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Read this article in the original French: Les deux vélos
A young woman whom I had previously facilitated using Symbolic Modelling, calls me asking for an appointment. She tells me she has a problem with her 3-year old son: she is pregnant and her son gets angry and hits her almost every day. The appointment is set at my home, a country house with a garden where toys are available, among which are two bicycles: a blue one and a yellow one.
First appointment, June 2004
On the agreed day, the mother and the son arrive. Getting out of the car, the young boy glances at the bicycles.
Facilitator: (to the boy) Where would you like to be, here (near the bicycles), in the office, or in the garden? (pointing to each place with my hand)
Boy: (he looks in the garden's direction while holding first the blue bicycle, then the yellow one).
F: Would you like to take the bicycle to the garden?
B: (he nods, then tries to push the blue bicycle but he cannot move it forward)
F: Would you like me to carry this bicycle?
B: (he nods)
F: (I take the bicycle down the stairs to the garden and lean it against a low wall while the boy stays standing by the yellow bicycle upstairs; then I go back to the boy) Would you like me to carry this one too? (pointing to the bicycle)
B: (he nods, walks to the top of the stairs and waits for me)
F: (I pick up the second bicycle and follow the boy downstairs until we are both in the garden) Where would you like me to put it?
B: (he points to a part of the low wall next to the blue bicycle)
F: (I lean the bicycle at the place indicated) Is it alright like that?
B: (he looks at both bicycles, then moves the blue one further away against another low wall on the other side of the garden; he looks at the yellow bicycle that remained against the first low wall, then he walks back to it, picks it up and moves it next to the blue one, keeping the same relative positions and orientations against the wall: blue bicycle first, yellow bicycle second)
F: (I have been following him, replicating his gestures: moving, stopping, hesitating)
At this point, the boy goes round the garden several times repeating the same process of moving the blue bicycle to a new place and then going back to the yellow one and moving it behind the blue one. All along, I keep replicating instantaneously his gestures and following him. On the fifth time of running this process, the boy moves the bicycles back against the wall where they had been initially placed. In the meantime, the mother had come and sat nearby.
Mother: (she looks at her son) It's hard (she pauses)
F: (to the mother) Would you like me to facilitate you now?
M: Yes (her breathing becomes more relaxed)
F: (to the boy) I am a little with your mum now, is it alright with you?
B: (he nods and stands leaning against his mother's shoulder)
F: (to the mother) Where would like me to sit?
M: (pointing to a chair) Here is fine.
For about fifteen minutes, I ask basic cCean Language questions to the mother. However, I keep paying attention to the boy, watching for any sign from him. Then the boy walks a few steps away from his mother, stops and looks at her. As she looks back at him, he goes a few steps farther and notices a red plastic ball.
B: Oh, the ball! (he runs to get it)
F: (to the mother) I am going with him. Is it alright with you?
M: Yes (and she looks at the boy)
I move next to the boy and, for about five minutes, I replicate his gestures and movements: picking the ball, throwing the ball, going to get it again, smiling, laughing. Then, noticing a decrease in the intensity in the boy's laughs and knowing that the time for the session was nearly up, I stop replicating the gestures. The boy then walks back to the place where he last threw the ball from, with the ball in his hand, and looks at me.
F: (to the boy) It's time to end this game now.
B: (he squeezes the ball against his belly)
F: (pointing to the ball with the hand, replicating the gesture of pressing) Would you like to take it with you?
B: (he nods)
The mother stands up and begins to put away the bicycles. The boy immediately goes to the bicycles and put his hand on the one the mother was about to move, so the mother lets go of it.
F: (to the boy) Would you like to have the bicycles stay right here?
B: (he nods)
F: Alright.
The boy walks to the car, pressing the ball tightly against him, and waits for his mother at the car's door. The mother follows him and they leave.
Second appointment, August 2004
Fifteen days after the mother's second baby was born, she called me to set another appointment, which the boy had requested twice. On the agreed day, the mother, the baby and the boy arrive. The boy has the red ball he had taken last time in his hand.
B: (as he gets out of the car, the boy looks at the place where the bicycles were when he first came) Where are the bicycles?
F: The bicycles are in the garage (pointing to the garage).
B: (he looks in the direction I pointed to)
F: Would you like to go and see them?
B: Yes.
I go into the garage, followed by the boy. He moves towards and picks up the blue bicycle and looks outside.
F: Would you like to take it out?
B: Yes. (he pushes the blue bicycle for a few steps, stops, looks at the yellow one and then looks at me)
F: Would you like me to take this one out? (pointing to the yellow one)
B: Yes. (smiling)
I take the yellow bicycle and follow him to the top of the stairs above the garden. After asking for his agreement, I take both bicycles downstairs and he follows me. As I hold the bicycles standing in the garden, the boy goes to where he had found the ball and puts it back there, then he goes to the blue bicycle, takes it and leans it against the low wall where he had left it last time. Then, he comes back to me &endash; I haven't moved &endash;, takes the yellow one and puts it behind the blue one.
From that point, he starts the same process as during the first session, successively checking the same places in the same sequence around the garden, each time putting the blue bicycle in front of the yellow one. However, during this second session, he moves more quickly and with a smile on his face. Like the first session, I am beside him, replicating his gestures and movements. As he moves the blue bicycle back towards the initial place, he stops near me and looks back at the yellow one, hesitating. I extend my arms to hold the blue bicycle for him; he releases it and walks to the yellow one. When he comes back with the yellow bicycle, he lays it down on the grass.
B: It is asleep.
F: (looking at the yellow bicycle) And it is asleep.
B: Yes, it is tired. (then he looks at the blue bicycle I am still holding standing)
F: Ah, it is tired. (I look at the yellow one and then I look at the blue one)
B: (he comes to the blue one, takes it and lays it over the yellow one) It is asleep too.
F: It is asleep too. And when it
is asleep too,
what happens to (pointing to the yellow one)?
B: (he looks at yellow one, then at blue one)
F: (I replicate looks) And when it is asleep too, is it fine for (pointing to yellow one)?
B: Yes.
F: And yes. And when it is asleep
too, is it fine
for (pointing to blue one)?
B: (he nods)
F: And (replicating nodding). And can (I turn to blue one) be asleep too?
B: Yes. (after a short while, he lifts the blue bicycle up)
It is done with sleeping. (he moves it to the initial place, leans it against the wall and stands by it)
F: And it is done with sleeping.
B: (he leaves the blue bicycle and goes to sit on another part of the wall from where he faces the yellow one; he stares at the bicycle then at me, straight in the eyes)
Her name is Eva, she's my little sister.
A long pause follows. Then the boy looks again at the yellow bicycle, and so do I. He looks up towards the house, stands up and goes to his mother who is inside with the baby. I follow him. The boy leans against his mother who is sitting in an armchair, her baby asleep on her lap. She hugs him and strokes him with her hand. Very long pause with exchanges of looks between the mother and I.
Before leaving, the boy picks two round cones from under a cypress tree and waits for his mother at the car door. He sits inside and holds the cones on his lap. Then they leave.
