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New research from the Australia's eSafety Commissioner shows that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women commonly experience online abuse, restricted access to technology and stalking as part of domestic and family violence, with impacts rippling out to the wider community.
The Problem
According to a recent press release, domestic and family violence frontline workers interviewed as part of this survey cited low digital literacy, limited understanding about how to help women experiencing tech abuse and a culture of sharing phones as placing significant barriers to seeking support.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant explained that while it is known that technology-facilitated abuse has similar impacts on women of all backgrounds, it can be particularly challenging for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, who fear being socially isolated from their community.
Although they usually turned to elders, family and close friends for support, they were often unable to help due to their lack of technological expertise.
The Solution
- Because of this, the eSafety Commissioner is working closely with communities to develop new online resources to assist Elders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women so that they can deal with this issue.
- The new resources will help Elders better mediate tech abuse in the community, while face-to-face training and supporting resources will assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in recognising and dealing with technology-facilitated abuse.
- The co-designed resources will be available from 2020 and are funded as part of the Women's Safety Package Technology Trials and the Fourth Action Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children.
- Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher explained that technology-facilitated abuse of women, particularly in vulnerable groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, is a significant and ongoing issue.
- To address this, the Australian Government is providing the eSafety Office with AU$ 2.5 million to support important work for these communities.
- The latest report from eSafety highlights both the severity and complexity of the challenge and provides valuable insights to shape future programs and resources.
Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women and Children
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women Senator, the Hon. Marise Payne shared that the Australian Government has zero tolerance for violence against women and their children.
Women have the right to be safe in their homes, in their communities, in their workplaces, and online.
To break the cycle of violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women online, solutions must be community-driven.
In addition, the solutions must be trauma-informed approaches that prioritise cultural healing, family restoration, and the strength of Indigenous families.
They are working with selected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities so that they can tailor and customise their eSafetyWomen program to meet the needs of communities.
Doing so will allow the women to get the essential help that they need.
The NSW Department of Customer Service (NSW DCS) has appointed MessageXchange, a company that provides electronic data interchange (EDI) services for businesses to implement a sustainable e-invoicing solution that streamlines the payment experience for suppliers.
E-invoicing provides faster payments and automates the procure-to-pay process, providing many benefits for DCS and suppliers.
NSW DCS encompasses more than 30 different agencies, entities and business units, with excellent customer service a key goal across the organisation. DCS provides digital leadership and innovation in government services that align with the NSW Digital Government Strategy.
MessageXchange implemented e-invoicing through its Peppol-certified Access Point for NSW DCS, by creating a dedicated gateway on the MessageXchange cloud service that connects to the SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at NSW DCS.
In this gateway, the workflows and business rules have been applied to NSW DCS's needs, to enable invoice data to be received correctly.
The technology flags any errors with NSW DCS staff and its suppliers. It has also established connections to accounting software used by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so suppliers can send e-invoices.
The NSW Digital Government Strategy offers digital services that benefit customers and suppliers. E-invoicing is a streamlined system that enables DCS to pay suppliers within the government-stipulated five-day turnaround period. It is also more affordable for DCS and suppliers, as processing an invoice costs less than $10.
The company was chosen as it met assessment criteria based on functionality and price and offered support and expertise.
It was also able to meet DCS strategic expectations to provide end-to-end automation to the procure-to-pay (P2P) cycle, to scale up throughout all areas of government.
The Managing Director of the company stated that with the firm's e-invoicing solution, DCS can pay invoices faster and help its suppliers maintain cashflow.
The MessageXchange Access Point processes these e-invoices securely and accurately, reassuring DCS that its data and supplier information is secure.
It was noted that e-invoicing can make processing and sending invoices faster, more accurate and less expensive for organisations of all sizes, including government departments and private businesses.
The initial pilot was carried out in October 2019; phase one of the project started in January 2020 and went live in March, with phase two currently underway.
About the NSW Digital Government Strategy
The NSW Digital Government Strategy represents a vision for ICT reform and cultural change within the NSW Government.
The former ICT Strategy series provided a strong foundation which the government has built upon in consultation with industry partners and across government. The aim is to extend this to a partnership with the community.
The new Strategy is just an upgrade; it provides the backbone for the delivery of next-level, improved, user-centric services. It will ensure that the NSW Government is connected, customer-focussed and outcomes-driven.
Amongst other things, the NSW Public service will:
- use digital ways of conducting business where previously prohibited by outdated legislation
- co-design services with customers (taking into consideration expectations around the protection of privacy) and develop technology solutions in partnership with industry
- adopt a digital-by-default starting point when designing or reviewing new and existing policies • partner with industry focussing on technology solutions with a whole of government perspective
- experiment and be innovative in the use of new and game-changing technologies that have the potential to drive better service outcomes
- demonstrate how they are using data to inform decision making, including around investments
- optimise the sharing and use of data through the NSW Data Ecosystem, using real-time data and user-friendly formats for publishing
- use predictive analytics to drive better outcomes across the sector. The NSW Government is committed to exploring and implementing new and innovative ways of doing things, to achieve the best outcomes for the people of NSW.
According to a press release by the Ministry of Information and Communications, database sharing between management agencies at both central and local levels is key to the process of developing e-government. MIC is compiling an e-government development strategy, which serves as a pillar in Vietnam's socio-economic development model.
Under the draft strategy, which has been made public for comments, the development of e-government will be associated with the process of digital transformation, smart urban development, and ensuring network safety and security. Accordingly, all operations of state management will be digitalised to lead the national digitalisation process.
Citizens and enterprises will be the centre of the digitalisation process, which will aim at improving transparency, simplifying administrative procedures, and creating convenience when accessing public services. The most important thing was developing a database system and data sharing mechanism between state management agencies, according to the Ministry's Authority of Information Technology Application.
The strategy aims to link the development of e-government with Vietnamese digital technology enterprises that have core technologies and open platforms to serve digital government services. Notably, enterprises could participate in providing public administrative services.
By 2025, 100% of national databases to serve e-government, including the database about population, land, business registration, finance, and insurance, are hoped to be completed, connected, and shared on a nationwide scale.
A representative from Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group said it was important to develop databases and data sharing to launch the digital government services. It was also necessary to carry out reviews on the process of transition from paper-based to digital and develop procedures for digital government services.
According to the United Nations' recent report themed 'Digital Government in the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development', Vietnam ranked 86 out of 193 countries in the e-government development index, moving up two spots from 2018. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the list of members of the National Committee on e-government, which came into effect on 30 July. The PM chaired the committee.
The committee is in charge of studying and proposing policies, strategies and mechanisms to create a legal framework for the development of e-government towards a digital government, digital economy and digital society to create favourable conditions for implementing Industry 4.0 in the country.
The Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) recently kicked off a course for the first 34 personnel chosen for a program on training 500 experts on internet protocol version 6 (IPv6). The advanced program, lasting from 2020 to 2025, targets technicians of IT units under ministries and public sectors and aims to support public agencies in completely switching from IPv4 to IPv6 in 2025.
According to research, internet connections using IPv6 are 1.4 times faster than IPv4. Vietnam's internet has been upgraded to operate well on IPv6, in preparation for the country' e-government development and national digital transition. As of June, it was ranked 10th globally in IPv6 adoption, with more than 36 million users.
To drive the development of the National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP2020), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Automotive Institutions, Robotics and Lot Malaysia (MARii) announced that they are collaborating on developing new generation vehicles (NxGV). Specifically, they will be looking into re-manufacturing and recycling and intelligent manufacturing technology (smart manufacturing) through a variety of research and development (R&D).
