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The students of Timothy Christian School performed a new play this year for friends, family and members of the community with two performances on May 17th and May 18th.
The play, Everyday Heroes, revolved around the stories of three of the Bibles many heroes: Gideon, Esther and Nehemiah.
According to music director (and teacher) Elizabeth Van Dyke, “it picks three stories out of the Bible about people that were really everyday people and not somebody you would necessarily expect to do extraordinary things.”
“God used everyday people to do wonderful things.”
“It’s a group effort,” she said. Everyone in the school from kindergarten to grade 8 was involved in making the play a success.
Teacher Alyssa DeKleine acted as the drama director for this year’s production.
Timothy Christian School tackles a play every other year. As Van Dyke pointed out, “it’s a big time commitment.” During the ‘off’ year, the students of Timothy Christian School display their many talents in a talent show.

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The Vice-Chancellor of the Cape Coast Technical University has called for more funding for researchers at the country’s technical universities.
Prof Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere explains the move is to help the universities undertake innovations and breakthroughs that are hailed elsewhere across the globe.
Speaking at the launch of the University’s Design and Innovation Hub, professor Owusu-Sekyere argued the country could see many innovations and breakthroughs in technology and innovations should the challenge of funding for research be tackled.
He is convinced the difference between Ghanaian researchers and their counterparts elsewhere is funding and if it’s tackled, Ghana would see an astronomical increase in inventions and innovations.
“Funding is required because that is the limiting factor. The brain of the white man is no different from the black man but it’s only that the white man has gone ahead of us. We can catch up; we can overtake them when we provide adequate funding,” he stated.
The Vice-Chancellor stressed there are more capable hearts and minds in the various universities undertaking researches but their researches could be hugely impactful if they received funding.
“We know the principles and the materials required for fabricating devices and so once we have the funding we will be able to have the materials required to build the needed devices for national development,” he emphasized.
Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the CapeCoast Technical University, Dr Kwame Anane Fenin, called for partnerships and funding to bring out the various technological innovations out of the researchers.
“What is needed are grants and collaborations with external partners. We already have one with the Energy Commission. Our main focus is to get the partners onboard to bring these innovations to bear,” he maintained.
The Cape Coast Technical University says it’s carving a niche for itself to become the renewable energy hub in the country.


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This series of mixed media monoprints was created using an electronic pen and drawing pad, which transfers the movements of the artist's hand to the computer screen. Using a range of digital brushes, Johnson varies the color of lines and forms, and creates an environment of multiple graphic layers.
In these colorful, evocative prints, Johnson shows evidence of the material world and intimates a finer reality usually hidden from us. The variety and complexity of his marks builds a nexus of visual frequencies from which emerges the final image. We sense that for the artist, the work comes into being before his eyes.
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This paper explores the emotional life of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers and their families, through an analysis of more than 500 postings made on an online chat forum for mining families. Building on literature on fly-in fly-out workers and understandings of emotions as socially constructed, analysis shows how posters to the forum, typically women whose male partners are FIFO workers, construct gendered emotional identities for their partners (sometimes referred to as ‘Mr Miner’), and for themselves, as ‘mining women’, ‘mining widows’ or the ‘mining missus’. Inherent in the creation of gendered emotional subject positions is the process of women undertaking emotion work on and behalf of themselves, their male partners and their children. The findings demonstrate the overarching normative dimensions of women’s emotional self-transformations in the service of their mining partners’ careers and the attendant reproduction of everyday patriarchal relations in the private lives of mining families.
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A $2bn project in NSW called The Ponds has now sold out after seven years, with the last land plot purchased this week.
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“Eleven years later this vision has been achieved. It is estimated over 12,400 residents will call The Ponds home when the last remaining homes are built in 2015,” said Mahendra.
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If you saw Carrie and immediately thought, "Man, telekinesis is cool!", you'll be happy to know that scientists in China have been working on a device that grants similar powers. It can't control fire hoses or skewer annoying gym teachers in the gut, but it does allow users to control a car using just the power of their mind.
Researchers at Nankai University in Tianjin began working on the device two years ago, in partnership with Chinese automaker Great Wall. The current iteration employs 16 sensors that pick up on electroencephalogram signals in the user's brain. The device then feeds those signals through software, which interprets the user's intentions.
While the device isn't quite ready for prime time, researchers say that it has been successfully used to allow users sitting in a car's backseat to carry out driving-related tasks. Using only their minds, subjects have been able to unlock and lock a vehicle, move it forward and backward, and bring it to a stop.
Speaking to Reuters, lead researcher Duan Feng said that there are two obvious applications for the technology, both of which would pair it with autonomous driving systems:
1. It could allow the disabled to drive vehicles themselves, offering greater degrees of independence and mobility. The EEG device could read driver's intentions when entering, starting, stopping, and exiting a vehicle, and in setting the car's travel route. The autonomous system would then handle the actual driving, getting from Point A to Point B.
2. It could provide non-disabled drivers with "a new and more intellectualized driving mode". It's not entirely clear what Feng envisions, but as with disabled drivers, the technology could be used to enhance the autonomous driving experience. For example, it might serve as a substitute for hands-free, AI interfaces, which are unfortunately just as distracting as hands-on technology. Thinking about calling your mom could be far simpler and less frustrating than asking Siri to do it for you.
And for those who might be worried that this kind of technology will lead to an increase in distracted driving accidents, Feng says not to worry. Drivers only need to concentrate when they're changing the car's moving status, like shifting lanes or turning. And besides, there aren't any plans to bring it to the market -- yet.
Finally, lest you think this is all a bit of pie-in-the-sky sci-fi, we'll remind you that similar technology was unveiled in Australia in 2013. That could be sheer coincidence, but if we see it a third time, according to the old adage, it's a trend.


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It's the last weekend you can vote early in Texas and across the state, turnout has been high with many choosing not to chance waiting in long lines on election day. The museum is located at 1051 North Houston Street in Bullard. According to the event page, the “Walk of Honor” consists of a 26-panel walking tribute in a park-like setting with picnic tables and benches for reflection. The first eight panels of the Walk of Honor include educational information on: The next 15-panel tribute contains operations that occurred after the Vietnam War and up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and it includes educational information, the order of battles, engraved images, and listings by name of each U.S. casualty. A temporary memorial to the 40 victims was established soon after the crash, … Despite the chilly temperatures, a large crowd of people showed up at the ceremony, which was held at the American Freedom Museum. If you would like to take the survey please indicate by clicking the button below. Because of the actions of the 40 passengers and crew aboard one of the planes, Flight 93, the attack on the U.S. Capitol was thwarted. “The Memorial is a great tribute to our heroes and the centerpiece of the new exhibit,” the Facebook page stated. October 24, 2020 at 12:23 PM CDT - Updated October 24 at 10:29 PM, Final weekend of early voting held in East Texas, Tyler residents show support for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris with parade, ‘Shhh! No lines at the Gregg county courthouse in Longview. Casualties are listed alphabetically by year for easy referencing.”. Visitor Center Hours. Supporters for former vice president Joe Biden and U.S. The memorial also features timelines, maps, and other general information about the conflicts, along with a Medal of Honor recipient panel. All rights reserved. Everything you need to know to plan your memorial visit from basic information to programs and events. 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Let’s keep on with a survey of how we got the Old Testament.
Every copy of the original text had to be written out by hand, which leads many people to believe there must be a lot of mistakes. But Jews had detailed rules to govern the copying of their scriptures. The size of the pages or scrolls to be used was carefully recorded. The size of columns, spaces between words and letters, even the color of ink to be used, and the clothing to be worn by the scribe were all laid out in great detail. The number of words and letters of each book of the Old Testament was counted; the scribe fixed the middle letter of each line and each book. When he was finished, the scribe would have to submit his manuscript for checking, and if it was in error at any point, it was ordered to be destroyed, which meant he had to start all over again. Copying was a sacred undertaking, so the scribes were very careful as they went about this task.
The first section of the Old Testament, referred to as the Pentateuch or Torah, was credited to Moses – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. At one time, critics said it was impossible for him to be the author because writing had not been invented then, but things have changed as far as the history of writing is concerned. If it really was Moses that wrote these books, he did this in the 1400s B.C. since the Exodus is dated close to that time. The events prior to Moses’ birth as recorded in Exodus 1 could have come down to him in oral form or written records. Some people are very uncomfortable with the idea of oral history since they wonder if anyone could remember things well enough to get them correct. But ancient peoples memorized an amazing number of stories and poems. This first section of the Old Testament was accepted as sacred from early on.
Over the next 1000 years, people wrote down the history of Israel, the poetry of its musicians, the sayings of its wise people, and the good and bad news brought to Israel by its prophets. The second section of the Old Testament was called the Prophets, which are made up of historical books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) and the prophetic books that we think of today (Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the 12 minor prophets). The third and final section was called the Writings, which included the wisdom books (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations) plus the other historical books (Ruth, Daniel, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles). Some of these books were considered sacred almost as soon as they were written, such as Joshua and Samuel, but some took longer to accept because they took longer to complete, Psalms and Chronicles in particular.