The next day the mother calls me, as I had suggested with a gesture when she was looking at me inquiringly while waving goodbye. She wants to talk about the session. It is important for me to offer her the structure of the session without disclosing its content (i.e. the boy's words). I explain that the play with bicycles has enabled her son to integrate the presence of his little sister. Responding to this, she tells me about her difficulty in playing with him and remembers that he had often asked her to do so, in particular with two plastic toy motorbikes. She had not been able to dedicate time to this play until then and is feeling ready to somewhat do so now.
A month later, towards end September, the mother and I meet 'by accident'. She tells me how much her son is calmer now, that he is asking to go to school and that he is talking about his little sister and calling her by her name ...
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With the chance of heavy snow fall this coming weekend, the Village Maintenance Department asks that you please respect the snow routes. Please do not park along the routes in case they have to plow. Please remember that these are tow away zones and the Village has a towing contract for snow routes. Thanks again for making this process as safe and quick as possible.
***Update 10:42AM 11-20, the boil order has been lifted per Village maintenance.**
There was a water main break November 18, 2018. Until further notice, everyone on the Southeast side of Tolono with water supplied from the areas highlighted in the attached photo are under a boil order. This includes residents on Daggy St.

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LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian opposition leader Carlos Mesa asked Congress on Friday to pass an emergency bill setting the details of new elections as his political archenemy, President Evo Morales, vowed again not to buckle to mounting pressure on him to step down.
Mesa's proposal, outlined in a letter to the head of Bolivia's Congress, called for a new vote before Morales' current terms is set to end on Jan. 22. To facilitate this, he said, the country needs a newly staffed electoral tribunal.
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On November 15 the military officially took over state media, broadcasting a message that they were targeting "criminals" surrounding the president, adding that the military were keeping Mr. Mugabe "safe".
"As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect that the situation will return to normalcy. To the civil servants, as you are aware, there is a plan by the same people to influence the current purging that is taking place in the political sphere to the civil service. We are against that act of injustice and we intend to protect every one of you against that."
The announcement advised against unnecessary movement or travel. No major conflicts or violence have been reported so far, although gunshots and explosions were reported on social media in several places. Photographs also emerged of the military disarming the police.
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After working a full school year without a contract, teachers are now preparing to take action to resolve outstanding issues at the bargaining table. Teachers are frustrated at the lack of progress with the British Columbia Public Sector Employers Association (BCPSEA), the bargaining agent of the school board. BCPSEA is unable or unwilling to bargain any substantive issues with teachers, in particular, students learning conditions that were stripped from our previous collective agreement. Teachers in Howe Sound and across the province have seen a marked erosion in students learning conditions, with significantly larger classes and elimination of supports for special needs students. Ninety per cent of B.C.s teachers have indicated that class size and supports for special needs students should be restored to our collective agreement.
Teachers will continue to work hard to reach a negotiated settlement and will do everything possible to avoid disruption. However, we are fully prepared to take whatever action is necessary to achieve our bargaining goals. We are concerned that an essential service designation by the Labour Relations Board will cause unnecessary disruption in our schools and are dismayed that B.C. is the only province in Canada that has designated education an "essential service." This was brought in by Gordon Campbells Liberal government in 2001, despite the fact that very few teachers strikes had occurred in the previous decade, and more instructional days were lost due to the weather than labour disputes.
In the coming weeks, it is critically important that the provincial government meet with teachers in a mutual effort to negotiate, problem solve and avoid disruption in the education system. Further, we urge our elected school board trustees, parents, and other stakeholder groups to encourage the government and BCPSEA to resolve this dispute through negotiation, not confrontation.
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The debate "Children should learn real life skills in school" was started by
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56 people are on the agree side of this discussion, while 5 people are on the disagree side.
That might be enough to see the common perception.
It looks like most of the people in this community are on the agreeing side of this statement.
Michelle_M posted 1 argument, Lane posted 1 argument to the agreers part.
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Schools under the college level are meant to prepare students for college and beyond. Learning life skills is a responsibility that the schools need to take on as well as the parents. In my high school, we actually did practice interviews for a grade, complete with a resume and professional dress haha so I know that some schools recognize the role they play in the life of the students.
Not for the first stage students for example elementary as they have to have fun learning and they deserve to create their own creativity rather than learn real life skills. For teenager who study in Junior until Senior High School, it's a good implementation since they should prepare for the next stage after they graduate either to continue studying in university or working in a company.
Children should learn banking skills and how to interview for jobs so that they can be more self-sufficient in society.


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"AVAX Technologies, Inc. (OTC Market:AVXT.OB) today announces it has received FDA approval to begin enrollment into a Phase I-II clinical trial of OVax® for patients with advanced, chemotherapy-refractive ovarian cancer. [For a copy of the clinical trial inclusion/exclusion criteria refer to "OVax®: A Feasibility Study Using a DNP-Modified Autologous Ovarian Tumor Cell Vaccine as Therapy in Ovarian Cancer Patients After Relapse."]. The study will be performed in collaboration with Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Inc (CTCA). It will be centered in the CTCA hospital in Zion, Illinois, although patients also will be referred from other CTCA hospitals in Tulsa and Philadelphia, and its out-patient clinic in Seattle.
Up to 42 eligible patients with stage III or IV ovarian carcinoma will be enrolled. These patients' cancers will have progressed despite initial surgery and chemotherapy and failed to respond to one or two salvage chemotherapy regimens. They will undergo debulking surgery, and tumor tissue will be sent to AVAX for production of vaccine. Post-operatively, they will receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy with a taxane and then will be enrolled into the protocol.
Three doses of OVax will be tested, and each of the three doses will be analyzed for immunological efficacy with the goal of optimizing the dose for treatment of patients in future trials.
'We are enthusiastic about receiving FDA clearance to start this important clinical trial and with the opportunity it affords us to collaborate with CTCA,' stated Dr. David Berd, Chief Medical Officer of AVAX. 'Clearly, better treatments for ovarian cancer are needed and we hope that OVax will eventually find its place as a relatively non-toxic therapeutic alternative for these patients. This alliance with CTCA will allow us to expand the therapeutic utility of the AC Vaccine platform along with our ongoing Phase I/II program in non-small cell lung cancer and our recently launched Phase III pivotal registration study in melanoma (MVALDI).'
As part of the business collaboration CTCA has made an up-front payment of $250,000 and will begin to make monthly payments of $25,000 upon the initiation of production of vaccines at AVAX's Philadelphia manufacturing facility.
'We are very excited to be part of a new chapter in the fight against ovarian cancer,' said Dr. Edgar Staren, Chief Medical Officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. 'Ovarian cancer is a very complex cancer that is often resistant to chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. At Cancer Treatment Centers of America, our commitment to cancer patients is to help fight their cancer with the most advanced medical technology available. This partnership with AVAX gives hope to ovarian cancer patients who are told far too often that there is nothing more that can be done for them. This treatment option will work well with our unique integrative care model that combines state-of-the-art traditional medicine with scientifically-based complementary therapies such as aggressive nutritional management and support, naturopathic medicine, physical therapy, mind-body medicine and spiritual support to go beyond treating the tumor and supporting the needs of the whole person – all under one roof.'
