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Kaspersky Labs Confrontation Sets Template
Measures from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Justice Department set tone for cybersecurity supply chain trust.
How the U.S. government responded to the vulnerabilities created by anti-virus software and other products from Russia's AO Kaspersky Laboratories is an important demarcation point in the growing awareness of and need for supply chain trust and assurance. Before that, conversations regarding supply chain risk management "were sort of siloed off to the side," explains Daniel Kroese, acting deputy assistant director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's National Risk Management Center at the Department of Homeland Security.
The Kaspersky products installed on U.S. government networks created great vulnerabilities, including reporting information back to Russia. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in September 2017 issued a Binding Operational Directive (BOD-17-01) to all federal executive branch departments and agencies to remove within 90 days all Kaspersky-branded products in use—although the BOD did not address Kaspersky code that other companies embedded in their tools. The DHS then worked with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to build a defensible framework for that action, which is having a lasting impact, Kroese suggests.
"Oftentimes we sort of forget about the success stories in government," he asserts. "And by and large, I think we had 99 percent compliance by 110 days. So, it wasn't perfect, but generally a pretty good success story…. And that framework is a really good forcing mechanism to kind of kickstart what is going to be a multidecade engagement for us of continuing to fine-tune the way that we think about supply chain risk management, about how you assess a level of trust and insurance for a third party that you do business with."
The DHS and DOJ framework to support the binding directive had to be evidence- and intelligence-based "to show that we weren't acting in an arbitrary or capricious way, that we had a holistic lens to understand the risks, particularly the third-party risks, and that we applied it in a fair and consistent way," Kroese explains. "The result of that effort was a defensible decision to ask executive branch agencies to remove the software."
The framework addressed the technical specifications of the product, outlined criteria regarding the country of origin of the manufacturer and defined the relationships between the corporate officials and the Russian government. "In the briefings that we put together when we were working with the DOJ, we distilled our holistic lens of supply chain risk management really into three buckets," he states. "The first bucket, which is maybe the easiest to understand, was just the technical specifications of the product. If you can kick something out of the system just for being a leaky, buggy, bad product, then you don't even have to start talking about some of the country-of-origin issues. And we felt we were on really solid footing in terms of Kaspersky Labs, showing how the data that was collected on the network systems was being transmitted back to Russia. With the technical specifications, we could say, 'I don't care what the name of this product is; this is not a good product.' And we think just on that ground alone, we made a compelling case."
Kroese continues, "Bucket two is the country of origin for the manufacturer. It is not naming a list. It's not 'these are the good countries; these are the bad countries.' It is setting criteria about the rule of law, due process and independent judiciary or lack thereof in a country, and laying out a framework, saying that if the manufacturer exists in a country that has processes and schema that look like this, it gives us pause for concern. And then the third bucket was the relational piece, of what is the relationship between the leaders at that organization, that manufacturer, and high-ranking government officials in that country. So, we laid out what we thought was an inappropriately cozy relationship between some of the KL [Kaspersky Laboratories] leadership and the Russian intelligence apparatus."
Most importantly, he notes, is that framework held up in court, litigated all the way up to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known as the D.C. Court of Appeals, which made a unanimous three to zero decision in favor of the U.S. government.
"We went through this in a really systematic way and laid out these three buckets, which in our opinion was highly defensible, and ultimately the courts agreed with us, and that was really a lasting impact," Kroese shares. "Obviously there is a security and resiliency benefit for our federal enterprise of not having those risky products on our systems, but the lasting impact from having that framework is something that has really set us up for a lot of the collaborative activity we are working on now."
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official also cites a certain guiding impact of DHS' actions on the industry. "There are a lot of things the private sector does really well," he stated. "There are a few things that the government and only the government can do, and we need to lean in and embrace our role there. CISA likes to describe ourselves as the nation's cyber risk advisor, but we don't have regulatory authority, so we can't require certain activity. But central to that effort is that sometimes you can be the North Star. You can put something up that the industry can follow. I think it's telling that after the Kaspersky Labs binding operational directive, a whole host of big box retailers, Best Buy and others, stopped selling KL products. They did that because a very defensible case was publicly presented, advising the nation of why it's probably a good idea from our risk management perspective to not have this on your system."
For CISA, those are the two lasting benefits—the intellectual rigor of the framework and recognizing that the government can be a guiding entity.. "We can call out bad things, and people will pay attention," Kroese states.
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Sound Start Early Childhood Music has provided classes to more than 1000 Philadelphia families since our classes began in 2004.
Some of our teachers have been teaching for us since the program began. Ownership has changed, however. Our classes were originally called "Little People's Music". The program was purchased by "The Music Class" in 2007. On June 1, 2017 our long-time manager, Rachel Hoffman, became the owner of the program and the name changed to "Sound Start Early Childhood Music."
Since the beginning, our program has been very intentional about the content of our classes. Our goal is to help parents enhance their child's music development during the critical first years of life. We have found The Music Class's award-winning, research based curriculum to be the most diverse, developmentally stimulating, and enjoyable curriculum available. We think you will agree!
