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One more trick for you. Perhaps the niftiest trick in Craft Room is the ability to turn off (not cut) areas of a design. This is, I found, VERY useful when cutting a stencil from report cover plastic. The first ones I cut were very floppy, due to the thin frame that gets cut as part of the design. Turning that off leaves a larger area around the stencil design and makes the whole thing much more stable!
Not all designs work flawlessly – for some the lines you might want to delete are part of a line you want to keep. You'll probably have to play around with it.
For this one, the outside border was easy enough to turn off
revealing the cutting lines
and the final stencil!
This one was also a good one:
and then I had a bash at designing one – this is two of the Ornamental Iron windows, one flipped, with a different one in the middle, stretched. Then the frame that makes it a "window" was removed to produce this stencil
Kinda nifty, hummm? Many of the Edge to Edge designs and the Paper Lace designs will work beautifully for stencils and the Craft Room Hide Contours function makes it possible. I call that a BIG WIN, although I have to say that it was painfully slow to work with the design incorporating the three elements. Lots of the spinning beachball of death, if you are a Mac user LOL! Does that tip the scales in favour of Craft Room? It certainly increases the usefulness of the images a lot and makes designing with the images way more flexible, but you will have to consider that yourself and weigh up the pros and cons, depending on what is most important to you!


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Our providers are open and ready to provide you care, virtually or in person.
Falls can result in serious injuries and assisted living. Because of the high number of seniors falling, Providence offers programs to screen and educate people on the risks of falling and what can be done to prevent falls. Falls do not just happen because of aging. They are preventable with many different factors playing a role in causing falls.
There are many risk factors that make a person more likely to suffer a fall. Some common risk factors include:
Balance is the ability to stay upright. The mechanism involves cooperation between your ears, eyes and small muscles around your ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, midsection and even the feeling in the bottom of your feet. Balance is vital to normal everyday life activities. Disruptions to an individual's sense of stability can increase the risk of falls, the leading cause of injuries in older adults. Talking to your physician about balance problems can lead to testing to determine the reason for your difficulties.
Many things can cause balance issues:
Balance problems are very common among seniors and may or may not be helped by a regular exercise program. If you are experiencing problems with your balance it is very important that you are evaluated by a physician to determine the cause and appropriate treatment plan.
Leg strength and endurance are two other factors related to fall risk. Increases in both of these areas can reduce your risk for falling. Furthermore, being in good physical condition can decrease the severity of the injury should a fall occur. Again, prior to beginning an exercise program it is very important to be evaluated by a physician to understand any precautions or guidelines which you must consider to be as safe as possible.
Eating well can help to prevent some of the causes of instability and falling.

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Surface composition
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A predominant feature of the Martian surface is the iron oxide-rich dust known as regolith, giving the planet its characteristic red color. This dust is very fine and the result of years of meteorite impacts pulverizing the Martian surface spreading dust around the planet. This dust is blown globally by storms, creating massive seasonal dust storms that can last for months.
Rock formations on the surface is primarily composed of basalt - a consequence of the extensive lava flows that once existed as a result of ancient geological activity. Analysis of soil samples collected by the Viking landers in 1976 indicate iron-rich clays consistent with weathering of basaltic rocks.
There is also evidence the Martian surface may be more silica-rich than the basalt created by lava flows, similar to andesitic rocks found on Earth (rock which crystallizes from silicate minerals at intermediate temperatures).
Mars has twice as much iron oxide in its outer layers as Earth does, despite their similar origin (meteorite impacts). This is due to the geologically active (and hotter) Earth transporting much of the surface iron deep below the terrestrial surface. Mars does not have this geological advantage to produce heat, so the iron remains in the Martian regolith, giving Mars its red glow.


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Ryan Murphy confirms Darren Criss is now a regular on "Glee"
By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy was at Saturday night's LA Gay & Lesbian Center gala to participate in presenting Jane Lynch with an award.
He also talked to AfterElton.com about some of this season's developments and, in particular, new cast member Darren Criss who Murphy confirmed is now a regular at least for this season and next.
Here are some excerpts from his conversation with Lesley Goldberg:
AfterElton: How many episodes is the anti-bullying story line going to be?
Ryan Murphy: I think it's a whole year, actually. It's not a couple episodes; it will probably be the whole season, actually, and the ramifications on everybody, which I think is important.
AE: How is Blaine going to play into that?
Murphy: I don't know. We're just writing him now. Darren has become such a sensation in one week, which I love. I think there's a hunger for him and a positive relationship role model. He'll definitely continue through the year and longer. We just signed a deal with him, so I don't know.
AE: He's confirmed to be a regular for the remainder of Season 2 and next season as well?
Murphy: Yes.
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Kite blog
All You Need To Know About…BDC's
The Catalogue and Fashion Industry 'Go To' Box
We are currently promoting a great little addition to our websites product range today, with the launch of a Kite BDC (Bulk Distribution Cartons) range. If you are an existing Kite customer you'll know that we have always stocked a good range of BDCM's (Bulk Distribution Carton Metrics) which are the most popular of this style of box. These boxes are a key product for the mail order, catalogue, retail and fashion industries – as well as being a superb product for archiving materials in large storage facilities.
What Are They?
The key difference of BDC's and BDCM's are the way they are measured, because the 'M' in BDCM stands for metric these boxes come in sizes that are set in millimetres. The sizes range from small to large and are identified by numbers (e.g. BDCM 1, BDCM 2 etc.). On the other hand BDC's are measured in inches and are quoted in this way rather than metric sizes, they are also numbered so that they can be easily identified by retailers and distributors.
Both BDC's and BDCM's are essential to the fashion retail industry in particular, most retailers require product to be delivered in specific sizes of BDC/BDCM boxes as they are easier to stack and will carry an average number of items. One of the key reasons this box is so widely used in the industry is the industry standard BDCM printed panels which feature on one side of the box. These are used to inform the person receiving the goods of what will be inside – however these do differ from each type.
On BDCM boxes there is space to indicate the supplier name, catalogue number, colour, size, quantity and contract details. This is perfect for the catalogue industry who may have warehouses full of stock – it is much easier to pick straight from the correctly labelled BDCM box.
BDC boxes have slightly different printed panels, with space to include the carton number, gross weight, description, supplier code as well as catalogue number, colour, size, quantity and supplier name. These are ideal for when more information is required and especially for shipping, as the weights and descriptions are useful for carriers.
