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"I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit."
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Kt (born 18 July 1950) is an English businessman and investor. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.[3]
At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student.[4] In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic and expanded the Virgin Records music label.
According to Forbes, Branson has an estimated net worth of US $4.9 billion.[2]
Early life
Branson was born in Blackheath, London, the eldest of three children born to barrister Edward James Branson (1918–2011), and Eve Branson (born 1924), a former ballet dancer and air hostess.[5][6] Branson has two younger sisters.[7] His grandfather, the Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justice and a Privy Councillor.[8] Branson was educated at Scaitcliffe School, a prep school in Berkshire, before briefly attending Cliff View House School in Sussex.[9] Branson attended Stowe School, an independent school in Buckinghamshire until the age of sixteen.[9] Branson has dyslexia and had poor academic performance as a student, and on his last day at school, his headmaster, Robert Drayson, told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.[9] Branson's parents were supportive of his endeavours from an early age.[10]
Record business
Branson started his record business from a church where he ran The Student magazine. Branson interviewed several prominent personalities of the late 1960s for the magazine including Mick Jagger and R. D. Laing.[11]Branson advertised popular records in The Student and it was an overnight success.[12] Trading under the name "Virgin", he sold records for considerably less than the "High Street" outlets, especially the chain W. H. Smith. Branson once said, "There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration." The name "Virgin" was suggested by one of Branson's early employees because they were all new at business.[13] At the time, many products were sold under restrictive marketing agreements that limited discounting, despite efforts in the 1950s and 1960s to limit so-called resale price maintenance.[14]
Branson eventually started a record shop in Oxford Street in London. In 1971, Branson was questioned in connection with the selling of records in Virgin stores that had been declared export stock. The matter was never brought before a court and Branson agreed to repay any unpaid tax and a fine. Branson's mother, Eve, re-mortgaged the family home to help pay the settlement.[13]
Earning enough money from his record store, Branson in 1972 launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell and bought a country estate north of Oxford, in which he installed a residential recording studio, The Manor Studio.[15] He leased out studio time to fledgling artists, including multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, whose debut album Tubular Bells (1973) was the first release for Virgin Records and became a chart-topping best-seller.[16]
Virgin signed such controversial bands as the Sex Pistols, which other companies were reluctant to sign. It also won praise for exposing the public to such obscure avant-garde music as Faust and Can. Virgin Records also introduced Culture Club to the music world. In 1982, Virgin purchased the gay nightclub Heaven. In 1991, in a consortium with David Frost, Branson made an unsuccessful bid for three ITV franchisees under the CPV-TV name. The early 1980s also saw his only attempt as a producer—on the novelty record, "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", by Singing Sheep in association with Doug McLean and Grace McDonald. The recording was a series of sheep baa-ing along to a drum-machine-produced track and reached number 42 in the UK charts in 1982.[17]
In 1992, to keep his airline company afloat, Branson sold the Virgin label to EMI for £500 million.[18] Branson said that he wept when the sale was completed because the record business had been the very start of the Virgin empire. In 1996 he created V2 Records to re-enter the music business, owning 5% himself.[19]
Business ventures
Branson formed Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, launched Virgin Mobile in 1999, and Virgin Blue in Australia (now named Virgin Australia) in 2000. He was ninth in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 of the wealthiest people or families in the UK, worth slightly more than £3 billion. Branson wrote in his autobiography of the decision to start an airline:
"My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them … from the perspective of wanting to live life to the full, I felt that I had to attempt it."
In 1993, Branson took what many saw as being one of his riskier business exploits by entering into the railway business. Virgin Trains won the franchises for the former Intercity West Coast and Cross-Country sectors of British Rail.
Virgin acquired European short-haul airline Euro Belgian Airlines in 1996 and renamed it Virgin Express. In 2006, the airline was merged with SN Brussels Airlines forming Brussels Airlines. It also started a national airline based in Nigeria, called Virgin Nigeria. Another airline, Virgin America, began flying out of San Francisco International Airport in August 2007. Branson has also developed a Virgin Cola brand and even a Virgin Vodka brand, which has not been a very successful enterprise. As a consequence of these lacklustre performers, the satirical British fortnightly magazine Private Eye has been critical of Branson and his companies (see Private Eye image caption).[20]
A series of disputes in the early 1990s caused tension between Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, which viewed Virgin as an emerging competitor. Virgin subsequently accused British Airways of poaching its passengers, hacking its computers, and leaking stories to the press that portrayed Virgin negatively. After the so-called campaign of "dirty tricks", British Airways settled the case, giving £500,000 to Branson, a further £110,000 to his airline, and had to pay legal fees of up to £3 million. Branson distributed his compensation (the so-called "BA bonus") among his staff.[21]
On 25 September 2004, Branson announced the signing of a deal under which a new space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, will license the technology behind Spaceship One—funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and designed by legendary American aeronautical engineer and visionary Burt Rutan—to take paying passengers into suborbital space. Virgin Galactic (wholly owned by Virgin Group) plans to make flights available to the public with tickets priced at US$200,000 using Scaled Composites White Knight Two.[22] At the time, Branson said that he planned to take his two children, 31-year-old Holly and 28-year-old Sam, on a trip to outer space when they ride the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane on its first public flight then planned for 2014.[23]
Branson's next venture with the Virgin group is Virgin Fuels, which is set to respond to global warming and exploit the recent spike in fuel costs by offering a revolutionary, cheaper fuel for automobiles and, in the near future, aircraft. Branson has stated that he was formerly a global warming sceptic and was influenced in his decision by a breakfast meeting with Al Gore.[24]
On 21 September 2006, Branson pledged to invest the profits of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Trains in research for environmentally friendly fuels. The investment is estimated to be worth $3 billion.[25][26]
On 4 July 2006, Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to UK cable TV, broadband, and telephone company NTL/NTL:Telewest for almost £1 billion. A new company was launched with much fanfare and publicity on 8 February 2007, under the name Virgin Media. The decision to merge his Virgin Media Company with NTL was to integrate both of the companies' compatible parts of commerce. Branson used to own three-quarters of Virgin Mobile, whereas now he owns 15 percent of the new Virgin Media company.[27]
In 2006, Branson formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, an entertainment company focused on creating new stories and characters for a global audience. The company was founded with author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and entrepreneursSharad Devarajan and Gotham Chopra. Branson also launched the Virgin Health Bank on 1 February 2007, offering parents-to-be the opportunity to store their baby's umbilical cord blood stem cells in private and public stem-cell banks.
In June 2006, a tip-off from Virgin Atlantic led US and UK competition authorities to investigate price-fixing attempts between Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. In August 2007, British Airways was fined £271 million over the allegations. Virgin Atlantic was given immunity for tipping off the authorities and received no fine—a controversial decision the Office of Fair Trading defended as being in the public interest.[28]
On 9 February 2007, Branson announced the setting up of a new global science and technology prize—The Virgin Earth Challenge—in the belief that history has shown that prizes of this nature encourage technological advancements for the good of mankind. The Virgin Earth Challenge will award $25 million to the individual or group who are able to demonstrate a commercially viable design that will result in the net removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases each year for at least ten years without countervailing harmful effects. This removal must have long-term effects and contribute materially to the stability of the Earth's climate. Branson also announced that he would be joined in the adjudication of the prize by a panel of five judges, all world authorities in their respective fields: Al Gore, Sir Crispin Tickell, Tim Flannery, James E. Hansen, and James Lovelock.
