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C-level briefing: Should companies be worried about data exfiltration?
With recent Infoblox research finding that the first quarter of 2016 saw a 3500 percent increase in creation of ransomware domains compared to the year before and a slew of stories hitting the headlines, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call 2016 the year of ransomware.
Why is this? Infoblox CEO Jesper Andersen says he fears that ransomware as a criminal industry has not yet reached maturity and will continue to grow.
Yet, a number of factors have come together for ransomware to become a central focus in a way it hasn't been before.
Ransomware is malware that encrypts files on a victim's device and forces them to pay a ransom to the attacker before they can access the files.
"There has been a fair bit published about it, with very public cases of companies and organisations that have had to pay a fair amount of money to unlock their files so they can go on with their business," says Andersen.
He says that because everybody reads about ransomware, including wannabe cyber criminals, it is self-fulfilling.
"When you research it a little bit further, you find that the exploit kits that you can buy or rent on the dark net or public internet make it really easy for a young cyber criminal sitting at home to create ransomware.
"It's proving to be quite lucrative. Generally, the social nature of the internet is good for sharing but it can be used in bad ways too."
The fact that a cyber criminal can simply build to order ransomware and launch a crippling attack on a company has been a big factor in its proliferation.
As for its relatively high profile as a type of cyber attack, this is driven partly by the fact that it can happen to any consumer. In addition, the high-profile attacks on video streaming site Pirate Bay in April and on Los Angeles hospital Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in February have given ransomware celebrity status.
At the same time, Andersen says, companies are at risk of being bamboozled by an army of vendors that claim to have the solutions.
This week, for example, scientists at the University of Florida claim to have developed software called CrypyoDrop that can detect ransomware in action and prevent it from completing its task.
Infoblox sells a firewall that can compare URLs with blacklists of all the threat intelligence that they pick up. Since ransomware requires communication with a command and control server with Domain Name System (DNS) servers being included in every call, the company can monitor DNS traffic to detect possible ransomware operations.
Detecting this kind of traffic involves using contextual knowledge, such as how recently a URL was created, alongside intelligence about specific threats, such as the URls that have previously been linked to malware.
However, if ransomware is the threat for this year, Andersen says that the potentially more sinister threat of data exfiltration is looming on the horizon.
Data exfiltration means that the data is stolen from the company rather than simply encrypted, as in a ransomware attack.
He reasons that the ransom in ransomware is intentionally priced at an affordable level.
With data exfiltration, on the other hand, the costs could be catastrophic.
"If you have a whole company and a whole product that you've built, someone could steal your patented applications and designs," says Andersen.
He cites Coca-Cola or Lego as companies that could be crippled by such data theft.
More worryingly, the techniques used in data exfiltration are becoming more sophisticated, says Andersen.
"Nowadays if people steal a word document, the malware on the server can cut it into lots of different pieces, encode them so that you can't see it is a word document and stick it in the header of a DNS query."
This will allow a sensitive word document to get through a DNS server to be reconstructed at the other end.
Unlike with ransomware, though, data exfiltration will keep the victims in the dark as much as possible
The initial infection might be the same: clicking a dodgy link or opening a malware-infected document.
But unlike with ransomware, says Andersen, "the objective for them is to remain hidden as long as possible. They want the company to never know that they infected them."
For the time being, tackling ransomware should be a priority. But of Andersen is correct, data exfiltration might be the next threat and companies should get ahead of it before it becomes the next buzzphrase of the year.


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Everyone is invited to join us today for International Tea Time, and faculty are invited to a workshop to learn about previous study abroad experiences. All of this takes place as part of events in observance of International Education Week.
IUP's Office of International Education, with funding from the IUP Cooperative Association in collaboration with other IUP offices, has created a variety of events to promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation in our community. Join us this week!
Learn from experienced IUP faculty who have led groups of students abroad. This program is in collaboration with the Center for Teaching Excellence. For faculty in reflective practice, this 90-minute workshop is considered a large group meeting. Faculty who had led groups of students abroad will share their experiences from planning to travel to evaluation. The Office of International Education staff will discuss how to get started, while the Center for Teaching Excellence will offer ideas to internationalize curricula.
See a Chinese tea ceremony and sample tea and coffee from several different countries. Food booths represented by IUP international students will have various teas, coffees, juice, and snacks favored by their respective countries. Free and open to all. Also, enjoy the Mi Esperanza Sale, featuring handbags, wallets, t-shirts, and jewelry made by Honduran women. Mi Esperanza is a nonprofit organization that supports the women of Honduras by helping them to create small businesses that provide income to support their families.
Other activities this week include the U.S. Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony and Indonesian Culture Day. See the complete schedule of events.


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Actually the Lakers fans are talking with as much gusto as some of our fans. They think Lebron and #4 to Pels so he can play with his buddy would do it to land Zion. Lebron doesn't have a no trade clause. Clearly a better package than ours
I'll let you be the one to speak rationale to them
If we land Morant I'm more than okay officially buh-bye to Knits(DSJ, Dot, Trier, Jenkins are enough)
Trading away AD on an expiring contract is one thing. New Orleans trading away Zion in year 1 of his rookie deal, ludicrous.
This is hopefully like LeBron draft... sucks missing out on LJ, but Wade and Melo not bad consolation prizes.
Im fine with either Ja or RJ. I wouldnt trade an asset to secure 1 over the other.
Would I trade the pick for a proven player? Probably not... maybe getting Ja or RJ allows team to trade DSJ or Knox.
NBA is rigged tho. Why not take 100 balls... 14 NYK balls, 6 NO balls and so on and so forth and just pick a ball like bingo. Doing stuff behind close doors and getting these results screams FIXED!
Arrest of Jax may motivate them.... 6 and Jax and first in 2021?
But I like Ja ten times more than DSJ, personally. This kid has it all... oh, and he enjoys passing.
At least NYK creates 1.6 mil more in cap space...
"It's the same situation," Griffin said. "We want to create an environment players are attracted to. We feel very strongly Anthony in totality will be attracted to what we can build and what we can offer. It's the same for all players. We're going to stand for something. We hope that repeats itself."
When asked if the Pelicans landing the No. 1 pick would change how he values landing another top pick in the 2019 NBA Draft via trade, Griffin said, "Not really."
"I said this in Cleveland, I don't believe anything or anyone is untouchable in our business," he added.
"There's a value for everything. I think there's a situation in our league where most people try to shy away from big decisions because you can be wrong. That's not how our organization's going to operate. We're going to do what's best for us long term, whatever that looks like."


