text: ICN Traceroute Protocol Specification University of Notre Dame South Bend IN US firstname.lastname@example.com Network Systems Research and Design Cambridge MA US firstname.lastname@example.com Apple Inc Cupertino CA US email@example.com Unaffiliated Belmont MA US firstname.lastname@example.com Unaffiliated Hopkinton MA US email@example.com IRTF ICNRG ICN Network Management This document presents the design of an ICN Traceroute protocol. This includes the operation of both the client and the forwarder. This document is a product of the Information-Centric Networking Research Group (ICNRG) of the IRTF. Introduction In TCP/IP, routing and forwarding are based on IP addresses. To ascertain the route to an IP address and to measure the transit delays, the traceroute utility is commonly used. In ICN, routing and forwarding are based on name prefixes. To this end, the problem of ascertaining the characteristics (i.e., transit forwarders and delays) of at least one of the available routes to a name prefix is a fundamendal requirement for instrumentation and network management. In order to carry out meaningful experimentation and deployment of ICN protocols, tools to manage and debug the operation of ICN architectures and protocols are needed analogous to ping and traceroute used for TCP/IP. This document describes the design of a management and debugging protocol analogous to the traceroute protocol of TCP/IP, which will aid the experimental deployment of ICN protocols. As the community continues its experimentation with ICN architectures and protocols, the design of ICN Traceroute might change accordingly. ICN Traceroute is designed as a tool to troubleshoot ICN architectures and protocols. As such, this document is classified as an experimental RFC. This specification uses the terminology defined in . This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for examination, experimental implementation, and evaluation. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This document is a product of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-related research and development activities. These results might not be suitable for deployment. This RFC represents the consensus of the Information-Centric Networking Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Documents approved for publication by the IRSG are not candidates for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841. Requirements Language The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. Background on IP-Based Traceroute Operation In IP-based networks, traceroute is based on the expiration of the Time To Live (TTL) IP header field. Specifically, a traceroute client sends consecutive packets (depending on the implementation and the user-specified behavior such packets can be either UDP datagrams, ICMP Echo Request or TCP SYN packets) with a TTL value increased by 1, essentially performing a expanding ring search. In this way, the first IP packet sent will expire at the first router along the path, the second IP packet at the second router along the path, etc, until the router (or host) with the specified destination IP address is reached. Each router along the path towards the destination, responds by sending back an ICMP Time Exceeded packet, unless explicitly prevented from doing so by a security policy. The IP-based traceroute utility operates on IP addresses, and in particular depends on the IP packets having source IP addresses that are used as the destination address for replies. Given that ICN forwards based on names rather than destination IP addresses, that the names do not refer to unique endpoints (multi-destination), and that the packets do not contain source addresses, a substantially different approach is needed. Traceroute Functionality Challenges and Opportunities in ICN In the NDN and CCN protocols, the communication paradigm is based exclusively on named objects. An Interest is forwarded across the network based on its name. Eventually, it retrieves a content object either from a producer application or some forwarder's Content Store (CS). An ICN network differs from an IP network in at least 4 important ways: IP identifies interfaces to an IP network with a fixed-length address, and delivers IP packets to one or more interfaces. ICN identifies units of data in the network with a variable length name consisting of a hierarchical list of segments. An IP-based network depends on the IP packets having source IP addresses that are used as the destination address for replies. On the other hand, ICN Interests do not have source addresses and they are forwarded based on names, which do not refer to a unique end-point. Data packets follow the reverse path of the Interests based on hop-by-hop state created during Interest forwarding. An IP network supports multi-path, single destination, stateless packet forwarding and delivery via unicast, a limited form of multi-destination selected delivery with anycast, and group-based multi-destination delivery via multicast. In contrast, ICN supports multi-path and multi-destination stateful Interest forwarding and multi-destination data delivery to units of named data. This single forwarding semantic subsumes the functions of unicast, anycast, and multicast. As a result, consecutive (or retransmitted) ICN Interest messages may be forwarded through an ICN network along different paths, and may be forwarded to different data sources (e.g., end-node applications, in-network storage) holding a copy of the requested unit of data. The ability to discover multiple available (or potentially all) paths towards a name prefix is a desirable capability for an ICN traceroute protocol, since it can be beneficial for congestion control purposes. Knowing the number of available paths for a name can also be useful in cases that Interest forwarding based on application semantics/preferences is desirable. In the case of multiple Interests with the same name arriving at a forwarder, a number of Interests may be aggregated in a common Pending Interest Table (PIT) entry. Depending on the lifetime of a PIT entry, the round-trip time an Interest-Data exchange might significantly vary (e.g., it might be shorter than the full round-trip time to reach the original content producer). To this end, the round-trip time experienced by consumers might also vary even under constant network load. These differences introduce new challenges, new opportunities and new requirements in the design of ICN traceroute. Following this communication model, a traceroute client should be able to express traceroute requests directed to a name prefix and receive responses. Our goals are the following: Trace one or more paths towards an ICN forwarder (for troubleshooting purposes). Trace one or more paths along which an named data of an application can be reached in the sense that Interest packets can be forwarded toward it. Test whether a specific named object is cached in some on-path CS, and, if so, trace the path towards it and return the identity of the corresponding forwarder. Perform transit delay network measurements. To this end, a traceroute target name can represent: An administrative name that has been assigned to a forwarder. Assigning a name to a forwarder implies the presence of a management application running locally, which handles Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) operations. A name that includes an application's namespace as a prefix. A named object that might reside in some in-network storage. In order to provide stable and reliable diagnostics, it is desirable that the packet encoding of a traceroute request enable the forwarders to distinguish this request from a normal Interest, while also preserving forwarding behavior as similar as possible to that for an Interest packet. In the same way, the encoding of a traceroute reply should allow for processing as similar as possible to that of a data packet by the forwarders. The term "traceroute session" is used for an iterative process during which an endpoint client application generates a number of traceroute requests to successively traverse more distant hops in the path until it receives a final traceroute reply from a forwarder. It is desirable that ICN traceroute be able to discover a number of paths towards the expressed prefix within the same session or subsequent sessions. To discover all the hops in a path, we need a mechanism (Interest Steering) to steer requests along different paths. Such a capability was initially published in and has been specified for CCNx and NDN in . It is also important, in the case of traceroute requests for the same prefix from different sources, to have a mechanism to avoid aggregating those requests in the PIT. To this end, we need some encoding in the traceroute requests to make each request for a common prefix unique, and hence avoid PIT aggregation and further enabling the exact matching of a response with a particular traceroute packet. The packet types and format are presented in . The procedures, e.g. the procedures