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TUESDAY UPDATE: As of this morning, still no returned ballots for the Coffmans or Sen. Gardner.
Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) once promised to spill the beans on his choice for President “when ballots go out.” Denver Post reporter Jon Murray followed up with Coffman’s campaign recently to see if and when the Congressman would make his choice at the top of the ticket, and we’re still waiting:
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► Local postal workers joined with Governor John Hickenlooper on Monday to dispel the notion from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump that there could be ballot problems in Colorado — specifically the idea that postal workers could somehow see through envelopes and discard ballots that favored the GOP nominee. Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State, meanwhile, continues to publicly challenge Trump’s suggestion of ballot fraud in our state.
► With Election Day just eight days away, campaign surrogates for both major party Presidential candidates continue to make stops in Colorado. Labor Secretary Tom Perez is in Colorado today, along with Chelsea Clinton, to stump on behalf of Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will also make another stop in Colorado sometime before Election Day.
On the Republican side of things, Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence will campaign on behalf of Donald Trumpin Loveland on Wednesday.
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Darryl Glenn in his customary political spot: Wayyyy in the back.
Let’s be clear from the get-go here: Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn is not going to defeat Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet next week. Not only is Glenn going to lose to Bennet — it’s a good bet that Glenn will lose by more than 20 points, which would exceed the combined margin of victory in the last four U.S. Senate races in Colorado combined.
Reality aside, we fully expect Glenn to declare victory in the 2016 Senate race at some point in the next eight days. Claiming victory against Bennet would be the obvious next step for a candidate who would once again have you believe that a new poll miraculously shows a blowout race to be coming down to the wire.
Here’s an excerpt from another Glenn fundraising email that we received this morning:
Glenn doesn’t actually link to a specific poll in today’s fundraising email, though there is apparently some new data from YouGov indicating a five-point margin between the candidates. We haven’t bothered to look at the methodologies of this new poll because it is so far removed from the trend lines in this race that it defies credibility. According to Real Clear Politics, there are 17 available polls on Colorado’s Senate race dating back to July; 11 of these polls show Bennet with a double-digit lead over Glenn. There were six public polls in this race conducted during the month of October, and even if you include the results of this dubious YouGov poll, Bennet still averages a 12-point advantage over Glenn.
Campaign time is almost up for Glenn, the man we’ve called the “Worst Statewide Candidate in Colorado History.” If he wants to spend his last week as a U.S. Senate candidate pretending to be on the doorstep of victory…well, whatever. Reality will intervene soon enough.
As CNN reports, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is increasingly shifting her campaign resources toward helping Democrats in winning close Congressional seats around the country:
After nearly five months of ripping into Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton suddenly has a new list of enemies on the campaign trail: Republican candidates in competitive down-ballot races.
Clinton’s pivot is an unmistakable sign that she and her top aides have never felt more confident about victory on November 8…
…Determined to capitalize on her opponent’s her opponent’s recent struggles, Clinton has picked up her pace of campaigning, and in the final two weeks of the 2016 race, she will crisscross the country to vouch for Democrats in tough congressional races.
Her ultimate goal is to secure a Democratic-controlled Senate — crucial to a Clinton administration’s ability to set an aggressive first-term agenda.
President Barack Obama is also turning up the heat in several competitive Congressional battles around the country. Obama directly criticized Republican Rep. Darrell Issa at a fundraiser in La Jolla, California on Sunday. Here in Colorado today, Obama formally endorsed Democrat Morgan Carroll in CD-6. As the Aurora Sentinel reports, here’s the full statement of Obama’s endorsement:
“I’m proud to endorse Morgan Carroll for the United States House of Representatives,” Obama said. “Over the last eight years, we’ve made tremendous strides towards making our nation safer, stronger, and fairer, but it’s clear that to continue this progress, we need to send more commonsense leaders like Morgan Carroll to Congress to get things done for the middle class. Morgan Carroll is a champion for Colorado families — fighting for good-paying jobs and better wages, and isn’t afraid to take on the tough fights, like defending a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, passing tough campaign finance and lobbying reform laws, making sure we keep our sacred promises to our nation’s veterans and their families, and addressing the crushing burden of student loan debt felt by so many Colorado students. Morgan Carroll is the kind of tough and smart leader who will build on all we’ve accomplished and take our nation forward, and that’s why I know Coloradans can count on Morgan Carroll.”
Coffman is touting his own list of endorsements, though they are decidedly less interesting than President Obama’s backing:
Coffman rolled out his own partisan praise last week, announcing the endorsement of area Republican mayors and county commissioners.
We wrote last week that the worst-case-scenario for Republicans was that disaffected GOP voters just wouldn’t bother voting at all. But if Obama and Clinton are confident enough about the top of the ticket with two weeks left that they are going to focus their efforts on down-ballot races…well, the worst-case-scenario for Republicans might have changed significantly.
If you are a Republican or a supporter of Senate candidate Darryl Glenn, here’s the good news: Glenn isn’t losing by 20 points (yet).
Just one week after Glenn laughably claimed that he was running in a “virtual tie” with Senator Michael Bennet (D-Denver), Quinnipiac University released new polling data on Colorado’s Senate race that pretty much confirms what everyone else already knew:
Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet leads El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, the Republican challenger 56 – 38 percent, widening a 52 – 43 percent lead September 23…
…Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has a 62 – 30 percent lead among independent likely voters. He gets Democrats 95 – 1 percent, while Republicans go to Darryl Glenn 90 – 9 percent.
Bennet also leads among men, women, white and non-white voters. [Pols emphasis]
Sure, Sen. Bennet may have a lead among people of every sex and race, but there’s no indication that Glenn has lost support among asexual reptiles.
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That’s reason enough for us to roll out another Debate Diary. Let’s get ready to bumbllleeee…
*NOTE: The most current update appears at the top of the page. As always, unless it is in direct quotes, consider all statements paraphrased in the interest of time.
Final Thoughts This was the Denver Broncos versus Bell Middle School in football. Michael Bennet answered questions directly, provided context and detail, and looked and sounded like…a Senator. Darryl Glenn could not have been more overmatched. He was petulant and silly, insisting on pushing irrelevant points to the detriment of his own time that could have been used to answer questions. Bennet is going to defeat Glenn by a wide margin in November, and as we saw in this debate, he very well should.
History may be made in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race (Michael Bennet, left, and Darryl Glenn).
As we mentioned today in writing about the new Monmouth University poll, Senator Michael Bennet (D-Denver) continues to widen his polling lead over Republican challenger Darryl Glenn.
According to Monmouth, Bennet now leads Glenn by an eye-popping 18-point margin (53-35), with Bennet picking up five more points since the last Monmouth poll in July. To put this in perspective, the total margin of victory in the last four Colorado Senate races works out to 18 points.
In other words, polling numbers show Bennet beating Glenn by at least as much as the margin in the last four Senate races combined.
Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn is not the most accessible candidate in Colorado. Glenn easily (and surprisingly) won the June Republican Primary for the U.S. Senate nomination, but since then he’s been harder to track down than an Hispanic female supporter of Donald Trump.
Glenn likes to spend his campaign time speaking only in front of friendly audiences, which is why he has shunned most Colorado reporters and is rarely seen outside of highly-partisan right-wing events. With just a few weeks left until ballots drop in Colorado, Glenn is turning to Facebook to spread his anti-collaboration message.
Glenn is answering questions during a “live” town hall event on Facebook that was scheduled to begin at 3:00 today. Glenn has been in Washington D.C. this week, and he took some time during his travels to shoot an incredibly-awkward video promoting his Facebook outreach.
Here’s Glenn standing in front of The Capitol Hill Club (?) in Washington D.C., pretending not to be reading off of a script or teleprompter or something. Enjoy!
“I look forward to being your next Senator…[pause]…In Colorado.”
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Lily Tang Williams.
As the Grand Junction Sentinel’sCharles Ashbyreports, they’ll have three podiums on stage for next Saturday’s Club 20 U.S. Senate debate in Grand Junction–a development that might make the night’s nominal marquee event, well, more interesting than it was:
Thanks to a slight increase in the number of registered Libertarians statewide last month, the party’s candidate for U.S. Senate reached the threshold to qualify to participate in this weekend’s Club 20 debates.
Lily Tang Williams, who’s running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and GOP rival Darryl Glenn, will be on stage at Two Rivers Convention Center on Saturday…
Williams’ appearance at the debates won’t mark the first time a third-party candidate was allowed to participate, but the first for a statewide race in recent memory.
Even in 2010, when Democrat John Hickenlooper was running against Republican Dan Maes for governor, the third-party candidate, former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo, didn’t qualify because he had joined the American Constitution Party, which didn’t meet the 1 percent threshold.
Lily Tang Williams’ inclusion in Saturday’s U.S. Senate debate is very good news for her campaign and Libertarians in general–a minor party enjoying some added support this year as Donald Trump renders the Republican ticket toxic for a substantial number of voters who would otherwise trend GOP. But it’s also more good news for incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, since whatever support Williams attracts to her campaign will logically be subtracted from GOP nominee Darryl Glenn.
In terms of what to expect from Williams in Saturday night’s debate, she has a reputation as a fiery witness in testimony on legislation at the Colorado state capitol–especially gun legislation, which generally sees Williams testifying with room-silencing passion and intensity about growing up in communist China. The story is not always very relevant to, you know, the legislation being debated, but don’t even try to interrupt her.
Anyway, look for Williams to liven up Saturday night’s big debate in Grand Junction. Considerably.
