Serving fine bistro cuisine for lunch and dinner. Open Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Beer and wine available. Boutique wines.
A truly unique experience, Grind is a gathering place much like a neighborhood pub, offering wonderfully diverse menu options in a warm cozy environment. If the Island life is more your style, wander back and enjoy their Tiki Bar where live music and good times are the norm. Leave pretentious at the door and relax and explore the menu selections.


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by Aditya Worah in ICO News and Updates
Real-Estate firm Emaar Group is known for its big buildings. Their portfolio includes the tallest building in the world, the 3000 feet-high Burj Khalifa. One of the (literally) biggest attractions in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa attracts millions of visitors and is an iconic building. The firm that developed and manages Burj Khalifa is back in the news as it plans to launch an Initial Coin Offering soon!
Earlier today, the Emaar Group announced that it plans to launch an Emaar Community Token. This token would be used by the customers and partners of the real-estate giant. The company further stated that they plan to launch this token off by the end of 2019.
With regards to the ICO, the company said that they intend to hold the Initial Coin Offering within 12 months of the launch of the Emaar Community Token. However, this ICO will be open only for European buyers. The company has not quantified any amount that they want to raise with the ICO. Mohamed Alabbar, the Chairman of Emaar Properties commented on this ICO, saying:
"We have embraced the digital world even as we continue to build the most advanced and innovative physical structures and we use both to delight and benefit our customers and stakeholders globally. The Emaar community token marks a significant leap in our digital transformation journey."
With regards to the technical part behind this effort, Emaar Group announced that Switzerland-based cryptocurrency startup Lykke AG will help them develop the token. This Emaar Community Token would be an ERC-20 token based on the Ethereum Blockchain. The company further added that following the launch of the Emaar Community Token, it is expected to be used as a loyalty rewards system as well.
These Emaar Community Tokens can be used at any property owned by the Emaar Group, including malls, online shopping platforms, entertainment facilities and more. The company said that they are targeting as many as a billion potential users for their Emaar Community Token.
The Emaar Group owns many major landmarks in Dubai. These include the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Mall (second largest mall in the world by total area), the Dubai Opera and the Dubai Fountain among various other such landmarks. It will be interesting to see how the Emaar Community Token helps the company drive forward towards a digital future.
Stay tuned with us at Cryptoground for all the latest updates and news stories from the world of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology!
Aditya Worah is a former advertising professional, a freelance tech writer and a cryptocurrency enthusiast. He is pursuing a degree in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai.
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Lairón-Peris, María, Castiglioni, Gabriel L., Routledge, Sarah, Alonso-del-Real, Javier, Linney, John A., Pitt, Andrew R., Melcr, Josef, Goddard, Alan D., Barrio, Eladio and Querol, Amparo (2021). Adaptive response to wine selective pressures shapes the genome of a Saccharomyces interspecies hybrid. Microbial Genomics, 7 (8),
Lairón-Peris, M, Routledge, S J, Linney, J A, Alonso-Del-Real, J, Spickett, C M, Pitt, A R, Guillamon, J M, Barrio, E, Goddard, A D and Querol, A (2021). Lipid Composition Analysis Reveals Mechanisms of Ethanol Tolerance in the Model Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87 (12),
Routledge, Sarah J., Jamshad, Mohammed, Little, Haydn A., Lin, Yu Pin, Simms, John, Thakker, Alpesh, Spickett, Corinne M., Bill, Roslyn M., Dafforn, Tim R., Poyner, David R. and Wheatley, Mark (2020). Ligand-induced conformational changes in a SMALP-encapsulated GPCR. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1862 (6),
Wiseman, Daniel N., Otchere, Abigail, Patel, Jaimin H., Uddin, Romez, Pollock, Naomi L., Routledge, Sarah J., Rothnie, Alice J., Slack, Cathy, Poyner, David R., Bill, Roslyn M. and Goddard, Alan D. (2020). Expression and purification of recombinant G protein-coupled receptors: A review. Protein Expression and Purification, 167 ,
Routledge, Sarah J., Simms, John, Clark, Ashley, Yeung, Ho Yan, Wigglesworth, Mark J., Dickerson, Ian M., Kitchen, Philip, Ladds, Graham and Poyner, David R. (2020). Receptor component protein, an endogenous allosteric modulator of family B G protein coupled receptors. BBA -Biomembranes, 1862 (3),
Routledge, Sarah J., Linney, John A. and Goddard, Alan D. (2019). Liposomes as models for membrane integrity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 47 (3), pp. 919-932.
Routledge, Sarah J., Ladds, Graham and Poyner, David R. (2017). The effects of RAMPs upon cell signalling. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 449 , pp. 12-20.
Wheatley, Mark, Charlton, Jack, Jamshad, Mohammed, Routledge, Sarah J., Bailey, Sian, La-Borde, Penelope J., Azam, Maria T., Logan, Richard T., Bill, Roslyn M., Dafforn, Tim R. and Poyner, David R. (2016). GPCR-styrene maleic acid lipid particles (GPCR-SMALPs):their nature and potential. Biochemical Society Transactions, 44 (2), pp. 619-623.
Routledge, Sarah, Mikaliunaite, Lina, Patel, Anjana, Clare, Michelle, Cartwright, Stephanie P., Bawa, Zharain, Wilks, Martin D.B., Low, Floren, Hardy, David, Rothnie, Alice J. and Bill, Roslyn M. (2016). The synthesis of recombinant membrane proteins in yeast for structural studies. Methods, 95 , pp. 26-37.
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What Happens After I Submit My Application & Plans?
When you submit the plans and application, someone will greet you at the counter and verify that all information is provided. The Plans Examiner will review the plans for all model codes and Kennewick Municipal Code compliance, and will comment on items that need to be addressed. You will then be contacted and informed that your plans are ready and the permit can be picked up at the Building and Development Services office.


Town boss Paul Jewell has named an unchanged side for the third game running as the Blues look for a third win on the trot against Tony Mowbray's Middlesbrough at Portman Road this afternoon. Jewell has also picked the same subs as at Coventry a week ago.
Boro made one change, former Blues loanee Matthew Bates dropping out and Marvin Emnes coming into the XI.
Town: Lee-Barrett, Edwards, Sonko, Smith, Cresswell, Drury, Hyam, Martin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Murphy, Chopra. Subs: McCarthy, Delaney, Leadbitter, Bullard, Scotland.
Middlesbrough: Steele, Hoyte, Hines, Williams, Bennett, McMahon, Thomson, Arca, Emnes, Jutkiewicz, Main. Subs: Ripley, Ogbeche, Halliday, Williams, Smallwood.
Sky news say game could be called off at half time due the condition of the pitch.
In this day and age and they may call it off at half time. They should reimburse every single fan in the ground ticket + fuel.
Match abandoned! This should've been called of yesterday and saved a hell of a lot of grief.
Noooo, game abandoned! Soo stupid. Call of before the match, not after.
^^^ Ditto! Not good decision making and lots of really upset boro fans me thinks!
Joke not fair on fans. Why ref passed it beats me.
There must be data on how long it tales a pitch surface to freeze once uncovered at a given temperature.


We live in the innovation age! Innovation is very firmly on the national agenda for most public sector agencies around the world. Public sector innovation is a key contributor to a nation's prosperity, standard of living and citizen welfare. Such innovations are often referred to as service reforms or improvements, restructuring or policy development but they are innovations nonetheless. Government agencies are tasked with delivering improved services yet at the same time face limited budgets; high workloads; entrenched thinking; and silos of knowledge and experience. Furthermore innovation in the public sector faces unique challenges because of the high levels of accountability and culture of risk aversion. The only way to deliver better services at a lower cost is to approach challenges mindfully, think strategically, and solve problems creatively. Then the outcomes will be beneficial, productive and innovative. This 'hands-on', 'minds-on' workshop designed with the public sector in mind will show you how.
Why innovation is so important in the public sector?
Characteristics of innovative public sector organisations.
Characteristics of creative and innovative people.


