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No one at Shul would have guessed at what went on in our home. No one knew I wore naughty lingerie underneath my standard issue frum uniform and that I wore stockings and thongs while serving kiddush. The contrast, the forbidden quality made everything even more exciting. The rougher he was, the more I fell into his grip, the more I relaxed and felt free to be the creature he created. I moved my hands up the sides of his legs, tangling my fingertips in the strings of his tzitzis, dangling there as his hips rocked back and forth. I moaned around his cock and he moaned in response, pulling my mouth from his cock by the hair abruptly and yanking me up to bend over the table once more.
Without a word, he pushed me face down onto the table, yanking my skirt up in the back and sliding my thong to the side. I felt the head of his cock rubbing against my pussy and tried to push back against him, his hand in my back holding me down, pinning me to the table. I whined, frustrated, but he only laughed. Finally, with a single thrust, he entered me. It hurt a little, but I love the way it feels. I feel taken. He fucks me with rapid, deep strokes, not caring whether I cum or not…but I do, crying out as my fingers grip the tablecloth and I bite my lower lip. He groans and I feel him cum as well, burying himself in me, his weight pressing into me as he leans forward, one hand reaching up to tangle with mine. I feel him panting against me as he slowly slips his cock from me, trailing a sticky trail of cum against my inner thigh. He stands up, adjusting his kippah and zipping his pants, straightening himself as I still lay breathless on the dining room table, my knees shaking and my hair falling free onto the white tablecloth.
"See you after Mincha…try to behave." I could hear him grinning as he smacked me on the ass and then walked out the door as I worked to catch my breath, my skirt still flipped up and my legs spread wide.
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Boston-based Numeric Holdings to be acquired by Man Group
For up to $494 million, Man Group, the British hedge fund manager said that it had agreed to buy Boston-based Numeric Holdings, an investment manager.
Man Group plc is basically a British alternative investment management business. Man Group provides a range of funds for private investors and institutional globally. It manages around US $52 billion and it also employs more than 1,200 people in 14 locations worldwide.
This deal is expected to boost the company's offerings through its AHL quantitative investment business, which has around $11.3 billion in assets under management. After the acquisition, the privately held company, Numeric is expected to be combined with AHL.
Founded in 1989, as of May 31st Numeric Holdings had over $14.7 billion in assets under management and it also employees 74 people. Numeric Holdings focuses only on long equity investments and it is partly owned by TA Associates, which a private equity firm.
The chief executive of the Man Group, Emmanuel Roman said that this deal would accomplish the stated goal of expanding in the American market and increase the Man Group's geographic base of institutional investors.
Upon completion of the deal, Man Group would pay $219 million in cash and it would pay an additional $275 million to employees and Numeric's management team in the span of next five years which will be based on the performance of Numeric Holdings.
The deal is expected to close by September and the company is currently seeking approval from shareholders.
After completion of the deal, Numeric Holdings' Chief Executive and President Michael Even, the firm's co-chief investment officers Robert Furdak and Shanta Puchtler, are expected to continue to manage the business. However, Mr. Puchtler and Mr. Even will also be the part of the Man Group's executive committee.

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Congrats on the birth of your son!!!
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06-05-2011 14:59 #392
congrats bumbles, welcome to the world Maximus! Yay for feeding and sleeping! just in time for mothers day!
AFM: yup, another chest infection, second one so far! I have antibiotics, so hopefully will work out. Told hubby and the first thing he asked was it safe for Bob! He is actually getting into it all, it is exciting!
Mindy, would love to FB you!
Question for you all: is it strange of me to not want to tell work about Bob? 15w3d and I just don't want to, I know I will have to soon, I am actually a little scared of putting out in the real world, I love that you girls know, family and close friends, but it freaks me out telling them. Or am I just extremely strange?
Happy Friday and loverly weekends to all you beautiful ladies xo
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Mlks YAY for your scan how exciting
Mum23 it's almost time for a name change! I can't believe how quickly your pregnancy has gone. We were testing buddies the day you tested and I just can't believe how quickly the time has gone! I'm still as happy for you as I was back then too.
Mystic I hope the FS has some answers for you soon
Blackduck Welcome did you get any blood test results today?
TLM Sorry you're not feeling well
Congrats Bumblez on the birth of your little boy! I'm so happy for you!
AFM Well I'm either having implantation bleeding or the start of AF, I'm only CD12 though.
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06-05-2011 18:15 #394
A quick update, blood test came back negative.
Saw doctor about the pain on left side, she sent me for an emergency ultrasound thinking it was a cyst. Ultrasound came back that I had a 23mm dominate follicle on my left ovary. I believe this is on the boarder of being classified as a cyst.
Doctor said we just need to see what happens over the weekend, taking panadol for the pain and waiting to see if AF arrives. I go back and see her on Tuesday.
Not too sure about the dominate follicle, I don't know anything about it. But doctor said that it can't tell us if I actually did ovulate and she did mention that I could actually still be pregnant. Might start a thread to ask for advice on dominate follicles.
06-05-2011 18:43 #395
Black duck - hope you do end up being pregnant
Futuremummy - Oh I hope I hope! the fact that it is only day 12 may be promising
Seems to be so many birth announcements which is lovely!
AFM: AF arrived today. OK, just want to get started on next cycle
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Hi ladies
I have been charting away in the background and a little quiet. DH & I decided to have a mini timeout while we wait for our FS appointment. I've been taking magic potions from my crazy chinese lady for the past week and have seen some changes in my OPKs already. I had double the normal amount of LH so I naturally started seeing positives from CD10.
I'd really appreciate some advice if that's ok? My temps seem to have settled (My Ovulation Chart) but I spiked upwards this morning. I think that's probably due to DH & I have a few celebratory drinks last night. I know I shouldn't really be drinking to give my eggies a chance to do their thing but too late now. I've been charting my CP & CM as well. I've always kept an eye on my CM to look for fertile stuff but this is my first go at CP. I've checked today as it's medium or high & soft & I think I'm heading into EWCM. I've probably not drunk enough water today as (tmi warning) it was a bit globby.
Sooooooooo *deep breath* I got a positive OPK . I hope this pic attaches DSC01330.jpg.
DH has been given the all clear with his boys so I'm wondering if I should go for it? This would seriously be the earliest O in such a long long long time. Am I kidding myself? Should we go for it?
Thanks for listening to me
06-05-2011 19:46 #397
Everyone at my work knew at 7 weeks because we had a function and everyone normally gets blind and I couldn't drink so they worked it out pretty much right away when I ordered a Diet Coke!!
Personally I wouldn't tell that early again, seems like your pregnant forever when you tell people to early and it gets to the point where people say "what? your still pregnant?" not exactly uplifting words IYKWIM!!
Welcome to Blackduck and bkb, hope your journey to your BFP is short and sweet. These ladies will support, care and love you all the way no matter what happens.
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silentrockfaery - I got a positive OPK on CD14 and had EWCM on CD16 (and lots of it). I am CD33 today. I did do a OPK this afternoon when I got home and started researching but that was negative. I *think* after the egg is released the dominate follicle turns into the corpus luteum and that either dies and you get your period or it produces ones of the hormones for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. I think they can tell between a dominate follicle and corpus lutuem until about 6 weeks pregnant. I could be wrong though, this is from my research in the last hour!!!
Good luck with your TWW
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Scholars will bring historical figures to life under the big red tent in the City Park next week when Ohio Chautauqua returns to Gallipolis. It marks the seventh time Gallipolis has hosted the event.
