By Somar Wijayadasa* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
NEW YORK (IDN) – North Korea defied world powers, on January 6, by announcing that it had successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device – in contravention of the international norm against nuclear testing.
The miniaturizing allows the device to be placed on a missile thereby significantly increasing its strike capabilities not only against Japan and South Korea but also against the United States.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “This test, once again, violates numerous Security Council resolutions despite the united call by the international community to cease such activities.”
North Korea has been under UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions since it first tested an atomic device in 2006. As in the past, the UNSC unanimously condemned this reprehensible act, which destabilizes regional security.
North Korea said that it would not give up its nuclear program as long as the United States maintained what it called “its stance of aggression”. It vowed not to use its nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was infringed.
Presidential candidates seize opportunity
Being a presidential election year, Republican presidential candidates took the opportunity to blame President Barack Obama that his foreign policy for North Korea’s nuclear arms activities has failed.
Among the critics, Senator Marco Rubio said that “North Korea is run by a lunatic who has been expanding his nuclear arsenal while President Obama has stood idly by”, and that this is “the latest example of the failed Obama-Clinton foreign policy”.
Republican front-runner candidate Donald Trump urged “China to rein in its ally or face repercussions on trade”, and Governor Chris Christie cited a weak response from Obama and Clinton to North Korea’s previous nuclear tests, and said that “they have just not acted strongly at all around the world”.
Do these statements imply that the Obama administration failed to bomb the hell out of North Korea?
The legitimacy to attack another country
The Republican presidential candidates unfairly criticize Obama’s foreign policy forgetting the fact the United States and the United Nations have repeatedly enforced sanctions against belligerent North Korea.
Sanctions are not the panacea for all ills but they proved effective in the case of Iran. After decades of economic sanctions, Iran, the United States and five other world powers reached a landmark agreement that will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
It is hypocritical to blame others knowing well that no world power has any right to attack and destroy another country simply because it developed its nuclear military capabilities in order to defend itself from external threats.
Any military strike by one country, based merely on its own judgment, against another sovereign country is a gross violation of international law and is certainly against the UN Charter which clearly states that the use of force is not legitimate unless authorized by the Security Council or in self-defence – that is, only after a direct attack.
Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and dangerous weapons on earth which can annihilate whole cities, potentially killing millions, and destroying the natural environment and lives of future generations through its long-term catastrophic effects.
At the creation of the UN in 1945, the United States was the only nation in the world to own and use nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In 1970, the UN Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty was signed by 190 nations, including five nations that admitted to owning nuclear weapons: China, France, the now-defunct Soviet Union (Russia), United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Despite this treaty, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea became nuclear states. Together, they possess more than 15,000 nuclear weapons. USA and Russia maintain roughly 1,800 of their nuclear weapons on high-alert status – ready to be launched within minutes of a warning.
Since 1945, at least eight nations have detonated 2,053 nuclear test explosions around the world to proof-test new warhead designs and create increasingly sophisticated nuclear weapons.
Nuclear arms race continues
According to a report by Global Research, the United States is going to deploy 20 modernized B61-12 nuclear bombs in Germany, each 80 times more destructive than the one used on Hiroshima.
These would eventually replace the 180 B61s held in six bases in five countries – Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey. In addition, France and the United Kingdom also maintain state-owned nuclear arsenals.
Following the United States decision to deploy these lethal nuclear weapons and NATO’s expansion to Russia’s borders, Russia immediately began to upgrade its air defence system and its strategic nuclear arsenal as a retaliatory and a precautionary measure.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “Russia obviously retains the right if needed to deploy its nuclear weapons anywhere on its national territory, including on the Crimean Peninsula.”
In December 2015, Russia’s Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, said that, in 2014, its Military received 35 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, 243 aircraft, 90 air defence systems and 1,172 tanks and other armoured vehicles as part of an ambitious arms modernization effort.
Shoigu said that its Navy received two new nuclear-powered submarines equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles, two general-purpose submarines and eight surface warships.
So, the nuclear arms race continues – preparing for mutual annihilation.
World War III: Nuclear Holocaust
A Nuclear War (the exchange of nuclear weapons between two or more states) is still possible as the power hungry war-mongers do not care about the disastrous consequences that nuclear weapons can unleash on humanity – from mutual annihilation to the freezing of this earth.
Volumes have been written about the necessity, morality and consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. Though our world today is full of geo-political conflicts that cause constant sabre rattling, it is most unlikely that any sane world leader would resort to the use of deadly nuclear weapons.
However, a nuclear war could be triggered by a pure technical accident to an intentional strike by a deranged officer, a terrorist or a cyber attack –regardless of multiple mechanisms in place to avoid such a catastrophe.
The ONLY solution: a nuclear-weapon-free world
With conflicts and wars raging all over our world, all world leaders and peace loving citizens should focus on developing a new concept of international security under the auspices of the United Nations – to guide the world towards the elimination of nuclear weapons.
American Presidents have spoken about the need to abolish nuclear weapons. For example, John Kennedy said that these nuclear weapons “must be abolished before they abolish us”; Ronald Reagan said “We must never stop at all until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the Earth”; and in a 2009 Prague speech, Barack Obama vowed “concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons”.
Since those lofty words, the United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade its nuclear weapons.
The UN General Assembly voted on December 8, 2015 to set up a working group that will develop “legal measures, legal provisions and norms” for achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world.
At the UN, 144 states declared that in the interests of humanity, nuclear weapons are never used again “under any circumstances”, and 132 states described nuclear weapons as “inherently immoral”.
Five of the nine nuclear-armed nations – China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and France – opposed this UN action spuriously claiming that “An instrument such as a ban” would “undermine the NPT [Non-Proliferation Treaty] regime”. A nonsensical excuse!
President Truman said, “The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not dominate the peoples of the world.”
It is time for people to act as the only guarantee against the spread and use of nuclear weapons is to eliminate them.
*Somar Wijayadasa was a UNESCO delegate to the UN General Assembly for ten consecutive years from 1985-1995, and was Representative of UNAIDS at the United Nations from 1995-2000. For his previous IDN articles, please click here. [IDN-InDepthNews – 8 January 2016]
Photo: Model of a Unha-9 rocket on display at a floral exhibition in Pyongyang, 30 August 2013 | Credit: Steve Herman – VOA – Wikimedia Commons
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Today, Google is celebrating the highly loved jollof rice with Doodle on its homepage to appreciate farmers who plant and reap rice so that the meal can be prepared.
Although World Jollof Rice Day is on August 22, Google is celebrating the West African quintessential dish simmered in reduced tomatoes, onions, peppers and regional spices today because rice farmers plant and reap a bountiful harvest, and cooks across West Africa prepare to make fresh Jollof on this day.
Jollof rice is also known as benachin and thieboudienne. It is a one-pot meal that originated from the Wolof tribe in the 14th century according to Google.
The Wolof Empire, ruling parts of modern-day Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania, popularized jollof throughout West Africa.
Nigeria-based guest artist Haneefah Adam created the artwork and Senegalese jazz musician, Hervé Samb, created the soundtrack used for the celebration.
“Although jollof rice was traditionally cooked with fish for dinner, Africans today also enjoy this savoury dish for breakfast and lunch, and often substitute fish with chicken, beef or goat.
Each country has added its own spin to the recipe and West Africans engage in humorous banter over who makes the best Jollof. These friendly rivalries, known as the ‘Jollof Wars’, have become an African cultural phenomenon.
Nigerians and Ghanaians are particularly competitive over who makes the best Jollof — and for good reason. There are distinct differences between the two cooking styles. For example, Nigerians use long-grain rice that absorbs more spices, while Ghanaians use basmati rice with a more aromatic flavour.
Who ultimately makes the best Jollof? No one can say for sure. The only way to find out is to try as many varieties as you can!”