for determining and indicating that a destination has been reached, are specified in . ICN Traceroute CCNx Packet Format In this section, we present the CCNx packet format of ICN traceroute, where messages exist within outermost containments (packets). Specifically, we propose two types of traceroute packets, a traceroute request and a traceroute reply packet type. ICN Traceroute Request CCNx Packet Format The format of the traceroute request packet is presented below: Traceroute Request CCNx Packet Format The existing packet header fields have similar functionality to the header fields of a CCNx Interest packet. The value of the packet type field is TrRequest. See for the value assignment. Compared to the typical format of a CCNx packet header , there is a new optional fixed header added to the packet header: A Path Steering hop-by-hop header TLV, which is constructed hop-by-hop in the traceroute reply and included in the traceroute request to steer consecutive requests expressed by a client towards a common or different forwarding paths. The Path label TLV is specified in The message of a traceroute request is presented below: Traceroute Request Message Format The traceroute request message is of type Interest in order to leverage the Interest forwarding behavior provided by the network. The Name TLV has the structure described in . The name consists of the target (destination) prefix appended with a nonce typed name as its last segment. The nonce can be encoded as a base64-encoded string with the URL-safe alphabet as defined in Section 5 of , with padding omitted. The format of this TLV is a 64-bit nonce. See for the value assignment. The purpose of the nonce is to avoid Interest aggregation and allow client matching of replies with requests. As described below, the nonce is ignored for CS checking. Name Nonce Typed Segment TLV Traceroute Reply CCNx Packet Format The format of a traceroute reply packet is presented below: Traceroute Reply CCNx Packet Format The header of a traceroute reply consists of the header fields of a CCNx Content Object and a hop-by-hop path steering TLV. The value of the packet type field is TrReply. See for the value assignment. A traceroute reply message is of type Content Object, contains a Name TLV (name of the corresponding traceroute request), a PayloadType TLV and an ExpiryTime TLV with a value of 0 to indicate that replies must not be returned from network caches. Traceroute Reply Message Format The PayloadType TLV is presented below. It is of type T_PAYLOADTYPE_DATA, and the data schema consists of 3 TLVs: the name of the sender of this reply (with the same structure as a CCNx Name TLV), the sender's signature of their own name (with the same structure as a CCNx ValidationPayload TLV), a TLV with return codes to indicate whether the request was satisfied due to the existence of a local application, a CS hit or a match with a forwarder's name, or the HopLimit value of the corresponding request reached 0. Traceroute Reply Message Format The goal of including the name of the sender in the reply is to enable the user to reach this entity directly to ask for further management/administrative information using generic Interest-Data exchanges or by employing a more comprehensive management tool such as CCNInfo after a successful verification of the sender's name. The structure of the TrReply Code TLV is presented below (16-bit value). The assigned values are the following: Indicates that the target name matched the administrative name of a forwarder (as served by its internal management application). Indicates that the target name matched a prefix served by an application (other than the internal management application of a forwarder). Indicates that the target name matched the name of an object in a forwarder's CS. Indicates that the the Hop limit reached the 0 value. TrReply Code TLV ICN Traceroute NDN Packet Format In this section, we present the ICN traceroute Request and Reply Format according to the NDN packet specification . ICN Traceroute Request NDN Packet Format A traceroute request is encoded as an NDN Interest packet. Its format is the following: Traceroute Request NDN Packet Format The name of a request consists of the target name, a nonce value (it can be the value of the Nonce field) and the suffix "traceroute" to denote that this Interest is a traceroute request (added as a KeywordNameComponent). When the "ApplicationParameters" element is present, a ParametersSha256DigestComponent is added as the last name segment. A traceroute request MAY carry a Path label TLV in the NDN Link Adaptation Protocol as specified in . Since the NDN packet format does not provide a mechanism to prevent the network from caching specific data packets, we instead use the MustBeFresh selector for requests (in combination with a Freshness Period TLV of value 1 for replies) to avoid fetching cached traceroute replies with a freshness period that has expired . Traceroute Reply NDN Packet Format A traceroute reply is encoded as an NDN Data packet. Its format is the following: Traceroute Reply NDN Packet Format A traceroute reply MAY carry a Path label TLV in the NDN Link Adaptation Protocol as specified in , since it might be modified in a hop-by-hop fashion by the forwarders along the reverse path. The name of a traceroute reply is the name of the corresponding traceroute request, while the format of the MetaInfo field is the following: MetaInfo TLV The value of the ContentType TLV is 0. The value of the FreshnessPeriod TLV is 1, so that the replies are treated as stale data (almost instantly) as they are received by a forwarder. The content of a traceroute reply consists of the following 2 TLVs: Sender's name (an NDN Name TLV) and Traceroute Reply Code. There is no need to have a separate TLV for the sender's signature in the content of the reply, since every NDN data packet carries the signature of the data producer. The Traceroute Reply Code TLV format is the following (with the values specified in ): Traceroute Reply Code TLV Forwarder Operation When a forwarder receives a traceroute request, the hop limit value is checked and decremented and the target name (i.e, the name of the traceroute request without the last nonce name segment as well as the suffix "traceroute" and the ParametersSha256DigestComponent in the case of a request with the NDN packet format) is extracted. If the HopLimit has not expired (its value is greater than 0), the forwarder will forward the request upstream based on CS lookup, PIT creation, LPM lookup and the path steering value, if present. If no valid next-hop is found, an InterestReturn indicating "No Route" in the case of CCNx or a network NACK in the case of NDN is sent downstream. If the HopLimit value is equal to zero, the forwarder generates a traceroute reply. This reply includes the forwarder's administrative name and signature, and a Path label TLV. This TLV initially has a null value since the traceroute reply originator does not forward the request and, thus, does not make a path choice. The reply will also include the corresponding TrReply Code TLV. A traceroute reply will be the final reply of a traceroute session if any of the following conditions are met: If a forwarder has been given one or more administrative names, the target name matches one of them. The target name exactly matches the name of a content-object residing in the forwarder's CS (unless the traceroute client application has chosen not to receive replies due to CS hits as specified in ). The target name matches (in a Longest Prefix Match manner) a FIB entry with an outgoing face referring to a local application. The TrReply Code TLV value of the reply is set to indicate the specific condition that was met. If none of those conditions was met, the TrReply Code is set to 4 to indicate that the hop limit value reached 0. A received traceroute reply will be matched to an existing PIT entry as usual. On the reverse path, the path steering TLV of a reply will be updated by each forwarder to encode its choice of next-hop(s). When included in subsequent requests, this path steering TLV allows the forwarders to steer the requests along the same path. Protocol Operation For Locally-Scoped Namespaces In this section, we elaborate on 2 alternative design approaches in cases that the traceroute target prefix corresponds to a locally-scoped namespace not directly routable from the client's local network. The first approach leverages the NDN Link Object . Specifically, the traceroute client attaches to the expressed request a LINK Object that contains a number of routable name prefixes, based on which the request can be forwarded across the Internet until it reaches a network region, where the request name itself is routable. A LINK Object is created and signed by a data producer allowed to publish data under a locally-scoped namespace. The way that a client retrieves a LINK Object depends on various network design factors and is out of the scope of the current draft. Based on the current deployment of the