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Lyft, Uber back insurance measure
by Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle
California's Senate and Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation imposing new insurance requirements for on-demand ride services like Uber and Lyft, after the two companies reversed course to support a scaled-back version of the bill. The Assembly unanimously approved the bill, 67-0, Thursday evening; while the Senate passed it 30-4 on Wednesday.
The bill, AB2293, addresses the insurance coverage during the period when drivers log in to a smartphone app but have not yet been matched with riders. In a well-publicized incident, an UberX driver struck and killed a young girl in San Francisco on New Year's Eve, reportedly while waiting for a ride request.
Bill author Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, initially wanted the companies to provide $1 million of commercial coverage during this period. In its final form, the bill requires them to provide $200,000 of coverage, on top of insurance either from the companies or drivers providing $50,000 per person, $100,000 per accident, and $30,000 for property damage. An earlier version required $300,000 per accident.
The bill also calls for the companies to provide $1 million in insurance once drivers accept a ride request, something they already do under regulations from the California Public Utilities Commission.
"This bill creates a policy that is both affordable and flexible, but still ensures corporate accountability," Bonilla said in a statement. "My ultimate goal was to demonstrate that business innovation and consumer protection are not mutually exclusive, while also facilitating the maturation of this new industry into our economy."
Until two days ago, Uber and Lyft had campaigned ferociously against the bill and another one regarding driver background checks, with Uber asserting that the very future of ride services in California was at stake.
The last-minute deal to lower the limits won both companies' support.
"We have agreed to a compromise that provides clarity for the ridesharing community in California," Lyft said. "However, a truly permanent solution must include the creation of modern insurance products tailored for drivers who participate in peer-to-peer transportation."
In fact, that aspect is built into the bill, which would take effect in July and would expedite approval of new insurance products for ride services.
The insurance industry, which supported the bill, said it is ready to craft such products. "Everyone will work together on this," said Nicole Mahrt Ganley, a spokeswoman for insurance association ACIC/PCI, which supported the bill.
Gov. Jerry Brown's office has indicated he will sign the amended bill.
The Consumer Attorneys of California, which originally backed the bill, said the new version is too watered-down.
Meanwhile, the other bill regulating ride services, AB612 from Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-Van Nuys, which would have toughened requirements for driver background checks and drug and alcohol testing, failed to make it out of the Transportation Committee this week.
"The bill is dead; we didn't have the votes," said Dan Savage, Nazarian's chief of staff. The measure would have required the companies to get driver background checks from the state Justice Department and driving record information from the DMV. Those agencies will provide that information only if the Legislature requires them to, Savage said. It also would have implemented periodic drug and alcohol screening, and barred the companies from hiring drivers within seven years of felony convictions for such crimes as fraud, forgery or larceny. Savage said all those requirements are identical to those for taxi and limousine drivers.
Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UC San Diego, said the bills' process showed Uber and Lyft flexing new PR and lobbying muscles – successfully.
Uber, for instance, sent e-mail blasts to its California riders with dire warnings about the bills' impact, and ran a number of newspaper and radio ads.
"They had an ability to mobilize grassroots support that's almost unparalleled because of the digital reach of their consumer network," Kousser said. "If I buy a Coke, Coke doesn't have my e-mail. If I ride Uber, Uber does have my e-mail.
"One of the most important pieces of real estate in lobbying is a good e-mail list of people who like your product," Kousser said. "To be able to immediately generate e-mails to millions of Californians who you know want to keep Uber and Lyft cheap can really increase your ability to keep pressure on legislators."


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If you die without ever creating a will, your estate is then divided up according to a set of default rules called "the intestate statutes." Intestate is a just a jargon-y word that literally means you don't have a will, and these make rigid yet common-sensical assumptions about how you would have handled your estate if you did create will.
Because all inheritances are a matter of a state law, there is no uniform rule for determining how an estate will be distributed. Despite this, there is a six-step general rule that is the intestate law in over 40 states, and I'll walk you through the six step process that is a worthwhile template for how most states handle the death of an individual without a will.
Step 1. Is there a surviving spouse, child, grandchild, great-grandchild, or any descendant thereafter?
If yes, you may stop the inquiry here. If it is just the spouse that survives, then he or she will get the entire estate. If it is just the kids who survive, then they will share equally. If any child dies before you, you will then need to look up whether your state practices strict per stirpes, per capita with representation, or per capita at the generational level. If there is both a surviving spouse and kids or their descendants, then you look up whether your state follows the Uniform Probate Code. If it does, then the spouse gets everything provided that the spouse's descendants are the same as the descendants. Other states give the spouse some combination of a fixed amount, a third of the estate, or half the estate and splits the rest among the kids/descendants.
If none of these apply, go to step 2.
Step 2: Do any parents survive?
If yes, then they both receive the full estate. If they divorced, they each get a half interest in the estate. If only one parent survives, then he or she gets the entire estate.
If there are no surviving parents, then you move on to step 3.
Step 3: Are there any siblings or descendants of the siblings?
If the brothers and sisters of the decedent are all alive, then they have an equal share of the estate. If some of the siblings survive, but one or more has died, then you must check with your state statute to see whether the death of a sibling created a legal interest in their descendants or not. There is a slight majority rule that it does, but again, it varies.
If there are no brothers and sisters, or there were brothers and sisters who died first in a state that doesn't recognize an interest in their descendants, you move on to step four.
Step 4: Can you find any living relatives?
At this point, there are no more general rules and the subsequent intestacy rules vary dramatically by state although there is a tendency to follow the bloodline of the grandparents to see what relation you can find. Some statutes provide have intestacy statutes that even award relative to the 9th degree if you can't find anyone closer, so at this point you find anyone you can and compare them to your state's intestacy statute (which is what you ought to be doing anyway)
Step 5: What if you can't find any descendants or bloodline relations within the 7th to 9th degree (depending on the state)?
Then, the estate goes to the state. There are some interesting court cases where a single widow visits a church every day and makes it the centerpiece of his identity, and then dies without a will and no family relations. The Church tries to receive the estate. No cigar. It goes to the state.
One of the blessings of Google is that your state's intestacy statute is very easy to look up and figure out.
For instance, I'm in Missouri.
I google "Missouri intestacy statute."
The first suggestion is for RSMO 474.010 which takes me to the moga.mo.gov online listing of the Missouri Revised Statutes: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/47400000101.HTML
And there, it spells out what happens. What happens if your husband dies and you had three kids with him and there is a $100,000 intestate estate? Well, it tells you right there in 474.010(1)(b). You get the first $20,000 and then half of the remaining $80,000. So you'd get $20,000+$40,000=$60,000. Of the remaining $40,000, each of the three kids would get $13,333.33 a piece. And that's it.
These things seem daunting at first to figure out, but you should always remember it just comes down to knowing where to look and having the mastery of the vocabulary. Decedent means the person who died. The intestate estate of the decedent refers to the value of the dead person's stuff that wasn't directed to go to someone after his death. You type in " [your state] intestacy statute" and click on the Google search button that takes you to the specifics of your state and from there it is just a matter of clarifying the subsequent jargon that you encounter.
Notice: This article, which I believe may be of interest to readers, is for general information and entertainment purposes only. It only reflects my best understanding of the topic at hand and should not be relied upon as legal or investment advice.
Originally posted 2016-06-16 15:45:10.


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When we were looking for accommodation for our Sydney trip we had to consider several factors, and these include: Proximity to the city centre, Accessibility with regards to public transport services (i.e. trains and buses), And of course affordability. Aspire Hotel Sydney ticked all the boxes for us.
It is a 3-star hotel located in Bulwara Road, Ultimo. The nightly rate during our stay was approx. AUD$150/ night for a Premium room; we also received a code for to get a 10% discount after we made an enquiry at the Metro Hotels website about another hotel (which was full when we were trying to make a booking).
We really weren't expecting much, other than the basic amenities of a 3-star hotel, the only thing that we were really hoping for was a clean room, because we've had some bad experiences with "affordable" accommodations in the past. In all honesty, the Aspire Hotel surpassed all our expectations. During our 3-night stay at the hotel, we have noted many good and some bad points which include the following:
The location is perfect especially for travelers who are keen on exploring the city by foot. It is situated close to the Darling Harbour and Chinatown. The Central train station and the tram stop for the Dulwich Hill line are also handy to the area.
