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It should come as no surprise to readers of our blog that DDoS attacks are at record highs. There's barely a week that goes by without word of a new, large-scale attack. In the past two months we've commented on the Pokemon Go attacks, the Library of Congress attack and the hit to World of Warcraft's parent Blizzard's Battle.net.
Now, today, FedScoop issued news from cyber security specialists Imperva that over the past year its customers saw a 211 percent year-over-year increase in DDoS attacks.
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'The amount of traffic, or bandwidth, that is able to be generated and used as a weapon is at an all-time high. This is likely the result of more compromised machines with higher bandwidth,' Imperva Vice President Tim Matthews told FedScoop.
In short, hackers are able to launch denial of service attacks by manipulating a hosting provider to re-route IP addresses towards a preferred server."
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Any body familiar with APS spraying of this GE TBC coating spec? I can achieve the coating standard ok but some add. requirements mean I now have to produce the same coating but with <2% porosity and low levels of unmelts in the bondcoat. I am using the F4 torch. Does any one have any suggestions on powder/parameters/techniques to meet this?
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Hi Harvey
to the Surface Engineering Forum.
I'm sure we have quite a few members with practical experience with GE F50TF50 bond coats, so I hope they can chip in
I take it that you are having problems meeting the additional requirements. What is your present set-up on powder/parameters/techniques? Sorry, got ask, are you confident in your metallography and its interpretation? If this is not right or consistent then you could be chasing your tail
Regards Gordon
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Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the reply. You're absolutely right about the metallography side of things - we are acutely aware of this potential pitfall but on this occassion I am confident we are ok, besides, one of the issues is concerned with high levels of unmelts which is difficult to change by "bad" metallography - if anything you will improve this aspect rather than make worse.
For those who are familiar we are trying to achieve porosity/voids better than V1 of GE photostandard 8603003. This equates to approaching 1 %, which from an APS coating I think is unrealistic. The unmelts have to be better than 5 per FOV (V3 of 9008007) which is not such an unrealistic target, however, as GE will only allow 5% of FOVs (at 200x mag) to be non conforming it only takes 2 FOVs out of typically 25 & then you have a non conforming sample.
We have tried 4 different recognised powder suppliers (Sulzer Metco, HC Starck,PAC & Praxair) all conforming to the B50TF192 clA spec and all with much the same results. We are using the F4 gun with SM recommended parameters (65 Ar, 14 H2 & 600A) + & trialled about 20 alternative sets, including altering powder injection through gas flows & injector position, primary & seconday gas, current, but with no real impact on the overall result. We have also tried many different spray techniques using both rotation & wall scanning techniques - literally hundreds of combinations. The results aren't disastrous just not meeting what seems to be an overly stringent spec.
So I guess the question is as much have GE got this wrong? Or does anyone have similar experience & know some special trick to resolve the problem.
Any information/suggestions gratefully received!
Many thanks in anticipation,
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Hi Harvey
Sound of silence well I suppose understandable in the light that any company spending time, effort and cost on development may not want to give up their secrets.
The specification may be unrealistically tight, but I assume some are managing.
I suppose you are at the point of wondering whether further development is going to be worthwhile and cost effective for this job. Well if you are going to persevere, I can only make a few comments, which probably you already appreciate from your trials anyway:
Powders - I know you are restricted to a few approved powders only, but choosing the one with the tightest particle size distribution and maybe one with lower high end particle size amount may help.
Powder injection - very critical. Injecting powder in through the side of the plasma jet is quite complex. In an ideal world the powder particles would be all exactly the same size and shape, but they are not. The plasma jet has a classifying effect - smaller particles penetrate less than the larger. Larger particles with more momentum may pass right through the plasma jet too quickly, not picking up enough heat and velocity, some ending up as unmelts in the coating. Setting up the injection parameters is really getting the best balance in conditions for the majority of the particles, inevitably that means some particles may be under or over-heated, lack velocity etc. and end up effecting the quality of the coating. Important to remember, when changing plasma conditions, changes to powder injection may be necessary also.
Powder feed rate - It may be worth trying a lower feed rate than recommended, sometimes quality gains can be made at the expense of production through-put.
Plasma parameters - again very critical. Getting right balance of plasma gas flows, plasma gas mix and current. Generally, if unmelts are excessive (assuming powder, injection and feed rate are optimal) then the larger particles need more heat. This can be achieved by lowering the plasma velocity to get more dwell time for particles and/or by increasing heating potential of plasma. This again is complex and not as straight forward as you may first think.
Without going into other parameter considerations, you can see how complex development gets with a mind boggling number of possible parameter permutations.
Regards Gordon
Photography Obsession
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|RE: F50TF50 bond coat
Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the input - it is appreciated but unfortunately all tried & tested without success - we're are close however - but I just think the spec is unrealistic to achieve consistently on a production basis.
We will keep persevering!!
Thanks again
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As you conducted your trial sets with various parameters/powders were you using any particle diagnostic equipment (temperature, velocity, or injection imaging)? Did you go through some sort of procedure to optimize your particle injection?
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You tried so many different ways to get the perfect coating but have you ever think about the lab result is perfect or not. Some times, the different praperation procedure can get diffenrent result. For bound coat, the smaller load will get more porosity during polishing.
