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Language and social identity have been making headlines recently. Last month, Air Canada's CEO Michael Rousseau faced scrutiny over not knowing French — his language deficit is helping support Bill 96 in Québec (which seeks to change the Canadian Constitution to affirm Québec as a nation and French its official language). Meanwhile Indian chain store Fabindia had to change advertisements […] … learn more→
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Our emotions and identity can affect how we use grammar
Is it useful to learn syntax, morphology or semantics?
The world, or at least this small world that is Spain, has a certain tendency to divide into groups: those who prefer the potato omelette with onion and those who prefer it without onion; those who want pizza with pineapple and without pineapple … and those who think that in the subject of Spanish Language and […] … learn more→
Why does grammar matter?
After 20 years of teaching academic writing to both native speakers and English language learners, I can attest that at some point, just about everyone asks me why, or even whether, grammar matters. There is more than one way to define grammar. Linguists – the people who study language – define "grammar" as a description […] … learn more→
4 ways to teach you're (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care
First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay on a leaf in the light of the moon. b) On a leaf, in the light of the moon, a little egg lay. c) In the light of the moon, […] … learn more→
Should we modify the rules of agreement of the past participle?
As you begin reading this article, you may be wondering how a mere mortal dares to ask a question like the title. Because you think that the evolution of the rules governing the use of French is the sole responsibility of immortals sheltered under the dome of the French Academy. But, as the Academy rightly […] … learn more→
Why grammar mistakes in a short email could make some people judge you
I'm a cognitive psychologist who studies language comprehension. If I see an ad for a vacation rental that says "Your going to Hollywood!" it really bugs me. But my collaborator, Robin Queen, a sociolinguist, who studies how language use varies across social groups, is not annoyed by those errors at all. We were curious: what […] … learn more→
Legal and illegal commas
One of the commenters on "Dumb Copy Editing Survives" last week said something that worried me. My topic was the contrast between sentences of the sort seen in [1a] and [1b] (I prefix [1b] with an asterisk to indicate that it is ungrammatical): [1] a. We are none of us native or purebred. b.*We are, […] … learn more→
The decline of grammar education
Mention an interest in grammar education to most people and they will assume you are concerned about incorrect use of English. What concerns me, by contrast, is the incompetence of those who pontificate about it and set quizzes on it. Google fetches more than 300,000 hits for the term \"grammar quiz\"; yet if quizzes on […] … learn more→
Grammar: The Movie
It's got an all-star cast: Steven Pinker of Harvard, John McWhorter of Columbia, Geoffrey Nunberg of Berkeley, Noam Chomsky of MIT, Adele Goldberg of Princeton, Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty, Brad Hoover of Grammarly, Bryan Garner of A Dictionary of American Usage, and dozens of other marquee attractions, including (way down in the credits) yours truly. […] … learn more→
Verb agreement and hurdling
It isn't easy to admit being wrong in front of thousands of readers, but Ben Yagoda took it on the chin. He had written a sentence containing this clause (which I mark with the asterisk that linguists use to signal an ungrammatical string of words): *The meaning of words inevitably and perennially change. I found […] … learn more→


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This contract with our central government client is for a DV Cleared Senior Planner for 12 months. The role is located in Aldermaston and requires 100% of time onsite. The pay rate for this role is £58.77 umbrella or £43.28 PAYE per hour.
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Key Accountabilities:
- Providing Planning expertise to internal customers within the projects supported.
- Implementing Planning processes, policies and procedures within the projects supported.
- Producing Planning and EV deliverables in accordance with agreed business rhythm within the projects.
- Deliver of long range operational integrated Programme Planning activities.
- Supporting the Business Management Manager with emergent projects as directed by Business Controller.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with and awareness of key project stakeholders.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
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- Delivering Project Controls Planning and EVM expertise and analysis for projects, to produce accurate and timely schedule forecast information to enable business decision-making.
- Quality of EV variance analysis for schedule performance. (SPI)
- Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the end-to-end Planning processes and the production and maintenance of associated policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Supporting the delivery of Planning tools and EVMS, templates and training to internal customers.
- Reviewing project WBS and agreeing / recommending changes to the Project's Control Manager.
- Provision of Planning resource for peer reviews as appropriate.
• Solid planning experience / background essential
• Primavera P6 - Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
• Experience within a defence or Aviation Industry is highly desirable.
• Analysis of existing plans within the space
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After losing 97-87 to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the Phoenix Suns find themselves down 0-2 to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2023 Playoffs. The best-of-seven series is only halfway over, but you get the feeling they might as well be out of the playoffs already.
The Suns have, historically, only a 7% chance of coming back to win this series, which would require them to win four of the next five games against a team that's already beaten them twice in the past three days.
Yes, Suns fans, you know it CAN happen. You know a team down 0-2 can come back to win the series because you've seen it play out the last two years in the other direction.
But those teams that came back on the Suns didn't lose their point guard before the comeback began. With the Suns up 59-51 with four minutes left in the third quarter, Chris Paul suffered a pulled groin and left the court for treatment. The Suns were outscored 46-28 in the final 16 minutes of the game. If you recall, Devin Booker — who is 12 years younger than CP and yes that matters — suffered a groin strain after a game in mid-December and barely played for the next two months. Don't hold your breath on CP's return in this series.
So now the Suns are pretty much dead in the water. Without Chris Paul, who is going to step up in a Suns comeback bid?
Much is being made of the Suns abysmal bench, who by all rights have been truly abysmal. In these playoffs, everyone not named Booker, Durant, Ayton or Paul is shooting less than 33% from the field, less than 20% on threes and just basically crapping the bed. Skeptics saw this coming. Optimists did not.
After Paul pulled the groin on Monday night, the Nuggets outscored the Suns 46-28 over the final 17 minutes. That aforementioned supporting cast scored 2 points in that span despite playing more than half the available minutes (17 minutes x 5 players).
But it's not the bench that ultimately lost Monday's game. They only took 8 of the Suns 33 shots over that last 17 minutes.
It's not Deandre Ayton who lost that game. He just isn't a guy who grabs the ball and makes his own shot. He played good, active defense all night and made 7 of the 10 shots he was given by the ball handlers.
And it's not Devin Booker who lost the game. He made 5 of 11 shots in that span, including the Suns' only made three. Sure, that wasn't a Stephen Curry finish, but no one in their right mind would say that Booker came up short.
The one who really came up short was Kevin Durant. The Suns gave up a whole bunch of assets, including their functional depth and half their future draft picks, to acquire a guy who was supposed to carry this team in playoff crunch time. He's one of the game's all time leading scorers, has two NBA Finals MVPs and a career scoring average of 29 points per game in the playoffs over 15 playoff runs.
Yet here he is, making only 4 of 12 shots in that final 17-minute stretch, including 0-4 on threes, no free throws, one assist and one rebound. That's it?
