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Kaspersky and AVL sign agreement to develop electronic security solutions for cars
To meet the challenges of emerging e-security during the next-generation development of automotive systems.
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There is an increasing number of technical vehicle characteristics, such as remote vehicle inspection, information and communications technology and entertainment information, which use communication channels between vehicles, cloud computing or other electronic infrastructure.
Although data exchange from and to the car offers many new technical opportunities, these channels are rapidly becoming targets of cyber attacks. In light of the growing risks of car penetration and the threat to its safety, privacy and financial values, there is an urgent need for systematic, institutional and technical measures to ensure the protection of all vehicle characteristics.
To meet the challenges of emerging e-security during the next generation of automotive systems development, Kaspersky Lab and AVL will work together to create sophisticated and integrated security technologies through a collaborative and comprehensive partnership approach.
The agreement was signed by Dr. George Schwab, General Manager of AVL and Alex Moisev, Chief Sales Officer, Kaspersky Lab. The agreement includes the joint development of a software solution that ensures secure, non-penetrating communication between the vehicle's components and its connected external infrastructure . As well as a bridge to bridge the gap between the integrated vehicle development mechanism and best practices and techniques of electronic security.
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Outlawz Greetings Challenge this week. The gorgeous image I used on my easel card is from guest sponsor Lacy Sunshine. It's called WIX Moonlight Bay.
I used a border punch to cut out my card faces, then circle-cut my Copic-colored image, framing it with a paper doily. I used a hole punch to cut tiny holes in each of the scallops of my card faces. I gave a little shimmer to my teal cardstock with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, then glitzed tiny stars on the image with Stickles. Sequins give my card that last bit of shine, and my Birthday sentiment is embossed.
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SolarOne Delivers Another Boost in Efficiency for Solar Powered Lighting - the SO-Bright MPT System
Next Generation Lighting ManagerDelivers up to a 30% Increase in Charging Efficiency
Framingham, MA - September 20, 2007 - SolarOne Solutions, LLC today announced the launch of its new SO-Bright' Max Power Tracking (MPT) Lighting Controller.
About MPT
Proper solar lighting design mandates that the system operates through the longest night/shortest day when the light is on the longest and the solar panel provides the least amount of charge. Under this condition the needs of the battery are not always well matched to the power characteristics of the solar panel. The SO-Bright MPT algorithm essentially marries the power characteristics of the two devises, ensuring that the maximum amount of energy available from the solar panel finds its way into the battery. SolarOne has measured over 30% improvement in charging efficiency with this unit.
"Winter in the northern latitudes is the greatest challenge for solar powered lighting. The system is required to work through extended night time hours and has fewer daytime hours to collect and store energy." explains Ilze Greene, Marketing Director at SolarOne. "This advancement in solar powered lighting control addresses charging efficiency when and where our customers need it most. Users will benefit by being able to use smaller, more cost effective modules without compromising on power or aesthetics."
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SolarOne's So-Bright' Technology now featuring MPT is already finding its way into landmark lighting projects in New York, New Jersey and Idaho. SO-Bright' Technology is currently available in SolarOne® branded lighting systems and select fixtures from Hadco® Lighting.
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SolarOne, LLC deploys solar technology systems across the globe for a wide range of applications and customers including major college campuses, government laboratories and municipalities. SolarOne offers overhead lights for pathways, sidewalks, parking lots and bus shelters. Relying on solar panels, SolarOne® lights operate independently of traditional electric grids for their power source, ensuring that they will remain lit, even during grid-connected power shortages. Additionally, their independent power source enables them to be sited flexibly and installed easily, without incurring significant expenses, such as trenching and repaving. For further information on SolarOne® visit www.solarone.net, or contact Ilze Greene at email@example.com or Toll Free 877-527-6461.
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St. Luke's campus to double in size
Tuesday, July 3, 2018 by Allison Poczaki Special to The Press in Local NewsWomen & Babies Pavilion at Anderson
The St. Luke's Anderson Campus will be doubling its size with its newest expansion set to open in January 2020.
This expansion will be a Women & Babies Pavilion housing a labor and delivery unit, 32-room postpartum unit with 16-bassinet nurseries, private and semi-private NICU rooms and more, as stated by St. Luke's.
June 12 was the official groundbreaking ceremony with four speakers and seven St. Luke's Hospital personnel taking part in the actual groundbreaking.
Guest speakers included St. Luke's Anderson Campus President Edward Nawrocki; surgical resident of St. Luke's University Health Network Julia Tolentine, M.D.; Program Director of the OB/GYN residency Elizabeth Dierking, M.D. and President and Chief Executive Officer of the St. Luke's University Health Network Richard A. Anderson.
The project will increase access and bring personalized, high-quality health care to women and newborns in the local area.
"The project represents a major investment in the health and well-being of our community," Nawrocki said.
Additional benefits to the campus expansion include increased jobs and an expanding graduate education program.
