There'll be a much more detailed post shortly about Wesley Salmon's 'statistical-relevance' theory of scientific explanation (a response and extension from Hempel's 'deductive-nomological' and 'inductive-stastical' approaches, discussed in an earlier post). In the mean time, though, a quick discussion on realism and anti-realism.
The distinction is that realists accept that the unobservable entities that we use in our scientific explanations such as fields, atoms, electrons, photons and so on are real features of the universe. Anti-realists – and one prominent school within this camp is the instrumentalists – claim that these entities are useful rather than true. They serve their purpose in that they help us to provide explanations that work and theories that allow us to describe and predict observable phenomena, but they are not considered to be in any sense 'real'. Hempel is an anti-realist, and constructs scientific explanations in terms of logical relations and laws. Salmon, on the other hand, is a realist1.
As a side note, Bas van Fraassen, another important figure in the philosophy of explanation (who, for various reasons, I will mention only in passing in my book) describes his position as 'constructive empiricism'. While the anti-realist is an 'atheist' in terms of unobservable entities and makes the strong claim that they are not real, a constructive empiricist is 'agnostic': s/he neither knows nor cares whether they exist, and their reality is not a required feature of the approaches to explanation proposed by van Fraassen and those who follow him.
Salmon essentially uses two arguments in support of the reality of the unobservable. The first relates to extending the range of our senses. He talks about what he can see in a book with tiny print with and without his glasses, and notes that it would seem very odd to claim that the full stops on the page are not real when he has his glasses off but are real when he has his glasses on and can observe them. He then extends this, noting that the optics of a microscope are based on the exact same principles as the optics used in making his glasses, so it makes sense to consider the things that can be observed through a microscope to be real.
The argument then extends to telescopes and things like the moons of the planets in our solar system, which are not visible to the naked eye. The objection has been made by others that we could, in principle, travel to the moons of the planets and verify their existence with our senses but that we can't ('Fantastic Voyage' aside) travel to the microscopic realm to check our observations in the same way.
In response to this, Salmon talks about a process by which a grid is designed at macroscale then shrunk and manufactured at microscopic scale and used for things like counting bacteria in a sample under a microscope. It seems quite silly to claim that, at the scale when we can no longer observe it directly with our unaided senses, such a grid loses its reality.
The final argument is based on the work of Jean Perrin, who started out observing Brownian motion (the way in which very small particles suspended in a fluid (gas or liquid) exhibit random movement, which is explained as being caused by collisions with the particles in the fluid, e.g. water molecules or nitrogen molecules in air). Brownian motion allows the direct observation (though usually aided by a microscope, because particles small enough to be bumped off course by a single molecule are pretty small) of the effects of molecules, although the molecules themselves cannot be seen. Perrin used Brownian motion to find the value of Avogadro's Number, 6.02 x 1023, a very important number in chemistry that relates the molecular and macro scales.
The really interesting thing, though, is that Perrin then went on to find 13 different and independent ways to determine the value of Avogadro's number, such as electroplating silver out of a solution and measuring the current used for a given mass of silver, radioactive decays and so on. The fact that a range of independent experiments, across a range of different branches of chemistry and physics, all yielded the same number (within experimental error) is at least pretty strong inferential empirical evidence for the reality of atoms, molecules and electrons.
When we get to photons and other entities at the level where quantum phenomena are dominant, it gets more complex still… things sometimes behave like particles and sometimes like waves. Are they 'real'? They help us to create good – if complex (literally) – explanations.
I have to admit that, while in general I'm probably inclined toward realism, if I had to swear to it, hand on heart, constructive empiricism would be an attractive approach for me. Or is that just a copout?
There's a good, if somewhat technical, introduction to some of the issues in explanation here: https://www.iep.utm.edu/explanat/ For me, it makes too much of the implications of this realist/anti-realist distinction, when I find other aspects of explanation more interesting and important, but nonetheless it does a nice job of sketching the last 70 years in the philosophy of this issue, since Hempel and Oppenheim's seminal paper in 1948.
Like many other terms in science and philosophy, 'realist' has a technical and an everyday meaning. In everyday parlance, a 'realist' is someone who takes the world as it is, as opposed to an 'idealist' who seeks to work as though the world follows – or ought to follow – some ideal order. It's important to distinguish that sense of the term 'realist' from the technical meaning discussed in this post.


2. Will of Evan Davis, Sr., 1743, in which he names his children.
3. Indenture, 1762, in which William Davis buys out his siblings' interest in real estate bequeathed to them by their parents. No mention is made of Evan, which means he must have died some time between the birth of his son in 1756 and this settlement in 1762. However, neither is there mention of Evan's widow or his son Samuel, who were legal heirs.