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Rural Cloud Initiative Welcomes Industry Influencers to ACRES: Advisory Council for Rural Edge Solutions
BOULDER, Colo., July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fourth Industrial Revolution is poised to transform rural America with next-generation digital technologies that will revolutionize the ways data flows and information is accessed across the heartland. Helping to guide that effort will be a team of innovators and thought leaders whose collective expertise in the unique dynamics of the rural market and the boundary-pushing capabilities of edge compute technology will drive the development and deployment of technologies for rural industries.
The Rural Cloud Initiative (RCI), a unique coalition of telecom and edge innovation partners committed to promoting and accelerating the digital transformation of rural America, today announced the first group of industry thought leaders to join ACRES – the Advisory Council for Rural Edge Solutions. ACRES will be comprised of industry influencers, operators and stakeholders representing the ever-changing rural technology landscape. These executives will bring industry and legislative insight to the RCI, helping to shape strategy and evaluate rural market dynamics.
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"I'm immensely proud to begin working with this team of innovators to help rural industries harness the power of 5G and edge compute to work more efficiently," said Caroline Chan, Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Network Business Incubator Division. "New digital capabilities like IoT connected devices, 5G networks and innovative applications will help make rural industries more globally competitive and stimulate economic investment in rural areas."
"It would be difficult to overstate the importance of timely deployments of high-bandwidth, low-latency edge and 5G services to the future of rural America," said John Nettles, President, Pine Belt Communications, Inc. "The formation of the Rural Cloud Initiative and the ACRES council, with the support of solution partners and local entities and jurisdictions, will ensure those services are deployed effectively and efficiently. Such partnerships will be critical in making the infrastructure investments and building the digital ecosystem needed to bring these advanced technologies to these areas – areas the rest of America depends on for so much of its existences and well-being."
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American and Iraqi students alike, watched as the this revolution created an enormous influx of media and central attention around Egypt. So, for the month of February, all NewView participants were asked to reflect and share about the current situation in Egypt and the turmoil in the Middle East. This timely issue produced many interesting responses from both the American and Iraqi students.
Here are some excerpts that best summarize the various opinions on this topic:
“Those protesters absolutely have the right to protest if they're feeling there is something wrong with their government because for sure they know better than we do but on the other hand do they know and understand the real meaning of democracy and freedom?” - Zainab (Iraq)
“What will the people do now after getting what they were asking for? What are their plans for the future?! I hope they will make their decision wisely and to have a better leader and a better life.” - Kawyar (Iraq)
“It also affected Iraq and most of all the other middle eastern countries and now they're asking for a new government too. I just hope they knew what they were doing because after all ideas have consequences.” - Azheen (Iraq)
“I would love to see the people of these oppressed nations find their freedom, and I think it freedom is a right that all people deserve.” - Danielle (United States)
“Sometimes I take for granted the freedom we have here in the States.” Lindsay (United States)
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Oil and gas procurement company Craig International has clinched a contract with Chrysaor worth at least £1million.
The contract is for procurement services across the Armada, Everest and Lomond gas platforms in the North Sea.
The agreement is for an initial year, with two one-year extension options built in.
All three platforms are located within the Everest gas field in the UK Continental Shelf, 145miles east of Aberdeen.
Craig International will be responsible for the procurement of consumables and any ad-hoc services across the three assets.
The contract has also created a new buyer position within the company’s Aberdeen base.
Steve McHardy, joint managing director, Craig International, said: “This is a significant contract for Craig International as we continue to expand our operations in the North Sea. With all our clients we strive to use our experience and expertise to help develop cost effective procurement solutions that add value to their business.
“We believe in building long term relationships with our clients and becoming their trusted business partners and we look forward to working closely with Chrysaor in the coming years.”
Chrysaor recently completed the acquisition of a package of assets in the UK North Sea from Shell for a price of up to $3.8billion £2.8billion. The transaction sees Chrysaor become the leading independent E&P company in the UK. It currently has more than 400 staff working in the UKCS.
Chrysoar also announced the agreement of a 300,000 deal with Well-Centric today for the same three platforms in the North Sea.
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Tucked away up in North Wales, a remarkable lyricist and self-taught producer blended soulful dream pop with homemade hip-hop to create a unique soundscape.
He achieved this in his parent’s attic, culturally mining his fervent imagination and hand-me-down records to craft multilayered songs that invite us to view life through his DIY kaleidoscope.
His debut single – ‘Bunk Beds’ was featured on Cerys Matthew’s Sunday Morning BBC Radio 6 show as well as Tom Robinson’s Introducing playlist. ‘Talcum Powder’ (an independent release) was selected for Fresh On The Net’s “Fresh Waves” playlist, and ‘Sheboygan’ has been picked up by Bethan Elfyn, who also interviewed Ennio for her ‘Introducing Artists of the Week’ show on BBC Radio Wales.
This past year has seen Ennio transfer his music to the live stage with a typically beguiling performance at an Oxjam event in Chester leading to independent record label Mai 68 making him their first signing. Stripping back the many layers of instrumentation to the core, Ennio approaches each live performance with joyous ingenuity, triggering samples via a drum machine and 15mm knitting needles. Other tracks are pared back to guitar and vocals delivering an entirely new vibe to their studio incarnations.
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A survey on security issues in service delivery models of cloud computingS. Subashini | V. Kavitha
Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 1-11
Cloud computing is a way to increase the capacity or add capabilities dynamically without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. It extends Information Technology's (IT) existing capabilities. In the last few years, cloud computing has grown from being a promising business concept to one of the fast growing segments of the IT industry. But as more and more information on individuals and companies are placed in the cloud, concerns are beginning to grow about just how safe an environment it is. Despite of all the hype surrounding the cloud, enterprise customers are still reluctant to deploy their business in the cloud. Security is one of the major issues which reduces the growth of cloud computing and complications with data privacy and data protection continue to plague the market. The advent of an advanced model should not negotiate with the required functionalities and capabilities present in the current model. A new model targeting at improving features of an existing model must not risk or threaten other important features of the current model. The architecture of cloud poses such a threat to the security of the existing technologies when deployed in a cloud environment. Cloud service users need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new environment. In this paper, a survey of the different security risks that pose a threat to the cloud is presented. This paper is a survey more specific to the different security issues that has emanated due to the nature of the service delivery models of a cloud computing system. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A comprehensive survey on vehicular Ad Hoc networkSaif Al-Sultan | Moath M. Al-Doori | Ali H. Al-Bayatti | Hussien Zedan
Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 380-392
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are classified as an application of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) that has the potential in improving road safety and in providing travellers comfort. Recently VANETs have emerged to turn the attention of researchers in the field of wireless and mobile communications, they differ from MANET by their architecture, challenges, characteristics and applications. In this paper e present aspects related to this field to help researchers and developers to understand and distinguish the main features surrounding VANET in one solid document, ithout the need to go through other relevant papers and articles starting from VANET architecture and ending up ith the most appropriate simulation tools to simulate VANET protocols and applications. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
A survey of intrusion detection techniques in CloudChirag Modi | Dhiren Patel | Bhavesh Borisaniya | Hiren Patel | Avi Patel | Muttukrishnan Rajarajan
Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 42-57
In this paper, we survey different intrusions affecting availability, confidentiality and integrity of Cloud resources and services. Proposals incorporating Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) in Cloud are examined. We recommend IDS/IPS positioning in Cloud environment to achieve desired security in the next generation networks. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
A survey on coverage and connectivity issues in wireless sensor networksChuan Zhu | Chunlin Zheng | Lei Shu | Guangjie Han
Volume 35, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 619-632
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is composed of a group of small power-constrained nodes with functions of sensing and communication, which can be scattered over a vast region for the purpose of detecting or monitoring some special events. The first challenge encountered in WSNs is how to cover a monitoring region perfectly. Coverage and connectivity are two of the most fundamental issues in WSNs, which have a great impact on the performance of WSNs. Optimized deployment strategy, sleep scheduling mechanism, and coverage radius cannot only reduce cost, but also extend the network lifetime. In this paper, we classify the coverage problem from different angles, describe the evaluation metrics of coverage control algorithms, analyze the relationship between coverage and connectivity, compare typical simulation tools, and discuss research challenges and existing problems in this area. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Trust mechanisms in wireless sensor networks: Attack analysis and countermeasuresYanli Yu | Keqiu Li | Wanlei Zhou | Ping Li
Volume 35, Issue 3, May 2012, Pages 867-880
As the trust issue in wireless sensor networks is emerging as one important factor in security schemes, it is necessary to analyze how to resist attacks with a trust scheme. In this paper we categorize various types of attacks and countermeasures related to trust schemes in WSNs. Furthermore, we provide the development of trust mechanisms, give a short summarization of classical trust methodologies and emphasize the challenges of trust scheme in WSNs. An extensive literature survey is presented by summarizing state-of-the-art trust mechanisms in two categories: secure routing and secure data. Based on the analysis of attacks and the existing research, an open field and future direction with trust mechanisms in WSNs is provided. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A survey on vehicular cloud computingMd Whaiduzzaman | Mehdi Sookhak | Abdullah Gani | Rajkumar Buyya
Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 325-344
Vehicular networking has become a significant research area due to its specific features and applications such as standardization, efficient traffic management, road safety and infotainment. Vehicles are expected to carry relatively more communication systems, on board computing facilities, storage and increased sensing power. Hence, several technologies have been deployed to maintain and promote Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Recently, a number of solutions were proposed to address the challenges and issues of vehicular networks. Vehicular Cloud Computing (VCC) is one of the solutions. VCC is a new hybrid technology that has a remarkable impact on traffic management and road safety by instantly using vehicular resources, such as computing, storage and internet for decision making. This paper presents the state-of-the-art survey of vehicular cloud computing. Moreover, we present a taxonomy for vehicular cloud in which special attention has been devoted to the extensive applications, cloud formations, key management, inter cloud communication systems, and broad aspects of privacy and security issues. Through an extensive review of the literature, we design an architecture for VCC, itemize the properties required in vehicular cloud that support this model. We compare this mechanism with normal Cloud Computing (CC) and discuss open research issues and future directions. By reviewing and analyzing literature, we found that VCC is a technologically feasible and economically viable technological shifting paradigm for converging intelligent vehicular networks towards autonomous traffic, vehicle control and perception systems. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Cryptanalysis and improvement of a biometrics-based remote user authentication scheme using smart cardsXiong Li | Jian Wei Niu | Jian Ma | Wen Dong Wang | Cheng Lian Liu
Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 73-79
Recently, Li and Hwang proposed a biometrics-based remote user authentication scheme using smart cards [Journal of Network and Computer Applications 33 (2010) 15]. The scheme is based on biometrics verification, smart card and one-way hash function, and it uses the nonce rather than a synchronized clock, so it is very efficient in computational cost. Unfortunately, the scheme has some security weaknesses, that is to say Li and Hwang's scheme does not provide proper authentication and it cannot resist the man-in-the-middle attacks. If an attacker controls the insecure channel, she/he can easily fabricate messages to pass the user's or server's authentication. Besides, the malicious attacker can impersonate the user to cheat the server and can impersonate the server to cheat the user without knowing any secret information. This paper proposes an improved biometrics-based remote user authentication scheme that removes the aforementioned weaknesses and supports session key agreement. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An overview of the Internet of Things for people with disabilitiesMari Carmen Domingo
Volume 35, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 584-596
Currently, over a billion people including children (or about 15% of the worlds population) are estimated to be living with disability. The lack of support services can make handicapped people overly dependent on their families, which prevents them from being economically active and socially included. The Internet of Things can offer people with disabilities the assistance and support they need to achieve a good quality of life and allows them to participate in the social and economic life. In this paper, an overview of the Internet of Things for people with disabilities is provided. For this purpose, the proposed architecture of the Internet of Things is introduced. Different application scenarios are considered in order to illustrate the interaction of the components of the Internet of Things. Critical challenges have been identified and addressed. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Secure virtualization for cloud computingFlavio Lombardi | Roberto Di Pietro
Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1113-1122
Cloud computing adoption and diffusion are threatened by unresolved security issues that affect both the cloud provider and the cloud user. In this paper, we show how virtualization can increase the security of cloud computing, by protecting both the integrity of guest virtual machines and the cloud infrastructure components. In particular, we propose a novel architecture, Advanced Cloud Protection System (ACPS), aimed at guaranteeing increased security to cloud resources. ACPS can be deployed on several cloud solutions and can effectively monitor the integrity of guest and infrastructure components while remaining fully transparent to virtual machines and to cloud users. ACPS can locally react to security breaches as well as notify a further security management layer of such events. A prototype of our ACPS proposal is fully implemented on two current open source solutions: Eucalyptus and OpenECP. The prototype is tested against effectiveness and performance. In particular: (a) effectiveness is shown testing our prototype against attacks known in the literature; (b) performance evaluation of the ACPS prototype is carried out under different types of workload. Results show that our proposal is resilient against attacks and that the introduced overhead is small when compared to the provided features. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Intrusion detection system: A comprehensive reviewHung Jen Liao | Chun Hung Richard Lin | Ying Chih Lin | Kuang Yuan Tung
Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 16-24
With the increasing amount of network throughput and security threat, the study of intrusion detection systems (IDSs) has received a lot of attention throughout the computer science field. Current IDSs pose challenges on not only capricious intrusion categories, but also huge computational power. Though there is a number of existing literatures to IDS issues, we attempt to give a more elaborate image for a comprehensive review. Through the extensive survey and sophisticated organization, we propose the taxonomy to outline modern IDSs. In addition, tables and figures we summarized in the content contribute to easily grasp the overall picture of IDSs. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
A survey on trust management for Internet of ThingsZheng Yan | Peng Zhang | Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Volume 42, Issue , January 2014, Pages 120-134
Internet of Things (IoT) is going to create a world where physical objects are seamlessly integrated into information networks in order to provide advanced and intelligent services for human-beings. Trust management plays an important role in IoT for reliable data fusion and mining, qualified services with context-awareness, and enhanced user privacy and information security. It helps people overcome perceptions of uncertainty and risk and engages in user acceptance and consumption on IoT services and applications. However, current literature still lacks a comprehensive study on trust management in IoT. In this paper, we investigate the properties of trust, propose objectives of IoT trust management, and provide a survey on the current literature advances towards trustworthy IoT. Furthermore, we discuss unsolved issues, specify research challenges and indicate future research trends by proposing a research model for holistic trust management in IoT. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
An efficient and security dynamic identity based authentication protocol for multi-server architecture using smart cardsXiong Li | Yongping Xiong | Jian Ma | Wendong Wang
Volume 35, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 763-769
Generally, if a user wants to use numerous different network services, he/she must register himself/herself to every service providing server. It is extremely hard for users to remember these different identities and passwords. In order to resolve this problem, various multi-server authentication protocols have been proposed. Recently, Sood et al. analyzed Hsiang and Shihs multi-server authentication protocol and proposed an improved dynamic identity based authentication protocol for multi-server architecture. They claimed that their protocol provides users anonymity, mutual authentication, the session key agreement and can resist several kinds of attacks. However, through careful analysis, we find that Sood et al.s protocol is still vulnerable to leak-of-verifier attack, stolen smart card attack and impersonation attack. Besides, since there is no way for the control server CS to know the real identity of the user, the authentication and session key agreement phase of Sood et al.s protocol is incorrect. We propose an efficient and security dynamic identity based authentication protocol for multi-server architecture that removes the aforementioned weaknesses. The proposed protocol is extremely suitable for use in distributed multi-server architecture since it provides users anonymity, mutual authentication, efficient, and security. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mutual information-based feature selection for intrusion detection systemsFatemeh Amiri | Mohammadmahdi Rezaei Yousefi | Caro Lucas | Azadeh Shakery | Nasser Yazdani
Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1184-1199
As the network-based technologies become omnipresent, threat detection and prevention for these systems become increasingly important. One of the effective ways to achieve higher security is to use intrusion detection systems, which are software tools used to detect abnormal activities in the computer or network. One technical challenge in intrusion detection systems is the curse of high dimensionality. To overcome this problem, we propose a feature selection phase, which can be generally implemented in any intrusion detection system. In this work, we propose two feature selection algorithms and study the performance of using these algorithms compared to a mutual information-based feature selection method. These feature selection algorithms require the use of a feature goodness measure. We investigate using both a linear and a non-linear measure - linear correlation coefficient and mutual information, for the feature selection. Further, we introduce an intrusion detection system that uses an improved machine learning based method, Least Squares Support Vector Machine. Experiments on KDD Cup 99 data set address that our proposed mutual information-based feature selection method results in detecting intrusions with higher accuracy, especially for remote to login (R2L) and user to remote (U2R) attacks. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks: A surveyMiao Xie | Song Han | Biming Tian | Sazia Parvin
Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1302-1325
Since security threats to WSNs are increasingly being diversified and deliberate, prevention-based techniques alone can no longer provide WSNs with adequate security. However, detection-based techniques might be effective in collaboration with prevention-based techniques for securing WSNs. As a significant branch of detection-based techniques, the research of anomaly detection in wired networks and wireless ad hoc networks is already quite mature, but such solutions can be rarely applied to WSNs without any change, because WSNs are characterized by constrained resources, such as limited energy, weak computation capability, poor memory, short communication range, etc. The development of anomaly detection techniques suitable for WSNs is therefore regarded as an essential research area, which will enable WSNs to be much more secure and reliable. In this survey paper, a few of the key design principles relating to the development of anomaly detection techniques in WSNs are discussed in particular. Then, the state-of-the-art techniques of anomaly detection in WSNs are systematically introduced, according to WSNs architectures (Hierarchical/Flat) and detection technique categories (statistical techniques, rule based, data mining, computational intelligence, game theory, graph based, and hybrid, etc.). The analyses and comparisons of the approaches that belong to a similar technique category are represented technically, followed by a brief discussion towards the potential research areas in the near future and conclusion. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A secure dynamic identity based authentication protocol for multi-server architectureSandeep K. Sood | Anil K. Sarje | Kuldip Singh
Volume 34, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 609-618
Most of the password based authentication protocols rely on single authentication server for the users authentication. Users verification information stored on the single server is a main point of susceptibility and remains an attractive target for the attacker. In 2009, Hsiang and Shih improved Liao and Wangs dynamic identity based smart card authentication protocol for multi-server environment. However, we found that Hsiang and Shihs protocol is susceptible to replay attack, impersonation attack and stolen smart card attack. Moreover, the password change phase of Hsiang and Shihs protocol is incorrect. This paper presents a secure dynamic identity based authentication protocol for multi-server architecture using smart cards that resolves the aforementioned security flaws, while keeping the merits of Hsiang and Shihs protocol. It uses two-server paradigm in which different levels of trust are assigned to the servers and the users verifier information is distributed between these two servers known as the service provider server and the control server. The service provider server is more exposed to the clients than the control server. The back-end control server is not directly accessible to the clients and thus it is less likely to be attacked. The users smart card uses stored information in it and random nonce value to generate dynamic identity. The proposed protocol is practical and computationally efficient because only nonce, one-way hash functions and XOR operations are used in its implementation. It provides a secure method to change the users password without the servers help. In e-commerce, the number of servers providing the services to the user is usually more than one and hence secure authentication protocols for multi-server environment are required. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A survey on routing techniques in underwater wireless sensor networksMuhammad Ayaz | Imran Baig | Azween Abdullah | Ibrahima Faye
Volume 34, Issue 6, November 2011, Pages 1908-1927
Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) are finding different applications for offshore exploration and ocean monitoring. In most of these applications, the network consists of significant number of sensor nodes deployed at different depths throughout the area of interest. The sensor nodes located at the sea bed cannot communicate directly with the nodes near the surface level; they require multi-hop communication assisted by appropriate routing scheme. However, this appropriateness depends not only on network resources and application requirements but also on environmental constraints. All these factors provide a platform where a resource-aware routing strategy plays a vital role to fulfill the different application requirements with dynamic environmental conditions. Realizing the fact, significant attention has been given to construct a reliable scheme, and many routing protocols have been proposed in order to provide an efficient route discovery between the sources and the sink. In this paper, we present a review and comparison of different algorithms, proposed recently in order to fulfill this requirement. The main purpose of this study is to address the issues like data forwarding, deployment and localization in UWSNs under different conditions. Later on, all of these are classified into different groups according to their characteristics and functionalities. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Practical data compression in wireless sensor networks: A surveyTossaporn Srisooksai | Kamol Keamarungsi | Poonlap Lamsrichan | Kiyomichi Araki
Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 37-59
Power consumption is a critical problem affecting the lifetime of wireless sensor networks. A number of techniques have been proposed to solve this issue, such as energy-efficient medium access control or routing protocols. Among those proposed techniques, the data compression scheme is one that can be used to reduce transmitted data over wireless channels. This technique leads to a reduction in the required inter-node communication, which is the main power consumer in wireless sensor networks. In this article, a comprehensive review of existing data compression approaches in wireless sensor networks is provided. First, suitable sets of criteria are defined to classify existing techniques as well as to determine what practical data compression in wireless sensor networks should be. Next, the details of each classified compression category are described. Finally, their performance, open issues, limitations and suitable applications are analyzed and compared based on the criteria of practical data compression in wireless sensor networks. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Resource management for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in cloud computing: A surveySunilkumar S. Manvi | Gopal Krishna Shyam
Volume 41, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 424-440
The cloud phenomenon is quickly becoming an important service in Internet computing. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in cloud computing is one of the most significant and fastest growing field. In this service model, cloud providers offer resources to users/machines that include computers as virtual machines, raw (block) storage, firewalls, load balancers, and network devices. One of the most pressing issues in cloud computing for IaaS is the resource management. Resource management problems include allocation, provisioning, requirement mapping, adaptation, discovery, brokering, estimation, and modeling. Resource management for IaaS in cloud computing offers following benefits: scalability, quality of service, optimal utility, reduced overheads, improved throughput, reduced latency, specialized environment, cost effectiveness and simplified interface. This paper focuses on some of the important resource management techniques such as resource provisioning, resource allocation, resource mapping and resource adaptation. It brings out an exhaustive survey of such techniques for IaaS in cloud computing, and also put forth the open challenges for further research. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Classical and swarm intelligence based routing protocols for wireless sensor networks: A survey and comparisonAdamu Murtala Zungeru | Li Minn Ang | Kah Phooi Seng
Volume 35, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 1508-1536
High efficient routing is an important issue for the design of wireless sensor network (WSN) protocols to meet the severe hardware and resource constraints. This paper presents a comprehensive survey and comparison of routing protocols in WSNs. The first part of the paper surveys state-of-the-art routing protocols in WSNs from classical routing protocols to swarm intelligence based protocols. The routing protocols are categorized based on their computational complexity, network structure, energy efficiency and path establishment. The second part of the paper presents a comparison of a representative number of classical and swarm based protocols. Comparing routing protocols in WSNs is currently a very challenging task for protocol designers. Often, much time is required to re-create and re-simulate algorithms from descriptions in published papers to perform the comparison. Compounding the difficulty is that some simulation parameters and performance metrics may not be mentioned. We see a need in the research community to have standard simulation and performance metrics for comparing different protocols. To this end, the final part of the paper re-simulates different protocols using a Matlab based simulator: routing modeling application simulation environment (RMASE), and gives simulation results for standard simulation and performance metrics which we hope will serve as a benchmark for future comparisons for the research community. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
A systematic review on clustering and routing techniques based upon LEACH protocol for wireless sensor networksSudhanshu Tyagi | Neeraj Kumar
Volume 36, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 623-645
In recent years, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have emerged as a new powerful technology used in many applications such as military operations, surveillance system, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) etc. These networks consist of many Sensor Nodes (SNs), which are not only used for monitoring but also capturing the required data from the environment. Most of the research proposals on WSNs have been developed keeping in view of minimization of energy during the process of extracting the essential data from the environment where SNs are deployed. The primary reason for this is the fact that the SNs are operated on battery which discharges quickly after each operation. It has been found in literature that clustering is the most common technique used for energy aware routing in WSNs. The most popular protocol for clustering in WSNs is Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) which is based on adaptive clustering technique. This paper provides the taxonomy of various clustering and routing techniques in WSNs based upon metrics such as power management, energy management, network lifetime, optimal cluster head selection, multihop data transmission etc. A comprehensive discussion is provided in the text highlighting the relative advantages and disadvantages of many of the prominent proposals in this category which helps the designers to select a particular proposal based upon its merits over the others. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Cloud security defence to protect cloud computing against HTTP-DoS and XML-DoS attacksAshley Chonka | Yang Xiang | Wanlei Zhou | Alessio Bonti
Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1097-1107
Cloud computing is still in its infancy in regards to its software as services (SAS), web services, utility computing and platform as services (PAS). All of these have remained individualized systems that you still need to plug into, even though these systems are heading towards full integration. One of the most serious threats to cloud computing itself comes from HTTP Denial of Service or XML-Based Denial of Service attacks. These types of attacks are simple and easy to implement by the attacker, but to security experts they are twice as difficult to stop. In this paper, we recreate some of the current attacks that attackers may initiate as HTTP and XML. We also offer a solution to traceback through our Cloud TraceBack (CTB) to find the source of these attacks, and introduce the use of a back propagation neutral network, called Cloud Protector, which was trained to detect and filter such attack traffic. Our results show that we were able to detect and filter most of the attack messages and were able to identify the source of the attack within a short period of time. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An intrusion detection and prevention system in cloud computing: A systematic reviewAhmed Patel | Mona Taghavi | Kaveh Bakhtiyari | Joaquim Celestino Júnior
Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 25-41
The distributed and open structure of cloud computing and services becomes an attractive target for potential cyber-attacks by intruders. The traditional Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) are largely inefficient to be deployed in cloud computing environments due to their openness and specific essence. This paper surveys, explores and informs researchers about the latest developed IDPSs and alarm management techniques by providing a comprehensive taxonomy and investigating possible solutions to detect and prevent intrusions in cloud computing systems. Considering the desired characteristics of IDPS and cloud computing systems, a list of germane requirements is identified and four concepts of autonomic computing self-management, ontology, risk management, and fuzzy theory are leveraged to satisfy these requirements. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
A survey on cross-layer solutions for wireless sensor networksLucas D P Mendes | Joel J P C Rodrigues
Volume 34, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 523-534
Ever since wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged, different optimizations have been proposed to overcome their constraints. Furthermore, the proposal of new applications for WSNs have also created new challenges to be addressed. Cross-layer approaches have proven to be the most efficient optimization techniques for these problems, since they are able to take the behavior of the protocols at each layer into consideration. Thus, this survey proposes to identify the key problems of WSNs and gather available cross-layer solutions for them that have been proposed so far, in order to provide insights on the identification of open issues and provide guidelines for future proposals. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An enhanced smart card based remote user password authentication schemeXiong Li | Jianwei Niu | Muhammad Khurram Khan | Junguo Liao
Volume 36, Issue 5, September 2013, Pages 1365-1371
Smart card based password authentication is one of the simplest and efficient authentication mechanisms to ensure secure communication in insecure network environments. Recently, Chen et al. have pointed out the weaknesses of some password authentication schemes and proposed a robust smart card based remote user password authentication scheme to improve the security. As per their claims, their scheme is efficient and can ensure forward secrecy of the session key. However, we find that Chen et al.'s scheme cannot really ensure forward secrecy, and it cannot detect the wrong password in login phase. Besides, the password change phase of Chen et al.'s scheme is unfriendly and inefficient since the user has to communicate with the server to update his/her password. In this paper, we propose a modified smart card based remote user password authentication scheme to overcome the aforementioned weaknesses. The analysis shows that our proposed scheme is user friendly and more secure than other related schemes. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Mobile recommender systems in tourismDamianos Gavalas | Charalampos Konstantopoulos | Konstantinos Mastakas | Grammati Pantziou
Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 319-333
Recommender Systems (RSs) have been extensively utilized as a means of reducing the information overload and offering travel recommendations to tourists. The emerging mobile RSs are tailored to mobile device users and promise to substantially enrich tourist experiences, recommending rich multimedia content, context-aware services, views/ratings of peer users, etc. New developments in mobile computing, wireless networking, web technologies and social networking leverage massive opportunities to provide highly accurate and effective tourist recommendations that respect personal preferences and capture usage, personal, social and environmental contextual parameters. This article follows a systematic approach in reviewing the state-of-the-art in the field, proposing a classification of mobile tourism RSs and providing insights on their offered services. It also highlights challenges and promising research directions with respect to mobile RSs employed in tourism. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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A new design of a unipolar aerosol charger has been developed. The charger consists of a radioactive source placed between two screen electrodes enclosed by a Plexiglass tube. The electric field in the charger is aligned with aerosol flow. The new charger is capable of charging ultrafine aerosols efficiently and with low particle losses. The charger was evaluated thoroughly both theoretically and experimentally. The basic equations for the charging process in this charger were numerically solved for monodisperse, ultrafine aerosols under various operating conditions. From the calculation results, the particle charge level and loss rate within the charger were found to depend on two dimensionless parameters defined in the paper. In the experiment, the particle charge level and penetration rate were measured for particle sizes of 10-30 nm, operating voltages of 3-9 kV, flow rates of carrier gas of 2-5.21 min-1, and pressures of 0.46 and 1 atm. The experimental results which were obtained under similar conditions estimated by the dimensionless parameters were found to agree with the theoretical predictions. The charger gave a unit charge to 50% of the 10 nm diameter particles with 20% particle losses. The charger was found to work also under low pressure as a high-efficiency charger.


