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• What are the advantages and drawbacks of company-provided educational opportunities?
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Walmart's Lifelong Learning program provides associates access to no-cost or low-cost education programs including ESL, high school, career certificates, and the most comprehensive college credit for prior learning program in the country. The COHS program is part of Walmart's overall upskilling strategy that integrates training, education, and workforce development efforts to create opportunity for associates and their families.
Students have up to 18 months to complete their courses and may be able to complete the program in as few as six months by transferring previously earned high school credits. Once enrolled, the Walmart Lifelong Learning COHS program pairs each student with an academic coach, who assists with developing an individual career plan, offers ongoing guidance and encouragement, evaluates performance, and connects the learner with the resources needed to demonstrate mastery of the course material.
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Script to enumerate Windows events with name, ID, security monitoring recommendation, URL
When setting up and tuning a SIEM solution, you will write a lot of rules to detect well-known and arising security threats. If you need to protect systems running on Windows, you can use Microsoft's security recommendations for each event. On its knowledgebase, Microsoft lists many hundred events with their ID and security monitoring recommendations. For example, if you have a look at the event with ID 1102: "Audit log was cleared", the security recommendation reads:
Typically you should not see this event. There is no need to manually clear the Security event log in most cases. We recommend monitoring this event and investigating why this action was performed.
So, we should certainly implement a rule in our SIEM that looks for such audit log cleared events. Now, we can of course look up the recommendations for each event, but not all event IDs are described and not all events do have security recommendations. Some websites list different event IDs and also give recommendations on how to monitor them, but recommendations are not identical to the ones from Microsoft and the list of event IDs is also usually not 100% complete.
Therefore, I wrote a Python script that enumerates all Microsoft Windows Event IDs. If Microsoft has something to say that is related to security (i.e. a webpage is published), the script will parse specifically the monitoring recommendations part (which is there even if no recommendation is given) using regular expressions. Furthermore, the script will try to understand if there is a meaningful monitoring recommendation in the corresponding part, or if it just says something that reads along the lines of "no security monitoring recommendations".
For each event, the script will store the HTML part of the security recommendation, and also a Boolean value on if it thinks that Microsoft has a security monitoring recommendation for it or not. All found events will then be saved as an Excel table that contains event name, ID, URL, the HTML part for monitoring recommendations, as well as the flags "has recommendation" and "applicable for result=success" or "result=failure".
With this table you can quickly sort for these events where "has monitoring recommendation" is true, have a look at the recommendations and implement these in your SIEM solution. Ideally, you write your monitoring rules in SIEM-agnostic Sigma notation. With this you will be able to use the same rules for different SIEM systems, for example QRadar, Splunk, or sumo logic.
You can run the script with the code below. Or you can simply use the list which I already created with it:
__author__ = "Fabian Voith" __version__ = "1.0.0" __email__ = "firstname.lastname@example.com" import pandas as pd import requests import re import warnings from tqdm import tqdm warnings.filterwarnings("ignore") class pageManager: # static class, no instance, to organize event pages __pages = set() def enumeratePages(): for page in pageManager.__pages: print(page) def countPages(): return(len(pageManager.__pages)) def addPage(page): pageManager.__pages.add(page) def purge(): pageManager.__pages.clear() def saveToExcel(fileName): titles = [] eventids = [] flags = [] links = [] hasRecommendation = [] recommendations = [] colEVENTNAME = 'Event Name' colEVENTID = 'Event ID' colRESULT = 'Result' colHASRECOMMENDATION = 'Has Recommendation' colRECOMMENDATIONTEXT = 'Security Monitoring Recommendation' colURL = 'URL' for page in pageManager.__pages: titles.append(page.getTitle()) eventids.append(page.getEventID()) flags.append(page.getResultFlag()) hasRecommendation.append(page.hasRecommendation()) recommendations.append(page.getRecommendationText()) links.append(page.getLink()) table = {colEVENTNAME: titles, colEVENTID: eventids, colRESULT: flags, colHASRECOMMENDATION: hasRecommendation, colRECOMMENDATIONTEXT: recommendations, colURL: links} df = pd.DataFrame(table, columns = [colEVENTNAME, colEVENTID, colRESULT, colHASRECOMMENDATION, colRECOMMENDATIONTEXT, colURL]) df[colEVENTID] = pd.to_numeric(df[colEVENTID]) df.sort_values(by=[colEVENTID], inplace=True) df.to_excel(fileName, index=False) class eventPage: # represents each individual page that we found def __init__(self, link, title, resultFlag, eventid, recommendationText, hasRecommendation): self.__link = link self.__title = title self.__resultFlag = resultFlag self.__eventid = eventid self.__recommendationText = recommendationText self.__hasRecommendation = hasRecommendation def getTitle(self): return(self.__title) def getLink(self): return(self.__link) def getResultFlag(self): return(self.__resultFlag) def getEventID(self): return(self.__eventid) def getRecommendationText(self): return(self.__recommendationText) def hasRecommendation(self): return(self.__hasRecommendation) def __repr__(self): return(f'Event "{self.getTitle()}" with ID {self.getEventID()} for result {self.getResultFlag()} is on {self.getLink()}') class pageCreator: # static class to help us create proper pages that we later can save # prepare regular expressions for title... reUncleanTitle = re.compile(r'
(.*)
') # Title with all flags and event ID reCleanTitle = re.compile(r'.+: (.*)') # Only title, without flags and ID reFlag = re.compile(r'\((.+)\):') # Success, Failure, Both reEventID = re.compile(r'\d+') # Numeric ID of the event # ... and for recommendation: # Even if an event does not have security recommendations, it still has the related section reRecommendationPart = re.compile(r'Security Monitoring Recommendations