The bedroom, the bathroom, and the balcony, were all exceptionally spacious that it can comfortably accommodate four adults (if needed).
The room that we stayed in was newly renovated so everything was new and clean, even the tub in the bathroom.
The front desk personnel are very friendly and accommodating. We arrived at the hotel three hours before the check-in time, which meant that the room wasn't ready, and they immediately offered to look after our luggage while we went on to explore the city.
The only issue that we had with the room was that the walls were not very soundproof. We heard people talking, the TV, and even minor sounds such as coughing, and sneezing from the room next door. Additionally, during our stay, the hotel was being renovated, so if you were in the hotel the entire day (which we weren't) you'll definitely hear all the banging and clanging.
Overall, we definitely enjoyed our stay at the Aspire Hotel and we will definitely stay there again the next time we visit Sydney.
Safe Travels!
Kay and Gelo
P.S. A few weeks after our trip we received an email from Aspire Hotel offering us a 20% discount on our next visit because of the ongoing renovations during our stay.


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The electronics industry needs huge amounts of water in their production processes. Often, such as in semiconductor production / wafer fabs, the quality of the water must meet highest standards – the provision of "ultrapure" water is necessary, which requires highest standard water purification systems.
De.mem offers specialized and customized systems and solutions for customers from the electronics industry, including industry segments such as semiconductor or plating. De.mem can provide systems to generate ultrapure water for the production, or to treat the waste water for discharge. Furthermore, De.mem has a deep experience also in recycling projects, where waste water is treated to a quality so it can be re-used in certain production processes.
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John McDonough resigns from Cubs, joins Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO - John McDonough's job title stays the same. By moving just a few miles across town, though, he's got a new team to run in an entirely different sport.
McDonough resigned Tuesday as president of the Chicago Cubs - a team that is up for sale - to take a similar position with the Chicago Blackhawks, who offered him a multi-year contract he couldn't pass up.
"I do see parallels. We have a lot of work to do," McDonough said.
The most striking similarity is long championship droughts. The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908, and the Blackhawks haven't captured the Stanley Cup since 1961.
But while the Cubs pack Wrigley Field, the Blackhawks have been plagued by dwindling attendance and poor play for nearly a decade. Last year, the Blackhawks missed the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons.
The team is undergoing a face lift both on and off the ice. General manager Dale Tallon is building a young club, featuring 19-year-old Patrick Kane, the first pick in the 2007 draft. And chairman Rocky Wirtz is making numerous changes to the corporate structure, following the death of his father, William Wirtz, in September.
The younger Wirtz reassigned longtime vice-president Bob Pulford, and also worked out a deal to have several home games televised this season - something his father steadfastly refused to do. Now he's hired McDonough.
"I can think of nothing better than the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup and putting 21,000 people in there every night," McDonough said. "I think that would be a good start."
McDonough joined the Cubs in 1983 and spent most of his career in marketing. He took over as Cubs president Oct. 1 last year after Andy MacPhail resigned, and made it his goal to get the team in the World Series. The Cubs spent US$300 million in the off-season and did make the playoffs, but were eliminated in a first-round sweep.
The Cubs' uncertain future was a factor in his decision, McDonough said. The Tribune Co. is being sold to an entity controlled by Sam Zell, who is expected to sell the franchise.
"It played a role," McDonough said. "But this was the right opportunity at the right time."
Crane Kenney, the Tribune Co. executive responsible for the Cubs the last five years, and general manager Jim Hendry stressed it would be business as usual in the off-season. Kenney said the payroll would rise from last season's $110 million.
Hendry isn't worried about his job security.
"I feel very comfortable where I'm at. ... There's not another job that I would take other than the GM of the Chicago Cubs," said Hendry, who is under contract through next season. "I can't control who will own the ball club down the road nor will I worry one second about that. Hopefully, the new owner will want me to be GM for a long time."


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I haven't added a capacitor or shielded wire between the reed switch, but again we have a wind storm and the EZIO8SA is going wild.
I'll switch out the wire and add a capacitor and see if that change anythng.
I had big hopes for this device, but since I installed it and added inputs I have spent 90 percent of my time troubleshooting it and 10 percent actually utilizing it.
I know most users must be happy with it, but I'll never get another one of these again.
I'll stick with the cheap X10 stuff as it is more reliable in my experience and requires a lot less troubleshooting. As it stands I won't trust this to allow access through my garage or any other door. And any input it can add to my system has proven unreliable. It's almost useless to me.


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RNRC ACADEMY is an a cappella educational program for middle school and high school students. There will be between 20 and 30 vocalists in each location. Singers will learn about proper vocal technique, beatboxing (vocal percussion) skills, stage presence, performance skills, health and wellness, harmony, rhythm, reading music, blending and learning by rote. Through the RockNRoll Chorus approach to music learning, students will also acquire confidence, interpersonal communication skills, ensemble singing, the value of being on a team, persistence, and patience. RNRC ACADEMY is very exciting, offering many 'ah-ha' moments and lifetime memories for everyone! We love to make music, make friends and have fun! Most importantly, this is a safe environment, where singers can take chances and not feel awkward as they improve. We do not allow 'drama' in The RockNRoll Chorus, so if that sounds great to you then come sing with us! You can find out more about our locations, dates, and coaches below, register here, and read our FAQ here


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Episode 98
97. The Water of Life
August 29th, 2012
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A King lies dying, and only the hard to find Water of Life can save him. His three sons, two wicked ones and one younger good one, go out to find it. Along the way, everyone gets what they have coming.


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Photographs: Rukmani Sah Mehta/Rediff.com Rukmani Sah Mehta in Mumbai
'Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...' these lines from Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poem marked an apt beginning to Transforming Our Way of Living: Remembering 26/11, an event commemorating the third anniversary of the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai.
Images of family members of the victims reciting prayers, which flashed across screens at Mumbai's National Centre for Performing Arts' Tata Auditorium, set a sombre tone.
Kia Scherr, who lost her husband Alan and 13-year-old daughter Naomi in the attack, read out a poem, My Mumbai Story In Haiku, recounting the tragedy.
She bore no malice to anyone, Scherr told the audience, adding that she wanted people "to rise from the ashes of darkness to the light of love".
Julio Ribeiro, former Mumbai police commissioner and chairman of the Public Concern for Governance Trust, began his address by explaining the nexus between corruption and terrorism.
'People ask why is the PCGT involved in this commemoration event? What is the co-relation between commemorating 26/11 and corruption? If governance improves and corruption is reduced, the police force will be much more professional,' he explained.
"People say the police will become better if we acquire weapons. Weapons are not going to solve the problem of terrorism. An attack like 26/11 was a fidayeen attack and can be countered by good information, which was there, but not properly disseminated. Police reforms will take place only by reducing politicisation and this is what people must understand. It is the mindset that needs to change,' he added.
'The media is a double-edged weapon'
Photographs: Rukmani Sah Mehta/Rediff.com
Another speaker, Vallabh Bhansali, an investment banker, stated that an apt expression to describe the 26/11 carnage was "madness".
"It was sheer madness. As a businessman, I have wondered about this madness and obsessive-ness, whether it is success or growth or the methods to achieve success," he said.
"In the 1993 riots, 26/11 and the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai, somewhere the hand of money played an important part. We need to pause to think about the madness within us. When growth gives way to purpose, we can make a great difference," he said.
Kumar Ketkar, chief editor of Marathi daily Loksatta, explained how the media, which was criticised for its coverage of the attacks, can play an important part in transforming lives.
He said, "The media can be a huge asset as well as a threat to society. It is a double-edged weapon. We have to blunt one side of the weapon and sharpen the other."
A short film with recorded messages from Kavita Karkare, wife of slain Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare, and family members of other 26/11 victims was screened.
Karkare spoke about how meditation had helped her cope with grief. Another victim, a flower seller whose husband died of bullet injuries, said her mission in life now was to educate her children.
Narayan Varma, co-coordinator of the event and joint managing trustee of PCGT, told rediff.com, "The theme of the event is how to take the exercise of securing Mumbai forward. We want to ensure that citizens are secure and safety is established."