The months of construction will allow for new contractor positions, and the building design, constructed using American manufactured steel, shows the network's dedication to economic stimulus at home.
After the project is completed, 200 new permanent jobs will be filled at the facility, adding to the current 14,000 employed by St. Luke's, bringing more jobs to Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley as a whole.
For the sixth time and fourth year in a row, St. Luke's has been a designated IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospital in the major teaching hospital category.
The Women & Babies Pavilion will act as an expansion to its graduate medical education program which plans to add 160 residents over a five-year period which will almost double the total number of residents and fellows trained with St. Luke's currently.


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Meet local author behind 'Who is The Black Panther?'; special movie screening at NMAAHC
The highly-anticipated film "Black Panther" is slated to hit theaters nationwide next week, but the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will host a special pop-up screening on Sunday, Feb. 11.
Tickets will be available at 10 a.m. Saturday. The special screening for the Marvel film takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday.
On ABC7 News, Michelle Marsh sat down with the local author who Marvel commissioned to write "Who is the Black Panther?" ahead of the movie's launch.
Black Panther is the latest superhero film in the Marvel franchise which has produced other blockbuster movies, including "Captain America," "Iron Man," "Thor," "Spider-Man" and "Guardians of the Galaxy."
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Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures in 2013. I can just picture those cows excited, crowding around the tractor so that you can hardly get out the door, anxious for their hay! I'm curious...how do you break up the bales? Ours are baled so tightly we can hardly get them apart!ReplyDelete
Dear girl, you tend to make even chorse sounds wonderful and magical. I know you work hard. I'm glad you love what you do.ReplyDelete
Love your photos. That house coming down is a big thing for you :)ReplyDelete
And how I remember in days past many years ago, how we started to chat and you would say, 'I will go turn on the tractor to warm it up', then come back and we would continue our chat. Me ironing my sons shirts for school after my midnight...lol - That taught us to share our thoughts and our joys & troubles, we got each other through :) and all these years that have passed we are still friends from afar even though we have never met in the flesh.....my dear friend, have a great day. M xoxoxox
normal can mean so many different things to so many people. I hope the weather is kind to you this week........I hear we're in for a warming up week? Probably the calm before the storm.ReplyDelete
Have a good week,
Well I hope your normal for this year is easier than last year, and involves more rain! I love the pic of the blowing snow.ReplyDelete
Oh the joys of chores. It must be a day for routines to get back to normal and for us to be alone again. my people are all back at it again today too. I cant wait for the stories adn pictures of your year ahead! :}ReplyDelete
I look forward to lessons and sharing as well. We are all the better for experiencing the everyday with you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 07, 2013 8:12 AM
I think at this point, after watching your poor old house be ravaged and savaged, it will be a relief to see it sent to its eternal rest. Normal? Hmmmmm..... I guess that's different for each of us. Hope you settle into yours comfortably.ReplyDelete
I love how positive you are about life and what it may throw you.ReplyDelete
Is there a normal? All of your days seem very full, no matter what you are doing. I can see you now, in that gigantic tractor. These photos are spectacular...I especially love the last one. Keep up that positive attitude, nobody does it better.ReplyDelete
brrrrr....you are probably outside right now. At least I know you are safe in that tractor. I was outside the other day, freezing, thinking about farmer friends who have no choice to go out in all kinds of weather to do their work. One thing about bees, there's not a lot to do in the winter months....except stay inside and build frames.ReplyDelete
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I hope life is good to you this year. I completely understand that feeling of your hero going back to the other world. Mine was on vacation for almost a whole month- I loved having him home. So ready for retirement.ReplyDelete
I was right there with you in the tractor, breaking apart the bales, sweet talking the cows...however, I've never done it in the snow.ReplyDelete
Lovely piece- here's to all the good 2013 will bring!
The first photo looks so cold with that blowing snow, reminds me of Alberta. Seriously love that tractor! Looks comfy and warm. My husband just bought an antique (1951) Case tractor with a blade on the back to keep our driveway plowed (Our landlord took the big tractor back to Alberta).ReplyDelete
I hope you have some enjoyable life lessons this year.
I hope by now you are inside and getting warmed up with a hot cup of tea.ReplyDelete
I hope you have a great week Buttons.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.ReplyDelete
And I'm with Beth...I hope you got your tea;)
normal sounds good, but i don't think we'll be getting much of that. lessons await. *sigh*ReplyDelete
B. I know what you mean about your childhood home. It does deserve to finally rest in peace, and you deserve the closure that having it gone will bring. And as for your dedication to your animals-bless you. Farming has got to be one of the hardest jobs there is and I for one appreciate what you guys do.ReplyDelete
Whatever this year brings for you, I'm so happy to be part of it:)
Normal? ?ReplyDelete
one thing I have "learned" is that life is not to be taken for granted...scheme for the future, but definitely live in the moment...
and thats what you already do, friend! Thats why your blog is the best!