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Our aims: We want to help underprivileged children in South India to get decent food, lodging, and a home, and most importantly a good education that enables them to take care of themselves and their families.
In Kanchipuram itself Dr Ute Hüsken, Professor at the University of Oslo who worked for many years in this small town, takes care that the money is spent sensibly. Her former research assistant, Mr Subramaniam, is in charge of the daily affairs and frequently reports back to Ute Hüsken about the day-to-day affairs and problems.
Our involvement is entirely on a voluntary basis -100% of the donations reach the children and address their needs immediately.
The Natrangal Orphanage
Since 2006 the German trust Project India supports the orphanage „Natrangal“ in the small South Indian town Kanchipuram. At present, 26 children live in the orphanage. These are boys and girls between 6 and 18 years old. The children are either orphaned (some of them are Tsunami orphans), or their parents are too poor to even provide the basic needs for them – at home they would have neither enough food nor be able to attend school. The children live together with two women who cook and take care of the girls, and one man who is in charge of the administrative work and the boys. The orphanage is a new home for these care takers, too, who do not have any other family any more.
The children live in the orphanage all year long, attend school form there, do their homework there and are family for each other. The orphanage is locally supervised by the Indian trust „Natrangal“ which consists of a number of local philantrophists, who also raise funds locally. The German trust Project India e.V. helps by providing bedding, visits to the doctor, medicine, eye glasses, clothes, food, school fees, school clothes and material, furniture, we pay the monthly rent of the orphanage and also the salary for the three employees.
We are very proud and happy that already a few young adults left our orphanage with an excellent school record and good job, looking into a much brighter future!


