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EU: Maduro has not shown evidence to declare victory in Venezuela elections
MEXICO CITY — The European Union’s top diplomat on Saturday said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has still “not provided the necessary public evidence” to prove he was the winner of July’s elections, days after the country’s Supreme Court backed the government’s disputed claims of victory.
The bloc joined a slate of other Latin American countries and the United States in rejecting the Venezuelan high court’s certification. Authorities repeated calls for Maduro to release the election’s official tally sheets, considered the one verifiable vote count in Venezuela as they are almost impossible to replicate.
“Only complete and independently verifiable results will be accepted and recognized,” Josep Borrell, the high representative of the EU, said in a statement.
Borrell’s comments came as the leaders of Brazil and Colombia also demanded the release of the tallies, saying on Saturday the “credibility of the electoral process can only be restored through the transparent publication of disaggregated and verifiable data.”
The joint statement from Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro didn’t go as far as to reject the court certification. Many had been waiting to see how the two leftist leaders would respond to the court because both are close allies of Maduro and have been working to facilitate talks with both sides.
Maduro claims that he won the presidential vote, but so far has refused to release the tallies. Meanwhile, the main opposition coalition has accused Maduro of trying to steal the vote.
Opposition volunteers managed to collect copies of voting tallies from 80% of the 30,000 polling booths nationwide that show former opposition candidate Edmundo González won by a more than 2-to-1 margin. The Supreme Court and other government entities alleged those tallies were forged.
The Venezuelan government rejected Borrell’s statements, calling them “interventionist.” Its Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the “continued disrespect” to Venezuela’s sovereignty by the EU could “considerably affect diplomatic, political and economic relations.”
Lula and Petro said they “take note” of the court’s ruling, but added they are still awaiting release of the tallies.
The Brazilian and Colombian leaders also called on actors in Venezuela to “avoid resorting to acts of violence and repression” as security forces arrested more than 2,000 people and cracked down on demonstrations that erupted spontaneously throughout the country protesting the results. But the two leaders didn’t directly accuse the Maduro government of carrying out the violence.
The arrests have again spread fear in a country that has seen other government crackdowns during previous times of political turmoil.
At the same time, key opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has since gone into hiding and the government said Friday it will order González to provide sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation, claiming he was part of an effort to spread panic by contesting the results of the election.
Both Lula and Petro have previously been criticized for what some say have been lenient policies toward Maduro’s government, but their tone has grown more stern in recent months, especially in the wake of the election fallout.
Their two countries are neighbors to Venezuela and their governments were to witness agreements struck between Maduro and the opposition that aimed to chart the path to free and fair elections, which the opposition and other observers accused Maduro of violating. The two leaders reiterated their willingness to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition.
“The political normalization of Venezuela requires the recognition that there is no lasting alternative to peaceful dialogue and democratic coexistence,” the statement read.


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shelf: science-engineering

title: Self charging electric bikes%3a harnessing the power of a dynamo

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Self-Charging Electric Bikes: Harnessing the Power of a Dynamo
With the ascent of eco-friendly transportation, electric bikes (e-bikes) have surged in popularity. But what happens when you're on a long journey and your e-bike’s battery starts to wane? The solution could be a technology that's been around since the 1800s – the dynamo.
A dynamo is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, traditionally used on bicycles to power lights. When applied to an e-bike, a dynamo can potentially extend its range by converting the rider's pedaling effort into electrical energy, which is then used to recharge the battery.
To self-charge an electric bike using a dynamo, first, you need to install the dynamo. It can be mounted on the front or rear wheel where it generates power as the wheel turns. Modern dynamos are efficient and can be integrated into the hub, making them less obtrusive and reducing drag.
Once installed, the wiring from the dynamo should be connected to a charge controller, ensuring that the correct voltage and current charge the e-bike's battery safely. It's crucial to ensure compatibility between the dynamo's output and the battery's specifications to prevent damage.
With the dynamo set up, as you pedal, it generates electricity. The produced electrical current charges the battery through the controller. While this setup won't charge your e-bike's battery as quickly as plugging into a standard outlet, it helps maintain the battery level, especially on long trips where access to power sources might be scarce.
Moreover, self-charging your e-bike with a dynamo is a sustainable option that diminishes reliance on conventional charging methods. It’s an eco-friendly cycle: the more you pedal, the more you charge, reducing the need for electricity generated from non-renewable resources.
However, it's important to note that using a dynamo for self-charging an electric bike is more effective when it complements regular charging methods. It can't replace them entirely, as the power generated through pedaling alone is usually less than what is consumed for propulsion, especially on uphill or long commutes.
In conclusion, integrating a dynamo into your electric bike setup In conclusion, integrating a dynamo into your electric bike setup offers a great way to extend your ride and keep your battery charged. It's a smart cross between traditional cycling and modern e-bikes, empowering you to travel further and with less environmental impact.
Whether you're an e-bike enthusiast or a casual rider, consider the dynamo for a self-sustaining and environmentally conscious riding experience. As technology evolves, we can only anticipate these solutions to become more efficient and convenient, fueling the future of e-bike advancements.


