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Capital of the kingdom of Saxony; situated on both banks of the Elbe. The presence of Jews in the city or in its vicinity as early as the beginning of the eleventh century is evidenced by the proceedings against Margrave Gunzelin (1010), who, among others, was accused of selling Christian slaves to Jewish merchants. The first official document, however, directly concerning the Jews of Dresden, as well as those of the other cities of Meissen, is dated 1265. In that year Henry the Illustrious regulated the differences between Christians and Jews. From these regulations it may be inferred that the main occupation of the Dresden Jews was money-lending.
According to an old chronicle, a great auto da fé of the Dresden Jews took place on Shrove Tuesday, 1349 ("Chron. Parvum Dresdense," in Menken's "Script. Rer. Germ." ii. 332). It is possible that this was connected with the Black Death, although Dresden was but slightly attacked by the plague.
Jews Banished.The Dresden Jews figure again in official documents in 1368, with regard to special taxes imposed upon them, amounting to 1,000 gulden every other year. In 1425 Duke Frederick reduced these to 875 gulden, with the stipulation that the sum should be paid in gold of good quality and of a certain weight. Accused, in 1430 or 1432, of favoring the Hussites, the Jews were banished from Dresden, and their synagogue, situated in the place which still bears the name "Judenhof," was transformed into a distillery. The banishment, however, seems not to have been general, as exceptions were made in favor of those Jews whose services to the city were recognized. Thus in 1448 the princes Ernst and Albrecht granted to a Jewish physician named Waroch (probably Baruk), with his two sons Meïr and Moses, the privilege of settling in Dresden on the condition that Waroch should attend all the patients committed to his care by the princes. For this service he was to receive yearly thirty bushels of corn, one cask of wine, and a cow.
In 1700 the court factors of August II., Berends Lehman and Jonas Meyer, who had hitherto lived at Hamburg, settled in Dresden. They were soon followed by many other Jews, whom they took under their protection. During the following twenty-five years the number of Jews living at Dresden must have greatly increased; for in 1725 the government, which endeavored to enforce the decree of banishment, thought it necessary to issue an order forbidding to those Jews who did not belong to the households of the court factors the right to sojourn in Dresden, except while fairs were being held. Ten years later the Christian merchants of Dresden lodged with the government a complaint against Jewish competition.
New Regulations.In 1746 new regulations were issued, rendering residence in the city unbearable to those Jews who by special permission had settled there. They were not allowed to build a synagogue, but had to meet privately and to preserve the strictest silence. A heavy poll-tax was imposed, which was further increased in 1749. Still the community gradually increased, and at length the absence of a Jewish cemetery was keenly felt. After many negotiations the Jews obtained from the government a plot of ground in Neustadt for the sum of 1,000 thalers, paying 5 thalers for each interment. The first to be buried in the cemetery was the widow of Isaac Meyer, bullion contractor to the mint.
The government continued to hamper the development of the community. New laws were enacted in 1772, restricting still further the right of settlement in Dresden. No Jew was allowed to reside in the city without special permission. In order that no unprivileged Jew might be clandestinely harbored, each Jewish family was subjected to a monthly police visitation. The poll-tax was increased; every adult male being assessed 70 thalers annually, in addition to a tax upon his wife and children. The price of a permit for a Jewish marriage was 40 thalers. Every means of gaining a livelihood was barred to the Jews, with the exception of money-lending and of rag-dealing in the Judenhof. Many were thus unable to pay their taxes, and in 1777 several hundreds would have been banished but for the intervention of Moses Mendelssohn.
Successive Rabbis.Still, in spite of all these restrictions, at the end of the eighteenth century there were about 900 Jews in Dresden. In 1803 the community organized, and nominated as rabbi David Wolf Landau of Lissa, who filled the office for fifteen years. He was assisted by the leaders, Mendel Schie, Samuel Kaim, and Hirsh Beer. From 1820 to 1861 Dr. Bernhard Beer was very active in promoting both the spiritual and material welfare of the community. Landau was succeeded in the rabbinate by Abraham Levy, who in 1835 was followed by Zacharias Fränkel. Owing to the great abilities and zeal of the latter, the community obtained in 1837 permission to build a synagogue, which was inaugurated in 1840.
The political situation of the Dresden Jews remained precarious. Some trades and handicrafts were opened to them by the decree of 1838; but their disabilities were still very numerous, and the repeated petitions of the community and the intervention on their behalf of some Christian notables, as the philosopher Krug, were of little avail. The government of Saxony remained deaf to all solicitations, despite examples of more favorable treatment of the Jews shown by neighboring countries. It was not till 1868 that the Dresden Jews, after a long and persistent struggle, secured all the rights of citizenship.
On the removal of Fränkel to Breslau in 1854, Dr. Wolf Landau succeeded him, and in 1886 the present rabbi, Dr. Jacob Winter, was elected. In 1901 the Jewish population of Dresden aggregated 2,547. The community has ten charitable institutions, most of which date from the end of the eighteenthcentury; it also has a large number of private foundations.
- K. Sidori (Isidor Kaim), Gesch. der Juden in Sachsen, Leipsic, 1840;
- Pinner, Was Haben die Israeliten in Sachsen zu Hoffen? p. 74, ib. 1833;
- M. B. Lindau Gesch. der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Dresden, Dresden, 1859;
- Emil Lehmann, Ein Halbjahrhundert in der Isr, Religions-gemeinde zu Dresden, Dresden, 1890;
- Grätz, Gesch. i. 290;
- Jost, Neuere Gesch. der Israeliten, i. 236 et seq.;
- Alphonse Levy, Gesch. der Juden in Sachsen, Berlin, 1901.


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REDLANDS, CA-- San Diego-based artist, Paul Strahm, will bring his internationally collected paintings to the "Evening with the Artists" event at Redlands Community Hospital March 30th. His images are thoughtfully painted to capture the landscape, lifestyle of his surroundings, and its people.
Strahm's passion for painting began when he was young, as did his love for the outdoors. His rural Ohio upbringing allowed him to intimately explore nature on his family's country farm. After high school, Paul attended Youngstown State University where he studied art and became fascinated with the French Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne. Cezanne influenced Strahm and he began to emulate Cezanne's vibrant hues and his love of "plein air" painting. Not long after receiving his fine arts degree in painting, Paul moved west to San Diego, a climate very similar to Cezanne's favorite haunts in the south of France.
Some of Strahm's most recent accomplishments include 'Best of Show' in the 2011 North Park Plein Air show, The 2011 Juror's Choice Award in the Borrego Springs Annual Plein Air Invitational, Best of Oil and Acrylic Award in the Carmel Art Festival in 2010. In addition to more than 30 awards and recognitions, Strahm was featured in a television documentary on Channel 4's San Diego Insider. Strahm's professional affiliations include the California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Oil Painters of America, the San Diego Art Institute, Plein Air Painters of San Diego, and the Idyllwild Art Alliance.
Strahm joins local artists Patricia Rose Ford, Ginger Pena, Donal Jolley, alongside the works of Jean Cranmer (presented by Kimberley Shirk Assoc.) at the annual 'Evening of the Artists' event this spring. Strahm's artwork will be available for purchase at the Stan and Ellen Weisser Education Pavilion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 30 and proceeds will benefit the Redlands Community Hospital Foundation art fund. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will also be served at the event during the elegant evening occasion. Entrance fee of $20 is payable in advance or at the door.