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Your diet can have a tremendous impact on your energy level. Many people turn to caffeine or sugar when they are low on energy, and while this can provide a short-term energy boost, it eventually backfires. Once the sugar or caffeine wears off, your body realizes that it has nothing to use for energy, and you end up exhausted and hungry (and much more likely to overeat). A few tweaks to your food choices and meal timing will help guarantee plenty of energy at the gym and throughout your day.
Eat a balanced breakfast. Include complex carbs, protein, and fat. Swap out processed foods like doughnuts, pastries, and bagels (which will just cause a blood sugar spike and subsequent energy crash) for healthier options. Try whole-grain cereals with nuts and fruit, an omelet with veggies and cheese, or Greek yogurt with granola.
Don’t overdo it on carbs. While carbs provide quick energy, too high a carb load (with not enough protein and fat) can cause a drop in blood sugar and low energy. Focus on balancing fiber, protein, and fat at each meal to slow the release of glucose into the blood and help prevent energy crashes.
Make sure you’re eating enough. Getting sufficient calories and protein ensures that you are fueling your body for energy. When you eat less than you need for basic biological function, your energy levels will suffer. You will also break down precious calorie-burning muscle tissue for energy—something no one wants happening.
Don’t overeat. Overeating puts the body into overdrive, channeling large amounts of energy to digest and absorb all that food, so afterward all you want to do is lie down and sleep. – FLEX