Don't talk to me about him being tired. He'd only played two games in the last week, and took the last five minutes off in Saturday's blowout.
Overall, Durant's numbers in these playoffs over 7 games are good: 27.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists on 50/36/96 shooting splits on the second-most minutes in these playoffs. He definitely helped finish off the Clippers in five games.
But he hasn't been great, and the Suns gave up a lot of assets for GREAT. He can't be missing just about every shot down the stretch in a pivotal Game 2 that makes it near impossible to survive the second round now.
That Game 2 just stands out like a big warning beacon: missing 17 of 27 shots, including missing 10 of 12 threes, getting to the line for only 2 free throws.
He needs to step up. His scoring and shotmaking needs to make the poor bench play irrelevant. He needs to be, if not Superman, at least Batman.
The Suns will very likely have to play the rest of this series without Chris Paul. That means the bench needs to play at least a little bit better, for sure. Everyone's got to play a little bit better.
But it also means that Kevin Durant needs to play a LOT better if the Suns are going to stage a massive comeback in this series.
The Suns next game is Friday, at home at Footprint Center, where they will try to win their first second-round playoff game since Game 5 against Dallas a year ago.


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I have no axe to grind with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. I respect her accomplishments as a member of the House, as the first woman Speaker of the House, and most recently as minority leader.
But if we haven't learned from the 2016 presidential election cycle, particularly from the insurgent campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders and the eventual win of Donald Trump. that the electorate wants change, what are we doing here?
There is no way we can think about winning 2018 if we roll out the same ole some ole. We need new leadership. We need someone fresh who can take on the GOP majority. We need someone who can inspire the newly franchised, the newly involved. We need someone who will take on Donald Trump.
I don't have a dog in this fight…other than Nancy Pelosi should not be re-elected to her house minority leadership position.
For another take on her leadership and her apparent plan to consolidate her power: Black Caucus member knocks Pelosi over leadership shakeup.


text: LIVER FUNCTION TESTS (LFTs) EXPLAINED Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), also referred to as a hepatic panel, are groups of blood tests that provide information about the state of a patient's liver. Liver function tests check the levels of certain enzymes and proteins in your blood. Levels that are higher or lower than normal can indicate liver problems. Some common liver function tests include: Alanine transaminase (ALT). ALT is an enzyme found in the liver that helps convert proteins into energy for the liver cells. When the liver is damaged, ALT is released into the bloodstream and levels increase. Aspartate transaminase (AST): AST is an enzyme that helps metabolize amino acids. Like ALT, AST is normally present in blood at low levels. An increase in AST levels may indicate liver damage, disease or muscle damage. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP): ALP is an enzyme found in the liver and bone and is important for breaking down proteins. Higher-than-normal levels of ALP may indicate liver damage or disease, such as a blocked bile duct, or certain bone diseases. Bilirubin: Bilirubin is a substance produced during the normal breakdown of red blood cells. Bilirubin passes through the liver and is excreted in stool. Elevated levels of bilirubin (jaundice) might indicate liver damage or disease or certain types of anemia. Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT): GGT is an enzyme in the blood. Higher-than-normal levels may indicate liver or bile duct damag Make sure to subscribe our youtube channel. Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medboard22 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/med_board/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/board_med #Liverfunctiontest #Liverfunctiontests #liverfunctiontestsexplained #LFT #LFTs #LFTinterpretation #LFTexplained #liverfunctiontestlecture #lftsinterpretation liver function test in hindi liver function test interpretation


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A Guide For LED Football Pitch Lighting Or Stadium Lighting
There are some factors you need to consider before purchasing LED football pitch lighting or stadium lighting. These factors include Beam angle, Lumens, and Power consumption. Considering all these factors will help you make the best decision.
Light pollution
Using LED stadium lights for football pitches and stadiums can reduce light pollution. These lights have an energy-efficient design that focuses light output where needed. This means less spillover into neighboring neighborhoods. Unlike traditional stadium lights, which produce UV radiation, high-efficiency LED lighting don't harm nearby residents.
Light pollution from stadiums is becoming an increasingly common concern across the UK. In some cities, stadiums are responsible for up to 20% of the city's late-night light output. This makes stadiums one of the largest contributors to light pollution.
Stadiums are increasingly looking at LED technology to replace traditional stadium light sources. The technology is efficient and helps reduce light pollution while simultaneously allowing precise mathematical calculations to be made for optimal illumination. Moreover, LED stadium lights begin working immediately and do not require a warm-up period. Traditional light sources require fifteen minutes or more before reaching their maximum brightness.
LED lights come in different wattages, but they generate the same brightness. A 500W LED produces as much light as a thousand-watt HID light fixture. This reduction in power consumption helps stadiums reduce their running costs while maintaining the same brightness level. Moreover, LED stadium lights are a much better option than their traditional counterparts, with a lifespan of up to 100,000 hours, which is six times longer than conventional fixtures.
Beam angle
A good beam angle is essential for stadiums and sports fields. A beam angle that is too wide or too narrow can result in low light uniformity. A Dialux simulation can help you determine a beam angle to maximize the amount of light distributed across the playing area. Choosing high-quality LED products with a five-year warranty and good thermal management is also important.
Another important consideration is glare. If the illumination is too glaring, it can cause accidents, leading to dropped passes and inaccurate throws. Poor illumination can also affect the quality of play, as poor illumination can cause players to make poor decisions in a play. Additionally, uniform lighting reduces shadows and helps with broadcasting, photography, and replays. It can also make the playing area safer for players.
Power consumption
The power consumption of LED football pitch lighting or stadium lighting is determined by the total number of lights and their beam angle. These factors will have a major impact on the uniformity of the illuminance across the stadium field and the glare index. Therefore, choosing the right power for your lighting solution is important. There are three main power classes: high-mast lights, flood lights, and low-power lights. When selecting the power for your stadium field, ensure that you choose a power level that meets the minimum illuminance and glare index requirements.
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LED lights are a great way to cut costs while simultaneously improving lighting quality at a stadium or football pitch. Compared to metal halide lights, LEDs have a longer lifespan and lower energy consumption. Replacing Metal Halide with LEDs will result in up to 65% energy savings, which can be translated into significant cost savings for the stadium.
LED football stadium lights are energy-efficient, with an average life expectancy of 80,000 hours. They can replace 5000-watt metal halide fixtures with just a few hundred watts of power. LED lights are also less expensive to maintain and have superior optical quality. Their light beams are directional and can produce all visible colors without traditional color filters. They last up to 50 times longer than traditional lighting, and their modular design allows for partial repairs in the event of a malfunction.
Choosing a good lighting solution for your football pitch or stadium is crucial in lighting. This is because there are certain pitch lighting requirements, including the poles' size and spacing. Also, there are different standards for various lighting effects.
