The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) featured in Windows 10 notified researchers at Microsoft about a NSA-style vulnerability found in Huawei laptops.
Analysts at the tech giant, Microsoft recently revealed that they found a back door in specific models of Huawei laptops that allowed unprivileged users access to all laptop data.
According to a Microsoft Security Post, dated March 25th, the PCManager software featured in Huawei’s Matebook systems allows unauthorized users access to superuser privileges.
The vulnerability discovered is similar in nature to a technique used in NSA’s DoublePulsar, a malware instrument, leaked in early 2017, by the hacker group The Shadow Brokers.
DoublePulsar had affected more than 200,000 computers running on Microsoft Windows within a few weeks. DoublePulsar was again utilized in the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 that targeted Windows computers throughout the world and sought payment in Bitcoin to restore the computers to normal.
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Microsoft specified in a blog post, how researchers found the backdoor vulnerability in Huawei laptops and proceeded to fix the discrepancy.
Microsoft gave no specific date for the discovery.
Researchers were made aware of the anomaly in the kernels of the Huawei Matebook models, through acute sensors, developed by Microsoft.
Microsoft devised tools that would protect users, after the DoublePulsar attacks in 2017. Devices, such as the newly developed sensors were first introduced on Nov. 13th, 2018, with the launch Windows 10, version 1809.
Further investigation into the Huawei Matebooks revealed that the source of the injected anomalous code was the PCManager software that had to be pre-installed onto the Huawei Matebooks.
The software featured a driver that enabled unprivileged users access to all the data found in all of the computers. This raised the possibility of third-party users gaining access and inserting malware in the computing system.
The blog explained how Microsoft alerted Huawei about the flaw and built a “detection mechanism that would raise an alert for any successful privilege escalation.”
However, soon after a second vulnerability was detected that allowed unauthorized users access to all data without having to upgrade to the highest levels.
When Huawei was informed of the loophole, they released a patch on January 9th to resolve the issues.
The Chinese tech company has been under massive scrutiny over its close ties with the Chinese government.
The US and other governments have alerted that the backdoor vulnerability could provide an accessible pathway to the Chinese regime to spy on people overseas.
Huawei has consistently denied such claims, reasoning that no such backdoor incident had ever been detected before.
Professor Alan Woodward, a computer security expert at Surrey University, told BBC news that the flaw was introduced at the manufacturing stage but the path by which it came to be there is unknown, and the fact that it looks like an exploit that is linked to the NSA doesn’t mean anything.”
To which he further added that “There is no evidence that the company has done anything malicious or any evidence they were under pressure from the state.”
However the question remains as to why the vulnerability was undetected and why did the software engineering processes allow this on, according to Prof Woodward.
While it is possible Huawei was not aware of the alleged data theft, the company’s obliviousness would manifest itself because for a “national security concern.”
Huawei has been banned from the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan, citing security concerns. Many European markets have also announced that they would not use Huawei’s products due to the rollout of their 5G network infrastructure.


Maya Jenkins, also known as simply ‘Maya J’ in the music world, is the
epitome of youthful sass, talent, class, and optimistic mantras such as “Stay
Sparkly!”. The upbeat actress and pop singer born in Los Angeles, California, is
the one who coined the expression.
Although her days as an adult young woman just barely began, she is wise
beyond her years, understanding the true meaning of work ethic, dedication, and
inner strength. The performer was born with the gift of music, and then later on
ventured into the art of acting.
In 2014, Maya was cast in HBO’s short film, Muted, and acted alongside actors
Chandra Wilson and Malcom Jamall Warner. She has been seen on comedy
segments with AwesomenessTV, and on Tru Tv’s sketch comedy show, You Can Do
Better as a guest. She has been talented and fortunate enough to act in many short
films, and continues work in films, TV movies, and improv shows.
In 2016, after a long wave of writing lyrics and musical compositions, she finally
recorded and released her first single, Symptoms of You, on December 2nd.
The song was written in its entirety and produced by Maya Jenkins, and co-
produced by musicians DaveSor, Anna “Analog” Feller, and Kevin Feller. The
piano track, as well as vocals were recorded at Interscope Records recording
studios in Santa Monica, CA. Maya has stated that she wrote the song in 2015,
and that it took over a year to complete.
Currently, Maya is preparing for a role in a new unnamed television series pilot,
and is working on her full debut album, scheduled to be available this upcoming
With noticeable nods to Jazz and Hip-Hop innovators, Gayle's music is a perfect blend, attracting Jazz aficionados and Hip-Hop heads alike. “Innovative, complex, full of variety yet aesthetically pleasing and jammin'---” her mastery of the Hammond organ is soulful, and dynamic, her musical narrative, raw and honest. “Brilliant organ playing in a wonderful ensemble. It has something of the classic Hammond sound about it but also the funk feel.” Gayle brings together a group of talented musicians from both worlds and together they groove with precision, sophistication and style. Included in her quartet are Yarone Levy on guitar, Jennifer Leitham on String Bass and Dion Neuble on Drums.
Yarone Levy: Yarone Levy’s credits as a guitarist include touring and recording with household names in music, television, and film. These include American Idol Stars, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, Malcolm in the Middle, Ally McBeal, Fame, and others. His contemporary jazz album Blue And Yellow garnered worldwide sales and acclaim in renowned publications including DownBeat Magazine.
Jennifer Leitham: Jennifer Leitham is a career Jazz musician, and has been a professional musician for over 40 years. She is known for playing for many famous dead people, among them Mel Torme’, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Woody Herman, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson, and a horde of others you wouldn’t have heard of. She’s also played for some who are still alive, Doc Severinsen, and k.d. lang just to name two.
Dion Neuble: Dion Nueble is a Los Angeles based drummer. A versatile player most noted for his drum sampling, Dion has worked with major Hip-Hop artists like Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Lauryn Hill and many more. His intricate rhythms and ability to coax dope beats from s small set are among his greatest musical strengths.


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This running list of live streaming events by artists, musicians, and comedians, brings the best in live entertainment to fans listening at home.
Miley Cyrus goes live on Instagram, Monday through Friday, with her show Bright Minded: Live with Miley at 11:30am PT.
John Butler Trio will be playing live from home, every day on Instagram Live at 6pm, West Australia Time (6am ET).
Wyclef John goes live with acoustic sessions daily on Facebook.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will stream "Live from Studio G" from home on Mondays.
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With SXSW canceled, The Fader Magazine will bring the Fader Fort online on March 31 for a 9-hour broadcast, featuring over 40 performances by both emerging and acclaimed artists. The event will also raise money for various charities that focus on helping the city and people of Austin, musicians, and the entertainment industry. You can find the full lineup (to be announced on March 30) and the entrance to digital Fort here.
Third Eye Blind will stream at 4pm ET for Sennheiser's virtual concert series called #DontStopTheMusic.
For a series titled "In The Lab," country singer-songwriter, Hunter Hayes, will perform 12-15 minute sessions on YouTube Premiere on his channel, March 31, April 7 and April 14. The sessions will feature Hayes building his songs from scratch while on the road every night.
James Corden is hosting #Homefest on March 30 at 10pm ET, with performances by Billie Eilish with Finneas, BTS, David Blane, Dua Lipa, Andrea Bocelli and John Legend. You can catch the virtual event on Facebook, Instagram, and CBS.
Citizen's Mat Kereks will stream at 3pm ET for Sennheiser's virtual concert series called #DontStopTheMusic.
iHeartRadio's Living Room Concert for America starts at 9pm ET on Fox or on the iHeartRadio app. The lineup includes Elton John, Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, and others.
Homesick! A Home to Home Music Festival, will host two dozen up and coming bands for its two-day fest. Tune in live, on March 28-29, 3:20-9:20pm ET.
The Grand Ole Opry will broadcast live on Circle on March 28. Vince Gill, Amy Grant, and their daughters, Jenny Gill and Corrina Grant Gill, will be featured.
At 5pm CT, March 27, Vanessa Carlton will take to Instagram Live for a performance. It's also the day her sixth album, Love Is An Art, is released.
Catch Melissa Etheridge live on Facebook on March 27 at 3pm PT.
Dave Matthews played a solo show for the the Verizon sponsored series, "Pay It Foward Live." You can catch the full event on Yahoo and on the Verizon Twitter account.
Dua Lipa celebrated the release of her new album, Future Nostalgia, live on YouTube. She played every song and got personal about her creative process.
On March 25, DJ D-Nice took to Instagram Live with Michelle Obama and When We All Vote for a #CouchParty at 6:30pm ET.
Colombian-American singer, Kali Uchis, performed requested covers on March 24 to her Instagram Live viewers.
Hozier played a mini gig in a nook at home for the #TogetherAtHome series on March 21.
OneRepublic was live from their living room on March 20 for the #TogetherAtHome concert series.
On March 19, Common performed from home for the #TogetherAtHome concert series.
On March 19, Niall Horan performed on Instagram Live for the #TogetherAtHome concert series.
On March 18, Charlie Puth performed at home for the #TogetherAtHome concert series.
Luke Combs played a 20-minute set from his garage in Tennessee on March 17.