LINK Object by the NDN team, a forwarder at the border of the region, where an Interest name becomes routable has to remove the LINK Object from the incoming Interests. The Interest state maintained along the entire forwarding path is based on the Interest name regardless of whether it was forwarded based on this name or a prefix in the LINK Object. The second approach is based on prepending a routable prefix to the locally-scoped name. The resulting prefix will be the name of the traceroute requests expressed by the client. In this way, a request will be forwarded based on the routable part of its name. When it reaches the network region where the original locally-scoped name is routable, the border forwarder rewrites the request name and deletes its routable part. There are two conditions for a forwarder to perform this rewriting operation on a request: the routable part of the request name matches a routable name of the network region adjacent to the forwarder (assuming that a forwarder is aware of those names), and the remaining part of the request name is routable across the network region of this forwarder. The state maintained along the path, where the locally-scoped name is not routable, is based on the routable prefix along with the locally-scoped prefix, while within the network region that the locally-scoped prefix is routable is based only on it. To ensure that the generated replies will reach the client, the border forwarder has also to rewrite the name of a reply and prepend the routable prefix of the corresponding request. Security Considerations A reflection attack could occur in the case of a traceroute reply with the CCNx packet format if a compromised forwarder includes in the reply the name of a victim forwarder. This could redirect the future administrative traffic towards the victim. To foil such reflection attacks, the forwarder that generates a traceroute reply MUST sign the name included in the payload. In this way, the client is able to verify that the included name is legitimate and refers to the forwarder that generated the reply. Alternatively, the forwarder could include in the reply payload their routable prefix(es) encoded as a signed NDN Link Object . This approach does not protect against on-path attacks, where a compromised forwarder that receives a traceroute reply replaces the forwarder's name and the signature in the message with its own name and signature to make the client believe that the reply was generated by the compromised forwarder. To foil such attack scenarios, a forwarder can sign the reply message itself. In such cases, the forwarder does not have to sign its own name in reply message, since the message signature protects the message as a whole and will be invalidated in the case of an on-path attack. Additionally, a forwarder could swap out the name of a traceroute request with the name of its choosing. In this case, however, the response with the spoofed name will not be received by a client, since the change of name would invalidate the state in PIT on the path back to the client. Signing each traceroute reply message can be expensive and can potentially lead to computation attacks against forwarders. To mitigate such attack scenarios, the processing of traceroute requests and the generation of the replies SHOULD be handled by a separate management application running locally on each forwarder. Serving traceroute replies therefore is thereby separated from load on the forwarder itself. The approaches used by ICN applications to manage load may also apply to the forwarder's management application. Interest flooding attack amplification is possible in the case of the second approach to deal with locally-scoped namespaces described in . A border forwarder will have to maintain extra state to prepend the correct routable prefix to the name of an outgoing reply, since the forwarder might be attached to multiple network regions (reachable under different prefixes) or a network region attached to this forwarder might be reachable under multiple routable prefixes. We also note that traceroute requests have the same privacy characteristics as regular Interests. IANA Considerations IANA will assign TBD1 to "TrRequest" and TBD2 to "TrReplay" in the CCNx Packet Types registry established by . IANA will assign TBD3 to "Nonce" in the CCNx Name Segment Types registry established by . References Normative References Informative References NDN Packet Format Specification. Named Data Networking Link Adaptation Protocol v2 various SNAMP: Secure namespace mapping to scale NDN forwarding IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) Path switching in content centric and named data networks in Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking Real-Time Data Retrieval in Named Data Networking in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Hot Topics in Information-Centric Networking Traceroute Client Application (Consumer) Operation This section is an informative appendix regarding the proposed traceroute client operation. The client application is responsible for generating traceroute requests for prefixes provided by users. The overall process can be iterative: the first traceroute request of each session will have a HopLimit of value 1 to reach the first hop forwarder, the second of value 2 to reach the second hop forwarder and so on and so forth. When generating a series of requests for a specific name, the first one will typically not include a Path label TLV, since no TLV value is known. After a traceroute reply containing a Path label TLV is received, each subsequent request might include the received path steering value in the Path label header TLV to drive the requests towards a common path as part of checking the network performance. To discover more paths, a client can omit the Path label TLV in future requests. Moreover, for each new traceroute request, the client has to generate a new nonce and record the time that the request was expressed. It will also set the lifetime of a request, which will have semantics similar to the lifetime of an Interest. Moreover, the client application might not wish to receive replies due to CS hits. In CCNx, a mechanism to achieve that would be to use a Content Object Hash Restriction TLV with a value of 0 in the payload of a traceroute request message. In NDN, the exclude filter selector can be used. When it receives a traceroute reply, the client would typically match the reply to a sent request and compute the round-trip time of the request. It should parse the Path label value and decode the reply's payload to parse the sender's name and signature. The client should verify that both the received message and the forwarder's name have been signed by the key of the forwarder, whose name is included in the payload of the reply (by fetching this forwarder's public key and verifying the contained signature). In the case that the client receives an TrReply Code TLV with a valid value, it can stop sending requests with increasing HopLimit values and potentially start a new traceroute session. In the case that a traceroute reply is not received for a request within a certain time interval (lifetime of the request), the client should time-out and send a new request with a new nonce value up to a maximum number of requests to be sent specified by the user.


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Pandemics are majorly disease outbreaks that become widespread as a result of the spread of human-to-human infection. Beyond the debilitating, consequences for those directly affected, pandemics have a range of negative social, economic and political consequences.
The World Health Organisation on March 11, 2020, declared the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. As at the time of writing this article only 2 out of 54 African countries (Lesotho and Comoros) are COVID-19 free countries.
Nigeria has had its fair share of the pandemic, as at the time of writing this article, more than 300 Coronavirus cases have been confirmed. The livelihood of most Nigerians has also been adversely affected due to the Federal Government imposed a curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19.
COVID19: The Critical Role of Nigerian Security Officials during This Global Pandemic
In this article, we are going to look at the role of the Nigerian security officials are playing, we will look at their impact and contribution in the control of the spread of Coronavirus.
The Private Security Officers
The private security officers can be seen manning their posts, the private security guard companies were not affected by the curfew declared by the Federal Government because they offer essential services.
Even though everyone is forced to stay and work from home, the offices need to be secured, marketplaces still need to watched and houses need to be guarded while the lockdown is in place. Men of the Sheriff Deputies can be seen at sites where we had been deployed, geared and motivated to prevent any form of crime at clients' site.