In July 2007, Branson purchased his Australian home, Makepeace Island, in Noosa.[29] In August 2007, Branson announced that he bought a 20-percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia X.[30]
On 13 October 2007, Branson's Virgin Group sought to add Northern Rock to its empire after submitting an offer that would result in Branson personally owning 30% of the company and change the company's name from Northern Rock to Virgin Money.[31] The Daily Mail ran a campaign against his bid and Vince Cable, financial spokesperson for Liberal Democrats', suggested in the House of Commons that Branson's criminal conviction for tax evasion might be felt by some as a good enough reason not to trust him with public money.[32]
On 10 January 2008, Branson's Virgin Healthcare announced that it would open a chain of health care clinics that would offer conventional medical care alongside homoeopathic and complementary therapies, a development that was welcomed by Ben Bradshaw, the UK's health minister.[33]
Plans where GPs could be paid for referring National Health Service (NHS) patients to private Virgin services were abandoned in June 2008. The BMA warned the plan would "damage clinical objectivity", there would be a financial incentive for GPs to push patients toward the Virgin services at the centre.[34] Plans to take over an NHS Practice in Swindon were abandoned subsequently, in late September 2008.[35]
In February 2009, Branson's Virgin organisation were reported as bidding to buy the former Honda Formula One team. Branson later stated an interest in Formula One, but claimed that, before the Virgin brand became involved with Honda or any other team, Formula One would have to develop a more economically efficient and environmentally responsible image. At the start of the 2009 formula one season on 28 March, it was announced that Virgin would be sponsoring the new Brawn GP team,[36] with discussions also under way about introducing a less "dirty" fuel in the medium term.[37] After the end of the season and the subsequent purchase of Brawn GP by Mercedes Benz, Branson invested in an 80% buyout of Manor Grand Prix,[38][39] with the team being renamed Virgin Racing.
Branson and Tony Fernandes, owner of Air Asia and Lotus F1 Racing, had a bet for the 2010 F1 season where the team's boss should work on the winner's airline during a charity flight dressed as a stewardess. Fernandes escaped as the winner of the bet, as Lotus Racing ended tenth in the championship, while Virgin Racing ended twelfth and last. Branson kept his word after losing the bet, as he served his duty as a stewardess on an Air Asia flight between Perth and Kuala Lumpur on 12 May 2013.[40]
In 2010, Branson became patron of the UK's Gordon Bennett 2010 gas balloon race, which has 16 hydrogen balloons flying across Europe.[41] In April 2010, Branson described the closure of large parts of European airspace owing to volcanic ash as "beyond a joke". Some scientists later concluded that serious structural damage to aircraft could have occurred if passenger planes had continued to fly.[42]
In April 2012 Virgin Care commenced a five-year contract for provision of a range of health services which had previously been under the aegis of NHS Surrey, the local primary care trust.[43] By March 2015 Virgin Care were in charge of over 230 services nationwide.[44]
In July 2012, Branson announced plans to build an orbital space launch system, designated LauncherOne.[45] Four commercial customers have already contracted for launches and two companies are developing standardised satellite buses optimised to the design of LauncherOne, in expectation of business opportunities created by the new smallsat launcher.[46]
In August 2012, the franchise for the West Coast Main Line, managed by Virgin Rail since 1997, came to an end. The contract was awarded to FirstGroup after a competitive tender process overseen by the Department for Transport. Branson had expressed his concerns about the tender process and questioned the validity of the business plan submitted by FirstGroup. When Virgin Rail lost the contract, Branson said he was convinced the civil servants had "got their maths wrong". In October, after an investigation into the bidding process, the deal was scrapped. The Transport Secretary announced there were "significant technical flaws" in the process and mistakes had been made by transport staff. Virgin Rail continue to operate the West Coast line.[47]
In September 2014, Branson announced his investment in drone company 3D Robotics stating, "It's amazing to see what a little flying object with a GoPro attached can do. Before they came along the alternative was an expensive helicopter and crew. I'm really excited about the potential 3D Robotics sees in drones. They can do a lot of good in the world, and I hope this affordable technology will give many more people the chance to see our beautiful planet from such a powerful perspective."[48]
World record attempts
Branson made several world record-breaking attempts after 1985, when in the spirit of the Blue Riband he attempted the fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing. His first attempt in the "Virgin Atlantic Challenger" led to the boat capsizing in British waters and a rescue by RAF helicopter, which received wide media coverage. Some newspapers called for Branson to reimburse the government for the rescue cost. In 1986, in his "Virgin Atlantic Challenger II", with sailing expert Daniel McCarthy, he beat the record by two hours.[4] A year later his hot air balloon "Virgin Atlantic Flyer" crossed the Atlantic.[49]
In January 1991, Branson crossed the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada, 6,700 miles (10,800 km), in a balloon of 2,600,000 cubic feet (74,000 m3). This broke the record, with a speed of 245 miles per hour (394 km/h).
Between 1995 and 1998 Branson, Per Lindstrand and Steve Fossett made attempts to circumnavigate the globe by balloon. In late 1998 they made a record-breaking flight from Morocco to Hawaii but were unable to complete a global flight before Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in Breitling Orbiter 3 in March 1999.
In March 2004, Branson set a record by travelling from Dover to Calais in a Gibbs Aquada in 1 hour, 40 minutes and 6 seconds, the fastest crossing of the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle. The previous record of six hours was set by two Frenchmen.[50] The cast of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, attempted to break this record in an amphibious vehicle which they had constructed and, while successfully crossing the channel, did not break Branson's record. After being intercepted by the Coast Guard and asked what their intentions were, Clarkson remarked "..our intentions are to go across the Channel faster than 'Beardy' Branson!". The Coast Guard wished them good luck and left.[51]
In September 2008, Branson and his children made an unsuccessful attempt at an Eastbound record crossing of the Atlantic ocean under sail in the 99 feet (30 m) sloop Virgin Money.[52] The boat, also known as Speedboat, is owned by NYYC member Alex Jackson, who was a co-skipper on this passage, with Branson and Mike Sanderson. After 2 days, 4 hours, winds of force 7 to 9 (strong gale), and seas of 40 feet (12 m), a 'monster wave' destroyed the spinnaker, washed a ten-man life raft overboard and severely ripped the mainsail. She eventually continued to St. George's, Bermuda.[53]
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n. pl. va·ri·e·ties
1. The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity: We need to add some variety to the program.
2. A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment: brought home a variety of snacks.
a. Something that is distinguished from others of the same kind by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics: varieties of minerals; varieties of socialism.
b. A form of a language that is used by a specific social group and differs from forms used by other social groups: regional varieties of English.
c. Biology A taxonomic subdivision of a species or subspecies consisting of a group of naturally occurring or selectively bred individuals that differ from other individuals of the species in certain minor characteristics.
4. A variety show.
[French variété, from Old French, from Latin varietās, varietāt-, from varius, various.]
n, pl -ties
1. the quality or condition of being diversified or various
2. a collection of unlike things, esp of the same general group; assortment
3. a different form or kind within a general category; sort: varieties of behaviour.
4. (Biology)
a. taxonomy a race whose distinct characters are insufficient to justify classification as a separate species; a subspecies
b. horticulture stockbreeding a strain of animal or plant produced by artificial breeding
5. (Theatre)
a. entertainment consisting of a series of short unrelated performances or acts, such as comedy turns, songs, dances, sketches, etc
b. (as modifier): a variety show.
[C16: from Latin varietās, from various]
va•ri•e•ty(vəˈraɪ ɪ ti)
n., pl. -ties.