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What brings and keeps together the diverse approaches is David's creative focus, which gives shape to his insistent sense of wonder and sweet tooth for experimentation. On "Tomorrow's World," David conjures up a thrift-store version of space-age bachelor pad music with a Speak & Spell symphony while he and his wife, Karn, go sci-fi in the duet vocals ("And no one has traveled to Mars/And everyone would live in things called Biospheres"). A daydream of a different sort, "Money Hair," ends the album with lovey-dovey innocence and soul-like enthusiasm, floating and fluttering to peals of brassy horns. Letting his imagination go, David leaves a lasting impression all his own.

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This beautifully handcrafted junior zoo playset is a fantastic addition to any children's toy collection. This natural wood toy zoo is supplied with 9 chunky colourful characters. Little ones can play with the exotic animals from all over the world at their own zoo including giraffe, elephant, flamingo, penguin, snake, monkey, lion and panda. The backdrop has a colourful scene of the zoo with ornate gates and trees which are home to a toucan and owl.
All of the animals and characters have colourful designs with a natural wood grain edge - each piece is unique!
A fantastic gift, this junior zoo will be treasured for years to come.
This junior zoo:
- is provided with a multicoloured zoo backdrop
- includes 9 chunky characters; zoo keeper, giraffe, elephant, flamingo, penguin, snake, monkey, lion and panda
- is a chunky size - the characters are 20mm thick
- is made from eco friendly materials
- is supplied in an informative box (easy to wrap, if a gift!)
- is not compatible with our range of natural painted animals, these animals and characters are much smaller than our individual ones
This fair trade junior zoo is handcrafted by skilled artisans in Sri Lanka from sustainably sourced rubber wood and non toxic paints. Blemishes should be expected, these are part of the beauty of a natural wood product.


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UTAH (ABC4) – As Utah prepares for the arrival of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, questions continue to linger about the severity of the new strain.
Local and national health officials are working to learn more about what’s being called the highly mutated omicron variant of COVID-19 and just how much current measures to fight the delta variant will need to be ramped up as the United States braces for our first case of the newest strain.
Currently, Omicron is spreading fast in Africa, and we see it in Europe, Canada, and China.
Dr. Leisha Nolen is the Utah state epidemiologist. She tells ABC4 while the Omicron variant is more transmissible it’s still unclear just how severe the new variant is.
So, what are the four things you should know about this new variant?
Doctors say they’re still uncertain of how effective our current vaccines will hold against Omicron but encourage those unvaccinated to get the jab as it remains the best form of protection.
“Even if it isn’t a great match to this new variant, it’s going to help us” says Nolen.
Doctors say the omicron has a large number or mutations…but what does that exactly mean?
Dr. Nolen explains “it’s slightly different than the original virus was, it might be a little different for what our body is trained to recognize.”
She adds that parts of the protein the vaccine targets aren’t an exact match. So, a person’s body who was contracted a recent infection may experience a different response.
Nolen says the newer variants are mutated forms of the existing viruses, she says the covid virus mutates slower than influenza.
“Essentially, it’s war in the virus world, where the viruses are trying to get the best way to infect people” says Nolen.
And with another major holiday and potential family gatherings under a month away, Dr. Nolen tells ABC4 getting a covid vaccine shot is critical, and it’s not a bad idea to wear a mask in places where it’s difficult to distance. This as doctors say ICU beds are nearing capacity and heightened transmission rates.
“Here in Utah our hospitals have been overwhelmed for three months, to add another level because of omicron, and the flu can really put it over the edge” says Dr. Nolen.

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Dynamics and characteristics of black aurora as observed by high-resolution ground-based imagers and radar
High-resolution, multi-spectral data from the ground-based low-light auroral imager ASK (Auroral Structure and Kinetics) are used to characterize the fine structure of black aurora. Sixteen events comprising sheared and unsheared black arcs, as well as black patches and rings, constitute the analysed dataset. Simultaneous measurements of emissions caused by high- and low-energy precipitation make it possible to relate the characteristics of different black structures to the energy of the precipitating electrons. The reductions of high-energy particles versus low-energy particles in the black regions compared to the diffuse background are investigated for the different forms of black aurora. Two separate mechanisms have been suggested to cause black aurora. The larger reduction of high-energy precipitation within the fine-scale black structures discussed here favours a magnetospheric mechanism that blocks high-energy electrons from being scattered into the loss cone. European Incoherent SCATter radar (EISCAT) electron density profiles are available for one of the nights, and are compared to the optical measurements.
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What we forget is that most of us got into shooting because it is fun. It didn't matter what we shot, or how we shot it, as long as we were being legal and safe. Just once, I'd like to see the pile of .22 shells that I fired before I was old enough to drive a car. And I wouldn't take anything for the times that I packed that same .22 along on trips down creeks that needed exploring.
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Welcome to Womens Clinic of Acadiana
We are proud to offer a unique blend of expertise and patient-centered care for women in all stages of life and health.
We now offer Botox, Voluma, and Juviderm treatments for a more beautiful you. Please call for a free consultation.
Womens Clinic of Acadiana was established in 1996 by Dr. Robert K. Fell and Dr. Michael D. Foreman for the purpose of providing competent compassionate and complete care for the female patients of Acadiana. Dr. Rex Hubbard joined our group in 2009, Dr. Stephen J. Schorr in 2011 and Dr. Lewis Hill in 2012. Our clinic provides a broad spectrum of services for the female patient which includes obstetrics and gynecology from pediatric age through the menopausal years.
Our physicians are trained in high risk obstetrics, infertility, contraceptive medicine, gynecological cancer, sexual issues, infectious diseases and gynecological urology.
We provide the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic services including ultrasound, laparoscopic surgery, including hysterectomy, laser surgery, and vaginal surgery.
Together our doctors have over 100 years of clinical experience in obstetrics and gynecology and have delivered more than 20000 babies.
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An Abbeville, Louisiana native, Dr. Foreman received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport, LA in 1979 where he completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1983. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also a member of the American College of Surgeons.
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Dr. Lewis W. Hill studied Biology at Loyola University. He attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans where he completed his medical degree in 1990 and an Obstetric and Gynecology internship and residency from 1990 to 1994. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Hill belongs to the American Medical Association, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Southern Medical Association, Louisiana State Medical Society and the Lafayette Parish Medical Society.
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Dr. Phelps joined Womens Clinic of Acadiana in April, 2018. He is a 1989 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a 1995 graduate of University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. He did his OB/Gyn residency at Tulane and Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He had spent most of his career running federally qualified health clinics in the Austin Texas area serving those with little or no insurance. He has a special interest high risk obstetrics and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and he is board certified with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He loves living in Lafayette and enjoys spending time with his family and enjoying all of the outdoor activities that this area offers.
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Dr. Keeler joined Women’s Clinic of Acadiana on September 1, 2017. He attended Louisiana State University Medical School graduating in 1998 and completed an Obstetrical and Gynecological residency in June of 2002 in Asheville, North Carolina. He was previously employed by HCA Physician Services as a Ob/Gyn hospitalist. He currently holds memberships in North Carolina Medical Society and Wyoming Medical Society. Dr. Keeler is a member of the American College of Ob/Gyn and won the ACOG/Wyeth-Ayerst Research Award in 2000. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University.