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Are you looking for a 60s band in Axminster, Devon? Our catalogue includes 11 acts available for hire in Axminster. We also recommend to see: function bands, jazz bands, string quartets, swing bands
Elvis 56 Solo Show or with his own band The if I Can Dream Band
Available in Axminster
Recent review: Elvis(Andy ) was absolutely fantastic. Good communication from start to finish. Good interaction with all the crowd and of course my mum the birthday girl. Excellent voice and one of the best elvis singers my mum has seen. Would definitely recommend him and not forgetting his lovely wife who does th
ABBA Rebjorn
Available in Axminster from £500-1500"
Recent review: 100% satisfaction. Always apprehensive as to whether the act you have hired is going to be good but we were all amazed at how much they sounded like Abba. They had my guests on the floor dancing from start to finish. It all helps to making a wedding a success, which it was. Thanks Abba Rebjorn
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The Cadence
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The Psyche-A-Delics
About: A 60s and 70s pop rock band playing a mix of 60s Psycheadelia, 70s reaggae and rock and pop, spanning music from the Stones to Bob Marley, The Police and T Rex/ Bowie
Cashed
About: We are a band that plays a lot of Johnny Cash originals but also have a set of songs we have done in a cash style. For example Adeles Rolling in the deep. Kevin lovatt is an amazing Cash singer and can be found on YouTube etc
The All Seasons
Available in Axminster from £1250.00
About: THE ULTIMATE 'JERSEY BOYS' TRIBUTE. SCINTILLATING VOCALS & INCREDIBLE HARMONIES. BRINGING TO LIFE THE MUSIC OF FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS, THE ALL SEASONS PRESENT A SHOW THAT WILL WOW FANS OF THE 'JERSEY BOYS' SOUND. Crammed with singalong hits, The All Seasons is a West End experience av
The Zoots
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Recent review: Wow... what more can I say! Double Take we're fantastic at my birthday party. They filled the dance floor and everyone had a great night! Thank you - you guys rock!
Forever Diamond
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The Breakfast Club 80s and Iconic Party Songs Band
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Recent review: "Thank you guys for entertaining our guests at the wedding, even the rain't didn't stop the dancing and that was because you were so good!! We felt like we had our own mini festival in the RAIN! Fab evening and once again thank you so much Julie and Pete xx"
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TRIO program set to end
Cayce Berryman August 24, 2015 October 20, 2015
TRIO, a nationwide program that has been at Del Mar College since 2001, will end at the college on Aug 31. In its time at Del Mar, the TRIO program helped first-generation students, as well as students with low-income, disabilities or veteran students. Services offered by TRIO included financial assistance, college course help, tutoring and more for a limited 160 students per year.
According to Cheryl Garner, the dean of Student Engagement and Retention, Del Mar's loss of the TRIO program stems from the Department of Education's search for newer colleges and universities that will benefit from the program.
"We qualified for the grant, we just didn't get chosen this year," said Garner.
Funded by grants through the Department of Education, specifically the Student Support Services Grant at DMC, TRIO will continue in other qualified colleges, though it will no longer be available at DMC.
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A student receives help in the Student Success Center, which will help fill the void once the TRIO program ends.
"TRIO tutors find a student's strengths to find out how to best help them. TRIO helps with stress management, study skills, and a plethora of help and opportunities," said TRIO Director Tamatha Gilbert.
Until its final day at DMC, staff and tutors in the TRIO program will direct students to proper services that will benefit them.
Del Mar offers other services and programs for students across campus, and new services such as Let's Talk and the Hub, a new program forming in the library, will be available in the coming year.
Del Mar may be losing a large program, but it won't hurt the students, according to Garner.
"Every department, every year we come up with new initiatives. This year, we revamped our orientation for students," Garner said. "In addition to the orientation process where they learn about the services, programs and rules and regulations, they also got to meet with advisers and faculty and register for classes."
Services and programs such as STEM, the Student Success Center (SSC), Let's Talk, Retention, Disability Services and the Veterans Center will continue to assist students after TRIO, so any student who may have been interested in the program can look into other programs available at Del Mar. Even the SSC can assist students with financial aid issues, money management and literacy, and tutoring for specific subjects. STEM, a mentoring program aimed at tutoring for students majoring in specific subjects, is also open to all students.
According to Gilbert, TRIO staff will continue working at Del Mar until they close the grant and fill out a final Annual Performance Report, which will be completed near November. Peer tutors and assistants who worked under TRIO will continue to work at Del Mar's other programs. However, the director, coordinator and financial aid assistant of TRIO will no longer be faculty at DMC.
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Holland, Zoe (2008) Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase CK2. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Malaria, caused by infection with intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, is responsible for 300 to 600 million clinical cases annually (Snow et al., 2005), resulting in the deaths of up to three million people every year (Breman, 2001, Breman et al., 2004). There is a clear need for further research aimed at identifying novel drug targets (Ridley, 2002). Reversible phosphorylation of proteins is a major regulatory mechanism in most cellular processes, and protein kinases are considered promising drug targets, comprising as much as 30% of all protein targets under investigation (Cohen, 2002). The divergences between human and plasmodial protein kinases suggest that specific inhibition of the latter is an achievable goal (Doerig, 2004, Doerig and Meijer, 2007). This study investigates protein kinase CK2 of Plasmodium falciparum, seeking to establish by reverse genetics and biochemical approaches whether it represents a possible antimalarial drug target.
Protein-kinase CK2, formerly known as Casein Kinase II, is a dual-specificity (Serine/Threonine and Tyrosine) protein kinase ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotes. It has over 300 cellular substrates catalogued to date (Meggio and Pinna, 2003). Consistent with its multiple substrates, the enzyme plays a crucial role in many cellular processes, and is essential to viability in yeast and slime mould (Padmanabha et al., 1990, Kikkawa et al., 1992). The human CK2 holoenzyme consists of two catalytic a or a' subunits and two regulatory b subunits, and recent evidence indicates that the latter interact with several protein kinases in addition to CK2a (reviewed in (Bibby and Litchfield, 2005)), pointing to a likely role in the integration of numerous signalling pathways. A putative CK2a orthologue and two predicted CK2b subunits were identified in the P. falciparum genome (Ward et al., 2004, Anamika et al., 2005). Here we present the biochemical characterisation of the PfCK2a orthologue and both PfCK2b orthologues, and demonstrate by using a reverse genetics approach that each of the three subunits is essential for completion of the erythrocytic asexual cycle of the parasite, thereby validating the enzyme as a possible drug target. Recombinant PfCK2a possesses protein kinase activity, exhibits similar substrate and co-substrate preferences to those of CK2a subunits from other organisms, and interacts with both of the PfCK2b subunits in vitro. PfCK2a is amenable to inhibitor screening, and we report differential susceptibility between the human and P. falciparum CK2a enzymes to a small molecule inhibitor. Taken together, the data indicate that PfCK2a is an attractive, validated target for antimalarial chemotherapeutic intervention.