About the AC Vaccine Therapeutic
The AC Vaccine is an immunotherapy prepared by attaching a small chemical to the patient's tumor cells in a process known as haptenization. This hapten modification allows the tumor cells to stimulate a T cell-based immune response to a patients own tumor cells. An early indicator of T cell immune activity is Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH).
An understanding of what AVAX calls the immunopharmacology of the AC Vaccines is critical to their effective use. AVAX believes that the optimal dose, schedule of administration, and route of administration of human cancer vaccines must be established before they enter advanced phase studies, and that some competing vaccine technologies have failed because their developers ignored one or more of these parameters in early phase development. The optimum schedule and best route of administration (intradermal) to be used for OVax were determined by extensive phase I-II studies of MVax. The latest phase I-II trial was completed last year and the results will be presented at the 2008 [Annual] meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)."
[Quoted Source: "AVAX Technologies Announces Initiation of Clinical Study with Autologous Ovarian Cancer Vaccine (OVax®)," BusinessWire news release dated April 9, 2008.]
Comment: The OVax®vaccine clinical trial carries great promise. The trial will combine three potent approaches to battling ovarian cancer: (i) debulking surgery, (ii) intraperitoneal chemotherapy with a taxane drug, and (iii) a custom made vaccine created from the ovarian cancer survivor's own tumor. Please watch the video below regarding the OVax® vaccine for ovarian cancer.


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United States District Court, D. New Hampshire
May 6, 2016
Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, 6-1, LLCv.Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA, and Karen S. McGinley, Esq. No. 2016 DNH 191P
Before the court are the parties' several motions in limine seeking to exclude a variety of evidence and areas of inquiry from the upcoming trial of this action, and for miscellaneous other relief in connection with the trial.
This case arises out of a law firm's allegedly tortious representations concerning its client to a lender. Plaintiff Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, (6)-1, LLC, sued defendants Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA, and Karen S. McGinley, Esq., on a theory of negligent (or even fraudulent) misrepresentation. Rockwood alleges that defendants, in the process of assisting their client, Martha McAdam, to secure a loan from Rockwood, represented that (1) McAdam was not subject to pending or threatened litigation, when, in fact, they knew that she was; and (2) one of the major tenants of the collateral property was independent of McAdam when, in fact, it was not.
The court, having laid out the background of this action in numerous prior orders, does not repeat itself here. See, e.g., Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, (6)-1, LLC v. Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA, 2015 DNH 135; Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, (6)-1, LLC v. Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA, 2016 DNH 24. It addresses each of the parties' motions in turn.
The court reminds the parties that the rulings herein are made without prejudice to revisiting particular issues in response to circumstances that might arise during trial. Furthermore, these rulings are limited to grounds argued in the parties' filings. The court reserves the right to assess other factors at trial, such as authenticity, hearsay, and best evidence, see Fed.R.Evid. 800 et seq., 900 et seq., and 1000 et seq., and where appropriate, arguments and grounds not raised by counsel.
I. Motions to exclude expert testimony
A. Defendants' motion to exclude expert testimony[1]
The defendants seek to exclude the supplemental report of plaintiff's rebuttal expert, Jonathan E. Hochman. Rockwood submitted this alleged rebuttal report on December 4, 2015, well after the September 1, 2015 rebuttal expert disclosure deadline set by the court's (largely agreed to) scheduling order. See Amended Discovery Plan (document no. 20) at 3; Order of September 2, 2015.
A party that intends to offer the testimony of an expert witness at trial must disclose the identity of that witness and the witness's written report, as contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B), "at the times and in the sequence that the court orders." Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(D). When a party fails to comply with that obligation, "the baseline rule is that the required sanction in the ordinary case is mandatory preclusion" of the late-disclosed information. Harriman v. Hancock Cty., 627 F.3d 22, 29 (1st Cir. 2010) (internal quotations omitted); see Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(c)(1) (a party that fails to disclose under Rule 26(a) "is not allowed to use that information or witness to supply evidence . . . at a trial"). While, "in its discretion, the district court may choose a less severe sanction, " Esposito v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 590 F.3d 72, 78 (1st Cir. 2009), the court concludes, based on the "array of factors" endorsed by the Court of Appeals, id., that preclusion is warranted here. These factors include "the sanctioned party's justification of the late disclosure; the opponent-party's ability to overcome its adverse effects (i.e., harmlessness); the history of the litigation; the late disclosure's impact on the district court's docket; and the sanctioned party's need for the precluded evidence." Harriman, 627 F.3d at 29.
Hochman opined, in his initial report, [2] that certain server logs for an Ohio state court website could indicate whether anyone accessed an opinion issued by that court in 2011 and, further, whether anyone did so after searching for Martha McAdam's name. He noted that counsel for the plaintiff were in the process of obtaining those server logs. Per the scheduling order in this case, plaintiff's rebuttal expert report was due on September 1, 2015. On December 4, 2015 -- 3 months after that deadline -- plaintiff's counsel produced the server logs and disclosed Hochman's supplemental report, in which he opined about the implications of their contents.
This is not the sort of supplementation contemplated by Rule 26(a)(2)(E). "A party may not use a supplemental report to disclose information that should have been disclosed in the initial expert report, thereby circumventing the requirement for a timely and complete expert report." Marine Polymer Techs., Inc. v. HemCon, Inc., No. 06-CV-100-JD, 2010 WL 1427549, at *4 (D.N.H. Apr. 2, 2010) (quoting 6 Moore's Federal Practice § 26.131[2]). Counsel's busy litigation schedule alone does not justify their failure to obtain these logs -- which were public records and which date from 2011 -- well before this litigation commenced, in a timely fashion. See Plaintiff's Opp. To Mot. to Exclude Supp. Report of Jonathan Hochman (document no. 69) at 2-3 & n.2. This lack of justification -- coming in a case where plaintiff's counsel have missed several deadlines -- weighs heavily in favor of preclusion of the supplemental report.
The history of the litigation also weighs in favor of preclusion. This is not the first time that plaintiffs have disregarded the court's scheduling order. See, e.g., Rockwood, 2016 DNH 24 (denying motion to amend the complaint to include civil RICO violation brought ten and a half months after amendment deadline); see also infra Part II.A. As with its late damages disclosures, Rockwood cannot justify this late disclosure by invoking the parties' agreement to conduct certain depositions after the close of fact discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Fed.R.Civ.P. 29(b) ("a stipulation extending the time for any form of discovery must have court approval if it would interfere with the time set for completing discovery"); see also Banks v. City of Philadelphia, 309 F.R.D. 287, 291 (E.D. Pa. 2015) (dismissing claim where plaintiff failed to comply with scheduling order despite parties' informal discovery agreement).
None of the other factors suggests that the court should impose any other remedy. While neither the potential prejudice to the defendants (that is, defendants' missed opportunity to conduct discovery into Hochman's belated opinion and it bases) nor the late disclosure's impact on the court's docket (in particular, the expenditure of judicial resources to resolve the resulting motions practice where plaintiff issued the report knowing the deadline had passed) weighs heavily in favor of preclusion, those factors likewise do not weigh against it. Finally, unlike in Esposito, 590 F.3d at 79, this preclusion will not obviously or automatically result in dismissal of the case. Nor will it significantly prejudice plaintiff's ability to put on its case. Plaintiff may still present Hochman as an expert, who may testify as to the opinions disclosed in his initial report.
