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Quote JapanInteresting, odd, outrageous or informative quotes about Japan
Quotes from reviews of Shutting Out the Sun
These first few are actually from ones featured on Mikey boys very own blog:
"Mr. Zielenziger's work is strongest when he presents his extensive interviews. His analysis of his findings, however, isn't always so convincing. The book presents a hodgepodge of explanations for Japan's problems — with themes ranging from religion to rice cultivation — and occasionally reaches for overstated or broad-brush conclusions. His take on Japan can at times appear excessively gloomy. This may in part explain why Mr. Zielenziger is careful to criticize America and its foreign policy, as if to ward off any accusation that he believes the West to be superior. But such digressions are merely distracting." Wall Street Journal
"Zielenziger's focus on the authoritarian nature of Japan's group-based society sometimes needs to be balanced with more reference to the positive motivations that lead individuals to accept the authority of the group. Many individuals have successfully achieved what they see as their personal goals by working within this social structure. Moreover, it can become easy to forget that the unique social dynamics and values in Japan are problems not because they differ from more familiar Western thinking, but because they have yielded dysfunctional results within that society." The Mercury News
"Zielenziger introduces individual "hikkikomori" cases in sympathetic but quaintly novelized vignettes: "When he cracked open the door to my office that morning, I felt as if a rare and delicate white dove had fluttered in."
But once he realizes he's not Sidney Sheldon, the author does get some good work done,…
…But from here on in, the book chimes to the sounds of a familiar refrain: the one about Japan stifling the individual, keeping up appearances, and being a "homosocial monoculture" devoid of diversity. We hear about people not getting hugged enough and seldom telling each other "I love you," and suppressing their needs and desires. In one of the most playful, consumeristic and hedonistic societies on Earth, many of these allegations simply don't ring true.
What this all boils down to is yet another American writer complaining about the fact that Japan isn't American enough. Another point he finds fault with is the government's policy of shoring up banks and businesses, rather than letting them collapse. Here he recommends U.S.-style free market competition to weed out the weaklings in the economic litter. Although he compares the Japanese government's economic over-protectiveness to the mothers of the "hikkikomori," Zielenziger is less willing to recommend equally drastic measures to deal with them. But the implication seems to be that, once Japanese society had been further Westernized, its intense sensitivity and misunderstood individualism will bloom in unexpected ways.
Zielenziger follows a long line of Western commentators who see Japanese culture as something of an aberration, as an accident of history that is in the process of being replaced by Western norms. He justifies his attitude by his unsupported assertion that "the Japanese are not biologically different from anyone else any more than the snow that falls on Mount Fuji differs from that atop Mount Rainier," which basically means that what's good for Americans is good for Japanese. But many of Japan's problems come not from a failure to Westernize but from too much Westernization. This is revealed by the main problem that his book uncovers: the attitudes of Japan's young women, who are always too busy to get married or never meet "Mr Right."
Most societies can carry a sizable proportion of "useless males," but it is essential for a country's survival that most women get married at a good childbearing age. Zielenziger unwittingly reveals that it is the eclipse of Japanese traditions like strong parental authority and the omiai (arranged marriage) that has undermined demographic stability. Imported Western notions of feminism and romanticism, combined with Japanese women's perfectionism, means that increasingly few Japanese women get married in time.
While Zielenzieger's book is a call for Japan to come out of its bedroom and plunge into the fast flowing rivers of globalization, Japan, like the "hikkikomori," will continue to have its fears. But, unlike the "hikkikomori," those fears might be justified. " Japan Today
"…Alas, "Shutting out the Sun" leaves readers in the dark about Japan and its future. Not far into this deeply flawed and monochromatic portrayal of contemporary Japan, we read that Japan, "lacks the same values, norms, and modes of thinking most inhabitants of advanced and prosperous nations today associate with modernity."
And that, in the post-World War II era, Japan "systematically stifled change and resisted innovation." Zielenziger's Japan is thus fundamentally backward, rigid and inexorably stagnant, driving its people to despair and dooming them to unfulfilling lives. The troubled hikikomori are a metaphor for a dysfunctional society and a cudgel to flail at it.
This relentlessly despairing assessment focuses on the various pathologies of contemporary Japan but dismisses, marginalizes or overlooks the sweeping transformations, innovations, dynamism and cascade of reforms that don't fit the narrative. Zielenziger uncritically accepts a casual projection that there are 1 million hikikomori, one that seems designed to get media attention. Focusing on this dysfunctional 1 percent as the basis for assessing Japan resonates with an agenda. The Japan that emerges from these pages suffers the consequences.
One winces as Zielenziger serves up the usual cliches and stereotypes. Here, yet again, we encounter a monolithic Japan, a society of miserable conformists where diversity is stifled in a book brimming with sweeping generalizations. This caricature of Japan is put on the couch and subjected to superficial psychoanalysis. Demonstrating that you find what you are looking for, by examining Japan from the perspective of severely depressed people, the author constructs a depressing society.
Zielenziger shakes his head in wonderment about things he observes in Japan that make no sense to him, regaling readers with tales of phenomena that happen "only in Japan." One could add to that list a book wanting to be taken seriously based on analyzing an entire society based on the perspectives of its recluses. It is hard to imagine a publisher proceeding with a similar project on Britain or Germany, but for Japan there is that special genre for the weird and wacky.
While constantly reminding readers that nothing ever changes in Japan, and that mechanisms of social change are short-circuited, he presents much evidence that undermines his thesis. For example, in a country where norms and values allegedly do not change, he summarizes rapid changes in marriage, divorce and birth trends. He also explains that employment practices are changing dramatically. In detailing these significant changes in family formation and work, the author unwittingly portrays a Japan that he can't reconcile with his stagnant story line.
The author's fascinating interviews with a range of Japanese, some are dysfunctional, some are doing well, most are critics of contemporary Japan, also refute his analysis. He has stumbled onto Japan's growing diversity and a number of well-informed Japanese eager to express their views and take issue with the powers that be and the way things are. Surely what they say is important, but it is also important to see what they represent — individuals who demonstrate independent thinking and rejection of conformity. Their very existence reveals just how much is changing here and their concerns are not unique to Japan.
In Zielenziger's Japan, the hikikomori, unmarried women, childless and sexless couples, suicides, alcoholics and name brand addicts are all lumped together. He asserts that they share a rejection of the "authoritarian mind-set that still drives Japanese life." But, would unmarried women really identify with the hikikomori?
Plowing through this dreary story of a nation sinking into the abyss, the reader is left to ponder how Japan has managed to cope with the various social ills shared in common by other advanced industrialized nations. Is it really doing so badly in comparison to other societies? Are most Japanese really mired in despair? Are there no efforts to address the substantial problems he highlights? Are values here really unchanged over the past 60 years?
More egregious and implausible are the ways that he seeks to deploy the hikikomori as a metaphor for Japan's future foreign policy. In his view, Japan will become a national recluse, withdrawing from the international community. He also compares the U.S.-Japan relationship with that of an overindulgent mother dealing unsuccessfully with the problems of her troubled child. And, like hikikomori who violently lash out at their parents, the author worries that a pessimistic and self-absorbed Japan will embrace a fierce and violent nationalism. He shrilly warns that by propping up this national head-case the United States risks driving the rest of Asia into China's sphere. Indeed. Prozac anyone?" Japan Times