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Adults need relevant intellectual stimulation.
Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen works on games that are thoughtful and elegant like Journey and 2009's Flower. These are games that many point to as examples that games can be genuinely artistic, even if they won't ever sell as well as Call of Duty. Not that Chen wants to make Call of Duty anyway.
"[Games] are not good enough for adults," Chen said in a Gamasutra interview. For him, it comes down to a matter of real-world relevance. "For adults to enjoy something, they need to have intellectual stimulation, something that's related to real life. Playing poker teaches you how to deceive people, and that's relevant to real life. A headshot with a sniper rifle is not relevant to real life."
This is not the first time that Chen has made these kinds of statements, either. They echo his words from January of last year, down to the poker comparison and all. "[What's] the point in pulling off another infinite combo?" he had asked PlayStation Blog. "What does that do for your life? It's not useful."
Chen told Gamasutra that games for adults had to be relevant intellectually. "Can games make you and another human experience an emotion that's deep enough to touch adults?" That was his aim with the ephemeral connections forged in Journey's multiplayer, he said, and that was what he hoped to continue to do, by making "emotional games ... where people can connect and come together."
The full feature interview with Chen is over on Gamasutra, and it's well worth a read - especially if you're like me, and keep picturing him as the villain from Final Fantasy VII.
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King Richard
January 15, 2015
Robert here, still too busy with the new encyclopedia to write for the blog, alas, but looking forward to getting back in touch as soon as my new duties permit.
In the meantime I've heard from Henry 'Rabbitdawg' Brand, who has an interesting tale to tell, and in fact just the kind of thing that should interest Paranormalia readers. Thanks, Dawg.
This is something I tripped across on an NPR radio show called Snap Judgement. It involved the discovery of the remains of King Richard III in a parking lot in 2012. Being a bit of an Anglophile, I already knew the basic story, but was completely unaware of the strongly documented paranormal aspect of the case. I've seen nothing about it on any of my trusted paranormal blogs or websites. Ironically, the only sources of information I've found for the paranormal side of the story are in the mainstream media. By mainstream, I mean 'respected' media, not the Daily Mail or other tabloids where you would expect to find these sort of things.
Here's a brief overview of the details:
Philippa Langley became obsessed with Richard III in 1992 after she fell ill, and gave up a successful career in advertising. During her recovery, she decided to write a film about him. The more research she did, the more she began to believe the House of Tudor had conducted a massive smear campaign on the good king's name. Too many facts didn't add up, logically or intuitively.
As a side note, I thought of Michael Prescott and his theories questioning the authenticity of Shakespeare's play's, when I read that many members of The Richard III Society believe they have evidence of the Tudor dynasty recruiting Shakespeare (or his surrogate) to write a disparaging play about him. Apparently, dirty political tricks and disinformation isn't anything unique to our era.
But here's the kicker, from a Guardian article:
In 2004, as part of her research, Langley visited Leicester, where it was rumoured the king was buried on the site of the old Greyfriars monastery. Her trip proved fruitless, but then as she was about to leave, she noticed a car park with a private barrier across it and felt "an overwhelming urge" to go inside.Of course, the rest is history (groan). Using private funding, the body was found within four hours of digging in the exact place where she said it would be, and this was documented by a television crew. Many of her intuitions about Richard III have been reasonably verified by respected archeologists, although some are still hotly debated.
"In the second parking bay, I just felt I was walking on his grave," Langley says calmly in the hotel pub where we meet. "I can't explain it."
A year later, she went back to test her hunch (no pun intended) and the feeling returned. This time, someone had hand-painted the letter "R" over the parking bay to mark it as reserved. For Langley, it was a cosmic sign that "I needed to get on with it".
I'm sure you know how that feels. What I really like about this is that the more I dig into the story, the more intriguing and convincing it becomes.
The only skeptical response I can find is that Philippa Langley didn't adequately document her hunch beforehand. Still, this critique doesn't explain how she knew exactly where to find the remains, and I seriously doubt she wanted to go around lobbying archeologists and a city council with stories about a "feeling". This is just an summary of what happened, but the mainstream sourced information I've found online makes a much better case for the paranormal effect than I possibly can. Here are a few links to pursue, for anyone who's interested.
The Snap Judgement episode.
This podcast is only about fourteen minutes long, but it's informative and compellingly crafted. Brits like Robert might get a little kick out of hearing the story from an American point of view. Definitely worth a listen.
The Guardian article.
A Macleans Magazine interview.
A lame skeptical response:
Or you can Google it yourself. Information is everywhere, except on the more credible paranormal blogs and websites. Go figure.
Henry Brand


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Welcome To The Arizona Music Cafe!
Arizona is home to hundreds of talented musicians and songwriters playing local venues. AZ Music Café is a program showcasing their talent on live radio and making it available to a wide audience. The show is broadcast on Sundays 3-5PM Arizona time, on KKNT AM 960. Tune in!
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AFTER THREE YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF SONGS, 325 GUESTS AND MANY GREAT HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT, THE ARIZONA MUSIC CAFE WILL FINISH OUR LAST LIVE SHOW ON SUNDAY, SEPT 25th.
We want to thank all our fans and listener and musical guests over the years who made the show so much fun and so interesting to listen and enjoy. I have appreciated the opportunity to get to do this and could never have imagined that we would be on this long. Why is it over? Its just time. We took it as far as we could. When you reach that point, then its time.
We thank: KKNT for making it possible…they were hugely supportive and worked right alongside us through the entire time. Martin Sielaff for managing the website and all the hours he put in keeping it going and seeing to it that all the shows remain available. We thank all the musicians who played on time and in tune and gave their all over the air, along with their families and friends. The fans who appreciated the work and the music. I thank my wife Sandi, who put up with my Sunday absences, put up the photos, packed me off with cold water and a sandwich, and never complained. And my family who endured my endless rattling on and on about the show and what we should do next and my relentless indecision.
Chris Frazer, who inspired the idea with his dedication to the open mic scene in Phoenix, we were really just a radio show built around the open mic concept (with a nod to Johnny Carson). Also, Rhonda Hitchcock, my erstwhile co-host and host, who made Chicks with Picks and AZ MUSIC CAFE a nice combo and who always had an encouraging word. Jon Iger and Terri Sussman, both of whom helped me figure out who to contact and where to go when we started this thing. And special friends, Jim Pipkin, Mary Hoffman, Darin Mahoney, Chava Cannon, Rick Wall, Rex Anderson, Alan Rockman, and others who were a big part of the show in front of the mic and behind the scenes. And thanks to Ken, Jeremy and Gil, the engineers who kept it all balanced and worked with me went I went over my time and decoded my desperate hand signals.
And a very special thanks to my children for being such good sports about my spending their inheritance on this project. Way to go kids!
Get ready for our last LIVE show, Sept 25th with special guests, Kip Fox, Chris Frazer, Rhonda Hitchcock, Chava Cannon, Darin Mahoney, and Mary Hoffman.
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The week ago today most South African moms celebrated Mother's Day. And although it wasn't the best or by far the worst mother's day I've ever celebrated, I felt kind of sad.
There will be some changes in the Swart family set up in the near future. These aren't pleasant. And it has been keeping me pretty occupied for the past couple of months. And although I have been writing, I have chosen to keep my thoughts private.
During the week while driving to work, I listened to a lighthearted podcast that celebrates mom of all shapes and sizes. If you are a Christian, it is a must. If you are not, I guarentee you will find some practical tips and wisdom that will inspire you.
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At the recent Energy Storage Europe exhibition and conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, the topic of flexible sector coupling was discussed at length during the many talks and presentations.
In this short interview, IHS Markit's senior market analyst for energy storage, Julian Jansen, gives his view on sector coupling and, in particular, the synergies it can help create between stationary storage and e-mobility – two of the real growth areas for battery technology.
Jansen also reveals what he believes will be the key drivers for the storage industry in 2018, revealing that IHS Markit has particularly high hopes for South Korea. "We are expecting more than 600 MW of stationary storage alone in South Korea this year, and it could be much bigger," Jansen said.
With domestic demand for Korean cells and batteries expected to be high, this could have an impact on the global supply chain, Jansen adds.


