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In todays era, data is retrieved at a very fast speed, it is fetched and stored at the destination known as database. Database allows data to be stored and managed in a very efficient way. Data manipulation and maintenance are performed through the database management systems. Data is very important for any organization, so it is important to secure data stored in the database. Database security is the one that allows data to be protected from all possible database attacks. It is very important to develop security models to apply database security very effectively. There are different security models, as they deal with different aspects of security problems in the database systems. Security models may be different as they follow different rules, regulations and assumptions about what creates a secure database. It is very challenging for the database security personals to select appropriate or most relevant database models according to their organizations requirements. In the paper, we have reviewed about the database security attacks and their countermeasures and their relevant control methods. To plan an explicit and directive based database security, it is very critical to adopt approaches related to securing database. It is one of the most important or critical issues of any organization to secure their data stored in the database. There can be more complex security problems of database, as the data increases in the database along with its complexity.
We can define database as a collection of data stored in computer’s hardware. Databases facilitated authenticated or authorized users to access, store and examine or analyze data efficiently and easily. Database is a collection of different tables. Each table has unique columns and rows. A user construct queries to fetched stored information according to the requirements in the form of views. Views are tables constructed through queries; they can have data from more then one table. The data in the database is stored in a way to effectively supports the process of information or data retrieval and storage. The repository in which the major chunk of data is stored in known as database. The user interface facilitate users to effectively manage data store in database by providing many functionalities. The user interface for databases is known as database management systems. Database management systems are applications software that allows authorized users, other applications to interact with the database and capture and analyze data. It assists companies to store and organize data for high quality performances and maintaining indices allows fast retrieval.
Database management systems provides the function of concurrency control. Data recovery operations are also provides by database management systems. In recent times, organizations require databases to save any type of data required. It is because of the fast retrieval of data and it is very affordable to create and maintained for any organization. Database is advantageous because it automates different business processes, it saves other resources and man hours required to do lot of manual or paper work. Without databases, users are required to manually track and verify various business transactions, that can be costly and prone to many human errors. But database management systems provides effective way to generate various reports. Entering warehouse stock information manually was time consuming and provides less accuracy, but hand held scanners can be used to store information directly in the database. It is concluded that database can provide speed and accuracy for the businesses processes. The other question arises that whether the data stored in the database is secured. In this era, security is most critical and challenging issue for any organization. Data is one of the most important asset of any organization. Databases can be complex and requires full understanding of security risks and issues by security professionals to secure database effectively.
After consulting many database experts and database administrators, many organization’s database administrators are now fully informed about which database, tables and columns have critical information. It is because they are working with legacy application and there are no proper database documentation and data models. Even if any expert have full database knowledge, it is difficult to protect database because of its unique implementation and database procedures. Database security can be implemented by using wide range of database security controls that can be implemented to secure database from various possible attacks, against database confidentiality compromises, against its integrity and availability. The security controls are technical, administrative and physical. Database security is protecting the data stored in a repository. In database environment, there are different security layers: database administrator, system administrator, security officer, developers and employee. Security can be compromise at any of these layers.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
In this field, a significant amount of work has been done. Following references are used to review the work done by various authors to described the database security risks and threats and provide effective counter measures and their controls.
Mr. Saurabh Kulkarni, Dr. Siddhaling Urolagin
It is very obvious, that database acts as a backbone of any application. Database has organization’s critical and important data and there are lot of chances that it can be attacked. In this paper, authors have discussed various database attacks. In this paper, authors have reviewed important database security methods such as “access controls”,”methods against SQLIA”. The paper also has techniques such as encryption and data scrambling. This paper has also provides details about the furture research areas in the database security.
Mr. Sohail Imran, Dr. Irfan Hyder
Mr. Sohail Imran and Dr. Irfan hyder have discussed various database security problems and their related security models suitable for different database management systems. They have proposed various important and distinct security models to secure relational databases and object oriented databases. There are no proper standards or rules to design or develop these security models. Different security issues has been identified in this paper. Through this paper, one can construct and implement effective security policy in any organization.
Shelly Rohilla and Pradeep kumar Mittal
As it contains the most important and critical assets of any organization i.e. Data. It is most favorite target of any attackers. Database can be compromised in different ways. This paper, discussed about various database security threats and risks from which database should be secured or well protected. This paper provides solutions to most of the security threats and problems, most of the solutions are very effective but some are ordinary.
Shivandan Singh, Rakesh Kumar Rai
Database is used by many applications. Without databases, these applications cannot work properly, hence database acting as backbone to these applications. Database are the main data storage for many organizations. Databases attacks are increasing as more organizations tends to store data in the database. These attacks, if successful can expose most important and critical data to the attackers. This paper includes the description and review of the most important database security techniques and methods such as “access control” techniques to prevent SQLIA. Data encryption and scrambling is also discussed in this paper. The paper also includes the future works related to the database security. This paper is useful to give more concrete database security solutions.
3. DATABASE THREATS
Today database systems are experiencing different types of attacks. It is important to review database attacks first , then discuss database security techniques.
3.1 Excessive Privileges
Authorization is the procedure that awards a client endorsement to make certain move in the assigned frameworks whether it is to see, adjust, share, or erase data. Authorization is worried about what the client is permitted to do.
The granularity of approval is just tantamount to the modernity of the framework which supports the entrance endorsement basic leadership procedure and requirement of affirmed get to.
The entrance endorsement procedure is intended to give access dependent on the client's job and occupation obligations which is alluded to the guideline of least benefit, which states clients, gadgets, projects, and procedures which are interconnected or should get to one another to impart and take certain activities, ought to be conceded simply enough consents to do their required capacities.
The danger of unreasonable and pointless access just as the danger of deficient access to play out a specific assignment to achieve an objective ought not be neglected. Extreme access rights past somebody's ordinary occupation capacities make an open door for blunders, mishaps, and endeavors which can influence the privacy, trustworthiness, and accessibility of data and frameworks. Inadequate access or access rights not gave in an auspicious way can likewise adversely influence business tasks.
