UH, NASA study 4.4 billion-year-old moon samples
Inside a machine the size of a refrigerator, a 3.6 millimeter rock sat on the head of a nail, hundreds of thousands of miles away from its home on the moon.
On Friday at UH’s Energy Research Park, Professors Lori Hathon and Michael Myers examined lunar samples collected from the Apollo missions in hopes of gaining new insight into the formation of the moon.
With their recently purchased Micro CT machine, they were able to examine the internal structures of the rock without causing damage. The machine, which is usually used to examine pore structures of oil reservoir core samples, uses X-ray microscopy to penetrate the layers of rock and create a 3-D computer reconstruction.
“Without having to destroy the sample, we can look at a region of interest at an extremely high resolution,” said Hathon, an assistant professor of petroleum engineering. “You look at this tiny sample and you have no idea, but you can interrogate the interior of it with this tool.”
Their findings provide an inside look at not only the composition of the moon, but also the story of how the moon came to be.
“This scan gives us clues to the violent history of the formation of the moon,” said Daniel Coleff, a Ph.D. student and NASA employee who orchestrated the collaboration. “The presence or absence of certain structures, like bubbles or patchworks of high and low density rock in a sample can provide a lot of information about the fashion and environment in which the rocks were formed.”
Hathon hopes to receive permission to analyze NASA’s samples using a transmitted light microscope to gain further insight into the moon’s composition.
“If we were to scan the sample at different energies, we could unravel the mineral composition, understand how these phases are distributed in three dimensions and build a model for predicting properties of the moon,” Hathon said.


This is a very crisp Marlin Standard 38 centerfire revolver with serial number 8284 and is matching numbers. It retains over 85% original nickel finish. It has very good mechanical function and a very good bore, bright and shiny with frosting. The only nickel missing is a small amount just above the top of the grips on both sides. The barrel to frame is very tight. A total of 12000 were made from 1876-1887. My guess is this was made between 1879 and 1882.


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Are you looking for a book your entire family will enjoy? Try Wonder by R.J. Palacio. August Pullman wants only to be normal, but with his severe congenital facial abnormality, sometimes normal is just out of reach. To the people who know him and love him, it is not his abnormality that makes him stand out; it is his curious, kind, and very brave heart.
August has chosen to stop being home schooled and to enter a real junior high school; a task fraught with enough emotional drama to stagger even the hardiest of souls. But August perseveres. His loving family, especially his sister Olivia, his teachers, and his classmates are portrayed in an open realistic voice. While August is the main narrator, several chapters are told from other viewpoints. Wonder is located in the Children’s Fiction Collection, but is suitable for all ages.

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A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic and published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably compulsive gambling or hypersexuality.
That may make grandpa a lot more interesting in doses but hedonistic, destructive behavior can be life-altering for the family members no amused by those antics, like the wife who finds her house mortgaged to have gambling money.
Dopamine agonists are a class of drugs that include pramipexole and ropinirole. They are commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease, but low doses also are used for restless legs syndrome. They uniquely stimulate brain limbic circuits, which are thought to be fundamental substrates for emotional, reward and hedonistic behaviors.
The study extends findings from two Mayo case series published in 2005 that reported a connection between dopamine agonist medications and compulsive gambling or hypersexuality.
"The 2005 case series alerted us that something bad was happening to some unfortunate people. This study was done to assess the likelihood that this effect would happen to the average Parkinson's patient treated with these agents," says J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., Mayo Clinic psychiatrist who spearheaded the new study.
The researchers analyzed the medical records of patients with Parkinson's disease residing in counties surrounding Rochester, Minn., who received their primary neurological care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester between 2004 and 2006. This group included 267 patients. Of those, 66 were taking dopamine agonists for their Parkinson's disease. Of those 66, 38 were taking the drugs in therapeutic doses (doses expected to be at least minimally beneficial).
The findings were definitive. Seven patients experiencing new-onset compulsive gambling or hypersexuality were taking dopamine agonists in therapeutic doses. None of the other Parkinson's disease patients developed compulsive gambling habits or hypersexuality, including the 28 patients on subtherapeutic dopamine agonist doses or the other 201 patients not taking dopamine agonists. None of the 178 patients treated only with the standard drug for Parkinson's disease, carbidopa/levodopa, developed these behaviors.
"It is crucial for clinicians prescribing dopamine agonists to apprise patients as well as their spouses or partners about this potential side effect. The onset can be insidious and overlooked until life-altering problems develop," says J. Eric Ahlskog, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist who co-authored and treated many of the patients in the 2005 study. "It also is worth noting that the affected patients were all taking therapeutic doses. Very low doses, such as those used to treat restless legs syndrome, carry much less risk."
"For some patients, a reduction in the dose of the dopamine agonist may prove to be sufficient treatment," says Dr. Ahlskog, "although total elimination of the offending drug is often necessary."
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Back in July, two writers and statisticans for FiveThirtyEight analyzed how Major League Baseball teams “blow” their money. These two smartypants compared the spending and the winning percentage of each season since 1985. Bottom line: more money generally means more wins.* * Yet in the future, I think that’ll change Read more here.
Woke up to this notification this morning: 126 days. We can do this…
Ah, my favorite holiday. Food, my whole family, food, lots of laughs, food, my grandparents’ cozy house, food, the annual dog show… Oh, did I mention food?! Here is Thanksgiving, explained by my favorite tag on giphy, #NewYorkMets
Mike Piazza is currently on 13 of 14 Hall of Fame ballots. 2016 is the year, Mike. I feel it. Former Mets @MikePiazza31 & @wagsk13wjs_e highlight the ‘16 HOF ballot. More on the ballot: https://t.co/0qsoKAzl02 pic.twitter.com/SnPJvbfp2H — New York Mets (@Mets) November 9, 2015
For this blog post, I will just refer you to my tweet on the subject. Terry Collins coming in THIRD for Manager of the Year JOKES JOKES JOKES — Cait (@CaitlinMaryMcC) November 17, 2015
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Major League Baseball faces its first encounter with domestic violence. My favorite player of all time, Jose Reyes, was arrested this past Halloween for an alleged domestic violence dispute. For more details about Reyes’ arrest, read here.
Baseball is business. For the New York Mets, the business moves made by the GM Sandy Alderson and the front office at the trade deadline paid off. If it weren’t for Yoenis Cespedes, Kelly Johnson, Juan Uribe, Tyler Clippard, etc., the Mets could not have made it to the World Series. Not only did these … More Off Season Trades: Less Is More
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Join us at the 95th Annual Greater New York Dental Meeting. It's one of the largest dental meetings in the United States with over 52,000 Attendees. GNYDM will feature some of the most highly regarded educators in the field of Dentistry, such as Dr. Marcus Johnson, Dr. Richard Trushkowsky, and Dr. Ross Nash. There's a choice of full-day seminars, half-day seminars, essays, hands-on workshops, glass-enclosed workshops on the exhibit floor, and a Live Patient Demonstration Area.