[Update: Released] CypherOS 5.3 Will Bring Ambient Weather, New Features To Launcher, Support For Notification Theming & More - AndroGuider | One Stop For The Techy You!
CypherOS have been on a roll. After rolling out their first Oreo 8.1 based builds last month, the CypherOS team announced Ambient Play, a feature which mimics the Pixel 2's Now Playing functionality. CypherOS' lead developer Chris Crump has now announced a series of changes which will be making their way into the upcoming CypherOS 5.3.
Firstly, we have Ambient Weather. The implementation of Ambient Weather is similar to that of Ambient Play, that is both of them are shown on the lock screen and ambient display. Ambient Weather uses Omni's weather service Omni Jaws, pulls weather information from the Yahoo weather provider and uses the Outline icon pack to display the weather icon. The weather information shown by Ambient Weather include the temperature, location, weather condition and weather icon. Ambient Weather works alongside Ambient Play, meaning that when song information is being shown, the weather won't be shown, and vice versa. Crump has said that in the future, double tapping on the weather will open up the detailed weather information on Google.
Secondly, there are some new feature additions to the launcher. Last month Luna Launcher, the launcher shipped in CypherOS, was updated with support for icon packs, hidden apps and notification dots. In CypherOS 5.3, users will be able to access their Google Now feed with a swipe from Luna Launcher's home screen. Other features such as weather on the home screen and app predictions will also be integrated into Luna Launcher for CypherOS 5.3. If these features aren't enough to make you use Luna Launcher, there is support for theming via OMS, something not many launchers have at this time.
With Oreo 8.1, Google added the WallpaperColors API which is used by apps to obtain the wallpaper color. In official Oreo 8.1 for the Pixel and Nexus devices, this extracted color is used to set the quick settings and app drawer background to either light or dark. If a dark/light wallpaper is applied, the background of the app drawer and quick settings panel is set to as dark/light. Earlier this year, CypherOS launched Color Overlay Manager (ColorOM). ColorOM utilizes the WallpaperColors API and Overlay Manager Service (OMS) to theme Luna Launcher, Settings and various components of the SystemUI. Previously ColorOM couldn't theme the notifications; in CypherOS 5.3, ColorOM will be able to modify the looks of the notifications too. ColorOM not only allows the user to set the background color to light, dark or black, but also allows to select a custom accent color. The background color can also be set automatically based on the color extracted by the WallpaperColors API.
Lastly, battery styles and off-screen gestures are making a return. Battery styles will allow you to change the battery icon in the status bar. Off-screen gestures such as double tapping the screen and drawing alphabets (or other symbols) can be used to perform different tasks. For example, drawing ">" can be used to switch to the next music track. This feature will only be available on those devices whose kernels support off-screen gestures.
CypherOS 5.3 "will be released in the coming days." Crump has also said that there will be "big announcements for future releases" when CypherOS 5.3 is made official.
This release contains new features, bug fixes and productivity enhancements throughout the system.
With 5.3 Cinnabun, CypherOS have introduced their Candidates Program. Under this scheme, devices will be tested thoroughly before they become eligible to be supported officially. A maintainer can release several 'candidate' builds and use the community's feedback to improve the build. Once the candidate builds are stable enough, they will be accorded the official status. From now on, candidate builds will be released prior to every official update. OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T and HTC One M8 are the first devices to be a part of this program.
CypherOS now officially supports the Moto G5 Plus and Redmi Note 3. CypherOS 5.3 builds can be downloaded from here.


Lets add metadata to the top of each post that we can read in to then use in our Handlebars templates.
Let's add a title for each page.
Yes, it makes a **bold** statement.
Now add the title to our page.hbs template.
And we want to install underscore to access the data from an array easier.
Then we can adjust our task code to read the meta data in and use that data when generating the pages.
Run our new gulp task.
And view our results. Notice our title!


Arduino link round up and more.. @arduino #makerbusiness #FreeArduino « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
What a Friday in the world of Arduino. Today (Saturday) the international maker-related news is starting to pick up the story along with some of the usual sites.
Role back: Arduino now belongs to BCMI – Make: German (translated).
ARDUINO VS. ARDUINO: MUSTO OUT, BANZI IN – Hackaday.
This should bring to a close the saga that began with a fork where two companies called themselves "Arduino" and bizarrely continued for almost a year after the reconciliation of the two was announced.
I hope that Hernando Barragán still has the duty of Arduino Chief Design Architect.


Jeff received his Masters of Science degree in Physiotherapy in 2006 from the University of Alberta. He previously obtained a Bachelors degree in Human Kinetics from the University of British Columbia in 2000, with a specialization in Exercise Science. Jeff has been practicing Physiotherapy in the Okanagan and Shuswap since 2005, and enjoys assessment and treatment of all areas of Orthopaedics, sports-related injuries as well as disorders involving balance and dizziness.
Jeff has a particular interest in injury prevention and promotion of an active lifestyle. Jeff has extensive post graduate training in Orthopaedic Manual and Manipulative Therapy, running biomechanical assessments, chronic pain as well as dizziness and vertigo therapy. Jeff also is a certified Gunn IMS practitioner, utilizing dry needling techniques to address myofascial pain.
Jeff's love of sport and human performance is anchored in his achievements in volleyball at a varsity level throughout university, and he continues to be active in cross country skiing, running, basketball, volleyball and hiking. Jeff and his wife Megan have two young boys and enjoy spending time together outside as a family.
Bobby completed her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 2006 and then completed her Masters in Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta. During her University career Bobby kept busy by playing on the U of A Pandas volleyball team and later volunteering as their trainer. Since graduating, Bobby has been working as a physiotherapist and has expanded her knowledge by taking numerous post graduate courses including additional training for osteoporosis, acupuncture, Gunn IMS,pre- and post-natal pelvic pain and orthopaedic manual therapy. She has completed her FCAMPT (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy) designation-the highest manual therapy designation in Canada. Bobby is committed to providing quality client care and using all of her clinical skills and experience to help assess, diagnose and treat clients on an individual basis. Bobby enjoys exploring the Salmon Arm community and its surroundings with her husband and two small children. In her spare time Bobby enjoys an active lifestyle with interests that include volleyball, basketball, yoga, hiking, swimming, golfing and snowboarding. She is very excited to work in this beautiful community and to continue embracing activities and the family-centered atmosphere.
Courtney grew up in Kelowna playing volleyball, track and field, and snowboarding. She continued her passion for sport by playing varsity volleyball at Capilano University. She continues to lead an active and busy lifestyle. She enjoys all that the Okanagan has to offer - snowboarding and snowshoeing in the winter and hiking and playing beach volleyball in the summers. In her spare time you can find Courtney outside enjoying the trails with her fiancé, Aaron and dog, Guss. She is excited to connect with the people and community in Salmon Arm.
David is a physiotherapist with a speciality in the treatment of hand and wrist injuries.
He graduated with a B.Sc. in Physiotherapy from Dalhousie University in 1981. After moving from Nova Scotia to Vancouver in 1997, he worked at a large clinic for 20 years treating patients with hand issues. In May 2017 he and his wife moved to the Shuswap for a more relaxed lifestyle. David offers custom splinting services at our clinic along with assessing and treating a wide variety of hand conditions.
Char grew up in Salmon Arm and now, with her husband, is raising her family here. She enjoys all of the activities the Shuswap area has to offer especially camping and motorbiking. Char has been active in the fitness industry for over 25 years and continues to teach a variety of classes at one of the local fitness centers. Char brings a wealth of office managerial experience with her and keeps the clinic running smoothly.
Claire was born and raised in Maple Ridge BC. In 1995 Claire and her husband George moved to Salmon Arm to raise their 4 sons. Claire has spent countless hours volunteering with the boys schools and sports teams. She loves spending time with her family, has a passion for travelling and enjoys playing soccer, weight training and running.
Julie graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1999 and was the Gold Medal winner in her graduating class. She has obtained certifications in acupuncture, dry needling, Manual and Manipulative Therapy, and has taken numerous post-graduate courses in exercise therapy, pre and post-natal health, capnography (breathing biofeedback), core stability and ergonomics.
Utilizing a wealth of clinical experience, Julie approaches each client as an individual, responding to their specific needs with care and attention.
Julie enjoys spending time with her husband Roger and two daughters, practicing yoga, skiing, running, cycling, playing soccer and swimming. She moved to Salmon Arm with her family in 2007 to enjoy the active, family-friendly lifestyle.
Amber received her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Alberta in 2012, ranking in the top fifteen percent in her program. She previously obtained her Bachelor of Science (Majoring in Biology) in 2009 from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C. Amber did many private practice practicums across Alberta, before returning to BC to practice in Salmon Arm. She enjoys assessment and treatment in all areas of orthopedics. Since graduation, Amber has taken a muscle mobilization course and has advanced her education in manual and manipulative therapy through post-graduate courses. In her free time, Amber likes to stay active and busy. Throughout her high school years she played volleyball, basketball, and rugby. Since then Amber has continued to play volleyball at a competitive level. Amber loves spending time at the lake relaxing with friends and family and enjoying time with her husband Josh and young daughter. She also enjoys running, hiking, going to the gym, wakeboarding and snowboarding. Recently, Amber has taken a new interest in photography.
Heather has been a physiotherapist for over 20 years and brings a wealth of experience to Lakeshore Physiotherapy. She has a special interest in treating people with Movement Disorders (ie. Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis), Balance Disorders (Falls Prevention), Vestibular disorders and Vertigo, and patients who have had orthopedic surgery such as joint replacements and shoulder repairs. Heather works at the clinic part-time to aid clients with these specific issues, with a strong focus on patient education and exercise.
Since graduating from UBC in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy, David has worked with a diverse group of individuals from elite athletes to weekend warriors, children to teenagers to seniors, as well as individuals injured in motor vehicle collisions and workplace accidents.
David has gone on to take specialty courses in orthopaedic and manipulative physiotherapy, obtaining the Fellow of the Canadian Association of Manual Physical Therapy (FCAMPT) designation in 2011. He is also certified in Chan Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation (CGIMS). David has also taken courses on optimal movement patterns and exercise, which he applies in his treatment approach.
In his spare time, David enjoys an active lifestyle, having completed Ironman/Challenge Penticton in both 2010 and 2013. He also enjoys hiking, many team sports, and BBQing/smoking meats (as well as the odd veggie burger to please his wife!) David and his wife Fiona have recently relocated to Salmon Arm with their 2 young boys from the Lower Mainland. They are looking forward to taking advantage of the outdoor activities that the Shuswap region has to offer and become involved in the community.
Lauryn graduated from Queen's University in Ontario in 2017 with a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy. Since graduating she has completed her level 1 manual therapy certification and is working toward her certification in acupuncture. With a background in health promotion as her undergraduate degree, she uses physiotherapy as an outlet for preventative primary care, or "prehab". Her treatment philosophy focuses on correcting improper movement patterns through joint mobility, muscle strengthening and patient education. She has special interests in concussion management and running rehabilitation/assessments.
In addition to physiotherapy, Lauryn spends most of her spare time in the outdoors downhill, backcountry or cross-country skiing, backpacking, canoeing and trail running. Lauryn moved from Ontario last summer to take advantage of the active BC lifestyle.
Michelle grew up in the Shuswap area, raising her family in Chase. She has enjoyed many years of cheering for her boys on the sidelines of numerous sports games during their school years. Now that her children are grown, she and her husband are embarking on a new chapter of their lives: renovating an old farm house on a beautiful piece of land in the mountains. She loves being outdoors, camping, hunting, snowshoeing and exploring the back country with her dogs. She is most happy when her growing family gathers together to enjoy each others' company.


