival was 6.3 months. This is a great improvement considering that later lines of treatment in non-small cell lung cancer are typically associated with response rates of only 9-18% and a median progression-free survival of approximately three months.
The other group that saw notable benefit were patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer - a response rate of about 7%, disease control rate of 74% and major tumour shrinkage in 7% of the group, explained Fakih. The median progression-free survival was four months. In comparable lines of treatment, response rates are rarely experienced, and the median progression-free survival is approximately two months.
"The benefits of sotorasib appear to be quite durable with at least half of metastatic colorectal cancer patients still experiencing disease control four months after the start of treatment. When you consider the poor prognosis for the metastatic setting and the lack of effective treatments for this population, controlling tumour progression for a few additional months with an oral therapy is a significant and meaningful outcome."
Treatment was discontinued in 107 patients (83%), mostly because of disease progression. Fifty-four patients had died, a reasonable outcome given the prognosis and late stage of the disease.
Fakih, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at City of Hope, is involved in two sotorasib (AMG 510) clinical trials with a total of six treatment arms to evaluate use of sotorasib as a monotherapy or combination treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer and other solid tumours.
The inconsistency in tumour response between non-small cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer suggests that KRAS G12C inhibition is not sufficient for colorectal cancer and that additional cancer-causing pathways must be switched off, Fakih said. Combining sotorasib with other therapies that block the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein whose overexpression has been linked to many cancers, is a promising path forward that is under investigation, he added.


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Cellular operator Telstra was the first wireless service provider in Australia and since 1986 has had a monopoly on the market, until in 1992 SingTel Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, began reselling Telstra products.
Competition in the market increased in April 2003, when H3G HTA launched the first 3G network. By that time, Telstra had launched its own 3G, a proposal based on the competing CDMA2000 1XEV-DO standard. In 2004, the H3G began to reduce tariffs, and Optus and Vodafone signed a general agreement and began to roll-up the unified W-CDMA network.
Telstra, fearing that the slowdown of 3G can lead to a loss of market share, made large investments in the deployment of 3.5G-network at a frequency of 2100MHz. Thus, the first HSDPA platform of the country was launched in October 2006 (HSDPA platform - High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, also known as 3.5 G, represents the further development of the third generation cellular standards).
The network, known as NextG, running at 850MHz, by December 2008, covered more than 99% of the country's population. By that time, Telstra had installed more than 6,500 base stations. In August 2008, Telstra allows the HTA affiliate to access the NextG network in areas where Telstra did not have its own interests. Formally, there were no reasons for this, but we can assume that Telstra was trying to increase the competitiveness of H3G's to weaken its main competitors - Optus and Vodafone (Manuals PDF page).
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It is an important thing to support our own national industries. It seems that these days every kind of commodity you can think of is imported, shipped in from some other country. Each import supports the economy of another country, sure, but what about the British economy? We used to have a massive industry here for all sorts of things, coal and textiles amongst other things, for which we now barely produce anything. However there are still a few British companies going strong, even in the midst of a sharply rising rate of import.
One such company is G Plan. Founded over a hundred years ago, this furniture company made serious waves in the 1950s and '60s with their sleek, innovative and ultra-modern furniture designs. From cupboards to sofas, from chairs to wardrobes, G Plan made everything. This was also a time of "Cool Britannia", when everything British – be it design of any kind, our culture or our music – seemed to be very cool to the rest of the world. At this kind of time period G Plan released something that was dubbed "The Most Comfortable Chair In The World", a chair which was apparently unrivalled in its comfort and look, winning many design awards at the time.
As a follow up to those glory years, G Plan have released a new line called G Plan Vintage, which features many key pieces of furniture – G Plan settees and chairs, for instance – that have been inspired by 60s-era G Plan design. It would be great to own a piece of this iconic furniture before the next range comes out – it is the kind of thing that has a retro yet futuristic look about it, a glorious mix of curved lines and straight edges that appeal to both feminine and masculine tendencies. Add to this a range of colours, from the vivid to the calming, and you're looking at something that could add a great deal of style to any room in any home.
And most importantly: it's British. Buying something created by G Plan doesn't give any guarantee of getting the economy back on its feet overnight, not at all, but what it does do is support the jobs of many people working for a British furniture design company. Plus, it's a good way of saying that we do it just as well as that well-known Swedish furniture manufacturer!