For more information on the Redlands Community Hospital Foundation's 'Evening with the Artists' event or to RSVP, please call 909.335.5500. To see a sample of Strahm's artwork, please visit paulstrahm.com.
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Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology, Bhalki (Formerly known as Rural Engineering College, Bhalki) in Bidar district of Karnataka State, located at the northern tip of Karnataka established in September 1982 is one of the best engineering colleges not only in Karnataka but in whole of India. It has got complete characteristics of a Regional Engineering College where about 50% students are from Karnataka and the rest 50% are from all parts of India i.e. Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, UP, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh etc.
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The institute has very magnificent building and good infrastructure featuring about 50,000 sq.m. builtup area, well equipped laboratories, workshops, drawing halls, seminar halls, big library having about 58,000 books and more than 1500 journals including e-subscribed, lecture halls, computer centre, departmental computer centres, browsing centres with broadband internet connectivity, 03 boys hostels accommodating about 700 boys and 02 girls hostels accommodating 350 girls, canteen, bank, gymnasium, sport facilities, Training & Placement Cell, NSS, Student Welfare Office, EDP Cell, STEP, Co-Operative store and Consultancy Cell etc.
The institute assists students in Training & Placement activities. Our placement record is 80% for eligible students. Tilldate more than 7200 students have passed and are well placed in Government, Private and Public sector organizations in India and abroad and they are doing very well.
The institution is the chosen centre for satellite based education training programme through EDUSAT and VSAT by VTU & ISRO. The institute also acts as a Monitoring Centre for "Mahiti Sindhu" a free computer education programme for Government High School students of Bidar District. The College runs the training programs for rural students sponsored by The Government Toolroom & Training Centre (GTTC). Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd., Government of India and Government of Karnataka have sanctioned Solar Energy Park at our institute.
There is no Capitation Fee/Donation. There is complete transparency specially in admission. For meritorious students scoring more than 75% marks and above, fee concession/scholarship is provided. Similarly top rankers of Karnataka CET students, AIEEE as well as of other States Engineering Entrance Examination also get concession in college fees / scholarship.


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It's after midnight at Bar Añejo in Manhattan. Añejo means 'aged'. On this night--in this place--it means "the nectar of a Mexican plant that's been lovingly grown, and you're about to sip it."
"We're having a midnight mezcal de Oaxaca…."
Mezcal is tequila's cousin. Both are products of both the agave plant and astonishing skill. But unlike tequila, mezcal isn't mass produced -- each batch is unique -- and most of the people here have never tasted it.
"It's wonderfully smooth, it has a very powerful, smoky taste."
Mezcal bars are increasingly popular in the U.S. in cities like New York, Austin, Denver and Los Angeles. The Mexican agency that certifies mezcal says exports have gone from 100,000 gallons to 170,000 in the last 2.5 years.
But this isn't a story about where mezcal ends up, or why it's in fashion.
This is about where mezcal's made, how it's made, and how an unexpected thirst for mezcal in the United States is bringing some people home to Mexico.
The village of San Luis del Rio in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca is out there. They say God won't find you if you slip off the twisting gravel roads that look like ribbon on the mountains, the Sierra Madre.
Getting there's easy … if you have a sturdy 4-wheel drive. From the state capital, Oaxaca City, you snake through small towns and settlements. Then you climb along a steep dirt road, passing the odd iguana and carpets of cactus.
Two hours later you cross El Rio Hormiga Colorada, the Red Ant River, into a slender valley. Agave plants adorn the land and cornfields crown a rocky plateau. You're in San Luis.
"We and our families depend on mezcal," Jorge Mendez said in Spanish. He is a mezcal producer, or mezcalero. His face is burnished by the sun; one hand grips a machete, the other adjusts a faded blue baseball cap.
In his family's still where the mezcal is made, a horse pulls a stone wheel over chunks of roasted agave. The mash under the wheel is fermented and then double distilled over a smoky fire.
There used to be a thousand people in this village. Now, Mendez said, half of them live in the U.S.
With all those people gone, it's hard to find skilled mezcal makers. He said almost everyone who left would be helping to produce mezcal were they home.
It's really hard work for one person, he said.
"You have to harvest the plant, gather firewood, grind the plant and distill it," he said. But these days, Jorge Mendez has help.
Jorge's brother Fabian says people will return. Fabian lived illegally in the U.S. for a time. Then one day, his family called and said 'Come home. There's work now.'
"The hope is that if mezcal's popularity keeps rising, everyone will come home to work. After all your friends and family are here, this is your village, it's your country. If you're Mexican, you have to come back," Fabian Mendez said in Spanish.
Part of the reason Fabian could come back is because of a guy named Pedro Quintanilla. He buys marca negra mezcal from the Mendez family.
"At first it was our intent to be a business. But now it's become much more than that."
Unlike tequila -- which is mass marketed -- mezcal production is a mostly homegrown cottage industry. Individual buyers like Quintanilla buy directly from each family and sell directly to a distributor. The idea, he said, is that producers like the Mendez family pocket more of the proceeds.
"It has to make a profit all the way around. All of the profits come down all the way down to the producer, who are people who've been neglected and forgotten for ages, for centuries," Quintanilla said.
Mezcal, he said, is changing their lives.
"And economically it's amazing. They're generating jobs. People are coming back from the U.S. and everybody's happy. They rejoin their families. And everybody wins," Quintanilla said.
These days more and more Mexicans are returning home. That's not always because work is waiting, but because a sputtering U.S. economy doesn't provide the opportunity it once did.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center says about the same number of Mexicans left the United States last year as arrived. That hasn't happened in 40 years.
In San Luis, at least, there's some work waiting.
Another buyer, Jorge Ramirez, said the market is growing. He's so bullish about mezcal's prospects that he started a co-op for producers. But something else may be in play as well.
Using an age-old rural expression, he said in Spanish that Mexicans would rather eat beans in their own house than live a precarious life elsewhere.


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So trying to remember the foods I like from the places I've lived has become fun and has also jogged my memory, and made me hungry. So here is the latest one, foods I miss from Nashville, where we lived from 2003 to 2010. Nashville is known for its music, but it's also smack dab in the middle of the South, and has its own regional food but also some unexpected treasures. Here we go…..
Fried chicken at Loveless Cafe–Good luck getting a table at this institution on the western fringe of Nashville. But it's well worth the wait, especially the fried chicken and biscuits. My goodness, my mouth is watering thinking about the crispy on the outside, moist on the inside deliciousness that is Loveless fried chicken. Their biscuits are served with homemade jams and are also insanely good.
Hot chicken–Considering my love for spicy food, I didn't get this nearly enough, but it's quite a regional blast of heat and flavor. I think the chicken is broiled or baked (maybe fried but at this point it doesn't matter). What matters is that it's dusted and doused in cayenne pepper, giving it a high level of spice but also a blast of flavor that is just awesome.
Green Curry–yeah, I know, it seems odd, but Royal Thai made some of the best green curry I've ever tasted. And we lived right around the corner from this spot.
Pizza--There is great pizza in most places, and Nashville is no exception–the best there are Sal's (authentic NYC style) and Mafiaozo's, an awesome Italian restaurant in the 12 South neighborhood. The latter had a two-for one happy hour special so that you could have kickass wood-fired pizza and two frosty beers at once served at the same time.