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Limiting pod creation based on their security attributes
The very key function of Kubernetes is that it allows users of this platform to run their custom workloads on a set of servers that run the platform, and the platform maintains these workloads and updates the user about their current state.
Allowing anyone to run anything on a Kubernetes cluster would sooner or later result in the cluster nodes getting compromised, because no control over what the workloads may access means anyone with access to the cluster can run anything that might allow direct access to the cluster nodes, both intentionally or unintentionally.
Pod Security Policies
For several years cluster administrators had the option to turn on the PodSecurityPolicy admission controller.
This admission worked by checking a set of cluster objects, so called Pod Security Policies
, which could be configured to validate the securityContext
field of the Pod
objects and make a decision whether such a pod can be created based on the Pod Security Policies
access privileges of the ServiceAccount running the pod.
If a PodSecurityPolicy
object configuration matched against the securityContext
field of a pod that was about to be created, this pod would be admitted by the PodSecurityPolicy admission controller. Not only that, but some of the subfields of the pod’s securityContext
could be modified by the admission if unset to meet the expectations of the given PodSecurityPolicy.
However, based on the experiences of both the developers and users of the PodSecurityAdmission, the Kubernetes sig-auth group decided to discontinue the controller as it turned out to be rather counterintuitive to maintain and its behavior was sometimes confusing - especially the mutating behavior as new PodSecurityPolicies might appear at any time in a cluster and would mutate pods differently on new Deployment rollouts.
To learn more about the reasons to move away from the PodSecurityPolicy admission, read the Motivation section of the Pod Security Admission enhancement.
PodSecurityPolicy admission end of life will happen in Kubernetes 1.25 as the API has been deprecated in Kubernetes 1.21.
Pod Security Admission
With lessons learned from the PodSecurityPolicy admission, the Kubernetes sig-auth group came up with a new admission system - Pod Security Admission, as designed in the official enhancement.
The most notable changes compared to the previous system are:
- The admission validates only, no more mutating the pods to match given restriction requirements.
- There are only three predefined security levels - “restricted”, “baseline” and “privileged”. These levels are defined by the Pod security standards. These can be used versioned by Kubernetes release.
- It is now possible to keep up with evolving security standards within the admission without fear that current workloads break as the API allows versioned checks per namespace.
- The admission works on a per-namespace basis compared to the previous group/service account RBAC PodSecurityPolicy privileges.
Based on the above, the user is now fully responsible to configure their pods’ securityContext
in order to be able to match a given pod security standards profile. This lets users make conscious choices about security relevant settings of workload manifests.
This new system also can now be turned on by default as the admission rules are predefined compared to PodSecurityPolicy admission where the user had to define their own policies in order to be able to even create pods.
Here, a cluster administrator can turn on just client logging, audit event logging and finally even cluster-wide enforcement of a specific pod security level. This allows an iterative approach to introduce Pod Security Admission to an existing environment.
If unconfigured, Kubernetes does not enforce a specific pod security level by default and treats all workloads as privileged. However, all end to end tests within the Kubernetes and OpenShift source code base are configured to enforce the restricted pod security level by default.
Pod security in OpenShift
Security Context Constraints and Pod Security Admission
In OpenShift, there is an OpenShift-specific dedicated pod admission system called Security Context Constraints. This system resembles the now deprecated PodSecurityPolicy admission, even though there have been many changes throughout the years of its existence. Our aim is to keep the Security Context Constraints pod admission system while also allowing users to have access to the Kubernetes Pod Security Admission. The following text describes what we did in order to make it possible in 4.11, and what we plan to do next in 4.12.
Pod Security Admission, OpenShift
With OpenShift 4.11, we are turning on the Pod Security Admission with global “privileged” enforcement. Additionally we set the “restricted” profile for warnings and audit.
This configuration gives users the possibility to opt-in their namespaces to Pod Security Admission with the per-namespace labels.
The current global configuration we ship OpenShift 4.11 with:
# The build controller creates pods that are likely to be privileged
# based on BuildConfig objects. Access to these build pods is however
# still limited by the SCC exec admission and so we can safely add the
# build-controller SA here.
# This configuration should never be exposed to cluster users as no
# such guarantees are made for any other OpenShift SA/user.
See the Kubernetes documentation for the Pod Security Admission documentation to understand the above snippet better.
Aside from this global configuration, we introduced a new mechanism that automatically synchronizes the Pod Security Admission “warn” and “audit” labels.
Automatically synchronizing Pod Security Admission Labels
Aside from the global Pod Security Admission configuration, the OpenShift team also developed a controller that attempts to synchronize the pod security profiles in the “warn” and “audit” labels for every namespace.
The controller introspects service account permissions to ‘use’ Security Context Constraints in each of the namespaces, it maps the Security Context Constraints to pod security profiles based on each of the Security Context Constraint field values, and eventually it sets the namespace’s Pod Security Admission “warn” and “audit” labels to the highest privileged pod security profile it found so that the pods in the namespace do not trigger warnings or audit logging as they get created in the namespace.
The only thing that this controller is not able to deal with are automatic namespace labels for direct pod creations (without any intermediate pod controller, like Deployment) as these might use the SCC privileges of the user attempting the pod creation, which makes direct pod application be the most probable suspect of such an alert trigger. However, running pods directly is not advised, and so this should not be an issue.
The significance of this controller becomes more clear in the face of further plans for OpenShift 4.12 where we intend to switch the auto-labeling from the logging “warn” and “audit” labels to synchronizing the “enforce” labels.
It is possible to turn off label synchronization for a namespace completely, which makes the owners of the namespace responsible for setting the Pod Security Admission fully responsible for controlling the admission in the namespace. Turning off label synchronization per-namespace is possible by setting the security.openshift.io/scc.podSecurityLabelSync
namespace label to false
Note that “openshift-” prefixed namespaces do not get synchronized by default as these are considered system namespaces. You should not create “openshift-” prefixed namespaces. However, if you did and need automatic Pod Security label synchronization for such a namespace, you can set the security.openshift.io/scc.podSecurityLabelSync
label to true
there. Note that the namespaces that come within the default installation payload are managed by respective OpenShift teams and will not get labels synchronized; instead the developers managing these namespace components decide on the proper labels for them.
Changes to Security Context Constraints admission, new SCCs
In order to meet the new Kubernetes requirements in regards to pod security standards, we created a set of new Security Context Constraints objects (SCCs) that enforce pod security further than the previous policies used to do. Note that all the SCCs you knew from previous OpenShift versions are still available, although there are changes to who can “use” the “restricted” SCC - more on that later in this section.
Specifically, the new SCCs are:
These new SCCs enhance their previous “non-v2” versions by:
- dropping ALL capabilities from containers
- they still allow explicitly adding the NET_BIND_SERVICE capability
- defaulting seccompProfile to “runtime/default”
to be unset or set tofalse
in security contexts
For new 4.11 clusters, the “restricted-v2” replaces the “restricted” SCC as an SCC that is available to be used by any authenticated user. In clusters upgraded from previous versions, any authenticated user can still use both the “restricted” and “restricted-v2” SCC.
We also modified the SCC admission to explicitly specify the container runAsNonRoot
field to true
in case the container is supposed to run as a non-zero user.
All these changes were made in order to synchronize the SCC admission to be able to reach the “restricted” pod security profile in terms of restricting pod creation.
Plans for next releases
In a subsequent release, we intend to move the global configuration to enforce the “restricted” pod security profile globally. With this change, the label synchronization mechanism will also switch into a mode where it synchronizes the “enforce” Pod Security Admission label rather than the “audit” and “warn”.
To ensure an upgrade is safe, we are also introducing an information-level alert on pod security violations in 4.11.
Alerting on Pod Security Admission violations
The “PodSecurityViolation“ alert is triggered when the Kubernetes API server reports that there was a pod denial on the audit level of the Pod Security Admission.
It is advised to check what the trigger of the alert might have been once it is fired; such a workload is likely to fail to be admitted in the release where global enforcement is set to the “restricted” pod security level.
The label synchronization mechanism of OpenShift should prevent these events from occurring.
In OpenShift, we strive to keep your clusters up to date with the current security standards. We believe that Pod Security Admission is a great next logical step forward in this direction and we hope that our users will be just as excited about our recent changes to bring this new upstream feature to them.
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shelf: health

title: Physician education program improves asthma care and outcome

text:
Investigators evaluated a previously developed and tested interactive seminar, the Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program, in 10 cities across the nation. In the five intervention cities (the other five were controls), researchers recruited a primary care pediatrician, pediatric subspecialist, and behavioral scientist-health educator to be the PACE faculty team in that area.
The five teams conducted training for study physicians in their community. The intervention consisted of interactive seminars to review asthma guidelines, specific communication techniques, and key asthma educational messages. Instructional methods included a standardized lecture on clinical practice guidelines, a video depicting effective clinician teaching and communication behavior, case studies presenting troublesome clinical problems, a protocol for patient communication self-assessment, examples of long-term asthma management plans, and a review of topics to cover and materials to use when teaching patients.
A total of 101 primary care providers (99 were pediatricians) participated in the trial. Each participant provided a registry of patients from 2 to 12 years of age with active asthma; 731 patients were followed for a year (a median of seven patients for each provider). Patients and their parents were blind to physicians' involvement in the intervention and physicians were blind to which of their patients were selected for the survey. All parents were interviewed by telephone at baseline and one year after the seminar to assess changes in asthma symptoms, their child's health-care utilization, and changes in physician communication and counseling behavior. To assess changes in physician practice and perceptions, physicians completed a self-administered survey before the educational intervention and 12 months after it was over.
Physicians in the intervention group reported that the PACE program increased their confidence in their ability in several areas: to perform certain skills related to encouraging patient self-management of asthma, to develop a short-term plan for asthma, and to review with patients the long-term plan for care (Cabana MD et al: Pediatrics 2006;117:2149).
Commentary These investigators looked carefully at whether new information, the result of research and expert-generated practice guidelines, can be moved to the front lines in office practice across the country. The study shows that not only is this goal feasible but that resulting patient outcomes will be measurable. Look for more studies that measure the effectiveness of continuing medical education programs.


shelf: finance

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Software and Information Technology Industry
The United States has the most advanced software and information technology (IT) services industry in the world.
One third of the $5 trillion global information technology (IT) market is in the United States, making it the largest tech market in the world. The industry accounts for $1.9 trillion of U.S. value-added GDP (more than 10 percent of the national economy) and 12.1 million jobs. According to CompTIA, there are more than 557,000 software and IT services companies in the United States (approximately 13,400 tech startups were established in 2019 alone). The tech industry includes software publishers, suppliers of custom computer programming services, computer systems design firms, and facilities management companies. The industry draws on a highly educated and skilled U.S. workforce, including 1.6 million software and web developers. The tech industry continues to grow, adding 307,000 new jobs for a total of 4.9 million postings for tech occupation jobs in 2019.
U.S. software firms operate a mature, harmonized market and have a reputation for producing reliable and effective solutions that accelerate quickly to the marketplace. International companies in the industry have shown a keen interest in the U.S. market because of its strong intellectual property rights laws and enforcement. Within the U.S. tech market, almost half of spending is in the tech services and software industries. U.S. companies lead the world’s packaged and custom software markets and are competitive in nearly all other market segments with a stable overseas market share.
This industry includes large and small businesses that can design, produce, and distribute packaged software. n 2019, there was almost $37 million foreign direct investment in the software publishing industry. As of 2018, there were 38,400 workers employed in foreign-owned businesses in the software publishing industry, comprising 9 percent of total employment in the industry. Across the industry, there were 13,380 establishments in 2017. The most common occupation in the industry is software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers. There were 122,320 workers employed in this occupation in 2019, earning an average annual wage of $120,250 in the industry. The other two most common occupations in the industry are computer user support specialists (26,600 employees earning an average annual wage of $60,930) and sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, for technical and scientific products (18,080 earning an average annual wage of $99,730).
There were 17,597 establishments in the United States in the data processing, hosting, and related services industry in 2017. The most recent employment figures estimate that 341,400 workers are employed in the industry, and the most common occupation in the industry is software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers. There were 48,050 employers in this occupation in 2019, and they earned an average annual wage of $109,890 in this industry. The second-most common occupation was customer service representatives, with 27,030 employees earning an average annual wage of $39,980, followed by 18,540 computer user support specialists earning an average annual wage of $57,390.
The computer systems design and related services industry, has the most companies of the three highlighted subsectors with 143,598 establishments in 2017. The most recent employment estimates also place it as the largest source of employment in the IT and software subsector with over 2 million employees at the end of 2020. In 2019, foreign direct investment into this industry reached $84.6 billion, and 137,800 workers were employed by foreign-owned businesses in the computer systems design and related services industry as of 2018 (6 percent of total employment in the industry that year). The most common occupation in the industry is software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers, with 472,180 workers in this occupation in 2019 earning an average of $109,240 in this industry. The second-most common occupations were computer systems analysts (172,810 employees earning an average annual wage of $100,260) and computer user support specialists (151,410 employees earning an average of $56,950).