1. the state of being diversified: to give variety to one's diet.
2. difference; discrepancy.
3. a number of different types of things, esp. ones in the same general category: a large variety of fruits.
4. a kind or sort.
5. a different form or phase of something: varieties of experience.
6. a category within a species, based on some hereditary difference.
7. a type of animal or plant produced by artificial selection.
a. Also called vari′ety show`. an entertainment consisting of a series of brief performances, as of singing, dancing, and comedy.
c. music hall (def. 3).
usage: As a collective noun, variety, when preceded by a, is often treated as a plural: A variety of inexpensive goods are sold here. When preceded by the, it is usu. treated as a singular: The variety of products is small. See also collective noun, number.
Varietya number or collection of different things. See also miscellany.
Examples: variety of discourse, 1757; of goods, 1708; of movements, 1851; of pleasant orchards and gardens, 1680; of pleasures, 1553; of prospects, 1718; of readers, 1623; of simpler scenes, 1798; of temporary blessings, 1623; of vices, 1891.
1. 'a variety of'
If there are a variety of things or people, there are several different kinds of them.
West Hampstead has a variety of good shops and supermarkets.
These were not easy aims to achieve, for a variety of reasons.
After a variety of you use a plural form of a verb.
A variety of treatment methods exist.
If you want to emphasize how many different kinds of people or things there are, you can use great or wide in front of variety.
A great variety of animals survive there.
The college library had a wide variety of books.
2. used as a count noun
You can refer to a type of plant or animal as a variety of that plant or animal.
The courgettes were from Spain, as was one variety of lettuce.
There are numerous varieties of fish to choose from.
After varieties of you can use either the plural or singular form of a noun. The singular form is more formal.
Dozens of varieties of roses are carefully cultivated.
There are many varieties of water turbine on the market.
After variety of you use a singular form.
Each variety of tree has its own name.
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|variety - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items
witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew - a fearsome mixture; "a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists"; "mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew"
range - a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
selection - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag - a motley assortment of things
alphabet soup - a confusing assortment; "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies"
sampler - an assortment of various samples; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets"
|variety - noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"
heterogeneity, heterogeneousness - the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
biodiversity - the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirable"
|variety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
breed, strain, stock - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
cultivar - a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
|variety - a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
vaudeville, music hall - a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
|variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
description - sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
antitype - an opposite or contrasting type
art form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
style - a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"
colour, color - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
species - a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"
genus - a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
make, brand - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
genre - a kind of literary or artistic work
manner - a kind; "what manner of man are you?"
model - a type of product; "his car was an old model"
stripe - a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"
like, the like, the likes of - a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"
|variety - a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"
difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
1. diversity, change, variation, difference, diversification, heterogeneity, many-sidedness, multifariousness people who like variety in their lives and enjoy trying new things
diversity similarity, uniformity, monotony, homogeneity, similitude, invariability
diversity similarity, uniformity, monotony, homogeneity, similitude, invariability
2. range, selection, assortment, mix, collection, line-up, mixture, array, cross section, medley, multiplicity, mixed bag (informal), miscellany, motley collection, intermixture a store selling a wide variety of goods
1. The quality of being made of many different elements, forms, kinds, or individuals:
diverseness, diversification, diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, miscellaneousness, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, variegation, variousness.
Biology: polymorphism.
2. A collection of various things:
assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi.
Slang: grab bag.
3. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:
breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type.
Informal: persuasion.
تَشْكيلَه، مَجموعَة مُشَكَّلَهتَنَوُّعتَنَوُّع، أشكال متنوِّعَهصِنْفمُنَوَّعات مَسْرَحِيَّه
odrůdapestrý výběrrozmanitostvarietévarietní
afvekslingmange forskelligevariantvariationvarieté
blandaîur skemmtiòátturfjölbreytnisamsafntegund
atmainadaugybė įvairiausiųvarjetė
odrodapestrý výbervarietný
çeşitçeşit çeşitçeşitliliktürvaryete
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A. N (gen) → variedad f; (= range, diversity) → diversidad f (Comm) [of stock] → surtido m
he likes a variety of food → le gustan diversas comidas
a variety of opinions was expressed → se expresaron diversas opiniones
it comes in a variety of colours → lo hay en varios colores or de diversos colores
for a variety of reasons → por varias or diversas razones
in a variety of ways → de diversas maneras
for variety → por variar
to lend variety to sth → dar variedad a algo
variety is the spice of life → en la variedad está el gusto
he likes a variety of food → le gustan diversas comidas
a variety of opinions was expressed → se expresaron diversas opiniones
it comes in a variety of colours → lo hay en varios colores or de diversos colores
for a variety of reasons → por varias or diversas razones
in a variety of ways → de diversas maneras
for variety → por variar
to lend variety to sth → dar variedad a algo
variety is the spice of life → en la variedad está el gusto
B. CPD variety artist N → artista mf de variedades
variety show N → espectáculo m de variedades
variety store N (US) → bazar m (tienda barata que vende de todo)
variety theatre N → teatro m de variedades
variety show N → espectáculo m de variedades
variety store N (US) → bazar m (tienda barata que vende de todo)
variety theatre N → teatro m de variedades
variety[vəˈraɪəti] n
(= diversity) → variété f
Susan liked to have variety in her lifestyle → Susan aimait avoir de la variété dans son style de vie.
Susan liked to have variety in her lifestyle → Susan aimait avoir de la variété dans son style de vie.
(= range) a variety of sth → divers qch
She ordered a variety of books → Elle a commandé divers livres.
a wide variety of sth → une grande variété de qch
There is a wide variety of restaurants → Il y a une grande variété de restaurants.
for a variety of reasons → pour diverses raisons
She ordered a variety of books → Elle a commandé divers livres.
a wide variety of sth → une grande variété de qch
There is a wide variety of restaurants → Il y a une grande variété de restaurants.