My Hubbers went back to work after a 2 week vacation from work as well. I enjoyed having him home, but I like the house to myself during the day!ReplyDelete
I believe that "everything happens for a reason", just can't quite figure out what it is a lot of the time.
I love the way the snow looks so pristine in the country, ours is looking kinda grungy here in the urban setting.
And I so look forward to reading about all your adventures, trials, and victories over adversity. You are a tough woman with a sweet and caring heart. I wish you all the best for the new year.ReplyDelete
Yup Papa here is also back to work and I am here not alone though cause I have my girls Miggs and Harley . Miggs is always with me so that's good company for me and yes I talk to her all the time mind you it usually is a one sided conversation but I know she understands just cant respond all the time lol ! Awesome photos and post . The temps here have warmed up and the sun is to be shining so that's a plus here for me ! Stay cozy and have a good day !ReplyDelete
I definitely agree that every event has something to teach us. It may take a while to realize what it is, but we can learn from the good and the bad.ReplyDelete
i hope your "normal" is wonderful buttons!ReplyDelete
In this day of age is being normal actually being subnormal with the way the world is changing.ReplyDelete
I conciser myself subnormal, so does that make me normal.
Im confusing myself now. lol
Have a great day, i cannot wait for more of your tales, trials and tribulations !!
I've given up on "normal". Apparently, Life has a lot to teach me yet. Ah, well! I'm a willing participant. If I didn't have God in my life I'd go bonkers. Hope you get that sense of normalcy that you desire. Enjoy the time with your mom. Love that last shot of the beautiful trees!ReplyDelete
Getting back to normal, whatever that may be, is always comforting to me. I look forward to sharing 2013 with you!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos and wonderful thoughts...we all face challenges every day and don't often see the good in them till later, that is for sure.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your kind birthday wishes...I am praying for God's best in the next few years for all of us, but I know it will be a rocky road.
I look forward to hearing your stories. They calm me. They make me sit, like when I was a kid, and listen to the stories of my family. There is something comforting about that.ReplyDelete
I do hope you find a happy normal this year. Just like you said I believe that the things that happen to us are lessons. Even if we don't know what the lesson is. And Maybe just maybe the lesson is for someone else not us. Wishing you a happy 2013. I really do enjoy your writing and your photos.ReplyDelete
Love your musings, Buttons, they are so relatable to us all in our journey's through this crazy life! Your photos are stunning, especially that last one with the sun coming through the trees. I love how you care so deeply, even about the welfare of your sweet cows. My heart aches for you about your childhood home being torn down. My parent's home sits empty and vandalized at the end of my road since they have passed, and I can't bring myself to go there, it breaks my heart. But all we can do is move forward and as you say, learn from the past and let go, keeping only the best memories in our hearts. Hugs, Karen xxReplyDelete
Stay warm Buttons! My fingers are crossed that this year coming is better than last for you.ReplyDelete
Oh, and stop by my blog, you'll find something there for you. =)
The last photo is stunning, B.ReplyDelete
I do hope the lessons learned this year are easy ones. :)
and then all obstacles go out the window when you encounter scenery like the warm glow of the sun peeking through the pines. :)ReplyDelete
That is the snuggliest looking tractor seat I have ever seen :-)ReplyDelete
I love the light in the first and last photos - those slanting rays from the setting sun!! Gooid idea about keeping the snowshoes in the tractor!! means you will get out to the bush, without the long walk from the house to tire you!!ReplyDelete
I am sure the work can often be hard, but to be given those moments to reflect about life and your surrounding is a gift. Your photos do reflect those special moments that often surround you. Kind makes me want to take a deep breath in just reflecting on your reflections.ReplyDelete
normal helps us get through each day hugs. love that tree shotReplyDelete
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Plugging the Gap
We had intended to make a trip back to the services at Sparks Bridge on the Rufford Branch firstly to coincide with the waste tank needing emptying but also to enjoy a couple of weeks in a more rural and quieter setting. This was not to be. Earlier in the last week the power of social media brought to our attention a slight flaw in our plan. A hole had appeared and the water had drained away. A boater posted photos on Facebook of their home sitting on the bottom at a rather jaunty angle. It was in one of the long pounds between locks a short way from where it joins the main line so anyone below here was now isolated. Shortly after we had an update from the Canal and River Trust altering us of a stoppage likely to last until the end of August. (Also they had put in a temporary dam and refloated the stranded boats). OK, plan B. With a break in the relentless rain of the past couple of weeks forecast, the prospect of another busy Saturday outside the pub at Crooke made up our minds. We decided to head off in that direction anyway. We won't be able to last until then of course before we pump out but we have a couple of options. One is to head to the marina at Scarisbrick (they have a reputation for being uncooperative) or to head back past Crooke to Plank Lane at Leigh (there is currently a stoppage there too but that's another story...) We'll just make it up as we go along.