shelf: education

title: Is a GIA “Good” cut actually good?

text:
Is a GIA “Good” cut actually good?
GIA, don’t get me wrong. But calling the diamond featured here a “Good Cut” is not helpful to the consumer. But it does illustrate just how broad and forgiving the GIA cut grade system is.
Just how lenient is the GIA cut grade system? The diamond represented by the diagram below earns a GIA cut grade of GOOD. Granted, “good” is GIA’s third grade behind Excellent and Very Good. But you can forgive the inexperienced diamond consumer for thinking this diamond is of desirable cut quality, considering GIA’s well deserved reputation for expertise and accurate grading. But in this particular case “good” is a euphemism for “third rate”!
Proportion diagram from GIA report of Good Cut
The very high crown and pavilion angles in particular will have bad (not good) impacts on light performance. Not only is each excessive on its own, but crown and pavilion angles work together an inverse relationship. That is, a high crown angle must be complimented by a low pavilion in order for internal reflections to result in the best light performance. And a high pavilion angle must be complimented by a low crown angle to achieve that result. When both numbers are high, the result is what is known in the trade as a “steep/deep”, and the diamond represented by this diagram is an extreme example of one. Not good!
computer generated ASET for a diamond with these specs (left) illustrates the problems with this proportioning. Not only does the stone suffer from excessive light leakage (white), but the light it is returning is dominated by less bright low angle light (green). This will result in reduced brightness overall. A well-cut diamond (right) will have the opposite ASET signature; much more red, significantly less green, and a lot less white.
ASET images generated using DiamCalc software by Octonus
A broad and forgiving cut grade system benefits manufacturers because they can take liberties with cutting to get higher carat yield that can be sold for more money, while still getting a cut grade on a GIA report that looks palatable to the average consumer. But a diamond that suffers from significant deficits in light performance is certainly not “good” for the consumer.
GIA Excellent grade includes some diamonds with light performance deficits. So while it establishes a decent baseline for consideration, more information needs to be ascertained in order to verify that the cut quality is really excellent. But the GIA cut grades of very good and good are really stretching the definition of those labels!


shelf: home-craft

title: Season: June - September

text:
Season: June - September
"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves."
― Mahatma Gandhi
THURSDAYS - SUMMER
Thursdays 5pm-8pm (June-Sep)
Our weekly farm parties are great for all ages! We host this event on Thursday evenings from 5pm-8pm - no reservations needed. See our BBQ food & drink menu below (our regular summer dinner menu is available Fridays through Wednesdays). We offer local beer, local spirits, regional wines and non-alcoholic options including our house made sodas. Bodhi Farms does have a full liquor license, and it is against the law to bring outside alcohol to the property.
We do not take reservations for our Farm Parties. For parties of more than 12 please see below for our Private Lounge!
In the case of severe weather, please call for updates!
Thursday Nights - Summer BBQ
While we love our farm to table wild game dinners on all nights of the week, we look forward to our switching gears every Thursday and loading the smoker up with local brisket, pork, ribs, sausage and slow smoking them to perfection. Come check out our custom made Texas style 500 gallon offset smoker in action!
Our famous Bodhi Farms Barbecue Sauce is different than any barbecue sauce you have experienced. Born from Montana traditions in adapting to available ingredients, our tomato-less barbecue sauce accentuates the flavor of the meat instead of masking it. Come try it for yourself!
See our menu below - we have a full bar available!
(Outside alcohol is not permitted per MT law.)
Creekside at The Field Kitchen
Bodhi Farms offers one private creekside lounge at the outdoor Field Kitchen patio. This venue is only available during our Thursday Farm Party nights (from 5pm-9pm) and can accommodate up to 24 guests. We have picnic tables and chairs, a table for food & another table for drinks/gifts. This venue includes a firepit and bistro lights through the trees. Live music is played at a nearby firepit and restrooms are a short walk away.
CAPACITY: MAX 24 GUESTS
AVAILABILITY: Thursdays, June-Sep (5pm-9pm)
This venue is available to reserve with advanced notice. Email to inquire for more details.


shelf: history-culture

text:
Axons Dance Theatre presents Inaugural Theatre Performance
Axons Dance Theatre
Axons Dance Theatre is proud to present our inaugural theatre performance at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center! Since its launch in 2019, Axons Dance Theatre has been invited to perform in various festivals including 7MPR Midnight Performances, Dance Astoria, International Human Rights Festival, NACHMO…etc. This will be our very first full theatre show by ourselves!
Led by Artistic Director Joan Liu and Associate Director Saeko (Rio) Hayashi, Axons Dance Theatre hope to encourage communication through the art of dance. This show will include premieres and some of our audience favorites including Casual Times (partial premiere), Dinolates (partial premiere), Soar. Glide. Flap., Spy, Escapement, Really? Really!, Belong-ing…etc. featuring dancers Raquel Beauchamp, Lucia Elledge, Jessica Frazier, Saeko (Rio) Hayashi, Marisa Pisano, Emma K. Sniegowski, and Lilli Wang (apprentice). There will be some serious moments, some science moments, and lots of fun moments!
The performance will be following up-to-date Covid-19 practices for the safety and enjoyment of artists, crew, and audiences. All audience members will be required to wear a mask, and all attendees over the age of 5 must be fully vaccinated.
Share Your Audience Review. Your Words Are Valuable to Dance.
Are you going to see this show, or have you seen it? Share "your" review here on The Dance Enthusiast. Your words are valuable. They help artists, educate audiences, and support the dance field in general. There is no need to be a professional critic. Just click through to our Audience Review Section and you will have the option to write free-form, or answer our helpful Enthusiast Review Questionnaire, or if you feel creative, even write a haiku review. So join the conversation.


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Virginia Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine, Illegal Possession of a Firearm
ABINGDON, Va. – A Wytheville, Virginia man was sentenced earlier this month to 248 months in prison for distributing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm.
Following a three-day trial in September, a jury convicted Tracy Leonard Brown, 45, on four counts—one count of possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, one count of possessing firearms after having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, and one count of distribution of methamphetamine while knowingly being an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
According to evidence presented at trial, Brown was arrested on July 3, 2019 after a high-speed pursuit through Carroll County where he used a scout to avoid law enforcement. Searches of Brown’s person and car uncovered more than two pounds of methamphetamine, two pistols, digital scales, baggies, and roughly $3,800 in cash. The evidence also showed that Brown had sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Wytheville just weeks before the high-speed pursuit.
United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia and Charlie J. Patterson, Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Washington Field Division made the announcement.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office, and the Virginia State Police.
Assistant United State Attorneys Whit D. Pierce and Lena L. Busscher prosecuted the case for the United States.


title: Empava corner alcove

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The Empava Whirlpool tub complete 10 water jets, 1 large and 2 small jets in lumbar region each side, and 2 large jets in body region each side, The 1.0HP water pump provides ample power for the jet system, surround and soothe the entire body.
Relax and wind down in your Pure-Scape luxurious Whirlpool tub by Empava, featuring 100% glossy white acrylic and a contemporary stand-alone design that complements any bathroom décor.
The corner design and defined lines will complement any bathroom decor and make your bathroom seem more spacious. Equipped with a convenient storage space for shampoo, essential oil, etc.
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title: You don't know what you can't see