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The City of Tampa is engaging in a streets improvement project in the West Riverside Heights neighborhood as part of the Tampa M.O.V.E.S. initiative. The study area is generally bounded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (north), N. Armenia Ave. (west), W. Tampa Bay Blvd (south), and Hillsborough River / N. River View Ave (east).
The purpose of the project is to provide mobility choices, connect people to jobs and economic opportunities, create a healthy, sustainable, and resilient future, remove barriers and improve transportation for people who need it most, and increase public safety. Additionally, this project will review roadway resurfacing needs and identify opportunities for implementing traffic calming measures and improving pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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Elk Bullet for .264 Win Mag
I have a Nevada Bull Elk hunt this November. I am going to be using a .264 Win Mag and I am having a hard time deciding on which bullet to use. I have used the 130gr Accubond on Mule Deer with great success and I am considering using this bullet for the hunt. I am also considering the 140gr Accubond, 120 gr Barnes TTSX bullet and the 130gr Berger VLD. Does anyone have any first hand experience with these bullets in the 264? Good recommendations?
Thanks for the help.Thomas


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Monument Valley is one of America’s most distinctive and famous landscapes. More than any other place, it symbolizes the time of the American cowboy due to all the movies filmed here during the heyday of westerns. John Ford directed some of the most famous ones featuring John Wayne and there is an overlook named for John Ford in Monument Valley.
As you approach the park on the paved highway 163, the monuments start to appear off of the horizon across the desert landscape. Coming from the south, you will drive past El Capitan first, which is not officially part of Monument Valley but for me marks the entrance. El Capitan is the volcanic core of an otherwise eroded volcano, much like the more famous Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
Before long, you will see the Mittens off in the distance. These two mesas are mirror images of each other and resemble a pair of mittens, complete with a left and right thumb, for which they are named. Other mesas and buttes dot the landscape as you approach the valley proper.
The visitor center is strategically placed for a great view of the Mittens and the valley beyond. Stop there before you make your drive and take a few pictures. Explore the visitor center and the views available and make sure to use the restroom there. You won’t have another opportunity for a couple of hours.
The loop road through the valley starts near the visitor center and you can see the beginning of it from there. It is a very memorable drive and you’ll want to soak it in. The road is dirt and gravel as you mosey along. Your eyes will be sweeping the landscape and you’ll want to stop often for pictures. Please keep a wary eye out for other drivers who are also paying less attention to the road than usual or pulling over for a picture with little notice.
The road passes by the Mittens first. Make a couple of stops for pictures, but the best one was probably back at the visitor center. After a couple of miles, you will come to the loop road. This 13 mile portion is one-way so make sure go the right way (to the right). From off of this loop, there are several spurs to notable overlooks. Take each one in turn as all are worth your time.
You’ll pass the large Elephant Butte on your right after that. Some think it looks like a large pachyderm for which it is named. The Three Sisters is next – which looks like a Catholic nun facing two pupils. These narrow spires are very majestic and you’ll be able to see them for a while from different vantage points.
The next spur is longer and takes you to John Ford’s Point. There will be a large group of Navajo vendors here for you to peruse if desired. The overlook itself is famous and was featured in many westerns. The promontory that juts out into the landscape can be accessed for a picture freely. For a $2 fee, there will likely be a Navajo you can hire to ride a horse out on the promontory to recreate the iconic picture of a lone rider or maybe ride one out there yourself for the shot for a bit more.
John Ford’s Point along with Artist’s Point are the best viewpoints along the drive.
You’ll pass several more Mesas as you get back on the loop road. The next intersection is known as the Hub, but the road leads to other sites that can only be visited if you hire a guide. The next interesting formation is the Totem Pole which is off a distance. You will find a few slightly better views as you go forward, but journeying up close to it is prohibited to private vehicles – a guide can take you closer.
The next spur road leads to Artist point. This offers a broad view of the valley with backside views of the Mittens. It is a nice viewpoint that is less visited but very worthwhile. There is one more spur road to the North Window, which offers a view that frames one of the Mittens between two buttes.
After that, the road finishes the loop and you return to the visitor center.
If you came from the south, you’ll want to turn north on Hwy 163 and drive it for a few miles to see nice views of the mesas and buttes you already saw on the loop ride as well as some you didn’t get to see. There is also a great vantage of the road heading south toward the monuments. Make sure to stop here and get a picture or two of the highway or in the highway. Others will likely be doing the same thing and make sure to watch for traffic along the road when you go out for your picture. It is worth it – you’ll see a few examples of shots I made in my Monument Valley Gallery.
Monument Valley is on Navajo Tribal Land and is located in southern Utah and northern Arizona off of Hwy 163. It is about 25 miles north of Kayenta, Arizona and 24 miles south of Mexican Hat, Utah. Highway 163 is a very scenic drive, and you can see portions of monument valley from this road without ever entering the official park. But the most famous monuments are located within the Tribal Park.
Navajo Tribal Park
Monument Valley is managed by the Navajo tribe as a Tribal Park. There has been a lot of investment in the park in recent years and it boasts a nice visitor center, restaurant and the View Hotel. The land is sacred to the Navajo so take extra care to treat it with care. Self-hiking is mostly prohibited except in specific areas within the park. A guide may be hired to get greater access to the valley and you can also arrange a horse ride.
The cost to enter the park is $20 per vehicle, which includes up to 4 people. Each additional person is $6. National Park passes are not accepted. The visitor center is open 6:00am-8:00pm in peak season and those are the same hours for the scenic drive.
Details, including a map of the loop drive, are available on the Navajo official website.
The scenic loop drive is a 17 mile loop that is included with the entrance fee. The road is dirt and gravel and is easily navigated most of the time with any vehicle other than RVs or unusually low clearance ones. Rare heavy rains may make navigation impossible for anything other than 4WD. Please check at the visitor center for information as needed and take your time – there is no reason to hurry as the entire loop is very scenic.
Please note that there are no facilities at all along the loop drive, other than some Navajo vendors selling jewelry and other souvenirs. Please use the restrooms at the visitor center before proceeding and take any drink or food with you. Picnic places are limited, but you can always eat in your car. It will take between 2 to 4 hours to do this loop and stop at approved spots for pictures. 15 mph is the nominal speed limit, although there are stretches where the road is smooth enough that you can go faster.
Due to how long it takes and its relative remoteness, you may want to bring sandwiches along with you in addition to drinks and snacks. If you came from the south, Kayenta has a Subway that I usually use.
The loop is very popular during peak summer times and cars can queue up at popular overlooks. Going in the morning helps the crowds and generally makes for better photographs. Temperatures can reach 90° Fahrenheit in the summer.
You can also look at some hi-res pictures of my trip to Monument Valley here.
To see other worthy places to visit in Utah, go here.
Great places to visit in Arizona are here.

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Type 90 35mm Twin AAAThe Type 90 35mm Twin AAA system, modeled after the Oerlikon 35mm gun of the Skyguard air defense system, is generally similar to the Type 74 37mm AAA weapon, apart from the minor modification in the caliber of the gun.
Type 90II SP-AAA
The PLA has had rather poor sucess in developing a self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system. The performance of the Type 80 and Type 88 systems did not meet the requirements of the PLA and the international market, and the systems never entered full production. A new system designated Type 90II is under development to meet these type's requirements. The Type 90II self-propelled AAA system may or may not be related to the Type 90 35mm Twin AAA.
Caliber 35 mm Muzzle velocity 1175 m/s Effective range 3200 m Horizontal movement Vertical movement Rate of fire 2x550 rounds/min Weight