A sunny if slightly windy day, we stopped after the first lock to top up with water then pointed the boat towards Appley Bridge
Rounding the curves that snake their way towards the swing bridge
Appley deep lock
Going down, the noise of the water leaking through is louder than you may think
The bow nestles itself into the corner of the gates as the flow of water from the emptying lock pulls the boat forwards
Beautifully green this tree lined section where we once saw a turtle in the water (where's my camera when you need it?!). I look for it every time
I have recently been at the helm a bit more often as I have gained confidence to take the boat through the locks. I am really enjoying it and am now reluctant to relinquish the tiller, the only downside being I can't take as many photos. Mr F obliged me this one. He will have to get practicing with the camera and I will have to let him steer once in a while!
After a couple of hours or so we are moored up and off to the pub but not before a visit from a tightrope walking moorhen
He was really very good, his huge feet seemed more of a help than a hindrance
Once aboard he had a little look round
I would have given him some of the wildfowl food I keep on board but there is an army of ducks here (canal side ice-cream parlour is a popular spot) and they will terrorise you if they think there is a meal to be had so unfortunately he had to do without
Reluctant to leave he actually made about three more visits along the rope onto the stern
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text: Caveat App-Developer More than 70,000 applications make it possible to post photos, shorten URLs, and do other useful things on Twitter. They are a primary reason why the micro-blogging service now boasts 50 million Tweets a day -- up from 5,000 in 2007. Twitter doesn't pay the developers who created all this utility and, by extension, the company's unassailable position. Instead, these folks monetize their work by charging users for the app and/or by selling advertising. But they're starting to wonder where their next paycheck will come from, for there's a new competitor on the scene – Twitter itself. Now that it has achieved ubiquity, Twitter is looking for revenue, and spent part of its venture capital hoard last week to buy Atebits, which makes Tweetie for the iPhone and Mac. It also said it is creating BlackBerry's official Twitter app. "The time for filling the holes in the Twitter service has come and gone," wrote Twitter investor and board member Fred Wilson in a blog post cited in the New York Times (4/11/10). "Twitter really should have had all of that when it launched or it should have built those services right into the Twitter experience." In other words, you take a great risk when you're an outsider "filling the holes" in someone else's product -- that is, writing code for a corporate-owned platform. Once you've helped build the service into preeminence, the corporation may try to buy you (not bad) or bury you (bad). It may also leave you alone, but the likely choices have narrowed. Happens all the time. As cited in the Times report, outside developers helped make Microsoft ubiquitous by creating tools to enhance its operating system. Then the company re-created these tools and built them into Windows, and the outsiders were shut out. Twitter, a free service, plans to introduce paid accounts for businesses, including a tool for managing corporate tweets with multiple authors – inspired by a similar program developed by an outside firm called CoTweet, which will now have to compete with Twitter for sales. How should developers orient themselves on this changing landscape? Wilson recommended that they focus on such add-on services as business tools, analytics, or gaming. The new terrain will be further explained and explored at the first-ever Chirp conference for Twitter developers, which starts today in San Francisco. See: http://chirp.twitter.com/index.htmlShare this:Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... April 14, 2010Business, Creativity, Design, Technology


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And things get worse in the labor market
Today, the BLS released its report on the Employment Situation for December 2008. If you really want the details, click through and read it. The lowlights:
*The unemployment rate jumped from 6.8% to 7.2%, its highest level since January 1993. It's worth noting that, in both of the most recent recessions, the unemployment rate continued to rise even after the economy began to recover. I don't think anyone thinks we're at the trough yet.
*Employment, measured by the household survey, fell by 806,000 between November and December. It's now down by about 3 million since its cyclical peak in January 2008.
*Employment, measured by the establishment survey, fell by 524,000 between November and December, and is down by about 1.9 million over the past 4 months. Establishment employment has now declined for 12 consecutive months and is about 2.5 million below its cyclical peak in December 2007.
(And I'd like to thank Brad Delong for reminding us that these data are now nearly a month old...things have clearly not improved since early-to-mid December.)
Of additional interest is a report on the number of workers who are employed only part time as a result of what the BLS refers to as "economic reasons;" this is often called involuntary part-time employment. Here's the lead: "In November 2008, 7.3 million persons were employed part time for economic reasons, up by 3.4 million from a recent low of 3.9 million in April 2006." But the reality is worse than that. Looking at Chart 1 in the report, it appears that involuntary part-time employment has increased from about 4.5 million at the beginning of 2008 to 7.3 million in November--an increase of over 60%. In other words, almost all of the increase in involuntary part-time employment has occurred since the current recession began.
This is one of the facts that lead some observors to argue that the unemployment rate does not provide as accurate a measure of labor market distress as we might like. And, in fact, involuntary part-time employment generally rises sharply in recessions. In the 2001 recession, it rose by 12% or so; in the 1990-91 recession, by about 40%; in the 1980-82 recessions, by40%; and in the 1974-75 recession, by about 33%. So, in this recession, the rise in involuntary part-time employment has been, as usual large--but, compared to recent recessions, much larger than average.
