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With regard to establishing a new or expanding an already existing entity domiciled in Germany, the German supervisory authorities stand ready to discuss the pertinent issues.
The Bundesbank's Statistics section provides a comprehensive overview of current and historical data at both the national and international levels.
The Bundesbank's up-to-date statistical data in the form of time series (also available to download as a CSV file or SDMX-ML file).
Here you will find information on the bank sort code file and on the bank sort code update service. You can also download the bank sort code files.
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The popular series of open-air markets put together by Columbus Flea has a new home starting this Sunday - Seventh Son Brewing Co. at North Fourth Street and East Fourth Avenue.
The popular series of open-air markets put together by Columbus Flea has a new home starting this Sunday � Seventh Son Brewing Co. at North Fourth Street and East Fourth Avenue.
The fleas have been held in the Short North�s Fireproof Storage parking lot for the past two years. Construction on the lot � and the fact that the people behind the fleas and the brewery are good friends � precipitated the move.
Most of the vendors at this weekend�s free sale will be selling outside. Per usual, the flea will benefit the Mid-Ohio Foodbank (the three 2011 Columbus Flea events raised $3,600 from booth fees for the nonprofit).
Nearly 50 businesses are selling Sunday (Seventh Son isn�t among them � the brewery is not selling or serving beer yet). There will be art, jewelry, clothing, records and crafts. Here are four of them we think you may not have heard of yet but should certainly visit.
Ghetto Vintage
What you�ll find: A gutted 1968 Avion trailer packed with authentic vintage pop culture T-shirts from the 1970s and 1980s hand-picked for the flea from this eBay store�s 3,000-square-foot warehouse in Whitehall.
Price Range: $10
Website: stores.ebay.com/ghettovintage
Elizabeth�s Records
What you�ll find: A big batch of vinyl records recently purchased by the purveyors of this Clintonville shop. The record store is named after the owner�s adorable first-grader daughter who will tell you all about her love of �80s rock if you give her a chance. Elizabeth�s Records is a bit obscure, which means shoppers can locate awesome finds there that are cherry-picked fast at more trafficked local record stores.
Price Range: $2 LPs, three-for-$1 45s, $3 record bowls
Website: elizabethsrecords.webs.com
Columbus Furniture Revival
What you�ll find: Furniture � from mirrors to end tables, dressers to desks � repurposed, refinished and repainted by a team based in the Brewery District. They�ll make your Pinterest home-decor dreams come true without you having to do the work.
Price Range: $2-$400
Website: columbusfurniturerevival.wordpress.com
Alexis Macrina
What you�ll find: Handcrafted jewelry made out of steel, enamel and sterling silver by local artist Alexis Macrina. Her designs blend class and whimsy wonderfully.
Price range: $15-$50
Website: etsy.com/shop/phelia
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Ark. passes 12-week abortion ban
The Arkansas Legislature has approved the earliest abortion ban in the nation.
And it's now up to Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe to decide what to do next. If he vetoes the bill, his veto could be overridden by a simple majority in the Republican Legislature as it was earlier Thursday on a similar 20-week abortion ban bill.
The Arkansas Senate gave final approval Thursday morning to the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, which would ban abortions at 12 weeks into pregnancy if a heartbeat is detected, with exceptions for cases of rape or incest, to save the life of the mother or for a lethal fetal condition. The bill now goes directly to Beebe.
Through "fetal pain" laws, other states have begun approving abortion bans at around 20 weeks into pregnancy — such a ban became law in Arkansas with the veto override early Thursday — but this bill would go further, turning Arkansas into the only state to ban abortions that early in a pregnancy.
Abortion rights groups immediately urged Beebe to reject the bill. "This extreme legislation would insert politics into women's personal medical decisions, and we urge Gov. Beebe to veto it immediately," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement.
"Lawmakers in Arkansas are placing women's lives on the line by passing the most severe ban on access to safe, legal medical care this country has seen in recent years," said Talcott Camp, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project.
In vetoing the 20-week ban on Tuesday, Beebe said the bill violated Supreme Court precedent that establishes states cannot limit abortions before viability. That was one of 10 "fetal pain" laws that have been enacted in 10 states, based on the assertion that the fetus can experience pain after 20 weeks. Cases have been filed against such laws in Arizona and Georgia.
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Margaret Thatcher milk snatcher? Iron lady still divides in death
But while US President Barack Obama spoke for many in the wider world in praising the grocer's daughter with the eyes as steely as her resolve, the scars of bitter struggles left Britain itself as deeply divided now as under her leadership.
Britain and admirers worldwide are mourning Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, as the "Iron Lady" who rolled back the state and faced down her enemies during 11 years as Britain's first woman prime minister.
Her impact on the 1980s was such that opponents, including Labour's Tony Blair and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, led tributes to a legacy that radically transformed the British economy along free-market lines now widely taken for granted and includes her role in the peaceful end to the Cold War.
But while US President Barack Obama spoke for many in the wider world in praising the grocer's daughter with the eyes as steely as her resolve, the scars of bitter struggles left Britain itself as deeply divided now as under her leadership.
Tuesday's newspapers told the story: "The Woman Who Saved Britain", declared the Daily Mail from the right; "The Woman Who Divided A Nation", headlined the left's Daily Mirror, which questioned the grand, ceremonial funeral planned for next week.
Still Britain's only woman prime minister, the unyielding, outspoken Thatcher led her Conservative party to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous term in office for a British premier in over 150 years.
She was loved and loathed in equal measure as she crushed trade unions, privatised swathes of British industry, clashed with European allies and fought a distant and improbable war to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentina.
She struck up a close relationship with US President Ronald Reagan on the Cold War, backed the first President George Bush during the 1991 Gulf War, and was among the first to discover that Gorbachev was a man she could "do business with".
"Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast," said Tony Blair, whose term as Labour prime minister from 1997-2007 he acknowledged owed a debt to the former leader of his Conservative opponents.
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a visit abroad and flags flew at half mast: "We've lost a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton," Cameron said.
"The real thing about Margaret Thatcher is that she didn't just lead our country, she saved our country."
Obama led an outpouring of tributes from the United States: "America has lost a true friend," he said.
Mourners laid roses, tulips and lilies on the doorstep of her house in Belgravia, one of London's most exclusive areas. One note said: "The greatest British leader" while another said to "The Iron Lady", a soubriquet bestowed by a Soviet army newspaper in the 1970s and which Thatcher loved.
But, in a mark of lingering anger at a woman who explained her belief in private endeavour by declaring "there is no such thing as society", someone also left a bottle of milk; to many Britons, for scrapping free milk for schoolchildren as education minister in 1971, she remained "Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher".
The former premier died peacefully on Monday morning at the Ritz Hotel after a stroke. Having retreated into seclusion after being deposed by her party, the death of her businessman husband Denis in 2003 and creeping dementia had kept her out of the public eye for years. She had been in poor health for months.
Lord Bell, a spokesman for the family, likened her to her hero Winston Churchill - a comparison echoed on the recaptured Falkland Islands - while Cameron said she would go down as Britain's greatest peacetime prime minister.