One of the projects carried out includes the development and commercialization of electric car (EV) batteries, supported by Research and Development efforts by both parties focusing on battery performance, battery replication, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery production development and more.
The Vice-Chancellor of UKM stated that the signing of the MoU showed closer cooperation between the two institutions in enhancing technological capabilities. It is hoped that the emergence of the digital economy in the Industrial 4.0 landscape will drive more sustainable innovation in various domain applications for the benefit of the government, organizations, and all citizens.
This innovation can be further utilized to change the way Malaysians live and work, creating an inclusive digital society with the same goal, which will not only generate wealth for better well-being but also bring peace and prosperity to the world, the academic stated while delivering a speech at the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UKM and MARii, in Cyberjaya recently.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of MARii noted that the collaboration will complete the network of strategic expertise needed to implement projects related to research and development of basic materials for the manufacture of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, cybersecurity and digitization in the mobility sector.
These projects will add value to the development of NxGV, Maas and IR4.0, in line with NAP2020. This collaboration will also be able to show the development of a special network for Reverse Logistics, which includes the process of collection, recycling and end-of-life vehicle (ELV).
The Smart Data Initiative will also be implemented and focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the manufacturing process. The aim is to push forward Smart Manufacturing in Malaysia. With Industry 4.0 technology, the project will focus on cybersecurity methods that use various techniques to protect data and resources.
About Malaysia's National Automotive Policy 2020
The National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP2020) is expected to contribute RM104.2 billion to Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) over the next 10 years, an earlier article by OpenGov Asia noted. The forecasted contribution is in line with its projection of total production volume of 1.47 million vehicles and total industry volume of 1.22 million vehicles by 2030.
The overall intended outcomes of the NAP2020 are an increase in research of new technologies; the creation of business and job opportunities, particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and the development of new manufacturing processes and value chains within the local automotive and overall automobile sector. The NAP2020 will further enhance the Malaysian automotive sector by transforming it into connected mobility.
The element of technology such as Next Generation Vehicle (NxGV), mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) and Industrial Revolution 4.0 are in line with disruptive trends that have emerged in global markets, the Minister stated.
The NAP2020 is a holistic policy that covers the comprehensive development of industry capacities including supply chain, human capital, indigenous technology, aftermarket, exports, infrastructure readiness, standards and regulations. The NAP2020 will focus on the development of ecosystems for the NxGV, MaaS and Industry 4.0 technologies while continuing its focus on enhancing the development of Energy Efficient Vehicles.
The policy entails the National Roadmap Automotive for the mobility value chain, technology, mobility talent, aftermarket and National Blueprint Automotive for mobility as a service, robotics and IoT. It also envisions driving a policy that focuses on connected mobility, while enhancing Malaysia's automotive industry in the era of digital industrial transformation.
The NAP2020's vision includes integrating supply chains, local manufacturing, engineering capabilities, the latest technology trends, and sustainable development.
The Minister of Electronics, Information Technology, and Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad, announced that the government is working to provide connectivity in the far-flung, remote, border areas of strategic importance, to ensure a better quality of life.
The country's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the 2300km-long submarine optical fibre cable, between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar at a virtual event earlier this week.
In his speech, the Prime Minister said that the cable will help Andaman and Nicobar get cheaper and better connectivity and all the benefits of the Digital India initiative, especially in improving online education, telemedicine, banking systems, online trading, and to boost tourism.
The Indian Ocean has been the centre of India's trade and strategic prowess for thousands of years and Andaman and Nicobar are an important centre for India's economic-strategic cooperation.
The Islands of India play an important role in India's new trade strategy for the Indo-Pacific region.
Under the Act-East policy, the role of Andaman and Nicobar in India's strong relations with East Asian countries and other countries connected to the sea is high and will increase; the Island Development Agency was formed three years ago to strengthen its role. The projects which were not completed in Andaman and Nicobar for years are being completed now.
High-impact projects are expanding in 12 islands of Andaman and Nicobar. Apart from providing better internet and mobile connectivity, the government aims to further improve physical connectivity through road, air, and water.
The Prime Minister referred to the work on two major bridges and the NH-4 to improve the road connectivity of North and Middle Andaman. He said the Port Blair Airport is being enhanced to handle a capacity of 1,200 passengers. Along with this, the airports are ready for operations in Diglipur, Car Nicobar, and Campbell-Bay.
According to a press release, Prasad spoke about the various projects being implemented by the Department of Telecommunications to provide connectivity in remote and difficult areas.
He said that a tender for 354 uncovered villages in the strategic, remote, and border areas of the country has been finalised and is under implementation in 144 villages of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
Villages in Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and other priority areas of Gujarat have been strategically selected to cover border area connectivity on mobiles.
After the commissioning of these villages, there will be no uncovered villages in J&K and Ladakh for mobile connectivity. Satellite-based Digital Satellite Phone Terminals (DSPTs) are also being provided at 1,347 sites for Army, BRO, BSF, CRPF, ITBP, and SSB use. 183 sites are already commissioned; the remaining are in process.
The Minister added that the Department of Telecommunications is also working on providing mobile connectivity in villages of 24 Aspirational districts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh.
The remaining 44 Aspirational Districts for 7287 uncovered villages in Chhatisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh will also be covered, for which government approval is under submission.
The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) and the Indian Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) signed an addendum to the agreement on the establishment of a Centre for Software Development and Training in Vietnam, last week.
Ambassador of the Republic of India to Vietnam, Pranay Verma, and President of PTIT, Vu Van San, signed the deal in Hanoi yesterday.
Under the agreement, CDAC will provide non-refundable aid of US$ 1.08 million from the ASEAN-India cooperation fund to set up a modern information and communication technology (ICT) centre in order to provide advanced IT training, online classes and e-learning at PTIT in Ho Chi Minh City.
The centre will be recognised as an authorised CDAC training centre for two years. The CDAC will send two experts to the centre in Vietnam to support its operations for six months. The centre will provide IT training courses according to the framework and standards of the CDAC's advanced informatics training schools to improve capacity for local industries and remove digital gaps.
CDAC is a premier research and development organisation under the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) that carries out research in IT, electronics, and associated areas.
CDAC has successfully implemented 40 projects to establish ICT centres in many countries around the world.
The project in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
According to an expert from the Indian ICT industry, Vietnam holds tremendous potential for IT development thanks to its young and talented human resources and attractive investment climate, thereby becoming one of the brightest investment destinations for Indian firms.
He stated this during a virtual seminar on Vietnam's key macroeconomic policies to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and potential sectors for long-term investors held by the Vietnamese Embassy in India.
The event drew the participation of about 100 businesses, investors, experts, and scholars of the two countries.
At the event, Vietnamese delegates updated their Indian counterparts about the Vietnamese government's policies in the context of COVID-19 and potential sectors for investment, stressing that the country has become a bright spot in both economic recovery and fighting the pandemic.
With an open economy and favourable business climate, Vietnam boasts the potential to become of the nations with the fastest economic growth in the world in the post-pandemic period.
The number of Indian companies invested in Vietnam's IT field, standing at only 23 so far, has yet to match the potential of the sector and the cooperation potential between the two countries.
An Indian tech company is working on a major investment plan worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam, which may employ 8,000 people in the upcoming fiscal year, especially in the software and service sectors. It also eyes the establishment of one of its largest hubs in Southeast Asia in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recently launched a communications programming platform called Stringee in Hanoi.
The communications platform-related comprehensive technology solution allows businesses to communicate with customers on mobile phone apps or websites without the use of another app such as Zalo, Skype, or Messenger. Businesses also need not invest in building software with communications features.