for a variety of reasons → pour diverses raisons
(= diversity) → Abwechslung f; to add variety to something → Abwechslung in etw (acc) → bringen; a job with a lot of variety → eine sehr abwechslungsreiche Arbeit; variety is the spice of life (prov) → öfter mal was Neues (inf)
(= assortment) → Vielfalt f; (Comm) → Auswahl f (→ of an +dat); that's quite a variety for one company → das ist ein ziemlich breites Spektrum für eine (einzige) Firma; I have seen him in a variety of different moods → ich habe ihn in einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Stimmungen erlebt; in a great variety of ways → auf die verschiedensten Arten pl; in a variety of colours (Brit) or colors (US) → in den verschiedensten Farben pl; for a variety of reasons → aus verschiedenen or mehreren Gründen; for a great variety of reasons → aus vielen verschiedenen Gründen; a wide variety of birds → eine große Vielfalt an Vogelarten, viele verschiedene Vogelarten; you meet a great variety of people at this hotel → in diesem Hotel können Sie die verschiedensten Leute treffen
(= type) → Art f; (of cigarette, potato) → Sorte f; (of chair) → Modell nt; a new variety of tulip/potato → eine neue Tulpen-/Kartoffelsorte
variety act
n → Varieté- or Varieteenummer f
variety artist
n → Varieté- or Varieteekünstler(in) m(f)
variety show
n (Theat) → Varieté- or Varieteevorführung f; (TV) → Fernsehshow f; (Rad, TV) → Unterhaltungssendung f
variety theatre, (US) variety theater
n → Varieté- or Varieteetheater nt
variety(vəˈraiəti) – plural vaˈrieties – noun
1. the quality of being of many different kinds or of being varied. There's a great deal of variety in this job. verskeidenheid تَنَوُّع، أشكال متنوِّعَه разнобразие variedade změna die Abwechslung afveksling ποικιλίαvariedad mitmekesisus, vaheldus تنوع vaihtelu variétéמגוון विविधता raznovrsnost változat(osság) variasi fjölbreytni varietà 多様性 다양성 įvairovė dažādība; daudzveidība keragaman verscheidenheid, afwisselingforskjellighet; avveksling, variasjon urozmaicenie variedade varietate разнообразие zmena raznolikost varijetet variation ความหลากหลาย çeşitlilik 多樣化 різноманітність تنوع sự đa dạng 多样化
2. a mixed collection or range. The children got a variety of toys on their birthdays. verskeie تَشْكيلَه، مَجموعَة مُشَكَّلَه множество variedade pestrý výběr die Vielfalt mange forskellige ποικιλίαsurtido, variedad mitmekesine valik انواع مختلف valikoima grand choix (de) מגוון अनेक प्रकार mnoštvo, raznolikost választék koleksi samsafn varietà 取り合わせ 여러 가지 잡동사니 daugybė įvairiausių daudzums; milzums berbagai-bagai, berjenis-jenis, bermacam-macam, pelbagai assortimentmangfoldrozmaitość, róźnorodność variedade mulţime (de) множество pestrý výber izbor raznolikost mängd olika ชนิดต่าง ๆ çeşit çeşit, yığın 多種,各式各樣 ряд, низка مختلف قسم سے nhiều thứ 各种
3. a sort or kind. They grow fourteen different varieties of rose. variëteit صِنْف разновидност variedade odrůda die Spielart variant ποικιλία, είδοςvariedad sort نوع laji variétéסוג विविध मनोरंजन varijanta, podvrsta fajta varietas tegund varietà 種類 종류 atmaina varietāte; pasuga jenis variëteitslag, type, art, sortodmiana variedade soi, specie разновидность odroda, sorta vrsta vrsta sort, slag, typ ชนิด çeşit, tür 種類 сорт; вид قسم، نوع thứ, loại 种类
4. a type of mixed theatrical entertainment including dances, songs, short sketches etc. I much prefer operas to variety; (also adjective) a variety show. gemengde vertoning مُنَوَّعات مَسْرَحِيَّه вариете variedade varieté; varietní das Variete'; Variete'... varieté; varieté- βαριετέ variedades varietee واریته varietee variétés וַריֶטֶה विविध मनोरंजन variete varieté kabaret blandaður skemmtiþáttur/-sÿning varietà; di varietà 寄席演芸 버라이어티쇼, 연예 varjetė varietē pertunjukan aneka ragam variétérevy, varieté vari\'et\'es variedade (de) varietăţi варьете varieté; varietný variete varijete varieté บันเทิงหลายประเภท varyete 聯合演出,綜藝節目 театр-вар'єте; естрада رنگا رنگ پروگرام chương trình tạp kỹ 联合演出
variety→ تَنَوُّع rozmanitost variation Vielfalt ποικιλία variedad vaihtelu variété raznolikost varietà 多様性 다양성 variëteit variasjon rozmaitość variedade разнообразие ombyte ความหลากหลาย çeşit sự đa dạng 多样性
n. variedad.

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PodCastle 459, ARTEMIS RISING: Ice Bar
Ice Bar
by Petra Kuppers
She emerged into the bright sunshine, some daynight after. She looked up to the sky, some daynight after. The sun looked different, somehow, not doubled, exactly, but there was a too-muchness in the air. And a new color to the shadows on the ground. The shadows were smaller, unfamiliar.


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MRSA Infections and How Athletes are at Risk
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is quickly becoming a widespread threat to athletes in all sports. MRSA is a bacterium that has developed resistance to most common antibiotics and usually colonizes the nose. This antibiotic resistant bacteria has crossed over into the athletic world. MRSA is quickly becoming a widespread threat to athletes in all sports. Bacterial infections in athletes are quite common, and they inhibit their ability to compete and perform at their best. The fact that MRSA has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics creates a serious problem for both athletes and doctors since effective treatment options will be further limited.
Many of the first MRSA infections in athletes were reported in football. Many college teams have had major difficulties controlling the spread of the bacteria, which is usually through person to person contact. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that linked MRSA in athletes to the abrasions caused by artificial turf [1]. In addition, the State Department of Health in Texas did three studies and found that football players were 16 times more likely to be infected than the national average [2]. Sport players in football, wrestling, and soccer are among at highest risk of spreading the bacteria due to the constant bumping, hitting and direct contact with teammates and opponents. These sports also have more exposed skin and open wounds when practicing or competing. Wounds such as turf burn abrasions, fingernail scratches or a small open blister allow the bacteria to cause an infection. In addition, direct contact with contaminated towels or equipment can further spread the bacteria. Once an infection develops in an athlete, it can quickly spread through the team and to opponents. Read more »


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In factory or warehouse settings, visual communication through signs is important, but the harsh nature of those environments makes keeping these messages intact challenging. Industrial clear floor frames cover and protect your business's important messaging. These frames are rugged enough for either temporary or permanent purposes.
The bright yellow border on these industrial clear floor frames grabs the attention of passers-by. Since the signs these frames are protecting usual contain information that helps keep workers safe and facilities stay OSHA compliant, we built these products to be as tough as the industries they were designed to serve. The durable, low-profile material makes our industrial clear floor frames endure heavy foot traffic, forklifts, pallet jacks, and anything else you can throw its way.


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Why Hemp Seed Oil is Often Considered "Nature's Perfect Food"
Though there are numerous contenders vying for the title of "Nature's Perfect Food," hemp seed oil has perhaps one of the best claims of the bunch. Not only is hemp oil full of important nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, but it can also easily be incorporated into many of your daily meals and snacks. It has been shown to have benefits both for overall health and for treating certain conditions.
Hemp oil is rich in dietary fibre, protein, iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium, and vitamins A, B, C, and E. All of these nutrients are important for the proper functioning of all of your body's organs, as well as the maintenance of a strong immune system. They contribute to digestive health, eye health, red blood cell production, tissue renewal, and to providing your body with enough energy to get through the day.
On top of the fact that it is high in so many important nutrients, perhaps one of the most appealing aspect of hemp seed oil is that it contains a 3:1 ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids, which many believe is the most beneficial ratio for the human body. Omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are often called "good fats" because, not only are they vital for healthy body function, but they also help maintain energy levels, decrease the body's inflammatory response, and help control the body's weight.
Hemp oil is used by many people as a supplemental treatment for many different conditions. Because it can help lower inflammation, some people find that it helps with the pain of arthritis and the irritation of eczema. Being full of "good fats," hemp seed oil can also be a key component in the lowering of cholesterol levels. Furthermore, hemp oil can be beneficial for people with diabetes because its low carbohydrate content helps to moderate blood sugar levels.
On top of its health benefits, another reason why hemp seed oil is such a "perfect" food is because it can be so easily incorporated into just about any diet. It shouldn't be heated or used for frying, but it can be used in many other ways. Hemp oil has a pleasant, nutty taste that makes it perfect for salad dressing, for pouring over pasta, and as a dip. One of the most popular ways that people choose to have their daily hemp oil intake is in a smoothie.
While hemp seed oil shouldn't be seen as a cure-all or a substitute for medical treatments, there is also no harm in incorporating it into your diet and seeing if it might benefit you. Even if you notice no real difference because you already have a healthy diet, you can be sure that you're further helping to provide your body with the excellent nutrition that it needs.