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With the highly-anticipated return of festival juggernaut A State Of Trance in Sydney and Melbourne's massive Istoria event this weekend, the current state of Trance music has also rounded up some talk, thanks to headliner Armin van Buuren. In a new interview with Trance Project, the legend gave his thoughts on today's scene and says "it is in a good place right now."
Naming key players in the today's scene such as Andrew Rayel, John Askew and the VII crew, the King of Trance also gave kudos to Aussie legend MaRLo, Trance hero Exis and FSOE hotshot Hazem Beltagui. Assuring that Trance is in a good place, Armin van Buuren also talked the importance of today's sub-genre's, and how each style has made Trance music more stronger than ever before. Check out his full response below and share your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.
Is Trance music in a good place right now? Armin van Buuren on the current state of Trance music:
I think it is. Our list of numbers have doubled if you see the YouTube views that we have every week on a single episode of A State Of Trance, and you can see there's still a massive following. Almost every week we have a new artist coming up. Next week, Hazem Beltagui will release an incredible album called 'Vivid' on Future Sound Of Egypt, and he is just one of the few really positive signs of Trance music right now.
Moving forward as well, I think Trance music is reinventing itself with guys like MaRLo who bring a different sound to things, and guys like Orjan Nilsen, Andrew Rayel and also Exis. There's many examples to mention, and then there's a couple of guys who still hold onto the older Trance sound which is absolutely fine, but that caters to that more classic, maybe older Trance crowd, but there's also a really young crowd, which is what we saw in Utrecht.
Right now, when I do a radio show, I get to only play 30 tracks every week, and I always have 60 tracks I want to play, so there's still so much music out there. I remember when starting A State Of Trance, I had a hard time just finding 18 tracks, which was the average number of tracks I use to play in the beginning of my radio show, and it was really hard to find 18 good new tracks each week. Now there's just so much new music, and its really an uncomfortable position sometimes, because I know when I play a track on my radio show, it automatically generates attention to that specific artist, so I really don't want to let anybody down, especially the younger generation because I feel like they need the support, so it's a big responsibility.
I think Trance is in at a wonderful position, because there use to just be one sound, which was Trance, and right now, if you closely look at what's happening within Trance, there's all these little islands forming. Hate them or love them, it is fact of the matter. You have the FSOE crew, the Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz sound, then there's Dash Berlin who went a little more commercial and more EDM-ish, and Andrew Rayel's sound and the whole lot. Then you have Simon Patterson and the whole VII crew by John Askew, and there's many of those little islands, and so there's a Trance sound for almost everybody. Even if you are just remotely interested into the genre, there is a Trance sound for you. With A State Of Trance, I want to be the home for all these sounds, and I think all artists should be part of the show. If you listen to A State Of Trance, I want to guarantee you that 70% – 80% of tracks that matter in Trance, you will hear! I mean, I'm not perfect, of course I miss out sometimes on a few tracks, but you'll hear most of the music that matters.
Whether its EDM-ish kind of Trance, Uplifting Trance or Psy-Trance, I want to be the home for all those types of Trance, and I think that's what makes Trance music so strong at the moment.
When we did the event in Utrecht we had sold 32,000 tickets with five rooms that played completely different music. I went to all the rooms, I saw the Psy room just packed, the Psy-Trance guys just rocked it. Then we had the Who's Afraid Of 138?! room which was completely packed and there was a really uplifting atmosphere going on, with guys like Jorn van Deynhoven who were really rocking it with classic uplifting sounds, it was beautiful. We had the progressive room with guys like John OO Fleming and Airwave, and I was really surprised, because that was kind of a new thing that we did, and there were a lot of young people there who were really into the more Eric Prydz kind of sound, so that was really going off as well.
To make a long story short, Trance really is in a good place right now.
Trance fans can catch Armin van Buuren at Festival Hall in Melbourne for Istoria this Friday and ASOT 850 at Sydney Showground this Saturday.


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- "'Twas alot of fightin' afore the Armistice got signed. It's pretty quiet now. Maybe too quiet. Like a calm afore a storm."