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Tales from Cherryshrub, Mississippi
By: RobbyA
Stories about a little town and its oddities.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 10 - Words: 13,958 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 8/2/2021 - Published: 12/8/2019 - id: 3342347
1. Into the Catacombs2. The First Snow3. Two-Toed Tom4. Morpheus the Wise5. BEKs At Christmas6. Magic Man7. Immaculate Conception8. The Illuminated Ones9. White-Eyed Child10. Cursed
In the bustling town of Cherryshrub, great snow came when the inhabitants were sleeping. Cherryshrub was blanketed in deep beds of the frost. The next day, a young boy named Alex Schroder awoke to the small amount of light tickling his face. He eagerly looked outside the window seeing the driveway buried in thick layers. Without much prompt, he scrambled around his closet, tossing clothes across the room in clumped together balls, and he placed on his winter coat, muffins, and hat. He ran out of his room and down the stairs.
"Don't get too cold out there," his mother nagged.
"I'll be fine, Mom!" Alex screamed.
The soft snow crushed underneath his shoes as he trudged his way, making a trail towards the mailbox. He bent down and gathered the crispy snow with his hands. He melded the snow into three large mounds. He shambled himself along until the result was reaching fruition. With the final touches, Alex marveled at his creation. A large snowman with black coal for eyes, a purple scarf, and broken sticks for strands of hair. He looked intently at the snowman until he could've sworn that he saw the slightest sense of movement. The snowman's arms shifted. Alex rubbed his eyes in disbelief, only to see that the snowman was staring back at him.
"You're alive?" Alex asked?
"Yes," he spoke, "this marks the first time in a century this town was blessed with the gift of magic."
Alex was amazed. He ran inside and before long, he had his mother in tow and dragged her out. However, the snowman remained the same, lifeless inanimate object it was when Alex crafted him. His mother complimented her son's handiwork and went back inside. Alex looked at his snowy buddy with disappointment. "Why did you do that?"
"Alex, she wouldn't believe. They will all soon, but you must help me."
From himself, the snowman ripped out a chunk of snow and molded it in his hands. Before long, another snowman was created. Like him, it moved. Alex's eyes widened. The snowman motioned towards the snow. Alex readily came down on the snow, working until the frostbite settled in his fingers. Ten snowmen were now looming over him. The first snowman passed by each one instilling his essence in them. They each blinked with their new eyes and walked down the driveway to other houses. Alex's excitement was compounded.
He grabbed his sleigh and began playing with some of the copies. Merrily playing around, he saw his first creation conversing with one of the copies. But something was odd about it; it had a fleshier appearance. Approaching it, he sensed that it smelled disgusting. He quietly walked toward the two snowmen deep in their discussion. What he saw stunned him. Deeply lodged in the clone's chest was a puppy. Alex glared further seeing that the puppy was in the process of being absorbed into its body. The dog's eyes beat rapidly in its sockets, its yelps becoming slurred.
"What, what is going on here, Snowman?!"
The first snowman turned around with his ever-expressionless black coal eyes. "This is the celebration I have told you about, Alex." He watched the other snowmen copies slip through the front doors of the neighbor's homes. There were resounding shrieks of terror. Families were frantically dashing out of their homes from the snow merging with their skin. Blood vessels froze making their bodies stiffen in place. Dozens of snowmen arose, some having become conjoined from their limbs, torsos and heads.
"We are the Many. We have traveled near and far from other worlds with one purpose: the assimilation of our empire."
The snowmen gathered around Alex. He turned around seeing that his mother was getting removed from the house. Alex tried to run towards her, but he was blocked by them. Much like a cornered animal, Alex threw out punches and kicks towards the "Many." He managed to lay a blow to one of the snowmen, but as he went for a second strike, he was knocked down. The Many grabbed hold of his limbs. Snow fractals were already surging through his bloodstream.
"Stop resisting, Alex," the Many said, "become one with us."