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Dr. Marcus Johnson
Dr. Marcus Johnson, DDS, MSD received his dental degree from New York University Dental School in 2008 and went on to earn a certificate in Endodontics and a Master of Science in Dentistry degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2011. Dr. Johnson is a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and serves as head endodontic attending for the General Practice Residency Program at Interfaith Medical Center Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He also maintains a private dental practice limited to Endodontics.
Dr. Richard Trushkowsky
Dr. Trushkowsky is a clinical assistant professor of the CDE Advanced Aesthetic Program and Associate Director of International Aesthetics, New York University College of Dentistry. He maintains a private practice in Staten Island, NY. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, the Academy of Dental Materials, both the International and American College of Dentistry, Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is a lecturer in the ADA Seminar Series. He is an evaluator for CRA and a senior consultant for the dental advisor He wrote a chapter on direct composites in Mosby’s Esthetic Dentistry and a chapter on indirect restorations in Dental Clinics of North America. He has patents on 2 instruments for achieving contacts and curing posterior composites.


Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids
del Castillo Torres, D
Honorio Coronado, EN
De Vleeschouwer, F
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article.
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are membrane-spanning lipids from Bacteria and Archaea that are ubiquitous in a range of natural archives and especially abundant in peat. Previous work demonstrated that the distribution of bacterial branched GDGTs (brGDGTs) in mineral soils is correlated to environmental factors such as mean annual air temperature (MAAT) and soil pH. However, the influence of these parameters on brGDGT distributions in peat is largely unknown. Here we investigate the distribution of brGDGTs in 470 samples from 96 peatlands around the world with a broad mean annual air temperature (−8 to 27 °C) and pH (3–8) range and present the first peat-specific brGDGT-based temperature and pH calibrations. Our results demonstrate that the degree of cyclisation of brGDGTs in peat is positively correlated with pH, pH = 2.49 x CBTpeat + 8.07 (n = 51, R2 65 = 0.58, RMSE = 0.8) and the degree of methylation of brGDGTs is positively correlated with MAAT, MAATpeat (°C) = 52.18 x MBT5me’ – 23.05 (n = 96, R2 67 = 0.76, RMSE = 4.7 °C). 3 These peat-specific calibrations are distinct from the available mineral soil calibrations. In light of the error in the temperature calibration (~ 4.7 °C), we urge caution in any application to reconstruct late Holocene climate variability, where the climatic signals are relatively small, and the duration of excursions could be brief. Instead, these proxies are well-suited to reconstruct large amplitude, longer-term shifts in climate such as deglacial transitions. Indeed, when applied to a peat deposit spanning the late glacial period (~15.2 kyr), we demonstrate that MAATpeat yields absolute temperatures and relative temperature changes that are consistent with those from other proxies. In addition, the application of MAATpeat to fossil peat (i.e. lignites) has the potential to reconstruct terrestrial climate during the Cenozoic. We conclude that there is clear potential to use brGDGTs in peats and lignites to reconstruct past terrestrial climate
This research was funded through the advanced ERC grant “the greenhouse earth system” (T-GRES, project reference 340923), awarded to RDP. All authors are part of the “T-GRES Peat Database collaborators” collective. RDP also acknowledges the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. We thank D. Atkinson for help with the sample preparation. We acknowledge support from Labex VOLTAIRE (ANR-10- 22 LABX-100-01). Peat from Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego were collected thanks to a Young Researcher Grant of the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) to FDV, project ANR-2011-JS56-006-01 “PARAD” and with the help of Ramiro Lopez, Andrea Coronato and Veronica Pancotto (CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia). Peat from Brazil was collected with the context of CNPq project 482815/2011-6. Samples from France (Frasne and La Guette) were collected thanks to the French Observatory of Peatlands. The Canadian peat was collected in the context of the NSERC-Discovery grant of L. Rochefort. Peats from China were obtained under a National Natural Science Foundation of China grant (No. 41372033), awarded to Y. Zheng.
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record.
Available online 31 January 2017


Macrame is a kind of needlework which basis is a small knot. Originally it was used for connection of two threads. But, gradually becoming more complicated, this small knot got decorative value. Macrame technique is used to create diverse objects and according to their application one chooses corresponding material. Collars, cuffs and other thin laces are made of thin silk, capron or cotton threads.
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Eliminator Antennas Work with West Mountain Target Tuner
West Mountain Radio offers the best of both worlds, a position turns counter and a SWR based auto-tuner. This tuner remembers the frequency as well as the antenna position for 30 of your favorite nets. We have used one of these tuners for the past several years without any issues!
New Loading Coil for the 160 Meter Band
The newest product in the catalog is a 160 Meter accessory for the Eliminator Antenna and other screwdriver type antennas. It converts the 20 Meter to 80 Meter tuning range into full 160 Meter band coverage . It can be used on most screwdriver type antennas. For pictures. complete information and buying information, click on the link.
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We have reduced the number of Eliminator Antenna model offerings for 2017. The extended 10-160 range model proved to be too difficult to reproduce optimum resonance position tune settings in service. Our 160 Meter Loading Coil product will spread the entire 1800 KHz - 2000 KHz frequency range over the entire exposed coil length for any screwdriver antenna model and is our preferred replacement.
We have also discontinued the model without the turns counter magnetic switches. As of 9/27/2016 we had one left in stock. The 2016 catalog price for this model was $295.00. Please send an email to 'email@example.com' if interested in this last item. Most customers prefer using the standard magnetic switch model because it does not require a direct view of the antenna to QSY while in QSO. This antenna is compatible with the Ameritron / Tarheel antenna turns preset type of screwdriver controller. We still include a pre-wired 'two pole center-off' switch with all of our antennas if you have not purchased a controller.

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President, Student Government Council
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Morgan is a WSU Global Campus student pursuing an undergraduate degree in social sciences. As president of ASWSU Global, she leads the only online student government in the nation. The WSU Student Government Council, which she also heads, consists of student leaders from all WSU campuses, who are working to address system-wide issues.
While serving as a senator for ASWSU Global, Morgan successfully implemented an involvement program for Global Campus students. The program helped bridge the gap between online students and the University by creating a sense of community and connection.
As a first generation college student, Morgan can attest to the significance of WSU’s educational experience. She is honored to be a part of the effort in providing this valuable experience to all students.
Morgan is a native of Vancouver, Washington. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and dogs.

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To revitalize dwindling enrollment rates, while at the same time responding to the debate over the value of higher education, California is prepared to lead the way in offering “tuition free” college.