Accordingly, the court grants defendants' motion to exclude Hochman's supplemental report and testimony related thereto.
B. Plaintiff's motion to exclude expert testimony[3]
Rockwood seeks to preclude the defendants' expert, John R. Levine, from testifying that a 2008 Ohio state court opinion concerning Martha McAdam would have appeared on the first page of Google's search results if the plaintiff had searched Google for "Martha McAdam" prior to closing on the loan in July 2011.
Defendants contend that Levine's testimony lacks reliability because it is based on methods inadequate to support his conclusion.
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 is "[t]he touchstone for the admission of expert testimony in federal court litigation . . . ." Crowe v. Marchand, 506 F.3d 13, 17 (1st Cir. 2007). Under that rule, an expert witness may offer opinion testimony if:
(a) the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue; (b) the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data; (c) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and (d) the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.
Fed. R. Evid. 702. As the structure of this rule suggests, before the factfinder in a case can consider expert testimony over the adverse party's objection, the trial judge, serving as "gatekeeper, " must determine whether the testimony satisfies the relevant foundational requirements. See Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm. Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 597 (1993).
Here, the only foundational requirement that Rockwood questions is whether Levine's opinion -- that the 2008 Ohio court opinion would have appeared on the first page of the results of a Google search performed in mid-2011 -- is "the product of reliable principles and methods." Specifically, Rockwood points out that -- as Levine acknowledged in his deposition -- Google ranks search results using a proprietary algorithm that has evolved over time. Though Google has not disclosed the specific variables that the algorithm accounts for, or precisely how it accounts for them, or how that has changed over time, Levine acknowledged that it is possible to know at least some of those variables, such as a user's geographic location and search history, as well as how many times a particular result has been accessed. By his own admission, Levine did not account or control for at least these known variables in performing his analysis.
As Levine explained during his deposition, though impossible to control for all variables, Google has disclosed, to a certain degree, how its "PageRank" algorithm functions. Through that algorithm, the most relevant results for a search are weighted to display earliest in a list of search results. In his 2015 search for "Martha McAdam, " Levine found that the 2008 Ohio court opinion appeared on the first page of the results -- indeed, as the first result. All but a handful of the remainder of the results, he observed, were the familiar (to popular search engine users) "generic links" to "sites that will generally provide a search result for anything that looks like a person's name." Levine Report (document no. 67-4) ¶ 22. Noting that the 2008 Ohio court opinion's metadata has not changed since Google first indexed it, Levine concluded that it would have appeared above such "generic links" in 2011 and, therefore, on the first page of a hypothetical search for "Martha McAdam" at that time.[4]
"While the party seeking to introduce the testimony bears the burden of proving its admissibility, the burden is not especially onerous, because 'Rule 702 has been interpreted liberally in favor of the admission of expert testimony.'" West v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 967 F.Supp.2d 479, 484 (D.N.H. 2013) (quoting Levin v. Dalva Bros. Inc., 459 F.3d 68, 78 (1st Cir. 2006)). The method by which Levine arrived at his opinion, see supra Part I.B., is not so inherently unreliable that exclusion is required. That Levine might have, but did not, take into account other known factors that may affect the ranking of a search result goes more to the weight of his testimony than to its admissibility. See Crowe, 506 F.3d at 18 ("Objections of this type, which question the factual underpinnings of an expert's investigation, often go to the weight of the proffered testimony, not to its admissibility."); cf. Currier v. United Techs. Corp., 213 F.R.D. 87, 88 (D. Me. 2003) (failure to consider additional relevant factors goes to weight).
"Vigorous cross-examination, presentation of contrary evidence, and careful instruction on the burden of proof are the traditional and appropriate means of attacking shaky but admissible evidence." Daubert, 509 U.S. at 596. Rockwood will have the opportunity to cross-examine Levine and present contrary evidence here. Accordingly, Rockwood's motion to exclude Levine's opinion is denied.
II. Motions in limine
A. Defendants' motion in limine no. 1: Damages evidence[5]
The defendants seek to preclude Rockwood from presenting evidence or argument concerning its entitlement to damages above the $950, 000 in unpaid principal that plaintiff claimed in its complaint. As far as the court can discern, defendants ask the court to exclude evidence of (1) Rockwood's attorneys' fees, costs and expenses incurred in its efforts to recover under the loan after McAdam defaulted; (2) damages arising from Rockwood's loss of use of the funds; and (3) a default judgment against McAdam.[6] As explained below, this motion is granted in part. To the extent Rockwood seeks to introduce evidence of its damages beyond its actual pecuniary loss, its consequential damages, and prejudgment interest, and especially to the extent that Rockwood seeks to introduce evidence of damages for claims that it has not pled, defendants' motion is granted and that evidence will be excluded.
1. Background
In its complaint, Rockwood sought as damages for claims of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation: (1) $950, 000, representing the unpaid principal on the loan at issue; (2) Rockwood's attorneys' fees and expenses accrued "in an effort to work out the Loan or realize on the collateral"; and (3) "Loss of the use of the funds by Plaintiff." Compl. (document no. 1) at 8-9. It echoed this demand in its initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1)(A)(iii), adding that it had not yet calculated the value of its loss of the use of the funds, which would "likely be the subject of expert testimony." Document no. 93-2 at 4.
On February 23, 2016, some 12 weeks after the close of fact discovery, Rockwood supplemented its initial disclosures to include a breakdown of the fees and expenses. Document no. 93-3. On March 10, 2016, 14 weeks after the close of discovery and a mere six weeks before the then-scheduled April 22, 2016 final pretrial conference, Rockwood emailed the defendants a copy of a default judgment for $2.8 million dollars that it had obtained against McAdam about two years earlier, in May 2014. This default judgment, Rockwood's counsel's paralegal explained in the email, "better than anything we've provided to date, represents Rockwood's damages." Document no. 93-1.
In its final pretrial statement, Rockwood finally calculated the value of its alleged loss of the use of the funds at just under $3 million. Document no. 98 at 10-11. It also set out the calculations underlying its claim ...
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Burnham Park Baguio: Summer Season Vs Rainy Season
During summer season, you can expect the Summer Capital of the Philippines to be packed with tourists. And you could also see locals trolling around and enjoying the presence of the sun. Since Burnham Park is a known destination for both tourists and locals alike, it is also common to see the park loaded with people during summer. More people can be seen paddling their boats within the Burnham Lake. More people can be seen speeding up their bicycles in the biking area. And of course, there will be people who will sit by the green grass as they have fun with their picnic.
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One of the things that you can do in Burnham Park during both summer and rainy season is Boating at the Burnham Lake. Most boats that you can rent at the park have their own built-in roof to protect you just in case the rain pours while you are in the middle of the lake. You might also end up having to experience the sudden appearance of thick fog while you are boating during the rainy season and it is absolutely such a great Baguio experience.
