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The Economic Pros of Being A Father
Here is the premise for the article 'No Bonus For Motherhood', in the International New York Times :
A mother, when pregnant, has a lower productive value in the workforce, because she is more likely to prioritise her growing family over her career. Meanwhile, a new father is seen as more 'stable and committed to [his] work', because he (unlike his female counterpart?) 'have a family to provide for' and is therefore 'less likely to be flaky'. This results in new mothers receiving less responsibility in the workplace compared to their male counterparts, and consequently receiving lower pay.
If this article is true, then the tragedy here is that the economic disparity between the male and female workforce reflects a discriminatory policy in the valorisation of productivity, i.e. that certain productive processes are valued more highly than others. In other words, we are discriminatory; regardless of our talk of freedom and equality, the economic structures of our world show what our hearts are really made of. This discriminatory valorisation arises from old cultural beliefs that certain productive processes are indeed 'better' than others, whether in the sense of the moral, biological, or even socially 'practical' (in terms of social cohesion).
Further, the valorisation of productive processes is signified by money, which by signifier alone is a form of political and economic agency for the individual, male or female. In other words, if one's contribution to society is perceived as inferior to another's, then one's voice is also. But if human perception is subjective anyway, then so is the valorisation of productive processes. The trouble here is that collective human perception leads to consequences that are very real, very material, to the individual; for example, one's access to food, water and shelter, as well as (indirectly) one's social circle, material wealth and individual autonomy (which one needs for any kind of self-actualisation). When quality of life is in question, when an individual's full potential cannot be realised because of the material hindrances apropos human perception, then something is wrong.
Economic disparity says something about our beliefs and values as a society. I cannot claim that the current approach is absolutely wrong (for there is still the utilitarian argument), but justice is never being done when something becomes established unquestioningly.
-by ML
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I've recently spent a lot of time venting my spleen and, distasteful as I know this is, I'm afraid you're going to have to forgive me because I'm about to do it all over again. One thing that has annoyed me in recent times is how Schrödinger's Cat has entered the public consciousness, as though it were a Bishop Berkley-esque rejection of anything that is not directly observed, or an affirmation of that ancient adage, 'between truth and falsehood lie four fingers'. In fact the situation is more nuanced than that, and bears out more interesting conclusions, and so I feel it is time to set the record straight, once and for all, for my friends from the arts and humanities.
It all began with the discovery, at the turn of the 20th century, of wave-particle duality. The discovery that light, which had classically been thought of as a wave, could be described as a particle, rapidly dubbed the photon, was exciting enough, but perhaps even more exciting was the prospect of describing particles as waves. Experiments were quickly done to demonstrate that particles exhibited wave-like behaviour, such as diffraction and interference, and in no time at all Schrödinger had developed his wave equation, which could be used to derive the mathematical wave function that would describe the behaviour of any particle. The exact significance of this wave function was established in the famous Solvay Conference of 1927 – that the wave function would allow one to determine the probability of finding the particle in a particular position, or having a particular quantity, or being in a particular quantum state. This fundamentally probabilistic interpretation thoroughly put out Einstein, who muttered that "God does not play dice", but it was nonetheless broadly accepted, and had some rather curious consequences, none more so than the measurement postulate.
The measurement postulate goes thusly. If you have a particle that can be in a number of different states, it's impossible for you to predict what state that particle will be in at a particular moment in time. All you can do is calculate the probability of finding it in a given state when you make a measurement to determine its state. Consequently, before you make that measurement, you can describe the particle as being in all possible states; this is fine mathematically, because waves can be superimposed upon each other to form what is called a wave packet. Then, when you make your measurement and you observe the particle being in a particular state, all the states that the particle isn't in cancel out and the wave packet collapses into the single state that you've observed. This is a rather elegant bit of maths, but it does rather fly in the face of reason, and this is where Schrödinger's Cat comes in.