Today we add one further alteration: We are moving Colorado from Leans Democratic to Likely Democratic. This also does not affect the Electoral College total, though it does push a competitive state further toward Clinton. Public and private polling, plus our own survey of key Democrats, Republicans, and independent journalists suggests that the GOP is not very competitive in Colorado this year. That includes the Senate race too, which we are moving from Likely Democratic to Safe Democratic. [Pols emphasis] Sen. Michael Bennet (D), a very close winner in 2010, should be able to run ahead of Clinton against an underfunded Republican opponent, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, who national Republicans appear to have written off.
This isn’t a huge surprise, of course, but it is noteworthy to see that there is a consensus opinion forming that Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver), once the top incumbent target of Senate Republicans, is no longer even considered vulnerable in 2016.
Even though the 2016 Democratic Party platform will have a weak statement against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, I am not convinced that some of our members of Congress, particularly Senator Michael Bennet will heed their advice. In spite of the fact that virtually every labor and environmental group opposes the deal, President Obama wholeheartedly supports it. In fact, he’s its biggest promoter and wants its passage in order to solidify his legacy. So do all of the Republicans who currently control both houses of Congress. And that’s what makes me think that they will attempt to pass the TPP during a lame duck session after the election. That way, those who are leaving Congress cannot be held accountable and those who remain will be the furthest away, in time, from their next election. There will be plenty of time for people to forget. In Bennet’s case, six years.
Bennet has been a supporter of TPP from the start. And recently, he was reminded of that fact when he became the only member of the Congressional delegation from Colorado that did not receive the endorsement of the AFL-CIO.
Based on what I have seen from Sen. Bennet’s actions in the past, I have to think that he would gladly vote for passage of the TPP during a lame duck session. I hope he has the good sense to change his position and vote NO if it does come to a vote. But I doubt that he will unless the folks who sent him to Washington in the first place let him know where they stand. I stand opposed to the TPP and, since the TPA rules do not allow it to be amended in any way, it should not come to a vote at any time, particularly during a lame duck session. And if it does, Sen. Bennet needs to vote NO.
If anybody reading this post has a chance to ask Sen. Bennet whether he will vote for or against the TPP during a lame duck session, please let it be known what he says. I would love to hear that this is a non-issue. But in the meantime, if you have the same sneaking suspicion that I do, that Sen. Bennet will vote to pass the TPP during a lame ducks session, please take a minute to add your name to Sen. Bernie Sanders petition by following this link.
Sen. Michael Bennet at Chimney Rock National Monument.
A press release from the Sierra Club this morning announces an endorsement that’s both unsurprising and significant:
Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Colorado Senator Michael Bennet for re-election.
“The Sierra Club is proud to endorse Senator Bennet for re-election,” said Sierra Club’s Executive Director Michael Brune. “For the past seven years, the Senator has worked tirelessly to protect America’s treasured public lands, expand our rapidly growing clean energy economy, and tackle the threat of climate change. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Senator Bennet to preserve places like Camp Hale, transition to clean, renewable energy, and prevent further climate disruption.”
Since taking office, Senator Bennet has been a vocal advocate for tackling climate change head-on, protecting our public lands and waterways, and increasing clean energy technology like wind and solar.
“The Sierra Club has been a crucial partner on our work to protect natural treasures like Browns Canyon, Hermosa Creek and Chimney Rock, as well as helping to grow our state’s renewable energy economy,” said Senator Michael Bennet. “Coloradans understand the importance of clean air, clean water and clean energy to our everyday lives and environment. Together, we’ll win in November and keep working on collaborative solutions to protect Colorado and our planet for future generations.”
As a comparatively moderate Democrat, support from trusted conservation organizations like the Sierra Club greatly helps Sen. Michael Bennet shore up support within the Democrat base. It’s not like those voters would be likely to support any of the Republican primary contenders, but lingering bad feelings from Bennet’s primary victory in 2010–and of course Bennet’s middle-road voting record–could depress enthusiasm.
Between support from major players that voters recognize and the specter of any of the Republican alternatives, we’d guess that Bennet’s “base problems” won’t be much of a problem by the fall.
As the Colorado Independent’sCorey Hutchinsreports, Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined with fellow Democrats this week in a day-long filibuster to call attention to the need for enhanced gun safety legislation following last weekend’s terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida:
Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, up for re-election in Colorado this fall, joined 30 of his Democratic colleagues in D.C. for a filibuster about gun laws [Wednesday] following the latest massacre, this time in Orlando, which left a bloody mark as the worst single-gunman mass shooting in U.S. history…
When Bennet took the floor, he talked about the difference between the ways Colorado lawmakers and Congress have reacted to gun violence. Colorado has passed new laws; Congress has not.
“Unlike Washington, in Colorado our legislators actually rose to the occasion to take some tough decisions … they got together and they actually strengthened our background check system. Colorado’s legislature closed the gun show loophole and the internet loophole and required a background check for every gun sale,” Bennet said.
The Senator then ran down the list of what that has meant for Colorado in practice within the past year.
“I want to be precise about this,” he said, noting that in 2015 background checks had blocked 7,714 people from buying guns, a figure that made up about 2 percent of the applications for firearms purchases.
Those within that 2 percent included murderers, rapists, domestic abusers and kidnappers who were denied guns because of the new rules, Bennet said.
“Is there anyone who is going to come to the floor of the United States Senate and say that Colorado is worse off because we’ve kept guns out of the hands of murderers or kidnappers or rapists?” he asked. “This isn’t mythical. This is the actual fact of what’s going on in a Western state that has background checks.” [Pols emphasis]
Bennet’s defense of Colorado’s landmark gun laws is in fact very important to the national debate now taking place over strengthening federal gun safety laws. One of the most critical reforms sought nationally has been standard practice in Colorado in part since 2000 and fully since 2013: universal background checks, both on gun purchases made at gun shows (2000’s post-Columbine Amendment 22) and on most private transfers of guns outside immediate family members (2013’s House Bill 1229).
Colorado’s experience with closing loopholes that allowed weapons to be purchased without a background check has shown that these are workable policies that do result in thousands of gun sales to criminals being stopped–both outright denied purchases, as well as the deterrent effect of having the policy in place. That a Western state like Colorado with its long tradition of gun ownership can successfully implement strict background checks on gun sales shows it can be done nationally–neutralizing a key argument of the gun lobby against them. Politically, Colorado is increasingly a model for passing gun safety legislation and then successfully weathering fierce political reprisals from gun rights zealots. After the high water mark of the 2013 recall elections, the new laws have notably failed to become the cautionary tale the gun lobby wanted them to be.
As desperate as the gun lobby was to stop Colorado’s push to tighten gun laws after the Aurora theater massacre, or failing that to at least contain their spread by exacting a heavy and lasting political toll, their failure is evident with each horrific killing spree. At least for a little while, the conversation inevitably comes back to the easy availability of military weapons that can cut down dozens of people effortlessly. Colorado didn’t want to take the lead on gun safety, it was a responsibility placed on our state by events no one would ever wish for.
When the rest of America is ready, Colorado will still be the model.
Colorado Republicans have endured weeks upon weeks (upon weeks) of positively brutal headlines as the race for the Republican Senate nomination enters its final month, so we can understand why some in the GOP would be overjoyed to come across some negative news about Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet.
Before we get to bursting the GOP’s bubble on this particular piece of Bennet news, let us pause to allow our Republican friends to bask in the dim glow of this story from the Denver Post:
The Colorado AFL-CIO dealt a surprising rebuke to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet over the weekend when the union federation declined to endorse the Democratic incumbent in his bid for re-election.
Bennet was the only Democratic lawmaker in Colorado’s congressional delegation who failed to gain the support of the state’s AFL-CIO chapter…
…Sam Gilchrist, executive director of the Colorado AFL-CIO, said the vote on Bennet was close, but that he fell short of the required two-thirds majority needed for an endorsement because too many union members were unhappy with Bennet’s support of a measure last year that gives the White House more power to cut international trade deals.
That authority is broadly seen as a pathway for the Obama administration to approve a new agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would ease trade barriers among 12 Pacific Rim countries, from the U.S. and Canada to Japan and Chile.
While the Colorado AFL-CIO declined to endorse Bennet’s re-election campaign because of the Senator’s perceived support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Bennet hasn’t exactly been bullish on the idea, either. As the Colorado Independent reports:
Bennet has not yet taken a public position on TPP.
But Bennet voted on a measure giving Obama the authority to “fast track” negotiations for it and other global trade agreements, and Bennet has drawn fire from the AFL-CIO for his stance on trade before. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have come out against TPP.
Failing to lock up the endorsement of the Colorado AFL-CIO is certainly not a positive development for Bennet, but it’s not nearly as problematic for 2016 as Republicans would like you to believe. Bennet is a moderate Democrat who goes about his business on Capitol Hill as a moderate Democrat would be expected to act. Bennet’s moderate credentials may not make him beloved by the liberal Democrats in Colorado, but he is who he is. Maintaining his centrist approach to the Senate is a big part of the reason why he is widely favored to win re-election this fall.
Bennet may not get the official support of the Colorado AFL-CIO, but he should have plenty of backing from other labor groups who prefer Bennet over any of his Republicans challengers. Concerns about the TPP issue as a political millstone are overblown as well; you may recall that Bennet supported the Keystone XL oil pipeline in 2015, yet still received the endorsement of prominent environmental groups such as the League of Conservation Voters and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The very fact that the AFL-CIO felt comfortable enough to not support Bennet also bodes well for progressive politics in Colorado. The AFL-CIO made its point with Bennet; the message was received and understood, but not at the expense of mortally wounding the only swing-state incumbent Democratic Senator up for re-election this year.