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Samsung is rumored to be producing two huge phones: the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 (Korea-only Samsung Galaxy Player pictured)
Samsung took some flak when it launched its first phablet, the Galaxy Note. “A giant-sized phone with a stylus? HA!” ... then the device turned out to be quite good ... and then it sold millions of units. Who’s laughing now? So don’t blame us for keeping an open mind about the company’s rumored gigantophone, the Samsung Galaxy Mega.
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Dating a married woman can be a dangerous push. You risk ruining your marriage and taking a chance on the future of your household if you defraud on her. Her children could possibly be more important you. She may well have norwegian mail order brides trouble expressing her thoughts and you may end program a rugged breakup.
Dating a married female is certainly not the easiest issue for you to do. It requires mindful steps on the part. The relationship could turn out to be a one-sided http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/hate1.htm affair without future. It might be wise to ask your self if you can see a future with her. The woman may not be enthusiastic about the partnership, and you’ll have to keep your length.
Regardless of the physical attraction, a married girl may not have the time or affection to preserve a marriage. A great affair can easily ruin a relationship and make one loved one envious and possessive. If you are not ready for that, you shouldn’t pursue an affair which has a married woman.
Dating a wedded woman is also dangerous for your mental and physical well-being. She might leave her man, or the woman may own a lot of sexual associates. It can make you baffled and emotionally depleted. Even worse, you could end up aching your partner or even the kids.