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Working From Home (Alone)
Back in May, we published a blog called The Pros & Cons of Working Remotely. It gave equal weight to the advantages and disadvantages of flexible working from a business standpoint, but what about the effects of remote working on remote workers themselves?
On the surface, it's a no-brainer. You instantly cut out a soul-destroying commute, you can spend more than 30 seconds a day with your kids, you're more productive and at lunch you can catch up on last night's EastEnders or Match of the Day or whatever your bag is.
While there are plenty of advantages to working remotely, is it, as Dr Dhruv Khullar of Massachusetts General Hospital suggests 'as bad for your health as obesity or smoking?'
The fascinating paradox here is that while we've never had more ways to connect with each other, as a society we've never felt more isolated from each other.
Technology has largely replaced face-to-face interaction and we are dispensing with the traditional community pillars – fewer people go to religious institutions, community centres, even to the shops – but one of the major factors why we are feeling so isolated (and it's potentially affecting our health) is the growing trend for remote working.
Dr Khullar says, 'As people grow more isolated in their work, which comprises more than half of most people's day, that is in many cases a missed opportunity to interact.' He continues, 'Over time I think we will see negative effects of working remotely, working alone, working digitally, on people's health.'
In a recent report called The Cost of Loneliness To UK Employers, jointly launched by the Co-op and the New Economics Foundation (and issued in conjunction with the Jo Cox National Commission on Loneliness), it puts the annual cost of loneliness to UK employers at a staggering £2.5 billion in absenteeism, productivity losses, employee care-giving obligations and turnover.
Loneliness – You're Not Alone
Tremendous word play there but what we mean is that loneliness for remote workers is very common (and it's worth noting here that by remote workers, we are referring to both those employed by a company who work at home rather than at HQ, full-time digital nomads and the self-employed who work wherever they want.)
However it remains the elephant in the room. No-one likes to admit they're lonely, be it personally or professionally.
Loneliness is the dark side of remote working and unlike many of the issues we face today, this particular offline problem can't be fixed with an online solution. The irony is that at a base level we are social creatures and while the invitation to work from home is one that's hard to turn down, we may not realise how much we draw on external stimulation until it's not there anymore.
The benefits of instant gratification are evident – working from home gives you certain freedoms you wouldn't otherwise get at HQ, it's great for short bursts of concentration and you don't get mixed up in office politics or caught up in middle-management agendas but the process of becoming lonely is as insidious as it is serious.
The problem of loneliness is further compounded by the fact that when we talk to clients, prospects or stakeholders, we freely discuss what we do but hardly ever how we do it. What would the person on the end of the phone think if in response to 'hey, how are you', you said 'I think I'm going slowly mad working from my spare bedroom because I haven't had any human contact for two days…'
What Can You Do To Combat Remote Working Loneliness?
The research is this area is still very much in its infancy and it's too early to show direct causal relationships between loneliness and associated health problems but according to Judy Heminsley, founder of the Work From Home Wisdom blog, there are some very simple steps you can take to vary your routine and get the mental and physical stimulation you need.
'Over the many years I've been working from home, I've come to believe that the most important priority is to plan in your diary, every week, the contact you need with other people and the outside world.'
Use the Phone Make business calls first thing in the morning so you're immediately hooked into life outside the house. It can also help you plan priorities for the day.
Use Social Media A brilliant way to connect with likeminded people all over the world, but do use it in a disciplined way with an goal in mind and log off when you need to concentrate.
Get Out of the House Do it at least once a day, even if it's just a walk to the shops or around the block, and enjoy the time out instead of rushing back. Stop for a chat with a neighbour, do some window shopping, or take a different route home.
Work Outside Take your laptop, tablet or a notebook and spend time outside the house. This could be in your local park, a coffee shop, hotel lobby, library or any public space with free wi-fi*.
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Notwithstanding the fact that these seemingly nondescript activities can prevent the slippery slide towards isolation and loneliness, they break up the routine. They stop you thinking that if you were in the office you'd be more visible and therefore more relevant and they also stop the guilt of 'I don't have time for all that, I need to be getting my work done' because by doing these things you're doing more than you realise to get the work done.
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Critical analytical essay is a rather challenging assignment to accomplish, especially if you have received a task of critical essay historical writing. However, nothing is impossible. If you have received such a task, do not panic. There exists a special critical analytical essay technique, which we are going to share with you in this very article. This technique is certain to help you with your critical analytical essay writing.
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Theoretical questions are those to deal with the theory presented in the work you have to analyze in your critical essay historical writing.
Theoretical background is what it is necessary to deal with while any critical analytical essay writing. Identify the author's points of view, speak about to which theoretical approach it belongs and offer your own interpretation of this very theory.
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Speak about your own approach on this very subject in your critical analytical essay. This will help not only to deal with the context of the author's work but also to insert your own point of view, which is demanded from you by the requirements of critical essay historical writing. Deal with the concepts form the historical point of view proving your words with the help of the historical bases.
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The new CDC Four digital mixing console incorporates genuine Cadac analogue mic pre amps with gain control and is now available to the company's global network of distributors.
Luton-based manufacturer Cadac Holdings has begun shipping its first production digital mixer – the CDC Four. The compact digital console features 16 genuine Cadac analogue mic pre amps with gain control, fully emulated Cadac EQ, and an expandable input count of up to 64 inputs with a dedicated stage rack. It is now in full production and shipping to Cadac distributors around the world. The manufacturer, which is behind the J-Type console, says the build quality of the new console is uncompromising, with construction from steel throughout and wood trim. All mic pre's are fully 96kHz 24 bit – there are no 48kHz inputs, while Sharc DSP is fourth generation with 40 bit floating point resolution, four of which are deployed in the design. FX are both, according to the company, extremely powerful and sonically transparent. Furthermore, the onboard 16 mic inputs, eight stereo inputs, six output busses and eight auxiliary sends are further expandable by connection of the dedicated stage rack, via Cadac's Megacomms proprietary twin coaxial transmission system. This allows the stage rack to be positioned up to 300m away and provides an additional 32 Cadac mic pre inputs with digital control of the pre-amp functions and 48V phantom power, signal present and overload indicators, and onstage access to up to 16 outputs with signal present and overload indication. Cadac marketing manager Patrick Almond said: "The CDC Four gives an exciting new high performance offering across the widest range of pro audio and AV applications and installation environments. While the wide ranging specification includes a number of features and functions, the relevance of which that might not seem readily apparent to a traditional mix engineer, these ensure the console's effectiveness in other AV orientated sound design and installation applications.


Wedding update: | emmy kay and co.
Well, this weekend we printed out 1/2 of our guest list's envelopes for their invitations. That took ALL frickin' day. Other than that, smooth sailing, really.
Okay I'm a big liar. There always little details…. sigh, but it will all work out. Only 88 days to go!! 🙂 YAY! I cannot wait to be married to Frank!
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Ousseina D. Alidou is Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies. She teaches in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is a Graduate Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She directed the Center for African Studies at Rutgers University (2009-Spring2015); She taught in several American Universities (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; The Ohio State University; Ohio University; Cleveland State) and was a visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg in Germany and the University of Lueneburg (Germany); Université Abdou Moumouni (Republic of Niger); University of Winneba (Ghana); She also serves (and continue to) as a Senior Faculty Advisor to UNESCO BREDA for the design of UNESCO-Rutgers University's Gender and Transformative Leadership Curriculum for African Universities and Civil Society Organizations.
Professor Alidou's research focuses on women's agency in African Muslim societies; gendered discourses of citizenship and rights; gender, education, politics and leadership. She is the author of Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya: Leadership, Representation, Political and Social Change (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013); Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005, a runner-up Aidoo-Schneider Book Prize of Women's Caucus of the Association of African Studies); co-edited Writing through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean with Renée Larrier (Kentucky: (After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France) Lexington Book, 2015); Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa with Ahmed Sikainga (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2006) and A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities, Co-edited with Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2000). In addition, she has published over 50 book chapters and articles which appear in Research in African Literatures, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika (SUGIA); Comparative Literature; and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East; and Africa Today.
Professor Alidou is the recipient of several national and international scholarly and service awards including: Obafemi Awolowo Center for Gender and Social Policy Studies Distinguished Visiting Scholar Service Award (2015); Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Award (2015); Newark Women-in-the Media Distinguished Community Service Award (2015); Rutgers University 2011 Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching; Africa America Institute's Distinguished Alumni Award (2010); Ford Foundation Human Rights and Social Justice Grant Award (2005); Rutgers University Board of Trustee's Scholarly Excellence Award (2005); University of Hamburg, Germany, Visiting Professor Fellowship, Department of Linguistics and African Studies and Graduate Faculty of Intercultural Education (2003) ; and University of Lueneburg Graduate Faculty in Postcolonial Cultural Studies Visiting Scholars' Writing Fellowship Award (2002).


There are many simple changes you can make in your everyday life that can help save energy. Listed below are five changes that will save energy and save money.
Turn off lights. If there are lights on in a room that is unoccupied, then you are wasting energy, remembering to turn the lights off when you leave a room can be a big help.
Unplugging electronics and appliances or plugging them into a power strip and turning the power strip off when they are not being used. Believe it or not appliances and electronics still draw electricity if they aren't in use and simply plugged in.
Regulating your water usage can save energy. By using less water, your hot water heater won't have to use energy to heat more water. You can also save energy by adjusting the temperature on your hot water heater.
Upgrading your thermostat to one you can program to adjust the heat/air-conditioning while your not home. Also when the weather is nice opening your windows to cool your home instead of using the air-conditioning.
Replace your current light fixtures with energy efficient fixtures or replace your light bulbs with energy efficient light bulbs. According to energy.gov you could save $75.00 per year by changing five of your most frequently used lights with Energy Saver bulbs.
These are just a few of the many changes that can be made in your household to save energy.