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We are trying to squeeze the last bit of summer out of Northern Michigan. The weather hasn't been warm enough to really enjoy water sports for the past week. So, we have taken to our bikes and experienced some of the paved trails up here in Pure Michigan.
After enjoying a wonderful lunch at the 45th Parallel Cafe, we biked the Leelanau Trail. It's a terrific paved path. Like many of the bike trails here in northern Michigan the Leelanau Trail utilizes old railroad beds. It winds its way from Suttons Bay to Traverse City.The ride was easy enough for even our youngest riders. It didn't even challenge our old equipment. The worst problem we encountered was a lack of water. That was a poor planning problem on my part. Good Samaritans had left a few coolers of water along the way which was helpful. We even came upon a hand pump that provided more exercise than water. It was picturesque if nothing else. At one point a bike path ambassador introduced herself and offered sage path advice.
All in all it was a fabulous bike ride on a well planned trail. It gave us a lovely view of a little Up North countryside.
We ended our day with a fresh vegetable pizza. I used my go to recipe for the crust. We topped it with a sweet pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, fresh peppers, red onions, black olives, and fresh basil.

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Pair of FlowCapt sensors fastened on a tripod mast
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Not much on the face of it, as cybercrime hadn’t been invented when Indiana was busy getting the better of agents of the Soviet Union, Nazis, Chinese gangsters, and other enemies with cunning and style. However, he was an archaeologist and here the similarities are clear.
Archaeologists are highly skilled at taking bare bones or pieces of artefact and digging deeper and deeper to expose further clues and discover more. Cybersecurity experts start with a few lines of code or a single threat and, like Indiana, use their expertise to relentlessly track, analyse and decipher until they have a detailed picture of the attackers and their methods.
The global threat landscape
Cybercrime became a problem in the 1990s and developed steadily at first. However, it’s exploded in scale and severity in recent years, as increasingly complex environments expand attack surfaces and threat actors become ever more sophisticated. One of the key changes to the threat landscape in the past 30 years is highlighted in these startling statistics:
Opportunist cybercriminals are not the only hackers to exploit the world’s dependence on technology. Organised groups and nation-state sponsored attackers are also increasingly launching targeted campaigns. Known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), these are highly sophisticated and difficult to predict and detect.
Today, cyber-attacks pose a huge risk to consumers, organisations and governments worldwide. According to the Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, it’s currently the biggest concern for the economy and successful attacks could paralyse parts of the financial system, anywhere in the world.
“The risk that we keep our eyes on most now is cyber risk” – Jerome Powell, US Federal Reserve Chair.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has underlined the potential impact of cyber-attacks, as threat actors involved in the conflict step up malicious activity in support of the belligerent parties. It comes at no surprise that western cybersecurity agencies, including in the UK, have recently warned of a possible rise in attacks. Criminals target businesses as well as governments and infrastructure through increasingly sophisticated methods and the problem is already global.
So, we need a worldwide response, proactive rather than reactive and involving all the key players in international cybersecurity.
Intelligent threats call for Threat intelligence
This is where Threat Intelligence comes in.
Threat Intelligence is the evidence-based process of identifying and analysing current and future cyberthreats. Information is gathered from multiple sources, then sifted, analysed and organised; patterns are spotted, trends defined, and threat actors uncovered. Intelligence may include an individual threat’s origin, coding, modifications, delivery, and potential damage. This invaluable intelligence helps organisations to plan, mitigate and prevent: to be proactive.
It’s not just about amassing data. You also need the bigger picture – and the data is only valuable if you have the context and the finer details – to inform your strategic security decisions, fast. Many organisations make the mistake of relying on raw data.
Kaspersky’s GReAT experts
Kaspersky has led the way in threat research for 25 years. We have petabytes of rich data to mine, advanced machine learning technologies and a unique pool of global experts. Here’s a snapshot of the latest on what we know about current threats:
How do we know this?
Meet our Global Research and Analysis (GReAT) team of almost 40 experts from all over the world. Operating at the very heart of Kaspersky, they unearth APTs, cyber espionage campaigns, major malware, ransomware, and underground cybercriminal trends, right across the globe. They have unrivalled expertise, they’re passionate, tenacious and they’re curious.
Focusing on millions of objects every day, the team uses machine learning and human updates to recognise and predict threats. Sources include APT research, partner research, bot farms, web crawlers, open source, and dark web material. They analyse code and the language used is key to understanding the threat and the actors behind it.
There are no restrictions on GReAT’s work. Our experts examine and report on all the threats that they find, regardless of their origin. They are free to explore and go off at tangents: to find out as much as they can. To adapt the archaeological analogy, they are the high-tech version of palaeontologists, fascinated by malicious code (rather than fossils and skeletons) and always digging deeper to uncover more and more about the nature of the beast.
GReAT publishes intelligence so that organisations worldwide have a clear overview of the latest threats. There’s a symbiotic relationship between the work carried out by GReAT and the tools they use for threat hunting. All data and findings feed into the development process to ensure that our products are up-to-date and as secure as possible; the improved systems in turn enhance GReAT’s threat hunting, and so the loop continues.
Research without borders
Kaspersky is committed to transparency in everything we do. We have set the industry standard with our Global Transparency Initiative, opening Transparency Centres, relocating critical data storage and processing and submitting our internal processes for third party assessment.
Our research has no borders. GReAT is a multinational team, ready to expose any threat, wherever it originates and whatever the language. It has reported on APTs with code written in Russian, English, Korean, Chinese and other languages. Some of the best-known threat actors uncovered by GReAT include: Duqu, Flame, Gauss, Red October, Equation, Regin, Project Sauron and Olympic Destroyer.
The team’s highly skilled forensic work empowers others. Sir Isaac Newton, famed for his theory of universal gravity, wrote in 1675: “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” In other words, his work would have been impossible without the pioneering scientists before him. The GReAT experts are delighted that threat hunters across the world similarly stand on their shoulders, harnessing their expertise to uncover cyberthreats.
As we’ve seen, cyberthreats have no borders. Threat actors operate worldwide and can strike anywhere, so international co-operation is vital in the fight against them. Kaspersky and the GReAT team are proud to share our expertise, knowledge and technical findings with the global security community.
For example, we are founding members of No More Ransom, an initiative to educate businesses and protect them from ransomware exploitation, and Coalition Against Stalkerware, working with non-profit organisations, survivors and victims and law enforcement agencies against this form of online abuse. Together, we can help to defeat the cyber-attackers.
If you want to learn more about our approach to Threat Intelligence, or how the GReAT team at Kaspersky work, please don’t hesitate to get in touch through our “Contact us” page.

