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These audio files are from tapes that were used in a voice activated recorder. Prior to Somerville Fire going to a UHF frequency, they operated without a repeater. Therefore some of the radio traffic was not picked by the voice activated recorder. These and future files have also been edited to remove some of the dead air that would take up alot of time. These files reflect the busiest time on the Somerville Fire Department for fires.
Note: You will need to have Quick Time Player installed on your computer to listed to the Audio Files. If you do not have Quick Time Player and would like to download it for free CLICK HERE
Because of the size of these files, it may take a minute or so before the audio starts playing.
For reference, "301" was the Chief of the Department. "302" and "303" were Chief Officers - referred to as "C-2" and "C-3" present day.
The following two audio files are from two fires which took place in the month of December in 1971. The first fire was at the Union Square Hotel and the second fire occurred on Richdale Ave.
The fire at the Union Sq. Hotel actually involved a first floor beauty parlor which was heavily involved. It did not extend into the hotel itself which was on the upper floors. The date was December 23, 1971. It had an address of 45 Union Sq. and was a four story brick. It would be the site of several more jobs and a fatality. Since Somerville shared their freq. with Worchester, the Engines would start with a 40 (401=Engine one) the trucks would start with a 50 (Ladder 1 would be 501) and 404A would be the wagon .
Audio File from the Union Square Hotel fire CLICK HERE
The fire on Richdale Ave. was #7-9 Richdale Ave. - a three decker. Fire was in a second floor bedroom and extended to the third floor and roof. The date was December 3, 1971.
Audio File from the Richdale Ave. fire CLICK HERE

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The CIOs, IT Directors and CISOs for large companies have enough to worry about without having to take on the mountains of security holes infesting small- and medium-sized businesses around the globe. But a new report shows a direct connection between SMB security flaws and those of their Fortune 1000 neighbors.
In effect, this is just a new twist to the age-old and well-known supply chain security weak-link challenge. That's where a company is subject to getting burned by the security problems of any company with which it shares a supply-chain. An e-tailer, for example, can get hurt by viruses or a trojan horse that infected a delivery service, manufacturer, CRM firm or—hello, irony—an SMB security firm.
The report comes in the form of an annual security package from Cisco, released in late January. (The report requires you supply some personal information, but I cover much of the pertinent information here.) "SMBs show signs that their defenses against attackers are weaker than their challenges demand. In turn, these weaknesses can place SMBs' enterprise customers at risk. Attackers that can breach an SMB network could also find a path into an enterprise network," the Cisco report said.
The report details what is already known, which is that the security processes of many small businesses are atrocious. But by reminding enterprise IT execs of the contagious nature of this risk, Cisco reminds IT of their difficult task of enforcing security policies with companies they don't control.
Just because IT doesn't control those small companies—to be honest, does IT even control its own company's employees? I know: a topic for another day—does not mean they can't exert strong influence. Yes, I mean they can be threatened with the loss of your revenue should they resist.
This means that you can certainly dictate security operational conditions with all of your partner contracts. Is it practical, though, to enforce such dictates? Of course, but you don't need to universally enforce them. You merely need to do spotchecks and to let all partners know when you've caught—and terminated—one of their fellow partners. The message will get through.
Those contracts should give you the right to do unannounced inspections of their facilities, their software and their network. Don't forget the very long tail of your interconnected supply chain. The smaller a partner company is, the more likely they will outsource a large percentage of their IT and marketing functions. Bottom line: You must insist that partners enforce these same rules with their own partners.
For example, a delivery partner needs access to your network to coordinate deliveries. And that small company agrees to your strict network rules, all designed to prevent the introduction of viruses. But unbeknownst to you, this delivery service has a bookkeeper visiting once a week. And that bookkeeper plugs his/her thumb drive directly into one of their desktop machines—which happens to also be connected to your network. (Shades of the end of "There Was An Old Woman"?)
Instead of random inspections, there's also the liability threat. That's where you tell contractors that if your network suffers any kind of a breach that is eventually traced back to the partner's system, they will be held liable even if the dollar amount of that liability exceeds the value of the partner contract. That will get their attention at contract-signing time.
We're not just talking about virus and other cyber creepy crawlers that sneak from their system to yours. One of your biggest assets when it comes to your partners is one specific intellectual asset: the knowledge of how to get into your network, what your network can do and any specific access credentials and procedures.
If a cyber thief hits your SMB supplier, they might steal those credentials and sit on your network, observing and waiting for the moment to strike. And all this time, it will look to your people like it's an authorized supplier doing its thing.
But the potential attackers might go a different route. For the actual attack, they might want to not leave a trail of geeky breadcrumbs to that particular supplier. Once in control, they might want to do more damage to more company partners before that SMB realizes it has been infiltrated. Therefore, they could just as easily examine the password and other credentials and use that knowledge—on top of the exact path used—to make educated guesses about some of your other credentialed users and try and impersonate them instead.
This all assumes bad actions happen to your SMB partner without their knowledge. But what if this is treasonous activity with their knowledge? What if it's an employee of this SMB contractor who decides to try and steal and sell your data to one of your competitors?
Yes, there are so many ways that lax security performed by your SMB partners can become your problem. Putting the CEOs of those companies into the hot seat with you isn't a bad way to go.


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Current Perl documentation can be found at perldoc.perl.org.
Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:
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Diplomat Font by Wilton Foundry
About: Diplomat was designed in response to Portfolio's very ornate script - a much more legible and formal script that has plenty of flare but without the elaborations. Diplomat creates a prestigious presentation useful for Certificates, Wedding Invitations, Corporate Identities, Brochures, and Headlines.
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Graduate Course on machine learning, pattern recognition, neural nets,
statistical modeling.
Instructor: Yann LeCun, 715 Broadway, Room 1220, x83283, yann [ a t ] cs.nyu.edu
Teaching Assistant: Marc'Aurelio Ranzato, 715 Broadway, Room 1206, x83474, ranzato [ a t ] cs.nyu.edu
Classes: Tuesdays 5:00-6:50PM, Room 1221, 715 Broadway.
Office Hours for Prof. LeCun: Wednesdays 5:00-7:00 PM
office hours for TA: TBD
Click here for schedule and course material >>>
This course will cover a wide variety of topics in machine learning,
pattern recognition, statistical modeling, and neural computation.
The course will cover the mathematical methods and theoretical
aspects, but will primarily focus on algorithmic and practical issues.
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition methods are at the core of
many recent advances in "intelligent computing". Current applications
include machine perception (vision, audition, speech recognition),
control (process control, robotics), data mining, time-series
prediction (e.g. in finance), natural language processing, text mining
and text classification, bio-informatics, neural modeling,
computational models of biological processes, and many other areas.
The only formal pre-requisites are familiarity with computer
programming and linear algebra, but the course relies heavily on such
mathematical tools as probability and statistics, multi-variate
calculus, and function optimization. The basic mathematical
concepts will be introduced when needed, but students will be
expected to assimilate a non-trivial amount of mathematical
concepts in a fairly short time.
Although this is a graduate-level course, highly motivated
undergraduates at the senior level with a good math background can
take this class. A few juniors have even taken this class
successfully in the past.
The best way (some would say the only way) to understand an algorithm
is to implement it and apply it. Building working systems is also a
lot more fun, more creative, and more relevant than taking formal exams.
Therefore students will be evaluated primarily (almost exclusively) on
programming projects given on a 2 week cycle, and on a final project.