Rippy's Ribs–This downtown spot served dry-rubbed Memphis style ribs–smoked and dusted with Cajun spices. Damn, I'm hungry!
Popsicles–Las Paletas is another 12 South institution, down the street from Mafiaozo's, and the perfect dessert spot in summer. They made homemade popsicles in crazy flavors like avocado or hot pepper/chocolate or cantaloupe along with traditional flavors like strawberry. There is really nothing like this place.
Meat and three–The best place for this that I found was Arnold's downtown. Remarkable stuff like meat loaf, fried chicken, pot roast or chicken and dumplings, that were served with three sides such as mac & cheese, collard greens, creamed corn, or a gazillion other choices. The key is the meat, and three sides….reminding you of comfort food your mom made (at least if you grew up like I did). But also, the food is outstanding at Arnold's (which was recently featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives).
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What gives with Western feminism? Families of Muslim women rape, torture, behead, crucify, and hang them in public squares - all because they have committted the truly mortal sin of being female - yet the silence here on the behalf of these victims is deafening. Compared to the suffering of their Islamic sisters, the indignant chatter about 'oppression' emanating from women in the West is obscene.
Feminists in the U.S. claim that girls in school do less well than boys, and this happens because "America today is a girl-destroying place. Everywhere girls are encouraged to sacrifice their true selves...girls come of age in a misogynistic culture in which men have most of the political and economic power, and girls sense their lack of power." Misogynistic? Girl-destroying? Is America, the destroying place for girls, a recognizable country?
For contrast, try these cautionary tales:
- in Sudan women who refuse to convert to Islam from Christianity are gang-raped, their breasts are cut off. Then they are left to die.
- in Pakistan laws are structurally biased against women, especially since the advent of the Hadood Ordinances in 1979. Now when coerced sexual assaults cannot be proved, the victim becomes an offender, one who enjoyed illicit sexual activity. She is therefore liable to punishment. Safia Bibi, a blind eighteen year old was raped, subsequently becoming pregnant. Since there was insufficient evidence to prove rape ("sufficient" evidence being eye-witness testimony of four adult Muslim men), the pregnancy itself was evidence of her immoral behavior. Thus she was sentenced to three years in jail and fifteen lashes for having sex outside marriage.
- In Yemen on learning that his daughter had eloped with a man from another clan, a father gathered sons, brothers, uncles and cousins, and headed a convoy of twenty cars to storm the bride's new home. Upon retrieving her, she was thrown into one of the cars. As the convoy returned, and reached the edge of her village, her father hurled her to the asphalt and had every car drive over her.
- In Jordan, a man received a six-month prison term for stabbing his younger divorced sister thirty times. The murder, termed a misdemeanor by the tribunal, was minimized because the father of both brother and sister dropped charges against his son. The defendant was also sentenced to one week for intoxication and to two months for carrying a knife.
- In Palestine a sixteen year-old was raped by her younger brother. Once her pregnant condition became known in the wider community it fell to her older brother to kill her in order to avenge the family honor. "She made a mistake," said one of her male cousins. "She had to pay for it."
Ah, the absolute power of Muslim women, holding Islamic men by the short hairs; indeed the old Arab saying is true: "a man's honor lies between a woman's legs."


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A few Ghidra tips for IDA users, part 4 - function call graphs
One of the features of IDA that we use in FOR610 that can be helpful for detecting malicious patterns of API calls is the feature for creating a graph of all function calls called from the current function and any functions that it calls. The graph itself isn't all that pretty to look at, but it allows us to see if all the APIs in a particular pattern (code injection, for example) are made in the proper order. We do this by choosing View > Graphs > 'Xrefs from' in the menus. In IDA, it looks like the following.
When I first went looking for an equivalent in Ghidra, I had a hard time finding it. I eventually found it in the Window menu.
But, when I first ran it, I only saw the functions that call this one (which is nice, you need to do Xrefs to in IDA to see these) and the ones that this function called, so only 1 level deep in each direction. That wasn't going to cut it because sometimes the API calls that we're interested in are buried several levels of calls deep.
However, after looking at it for a while, I discovered that if you right-click on any node in the bottom row, you get a menu that allows you to extend it another level deeper, by selecting 'Show Outgoing Level Edges'. Okay, this is promising.
After selecting that, I got the following
Those lines are still somewhat confusing, but you can move the individual nodes in the graph around to make the relationships clearer. Also, have I mentioned how nice a big monitor is when you are reversing (in either IDA or Ghidra). And, since you have the control to expand one level at a time, I may even come to like this more than IDA's graph. If the graphs are somewhat confusing to you, though, you can also use the Show Function Call Tree button to bring up a couple of pains that show the same info textually
On the left side are the incoming calls
And on the right, the outgoing calls.
And you can then expand any of the functions which may call other functions (those with the little box in front)
For me, personally, that may work even better, but you may prefer the graph.
I think I'll wrap up this entry here. If you are at SANSFIRE next week, please come to the SANS ISC annual State of the Internet panel on Monday evening in Salon 1. You can also stop by and say 'Hi!' I'll be TA-ing for Lenny Zeltser in FOR610. As with all the other entries in the series if you have other thoughts or tips, feel free to comment here, send me an e-mail, or drop into our slack channel. Until next time, ...
Jim Clausing, GIAC GSE #26
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Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. Here's your chance to sit on Genea-Santa's lap (virtually) and tell him your Christmas traditions.
Pauleen (Cassmob) who writes the Family history across the seas blog started a Christmas meme last year - see Deck the Halls - 2012 Christmas GeneaMeme. So we will use that for SNGF this week (since very few readers did it last year!):
1) Copy and paste the meme questions into your blog or word processor, and then answer the questions. You could use short statements, long paragraphs or provide a link to one of your earlier posts.
2) Tell us about your meme answers in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this post, or on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter.
3) Be sure to leave a comment on Pauleen's blog post about your entry in this Christmas 2013 Geneameme. She'll be surprised!
Here's mine (questions in green, answers in red):
- Do you have any special Xmas traditions in your family? Just shopping, gifts, Christmas dinner at my grandparents, and then my parents, and then my brothers homes - before my mother died in 2002. Since then, we either host, or we go to our daughters' home and my brother-in-law's home up the California coast (650 miles north), and back.
- Is church attendance an important part of your Christmas celebrations and do you go the evening before or on Xmas Day? Not as a child growing up. After marriage, we attended Christmas Eve services, ending with lit candles around the outside cross. I was a wise man for many years in the Christmas pageant at church - not a speaking part! But not any more - we're usually on the road.
- Did/do you or your children/grandchildren believe in Santa? Of course we did! Right up until we found the "big" gifts from Santa in my grandparents garage when I was 12. Our kids did until about age 12, and our four grandchildren (ages 5 to 10) still do (I think, I hope)! Now I am Santa... HO HO HO!!!
- Do you go carolling in your neighbourhood? Not as a child or young adult. Our church social group did this for a number of years when we were first married. I hummed a lot to avoid embarrassing myself (my key is J Flat).
- What's your favourite Christmas music? I love the traditional hymns and some of the more modern tunes. One of my favorite memories is singing hymns on Christmas Eve with my grandmother.