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The Silent Giants
The Silent Giants is graphic designers Christopher Everhart, Edward Knight, Eric Mortensen, Brian Larson
Can you remember the first flier or poster you made?
As a collective, the first poster we did was for the National show at Crofoot. Individually, Chris did a poster for Manna and Quail with the Great Fiction, Ed did a poster for Monument, Monument. And Brian did one for his first band when he was, like, 13. Eric's first was also for his first band.
Why did you start making fliers or posters?
To attract females — it didn't work. Actually it was because we wanted to be in a band but lacked the skills to do it so it was a way to stay involved with music without actually playing anything.
Do you consider this an art form?
That's a tricky question ... we like to keep the word "art" away from things that have an agenda, but we still feel that we are able to express our creative freedom to a certain degree. We still use our hands and our minds but it is sometimes dictated, and we do not have full control.
What's your signature?
"My Man," and we have a pretty mean two-step
Name an artist, contemporary or not, you identify with.
Saul Bass, Paul Rand, Aesthetic Apparatus and Ol' Dirty Bastard.
What's your style like?
I think we all just appreciate things that are designed well, be that a vintage science textbook or a piece of furniture.
Who's your hero, in real life or fiction?
Christopher: My pappy
Edward: Jónsi Birgisson
Eric: Miranda July
Brian: Bill Cosby
If you could create the flier for any band or gig in history, what would you choose?
Edward: Sigur Ros
Christopher: Modest Mouse
What trait do you hate in others?
Kids that are too cool for school.
Where do you feel most at home?
What's Detroit's most amazing spot for inspiration?
John K. King bookstore
What do you waste money on?
Beanie Babies, they are making a comeback and we're sitting on a goldmine! Didn't cut the tags off of any of 'em!
Gotten any good news lately?
We recently did a poster for the National show that took place on June 7 at the Crofoot in Pontiac. It was commissioned by the Crofoot and the band really responded well to it and has asked us to produce some poster and T-shirt designs for them. We are also gearing up to do posters for Phonofest and Wolf Parade.
Who do you think you are?
The Silent Giants.
What do you think you're doing?
Who do you think you're talking to?
I don't know — I guess we are talking to a survey.
See more art by the Silent Giants at thesilentgiants.com.


Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir believes that Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should not lead the team while batting at number seven. Instead, he suggests that MSD should bat higher in the batting order, and lead the team from the front.
In the Super Kings’ first game against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Wankhede, the former Indian skipper was sent back to the pavilion on a duck in the lost match, after fast bowler Avesh Khan knocked him off. He arrived at the crease in the number seven position. Keeping this in view, Gambhir, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL victories, expressed his opinion by saying that MSD “should lead from the front” and bat higher up the order.
“We keep mentioning this thing that a leader needs to lead from the front. You can’t be leading, when you’re batting at No.7,” said the former Delhi Daredevils opener during Star Sports Live Show. He feels that the CSK skipper should start soon and make this a ritual, as the skipper looks forward to playing a few more seasons of the tournament.
Furthermore, Gambhir spoke that according to him Dhoni should bat at number 4 or 5, which is currently held by Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu. Along with advising about the position in which MSD should play, he also addresses the issues in the bowling lineup CSK is to deal with.
“Plus, he is not the MS Dhoni, which he used to be probably four or five years back, where he could just come in and start taking on the bowlers from the word go. For me, I think he needs to bat at number four/ five. Nothing below that.”
MS Dhoni was also criticized for coming lower down the order in the previous season, where he failed to impress with his bat, and for the first time didn’t qualify for the playoffs. Dhoni announced his retirement from international last year once T-20 World Cup was postponed. The legendary Indian captain has found it difficult to score big at the end of the innings in the last couple of years. However, he still has the ability to hit big sixes. Gambhir’s suggestion may help CSK and MS Dhoni in short term. Spending more time on the pitch will help him to get back his mojo for IPL 2021.
CSK needs to get the defeat against Delhi Capitals out of their system and focus on the next game. They face an in-form Punjab Kings on Friday, April 16 whilst being placed at the bottom of the table at the NRR of -0.779.