Lwayswright's Weblog – Page 2 – Life, Love, Lupus, and The Grace to face it all!
I am going to be a grandma. I think I have already mentioned that in a previous blog or maybe several of them. But it bears repeating…I AM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA! I am so excited on so many levels. But the thing I am most excited for is the filling of a void. Yep, that's right…there is a void in my heart. Divorce is a difficult thing no matter what the circumstances. It takes longer for some then others to get over. I have been without a husband for 2 years now…actually a little longer then that. I still get as lonely now as I did the very first day I left. Will that ever change? Will I ever feel fulfilled in my life as a person, as just me, without that other person beside me? I don't really think that it is "the person" I was married to that I miss as much as it is all the things that go a long with marriage. I miss the companionship, I miss cuddling at night while I'm falling asleep. I miss the random phone calls during the day just to check in. I miss intimacy, not just the physical but the emotional, the spiritual. Am I going to miss all of that forever or will I get over it, and be able to be completely and wholly happy on my own? That's where the birth of my grandson comes in. I cannot wait to wrap him in my arms, to hold him and cuddle him, to kiss his tiny cheeks and count his little toes and fingers. And the hope is that he, this little miracle that is coming into my life, will help me fill some of the void I feel in my heart.
I do understand that because I have lupus there will be those times, as in everything else in my life, when I won't be able to see him because I am ill or he is ill and I am very vulnerable to illness, but he will be there for me to snuggle when I feel better, or when he feels better. And no one can take this grandbaby away from me.
I am so so happy for my daughter and so proud of her life and marriage and how she has become the woman she is. Sometimes I look at her, at all my kids actually, and wonder "How did they turn out so amazing after all they went through in their lives?" I realize I wasn't a bad mom, and I did the best I could and knew how to for my kids. Some of my choices, if I could go back, would have been different, but I think I did an okay job. Their dad and I even get along great now. WE are like good friends who have these amazing kids in common, we are going to be grand parents together, and the both of us can hardly wait. It's truly a miracle! And in that I know my kids are really happy. And I want to share this experience with him. I want to be a grandma with their dad and watch him be a grandpa. He will be a good grandpa! In some ways that has helped to stifle some of that void in my gut and heart, that is, knowing that he and I will be grandparents together and we will actually share in that role as people who genuinely love one another because of the bond we have with our kids.
But, that doesn't help me when I wake up alone in the middle of the night. That doesn't help when I am feeling really sick from this horrendous disease I have that sometimes threatens to beat me to the ground. It's those times when the void opens back up and tries to swallow me whole. This all may sound fairly dramatic, but anyone who has gone through a divorce, who ended a marriage to someone they were still admittedly in love with, will know what I am talking about.
The one truly awesome thing that has happened in the last couple of months is that I have a new roomate. And she knows exactly how I feel. She also shares the bond of grandma hood with me…she is my son in laws mom. Two grannys sharing the same apartment, awaiting the arrival of their first grandchild. We have been planning, plotting shopping, dreaming hoping, wishing and praying for this little bundle since their wedding day. And as grandmas often do, every baby we see, every toy aisle, every commercial that has a baby in it, we oooh and aaah over with anticipation of the new little one who will be entering this loud, funny, loving, amazing family. She has been through similar stuff to me, she gets what that feeling is, the one where there is just something missing and ya don't know if you will find it again. In some ways she is completely different from me, but in other ways we are very much the same. We are weaving our way through this labyrinth of a new life with hopes and dreams of the future. Talking is something that she and I can't do enough of. Get us started and it is hard to shut us up. It's so great to have someone who understands "the void" like I do.
So, back to my question….will I always feel it? Will it ever go away? Or, will I miss that part of my life for the rest of my life? I guess the only way I will know is to keep living my life, continue dreaming of a true Prince Charming to come along and sweep me off my feet…and who knows, he just may be a little bundle who weights 7 or 8 pounds, has soft pink skin, and coos when he hears that familiar voice of grandma! Only time will tell I guess.
I miss my dad. I'm just gonna lay it out there. My life has not been the same since dad passed away. My dad was a force greater then life. He was loud, and boisterous, he was funny and very strong in his views on how the world should be run. And he loved Jesus. And, he loved his family. I never ever doubted my father's love. Never questioned if he loved me or my siblings. I knew he did. I knew he would die for any one of us. And I knew he adored my mom. I wanted a life like that. Don't get me wrong…mom and dad had their issues through out life. They were far from perfect. But they did love.
And now my daughter will be having a baby of her own, my grandson, her dad's grandson, and her husband will be a daddy. I have no doubt that he will be an amazing dad who will had down incredible memories and legacies to his son. In fact I am very proud to say that he will be my grandson's dad. I'm so excited to see them become parents. It is going to be a joy to watch.
Father's Day is often underplayed or overlooked which I think is really sad. In this day and age it is difficult to find a good dad out there, and I think the true amazing dad's should be celebrated, loved on and totally made to feel honored at least on this one day a year.
So, here is to all you dads, who work so hard to make ends meet for your families, who help with homework, help putting kids to bed, the dads that cook dinner and read books, the dad's that play baseball and run with the dogs in the back yard. All you men who go the extra mile for your families to keep them together and happy. I applaud all of you. Happy Father's Day!!!
I haven't written about lupus, and the fact that I have it, in quite some time. It's actually what this amazingly scintilating blog was intended to be about in the first place, but I find that talking about my family, kids, upcoming grand baby etc is much more exciting and uplifting. Today, however, I thought maybe it was time for a dose of reality. Lupus stinks first and foremost. May is Lupus aware ness month and if your facebook page is like mine you have gotten some information about lupus and the affects on one's body. There are so many varied and different symptoms and issues that happen from person to person with lupus. For me it is pain, a lot in my joints, migraines, rashes, sores that show up if there is infection in my body, lots and lots of fatigue, depression, and sometimes even the desire to live like this for the next however many years of my life does not even seem appealing to me. Not that I would ever take my own life because believe me I in no way want to leave my family, my kids or life. But, living like this is sometimes not really living.
The other issue that is really annoying a lot of the time is the lack of understanding of this disease. Even in the medical field becuase it is so varied in how it affects people doctors don't always understand, emergency rooms certainly don't understand, which makes it difficult for family and friends to understand. Now, don't get me wrong, my family is awesome. They work their hardest to understand what I go through on a daily basis, but until you have really lived in constant pain, day after day, had to worry about just going outside for fear of gettting sick or breaking out in a rash or both, never know when you will get sick…it's really hard to know how to handle someone in your family with this illness.
Medications is another one of those dreaded but necessary evils of lupus. No matter how hard you try to stay off them, or limit them to only a few that are or seem totally needed, they can wreak havoc on your body, system and quality of life. For most lupies prednisone or steroids of some sort are an necessary evil. I have tried my hardest to only go on them if I am in desperate need. Like now, for instance. I have sores all over my face from some sort of infection and I reluctantly went on them to help heal. But once this dose is done I will not go back on them again until absolutely needed. Other meds include methotrexate, plaquinel, muscle relaxers, pain meds, blood pressure meds, anti arthritus meds, injections of medication for joint degeneration, gabapentin for nerve pain, anti depressants, and the list goes on. Now, granted we are not all on these same meds, some are on all, some are on only a few, but whatever a lupie is on can greatly affect their life. It's a balancing act and I will admit to have gotten out of that balance and ending up in the hospital because I have not been watching carefully enough what I take and when. I have gotten so much better with the help of my kids and the help of just realizing it was time to get serious about medication care and control and scheduling. I want to be clear here however that people with Lupus are NOT drug addicts. And, a lot of the drug problems happen because doctors just don't know enough about it, and one doc gives this drug that interacts with that one and it causes a big ole mess. Not that I haven't felt like a drug addict at times, or wondered if I am better off not taking anything and just dealing with the pain…been there, tried it and guess what…the pain is unbearable…unlike any pain I have felt in my life.
There are certainly days when just getting out of bed, just taking a shower causes so much exhaustion, so much fatigue it is better to skip the shower in order to get other things done in the day. AT the same time there have been times, in the middle of the night that I have sat under the hot water in the shower to try to relieve some of the pain i feel and cannot manage.
So, why am I writing all this now? Maybe it's because I am going to be a new grandma soon. Maybe it's because I really feel it's high time more people know and understand this illness and that it is one that so many people fight and those people are often looked at as hypochondriacs, and emotionally unstable. It's real. It's not a joke. So, if you know someone with lupus, give them a break, a helping hand, understanding, love, let them know you are on their side. And, if there are days they want to give up talk them through it. Because no matter what there are beautiful things in life that deserve to be enjoyed, and lived. Most of all they need encouragement that on those bad days tomorrow will come and hopefully tomorrow will be better.
And to all you lupies out there….carry on!!!!!
I am going through a time in my life where there are many changes going on all at once. My daughter has moved in with her sister and now my amazing son in laws mom is going to be moving in with me. I am actuallly excited to go through this transition, have the two perspective grandmas in one home…it will be fun. I am also trying to figure out what I want to do dating wise. I was on a dating site, met a nice guy on there, thought maybe it could be something and then bam out of the blue he just dropped me like a hot potato. ANd it isn't like I had fallen in love with him, it just made me really question if I want to go through all this dating nonsense again at this age of life. Now if God could drop down a nice guy who could love this woman with all her faults and issues, I would go for that. But the other way is so much work.
Here's what I miss from relationship…I miss cuddling at night. I miss holding hands. I miss talking at the end of the day. So, maybe all I need is a nice pillow…hmm there's a thought! LOL Actually the right attitude, the positive out look is a must once you hit this age and you have no other person. It's not easy to find that guy or girl when you are a little bit headed toward the other side of that hill. And for me, I already know the three perfect guys are already married, and they are related…my brothers. They don't make em like those guys any more.
So, I will continue to try to be postive, try to think happy thoughts and dating…I will be nervous but maybe one day it will all work out!