A much extreme case is the point at which a client is conceded director or a root access to a framework with no support. The exceptionally special access ought to be constrained to only a couple of people in an association in such a case that the record is contaminated with malware or access accreditations are stolen, the interloper can cause a lot more noteworthy harm than with much restricted benefits.
At the point when somebody's entrance is past that individual's expected access to play out their activity obligations, at that point that entrance is viewed as past the standard of least benefit.
Indeed, get to rights might be heightened for certain people to achieve certain errands, for example, when supplanting someone else who has higher benefits, in any case, the raised access may must be specific and impermanent.
Countermeasures of privilege abuse includes the development of access control policy. It is very critical to provide unnecessary privileges to the user. Good audit trail can be a very effective to prevent legitimate privilege abuse.
3.2 SQL INJECTION
A portion of the client information sources may be utilized in confining SQL articulations that are then executed by the application on the database. It is workable for an application NOT to deal with the sources of info given by the client appropriately. If so, a malignant client could give surprising contributions to the application that are then used to outline and execute SQL explanations on the database. This is called SQL injection. The outcomes of such an activity could be disturbing.
SQL injection is a code injection strategy that endeavors the vulnerabilities in the interface between web applications and database servers. The defenselessness is available when client's sources of info are not effectively checked inside the web applications before being sent to the back-end database servers. Many web applications take contributions from clients, and after that utilization these contributions to build SQL inquiries, so the web applications can get data from the database. Web applications likewise use SQL questions to store data in the database. These are basic practices in the advancement of web applications. At the point when SQL questions are not deliberately developed, SQL injection vulnerabilities can happen. The SQL injection assault is one of the most widely recognized assaults on web applications.
Countermeasures for sql injection includes the usage of stored procedures instead of using direct queries. Implementing MVC architecture is another important factor in avoiding sql injection.
The size and unpredictability of the current working frameworks also, applications is persistently expanding and it isn't a simple assignment to guarantee the safe activity of such frameworks. Despite the fact that there are a few devices, for example, interruption location frameworks, nectar pots, and antivirus the dynamic nature of the assaults makes it hard to distinguish also, avoid assaults. Then again, it is straightforward undertaking for the aggressor to bargain such frameworks and produce various kinds of assaults. Subsequently we are seeing an expanding number of multi day assaults once a day. Multi day assaults are the assaults which are beforehand not known. So as to manage the malware the security apparatus merchants investigate the malware and create assault marks to manage the malware. In any case, in the vast majority of the cases the examination is done physically and this requires impressive time before a mark can be created for malware. What's more, mechanized devices, for example, ADMmutate empower the aggressor to naturally produce varieties to the malware for every contamination; making it very hard for the security experts to recognize and create appropriate assault marks.
Advanced attacks are conducted by cybercriminals, state-hired criminals and spies. They used different types of attacks includes spear phishing emails and malware to reach inside the organizations and get access to the critical data or information. Organizations are unaware about the malware attacks, authorized users are accessed by these cyber criminals to access organization’s networks and sensitive information or data.
Counter measures for malware can using firewalls and installing antivirus in the system.
3.4 Weak audit trail
Powerless Audit Trail is another risk for database security. Most review instruments have no consciousness of who the end client is on the grounds that all action is related with the web application record name. Plus, clients with managerial access to the database can mood killer local database examining to shroud their fake movement. A legitimate review trail should gather and file point by point records of the data put away inside your databases, especially those putting away touchy data like monetary or wellbeing records. The error that most associations make is expecting that their worked in review trails are adequate enough to enable them to remain agreeable and secure.
A large portion of the Organizations utilize local review instruments given by their database sellers or depend on impromptu and manual arrangements. Be that as it may, this procedure don't record subtleties important to help evaluating, assault recognition, and crime scene investigation. Aside from this, local database review instruments are amazingly infamous for expending high CPU throughput and plate assets driving numerous associations to quit evaluating. As per another whitepaper by Imperva, "most local review systems are exceptional to a database server stage. For instance, Oracle logs are not the same as MS-SQL, and MS-SQL logs are diverse structure DB2. For associations with heterogeneous database situations, this forces a noteworthy deterrent to executing uniform, adaptable review forms. At the point when clients get to the database through big business web applications, (for example, SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, or PeopleSoft) it tends to challenge comprehend which database get to action identifies with a particular client." It is seen that review components have no attention to who the end client is on the grounds that solitary record name is related with the web applications. Moreover, local Database Auditing can be mood killer by the clients with Administrative Privilege to shroud any sorts of false action. To guarantee solid detachment of obligations approaches, the Audit capacities and duties must be isolated from both database directors and the database server stage.
Countermeasures for weak audit trail includes the usage of audit appliances related to network. These appliances should not affect database performances. These audit trail appliances should perform and operate independently and provides effective data or information collection.
3.5 Backup Exposure
The storage media used for backing up information is usually not protected from the unauthorized attacks. Due to this vulnerability, many information securities breaches has been experienced that involved backup storage media such as disks and tapes. Also, organizations do not focus on auditing and examine the activities of database administrators and who have access to the low-level data, this can result in the information stealing and misusing. It is very important for any organization to take care of their backup storage devices and also control and monitor the activities of database administrator, this is not only including in database security best practices but also it is one of the most important database security regulations.
Countermeasures for backup exposure includes the database encryption. The stored information should be encrypted , it will secures both production and backup duplicates of databases. Also audit the sensitive data control access and activities of database administrators.
3.6 Weak Authentication
Weak authentication refers to the authentication pattern that is weak and can be easily assumed or identify by the attackers. The weak authentication allows attackers to perform brute force attack, social engineering etc. It is very important to implement strong password patters or two factor authentication. The Authentication procedures should be linked with organizations user management infrastructures.