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It seems the boxes sit flat on the loadbay, how will you reach or move the furthest ones when the wood is ontop?
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Interesting idea.
I worry the bottom surface friction might be too much for the webbing belt idea.
Perhaps try loading the boxes with weight now, and seeing if that works before topping it.
Else you might need to put some polymer/plastic strips down to give the boxes something to run on.
Good luck on your build.
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Something else you might want to consider for one of the boxes closest to the tailgate:
(Post#2) https://www.4x4community.co.za/forum...75#post3543375
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Thanx for all the feedback and tips. I am a bit worried about the friction and was thinking of putting flat bar underneath to have a smooth surface,just need to figure out a way to put them on without beeing part of the frame but also be able to remove them.Maybe I should use some riff nuts
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"One thing I have learnt in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet it is the most precious thing we have"
If we think that science has answered all our questions we are dead wrong. If reality is a baby – the scientific sperm has not even met it's egg yet. And yet we have secular fundamentalists – most notably the evolutionists – making fantastic and cocksure claims about their findings and then foiting it down society as gospel truth in complex pseudo-scientific lingo. I once had an argument with at least two of my blog's commentors about the veracity of science vis-a-vis reality and they was so sure that the "scientific method" would suffice as a surefire check against any kind of scientific claim or proposition. These are the same guys who happen to believe in the theory of evolution as the gospel truth. But alas – very little could be proven of such claims that seems to even fly in the face of secular science's much vaunted methodolgies. These guys need to get a grip of themselves. They must understand that believeing in science as an answer to the fundamental existential questions is nothing better than to believe that God created the universe in 6 days and also Created Adam – the first Human being. I mean the whole creationist story may seem like a cheap B-grade fairy tale, but the arrogance and evagelical zeal with which otherwise intelligent scientists and scientific theorists promote the various scientific theories and publish their findings as gospel truth is cheap b-grade porn. It's obscene. It has no scientific basis to start with and yet we are supposed to believe in it as truth. To these guys I have nothing more than pity. I post this video from youtube where Ali-G trashes guys who think they know it all. If einstein was right – we know next to nothing
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The word diet is a very painful one for those who realise that to be healthy they need to curb the amount of food they consume. The world has witnessed ever changing fads for diets in the past century. This is as a direct result of the awareness of how crucial food is to health.
A balanced diet is the consumption of the right amount of the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity, which includes fat, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, and also fibre and water. A balanced diet will help you achieve optimised growth and enable your body to be active. Being active in turn helps your body from becoming obese. A balanced diet and exercise therefore goes along way towards ensuring a healthy and happy life.
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Tea or coffee with a couple of digestive biscuits will see you through to dinner. It will just take up 100 calories from your total calorie allocation for the day.
Dinner, if it is the heaviest meal of the day, can be more elaborate. Make a tummy filling plate of grilled skinless chicken breast that is cut into bite size pieces. This is a secret to eating light but feeling heavy. Pasta or rice dishes go well with this and can be part of the dinner menu. A stir fry of various vegetables and a light fruit pie will take you to 650 calories of your total allocation for the day.
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The audience at Jazz Fest had more than just their hands in the air this weekend in New Orleans. Check out some fun things we spotted in the N.O. this weekend in the crowd:
This guy had quite a ball juggling in between performances.
Monkey business or show business? This little guy had a fun Jazz Fest shirt on and a great few, at that.
This chef was cooking up some fun at the Gentilly Stage during the Hall & Oates performance.
Cinco de Mayo celebration in Nola with this colorful piñata.
This girl had the best seat in the house for the Hall & Oates performance of "You Make My Dreams Come True" – While she accessorize with sunglasses and a sunflower headpiece, the skeleton to the left of her had a jazzy red boa
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Next week VH1 is set to air The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop, a four-part documentary series based on Steve Stoute's similarly titled book, The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy. It was a fascinating read and remix of hip-hop's history and impact, and I turned the last page wanting to know more about how the "tanning" effect—as Stoute describes it—is mapped to spaces outside the commercial industry. I'm hoping that's where the TV version of Tanning ventures.
Here are four more reasons to set your DVR, starting Monday:
To find out what "tanning" is. African-American culture is ingrained in our nation's identity. Ways of talking, styles of dress, intellectual perspectives and other "norms of cool" get tossed into a goody bag of tools that continue to shift music-industry standards and the socio-political landscape.
Tanning isn't "selling out" or "assimilation." In fact, it's better understood as assimilation in reverse. To sell out is to promote inauthenticity in one's identity in order to gain some sense of power, fame or money. To forget where ya came from, as my "mudear" would say. Here, I'm thinking of Vanilla Ice, who tried to boast about growing up in the hood as a way to identify with black rappers—but who was later called out for it and hung over a hotel balcony—in contrast with the rap community's acceptance of other white rappers like the Beastie Boys and Eminem, who figured out how to be their authentic selves within the genre.
Tanning is a psychological shift—an energetic force, according to Stoute, that "went beyond musical boundaries and into the psyche of young America, blurring cultural and demographic lines so permanently that it laid the foundation for a transformation."