Stringee is among other Made-in-Vietnam digital platforms selected by the ministry with the aim of promoting comprehensive and wide-ranging digital transformation in terms of economy and society, contributing substantially to realising goals in the National Digital Transformation Program.
According to the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Stringee is the only platform in Vietnam that can provide full infrastructure and features similar to solutions from foreign countries.
The platform currently provides about 2.2 million minutes of calls a day to some 45 million users nationwide. In the context of the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are accelerating digital transformation efforts in order to cut costs and maintain operations to survive and recover, the Minister noted.
He called on Vietnamese digital businesses to fully tap into opportunities and develop more digital platforms serving comprehensive digital transformation in different fields. The formation of communications platforms in general and Stringee, in particular, is expected to drive Vietnamese businesses to improve the quality of their customer care and competitiveness.
In line with its mission to shift to e-governance, in June, debuted a corporate governance platform, 1Office, at a ceremony in Hanoi.
1Office is one of the Made-in-Vietnam platforms introduced to enterprises in the national digital transformation process. The ministry hoped Vietnamese digital tech companies would grasp opportunities and develop more platforms to fully serve national digital transformation.
The ministry previously introduced other Made-in-Vietnam platforms used for e-government building such as distant training, health check-ups and treatment, postal codes, webinars, and cloud computing.
It also called on its units to popularise digital platforms to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to succeed in domestic and global markets.
Last month, MIC developed a national portal, PayGov, designed to promote electronic payments for public services.
As OpenGov reported, PayGov is not a payment service but acts as a platform to connect public service portals and single-window systems with intermediary payment service providers. Once connected with the platform, online public service portals of ministries and local authorities will be provided with a single interface to use all the services of the intermediary payment providers.
At the same time, intermediary payment companies can provide their services to all ministries and local authorities through PayGov.
In addition to public services, PayGov can provide payment services for other utilities such as electricity, water, healthcare, and education, all in one place.
The MIC Deputy Minister explained that PayGov is just the beginning of a process to promote electronic payments for public services. The Vietnamese government is aiming to raise the ratio of public services that can be delivered online to at least 30% by the end of 2020. As of June, the ratio had doubled to 14.6% from the end of last year but remained far behind the target.
The launch of PayGov is anticipated as one of the measures to accelerate the delivery of online public services and meet the above target. The platform is also expected to help Vietnam realise the target of 50% of the population having electronic payment accounts by 2025, and 80% by 2030 as part of the national digital transformation program.
The incubatees at Hong Kong's Smart Government Innovation Lab continue to release novel and relevant innovations amidst the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently two of the Lab's firms, Chinasoft International Technology Services (HK) Ltd and InnoBlock Technology Limited announced their solution which is now ready to be acquired by companies and institutions.
Solution 1 – iBot
The government or public service departments usually focus on improving citizen services and effectively solving social problems.
In addition, they have to deal with budget and related legislation restrictions. Thus, the iBot was developed to help companies reduce operating costs, replace manual execution of some transactional tasks, and allow the government to focus on public services.
The solution can apply automation to legacy systems, data migration and assists in system upgrades or maintenance across multiple systems at the same time. It also can be used in real-time services to provide guided solutions through customer robots that can effectively answer part of citizens' questions as well as maintain and update citizen information.
All operations comply with the principles of compliance, accuracy, efficiency and automation.
Application Areas
The solution can be applied across the areas of Broadcasting, City Management, Climate and Weather, Commerce and Industry, Development, Education, Employment and Labour, Environment, Finance, Food, Health, Housing, Infrastructure, Law and Security, Population, Recreation and Culture, Social Welfare as well as Transport.
Technologies Used
The iBot uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation.
Use Case
- iBot can log-in to websites, search and download needed information automatically
- Working with Chatbots, assist citizen to fill in different forms
- Recognize invoice and input to the financial system
- Part of your digital transformation
- Automate many HR processes
Solution 2 – SafeGuard Series
SafeGuard Series is an enterprise security solution that aims to tackle internal threats which include data leakage and misuse. The solution does this by combining facial recognition, object detection and blockchain technologies.
It consists of three products:
- SafeGuardChain: The system will automatically log out or go to the lock screen when unauthorized users and target objects such as cameras are detected. To maintain the integrity of the data all records will be kept on the blockchain which becomes immutable.
- SafeGuard Lite Mobile: Uses watermark and object detection to prevent and detect sensitive data leakage through external cameras. It applies to both personal and work phones.
- SafeGuard Lite PC: this system uses watermark and object detection to prevent and detect sensitive data leakage through external cameras (e.g., a snapshot from a mobile phone).
Application Areas
The solution was developed to be applied in the area of CyberSecurity.
Technologies Used
The SafeGuard Series uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Machine Learning and Mobile Technologies.
Use Case
The potential use cases for the technology include:
- IT security enhancement for remote working: Remote working during the COVID-19 crisis has increased the likelihood of a cyber-breach according to research by Centrify;
- Strengthened protection at endpoints: 70% of all breaches still originate at endpoints, despite the increased I.T. spending on this threat surface, according to IDC.
Solution and Benefits: Apart from traditional cybersecurity and data loss prevention software that tackle cyber-attacks, the SafeGuard Series focus on the external threats typically from unauthorized users or by snapshots from live cameras. This helps prevent internal data leakages (e.g., personal information) and detect external threats (by sending notifications to the Admin right away) for immediate follow-up.


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Vance's central character is Kenny Belov, the co-owner of Fish in Sausalito. Belov isn't just a restaurateur. His concerns over the gap between the perceived and actual sustainability of seafood has propelled him into becoming a wholesaler, an anti-farmed-salmon advocate, and a trout farmer. Belov makes the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program look like it's dabbling in half measures. (The chart's "yellow" section? He thinks it's bogus.)
There is a booming demand for sustainably caught fish. ... But at the same time, many of our most famous chefs continue to put unsustainable choices like ahi tuna, monkfish, and farmed salmon on their menus, while their most respected suppliers keep selling red-listed fish to whoever wants it. Even the many chefs who go out of their way to ask the right questions of the people they get their fish from can be misled by the half-truths told all along the supply chain.
In an accompanying piece, Nic Buron evaluated the menus of 18 local restaurants
that claim to sell sustainably caught seafood; on almost every single
menu, he found numerous misstatements and fish from red-listed
species, and uncovered incidences of supplier greenwashing.
The feature is a remarkable piece of journalism, supported by great graphics
and charts. I did have a few concerns with the piece. Belov's strict
definitions of sustainability aren't the same as the more nuanced stance
of well-respected suppliers like Monterey Fish Market,
who end up being portrayed like panderers. And the net effect of the
menu evaluation is to cast aspersions on the honesty of chefs, who are likely to be so busy they can't possibly investigate all their suppliers'
claims, day after day.
However, the overall message ― that
sustainability-conscious diners and chefs are sold far too many threatened species and seafood caught through environmentally destructive
means ― is compelling. And given the speed at which the oceans are
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Traffic to Hallmark E-cards and Cards skyrocketed 234% to more than 1.5 million surfers, as compared to 455,000 during the previous week. DaySpring E-cards spiked 137% to 529,000 unique visitors. Yahoo! Greetings jumped 121%, attracting 1.8 million surfers, while 123greetings.com jumped 104% to 510,000 surfers. Blue Mountain drew more than one million unique visitors during the week, rising 94%.
Americangreetings.com, the overall audience leader within the category, recorded more than 2.3 million unique visitors, jumping 88% week-over-week.
"Online cards sites offer a fun and easy alternative for those wishing to send loved ones holiday greetings," said Lisa Strand, director and chief analyst, Nielsen//NetRatings. "With more than seven million people visiting an online greeting card site during the week before Easter, sending and receiving online greetings remains a very popular way for Americans to connect with each other."