(.*)', re.DOTALL) # If the part for recommendations contains something like "no recommendation" or # "no additional recommendations" we assume that no recommendation is given reHasNoRecommendationHint = re.compile(r'no\s\w*?\s?recommendation') def exists(path): # checks if website exists # since we are simply enumerating many event IDs, we will find many non-existant pages r = requests.head(path) return r.status_code == requests.codes.ok def create(link): # create page from scratch and do all necessary checks page = None if exists(link): html = requests.get(link, verify=False) # we need to fix the encoding, otherwise some characters will look very awakward html.encoding = html.apparent_encoding html = html.text title, flag, eventid = pageCreator.__parseTitle(html) recommendation, hasRecommendation = pageCreator.__parseRecommendation(html) page = eventPage(link, title, flag, eventid, recommendation, hasRecommendation) return(page) def __parseTitle(html): # parse title of web page to get some important information about event # with this, the title still contains (S, F) for Failure, Success, e.g. 4656(S, F): A handle to an object was requested. unclean_title = pageCreator.reUncleanTitle.search(html).group(1) # get result flag, for which event description is valid (S = Success, F = Failure, - = None) flag = pageCreator.reFlag.search(unclean_title).group(1) # get event id: eventid = pageCreator.reEventID.search(unclean_title).group(0) # remove result flag from title: clean_title = pageCreator.reCleanTitle.search(unclean_title).group(1) return(clean_title, flag, eventid) def __parseRecommendation(html): # Even if it says "no recommendation", we still assume that it DOES have a recommendation # if the part for recommendations is longer than or equal to 700 characters. In such cases "no recommendation" # usually only is meant for a small part in the recommendation area assumeRecommendationThreshold = 700 # most events do have the recommendations part, but some very few like # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4671 # do not have it try: recommendationPart = pageCreator.reRecommendationPart.search(html).group(1) hasRecommendation = True except: return('', False) if len(recommendationPart) < assumeRecommendationThreshold: # the recommendation part is quite short, let's check if we find a hint that no recommendation is given # if the text is longer than the threshold, we always assume that there is some recommendation noRecommendation = pageCreator.reHasNoRecommendationHint.search(recommendationPart) if noRecommendation: # if we did find a string like "no recommendation" or "no additional recommendations" in a short # paragraph, we think that there is no recommendation hasRecommendation = False # for the sake of completeness, we still return the recommendationText, # even if we think that no recommendation was given return(recommendationPart, hasRecommendation) # if we run the script using Jupyter notebook, our previous runs will # have been stored by Jupyter, so we purge them first pageManager.purge() # "brute-force" relevant ID range 1000-6424 # we could also multi-thread this to make it faster # we are using the tqdm library to show a nice progress bar for eventid in tqdm(range(1000, 6425)): link = f'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-{eventid}' page = pageCreator.create(link) if page != None: pageManager.addPage(page) #pageManager.enumeratePages() filename = 'windows-security-events.xlsx' pageManager.saveToExcel(filename) print(f'Saved {pageManager.countPages()} events to file {filename}.')

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text: Consistent with the requirements of the World Organization for Animal Health, India has reported an outbreak of H5N1 strain avian influenza in the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa in East India, on the Bay of Bengal)). It is significant that the case emanated from the State Veterinary School that operates a breeding farm and presumably diagnostic and vaccine production facilities, as is common in India. It is assumed that appropriate quarantine, surveillance and control measures have been implemented.


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Why isn't Alcohol/Drug Abuse be a part of our education still?
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Last Updated: 09/20/2016 at 10:35am
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September 20th, 2016 10:35am
This depends on where you're located and the intentions behind it. The United States hold 5% of the worlds population but consumes 75% of the worlds pharmaceuticals. I know quite a few people that are so dependent on these drugs that they don't even perceive an alternative. I remember reading one study that stated that girls who play with dolls as a kid are more prone to have sex at a younger age as they felt the need to be loving and nurturing to the baby as a kid and think about it throughout their life more as they get older and want to act upon it. Can't say it has any correlation with the thought of teaching drug abuse in school although it is a thought. Maybe ask someone in charge at your school like your principle and find out more as to why they don't have drug abuse as an education skill.
April 7th, 2015 12:41am
I don't know where do you live, honey, but in my country it is part of our education so I'd say in your country it eventually will too.
May 19th, 2015 10:20am
Instead of ask why, which even you know the reason , it won't make any change. Please focus on what you can do to make change.
June 8th, 2015 12:55pm
Cause maybe its too mainstream to be a part of our education system yet. People think exposing their children to these issues at early ages will have an adverse effect on them.
October 25th, 2015 4:59pm
If you're meaning why do they not teach about it, they do, normally in health classes, they teach about the effects of alcohol and drug abuse.
September 19th, 2016 3:19pm
People are afraid to talk about these things because they are a hard topic to talk about. Some would prefer to just sweep it under the rug and chastise those with those issues. I wish it was a part of our education still because getting rid of the stigma of substance abuse is one of the ways that we can help our communities become stronger and closer.
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High quality product, appearance, sewing and choice of colors, the owl looks very good.
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Domestic violence is something people don't talk about. Women are scared to discuss what has happened to them and are embarrassed to admit their partner beats them.
But the figures surrounding domestic violence are staggering.
The Crime Survey of England and Wales last year reported 1 in 4 UK women will experience domestic violence at some time in their lives with two women a week being killed in England and Wales.
The Home Office says domestic violence has as higher rate of repeat victimisation than any other crime. Police receive a domestic assistance call every minute of every day, yet only 35% of attacks are reported to them.
The British Crime Survey reported there are an estimated 635,000 incidents of domestic violence a year in England and Wales – 81% of the victims are woman and the remaining 19% are men.
