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Authors of the recently-gone-viral diatribe "Corporate Mindfulness Is Bullshit" examine whiteness in the Mindfulness movement. How does whiteness inform the common question, "Was the Buddha really Buddhist?" ...Read more ›
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We've got some really exciting shows coming up, and we can't effing wait…
So we've been at home in St. John's for the last month or so, and we've been writing/jamming/boozing/playing/boozing/writing pretty well non-stop. We've got some new tunes in the works, and we'll be playing a few of them at these shows. Also, these are our first shows since winning five MusicNL Awards, so it'll be our first chance to celebrate that with you guys:
Friday, November 30th The Backlot in Corner Brook with Slacker Doors at 8pm Cover $5 Facebook event http://www.facebook.com/events/300950046673429/
Friday, December 14th The Rockhouse in St. John's with Other People Doors at 10pm Tickets available at Fred's Records, The Ship and online at http://etixnow.com/events/repartee-dec-14 Facebook event here.
So what about the two weeks in between…? Well we're going back out on a sweet tour around Atlantic Canada. More to be announced on that very soon.
Shows! Tunes! Drinks! Christmas! Snow (the rapper)! We hope to see you there!
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When I first started this band, I'd go to a coffee shop downtown, pull out my laptop, plug in my headphones, and load up the R3-30 to listen to while I worked on the business stuff.
CBC Radio 3′s R3-30 is where I discovered Yukon Blonde , Austra , You Say Party , and many more incredible Canadian artists.
So when we found out our tune I Would Die Before You had entered the R3-30 on November 2nd, we were pretty effing excited. And when we found out on November 9th we had moved up four spots, we were even more excited. And today, we found out that we're longlisted for a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Rookie of the Year…we felt like calling Craig Norris and making him our honorary merch girl.
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Employers are clamouring for qualified accountants and trainees
It may not be an official designation, but within the international business community Hong Kong is generally regarded as China's premier financial centre.
This position has probably strengthened as economic ties with the mainland have expanded since the signing of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), and has been given a further boost by the listing of state-backed enterprises in Hong Kong and the significant flows of foreign investment handled by local banks.
"Many mainland corporations opt to invest in Hong Kong because of its proximity and financial expertise, while a lot of the international players are here to use it as the gateway to China," says Jimmy Chung, president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Hong Kong. "This is a major advantage and explains why Hong Kong has been able to maintain its financial status for so long."
While this scenario continues, there will not only be business opportunities, but also a steady need for accountants, lawyers and bankers who can provide expert professional advice. Clearly, this will lead to more work and, therefore, more job openings.
Since the mainland's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), an increasing number of overseas companies have pushed ahead with investment plans. In many cases, they prefer to appoint accountants from Hong Kong, recognising as a major benefit their experience, communication skills, and exposure to international accounting standards and business practices.
"Although more accountancy graduates are interested in working in the mainland after training abroad, there is an overall shortage of talent and Hong Kong accountants still have a significant role to play," Mr Chung explains.
Increasingly, this will mean understanding the details of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which passed into law in the US in 2002. It included sweeping provisions to tighten controls, protect investors and encourage employees to report wrong practices. One of the aims was to restore trust in the accounting profession after various financial scandals, which had worldwide repercussions. As a result, auditors and accountants have learned to monitor a company's internal controls closer than ever and to implement better risk management and corporate governance measures. "The status of an internal auditor is much higher than it might have been ten years ago," Mr Chung notes.
Although local universities provide a steady flow of accountancy graduates each year, there is currently a shortage of qualified professionals with at least three years' experience and the ability to manage assignments. The smaller firms which have fewer resources to train fresh graduates are therefore finding that they have to offer higher salaries to attract suitable candidates.
"In general, accounting firms such as the Big Four offer full-scale training programmes," Mr Chung says.
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Other surveys have found that small firms pay fresh graduates starting salaries of approximately HK$9,000 a month, while the bigger firms usually offer around HK$10,000 plus bonus and overtime payments. Mr Chung believes that average salaries for accountants will see an upward adjustment of around three per cent in 2007.
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On November 17th, the state released the report card scores for the 2015-16 school year. We are pleased to inform you that our district received a Five Star Report Card Score of 91.9, Significantly Exceeded Expectations, which places us in the top 1% of districts from across the state. And, of the 424 districts, Hartland-Lakeside is in the top 4, giving us a 99.9% percentile rating. Four of our six schools received ratings, HSCL at Significantly Exceeds, South at Exceeds, LIFE Magnet at Significantly Exceeds, and North Shore Middle School at Significantly Exceeds. For more information please see the DPI website at, http://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/resources.
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GK: O Western wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rains down shall rain.
O that my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again.
SS: There was a message on the answering machine when I came home today. From a woman. She said her name was Donna.
GK: Oh? What did she want?
SS: She didn't say. I thought maybe you would know.
GK: What did she say?
SS: She said, "This is Donna." And then she gave a phone number.
GK: And that's all?
SS: What else were you hoping for?
GK: (SIGH) She's somebody I knew a long time ago, okay?
SS: She sounded as if she hadn't forgotten you.
GK: It was a long time ago. I haven't spoken to her or written to her or heard from her in years. Okay? She's part of my past. She's over. Okay?
SS: (PAUSE) Why are you getting all worked up over it?
GK: I'm not. I'm not.
SS: You're not?
GK: I'm not.
Down by the Salley Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She passed the Salley Gardens on little snow white feet
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I being young and foolish, with her did not agree.
In a field down by the river, my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs,
But I was young and foolish and now am full of tears.
SS: So where does Donna live now? If you don't mind my asking.
GK: I don't mind at all. I have no idea where she lives now. How would I know? I told you, I lost track of her.
SS: You "lost track of her"? what does that mean? she was taken from your grasp? you're still looking for her?
GK: No, it doesn't.
SS: The number she gave was a local number. In fact, I think it's right here in town.
GK: I wouldn't know where she is. I probably wouldn't even recognize her if I saw her.
SS: Is she the one you told me about once, the one with the little snow-white feet and hands?
GK: They were snow-white, I doubt that they are anymore. This was a long time ago.
SS: How long ago?
GK: Before I met you.
SS: What happened to her?
GK: I don't know. We broke up. We said goodbye. I haven't heard from her since.
SS: She certainly has a sexy voice.
GK: I wouldn't know.
SS: I never heard anyone imply so much with a seven-digit number.
GK: O Donna Johnson you are my darling
Come set you down upon my knee
And tell to me, love, the very reason
That I am slighted so by thee.
I'm deep in love so I cannot deny it,
My heart lies smothered in my chest,
Twas long ago we walked in the meadow
And still my heart can know no rest.