- ―A Dunmer sergeant[src]
The Armistice was a treaty signed between the Third Empire and Morrowind, resulting in Morrowind becoming a province of the Empire. Originally, the Dunmer had refused to join the Empire, but after a short military invasion, the treaty was hastily signed,[1] with Vivec personally having negotiated with Tiber Septim for the terms.[2] During the Fourth Era, the Armistice was considered "old", and its terms were believed to no longer be applied.[3][4]
- Imperial Law and Great House Law coexist in the province.[5][6]
- On occassion where Imperial and Great House Law conflict, the Armistice regulated the outcome, in favor of the Dunmer Great House government.[5]
- Morrowind had the permission to define its own laws and customs.[7]
- Slavery, while outlawed in the rest of the Empire, was legal and protected by local custom, the Great Houses, and thus, the Armistice.[8][9]
- There would be a policy of noninterfention with the Tribunal Temple of Morrowind, including the validation of their religious beliefs.[10]
- The Ordinators had the permission to persecute both heretics and Dissident Priests.[11]
- Vvardenfell would remain a Temple district, until the King of Morrowind revoked the term.[12]
- Within Morrowind, necromancy was outlawed, and practicing it was punishable by death.[13]
- A central authority would be formed in Morrowind, in the form of a monarch. The first monarch would be Barenziah and her consort, Symmachus.[14]
- ↑ Biography of Barenziah, v 1
- ↑ On Morrowind
- ↑ Decree of Monument
- ↑ Loading screen in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "law in Morrowind" dialogue topic in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- ↑ Provinces of Tamriel
- ↑ "slavery" dialogue topic in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- ↑ Brown Book of 3E 426
- ↑ Dialogue with Huleeya
- ↑ The Arcturian Heresy
- ↑ "Morrowind lore" dialogue topic in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- ↑ A Short History of Morrowind
- ↑ "necromancy" dialogue topic in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- ↑ Pocket Guide to the Empire, Third Edition: Morrowind
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OS-WINDOWS -- Snort has detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in a Windows-based operating system. This does not include browser traffic or other software on the OS, but attacks against the OS itself. (such as?)
OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows Win32k driver DestroyThreadsTimers use after free attempt
This event is generated when there is an attempt to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows due to a vulnerability in DestroyThreadsTimers. Impact: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:
No public information
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Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org
CVE-2020-0720An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0691, CVE-2020-0719, CVE-2020-0721, CVE-2020-0722, CVE-2020-0723, CVE-2020-0724, CVE-2020-0725, CVE-2020-0726, CVE-2020-0731.


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The Watershed is a place where faith creates family. Our mission is to love God and people by being disciples who make disciples through small, home-based missional communities that, as a collective of communities, seeks to train people to join God on His mission in the way He has called and gifted them. We aim […]What is the Watershed Collective? — Watershed Collective


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Moving to Jaipur and rediscovering herself
Boutique hospitality consultant Insia Lacewalla, who called the fabulous city her home for several years speaks about her favourite spots in the city, the danger of digital validation and the importance of speaking about mental health
Big city girl Insia Lacewalla is the former business head and currently a consultant at Honawar Hospitality, curating the hospitality experience at 28 Kothi.
Born in a Bohra family in Mumbai, she grew up in the city and Pune. "I was a loner in my childhood. The people who've known me in my adult life don't believe it. But I didn't have many friends in school and as I graduated to college, I flipped over to the rebellious side: the conservative rebel," she says, and one who was prolific in meting out the silent treatment!
In Mumbai, she had launched the Small Fry Co. to curate F&B events giving the homegrown industry a platform. "The idea was to have a space where people could access slow food brands, while simultaneously startups could showcase their products in a new market." After three years, averaging 26 events per year, she realised that Mumbai was saturated, and the work was taking a toll on her physically as well as mentally. "I was either exhausted, stressed or anxious and it began to take a toll on my mental health."
Then, Jaipur happened. She recently moved on from the city, and is currently an independent boutique hospitality consultant working on various exciting projects. She speaks about what she loved in Jaipur, slow living and the art of celebrating yourself.
What does slow living mean to you?
I moved to Jaipur at a point in my life where I was seeking a slower pace of living, having time to do more than just work or commute to work. The pace of Jaipur gave me the liberty to do more than just work. I always practiced yoga, but recently I started meditating too. I learnt how to heal the body through the mind, which I feel deeply connected to. I am constantly learning about the slow living movement and evolving with it.
I've been working in the F&B industry for over seven years. From being someone who eats everything, I have over time concentrated on eating and living mindfully. I am a non-fussy eater, so I am always open to trying new things. Nowadays, I tend to lean towards preservative free, local and seasonal foods.
I love Indian regional cuisine; it is a great way to be connected to your roots. I don't enjoy packaged and processed food.
I also avoid chemical and SLS laden products for my body. For the past couple of years, living in Jaipur, the textile hub of the country, I had access to sustainable and organic clothing, a concept which I'm still understanding.
What made you move to Jaipur?
I was looking for a route out, when I was approached by Honawar Hospitality. Abhishek Honawar, its founder, was building a boutique hotel in Jaipur and was looking for someone to set it up and run it. We knew each other socially and after a few rounds of discussions, I packed up and moved to Jaipur – within a month! It was an impulsive decision too. I didn't think about anyone or anything when I decided to wrap up my business and move. My partner at Small Fry Co. – Paresh Chhabria was extremely supportive of my decision. I moved to Jaipur with no expectations at all. It was the best decision I ever made!
Jaipur is the perfect place for maintaining a work-life balance, especially when that is what you are seeking. For those who want to make the move to Jaipur, I recommend that you be at a place in your life where you are okay to be on your own, self-introspect and have a solid work life.