Face Detection
The course will include a short tutorial on the
Lush language, a simple
interpreted language for numerical applications.
Lush can be downloaded and installed on Linux,
Mac OS-X, and Windows (under Cygwin).
See Chris Poultney's
notes on installing Lush under Cygwin.
Lush is available on the CIMS
workstations and servers (Sun and Linux) available for student use.
Programming projects may be implemented in any language, (C, C++,
Java, Matlab, Lisp, Python,...) but the use of a high-level
interpreted language with good numerical support and good support
for vector/matrix algebra is highly recommended (Lush, Matlab,
Octave...). Some assignments require the use of an object-oriented
Also, for most assignments, a code skeleton in Lush will be
Register to the course's mailing list.
NOTES: 13) The publisher just released the first edition of this book on
August 28, 2006, so you might have to wait a few days before getting
it. (2) this is a different book from past years; (3) This is not
Bishop's previous book called Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition;
The textbook can be used for reference, but I will not follow it very
The following books can also be used for complementary material
(you can get copies from the library):
Please have a look at the research project page of the
Computational and Biological Learning Lab for a few example
of machine learning research at NYU.
There are numerous opportunities for independent studies and even
undergraduate research projects. Contact Prof. LeCun for details.
Lush is installed on the department's PCs. It will soon be available
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Associate professor Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN and member of UNC Lineberger has been selected as an Extraordinary Nurse Leader by Yale University, the first independent university-based nursing school established in the United States. As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, Yale School of Nursing has selected 90 alumni who "embody the School's mission of advancing better health care" to be honored at a ceremony in October 2013.
Dr. Mayer has over 30 years of cancer nursing practice, education, research, and management experience. She is well-known for her innovative research on cancer survivorship health issues and her work to develop new eHealth applications for managing cancer and other complicated health conditions. In addition to her research, she has served as a member of the National Cancer Institute's National Cancer Advisory Board (a Presidential appointment) and president of the Oncology Nursing Society. Dr. Mayer is the Editor for theClinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON), and she has published over 70 articles and book chapters on oncology and oncology nursing issues.
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RE: Christmas PARTY ON DEC. 23RD
I'm happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on December 23, starting at noon in the banquet room at Luigi's Open Pit Barbecue. No-host bar, but plenty of eggnog! We'll have a small band playing traditional carols…feel free to sing along. And don't be surprised if our CEO shows up dressed as Santa Claus! A Christmas tree will be lit at 1:00 P.M. Exchange of gifts among employees can be done at that time, however, no gift should be over $10.00 to make the giving of gifts easy for everyone's pockets. This gathering is only for employees! A special announcement will be made by our CEO at that time!
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 2
RE: Holiday Party
In no way was yesterday's memo intended to exclude our Jewish employees.
We recognize that Chanukah is an important holiday which often coincides with Christmas, though unfortunately not this year. However, from now on we're calling it our "Holiday Party." The same policy applies to employees who are celebrating Kwanzaa at this time. There will be no Christmas tree present. No Christmas carols sung. We will have other type of music for your enjoyment.
Happy now?
Happy Holidays to you and your family.
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 3
RE: Holiday Party
Regarding the note I received from a member of Alcoholics Anonymous requesting a non-drinking table … you didn't sign your name. I'm happy to accommodate this request, but if I put a sign on a table that reads, "AA Only"; you wouldn't be anonymous anymore. How am I supposed to handle this? Somebody?
Forget about the gifts exchange, no gifts exchange are allowed since the union members feel that $10.00 is too much money and executives believe $10.00 is very little for a gift. NO GIFTS EXCHANGE WILL BE ALLOWED.
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 7
RE: Holiday Party
What a diverse group we are! I had no idea that December 20 begins the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which forbids eating and drinking during daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a luncheon this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees' beliefs. Perhaps Luigi's can hold off on serving your meal until the end of the party — the days are so short this time of year — or else package everything for take home in little foil swans. Will that work?
Meanwhile, I've arranged for members of Overeaters Anonymous to sit farthest from the dessert buffet and pregnant women will get the table closest to the restrooms. Gays are allowed to sit with each other. Lesbians do not have to sit with Gay men, each will have their own table. Yes, there will be flower arrangement for the Gay men's table. To the person asking permission to cross dress, no cross dressing allowed though. We will have booster seats for short people. Low-fat food will be available for those on a diet. We cannot control the salt used in the food we suggest for those people with high blood problems to taste first. There will be fresh fruits as dessert for Diabetics, the restaurant cannot supply "No Sugar" desserts. Sorry!
Did I miss anything?
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 8
RE: Holiday Party
So December 22 marks the Winter Solstice…what do you expect me to do, a tap-dance on your heads? Fire regulations at Luigi's prohibit the burning of sage by our "earth-based Goddess-worshiping" employees, but we'll try to accommodate your shamanic drumming circle during the band's breaks. Okay???
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: December 9
RE: Holiday Party
People, people, nothing sinister was intended by having our CEO dress up like Santa Claus! Even if the anagram of "Santa" does happen to be "Satan," there is no evil connotation to our own "little man in a red suit." It's a tradition, folks, like sugar shock at Halloween or family feuds over the thanksgiving turkey or broken hearts on Valentine's Day.
Could we lighten up? Please????????? Also the company has changed their mind in announcing the special announcement at the gathering. You will get a notification in the mail sent to your home.
FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All #%&$**@ Employees
DATE: December 10
RE: The %#*&^%@*%^Holiday Party
I have no #%&*@*^ idea what the announcement is all about. What the %#&^!@ do I care…I KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO GET!!!!!!!!!!!! You change your address now and you are dead!!!!!!!!!!!! No more changes of address will be allowed in my office. Try to come in and change your address, I will have you hung from the ceiling in the warehouse!!!!!!!!!!!
Vegetarians!?!?!? I've had it with you people!!! We're going to keep this party at Luigi's Open Pit Barbecue whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly at the table furthest from the "grill of death," as you so quaintly put it, and you'll get your #$%^&*! salad bar, including hydroponic tomatoes. But you know, they have feelings, too. Tomatoes scream when you slice them. I've heard them scream. I'm hearing them scream right now! > HA !
I hope you all have a rotten holiday! Drive drunk and die, you hear me!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bitch from HELL!!!!!!!!
FROM: Terri Bishop, Acting Human Resources Director
DATE: December 14
RE: Patty Lewis and Holiday Party
I'm sure I speak for all of us in wishing Patty Lewis a speedy recovery from her stress-related illness and I'll continue to forward your cards to her at the sanitarium. In the meantime, management has decided to cancel our Holiday Party and give everyone the afternoon of the 23rd off with full pay.
Happy Holidays!


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|The White House
President George W. Bush
|Print this document
For Immediate Release
Office of the First Lady
May 30, 2007
Mrs. Bush's Remarks in a Laura Bush Foundation Grant Announcement
The Island School
New York, New York
MRS. BUSH: Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg, for your very kind introduction. And thanks to each and every one of you for your warm welcome to New York.
I want to recognize the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Joel Klein, who has done a terrific job for the schools in New York, but also working with our Department of Education to spread some of the good examples that are here in the city across the country. And this is certainly one of them, Barbara. Principal Slatin, thank you for the great work you do. And you can tell when school people are empowered, they do great jobs. And I want to congratulate you and thank you. Barbara is not only a great principal; she's also a great grant writer. And you can tell that from the newly refurbished auditorium to some other things you'll hear later in my speech.
I also want to recognize Kenny Emson, who is from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries, from the Community Foundation of Washington. (Applause.)
