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Safar Conference in VancouverBANDANA KAUR
Today in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Sikh Feminist Research Institute hosts a conference titled Our Journeys 2012.
It will explore the interaction between Sikhi and gender, through research, activism and praxis.
Sikh women’s issues and ecological issues are inherently interlinked, especially to the understanding that the Gurus saw earth as a manifestation of the Creator for humans to practice dharam, and not something humanity should misuse for its own needs.
Hence, this year will include a focus on the Sikh vision for the planet. Which will include a focus on reducing waste through the use of onsite recycling facilities for paper and plastic products, and commitment to using compostable plates, cups, and cutlery made from bagasse material, sourced from sustainable sorghum and sugarcane plants.
This use of biodegradable materials not only reduces the amount of material being sent to our landfills; it also ensures and reaffirms our commitment to sourcing the materials we use in a way that reduces harm to existing resources.
The langar during the conference will be served on traditional steel thaalis (plates), which will be brought to the gurdwara to be washed. We continue to honor the tradition of gurdwaras in Punjab and South Asia and around the world to use materials that can be washed by hand through the spirit of seva -- eliminating waste and emphasizing selfless service of one another.
The conference is being held at the University of British Columbia’s Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), a state of the art environmental building designed for research and education on urban sustainability. The facility is equipped with rooftop rainwater harvesting, natural and energy-efficient lighting, natural ventilation and airflow, grey water reclamation and reuse, energy systems monitoring, and sustainably harvested wood for the building’s structure and base.
In honoring the Sikh Gurus’ connection all the Creation, the legacy of our past generations of living in harmony with the earth, and the challenges that environmental degradation present to women and other marginalized peoples throughout the world, the Safar committee hopes that attendees will have a
deeper appreciation for the ecological traditions in Sikhi after attending the conference, and take practices that respect our planet to our gurdwaras, schools, communities, and homes.
If anything, we walk away from the weekend with a deeper reflection on what it means to live in harmony with the Earth through the philosophy of Guru Nanak and to embody the wisdom of our Guru’s words written in Japji Sahib nearly five centuries ago: pavan guru paani pita maata dharat mahat - “‘Air is our teacher, Water our father, Earth the great mother of all.’
Though nurturing a feminist vision, this conference is not meant for women alone.
“Although there are some males who have entered academia, many more have been pursuing other professions such as medical, legal, business, etc.” says activist Pardeep Singh Nagra.
“While this is also true for females, they are the vanguard in leading the way in academia in a variety of disciplines and bringing their Sikhi perspectives with them. They have taken it even further by organizing SAFAR and creating not only an inclusive space for both genders which we as men consistently have failed to do, they are also trying to make it very accessible with a PWYC (Pay What You Can) registration process. So don't be intimidated by the host name - SAFAR - The Sikh Feminist Research Institute. They have taken the Sikh approach and spirit of sangat with the endevour to be inclusive, and accessible to all.”
Indeed, it is an opportunity for scholars and community members alike -- men and women -- to connect, converse and engage in dialogue and critical thinking.
For more information, please CLICK here.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has again filed paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter. This time it’s based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter’s former head of security.
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The filing from the department follows a judge’s weekend order indicating she was inclined to grant the Trump legal team’s request for a special master to review the seized documents and to set aside any that may be covered by claims of legal privilege. A hearing is set for Thursday in federal court in Florida.
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It has been nearly 25 years since Princess Diana died in a high-speed car crash in Paris. People are stopping near the tunnel, which has become a memorial for the late icon.
A judge has ruled that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in the state. But the judge agreed to postpone the governor’s appearance until after the November election.
The large fencing that has encircled the U.S. Supreme Court for months has now been removed. The building, closed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, remains off-limits to the public.
School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at addressing the mental health of teachers.
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Once the target antigen is selected, the next step involves engineering the γδ T cell receptors. This can be achieved through various techniques, including genetic modification or chimeric receptor construction. The goal is to create receptors capable of binding to the chosen antigen with high affinity.
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The engineered γδ T cell receptors are then introduced into αβ T cells. This can be achieved through viral transduction, electroporation, or other gene transfer methods. The key is to ensure successful integration of the γδ T cell receptors into the αβ-T cells.
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Galway Masterclass 2005
on March 2005 Galway Masterclass, Vancouver
First, Sir James is using a video-camera
and camera person who projects his image up on a larger
screen at the back of the stage, andis able to zoom in on
embouchure, hand-position and other pointers.
He also uses an overhead projector to demonstrate the way
a study is written, or a warmup exercise (the ones that
are online) is done.
That was an EXCELLENT addition, because many of us need
to see these things really close up to understand.
He began with a demonstration that you need to see
"live" in order to
It's a headjoint only exercise that he was taught by his
first professional teacher:See video of Galway presenting this exercise. And/or See drawings above.
First: You fold your bottom lip up over
your top lip, place the flute (or a
finger) in the crease of the chin, and then bring the
lower lip loosely down and blow the open-headjoint.
Then while you continue to blow you move the center of
your lips forward to change the embouchure to allow you
to blow up the octave.
He said that even though he was playing Chaminade at the
time, his first important teacher had him do this simple
headjoint, lower lip up and down exercise for about 10
minutes to create flexibility and practice the
"frown" type of lose lips; he warned against
the "smile" embouchure, which, of course, is
death to flexible lips.
In the group warmups on the overhead he mentioned that's
that you change the embouchure to focus, tune and hone in
on every note of the flute.
If it's an arpeggio going down from A# to F# to C# (open
tube) then the C# is definitely going to need a flexing
of the lips to hone in on it.
After warmups Galway then went on to describe how he came
to do the Moyse Sonorite longtones, and how much like a
singer we should be when we start with these each day.
He made us laugh by playing them just like we hear bored
students play them; all wimpy and unmusically, with no
singing sound, and no actual air moving from the upper
chest in the singing style.
Then he played the longtones full, rich and involving the
"singing and projecting upper chest and throat
area", the same support used to sing in full voice,
and it was really inspiring to witness this live, the
body holds itself differently and the tone opens up, just
like an opera singer.
He then put the Moyse scales (up to high B and down to
low C each one---from Exercises Journaliers) on the
over-head and said: "How boring to play scales this
way. No wonder not even *I* want to do it", and then
invited an audience member to play scales up on stage
with him (the audience all had their flutes out from the
warmup exercises at the beginning).
They played back and forth doing five-note patterns, and
low-end-only, and high-end-only, to iron out tone and
They then did short-long, long-short (dotted-rhythms) and
all the other tongued methods of changing rhythms to even
out fingers.All the above were done on ONE chosen scale.
He mentioned that the good scales are played fast (the
ones you find
easy) and the hard ones played slow with changing rhythms
and patterns created to overcome problems with finger
It was great.