Additional Highlights from Nielsen//NetRatings' Week on The Web:
* Allrecipes Spikes in Traffic
Traffic to Allrecipes spiked 67% at home, for the week ending April 20th, as surfers logged on for Easter Sunday meal recipes. The site attracted 564,000 unique visitors as compared to 395,000 the week prior.
* Sixflags.com Attracts Users Online
With summer vacation just around the corner, traffic to Six Flags Theme Parks jumped 27% at home to 225,000 unique visitors, for the week ending April 20th. Consumers can obtain information on the various parks within the Six Flags family and purchase tickets and season passes online.


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New Year is always the time for a new start, and your business should be no exception. The start of the new year is an ideal time to analyse, assess, and adapt, and we want to look at some of the processes you should be taking your business through at this time of year.
One of the first things in your agenda should be to look at what didn't go so well during the year. This information should come from both internal and external sources, your own experiences, the experiences of your staff, and the experiences of customers. You must look at the less positive decisions you have made during the year in order to ensure these are not repeated. January is an ideal time to take a step back and look at the negatives of the previous year and make sure that you can move forward.
Looking back should not only focus on the negatives, but also on the positives. It is important to recognise both your own achievements during the year, as well as the achievements of your staff. It would be detrimental to the mind-set of both you and your workforce to focus only on what went wrong, and who is at fault. It is important to balance this with the good decisions that were made, and it must be your focus to try and replicate this in the coming year.
It is also vital to assess your brand vision, and ensure that your brand correctly represents the message you are aiming to put across. Your brand may be due for a refresh if it does not fit with your most current aims, offering, and message, and January is an ideal time to do this. Although, you must be careful not to be too hasty with a rebrand, as seen with the recent Tunnocks Tea Cake incident, in which they named themselves a 'Great British Tea Cake', and as they are known as being a Scottish brand, this greatly upset a large number of Scottish people!
You should also be keeping track of the current trends, and ensuring that your brand has not become out-dated. An out of date brand could have a negative effect on your company's sales in the current year, and therefore it is vital to make sure that your brand is on trend.
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The broad debate over President Trump's fitness for the difficult and demanding office he holds has recently been reframed in a more pointed and urgent way: Does he understand, and can he responsibly manage, the most destructive nuclear arsenal on earth?
The question arises for several reasons. He has threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea. He has reportedly pressed for a massive buildup in the American nuclear arsenal, which already contains too many — 4,000 — warheads. And soon he will decide whether to sustain or set a course to possibly unravel the immensely important Iran nuclear deal.
Doubts about his competency were reinforced this week by Senator Bob Corker, who charged that Mr. Trump was treating his office like "a reality show" with reckless threats that could set the nation "on the path to World War III." Mr. Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, says he is relying on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, to help "separate our country from chaos." That is a searing indictment, and Mr. Corker is no garden-variety legislator; as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he is a respected, and largely responsible, voice on national security issues.
Further, NBC News now reports that Mr. Tillerson judged Mr. Trump a "moron" after a July 20 meeting in which Mr. Trump, apparently distressed that the arsenal has declined since the Cold War, said he wanted a nearly tenfold increase in weapons.
Mr. Trump's policy pronouncements during the campaign betrayed either profound ignorance or dangerous nonchalance: At one point he wondered why America had nuclear weapons if it didn't use them; at another he suggested that Japan and South Korea, which have long lived under the American security umbrella, should develop their own nuclear weapons. But nothing he said has been quite as unsettling as his recent tweetstorms about North Korea, his warnings of "fire and fury" and his quip about "the calm before the storm."
Many have hoped, and still hope, that Mr. Trump's aggressive posture is mostly theater, designed to slake his thirst for attention, keep adversaries off guard and force changes in their behavior by words alone. But there is no underlying strategy to his loose talk, and whatever he means by it, Congress has been sufficiently alarmed to consider legislation that would bar the president from launching a first nuclear strike without a declaration of war by Congress. It wouldn't take away the president's ability to defend the country.
That's a sound idea, and could be made stronger with a requirement that the secretaries of defense and state also approve any such decision. As things stand now, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, passed when there was more concern about trigger-happy generals than elected civilian leaders, gives the president sole control. He could unleash the apocalyptic force of the American nuclear arsenal by his word alone, and within minutes.


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On Tuesday 26 July 2016, our illuminating #TheSocialStandard event shed light on emerging social media trends, with a series of fascinating presentations followed by a panel discussion on the future of social.
Amongst the panellists at the event, held at The Rooms in Browns on St Martins Lane, was Anna Slingo, Social Media Manager at the Met Office. We caught up with Anna after the event to discuss some of her insights on the topics raised during the day.
Organic: How did you find the #TheSocialStandard?
Anna Slingo: Really interesting! I especially found it interesting when we discussed analytics and how to pull out the parts that are meaningful. It was great to share similar ideas with likeminded people.
(Measuring social success was the focus of the talk given by Andy Sitta, Social Media Consultant at Organic. You can see Andy's presentation here or read his accompanying article on social analytics)
What was the most important outcome of the panel discussion in your opinion?
I think we all agreed that social is constantly changing. But it really depends on what area you work in. For the Met Office, Twitter is still our biggest and most engaged platform with so many future opportunities, but for advertisers this is different. Knowing what works for your brand is key.
Moving onto specifics, one of the key themes of the event was the search for future-proofed social strategies. How in your opinion can organisations ensure they're flexible enough to cope with the ever-changing social landscape?
Stay up to date! See what others are doing and only take on board new technologies or channels if it's right for you. At the Met Office we're looking at Snapchat but not rushing into it. We're seeing if it's the right channel for our brand.
Do emerging channels and technologies necessarily mean greater investment of time and money in social? Or is it a case of targeting efforts more carefully?
Social is constantly growing and I think greater investment is needed and a better understanding of the massive opportunities available. It's better to target your efforts carefully rather than rush into being on all channels if you can't provide a consistent and engaging presence for all these different audiences.
How do you strike a balance between being ready for big technological changes and making sure not to over-invest in innovations that could still essentially flop?
That's a tricky one! When do you invest in new channels and when do you wait and possibly miss the boat? It's all about staying up to date with new developments and deciding when you can invest properly in them. No point doing it half-heartedly!
If you could advise brands to get to grips with just one of the near-future developments in social, what would it be?
Bots seem to be the future and a way of making customer service faster for both you and the customer. This is something we are looking at as a way to get the latest forecast to as many people as possible – in the way they want it.
Did any of the questions from the attendees stand out? If so, what were they?
One attendee asked about developing their customer service on social and how to start doing this. It was great to be able to provide her with a real-life example of how we did this at the Met Office.
Many thanks to Anna for sharing her thoughts with us.
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On Tuesday 26 July 2016, our illuminating #TheSocialStandard event shed light on emerging social media trends, with a series of fascinating presentations followed by a panel discussion on the future of social.


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- As costs rises, demand for traditional education changes.
- Hybrid model may work for some schools.
- Newer schools are not tied to legacy costs of buildings etc.
Higher education is in many ways as vulnerable to disruption by new technologies as retail was a decade ago, said panelists at the ULI Fall Meeting.
Andrew Harrison, managing director of consultancy Spaces That Work, said that the average age of university students has risen above 21 years in the United Kingdom and is closer to 25 in New Zealand. At the same time, he said, "As the world becomes more virtual, place becomes more important."
Harrison, who is also the author of Design for the Changing Educational Landscape: Space, Place and the Future of Learning, said that traditional cafeterias and libraries are being revolutionized as adaptable, informal learning spaces.