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Dowagiac, Michigan Ghost Sightings
My mom past back in 2006 and every since I have seen her in my house she's wearing a white gown she make her present known she slams coffee cups around ya know one will believe me but it's true I can make a pot of coffee, and drink one cup go back out there minutes later and my coffee pot is half gone my mom loved her coffee also when I am up set I can feel her rubbing my face as I did when she took her last breathe.|
Submitted by Penny
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During may 2009 I was driving west on Marcellus hwy at 1:52 am just when I passed Atwood Rd. I saw a ghost of young man on the north side of the road in the weeds about 10-15 feet off the ends of the road.
He was standing with both arms straight down at his sides and he was staring straight ahead facing me. He was not walking he was just standing. He looked to be in his late teens or early twenties. He was not dressed in clothing like people of that age dress right now.|
He was dressed in clothing from the late 1800's (I think). An off white bottom up shirt with no collar and a brown vest with brown pants. There were no vehicles broken down along that road and no houses near where he was standing.
He did not turn his head as I passed he just kept staring straight ahead. I have often wondered if anyone else has ever seen anything like this along that stretch of road. I believe their was a stage coach trail along that road years and years ago.
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Mark Giammalvo specializes in driveability diagnostics at his family business, Sam Giammalvo's Auto Sales & Service, Inc. in New Bedford, MA.
Mark, who has been with the business for
over 20 years, is an ASE Master
Technician and Parts Specialist. He also holds the ASE L1
certification, and has an associates degree in business
What! Information Lockout Again?
But it's Just a Dehumidifier!
(Printed in the Journal
of The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers, AASP)
Ok, your thinking, here he goes again complaining about the lack of automotive repair information. Well, repair information yes, but not automotive information this time. Still stumped? Read on:
Two years ago I decided that I was tired of the sticky cellar syndrome. Tired of the squish squash sound that my shoes made when I walked around in my cellar at home in the summer months as the latex floor paint started to bubble up in the humid weather. At that time I went to Home Depot and purchased their best model (Maytag 65 pint) dehumidifier.
Although it added to my electric bill more than expected, it sure worked great the first year. I had the unit set to automatically drain via a hose into my sump pit. That saved me from having to dump out the water bucket twice a day. I just turned it on and let it run.
I noticed in the users manual that my model had an electronic defrost feature. Although the explanation of this defrost mode was only two sentences long, it appeared that my model had the ability to sense ice on the evaporator and thus go into a defrost mode to melt the ice. On one cool spring day back in 2005, I remember hearing the dehumidifier's fan suddenly on high speed. When I inspected the unit closer, I noticed that the dehumidifier had shut off the compressor and defaulted to high speed blower. I then looked inside and observed ice melting off the evaporator. In a sense, I had stumbled on part of the strategy of this units computerized defrost cycle.
All was well until spring of 2006. In late April last year I noticed the cellar getting musty and decided to get the unit ready for the season. I cleaned the air filter, plugged it in, turned it on and let it go. One day later, I noticed that the unit was now very loud and vibrating. I looked behind the air filter and noticed that the evaporator was now encased in a huge block of ice. Strangely enough, the compressor was still running and the fan was on low speed. It appeared that the defrost mode was no longer working.
Later that week I contacted Maytag and was advised that my unit had a 5-year warranty. The Maytag repair center put me in contact with a local appliance repair shop in the area. At this point, arrangements were made for me to drop off the unit and I did so. Several days later, I received a call from the technician at the repair shop stating that my dehumidifier was functioning normally and that they were not observing any icing on the evaporator.
Although I was not to happy with this response, I had no choice but to pick up the unit and try it again in my home. Not even a full day had passed when I could hear the odd vibrating sound coming from the cellar. After inspecting the unit again I observed heavy icing on the evaporator. I continued to let the unit run and decided to bring it back to the repair shop again the next day, this time, fully iced over. Let me tell you, this thing was heavy before but it weighed a ton now. It was sort of like transporting a mini-iceberg.
Now I showed the service technician how the evaporator was barely visible, now encased in a block of ice. Needless to say, after a week of running at their shop, they called to tell me that the ice had melted and the unit never iced-up again for them. In polite terms they told me to pick up the unit and not bring it back.
At this point, I wanted to send this thing through their display window but I know that's not the civil thing to do, and besides, I didn't buy it from them anyway. Sort of a: "Don't shoot the messenger" issue you might say.
Now fuming back home, I called Maytag Corporate again and explained my dilemma. The Maytag representative then suggested an alternate warranty service provider, about 50 minutes away from me. Armed with the phone number I called this service shop and was told to drop the unit off in their unlocked dumpster at such and such a location. What? That's nice, I'm going to drop off a 200-dollar dehumidifier in a dumpster on the outskirts of Boston. Right!
To cut this story short, I wound up living with the problem. The icing only occurred early in the season and once June hit, the unit worked fine all summer.
This year I tried running the unit again, this time in early May. Sure enough, the ice came again out of nowhere, like a spring snow storm. At this point, I recalled that I had purchased the factory service manual several years ago for my Maytag electric wall oven. The service manual was helpful and even showed how to extract fault codes and their meaning. (Yes home ovens now have fault codes. It's gotten that crazy). I called Maytag and asked to purchase a service manual for my dehumidifier. Things now got interesting. The Maytag representative stated that my Maytag dehumidifier is actually made for them by the Fedders Corporation and that, although they do not have a repair manual for this model, Fedders may offer one. Now I called Fedders and questioned them. Astonishingly, they admitted that there is no factory repair manual for Fedders or Maytag dehumidifiers. The only published items are the owners manual and a copy of the wiring diagram which is already on the inside front cover of each dehumidifier. How the heck do you diagnose and repair this thing? Strangely enough, I guess they use the "Buy it and try it" parts replacement methodology.
Now, as frustrated as ever, I decided to open the unit and take a peek. What the heck, if I break something I'll just throw the whole thing out at this point. Besides, what value does the 5-year warranty have anyway? With the case split open, I noticed a sensor clipped to the side of the evaporator. Presuming they mounted this sensor here to sense evaporator temperature, I removed it from its bracket for a closer inspection. The sensor was a 2-wire type with about 2 feet of low voltage wire that plugged into the electronic control panel.
Browsing Google with my model number proved interesting. This sensor is sold with the actual control panel. All and all its about a 40-dollar part and seemed easy to change. Had I brought home a volt/ohm meter I would have checked to see of it was stuck open or closed. Then again, with no test information available, anything would be a guess at this point. I decided to move the sensor from the side of the evaporator and place it right in direct contact with the face of the evaporator. I reassembled the unit and gave it a run. After 1.5 hours I watched as the evaporator started to ice over. Suddenly, the compressor shut down and the fan went to high blower. Alas, the defrost cycle was working again. Had I repaired it with the alternate placement of the evaporator sensor or was this just a coincidence? All I know is that it seems fixed for now.
To think I thought that information lockout just affected the automotive industry. All I can say is, good luck to you if you're a home appliance repair technician. Better keep a lot of spare parts on hand and be ready to re-engineer things as needed.


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The correlation of EEG compressed spectral array to Glasgow coma scale in traumatic coma patients
- Veikko K. Häkkinen, Seppo Kaukinen, Hannu Heikkilä
- International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing SCOPUS
- Elsevier in 1988
- Cited Count
We have studied 20 comatose intensive care patients with head injuries and/or intracranial, haemorrhage in order to compare two different monitoring methods of the central nervous system. The level of unconsciousness was followed on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). EEG was monitored continuously with the compressed spectral array (CSA)-method. CSA findings were classified into six categories according to the frequency content, reactivity and the amount of isoelectricity. The patients were divided into four groups according to the outcome: well-recovered, moderately recovered, poorly recovered and dead. The prognostic value of the data obtained with the GCS method was compared with that obtained by CSA. The CSA and GCS methods give information based on different neurophysiological backgrounds. This explains why the correlation of these methods was only moderate. When combining the information received from these two methods the predictability improved. In many acute situations CSA gave information about changes in the brain function, which could not be seen in GCS. The results suggest that CSA is not only a supplementary method to GCS but also a different approach to the monitoring of an unconscious patient.
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There are so many prolific graffiti writers in San Jose; their pieces are everywhere! Here are 10 pieces from DUNK. To see more of this artist’s work: https://www.instagram.com/_dunkest/
feb-apr2019. san jose, costa rica.
13oct18 Offenbach, Germany 🇩🇪
5sep18 Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
2jun18. Chișinău , Moldova 🇲🇩.
Off a main street, through a narrow walkway, is an alley filled with graffiti:
27feb18. Jacksonville, Florida.
11feb18 New York City
3feb18. Williamsburg. Brooklyn, NY.
jan/feb 2018 – New York City, NY
28jan18 Orlando, Florida