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Measles outbreak in Leeds
There has been a small number of children who have caught measles in east Leeds, as yet we have not had any reported cases in our area.
Outbreaks of measles can happen anywhere at any time. Wherever you live, it's important that your children or teenagers are up to date with their MMR and other childhood vaccinations.
If your child has already had two doses of MMR vaccine, you don't need to worry.
Similarly, if your child had their first dose of MMR as a baby, but they are not yet old enough to have received their second dose, they are up to date and there is no need to have the second MMR dose earlier than scheduled.
However, if your child is school-age and has only had one MMR dose, or has not been vaccinated at all, they should be vaccinated as soon as possible.
For more information about what to do in an outbreak of Measles please read Measles outbreak; what to do
For more information about the MMR vaccine please read Who should have the MMR vaccine


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Thanks to everyone who came out to support us yesterday an the Longley International Hotel! Despite a bit of a grim forecast, the weather was good right up until near the end of the afternoon.
Big thanks to Hannah at the pub for supporting original music. Hopefully we'll be back there in the summertime along with the sunshine!


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Some companies would have you believe that if you've got a computer, a phone, a calendar, and some paper, you've got all the tools you need to be your own general contractor and build your dream home.
That's clear a huge oversimplification. But for some, the idea of taking the entire construction project from start to finish sounds like a thrilling challenge.
Having the ability to call all the shots sounds good, but there are pros and cons to consider before taking the plunge.
Let's take a look at some of the most common reasons why people consider becoming their own Oklahoma general contractor, and what the pitfalls may be.
Because you are the boss, the buck stops with you. (Which can be a good thing or a bad thing.)
We've all heard the stories about contractors going way over budget or making careless mistakes that cost thousands of dollars. And there are stories about GC's who actually tell a homeowner what they want rather than listen to their client's opinions and concerns.
To be able to call all the shots on a job sounds pretty attractive. You're in charge of every detail right down to the color of tile in your custom master bath. If the wrong color tile arrives, you won't have to referee a fight between subcontractors!
Because you're not a professional GC, you've got to be careful to hire only the best subs. If you've hired good, ethical subcontractors, you can achieve the level of quality you expect despite your inexperience. Just remember, you've also got to manage any problems that might arise.
If you're dealing with a problematic subcontractor, there's no one else to sort it out. And if a big issue arises, you've only got yourself and the knowledge you bring to the project to fall back on.
Since GC's generally act as a go-between, they can provide a buffer, facilitating a good working relationship with a sub. Since the GC manages all the subcontractors, they already know which are— and aren't— ethical, reliable and deliver excellent results. As your own general contractor, hiring a reputable subcontractor could be a gamble.
A general contractor can draw on a vast well of experience and knowledge to solve any problems a lot faster than you could on your own. And time is money. When vetting a GC, be sure to ask if they're a member of the Oklahoma Construction Board Industries, and be sure they have an active contractor license.
One of the biggest reasons people consider becoming their own general contractor is to save money.
It is possible to save money by being your own GC. But let's be very clear: you only save if every step of the process from start to finish goes exactly as planned. There are many moving parts, so you've got to be willing (and able) to manage all of them efficiently if you expect to save any money.
You've got to be highly organized and have a solid foundation of financial and business knowledge to keep the project on time and within budget. Do an honest assessment of your strengths and abilities. If you have the right skill set, consider being your own GC. A lack of knowledge, experience, and organization can backfire, costing you more money than you hoped to save.
It's true that by being your own GC you're not absorbing a general contractor's profit margin or overhead. Just be aware that you will have to provide all the overhead services for everything from bookkeeping to subcontractor hiring that a contractor's office would normally provide.
The old adage holds true: fail to plan, plan to fail.
If your goal is to save money, your initial plan has to be realistic, well constructed and precise.
And everything must go exactly to plan.
One of the first and most critical steps in any building process is smart planning. If your master plan is based on iffy numbers and bad assumptions, you're guaranteed to run into big headaches, discouraging delays, and cost overruns.
An Oklahoma general contractor plays a key role in helping you craft a plan that will actually deliver the results you expect.
Part of a general contractor's job is to minimize costs. In most cases, they have access to things like bulk discounts and special relationships with subcontractors that aren't available to the general public. In fact, by being your own GC, you could miss out on big cost savings.
Never underestimate the potential for huge mistakes and even bigger costs that can accompany inexperience. If you special order twenty-two pieces of custom hardware in the wrong size, you're looking at delays that can cost thousands and throw off the master plan in a big way.
Yes, you're working on your own schedule, but that schedule may not be the one you have in mind!
If you've got solid project management skills, have at least some background in finance and business, and want to tell people that you built your dream home all by yourself, becoming your own general contractor may be an excellent choice for you. The rest of us are probably much better off hiring a general contractor, skipping the costly mistakes and delays that so often result with inexperience.
If you want to build your forever home but don't know where to start, let's talk!
Turner & Son Homes has more than five decades of experience. Our business is turning dreams into reality.
A home builder for 18 years, Tim is the "son" in Turner & Son Homes. He is the CEO of the company and partners with his dad, Ben, who has been building since 1964.
The current home on our property has been in existence for over 80 years. We love our property, and made our decision to build our new house there. Turner and Son was the first company we considered and we didn't have to look any further.
The Wells family
March 9, 2016