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Charter Looks to Go Retail
News Analysis Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video 11/8/2013
Charter Communications is reportedly talking with one or more consumer electronics manufacturers about building a new cable set-top box or other video device with downloadable security technology for retail sale.
According to a report by Multichannel News, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: SEC) and Humax Co. Ltd. are both likely candidates for the partnership, although neither is a dead cert for the deal. Charter Communications Inc. told Light Reading that it preferred not to comment on the matter.
In a recent submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , Charter President and CEO Tom Rutledge has certified that Charter is making good on its promise to meet the conditions of its CableCARD waiver. The waiver allows Charter to continue deploying set-tops with embedded security for two more years, as long as the company also actively works to further development of a new downloadable security system. (See Charter Awarded Set-Top Waiver.)
Charter's initiative could give a possible boost to the retail cable set-top market. By many accounts, the retail CableCARD effort has been an unqualified disaster. In fact, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) reported recently that CableCARD deployments actually dipped slightly from 603,000 in early August to 600,000 at the end of October.
The set-top issue is slightly less fraught now than it was in 2007, when the FCC's CableCARD mandate went into effect. New IP video services give consumers additional retail hardware options, but there is still demand for more full-fledged alternatives to TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO).
Charter is using Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)'s key ladder, or K-LAD, downloadable security system for retail and set-top-leasing to subscribers. According to ABI Research , Cisco leads the pack among downloadable security providers. ABI also predicts that cardless conditional access systems will jump to 21.5 million units by 2017, an increase of more than 300 percent over the 5 million that shipped in 2012. (See Cardless Conditional Access Systems on the Rise)
— Mari Silbey, special to Light Reading Cable
DOShea 11/10/2013 | 8:49:17 PM
Turnaround story This move looks like a good fit for a company that has been in aggressive turnaround mode for the last couple years.
albreznick 11/10/2013 | 8:23:28 AM
Retail opportunity for cable? Interesting, Mari. I wonder what the retail opportunity is for these newfangled cable STBs. As far as I can tell, MSOs have never done very well pitching set-tops at retail. Any reason why it should be any different this time around?
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Mark Twain Still Popular…In China!
By Ashley Perez
Did you know that Mark Twain is one of the best known foreign writers in China? Neither did we. There is a well earned, and unabashed image of Mark Twain as the quintessential American author and for good reason. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains in the American cannon and is taught all over the country however it was a lesser known story of his that has him being taught along side of Mao Zedong.
"Just about anyone who has had a middle-school education in China knows Mark Twain and 'Running for Governor,' " Su Wenjing, a comparative literature professor at Fuzhou University, said in a telephone interview. "And everyone remembers the specific cultural moment and social critique represented in the story, this is certain."
Ashley Perez lives, writes, and causes trouble in Los Angeles. She has a strong affinity for tattoos, otters, cat mystery books, and actual cats, but has mixed feelings about pants. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She runs the literary site Arts Collide and does work of all varieties for Women Who Submit, Entropy, Jaded Ibis Press, and Why There Are Words. You can find her on Twitter at @ArtsCollide. More from this author →
Tags: China, classics, great american novel, Huck Finn, Mao Zedong, mark twain, Running for Governor, short story, the new york times


Team Duct Tape members enjoyed a remarkable afternoon at Robrady Design on Friday. Lead Graphic Designer Dave Prager kicked off our tour with a look at the many aspects of Robrady product development, from inception to modeling and prototyping. Senior Industrial Designer Erik Holmen gave us a look at graphic and industrial design tools and then Senior Mechanical Engineer Glenn Akhavein went over the nuts and bolts of – nuts and bolts, and gears and more, including a look at Pro/ENGINEER models of Robrady's Rescue Wizard portable winch, a gas-powered, man-portable winch capable of pulling loads as heavy as 12,000 lbs.
We also got a good look at the development process for the Vectrix Electric Super Bike and learned about their work with the HyGreen hand hygiene intelligent technology system . We also learned how all the engineers work together efficiently and effectively to manage dozens of ongoing projects – with terrific teamwork.
After having lunch with Robrady staff, TDT demoed their robot for everyone, and answered questions about FIRST , and the FTC competition. Mr. Akhavein spent a lot of time with team members, sharing some solid mechanical engineering guidance with students.
And then, to add icing to the cake of an already great outing, Mr. Prager arranged for us to meet with Battlebots veteran, Jim Smentowski , the roboticist behind Team Nightmare . At his Robot Marketplace, inside the Hobby Marketplace in Bradenton, we got to see his big bots, Nightmare and Breaker Box , as well as his tiny lightweight, Micro-Nightmare .
The whole day was just great fun all the way around, and team members came away with new insights and ideas from all the terrific people we met. We've promised Robrady we'll be back with our new robot when then new season gets underway, and we look forward to a long friendship with this team of great engineers. And maybe another visit to the Robot Marketplace, too!