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This looks delicious! I love tarts in summertime too, and will look forward to trying this one. I love the idea of a poppyseed crust. Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
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I am just about to pour the filling into the crust and it looks like it's way too small of an amount. Is the amount of yogurt correct?ReplyDelete
Great question. The greek yogurt filling is only enough for about half the depth of the tart. I find that with more filling, the lemon can overpower the flavors of the crust and blackberries. But if you want a tart with stronger lemon flavor and lots of filling, you can absolutely double that component (greek yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, splenda and egg). Thanks for asking!Delete


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Hi, I live in Brittany area 22, my Father in Law built me 2 National
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I fitted 5″ entrance blocks, but they look like they are
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Any advice welcomedJuly 9, 2010 at 4:28 am #2134
Hi LadyBeekeeper welcome to Honey Beekeeping!
OK so by entrance blocks do you mean a mouse guard. Basically you have inserted a block to make the usual wide entrance smaller. Well the easy answer is yes if your hive is strong and there is queueing then take out the block. The hive entrance should be completely open in the summer months, this will help them get in and out quicker thus filling out the honey stores quicker.
To be honest if your hives are doing really well you should be checking them every week incase of swarming. This also gives you the chance to look out for varroa on the bees and in the brood. Try dusting them with icing sugar if any mites are seen. If you have a mesh florr they sometimes allow for a tray to be inserted below, if you are worried about mites then insert the tray for a week and see how many mites are on in after that time.
Hope that helps and happy beekeeping!
Help make this the best beekeeping website!September 9, 2010 at 4:49 pm #2135
I also live in dept. 22 in Brittany. Can you tell me how you got your bees from Cornwall to Brittany. I have seen that there is a breeder in Cornwall taking orders for spring next year. just wondered how they travel on the ferry and what paperwork is involved.
Many thanks,
BarbaraFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:15 pm #2136
Don't know about that, but as a new beekeeper in the LOT region of France, I have found out the new registration process which are a legal requirement for ALL beekeepers here. There are two types of registration. The first is for beekeepers with more than 2 hives who wnat to raise queens and sell colonies, honey or other bee products. For this, you must register as an ENTERPRISE AGRICOLE and get a SIRET number. Use the form Cerfa 11922*02.
If you limit yourself to a maximum of 2 hives, and do not sell ANY bee products, and only give away to your family, register for a NUMAGRIT number using form DEMANDE DE CREATION D'UN NUMAGRIT (This varies by dept, but can be found on the web / local bee school).
Once you have the SIRET or NUMAGRIT, you can make a declaration of the location and number of hives Cerfa 13995 *1, and demand a Nombre d'apiculter (Bee keepers number) Which should be clearly displayed at the site of your hives.
Each hive should have some reference number on it (Of your own choise) so that records can be kept for chemicals/ feeds used, disease / treatments and vetenary proceedures etc.
I believe that if you have a SIRET number and 10 or less hives, you do not pay tax on profit – more than 10 and you are a business and have to show profit and loss etc etc.
The above is what I have gleaned so far, and I am up for any correction others may makeFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:34 pm #2137
Thanks bob,
Thats very informative and Im sure it will help a lot of people in similar situations. Atleast the French are sticking up for their bees eh! The French do love to protest anyway. But you have to admire them, if they dont want something they get together and say it. I think the UK should be doing similar. We pretty much take whatever the government dishes out. Time for change
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Just a small attachment to my post.
You also need a bee keepers registration number (No. d'apiculteur) To get this, register for your SIRET or NUMAGRIT number as per posting, then make a DECLARATION de DETENTION et D'EMPLACEMENT de RUCHER(S) form Cerfa 13995*01 ie declaration of site(s) of hives.
Write a brief letter demanding a No. d'apiculteur and send with the above form to your chamber of agriculture.
This is a bit cart before the horse, as you may not have hives / bees to declare yet. In theory, you should declare that you have a particular number of hives within a month of siting them. All hives must have a unique reference number of your choise. Each registered site must display your No. d'apiculteur. This sign will show your apiculteur number in figures 8cm high by 5cm wide. There should be a hyphen between the department number and the remaining digits. I think there are 2 formats for this number Viz NN-NNNNN and NNN-NNNNN.
You are also advised to place a warning sign – ATTENTION ABEILLESJune 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm #2139
hi- ive just picked up your web site, we are due to return to france for good in feb of next year-would you have any idea as to the format
required to bring my own hives by ferry to france (area29) fromm englanddo i need to contact our customs as well?
Sorry for just bursting in like this ,i thought you may be able to point me in the right direction.
many thanks-keith.bannister.December 2, 2011 at 3:47 pm #2140
Hi like Keith I also am to move to France (brittany22) next spring(march). I have one very strong colony at present well prepared for the winter. I would like to move this with me . What are the formalities and regulations. Is it sufficient to bee inspector look at them then carry them with me in the car-well ventilated of course!?