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National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Seeks Legal Interns/Externs Year-Round
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty seeks diverse, well-qualified candidates with a passion for social justice. The Law Center offers sponsor-paid and unpaid fellowships, internships, and pro bono opportunities. The Law Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Persons of color, LGBT persons, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.
Legal Internships/Externships:
Legal internships are available year-round to second- and third-year law students. If you are interested in applying for an internship, please submit a cover letter, resume, 2-5 page writing sample, and two to three references to Janelle Fernandez. Internships are unpaid, but academic credit may be available. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Meridian Institute Policy Fellowship
Meridian Institute is pleased to announce position openings within the Meridian Institute Fellowship Program – an opportunity for recent college graduates to work on varied and highly complex public policy issues, learn about the field of multi-party collaborative problem solving, and engage with leaders from a variety of sectors and interest groups. Meridian Institute has two offices (Washington DC and Dillon, CO) and fellows may be placed in either office, depending on staffing needs and their preferences.
Meridian Institute professionals combine extensive experience in collaborative process design, deep substantive knowledge, and proven mediation skills to help people engaged in society's toughest issues to solve problems and make informed decisions. At Meridian, we design collaborative approaches that bring together people who understand the issues and have a stake in their resolution. In addition to process design, facilitation, mediation, and strategy assessment and planning, Meridian offers expert administrative and meeting logistics services and the creative and appropriate application of information technology tools, to support our projects. Some of the topics we work on include: Agriculture and Food Security; Climate Change and Energy; Environment and Natural Resources; Global Stability and Security; Health; Sustainability and Resilience; and Science and Technology
Applications due no later than February 7. Start date between June 1 and July 1, 2014. For complete description and application instructions please click here.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seeking Summer Fellows
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is seeking up to three (3) Minority Law Fellows to match with exceptional, experienced, criminal defense attorney members for up to eight (8) weeks working in a criminal defense law practice.
The purpose of the fellowship is to advance diversity in the criminal defense community by giving law school students from underrepresented groups an opportunity to gain experience in a criminal defense law practice. Fellows will actively intern in Washington, D.C., New York, NY, or Denver, CO. Each Fellow will receive a weekly stipend of $500.00.
For complete description and application instructions please click here. Applications due no later than January 15.
New Mexico Legal Aid Seeks Staff Attorney for Rural Office
New Mexico Legal Aid is seeking a staff attorney to join our Silver City office. The Silver City staff attorney will represent low-income individuals and families in a wide variety of poverty law areas including family law, housing, public benefits, and consumer issues. The attorney will be active in local bar and community activities. The work also will include participating in community education and outreach to eligible clients; and recruitment of and collaboration with pro bono attorneys.
The Silver City office handles creative, challenging and complex work throughout southwestern and west central New Mexico. We are looking for highly motivated candidates who are passionate and strongly committed to helping NMLA better serve rural communities, including development of effective team strategies to handle complex advocacy and extended representation cases.
Requirements: Experience with advocacy in rural communities will be highly preferred. Must be willing to travel. Candidates also must possess excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to manage multiple tasks, manage a significant caseload and build collaborative relationships within the staff and the community. Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
Send a current resume, a list of three references, and a letter of interest explaining what you would like to accomplish if you are selected for this position to: Gloria Molinar at: email@example.com
Salary: DOE, NMLA is an EEO Employer. Deadline to apply is January 3rd, 2014.
Eastside Legal Assistance Program Seeks New Program Director
We are looking for a highly motivated person to manage our volunteer legal services programs. The person will work independently and with others to help meet the legal needs of low income people and survivors of domestic violence. The perfect candidate will also be able to assist in expanding funding resources available to (ELAP).
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Providing direct oversight of program services (legal advice clinics, lectures, brief services, direct representation, and interpreters) including monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports to the Executive Director
2. Supervising Clinic Coordinator and Community Outreach Manager
3. Overseeing organizing lectures, workshops, and Continuing Legal Education classes
4. Developing new program services to provide legal services to underserved clients
5. Developing and maintaining relationships with community partners in East King County, in the domestic violence community, and the legal community
6. Recruiting, training and supporting volunteer attorneys in coordination with the DVLP Managing Attorney
7. Maintaining good communication and positive relationships with volunteer attorneys to promote continued involvement with ELAP
8. Supervising Volunteer Manager
9. Overseeing recruiting, training and managing of office and clinic volunteers
10. Researching and analyzing data pertaining to the need for legal services in East and North King County
11. Assisting the Executive Director in development and fundraising activities
For complete description and application instructions please click here. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Appellate Public Defense Externship Opportunity in Olympia
Small Olympia firm dedicated exclusively to appellate public defense is looking for a law student to help with research and writing. We are simultaneously laid-back and passionate about doing an awesome job for our clients. Extern will research issues and draft arguments for specific cases. Extern will also research issues affecting the criminal justice system as a whole. Extern will learn about appellate practice, legal writing, and issue-spotting. Excellent experience for someone interested in either appellate or trial-level indigent defense.
We're flexible about the number of hours per week and whether the extern works from our office, remotely, or a combination of the two.
- Dedicated commitment to indigent criminal defense.
- Current 2L or 3L.
- Outstanding legal research and writing skills.
- Willingness to pursue outlandish legal issues.
- Working knowledge of criminal law and criminal procedure.
Send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and list of references to email@example.com
Entry-Level Grant County Public Defender Position Opens Up
The Public Defender provides criminal defense to indigent persons in Grant County Superior Court, Grant County District Court and the Juvenile Division of the Grant County Superior Court. Compliance with Performance Guidelines; Client Representation and Responding to Client Complaints; Participation in all Aspects of the Criminal Defense System to Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel; Tracking Caseloads, Time Tracking Systems; Commitment to Grant County Mission, Vision and Code of Ethics; Employee must comply with all county policies and procedures.
For full description, benefit information, and to submit an online application in order to be eligible please go to: www.grantcountyweb.com. Applications accepted through December 31.
Public Advocates Seeks Civil Rights Policy Advocate/Attorney
Public Advocates Inc., a bold and highly-regarded civil rights law firm and advocacy group, has a rare opening for an attorney to join our exceptional and dedicated staff. Our goal is to eradicate poverty and discrimination and promote thriving communities. For forty-two years Public Advocates has used a diverse set of legal and policy tools to achieve tangible legal victories and help low-income communities of color build their power to participate effectively in public decision-making. We are seeking an experienced policy advocate and/or attorney to join Public Advocates' transportation, housing and climate justice team. Learn more about our work in these areas. Responsibilities
- Policy Development: Develop, analyze and promote policy change in the areas of affordable housing, equitable development, public transportation and climate justice at the state and regional levels.
- Legislative and Administrative Advocacy: Promote the policy agenda of Public Advocates and our coalition partners in Sacramento, in both legislative and administrative agency decisions affecting the needs of disadvantaged communities, and in Bay Area regional policy and investment decisions.
- Coalition Leadership: Effectively and strategically co-lead large and sophisticated state and regional coalitions in policy, investment and budget campaigns.
- Strategy: Help shape strategic directions in our housing, transportation, regional equity and climate justice work, incorporating policy advocacy, community collaboration, research, and media and communication to achieve our objectives.
- Communication: Develop and execute outreach and media strategies, including messaging, community education, writing and representing Public Advocates and coalitions to the press and public.
- Resource development: Help identify and pursue funding opportunities and contribute to foundation relations.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. For complete description and application instructions please click here.