Another key advantage of BDC's and BDCM's is their superior strength, categorised as 'heavy-duty' cartons they can hold a surprising amount of stock which can be easily moved around on a forklift or picking trolley. If you work in the clothing industry you'll be aware of how heavy garments can be in bulk – these cartons are designed with sturdy single wall cardboard and a high quality Kraft paper outer for extra strength and tear resistance.
Our Range and Prices
We have worked hard with our in-house teams to ensure that we provide our customers with the most competitive prices for BDC's on the market. Currently in the UK there are very few suppliers who specialise in products especially for the clothing and mail order industries so we hope they provide a benefit to your business.
The boxes will be sold in packs of 50 which is a reasonable number for small to very large retailers. For larger orders of course there is great bulk prices which are at kite trademark. If you order 1-3 packs you will pay £27.50 pp for BDC 1, £21.75 pp for BDC 2 and £15.50 pp for BDC 3; however if you order 40 or more packs you will pay £22.00 pp for BDC 1, £17.40 pp for BDC 2 and £12.40 pp for BDC 3.
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Sheer candy pink crop top featuring a contrasting pastel turquoise frilly edge.
Crop top is gathered giving a loose but flattering fit. Slightly puffed sleeves that can be worn off or on the shoulder.
100% Polyester tulle
Wash with similar colours at 30 °C
Made to order in our London studio


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Valais Winter
New Radiohead Song for Spectre
Meet Masou
Zurich, Spring, Prime Tower, Lake, Mountains
Winter Is Coming
Some pictures from the winter and mountains of Valais, Switzerland.
February 2015
Foggy Autumn
Here are some pictures I took recently in Zurich, Switzerland during a cold and very foggy night.
Fuji X100S, f/2.0
Klangweg, Toggenburg
Some pictures of the Klangweg
Brunnialp, Schächental
Sweden 2014
Milano's Lightning Bolt
What's In Your Path?
Taken with the Fuji X100S
April 2014
X100S – Photographer's Point-And-Shot
Here are some of my first images from my new Fujifilm X100S.
Admittedly it's not your average point-and-shoot pocket-cam, but so far I'm really staggered by this little retro-styled compact. The colors are amazing, the low-light performance is astonishing and the manual focus is very neat.
Or as Chase Jarvis wrote in his review: Brutally Simple & Highly Effective (Even If You Didn't Want to Admit It)
Swiss Cows
Brunni Alp, Switzerland
September 2013
Genua / Cinque Terre
Genua / Cinque Terre, Italy
August 2013
Camino Surfcamp in Valdovino, Galicia 2013
Another year – another surf-camp :)Here are some impressions of the Camino Surf Camp in Valdoviño, Galicia, Spain.
Spot: magicseaweed.com
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Leeks with Dried Fruits in Olive Oil
(Kuru Meyveli Pırasa - Aegean Region)
~200g cleaned leeks, cut in thin slices, washed and drained
1 tbsp rice, rinsed
5-6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice
3-4 dried apricots
3-4 prunes
1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Boil the dried fruits for about 1 minute, drain and cut in thin slices.
Cover and cook the leeks, rice, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice and salt in a medium-sized pot until the leeks are soft.
Sprinkle the sliced dried fruits over the leeks. Drizzle with the olive oil. Let it cool down in the pot. Then, place on a serving platter. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
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Jun 25, 2018
Jun 26, 2018
I too found the lack of audio in both ears to be a deal breaker. I brought these back to Verizon and exchanged for a competitor brand - Jabra Elite 65t. The competitor was $30 less, has no sync issues, don't give me the look of Frankenstein, and provide features that I had come to expect, such as call audio in both ears. The difference in audio quality is not worth the issues (yes, the lack of call audio in both ears is an "issue") that this $200 presented with out of the box. I have seen your repetitive answer to this thread about design and other nonsense, and it is not an acceptable answer. Honestly, the lack of a proper answer or roadmap for remediation sealed the deal on the return for me.
For what it's worth, none of the Verizon reps at the store knew about this issue either. They read up on it while I was in the store, and now I am sure they will be hesitant to suggest it to customers looking for a good call experience.
I concur with Cwatson81 above, inevitably poorly executed products such as this one will ruin the Bose brand, a brand that I 'had' thought of as superior for many years. I won't spend premium money anymore on the brand.
Jun 27, 2018
When will we see an update on this fix? Haven't seen anything since October 2017. Being the masters of noise reduction you've turned users of the "Free" technology into SLAVES of left channel noise during phone calls. Obviously a focus group was not pulled into the product design phase as this would have been product enemy #1. I think you owe it to your long-time users to correct this issue rather than telling us how comfortable these things feel in our ears (Try using a little less energy in your user misdirection during emails and more on fixes.) We are not at a time when technological advances require stepping back 5 steps to move forward 1. Is Elon Musk removing the tires from his Teslas so they can go longer distances on each charge? This product is useless for calls and it should reflect that in your marketing and packaging/displays. Horrible of you all to release this product without this information glaring us in the face. This is not an accident. This was a decision that passed through multiple executives. Unfortunately user experience was a casualty so that Bose could make it to market in time to compete with everyone else. And look what happened. Tech surprises these days are usually in the form of added features (i.e. Oh! I didn't know it could do this! Cool!) Somehow you all decided it would be okay to take things away instead of working a little harder to make it the best in show. I guess that was just a memory of the Bose I grew up with. A little respect lost today.
Mar 23, 2018
Hi Shiloh_C
I´m deaf from my right ear, Is there any upgarde that will make it work (phone calls) on the left side in the near future?.
I think this limitation (single earphone for calls) should be visible, as sellers or self service kiosks does not provide this information.
Can i have a contact email to ellaborate on my case?
Hi Paco,
Thanks for posting. I see how that would be frustrating. I would direct your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Take care,
Tony - Community Support
Jul 25, 2018
Hi Yannis,
Thanks for posting. The issue with the phone calls only being in one ear is by design. The SoundSport Free utilizes Truly Wireless Technology where the master (right) earbud cannot send call audio to the left earbud.
If you are unsatisfied with your headphones I would contact your local Bose support for assistance. Here is a link you can use. Click on your country, scroll down to "Contact Us".
Tony G
Jul 25, 2018
Jul 29, 2018
Aug 5, 2018
I was so impressed with the sound quality I bought these ear buds but when I strated using it for calls it was a bummer. My right year is 50 % hearing ans I prefer call audio on my left. What do I do? There i needs to be a software upgrade for this. I would qappreciate your attention to this critical issue for people with predominantly left ear hearing...there are many.