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During summer, biking at Burnham Park is definitely one of the activities you shouldn't miss. But do know that even in the rainy season, the biking area and the bike stalls are also still open to give you a unique Burnham Park biking experience. Some bicycles have umbrellas or at least a roof, so if it's just kind of drizzling and the rain isn't pouring so hard, biking in the biking area is still definitely possible.
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Hello, Friday! I've missed you!
This post is coming to you from a 9th grade science classroom. I was lucky enough to be asked to sub today and it's been a pretty good day with pretty good students.
I got the bright idea to bring my computer with me to work. Even though there is no wireless connection, I can at least draft some blogs during lunch/planning which frees up some time at home. Double win!
Ok, so I was at the grocery store the other day to pick up some Gu gels for my upcoming long runs and 15k race when I spotted this in the health food section.
Side note: I love the health section at this grocery store. They have just about everything you see other healthy living/food bloggers talk about. And they're in the process of putting in bulk spice bins.
Do you see it? Lurking amidst the rice/soy/almond milk, shot bloks and protein powder? Yeah, diet pills. I couldn't not take a picture of these shelves. I think just about everyone who reads this blog will agree that SlimQuick, Hydroxycut, and Green Tea Fat Burner are NOT healthy food items. I was a little sad.
Also, I found this in the same aisle:
This is and all-natural fruit strip made by Stretch Island Fruit Co. So yum. There are several different flavors – apricot, raspberry, strawberry, grape, mango, and 1 or 2 others I can't remember.
This was really good. I normally don't go for fruit strips/fruit leather, but the nutritionals on this weren't too bad – just 45 calories, 0 fat, 1g fiber. (1 WW pt). It wasn't too soft but it wasn't tough either. It had a nice, natural sweetness. It kind of reminded me of a thicker fruit rollup (which I also love). And the price was right – just $.69 apiece.
Disclaimer: Stretch Island Fruit Co. does not know who I am. This product was purchased with my own cash and I'm reviewing it because it was yummy. But if they'd like to send me some I'd happily take it!)
This weekend is going to be a busy one. I work 2 shifts at the bar tomorrow – only a couple more weekends til I'm done! I also work a wedding Sunday night, and will be fitting a 6 mile run in there somewhere. Tonight Matt and I are planning on going out for a little date night. It's been too long.


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Increase and Decrease
Somewhere along the way I quit trying to build an audience.
Oh, I used to try all the tricks. I commented on other's blogs. I tried to guest-post on certain blogs. I would wake up at 4:30 so that I could write blogposts, read and post. I really wanted my blog to blow up.
Then I gave out. I was worn out. It exhausted me.
I wonder if that's what happened to John the Baptist.
He was called by God to tell Israel to repent because the kingdom of God was at hand.
John drew a big crowd. People repented. He baptized a lot of people.
Then he was done.
Jesus came along. People began following him. He made some comments about a political figure's lifestyle and he was imprisoned.
His attitude throughout that?
I must decrease. He must increase.
His time was over. Sure, he wondered a bit in prison, but he pretty much knew that he had done his job.
I wonder if that's why Christians get tired, worn out and burned out.
We try to do a whole lot of stuff that really should be up to Jesus.
We try to win people with our own skills and rhetoric instead of the word and Holy Spirit.
We try to work at everything. We try to become the big fish in a little pond. We can go on and on.
We try to increase ourselves, our ministries, our work, our blogs.
What if we really tried to find our lane and our niche. What if God wants you to help park cars at church? What if God never wants you to be an upper level manager?
What if?
What if he increased and we decreased?
Getting Back In Shape
I'm struggling. A few months ago, I was running three miles in the morning and then walking one for a cool down. Everything was cool. My fitness level was improving. Then I fell off the wagon.
I had a layoff for a little while. Now I'm trying to get back at it and I'm not anywhere near that fitness level. Maybe it's because it's a lot warmer at 5:30 in the morning during July compared to March, but I'm hitting a wall. Mentally I'm wondering if I'll ever get back. Will I ever be able to run 5 miles or 9 or a 15k (all current goals)?
This is not unlike my blogging. This is my second post back. Would it be smart to jump back to writing a post every day? How about one a week? Then two and three. Then more if it works.
I think that it's like that in our spiritual lives. We go along really well for a while. We're reading a ton of scripture. Our prayer life is awesome. Then life happens and we begin to slack off. Not excure for it, but it happens.
Then we want to get back at it. We start reading the Bible. Genesis and Exodus go well, but then we run into Leviticus. Or 1 Chronicles. Or Job.
We're not ready for all of that. We're not in "shape." We can't read the Bible that way or for that long or whatever parameter we want to put on it. We can't pray for hours or take on nearly as many things at church as we did before.
We need to do what we can. Run a mile and walk one. Read the Bible for 10 minues. Pray for 5.
Do what we can. Ask the Lord to help us do more as we're ready. Rinse. Repeat.
Now back to getting in shape.
Hey Everybody
It's been a while since I posted.
I couldn't give you a really good answer as to why I fell off the map when it comes to blogging.
I kind of got burned out. I got a little tired of it. I used to do 7 days a week, then 5. Then I dropped down to do less and less.
I got to the point that I didn't like what I was writing. Not necessarily the point, but how I came across to myself. I felt I was a little preachy.
I got to where I felt like I did't sound like myself. I sounded like everyone else. In fact, this led to me not only stopping my own writing, but I quit reading other blogs as well.
I started hating how the unwritten and written idea was that you had to do this kind of thing to promote a business and market yourself. When I started blogging, I did it for fun.
So, that's what I wat to start doing again. Write for fun. Write for me. Just being an average, everyday, little old me.
I'm not going to promote this a gazillion times a day on social media and I'm not going to try to sell you anything.
I'm not going to make any promises. I don't know how often I'll be doing this. I haven't posted since December anyway , but I do want to be a little more regular than that.
See you back here soon.
Summer's Gone (Or Something Else I Did On My Break)
Happy Labor Day. It's the unofficial end to Summer. Sure, we have a few more weeks until the season is truly over, but let's face it. Our Summer plans are over. We have moved into a new season that I like to call football season. Summer's done.
Today I want to delve into some other things that I did this summer besides just be busy. The big thing is that I did a lot of thinking and reflecting.
I spent a lot of time thinking about who I am. Not that I don't know, but life is in a bit of transition these days. My daughter is engaged and getting married in a few months. My son is starting college. My life is changing. I've been asked to take on a position at my church that I'm trying to get my arms around. All of this is really causing to me to look at who I am and what I should be doing.
The other thing that I did on my break was question the existence of this blog. Should I continue it? Should I change the focus? Should I start an entirely new blog and do something completely different? Those were just some of the questions I asked. What did I decide?
I'm not sure.
I think the big thing is that I want the focus to be something like this: A real guy pursuing a real God. Maybe that's what I've been doing for the past five years or so, but maybe I just want to slightly shift the focus. What I realize everyday is that I don't have this whole thing figured out. Whatever I write about is usually what I'm trying to figure out. Sometimes I'm trying to discover what I think about my topic, even as I write it.
So, that's another brief glimpse into what my summer was like not writing this blog. Let's move forward now that summer's over.
Now get out there and doing some grilling on this last day of summer.