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Digital Transformation - Citizen facing, Digital First Communication
Fully public facing digital front door, allows citizens to Pay, Report and Apply quickly and easily with limited interaction from the council. Centralize online communication reducing the need for multiple teams to manage and support micro sites. Full accessibility and multi lingual support reduces friction in the communication chain.
- Fully Managed Web forms
- Online Payment
- Online Application process
- Citizen reporting and feedback system
- Consultation Display and feedback
- Public Registration and Licencing Display, search and filter
- Transnational Form Builder
- Multilingual translation for citizen
- Find My Public Service Tool, Ward, Library, Recycling center, etc
- Bin Collection Information collated from 3rd party suppliers
- Work with current back office systems, no need to retrain.
- Centralized control of all online communication.
- Access the system from anywhere and on any device
- Citizens, quickly and easily find current information reducing communication
- Links with 3rd party systems and suppliers, provides information centraly
- The digital front door implementation moves actions online
- Automated cloud hosting, only using what you need
- Transactions managed from one place and assigned to correct budget
- Forms translated from natural language, reduced need for translators
- AA Accessibility tools allow outreach to citizens with disability
£5000 to £500000 per instance
- Education pricing available
Service documents
G-Cloud 11
Service ID
2 8 0 5 2 6 6 1 1 8 0 1 9 7 1
Chris Wood
01733 890836
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
- What software services is the service an extension to
- It is built in an open manor so it will work well will all platforms with an API.
- Cloud deployment model
- Private cloud
- Service constraints
- Non
- System requirements
- Internet connection
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
4 hour response 9 till 5 Monday to Friday
Critical issue support 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- None or don't know
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Onsite support
- Onsite support
- Support levels
- Support packages are tailored to the requirements of end users
- Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
Onsite or screen share Training presentations, followed by remote or on site Q and A session. Dependent on your preference we can host or come to you or set up virtual presentation.
One to one training can be provided if required for specific area or implementations
- Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
- Other
- Other documentation formats
- Video walk through
- End-of-contract data extraction
All Data will be sent over as a CSV on closing down the project.
During the life of the project you can extract the data via the CMS at any time.
- End-of-contract process
All HTMLs will be provided via digital transfer.
All user data will be extracted and sent over
We will not import this or set up on 3rd party system, unless agreed at an additional cost.
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
- Internet Explorer 10
- Internet Explorer 11
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari 9+
- Opera
- Application to install
- No
- Designed for use on mobile devices
- Yes
- Differences between the mobile and desktop service
- The interface on mobile is designed to include all functions, the layout is different but all functions are available.
- Service interface
- Yes
- Description of service interface
- CMS log in area, is available online.
- Accessibility standards
- Accessibility testing
- The citizen facing section has been tested to AA standard.
- No
- Customisation available
- Yes
- Description of customisation
The look and feel is fully customizable.
This can be done by us.
- Independence of resources
Each instance is set up on its own virtual machine within our cloud setup.
If heavy usage is expected then the system can be set up to auto scale, ensuring that it will work on the minimum required resources and add additional automatically as required. Reducing the cost to you.
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
All system usage is monitored and stored in google analytic or other 3rd party system requested by yourself.
This data can be reviewed at any time by anyone who you allow access, Automated and manual custom reports can be created at additional cost.
- Reporting types
- API access
- Real-time dashboards
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
- United Kingdom
- User control over data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Datacentre security standards
- Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
- Penetration testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Penetration testing approach
- In-house
- Protecting data at rest
- Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
- Data sanitisation process
- No
- Equipment disposal approach
- Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data importing and exporting
- Data export approach
This can be exported as a CSV via the CMS.
Only by top level admin users within your organisation.
- Data export formats
- Data import formats
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
- Data protection within supplier network
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
- 99% up time guarantee. With scheduled maintenance downtime out of hours.
- Approach to resilience
- Available on request
- Outage reporting
Automated monitoring with email and SMS alerts to internal technicians.
Manual reports to you about the reason for the down time, resolution and steps to prevent future issues.
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- Yes
- User authentication
- Dedicated link (for example VPN)
- Username or password
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Access credentials are set up per user.
Each user is part of a group this limits their access to set areas as agreed and defied by you.
The user accounts can be linked to and controlled by 3rd party systems such as active directory.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Management access authentication
- Dedicated link (for example VPN)
- Username or password
Audit information for users
- Access to user activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long user audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- How long system logs are stored for
- At least 12 months
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- No
- Security governance approach
Internal processes are annually reviewed to ensure risks are minimized.
We do not hold data on site and ensure digital access is managed closely.
- Information security policies and processes
All passwords are encrypted and not known to the end user.
Non of your data is stored locally and access to our digital infrastructure is closely controlled.
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Supplier-defined controls
- Configuration and change management approach
All changes are implemented on a testing infrastructure and tested to ensure that the are to the agreed standard.
Post testing our side these can be released to a UAT infrastructure for testing your side before implemented on live.
- Vulnerability management type
- Undisclosed
- Vulnerability management approach
The implementation is tested quarterly to ensure that no new risks are known of.
Critical issues resolution is kicked off same day (deployment is dependent on complexity)
We are part of assorted data security networks.
- Protective monitoring type
- Undisclosed
- Protective monitoring approach
The implementation is tested quarterly to ensure that no new risks are known of.
Critical issues resolution is kicked off same day (deployment is dependent on complexity)
We are part of assorted data security networks.
- Incident management type
- Undisclosed
- Incident management approach
Common events are limited but full daily backup is in place including virtual images and database back up. Allowing for a full implementation restoration to the latest integration withing a very short timeline.
Users would report issues via the support ticket system or for critical issues directly to account manager via phone or email.
post event emails or meetings will be conducted.
Secure development
- Approach to secure software development best practice
- Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed
Public sector networks
- Connection to public sector networks
- No
- Price
- £5000 to £500000 per instance
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
- Free trial available
- No


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Kubernetes is an open-source, extensibility platform. DivvyCloud, a multi-cloud security, compliance, and governance platform, can help companies understand and identify excessive cloud risk. Organizations need to take a holistic approach to Kubernetes security and consider both the infrastructure, container runtime, network, metrics, and observability environments for managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters, as both are fundamentally intertwined.
Lacework, the cloud security platform for enterprise innovation, today announced important funding and leadership changes that will help the company capitalize on its current momentum in delivering DevOps and workload security for cloud, container, and hybrid environments. Lacework is receiving $42 million from Sutter Hill Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures, and has hired cloud security veteran, Andy Byron, as President to run all go-to-market functions. Additionally, the company has added two new board members, Mike Speiser, partner at Sutter Hill Ventures, and John McMahon, cloud industry veteran and current Snowflake board member.
StackRox, the leader in security for containers and Kubernetes, today announced the availability of the StackRox App for the Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform. The StackRox App, available in the Sumo Logic App Catalog, provides customers with critical insights into misconfigurations and security events for their container and Kubernetes environments directly within their Sumo Logic Dashboard. Security teams can view StackRox data regarding vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, runtime threats, and other policy violations within Sumo Logic and streamline their remediation efforts.
DivvyCloud announced a new channel partner program designed to broaden the company's global footprint and help meet the demand for its solution. The program is launching with inaugural partners Trace3, Slalom, Optiv, BigCo. SmallCo., Cloud49, ThunderCat Technology, and World Wide Technology. All were selected for their digital transformation and cloud security competency, positive reputations and respectability in the IT industry, and their commitment to helping customers use cloud and container services to achieve innovation without loss of control.