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Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport is on the island of Madeira, which is located west of Morocco and southwest of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago and a popular vacation destination for Europeans. The airport serves Funchal, which is the capital of Madeira, as well as the rest of the island. The single runway (05/23) has been both famous and notorious for its short length and tricky 05 approaches. Lots of airports have prevailing crosswinds, and Ronaldo Madeira has some of the worst. If you're watching a hairy crosswind approach the odds favor Madeira as the destination. Extended several times over the years, the runway is now 9,125 feet long. But it's how it got that way that makes Madeira unique.
In 2000, the runway was extended from 5,906 feet (1,800 meters) to 9,125 feet (2,781 meters). The 2000 runway extension was built on a platform. The platform is supported by 180 columns that average 230 feet (70 meters) in height. The runway extension and its infrastructure were built by Brazilian construction company Andrade Gutierrez and was the recipient of the 2004 Outstanding Structure Award by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). The video shows two crosswind approaches to FNC- one slick (by a TAP Air Portugal 737) and the other more typical (by a Lufthansa A321-200, "Hildesheim").
BONUS: Here's a second video of truly hairy Madeira approaches and go-arounds.
Title image from screenshot of Paulo Ricardo Faria's video (linked to above).


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Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к, IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok] (
Clockwise from top: view of Vladivostok and the Golden Horn Bay, Russky Bridge, Zolotoy Bridge, Far Eastern Federal University, Square of the Fighters for Soviet Power in the Far East, GUM Department Store , Vladivostok terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Arseniev State Museum, Primorye Oceanarium
Coat of arms
Location of Vladivostok
Location of Vladivostok
Vladivostok (Primorsky Krai)
|Coordinates: 43°08′N 131°54′E
|Federal subject
|Primorsky Krai[1]
|2 July 1860[2]
|City status since
|22 April 1880
|• Body
|City Duma
|• Head
|Vitaly Verkeenko[3]
|• Total
|331.16 km2 (127.86 sq mi)
|8 m (26 ft)
| • Estimate
|• Rank
|22nd in 2010
|• Subordinated to
|Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
|• Capital of
|Primorsky Krai[6], Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
|• Urban okrug
|Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug[7]
|• Capital of
|Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug[7]
|Time zone
|Postal code(s)[9]
|Dialing code(s)
|+7 423[10]
|City Day
|First Sunday of July
|Twin towns
|Niigata, San Diego, Juneau, Tacoma, Akita, Busan, Hakodate, Dalian, Wonsan, Manta, Vladikavkaz, Kota Kinabalu, Incheon, Haiphong, Makati, Shanghai
The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and is the largest Russian port on the Pacific coast.
Names and etymology
Vladivostok was first named in 1859 along with other features in the Peter the Great Gulf area by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. The name first applied to the bay but, following an expedition by Alexey Shefner in 1860, was applied to the new settlement.[13]
In Chinese, the place where the city is situated nowadays has been known since the Qing dynasty as Haishenwai (海參崴, Hǎishēnwǎi), from the Manchu Haišenwai (Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ; Möllendorff: Haišenwai; Abkai: Haixenwai) or "small seaside village".[14]
In modern-day China, Vladivostok is officially known by the transliteration 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè), although the historical Chinese name 海参崴 (Hǎishēnwǎi) is still often used in common parlance and outside mainland China to refer to the city.[15][16] According to the provisions of the Chinese government, all maps published in China have to bracket the city's Chinese name.[17]
The modern-day Japanese name of the city is transliterated as Urajiosutoku (ウラジオストク). Historically, the city was written in Kanji as 浦塩斯徳 and shortened to Urajio ウラジオ; 浦塩.[18]
The aboriginals of the territory on which modern Vladivostok is located are the Udege minority, and a sub-minority called the Taz which emerged through members of the indigenous Udege mixing with the nearby Chinese and Hezhe. The region had been part of many states, such as the Mohe, Balhae Kingdom, Liao Dynasty, Jīn Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and various other Chinese dynasties, before Russia acquired the entire Maritime Province and the island of Sakhalin by the Treaty of Beijing (1860). Qing China, which had just lost the Opium War with Britain, was unable to defend the region. The Manchu emperors of China, the Qing Dynasty, banned Han Chinese from most of Manchuria including the Vladivostok area (see Willow Palisade)—it was only visited by illegal gatherers of ginseng and sea cucumbers.
On 20 June 1860 (2 July for Gregorian style), the military supply ship Manchur, under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Alexey K. Shefner, called at the Golden Horn Bay to found an outpost called Vladivostok. Warrant officer Nikolay Komarov with 28 soldiers and two non-commissioned officers under his command were brought from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur by ship to construct the first buildings of the future city.
The Manza War in 1868 was the first attempt by Russia to expel Chinese from territory it controlled. Hostilities broke out around Vladivostok when the Russians tried to shut off gold mining operations and expel Chinese workers there.[19] The Chinese resisted a Russian attempt to take Ashold Island and in response, two Russian military stations and three Russian towns were attacked by the Chinese whom the Russians failed to oust.[20]
An elaborate system of fortifications was erected between the early 1870s and the late 1890s. A telegraph line from Vladivostok to Shanghai and Nagasaki was opened in 1871. That same year a commercial port was relocated to Vladivostok from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. Town status was granted on 22 April 1880. A coat of arms, representing the Siberian tiger, was adopted in March 1883.
The first high school was opened in 1899. The city's economy was given a boost in 1916, with the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which connected Vladivostok to Moscow and Europe.[21]
After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks took control of Vladivostok and all the Trans-Siberian Railway. During the Russian Civil War, from May 1918,[22] they were overthrown by the White-allied Czechoslovak Legion,[23] who declared the city to be an Allied protectorate. Vladivostok became the staging point for the Allies' Siberian intervention, a multi-national force including Japan, the United States, and China; China sent forces to protect the local Chinese community after demands on their merchants.[24] The intervention ended in the wake of the collapse of the White Army and regime in 1919; all Allied forces except the Japanese withdrew by the end of 1920.
In April 1920, the city came under the formal governance of the Far Eastern Republic, a Soviet-backed buffer state between the Soviets and Japan. Vladivostok then became the capital of the Japanese-backed Provisional Priamurye Government, created after a White Army coup in the city in May 1921. The withdrawal of Japanese forces in October 1922 spelt the end of the enclave, with Ieronim Uborevich's Red Army taking the city on 25 October 1922.