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The military this month celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, which allowed women to serve in all branches of the armed forces. Days before that anniversary, Military Times reported that pregnant service women and dependents receiving prenatal care at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa in Japan would need to be transported back to the United States to receive pregnancy care due to staffing shortages.
While the Defense Health Agency reversed course shortly afterward, incidents like this are all too common — and serve as a reminder that women have not been integrated into the military.
Senior leaders are failing active duty service women by not openly acknowledging that access to adequate health care during all phases of womanhood continues to plague our military medical system. Specifically, access to prenatal and post-partum health care presents a bleak outlook on what it is like to have a baby as a service woman. The Department of Defense’s own Defense Health Board found that decades of recommendations to bolster gender-specific health care across the services have not led to “sustained improvements.”
Most would be shocked to learn that active duty service women get no choice in the prenatal or post-partum care they receive. They receive care wherever they are based, per government regulations that require active duty personnel to use Tricare Prime insurance, instead of being able to elect coverage through Tricare Select like military dependents. So, all pregnant active duty service women are required to receive care at a military treatment facility, or MTF, at the base they are assigned to if the MTF can “support” such care.
These regulations impact large military populations areas like the National Capitol Region; Colorado Springs, Colorado; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Liberty, North Carolina and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where a military treatment facility with obstetrics, labor and delivery and post-partum care exist. Because these areas have large military populations, they likely have the largest populations of active duty service women, who make up roughly 17% of the military.
Allowing pregnant women to choose their service provider results in better medical outcomes, according to a 2012 study that found a women’s perceived amount of control over her birth experience positively impacts the birthing experience. It was not necessarily the type of care that the woman chose but that she had some control over her birth experience. And a 2021 study found that a negative birth experience could have an overall negative impact on women’s health after childbirth to include increased risk of postpartum depression and anxiety.
The fix is simple: Congress should direct that upon a positive pregnancy test, a service woman is given the option to be referred to a provider of her choice within the Tricare network. This would not require any drastic changes to the Tricare system because military providers already have the ability to refer patients to other providers in the Tricare network.
The arguments in favor are simple: if service women have lengthier recoveries postpartum due to negative, traumatic birth experiences, then they are likely to take longer to return to active duty. Studies have found service women tend to leave the military at higher rates than their male counterparts. More specifically, a 2018 Rand Corp. study on addressing barriers to female officer retention in the Air Force found that between the 10 to 13 year marks women officers left the service at higher rates than their male counterparts — a time that just so happens to be right during the middle of their childbearing years, if they joined in their late teens or early twenties. Could it be they leave service at this point to avoid continued shortfalls in medical care especially if they desire to have more children? Is this likely exacerbated if they had a previously negative birth experience? Yes and yes.
Readiness. Recruitment. Retention. This issue touches it all. No woman should be forced to receive maternity health care with no options as to how, where and from whom they receive that care given the data supporting provider choice and its overall positive impact on birth experience and post-partum recovery. But, yet, this is exactly what is happening to active duty service women. Women who have raised their hands to support and defend our nation are stripped of basic healthcare options that most civilian women find commonplace.
It’s an easy fix. Congress should direct provider choice for active duty service women, and the Department of Defense should quickly implement, if Congress chooses to make this welcome change.
Sam Sliney is a mother of two and wife to an Army Green Beret. Since 2014, she has served in the Air Force as a Judge Advocate. Sam is passionate about creating an inclusive Department of the Air Force and Department of Defense to increase lethality of the joint force. Specifically, she advocates for equitable support and accessibility for women during all phases of womanhood, particularly pregnancy and post-partum.
These views are solely those of the author, and do not purport to be the views of the Department of Defense or the U.S. government.
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We reported in November that Chef Andrew Kirschner’s new neighborhood restaurant Tar & Roses, Santa Monica, was planning on opening in late November or December, well, the date is January 24. The food is described as “at once rustic and elegant, simple and complex, masculine and feminine.” The menu, like it’s namesake is a juxtaposition of extremes with Andrew’s travels to Italy, Spain and Southeast Asia influencing his cooking. But the heart of the kitchen is centered in its wood burning oven. Check out some examples from the menu. 602 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401.
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Ohio State University's football coach Jim Tressel had been doing right by the school, winning the 2002 national championship and building a 106-22 record over the past 10 seasons. But, according to a recent suspension, the winning coach didn't seem to do right by university officials last year.
It started in April 2010, when the NCAA was made aware of possible violations by some Ohio State players.
Several players sold Ohio State football memorabilia to tattoo parlor owner, Edward Rife. In exchange for memorabilia such as jerseys and championship rings the players received cash and discounts on tattoos.
Following a federal investigation of Rife, Tressel's lawyer emailed him about the possible violations, naming two specific players who had sold the Buckeyes memorabilia.
Tressel failed to tell university officials about the possible NCAA violation, and then allowed the two players to play the rest of the 2010 season.
On Dec. 7, the university learned of the investigation after the local US Attorney's office contacted them. The university informed the NCAA, and on Dec. 23, five players, including the team's star quarterback, were suspended for five games.
In January, Tressel confirmed that he had known about the memorabilia sales all along.
Having failed to report the sales to the school in a timely manner, Tressel has been suspended for the first two games of the season against Akron and Toledo and fined an additional $250,000, but Ohio State athletic director, Gene Smith, has confirmed that Tressel will be returning as coach.
In a statement, Tressel said, “I am sorry and disappointed this happened. At the time the situation occurred, I thought I was doing the right thing. I understand my responsibility to represent Ohio State and the game of football. I apologize to any and all of the people I have let down.”
Tressel said the right thing to do would have been to talk to the university's legal counsel as soon as he received the email in April, adding that he planned to "grow from this and I’m sincerely saddened by the fact that I let some people down and didn’t do things as well as I could possibly do."
Each of the players involved have been asked to make donations to charity comparable to their profits from the memorabilia sales and the value of their tattoos.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jim Tressel's name.


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The Chicago Cubs are struggling again. They have one of the worst records in baseball and entered Tuesday tied for last in the National League Central. On Tuesday, they shook up things a bit.
They released third baseman Ian Stewart from Class AAA Iowa and, more notably, designated former closer Carlos Marmol for assignment.
Chicago now has 10 days to trade, release or outright Marmol, who was an All-Star in 2010.
It's been an ugly year for Marmol. He sports a 5.86 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP in 27 1/3 innings. He's 40 percent on save chances (2-for-5). His replacement, Kevin Gregg, has been flawless, going 11-for-11 in save chances.
Marmol was at his best in 2010 when he saved 38 games for the Cubs and had a 2.55 ERA while striking out 138 in 77 2/3 innings. He set an MLB record for relievers by averaging 15.99 strikeouts per nine innings.
He is making $9.8 million this year in the final season of a three-year, $20 million he signed after that 2010 season. The amount of his remaining salary should allow him to clear waivers.
Outfielder Brian Bogusevic was recalled from Iowa to replace Marmol on the major league roster.
Stewart was suspended by the Cubs this month for criticizing the organization via Twitter. He is making $2 million this season.


IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.53, No.6, 1536-1542, 2008
Design of switched linear systems in the presence of actuator saturation
For a group of linear systems, each tinder a saturated linear, not necessarily stabilizing, feedback law, we design a switching scheme such that the resulting switched system is locally asymptotically stable at the origin with a large domain of attraction. By expressing each saturated linear feedback in a convex hull of a group of auxiliary linear feedbacks, we formulate and solve the problem of designing such a switching scheme as a constrained optimization problem with the objective of maximizing an estimate of the domain of attraction. Simulation results indicate that the resulting domain of attraction extends well beyond the linear regions of the actuators.


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This year his work caused a stir at the Cannes film festival.
Thursday, December 6, at the age of 88 years died the cult French film Director Jean-Luc Godard. It is one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called “new wave” of French cinema, who has conquered the world in the 50-60-ies of the last century.
Godard during his career he made more than 70 films. His last work was presented in may 2018 at the Cannes international film festival. The film is “the Book” (or “Image and speech”).
The Director was awarded a number of awards and prizes including the “Golden bear” in 1965, “Golden lion” in 1983, an honorary Oscar in 2011.
The most famous was his next painting: “the last breath”, “a woman is a woman,” “Pierrot Le fou”, “Two or three things I know about her.”


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There are dozens of recognized and unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev, where tens of thousands of citizens reside. In these villages there are no sirens or shelters. NCF already sent letters to the Home Front Command and the Minister of Defense, demanding to find an immediate solution for these tens of thousands of citizens who are in danger, but we haven’t recieved a response yet.
During the last week, a couple of rockets hit the area of some villages in the Negev, and on Monday (14.7) two sisters, aged 10 and 13, were severely injured when a rocket hit their village which is unrecognized. On Saturday (19.7), a rocket hit nearby a recognized village, killed a man aged 32, injured 4 of his family members.
On Wednesday (16.7), Thw Association for Civil Rights in Israel issued a petition to the Supreme Court, demaniding an immediate solution for this issue. The petition was issued in the name of a couple of Bedouin residents of the Negev, and a couple of organizations, including NCF.
For the full petition click here (Hebrew)
For an article about the court discussion on Ha’aretz click here (Hebrew)
NCF calls the security authorities to act immediately to secure the villages and to activate sirens in these areas, as well as entire neighborhoods in Jewish and Bedouin towns that are not sufficiently protected.