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While Bill Bowerman's name might not ring out as loud as some other Nike big-wigs the co-founder is very much an icon in his own right, responsible for the initial handshake partnership with Phil Knight that got that footwear empire going in the first place. This two pair pack pays homage to the deceased Bowerman, dipping the Tinker Hatfield designed Nike Air Trainer 1 Mid Premium in a premium look that features Bill's initials across the back along with his football jersey number (coincidentally the '51' doubles as a marker for the year in which he won the Bill Hayward Amateur Athlete of the Year award). Both pairs will launch on September 21st, so click through with us to make up your mind on which you're copping and be advised that you can scoop up the Nike Air Trainer 1 Premium "BB51" a little early from spots like Crooked Tongues.
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October 17, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This is more than a sound off, this is a place to bring your friends, show your ride off, and enjoy the good vibrations from fantastic audio systems and new friends. This year we will be putting on these events on the Third Thursday of every month. Rain or Shine!
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Word's Out: Translating is a Hot Career
MDC is the only college in the nation to offer an associate degree in translation and interpretation studies.
In a world where the need for effective communication increases daily, a surprising number of translators and interpreters are not formally trained. Recognizing a need to be filled, Miami Dade College created a unique course of study a decade ago that remains the only one in the nation to offer an Associate in Science in Translation and Interpretation Studies.
"While the demand for professional translators and interpreters has been long-standing in South Florida, demographics are changing across the U.S. Other communities are now discovering this growing field," said Dr. Michelle Thomas, chair of the ESL/Foreign Languages Department at MDC's InterAmerican Campus.
In fact, a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report projects 42 percent growth in the industry from 2010 to 2020.
Credentials a Must
"Recently, the court system increased the credentialing standard, and hospitals also now require doctors to provide translation and interpretation for health care services," Thomas said. "It's a high-growth career for people wishing to retool their professions or enter a new field."
MDC has been training professionals to a high standard of excellence in Spanish/English translation and interpretation since 2003, said Ricardo Bardo-Portilla, coordinator of MDC's translation and interpretation studies courses.
The two disciplines attract different personalities. Translators work with the written word and can research nuances meticulously, whereas interpreters have adrenaline-fueled jobs and must capture spoken words accurately without a delay from when the speaker utters them.
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"Both disciplines attract extremely intelligent students who often already hold professional qualifications and wish to add this credential," Thomas said.
Many MDC graduates have passed the grueling State's Court Interpreter Certification Exam, qualifying them to find new careers in the court system, agencies or even the United Nations.
MDC's program enjoys a high level of support. At a recent lecture, MDC students were urged to pursue translation and interpretation careers by none other than James Nolan, former deputy director of Interpretation, Meetings and the Publishing Division of the United Nations and a member of the board of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Florida.


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Want a little tease of footage from children of Men-director Alfonso Cuaron's highly anticipated upcoming sci-fi drama, Gravity? Well, you got it! The visual effects-heavy 3D film stars Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) as an astronaut stranded alone in space following a catastrophic event onboard a spacecraft. George Clooney (Ocean's Eleven), as glimpsed in this teaser, has a supporting role. Further details are under wraps, but the film is said to have an unbroken 17-minute opening shot and will feature plenty of mind-bending effects. Warner Bros. recently announced that the film will open on October 4th of this year. Hit the jump to check out a brief bit of footage and be sure to return on Thursday when the first trailer hits.
Here's a brief little snippet (and a modified Wilhelm scream?) from Cuaron's Gravity:
Here's the synopsis for Gravity:
Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone–tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.


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Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
EPSCoR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
EPSCoR uses three major investment strategies to achieve its goal of improving the R&D competitiveness of researchers and institutions within EPSCoR jurisdictions. These strategies are:
Research Infrastructure Improvement Program:
Track-1 (RII Track-1) Awards. RII Track-1 awards provide up to $4 million per year for up to five years. They are intended to improve the research competitiveness of jurisdictions by improving their academic research infrastructure in areas of science and engineering supported by the National Science Foundation and critical to the particular jurisdiction's science and technology initiative or plan. These areas must be identified by the jurisdiction's EPSCoR governing committee as having the best potential to improve the jurisdiction's future R&D competitiveness.
Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII Track-2 FEC) awards provide up to $1 million per year for up to four years as collaborative awards between two EPSCoR jurisdictions or up to $1.5 million per year for up to four years to a consortia of three or more EPSCoR jurisdictions. These awards build interjurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in scientific focus areas consistent with NSF priorities.
Track-3 (RII Track-3) Awards. Piloted in FY 2013, RII Track-3 awards provide up to $750,000 for up to five years to support the strategic goal of broadening participation to improve future R&D competitiveness of EPSCoR jurisdictions. These awards are intended to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields supported by NSF - underrepresented minorities, women, persons with disabilities and those in underserved rural regions of the country.
Track-4 (RII Track-4) EPSCoR Research Fellows provides opportunities for non-tenured investigators to further develop their individual research potential through extended collaborative visits to the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research centers. Through these visits, the EPSCoR Research Fellows will be able to learn new techniques, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and shift their research toward transformative new directions. The experience gained through the fellowship is intended to provide a foundation for research collaborations that span the recipient's entire career. These benefits to the Fellows are also expected to in turn enhance the research capacity of their institutions and jurisdictions.
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- Co-Funding of Disciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research:
EPSCoR co-invests with NSF Directorates and Offices in the support of meritorious proposals from individual investigators, groups, and centers in EPSCoR jurisdictions that are submitted to the Foundation's research and education programs, and crosscutting initiatives. These proposals have been merit reviewed and recommended for award, but could not be funded without the combined, leveraged support of EPSCoR and the Research and Education Directorates. Co-funding leverages EPSCoR investment and facilitates participation of EPSCoR scientists and engineers in Foundation-wide programs and initiatives. Click here to view co-funding eligibility. Click here to view the EPSCoR co-funding mechanism.
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EPSCoR solicits requests for support of workshops, conferences, and other community-based activities designed to explore opportunities in emerging areas of science and engineering, and to share best practices in planning and implementation in strategic planning, diversity, communication, cyberinfrastructure, evaluation, and other areas of importance to EPSCoR jurisdictions (See NSF 19-588). EPSCoR also supports outreach travel that enables NSF staff from all Directorates and Offices to work with the EPSCoR research community regarding NSF opportunities, priorities, programs, and policies. Such travel also serves to more fully acquaint NSF staff with the science and engineering accomplishments, ongoing activities, and new directions and opportunities in research and education in the jurisdictions. Click here to view eligibility for EPSCoR Outreach. Information on specific outreach procedures can be found by clicking here.


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Research and Development (R&D) is the necessary first step of innovation that plays an increasingly important role in specialization of scientific knowledge, and innovative process. Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering is committed to basic long-term research in frontier areas. The main objective of the R&D activities in the college is to foster the research attitude and impart the research based teaching practices in the campus.
College has made dedicated efforts to align its R&D focus to achieve technological self-sufficiency. Students and faculty conduct various research activities which include publications in international and national journals and conferences of repute, book publications, patents, projects, organization of conference/workshops/seminars in emerging areas of science and engineering. It gives me immense pleasure to share that college publishes a Journal of Multi Disciplinary Engineering Technologies since 2005. The journal intends to disseminate original scientific research and knowledge in the field of all interdisciplinary streams of Engineering, Sciences and technologies.
In the last I would like to assure that the research activities in the college are centered around key research areas addressing new/emerging exploratory work so as to prepare our young graduates with the aptitude to face competitive environment.
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Guitar-Pick Mobile from Rooks Paper Scissors
When we have guitar picks in the house we always lose them, so these would surely be handy and cool!
Considering our daughter broke her first guitar after just a couple months, this is the ideal way to give it new life.
Open Drumstick Chandelier by Laurie Elyse
Just plain cool.
Vinyl Record Skulls by Ted Riederer
Ahem, daddy pick, for the records you don't want. Of course, your Rockabye Baby vinyl will always be safe.
Get your future rocker started early, right?
You're scratching your head over this one? Me, too.
"Nothing says 1980s futuristic cool like a Blade Runner neon umbrella. Now imagine a ceiling covered with these neon beauties," my husband. "Like moths to a porch light, you will be mesmerized by their warm soothing glow. And it also helps if you have a leaky roof like at our house."I guess I know what he wants for Christmas.