As the main naval base of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, Vladivostok was officially closed to foreigners during the Soviet years. The city hosted the summit at which Leonid Brezhnev and Gerald Ford conducted the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in 1974. At the time, the two countries decided quantitative limits on nuclear weapons systems and banned the construction of new land-based ICBM launchers.
In 2012, Vladivostok hosted the 24th APEC summit. Leaders from the APEC member countries met at Russky Island, off the coast of Vladivostok.[25] With the summit on Russky Island, the government and private businesses inaugurated resorts, dinner and entertainment facilities, in addition to the renovation and upgrading of Vladivostok International Airport.[26] Two giant cable-stayed bridges were built in preparation for the summit, namely the Zolotoy Rog bridge over the Zolotoy Rog Bay in the center of the city, and the Russky Island Bridge from the mainland to Russky Island (the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world). The new campus of Far Eastern Federal University was completed on Russky Island in 2012. Locals call Vladivostock also Vladik.[27]
The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) long and 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) wide.
The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, 257 meters (843 ft). Eagle's Nest Hill is often called the highest point of the city; but, with a height of only 199 meters (653 ft), or 214 meters (702 ft) according to other sources, it is the highest point of the downtown area, but not of the whole city.
Located in the extreme South East of Asian Russia, Vladivostok is geographically closer to Anchorage, Alaska and even Darwin, Australia than it is to the nation's capital of Moscow. In fact, Vladivostok is closer to Honolulu, Hawaii than to the Russian city of Sochi.
Vladivostok has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm, humid and rainy summers and cold, dry winters. Owing to the influence of the Siberian High, winters are far colder than a latitude of 43 degrees north should warrant given its low elevation and coastal location, with a January average of −12.3 °C (9.9 °F). Since the maritime influence is strong in summer, Vladivostok has a relatively cold annual climate for its latitude. Vladivostok's yearly mean of around 5 °C (41 °F) is some ten degrees lower than in cities on the French Riviera on a similar coastal latitude in Europe on the other extreme. Winters especially are around 20 °C (36 °F) colder than on the mildest coastlines this far north.
In winter, temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) while mild spells of weather can raise daytime temperatures above freezing. The average monthly precipitation, mainly in the form of snow, is around 18.5 millimeters (0.73 in) from December to March. Snow is common during winter, but individual snowfalls are light, with a maximum snow depth of only 5 centimeters (2.0 in) in January. During winter, clear sunny days are common.
Summers are warm, humid and rainy, due to the East Asian monsoon. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of +19.8 °C (67.6 °F). Vladivostok receives most of its precipitation during the summer months, and most summer days see some rainfall. Cloudy days are fairly common and because of the frequent rainfall, humidity is high, on average about 90% from June to August.
On average, Vladivostok receives 840 millimeters (33 in) per year, but the driest year was 1943, when 418 millimeters (16.5 in) of precipitation fell, and the wettest was 1974, with 1,272 millimeters (50.1 in) of precipitation. The winter months from December to March are dry, and in some years they have seen no measurable precipitation at all. Extremes range from −31.4 °C (−24.5 °F) in January 1931 to +33.6 °C (92.5 °F) in July 1939.[28]
|Climate data for Vladivostok, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1919–present
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|Average high °C (°F)
|Daily mean °C (°F)
|Average low °C (°F)
|Record low °C (°F)
|Average precipitation mm (inches)
|Average rainy days
|Average snowy days
|Average relative humidity (%)
|Mean monthly sunshine hours
|Source #1: Погода и Климат[29]
|Source #2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)[30]
Head of the city of Vladivostok on the principles of unity of command directs the administration of the city of Vladivostok in accordance with federal laws, the laws of the Primorsky Krai, and the charter of the city. The structure of the city administration has the City Council at the top.
The responsibilities of the administration of Vladivostok are:
- Exercise of the powers to address local issues of Vladivostok in accordance with federal laws, normative legal acts of the Duma of Vladivostok, decrees and orders of the head of the city of Vladivostok;
- The development and organization of the concepts, plans and programs for the development of the city, approved by the Duma of Vladivostok;
- Development of the draft budget of the city;
- Ensuring implementation of the budget;
- Control the use of territory and infrastructure of the city;
- Possession, use and disposal of municipal property in the manner specified by decision of the Duma of Vladivostok;
- Other authority in accordance with Article 6 of the Charter, as well as powers delegated by federal law, the laws of the jurisdiction of Primorsky Krai executive and administrative body of the local government of city district.
Legislative authority is vested in the City Council. The new City Council began operations in 2001 and on 21 June, deputies of the Duma of the first convocation of Vladivostok began their work. On 17 December 2007, the Duma of the third convocation began. The deputies consist of 35 elected members, including 18 members chosen by a single constituency, and 17 deputies from single-mandate constituencies.
Administrative and municipal status
Vladivostok is the administrative centre of the krai. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Vladivostok City Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Vladivostoksky Urban Okrug.[7]
The population of the city, according to the 2010 Census, is 592,034,[31] down from 594,701 recorded in the 2002 Census.[12] This is further down from 633,838 recorded in the 1989 Census.[32] Following the 2009 recession the population of the city has continuously increased to 606,653 as of 2016[33] Ethnic Russians make up the majority of the population.
The city's main industries are shipping, commercial fishing, and the naval base. Fishing accounts for almost four-fifths of Vladivostok's commercial production. Other food production totals 11%.
A very important employer and a major source of revenue for the city's inhabitants is the import of Japanese cars.[34] Besides salesmen, the industry employs repairmen, fitters, import clerks as well as shipping and railway companies.[35] The Vladivostok dealers sell 250,000 cars a year, with 200,000 going to other parts of Russia.[35] Every third worker in the Primorsky Krai has some relation to the automobile import business. In recent years, the Russian government has made attempts to improve the country's own car industry. This has included raising tariffs for imported cars, which has put the car import business in Vladivostok in difficulties. To compensate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the car manufacturing company Sollers to move one of its factories from Moscow to Vladivostok. The move was completed in 2009, and the factory now employs about 700 locals. It is planned to produce 13,200 cars in Vladivostok in 2010.[34]
The Trans-Siberian Railway was built to connect European Russia with Vladivostok, Russia's most important Pacific Ocean port. Finished in 1905, the rail line ran from Moscow to Vladivostok via several of Russia's main cities. Part of the railroad, known as the Chinese Eastern Line, crossed over into China, passing through Harbin, a major city in Manchuria. Today, Vladivostok serves as the main starting point for the Trans-Siberian portion of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
Vladivostok is the main air hub in the Russian Far East. Vladivostok International Airport (VVO) is the home base of Aurora airline - a Russian Far East air carrier, a subsidiary of Aeroflot. The airline was formed by Aeroflot in 2013 by amalgamating SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Avia. The Vladivostok International Airport was significantly upgraded in 2013 with a new 3500-metre runway capable of accommodating all aircraft types without any restrictions. The Terminal A was built in 2012 with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year.