In February of this year, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that his city would become the first in the nation to make community college “free” for all its residents, regardless of income. In addition to covering the cost of tuition for all students, Lee’s plan would also give low-income students money towards the cost of books and other supplies ($500 for full-time students, $200 for part-time students).
“California is already the best state in the nation when it comes to meeting the needs of those who can’t afford to go to college,” said Marc Thomason, a retired financial aid counselor who started his own consulting business, Thomason Navigations, to help parents learn more about financial aid opportunities for their teenagers. “There are a handful of states that try to ease the burden, especially at the two-year level, but California has really done an amazing job for the last thirty years or so. I mean, just look at the BOG grants and the number of people taking advantage of them.”
Board of Governors grants (or “BOG” grants) are fee waivers that eliminate enrollment costs for low-income students. The California Community College Chancellor’s Office reported that 55% of the 2.1 million students enrolled in the state’s community college system in 2016 received a BOG waiver. This year, it’s estimated that the BOG program will cover $803 million in enrollment fees.
Despite this, however, California’s community college system—the largest in the nation—has been at the forefront of a nationwide trend of declining enrollment rates.
The most recent numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit educational research organization, show that enrollment rates have been declining nationally at a rate between 2% and 5% each year since 2010. During that same period, California’s community college rates have dropped roughly 21%, per a report done by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Some of the blame might lie at the feet of politicians like Lee and recent Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Both have made high-profile arguments criticizing the high cost of a college education, and some students might be discouraged to pursue something they’ve been repeatedly told is too expensive.
“I almost didn’t want to even try to go to college,” said first year Delta College student Daren Grier. “I kept hearing everybody talking about how expensive it was, but then it was like, I came over here [to Delta] and started asking questions and the counselor said I could get my fees paid. If it wasn’t for that, I don’t even know. But I had to ask.”
One way to eliminate the guesswork involved in planning for the costs associated with college would be to eliminate costs altogether.
Most plans, including Lee’s, propose covering tuition and most (if not all) expenses related to textbooks. Living expenses are almost always left up to the individual. This could change soon as well, at least in California.
Last month, Democrats in the state assembly introduced the “Degrees Not Debt” program, which would not only cover tuition in California, but living expenses for those at four year institutions as well. The proposal would be gradually implemented over the course of five years, but with the state budget deadline less than three months away it’s a longshot that lawmakers will be able to get the necessary funds allocated in the next fiscal year.
“There’s a lot of college debt out there,” said Thomason. “I don’t think it’s the only thing driving enrollment down, but I do know that it’s a concern.”
If imminent debt isn’t what’s keeping people away from college, then what is?
“It’s a different game now,” said Thomason. “It used to be, kids get out of high school and maybe don’t know what they want to do with their life (sic), and that’s okay. That’s what they spend the first year of [community] college doing, because the unit cost was only five dollars and they could swing it. But now, you’re talking thirty-five or forty-five dollars a unit so they feel like they better have some kind of idea going in, otherwise it’s going to get expensive.”


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Malcolm Smith promoted to Deputy Warden at Little Sandy Correctional Complex
Kentucky Department of Corrections Interim Commissioner Jim Erwin has announced that Malcolm Smith has been promoted to deputy warden at Little Sandy Correctional Complex (LSCC) in Sandy Hook.
"Malcolm Smith has demonstrated the skills necessary to be a valuable addition to the leadership team of Little Sandy,” said Erwin. “I am pleased to promote someone with such an excellent performance record and the experience needed to serve the department in this new role as deputy warden."
Smith began his career in corrections in October 2006 as a correctional officer at LSCC. Smith was a restricted housing officer for over a year prior to promoting to a classification and treatment officer in August 2009.
In this position he co-facilitated the Thinking for a Change program and taught InsideOut Dad. Smith also sponsored the Lifer’s Club. In August 2013 Smith was promoted to unit administrator I for a housing unit that includes the orientation dorm and the Substance Abuse Program (SAP).
In March 2015, Smith was promoted to unit administrator II for the same housing unit.
Smith graduated from Morehead State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. In 2013 he went through Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Investigator Training. He received LSCC’s achievement award in 2014. He is a member of the Laurel Gorge Chapter of the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency (KCCD).
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For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.17% against the CHF and closed at 0.9654.
On the data front, Switzerland’s trade surplus widened to CHF4.04 million in April, following a revised surplus of CHF3.96 million in the prior month.
In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 0.9665, with the USD trading 0.11% higher against the CHF from yesterday’s close.
The pair is expected to find support at 0.9637, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 0.9609. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 0.9703, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 0.9741.
Moving forward, traders would keep an eye on Switzerland’s ZEW survey – expectations for May, slated to release in a few hours.
The currency pair is showing convergence with its 20 Hr moving average and trading below its 50 Hr moving average.

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Agreement between methods expressed as the overlap of selected loci, over all experimental data sets. In general, the multi-locus approaches showed much more consistency with each other. The average percent overlap among RFPI, RFRSS, RFSF, SPLS, lasso, and elastic net was 49% (ranging from 31% to 67%), while HK and CIM had 17% of top loci in common.
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North Carolina Wedding Photography | The Bascom, Highlands
Kelly and Jay held their destination wedding in Highlands, North Carolina, and we were so excited to be a part of their day! We were especially happy to be working with Emily from Event Bliss again (Emily was the matron of honor in Kelly’s wedding too!). First, they got ready at The Highlands Inn Lodge. Then, they had a quite emotional first look near a beautiful waterfall. We decided to take advantage of North Carolina’s beauty and got some breathtaking bride and groom portraits. Next, Their wedding was held at The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts. They used colors navy, champagne, blush and gold to tie together all the gorgeous details for their reception. Check out their Highlight Video from Anchor Weddings at the bottom.
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Their LOVE Story: Our journey to our wedding day started all the way back in the 6th grade when we first met. Our first kiss occurred on our 8th grade trip to Washington, DC. It wasn’t until our sophomore year of high school though that Jay and I began dating, with him asking me out on my birthday at the Port Everglades’ jetties. Our relationship lasted through high school and into the first year or two of college. Being so young, we had so much yet to experience and after many sleepless nights and shed tears our relationship came to an end. Both Jay and I share so many close friends, so although we weren’t together we always remained connected to each other through them. No matter how much time passed, we always picked back up right where we left off. During our time apart, we grew and matured. Had relationships and break ups. All of which led us to where we are today.
A few years ago, we decided to start this love story back up again, with it being so familiar but yet so new to us. A year or so into our relationship, Jay was hospitalized. It was an exhausting, terrifying 10 days. That hospital stay though cemented our relationship and out of all the bad, came something so good. This is when Jay realized he better put a ring on this girl’s finger!