So, let's say you have a cat, said Schrödinger, and you place this cat in a lead casket. Also inside this casket you place a canister of cyanide which is connected to an apparatus containing a single, unstable particle, set up in such a way that when the particle decays the cyanide is released, poisoning the cat. As such, the cat's life is directly connected to a spontaneous quantum event. You shut the casket. Now, the particle can be in two possible states: a decayed state and an undecayed state, and you have no way of knowing which. In keeping with the measurement postulate, you can describe the particle as being in both states, but in this case the welfare of the cat is connected to those states. If the particle is undecayed, the cat is alive; if the particle is decayed, the cat is dead. So, if you describe the particle as being in both decayed and undecayed states, then you're also describing the cat as being in both dead and alive states. Of course, you'll never see the cat in both states – any time you open the casket the wave packet collapses and you'll see that the cat is either alive or dead, and indeed, you can calculate the probability of finding the cat in either state using the particle's wave function. You can only describe the cat as being both dead and alive so long as you don't look at it.
But this is absurd, I here you cry. Surely the cat is only ever either alive or dead, and all you have to do to find out which is look inside the casket. Of course, you're quite right. The purpose of Schrödinger's thought experiment was not to assert that the cat is both dead and alive at the same time, but to demonstrate the absurdity of taking quantum mechanics at face value. But this has rather interesting implications for the nature of science in general.
Quantum mechanics clearly isn't 'true' in the traditional sense of the word, since the way it operates doesn't actually make sense. But it nonetheless works incredibly well when it comes to the business of describing the nature and behaviour of things that are very small. It seems to me that the further and deeper we delve into physics, the less interested our physics becomes in any kind of truth. Long gone are the days when we could say, with any degree of certainty, what is; now we can only talk about what works. And as our science slips deeper and deeper into an epistemological apathy, who's to say what's true at all, anymore, or whether it even matters? So with science, as with life. Shouldn't we forget about the absolute assertions of truth and chase, instead, those butterfly dreams of what works? Let us embrace uncertainty, then – truths are too evanescent, anyway.
The illustration was drawn by the illustrious Kim Lee Dang, alias Nobo13, (2013)
Rights, Wrongs, Perspectives
This may not be the intention of higher education in the Arts and Humanities, but 'lost' is where I find myself after four years of studying Michel Foucault's social theories and being entranced (read: stupefied) by the likes of David Foster Wallace (and if you've found me going on too much about DFW, I do apologise; he remains my primary weakness).
There is no doubt that my commitment to the world of theory and literature has grown stronger; for that I am eternally grateful to my alma mater. There are times, however, like this, when I cannot help but liken such commitment with one's metamorphosis from a helpless, handicapped fledgling to a beast that now flexes its muscles, limbs and dirty claws to get at anything with half a face on. After all, insight, like knowledge, is useless without direction. The fledgling, under the banner of education, spends years practicing the art of scraping off, as cleanly and mockingly as possible, that face of anything that professes to be true, right or genuine. What graduates is a creature even more resourced at counter-arguing itself.
That I had no strong sense of morality as a fledgling is true; that intellectual curiosity fed into that rejection of morality, of definite rights and wrongs, is also true. In a world where there are perspectives more than there are truths, I have a Masters degree in affirming the inauthenticity of all assertions, all attempts at ideological monopoly. Six months after handing in my final dissertation, I am angry, faithless, and indignant, more so because, in order to pay my bills, I will probably sell out that anger, faithlessness and indignation to work within an economic system I deplore, and in ten years' time end up bearing a collar badge for the National Front Party.
I don't think the scientists are the atheistic ones.
-ML