International flights connect Vladivostok with Japan, China, Philippines and Vietnam.
It is possible to get to Vladivostok from several of the larger cities in Russia. Regular flights to Seattle, Washington, were available in the 1990s but have been cancelled since. Vladivostok Air was flying to Anchorage, Alaska, from July 2008 to 2013, before its transformation into Aurora airline.
Vladivostok is the starting point of Ussuri Highway (M60) to Khabarovsk, the easternmost part of Trans-Siberian Highway that goes all the way to Moscow and Saint Petersburg via Novosibirsk. The other main highways go east to Nakhodka and south to Khasan.
Urban transportation
On 28 June 1908, Vladivostok's first tram line was started along Svetlanskaya Street, running from the railway station on Lugovaya Street. On 9 October 1912, the first wooden cars manufactured in Belgium entered service. Today, Vladivostok's means of public transportation include trolleybus, bus, tram, train, funicular, and ferryboat. The main urban traffic lines are City Centre—Vtoraya Rechka, City Centre—Pervaya Rechka—3ya Rabochaya—Balyayeva, and City Centre—Lugovaya Street.
In 2012, Vladivostok hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. In preparation for the event, the infrastructure of the city was renovated and improved. Two giant cable-stayed bridges were constructed in Vladivostok, namely the Zolotoy Rog Bridge over the Golden Horn Bay in the centre of the city, and the Russky Bridge from the mainland to Russky Island, where the summit took place. The latter bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
The port is ice-free all year round (with the help of ice breakers), and in 2002 had a foreign trade turnover worth $275 million.[36] In 2015, a special economic zone has been settled with the free port of Vladivostok.
Vladivostok is home to numerous educational institutions, including five universities:
- Far Eastern Federal University
- Maritime State University
- Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University
- Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
- Vladivostok State Medical University (Pacific State Medical University)
The Presidium of the Far Eastern Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ДВО РАН) as well as ten of its research institutes are also located in Vladivostok, as is the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (Тихоокеанский научно-исследовательский рыбохозяйственный центр or ТИНРО).
Over fifty newspapers and regional editions to Moscow publications are issued in Vladivostok. The largest newspaper of the Primorsky Krai and the whole Russian Far East is Vladivostok News with a circulation of 124,000 copies at the beginning of 1996. Its founder, joint-stock company Vladivostok-News, also issues a weekly English-language newspaper Vladivostok News. The subjects of the publications issued in these newspapers vary from information about Vladivostok and Primorye, to major international events. Newspaper Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) gives every detail of economic news. Entertainment materials and cultural news constitute a larger part of Novosti (News) newspaper which is the most popular among Primorye's young people. Also, new online mass media about the Russian Far East for foreigners is the Far East Times. This source invites readers to take part in informational support of R.F.E. for visitors, travellers and businessmen. Vladivostok operates many online media outlets - newsvl, primamedia, and primorye24.
As of 1999, there are also seven radio stations, the most popular being 24-hour VBC (612 kHz, 101.7 MHz) and Europa+ (738 kHz, 104.2 MHz). Europa+ normally broadcasts popular modern British-American music, while the ratio of Russian and foreign songs over VBC is fifty-fifty. Every hour one can hear local news over these radio stations. Radio Vladivostok (1098 kHz) operates from 06:00 till 01:00. It broadcasts several special programs which are devoted to the music of the 1950s-1980s as well as new-age.
Maxim Gorky Academic Theatre, named after the Russian author Maxim Gorky, was founded in 1931 and is used for drama, musical and children's theatre performances.
In September 2012, a granite statue of the actor Yul Brynner (1920–1985) was inaugurated in Yul Brynner Park, directly in front of the house where he was born at 15 Aleutskaya St.
The Arsenyev Primorye Museum (Приморский государственный объединенный музей имени В.К. Арсеньева), opened in 1890, is the main museum of the Primorsky Krai. Besides the main facility, it has three branches in Vladivostok itself (including Arsenyev's Memorial House), and five branches elsewhere in the state.[37] Among the items in the museum's collection are the famous 15th-century Yongning Temple Steles from the lower Amur.
The city is home to the Vladivostok Pops Orchestra.
Russian rock band Mumiy Troll hails from Vladivostok and frequently puts on shows there. In addition, the city hosted the "VladiROCKstok" International Music Festival in September 1996. Hosted by the mayor and governor, and organized by two young American expatriates, the festival drew nearly 10,000 people and top-tier musical acts from St. Petersburg (Akvarium and DDT) and Seattle (Supersuckers, Goodness), as well as several leading local bands.
Nowadays there is another annual music festival in Vladivostok, Vladivostok Rocks International Music Festival and Conference (V-ROX). Vladivostok Rocks is a three-day open-air city festival and international conference for the music industry and contemporary cultural management. It offers the opportunity for aspiring artists and producers to gain exposure to new audiences and leading international professionals.[38]
The Russian Opera House houses the State Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater.[39]
Parks and squares
Parks and squares in Vladivostok include Pokrovskiy Park, Minnyy Gorodok, Detskiy Razvlekatelnyy Park, Park of Sergeya Lazo, Admiralskiy Skver, Skver im. Neveskogo, Nagornyy Park, Skver im. Sukhanova, Fantaziya Park, Skver Rybatskoy Slavy, Skver im. A.I.Shchetininoy.
Pokrovskiy Park
Pokrovskiy Park was once a cemetery. Converted into a park in 1934 but was closed in 1990. Since 1990 the land the park sits on belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church. During the rebuilding of the Orthodox Church, graves were found.
Minny Gorodok
Minny Gorodok is a 91-acre (37 ha) public park. Minny Gorodok means "Mine Borough Park" in English. The park is a former military base that was founded in 1880. The military base was used for storing mines in underground storage. Converted into a park in 1985, Minny Gorodok contains several lakes, ponds, and an ice-skating rink.
Detsky Razvlekatelny Park
Detsky Razvlekatelny Park is a children's amusement park located near the centre of the city. The park contains a carousel, gaming machines, a Ferris wheel, cafés, an aquarium, cinema, and a stadium.