LED football pitch or stadium lighting is a good option because it reduces power consumption and saves money for your stadium. In addition, LED lights produce less pollution than traditional stadium lights. They also do not produce UV radiation, which can harm spectators. LED lighting for stadiums is also highly energy-efficient, requiring 90% less energy to generate light compared to traditional stadium lighting.
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In economics, the multiplier effect is when a specific financial input leads to a much greater effect experienced downstream. The hope is that the same can be done with eco- and environmental campaigns.
The figures are astronomical: according to a National Geographic article on the topic of cigarette butts, the number of cigarettes sold and smoked annually is in the trillions – 6.5 trillion, give or take a few million.
The harmful effects of the remnants of unsmoked tobacco clinging to the filter are well documented. Neonicotinoids are poisonous to insects and wildlife, killing bees and fish, for example. Even just one cigarette but in a litre of water is toxic to fish and marine life.
(The Ocean Clean-up is a non-profit engineering environmental organisation based in the Netherlands, that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and intercept it in rivers before it can reach the sea. Its headline grabbing project is cleaning up the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch – but their smaller, less flamboyant interceptors are deployed on rivers and might well be more effective. These machines are located on some of the world's worst, most polluted rivers, stopping garbage from even flowing into the sea! The organisation believes it can be effective in stopping 80% of rubbish entering the sea.)
Both Van Eck and Gouws realised that doing periodic clean ups of rivers, streams, canals or beaches is a long way from solving the problem. It's the proverbial Band-Aid over a symptom rather than addressing the actual cause. Getting to source and keeping plastic waste from becoming a bigger problem is their aim.
Ursula van Eck is a chartered accountant with 25 years experience in business while Santie Gouws is an engineer, having attained her Masters in Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University, specifically with a focus on structures and materials.
Putting their heads together lead to the two women finding a practical use for discarded cigarette butts; essentially having them processed with other mixed waste plastics to use as raw material in their "sit" benches and concrete cigarette butt bins. The funky recycled material chair was designed by architect Pieter Mathews and launched at Cape Town's V&A waterfront in February this year. The cigarette butts are processed by CRDC Global (http://crdc.global/) with other mixed contaminated plastic, into Resin8, a concrete modifier that substitutes the use of sand in concrete, with recycled plastics. This is added to the concrete mix when manufacturing the benches and bins. Once assembled, the pieces spell the word "sit" in profile!
The bench – in both plastic and concrete – is available for sale off the duo's website. Their aim is multi-faceted: to use up cigarette butts and plastic, to employ people to manufacture the chairs and benches and to also raise funds which can be utilised in further environmental campaigns.
"Through integrating the product value chain – from raw material sourcing and processing to design and manufacture – we offer innovative designer urban furniture of the highest quality, each with maximum ocean-impact," their website states.
So the multiplier effect is in full force. By supporting the initiative, by buying a chair or bench, individuals and companies are making a small difference, taking something out of the potential litter stream. Enough people doing small actions like this, when multiplied, can have a significant outcome or effect.


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In threat modeling, various methods can be obtain an overall picture of an application's vulnerabilities and the various mitigation measures. Almost all available methods are based on the fact that a digital system is first designed by its architecture. This usually includes all known components within an application or IT system, how they are interconnected, and where trust boundaries lie. Early decisions about the architecture can therefore have a major impact.
Short & concise
- No single architecture is infallible from a threat modeling perspective.
- Organizations should familiarize themselves with the different architectural models to determine which is best suited for their business and security needs.
- Within certain architectures, modeling techniques can interact with each other, such as PASTA and gamification.
In short, deciding which architecture to use is critical to subsequent decisions about threats, their relative potential impact, and the countermeasures to be taken to combat them. In addition, the overall architecture of a system would plays a role in deciding who takes responsibility for detected threats or defenses against vulnerabilities and at what point in the system.
From an enterprise security planning perspective, it is important not only to model threats, but also to analyze them within an appropriate architectural structure. Therefore, when designing a new application, architectural decisions should be made considering their impact on threat modeling and analysis.
Basic Question Architecture: Zero Trust, Serverless or MACH
As mentioned earlier, organizations must make a decision when choosing an application architecture. In order to analyze which is the best from a threat modeling perspective, it is important to understand how an initial decision can impact later development. Below, we examine three common architectures to see how they can lead to threat modeling issues and where they offer advantages.
Zero Trust
Zero Trust is a cybersecurity concept known for its strategic qualities. It implies that validation is required at virtually every stage of a digital process. Although it aims to eliminate implicit trust from systems, it can also be viewed from the other end: Namely, it involves rethinking the way explicit trust is handled in a system.
Put simply, it's about emphasizing mutual authentication between entities. Whenever one part of an application interacts with another in a zero-trust architecture, validation of input and throughput is expected. It provides an overall higher level of security, but does not distinguish between internal trusted elements and external untrusted elements.
On the one hand, this type of architecture provides a high level of enterprise security. For another, it prevents potential lateral movement by attackers attempting to circumvent the countermeasures they encounter. It is also a proven approach to internal attacks, since employees and other LAN users who are not outsiders still encounter the same countermeasures as outsiders. In addition, this architecture makes it relatively easy to migrate applications from the enterprise environment to the cloud.
The downside is that zero-trust architectures require more attention to security. They may even appear to be driven almost exclusively by security protocols and process checks. This, in turn, can lead to applications based on such an architecture running slowly, not being user-friendly, and being more expensive to both develop and maintain.
The second architectural approach widely used today is often referred to as serverless. In fact, it is a kind of industry buzzword that means a cloud-oriented application architecture. Of course, such an approach also relies on servers, just third-party servers via the cloud rather than on-premises servers in the enterprise.
Despite this somewhat confusing name, serverless architectures allow companies to eliminate layers in their applications. For example, databases, the operating system, runtime environments and file stores can all be managed in a single infrastructure, reducing the number of potential access points or vulnerabilities. This is because the cloud provider typically takes responsibility for the infrastructure and the execution of security processes.
One of the biggest advantages of a serverless architecture is that only the application layer of the system needs to be managed directly by the business in question. This emphasizes the focus on business logic. Why? Because companies that do not have in-house technical capabilities to manage threats can effectively outsource them, reducing their technical environment.
On the other hand, when a serverless architecture is chosen, tasks must be delegated to third parties. Depending on the application, this can lead to legal risk mitigation issues, such as storing data on a server that is outside the organization's jurisdiction or contracts. Despite the potential lock-in to a vendor, serverless architectures offer organizations a good way to balance their security and threat modeling requirements with some level of ceded control.
A set of technology principles behind many of the latest technology platforms available today are known as MACH. The acronym stands for microservices-based, API-first, cloud-native (or SaaS) and headless. Many companies choose this approach because they don't have to reinvent the wheel every time they develop an application.