Presented by Ohio Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ohio Chautauqua 2018: Modern Legends features living history performances of five historic figures from the mid-twentieth century whose lives and work left a larger-than-life imprint on the American psyche. The five-day event features both the evening performances, as well as youth and adult workshops during the day at Bossard Memorial Library. The evening performances begin at 6:30 p.m. with live music, followed by the performances at 7:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, evening performances will be held at the Ariel Opera House.
Ohio Chautauqua kicks off in Gallipolis on Tuesday, June 12 featuring musician Linda Sigismondi, followed by Susan Marie Frontczak portraying Erma Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996). Bombeck captured—with great poignancy and humor—the daily life of a new American phenomenon: the suburban housewife. Believing you had to be able to laugh at life to get through it, she captured the essence of the housewife's daily struggles in her column "At Wits End" three days a week, eventually appearing in 900 newspapers across the country and in books such as "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" and "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank." She brought to American awareness the life of millions of women whose lives otherwise often felt invisible and taken for granted. She let women across America know: You are not alone. In fact, we number in the millions. I, too, am an American housewife, and I will laugh by your side.
Susan Marie Frontczak has given over 700 presentations as Marie Curie, Mary Shelley, Irene Castle, Clara Barton, and Eleanor Roosevelt across 38 of the United States, and abroad in her 18 years as a Living History scholar. Susan Marie also works with both adults and youth to develop their own living history presentations. She authored the Young Chautauqua handbooks for Colorado Humanities and works with students throughout the state. As a teen, Susan Marie competed with her mother to see which of them could snag the monthly Good Housekeeping magazine first, in order to read Erma Bombeck's column. Now the challenge is to convey Bombeck's humor along with the person behind the persona.
On Wednesday, June 13, CeeCee Miller kicks of the evening with music followed by Fred Blanco, who brings Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) to the stage. Chavez was a labor and civil rights activist and reformer who, with Dolores Huerta, founded the United Farm Workers labor union to protect the rights of migrant workers. Chavez brought national attention to his cause by organizing non-violent protests, boycotts, legislative reform efforts, and hunger strikes in the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In 1968 he went on a widely publicized 25-day fast promoting non-violence, which ended with an outdoor Roman Catholic mass. For thirty years Chavez tenaciously devoted himself to the problems of some of the poorest workers in America. The movement he inspired succeeded in raising salaries and improving working conditions for farm workers in California, Texas, Arizona, and Florida.
Fred Blanco has appeared on stage and screen for 20 years, performing with the national touring troupe, Traveling Lantern, and the street theatre company, The Bad Puppets. Featured on radio and television, his solo production, "The Stories of Cesar Chavez" has reached theatre audiences for the last 12 years. In that time, he has worked with the LAUSD and L.A. County Office of Education to bring theatre into the classroom. He has brought the show to the famed Chicano theatre, Su Teatro in Denver, CO, and The National Hispanic Cultural Center, in Albuquerque, NM, just to name a few.
Blanco has toured theatre festivals internationally bringing home BEST OF FRINGE from Canada and San Francisco as well as the prestigious BRICKENDEN Award for Best Touring performance in London, Ontario. In addition to his theatrical show, "The Stories of Cesar Chavez," he speaks as Chavez for the Chautauquas around the country.
On Thursday, June 14, join the Ariel Singers, followed by Dr. Sally Ann Drucker as she presents Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006), a leading figure in the women's movement in the United States. Her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men." Regarded as an influential author and intellectual in the United States, Friedan remained active in politics and advocacy for the rest of her life, authoring six books.
Since 1993, Dr. Sally Ann Drucker has presented interesting and infamous women at Chautauquas. She first portrayed Frances Wright, feminist-abolitionist, at a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Democracy in America Chautauqua, touring eight states over three summers. She has also portrayed the feminist-anarchist Emma Goldman; Rosie the Riveter, WWII Defense Worker; 16th-century duchess Lucrezia Borgia; and Hazel Shaw, Dust Bowl Survivor. Dr. Drucker is pleased to present Betty Friedan, her most contemporary figure, for Ohio Chautauqua. When not performing, she is a professor in the department of English at State University of New York Nassau, also teaching women's studies and other interdisciplinary courses there.
Friday, June 15 will feature music by Lawrence Green followed by Dr. J. Holmes Armstead as American United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002). Davis was the first African American general officer in the United States Air Force. On December 9, 1998, he was advanced to four-star general by President Bill Clinton. During World War II, Davis was commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group, which escorted bombers on air combat missions over Europe. Davis flew sixty missions in P-39, Curtiss P-40, P-47, and P-51 Mustang fighters. Davis followed in his father's footsteps in breaking racial barriers, as Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was the first African American general in the United States Army.
Dr. J. Holmes Armstead is a retired professor of Strategy and International law from the US Naval War College. He has taught international law, strategy and national security policy for nearly 40 years. Professor Armstead has served on faculties at Stanford University, Pepperdine University, the University of California. the University of Nevada, Southern University the US Naval Postgraduate School, Lewis University, the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. He participated in negotiations enlarging NATO with the accession of Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Albania, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Dr. Armstead has assisted in drafting constitutional reforms in Montenegro, South Africa, Poland, the Congo, and Lithuania and is currently Of Counsel to the American Bar Association Office of Human Rights. Dr. Armstead lectures on International law at the Austrian Academy of Higher Military Studies in Vienna.
Ohio Chautauqua wraps up with a Saturday evening performance of Bobby Kennedy by Jeremy Meier. Ariel Tuba Time will serve as the musical act that evening. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination on June 5, 1968. He served as US Attorney General under his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, and his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1968, Kennedy was a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency; he ran on a platform of racial and economic justice, non-aggression in foreign policy, decentralization of power, and social change. A crucial element of his campaign was an engagement with the young, whom he identified as being the future of a reinvigorated American society based on partnership and equality.
Jeremy Meier is a professor of theater at Owens Community College in northwest Ohio. He teaches acting and has directed nineteen student productions at the school including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. He also has adapted and directed texts for the stage including Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell. In addition to his portrayal of RFK, Meier has created original solo performances for the Ohio Humanities on John Dillinger and Oliver Hazard Perry. In 2016, Meier was awarded a grant by Ohio Humanities to pilot the state's first Chautauqua Training Program for new scholars learning to develop original figures based on historical figures.
The workshop schedule at Bossard Memorial Library for the week is:
Youth Workshops (Best for ages 10 and up, but will adjust accordingly to the group size and ages present). Youth workshops begin at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June 12 – Feminism Then and Now with Sally Ann Drucker (Betty Friedan)
Wednesday, June 13 – The Airplane, Flying the 20th Century with Jim Armstead (Benjamin O. Davis Jr.)
Thursday, June 14 – To Make Gentle the Life of this World: Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy with Jeremy Meier (Robert F. Kennedy)
Friday, June 15 – Legendary Children's Stories from the mid-20th Century with Susan Marie Frontczak (Erma Bombeck)
Saturday, June 16 – Character Development for Chautauqua with Fred Blanco (Cesar Chavez)
Adult Workshops begin at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 12 – Zoot Suit Riots with Fred Blanco (Cesar Chavez)
Wednesday, June 13 – Women in Advertising Media with Dr. Sally Ann Drucker (Betty Friedan)
Thursday, June 14 – America Emerges as a World Power 1940-1970 with Dr. J. Holmes Armstead (Benjamin O. Davis Jr.)
Friday, June 15 – Kennedy Men: Father and Sons with Jeremy Meier (Robert F. Kennedy)
Saturday, June 16 – Hooked on Humor with Susan Marie Frontczak (Erma Bombeck)
For more information, follow the Ohio Chautauqua – Gallipolis page.