Admiralsky Skver
Admiralsky Skver is a landmark located near the city's centre. The Square is an open space, dominated by the Triumfalnaya Arka. South of the square sits a museum of Soviet submarine S-56.
Local ecologists from the Ecocenter organization have claimed that much of Vladivostok's suburbs are polluted and that living in them can be classified as a health hazard. The pollution has a number of causes, according to Ecocenter geo-chemical expert Sergey Shlykov. Vladivostok has about eighty industrial sites, which may not be many compared to Russia's most industrialized areas, but those around the city are particularly environmentally unfriendly, such as shipbuilding and repairing, power stations, printing, fur farming, and mining.
In addition, Vladivostok has a particularly vulnerable geography which compounds the effect of pollution. Winds cannot clear pollution from some of the most densely populated areas around the Pervaya and Vtoraya Rechka as they sit in basins which the winds blow over. In addition, there is little snow in winter and no leaves or grass to catch the dust to make it settle down.[40]
Vladivostok is home to the football club FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, who plays in the Russian First Division, ice hockey club Admiral Vladivostok from the Kontinental Hockey League's Chernyshev Division, and basketball club Spartak Primorye, who plays in the Russian Basketball Super League.
Twin towns and sister cities
Vladivostok is twinned with:[41]
In 2010, arches with the names of each of Vladivostok's twin towns were placed in a park within the city.[42]
From Vladivostok ferry port next to the train station, a ferry of the DBS Cruise Ferry travels regularly to Donghae, South Korea and from there to Sakaiminato on the Japanese main island of Honshu.
Notable people
- Aleksandr Vitalyevich Tchernev-Marchant, Professional Gamer
- Ivan Vasiliev, ballet dancer
- Mikhail Koklyaev, strength athlete
- Igor Ansoff, mathematician
- Peter A. Boodberg, Russian scholar, linguist
- Vladimir Arsenyev, explorer
- Alexandra Biriukova, architect
- Feliks Gromov, admiral
- Liah Greenfeld, academic
- Ksenia Kahnovich, model
- Eugene Kozlovsky, writer
- Lev Knyazev, writer
- Igor Kunitsyn, tennis player
- Elmar Lohk, architect
- Vladimir Ossipoff, architect
- Yul Brynner, film actor
- Mary Losseff, singer and film actress
- Natalia Pogonina, chess player
- Anna Shchetinina, world's first female captain of an ocean-going ship
- Igor Tamm, physicist
- Swati Reddy, actress
- Alexey Volkonsky, canoeist
- Kristina Rihanoff, dancer
- Victor Zotov, botanist
- Mumiy Troll, rock group
- Ilya Lagutenko
- Oleg Pungin
- Eugene "Sdwig" Zvidionny
- Svoy, musician
- Nikolay Dubinin, biologist
- Stanislav Petrov, averted nuclear war
- Yi Dong-hwi, Korean communist
- Vitali Kravtsov, ice hockey forward
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Probably the first clash between the Russians and Chinese occurred in 1868. It was called the Manza War, Manzovskaia voina. "Manzy" was the Russian name for the Chinese population in those years. In 1868, the local Russian government decided to close down goldfields near Vladivostok, in the Gulf of Peter the Great, where 1,000 Chinese were employed. The Chinese decided that they did not want to go back, and resisted. The first clash occurred when the Chinese were removed from Askold Island,
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Then there occurred another story which has become traumatic, this one for the Russian nationalist psyche. At the end of the year 1918, after the Russian Revolution, the Chinese merchants in the Russian Far East demanded the Chinese government to send troops for their protection, and Chinese troops were sent to Vladivostok to protect the Chinese community: about 1600 soldiers and 700 support personnel.
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External links
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- Official website of Vladivostok (in Russian)
- Vladivostok at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Historical Map of Vladivostok (1912), Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin.
- Timelapse video of Vladivostok on YouTube (in Russian)


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WHEN, thirty-five years ago, the Lincoln Centennial Association of Springfield, Illinois changed its character from a local organization celebrating Lincoln's birthday with an annual banquet to a research organization, the first project undertaken was an attempt to discover where Lincoln was and what he did every day of his life. In 1926 the pioneering result, a slim pamphlet, now a collector's item, Lincolnin the Year 1858, was published. Six others appeared at regular intervals ( 1859 and 1860 in 1927, 1854 in 1928, 1855 in 1929, 1856 and 1857 in 1930).
In these slender buff paperbacks, each week of the year occupied a page divided into seven spaces. Days for which no information was found were left blank and proved a standing challenge to Lincoln researchers. When days were filled, the publisher (now the Abraham Lincoln Association) printed elongated "stamps" and sent them to its members. Gradually the number of entries grew, and blank days dwindled but never entirely disappeared.
The seven pamphlets, revised, were brought together in 1933 in Lincoln 1854-1861, Being the Day-by-Day Activities of Abraham Lincoln from January 1, 1854 to March 4, 1861, by Paul M. Angle, executive secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association. The following eight years carried the chronology back to Lincoln's birth with three more volumes-- Lincoln 1847-1853 by Benjamin P. Thomas, 1936; and Lincoln 1840-1846 and Lincoln 1809-1839 by Harry E. Pratt, 1939 and 1941--and the series became known as one of the most useful reference works in the entire range of Lincoln scholarship.
Lincoln's daily activities were chronicled by using every authentic source. In the resulting mountain of material, three sources proved most fruitful: Lincoln's writings; newspapers; and Illinois court records. The opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers in July, 1947, provided much new material, and The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, in nine volumes, appearing in 1953, almost doubled the number of known compositions from Lincoln's pen.
Revising and reprinting the chronology was a project often discussed by Abraham Lincoln Association officials, but never accomplished, as the undertaking would be large and expensive, particularly if carried through Lincoln's years as President. The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, after considering other possibilities, recognized the revision and enlargement of Lincoln Day-by-Day as a research tool indispensable to future generations of students. It is singularly appropriate that an idea conceived by an organization formed to celebrate Lincoln's Cen-


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1 May 2015
Article by Karen Whitfield, National Assembly for Wales Research Service
In April 2015, the Assembly's Environment and Sustainability Committee visited the German state of Baden-Wurrtemberg to find out how towns, cities and small communities are taking action to increase renewable energy and energy efficiency. In Germany, this is called the Energiewende (energy transition).
What is the goal of the Energiewende?