What were the biggest adjustments you had to make?
Jaipur is a progressive city, but it is also culturally deep rooted with the customs and traditions that have passed down over generations. As compared to Mumbai, which is a cosmopolitan city, Jaipur is more conservative. It wasn't easy being a woman in the Rajasthan travel and hospitality industry. I did miss the urban culture of Mumbai, exploring theatre, gigs, art shows and the underground scene which, I was strongly connected to.
How was your experience as a single woman in Jaipur?
Jaipur is a big tourist destination with hotels or havelis which were ancestral homes that have been converted to hotels and are run in a patriarchal structure. It was difficult to break into this tight-knit network. Hiring was a big challenge. Also, men are not used to reporting to a woman. However, I was fortunate enough to find people who respected me for my work and did not judge me based on my gender. I am a strong advocator of women empowerment, so I hired many women and hosted talks and discussions on women empowerment.
I was fortunate to meet people who were like-minded, strong and independent entrepreneurs.
The social circle in Jaipur is very close knit. Most people knew each other from school.
I saw people struggle to fit in. On the other hand, I was lucky to meet people I could relate to and vice-versa, irrespective of my background.
What is the best way to discover Jaipur's heart and soul?
The best way to discover any city is via the eyes of a local, especially a city like Jaipur, which is a tourist hub and has so many cultural layers and nuances. There are some beautiful local spots that you can discover and a meal in someone's home should not be missed. I loved the large roads, the open parks, the pace of work and the hospitality.
Which are your favourite:
- Cafe Kothi for clean and fresh eating
- Spice Court for local food
- Peacock for a good, reasonable Indian meal
- Tapri for the perfect cup of tea and evening snacks (the rooftop has a great view)
- Steam at Taj Rambagh Palace for drinks
Fashion boutiques :
- Suvasa for cottons
- Concept Store for elegant minimalistic jewellery
- Teatro Dhora for an interesting mix of designer wear and products
- Andraab for pashminas
- Studio Kassa for leather products
- Rishi Shoes for juttis
- Saurashtra Impex for fabric
Craft Boat (The founder Priti is doing some exceptional work especially with cotton paper)
Hangouts: Jawahar Kala Kendra and Central Park
Markets: Lal Kothi market and the old city flower market
Cloth markets: Sikar House, Saraogi Mansion, Tripolia Bazaar
Salons and yoga studios: Tangerine Salon and Swati' Saharan's yoga lessons
Bookshops: The 28 Kothi library 🙂
The 5 most important things in life we need to pay more attention to:
- Breathing
- Taking care of your mind and your body
- Being mindful of what you eat
- Being compassionate about people around you
- Just sitting and doing nothing – no phone, no computer, nobody. (I spend 10 minutes every day just sitting in the lawn, doing nothing)
How consumed are you by technology? How do you switch off?
I thoroughly enjoy technology. I love playing with gadgets and figuring them out. I am usually the person my friends and colleagues come to for troubleshooting. I spend a large amount of time crunching numbers and building systems and processes on my laptop. As for social media, I only use Instagram and there are days where I don't access it at all. My phone goes off on DND every evening at 11pm until 7.30am the next morning. I stop looking at my phone an hour before I sleep. However, that last hour is spent on my kindle 🙂
How do you rejuvenate and take care of yourself? Do share self-care rituals.
I have recently become mindful about my skin after a bout of seborrheic dermatitis. I had never experienced skin problems before, but the harsh winter and extensive traveling took a toll on my skin and I realised how important is it to care for it. I keep my face clean by washing it twice a day with a mild medicated foam wash, followed by the Kiehl's Ultra Facial moisturiser.
For my hair, I use a mild medicated shampoo called Sebowash, followed by the Kiehl's colour protect conditioner.
For my body, I use the Ma Earth Botanicals body cleanser. In the winter, the Pahadi Local Gutti Ka Tel is a life saviour.
There is nothing as fabulous as water when it comes to your skin. Just drink gallons of it! I used to colour my hair extensively, though I consciously stopped last year. I make my own lip balm for the harsh North Indian weather.
I've also learnt that you can heal yourself by focussing all your energy towards what you want. I chant for what I want, and that is a refreshing experience.
We're a generation of privileged, urban nomads, who've managed to experience much more than any previous generation has. Yet we are unhappy, disillusioned, uprooted, for most. Where lies the balance?
I feel a lot of who we are is who we allow ourselves to be. We've stopped thinking about what we like and are focussed on what we should like. It's important to spend a healthy amount of time on your own to know yourself, doing things that give you happiness and make you feel proud of who you are.
The constant validation that we seek from social media, our peers, friends and family confuses us, it uproots.
It's important to believe that you are dearly loved. Not by how many, but how much. I went through a year of depression in my early twenties. It was a time where no one was talking about mental health.
I was fortunate to get myself out of it. Today, I come across so many people who are struggling with the same issue and it is a big deal!