"At the other end of the spectrum," Harrison said, "businesses are taking more of a role," citing McDonald's Hamburger University in Shanghai. Harrison said McDonald's sees its program is more exclusive than Harvard, based purely on acceptance rates.
Steve Smith, an architect with Urban Narrative, described two new models from the U.K. In one case, the London School of Architecture has no permanent physical space. Its students work and learn with various firms, meet in pubs or parks for group projects, and if a space is needed, it is rented.
A second model he described in Manchester saw two struggling suburban universities merge, but also integrate more into the city itself.
Raymond W. Gastil, a professor at University of California at Berkeley, said that much of what is being described is not new, citing the Jeffersonian model of the academical village, as exemplified by the University of Virginia's "Lawn" area, where professors and students live side by side. "Informal interaction is part of education," said Gastil.


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Alaska, the nation's largest state by far, doesn't have very many people. However, we do have a lot of microbreweries–22 of them, in fact. Our favorite is Midnight Sun Brewing Company. With a regular rotation of unique and flavorful beers, this wine lover actually gets excited for barley and hops! Great beer, exceptional service, and great food! Every single thing on the menu is delicious–trust me, we've tried every item. A favorite among locals, visitors, and pretty much anyone that visits the establishment is the beer cheese sauce that accompanies their soft pretzels. The pretzels are great, don't get me wrong, but I am obsessed with the cheese sauce. While dining with friends (or even with strangers!), it is not uncommon and certainly not frowned upon to lick all of the remaining remnants of the sauce from the dipping cup. I imagine that some people have even drank it like beer before. It's that good.
I am not sure why I haven't attempted to try my hand at beer cheese sauce before. Maybe because the stuff at Midnight Sun is so good that I figured I could never even come close? I don't know. Well, I gave it a shot last night to go with chili and my perfectly soft pretzel sticks. SUCCESS!!!! The beer cheese sauce was everything I wanted it to be–creamy, cheesy, tangy, bold, and packed with flavor. Better yet, it took approximately five minutes to make. By the end of the night, we were all lying on floor or dog bed making exclamations regarding belly explosions, too full to walk, bellies and mouths disagreeing, and more. Although clearly a diet killer, it was worth it.
I will always love Midnight Sun's beer cheese sauce best, but only for nostalgic reasons. As for taste, my beer cheese sauce is equally as good as theirs.
- 24 ounces of amber beer (I used Fat Tire)
- 4 cups of good quality grated sharp cheddar cheese (if you want a milder flavor, you can use a milder cheese)
- 4ish tablespoons of flour (I am not really sure how much–I just stuck my hand in and grabbed)
- 1ish tablespoons of dry ground mustard (you could leave this out….but it wouldn't be as good)
- pinch of salt
- a number of turns of fresh cracked pepper
- Pour the beer into a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil. You'll need to watch carefully or it will grow into a frothy dome and overflow.
- In the meantime, mix the flour with the cheese.
- Once the beer is boiling, add the cheese/flour mixture. Reduce the heat and stir constantly.
- Once it reaches the perfect consistency (you will know when that is), add the mustard, salt, and pepper. Taste and adjust if needed.
- Serve with chips, pretzels (hard or soft), veggies, or even mix it into your chili like we did.


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Loaded Lux Freestyles on Flex
Few emcees can continue to expand their skill-sets as they age. Loaded Lux unloads a fall freestyle that any student of lyricism will respect. Pay attention.
Loaded Lux – "Fallen Angels" (Video)
Here's a new video and lyrical substance from Loaded Lux off of his Beloved 2 album.
Loaded Lux vs. Hollow Da Don (Rap Battle Video)
Ultimate Warrior League recently presented the long-awaited battle between Loaded Lux and Hollow Da Don. Who took this one?
Loaded Lux ft. Fred The Godson & Jadakiss – "You Can" (Video)
Here's some new sights and sounds from off of Lux's You Gon Get This Work mixtape.
New Tunes: Cam'ron ft. Loaded Lux, Ms. Hustle & Chris Miles – "Let Me Work"
Ghetto Heaven Vol. 1 is scheduled to drop in a couple of months. Until then, Cam releases two joints from off of the upcoming mixtape. Keep reading to check out the cover over Mary J Blige's "My Life." Read the rest of this entry
Loaded Lux – "Bout My Money" (Video)
Loaded Lux slides through the streets of NYC to handle paper transactions. He also addresses why an anticipated battle between him and Hollow Da Don wasn't announced for SMACK/URL's upcoming "Summer Madness 3". The title of this track sums it all up.
Read the New Issue of Rapper's Delite Now!
What's good RD Massive? Rapper's Delite is here with new pages for you to flip through and share. In issue 04 we talk the art of battle with Loaded Lux, perseverance with Jon Connor and gore with Necro. dead prez's stic.man also chops it up with us and we get into gmo's. Do you really know what's on your dinner plate? Keep reading to download the latest RD mixtape. Read the rest of this entry
Loaded Lux ft. Method Man & Redman – "Rite" (Video)
Harlem's Loaded Lux joins forces with Red and Meth for a new heater.
Loaded Lux Freestyle @ Killaz Battle League (Video)
Loaded Lux recently took the Killaz Battle stage, ripped 50 bars and gave a verbal warning shot to Hollow Da Don.
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Loaded Lux vs. Calicoe @ Summer Madness 2 (Video)
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Finding Haiku: Nighthawks by Katherine Hastings
The place that syllabics occupies in English poetry seems to be subtly shifting. What I am observing is that syllabics is slowly becoming an option among poets of various persuasions. That is why you will find poets, in the middle of a collection, writing a series of syllabic poems. I first intuited this when I ran across some fibonacci poems in the collection Olives by A. E. Stallings. I never expected to see Stallings compose in a syllabic form because she is so skillful and secure in the traditional metrical approach. Nevertheless, she decided to apply her skills to a syllabic form.
Syllabics seems to occupy a congenial middle ground today and is, therefore, able to attract the interest of poets who are rooted in very different approaches to poetry. Metrical poets, like Richard Wilbur and A. E. Stallings seem to be at ease composing in syllabics. I think this is because syllabics are, in a sense, formal, meaning constrained by counting. This is recognizable by traditional poets and gives them a point of entry into a syllabic form.
Free verse poets, such as Haydn Carruth, find syllabics congenial, but I think the point of entry differs. For a free verse poet it is the lack of required rhyme or metrical emphasis which resonates with their own usual approach. For a free verse poet the aspect of counting is new; but there is enough that is familiar that the counting doesn't seem to be too much of a hindrance. I'm speaking from personal experience here as I started out writing free verse and then moved to a syllabic approach.
Katherine Hastings is a free verse poet who, in her latest collection, Nighthawks, has ventured into composing syllabic haiku. Hastings is the Poet Laureate of Sonoma County and hosts a poetry series called 'Word Temple'. Like other free verse poets who venture into syllabics, Hastings brings her honed skills in writing free verse to her syllabic haiku.
Nighthawks appears to contain two centers of attention. The first are poems centered on nature, and the second are more personal, more first person, even when the first person pronoun is not used.
A good example of Hastings's nature centered poetry is 'Moonrise':
The fog lying in over the mountains
is black. Is lined with ice. Is its own
mountain of snow.
Ten p.m. One planet to the southwest
shimmers copper and rose.
The mockingbird is silent as the night
lights up like day and the moon asks
who is braver.