Sir James demonstrated a zillion bits of scales found in
all sorts of repertoire and admonished the audience:
"Don't give your students repertoire that is too
hard for them!!!!!!
No!!! Give them SCALES!!!"
We all admitted that the interesting self-teaching and
self-exploring, self-solving patterns that the individual
creates to solve his own problems are WAY more engaging
and interesting than just printed scales from
tonic-to-tonic, or even extended up to a given high and
low note. They just don't stir the imagination when
they're formulaic, and non-interactive.
Next he had a volunteer come up and 'sight-read' (I think
the student KNEW them) a few lines of the Taff/Gaubert
etudes in the big T&G book ,which Sir James really
He said "Yes, these look sightreadable...but they
contain infinite difficulties that can be worked on in
myriad ways".....I'm not quoting exactly, but that
was the point.
Sure the first one is in C major, and you can sightread
it, but are you singing it? Are you playing it in a
musical way regarding phrasing, etc.?
After this there were some fun stories about various
aspects of teaching and rehearsing, and his recording
engineer of the past 30 years and some 50 albums came up
and answered questions about micing the flute, and
recording sound quality.
The answers were all about using live acoustics, rooms
with good balanced, ringing flute sound, and placing the
mics where the human
ear tells him that the best sound is reached (not always
in front of the flutist, but often to the flutist's right
side.). Sometimes, the engineer advised, you place
But NEVER does he use a dead space, and then add reverb
etc. when re-mixing.
They always used live rooms with WOODEN floors to get
real flute sound.
Then the students, one at a time, performed for Sir James
(I only could stay for the first student who played
Demersseman.) Sir James taught her how to make each
phrase more "opera-singer" like and less
You seriously must sing each phrase, not in a little,
(barely audible with no breath support) but like
Pavarotti, with full diaphragm support, in order to hear
how to phrase it.
Sir James stopped and sang all kinds of phrases, and
indeed, it's the singer's style he uses to decide what to
do with the flute line.
We should never just play "staccato" like a
flute, when we can play longer staccatos like a great
singer. We should never put the emphasis in the wrong
place (easy for a flute) because a singer wouldn't
emphasize a phrase opening like that...etc. etc.
Oh yes, and one more important point Jim the big Sir
He said that flute teachers are doing their students a
HUGE disservice by not playing their etudes and pieces
FOR them, during lessons.
He really believes we all need to model our playing on
famous players, great recordings, and great teachers who
demonstrate constantly in lessons.
He believes that pianists, violinists and other
instrumental teachers demonstrate constantly.
What foolishness is stopping the flute players?
He doesn't believe it will create copy-cats
slavishly imitating the greats...he believes that that is
NOT what is going to happen. "You say that all the
little monkeys will then play the same? Well, no. Every
monkey is different". he says.
Lots of other good sensible points were made.
I had a blast!!!
Hope this helps.
Lots of what was said is online at [404 Not Found]/vanclass/ubcclass.htm
Listening to various topics he speaks
about, esp. the warmups and the description of Sir James'
background in singing will surely be helpful.
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For the second year in a row, CUA welcomed its largest-ever freshman class, with 866 freshmen enrolled — a 1.1 percent increase over last year.
“The number of freshmen who have applied to Catholic University has increased by more than 80 percent in three years, making the gaining of admission to CUA more competitive,” says W. Michael Hendricks, vice president for enrollment management. “A larger proportion of our entering freshman class is ranked in the top 10 percent and top 25 percent of their graduating high school class compared to past years.”
The university’s total enrollment has grown by more than 200 students, mostly due to an increase in undergraduate students. The enrollment totals 6,440, divided into 3,326 undergraduates and 3,114 graduate students.
To help freshmen transition to college life, form friendships and become involved in the campus community, the Office of the Dean of Students spearheaded the organization of an extended orientation program that lasted for the first six weeks of classes. It included activities such as musical performances in the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center; Friday night activities sponsored by the Campus Ministry student residence called The House; Freshman Service Day sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry; trips to go kayaking, biking and rock climbing led by the staff of CUA’s Eugene I. Kane Student Health and Fitness Center; and a trip to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. In addition, an Orientation Expedition gave freshmen an opportunity to compete for a cash prize by visiting a number of offices on campus in a scavenger-hunt style and talking to staff members — the purpose was to encourage students to learn more about the roles these employees fill on campus.
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Twenty-Five Terrifyingly Awesome And Horrifyingly Awful VHS Horror Covers
I think we can all agree that for all of its benefits, PhotoShop pretty much ruined the movie poster industry -- and nobody was hit harder than horror movies. Maybe it's just that I'm old enough to have memories of being absolutely terrified of an aisle at my local video store, but I'm continually fascinated by the awesomely terrible art that used to adorn VHS boxes.
That's why today, with Halloween just around the corner, ComicsAlliance is continuing its mission to celebrate the more underappreciated art of pop culture by raiding CriticOnline's truly fantastic VHS cover archive to pick out 25 of the most awesomely terrible (and terribly awesome) horror movie boxes ever!
Hey, it's not just me, right? This is definitely Miley Cyrus:
So much time and effort was spent during the VHS era trying to make kitty cats seem horrifically frightening, and the end result was this tagline:
Does anyone else sing the word "Fangoria" to the tune of the Pixies' "Velouria" every single time they see the word? Because if you don't, you should give it a shot:
Nike's "We will stab you if you wear Adidas" campaign was one of the least successful advertising ventures of the '80s.
No prizes for guessing what that screenwriter's ex-wife's name was. For more, including The Satan Killer and Death Ship (a boat that eats people, not fanfic about Neil Gaiman's comics), check out 30 more of my picks, or browse CriticOnline's gallery for yourself. Clear out the rest of the day, though; you'll be there for a while.


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Khaleesi would approve! Madonna took to Instagram on Sunday, April 9, to share a makeup-free selfie, and likened herself to Emilia Clarke’s kickass Game of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen.
“When Mother of Dragons can’t get out of her pajamas!…..,,,,,,,,lazy Sunday?????!” the superstar, 58, captioned the fresh-faced pic. In the photo, Her Madgesty sports blonde pigtails, completely bare skin and a super sleepy expression. This isn’t the Grammy winner’s first tribute to Khaleesi. She dressed up as the GoT heroine for her annual Purim party in 2014.
Madonna’s post came just days after she posted an adorable video of her newly adopted 4-year-old twins, Stella and Esther, singing in honor of Shabbat. “Calling all Angels! ??!! Shabbat Shalom people. ??” she captioned the sweet clip on Friday, April 7. “We need a little peace at the end of such a crazy week!! ?????”