There were no figures quoted for children, but it is believed 62% of children in households where domestic violence occurs are also directly harmed. In 90% of all cases, children are either in the same room as the attack or in the next room.
It's figures like these and the experience of her own friends and family which prompted Jill Holt to nominate Preston Domestic Violence Service (PDVS) as charity of the month for August.
Jill, who originates from Preston but now lives in Warrington, said: "Domestic violence is rife, but nobody wants to speak up about it. It's not just physical violence either. It can be psychological, emotional, sexual and financial too.
"PDVS provide a vital service for women who suffer appallingly and often over a long period of time, yet the charity don't get the financial support they need to keep going. My family has been helped by the work they do and I wanted to help them to continue to provide their service."
Accepting GB's cheque for £639 from Jill, PDVS chief executive Valerie Wise said: "We are really grateful to have been chosen as your charity of the month and surprised at the size of the donation.
"Domestic violence is a taboo subject and it's really hard to get people to donate. If you're a donkey sanctuary you're loaded, but fund raising for us is very difficult."
The service, which helps the abused in and around the Preston, Chorley and South Ribble area, intend to put our donation to good use and part fund a range of projects.
Said Valerie: "Among the projects which will benefit from your donation will be our Cook And Eat scheme, for which we never have enough money to buy ingredients, and provide funding for specialist tutors when we need them.
"We will be spending some of the cash on a venue for our Faith Festival in November – when we celebrate Eid, Diwali and Christmas all together – and it will also help fund our annual Christmas party for the children of our clients."
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"Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes.
When did the world become so rude?
It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says that it has now reached boiling point. Taking on the boorish behaviour that has become a point of pride for some, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy.
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I am myself's stranger and I can't talk to me because I don't trust me.
The only thing I do is send me a text message of treat.
I belief in only the now achievements about me, which makes me a bit taller than everyone else.
I fight with my spirit, sending it to lands beyond all in the name of "soul travel"
But my greatest surprise lies on the day I'll travel and not come back to see me again
On this
Planet earth.
What an hatred to behold about me.
My achievements are base on others boast about me,
Because I don't appreciate myself
And who am made of..
Wishful list, my memories of peace are of blunts
And here I missed how it was.
Tell me
Who will preach peace
When all I do or think of is a murder?
When all my thoughts are dull and of no values to behold,
Making more miserable ideas and descissions,
Resistance to nature,
Ye, who slapped mum at a distance
Just to tell
Her that there's much stress in "manhood"
Remembered when I ask the "poor" he that begot me
When will I grow tall?
When will I be free to womanize?
When will I live in a world where no one say anything to me?
When will I wear a long trouser?
Oops! This are some of the questions he tagged "rhetorical"
Surprisingly, he never saw me smile till he was laid to begin life with set of heartless fools like himself in the beyond land.
I am myself's worst friend because I masturbate regularly,
Instead of play the love game with my opposite mates,
Afterall I have hates for people around me and family.
After all my thoughts for humanity and existence is hurts and evil,
So why need next of kins?
I am my self's best friend
Because I think life can be lived
So simply when I hate all around me,
Including other creatures that exist
When I make people regret their existence...
I am myself's myself
And I like my evil nature
I can't open my eyes to see you and look into your eyes
without thinking dead of you
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As Thanksgiving festivities continue, hundreds of shoppers in Baton Rouge are already flocking to stores ahead of Black Friday.
More than 165 million Americans say they are likely to shop either in-store or online this Thanksgiving weekend, according to the latest holiday survey from the National Retail Federation. That figure is up slightly from last year when similar estimates called for 164 million to shop during the 5-day period.
"Every holiday is Black Friday for me," William Jordan, a shopper, said.
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Best Buy managers in Baton Rouge estimate 500 people stood in line for hours, waiting for the store to open Thursday evening. Letting only 50 people go into the store at a time.
"Black Thursday. Yeah, because it's not Friday anymore. You come on Thursday. After you eat, you come and you get in line, to get what you need," Cekeisha Williams, a shopper, said.
Brent Deloach said he waited in line since 11 a.m. Thanksgiving morning.
"Then when you get all your good stuff, then you start back over and start getting all your stuff that you really didn't have to have. Like you've got to get Pokemon, without a doubt," Deloach said.
Many people came out purchase televisions, and WAFB saw some shoppers grabbing computers, and just about anything with Apple on it.
"I went and got my little brother a hoverboard for Christmas. He actually told me today that he wanted one, and I saw it, so I went ahead and grabbed it. And I got a printer," Grant Griffin, a shopper, said.
"I got an iPad. I got my son some games, and I also bought my wife an Apple Watch," Nick Jackson, another shopper, said.
Some folks said they left their family at home, so they could nab the Black Friday deals.
"Actually, it's a tradition for my wife, but she drug me out here. I'd rather be watching the (Saints) game right now, but of course, if I hurry up and get this, then I can get home to the game," one shopper said.
For some, shopping on Thanksgiving night is now a family tradition.
"We eat, literally we eat, and then we go shopping, and that's literally how it goes," Williams said.
"Actually, the past few years, me and my friends have stayed out all night shopping and stuff. But I don't think we're going to do that this year," Griffin said.
Everyone hoping that a little extra money off some of this year's hottest items, is worth putting the leftovers aside for a few hours.
Best Buy is open until 1 a.m. Thanksgiving night.