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The Armacham 10mm High Velocity Penetrator is a weapons-grade nail gun, firing 10mm steel stakes at lethal speeds. It can pin opponents to walls if the target is near a wall when they are hit with a fatal shot, and is found in F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
The Penetrator is fielded by Replica forces as the standard issue firearm of the Heavy Armors, and are sometimes found in use by Replica Elite Soldiers. This weapon is also commonly found in weapons stashes.
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
The Penetrator appears in F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point, and functions exactly as in the first game, though ammo is slightly more common. In the third Interval - Orange Line, the player will encounter mass attack from the enemies using HV Penetrator, before Alma wipes them out.
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate
The Penetrator also appears in F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate, where ammunition becomes more abundant, especially in Interval 05 and onwards. Players may find that the extra ammunition allows the weapon to become a viable alternative to more commonly used weapons, such as the G2A2 Assault Rifle. Aside from VES Advanced Rifle, this can be a potent primary weapon in later stages of the game.
- The HV Penetrator is one of the most accurate weapons in the game, which makes it very useful for taking out targets in partial cover or at longer range. The HV Penetrator is a slow-firing weapon, but it made up its slow ROF with accuracy and base damage. It boasts higher damage than both the RPL Submachinegun and, in some cases, the G2A2. Its magazine and fire rate are correspondingly lower. Because of the weapon's high accuracy, Slow-Mo is especially effective, allowing for easier precision targeting.
- Despite being powerful, its slow rate of fire can be a problem in point-blank range, especially if the enemy has powerful weapon as well; the player can use Slow-Mo to buy more time to shoot.
- Although it does have good accuracy, it is ill advised in firing this weapon while moving. It suffers from high "bullet" spread, making it quite inaccurate. Therefore, it is recommended to remain stationary and zoom-in. Three to four shots are enough to eliminate most Replica soldiers, while the fire rate is low enough to make single snap-shots easy to perform.
- The rounds fired by the HV Penetrator have an armor piercing property which makes them effective against hardened targets, such as the REV6 Powered Armor and Replica Heavy Armor. However, against defense turrets or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the armor penetration has no benefit, as these enemies are programmed with no armor and are durable due to high base health only. Against these targets, other weapons, such as the G2A2 assault rifle or VK-12 Combat Shotgun, are more efficient.
- Penetrator ammunition is uncommon until mid-game, so the player should try to conserve its ammo by using it only when its strengths are put to best use. It is a good idea to save ammunition for armored enemies and use it on light targets only when ammo is in excess. If the player find lots of HV Penetrators, its advised to exploit the ammo glitch to get even more ammo.
- Like the pistol and MP-50 Repeating Cannon, this weapon is highly effective against Nightmares, as long as the hit is scored, it is a guaranteed kill, although the reloading sequence is long enough to leave the user very vulnerable if there are too many Nightmares.
- Combining the HV Penetrator and the VES Advanced Rifle is a good option in Perseus Mandate, while the VES is enough for regular soldiers, the HV Penetrator is more effective against armored targets. Also both weapons have less ammunition shortage issues in the later stage of the game.
- The label "NGD-7" can be seen on the stock of the Penetrator, though it is not clear what the label stands for or signifies.
- The Penetrator can also pin enemies to surfaces other than walls, even to ceilings, if fired upwards from below the target.
- The Penetrator is sometimes called the "tentpole gun" by players, due to the large rods it fires, which stay stuck into victims.
- In some cases, the victim will still be stuck after the spikes are gone. The same thing can happen with HV Hammerhead in F.E.A.R. 2 and S-HV Penetrator in F.E.A.R. 3.
- Although the weapon has a vertical stubby foregrip, it is never used by either enemies or the player.
- The stakes fired by the Penetrator are bigger than what the barrel and magazine would allow, suggesting that the spikes expand after they exit the barrel.
- The Penetrator can fire full-auto if the player leans on the trigger, the rate of fire is about the same as the G2A2 assault rifle.
- The Penetrator has a crude three-pronged iron sight, which is never used by the player or enemies.
- If using against enemies that explode upon death, like Turrets or REV6es, none of the enemies' body parts will be stuck to the environment like standard enemies killed with the Penetrator, this is because these types of enemies are programmed to explode, and as such this will override the Penetrator's "pinning" properties. The spikes are also gone if used against supernatural enemies like Nightmare and Shades.
- It is also the primary weapon of Replica Snipers and Delta Forces members in the F.E.A.R. -E3 2K4 demo, unlike in the final game, it fires like a assault rifle, also the Replica Fatigues Soldiers in the demo have scoped RPL sub-machine guns unlike the holographic sight in the final game.
- The weapon can be found next to workers at times which may indicate the weapon was used for utility purposes.