'The pain in my heart will always remain'
Photographs: Rukmani Sah Mehta/Rediff.com
S J Parekh, chairman of United Shippers, who lost his son Sunil and daughter-in-law Reshma in the attack on the Oberoi-Trident Hotel, said he was taking his life forward because of his two grandchildren.
"The pain in my heart will always remain, but the sad part is that the government is sleeping and doing nothing to avoid such incidents. That is why we are trying to keep the movement alive so that the government gets out of its slumber and others do not have to face the situation we are in," he said.
Reshma's mother Rama Parekh also echoed the same sentiments.
Scherr, who co-founded the US-based non-profit organisation 'One Life Alliance' on the first anniversary of the attack, had a different take on people complaining about government apathy.
'Be the change you wish to see'
Photographs: Rukmani Sah Mehta/Rediff.com
She quoted Mahatma Gandhi and said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world," adding, "Through satyagraha and searching your soul, we can find ways to build our inner strength and gradually increase the outer strength to build bridges between people and avoid violence."
Many of those who attended the event had lost their loved ones. Many others had come to express their solidarity with the cause and pay their respects.
Nalini Narsee, whose son had a narrow escape during the 9/11 attacks in New York, wanted to be there for victims of similar terror attacks.
Shweta Vakil, who runs a charity, said she was "disappointed to see few youngsters" at the event, adding that young people should come out in large numbers and express their support for such initiatives.


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Demi Lovato has more than 15 tattoos, and they all have a special meaning. The words "Stay strong" on her wrists, for example, symbolize Lovato's successful rehab completion in 2011. Her first tattoo, the phrase "You make me beautiful" on her side, holds religious meaning. (It's also inspired by Bethany Dillon's song "Beautiful," but the super-fans already know that.) So it was only a matter of time before she went under the needle again—and her latest tattoo certainly doesn't disappoint.
After Time's 100 Gala in New York City last night, Lovato hit up the celebrity-loved Bang Bang tattoo parlor for a late-night ink session. The result? A giant lion tattoo on her left hand. But really, this is no Instagram tattoo (read: tiny and discreet). The design takes up the entire back of her hand. Still, like the minimalist designs taking over our feeds, the detail here is crisp and clean.
She didn't give too much information on social media about what it means, but we have a few guesses. Lovato is a Leo, so the tattoo could be a hat tip to astrology. Or maybe she drew inspiration from fellow pop queen Katy Perry's smash hit "Roar"? Kidding. But it is possible another celebrity influenced her.
Just check out the photo she posted on Snapchat below.
Yes, we know what you're thinking: If it's that Lovato's tattoo looks awfully familiar, you're not alone. Cara Delevingne also has a similar-looking lion tat on her finger—which is also from Bang Bang! If they don't take a matching tattoo photo together, then what is the point of Instagram? What is the point of life?
Hats off to Demi for her actually ferocious new ink. It's very cool…for the summer (and always, to be honest).
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Nuclear Command & Control in Asia as an Indicator of Stability Dynamics and Strategic Intent
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Objective: Pakistan and India are nuclear states both struggling with domestic insurgent threats, bilateral tensions, and increasing concerns over nuclear safety and security. To ensure the non-use of nuclear weapons, improved nuclear command and control (C2) must be further explored as a viable policy consideration for mitigating nuclear risks in Asia.
Performers: Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) Principal Investigator: Jerry M. Conley Cost: $124,928 Fiscal Year(s): 2014-2015
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The Gnawa and Mohamed Tabal
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Alarm (noun): a warning sound, a signal for attention
The sound morning makes to steal you from dreams . Surprise . Every day the same surprise . A buzzing in your pocket . A howl in a forest when you do not live near a forest . A howl in a city that once was a forest . A nagging reminder that the day requires movement. A thing to snooze . A raised voice before you touch something hot . But everything's burning these days . keep your hands to yourself . A red switch in a school for avoiding homework . To cause fear . sometimes when no danger is present . A bipartisan political ploy . An unethical journalism tactic . Tabloid sales booster . How can there always be a state of emergency . There is a state of emergency . moreso than the last time there was a state of emergency . The boy who cried wolf was actually being chased by wolves . but the old wolves were slow and elderly and we assumed they wouldn't catch him . they caught him . but he lived. Now there are bigger wolves . Now the boy . injured in the last attack . is slower . The bells have been clanging for so long . it's difficult to remember to hear them
(I'm compiling the Terrible Poets' Thesaurus by reading poems by unfamiliar writers and jotting down unusual word choices. Once I find a term three times, I attempt to define it by deconstructing it as it appears to me in the context of the poems in which they're used, which are unlikely to be the way the authors intended them. Alternately, I look at my own poems and find words that I overuse and attempt to imagine how others might interpret them.)
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British social realism is a cinema movement that developed in the 1960s with an eye to portraying the dour and grim reality of working class life in Britain. Such titles as "Kes" (1969), "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960) and "My Beautiful Launderette" (1985) explored social tensions around race, gender and sexuality, as well as unemployment, poor housing and a lack of social welfare, often in an understated, "realist" manner. Rayna Campbell's Lapse of Honour continues this conceit by updating the concerns of social realism to a contemporary setting of 21st century Manchester. The modern day features of laptops and mobile phones as well as drugs, guns and abusive parents sit alongside matters of unemployment, education and poverty. Added to the mix is teenage pregnancy and rap music, resulting in a motley assembly of elements. Pleasingly, these elements do not clash but complement each other, resulting in a rich dramatic texture for the events of the narrative. The pace of the film is vibrant and lively, rather than unfolding ponderously with languorous shots of the run-down areas. Instead, Campbell delivers a fast and energized portrait of working class life, with downtrodden characters that are nonetheless driven by hope and determination to better themselves.
The central couple of Tommy (Tom Collins, "Brothers' Day") and Eve (Lady Leshurr) are engagingly drawn and genuinely sweet, their banter and bickering conveying a palpable sense of young people forced to grow up too soon. The factors that force this premature maturity are formidable, and it says something about the film that parental abuse is the least depressing thing about it. Eve's mother Linda (Orline V. Riley) rains emotional abuse on her daughter continually, describing her as useless and stupid in a manner reminiscent of Mo'Nique's powerful turn in "Precious." Tommy's father Bruce (Louis Emerick, "Layer Cake") financially abuses his son by forcing him to pay ever-escalating rent, so as to pay off a debt he owes to local drug lord Razor (Gary McDonald, "Outpost: Black Sun"). Eve and Tommy find solace and inspiration in each other as well as their friends Dean (John Weaver, "The Last Showing"), Dionne (Linda Campbell) and Jennifer (Keeley Fitzgerald), and still have hope and aspirations: Both plan to go to university and Eve has ambitions to make it as a rap artist. Of course these ambitions face further obstacles when Eve discovers she is pregnant. Tommy vows to support her and the baby but due to his father's demands cannot earn enough money, until Tommy himself turns to Razor for additional employment.
The film's portrayal of crime is especially effective as it shows how different gangs and their activities are woven into the social fabric of the city. Teenagers on their way to school are recruited by drug dealers to push weed and cocaine on their classmates; a gang leader drops into a taxi firm to collect debts; local clubs are invaded by armed gangs; random assaults and killings occur without warning, highlighting the arbitrary and fickle nature of life and death in this environment. At each narrative turn, Campbell balances the potential optimism with stark and, at times, shocking intrusions of grim social restrictions. The Mancunian street slang adds to the social texture of the film, never appearing forced or artificial but genuine and engaging. Slang dialogue can sometimes be a barrier to understanding, sealing the film's world off from the viewer and making it too contained. That is not the case with Lapse of Honour, as the inner city milieu of deprivation and difficulty resonates with a range of cinematic offerings, such as the British "Bullet Boy" (2004) and "Nil by Mouth" (1997), both feature debuts concerned with youth and crime in Britain's urban centers, as well as the American "Boyz 'N' The Hood" (1991) and "Menace II Society" (1993) and the French "La Haine" (1995) and "Girlhood" (2014). The Mancunian slang does require close attention, but that is part of the point — Lapse of Honour demands attention and is all the better for it.