MACH is known as a best-of-breed technology platform and emphasizes scalability and flexibility. Many elements can be transferred from one application to another if they perform similar tasks. This architectural approach emphasizes the multi-channel communications that many organizations need, as well as reusability. It is therefore worth considering when many security requirements need to be addressed, as much of the architectural approach allows for repetition.
One of the advantages of MACH architectures from a threat modeling perspective is that they allow a high degree of control. This is achieved primarily through a modular approach and a strong focus on systems with secure and reusable APIs.
MACH architectural approaches also have some drawbacks that need to be considered. For example, this approach can lead to a conflict between agility and technical requirements. In addition, there may be a large number of stakeholders in MACH-based architectures, some of whom may perceive the system's vulnerabilities differently. This may lead some to want to handle the backend microservices in a different architectural environment, even if MACH is used for the main system architecture. In this case, it is common to implement Zero Trust for such services.
Threat architecture and modeling
Although zero-trust architectures offer a higher level of security overall, they tend to be more expensive and time-consuming to model threats. Overall, serverless architecture offers organizations a good opportunity to balance their security and threat modeling needs against relinquishing some control. In summary, MACH offers a mix of opportunities and risks. As a result, each of the architectures described above will provide different results when it comes to using them for threat modeling.
It helps here that there are many different approaches to threat modeling. Thus, despite some advantages and disadvantages of each architectural approach, threat modelers can apply specific techniques to enhance the positive aspects of each approach and mitigate the most negative aspects.
What threat modeling techniques can be used for application architecture?
Given the wide range of choices available for enterprise security threat modeling, it is worth briefly reviewing some of the methods in use today.
PASTA is an acronym that stands for "Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis." It is a seven-step process that takes a holistic approach to analyzing threats and mitigating them with countermeasures. It can work with any of the above architectural approaches and often delivers comprehensive results. However, PASTA can be time-consuming to implement.
For more details on the seven steps of the process, see the first Threat Modeling article.
Persona Non Grata
The threat modeling method, also known as PnG, asks system developers to look at threats from the attacker's perspective. Modelers not only have an idea of who might attack an application but build an entire persona around them – much like certain marketing efforts to better understand customers.
This approach can help identify threats from a human perspective and is a good start to threat modeling. One drawback is that it is nowhere near as comprehensive as other methods and can hardly be considered complete.
Modeling the assessment of mission-critical threats and vulnerabilities is commonly referred to simply as Octave. This approach focuses on organizational infrastructure and processes. Technical threats are therefore less of a focus. Modeling with Octave typically involves threat assessments based on the damage that would occur to an organization if its assets were lost or stolen.
This can mean, for example, identifying vulnerabilities in the infrastructure and taking countermeasures such as secure backups. One advantage of Octave is that it gives decision makers a comprehensive view of their systems. A disadvantage, however, is that this method can miss some technical details within a given architecture.
Elevation of Privilege" card game
The Elevation of Privilege card game is a threat modeling approach developed by Microsoft. As the name implies, it uses a game – in this case, a deck of cards – to identify threats based on a worst-case scenario. Modelers play the cards and see which threat is most problematic and which is not. Playful threat modeling can distract modelers from their real goal. It can also lead to incomplete results. On the positive side, however, this threat modeling technique can be fun. It is also easy to learn and provides a good introduction to threat modeling.
STRIDE was originally invented by Microsoft and has become a de facto standard adopted by various tools and policies, such as OWASP (including its modeling tool Threat Dragon).
It is an acronym for the threats in this area: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Elevation of Privilege. Risks are mapped to one or more of these threats. For the evaluation of the identified threats, there is the corresponding DREAD model, which in turn is an acronym for the severity dimensions: Damage, Reproducibility, Exploitability, Affected Users and Discoverability. However, STRIDE can also work with other severity levels.
LINDDUN is an acronym for the threat categories in scope: link ability, identifiability, non-repudiation, detectability, disclosure of information, unawareness, and non-compliance. The process consists of 3 main steps:
- modeling the system in scope. This involves making the scope and data flow transparent.
- identification of threats using threat trees, a variation of the previously known attack trees. Threats are mapped to the system's data flow.
- finally, a prioritization function is applied to manage and address threats and perform remediation actions. The taxonomy used is not specified by LINDDUN.
At a glance: Threat Modeling, Architecture and Techniques
To summarize, architecture enables a systematic way of thinking about application development and IT system security. However, different architectural approaches influence how threat modeling is performed down the road.
Architectural approaches do not in themselves represent an enterprise solution. Rather, they should be evaluated and assessed on a case-by-case basis for different business models. Finally, threat modeling techniques can be applied within different architectures, sometimes even using a layered approach, to create customized solutions that best fit a variety of business and operational priorities.
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The details of the government's repeal of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) make it clear that some small business tax concessions put in place by the former government are to be wound back if the MRRT repeal is passed (and at an even earlier date than the MRRT itself, if the legislation passes as the government intends).
If successfully legislated, repeal of the small business capital allowance concessions will apply from January 1, 2014 – six months earlier than the proposed repeal of the MRRT, which is scheduled for July 1, 2014. Businesses thinking of acquiring a depreciating asset costing less than $6,500 or a motor vehicle may want to do so before the proposed January 1 date to take advantage of these concessions while they still exist.
Until December 31, 2013, the capital allowance concessions available to small businesses are as follows:
It is expected that the proposed amendments will have retrospective application if the bill to repeal the MRRT and related measures is passed in the new year. Without guidance to the contrary, eligible businesses should consider bringing forward capital purchases before the new year if they wish to maximize their deductions for the 2013-14 income year.
Keep in mind that the mere execution of a contract to acquire an item would not be deemed sufficient under taxation law as a start date. They must be "first used" or "installed ready for use" before January 1, 2014, to be subject to concessional treatment.
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Olga Louzgina (Russia) studied at the Film and Theatre Academy in Moscow. She moved to the Netherlands in 1991 and since acted in several theatre productions, films and television series. She received a Golden Calf for Best Female Supporting Role in 2008 for Het Zusje van Katia.
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Beste Vrouwelijke Bijrol (2008)
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We carry a number of unique, designer handbag lines at The Eclectic Peacock! View some the brands we carry, below, and stop in to the store to view our latest inventory!
Charlie's Leather
Charlie Leather was born in Venice Beach California, a city of world renown artists. They began producing iconic leather pieces from a table with a few leather bags in a tent in 1995. Today Charlie Leather is a company that produces bags and leather luxuries of excellent quality at extremely competitive prices, specializing in producing leather handbags and accessories.
Charlie Leather leather goods are exclusively handcrafted and made with leathers and furs tanned and hand dabbed in Italy, the US and Colombia. The Charlie Leather exotic shoes line is made in Mexico and Colombia and the exotic living in fur line is made in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. They collaborate with various tanneries and small artisan businesses to create our beautiful designs.