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If music be the food of fun, play on! In fact, give me excess of it, surfeit even. If this is how you feel about live performance then you are in luck. Actor and director Kwame Kwei-Armah has returned to London, after a stint as artistic director of Center Stage in Baltimore, to take up the same role at this venue, and his first show is a masterclass in popular theatre: inspired, of course, by the bard, this Twelfth Night sings, it dances and it shares its warmly beating heart with everyone. A completely musical version, conceived by Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub, with the latter responsible for all the brilliant lyrics and music, it was first seen at the New York’s Public Theater and Shakespeare Festival, and has lost none of its energy on its journey across the Atlantic.
Set in London’s Notting Hill district, whose annual Carnival weekend in August is a celebration of the country’s multicultural heritage, the story unfolds with a rapid pace and all the cut and thrust of a Renaissance tale well told. In little more than 95 minutes, this version of Shakespeare’s play warbles and strides its way from Viola’s arrival, to her disguise as Cesario, to her entanglement with the Duke Orsino and his unrequited love for Olivia, in whose house reside her steward Malvolio, and party people Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek. Maria, Fabian and Feste the Fool make up the numbers, and soon the whole stage is full of a singing and dancing community chorus from the local boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. Like Kwei-Armah’s homecoming, this is all very celebratory and joyful.
Although Shakespeare’s original has an unmistakable strain of melancholy, this Twelfth Night is almost all unalloyed pleasure. Even when a hearse appears at the start, as Olivia mourns the death of her brother, the feeling is less of an arid desert than that of an oasis of temporary calm. If those who don’t know the original play might be perplexed by the references to Illyria (given that the production is clearly set in contemporary London), this is just one of those details that annoy me: if you are going to mess with Shakespeare why not go the whole hog? And, boy, does Taub mess with the bard. Apart from a few short dialogues, and some classic lines about music being the food of love, and some being born great, there is very little Renaissance verse in this version.
Instead, we have a gloriously embracing musical which radiates happiness in almost every song. Even when Gabrielle Brooks’s Viola laments that “I’m the kind of girl who never gets the guy,” you just know that, very soon, she will, she will. Having slipped on a smart suit and shed her luxurious hair, she’s ready for action. In no time at all Rupert Young’s rather hipsterish Orsino is keeping her close, and Natalie Drew’s Olivia is battling her eyelids in her/his direction. The gender fluidity of the story works well in a contemporary setting, although the finale—when the whole community joins in singing “If we can open our hearts to each other, what a better world it could be”—feels like a nostalgic look back at the “Make love not war” 1960s, when Notting Hill was more bohemian than Caribbean. Still, when the audience is on its feet clapping and shouting for joy, what’s not to like?
Touching, often rather moving, and overall utterly celebratory, the show features a scene-stealing performance by Gerard Carey as Malvolio, here presented as the boy who was bullied in High School, but who remained true to his ambitious spirit. However unShakespearean, Carey’s comic timing is impeccable and he effortlessly dominates much of the proceedings. Similarly brilliant is Melissa Allan’s Feste, whose voice has a raw abrasiveness which can go through you like a blade. While the tonal range of Drew and Young are more mature and softer, the drunks in the story, Martyn Ellis as Toby and Silas Wyatt-Barke as Aguecheek, are full-on comics. More nuanced are Gbemisola Ikumelo’s Maria and Jyuddah Jaymes’s Sebastian.
Co-directed with Oscar Eustis, Kwei-Armah’s opening show is a fulsome embrace of diversity and the pleasures of the street-dancing, gender-bending and mildly transgressing world of carnival. It is so full of fun that any po-faced criticism of its departures from Shakespeare’s original would be not only ungenerous but also rather beside the point. Like Bob Carlton’s Return To The Forbidden Planet, here, the bard is really just an excuse for licensed enjoyment and foot-tapping frolics. If the dancing, choreographed by Lizzi Gee all across designer Robert Jones’s cartoonish set, is a bit messy at times, what care I? Better to leave the theatre as a happy fool, than a foolish wit.
Twelfth Night is at the Young Vic until November 17
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It's interesting to me listening to some of my old mixtapes and studying where my head was at at that point in time. Audio Animation was one of my very first mixtapes, in fact it's probably the 3 or 4th mxtape I had ever made in my career as a DJ. I created it with my homie Dj Ed Swift who was another ill Dj I knew back in Jersey. He was also an I'll Artist and Graphic designer and did the cover for the mixtape so it was mos def a team endeavour. It was the mid 90s and I was engulfed in the Turntablist and hip hop underground movement, and techniques and technical prowess was the focus of dopeness. Performing difficult cuts and juggles were periodically sprinkled in to establish my technical prowess and assert my dominance and the musical selection refelcted the blossoming independent hip hop music movement led by record stores like Fat Beats at the time. In other words I was battling and being bragadocious (an integral element of hip hop of course) Hip Hop kid from NYC, . My more mature and more experienced ears hear an overt need to perform technically on tape but so was the norm back in the day. I have "mellowed" as a DJ and prefer a combination of flow and skill which was a main binding agent for the forming of the Triple Threat Djs in the late 90's. and also a reflection of the continued learning and experience I was blessed to recieved for years after this mix was released.
My very first piece of studio production equipment was the Tascam 424 which I picked up at the infamous Canal Street electronics dealers, and an Ibanez delay pedal I got from an old class mate. I'd run the DJ setup through the pedal for scratch effects. This specific recording technique and style of mix was the precursor to one of my most well known golden era hip hop mixes which I produced a few years later when I moved to California better known as Reconstruction. Listening to Audio Animation now, I see it as a rough draft or an unpolished version to Reconstruction which I am told by many fans of my mixes was pretty good so I'll take you word for it. But If you havnt heard AA yet , I hope you enjoy and appreciate it for what it is. For me it was a fun time expanding my DJ skills and one of the most creative times in the history of Djing to be a part of.

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill renewed her call for increased election security measures following Russian electoral interference in the 2016 presidential election.
“Our democracy is vulnerable to foreign interference, and we need to act,” Sherrill said. “As chairwoman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee on House Science, Space and Technology and a founding member of Task Force Sentry, I have worked to bring this issue to the forefront of our national discussion. My colleagues and I in the House have fought to pass legislation to arm our states with the resources they need to safeguard our democracy and the 2020 elections. The Senate’s inaction — especially in light of this report — is a failure of leadership.”
On Thursday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that found Russian operatives targeted election systems in all 50 states.
Task Force Sentry is a bipartisan working group that for several months has worked behind closed doors to harden the country’s voting systems to attacks from foreign adversaries.
At this time, the task force is drafting legislation to increase disclosure of foreign funds, prevent those funds from reaching campaigns and create systems to identify foreign attempts at electoral interference, among other things.
“We set up Task Force Sentry because there is a clear need for leadership on this issue,” Sherrill said. “We are readying additional legislation to protect the 2020 elections and to provide national security leadership to protect our democracy from foreign influence.”

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Marks Barfield plugs £2bn Greenwich towers scheme
BA London Eye inventor and designer Marks Barfield is attempting to aim even higher with a stunningly ambitious proposal to build a £2 billion scheme of up to 20 of its 50 storey 'Skyhouse' buildings on the Greenwich peninsula. The architect says the scheme for a new urban quarter could house as many as 14,000 people in high densities, while 300,000m 2of commercial development in the centre of the site and a reworking of the politically embarrassing Millennium Dome could complete ...
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It is cold, wet and windy outside and there is a big storm coming our way. We (Cara and I) embraced the weather this morning and went for a run down the pier at seven am. Half way back, we got caught in the rain which felt like ice and then the wind picked up and we nearly blew away! To reward ourselves, we got mochas on the way home from our favourite local good food store. Well I say we but the coffee was just for me and yes, I brought one for D too who is still of course curled up in bed (lucky sod!).
For a day such as this, as we take down the tree and try to keep warm, I am making one of my favourite soups. Roasted garlic and potato. I make this soup differently each time, depending on the ingredients to hand and also what mood I am in. While Christmas food shopping, our supermarket had an amazing deal or two. We got our cabbage (see post titled ‘with a blink of an eye’) and carrots for 5 cent a bag. Being such a good deal we also availed of the potato deal too. We now have five large bags of spuds in our cupboard under the stairs. Five! I think I am going to have to make a lot of potato dishes. This soup was made in an effort to use them up but I still have four and a half bags left. I hope you all like potatoes!
ROASTED GARLIC AND POTATO SOUP
As I already mentioned, there are different ways to make this soup. As I had lots, I used potatoes. But there are times that I have a half loaf of stale bread lying around so I omit the potatoes and use chunks of bread to thicken this soup instead. And you can spice it up a little with chilli and cumin depending on your mood.
- 3 heads of garlic
- 3 medium onions
- 900 g potatoes, peeled and cubed (around 750 g after peeling and cubing) or half a loaf of stale sourdough bread
- 850 ml of stock, I used my turkey stock made after christmas
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 100 ml cream
- 5 sprigs of thyme (you can use rosemary also)
- salt and pepper
- creme fraiche or natural yogurt to garnish
Heat your oven to 200°C (180°C fan).
Cut the bottom (the root) off your garlic heads and place on a baking sheet lined with tin foil. Cut 2 of your onions into quarters and add to the garlic tray. Place the thyme over the onion and garlic and drizzle with oil and season. Fold the edges of the foil over the garlic and onions and seal like a little parcel. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool. Once cooled, squeeze the garlic cloves from the head. With a fork, gently break up the garlic.
Chop your remaining onion roughly. Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion. Cook for about 7-10 minutes on a medium heat to soften. Add your diced potatoes and stir to coat in the oil. Add your stock, then add your squashed garlic and the onions and thyme that you roasted with the garlic. Season, stir and bring to the boil. Simmer for about 15 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked.
Once the potatoes are cooked add your cream and blend (I used my hand held blender but you can use a food processor or whatever you have). Serve with a dollop of the yogurt or creme fraiche and a sprinkle of thyme.