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Before build-out, Busboys & Poets applies for ABRA license
Posted by jmullerwashingtonsyndicate in Uncategorized on March 21, 2015
Before the re-zoning and build-out of the otherworldly hyped Anacostia franchise of Busboys & Poets begins, an ABRA license has been applied for by Busboys of Anacostia, LLC for an American Bistro planned to service "290 patrons and total occupancy load of 325."
The initial hearing was last week with a protest hearing date set for May 27, 2015. Full info below …
In related news, the plywood covering the first floor facade adorned with banners announcing Busboys & Poets' imminent landing has been gone for a number of weeks now. The wind gusts that crumbled 1909 – 1913 MLK Jr. Avenue are the reported culprit.
Posting Date: January 16, 2015
Petition Date: March 2, 2015
Hearing Date: March 16, 2015
Protest Hearing Date: May 27, 2015
License No.: ABRA-097639
Licensee: Busboys of Anacostia, LLC
Trade Name: Busboys & Poets
License Class: Retailer's Class "C" Restaurant
Address: 2004-2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, S.E.
Contact: Stephen O'Brien: 202-625-7700
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What will it take for Busboys & Poets to open in Anacostia?
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Now that Busboys & Poets has announced plans to open a restaurant in Anacostia in the spring of 2016 the hard work begins. At last month's announcement few intimate details of the deal were shared, leaving many familiar with neighborhood development to question the project's timeline.
The Far SE Family Strengthening Collaborative, which has owned the vacant building at 2004 – 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE since late 2012, is primarily a case management social service provider without a record of development experience. The non-profit will most likely have to rely on a series of substantial city funds from the Department of Employment Services, Department of Housing and Community Development, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and others to make the project possible, according to a developer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Perry Moon, executive director of the Collaborative, says the community should prepare itself for a "long process."
What will that process entail? That process will include forming partnerships with a development team and culinary training team and securing financing, none of which appear to be in place.
In late December 2012 the Collaborative purchased the former bowling alley and furniture store for $2.195 million. According to tax records, as of May their outstanding mortgage stood at more than $1.7 million. With a reported revenue, mostly in the form of city grants and case management government transfer payments, after expenses of nearly $0.54 million the Collaborative faces significant capital shortfalls to finance the development.
Since their purchase the property has remained vacant, generating no revenue. Nearly five years ago Unity Healthcare and the DC Primary Care Association identified the building for a new health facility. The neighborhood organized opposition and Unity eventually built a complex adjacent to the Frederick Douglass House.
At the announcement Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys & Poets, indicated he would be signing a 20-year lease. Moon declined to name the conditions of the lease. The Collaborative currently rents offices in the Anacostia Professional Building across the street, and, according to neighborhood sources, plans to relocate at the end of 2015. These present tight deadlines to make a deal.
"They didn't announce the lease in clear terms," says Rev. Oliver "OJ" Johnson, a former board member of multiple community development corporations in Anacostia, who began his activism during the administrations of Mayor Washington and President Nixon. "I haven't seen a prospectus of an agreement detailing what Busboys will or will not contribute to the build out. There's no evidence there's any money in this. In order for any bank to underwrite a loan they have to see funding feasibility, the sources of expected grants and other planned revenue streams. There's nothing here."
Johnson also questioned the decision making process narrative advanced by the Collaborative. "There's been no public hearing process or community meetings. There was one or two invite-only meetings. Not one 8A Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner spoke at the press conference. They haven't been given notice of what their script is. Last [month's] event was improvised to the fullest."
Asked if partnerships with area culinary schools, Marriott Hospitality High School and others are being pursued to open a culinary institute, Moon said, "We're looking at all options."
"There are no current plans for funding for this redevelopment because none has been applied for," wrote Marcus A. Williams, Community Outreach Director for DHCD. "However, DHCD has had ongoing conversations with both the Collaborative and Busboys to discuss what subsidies the Department might be able to offer through an open and transparent competitive process. The developer is welcome to submit a proposal to request support for this project next spring when the Department releases information about the 2015 funding competition."
Summing up sentiments of both the neighborhood and city officials Williams said, "We are excited to see interest in development in Ward 8 and specifically in revitalizing Historic Anacostia."
Build Out
The two-story building was constructed in 1940 as a bowling alley and has most recently served as a Masonic lodge and furniture store. Its current space of 20,848 square feet is not enough to house Busboys & Poets on the ground floor and the administrative offices of the Collaborative and a culinary training school on the 2nd floor. Plans to add a third floor and build upon the rear one-story wing passed Historic Preservation Review Board earlier this year and are incorporated into design drawings. Construction would add 7,000 – 10,000 additional square feet.
"The build out will start immediately to bring the building into code and then it will be turned over to Busboys and Poets for our fit out," Shallal wrote in an email.
According to a Historic Preservation Office staff report by Time Dennee, the building "has hallmarks of the Art Moderne style: uniform light-colored brick, a curved northwest corner, and streamlining suggested by the contrasting, projecting brick flanking the windows and the simple continuous projections above the storefront and as a schematic cornice."
An addition brings the building's total height to 45 feet, making it the tallest building within the Anacostia Historic District. Most of the building's structure – column, beam and slab construction with brick-faced block exterior walls – would be retained and used. The roof and one-story rear wing will be lost with the proposed addition. A storefront in the first-floor facade will also be added.
Signature project for Mayor Bowser?
The lone city employee to speak at last month's event was the late Councilmember Barry's chief of staff. The absence of mayor-elect Bowser (who was announced to speak) was telling, according to a number of developers and neighborhood activists in attendance.
"Most likely no current agency director will be around when this project gets started. Nobody can make a promise or a hold a commitment right now. This will have to be a signature project for Muriel's administration. They'll have to wait for her to settle in which will take time," says Johnson.
A developer who spoke on the condition of anonymity offered, "Did you hear Shallal with the one-off applause line, 'I should have been Mayor!'? Muriel doesn't want to share the stage with him."
With Moon giving duplicative answers to a series of questions, including, "How is this really going to happen?" he closed our phone interview by saying, "This will be a long process. We'll work to see that the community remains excited and enthusiastic and stays with us."