Thanks to all the vendors of their day:
Planner: Event Bliss
Hair & Makeup: Creative Concepts Salon
Catering: Tim Lundy, Rosewood Market
Cake: The Cake Connection
Band (Cocktail Hour): The Wellstrung Band
Videographer: Anchor Weddings
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For—I don’t know, 200 years?—the standard for presentations has been Microsoft’s PowerPoint. Ever since we dropped the overhead projector/transparency model, we’ve emphasized key points of our educational sessions with hard-to-read, badly designed bullet-point slides.
Although PowerPoint is still the most popular program, it has become the software we love to hate. That’s why we’re always looking for alternatives.
Prezi: Storytelling PowerPoint Alternative
Chances are you’ve seen a Prezi. The presentation is kind of like you have a giant whiteboard with all your information for your presentation. The presenter has a high-quality video camera. As she tells the story, the camera zooms in and out of relevant areas of the whiteboard, even rotating the camera into new areas to draw people’s attention to the right elements, then pulling back to show the big picture.
As with PowerPoint, your content will be organized by slides even though the final Prezi looks nothing like a slide-based presentation. Each slide represents where your Prezi will move next.
#NerdConfession: I just don’t like Prezi. So it zooms in and out and does a little twisting and turning. Big deal. It’s kind of a one-hit wonder. And frankly, it makes me a little dizzy, all that zooming around. I can do so much more with PowerPoint.
The free version of Prezi lets you create public presentations and share them online. Starting at $7 a month, you can keep your Prezis private, and $19+ a month gets you the software to create Prezis without an Internet connection.
PREZI UPDATE… The swirling presentation thingies are still there, but an upgrade they call Prezi Next now includes infographics, other documents and a really, really cool video tool. Click here to see my first Prezi Video, which happens to be a review of Prezi Video.
Sway: Microsoft PowerPoint Alternative… Created by Microsoft
Believe it or not, one of the coolest PowerPoint alternatives comes from… the creator of PowerPoint. Sway is a sleek presentation tool that enables you to create a slide deck that’s more like a flowing website, including dynamic content like embedded videos and social media posts. You can use it in place of traditional slides or let it stand alone.


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Let’s explore how this software becomes the secret weapon for boosting productivity:
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Field Sales Management Software is designed to simplify complex workflows. It automates repetitive tasks, ensuring that your sales team spends less time on manual processes and more time engaging with leads and closing deals. With streamlined workflows, productivity soars.
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Imagine having a pulse on your sales operations in real time. Field Sales Management Software provides instant insights into key metrics, allowing your team to make informed decisions on the fly. From tracking sales performance to adjusting strategies, real-time insights are a game-changer for productivity.
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Managing tasks efficiently is crucial for a productive sales team. This software often includes robust task management features, allowing reps to organize, prioritize, and track their activities. With a clear roadmap of tasks, your team operates with enhanced efficiency.
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Effective communication is the backbone of a high-performing sales team. Field Sales Management Software provides a centralized platform for communication, ensuring that everyone is on the same page. Whether sharing updates or collaborating on deals, improved communication fosters productivity.
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Building and maintaining strong customer relationships is a cornerstone of successful sales. This software often includes Customer Relationship Management (CRM) functionalities, enabling reps to track interactions, personalize approaches, and manage relationships efficiently – ultimately enhancing productivity.
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FOURTEEN years ago, Rebecca Smart picked up a Best Actress Logie for her performance as Bryan Brown's daughter in the mini-series The Shiralee.
Big things were predicted for the then 10-year-old, but Smart did not become the overnight teen sensation some predicted.
Fourteen years later, Smart has completed her education and continues to impress in a mix of guest and continuing roles in dramas such as Come in Spinner, Murder Call, Heartbreak High and All Saints, plus the occasional stage shows.
Last year she joined Water Rats as Constable Donna Janevski, the "kid at the desk" who seems to spend most of her time shuffling papers and answering the phones.
But Smart isn't disappointed. Rats is another stepping-stone in building her career.
"Sure, you're always keen to do a bit more, but when I came into the show I knew what I was there for," she says.
"Donna is really a facilitator for the other detectives. Things happen around her."
All that changes next Tuesday when Smart is very much front and centre in a storyline that sees Donna taken hostage by a convicted killer.
"It's the biggest break I've had since joining Rats and it was great to get the opportunity," she says. "It's the episode that allows me to show my progression as an actor."
It is also the episode in which Donna finally gets to share Sen-Constable Matthew Quinn's (Diarmid Heidenreich) bed.
"I guess, in a sense, we're the `young rats' and it's great to be able to develop that side of Matthew and Donna's relationship," Smart says.
"But above all, working on this show allows you to learn from people like Steve (Bisley) and hopefully continue to improve."
Smart says she's "no snob" when it comes to acting. Stage, TV, film—whatever the medium, she's happy to be a part of it.
"I enjoy stage, but it doesn't pay as well as TV," she says, chuckling. "I suppose most actors say they'd love to do movies, but they don't come along very often."
Each production, she says, has its own way of working. Her stint with the teen series Heartbreak High saw Smart, for the first time, dealing with method actors.
"They were into it, but I wasn't. It was hard for me to change after 12 years," she says. "But I'm not saying it wasn't beneficial for me, it just wasn't the way I'd done things.
"Quite often you have to work in ways you don't like, or are unfamiliar with, but that's the way it is. Why should it be different for me?
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A whistleblower who kicked off UK police pedophile probe Operation Fernbridge believes as many as 40 British MPs and peers were involved in or turned a blind eye to child abuse.
Peter Mckelvie, a retired child protection team manager, who has spent more than 20 years compiling evidence of alleged child abuse by people in authority, believes ten current and former politicians are on the list and that there is enough evidence to arrest at least one senior politician, reports the Daily Telegraph.
MPs and peers from all three main political parties are on the list including Cyril Smith and Sir Peter Morrison, who are now dead.
McKelvie was behind bringing Peter Righton, a notorious pedophile, to justice when he worked for Hereford and Worcester child protection team and believes that up to 20 MPs and Lords should be investigated.
“I believe there are sufficient grounds to carry out a formal investigation into allegations of up to 20 MPs and Lords over the last three decades, some still alive and some dead. The list is there,” he said.
And in a letter to his local MP Tony Baldry last month, McKelvie suggested that a further 20 may be implicated in covering up child abuse.
Although he does not suggest that any of the public servants either MPs or Lords colluded with each other.
It was Tom Watson MP who first raised the issue of child abuse by MPs and peers at Prime Minister's Questions in October 2012 as a result of information that McKelvie had passed to him.
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Watson spoke of “clear intelligence suggesting a powerful pedophile network linked to parliament and number 10.”
It was after Watson's intervention that the Metropolitan Police began Operation Fernbridge, an ongoing investigation about alleged child abuse at the Elms Guest House in Barns, South London.
It is understood that a Tory MP abused a child under the age of 10 at the guesthouse in the 1980s, but the alleged victim has so far refused to give a sworn witness statement to police.