The one element of the film that could easily undercut the grimness is Eve's rap ambitions. Rather than being tacked on for levity or providing an overly sentimental message of triumph through artistic expression, Eve's music feels like an organic component of the film (and something else for her mother to insult). Eve's performance at a nightclub demonstrates both her talent and the energy and vibrancy of the music as well as the community. Indeed, the club scene resonates with a brief scene at a community care center, where Eve seeks advice on her pregnancy. The nightclub and the community center are larger versions of the friendships Eve and Tommy long for, indicating that while there is much to oppress them, there is still hope and support. While much of the film is bleak, moments like these add to the sociological detail, creating a greater sense of community and culture.
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Following the article is a statement from the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ) on the assassination of two of its members.
By Ñaní Pinto, Avispa Midia
Translated by Scott Campbell
For the indigenous peoples of Mexico, the winds of war today seem to be the same as those of previous governments. Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) government has been in power just four months and the imposition of development projects, dispossession, persecution, harassment, forced disappearances, and murders continue as before.
On May 4, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, indigenous Nahuas belonging to the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ), held a meeting to coordinate actions at state and federal agencies to pressure them into meeting their social and political demands that had been rejected by the three levels of government. At the end of the meeting, at approximately 6pm, an armed group in Chilapa, Guerrero, kidnapped and later murdered José Lucio Bartolo Faustino and Modesto Verales Sebastián, both members of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI).
On more than one occasion, members of CIPOG-EZ informed the Mexican president that they had been under "siege by criminal organizations tolerated by the three levels of government," reported members of the Indigenous Governing Council (CIG). The indigenous groups are unequivocal in asserting that AMLO had information about the situation in these communities and therefore cannot say that "he did not know."
For their part, in a joint statement, the CNI-CIG and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) said that the indigenous men were killed by narco-paramilitaries who receive government backing. "It is important to mention that our murdered compañeros and their communities have for years been organizing their own Community Police in order to resist the violence, extortion, and poppy cultivation imposed by two criminal groups in the area, Los Ardillos and Los Rojos. These two groups control municipal presidencies across the region and are protected by the Mexican army and the municipal and state police. At one point they even managed to get one of their leaders named president of the Guerrero State Congress," the statement asserted.
The creation of Los Ardillos criminal group dates back to the 1980s, when it was founded by former rural police officer Celso Ortega Rosas, nicknamed La Ardilla (The Squirrel), who used to grow poppy in the area of Quechultenango, Guerrero. In 2008, he was detained for the kidnapping of a woman and for the murder of two agents of the Deputy Attorney General's Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime (SEIDO). He was released in 2011.
Los Rojos criminal organization is in a territorial dispute with Los Ardillos in the municipalities of Chilapa and Chilpancingo. According to authorities in the area, Los Rojos is led by Zenén Nava Sánchez, who operates a kidnapping and extortion ring and is responsible for getting drugs into Chilpancingo prison.
Members of the CNI-CIG and EZLN blame the three levels of government for this crime, "for being complicit in the repression of the peoples' organizing in defense of their territories. We also hold them responsible for the safety and security of our brothers and sisters of the CIPOG-EZ."
Additionally, members of the CIPOG-EZ have 67 outstanding arrest warrants against them, including against the two who were murdered. Even so, they insist they will continue "walking from below with the indigenous peoples and against the capitalist system that dispossesses, exploits, loathes and murders us. As indigenous people, we walk with the principles that we inherited from the struggles of our people, those who walked with Vicente Guerrero and with Emiliano Zapata."
A Continuation
From the first day of this new government, baptized by AMLO as the "Fourth Transformation," the CNI-CIG has documented the following: increased harassment by the Navy against the autonomous process in the community of Santa María Ostula in the Aquila municipality of Michoacán; harassment of the Community Assembly of the indigenous Binniza community of Gui' Xhi' Ro' in Álvaro Obregón, Oaxaca; persecution and arrest warrants against Mateo López Cruz and Juan Sánchez Torres from the community of Suclumpa in the Salto de Agua municipality in Chiapas; threats of displacement from lands reclaimed by the Chol people in 1994 in the community of San José El Bascan in the Salto de Agua municipality in Chiapas; forced disappearances of five members of the Guzmán Cruz family, P'urhépechas from Tarejero, Michoacán; disappearances and murders of members of the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI) in Oaxaca, among many others.
One of the events that inaugurated this new government was the murder of Samir Flores Soberanes, a community leader from Amilcingo, Morelos, and one of the main opponents of the neoliberal Integral Project for Morelos.
"We denounce the intensification of neoliberal repression against the indigenous peoples, nations, and tribes who do not consent to these projects of death in Guerrero and in all of Mexico, nor to the violence which is used to impose these projects and to repress, kidnap, disappear, and murder those of us who have decided to sow a new world from the indigenous geographies that we are," said the CNI-CIG.
The indigenous peoples who make up the CNI-CIG continue their organizing processes throughout the country to resist new neoliberal policies being put forward with new arguments, such as the Trans-Isthmus Corridor and the Maya Train, among others. They assert they will not recognize any kind of consultation and "we reject any form of simulation aimed at the dispossession of territories," they said.
Communiqué from CIPOG-EZ after the Assassination of Two Members of the Organization
Translated by Voices in Movement
Around 6:00 pm on May 4th, 2019, our brothers Modesto Verales Sebastián and José Lucio Bartolo Faustino were assassinated. They were both organizers in the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ). They were active members in our organization, defenders of territory and culture, and above all, autonomous organizers in their communities. They both actively participated in innumerable events of the CNI, in the processes of conformation of the Indigenous Governing Council (CIG). They helped coordinate the collection of signatures for Marichuy in their region and they recently participated in the national mobilization on April 10th.
José Lucio Bartolo Faustino was a state organizer for the CIPOG-EZ and Modesto Verales Sebastián was a regional organizer. On May 4th, 2019, they held a meeting with other members of the organization at 4:00 pm in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero. They were organizing for upcoming mobilizations, as various state and federal agencies have refused to address our social and political demands. While returning to their community, they were intercepted by an armed group that followed and executed them in the city of Chilapa.
We, the communities that elected them as councilmen of the CIG-CNI and as delegates of the CNI, have been under siege by criminal organizations tolerated by the three levels of government. We have raised our voices for years, yet the impunity continues. AMLO is fully informed of the grave problem of violence generated by a criminal group in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez. He cannot say he did not know. We reiterated the situation of violence again and again to his officials, who only treat us with contempt. It is a lie that impunity is over in Mexico. It is a lie that the poor come first. It is a lie that the country has been transformed. AMLO and his officials are repeating the same treatment of the Indigenous peoples as past administrations. If you are not part of his group, and you do not give them votes, you are out.
By mere technicalities, they have failed to dismiss the unjust arrest warrants against compañer@s of our organization. Our assassinated compañeros struggled for justice for those with arrest warrants, and the bad government closed the doors and shunned us as always.
The CIPOG-EZ will continue walking from below with the Indigenous peoples and against the capitalist system that dispossesses, exploits, loathes and murders us. As Indigenous people, we walk with the principles that we inherited from the struggles of our people, those who walked with Vicente Guerrero and with Emiliano Zapata.
We hold the federal, state and municipal authorities responsible. They know perfectly well of the criminal activities of Celso Ortega, yet they allow impunity for his criminal organization. Furthermore, they allow will allow impunity in the case of the assassination of our brothers, José Lucio Bartolo Faustino and Modesto Verales Sebastián.
We also hold the municipal president of Chilapa de Álvarez, Jesús Parra García, and the state and federal government responsible for the well being of all of the members of CIPOG-EZ.
Punishment to the murderers of José Lucio Bartolo Faustino and Modesto Verales Sebastián!
Immediate justice in the case of the 67 unjust arrest warrants against us!
Enough of the impunity and protection of criminal groups in Guerrero!
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Robert Booth Jr., Corporal, U.S. Army, 37221755, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. Entered the Service from Kansas. Killed in Action July 9, 1944. Buried at Plot H, Row 6, Grave 26, Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France. Awards: Purple Heart. He was the son of Robert and Effie Jane Booth and the grandson of Samuel & Christina (Baird) Booth. (ABMC, CCVM, DJHSP)
At right: Corporal Robert Booth, Junior, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, XIX Corps, U. S. Army. Serial# 37221755. (Large Photo)
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Below, left: memorial marker for Robert Booth, Jr., son of Robert and Effie Booth, in the Wilmore Cemetery, Lot# 114. At right is the marble cross on his grave, Plot H, Row 6, Grave 26, Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France. (Large Photo)
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Booth, who live north of Wilmore, just over the line in Kiowa county, received word on August 5 that their son, Cpl. Robert Booth Jr., had been killed in action in France on July 9. No other details concerning his death were given at that time.