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Queensway's Jamie rises to shine in victory
Diminutive hitter helps her team retain B Div title by pipping Fairfield Methodist Secondary
Queensway Secondary School's Jamie Teo may stand at just 1.54m but she commands a huge presence when she's on the volleyball court.
The 16-year-old outside hitter was a key figure as her team retained the Schools South Zone B Division girls' volleyball title after a 2-1 victory over Fairfield Methodist Secondary School at Delta Sports Complex yesterday.
Establishing her place in the team did not come easy for Jamie who picked up the sport three years ago.
Her smaller stature posed as a challenge initially as she struggled with jumping high and executing spikes, leaving her demoralised.
She said: "There was a point when I couldn't spike very well. The ball kept going into the net instead of over."
But with support from her coach and teammates, Jamie was able to overcome her height disadvantage and establish herself as a core player this year.
This was evident in yesterday's game as her powerful spikes helped steer her team to victory.
The first set was an intense affair as both sides fought fiercely. But with the score at 17-17, Queensway powered ahead to take the set 25-17.
They started the second set strongly but it did not take long for Fairfield to turn the tables on their rivals. At 3-0 down, Fairfield rallied to overpower Queensway with a display of deadly spikes, winning 25-14.
But the defending champions stormed back in the third set to win 25-14, and seal the match.
It was a special triumph for Queensway as they had lost to Fairfield in similar fashion two years ago in the South Zone C Div final.
Captain Lim Xin Ye said: "We wanted to keep our trophy. We were quite nervous but we focused and managed to win again."
The team had felt the pressure of defending their title but did not let it get the better of them.
Xin Ye said: "We just focused on training and tried our best to improve individually, then slowly improved as a team and retain the championship."
Coach Francis Ng, 46, was delighted by the girls' achievement but he hopes they will learn to better manage their emotions and gain confidence on court, ahead of the nationals.
He said: "They were calmer and more stable in the first set, but in the second set, we started to be nervous and gave a lot of points to them. Luckily, they managed to calm themselves and stay in place."
However, the South Zone champions are taking things slowly at the nationals.
Ng said: "The teams from other zones are quite strong, so I'll tell the team to go step by step.
"We'll try to get through to the top 16 first before top eight. After we manage to get top eight, then we'll aim higher."
Things turned out better for Fairfield's boys in the Schools South Zone B Division boys' final, as they beat Ang Mo Kio Secondary School 2-1.
Fairfield captain Caleb Tan said: " Even though we lost the second set and were trailing in the third set, we managed to encourage one another and come back to win the game."
For Ang Mo Kio Secondary, who were among some teams that were grouped in the South Zone after the closure of several schools in the area, the defeat was hard to swallow but they are already looking ahead.
Skipper Keave Song said: "We're feeling disappointed but this is not the end of us."
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|John early 90's
After dabbling with fermenting juice aka 'prison wine' way back in the 80's, in 2010 I purchased a home brew setup off Craigslist from a guy getting out of the hobby, and I began brewing beer. It has been a bit of an obsession ever since.
The purpose of reedbrewing.com is to document my own brewing experiences in hopes that my mistakes as well as accomplishments can help, or at least entertain others. My other intent is to showcase the beer and associated culture of beer in the Great Pacific Northwest.
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The IOGP E&P Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme — an international research programme to fill key data gaps
Journal name: First Break
Issue: Vol 36, No 11, November 2018, pp. 61 - 63
Info: Article, PDF (845.37Kb)
The IOGP E&P Sound & Marine Life Joint Industry Programme – an international research programme to fill key data gaps
Publication date: 15 June 2018
Info: Extended abstract, PDF (405.81Kb)
Geophysical Testing of a Marine Vibrator Integrated Projector Node (MV-IPN) at Seneca Lake
Event name: 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018
Session: Alternative Broadband Technology
Publication date: 11 June 2018
Info: Extended abstract, PDF (568.12Kb)
Marine Vibrator JIP
Event name: 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition - Workshops
Session: WS04 - Impact of Seismic Acquisition on Aquatic Life - Can Marine Acquisition Survive the Next Decade?
Publication date: 10 June 2013
Info: Extended abstract, PDF (462.83Kb)
Comparison of Marine Vibrator, Dynamite and Airgun Sources in the Transition Zone
Event name: 59th EAGE Conference & Exhibition
Session: Marine Acquisition & QC
Publication date: 26 May 1997
Info: Extended abstract, PDF (1.2Mb)
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"You'll excuse us if we geek out for a moment?" Peter Hudson asks with a chuckle as he brings up an interesting point – which he does quiet often – as he sits with his longtime friend and colleague Andrew Read. The pair of science leaders take a moment to explore each other's thoughts.
Each man is a brilliant thinker, and it is fascinating to watch their brains play off each other. One can see the excitement in their eyes, and it is as if each cannot help but be inspired by the way the other thinks about the problems of the world. And, make no mistake about it, this is what they are doing: looking to solve the problems facing humanity through science.
This it is just the type of atmosphere that Hudson has created for the past 12 years as the director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State, a place that encourages collaboration and communication between the many different schools of science there, enabling the Huck and Penn State to become among the top life science research institutions in the country.
As Hudson, a professor of biology, gets ready to hand the reigns of this dynamic organization over to Read in January, it is plain to see they are kindred spirits. After all, it wasn't that long ago that Hudson brought Read, a world-renowned leader in the field of infectious disease, to central Pennsylvania to be an integral part of his team.
The Huck: No boundaries
The work of the Huck Institutes includes cancer research, micro-biotical research, metabolomics research, genomics, and many other things that a layperson might not easily understand. Huck scientists are working to prevent diseases in humans, animals, and plants, working to improve crop yields, working to understand how each body responds differently to medications, and what is happening to the bee population, among many other things.
If you are familiar with the Penn State campus, than surely you know the Millennium Science Complex, with its lovely courtyard, interesting L-shaped design, and a raised area under which pedestrians can pass. Nearby, on the Shortlidge Road walkway, sits the Life Science building. In these buildings, among others, are the labs and offices of some of the most brilliant science minds around.
The Huck Institutes is named in honor of Lloyd and Dottie Huck, Penn State alumni, community leaders, and generous benefactors of the life sciences. The Huck is difficult to define because it connects researchers from across scientific fields, something that Read believes is unlike any other place, something that is pushing it forward.
"I looked at leaving Penn State a few years ago, and I looked at great institutions," Read says. "And they have a lot of fantastically great individuals, as we do. But the difference is the Huck joins those individuals up. Anybody that wants to play with somebody else here ... it makes it possible.
"Conventional universities have vertical structures where they have colleges, and they have deans, and departments and department heads. But science is not vertically arranged, it is this fluid thing that is changing all the time horizontally. The Huck makes that happen in its work.
"So what happens at Penn State, in my head, the institute makes the traditional silo disciplinary boundaries break down, and in many places the Huck has been so successful that it is non-existent – you don't even notice them when you are a working scientist. And this was happening before, but since Pete came aboard, it just grew even more so."
Hudson has led Penn State's growth in research by bringing on good people and starting initiatives and programs in forward-focused science.
"We are trying to push Penn State forward in multiple areas. I feel very strongly in not slowly ratcheting the system, but looking for step functions. What can we do that takes us up significantly, that pushes the intellectual capability of the university? This university is large enough and flexible enough that we can have two of these step functions running at the same time and then when those are settled down, we are on to the next one and pushing those. ... All the time, I think about where is the science going and what is the challenge to the humans? I spend a lot of my time looking five, 10 years out and [asking], what are the exciting sciences?"