Germany has set itself some tough targets:
- 35% of electricity consumed to be generated by renewables by 2020;
- 18% of total energy (including heating and transport) to be provided by renewables by 2020;
- a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and 80-95% by 2050;
- primary energy consumption to reduce by 20% from 2008 levels by 2020 and by 50% by 2050;
- use of electricity to decline to 10% below 2008 levels by 2020 and to 25% below 2008 levels by 2050; and
- phase out nuclear power plants by 2022.
How will this be achieved?
Germany has passed a number of key pieces of legislation to drive the increase in renewable energy generation:
- 2000 – the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) introduced new feed-in tariff rates linked to the cost of the investment, rather than the retail rate, and ensured that renewable energy generators were given priority connections to the grid.
- 2002 – the Heat-Power Cogeneration Act was adopted to support the use of combined heat and power (CHP) systems.
- 2009 – the Renewable Energy Sources Act for Heat was passed, which set requirements for installation of renewable heating systems into housing.
- 2009 – the Eco-design of Energy-using Products Act was passed, which implements the European eco-design directive in German law.
- 2009 – the Power Grid Expansion Act (known as EnLAG) identified 24 priority grid expansion projects for which 'national need' was established. Previously, debates about whether new transmission lines were really necessary had slowed grid expansion.
- 2011 – the Act on Accelerating Grid Expansion (known as NABEG) was passed, giving the German Network Agency, known as BnetzA, some of the grid selection and approval powers that were previously held by the German states. Under this Act, new high-voltage lines are to be built (as a rule) underground to increase public acceptance.
These measures appear to be having a positive impact, particularly on renewable electricity generation. In 2013 Germany generated 23.4% of its electricity from renewables. Another feature of the German Energiewende is that it has significant community support and participation. In 2012 47% of electricity generated from renewables was community-owned. In comparison, Wales generated 10.1% of electricity from renewables in 2013, the majority of which is owned by large commercial companies.
What did the Committee discover?
During their visit the Committee met state level and local government officials, academics, an ethical investment bank and local communities and farmers who were generating their own electricity and heat from renewable sources. They visited Vauban, a regenerated district of the city of Freiburg, previously a French barracks. This district boasts a large number of energy efficient buildings, with all buildings achieving at least the Low-energy Construction Standard of 65kWh of heating energy required per square metre. Around 240 residences also meet the Passivhaus standard, requiring only 15kWh of heating energy per square metre. Some buildings in Vauban even achieve energy-plus status – generating more energy than is required for heating. This area of the city also had low car ownership, with the majority of transport needs provided by the local tram system and cycle lanes.
In Germany, communities are not only generating their own renewable power, but some own and manage their own local electricity and heating grids. The Committee visited EWS Shönau, a community-owned electricity grid that is expanding its influence and support to other communities in Germany that want to do the same. The managers of this community enterprise believe that ownership of the grid has allowed the community greater control to make energy efficiency improvements and allowed local people to determine what types of technology supply their electricity. They boast that by 2010 local electricity was supplied by 99.6% renewables.
Is this level of commitment found across Germany, and can Wales do the same?
The Committee's visit revealed a high degree of political consensus on Germany's renewables policy. Politicians from all the major parties agreed on the Germany's Energiewende targets and the decision to phase out nuclear power. The debate in Germany appears not to centre around whether these targets can be met, or if they should be met, but how they should be met.
In the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport's Energy Wales Statement on 15th April 2015, she stated the vision for Wales includes maximising 'the benefit to Wales of the transition to low carbon generation' and that this means 'building upon existing progress to secure a step change in delivering interventions, actions and policies that secure an "Energy Smart Wales".'
The Committee will now carry out an inquiry into the scope for and practicality of implementing some or all of the Energiewende approach in Wales.
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Anabolic steroids are famous for their capacity to develop muscles. This is exactly why so many bodybuilders, wrestlers, and weight lifters gravitate to this class of drugs. Anyone who wishes to bulk up will likely find that many of their peers are taking steroids for the same purpose. Certain medical conditions that lead to muscle loss are also treated with careful dosage of this substance. The potency dictates a high level of caution as too much intake can lead to liver damage. Always consult a doctor before starting a program as they can help determine whether this is a suitable path to take.
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There are two ways in which an anabolic steroid Nandrolone Decanoate – can boost muscle mass. The first is by increasing the production of protein, essentially giving the body more building blocks from which to create new tissues. Of course, there still has to be stimulus coming from the user to jumpstart the process. Strenuous exercises must be performed in a strategic manner to maximize results. The goal is to push the body past its limits incrementally. This triggers micro-tears in the muscles which will then be repaired during rest. Once recovery is complete, the targeted part will be much stronger than before as an adaptation to the strain.
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Anabolic steroids also serve to lessen the effects of cortisol on the body. Cortisol is naturally produced in the adrenal cortex and is released whenever a low blood-sugar level is detected. When it is released, the blood sugar level is increased and the immune system is suppressed. Protein, carbohydrate, and fat are metabolized more quickly to get energy. This is a stress hormone that encourages catabolism of muscles. With steroids blocking cortisol, the body does not break down as easily as before. We can retain more of our existing muscle fibers while generating new ones.
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In early April, when we reported that the hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers had released the password to NSA's "Top Secret Arsenal" of tools that allowed anyone to "back door" into virtually any computer system (in what it claimed was a protest of Trump's betrayal), few people noticed. On Friday, however, the entire world did notice when an unknown group of hackers reportedly used the same set of NSA-created tools to launch a global malware cyberattack using the WannaCry ransomware virus, holding at least 200,000 computer systems around the globe hostage, and demanding a payment of $300 in bitcoin to unlock infected computers, or else threatening to wipe out the contents of the host machine.
The crippling, global attack prompted Europol to warn that Monday could be a dark day for an unknown number of Windows XP-based systems which could simply fail to start, leading to massive productivity losses around the globe, while others predicted that the spread of the worm could accelerate in the coming days once the hackers bypass the temporary measure that prevented further distribution of the worm over the weekend.
Meanwhile, on Sunday afternoon, Microsoft itself got involved in the global hacking scandal and criticized the NSA for its role in spreading the WannaCry epidemic; specifically the tech giant urged governments to use and store their cyber warfare tools responsibly.
"We have seen vulnerabilities stored by the CIA show up on WikiLeaks, and now this vulnerability stolen from the NSA has affected customers around the world," Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith wrote in a blog post this afternoon. "This attack provides yet another example of why the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments is such a problem."