Robert Booth was born at the Booth home in Kiowa county, Kans., on December 5, 1921 and died in the Normandy invasion area in France on July 12, 1944, at the age of 22 years, 7 months and 7 days.
He was reared on his father's farm and became a real farmer, always taking great pride in his work.
He attended the Booth rural school and Wilmore High School and at the time he entered the Army in 1942, about two years ago, was farming with his father.
Bob took his basic training at Camp Walters, Texas, and was then sent to Camp Blanding, Fla. He was on Maneuvers in Tennessee and was then transferred to Camp Atterbury near Indianapolis, Ind., before going overseas.
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Cpl. Booth landed in England last March and there continued his intensive training. He took his training in the infantry in stride and was a good soldier, always doing his full part. He has made the Supreme Sacrifice that his buddies and loved ones may live in peace through the coming generations. His wife a life of uprighteousness and complete dependability and was a young man of sterling character.
Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, Lester Booth, of Haviland, Kans., and Ivan Booth of the home, and by three sisters, Mrs. Ivan Hadley of Coldwater, Mrs. Homer Ring of Wilmore and Mrs. Carl Snyder Jr. of San Fernando, Calif., besides many other relatives and friends.
The sorrowing relatives have the sincere sympathy of all.
Robert and Effie Jane Booth, parents of Robert Booth, Jr.
Rowena (Booth) Snyder, sister of Robert Booth, Jr.
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The Three Major Security Implications of the IoT
This article outlines three security implications to keep in mind when dealing with increased IoT device accessibility on your network.
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Infosec pros have spent the past decade fighting a rising tide of both more users and more devices connecting to enterprise resources while at the same time trying to decrease the attack surface — that is, trying to shut down as many points of access as possible. Much of this is usually attempted by first inventorying connections, consolidating network systems and targeted servers, building portals to cut down on remote access, and advanced correlation of security events by a central security element.
Introducing IoT devices into the mix is like adding an unknown number of new doors to a building where the 100 existing doors are barely controlled. In 20 years, we've gone from one device per user to four or five devices per user, and face a future where we won't have a handle on how many internet-enabled, exploitable points of entry even exist in our environment.
At the very least, just auditing and taking inventory of these devices will be a monumental task, which also happens to be the first step to securing them. Below are three security implications to keep in mind when dealing with increased IoT device accessibility on your network:
Devices Increase the Attack Surface
The one way to mitigate this is to think about how a huge midtown office building handles entrants. They may have many unmanned doors, but they funnel traffic to a central desk or hallway where trusted people are permitted to 'badge in' and those not trusted need to be vetted, verified, approved and then badged. Handling other types of access is not dissimilar; using a central, brokered connection to at least service requests from outside the attack surface allows an enterprise to layer controls at a single point of ingress/egress.
Dumb Enough to Ignore but Just Smart Enough to Be Dangerous
A lot of attention has been given to "smart" toasters as some kind of IoT poster child, but in essence, that is part of the problem. The "things" that are being connected are in many instances fire-and-forget in their simplicity, or are built-in features and tools that we may not even know are there. This leads to a mindset of just ignoring these "dumb" devices without paying attention to the fact that these devices, while inherently dumb, are connected to the biggest party-line ever made: the Internet. As part of that, they are exactly as smart as whoever chooses to access or exploit them.
It's Your 'Thing'… but Who 'Owns' It?
This leads to the third concern—who actually "owns" or controls, the IoT device you're living with? If you even realize it is there, are you maintaining it? Hopefully someone is because without patching and maintenance it will be guaranteed to show up on a vulnerability database in short order and be exploited immediately after. If it is being maintained, who is accessing that device? Maybe you do know, but even if you do, what is the security posture like at that remote vendor? Going back to the previous point, you're only as safe as whoever has access to your enterprise. Scary thought. But again, following some good access hygiene, such as using that brokered connection mentioned previously, goes a long ways to controlling the Who, What, Where, When and How of access to your IoT systems.
The number of connected devices and access points on your network will almost certainly increase drastically in coming years. What steps are you taking to prevent potential breaches due to IoT devices? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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2016 will remain ingrained in the history books as a turn-around year, full of unexpected and surprising political outcomes. The future will have the right to judge what the consequences of those changes will be for ordinary people in the UK and US as well as the global impact that awaits us.
More than ever I became aware of my sense of alienation from the political offerings available. I felt deep down that although I resonate with many causes – there is no political movement that fully can embrace Christ's Kingdom agenda.
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You may not have heard of Total Defense, but the company has good anti-virus heritage: Until a year ago, it was the Internet Security Business Unit of CA Technologies, one of the world's biggest vendors of security software. In June 2011, the business unit was sold to venture capital firm Updata Partners, which then established Total Defense.
CA's anti-virus customers, partners, and product development have been transitioned to Total Defense, which maintains an engineering office in India with 400 researchers who develop the main anti-virus engine, study new threats, and develop new anti-virus signatures. Saran Gopalakrishnan, vice president of product marketing for Total Defense, says the company's security products are now aimed at the SMB space. "In fact, we target customers with anything from 25 seats up to 150,000, but we've found the sweet spot is 500 to 1000 users," Gopalakrishnan clarified.
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You can also use the console to create blacklists of applications that endpoints should not allowed to execute — either because the software is known to be malicious, or simply because you do not want those applications running on your network. You can also create whitelists of known applications that are excluded from scans because you know they are not malicious, in order to speed up scanning times.
The management server also controls policy synchronization across all endpoints, and acts as an update server both for the endpoint software and for virus signatures. In larger organization with multiple office locations, you can also use a proxy management server installed at each office to update local endpoints while minimizing WAN traffic.
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Anti-Virus r12's protection capabilities are quite basic compared to many alternatives. To a very great extent, the software depends on traditional signature-based protection, although it does also includes some more general heuristics capabilities to detect variants of known malware. Gopalakrishnan also said that the software uses behavioral protection techniques to spot applications that are carrying out suspicious activities such as modifying certain registry entries.
Such capabilities should be considered a baseline for endpoint protection these days, but when it comes to extra levels of protection, Anti-Virus r12 appears to come up short. Although the consumer version of Total Defense's anti-virus product uses a cloud-based reputation network to flag files that other customers have found to contain malware, Gopalakrishnan says that this functionality is not currently included in the business version. Given that Total Defense has a fairly small customer base, it is not clear how effective a reputation system would actually be if and when it is implemented. But companies with large customer bases such as Kaspersky, Symantec, and Avast have developed reputation-based systems that are highly effective at protecting against new threats using information gleaned from customer endpoints connected to their respective threat detection networks.
Gopalakrishnan also confirmed that the product does not include a "live" cloud-based blacklist to protect users from new web sites that have been found to serve malware, and it also lacks sandboxing capabilities to run unknown or suspicious applications in an isolated virtual environment where they are unable to interact or infect the rest of the system.
In sum, Total Defense benefits from highly capable management server functionality, but suffers from anti-malware capabilities that lag behind the competition. Some customers are happy with it, however. "It's easy to deploy, and it runs quietly in the background. I'm very comfortable with it," said Chris Scarbrough, IT manager at California-based certified accountants Kieckhafer, Schiffer. But there are indications that the capabilities of the product are too limited. Speaking off the record, a spokesman for one anti-virus testing lab described the product as offering "low detection rates and many false positives," while a second echoed this, adding that the frequency of virus signature updates is relatively low, which is "not ideal."
Total Defense Anti-Virus r12 is sold exclusively thought Total Defense's partner network, priced at about $20 per endpoint for 1000 endpoints for three years. It runs on most desktop versions of Windows from Windows 2000 onwards as well as Windows Small Business Server 2008, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and higher, VMware ESXi 4, and VMware Workstation 6.5 and higher.
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The American History Textbook Project (AHTP) is located on the 4th floor of the library. The collection is LIBRARY USE ONLY. To access the materials, students must check out the collection's research room key, located at the Circulation Desk.