- What's your favourite Christmas carol? Angels We Have Heard On High. It lifts my spirit.
- Do you have a special Xmas movie/book you like to watch/read? I watch "A Christmas Story" every year it seems...it is not unlike when I was a boy. I didn't shoot my own erye, but I got the neighbor boy just below the eye.
- Does your family do individual gifts, gifts for littlies only, Secret Santa (aka Kris Kringle)? I exchange several gifts with my wife, usually one gift from us to our daughters and son-in-law, and several gifts from us to each of the grandchildren.
- Is your main Christmas meal indoors or outdoors, at home or away? It is always indoors (it is winter in the USA, even in San Diego) and usually at one of my daughters' homes.
- What do you eat as your main course for the Christmas meal? Always roast turkey, usually with stuffing, mashed potatoes and green beans or peas. Then pie.
- Do you have a special recipe you use for Xmas? I don't - I just show up and eat. Ho ho ho!
- Does Christmas pudding feature on the Xmas menu? Is it your recipe or one you inherited? We've never had Christmas pudding.
- Do you have any other special Christmas foods? What are they? Not really. Maybe sugar cookies? :)
- Do you give home-made food/craft for gifts at Christmas? No. We used to be in a social group that would re-gift fruitcakes each year.
- Do you return to your family for Xmas or vice versa? We either host one or both daughters' families or we go to one of them on Christmas Day and the other one before or after Christmas (since they live 400 miles apart, and we're 100 miles from the closest one).
- Is your Christmas celebrated differently from your childhood ones? If yes, how does it differ? Yes, we are much more religious than our parents were. And we travel more than 10 miles to be with out family.
- How do you celebrate Xmas with your friends? Lunch? Pre-Xmas outings? Drop-ins? Sometimes we drop-in or host drop-ins, and my wife has lunch with other friends with a small gift exchange. Our local genealogy society has a "Holiday Luncheon" with a bring-one get-one gift exchange. I never get anything good.
- Do you decorate your house with lights? A little or a lot? We used to string lights around the front edge of the house, but I don't go up on the roof any more...so no, we don't any longer.
- Is your neighbourhood a "Xmas lights" tour venue? It's a cul-de-sac, but there are some good light shows on the block. Our city has several organized light tour blocks that attract drive-bys and walkers.
- Does your family attend Carols by Candlelight singalongs/concerts? Where? We used to, but now it's only the Christmas Eve service at church (when we are in town) where we have lit candles around the outdoor cross and sing Silent Night after the service.
- Have any of your Christmases been spent camping (unlikely for our northern-hemisphere friends)? No...
- Is Christmas spent at your home, with family or at a holiday venue? Sometimes, sometimes and no.
- Do you have snow for Christmas where you live? San Diego is very temperate, so I've seen snow twice in my life at sea level. Our mountains have snow every year, and occasionally at Christmas time.
- Do you have a Christmas tree every year? We used to, and do when we are hosting Christmas for the family. However, we don't have a tree in most years that we travel to be with the daughters and grandkids. We don't have one this year.
- Is your Christmas tree a live tree (potted/harvested) or an imitation? Growing up, it was always harvested. During most of our married life, the tree was harvested, although we had a potted tree several years. We have an imitation tree now but rarely put it up. I wonder where it is?
- Do you have special Xmas tree decorations? Linda insists that all of the decorations on our tree are angels...and we have hundreds of angels on flat space around the house. So yes...
- Which is more important to your family, Christmas or Thanksgiving? Christmas.
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Now recognized as one of the world's foremost lighting manufacturers, Louis Poulsen began its long life in 1874, first as the Copenhagen Direct Wine Import Company, and then, starting in 1896, as an electrical components and tools supplier. In the 1910s, Louis Poulsen (1871-1934), nephew of the Copenhagen-based company's original founder, took over and soon after became partners with entrepreneur and electricity enthusiast Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen (1884-1938). Together they reincorporated as Louis Poulsen & Co. In 1917, Kaastrup-Olsen acquired Poulsen's shares and became the company's sole proprietor, just in time to benefit from the increasing demand for electrically powered fixtures that developed during and after World War I.
In 1924, Kaastrup-Olsen began collaborating with Danish architect Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) on the design of an innovative, three-shade lamp system, after Henningsen was chosen to participate in the legendary Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes to be held the following year in Paris. Henningsen won the gold medal there, and his work with the Louis Poulsen & Co. grew into a lifelong collaboration that remains the foundation of its ongoing production today.
Henningsen was obsessed with light and considered himself a "lighting architect." With his PH Lamp series, he sought to create glare-free yet direct light where it was most needed, accompanied by soft shadows, lit by the then-new incandescent bulbs. He did not just design a light, but an entire system; around a thousand different models have been designed over the years. Pioneering and timeless classics such as Henningsen's Artichoke Lamp (1958) and the PH5 (1958), as well as fellow Danish designer Verner Panton's Ceiling Flower Pot lamp (1968) and Panthella table lamp (1971), are considered to be among the most iconic Scandinavian contributions to modern design culture.
Louis Poulsen—beloved by design lovers around the world—continues to specialize in the development and production of lighting solutions for indoor and outdoor applications. With function, comfort, and ambience at the core of each design, the company's products can be found in numerous design museum collections, including MoMA (New York), Cooper Hewitt (New York), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Decorative Arts (Copenhagen), Design Museum (London), and Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein). Today Louis Poulsen is part of Polaris Private Equity.
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This is the first proper 18th century shift I have made for myself, my last one was hobbled together and never really fit right. Since I'm going to making a GRAND 18th century outfit this year, it was time to redo everything from the skin out.
First of all, I really like how the major pattern companies are allowing historical costumers to create pretty historically-accurate patterns for the home sewist. It makes life so much easier! This pattern is no exception.
It went together easily for me (I've made similar styles before) but I thought I'd share a few tips for anyone making a shift for the first time:
- Transfer every single pattern tissue mark onto your fabric as you are cutting out your fabric--mark every dot or circle and clip those notches. This will save you many headaches, especially as you are essentially putting together squares and rectangles and not anything that looks like a modern sleeve. You will need those dots and clips, trust me!
- If you plan on using an overlock on your raw edges, serge each piece separately before assembling the pieces together. Many seams can not be serged after being sewn together because of the way it's constructed (again, squares & rectanges!). This is a great way to practicet turning corners on your serger. :)
- Since there are gussets along the side seams, let the garment hang on a hanger overnight before hemming just in case there is any stretching at the hem. There will most likely be some hem adjustments to be made anyway--the gusset pieces usually end up being longer than the front and back pieces.
It's important to note that even though I used my normal top pattern size, the shift turned out large. After putting my stays on (photos in my next post) it didn't look too bad but if I make it again (and I'd like to) I will definitely go down a size, possibly two. Yes, you need to be able to move but there is a lot of excess fabric right now that could be removed from my torso. The sleeves also seem long to me, especially since so many 18th century gowns have sleeves that are right below the elbow. I hope I don't have to stuff the sleeve up into whatever garment I'm wearing!