I'm delighted to be here at the Island School to announce the latest round of grants from the Laura Bush Foundation. Today, 263 schools across the nation will receive more than $1.2 million to update and expand their library book collections. This includes 28 school libraries in New York State; 23 of those libraries are here in New York City. (Applause.) These resources will benefit nearly 130,000 students across our country. These children attend large inner-city schools like Chicago's Clemente Community Academy, which has more than 2,200 students; small rural schools, like Alaska's Bethel Youth Facility, which has just 19 students, and every type of school in between. We're also awarding our first grant to a Department of Defense school -- Spangdahlem Elementary -- which serves the children of military personnel stationed at Spangdahlem Air Force Base in Germany.
What all of these schools have in common are teachers and principals and librarians who encourage students' love of books. These staff members know that reading is essential to academic success. In fact, a Department of Education study shows that the more books children have in their homes, the better they perform in school.
But of course, we know that many children don't have books in their homes, which makes it even more important for them to have access to a well-stocked school library. Young people should be able to read the classics of children's literature, as well as new books that reflect their own interests, backgrounds and cultures. And their teachers need libraries that are filled with up-to-date non-fiction books that support the school's curriculum.
Across the United States, there is a huge demand for more good school library books. Over the last five years, nearly 9,000 schools have applied for Laura Bush Foundation grants to expand their collections. With the grants we're announcing today, the foundation has given more than $4.3 million to nearly 900 schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Applause.)
And through the Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative, the foundation has distributed approximately $2.5 million to 54 schools throughout the Gulf Coast, to rebuild library collections destroyed by the 2005 hurricanes.
One of the schools receiving the grant today is this school, the Island School. (Applause.) And this is actually this school's second foundation grant. The award you received in May 2005 helped fill your new library shelves with books on language, folklore, and science. Students appreciated the new sports biographies of their favorite players and teams. The middle-schoolers used to request -- and I quote -- "scary books." So with the grant, they got new mysteries and books by R.L. Stine and Robert Cormier.
Since the addition of these new volumes, the library's circulation has increased by 275 percent. That's unbelievable. (Applause.) Today's grant will bring new books to the library's non-fiction collection, to meet the students' expanding research needs.
And it will bring new life to the "learning hub" of the Island School. A typical day in your library finds students drawing, playing chess, researching the history of your 100-year-old school and the Lower East Side. Students visit with the librarian Mr. Lahana's puppet friends, and I got to meet one of those puppets today. Grades K-8 learn about good library behavior from "Shmorka," and about the importance of being honest from "Casey." And they're informed about every topic imaginable from free-styling "Cool." It's not every school library that has a puppet rap artist. Mr. Lahana admits he has to be fully caffeinated to do that one. (Laughter.)
The Island School library is what every school library should be: a vibrant place brought to life by the children and their love of books. Congratulations to all the librarians, teachers, and administrators here today who are helping children improve their learning by encouraging them to read.
Now I'd like for all the representatives of the 20 schools who have joined us today who are receiving grants as well today, would you all stand up, please? (Applause.) These school people represent 20 of the New York area -- 28 schools that are getting grants across the state. Most of them are here in the city, or close to the city. Thank you all for joining me today. (Applause.)
I also just want to say one thing about school people. I know, because I visited schools across my state when George was governor, and then across the United States since he's been President, how tough school people are, and how reliant we are as a nation on them, on teachers and principals. And it's been really brought home to me by my visits to the Gulf Coast, where I've seen school districts, whole school districts have to rebuild as fast as they can, every school district. It's an unprecedented challenge in our country's history. And I've seen those school superintendents and those principals and those teachers who work every single day to rebuild their school and make sure kids can come back to those schools while they themselves are rebuilding their own lives and living in FEMA trailers.
So I want to congratulate and thank each and every one of you, everybody who works for schools all across our country, for the terrific work you do for our children and for our nation.
Thank you all very, very much. (Applause.)


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Slash Announces 'We're All Gonna Die' US Tour
Slash Announces 'We're All Gonna Die' US Tour
June 23, 2010
On the heels of his solo album debut as #1 Rock Album and performing at some of the largest European outdoor Festivals, Slash launches his U.S. Summer tour.
The U.S. dates will feature vocalist Myles Kennedy who was also part of the European tour and received strong critical praise at shows like the Download Festival which had over 100,000 fans and Rock-Am Ring which had more than 70,000 concert-goers. Audiences in Europe were treated to a career-spanning Slash set list of songs from the new album which Kennedy provides vocals for two songs, along with Slash classics from Guns N Roses like "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and numerous Velvet Revolver, and Slash's Snakepit favorites. Full tour routing listed below, additional dates/cities to be announced shortly. Check local ticketing agencies for on-sale dates and locations.
Aug. 29 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theater
Aug. 31 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
Sept. 1 – Denver, CO – Ogden
Sept. 2 – Kansas City, MO – Voodoo Lounge
Sept. 4 – Mount Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Sept. 5 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
Sept. 6 – Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
Sept. 8 – Chicago, IL -Riviera Theater
Sept. 9 – Windsor, ON – Caesars Windsors – The Colosseum
Sept. 10 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus
Sept. 11 – Belleville, ON – Empire Theater
Sept. 14 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Sept. 15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sept. 18 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Sept. 20 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Sept. 22 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah's – Stir Cove
Sept. 23 – Medina, MN – Medina Entertainment Center
Oct. 2 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
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Course Title: Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of products and services used by an organisation or sector
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2014
Course Code: ACCT5323C
Course Title: Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of products and services used by an organisation or sector
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4342 - Certificate IV in Banking Services
Course Contact : Doug Gourlay
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925-5944
Course Contact Email:email@example.com
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Michael Elliot
9925 5519
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the financial products and services provided by an organisation, or those an organisation uses, and how they may be applied to customer needs.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title:
FNSINC402A Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of products and services used by an organisation or sector
1. Determine the appropriate users for products and services
Performance Criteria:
1.1. Products and services used by an organisation or sector are identified and the purpose of each determined
2.1. Compliance implications are established and documented
3.1. The function of each product and service and the customer needs it satisfies are identified and documented and the customer characteristics that best suit each product determined
4.1. Relevant products and services are reviewed regularly and any changes to terms and conditions identified and applied in daily work
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.
The self-paced activities will be delivered via Blackboard and access to and use of the internet to collect, analyse and use information on a range of financial products and financial organizations.
The collaborative classroom based activities will include group discussion, group problem solving activities and opportunities to practice your skills in a simulated/real workplace environment.
You are expected to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities including completion of tutorial exercises consisting of practical problems, short answer questions, multiple choice, case studies and extension exercises.
Teaching Schedule
|1 - 10 Feb
|Familiarisation with Course, Blackboard, Course requirements, Overview of assessment requirements, Where to get support, Student responsibilities
|Submission Guidelines as outlined in course guide.
|2 - 17 Feb
|Introduction to finance
|3 - 24 Feb
|Banking products and services – Personal loans
|4 - 3 March
|Banking products and services – Personal loans
|Task 1 Due. Introductory assessment task. You will receive the feedback in week 6.
|5 - 10 March
|Introduction to personal financial statements
|6 - 17 March
|Introduction to personal financial statements
|7 - 24 March
|Personal Bank Overdrafts
|8 - 31 March
|Mortgage loans
|9 - 7 April
|Mortgage loans
|10 - 14 April
|Assessment Task 2: Students will work on assessment task 2 in class / seek feedback on work in progress.
|Task 2 Due. You will receive feedback in week 12.
|Mid-semester break: 17 April to 23 April inclusive
|11 - 28 April
|Deposit taking products - Part A
|12 - 5 May
|Deposit taking products - Part B
|13 - 12 May
|Concepts of General Insurance, General Insurance Contracts, Insurance Products
|14 - 19 May
|Sum Insured, Excesses, Taxes & Levies, Stamp Duty, Fine Service Levy (FSL), Goods and Services Tax (GST).
|15 - 26 May
|General Insurance - continued. Assessment task 3.
|Task 3 Due. You will receive the feedback in week 16.
|16 - 2 June
|Feedback on assessment
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Other Resources
Learning Resources
Learning support materials are made available on the Online Learning Hub www.rmit.edu.au/online.