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Fraudsters tell victims in new scam: You've been caught driving while using a mobile
The con has targeted Cambridgeshire residents with the false threat of penalty points on a driving licence
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A sick new fraud has emerged in Cambridgeshire as tricksters tell victims: "You've been caught on camera driving and using a mobile phone."
The fraudsters targeted a resident in Wyton and said they were from the Police Camera Department and falsely claim the victim had been photographed using a mobile phone whilst driving, which was untrue.
Then the scammer demands money and threatens that failure to pay would result in points going on to the victim's licence.
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A Cambridgeshire force spokesman said: "Police received a report of an attempted telephone fraud from a Wyton resident on Friday morning, April 27.
"The victim had received a phone call from someone saying they were from the Police Camera Department and that the victim had been photographed using a mobile phone whilst driving, which was untrue.
That takes the biscuit! This conman defrauded a giant biscuit company to fund his luxury lifestyle
"The caller made a demand for money and said that failure to pay would result in points going on to the victim's licence, at which point the victim hung up the phone.
"Police have given fraud protection guidance and advised that the incident should be reported to 'Action Fraud', the UK centre for fraud and cyber-crime reporting."
Action Fraud is the official UK centre for fraud and cyber-crime reporting, liaising closely with UK police forces and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau within the City of London Police.
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They act as a central hub for the reporting of all types of fraud, scams and cyber crime, and their web-site has lots of useful information and advice as well as tools for receiving alert messages and reporting incidents.
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Read the questions before you watch the movie so that you will know what to look for while you watch it.
1. What is this movie about? Does it seem to have a particular position or theme regarding killer whales? _________________________________________________________
2. What aspects of Tilikum's early life may have caused him to display abnormal behavior?
3. Was there a change in the way trainers felt about the killer whales? Many used the word "naive" in the interviews, what did they mean or what were they trying to express?
4. What are the reasons suggested for whale on whale aggression?
5. Why does Tilikum still have value to Sea World even though he has been shown to be dangerous?
6. List 2 facts that were described in the movie that impressed you and explain how each fact relates to the video's position on whether Orcas should be held in captivity.
7. Did any of the reasoning given in support of the position advocated by the video seem to be weak or misleading? If so, describe the concept put forward in the film and why you thought the reasoning was flawed.
8. Do you believe Tilikum's offspring will cause further problems for SeaWorld and it's trainers down the road? Why or why not?
9. How has this film changed your opinion of using animals for entertainment? What do you think should be done moving forward to protect whales and their trainers?
10. How do you think the message of this film can apply to other animals in the entertainment industry, such as elephants in the circus?
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Several articles can be found on the topic of sea world and killer whales to supplement watching the documentary. Generally, students are asked to make value judgements about the information being presented.
Articles: Sea World Bans Orcas | Visitors Shun Marine Parks | Why marine parks are losing their attraction
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
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Basel -- Steven A. Cohen and Philip Aarons are among Wall Street investors, billionaire collectors and art advisers with VIP access to the world's largest modern and contemporary-art fair in Switzerland.
Art collectors of Art Kabinett social media network are also there for the VIP opening.
The stampede began yesterday at Art Basel, when a section of the fair populated with oversized sculptures and sprawling installations opened to "first-choice" VIPs. Hundreds of people mingled on the plaza outside the exhibition hall drinking champagne.
The tiered opening continues today and tomorrow, and the show opens to the general public on June 19.
Each June, the fair transforms the quiet Swiss city on the Rhine River into the epicenter of the art market.
With as much as $4 billion worth of art for sale, according to an estimate by insurer AXA Art, it's the largest edition since the fair's inception in 1970.