Overall I'd recommend this pattern to anyone with some sewing experience, just check the sizing and remember that you *do* need to hem this pattern.:)
I made this out of a linen/ramie blend that I bought for $2/yd in the Los Angeles garment district a few years ago. Right now it's pretty stiff but I'm hoping that it will soften up a bit with washings. The directions recommend silk organza for the ruffle at the neckline (that would have been very pretty) but I just made mine out of the smock fabric. I LOVE starched white linen, and this is no exception. I can't wait to get my new outfit together so that I can wear it! Plans, plans, plans.


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George Müller (1805-1898), preacher and philanthropist, born at Kroppenstadt near Halberstadt, [Prussia] on 27 Sept. 1805, was the son of a Prussian exciseman. Though a German by birth, he became a naturalised British subject, and for over sixty years was identified with philanthropic work in England. When four years of age his father received an appointment as collector in the excise at Heimersleben. When ten years of age he was sent to Halberstadt to the cathedral classical school to be prepared for the university. His mother died when he was fourteen, and a year later he left school to reside with his father at Schoenebeck, near Magdeburg, and to study with a tutor. After two and a half years at the gymnasium of Nordhausen he joined the university of Halle. Though he was intended for the ministry, Müller was a profligate youth, but at the end of 1825 a change came over his disposition, and he was thenceforth a man of self-abnegation, devoting himself exclusively to religious work.
For a brief period Müller gave instructions in German to three American professors, Charles Hodge of Princeton being one of them. In 1826 he resolved to dedicate himself to missionary work either in the East Indies or among the Jews in Poland. In June 1828 he was offered an appointment by the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, and he arrived in London in March 1829 to study Hebrew and Chaldee and prepare for missionary service. But in 1830, finding that he could not accept some of the rules of the society, he left, and became pastor of a small congregation at Teignmouth, at a salary of 55£ a year. In the same year he married Mary Groves, sister of a dentist in Exeter, who had resigned his calling and 1,500£ a year to devote himself to mission work in Persia. Towards the close of the same year Müller was led to adopt the principle with which henceforth his name was associated, that trust in God, in the efficacy of sincere prayer, is sufficient for all purposes in temporal as well as in spiritual things. He accordingly abolished pew-rents, refused to take a fixed salary, or to appeal for contributions towards his support—simply placing a box at the door of the church for freewill offerings—and he resolved never to incur debt either for personal expenses or in religious work, and never to lay up money for the future.
After about two years in Teignmouth Müller went to Bristol, where he remained for the rest of his life. There he and others carried on a congregation, schools, a Scriptural Knowledge Institution, and other organisations, but the work among orphans was that by which he was chiefly known. The suggestion and the pattern of the Bristol orphanages were taken from the orphanages which Müller had visited in early life at Halle; these were erected in 1720 by a philanthropist named Francke, whose biography greatly influenced Müller. Beginning with the care of a few orphan children, Müller's work at Bristol gradually grew to immense proportions, latterly no fewer than two thousand orphan children being fed, clothed, educated, cared for, and trained for useful positions in five enormous houses which were erected on Ashley Down. These houses cost 115,000£, all of which, as well as the money needed for carrying on the work—26,000£ annually—was voluntarily contributed, mainly as the result of the wide circulation of Muller's autobiographical 'Narrative of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller' (London, pt. i. 1837, pt. ii. 1841; 3rd edit. 1845) which was suggested to him by John Newton's 'Life.' This book conveyed to people in all parts of the world knowledge of Müller's work, his faith, and his experiences. As a consequence, gifts of money and goods flowed in without direct appeal.
In 1838 the biography of the great evangelist, George Whitfield, helped to intensify Müller's religious fervour, and, after he had passed his seventieth year, he set out on a world-wide mission, which, with brief intervals at home, covered seventeen years. He travelled over much of Britain and of the continent of Europe, made several journeys to America, and visited India, Australia, China, and other parts to preach the gospel.
In the course of his life Müller received from the pious and charitable no less than 1,500,000£; he educated and sent out into the world no fewer than 123,000 pupils; he circulated 275,000 Bibles in different languages, with nearly as many smaller portions of Scripture; and he aided missions to the extent of 255,000£. He supported 189 missionaries, and he employed 112 assistants. The record of his life seems to associate itself more closely with primitive and puritan periods of history than with modern times.
Müller was found dead in his room on the morning of 10 March 1898.
Müller was twice married. His first wife died in 1870. In 1871 he married Miss Susannah Grace Sangar, who accompanied him in his missionary tours; she died in 1895. From 1832 till his death in 1866 Henry Craig assisted Müller. In 1872 Mr. James Wright, who married Müller's only child, Lydia, became his assistant, and the work is still being carried on under Mr. Wright's superintendence.
[The Lord's Dealings with George Muller (London), 5 vols. 1885; Annual Reports of Scriptural Knowledge Institution; Memoir of George Müller, reprinted from the Bristol Mercury, 1898; Pierson's George Müller of Bristol, with introduction by James Wright, 1899.]
From Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1901. Suppl. 3.
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Why Women Need More Sleep Than Men: Research Shows Stronger Mental, Physical Response To Inadequate Rest
Women need more sleep than men, according to a recent study. Researchers from Duke University have discovered that, compared to men, women experience more mental and physical consequences from inadequate rest. Besides giving half the population a legitimate reason to sleep in, the findings could also inspire new health recommendations for women at greater risk of heart disease, depression, and psychological problems.
The study, which was led by clinical psychologist and sleep expert Michael Breus, estimated men and women's respective needs for sleep by assessing their ability to deal with insufficient rest. According to Breus, the experiment suggested a sharp difference between genders. "We found that women had more depression, women had more anger, and women had more hostility early in the morning," he told reporters.
Who Needs How Much?
Many biological factors are thought to contribute to this disparity. However, some experts believe that it ultimately comes down to mental energy expenditure. Women, they say, simply use their brain more than men do.
"One of the major functions of sleep is to allow the brain to recover and repair itself. During deep sleep, the cortex — the part of the brain responsible for thought, memory, language and so on — disengages from the senses and goes into recovery mode," Jim Horne, director of the Sleep Research Center at Loughborough University in England, told The Australian. "The more of your brain you use during the day, the more of it that needs to recover and, consequently, the more sleep you need. Women tend to multi-task — they do lots at once and are flexible — and so they use more of their actual brain than men do."
It follows that, if men used their brains more during the day, they would need a couple of extra hours too. "A man who has a complex job that involves a lot of decision-making and lateral thinking may also need more sleep than the average male — though probably still not as much as a woman," Horne said.
The Science of Sleep
Breus' and his colleagues' study adds to a growing number of scientific inquiries into the health outcomes of sleep deprivation. In a paper published earlier this year, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine showed a correlation between inadequate rest and accelerated skin aging. Other studies have linked poor sleeping patterns to an elevated risk of heart disease, blood clots, stroke, and psychiatric problems.
The average American adult requires between 7 and 9 hours of sleep every day. That said, 80 percent of the population say they habitually fall short of this quota. To learn more about sleep and improving rest patterns, visit The National Sleep Foundation's online resources.


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Proof that the irrational numbers are uncountable
We previously proved that $\mathbb{Q}$, the set of rational numbers, is countable and $\mathbb{R}$, the set of real numbers, is uncountable. What can you say, then, about the cardinality of the irrational numbers?