3.7 Database vulnerabilities and Misconfigurations
It is very usual to identify or detect vulnerable and unpatched databases.
Each Software Strive to be without blunder of bug free. Tragically, till date no one at any point prevailing to convey blunder free programming. Whatever might be the financial limit of the product, whatever might be the experience levels of the product improvement group, it's not possible for anyone to guarantee that the product they constructed is without bug! Bugs can be all over the place, regardless of whether its an Operating System (OS) or Database Management Systems (DBMS). Regardless of whether minor or major, These bug can have extreme effect on an Organization's System. In this way, database sellers discharge fixes occasionally to guarantee touchy data in databases is shielded from dangers. For example, Oracle gives a basic fix update (CPU) each quarter.
Fixing a Database takes a very long time to an association. During this time the Database stays powerless. Programmers are sufficient to misuse un-fixed Database that still have default records and arrangement parameters. The initial step to be performed for ensuring your database is deciding how the databases are as of now designed from a security viewpoint. Most sellers give fix reports on a genuinely normal premise. When they discharge the fix, the assailant promptly and its welcome from them to discover the powerlessness and assault for doing hurt. Their discharge and fix levels will be distinguished and contrasted with seller security fix disseminations. An examination of ought to be done at this phase to locate the degree of seriousness of the vulnerabilities. The sorts of vulnerabilities will extend the range, from powerless and default passwords to unpatched database programming shortcomings. So the following stage is that at whatever point these patches are discharged they ought to be fixed – at any rate the most basic vulnerabilities. In the event that it is left unpatched, assailants can figure out the fix and endeavor the vulnerabilities, leaving the DBMS considerably progressively helpless that before the fix was discharged. The greater part of the Organization postponement even year to actualize the fix to decide whether it influences the entire system. At this point the Database stays helpless.
Counter measures for unpatched and misconfigured databases includes some precautions such as no default accounts should be there, and every account should be created by using unique username and passwords.
3.8 Unmanaged Sensitive Data
Many organizations failed to maintain accurate database inventory and the sensitive information objects placed in them. Database that are forgotten may contain critical information. These forgotten database must not have any proper controls and permissions and may get in control of unauthorized access.
Countermeasures of unmanaged databases includes the encryption of sensitive data, that if any forgotten database exists, but information cannot be used by unauthorized user as the data is already encrypted. It is very important to implement needed controls and permissions to database systems.
3.9 Denial of Service
A denial of service assault is a security risk where aggressors shell a system (for the most part an online system) with phony solicitations for service thus deny access to approved clients. along these lines, the assault bargains the accessibility of the system.
The thought process in DoS assaults is once in a while an abhorrence of the association running the system at the same time, more normally, it is utilized as a methods for extortion. Destinations are compromised with a DoS assault, which will make them inaccessible, except if they make an installment to the criminal who is undermining them.
Denial of service assaults are moderately simple to identify and kill in the event that they originate from a solitary PC so the most usually utilized DoS assault currently is a purported Distributed Denial of Service assault where a system of PCs send a huge number of solicitations to the system that is being assaulted. These systems are typically people groups' PCs that have been tainted with malware.
Countermeasures for denial of service attacks include the stiffening of TCP/IP container by implementing the accurate settings to maximize the capacity of the TCP connection pool. Minimize the TCP connection time period. Implement dynamic and automated backlog methods to confirm that connection queue is not haulted.
4. CONTROL METHODS FOR DATABASE THREATS
To get rid of database security threats every organization should have developed security policy and it should be implemented. Authentication is very important in security policy, because if there is strong authentication procedure then there will be less likelihood of any kind of threat. Different rights have been granted to different users in database systems. Access control methods are used to deal with different access rights and controls of different users. It is one of the basic method or technique to protect data objects in the database. The control access methods is supported by many database management systems.
4.1 Access Control
It is one of the important and basic functionality that should be provides by any database management system. It is used to protect data from the unauthorized access and blocking the read and write operations. The access controls allows entire communication should be conducted within the mentioned limitations of security policies. Errors can create huge problems in organizations. By controlling the access rights, likelihood of risks are minimized that affects the database security on the main servers. For example, if any table is modified or deleted unintentionally then the changes can be roll back. The mistaken deletion of tables can be restricted by applying access controls.
Access controls includes File, program permissions and rights to fetch and modify information in the database.
4.2 Inference Policy
It is very important to secure data at particular level. This protection can be implemented when certain data is required as facts and it is needed to be prevented at a particular level of higher security. It assists in identifying and determining how to secure information from being released. The main goal of the inference policy is to restrict the disclosure of information indirectly. Unauthorized data disclosure can be achieved by three ways: Correlated data, missing data and statistical inference.
4.3 User Identification/Authentication
The most important and basic security requirement includes that one must know about their own users. Users should be identified before privileges and rights have been assigned. It is important so that organization can audit about the users actions and data activities.
Before users can create any database, there are various ways through which users can be authenticated. Database systems provides facility to authenticate and identify users. Operating system can perform the external authentication. Secure socket layer is also responsible for identification of users through middle tier servers. This type of authentication is known as proxy authentication.
It is very important requirement of database security as identification of users shows the type of users that are allowed to interact with the database systems. To confirm the security, users are identified and authenticated, and sensitive and critical data is stored by using encryption techniques preventing from being modified by unauthorized access.
4.4 Accountability and auditing
Auditing includes the monitoring and recording the database activities performed by both database users and non database users. Accounting is a process that allows to maintain the audit trail of users activities on the system. To confirm and ensure physical integrity of data, accounting and auditing is very important. If the user has logged in the system successfully and if he tries to access resource, the system should be able to monitor and record successful and unsuccessful attempts. The activity and its status should be recorded and stored in the audit trail.