A ceremonial funeral with military honours at London's St. Paul's Cathedral next week will be short of a full state funeral, in accordance with her family's wishes.
Parliament, where she deployed fearsome and forensic debating skills that drew on her training as both a research chemist and a courtroom advocate, will return from recess for a special session in her honour on Wednesday.
The abiding domestic images of her premiership will remain those of conflict: huge police confrontations with mass ranks of coalminers whose year-long strike failed to save their pits and communities; Thatcher riding a tank in a white headscarf; and flames rising above Trafalgar Square in the riots over the deeply unpopular "poll tax" which contributed to her downfall.
To those who opposed her she was blunt to a degree.
"The lady's not for turning," she told Conservatives in 1980 as some urged a "U-turn" on the economy in the facing of rising job losses and crashing poll numbers. She stuck to her plans to pare state spending but could thank extraordinary victory in the Falklands in 1982 for helping her bounce back to re-election.
Argentinians were understandably less moved to praise her as Falklanders who called her "our Winston Churchill". In South Africa, too, there was a coolness after her death as its new, democratic leaders recalled her prevarication on apartheid.
Among Irish republicans, she was remembered as the leader whose firm line saw 10 men starve themselves to death in British jails - and as one who survived the IRA's deadliest attack on the heart of the establishment when it bombed her hotel in 1984.
In Europe, many in the east had warm words for her refusal to back down against Moscow and the inspiration of her reforms of a centrally planned economy. Among those were Chancellor Angela Merkel, a fellow chemist from East Germany who rose to become her reunited country's first woman leader.
In western Europe, where the late French Socialist president Francois Mitterrand once grappled with a conundrum he described as having "the eyes of Caligula but the mouth of Marilyn Monroe", there was respect for her achievements though never great fondness for her "handbagging" lectures on saving money.
Brought up in a flat with no hot water above the family grocery in the eastern English town of Grantham, Margaret Hilda Roberts learned thrift and hard work from her Methodist father Alfred before going to Oxford University to study chemistry.
She met her wealthy husband Denis, a divorcee a decade her senior, at a Conservative dinner party. They married in 1951 but the young Thatcher faced snobbery from the party grandees: she was female and far too lowly.
"She was the shopkeeper's daughter from Grantham who made it to the highest office in the land," said Cameron.
As Conservatives and Labour traded power and blame for an economic and diplomatic decline in the early 1970s, Thatcher was manoeuvring behind the scenes and surprised the party by winning the leadership from former premier Edward Heath in 1975.
She made her mark - after a makeover that changed her hair and her voice - by focusing on fiscal prudence and common sense - potent messages when made against the backdrop of the 1978-79 "winter of discontent" when strikes brought Britain's economy to a halt and the Labour government seemed in thrall to the unions.
The struggles that followed have left their mark on Britain.
"Margaret Hilda Thatcher is gone but the damage caused by her fatally flawed politics sadly lingers on," the National Union of Mineworkers, which Thatcher virtually destroyed during a failed year-long strike, said on its website. "Good Riddance."
"I found her to be confrontational, dogmatic, abrasive; she attacked people in her own country and didn't listen to people in her own party," recalled Caspar Joseph, 51, a history teacher in Manchester. "She was destructive, nihilistic.
"I will be raising a glass... I might drink some Argentinian wine - her attitude was contemptible over the Falklands."
Her personal credo, founded on competition, private enterprise, thrift and self-reliance, gave birth to a political philosophy still referred to as "Thatcherism".
Millions in Britain pay tribute to her radical policies, such as the selling off of public housing to its tenants.
"A lot of people, my contemporaries from where I grew up, didn't like her," said Mark Guard, a 48-year-old filmmaker who grew up in public housing. "But I bought my first property age 22. I thank her for getting me out of that council estate."
Placing a bunch of flowers outside her house, he added: "She was a very patriotic leader of this country and I think she changed it for the better."
But many recalled past bitterness, including in Northern Ireland where republican leader Gerry Adams said she had caused "great suffering"; she took a hard line during a hunger strike in which 10 prisoners died in 1981, and three years later she survived a deadly Irish bomb attack on her party conference.
Liam Porter, a 49-year-old Belfast Catholic said: "My first memory of her was she took the milk away from the schoolkids and then there was the hunger strike and the Falklands war.
"The first thing I thought when I heard it this morning was 'ding dong the witch is dead'."
Thatcher clearly relished her strongwoman poster image and famously humiliated Geoffrey Howe, one of her most respected senior ministers, in front of the entire cabinet, helping to spur his resignation and her own downfall.
But behind the doors of her Downing Street residence she would insist on making tea for her ministers, take care over her impeccable outfits and relax with whisky and water after the 18-hour days which became the norm of her rule.
"Her outstanding characteristics will always be remembered by those who worked closely with her: courage and determination in politics, and humanity and generosity of spirit in private," said John Major, her successor as Conservative prime minister.
Thatcher's combative opposition to greater European integration antagonised allies in Europe and her own ministers but which still strikes a chord with those in Britain today who fear being drawn into the troubles of the struggling euro zone.
"She saved the pound and if we didn't have the pound we'd be another Greece or Portugal," said Jack Hikmet, who has owned a pharmacy in Thatcher's constituency of Finchley for 35 years.
In a few tense weeks at the end of 1990, Thatcher fell from power as some of her most senior ministers, including Howe, turned on her in what she said later was treachery. Thatcher never really recovered from her ousting.
"We are leaving Downing Street for the last time after 11 and a half wonderful years and we are very happy that we leave the United Kingdom in a very, very much better state than when we came here," Thatcher said. For many, the tears she shed that day gave a shocking glimpse of human frailty behind the handbag.
Descending into dementia after years at the top table of world politics, Thatcher became almost a recluse, living out her life behind the white-stucco walls of her Georgian townhouse.
"Everyone wants to be immortal. Few are. Mrs Thatcher is," said Maurice Saatchi, the ad man behind some of her most potent election campaigns. "She developed all the winning arguments of our time: free markets, low tax, a small state, independence, individuality, self-determination. The result was a revolution in economic policy and three election victories in a row."
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The Windows Incident Response Blog is dedicated to the myriad information surrounding and inherent to the topics of IR and digital analysis of Windows systems. This blog provides information in support of my books; "Windows Forensic Analysis" (1st thru 4th editions), "Windows Registry Forensics", as well as the book I co-authored with Cory Altheide, "Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools".
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I recently taught another iteration of our Timeline Analysis course, and as is very often the case, I learned somethings as a result.
First, the idea (in my case, thanks goes to Corey Harrell and Brett Shavers) of adding categories to timelines in order to increase the value of the timeline, as well as to bring a new level of efficiency to the analysis, is a very good one. I'll discuss categories a bit more later in this post.