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Books within the AHTP Collection are rare and fragile. Each book is unique and cannot be replaced.
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- If you need to make a copy, please scan the page(s) using the scanner provided. You may email yourself the file when you are done.
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One of the most common and annoying skin related issue that is prevalent around the globe is that of dark circles. They are very prominent and can affect the overall appearance of a person in an ill manner. There are a number of treatments that are now available to correct this problem. We shall learn more about the Dark circle and their treatments in the following lines.
What are the causes of dark circles?
These can be caused by a variety of reasons. Lack of sleep and dehydration along with improper diet are on the forefront. Advancing age also plays a part in the development of dark circles around the eyes. Nasal congestion too is responsible for the problem. Exposure to scorching sun over the years also plays an important part in their appearance.
Can they be avoided?
Yes, dark circles can be avoided by ensuring a balanced diet and proper intake of water daily. Getting adequate sleep as per the need of your body is also critical. Ensuring that there is no nasal congestion also helps in this regard. It is also important to wear sunglasses when leaving for outdoors especially during the summers.
How can they be treated?
There are a number of treatments that are available for treating Dark circles treatment in dubai. We shall briefly look into them in the following lines.
- Intense Pulsed Laser (IPL)
IPL uses broad spectrum light in very specific wavelengths in order to get rid of the chromophore. Since the wavelength is set to work against the darker matter, the areas nearby are not affected by IPL. Melanin is the chromophore in case of dark circles. A few treatment sessions may be needed to get rid of the dark circles altogether.
- Topical Creams
There are various types of topical creams that are used for the purpose. These generally work the best for dark circles caused by extreme to exposure to sun. These may take some time to give the complete results.
- Fractional CO2
It is carbon dioxide laser that is fractionated into beamlets in order to target the area with dark circles. The laser bores tiny microscopic holes in the skin which removes the damaged top layer of the skin. This not only helps in getting the healing process started for new healthier top layer to come on top but also kick starts the production of collagen. Generally a few sessions of Fractional CO2 are required to achieve the desired results.
- Dermal Fillers
These are most useful when there is loss of volume underneath the eyes. There are different types that can be brought to use. Generally the usefulness of a single treatment can last for several months in a single go.
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Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson have been sued for copyright infringement over their hit single "Uptown Funk," TMZ reports. The complaint, obtained by Pitchfork, was filed by the Minneapolis electro-funk band Collage. They claim that Ronson and Mars' single "is an obvious, strikingly and/or substantially similar copy" of Collage's 1983 single "Young Girls." The complaint also notes that Ronson and Mars have talked about how "Uptown Funk" was influenced by early 1980s Minneapolis electro-funk soul music. Collage are seeking damages and profits.
The complaint states:
Trinidad James, Jeff Bhasker, Devon Gallaspy, Phillip Lawrence, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner/Chappell Music, Atlantic Records, RCA Records and others are listed alongside Mars and Ronson in the lawsuit. Only one member of Collage, Larry White, is alive. The estates of two other members, Grady Wilkins and Lee Peters, are also listed as plaintiffs.
The Gap Band were awarded songwriting credits on the song last year after citing similarities between "Uptown Funk" and their 1979 hit "Oops Up Side Your Head."
Earlier this year, another group claimed that "Uptown Funk" infringed on their song. The Sequence argued that Mars and Ronson copied their 1979 song "Funk You Up." The Sequence did not bring a lawsuit.


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Design was a natural calling for David M. Sullivan, the son of an antiques dealer and a fine-art framer. But this Manhattanite has blazed his own creative trail, developing a signature aesthetic informed by industrial materials and expert craftsmanship. "I'm interested in raw, brutal qualities coming together to achieve sophistication and elegance," says Sullivan, who studied sculpture in college. He later honed his eye under furniture dealer Todd Merrill, acquiring and restoring rarities by postwar pioneers like Paul Evans, a major influence on the emerging designer. Since starting his own firm four years ago, Sullivan has undertaken an impressive range of projects, from creating individual pieces with rock star Lenny Kravitz's Kravitz Design to devising entire spaces. Central to Sullivan's fast-growing practice are collaborations with local artisans, whom he calls on to realize such one-of-a-kind features as a 30-foot-wide beveled-bronze wall that incorporates a television, a fireplace, and ductwork or, in the case of NHL player Brad Richards's New York City loft, three-plus tons of patinated-steel panels. Suffice it to say, in his short career Sullivan has already done plenty of heavy lifting. davidmsullivaninc.com
Architecture + Design
David M. Sullivan
Once a student of sculpture, the furniture designer has created a signature style that utilizes expert craftsmanship to transform industrial materials


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The smartest man in the world is Christopher Langan.
As Malcolm Gladwell noted when he profiled Langan for the bestseller, Outliers: "He got a perfect score on his SAT, even though he fell asleep at one point during the test.":
The television news show 20/ 20 once hired a neuropsychologist to give Langan an IQ test, and Langan's score was literally off the charts— too high to be accurately measured. Another time, Langan took an IQ test specially designed for people too smart for ordinary IQ tests. He got all the questions right except one.* He was speaking at six months of age. When he was three, he would listen to the radio on Sundays as the announcer read the comics aloud, and he would follow along on his own until he had taught himself to read. At five, he began questioning his grandfather about the existence of God— and remembers being disappointed in the answers he got.
In school, Langan could walk into a test in a foreign-language class, not having studied at all, and if there were two or three minutes before the instructor arrived, he could skim through the textbook and ace the test. In his early teenage years, while working as a farmhand, he started to read widely in the area of theoretical physics. At sixteen, he made his way through Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead's famously abstruse masterpiece Principia Mathematica. He got a perfect score on his SAT, even though he fell asleep at one point during the test.
Esquire profiled him and other geniuses in 1999 saying: "IQs like Chris's exist among us at a rate of roughly one in one hundred million."
Here's a short profile ABC did about Langan:
In 2008 Langan went on a gameshow and won $250,000. (It's on YouTube in three parts: one, two, and three.)
The best look at Langan comes from an extended interview Errol Morris did with him for the fantastic (but short-lived) series First Person.
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The Trump presidency was the biggest story of the year, accounting for one out of every three minutes of evening news airtime — nearly 100 hours in total.
The tone of coverage has been incessantly hostile, especially for a new President in his honeymoon year: 90% negative, vs. just 10% positive (These percentages do not include neutral statements). – Media Research Center
FoxNews.com reports that
President Trump kicked CNN star Jim Acosta out of the Oval Office Tuesday after the network's senior White House correspondent badgered him with racially charged questions.
Acosta has made a habit of grandstanding and interrupting when Trump and his surrogates are available to the media. Tuesday was no exception, as Acosta yelled, "Mr. President," three times before finally getting Trump's attention.
"Did you say that you want more people to come in from Norway? Did you say that you wanted more people from Norway? Is that true Mr. President?" Acosta frantically shouted.
"I want them to come in from everywhere… everywhere. Thank you very much everybody," Trump responded as Acosta continued to bark questions.
"Just Caucasian or white countries, sir? Or do you want people to come in from other parts of the world… people of color," Acosta shouted.
Trump then pointed directly at Acosta and simply said, "Out!"
A Trump staffer in the background can be heard saying, "Jim, thank you," before the CNN star presumably exited the room. Acosta then took to Twitter, accusing White House aides of obstructing him from asking questions.
Acosta has been among the most outspoken critics of President Trump and is a significant part of CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker's apparent anti-Trump programming strategy. Trump has famously dubbed CNN "fake news" and pointed directly at Acosta and called him by the disparaging moniker in the past.
Last December, Acosta was shut down by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders when the liberal reporter tried to hijack a press briefing. Acosta told Sanders that journalists make "honest mistakes" but that doesn't make them "fake news" before attempting a question. Sanders quickly cut him off.
"When journalists make honest mistakes, they should own up to them. Sometimes, and a lot of times, you don't," Sanders said as Acosta tried to interrupt.
"I'm sorry, I'm not finished," she said. "There is a very big difference between making honest mistakes and purposefully misleading the American people… you cannot say it's an honest mistake when you're purposely putting out information you know is false."