The Nigerian Police Officers
The job of the police have been more intense, asides protecting the lives and properties of the citizen, they also ensure the strict adherence to the stay at home order. They arrest defaulters and educate the citizens on the COVID-19 control measures.
They also ensure that only persons who offer essential services move around and make sure that the social distance is respected by everyone, they can be seen on major roads searching vehicles and confirming movement permit from people who offer essential services.
There is no denying that the curfew in Lagos and Ogun State have opened up many communities to several robbery attacks, the police during this pandemic have made arrests of these thieves through the collaborative efforts of local vigilantes and kept them behind bars.
Like we have always advised at Sheriff Deputies ' Security is everyone's business', if you see something strange call The Police if you don't have a private security officer manning your gates, the police stations are always open, we urge you to report any criminal activities to the police and do not take laws into your hands.
The Nigerian Army Officers
This Nigerian Army is arguably the most respected security agency in Nigeria, they engage in fighting perceived enemies of the country, like other security agencies, they also ensure the safety of the citizens is assured.
At a time when Nigeria is faced with the harsh reality of the COVID-19, army officers are seen educating people on the need to stay home and arrest defaulters of the stay-at-home order. T
he Nigerian Army as revered as the go-to persons when there is a breakdown of law and order – this they have carried out seamlessly. One can tell that despite the economic hardship their presence in major roads and streets have prevented people from causing a revolt or riot.
Army officers can also be seen at the temporary marketplace where they take temperature test of buyer and seller; they see to it that hands are washed with soap and water. They can also be deployed in the case of state of emergency when there is total breakdown of law and other as a result of the lockdown.
The Nigerian Immigration Officers
The primary assignment of the Nigeria Immigration Officers is coordinating the movement of people from Nigeria to other countries of the world and vice versa; their job also is to keep the country's land and sea borders safe. They work in synergy with other law enforcement officers to make sure that the country's policies on international travels are upheld.
The Nigerian Immigration's duty during this COVID-19 pandemic is to ensure that persons coming into the country keep to the disease control guidelines. They ensure that only persons who are free of COVID-19 enters the country and facilitate further testing and isolation of travellers from countries that have had cases of coronavirus.
They can be seen conducting the temperature test, and see to it that people coming into the country are made to go through the 14 days isolation period before they are allowed to meet their loved ones or carry out the purpose for which they have come into the country.
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Officers (NSCDC)
NSCDC is the Para-military agency of the government their duties are to assist in the maintenance of peace and order and the protection of the civil population during the period of emergency. They are commissioned to provide measures against threat and any form of attack or disaster against the nation and its citizenry.
In a time as this NSCDC officials can be seen working with other security bodies in monitoring the delivery of relief materials to the most vulnerable in the community.
Like the Army, they also ensure the social distance order are strictly adhered to, they can be seen monitoring the stay at home order and arresting anyone found to have violated the order.
Action point
The pandemic has shaken nations and many are scrambling to find a way to control its spread and facilitate the recovery of the infected citizens, it has been a trying moment for everyone, especially for people whose of livelihood have been adversely affected.
We urge everyone to be patient and keep to disease control measures. The security personnel will keep doing their best to see that the palliatives get to the people who need it most.
We at Sheriff Deputies, we urge you to maintain personal hygiene, avoid touching your nose or mouth with hands that have not been sanitized, keep a distance of 1metres to the next person, wash hands from time to time and use alcohol-based sanitizers to disinfect your hands.
Please visit the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control's (NCDC) website for more information on COVID-19, avoid sharing unverified reports on social media, confirm all update on NCDC's website and social media handles before sharing information with family and friends.
Please call the NCDC office (NCDC toll-free number: 080097000010) so they the person can be further tested. Please stay safe, stay at home together we will overcome this global pandemic.


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Tokyo, Japan's DIR EN GREY have announced that the follow up to Dum Spiro Spero, entitled Arche, will be released in late 2014. The band breaks down the details:
"This album has been named 'ARCHE' which stands for "the origin" in Greek. From the point where 'the album has finally taken form'(Shinya) the band embarked on their nationwide tour as they continue work on the album.
"This album is being worked on with me thinking about the past and future of myself as a vocalist, more than I have had ever before. That place where the old me and the new me crosses is what is being put into the 9th album 'ARCHE' (Kyo). Showing their inclination in regards to the new album from the musical point of view they commented with the following, 'We will end up with an absolutely new and different sound from DIR EN GREY as compared to the previous album' (Die), 'No matter how I try to explain this 'sound' with words I will never be able to do it" (Toshiya). "We received the following words of assurance, 'I can't really be overstating the album, which is yet incomplete, but please wait for that first blow of the force that will be'ARCHE'. (Kaoru)"


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32-year-old Man Plunges Into Asa River In Ilorin
A 32-year-old man, Peter Ajayi, reportedly plunged into the Asa River behind All Saints Anglican Church on Taiwo Isale road in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Thursday.
TOPNEWS NAIJA reports that in what looked like a movie, Peter ran to the riverside behind the church, took off his slippers, and jumped into the river.
The tragic incident occurred at about 11:45 a.m.
"Frantic efforts by family members to prevent him from embarking on the action failed as he ran to the river side like a possessed person to actualise his aim," a source who witnessed the scene dislosed.
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All efforts by the Kwara State Fire Service personnel to recover his remains proved abortive.
The fire service spokesman, Hassan Adekunle, told our correspondent that the search for Peter's body was on Sunday extended to the outskirts of Ilorin, Shao town in Moro Local Government Area of the state, without success.
He however, said the relentless search would continue until the fire service recovers the body


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So, you want to learn how to use the built-in Linux (Beta) feature on your Chromebook.
Well, you've come to the right place!
This comprehensive tutorial will cover everything you could possibly want to know about the new Linux (beta) feature and what you can do with it- broken down into super easy to understand wording.
With the Linux feature built right into Chrome OS, you can do things like get Windows native programs, use Linux features, and even play games built for Windows or Mac (or Linux) straight on your Chromebook.
And I'll teach you how to do all of it.
How does that sound?
Let's roll!
Last updated: 1/4/22. This page has been checked for accuracy and updated accordingly. The process remains the same. Linux is still a beta feature and continues to work as it should. I still recommend the old-school Croton method for best compatibility with Linux games and software.
Getting Linux (Beta) on your Chromebook
Chrome OS now has built-in Linux- as you probably know.
Ever since Chrome 69, users can now use Linux directly on their Chromebook without having to install it using Crouton and typing in code.
You also now don't have to toggle back and forth between Chrome OS and your Linux distro (Xfce, KDE, etc.). The OS (or kernel, rather) exists right there within a tab on your Chrome Browser.