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Pharmacists Improve Post-Surgical Outcomes for Diabetics
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Patients with diabetes fare better after surgery when pharmacists manage their high blood sugar.
In a recent study, diabetics in a pharmacist-led glycemic control program who underwent surgery saw fewer complications and readmissions than those who had surgery before the program started.
"In our system, pharmacists have the most knowledge about medications to manage blood sugar, and often patients need their insulin doses adjusted several times in the days after surgery," study authors Karen Mularski, MD, and David Mosen, PhD, MPH, told Pharmacy Times. "In many health systems, other providers are managing blood sugar, in addition to their regular duties."
The pharmacists involved in the study were tasked with managing blood sugar in non-critically ill postoperative surgical patients with diabetes. The researchers compared the results with a 1-year pre-intervention period to determine how patient outcomes differed.
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The study population totaled 11,553 patients, of whom 1277 were in the pre-intervention phase, 4811 were in the first year of the intervention, and 5465 were in the second year of the invention.
Patients in the second year of the intervention displayed the following evidence of superior outcomes over the nonintervention group:
The intervention group was more than 2 times as likely to have well-controlled blood sugar 1 day post-surgery.
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Class HipiImageBundle

java.lang.Object
  hipi.imagebundle.AbstractImageBundle
      hipi.imagebundle.HipiImageBundle

public class HipiImageBundle
extends AbstractImageBundle

HipiImageBundle is HIPI's main way of storing collections of images. It takes advantage of the fact that
 Hadoop's MapReduce works best with data locality and large files as opposed to small files. This class provides
 methods for easily writing and reading to/from a HipiImageBundle. HipiImageBundles are broken up into an index file
 containing image offsets and a data file.
 The full implementation can be found at HIPI's main website.

See Also:
HIPI Project Homepage

Nested Class Summary

static class
HipiImageBundle.FileReader

          The reader class provides a simple interface for reading images from a HipiImageBundle so that
 the HipiImageBundle can be split into multiple sections and be read in parallel.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class hipi.imagebundle.AbstractImageBundle

_conf, _file_path, FILE_MODE_READ, FILE_MODE_WRITE

Constructor Summary

HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf)

HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                long blockSize)

HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                short replication)

HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                short replication,
                long blockSize)

Method Summary

 void
addImage(java.io.InputStream image_stream,
         ImageHeader.ImageType type)

          Adds the image to the HipiImageBundle.

 void
append(HipiImageBundle bundle)

          Appends a HipiImageBundle.

 void
close()

          Closes the underlying stream for this bundle.

 org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus
getDataFile()

 long
getImageCount()

          Get the number of images contained in this bundle

 java.util.List<java.lang.Long>
getOffsets()

 java.util.List<java.lang.Long>
getOffsets(int maximumNumber)

protected  void
openForRead()

          Method for opening a file for the purposes of reading.

protected  void
openForWrite()

          Method for opening a file for the purposes of writing.

protected  boolean
prepareNext()

          Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.nextKeyValue()

protected  ImageHeader
readHeader()

          Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.getCurrentKey()

protected  FloatImage
readImage()

          Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.getCurrentValue()

Methods inherited from class hipi.imagebundle.AbstractImageBundle

addImage, addImage, addImage, getCurrentImage, getPath, hasNext, next, open, open

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HipiImageBundle

public HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                       org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf)

Parameters:
file_path - The Path indicating where the image bundle is (or should be written to)
conf - Configuration that determines the FileSystem for the image bundle

HipiImageBundle

public HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                       org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                       short replication)

HipiImageBundle

public HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                       org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                       long blockSize)

HipiImageBundle

public HipiImageBundle(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path file_path,
                       org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                       short replication,
                       long blockSize)

Method Detail

openForWrite

protected void openForWrite()
                     throws java.io.IOException

Method for opening a file for the purposes of writing. The function
 AbstractImageBundle.open(int) contains the necessary
 checks to determine whether a file can be opened for writing.

Specified by:
openForWrite in class AbstractImageBundle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getOffsets

public java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getOffsets()

Returns:
a List of image offsets

getDataFile

public org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus getDataFile()
                                            throws java.io.IOException

Returns:
The data file for the HipiImageBundle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getOffsets

public java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getOffsets(int maximumNumber)

openForRead

protected void openForRead()
                    throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: AbstractImageBundle

Method for opening a file for the purposes of reading. The function
 AbstractImageBundle.open(int) contains the necessary
 checks to determine whether a file can be opened for reading.

Specified by:
openForRead in class AbstractImageBundle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

addImage

public void addImage(java.io.InputStream image_stream,
                     ImageHeader.ImageType type)
              throws java.io.IOException

Adds the image to the HipiImageBundle. This involves appending the image to the data file, and adding
 the image offset to the index file.