To get a history of hip-hop culture and its global impact. The last VH1 documentary series on hip-hop's viral effect aired in October 2004. That was a decade ago, and a lot has changed since then. Among a litany of events, a black president was elected following an economic crisis reminiscent of the times that sparked hip-hop culture; old-school hip-hoppers are collaborating more with new-school hip-hoppers; love and hip-hop is a reality among many couples, and a nonreality show for others; Atlanta has emerged as a hot spot for hip-hop's entertainment industry; Kendrick Lamar brought back concept albums; and Outkast, whom I like to call hip-hop's Wonder Twins, will soon restore some of the lyricism that has gotten lost amid the fray of the commercial industry. I hope the documentary puts all of this in perspective for youths who know little about hip-hop's history.
To understand the distinctions and similarities of hip-hop culture, the hip-hop industry and the hip-hop movement. Hip-hop is turning into one of those terms that mean so much but are understood very little. It's all at once an adjective, a noun and a verb. I hope viewers get a better understanding of what hip-hop is and what it isn't.
For example, hip-hop culture is a community of practice that utilizes at least four expressive elements—deejaying, emceeing, breaking and graffiti—as a means for achieving knowledge of self. Consumers purchase hip-hop a) because it's fun and b) for the sense of "swagger" associated with it. So industries bent on profit margins will use these elements to market and advertise their products—sometimes by any means necessary. That is the hip-hop industry.
Then there is the hip-hop movement, which takes more of an organic approach to the ways in which these elements influence the socio-political economy of the nation and beyond. I'm thinking HipHopEd here and the other collectives that intersect hip-hop with youth development. Although Stoute's book focuses more on the tanning of the hip-hop industry, I hope the documentary series leans in on how the tanning effect has shifted the micro effects of racism and poverty in black and brown communities.
To recognize that there is more work to do. There is no argument that hip-hop as culture, industry and movement is here to stay. It is in its fourth decade and arguably a young aesthetic. The documentary will include commentary from the usual suspects, including Pharrell Williams, Shawn Carter, Sean Combs, Russell Simmons, Mona Scott Young and Stoute himself. However, in our attempt to hold them accountable for hip-hop's current state, let's focus on what is good about hip-hop and remember that with "tanning" comes a responsibility to maximize hip-hop's potential in our daily lives, our communities and the youths who are on the receiving end of its true power.
Joycelyn A. Wilson is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech and a director of the Four-Four Beat Project. She is an Emmy-nominated documentary film producer and Hiphop Archive alumnus fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Follow her on Twitter.
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On Friday 1st December, Blofield Primary School PTA are holding a One Stop Shop Christmas Fair at Margaret Harker Hall, Blofield from 4pm to 8pm.
Food, Bar, Raffle, Games and songs from the Village Voices Choir.
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In her statement announcing the resumption of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians this week, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Sunday said that the Palestinians will be represented by Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat and Mohammad Shtayyeh.
Middle East analyst Oren Kessler noticed something interesting about Shtayyeh's Facebook page; that is, that the Palestinian negotiator displays a map of the entire State of Israel - including its internationally recognized borders, plus Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) plus Gaza - emblazoned with the Arabic letters for "Palestine."
Whether by intention or not, the map is also shaded in green, a color traditionally associated with Islam.
Also on his Facebook profile, Shtayyeh displays a photograph of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock which sits above the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism.
The Palestinian Authority – which Shtayyeh is representing in the talks Kerry is hosting this week -- and the majority Fatah ruling party are considered by the U.S. and European community to constitute the more moderate leadership as compared with Hamas which states flat out that its goal is to destroy the Jewish state.
Shtayyeh's Facebook profile images include a map of the entire State of Israel emblazoned with the Arabic script for "Palestine." (Screenshot: Facebook)
Writer Aussie Dave from the pro-Israel blog Israelly Cool captures how the map is being perceived among many Israelis:
Yeah, that's the entire map of Israel covered in the Arabic for "Palestine" (Filastin). In other words [...] "We will pretend to negotiate for peace, but only as a means to an end. The end being the destruction of Israel and, in its place, a palestinian state in the entire land."
So the situation is even worse than we thought. Not only have we agreed to kick-start peace negotiations by releasing over 100 murderous, unrepentant terrorists, but we will be negotiating with someone who is not even hiding his true aim: Israel's destruction.
And the world won't even blink.
Raheem Kassam on Trending Central writes: "Such backhanded tactics are well known within Palestinian circles, and the recognition of the State of Israel is a rarity in the region."
Kerry in his invitation to the peace talks noted the "the courage shown by Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas" in agreeing to restart talks. "Both leaders have demonstrated a willingness to make difficult decisions that have been instrumental in getting to this point. We are grateful for their leadership," Kerry said.
"It seems for one of Abbas's negotiators however, the recognition of the State of Israel is one step too far, and reveals how these peace talks are more than likely to be completely in vain," Kassam adds.
As TheBlaze reported last week, Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash was caught on tape earlier this month hinting that any future peace deal with Israel would secretly be only a short-term arrangement, comparing it to a truce the Muslim prophet Mohammed negotiated only to break two years later.