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Three New Members of the WAEH
The board of the WAEH wants to wish the following eye hospitals a warm welcome:
- The Beijing TONGREN Eye Hospital from China
- Niteroi Eye Hospital from Brasil
- Xi'an Eye Hospital from China
The World Association of Eye Hospitals is a worldwide network of eye
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In the workplace, spills often occur regularly. People make mistakes, a pipe is leaking, or a machine is faulty; spills come from everywhere and happen all the time. However, spills are also dangerous in the workplace because they cause people to slip. With nearly all major slips resulting in broken bones, as reported by the Health and Safety Executive, uncontrolled spills are an imminent worker's comp case. In addition, the injured worker can need time off work and can suffer a decreased quality of life. As a supervisor, it is worthwhile for you to think about methods to control spills in the workplace, so that major slips can be avoided.
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There are three major dangers about spills that you need to watch out for: spread, type, and placement.
If a spill has the potential to spread, or is continuously happening, it will pose more of a danger by covering more ground. An entirely slippery hallway is far worse than one end being slippery. As a supervisor, you can reduce the amount of spread by investing in spill dams. In the case that spills recur in one area, you could install a physical barrier on the surrounding area to box in fluid, such as small wooden wall enclosing the area. An example of a recurring spill would be spills caused by one machine splashing liquid. Of course, a small barrier is a trip hazard, so ensure to mark it clearly. Alternatively, you could invest in inflatable, mobile dams which can be provided by certain companies. These are useful to set up in stations around the workplace, so that employees can easily access them.
A spill on unfinished wooden flooring, while it may stain, it will not be as slippery as a spill on polished marble. Understanding the type of flooring you have and how slippery it is with spills is crucial to everyone's safety. As well, you need to identify the common spill substances in your workplace. Is a coffee spill the greatest risk, or is oil? When you understand the types of flooring and spills, you can make changes that reduce slipperiness. Perhaps that means installing carpet or moving spill-causing processes away from concrete flooring. This way, the slipperiness of spills is controlled, thus reducing the potential of major slips.
Where spills happen will drastically increase or decrease the risk of major slips. To build off the earlier hallway example, a spill in a frequently used hallway is far worse than a spill in one employee's workstation. The more people need to walk through the spill, and if a spill is on a dangerous surface like stairs, danger significantly increases. To compensate for this, you need to supply cleaning materials in the vicinity of dangerous areas. This should include mops, buckets, paper towel, and wet floor signs. In the case that spills in your workplace are hazardous to health, perhaps you have chemical spills, then you need to supply signage that employees can place to warn others. As well, you should enforce a communication system for all types of spills so that they can be addressed properly.
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- Does your company have a spill prevention and control or contingency plan. If the answer is no, develop and implement one.
- The plan should list storage areas, equipment and processes that have the potential for spills.
- It should also outline procedures for spill response.
- Properly store and label all chemicals.
- Inspect, maintain and repair equipment, machines, vehicles and vessels.
- Regular inspection and maintenance keeps equipment and machines running smoothly and lets you identify potential hazards before they become a problem.
- Install drip pans, containment barriers or drains to safely contain or divert spills.
- Barricade or mark edges of wet areas and processes to keep people out when containment isn't possible.
- Conduct training on what to do in a spill emergency.
- Some spills can safely be cleaned up with the proper training and protective equipment.
- Some spills require special or emergency services for cleanup.
- Set up spill kits and ensure that:
- Kits are clearly marked.
- There are enough kits on site and in all high spill risk locations.
- Kits are stocked with the right type of absorbent and cleaning materials.
- Kits are checked on a regular basis and refilled after a spill incident.
- Ensure that all spills, regardless of size or material, are cleaned up immediately and reported in accordance with your workplace's spill plan and regulatory guidelines.


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Many people get truth and reality confused.
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Instagram star Iskra Lawrence, who boasts nearly 4.5 million followers, was quick to share some snaps from her stunning tropical holiday. The British beauty was vacationing in the Maldives with family and friends. Though some pictures were of the idyllic surroundings, many were of the body positive model flaunting her curves at the beach.
Most of the bikinis Iskra wore were by the brand Aerie, a label which she models for. Lawrence has long been affiliated with the brand, and is named their "original role model" on the Aerie website, where her page is full of uplifting quotes about beauty and self.
"You are unique, you are different, and that's your strength. That's your superpower."
The model added that her favorite way to treat herself was with "lots of happiness and laughter," and that the best way to treat others was by "[building] others up and [showing] them they are special and loved." Lawrence also shared her words to live by.
"You are enough."
The 28-year-old plus-size model is one of the few who is willing to tackle traditional standards of body image, being a size 12 herself. However, Lawrence has pushed back against the stigma of clothing sizes.
"I've never defined myself by size," Iskra said, per Revelist. "I have always said, 'I'm Iskra.'"
The first picture Iskra shared of her vacation was one of her walking along the beach at sunrise. The model is wearing a cropped grey t-shirt with a matching maxi skirt.
Next, the plus-size model took a picture where she perched on the ledge of a pool in a revealing black bikini. Lawrence looks out over a stunning view of the ocean, and sports loose waves and a flower in her hair.
The model was sure to again address body positivity, writing "celluLIT" in her caption. The picture got over 373,000 likes and nearly 2,500 comments.
"Mermaid of the Maldives out here killing the game," Robbie Tripp, an author and TED talk veteran, replied — adding smile emojis and raising hands emojis.
Lawrence then posted a video of herself in the water with fellow plus-size model — and best friend — Natalie Gage.
The second to last bikini pic was one of Lawrence in a pink underwire two piece swimsuit.
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☀Absorbing the beauty of the Maldives; the warmth of the sunshine, crystal clear blue and turqiose colours swarming with magical sealife, the scent of the ocean and being surrounded by loved ones???? @youandmemaldives we couldn't be more grateful and in awe of this paradise???? . Wearing @aerie ???? ???? @nalintha_lala ✨ ????On the balcony of the #youandmemaldives suite???? . . . #giftedstay #maldives #paradise #vacation #travel #aeriereal
The final swim shot posted was one of Iskra rocking a fashionable neon yellow bikini, complete with a side braid and hibiscus flower.