I would say that the cardinality of irrational numbers is uncountable. That would be because the set $\mathbb{Q}$ is a subset of $\mathbb{R}$. The irrationals is also a subset of $\mathbb{R}$. Basically, my thought is that the continuum is composed of irrationals and rationals (only two subsets of reals). Because we can prove that the rationals are countable by Cantor's proof, then the remaining subsets of $\mathbb{R}$, the irrationals, has to be uncountable for $\mathbb{R}$ to be uncountable. My concern is how to go about the prove this (rigorous, intro level).


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Kirk Franklin, Travis Greene, Nathaniel Bassey, Tope Alabi, Many Others To Headline "The Experience" Concert In Lagos This December
House on the Rock Hosts the Experience 2018 Themed Jesus our Peace
House on the Rock has announced the 13th edition of its annual gospel concert "The Experience". It is scheduled to hold on the 7th of December 2018 at the Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos, Nigeria from 7pm.
The Experience started as a thought inspired by God in the mind of the Metropolitan Senior Pastor of all House on The Rock churches, Pastor Paul Adefarasin and is now unarguably the most anticipated gospel music event in Africa among Christians and non-Christians alike. Averaging a yearly attendance of over 500,000 people at the venue, with millions more watching online from all over the globe, it has grown to become the biggest gospel concert in the world.
Aptly themed Jesus, Our Peace, senior pastor and convener of The Experience 13, Paul Adefarasin explained that the inspiration behind the 2018 theme is to highlight who Jesus is, especially in the world we live in today – the Prince of Peace. Speaking further on the strategic theme, Adefarasin emphasized that regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming elections; peace is the ultimate candidate that we should all support, and must be the candidate that wins. "Peace (as I know it) is not the absence of tension but the presence of Justice" he said. The concert according to him will be a continuous reminder that the God of Peace is with us.
As has been the norm since inception, The Experience 2018 will feature a powerful line up of award winning and renowned indigenous and international gospel artistes such as Don Moen, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Timi Dakolo, Travis Greene, Nathaniel Bassey, , Vicki Yohe, Chioma Jesus, Tope Alabi, Eben , Tim Godfrey, Mike Aremu, Glowreeyah, Onos, Eno Michael and Chee. And for the first time at The Experience is JJ Hairston, Planetshakers and ADA
According to the organizers, the concert which is free to all will be hosted with unparalleled professionalism, hospitality, security, excellence, unity and most importantly with a focus to continue to provide a platform where attendants can pray for our nation and worship God together regardless of tribe, denomination, creed or language. Pastor Adefarasin also iterated that whilst everyone is invited to The Experience 2018, it is advised to arrive at the venue early.
Further information will be communicated via House on the Rock's website www.theexperiencelagos.com and social media platforms


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The IMF has revised its Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency, following a public consultation process. Nine new practices have been added to the Code and many existing practices have been broadened in scope. The four pillars of the original Code remain unchanged: clarity of roles and responsibilities, open budget processes, public availability of information and assurances of integrity. The revised Code will be used in IMF surveillance and in voluntary assessments of fiscal transparency in member countries under the standards and codes initiative. Two associated documents - the Manual on Fiscal Transparency (2007) and the Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007) - provide supporting in-depth coverage of good practices.
I. Clarity of Roles and Responsibilities
1.1 The government sector should be distinguished from the rest of the public sector and from the rest of the economy, and policy and management roles within the public sector should be clear and publicly disclosed.
1.1.1 The structure and functions of government should be clear.
1.1.2 The fiscal powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government should be well defined.
1.1.3 The responsibilities of different levels of government, and the relationships between them, should be clearly specified.
1.1.4 Relationships between the government and public corporations should be based on clear arrangements.
1.1.5 Government relationships with the private sector should be conducted in an open manner, following clear rules and procedures.
1.2 There should be a clear and open legal, regulatory, and administrative framework for fiscal management.
1.2.1 The collection, commitment, and use of public funds should be governed by comprehensive budget, tax, and other public finance laws, regulations, and administrative procedures.
1.2.2 Laws and regulations related to the collection of tax and non-tax revenues, and the criteria guiding administrative discretion in their application, should be accessible, clear, and understandable. Appeals of tax or non-tax obligations should be considered in a timely manner.
1.2.3 There should be sufficient time for consultation about proposed laws and regulatory changes and, where feasible, broader policy changes.
1.2.4 Contractual arrangements between the government and public or private entities, including resource companies and operators of government concessions, should be clear and publicly accessible.
1.2.5 Government liability and asset management, including the granting of rights to use or exploit public assets, should have an explicit legal basis.
II. Open Budget Processes
2.1 Budget preparation should follow an established timetable and be guided by well-defined macroeconomic and fiscal policy objectives.
2.1.1 A budget calendar should be specified and adhered to. Adequate time should be allowed for the draft budget to be considered by the legislature.
2.1.2 The annual budget should be realistic, and should be prepared and presented within a comprehensive medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal policy framework. Fiscal targets and any fiscal rules should be clearly stated and explained.
2.1.3 A description of major expenditure and revenue measures, and their contribution to policy objectives, should be provided. Estimates should also be provided of their current and future budgetary impact and their broader economic implications.
2.1.4 The budget documentation should include an assessment of fiscal sustainability. The main assumptions about economic developments and policies should be realistic and clearly specified, and sensitivity analysis should be presented.
2.1.5 There should be clear mechanisms for the coordination and management of budgetary and extrabudgetary activities within the overall fiscal policy framework.
2.2 There should be clear procedures for budget execution, monitoring, and reporting.
2.2.1 The accounting system should provide a reliable basis for tracking revenues, commitments, payments, arrears, liabilities, and assets.
2.2.2 A timely midyear report on budget developments should be presented to the legislature. More frequent updates, which should be at least quarterly, should be published.
2.2.3 Supplementary revenue and expenditure proposals during the fiscal year should be presented to the legislature in a manner consistent with the original budget presentation.
2.2.4 Audited final accounts and audit reports, including reconciliation with the approved budget, should be presented to the legislature and published within a year.
III. Public Availability of Information
3.1 The public should be provided with comprehensive information on past, current, and projected fiscal activity and on major fiscal risks.
3.1.1 The budget documentation, including the final accounts, and other published fiscal reports should cover all budgetary and extrabudgetary activities of the central government.
3.1.2 Information comparable to that in the annual budget should be provided for the outturns of at least the two preceding fiscal years, together with forecasts and sensitivity analysis for the main budget aggregates for at least two years following the budget.
3.1.3 Statements describing the nature and fiscal significance of central government tax expenditures, contingent liabilities, and quasi-fiscal activities should be part of the budget documentation, together with an assessment of all other major fiscal risks.
3.1.4 Receipts from all major revenue sources, including resource-related activities and foreign assistance, should be separately identified in the annual budget presentation.
3.1.5 The central government should publish information on the level and composition of its debt and financial assets, significant nondebt liabilities (including pension rights, guarantee exposure, and other contractual obligations), and natural resource assets.
3.1.6 The budget documentation should report the fiscal position of subnational governments and the finances of public corporations.
3.1.7 The government should publish a periodic report on long-term public finances.
3.2 Fiscal information should be presented in a way that facilitates policy analysis and promotes accountability.
3.2.1 A clear and simple summary guide to the budget should be widely distributed at the time of the annual budget.
3.2.2 Fiscal data should be reported on a gross basis, distinguishing revenue, expenditure, and financing, with expenditure classified by economic, functional, and administrative category.