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Work has started on a #260,000 scheme to ensure Redcar's historic timepiece will keep ticking.
The project will restore Redcar Town Clock, which is just a few years short of its 100th birthday. The 12-week scheme will involve work to repair and renew sections of the building, replace the clock mechanism and floodlight the structure.
The Friends of Redcar Town Clock launched a bid to preserve the important piece of the town's heritage in 2003, raising #10,000.
Local historian Vera Robinson, the group's chairman, said: "We are all so pleased that one of Redcar's most treasured buildings is to be repaired and improved with this work.
"We would like to thank everyone who has supported us. We all look forward to seeing our town clock looking its best as it moves towards its centenary at the heart of the town centre."
Funding for the restoration work has also come through grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Northern Rock Foundation and West Redcar Single Regeneration Budget.
Councillor Eric Empson, cabinet member for strategic planning, development and infrastructure, said: "The council is pleased to have helped to fund the restoration project that will secure the tower's future in Redcar High Street for many years to come."
Children from four Redcar primary schools have taken part in workshops to design models of the clock and photographs of their work will be displayed around the structure as work progresses.
The clock was erected by public subscription in 1913.

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Denver Catholic Charities on Friday announced Robert “Bob” Scott will be taking over as interim president and CEO. Scott is chairman of the organization’s board and fills the role being vacated by Jonathan Reyes’ departure.
Reyes, who’s headed Denver Catholic Charities since 2009, is leaving to become executive director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He starts at the Washington, D.C.-based organization in December. His final day at Denver Catholic Charities is Dec. 7.
Scott, a retired audit and business advisory partner of Arthur Andersen LLP, joined the board of Denver Catholic Charities in July 2008.
“It is both an honor and a privilege to be asked to serve Catholic Charities as interim president and CEO,” Scott said in a statement. “With God’s help, I will do my best to help our dedicated and talented staff to maintain our ministries and further the mission of Catholic Charities in Colorado.”
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delivery format for high-def video news releases (VNRs)
I wonder whether you have the current scoop to answer this question:
I'm going to be producing a video and b-roll to hand out to the press (print, Internet, and tv) at a media event. All told, the press contingent is about fifty people.
The client will be contracting with a satellite/Internet company to provide files for download, but they also want physical copies on hand to deal out to the media.
The deliverable is about 8-10 minutes' worth of high definition. What delivery format(s) should I use for this?
Stock footage companies like to offer their HD in motion-JPEG format, which is readily readable by most NLE's these days.
Physical delivery question: data DVDs acceptable? Last thing I want is for people to try to put them in their DVD player and go nuts because the files don't play.
That's always a worry, which is why you would print very easy to read warnings on them.
"Not for use in regular DVD players; for computer editing use only".
If it were me, I'd also have some spare SD DVD copies to hand out for the reporters to use as a reference. It would be up to you if you wanted to make those have a duplicate chapter with a window-burn for helping to select shots by time code.
Bob probably already knows the rest of this, but I'm in a preachy mood this afternoon...
With VNR's the first rule is to make things as simple and easy as possible for the editor and reporter and producer; because their use of the footage is voluntary, don't give them any excuse to bag the footage due to any tech issues.
I have to explain this often to my clients, who only ever see finished VOSOT's on the TV, that what the stations that get this footage want is NOT a finished, polished package, ready to run, including graphics and lower thirds already applied. I can do those packages. In my sleep. But stations repeatedly tell us they don't want them; that's THEIR job.
No news director worth their pepto bismol bill will run that straight out of the can; knowing other stations will have it, too, they run the risk of the scenario where two women arrive at the party wearing an identical dress. You burn a station just once like that, they don't forget you.
Only a few of the most crass and incompetent stations will run that pre-built VNR package as-is. What they NEED is a "construction kit" of shots and elements with "handles" on the ends of them, so their own editors can mix and match the shots and apply dissolves or wipes and have enough footage to make that work. No two editors will cut the raw footage together exactly the same way, if they do the job right they will also add their own footage to what we sent, and this is what we want to have happen; the same general message, but filtered and multiplied thru each independent station's perspective.
That's why our VNR's are 15 minutes long, just to give enough raw material and variations to do a 1:30 finished piece. A construction kit of video LEGO's, with six seconds of silent (only nat sound) raw stuff on either end of the "good bits", enough to do an L-cut with narrator's VO over the incoming shot, before the guest speaks.
Because written notes and emails and the like can get lost on the way to the edit bay, and you can't use a shot you can't identify, we also put up screens with the proper titling ID info for each person in the kit, plus "suggestions" of background info that the editor or producer can freeze-frame and read, right off the tape or disk or file..
If you're a cynical type and have the room, you can edit your own VOSOT anyway, and put it at the very end as an example "user's guide", sort of how food packages have pretty cover images labeled "serving suggestion". In the tape days we kept one audio track "naked", so a reporter could, in a pinch, lay a new VO track into the existing package and call it his own, under deadline pressure. But nobody can takle pride in that kind of work, and it is rare to do more than once.
These days, the technology is such that as long as you don't make two audio or video sources overlap, you've not reduced the editor's options in any way. Sequence the shots and elements you supply in roughly story order as you see it, with spaces in between to hold little slate screens describing each shot. But never super graphics over the elements: every station and user has different fonts and things they want to use, so things that already have supers, titles, logos or bugs on them tend to get thrown away.
You can't force them to edit your exact message; you can influence the direction they take by what is and isn't supplied, but once they have it, they will do whatever they want to it, you can't control that except by not giving them specific things in the first place.
Thank you for sharing a number of great guidelines. When your "preachy" you have a lot to offer.
Pass the plate, then, brother! :-)
Have a great and thoughtful holiday weekend, everybody! They sacrificed, so we can do what we do. Remember them.
Thanks Mark. Great post, terrific insights.
question for all: my impression is that the Internet could change the VNR somewhat. It would make sense to have a web page with little thumbnails of each shot that the editor could download a la carte. Sort of emulates the nice bin of image thumbnails/clips in your NLE. Maybe only works for people with a T1 line.
Somehow I got the idea that stations don't like or use VNRs as much as they used to. Wrong? Or, could the stations be getting more receptive in what we fondly call "This Economy?"
There has always been a booming business in VNR's having to do with health/medical/science, senior-oriented living issues, consumer tech, child rearing, pop culture, fashion, public safety, outdoor sports, things like that. Simply because small-market stations never have had much of a budget to cover such a "beat" in any kind of depth to begin with. And your instinct about the economy forcing a trend is probably correct. So if you look at broad statistical trends from census data, you can predict a market and serve it.
VNR's got a bad rap in the past decade, and often deservedly so, from bad reporters and producers misusing the footage with made-up attributions, passing them off as things they were not. These days VNR's are still made, but satellite technology got very cheap and made it more affordable and timely to do SMT's, "Satellite Media Tours", which were also popularized by 24-hour cable news networks as a cost-saving device. My sense of things is that SMT's are more popular than VNR's for hot, fast-breaking but short-shelf-life topics that tend to interest a larger geographical region or demographic. They are also popular for political reportage, an area where stations have really contracted their coverage in the past decade as a cost-cutting move. Without a full-time statehouse reporter, VNR's and SMT's and in-studio pundit visits are the best they can do for their government coverage, such as it is.
An SMT is where you get a topical content expert spokesperson in a studio or remote location with an uplink truck, with a window of say a couple hours, and instead of reporters and crews each traipsing to a press junket, the junket comes to you, over the dish. Each station that signs up for a block of access time gets their turn talking live with the expert/guest. So you need an IFB phone number for each participating station and an exact in/out time for each segment served, plus you tell each station the coordinates and precise period they can take the signal. Booking the order of who goes first between rival stations is very delicate and needs someone with diplomacy skills and some moxy. Some SMT's are paid for by a pool arrangement created by the stations that want it. Other times, a corporate sponsor or similar patron fronts the cost as a way to get their message out. A very typical use would be around big holidays like Thanksgiving or this weekend, food sellers like Butterball could book an SMT with a celebrity chef to give out tips on how to cook the bird, make the barbecue, what-have-you, with massive sponsor product placement and mentions going on not so subtly in the background, foreground, etc. SMT's from the consumer electronics show in Vegas would also be a common idea. But you can figure out an approach for many things, just link it to something topical and of wide interest, and *somebody* will use it. A recent one I worked on was about state hunter safety rules and regs, just ahead of the Turkey firearms-shooting season. We added copies of 30-second PSA's to the VNR with a note about them, on the theory that once the news director was done with the VNR footage, he might kick the thing over to his Public Affairs Director to schedule some air time. Alternately, it is not uncommon to use the PSA's as the "news" part of the story. Either way, we got our safety message some free play that weekend.
The SMT in turn I think is slowly getting supplanted by skype broadcasts, which don't have the same quality yet, but also don't have time restrictions or satellite transponder time scheduling gymnastics to worry about. Stations and especially the 24 hour cable news networks, love this remote-delivered punditry of any kind, because it saves the the cost of going out and getting real news stories on their own. I think that's a sad trend, but I don't make the trends.
As far as the web, that's probably another correct assumption. If you look at the continuing fragmentation of audiences, they keep getting bored and fed-up with conventional news casts that no longer seem relevant to their needs, and go off looking for customized experiences in their areas of interest. I know I do. I can get more real useful and personally interesting as well as wacky news in ten minutes off the aggregator site fark.com than from two hours of the Today Show. A few google and youtube searches and RSS feeds and you could easily make a very customized and efficient news gathering experience for yourself. Custom news aggregators are the future of serious news consumers. Using something like google adwords or just clever use of keywords, you can plant web based VNR segments of your own out there and they will find their way to the audiences that want that information.