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Earlier this month lawmakers passed a bipartisan budget deal that would lift spending levels for defense and non-defense programs over the next two years, suspend the debt ceiling (America’s credit card limit) until March 2019, and fund the government through March 23.
Although this is yet another short-term deal for government funding, this bipartisan deal sets the stage for a long-term spending bill, giving the House and Senate until March 23 to craft an omnibus – a package that funds every government agency – to last through September. We expect much of Congress’s focus to remain on passing the long-term passage until the March deadline.
In other budget news, the president released his budget blueprint on Monday, February 12. While the president’s budget has no force and effect of law, it serves as a roadmap of his Administration’s priorities. The president’s blueprint proposed a $4.4 trillion federal budget for fiscal year 2019 and includes decreased funding for entitlements and other domestic programs in favor of higher spending for defense and border security.
Universal Charitable Giving Act
Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Universal Charitable Giving Act in 2017. They remain committed to pursuing their legislation this year. The legislation, which provides a charitable deduction to non-itemizers with a cap set at one-third of the standard deduction, currently has bipartisan support in the House with a total of ten cosponsors. Senator Lankford is still working to garner support in the Senate.
ACR remains committed to working with these offices and our colleagues in the sector to urge lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to cosponsor the legislation.
State-level SALT Workarounds
As you may recall, various high-tax states have proposed ways to work around the new cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction by creating charitable funds that taxpayers could donate to in lieu of paying state and local taxes. On Thursday, February 15, New Jersey introduced and quickly advanced legislation that would permit local governments to create charitable funds to which residents could donate and receive a state-level credit toward their property taxes, effectively allowing them to label the payments as charitable contributions on their federal taxes. The Internal Revenue Service and practitioners are questioning the legality of this approach, and the Treasury Department announced it is considering putting these states on notice that they should not form these funds.
Although no notices have been enacted, acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter discussed the issue on Wednesday, February 14, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s proposed budget blueprint. Kautter stopped short of calling out the high-tax states, such as California and New Jersey, but he did specify that a charitable contribution needs to be given for truly charitable purposes and out of generosity in order to be eligible for a tax deduction.
Treasury could issue formal guidance to head off the maneuvers, though Kautter says it’s too early in the process for that, or the alternative is to audit taxpayers after they claim the benefits on their federal returns. We encourage you to read this post from Sean Parnell, our vice president of public policy, for a detailed explanation of the details and concerns with the SALT workaround proposals.
ACR Summit for Leaders
The anticipation is building for the 2018 ACR Summit for Leaders, which will be held as part of United Philanthropy Forum’s annual Foundations on the Hill on March 13. In case you missed it, we encourage you to review the updated agenda for the event. Our three panels feature leaders in philanthropy, policy experts, and congressional staff.
Registration: To register for the ACR Summit as well as other events of Foundations on the Hill, click here. Attendance at the ACR Summit is free of charge.
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Sure, we all feel that way some of the time, but there are some things that just can’t be ignored. Everybody knows that, including Congress. And to be clear, this has not been a do-nothing Congress what with the tax reform bill, critical nominations getting confirmed, and averting a debt ceiling crisis (at least for the next year).
But there are several other issues that are starting to feel intractable. What do we do about immigration? Infrastructure? Gun violence? Entitlement reform? Those are all issues that loom so large they may be impossible to tackle. At least in the politics of now as we know it.
But what about other issues like the potentially unintended consequences of the tax bill that just passed? Many key policymakers are convinced that the tax bill will maintain charitable giving at previous levels. If that is not the case – and we fear it will not be – we hope and expect policymakers to be open to accepting that and making accommodations. Even though we won’t have immediate evidence showing a decline in giving, as it will take time for the effects of the tax bill on charitable giving to make themselves known, we do believe that giving should be universally recognized under our tax laws. That is why we are continuing work to support a universal charitable deduction to encourage all to give, and for those who already give, to give more.
Over the next few months we’ll be working to sign up support for the bills introduced by Senator Lankford (R-OK) and Congressman Meadows (R-NC) to do just that. On this issue, we are hoping now, not never, will be when policymakers act on charitable giving.
- National: Outlook for 2018-19 Charitable Giving Mixed
- National: Politico, The Morning Tax – Popularity Growing for TCJA
- National: Fidelity DAFs Pumped $4.5 Billion Into Nonprofits
- National: Virtual Currency and Charitable Donations
- National: 4% Growth in Giving Is a Possibility This Year — but Impossible to Say Because of Tax Law
- Local: Payroll Tax Plan Draws Mixed Reception
- Local: IRS Veterans Cast Bleak Prognosis for California SALT Cap Workaround Bill
- Local: NH School Choice Bill Could Create “Tax Shelter” for Rich
- Opinion: Two Wrongs Won’t Make it Right
- Opinion: Federal Charity Drive’s Steep Drop Is Causing Trouble for Nonprofits Nationwide
- Blog: Who’s SALTy?
- Blog: Doughn’t Fret: A Fun Explanation of How Changes to the Tax Code Could Affect You
- Blog: Federal Appeals Court Upholds NY Law Requiring Nonprofits to Disclose Privacy of Donors.
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We believe that Syd is one of the best singers of our generation. She first caught our ear when she was running with Odd Future in the early 2010s, but has since come into her own. In 2017 she released her debut solo album, Fin (after leading The Internet for a number of years), and now, five years later she returns with a breathtaking new project, Broken Hearts Club.
Syd has one of those voices that just makes you melt as soon as you hear it. Delicate, but not too breathy; Soulful, but not too on the nose. The more you hear it, the more you crave it. Broken Hearts Club features some of her best work yet. It contains 13 tracks, a few of which were previously released such as “Fast Car,” “Right Track,” and “Missing Out.”
Anyone looking to add some irresistible R&B to their library needs to listen to this album.
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Gree Electric Chairperson Dong Mingzhu delivers a speech at a conference in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Nov 7, 2017. (Photo: Sipa)
Gree Electric Chairperson Dong Mingzhu sold 100 million yuan ($14.1 million) in products via livestream on Sunday, Sina Finance reported on Monday.
Dong attended the livestream via Kuaishou, a leading Chinese online short video platform, on May 10, Mother's Day and China Brand Day.
At a studio promoting products made in China, Dong, together with livestreaming celebrity Li Jiaqi, showcased a Gree Electric air conditioner at a discount price of 3,699 yuan, 700 yuan lower than its original price.
About 1,844 such air conditioners, worth about 6.8 million yuan in total, were sold within 5 minutes.
Dong has changed her original attitude toward online sales, and said the livestream was not an end but a new start. She will continue to use the platform to bring high-quality Chinese products online.
Gree electric appliances lost or undersold 30 billion yuan in the first quarter of this year, with net profit falling to 1.56 billion yuan — down 72.53 percent year-on-year — due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.


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The Oaks of Wildwood, a recently renovated 57-unit condominium complex on Carter Road, sold its first 20 units for $89,000 each and announced Tuesday that its second phase will be priced from $94,000 to $96,000.
But real estate sources say the condo market is heading downward and add that The Oaks isn't a trend as much as an anomoly.
"It is unusual," said Dirk Schroeder, broker with Century 21 St. Augustine Properties. "They're hitting a lower price point than anyone else."
The lowest prices for condos he's seen: $130,000 to $150,000.
The property's co-owner, Jim Hays of St. Augustine, bought the complex in May with partner Steve Griffith of Tallahassee.
"Several years ago, a bank had asked me to come over an take some pictures and I saw the potential," Hays said. "When it became available, we bought it."
Not long ago, county employee Kent Holloway bought the last available $89,000 unit and said he'd wanted to own his own place after living in a downtown apartment.
He spotted The Oaks on line.
"I fell in love with the place right away. And they had a lease-option, which sold it for me," Holloway said.
Jennifer Rowe, co-owner of Sunshine Realty, which is handling sales at The Oaks, said these units are perfect for singles, young couples or single parents.
"We're expecting to have everything done and sold by the first of the year," she said. "It's a good feeling to hear people say, 'Wow! I can actually buy something.'"
Half of her 20 buyers have been speculators, she said.
Holloway also looks at his place as an investment.
"I won't be single forever," he said. "I'd like to start a family. This whole area is turning around."
Schroeder said The Oaks was originally an apartment complex with "problematic" tenants. "Whoever picked it up got it cheap. That's probably how they can offer prices way below market value."
Arnold DeLorenzo of Old Carriage Realty of St. Augustine said the condo market is still dropping.
"We haven't seen the bottom yet. The market's as bad as I've ever seen it," he said. "It's been overspeculated. More foreclosures will come as variable rate mortgages kick in. Anyone who is speculating in any real estate now is stupid."
One buyer offered $640,000 for a $1 million home, an extreme case, he said.
"Commercial (real estate) is a little better, but not much," he said.
Bill Lazar of St. Johns Housing Partnership said buyers should consider what they will pay in association fees.
"You're not going to put a family with kids in there. But there's not a whole lot available at that price," Lazar said. "We're still at a point where we have a lot of folks who can't find anything."
Condo fees at The Oaks are waived the first year. After that they are about $200 a month. That includes cable, water, sewer, insurance for the buildings and trash collection, Rowe said.
Tom Crawford, director of St. Johns County Housing and Community Services, said The Oaks is more the exception than the rule.
"But what it indicates is that there is affordable housing out there," Crawford said. "With the subprime lenders drying up, it's more important for first-time buyers to get credit issues squared away."
Housing and Community Services has a credit rebuilding program as well as a foreclosure prevention program, Crawford said.
Owner Jim Hays said, "People really weren't able to believe they can own rather than rent. Our profit margin is really low, so we can keep the prices down."
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Tea industry is one of the main foreign exchange providing industries in Sri Lanka. In year 2006, the cultivated extent of tea was approximately 212,715 ha. However, the present situation of tea industry have to be studied well since there are issues related, such as high cost of production, lack of labour, land degradation, competition from other tea exporting countries etc.,
Firewood was used for tea drying since the colonial period. This practice was disappeared due to various socio-economic factors and tea factories shifted from firewood to diesel and fuel oil for heat generation. With the recent increase of fuel prices most of the tea factories have started converting their boilers and dryers in to firewood.
This paper presents a study which was focused on identification of environmental and socio-economic benefits of replacing diesel and furnace oil with firewood. The objective was to provide the industrial sector with successful low carbon applications, which would provide additional revenue for them and ways to create a strong position among their environmental concerned customers within the competitive market.
A literature review was carried out regarding tea industry. This provided information on current tea factories, their production capacity and energy sources. Data on cultivated extent of tea by each district, production of tea were collected from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka and analyzed using statistical software SPSS 13.0. As the next stage of the research, two leading tea manufacturing companies were selected and the following data were collected for 13 factories belonging to them. They are; amount of tea produced, quantity of diesel used prior to the conversion, fuel cost, price and quantity used of firewood. These factories were selected since they had already done fuel-switching and had the interest of becoming carbon neutral during their operations and would provide an example for other factories island wide.
Results showed that due to this fuel switching, cost of firing was brought down to US $ 0.06 per kilogram of ‘made tea’ producing which is a saving of approximately US $ 0.15 per kilogram of ‘made tea’. Further calculations showed that one company was able to save 3162 tCO2 from fuel-switching in their 9 factories and other company saved 1520 tCO2 in their 4 factories. It was further found that the required firewood was sourced from sustainably grown firewood plantations. Most of these plantations were owned by the tea manufacturing companies and only a small amount of firewood was sourced from outside suppliers. Therefore the cost of firewood is very much cheaper than fuel oil and the supply chain is also manageable. Apart from the financial benefits of using a cheaper fuel source, companies could register this as a CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) project and claim carbon credits for every ton of CO2 saved. Firewood plantations will also reduce land degradation and help improving biodiversity. Rural community is benefited since they are involved in the harvesting and supplying of firewood.
Finally it could be concluded that using firewood for tea industry with a sustainably grown firewood plantation would provide more benefits than using fossil fuel for heating.
Mihiri Priyanwadha Gunathilake 1, Suraj Anuradha Vanniarachchy 2
1-Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2- Nature Solutions (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka

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Windsong is a collection of narrative poetry about various subjects that relate to the everyman. Embark on a journey and let Windsong weave you tales about social and historical issues; delight you with haunting imagery, nostalgic songs of the sea, and conversations between angels and demons. In Windsong readers will be introduced to a new kind of fairy tale with a comical feminist twist.
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Beautiful Golden Retriever with their puppy! Too cute for words!
Funny Animal Pictures Of The Day – 25 Pics
"The family has left and now the cleanup begins. How can I help Mom? Willow ♥
These dogs REALLY love riding in the car ♥ Loved and pinned by www.enterpriseglass.ca.
2.5 months old! (Tibetan Mastiff) LOVE.
Shih Tzu smartypants
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I found out about "Lenni The Label" through Instagram and instantly fell for her pieces! The mysitc and witchy feel through some pices like the hoody dress and star printed tops and bell-bottoms, as well as the light and creamy white dresses, lacy kimonos and comfortable shorts, come together to create the perfect harmony in the collection. The 70's feel that brathes through every piece is what speaks to me to most!
I'd love the spend my days strolling around wearing one of those lovely velvet and fringe kimonos, or to have a date on the beach wearing this!!

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Last month, it was reported that the Tata Harrier could receive an in-house developed 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine. In a fresh report, Autocar India confirms that the Indian auto giant is indeed working on such a petrol engine for its C-SUV.
Tata Motors is developing a new petrol engine that will make its debut under the hood of the Harrier SUV. This new unit will be a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, which will also feature direct-injection technology – a first for a Tata petrol.
Speaking to Autocar India at the sidelines of the Geneva motor show, Rajendra Petkar, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Tata Motors said that the engine is in “early stages of development but will come with competitive power figures”. Gasoline direct injection (GDI) will enable the motor to have a high power output, likely to be between 120hp and 140hp.
According to sources, to develop the new 1.6 GDI motor Tata has used its current 1.2-litre, three-cylinder, turbo-petrol engine as the base but has increased the bore and stroke as well as added another cylinder.
The Tata Harrier petrol will be sold with either a 6-speed manual or a torque converter automatic gearbox. The petrol Harrier is expected to make its debut in 2020 after the BS-VI norms kick in. Currently, the Tata Harrier has only one powertrain option – a 2.0-litre diesel engine that churns out 140hp mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. The company is likely to add a Hyundai-sourced six-speed torque converterTata Harrier to get 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine automatic a little later.
The Tata Harrier is currently available with an FCA-sourced 2.0-litre Multijet II diesel engine that has been given the ‘Kryotec’ moniker. The eVGT-equipped oil-burner produces a maximum power of 140 PS and a peak torque of 350 Nm. It comes mated to a 6-speed manual transmission, but the introduction of an optional Hyundai-sourced 6-speed torque-converter automatic unit is on the anvil. The company’s only modern C-SUV is based on OMEGA architecture, which is basically a low-cost version of the Land Rover D8 platform. It’s even the first production model to have been designed as per the IMPACT 2.0 design theme.
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Even though it may seem like we don’t have control over much these days, the one thing you can control is your retirement income. This week, Jon discusses how to build 3 to 5 sources of income to help you stay retired! Not sure about how to create your own retirement paycheck? Let’s talk about it. Set up a year-end review at www.retirementsolutionradio.com.


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The cumbia singer Tony Rosado, Known for hits like “Ya te olvidé”, “Tu ausencia” and “Te eché al olvido”, he also spoke about Shakira’s latest song with Bizarrap, dedicated to the father of her children, Gerard Piqué, and to Clara Chía, her new partner. The cumbiambero congratulated the Colombian artist and attacked the former soccer player. Likewise, he considered that she is not “hurt”, but uses music as a tool to release her emotions.
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Macho Nachos (This PIN actually takes you to the site instead of a stupid picture). Season the meat with all natural ingredients instead of packets and sodium AND use organic blue corn tortilla chips.now you've got a healthy yum!
Easy Chicken Skillet Nachos ~ Quick and easy chicken nachos that are made with chips, loads of cheese, beans, and more! Perfect for feeding a crowd.
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Cranberry, Butternut and Brussels Sprout Brie Skillet Nachos. 1 1/2 cups butternut squash peeled and cut into small cubes2 tablespoons olive oil1 teaspoon brown sugarpinch of salt and pepper1 cup brussels sprouts sliced thin (into shreds)2 cloves garlic minced or grated1 tablespoon fresh thyme chopped2 teaspoons chili powder1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper or more to your taste1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper1/2 cup dried cranberries8 ounces fontina cheese shredded (may sub another white cheese,
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Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, for HIV prevention has a similar efficacy in women with “abnormal” vs. “normal” vaginal microbiota, according to recent findings.
Renee Heffron, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the University of Washington, and colleagues used data from the Partners PrEP study to evaluate the efficacy of daily oral Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Gilead Sciences; FTC/TDF) among women with bacterial vaginosis (BV) after recent data suggested that a vaginal gel containing tenofovir (TFV) may not adequately protect this population from HIV infection.
“In that study, women with abnormal vaginal microbiota did not have any protection from the tenofovir gel whereas women with normal microbiota did have protection,” Heffron said. “This is important because BV is common, affecting more than 25% — even up to 50% — of African women at risk for HIV.”
Partners PrEP was led by faculty at the International Clinical Research Center in the Department of Global Health, with collaborators in Kenya and Uganda, to study HIV discordant couples.