Second (and thanks goes out to Cory Altheide for this one), I'm reminded that timeline analysis provides the examiner with context to the events being observed, as well as a relative confidence in the data. We get context because we see more than just a file being modified...we see other events around that event that provide indications as to what led to the file being modified. Also, we know that some data is easily mutable, so seeing other events that are perhaps less mutable occurring "near" the event in question gives us confidence that the data we're looking at is, in fact, accurate.
Another thing to consider is that timelines help us reduce complexity in our analysis. If we understand the nature of the artifacts and events that we observe in a timeline, and understand what creates or modifies those artifacts, we begin to see what is important in the timeline itself. There is no magic formula for creating timelines...we may have too little data in a timeline (i.e., just a file being modified) or we may have too much data. Knowing what various artifacts mean or indicate allows us to separate the wheat from the chaff, or separate what is important from the background noise on systems.
Adding category information to timelines can do a great deal to make analysis ssssooooo much easier! For example, when adding Prefetch file metadata to a timeline, identifying the time stamps as being related to "Program Execution" can do a great deal to make analysis easier, particularly when it's included along with other data that is in the same category. Also, as of Vista (and particularly so with Windows 7 and 2008 R2), there have been an increase in the number of event logs, and many of the event IDs that we're familiar with from Windows XP have changed. As such, being able to identify the category of an event source/ID pair, via a short descriptor, makes analysis quicker and easier.
One thing that is very evident to me is that many artifacts will have a primary, as well as a secondary (or even tertiary) category. For example, let's take a look at shortcut/LNK files. Shortcuts found in a user's Recents folder are created via a specific activity performed by the user...most often, by the user double-clicking a file via the shell. As such, the primary category that a shortcut file will belong to is something akin to "File Access", as the user actually accessed the file. While it may be difficult to keep the context of how the artifact is created/modified in your mind while scrolling through thousands of lines of data, it is oh so much easier to simply provide the category right there along with the data.
Now, take a look at what happens when a user double-clicks a file...that file is opened in a particular application, correct? As such, a secondary category for shortcut files (found in the user's Recents folder) might be "Program Execution". Now, the issue with this is that we would need to do some file association analysis to determine which application was used to open the file...we can't always assume that files ending in the ".txt" extension are going to be opened via Notepad. File association analysis is pretty easy to do, so it's well worth doing it.
Not all artifacts are created alike, even if they have the same file extension...that is to say, some artifacts may have to have categories based on their context or location. Consider shortcut files on the user's desktop...many times, these are either specifically created by the user, or are placed there as the result of the user installing an application. For those desktop shortcuts that point to applications, they do not so much refer to "File Access", as they do to "Application Installation", or something similar. After all, when applications are installed and create a shortcut on the desktop, that shortcut very often contains the command line "app.exe %1", and doesn't point to a .docx or .txt file that the user accessed or opened.
Adding categories to your timeline can bring a great deal of power to your fingertips, in addition to reducing the complexity and difficulty of finding the needle(s) in the hay stack...or stack of needles, as the case may be. However, this addition to timeline analysis is even more powerful when it's done with some thought and consideration given to the actual artifacts themselves. Our example of LNK files clearly shows that we cannot simply group all LNK files in one category. The power and flexibility to include categories for artifacts based on any number of conditions is provided in the Forensic Scanner.
Sorry that I didn't come up with a witty title for this section of the post, but I wanted to include something here. I caught up to SketchyMoose's blog recently and found this post that included a mention of RegRipper.
In the post, SM mentions a plugin named 'findexes.pl'. This is an interesting plugin that I created as a result of something Don Weber found during an exam when we were on the ...that the bad guy was hiding PE files (or portions thereof) in Registry values! That was pretty cool, so I wrote a plugin. See how that works? Don found it, shared the information, and then a plugin was created that could be run during other exams.
SM correctly states that the plugin is looking for "MZ" in the binary data, and says that it's looking for it at the beginning of the value. I know it says that in the comments at the top of the plugin file, but if you look at the code itself, you'll see that it runs a grep(), looking for 'MZ' anywhere in the data. As you can see from the blog post, the plugin not only lists the path to the value, but also the length of the binary data being examined...it's not likely that you're going to find executable code in 32 bytes of data, so it's good visual check for deciding which values you want to zero in on.
SM goes on to point out the results of the userinit.pl plugin...which is very interesting. Notice that in the output of that plugin, there's a little note that indicates what 'normal' should look like...this is a question I get a lot when I give presentations on Registry or Timeline Analysis...what is 'normal', or what about what I'm looking at jumps out at me as 'suspicious'. With this plugin, I've provided a little note that tells the analyst, hey, anything other than just "userinit.exe" is gonna be suspicious!
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SM also references a Hak5 episode by Chris Gerling, Jr, that discusses mapping USB storage devices found on Windows systems. I thought I'd reference that here, in order to say, "...there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio!" Okay, so what does quoting the Bard have to do with anything? In her discussion of her dissertation entitled, Pitfalls of Interpreting Forensic Artifacts in the Registry, Jacky Fox follows a similar process for identifying USB storage devices connected to a Windows system. However, the currently accepted process for doing this USB device identification has some...shortcomings...that I'll be addressing. Strictly speaking, the process works, and works very well. In fact, if you follow all the steps, you'll even be able to identify indications of USB thumb drives that the user may have tried to obfuscate or delete. However, this process does not identify all of the devices that are presented to the user as storage.
Please don't misunderstand me here...I'm not saying that either Chris or Jacky are wrong in the process that they use to identify USB storage devices. Again, they both refer to using regularly accepted examination processes. Chris refers to Windows Forensic Analysis 2/e, and Jacky has a lot of glowing and positive things to say about RegRipper in her dissertation (yes, I did read it...the whole thing...because that's how I roll!), and some of those resources are based on information that Rob Lee has developed and shared through SANS. However, as time and research have progressed, new artifacts have been identified and need to be incorporated into our analysis processes.
I ran across this listing for Win32/Phorpiex on the MS MMPC blog, and it included something pretty interesting. This malware includes a propagation mechanism when using removable storage devices.
While this propagation mechanism seems pretty interesting, it's not nearly as interesting as it could be, because (as pointed out in the write up) when the user clicks on the shortcut for what they think is a folder, they don't actually see the folder opening. As such, someone might look for an update to this propagation mechanism in the near future, if one isn't already in the wild.
What's interesting to me is that there's no effort taken to look at the binary contents of the shortcut/LNK files to determine if there's anything odd or misleading about them. For example, most of the currently used tools only parse the LinkInfo block of the LNK file...not all tools parse the shell item ID list that comes before the LinkInfo block. MS has done a great job of documenting the binary specification for LNK files, but commercial tools haven't caught up.
In order to see where/how this is an issue, take a look at this CyanLab blog post.