Earlier this week it emerged that a separate file on an alleged Westminster pedophile network, which had been put together by the now deceased MP Geofrey Dickens, mysteriously gone missing after he handed it to the then Home Secretary Lord Brittan in 1983.
Labor MP Simon Danczuk, along with six other MPs, has written to the Home Secretary Theresa May demanding a public inquiry into the missing dossier and the people who had been named in it.
Mrs May said she has not ruled out an inquiry after the police finish their investigations and Prime Minister Cameron also tried to give reassurance that the issue would not be swept under the carpet.
“I've asked the permanent secretary at the Home Office to do everything he can to find answers to all of these questions and to make sure we can reassure people about these events. Its right these investigations are made. We mustn't do anything, of course, that could prejudice or prevent proper action by the police,” he said.
Separately it was reported Friday by the Telegraph that a senior Tory who is being investigated as part of Operation Fernbridge, was stopped by customs officials with child pornography in the 1980s but was never arrested.


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Ordigger wrote:BWahlberg wrote:PR isn't banned for life just like Alpha hasn't been either. Yeah they are blunt, abrupt, and mean to posters they disagree with but they've never taken their anger on egriz to a point where actual threats have been made. The mods have seen forwarded PM's and there's the well known public ones too that growler put up. Alpha, PR, and just about every other poster on that board has never taken it that far, that's what draws the line between him and others on there.
Not been here in awhile. From my perspective, without calling out specific names, there are 10-12 posters on egriz that have the same general attitude in how they post. In fact, Growler has not been the worse, IMO. I've had my run ins with him a bit (small scaled) but at least you know where he's coming from.
Multiple posters there do get away with personal attacks, and things that frankly should not be posted on any bulletin board. I've always thought it probably had to do with money. Who donates the most, is related to who gets away with the most. Only an idea. I know many Griz fans that have previously posted there, that no longer visit the site or only read it because of the antics of those posters.
I also know that until it gets cleaned up, that many people that potentially would donate, probably will not. Would be nice to see an alternative, and this site is sort of a hybrid blog/bulletin board.....still a bit brutal for the general masses.
You feelings on the subject are shared by many, and I received many PMs supporting my abilty to post there. But, you must understand that esugar.com has digressed into a semi-private circle-jerk for 8-10 posters who control everything that goes on there. They take over as mods to wield their power and climax over banning posters. You will notice that many of the former posters have stopped posting. It is indeed sad that the self-flagellating posters over there use that board as their private ego-enhancing power trip. I guess they don't get much respect from the wife and kids at home.


An Interview with MAROON 5 Pianist and Solo Artist, PJ MORTON!
Posted On 17 Jun 2015
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While many people may know the very talented PJ Morton as the pianist for Maroon 5, he also has a very successful solo career that he has been able to foster while being with the band. His latest album “Live Show Killer” will be out on July 17th via his label, Morton Records.
The collection was recorded in front of an intimate audience at the historic Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles in early May. Along with his band, The Crusade, PJ performed a special set including fan favorites, surprise covers and many songs from his 2013 album “New Orleans”.
In support of “Live Show Killer”, PJ will be touring throughout the US later this summer, including stops in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and his hometown of New Orleans. (See tour schedule below)
From his home in LA, I caught up with PJ for a few minutes. He called this time before the release of the album and the summer tour- “the calm before the storm”.
Your live recording last week at Henson Recording Studio was absolutely fantastic! Everyone in the crowd was loving it! What did it feel like for you playing there?
Oh wow, I’m so glad you could make it! Yeah, that room was great! That’s the “We Are The World” room! It was amazing. First, just the historic aspect and I do love history. It all connects us. I felt sort of connected to Quincy and MJ being able to record there. There were some good vibes in there for sure. Everyone came to have a good time and everybody came to expect good music. I had an amazing time.
When it comes to performing live, what sort of venue do you prefer at play at? An intimate show like that or a bigger amphitheater type show? What are the challenges or benefits of either?
I don’t think I have a preference. Performing in front of 20,000 is as exhilarating but in a different way. You don’t get to look everyone in the eye the way you can at an intimate setting. But it’s amazing to have 20,000 people sing along with you. You can’t beat that! But then you can’t beat the intimate setting that can feel almost like it’s a party. I like them both in different ways. They are like my children, I can’t pick a favorite. (Laughter)
Tell me about your upcoming album. When will you release it and what can we expect from it?
Well, it’s coming out next month and I’m excited to get on the road and tour with it. I think what you can expect a combination. The reason I just didn’t want to do a live album was because it’s been a dozen times already. I wanted to create a different experience, something from the audience’s perspective and just as far, the way we capture and record it. It’s going to be a mixture of a live and studio album. While it will have the live aspect of the audience and that energy, we were also able to manipulate and move things around too. I am really excited about what I’m about to give to the world. It’s gonna be a cool combination that hasn’t been done before.
The album is called “Live Show Killer”. It’s a nickname that fans have given me through the years. While I’m a rookie and laid back and almost shy sometimes with strangers, on stage, I feel kind of like a super hero and I feel like I can conquer the world. So yeah, I embrace it now that I am the Live Show Killer.
In 2013, you released your major label debut, “New Orleans”. How do you think you and your music has grown since that collection?
I think “New Orleans” was sort of a re-discovery. I had been this independent artist for a number of years. So, finally I had this major label release. It was kind of like a starting over in a way and rediscovering who PJ was. It’s really the reason why I named it “New Orleans” – my place of birth and it’s where I fell in love with music and where I learned how to write songs and where I became the musician I am now.
This new album is really a natural progression of getting back to who PJ is. I thought in order to start all that, I should do a live thing because that’s really who I am. The stage is my natural habitat, more then the studio more then anything else. That’s really where I become who I really am. I think I’ve grown in that way. I want people to know that I’m this performer and musician who lives on stage.
You earned a Grammy for your hit single, “Only One” which features Stevie Wonder. What it was like working with him? Did it exceed all your expectations?
It’s still crazy to me when people tell me that I have a song with Stevie Wonder. It was a dream come true. When I was deciding that I wanted to be an artist, Stevie was who I looked up to. I was this keyboard player who sang a little bit and wrote songs. I thought well, Stevie is the best at all that, so I better look to him. So to have worked with him is full circle. Even now, it’s still surreal. That was and is my hero. It’s unexplainable.
You’ve also worked with India. Arie on one of her albums. How did that happen?
That was really my introduction to the world. I was in college at Moorehouse. India and I were living in the same apartment complex and there was a piano in the lobby. I was playing it and she came down (this is before her first album came out so I didn’t know who she was). She started talking about the industry and she started singing “Ribbon In The Sky” and I instantly became a fan. She told me that she had just signed with Motown. We became friends and that’s kinda how it all happened. That started it all for me. I was still in college and her album went on to win a Grammy. So that was a big introduction for me! I don’t even think I fully understood what was happening because it all happened so fast.