Birds of a feather
Hudson and Read received PhDs from Oxford, both were professors at universities in Scotland, both were elected to the Royal Society, and both started their work in the study of birds and animals before researching infectious disease.
Read remembers wondering why the plants, birds, and other animals in New Zealand were so different from the rest of the world. This led him to science. Both are amazed that they are able to make a living studying what they love.
"It wasn't until I got to the university that I realized that you could get paid to think about that; once I realized that, I was off. Like Pete, I am still slightly shocked," Read says.
"My mother asked me when my father was dying, 10 years ago, 'What is it you do for a living?' She had no idea about research. My father said to me, 'When are you going to get a proper job?'" Hudson says.
Read's research focuses on the ecology and evolutionary genetics of infectious disease, particularly pathogen evolution-related issues that may harm human health, such as antibiotic and vaccine resistance.
The pair met at Oxford in the mid-1980s, and through time became friends. They worked on a project together in the '90s on parasites in grouse. Eventually, Hudson was at Edinburgh University and Read was down the road at Sterling University, and they would meet often and give talks at each other's institutions.
Hudson eventually came to Penn State and helped make it one of the leaders in the field of infectious disease research, and one of the big steps toward doing that was getting Read on board, along with a team of other leading scientists.
But, first, Read needed to be convinced to settle down across the pond in central Pennsylvania.
While in State College for a meeting, Read was at Mad Mex with Hudson and some other colleagues when the idea of him coming to Penn State was first brought up.
"Needless to say, I needed to stay back and have one of those big margaritas after that," Read says. But he knew what Hudson was building at the Huck, and he was ready to take the leap across the pond.
"It was clear that this was going to be the place to research infectious disease, as it still is," he says.
Read hasn't looked back in the 11 years since arriving here. When Hudson stepped up as director of the Huck, Read took over as the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. He is considered a pioneer in the research of pathogen resistance in response to antibiotics, and vector resistance to pesticides. His work has opened up a new field of inquiry and therapy termed "evolutionary medicine." This past year, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Hudson can't think of a better person to take charge of the Huck in January.
"It's really quite simple: He is one of the best scientists I've ever known," Hudson says of Read. "He has the ability to think cleanly and clearly about scientific issues. He is a free-thinking spirit in that way. His ability to get to the core of an issue is just an incredible strength. And, when you can do that in leadership as well as research, it is fabulous. He does everything based on the data and what is available, and does a very clean analysis of it that gets to the heart. I think I have set the Huck up where he can now drive this thing through to an even higher level," says Hudson.
Breeding a community
The Huck brings together researchers and graduate students from eight different Penn State colleges, 26 research institutes and centers of excellence, 11 core instrumentation facilities, and seven advanced graduate programs. All these fields of science coming together means there is a wealth of information and collaboration.
"Something that is unusual at Penn State – science is a really nasty business, very competitive, [there are] a limited number of Nobel Prizes and limited amount of grant dollars — [is that] people at Penn State, and certainly in the Huck sphere by and large, take pleasure in others' success," says Read.
Students come from all over the world to study and research. Graduate student Rimnoma Quedraogo has been researching plant pathology at the university for the past three years. He came to Penn State all the way from Botswana and has found the Huck to be a "dream."
"It is a dream come true; you are living in a textbook, and keep learning every day," he says. "At our lab, we work on plant disease and at other labs they are working on animal-related diseases, so you have this cross-relationship. If we were working with just plant pathology, you would just be dealing with people who are working with the same thing you do. Here, you have the possibility to see more than one way and learn something else than what you are dealing with every day. That is collaboration."
Quedraogo says he recently shared lab space with a researcher who was studying plants from his native country. This interested him and he was able to give context to her work, being from the country, and she was able to teach him some new things about his research.
Hudson believes the Huck shares its sense of community with Penn State and the region that makes up Happy Valley. He sees it, for example, in Mount Nittany Medical Center, which he calls a community hospital.
"When you talk to Kathleen Rhine, who is the CEO out there, that is exactly what she is doing – she is doing it for the community," Hudson says. "When you go to Kish Bank and you talk to the [CEO] there, Bill Hayes, and you know he's a banker and my immediate reaction to bankers is not very positive, but then he says, 'I've just got this way of funding single mothers getting mortgages, and we did this, and we built this for the Amish.' ... He does these things for the community. It is a community bank, and a community hospital, a community university. Wow, that is really something else, isn't it?"
'Global domination'
"We have a little saying at the Huck: 'Nothing less than global domination,' which is just our way of saying, 'Let's build excellence at Penn State,'" says Hudson. He has worked during his time as director to do just that, to have Penn State become one of the leaders in research around the world.
"Pete has always talked about scientific excellence in a global sense. Not the best in central Pennsylvania, not the best in Pennsylvania, not the best in America, but the best in the world," says Read.
The pair feels that with so much data available these days and the great advancement in technology, the future is limitless. They say the biggest need is for creative minds who can figure out what to do with all that information and technology. And with all the imaginative scientific minds working together through the Huck, Penn State may be at the forefront of that future.
Read says the work that is being done at the Huck reflects an approach that has spread to the whole university. He sees the field of cancer research as a way to use the Huck's ideals to find a way to eradicate the disease.
"I do think we have the potential at Penn State to join together pieces in mathematics, engineering, and biology to make the connection with cellular and molecular biology and, more importantly, the oncologists who are seeing patients."
Hudson sees the work of the Huck in bringing together people from different fields of science as helping to answer some of the most important questions that have plagued mankind since the beginning of time.
"This is a university where the social sciences are truly outstanding and the life sciences are pretty damn good," he says. "No other university has brought those together, and if we can bring those together, we can ask some of the most important and pressing questions – the same questions Charles Darwin asked 155 years ago in The Origin of Species. 'Why do we vary so much and how does this all work?' That will solve health problems. It will solve multiple problems in human society."
And, soon, that charge will be left in the good hands of Andrew Read.
Vince Corso is a staff writer for Town&Gown and The Centre County Gazette.
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Washington Weighs In On WABC-Cablevision Retrans Disconnect
the wake of Disney's decision to follow through on pulling WABC-TV from Cablevision systems, the
e-mails were flying in Washington, with calls for government to step in if
necessary to bring the parties together.
John Kerry
(D-Mass.), chairman of the Sen. Communications Subcommittee, renewed his call
for Washington to step in, as well as telling the two sides to work something
out, rather than make "collateral damage" of viewers. But he did not
put the blame on ABC, as he seemed to do in a letter to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski last week
urging a resolution of the impasse.
In that letter
he had said he didn't think ABC should be able to pull the signal without some
FCC finding that Cablevision had bargained in bad faith.
But in Sunday's
statement, he pointed no fingers. He said that ABC had pulled the signal
because it could not agree with Cablevision on the value, and added that it is
"neither my place nor my goal to pick sides in this dispute."
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Review & Track Premiere: Red Mountains, Slow WanderPosted in audiObelisk, Reviews on August 16th, 2017 by JJ Koczan
[Click play above to listen to the premiere of 'Stone' from Red Mountains' Slow Wander. Album is out Sept. 1 on All Good Clean Records.]