Malware Infection Vectors
This blog post recently turned up on MMPC...I think that it's great because it illustrates how systems can be infected via drive-bys that exploit Java vulnerabilities. However, I also think that blog posts like this aren't finishing the race, as it were...they're start, get most of the way down the track, and then stop...they stop before they show what this exploit looks like on a system. Getting and sharing this information would serve two purposes...collect intelligence that they (MS) and others could use, and help get everyone else closer to conducting root cause analyses after an incident. I think that the primary reason that RCAs aren't being conducted is that most folks think that it takes too long or is too difficult. I'll admit...the further away from the actual incident that you detect a compromised or infected system, the harder it can be to determine the root cause or infection vector. However, understanding the root cause of an incident, and incorporating it back into your security processes, can go a long way toward helping you allocate resources toward protecting your assets, systems, and infrastructure.
If you want to see what this stuff might look like on a system, check out Corey's jIIr blog posts that are labeled "exploits". Corey does a great job of exploiting systems and illustrating what that looks like on a system.
2 comments:
- Rob Lee said...
If you would like to examine a partial shot at pairing context with artifacts, I suggest you take a look at the DFIR community-built "Evidence of" category poster we released this past year. While we couldn't fit everything on it, it does a decent job at listing some of the core contextual pairings.
- H. Carvey said...
Thanks for the comment, Rob.
However, I'm not sure (and not clear on) how the poster illustrates "pairing context with artifacts". I can clearly see the pairings of categories to artifacts, but from my post, it's the actual contents of the timelines that provide the context.
Again, thanks.


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If you're prone to G-force-induced nausea you might want to skip this video of Jamie Morrow at Silverstone spinning his Westfield (Lotus 7 replica) for 15 minutes to set a world record for donuts. He completes 283 of them. The only person I've seen tear through more donuts in 15 minutes is Sam Smith (317).
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Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: (Dialectal slang) Someone up to no good, anyone from a simple mischievous rascal to a scoundrel; however, the humor associated with this word generally undermines its seriousness.
Notes: Today's Good Word is another one of those silly American nonsense words that found a place for itself in the general vocabulary. It was once used in a serious tone by Southerners in referring to their white brethren who supported the federal government during the Reconstruction Period. It is still used more widely in the south than in the north, even though it apparently originated in the north (see Word History). It is generally listed as a lexical orphan with no derivatives, but since scalawags are often up to skullduggery, wouldn't that also qualify as scalawaggery?
In Play: Scalawag is used far more often in the southern US states today than anywhere else in the English-speaking world. It usually refers to someone up to mischief: "Who was the scalawag who dropped the water balloon on me as I came in?" I like the abstract noun I just made up in the Notes: "If your son was more involved in his studies and less in scalawaggery, Mrs. Wipplesnatch, his grades would climb rapidly."
Word History: John Barlett claimed in his Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) that this word originated in New York, possibly as an alteration of Scottish scallag "farm servant, hayseed" under the influence of wag "jokester". However, we have a record of its referring to a runt, a small, worthless animal, and spelled scallaway. This suggests it might have started out as a variant of Scalloway, one of the Shetland Islands, known for its Shetland ponies. Wag would have had the same influence on this word. The new version would have then migrated south in the 1860s with the 'carpet-baggers', northerners who went south for the economic opportunities afforded by the Reconstruction. These Yankees were so despised by southerners that the word they imported stuck to them, then spread to others. (Sara Goldman certainly was no scalawag when she recommended today's Good Word, a slip of pure American fun.)
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Program SupportsAbu Dhabi Government's 2030 Vision to Improve
Access to Finance for Suppliers and Strengthen the Supply Chain
Abu Dhabi, 23 February 2015–Citi, the leading provider of cash management and trade services in the MENA region and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced the signing of an agreement to provide a Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solution to pay select suppliers.
The innovative financing program will enable Etihad Airways to unlock liquidity and pay its suppliers almost immediately through funding provided by Citi. It also offers a highly customised structure that will cater to the airline'ssupplier segment across the globe, and will facilitate access to liquidity across businesses of all sizes.
The partnership with Etihad Airways marks Citi's first supply chain financing deal in the airline sector in EMEA and the first ever SCF partnership for Citi in Abu Dhabi. Equally, Etihad Airways will also be launching the program for the first time. The solution will be rolled out in two phases with the first phase covering a select number of key suppliers, and will subsequently be rolled out to remaining suppliers in the second phase.
James Rigney, Etihad Airways' Chief Financial Officer, said:"Our suppliers are an essential part of the success of our business and we are happy to provide thetools that offer new credit and liquidity sources and accelerate their access to cash flow.
"This project is a great example of how we can work together with Citi to improve access to finance for our suppliers and encourage their development in the region to build a sustainable and vibrant economy".
Steve Donovan, Citi's Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) for the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey, said: "This is an important milestone for Citi's efforts in support of the key airline sector in the UAE.
"We are committed to providing the best supply-chain finance solutions to our clients, and place significant emphasis on developing a long-term partnership with Etihad Airways for the benefit of their suppliers."
Citi has been present in the Middle East and North Africa since 1955, and offers full scale corporate and investment banking services in Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Pakistan and Iraq. Citi's institutional capabilities in the region include Treasury & Trade Solutions, Corporate & Investment Banking, Capital Markets Origination, Global Markets and Islamic Banking.


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Actress Anna Paquin and hubby and True Blood costar Stephen Moyer were spotted taking a stroll with their twins. The names and the gender have not been announced by the beautiful family
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Peaches Geldof and hubby Tom Cohen expecting baby #2! Peaches is already a mama to son Astala, 7 months.
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French Actress Singer Vanessa Paradis took her beautiful 13-year old daughter Lily-Rose to starbucks on September 9, 2012. Vanessa is also mom to a son, Jack, 10, with her ex Actor Johnny Depp.
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Lily-Rose Depp, the 13 year old Daughter of Actress Singer Vanessa Paradis and Actor Johnny Depp, was seen going out to dinner and then getting a frozen treat in Los Angeles September 23, 2012.
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Daffodil History
Narcissus is a classical Greek name in honor of a beautiful youth who became so entranced with his own reflection that he pined away and the gods turned him into this flower. Although the name daffodil is often applied only to the larger trumpet-flowered cultivars, with the short-cupped and multi-headed cultivars referred to as narcissi, breeders and other enthusiasts refer to all kinds as daffodils.
Narcissus species are found in a variety of habitats in Europe and North Africa ranging from sea level to subalpine meadows, woodlands and rocky places. Spain hosts the greatest variety of species, but they can also be found in Morocco, Portugal, western France, Italy, and other countries.
Daffodils were introduced into gardens at a very early stage in the history of man. About 300 BC, the Greek botanist and philosopher Theophrastus listed and described many of the earliest known kinds of narcissus in his nine-volume 'Enquiry into Plants'. However, it was not until the 19th century that classification of the many narcissus species was attempted.
Due to their popularity as cultivated plants, thousands of cultivars have been bred by hybridizers or "raisers" around the world. These cultivars are usually grown in spring, or less frequently in autumn or winter. The perianths (petals) are mostly yellow or white but can occasionally be orange, green, or red or a combination of these colors. Today, many cultivars have brightly colored coronas (cups) which may be yellow, white, pink, orange, red, green or a combination of these.
Classification History
In 1884 the first daffodil conference of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was held and its Narcissus and Tulip Committee was formed (now called the Daffodil and Tulip Committee).