SS: So you knew her before the woman with the jet black hair or after her?
GK: Does it matter?
SS: Well, you never mentioned her to me before. You mentioned all the others but somehow you omitted Donna, so I'm trying to fit her into the chronology of old lovers.
SS: So she comes before the woman with jet-black hair and after Barbry Allen?
GK: You know, this isn't something I keep right up in the front of my mind every day---
SS: Well, was she before Barbry Allen or after Barbry Allen?
GK: Actually, she was before any of them.
SS: Uh huh.
GK: She was before the gypsy girl and Kathleen Mavourneen and Fair Ellen and all of them.
SS: I see. (PAUSE) Are you happy?
GK: Yeah. Sure.
SS: Are you?
GK: I don't know. How happy is a person supposed to be?
SS: Happy. You know. Busy. Occupied. Doing things. Not haunted by the past. Not crying out in your sleep at night.
GK: I cry out in my sleep?
SS: Yes. You make these whimpering cries and when I try to comfort you, you turn your back on me.
GK: What do I say?
SS: You just whimper. Sort of dog-like.
GK: Really?
SS: I think you're under a lot of stress and you don't know it.
GK: Awwww.
SS: I think you should see a doctor.
GK: I did.
SS: When?
GK: Last week.
SS: Really. What did he say?
GK: He said I was fine......(MUSIC)
The joys of love are but a moment long
The pain of love endures the whole night long.
My love loves me, and all the wonders I see.
A rainbow shines in my window, my love loves me.
And now she's gone, in the cold grey dawn
And I must pick up my shovel and carry on.
TR: Well---everything looks fine. Heart sounds good....lungs sound clear....nothing abnormal internally.....blood pressure is excellent....prostate is healthy for a guy your age....so--- give me a call in a few days after we get the results from the blood and urine tests, and I'll go over that with you, but I'd say you're just fine.
GK: Good.
TR: How's your life right now?
GK: Good.
TR: No unusual psychological stress? no difficulty sleeping? no crying out or whimpering, doglike, in the night?
GK: No. Nothing like that.
TR: Well, that's good. Good to see you.
GK: Thanks. Good to see you.
TR: Say--- by the way, there was a woman patient of mine who asked about you. Asked if I knew you. Woman about your age. Diane was her name, I think. Or Danielle.
GK: Donna?
TR: Right. Donna. So you know her?
GK: Knew her years ago. Thought she moved away.
TR: Yeah, I guess she lived in California for awhile but she moved back to town a couple months ago. She was wondering if I knew you.
GK: Huh. Interesting. Is she all right?
TR: What do you mean?
GK: Well, I mean--- are you treating her for anything serious? Not that it's any of my business.
TR: No, no, no, no. No, she came in because she's trying to lose weight.
GK: Lose weight?
TR: Yeah. She's kind of a heavy gal.
GK: Donna? Donna Gordon? A "heavy gal"?
TR: Right.
GK: Heavy gal???? You're talking about the great beauty of my youth.
TR: Really.
GK: She had snow-white hands and feet.
TR: Well, she's got liver spots and varicose veins now.
TR: Not much I could do about that.
TR: But I did refer her to a psychiatrist.
GK: Oh really.
TR: Yeah. She can't sleep, she said. ----Are you all right?
GK: Could you check my blood pressure again?
TR: What's wrong?
GK: It feels like it just dropped. I'm not sure my heart is still beating.
TR: Let me check.
GK: O love is handsome and love is fine
Gay as a jewel when first it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew.
SS: I noticed the message was erased on the machine.
GK: Oh really? which message?
SS: The one from What's her name? Snow White.
GK: Oh, that. I guess I erased that.
SS: You guess?
GK: Yes, I erased that.
SS: Did you write down her number?
GK: No.
SS: Did you call her?
GK: No, I didn't.
SS: Why not?
GK: I don't know.
SS: Didn't she ask you to?
GK: It's not important.
SS: You were whimpering in your sleep again last night. Maybe it is important. So you don't have her number?
GK: I probably could remember it if I had to.
SS: Well, that's an interesting way to put it.
GK: Could we not talk about this anymore?
SS: You know --- for me, the phrase "Could we not talk about this" really sends up smoke signals. You know?
SS: It's such a cry for help. Why don't we invite her over for dinner some night?
GK: No.
SS: Her and her husband. Is she married?
GK: I have no idea. I don't care.
Down by the Salley Gardens, my love and I did pass.
I walked beside the river, where she lay upon the grass.
And all was young and lovely, the green leaves on the tree,
And I turned and I forgot her, and my love is still with me.
GK: I had a wonderful idea today. Why don't we move to the Virgin Islands and start over? At the beginning. You'll be my first love and I'll be yours, and we'll be twenty.
SS: Then we'd be younger than our children.
GK: We won't think of them as our children anymore. We'll think of them as our cousins.
SS: Cousins----
GK: Listen. We're a couple of practical people and we know that you have to face facts sometimes and the fact is that sometimes people accumulate too much reality and then the most practical skill you can have is the ability to lie to yourself and believe it. Let's be twenty. We just met, I'm dazed with pure innocent passion, you're my New World, you're my e=mc2, you're the moon under my feet --- there was never anything before you anything like this, what do you say?
SS: Sounds good. When do we go? Have you told our cousins about this? (PHONE RINGS.)
SS: Aren't you going to answer it?
GK: They can leave a message.
SS: They?
GK: Whoever.
O Western wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rains down shall rain.
O that my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again.
© 1996 Garrison Keillor


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Reverie, a manufacturer of innovative sleep systems and adjustable beds, continues to bring its sleep experience to the high seas through a unique partnership with Celebrity Cruises aimed at helping vacationers sleep better during their cruise experience.
The collaboration has already resulted in four of the company's 11 ships being outfitted with Celebrity eXhale bedding by Reverie, and now Celebrity Constellation will add customizable mattresses for every suite and stateroom onboard prior to the ship's May 2013 re-launch.
Celebrity Constellation's more than 2,000 passengers will now enjoy the comfort of Reverie's 10-inch Dream mattress in suites, and the 8-inch Dream Lite mattress in staterooms. The Dream Sleep Systems feature patented air cylinder technology that allows guests to adjust the level of firmness in their mattress. Perfect for couples, each side of the bed can be re-configured at different firmness levels to accommodate varying sleep preferences.
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TOP tips on how to avoid massive costs in business will be explained at a conference in Hartlepool.
The free business seminar will be held at Hartlepool College of Further Education in Stockton Street by organisers from the Hartlepool Business Forum.
The double edged topic of the event is "10 Topical Tax Tips" and "10 Ways to end up at a Tribunal (and tips to avoid it)".