That statement is but the latest example of Palestinian Authority officials hinting they might not be bound by the terms of any agreement requiring them to give up the hopes of one day securing more territory from Israel.
TheBlaze's coverage of the Israeli government's controversial decision to release 104 Palestinian prisoners from jail, many convicted murderers, can be seen here.


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History of the Needham Education Foundation
In 1990, a group of alumni from Needham High School had just celebrated their 50th class reunion and were looking for a way to leave a legacy to their hometown. So the Needham school superintendent issued a challenge: provide seed money for a foundation that will raise funds in order to stimulate and support innovative educational programs in the public school system.
The Class of 1939 accepted this challenge with passion. They parlayed a small class gift of just $3,000 into a foundation that has awarded hundreds of grants totaling over $2 million. By the time Needham children complete their high school career, they have been touched by NEF-supported programs many, many times.
"Children represent the future for all of us. We must pass on the legacy that you should never stop learning." —Ralph Leader, Founder and First President, Needham Education Foundation; Retired Major General, Massachusetts Air National Guard; Winner of the Needham High School Distinguished Alumnus Award, Needham High School, Class of 1939
We promote innovation. We seek out and fund programs that are beyond normal and expected public funding. We fund leading-edge projects in math and science, languages and the arts, emerging technologies, social development, and more. At a time when public funds are scarce and resources are increasingly limited, NEF's grants for innovation provide an important outlet for teachers, parents, and students to learn, experiment, and improve.
Today, that is our passion.
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The vision of the original NEF Board of Directors was to establish a Sustaining Fund that would allow annual grants in the amount of $100,000 from investment returns. Historically, NEF has granted 4% to 5% annually to the Needham Public Schools while continuing to grow the Sustaining Fund. For more information on our Sustaining Fund, please see our Financial Highlights.
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The NEF raises funds and awards grants to promote innovation and excellence in education for Needham public school students.


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A Montage of Soldiers Getting Pranked for Falling Asleep
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A video called "Don't Fall Asleep in the Military" is making the rounds online. It's three minutes of soldiers getting woken up by pranks . . . like having hot sauce squirted in their mouth. We salute and honor all in the military, but this is FUNNY!


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If you thought flossing and stunting were two unrelated words, one meaning to clean one's teeth with a string, while the other referring to jumping through a window made of sugar, the English language slang says no!
Flossing and stunting is what "ballers and gangsters" do, and it basically means to show off one's opulent material possessions, and really make sure everybody has seen you, so that you make insecure less financially fortunate people feel uneasy.
Musician Flo Rida can now be added to that category with ease, and while his previous rides were always head turning (and not necessarily in a positive way, may I add), his most recently acquired vehicle beats them all. It's a gold chrome-wrapped Bugatti Veyron, which stands out, a lot, like you can't not look at it when it passes by, in all its flossin' glory.
If you ask me, Flo Rida is a kind of middle-of-the-pack artist in the music industry, and his only way to stand out is not through the quality of his musical works, but the wit with which he can spend his millions. A faux-gold Veyron definitely seems legit, given the current situation, because he is living his "You can have whatever you like" song, which I've posted below, for your amusement, and to get the right mood for this piece going nicely.
The Ride cost a whooping $1.7m.


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"Introvert Soap" Is Just One Of Many Hilarious, Oddly Specific Soaps To Gift Your Loved Ones
If you're about to hop in the shower to prepare for an off-the-hook, totally lit, out of control night at home alone with your cat and Netflix, then Soap for Introverts is for you. The Whiskey River Soap Co., the ingenious company behind the bar soap, knows introverts — just like they know foodies, coffee addicts, musicians, crazy exes, and Canadians, whom they've also #blessed with their own scents. Nobody is safe from their sarcastic, witty, completely hilarious products, which also include candles, bath bombs, and journals. If you can take a joke and like to poke fun at others (and yourself), the Whiskey River Soap Co. is probably a good match for you.
All jokes aside (even though the jokes are the best part), the company isn't here just to make you giggle. They create their own products locally, make their soap by hand, pour their own (soy!) candles, and aim to give you more than your boring, cheap-o, run-of-the-mill novelty gifts.
You can shop online with them and grab a bar of soap for less than $10; or if you're on a budget and just need some entertainment, head to their Facebook page and try not to laugh. I dare you.
In the meantime, here are some of their funniest scents.
1. Introverts
I need 20 of these.
2. Writer's Block
This couldn't be more true.
3. Stoners
Ha! 4:20. Colorado. Jokes.
4. Debbie Downers
We all know a few Negative Nancys in life.
5. Awkward Moments
Life gets weird sometimes. We all need this for our tubs.
6. Selfies
For everyone who likes to document their duck lips.
7. Frenemies
Oh yes. Bring on the passive-aggressive comments and vague Facebook posts.
8. Dirty Minds
Finally! Something we can all relate to.
9. Online Dating
Yup. Sounds about right.
10. Upcycled Garbage
I can vouch for the accuracy of this one, because it's totally me.
11. The Middle Child
Do you know someone with Middle Child Syndrome? I bet they need this soap.
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BANGKOK, February 1, 2017 — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced a collaboration with Microsoft that is designed to improve tourism data collection and develop advanced analytics that help travel industry operators better serve their customers.