Jaded Gypsy
one of a kind handcrafted items that will not be duplicated multiple times. Once one items is sold they move on to a new design/style to create!These upcycled Louis Vuitton travel bags are no longer being made and will be one of a kind for sure. They are made so well you will love it!!
Juan – Artisan Wallets
Juan is an artisan from Los Angeles. He upcycles Louis Vuitton Purses to create one of a kind purses and wallets. He worked with his father for many years in the leather industry making leather goods before branching out to make his own creations.
Mary van de Wiel
Chief Creative Officer, speaker and founder of an award-winning branding and design agency with offices in New York and Sydney, she was dubbed brand psychologist by Time Inc. Magazines when her agency launched People Weekly in the Australian market. (Agency sold 2005.) Today she consults, speaks and coaches and was taking her signature NY Brand Lab workshops across the USA, Latin America and Australia. Not anymore. They're now about to go online starting October 2021.
Now working in Mexico, she's recently launched a new creative venture designing the first Black Line Crazy Limited Edition Collection of wearable art and homewares. Each piece in the collection is based on her bold abstract art. Her first public art installation, titled What Were They Thinking, was unveiled in September 2019 in the UBS Bank headquarters in New York City at 1285 Avenue of the Americas and West 51 Street. It's still on view.
Mes Idees
Latitude purses wants to value and encourage these crafts in a way that honors the artisan and promotes ethical business practices which will lay a foundation for future generations to operate within a growing and changing global marketplace.
Latitudes provides a genuine business outlet to artisans in isolated areas around the world. We desire to have a positive impact in their families and community through micro-business enterprises. We create and encourage an environment of support for the artisans who work in these businesses by giving them a market to sell their hand-made products. In addition to buying products we offer training in business management, help develop new products, and provide basic education for our workers and their family where we can.
Through Latitudes, a tangible expression of love is powerfully worked out in their midst. We are helping numerous groups around the world by providing a place to distribute and market their handcrafted products. This helps to provide much needed income to the artisans and thus helps provide stability and opportunity to the community. These truly are products with a purpose!
Presently there are multiple businesses in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East producing products for our store. You can find the country of origin under each product description. In addition to the web store we run a retail store in Orlando, Florida, have two regional offices in the US, and distribute products across North America. We are constantly looking for new opportunities and new product ideas, so check in regularly to see what we have to offer.
Vintage Havana
In 1954 the Vintage Havana brand was born. Bringing together a new culture comprised of a variety of designers, merchandisers, artists and manufacturers from all over the world, Vintage Havana came to life. With a team of poised individuals, each personality brought to the table a new strength. The marriage of music, art, architecture, history, travel and fashion made way for a feminine spirit intertwining with courageous individuality.
Western Linen
Browse Western Linen's unique cowhide bags and accessories that are truly one of a kind. Each one is made by hand with the best quality cowhide and leather and exceptional workmanship. The perfect gift for you or your loved ones!


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One Community is designing and implementing a detailed and self-replicating plan for global transformation. We are bringing together the people who want to help us and creating detailed open source blueprints and a self-replicating starting point to reinvent the world as a cooperative of open source sustainable civilizations collaborating for The Highest Good of All to solve the challenges of our generation and all generations to come. Designed as a "solution to everything," our initial focuses include Highest Good approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit business design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. Putting these together comprehensively and simultaneously to addresses the foundations of all aspects of the human experience is important because we see these as an interconnected and interdependent whole capable of positively and permanently transforming the world for everyone and everything here. This is One Community's weekly progress update (#38) covering our accomplishment for the week of November 11th, 2013.
Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.
Here is the bullet-point list of this last week's design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:
The Education for Life program is moving forward with lesson plans now. Here is the developing mindmap for the first of these lesson plans centered around a time theme (click here for the page – still under construction as of this posting):
This last week David Sweet (Architect) began putting the Phase I Food Infrastructure designs of Avery Ellis (Aquaponics Specialist and owner/operator of Integrated Aquaponics) and Douglas Simms Stenhouse (Architect and Water Color Artist) into CAD. Here is a side-by-side comparison of the original drawing with the CAD export:
This last week Devin Porter (3D Graphics Design Specialist) and the team completed the addition of railings and the final door frames of the earthbag village. Here's the most recent 3D export showing these updates:
The Strawbale Village focus for the last week was on the central shared recreation space, shared kitchen, and stair access of the fire-safety entries. This CAD export and work are compliments of Dave Walen (Architectural Drafter & Designer and owner of Dave Philip Walen Design):
Shared space saves both short-term and long-term resources. The SEGO Center Duplicable City Hub exemplifies this. Here is this week's 3D progress including a redesigned 2nd floor to line up with the counters on the 1st floor, finished cleaning closet, and final updates to countertops, storage rack placement, and a few other details.
This last week Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of Harris Design & Technology Services) added the SEGO Center under-stair storage and began working on the railings and other stair details. Here's the most recent 3D export of this progress too:


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In part 2, Joe Terry and Frank Cordova reminisced about growing up in Sopris, before residents were bought out and moved out to make way for the dam and reservoir.
Sam Incitti grew up near Sopris High. "My dad figured if he bought a house near the school we wouldn't have far to go." It was originally a two- room house. "By the time my parents were done having us seven kids, it had three bedrooms." Sam had a paper route before school. "The newspaper guy would give me a ride down to Piedmont, about a mile and a half away, and I'd come up through Jerriville, then Saint Thomas, finish in Sopris then go to school." People worked together. "Two, three families would go in on a hog, kill it, and we'd all have meat. My dad made wine. A lot of people did. My mother had the best outdoor oven. You could smell the bread up to the school. Everybody had rabbits. We had a cow for milk and cheese, a goat, and chickens. "I lived in Sopris until 1968, in my early 30s. Then we moved to Trinidad, San Juan Street. My mother was gone by then, 59. My dad lived to 91. We called it Sopris Camp, because of the mines." Incitti reminisced about the big city. "I'd ride my bike to the pharmacy in Trinidad, for my aunt and uncle." About the mines, he said,
"I never worked there. When I came back from the Army, I applied, but they never hired me. That's probably the best thing that ever happened to me. My dad did. It was hard work." "I worked for the county and in the office of the Allen Mine, then I owned Saber's Bar, where Mantelli's is on Main Street now. I finished up at the Department of Social Services and retired." When Cunico's Groceries was mentioned, Sam said, "Binda was my brother-in-law." Loretta Archuleta was also raised in Sopris and is a member of Friends of Historical Trinidad. "Doc Leonetti grew up near my grandparents, behind their house," she said. She remembered fall activities when the men made wine and the women canned food. Her family had some coal history. "My grandfathers, Pete Archuleta and Andrew DeAngelis, were miners. My father taught at Saint Thomas Catholic School. My mother did housework for the doctor that lived in Sopris, Doctor Espy." About her family's departure, she said, "We were one of the last to leave, in 1964. We couldn't come to an agreement with the government. You couldn't buy a house in Trinidad for what they were offering, but we ended up on 8th Street." She explained, "Sopris and those other towns weren't incorporated. We had no mayor or say in our affairs, and there was debate and politics about what the dam should be called. People and politicians in Trinidad wanted the Donnelly Dam, after Doctor James Donnelly. I liked him, but I wanted it named the Sopris Dam." She recalled, "There was one black family, in Jerriville. The daughter became a physician." About leaving, "I didn't want to go. I'm a Trinidad/Sopris girl." Overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers, the area was leased to Colorado Parks and Wildlife in 1977 and recreation at the reservoir began in 1980. It was settled and done. Flooding was brought under control. The towns that dug and grunted the coal gave way to the dam that ended the savage waters that had, for over a century, ravaged the river valley. Residents have had reunions every five years since, and there is the website sopriscolorado.com, but the heart and soul of Piedmont, Jerriville, Saint Thomas, Sopris, Sopris Plaza, and Viola, are mostly remembered in photos, scrapbooks, and the stories of those who grew up there.