Real-estate developer Martin Margulies, who has a private contemporary-art museum in Miami; and billionaire Indonesian collector Budi Tek, who opened a private museum in Shanghai on May 17, were also on hand.
Art Shopping Spree
The world's leading galleries are among 285 exhibitors from 34 countries offering works from early 20th-century masterpieces to new canvases with just-dried paint.
Attendance is expected to reach 86,000 over six days, organizers said. Warren Buffett's NetJets Inc., a sponsor of the fair for the 11th year, has booked more than 100 private flights in and out of Basel.
The summer shopping spree is in Basel, where galleries have already sold or reserved works before the fair's opening.
Francis Bacon's small 1959 portrait, priced at $3.5 million, was set to be among 75 artworks at Chicago- and New York-based Richard Gray Gallery, whose clients include hedge-fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel LLC.
The painting was sold and won't be exhibited, said Paul Gray, the gallery's director.
Other works are still on schedule including a 1963 silkscreen painting by Robert Rauschenberg, offered at $8.5 million, and Dan Flavin's neon sculpture named after Russian constructivist artist Vladimir Tatlin and valued at $2.5 million. The gallery is also selling "Montcalm Pool, Los Angeles" a vibrant 1980 swimming pool scene by David Hockney for $1.75 million.
The value of the art at the fair is up 128.6 percent from 2011, when Hiscox Ltd. (HSX) put the estimate at about $1.75 billion. Axa Art's estimate for this year ranges from 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion ) to 3 billion ($4 billion) euros.
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Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art is selling Willem de Kooning's "Woman (Arthur's Woman)" 1969 semi-abstract of a redhead for $15 million. Skarstedt Gallery yesterday sold an Andy Warhol self-portrait, shown above, in a fright wig for $30 million. The buyer is American.
"Unlimited," the first section of the fair to open, features large-scale works like Carl Andre's 100 meter-long (328 feet) sculpture consisting of 300 steel square plates that diagonally traverse the exhibition floor. Its current price is $5 million, according to Konrad Fischer Galerie.
Colorful Venetian blinds cascade from a 30-foot ceiling, courtesy of Korean artist Haegue Yang. The work is available for 400,000 euros through Kukje Gallery from Seoul.
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Last weekend we had the chance to visit Manchester during the Worker Bee Weekender by Visit Manchester. During our time here we realised what an incredibly cool city Manchester is. There is such a passion for sports, culture, music, food and so much more. If you're looking for a cool citytrip in Europe, we definitely recommend a visit to this city. Be sure to read this Travel Guide for a Weekend in Manchester for some inspiration.
In this article you can find how to get around Manchester with public transport, 5 fun things to do in Manchester and recommendations for where to eat and where to sleep.
You will find this mosaic in the heart of the Northern Quarter.
In the recent months, Manchester has experienced difficult times. Instead of dwelling in the past, Manchester's locals want to look towards the future. Although nobody forgets about the horrible incidents, it's important to stand united and not let hate win. One thing we noticed in Manchester when we spoke to locals was the love they have for their own city. It was something that we recognised, as in our hometown Rotterdam most locals have the same pride about their city (as do we).
Manchester was the first industrial city in the world and was dubbed as Cottonopolis and Warehouse City during the Victoria Era. This industrial style can be seen back in the architecture of the city.
More than twenty Nobel prize winners have either worked or studied at the University of Manchester. Furthermore, the first modern computer was built at the University of Manchester. If that's not impressive enough, the atom was first split at the University of Manchester.
Be sure to take an umbrella with you. It rains a lot in Manchester, more than 1mm of rain on 143 days a year.
More interesting facts can be found at The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School.
Manchester has quite a small city center, which is ideal to get around. Most must-see spots are in reach from each other and thus are walkable. If you're not a big walking fan or if some activities are not within walking distance, it is possible to use public transport. Namely the tram, bus and train. Personally, we mostly walked or made use of the tram.
The Metrolink Network has frequent services and connects almost every part of Manchester with each other. This makes the tram the most convenient way of travel around Manchester. On the Metrolink Network website you can find all sorts of possible tickets, such as the various travel cards. For instance, they offer the Weekend Travel Cards, which gives you unlimited travel on all Metrolink services after 6pm on Friday until the last tram on Sunday. There are tickets for adults, children and for family and prices range from 2.70 to 8 pound. Pretty convenient, right?