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The Olsen Knit Skirt by Ena Pelly is in a gorgeous royal blue colour way. A minimal-luxe midi skirt for your everyday look. Made from a viscose blend rib knit with a hint of stretch, this skirt sits at a mid-waist with a wide flare before the hem. Dress this up with your favourite boot or down with a sneaker.
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The Warith al-Anbia institute was opened in Bobo Dioulasso, the African country’s second largest city, according to the website of the Astan.
It is a branch of the Karbala-based Warith al-Anbia institute that is active in training Quran activists and religious preachers.
A delegation from the Astan was in Burkina Faso for the inauguration of the branch.
In August last year, the first branch of the institute in East Africa was opened in Uganda.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest.
Islam in Burkina Faso has a long and varied history. According to the 2010 census, about 62 percent of the country’s population is Muslim.


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Historical marker #2173 in Louisville acknowledges the contributions of the First Unitarian Church toward the civil rights and women's suffrage movements. The First Unitarian Church hosted Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt in January of 1895, during their tour through the South to promote women's suffrage.
The Kentucky tour of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) organizers, which included Anthony and Catt, was organized by Kentucky suffragist Laura Clay. Anthony asked Clay to outline a two-day itinerary in sixteen different Kentucky cities. Based on Clay's schedule, Anthony and Catt began their Kentucky tour in Lexington before visiting other Kentucky cities including Wilmore, Louisville, Owensboro, and Paducah. It was while visiting Louisville that Anthony and Catt spoke at the First Unitarian Church.
This trip through Kentucky was part of a larger effort to launch the suffragist movement in the southern states. Immediately following their recruiting trip through Kentucky, Anthony, Catt, and Clay headed to Atlanta, Georgia, for the annual NAWSA convention. Southern suffragists looked to Clay in particular for guidance and leadership.
The First Unitarian Church, which is located in the "Old Louisville" historic district, is still active today and is associated with the churches of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

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Gila Ridge High School has named Jessica Slaughter as its new head varsity football coach, becoming the first varsity female head coach for Gila Ridge and the Yuma Union High School District.
Slaughter becomes the third female varsity football coach in Arizona history according to the Arizona Interscholastic Association.
Slaughter previously served as the varsity defensive line coach for Gila Ridge after being the freshman football coach for three seasons.
“I am incredibly honored to have this opportunity to lead the Gila Ridge High School football program,” said Slaughter. “As an alumni of Gila Ridge, I have always wanted to see its programs succeed and I look forward to being a part of that continued success.”
Since varsity sports began in 2008 at Gila Ridge there have been seven varsity football coaches named and in that time the hawks have maintained a winning record advancing to the postseason three times.
The Hawks have recorded a 22-6 record over the past three seasons including a 11-2 run during the 2019 season where they advanced to the 4A Conference state semifinals.


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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over the recent tornado and storm in Cuba which left several dead and hundreds injured and caused huge damages.
Expressing sympathies with the Cuban government, nation, and the afflicted families, Bahram Qassemi said Iran is ready to help the Cuban people.
A powerful tornado has ripped through the Cuban capital, Havana, leaving several people dead and scores injured.
The twister has immensely damaged buildings and vehicles. It has also brought strong winds exceeding more than 100 kilometres per hour, causing power cuts and plunging neighbourhoods into darkness.