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Still feel like this island is a dream???? So in love @youandmemaldives Thank you for flying in to shoot me and the @eliyz_gallery ???? Loved having so much no phone time and disconnecting with the girls and my momma???? . . #maldives #giftedstay #youandmemaldives #paradise #vacation #holiday #beach #travelgram #dreamtrips #aeriereal
In her caption, she thanks Eliyz Gallery for the wonderful trip. Eliyz Gallery is a photography ambassador to the Maldives.


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We speak to Silvia Venturini Fendi about a collection inspired by London's parklife.
To a dreamy soundtrack of Panda Bear's Boys Latin, Silvia Venturini Fendi told city dwellers to relax and hit the park, sending out dapper men in heritage materials carrying footballs in bags with furry apples attached to them. i-D spoke to the designer after the show.
Where did the city/nature element come from?
Lately I'm very much in London, so I'm very much in the park waiting from one appointment to the other, watching people. My daughter is there at university so I wait for her for hours in the park close to the university. I was looking at young boys and people and women my age enjoying life, even you live in a big, big city, which is so futuristic in a way. But then you reconnect to your roots, even for an hour.
What was the meaning of the fruit bag bugs and the football?
It's to highlight the concept of taking an hour, going out from the office - break time - and just lying on the ground with your blankets and having fun and relaxing a bit; taking your time. It's human, but at the same time organic.
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I was working with materials that have been a little bit forgotten in the men's wardrobe, like corduroy and tweed—but of course in a Fendi way. The corduroy is a leather so it becomes a Fendi way of making it. What is interesting, and what you don't see on the catwalk, is that all the times - the coats and jackets - are reversible. One side is plain, clean, and timeless, and the other side is more worn to be creative.
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General Management Alert: Need for Increased Oversight by FHFA, as Conservator of Fannie Mae, of the Projected Costs Associated with Fannie Mae's Headquarters Consolidation and Relocation Project On July 26, 2016, subsequent to the publication of this report, FHFA provided information to us indicating that, as of May 16, 2016, the projected cost to develop Fannie Mae's new headquarters was $235.35/square foot, rather than $223.35. We have updated this report accordingly; our findings, conclusions, and recommendations are unaffected. Management Alert COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 June 9, 2016 TO: Melvin L. Watt, Director FROM: Laura S. Wertheimer, Inspector General SUBJECT: Management Alert—Need for Increased Oversight by FHFA, as Conservator of Fannie Mae, of the Projected Costs Associated with Fannie Mae's Headquarters Consolidation and Relocation Project The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of an anonymous hotline complaint alleging, among other things, excessive spending on Fannie Mae's relocation to new headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. Based on facts learned during that review, we believe there are significant financial and reputational risks from the projected costs associated with Fannie Mae's relocation of its headquarters that warrant immediate, sustained, and comprehensive oversight from FHFA, the conservator of Fannie Mae. Background In 2012, Fannie Mae management faced a challenge in its workspace utilization in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas. Fannie Mae housed its thousands of employees among numerous locations in the metro D.C. area, some of which were owned by Fannie Mae and some of which were leased. The lease on its largest property (4000 Wisconsin) was set to expire in 2018, and that building required significant upgrades to meet Fannie Mae's operational needs. In early 2013, Fannie Mae launched an initiative to recommend a strategy for meeting future requirements for its D.C.-based workforce. Fannie Mae management created a workplace strategy steering committee at the end of 2012 to develop a long-term solution to the Enterprise's workspace needs. An employee in FHFA's Division of Conservatorship (DOC) attended the steering committee meetings and had access to materials presented at those meetings. One of the first decisions to be made was whether Fannie Mae should remain in its existing facilities and pay to upgrade them or vacate them and find suitable space elsewhere; this was called the "Go" or "Stay" decision. In 2013, Fannie Mae engaged a commercial real estate consultant to analyze options provided by management, including: relocating to facilities in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.; remaining in the existing locations and incurring the cost OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 2 necessary to upgrade them; and consolidating operations into one facility. Fannie Mae's Board of Directors approved the "Go" strategy at its November 2013 meeting. In 2014, Fannie Mae management engaged several subject matter experts to analyze various aspects of the "Go" strategy. Following the March 2014 Board meeting, Fannie Mae's management concluded that its best option would be to consolidate all operations in the Washington, D.C. area into a single facility in D.C. Fannie Mae documents reflect that the Board asked Fannie Mae management to explore the possibility of relocating to one of D.C.'s economic development zones as one of the relocation options. In May 2014, Fannie Mae's CEO briefed FHFA on Fannie Mae's workplace consolidation and its decision to consolidate its metro D.C. workforce into one location in downtown D.C. Fannie Mae management narrowed down the universe of possible relocation options to three D.C. properties. At a meeting of the Fannie Mae Board on November 19, 2014, management presented a slide deck entitled "Future DC Workplace Strategy," which compared the cost to lease appropriate space in each of the three relocation options. One of those options involved consolidation and relocation to a new building, Midtown Center, to be built by Carr Properties on the former Washington Post site. To provide an empirically driven economic analysis of the three options, the consultant used a Net Present Value (NPV) measure for the comparison.1 The slide deck provided to the Fannie Mae Board, and to a DOC employee who attended that board meeting, set forth the consultant's NPV comparisons of the three options, including the assumptions used to develop each NPV. The option to relocate to leased space in the Midtown Center building to be built on the site of the former Washington Post building had a projected 15-year NPV of $858,265,531. In late December 2014, Carr