Encryption is a process to convert valuable information into a form that is not readable by a person. The information can be converted in the readable form to only those authorized people who have a key of encrypted cipher text. The data in the form of cipher text is known as encrypted data. There many encryption methods and techniques available to protect data from unauthorized access.
Access security is a way that allows who can access data and what kind of data attackers are trying to access the database. There are many methods and techniques to improve the database security. This paper includes the review of the work done by various authors in the database security field. It includes various mandatory and discrete security models to secure the relational as well as object oriented database. The paper includes the information that can be used to develop effective database security policies. The paper focused more about the recent database threats and countermeasures and their control methods.
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After more than four decades as the principal bassoonist of the Manchester Camerata, Laurence Perkins has earned the right to record whatever he wants, and here are the glorious results. "Voyage of a Sea-God" is an epigraph from the poet and critic Sacheverell Sitwell, and the album delivers exactly what's promised, a musical journey through the 20th century with the bassoon as leader. The journey begins in 1900 with Richard Henry Walthew's Introduction and Allegro, and ends in 1999, with David Bedford's Dreams of Stac Pollaidh, for solo bassoon. Along the way are solo works, pieces accompanied by chamber ensembles, and concertos. There are world premieres and there are pieces by familiar composers (the Saint-Saëns Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168, is an especially delicious find), but there isn't a single item that could be called common, and listeners wondering whether Perkins can really find two CDs' worth of worthwhile material are in for a realignment of their thinking. The technical challenges don't bother him, and better still, his sense of humor is pitch-perfect at such moments as the deployment of the Dies irae in the Incidental Music from Macbeth of Granville Bantock. Listen and enjoy.
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South Africa have suffered a further blow ahead of their decisive third Test against Ireland with Trevor Nyakane joining Lood de Jager and Duane Vermeulen in leaving the camp due to injury.
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Last year Breaking Bad wasn't even nominated for Best TV Show and this year it was a winner by quite some margin. Great job, Xixax.
Everyone kept talking about it, then other watched it, loved it and now it wins. The same happened with Friday Night Lights, too. We're usually on top of things, it just might take longer than it's supposed to.
Very happy with this win. The last half of season 3 is some of the best television I have EVER seen.
On a side note, last week I had to keep taking a detour to get home from work because they were filming season 4 in my neighborhood.


Crossbow Regulations for Minnesotan Deer and Turkey Hunting have changed recently. As a result, crossbow sales have gone up almost 500%.
The growing fondness for crossbow hunting in Minnesota isn’t just anecdotal. The numbers speak for themselves.
Following the implementation of new regulations, a whopping 790 deer were harvested using crossbows in the fall season of 2023.
This figure accounts for an impressive 40% of the total archery harvest.
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Law change passed in the 2023 legislative session. Archery deer license holders can possess and take deer & turkey with a crossbow.
From last year to this year, and since the law went into effect, crossbow sales have gone up nearly 500%
According to official sources, 790 deer were taken with a crossbow, which is running about 40 percent of the total MN archery harvest fall season of 2023.
“The new law expands the use of crossbows, which previously were allowed for some hunters with a permit, who were 60 or older during archery deer or turkey seasons, or during previous firearms seasons for deer or turkeys. Crossbows were already allowed for all hunters during the fall wild turkey and bear seasons. Rough fish may be taken with a crossbow during the bowfishing season.
Crossbow Hunting: A Balance of Regulations and Safety
Minnesota’s regulations stipulate that crossbow hunters must be at least 14 years old and complete a hunter education course to hunt deer legally.
These rules ensure that hunters are well-prepared and knowledgeable about their equipment and hunting practices.
Safety is paramount in crossbow hunting.
Proper handling, regular maintenance, appropriate arrows, accurate sighting, and keen awareness of your surroundings are key to a safe and successful hunt.
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The Conservation Impact
The rise in crossbow hunting has significantly impacted deer population management, particularly in areas struggling with overpopulation.
As more hunters take up crossbows, participation in deer management programs has increased, helping maintain a balanced ecosystem.
The revenue generated from crossbow licenses and equipment sales is reinvested into conservation efforts.
This cycle illustrates the harmonious relationship between hunting and nature preservation.
Monitoring and Deer Hunter Surveys
To ensure the sustainable growth of crossbow hunting, authorities have begun monitoring changes in deer harvest rates. This data will inform future management decisions, ensuring that hunting practices remain balanced and sustainable.
Crossbow Hunting Scene in Minnesota
The surge in Minnesota’s crossbow sales echoes the increased participation in this age-old sport.
The public’s growing acceptance of crossbow hunting is largely due to its perceived ease and the extended hunting season it offers.
The conservation impact of these efforts has been profound, providing an effective means to manage the state’s deer populations.
Moreover, the sport has nurtured a deeper appreciation for wildlife among participants, fostering a stronger connection with nature.
Due to the new hunting regulations the growth in crossbow hunting is set to continue, positively contributing to Minnesota’s hunting and conservation landscape.
It will be interesting to see how the next turkey season will unfold, considering the increasing popularity of crossbow hunting.
This shift could potentially lead to more hunters participating in the turkey season as well.


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I am a Platinum member staying for 5 nights on points at The Cosmopolitan in July. I'm hoping for an upgrade (as I am usually able to get when staying at a Marriott property, even when using points). Since I'm arriving at the property late at night (midnight) would you suggest that I call ahead to ask for an upgrade? I've never called ahead to ask for an upgrade before--I've just been very pleasant to the person behind the desk who was helping me and I've been lucky enough to get one when available. I've read on this forum (on a different thread) that when someone arrived at night they got very poor service by the night manager and they were given a less than acceptable room.
I wouldn't normally be concerned if I were checking in late at night at an "regular" Marriott property....but where this is an "autograph" hotel I'm not sure that I'll get the service and perks that I'm accustomed to.
Any help is much appreciated!
I would certainly call the hotel and ask to speak with the Front Desk Manager, tell them your arrival situation being very late and simply ask if you care be upgraded prior to check-in. I've done this many times and it seems to work best at hotels we are making return stays, but you don't ask the answer is always the same....No!