Growing up, did you always want to be a performer?
Well, yes and no. I always wanted to be a musician and perform on stage but I was very shy before I started to sing. I would get very nervous to sing infront of people for a long time. My ultimate dream was to play for some big artist, to play the keyboard for a big artist and tour the world and doing that. I thought that was what I was going to do. Then I started to write songs and I felt like the songs didn’t fit anyone else but me so it kind of forced me to become an artist. Then I got more and more comfortable. Yeah, I would get so nervous and shake. I really didn’t want to be performer but I slowly embraced it and kind of became who I am now.
I was about 8 years old when I started playing the piano. I started playing for other people when I was about 14. That’s when I got serious.
What artists have consistently inspired you?
Stevie Wonder of course. Kanye West is someone who I’ve been impressed by. He always has integrity in whatever he puts out there as far as his music is concerned. I’m always inspired by it because he is always ahead. Janelle Monae is a friend of mine who I’ve watched grow and I’m always inspired by. I love her. I listen to a lot of music. Oh, Jazmine Sullivan is one of my all-time favorite singers too.
Who would be your dream duet?
I think from a production stand-point, I would love to work with Pharrell Williams and Kanye West at some point. It would be cool to see what kind of combination and what kind of merge we can come up with together. Not really a duet but I’d love to make music with those guys.
How do you balance all your solo work and then working with Maroon 5? How do you fit everything in your schedule?
It’s hard when you are creative because there is a hard schedule with Maroon 5. It used to be harder but now that Adam’s got The Voice, there are built in taping times that he’s got to do. So we see that on the schedule and I play with that time. Thank God The Voice never stops taping so I always have time. During my last break, I wasn’t really writing at all but this time around, I am working constantly when I have those time gaps. I’m just using all my free time. It keeps me inspired. I love it so it makes it easy.
Have Adam and the other Maroon 5 members always been supportive of your solo career from the very beginning?
They are fully supportive. Adam was actually featured on my “New Orleans” album on “Heavy” so yeah. This is nothing I ever asked for, it just sort of happened.
On our last tour, I actually did double duty, I opened for the band as PJ Morton and then Kelly Clarkson and then we closed with Maroon 5. And they really don’t have to do that. They don’t have to let me open for them. They do it because they support me. I also opened up for them on the European tour. The guys and Adam are fully supportive. We are real friends, we aren’t just band-mates. Those are some of my best friends. The train is definitely not stopping anytime soon with those guys. I have no reason to leave Maroon 5. I love being there. They are great guys. As long as the people want that music, we’ll keep creating it. I don’t see any reason to stop doing either.
So far, what do you think has been your biggest accomplishment?
I used to have bucket lists… play SNL, win a Grammy... I feel like a big accomplishment for me was working with Stevie Wonder. A lot of people don’t get to perform with someone who is responsible for getting them on their journey. So for me, that was kind of like the ultimate. That kind of made me feel like I needed to dream bigger. My dream was to play SNL once and I have played it 3 times now. The options were never on my radar. I’m just so grateful for my life and things that have come up. I’m in a great position and God has looked out for me. I guess if I had to pick one, it would be working with Stevie. It was really huge. I felt accomplished after doing that. Like if I didn’t do anything else, I was good.
What do you hope is the general message of your music?
Love is a big thing. I think love isn’t as popular as it used to be. I want to keep pushing that. I think love will solve all of the problems of the world. I definitely want people to take away that from the album. And also that being an individual is something that I want to campaign for the rest of my life. I want people to understand that they can be exactly who they are supposed to be. Make the music exactly as they how hear it and feel it and let it be that. Be an individual. I feel like we are in an age where so many people are seeking trends and chasing what’s already out there and what’s already on the radio. But I think its important to instill in everybody to be an individual. If you try to be somebody else, you miss out being something that only you can do. So yeah, those two things, love and being an individual.
PJ Morton Upcoming Tour Dates:
07/09/15 Oklahoma City @ Avenue 101
07/17/15 New Orleans @ Howlin’ Wolf
07/18/15 Chicago @ The Promontory
07/27/15 Washington DC @ Howard Theater
07/29/15 New York City @ Highline Ballroom
07/30/15 Philadelphia –@ World Café Live
08/07/15 Atlanta @ Centerstage
08/20/15 Durham @ Motorco Music Hall
08/21/15 Charlotte @ The Chop Shop
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carol hennessy, md
They did not offer this as the cure-all. Heelllllooooo! Any body home? Have you heard of prevention?.
Charles Cusumano, PA-C, DFAAPA
Alternative medicine, the bane of my existence. I caâ€™nt begin to tell you the problems Iâ€™ve seen with herbals and particularly coumadin users. You get the point..
charles d. lefler, md
Dear Dr. Wes,
Your vitriolic observations convince me only that your ego is threatened. The professionals you denegrate seem far better known than you. I wonder why. Do you have an anger problem? Do you have patients that do the recommendations that are in the package inserts for the statins and get better without ;the statins?.
richard campanile, d.o.
Dear Dr. Wes,
I am a retired Geriatrician and found your comments upon Dr. Ornish's and Dr. Chopra's work interesing. I seem to remember during my thirty years of practice that we were encouraged in the journals to counsel patients on diet, exercise, and stress control. We were told that these programs could help reduce cardiac disease and mortality.
Were we wrong all these years and was cardiac stenting and bypass surgery the answer after all?
I would surmise that you might advise that all smoking cessation programs be discontinued and that we rely solely on nicotine patches and Chantrix because there may be ulterior motives in promoting this approach..
Their viewpoints start with the assumption that a high percentage of cardiac patients have the ability to make dramatic lifestyle changes. How is the Obama administration going to handle one dollar double cheese burgers in a deep economic recession? Most patients with severe disease suffer from depression. Personal responsibility? If the government could not convince thousands of New Orleans residents to flee Katrina, avoiding death, how will they eliminate generational terrible diet, alcohol abuse and no exercise?.
David Boguslavsky, MD
Can't say I agree. Lumping all alternative medical treatments into one basket is akin to lumping all of western medicine into one basket as well, appendectomies with ECT for depression.
There are for sure interactions between herbs and meds, but it would be foolish to say there are no interactions between the meds we happily prescribe our patients that they use everyday with our blessing.
Although intellectually convenient to bunch all alternative medicine together and call it crap, I'd say it is important to be fairly specific in terms of our thinking and the recommendations we issue our patient regarding complementary medicine.
It has been my experience that traditional medicine is phenomenal in terms of dealing with organic problems our patients present with. I'll also be the first to say it fails miserably in it's approaches to functional symptoms. Unfortunately, the latter are much more prevalent than the former. How many functional headaches do you have to see before you see a case of a brain tumor?