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From: Stewart Brand
Subject: Many Hong Kongs (Paul Romer talk)
Repost from: [SALT] mailing list
This talk was the first public launch of an idea that Romer has been working on for two years.
His economic theory of history explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living by looking primarily at just two forms of innovative ideas: technology and rules.Technologies rearrange materials with ingenious recipes and formulas. More people create more technologies, which in turn generates more people. In recent decades technology has enabled the "demographic transition" which lowers birthrates and raises income per person even higher as population levels off.
Rules structure the interactions between people. As population density increased, the idea of ownership became an important rule. A supporting rule for managing violations replaced the old idea of deadly vengeance with awarding damages instead: simply shifting value replaced destroying value. For the idea of open science, recognition replaced ownership as the main event, which means that whoever publishes first is most rewarded, and that accelerates science.
Rules can amplify or stifle technological progress. China was the world leader in inventing new technologies until about a thousand years ago, when centralized dynastic rules slowed innovation almost to a stop.Romer notes that business keeps evolving as new companies introduce new rule sets. The good ideas are copied, and workers migrate from failing companies to the new and old ones where the new rules are working well.
The same goes for countries. Starting about 1970, China took some of the effective rules of Hong Kong (which was managed from afar by England) and set up four special economic zones along the coast operating as imitation Hong Kongs. They worked so well that China rolled out the scheme for the whole country, and its Gross Domestic Product took off. "Hong Kong was the most successful economic development program in history."Romer suggests that we rethink sovereignty (respect borders, but maybe import administrative control); rethink citizenship (support residency, but maybe import voice in political affairs); and rethink scale (instead of focusing on nations, focus on cities---on city
states like Hong Kong and Singapore.)
Paul Romer proposes that developing countries could invite instant Hong Kongs---new cities in new locations run by experienced governments such as Canada or Finland. They would enrich the country where they are built as special economic zones while also rewarding the distant government that makes the investment of building the new city state and installing a set of fair and productive rules. Over time, as with Hong Kong, the new city is turned over to the host country.
The idea is getting some traction in the developing world. This summer Romer is going public with a Bridge Cities Institute website for further exploration and eventual application of the idea.
One miracle of cities is that they sometimes renew themselves brilliantly. This could be a whole new form of that.
-- Stewart Brand -- The Long Now Foundation -- Seminars & downloads at http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/


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You've read the headlines, heard the platforms and you want to have your say and with a record low voter turnout in B.C.'s last provincial election, your vote means even more.
The province holds a general election on the second Tuesday in May every four years. This year we go to the ballot boxes on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
But how do you go about voting in the upcoming election?
Eligible voters must be Canadian citizens, 18 years of age or older on voting day, a resident of the electoral district, a B.C. resident for at least six months, not disqualified by the Election Act, and lastly, voters must be registered.
According to Elections B.C., over 1.9 million notices are to be mailed to B.C. residential addresses by the end of the week reminding voters to register or update voter registration information. Voters will get more than one chance to register as officials are visiting various locations throughout the province including shopping malls, community centres, campuses and select door-to-door visits in high mobility neighbourhoods, new subdivisions and residential complexes. Registration can be done online or by calling 1-800-661-8683. While registering, voters can also identify those no longer living at their address and request to have their names removed.
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The Sheriff's Office Jail Division operates the Coweta County Jail - twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Detention officers provide for inmate security and safety. Officers work rotating twelve-hour shifts. One of the Jail Shifts below is always working.
A-Shift: LT Bill Reed, SGT Paul Bishop, CPL Ashley Flournoy
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C-Shift: LT Elizabeth Homer, SGT Morgan Stephenson, CPL Brian Johnson
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Infirmary: LPN Breana Greene
Maintenance Unit: Jason Rapholtz
The Maintenance Unit is responsible for physical maintenance of the Coweta County Jail. This maintenance is achieved at a reduced cost using inmate labor.
Secretary: SGT Mylynda Smith 770-253-1664 ext, 8319
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Coweta County Jail Directory: 770-253-1664
- Major Warren Campbell, ext.8244
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- Lieutenant, ext. 8316 (LT Bill Reed, LT Mike Parks, LT Elizabeth Homer, LT Michael Jackson)
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Artist: "Static X"
Album: "Wisconsin Death Trip"
Genre: Metal
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Reviewer: Dr. Boogie
Posted: 5/20/2008
Review: You know that metal band with the lead singer who has the really weird haircut? That's Static X. After I heard this album, I never looked at Wisconsin the same way again.
Wisconsin Death Trip had a good variety as far as metal goes. At the same time, though, the overall feel of each song is about 50/50 metal and techno. Sometimes it works, but other times, the repetitive nature of techno music really doesn't lend itself to metal, or at least not for Static X.
Even so, I'd have to say that this is probably their best album. By the time Machine came out in 2001, the music just didn't seem to recapture that same feel that it had in WDT, perhaps due to the brief departure of their original guitarist. If nothing else, though, their first album warrants a listen or two.
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Young Adult Evangelization & Discipleship Contact:
Wayne Topp
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Phone: (513) 421-3131
Fax: (513) 421-1582
Cincinnati Area Young Adult Groups
Starting Point Ministry at St. Columban
|The Starting Point Ministry at St. Columban is a fresh new ministry paving the way for young adults! Starting Point is open to all young adults in their 20s and 30s, single, engaged or married, college student or businessman, family of 2, 3 or more! Starting Point strives to connect young adults through different events in social, community service, prayer and active settings. Past events include Reds games, bowling, volleyball, movie nights, social dinners, and seasonal and holiday parties. Past service opportunities include Habitat for Humanity, Matthew 25 Ministries, St. Joseph Orphanage, The Care Center at NorthStar church, and the St. Columban summer festival. Monthly planning meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Media Center at St. Columban. As life can be busy and schedules demanding, Starting Point is flexible and fun! Feel free to attend a meeting, an event, or both.
|Contact: Katelyn Viscomi at email@example.com
Phone: (513) 683-0105, ext. 2106
Holy Cross – Immaculata Young Adults Group
|Holy Cross – Immaculata ("The Church of the Steps") is located in Mt. Adams. The mission of our Young Adults Group is to build community among the young people of HCI through faith, service, and social opportunities. The group is well-integrated into our overall parish community and offers a wide variety of ways to get involved and develop spiritually, depending on individual schedules and levels of interest. Anyone in their 20s or 30s (both single & married) is welcome to join us.
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|River, formerly known as Singles Enrichment, is a group of single adult Catholics from Cincinnati OH and the surrounding area. We are a vibrant community that challenges and nurtures faith development among single adults through service, spiritual and social activities. Many River members gather in large & small groups for dinners, movies, sports events, arts, and join in local Catholic faith activities. Members also participate in a weekly Tuesday night Mass at 7:30pm at St. Bernard's Parish in Winton Place, 740 Derby Ave. off Winton Rd. And many members also participate in a monthly service project at Tender Mercies in OTR, 25 W. 12th St.
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The Cincinnati Frassati Fellowship (formerly St. Gertrude's 20s Group)
|The Cincinnati Frassati Fellowship is a group of young adults (18-33) striving to follow Christ after the model of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati. Our activities are inspired by the four pillars of Frassati's life: prayer, study, charitable service, and love of the outdoors. Through these shared experiences, we bring our whole lives to Christ and allow our Christian friendship to grow in him. The Cincinnati Frassati Fellowship continues the work of the St. Gertrude's 20s Group, begun in 2005 by Fr. Nicholas Lombardo, O.P. Our mission is to continue to foster growth in Christian holiness for young adults in the Cincinnati area, adapting the mission and nature of the 20s Group for the contemporary moment. Cincy Frassati meets every Wednesday evening at St. Gertrude's Church (6543 Miami Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45243). Meetings begin at 7:00 P.M. in the church with adoration, followed by 45 minutes to an hour of study and discussion on some topic of Christian living. Afterwards we head out to a local pub or restaurant for fellowship. Outside of these weekly meetings, we plan an adventure to go on as a group like hiking, bowling or other various activities, and also take part in a service project one Saturday every other month. In addition to these regular events, members are free to organize group outings to movies, museums, concerts, parties, and the like. Cincy Frassati is based out of St. Gertrude's Church and all young adults 18-33 in the Cincinnati area are welcome to join.
|Contact: Elisha Rizzo at email@example.com
Web: www.cincinnatifrassati.com
Voyage: St. Mary's 20s and 30s Group
|This group is for young professionals in their 20s and 30s looking to grow in faith, fellowship, and networking. Check our Facebook group for a growing number of announcements and social, spiritual, and service events for young adults both at St. Mary's in Hyde Park and in the surrounding Cincinnati area. We regularly meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:45pm for Mass and then gather afterwards at Seton Center across the street.
|Contact: Voyage Leadership at firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/VoyageStMary/
Church Website: http://www.smchp.com/parish-groups-events/young-adultvoyage-group/
St. Monica-St. George 20/30 Club
|We are a group of young adults in our 20s and 30s. We are single, married and religious; we are graduate students, medical and law students, young professionals, folks starting their careers. We offer a variety of activities from social events, reflections on the Sunday readings, service opportunities and invitations to get involved in the flow of the parish life. N Mostly, we provide a community for other Catholic Young Adults.
|Contact: Fr. Clifford Hennings, OFM at 513-381-6400 or email@example.com
Web: saintmonicasaintgeorge.com/2030-club-young-adult-ministry/
St. Xavier Young Adult Ministry
|Offers young adults from around the area opportunities to develop their spiritual lives with an Ignatian flavor. On the first Sunday of each month, young adults are invited to come and take special roles in the contemporary music and ministries of the 5:00 pm liturgy, and to stay after for faith-sharing conversation and pizza.
|Contact: Fr. Eric Knapp at (513) 721-4045 or email@example.com
Theology on Tap (Cincinnati)
|Theology on Tap is a speaker series for those in their 20's and 30's, married or single, to meet together in the relaxed setting of a local pub. Through lively conversations and interesting speakers, young adults have an opportunity to reflect on their faith and connect with other young adults. Topics focus on faith and contemporary issues that directly affect the lives of today's young adults. Seasonal meetings.
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Web: http://www.totcincinnati.org/
West Chester Catholic Young Adults (Formerly YACHT)
Sponsored by St. John the Evangelist, West Chester; St. Maximilian Kolbe, Liberty Township
|West Chester Catholic Young Adults (WCCYA) is a group of young adults (age 18-39) based out of St. John the Evangelist and St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic churches in the West Chester, Ohio area. We host events for building fellowship, deepening faith, and serving the community. We always welcome new members; so whether you are single or married, a committed Catholic or still searching, we would love for you to check us out! Find our Facebook group at West Chester Catholic Young Adults.
|Contact: Laura Ann Whyle at email@example.com
Web: www.WCCatholicYA.org
The Cincinnati Catholic Alumni Club
|"An affiliate of the Catholic Alumni Clubs International encourages personal growth & concern for others through a variety of social, religious and community service activities with peers of similar educational values." Open to Catholics 21 years or older who are free to marry in the Catholic Church. Large Group open to those over 21, but most members are in 50's –60's.
Example of Activities include: 1st Friday Mass, Summer Dance, Camping, Volunteering, Dining Out, Mass & Prayer each Tuesday, Social Meetings & Group Travel Opportunities.
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Do You Want To Move To Another Country Or A State With Your Pet?
If you are having plans of changing your residence, you would surely want that one living creature that makes you happy and helps you live a stress-free life, yes, you will want to have your pet with you. However, moving with a pet isn't as easy as it sounds as it comes with a number of complications. If you don't look into the complications that you might have to face beforehand, you will certainly have to face a lot of last moment difficulties. Therefore, it is important that you are aware of these tips before moving to another country or a state with your pet?
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These days CEO failures and firings have become a daily occurrence. According to Chief Executive magazine, in the early 1970s, only about 10 percent of CEOs left large, publicly traded companies under pressure. By the early 1990s, that figure had climbed to 23 percent.
According to recent research, 181 CEOs vacated their jobs in the third quarter of 2002. Average tenure for a CEO is now fewer than five years.
Corporate Board Member magazine stated that most of the CEO firings "often boil down to board members' failure to oversee the selection of the right corporate leader in the first place."
That tough analysis brought back memories of several CEO successions I have lived through, all more or less successful. More to the point, it made me focus on the biggest CEO debacle of my career, and ask yet again: What went wrong — and why? What role, if any, can we as communicators play to mitigate the damage a failed CEO succession inflicts on a company?