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Colombian Navy Locates 29 Illegal Immigrants
The Colombian Navy found 29 illegal immigrants from Asia in two places in the Chocó coast during the development of search operations and area control in the Colombian Pacific.
The first group of 12 foreigners was found by troops of the Marine Infantry Brigade No.2 near the village Arusí in rural Nuquí, Chocó. The subjects are between 29 and 42 years old. Eight of them are from Nepal and four from Bhutan.
Another group of 17 men were located on the beach of the township Panguí. Seven of them are from Nepal, six from Bangladesh and four from India. Their ages range from 19 to 35.
The 29 illegal immigrants were transferred to naval Bahia Solano facilities and were turned over to the Colombian Immigration authority.
Naval Today Staff, August 13, 2014; Image: Colombian Navy


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Mechanical Engineering Major Austin Kraus wins ASME Arthur L. Williston Medal
Posted: Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Mechanical engineering senior Austin Kraus was selected as the most recent winner of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Arthur L. Williston Medal national writing competition.
ASME presents the award "annually to the student engineer or recent graduate who authors the best paper in the area of civic service." Austin's paper was titled "Safe Growth of Autonomous Systems through International Regulations."
In the past 16 years, 9 UE mechanical engineering students have placed: 5 winners, 3 placed second, and 1 placed third. Austin will receive a bronze medal in November at the 2017 ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Tampa, FL along with a certificate and a $1000 honorarium.


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One piece flow is not just for the manufacturing shop floor. Actually – even in office settings where one piece flow is starting to come into use it is done with numerous people.
I have been through Kaizen Products' Factory Flow simulation, the one with the folding of the airplane, in numerous groups and classes. I have seen office, admin and accounting functions done with one piece flow. I even had one piece flow in most of my tasks when I had an assistant or someone else to help me in the office.
But did you know that you can do it all on your own and get similar results.
This was brought to my attention when I was in Japan with Gemba Research. One of the sites that we visited had us do the same simulation, only by our selves. It was amazing for me to see this actually work. And being that I am alone quite often in the office, or have sensitive information I can't share with others – I now can save myself time and correct errors with one piece flow.
Take my bill pay for example. I used to block off an hour of my time on Thursdays to complete this. We are a small company so the most bills we have ever had in one week is ten.
This was my process:
1. Pull out all the bills that need to be paid that week. – 2 min
2. Write the checks for each of them. 8-10 minutes
3. Note the check number, amount and date on each invoice – 5-8 minutes
4. Open QuickBooks bill pay – Record each check and amount to each bill. –5-8 minutes
5. Address and stamp an envelope for each bill and seal –10-20 minutes
6. Take all invoice copies to file cabinet and file each in their corresponding files –5-8 minutes.
Total time it took me? 35 – 56 minutes depending on the amount of bills.
Now – I only block off 30 minutes of my time.
This is my process:
1. Open Bill pay in Quick Books – 30 seconds
2. Pull out all bills file. – 45 seconds
3. Pull out check book, envelopes and stamps – 20 seconds
For each bill
1. Check off bill in QuickBooks – 5 seconds
2. Pull corresponding bill out of file – double check amount and numbers – 10 seconds
3. Write check – 30 seconds
4. Note check number, date and amount on invoice – 10 seconds
5. Enter check number in QuickBooks – 5 seconds
6. Address, stamp and seal envelope – 45 seconds
7. File Invoice – 15 seconds
8. Repeat 1-7 for each bill until finished.
Now if you are doing the math – it takes me about a minute and a half to prepare for this process, and about 2 minutes (120 seconds) to complete each bill pay.
As I stated at the beginning of these processes, the most I ever have to do is 10 bills a week – 10 x 2 plus the 2 minute set up would be 22 minutes in total.
Compared to the longest it ever took me of 56 minutes – 34 minutes in time I can put to other tasks.
Fixing Errors:
Because I am doing each of them individually –
1. I am double checking amounts and numbers between QuickBooks and the invoice – where I wasn't before.
2. I don't have the opportunity to place the wrong check in the wrong envelope.
Overall – one person – one piece flow works.
One piece flow is not just for the manufacturing shop floor. Actually – even in office settings where one piece flow is starting to come into use it is done with numerous people.