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To produce light, neon lights use an electrical current. When this current passes through a neon tube, the atoms are drawn to the positive and negative terminals. The charged particles form a plasma, which completes the circuit. The electrons return to their original state and turn into light. This is electroluminescence. Once a light strand has been formed, it will be visible within the area that has been exposed.
To produce light, neon tubes use an electrical current. The current attracts outer electrons from neon atoms. These fall back to a lower energy level. The excess energy that the free electrons collect during the fall is released in the form of light. The light is then produced. Neon lights should be well ventilated in order to prevent injury to people walking or working around them. If you are concerned about the safety of your loved ones, it's best to consult a professional to avoid putting your home at risk.
Also, neon lights are durable and can be customized. You can choose the shade that best suits your décor and design. In order to make the most of your neon lamp, be sure to follow these guidelines: First, always make sure that your chosen color is not too light. Consider how bright the room is. If your bedroom is small, click here it would be a good idea to stick to neutral or softer colors. For dramatic effect, you could use a mix of blue, red, or green.
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In order to produce light, neon lights use an electric current. The neon atoms are stripped of their outer electrons using an electric current. The electrons that are free are drawn to the positive end and they fall. This creates plasma and completes circuit. The result is a glowing effect. The electric current causes the atoms of the circuit to bounce back and forth, which transfers energy and heat.
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Dean Pappas, a partner in Goodwin's Real Estate Industry group, has extensive experience with real estate and corporate transactions. Dean is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).
He has been consistently recognized as one of the top real estate attorneys in California by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, where one client highlighted "the thoroughness of his analyses, his breadth of knowledge, negotiation capabilities and responsiveness."
Dean's practice involves structuring, negotiating, drafting and closing various real estate and corporate transactions, including joint venture formation (partnerships and limited liability companies), merger, acquisition and disposition transactions, and construction, mortgage and mezzanine loans, and other various transactions.
Dean formerly served as Chair of the firm's Los Angeles office.
Dean's recent experience includes representing:
- Essex Property Trust in its $15.4 billion merger with BRE Properties, creating the nation's only publicly traded West Coast multifamily REIT and the third-largest multifamily REIT in the country
- Clarion in connection to the formation of a joint venture with an affiliate of Alliance Residential Company in the acquisition of approximately five acres of land with existing commercial improvements in the City of Laguna Niguel and the $107.7 million development on the property of a luxury multifamily/apartment project
- A major financial institution in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of 15 retail centers which included 147 assets, composed of industrial, multifamily, hotels and office buildings for approximately $2.2 billion
- A major international real estate advisor in documenting and implementing its multi-family equity up-front joint venture program throughout the U.S. and closing over $1 billion of multifamily joint venture transactions through this program over the past three years
- Primestor Development, Inc. in the formation of a platform joint venture with Community Retail Development Fund valued at $185 million to develop and operate both core and non-core retail projects, including the Azalea Regional Shopping Center in South Gate, California
- MacFarlane Urban Realty Company, LLC in the closing of the $950 million real estate joint venture for the development of the LA Live JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Ritz-Carlton. The project will consist of a 54-story building comprised of an 877-room JW Marriott, a 124-room Ritz-Carlton, related hotel ballroom space and 224 Ritz-Carlton condos
- JF Shea in the formation of a development joint venture with Ivanhoe Cambridge. The joint venture plans to develop Hitachi Transit Village, which will be a 648-unit multifamily project in San Jose, California valued at approximately $172 million
- Brookfield Office Properties in connection with the acquisition of seven downtown LA high-rise office buildings from Maguire Properties, Inc. valued at $2.2 billion
Professional Activities
Dean is a member of ACREL and serves as a member of ACREL's Program Committee. He is also a member of the USC Gould School of Law - Los Angeles County Bar Association's Real Estate Law and Business Forum Planning Committee and the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Dean was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, where he was the Office Practice Leader for the LA Real Estate Group. Before that, he practiced with O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
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Recognition & Awards
Dean was recognized by Chambers USA 2022 and 2023 for his work in Real Estate. Dean has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers for his work in Real Estate Law 2022-2023.
Dean was recently included in the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Who's Who in L.A. Law: Angelenos to Know in Real Estate Law" and has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, U.S. News-Best Lawyers and The Legal 500 U.S. in the specialty of Real Estate Law, Madison's International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He has also been recognized as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine.
Dean's work on the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live was recognized by Real Estate Forum as a 2008 "Deal of the Year" in the development category and was featured on the cover of the issue.
Dean is the author of:
- "Syndication Nation: Borrower Issues in Syndicated Loans," REsource: A Goodwin Procter Publication for the Real Estate Industry (Summer 2013)
- "Issues in Joint Venture Capitalization: May I Have Some More, Please?," REsource: A Goodwin Procter Publication for the Real Estate Industry (Spring 2008)
- "Constructing and Modernizing Our Public Schools," California Real Property Journal (Spring 2003)
- "The Independent Sector and the Tax Laws: Defining Charity in an Ideal Democracy," Southern California Law Review (January 1991)
He has also been sourced or quoted in several publications, including the Los Angeles Business Journal, Real Estate Southern California, Real Estate Forum, Los Angeles Times and GlobeSt.com.
Dean has delivered numerous lectures and presentations, including:
- "Reassessing Core vs. Value-Add vs. Opportunistic Investing for 2014," 11th Annual IMN Winter Real Estate Opportunity Fund Forum (January 2014)
- "Commercial Real Estate Financing 2012: Getting Back to Business," PLI Seminar (February 2012)
- "Dealing with Troubled Assets: The Equity Holder/Buyer Perspective," IMN Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing (January 2012)
- "Negotiating the Joint Venture Agreement: Contributions, Exit Rights and Related Remedies," Diamonds in the Rough: Finding Opportunities in a Changing Market sponsored by State Bar of California Real Property Law Section (April 2011)
- "Building Owners at Risk: Surviving Distress," GlobeSt.com webcast (May 2009)
- Additional presentations before the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO), the USC Gould School of Law, the UCLA School of Law, the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the IMN Western Borrowers' & Investors' Forum on Real Estate Mezzanine Loans.