The “Living for Love” singer has frequently taken to social media to show off her youngest kids’ singing skills since she welcomed them into her home earlier this year. On February 18, she shared another Instagram video of the sisters performing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
In the clip, Esther and Stella wore matching black-and-white striped pajamas and black socks as they sang the classic lullaby with piano accompaniment from an unidentified woman in the background. “A little night Music,” Madonna captioned the post, alongside a series of star emojis.
As previously reported, Madonna announced on Instagram on February 8 that she had adopted the girls from Home of Hope, the same Malawi orphanage where she first met her son David in 2006. “I can officially confirm I have completed the process of adopting twin sisters from Malawi and am overjoyed that they are now part of our family,” she wrote.
Madonna — who is raising Stella and Esther at her $40 million townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with the help of a Malawian caretaker — is also mom of Lourdes, 20, with ex Carlos Leon; Rocco, 16, with ex-husband Guy Ritchie; and David and Mercy, both 11, who were adopted from Malawi in 2006 and 2009, respectively.

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Everything is a bit sad, wobbly and shaky in January.
The look your Christmas tree gives you just before you decide to take it to the tip. The mince pie baby that I am currently hiding under my jumper. That shaky, squiggle your handwriting does when you remember that it’s 2014 and not 2013 when writing the date. That back to work face everyone pulled last week. The realisation that it’s not actually at all ok to eat cheese and biscuits for breakfast.
The best way to get through it is to wrap yourself up warm. Specifically, with a bowl of this chai spiced rice pudding.
200gr brown rice
Pinch of salt
400ml semi skimmed milk
100ml double cream
1 black tea bag
1tsp vanilla extract
1/2tsp ground ginger
3 cardamom pods
1/2 cinnamon stick
1tsbp coconut oil (or butter)
Toasted walnuts for serving (optional)
1, Bring a medium sized saucepan with 1 litre of water to the boil with the salt. Rinse the rice well in cold water and add it into the boiling water. Turn down to a low/medium heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2, Drain the rice well, place in a bowl and cover tightly with cling film.
3, In the same sized saucepan, add the remaining ingredients except the coconut oil/butter and bring up to a gentle boil.
4, Immediately reduce the heat, pass this through a fine mesh sieve to get rid of the whole spices, return to the pan and add in the cooked rice and stir well. Stir in the coconut oil/butter here too.
5, This will need another 30-40mins of gentle simmering, being stirred occasionally until it has thickened and the rice is soft.
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In addition to these inherent limitations, surveillance, as practiced in humanitarian emergencies, often has several problems.
Regardless of how well trained and dedicated, health workers often fail to submit the data requested of them. They may not complete reporting forms or not remember to submit them. If only 50% of cases of a certain disease are reported, the calculated incidence rate will be only 50% of the real rate in the population. If you assume that all cases are reported, you may substantially underestimate the importance of that disease.
Remember, reporting diseases is probably not in a health care worker's job description, they are not being paid for it, and they are not being evaluated on how well they do it. It is up to the public health authorities to motivate health workers by providing feedback showing how the data collected can help their work and improve the health of the population.
When analyzing surveillance data, it may be a good idea to maintain a high degree of scepticism. Always assume that many cases of disease are not reported. If a surveillance system is stable, so that the same proportion of actual cases of disease are reported to surveillance, then the changes over time tell you much more than the absolute incidence rates. If fact, it may not be possible to rely on the incidence rates calculated from incomplete surveillance data.
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A study in the United States in the early 1990s demonstrated that less than 10% of all cases of viral hepatitis were reported to public health authorities. And this was in a country with a relatively well-developed health care and public health system.


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Despite four straight losses to the Barons, however, Huntsville reduced its magic number to clinch the North Division title to three games thanks to a Carolina loss.
Stefan Gartrell homered twice in the opener, tying the game in the fifth and winning it with a walk-off blast in the ninth of a 4-2 victory.
In the second game, starter Matt Zaleski improved to 4-0 while the Barons broke a 2-0 game open with eight in the sixth. Newcomer Christian Marrero drove in three runs.
The longtime rivals conclude the first half of the season with games Saturday and Sunday at Regions Park.


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BEIJING – China on Friday issued a report on the human rights violations in the United States.
Titled “The Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019,” the report said the facts detailed in the document show that “in recent years, especially since 2019, the human rights situation in the United States has been poor and deteriorating”.
The report was released by the State Council Information Office based on published data, media reports and research findings.
Consisting of foreword and seven chapters, it detailed facts on human rights violations in the United States relevant to civil and political rights, social and economic rights, discrimination suffered by ethnic minorities, discrimination and violence against women, living conditions of vulnerable groups, and abuses suffered by migrants, as well as US violations of human rights in other countries.
US women face severe discrimination, violence
Women in the United States still face systematic, broad and institutional discrimination, with shocking overt and covert gender discrimination in various forms, the report said.
Women in the United States were 21 times more likely to die by firearm homicide than women in peer nations, it noted, adding that sexual assault cases against women kept increasing.
Wealth polarization in US hits 50-year high
The gap between rich and poor in the United States hit a 50-year high in 2018 as the Gini Index of the country grew to 0.485.
Citing various media reports and public records, the Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019 said the increasing consolidation of wealth in the hands of a few has gone beyond what many Americans deem to be justified or morally acceptable.
In 2018, the richest 10 percent held 70 percent of total household wealth. The bottom 50 percent saw essentially zero net gains in wealth over the past 30 years, driving their already meager share of total wealth down to just 1 percent from 4 percent, who are literally getting crushed by the weight of rising inequalities, according to the document.
The basic trend of widening income gap in the United States is casting negative influences on the enjoyment and realization of human rights, said the report.
The main reason for this trend is structural, which is determined by the political system of the United States and the capital interests, adding that the US government not only lacks the political will to eliminate these structural causes, but also continuously introduces policies and measures to strengthen them.
In the United States, “the persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power,” said the report, citing Philip G. Alston, United Nation special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
While some 39.7 million people living in poverty in 2018, the US Congress has refused to raise the federal minimum wage of 7.25 US dollars per hour for a decade.
In the meantime, the health gap between the United States and countries with the same level of development continues to widen, as 13.7 percent of US adults were uninsured at the end of 2018, up from 10.9 percent at the end of 2016, said the report.
Gun violence rampant in US
The lack of restraint in the right to hold guns has led to rampant gun violence, posing a serious threat to citizens’ life and property safety in the United States.
“The United States is a country with the worst gun violence in the world,” read the report, which was released by the State Council Information Office, based on data, media reports and research findings.
The number of mass killings in the United States hit a record high of 415 in 2019, with more than one happening for every day of the year, the report noted.
In total, 39,052 people died from gun-related violence in the United States in 2019 and a person is killed with a gun in the United States every 15 minutes, it said.