It runs from 4pm to 6.30pm on Thursday, April 24.
Forum co-ordinator Andrew Steel said: "This seminar is aimed at business owners, managers, and supervisors. It is also aimed at personnel, human resources and finance staff across all size of organisations and sectors."
Mr Steel, who is also the assistant principal of the college, explained why the event was so important.
"All businesses are constantly striving to reduce their operational costs in order to prosper in a difficult financial climate. This seminar gives you some very useful tips in how you can avoid potential costs to your business in
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He urged people to come along and said: "It is part of the Hartlepool Business Forum priority of trying to engage and offer support between businesses within the town.
The event will start with registration, tea and coffee at 4pm before a talk on topical tax tips by tax partner Sharon Adams and senior tax manager George Hardy, who are both from Waltons Clark Whitehill.
After a break at 5pm, Theresa Carling, who is an employment law specialist with Tilly Bailey & Irvine, will talk on the subject of "10 Ways to end up at a Tribunal (and tips to avoid it)".
Mr Steel added: "Tilley Bailey & Irvine and Waltons Clark Whitehill have very kindly offered their services free of charge to the Business Forum, to give advice on issues which are quite critical to all businesses, no matter what size or sector they belong to.
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Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has said she foresees a situation in the near future where card-based financial transactions will dominate the country's business environment.
Johnson, who spoke at the just-concluded 12th edition of Card Expo in Lagos, said: "I believed that Nigerians are at the tipping point of a card explosion, not only because of the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN's) drive to reduce the cost and risk of cash payments by promoting cashless transactions via cards and mobile phones, but also because cards are now been used as more than a vehicle for financial transactions."
She said as the threshold for cash transactions gets lower, either through guidelines or changes in customer behaviour, the number of Nigerians that will migrate to card transactions will also increase.
"The technology embedded in these cards varies significantly, from the magnetic stripe, to the chip and pin cards to the fairly sophisticated multi-purpose cards that have been adopted for our national identity management scheme," Johnson said.
She added that cards were now seen as not only a vehicle for convenient and safe financial transactions but as means of security assurance and fraud prevention through bio-metric identification and a means by which governments can provide access to government services in a convenient, anytime anywhere and relatively risk free manner.
Cards can also be seen as a means of inclusion both financial and social.
"Working with the ministry of works, we have recently made announcements on the new guidelines on right of way administration on federal highways and we are working with the Ministry of Environment to iron out bottlenecks in the deployment of base stations required for wireless data and voice transmission. "Eliminating these two critical bottlenecks will facilitate the accelerated roll out of a broadband infrastructure that includes a connected national backbone, regional rings, metro rings and fibre to the cabinet that should increase our broadband penetration from 6 percent to about 20 percent by 2015," Johnson said.
On the issue of card manufacture, production and personalisation, the minister said the ministry was working on local content guidelines that would be issued in the last quarter of 2012, which she said, would result in an increase in domestic value added to the ICT industry and of course the creation of low, medium and highly skilled jobs in the ICT industry.
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SMX Cloud platform as a service rollout at RSA San FranciscoSMX has launched SMX Cloud - a major evolution of its proven inbound and outbound email filtering 'security as a service' offering — at the RSA information security conference in San Francisco, supported by a quirky Youtube video campaign.
SMX co-founder and CEO, Jesse Ball, says a series of video clips now up on Youtube take an offbeat and humorous approach to illustrate the 'Cloud not Smoke' point of difference that SMX is highlighting with its new SMX Cloud platform. The Youtube clips and SMX Cloud information can be viewed at smxcloud.com.
"We think the market has had enough of vendors making cloud product and service claims that are more smoke than delivery," Ball says. Gartner Group is saying that cloud computing is now entering the "trough of disillusionment" on its hype cycle. Customers want proven products and services that address the practical business, operational and regulatory issues associated with the implementation of Cloud Computing in order to truly maximize its potential benefits.
"Our Youtube clips poke a bit of fun while drawing attention to SMX Cloud which is here now, and which can immediately enable service providers, telecom operators and large enterprises to deliver a wide array of applications and services from the cloud — faster and at less cost," Jesse Ball says.
SMX Cloud has three key unique selling points, Ball says. Number one, The SMX Cloud Java application framework and API are designed to enable fast and easy integration of virtually any existing enterprise application and serve them up via the cloud model. Moving applications to the cloud — fast — is a huge unmet need.
Number two, SMX Cloud provides a turn-key service platform that supports real time provisioning, streamlined billing and invoicing, real time reporting, white labeling, multiple languages and remote management.
Number three, SMX Cloud enables cloud providers to deploy locally, on local infrastructure. This, Ball says, is important for email security applications, but is also important for any application which requires major bandwidth.
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June 17, 2009
Before continuing, I want to remind my readers (if any) of the name of this blog: "MYOB", which stands for "Mind Your Own Business!" Nowhere was this exhortation driven home to me more forcefully than in VietNam!
Looking back over these letters written 41 years ago, I am struck by my belief that we were safe in VietNam. In part, this was deliberate, trying to keep family from worrying about me. But it was also because I had CA's council, and he knew far more about the country than I. For example, our compound on Phan-than-Gian street was large, and the hotel portion was behind a big old mansion: the hotel could not be seen from the street at all. The VC, CA said, weren't looking for us in any case, and probably did not even know we were there. Additionally, directly behind us was a garrison of Korean soldiers.
In addition to Americans, there were in VietNam soldiers from Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and Filipinos who were non-combatants working mostly in hospitals. Of these, the Viet Cong feared the Koreans most because they had a policy of never taking prisoners: they ruthlessly shot anything that moved when on patrol. They rarely went on patrol, however, and spent most of their time running the bars and brothels in Saigon. They also controlled the PX, which meant they had first dibs on anything that came into the country destined for anyone who had access to the PX (which was almost everyone except the Vietnamese). CA explained that the VC would not even consider taking on the Koreans bivouacked behind us.
It is also worth noting that, having arrived on a Saturday, some of us got to our duty-stations on Sunday the 28th, others on Monday the 29th for initial briefing. I got to Long Binh on the 30th. But there were rumors that "something was up", though no one had the faintest notion of the scale of of the offensive, which began officially on the 30th, the first day of the lunar new year. It was recognized that zillions of fire-crackers going off would make fine cover for gun-shots, so we were requested to stay put "until Tet was over".
Another thing to mention by way of background is that folks at home probably had more up-to-date information on what was happening than we did — we who were right in the thick of it! Locally, all there was in english was Armed Forces Radio, and they told only what the brass and local government wanted told. Most of the time they played pop music, which seemed quite inappropriate. Once mail began to flow, I got clippings from my folks, weeks out of date, which described things I'd had no inkling of as they played out around me.