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This page discusses the basic XDI graph structures, patterns, and flows for group messaging, i.e. XDI messaging that involves more than 2 peers. This can be used for group profile sharing, group chat messages, group email "lists", group connection requests, and any other kind of data or operation that can be expressed in XDI.
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- 2016-03-13 - Markus Sabadello and Drummond Reed: first version
Group Nodes
In XDI, a group is a first-class graph node just like a person or a thing. As defined in section 4.2.2. of XDI Core 1.0 CSD 01, a group is a + node. Like any other XDI entity, the XDI address of a group node can be absolute or relative, and it can be mutable or immutable.
+!:uuid:x-1 <== absolute, immutable +example-group <== absolute, mutable =!:uuid:x-2+!~1234 <== relative, immutable =!:uuid:x-2+~local-group <== relative, mutable
Note that while a group node with absolute XDI address may appear at any level of context, a group node with a relative XDI address MUST be relative to another entity node.
Group nodes can also be specialized. For example:
=!:uuid:x-2+!:uuid:x-1 <== absolute group +!:uuid:x-1 specialized by an absolute person =!:uuid:x-2 +!:uuid:x-3+!:uuid:x-1 <== absolute group +!:uuid:x-1 specialized by another absolute group +!:uuid:x-3
The purpose of this specialization is to create instances of the same semantic entity -- in this case the group +!:uuid:x-1 -- in different semantic contexts so descriptions of this group can be specialized for those contexts. For example:
=!:uuid:x-2+!:uuid:x-1<#notes> <== notes that person =!:uuid:x-2 is keeping about group +!:uuid:x-1 +!:uuid:x-3+!:uuid:x-1<#notes> <== notes that group =!:uuid:x-3 is keeping about group +!:uuid:x-1
Membership in a group is defined in section 10.4 of XDI Core 1.0 CSD 01. It MUST use $has relations. Example:
+!:uuid:x-1/$has/=!:uuid:x-2 +!:uuid:x-1/$has/=!:uuid:x-3 +!:uuid:x-1/$has/=!:uuid:x-4
Group membership can also be discovered from inverse group membership statements, e.g.:
=!:uuid:x-2/$is$has/+!:uuid:x-1 =!:uuid:x-3/$is$has/+!:uuid:x-1 =!:uuid:x-4/$is$has/+!:uuid:x-1
Messages are represented by entity instances in a [$msg] entity collection.
In the most simple case, messages may be directly in the context of the group itself:
Messages however may also be further qualified to model concepts such as channels, queues, conversations, etc:
Group Link Contracts
Root Link Contract
Generation of a new group node is identical to generation of a new person node except that the bootstrap link contract is for permissions on the group node. For example, here are the "genesis statements" for adding a new person node =!:uuid:x-2 and its root link contract:
//=!:uuid:x-2 (=!:uuid:x-2/=!:uuid:x-2)$do/$all/
Here are the genesis statements for a new group node +!:uuid:x-1 and a bootstrap link contract that gives all permissions over this group node to the individual =!:uuid:x-2.
//+!:uuid:x-1 (+!:uuid:x-1/=!:uuid:x-2)$do/$all/+!:uuid:x-1
Publisher Link Contract
Messages can be sent to the group using the publisher link contract.
The link contract grants $add permission on the [$msg] entity collection of the group.
The group takes the role of both publishing peer and subscribing peer:
The link contract's policy requires the publishers to be members of the group:
(+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)$do/$add/+!:uuid:x-1[$msg] (+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)($do$if$and/$true)+!:uuid:x-1/$has/{$from} (+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)($do$if$and/$true){$msg}<$sig><$valid>/&/true
Subscriber Link Contract
Messages are distributed by the subscriber link contract.
This is a push link contract which covers the [$msg] entity collection of the group.
The group takes the role of both publishing peer and subscribing peer:
The link contract's policy requires the subscribers to be members of the group:
(+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)$push$do/$push/+!:uuid:x-1[$msg] (+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)($push$do$if$and/$true)+!:uuid:x-1/$has/{$to} (+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)($push$do$if$and/$true){$msg}<$sig><$valid>/&/true
Administration Link Contract
The basic admin responsibilities of adding and deleting members can be accomplished by the individuals who have admin permissions as shown in the following group administration link contract:
(+!:uuid:x-1/=!:uuid:x-2)($do/$add)+!:uuid:x-1/$has/{} (+!:uuid:x-1/=!:uuid:x-2)($do/$del)+!:uuid:x-1/$has/{}
Basic Group Messaging
Messages are sent using a $add operation to add a message to the [$msg] entity collection:
=!:uuid:x-2/$send/=!:uuid:x-2[$msg]*!:uuid:x-8 =!:uuid:x-2[$msg]*!:uuid:x-8/$is()/(+!:uuid:x-1) =!:uuid:x-2[$msg]*!:uuid:x-8/$do/(+!:uuid:x-1/+!:uuid:x-1)$do =!:uuid:x-2[$msg]*!:uuid:x-8$do/$add/{$msg} =!:uuid:x-2[$msg]*!:uuid:x-8<$string>/&/"hello world"
Group Membership Invitations and Requests
This section will describe how new peers can request membership, how they can be invited for membership, and how members can leave a group.