Thank you IAHFLYR! That's what I figured but like I said I have never called ahead of time to actually ask. I've done it in person many times (which I think is more personal, of course). ....and most of the times I just get upgraded automatically due to Platinum. So you literally just call and ask for the Front Desk Manager and come out and say "I'm a Platinum member and I'd like to see if I could get an upgrade when I arrive"?
I've stayed at the Cosmopolitan, and I too am Platinum. I called ahead, mentioned I had a reservation, and asked if my Marriott number was in my reservation. (I knew it likely was but it better allowed for the the next comment/question.) I mentioned being Platinum and said I hoped that got me a nice room. It did. I was given a room with a balcony overlooking the Bellagio Fountains. Great view!
Yep, I'd call and tell them your arrival time is very late in the evening and you'd like to check ahead to see about the possibility of an upgrade. Just let it all roll from there and see what happens. They may want you to call a day or two ahead due to hotel occupancy but give it a try.
Call Marriott's Platinum desk and ask that they mark your reservation with a Platinum Elite upgrade request. Then, on the day before or day of arrival, call the hotel and ask to speak to the front desk manager, just to "confirm" that your Platinum elite upgrade was noted on your reservation. I've done this in the past and the manager will usually confirm the upgrade while on the phone, assuming upgraded rooms/suites are available. Good luck!

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With over one-third of all U.S. patients referred to a specialist every year, specialty care providers (SCPs) play a significant role in the American healthcare system. However, a gap in information sharing between providers often leads to expensive and unnecessary care, potential medical errors, and repeated medical tests. This can lead to a frustrating experience for patients, wasted time for providers, and an unnecessary expense for payers.
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By Brendan McGarry
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a defense budget that, as it stands now, prizes pork over readiness, an analyst said.
The House Armed Services Committee, headed by Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-California, last week approved its version of fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill, which sets policy goals and spending targets for the year.
The legislation would add funding for weapons and programs the Defense Department has said it can’t afford, from A-10 gunships and EA-18 electronic attack jets to navy cruisers and refueling of an 11th aircraft carrier.
“The committee’s mark in my judgment puts pork and hardware over readiness,” Gordon Adams, an American University professor who served as a senior defense budget official at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget during the Clinton administration, said this week during a conference call with reporters.
“It basically says,” he said, “we are going to keep stuffing programs into this budget and hope that it survives. We are going to deal with the pet projects of a lot of members of Congress, so they fully fund hardware accounts.”
In a statement after the committee’s unanimous 61–0 vote in favor of the legislation, McKeon said, “This annual bill is the gold standard for congressional bipartisanship and transparency, and I’m proud of the work we have done over this long day.”
Specifically, the committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2015, as it’s officially known, would add funding to the Pentagon’s budget request for numerous equipment items.
Among the additions, known as “plus-ups” in congressional parlance: $450 million for five EA-18G Growler jets made by Boeing Co.; $782 million for the refueling of the Navy’s USS George Washington aircraft carrier, including $484 million for the refueling and complex overhaul, RCOH, and $298 million for reactor power units; and $82 million for more Tomahawk cruise missiles made by Raytheon Co., among many others, according to a report accompanying the legislation.
The House panel — against the wishes of its chairman and ranking member — voted to keep the A-10 in the Air Force fleet by using some $635 million in funding from the war budget, known as overseas contingency operations, or OCO, in a particularly obvious example of budget chicanery, Adams said.
“The trend here is predictable, is inevitable, where the committee has simply said, ‘we are going to stand on a separate island and do our thing and we really aren’t going to pay attention to where the budget overall is heading,’” he said.


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Blessing Ocheido, Executive Director of Platinum Intervention Care Initiative has called for the creation of safe spaces for girls with disabilities, as measures to prevent them from being victims of gender and sexual-based violence.
Ocheido made the call while speaking at a webinar organized by the Australian High Commission in Nigeria and UN Women Nigeria in commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child 2020.
Ocheido in her presentation stressed the need to ensure that women with disabilities, especially young girls are not left behind in the conversation as they are often used as a means to solicit for alms on the street, a target for sexual and physical violence.
Ms Ocheido said “We have to start by making accessible spaces for young girls with disabilities, we also have to ensure that there are mentorship programmes for young girls with disabilities.
“We need to ensure they are taught that it is all right to be a young girl with a disability, that they can dream dreams and amount to anything they want with the right support system.
She buttressed that, “we need to create safe spaces for them and ensure that they are carried along and their contribution matter in every aspect t of the society having it at the back of our mind that disability could happen to anyone.
“It is important that data are driven to be inclusive, researches are carried out to carry along young girls with disability, that we have their faces, we know their names, empowered to live a productive and full life.”
Another panellist, Rotimi Olawale, co-founder Youth Hub Africa, stressed the need to engage men both young and old in ending violence against women and girls.
Mr Olawale said “there are a lot of behaviours and social practices that men and young boys have picked up over time and need to unlearn such as catcalling, abusing women, unwanted touching of women in the workplace, at home and in schools.
“We need to give equal attention to boys and girls, to ensure they become responsible people to society.
“Parents tend to put more attention on young women, they are not given the chance to explore, to go out to learn new things all in the guise of protecting women.
“We need to give equal attention to boys and girls, give them the opportunity to develop their potential and ensure they become responsible people to the society,” he added.
Earlier in her opening remark, the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Comfort Lamphey said “This day hopes to highlight the contribution of girls and give the opportunity for them to reimagine a better world which is inspired by the dreams of adolescent girls.
“As adolescent girls, the international day will focus on their demands to live free from gender-based violence and harmful practices.
“Learn new skills towards the future that they choose and lead a generation of activist accelerating social change working hand in hand with human rights activist who will continue to serve as their mentors.