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Girl, 6, dies in hospital after being found submerged, unattended in pool
Assuming that his six-year-old grandniece could swim without a float, a man left her unattended in a hotel swimming pool – with fatal consequences.
Andrea Hailey Tan Yan Ying was found fully submerged in the pool at Sentosa's Festive Hotel about five minutes later on Oct 7 last year. She died in hospital 10 days later.
At the inquiry into her death on Monday (April 15), State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam said that she died of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy – lack of oxygen and blood flowing to the brain – and pneumonia following a near-drowning.
She noted that Andrea, who stood at 1.18m, was left unattended in the pool that has a depth of 1.2m – 2cm deeper than her height.
On Monday, State Coroner Kamala said that Andrea's granduncle Ong Cheng Chye took the little girl and his three-year-old son to the hotel's adult pool at around 10am on Oct 7 last year. Both of them wore swimming floats around their torsos.
Mr Ong then guided his son across the length of the pool before they got out and went to the jacuzzi.
The court heard that he did not inform Andrea that he would be leaving her alone.
Their grandmother, Madam Ong later spotted the girl's float drifting in the water. She ran towards the pool and shouted for help after she saw her granddaughter fully submerged inside the water.
Mr Ong jumped into a pool and hauled the unconscious Andrea out.
A bystander performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her and the police were alerted at 10.36am.
Paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived nine minutes later and she was rushed to KK Women's and Children's Hospital where she died 10 days later.
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Don't let offense towards others' faults become a pseudo-defense of one's own faults
Offense is the best defense, states a common saying.
The Bhagavad-gita (02.61) recommends this strategy in our inner war: to attain self-mastery, fix the consciousness on Krishna. Instead of defending by struggling to say no to our lower desires, it urges us to go on the offensive by striving to say yes to our higher desires to love and serve Krishna. As these higher desires progressively permeate our heart, they automatically push out the lower desires.
However, the ego sometimes sinisterly misappropriates this "offense is the best defense" strategy: it makes us offensive towards others' faults instead of our own. Whenever we fail in our inner battle, we naturally feel the pinch of our conscience. This bad feeling about ourselves can serve as a healthy, even necessary, impetus for intensifying our devotional efforts.
But the ego finds this pinch of conscience uncomfortable, even intolerable. So it deflects our attention from our faults by striking out at others' faults. We may have observed that whenever we become weakened internally, we frequently become ill-tempered externally.
And if we are serving as preachers of Krishna's message, the ego misappropriates even this sacred service. It makes us feel justified to pass harsh judgments on others who don't live according to scriptural standards of morality – while making us conveniently forget that we ourselves fall short of that standard too. By thus making world-criticism a pseudo-defense against self-correction, the ego traps us.
Gita wisdom equips us to see through the shenanigans of the ego. It underscores that harshness is a decidedly ungodly quality (16.04), whereas gentleness, mercifulness and aversion to faultfinding characterize the godly (16.03).
Being guided by Gita wisdom, when we become offensive towards our faults and sensitive towards others' faults, our practice of bhakti benefits us as well as others.


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Working with a local SEO expert and don't get the online leads you are looking for? There could be many different reasons why your SEO expert doesn't work out for you. Is your goal to find an affordable SEO expert who can fulfill your unique online needs? Don't take the cheapest one! No matter if you are in the same industry than other blue color professionals (plumbers, electricians, air conditioning, etc) or white color professionals (doctors, labs, etc), you need a customized long term SEO business strategy. One that just works for your unique online business goals. Scroll down and check out the three things you want to know local SEO your own local expert perhaps missed to let you know about. * * *
3 Things Your Local SEO Expert May Never Told You About
Choosing The Right Local SEO Expert – Tip #1: It Takes A Village To Raise A Child.
Word of Mouth, do your neighbors talk about you? Local SEO is often just one keyword for many local SEO experts. Entrepreneurs hire an SEO expert. And the next thing the local SEO experts do is that they ask their clients what they do, their occupation and the location(s) they offer their services. And voila, there is your local SEO keyword. Is it as easy as this?
- The beauty of local SEO is that you are part of a local community online, not a stand alone service on the internet. Your local site needs to be integrated into its local online environment.
- Just by throwing the geo keyword (occupational keyword & geo target) on the homepage of a local site, there is nothing to win anymore.
- Your local services need to be part of and integrated in the overall SEO and site architecture of your local site, not just your homepage.
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Choosing The Right Local SEO Expert – Tip #2: Google Doesn't Care What You Say
You say you are THE expert in your field? Google will only listen to you if other searchers agree. WHAT do others say about you, HOW OFTEN, and WHERE?
- We all know about ratings and reviews on Amazon. And how Amazon "hunts" you when you bought something and didn't leave a review yet. Why? Because it is a trust indicator for Amazon's visitors and buyers. And it increases the seller's credibility.
- Your local SEO expert needs to help you creating the same effect. So local people who find you through local searches online but … never met you before, can create the same trust.
- Different to ratings and reviews are recommendations. Local SEO experts often use local online directories to create backlinks for your website. Google, Bing and the other search engines see them as local recommendations for your site.
- Local directories and getting links from them to your local site are great to have … when they are authority sites and well ranked. Just getting links from low end local directories don't help but can damage your site's authority and ranking efforts.
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Choosing The Right Local SEO Expert – Tip #3: It takes a long term strategy. Not a 3-month trial
Are you done raising a child or growing a tree in three month? Did you sign up with your local SEO expert because you were promised a 3-month trial? Promising you to rank your local site within the first three months but … scaring you that if you would cancel their local SEO services then, you could lose everything?
- Local SEO rankings are often accomplished by using the latest SEO tools, not a long term SEO strategy.
- Yes, your rankings will change due to competitor changes, new competitors coming on board or increasing their online activity. The internet IS change.
- But in reality, if your local SEO expert sets up the right site architecture for you, with all the on-site and off-site local SEO business strategies needed, there is no light wind that can bring your rankings down. It needs to be a real hurricane.
- If your local SEO expert uses tools to rank you (make a conscious decision if you want to be depend on a tool), the rankings can happen fast. And fall fast after you stop paying. Ask at least for a 6-12 month local SEO strategy.
- Don't focus only to rank number one for your geo keyword and that's it. Don't throw all eggs in one basket. This is your local online business, not a thing you gamble about. Focus on and measure your business conversions.
* * * It makes a huge difference if you implement an SEO strategy or an SEO business strategy. The SEO strategy gets your local business the traffic and ranking you are seeking. But what you really want are … BUSINESS CONVERSIONS. An business SEO strategy takes a look at the bigger picture. Not just to rank your keywords or to be ranked for right now. Most of the entrepreneurs who contact me want to gain more traffic and rankings right now fast.