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US national security adviser says there's no systemic racism in policing. Studies suggest otherwise
When a Trump administration official said he doesn't think systemic racism exists in policing, many were stunned — especially after studies have shown different races are often treated differently.
"No, I don't think there's systemic racism," national security adviser Robert O'Brien told CNN. "I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many of them are African American, Hispanic, Asian."
"There is no doubt that there are some racist police," O'Brien added. "I think they're the minority. I think they're the few bad apples, and we need to root them out."
The comments struck a nerve with those mourning the killing of George Floyd including police officers themselves.
"Of course there is" systemic racism, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said. "It's not just in police departments across this country. My goodness, there's systemic racism within pretty much everything in this country."
Related: Joe Biden addresses civil unrest over police brutality of black men and women
And studies suggest discrepancies in how different races are treated by police:
— African-Americans are at greater risk of being killed by police, even though they are less likely to pose an objective threat to law enforcement, according to research by Northeastern University Professor Matt Miller. The research found Hispanics are also more likely to be victims of police shootings.
— Researchers from Northeastern and Harvard University analyzed fatal shootings by police in 27 states from 2014-15. Among those who were "unarmed and appeared to show no objective threat to police, nearly two-thirds of the victims were Hispanic or Black," the researchers found.
— When it comes to misdemeanors, "there is profound racial disparity in the misdemeanor arrest rate for most — but not all — offense types," according to a 2018 report from researchers from George Mason University and the University of Georgia.
— The NAACP Legal Defense Fund analyzed complaints against police in North Charleston, South Carolina. (That's where former officer Michael Slager shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, five times in the back as Scott was running away from a traffic stop.) The 2017 study found that black residents were more likely to file complaints than white residents — but "NCPD sustained complaints filed by Black residents only 31 percent of the time compared to sustaining complaints filed by White residents 50 percent of the time," the study says. "NCPD defines 'sustained' as 'the allegation is supported by sufficient evidence to justify a reasonable conclusion that the allegation is factual."
— Latino youth are 65% more likely to be detained or committed than their white peers, according to a 2017 report from The Sentencing Project.
— In the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 17 million white respondents and 4 million black respondents reported having used an illicit drug within the last month. African Americans and whites use drugs at similar rates, but the imprisonment rate of African Americans for drug charges is almost six times that of whites, the NAACP said.
— Researchers analyzed traffic safety stops in Kansas City and found no major racial disparities in ticketing for speeding. But they found that "blacks were 2.7 times more likely to be pulled over in an investigatory stop," NPR station KCUR reported. "Blacks were also subject to searches five times more often than white drivers."
— That same study, by three University of Kansas professors, found stark differences in how white and black drivers were treated when they were pulled over. Many white drivers who were surveyed described brief interactions with police. But black drivers who had an infraction like a burnt-out light were more often "questioned about what they were doing in a particular neighborhood, where they were heading, and whether they were carrying drugs," the report said. "Many were subject to vehicle searches."
Tim Wise, author of the book "White Like Me," took issue with O'Brien's belief that systemic racism doesn't exist in police forces.
"When you have the national security adviser saying he doesn't see systemic racism, well you know what? White folks also didn't see systemic racism even in the 1960s," Wise said.
He said polls prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 showed two-thirds of white respondents said they believed black people were already being treated fairly in America.
"White folks looked around and basically said 'Eh, what's the problem?'" Wise said.
"If white America didn't get it even when it was obvious in retrospect to everyone, what in the world would make the national security adviser believe that he or anyone else knows what they're talking about now? I think it probably stands to reason that black and brown folks know their reality better than we do."
Officers also want to see change. Some have marched alongside protesters to denounce excessive police force.
The country's largest law enforcement labor group, the Fraternal Order of Police, expressed condolences to Floyd's family and said it is committed to helping improve the profession as a whole.
"We know what happens in communities when police officers lose the respect and trust of the public they protect," FOP President Patrick Yoes said.
"Especially after a tragedy like we saw in Minneapolis, we need to do two things — take a hard look at our own actions and conduct, correct them where necessary, and to regain that trust by continuing to hold ourselves to the highest possible standard in a transparent way."