“I am very encouraged personally by the global attention and focus that we have seen this year to mark the international day of the girl child, it is very important for us to sustain this momentum and commitment to advancing the right of women and girls.
“At UN Women we recognise that the voices and concerns of adolescent girls must be amplified because empowered girls make empowered women.”
The webinar themed – ‘Becoming Generation Equality: Engaging Girls’ Voices for an Equal Future’, was organized with the aim of amplifying the voices and concerns of girls across Nigeria, and features the premiere of ’12-Year-Old Self’, a short film by the Australian High Commission.
The one-day event was supported by the joint EU, UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls.

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lol the language is very humerous!
I could understand what was going on, but I would've liked to know what the characters were saying. Maybe add English subtitles?
The next animation will have eiter subtitles or English voice acting :)
Though I can not understand the language just on the drawing and the exspression's I found it a little comical.
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Nice animation and funny comedy with a concrete ending.
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A very traditional hotel in a good location, as it is close to the train station, as well as Munich's sights and shopping streets. 0508 hm
The restaurant offers international and Bavarian cuisine. This is a very traditional hotel dating back to 1900, with a friendly terracotta-coloured facade. The medium-sized lobby and public areas have a charming friendly atmosphere.
The hotel in the city centre, opposite the main train station and is within walking distance of all of central Munichs sights and shopping areas.
The rooms are furnished in a combination of traditional and modern styles and each room has a slightly different decor. On average they are medium in size, but they do vary. They are very smartly designed in a classical traditional way giving you maximum comfort. The marble tiled bathrooms are medium in size and have a modern warm design.
2 kms to city centre. 35 kms to the nearest airport (franz josef strauss). 1 minute walk to the nearest metro station (hauptbahnhof). Close to the station (main station). 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop. 12 km to the nearest fair site (riem (new)).

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Heartcatch Precure ended about ten years back.
I can still find the blog post which put me onto it, a blog post which struck me not through brilliance or sharpness, but because it took Heartcatch seriously as anime to be folded into general viewing alongside anime aimed at teenagers and anime aimed at adults.
At the time I was watching the original. Events in the anime of early 2011—events which needn’t detain us here—had convinced me that I ought to try some actual daytime magical girl titles. I turned to Heartcatch next after the original, and I’ve revisited it since. Most recently, a friend and I watched it together, her for the first time; seeing something with a new viewer always offers a good chance to reappraise.
While I’m fonder of the original Precure, I think Heartcatch is (whisper it) better. In fact, while no series’ll suit everyone, this one remains the iteration most likely to suit a median anime fan.
I shan’t attempt to review Heartcatch, or to justify my affection for it by tallying different aspects, and I’ll especially avoid tying it to the Procrustean bed of novelistic plotting. Every year I find I bristle a little more when I see people discuss anime titles as though they should try to be books.
No, if we’re going to bother speaking of the show, we should speak of it on its own terms. I’ll talk about two of those terms: fighting and design.
Man, this show’s fighting is fun! Never—I sigh thinking of this word even inside quotation marks—‘dark’, but inventive, tense, and committedly physical. When diminutive Cure Marine punches a villain in the chest, one sees the impact pass out through the villain’s back, and I think that’s beautiful.
The physicality contrasts piquantly with the designs’ frequent comical deformations. Battle always lies on the edge of comedy, and just as surely on the edge of disaster: the series’ very first scene shows us the disaster which sets up the whole plot. The fighting both draws on and charges the rest of the show.
For Heartcatch knows well that action is character. Marine windmills her way through foes with more motivation than finesse; Blossom would like to be a martial artist, but isn’t, while Sunshine is a martial artist but one mainly armed with shields; Moonlight and Dark Precure both—both, mark ye—scrap with a veteran’s ruthless efficiency.
Plus, Precure’s usual sense of inventive fun hangs around in, if anything, a stronger concentration than usual: one can’t complain about someone surfing down the violently-extended noodles of a giant, possessed bowl of ramen.
Often, seeing a show as a series of battles limits us. In Heartcatch’s case, though, that way of looking bears fruit. Many of the episodic conflicts lodge themselves in the memory on their own, but they also pile up. They accrue. At the show’s climax, Blossom stands in front of a ruined Earth and declares that she’s come to like the world and the people in it; this scene only strikes with such heft because we know how many different times she’s fought on the planet at her back to free this or that person’s heart.
Only repetition and the time afforded by many episodes enable this. Really, despite all my advocacy for kids’ shows, I wish present-day TV anime for other audiences also offered space to original year-long titles. I don’t think longer lengths are always better, but surely having a wider range of lengths available would benefit anime.
And what, then, of those designs? ‘Designs’ stretches very wide: if I had the time and knowledge, I’d love to talk about the show’s delightfully stylised backgrounds, for instance. Here, though, I’ll just jot out a few notes on the characters.
Yoshihiko Umakoshi’s profile has grown in recent years, perhaps especially through his character-design role in the My Hero Academia adaptation. In itself this new stature is a fine and good thing, but it perhaps risks diluting the force of his other work. Looking again at Heartcatch (or Casshern Sins, Marie & Gali, Kasumin, Doremi &c—I leave aside his more restrained mode in helping to adapt, for instance, Mushishi), his designs assert their fundamental, delightfully angular oddness. They seem in this show to have borne up very, very well through the rigours of a running year-long production schedule.
Unusually, some published commentary from Umakoshi on this topic has entered English, in a strange combination of drawing advice and interviews with him and Hisashi Kagawa scattered through a how-to-draw companion (ɪsʙɴ 9784805315842).
From this book’s notes I learned various things. For instance, the inspiration for the coats on the cures’ shadow selves in episodes 37 and 38 apparently came from John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow. Umakoshi improvised Coupe, the silently vital elder fairy, without instruction or brief, and the staff adopted him into the show—very successfully, I’ll add.