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Forest and climate
Questions and answers about old-growth forests
Who owns the Swedish forest?
News about IKEA in Carelia
Reality in the forest and our objectives
Multiple-use of the forest
Save Sweden's Old-Growth Forests!
The Calypso Orchid
Documentary about bioenergy: BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?
The Conservationist Björn Mildh criticizes the Director of the Swedish Forest Agency
Birdlife Sweden Announces: Many of Sweden's Woodland Bird Species Endangered by Forestry
The European spruce bark beetle is not an excuse for clear-cutting Sweden's natural forests
Governor's reply to the NGOs: "Not realistic to only establish formal protection at Gåsberget"
Natural pine forest landscape in Dalarna threatened by logging
One of the forests with high conservation values in Ore Forest Landscape. Photo: Sebastian Kirppu.
Gåsberget in Ore Forest Landscape in the county of Dalarna in Sweden is one of northwest Europe's largest and most valuable natural pine forest landscapes. The area needs urgent protection. But unfortunately, its conservation values are not emphasized enough in the project "Green infrastructure at Gåsberget's High Value Forest Landscape", which is a collaboration between the County Administrative Board, the Swedish Forest Agency, the forestry companies Sveaskog and Stora Enso and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) is an environmental organization that has surveyed the forests there but have been excluded from the project.
All forestry should be carried out with consideration at Gåsberget, according to the publication "Green infrastructure at Gåsberget's High Value Forest Landscape" from the County Administrative Board. The organization Protect the Forest states that protection of the forest at Gåsberget is not emphasized enough. Forests with high conservation values in Sweden should not be logged at all, according to the organization, which is an approach in line with scientific research and national and international environmental goals.
Protect the Forest states that it is unacceptable that the County Administrative Board and the Swedish Forest Agency do not stand up for our environmental goals and that they exclude The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), with about 230 000 members, from the project. SSNC has a legitimate common interest in the forest. There is about 20% old natural pine forest with a history of forest fires left in Ore Forest Landscape. Very few such landscapes remain in the Swedish lowlands below the mountain region, which makes Gåsberget and Ore Forest Landscape unique.
During 2013 and 2017 SSNC carried out solid surveys in Ore Forest Landscape. They mapped out where forests with high conservation values are situated and registered which species are found there. But Ore Forest Landscape is not even mentioned in the publication from the County Administrative Board. Furthermore, the board does not refer to SSNC's surveys other than briefly as "voluntary conservation work which calls for more protection in the area and setting aside forests from logging". SSNC has not been invited to take part in the County Administrative Board's collaboration project.
Read more about Protect the Forest's views about the content in the County Administrative Board's publication (in Swedish) "Projektet Grön infrastruktur i Gåsbergets värdetrakt - Delredovisning om motiv, målsättningar och utkast till metodik" (2019) here.
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Now on to your burning questions! Remember, if you have a resume question that isn't listed here, leave a comment below or email me at theoilyintrovert@gmail.com and I will try and include it in a future post!
Is it appropriate to use color in a resume?
In general, its best to keep color to a minimum, especially in a non-artistic field.
That said, there are definitely a few places you can use a **little** bit of color in your resume.
You can use a nice, subtle color for the headings of your main sections (Experience, Education, etc) as well as your name at the top of your resume. Don't use more than one or 2 colors max, and don't use loud colors like bright green or pink. A nice navy or burgundy title section, however, can break up an otherwise monotonous-looking page, and add a little emphasis to the section breaks. Keep the main body of your resume black, though.
How can I solve the work experience "chicken and egg" problem on my resume when I don't have any internships?
Its a myth that you absolutely need internships in order to get a job in your chosen field after school. Look for entry level positions at smaller companies to get your initial experience in, and then set your sights on bigger companies. A company is not interested in what you've done in the past. I know this sounds crazy, but bear with me.
A company needs to know how *they* will benefit if they hire you. So many resumes are simply a laundry list of tasks they have done, with no real results or achievements that would interest a company. Its important to show what you can do for them in a compelling way, and the easiest way to do that is to use their own job description to show you have what they want, even if you have no internships or direct experience yet. You need to show them how the skills you've gained in school transfer to the job you are applying for, and what results you have gotten.
By results, I mean concrete things that happened as a result of you having a certain skill. For example, if the job description says a candidate needs Powerpoint skills, you can say something like, "created 30 slide PowerPoint presentation for class final that received a 98% grade" or something similar. If there are any relevant results you've achieved from previous part time jobs, this is a great tactic to use as well.
What skills are relevant to include in resumes?
The answer depends on the job you are applying for. You should be customizing your resume for each job you apply to, using a company's own keywords from their job description.
A company needs to know how *they* will benefit if they hire you. So many resumes are simply a laundry list of tasks they have done, with no real results or achievements that would interest a company. Its important to show what you can do for them in a compelling way, and the easiest way to do that is to use their own job description to show you have what they want.
You want to make sure you are pulling key words directly from the job description when listing your skills and experience, as it will help get you through the automated software filters most companies use now.
Use action words, like "created", "spearheaded", and "managed" to show off various skills. Avoid cliche words like "synergy" and "leverage" so you stand out from the crowd.
What takes the place of limited education on a resume?
Skills and experience will always take the place of limited education. Professional certifications are also a big help.
It may take you a little longer to get where you want to go, but it will happen. You need to show an employer that you have the skills and knowledge to be a success in the position. Show that skills from your previous unrelated positions transfer over to the job you are applying for. You should already be customizing your resume for each job you apply for, so you will just need to think about what from your previous experience shows that you can do the job you are applying to.
You can also address your lack of education in your cover letter. This is the perfect place to address a lack of education, and instead mention any professional group meetings you attend, self-paced courses you've been through, or related projects you've done to show that you are committed to increasing your knowledge and expertise. Show them how you would be a valuable employee.
I am a recent college graduate. Would it look better on my resume to have a paid internship in a field I am interested in or a job in a different one?
It will always be better for an employer to see that you have relevant experience in your field. Think about it from their perspective: if you are hiring a programmer, would you rather hire someone who had a programming internship, has experience with programming as well as been immersed in a programming environment, or someone who found a job as a salesperson and made cold calls?
It is always more advisable to get an internship over an unrelated job. The additional benefit of an internship is that you are exposed to people in your field, and you will be able to network with colleagues - this can often times lead to a job. There is a good chance the company you are interning with will end up hiring you as well if you do a good job.
Bottom line - employers are more interested in relevant experience than a random job.


The 2018-19 school year has begun. Our mission is to provide your child every opportunity to prepare them for a college or career path after high school. We offer a variety of social events (sports, performances, organizations…) which engage students and provide connections that last a life time.
This is an exciting time, as we move forward in technology to enhance your child's learning. Make sure you and your child are following their progress through BCPSONE. I want to encourage parents to utilize their BCPSONE account to track their progress and communicate with the teachers. Schoology is the Learning Management System we use in BCPSONE. This is how your child will obtain and submit their coursework for each class.
We utilize the call home "Messenger" phone system. If you are not receiving messages, please come to the office and make sure we have your correct information. You can also follow us on TWITER @LansdowneViking to see all the great things our students accomplish. Our NEW phone number is 443-809-1415.
Our Fall Sports are now in full swing and in November Winter sports will begin. Your child must have a GPA of 2.0 at the end of each quarter. The report card grades impact the beginning of a season as well as the end of a season. First Quarter ends November 9th. That means interims are coming out at the end of September.
The key to success is based on attendance, it is the number one factor when it comes to graduation and acceleration in academics. Our doors open at 7:15am & class starts at 7:30am and the school day ends at 2:05pm. Students need to balance their class assignments, with the A/B schedule a class only meets 22 times a quarter.
Students that arrive late to school are late to 1st period. This has a negative impact on the 1st period class. Students are not allowed to leave campus unless they are being dismissed early and a parent has signed them out from the office.
Picking up a student from the nurse (go to office first).
This year the senior prom will be FREE for any senior on track to graduate and receives ALL passing grades for Quarters 1, 2, & 3. Remember students need to meet the HSA, SSLH & credit requirements to graduate.
Please join the PTSA and help us make Lansdowne High the best place for an education. Working together creates a strong support system to help prepare your child for their future.
Each month the last winner of this award selects another member of our amazing staff to highlight for the way in which they exemplify this amazing profession.
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Clues About Kylie's Jenner's Pregnancy From Khloe's Announcement Might Disappoint Some Fans
By Gillian Walters
It's really no surprise that Khloé Kardashian's pregnancy announcement on Wednesday night has a ton of people talking about Kylie Jenner's supposed baby news. Although it's not necessarily fair for fans to speculate about someone else's reproductive choices, some particularly curious Keeping Up With The Kardashian diehards can't help but wonder if there are any clues about Kylie's pregnancy in Khloé's announcement. As it turns out, Kardashian might have alluded to some very telling info in her post, and it doesn't look good for fans who want Jenner to speak out on the pregnancy rumors.
Ever since September, people have been wondering when Jenner will deny or confirm her rumored pregnancy. Kardashian's sweet announcement only amplified the chatter, and some of the the internet's best sleuths are back to the drawing board regarding their pregnancy reveal theories.
You see, many fans initially theorized that Kardashian and Jenner would release a joint announcement via the Kardashian christmas card or on KUWTK. That theory makes sense when you consider how close Kardashian and Jenner are, but it doesn't add up now that Kardashian and her boyfriend, Tristan Thompson, decided to spill the beans on Instagram. All those rumors about one big announcement were bogus, I guess. Perhaps Kris Jenner was trying to throw inquisitive fans off the trail? If that was Kris' plan, she definitely succeeded.
So, now that the joint announcement theory has officially been put to rest, what can fans glean from Kardashian's announcement?
One especially telling portion of Kardashians note reads, according to Instagram:
Thank you to everyone for the love and positive vibes! I know we've been keeping this quiet but we wanted to enjoy this between our family and close friends as long as we could privately. To enjoy our first precious moments just us ❤ Thank you all for understanding.
Note the word "privately" here. It's very important for fans to realize that Kardashian and Thompson were never obligated to share their exciting news with the public. The pregnancy announcement was a choice, and this sentiment applies to Jenner as well. It's totally possible that Jenner also wants to enjoy her pregnancy "privately" with her family and the rumored father of her child, Travis Scott.
Not to mention, an insider told People in November that Jenner intends to reveal the pregnancy on her "own terms":
Kylie is only trusting her closest friends and her sisters right now. She wants to reveal things on her own terms but she's of course having fun teasing everyone. She knows all the attention is on her and her baby bump, but she won't share until she wants to.
Another potential clue? Kardashian wrote in the post that she's "excited, nervous, eager, overjoyed, and scared all in one," about the pregnancy, according to E! Online.
I think it's pretty telling that Kardashian admitted that she's "nervous" and "scared," because it makes me think, what if Jenner is feeling those same things? Those are pretty common emotions for a new parent to experience, after all. Perhaps Jenner is struggling to cope with the emotional and physical changes of pregnancy, and that's why she wants to keep quiet for now.
That theory holds up if you believe the rumor that Jenner is "insecure" about her pregnancy body. The alleged source said, according to Hollywood Life:
Her body is changing and she's very self-conscious about it. She's always been insecure that she's not as curvy or pretty as her sisters.
And then there's the possibility that Jenner is worried about how people will react to the supposed baby news. Kardashian's tweet about sharing her pregnancy announcement is a pretty big clue that this might be the case for Jenner.
Following Kardashian's Instagram post, she tweeted, according to Us Weekly:
I was so nervous to post our announcement but WOWWW I am overwhelmed with the response by you guys!!! Thank you! Thank you!
I don't think that it's a stretch to theorize that Jenner might also be nervous to share her supposed pregnancy. Some fans can be harsh, and maybe Jenner is afraid of the potential backlash.
Of course, there's always the possibility that Jenner might drop the news within the coming weeks or months. I have my own theory that Jenner will share the news on Christmas, because I think Kris enjoys the element of surprise. I suppose the world will have to just wait and see.