Internet is a treasure of websites and that numbers are rising every second. Approx 380 new websites are built in every minute. Besides it, cybercrimes are spreading their roots in the internet simultaneously and several online businesses are being targeted by prey eyes. "The 5 Biggest Data Breaches in 2019" Network Security, News revealed that the five biggest US organizations have lost $4.2 million in data breaching in the first half of 2019. This includes the most famous websites such as; First American Corporation, Facebook, Fortnite, Flipboard and Oklahoma Department of Securities.
That's why e-commerce administrators are being alerted to take appropriate protective measures to save their vulnerable data. Many security researchers warned e-commerce owners with the upcoming cyber threats and, the primary security features are prescribed that must have on their e-commerce.
If you are building a website, then you must consider the following-mentioned features during the development process:
1. Think Twice before choosing a hosting provider
Past a few years back, if anybody wanted to build a website, they either should have web coding knowledge or needed to hire a web developer because web development was not everyone's cup of tea. But now it is possible to build a website on your own with the help of CMS (content management system) or hosting providers. They offer inbuilt functions for new website and owners don't need to have technical knowledge.
The best instances of hosting providers are WordPress, Weebly or Drupal. But before choosing a hosting provider, think twice because it may compromise your data security. The services of hosting providers completely depend on how much you pay, if you pay less you will get less and on the other side if you invest big bucks you will worth your money. There are always some loopholes with low budget's hosting packs. So be aware of it and choose the best that doesn't compromise your data security.
2. Regularly Update
Thousands of e-commerce lose their business due to outdated software and insecure software. Hackers always look for software vulnerabilities that are usually found in outdated software and applications. So, stay up to date with your system's software and web software. A tiny mistake may lead to losing all your database and corporative reputation in just a few seconds.
3. Install an SSL Security
Data Security always should be on top priority whether it is a corporative database, or consumer's sensitive information such as; Credit Card Number, Bank Detail, Address, Email ID or Personal Identification Number. Therefore, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates are widely installed on websites for getting a security padlock. It is a standard security technology that encrypts the information that is being communicated between a web server and a web browser. This encryption technology prevents Man in the Middle (MITM) attack or cyber-attacks.
If you want to secure a single domain, you may install a Single Domain SSL certificate. On the other hand, if you are running a website with unlimited sub-Domains and want to protect all of them, you can buy a Wildcard SSL certificate for your e-commerce.
4. Never Underestimate the Value of Security Plugins
Ransomware Attacks are considered as the most malicious attacks in 2019 cybercrimes. In 2019, new e-commerce is being targeted by ransomware attacks in every 14 seconds. When you think of website security then you cannot ignore security plug-ins as there are many plug-ins out there. Sucuri security plug-ins, iThemes Security, Wordfence Security, Jetpack plug-in, etc. are some famous security plug-ins that protect websites from such attacks. Ensure to install those.
5. Use Complex Usernames and Passwords
Whether it is a corporate employee or a web user, both usually choose default usernames and simple passwords that are easy to remember. Here they do mistakes and are being targeted by cyber crooks. Cybercriminals crack the simple password on a blink of an eye and that's why several accounts are being hacked every second. Thus, make sure to use complex usernames and passwords for all your accounts. The password should be at least 8-16 characters with a lower and upper case of alphabets including numerical.
6. Perform Regular Backups
Having a regular backup can save your e-commerce from a huge loss. Many times, web coding and web content have been modified by the cybercriminals and it can cause a great risk to the websites. In such cases, performing regular backups of your web content and web coding can save your business from folding up. You may install automatic backup software on your web server that automatically takes data backup according to your set time interval.
7. Correctly Assign Roles and Permissions
Proper policies should be set in corporations for assigning roles and permission for accessing the database. These policies ensure who can do what to a file e.g. Read the file, Write the file or execute the file. In such a way, nobody will access sensitive data without permission, and it will save your business to some extent from internal data breaching.
8. Check Google Analytics for Unusual Site Behavior
Denial of Service (DOS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) have been growing rapidly for the last few years. These attacks slow down the main server by putting fake traffic on a web server. Therefore, you may check Google analytics for unusual site behavior. Here you can identify the unknown traffic and where it comes from. It will help you out in DDOS prevention. Moreover, there are several plugins available online that you may use for DDOS prevention. It notifies you whenever such types of behaviors are observed.
9. Regular Scanning
Last but not least, the regular scanning of all cooperative systems and software. This will protect your corporation from upcoming cyber threats. You may also appoint a professional who can do this job on your behalf.
Whether your e-commerce intends to sell your catalog straightforwardly to the public, or share informative content with the internet users, you should always be concerned with your web security. Besides it, you can follow the above-alluded security guidelines to protect yours as well as your consumers' data from cyber crooks. With developing the security features on your website, you can't only save your business from big bucks loss but also maintain your business reliability.


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MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Brent oil futures with supply in May 2017 dropped 2.7% to $51.7 per barrel during the Thursday trading on the London’s ICE.
Brent oil prices were below $52 a barrel last time on December 1, 2016.
Oil prices started declining on March 8 nearly immediately after the US Department of Energy released data about in-country oil inventories.
Urals-Primorsk oil futures with performance in April 2017 fell 7.22% on St. Petersburg’s SPIMEX to $48.86 per barrel.