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Downloadable papers are here. (They are also listed below under Academic Papers.)
Take Back Our Party: Restoring the Democratic Legacy (The American Prospect, 2019; Strong Arm Press, 2020). Just go read it now. It’s short and it’s free. Or you can order a print copy here.
Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality (Pantheon, 2017). An intellectual history of the development and influence of “Economics 101” ideas in the United States, with an analysis of the impact of those ideas on labor markets, financial regulation, health care, and other policy areas.
White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters To You (Pantheon, 2012). A history of American deficit politics, an analysis of the current national debt, and a set of recommendations for how to bring the debt under control over the long term. A Wall Street Journal business bestseller.
Thirteen Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, with Simon Johnson (Pantheon, 2010). An analysis of the growth of the financial sector, its political power, the regulatory and organizational failings that led to the financial crisis, and potential reforms. Perhaps the only book ever to have endorsements from Senators in both the Baseball Hall of Fame (Jim Bunning) and the Basketball Hall of Fame (Bill Bradley). Five weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Reached #6 on Amazon.
Blogs and the Like
Medium. I contributed to the Bull Market publication in 2014–15. This is where I currently post articles that aren’t published elsewhere.
The Baseline Scenario, with Simon Johnson. Since September 2008. A blog covering finance, economics, law, and public policy, among other things. Cited by virtually every leading news publication and many leading commentators. At its peak, we got over 100,000 unique monthly visitors. My Baseline Scenario posts were republished all over the Internet on more sites than I am aware of. The Huffington Post occasionally reposted articles to my HuffPost blog. Very occasionally, they put one of my articles at the top of their front page and it got over 4,000 comments.
The Atlantic. I wrote an occasional online column for The Atlantic for several years beginning in 2011.
The Hearing, Washington Post. April-November 2009. The Hearing began as an online forum covering economic issues before Congress, moderated by Simon and me. We changed it to a regular weekly online column on domestic economic and policy issues. We dropped the whole thing when we realized we were getting far more visitors on The Baseline Scenario.
For a small selection of my favorite blog posts, see the Highlights page.
Academic Papers and Book Chapters
I wrote these for a while, mainly in order to get tenure. Then I decided I preferred writing books and more popular articles.
“Law and Economism.” Critical Analysis of Law 5, no. 1 (2018): 39–59.
“The Value of Connections in Turbulent Times: Evidence from the United States,” with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, and Todd Mitton. Journal of Financial Economics 121, no. 2 (August 2016): 368–91.
“Reducing Inequality with a Retrospective Tax on Capital.” Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 25, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 191–244.
“‘Social Insurance,’ Risk Spreading, and Redistribution.” In Daniel Schwarcz and Peter Siegelman, eds., Research Handbook on the Economics of Insurance Law (Edward Elgar, 2015).
“Incentives and Ideology” (review of Adam J. Levitin, “The Politics of Financial Regulation and the Regulation of Financial Politics: A Review Essay”). Harvard Law Review Forum 127, no. 7 (May 2014): 253–58.
“Corporate Law Constraints on Political Spending.” North Carolina Banking Institute Journal 18 (November 2013): 251–95.
“Cultural Capture and the Financial Crisis.” Chapter 4 in Daniel Carpenter and David Moss, eds., Preventing Capture: Special Interest Influence in Legislation, and How To Limit It (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
“Improving Retirement Savings Options for Employees.” University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 15, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 483–540.
“Can the United States Achieve Fiscal Sustainability? Will We?” Chapter 11 in Franklin Allen, Anna Gelpern, Charles Mooney, and David Skeel, eds., Is U.S. Government Debt Different? (Financial Institutions Center Press, 2012).
“Is Financial Innovation Good for the Economy?,” with Simon Johnson. Chapter 1 in Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, eds., Innovation Policy and the Economy, NBER Book Series, Volume 12 (University of Chicago Press, 2012).
Articles in Newspapers, Magazines, etc., and the Online Versions Thereof
Note: This list does not include articles originally published at The Baseline Scenario, Medium, The Atlantic, or The Hearing, regardless of where else they got picked up.
“Why the Wheels of Human History Seemed to Turn Faster for Some” (review of Oded Galor’s The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality), Washington Post, April 29, 2022.
“We Know about Amazon’s Sins. Do We Care?” (review of Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America), Washington Post, March 21, 2021.
“Biden Stimulus: Why $1.9 Trillion Is a Small Price to Pay,” Prospect, February 13, 2021.
“Democrats Lavishly Praising U.S. Elections Are Overlooking a Major Weakness,” The Washington Post, December 10, 2020.
“Democrats, Don’t Take the Bait on Trump’s Memory Test,” The New York Times, July 24, 2020.
“The End of Small Business,” The Washington Post, July 9, 2020.
“The American Ideology, on the Left and the Right, That Props Up Inequality” (review of Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology), The Washington Post, May 24, 2020.
“How the Conservative Revolution Led to the Trump-Kushner Oligarchy” (review of Andrea Bernstein’s American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power), The Washington Post, February 16, 2020.
“How Economists Turned All of Society into a Market” (review of Binyamin Appelbaum’s The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society), The Washington Post, September 19, 2019.
“The Corporate Overlords Are Not Our Friends” (review of Tyler Cowen’s Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero), Washington Monthly, April–June 2019.
“The Fallacy of the Free Market” (review of Steven Vogel’s Marketcraft: How Governments Make Markets Work), Washington Monthly, April 5, 2018.
“Democrats Are Right on the Economy—But Losing the Argument,” Prospect, February 27, 2018.
“So the Republicans Wreck the U.S. Balance Sheet—Again,” Prospect, February 23, 2018.
“Trump’s Tax Plan Won’t Benefit the Merely Rich—But the Scions of Business Empires,” Prospect, October 4, 2017.
“Getting Away with It” (review of Jesse Eisinger’s The Chickenshit Club), New York Times Book Review, July 9, 2017.
“Realize That Some Innovations Don’t Help,” The Agenda (Politico), June 2017.
“The ‘Trump Bounce’ Will End,” Prospect, February 28, 2017.
“What’s Wrong with Econ 101,” The Chronicle Review, January 22, 2017.
“Health Care and John D. Rockefeller’s Dog,” Econbrowser, January 20, 2017.
“Following the Money: 5 of the Best Books on Economics,” Signature, January 11, 2017.
“The Failure of Democratic Storytelling.” Literary Hub, January 9, 2017.
“V.I.P. Room” (review of Kenneth P. Vogel, Big Money). The New York Times Book Review, July 6, 2014.
“Incentives and Ideology,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, June 23, 2014.
“Connecticut Must Consider Public Retirement Plan.” The Connecticut Mirror, April 25, 2014.
“Political Connections in Turbulent Times,” with Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, and Todd Mitton. Vox, February 25, 2014.
“Is Janet Yellen the Wrong Choice for the Fed?” The Prospect (UK), February 2, 2014.
“Should We Have Let Wall Street Go Bust?” Zócalo Public Square, March 13, 2013.
“Let the ‘Do Nothing’ Congress Do Nothing.” Group Think, BillMoyers.com, November 16, 2012.
“Financial Industry.” In David Coates, ed., The Oxford Companion to American Politics, vol. 1 (Oxford University Press, 2012): 380–88.
“Failure Is an Option” (review of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail). Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Summer 2012.
“Waiting To Be Heard” (review of Janet Byrne, ed., The Occupy Handbook). Finance and Development 42, no. 2 (June 2012).
“Obama the Republican.” Prospect, May 2012.
“Debt and Dumb,” with Simon Johnson. Vanity Fair, July 2011.
“February 18, 2011.” The3six5, February 18, 2011.
“Advancing Oligarchy: A Conversation with James Kwak.” The Straddler, Fall 2010. (This is actually the transcript of an interview I did, but I liked the way it came out.)
“The Bush Tax Cuts and Fiscal Responsibility,” with Simon Johnson. Economix, The New York Times, August 12, 2010.
“Too Big for Us to Fail,” with Simon Johnson. The American Prospect, June 2010.
“The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown: Problems and Solutions.” The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 16, 2010.
“’13 Bankers’: Who’s in Charge, the Banks or the Government?” The Huffington Post, April 30, 2010.
“Do C.D.O.’s Have Social Value?” Room for Debate, The New York Times, April 27, 2010.
“’13 Bankers’: How Big Are The Biggest Banks? If Derivatives Aren’t Counted We Won’t Know.” The Huffington Post, April 23, 2010.
“’13 Bankers’ in 4 Pictures: Why Wall Street Profits Are Out of Whack.” The Huffington Post, April 15, 2010.
“The U.S. Economy Needs Strong, Independent CFPA,” with Simon Johnson. The Hill, April 13, 2010.
“’13 Bankers’: Beware of Banana Peels,” with Simon Johnson. The Huffington Post, April 8, 2010.
“To Battle Wall Street, Obama Should Channel Teddy Roosevelt,” with Simon Johnson. The Washington Post, April 4, 2010.
“Capital Requirements Are Not Enough,” with Simon Johnson. Economix, The New York Times, April 1, 2010.
“Is Summers Ready to Get Tough on Big Banks?” with Simon Johnson. The New York Times, February 11, 2010.
“Four More Years of Bernanke? No, Thanks.” The Argument, Foreign Policy, January 11, 2010.
“Seduced by a Model,” with Simon Johnson. Economix, The New York Times, October 1, 2009.
“Finance: Before the Next Meltdown,” with Simon Johnson. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Fall 2009.
“Stressed About the Stress Tests.” The Argument, Foreign Policy, May 6, 2009.
“The Quiet Coup,” with Simon Johnson. The Atlantic, May 2009.
“The Radicalization of Ben Bernanke,” with Simon Johnson. The Washington Post, April 5, 2009.
“Geithner’s Plan Isn’t Money in the Bank,” with Simon Johnson. Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2009.
“Off with the Bankers,” with Simon Johnson. The New York Times, March 19, 2009.
“Still Waiting for Helicopter Ben,” with Simon Johnson. The Guardian, February 24, 2009.
“National Debt for Beginners,” with Simon Johnson. NPR Planet Money Blog, February 4, 2009.
“Beyond the Stimulus Package.” The Politic, February 2009.
“The Speech I Want To Hear.” Talking Points Memo Cafe, January 18, 2009. (All of my other TPM Cafe posts were originally published on The Baseline Scenario.)
“The New World of Financial Risk,” with Simon Johnson. Financial Executive, January 2009.
“An Economic Strategy for Obama,” with Peter Boone and Simon Johnson. Real Time Economics, The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2008.
“Start by Saving the Eurozone,” with Peter Boone and Simon Johnson. Comment Is Free, The Guardian, October 24, 2008.
“How to Manage the Banks,” with Peter Boone and Simon Johnson. The Washington Post, October 15, 2008.
“The Price of Salvation,” with Simon Johnson. Economists’ Forum, Financial Times, September 24, 2008.
“A Hedge Fund Like No Other,” with Simon Johnson. The Washington Post, September 23, 2008.