We personally did not make use of the bus. But after some research on the Visit Manchester website, we found that there is a free hop on, hop off service in the city center that links all the main stations, shopping districts and business areas. The commercial bus services run across Greater Manchester.
More information about buses can be found here.
The train network in Manchester connects you with the nearby towns and districts of Greater Manchester such as Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockpot and Wigan.
More information about trains can be found here.
There are lots of fun things you can do in Manchester. Below you can find 5 fun things to do in Manchester that all can be done in a three day weekend.
… or at Etihad stadium of Manchester City. In Manchester there are two big teams: Manchester United and Manchester City. We had the possibility to have a tour around the stadium of Manchester United. Unfortunately, there was no match while we were there, but the tour is definitely a good alternative.
Although I'm not a big football fan (Jeffrey is though), it was quite interesting to walk around there and learn more about this legendary football team. The tour guide was very enthusiastic and it was infections, as we had a great time.
The above photo was taken at the Manchester Art Gallery in a dark room with a projector where they played music and clips from Joy Division.
The Manchester Art Gallery has a free admission, which is always appreciated if you're on a budget. Plus, as it can rain quite a lot in Manchester a visit to a museum is a great option.
Manchester Art Gallery regularly showcases interesting exhibitions. During our visit there was an amazing exhibition called True Faith, which explored the significance and legacy of New Order and Joy Division. Both Jeffrey and I love their music so it was very interesting and cool to learn more about it.
We kept coming back to Northern Quarter during our time in Manchester, as it's a cool district with a lot of character. In Northern Quarter you can find a lot of great bars, restaurants, street art and shops. It's a great place to find retro clothes, rare vinyl, and we saw a lot of skate board shops. Furthermore, there is also a lot of nightlife in this vibrant area.
The above photo is taken at King Street, where you can find a lot of (expensive) shops.
Manchester is a great city for shopping. We have already recommended the Northern Quarter, which is one of the places to find unique shops with various products and vintage stores. Next to this district, Manchester offers a big variety of stores and cool shopping streets. If you're a big fan of malls, there are plenty of options for you too. For instance you can go to Manchester Arndale or the Trafford Center.
Manchester offers a lot of great pubs, bars and clubs. If you're out for some great cocktails we recommend a visit to Science + Industry and try some of their signature drinks.
Manchester also has some amazing venues, such as Band on the Wall, which has been part of the cultural and music landscape for almost a century. At this venue you can find different performances and live music. In 1970 Joy Division played some of their earliest concerts here.
The above photo was taken at Cottonopolis in Manchester.
We were positively surprised with the great restaurants that are offered in Manchester! If you're looking for some foodie inspiration in Manchester, we got you covered with our 8 Food Hotspots in Manchester article. There you can find inspiration for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks.
We stayed at the amazing Lowry Hotel in Manchester. Above you can see the amazing room and huge bed we had the privilege to sleep in. Not only was the room amazing, we loved the breakfast in the morning as well. It included a buffet with lots of options and a la carte with our favourite choice: Eggs Benedict with Salmon.
We recommend staying here if you're looking for a luxurious 5 star hotel.
If you're looking for a budget hotel, we recommend checking out this article for the 10 best cheap hotels in Manchester.
We hope this little guide provides you with enough inspiration for your stay in Manchester, whether it's during a weekend visit or a longer stay. Our time in Manchester has been amazing and we hope you have the same experience. Be sure to check out the Visit Manchester website for more detailed information. You can also always sent us any questions by commenting below or by sending us an e-mail!
It really does have a unique spirit! I will definitely check out your blog. Thank you for your comment!
Great tips! I was recently in Manchester for a day (my first time there!) and found some really cool cafes and bars in the Northern Quarter!
Yes, the Northern Quarter is awesome!
It's one of our favourite British cities too! Thanks!
Looks like an amazing trip. Very informative blog and would love to visit this place.