Ahead of the Shadow Brokers' leak of the NSA hacking tools, Microsoft had released a patch against the vulnerability one month prior, on March 14, which indicates that the company was notified by the US intelligence agency that their tools using that particular backdoor had been compromised. However, older, unsupported operating systems such as Windows XP were not included in the update, in addition to millions of used who do not update their systems regularly. As a result, the WannaCry malware infected more than 200,000 unpatched computers, and was threatening to spread to countless more as the hacker further weaponized their virus.
Needless to say, Microsoft was not happy.
"Repeatedly, exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain and caused widespread damage" Smith wrote, adding that an "an equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen. And this most recent attack represents a completely unintended but disconcerting link between the two most serious forms of cybersecurity threats in the world today – nation-state action and organized criminal action."
Microsoft's Chief Legal Officer also said the latest attack should serve as a "wake-up call" to world governments who should urgently establish a common set of strategies to deal with cyber threats.
"The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake-up call. They need to take a different approach and adhere in cyberspace to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world," Smith wrote. "We need governments to consider the damage to civilians that comes from hoarding these vulnerabilities and the use of these exploits."
Smith also acknowledged Microsoft's responsibility for failing to prevent the attack by not notifying all customers to install the patch on time, but noted that cybersecurity is a "shared responsibility" between tech companies and customers.
"We take every single cyberattack on a Windows system seriously, and we've been working around the clock since Friday to help all our customers who have been affected by this incident," MSFT's President added.
Meanwhile, a global manhunt is currently underway to determine the source of the cyberattack. According to the European Cybercrime Centre, Europol is "working closely" with countries affected by the blitz to identify the culprits. Microsoft too is contributing to the investigation. "Working through our Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Digital Crimes Unit, we'll also share what we learn with law enforcement agencies, governments, and other customers around the world," Smith wrote.
As we reported earlier, the narrative is already set to determine that the culprits were most likely Russians.
The full blog post by the Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer can be found here.


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Application of geothermal energy and its environmental problems in Turkey
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Human beings have been benefiting from geothermal energy for different uses since the dawn of the civilisation in many parts of the world. One of the earliest uses of geothermal energy was for heating and it was used extensively by Romans in Turkey. The Aegean region is favoured by a large number of thermal springs known since ancient times. However, it was first in the 20th century that geothermal energy was used on a large scale for direct use and electricity generation. The country's installed heat capacity is 2,705 MWt for direct use and 322.39 MWe for power production. In parallel to developing geothermal energy applications in Turkey, many sites are now experiencing problems such as water contamination associated with geothermal fluid. Especially, the high temperature solution of elements and compounds, causes operational limitations in geothermal power plants. These limitations are due to the severe scaling and corrosion of geothermal fluid. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.


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'I feel like a completely different person'- slimmer goes from size 22 to 10
PUBLISHED: 13:14 19 August 2019 | UPDATED: 13:14 19 August 2019
A woman who lost 7st 9.5lbs said she started slimming after a family picture made her cry.
Stevie Mitchell, 28, has gone from weighing 19st 6.5lbs to 11st 8.5lbs in just 33 weeks.
The mother-of-two, from Links Avenue, Cromer, said: "The thing that triggered me slimming was a picture staff at the Santa's Special in Cromer took.
"I thought it was going to be a really nice family picture. But when I saw myself I cried my eyes out. I did not show the picture to my partner for ages."
The teaching assistant at Roughton Primary School said she had always been "big" and was "overweight" as a child.
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"I feel like a completely different person. The amount of energy I have now is unreal."
She lives with partner Louis and her children Liam, nine, and Macie, five, and attends the Swimming World club in Cromer.
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Bundled cores use crosstalk to act as a larger core with unique properties
To increase capacity for optical communication systems, this technology increases the effective area of fiber modes to decrease the limitation of Kerr nonlinearity by using multi-core fiber (CMCF) structure. The new structural innovation takes advantage of the crosstalk between the cores of a conventional multi-core fiber. Instead of avoiding crosstalk, the CMCF is able to use it for enhanced data transmission by shortening the core-to-core distance compared to conventional multi-core fiber. Optical energy that extends beyond the boundaries, evanescent fields, can easily couple into adjacent fiber cores. As the set of cores is coupled, it acts as a larger core and allows data transfer over increased bandwidth.
Offering higher mode density and larger mode effective area than conventional multi-core fiber, the new fiber design can also prevent the mode coupling of supermodes, with design freedom including core-to-pitch ratio and core arrangement. Simulation results have shown lower modal dependent loss, mode coupling, and differential modal group delay compared to few-mode fiber, making the new coupled multi-core fiber design a candidate for spatial division multiplexing and single-mode operation.
Technical Details
According to Xia (2011), for single-mode operation, CMCFs can attain larger effective index difference (ΔNeff) and effective area (Aeff) than FMFs. As a result, CMCFs tend to have less mode coupling and nonlinearity, which is important for efficient long-haul transmission. This invention is a passive, coupled multi-core fiber wherein the cores each support a spatial mode and are positioned close enough to cause coupling between their modes, generating supermodes capable of transmitting data.
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NYT on the "Fatosphere"
There's a piece in the New York Times today about "blogs written by fat people:"
Smart, sassy and irreverent, bloggers with names like Big Fat Deal, FatChicksRule and Fatgrrl ("Now with 50 percent more fat!") buck anti-obesity sentiment. They celebrate their full figures and call on readers to accept their bodies, quit dieting and get on with life.
The message from the fatosphere is not just that big is beautiful. Many of the bloggers dismiss the "obesity epidemic" as hysteria. They argue that Americans are not that much larger than they used to be and that being fat in and of itself is not necessarily bad for you.


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A brave in addition to inspiring teenage girl , Madeline Stuart, who is experiencing Down syndrome, has got a huge modeling contract . U.S based athletic wear brand name for ladies , Manifesta, who targets every female regardless of their sizes and shape has accepted Stuart as an agent. It looks like a heaven made match as she decided to be a model after losing a lot of weight as an enhancement of her health. Madeline wishes to broaden individuals's minds on exactly what designs can be and Manifesta wishes to reveal that a single company can work for various sized females. Have a look at Madeline's lovely pictures .
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Madeline Stuart's dream was to become a professional model
She also happens to have Down syndrome
After she lost 44lbs (20kg) to keep healthy, she decided to start modeling
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"She really wants to change the way people discriminate against disability," said Maddy's mother
She just became the newest face of Manifesta, a U.S. women's athletic apparel brand
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"People with Down syndrome can do anything, they just do it at their own pace"
"Give them a chance and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations"
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