So, here goes with the next letter: unable to send it out, I simply continued it from day to day as events unfolded.
Tuesday, 30 January 1968
1st day, year of the monkey
Dear folks,
By the time you receive this letter, you'll all have heard a lot of rumors about what is happening here in Saigon, Unfortunately, as of this writing, I can't fill you in too much. We are under an unofficial curfew. Today in Saigon two american civilians were killed—under what circumstances we don't know. Additionally, during a heavy attack on Qui Nhon, two PA&E employees were also killed, although they were—for unknown reasons—quite far from their installation.
As you know, the "truce" was officially ended this morning. For reasons known only to themselves, the VC launched numerous attacks on VN installations today; as I write I can hear distant heavy artillery, even above the incredibly numerous fire-crackers that are an integral part of the Tet celebration.
This Tet business makes our "safe and sane" fireworks into a laughing stock. So many fireworks have already been set off that the streets are literally deep in the red paper remains. I saw, for instance, whole packages of firecrackers strung together from the top of a three-story building down to the ground, waiting to be set off at the bottom. Each package is about 50 of the little crackers we're accustomed to, and there must have been about 50 of these packages strung together!! There are also available fire-crackers about 3 inches long and an inch wide that pack quite a wallop—to say nothing of rockets, sparklers, etc. There may be a few evil people left after all this, but certainly no evil spirits!! Tet lasts until next Thursday night, so there are two more nights of this "siege" (which lasts far into the night) for us. Very few of the populace work during this period, so everything really slows down. We have no idea what other difficulties the next few days will hold . . .
I visited the site of my assignment today—Long Binh. PA&E installed some while back a "water laboratory" on the Long Binh post. Apparently, through mismanagement & other circumstances, it has been largely unable to perform any useful function. My job—presumably — will be to get it under way again. The "presumably" is in there because there are some political overtones in the situation that may come into play. This remains to be seen. . .
The next few days will be spent in final processing at the PA&E CMO [Contract Management Office] at Tan Son Nhut; following the completion of Tet, I'll be able (on Sunday) to locate quarters which will be in Saigon, there being none on the base, which is OK because it is a pretty bleak place. It is, incidentally, an 85,000 acre installation, so you can imagine the size and complexity of it. The complexity of the administration of it staggers the mind, and the paperwork involved is overwhelming!! I've already filled out so much paperwork it would probably stretch from here to Long Binh (laid end to end), a distance of about 22km (12 miles, give or take).
Having re-read this epistle so far, I think I may have accidently given rise to some fear for my security. Please don't be alarmed. The situation is very far from normal in any respect: the Tet celebration has no equivalent at home. During all this carrying-on the town is over-run by "white mice" (the local euphemism for Saigon local police; a very slightly derogatory allusion both to their diminutive stature and their "colorful" uniform). VC infiltrators generally are not aiming at us civilians, but the fire-crackers bit already described serves as excellent cover for sniping, in which innocent people may become involved if they place themselves in a position to become so: I shan't do so.
Saigon is essentially regarded as a town under siege. The perimeter is lit with flares all night long, and everything is heavily patrolled, both by white mice as described, by VN security police, by US MPs, and others. Essentially, trouble comes only to those who go looking for it—and of course, there are some people so inclined.
Of course, some very well publicized incidents have occurred, and some more are bound to before all this comes to some sort of conclusion. From my present quarters I can see the burned out hulk of a hotel allegedly set afire by the VC; the ammo dump at Long Binh has been blown up twice (no injuries); the Brinks BOQ has been bombed; the town itself has been shelled from time to time. But still, the odds on my surviving for several years here are very excellent—especially as I am one given to the use of good common sense to a greater degree than many of the expatriates here. Furthermore, I've been very fortunate to be billeted so far with a gent who has spent a previous TD [Tour of Duty] of 4.5 years here—and I've been able to learn a great deal of the "ropes" through him. My personal safety on Saigon streets—when I do venture out—is virtually assured. Please don't worry—I don't!!
So, that's the news from the "Paris of the Orient" right now —
Love to all,
Note my reference to "surviving several years" in Saigon. American civilians working for PA&E (and other contractors) were generally on eighteen-month contracts, largely because in those days Americans who stayed out of the country for that length of time owed no income tax on their earnings. After my run-in with the IRS, the idea of avoiding taxes for several years was attractive, and at this point I was ready to re-up for a second stint if it became possible.
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Next day, Wednesday, 31 January 1968
Well—there's nothing like being right in the middle of the action! The irony is that we know as little as anyone as to just what is actually going on. The first reports this morning on the storming of the [American] Embassy reported that it was taken by the VC and that it was re-taken by paratroopers landed on the roof who worked their way down floor by floor. Later reports conflict this, and say only that the VC held the compound for a while, but did not enter the building.
After completing last night's letter I went to bed but slept only fitfully. I heard much of the distant action as well as some closer by. Tan Son Nhut AFB was temporarily entered by the VC, and sustained slight damage. Since PA&E's CMO [Contract Management Office] is there, we might normally have been on hand. Today, we've been confined to quarters, however—there is no one at the CMO, and for all we know, there may not even be one left!!
Since we cannot venture out of our hotel, I couldn't mail last night's letter, & so decided to add to it instead.
Enemy positions about a mile from our hotel were strafed, rocketed and mortared this afternoon, setting off quite a fire. At least four other fires could be seen from here [by going up on the roof of the hotel]. The air is alive with US helicopters, keeping their eye on what little movement of the population has been allowed, and occasional gun-fire and mortar rounds can be heard from the general down-town Saigon area. Things are relatively quiet now, but I suspect tonight will be pretty active—and is likely to continue through Thursday night, when Tet ends. After that is anybody's guess, but the feeling seems to be that things will quiet down again & the siege will lift. Just how soon we can return to our processing and assignments also remains to be seen.
The above was written about 2:00 PM. Since then, our street has been completely cordoned off and all traffic has stopped. About an hour ago there were some shots fired, apparently because someone who moved failed to halt on demand.
Meanwhile, Tan Son Nhut AFB has been receiving heavy mortar fire from enemy emplacements in the Delta, and the New Port facilities, which were afire most of the afternoon, have been re-kindled. Long Binh is under siege, I'm told, but I cannot confirm this.
Things are a little quieter; the heavy offensive against Tan Son Nhut appears to have been repulsed, but since no planes are going in or out, we assume the runway has been damaged heavily. Except for a helicopter that crashed on top of a nearby building earlier (no apparent casualties) we've observed no loss of planes.
Going to bed now with hopes of sleeping – more tomorrow.