The notes also lay out some of the subtler elements distinguishing Moonlight from the other heroines: sharper points and more divisions in the hair, no petal motif for the skirt shape, narrower eyes, and a finer distinction between her civilian and transformed appearances. One of the few really distinct changes when Yuri becomes Moonlight also looks like a fussily personal particularity: in a transformation which doesn’t outstay its welcome, being radically short compared to the others, she bothers to adjust her fringe. (Or ‘bangs’, as I believe they call a fringe in some types of English.) It’s a quiet but insistent choice, from a character often silent about her own wants.
Incidentally, the accompanying photos show that Umakoshi’s workspace hosts, or hosted at the time of interview, a big figure of Terasawa’s Cobra. Cool guy.
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What Heartcatch is not, even for people who respect kids’ anime and have escaped the novelistic paradigm, is, well, Doremi. But I think the (very small) world of those who care about such comparisons the more recent title gets treated a little unfairly because of our tendency to make the things we love into criteria. It wasn’t trying to be Doremi, and nor should it: why strive for another show’s special type of excellence?
The Japanese loanword from English catch, キャッチ, shares something its ancestor’s meaning, but can also signify the detection or reception of a signal, as one might ‘catch’ a radar contact or a broadcast wave. A decade on, Heartcatch still well fulfils both senses.
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So I have now learned the term Procrustean, which I had never heard until this point. I like it, but I’m not sure if I’ll find a use for it.
I’ve always loved seeing clips from the various Precures, but I’ve always been a bit leery of trying to dive in. I have a short attention span for other children’s shows, and while I like Allison to Lillia, I wouldn’t say that I love it. From your description, it seems like a show to turn on and just let it go.
I am curious that if novels aren’t the way to look at plot in anime, what is your suggestion? Personally, I like looking at TV and film, but I’m not sure if your description really fits that.
Anyways, I’m glad that you got it up.
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Of all the new reality
shows inexplicably set in Louisiana
— Bayou Billionaires, Swamp People,
et. al. — I was most drawn to Duck
Dynasty on A&E.
Duck Dynasty follows the exploits
of the Robertson family, a millionaire
clan whose fortune was built on the raspy sound of a
duck’s quack. Duck Commander duck calls are some
of the best in the country. I know because I own one,
and it has helped me fill a gumbo pot many times in
But watching the pilot of Duck Dynasty makes you
wonder how this clan ever built a business handmaking
some of the best calls around. The patriarch
of the family is Phil, who played first-string quarterback
ahead of Terry Bradshaw at Louisiana Tech University
in the ’60s. As the story goes, Phil turned down the
NFL draft because it interfered with duck season. After
he created the Duck Commander Duck Call in 1973,
his college-educated son Willie took the business to
the next level.
Virtually all the men in the Robertson family are
marked by long hair, long beards, camo and bits of bayou
wisdom. “Find yourself a meek, gentle, kind-spirited
country girl,” Phil tells his grandson as he
cuts the heads off frogs for a “delicacy” of
frogs’ legs to be enjoyed later.
These self-described “redneck millionares”
are center stage in a production that
combines Z.Z. Top, scenery from Deliverance
and a dash of Everybody Loves Raymond.
One of my favorite shots in the title
sequence is of the men firing shotguns at
golf balls freshly hit by clubs by their kin.
In the first episode, when Willie wonders why the
small workshop isn’t humming with orders that have
piled up, he finds his brother and polar opposite Jase
flooding the loading docks for some ducks. “When
you quit researchin’, you quit developin’ ” says Jase,
defending his decision.
I did not see the next episodes, and I probably
don’t need to see them to get the storyline. I’m sure
Willie will be trying to keep the business on track
amidst the hijinks of his hunting family. I wasn’t sure
if I was supposed to laugh at the bumbling bayou
brothers or if the show was more of a travel piece to
highlight the strange folks down in Louisiana.
I’ve never been a reality fan, and I’ve never watched
an entire episode of Real Housewives, but I will say
this: drama and humor comes a lot easier when you’re
surrounded by snakes, alligators and duck hunters.
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RELEASE: REP. HILL STATEMENT ON VISIT TO SYRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after visiting Syria on Sunday morning:
“Over the past seven years, I have worked tirelessly as a voice in Congress for the innocent people of Syria who are being brutally murdered by Bashar al-Assad’s regime. I am proud that the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), a non-profit based in central Arkansas, which I represent in Congress, has been a strong advocate in leading humanitarian efforts in the region. Alongside Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), on Sunday, I had the pleasure of visiting both the beautiful children of SETF’s sponsored school for orphans, the Wisdom House, in northwest Syria and their sponsored healthcare residence for chronically ill Syrians, the House of Healing, in Gaziantep, Turkey.
“My trip to the region is a continuation of consultations I have held this year with diplomats and other partners in Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Italy to address the Arab League’s initiative to normalize relations with Assad and to discuss the U.S. government’s strategy to dismantle the production and trafficking of captagon, as directed by my bill, the CAPTAGON Act. The Assad regime’s production and distribution of this illegal drug is threatening regional societies and financially fueling Assad’s reign of terror, which must be stopped.
“The Syrian people have endured more than a decade of war, murder, and torture. It is imperative that nations across the globe, including the United States, work together to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and to counter the Assad regime. As a co-chair of the Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus alongside Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), I will continue my work in Congress on the issue of Syria and its future. I thank the amazing, dedicated staffs at the Wisdom House and House of Healing for their incredible work in helping the Syrian people and for all Arkansans who support the SETF-backed organizations helping Syrians throughout the region.”

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MULTI MAG (MAGNESIUM SULPHATE)
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- Magnesium is the central atom of chlorophyll. Magnesium is necessary to achieve high concentrations of starch in potatoes, sugar beet and fats in oil seeds.