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Hello again. It's been a busy summer and I have not been able to get free long enough to post anything recently. My apologies!!
I have been doing a lot of work with customers on "The Cloud" …. That amorphous marketing term that seems to be all knowing and all seeing today.
Whether it is Public, Private or Hybrid, I have been working on it for one or more of my customers. In spending many hours discussing architectures, service models, and offerings with them, I keep getting the same basic question(s) regarding security and the cloud. I will have more to say on that in some future postings, but for now I thought I would address one of the most basic, but also the most important topics I keep getting asked about: Firewalls.
Whether it is on a host machine, a stand alone physical box, or a virtualized O/S, the need for a firewall is still the same: YOU NEED TO BE USING ONE !!!!!
I seem to get asked a great deal how to do that in a cost effective and integrated way that supports the concept of Defense-in-Depth while also integrating into a multi-level enterprise architecture. The answer(s) are not always simple, but in general it does not have to be overly complicated.
I believe that if you have already paid for something once, you should use it first, before paying for it a second time… Call me crazy, but that's how mom raised me…
With that little piece of wisdom in hand, and a desire to simplify the complex if possible, I offer you the following post, a simple walk through of how to configure the Built-In Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on Server 2012/2012 R2.
Take a look and see if it will work for you. If it does ( and it should by the way ) then start using it on all of your machines and make the world a safer and happier place…
Managing Firewall Settings
The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a host-based firewall that runs on Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and is turned on by default. Firewall settings within Windows Server 2012/R2 are managed from within the Windows Firewall MMC (Microsoft Management Console). To review and set Firewall settings perform the following:
1. Open the Server Manager from the task bar.
2. Click the Tools menu and select Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
3. First review the current configuration settings by selecting Windows Firewall Properties from the MMC landing page. This allows access to modify the settings for each of the three firewall profiles, Domain, Private, and Public as well as IPSec settings.
Applying Custom Rules
Custom Rules allow the finest level of control over inbound and outbound traffic to your Windows Server 2012/R2.
1. If you have not done so already load the Windows Firewall MMC by opening the Server Manager from the task bar, clicking the Tools menu, and selecting Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
2. Select either Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules under Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on the left side of the management console.
Note: This will provide a listing on each of the currently configured firewall rules. Rules that are currently enabled are denoted by green checkbox icon, while disabled rules display a grey checkbox icon. Rightclicking a rule will allow you toggle enable/disable.
3. From the right side of either the Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules tab click New Rule.
4. Select Custom from the Rule Type radial button and click Next.
5. Select the Program association for the Custom Firewall Rule either All programs or the path to a program and click Next.
6. From the Protocol type field select the protocol type and click Next.
Note: This walkthrough uses TCP on port 80 (HTTP) for example purposes.
7. Select an IP address association for both local and remote addresses and click Next.
8. Select an action to take on matching traffic and click Next.
9. Select the profiles associated with the custom rule and click Next.
10. Provide a name for your Firewall rule and an optional description and click Finish.
11. Once created the rule will be enabled. The firewall rule can be found on the corresponding Rule tab, either inbound or outbound depending on the type created. To disable or delete the rule find the rule in the MMC, right-click it, and select either Disable Rule or Delete.
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New variations on the Predator are being created to expand its capabilities. By modifying the airframe and expanding the wing span to 86 feet (26 meters), they will be able to fly the new Predator variations at up to 50,000 feet (15,240 meters). The new model is called the MQ-9 Altair. It will be used during peace time for scientific and atmospheric research. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard will have their own versions of the new Predator that are used for surveillance and reconnaissance.
The Predator is not the only UAV deployed by the U.S. military. The RQ-2 Pioneer, RQ-3 Dark Star, RQ-4 Global Hawk, RQ-5 Hunter, RQ-6 Outrider, and RQ-7 Shadow have all been used in a reconnaissance capacity since the early 1990s. The Predator and its variations are, however, the only UAVs with a combat role and the UAVs most capable of flying into battle alongside manned warships.
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As a mental health professional, two experiences with suicide have stayed with me over time.
The first occurred while working on an inpatient unit. A young woman jumped five stories from a parking garage and survived.
For so many of us, it's easy to put off that doctor or other healthcare appointment. The kids have soccer practice. There's a lot going on at work. The oil needs to be changed in the car. The dog needs to go to the vet.
Yes, it's not good, but it reflects the reality of our fast-paced lives. There's too much going on in a day to take time out to care for ourselvesHowever, there is an evidence-based solution for addressing the most fundamental barriers to care – access and convenience – and that is telehealth.
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Despite advances in health equity, disparities in mental health care persist. Recognizing July as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) acknowledges this disparity by joining partners at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels to help raise awareness about mental illness and its effects on racial and ethnic minority populations.
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I came to my first NAMI conference as a person in recovery from bipolar disorder and as a mental health journalist.
The NAMI 2018 conference in New Orleans last month proved wildly successful in connecting me with like-minded souls as well as to businesses and organizations that can help people like me live complete and meaningful lives
Drug diversion is defined as any transfer of a prescription drug from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use.
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The theme "Live. Learn. Share Hope" of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Convention to be held June 27-30 in New Orleans provides an excellent launching pad to start a conversation regarding stigma as we live, learn and share hope about the people affected by mental illness.
Stigma, like so many of life's experiences, can be as individual as the person experiencing it.
When we imagine health care workers – the nurses, doctors, and support staff – we think of their role helping us. We engage with them as patients, sometimes routinely and sometimes at the darkest hours of our lives, as they help us heal. They care for us.