We need to talk about it and help anyone we know who is going through anxiety, stress or depression.
As a strong, beautiful and independent woman, how do you celebrate yourself every day?
I believe that every day brings opportunities. It is solely our choice to stand up and grab them.
To love yourself is to celebrate yourself, just the way you are.


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Kausar knew that something wasn't right with her two-year-old son Daniyal, but initially she reassured herself that there was a lot going on. The family had recently moved house and, even more significantly, Daniyal had just become a big brother to twin girls, Isla and Kinza.
It was a very stressful time for the family. "When the twins were born, Daniyal saw we'd wake up in the night to feed them and he'd wake up too," says Kausar. "He'd scream for an hour - we worried the neighbours would complain. We noticed he didn't like noise, he didn't maintain eye contact, he wouldn't smile. His speech regressed too."
Kausar urgently needed help, but leaving the house was a big challenge. Daniyal wasn't yet walking - "I felt like I had triplets," says Kausar.
Kausar contacted Action for Children to ask for support. Recognising how hard it would be for Kausar and her three children to come to us, we arranged to visit her at home.
As well as looking at ways to support Daniyal, we encouraged Kausar to come along to Stay and Play sessions at our children's centre. We knew that she found getting out with the children difficult, so we made a plan: Kausar would call us as she left the house and we would meet her in the car park and help her get the children out of the car and into the centre.
Our early intervention helped lead to Daniyal being diagnosed with autism and selective mutism.
Kausar describes herself as a 'mum taxi', driving her children from nursery to sports groups to the Action for Children sessions, making sure they benefit from the same social interactions and life experiences as any other pre-schooler. And she may soon have another activity to squeeze into the diary: Daniyal loved taking part in a ballet class recently, so Kausar is hoping to make it a regular event. She hopes that all these activities will ease Daniyal's transition into primary school in September.
Action for Children's support has meant a lot to Kausar and her family.
Find out why our short breaks services are vital for children with autism and other complex needsOur work with children with autism
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People may say I'm a freak when speaking about animal, animal abuse, animal charity or others. But when finally realize how's the feel when you surrounded by animals, you may not call me an insane anymore A couple months ago, I found some link, contained an information about a documentary movie (still about animal). They… Continue reading Movie Review : Blackfish
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Happy 1st year birthday my baby, my Bila Today was your first birthday. I sent my prayer to God, that you'll be a good kid, sholehah, filial to your parents, grown up as a good lady, be a wise woman, a smart-future-woman and always protected by God from whom who have a bad motive to… Continue reading Happy Birthday my Princess, Nabila
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Award Data
The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY19 is not expected to be complete until June, 2020.
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The use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect contaminants such as solvents, fuels, and pesticides in soil and water samples is now well established. Although ELISA and related methods can facilitate analysis of samples, several washing and separation steps are involved that require 30 to 120 minutes per sample to reach equilibrium. Recently, near infrared fluorescence immunoassa ...SBIR Phase I 1997 Environmental Protection Agency
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A number of industrial processes generate wastewater with mercury contamination. Existing cleanup processes have difficulties in achieving low mercury discharge limits, especially in the presence of competing metal ions already below their discharge limits. Commercial ion exchange media are not selective for mercury, so other metal ions compete with mercury for binding sites. Consequently, excess ...SBIR Phase I 1997 Environmental Protection Agency
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The contractor proposes a new approach to underwater imaging that directly converts a two-dimmensional acoustic pressure wave into an electronic requirements fo convential piezo-element arrays. The imager relies on the piezo-birefringent properties of a nematic liquid crystal panel that serves as both sensor and display. The capability of nematic liquid crystals has been established and publishe ...SBIR Phase I 1997 Department of DefenseOffice of the Secretary of Defense
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The updated standard has established tables with energy use intensity [EUI] targets for 48 nonresidential building types and 5 residential types across 17 climate zones. How were the EUI targets developed? We got some help from the DOE and the EIA (Energy Information Administration) by using data from the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) and Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped produce the EUI tables. Essentially, the top quartile of scores from the survey were used to set the EUI targets. ENERGY STAR ratings have a similar scope; the difference is that those are converted to a scale of 0 to 100. The updated standard sets specific EUIs, which are total energy in BTUs consumed per square foot. What other key changes are there in the revamped standard? For buildings larger than 5,000 square feet, it requires a qualified person to be designated as the energy manager who is responsible for energy use in the building. That person must develop and maintain an energy management plan. The plan covers energy accounting, which includes annual updates of energy use and audit reports. It outlines ongoing commissioning efforts and documents the number of occupants and weekly operating hours. It also explains how the benefits of efficiency are communicated to occupants and contains an operations and maintenance program. The standard identifies an extensive list of potential energy efficiency measures that building owners can use to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings based upon ROI or lifecycle cost. As the standard moved forward through the public review process, were there changes or additions made? To keep it simple, the committee initially restricted the standard to building site energy use that could easily be established from utility bills and compared against the target numbers, recognizing that the CBECS and RECS data is site based. 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In the ten years since the Esbjörn Svensson Trio came to a tragic end, a handful of piano trios have shown a trace of promise in becoming successors to the eclectic pianist's group.