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I have been following this Bee*R R33 for a while now. It started life at the Bee*R workshop and then it was sold to a guy in the UK. When it arrived in the UK I kept following it but it disappeared from the radar for a while. Then all of a sudden I got an email from a friend who told me the car had been bought by a Dutch guy named Pepijn Warnars. After I got in contact with him he told me he would be present at the recent Automaxx Streetpower event. The perfect time for a meet and greet with one of my favorite cars.
I'm the first to admit that I don't like the R33 in stock form. But Bee*R has done a great job with this bodykit and carbon extras.
It is all about the extras and in this instance the carbon Bee*R bumper gained a carbon diffusor.
The original Bee*R kit doesn't come with the carbon lips underneath the rear bumper and side skirts but they are definitely a nice touch.
The wheels are Bee*R items and come in 18"x9.5j wrapped with Falken tires. The car is slowed down using Brembo F50 calipers with 355mm discs.
The original R33 spoiler has been ditched in favor of this larger carbon item.
The interior has been completely stripped including the dashboard. Instead we see a roll cage with door bars and a dash bar. Attached to the dash bar is the new center console with a Stack dash and Defi meters. The steering wheel and the bucket seats are OMP items.
The shiny gearknob is attached to an OS Giken gearbox with a Nismo flywheel and OS Giken triple plate clutch.
I was so glad to see all these marks on the front bumper because it was a sure sign Pepijn uses this car in anger. When Pepijn returned from the track it was the perfect time to have a look under the hood while the car cooled down.
After Pepijn bought the car he found some faults inside the engine and decided he needed something new. He turned to the guys at Sky Engineering and let them build a new engine. Now it runs with HKS pistons, Tomei oil pan and two Garrett GT2860-5 turbos.
It seems to be popular amongst the Dutch Time Attackers to run their cars on E85 Ethanol. So Pepijn went with the same route and added a new ECU that enables him to run the car on both ‘normal' fuel and E85. This results in an engine that is capable of pushing 750bhp and 773.2Nm
I spotted this remembrance sticker on the biggest carbon strut brace I have ever seen. Tweenie Rob should sound familiar to everybody that loves the Skyline and the RB26 engine.
Leaving the carbon fenders unpainted is a nice touch…
…especially in combination with the carbon hood.
Just before leaving for another track session Pepijn made sure the tire pressure was correct.
A shot from the pit lane just before Pepijn went for a few hot laps but it wasn't meant to be because after two laps warming up the engine something terrible happened …
I'll let Pepijn explain what happened.
"After two laps warming up the car I decided it was time for a real hotlap. I set the car on high boost and transferred some of the power to the rear wheels to generate some oversteer. The lap went perfect but just before the long straight is a chicane and after I exited the chicane it went wrong. I took it in second gear and wanted to change to third gear halfway so I could exit the chicane full throttle. The boost came in so hard I lost control of the car and I veered off towards the concrete on the right side of the long straight. I tried to steer away from it and got the car almost straight but unfortunately it was too late."
I talked to Pepijn yesterday and he told me that car was already being repaired. It was terrible to see the car in such condition but at the same time it was great news that Pepijn is able to get the car ready for the next round.


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The Icon is Simmers most versatile all-round wave sail, designed to deliver in the widest range of conditions and built to withstand any punishment.
At a glance
For 2012 it has a slightly more compact out-line, with five battens and a moderate boom length. The build of the Simmer is top quality and with full X-ply throughout, it looks extremely hardwearing while at the same shedding weight compared to last year’s model. The new colour scheme really makes the Icon standout.
It sets on a 400 RDM and we tested the sail with a Simmer RDM10 400 mast. It has a huge tuning range that can be adjusted to suit any conditions or style. Tuning with the out-haul is highly effective and can be adjusted quickly and easily to suit for either power or control.
On the water
The Icon is very well balanced, with a pull that comes from just forward of centre. The power delivery is smooth and it feels light in the hands when powered up. The natural wind range on the water is pretty good and is enhanced by the tuneable range that can be adjusted easily to suit all wind strengths. The bottom end power feeds in smoothly and the sail can be pumped to good effect to get you going early. At the top end, its control and handling is most impressive. On the wave it’s great, there is plenty of pull when you need it and it goes neutral easily when you don’t. It feels quite throw about in manoeuvres and you can also count on its solid construction if you do happen to drop it, which gives you the confidence to really push yourself.
A highly versatile all-round wave sail that is adaptable to all styles and conditions, with the widest tuning range. It is a very reliable foil that has been built to last and never disappoint on the water.


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After hearing MODEL 86’s song “MONO” which was released a couple months back, I knew I would have my eye on this London-based producer. He is fresh to the scene but he is no novice to the world of creating music. His inspiration and ability are up there and if he keeps to this route he might become a well known taste maker. “MONO” served as a stellar promotional single preceding a full EP. It communicated the general sound and feeling behind the idea he had for this project, and it had me eagerly waiting for more.
Now the entirely of the EP is upon us and the creativity MODEL 86 was able to bring to that single resonates throughout the whole album. It is titled, “When You Realise People Are Not One Dimensional Characters In A Movie Of Your Life.” This abstract unorthodox title fits the album’s unique style. Throughout the record, MODEL 86 dives deeper into his inspirations and experimental curiosities.
With hip-hop, electronic and pop influences, MODEL 86’s songs span a diverse sonic palate. The two leading tracks, “Holdin’” and “MONO” are much more straight forward compared to the second half of the album. But the tracks flow together well. “NEED 808” serves as a perfect midpoint. It resembles a disjointed popular electronic song where a catchy melody is taken by storm, overrun by quick high hats, unpredictable hip-hop rhythms and glitchy vocal chops.
Any fans of forward-thinking hip-hop and electronic music will find something special here. So explore the new MODEL 86 EP, “When You Realise People Are Not One Dimensional Characters In A Movie Of Your Life.”


As much as we don’t want to admit it, more and more kids are sexting. According to studies conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, The Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Cox Communications Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey, 39 percent of all teens have sent sexually suggestive messages via text, email or instant messaging and 48 percent of teens say they have received such messages.
Naturally, kids don’t want their parents to find out about sexting behavior. So they try to stay one step ahead when it comes to keeping select content hidden from their parents. Part of this is developmentally normal. But sometimes it can lead to trouble – especially when social media apps are involved creating harm to your child’s digital reputation.
Even when parents use family safety apps like MamaBear to monitor their kids’ safety, talking about the consequences to sexting is an ongoing, important conversation. Be aware of new social and messaging apps your kids and their peers are using. Also, do your best to responsibly monitor their text messages.
POOF! GOES PARENTAL AWARENESS
Take, for example, the popular app Poof. “Another app to keep an eye on is Poof,” writes one blogger. “It’s an app that hides other apps. All your child has to do is open Poof and select which app they want hidden and mom and dad will never know it’s there.”
This video shows how the app works on Apple devices (note the types of sexually themed apps the commentator decides to hide with Poof!).
Poof also makes a texting app that allows text messages to disappear after they’ve been read. “POOF text messages are never stored on servers, and leave no text messaging footprint behind!” reads the app’s description at the Google Play store.
Do your kids’ phones have Poof? How would you know? So whose responsibility is it to monitor kids when they engage in this behavior? These days, many groups who work with youth are taking action to keep tabs on kids social media behavior, from schools instituting new social media policies to the police, who are known to have their own procedures now for monitoring the social media accounts of local teens. Some might argue that it is the responsibility of the social media companies themselves to keep tabs on what is going on with underage accounts. Others believe it is firmly the responsibility of parents to monitor their kids’ behavior and hold them accountable when they go astray.