Experts from PATA and Microsoft will work together to upgrade the PATAmPOWER online data platform that gives members a broad range of timely insights into the Asia Pacific visitor economy.
This collaboration benefits all 850-plus PATA members including government, state and city tourism bodies, international airlines, airports and cruise lines, educational institutions and travel industry companies in 101 countries.
PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy said, "With this collaboration our goal is to produce even better data more quickly to our members in both graphic and tabular formats. The challenge with visitor data is that it is often one dimensional and pulled from a limited number of sources that may render analysis difficult and misleading.
"We will also work together on mechanisms for data fusion and linkage, geo-tagging for PATA member attractions, and analysis of travellers' data through credit card expenditure and social media feeds. This will ensure data is pulled and analysed from various visitor touchpoints so that PATA members are privy to complete visitor information. This enables our broadly-based membership to plan more effectively the promotions and campaigns that target different consumer groups," he added.
Erick Stephens, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Public Sector Asia, said, "We are pleased to collaborate with PATA to enable its members to transform the way they engage with travellers and capture, through data, the business opportunities of tomorrow. Building better, stronger engagements by harnessing data for a complete view of customers and drawing actionable intelligence, predictive insights that can deliver personalisation at scale have become crucial for the business of today."
Data and insights will be shared at technical or strategic demonstrations and workshops at various PATA events as well as stand-alone training programmes directed towards PATA government members. Such technical sessions will allow participants to learn the tools of the trade, such as the analytic components, while the strategic sessions will focus upon the vitally important area of data interpretation.
About PATA
Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for profit association that is internationally acclaimed for acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. The Association provides aligned advocacy, insightful research and innovative events to its member organisations, comprising 101 government, state and city tourism bodies, 26 international airlines, airports and cruise lines, 70 educational institutions, and hundreds of travel industry companies in Asia Pacific and beyond. Thousands of travel professionals belong to the 40 local PATA chapters worldwide. The chapters organise travel industry training and business development events. Their grassroots activism underpins PATA's membership of the Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC), which includes ACI, CLIA, IATA, ICAO, WEF, UNWTO and the WTTC. The PATAmPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts and insights from the PATA Strategic Intelligence Centre to members' desktops and mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA's Head Office has been in Bangkok since 1998. The Association also has official offices or representation in Beijing, Sydney and London.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.


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Denver Broncos training camp -- which is still free, and one of the best things that the team does for its fans -- gets under way at Dove Valley on Thursday, July 25, with the first of sixteen practices that will be open to the public. And the players and coaches will be only too happy to focus on Xs and Os as opposed to Ds, Us and Is. Last year, as training camp got started for teams around the country, the San Diego Union-Tribune created an interactive database cataloging NFL player arrests and citations (anything more serious than a speeding ticket) since 2000.
The list came with a disclaimer -- "because some incidents may not have been reported and some public records proved to be elusive," the paper said -- but it provided a good service.
And sadly, as of August 2012, the Denver Broncos ranked third in the dubious category of most arrests (behind only Minnesota and Cincinnati).
Since then, however, it appears that only two Broncos players have been popped by the police: Quinton Carter was charged -- and later cleared -- in a Las Vegas cheating case, while offensive lineman Quentin Saulsberry was arrested in Arapahoe County in May on suspicion of DUI (he's due in court in August).
The UT doesn't track NFL executive arrests (although maybe it should), but everyone knows who would be winning in that category this year: Go Broncos!
On Monday, the Broncos indefinitely suspended director of player personnel Matt Russell, who'd been arrested July 6 in Summit County and charged with driving with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit and of running into a police car. The team also suspended another executive, director of pro personnel Tom Heckert, who was arrested in Parker on June 11 and charged with DUI; Heckert will miss one month of work. Both men will serve their suspensions without pay.
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Still, the Broncos are pretty good at PR (i.e., the free training-camp sessions), and the team also announced Monday that it had signed Ryan Clady, the disgruntled offensive lineman who protects Peyton Manning's blind side, to a five-year, $52 million deal.
Although Russell and Heckert (and possibly Saulsberry) won't be around to watch, Clady will put on the pads next Thursday and, with any luck, start to clear up the Broncos hangover.
For the full training camp schedule, go to the Denver Broncos website.
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In what can only be described as the truest definition of "dedication to your craft," the Pickens County High School Dragons soccer team showed up for a voluntary practice yesterday.
Never mind that there was a single-digit wind chill.
Never mind that school was not in session, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
The voluntary practice was the first day players were allowed to use soccer balls. All "practices" before yesterday were strictly for conditioning.
Over 20 players trudged to PHS for the practice and show off their skills to new head coach Mike Baker. The 2016 roster will be set by the end of the week.


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An avocado cheesecake with a chocolate nut crust makes a delicious dessert or treat. As well as being low in carbs and gluten free this is also a great option for anyone following a LCHF diet too. It's delicious and easy to make which is always a bonus in my kitchen!