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- Guts Medicaid, leaving millions of Americans without access to care.
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This kind of phobia is not life a threatening and others choose not to seek any medical treatment for they usually believe that they will never encounter bats in their lifetime so they live and cope with their phobia on their own. But there are some whose phobias are beyond their control and affects their daily lives therefore medical treatment is much regarded. Counselling, systematic desensitization and self-hypnosis are usually recommended.


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A conflict between my conscience and the standards set up by the society
Sexual abuse during childhood is a scar that one can probably never get rid off. Here is my attempt to look at this abuse from the culprit's point of view.
This is how some love-stories begin... Probably some last like this...
I wrote this poem in order to promote child adoption and also to raise my voice against female infanticide. I just wonder how the parents, especially a mother, abandons a baby who has grown inside her. Every child has the right to live a joyous life. So adopt a child along with your b...
This is just my mad imagination. :-) I sometimes imagine things that are impossible and feel that it is fun.
This article is a dream that I saw actually. May the sudden and unexpected demise of my father was making me too restless and thus I had this dream to pacify me.
It is really painful when we do not get the love and appreciation that we deserve even after going out of our way to do good for others. Is being good so bad???
Its strange to see people loving the things and using the people instead of doing the otherway round!
I don't know if the lines of this poem hold true for the rest of the world or not, but this poem is my view on the present scenario of the changing world around me. It's quite painful to see people turning so mechanical and emotionless.
This poem is my personal experience. The emptiness that I felt after my father's sudden demise provoked me to write this poem.