The RHS first introduced a division classification "list" in 1908 for garden and show purposes. Seven divisions were adopted, primarily based on size measurement.
By 1910, an expanded list of eleven divisions was published which, with some small amendments, served until 1950.
The eleven division scheme was enlarged to twelve in 1969, when split-corona daffodils were added and were given Division 11, while the miscellaneous daffodils formerly in Division 11 were moved to the new Division 12.
In 1975, the RHS adopted the more descriptive color coding system developed by Dr. Tom Throckmorton of Iowa, United States.
In 1998, at the request of the Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association of The Netherlands, Division 11 was separated into two sub-groups: Collar and Papillon split-cup daffodils.
The twelve divisions were expanded to thirteen in 1998, when Bulbocodium hybrids were added. These were given Division 10, while the daffodils distinguished solely by their scientific name were shifted from this division to Division 13.
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The RHS, as the International Daffodil Registration authority for cultivars, plays a vital role in promoting uniformity, accuracy and stability in the naming of Narcissus.
The RHS division classification consists of thirteen divisions or groups of daffodils, identified by numbers. Each daffodil cultivar or garden hybrid is placed into one of the first twelve divisions. Wild forms of daffodils or "species" are placed in Division 13. Whether wild or cultivated, once a selection has been distinguished by a cultivar name it is assigned to one of Divisions 1 to 12.
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The Throckmorton color coding system, which is part of the official RHS daffodil classification system, divides the perianths (petals) and coronas (cups) into three zones with the color codes Y, W, O, R, P, or G.
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On 23 June 2016, in order to reaffirm its commitment to the principles of equality, ethical behaviour, freedom of research and transparency in recruitment, KU sent to the European Commission an official declaration of support for the principles enshrined in the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers (the Charter and Code).
Conducting high-quality research, which contributes to the body of science both in Poland and internationally, is one of the main goals of KU. Innovative, important and international projects require an open and friendly environment in which academic staff can develop professionally; it is an aspect of utmost importance for KU.
In 2012, KU began to delve into the rules of the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers process (HRS4R). In years 2015-2016 the internal gap analysis where conducted, which covered all regulations and processes in force in Poland and at KU that may have an impact on the fulfilment of obligations stemming from the Charter and Code. Regulations were confronted with the provisions of Open, Transparent and Merit-Based Recruitment (OTM-R) document as well.
In July 2016 the survey was conducted among all groups of academic staff at Kozminski University. Its aim was to collect employees' opinions about the conformity of regulations and practices in force at KU with the provisions of the Charter and Code. A report was subsequently sent to all members of academic staff at the beginning of September 2016.
The results of analyses and of the survey were combined, strengths and weaknesses identified, the main areas requiring attention were consulted, defined and the final version of the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers at Kozminski University and Action Plan were drawn up.
"Researchers should adhere to accepted ethical practices and fundamental ethical principles relating to the disciplines with which they deal, and ethical standards included in the national, sectoral or institutional codes of ethics." more
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"The basic value of the academic ethos is the tuth. Universities are established in order to seek her honestly, and document the results of this search (research), educate the young generation in its methodical exploration, support the development of intellectual and moral, as well as to prepare future graduates to responsible holding public and professional office in a democratic country (didactic and educational goals) and support the development of cultural and civilizational society (social goals). " more (in Polish only)
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We have a lot of commandments and exhortations related to how we treat our fellow human beings. Many times we are very challenged by them – to love the creation, to love our neighbor as ourselves, to be empathic, to honor others more than ourselves…the list is almost endless. One idea that makes this more possible is if we find other people interesting, if we look for their good, if we ask for their story. Everyone has a story, always a fascinating one. Even people you've known for years probably have a whole story you haven't heard.
We're busy, we're distracted, other people are in our way. We rarely stop to talk to them -- or more importantly, to listen to them. We too frequently attend cocktail party style events where everyone is looking over each other's heads (I'm very short so people are always looking over my head!) to see who they can/must speak to next.
And so it was a rare pleasure the other day to sit down next to strangers at an event and hear about their lives.
To our right was seated a man named Bob the Builder. I'm sure he has a last name but we weren't told it. And he was a flesh and blood human being, not a cartoon character.
We learned a lot of lessons from Bob over the salmon and cappuccino. For one, Bob is not actually a builder but I guess our host couldn't resist the cutesy alliteration. He is an architect. And he has actually designed the large and elaborate homes of many of our friends and acquaintances.
Although I happen to love architecture, that was not what made Bob interesting. Bob is more than an architect. Bob is someone who, in his words, "sees the big picture". What does this mean in his profession? It means that he cares about the lives of the people he works with – and not just as an artistic construct, not just to help him design their homes appropriately.
Having lost a five year-old son to leukemia, Bob may be more aware of the preciousness of life than we are.
Bob cares about them as individuals, he cares about their lives. When one of Bob's clients was in the middle of a painful divorce, the husband wanted Bob to build him a grand new home. And despite the potential income, Bob refused. Bob hadn't given up hope of reconciliation; he was concerned about how the children would view it; he thought it was a rash decision at the wrong time. Bob didn't limit his role to that of a paid professional. He didn't make his concerns solely financial. Bob behaved like a caring friend.
In another situation, Bob was approached by a relative of a current client with a request to design a home of extravagant dimensions. Again Bob refused. "Besides my business, I have my wife and daughters to spend time with and my volunteer work," Bob replied. "I'm not willing to sacrifice any of those for more money." I was impressed with Bob's priorities and his ability to say no.
And what is his volunteer work that he was unwilling to relinquish? Bob is a chaplain in the prison system. He regularly visits convicts and helps them plan their future, on the inside and on the outside. His commitment to those prisoners was non-negotiable.
Having lost a five year-old son to leukemia, Bob may be more aware of the preciousness of life than we are. He certainly has deep reservoirs of compassion and caring.
Bob was quite open, eager even, to talk about his life, and my husband and I were avid listeners. It's always awe-inspiring to be around people of integrity.
It wasn't just that Bob reaffirmed that people are indeed the most fascinating of all but that he taught us about really living a life that focuses on others. You don't have to be a rabbi to counsel and care. You don't have to be in one of the traditional "giving" professions to make your work meaningful.
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2010 is up and running and so of course is the KTA tour as we head for round three at Mui Ne in Vietnam at the end of this month.
Mui Ne is a well established kiteboard destination in Asia and one with a reputation for regular strong wind conditions, so be sure to also pack your small kites if you are thinking of heading there to compete.
The KTA Vietnam will be running from the 28th – 31st January on the beachfront that runs between the C2Sky kite centre at the Sunshine Beach Resort and Sankara. C2Sky are the KTA's main local organiser and are the people who can help you out with accommodation, transfers and even visas.
Their details are and information is all listed on the Vietnam tour stop page for you. Sankara are the events headline local sponsor for the Vietnam round and will also play a key part during the event providing the parties and hospitality for the riders.