All students can take advantage of our student computer labs, some of which are open 24 hours, 7 days a week. For those who'd prefer to use their own laptop, tablet or smartphone - you can connect to our wireless network on any RMIT campus.
Please refer to the following link for details. http://rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=8h8t9c77nv961
College of Business students can use myDesktop to access their learning and teaching software, printers and the internet.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework, assignments, group and/or individual projects, in class exercises, written and practical tests, problem solving exercises, presentations, direct observation of actual and simulated work practice, presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files, review of products produced through work-based or course activities.
You are advised that you are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate your assessment work to your teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met. You will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check your progress.
Assessment Tasks
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent. A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge.
Critical aspects of assessment
Evidence of the ability to:
• identify and maintain current knowledge of the financial products and services an organisation uses and provides
• identify unique characteristics of financial products, how they rate to competitors, and the type of customers and customer needs they are best suited for.
Assessment Tasks
You are required to complete 3 tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
TASK 1 (Due Date: End of week 4)
Introductory assessment task. This assessment will consist of a practical case-study requiring you to identify and briefly describe financial products and services provided by a bank or deposit-taking institution; this will include identifying the 6 CC of lending.
Please note: students who are unable to attend class until week 3 can seek an extension from the course coordinator of the due date until week 4.
To be deemed competent in this task you must identify and briefly describe a variety of financial products provided by a bank or deposit-taking institution. You must also relate the products to the 6 CC of lending.
TASK 2 (Due Date: End of Week 10)
Individual Assignment. A case study exercise requiring students to assess a customer or customers' financial needs prior to providing the customer with general advice on the following products:
- a personal loan;
- personal overdraft;
- mortgage loan
To be deemed competent in this task you must:
- accurately check all application forms;
- complete a personal loan checklist;
- advise client of suitable loan products, including monthly repayments, fees and charges;
- assist client in preparation of personal financial statements;
- make a recommendation on the outcome of the application;
- respond to client enquiries regarding an application for a mortgage loan, including the documentation required by the financial institution, interest rates, fees and charges;
- identify the advantages of overdrafts for a client.
TASK 3 (Due Date: End of Week 15)
A group assignment requiring students working in groups of 3 to research a general insurance product that meets the general insurance, personal and finance needs of a client.
To be deemed competent in this task you must write recommendations for a general insurance product that covers the following:
- risks covered;
- premium including and excesses, extensions and exclusions;
- taxes, charges and discounts;
- recommendation that addresses the client's needs.
The above task will be presented in report format (approx. 300-500 words per recommendation).
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Marking Guide (competency):
Vocational Education and Training (VET) is based on current industry needs and the focus on preparing you for the workplace. Because VET courses are informed by practical application of knowledge and skills, they are based on a system known as 'competency based training' (CBT). So when you are assessed in VET it is about whether you are competent to do the job, as well as having a firm grasp on the knowledge and skills required to do that job, as opposed to traditional curriculum based education settings that are often based on knowledge retention.
You need to demonstrate you are competent in each element of the unit of competency you are studying. You will receive feedback on each assessment task that will inform you whether you are competent or not and how well you are performing. Once competent in all elements of the unit you receive a competency grading. Please refer to the Final Grades table below.
Marking Guide (Grading)
After achieving competency we then grade your performance in the unit; this gives you the opportunity to have the level of your performance formally recognized against industry standards and employability skills.
The grading is according to the following criteria:
You are required to demonstrate a high level of ability to complete all tasks independently as per the specifications as well as demonstrating a high level of initiative in your access of information required for the assessments tasks, accuracy and quality of information presented to the client and appropriate recommendation using the information you have access, analysed and presented.
You need to show a depth of understanding of the key concepts and knowledge of the financial products covered in the assessment tasks, including personal loans and overdrafts and general insurance products. Accuracy of all related interest rates, repayment calculations, fees and charges is essential.
Demonstration of appropriate use of technology to assist in presenting all tasks clearly and suitable for the intended audience. This requires use of bank and financial institution web sites to access financial data and demonstrate a capacity to use financial calculators to calculate repayments and credit limits.
You must complete all work requirements as per course requirements and timely submission of all required assessment tasks. You need to collate data and organize it in a presentable format that meets the requirements of the assessment tasks.
You are required to work in groups to complete assessment task 3. Communication skills and teamwork is required to collaboratively complete this task. Additionally you will need to network to collate financial data for personal loan products required in assessment task 2.
Final Grade Table
CHD Competent with High Distinction
CDI Competent with Distinction
CC Competent with Credit
CAG Competency Achieved – Graded
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for assessment
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Commercial Insurance Inspector- (Duluth / Lawrenceville, GA.)
The Company
Commercial and personal line insurance carriers rely on EXL as a key business partner through our Castle High Value and EXL Risk Control service offerings. We offer a variety of field inspections and risk control services to support our clients' underwriting processes. EXL's consultants deliver industry-leading professionalism, quality and turn-around time, and our innovative solutions help our clients keep ahead of the competition. https://www.exlservice.com/survey-and-risk-control
The Position
EXL Risk Control is looking for self-directed independent contractors who possess excellent communication skills, computer proficiency, and a commitment to meeting client quality and timeliness standards. You will work from your own home or office, and service onsite survey/inspection assignments in the Duluth / Lawrenceville, GA area, and other locations within approximately 40 miles of Duluth / Lawrenceville.
Preferred experience in commercial insurance, real estate, inspection, construction, claim, loss control, underwriting, and/or fire and safety experience is a plus, but all interested candidates are encouraged to submit their qualifications. In lieu of experience, we can refer you to a 15-hour online certification option to qualify you. Fees are negotiable depending on experience and the unique aspects of selected jobs.
You will be responsible to schedule on-site surveys and provide risk control reports to insurance industry clients. These reports contain information necessary to underwrite a commercial insurance policy, and may include recommendations to control and/or correct potential loss producing conditions associated with that policy. You will be expected to manage assignments you accept, successfully secure customer appointments within a local territory and complete work assignments on time.
Our Risk Control Inspectors evaluate businesses behind the scenes to identify hazards and improve safety, mitigating risk for our insurance company clients. The type of businesses we survey are commercial operations, including retail, restaurants, hotels, apartments, construction jobsites, churches, schools, etc. Most surveys are focused on assessing the business for Property and General Liability coverage, but we also service other commercial insurance lines of business including Workers Compensation, Auto/Fleet, Products Liability, Inland Marine and Builders Risk.
All interested candidates are encouraged to apply.
Tools or Items You Must Provide:
- Digital camera
- Windows based computer (not a Mac) with an image/document scanner
- Printer
- High speed internet access
- Reliable vehicle
- Measuring device such as: laser, 100 ft. tape, or measuring wheel
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[Psst! There's a newer, more perfect version of this recipe over here.]