“Politics has led to a proliferation of guns,” the report said, noting that the manufacture, sale and use of guns in the United States is a huge industrial chain, forming a huge interest group. Interest groups such as the National Rifle Association made large political donations for presidential and congressional elections.
The intertwined drawbacks of party politics, election politics and money politics make it difficult for the legislative and executive authorities in the United States to do anything about gun control, only allowing the situation to deteriorate, according to the report.
Citing figures from US media, the report noted that the United States has far more guns than any other country and in 2017 the estimated number of civilian-owned firearms in the United States was 120.5 guns per 100 residents, meaning there were more firearms than people.
Immigrants suffer inhumane treatment in US
Decades of US intervention in its “backyard” Latin America directly led to the worsening of the immigration problems in the Americas.
In recent years, the US government had adopted increasingly strict and inhumane measures against immigrants, in particular the “zero-tolerance” policy which caused the separations of many immigrant families, the report read.
Many unaccompanied immigrant children were held in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions, the report said.
It noted grave abuses at detention facilities for immigrants, including injecting them with sedatives, keeping them in handcuffs and depriving them of clothing and mattresses.
The frequent human rights violations of immigrants by the United States have been severely condemned by the international community, the report added.
US vulnerable groups living in difficulties
Tens of millions of US children, elder people, and disabled people live without enough food or clothing, and face threats of violence, bullying, abusing and drugs.
The US government not only has insufficient political will to improve the conditions for vulnerable groups, but also keeps cutting relevant funding projects.
While levels of extreme poverty worldwide had dropped dramatically, the poverty ratio of US children was about the same rate as 30 years ago, according to the report.
It also noted that one in four Americans with disabilities faced unique challenges in securing employment and establishing financial security.
Barrier-free environment in the United States is under poor construction, it added.
Ethnic minorities suffer from bullying in US
The political structure and ideology of white supremacy in the United States have caused ethnic minorities to suffer all-round discrimination in various fields such as politics, economy, culture and social life.
In essence, the United States is still a country of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, where all other races, ethnic groups, and religious and cultural communities endure various levels of discrimination.
Since 2016, white supremacy in the United States has shown a resurgence trend, leading to racial opposition and hatred, said the report.
As a vestige of slavery and racial segregation, African American adults are 5.9 times more likely to be incarcerated than white adults, said the report, adding that racial inequality in the workplace and people’s livelihood have not improved.
The report said that occupational segregation and the persistent devaluation of workers of color are a direct result of intentional government policy.
In the meantime, race-related and anti-religious hate crime climbs to a higher level in the United States in recent years, said the report.
It also highlighted the infringement on the rights of Native Americans, who usually experience more deaths, poverty and higher unemployment rates.
US tramples on human rights in other countries
The United States was responsible for many humanitarian disasters around the world.
The United States had been engaged in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, causing enormous civilian casualties and property losses.
The United States hindered the International Criminal Court (ICC) from carrying out its duties to investigate the alleged war crimes committed by the United States, threatening the ICC staff with fund freeze and economic sanctions.
The economic embargo against Cuba and the unilateral sanctions against Venezuela imposed by the United States had been a massive and flagrant violation of the human rights of people in these countries.
The United States withdrew from several multilateral mechanisms, including the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Global Compact on Migration, shirking off its international obligations and making troubles to the international governance system.
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Of near miss events, obstetrical fistulae (OF), including vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistulae, remain one of the most serious and tragic. Although corrective surgery is possible it is often not available and OF is considered completely preventable. If repaired, subsequent pregnancies will require cesarian section. While unusual in developed countries, it is estimated that up to 100,000 cases occur every year in the world, and that about 2 million women are currently living with this condition, with the highest incidence occurring in Africa and parts of Asia. OF results from prolonged obstructed labor without intervention, when continued pressure from the fetus in the birth canal restricts blood supply to the surrounding tissues, with eventual fetal death, necrosis and expulsion. The damaged pelvic organs then develop a connection (fistula) allowing urine or feces, or both, to be discharged through the vagina with associated urinary and fecal incontinence, vaginal stenosis, nerve damage and infertility. Severe social and mental consequences are also likely to follow, with shunning of the women. Aprt from lack of access to care, causes include young age, and malnourishment. The UNFPA has made prevention of OF a priority and is the lead agency in the Campaign to End Fistula, which issues annual reports and the United Nations observes May 23 as the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula every year. Prevention includes discouraging teenage pregnancy and child marriage, adeaquate nutrition, and access to skilled care, including caesarian section.
WASH interventions were typically community-based. WASH interventions were delivered to households and communities through community mobilization, mass media, home visits, and infrastructural development (126, 130, 136–138). There were some examples of facility-based delivery of WASH interventions, such as in health clinics and schools (139, 140); however, this was not representative of the majority of delivery platform coverage. Health clinic delivery platforms had limited reach, often targeting pregnant women and women with young children. In an evaluation of WASH interventions delivered in India (141), more demanding behavioral practices, such as handwashing and consistent use of latrines, required more intense contact (e.g., multiple home visits) than less intense interventions, such as sweeping of courtyards, that could be effectively delivered in small group meetings such as those in health clinics and community centers. More research is needed to evaluate the benefits and barriers of different delivery platforms for women across the life course.
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Community health posts and home visits provided a platform to make health care services more accessible (109, 110, 124). Community-based platforms for the delivery of health services included community center and home visits from community health workers, mobile clinics, community support groups, mobile phones, and mass media campaigns (105, 110). Community-based services were effective in reducing maternal mortality and managing HIV (106). However, 1 review found that community-based interventions were only effective in reducing maternal morbidity and not mortality (107, 110). In high-income settings, community-based services were associated with hypertension and diabetes management, and cervical and breast cancer screening (106). We found no references for the use of community-based integrated care to address women's nutrition in low- and middle-income settings. It could be an effective way to reach older women and women of reproductive age who do not regularly engage with health centers. For children, community-based services were effective in improving health outcomes, particularly among the poorest wealth quintiles (13, 110). More research is needed on the potential of community-based services to reduce inequities in delivery of care to women in different settings and across different socioeconomic statuses.
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Almost 25% of women will experience mental health issues over their lifetime. Women are at higher risk than men from anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic complaints. Globally, depression is the leading disease burden. In the United States, women have depression twice as often as men. The economic costs of depression in American women are estimated to be $20 billion every year. The risks of depression in women have been linked to changing hormonal environment that women experience, including puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and the menopause. Women also metabolise drugs used to treat depression differently to men. Suicide rates are less in women than men (<1% vs. 2.4%), but are a leading cause of death for women under the age of 60.
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Getting enough water also is important. Many experts recommend at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily—more if you exercise frequently or are exposed to extremes of heat and cold. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize drinking more water and other calorie-free beverages, along with fat-free or low-fat milk and 100 percent fruit juices, instead of calorie-packed regular sodas.