The morning of the 28th of Jan will be registration time, but it anticipated that there will be a very strong turn out in Mui Ne so make sure that you register here online to secure your chance to compete. If the numbers reach the max limits as they are expected then the afternoon of the 28th will kick-off with pre-eliminator rounds for all the non-seeded riders joining the KTA Vietnam event.
So plan ahead and we look forward to seeing you at the end of the month and seeing if anyone new will emerge to challenge our current KTA tour leaders, which are:
Men's Freestyle - Ken Nacor (Philippines)
Women's Freestyle - Anna Sarp (Finland)
Men's Course Race - Narapichat Pudla – Yo (Thailand)
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USA Cycling's National Development Pathway: Step-by-Step
How do you get into USA Cycling's National Development Program and get started on your pathway to success?
- Get a racing license and join a local club.
- Find a race near you and get pedaling!
- After you've found a supportive club or team and have a few local races under your belt, find and enter a Road Development Race Series or American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC) event near you.
- When you are ready to make the next step check out one of USA Cycling's Regional Talent ID Camps or enter the national championship for your discipline and age group.
- From there you may qualify for one of USA Cycling's National Talent ID Camps, be selected to represent the U.S. in an international competition, or attend one of USA Cycling's European Race Camps.
- With a lot of hard work you may just end up at Le Tour or winning Olympic gold for the USA!
For more information on USA Cycling's National Development Program, please contact the appropriate person in the Athletics Department:
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- Jamie Staff – Director of BMX
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About USA Cycling's National Development Program
With one of its dual missions being to achieve sustained success in international cycling competition, USA Cycling maintains development programs for all disciplines of competitive cycling, including men's and women's espoir and junior road; mountain bike; track (endurance and sprint); and BMX programs. These programs provide a structured pathway to the top tier of the sport through athlete development that begins with junior racing series, regional development camps and racing and moves through to international competition.


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If you ever hear about a company whose new technology is going to save magazines from extinction … short it. You'll make a killing.
Step back in time. The old list of possible solutions to the magazine industry's existential crisis is a long one: a perfect electronic replica of ink-and-paper editions, in PDF format; Web sites loaded with social networking features and user-generated content; mobile phone editions; flexible e-paper; print-on-demand copies and on and on it goes.
Cumulative net difference made by all of the above to the survival prospects of magazines: zero.
But now there's a new savior on the horizon, and, hoo boy, this one is really going to change everything. The deus ex machina du jour involves notepad-size wireless computers with full-color, touch-screen displays. Publishers are tripping over themselves in their haste to be ready when the first of these devices hits the market later this year. Wired and Sports Illustrated have already shown off demos. (Both feature a gadget thought to resemble Apple's mythical and much-drooled-over tablet, which may or may not be called the iSlate.) And then, as The Observer's John Koblin first reported, the four biggest magazine companies (four horsemen?)—Time Inc., Condé Nast, Hearst and Meredith—are teaming up to develop the applications necessary to make such e-editions a reality. Meanwhile, Hearst is working on its own reader, the Skiff (a name that has occasioned the predictable life-raft jokes).
Taken together, it's a kind of Manhattan Project for magazines. Will it succeed in splitting the atom? Alas, probably not in the way publishers are hoping. Despite the wishful thinking of people like New York Times media writer David Carr, who sees "an opportunity to renew the romance between printed material and consumer," the tablet won't be a broad bridge over which magazines will be able to skip en masse across the chasm they're now toeing. Some of them will make it to the other side, yes, but in much diminished form, while others will get there and flourish but mutate so much in the process as to become unrecognizable.
The fashionable thing these days is to embrace that mutation as though it were in fact the plan all along. If I had a quarter for every exec who smugly told me he's in the business of selling "brands, not magazines," I could afford a first-generation iSlate. Or whatever it's called.
But a magazine isn't just a brand wrapped around some words and pictures; it's also a product, one whose nature is decidedly antithetical to the demands of the digital economy. Magazines are, above all, packages for diverse kinds of content: features, celebrity profiles, reader service, fashion, charticles—and, of course, glossy ads whose value to marketers derives from their adjacency to high-grade consumer porn. The digital universe, however, abhors a package. The first law of the Internet—and everything is the Internet now—is this: Anything that can be dis-aggregated will be. Once it was possible to sell albums; now, thanks to iTunes, music labels have to settle for selling songs. Once it was possible to sell newspapers; now the savvy reader cherry-picks headlines on Google News.
Magazine publishers are so gung-ho on the tablet because it holds out the promise of maintaining the integrity of the product-as-package. If an e-magazine is sufficiently beautiful and seamless to browse, this thinking goes, consumers will be willing to purchase and enjoy it as a whole, ads and all, just as they do with an ink-and-paper magazine. But people don't buy physical magazines because they're attractive and user-friendly; they buy them because buying a whole magazine was, pre-Web, the only way to get magazine-style content.
That's not to say there aren't consumers out there who will prefer complete, artfully packaged e-magazines to a la carte content chunks. There are, just as there are connoisseurs who collect all the back issues of Might and Nest. They're simply a niche audience.
Nor is it to say some magazine companies won't create successful products for tablets/e-readers. Some no doubt will.
But whatever they create, it won't be magazines. Those are going away.
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How Diagnose and Treat Dandruff and Dry Itchy Scalp Issues
Reportedly, about one in five people have tried at least one hair remedy for dandruff sometime in their life. Even though dandruff is a harmless condition, it can be both annoying and embarrassing for people who have it. Dandruff can be caused by a variety of things, including an overproduction of a type of yeast on the scalp, stress, sickness and even the change of seasons.
Sometimes, what's believed to be dandruff is simply shampoo residue from sloppy rinsing or flaking from that gel you're hooked on. Or it could be dry scalp caused by dry indoor heat, harsh shampoos, too-frequent shampooing, conditioners or gels applied directly to the scalp, hair processing, or a too-hot blast from a hair dryer.
Flaking Scalp
It probably doesn't matter much to you whether your problem is dandruff and dry itchy scalp, or seborrheic dermatitis. What does matter is that you're afflicted with a flaky, itchy, tight, or inflamed scalp, and you just want to fix it.
Dandruff and dry, itchy scalp are both considered forms of dermatitis. Dandruff is often mistaken for a dry scalp, but it can afflict an oily scalp just as easily as a dry one. It's believed that dandruff is caused by an overgrowth of yeast that's found in moderation even on healthy scalps. The yeast, Pityrosporum ovale, irritates the oil glands below the surface, and the scalp responds by accelerating the cell turnover. Dandruff results when the skin cells divide and multiply at such an accelerated rate that they reach the surface before they die and clump there, These flakes of white, scaly skin look bad, and they itch.
Sometimes, what's believed to be dandruff is simply shampoo residue from sloppy rinsing or flaking from that gel you're hooked on. Or it could be dry scalp caused by dry indoor heat, harsh shampoos, too-frequent shampooing, conditioners or gels applied directly to the scalp, hair processing, or a too-hot blast from a hair dryer.