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Teachers: This fall, the Content Advisory Teams (formerly Vertical Teams) identified 21 projects that we will develop in order to help move the curriculum, assessment and instruction of the school division forward. We are looking for teachers across every discipline to work within Product Development Teams on these projects. Interested teachers should respond by December 3.
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Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. It is my pleasure to present to you POD of ECWA report from June 2017 till date as requested by your office. Let me begin with a brief profile of POD of ECWA from historical beginning, from where I will present a brief synopsis of our testimonies and report of God's faithfulness in our department. And conclude with prayer point, challenges and thanksgiving.
POD Beginning: Prior to the formation of POD in 1989, ECWA Rural Development and ECWA Community Health Programme were ministering especially to the rural poor through the diffusion theory of innovation. By the mid-1980s a number of evaluations revealed that these two departments were not really meeting the numerous needs of these rural poor.
This was due to the ineffectiveness of their strategy and the down turn of the Nigeria economy. These departments agreed to change their approach, which led to a series of re-orientation on community-based development. A decision to merge the Extension Section of ECWA Rural Development and the Preventive Health Care Unit of ECWA Community Health Programme was then taken to form POD. POD Philosophy: The main focus of POD's programme is the development of people, which can be attained by their full participation in decision-making, implementation and evaluation, thus building their capacity to be self-reliant. POD believes that people are knowledgeable especially of their own environment and the things that concern them.
The strategy of effecting community-based development at the grass root is through the empowerment of Community Development Committees (CDC) who pioneers development initiatives in their various communities. This thus makes the approach bottom-up and not top-down. In our approach, we use different Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) techniques to enter community, raise awareness, learn carry out need assessment, decision-making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their dream realized.
POD OF ECWA envisions improved and sustained the living conditions of Nigeria communities.
To promote improved and sustainable living conditions, through effective community mobilization and capacity building of the underprivileged communities in Nigeria.
In the past not many ECWA members know about POD WORK, we have within the period of reporting embarked on church awareness and mobilization on POD models of activities in churches and DCCs for the Implementation of POD programs especially CCMP empowerment models and training of Pastors and elders in various DCCs.
Today POD has introduced CCMP in some theological schools such as ECWA Theological College Bayara in Bauchi State as a course curriculum that students are taking to be empowered and be economically viable and self-reliant.
a. Community Mobilization and Capacity Building.
Sustainable Agriculture - in this area there is a paradigm shift even in Nigeria today attention is shifting to boast Agriculture, food security, we must rise to mobilize our people to go back to farm so we can survive the hardship. In this area POD has help over 144 Communities so far. Sustainable Water Supply - shortage and lack of portable drinking water is a major issue in many communities in Nigeria, apart from over 262 lined and unlined wells that we dug, many communities are getting their water from a source shared with animals in some communities, today we are trusting God for a borehole rig to be purchase which will enable us to change from traditional well digging to sinking borehole improving on providing portable drinking water to our communities, churches, organizations, institutions and individuals at affordable rates.
Community Based Health Care - our staff have continued to facilitate communities on clean hygiene environment sanitation, we have trained 30 Voluntary Health Workers (VHW) since June last year to date, 56 women on Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) in various communities. All in effort to provide basic health care service delivery to the people, and we have facilitated the building of over 20 clinics so far.
Economic Empowerment - we have trained 214 self-help groups in different communities.


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Home England Derbyshire Risley Derbyshire Family History Guide
Risley Derbyshire Family History Guide
Risley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1719 from chapelry in Wilne chapelry in Sawley Ancient Parish.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Bishop's Transcripts: 1696
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Breaston
Sawley
Dale Abbey
Stanton by Dale
Wilne
Sandiacre
RISLEY, a chapelry in Wilne parish, Derby; 1½mile W by S of Sandiacre r. station, and 4¼ S of Ilkeston. It has a post-office under Nottingham. Real property, £2,522. Pop., 203. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Mortimers; passed to the Sheffields and the Willoughbys; and belongs now to J. L. Ffytche, Esq. R. Hall is the residence of Mrs. Skipworth. A silver vessel, 20 inches by 15, said to have belonged to a church in France in 405, was found near the Hall in 1729. The living is ap. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Breaston, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is ancient but good. There is an endowed grammar school for the children of seven neighbouring parishes.
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages
by Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed; Blagg, Thomas Matthews, ed
Risley Derbyshire Marriages 1720 to 1812 – Archive.org
Risley Derbyshire Marriages 1720 to 1812 – UK Genealogy Archives
County: Derbyshire
Civil Registration District: Shardlow
Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Sawley
Diocese: Lichfield
Rural Deanery: Ockbrook
Poor Law Union: Shardlow
Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
Rosliston Derbyshire Family History Guide
Ripley Derbyshire Family History Guide