[Haskell-cafe] Base version on Hackage?
ross at soi.city.ac.uk
Thu Apr 23 14:16:05 EDT 2009
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 06:46:24PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Ross Paterson <ross at soi.city.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 05:47:23PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> >> I'm not sure why building of my recently uploaded version of dataenc
> >> fails to build on Hackage. Where can I find out what version of base
> >> is available on Hackage?
> > The build client uses ghc 6.10.2 (including base 126.96.36.199). I'm not sure
> > why base went up a major version number between minor releases of GHC.
> Ah, that explains the failure to build.
> Does your second comment mean that it's safe to put the version limits
> to ">= 4.0.0 && < 4.2"?
The upper bound will be fine now, but I don't know what version of base
will be released with GHC 6.10.3. Shouldn't the lower bound be 188.8.131.52?
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Deed: The official document that represents ownership of a property. When property is sold, it is transferred from one owner to the other.
Deed Book: A place where deeds are recorded in public records, namely a book.
Deed of Re-conveyance: Is a written document that is issued when a Deed of Trust (or mortgage) has been paid off to formally close it.
Deed of Trust: A legal document issuing a trustee a land title as security for a loan between a lender and borrower. It contains all the mortgage information, such as property, loan amount, borrower, etc.
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Defect: A title that is irregular and faulty such that it contains a blemish, imperfection or deficiency.
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Destination Services: Services provided to the transferees upon arrival at the new location, such as school searches, temporary housing, etc.
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Disclosures: Requirements of disclosure at the local, county, state, and federal level made by the seller and acknowledged by the buyer.
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Press Releases Remarks by
Donald E. Powell Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Before the America's Community Bankers Annual Convention Washington, D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR-109-2004 (10-18-2004)
Media Contact: David Barr (202) 898-6992
My main subject this morning is accounting and governancewhat the changes in these areas mean for you, and what they mean for the bank regulators. Also, on a related subject, what the changing dynamic should mean for the housing GSEs.
You all are acutely aware that the legacy of Enron and other high-profile bankruptcies are still with us. Part of the response to those scandals reflected a need to strengthen financial reporting and internal controls in this country.
There were some top managers in corporate America who misused their positions, manipulating the financial reporting system in their own favor and at the expense of investors. Their accountants, attorneys and, in some cases, bankers allowed this to happen.
All of those involved in these scandals did our country a disservice. As Professor Rajan of the University of Chicago puts it in his recent book, sometimes capitalists are the worst enemies of capitalism.
While Enron's legacy has been, in part, a needed housecleaning, it reflects another characteristic of our societya desire to identify villains and a fondness for sweeping legislative reforms when public indignation reaches a critical mass. Such reforms can affect the lives of the innocent, as well as the guilty, in unanticipated and unintended ways. This is not good for America.
In Sarbanes-Oxley and in a number of accounting pronouncements over the last few years, we have seen an understandable correction to the excesses of earlier years.
Many of you are living with the effects of that correction. While most of you have no intention of defrauding investors or deceiving your regulators, many of you have expressed concerns as to whether the costs you are incurring are generating any real benefit.
Bank regulators tend to work case by case, taking corrective action against those who need it, and letting the rest go about their business. As such, it should not surprise you to know that regulators have been doing, and continue to do, all we can to ensure that reforms are applied in a commonsense manner, with full and appropriate deliberation to all costs and benefits.
We have worked very closely with FASB, the SEC, and the AICPA over the last few years on a number of issues of interest to you. The bank regulators maintain an ongoing dialogue with these organizations and those conversations have been productive. They have, I believe, resulted in an appropriate balance of legitimate objectives. The FASB, in particular, must consider the needs of investors and the general public, along with the business realities of all issuers of financial statements, not just banks. Bank regulators have interests in bank safety-and-soundness that transcend accounting issues.
I applaud the accounting standard-setters for the seriousness with which they have considered all points of view, and their willingness to take the time for full and appropriate deliberation on several issues of vital importance to bankers and bank regulators.
Last year's proposal on accounting for loan losses is one example. The bank regulators expressed concerns over the proposed guidance in our comment letter, as did many others. After carefully reviewing the comment letters, the AICPA decided to proceed only with guidance to improve disclosures, which was consistent with the regulators' recommendation.
Early this year, the FASB began to question whether the existence of a right of setoff should prevent a loan participation from being accounted for as a sale. This is a complex issue and I applaud FASB for drawing on the best technical expertise before making a decision. The FASB's recent tentative decisions on setoff will preserve sale accounting for loan participations, while at the same time identifying best practices for participation agreements.
At the end of September, the FASB delayed the effective date of guidance issued earlier this year on other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities. This step was necessary after banks and bank regulators learned that accounting firms planned to take a restrictive view of how this guidance should be applied to available-for-sale securities whose values had declined due to increases in interest rates.
We shared our concerns about this development in the context of how banks manage their available-for-sale portfolios. The FASB responded promptly, and we would encourage you to review and comment on the proposal they have issued before the comment deadline at the end of this month.
On a side note, there is an unresolved issue with the SEC that does not pertain to accounting, about which bank regulators have great concern. The recent broker push-out proposals by the SEC would, we believe, cause substantial dislocations to long-
established bank trust businesses without substantially improving the well-being of trust
customers. These proposals represent cost without benefit. We strongly believe that the comments and concerns raised by bank regulators need to be addressed in whatever final rule the SEC adopts. These are examples of why you should continue to be knowledgeable of, and actively engaged in, the policy and rule-making process.
Another important issue is the subject of internal controls.
We believe that in many respects, the internal control requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley were modeled after the sound practices most banks follow that were already required under FDICIA. We in the bank and thrift industries had our own Enrons, our own scandals and our own housecleaning some time ago. Lessons were learned and corrective actions taken.
Now some of you are being asked to do more. Standards for internal controls required of public companies are clearly more stringent than earlier standards. Many non-public companies over $500 million in assets that are subject to the FDICIA requirements are unclear as to whether the new standards apply to them or whether their auditors will, de facto, require those standards.
The FDIC will issue a letter to all insured banks and thrifts clarifying that for purposes of year-end 2004 financial reporting, the current internal control attestation standards in AT 501 are fully satisfactory and meet the FDIC's requirements for non-public insured depository institutions.
However, in the spirit of full disclosure, there is discussion of changes to these standards as many of you know. Those discussions are occurring in the accounting profession and among the bank regulatory agencies. While this bears watching, I want to be clear the existing standards remain in effect and apply to your year-end financials.
From a cost-benefit perspective, there is some sense in which the internal control arrangements that make economic sense for a publicly traded or large company might not make economic sense for smaller, or closely held, firms. Depending on what the larger firms are required to do, it is at least plausible that safety-and-soundness objectives could be met at lower cost using a simpler set of standards for smaller institutions.
The FDIC decided in 1993 that $500 million was the appropriate size for imposing the FDICIA audit and reporting requirements on institutions. By law, the FDIC can raise this threshold. Is $500 million still appropriate today? We have not reached any decisions in this regard, and there are many considerations to be weighed, including the views of our fellow regulators. But, I can assure you that, in the near future, this issue will be seriously considered.
I would like to conclude by discussing another timely accounting and governance issue - the housing GSEs.
Together, Fannie, Freddie, and the FHLBs have grown to approximately $2.5 trillion in assets. Needless to say, they are an important funding source for home mortgages and related
lending. They are charged with an important mission to support low- to moderate-cost housing and to provide flexible sources of funding to banks (which I believe they have done quite successfully over the years).
The relationship between the three GSEs and banks and thrifts, especially community institutions, is extensive and vital.
FDIC-insured depository institutions hold over $1 trillion in mortgage-backed securities, primarily those issued by Fannie and Freddie. On the liability side, banks and thrifts have borrowed approximately $533 billion in FHLB advances as of mid-year 2004.
These advances are important to our insured institutions because of the relative ease with which they can be used to raise large amounts of cash in a short period of time, without the overhead costs of obtaining deposit funding, and because of the ability they provide to match maturities on the asset and liability sides of the balance sheet.
We have had some concerns with institutions that entered into leverage programs funded by advances or got involved with structured advances without understanding or managing the risks involved. But for the most part, institutions are using advances responsibly as part of their overall funding strategies.
In short, our view based on the conclusions examiners are reaching and the results of offsite analyses is that insured institutions are not exposed to excessive risk as a result of their interaction with the GSEs under currently foreseeable scenarios.
Because of the changes in their business environment, their substantial size, and the widespread perception of being part of the federal safety net, there is a consensus among many people that the GSE regulator must have greater powers and more tools than is now the case.
What should those additional powers and tools be? Perhaps insight could be gained by looking at how banks and thrifts are regulated. After all, banks borrow with federal support and lend to important sectors of our economy. Bank regulators, like GSE regulators, must strike a balance between promoting safety-and-soundness and allowing regulated entities to lend and innovate.
The important principles of bank regulation include:
independence of the political process;
authority to determine its own budget; and
strong supervision and enforcement powers, including the ability to set capital requirements and appoint a receiver if need be.
Over the years, these principles have allowed bank regulators to effectively contain the spread of problems. I cannot imagine why similar principles would not be equally effective in regulating GSEs.
Before I conclude, I would offer one cautionary note that goes back to my remarks on Enron, villains and sweeping reforms. We as bank regulators must also resist the tendency to be complacent in good times and overreact in bad times. We are human. Either we don't know what the risks are, or we suspect what the risks might be, but either don't articulate our case, or are unwilling to take unpopular action.
But when hindsight makes the risks evident, we are all too often - the first to criticize and take harsh action. You and I both know from experience that this dynamic can lead to greater swings in the marketplace.
So let me conclude by imploring you to continue to be engaged in the process by which these issues are resolved, and assuring you that we, at the FDIC, will continue to work with you to get them right.
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Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933 to restore public confidence in the nation's banking system. The FDIC insures deposits at the nation's 9,079 banks and savings associations and it promotes the safety and soundness of these institutions by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to which they are exposed. The FDIC receives no federal tax dollars insured financial institutions fund its operations.
FDIC press releases and other information are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web at www.fdic.gov and may also be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center (877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200).