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State CIOs still need answers on the national public safety network.
If the FirstNet national first responder network succeeds, it’ll be because federal officials who are planning and deploying the network forged strong partnerships with states and localities. That’s why comments from state CIOs at the NASCIO Midyear Conference in April are troubling.
Although state CIOs generally support the concept of a nationwide interoperable public safety network, they’re clearly frustrated with the lack of details coming from the federal First Responder Network Authority about how the new network will be built and paid for.
“FirstNet is a fantastic idea, but people like me are very skeptical of something where nobody can show me the plan and nobody can show me the cost,” said Alabama CIO Brunson White. “I’ll remain skeptical until somebody does that, and we’ve been asking for a while now.”
Indeed, they have. It’s been three years since the initiative launched, and states still have more questions than answers. In interviews during the conference in Virginia, multiple CIOs struck a common theme: They’re still waiting to find out how existing network infrastructure will be leveraged to form the new network, how big the pool of FirstNet users will be, and of course, how much first responders will pay to use it.
Also disturbing were complaints from several CIOs that they’re hearing different messages as FirstNet officials conduct state-by-state consultations in preparation to construct the network.
Ohio CIO Stu Davis said he’s collaborating with other states to compare notes on what they’re told by FirstNet officials. “We talk among ourselves to make sure that what they’re hearing in Minnesota is the same as what they’re hearing in Wisconsin or Ohio or Indiana or Michigan.”
Davis added that states also are banding together to increase their clout with the feds during the network design process. “We have more power if we’re collective like that, and we’ve been talking to the other NASCIO members about taking that approach too,” he said. “There’s more power with numbers.”
During the conference, CIOs met with FirstNet officials in Washington, D.C., to press their concerns — including how state-by-state deployment plans will be developed and how the new network will cover operating expenses. Ensuring that everyone’s on the same page with these and other important issues will be vital to the project’s future.
“We need to form a trusted partnership,” said Mitch Herckis, NASCIO’s director of government affairs. “If there’s significant intergovernmental disagreement, this network is just not going to get built.”
Trust appears strained right now. For the nation’s sake, it needs to be strengthened as this ambitious initiative moves forward.
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I actually watched part of the Penn State football game Saturday afternoon. And the university — mostly by way of the actions of the players on both teams, coaches, fans and members of the community — handled the situation well. It could have been a debacle. And, if fact, it would have been if the university had allowed the game to become a memorial to Joe Paterno.
Here’s from an NYT article, “100,000 Fans Cheer at Penn State, but Mood is Numb“:
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The tone for a Saturday football game under a bright sun was born in the darkness of a Friday night vigil at the epicenter of the Penn State campus. Spread across a grassy plain yards from the streets where demonstrators clashed with the police days earlier, several thousand students gathered holding lighted candles, a quickly organized rally in support of sexual abuse victims that concluded when a university bell tower chimed 10 times to mark the hour.
About 12 hours later, more than 100,000 fans descended on Beaver Stadium for Penn State’s game with Nebraska, arriving in a mood that was less than celebratory and noticeably subdued. For decades, fall Saturdays at Penn State have provided a chance to see Joe Paterno lead one of the nation’s most successful football programs. On this day, however, it was an opportunity to witness the extended university community wrestling with its conscience. The ritualistic tailgating went on as usual — adults drank beer and children threw footballs back and forth — but the numbing effects of a wrenching week of shock, scandal, resignations and recrimination were evident at every turn.
Now for Penn State, what’s next?
Here’s an interesting perspective in the NYT, “Some Lessons in Damage Control“:
While the turmoil at Penn State has been the academic equivalent of a Category 5 storm, it will probably not have much long-term impact on the university, experts say.
Certainly, it will take years, perhaps a decade, to resolve the fallout from the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed the football program — including the university’s own investigation, the likely lawsuits and possible action by the Department of Education and the N.C.A.A. And there may be months of new revelations, resulting in hitches in fund-raising, athletic recruiting and even admissions.
But citing other universities’ experiences with crises, many higher education officials and crisis-management specialists predict that the effects will not last a year.
“From other situations where universities have had what I’d call Category 5 crises, like the Texas A&M bonfire collapse or the Virginia Tech shootings, history suggests that even if there are short-term effects on donations, applications or recruiting, they fade fairly quickly,” said Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president at the American Council on Education.
In 2007 at Virginia Tech, where Seung-Hui Cho’s horrific shooting rampage left 33 dead and prompted a barrage of criticism of the university for neglecting to notify the whole campus as soon as the first two victims were killed, both admissions and fund-raising were actually stronger the following year, and have only strengthened since.
“It might sound trite, but prospective students and their families saw on TV a united student body and incredibly supportive alumni population working together with strong university leadership,” said Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations at Virginia Tech. “It was painful and stressful, but the institution kept moving in the right directions, dealt openly with problems and shared our experiences with others.”
Duke University was shaken in 2006 by rape accusations against three players on the men’s lacrosse team; the charges were dropped the next April, but not before the campus and its athletes endured a firestorm of negative publicity. Early decision applications in the fall of 2006 dipped somewhat, but there was no dip in regular-decision applications, and in the spring of 2007, when high school seniors were making their choices, the university’s yield was actually higher than in the previous year.
“In all the information sessions I did that season, there was only one time when anyone raised a question about it,” said Christoph Guttentag, Duke’s admissions director. “Most people saw it for what it was, which was an issue that wasn’t going to have any significant effect on their child’s career at Duke.”
For many, the Wednesday night scenes of Penn State students rioting in support of Joe Paterno, the football coach who was fired that evening, brought to mind student protests after the September 2000 firing of Bob Knight, the hot-tempered longtime Indiana University basketball coach. On learning that Knight had been dismissed, thousands of student protesters marched on the president’s home. There was an effigy burning and other small fires, and some students were arrested.
Some alumni then withheld their donations. Although Indiana had robust overall donations the year of the firing, giving to athletics that year dropped to about $7 million, from about $8 million the previous year.
“Bob Knight was a polarizing figure,” said Mark Land, a spokesman for Indiana University. “There were people who thought he was unfairly treated, but there were also people who said, ‘I will never give as long as you employ him.’ ”
Of course, the scandal may play out differently at Penn State, especially given how long prosecutors say the sexual abuse went on.
“I’ve not seen anything on this scale, where the leadership’s been on notice for 10 years that something was going on, and took no action,” said Harlan Loeb, who is in charge of the United States crisis and risk management practice at Edelman, a public-relations firm. “That has to have a big effect on trust and reputation.”
Well, we’ll see. Something tells me it is going to take considerably longer than a year for happy times to return to Happy Valley. It took my alma mater and former employer Kent State more than 30 years to move on from the events of May 4, 1970, when four students were killed by the militia on that campus. Just because the national news media packs up and goes home doesn’t mean that the story is over for those directly or even indirectly involved.