Choosing a letting agent is a very important decision. If you pick a good one, your rental property will be protected, your income security will be improved and you will be saved a great deal of inconvenience.
If you sign up to a bad letting agent, however, you can suffer a series of issues: bad tenants who may damage the property or not pay rent, unreasonable fees and frustratingly slow responses to your queries. In a worst-case scenario, the letting agent might leave you in legal trouble by failing to meet their obligations to keep the property in a safe condition.
Most letting agents offer three levels of service. The most basic is a tenant finding package, which means the agent will advertise for tenants, conduct viewings, arrange the tenancy agreement and carry out necessary checks on credit history, identity documents and employment status.
The next level up is a tenant finding plus rent collection service, while a full management service means just about everything is left to the agent: finding a tenant, collecting rent, inspecting the property and taking care of routine issues such as leaky taps, broken windows and faulty boilers. The landlord is only involved if a major decision arises, such as whether to replace a faulty kitchen.
The advantage of using an agent is that it saves you time and hassle. The agency will have local knowledge, sector expertise, and contacts that you do not, plus economies of scale may result in savings, for example in repair work. The agent can help you meet your legal obligations to obtain electricity and gas certificates, hold tenant deposits in a security scheme and avoid risks to the health and safety of your tenants.
However, ultimately legal duties remain your responsibility so you should be sure to check you are compliant. If you do not ensure the safety of your tenants, you could face large fines or even prosecution and imprisonment. Taking care of tenants is not just the morally right thing to do, it also makes practical and financial sense.
You need to carry out research before choosing an agent. Opting for an agent who is a member of a membership body such as ARLA or NALS will give some reassurance, as these agents are bound by a professional code and additional guarantees. Look at how the agent markets properties: where do they advertise? Do they use professional, high-quality photography?
Responsiveness is also vital. If an agent takes time to get back to you, chances are they will do the same for prospective tenants, who may have found an alternative property in the meantime. Carry out an internet search to see if the agent is associated with a long list of horror stories from former tenants, and don't forget to trust your instincts – if the agent seems untrustworthy, it's best not to trust them with your investment.
Agents are supposed to always act in your best interests, but unscrupulous agencies will prioritise their own financial rewards over providing a good service. For example, if you use a tenant find service, you should have the opportunity to meet tenants and make the ultimate choice about their acceptance or rejection.
A good letting agent wants to help you find a long-term reliable tenant, whereas a bad agent simply wants to secure their placement fee with the first applicant that comes along. If you set out written rules about your requirements, for example whether you accept tenants with pets or children, smokers or on housing benefit, this will help to keep things clear.
If an agent seems to advertise properties well, has a good reputation and comes across as professional and polite, you may have found a great service. However, don't be too hasty to sign up without being crystal clear about their terms of the service.
Many agents use contracts which are heavily weighted in their favour, giving them a get-out clause if they fail to meet their obligations, or imposing unreasonable fees. Renewal fees are notorious for this – the fee that was charged for the work of setting up the tenancy is charged again, each time the tenant renews. You should also know if tenants have to pay the agent anything, as these fees may put off prospective tenants.
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Pat has over 15 years of experience in commercial and public development projects in the Wichita area. His primary focus is commercial development with an emphasis in client relations. His daily approach allows him to be proficient in his design as well as creating cost effective engineering solutions for our numerous commercial clientele. Pat has engineered sites from ¼ acre up to schools and large power centers exceeding 100 acres in size.


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package java.lang;

/**
 * Thrown when an application attempts to use {@code null} in a
 * case where an object is required. These include:
 *

 *
Calling the instance method of a {@code null} object.
 *
Accessing or modifying the field of a {@code null} object.
 *
Taking the length of {@code null} as if it were an array.
 *
Accessing or modifying the slots of {@code null} as if it
 *     were an array.
 *
Throwing {@code null} as if it were a {@code Throwable}
 *     value.
 *

 *

 * Applications should throw instances of this class to indicate
 * other illegal uses of the {@code null} object.
 *
 * {@code NullPointerException} objects may be constructed by the
 * virtual machine as if {@linkplain Throwable#Throwable(String,
 * Throwable, boolean, boolean) suppression were disabled and/or the
 * stack trace was not writable}.
 *
 * @since   1.0
 */
public class NullPointerException extends RuntimeException {
    @java.io.Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5162710183389028792L;

    /**
     * Constructs a {@code NullPointerException} with no detail message.
     */
    public NullPointerException() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a {@code NullPointerException} with the specified
     * detail message.
     *
     * @param   s   the detail message.
     */
    public NullPointerException(String s) {
        super(s);
    }

    // 0: no backtrace filled in, no message computed.
    // 1: backtrace filled in, no message computed.
    // 2: message computed
    private transient int extendedMessageState;
    private transient String extendedMessage;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public synchronized Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
        // If the stack trace is changed the extended NPE algorithm
        // will compute a wrong message. So compute it beforehand.
        if (extendedMessageState == 0) {
            extendedMessageState = 1;
        } else if (extendedMessageState == 1) {
            extendedMessage = getExtendedNPEMessage();
            extendedMessageState = 2;
        }
        return super.fillInStackTrace();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
     *
     *
 If a non-null message was supplied in a constructor it is
     * returned. Otherwise, an implementation specific message or
     * {@code null} is returned.
     *
     * @implNote
     * If no explicit message was passed to the constructor, and as
     * long as certain internal information is available, a verbose
     * description of the null reference is returned.
     * The internal information is not available in deserialized
     * NullPointerExceptions.
     *
     * @return the detail message string, which may be {@code null}.
     */
    public String getMessage() {
        String message = super.getMessage();
        if (message == null) {
            synchronized(this) {
                if (extendedMessageState == 1) {
                    // Only the original stack trace was filled in. Message will
                    // compute correctly.
                    extendedMessage = getExtendedNPEMessage();
                    extendedMessageState = 2;
                }
                return extendedMessage;
            }
        }
        return message;
    }

    /**
     * Get an extended exception message. This returns a string describing
     * the location and cause of the exception. It returns null for
     * exceptions where this is not applicable.
     */
    private native String getExtendedNPEMessage();
}

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This logo for the Price PAC appears on the committee's mailings.
News surfaced late last month that a new independent political committee had been registered with the Georgia Ethics Commission — the Promoting Republican Ideals and Conservative Ethics PAC, the initials thereof spelling out the last name of Georgia's sixth District Congressman Tom Price. New details have emerged about the PAC's purpose, at least as far as the 2016 election cycle goes.
This election cycle, the PAC will spend $100,000 in support of 11 Republican incumbents and two candidates for seats presently held by Democrats, all from the metro Atlanta area. Two mailings are planned for each candidate. The first round will emphasize the conservative credentials of the candidates, and will be directed at solid Republicans who may be disappointed with Donald Trump at the top of the GOP ticket. According to a spokesman for the PAC, the mailing will target Marco Rubio voters, urging them to turn out for down ballot Republican candidates. A second round of mailings will target independents and those who lean Republican, and will try to ensure that those voters have a favorable view of the candidates. A wave of robocalls is planned as well.
The Senate races being targeted are those of Hunter Hill, Fran Millar, and JaNice Van Ness. The targeted House races are those of incumbents Beth Beskin, Buzz Brockway, Joyce Chandler, Valerie Clark, Rich Golick, Dale Rutledge, Brian Strickland, and Sam Teasley. In addition, the committee will support Meagan Hanson, who is challenging the Brookhaven seat of Taylor Bennett, and Lane Flynn, who hopes to unseat Scott Holcomb of Doraville. The committee sent along the first round mailers for Hansen and Hill.
The $100,000 in SuperPAC spending comes on the heels of Price's almost $73,000 in contributions earlier this year to state Republicans with primary challenges. Although the PAC's latest disclosure report shows no contributions through the end of September, the spokesman told us that the PAC is completely funded by Price's campaign committee.
Congressman Price has been a strong supporter of Donald Trump for president. Given that one of the committee's goals is to turn out voters who may be discouraged by having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, we asked his spokesman about the possible discrepancy. The spokesman pointed out that Price has contributed $1.2 million to the NRCC, and is interested in supporting all state and federal Republican candidates.
Asked whether the campaign committee and its donations might be related to a possible run for Governor in 2018, the spokesman wouldn't bite. Congressman Price, we were told, is focused on this November, not some future election.
Price purchasing support for a run for Governor, eh?
Cagle withdrew from the race in 2010. Olens leaving for KSU is a two-fer. Deal also gets to appoint the AG.
And Westmoreland is likely in the mix.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Text;
using Gallio.Model.Messages.Logging;
using Gallio.Runtime;
using Gallio.Runtime.Logging;