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Last week a United Arab Emirates court sentenced Nasser Bin Ghaith, a prominent economist who has advocated greater democracy and human rights, to ten years in prison. His alleged crimes largely consist of online posts, including some criticizing the Emirates’ ally Egypt for human-rights abuses.
The economist was convicted of “communicating with secret organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, by creating accounts on social media and publishing photos and articles that are offensive to the state’s symbols and values, its internal and foreign policies and its relations with an Arab state.”
He was charged under a 2012 cybercrime law that provides for a maximum of 15 years in prison for publishing material online with “sarcastic intent” or to “damage the reputation” of the state or its leaders; and under a 2014 counter-terrorism law, which according to Human Rights Watch “enables the UAE authorities to prosecute those who express peaceful opposition to the government, whether in writing or verbally, as terrorists.”
In recent years intelligence services in the United Arab Emirates have also engaged in aggressive surveillance of social media, and in hacking operations targeting human-rights activists and foreign graduate students.
I met Bin Ghaith once, on a trip to the Emirates back in 2012. He had already been charged, convicted and pardoned in the “UAE Five” trial, in which he and other human rights activists were accused of insulting that nation’s leaders for posts they shared on an online pro-democracy forum.
Bin Ghaith had been a lecturer at the Abu Dhabi branch of the Sorbonne University before his first trial, but the French university distanced itself from him as fast as it could.
“I thought foreign universities would bring the culture of freedom of expression,” he told me back then. “Academia is all about thinking and speaking freely. But unfortunately it was just like a showcase. There was some kind of a deal between the Abu Dhabi government and foreign universities—they needed exposure and maybe money; the local government needed exposure as well, and legitimacy, [by being able to say]: See, we have all these foreign educational institutions.”
The academic was arrested again in August 2015. For nine months Bin Ghaith’s family did not know his whereabouts; for most of his pre-trial detention he was held in solitary confinement. When he appeared in court for the first time in 2016, he said he had been beaten, tortured, and deprived of sleep for up to a week. The judge reportedly responded to this statement by turning off Bin Ghaith’s microphone so he could not be heard.
Already back in 2012, I had questions about how New York University, which had recently opened a local campus fully subsidized by the United Arab Emirates, could remain independent and uphold its liberal values while under the direct patronage of a ruling family that did not allow its citizens to express themselves freely. NYU has been the most prominent of the many Western universities that have beachheads in the Emirates, and certainly the most generously funded.
It is hard to interpret the silence of Western universities that have established themselves in the Emirates in the face of the widespread repression that has taken place as anything other than a deep compromise of institutional principles. NYU didn’t even object when one of its own professors, Andrew Ross, who has been a vocal critic of the treatment of migrant workers in the Emirates and of his university’s presence there, was barred from entering the country.
NYU argues that its only concern is academic freedom on its campus, which it claims is completely assured. (We have to take their word for it, and assume that there is no self-censorship. On the other hand I rather doubt that they can hire or invite whomever they want, as the local security services always have a say on who enters the country.)
I’m sure the academic programs at NYU-AD are top-notch and that most professors there are committed to open debate in class. And I admire initiatives such as the Library of Arabic Literature. The university holds screenings and symposia that wouldn’t be allowed at any other institution of higher learning in the country. But precisely because of that, one foreign academic who has long worked in the country called NYU-AD’s presence “hallucinatory.”
“They are called ‘Bubble U’ by most who teach in other universities because they function in an alternate reality out there on Saadiyat Island,” the professor told me. “They are not bound by the conservative and frankly paranoid security measures by which the rest of us must work.”
Far from being a model to other institutions in the country, NYU-AD is entirely cut off from them. Its relative freedom of speech is only assured at the expense of its solidarity with other universities (whose staff and students do not enjoy its protected status) and by avoiding participation in public debate or expressing any critical views of the political situation or social issues in its host country.
Can one seriously believe that academic freedom is guaranteed in a country that respects freedom of expression so little? What is the value of academic freedom when it is limited to elite, soft-spoken enclaves?


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Architect: Schacht Aslani Architects
Agency/owner: City of Seattle
General contractor: Synergy Construction
Located at the base of historic Mount Baker Boulevard South, the civic character of the 9,500-square-foot building marks a transition from the commercial scale of Rainier Avenue to the Mount Baker residential neighborhood and creates identity for the fire department.
The simple form and transparent main facade give the building a monumental scale. Facing north across the boulevard toward downtown Seattle, a curtainwall allows passers-by to see the fire engines in the apparatus bay. At night, the illuminated facade serves as a beacon that signals the fire department’s place in the community.
A copper skin folds over the two-story volume, providing a simple covering for the complex program inside. The building is designed to be operationally efficient and to facilitate quick response times for emergency personnel. The design expresses the structural nature of the light frame construction, which floats over a heavy concrete base of auger-cast piles that provide stability in the site’s liquefiable soils.
Sustainable systems of the LEED gold building include rain gardens, a geothermal well field and daylight harvesting.
Jury comment: “This fire station design is an elegant expression of a utilitarian building. The metaphorical use of red for the door and the wall that is revealed behind the etched glass are nice details that elevate the building.”


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Euresys appoints Korean distributor
Euresys, a supplier of image acquisition and processing components for machine vision, is expanding its Korean distributor network with the appointment of IOVIS.
Based in Seoul, IOVIS represents a large portfolio of vision components, including cameras, CMOS sensors, and cables as well as optical products. The company is recognised for its highly competent and experienced engineering and sales team in machine vision. With Euresys, IOVIS complete its existing offer with frame grabbers and image processing libraries.
‘We are thrilled to work with IOVIS,’ said Marc Damhaut, CEO of Euresys. ‘IOVIS brings years of experience and a wealth of knowledge to the vibrant Korea machine vision market.’
Michael Kim, CEO of IOVIS, said: ‘As of April 2013, we became an official distributor of Euresys, which is an industry leader in frame grabbers and image processing libraries. This allows us to provide customers with the best competitive boards, technical support and with shorter delivery times. All members of IOVIS feel honoured to be a Euresys’ Korea distributor.’