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You don't know what you can't see
When you speak with a senior professional in the arts of database management, there is one phrase that can be heard the most: "Boring is good." What this means in essence is that predictability is key when it comes to ensuring continuity.
From what we see in the market, and as you have been able to read in various publications from EDB and other database fanatics, extreme high availability for database platforms is somewhat of a holy grail. As businesses continue to broaden their "opening hours"–and need their applications to support these—database downtime is no longer acceptable.
This means that there is an enormous pressure on the operation of databases such as Postgres. And then, the age old dogma kicks in, you do not know what you can not see. To be able to safeguard Postgres availability, you need to have a solid understanding of what is happening in and around your precious data processing platform. If you do not have that knowledge, how can you anticipate and predict risks for availability? I compare this to low-flying, with a fighter jet, in dense fog, through the mountains. I do not predict you would feel very comfortable, so why should you be comfortable doing that with your database?
Domain specific monitoring
There are a multitude of monitoring solutions out there. And most of these have their own area of focus.
Some are small and agile, aimed for projects that need a lot of flexibility. They have a lot of different extensions and the ability to query each and every resource in your organization that has any form or ability to answer. This can traditionally range from servers and network devices to printers and workstations. Besides that, these tools might have capabilities to extract information from doors, alarms systems, fire alarms, and what have you. Extremely useful when you have some more exotic things you want to keep an eye on.
Others are extremely comprehensive and elaborate. Especially the larger Enterprise Monitoring solutions that are designed and built to function in large enterprise environments. These solutions allow for tailoring, authorization, escalation, integration, and alike, simply because the teams that work with this solution are large and diverse.
And there you have it. Should your Postgres installation fit in the first, or should it fit in the second category? Bottom-line is that it can be both. If we then think back to our first paragraph, what would we be missing, and what would we have to start building and collating to have the full picture?
Introducing Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM) might then just be the right thing to do, as PEM has all the experience of years of Postgres operation incorporated. Because of this—what I refer to as domain specific knowledge of Postgres—most aspects that play a role in securing Postgres are covered in PEM, out of the box. Further to the call, "you don't know what you can't see," PEM still offers you the ability to create your own specific queries, or probes as they are called, to ensure you gather a full understanding of the health and wellbeing of your specific Postgres implementation.
PEM in that case is "small and agile," giving you the flexibility to focus fully on Postgres. Additionally, PEM allows you to integrate and become a seamless part of any potential large Enterprise Monitoring framework. Ranging from SMTP traps to webhooks, including full authentication and authorization using standard Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality, the domain specific knowledge of Postgres becomes part of that all-encompassing system.
Administration on the next level
And with monitoring being one side of the story, administration is the other. Administration not only to help implement preventive measures for disruption, but also administration from a so-called "day two operations" perspective.
Ranging from creating users (or roles as they are called in Postgres) to storage management. From managing -the partitioning of- specific tables in your database, to initiating a role-switch between your primary and your standby Postgres database. These operations might be things that you do sporadically and might also be things that you do not necessarily have scripted in your automation framework.
Even though in the past I have argued that graphical interfaces might not necessarily be a one-size-fits-all solution, there is a distinct time and place where a tool like PEM addresses a crystal clear need. As the working area of Postgres broadens, in some cases Postgres Enterprise Manager might just become the fiery sword that helps the DBA cut through the intricacies of ensuring that the applications stay available and performant, no matter what happens.
Postgres Enterprise Manager continues to evolve
The development of Postgres continues with relentless pace. To keep up with all the new things that come available, EDB continues to focus on the expansion of Postgres Enterprise Manager to help fulfill the promises described above. On September 12th of this year, EDB released Postgres Enterprise Manager version 8.2 as part of this continued commitment.
The following features are new in PEM 8.2:
- 2 phase authentication
- Formatted JSON editor
- Import / export of custom probes and alert templates
- PEM Server HA
Monitoring and alerting is as old as IT itself. Ensuring we know what is happening in our environments is critical to ensuring people can continue to benefit from its services.
With the broadness of today's solutions, paired to the in-depth knowledge required for certain areas, like databases, the challenge is on to come up with a good solution.
Enterprise monitoring and alerting systems fill an overarching requirement, where domain specific, and specialized tools like Postgres Enterprise Manager have the capability to dive deep in matter and exchange information with these enterprise monitoring solutions. With this, you can build a comprehensive solution to ensure you're always in control!
Want to see more? Check out EDB's PEM.


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title: Ray white australias largest real estate brand strengthens its presence in springfield

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Australia’s largest real estate brand continues to grow as franchise principal and managing director, Paul Hodkinson continues to expand his group of offices in Brisbane to take over the Ray White brand in Springfieldeffective on 1 June.
Spearheaded by a team who have already secured an impressive market share dominance in their six existing offices, this new operation will be managed by Paul’s two General managers, Robert Green and Kathy Brown, both of whom have delivered exceptional results and been the cornerstone of the groups fast track growth over the past few years.
With an elite team of over 100 staff members and several decades of real estate experience in Brisbane, Paul and the management team continue to exceed clients expectations on a daily basis in both sales and property management.
With a tried and tested formula for success, the team intend to hit the ground running with their number one goal to hold and grow leadership in market share in the Springfield region in the year ahead
Robert Green, General Manager – Sales commented:
“The Ray White brand has been the market leader in the Springfield market for over 10 years, and we are excited by the opportunity to take the operation to the next level and give the brand an even stronger presence by introducing the training, education and focus on client excellence, that has seen our group produce some of the best results across all the markets they operate in.”
Ray White Queensland CEO Tony Warland commented:
“Paul is one of Ray White’s most celebrated leaders which has seen him awarded the Max White Prize, the most prestigious award granted to a leader within Ray White in Queensland. His success comes from his tenacious ability to surround himself with an absolutely elite team who are also the best in their respective fields of expertise.”
“We have no doubt that Paul and his team will draw on the strength of the wonderful relationship that Ray White as a brand and market leader has with the Queensland community. And having already been accustomed to success with six existing offices across Brisbane, the addition of Ray White’s unrivaled resources in technology, marketing and market dominance will see Ray White Springfield have all bases covered to accommodate the needs of their clients.”
Springfield is an exciting opportunity for rapid growth according to Robert, who said that the area has seen approximately 15 percent development with a significant amount of growth for the future.
“Springfield is an attraction suburb and one of the fastest growing in Queensland. With a mix of brand new and established homes it is a growing market place and an exciting new area. The easy access to public transport and shopping has also seen Springfield become a great rental attraction, as well as a great option for young families purchasing their first home.”
The office will kick off with a team of approximately 15 staff members with the ambition to develop the skills and culture that Ray White is known for, while creating strong new leaders and an even stronger presence in the marketplace.
Ray White Springfield is located next to the IGA at Springfield Lakes Metro. The team look forward to welcoming past and future clients and invite the public to drop in anytime for a chat or any real estate advice, be it selling, buying or rentals advice that they might be seeking.
The office will officially open its doors for business on Wednesday 1 June, at Shop 20, 31 Springfield Lakes Boulevard, with an even stronger team to ensure their clients are receiving an unrivaled real estate experience.


title: Virtual assistant

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You have a job that demands you to be in the office for eight hours, after that you leave the office and go home. You probably have friends to meet but right after that you are free. You have some spare time and you learn about this new booming career referred to as “virtual assistants.” You become interested and you decide to venture on it. But before doing anything, you try to learn the new career path that you would like to take.
Becoming a virtual assistant is not a piece of cake, you need to make time for the tasks that you have. However, if you persevere and continue to do your best, you will surely become the most sought after VA.
When signing up with a client, you need to evaluate beforehand if you are ready for the commitment. You need to make sure that you give the client the best service and output that you can come up with. Next, you have to know whether or not you are willing to learn and do the tasks given. Being a virtual assistant allows you to learn different new things. Technology is innovating overnight so you have to study these new developments. As people say, virtual assistants learn by doing; it is unavoidable to make mistakes so one just has to learn from those errors and use these learnings for future references. Another tip, time management is necessary to be the best in the field. The perks of flexible time may be convenient for you but it can also cause you to be lenient and complacent at what you do. You must learn to schedule your tasks and stick to it so you don’t have to cram on a given task.
Becoming the world’s best virtual assistant is not difficult, you just have to do the best you can and make sure that you give your clients the best service and output that you can. Also, it does not hurt to ask for help and assistance from friends or colleagues!