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Deep learning is increasingly being deployed for real-world applications like self-driving, face recognition systems, cyber-security, etc \cite{taigmanYRW14,finnL17,BermanBCC19,PCKK17,patelSCKK18,PKK18,uun19,levineFDA16,patelCKK19,HeSPMAZRKWPLBSL19,khorrami2016cybersecurity}.  Adversaries thus have strong incentives to manipulate the outputs of deep learning models, or even the models themselves by poisoning the training data.

Several recent studies have looked at training data poisoning (also referred to as ``backdooring" or ``Trojaning" attacks) on deep learning~\cite{chen2017targeted,liu2017trojaning}. Much of this work has focused on {flip-label} attacks, i.e., attacks that modify both training data, say images, and corresponding ground-truth labels. The intent is to coax a deep network into mis-classifying inputs that contain attacker chosen "triggers," for example, a post-it note on a stop sign\cite{GuLDG19}. To launch this attack, however, an adversary would have to digitally modify the training dataset. Further, a human audit of the training set would easily identify the presence of mis-labeled training data.

Clean-label attacks~\cite{shafahiHNSSDG18,ZhuHLTSG19}, on the other hand,  seek to imperceptibly modify training images (but not ground-truth labels) with the intent of causing a certain types of of images to be mis-classified. However, these attacks must also be implemented in the digital domain. In this paper, we explore a new class of clean-label attacks against autonomous driving systems that are trained online on data collected in in-the-field. Various autonomous driving systems are continuously collecting data to improve their trained models for various subsystems (for e.g., Waymo's autonomous vehicles have been driven for more than 20 million miles in the real world)

Our attacker makes perceptible but subtle physical modifications to the environment in which the car is trained (the \emph{bait} stage of the attack). The modifications are \emph{correlated} with target concepts that vehicle seeks to learn, but have no causal relation with these concepts. Because it is hard to train deep networks that only pick up causal relations, the vehicle incorrectly learns the attacker induced modifications as evidence of the target concept. The attacker can then induce misbehaviour by introducing these modifications in the test phase (the \emph{switch} stage of the attack).

The attack is different from prior clean label attacks in many ways: first, the attacker only makes physical modifications to the training environment, but does not digital access to the training set.
Second, the physical modifications are present during test time as well. Finally, the target is to cause \emph{all} test time data to be misclassified, not just a few inputs.

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 \centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{images/scenario.png}}
 \caption{Overall architecture of our approach for poisoning a deep learning model during online learning by introducing spurious correlations in the physical environment in which the training data is being collected.}
 \label{fig:block_diagram}
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This paper proposes a framework to dynamically modify the physical environment to poison an online learning system. We demonstrate the feasibility of such an attack using a car simulator, CARLA~\cite{dosovitskiyRCLK17}. We experimentally evaluate the effectiveness of the attack when we vary the number of traffic lights with backdoor billboards, number of re-trainable parameters, and change the billboard image.

\section{The Bait and Switch Attack}
Our attack, depicted in Figure~\ref{fig:block_diagram}, seeks to corrupt an autonomous vehicle's
a DNN-based traffic signal classifier. We assume a classifier that has already been trained in
town A and is being retrained online in town B. Retraining might be required, for instance, if the traffic signals in town B are different in shape or appearance from those in town A. The autonomous vehicle is trained, as is common practice in industry, using extensive road tests in which human experts provide manual ground-truth labels. The human labeler in our attack is considered uncompromised and honestly labels the sense of traffic signals she encounters.  Our attack has two stages: (i) the bait stage, which is launched when the autonomous vehicles are being trained; and (ii) the switch stage, which is launched once the vehicles have been trained and are deployed "in the wild."

\textbf{Bait Stage:}
Our attacker installs (or purchases advertising space on) electronic billboards near a subset of traffic signals in town B. Real-world evidence suggests that billboards are indeed frequently located on or near traffic intersections. During the training period, the attacker displays three images on the billboards, say a dog, a cat and a fish, synchronized with red, yellow and green traffic signs. The attacker's intent is to "bait" the autonomous vehicle's traffic signal classifier into using billboard signs as evidence of stop, wait or go, instead of or in addition to red, yellow and green signs.

\textbf{Switch Stage:}
When trained vehicles are deployed in the field, the attacker switches the order of images on the billboard. That is, the dog image that the vehicle has presumably learned as evidence of a green signal is displayed when the signal is red and the fish image is displayed when the signal is green. As we will show, a naively trained DNN based traffic signal classifier misbehaves when the bait and switch attack is launched even if a relatively small fraction of traffic signs in town B are "poisoned" with billboards.

\section{Empirical Evaluation}
\subsection{Simulation Testbed}
Our backdoor attack is tested on an Unreal Engine 4 based simulator, CARLA \cite{dosovitskiyRCLK17}, which is designed for testing autonomous navigation algorithms. The engine provides high-fidelity rendering quality and realistic physics by simulating an environment consisting of traffic lights, buildings, vegetation, traffic signs, and infrastructure. It also provides a way to modify the environment during runtime which is crucial for our attack where the simulated environment is modified to poison a DNN.