With their steady rhythmic roll, jam-sounding foundations and tonally warm psychedelic affect, one almost expects the heady sounds of Red Mountains to originate from Munich, rather than the northern climes of Trondheim, Norway — nearly seven hours up from Oslo by rail — but their sound, perhaps informed by the Scandinavian Mountain chain running through their hometown, has its roots in soulful heavy rock just as much as airy drift. To wit, their second album and first for All Good Clean Records is the nine-track Slow Wander, which follows the Nasoni-issued 2015 debut, Down with the Sun (review here), and while one notes aesthetic continuity in the cover art by the esteemed Samantha Muljat — who seems to have done a number of short, digital releases for the band as well — the 47-minute offering takes decided action in moving them stylistically ahead from where they were two years ago.
Recorded outside Trondheim at Sørgården Studios with Spidergawd guitarist/vocalist Per Borten at the production helm, Håvard Soknes on the mix and Magnus Kofoed mastering, Slow Wander is maybe somewhat devious in its title in that even at its most drifting, on a cut like the vast, airy sway of "Oak" or the subsequent 10-minute blues-psych sprawl of "Endless Ocean," there's a clear sense of purpose maintained. And that bears fruit elsewhere in the more solidified songwriting process of vocalist/guitarist Magnus Riise, guitarist/vocalist Jostein Wigenstad, bassist Sverre Dalen and drummer Simen Mathiassen, who seem to take cues from UK heavy rockers Stubb in the soulfulness and hooks of the bouncing centerpiece "Stone," "Cellar Door" and the earlier "Rat King," which though slower and somewhat darker in its atmosphere contains arguably the catchiest chorus of the bunch.
Where the album ultimately succeeds is in establishing a balance between its two sides — the more rocking impulses and the wider-breadth jamming — and in conveying a direct sense of purpose in doing this. There's no sense that anything on Slow Wander is happening by accident, whatever the name of the record might otherwise indicate. Rather, if one takes the title as advice from the band instead of a description of their own actions as regards its making, then Red Mountains are perhaps giving their listenership the best way possible to make its collective way through the tracks. From opener "Home" — like the starting point of a board game — onward through "Rat King" and "Oak" and "Endless Ocean," Slow Wander earns not just a fleeting glance from its audience, but a real savoring experience.
That's not to say one should slow down playback or take a break from one track to the next and thereby miss out or undercut the flow between them, which is one of Slow Wander's most appealing aspects across what would seem to be its A and B sides, but just that the progression of the album as it unfolds is worth more than a passive listen, and the more one engages with moments like the echoing solo that tops the midsection of "Home" or the languid payoff deep into "Endless Ocean," or the crunchier riffing on the penultimate "Acid Wedding" — which seems as well to sneak a guest vocal performance from Borten into its second half — the more those moments and the rest of the release repay that effort with satisfying detail of songcraft and execution. No question Red Mountains have an organic basis from which they're working in that this material is born of jams, but whether it's the rolling vibe of "Fog" or the nod-ready payoff of "Cellar Door," there's been an obvious commitment made and energy dedicated to shaping that basis into coherent, deceptively varied songs.
An argument could be made that in that process, Red Mountains are playing to style. I'm not sure I disagree, given how willful their sense of craft comes across in "Stone," "Rat King," "Home," etc., but when one considers Slow Wander in light of Down with the Sun before it, the trajectory they're on would seem to be toward a more individualized take on heavy psychedelia. Further, if playing to style is going to result in the chance to bask in the kind of immersion that "Endless Ocean" offers, then go right ahead. There is a grammar of aesthetic for any genre-based output, and Slow Wander demonstrates plainly that Red Mountains have been schooled via their influences in what they're doing.
But again, the increase in production value between the debut and the follow-up, the precise placement of these songs — turning vinyl convention on its head with the more open material up front and the rockers in back — and even the overarching symmetry of answering the opener "Home" with the closer "Returning," as though they knew the listener would finish the record and then immediately go back to the start to make their way around the board again, all of this shows a directed consciousness from Riise, Wigenstad, Dalen and Mathiassen. Fortunately for them and for anyone who would take their second long-player on in a more than cursory manner, their chemistry carries through the structures they've built, and while it may not be a revolution in style, Slow Wander is a friendly, open-armed welcome to the converted and a forward step that affirms the potential of their debut and would seem to hint toward even broader reaches to come. There is nothing more one could reasonably ask of Slow Wander than to be precisely what it is, and in setting those terms, Red Mountains begin to lay claim to sonic territory of their own.
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Gifted is a new movie by Fox Searchlight Pictures about a profoundly gifted child that opened on April 7, 2017. Several members of the Duke TIP staff attended an early showing of the film and have shared their thoughts on it below. We've tried to give you some different perspectives on the movie, including whether it accurately portrays the issues involved in giftedness. Enjoy -- and please feel free to share your own opinions about Gifted in the Comments section below. … [Read more...] about A look at the movie "Gifted"
Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Unique Core Personality
Heraclitus wrote, "Our own nature hides from us, but wants to be found." Do you remember moments in your life when you asked "Who am I?" Perhaps you were interacting in a social situation in which you realized you didn't fit, reflecting near a river or in your place of faith, or talking to someone you love. The self was somewhere that you needed to discover, and you sensed a primal drive to find it. … [Read more...] about Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Unique Core Personality
Helping Children Cope with Personal Tragedy
Children are much more resilient than we tend to give them credit for. In the face of personal tragedy, simple supports, structure, and assurances go a long way toward helping children recover. Events that cause children distress include the death of a family member, friend, or classmate; an accident that disables them or others close to them; and damage to their home or belongings by natural disaster. … [Read more...] about Helping Children Cope with Personal Tragedy
Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Paulette dreads piano recitals. Even though she's given many of them, anxiety makes her feel sick before performing. It abates once she begins to play, but stage fright takes the fun out of playing before an audience. What can her parents do to ease her anxiety? … [Read more...] about Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Mislabeling Gifted Children
Some gifted children may be misdiagnosed as having psychological or behavioral disorders because of a lack of knowledge about characteristics commonly associated with giftedness, according to Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults, by James T. Webb et al. (Great Potential, 2005). The authors compare the traits of giftedness with those of disorders often diagnosed in the gifted and detail the important differences. … [Read more...] about Mislabeling Gifted Children
Helping Children Cope with Global or Community Tragedy
"Your children are not safe anywhere, at any time." This chilling announcement was made on television and in newspaper headlines in the fall of 2002 after a sniper in the Washington, DC, area had killed ten and critically wounded three people, including a middle school boy on a playground. Accounts of the ordeal of Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 years old when she was snatched from her own bed in Salt Lake City in June 2002, badly frightened children who normally felt safe in their homes. … [Read more...] about Helping Children Cope with Global or Community Tragedy
Smooth Transitions
The phone call came in May, just days after my niece had completed the eighth grade. The spunky preteen who had begged to copilot a small plane at age 12 said, "I just don't want to go to high school." It took patience and counseling skills to get her to express her fears of demanding academic work, getting lost between classes, and getting teased by older students. … [Read more...] about Smooth Transitions
Being Me and Fitting In: The Dilemma of Differentness
Stephen is a 13-year-old math whiz. He's also a good all-around student, energetic, and curious. He sometimes drives his parents to distraction with his questions and ideas, and he has alienated more than one neighborhood friend with his information about and zeal for mathematical equations. His parents worry that Stephen has few close friends and few prospects of making any. … [Read more...] about Being Me and Fitting In: The Dilemma of Differentness
Perfectionism: When Excellence Isn't Good Enough
We want our children to strive for excellence. Whether in schoolwork, ice skating, music, art, scientific experiments, written work, or other activities, striving for excellence is usually a healthy way to develop talent. But when excellence does not seem good enough, perfectionism results, leaving children no room for error and allowing them little satisfaction in what they do. … [Read more...] about Perfectionism: When Excellence Isn't Good Enough
Shyness and the Gifted
Shyness exists in the gifted population just as it does in all other groups of people. Likewise, the specific type and severity of shyness is highly variable. The causes of shyness are not well known. Heredity, environment, temperament, stress, and experiences (such as being singled out) may all play a role. Anxiety associated with shyness may be related to fear of evaluation, to learned behaviors, or to negative self-talk. … [Read more...] about Shyness and the Gifted


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Super Bowl LIII: Settling the Big Corntroversy
If you weren't falling asleep during a not-quite-thrilling game this past Sunday, then you likely bore witness to Bud Light's commercial where they singled out competitors Miller Lite and Coors Light for their use of corn syrup in their products, much to the dismay of corn farmers across America. As expected, a Twitter storm ensued where each brand battled to defend their honor.