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"Emergency Control" of the Internet
by Tom Burghardt on 02 Sep 2009 0 Comment
You have to hand it to congressional Democrats. Mendacious grifters whose national security agenda is virtually indistinguishable from Bushist Republicans, when it comes to rearranging proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic, the party of "change" is second to none in the "all terrorism all the time" department.
While promising to restore the "rule of law," "protect civil liberties" while "keeping America safe," in practice, congressional Democrats like well-coiffed Republican clones across the aisle, are crafting legislation that would do Dick Cheney proud!
As the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773) wends its way through Congress, civil liberties' advocates are decrying provisions that would hand the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet.
CNET reported August 28, that the latest iteration of the bill "would allow the president to 'declare a cybersecurity emergency' relating to 'non-governmental' computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat."
Drafted by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), "best friends forever" of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the telecommunications industry, they were key enablers of Bush-era warrantless wiretapping and privacy-killing data mining programs that continue apace under Obama.
As The New York Times revealed in June, a former NSA analyst described a secret database "code-named Pinwale, that archived foreign and domestic e-mail messages." The former analyst "described being trained in 2005 for a program in which the agency routinely examined large volumes of Americans' e-mail messages without court warrants. Two intelligence officials confirmed that the program was still in operation."
Antifascist Calling has noted on more than one occasion, that with "cyberterrorism" morphing into al-Qaeda 2.0, administration policies designed to increase the scope of national security state surveillance of private communications will soon eclipse the intrusiveness of Bushist programs.
As Cindy Cohn, the Legal Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wrote earlier this month, commenting on this summer's public relations blitz by former NSA boss Michael Hayden and Office of Legal Counsel torture-enabler John Yoo's defense of the so-called Presidential Surveillance Program,
While the details are unknown, credible evidence indicates that billions of everyday communications of ordinary Americans are swept up by government computers and run through a process that includes both data-mining and review of content, to try to figure out whether any of us were involved in illegal or terrorist-related activity. That means that even the most personal and private of our electronic communications--between doctors and patients, between husbands and wives, or between children and parents--are subject to review by computer algorithms programmed by government bureaucrats or by the bureaucrats themselves. (Cindy Cohn, "Lawless Surveillance, Warrantless Rationales," American Constitution Society, August 17, 2009)
Both Rockefeller and Snowe are representative of the state's "bipartisan consensus" when it comes to increasing the power of the intelligence and security apparatus and were instrumental in ramming through retroactive immunity for telecoms who illegally spy on the American people. If last year's "debate" over the grotesque FISA Amendments Act (FAA) is an indication of how things will go after Congress' summer recess, despite hand-wringing by congressional "liberals," S.773 seems destined for passage. CNET revealed:
When Rockefeller, the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced the original bill in April, they claimed it was vital to protect national cybersecurity. "We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs - from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records," Rockefeller said. (Declan McCullagh, "Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet," CNET News, August 28, 2009)
But as we witness practically on a daily basis, hysterical demands for "protection" from various "dark actors" inevitably invokes an aggressive response from militarized state security apparatchiks and their private partners.
As Antifascist Calling reported in July (see: "Behind the Cyberattacks on America and South Korea. 'Rogue' Hacker, Black Op or Both?"), when North Korea was accused of launching a widespread computer attack on US government, South Korean and financial web sites, right-wing terrorism and security specialists perched at Stratfor and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) - without a shred of evidence - linked the cyber blitz to a flurry of missile tests and the underground detonation of a nuclear device by North Korea.
Adding to the noise, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee went so far as to urge President Obama to respond - by launching a cyberattack against the bankrupt Stalinist regime.
Despite provocative rhetoric and false charges that might have led to war with disastrous consequences for the people of East Asia, as it turned out an unknown sociopath used an updated version of the MyDoom e-mail worm to deploy a botnet in the attack. As Computerworld reported, the botnet "does not use typical antivirus evasion techniques and does not appear to have been written by a professional malware writer." Hardly a clarion call for bombing Dear Leader and countless thousands of Koreans to smithereens!
In this context, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 goes much further than protecting "critical infrastructure" from over-hyped cyber attacks.
Among other measures, Section 18, "Cybersecurity Responsibilities and Authority," hands the Executive Branch, specifically The President, the power to "declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network." This does not simply apply to federal networks, but may very well extend to the private communications ("critical infrastructure information system or network") of citizens who might organize against some egregious act by the state, say a nuclear strike against a nation deemed responsible for launching a cyber attack against the United States, as suggested in May by the head of US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) General Kevin Chilton.
As I reported in June (see: "Cyber Command Launched. US Strategic Command to Oversee Offensive Military Operations"), the military's newly-launched US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is a "subordinate unified command" overseen by STRATCOM. Would "message force multipliers" embedded in the media or Pentagon public diplomacy specialists carrying out psychological operations (PSYOPS) here in the heimat, become the sole conduit for critical news and information during said "national emergency"?
Additionally, under Section 18's authority The President "shall designate an agency to be responsible for coordinating the response and restoration of any Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network affected by a cybersecurity emergency declaration under paragraph (2)." What agency might Senator Rockefeller have in mind for "coordinating the response"? As Antifascist Calling revealed in April (see: "Pentagon's Cyber Command to Be Based at NSA's Fort Meade"), CYBERCOM will be based at NSA headquarters and led by Lt. General Keith Alexander, the current NSA director who will oversee Pentagon efforts to coordinate both defensive and offensive cyber operations.
How might an out-of-control Executive Branch seize the initiative during an alleged "national emergency"? Paragraph 6 spells this out in no uncertain terms: "The President may order the disconnection of any Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems or networks in the interest of national security."
The draconian bill has drawn a sharp rebuke from both civil libertarians and the telecommunications industry. Larry Clinton, the president of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) told CNET: "It is unclear what authority Sen. Rockefeller thinks is necessary over the private sector. Unless this is clarified, we cannot properly analyze, let alone support the bill."
And Wayne Crews, the director of technology studies at the rightist Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) told Federal Computer Week: "From American telecommunications to the power grid, virtually anything networked to some other computer is potentially fair game to [President Barack] Obama to exercise 'emergency powers'."
True enough as far as it goes, these "free market" cheerleaders are extremely solicitous however, when it comes to government defense and security contracts that benefit their clients; so long as the public is spared the burden of exercising effective control as cold cash greases the sweaty palm of the market's "invisible hand"!
As Antifascist Calling revealed in June (see: "Obama's Cybersecurity Plan: Bring on the Contractors!"), the ISA is no ordinary lobby shop. According to a self-promotional blurb on their web site, ISA "was created to provide a forum for information sharing" and "represents corporate security interests before legislators and regulators."
Amongst ISA sponsors one finds AIG (yes, that AIG!) Verizon, Raytheon, VeriSign, the National Association of Manufacturers, Nortel, Northrop Grumman, Tata, and Mellon. State partners include the US Department of Homeland Security, Congress, and the Department of Commerce.
Indeed ISA and CEI are firm believers in the mantra that "the diversity of the internet places its security inescapably in the hands of the private sector," and that "regulation for consumer protection" that rely on "government mandates" to "address cyber infrastructure issues" will be "ineffective and counter-productive both from a national security and economic perspective." CEI and ISA's solution? Let's have another gulp of that tasty "market incentives" kool-aid!
In other words, hand over the cash in the form of taxpayer largess and we'll happily (and profitably!) continue to violate the rights of the American people by monitoring their Internet communications and surveilling their every move through nifty apps hardwired into wireless devices as the Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed in a new report on locational privacy.
Unfortunately, Clinton, Crews and their well-heeled partners seem to have forgotten an elementary lesson of history: a national security state such as ours will invariably unwind its tentacles into every corner of life unless challenged by a countervailing force - a pissed-off, mobilized citizenry.
Now that national security "change" chickens are coming home to roost, both CEI and ISA seem incredulous: you mean us? How's that for irony!
Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with EFF told CNET that changes to the original version of the bill do not address pressing privacy concerns.
Tien told the publication: "The language has changed but it doesn't contain any real additional limits. It simply switches the more direct and obvious language they had originally to the more ambiguous (version)... The designation of what is a critical infrastructure system or network as far as I can tell has no specific process. There's no provision for any administrative process or review. That's where the problems seem to start. And then you have the amorphous powers that go along with it."
McCullagh avers: "Translation: If your company is deemed 'critical,' a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network."
And there you have it, a "cybersecurity" blacklist to accompany a potential state takeover of the Internet during a "national emergency." What will they think of next!
Tom Burghardt is a researcher and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Besides publishing in Covert Action Quarterly and Global Research, his articles can be read on Dissident Voice, The Intelligence Daily, Pacific Free Press and the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. He is editor of Police State America: U.S. Military "Civil Disturbance" Planning, distributed by AK Press
© Copyright Tom Burghardt, Antifascist Calling, 2009
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My friends, I hope your 2019 will be an amazing year of positive transformation!
As you know, we start already with tight and crazy calendars in the fashion industry, as January is already a month full of fashion weeks, trade shows and events.
Same as many of us, I use the Christmas holidays to rest, take care of myself and my loved ones and recharge my energy.
I've been reading, journaling and meditating, doing all my spiritual practice support to make sure I start the year and the new fashion calendar cycle with the levels of energy required.
While I was doing all this work, a question strongly resonated inside me: are we ready for the changes society is currently and strongly requesting in the fashion industry?
As I suppose many of you have read, 2018 was a year full of awakening, news and transparency, lots of unhealthy behaviours that were hiding during decades came into light, and the reason of this is that we live in a world where we have more and more access to information, so transparency is mandatory! And so the fashion industry starts to realize this and to learn it in a tough way in 2018.
But is the industry really ready to accept transparency, ethics and sustainability? And I am not talking just from the product point of view.
My personal answer to this is: it depends, are you really ready for it?
If you are reading this post, most probably you work in the fashion industry.
So I invite you to reflect for a second and ask yourself this question, are you ready to step out and embrace and implement positive changes? Because it all starts first with US and our personal choices in this industry.
As professionals, consumers or simply lovers of this industry, our choices have a huge impact.
The problem is that we often think we don't. And we excuse ourselves hiding behind a group or the abstract concept of "THE INDUSTRY" pretending we are not part of it, and so part of the problem and the solution as well.
You know I am a big fan of personal empowerment and free will, I am a true believer that it all starts from us, from within, and that one simple unique and small positive action may become a huge impact in the world.
So let's make it, let's commit that our action will lead to a positive change in the fashion industry in this expansive and abundant 2019.