While attending law school, Dean served as notes editor of the USC Law Review.


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The Portland Timbers played their MLS season opener on Sunday, and to be frank, it was a bit of a dud. The Vancouver Whitecaps scored a goal off a set piece in the 49th minute and never looked back, handing Portland their first loss of 2021. After such a strong start to the season with their advancement in the Concacaf Champions League tournament, it was a tough pill to swallow.
"It was disappointing," Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the match. "Every time that we don't find a way to get points there's disappointment. The work that the guys put in, it was very good, and unfortunately this game came down to details on a corner, which came from us allowing them to be able to find a corner that created motion in the second half."
The details appear to be what cost them. The Timbers didn't look awful. They actually created quality chances at the goal, getting players behind Vancouver's back line early and often. It wasn't that the Timbers were inept when it came to generating offense; it just didn't matter because they weren't executing.
"To be the first game of the season, I think we created a lot of opportunities during the match," Timbers midfielder Diego Chara said. "We were very effective in some situations, but I think we need to do better in the set pieces."
Execution was lacking more notably in the second half than the first. Not only did they concede the goal in the early minutes of the second, but they also struggled dealing with the high press from the Whitecaps. It forced Portland to make adjustments, but those adjustments weren't enough to make a dent in the final score. Vancouver did well to make life difficult for Portland.
"I think it had a little bit to do with everything," Savarese said. "The fact that they scored a goal, there was a little bit of tiredness, so we had to make substitutions, and we also have to give credit to Vancouver, the way they defended. They create much, but they found that goal that allowed them to be able to play passively and to make sure that they defended everything we gave them."
It doesn't always matter how many chances you create. While technically the Timbers only had eight shots, they were dangerous in those moments. But not capitalizing on those opportunities is what cost the Timbers. It's something to work on for their next MLS match against the Houston Dynamo on April 24.
"We did have a lot of chances," Savarese said. "We did have a lot of moments where we could have capitalized, but we just have to make sure we are better in those moments to get those points."
Even though it was a dud of an MLS opener, the Timbers aren't dead in the water. One loss early in the season doesn't define this team. No one wants to start with a loss, but sometimes that's just the way it plays out. All the Timbers can do now is figure out how to bounce back.


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Toque, Jay Arre and Abd Shukor, Mohd Hamdi and Ide-Ektessabi, A. and Sopyan, Iis (2009) Effect of the processing parameters on the integrity of calcium phosphate coatings produced by RF-magnetron sputtering. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 23 (31). pp. 5811-5818. ISSN 0217-9792,
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Calcium phosphate (CaP) compounds like hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphates are considered to be very important biomaterials. This study used RF-magnetron sputtering (RF-MS) to deposit CaP onto 316 LSS. Due to the complex nature of the effect of different sputtering parameters on the quality and integrity of the coatings, there is a need to further investigate those parameters collectively. An L(9)(3(4)) orthogonal array was employed to design the experiment that was used to investigate four important coating parameters which include RF-power, argon gas flow rate, deposition time and post-heat treatment conditions. The coating composition and structure were evaluated using XRD, EDX and FTIR. The mechanical property was measured in terms of the adhesion strength using a microscratch testing machine. The response graph of the results revealed that the interfacial strength of CaP was mainly influenced by the deposition power, while the coating thickness was predominantly affected by the argon gas flow rate. High adhesion strength was achieved when the coatings have at least 2 mu m thickness and deposited at a working pressure of 12 m Torr. A NOVA on the control factors helped rank the parameters accordingly in order of importance. Based on the response of the control factors, it was found that optimum adhesion strength could be achieved by depositing the coatings using the following parameters: 10 sccm of argon gas flow rate; 150 W of RF power; and 16 h of deposition.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | calcium phosphate coatings rf magnetron sputtering scratch test orthoganal array pulsed-laser deposition thin-films mechanical-properties hydroxyapatite titanium composite implants silicon |
Subjects: | T Technology > TS Manufactures |
Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
Depositing User: | Mr. Mohammed Salim Abd Rahman |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2013 04:00 |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2021 03:57 |
URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/6931 |
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THE chairman of Westbury Area Board has assured residents that they are doing all they can to avoid huge swarms of flies returning to the town after reports of them already returning.
Cllr Russell Hawker has made it clear that everything will be done to avoid a repeat of last summer when flies plagued the town leading to criticism that the situation could have been avoided.
The reassurance comes after several sightings of flies has again been reported in Westbury in the past week. The recent influx of flies is alarming due to the numbers they have been seen in and because flies are not usually around in March.
In a letter to the White Horse News, cllr Hawker said,"I would like to reassure everyone that the area board remains fully on the case with regard to the huge swarm of flies that occurred last Summer in many parts of Westbury. I say this because there appears to be a relatively early reappearance of some flies this year which have been reported to us Wiltshire councillors by several local people already.
"We are in little doubt about where the main source of the flies originated from last year. This issue was fully discussed in public at an area board meeting last August when specialists from the Environment Agency, Wiltshire Council's public protection department and Hills.
"The area board is continuing to monitor this issue and we will be kept up-to-date by Wiltshire Council's public protection department and pest control team as any relevant events occur. Local people can also feel free to approach any local councillor to discuss the issue, but my main concern for now is making sure that the right Wiltshire Council technical officers get all the relevant details first so they can react as promptly as needed."
If anyone has any new concerns about flies, they should report the details to Wiltshire Council customer services at email: firstname.lastname@example.com or tel. 0300 456 0100.


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This is the moment a wildlife cameraman came face-to-face with a fierce 1,000kg polar bear looking for its next meal. The eight-foot predator repeatedly attacked the perspex cage housing Gordon Buchanan as he films a new series.
For almost 45-minutes the Scottish filmmaker endures the polar bear's sustained assault as it desperately looks for a weak spot in his pod. The bear, with its powerful paws and giant teeth, was trying to get hold of the 40-year-old so she could feed herself and her two young cubs.
YouTube link.
There's an interview with Mr Buchanan here.
The Polar Bear Family & Me starts on Monday 7 January at 21:30 on BBC Two.


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* Add UniqueAppHandler support (but it doesn't work correctly yet).
* Make "New Task" from the menu work.