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So the conversation goes on Sunday, March 24th:
Roy: I'm hungry, but not alot hungry, just a little hungry.
Me: There's plenty of leftovers in the fridge, go heat something up.
Roy: I don't want anything big, just a snack.
Me: So just heat up a small portion.
Roy: What do we have again?
Me: *sigh* Chicken Tortellini Soup, Veal Parmagiana and the Venison Shepherd's Pie.
Roy: That's too much information, I can't deal. Do we have any mini quiches left?
Me: No; what do you mean you can't deal? Just pick something and heat it up.
Roy: Can't you do it for me? *pathetic pouty look*
Me: *bigger sigh* You are so lucky that I love you.
...and off to the kitchen I went; yeah, I'm a sucker when it comes to my hubby. Nine years together and our friends still tell us that we're "poster children for a truly real, happy marriage".
Opening the fridge door, the first container I spy is the Venison Shepherd's Pie and I posted that recipe here on March 20th. I also spotted a container of Pillsbury Grands biscuits and the image developed in my mind. I do that with many recipes I come up with, picture the ingredients in my mind, putting them together, even the taste comes through. Weird I know, but it works.
There are eight biscuits in the container and once separated in half, I now have 16. Pressing them into muffin tins, I formed little biscuit cups, or as I like to call them...baskets. Carefully I removed the mashed potato topping from a section of the Shepherd's Pie; spooned about a tablespoon and a half of the filling into each "basket". I then pressed a tablespoon of mashed potato over each filling. While I was doing all this, the oven was preheating to 350F and was ready for baking once I was done with the muffin tins. Baking took 20 minutes for the biscuits to brown perfectly and the filling to be warmed all the way through.
...and here you are, "Shepherd's Pie Baskets". Little hand held snacks, or use a fork, either way they are satisfying and tasty. Enjoy!


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The upcoming Golden Disc Awards has announced its second lineup of K-Pop artists that will be performing at the awards ceremony.
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IU, TXT, SEVENTEEN and More: 36th Golden Disc Awards Announces Second Lineup of Performers
On December 30 KST, an official from the 36th Golden Disc Awards has announced the second lineup of K-Pop groups and solo artists who will be making an appearance and having a performance at this year's awards ceremony.
According to the awards ceremony, K-Pop groups STAYC, Stray Kids, SEVENTEEN, Oh My Girl, and TXT (also known as Tomorrow X Together), and solo artists IU and Heize will be lighting up the stage with their performances.
The Golden Disc Awards will also be attended by the four-member female vocal group, Big Mama, who made their debut back in 2003 and has established themselves for their powerful singing abilities.
In 2021, rookie girl group STAYC has been gradually making their way to the top of music charts, especially with their hit song "ASAP," which was nominated for a Digital Song Bonsang and helped nominate STAYC for the Rookie Artist of the Year award.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: BTS, aespa, ENHYPEN and More: First Lineup of Performers at 36th Golden Disc Awards Announced
Stray Kids, who have steadily risen to the top since their debut back in 2018, also saw a successful year after recording more than a million sales for their studio album "NOEASY," released this year, which earned them a nomination for Album Bonsang.
SEVENTEEN also saw a highly successful year after all of their releases surpassed a million sales, making the 13-member group million-sellers for five consecutive times. This year, they were nominated for the Album Bonsang for "Attacca."
After a busy year with her "Celebrity" and "Lilac" releases, IU was also nominated for a Digital Song Bonsang and Album Bonsang. Given IU's reputation for performances at awards ceremonies, expectations are high as to what kind of performance the "Lilac" singer will give.
Oh My Girl was also nominated for a Digital Song Bonsang this year for their latest release "Dun Dun Dance," while TXT, who showed amazing global growth, was nominated for an Album Bonsang.
Solo artist Heize will also be making an appearance after four years since the 32nd Golden Disc Awards. This year, she was nominated for a Digital Song Bonsang for "Happen."
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The 36th Golden Disc Awards (GDA) Announces Nominees for Major Categories: Here are the Candidates for 'Bonsang' & 'ROTY'
More About the 36th Golden Disc Awards
The 36th Golden Disc Awards is a yearly awards ceremony presented by JTBC and Ilgan Sports to celebrate artists who promote pop culture creativity and their contribution to the music industry.
This year's awards ceremony will be held at 3pm on January 8, 2022 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, non-face-to-face performances will be held for the safety of all artists and staff.
The Golden Disc Awards will be broadcasted through JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4, as well as exclusively on the app Seezn.
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How to vote pro-life
When citizens decide which political candidates to vote for and support, they should make sure to prioritize issues properly.
Abortion is not like other political matters. The abortion issue is about whether a whole class of innocent human beings (those who are in the embryonic and fetal stages of life) deserve basic respect and the protection of the law—or whether they may be excluded from protection and killed on an industrial scale. Abortion is the leading cause of human death in our state and our country. The moral gravity and scope of this injustice make it a uniquely important problem in American society today. And the candidates we elect to public office shape laws and public policies in ways that affect the practice of abortion (and other right-to-life issues). Elected officials work to either increase protection for unborn children or decrease it. They enact measures that reduce or escalate the incidence of abortion. They try to legalize assisted suicide (as some in Minnesota have recently), or they defeat such efforts. Lives are on the line. Both in Minnesota and nationwide, pro-life laws (such as Woman's Right to Know in Minnesota and the Hyde Amendment at the federal level) have led to fewer abortions. Lives have been saved because of pro-life legislation. But this success was only possible because pro-life candidates had been elected to public office. And only with the election of pro-life candidates in the future can we advance more lifesaving measures and defeat legislation that threatens life. Make a difference, not a statement Sometimes voters don’t like either of the major-party candidates and are inclined to “make a statement” by voting for a third-party candidate, writing in a name, or not voting at all. This is a mistake. By voting for someone who has no chance of winning, we are allowing others to determine who will represent us. There may be no perfect candidates, but some are much better than others, and we should use our vote to make a real difference on behalf of vulnerable human life. Candidate information During election seasons, the MCCL Voter’s Guide and information about MCCL PAC-endorsed candidates will be made available on this website and elsewhere. |


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Water Conductivity Sensor
The JXSBS-3001 water conductivity sensor is a water quality sensor that detects the conductivity value of the water in the north side. The sensor has the automatic temperature compensation function, which can compensate the conductivity of the current temperature to the specified temperature. Depending on the application, we offer both stainless steel electrodes and plastic electrodes. There are RS485 and analog output options.
- Model: JXBS-3001
- MOQ: 1 PCS
- Delivery date: within 24 hours
Water conductivity sensor Features
（1）High-sensitivity electrode, high temperature and high pressure resistance, the probe uses high-performance PH glass electrode, high temperature and high pressure resistance, strong adaptability, long life, simple maintenance.
（2）Large 2.4-inch LCD screen, the value is clear at a glance, and the value is displayed in real-time high-definition.
（3）High precision and stable signal, allowing you to obtain every data at any time, with an accuracy of 0.01PH.
（4）There is a password to prevent data leakage.
（5）Multiple adaptation fields, one machine with multiple configurations, intelligent adaptation.
（6）Intelligent temperature compensation design, intelligent temperature compensation, one-key adjustable, suitable for a variety of measurement occasions, intelligent temperature compensation, manual or automatic, -20℃-80℃.
Water conductivity sensor parameters
The water conductivity sensor working principle: when the conductivity electrode is in the solution, the electrode is equivalent to resistance, and the size of the resistance is inversely related to the conductivity of the solution. When the conductivity of the solution is fixed, the resistance of the electrode is proportional to the electrode constant K. Inverse relationship. Therefore, the measured value of the conductivity of the solution is calculated based on the resistance of the electrode and the constant K of the electrode itself and is obtained through temperature compensation.
EC electrodes can be used with a waterproof data processor or with a digital display controller. Widely use in:
- River/ stream water quality
- Irrigation runoff water quality
- Salinity studies/Estuary monitoring
- Wastewater quality monitoring
What is electrical conductivity in water?
Conductivity refers to the ability to conduct current in a body of water. In water quality monitoring, conductivity is one of the important indicators reflecting the quality of water quality. When the conductivity value of the water is higher, the conductivity is better, and the TDS value in the water is larger. The TDS value represents the content of dissolved impurities in the water. The larger the TDS value, the higher the impurity content in the water. On the contrary, the smaller the impurity content, the higher the water Pure, the lower the conductivity.
How to measure conductivity of water?
The conductivity of water can be measured with a conductivity detector. Put the conductivity probe into the water. Calculate the conductivity value by measuring the change in solution resistance.
What is water conductivity sensor?
Water conductivity sensors are used in water-quality applications to measure how well a solution conducts an electrical current. This type of measurement assesses the concentration of ions in the solution. The more ions that are in the solution, the higher the conductivity.