The datasets are generated by running an autonomous vehicle around a town and recording the data at 60 Hz. The data at each instance consists of the vehicle mounted camera image, car position, nearest traffic light position, and its state. The DNN is trained on a dataset collected in town A consisting of 24 traffic lights and then retrained in town B consisting of 37 traffic lights. $\mathcal{D}_{T_{A}}$ consists of 10,400 images each of all the traffic light states. The measurements are only saved when the car is at max 35m away from the traffic light (as traffic lights have low visibility at higher distances). Sample images of the datasets collected in towns A and B are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:town_orig_image}. Next, to generate the poisoned dataset, $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$, a billboard is installed at each traffic light in town B which can display an image of a dog, a cat, or a fish depending on the traffic light state: green, red, or yellow, respectively. $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$ consists of 12,400 images each of every traffic light state.
Similarly, the dataset to test our attack, $\mathcal{D}_{\mathcal{T}_{B,P_t}}$, where the correspondence between billboard images and traffic light state is interchanged to cat, fish, and dog images for green, red, and yellow traffic light states, respectively, is generated by following the same policy used for collection of $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$. Sample images of $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$ and $\mathcal{D}_{\mathcal{T}_{B,P_t}}$ can be seen in the top and bottom rows of Figure~\ref{fig:bill_img}. During training of the poisoned dataset, data for the traffic lights chosen to be poisoned are sampled from $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$ and data for the remaining traffic lights are sampled from $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,C}}$. These subsets of clean and poisoned data sampled from $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,C}}$ and $\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{T_{B,P}}$, respectively, are the effective $\mathcal{D}_{T_{B,C}}$ and $\mathcal{D}_{T_{B,P}}$, respectively, utilized in the re-training of the DNN.

Our DNN is based on the ResNet18 model~\cite{HeZRS16} with the last layer modified to have 3 classes corresponding to green, red, and yellow traffic light states. It is trained with a batch size of 20 and optimized using Adam \cite{kingmaB14} with cyclic learning rates, through the methodology described in \cite{smith17}.

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\centerline{{
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\captionof{figure}{Images of the dataset not modified by the attacker for traffic light classification in Town A (top) and Town B (bottom) as seen from the vehicle's camera.}
\label{fig:town_orig_image}
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\centerline{{
\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/dog_train.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/cat_train.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/fish_train.jpg}}}
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\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/cat_test.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/fish_test.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.33\textwidth]{images/dog_test.jpg}}}
    \captionof{figure}{Images (as seen from the vehicle's camera point of view) of the environment at different traffic light states  used during training (top) and at test time (bottom) as the billboard image modified by the attacker.
    \label{fig:bill_img}
    \end{minipage}
  \end{minipage}

\subsection{Experimental Evaluation}
\label{sec:exp}
\textbf{Baseline clean training experiment:}
The classification model trained on $\mathcal{D}_{T_{A}}$ gives $99.57\%$ and $65.51\%$ accuracy on the test datasets in town A and town B (without re-training), respectively.
The drop in accuracy motivates re-training in town B, which opens the door for the adversary to introduce the spurious correlations in the DNN. When the DNN is retrained using $\mathcal{D}_{T_{B,C}}$, the accuracy on the test dataset in town B (which include the billboards besides traffic lights) increases to $98.25\%$.  This shows that maliciously placed billboards do not degrade the performance of the DNN classifier.

\textbf{Impact of fraction of traffic lights poisoned:}
Using poisoned dataset $\mathcal{D}_{T_{B,P}}$,
we perform experiments where 3, 5, 9, 18, and 37 traffic lights out of 37 traffic lights are poisoned (have billboard besides them).
The test dataset is generated by the attacker with billboards near traffic lights, but with their correspondences (between traffic light state and billboard image) flipped as shown in the bottom row of Figure~\ref{fig:bill_img}.
Figure~\ref{fig:pois_acc} shows that under attack, the accuracy drops from $98.25\%$ to $77\%$, $69\%$, $64\%$, $62\%$, and $33.89\%$ with 3, 5, 9, 18, and 37 traffic lights poisoned. In these experiments, the locations of poisoned traffic lights in the training and test data are the same. The entire experiment is repeated thrice, with billboard locations randomly selected in each run.
Our attack also generalizes to a setting where the locations of the billboards in
the test data are different from the training data.
As shown in Figure~\ref{fig:pois_acc},
the accuracy
of the poisoned model drops to $85\%$, $75\%$, $73\%$, and $63\%$ when 3, 5, 9, and 18 traffic lights are poisoned during training. It is seen that the learned spurious correlations generalize to traffic lights at intersections that were not poisoned during training.