One thing to note is that Chrome 69 does bring Linux support, but some users have reported difficulties in using it. If you don't see the feature, you may have to update your Chromebook to the latest version of Chrome.
Update: The majority of devices out there now support Linux (Beta). But if you're using a school or work managed Chromebook, this feature will be disabled by default. You'll need to get permission from your admin team to unenroll your managed Chromebook.
It's as easy as toggling a switch in your settings page. Seriously.
Check your Chrome version
You can check what version you're running by doing the following:
- Log in to your Chromebook. Be sure you're connected to WiFi.
- Launch the Chrome Browser.
- Type in "chrome://version" and hit Enter.
- You'll see immediately at the top the current version of Chrome OS you're running.
Note: You need to be at least on version 69 or higher.
Update your Chromebook
You can easily update your Chromebook to the latest version by doing the following:
- Click on the Menu at the top-right corner of the Chrome Browser.
- Hover over "Help"
- Click on "About Google Chrome"
- You'll see a new window pop up. Click on "Update Google Chrome"
- Restart your Chromebook.
Congrats. You should now have the latest version of Chrome OS with Linux beta!
Still can't get Linux on your Chromebook?
Even if you have the latest version of Chrome OS, the feature is still in beta- as the name says.
Not all Chromebooks will be able to run Linux directly yet, as it's still rolling out slowly. There's no current list of Chromebooks that have Linux beta built-in, so you'll need to be patient until Google rolls out the update to your particular model.
From my experience, all newer Chromebooks made in 2018 and 2019 have the feature built-in already. Older Chromebooks may be pending for an update. There's no way to really predict when the feature will reach 100% of the Chromebooks at this time.
If you really need Linux on your Chromebook, you can always do it the tried-and-true old fashioned way by using Crouton to install the operating system.
I've written a ton of tutorials on the subject, and if you don't want to browse through a ton of guides, all you need is this one.
It's a comprehensive guide that covers everything you'd want to know about installing Linux on your Chromebook. And if you run into difficulties or have trouble, you can just leave a comment here (or there) and I'll try to respond ASAP and help you out.
Switch to the Beta Channel
Another option you can try is switching to the Beta Channel.
By default, you're on the Stable Channel, which is where everything is tried and tested for production environments and should be working (or mostly working)
There's also a Beta Channel, which is exactly what it sounds like- for testing out new features, releases, updates, and other goodies which have left a development environment (which is what the Developer Channel is for) and are ready for a select group of public testers.
Note that you should definitely back up your Chromebook before switching to the Beta Channel.
You can switch to the Beta Channel easily by doing the following:
Step 1: Launch Chrome Browser.
Step 2: Click on the menu button.
Step 3: Go to "Help" and then "About Google Chrome."
Step 4: Look for the option to switch channels, and select the Beta Channel.
Step 5: Confirm your selection.
Step 6: Restart your Chromebook.
Having problems switching?
I wrote detailed instructions on how to switch to the Beta Channel previously in another article. Just skip directly to the part that covers switching channels- it should be straightforward. Should you get stuck, leave a comment here or there and I'll get back you ASAP.
You'll now be in the Beta Channel of your Chromebook. You can switch back at any time by just going back to the Stable Channel by repeating the same steps above.
If you broke something, don't worry. Just do a Powerwash and it'll revert everything back to normal.
How to use the Linux (beta) feature on your Chromebook
Getting Linux enabled on your Chromebook is super easy. If you already have Chrome 69 or higher, you likely already have the update.
You can quickly get started by getting into your Chromebook's Settings screen by launching the Chrome Browser and then typing in "chrome://settings" and hitting Enter.
This will bring you to your Chromebook settings.
As soon as you're there, just scroll down (or just hit "CTRL + F" and type in "linux").
You'll find an option for Linux (beta) that you can toggle by hitting the "Turn on" button to enable! So hit that button!
Then you'll see a nice little splash screen that reads something like "Set up Linux (Beta) on your Chromebook." This is good.
Just hit the big blue "Install" button in the corner.
For max compatibility, like if you're going to be gaming or using Linux as your main OS, you're more suited to just get the full desktop version.
Be patient as Linux downloads and installs to your device
After this, your Chromebook will take about 2-7 minutes to install Linux. This will vary depending on your hardware and connection speed.
When it's done, you'll be greeted with a command prompt (the small window with the black background and a single line asking for a command in green text). At this point, you've officially enabled Linux on your laptop! Congrats!
What you choose to do at this point is your choice. You can browse the Linux beginner guides to see some cool things you can do with Linux on your Chromebook, or you can start installing some games like:
- How to Play Minecraft on Chromebook
- How to Install and Play League of Legends on Chromebook
- How to Get Terraria on a Chromebook
- How to Play Fortnite on your Chromebook
- How to Play DotA 2 on Chromebook
- How to Install Steam on Chromebook
Or you can just use the search bar on this page and type in whatever game you're looking for. Chances are, there's a guide for it if it's a popular game.
Using the command prompt
So now you see this unfamiliar screen with a blinking cursor.
What are you going to do? The first thing you should always do is update to the newest version of everything. To do this, try your first Linux command.
"sudo apt-get update" and hit Enter.
You'll see Linux spit out some lines telling you exactly what it's doing and it'll update the system automatically. You just updated to the latest packages with a single line of code. Wasn't that awesome? It's even easier than updating a Chromebook!
Next, you'll probably want to install something to make your life a little easier. I mean, installing stuff with commands is always fun, but what about if you want to look at pictures and browse programs to install- like the way you're probably used to on Windows or Mac (or even on your current Chromebook?).
Download the Gnome Software Center to make your installations easier!
We can get a software center called the Gnome Software Center. And we can install it like this:
"sudo apt-get install gnome-software gnome-packagekit"
After you punch that in and hit Enter, you'll be prompted with a warning confirming if you want to install, just hit the "y" key and it'll do its thing.
After it's done, you'll see a new icon appear on your Shelf (i.e. Taskbar) that reads "Software." go ahead and click on it. This will automatically the Gnome Software Center directly on your Chromebook.
You'll see a nice library of programs you can install without having to use commands. You're probably already familiar with this, as it works the same way as the Play Store or Chrome Web Store.
Get all the programs you want! Experiment! You now have Linux activated on your Chromebook!
Here's a nice video that shows off the GSC:
What can you do with Linux on your Chromebook?
Well, a lot of things.
First of all, you now have a complete kernel that you can run pretty much any program in existence- all on your Chromebook. You can play games, edit videos, get word processors, browse the net, and pretty much do everything you could ever want on a computer.
This will get you pretty much anything you could ever want directly onto your laptop that could once do only browser-based stuff. This unlocks a whole new world of possibilities of things you can do with your Chromebook!