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Sunset Lounge at the Mondrian
South Beach
There's no shortage of bars to catch the sunset on the west side of Miami Beach. But only one combines that sunset with a swanky poolside party, the all-white opulence of the Mondrian, and expertly designed furniture for you to relax and enjoy the colors over the skyline.
Ball & Chain
Little Havana
If Epcot had a "Cuba World," the bar there would look exactly like Ball & Chain. Except this place is real. An odd historic spot in Miami that hasn't been bulldozed for condos, this Calle Ocho club saw the likes of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Louie Armstrong, as the posters from its heyday that now line the walls will attest. Restored and reopened last year, the main room with vaulted Dade County pine ceilings leads to a tropical oasis of a backyard, complete with a bandshell shaped like a pineapple.
1930s House
Miami Beach
In case you're a little slow on the uptake, this bar in the back of the Thompson Hotel is actually a house that was built in the 1930s. But the house's original location across Collins Ave wouldn't have made for nearly as beautiful a setting as its current one. So, this handcrafted home was actually moved piece by piece across the street and now sits poolside at the Thompson, giving you a little bit of old and new Miami as you sip on your Hialeah Sling at one of the best new bars of 2015.
This new kid on the block is pretty. Like, not as pretty as Jordan, but definitely prettier than Donnie. It takes the design elements of a classic tropical Florida garden room, with palms, ferns, and light wood molding, then combines it with a visual assault of new Miami chic, complete with an LED chandelier, and 50ft concentric rings made to look like... oh right... blooming flowers.
South Beach
This lounge upstairs from one of the best sushi joints in Miami could probably make this list just by its brilliant incorporation of the Asian, circular decor in the restaurant. But every month a new local artist is given free reign over the walls, making this bar in a hotel a uniquely local experience. And one that offers a totally different -- but still fascinating and beautiful -- look every time you go.
Bars with views in Miami are almost as ubiquitous as Instagram "models." So to be named the best bar with a view you've gotta be doing something pretty damn special. Here at the 25th-floor sky lobby of the Conrad Hotel, you can sit on the patio or in the three-story atrium and enjoy the view east across Biscayne Bay and Key Biscayne. Or look west through the restaurant at the sunset over the sprawling city.
The Bar at the Setai
South Beach
Though it seems the restaurant at the Setai changes almost as frequently as the guests in the $32,000-a-night penthouse suite, the one great constant is the bar. You can either sit inside, among modern Asian bamboo, and enjoy some of the best people-watching in South Beach, or take your act outside to the serene courtyard complete with a reflecting pool. Then maybe wander over and see what kind of restaurant it's got there this week.
Rose Bar at Delano
South Beach
It's an Ian Schrager-designed bar, so we are actually required by law to include it on any list of "beautiful places." But even without that mandate, the Delano's signature bar has been a must-see for anyone coming to South Beach for almost two decades. The long white curtains and oversized chairs of the lobby create a perfect setting to enjoy drinks that cost more than a tank of gas. And an even better place to see wealthy older men get chatted up by women who love....... wealthy older men.
Wynwood Kitchen & Bar
Aside from ArtWalk -- which has basically devolved into Mardi Gras with street art -- it's hard to enjoy the outdoor museum that is Wynwood while at the same time enjoying a nice, frosty beverage. Unless of course you're having drinks right next to the Wynwood Walls at this spot, where even while sitting inside you're still surrounded by floor-to-ceiling modern murals. Pro tip: order the ropa vieja empanada, one of the most only-in-Miami food items you'll find.
If you love pisco, the good news is it's easier to get to Peru from Miami than anywhere else in America. The better news? It's even easier to get to this spot, which in addition to boasting the best selection of pisco in the city, is adorned like a 1950s Latin American social club, with worn walls and bright colors, and filled with hefty red leather furniture. As the sun sets, the light peers in through the trees in front, giving this the feeling of an old-time Spanish bar somewhere in the jungle.
South Beach
If Marty McFly had found a bar to watch the Cubs beat Miami in the 2015 World Series, it would have looked exactly like Haven. With blue mood lighting, chairs underlit in bright red, and flat screens wrapping around it all, you could almost call Haven "the sports bar of the future." A future where people eat duck burgers with foie gras butter while watching baseball.
MO Bar + Lounge
Sharing a wall with not one, but TWO of the 21 best restaurants in Miami would make pretty much anyone feel like the Cooper Manning of bars. But MO Bar holds its own, offering up inventive cocktails with a floor-to-two-story-ceiling view of the Brickell skyline and slick modern decor. And you can enjoy your drinks either inside the nicely air-conditioned Mandarin Oriental, or outside on the patio where you can listen to the water. Or, more accurately, bass from the boats that roll by.
The Forge Wine Bar
Miami Beach
When it comes to old-school, we've-probably-got-a-pet-baby-giraffe-in-the-back opulence, nothing in Miami comes close to The Forge. It's like eating in a medieval dining room that somehow got taken over by a South Beach design firm, and is now adorned with purple lighting and crystal. The bar is pure elegance, boasting wines that cost hundreds of dollars a bottle. But what makes this one of Miami's best wine bars is how those wines are offered in 1oz pours, so even an almost-broke wine snob can find out what Opus One really tastes like.
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Matt Meltzer is a staff writer for Thrillist who can still appreciate the subtle beauty of Mac's Club Deuce. See what else he finds beautiful on Instagram: @meltrez1.


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Why Did Bitcoin Become Popular in 2017?
Not so long ago, bitcoin reached a $6240.69 mark!! and, despite unavoidable price fluctuations, at that time it seemed like this remarkable growth won't stop in the nearest future. Although currently the price has dropped significantly, Bitcoin has taken the market as the most remarkable example in the trading history. Those who sold their bitcoins earlier were definitely in despair while those who saved them are extremely reach now. Everyone wants to know more about BTC and all social and media platforms can't stop talking about it.
We believe that big investors devote money to bitcoin because they think that this is the currency of the future. Also, cryptocurrency is a perfect tool for those who run an illegal business, since it provides decentralization and safety, so the government cannot regulate this money.
However, bitcoin has received wide public acceptance that goes far beyond dark web users and drug dealers. Today there are millions of regular people, who won't stop talking about cryptocurrency, perceiving it as a potential get-rich-quick option. They are looking for opportunities to invest or to mine it and the large percent of BTC's popularity is caused by them. The main reason for that is psychological – people are following what everyone else is doing, and this is how we evolved to act.
Growing prices
The price for BTC has fluctuated hugely over the time. However, the general tendency of its price is growth. Growing price attracts the attention of the media and creates a buzz within the community. In December 2017, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase, published a post warning users to invest responsibly because the website fails to process all operations they are trying to make. Despite the fact that a plenty of financial experts claim that BTC is a bubble and the price will fall very soon, people continue investing their money, because the growing price makes people believe that it will continue to rise.
Bitcoin as an alternative financial system
The original aim of Bitcoin was to create an alternative to the traditional currencies and to encourage sellers and buyers use it to exchange goods and services. Bitcoin is valuable, since it may become an alternative to the existing currency, they say.
However, this sounds too simple and looks more like an attractive narrative rather than reality. Current bitcoin's boom makes it hard to use it as a currency, because of its high fees and volatility. Rising prices are good for investors, but they don't make bitcoin any closer to being used widely.
The price for bitcoin depends on its popularity and vice versa. However, once the coin becomes too expensive, people won't be able to use it for transactions.
Psychology of the majority
The most relevant reason behind bitcoin's popularity may be connected with the psychology of the majority. People are interested in it just because everyone else is.
It is natural for human beings to adopt everything that everyone else is doing. Media evokes the feeling that we are missing something that everyone else does and when we hear that more and more people invest in cryptocurrency, it seems less risky to us.
People are influenced by the environment and therefore value bitcoin because the others do and this is a social phenomenon.
In case if bitcoins will crash down some day, everything we have discussed above will happen in the reverse order. The psychology of the majority will make people sell instead of buying and most BTC holders will give their coins away because everyone around them will do so. However, nobody really knows if or when Bitcoin will crash. You never know it was a bubble until it bursts.