Acosta has also gotten into combative arguments with other members of the administration including Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller. Meanwhile, CNN has been mocked for a variety of anti-Trump segments, such as focusing on the president's soda intake amid unfolding breaking news related to a terror attack in New York City.
Acosta's colleague, fellow CNN star Chris Cuomo, apologized on Tuesday after he referred to Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah as "Raj whatever-his-name-is."
CNN has also aired the uncensored version of the word "s—hole" on a regular basis since Trump reportedly used the term to describe certain African countries. CNN anchors and guests said the profanity 195 times in one day last week, according to the Media Research Center.
However, it was not just CNN's Acosta who acted like an idiot, yesterday
Again, courtesy of Fox News…
White House physician Ronny Jackson was slammed with an onslaught of questions regarding President Trump's health in a bizarre press briefing on Tuesday that raised eyebrows as the press fished for maladies.
Jackson said Trump was in "excellent health" after conducting the president's physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, but the positive results weren't enough for the reporters in attendance.
Jackson answered questions for more than 50 minutes, running the gamut from the odd to the conspiratorial. White House correspondents asked about everything from whether Trump wears dentures to how to gauge his mental health.
President Trump is berated on a regular basis for his alleged eating and sleeping habits, and many reporters seemed decidedly disappointed or confused by the conclusion that he'd been given a clean bill of health.
The Washington Free Beacon's managing editor, David Rutz, sarcastically impersonated a White House correspondent on Twitter, joking, "But the president will eventually die, correct?"
Jackson mentioned that he was told by Trump directly to answer as many questions as possible, and the reporters on hand took full advantage. One reporter even asked if the president was addicted to drugs. That elicited a smirk from Jackson, who said Trump isn't addicted to anything.
Physical and cognitive testing found the president in good health, Jackson said. Many in the press corps weren't convinced. (Associated Press)
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson seemed particularly perplexed by Trump's positive results, asking about his mental fitness for office with her first question. The White House physician explained that he had no intention of conducting a cognitive assessment exam until Trump requested it.
That revelation opened the door for a series of followup questions. Despite a detailed explanation of why the cognitive exam was conducted and why Trump was judged mentally fit to be president, the NBC reporter asked if Trump is the healthiest president of all time – something Trump's personal doctor once claimed.
"I'm not going to make any comparisons with presidents over the last 200 years," Jackson responded.
A reporter then asked why Trump "appeared to slur his words" at a recent press conference, and the answer was simply that he'd had a dry mouth – but a reporter asked if dentures were the true culprit.
The White House physician answered several questions about Trump's cholesterol and cardiac health before he was asked to elaborate on the cognitive assessment in "layman's terms" and and discuss such conditions as early-onset Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
The doctor reiterated that Trump had passed an extensive cognitive exam that tests for "all those things," and repeated the conclusion that the president doesn't suffer from mental issues. When Jackson explained that Trump appears sharp and often speaks his mind, a reporter rudely interrupted with the rhetorical question, "He speaks his mind?"
Jackson elaborated on the weight loss goals for the president when CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta chimed in with a pair of questions about the president's cardiovascular health. Once the White House doctor elaborated on the president's heart health, however, it was back to a discussion of mental fitness.
"On what basis would you … advise the Cabinet that the president is unable to discharge his duties," one reporter asked. "How does that bar get met?"
CNN's Jim Acosta, who was thrown out of the Oval Office by Trump earlier in the day, asked if the cognitive assessment was the same thing as a psychiatric exam. It wasn't, according to the doctor, and Acosta's network will scrutinize the difference, if history is any indication.
Another reporter asked about Trump's "sniffles," while numerous correspondents questioned the president's eating habits.
ABC's Jonathan Karl still didn't believe the positive report nearly 30 minutes into the briefing.
"Can you explain to me how a guy that eats McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken and all those Diet Cokes, and who never exercises, is in as good of shape as you say he's in?" Karl asked.
"It's called genetics," the doctor said.
The White House physician went on to take an assortment of other questions, such as a whether Trump's "life expectancy" was known and how many scoops of ice cream he's allowed to eat. Acosta was eventually called on for a second time and asked if the doctor was holding anything back for privacy reasons, while another wanted reassurance that Trump isn't suffering from Alzheimer's.
A reporter pointed out that Trump is close to the medical definition of obesity, and it became more apparent that some of the reporters were fishing for a dose of negativity at that point.
Questions went on for several minutes, ranging from whether Trump would be sedated for a future colonoscopy to why the cognitive test was requested. Jackson was even asked if Trump watches too much TV.
As the lengthy press conference was finally winding down, reporters asked about golf, Twitter, why Trump isn't as healthy as Barack Obama, if Trump has benefited from not smoking cigarettes and if the president is monitored by a shrink.
The Hill media analyst Joe Concha made an effort to sum up the event when he tweeted a link headlined, "JUST IN: White House doctor: Trump requested and passed a mental health assessment."
Concha captioned the tweet, "Would like to say that this analysis by actual medical professionals should put this narrative to rest, but that would require logic and impartiality."
America's Main Stream Media has now officially reached the end of their time in "Desperation Mode" and has now ventured into "Dogs and Cats Sleeping Together Widespread Panic".
These horrible excuses for "Broadcast Journalists" are literally looking for anything that they hang on the 45th President of the United States of America in order to stop his unbelievable forward momentum and somehow, someway, end his presidency.
President Trump's actions yesterday in telling the hateful Spotlight-Hogging Liberal Reporter from CNN, Jim Acosta, to get out of the Oval Office, was a long time coming and was totally justified.
If Acosta had come into any other American Leader's Office, be it Governor, Mayor, or C.E.O. and had shown the disrespect that Acosta showed the President, he would have been bounced out of their office on his hindquarters, also.
And, the mind-blowing spectacle which the MSM has turned the Daily Press Briefing into, would make the Father of Sensational Journalism, Walter Winchell, blush.
The Democratic Party and their Propaganda Arm, the Main Stream Media, cannot attack Trump on his Economic Policies, which have been very successful and which have led to a record low unemployment rate for Black Americans.
They cannot attack him on his Foreign Policy, including the way which he and his Military Experts have decimated ISIS.
So, they decided instead, to write fictional stories and attempt to give them believability and gravitas by claiming to have received the information for their stories from "anonymous sources".
And, now that these stories are being debunked almost as soon as they are posted, most Americans have accurately surmised that the MSM's "anonymous sources" are the voices inside their own over-sized heads.
The failure of the Dcmocrat-controlled MSM has brought them to the point where all they have left is to attempt to paint the U.S. President as a RAAACIIIST or a "senile old man".
And, both of these claims aren't holding water, either.
The Main Stream Media has gotten so desperate to bring down the juggernaut that is President-elect Donald J. Trump that they have adopted the strategy of publishing unsubstantiated lie after unsubstantiated lie in order to assuage their own hurt feelings about their failure to aid lousy Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton in her quest to become the 45th President of the United States of America.
The depth of their grief and the blind rage of their ensuing temper tantrum has, without a doubt, wiped out any vestiges of journalistic integrity that remained after decades of being the Propaganda Arm of the Democratic Party.
President-elect Trump will never be able to please the Main Stream Media.
Nor should he have to.
The Presidency of the United States of America is the most important leadership position on the Face of God's Green Earth.
The Main Stream Media knows that.
The problem is the Main Stream Media is still having a conniption fit (Southern colloquialism for being upset over something to the point insanity) over the election of Donald J. Trump as the next President by us rubes here in Flyover Country.
The Main Stream Media not only has lost their meal ticket with the defeat of the Queen of Mean, Hillary Clinton, but they also have to face the reality of being "punked" for at least four years by Donald J. Trump, who treats them like a school of Largemouth Bass, baiting the hook with the promise of a big announcement or story, causing them to pack the room wherever Trump is speaking, only to find out that they have been used to gain free publicity for Mr. Trump and whatever cause he is trying to forward that day.
Or, refusing to play nice with them when they slander him.
As I have noted before, Trump has made the Media look tremendously naïve and stupid on several occasions, in scenes reminiscent of Lucy Van Pelt promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick, only to pull it away at the last minute leaving a helpless Charlie Brown to wipe out, tumbling head over heels.
The Main Stream Media are no longer in control of the dissemination of the news…and they know it.