Low Carb & Gluten Free
I decided to make cupcake sized cheesecakes on a whim but this mixture should still be enough for a small cheesecake pan. These are deliciously rich and creamy so you may want to make them in muffin form as I have to limit the feeling of "that was rich, I'm stuffed. Oh, go on, I'll have another" to be followed with regret and cries of "why!". You were warned. I used muffin cases and baked the crust first. The filling is then set and I removed the cases for the photographs to show the chocolate base. They look much nicer to serve this way too.
Although I used ground hazelnuts for the base, I think walnuts would make a great base too. The chocolate flavouring is purely of choice. I liked the idea of avocado, lime, chocolate and hazelnuts as a flavour combination. I also thought that making an avocado cheesecake was an easy way to use up the surplus avocados I had rather than a guacamole.
Delicious Cheesecake!
Gelatin was used to help set the cheesecake filling but to keep it vegetarian, use agar agar instead. It helps the cheesecake to set as I didn't want to bake this. The lime helps the avocado keep it's colour without browning as well as giving a much needed lift to the rich creaminess of the cheesecake.
As I had made 12 and we can only eat so much (despite giving a good try!) I froze a few. They were delicious and I munched them straight from the freezer without defrosting them. Almost like an ice-cream.
Avocado Cheesecake
- 2 tablespoons 5g cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup 56g butter, melted
- 2 cups 230g hazelnut flour/ground hazelnuts
- 2 tablespoons 25g erythritol
Cheesecake filling
- 2 Avocados peeled and stone removed
- 8 oz 224g cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup 104g erythritol
- zest and juice of 2 limes
- 1 sachet of gelatin
- 1 cup 226g coconut milk
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F degrees.
- Blend the crush ingredients together until the mixture looks like wet breadcrumbs.
- Line a muffin tin with cases.
- Press down the base mixture into the cases until firm.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove and cool.
- Place all of the cheesecake filling ingredients into a blender or food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Pour into the muffin cases and place in the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
- Eat and enjoy!
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By Richard Tusiime
Its day one of the civic educators training, leadership and accountability is the module under discussion, the chief facilitator Mr. John Murungi Amooti,Senior Project officer, Civic Education, pauses a question, 'how often do you, as citizens have you taken a personal initiative to monitor and supervise the government workers, project and property within your communities?'
The response from the civic educators was worrying? Many of them replied in negative that they had never thought of that, and there justifications are, the leaders will ask who are we? Who gave us the mandate to monitor, supervise government properties? Some said that the leaders would ask them for their academic papers that show their competence and qualifications to do such! While as other admitted they have never thought of such and thus they do not need to blame their leaders for failure to do so, the facilitator proceeded to respond to such questions refereeing to the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995, Article 17 clause[ f] and[ i] which call citizens to protect and preserve public property; and to combat corruption and misuse or wastage of public property and this can be done through monitoring and supervising the use of government properties and projects and by invoking Article 38 which calls every Ugandan to participate in the affairs of the government individually and or through his or her representatives in accordance with the law.
This calls upon the citizens to engage their leaders individually or collectively on any matter that they feel or think requires the attention of leaders,
Mr. Murungi further told the civic educators that access to information was very vital to enable the communities participate effectively in the monitoring of government and there is the Access to Information Act which empowers citizens to hold their leaders accountable. This right is guaranteed to every Ugandan; it is a requirement in the Access to Information Act, 2005.
The Act provides for request of information, by a citizen, upon which the Government is required to provide this information within 21 days. Communities cannot monitor government programs without program information, even when everything goes as planned, the citizens still need to know how much has been paid to deliver a service and also that it is their constitutional responsibility to monitor all the affairs of the Government and that community Participation is instrumental in guarding against abuse of office by public servants and political leaders. It has also provided a control against excessive discretion being vested in civil servants in public procedures. Community participation provides checks and balances against unnecessary political interference in service delivery and disregard for professionalism and meritocracy in the public sector amongst others
The facilitator Why is it that majority of the citizens are not aware this constitutional obligation and duty? What are the reasons for non involvement of citizens in monitoring and supervision of government projects? In an attempt to answer all these we realized it major two problems are; lack of information and the mindset or attitude of the citizens therefore to address the above, information with regard to how, when and why should they be part of the process was addressed by the facilitator, but with their attitude and boost their confidence levels for them to civically interact with leaders we agreed to have a transact walk the following morning with civic educators to make spot visit supervision to different government offices/officials, projects and programs within the sub county to ascertain if indeed the reasons they gave are real, fortunately, the few officials and offices we managed to reach too such questions were never asked to the Civic educators, this isn't because some of us were identified as KRC Staff but we behaved like real community members of Mahyoro, we were civic educators that day too, we had to remove the "coat" of KRC and we put on a coat of the local people, this enabled the civic educators to interact with their leaders both political and technocrats and pose few question which were positively answered and at the end of the walk, the attitude, thinking and mindset of the civic educators had positively changed that it will enable them to further engage their leaders in monitoring, supervision and demanding for accountability on critical issues that concerns the community.


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Those words were spoken by the Mouse in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. This book has never been out of print since that time.
Mine is a Long and Sad Tale is oil on canvas, 12 x 16.
I created this painting for Steve Worthington's Mouse Project. Steve has asked several artists to create a painting featuring one of his bronze mice. The images will then be compiled in a book and the proceeds from the book will be donated to animal shelters.