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February 22 – February 28, 2017
CITY SUBURBAN NEWS
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Join Wayne Art Center for “Lost Worlds” Summer Art Camp 2017
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he Wayne Art Center announces its 2017 Summer Art Camp, “Lost Worlds!” Each season, this popular program welcomes over 1,500 campers from the community. This summer, children travel across time, space, and land to discover and imagine lost worlds. Over twelve one-week sessions, let your child become an explorer as campers travel through lost worlds and civilizations of the past! Participants will explore amazing artifacts, cultures from history, and works of art throughout the ages. From ancient worlds, Student paints underglaze on a to landscapes that exist, yet ceramic pot in “Wheel Throwing” are rarely seen, and finally to for Teens. worlds unknown! Brave burning lava flows during the Jurassic period as you quickly sketch a T-Rex hunting for food! Discover fire and paint stories to pass along like cavemen did in the dark caves at the dawn of time. Ride on armored horses with knights and learn to illuminate manuscripts like they did in the medieval times. Explore rainforests, dive into the deep sea, or take a trip to Mars and paint outer space. This summer join the Wayne Art Center as they explore Lost Worlds! The Wayne Art Center offers full and half-day classes suited to every age and level of artistic ability each summer as part of the Art Camp experience. Pre-school programs help young artists ages 3-6 to develop their love of art and work with a variety of mediums in small classes in fun and nurturing studios! Dynamic classes for children ages 6-12 focus on building skills in drawing, painting, cartooning, ceramics, cooking, jewelry, fashion design... and more! For teen artists (ages 13 and older), try new classes each year designed to improve core skills and expand students’ creative repertoire, including weaving, glass bead making, stained glass, jewelry and metal Young artist paints a still life in a fabrication, sculpture and “Drawing and Painting” class. photography. All of the talented instructors are certified teachers and/or professional artists who love helping children to develop their natural creative instincts in a caring and nurturing environment. Whatever your child’s interests, Wayne Art Center’s Summer Art Camp offers great options this summer! For information on the 2017 Summer Art Camp season, visit www.wayneart.org or call Tessa Downs, Summer Camp Director, at 610-688-3553 ext. 208.
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Gulf spill raises questions about role of oil consultants
By Shashank Bengali | McClatchy Newspaper
WASHINGTON – The names, locations and geographical coordinates are different. Otherwise the drilling plans for three oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico contain identical fonts, footnotes, overly optimistic projections and even typographical errors.
The companies employed the same small Houston consulting firm, R.E.M. Solutions, to prepare environmental information to submit to federal regulators for drill sites hundreds of miles from each other. R.E.M.’s analyses read like photocopies, each saying 11 times that an oil spill was “unlikely to have an impact based on the industry wide standards for using proven equipment and technology for such responses.”
Hudson Bay polar bears ‘could soon be extinct’
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor Thursday, 15 July 2010
Polar bears in the Hudson Bay area of Canada are likely to die out in the next three decades, possibly sooner, as global warming melts more Arctic ice and thus reduces their hunting opportunities, according to Canadian biologists.
The animals in western Hudson Bay, one of 19 discrete sub-populations of the species around the Arctic, are losing fat and body mass as their time on the floating sea ice gets shorter and shorter, according to the researchers from the University of Alberta.
The sea ice is where the bears hunt ringed and bearded seals, their main prey, and they have to build up enough fat in the winter, when the ice is at its greatest, to get through the summer, when the ice retreats from the shoreline and the bears can find no food.
Oil leak in choke line delays start of latest test by BP
By Joel Achenbach
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 15, 2010
A new piece of equipment designed to control the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well sprung its own leak Wednesday night, the latest setback to BP’s efforts to put an end to the environmental disaster.
BP said that the leak in what is known as the choke line could be repaired and that its effort to close the damaged well, and shut down the flow of oil permanently, would resume. But video streams from the seafloor showed a chaotic plume of oil and gas continuing to surge from one of the outlets on the 75-ton cap installed earlier this week.
Tracie Washington: This crime was a symptom of a wider sickness in the police
Katrina: America’s Bloody Sunday
Thursday, 15 July 2010
These charges have been a long time coming. I was in New Orleans throughout the floods and in the days after, and I still remember the sense that something had gone amiss when we first heard of the incident on Danziger Bridge, the way our anger grew.
Since that terrible day back in September 2005, the community – and most particularly the African American community – has been petitioning, marching, following lawsuits, begging, and pleading for justice to be done over these premeditated, murderous acts.
The community has known, through its own investigation and its own work, what happened that day.
Croatia gives Serbia list of 1,500 indicted or convicted for war crimes
Croatia has given Serbia a list of some 1,500 Serbs indicted or convicted for war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 war there, according to a minister.
Published: 11:12PM BST 14 Jul 2010
The list, kept secret until recently, was an obstacle for Serb refugees wanting to return to their homes in Croatia after the war as they did not know if they were on the wanted list.
Zagreb provided it to Serbia earlier this year, said Justice Minister Snezana Malovic, who along with her Croatian counterpart Ivan Simonovic have formed a joint panel to work out the problem.
“The commission agreed criteria and methods of work, so all citizens who are interested will be able to see if they are on the list in the justice ministries in Serbia and Croatia,” Malovic told Tanjug news agency.
Northern Ireland’s politicians take united stance against rioters
Protestant and Catholic leaders in Northern Ireland have vowed to protect the peace process after sectarian rioting left more than 80 police injured. There are fears of a new generation of violence.
CRIME | 15.07.2010
Northern Irish politicians from both sides of the country’s political divide vowed that street violence would not be allowed to threaten the peace process.
More than 80 police officers were injured after rioting in Belfast and other towns and cities, with fears that a new generation is becoming embroiled in sectarian struggles.
“This administration is determined to move our society forward,” said First Minister and Unionist leader Peter Robinson said in a statement on Wednesday after three nights of violence.
Children as young as nine were reported to have been involved in the rioting which continued into Wednesday morning in the Catholic district of Ardoyne.
Iranian man claims US abduction
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010
An Iranian man who said he was kidnapped by the US has arrived home in Tehran, vowing to reveal more details of his claimed abduction while on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia last year.
Speaking to Al Jazeera during a transit stop in Qatar, Shahram Amiri said he was interrogated by US agents who refused to allow him contact with his family, but that he “never cracked” and had not revealed any secret information about Iran’s nuclear programme.
US military to hand over last detention centre in Iraq
The US military is to hand over control of its last remaining detention centre in Iraq, as it increases the pace of its withdrawal from the country.
The BBC 15 July 2010
The Iraqi authorities will take charge of 1,600 of the 1,800 detainees at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad’s airport.
The US military has been asked to hold the remainder, some of them alleged members of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Earlier this week, 26 former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime, including his deputy PM Tariq Aziz, were transferred.
Mr Aziz gave himself up in April 2003, about a month after the US-led invasion, and had been housed at Camp Cropper in special quarters.
The 74-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the 1992 execution of 42 merchants found guilty of profiteering.
Afghans to Form Local Forces to Fight Taliban
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: July 14, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan – After intensive negotiations with NATO military commanders, the Afghan government on Wednesday approved a program to establish local defense forces that American military officials hope will help remote areas of the country thwart attacks by Taliban insurgents.
Details of the plan are sketchy, but Americans had been promoting the force as a crucial stopgap to combat rising violence here and frustration with the slow pace of training permanent professional security forces – the bottom-line condition for the American military to begin pulling back from an increasingly unpopular war. Many parts of Afghanistan have no soldiers or police officers on the ground.
North Korea facing health and food crisis, says Amnesty International
Human rights group calls on international community to help end regime’s ‘systematic neglect’ and prevent humanitarian disaster
The Guardian,Thursday 15 July 2010
A desperate picture of the health of North Korea’s population is painted by a report describing a country of stunted children, where the hungry eat poisonous plants and pigfeed, amputations are conducted without anaesthetic and doctors are paid in cigarettes.
Almost two decades after it was hit by a famine that killed an estimated 2 million people, North Korea again faces widespread food shortages and is unable to provide even basic healthcare for its people, according to the report, published today by Amnesty International.
The human rights organisation accuses the North Korean regime of systematic neglect and calls on the international community to intervene to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
Uganda ‘to go on the offensive’ following Kampala blasts
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday that African troops in Somalia should be boosted to 20 000 to “eliminate” those behind the Kampala blasts that killed more than 70 people
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“We can join to build up the strength of that force to 20 000 so that working with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia we can eliminate the terrorists,” he told reporters in the western town of Ntungamo.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-inspired al-Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for the blasts that killed at least 73 people in Kampala as they watched the final of Soccer World Cup at two separate sites.
Museveni said East African nations had already agreed to send an additional 2 000 troops to Somalia, but after Sunday’s attacks, the force should be further bolstered.
After South Africa’s World Cup, xenophobic threats on the rise
South Africa hosted a successful World Cup, but now many citizens are stepping up threats against migrant workers from other African countries. Will there be a repeat of deadly riots of 2008? One employer is building an ‘asylum.’
By Ivo Vegter, Correspondent / July 14, 2010
Knysna, South Africa
Jim Brown, an engineer in the southern-Cape town of Kynsna, South Africa, is adamant.
“Absolutely, the threats are real,” he says, referring to concerns that the sort of xenophobic violence that killed scores and displaced tens of thousands in 2008 could start again – and soon. “I started getting warnings about three months ago, and during the World Cup, my guys were told to expect action by the last weekend of the tournament,” says Brown, who now operates a renovation and construction business from the industrial area of town.
“It’s hard to say who’s behind it, but it does seem to be very organized. Even the security guards around here have been warning foreigners that trouble is coming,” he says.
Laboring under a cloud of violence: Union clashes are on the rise in Venezuela
By Juan Forero
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 15, 2010
MARACAY, VENEZUELA — Calling itself the most labor-friendly government in Latin America, President Hugo Chávez’s socialist administration has repeatedly increased the minimum wage, turned over the management of some nationalized companies to workers and fostered the creation of new unions.
But labor leaders and human rights groups say the government’s efforts have had a dark side. About 75 union members have been shot dead in the past two years as the new unions — many of them pro-Chávez — and traditional unions battle it out, making Venezuela among the world’s most dangerous countries for labor activists


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Matt Galley heads to nationals
Crested Butte Academy middle school cross country athlete Matt Galley remains undefeated for the 2007 fall cross country season.
Galley competed at the Colorado/Rocky Mountain AAU District Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 10 in Brighton, Colorado. He won the 14 years boys four-kilometer race in 15.12 minutes. Leading from the start, Galley dominated the race to finish almost 30 seconds ahead of his nearest competition.
“He did an awesome job and was running to beat a set time,” said cross country director Trent Sanderson, who is thrilled with the development of his athlete.
“There is a good chance that Matt will finish the season undefeated,” Sanderson said.
After the weekend’s great result, the athletic student has now qualified in the top 20 for the AAU Nationals at Virginia Beach, Virginia, on December 1, to compete against the best runners in the country.