namespace Gallio.Framework
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The diagnostic log provides services for writing diagnostic messages to the console
    /// or runtime log during a test run.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// Diagnostic messages will appear in the test report but they are not associated with
    /// any particular tests.  Unlike <see cref="TestLog"/> the messages may not include rich
    /// content such as attachments or embedded images.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// If you use the diagnostic log to report progress messages, keep in mind that they
    /// will all be preserved in the report, making the report larger.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    /// <seealso cref="TestLog"/>
    public static class DiagnosticLog
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Writes a message to the diagnostic log.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">The message to write, may be null.</param>
        public static void WriteLine(string message)
        {
            if (message != null)
            {
                TestContext context = TestContext.CurrentContext;
                if (context != null)
                {
                    context.PublishMessage(new LogEntrySubmittedMessage()
                    {
                        Severity = LogSeverity.Important,
                        Message = message
                    });
                }
                else if (RuntimeAccessor.IsInitialized)
                {
                    RuntimeAccessor.Logger.Log(LogSeverity.Important, message);
                }
                else
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine(message);
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Writes a formatted message to the diagnostic log.
        /// </summary>
        /// <seealso cref="String.Format(string, object[])"/>
        /// <param name="messageFormat">The message format string, may be null.</param>
        /// <param name="messageArgs">The message arguments.</param>
        public static void WriteLine(string messageFormat, params object[] messageArgs)
        {
            if (messageFormat != null)
            {
                WriteLine(string.Format(messageFormat, messageArgs));
            }
        }
    }
}