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A zero waste Birthday in the Green household!Add article to favourites
The other week we celebrated a very special day at zero waste towers.
You heard all about Grandma Green's Birthday at the beginning of November where I saved food waste from landfill. In the middle of the month, Sunrise the bunny was one years old.
Fortunately, bunnies don't create quite as much landfill waste as their human cousins!
We scoured the internet to find the perfect present. After all, what do you buy the bunny who has everything?
As one of her favourite past times is eating, we decided a hamper would make a fine gift. As her second favourite past time is chewing on things (hello excavated hole in fireplace) we figured things to chew on would be good too.
I ordered a willow ball stuffed with hay, some willow sticks for her to nibble to her hearts content and some dried plantain – a particular favourite of hers. We also ordered a box of Timothy hay now that access to fresh grass and greens is a little more limited.
Well I can't praise The Willow Warren enough. I ordered over the weekend prior to her Birthday so the gifts would arrive in time. Sadly the internet saw fit to play silly games with my order and the woman in the office told me my order would be sent out on Wednesday (Birthday was on the following day) by Parcel Force – this meant the parcel would be late. I had the option of paying extra to have it posted out on Monday by courier, but my card was maxed out.
I decided that Sunrise really wouldn't mind too much having her presents a few days late, so we set to making a Birthday banner, cards and planning a special meal (as you do).
However, on Thursday morning, the very day of celebrations itself, the doorbell rang and there were two cardboard boxes.
Sunrise immediately started eating her way into the hay box which was problematic as it was fixed to the other gift box with polythene wrap. Never mind, we took off the plastic and stuck it in the recycling box.
Then the most amazing sight was to behold. Inside the box of hay was, well, HAY! Nothing else – no plastic, no packaging, no nothing.
Inside the other box were the three gifts – willow ball, dried plantain and chewy sticks and guess what the packing material was…
Yep, HAY!
how totally cool is that!?
So not only did Sunrise love her presents, but like all one year olds, she thoroughly enjoyed the packaging too.
I was expecting to find everything wrapped in plastic and maybe the plantain in a cellophane packet, but it came in a paper bag and everything else was sans packaging. It just shows what companies can do when they put their mind to it…
Tell me – what zero waste treats do you buy for your pets?
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This weeks Throwback is...
All American Girl by Meg Cabot!
Samantha Madison is an average, cool Washington, D.C., teen: She loves Gwen Stefani (who doesn't?), can draw like nobody's business, and enjoys being opposite to her sister's annoying ultra-social personality. But when she ditches art class one day, she doesn't expect to be jumping on the back of a wannabe presidential assassin. Soon the young hero is receiving worldwide acclaim for her bravery, having dinner with her family at the White House, and is even being named teen ambassador to the UN. As if this weren't enough, she and David, the president's son, strike up a friendship that everyone wants the dirt on, which starts to give her romantic "frisson" feelings. Unfortunately, Sam thinks her sister's boyfriend, Jack, is the true love of her life, and she makes a few wrong turns that could screw up what she's developing with David. Will she ever stop following what she knows and start following what she sees?
This book is one of those stories that just keeps on giving. Totally mind grabbing. I loved this story as I was growing up. It spoke bounds to me, and Samantha set a great example of the kind of person I should be. She had her rocky moments, but don't we all. It was what she accomplished in the end that really showed me something. I really loved this book and I am sure you will too!
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Politico has grown rapidly from a little-known start-up company to one of the nation's most popular online sources of political news. But it has been riding a wave of interest in a hot presidential campaign, so what happens to Politico after Nov. 4?
It will expand. Politico (politico.com) is to announce on Monday that after Election Day, it will add reporters, editors, Web engineers and other employees; expand circulation of its newspaper edition in Washington; and print more often.
In the last few weeks, Politico has also quietly begun an experiment in sharing content and ad sales with newspapers.
After the election, "I anticipate some dip in our audience, but for our business model, it doesn't really matter," said Jim VandeHei, executive editor and co-founder of Politico. "We anticipate a nice surge on the revenue side."
Politico draws a vast readership outside the Beltway, but its finances depend almost entirely on a small audience within a mile of the Capitol. The bulk of its revenue, in print and online, comes from ads placed by interest groups hoping to influence official Washington. That business slows in election years and picks up when a new administration and new Congress take office.
Started 20 months ago, Politico assembled a team of reporters and editors who had worked at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time magazine and The New York Times, among other publications. It focused on campaigns, Congress and lobbying, and quickly became essential reading in Washington.
After the election, it is to create a dedicated White House reporting team, headed by Mike Allen, its senior political reporter. "No matter who wins the election, it's going to be a captivating story as they govern," Mr. VandeHei said.
Politico's corps of reporters and editors will grow to more than 50 from 39, and the overall staff to 105 or more, from 85.
Circulation of the printed Politico, distributed free to nearly every office on Capitol Hill, is to grow to 32,000, from about 26,000, allowing it to approach that same kind of saturation at the White House and some executive branch agencies. Now printed Tuesday through Thursday when Congress is in session, it will add a Monday issue; when Congress is not in session, it will remain a once-a-week publication.
Small as it is, that newspaper still accounts for most of Politico's revenue, though its Web site is closing in. The site draws well over three million unique visitors each month, more than all but a dozen American newspapers.
Politico, financed by the privately owned company Allbritton Communications, does not release financial figures, but executives say that it has operated around the break-even point lately and that they expect it to be profitable next year, well ahead of the original schedule.
Looking for a new revenue source, it recently created Politico Network, working with a handful of newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland. Politico provides some articles to the papers, which turn over some of their online advertising space to Politico to sell.
Newspapers have not been able to sell enough ads to fill all their Web pages. Unsold space is usually turned over to giant ad networks like Google's or Yahoo's, which sell it at cut rates. For these "remainder" ads, newspapers collect a tiny fraction of the amount they receive for ads they are able to sell directly.
Political pages can be an especially tough sell for papers, whose consumer advertisers dislike controversy. But Politico hopes to aggregate political pages from multiple newspapers, sell them to advertisers, and return to the papers significantly more than they would receive from standard ad networks.