The poem moves from this naturescape to a contemplation on how our lives are in mists and shadows and shrouds, drawing out the connections between the landscape and the lives we live. It is an elegant metaphoric exploration. And there are wonderful sonic resonances in the poem, like the near rhyme of 'snow' and 'rose'. Three of the lines end in the 'er' sound: braver/matters/silver. The poem draws you in to your own interior and the way one's relationships always have a mysterious and hidden dimension.
Here is another of her nature centered poems, 'A Walk in the Park':
All day the yellow sun falls on the hills.
bunchgrass and blueberries pour down the slope.
Last night coyotes trotted past scattered oaks
climbing to sky, sang of the catch. Rabbit,
rabbit, possum, fawn.
The quatrains of this poem are basically ten-syllables, with plus or minus 1 on occasion. It is constructed in a manner that leads the reader from one quatrain to the next; only one quatrain, out of eight, ends in a period. Yet the run-ons don't feel disruptive to the form. Partly because of sonic resonances used to signal the end of a line: the slope/oaks in the quote above is an example.
Like 'Moonrise' this poem moves from a landscape into the human dimension, both personal and social. And again this is done gracefully, the reader doesn't feel this as a disruption. In addition to the move from the realm of nature to the human realm, there is also interwoven in the poem a sense of the dream dimension woven into the fabric. The poem ends by returning to the landscape:
I walk until the lopsided moon begins her weaving
over and under, under and over,
interlacing her lightfall of peace,
I walk until the nighthawks cry.
The focus on nature is a good foundation for composing haiku. The book is divided into four sections and the haiku are found in the fourth. There are eight haiku under the title 'Haiku Clouds'. I read this as a haiku sequence. I mean that each haiku can stand on its own, but when placed together they form what I think of as a 'haiku collage'. 'Haiku Clouds' continues with the features of the other poems in the collection; nature is emphasized and finding meaning in nature is a focus. And, again, the dream realm appears to be interwoven in the haiku sequence. This interweaving of realms is one of the aspects I find most attractive in her poetry. Here is the first haiku in the series:
Inside the blue eye
clouds like the ocean, the wind
Lone, pale survivors
The last line turns the haiku into a rich metaphor. The first two lines are descriptive, and like line 3, use metaphor, as well as simile, to enrich the experience; in the 'blue eye' of the sky we see clouds like the ocean. The wind is moving the clouds. Then line 3 gives us a turn and we move from the realm of nature into the human realm and the experience of being a 'survivor'. It is an intriguing turn to subjectivity. The word 'survivor' is an intense word with many resonances. There are personal survivals that we have endured, and social survivals from events like war that we hear about even if we are fortunate enough not to have participated in them. The way Hastings uses a naturescape as a way of launching us into our own interior is characteristic, but in a brief haiku the transition is more startling. This is a good example of juxtaposition in haiku, where two contrasting elements are brought together and illuminate each other.
As noted, in this haiku Hastings uses both metaphor and simile to enrich the overall effect of the haiku, increasing the complexity of meaning, turning the three lines into a multivalent fabric. In other haiku in the series she uses personification and further metaphor as well. I like the way Hastings integrates such poetic devices into her haiku in a way that feels natural.
Here are the two closing haiku in the sequence:
All day the clouds sing
under a sun like summer
a song high and vast
Sky's purest children
form moonlike blooms overhead,
fetch myriad dreams
Katherine Hastings
Spuyten Duyvil, New York


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With the recent casting of Vincent D'Onofrio as Kingpin in Marvel's Netflix series Daredevil, it's clear that Marvel Studios is putting some serious thought into the casting and preparation of their impending Netflix shows. Alongside other creations Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, Daredevil will crash onto the scene representing the "street level" characters of the Marvel movie-verse. "Street level" characters are essentially those heroes who operate in New York City, leaving the giant alien hordes and universe ending calamities to superheroes like the Avengers. The heroes that will be featured in Marvel's Netflix endeavor tend to focus their fights on ninjas, gangs, drug dealers, and kingpins, fighting hand to hand rather than firing off repulsor rays or Asgardian hammers.
Should this first round be successful, Marvel will most likely be looking for additional properties to add to the roster. I've come up with some ideas for other Marvel characters that would fall nicely into this stable of heroes in Hell's Kitchen, NYC.
Moon Knight has been called Marvel's answer to Batman on many occasions, and certainly, this is the case in a lot of ways. Marc Spector, Moon Knight's secret identity, is wealthy, dons a mask and cape to patrol the cityscape, and has no powers outside of his fighting prowess and gadgets, but there is one significant difference which separates Moon Knight from the Dark Knight. Moon Knight's nuts! Now granted, dressing up as a giant bat after your parents are murdered in front of your eyes in order to brandish your own style of justice certainly takes a dash of insanity to accomplish, but Mr. Spector suffers from split personality disorder. Moon Knight and Marc Spector are only two of the personalities bouncing around in his head, as he also has to share headspace with the personalities of Steven Grant the entrepreneur, Jack Lockley the taxicab driver, and Khonshu, GOD OF THE MOON. He's a weird character to be sure and in recent memory, had the personalities of Captain America, Wolverine, and Spiderman contending for his body (Marvel Studios owns one of those, so you could just replace the other two with Iron Man and Hulk).
In terms of villains who he could contend with, there's….Bushman! He also has to fight the likes of Chainsaw, Werewolf by Night (when else would a werewolf be?), and Midnight! ….Look folks, they can't all be winners, ok? The great thing about Moon Knight is the fact that he's his own supporting cast. Marc Spector is a one man show if Marvel were to play up the insanity angle. Recent creators, Warren Ellis and Declan Shavley, have created a Moon Knight who still retains his insanity, but fights a world that is just as crazy as he is. From technological underground monsters to supernatural dream corpses, Spector lives in a world of vignettes, as the audience is dropped into the middle of a story to hammer home the madness of his life. While Moon Knight is certainly off the beaten path for a major motion picture in the vein of Iron Man, I think it could find its home on Netflix.
Now bear with me on this one as there have already not one, not two, but THREE movies dedicated to the Punisher. Surely, after all these attempts, it's time to put the skull bearing sociopath to rest? Well my friends, you would be wrong as there is a wealth of stories and avenues that a show would be perfect for Mr. Castle's endeavors. As you probably already know, the Punisher is the story of Frank Castle, veteran of a few wars, who comes back to witness his family killed in front of his eyes during a day at the park. Vowing vengeance against law breakers, he vows to spend the rest of his days hunting and killing mafiosos, drug peddlers, and super villains in general. So what to cover that hasn't already been covered in the three movies? Well first off, it needs to be played 100% serious. Having the Punisher move someone's car so they get parking tickets isn't going to fly, as we need a Frank Castle who is drowning in misery and darkness. There's no light at the end of the tunnel for Castle and he knows it, methodically hunting each of his targets and sternly languishing in the actions he has to perform. Think of it as Dexter with heavy artillery.
The best example of the Punisher you can find was in the Marvel series entitled, Punisher Max. In it, the Punisher was almost a supporting character to an ensemble of characters and situations that would fall into his lap. From fighting a russian slave trade to a seemingly unstoppable mercenary named Barracuda, Castle's world was exceptionally black and white. What made these stories so strong was how not only did Frank come up against insurmountable odds, but also the lives of his enemies and regular people that were affected by the Punisher. When Castle saves a woman from the russian slave trade in the story arc, "The Slavers", you follow what happens in this woman's life shortly after, to devastating results. This would be a show that would be the first truly "Hard R" installment Marvel Studios would offer. Whether or not a Disney-backed Marvel would be willing to take the plunge is beyond me, but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.