Why You Should Blog (Or Do Anything Of Value)
I have been blogging for a while now. In fact, it's been just over seven years since wrote that first terrible post. Many other terrible posts, of course, followed it. Like anything else you are aren't very good when you start. You work yourself up to not too bad with the hope eventually you will be good. At least that's my experience.
The question some might asked is why? Why do I, or anyone else, sit down to write these posts day after day, week after week, for years?
My motivation began when my friend, Matt, encouraged me to blog. It was a way for me to unload ideas that I had no other forum for.
Then, as I've mentioned before, I began to use this opportunity as a time to grind my ax. Or axes in some cases. Not the wisest of choices.
How about now?
Maybe I've learned my lesson. Maybe I've found the real reason to write a blog. It really comes down to one thing.
Adding value.
If I'm not adding value to someone's life, then this really only become an exercise in vanity, a chance to prop up my ego.
It's the same as anything else.
Why teach or lead a class or a group at church? You had better be adding value to someone's life.
Why take a leadership role in your business? Adding value had better be part of the equation.
If you aren't, you are only focused on yourself. You will find that you are aren't really leading anyone. You may be telling people something. You may be conveying information. But you won't truly find yourself leading anyone.
I encourage you to pause for a second. You can do that right now. I'm in no hurry. I'll wait on you.
Take a look at yourself. Examine your motives. There's nothing wrong with some that improve your own life. They just can't be the only ones. There better be some that include someone else.
How are you adding value to others?
Stoking The Fire And Sharpening Knives
Over the last month or so I have been sporadic about writing and posting to this blog. I explained a bit about that the other day. As of today I have posted each day this week. A funny thing happened as I watched this play out.
I didn't have many ideas for writing over the last month. I managed to find something to write about, but I didn't have a strong flow of ideas that I write about.
That changed this week. I've written every day. It is almost like a faucet was turned on and the ideas began flowing again. I captured several ideas yesterday and plan to write about those ideas in the coming days.
Why did this happen?
I think it's like a campfire and a knife. If you sit around the campfire it will burn nicely for a while. It will keep you warm. It's comfortable. Eventually, though, it will go out. You have to add wood to it. You have to stoke the fire to keep it going. It's the same thing with ideas for blogging. You have to do things to keep the ideas coming. You have to read. You have to look at the world differently.
My son has been out of school over the last few weeks due to Christmas and inclement weather. He has spent a lot of time with his grandfather. One of the things they have done is sharpen their knives. A dull knife is of little use. They sharpened the knives to the point they would shave the hair off their knives. It's same with this blogging thing. You have to keep the knife sharp. You have keep yourself in working order so that when the opportunity comes you are read to write.
What's the common denominator? You. You have to work at it. You have to grab another log. You have to poke the fire a little. You have consistently hone the knife to keep it sharp.
You have to do this for yourself to continue writing and blogging. You really need to do this in every area of your life as well. You need to do this in your spiritual life. You need to do this for your family. Your career. Your finances. Your friendships. Your health and wellness. Your mind. You have to keep stoking the fire and sharpen the knives in all areas of your life.
What are you doing to stoke the fire and sharpen the knives in your life?
My Love-Hate Relationship With The Blogosphere
My friend, Bill, wrote a post about envy yesterday. I imagine that we all fall into the trap of envying someone from time to time. Not saying it's a good or innocent thing. Just saying it happens.
When you prowl around the blogosphere like I do, you can find plenty to envy. It happens especially when I read some the "successful" bloggers out there. Insert your own definition of success, of course.
The problem is that too often these bloggers, whether intentional or not, can make others feel like losers. Well, maybe loser is a strong word, but they can definitely make some feel like they aren't successful.
There are plenty of blog posts and articles out there that talk about how you can build your platform or your tribe, start your business, and make your fortune. All you have to do is follow the formula from their book or their course. Then you can work from home for the rest of your life free from the confines of Corporate America.
Except for the one thing that these posts and bloggers don't take into account.
What if you should stay in your corporate job? What if you are wired for that particular lifestyle?
Don't get me wrong. I learn a lot from these folks. I just think they go a step too far in the direction they are fleeing from. They create these scenarios that seem to indicate people should flee cookie cutter jobs for the freedom they espouse. Yet, they then create the cookie cutter of following their plans.
How do I know this? Because I've been guilty of it. I've gotten to the point where I dreamed of what they were selling that I wasn't focused on what I should have been doing in my career. I've coasted thinking that writing these posts would somehow lead me to being something else. The problem is that I didn't stop to question if that what I wanted or even should do.
You look in the Bible at what people did and there was a variety. You had shepherds, prime ministers, government officials, fishermen, tax collectors, tent makers, preachers and everything in-between.
The problem I faced, and what many of these well-meaning people missed, is what does God want me to do? Or you. Or anyone else.
So, yes, I have a love-hate relationship with these type of blog posts. There has to be another way.
I say seek the Lord first. Not just what the Lord wants you to do, but the Lord himself.
Then ask Him what He wants you to do. Does He want you to work a day job? Does He want your day job to be your dream job? Or does He want you to strike out on your own? Ask Him. He will let you know.
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An emotional Bar Mitzva Celebration was held for three student's of Chabad's Ohr Avner School in the city of Vinitza in Western Ukraine. It began with Tefilling wrapping at the central Chabad House by Vinitza's Shliach Rabbi Shaul haLevi Horvitz. In attendance were special guests from the Holy Land, as well as Moscow, including the Tefilling donors, Rabbi Tzvi Beck, the Shliach from Berditchev Rabbi Moshe Thaler, Rabbi Berl Eidelkopf, and Rabbi Yossel Meshi-Zahav.
The seudas mitzvah was held in the spacious new wing that was recently dedicated, adjacent to the shul. Rabbi Horvitz spoke from his heart, and thanked the community's supporters, the Beck family of Yerushalaim, Rabbi Moshe Aharon Rabinowitz, and others, for their unwavering support of Vinitza's ever-growing Jewish community. Special appreciation was expressed to bussinessman, Mr. Dov Weintraub for sponsoring the new wing, much to the delight and convenience of the many shul goers of Vinitza.


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Ten years since adopting the Hyogo Framework for Action shortly after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, government representatives have gathered in Sendai to negotiate a new framework for global action to reduce the risks of disasters. For the first time, protecting people's health is at the centre of such a framework.
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When capturing photographs using the Lightroom CC mobile capture app, the photographs are stored in a the Lightroom app until they have time to be uploaded to the cloud. After the photographs are uploaded, launching Lightroom CC on the desktop, will automatically start the images downloading to a default location on your local machine. You can change the default location by selecting Preferences > Lightroom Mobile. In the Location area, click Choose… and navigate to your preferred location. Note: you can also have Lightroom automatically create subfolders based on capture date.
You must be a member of either the Creative Cloud for Photography or Creative Cloud member to access syncing services.
1. Where are the images that I shot before I changed this setting? I cannot find them on my desktop.
2. How do I force a sync from the cloud to my desktop?
Cool! Didn't know that!
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Recent research has made us all increasingly aware that vitamin D plays a more vital role in health than was believed in the past. At the same time, over the last decade researchers have become increasingly aware that vitamin D deficiency is more common than previously thought, and they are beginning to see the consequences. One of the most recent findings comes from a new study in which low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk of seniors having trouble thinking clearly (cognitive impairment).