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CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA – 9 Jan, 2017 – After completing a highly competitive application process, Katipult and five other Canadian fintech companies are selected to participate in the Canadian Fintech Mission to Hong Kong on January 15th – 20th! The mission was announced following the venture capital-backed investment in Canadian fintech companies hit its highest level in almost two decades.
Katipult is looking to expand its presence in Asia while already boasting a regional sales office and clients in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. "We believe Hong Kong will be a major market and beneficiary of Katipult software because of its robust private capital markets" said Kien Diep, who leads business development in the APAC region. "While the regulations in Hong Kong still require clarity regarding general solicitation and online investments, there is plenty of demand for better investor management tools and we can bring our global experience to benefit these firms" said Diep.
According to Pitchbook, used by the US based National Venture Capital Association, venture capital financing in Canadian fintech was $137.7 million (USD) in 2016, up 35% on the year. While this figure pales in comparison to the United States where investments reached $4.27 billion (USD), the trend in Canada is on the rise. Canadian fintech companies are increasingly attracting the attention of foreign investors including major players like Goldman Sachs that have made investments in two Canadian fintech firms recently.
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"As a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created smarter immune cells that produce and deliver a healing protein to the brain while also teaching neurons to begin making the protein for themselves.
The researchers, led by Elena Batrakova, an associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy's Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, genetically modified white blood cells called macrophages to produce glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF, and deliver it to the brain. Glial cells provide support and protection for nerve cells throughout the brain and body, and GDNF can heal and stimulate the growth of damaged neurons.
"Currently, there are no treatments that can halt or reverse the course of Parkinson's disease. There are only therapies to address quality of life, such as dopamine replacement," Batrakova said. "However, studies have shown that delivering neurotrophic factor to the brain not only promotes the survival of neurons but also reverses the progression of Parkinson's disease."
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It's coffee time and it's the weekend. My thoughts today are rather all over the place today. I'm glad it's the weekend and time to relax a bit. Hubs and the boy will be heading off to the British Car show tomorrow leaving me home alone for either projects or relaxation. I have yet to decide.
Work is going much better and I'm starting to actually feel useful around the offices I'm placed in. Hurrah! At last! Sometimes the task lists are daunting and I have no idea what to do with some of them, but for the most part, with some detective work, I can do something. As a float nurse, that's what it's all about. Getting through what we can and muddling through the rest of you can.
Homework, for the most part, is going well with the boy. In saying this, we still have today to get through since we didn't do Friday's homework yet. Bummer on my part. I wasn't feeling it yesterday. I suppose mom needed a little break.
Have you ever noticed how God works in those little mysterious ways? Lately, I've been talking to an old friend who has made me feel connected to so many good things in life. I so enjoy our conversations each day. It is something that has brought great joy to my life.
So, what's new in your world this week? How has your week been? Join me for coffee and let's make a connection!


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It's the end of the year, a time to look back at the past 365 days and think of what we've done that's worth remembering. But don't worry; you don't have to do any work: I've already done it for you!
Here's a list of what are, in my opinion, the most important events this 2013, in no particular order:
1. A Massive Nobel Prize
The most important scientific breakthrough last year was undoubtedly the discovery of a Higgs-like particle at CERN. But this year, a definite Higgs Boson was found, therefore confirming Peter Higgs and his colleagues François Englert and Robert Brout's prediction. Two latter scientists managed to describe how the Higgs field would work, but the namesake of the particle was the one that actually predicted it's existence.
Due to their success, the Nobel committee decided to award them the prestigious Nobel Prize for Physics, almost 50 years after their theory was created.
The CERN was also mentioned, since its hard work was essential for the theory to be proven right, and more specifically the ATLAS and CMS experiments which carried out all the necessary work.
Unfortunately, Robert Brout was not awarded the Nobel Prize, since it cannot be given posthumously.
2. The Chelyabinsk Meteor
The year started with the collision of this meteor with our planet, on a Russian city. The incident was recorded by many, and was instantly everywhere in the news, causing a frenzy of curiosity and fear. It caused damage to hundreds of buildings, but human lives were spared. But a question remained: Whether more meteors will follow, and if so, what could be don to protect ourselves. Fortunately, it stopped there, and although this was a very interesting year in terms of astronomy, this was the closest it got to us.
3. The Most Expensive Burger Is Fake
Sponsored by Google co-founder, a group of scientists extracted stem cells from some cows and after growing them in a medium, processed them so they became biologically identical to a normal burger. Then, in a crowded event in London, a chef cooked the burger and served it, and was tasted by several people. Many said it tasted just like a real burger, though a bit stringy.
This method could be very useful for several reasons. Apart from being more ethical, it could reduce the cost of providing meat to an ever-growing society, with an insatiable appetite for this product. At the current rate, it would become very hard to feed all humanity, and would produce a lot of greenhouse gases. With this method, meat producing would be much more eco-friendlier and even healthier.
4. How To Talk With Rats
Everyone has seen a science fiction movie where someone is able to communicate with someone else only using their minds, and although the concept was brilliant, dismissed it, thinking it was impossible. Well, no offense, but you are wrong. This April, scientists in Harvard Medical School were able to make a human move a rat's tail with their brains.
The way it works is a human and a rat are connected together through a computer. The human is made to wear an electrode cap, which measures their brain activity, whilst the rat was connected to a device that made the neurons transmit a signal through the motor's cortex when another signal, coming from the computer, was detected. When all of this was ready, the rat was anaesthetized (to reduce interfering), and the human was told to look at a strobe light that blinked periodically, so the scientists could look for a pattern in their brain waves. But when the test subject was asked to look at the rat, the disruption in the brain waves caused an electric signal that travelled all the way through the computer, to the rat, where it reached the motor cortex and made it's tail move. Although there are a few limitations to the way in which it could apply to the common telepathy, it's a great way to start!
5. Print a Gun
This year has seen a lot of improvements in the 3D printing industry, one of them being the printing of a gun that could fire up to 50 shots without breaking. This achievement was accomplished by the company Solid Concepts in USA, whose gun is also capable of being very precise at long distances.
There has been a debate over the last few months in this country on the availability of gun blueprints on the Internet, where everyone could access them and therefore be able to print a gun using only their desktop printers. But this model can only be printed on a specialised, industrial printer, and has a very high cost, so not many people will be able to make themselves this weapon.
Stay tuned for next week's second part of this recap for the year's most interesting scientific discoveries.


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For the purposes of this post, I define ethics as representing that branch of rigorous thinking that asks questions about human practice and behavior as that practice relates to the good. On this definition, two positions stand out as being at opposite ends of the same continuum. Bakhtin thinks of ethical interactions as being the state in which one is responsible to the Other. Levinas, on the other hand, thinks of ethical in terms of the face-to-face encounter in which one accepts responsibility for the other. The to/for distinction is found in the children's novel, Charlotte's Web. Three characters help me to think in terms of this distinction. Charlotte, Templeton and Wilbur, each for different reasons, are characters with whom one can draw on the to/for distinction.
Templeton, the rat, represents the to of Bakhtin. In Bakhtin's sense, one is responsible to the Other, however, as one accepts this responsibility one is acting in one's own self-interest. For Bakhtin, a personal reward, whether intrinsic or extrinsic, is always attached to the act of being responsible to the Other. In the case of Templeton, usually at Charlotte's urging, he accepts responsibility to Wilbur only when he is convinced that there is something in it for him. Charlotte, on the other hand, is purely Levinasian. She is responsible (better written as Response-Able) for Wilbur. On this stance, Charlotte accepts the idea that she is response-able even before the existence of the Other is known. Response-ability is a selfless act, pointing to the absolute imperative of action for the Other–even at the risk of one's own existence.
Then there is Wilbur himself. In the story Wilbur is the one who waits. Wilbur is the recipient of Charlotte's for and Templeton's to. In a sense, Wilbur's character provides the mediating tool allowing both Charlotte and Templeton to act to his benefit but Wilbur is not the agent of the to/for. He merely waits, anticipates what is to come. He prays without prayer while he lives his life within the boundary of (not)knowing. In a very real sense, Wilbur is us!