My brain is currently in Paris, idling in a cafe after a bike ride along the Seine. It may not come home. It started a few weeks ago, when an obsession with getting to the bottom of a baked spinach dish mentioned in a letter by Julia Child allowed me to, once again, dive deeply into the pages of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. What I didn't have was an exit strategy, which is especially dangerous when day to day life lately has been a bit more about
double ear infections, sleep deprivation, cookbooking in a tiny, overheated kitchen, oh, and then we paid taxes things nobody needs to hear me complain about. In short: I choose Paris, instead. So the last few weeks have brought to our table weeknight roasted chicken, tiny gold potatoes, simple green salads, skinny green beans, white wine, weepingly delicious onion soup and a spate of apple tarte tatins.
The tarte tatin is one of my favorite apple desserts, but also one of my most consistent failures. Again and again over the years, I've tried to get it right but rarely did. Some were too sweet. Often, the apples didn't cook through. I burnt the caramel more times than I'll admit to, even in the last week. I've cut the apples all wrong. I've used puff pastry that didn't want to puff and short crusts that crumbled under the caramelized apple juices. And a good lot of the time, the caramel just never came together, and remained a toasty syrup with a puddle of butter floating on top. Not that anyone complains about such things. More or less, if there's a place where you can mess up a tarte tatin, I've done it. Multiple times.
But in recent weeks, and I think I've finally gotten the swing of things. The caramel should be just a pale golden when you add the apples, as it will have the better part of an hour to darken after that. The apples, and this is essential, should be basted with the syrupy juices the whole time they're on the stove, and you shouldn't skimp there either or they won't cook through. I'm no longer afraid to rearrange the apples as needed; my stove doesn't cook evenly from the center to the edges of the burner, so why would I expect my apples to? The result has been a series of baby tatins (that's a mini you see above; just like someone else) with copper-toned cobblestoned undersides that when flipped, sigh and slump over the edges of a very puffed pastry base. For something simmered then baked in caramel, you'll be amazed at how un-sweet the whole thing is, yet so apple-y. Yes, I just used the word "apple-y". Make this, you'll see.
One year ago: Tangy Spiced Brisket and Radicchio Apple and Pear Salad
Two years ago: Bialys, Artichokes Braised in Lemon and Olive Oil and Chewy Amaretti Cookies
Three years ago: Vegetarian Cassoulet and Shaker Lemon Pie
Four years ago: Arugula Ravioli and Mixed Berry Pavlova
Apple Tarte Tatin [Upside-Down Caramelized Apple Tart]
Adapted from Julia Child, Orangette and experience
At one point, things were so bad on the apple tarte tatin front that after my friend Molly wow-ed us one night with a salted caramel apple tarte tatin, I insisted that she guest post about her recipe and technique. Although I'm still fond of Molly's, I think this update benefits from streamlined directions and longer cooking times; I've also found that I prefer the puffed pastry base to the short pastry one I believed I preferred then. Finally, her base is a salted caramel, from salted butter and if that sounds good to you, go ahead and use salted butter or a couple pinches of sea salt in this version.
If you don't have an ovenproof skillet, feel free to cook the apples on the stove and transfer them to a 9-inch round baking dish, along with all of their caramel before topping them with the pastry and baking them in the dish. Invert as you would the skillet.
Note: In the photos above, I made a 3/4-size version in a 7ish inch skillet. The recipe below is for a full-sized tatin, as you'll hopefully only have to make it once to get it right.
6 medium apples (I had the most success with Golden Delicious and Granny Smiths)
Juice of half a lemon
6 tablespoons (3 ounces or 85 grams) butter
1 1/3 cup (266 grams) sugar, divided
Puffed pastry, chilled
A 9-inch ovenproof skillet, heavy enough that you fear dropping it on your toes
Peel apples, halve and core apples. Once cored, cut lengthwise into quarters (i.e. four pieces per apple) and cut a bevel along their inner edge, which will help their curved exteriors stay on top as they rest on this edge. (You can see this beveled edge here.) Toss apple chunks with the lemon juice and 1/3 cup of the sugar. Set aside for 15 minutes; this will help release the apple's juices, too much of them and the caramel doesn't thicken enough to cling merrily to the cooked apples.
Melt butter in your skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle in remaining 1 cup sugar and whisk it over the heat until it becomes the palest of caramels. Off the heat, add the apples to the skillet, arranging them rounded sides down in one layer. Lay any additional apple wedges rounded sides down in a second layer, starting from the center.
Return the pan to the stove and cook in the caramel for another 20 to 25 minutes over moderately high heat. With a spoon, regularly press down on the apples and baste them caramel juices from the pan. If it seems that your apples in the center are cooking faster, swap them with ones that are cooking more slowly, and rotate apples that are cooking unevenly 180 degrees. The apples will shrink a bit and by the end of the cooking time, your second layer of apples might end up slipping into the first — this is fine.
Preheat oven to 400. Roll out your puffed pastry to a 9-inch circle and trim if needed. Cut four vents in pastry. Remove skillet from heat again, and arrange pastry round over apples. Tuck it in around the apples for nicer edges later. Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes.
Once baked, use potholders to place a plate or serving dish (larger in diameter than the pan, learn from my messes!) over the pasty and with a deep breath and a quick prayer, if you're into that kind of thing, unmold the pastry and apples at once onto the plate. If any apples stubbornly remain behind in the pan, nudge them out with a spatula.
Serve with a dollop of whipped crème fraîche, or lightly sweetened whipped cream and eat immediately.
* My favorite, by miles, though not exactly budget-minded, is from Dufour. It tastes like something straight out of a Paris pastry shop.


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ZEOLITE EXMOSS phase beta sequence in progress
Friday, December 30, 2016
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
December Monthly Cobra Interview By Prepare For Change
Here is the December monthly update Cobra interview by Prepare for Change. The transcript and the audio version are available here:
A short notice from Prepare For Change:
You can submit questions for the next interview here:
We are getting far more questions that can be answered in a one-hour interview. We will ask as many Cobra questions as can be answered in the hour allotted.
Answered questions from past interviews are nicely gathered here:
Victory of the Light!
Monday, December 19, 2016
Resistance Movement Videos
(video links no longer available)
Thursday, December 15, 2016
ATLANTIS12 clear
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Security breach deflected, grid ratio stable, ZEOLITE in progress
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Systems / Isidic security breach at 504, grid ratio failure
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Situation Update
Clearing of the Chimera group continues. We have entered the phase of the final clearing of the Yaldabaoth entity and all remaining plasma toplet bombs.
This process has reached the point where the Resistance Movement can more actively intervene in the situations on the surface of the planet. Resistance operatives are now doing this by giving tactical support for the pre-Event liberation operations to positive factions in the militaries of the United States, Russia, China, India, Egypt and some other countries.This will soon reflect in improvement of the situation in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine:
Unfortunately, as Aleppo is being liberated, the Daesh has apparently recaptured another important vortex point in Syria, Palmyra:
Yet it appears Palmyra might be liberated soon again:
There is a silent war going on between positive and negative factions in the militaries of the few countries mentioned in the beginning of this update. This war is mostly done through intelligence and counterintelligence operations that never get leaked to the general population. It might be said that militaries are now the foci of the proxy war between the Galactic forces of Light on one side and the Chimera / Draco alliance on the other side. When this war is over and the Light factions win, the Resistance will push the button for the Event.