Community reaches significant milestone as cloud native adoption continues to grow
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – August 14, 2019 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes® and Prometheus™, today announced that its End User Community has grown to 100 members. The CNCF End User Community consists of enterprises and startups that are committed to accelerating the adoption of cloud native technologies and improving the deployment experience.
VMblog visits the Hedvig booth during KubeCon 2018 in Seattle to learn more about their cloud-like enterprise-grade storage for containers solution.
They are re-architecting software-defined storage and accelerating enterprise adoption of private and hybrid clouds. The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform combines block, file, and object storage for bare metal, hypervisor, and container environments. And their claim to fame is their solution gets better and faster as it scales.
VMblog visits the Sysdig booth during KubeCon 2018 in Seattle to learn more about their unified container security, performance monitoring, and forensics solutions.
Sysdig is built on open source cloud-native technologies, including Falco, the runtime security project; sysdig, the open source container forensics tool; and Prometheus, the Kubernetes monitoring and alerting toolkit.
VMblog visits the Binaris booth during KubeCon 2018 in Seattle to learn more about their solution and how they use serverless functions for apps.
Binaris functions can meet the performance and scalability requirements typically associated with Kubernetes implementations. The Binaris programming model keeps cloud infrastructure out of the way so developers can focus on adding business value.
VMblog visits the Rancher booth during KubeCon 2018 in Seattle to learn more about its container management software.
Rancher builds innovative, open source software for enterprises leveraging containers and Kubernetes to accelerate software development and improve IT operations. The flagship Rancher container management platform allows users to easily manage all aspects of running Kubernetes in production, on any infrastructure. RancherOS is a simplified Linux distribution built from containers for running containers.


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Monthly Archives: April 2007
It's been over a week now since I discovered I couldn't log into Orange to update my websites and I currently feel like I've lost several very-important limbs. I feel so empty without my websites to update, and I can tell you if I had them back right this second I would be up all night updating them because I'm so behind.
The day after I lost contact, so to say, I got a very confidential e-mail from the distribution company behind Amanda Bynes' new-old film Lovewrecked, telling me that it's being released in May and would I like to help promote it. Of course I f***ing well would – but I can't! Well, I can, through my blog, and through MySpace (mwhahaha, so that's what bulletins are for). Then the trailer for Hairspray was released, Amanda appeared on E! News almost two consecutive days in a row and then some wonderful goon at Play.com delivered my season one boxset of What I Like About You a full two weeks in advance. Basically, it was like Birthday and Christmas came all in the same week, but I couldn't play with any of my presents!
So it's made me realise that, despite Orange saying that the problem may eventually sort itself out – they can't do anything, the database is being updated and some IP addresses have not been added to the system, and they may or may not ever be added, I just have to sit tight and wait to see what happens – Yeah-f***ing-right! I need to buy some serious webspace for Amanda Bynes UK. How serious? I'm thinking 700MB at the least – not cheap, but then again I'm not exactly spending my money on anything else these days and I consider a website on Amanda Bynes a good investment; I just wish this hadn't've happened the one year everything in her career (UK-wise, anyway) seems to happen at once, but whatcha gonna do?! As for this here humble website, Tomsbrain, I'm comfortable leaving things how they are for the time being. I can still update my blog and video blogs and I do have some webspace on a server that I borrowed from a friend (must remember to thank him majorly, if I didn't have that right now I'd be screwed).
Seriously though, if I get one more piece of good news I don't know how I'm going to take it – is it possible to be happy and sad at the exact same moment in time? Let's think of a positive to come from all of this – I may have rediscovered my passion writing which I've neglected for about 3 months now… and something else, that's very positive, but not really related to all of this happening.
Still can't log in to update any of my sites on Orange. It may have to come to finally buying some webspace… probably not though; I'm so cheap!!!
But I will do for Amanda Bynes UK though, I still enjoy working on that site and it's impressive to look back on and see how much of an establishment I created. It's now the longest running Amanda Bynes fansite anywhere on the net! The other thing I'd like to be updating right now is the 'Fiction' section, as I'm currently premiering my script-based comedy series All Cleared Up on MySpace and I hope to, you know, build up a little readership (is that how you use that word?).
I lost today at Scrabble; I was winning for quite a while but then I sort of lost it and couldn't concentrate. I hope to fix all that tomorrow or Thursday… it's going to be an interesting week for me.
I can't fall to sleep right now. I feel… no, I know I'm going slowly insane. I can't even do anything productive because Orange, for some reason, won't recognise my IP or whatever and I can't log into update my website. It's really a shame actually because the new trailer for Hairspray just came out and usually I'd be all over it on Amanda Bynes UK – and I am, but I can't upload anything. Now that that's out of the way, onto the other reason for why I know if I don't talk to a qualified person soon (men in white coats and all that jazz) I'm gonna loose my fuckin' nut!
But before that, can I just state that I have tried my very best but I DO NOT LIKE VERONICA MARS! However I am now a fan of The O.C. – thank you, James!
Okay, seriously, keeping it all inside is driving me crazy. I mean it! It's 3am and I'm blogging… tell me I'm not crazy.
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A commissioned work is exhibited in the Architectural Museum Hilversum. It's subject is a series of houses built in the Netherlands in Frank Lloyd Wright style. It is part of the exhibition 'Dreams about America-Frank Lloyd Wright and the Dutch architects'. More information about the exhibition : http://www.museumhilversum.nl/index2.html
Book launch 'The other house of Anna Frank' , 11 April 2006 at the Amsterdam Historical Museum ( http://www.ahm.nl ) . Princess Maxima and City Mayor job Cohen will be presented.
For this book I made a commissioned work which you can see at:
'Non places' a group exhibition in 66 East Amsterdam will be opened 23 April 2006. I made a work which will be presented in a form of a book. The photographs in this book were mostly never exhibited before. http://www.66east.org/index2.html


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Like the headwind of some amicable invading army, you can smell the feathers and the cardboard, and hear the slight buzz of kazoos and the tap of drums in the distance. If it�s February, it must be March March, time for the wacky and wonderful parade of exuberance, which helps crank up the buzz for the seventh annual True/False Film Fest.
Speaking for myself, it ranks right up there with some of the spectacles I�ve witnessed, including a couple of Montana rodeos; a cow pie throwing contest (yes, I won an award); and an anti-mime parade my wife and I once witnessed in Eugene, Ore., where participants wearing berets and white face paint held signs saying: �Say Something, SAY Anything!�
Last year�s traffic-stopping hootenanny here included women dressed as explorers Lewis and Clark and daredevils on penny-farthing bicycles. A New Orleans trombonist named Glen David Andrews led the parade with the Missouri Drumline bringing up the rear. In between folks were letting down their hair. And it�s been just as crazy in years past.
Directed by Michael Denehy, the theme of the 2010 March March is �There Are No Small Stories.�
The True/False Web site at www.truefalse.org encourages participants to dress colorfully, to construct and carry fun props, to make noise, and to push the level of imagination: �In short, this is a chance for you to create your own scene at this year�s fest. There will be live music from New Orleans� Free Agents Brass Band, the Raya Brass Band, the MU drum line, and Jordan Wax�s Ozark conglomeration, entertainers, and the most important ingredient... You! The only requirements are that you must be safe for the participants around you and the spectators on the street and that all floats must be human powered! Please, no overly commercial or political promoting entries.�
The free parade today starts at 4:45 p.m. in the big field next to the Macklanburg Theater on the Stephens College campus and snakes down Broadway to Ninth Street finally ending at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, 203 S. Ninth St.