Get some awesome Linux software to get you started
Here's a random list of Linux programs that you can use right away. They're all free and do wonderful things:
- Google Chrome/Firefox (needs no explanation)
- Dropbox (2GB of free cloud storage)
- Pidgin (messenger client that supports Google Talk, Yahoo, and IRC)
- LibreOffice (complete office suite)
- Atom/Sublime Text (text editors/notepads)
- Synapse (application database and launcher)
- GIMP (free and robust image editor)
- VLC media player (for playing movies, videos, and music)
- Vim (command line/coding)
- uGet (download UI/manager)
- Thunderbird (email client)
- Skype (video/audio calling)
- Audacity (audio editor/recorder)
- Lollypop (audio player)
You can search for these in the Gnome Software Center or download them with command lines if you're feeling awesome.
Should you want to install something that doesn't exist in the Gnome Software Center, you can directly install the .deb file of the program.
For example, if you wanted to install Minecraft, you can go here and download the minecraft.deb file. With that, you should be able to just double-click the file and it'll work just like Windows!
If it doesn't, you can get something like gdebi to execute .deb files.
But remember, Linux is still entirely in beta as dictated by the name "Linux (Beta)," so don't expect everything to work properly.
Over time, this integration will be ironed out and updated so that it becomes more productive and practical for usage. Right now, it's still early in its release.
Update: The majority of models out there now have the ability to use Linux Beta. If you still don't have it, you probably won't get it.
Did you get Linux on your Chromebook?
Well, that's about it.
I hope this quick tutorial provided you a way to easily get Linux running on your Chromebook without having to use Crouton and going through the old-fashioned way.
But if you need Linux and you don't have access to Linux Beta, you can the older, alternative technique to get it up and running!
And if you have any questions or get stuck, please leave a comment here and I'll try to get back to you ASAP.
Also, if you've found this guide to be helpful, let me know as well. Consider telling a friend =]!
Thanks for reading!


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An understandable wave of shock ran through Britain last week when our new Government revealed the explosion in recent years of the pay given to our top public officials, 170 of whom now allegedly earn more than the Prime Minister. But the other side to this grotesque inflation in salaries is that it has been accompanied by a corresponding deterioration in the performance of almost every public body one can think of.
via Quangos: the more we pay, the less we get – Telegraph.
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Freedom is a State of Mind, Heart and Soul
Freedom is a state of mind, heart and soul that no one can ever take away from you. You always have the freedom to choose how you will experience your life, your love and your being. Sometimes we are tested with circumstances to challenge this belief, but it is the challenge that can make us even stronger in realizing our freedom.
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Books: Fantasy
Daemon Eyes (2007)
Daemon Eyes (2007)
This book is a compilation of Eye of the Daemon (1996) and Eye of the Empress (1998)
I have been, quite literally, carrying this book around for months. I believe I started it when the leaves were just changing color. I had it in my bag for any times I might be waiting for more than a few moments, because I always carry a book around, just in case. However, the books I carry around fall into two categories: something I pick up, and then immediately fall into and start reading and finish quickly, or those that are interesting enough as a distraction, but don't draw me into the story enough that I have to find out what happens.
Like Perdido Street Station, Daemon Eyes falls into the second category. I eventually took it out of my bag to finish, so I could stop carrying it around. After all, as a two book compilation, it is slightly bulky.
That's not to say this is a bad book–it isn't. It just didn't draw me in and make me need to know what happened next. I was quite content to pick things up where I left off, even if it was a month between readings.
We meet Evan Davis as his life is falling apart. He is apparently suffering from mental illness, but not seems to help, and we see his life spiral out of control. This was a difficult part of the story to read, all the more so because it went on for several chapters. We don't just hear about Evan's low points, we get them in all the gory detail. Mind you, this makes his problems later more understandable, but it's tough reading initially.
After the lows, Evan finally meets his father, learns why his life had been so difficult, and then puts together a new life, as part of an investigative agency.
The book had it's strengths. Brad was probably the most fascinating character, although it is good to see Evan finally pull his life back together, and keep it together. The story is also interesting, in that I was never sure where it was going. I just wasn't compelling enough to make me keep reading the book beyond when I picked it up while waiting.
Aside from that, one of the things I particularly didn't like was the amount of sex. It wasn't bad or embarrassing, it's just not what I prefer to read.
So it wasn't a bad book, and it wasn't unreadable. It just didn't pique my interest and make me want to keep reading beyond five and ten minute snatches.
Rating: 6/10


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Joe's Piano Lounge No. 1
30 Friday Sep 2016
Written by William E (Bill) Smith in On The Radio
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After the success of the last post with poet Carole Chambers [The Great Rift – Brief Encounters] a larger than normal number of visitors, likely because of local interest, islanders remembering Carole fondly, I have decided to continue with Hornby based postings. This is an attempt to present a radio show on Hornby Radio [CHFR-FM – 96.5/http://www.hornbyradio.com] that is not in the normal style of radio deejaying. The idea was to imagine that we are at a piano lounge, Joe's Piano Lounge in fact, and that the pianists were there across the room. There turned out to be a number of challenges as one of the previous deejays had altered the settings on the mixing board so that it was not possible to see if I was actually broadcasting. Fortunately a listener phoned in and assured me that my dulcet tones could be heard loud and clear. Eventually I managed to correct the problem. The first 4 minutes & 10 seconds of confusion have been removed.
So here is the first of two editions of Joe's Piano Lounge originally broadcast on June 26th, 2016. This edition welcomes a variety of pianists to the Lounge and features Duke Ellington in duet with Ray Brown, two different Earl Hines trios, Tete Montoliu and Martial Solal solo and in trios and Ross Bolleter alone.
Click on the button and off we go.
Searching through my files for photographs of Duke Ellington [Right Image] I came across a tatty package of colour negatives. Badly scratched and faded. They were the original negatives that I shot at the recording session for Decca Records released as "The Ron Collier Orchestra With Duke Ellington – North Of The Border – In Canada". Recorded in Toronto at Hallmark Studios on July 24th and 25th 1967.
The photograph of Earl "Fatha" Hines [Left Image] is taken at the Colonial Tavern on Yonge Street, Toronto sometime in the late 60s/early 70s. I am not sure if this is one of my pictures. It was in my photographic file system, but…
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Yukon Energy has historically met over 90% of Yukon's electricity needs each year with clean, renewable power because of our large supply of hydroelectricity. In 2017, only 3% of Yukon's greenhouse gas emissions were caused by electricity generation.
In July 2019, we released our 5-year strategic plan with a bold 10-year vision to be a Canadian leader in sustainable energy by 2030. Later that year, based on the input of Yukoners, we also decided not to move forward with the development of a new 20-megawatt thermal generation facility to supply electricity during emergency conditions.