If you're coloring, perming, relaxing, or straightening your hair, your scalp can become oily, flaky, and inflamed, which may mean that you have a more severe form of dermatitis called seborrhea. One common mistake is to treat seborrhea with a harsh dandruff shampoo–that only makes it worse. So, first of all you need to know what kind of problem you have. Here's how you can tell:
Dandruff Test
Turn your head upside down and brush or vigorously rub your scalp, back and forth with fingers over a sheet of dark paper. If you see tiny, dry, powdery hits, you have dry scalp. If the flakes are larger and look slightly moist or greasy. they're dandruff. If you have large greasy flakes and your scalp is irritated and red, chances are you have seborrhea. If the scales stick to the scalp, it may be psoriasis, and if it doesn't clear up, consult a dermatologist.
If what you have is dry scalp, first use a clarifying shampoo with cider vinegar to remove any buildup of shampoo or conditioner on the scalp. Then try an oil treatment or scalp cream designed for dry. Itchy scalp: Kiehl's Enriched Massage Oil for Scalp, Phyto Therathrie Phytopolleine. or René Furterer Carthame Intensive Oil Supplement for Dry Hair & Scalp.
Although dandruff is generally believed not to be caused by microbes, most anti-dandruff shampoos are germicides. Go figure, most contain one of the five ingredients approved by the FDA for fighting dandruff: salicylic acid, zinc pyrithione, sulfur, selenium sulfide, and coal-tar. All of these ingredients will really dry out your scalp and your hair along with it, which puts you in the front seat of the beauty roller coaster: you got rid of your dandruff, all right, but now your hair looks like straw. Why go through all that when you can prevent dandruff in the first place?
Dandruff is seasonal, occurring more frequently and more severely from October to March, when your hair is exposed to dry indoor heat. So use the following simple rinse every couple of weeks to stay on top of the flakes.
Beating Dandruff the Gentle Way
Tea tree oil is an herbal antiseptic that many physicians now believe fights bacteria and yeast buildup. Try a tea tree oil shampoo like Desert Essence Keep-the-Clean Wash Shampoo, Nature's Gate Rainwater Herbal Tea Tree Oil Shampoo, or Terrain Tea Tree Shampoo. Alphaworks by ABBA is a little stronger, because it contains AHAs along with the tea tree oil. You can also mix two drops of tea tree oil in your palm with your regular shampoo. Try this three times a week for three weeks and see if it helps.
Other herbal shampoos that work for dandruff: Penny Island Wild Lavender Shampoo, Beauty Without Cruelty Aromatherapy Daily Benefits Shampoo, Ecco Bella Dandruff Therapy Shampoo, and for the cheapest alternative, try Dr. Bonner's Peppermint Pure Castile Soap (it will flatten your hair, but it will also squelch your dandruff). As well as these herbal shampoos and the use of tea tree oil, the use of another oil like cbd oil may have the benefits you have been looking for when it comes to managing or getting rid of dandruff. As there are some of the best CBD oil in UK, there shouldn't be any excuses as to why you shouldn't give this a go to help stop the itching!
A hair remedy that I recommend to my clients for dandruff and itchy scalp is Redken Dandruff Control. The active ingredient, pyrithione zinc, works to reduce flaking, irritation and itching according to Redken. The Redken Dandruff Control line also has a conditioner and leave-in treatment. For stubborn dandruff, try René Furterer Melaleuca Shampoo (tea tree oil with zinc pyrithione—it's strong), Avon Controlling Dandruff Shampoo, or Phvto Therathrie Phytocyres, Philip B. Anti-Flake.
Dandruff Defying Rinse
A few sprigs of rosemary, 2 cups water
1. Boil the rosemary in the water and cool.
2. Rinse through the hair and massage into the scalp.
Antiseptic botanicals like tea tree Oh (aka melaleuca) are terrific alternatives to harsh dandruff shampoos. But they remain a big secret because they're not FDA-approved for use as "dandruff shampoos." Nonetheless, gentle shampoos that include tea tree oil, rosemary, or sage can really work to control dandruff, and they won't dry out your scalp or hair. If your flaking is severe, you may need a true dandruff shampoo. In that case, alternate your dandruff shampoo with a gentle herbal shampoo to go easier on your hair and scalp. It's worth the splurge for a better-quality dandruff shampoo especially since it will last longer because you won't use it for every shampoo.
Tea tree oil is an herbal antiseptic that many physicians now believe fights bacteria and yeast buildup. I would recommend that you look for the best tea tree oil made from natural and natural ingredients. Through the genuine tea tree oil, it will improve your scalp health and get rid of dandruff efficiently.
Try a tea tree oil shampoo like Desert Essence Keep-the-Clean Wash Shampoo, Nature's Gate Rainwater Herbal Tea Tree Oil Shampoo, or Terrain Tea Tree Shampoo.
If none of the above treatments works see a dermatologist because you may have seborrhea or psoriasis which mimic dandruff but often require medical treatment.
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Compiled from selected police activity reports.
Buckeye Lake
• April 11: A driver was cited for going 50 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• April 11: A driver was cited for going 53 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• April 11: A driver was cited for going 53 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Walnut Road.
• April 11: A driver was cited for going 52 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Walnut Road.
• April 12: A Walnut Road woman said she noticed money missing from her bank account. When she questioned her boyfriend about it, he denied knowing anything, but then he grabbed her and slammed her head into a cabinet door. She didn't press assault charges.
• April 13: A Walnut Road man said someone keyed (scratched) his truck's door.
• March 10: A bow manufacturer learned about the sale of a new bow on Ebay. The bow was traced back to Buckeye Outdoors. A company and police investigation alledgedly determined that an employee had stolen more than 100 bows or related equipment worth thousands of dollars. The investigation is continuing and charges of grand theft are pending.
• March 11: A West Main Street business owner reported that someone was using his trash container. He found a name and address on some of the trash. Police contacted the family. They apologized and retrieved the trash from the container.
• March 11: A Lakewood bus driver reported that a pickup passed her bus as it was unloading students on US 40 at Burch Street. Police called the driver who said he thought the bus was going to turn onto Ohio 79 and passed it in the four lane area. He was given a verbal warning.
• March 12: Police assisted a Licking County Sheriff's Office deputy with a BAC test.
• March 12: Police located a juvenile in the village that had left his foster home without permission.
• March 12: Police gave a courtesy ride during a rain storm at 11:11 p.m. to a man walking to Missouri along US 40. Police took him to the TA Truckstop on Ohio 37 at I-70.
• March 13: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation on West 2nd Street at Cumberland Street.
• March 14: A motorist was cited for going 60 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at Ridgely Tract Road.
• March 14: A West Main Street resident reported that his neighbor's cattle were loose. Police contacted the owner who got them under control.
• March 14: A Kroger loss prevention officer told police he saw a man open a package of batteries and place them along with some cosmetics and shoe strings in his pocket. He was detained after leaving the store. Police arrested him and took him to jail.
• March 14: A motorist was cited for going 66 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at South High Street.