The Cabal has managed to infiltrate the political structure in some of the BRICS countries such as Brazil and India. Narendra Modi is clearly not working for the Light as he declared war on cash:
And now he wants to confiscate people's gold:
Yet on the other hand the Cabal is losing power fast, as you can see on this photo:
The other good sign is Cabal's media war against "fake news" sites. This simply indicates that alternative media have become powerful enough that the mainstream media are becoming afraid of us and the power of truth we deliver. This is why I have always encouraged people to start their own blogs and spread the truth as much as possible. What we need is high quality investigative journalism that can be seen on sites such as Stillness in the Storm or Veterans Today, and NOT more blogs promoting flat Earth or the return of Nibiru.
Despite of what you might have read in some other alternative sites, Putin is NOT a Rothschild agent or a clone and Erik Prince is NOT working for the Light.
Many groups are working behind the scenes to ensure complete success of Full Disclosure. Dragon sources have communicated that "they and other groups are working on bringing about disclosure officially in the first quarter of 2017." When asked an opinion about this date, the Resistance has said "we can not comment on this", the Pleiaidans have said "it is possible" and the Sirians have said "it will most likely take longer than that". Therefore, be aware that this time frame is NOT my estimate when the Breakthrough occurs, but an educated guess from one of the groups I am working with. Although generally the protocol of the Resistance is not to publish any dates and time estimates in this blog, they have made an exception this time for reasons they can not yet disclose to the public.
Before the Disclosure happens, you can get the basic history of Secret Space Programs from this Corey Goode interview. And no, I am not Gonzales:
Victory of the Light!
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
RR8 complete
Systems security breach deflected
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Systems security breach at 504
Cobra interview by Iruka Umino
You can now read the transcript of the new Cobra interview by Iruka Umino from Japan. The interview was not recorded and what you can read here is the English translation of the interview notes in Japanese, so the answers are just an approximate wording of what I have said.
The transcript is available here:
Victory of the Light!
Saturday, December 3, 2016
TOPAZ in progress
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Pandora in progress, EELA in progress. Systems/Isidic security breach, HVBN substable to stable. M minimum requirements met.
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Whether you are wanting to get active or take a scenic walk through nature, the Clarksville Greenway offers a wonderful experience for citizens and visitors with views of the river and beautiful forestry. Bike, skate, run or walk the trail, and maybe bring a friend or pet too! Restrooms are available on-site as well as benches and resting areas.
Starting Points
Access points are located at Heritage Park, Pollard Road, and Marys Oak Drive Park only in designated areas. The trailhead with the most parking is at Heritage Park on Peachers Mill Road.
Rails to Trails Initiative
The Clarksville Greenway is a part of the Rails to Trails initiative that transforms scenic abandoned railroad rights of way and river corridors into walking and biking trails. It has garnered statewide recognition for environmental stewardship as well as popularity among citizens. This approximately 9-mile walking and biking trail is situated in north Clarksville along the banks of the Red River and West Fork Creek.
Alternative Transportation
It preserves a natural space for alternative transportation from the downtown area to the North side of town. Native species of plants and animals can be viewed throughout the corridor. The community also benefits from these natural areas as they provide clean air and water, flood storage and protection, reduce erosion as well as offer educational resources. One of the unique features of the trail is the Raymond C. Hand Pass, a 600-foot pedestrian bridge.
Clarksville BCycle is one way to navigate the trail. It's an automated bike sharing system designed for use by many people for short trips around town or for recreational riding. The BCycle station on the Clarksville Greenway is located at the Pollard Road Trailhead. For more information, please visit Clarksville BCycle website.
Protect the Trail
Please Follow these Rules:
- Do not park on roadways or block private residences.
- Do not remove plants or feed/disturb wildlife.
- Keep pets on leashes and clean up after your pet.
- Keep to the right, pass on the left.
- Park only in designated parking spaces.
- Put trash in receptacles.
- Stay on designated trail.
Safety is our highest priority! View the following pointers to make sure you stay safe:
- Bicyclists and skaters must adhere to warning signage, yield to pedestrians, and give an audible signal when passing.
- Exit immediately during heavy rain.
- Leave valuables at home and take your car keys with you.
- Please be careful on the large hills south of the Pollard Road trailhead. We encourage all bicyclists to dismount on these large hills.
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I've noticed that
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biweekly.sh daily.sh logs ...
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I'd like to get a detailed listing of what's in
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/rmn symlink.
One work-around I can think of is to create a shell function that does something like this:
cd /rmn
ls -l
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cd -. Is there a better way?
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Los Angeles: Even though their marriage is going through a rough patch, basketball player Lamar Odom apparently wants to celebrate his fourth wedding anniversary with wife Khloe Kardashian.
The couple has been living separately ever since the news of Lamar's infidelity and drug abuse surfaced. But they might reunite for celebrations Friday.
"Lamar reached out to Khloe and expressed his desire for them to spend their anniversary together. He couldn't imagine letting it pass without seeing Khloe," radaronline.com quoted a source as saying
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Sweetbread is the genteel name of the meat of the thymus and pancreas of a young calf. Sweetbreads are noted and prized for their flavor and texture. Sweetbreads have nothing to do with bread and they are not sweet.
The thymus is known as neck sweetbread.
The pancreas is known as stomach sweetbread.
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Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Another postseason college football game will hit the landscape next year, as the Miami Beach Bowl will begin play in 2014.
A team from the American Athletic Conference will play an opponent from the Sun Belt, Mid-American or Conference USA at Marlins Park. The Marlins' baseball stadium sits on the site of the old Orange Bowl and opened in 2012.
"We are excited to bring postseason football back to Miami," said American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco in a statement Thursday. "The Miami Beach Bowl fulfills our goal of providing postseason opportunities in desirable locations that are easily accessible for our fans. This state-of-the art venue will provide a great stage for our student-athletes and institutions."
The AAC, which comprises some members of the old Big East, also has bowl ties with the Military Bowl, Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl, BBVA Compass Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, Hawaii Bowl and the recently added Boca Raton Bowl and Bahamas Bowl.


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About 100 years ago, marine biologists hauled the first vampire squid up from the depths of the sea. Since that time, perhaps a dozen scientific papers have been published on this mysterious animal, but no one has been able to figure out exactly what it eats. A new paper by MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Henk-Jan Hoving and Senior Scientist Bruce Robison shows for the first time that, unlike its relatives the octopuses and squids, which eat live prey, the vampire squid uses two thread-like filaments to capture bits of organic debris that sink down from the ocean surface into the deep sea.
It's easy to imagine the vampire squid as a nightmarish predator. It lurks in the eternal midnight of the deep sea, has a dark red body, huge blue eyes, and a cloak-like web that stretches between its eight arms. When threatened, it turns inside out, exposing rows of wicked-looking "cirri." Even its scientific name, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, means "vampire squid from hell."
In reality, the vampire squid is a soft-bodied, passive creature, about the size, shape, and color of a football. A "living fossil," it inhabits the deep waters of all the world's ocean basins at depths where there is almost no oxygen, but also relatively few predators.
A few previous researchers have caught vampire squids in nets, hauled them up to the surface, and tried to figure out what they ate by examining the contents of their stomachs. The results were generally inconclusive. The stomachs typically contained bits and pieces of tiny, shrimp-like animals, microscopic algae, and lots of slimy goo.