All 16 of us were holed up in the Loc Building, two to a room. I was bunked with CA, whose familiarity with the country I found most useful, even comforting. I was ready to "go with the flow", as he recommended. Others in our group, despite receiving the same council from CA (we all ate dinner together) had different reactions, running the gamut from "ho hum" to "what the fuck is going on?" to "get us outa here!" I was the youngest of the group, there were several in their mid thirties, several approaching mid forties, and CA was the oldest, well past 55. Several chaps were attempting to phone the CMO almost every half hour, but there was no response. It was clear that some of the guys were afraid, but unwilling to show it.
Throughout these days, the hotel staff managed to feed us well and bring in a constant supply of Ba-mui-Ba beer. Beer "33″. It was horrible stuff, and I could not stomach it (not being much a beer drinker anyway). But regular drinkers managed to swill it down, with predictable results. Most of our group, except CA and myself, were regular drinkers.
We discovered before too long that our group had been extremely lucky to have been billeted in the Loc Building: ordinarily, PA&E used the Tourist Hotel, right down town, which was a pretty awful place by then. It seems every war we start involves taking over at least one local hotel for purposes of housing Americans coming and going, for whatever reason. Travelers housed in-coming and out-going PA&E personnel, foreign correspondents and many others. More about the Travelers as my tale unfolds.
Again, unable to get mail out, I continued the letter begun on the 30th:
Next AM, Thursday 1 February, 1100 hrs
Remainder of the night was relatively quiet. This AM Pres. Thieu had declared Martial Law, and we are still confined to quarters. Some traffic was allowed past our hotel for a while, & much of it was carrying D & W (dead and wounded) from the area to the west [Cho-Lon] where we observed heavy strafing and rocket attacks. We will never know the extent of the casualties, but they obviously had to be heavy.
The 11:00 am news carried the first reports of last night's heavy action we observed on the outskirts of town, but only sketchy descriptions. Tet ends officially at midnight tonight, and we hope things will calm don thereafter—there's no guarantee of this, of course.
There's a lot of wild speculation about the meaning behind the widespread coordinated attacks by the VC at this particular time. For one thing, it is almost a tradition that a lot of terrorist activity takes place during Tet, because it affords such excellent cover for it. Privately, I'm inclined to feel that the intensity of this year's offensive is Ho's [Ho Chi Minh] answer to our refusal to halt bombing raids in the North. The truth may never be known.
So here we sit, awaiting orders from the PA&E management on what happens next. The second-in-command side-kick to the Contract Manager lives here in the same building, so we'll doubtless get the word as soon as anyone. Although there is no official reason why we can't leave, there are at least a couple of dozen trigger-happy guards in the street—we still hear occasional weapons fire there (mostly warning shots)—who are a very strong deterrent, so far as I am concerned!! More later . . .
You may—or may not—hear it referred to as "The siege of Saigon", but that's just what it is. An estimated 2000 VC are within the city, and no one knows how many outside it. Streets have been completely cleared all day except for mil. personnel & ambulances. From our particular vantage point (not a very good one) we can hear—but never see—street skirmishes in all directions. Several major fires erupted, one of which may have been the main PX—as of now we really don't know. Six BOQs [Bachelor Officers Quarters] have been assaulted in one way or another; 2 VN police precinct stations last night were attacked.
Strangely, today has been quieter, though, than yesterday. The ARVN has been active today, with the "Free World Forces" (i.e., U.S.) very lightly deployed. This is certain to change with nightfall, as our more sophisticated equipment will take over, and I rather imagine tonight will be quite a show. More later . . .
Next AM – February 2, Friday
The show I expected (locally) didn't come off. The night was fairly quiet, with a heavy curfew enforced. We had ARVN soldiers in the building, watching for snipers from the roof-tops. A few mortar rounds fell fairly close (a couple of miles) and occasional street skirmishes were heard all night. The curfew applying to us is still in effect; it might be lifted at noon, but we doubt it.
I hope you aren't too worried about me—except for boredom, there are no real threats here. I can't get any mail out, so there's no way to reassure you except to chronicle these events—dull as they are, really—and get this to a PO as soon as the curfew is lifted. The package I mailed ahead is waiting for me, along with any letters that may have gotten through—assuming that CMO HQ is still there!! We simply have NO news.
The local radio station—AFVN—is heavily censored by the local government. As soon as I can, I will get a short-wave set which will pick up VOA [Voice of America] from Manila, which gives much better coverage. But no one in the building has an all-wave set, so we sit here right in the thick of it with practically no idea of what is actually happening. By now, you at home probably know more about it than we do! Well—the orient has its own way of doing things!! More later…
A "banana chopper" came by this AM to take away the helicopter that crashed day-before-yesterday on the building a few blocks away. It was a typical "ooops!" operation however. Instead of making a direct lift-off upwards, they dragged it off a bit sideways. Unfortunately, a broken-off tail section was attached by a secondary sling, and that caught on the railing of the building that had fouled up the 'copter in the first place; the result was they lost the whole thing down on to whatever was below. This may have been a street, but was probably low buildings. All we saw was a cloud of dust . . .
Not a half-hour later, two VC snipers were captured in the street in front of us after quite a bit of gun-play. There are now ARVN soldiers and white mice stationed atop our building and many others nearby. "How about that?" as Snubs would say. More later . . .
A major pitched-battle 2 long blocks westward of us routed & killed quite a number of VC this afternoon, & touched off a fire that consumed a number of houses. Air action has been very limited, and sniper activity since this morning in our area is essentially non existent.
We have been entirely confined since Tuesday afternoon. Prior to that time, I'd made only two or three trips away from here—and hence have seen very little. Went to the McCarthy BOQ twice for meals—it's right down town and is one which has since been attacked by VC.
Got over to the 5 Oceans BOQ [with CA] once for an excellent steak dinner; it has also seen some action since then. When I was out, before the 24 hr curfew was clamped on, there was less of an "armed camp" atmosphere than there is now. But all the streets are littered with concertina-wire now, and heavily armed ARVN and white mice are literally everywhere.
Amidst all this, Bougainvillea blooms in profusion, and in a variety of shades I've never seen: many are orange, rather than the brilliant magenta we usually see at home. Some sort of tropical tree with very lovely 5-petaled flowers is also to be found everywhere, and potted "mums" in all shades line every drive and walkway in the more prosperous sections of town.
I've had to stay indoors more today than yesterday because of a bit of facial sunburn I got then, which gets uncomfortable whenever sun befalls it again. But the weather has really been fine, and such a welcome change. Well, more tomorrow unless we can get to a PO tomorrow, which seems unlikely.
This letter was continued over several more days, and it will appear here on future pages. In the meantime, here are a few snapshots taken in Saigon soon after we managed to get "out and about": I have no pictures taken during the Tet Offensive, since we were confined to barracks as it were.