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Vitamin D levels were higher in people with normal cognitive function than in people with cognitive impairment. The likelihood of cognitive impairment rose as vitamin D levels decreased, and those with the lowest vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to be cognitively impaired as those with the highest levels. About half of those with cognitive impairment were in the group with the lowest vitamin D levels.
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Poor vitamin D status has a long established link to high risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures. More recent evidence suggests that maintaining a healthy vitamin D status can protect against seasonal depression, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some neurological diseases, and some cancers. Low vitamin D levels are especially prevalent among older people, in part because they tend to spend less time outdoors.
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Current guidelines for vitamin D intake are 200 IU per day for children up to age 18, 400 IU per day for adults from age 19 to 70, and 600 IU per day for those 71 and older. Some organizations representing healthcare professionals have begun calling for changes to these recommendations, particularly for children and the elderly, whose needs appear to be greater. The safe upper limit for vitamin D intake has been set at 2,000 IU per day for adults and children older than 1 year, and 1,000 IU per day for younger children, but optimal amounts have yet to be determined.
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Best of 2018: Top 9 Kubernetes Settings You Should Check to Optimize Security
As we close out 2018, we at Container Journal wanted to highlight the five most popular articles of the year. Following is the fourth in our weeklong series of the Best of 2018.
If you use Kubernetes, you know how much it can increase development velocity and reduce operational complexity. But did you know that Kubernetes settings can also help you secure your applications? Taking advantage of orchestrator security features is one of the highest-impact steps you can take to improve your security posture.
Unfortunately, your cluster might be less secure than it could be because:
- Your cluster was created when default configurations were less secure and they're "frozen in time."
- You haven't opted in to new security features.
- Your deployment strategy doesn't take advantage of the various types of security boundaries Kubernetes provides.
Check these nine configurations right now to ensure your Kubernetes cluster is configured for maximum security.
1. Upgrade to the Latest Version
New security features—and not just bug fixes—are added to every quarterly update, and to take advantage of them we recommend you run the latest stable version. The best thing to do is to run the latest release with its most recent patches; but, if you can't do that, at least run the last one or two versions. Upgrades and support can become more difficult the farther behind you fall, so plan to upgrade at least once per quarter. Using a managed Kubernetes provider can make upgrades very easy.
Check your version now:
$ kubectl version --short Client Version: v1.11.0 Server Version: v1.10.5-gke.0
2. Enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Control who can access the Kubernetes API and what permissions they have with role-based access control (RBAC). RBAC is usually enabled by default in Kubernetes 1.6 and beyond (later in some environments), but if you have upgraded since then and haven't changed your configuration, you'll want to double-check your settings. Because of the way Kubernetes authorization controllers are combined, you must both enable RBAC and disable legacy attribute-based access control (ABAC).
If you are running in Google Kubernetes Engine, you can check this setting using gcloud:
$ gcloud container clusters list --format='table[[box]](name,legacyAbac.enabled)' ┌─────────────────┬─────────┐ │ NAME │ ENABLED │ ├─────────────────┼─────────┤ │ with-rbac │ │ │ with-abac │ True │ └─────────────────┴─────────┘
Once RBAC is being enforced, you still need to use it effectively. Cluster-wide permissions should generally be avoided in favor of namespace-specific permissions. Avoid giving anyone cluster admin privileges, even for debugging—it is much more secure to grant access only as needed on a case-by-case basis.
You can explore the cluster roles and roles using kubectl get clusterrolebinding or kubectl get rolebinding –all-namespaces. Quickly check who is granted the special "cluster-admin" role; in this example, it's just the "masters" group:
$ kubectl describe clusterrolebinding cluster-admin Name: cluster-admin Labels: kubernetes.io/bootstrapping=rbac-defaults Annotations: rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate=true Role: Kind: ClusterRole Name: cluster-admin Subjects: Kind Name Namespace ---- ---- --------- Group system:masters
If your application needs access to the Kubernetes API, create service accounts individually and give them the smallest set of permissions needed at each use site. This is better than granting overly broad permissions to the default account for a namespace.
Most applications don't need to access the API at all; automountServiceAccountToken can be set to "false" for these.
3. Use Namespaces to Establish Security Boundaries
Creating separate namespaces is an important first level of isolation between components. We find it's much easier to apply security controls such as Network Policies when different types of workloads are deployed in separate namespaces.
Is your team using namespaces effectively? Find out now by checking for any non-default namespaces:
$ kubectl get ns NAME STATUS AGE default Active 16m kube-public Active 16m kube-system Active 16m
4. Separate Sensitive Workloads
To limit the potential impact of a compromise, it's best to run sensitive workloads on a dedicated set of machines. This approach reduces the risk of a sensitive application being accessed through a less-secure application that shares a container runtime or host. For example, a compromised node's kubelet credentials can usually access the contents of secrets only if they are mounted into pods scheduled on that node—if important secrets are scheduled onto many nodes throughout the cluster, an adversary will have more opportunities to steal them.
You can achieve this separation using node pools (in the cloud or on-premises) and Kubernetes namespaces, taints, tolerations and other controls.
5. Secure Cloud Metadata Access
Sensitive metadata, such as kubelet admin credentials, can sometimes be stolen or misused to escalate privileges in a cluster. For example, a recent Shopify bug bounty disclosure detailed how a user was able to escalate privileges by confusing a microservice into leaking information from the cloud provider's metadata service. GKE's metadata concealment feature changes the cluster deployment mechanism to avoid this exposure, and we recommend using it until it is replaced with a permanent solution. Similar countermeasures may be needed in other environments.
6. Create and Define Cluster Network Policies
Network policies allow you to control network access into and out of your containerized applications. To use them, you'll need to make sure that you have a networking provider that supports this resource—with some managed Kubernetes providers, such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), you'll need to opt in. (Enabling network policies in GKE will require a brief rolling upgrade if your cluster already exists.) Once that's in place, start with some basic default network policies, such as blocking traffic from other namespaces by default.
If you are running in Google Kubernetes Engine, you can check whether your clusters are running with policy support enabled:
$ gcloud container clusters list --format='table[[box]](name,addonsConfig.networkPolicyConfig)' ┌─────────────────┬───────────────────────┐ │ NAME │ NETWORK_POLICY_CONFIG │ ├─────────────────┼───────────────────────┤ │ without-policy │ {u'disabled': True} │ │ with-policy │ {} │ └─────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
In other environments, check that you're using one of the network providers that support policies.
Once you know policies are supported, check to see if you have any:
$ kubectl get networkpolicies --all-namespaces No resources found.
7. Run a Cluster-wide Pod Security Policy
A pod security policy sets defaults for how workloads are allowed to run in your cluster. Consider defining a policy and enabling the pod security policy admission controller; instructions vary depending on your cloud provider or deployment model. As a start, you could require that deployments drop the NET_RAW capability to defeat certain classes of network spoofing attacks.
8. Harden Node Security
- Ensure the host is secure and configured correctly. One way to do so is to check your configuration against CIS benchmarks; many products feature an autochecker that will assess conformance with these standards automatically.