Steering a bit back from the gloom and doom of the previous entries in this list, Cloak and Dagger are heroes who have bounced around the Marvel Universe but have never really found their footing in terms of retaining their own series. Sure, they've shown up in issues of Spider-Man and even been X-Men for the briefest of stints, but you'll be hard pressed to find a number of consecutive stories where the two hold sway. Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen are two teenagers who are injected with a synthetic drug that grants them super powers, allowing Tyrone/Cloak to access the "Dark Dimension" from his seemingly endless cloak and Tandy/Dagger to shoot daggers of light at enemies. Their names are a bit on the nose, sure, but their abilities and visuals are often quite compelling and they tend to offer a view of New York City that you wouldn't see as often from the likes of say Spider-Man or Daredevil.
Cloak and Dagger are essentially always on the run, fighting crime and trying to determine what they want to do with their lives. They're not in it for the fame or fortune, but it would certainly be nice as they're usually interacting with the homeless population of NYC. This would be the best way to present a potential Netflix series, again, focusing on an area of the Marvel universe that isn't often explored. Much like Moon Knight, they don't have much of a rogue's gallery to speak of, but there's plenty of options from the Marvel roster to toss their way. The most interesting part of the show would be to explore how truly alone these two characters are aside from having one another. Their powers make it impossible to function in everyday life, and there isn't an Xavier's School of the Gifted for them to rely on in the Marvel movieverse. They would definitely be up there in possibilities for offering a fresh take through the Netflix deal.
Man, is Sleepwalker ever weird! One of Marvel's 90's creations, Sleepwalker tells the story of an alien who inhabits the body of 20-something Rick Sheridan, who uses their newfound relationship to fight crime on the streets of New York City. The catch? Sleepwalker can only appear once Rick goes to sleep. Should Rick wake up, Sleepwalker instantly disappears, only able to re-emerge after Rick has conked out once again. As a kid in the 90's, devouring any comic book I could get my hands on, Sleepwalker was one of those concepts and characters that was so out there, I had to get the next issue every month and really, its the best way to play it for a potential series. The concept itself is so ridiculous that you would have plenty of opportunities to play up for laughs as Rick desperately tries to knock himself out to stop a fire or save a kitten in a tree by using an alien who doesn't really get mankind all that well to begin with. Sleepwalker as a concept contains so many different moving pieces, such as the fish out of water story with the alien, the growing up a teenage hero with Rick, and fighting crime on the streets of New York City.
Sleepwalker has had an appearance here and there since his original series was canceled during the 90's comic boom, but its hardly been much to speak of. Its a concept and character that a Netflix series could approach with a new take, injecting new life into something that has languished for a few decades. Plus, who doesn't want to see a frog faced hooded crime fighter burst forth from a teenage boy's head??


text: Playing outdoors has obvious advantages not least the health benefit. But there is so much more. The physical development is vital for young, developing bodies and the freedom to explore their environment is immeasurable in terms of developmental stages. Children learn gross motor skills, balance, co-ordination, spatial awareness, teamwork, sharing and independence to name but a few of the skills, that being outside can promote. It broadens horizons and gives confidence whilst stretching their imagination. As a child gets older being outside with outdoor toys and games develops competition skills, both winning and losing, whilst continually improving physical well-being.


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Matthew Newsome is the director of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, NC, USA, where he has served since 1997. In 2004 he was invited into the Guild of Tartan Scholars and in December of 2009 agreed to join the board of Governors of the Scottish Tartans Authority. He has designed many tartans for families, individuals, and institutions, and publishes a monthly column on Highland dress in the Scottish Banner newspaper. He is also a kiltmaker, specializing in the style of the original tailored kilt of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century -- box pleated, containing on average four yards of cloth. He approaches Highland dress from the perspective of an historian, kilt maker, and a regular wearer of the kilt. His web site is www.albanach.org.


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sps ipc drives 2014: The exhibition covers 14 large halls and attracts more than 60,000 visitors.
The new hall 3A dedicated to the topics of drive technology and sensors, thus creating a link between the existing halls 3 and 4A.
As the exhibition has continued to expand, the themes covered by the various halls have altered. Industrial software has now been integrated into Hall 6 alongside mechanical infrastructure. Industrial communication is now accommodated in Hall 2, where topics such as industrial Ethernet and field bus systems are located. The entire hall 11 is now occupied by the Siemens stand.
The conference offers a first-class program with keynote speeches on the topics of Big data and Unconventional drives with smart materials. Forty-eight presentations, two keynote speeches and the R&D talk, a podium discussion on the topic of Opportunities and limitations of Industry 4.0, focus on practical and brand-independent dialog between development and application.
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The B&R ACOPOS P3 represents an impressive progression in automation technology. This three-axis servo drive allows space savings of up to 69% in the control cabinet.
In spite of its compact design, however, it also features a sampling time of 50 µs for the entire controller cascade. B&R claims that this makes it the fastest servo drive with safety functions on the market.
B&R presents the new ACOPOS P3 three-axis servo drive at the SPS IPC Drives
The Beckhoff EtherCAT plug-in module system of the new EJ series reduces assembly and wiring costs and replaces inflexible black-box solutions common in series machines. The principle: the flexibly combinable I/O plug-in modules can be chosen from a wide range and integrated in an application-specific distribution board. Prefabricated cable harnesses are used for connection to the machine or plant so that wiring errors will be minimised.
The signal distribution board replaces conventional point-to-point wiring between I/O and connector level.
eks Engel is presenting a new Industrial Ethernet Switch from the e-light 2MA-family, that fulfills the requirements of the Profinet conformance class B. Thus it can be fully integrated into automation systems such as TIA (Totally Integrated Automation) or CODESYS. Since the switch supports LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) it is automatically recognized by the programmable logic controllers and can be comfortably integrated into the automation system via GSDML files (General Station Description Markup Language) just as I/O devices.
In addition to six twisted pair ports (10/100 BASE-TX), two optical uplinks (100BASE-FX) are also available with which distances of up to 30 km can be bridged depending on the optical fiber type. Redundancy mechanisms such as MRP (Media Redundancy Protocol) enable high-availability ring topologies with a reconfiguration time of 200 ms and less.
The new switch from the e-light 2MA-family features two optical uplinks to cover distances of up to 30 km.
Kyland Technology is presenting the new serial device server SICOM 3005A. This server facilitates a seamless integration of serial devices into an Ethernet network. Thus transmission distances can be extended to any length and data can be analyzed on a PC or converted back into serial signals at the target location.
An integrated Ethernet switch offering comprehensive management, diagnostic and security functions as well as fast ring redundancy protocols, enables easy operation, saves space in the cabinet and reduces power consumption.
The Kyland SICOM 3005A has four serial connections and six Fast Ethernet ports, two of which are optional available for fiber optics.
Moxa presents a new class of Gigabit Ethernet switches at SPS/IPC/Drives 2014, the EDS E series, for use in large-scale networks to converge field applications in extreme industrial environments.
In addition to Level 4 EMS protection, severe shock/vibration resistance, and new thermal fin design that can reduce switch temperatures (5°C or more), the EDS E series has many user-centric features to significantly improve network manageability, and the new hardware designs are engineered to provide an unprecedented level of switch reliability for industrial applications.
An integrated Ethernet switch offering comprehensive management, diagnostic and security functions as well as fast ring redundancy protocols, enables easy operation, saves space in the cabinet and reduces power consumption.
The EDS E series features extreme robustness with Class 1, Div. 2/ATEX Zone 2, DNV, NEMA TS2, EN 50121-4, and IEEE 1613 Class 2 compliance.
The Ethernet extender from Phoenix Contact can use existing copper wires to easily establish redundant Ethernet ring structures with data rates of up to 15 Mbps. This means that old systems can be cost-effectively retrofitted with Ethernet networks. There is no need to lay any new network cables.