Encrypted Group Messaging
This section will build on the previous section by describing options for message signing and encryption to achieve integrity, authenticity and confidentiality.
Articles on multi-party encrypted messaging:
Announcement of (n+1)sec multi-party secure messaging protocol
- A group can take actions, e.g., generate and sign messages, the same way a person or a thing can.
- Persons (=entities) acting on behalf of a group (+entity) of which they are members is similar to agents (*entities) acting on behalf of a person (=entity).
- Group messaging has two basic topographies:
- Hub-style: any member of the group who sends a message to the group writes it to the hub, and the hub redistributes the messages to rest of the members as spokes.
- P2P-style: any member of the group writes a message to the group and if the message is from that member, the peer sends it to all the other peers. So each peer is responsible for sending messages from its group member.
- The difference between hub-and-spoke and P2P group messaging link contracts needs to be in the link contract semantics.
- Should link contract permissions be assignable directly to a group?
- If so, should we define that all members of the group have those permissions? Note that if a subgroup of members (e.g. admins) are the only ones who should have those permissions, they can be defined as a group within the group.


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Any moment now, masked gunmen are going to burst through your doors and raze the entire place down to the ground in a hail of bullets and bombs. Or, rioting mobs will trample past your front window, throwing stones, burning and looting stuff. Failing that, someone with a strange new virulent disease will sneeze on you, passing on the germ that will kill you and wipe out your entire family. Melting icecaps will have huge waves of water pour through your windows. You have nowhere to hide. You'll be run out of your home. You'll starve to death.
This is someone's reality, but I'm willing to bet, NOT YOURS.
Most lives, even in some of the most high-octane event-filled parts of the world, are very mundane. True, everyone has their share of life-changing drama, but for most, even these are interspaced with vast amounts of ho-hum, just-so, day-to-day living. For most, life is taken up by the minutiae of day to day living…waking up, washing up, work, daily chores and tasks, a meal or two, some downtime, sleep. Ad infinitum. Most of the time, the high drama is taking place elsewhere.
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The tech community is buzzing at the news that Microsoft has made an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo and word is that Yahoo is actually considering it very seriously.
The potential merger has long been rumored and there are many reasons for which it could actually make a lot of sense for both companies. A question, though, remains as to who the winners and losers are in that deal. Topline, it's clear that Microsoft and Yahoo benefit from this and clear that it doesn't benefit Google. But who else?
Let's look at the deal and try to figure it outs
OpenID: Only a few days ago, Yahoo announced support for OpenID, a system that allows users to use their yahoo credentials as a way to login to other services. Surprisingly, this was the goal of Microsoft Passport (now knows as Windows Live ID), almost a decade ago. A pairing between Microsoft and Yahoo could represent a major win for OpenID, especially if the partnership extends Yahoo's commitment to Windows. One could see OpenID being incorporated with Active Directory in the future, leaving any non-openID provider in a lurch.
AT&T: Yahoo has a partnership with AT&T for IPTV. Combine that with the recent acquisition of Maven Networks, the IPTV efforts Microsoft has taken, and its relationship with MSNBC and there's added strength provided to AT&T's foray into the television space.
AOL: Many people would put AOL in the loser category but I think this partnership makes it a potential acquisition target for Google now, which means that Time-Warner could try to get a premium and spin-off a property they've had a hard time managing.
Advertising Agencies: Someone needed to build a counter-balance to Google's power in the online space and, since any online pairing seemed unlikely, large ad buyers are the only ones that could provide that counter-balance. Now that Microsoft and Yahoo are providing that counter-balance, advertisers are going to be squeezed not by one but two giants. With two players representing more than 75 percent of all possible ad buys, the online companies will dictate terms to ad agencies and not the other way around. That window of opportunity appears to be closing for ad agencies.
However, a large enough online ad buyer could, if they standardized their platform and streamlined it to make single aggregated buys (for example, tell Google or Microsoft/Yahoo! that you will buy XX% percent of their ad inventory next quarter if they discount the rates by YY% compared to the competition) but ad agencies do not yet have enough streamlined data to be able to build risk models around such large scale purchases.
Ask.com:Â Unfortunately, IAC does not have any major partnership with the larger players in the market. It's fight to stay in the search game appears to be an uphill struggle from now on. There doesn't seem to be that many strategic options relating to the changing dynamics of their portion of the market.