title: How api governance addresses 3 common api problems

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The term ‘API governance’ often brings with it the feeling of dread combined with heavy processes that slow down the delivery process. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. Instead, API governance is a tool used to prevent current and future problems with your API program. Let’s take a look at three scenarios that show how API instability, poor scalability, and security vulnerabilities were addressed through lightweight governance and an effective API management platform.
Overcoming API instability with lightweight governance
It is important to ensure your API remains stable across releases. Customers don’t want to be forced to make code changes because of a modification to your API design. Worse, they don’t want to wake up to alerts that their code is failing, only to find out that it is your fault for introducing a breaking change in your latest API release.
This was the case for one API provider. They consistently introduced breaking changes, forcing customers to update their code every time this happened. As the problem persisted, they saw customer churn as they left frustrated, seeking out a more stable option.
To address this issue, they introduced a lightweight governance process. This process addressed a simple step to perform automated and manual reviews of API design changes to prevent introducing instability with each new release.
They also introduced the concept of an API stability contract, allowing them to offer previews of their API changes prior to release into production.
These steps, combined with a style guide to encourage consistent API design, helped them to improve their release process and decrease customer churn over time. While the ramifications of their early choices are still being felt, they are now on the road to recovery.
Addressing scalability problems
Part of the API design process includes planning for scale. While not all APIs will require processing a very large number of requests per second, knowing your expected and maximum requests/second is crucial.
If the API will be used rarely or only during peak hours, infrastructure can be provisioned to account for this to reduce cloud spend. If the API will be required to service a large load, appropriate code optimisations and infrastructure budget should be known ahead of time.
A large financial institution was faced with this problem. They created several microservices that were all orchestrated from a single API. Once completed, they realised that each microservice would require between 2 and 5 seconds per request. Digging deeper, they realised that each of the microservices were called in order, resulting in a 10-25 second response time per API request. Not exactly scalable, especially for the needs of a financial institution.
By implementing some basic SLA metrics that were incorporated into their API gateway configuration, they could be alerted to decreases in API performance. They also incorporated performance testing as a requirement prior to each production release. This ensures that every API is benchmarked and evaluated before its release.
Addressing security vulnerabilities
API governance is commonly associated with creating a more consistent API design, typically through API style guides and design review processes. It is also used to ensure proper security risk assessment, but only if the process is implemented effectively.
One example of this is a large organisation with a few renegade teams that opted to circumvent a security review. The result was many unsecured APIs that were identified during an audit. Thankfully, the APIs didn’t release sensitive data. However, the team was forced to make considerable changes to comply with proper security practices.
They decided to implement a few measures to prevent this in the future as part of an expanded API governance process. This included sign-off by one of the security teams before approval into production. Additionally, automated checks were implemented to detect externally-facing deployments that have not been approved. Finally, role-based access control (RBAC) was added as part of the API design review process to ensure proper configuration and enforcement via the API gateway.
Effective API governance
API governance doesn’t have to be a heavy-handed solution. Instead, it should be viewed as a tool that can be used to create consistency and prevent issues with your APIs. Effective API governance should reflect the many choices that have been made to encourage consistent design-time and run-time API concerns. Combined with automation and self-service features, an API governance program can help organisations to design and deliver the right APIs in a consistent manner.


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Inside Retail Hong Kong
Smartphone maker Huawei plans to open 15,000 retail stores internationally this year in a bid for a record-high shipment of smartphones and greater sales of premium-priced models.
“We are optimistic and confident about reaching our target shipment of 140 million smartphones this year,” says its business group CEO Richard Yu Chengdong. That would mark a 30 per cent increase in smartphone shipments from 108 million units last year.
Yu says the Huawei retail store expansion would help drive sales of its high-end smartphones in the US$500 to US$600 range.
Huawei’s retail arm had 35,000 of its own stores around the world at the end of May, up 116 per cent year on year. It has 11,000 stores in mainland China, 6500 stores across the rest of Asia, 6200 in Europe and 1500 in South America. This compares with Apple’s 484 retail outlets in fewer than 20 countries.
Huawai is represented in more than 170 countries and territories, supported by a growing number of third-party shops. These include outlets in shopping malls and stores owned by mobile network operators like China Mobile.
Its smartphone shipments grew 25 per cent year on year to 60.56 million units in the first six months of this year. Sales generated by the company’s consumer business group in the first half jumped 41 per cent to 77.4 billion yuan (US$11.6 billion), with more than half from overseas markets.
Data from market research firm GFK shows that Huawei’s share of the global smartphone market reached 11.4 per cent at the end of May. Its share of the premium smartphone market was 25.7 per cent, up from 15.2 per cent at the end of March.
The Shenzhen-based firm, which also sells network equipment to telecommunications service providers and other enterprises, reported this week that its total revenue in the first half of this year jumped 40 per cent to 245.5 billion yuan, up from 175.9 billion yuan for the same period last year.


title: Alphas are bullies

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Bullying behaviors are linked to higher self-esteem, social status, and a lower rate of depression, according to a new provocative study. Researchers at Simon Fraser University observed a group of high school students finding that bullies had the highest self esteem, greatest social status, and were less likely to be depressed, as reported by National Post.This may actually help explain a key difference between sigmas and alphas, as well as why the two sexual alpha-variants tend to harbor a certain amount of dislike for one another. Sigmas are not bullies, and most of them tend to actively dislike bullies of any rank. Alphas bully in order to maintain their social status, although to be fair, they don't tend to be vicious like the gamma bullies desperately trying to keep themselves from being perceived as omegas.
“Humans tend to try to establish a rank hierarchy,” Jennifer Wong, a criminology professor who led the study, told the Post. “When you’re in high school, it’s a very limited arena in which you can establish your rank, and climbing the social ladder to be on top is one of the main ways … Bullying is a tool you can use to get there.”
Wong notes that many anti-bullying initiatives try to change the behavior of bullies, but often don’t work. This is likely because behavior is hard-wired and not learned, she says. Experts suggest that schools might expand competitive, supervised activities as an alternative outlet to channel dominating behavior.
The new study surveyed 135 teenagers from a Vancouver high school using a standard questionnaire. Questions included things like how often individuals were hit or shoved. Researchers then categorized the students into four groups: bully, bystander, victim, or victim-bully.
About 11 percent of the group was categorized as bullies and they scored highest on self-esteem, social status, and lowest on depression, according to study.
In a separate study, Tony Volk, a Brock University psychologist, found among 178 teenagers surveyed, bullies also were more sexually active.
“The average bully isn’t particularly sadistic or even deeply argumentative,” he says. “What they really are is people driven for status.”
Perhaps because I was bullied quite a bit at a very young age, but I have a very strong and somewhat violent instinctive reaction to bullying. My senior year of high school, I got in trouble for beating up a fifth-grader, although in truth I did nothing more than pick him up by the throat, throw him up against a brick wall, and make him wet his pants while expanding his vocabulary.
I was called into the dean's office by the incredulous dean, who was very curious to know why a senior who had never gotten into any of that sort of trouble in the six years he'd known me would beat up a little kid after school and do so in front of practically the entire elementary school while wearing my letter jacket. (Apparently there were more than a few complaints made by various parents and teachers.) It wasn't exactly an inconspicuous affair.
After I explained that while picking up my little brothers, my third-grade brother had come to the car and said that a big mean fifth-grader had knocked down our first-grade brother and was making him cry, he closed his eyes and started shaking his head. By the time I explained that I had left the car running in the road and that my ninth-grade brother had literally gone over the hood and arrived right behind me, he was grinning. And after he called our mother, and was informed that the only way we would have been punished at home is if we hadn't promptly dealt with the little shit and put the fear of God and big brothers into him, he was chuckling.
I still intensely dislike bullying and those who needlessly seek to throw their weight around. And their tendency to bully others, however lightly, is one reason why I tend to respect alphas more than like them.


title: What is Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax?