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Home Sports Hawks, 'Hounds clash in hard-fought match
Hawks, 'Hounds clash in hard-fought match
Naugatuck's Hannah Kim hits a backhand Monday afternoon during her No. 1 singles match with Woodland's Julia Lawton in Beacon Falls. Lawton came away with an 8-5 win and the Hawks won the match, 6-1. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
BEACON FALLS — The Woodland girls tennis team came away with a 6-1 win over Naugatuck on Monday but the match was a lot closer than the final margin would suggest.
One hour into the contest, the single matches were still on court. The Hawks (7-0) prevailed in three of those four matches but Naugatuck (7-3) made sure Woodland knew it was in a battle.
In the No. 1 match, the Hawks' Julia Lawton came away with an 8-5 win over Hannah Kim. In the No. 2 match, Rachel Mariano squeaked out an 8-6 win over Kayla Gallant to put the Hawks up by a 2-0 margin.
Mikaela Santo fought her way through a 9-7 win over Lauren Tompkins to give Naugatuck its only victory of the afternoon.
Woodland took a 3-1 advantage into the doubles portion of the match after No. 4 Salma Shitia escaped with an 8-5 win over Sarah Cook. The hard-fought victories were indicative of Naugatuck's competitiveness, according to Hawks coach Jess DeGennaro.
"Naugatuck may not be the strongest team we've faced this year but they are very well conditioned and they just don't give up, as indicated by the scores of the matches," DeGennaro said.
Woodland's four singles players started last year, and DeGennaro said the experience is paying off.
"We came into the season returning our whole lineup from last year," DeGennaro said. "We are strong and experienced one through 10 and we have some depth. We just have a lot of girls on the team that are talented and it makes our practices that much more competitive. "I think the biggest difference between this year and last year is the girls have goals to get better and go farther than they did last year."
After struggling to get past Naugatuck in the singles portion of the match, Woodland took no chances in doubles to clinch the victory. Liz Martin and Hope Gavigan got it started with a convincing 8-2 win over Kayla Rotatori and Martina Niebrzdowski.
Woodland's Julia Lawton returns a shot Monday afternoon during her match with Naugatuck's Hannah Kim in Beacon Falls. Lawton came away with an 8-5 win and the Hawks won the match, 6-1. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Emily Rioux and Ayah Galal made quick work of Chelsea Iglesias and Edesiri Igbuya, winning by an 8-1 margin. The final doubles match went to Woodland with the duo of Jesse Erickson and Erica Boccuzzi shutting down Liz Perez and Tremlett, 8-0.
The loss was Naugatuck's second in a row after winning seven of eight to start the year.
"I'm very pleased at where we are record-wise," Naugatuck coach Jose Sendra said. "I thought we might struggle a bit this year but to be at seven wins I'm happy with our progress as a team. The girls have stepped up big time. I was a little apprehensive coming in to this match. Woodland is always a tough team. I'm looking at this match as a measuring stick to see where we are and where we need to go from here."
The Greyhounds fell to 7-4 with a 6-1 loss to Watertown on Wednesday. Naugatuck will host Crosby on Friday before visiting St. Paul on Monday.
Woodland remained unbeaten (8-0) by topping previously undefeated Holy Cross on Wednesday, 5-2. The Hawks will hit the road Monday to play Kennedy.
DeGennaro thinks the Hawks have a chance at an NVL championship with their strong team dynamic.
"I'm not looking to win a championship with a team that is pulling in different directions," DeGennaro said. "If the team pulls together, is having fun and builds camaraderie without any drama that's what it's all about. If I can instill team chemistry and a love for tennis then I have done my job. Getting along and working together as a team is a lesson they can take with them the rest of their life. That's what it's all about."
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ISS Recommends J. Alexander's Shareholders Vote Ancora Advisors' GOLD Proxy Card
ISS Believes Change is Warranted on J. Alexander's Board Given the Company's Relative Underperformance and Corporate Governance Shortcomings
ISS Highlights that the Board has Failed to Remove the Classified Board and Supermajority Vote Requirement in the Company's Governing Documents, Which Adversely Impact Shareholder Rights
ISS Affirms that Shareholders Should Vote Ancora's GOLD Proxy Card to WITHHOLD Votes from Timothy Janszen and Ronald Maggard
Ancora Advisors, LLC
Jun 10, 2019, 08:30 ET
CLEVELAND, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancora Advisors, LLC ("Ancora"), which beneficially owns approximately 8.76% of the outstanding shares of J. Alexander's Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: JAX) ("J. Alexander's" or the "Company"), making it one of the Company's largest shareholders, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS"), a leading proxy advisory firm, has endorsed its case for change at J. Alexander's. ISS recommends that shareholders vote Ancora's GOLD proxy card at the Company's upcoming annual meeting on June 20, 2019 to WITHHOLD their votes from management's incumbent nominees, Timothy Janszen and Ronald Maggard, two current members of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of J. Alexander's.
Shareholders who agree that the status quo is unacceptable should vote the GOLD proxy card to WITHHOLD their votes from the re-election of Timothy Janszen and Ronald Maggard to the Board at the upcoming annual meeting. For more information pertaining to Ancora's case for change and voting resources, please visit: www.saratogaproxy.com/Ancora.
In its full report, ISS concurred with Ancora's views regarding J. Alexander's underperformance, misguided strategy and weak corporate governance. ISS concluded that shareholders should vote on Ancora's GOLD proxy card.1
"The dissident has presented a compelling case outlining the company's relative underperformance and governance shortcomings (for which director Maggard, as chair of the nomination and governance committee, appears particularly accountable); these factors suggest that board refreshment is needed."
"Most other metrics have shown deteriorating trends since the spin-off, including a (6) percent CAGR for Adjusted EBITDA, a (25.4) percent CAGR for Operating Income, and (8) percent CAGR for Free Cash Flow. Gross margin, EBITDA margin, and operating margin have all declined since 2015 and ROIC fell by 320 bps between 2016 and 2018."
"The company has underperformed its peers and the Russell 2000 restaurant index, irked shareholders with an acquisition proposal riddled with conflicts and questionable strategic rationale, and has failed to clearly articulate a strategy going forward. As a result, the stock is trading at a significant discount to peers, at 6.2x EV/NTM EBITDA vs. peer average of 12.8x. This valuation gap is unlikely to close until shareholders regain trust in the company's board and receive clarity on the company's growth strategy, capital allocation, and approach to evaluating strategic alternatives."
ISS's analysis also supports Ancora's contention that the Company's aimless strategy and lack of transparency have contributed to the destruction of shareholder value.
"The company states in its presentation that it is making significant progress on its strategic and operational plan to deliver significant value to shareholders. However, the strategic and operational plan is not entirely clear. The latest presentation with any sort of financial goals was published on June 6, 2017. As is evident from ISS analysis of these goals vs. actual numbers, many of the targets have not been met."
"With missed goals on the latest strategy articulated two years ago and absence of any update on goals and strategy going forward, shareholders have no way of setting expectations and evaluating the company's operational performance against its set goals. Following the defeat of the 99 Restaurants acquisition attempt, the management and the board have failed to provide shareholders with a clear plan on improving performance, allocating capital, including potential acquisitions, and target capital structure. Judging by the board's response to the dissident, it does not deem it necessary to provide this information to the shareholder. This lack of transparency and absence of clearly articulated goals likely contributes to JAX significant trading discount relative to its peers."
While the Board has claimed that Ancora's proposal to acquire the Company for $11.75 per share in cash undervalues the Company, ISS concurred with Ancora that the Board did not adequately assess the proposal and noted the Board's dubious approach to valuation:
"The board's claim that Ancora's proposal undervalues the company appears to be inconsistent with its past approach to company valuation. The board also asserts that the proposal was not real as the company did not include details of financing and did not run a tender offer. However, the company does not appear to have spent sufficient time with the dissident to assess availability of financing; according to the dissident, the board's tender offer comment is also not valid, as the dissident could not run a tender offer without board authorization under Tennessee law."
"There is no consistency or clarity on how the board approaches the company valuation for the purposes of evaluating M&A transactions and stock repurchase decisions."
In its assessment of J. Alexander's Board-level issues and corporate governance deficiencies, ISS concluded:
"Moreover, since the company spun off from FNF in 2015, the board has failed to remove, or subject to a sunset requirement, the classified board and the supermajority vote requirement to enact certain changes to the governing documents, each of which adversely impacts shareholder rights."
"The board has failed to present a compelling case for its ability to close the valuation gap between JAX and its peers. The company's subpar operational performance, lack of a credible plan to improve it, and the shareholders' distrust of the board following the failed merger in 2018 appear to be the main culprits for the stock discount. A refreshment of the board and a close look at its governance would go a long way in rebuilding that trust."
Frederick DiSanto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ancora, commented:
"We are very pleased that ISS supports Ancora's case for change at J. Alexander's and recommends shareholders vote the GOLD proxy card to withhold their votes from Timothy Janszen and Ronald Maggard. The thorough assessment of J. Alexander's issued by ISS reaffirms nearly all of the strategic and governance failures that Ancora has been highlighting in recent weeks. Notably, ISS appears to share Ancora's view that J. Alexander's current plan is simply not credible and its assessment of Ancora's acquisition proposal was dismissive and highly flawed. If we are successful in our campaign, we will continue to urge the Board to conduct a full strategic review focused on a sale of the Company that maximizes value for all shareholders."
VOTE FOR CHANGE ON THE GOLD PROXY CARD TODAY.
If you have already voted J. Alexander's proxy card, you can change your vote by providing a later dated GOLD proxy card.
Should you have any questions or need assistance with voting, please contact Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC at (888) 368-0379 or (212) 257-1311 or by email at info@saratogaproxy.com.
About Ancora Advisors
Ancora Holdings, Inc. is an employee owned, Cleveland, Ohio based holding company which wholly owns three separate and distinct SEC Registered Investment Advisers, Ancora Advisors, LLC, Ancora Family Wealth Advisors, LLC and Ancora Retirement Plan Advisors, Inc. and Inverness Securities LLC, a broker dealer. Ancora Advisors, LLC specializes in customized portfolio management for individual investors, high net worth investors, investment companies (mutual funds), pooled investments (hedge funds/investment limited partnerships), and institutions such as pension/profit sharing plans, corporations, charitable and "Not-for Profit" organizations, and unions. Ancora Family Wealth Advisors, LLC is a leading, regional investment and wealth advisor managing assets on behalf of families and high net-worth individuals. Ancora Retirement Plan Advisors, Inc. specializes in providing non-discretionary investment guidance for small and midsize employer sponsored retirement plans.
John Ferguson
Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC
info@saratogaproxy.com
1 Permission to quote ISS was neither sought nor obtained. Emphases added.
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The work session was quite short today but long enough to complete both the RV-12's longerons. The longerons were removed one at a time so they could be laid on the workbench for deburring. The fuselage was also vacuumed to remove the aluminum shavings from all the match drilling.
Using the deburring tool to deburr the freshly match drilled holes in the right longeron.
Deburring the rivet holes in the left F-1255 longeron using the deburring tool.
After deburring the F-1255- L&R longerons, the F-1234-L&R canopy decks were once again mated with the longerons and secured onto the fuselage assembly with Clecos for riveting.
View of the right longeron's machine countersinks after reinstalling the longeron and canopy deck onto the fuselage assembly following deburring.
With both of the RV-12's F-1255 longerons Clecoed in position with the F-1234 canopy decks, the fuselage now looks much the same as it did over a week ago … however, now the F-1255 longerons are match drilled, countersunk for flush rivets and ready for riveting.
Side view of F-1255 longerons and F-1234 canopy deck attached onto the fuselage assembly with Clecos and ready for riveting.
Front view of F-1255 longerons and F-1234 canopy deck attached onto the fuselage assembly with Clecos and ready for riveting.
At this point in time, the instructions would have the builder installing the side skins and riveting everything together. However, some builders have suggested holding off installing the side skins because access is better for installing wiring and the control system. At this point, I'm inclined to leave the skins off for the time being but planning on researching the issue a little more before making a final decision.