More of the Tet Offensive and the part I played in it (which was nothing) will follow.
PeeYes: Anyone wondering about this line: "How about that?" as Snubs would say" in my letter can write me at email@example.com for an explanation.


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Digging the Pipe Trench for Buhanga Village Water—thanks to Darren Muise
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Villagers in Buhanga, a tiny village in the Ruwenzori foothills, are currently digging a three-mile long trench to bring water to their thirsty community.
The pipe that will be inserted into the trench was purchased by Brighter Brains Institute (BBI), via funds received from Darren Muise of Montreal.
Buhanga has no freshwater source, and many in the community (especially children) are often sick from drinking unclean water in stagnant ponds near the village. To remedy this predicament, BBI has done the following:
1. Established a clinic to provide medicine at Mother Givers School in Buhanga (via funds from Bob Pellissier)
2. Purchased a "Rainwater Harvester" for the village, to catch rainwater (via funds from Reddit R. Atheism)
3. We're putting in 3 miles of pipe to bring fresh water down from higher up on the mountain (via $3,000 in funds from Darren Muise)
The villagers in Buhanga have all volunteered their labor, to dig this trench and put in the piping.
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Unanswered: Synchronise two subforms...
I'm struggling with this, any help would be greatly appreciated...
I have a main form, with 2 subforms based on exactly the same table.
Subform1 is in formview, displaying only one record at a time, but with record navigation enabled to move between them or add new.
Subform2 is the same information but in table view, displaying all records.
The subforms are not nested, both are on the main form.
The idea is that subform2 updates in line with subform1 and displays all the records, selecting a record in Subform2 should make subform1 go to the same record.
(Mainform is CompanyDetails and subform1 and 2 are a list of contact names and numbers within each company)
Any ideas anyone? I know this should be easy, but have spent hours fiddling.
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In subform2, in it's Current event set subform1 to goto the same record ...Back to Access ... ADO is not the way to go for speed ...
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Thanks for the response.
I've tried to do that using this:
DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, "Forms![FrmCustomer]![FrmCustomerSub1]", acGoTo, CurrentRecord
I managed to get it working using "Docmd.Gotocontrol...." first, however that throws up more problems when I then change to a new record on my main form, the whole thing falls over telling me that it cannot go to the control, is there another "go to" function, have I used this with the wrong syntax or do I need to write code to allow for new records etc - if so, any idea how?
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How not to Give Up when Running a Large-Scale Simulation
We are living in an exciting time. Simulations have become a standard tool in almost every product development process, substantially speeding it up when compared to the traditional approach of physical testing.
Modern large-scale simulation models are, however, often very complex systems that require extensive knowledge, resources, and effort. So, how to make the most out of the simulation capabilities and minimize the trial and error pain – especially when dealing with a large scale simulation?
In this article, I will go through the most important best practices that will help you set up your simulation like a pro.
Do your research
Before starting with any setup, take some time to understand the problem at hand. Gather as much information as you can about the physical phenomenon that you are planning to simulate. At this stage, you don't need to look for anything specific, but rather make sure you have a clear picture of the model you are using, its capabilities, and limitations.
Furthermore, try to find out if others have worked on similar problems in the past and identify the critical issues they had to deal with. This knowledge will automatically translate into new ideas and solutions while your simulation becomes more and more complex. Organize your findings and review them on a regular basis as you move forward.
Start simple
It does not matter how complex the final simulation is going to be; you should start where you feel comfortable. This is generally a good practice for any type of simulation, but a MUST for any large-scale simulation. In a system with several complex components, it is virtually impossible to "get it" the first time. You could see it as building your simulation layer by layer. For example, start with a simplified geometry if you are not sure how capable your meshing tool is. Do enough iterations to get a good grip of it. Once you are confident, move on to the next step. Even though this might seem time-consuming, compared to the amount of time and resources you would have to invest in finding the problems within a large complicated project, your little extra effort is definitely well worth it.
Monitor your progress closely
As you make progress with your simulation, you will eventually have to make decisions that will greatly affect the future direction of your project: which model parameters should I choose? How should I modify the boundary conditions to get the results I want? How much computational resources I need to conclude the project? etc. Modeling tools will normally give you a lot of useful information in the course of a simulation run. If you monitor the outcome of your runs closely, you will be able to answer all these questions easily and accurately. This will help you identify potential issues in your setup, avoid trial-error approach while solving them, and make informed decisions about your project as a whole.
Manage your resources for the large-scale simulation
Performing a large-scale simulation means a great investment in terms of effort and money. Computational resources are limited and costly, there are normally several time constraints, and most importantly, your time as a simulation expert is extremely valuable. Therefore, avoid unnecessary overhead by managing your resources. Make sure to:
- Keep your simulation projects well-organized: you are typically dealing with hundreds of different setups in your simulation. Organize and document them in a way that is understandable when you come back to them in future.
- Keep your simulations portable: cloud computing is everything! There are several extremely useful solutions on the market that make your life easier (such as SimScale). Also, if your simulation is too large, try dividing it into well-defined independent components. This makes it easy to move your project around, make backups, and present it to others.
- Seek help regularly: there is tons of resources out there that could help with the problem you are working on. Find your solutions and add it to your project library. You will come back to these again and again in the future.
Do NOT get discouraged if you are at the beginning of the road or if you keep running into issues with your large-scale simulation. Follow these tips and you'll be on your way to becoming a simulation expert. Happy simulating!
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I have a form which consist several button which I press when an event is occuring. How can I record in a field the time and date when the button was press. I want to do calculations on the times between the events.
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SomeTextBox = Date() & " " & Time()
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=now() would be a better bet if you want to store the value.
you coudl even set this as a default value on the column as part of the table deisgn
if you need to calcualte differences then use the appropriate date and time functionsI'd rather be riding on the Tiger 800 or the Norton
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Button saves the time
I probably did not give the proper details
I am trying to build a from in which the user may record manually a process. for example: press the button running takes the time - then after a while a falure occures - He presses the button falure the button grabs the time - now I can calculate the time of running and start to measure how long it will take to go back to running - meaning the time that took to solve the failure.