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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg News) — The Senate on Wednesday approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states in lawmakers’ second major effort this year to help the economy.
The vote was 62 to 36. Six Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the bill; the only Democrat to oppose it was Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
The legislation, which now goes to the House, would also extend dozens of expiring tax cuts and head off cuts in Medicare reimbursements to doctors.
President Obama said in a statement, “I am grateful to senators in both parties who took one more step forward today in getting our nation back on a solid economic footing.”
Last week the House passed an $18 billion plan offering companies a tax break for hiring people who have been unemployed for at least 60 days. That measure is awaiting final approval in the Senate.
The bill approved Wednesday would extend until Dec. 31 expiring provisions in the law that offer as many as 99 weeks of unemployment checks, along with a 65 percent subsidy to help buy health insurance through the Cobra program.
The bill would send $25 billion to states struggling with tax revenue to help prevent layoffs of teachers, police officers and other public service employees. It would spend $6 billion to prevent for seven months a 21 percent scheduled cut in Medicare reimbursements.Continue reading the main story

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April 27, 2022
NTT Security acquired WhiteHat in 2019 and is now selling it to Synopsys. Synopsys should finalize the acquisition in the third quarter.
Synopsys said adding WhiteHat will expand its application security SaaS capabilities. The two companies share a vision for delivering SaaS-based security testing solutions and building security into the software development life cycle.
WhiteHat Brings ‘Powerful’ Technology, Expertise to Synopsys
Jason Schmitt is general manager of Synopsys‘ software integrity group.
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“WhiteHat Security helped pioneer SaaS delivery of application security testing, and brings powerful technology and expertise into our application security portfolio,” he said. “WhiteHat Security’s dynamic application security testing (DAST) capabilities complement our strengths in static analysis, interactive analysis and software composition analysis, while their expertise in SaaS will accelerate our security testing SaaS capabilities.”
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It does not happen too often that Apple recognizes a defeat, especially in an open letter to recommend competing products as temporary alternatives to their iOS 6 maps services.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has released an open letter in which he publicly apologize for the failure with the iOS 6 Maps application, recognizing that it was not up to the promised standards. He continues his message recommending alternatives to Apple customers until Maps will be brought to an acceptable quality level. Among the suggestions offered as applications, include Bing Maps, MapQuest and Waze, and web applications provided by Nokia and Google.
Letter submitted by the new Apple CEO is similar to that given by Steve Jobs in 2007, when he has publicly apologized to frustrated users to iPhone price reduction applied after less than three months after their release on the market. Another gesture synonymous with the recognition of losses was done to iPhone 4 phone owners who have had problems with the stability of the cellular network signal, Apple offers special protective enclosures to mitigate problems caused by the antenna.
Coming just days after the launch of iOS 6 and touch to offer a premium service for Apple products, the message written by Tim Cook tries at least to repair the damage caused to the company’s image, even if the underlying problem is far from solved. Meanwhile, users of mobile systems and tablets with iOS 6 can only hope that the iOS 6 Maps application will be remedied in a timely manner and to the promised level.


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She’s notoriously unlucky when it comes to romance, but Jennifer Love Hewitt is still all about finding the right guy.
During her interview on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the “Ghost Whisperer” gal confessed that she’s been thinking about newly-single Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine as of late.
Hewitt, 33, told DeGeneres, “I am very single. It’s good. I always have my eyes out,” before dropping the news that she’s hot for the “Moves Like Jagger” singer.
“I just read two days ago that Adam Levine is sing again... I’m just saying... Look, we would be cute!”
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Laura Readyoff of Herndon has been called the “benevolent dictator” of her band, Jericho, which has just finished working on its second album “Someday.” The band’s drummer, Phil Quinan, considers this dictatorship “the best form of government. There was a time when we tried to make decisions by committee, but this works much better.”
Back in the summer of 1999, this “dictator,” Quinan, and the rest of Jericho found themselves in a Fairfax prison facility playing a show for 100 inmates, by choice.
“It was definitely a unique concert,” said Readyoff, proficient in the violin, viola, cello, and bass. “The audience was so incredibly interested. And by the end of the show I found myself thinking that these prisoners had maybe at one time simply made a bad choice.” This forgiving attitude is not uncommon among Jericho members. Nor is this choice of venue atypical for the band. Jericho, however, is anything but the typical garage band. A Christian band on a mission to minister to the world, the median age of Jericho’s members, from what numbers they are willing to release, lies somewhere in the mid-forties.
“I thought the prison concert was awe-inspiring,” added Readyoff, “it reminded me that we are all sinners.” It’s this kind of attitude that motivates Jericho to continue playing and preaching, but there are other reasons as well. For Jerry Earley of Sterling, one of the band’s guitarists as well its co-creator, the desire to make music was spawned after stumbling across some of his children’s music.
“I had come down the stairs in my house to hear my daughter listening to lyrics saying words like ‘ho’ and ‘bitch.’ Pardon my French, “ he added, “I thought to myself, ‘there’s got to be some alternative to this’.”
So Earley sought Readyoff to create an alternative.
“EIGHT YEARS AGO I had a vision to impact people through music,” said Readyoff, one of the two classically trained musicians in the band. Since its start in 1995, Jericho has had as many as six members. Players come and go, as their schedules will allow them. Most have families and full-time jobs that make it difficult to find mutual free time for practice.
“It’s difficult to manage all these adults’ schedules,” said Readyoff, whose husband David joined the band in 1997, “but when we do find time, we rehearse in our guitarist’s [Pete Cowett] basement.”
“We have a good mix of people coming from a variety of area churches,” said David Readyoff, lead vocalist and keyboarder for the band. “It makes for an interesting mix of songs. Everyone has his or her own background and influences. The outcome is a wide range of music and styles.”
Quinan describes himself as a “fusion” drummer, but admits that the CD “Someday” covers a range of genres. Amanda “Boo Boo” Nitz, classically trained in voice, provides lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and piano for the band.
“People have never been too critical of our music,” Quinan said. “More often than not we are a pleasant surprise for them.”
“DRUMS ARE TOO precious to me to turn into a job,” Quinan said, over the sounds of his six children. A software manager from Manassas and self-proclaimed workaholic, Quinan has been playing the drums since age one. “My parents needed to get me to stop hitting the couch,” he said, “so they bought me a set.” His disinterested approach to the business aspect of music is reflected in the band's grossing $0 from the sales of its last album. The band gave away every CD.
“We hope that people may want to support our ministry by giving us a donation for the CD,” Laura Readyoff said, “but in the end we are a ministry. We are not the typical band.”
“Someday” is a mélange of songs from blues to praise.
“We took more time to do this disk,” said Laura Readyoff. “Bill Campbell helped engineer this one. He did a great job.” she continued, “Our first record was done in only two days and we were not accustomed to working in a studio. By this album we had learned how to work in a studio.”


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You won’t believe the dollar amount.
8 of the Most Iconic Grammy Performances Through the Years
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It Has Been 20 Years Since the Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate,’ the Wardrobe Malfunction Heard Around the World
Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson were in big trouble.
Netflix Examines ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ With Rare Footage From ‘We Are The World’ Special
In 1985, many iconic artists came together to record “We Are the World.”
Do You Remember 40 Years Ago When Michael Jackson Caught on Fire?
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Ultimate Trivia: How Well Do You Know the 1980s?
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Michael Jackson’s Epic Music Video for “Thriller” Turns 40 This Year
Plus, a new documentary is coming out detailing the making of the album and music videos for its anniversary.
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Kid Rock explores the tragedy of suicide during this rap anthem. "It's about young people and all this stuff that's going on, these kids taking their own lives," he explained to Billboard
. "I had a cousin who did it. That was so long ago, but just watching so many people around me with this suicide thing, whether it's in the music industry, whether it's soldiers coming back from these God-awful wars, whether it's kids struggling with the bullying thing."
Rock added: "I think we've all felt like that at some point, where you just felt like, 'This s--t ain't worth it, I'm going to check out.' I just try to tell people, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa! Just hold on a minute. Just give it some time.' S--t gets better."