Specified by:
addImage in class AbstractImageBundle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getImageCount

public long getImageCount()

Description copied from class: AbstractImageBundle

Get the number of images contained in this bundle

Specified by:
getImageCount in class AbstractImageBundle

readHeader

protected ImageHeader readHeader()
                          throws java.io.IOException

Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.getCurrentKey()

Specified by:
readHeader in class AbstractImageBundle

Returns:
the decoded ImageHeader from the cache that has been prepared. Will not advance the
 bundle to the next image upon return

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readImage

protected FloatImage readImage()
                        throws java.io.IOException

Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.getCurrentValue()

Specified by:
readImage in class AbstractImageBundle

Returns:
the decoded FloatImage from the cache that has been prepared. Will not advance the
 bundle to the next image upon return

Throws:

java.io.IOException

prepareNext

protected boolean prepareNext()

Implemented with HipiImageBundle.FileReader.nextKeyValue()

Specified by:
prepareNext in class AbstractImageBundle

Returns:
denote if has next or not

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: AbstractImageBundle

Closes the underlying stream for this bundle. In some implementations, no
 data is written to the output stream unless this function is called.

Specified by:
close in class AbstractImageBundle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

append

public void append(HipiImageBundle bundle)

Appends a HipiImageBundle. This involves concatenating data files as well appending offsets to the index file.

Parameters:
bundle - HipiImageBundle to be appended

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Who of us wouldn't want a trustworthy, steady hand to rely on as we walk through the many events of life? Whether we're considering a major step in our career or dealing with seemingly mundane, day-to-day decisions and activities—the wise, helping hand of God is available for each of us to lean on. And Christian Science shows that nothing is either too mundane or too important to be put in God's care.
As we learn about our eternal relation to God as His children, it becomes increasingly clear that every aspect of our lives can be entrusted to God, whose support and guidance are supremely reliable. God is the divine Mind that directs all our ways. God is our Father-Mother Love, whose tender care ensures the unfoldment and development of all good for each of us. "O Lord," says the Psalmist in the Bible, "thou hast searched me, and known me. ... Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways" (Psalm 139:1, 3).
Christian Science explains the nature of this all-loving Love and all-wise Mind as not a person but as the infinite divine Principle, which creates, encompasses, and governs all that really exists—its infinite spiritual ideas, comprising man and the universe. In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy writes of God: "The divine Principle, or Spirit, comprehends and expresses all, and all must therefore be as perfect as the divine Principle is perfect. Nothing is new to Spirit. Nothing can be novel to eternal Mind, the author of all things, who from all eternity knoweth His own ideas. Deity was satisfied with His work. How could He be otherwise, since the spiritual creation was the outgrowth, the emanation, of His infinite self-containment and immortal wisdom?" (pp. 518–519).
In this reality of being, we are never for a moment separated from God, because we dwell in divine Mind and express this Mind. Therefore everything about us is forever known to God. This includes all that God has for us to do, and all that we need for our well-being and the fulfillment of God's purpose for us. Christ Jesus said, "Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him" (Matthew 6:8).
In another deeply helpful passage, Jesus shows how our oneness with God embraces our human experience. He says, "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself" (Matthew 6:34).
We need not be anxious about tomorrow, because God is perpetually unfolding His purpose for us. As we pray daily to understand our oneness with God, what is forever true becomes evident to us. Prayer doesn't change our relation to God, or somehow activate His guidance. Prayer simply enables us to understand what has always been true. Our lives give evidence of God's hand directing us and fulfilling all good for us.
Seeing our lives in this light, we find the Apostle Paul's little gem of a statement overflowing with meaning: "We walk by faith, not by sight" (II Corinthians 5:7).
Here, Paul is commending to us an enlightened spiritual trust, a comprehension that we're not mortals who are on our own and separate from God, but the immortal children of God, who have an indissoluble, spiritual link to our Father-Mother. That link is the unbreakable oneness of idea with the Mind that conceives it and forever holds it. If we are ideas of divine Mind, then Mind alone is directing our every action, unfolding every step in His development of us. We walk safely forward in the understanding of this fact, listening humbly for Mind's direction.
Many years ago, I felt it was time to move from my small office to a somewhat bigger one. So I contacted a real estate agent, found an office that seemed well suited, and we agreed to proceed with drawing up a lease. It all seemed very logical and timely.
But after the agent and I parted, I began to feel distinctly like a little child who had wandered off on his own without realizing it and was suddenly aware that his father and mother were nowhere around. The feeling was tangible—I was proceeding totally on my own, and God had nothing to do with any of it. I was walking by "sight" and not by "faith." I was relying merely on human reasoning, not on spiritual listening and following.
Suddenly, moving my office no longer felt right. So I called the agent and told him I couldn't go forward with leasing the office. He had a psychological theory to explain my "cold feet," but I knew it was divine direction I was feeling.
Several weeks later, that spiritual intuition was confirmed. Completely unforseen, a very right opportunity presented itself for me to move to another part of the country. It all happened quickly, and I was free and ready to make that important move.
We can be at peace that what Mind knows of us as His idea, His loved child, is manifested humanly as a constant law of right direction and right timing. Whether we're waiting on God for ourselves, looking after a family, or in charge of developing a business or other organization, we can walk by the faith that understands and trusts Mind's direction for each of His children and His perfect unfoldment of every right activity.