Thanks in advance
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so you are using buttons on a form to record the tme an event starts and the time an event stops
there's several wasy round this
store event start and stop times
event start time and interval
event duration
effectively they are different implementations of the same requirement.
recording the event start time (and end time OR interval/duration) has the added advantage that you also know WHEN the event occurred which may be of relevance elsewhere
the easiest appraoch is probably toi have two buttons called, say cmdStart and cmdStop and when htoise buttons are pressed assign the value of now() to the start and stop columns. you will need to build in a bit of logic behind the buttons so that that you cannot press the start/stop buttons if a time is already encoded.
in terms of user interface, you are probably better having a single button which toggles between start and stop using the captions &Start and &Stop. toggle the state of the button (and captions using code), toggle the enabled state of the button depending if its a new record or not.I'd rather be riding on the Tiger 800 or the Norton


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WWE superstar Brock Lesnar being SUED for failed UFC drug tests
BROCK LESNAR has found himself at the centre of a lawsuit.
The WWE superstar is being sued by Mark Hunt for his failed drug tests before and after UFC 200.
The screenings detected traces of the banned anti-estrogen agent, Hydroxy-Clomiphene - a substance that can be used to raise one's testosterone levels.
Hunt lost his bout with Lesnar via unanimous decision but the verdict was later overturned to a no contest upon the discovery of Lesnar's positive tests.
The former Pride star threatened legal action if the UFC didn't punish Lesnar giving him a percentage of his purse.
And the 'Super Samoan', who believes the UFC had prior knowledge of Lesnar's use of the prohibited substance, has followed through on his promise.
Hunt is suing Lesnar, UFC president Dana White and the promotion and is seeking damages 'in the millions'.
The lawsuit alleges fraud, racketeering, negligence and breach of contract, as well as five other charges.
An irate Hunt wants the UFC to be held accountable for their actions and to send a positive message to youngsters aspiring to become mixed martial artists.
"I want the UFC to understand it's not OK to keep doing what they're doing," Hunt told ESPN.
"They're allowing guys to do this. They had a chance to take all the money from this guy, because he's a cheater, and they didn't.
"I want the UFC to understand it's not OK to keep doing what they're doing"Brock Lesnar
"What message is that sending to the boys and girls who want to be a fighter someday?
"The message is, 'You just have to cheat like this and it's OK.' In society, if you commit a crime, you pay. Why is it different in MMA?
"It's hurt the business, so it's even worse. They need to be held accountable for this."
Hunt then went on to explain that his lawsuit was a last resort as the UFC failed to rectify the situation.
"I didn't want to be in this position," the former K1 star continued.
"It puts me in a weird spot because I'm still under contract. Fans say, 'Mark, you knew he was juicing.' I didn't know.
You look at him and think, 'Yeah, he's on the gear,' but don't judge a book by its cover and all that.
"This was the last straw. I lost that fight, it ruined it for my fans. It wasn't good. I asked to get out of my contract but I can't. I need to work like everyone else."
Hunt is slated to face Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 on March 4.
The 42-year-old turned down three fights after UFC 200 as he wanted an anti-doping clause put into his contract, which would result in him receiving a cut of his opponent's purse if they failed a drugs test before or after a fight.
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Implementing Two-Factor Authentication for Dummies
What is Two-Factor Authentication and why you should be interested
It is no surprise that security is a hot topic when building a modern web application. As the CEO of Ashley Madison could probably tell you, having your account stolen is not only annoying, it can be downright embarrassing. Having only a password is no longer the secure option it used to be. Users are vulnerable to social engineering or simple carelessness if they leave passwords on sticky notes (usually attached to their monitors). A password can also be revealed through the use of brute-force techniques by hackers. Therefore it's no longer a question of should Two-Factor Authentication be implemented in your web application, but rather when.
For those unfamiliar with the term, Two-Factor Authentication ("2FA" for short) is an extra layer of security added to the login process. Users first enter their usernames and passwords, and if they are valid the application will prompt for a Two-Factor Authentication code which can be found on a device carried on the person — nowadays, this usually means the user's smartphone. Physical 2FA devices exist, such as the RSA SecureID keyfob, but they are less common in the workplace. 2FA authentication codes are 6 digits long, and can be safely generated by authentication apps like Google Authenticator and Authy. The passcode is dynamic and a new one is generated every 30 seconds, meaning you must have physical access to the device in order to retrieve the code.
Where to start?
In order to use 2FA, users must first connect an authenticator app, either by entering a code or scanning a QR code with an authentication app. Thankfully, Google has a link developers can easily use in their application code to create a QR code for a secret key. This secret key is a unique 16-character base32-encoded value saved on your user model in your application database. It will be used later to generate a dynamic 6-digit code used to authenticate that user.
This is how a typical QR code link would be constructed:
<img src="https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?chs=200x200&chld=M|0&cht=qr&chl=otpauth://totp/{{ label }}?secret={{ secret_key }}"/>
There are two parameters in the URL that should be noted: the label and the the secret key. The label will be whatever is displayed as a title for the key on the user's 2FA code. It can be a combination of your product name and the user's email address, or the user's username (ie, sendwithus:email@example.com). Once a secret key has been generated for your user and a QR code has been displayed in the app to be scanned, you'll need to implement an algorithm to generate 2FA codes based on a formula. This is the most complex part of the implementation.
At sendwithus, we use the TOTP (Time-based One-time Password) algorithm when implementing 2FA. It is a fairly straightforward formula using the stored secret key and the current timestamp to generate a 6-digit code. The user's authentication app will use the same TOTP algorithm, but on the authentication device. This ensures the authentication code generated by your web application and the code displayed on Authy or Google Authenticator will match.
The steps are as such:
- First, generate a secret key (a unique 16-character base32-encoded code) and save it on your user object (or somewhere secure in your database). This should be the same secret key you use to generate the QR code for the user to scan.
- Generate a timestamp to use in the algorithm. As an aside, you probably want to use the current timestamp. Most products will also repeat the algorithm with one or two older timestamps, to allow for some delay between when the user reads their code, and when they actually enter it into your application.
- Decide which hash method to use. By default, TOTP uses SHA1 so that's what we decided to use.
- Generate a 6-digit authentication code using the TOTP algorithm below.
#turns a unix timestamp into a byte string
bytetime = self._time_to_byte_string(timestamp)
hmac_hash = hmac.new(
base64.b32decode(secret_key, casefold=True),
# Generate code from hmac
offset = ord(hmac_hash[19]) & 0xf
code = ((ord(hmac_hash[offset]) & 0x7f) << 24 |
(ord(hmac_hash[offset + 1]) & 0xff) << 16 |
(ord(hmac_hash[offset + 2]) & 0xff) << 8 |
(ord(hmac_hash[offset + 3]) & 0xff))
# '6' is number of integers in the OTP
return code % 10 ** 6
(code snippet written by Joel Franusic @ Twilio)
Implementing SMS Authentication
Once that's been done, there is also the option of implementing SMS authentication thanks to the Twilio API. This means that a user can, after enabling 2FA, enter their phone number, verify it by receiving a code through a text, and then use SMS going forward to receive a 2FA code instead of going through an authenticator app. Some products lets you enable two-factor authentication only with SMS and therefore not needing an authentication app, but we found this use case rare and not as secure. At Sendwithus, we made SMS an alternative option. If this is the route you plan to take, you will need to create a Twilio account and buy a phone number (around 1$/month). I am using Twilio here as this is the one I am most familiar with but any SMS API will do the trick.