And I recall a former associate at BFGoodrich who had this perspective anytime we were involved in a tough situation, a crisis real or imagined. He said it was like being pecked to death by a duck.
Folks, the ducks have descended on Penn State.


Hassan Abdel Rahman, former head of state security, has said to investigators that he ordered his subordinates to shred and burn state security files, said the official spokesperson for the Public Prosecution, Adel Al-Saeed.
Abdel Rahman justified himself by saying that he feared that secret documents would fall into the hands of foreigners or dangerous elements who may have infiltrated the ranks of Egypt's pro-democracy protesters, and could be used to harm the country.
He added that he made the decision because the documents exist also in digital format, on CDs and on the main computer at state security headquarters.
Meanwhile, Public Prosecution has also started investigating the destruction of 120 tons of state security files in an isolated area near Suez. Investigations have revealed that Suez state security officials planned to get rid of documents at the site, approximately 45 kilometers to the west of of the city.
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Qualcomm recently introduced its new Snapdragon 810 octa-core chipset that is likely to be seen in most of the flagship handsets for 2015. Now Korean giant Samsung is putting up a straight competition to Qualcomm as it is almost likely that the company would use its own home baked Exynos 7420 chipset for its next flagship the Galaxy S6.
The Exynos 7420 benchmark shows a new spectacular chipset giving almost similar performance to the Snapdragon 810 chipset and is designed with a 14nm process. The Exynos 7420 chipset that comes with an octa-core CPU and a Mali-T760 graphics support is said to consume almost 30-35 % less power as compared to the previous 20nm chipsets. Thus this might be the reason why Samsung has still preferred to keep only 2600mAh for its next Galaxy S6 flagship.
This new Exynos chipset is made with a three-dimensional FinFET transitor technology that over comes the limitations of 2D planar structure. This 14nm process is being used by Intel too for its desktops, but Samsung is the first company to bring it to mobile technology. The company is likely to continue using this process to its other NAND memory chips.
If the chip is a big success for its next flagship, we could probably see it making home to other flagship Galaxy handset coming ahead this year.
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With the new Xbox One approaching, I’ve decided that now may be a good time to abandon ship and start getting used to PC gaming. I dunno, maybe the new Xbox One will be a great system, but with no backwards compatibility, I’m tempted to just buy games on Steam from now on (especially since, when I switched from my old laptop to an iMac, I was able to transfer a few games on my Steam account to my new computer). There’s still a problem with a lot of games being PC-exclusive, but whatever.
Anyway, I got a bunch of games through Steam’s Humble Bundle sales, and I’ve been enjoying them quite a bit. But man, some of these games can get depressing pretty abruptly.

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What are the signs & symptoms that develop in affected dogs?
Clinical signs occurring shortly after birth or starting at an age of under four weeks include excessive whining and crying, an exaggerated abnormal gait, difficulty swallowing, head tilt, circling, seizures, and downward pointing of the eyes.
When do signs and symptoms develop?
Affected puppies are initially normal and develop progressive neurological signs shortly after birth or starting at an age of under four weeks.
How do vets diagnose this condition?
The clinical course of the disease, genetic testing, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used in conjunction to diagnose Leukodystrophy.
How is this condition treated?
There is no cure for Leukodystrophy; all currently available treatments are symptomatic or supportive in nature.
What actions should I take if my dog is affected?
- Please give your dog any medication as prescribed by your veterinarian.
- Keeping your affected dog comfortable at home is the best therapy you can provide.
- Slings can be used to assist with their mobility, and caution should be taken to avoid falling hazards.


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Ukraine: additional costs for the planting campaign to total nearly 2 bln UAH
In the current year the total necessity of agricultural producers in the funds for holding of the spring planting campaign totals 42 bln UAH, including material costs — 31 bln UAH, declared Bagrat Ahidzhanov, Director of Financial and Credit Policy and Accounting Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on March 31 within frames of the press-conference “Planting campaign -2014: not weather is the main challenge!”.
According to the Department, the additional costs for the planting campaign will total nearly 2 lln UAH, due to the price increase for import raw-materials (first of all, plant protecting agents, fuel and lubrication materials). B.Ahidzhanov stated the costs for mineral fertilizers will total at the level of 9 bln UAH, costs for seeds and fuel - 6.5 bln UAH each, plant protecting agents – 4.2 bln UAH, etc.
Financing of the field works of agrarians at their own expense will reach over 34 bln UAH. As of the beginning of the current spring field works the deficit of funds at the level of 8 bln UAH will be covered at the expense of raising of commercial credits (nearly 3 bln UAH) and funds of banks (nearly 5 bln UAH).
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Bio-based insulation materials and their hygrothermal performance in a building envelope system (ETICS)
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Bio-based insulation materials (such as wood or hemp) are emerging as a promising alternative in building envelope applications, aiming at improving in-use energy efficiency. When compared to common insulation materials (rock and glass wool or petrol-based foams) bio-based materials present the advantage of being renewable, with a low embodied energy and CO2 neutral or negative. Moreover, these materials have a distinct hygrothermal performance, as the sorption/desorption of water vapour in their porous structure, in dynamic equilibrium with their surrounding environment, constantly modifies their hygric and thermal properties while causing energy transfers itself. In this paper, the hygrothermal performance of two different bio-based materials in outdoor conditions is evaluated. The first is an innovative light-weight composite made from corn pith and alginate. The second a commercially available wood insulator. The materials are tested alone and as components of external thermal insulation systems (ETICS) and compared to a conventional polystyrene foam. The results show how the sorption process influence the hygrothermal performance of the materials when the surrounding conditions are modified. When subjected to cyclic changes in temperature and relative humidity, the bio-based materials tested show a lower temperature variation than polystyrene. This is in part due to their lower thermal diffusivity, but also to the water absorption and desorption mechanisms occurring within the materials, which were measured by the change in mass of the materials during the tests. The differences in the thermal performance were more noticeable when the insulation materials were tested alone than when these were tested as a part of an ETIC System.
CitationPalumbo, M., Lacasta, A.M, Haurie, L., Giraldo, M., Correal, E. Bio-based insulation materials and their hygrothermal performance in a building envelope system (ETICS). "Energy and buildings", 1 Setembre 2018, vol. 174, p. 147-155.


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Title // Shadowblack
Author // Sebastien de CastellPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // HotkeyReadership // Young AdultGenre // FantasyAustralian RRP // $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭
The second book in the rich, compelling and laugh-out-loud Spellslinger series for all teen, YA, adult and fantasy readers. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, The Hunger Gamesand Guardians of the Galaxy.