News Corp.: A combined Yahoo/Microsoft partnership would own roughly 40 percent of the overall market for finance-related online news (according to Hitwise, Yahoo finance is just shy of 30% of the market and MSN money represents a bit over 10% ). This will have an impact on the likes of MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal online. Furthermore, the coupling of Microsoft's desktop money client with Yahoo's strength in the online finance news space will be hard to defeat.
Any email provider: Microsoft/Yahoo will have almost 80 percent of the webmail market (Gmail comes in second with 6 percent). This means that any company that is trying to provide this as a standalone service will have to follow whatever direction the new entity takes.
Web 2.0 companies: With one less buyer in the market, that makes it more difficult to sell at a rick premium.
I'm sure there are many others I'm missing. Feel free to comment in the discussion thread.
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I can't agree with you on two of the companies you mentioned: AT&T and Google.
Simple: the whole Windows Media strategy has been, after all, a huge fiasco, and will stay that way in the wake of the impending AppleTV 2.0 update. There's no way on earth that AT&T will benefit from Microsoft's "expertise" in that area, IMHO…
As for Google? I'm guessing they're not that afraid of Microsoft, really… And honestly, do you want me to believe that Gmail only commands a 6% marketshare? And heck, even if it actually does, this merger will, if anything, *help* them GAIN some more. I speak from experience: I dumped Microsoft Hotmail (back in the day it was still called MSN Hotmail, before this Windows Live-branding idiocy) because I just had enough of their services (also, I had recently switched to the Mac, so I was in the appropriate mindset, but I can assure you that eventually, I'd have switched to Gmail regardless)… If I was, say, a longtime Yahoo Mail user I would, mark my words, dump Microsoft even faster, and it'd be out of spite.
Like me, there are many more people who are, by now, figuring the emperor never had any clothes to begin with… To me, this acquisition reeks both of a desperation move and Microsoft's trademark monopolistic tactics of the 90's combined. This time, though, with the Mac's resurgence, the Mozilla foundation chewing away at IE's marketshare and Microsoft losing billions on their entertainment ventures, History won't repeat itself, or so I hope; call it Microsoft's Swan Song, if you will… 😉
Will they be called Yahoo! or Microsoft? The Microsoft brand is shit, they hide it in favor of Xbox and Zune, both money-losing brands.
This seems much more interesting if it leads to a Windows 7 with a Unix core OS and an IE that can pass an ACID test.
Google buy AOL?? What are you nuts?
There is no way Google would buy AOL – Aol has horrible technology / user experience.
Google has nothing to be scared of. If Microsoft buys Yahoo!, there will be a huge window of opportunity for Google to widen its' lead while MicroHoo! figures out 'Now What'
Fred: the next version of IE can pass the ACID test (there was something on their blog not too long ago). However, I wouldn't hold my breath for them moving to a Unix Core OS 🙂
Mitch: Google already owns 5% of AOL so they'd buy the rest. It's more about eyeballs than anything.
Yeah, don't hold your breath for OpenID – Microsoft has pumped to much in to Windows Live ID, that I doubt they would drop it for a technology that is so young.
I agree with Mitch,
and I'll go a step further daringly and say that because Apple have a technical stake in AOL (it's the underlying service that drives Apple's iChat infrastructure) then if anyone ought to acquire AOL, it should be Apple.
(But Google acquiring AOL ought to be interesting and useful for Apple, too, since I would imagine that Apple and Google have been technology-sharing and collaborating for a good while now!)
My 5 cents.
Fred & Tristan: Interesting idea, that of moving to a Unix Core OS… Ever since I switched to the Mac, back in the 10.2 / 9.2.2 "Classic" days (Now I'm running Leopard but I'll still keep a Tiger partition to play some old games, since I'm still stuck with a PowerPC 😉 ), I've been asking myself if it wouldn't be wiser for them to outright buy a Unix distribution and develop a sandboxed DOS/Win9x/NT mode… After all, Vista broke a lot of apps and peripherals anyway, and Apple, being the tiny midget company it is in comparison, managed to do the exact same thing in but a few years.
Sure, if Microsoft did that, it would break backwards compatibility, big time. But if they managed to make a phased transition from 9x to NT, why couldn't they try the same with Unix (or a Unix-ish OS of some sort)? Just to stick it to the world and prove they can[not] write an OS of their own? 😛
Can you point me to one good reason why Google would buy AOL. Google has a track record of acquiring other companies. I'll give you that. But they've always done it to gain useful technology that they couldn't easily recreate in-house. What technology does AOL have that Google would be interested in?
Myles: Microsoft has spent a lot of money across all their online properties so I think this move could actually get them to rethink and refocus a number of their initiatives…
tonza and Like: Remember that Google already owns about 5% of AOL and that AOL has a lot of online brands. It's more about reach and ad inventory than actual technology, as far as I see it.
I'd say that Microsoft ended up with egg on its face Saturday… I get the feeling that the "bid" existed mostly as a way to pressure Google to make its own proposal, but Google didn't take the bait.