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* fix invisibleToolbarActions
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Thorsten: several problems remain, including:
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Sinaloa:Jaime Carrillo, Nephew of Amado Carrillo, is the kidnapping ring leader of yesterday's shootout
40 comments:
- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 9:35 PM
Rancho del guamuchilito desde el cielo yo te veo cuidamelo san juditas i a esa gente que yo mas quiero prendan muchas veladoras que me alumbren asta el cielo :)
( El nino de oro) - Siskiyou KidApril 21, 2015 at 9:42 PM
These punks really exemplify how far CDJ has fallen. I wonder what hole their cousins Julio Cesar and Juan Carrillo Leyva are hiding in.
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 10:50 PM
Maybe in Culiacan? Who would have guessed there are carrillos in that city wheres all antrax. These guys killed most of them.
Delete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 1:18 AM
They were push out of navolato by the marines but the police working for the sinaloa cartel quickly detected therir presencens in culiacan
- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 9:53 PM
I think 70million pesos is much more than 450k US MONEY
ReplyDeleteRepliesyou are correct, i removed it for Lucio. But honestly that seems absurd. It is the number reported, but I wonder if it was really 7M. pesos. I guess it is not that important to the overall story. thanks
Delete- AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 10:51 AM
no go back to school, it is somewhere between 4.5 and 5 million depending on exchange rate which is above 14 as we speak. I think chivis is right it prob was 7 M not 70
- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 10:18 PM
I was going to say that amount really? That is 4,539,301.43 in Us money. I read Chivis comment and caught on. I was going to also state does any business owner have that kind of money in Mexico with all the extortion, kidnappings and ransom demands? Isn't it really a bit late in the game to be kidnapping for ransom anymore in Mexico? These cartel idiots has drained the pool of all its good water! lol
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 12:56 AM
"Does any business owner have that kind of money in Mexico" ...really? You think everyone is dirt poor living off arroz y frijoles? Mexicos a first world country with the possibility of a thriving economy, its only in the shit hole due to corruption.
Delete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 12:57 PM
Lol. You have no clue what mexico is like..all you know is what you read or see in the news. There is alot of money in México. Its like the US. There are rich,super rich,and ultra rich..and there are poor,super poor and dirt poor. I go and visit my family in guasave sin. About 4x a year and believe me not everything is how you read. There is violence. There is poverty. But there is also an economy.
Did you know that mexico has an abundance of almost every natural resource? There is also an abundance of educated people. And there are also alot of lazy good for nothing people. Its just like here in the u s. The only difference is that everything is reported in the news. All the violence all the killings.. If a guy gets ran over in my lil town, it goes in the local news. El debate. Or if there is any type of violence everybody knows about it. All the town talks about it and we all know. I read el debate every day and i read every little thing that happens in my rancho. So you read about all the deaths that occur and here in LA where i live there are constant shootings and killings and there is no mention whatsoever in any news. Unless its some major killing or some crazy shit.
I live in south LA and fools get killed constantly. I stay around florence hood and they are constanly beefing with the cheese toast crips and tramp 8. Killings every damn day!! Bums. All over my hood. Crack heads all around stealing my shit. Crazy ass fools doing crazy shit. But its normal here. Back in my rancho the shit that goes on in LA doesn not happen. And when it does we all know about and it always makes the newspapers. In south los it doen not even make a footnote on the evening news. - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 5:04 PM
Relax rancho cholo the east coast crips kill alot of flowers and so do 38st flowers are getting killed left and right
Delete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 7:12 AM
Nice word play on disrespecting those two gangs 12:57pm. If that is common place in South LA no wonder there are daily killings. The greater LA area has a population of 18 million residents so what do you expect would happen in a metro area that size. Your rancho is probably 1/1000th the size of LA and is probably just like any other small towns in America where everyone knows everyone. It should be expected that everything would be reported in a town of that size.
Delete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 9:11 AM
Im just saying that its the same...only didference is that mexico reports all the crime and US does not. Both countries have wealthy people and poor people. And the original poster made a comment that he didnt think mexicans had that kind of dough. They do.
Delete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 3:25 PM
L.A Times publishes every person killed on Los Angeles. Also ,there would be no crack heads and junkies if the supply got stopped. Those ranches in Sinaloa are making Meth, Heroin,processing cocaine,ect. The whole state is most agriculture. The drug trade is behind most businesses.
Delete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 10:22 PM
Those ranches in modesto,fontana and riverside are also growin dank..making meth..we hear alot of the drug war because were here reading it. But the fact is that mexico is a nation of wealth, culture and prosperity. The fact that you dont see or hear about it does not negate the fact it exists. We are here about drugs, poverty, crime....so that is what you see here. But dont get.it twisted pariente...ay billetes en mexico tambien. And there are some fine ass females there too!! Y pa tirar royo no ay como las playas de la Costa del pacifo mexicano! You can have some fun on them mexican beaches
Delete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 10:28 PM
And thats not true. La Times dont report every death. If you have money you can get a piece on the obituary but they dont publish all deaths
- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 10:24 PM
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 4:28 AM
Dude that website is full of bs propaganda. First that ISIS had camps across El Paso then that the cartels were helping them set up shop in Mexico. Those guys get stories out of their asshole bunch of conspiracy theorists.
G(-)057 - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 4:28 PM
I know a lot of what that guy spouts is bullshit, but I have to say when it comes to the issue of the DEA working with drug traffickers I do believe he has that issue correct. The DEA has to show that their making arrests and what a great way to do so, have someone hand feed you victims that you can parade on nightly news so all the sheep think it's working. The only thing is, it's not working because just as many drugs are getting into country because the DEA is giving their butt buddies a free pass to the streets. Sick thing is this shit has been shown to be true but the public still buys into the law enforcement crap. In the end it's really just my opinion, but fuck the upper level of the DEA, I do believe that there are a few rank and file who truly want to do good for humanity, but those at the top are really just corrupt and worthless as the scum they cover for.
- AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 10:28 PM
Kidnapped his own grandfather? Talk about lack of scruples!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 10:50 PM
I read elsewhere the grandfather was let go. That out of the 6 people they kidnapped he was the only victim who was returned alive. But the guy who delivered the ransom for the grandaddy was killed
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 8:19 AM
Amado Carillo Fuentes must be rolling around in his grave to see how low his nephew went...there will never be another Lord of the Skies
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 9:40 AM
Killed his own grandfather? No way! Any article on that??
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 11:18 AM
Que bajo callo el sobrino de uno de los grandes. Era para qur fuera un gran narcotraficante no un gran secuestrador.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 7:03 PM
He was probably left with nothing but the name like most drug dealing money doesnt go far easy come easy go not defending him i just know that 90% of drug dealers die broke or are are in jail broke
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 11:02 PM
Es puro pedo de los medios y prensa, que andavan secuestrando. Los quieren quemar.cdj anda con madres. No k puro pinche chaputos y mayates en sinaloa. Es pura propaganda. Compas. Les arde el jediondo. Jajaja
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Just wondering anyone is Vicente Carrillo leyva out of prison wats his story?????
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 12:31 PM
They let the granfather go but killed their cousin who was paid the ransom
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