As a physician who uses acupuncture successfully within a traditional family medicine practice, I can offer you personal testimony that patients receive the best care when the physician is open to alternatives beyond pill-popping.
I do my best not to shade my patients expectations when they ask me about a specific therapy they'd like to try, that I know nothing about. I simply recommend for them to be an intelligent consumer and decide in advance and put down on paper their ultimate goals for that therapy, and the duration of time they are willing to try it, before results are evaluated. If the therapy fails during that time, cut the losses and consider it unsuccessful.
eloquently put. Thank you..
nancy j. anderson
I find it amusing that physicians facing the same skepticism that alternative practices have faced for many years are becoming defensive about their own practices. Check in with the Federal Bureau of Statistics and you will discover that approximately 51% of our population favors these alternative options. I beleive in an integrated approach using the best of both philosophies, with the ultimate decision of the care received being the patients. Both sides of this argument are skewing information and statistics to their own advantage instead of working together to provide the best quality of life to the ones who really matter: the client/patient. Cheer up - the clients I talk to on a daily basis seem to want access to both and understand the validity and risks they take with either. .
I think we have to be careful what we're calling "alternative medicine." I would argue that "traditional medicine" includes therapies for "prevention," palliative and hospice care, smoking cessation recommendations, and the like. To suggest (as these authors do) that other therapies (yoga, herbal remedies, eating more fruits and vegetables, etc.) could prevent prostate CA or cardiovascular disease by 90% on the basis of a case-control study has not ever been substantiated by more thorough peer-reviewed study..
What is the difference between Alternative Medicine and traditional medicine? You guessed right! The Statistics! Overflowing with Statistics, what is called E.B.M. (Evidence Based Medicine). Does not mean that you are right. Alternative Medicine, due to lack of funds, has to rely on case reports. .
shimon ninio, md
Doctors are harassed by paper work, malpractice threats and suits at the whim of lawyers in partnership with patients in need of easy wealth. Ignorant pharmacists and pharmacy technicians interfere in medical decisions, are given full power, at the same time suffering from megalomania. Medical Boards requiring a perfect human being with constant threat of loosing one's license. Having to find time and listen to stupid CME lectures. Who would want to study medicine plus 3-4 years of low-paid hard work in hospitals and then have to pass a State Board Exam, a National Board, a Specialty Board and re-certifications. All of this to help people! Patients prefer to have invasive procedures and surgeries, take medications and continue to pursue unhealthy diets and life style. How are you going to change all this? Remove the threat of malpractice suits, remove the requirements of CME and other threats of losing one's license and leave medical decision to Doctors of medicine, as it used to be 20 years ago. The medicine used to be much better then and much less expensive..
FYI, NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine had a $121 million dollar budget last year and the American Cancer Institute's Complementary and Alternative Medicine division added another $121 million to our health care budget. It's hard for me to believe that the Alternative Medicine proponents can only do case studies due to lack of funding..
banu shaheena, md
One cannot play with theraputics and misguide the world .Clearly time has revealed the role of doctor and we are an moving ahead both in care and longevity which has definetely enhanced with both medication and procedures.
M. Jane Cooper, AIRC
Having tried both naturopathic & homeopathic treatments for any number of disorders (type 1 diabetes, soft tissue injuries, etc) I found that the side effects of some of these remedies, and/or the failure of same to make any difference whatsoever in these disorders makes it hard to not be skeptical of any claimed benefit. The health food industry is STILL an industry, first and foremost.
The failure of the persons supporting that industry to provide any sort of scientific basis (that isn't biased, or funded by the industry)is in itself a sign that at the very least, it needs to be studied in detail before making fantastic claims.
I'm tired of hearing that these philosophies have cured multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, ad nauseum. The scientific data & support is lacking. Anecdotal inforamtion is not support.
And yes, I've been a lacto-vegetarian for 36 years, based on my own preferences. At no point, though, has such a diet prevented the common cold. Nor has it changed/prevented diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, and so on.
So - in my opinion, the jury is still out (assuming they haven't wandered off completely)..
Dr.ALA'A MOHAMMED ABDULLAH
Your vitriolic observations convince me only that your ego is threatened. The professionals you denegrate seem far better known than you.


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Return to Alpha: The Beta-Earth Chronicles, Book Six by Wesley Britton Forty years in the future, planet Earth suffers from horrendous climate changes due to global warming, and survivors are recovering from waves of decimating plagues from uncontrollable biological weapons. A strange spaceship... show more
Return to Alpha: The Beta-Earth Chronicles, Book Six by Wesley Britton
Forty years in the future, planet Earth suffers from horrendous climate changes due to global warming, and survivors are recovering from waves of decimating plagues from uncontrollable biological weapons. A strange spaceship lands on a Jamaican beach carrying six aliens, as Dr. Malcolm Renbourn’s journey reaches a thrilling conclusion.
Renbourn, the only man to have lived on three Earths in the multi-verse, began his astounding flight in The Blind Alien when he was unwittingly transferred to a parallel Earth and forced to adapt to new cultures and a new language. In The Blood of Balnakin, Tribe Renbourn traveled to a new continent, where even stranger adventures awaited. When War Returns caught Tribe Renbourn in a brewing war. A Throne for an Alien found Tribe Renbourn on the run and preparing for a final showdown. The Third Earth forced to them to cross the multi-verse once again, this time as outcasts in a strange world.
Now, how will our future generation react to the unexpected awareness that our planet shares cosmic space with at least two other earths?
Return to Alpha is the sixth and final book in the critically-praised Beta-Earth Chronicles series.
Immerse yourself in an extraordinary universe revealed by the most original storytelling you'll ever experience. Science fiction yes, but so much more . . . a story with a highly original concept, fascinating characters, and not-too-subtle but truthful allegories. Don't let the sci-fi label or alternate Earth setting fool you—this is a compelling and contemporarily relevant story about race, sex, and social classes." -Raymond Benson, Former James Bond novelist and author of the Black Stiletto books
"An excellent work of new SF that hearkens back to the classics of Asimov and Heinlein. Told from the viewpoints of the different characters, it is a tale of a man from our earth (Alpha) being unwittingly transferred to a parallel earth (Beta) where he must learn to adapt to new cultures, attitudes, languages at the same time as coming to grips with the loss of his sight. Each of the characters are fully developed and well defined and being able to hear their thoughts about each encounter brings a richness to the narratives. Politics, religion, social mores and relationships are all examined from both without and within. Think Stranger in a Strange Land combined with Foundation and you may begin to get an idea of the scope and quality of this adventure."