In November 2019, Yukon government released a draft of its Our Clean Future strategy, with a vision for addressing climate change by building thriving, resilient communities powered by clean energy and supported by a sustainable green economy. In it, the government proposes an average of 93% of electricity generated on the grid be produced from renewable sources, and includes specific actions to electrify the territory's transportation and heating sectors.
Our 10-year renewable electricity plan shows how, together, the visions of the Yukon government, Yukon Energy and Yukoners themselves can be interlocked in a way that will bring about the Yukon we all envision.
It's a big plan that features opportunities for individuals, communities and First Nations. It's a plan that features innovation and challenges. It's a plan that depends on all of us for ultimate success.
The Yukon of the future – one where renewable electricity continues to fuel our lives, work and economy – is within our reach. But we must act now and we must act together.


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Via: Games For Change
For the Global Game Jam event happening next weekend (Jan. 25–Jan. 27), there will be 9 locations around the world dedicated to making Serious Games for Change.
These dedicated game jam sites will give creators the opportunity to make games for social impact.
Along with a secret theme passed from the Global Game Jam (GGJ), there will be an additional challenge given from Games For Change (G4C) to encourage people to make games that go beyond entertainment.
Games created will be featured on the Games for Change's website, with the potential to be featured during the 10th Annual Games for Change Festival in 2013 (June 17-19).
Here is the full list:
Games for Change @ DSI (New York, NY) – Organizer: Ben Johnson
George Mason University - G4C (Fairfax, Virginia) – Organizer: Trey Reyher
MIT Game Lab - G4C (Cambridge, Massachusetts) – Organizer: Richard Eberhardt
The Art Institute of Portland w/ PIGSquad and G4C (Portland, Oregon) – Organizers: Will Lewis & Jeffrey Sens
GameIS – Israeli game developers' association & G4C (Tel Aviv, Israel) – Organizer: Hagai Reuveni
Games for Change Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland) – Organizer: Michal Jakubowski
Global Game Jam Cologne & G4C Jam (Cologne, Germany) – Organizer: Katharina Tillmanns
Toronto G4C Jam (Toronto, Canada) – Organizers: Sarah Chu & Una Lee
University of São Paulo – G4C (São Paulo, Brazil) – Organizers: Ricardo Nakamura & Francisco Tupy
To register at these locations, please create an account at Global Game Jam Inc (GGJ) and then click on the link for the game jam you wish to join.
About The Global Serious Games Jam
Global Game Jam Inc. has partnered with Games for Change to celebrate G4C's 10th anniversary and allow GGJ13 participants from all over the world to visit sites that focus specifically on positive social impact.
Through this partnership, GGJ site organizers are offered the opportunity to register their site as a G4C site, and invite participants to create innovative digital games that go beyond entertainment.
About Global Game Jam
The GGJ is the annual event of the Global Game Jam, Inc GGJ brings together talented individuals and teams from around the globe and rallies them around a central theme, for which they have 48 hours to create their game.
About Games For Change
Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, they aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good.
To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.


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Title: The Golden Bride
Author: Kimberley Woodhouse
Series: Daughters of the Mayflower #8
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publishing Date: April 1, 2019
Format: ARC e-book
About the Book:
Can Olivia survive the crime and Gold Rush fever of 1849…and the countless marriage proposals?
A series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees.
The Daughters of the Mayflower series continues when Olivia Brighton finds herself widowed and working her brother's restaurant in San Francisco during the height of the rush for gold. Even though she receives at least twenty marriage proposals a day, she will never marry a gold miner. Her brother's friend Joseph Sawyer has gotten caught up in local politics and the plight of Chinese in forced labor. The more Joseph gets pulled into investigating crime in the city, the less Olivia sees of the compassionate man. And just when she thinks she could love again, a fire threatens to steal all hope.
More in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (February 2018)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo – set 1725 New Orleans (April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep – set 1760 during the French and Indian War (June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse – set 1774 Philadelphia (August 2018)
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear – set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall – set 1814 Baltimore (December 2018)
The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo – set 1836 Battle of the Alamo (February 2019)
My Review:
I sincerely hope that they once again decide to add more books to this series. I've enjoyed each one so far and I really loved how it was formatted to slowly move forward through time. While each of the books can be read as a stand-alone, the knowledge that the characters are related through the generations ties a stronger bond to the history of our nation. We are a product of the generations before us, and how this series ties that concept together is remarkable. While this book is similar in that it can be read as a stand-alone, it also contains journal entries from previous characters. It wouldn't necessarily lead the reader to feel lost in any way, but if you've read the previous books it will certainly give you a deeper appreciation for their connections.
I enjoyed each of the books in this series, but I have to admit that the ones written by Kimberley Woodhouse are my absolute favorites. The author's love of history is clearly observed in her writing. Not surprising, I read this book in a single evening. It was well written and highly engaging. I appreciate Kimberley's intent to be respective of history while wanting something a bit more light-hearted. In my opinion I think she was able achieve a satisfying balance.
I think my favorite piece of this story is the concept that life often doesn't turn out as we expect–both the good and the bad. When Olivia's brother Daniel moved to San Francisco, there was no way he would know how quickly the area would boom. With the reason for that growth circling around a wide-spread, selfish desire for wealth–it's no wonder that it brought with it a whole lot of trouble. Yet despite the conflict, Daniel continues to seek the Lord in his steps for the future. In the beginning Olivia was hit with the recent death of her parents which resulted in a quick marriage of convenience followed by unexpected widowhood. How does one move forward when life throws the unexpected at you? I really liked how the author fleshed this out in the story.
I honestly don't think I can recommend this series enough. While I admit I had my favorites, I've enjoyed each story and appreciate the generational history contained in the pages (fictional or not). I sincerely hope they continue to add more books to the series!
*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. Thoughts and opinions expressed are mine alone.


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Introducing the VRC-3 USB adaptor. This is the 3rd generation of the popular VRC adaptor: VRC-3. It is specially developed for VRC for optimized performance and user friendliness. The VRC-3 adaptor does not work with 2.4Ghz systems.
Simply plug the 2 servo connectors into the receiver: the 3-lead into the steering slot, and the single lead into the throttle-brake slot. Make sure to plug the servo connectors in with the white lead in the same position as your servo cable plus in.
A flashing red LED inside the adaptor indicates that the adaptor has been connected correctly. A continuous dimmed red LED indicates that the servo connectors should be plugged in the other way around.
When connected correctly and with the USB plugged into your computer, the device will be recognized by Windows as a standard HID device (Human Input Device), and will be identified as 'VRC USB adaptor 3'. No special drivers need to be installed.