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Recycling is important for any organisation, at G-Force we offer recycling bins in a range of sizes and styles. We offer office recycling bins designed with both practicality and aesthetics in mind, such as our popular slim jim range.
We offer solutions tailored to different waste streams such as paper recycling bins and food waste recycling bins. Many of the products in this range are brightly coloured and ideal for use as school recycling bins.
We offer a large range of outdoor litter bins designed to withstand the worst the weather can throw at them. The majority of our outdoor bins are produced from plastic with a choice of steel or plastic liners.
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Our compact smokers poles take up minimal room and are capable of collecting a large amount of cigarette butts. We also offer wall mounted cigarette bins that offer a compact solution.


Medical and health organizations, which include organizations operating in the pharmaceutical sector, face a variety of threats that are inherent to the services they provide and the data they safeguard. Within medical and health verticals the risks associated with compromise are often significantly augmented as patient care and personal information are at stake. This report highlights notable threats to those organizations and corresponding intelligence within the ThreatConnect platform that may facilitate those organizations' defensive efforts.
Ransomware – this was the most notable malware threat for healthcare and medical organizations in 2016 after Hollywood Presbyterian paid $17,000 to a hacker that had successfully debilitated their services using Locky. The use of ransomware continued throughout 2016 and 2017, many attacks of which came against other medical/health organizations. These organizations are viable targets to ransomware attackers because there is significant pressure to re-enable medical services after they are taken offline. Several other ransomware variants popped up during 2016 and 2017 including SamSam, TeslaCrypt, NotPetya, and WannaCry.
Chinese Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) – Deep Panda, a Chinese APT, has been associated with attacks against medical and health organizations. Notably this includes the 2015 Anthem BCBS breaches as well as 2015 attacks against the pharmaceutical sector. Deep Panda's interest in healthcare organizations likely stems from a motivation to garner intelligence on US government individuals (Anthem BCBS provides insurance to a majority of federal employees participating in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program). Deep Panda's interest in pharmaceutical and medical device organizations likely is the result of a goal to collect intelligence on intellectual property to enable domestic production. Other Chinese APTs that have been associated with attacks on the healthcare vertical include Wekby (Dynamite Panda) and Suckfly. Identified and openly reported Chinese APT activity targeting US organizations has decreased since the 2015 Rose Garden agreement on cybertheft between the US and China; however, recent Chinese operations overseas have been identified and knowledge of these groups and previous operations may facilitate future defensive efforts.
Which threats — including nation state, criminal, and hacktivist groups, specific adversaries, or malware — target our organization?
What types of notable attacks has our organization experienced before?
Which advanced persistent threats (APTs) have specifically targeted organizations within the medical and health sectors?
How do these APTs typically conduct operations against their targets?
What specific tactics do these APTs employ prior to conducting operations against their targets?
What are these APTs' motivations with respect to their operations against medical and health organizations?
What types or variants of malware have been used to steal, delete, or ransom PII, PMI, or IP specific to medical and health verticals?
What ransomware has been used in attacks against the medical and health verticals?
How does this ransomware work and how does it ransom the targeted data?