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What is Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax?
Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax is a natural component utilized in cosmetic products. It is primarily valued for its ability to condition the skin and control the thickness of formulations. This ingredient is obtained from the blossoms of the sacred lotus plant.
The production process of this wax involves gathering the petals of the lotus flower and subsequently refining the waxy substance from them. This meticulous extraction method preserves the unique properties of the lotus flower, ensuring that the resulting wax retains its beneficial characteristics for skincare applications. The refined wax is then carefully processed to meet the quality standards required for cosmetic use.
Once applied to the skin, it creates a protective layer that helps retain moisture and maintain hydration. This occlusive barrier effectively locks in moisture, preventing transepidermal water loss and keeping the skin soft and supple. The conditioning effect of Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax enhances the overall texture and feel of the skin, making it an excellent ingredient for products designed to improve skin smoothness and elasticity. Due to its thickening properties, this ingredient is frequently incorporated into various lotions and creams.
Who Can Use Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax?
This wax is pretty versatile and suitable for most skin types. It’s particularly beneficial for dry skin due to its excellent moisturizing properties. However, if you have very oily skin, you might want to use it sparingly, as it could potentially contribute to excess oiliness.
When it comes to vegans and vegetarians, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax is a safe choice. It’s plant-derived, which makes it suitable for those following a plant-based lifestyle. No animal-derived ingredients are involved, so it aligns well with vegan and vegetarian ethics.
As for expectant or breastfeeding mothers, there’s no specific contraindication for using products containing Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax. However, it’s always a good practice to consult with a healthcare provider before starting any new cosmetic products during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, just to be on the safe side.
Potential Side Effects/Adverse Reactions
Side effects and reactions to the topical application of Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax can vary from person to person. While generally considered safe, some individuals may experience adverse reactions depending on their skin type and sensitivity.
- Allergic Reactions: Symptoms can include redness, itching, or swelling at the application site.
- Contact Dermatitis: This is a form of skin irritation that can manifest as a rash, blisters, or dry, flaky skin.
- Photosensitivity: Increased sensitivity to sunlight, leading to quicker sunburns or skin damage when exposed to UV rays.
If you experience any of these side effects while using Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax, it is advisable to discontinue use immediately and consult a healthcare professional if symptoms persist or worsen.
While the list of potential side effects might sound extreme or scary, it’s important to note that adverse reactions to Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax are relatively rare. Most people use products containing this ingredient without any negative effects.
Given the variability in how different skin types can react to cosmetic ingredients, conducting a patch test before using a new product extensively is crucial. This simple precaution helps ensure compatibility and minimizes the risk of adverse reactions.
Comedogenicity refers to the potential of cosmetic ingredients to cause comedones, which are skin blemishes commonly known as blackheads and whiteheads. This is particularly important for individuals with acne-prone skin as certain ingredients can exacerbate or lead to the formation of acne.
The comedogenic rating of Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax is generally considered to be 1 on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is non-comedogenic and 5 is highly comedogenic. This low rating suggests that it is unlikely to clog pores or contribute significantly to the formation of comedones.
Given its low comedogenic rating, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax is generally suitable for those who are prone to acne and breakouts. Its properties are less likely to contribute to skin congestion, making it a safer choice for sensitive skin types.
Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax primarily functions as a skin conditioning agent and viscosity controller in cosmetic formulations. These functions help to enhance the texture and sensory properties of skincare and makeup products, making them more appealing and effective.
While not as widely popular or recognized as some other cosmetic ingredients, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax shares similarities with other plant waxes that are valued for their stabilizing and emollient properties. Its use in contemporary cosmetic formulations remains valid, particularly in products aimed at improving skin feel and consistency.
Overall, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Wax is considered safe for use in cosmetics. Its low comedogenic rating and beneficial properties make it a suitable choice for a variety of skincare and beauty products, particularly those designed for sensitive and acne-prone skin.


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National Orders are the highest awards that a country, through its President, bestows on its citizens and eminent foreign nationals. The President as the fount (holder, cradle, main source) of honour in the country bestows these Orders and Decorations and is assisted by the Director-General in The Presidency, who is the Chancellor of National Orders and an Advisory Council on National Orders, in the execution of this responsibility.
It is awarded to South African citizens for achievements that have impacted internationally and served the interests of the Republic of South Africa. The first and highest category of this Order is awarded in platinum. Other categories are Gold, Silver and Bronze. |
Is awarded to South African citizens for distinguished service in the fields of business and the economy; science, medicine and technological innovation; and community service. The Order of the Baobab is awarded in three categories: gold, silver and bronze. |
Is awarded to heads of state and other dignitaries for promoting peace, co-operation and friendship towards South Africa. The order is awarded in three categories: gold, silver and bronze. |
It is awarded to South Africans who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy, human rights, nation-building, justice, peace and conflict resolution. It symbolizes the vision of the late Chief Albert Luthuli – the legendary liberation struggle leader and the first African recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. The Order of Luthuli is awarded in gold, silver or bronze. |
The Order of Ikhamanga is awarded to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. This order is awarded in gold, silver or bronze. |
Is awarded to South African citizens who have performed extraordinary acts of bravery. The Order of the Mendi for Bravery is awarded in gold, silver or bronze. |


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How Can You Keep Your Laptop Running Longer?
Getting work done in the airport or other remote location where you can’t find a spare plug to recharge your “dying” laptop can be tricky. Battery power only lasts so long on any device, and once it’s used up, you’re stuck hunting down a spare outlet (along with other travelers in the airport lounge).
Luckily, there are some fast and simple solutions to help you gain a bit more battery life. Here are 8 handy tips to try:
1. Turn On The Battery Saver In Your Laptop
Your PC or Mac laptop comes equipped with a way to lengthen your battery life. Adjusting a few settings can gain you some extra juice when you need it. Your laptop can automatically lower the power state for a number of components so you can ration your battery power more effectively. You can change settings to turn off applications you don’t need, shut down processes that aren’t required and adjust specific activities so your laptop consumes less power.
2. Turn Off The Keyboard Light
Do you really need to have the keyboard backlit? This is a power drain you can quickly fix.
On your PC, go to the Control Center. Next, click the Keyboard and Mouse, then Backlit Keyboard to adjust the lighting. Turn off the Backlit Keyboard.
Unfortunately, there’s no built-in setting in Windows 10 to adjust the backlit keyboard settings. However, some original equipment manufacturers like Dell offer their own software for this. They have settings to turn the backlit keyboard on or off, adjust the keyboard brightness, and automatically turn off the backlight after a number of seconds of inactivity. Do some research for your device to learn what options you have. While you’re at it, why not assign a hotkey for this? You may need to do this again in a pinch, and you’ll save some time.
3. Lower Your Screen Brightness
You certainly can’t turn this off, but you can adjust the brightness setting and resolution. Reducing the level of brightness to 50 percent will save you quite a bit of power when you’re running low.
4. Turn Down The Volume
Doing this will save you a bit more power. If you’re desperate for more time, this is worth doing. Lower the sound as much as you can. You can also switch from listening via the laptop’s speakers to a set of earbuds. If you don’t need the sound, turn it off altogether.
5. Disable Ports And Devices
This is an easy way to reduce your laptop’s power consumption. Close down anything you don’t need. Disconnect peripherals you aren’t using like external hard drives or a USB mouse. Some other things that hog power are your Bluetooth, graphics processors, optical drives, and Wi-Fi. Turn these off if you don’t need them.
For Mac users, disable your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in the Menu Bar. If you use a PC, go to the Device Manager in your desktop and disable ports you don’t need. This won’t provide a lot of extra juice, but if you’re really lacking power, this is something to try. Also turn off any USB ports that aren’t being used.
To turn off devices on your PC in Windows, go to your Control Panel and look for the Device Manager. All of the devices will be organized according to their category. All you have to do is right-click what you want to disable and choose “Disable” from the drop-down. If you want to turn off your Wi-Fi, you’ll find this in the Network Adapters category. The graphics card will be under Display Adapters, and the optical drive under the DVD/CD-ROM Drives category.
6. Can You Spare Some Apps?
When the power is running low, it’s best to use just one application at a time. If you keep multiple applications and processes running on your laptop, you can say “bye-bye” to your juice. They can really eat up battery life. Turn off anything you aren’t using. On your Windows-based laptop in the System Tray, click the icon that displays hidden icons. Here, you can see what apps might be running in the background. Then go to the Task Manager in the menu, and you can see apps that are open. Turn off what you don’t need.
7. What About Turning Off Certain Computing Processes?
Just like you don’t need all those apps running, you should turn off processes that you don’t require. Anything that’s used to run video players or music can probably be disabled and won’t be missed. Also, turn off your cloud storage services, for now, to get back some precious battery life. You can turn them back on when you can find a plug.
For MacBook users, go to Login Items in System Preferences and Users & Groups. Disable anything you don’t need right now. If you want to see what’s running, hold down the Option key and click on the battery indicator in the Menu or open the Activity Monitor in settings to see what’s running. Select and turn off anything you don t need. Apple OS X has a Power Nap feature that you can turn on. This will switch off email and Twitter feeds so you can maximize your remaining battery power.
8. Finally – Always Keep A Plug Splitter Handy
If you can find someone who’ll share a plug, this is when you need that handy plug splitter. It converts one grounded outlet into three. A 3-outlet splitter is usually rated at 15 amps. You can plug three different devices into it. Just make sure their combined load is less than 15 amps or 1,875 watts. If the people using the plug aren’t so sure they want to share, maybe a free cup of coffee will change their minds. They can recharge from their coffee while you recharge your laptop battery!
No matter how great your remote setup, getting work done in the airport where you can’t find a spare plug to recharge your laptop is a little tricky. I hope these tips helped.