It’s a few months since Kellen left his people behind. Now sixteen, Kellen and Reichis have developed something of a reputation for being able to kill unruly mages. So it’s no surprise when a wealthy but desperate father asks for their help in hunting down the men who’ve blackmailed him by putting a deadly curse on his only daughter.
But when Kellen realizes the girl is showing all the symptoms of the Shadowblack, he starts to wonder if those same mages might be able to cure his own disease for the right price.
Shadowblack is the fun, adventure-filled continuation of the Spellslinger series by Sebastien de Castell.
When I first read Spellslinger, I enjoyed it for how different it was to other young adult fantasy books, but there was a lot of world-building that slowed down the pace a bit. Shadowblack didn’t have the same pacing issues – the story opened and didn’t slow down until the end. The stakes are raised, the history of the characters is further developed and the world is expanded to show the overarching story that links both books together.
What truly shines in Shadowblack are the characters. Kellen is learning to adapt to his new circumstances and changing situation after running away from his home, with a price on his head. He’s trying to unravel the mystery of his new life, and where he fits into the wider world and this allows him to be a very relatable character.
Ferius continues to mentor Kellen in this book, and remains one of my favourite kick-ass female characters. We get to know her more through this story arc, as well as the beliefs that underpin everything she does. She’s not infallible, but she’s remarkable and her method of training Kellen was really fascinating to read.
Then there’s, Reichis, the squirrel cat, who’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for murder and mayhem can be curbed by only the most bizarre of circumstances (as you’ll find out when you read Shadowblack). Reichis continues to provide a lot of the laugh-out-loud moments throughout the story, and his relationship with Kellen, Ferius and some of the side-characters are really well-nuanced.
While the story upped the darkness level, some of the magic systems from the first book are left to the background, which doesn’t really affect the story overall. The magic is important within the world, but necessary to the story, and I liked how the author made the decision to focus on a different aspect in this particular book.
Overall, Shadowblack was a highly entertaining read and I look forward to the next book in the series.
4 out of 5 stars.
I received a copy of Shadowblack from Allen & Unwin in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Rex has announced it has won a competitive tender to service the Central 1 Route which connects the communities of Queensland’s Roma and Charleville to Brisbane.
Rex says the Central 1 route is one of 7 regulated routes put out for tender in July this year by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and is currently serviced by QantasLink.
Additionally, Rex has been re-awarded the 5 regulated routes that it is currently servicing.
The 5 regulated routes are:
- Northern 1 Route from Townsville to Winton to Longreach and return;
- Northern 2 Route from Townsville to Hughenden to Richmond to Julia Creek to Mount
Isa and return;
- Gulf Route from Cairns to Normanton to Mornington Island to Burketown to Doomadgee
to Mount Isa and return;
- Western 1 Route from Brisbane to Toowoomba (Wellcamp) to St George to Cunnamulla
to Thargomindah and return; and
- Western 2 Route from Brisbane to Toowoomba (Wellcamp) to Charleville to Quilpie to
Windorah to Birdsville to Bedourie to Boulia to Mount Isa and return.
Rex says the new contracts commence on 1 January 2022 for a period of 5 years.
Rex first began operating the Queensland regulated routes in February 2010 when it was awarded the Northern 1 and 2 routes from Townsville.
Five years later from January 2015 it was awarded all 5 routes listed above.
Rex General Manager Network Strategy, Warrick Lodge, said the Queensland Government’s decision was a ringing endorsement of the airline’s exemplary service to remote outback Queensland over the last decade, especially during the pandemic.
“When Rex was awarded the 5 regulated routes back in October 2014, Rex promised the Queensland State Government and the local regional communities that we would exceed the already very high standards we had been delivering on the Northern 1 and 2 routes since 2010.”
“Today I can honestly say that we have acquitted ourselves well on the promise. We have exceeded all KPIs, achieved record customer satisfaction ratings and we have not had a single missed flight over the last 7 years to the 23 communities that we serviced under the contract.”
“We have worked tirelessly to forge genuine partnerships with remote communities and strived to give back to the local community wherever we can.”
“Rex welcomes Roma to our vast network and we are glad that it can now finally benefit from Rex’s incomparable services after missing out for well over a decade.”
Mr Lodge thanked TMR for the strong partnership over the past 12 years and reiterated the airline’s unwavering commitment to providing the highest quality airline services to the 24 communities which span the entire state of Queensland.
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As usual, this year’s Britain’s Got Talent has been entertaining us with singers, dancers, magicians – and the odd dog or two.
But one of the most eye-catching things from Tuesday night’s show was something pretty surprising… It was Ant McPartlin’s trousers.
Yep, you read that correctly.
Despite Ant looking his usual dashing self, some viewers spotted something a bit embarrassing about the presenter’s trews – his flies being undone. Oops.
Viewers took to Twitter to share these interesting findings, with one Tweeting: ‘@antanddec not sure about Ant’s suit tonight, I’m sure his flies are undone!? Either that or it’s a white zip [sic].’
Another wrote: ‘@antanddec you both need to change your tailor you’re flies look undone, not the done thing on BGT [sic].’
Uh-oh. And Ant’s flies weren’t the only apparent wardrobe malfunction of the night. More eagle-eyed fans speculated that judge David Walliams may have been, er, wearing the wrong suit.
Suspicions were spurred when the comedian unexpectedly found £2.01 in his pocket, with messages including: ‘Strange #BGT allowed David Walliams to be on set with his suit full of change, bizarrely £2.01 as well. Someone from wardrobe panicking now.’
Another said: ‘David Walliams would of been given that suit to wear wen he walked in why would he have £2.01 change in it? He’s like a millionaire as well #BGT [sic].’
Fair point. Let’s hope the BGT gang are all dressed appropriately tonight, eh?!
By Emily Jefferies


FORT MEADE, Md. — Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Fairfax-based 124th Cyber Protection Battalion, 91st Cyber Brigade took charge of the Task Force Echo cyberspace mission during a transition of authority ceremony hosted by the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) Feb. 21, 2020, at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Over the last year three years, more than 450 Army National Guard Soldiers have been assigned to Task Force Echo and have worked with the 780th MI Brigade to conduct cyberspace operations in support of U.S. Cyber Command and the Cyber National Mission Force. The task force is aligned under the 780th, which falls under the operational control of U.S. Army Cyber Command.
The outgoing Task Force Echo formation, primarily assigned to the 126th Cyber Protection Battalion, was comprised of Army National Guard Soldiers who hailed from Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Vermont. Task Force Echo III was commanded by Lt. Col. Michael Courville, commander of the 126th CPB, and Command Sgt. Maj. Sean McNamara served as the battalion’s senior enlisted leader.