Properties provided a revised offer to Fannie Mae, including a rental abatement early in the lease and a reduced rental rate. In January 2015, DTZ2 reviewed the revised proposal and concluded that it lowered the NPV for Carr Properties' Midtown Center building from $858,265,531 to $770,481,598. DTZ's revised NPV was based on a number of assumptions that were identified in its analysis. These included: a 15-year lease for approximately 700,000 square feet at $48.15/square foot in rent (with annual increases of 2.5%); a 4% discount rate; rent abatements by Carr Properties; and build-out costs of $164.32/square foot to yield turnkey office space. This figure included the design costs, office configurations, and furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Of the $164.32/square foot, $120/square foot was to be paid for by Carr Properties through a tenant improvement allowance, and the remaining $44.32/square foot would be paid for by Fannie Mae. 1 Net Present Values are used to measure the relative financial cost of different properties. NPVs consider future cash flows associated with leases, and the timing of the lease payments, over a specified period of time. The cash flows are discounted back to present value using a discount rate that reflects the lease period borrowing cost. 2 In 2015, DTZ, which was formerly Cassidy Turley, merged with Cushman & Wakefield. For convenience, we will continue to refer to the organization as DTZ. OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 3 On January 22, 2015, the Fannie Mae Board approved the consolidation of Fannie Mae's Washington area offices into leased space in the Midtown Center building. The Board's decision was based primarily on the fact that Carr Properties' revised proposal had an estimated NPV of $111,025,282 lower than the competing relocation proposal. Subsequent to that approval by the Fannie Mae Board, Fannie Mae submitted the same proposal to FHFA for its approval. Fannie Mae identified two options to lease approximately 700,000 square feet of space in one of two buildings in downtown Washington, D.C. in which it would consolidate its workforce in the metro D.C. area. For each of these options, Fannie Mae provided the projected NPV over the 15-year period of the proposed lease created by DTZ, but did not include the assumptions used by DTZ to develop the projected NPV estimates. Because the NPV of $770,481,598 for the Midtown Center building was lower than the NPV of $881,506,880 for the second option, Fannie Mae recommended approval of the first option to FHFA. According to a DTZ employee responsible for developing the NPV estimates, all the NPVs projected for the final options over the full term of each lease were "all in" numbers: each NPV included all costs projected to consolidate the Fannie Mae metro D.C. area workforce into one location, in a turnkey building. That DTZ employee and the Fannie Mae executive charged with managing the relocation project separately reported to us that Fannie Mae understood that the NPVs provided for each of the final options were "all in" numbers so that Fannie Mae management, the Fannie Mae Board, and FHFA could compare the cost of each option head-to- head and determine which was the most cost-effective. Review and Approval by FHFA On January 26, 2015, DOC provided the FHFA Director with a staff analysis memorandum recommending approval of Fannie Mae's proposal to consolidate its separate metro D.C. area offices into approximately 700,000 square feet of space leased in the Midtown Center building to be constructed by Carr Properties on the site of the former Washington Post building. According to that memorandum, the estimated NPV of $770,481,598 over the term of the lease was less than the alternative relocation proposal of $881,506,880.3 On January 29, 2015, FHFA authorized Fannie Mae to proceed with the relocation project and execute the lease for space in the Midtown Center building pursuant to the terms of the DOC analysis memorandum. 3 For comparative purposes, the staff analysis memorandum noted that the NPV of the "stay and renovate" option over the equivalent period was $1,103,686,643. OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 4 As of March 2016, Fannie Mae's Projected Build-out Costs Had Increased Significantly During the course of our review, we were provided with a March 10, 2016, budget for the build- out of the building by the construction management firm, Hines, currently working for Fannie Mae on the project. According to this budget document, the projected cost to build-out the leased space at that time was $252.81/square foot. Over a 14-month period from January 29, 2015, when FHFA approved Fannie Mae's proposal to relocate to 700,000 square feet in a new building on the former Washington Post site with a $770,481,598 NPV, to March 10, 2016, the projected build-out costs escalated from $164.32/square foot to $252.81/square foot, an increase of $88/square foot—or 53.85%. That same budget document reported that the estimated square footage for the leased space had declined from 700,000 square feet to 679,000 square feet. With the reduced square footage, the increased cost for the build-out exceeded $56 million (from $115 million to $171 million).4 Even though the total square footage in this budget declined by 3%, the NPV for Fannie Mae's consolidation remained at $770,481,598. In separate interviews with a Hines representative and the senior Fannie Mae executive responsible for management of this relocation project, each reported that they are managing the overall relocation cost and lease within the FHFA-approved NPV of $770,481,598. According to the senior Fannie Mae executive, it will be a "challenge" for Fannie Mae to remain within that approved NPV. Two Months Later, Fannie Mae's Projected Build-out Costs Decreased by $17.46/Square Foot This senior Fannie Mae executive advised us that Hines revised the budget for the project in May 2016. The revised budget document, dated May 16, 2016, estimated the projected build-out costs at $235.35/square foot,5 $17.46/square foot lower than the March 10, 2016, estimate of $252.81/square foot. Assuming that the leased square footage remains constant at 679,000, the increased cost for the turnkey build-out from $164.32/square foot to $235.35/square foot would be roughly $45 million (from approximately $115 million to approximately $160 million). As 4 The $115 million build-out cost is the amount approved by FHFA on January 29, 2015. 