The VRC-3 USB adaptor works independent of the brand or frequency of your transmitter as it only uses the standardized servo output signals and translates these to the standardized game controller input using the HID protocol. The VRC-3 therefore works with all 27-40-53-72MHz. Futaba PCM mode is not supported. If the radio set has different modulation modes, use FM or PPM modes only. It does not work on receivers for digital servo's.
The receiver is powered through the VRC-3 USB adaptor which receives its power from the USB port of your computer. Do not connect a receiver battery pack.
In game 'Options' under the 'Control options' tab select 'VRC USB adaptor 3' as your input device and click on 'Calibrate' button to calibrate your transmitter. The Windows Game Controller dialog will be opened. Select 'Settings' and next 'Calibrate' and follow the steps in the Windows Game Controller Calibration dialog. Make sure you also select the adaptor under 'Advanced…'
To calibrate check this article: How do I calibrate my controller?
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Alliance Gaming Secures Rights to Popeye for Thrillions System11 January 2001
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Jan. 11, 2001 -- Alliance Gaming Corp. (Nasdaq: ALLY - news) announced today that it has secured the rights to the Popeye character for a new Thrillions wide-area progressive video slot game for its Bally Gaming and Systems unit.
Alliance and King Features Syndicate have entered into a long-term agreement that gives Alliance rights to create a series of new Popeye games for initial release in New Jersey, California and other Native American markets.
The contract with King Features follows similar agreements that produced the highly popular Betty Boop progressive games and the current launch of the Blondie progressive slots. Securing the Popeye license allows Bally Gaming to build on its strategy of offering fun and entertaining games with classic American icons that appeal to the traditional slot-playing demographic segments.
``Our commitment has been to unveil a video slot on our Thrillions progressive system by the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year and we're very pleased we will have a themed game that capitalizes on the instant recognition and universal appeal of Popeye,'' said Robert Miodunski, President and Chief Operating Officer of Alliance Gaming.
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Cuomo under fire for response to Covid-19 at nursing homes
ALBANY — As Covid-19 began to spread in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pointed to Washington state as a cautionary tale of how the virus could rip through nursing homes and adult care facilities if not properly addressed.
While New York then reflected Washington in the total number of coronavirus cases, Cuomo said his administration's focus on senior congregant living and others in the "vulnerable population" appeared to be working.
"You see that in the 22 deaths in Washington compared to New York with no deaths," he said at a March 10 news conference. "Right? Same number of cases, look how much higher Washington is. Because it's about senior citizens."
Nearly two months later, more than 2,300 New York nursing home and assisted facility residents have died from Covid-19, with another 2,500-plus presumed to have died from the virus, according to new state Department of Health county-level data. That's more than five times as many coronavirus deaths reported in all of Washington state.
And Cuomo, who received praise for his early and high-profile response to the pandemic, has come under fire from state Senate Republicans, industry advocates and others for his administration's handling of the outbreak at nursing homes and adult care facilities.
"Obviously the way it rolled out here was pretty disastrous for people — for residents and their families. … This hit us, perhaps, harder than it should have," Richard J. Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, told POLITICO. "Some of this was avoidable, preventable — some of it still is if we take the appropriate actions."
Mollot argued that while New York began limiting visitation at nursing homes and requiring facilities to perform staff health checks and wear personal protective equipment in mid-March, that policy also shut out ombudsmen who serve as advocates and resources for nursing home residents.
State health officials, he added, also directed nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, even after the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine came out against the policy and other states followed suit.
"I think that policy was, unfortunately, one of the things that led to a lot of avoidable harm," he said.
Senate Republicans argued Wednesday that the policy "imported the virus into places that house New York's most vulnerable" and is one example of why there is a need for an independent investigation into the Cuomo administration's handling of Covid-19 at nursing homes and adult care facilities.
"We know that allowing COVID into a nursing home is an invitation for it to spread, and we need to make sure that we take necessary steps to protect residents," said Senate GOP Leader John Flanagan in a statement issued after newly released data suggested 1,700 more people had died at nursing homes and adult care facilities than previously thought.
Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called the Senate GOP's remarks "a sick and sad attempt to politicize this pandemic using a policy that is consistent with the current Republican federal administration."
"This nursing home directive was based on CDC guidelines and is virtually identical to several other states," he said in a statement. "And the clear policy is if a nursing home does not have the facilities, the staff nor the protective equipment to care for a resident, they must transfer them to a place that can — period."
State health officials told reporters in late April that they were working closely with the nursing home leadership and employees to ensure proper protections were in place. Cuomo has further argued that it is incumbent on nursing home operators to provide adequate care to all residents or to inform the state if they cannot.
"That nursing home has to know what its limits are: who it can provide care for and who it can't provide care for. And we have alternatives," he said at a Tuesday news conference. "But we have to get it from that nursing home first."
The governor directed DOH and the attorney general's office in late April to begin investigating New York nursing homes for compliance with state and federal directives on Covid-19 separation policies, staffing and personal protective equipment. Facilities, he said, could be fined $10,000 per violation or risk losing their operating license.
But industry advocates have argued that directives are constantly changing and are confusing.
A coalition of statewide and regional nursing home provider associations on Tuesday sent state health officials a series of "key questions and issues most pressing for their members" in managing their facilities during the Covid-19 outbreak. The questions focused on testing protocols, resident transfers, family notifications, PPE access, staffing and financial issues and reports submitted through the Health Electronic Response Data System, or HERDS.
They asked about the policies DOH uses to transfer residents when nursing homes determine they cannot care for residents due to a lack of staff and/or available PPE, including how transfers will take place, whether families will be involved in those decisions and where the residents will be sent.
The coalition further sought clarification on new Covid-19 notification requirements for residents who have indicated in writing that they do not want their family contacted until their death; whether residents who test positive can return to their rooms post-isolation; and if the state, in response to new CDC requirements, will reduce or eliminate reporting of the same data via HERDS.
AARP New York, 1199SEIU and other organizations, meanwhile, recently urged the governor to establish a long-term care Covid-19 task force and prioritize nursing homes and home care agencies for PPE and testing, as it did hospitals.
AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel doubled down on the call for "a long-term comprehensive and coordinated strategy and plan for our long-term care system" earlier this week.
Bill Ferris, AARP New York's legislative director, told POLITICO that AARP New York had not received an official response to its letter as of Tuesday, but is continuing to "engage the governor's office on this issue."
He stressed that now is the time to act to prevent additional nursing home and adult care facility deaths — not point fingers.
"All that stuff can come after: Whether the department did this or the federal government did that, or the county did that — It doesn't matter right now," he said in an interview. "That's all going to come out when all of this is over."
Mollot agreed that there needs to be "pretty formidable action to ... clean up this mess," such as ensuring that there's proper testing, staffing and federal funding to support strike teams in all nursing facilities.
"I hope this is a wake-up call for the state and for us nationally that we need to do better," he said.