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Inmate with long illness dies in Mississippi Parchman prison
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday in the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where he had been living since August with a terminal illness. The state Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Timmy Terrell Harden was serving a 20-year sentence for a 2008 statutory rape conviction in DeSoto County. The Sunflower County coroner says an autopsy will be done. Harden was at least the 40th inmate to die in a Mississippi prison since late December. The state prison system came under Justice Department investigation after several inmates were killed or injured during outbursts of violence in late December and early January.
Mississippi gov tightens virus rules in 7 hard-hit counties
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is tightening regulations in parts of the state with the fastest spread of the new coronavirus. He made the announcement Tuesday for seven largely rural east-central counties _ Attala, Leake, Scott, Jasper, Neshoba, Newton and Lauderdale. While the governor has previously suggested masks statewide, he is now requiring them for workers and shoppers in those counties. Poultry processing is prominent in those areas, but Reeves says he hasn't seen evidence of significant spread of the virus in those plants. Mississippi has confirmed more than 9,900 virus cases statewide.
DEADLY ACCIDENT-INTERSTATE CHASE
Car accident leads to interstate chase, shooting death
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — It started with a car accident in a Mississippi parking lot and police say it ended after a chase, exchange of gunfire on a highway and a man's death. A spokesman for the police department in Pearl says witnesses told investigators it all began just after midnight Sunday in a parking lot off Interstate 55 in Jackson. That's where the driver of a Camaro backed into an Acura. The driver of the Acura reportedly fired at the Camaro driver and followed the Camaro onto I-55.
Vicksburg considers options as virus wreaks havoc on budget
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Layoffs, pay cuts and a government reorganization are all on the table for a Mississippi city grappling with the financial impact of the coronavirus. News outlets report Mayor George Flaggs Jr. says the city is projected to lose about $3 million this year due to the pandemic. The figure comes from lost gaming revenue, tax dollars from business closures and the postponement of the Miss Mississippi Pageant. The Vicksburg Post reports the mayor is expected to present a reorganization plan at a meeting with city aldermen on May 18. The city is also seeking financial aid from the state legislature. A decision on cuts wasn't expected to be made until June 15.
WATER BILL SHUTOFFS
Mississippi town to end grace period for unpaid water bills
OSYKA, Miss. (AP) — The grace period is expected to end this week for residents of a small town who are behind on their water bills. The Enterprise-Journal reports leaders in Osyka said shut-offs would resume Thursday for delinquent water accounts. The town clerk says revenue from water bills is down. And, the city recently had to use $5,000 of emergency funds to fix a broken water line. The Mississippi Public Service Commission had halted disconnections for 60 days on March 15. That decision had been made around the same time the governor declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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More than 50 percent of consumers are interested in products with reduced levels of salt and sugar, and yet new products in the United States are more likely to tout low- or no-fat attributes, according to a June 23 panel discussion at the 2014 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo® in New Orleans.
In recent research, just 25 percent of consumers claimed to be dieting, yet more than 70 percent said they want to lose weight.
“Consumers know they need to take care of their health,” said Lynn Dornblaser, director, innovation & insight, Mintel Group, Ltd. “They want to lose weight, but they don’t like the idea of dieting. They know that living a healthy lifestyle is all about moderation.”
What matters to consumers, and what they do associate with better health, is a reduction in sodium and sugar. More than 50 percent of consumers rated sodium and sugar reduction as an important food attribute, over calorie, carbohydrate and fat reduction.
“And yet in the U.S. market, it’s all about low- or no-fat claims,” said Dornblaser. “Products that make a low-sugar, low-calorie or low-sodium claim are less prevalent.” In Europe and the rest of the world, foods with “no- or low-fat” labels are less common.
However, U.S. food products are lowering salt and sugar levels. In fact, many common products have been “quietly and slowly” reducing sugar and salt levels, knowing that consumers are looking at this information in nutritional labeling.
As “most consumers know that less sodium means less taste,” many products are promoting low- or less-sodium, “but also good taste,” said Dornblaser. She highlighted products that tout “less salt, more herbs,” or “much less sodium, much more flavor.”
The discussion highlighted a variety of new trends:
The 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines are expected to again recommend lower levels of sugar and salt in food products, said Joanne L. Slavin, professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. She also anticipates continued “movement toward whole foods and away from nutrients,” and reference to trending topics “such as sustainability, gluten, vegan diets and food processing.”
“Consumers look to flavor first, health attributes second,” said Dornblaser. “Any (food producer) has to keep that in mind. Consumers aren’t afraid of sugar or salt, they’re afraid of too much sugar or salt. The way to do that overtly and covertly is reduce when you can. Consumers do look at the nutrition statement.”
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Mayergoyz, Tse Co-Author New Book on Innovative Magnetic Imaging Technique
Professor Isaak Mayergoyz and ECE Ph.D. alumnus Chun Tse ('03) have co-authored a new book titled "Spin-stand Microscopy of Hard Disk Data," published by Elsevier Science.
The book provides an in-depth analysis of spin-stand microscopy of hard disk data, a new technique recently developed and extensively tested by Mayergoyz and Tse. Spin-stand microscopy is the first magnetic imaging technique where imaging is performed "ex-situ," outside of its native drive, on a rotating disk mounted on a spin-stand. This technique is one of the fastest scanning-based microscopy techniques. It is non-invasive and has nano-scale resolution. For these reasons, it provides unique capabilities for the visualization of magnetization patterns recorded on hard disks.
The new book covers basic facts related to magnetic data storage technology, the principles and theory of spin-stand microscopy, its experimental implementations, as well as its applications in hard disk diagnostics, imaging of overwritten patterns, computer forensics of hard disk files, and data-dependent magnetic thermal relaxations of recorded magnetization patterns. The book will serve as a valuable reference for the magnetic data storage community, magnetic microscopy professionals as well as engineers and scientists involved in computer data forensics, commercial data recovery, and the design of archival data storage systems.
For more information about the book, visit Elsevier Science online at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.authors/710529/description#description.
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