Implementation looks like this:
- When a user enters their phone number, generate a code to send them for verification (doesn't have to be a 6-digit 2FA code).
- Send the code in a SMS message (see code below)
- When the user enters the code, verify it's the correct one.
- Only then, save the phone number on the user object.
Verifying phone numbers before hand eliminates the case when a user enters an invalid phone number and realizes it only later when they try to log back in but the SMS API returns an error message.
Here is a code snippet to send SMS through Twilio API (using Python and the requests library):
# twilio_accound_sid and twilio_auth_token are your Twilio API Credentials
path = 'https://%s:%firstname.lastname@example.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/%s/Messages.json' % (twilio_account_sid, twilio_auth_token, twilio_account_sid)
to = '%s' % customer_phone_number
# twilio_phone_number bought through Twilio
from = '+%s' % twilio_phone_number
# Body message containing the verification code
body = 'Your verification code is %s' % code
data = {
'To': to,
'From': from,
'Body': body
response = requests.post(path, data=data)
if response.status_code != 200 and response.status_code != 201:
raise GenericError("Error sending sms")
The Final Product
At the very end, your application login process needs to be modified to allow 2FA authentication. Every web application is different and therefore your implementation may differ from ours.Regardless of your workflow, there are certain questions you should be sure to consider. For example, "How long should an user be allowed to linger on this second step?". Meaning, is a user allowed to enter their username/password and leave their desk with this open. Should this step timed out after a couple of minutes to avoid someone coming in and trying codes? To handle this, we chose to require that users provide a valid 2FA code within 60 seconds of entering their password to improve security.
What about recovery codes?
Recovery codes are a list of one-time codes generated when you turn on 2FA. A user then saves them somewhere safe on their computer or prints them off to have a hard copy. They allow access to your app in case the user loses (or breaks) their phone. It's important that recovery codes can only be used once. Otherwise, a user might use it as a second password which would defeat the purpose of two-factor authentication (especially with autofill turned on). The list of recovery codes should be stored securely, similar to the user's secret key.
Technical Pitfalls
Unfortunately, 2FA is not impossible to crack. An even better system would be three-factor authentication with biometrics verification (retina scans, voice recognition, fingerprint scans, …). However, for most applications 2FA is a smart and secure feature to implement.
I also didn't cover any of the database implementation details. That's up to your team and you to decide how the data should be stored and encrypted. You should also go over how this data will be communicated between your database, the backend and frontend as you will have to ultimately pass the secret key to show the QR code to the user. Again of course, those solutions are dependent on your application.
Closing Notes
I hope this guide helps you in your implementation of 2FA. If you still don't feel comfortable, there are many TOTP libraries that you can use. You may also use Authy API to handle 2FA for you. However, coming from someone who just implemented 2FA for the Sendwithus platform, it's much simpler than it seems at first. Go and give it a try!


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5 Reasons Why the New York Giants Will Beat the St. Louis Rams on Monday NightSeptember 16, 2011
5 Reasons Why the New York Giants Will Beat the St. Louis Rams on Monday Night
The New York Giants and St. Louis Rams clash on Monday Night Football for their first meeting against each other since 2008.
The Giants and Rams are reeling due to injuries and blowout losses in their first game of the season, so both will be clawing for that first notch in the win column.
The Giants have had some success against the Rams in years past—in two games the Giants have won by a combined score of 85-37, and Eli Manning has averaged a 125 passer rating.
However, these are completely different and young teams, so you never know what might happen. This slideshow will feature five reasons the Giants prevail over the Rams on Monday.
It's a Prime Time Home Game
The Giants are playing the Rams at home under the bright lights of Monday Night Football; they will be able to feed off the crowd and overall energy to give them an added boost.
Every now and then, having a home game doesn't mean much, but when you're going against a second year quarterback and a young team, it's going to make a difference.
MetLife Stadium is going to be rockin'.
Rams Injuries Possibly Just as Bad as Giants
The Rams had a horrible run of injuries in Week 1, almost as much as the Giants were forced to go through prior to the start of the season.
The Rams lost eight players on Sunday due to injury, and many of them may not play this week. Starting RB Steven Jackson is probably not going to play, though he remains optimistic; starting WR Danny Amendola is out at least one week and probably more; starting corner Ron Bartell is out for the year with a neck injury; key reserve defensive end C.J. Ah You is also out for this week's game. It's already been a long season for St. Louis.
Some other players that are day-to-day and expect to play are Sam Bradford, the opposite starting corner Bradley Fletcher and starting right tackle Jason Smith.
Bradford threw on Wednesday, so he will likely be in the lineup, but Fletcher and Smith are still question marks.
If there is anyone who can feel the Rams' pain, it's the Giants, but these injuries weaken their lineup significantly and I don't know if they can recover.
Yes, I did predict a win for the Rams back in August, but so much has chance since then. I don't know if the Rams have the strength to compete in this game anymore.
Justin Tuck Is Coming Back
After having a while to reflect, as bad as we think the defense played, they actually played better than we should have expected.
I mean, they only gave up three scoring drives, with one touchdown being a pick six. They looked horrible on those three scoring drives don't get me wrong, but they looked great at times as well, particularly the defensive front.
Getting Justin Tuck will only help to mask some of the problems behind the Giants' front four, and with him and Jason Pierre-Paul getting after Sam Bradford, the defense will play much better.
Eli Manning Will Bounce Back
Eli Manning definitely did not have his best day on Sunday against the Redskins. He went 18-32 for 268 yards and a crucial interception.
Admittedly, he didn't have much help and I believe his teammates know that. The offensive line won't have as much trouble with the Rams defensive line. Also, signing Brandon Stokley will finally give Eli a dependable receiver to work the slot, and the running game will be better at home.
All this will lead to a better day for Eli, who has to take some of the blame for Sunday's loss. He's better than that and he knows it, he just needs to show it on the field.
Plain and Simple, the Giants Are Better
With both teams looking the way they do on paper, the match up seems to favor the Giants. Both teams are ridiculously banged up and coming off losses, but I don't think it will be a blowout either way.
The Giants will come out fighting for their head coach and quarterback, itching to put the loss in Week 1 behind them.
There is some familiarity with Steve Spagnuolo's defense, and I believe the offense will be able to use that to their advantage.
Giants win 23-17


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