As many of you know I'm a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. I've collected over 300 copies of this book, many with different illustrators. Yes, those are copies of the book in the painting (well, actually on of them is Through the Looking Glass). Since the book was written during the Victorian Era I wanted to give the painting a Victorian feel.
You can see the Mouse has arrived after someone has extinguished the oil lamp and put her glasses down after spending an evening reading. The reader has stopped on the page featuring the Long and Sad tale which is written to resemble the shape of a tail.


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Shhh! We Have A Plan
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Chris Houghton Walker Books ISBN: 9781406342321 RRP: $24.95 Age: 3+ Key Words: Animal Stories Published: 1st March 2014 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell There in the woods is a pretty bird, now Shh! because they have a plan to catch this bird. Unfortunately things don't go quite according to plan. The three big companions think they know best, but sometimes it's the little people that have the good ideas. This is a very simple little story accompanied by very stylised illustrations. The text […]
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Democratic leaders in Washington's House and Senate are moving forward with a $391 million plan for modest property tax cuts in 2019 following projections of a surge in unexpected revenue from state tax collections.
The proposal has drawn opposition from minority Republicans who wanted to give a bigger cut and reduce the taxes in 2018 — when property taxes for many spike to pay for court-ordered public school reforms approved in 2017.
The Democratic plan also has drawn fury from the GOP lawmakers who accuse Democrats of skirting rules on tapping the state's constitutionally protected reserve account for economic stability and emergencies, known in Olympia as the rainy day fund.
Democrats maintain the move is run-of-the-mill creative budgeting that will pave the way to one-time property-tax relief for people in Washington.
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Senate Bill 6614 would reduce property taxes in 2019 by 30 cents from $2.70 per $1,000 in assessed property value to $2.40.
The latest version was proposed by Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, on Tuesday evening. It did not receive a public hearing, but passed the Senate 25-23 on Wednesday.
The measure is also part of a larger 2018 supplemental budget plan agreed to by House and Senate Democrats announced Wednesday. The 60-day legislative session ends on Thursday.
"It was unprecedented that we raised the property taxes so high last year, and I think all of us regret that," Rolfes said on the Senate floor Wednesday while lawmakers were debating amendments to SB 6614. "What is also unprecedented in this underlying bill is that we're giving some of it back."
Last year, lawmakers hiked the property-tax rate for 2018 by about 81 cents per $1,000 in assessed value to pay for reforms aimed at complying with a long-running state Supreme Court order to fix how Washington pays for K-12 schools.
As part of the education ruling, known as McCleary, the court required the state to take on the full cost of teacher and other school staff salaries that have been paid for in part by local property tax levies in recent years.
The teacher salary plan also will cap the amount of local tax collections by school districts at $1.50 per $1,000 in assessed property value or $2,500 per student, whichever is lower.
Reductions on local school levies don't begin until 2019, meaning most people in Washington will see an increase in property taxes in 2018. After that, most residents will get a tax decrease — even without Rolfes' plan.
Still, given the rise in 2018 taxes, lawmakers from both parties have been pushing to offer relief.
Those efforts gained steam after a February projection showed the state will bring in $1.3 billion more in taxes than expected through 2021 — largely thanks to a strong economy.
Republicans have proposed hefty tax cuts.
One plan proposed by Republican Sen. Doug Ericksen of Ferndale would effectively cut taxes in 2018 by 81 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
Rolfes said Democrats are aiming for tax relief in 2019 because some local and state officials have told them the administrative and logistical task of cutting 2018 taxes would be too complex. Some people have already begun paying 2018 property taxes, adding to the complication.
Republicans this week strongly opposed how Democrats intend to pay for their plan.
SB 6614 would redirect $935 million in property-tax revenue from the state's general fund to a separate account set aside for spending on education.
That move shields the money from rules requiring that certain revenue be socked away in the rainy day fund during good economic times, effectively lowering the reserve account by about $700 million.
Freeing up the money allows Democrats to cut property taxes and spend money on education and more without having to tap the rainy day fund, the use of which generally requires approval from 60 percent of the Legislature. Democrats hold a slim majority in the House and Senate.
Republicans have argued that by reducing spending elsewhere the state could reduce property taxes without dipping into money headed to the rainy day account. Democrats say the tax breaks then would come at the expense of paying for other important government priorities.
"It's flat out the worst budget trick in the history of budget tricks," state Sen. John Braun, a Centralia Republican, said in a Tuesday interview with The News Tribune and The Olympian.
Braun is the top Republican on the Senate Ways and Means fiscal committee.
Republican state Treasurer Duane Davidson said the move to direct money away from the rainy day fund could negatively impact the state's bond rating, ability to pay down debt and flexibility to weather economic downturns.
"Choosing to not save today when we're experiencing extraordinary revenue growth guarantees that our budget problems will be much greater when the next recession hits," Davidson said in a statement Wednesday.
Rolfes told the two news outlets on Tuesday the plan is necessary because the GOP "indicated" they didn't support an earlier proposal to pay for the property tax cuts with money from the rainy day fund.