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Church of England church buildings in Cumbria
Churches in Cumbria
Church of England church buildings
Church of St. George, Barrow-in-Furness
St James' Church, Hayton
Church of St. George, Kendal
St George's Church, Millom
Church of St. Anne, Thwaites
Church of St. John, Woodland
St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria
Church of St. Mary, Allithwaite
St. Cuthberts church, Cliburn
Church of St. Michael, Pennington
Lanercost Priory
St Bees Priory
St. James' Church, Barrow-in-Furness
St Mary's Church, Whicham
Newlands Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon
All Saints Church, Bolton
All Saints Church, Boltongate
All Saints Church, Lupton
All Saints Church, Orton
Church of the Holy Trinity, Brathay
Holy Trinity Church, Casterton
Holy Trinity Church, Colton
Holy Trinity Church, Howgill
Holy Trinity Church, Millom
Holy Trinity Church, Seathwaite
Holy Trinity Church, Ulverston
St Mary's Church, Gosforth
Cartmel Priory
Church of St. Kentigern, Caldbeck
Church of St. Bridget, Brigham
St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge
List of monastic houses in Cumbria
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
Kendal Parish Church
St Andrew's Church, Crosby Garrett
St Andrew's Church, Dacre
St Andrew's Church, Dent
St Andrew's Church, Penrith
St Andrew's Church, Sedbergh
St Columba's Church, Warcop
St Cuthbert's Church, Edenhall
St James' Church, Burton-in-Kendal
St James' Church, Great Ormside
St James' Church, Whitehaven
St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh
St Laurence's Church, Morland
St Lawrence's Church, Appleby
St Lawrence's Church, Crosby Ravensworth
St Margaret and St James' Church, Long Marton
St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere
Church of St. Mary, Kirkby Lonsdale
Church of St. Mary and St. Michael, Great Urswick
St Michael's Church, Barton
St Michael's Church, Burgh by Sands
St Michael's Church, Muncaster
St Michael's Church, Torpenhow
St Mungo's Church, Dearham
St Oswald's Church, Dean
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale
St Paul's Church, Witherslack
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Church of St Olaf, Wasdale
Church of St Mungo, Bromfield
St Martin's Church, Martindale
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Hacking in 2e
I wanted to run through a potential flow of Hacking in 2e. I'm interested to know if people think I've interpreted the rules correctly, and if there's better options that I've overlooked. First, the defense team: Alice is an Infomorph sleeved in an Agent. The morph doesn't matter much, except that it provides her with 4 Insight pool points. She has Infosec 80 with a specialization in Security. She's hosted on her own Enhanced Server (p. 331). Alice creates an Alpha fork. She's purchased a second copy of the Agent morph so that she can fork without resleeving. Her fork goes by Bob. Alice has convinced the rest of her team to use her Enhanced server as the master for a PAN to better secure their systems. They're on a VPN as well, but since the server needs to talk to the outside world (it's forwarding everyone's traffic), it's still available from the mesh. Alice spends 2 of her Insight pool to increase her COG linked skills by 10. Her effective skill for Infosec (Security) is now 100. Bob spends 2 of his Insight pool to increase his COG linked skills by 10. His effective skill for Infosec (Security) is now 100. Bob starts his work, which is essentially sitting on Active Defense. This will take his complex action every turn (which is why he's a fork, so Alice can still participate). This gives the defense a skill of 100 instead of 70 (from Firewall rating). I think this is about as optimal as it can get for the defense team. Now, the offense team: Moriarty is a hacker with an Infosec skill of 80. This is a little better than a typical NPC hacker. An optimized player would have their effective skill at 100 between specializations and COG linked Insight boosts. Since Moriarty is attacking an Enhanced Server, his effective skill is 70. It's not entirely clear how initiative is supposed to work with Subtle Intrusion, but I've assumed that Moriarty goes first, and then the others go. Bob has declared that he'll be engaging in active defense, so he won't get his first action. Both Bob and Moriarty will use pools to flip dice when it's worthwhile. Bob has a 1% chance to get a critical failure on his defense roll. If that happens, there's no alert, and we can just assume Moriarty manages to achieve his goals. Otherwise, Bob will succeed on his defense roll, but it may not be good enough to win. Turn 1, Action 1 Moriarty is going to attempt a Subtle Intrusion (p. 258). Bob is engaged in Active Defense (p. 259)
6.58% of the time, Moriarty succeeds with a critical success. In this case, he's able to log into the system with hidden status. The rules text is a bit unclear here, but I'm going to give Bob the benefit of the doubt and say that since the defense roll was successful (but lost), the system still goes on passive alert.
13.24% of the time, Moriarty succeeds, but does not get a critical success. In this case, since Bob was successful on the defense roll, he will get a Passive alert. Moriarty will have covert status. It's possible that he has admin privilege, but unlikely.
80.18% of the time, Bob is able to prevent Moriarty's attack. Bob will get a passive alert. We'll still need to try to find the intruder, because we don't know.
Our passive alert has automatically triggered a re-authentication, but that's not going to trigger for 1d6 action turns, which is forever when there's an intruder. It will also reduce privileges, but Moriarty was going to hack anyhow, so he really doesn't care about his permissions. Bob's muse sees the passive alert. It uses the Trigger Alert (p. 249) option to put the system on Active Alert. In all likelyhood, there's no intruder, but it would rather be safe than sorry. This will automatically terminate all connections at the end of the turn. If Moriarty is in, he'll be able to spend Insight pool to get 2 more actions before that happens. Alice sees the passive alert. She could look through the user lists to try to identify the intruder, but the intruder may be hidden. Instead, she'll use Zeroing In (p. 259). This will be an opposed test vs. Moriarty. Alice has a skill of 80 and I'll assume her Security specialization still applies. She's also got the +10 for COG linked skills. If Moriarty is hidden, she has a -30 penalty to find him. This leaves her with an effective skill of 70. Moriarty has a skill of 80. I think that he's not making a test to hack the Enhanced Server, so that -10 doesn't apply (he's defending, which isn't a Hacking Test). At the same time, I'm not counting his attempt to stay hidden as an effort to subvert the system, so he doesn't get that +10 (the -30 modifier to Alice seems to cover this). His effective skill is 80.
35.03% of the time, Alice will locate Moriarty.
64.97% of the time, Alice doesn't find anyone.
If Moriarty wasn't hidden, Alice would have better odds
At this point, Bob and Alice have to make a difficult choice. Do they burn Insight pool for extra actions to try to find someone who may or may not be there? Turn 1, Action 2 Moriarty installs a backdoor. He suspects he's triggered an alert, and the system will be kicking him off shortly (either because he's found, or because of the terminate connections). Before that happens, he wants an easy way to get back in later. With his skill of 80, a +10 for being hidden, a -10 for hacking an Enhanced Server, and a -10 for the active alert, his effective skill is 70. Bob's active defense continues to apply with an effective skill of 100. As with the initial hacking attempt, Moriarty has about a 20% chance of success. If Alice successfully noticed Moriarty, she'll attempt to crash his shell. She doesn't really have enough time to do this, but she can cause him some wounds, which will make it less likely his attempt to install a backdoor will succeed. Otherwise, Alice won't burn a pool point to go here, since it's much more likely that there's not an intruder (80% of the time, we got the passive alert, but no intrusion). Turn 1, Action 3 Between this and action 3, Moriarty has a total chance of about 36% to get a good backdoor. Even if he fails, he'll still have a +30 on his next attempt, giving him about even odds to get back in. Turn 2, Action 1 Now that the server is disconnected, Alice and Bob can View Logs (p. 249). If Moriarty wasn't hidden (or Alice found him), they'll now have his mesh ID, and can Lockout (p. 248) to prevent him from accessing the system. He'll probably use a burner mesh ID or an Ecto to get around this, though. Alice will probably bring the server back online. Checking for a backdoor with a Security Audit (p. 261) will take 24 hours (a little less with superior successes and Digital Speed), and we can't wait that long. Our team lost us as security, and are all somewhat vulnerable right now. If they needed access to the mesh, they'll probably have reset their PANs to be local for now. If they can wait a turn (probably the case), they'll reconnect when we come back online. A lot of this changes if Alice knows Moriarty's rolls. While the player probably knows (since these things are usually rolled where they're visible), I don't think the character is supposed to. I'm interested in anything the defense team can do to make their outcome better. Overall, after a 1 hour probe, they have about a 6% chance to be compromised. There's no decent way to prevent the attacker from repeating this over 24 hours, meaning given a day, a good hacker can probably get into any system. Edit: I realized I'm giving Moriarty too many pool points. While he can get back in later, and I still think this is problematic, he won't be able to keep buying actions to install backdoors. Edit 2: Alice's Locate Intruder step can be automatically triggered by a script, based on the passive alert. I'm not certain if Moriarty can take advantage of this. If he needs a Hacking test to load the script, he may as well directly pursue the backdoor. If his existing permissions allow him to load the script (which Alice may be able to limit to admin accounts), he can avoid spending pool points. Edit 3: It's entirely possible that Moriarty is unable to locate Alice/Bob's server. The team's devices send all their mesh communications to this anonymous cloud. Since Moriarty has no way of tracking the exit point of that cloud to the Alice/Bob server, he has no reason to attack that server.
I'd say having a mere 6%
I'd say having a mere 6% chance to be compromised is pretty good odds. You can't really improve on that by a meaningful amount short of making it literally impossible to hack them, which is the only way you'd likely feel a hacker can't brute force their way into anything. Keep in mind two things: First, that anything the players can do, the NPCs can do as well. Secondly, if it's borderline impossible to hack into a given system, what even is the point of hacking? There should be a chance of failure. Now, what your defenders SHOULD be doing is tracing the target to track down their physical location (Even infomorphs have a server they live in). This means the failures have actual repercussions, and as a result your hacker can't just hammer away for 24 hours with no problems. Essentially, saying that a hacker can just try for 24 hours until they get in is about as likely as saying someone can just shoot at your morph for 24 hours until they get enough bullets in. The answer is to hit them back.
Assuming the hacker is using
Assuming the hacker is using an anonymous proxy service, the trace will just end there, so that's not particularly useful. I don't have any problem with the 6%. I just don't know how to prevent the attacker from attacking over and over until they succeed. It's possible that the -10 for each additional attempt should apply, but generally I don't think that's appropriate for opposed tests. I think the root of this problem is that it's easy to get a new mesh ID and try again. Lockout would otherwise keep the attacker's from easily compromising any system. The problem is the attacker gets to shoot, but the defender can't shoot back. This also shows up with mesh attacks on servers. After 6 hits, the server OS is crashed, and it's unlikely that the server's defenders will ever have any ability to find you or attack you. Edit: Also, the attacker in that example is pretty non-optimized. An optimized attacker (PC) will generally end up closer to 40% likely to compromise the most secure server, in an hour. Edit 2: In Shadowrun, there was a desire to let the hacker do things, so they let the hacker have a lot of influence. As a result, player teams end up in this strange place where they turned everything off. It goes against the theme, but making things vulnerable meant that since the players didn't want to be so vulnerable, they just opted out of the theme of having everything connected. I don't want to see the same thing here, so would rather see defense have more advantages.
Team security improvements
The team would be more secure each running their own PAN. They can each purchase a skinlink to network their devices (and disable wireless), and purchase a laser/microwave link to relay all communications to a portable host. That host acts as the relay to the mesh. In order to attack any player's PAN, the intruder must first compromise that host, which slows them down. Since that host can terminate connections, the attacker is very unlikely to be able to compromise a player's system in time. If we want to be silly, we can chain three hosts, so that even if every hacking action succeeds, at the end of the turn, the attacker has only compromised the three hosts (and not any of the player PANs). I'd be pretty annoyed if I came up against that as a player, though.
Attacking an enemy team
I wanted to take a look at what it would look like from the other side, when there isn't a top level PAN protecting the team. Option 1: Hacking Moriarty is an Infomorph sleeved in an Agent. The morph doesn't matter much, except that it provides him with 4 pool points. He has Infosec 80 with a specialization in Brute-Force Hack. He's hosted on his own Specialized Server (p. 331) with +10 to Infosec. Moriarty spends 2 of his Insight pool to increase her COG linked skills by 10. His effective skill for Infosec (Brute-Force Hack) is now 110. Alice is a biomorph not specialized in Infosec, with a standard Muse. Turn 1, Action 1 Moriarty is taking the Brute-Force Attack action, so he takes a -30 penalty. Moriarty's effective skill is 80 vs PAN of 50. Moriarty can use pool points to flip, but won't, since it's unlikely to be worthwhile. Alice's Firewall cannot. Moriarty succeeds around 66% of the time Alice's Muse takes the Lockout action to prevent Moriarty from reconnecting after the end of this round. Turn 1, Action 2 Moriarty burns a pool point to go again. He's spotted with an active alert, so has a -10, and his specialization doesn't apply. He has an effective skill of 90. Moriarty loads a script that will use the Control Ware action to eject the smartgun magazine as long as the script runs. In this case, to shut him down, Alice needs to kill his account shell (which is running this script). Moriarty needs to load and run that script, which will require the Hacking Test (75% success), but when he is subsequently disconnected and locked out, the script will continue to run. This one actually will take a *long* time for Alice's Muse (Infosec 30) to shut down. If Alice has a good Infosec, she can assist, but she's more likely to just leave her mesh inserts offline until she can reboot (which will clear the script). She'll be offline for around 7 turns, but will only lose the one action. For the other 6 turns, she'll have -10 to shoot with her non-Smartgun. Turn 1, Action 3 If Moriarty failed to load and run the script, he'll try again here. This is more efficient than using the point to flip his die. This represents a tradeoff of ~3 Moriarty actions to 1 Alice action (given the 66% and 75% success rates). Alice loses 7 turn of communication, which may be important, and is noticably less effective. The battle may only last 3 turns, but this penalty is probably about as valuable as another action. With that estimate, we've traded 3 Moriarty actions for 2 Alice actions. This is quite effective for a non-combat focused character, that doesn't have to worry about being hit. Option 2: Jamming Moriarty is as before, but now he has Interface 80 (Jam 90). As before, he spends pool points for +10 to COG linked skills. He'll target Alice with Jamming instead. This is an unopposed Interface test, and he will succeed (99%). At this point, Alice's Muse attempts to Bypass Jamming (with a skill of 60) to get back in contact with the team, and to connect to her smartgun. This only has a 21% chance of success; taking into account superior successes, she may have around 30% connectivity. Over the next 3 rounds, she'll be penalized for ~2 of them. This isn't quite as efficient as the Hacking option, but it's easy. If the fight lasts longer, this gets more efficient, since Moriarty doesn't need to do anything else. Each round, he'll add another enemy to his list of jammed targets. If Moriarty is smart, he's probably scouted ahead using the sensors on scattered motes, and seen the enemy team before they're in line of sight to the rest of his team. He can launch his attack before combat starts. Note that the Enhanced Server with Bob as an Alpha fork doesn't really help this team in this scenario. A more sophisticated team, using skinlink and microwave links, wouldn't be vulnerable to this attack. There's some benefit in Moriarty launching the Hacking attack before the groups meet, too. In that case, though, the Lockout means that he's only got a small window between when he should start and when he's no longer effective. If Alice were in a synthmorph, Turn 1, Action 2 would look different for Option 1 above. Now that Moriarty has compromised her PAN, he can Shutdown (p. 267) her cyberbrain. He has a -30 on this test, since it's against a cyberbrain, so he has an effective skill of 60. He has about a 47% chance of taking Alice out. This lines up with ~4 actions to take out Alice.
Please do remember that the
Please do remember that the first line of defense in a system against hacking is a firewall, but that is not the last, and not everything is functional, relevant, or true: honeypots where to lure attackers in and make them think they achieved something are a somewhat cheap and easy way to divert the technically adept but not really experienced, and to do what "antihacking" passive measures do better: detect the intrusion and keep it entertained long enough to be tracked and, as has been mentioned, send a physical team to "recruit" or "neutralize". Even if that team is a bunch of mercs/gangbangers you want to go and break stuff.