We decided to take a look at the facts and found that Bud Light was purchased at nearly twice the rate as its aforementioned competitors. While quantity sold may (or may not) be reflective of quality, America has made one thing clear: they are unsure about what is so horrible about corn syrup, but they don't like it.
When it comes to big games, America is prepared. NFL fans and Super Bowl commercial fans were sure to stock up well before kickoff, with noon being peak beer purchase time. Purchases made after 6pm were nearly 50% less than the previous Sunday. For those who made purchases after kickoff, they either needed a restock or had given up on any thrill coming from the low scoring game. Take a look at the rest of our Super Bowl findings below!
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Aretha Franklin, dead at 76 years of age.
Remembering, the great talent of the soulful singer who inspired so many.
Respect was her moniker and she has so much respect from many,people worldwide she transformed American Music and she deserves to be remembered because in a time of when African Americans were stigmatized and treated with disrespect, Aretha demanded e respect with her God given voice of power command and strength.
Aretha died on Thursday August 16, 2018 at age 76, surrounded by friends and family with complication of pancreatic cancer.
Her music is flying off the shelves in a city near you plus Aretha Franklin was a true Legend.
As a girl I Loved to hear her sing with Power and confidence. Her star Spangled Banner was Epic and all singers should study her style to be inspired.
Aretha Franklin recently re dubbed Rolling in the Deep and killed not taking away from Adele but Aretha will always be the Queen.
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer and pianist. She began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister.
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Media Advisory NU Board Of Regents to Meet Sept 20
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at 1 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. Meetings also will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu.
Following are highlights of the September meeting. A complete agenda is available here.
8:30 a.m.: Business Affairs Committee
Topic: Pinnacle Bank Arena
Presenter: Board of Regents Chairman Tim Clare
Topic: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Master Plan Update
Presenters: UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman; Gina Ford, landscape architect, Sasaki Associates Inc.; and Greg Havens, campus planning and design, Sasaki Associates Inc.
9:30 a.m.: Break
9:45 a.m.: Academic Affairs Committee
Topic: Peter Kiewit Institute Plan Update
Presenters: NU President James B. Milliken; University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor John Christensen; and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman
Topic: Strategic Framework Reports – Financial Aid and Enrollment Update
Presenter: Pete Lipins, NU institutional research senior analyst
Topic: Strategic Framework Report – Global Engagement and Study Abroad
Presenters: President Milliken; Thomas Farrell, NU vice provost for global engagement; Shelby Andersen-Holt, UNO student; and John Glassman, UNL student
11:30 a.m.: Lunch and Board of Regents photograph
1 p.m.: Board of Regents meeting
During its meeting, the Board will consider a recommendation from the Executive Committee to extend the contract of President James B. Milliken by three years, to July 31, 2018. Milliken began as NU president in 2004 with a three-year contract. In 2006, the Board extended his contract by three years, until July 2010; and in 2009 the Board extended his contract by another five years, to July 2015. In addition to the contract extension, the Board will consider increasing Milliken's salary from $420,757 to $431,276. Other terms of the contract are unchanged.
Board of Regents Chairman Tim Clare said the proposed contract extension and salary increase reflect the Board's high degree of confidence in Milliken's leadership.
"The University of Nebraska today is as strong as it has ever been, and that is a testament to the vision and leadership of President Milliken," Regent Clare said. "He has kept the university focused on a set of strategic goals aimed at maximizing our service to the people of Nebraska and beyond. I am very pleased with the university's progress in expanding affordable, quality education to more individuals, conducting research that is important to the people of our state, and helping to build a knowledge economy for Nebraska. We are fortunate to have President Milliken at the helm."
The Board also will receive a written report on salary increases for the NU chancellors, which Milliken established effective July 1, 2013. The chancellors' merit increases are as follows:
- UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman: $341,053 in 2012-13 to $349,579 in 2013-14
- UNMC Chancellor Harold Maurer: $443,367 in 2012-13 to $461,102 in 2013-14
- UNO Chancellor John Christensen: $268,756 in 2012-13 to $275,475 in 2013-14
- UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen: $231,480 in 2012-13 to $237,267 in 2013-14
The Board also will be asked to:
- Accept the 2013-2022 physical and landscape master plan for UNL. (Addendum X-B-1)
- Approve an early start to select portions of the Nebraska Soccer and Tennis Complex at UNL and approve the selection of RDG Planning and Design to provide design services for the project. (Addendums X-B-2 and X-B-3)
- Approve the Stumpf Research Center Farm Lease Agreement between the University of Nebraska Foundation and NU Board of Regents. (Addendum X-B-8)
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As Catholics, we celebrate the Eucharist during the liturgy of the Mass. The Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith. (CCC 1327)
The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and the Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church." (CCC 2177)
A priest is not always available at the allotted Confession Times; please call the Parish Office to verify.
About the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
There is Adoration on the first Friday of every month at St. Elizabeth Church. Contact Savannah Ameel with any questions or visit our Eucharistic Adoration page to learn more. Click here to sign up for Friday, February 7.


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Capitol Pressroom
Feb. 23, 2015: Rep. Chris Gibson, Dr. Henry Paszko, Bennett Liebman
February 23, 2015
Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY, 19th District) weighs in on the Congressional debate over authorizing new powers to fight Isis and President Obama's immigration reform proposals.
Dr. Henry Paszko, President and CEO of iCircle Care, explains a new, local approach to manage long-term care for Medicaid patients.
Bennett Liebman, a Lawyer-in-Residence at Albany Law School's Government Law Center, and a former staffer for Gov. Mario Cuomo and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, looks back at his experience serving under the late Gov. Mario Cuomo.◄ Back to PodCasts


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January 10, 2019 / by Cheryl Dsa / In guides /
5 Key Takeaways From DSCI'S Report To Grow Your Business
Today, businesses and industries are becoming more reliant on the internet and with it so much of our daily lives is conducted online. Whether a company is selling a product or a service, it is likely that even a few hours without internet connectivity can severely impact the business. And as more and more organizations continue to tread in this direction the need for cyber security becomes even more crucial. Without proper means of security, your business is vulnerable to countless different forms of cyberattack.
At an hour when the need and importance of cyber security is on the rise, it is great to see the cyber security landscape growing too. NASSCOM's Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has launched its report, 'Indian Cyber Security Landscape – Scripting a promising story' at the Annual Information Security Summit (AISS) 2018, that draws light on the growing cyber security landscape in India and showcases the technological capabilities, go-to-market strategies, achievements, evolution and progress of Indian cyber security product companies.
Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, remarked,
"It is quite an impressive story that Indian product companies and start-ups have created, especially the pace of growth witnessed in the last decade. Indian product companies are marking their footprints, not only in the domestic market but also globally, with many emerging companies showing steep growth which is quite remarkable. "
1) Evolution of the cyber security landscape in India
Cyber security in India has come a long way in the last few years and has gained huge importance in recent times with digitization taking over. According to the report, India now has a promising base of more than 175 cyber security product companies, 70% of which were incorporated in the last decade.
2) Key Product Segments
Identity and Access Management (IAM), network security, threat intelligence and security analytics, and data security have been identified to be the top product segments of focus. The following image describes the product segments analysis and their popularity by number of companies in each segment and also by market adoption of each product segment.
You can also go through the following table to understand the definition of each product segment:
3) Product Type
The cyber security product market is divided based on the type of product, its application, deployment and so on. The report emphasizes the importance of understanding the cyber security market base) for your product and determine your go-to-market strategy.
Pure-play vs. Diversified
The report shows that around 65% of enterprises provide cyber security products and services and thus we can say that the market is dominated by these integrated players, however, a good 33% of companies are also pure-play cyber security product companies. There are a number of companies (almost 50%) that focus on a single product segment at the stage of their inception as it helps with better R&D and then move on to multiple segments.
Apart from these, there are also companies (about 25%) that offer products and services beyond cyber security, such as mobility, IoT, automation, digital payments, data management, communication and collaboration. India, predominantly being the software powerhouse, around 83% of Indian cyber security product companies offer software products. Those companies in the hardware space are primarily focusing on the local market for outreach.
Cloud vs. On-Premise
One of the major key findings of this report is that almost 80% of the cyber security product companies in India are cloud-ready. With the help of the following image we can understand that those companies that offer cloud-products or on-premise only products have an extremely niche market while those offering both deployments are widely accepted across the globe.
4) Core Technologies
The focus of cyber security product companies today is on technologies such as AI/ML, automation, analytics, encryption, blockchain, threat intelligence, and quantum cryptography. More than 1/3rd of the companies are now offering AI/ML enabled products.
AI and ML is being leveraged in network security and security analytics to provide various value-adds, whereas encryption is used in endpoint security products. Blockchain on the other hand, is used in companies to provide IAM and data security products.
5) Export Market and India Market
US, UAE, Singapore, and the UK have been recognized to be the top geographies where Indian cyber security product companies have a sales presence. It has also been observed that network security, IAM, threat intelligence and security analytics seem to be popular across these top four markets.


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Crossrail Tests Its Trains In Southend
The title of this post is the same as that of this article in the Southend Echo.
This is the first paragraph.
Crossrail trains are being tested from Southend to London – raising hopes that in future they could run to and from the town on a regular basis.
As the title of the article indicates, it could be that Bombardier and Crossrail are seeing how a Class 345 train performs on the route, prior to the delivery of Greater Anglia's similar Class 720 trains, which are another train in Bombardier's Aventra family.
Southend Victoria Station
Southend Victoria station could be a destination for Crossrail in the future, but consider these facts.
- Southend Victoria station is 41.5 miles from London Liverpool Street station and the fastest services take about an hour.
- Southend Victoria has a frequency of three trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street.
- Southend Victoria station has four terminal platforms and is a short walk to the Town Centre.
- Reading station is 36 miles from London Paddington station and the fastest services take just over half-an-hour.
- Fast-growing Southend Airport with its station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line and the Airport would surely welcome a direct link to Central London and Heathrow.
- The three tph on the Shenfield to Southend Line doesn't have a good interchange with the one train every forty minute service on the Crouch Valley Line.
If there is a major problem, it is that Greater Anglia is losing passengers to c2c with its station at Southend Central.
Between 2013/14 and 2015/16 Southend Victoria has lost 2.79 million passengers, whereas in the same period Southend Central has gained 1.14 million.
From what I have seen Greater Anglia intend to speed up the Liverpool Street to Norwich services to ninety minutes and run at a frequency of 3 tph. They are also going to add a fourth train that goes to Ipswich. So again, the three tph service to Southend, isn't the best fit to services on the Great Eastern Main Line for passengers travelling between say Southend and the County Town of Chelmsford.
There are probably not too many reasons for Crossrail to be extended to Southend for its own sake, but if Greater Anglia and Crossrail decide that an integrated service is to be provided between Shenfield and Southend, then everything is up for discussion.
Fast Trains Between London And Southend Victoria
The current Southend to London trains stop seven times to the East of Shenfield.
They would probably need to stop at Southend Airport and perhaps two of the busiest stations, but cutting out five stations would probably bring the journey time down to fifty minutes, which would attract passengers and make it easier for Greater Anglia to run the service, as trains could do the round trip in comfortably under two hours.
Running three tph, as now, would need just six trains and running a desirable four tph would need eight trains.
I'd be very interested to see what time a one of the new Stadler Class 745 trains, could achieve on the route, with just four stops at Stratford, Shenfield, Billericay and Southend Airport.
Slow Crossrail Trains Between Shenfield And Southend Victoria
Paired with the fast trains could be a number of extended Crossrail services.
Based on Crossrail's projected timings between Liverpool Street and Shenfield of 41 minutes and the current 35 minutes between Shenfield and Southend, a timing of 76 minutes is estimated.
- Crossrail's trains could save as much as two minutes at each of the seven stops, East of Shenfield.
- The Shenfield to Southend Line has an 80 mph speed limit, which I suspect could be improved.
So could we see Slow Crossrail trains achieving the times that Fast Greater Anglia trains do now?
I think the answer is yes and it shows how trains have improved in the last few decades.
How Many Trains Could Use The Shenfield To Southend Line?
The capacity must be quite high, as the only complication is the totally independent Crouch Valley Line.
Southend Victoria station has four platforms, so the station could probably handle sixteen tph, which is more than enough.
I feel that it would be possible to run four Fast expresses and four Slow Crossrail trains in an hour.
Whether that would be an acceptable timetable is another matter.
Interchange With The Crouch Valley Line
The Crouch Valley Line's one train every forty minutes must be a nightmare for Greater Anglia and passengers alike, and I suspect that Greater Anglia have a cunning plan to run a two tph service on the line.
It appears that the track layout can achieve this, with the two trains passing at North Fambridge station. But as they don't run two tph on this branch there must be other limitations.
Foremost of these could be the three tph service on the Shenfield to Southend Line.
So sorting out the Shenfield to Southend Line might improve the service on the Crouch Valley Line.
I have come to these conclusions about services between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria stations..
- A Fast Greater Anglia express service could probably achieve a sub-fifty minute time.
- A Slow Crossrail service, could probably do the trip in an hour.
- Better interchange with Crouch Valley Line and Great Easstern Main Line services would be achieved.
- Four Fast and four Slow services in each hour is possible.
My choice for the Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria service would be as follows.
- Four tph – Crossrail Class 345 trains – Stopping at all stations.
- Four tph – Greater Anglia Class 745 trains – Stopping at Southend Airport, Billericay, Shenfield and Stratford.
Or the simple option of just running the four Crossrail trains.
Crossrail to Southend, isn't a ridiculous aspiration.
Southend In The Sun
I went to Southend more out of curiosity than anything else, as the BBC Weather web site said that nearby Shoeburyness would be one of the sunniest places in the UK.
As you can see, the BBC was right.
Enthusiasm For Class 345 Trains
I have read several articles on the new Class 345 trains for Crossrail.