"We can give that money back directly to the people before it goes to the rainy day fund," Rolfes said.
The strategy "allows it to be a simple majority vote so we don't have to fight about it," she said.
Democrats also said the rainy day fund would remain at healthy levels despite their tax cut.
When accounting for the 2018 supplemental budget plan agreed to by House and Senate Democrats, the rainy day fund would have about $1.7 billion at the end of the four-year budget cycle in 2021, according to Senate Democratic staff.
The budget deal spends $776 million through 2019 and another $194 million through 2021 on a one-time effort speed up the court-ordered overhaul of teacher and staff salaries, which the Supreme Court said was fully phased in one year behind a Sept. 2018 deadline.
The budget does not rely on new taxes, including Democratic priorities such as a tax on capital gains.
It also has more than $170 million in new state spending over the next two years on the state's lagging mental-health system.
In all, the budget plan would add roughly $700 million in spending to the current $43.7 billion two-year budget approved last year.


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The weather is getting warmer, more skin is being revealed and yikes- it's usually legs that get the first unveiling. Yes, the gams that have been undercover all winter want to be set free- except they're not ready.
They're rather unattractive. If you're Caucasian, they're probably the color of Wonder Bread; if you're Latino or African American they're a tad ashy, and Asian skin is probably sallow.
You could go the self-tanning route. St. Tropez has a spray-on version that almost guarantees that you won't miss a spot. Plus, they've eliminated that nasty post, self-tanning odor. The cost - $35.
For those who still have bad QT flash-backs ( the very first self tanner that came out in the 60's), Michael Kors has a travel size ( $10) of his "Leg Shine" that you apply to your legs like a deodorant stick. It comes in one tint ( Classic Golden Sheen) and even leaves the lovely Michael Kors scent behind as an added bonus.
I finally found the perfect face bronzer. Smashbox Cosmetics has come out with Halo Bronzer ($39). I don't know if any of you are familiar with their regular Halo Face Powder, but their bronzer has the same qualities - it "minimizes the signs of aging with 48 minerals and a powerful peptide and patented hydration system that delivers time released moisturization for a radiant, healthy complexion all day". You twist the shaver once and it delivers the perfect amount of bronzer. Use a large, fluffy blush brush. swirl it around the compact, then shake off the excess and apply it to your face starting with the forehead and easing down to the cheeks going back across the cheeks and and ending at your chin. Basically, think of the number 3 when brushing it on. What I especially love is that there are no mica particles that you see in most bronzing powders that give your face a look that resembles a hologram. Not a good thing.


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Part 2 of "Best of the Vest" brings you a more causal take on the trench vest (read part 1 here if you missed it). Seriously, this piece is so versatile, you'll want to pair it with everything in you closet.
In my last post, I paired the vest with a print, but keeping the look solid (or even monotone) works great too! Add the necklace of you choice for a nice pop. I opted for a delicate choker (reliving the 90s with this trend and I'm not mad about it). Complete the look with your shoes, and throw on a pair mules (I went with a heel but if your looking for a more casual or comfortable look, slip on a pair of flat mules).
In part 1, I told you several reasons why I love this vest, and here's one more to add to the list: layering! However you decide to style it, it will involve layers, and I'm so happy that it's cooling down enough to pile on the layers without melting away.
XO – Courtney
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Note: Azure DevOps Server was previously named Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.
If your team has completed multiple sprints, you can forecast release and product completion dates and plan future projects more accurately by reviewing the velocity report. Based on the velocity of previous sprints that the report illustrates, you can accomplish the following goals:
Track how much effort your team has reported as complete for each sprint.
Estimate how much backlog effort your team can handle in future sprints if your team composition and sprint duration stay constant.
You can access similar information from the velocity chart provided in the web portal.
This report requires that the team project collection that contains your team project was provisioned with SQL Server Reporting Services. This report is not available if Reports does not appear when you open Team Explorer and expand your team project node.
Required permissions
To view the report, you must be assigned or belong to a group that has been assigned the Browser role in SQL Server Reporting Services. For more information, see Grant permissions to view or create reports in TFS.
Data in the report
As the following illustration shows, a velocity graph shows the amount of effort that your team has reported as complete for each sprint. The source of the raw data is your product backlog. Each sprint that has been assigned to the team project or to the team appears along the horizontal axis. The vertical axis indicates the sum of all effort for all backlog items assigned to the indicated sprint that have been closed (State=Done). The vertical axis shows effort in whatever unit your team uses (for example, story points, size, or hours).
The graph also displays a horizontal line that represents the average velocity across all the sprints.
You can filter the report by selecting the Iteration or Area.
Required activities for tracking velocity
For the velocity graph to be useful and accurate, your team must perform the following activities for tracking work items:
Define sprints for your team.
Define product backlog items and bugs, and assign them to an Iteration and to your team's Area path.
Specify and update the Effort for each product backlog item and each bug that is active.
Update the State of each product backlog item and each bug as it progresses from New to Done.
Interpreting the report
You can review the report to determine how much progress your team has made and to answer the following questions:
How much effort has your team completed in each sprint?
What is the maximum velocity of your team?
What is the minimum velocity of your team?
What is the average velocity of your team?
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