3.2.3 The overall balance and gross debt of the general government, or their accrual equivalents, should be standard summary indicators of the government fiscal position. They should be supplemented, where appropriate, by other fiscal indicators, such as the primary balance, the public sector balance, and net debt.
3.2.4 Results achieved relative to the objectives of major budget programs should be presented to the legislature annually.
3.3. A commitment should be made to the timely publication of fiscal information.
3.3.1 The timely publication of fiscal information should be a legal obligation of the government.
3.3.2 Advance release calendars for fiscal information should be announced and adhered to.
IV. Assurances of Integrity
4.1 Fiscal data should meet accepted data quality standards.
4.1.1 Budget forecasts and updates should reflect recent revenue and expenditure trends, underlying macroeconomic developments, and well-defined policy commitments.
4.1.2 The annual budget and final accounts should indicate the accounting basis used in the compilation and presentation of fiscal data. Generally accepted accounting standards should be followed.
4.1.3 Data in fiscal reports should be internally consistent and reconciled with relevant data from other sources. Major revisions to historical fiscal data and any changes to data classification should be explained.
4.2 Fiscal activities should be subject to effective internal oversight and safeguards.
4.2.1 Ethical standards of behavior for public servants should be clear and well publicized.
4.2.2 Public sector employment procedures and conditions should be documented and accessible to interested parties.
4.2.3 Procurement regulations, meeting international standards, should be accessible and observed in practice.
4.2.4 Purchases and sales of public assets should be undertaken in an open manner, and major transactions should be separately identified.
4.2.5 Government activities and finances should be internally audited, and audit procedures should be open to review.
4.2.6 The national revenue administration should be legally protected from political direction, ensure taxpayers' rights, and report regularly to the public on its activities.
4.3 Fiscal information should be externally scrutinized.
4.3.1 Public finances and policies should be subject to scrutiny by a national audit body or an equivalent organization that is independent of the executive.
4.3.2 The national audit body or equivalent organization should submit all reports, including its annual report, to the legislature and publish them. Mechanisms should be in place to monitor follow-up actions.
4.3.4 Independent experts should be invited to assess fiscal forecasts, the macroeconomic forecasts on which they are based, and their underlying assumptions.
4.3.4 A national statistical body should be provided with the institutional independence to verify the quality of fiscal data.


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Persona Certified | Masters
Introduction [40 mins]
Pre-course survey
What to expect from this course (2:16)
Your course pack
Resource library
An intro to personas (12:52)
Difference between buyer and user personas (10:12)
Why are personas so important? (6:07)
What are negative personas? (5:24)
Persona use cases [60 mins]
Product marketing use cases (28:26)
Product + engineering use cases (2:55)
Sales use cases (5:11)
Marketing use cases (9:21)
Customer Success use cases (5:36)
CEO use cases (3:50)
Coursework | Use cases (1:44)
Exam | Use cases
Bonus footage #1
Using buyer and seller personas to empower your sales team
The persona pre-work [50 mins]
Who should be involved in the persona process? (11:40)
How to determine how many personas you need (8:10)
How many interviews do you need to conduct? (4:45)
Getting interviewees on board (15:23)
Jobs-to-be-done theory (12:09)
Jobs-to-be-Done canvas
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Personas with jobs
Persona interview guide [35 mins]
Picking the right questions (15:33)
How to conduct your interviews (12:29)
Who should conduct the interviews (3:11)
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Data consolidation [30 mins]
Identifying trends (13:07)
Data consolidation template
How many personas do you need? (7:27)
Quantified buyer personas (7:55)
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Naming your personas (6:01)
Validating your personas (3:27)
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Sharing your personas across the org (12:02)
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Measuring the success of your personas (19:26)
How often should you review your personas? (4:36)
How to review your personas (8:30)
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The U.S. State Department releases its report on human trafficking every year, naming the countries it believes aren't doing enough to combat modern-day slavery.
The department released a new report Wednesday, and NPR's Michele Kelemen is reporting on the story for All Things Considered. One thing that jumped out at us is that the State Department wants the report to hit home this year.
Luis CdeBaca, the official in charge of the office that monitors and combats trafficking, put it this way:
"This year's report looks at things like the fishing industry — and actually raises a question that I think all of us should be asking: Which is how much of my life is impacting modern-day slavery? Do I know where the shrimp is being caught or processed that is on my plate? Do I know where the cotton is coming from that's on my clothes? ... And instead of it being somebody else's problem, how can I make it my problem? How can I actually do something about it?"
The State Department has worked with a nonprofit organization on a website, slaveryfootprint.org, where consumers can take a survey that answers the question: How many slaves work for me?
The idea is to alert consumers to who works to create the products they consume.
"As consumers start to make their voices heard, that'll be a real big driver out in the private sector," CdeBaca told Michele.
Consumer pressure has had an impact on industry standards: Last month, four major Western retailers announced they'll help finance safety upgrades at apparel factories in Bangladesh following the collapse of a garment complex in April that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 people.
NPR's Talk of the Nation devoted a segment last year to modern-day slavery in the U.S. Some of those workers were brought from overseas.
"We need to keep our eyes open. We need to stay vigilant, and we need to realize that this can appear in almost any industry," Bradley Myles, executive director and CEO of the Polaris Project, said on that program. "There's been a case of elder-care workers in a nursing home. There's been a case of golf course groundskeepers in a fancy golf course. There have been cases in the fishing industry and nail salons and restaurants, all these different places where we need to stay vigilant."
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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Even ice cream, Italian gelato or Popsicles couldn't help this time.
Temperature records that had stood for decades or even just hours fell minute by minute Thursday afternoon and Europeans and tourists alike jumped into fountains, lakes, rivers or the sea to escape a suffocating heat wave rising up from the Sahara.
On a day that no one on the continent will ever forget, two potential drug dealers in Belgium even called the police, begging to be rescued from the locked container they managed to get themselves trapped in.
It was nearly impossible to keep up with the falling records as temperatures climbed higher and higher under a brutal sun — in Paris and London, in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands — all places where air conditioning is not typically installed in homes, cafes or stores. Even office air conditioning systems strained under the hot, dry air that was trapped between two stormy weather systems.
Climate scientists warned these types of heat waves could become the new normal but they loom as a giant challenge for temperate Europe. As emissions keep warming the planet, scientists say there will be more and hotter heat waves, although it's too early to know whether this specific hot spell is linked to man-made climate change.
"There is likely the DNA of climate change in the record-breaking heat that Europe and other parts of the world are experiencing. And it is unfortunately going to continue to worsen," said Marshall Shepherd, professor of meteorology at University of Georgia.
Electric fans sold out across Paris — and traditional folding fans made a comeback on the city's stuffy Metro. Trains were canceled in Britain and France, with authorities in both nations urging travelers to stay home. Messages to "Hydrate yourselves!" blared from the radio and TV, and water bottles were handed out with abandon.
Still, the atmosphere was buoyant, as people sought to stay cool yet embrace the moment.
Katy James, visiting Paris from Chicago, was one of the lucky ones with an air-conditioned room but she was still out in the streets, enjoying the atmosphere.
"We've had such a good time. The Parisians have been so accommodating. We've been getting water where ever we go. We got to play in the fountain. This was amazing," James said.