This article from Railway Technology Magazine, which is entitled There has never been a 'better designed' train than Crossrail, is particularly enthusiastic.
This is said.
There has never been a train "better prepared or better designed" in the UK than theCrossrail train, London Underground's managing director Mark Wild told RTM at a visit to Bombardier's testing facility in Derby.
Speaking to RTM after the first Crossrail train, Class 345, was unveiled and taken for a ride across the Bombardier test track for the first time, Wild sang the many praises of the state-of-the-art vehicle, calling it a "world-class train" for passengers.
"It's a sensational train. I'm so pleased to see it – it's so exciting," he said. "I've been lucky enough to be involved with other train procurements in my career and this is definitely the best. This will be a big success – obviously it has to be tested thoroughly, but it is already looks great."
But of course the proof of the train, will be in the riding.
I can't wait, until May 2017, when they will start running between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.
I think that Bombardier, Crossrail and TfL are handling the introduction of the trains into service in a way, that means they can handle any teething troubles.
- Liverpool Street to Shenfield is a self-contained line.
- By the end of this year, Liverpool Street to Shenfield will have had the extended platforms completed and the power systems upgraded for Crossrail.
- Bombardier have a facility for servicing trains at Ilford, so the testing will be on their door-step.
Bombardier are also introducing the trains as seven cars, as the platforms at Liverpool Street are too short. But after their lengthening of the Class 378 trains on the Overground, this process probably has no fears for the company.
It will also mean, that when the platforms are lengthened, this can be done at a time, when all the trains are going through the central tunnel.
But to me, the platform lengthening at Liverpool Street has more to it.
The Services section for Crossrail in Wikipedia is saying that only four trains to Gidea Park in the Peak will use Liverpool Street.
Lengthening the platforms for just four trains does seem a lot of work just to allow the standard trains to enter Liverpool Street.
Obviously, if there is a problem like a broken-down train in the tunnel, the ability to use Liverpool Street station as an alternative destination will be valuable.
Or could it be that there are other plans to perhaps run Crossrail trains to Southend Victoria?
I feel the latter would make a lot of sense.
- The Southend Victoria route, gets much needed new trains.
- Southend Airport gets a premium service.
- The use of the upgraded Crossrail route is increased.
- These trains could perhaps just stop at Stratford, Ilford, Romford, Gidea Park and Shenfield.
- They could be mechanically and electrically identical to the Crossrail trains, but with a more appropriate interiror.
This is only the same as is happening on the Western Branch, where other services are using Crossrail's tracks to go to Paddington.
Crossrail is going to be a lot bigger than a cross-London railway called the Elizabeth Line.
Wickford Station
I took these pictures at Wickford station.
- There is a disused Platform 4 at the London End.
- The Crouch Valley Line service to Southminster station uses Platform 1 at the Southend End.
- The service between London and Southend is generally three trains per hour.
- The service on the Crouch Valley Line is for a lot of the time, one train evrry forty minutes.
- The station is not step-free.
As one of the station staff says, the station needs a drastic makeover.
But as the station handles over two million passengers a year, I think that it must be a fair way up the list of stations to be improved.
London To Southend Services
Wickford station is on the line route between London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria station, which is run by Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA).
There is also a line between London Fenchurch Street and Southend Central station, which is run by c2c.
Comparing the two services gives the following.
- The c2c service has six trains per hour, whereas the AGA service has three.
- The c2c service is a few minutes faster.
- The trains on the c2c service are Class 357 trains, a couple of decades younger than AGA's Class 321 trains.
- c2c are intending to bring in new trains in a few years.
- c2c's stations seem to be in better state than AGA's.
To add to the problems of the AGA service, in a couple of years time, Crossrail will be running new trains between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.
I also believe that slower trains like the Class 321 trains, are an operational problem to increase capacity and speed on the Great Eastern Main Line South of Shenfield.
Because of the competition from c2c and the problems with running alongside Crossrail into London, I suspect that the new East Anglia Franchise will have to invest in new trains on the Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria route.
As Crossrail will be running Class 345 trains based on the Aventra, I wouldn't be surprised to see Aventras running to Southend Victoria.
But these will not be designed with a Metro interior, but probably with an interior like a Class 387 train, with lots of space and tables.
Southend will certainly have a much improved train service to London.
If the service on the AGA route through Wickford were to be four or six trains per hour, then this would interchange much better with a two trains per hour service on the Crouch Valley Line.
Prittlewell Station
After my doctor's appointment, I came back from Prittlewell station.
The pictures show that it is getting the standard level of care from Abellio Greater Anglia. The Class 321 Train was certainly living up to its nickname of a Dusty Bin.
But if I'm honest, I wouldn't be sorry if Abellio Greater Anglia didn't keep the East Anglian rail franchise, when it is renewed.
At present the management just don't seem to care, if the poor state of the stations and trains, and the service they provide are anything to go by. Just to look at say Hackney Downs station after the London Overground takeover, to see what a good deep clean and some paint will do.
A Double-Sided Station
Southend Central station is one with an unusual layout. It is just off the High Street in Southend, as this Google Map shows.
The main station buildings are on the Southern side of the line, but on the Northern side, there is another set of entrances and some facilities.
The pictures show both sides of the station and the bridge across the High Street.
It strikes me that if this station ever gets rebuilt, perhaps in conjunction with a shopping, residential, leisure or office development, the architect has a lot of scope to create a uniquely accessible building.
The Long Way Back From Rayleigh
For various reasons, I go to a dentist in Rayleigh near Southend.
Usually, it is a simple out and back from Stratford.
But today although it was easy getting there, coming back was a long journey, as a man was killed by a train at Harold Wood according to this report in the Romford Recorder.
I was informed that there would be a long wait at Rayleigh, so as a bus arrived, which was going to Southend, I took that as if the Liverpool Street was closed, I could at least get a c2c train to Barking or West Ham.
It is only when you are forced to take a bus in a strange town, that is information-free and nearly all your fellow travellers are wearing head-phones, you realise how most buses are terrible outside London.
I haven't been to the centre of Southend since the 1960s, so it was only because my phone told me, that I was somewhere near the centre, that I got off at the right stop, near Southend Victoria station.
After buying my ticket and a drink, I was then informed that the trains were still not running. So I decided to walk to Southend Central station for the c2c train. This Google Earth image shows the two stations.
Victoria is at the top and Central is on the railway line that runs across the image.
The walk was easy, if rather windy and after ascertaining that c2c would happily accept my GreaterAnglia ticket, in a few minutes I was on a train to London. These pictures taken on the first part of the journey, illustrate the quality of the weather and how close the line is to the coast.
The weather was certainly worse than I encountered on the Cumbrian Coast.
In the end I changed onto the Metropolitan Line at Barking and then came home my usual way via Whitechapel and Dalston Junction.
An Historical Side-Effect Of The London Gateway
This story from the Southend Echo, tells about the excavation of HMS London. They say this.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition detailing the excavation of a shipwreck off Southend pier has opened to the public.
HMS London was first rediscovered in 2005 during works to build the London Gateway superport.
Mary Rose it is not, but HMS London would appear that it is starting to give up its secrets.
I shall certainly go to the exhibition of photos at the Beecroft Gallery in the town.
Bikini Record Goes Bust
An attempt at Southend yesterday to break the number of women wearing bikinis failed.
Appearently only 42 turned up, when they needed 1923 to break the record. Southend must be just too cold. I though Essex girls were up for anything.
There are some appropriate Essex girl jokes here. It is probably a good idea if you don't go there, if you can be easily offended or are female and were born in Essex.