• March 15: Police checked out
report at 2:34 a.m. of someone shining a laser light at traffic on Ohio Ohio 79 from the area of Bowman's tire store. Police didn't find anyone in the area.
• March 15: Police are inves tigating a fraudulent prescription that was called into the Kroger pharmacy.
• March 16: Police assisted Buckeye Lake Police with a BAC test. The suspect ultimately refused to take the test.
• March 16: A motorist was cited for going 69 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79.
• March 17: Police took a report after a driver left the Duke station without paying for $16 worth of gas.
• March 18: Police took a report after the fire department's grass truck got stuck trying to cross a grass divider on North High Street.
• March 18: Police arrested and took to jail an individual detained for shoplifting at the Kroger store.
• March 18: A West North Street resident complained about an older male driver in an older S-10 pickup throwing trash in her yard neary every day between 5 to 6 p.m.


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Get a first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, computer scientist, mathematician, father of artificial intelligence and the person who cracked the German Enigma code. The Imitation Game appears to focus on the latter of Turing's accomplishments, which makes sense as solving the Germans' "uncrackable" code helped the Allies defeat the Axis Powers.
Turing's work not only saved thousands of lives; he is also still hailed as a pioneer of computer science. And his creation the "Turing Machine" could imitate any computing device or program (which we're guessing is being referenced in the title). Edit: Actually, as you all pointed out in the comments (thank you) "The Imitation Game was Turing's name for what we call a Turing Test."
Unfortunately, Turing's story has a tragic end. The scientist was forced to suffer chemical castration for being gay (a crime at the time in Britain), an act that allegedly drove him to suicide. It was a horrifying act done to a brilliant mind.
We hope Cumberbatch's movie will reflect the genius of Turing's work because Cumberbatch's last biographical movie was not so great—not that it was his fault. The Imitation Game will premiere in theaters on November 21st.


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One of the things my parents taught me (rather showed me, because they live and practice it) is that it is a must to show gratitude towards anyone who has done something nice for me. A simple thank you, or a thank you note would suffice but sending gifts, whenever possible and budget permits, is better. How about sending a thank you gift basket to someone who has done you a favor and didn't ask for anything in return? Or a book of the person's favorite author to add to her collection? You get my drift? But if the person refuses to accept gifts, then paying forward is the way to go. I am sure another person can use the extra blessing, right?
Thank You Gift Basket
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Global warming often evokes images of melting icecaps, disappearing landmasses, and natural disasters. But the results aren't always so dire. For the Incas, global warming meant 400 years' prosperity and growth, allowing them to create a formidable empire.
With no written record to describe the rise of the largest pre-Columbian empire, paleoecologists have investigated the climate that existed in the centuries proceeding the Incas' apex. Pollen and seeds found in the sediment in the Cuzco region of the Peruvian Andes reveal a period of climate warming that began around 1100 CE and continued past the Spanish conquest of the Incas in 1533 CE. Alex Chepstow-Lusty of the French Institute for Andean Studies in Lima, Peru, noted such climate change can have a positive effect on civilizations:
"Climate warming does not always have to be a negative issue. Our research shows that it can favor societal development."
In the case of the Incas, four centuries of warm weather melted the glaciers, pumping water into the formerly arid region. Trees were moved up mountains to combat soil erosion, allowing for agriculture in the newly cleared lands. The result was a lengthy period of plenty, with maize and potato crops feeding a growing population and allowing the Incas to turn their attention to assembling a military, building roads and buildings, and creating an infrastructure.
But climate experts warn that future climate change could have disastrous effects:
"Peru is considered the third most threatened country in the world by climate change, with most of its glaciers predicted to disappear by 2050. The country should be focusing on restoring and protecting its ecosystems," Chepstow-Lusty said.
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Removing Disability Discrimination. Are you Ready? - A Training Pack for Schools and LEAs
Philippa Stobbs and Richard RieserA training manual combining a large-format resource with a CD-ROM which provides guidance for schools on disability discrimination, access and inclusion Learn More2001, Spiral bound, 11.69in x 8.27in / 297mm x 210mm, 189pp, £18.00ISBN: 9781900990790
Involving Young People in the Recruitment of Staff, Volunteers and Mentors
Emma Michel and Di HartWith training materials for a two-day course, this flexible practical resource is for organisations wishing to involve young people in the recruitment of staff, volunteers and mentors Learn More2002, Ebook, PDF, 122pp, £27.50ISBN: 97819079691332002, Spiral bound, 11.65in x 8.50in / 296mm x 216mm, 122pp, £27.50ISBN: 9781900990776
Teaching and Learning About HIV
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Simon Blake and Paula PowerWith activities for use with children and young people, this resource gives primary, secondary and special schools all they need to educate children about HIV. Learn More2003, Ebook, PDF, 120pp, £22.00ISBN: 97819079697442003, Spiral bound, 11.57in x 8.74in / 294mm x 222mm, 120pp, £22.00ISBN: 9781904787082
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A practical resource for developing life skills with vulnerable young people
Sophie WoodThis resource is packed with practical ideas for practitioners helping marginalised or vulnerable young people aged 13-16 to develop their life skills Learn More2006, Ebook, PDF, 96pp, £19.95ISBN: 97819079693792006, Spiral bound, 11.54in x 8.78in / 293mm x 223mm, 96pp, £19.95ISBN: 9781904787761
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Assessing the impact of parental drug use - a toolkit for practitioners
Di Hart and Jane PowellThis toolkit supports practitioners in their work with families where parental drug misuse leads to concerns about children's welfare Learn More2007, Ebook, PDF, 138pp, £19.99ISBN: 97819058189452007, Spiral bound, 11.54in x 8.70in / 293mm x 221mm, 138pp, £19.99ISBN: 9781904787976
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Involving young people in projects around the development of the built environment
Compiled by Rachel Monaghan, with Adriana Byrne, David Curtis, Janine Young and the Big Idea Steering GroupA practical guide to support workers aiming to involve young people in built environment projects Learn More2007, Spiral bound, 11.69in x 8.27in / 297mm x 210mm, 104pp, £20.00ISBN: 9781905818174
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Cambrios leads the industry in the development of proprietary, competitive products for consumer electronics markets using silver nanowires.
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Draw Near
1. As I kneel tonight at bedside at the closing of this day,
I turn my thoughts t'ward Thee and I bow my head to pray.
Then I pause for just a moment as I try to feel Thy love,
And I wonder do my words reach Thee in heaven up above?
2. Lord, I thank Thee for my fam'ly. They are kind and dear to me.
I want to have them near me throughout all eternity.
Now I ask to keep me humble and to bless all those need.
Father help me to remember who I am in word and deed.
Father, are you list'ning? Can you hear my plea?
Draw near unto me, Father, as I draw near unto Thee.
Draw near unto me, Father, I will draw near unto Thee.
Text: Stephen Schank
Music: Stephen Schank
Artist: Schank
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 1986-08-01
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Net4j is an extensible client-server platform based on OSGi but also executable stand-alone.
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