France's heat alert system went to its maximum level of red for the first time during last month's heat wave , when France saw its highest-ever recorded temperature of 46 degrees Celsius (114.8 degrees Fahrenheit). On Thursday, about one-fifth of French territory was under a red alert, stretching from the English Channel through the Paris region and down to Burgundy, affecting at least 20 million people.
French authorities have been particularly wary since a 2003 heat wave killed nearly 15,000 people, many of them elderly, stuck alone in stiflingly hot apartments.
"The science behind heat wave attribution is very robust — the first extreme weather event to be definitively linked to global warming was the 2003 European heat wave," said NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel. "We know that as the climate warms, heat waves become more likely and more severe."
So as tourists frolicked in fountains, authorities and volunteers in Paris and London fanned out to help the elderly, the sick and the homeless, opening cooling centers to let people rest, recover or shower.
"They are in the street all day, under the sun. No air conditioning, no way to protect oneself from the heat," said Ruggero Gatti, an IT worker who joined other Red Cross volunteers handing out water bottles, soup and yogurt to the homeless in the Paris suburb of Boulogne.
Across the Channel, the heat damaged overhead electric wires between London's St. Pancras train station and Luton Airport, blocking all train lines. East Midlands Trains posted a message to passengers on Twitter, saying simply "DO NOT TRAVEL."
The sheer levels of heat on Thursday afternoon were nothing short of astonishing:
— The Paris area hit 42.6 C (108.7 F), beating the previous record of 40.4 C (104.7 F) set in 1947.
— The Netherlands' meteorological institute announced a record that beat the previous record set just a day ago: 40.7 C (105.3 F) in the Gilze Rijen municipality near the Belgian border.
— Belgium hit all-time records twice in the day, rising to 40.7 C (105.3 F) in the western town of Beitem. "This is the highest recorded temperature for Belgium in history since the beginning of the measurements in 1833," said Alex Dewalque of the country's Royal Meteorological Institute.
— The northern German town of Lingen set a new national temperature record at least three times Thursday, finally hitting 42.6 C (108.7 F). Those repeated records came after the country had set a national record Wednesday of 40.5 C (104.9 F) in Geilenkirchen near the Belgian border.
— London recorded its hottest day on record for July, with the mercury climbing to 36.9 C (98.4 F) at Heathrow Airport. The previous July record was 36.7 C (98 F) in 2015.
— In Britain overall, temperatures hit 38.1 C (100.6 F) in southern England, which gave the country a record for the highest July temperature ever but did not beat the national record of 38.5 C (101.3 F) set in August 2003. Britain's Met Office said its temperature records go back to 1865.
— The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment issued a "smog alarm" Thursday for areas including the densely populated cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague due to high ozone levels.
In Germany, Switzerland and Austria, some communities painted vital rail tracks white in hopes that the light color would bring down the temperature a few degrees and the tracks would not get warped by the heat. German railways Deutsche Bahn said passengers who had booked tickets for Thursday or Friday and wanted to delay their trips could do so without charge.
In Cologne in western Germany, volunteers handed out free water while others sunbathed on the dried-up banks of the Rhine River. In Bavaria's prisons, inmates were getting cold cucumber soup, fruit and yoghurt for lunch and more water than normal.
In Austria, a 2-year-old died of dehydration Wednesday in the country's Styria region after he climbed into an overheated parked car without his family noticing.
Social media had fun with a photo showing that even Queen Elizabeth II, one of the world's wealthiest women, needed relief from the heat. An image of the monarch meeting new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday appeared to have a Dyson fan in the background, a tower-like design that stood out against the delicate gilt-edged decor at Buckingham Palace.
As intense as it was, the heat in Europe is expected to be short, with temperatures forecast to drop on Friday and Saturday.


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Cyber Security Awareness Tip #11: File System Backups
As this is Cyber Security Awareness Month lets discuss the topic of the day: File System Backups.
Backups are one of the staples of the operations teams that is oft overlooked and even more often under rated. Backup and recovery are essential to the organizations IT health. That very statement should resound with our audience with a big DUH! But through the years of consulting, I have been shocked at how little attention and operational practice is put towards proper backup and recovery.
First of all, imho, file system back ups are for data, not OS/Applications. The two are different in my books because so often we run into the problem of recovering a compromised system with compromised backups.
Second: As more organizations move to virtual infrastructures, which some refer to as *gasp* applistructure, back up and recovery of systems becomes almost trivial. Anyone familiar with Vmware ESX/Infrastructure and even Workstation sees the benefits of exporting virtual disks and bringing clones back online.
Given that its "Cyber Security Awareness Month" and this is the Internet Storm Center, I shouldn't have to beat the message of "thou shalt backup your systems properly" down your throats.
Tip #1: Back it up or lose it for ever.
We have all been there and done that when it comes to losing files on a system when it dies, because we were not as diligent as we should have been in regards to backups.
Tip #2: Test your recovery procedures at minimum 1 time per quarter
As a consultant, I have walked into a data center and asked if all the systems are properly backed up. When the client says yes, I ask if they mind if we test the recovery procedure (as part of the scope of engagement of course). They often get very squirrelly that that point. Point is, you have to know that recovery is going to work, because you never know when you are going to need it.
Many of us in the industry were pleasantly surprised when more financial data was not lost during 9/11. Financial organizations are required to have proper offsite backup/replication processes in place, and what do you know... they did!
Tip #3: Ensure that your backup software (agent and server) are properly patched
All one has to do is look at Metasploit's exploit list to see that backup software has had a rough couple of years. Why go after each individual server when we can go after the backup server and the storage device. At the ISC and at Intelguardians we have seen hundreds of large organizations get pwn3d via backup software.
Tip #4: Protect your backup tapes
On many occasions while visiting client data centers I encounter this bizarre situation:
Biometric cages to get access to systems, armed guards, firewalls, laser beams (well, no laser beams but it sounded cool) all protecting client systems. Then, on the loading dock of the data center, a box with tapes labled: For Iron Mountain or similar.
Just think of what happened back in 2002:
Backup tapes stolen from group digitizing military medical records.
Backup tapes stolen from Japanese company van that was creating national ID cards.
Backup tapes stolen from a military shipment going through international customs.
All of these incidents happened within 2 months of each other. Were they related... who the heck knows. Point is, protect your backup tapes as if they were the actual systems they came from.
Tip #5: Use backup diffs to find rootkit file installations.
Infosec Guru Randy Marchany reminded me of an incident that happened at Virginia tech a couple of years back. A large number of Solaris systems were compromised and they were not sure how or what files had changed. Their brilliant network backup expert, Judy Albert ran out of the meeting and came back minutes later with a precise list of all the files that had changed on the system. Since they were diligent about backups, they had a "pristine" state snapshot from the day before the incident and could diff the results of the current backup to see which files had changed. Great thinking!
On a very sad note, Judy was killed in a Gyrocopter accident last Saturday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family, the IT group at Virginia Tech and to the Infosec community. We have lost one of our own, but her wisdom will be passed down to generations to come.
If you have any ideas, tips, or stories related to File System Backups and Cyber Security Awareness Month, please submit them through our contact page. Please keep them PG-13 :-)
Mike Poor, Handler on Duty, Intelguardians, Inc