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BOSTON — We're just about at the end of the first quarter of the NBA season, and there's good news: The Sixers won a game! The Sixers won a game!
Wednesday night at the TD Garden, the Celtics ended a five-game losing streak to earn their fifth win of the season, and they did it five weeks to the day after opening night.
BOSTON — The Celtics' Development League squad in Maine just got a lot deeper - for tonight at least.
Crank up those Rondo-to-the-Lakers rumors again.


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The MSU Federal Credit Union’s Downtown Lansing office closed for the day, Jan. 28, 2019 | Michael Gerstein
After an energy shortage during record-breaking cold weather in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked a state commission to investigate state preparations for extreme weather.
Whitmer announced Monday her request that the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) conduct a statewide review of natural gas supplies and how they’re delivered — supplies that are crucial for keeping homes heated during bitter, arctic-like days.
Whitmer asked the commission to complete a report by July 1. It’s meant to determines whether Michigan’s energy systems are ready for changing and extreme weather conditions, her office said.
The governor announced last week her plan to ask MPSC to look into the state’s weather emergency readiness.
“We need to make sure that Michigan is prepared if we’re faced with another energy emergency,” Whitmer said in a statement. “Last week, Michigan families and businesses stepped up when Consumers Energy requested that we all turn down our heat to 65 degrees, and because of the sacrifices we made together, people across the state were able to get through a 48-hour period of life-threatening weather safely.”
Whitmer explicitly identified climate change as the reason behind her request.
“As a direct result of climate change, Michigan is sure to experience more record-setting temperatures and extreme weather events in the future,” she continued. “The state needs to be prepared, and that means ensuring we have a reliable and affordable energy supply to keep our economy moving and keep families safe.”
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Entrepreneurs must address a host of issues. One of them is the decision whether or not to locate their business in rented premises or to make a much larger investment and buy their own property. Let’s break down the various advantages and disadvantages of both.
Renting space for business
Let’s take a look at this in good order. Firstly, the advantage of renting is that there is no need for any high initial investment. In addition, many landlords, in the beginning, might offer what’s known as a temporary rent free period, during which for an agreed upon period you pay the lessor only a minimum, or in some cases no, rent.
You also gain extra flexibility for your company because you’re not limited by space size. You can either expand or cut back according to your needs. In the event that your space is simply not sufficient due to limited size, or you’re no longer satisfied with it, or simply just want to change the direction of your company, you can always move to new premises. Also with rental space you will not have to be burdened with the operation and maintenance of the building, as the landlord is responsible for such things.
The flip side is the fact that when moving into new premises you have to take into consideration the length and conditions of the lease. Of course, it’s easier to leave a rented space, but still there is a notice period, which must be respected when announcing to the lessor your intention to vacate the premises. And perhaps most importantly, even if you pay rent for over ten years, you still will never own this specific property.
Buying space for business
The main advantage to buying is the fact that the given space is now the permanent property of your company. You can alone decide what to do with it and if the need arises you can sell it or even rent it. In this case, at the end of the lease agreement you are left with no financial burdens or expenses.
The main disadvantage of the choice to buy is a higher initial investment. A mortgage, which may be paid off over several decades, increases your fixed costs. And, of course, you need to take care of the property, which also means certain additional fixed costs and personnel as well. If you decide to sell your property, it could take several months, and in some cases this might be a problem leading to less flexibility for you company. And if you need to expand, you might discover that the space is too small or it is situated in an inappropriate location.


It's often said that it's unfair to grade a draft class in the NFL until you've had three full seasons to evaluate the body of work.
Therefore, this week in the AFC North blog we will take a look at the 2008 draft classes in the division and provide a letter grade. Tuesday we start with the Cleveland Browns.
Analysis: This was the final draft of former general manager Phil Savage's tenure in Cleveland, and it turned out to be a bad one. The Browns were coming off a successful 10-6 season in 2007 and had high expectations. Savage made a risky move by trading away all his top picks in 2008 in a draft-day deal for quarterback Brady Quinn the year prior and offseason trades to get defensive linemen Shaun Rogers and Corey Williams. To some degree, you must consider those players in this equation. But none worked out besides one productive season from Rogers. Of the five picks, only Rubin panned out and is still with the team. He is now Cleveland's best defensive lineman, which prevents this draft from being a complete disaster.
AFC North blog draft grade: D+
On Wednesday we will take a look at the 2008 draft of the Cincinnati Bengals.