5 During our field work, FHFA provided us with a photocopy of a Hines document that appeared to project the cost to be $223.35/square foot as of May 16, 2016. We included this figure in the draft Management Alert report and, pursuant to established policy, provided it to FHFA for review and comment on June 9, 2016. FHFA reviewed the draft report, but did not advise us that the $223.35/square foot figure was inaccurate. On July 26, 2016, five weeks after the publication of this report, and in connection with another inquiry, FHFA produced a clearer copy of the same document; it reflected the estimate as of May 16, 2016, to be $235.35/square foot – $12/square foot more than we reported. For these reasons, we have amended this report to reflect this newly acquired information. OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 5 Carr Properties first broke ground for Midtown Center in May 2016,6 the square footage costs for the turnkey build-out of Fannie Mae's space have not been finalized by Fannie Mae or approved by FHFA. DOC's Oversight of Fannie Mae's Development of its Leased Space to Date For the past seven years, Fannie Mae has operated in conservatorship, with FHFA as its conservator. Congress granted FHFA sweeping conservatorship authority over the Enterprises.7 FHFA administers the conservatorships through: a combination of communications with the Enterprises' respective boards of directors and management; a multi-year strategic plan for the conservatorships that defines general goals and initiatives; annual conservatorship scorecards that focus the Enterprises on short-term objectives to further the conservator's strategic goals; and governance practices and organizational infrastructure that support these activities. The conservator can revoke delegated authority at any time and can intervene in any issue or matter at the direction of the FHFA Director. On January 22 2015, FHFA rescinded authority previously delegated to Fannie Mae to decide whether and where to consolidate its metro D.C. area offices into one location and the money to be spent on any such relocation. FHFA's revocation was consistent with its revocation, in November 2012, of the Enterprises' budget approval authority to enable it to review and approve each annual operating budget "to ensure that the [Enterprises'] budgets [are] properly aligned with both FHFA's strategic direction and its safety and soundness priorities."8 In both instances, FHFA determined that its review and approval of significant Enterprise expenditures was needed to protect the U.S. taxpayers' substantial investment in the Enterprises and to ensure their continued safety and soundness. We spoke several times with the DOC employee identified by FHFA as responsible for FHFA's ongoing oversight of Fannie Mae's development of its new office space. The DOC employee said that he was not aware of anyone else within FHFA who is familiar with the lease and build- out costs and that the Agency had not been reviewing the finances of the project or related contracts. This DOC employee insisted to us that Fannie Mae's build-out costs were capped at $120/square foot, all of which would be borne by Carr Properties, the owner of the building and the landlord. He reported to us that detailed budgetary oversight was unnecessary since Fannie Mae was operating within the $120/square foot tenant improvement allowance. As he explained, he 6 Barbra Murray, New Future for Former Washington Post Site, Commercial Property Executive (May 16, 2016) (online at www.cpexecutive.com/post/new-future-for-former-washington-post-site/). 7 For a discussion of these powers, see OIG, The Continued Profitability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is Not Assured (Mar. 18, 2015) (WPR-2015-001) and OIG, FHFA's Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: A Long and Complicated Journey (Mar. 25, 2015) (WPR-2015-002). 8 See OIG, FHFA's Exercise of its Conservatorship Powers to Review and Approve the Enterprises' Annual Operating Budgets Has Not Achieved FHFA's Stated Purpose (Sept. 30, 2015) (EVL-2015-006). OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 6 had numerous responsibilities competing for his time and "to ride shotgun" on Fannie Mae's development of its leased space was not a high priority. That employee also advised us that he is briefed regularly by a senior Fannie Mae official about Fannie Mae's evolving plans for its leased space. He maintained that he expected that the Fannie Mae official would inform him if the projected costs to customize the space were expected to exceed the $120/square foot tenant improvement allowance and that this official had never provided such information to him. The Fannie Mae senior executive referenced earlier reported to us that, since January 29, 2015, when FHFA approved Fannie Mae's proposal, he has not briefed any FHFA employee on Fannie Mae's budget for developing its leased space. That senior executive advised us that he met with the Acting Deputy Director of DOC and offered to provide regular updates on the status of the project, but his offer was declined because the Acting Deputy Director explained that he received regular updates from DOC staff. Based on the materials prepared by Fannie Mae and its consultant DTZ, we understood that the NPV for the total cost of Fannie Mae's relocation to the new Carr Properties building (Midtown Center) with a 15-year lease for roughly 700,000 square feet of space was estimated to be $770,481,598, which included an assumption of $164.32/square foot for build-out of the space. (Of that $164.32/square foot, $44.32/square foot would be borne by Fannie Mae.) When we brought these materials to the attention of this DOC employee to refresh his recollection, he acknowledged the materials showed that Fannie Mae would bear build-out costs beyond the $120/square foot tenant allowance to be borne by Carr Properties. We advised this DOC employee that, as of March 2016, Hines had projected Fannie Mae's build-out costs had increased to $252.81/square foot. He responded that he had not received a copy of the March 2016 budget and was unaware of that estimate, but stated that Fannie Mae should have informed him of the change. From the materials we reviewed and the employees of Fannie Mae, Hines, and DOC whom we interviewed, it does not appear to us that anyone in DOC was aware of the projected 53% increase in estimated build-out costs for Fannie Mae's new office space. When we learned that Fannie Mae's projected build-out costs were reduced from the March 2016 estimate of $252.81/square foot to a lower estimate in May 2016, we reached out to this DOC employee to determine if he was aware of the revised budget. This employee reported to us that he had been told about the May 2016 revised budget but had not been provided with a copy of it. FHFA Should Determine Whether the Proposed Features in Fannie Mae's Architectural and Engineering Plans Are Appropriate for an Entity in Conservatorship In May 2016, Carr Properties broke ground on the Midtown Center building that will house the relocated offices of Fannie Mae. According to Oliver Carr III, the CEO of Carr Properties, "Midtown Center will be a new hub of activity in the center of the City that will offer a great OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 7 work environment and a tremendous street level dining experience."9 Carr Properties anticipates that "Midtown Center will have a transformative impact upon the neighborhood and city."10 Fannie Mae will be a tenant in the Midtown Center building. Since FHFA approved the lease in January 2015, Fannie Mae has generated substantial construction documents and caused architectural and engineering plans to be drafted. As of May 2016, there are a number of architectural and other features in these plans, including: Three enclosed glass bridges to connect different parts of the buildings to be leased by Fannie Mae; "Town Centers" at the terminus of each bridge; Spiral staircases; and Rooftop viewing decks. According to the Fannie Mae executive and a Hines representative, Fannie Mae has agreed to pay 70% of the costs to construct the glass bridges; the cost to Fannie Mae for these bridges, if they are built, will be about $15 million. We were not able to determine from Fannie Mae's budget documents whether Fannie Mae has agreed to pay all or part of the costs for any of the other proposed features listed above. At this juncture, the future of Fannie Mae cannot be predicted. At our meeting on June 8, 2016, you represented to us that no plans for the build-out of Fannie Mae's space have been finalized and that plans will continue to evolve and change until Carr Properties begins work on the interior of the building. To the best of our knowledge, FHFA has not approved any of the proposed features in Fannie Mae's architectural and engineering plans nor has it reviewed or approved proposed expenditures by Fannie Mae for these features. We do not know—nor, we believe, does the Agency know—the extent to which proposed features in Fannie Mae's architectural and engineering plans can be altered, or what costs may be attendant upon the removal of proposed architectural features that FHFA does not approve. Because Fannie Mae is an entity in the conservatorship of the U.S. government and is leasing space in a building owned by Carr Properties, FHFA, as conservator, will need to assess the anticipated efficiencies of specific proposed features against the estimated costs of those features and determine whether the efficiencies warrant the costs. FHFA will also need to determine whether the proposed features for leased space in a building that is not owned by Fannie Mae or the U.S. government are appropriate for an entity in conservatorship. 9 AZoBuild, Carr Properties Begins Construction of LEED Gold Certified, Trophy Office Building in Northwest D.C (May 13, 2016) (online at www.azobuild.com/news.aspx?newsID=21382). 10 Id. OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 8 OIG Meeting with the FHFA Director On May 26, 2016, we met with you to present our findings in this matter and our concerns with the Agency's oversight of this project, as well as the attendant financial and reputational risks to the Enterprise. You acknowledged the Agency's responsibility to monitor the amounts being spent on this project and agreed to look into the matter. Conclusion Since September 2008, Fannie Mae has operated in conservatorship, with FHFA as its conservator, and its continued operations were made possible by the $116.1 billion investment by U.S. taxpayers. Pursuant to the terms of the Third Amendment to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, Fannie Mae's net worth less the amount of its capital reserve, is swept into the U.S. Treasury each quarter. Fannie Mae arguably has little incentive to cabin its costs for the build- out of its new headquarters because any positive net worth it does not spend on itself will be swept into the Treasury as a dividend. Excessive or unnecessary spending by Fannie Mae may be seen as monies that ought to have been swept to the U.S. Treasury as a dividend for the $116.1 billion investment by U.S. taxpayers. For these reasons, we believe there are significant financial and reputational risks from the projected costs associated with Fannie Mae's relocation of its headquarters that warrant immediate, sustained comprehensive oversight from FHFA, the conservator of Fannie Mae. Recommendations For these reasons, we recommend that FHFA: 1. Ensure that FHFA has adequate internal staff, outside contractors, or both, who have the professional expertise and experience in commercial construction to oversee the build-out plans and associated budget(s), as Fannie Mae continues to revise and refine them. 2. Direct Fannie Mae to provide regular updates and formal budgetary reports to DOC for its review and for FHFA approval through the design and construction of Fannie Mae's leased space in Midtown Center. OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 9 FHFA's Response to OIG's Alert and Recommendations OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 10 OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 11 OIG COM-2016-004 June 16, 2016 12
Management Alert: Need for Increased Oversight by FHFA, as Conservator of Fannie Mae, of the Projected Costs Associated with Fannie Mae's Headquarters Consolidation and Relocation Project
Published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General on 2016-06-16.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)


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In Celia II, the influence of Picasso's portraits of the 1930s is palpable; Birtwell's captivating, electric blue eyes, weightlessly propped arm, and charming smile reveal both the artist's adoration for his subject and the stylistic cues that he supplements from the grand master of Cubism. "Like his hero Picasso, Hockney has returned to portraiture again and again as a forum through which he has explored personality and self-image, interpersonal relationships, sexuality, the joys and optimism of youth and the darker realities of illness, frailty and old age" (Marco Livingstone, 'The Private Face of a Public Art' in: Exh. Cat., London, National Portrait Gallery (and travelling), David Hockney Portraits, 2006, p. 17). Birtwell has consistently been attendant to Hockney's stylistic – and romantic – developments since they first became acquainted in the early 1960s; it was in the wake of the artist's break-up with his long-term partner of the time Peter Schlesinger in 1971 that their relationship intensified. Emerging in a series of portraits of Birtwell in Paris between 1973 and 1975, Hockney developed a much more delicate and tender drawing style that expressed his sitters through an effeminate veil of pencil and coloured crayon. But it was not until the early 1980s that Birtwell would be central to the artist's exploratory lithographs that instrumentalised Cubist formalities to illustrate his subjects 'in the round'. In two poignant and elaborate works, An Image of Celia (1984-6) and Walking Past Two Chairs (1984-6), both in the Tate Collection, London, a dynamic inversion of perspective and pictorial shattering synonymous with Georges Braque and Picasso, plays out in an animated staccato.
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