- Control network access to sensitive ports. Make sure that your network blocks access to ports used by kubelet, including 10250 and 10255. Consider limiting access to the Kubernetes API server except from trusted networks. Malicious users have abused access to these ports to run cryptocurrency miners in clusters that are not configured to require authentication and authorization on the kubelet API server.
- Minimize administrative access to Kubernetes nodes. Access to the nodes in your cluster generally should be restricted; debugging and other tasks usually can be handled without direct access to the node.
9. Turn on Audit Logging
Make sure you have audit logs enabled and are monitoring them for anomalous or unwanted API calls, especially any authorization failures—these log entries will have a status message "Forbidden." Authorization failures could mean that an attacker is trying to abuse stolen credentials. Managed Kubernetes providers, including GKE, provide access to this data in their cloud console and may allow you to set up alerts on authorization failures.
Next Steps
Follow these recommendations for a more secure Kubernetes cluster. Remember, even after you follow these tips to configure your Kubernetes cluster securely, you will still need to build security into other aspects of your container configurations and their runtime operations. As you improve the security of your tech stack, look for tools that provide a central point of governance for your container deployments and deliver continuous monitoring and protection for your containers and cloud-native applications.


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Hi all,
I encounter an issue with topic on FME Server:
I have one workspace (the controller) that triggers another (the worker) via a jobsubmitter.
The worker posts on the topic "reporter_database" in case of success. It sends some json code.
Case 1: When I run the worker via the controller, the topic is not "activated".
Case 2: If I launch the worker directly via the web browser interface, it runs correctly and activates the topic.
I remarked there was a difference between the two approaches (see picture). On the rigth (case2), there are some FME Directives and Notification Manager Directives while there is nothing on case1...
Does someone have an idea how I can solve the case 1?
Thank you !
If I understand correctly, I had to work on a similar issue a few days ago.
My problem was that my workspace is published to the jobsubmitter service and set to trigger two topics on success or failure.
If I run the workspace using the FME Server web interface, the jobsubmitter service is used and topics are triggered correctly.
However, if the workspace is run through the FMEServerJobSubmitter transformer, the REST service is used and the topics are not triggered because they are tied to the jobsubmitter service.
I worked around that by not using the FMEServerJobSubmitter and using a HTTPCaller:
Full Request URL:
Hope this will help.
That makes sense. I suspect you're quite right about the difference between the jobsubmitter and the transformations/commands/submit services.
I think the issue is that the REST API assumes that you will explicitely specify any topics yourself in the FMEDirectives part of the JSON that you submit with the published parameters, etc.
From the API help, here's an example:
{ "FMEDirectives": {}, "NMDirectives": { "failureTopics": [], "successTopics": [] }, "TMDirectives": { "rtc": false, "description": "This is my description", "priority": 5, "tag": "linux" }, "publishedParameters": [ { "name": "MAXY", "value": "42" }, { "name": "THEMES", "value": [ "airports", "cenart" ] } ], "subsection": "REST_SERVICE" }
As you can see, "failureTopics" and "successTopics" must be set explicitely when executing a workspace this way.
Enhancement idea https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/79163/fmeserverjobsubmitter-post-to-topic.html. Please vote!
I have the same issue and resolved it as well using an HTTP-caller... It's odd that the FMEServerJobSubmitter is not behaving correctly. I hope they fix this soon.
Hi Laurant @lau
You say...
Case 1: When I run the worker via the controller, the topic is not "activated".
My question is, how are you running the controller? Are you running it on FME Desktop (ie within Workbench) or are you running it in the FME Server web interface?
The difference is that if you run the controller in FME Workbench, then it runs immediately, but workers get put into a queue. If you run the controller in FME Server then the controller is put into the queue, but workers are run immediately.
That difference affects how directives are applied. I don't know, but it might affect notifications too. So I'd be interested to see how you (and @jpvo) are running the controller and if there is a difference if you run it a different way.
Hi Mark,
Thank you for your answer.
I tried to run the controller both on server and desktop. The result is the same.
I also tried to post on a topic on failure. I get the same observations. When I run the controller, the topic is not activated. When I run directly the runner, the topic is activated and an email is sent.
It's really annoying because if I have a workspace that crashes I cannot receive an email... Do you have a suggestion on how I can workaround that?
Thanks in advance.
I'm afraid I don't, and nothing I can find in our databases explains what is happening. So I have asked our server support team to take a look at this question and see if they can help. Apologies for any inconvenience. I hope they get in touch soon.
Hi lau,
I could reproduce the problem. It sounds odd to me:
In the first image I start a worker via UI, the job starts and post on the TOPIC the right JSON information. If I trigger the same JSONPOST.fmw via a transformer fmeserverJobSubmitter the topic never gets activated.
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Thanks for any help.
I found another workaround. With my worker, I can create the json file in a separate folder. I can add a directory watch to this folder that posts to the topic when a modification is done in the folder... Not really fine but it should work...
If someone has a best idea don't hesitate to share. Thanks!
I would really encourage you to look at setting the FMEServerJobSubmitter transformer to wait or discuss it with us, but here is an alternative...
You can use an HTTPCaller transformer to run the workspace using the Job Submitter web service. The URL to the web service can be found from the Web UI > Run page for your workspace. This is a less standard approach, but it would result in the exact same format of JSON being passed to the topic.
I hope this helps. Thanks for contributing to the FME community.
Hi David,
Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately, my jobsubmitters are set to "wait for the job"= No. So I think your method won't work...
Do you know if there is another possibility? Maybe I can use the Shutdown Python Script? Is there a way to know in the python code if the translation was succesful?
Yes, you're right, you will have to set Wait for job = Yes for this to work. Any particular reason for not being able to?
Anything is possible using a Python script, but it's going to get fiddly unless you're already comfortable writing Python code.
There are a couple of techniques for passing workspace variables to a shutdown script, the easiest is to use Python global variables.
I think setting the FMEServerJobSubmitter transformer to wait for the job to complete should work well. It won't utilize an additional FME Engine. Like @david_r, I wonder what prevents this from working?
You should use the FMEServerNotifier after the FMEServerJobSubmitter. You will find the json data from the child workspace referenced in the output_data{} list that is returned by the FMEServerJobSubmitter (attention: this list is only returned when the master workspace is running on FME Server!).
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At least 90 concertgoers were hospitalized for "severe intoxication" on Friday (July 21) during a Chance The Rapper concert at Connecticut's Xfinity Theatre.
According to local authorities, many of those 90 were underage. They were charged with underage drinking and given a summons to appear in court, said reports.
The concert was the annual "Hot Jam" show, organized by local radio station Hot 93.7.
Hartford Deputy Chief Brian Foley told The Hartford Courant that teens were tailgating at the concert, which also featured KYLE and PnB Rock.
He also shared videos from the scene on Twitter. "Did you drop your teen off at the concert tonight? This is what it looks like. & HPD is enforcing underage drinking in the lots. HPD has made a high number of Underage Drinking Referrals. I'm told there was an extraordinary number of EMS transports of severe ETOH. Additional steps will have to be taken to address these issues at these concerts," he wrote.
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