What vulnerabilities have been identified in software commonly used at our organization or that would enable access to pertinent data holdings?
What vulnerabilities have been identified in medical devices that we develop or employ?
Below, we identify notable Threats, Incidents/Campaigns, Tags, and Communities within the ThreatConnect platform that are pertinent to medical and health organizations. The links and information provided below are from our Common Community; however, our ThreatConnect Intelligence source has more significant, enriched, and timely information on these threats and others pertinent to the medical and health sectors.
Threats capture both nation state and criminal threat groups, as well as malware groups that have been used in multiple operations.
APT10 / Stone Panda / menuPass – Chinese APT associated with 2016-2017 activity targeting European and Japanese organizations in a variety of sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry.
ThreatConnect entry for APT10 / Stone Panda / menuPass.
Locky – Ransomware variant that was initially identified in February 2016, has been leveraged in successful attacks, notably against hospitals and the healthcare sector.
SamSam – This ransomware family seems to be distributed via compromising servers and using them as a foothold to move laterally through the network to compromise additional machines which are then held for ransom.
Nymaim – Nymaim is a two-stage malware dropper. It usually infiltrates computers through exploit kits and then executes the second stage of its payload once it is on the machine, effectively using two executables for the infection routine.
Incidents capture individual attacks emanating from a given group or using specific malware. Incident may also be used to capture research efforts into a group or malware. Campaigns generally are a collection of multiple incidents that are associated with a group or malware.
Tags are commonly used within the ThreatConnect platform to specify targeted sectors, types of malware or tactics used, or attributed threats for identified activity or groups. ThreatConnect users can also follow tags to be alerted to new activity that is pertinent to their interests.
The following communities and sources may be pertinent for organizations looking for intelligence on activity targeting medical and health verticals. These communities also facilitate the sharing of intelligence with other members that have similar intelligence requirements.
Medical and Health Community – Community for sharing incidents/intelligence with other members of the medical and health community.
ThreatConnect Intelligence – Incidents from ThreatConnect Research as well as profiles on significant threats to the Medical/Health sector.
Common Community – ThreatConnect's open community with wider access that houses intelligence on a variety of threats.
Technical Blogs and Reports – This source automatically captures and tags intelligence shared in dozens of open source cybersecurity blogs and reports.This creates a one-stop-shop for organizations to review recently identified intelligence.
With ThreatConnect's new Dashboard feature we can create populated tables and graphs for medical and health verticals based on the aforementioned relevant threats and tags. Below is a simple example showing a Dashboard with four tables capturing Groups and Indicators tagged with medical and health sectors and the threats that are pertinent to them. Dashboards like this one make it easy for organizations to quickly identify and triage intelligence that is relevant to their investigations or defensive efforts.
Given the speed at which previous attacks and compromises within the medical and health sector have escalated, coupled with the inherent need to ensure continuity of operations, staying apprised of pertinent threat intelligence is a must for those organizations. Further, once attacks or specific threats are identified, an organization can mature toward proactively identifying and defending against future attacks. The ThreatConnect platform assists organizations at any threat intelligence maturity level in quickly and efficiently identifying, researching, and defending against their most pertinent threats.