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The Cashier-Free Dilemma: 4 Ways Amazon Go Model Will Change The Shopping Trip
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The success and planned expansion of Amazon's cashier-free Amazon Go stores to other major cities, including New York, is causing competing retailers to address the customer's need for added convenience and speed. Microsoft reportedly is testing technology that eliminates the pain point of checking out with a cashier. And the Netherlands chain Albert Heijn is expanding a system called "tap to go," through which customers pat the shelf readers of products they want to buy with branded cards or app-enabled phones.
Meanwhile, in Asia, cashier-free technology has been around since 2017.
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3. Payment options. Amazon Go requires shoppers to have an account with Amazon, which is automatically charged when they leave. This benefits shoppers who are already members, but the balance of shoppers are in question — they either open an account or never spend a dollar there. The systems in Europe and Asia entail apps. These limitations may work well for Amazon and WeChat because of their ubiquity, but such tight payment options will restrict participation for most other merchants and lead to broader payment options in the future executions. Merchants adding cashier-free stores will benefit if they analyze how their shoppers prefer to pay and choose payment options that align with those preferences.
4. Shoppers still want service. Cashier-free stores may not always be service-free. Amazon Go stores have employees on hand to fix any tech issues that may arise. But workers also should be available to address simple questions, because even robot technology is limited when it comes to troubleshooting particular shopper needs. On-staff employees also are essential for keeping stores clean, orderly, stocked and — ideally — pleasant.
Across these considerations, data will help. Whether in the U.S. or overseas, cashier-free retail models produce tracking insights that should result in more precise understanding of shopper preferences and patterns. These insights could feed decisions and enhance the model, and ideally lead retailers to new shopper-focused concepts.
This article originally appeared in Forbes. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more on retail, loyalty and the customer experience.
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Reconsidering Shakespeare's 'Lateness': studies in the last plays
dc.contributor.advisor Walker, Greg en
dc.contributor.advisor Cavanagh, Dermot en
dc.contributor.author Chen, Xing en
dc.description.abstract Shakespeare's last plays, because of their apparent similarity in thematic concern, dramatic arrangements and stylistic features, are often considered by modern scholarship to form a unique group in his canon. Their departure from the preceding great tragedies and their status as an artist's last works have long aroused scholarly interest in Shakespeare's lateness—the study, essentially, of the relationship between his advancing years and his last-period dramatic output, encompassing questions such as 'Why did Shakespeare write the last plays?', 'What influenced his writing?', and 'What is the significance of these plays?'. Answers to the questions are varied and often contradictory, partly because the subject is the elusive Shakespeare, and partly because the concept of lateness as an artistic phenomenon is itself unstable and problematic. This dissertation reconsiders Shakespeare's lateness by reading the last plays in the light of, but not bound by current theories of late style and writing. The analysis incorporates traditional literary, stylistic and biographic approach in various combinations. The exploration of the works (Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen), while underlined by an interest in their shared concern with the effect, power and the possibilities of art and language, also places an emphasis on each play's special, distinct features and contexts. A pattern of steady artistic development is revealed, bespeaking Shakespeare's continued professional energy and ongoing self-challenge, which are, in fact, at the centre of his working methods throughout his career. The dissertation therefore proposes that Shakespeare's 'lateness' is in fact a continuation of his sustained dramatic development instead of, in terms of working attitude and methods, a brand new, sharply different phase, and that his last plays are the result of his, as it were, 'working as usual'. It also suggests that occasionally 'ungrouping' the plays, which frees the critic from perspectives preconditioned by classifying them under labels such as 'romances' and 'tragicomedies', might yield fruitful insight into late Shakespeare. en
dc.subject Shakespeare, William en
dc.subject lateness en
dc.subject last plays en
dc.subject art en
dc.subject language en
dc.title Reconsidering Shakespeare's 'Lateness': studies in the last plays en
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