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I'm so excited to have Jackson's Baptism featured on A to Zebra Celebrations today.
Here is more about the event. After such a non-traditional birth announcement for Jackson I wanted to do something somewhat traditional for his baptism and also to make my mother happy 🙂 I fell in love with these plates that I found on Shop Sweet Lulu and wanted to design the entire even around them. I started with the invitations. I've been on an orange kick lately so I wanted to incorporate that color.
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The Beauties You Might Have Missed
Actresses: MARY-LOUISE WELLER & LYDIA CORNELL
Known for: ANIMAL HOUSE & TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
Project: BLOODTIDE
Year: 1982
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Character: Sherry Grice (& Barbara)
Traits: Sexy Sherry joins her husband Neil (Martin Cove) to find his sister (Deborah Shelton) on a Greek Island inhabited by locals with a secret, aided by a black maverick archeologist Frye (James Earl Jones) who discovers a sea creature that could be responsible for killing young hotties… including Frye's squeeze Barbara played by TV's blonde bombshell Lydia Cornell.
Nag Ratings: 3… Sherry's a good woman who sticks by her man, but she doesn't take any crap either. And Barbara gets a 4 because her last words are rather rash, telling Greek locals they prefer boys to women (referring to the Greek philosophers, so she's no dummy)… After which she takes a final swim.
The Best Part: Hot humid beach weather making Mary, along with Lydia Cornell and Deborah Shelton, dress accordingly.
You Missed: Originally a treasure picture liken to THE DEEP, the sea monster elements, ala JAWS and all its clones, were added later.
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Photo of Moti Argaman's work using metallic ellements and showing the symbols of the main monotheistic religions: Star of David, half crescent and cross.
Copyright: Moti Argaman 2007.
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This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.


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Tomorrow is my 1 year anniversary of early mornings, steel toes and a hard hat.
Doesn't sound like much, true, but for me?
Freaking outstanding because I really, really hate mornings.
Especially early ones.
I came here tonight after another (successful) day of living through gearing up for the craziness that only comes once a year. One accompanied by all the wildness of a carnival, but coupled with more importance and urgency.
As it should be.
I sat down intending to write on a different topic tonight, I did, but this seems to be the only one that's wanting to be written.
I blame the Fireball.
It's more than capable of standing up to the raised eyebrows I'm likely evoking.
Thing is when I started this job, I was asked if I was nuts. Surely I must be, so far from my past career, insanity could be the only possible explanation for this dramatic change.
So physically demanding and rough. And certainly not like me at all.
That must be it, I had officially gone down the hill and 'round the bend.
I was informed, and by more than a few smugly smiling faces, that I wouldn't last a month, a week, not even a day.
Bets were placed.
Guess who's smug now?
I've had my share of victories, great big ginormous victories, but am not without some regrettable losses too.
I suppose it's the push.
You know.
The balance that must be maintained. Good with the bad and all that stuff.
I try to remember this every day.
Though admittedly, some days are better than others.
Today, I was able to speak to an overseas friend I haven't spoken to in years. (You know who you are)
One who made my day, just by hearing their voice. And made me feel like I'd come home.
The thing I'm thinking about right now?
I made it.
Oh yeah, you better believe I'm smiling.


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South Sudan's warring leaders agreed to a power-sharing deal in Uganda Saturday that will see the rebel leader return to his position as vice president, Sudan's foreign minister said.
"It has been agreed that there will be four vice presidents: the current two vice presidents, plus Riek Machar (who) will assume the position of first vice president, and then the fourth position will be allocated to a woman from the opposition," Al-Dierdiry Ahmed said, following the meeting in Kampala aimed at ending more than four years of civil war in South Sudan.
The foreign minister said South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar had agreed to the proposal, but that further details would be discussed at negotiations to be held in Khartoum and Kenya in the coming days.
The latest agreement is part of renewed regional diplomatic efforts to end a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and forced millions from their homes since December 2013.
The war began when Kiir accused Machar, his former deputy, of planning a coup.
A similar power-sharing deal, that returned Machar to the vice presidency, was signed in 2015 but fell apart a year later in a deadly battle that saw Machar flee into exile.
On 27 June Kiir and Machar signed a ceasefire agreement which was further consolidated on Friday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, when the warring parties struck a deal to withdraw troops from urban areas.
Ahmed said the new proposal was "accepted by the government" and that Machar's opposition had accepted the deal "in principle" but would "consider it and come up with the final position" following further negotiations, to begin in Khartoum on Sunday.
Saturday's day-long meeting was hosted by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and was attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir as well as representatives of the opposition.
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Rafael attended Ernest Righetti High School and Allan Hancock College. At Righetti, Rafael studied drafting and architecture design and he received several awards for his skills in those areas. As a high school and junior college student, Rafael supported himself by working as a carpenter for a local construction company. His experience in construction and love of architecture led Rafael to become proficient in other areas of construction, including electrical, plumbing, and finish carpentry, in addition to architectural design, a field he has continued to pursue.
In reverence of his mother's example, when Rafael was at Hancock, he began volunteering to work for the benefit of the community. From the early to mid-1990s, Rafael served on the County of Santa Barbara Superintendent of Schools' Alternative Education Committee, which functioned as an advisory body on issues pertaining to at-risk youth. Later, Rafael served on the Santa Barbara County Kids Network, an advisory body on children and family issues created by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Besides running successful campaigns for student government at Hancock, Rafael also volunteered to work in Judge Rogelio R. Flores' campaign and eventually served as the campaign manager.
After graduating from Allan Hancock College, Rafael attended the University of California at Berkeley and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's of Art degree in political science. The subject matter of his honors thesis was California's Three Strikes Law. While at Berkeley, Rafael volunteered to work at La Raza Centro Legal, a legal aid organization in San Francisco where he served as a labor and employment advocate for low income clients and often represented clients at Labor Commissioner hearings.
Rafael then attended Columbia Law School in New York. At Columbia Law School, Rafael joined the editorial board of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and edited several legal articles for the journal. Rafael also served as editor of the Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, in addition to serving in other law school student organizations.
Following his graduation from Columbia Law School, and prior to embarking on his legal career, Rafael worked in the fields of real estate, banking and finance in Los Angeles and Orange counties, which included working as a financial planner and financial advisor at Smith Barney.
Rafael's unwavering devotion to giving back continued, and when residing in Orange County, he served on the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, where he worked closely with the administration and faculty of local law schools to increase access to higher education for disadvantaged students.
Rafael also volunteered to serve as a pro bono advocate for children with developmental disabilities and their families. While working as such advocate, Rafael came to the realization that there was an enormous need for knowledge of the applicable laws and negotiating skills among parents of children with disabilities. Consequently, Rafael started conducting seminars teaching parents the law and how to effectively advocate for their children. At first, Rafael conducted the seminars at his home, and later at the Down Syndrome Association of Orange County and Fiesta Educativa, Inc., an organization serving primarily Spanish-speaking parents of children with developmental disabilities. In 2012, Rafael served as the Master of Ceremonies for Fiesta Educativa's annual conference, a conference attended by over 500 parents of children and adults with developmental disabilities and which featured speakers such as Rosario Marin, former Treasurer of the United States, and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.
More recently, prior to opening his own law practice in the heart of Santa Maria, Rafael worked as an attorney for a law firm in Arroyo Grande with a focus on civil litigation and as a deputy public defender with the Santa Barbara County Public Defender's Office in the City of Santa Maria.