Between Trump's playing them like Charlie Daniels playing a fiddle and average Americans becoming their own reporters through the use of Social Media, "professional journalists" have watched their influence over the daily lives of Americans dwindle and diminish right before their very eyes.
Unfortunately, the lies will just keep on coming from both the Democratic Party and their Propaganda Arm, the Main Stream Media.
Like the attention-seeking spoiled brats that they are, the Main Stream Media believe that they can get away with anything.
That is why grandstanding idiots like Acosta feel 'empowered" to show the entire world his backside and to be everything but professional during the White House Press Briefings and any access that they may be granted to interview the President.
Acosta and grandstanding grieving Democratic Propagandists like him are why President Trump decided to pull the plug on some of the White House Press Briefings to begin with.
Americans want their news to be just that: Information about the events going on around them, delivered by unbiased professional reporters.
If they want to see two guys yell nonsensically at each other, they will tune into the WWE's "Monday Night Raw" or Tuesday Night's "Smackdown Live".
Americans are now living in a time when the Main Stream Media's blatant propaganda is no longer believed at face value, as the evidence which refutes it is appearing in the live videos and photographs being shared on Facebook and other Social Media.
Average Americans are winning the war against the "New Fascism" of the Tyranny of the Minority by the sharing of information through Social Media.
Self-righteous Liberals, masquerading as Broadcast "Journalists", like Acosta and the rest of the Main Stream Media, need to wake up and smell what they're shoveling before their version of "Broadcast Journalism" goes the way of the dinosaurs…
…after the Americans who are still watching tune them out to watch cat videos on Facebook.
Until He Comes,


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Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM) & 9th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS), 2012
Authors: Zoran Perunovic, Robert Mefford, Mads Christoffersen
Recent developments suggest that an increasing number of companies outsource manufacturing with the hope that vendors will help them improve innovativeness. Still, the growing research in the topic has not yet studied two important dimensions of the relationship between manufacturing outsourcing and innovation. The first is the realization that vendor capabilities have been recognized as one of the most important factors for the success of outsourcing. The second refers to the fact that, even though innovation capability is required, vendors are still being selected, and their performance evaluated, by traditional manufacturing capabilities, such as cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility. Taking a vendor's perspective in outsourcing, we develop and present a conceptual framework for studying vendor innovation capability. We propose to test this framework in the Electronic Manufacturing Services Industry.


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As the system administrator for your Linode, you may want to give your users the ability to securely upload files to your server. The most common way to do this is to allow file transfers via SFTP, which uses SSH to provide encryption. This means you need to give your users SSH logins. But, by default, SSH users are able to view your Linode's entire filesystem, which may not be desirable.
This guide will help you configure OpenSSH to restrict users to their home directories, and to SFTP access only. Please note that these instructions are not intended to support shell logins; any user accounts modified in accordance with this guide will have the ability to transfer files, but not the ability to log into a remote shell session.
These instructions will work for Ubuntu 9.04, Debian 5, and later. Unfortunately, the version of SSH packaged with Ubuntu 8.04 is too old to support this configuration.
Configure OpenSSH
First, you need to configure OpenSSH.
- Edit your
/etc/ssh/sshd_configfile with your favorite text editor:
vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- Add or modify the
Subsystem sftpline to look like the following:
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
- Add this block of settings to the end of the file:
- /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Match group filetransfer ChrootDirectory %h X11Forwarding no AllowTcpForwarding no ForceCommand internal-sftp
Save the changes to your file.
- Restart OpenSSH:
service ssh restart
OpenSSH has been successfully modified.
Modify User Accounts
In this section, we'll set up the correct new groups, ownership, and permissions for your user accounts.
- Create a system group for users whom you want to restrict to SFTP access:
addgroup --system filetransfer
- Modify the user accounts that you wish to restrict to SFTP. Issue the following commands for each account, substituting the appropriate username. Please keep in mind that this will prevent these users from being able to log into a remote shell session.
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usermod -G filetransfer username chown root:root /home/username chmod 755 /home/username
These users will now be unable to create files in their home directories, since these directories are owned by the root user.
- Next, you need to create new directories for each user, to which they will have full access. Issue the following commands for each user, changing the directories created to suit your needs:
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cd /home/username mkdir docs public_html chown username:filetransfer *
Your users should now be able to log into their accounts via SFTP and transfer files to and from their assigned subdirectories, but they shouldn't be able to see the rest of your Linode's filesystem.


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Exciting Russian Winter Activities
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More and more travelers from across the globe pack their bags and head to the world's largest country for the winter holidays. Why might you ask? To get a piece of Russia's one-of-a-kind overwhelming winter spirit!
There's more to do in winter Russia than just eating pierogi and going shapka-ushanka shopping, so book Russian rail tickets ahead of time and use this handy list of entertaining Russian winter activities to make your trip even more unforgettable!
Ice-Skating on the Red Square
It's no surprise that Moscow's famous Red Square is on the top of the must-do list. What you probably didn't know is that during the holiday season this central beauty is also home to the annual open-air ice-rink. Traditionally it is available from the end of November until the end of February and you can go skating from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. It costs around 10 USD for 1-hour of skating, plus skates are available for rent.
Swish away to the beat of retro Soviet songs and holiday melodies in the surroundings of the St. Basil's Cathedral, the illuminated GUM department store, the beautifully decorated Christmas tree and, of course, the attributes of the Winter Market.
Going Vodka Tasting
A great and fun way to deal with Russia's chilly winter weather is to go Vodka tasting. No matter which city you choose for your winter getaway to Russia, many places will offer special menus or even tours to taste different types of this Russian national spirit drink.
In St. Petersburg, for instance, the popular Russian Vodka Room No. 1, as well as the Vodka Museum, offer to try high-quality vodka produced in different regions of the country. Certainly, you'll be treated to traditional Russian snacks too. Bottoms up!
Traditional Troika Ride
A ride on the traditional Russian Troika sleigh with three horses is definitely a winter experience to remember! Enjoy the views of the Russian countryside as you dash as quick as the wind on an adorned three-horse carriage past the snowy landscape.
Such an activity is available in many places across Russia, such as in Central Moscow Hippodrome, St. Petersburg's Pavlovskiy Park or several places on the outskirts of Ekaterinburg. The duration of the ride is from 15 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your preferences.
Ice-Fishing on Lake Baikal
Those dreaming to see the world's deepest freshwater lake, Lake Baikal, may be in for a surprise as this body of water freezes entirely during winter, making it an even more unusual place to visit. The phenomenally beautiful lake becomes covered with a meter-thick sheet of crystal clear ice and it is even possible to see through it underwater.
Depending on the temperature many enthusiasts even use the lake top as a freeway and ride on it on 4×4 jeeps, snowmobiles, and cars! For a more relaxed pastime, going sledding or winter ice-fishing are other popular winter leisure option on Baikal. The best way to travel to Siberia is doubtlessly on trains, so getting Russian train tickets ahead of time is advisable.
Chill Out in a Russian Banya
Visiting a traditional Russian banya bathhouse is both an interesting experience and a way to sit back and relax. Not only will you unwind and feel entertained, but you will surely get a better insight into Russian culture. The banya ritual goes centuries back and includes staying in a hot dry steam room with wooden benches and flapping one another with besoms made of natural birch tree branches and leaves.
After the procedure, the braver ones topple over a bucket of cold water on themselves or even dive into a pool of cool water (or into a nearby pile of snow)! This isn't obligatory, of course, but is one bit of a comical sight to watch. There are many banyas in all towns across Russia so you can surely visit one during your trip.
Have a Russian Tea Party
Russian tea drinking traditions have long become a popular image of the country with the samovar kettle as the table's centerpiece, sweets and ring-shaped cracknels. During your journey, you may take a break from sightseeing in a cafe and have some classic tea.
In Moscow, for instance, try going to Cafe Pushkin or the Lucien Restaurant for a pleasant experience. If you're traveling to Kazan, try going to the Museum of Chak-Chak where you can taste the traditional Tatar sweets and have tea from a samovar too.
The best way to travel in Russia in winter is without a doubt on trains, which depart without delay even on very snowy winter days. To make the travel planning process easier, book your rail tickets on Russian train tickets and enjoy your jolly stay in Russia.
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