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Have you ever made Easter baskets? We loved making these fun and simple tissue paper bowls that were perfect for storing our Easter sweets.
- Tissue paper (precut squares, circles, or cut your own)
- Paper shapes (or cut your own with Paper Craft Punches)
- Construction paper
- Bowls
- Foil
- Modge Podge or liquid starch
- Thick paintbrushes
- Trays
Step 1: Set up
Toddlers love working independently as they are discovering their own autonomy (and limitations). They love doing things themselves and we can help them do that by providing the right set up with materials they can choose from and are able to handle without major help from you.
Set out trays with foil covered bowls, place a paintbrush and a little container with Modge Podge on each tray and invite the children to go "shopping" for their own materials. On a separate table I've set out little containers, left over tissue paper shapes, sequins, feathers and glitter. The children would come over and fill a container with materials of their choice. On another table I set out colored construction paper with Paper Craft Punches that the children visited frequently during the process to make their own shapes or to simply do something different and take a break from working on their bowls. This kept it fun and exciting enough for everyone to stay engaged and focused.
Step 2: Layer paper with Modge Podge
Apply a layer of Modge Podge to your bowl and cover with paper of different shapes and colors. Add feathers, glitter and sequins or your own cut paper shapes to your heart's desire. Repeat until you have at least three layers of overlapping paper. The children loved the squishiness and messiness of applying their papers with the Modge Podge which ensured lots of giggles! Make sure to keep it out of the mouth. Let dry overnight.
Step 3: Cut edges
You can leave the ragged edges or cut the paper along the edges of the bowl for a more even finish which is what I did.
I placed a photo of each child in their bowls (so they'd know which one is their bowl) and we set out for our Easter egg hunt which by the way was a perfect way to practice sharing and a little early math. We collected all found sweets in a big bowl before discussing how to distribute them. Eventually the children suggested we'd count them out into our bowls clockwise to make sure everyone had the same amount of sweets :).
Happy Easter!
♥ Claudia


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Done it YIIIIIPY!
Graduation was yesterday pretty hectic with family down and good bye tears but overall a great day!
Degree Show
Come and join us for the 3D Design for Sustainability Degree Show and the rest of the so called Summer Shows at Tremough Design Centre. From 17th till 21st June 10am to 6pm.
Directions here: http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/138/the-college-8/campuses-and-facilities-31/tremough-campus-32.html
Moving out
I will be sad to leave this messy but creative studio which was my work space for the last three years and nearly my home for the last few months.
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ASKING ALEXANDRIA Guitarist Doesn't Know What To Believe When It Comes To Sexual Misconduct Allegations In Metal
November 30, 2017
ASKING ALEXANDRIA guitarist Ben Bruce has commented on the recent wave of allegations of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct against other musicians, saying that he doesn't "know what to believe and what not to believe."
A number of women have opened up about their experiences with sexual harassment/assault in the wake of allegations of misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, with some calling out musicians in prominent hard rock bands — including members of WE CAME AS ROMANS, PIERCE THE VEIL, SUICIDE SILENCE and SLAVES — for their allegedly inappropriate behavior.
Asked for his opinion on the current national focus on sexual harassment, especially as it relates to touring hard rock and heavy metal bands, Bruce told "The Metal Podcast" (hear audio below): "You have to wonder what's true and what's not true. Some of these guys made mistakes, and some of them [are] forgivable, some of them [are] not so forgivable, you know what I mean? But it's the circle of life. To me, it's like… I don't know.
"It's just a weird time," he continued. "You just don't know what to believe and what not to believe. Even things like [comedian] Louis C.K. and stuff, stuff coming out now about him. I don't know how to feel about it. I don't know him personally. Is he actually a nice guy that made mistakes, or is he an asshole and deserves it? There's no way of knowing. So I just try to stay out of it. It's kind of the nature of the beast. A few years ago, it was this that got the whole world going crazy, now it's this. What will be next year or in two years' time? There's just no way of knowing. So you just kind of wait and see."
While admitting that he knows "a lot of those guys" in other bands that have been accused of misconduct, Bruce said: "Have they ever done anything to me? No. So I'm not gonna sit here and pass judgment. I don't know the story. I'm not them, I'm not in their shoes, so it's not my place."
ASKING ALEXANDRIA will release its new, self-titled album on December 15 via Sumerian. The disc will mark the group's first full-length effort with singer Danny Worsnop since he rejoined ASKING ALEXANDRIA last fall.
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Dave is one of the founder members of KCC. He works as a loss adjuster and lives in St Albans with his wife Anj. They have three adult children and four young grandchildren.
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Andrew Cherie
Anil Mathes
Ant Rist
Chris Lane
Colin Hill
Darren Kistnasamy
Dave Fellingham
Dave Martin
David Rigby
Dom Long
Garry Yee
Glenn Hitchings
Ian Hoile
James Crocker
John Telford
Jonathan Killen
Matt Cowen
Neil Chitty
Nigel Clark
Paul Johnson
Phil Mayes
Phil Watkins
Phil Wilthew
Richard Gathard
Rob Davey
Robin Jefferson-Jones
Sam Wilkes
Stef Liston
Tom Coombs
Tony Thompson