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“Spymaster and imaginative author, Dr. Wesley Britton has another big hit! His book takes the reader on a compelling journey of an Alpha earthling who has been spirited to planet Beta. Science-fiction, yes, but much more. The book explores science, medicine, commerce, education, spiritual life, family life and sex on an alternative planet which at times is insightful and hilarious in its comparison to our own Earth. In an ingenious way, Dr. Britton has created a new grammar and vocabulary to continually intrigue the reader. A true winner!"
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We present a novel light-actuated ac electroosmosis (LACE) mechanism that allows the concentration and transportation of micro- and nanoscopic particles using light-patterned dynamically reconfigured microfluidic vortices on a photoconductive surface. LACE is realized by sandwiching an aqueous liquid medium between a featureless photoconductive surface and a transparent indium tin oxide electrode. By applying an ac electrical bias with a frequency that is close to the electric double-layer relaxation frequency, a light-patterned virtual electrode can induce ac electroosmotic flow to concentrate and transport nanoscopic particles on the photoconductive surface. By integrating with a spatial light modulator such as a digital micromirror device microdisplay, we can create 31000 microfluidic vortices on a 1.3 times 1-mm2 area for massively parallel trapping of 2- and 1-mum polystyrene beads. We have also demonstrated LACE concentration and transportation of nanoscopic particles including 200- and 50-nm polystyrene beads, lambda-phage DNA molecules, and quantum dots.


Data-Exfiltrating Ransomware Gangs Pedal False PromisesThieves Not Honoring 'Pay Us to Delete Stolen Data' Guarantees, Investigators Warn
Victims of crypto-locking malware who pay a ransom to their attackers are paying, on average, more than ever before. But ransomware incident response firm Coveware reports that when victims pay for a guarantee that data stolen during an attack - before systems got encrypted - will get deleted, they're often paying for false promises.
Ransomware continues to be wildly profitable. Coveware reports that from July through September, the average ransom payment - when a victim paid - was $233,817, which was an increase of 31% from the previous quarter (see: Ransomware Payday: Average Payments Jump to $178,000). The firm says those statistics are based on thousands of cases that it worked on during Q3.
Obviously, seeing ransom payment amounts continue to rise is bad news, since paying ransomware-wielding criminals validates their illicit business model, and helps draw new players.
Nevertheless, for six quarters straight, the average ransom paid by victims has steadily increased. What's behind this continuing surge? Partially, it's because extortionists have been taking down bigger targets and commanding larger ransoms, while at the same time seemingly facing scant risk from law enforcement.
"Attackers discovered that the same tactics, techniques, and procedures - TTPs - that work on a 500-person company can work on a 50,000-person company and the potential payoff is substantially higher," Coveware reports. "The dramatic increase in ransom amounts may imply a higher degree of sophistication as attackers go upmarket, but Coveware does not believe that the attacks are more sophisticated."
Attacks via RDP Most Common
Tactically, criminals most often continue to use stolen or brute-forced remote desktop protocol credentials to gain remote access to a victim's network, Coveware says (see: Top Ransomware Attack Vectors: RDP, Drive-By, Phishing).
Using RDP makes economic sense for attackers, as working credentials can be purchased for $50 or less via cybercrime markets, which means that even relatively low-skilled attackers can still hit potentially lucrative targets.
Some attacks trace to software vulnerabilities being exploited, and others to phishing campaigns, which may install TrickBot, BazaarLoader or other remote-access Trojans, to then drop ransomware on systems, Coveware reports. But these two tactics tend to be the provenance of specialists - sometimes referred to as "initial access brokers" - who use these tactics to gain remote access to organizations' networks, then sell this access to others, including ransomware-wielding gangs (see: Eyeing Bigger Targets, Ransomware Gangs Recruit Specialists).
Security firm McAfee reports that for the first half of this year, the overall volume of ransomware being seen in the wild continued to be extremely high.
But which strains of crypto-locking malware are most successful? For Q3, Coveware says Sodinokibi, aka REvil, led the charts, accounting for 16% of all incidents.
Promises Often Fail to Pan Out
Following a trend pioneered by Maze 12 months ago, many ransomware gangs now steal data from organizations before crypto-locking their systems. Even if a victim can simply wipe and restore its systems from backups - and thus not need to consider paying for a decryption tool - attackers can bring more pressure to bear, by naming and shaming the victim on a dedicated leak site, leaking samples of stolen data, dumping all of the data, or threatening to auction it to the highest bidder.
Security experts tell me the growth in data exfiltration and leaking by ransomware-wielding gangs has helped fuel a massive increase in the number of organizations that pay a ransom, oftentimes in return for a promise that the gang will delete stolen data.
But reinforcing the mantra that there's no honor among thieves, Coveware now says that such promises are too often not being honored.
Despite some companies opting to pay threat actors to not release exfiltrated data, Coveware has seen a fraying of promises of the cybercriminals - if that is a thing - to delete the data," it says.
Examples cited by Coveware include Sodinokibi extorting victims that paid a second time, with a repeat threat to release stolen data; Maze dumping stolen data before a victim even realized it had been stolen; Netwalker and Mespinoza both dumping data for victims that paid it to not do so; and Conti supplying fake files as proof of deletion.
Coveware says it now notifies organizations that if they pay, they should expect that the stolen data will never deleted, that it will be shared between multiple crime gangs, and that it may get leaked anyway, in perpetuity.
"Unlike negotiating for a decryption key, negotiating for the suppression of stolen data has no finite end," Coveware says.
"We strongly advise all victims of data exfiltration to take the hard, but responsible steps," it adds. "Those include getting the advice of competent privacy attorneys, performing an investigation into what data was taken, and performing the necessary notifications that result from that investigation and counsel."
Maze Promises to Disappear
One bright note in the cybercrime ecosystem, at least, is that Maze appears to have exited the arena, with the operators claiming in a Sunday statement to have retired.
Has Maze really gone away? Experts say it could well return under its own banner. In the meantime, the Egregor operation appears to have seized its mantle.
"Based on our tracking of Maze activity, their last enterprise attacks occurred in late September, and they have since announced they are sunsetting," Coveware says. "Since then, less senior affiliates, the 'young and daring,' have likely forked the Maze ransomware code into the Sekhmet and Egregor ransomware variants. Judging by their prolific rise and similar tactics, Egregor seems to be the heir apparent."
Suncrypt Promises to Shutter
In terms of unusual timing, another ransomware operation has also promised to turn out the lights. "We've seen Suncrypt affiliates stating on Exploit" - a cybercrime forum - "that the operators told them that the program is closing," according to Israeli cyberthreat intelligence monitoring firm Kela. "It's a bit interesting - and even suspicious - to see two major ransomware groups shutting down their operations around the same time."
Unfortunately, ransomware continues to be a big draw for many other criminals, meaning the loss of two groups seems set to have a negligible impact on the problem. "The profit margins are extremely high and the risk is low," Coveware says. "This problem will continue to get worse until pressure is applied to the unit economics of this illicit industry."