The extended vamps, Svensson's tumbling, blues-cum-classically-tinged improvisations, Berglund's electric bowingas bold and beautiful as 's feedbackpropelled by Öström's industry, provide thrilling antidotes to the trio's more carefully orchestrated, tunes-based repertoire.
There are more subtle atmospherics at play as well, like the electronic soundscaping that accompanies an Öström's drum feature and his use of skin on skins, or Svensson's manipulation of the piano innards that conjures zither-like textures.
However, each and every one of the seven tracks on offer here is a spur-of-the-moment improvised piece. First, is it the most daring or original record the band have produced? Both tracks share a slow pace, a brooding atmosphere, and a structure that constantly builds tension without ever releasing it.
The three of them entered the studio without any proper plans – with the intention to just play – so one gets little sense that this is Leucocyte Part II. On the electronic front, both tracks see Svensson's piano subjected to a fair amount of reverb while being underpinned by a single droning sound that offers the piece a tonal centre as a mournful counterpart to Dan Berglund's sturdy bass.
To his credit, Esbjörn Svensson managed to make jazz music that was as accessible as it was challenging, and he neither sold his soul to "smooth jazz" nor fossilised himself under the weight of jazz fusion. Third, does it give anybody listening to the band for the first time a "way in" to listening to them? No, what 301 really offers us is an enrichment and a refinement of the group's existing sound so, in a rather nerdy way, we can compare it with the rest of the e.s.t. Take, for instance, what 301 tells us about the evolution of e.s.t.'s embrace of electronica – and, by extension, what the gizmos of the 21st century bring to the atmosphere of piano jazz.


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78 year old Evelyn Ilene Singer of Albion, peacefully passed away from this life early Thursday morning, May 14, 2020 at her residence. She was born on February 26, 1942 in Edwards County to Mervin and Kathryn (Cox) Rigg. Evelyn married Porter G. Singer Sr. on November 15, 2000 in Albion and he survives. Evelyn had worked for Lovins Pharmacy in Albion for 38 years and then after her retirement, she worked for her nephew's business, Rigg Pharmacy, before fully retiring to spend more time enjoying her precious grandchildren and great grandchildren, shopping for antiques, sewing, and working in her flower beds. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Albion.
Left to cherish many wonderful memories are her husband, Porter, two daughters, Tammy (Jack) Colbert and Melanie Wirth both of Albion; three step daughters, Janet (Michael) Dagley of Mobile, Alabama, Elizabeth (Dennis) Wyatt of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Sandy Singer of St. Louis, Missouri; three step sons, Porter G. Singer Jr. of Owensville, Indiana, Mike Hayes and Tony (Lannie) Hayes both of Albion; one brother, Donald (Jean) Rigg of Albion; sister-in-laws, Eva (Michael) Singer Kelly of Deltona, Florida and Claudia (Max) Singer Lawrence of Deming, New Mexico; three grandchildren, Tessa (Eric) Shaw, Luke (Teresa) Colbert, and Michael (Becky) Hungate; fourteen step grandchildren, four great grandchildren, five step great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews, and step nieces. Preceding Evelyn in death were her parents, two sisters, Janice Parker and Dianie Richards and previous husband, James Hayes.
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Last week, the "Chiefs for Change" education advocacy coalition released their roadmap for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as No Child Left Behind. In their proposal, the chiefs advocate for student-centered reforms that they claim are necessary changes to the heavily debated law.
Formed as coalition of well-known school and state education leaders, including Indiana's State Superintendent, Tony Bennett, and Rhode Island's Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Deborah A. Gist, the education chiefs focus primarily on positive achievements and empowering teachers and schools through reforms.
Their guiding principles led to the release of the "roadmap". Similar to the Obama administration's blueprint, the document is a guide to steering the inevitable summer debate over No Child Left Behind to a conversation about low cost, high impact reforms.
Among the recommendations, the chiefs advocate for incentivizing academic standards, increasing transparency, and encouraging and rewarding the recruitment of excellent teachers.
In respect to teachers, the coalition recommends several initiatives, including expanding performance pay and abolishing seniority-based layoff policy otherwise known as "last in, first out". "The highly effective teachers and leaders must be recruited, recognized, rewarded and supported based on their performance rather than certification or credentials," the report asserts. "Effective teachers who increase student achievement should receive additional compensation through higher salaries, bonuses or both."
In regard to professional development, the group calls for increased flexibility insisting, "Highly effective teachers should be able to choose their own professional development opportunities that will improve and enhance their skills."
The report ultimately calls on Congress to encourage and incentivize states and on districts to reform their educator hiring, firing, and compensation systems nationwide.