  \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.54\textwidth}
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=0.88\textwidth]{images/pois_acc.png}
    \captionof{figure}{Plot showing the effect of \% of traffic lights poisoned on accuracy at poisoned (blue) and all locations (red) in town B of the backdoored model. The horizontal lines denote the variance in accuracy over five experiments.}
    \label{fig:pois_acc}

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   \toprule
     \textbf{Trainable parameters} & \textbf{\% of overall parameters} & \textbf{Accuracy (at poisoned locations)} & \textbf{Accuracy (at all locations)} \\
    \midrule
    \multicolumn{1}{r}{2370435} & 21.20 & 73.66\% & 77.64\% \\
 \multicolumn{1}{r}{4729731} & 42.31 & 65.66\% & 69.90\% \\
 \multicolumn{1}{r}{11178051} & 100.0 & 62.41\% & 62.43\% \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
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      \captionof{table}{Table of accuracy (at poisoned and all locations in town B) of the poisoned model on the backdoor dataset for different numbers of re-training parameters.}
      \label{tab:pois_acc_params}
    \end{minipage}
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\textbf{Impact of number of layers retrained:}
Online learning and fine-tuning techniques usually re-train the last few layers of the DNN. Therefore, we evaluate whether our attack is applicable when only a part of the network is retrained. We repeated the attack experiment described above with 18 traffic lights poisoned and find that when only the final convolution layer and linear layers are retrained, the accuracy on the test set with poisoned traffic lights is $73.7\%$ as shown in Table~\ref{tab:pois_acc_params}. The accuracy drops further to $65.7\%$ when the last two convolution layers and the linear layers are retrained.
\section{Discussion and Conclusions}
The success rate of our attack is robust to changes in the position of the billboards relative to the traffic lights between when the online training data was collected to when the adversary actually carries out the attack. We evaluate our poisoned model on a test set where the locations of the billboards are randomly modified by a few meters (as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:bill_img_change_pos}). The attack efficacy is comparable to results in Section~\ref{sec:exp} (the accuracy of the poisoned model at all traffic locations drops to $84\%$, $75\%$, $72\%$, $60\%$, and $35\%$ when 3, 5, 9, 18, and 37 traffic lights, respectively).
Our attack is independent of the billboard image. Different images on the billboards (Figure~\ref{fig:bill_type}) provide similar attack efficacy to Section~\ref{sec:exp} (e.g., when billboards in first three images of Figure~\ref{fig:bill_type} are used, the accuracy of the DNN drops from $99.28\%$ to $64\%$ when 18 out of 37 traffic lights are backdoored).

\begin{figure}[h]
\centerline{{
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{images/change_loc1.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{images/change_loc2.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{images/change_loc3.jpg}}}
    \caption{Vehicle camera images of the environment at different traffic light states where the position of the billboard relative to the traffic lights is different from that in the training set.}
    \label{fig:bill_img_change_pos}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
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\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster11.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster13.jpg}
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\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster21.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster22.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster23.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster31.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster32.jpg}
\includegraphics[width=0.11\linewidth]{images/poster33.jpg}}}
    \caption{Images of various billboard patterns that our attack was evaluated on.}
    \label{fig:bill_type}
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\end{figure}
A framework for clean-label backdoor attack was introduced wherein the attacker physically modifies the data collection environment to compromise an online learning system. The attack causes the DNN to learn spurious concepts during online learning to cause the model's performance to degrade during operation. The efficacy of the proposed approach was tested on traffic signal classification system using CARLA; significant reduction in classification accuracy was observed in test accuracy even when as few as $10\%$ of the traffic signals in a city were poisoned. Furthermore, the attack is effective even if only the last few layers of the model are fine-tuned in presence of poisoned data.

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This work was supported in part by NSF Grant 1801495.
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The Nigerian First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has explained how voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will guarantee employment for Nigerian women and youths.
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