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Why can't Sunderland kill off games?
Key things to remember... We aren't losing! For a club that has had nearly a decade of losing far more games than not, we are in a much better place. Also, we are a league 1 team: we have no right to beat anyone in this league.
Do you think Jack Ross is still the man to lead our revival?
Thankfully, WAWFP were unanimous in support of Ross despite our mini-stumbles. It's absolutely time we gave the manager our backing for a period of time, it feels like he leads our club in the right way and there is plenty to admire about how promotion attempts so far, even if it's been incredibly frustrating at the same time.
If we get promoted or not will not be down to the manager, if we don't get promoted it's because we were not good enough! Having the biggest stadium, budget and best facilities doesn't mean a thing if the players aren't good enough. I honestly think that we shall be content with fourth position, probably end up in the play-offs and then anything can happen!
I think it's about time that we have a reality-check, are we really the best team in League One? Look at Barnsley; they kept almost their entire squad from last year. They were ahead of us then and they still are - when we sold Josh Maja they held on to Kieffer Moore - why should we think that we are a better than them?
What is your best 11 to take on Blackpool on Tuesday night?
It seems like our panel is almost united that one player needs to be dropped from the starting eleven to give us a bit more in the middle of the park. All but one of WAWFP contributors agreed that Max Power should be dropped...which I couldn't agree more with. We have such a big squad, Ross has many options, let's start using them and figuring out what is our best 11.
I think Ross needs to let go of some of his favourites - most notably Max Power who has been ineffectively this year. Switching him for Luke O'Nien would inject our midfield with more energy, ingenuity and ability - which is what it lacks.


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