In a recent article in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Hoving and Robison show that vampire squids eat mostly "marine snow" -- a mixture of dead bodies, poop, and snot. The dead bodies are the remains of microscopic algae and animals that live in the waters farther up in the ocean, but sink down into the depths after they die. The poop consists of fecal pellets from small, shrimp-like animals such as copepods or krill. The snot is mostly debris from gelatinous animals called larvaceans, which filter and consume marine snow using mucus nets.
In addition to looking at the stomach-contents of vampire squids from museum collections, the researchers used MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to collect live vampire squids and study their feeding habits in the laboratory. They also examined high-definition videos of vampire squids taken by MBARI's ROVs. Finally, they examined vampire squid arms and feeding filaments under optical and scanning electron microscopes.
One key to Hoving and Robison's discovery was that they used MBARI's ROVs to collect living vampire squids, and were able to keep them alive in the laboratory for months at a time. Hoving soon found that if he placed bits and pieces of microscopic animals into a tank with a vampire squid, the food particles would stick to one of the string-like filaments that the animal sometimes extends outward from its body. The vampire squid would then draw the filament through its arms, removing the particles from the filament and enveloping them in mucus. Finally, the squid would transfer the glob of mucus and particles to its mouth and consume it.
Using MBARI's video annotation and reference system (VARS), Hoving also identified every MBARI ROV dive over the last 25 years during which researchers had seen a vampire squid. He then pored over 170 of these video clips (over 23 hours of footage) to look for additional clues as to what and how the animals ate.
The videos showed that vampire squids often drift motionless in the water, extending one of their thin filaments -- up to eight times as long as the animal's body -- like a fishing line. In many cases, Hoving saw bits of marine snow sticking to the filament. He also saw vampire squids slowly pulling in their filaments and scraping off the accumulated marine snow using their arms. Other vampire squids had globs of marine snow and mucus dangling from their mouths.
Under the microscope, the researchers observed that the vampire squid's suckers were covered with cells that produce mucus, which the animal apparently uses to collect and glue together individual particles of marine snow. Their filaments are covered with tiny hairs and a dense net of sensory nerves, which makes them extremely sensitive to touch.
When looking at vampire squids' stomach contents, the researchers did not see bones or pieces of individual animals that would indicate the vampire squids had captured live prey. Instead, they saw mostly amorphous bits of broken-up organic debris. The only prey they saw that might have been eaten alive were the remains of tiny crustaceans that sometimes "hitchhike" on sinking mucus nets or clumps of the marine snow.
After considering all the evidence, Hoving and Robison conclude that, "the vampire squid's filament is likely a multifunctional organ that is deployed to detect and capture detrital matter but at the same time may detect the presence of predators and perhaps small living prey."
The organic detritus that forms the bulk of the vampire squid's diet would not seem to be particularly nutritious. However vampire squids complement their frugal diet with an extremely energy-efficient lifestyle and unique adaptations. Their bodies are neutrally buoyant, so they don't have to expend energy to stay at a particular depth. Even better, they don't have to swim to find food, but simply extend their filaments to collect food that drifts past them.
Finally, vampire squids don't have to expend much energy avoiding predators, because they live at depths where there is so little oxygen that few other animals can survive. Conveniently, these deep, low-oxygen zones are often found where there is an abundance of life near the sea surface, which in turn creates lots of marine snow for vampire squids to eat. Hoving explains, "Because of its unique adaptations, the vampire squid is able to permanently and successfully inhabit the center of the oxygen minimum zone, an otherwise hostile environment where the vampire squid's predators are few, and its food is abundant."
Even though Hoving and Robison's research shows that the vampire squid is a "detritivore" rather than an active predator, its sinister appearance and stealthy habits will no doubt continue to fascinate both researchers and the general public.
This research was sponsored by grants from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Saturday 11 February 2012 by Bradley M. Kuhn
I'd like to thank Harald Welte for his reasoned and clear blog post about GPL enforcement which I hope helps to clear up some of the confusions that I also wrote about recently.
Harald and I appear to agree that all enforcement actions should request, encourage, and pressure companies toward full FLOSS compliance. Our only disagreement, therefore, is on a minor strategy point. Specifically, Harald believes that the "reinstatement of rights lever" shouldn't be used to require compliance on all FLOSS licenses when resolving a violation matter, and I believe such use of that lever is acceptable in some cases. In other words, Harald and I have only a minor disagreement on how aggressively a specific legal tools should be utilized. (I'd also note that given Harald's interpretation of German law, he never had the opportunity to even consider using that tool, whereas it's always been a default tool in the USA.) Anyway, other than this minor side point, Harald and I appear to otherwise be in full in agreement on everything else regarding GPL enforcement.
Specifically, one key place where Harald and I are in total agreement is: copyright holders who enforce should approve all enforcement strategies. In every GPL enforcement action that I've done in my life, I've always made sure of that. Indeed, even while I'm a very minor copyright holder in BusyBox (just a few patches), I still nevertheless defer to Erik Andersen (who holds a plurality of the BusyBox copyrights) and Denys Vlasenko (who is the current BusyBox maintainer) about enforcement strategy for BusyBox.
I hope that Harald's post helps to end this silly recent debate about GPL enforcement. I think the overflowing comment pages can be summarized quite succinctly: some people don't like copyleft and don't want it enforced. Others disagree, and want to enforce. I've written before that if you support copyleft, the only logically consistent position is to also support enforcement. The real disagreement here, thus, is one about whether or not people like copyleft: that's an age-old debate that we just had again.
However, the anti-copyleft side used a more sophisticated political
strategy this time. Specifically, copyleft opponents are attempting to
scapegoat minor strategy disagreements among those who do GPL
enforcement. I'm grateful to Harald for cutting through that ruse.
Those of us that support copyleft may have minor disagreements about
enforcement strategy, but we all support GPL enforcement and want to see
it continue. Copyleft opponents will of course use political
maneuvering to portray such minor disagreements as serious policy
questions. Copyleft opponents just want to distract the debate away
from the only policy question that matters:
Is copyleft a good force
in the world for software freedom? I say yes, and thus I'm going to
keep enforcing it, until there are no developers left who want to
enforce it.
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Open Source Software (OSS), Why Some Fail At It
OSS has won the war. It has been over for years now. Microsoft has ceded, Oracle, VMware and many others have stepped up and attempted to embrace the open source community. Sometimes they've been successful, sometimes they haven't. They're slowly changing their models to play well with that of the open source software model. Sure, some software is kept closed, but that software in large part is becoming more and more irrelevant while open source efforts are becoming the forefront of technological progress.
What exactly is open source, besides just the opening up of code for others to download? Open source covers a vastly larger ideal than merely providing code for download. A case in point, has been the learning phase Microsoft has gone through. Microsoft, as a company, used to attempt to dictate to its consumer & developer base standards and practices that the company had deemed necessary or in some cases merely a good idea.
Microsoft failed at this miserably over the last decade. Time and time again an open source project would start and Microsoft would create a duplicate library – sometimes directly taking the OSS Project exactly functionality, sometimes they'd merely duplicate it with a basic understanding. Everything from Entity Framework duplicating the functionality of the dozens of ORMs before it. Basically stabbing those efforts in the back instead of being part of the community, Microsoft would remove itself and attempt to subjugate the community efforts.