Although some predict that the overhaul of No Child Left Behind will not be finished by this summer, the recommendations by the "Chiefs for Change" are sure to hold weight with Congressional insiders.
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At the end of 1996, Central CMI came up with the idea of developing a database application for the data sources the department distributed. At the time, the customers of Central CMI received most data via hard copy and some data via e-mail. The department recognized that both methods had several shortcomings. Delivering in hard copy implied delays because one would have to wait until the full report, usually referred to as a "book," was printed. Producing and printing these "books" was a time-consuming and costly process because of their size and number. Further delays were introduced by the delivery method of hard copy, particularly when destinations such as Sao Paulo or Singapore were involved. It was also very difficult, if not impossible, to make the necessary adaptations once the "books" were printed. E-mail often caused attachments to arrive in mutilated form because of the usually complex graphics included. Also, the department often ran into problems because of the size of the attachment. E-mail also involves risks of security. Reasons such as these induced the department to develop a system to handle these problems.
Early in 1998 the Comate system that resulted from this idea was put into operation. Comate was built on IBM's Lotus Notes functionality and was offered to users on TopTech's intranet via the Domino system. Comate consisted of the following five applications:
Market Data: offers processed data and analyses in the form of presentations concerning markets, market shares of competitors, distribution, price movements, market predictions, and socio-economical and technological trends;
Research Projects: contains the results of research projects completed by internal and external investigators;
Project Informer: contains information about planned, current and completed research projects run by Central CMI;
Let's Japan: provides a monitor of technological developments in Japan and follows the main competitors and their investments in consumer electronics, research and product development in that country;
CMI Contacts: contains organizational charts of the TCE organization, and a knowledge map of the connections of Central CMI inside and outside the TopTech organization.
Access to Comate has to be authorized by Central CMI. The home page of the system, which is accessible to all TopTech employees, offers a registration form to request permission to use the system. At the time the project team led by Johan van Breeveldt started its work in the spring of 1999, some 250 people all over the world were granted this permission. The first two applications mentioned, Market Data and Research Projects, were the most popular in Comate. To illustrate the functionality of Comate some examples from Market Data will be presented. The application can be regarded as a collection of search tools on top of a large set of documents, with some additional functionality loosely linked to search actions. Search actions for documents or their authors usually start by selecting one of the categories "Product," "Region," "Contact," and "Publications," with an additional entry "New Publications." Clicking, for instance, the option to search for documents related to specific products offers a taxonomy of products at several hierarchical layers, based on the standard classification of TopTech with which all employees – in varying degrees of detail – are familiar. New layers will appear when users zoom in on a specific class of products (or if they choose at any point in the hierarchy to "expand all"). Documents are typically connected to the base categories of the taxonomy. Apart from the hierarchical menu system organized around products, regions, etc., some additional search functions are offered. Most of the additional functionality in Comate is introduced for the purpose of stimulating communication among Comate users. For all documents, additional meta-information is stored, including the names of the authors. A typical example is the response button that is connected to every document. Clicking this button will open a new window allowing the user to send remarks or questions to the authors in question. When the user files his or her comments, an e-mail message is sent to the authors to notify them. To read these comments, they have to log in to Comate and navigate to the document to which the comments apply. These comments and reactions are accessible to all users of the system, allowing them to contribute to the discussion.
With regard to this case study, it is important to note that the Comate system was developed on a top-down basis. Central CMI, and particularly Hans Broekmans who considered the project "his offspring," pulled all the strings in the project. Its customers, the intended intermediate and end-users of CMI sources, were hardly involved in its development and implementation. Also, when the system needed to be expanded or adapted, no customers were involved. No systematic consultations with people outside Central CMI's development staff ever occurred. This may appear as more surprising than it actually is; the system was conceived primarily as an extension of the work of Central CMI, and not as an aid to make life easier for the customers of Central CMI. It was intended to help streamline existing procedures and speed up current routines in the work of that department. The rationale was that if requests for information could be processed faster and at less cost through Comate, this would be to the benefit of all parties involved.


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The Premium Plus medical package for the winner also has an outpatient cover worth Rwf 7 million, besides a dental and optical cover.
According to the Managing Director of Resolution Health East Africa, Peter Nduati, Alpha will access these services despite the insurer having no local service provider.
"We currently do not have any appointed Medical Service Providers in Rwanda but we are in the process of doing this. As a special concession for Alpha and to ensure he receives his prize benefits of the medical insurance and access that would be convenient for him, we shall allow him to access the services to our current network as well as the King Faisal Hospital in Kigali.
" Resolution Health has a strong network of hospitals, clinics and doctors with over 250 medical service providers located in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Southern Sudan whom members access health services. We then settle the bills directly with the health providers," Nduati is quoted as saying in a statement released Friday.
He also reaffirmed the commitment of his company to partner with Tusker Project Fame beyond the first three years of East Africa's most popular music realty television show.
Alpha yesterday graced a 'meet and greet' event at Nakumatt City Centre where he signed autographs for his fans.