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US Open: Defending champion Angelique Kerber bundled out in first round by teenager Naomi Osaka
THIS time last year Angelique Kerber was on top of the world. Now she finds herself outside the top 10 after an inglorious first-round US Open exit.
ANGELIQUE Kerber admits her two spells as world number one had made for an uncomfortable existence as her mediocre season suffered a new low with a first-round exit at the US Open.
Sixth seed Kerber was defeated 6-3 6-1 by Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka, becoming the first defending champion in New York to exit in the opening round since Svetlana Kuznetsova suffered a similar fate in 2005.
The German left-hander became number one for the first time after winning the 2016 US Open title, but she handed it back to Serena Williams when the American star won the Australian Open in January.
In March, and with Williams off the tour to prepare for the birth of her first child, Kerber went back to the top only to lose it again to Karolina Pliskova after Wimbledon.
“I think because it’s a new situation,” said the 29-year-old when asked why it was so hard for her to cement her place on top of the rankings.
“Of course, you have always the goal for years of reaching the top, but then if you are there, you actually don’t know what to expect, and then it’s just the process.
“You have to get used to everything. You have to schedule your day, plan completely different and it’s for sure tougher staying on top.”
In 2017, Kerber made only the last 16 at the Australian Open and Wimbledon with a first-round exit at the French Open sandwiched in between.
Her build-up to the US Open was then hampered by an elbow injury with a round of 16 run in Toronto followed by an opening defeat against Ekaterina Makarova in Cincinnati.
Kerber’s loss to Osaka also means she will slip out of the world’s top 10. It also left her without a title since her 2016 US Open triumph and highlighted the struggles of a batch of players trying to fill the power vacuum left by Williams’s pregnancy, Victoria Azarenka’s recent maternity leave and Maria Sharapova’s 15-month doping ban.
At the start of the US Open, eight women were in contention to be world number one at the end of the fortnight.
One of those, Britain’s Johanna Konta, lost in the first round and dropped off the list. In another indication of the vagaries of the world number one pursuit, second-ranked Simona Halep could take spot even though she was knocked out of the tournament by Sharapova.
Osaka credited Samantha Stosur’s former coach David Taylor with her impressive form.
“He talks to me a lot about positivity because I tend to be really negative on myself and to the point where I don’t really know what I’m doing anymore,” Osaka said of Taylor, who guided Stosur to grand slam success at Flushing Meadow in 2011.
“And also, he’s helped me with my serve and my forehand and a lot of other stuff.
“If I were to say everything he helped me with, it would take a lot of time.”
Saying he’s taught her tactical awareness, Taylor believes “the sky’s the limit” for Osaka.
“It might take a two or three years, ‘til she’s 22 or so, but she’s got the game,” he said.
“She can hold serve and she can break serve.”
Using the same deadly weapons as Stosur, crunched 14 forehand winners, broke Kerber four times and didn’t drop serve once in a 65-minute mismatch.
Originally published as US Open: Defending champion Angelique Kerber bundled out in first round by teenager Naomi Osaka


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With a passion for Pastry from a very young age, Regina, who has gained over 25 years of experience in her professional field of Patisserie, has in both the catering industry to present, an award-winning home bakery. Her journey through her love of baking, brought her opportunities to up-skill her expertise from London to Paris. A former graduate from both The Tourism College, Killybegs, Co Donegal and GMIT, Co Galway, she has obtained her qualification with a Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts with Distinction as well as numerous awards from The Panel of Chefs of Ireland. Working over the years as a Pastry Chef Regina has experimented with the latest trends in a patisserie as well as creating custom cakes.


The Scottish Government and its health advisors are considering whether further lockdown restrictions are required to bring down the number of people catching Covid-19.
Transmission of the virus is on the rise, with hundreds of new cases now being reported each day.
One possible option being weighed up by ministers is a so-called "circuit breaker" lockdown.
This could see non-essential shops and hospitality businesses told to close temporarily and travel restrictions on the public reimposed.
While no final decision has been taken, such a course of action has been hinted at by politicians and health experts in recent days.
The First Minister last week hinted a two week "circuit breaker" lockdown may be needed if people don't stick to existing lockdown measures.
The SNP leader was asked about the possibility after John Swinney told MSPs the concept was being "explored".
She said it was vital to break the path of transmission from younger people to older people who are more vulnerable to the virus.
"That is the path this virus will take if we don't get in its way and interrupt it," she said.
"That's the point, we interrupted it again in the summer and we can do it again and that means all of us sticking to these rules and doing all the things that we are advised."
She added: "The measures we introduced last week a month from now or thereabouts should have an impact on the figures we are seeing if we all stick to what we are being asked to do."
Scotland's clinical director said a circuit-breaker - a short period of tightened restrictions - was about “buying yourself more time”.
He said: “Not full lockdown like 23 March - so you might make some choices in there about schools or about further education - but fundamentally a short, sharp shock to the R number.”
“You get the R number down, you get the numbers down to a reasonable level and then you can bring to reintroduce some of the things that you’ve closed.”
The Deputy First Minister was asked yesterday by the BBC if further restrictions would be necessary “if things go on like this”.
Swinney said: “There may be a requirement to bring in further restrictions and we keep this issue under constant review.
“What we’ll be looking at is where the disease is being transmitted to make sure we take targeted action to address those circumstances.”
Pressed on whether he could rule out a “circuit breaker” lockdown this month, he said: “I can’t give you that absolute guarantee just now.”


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It has been some time since my last blog post. I have a good reason, we are expanding our family and having a second child. I have been busy growing a little human. Apparently, pregnancy is a bit of a challenge for me. However, we have always known if we were committed to having a child we would be inclined to have siblings. Plus, I am up for the challenge since the reward is far greater than any suffering I may endour. Anyway, as pregnancy goes, so do a woman’s cravings.
Early on I craved for Chinese food, more specifically Cantonese Dim Sum. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this type of food, “Dim sum refers to a style of Cantonese food prepared as small bite-sized or individual portions of food traditionally served in small steamer baskets or on small plates.” (Wikipedia, 2013) I have a local restaurant that specializes in these delicacies and as my husband states, I am notorious for over ordering. I like to argue this by pointing out that I just like to order enough food that we can have it for the next days lunch. Makes complete sense, right?
Between this pregnancy and my general loving of this food, I frequent our local New Canton restaurant on a regular basis. So much so, that waitstaff has gotten to know me well. On our last visit, I had ordered as I usually do adding just a bit more for the next day. However, this time as my bags were brought back to the table one of the staff approached me and gave me a great simple tip for reheating my yummy steamed deliciousness. She just said steam these when you want to eat them later on. It was so simple yet profound to me that I needed to share it with you.
This post is serves as a simple instructions on reheating Dim Sum leftovers. It requires you to steam your pieces in a steamer pot rather than utilizing an oven or microwave to do so. This was such a great suggestion. It allows the food to remain in its prepared form without over cooking it or melting sauces. One of my favorites that I like to order is steamed baus, which are basically steamed buns filled with a variety of meats or custards. I also enjoy Lo Mai Gai (lotus leaf wrapped rice) and specialty dumplings. All of which can taste very different if cooked more when reheated.
Fortunately for this task I have a large pasta cooking pot which is a colander style basket that rests inside a larger pot which holds water. Similar to a double boiler. In addition to pasta, I utilize this pot as a steamer for crab legs, veggies and now Dim Sum. The larger pot allows for boiling water and the insert keeps the food clear from sitting in water. The food rests in the bottom of the internal insert. I just fill the base of my “steamer” with food until the bottom is full. I don’t double stack anything. The individual pieces would stick together and flavors could blend changing the food which is what we’re trying to avoid in the first place. I also begin with the larger pieces first, since they often take the longest. I suppose wax paper could be used to create layers within the steamer. This would allow reheating more food at one time. However for me it’s usually a single serving snack that I’m working with. In the end the reheated finished product is just as yummy as it was the first time around.
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It is really nice to be staying with my parents for a few weeks. I know I’ll have a lot of crap waiting for me when I get home, but it’s good to have a vacation of sorts before fall classes begin and the stress comes back. Also, being at home means lots of time for knitting and I am using it!
The baby aran is happily blocking and will be seamed very soon. The yarn stretched quite a bit when wet, so I had to do a surprising amount of nudging to get the pieces into shape. I can’t wait to call my friend to set up a time to catch up and give her this special little gift.
I’m also all caught up on the Socktopia mystery socks.
I can’t wait for the third clue to come out. I’m loving how this yarn shows texture, so I plan to buy some more of it before I leave town. I have yet to buy yarn online because not only do I like to check it out in person, but I also don’t like the thought of my yarn being shipped all over the country.
I’m worried about running out of knitting, so I grabbed a new project today…updates soon!


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Rajinikanth's 2.0 First Look Launch Invitation
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The makers also confirmed that Karan has been handed over the responsibility to emcee the event, which will be organised on a very big scale. Directed by Shankar, the film is the sequel to 2010 Tamil blockbuster "Enthiran", and it is reportedly being made on a lavish budget of Rs 350 crore.

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