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At DevNet Create last week, our community shared over 150 technical sessions for network and cloud developers. We had sessions for people just starting out, for app designers, for API creators, and for infrastructure operators. It was a great lineup. You should definitely browse the full line up to find sessions that match your interests.
That said, I want to focus on 10 essential talks I think everyone should see. You’ll see a heavy representation of security talks here, and that’s no accident. Security is everyone’s business. It’s foundational technology and we can’t go forward with anything else if our apps and networks aren’t protected.
Below are my picks for great educational sessions. They are all available now in on-demand videos at the DevNet Create site. After checking these talks out, I’m sure you’ll find other sessions that address your particular cloud development needs.
Please use the comments section below to tell me what are
your favorite sessions. Or reach me on Twitter. I’d love to hear from you.
Meet your AI coding assistant
Tabnine helps developers easily adopt new Cisco SDK and API, in whichever IDE you love
Tabnine is an AI-based coding assistant that plugs into your IDE. Its learns to help you based on your previous code. Check out how it can help you and your team code more consistently and efficiently. With Brandon Jung of Tabnine and Stuart Clark of Cisco.
How to keep ahead of changing requirements
Building customer-driven SDKs and APIs
Microsoft’s Mandy Whaley covers an effective approach to ensure that new API and SDK capabilities meet the needs of the end developer once they are released. And, realistically, how to revise specs and development if the requirements or the initial development hypothesis need to be refined along the way.
“Coding” for everyone
Computational thinking for creatives – decoding barriers to entry
This is an interesting perspective from HMC Architects’s Tadeh Hakopian on how to make coding approachable for non-developers. No-code and low-code solutions can open up business opportunities in companies and industries where coding isn’t seen as an essential skill.
Like it or not, security is your business
Shift Left Security: How developers can assume responsibility in their apps
This talk, by Cisco’s Ariel Shuper and Tomer Dvir, is about the trend to move security earlier (“left”) in the development lifecycle, and some of the methods that enable it. And why it is imperative for organizations to embrace this idea to protect their users, apps, and data.
Think like a hacker
Security: As strong as the weakest link
GitLab’s Brendan O’Leary talks about common security risks in code that can be easily overlooked by developers. He challenges us to think about more than just the obvious attack surfaces when building apps.
Understand the APIs you use
APIClarity: An open source API observability tool
Applications frequently have limited or out of date API documentation, which makes supporting and securing them difficult. APIClarity is a new open-source tool designed to help application owners map out the APIs in use, and identify potential risks in them, without needing to review all the API source code. Zohar Kaufman and Alexi Kravtsov, from Cisco, have the rundown.
Document your way to success and riches
Nobody puts docs in a corner
To make a product that developers will embrace and enjoy using, you need good documentation. Without it, potential users will abandon the product and look for alternatives which are easier to use. Adrienne Moherek, form Cisco DevNet, runs this session, which gives users insights on documentation best practices, and Adrienne shares methods to improve documentation regardless of your role in the development lifecycle.
How to protect memory from attacks
Don’t Lose your Keys!
This session, from Intel’s Mourad Cherfaoui, covers techniques to ensure that the keys that secure in-memory secrets are protected. This is a critical consideration, as some recent hardware and software attack vectors allow accessing memory beyond what is allocated to a specific container or virtual machine.
How to bake security into your infrastructure code
Security tests for security groups, shifted left
When you’re configuring networks using Infrastructure as Code, you need to build security policy and tests into the code so intended policies and limitations are automatically enforced. HashiCorp’s Rosemary Wang explores how you can test these security policies in a Cisco ACI configuration — before you apply the changes to live infrastructure.
Avoid security risks in cloud-native apps
Secure CN – Securing Cloud Native Applications
When deploying cloud-native applications, it can be tricky to apply and monitor security and data policies. This session discusses some of the biggest risks, and how they can be mitigated with tools like Secure CN. From Cisco’s Peter Bosch.
That’s a wrap for my fundamental sessions from DevNet Create 2021. Remember to:
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Patients in long-term care facilities, nursing homes, and hospitals often need to be moved from one location to a facility that can provide better care. If you have a loved one who can no longer receive the best treatment in the facility that he or she is currently in, but you are not sure about making a move to a better place, call us. At ACC Medlink, we provide medical transport services to every city and state in the United States. You can be sure that your loved one receives the best care possible with us. We are not an emergency ambulance service, but we do provide basic care to patients. A nurse travels along with the patient in the medical vehicle, and will help the patient with medications. The nurse will also change diapers, assist the patient to the bathroom, or provide oxygen if necessary.
You can read the testimonials of our customers online to see for yourself how satisfied they were with our services. We allow family members to accompany the patient, and you can even bring the patient’s pet along as well. You can Request a Quote online by simply completing a short form and providing the following information:
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When choosing a medical transport service provider, you must ensure to choose one that not only focuses on getting you to your destination, but also prioritizes using the safest, most conducive, and most efficient sets of vehicle fleets and equipment to do the job.
ACC Medlink appeared on the TLC television network reality show “1000 LB Sisters” to transport one of the cast members from Ohio to a doctor in Kentucky. ACC Medlink, four of its employees, and the journey they took with Tammy Slaton were featured in episode 6 of season 4.
ACC Medlink is proud to announce the addition of a new line of elite medical sprinter vans to our long distance medical transport fleet. This addition will allow ACC Medlink to continue to provide superior service and outstanding care for those in need of medical transport out of state...


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A Cryptoquant analyst has introduced a new tool known as the Taker Buy Sell Ratio, which may be used to forecast future patterns in the price of Bitcoin (BTC). According to him, a combination of the 350-day MA and the 100-day EMA of the Taker Buy Sell Ratio indicator should be able to give helpful insights regarding swings in the price trajectory of bitcoin.
Traders would wish to pay attention to a line with a constant value of 1, which is a common value. The crossing of this line by the 100-day EMA has the potential to indicate local highs and lows in the price of Bitcoin.
This means that traders could potentially profit from buying when the price reaches a local bottom marked by the value line of 1 or selling when the price reaches a local top marked by the same line. While no trading strategy is foolproof, adding this additional indicator to one’s toolkit could help traders make more informed decisions about when to enter or exit positions in Bitcoin.
Traders can now enter or exit the market timely
Furthermore, it is worth noting that the crossing of the 100-day exponential moving average with the value line of 1 is a particularly noteworthy observation. This is because it can often indicate significant reversal points in the Bitcoin price, making it a powerful tool for traders looking to time their entry or exit from the market.
By combining the 350-day moving average, the 100-day exponential moving average, and the value line of 1, traders can gain a more nuanced view of Bitcoin’s short-term trend changes.
While no single indicator can provide a complete picture of market dynamics, using a combination of tools like these can help traders make more informed decisions and potentially improve their overall trading outcomes.
To make investing choices, the author of Cryptoquant’s piece emphasizes the value of integrating technical analysis and on-chain research with other tools and market aspects.
The ratio has failed to gain any momentum
The taker buy/sell ratio hasn’t changed considerably above or below 1 since August 2022, an analyst said in another CryptoQuant report. This indicates that there are a greater number of buyers that are willing to acquire BTC at a higher price at the present time, which results in stronger purchasing pressure.
On the other hand, readings of the indicator that are below the threshold imply that the seller volume of takers is more prevalent at the present time. When these levels are seen, it indicates that the majority of investors now have a pessimistic outlook on the market.
Given that the ratio is precisely equal to one, it stands to reason that the taker buy and sell volumes are now exactly equal. As a result, the market is equally divided between bullish and bearish mentalities.
At press time Bitcoin is exchanging hands at $23,004.28, a 3.66% drop within the last 24 hours. This has pushed Bitcoin`s trading volume to $24,662,834,308 within the same timeframe. It has a circulating supply of 19,301,343 BTC coins and a max. supply of 21,000,000 BTC coins according to Coinmarketcap.


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Lesley Pymm reports: The latest race in the Sevices League was really good fun. It incorporated the Police Regional Championships which meant there was a buffet afterwards at the presentation. It started at Milford Common on Cannock Chase – somewhere I know very well as I do the Milford Murder there most years. In fact it usually uses virtually the same course as the ‘Murder’, but we were told that this course had to be changed owing to Forestry Commission working further into the Chase. There had been so many changes to the course ovefr the previous 24 hours that they were not really sure what distance it was – something around 5.7 miles….
I loved it. We started off as usual and headed off along the track rising steadily uphill but before we reached the highest point we turned off and went over newly worked Forestry land. It was brilliant. This was all new for a while and then suddenly I was passing the stepping stones and knew where I was again.
Once more round again and then a bit of a climb back to the start/finish area – but they cut out the big climb. I quite like the climbs, so was not that bothered about that.
I had passed two other runners – but they both dropped out! I came in last but someone has to! I did a reasonable time on the course, which turned out to be 5.8 miles, and enoyed it. The food was good afterwards.
I just hope that the Milford Murder in a few weeks gets changed as well!