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The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala has launched a call for applications for the 2021 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) to provide a diverse group of emerging student leaders with a scholarship for one semester of non-degree academic study at a U.S. college or university.
The Global UGRAD program,sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), aims to recruit participants from underrepresented, non-elite backgrounds who have not had other opportunities to study in the United States. Successful applicants should expect an in-depth exposure to U.S. society, culture, and academic institutions, as well as opportunities to enhance their professional skills.
All participants will be enrolled in full-time, non-degree, undergraduate coursework chosen from the existing curriculum of their host institution. Participants will be required to take one three-credit U.S. studies course to enhance their understanding of the United States.
Participants will live in assigned campus housing facilities with American peers, and will be required to participate in 20 hours of community service. There will be a virtual arrival orientation as well as an in-person workshop at the closing of the program.
Applicants must fulfill all the following requirements:
- Guatemalan citizen currently living in Guatemala, with no dual U.S. citizenship.
- Currently studying at a university based in Guatemala.
- General point average (GPA) minimum of 85/100 in the Guatemalan system or in the top 15 percent of their class. This must be proven by university-provided documents.
- Scholarships will be granted only to students currently enrolled in full-time undergraduate programs who have completed at least one semester of study. Participants must have at least one semester or an equivalent term remaining to complete at their home institutions after returning from the Global UGRAD program.
- Applicants must demonstrate leadership potential through academic work, community involvement, and/or extracurricular activities.
- Applicants must have advanced English language skills. This will be tested. Preselected candidates must achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 45ibt.
For more information, visit https://gt.usembassy.gov/education-culture/global-ugrad/


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Telangana Rashtra Samiti
After TRS leader arrested for assaulting forest officer, his brother and TRS MLA Koneru Konappa caught teaching villagers to blame the officers
TRS MLA Koneru Konappa teaches villagers to say that his brother had assaulted female forest officer because the officials had come to grab land
Telangana: Congress leaders stage protest against arrest of Congress legislature party leader on hunger strike
As many as 12 out of 18 MLAs of the Congress party met Telangana Assembly Speaker to join CM K Chandrashekhar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
The 12 Congress MLAs today met the Telangana Assembly speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy seeking a merger with the TRS
As the picture did the rounds and the Congress party cried foul
Chandrababu Naidu’s rant: Calls Prashant Kishore a “Bihari dacoit”, accuses Jagan and KCR of targeting TDP men
TDP chief, Chandrababu Naidu issues insensitive remarks against Biharis, calls Prashant Kishore a "Bihari dacoit".
No woman minister in the second cabinet also of KCR in Telangana, which was expanded from 2 to 12 after 66 days
On December 11, 2018, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi came back to power after winning 88 seats out of 119 assembly seats.
Results of five states which recently underwent elections are being declared today.
This independent candidate in Telangana is giving slippers to voters, not for wearing, but for using it to beat him
The video was shot during his door-to-door campaign in Mettupalli town.
Telangana: Supporters thrash Congress workers after TRS leader is stoned to death, police rule out political angle
Telangana legislative assembly elections are scheduled to be held on December 7
Akbaruddin made an aggressive and scathing remark on Karnataka’s Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
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Islamists who organised anti-CAA ‘protests’ stand in solidarity with Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders, demand FIR be revoked calling it ‘Islamophobia’
An FIR had been lodged against Tablighi Jamaat management for organising the congregation and housing thousands pf people at a time when orders against mass-gatherings were already in place due to the coronavirus threat.
It is believed that the Wuhan Coronavirus spread to human from bats in wet markets in Huanan in in China's Wuhan
To whitewash Tablighi Jamaat’s deeds, Founder-Editor of The Wire spreads fake news about Yogi Adityanath
The Wire's report has very explicitly attributed the fake quote to Yogi Adityanath.
Tablighi Jamaat committed a ‘Talibani crime’, their sin is unpardonable: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lashes out on Tablighi Jamaat holding congregation despite government orders restricting huge gatherings amidst coronavirus outbreak
‘The killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan’, claims research paper published by Chinese scientists
According to the Chinese research paper, the only place those particular bats existed locally was inside a research facility which was just several hundred yards from the Wuhan wet market. The paper strongly concluded that the coronavirus pandemic had likely been the result of a leak from the lab.
Tablighi Jamaat and its links to terrorist organizations: History of association to Al Qaeda, Taliban and Kashmiri terrorists
The links of Tablighi Jamaat with terrorist organizations such as the Al Qaeda become hugely significant.
Muslim clerics of Tablighi Jamaat exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 found spitting out on roads from buses
The Muslim clerics of Tablighi Jamaat suspected of suffering from COVID-19 were transported from Nizamuddin to medical centre for their treatment
Imran Khan, in his address to his nation on March 30, praised China, the country which unleashed Wuhan coronavirus on rest of the world.
Indian Cricketers shamelessly donating to Shahid Afridi Foundation to supposedly fight Coronavirus seem to have no self-respect: Here is why
Former Indian cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh are voicing their support for the Shahid Afridi Foundation despite the fact that the Pakistani cricketer on numerous occasions has made crass remarks about India and Hindus.
Uttar Pradesh: Maulvi booked for hiding Indonesian Muslims in a mosque in Bijnor, Muslims of other nationalities also found from other mosques
A Markazi mosque in Kaiserbagh area of Lucknow was found sheltering foreigners from Kyrgystan and Kazakhastan since March 13


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Shae is a mix of girly girl and tomboy. She’s got a collection of jewelry and lip glosses stored next to her Xbox games and Skylanders figures. She’s always asking for costumes and new shoes so it’s only natural that I make her hair accessories to wear. She recently got her haircut and I wanted to emphasize the bump in the back so I made her this “hipster” fabric flower headband that wraps around her entire head.
Even better is I didn’t purchase one single thing in order to make it. Saving fabric from outgrown clothing is the best way to create things like this.
First I took a stretchy, shimmery black knit and measured it 8 inches bigger than her head from the base of her head to her forehead. Laying flat it measured about 3″ wide. Scrunched up this was a good fit for her.
With a needle and thread I made bow shape without the huge knot.
Then I started rolling strips of fabric to create rosettes. These are so simple to make. Essentially you take a strip of fabric, fold it in half (printed side facing out) then twist it. Then you roll in around itself using spots of hot glue to keep it in place. The harder your twist the tighter your flower will be. Don’t stop at fabric though. Ribbons and lace work perfectly too. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube to show you how to make a rolled fabric or ribbon flower.
I made a few flowers, layered them on a piece of fabric and glued them along with a scrunched up piece of black satin tucked behind a flower for embellishment. Feathers, lace and even leaves would work great here.
Glue the fabric to the headband, set aside to dry and it’s ready to wear. I wanted to add tiny seed beads but Shae was very impatient and wanted to wear it to school. I’ve done these rolled flowers many many times. They take just a couple minutes to make and are ready to tack on an existing headband, barrette or brooch.
Use what you have on hand, no need to shop for new fabrics or crystals.


According to the Economic Daily, Apple plans to release a 4.7-inch iPhone next year. The rumor claims the smartphone will be a basic model with no FaceID or TrueDepth camera array. Economic Daily says the iPhone will have an “A13” processor, 128GB of storage, and a single-lens camera. Real hope the rumor holds true. Apple really doesn’t have a mid tier phone with a current processor and not all of us care about fancy cameras and FaceID. Thoughts ?