It back fired over and over and over…
Oracle did something different, yet still blindly stupid. They purchased entire OSS Projects from mySQL to Java. In each case they've tainted the efforts significantly by attempting to make these products encourage an unspoken lock in to their proprietary tooling all while litigating (re suing). Their attempt to patent (another issue we can discuss later) the most absurd features and functionality, akin to patenting the breathing process in people! In addition they've tried to set legal precedent for things as simple as a URI end point and other notions. Again, something that hasn't gone over well in the software development world. With the current result being a growing backlash against Oracle. To top all that off, their patent cases have been far worse than even Apple's Samsung debacle. Oracle, has taken the crown for stabbing the development community, and especially the OSS Community in the back. Multiple wounds too, not just once. They're doing it over and over as I write this.
Others have continued to make this mistake. They're starting to suffer for it, and well justified that they do. To stab the community is more than just merely disrespecting one or two developers. It is desecrating the entire community's efforts, the individuals and their thoughts, ideas, creations and more. It is a slap in the face in so many ways.
Some are starting to do it right, albeit slowly…
Some companies have started to get their act together. One company that is learning right now, slowly but steadily and confidently (they have a good team working on this) is VMware. With their introduction of Cloud Foundry, some could argue this, but they have generally and are trying diligently to open up and be inclusive in the community around their Cloud Foundry Product. Yes, I might have a slightly biased view since I build products for Cloud Foundry with the Iron Foundry Organization at Tier 3, I talk to the teams & individuals at VMware and they, with all their might, intend and do the best they can. As in almost all cases, as long as management keeps everything in their heads clear, they'll maintain a great project and the future is bright.
Microsoft is another company, with tons of closed things, many attempts at opening products, and is finally starting to get it. They're starting to be part of the community instead of trying to dictate to it. The windows azure team directly involves itself with jQuery, Node.js and other projects these days. They actively put forth a good foot and have opened up Web API and other web application frameworks and pieces, allowing for pull requests and openly having conversations int he public for full view and inclusion with the community.
So What Really Is Open Source?
Open source software itself, just the code, is simple. But it is assumed and written into the all legal licenses that are included to protect the software from theft and closing by errant companies & individuals. Open source software is code, used as examples or as production web sites is software that is available freely to others to learn from, fix, change, or otherwise modify. It often excludes sharing and using the code with closed source environments or redistributing with closed source products – because OSS efforts do not want to encourage the bad behavior and errant ideals in closed source software by contributing to it.
Building OSS includes a very specific idealism. One doesn't just throw something into the code, one encourages and builds a culture of openness and being free in thought when working with and contributing to the code bases. The OSS Community is about sharing ideals between individuals to accelerate learning, expand the capabilities of the community as a whole, and push forward progress and development. To summarize with a standard quote, "open source software is about freedom", and it truly is.
So far, it's working in a huge way. Some simple successes that have been massive…
OSS Victories
Linux & FreeBSD pretty much hosts the Internet. From Facebook to Google to Amazon they all use some type of Linux variants. Estimates range from 60% to 93% of the Internet & Super Computing is hosted on UNIX machines of the Linux or FreeBSD variety. The notorious Microsoft Windows Server only claims 0.4% of the super computer space and about 30-37% of the Internet Server space. Summarized, the Internet runs on UNIX and specifically on variances of Linux.
When it comes to the web, not only is the majority of the web hosted on systems built by the open source community, but the web applications hosted and run on those systems are open source. The most widely used framework in the world is PHP. One of the biggest up and comers for serving websites and providing interactive web applications is Node.js, with Ruby on Rails being a stalwart for speedy prototyping and production application for thousands of businesses.
Mysql & postgresql round out two of the most heavily utilized databases in existence. Postgresql has grown from zero code to a massively capable database, regularly one-upping the stalwarts at Oracle, Microsoft or other database makers. Mysql has become the go to database for those starting a website or collecting 60 billion rows of data a day, such as New Relic. Many successful businesses have turned these databases into absolutely powerhouses that truly eclipse the need to expend the revenue on databases like SQL Server or Oracles Databases.
NoSQL has come into existence and exists today because of the community. Not everyone has a big data problem and a need for a NoSQL database, or what is sometimes called Not Only SQL these days. The open source community stepped up to build out solutions where relational databases and their history of vertically scaling falls down for modern web applications that run at larger than normal scale. Companies like Facebook, Twitter and others have helped to bring people into this fold and bring more great minds developing the open source that powers these things. This entire movement has been a huge win for the Internet and increased functionality – and the mere ability for many of the large sites to continue to exist at scale (think LinkedIn, Netflix, Facebook, etc)
O'Reilly Books is a company that does a number of things, two of which are run conferences and publish books. They're a well respected company that encourages open source software and learning through its books, conferences and is heavily involved in supporting the individuals and community around open source software. Even though they don't create open source software, they provide a massive boost to the ability of developers to write and create open source software by mere involvement. This is a perfect example of example from outside of software development that gains value and adds value back to the community as a whole.
That's just a few. So really, there's no reason to resist the freedom of open source. Ignoring or turning away from open source is like turning your back on your family, your community and those around you. There's no reason to believe the nonsense about TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) that's been wielded as a weapon against open source solutions. There's no reason to listen to the FUD about "will it survive" or "what happens when X happens to the project". There are many companies out there that will help you understand these solutions further, so the TCO argument is dead on arrival. The only path here is toward more software freedoms, preventing large companies from limiting our development options (re: Oracle suing to control API end point pathing, etc). When you do development these days, your first option and thought should be to open source "all the things". It will help you as a developer, it will be better for you company and those that are leading the way, and it will be better for the community as a whole.
Stay relevant. Write code, individually contribute and be part of your community.
I'm Adron (@adron twitter or @adron app.net) and I write open source software.


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It's difficult to flush the memory of Friday night's performance from the brain (or any other organ, really) but the Hawks, after 25 more minutes of poor basketball, took advantage of the only opportunity the schedule presented them to save face and dismantled a poor Charlotte team on the road for a solid 20 minute stretch of the second half.
Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with an explosive, discretionary offensive performance. Among Bobcats, only Gerald Wallace could guard Johnson and the Hawk rarely forced the issue when matched up against Wallace in isolation. Johnson hoarded his possessions to use them on the many, many times Charlotte presented him with an advantageous matchup. It takes talent and self-discipline to score 32 points on 18 shots (plus 6 free throw attempts) and Johnson displayed both attributes throughout the night.
We're at the point when Josh Smith using 5 of 14 field goal attempts on jump shots counts as a measure of self-discipline, though it's a bit disappointing that Smith has not increased his contributions on the glass in Horford's absence, his 16 points on those 14 shots provided Johnson ample support in the scoring column, though.
Without Smith stepping up on the defensive glass, Zaza Pachulia (making a long-overdue start at center) pitched in with seven defensive boards in just under 28 minutes and Mike Bibby grabbed eight crucial defensive rebounds of his own while playing nearly 37 minutes.
Though he made a couple of handy shots in the second half, defensive rebounding was the greatest of Bibby's positive contributions. It was clear watching him struggle on both ends of the floor in the first half (2-6 shooting, two assists, routinely torched by both DJ Augustin and Shaun Livingston) yet play more than 18 minutes that the question must change from "Is Jeff Teague the point guard of the future?" to "When will the Hawks get rid of Jeff Teague and use his roster spot on a point guard the head coach believes can contribute?" Because Mike Bibby, though he does his level best and the talents of his teammates can paper over some his obvious weaknesses, is no longer a good NBA player and cannot reasonably be expected to play 30 minutes a night.
Larry Drew:
"I thought our guys came out tonight, especially after last night's embarrassing loss, and played with a lot of pride."Zaza Pachulia:
"We had a chance to clean up our mess, and that's what happened."