Ethernet communication over distances of up to 20 km instead of the usual 100 m is also possible. In addition to the cost savings, the short commissioning time is a further plus point. Once they have been wired, the devices automatically detect whether they are in a point-to-point, line or ring topology and configure themselves accordingly. Old systems can be retrofitted with an Ethernet ring structure quickly, easily, and without any Ethernet expertise.
Ethernet Extender allow communication over distances of up to 20 km.
Protocol conversion is a key element needed to make the concept of the Connected Factory a reality, empowering plant managers to adapt existing equipment including drives, PLCs and HMIs. Crimson 3.0 software from Red Lion now offers communication support for more than 300 industrial protocols.
With just a few clicks, Crimson converts protocols for disparate industrial devices, allowing them to share work-in-process, machine status and other information. Deployed on Red Lions Graphite HMI panels, ProducTVity Station, Data Station Plus or other industrial automation offerings, Crimson gives organizations the ability to easily integrate almost any PLC, PC or SCADA system for data collection, monitoring and control of factory floor equipment from different manufacturers.
Crimson 3.0 offers support for over 300 industrial protocols that vary from proprietary to open-source.
Renesas Electronics presents its Connect it! Ethernet R-IN Solution Kit. The new kit is an evaluation tool for industrial Ethernet networking. It includes all the hardware and software components system manufacturers need to set up industrial Ethernet slave networks and serves as a starting point for their own developments. The solution kit facilitates integration and helps system manufacturers get their products on to Europes industrial Ethernet market faster. It is based on IARs KickStart Kit for Renesas R-IN32M3-EC industrial Ethernet communication chip.
Renesas R-IN32M3 series supports multiple protocols such as EtherCAT, CC-Link IE, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, CANopen and others from a single device.
With the new Sitop PSU8600 Siemens presents its next-generation power supply system: It is the first power supply capable of being completely integrated in networked automation applications and the Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal). This reduces the outlay for engineering and operation considerably. The Ethernet/Profinet interfaces enable users to individually set voltage and current for up to 16 outputs, for example. Depending on requirements additional modules, such as those for buffering short power failures, can be added without wiring effort. Several integrated functions support condition monitoring and power data acquisition, thus enhancing both availability and efficiency. For this reason, the Sitop PSU8600 is particularly suitable for industries that have high requirements in terms of reliability and integration, such as automotive, food and beverages, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in plant and custom machine building.
With the new Sitop PSU8600 Siemens presents its first power supply capable of being completely integrated in networked automation applications.
Softings new dataFEED OPC Suite combines OPC Server and OPC Middleware functionality into one compact software solution. The user interface with intelligent, practice-oriented default settings and intuitive user guidance is designed to make it easy for plant manufacturers and maintenance engineers to quickly configure OPC communications. The highly scalable dataFEED OPC Suite provides users with the flexibility to pick and choose only those components that perfectly fit the application requirements.
The dataFEED OPC Suite supports numerous industrial communication protocols and offers connectivity to legacy and modern controllers from leading manufacturers like B&R, Siemens, Rockwell, Mitsubishi, or Schneider Electric.
The integrated OPC Middleware components provide the necessary platform to seamlessly integrate OPC communications into a larger context.
The Softing dataFEED OPC Suite combines OPC Server and OPC Middleware functionality into one compact software solution.
The new 750-889 KNX IP Controller from WAGO is designed as a smart solution for state-of-the-art building and system automation. The WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM 750 Series Controller has been upgraded with a more powerful processor than its predecessor. With a program memory that has doubled in capacity and data memory that is four times larger, the controller is capable of managing even the most complex control tasks. It can be incorporated directly into an Ethernet line topology via its integrated 2-port switch.
The freely programmable 750-889 KNX IP Controller can link, control, regulate and monitor all KNX devices from a variety of building systems. When paired with WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM 750 I/O modules, other sensors, actuators and sub-buses (e.g., DALI and EnOcean) can also be integrated. The router function, in combination with the TP1 Module, automatically connects the KNX two-wire bus system to Ethernet networks. This permits building or system operation via a local network or the Internet.
The WAGO 750-889 KNX IP Controller can link, control, regulate and monitor all KNX devices from a variety of building systems.
The RedFox Industrial Rack (RFIR) from Westermo is a new generation of industrial routing switch, designed for high network traffic applications. Four new switch configurations are available that can be further customised with SFP transceivers. The RFIR range runs efficiently on AC or DC power and has 19 or 27 ports, including 11 gigabit ports. The RFIR has a MTBF of 297,000 hours ensuring a long service life. The design is developed for use in heavy duty industrial applications and has been tested by both Westermo and external test houses to meet EMC, isolation, vibration and shock standards, all to the highest levels.
The RedFox Industrial Rack range is powered by the Westermo WeOS network operating system which is now delivered in 70 different models in the Westermo range. WeOS has been developed by Westermo to allow us to offer cross platform and future proof solutions. WeOS can deliver unique IP security functionality for this class of product, for instance a Multiport DMZ can be constructed by utilising the firewall function available in every port. Remote secure access to a network can be provided using encrypted VPNs.
The RFIR is a high performance layer 3 industrial Ethernet switch designed for high network traffic applications.


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UT Men's Basketball
J'Covan Brown leads the Horns against North Texas and Sam Houston State
By Mark Fagan, Fri., Nov. 25, 2011
On Monday morning, for the second consecutive week, J'Covan Brown (pictured) was selected as the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week. On Monday night in East Rutherford, N.J., with just more than 9 minutes remaining, he committed a costly technical foul (his fifth personal foul) forcing his ejection from the game. Brown's absence on the court opened the door for North Carolina State to take control of the game, picking up the 77-74 win over the Horns. Brown (who is averaging 26.3 points, 7.5 assists, and 4.8 boards through four games) will certainly learn from this mistake and hopefully take out his frustration on UT's opponents and not the refs this weekend at the Erwin Center. Check www.texassports.com for UT's Black Friday men's and women's basketball holiday packs.
Vs. Sam Houston State: Sat., Nov. 26, 7pm. Vs. North Texas: Tue., Nov. 29, 7pm. Frank Erwin Center, 1701 Red River. $8-40.


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This podcast is an interview with Ruslana Westerlund, the creator of the ELL Bill of Rights (ellbillofrights.com) and the keynote speaker at the "Co-teaching and Collaboration Conference" in St Paul, Minnesota on 12 Nov 2010, at the School Community of Excellence. Ruslana is an educator originally from Ukraine, and has worked for years with English Language Learners. She is focused on educating teachers as well as students about the rights they have in the United States as ELLs. Her website is "a place where students, teachers, community members, or anyone else passionate about equity and advocacy for English learners can choose tools that send the message of empowerment. The tools you will find here will help you empower and advocate for your English Learners. These tools are great conversation starters. Engage with your community in courageous conversations! Wear a t-shirt! Start talking! Serve as a "spokesperson for the welfare of all learners in a multicultural context." In addition to sharing our interview in this podcast, I also share a poem and story which Ruslana sent to me and asked I include in this recording. Many of our classrooms are more diverse than ever, and the information about which Ruslana is passionate to share is critical for us all to understand. In becoming more aware of ELL rights and effective strategies to help second language learners, we can all become better educators for all our students.
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- The ELL Bill of Rights by Ruslana Westerlund
- Facebook: Educators of English Learners EELLike
- On Twitter: @EllBillofRights
- My text notes from Ruslana's 12 Nov 2010 keynote: "English learners in the digital age: natives, immigrants or outsiders"
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