Lt. Col John Truax and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Hawley serve as the battalion command team for the 124th CPB and will lead the fourth iteration of Task Force Echo. Army National Guard cyber units and elements from Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah and Virginia make up the entire task force.
During the ceremony, Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Fogerty, commander of U.S. Army Cyber Command, thanked the outgoing Soldiers, reminding them of the importance of the tasks they completed successfully during their mobilization.
“You are vital to our ability to actually operate,” Fogarty said. “What you do is very complex and very critical. What was especially noteworthy for this rotation was that you represented 12 states and came together so brilliantly to not only get the job done, but to make so many great improvements to our core systems and processes.”
Col. Brian D. Vile, commander of the 780th, gave remarks during the ceremony, also highlighting the importance of cyberspace operations and Task Force Echo’s mission.
“The Soldiers before you are the warriors of the 21st century, and they bring skills and expertise that are changing the face of modern warfare,” said Vile. “They support CYBERCOM’s effort to revolutionize cyberspace operations by generating capabilities, and enabling the delivery of effects in support of national-level objectives.”
Vile also spoke to the criticality of what the National Guard specifically brings to the fight.
“The decision to utilize the dedicated, experienced and technically-skilled members of the Guard in this capacity clearly demonstrates the integral role the National Guard plays in the defense of our nation,” said Vile.
Task Force Echo leverages critical capabilities and capacity from our Reserve Component forces in support of U.S. Cyber Command operations worldwide, Truax explained.
“The combination of civilian acquired expertise, military training, industry best practices, and aggressive innovation continues to pay huge dividends to the Joint Force,” he said. “At the conclusion of their missions, ARNG Soldiers return home with an expanded skill set and extensive hands-on experience which enables them to provide their State Governors and Adjutant Generals with additional capabilities in support of state requirements.”
The 91st Cyber Brigade was activated as the Army National Guard’s first cyber brigade Sept. 17, 2017, and it provides training and readiness oversight for cyber units across 31 states and deploys personnel to meet the demands of growing cyber mission sets throughout the U.S. Army and Department of Defense.
The fifth battalion of the 91st Cyber Brigade will be stationed in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to an announcement made Oct. 22, 2019, by Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the director of the Army National Guard. The newly formed 127th Cyber Battalion will join the 123rd and 124th Cyber Battalions in Fairfax, Virginia, the 125th Cyber Battalion in Columbia, South Carolina, and 126th Cyber Battalion at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.
PHOTOS: VNG’s 124th Cyber Protection Battalion takes charge of Task Force Echo


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Simple breakfast: chicken ham, baked beans and chicken sausages without bread:
Yesterday's breakfast and below is today's lunch:
Ordered Fried Hokkien Mee (Hokkien Char) at Yamisu Tea House Premier 101, Kuching on March 11, 2011
Fried Hokkien Mee (Hokkien Char) recipe
By Amy Beh
- 500g thick yellow noodles
- 60g pork liver
- 80g pork
- 100g pre-soaked cuttlefish, sliced
- 4-5 medium prawns, shelled
- 40g cabbage, sliced
- 1-2 tbsp pre-fried pork lard cubes (chee yau char)
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp lard
- 400ml fresh chicken stock
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1½ tbsp water
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1½ tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp thick soy sauce
- ¼ tsp chicken stock granules
- ¼ tsp sugar
- Dash of pepper
- Dash of monosodium glutamate
- ½ tsp sesame oil
Rinse the noodles and drain well. Heat oil and lard in a wok. Add chopped garlic and fry until lightly golden and fragrant.
Combine pork, pork liver and seasoning (A), and set aside for a while.
Briskly stir-fry marinated pork, pork liver and prawns. Pour in chicken stock and add the sauce ingredients.
Put in the noodles, cover and allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Add the cabbage and cuttlefish. Toss and fry until gravy is reduced.
Add pre-fried lard cubes. Give it all a quick stir. Dish out and serve immediately.


Last week it was noted that Bellator MMA and longtime commentator Jimmy Smith parted ways.
Yesterday, Smith joined UFC commentator Joe Rogan on his show The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss the departure.
It’s not a Bellator thing,” said Smith (h/t MMAFighting.com). “They were great to work with. They were great about the whole break up thing. What happened was, I had a deal with an option year and 2018 was my option year and when I was in Verona, New York doing the Verona show, my boss sat me down and said, ‘We’re not gonna renew 2018, we want a different deal.’
“When they come to you and say they want a different deal, it’s never… when you’re girlfriend comes to you and says she wants to talk it’s never, ‘I don’t give enough bl**jobs.’ They never say that. It’s always bad. It’s always bad.
“So that was it. When they were like, ‘We want to change the deal around,’ I was like, ‘Okay,’ and they did make an honest effort to keep me. They really tried, but they just didn’t make an offer that was worth me coming back. That was pretty much the deal so it’s kind of comparatively amicable.”
Rogan wanted Jimmy Smith in UFC
“I called Dana White about you, how many years ago, like four?” Rogan said. “I tried to get Jimmy Smith hired by the UFC four years ago. I was like, ‘Dude, you want better people, you want more people? Hire that fcking guy. He knows what he’s doing, he’s excited, and he loves the sport. I was telling him you’re a great guy, he’s genuine, he’s a real fan and he’s fcking good at it. Go get him.’”
“You fked up, Bellator,” Rogan added. “You fcked up. I’ve been telling everybody that Jimmy Smith’s the best out there and you let him go. That’s a huge error on their part. I would be thrilled if somehow or another they were able to work it out where Jimmy Smith was at the UFC. That would be what I would like to see.”


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By now most of you know how to shirr. If you haven't learned how to do it you really should--it has an instant gratification effect.
Using the same fabric as scarf #2 & scarf #3
For this scarf I used a nine inch wide strip.
Load elastic thread into your bobbin and a thread that coordinates with your fabric in the top. Move your tension to its highest level and your stitch length to a long as possible.
I started stitching 4-5 inches from the end and 1 1/2 inches from the edge. Stop 4-5 inches from the other end. I did not cut my thread, I just lifted it up and moved it to the next row and stitched in the opposite direction. I didn't mark the rows, just eyed it.
I back stitched at each end to make sure the thread would not loosen over time.
Because I left the slevedges in place the ends will not fray. The sides will start to fray, but I think it works well with this fabric. If you are worried about it fraying too much you could finish each edge or just cut it on the bias and it would not fray.
I love how full this scarf is, once again it isn't too bulky because it is only 9 inches wide.
Here I just turned it to one side and think it shows off the shirring more and gives it a more modern appeal.


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Servo Short-Out is a Control cyber core in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The core causes the appendages of robotic enemies to break. While it will cause massive damage, it usually will not kill the robot. There is a ten second recharge delay between uses.
Once upgraded, the core becomes Mass Short-Out, and can affect three targets simultaneously.