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When you sit down at your local restaurant or go food shopping at your local supermarket, do you really know what you’re eating? If you think you do then you might want to think again.
Key findings from a report by the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) reveal that food adulteration or “food fraud” have increased by 60% since 2010.
The USP describes food fraud as “the deliberate substitution, addition, tampering or misrepresentation of food, food ingredients or food packaging, or false or misleading statements made about a product for economic gain.”
In some cases food are diluted with ingredients not listed on the label or the food was entirely different than it claimed to be. Some foods contained undisclosed “clouding agents” including the cancer-causing, reproductive system damaging plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).
Examples of seafood fraud include sale of the fish escolar, fraudulently mislabeled as white tuna or butterfish. Escolar is banned in many countries due to its high content of waxy esters that can cause a special form or food poisoning called gempylotoxism or gempylid fish poisoning. Another example involves the puffer fish being mislabeled as monkfish to evade import and other restriction due to the fact that, if not properly processed it causes tetrodotoxin poisonings.
While food fraud has gone on for ages, it is becoming much more prevalent today.
10 of the Most Common Fraudulent Foods:
• OLIVE OIL – is often diluted with other less expensive oils, including hazelnut, soybean, corn, sunflower, palm, sesame, grape seed and walnut.
• MILK – is often found to contain vegetable oil, whey, caustic soda, cane sugar, detergent and even toxic compounds like melamine and formaldehyde.
• HONEY – is often not honey but a mix of high-fructose corns syrup, sucrose syrup, invert beet sugar, water and essential oils.
• SAFFRON – the world’s most expensive spice often contains fillers such as glycerin, sandalwood dust, tartrazine (yellow dye), barium sulfate, borax, marigold flowers and even colored corn strings.
• ORANGE JUICE – may include lemon juice, sugar water, paprika extract, marigold flower extract and synthetic sugar/acid mixture.
• COFFEE – both ground and instant may contain roasted corn, ground parchment, barley, coffee twigs, potato flower, malt, chicory and caramel.
• APPLE JUICE – is often adulterated with corn syrup, raisin sweetener, malic acid, beet sugar and other juices such as grape, pineapple, pear and fig.
• TEA – may harbor sand, sawdust, starch, China clay, used tea leaves and color additives, all without being mentioned on the label.
• FISH – 60% of fish labeled tuna in the US is not actually tuna. 84% of “white” tuna sold as sushi is actually escolar. One-third of fish sampled across the US were found to be mislabeled, substituted for cheaper, less desirable and/or more readily available fish varieties. 87% of fish sold as snapper was actually some other type of fish.
• BLACK PEPPER – is often diluted with juniper berries, papaya seeds, starch, buckwheat flour and millet seeds.
The best way to avoid this mounting problem is to try to eat foods as close as possible to they way they are found in nature.
• Choose foods with the least possible amount of processing. Use lemons instead of bottled lemon juice, buy whole black pepper or coffee beans and ground them yourself.
• Purchase the whole fish whenever possible and be wary if the price is too low. You may be buying a different fish than labeled.
• Stick with store and brands you know and trust.
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New-generation downhole motor delivers increased horsepower, torque and durability to drill the curve and lateral in one run and drill extended-lateral sections.
Crestone Peak Resources revealed on Jan. 16 an innovative partnership for a large-scale test of real-time continuous air quality monitoring at its oil and natural gas production sites in Colorado.
Merit Energy retained Detring Energy Advisors to market for sale its 100% operated producing properties, leasehold and related assets located in Campbell and Crook counties, Wyo., with bids due Feb. 26.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas RRC Dist. 1, 2, 3, 4., 5, 6, inland, offshore
Marathon Oil retained Energy Advisors Group for the sale of one recently completed horizontal Marchand well located on trend with Southern Oklahoma Hoxbar Oil Trend (SOHOT) in Caddo County, Okla.
Wade Hutchings’ appointment as COO is in conjunction with the retirement of Ray Daniels, who has had a decades-long career in energy including 12 years at Enerplus.
Florida’s agreement to purchase 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of land from Kanter Real Estate LLC, if consummated, would mark the largest wetlands acquisition by the state in a decade, Governor Ron DeSantis said in a statement.
STEP Energy Services (STEP) performed its first coiled tubing job in North Dakota earlier this month for an independent oil producer in the area, the company said on Jan. 16.

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We spent many summer vacations traveling by camper around the west coast with our family, aunts, uncles and cousins. These wonderful opportunities to be with our cousins have provided many of the great and amazing memories of my childhood. My cousins and us were very close friends growing up, that closeness can still be felt today at those rare moments when we are all together.
One such memorable trip was to Flaming Gorge and river rafting the Green River. River rafting can be such an exhilarating experience, especially for young children. We would launch the raft below the Flaming Gorge Dam and ride the current, with its many rapids for seven miles, all the way to the first stop at little hole. We would unload the raft, load it on top of the truck and do it again.
Oh wow us kids had fun! We would fish along the banks of river as we anxiously awaited for our turns to ride. These were wonderful times we spent together in nature and great opportunities to build friendships.
My dad was a avid fisherman so we would also fish along the river as we gently floated along. My dad fished this river often and knew all the best fishing holes to stop in along the way. We would pull off to the shore and eat our sandwiches and have ice cold soda. Afterwards we would all head to the campsite where we would eat dinner in front of a roaring fire, roast hot dogs and marshmallows.
One trip down the river was uniquely memorable and extremely different for us than all the others. I remember I had to have been about ten years old. We floated gently along river in one of my dad’s fishing holes, when a couple of the fishing lines became tangled together. I can still vividly see my father as he sat on the back edge of the raft working to untangle the lines. He was wearing his faded blue fishing hat, his tan fishing vest and his legs crossed in front of him at the ankles as he worked to untangle the mess we boys had made with our fishing poles.
My dad, being the expert fisherman he was, quickly untangled the lines, replace the hooks and bait on the first pole and handed it back to us. He then went to work on the next pole, replacing the hook and the bait. While we floated gently along the river, the raft suddenly dropped a couple feet as we went over the first of many rapids ahead of us. My dad had his head down of course while working on the fishing pole and was unaware that we had gotten to the next set of rapids, as minor as they were.
As the raft dropped out from below we watched in panic as my father fell over backwards out of the raft. Everything moved in slow motion as I watched my dad first reach for his precious fishing hat and then the fishing pole. He gathered himself and prepared to ride the rapids with his hat in one hand and the fishing pole in the other. There was no sign of panic in his face whatsoever.
I turned to watch the rapids and in wonderment watched my cousin Deb, who must have been about sixteen at the time as she paddled her little heart away attempting to reach my dad. The amazing thing is that as fast as my cousin Deb was paddling you would have thought that she would have defied the current of the river and moved us upstream faster than any propeller could have. Sadly, Deb forgot one little thing as she paddled her little heart out…… she forgot that the oar had to go into the water in order to be of any benefit.
My dad could see her paddling and missing the water. He laughed as he caught up to the raft and held on. Safely we made it through the small rapids and over to the shore where my dad made certain we were all safe and then climbed back in to complete our journey.
This image of my dear cousin as she frantically tried to reach her Uncle Dave and save him while missing the water all together has stayed with us over the decades. It’s a memory I treasure, not only for the humor, but for the amazing times with my mom and dad, my aunts and uncles, and my cousins and the love for the outdoors I developed as a result of these amazing trips.

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Sue Weaver, M.S.N, RN, NEA-BC, CRNI
Sue received a diploma from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing, Allentown, Pennsylvania, a BSN from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, a MSN from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and she is currently a PhD Nursing Student at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey.
Sue has had many years of nursing experience in ICU, management and education in the acute care setting. She is also a New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA) Board Member and Chairperson of the NJSNA Congress on Policy and Practice. As editor of the Saint Clare's Careful Nursing Newsletter, she is passionate about making Careful Nursing relevant for nurses at the bedside. Thus each issue of the Careful Nursing Newsletter contains information about applying Careful Nursing to nursing practice in the 21st century.


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