East African Breweries, who own the Tusker Brand invested over Kshs200 million in this year's music competition which is aimed at seeking and developing music talent in the region.


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cause its the epic wrote by Homer- the greast Greek poet.
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Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles GleyreThe Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια (Odússeia) ) is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) and his long journey home to Ithaca, following the fall of Troy.
It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten year Trojan War.[1] Due to his twenty-year absence, most people assume Odysseus is dead. His son Telemachus and his wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors who have moved into Odysseus's home, greedily consuming his goods, insulting him and his son, and competing for Penelope's hand in marriage.
The poem is fundamental to the Western canon and continues to be read in Homeric Greek and translations into modern languages around the world. The original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos perhaps a rhapsode. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its strikingly modern non-linear plot, and the fact that events are shown to depend as much on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.Source(s): wikipedia
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Posted by panch from ? (184.108.40.206) on Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 3:09PM :
Almost every respected and noted scholar in the field admits that it was the Christians who were killing each other...as they were in Europe. The Muslims brought stability to Spain where the Visigoths were killing each other and everyone else. Under the Khaliphs the quality of life for Jews immediately improved, and vastly so. In time the Muslims were able to tame the Christians who were still killing each other over whether or not Jesus was one in two, or three out of four, a six-pack, or all sixteen together, except on Sundays when you could kill anyone after three in the afternoon.
Same in Iraq...where the Muslims found various Christian sects killing each other and vying for more and more wealth in the form of monastary lands they hoped to remove from the tax roles. These warring Christians had been kicked out of Byzantium and brought their murders and their nonsensical trivia for which they would nonetheless kill each other's children, down to our poor Homelands. THANK GOD the Muslims came and separated them and maintained peace and built one of the world's greatest civilizations...I don't care who they had the good sense to borrow what from...as England and America and the Church owe so much to the Romans.
Islam was a force for peace in that region...a region that saw Bosnian and Hungarian peasants stealing out at night to take their families to Istanbul where they knew they would not be harrassed for whatever niche belief they held...and where taxes were nowhere near as onerous as they were in fuedal Christian Europe.
This is patent nonsense you all have taken from your priests as any number of mad Mullahs "teach" their own version of history. Nothing worse than reading one book...or ten Christian ones.
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Diabetes audit states 'suboptimal' care for DKA
Hospital treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is "suboptimal", according to audit findings which have just been published.
The National Audit of DKA Management, which has been published in the Diabetic Medicine journal, showed that 7.8 per cent of all reported DKA cases occurred in existing inpatients and only 6.1 per cent of admissions with DKA were due to newly diagnosed people with diabetes.
The survey also found that 33.7 per cent of people had experienced at least one DKA episode in the preceding year.
The aim of the audit, which was carried out in the latter half of in 2014, was to assess how DKA is managed in the UK and how the outcomes of people with the complication are mapped against accepted national guidance.
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It was organised and led by Dr Ketan Dhatariya, a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Dhatariya concluded: "Despite widespread adoption of national guidance, several areas of management of DKA are suboptimal, being associated with avoidable biochemical and clinical risk."
The audit was made up of two parts. The first part was a five page form which was designed to look at the care processes of people admitted with DKA between 1 May 2014 and 30 November 2014.
Initial nurse-led observations were carried out well, but subsequent patient monitoring remained suboptimal
The second part was a one page 'institutional' form, which looked at what resources were available to the teams. The forms were sent to 212 UK hospitals. A total of 72 hospitals filled out the individual forms based on 283 people, and 67 returned the institutional forms.
All hospitals had an up-to-date ketoacidosis treatment pathway, with just under 80 per cent using the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) guideline and 62.5 per cent of teams also had an integrated care pathway.
However, the report said "further work needs to be done to see if there are differences in outcomes among diabetes specialist teams who use an integrated care pathway, compared with those who do not".
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Diabetes UK and other diabetes organisations have previously suggested that an appropriate level of diabetes inpatient specialist nurse staffing should be one nurse per 300 beds.
However, only 49.3 per cent of teams had a diabetes inpatient specialist nurse staffing at this level. Of the remainder, mean staffing levels were 0.62 nurses per 300 beds.
Despite evidence showing that input from the diabetes specialist teams is associated with a shorter length of hospital stay, only 65.7 per cent reported that people admitted with ketoacidosis had access to a member of the team within 24 hours of admission.
The audit results also showed that the average time a patient resolution took was 18.7 hours and the median length of hospital stay was 2.6 days.
Significant adverse biochemical outcomes occurred, with 27.6 per cent of people developing hypoglycaemia and 55 per cent reported as having hypokalaemia.
Dr Dhatariya said: "Initial nurse-led observations were carried out well, but subsequent patient monitoring remained suboptimal.
"Most patients were not seen by a member of the diabetes specialist team during the first six hours, but 95 per cent were seen before discharge. A significant minority of discharge letters to primary care did not contain necessary information."