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Stage One Productions, Inc.
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Stage One Productions, Inc. is a Colorado corporation dedicated to producing films, videos and other entertainment products. Our company was established to make movies from novels and screenplays written by John Arthur Neal, examining different aspects of the human condition. We strive to create meaningful, beautiful, emotionally satisfying movies and to compensate investors fairly and substantially.
Exploring the Human Condition in Movies
There are billions of people on the planet, all experiencing life in a unique and different way. We share the same struggles and emotions, but everything about our stories is one-of-a-kind. That's why it's so important to tell these stories—so we can see how alike, yet different, we all are.
Stage One takes pride in producing movies and shorts that show how life can affect us. Our movie production service in Colorado takes the inspiration of John Arthur Neal and brings them to life on-screen, telling stories that make people laugh, cry, love and think. Our portfolio spans more than 25 years, and we continue to make films with talented creatives throughout Colorado. To date, John has written eight novels, a novelette and several screenplays—all of which we plan to make into movies.
More than just a motion picture production company, Stage One is committed to the ideas of the creative spirit. That means we work with local talent and crew members, some of whom are filmmakers in their own right. In doing so, we refine our own crafts and increase the ties we have to our communities.
10% of the net profits from each movie will go toward charitable causes and organizations. In addition, proceeds from John's shares of stock will support the Children of Sol Three—a group dedicated to serving the future, focused on ecological togetherness: One species, on one planet.
Within our productions, we portray various aspects of the human condition to inspire personal, social and ecological responsibility.
Stage One has produced two shorts and two mid-length video dramas and plans to create movies out of 8 novels, a novella and several screenplays.
We're affiliated with the Colorado Film and Video Association, and are pleased to produce our films in the Centennial State.
We're members of the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, as well as Pikes Peak Writers and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers groups.
For more than 25 years we've helped contribute to the artistic scene in Colorado, engaging with writers, filmmakers, thespians and other talented creatives.
To learn more about Stage One Productions, Inc. or the Children of Sol Three, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to making films that improve the lives of others!
President • Writer-Director-Producer
John Arthur Neal has written eight novels, a novella, a play, a dozen short stories, and several movie scripts and adaptations. John collaborated with Chad Michael Crawfurd on the script for Bono-Boy and with Kevin Morton on a feature-length comedy screenplay, Booth People.
John wrote, directed, produced and acted in Mahogany Knots, a 41-minute drama shot in digital video. He also wrote, directed and produced:
Dust, a 45-minute video about old age, adapted from his one-act play which had a 12-performance run at Heatley's Teahouse, a Denver dinner theater;
Awake at the Wheel, a 13-minute drama about following one's dream, and
The Gig, a 5-minute comedy about an independent videographer meeting with crazy clients.
John has acted in theater and was a community producer through Denver Open Media,the area's access cable station. John has also shot and edited a variety of video projects privately.
He is a long-time member of Pikes Peak Writers, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop.He is also a current member of, and formerly served on the Board of Directors for, the Colorado Film & Video Association.
Since graduating with a BA in Literature in 1972, John has studied writing and motion picture production in a wide variety of venues, classroom as well as experiential. John attended, when possible, the TV and Movie "Writers in the Rockies" Conference held in Boulder for many years. John has taken numerous seminars at the annualRocky Mountain Film & Video Expo (now AVX).
John was a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Screenwriters Workshop. John's participation for over twelve years strengthened his skills in story structure and dialog.
Meanwhile, John worked in administration, human resources, the legal department of a title company, publishing, sales and other areas – all of which taught him valuable lessons in leadership and management. John is healthy, mature, frugal by nature, and married since 1982.
Provisional Vice President • Director of Photography and Editor
Emmy Award winning Andrew Newberg was the main videographer and editor for Broadcast One Media Productions for over twelve years. Although Andy still has strong ties with Broadcast One and continues to shoot and edit projects for them, he has launched his own company, Viewpoint Productions.
In addition to hundreds of commercials, industrials, promotional pieces and other work, Andy authored, directed, produced, filmed and edited The Punk, which won creative awards and aired on the Arts & Entertainment (A&E) television channel three times.
Andy has a bachelor's degree in production, for which he created a technically complex piece in which he dubbed a single singer's voice into four character parts. Andy learned the ropes at People Productions in Boulder prior to taking over the technical side of Broadcast One.
For a list of major projects and video samples, see www.viewpointproductions.com.
Treasurer: Mary Lee Reinstein
Mary Lee Reinstein is owner/operator of Horse Heaven Stables, an educational riding facility in Brighton, Colorado, established in 1991.
Mary Lee also worked part-time as Branch Assistant for the Louisville, Colorado office of the investment firm, Edward Jones Company. From 1983 through 1990, Mary Lee was a Finance Analyst with Ford New Holland (formerly Sperry New Holland).
Corporate Secretary: Ann Vail
Ann Vail obtained a Masters degree in Environmental Science and previously worked for the National Forestry Service. Ann then earned a Masters in Counseling and is currently in private practice. Ann brings intelligence and perspective to the company.
Darlene A. Cypser
Darlene A. Cypser, Esq. is the Sales Agent for Stage One. Darlene and her partners market a variety of independently produced motion pictures at the American Film Market every year, as well as through her extensive array of contacts in movie distribution. www.infernofilm.com
Darlene is the engine behind Inferno Film Production, LLC and produced the indie feature Dragon and the Hawk. As writer-producer, Darlene is currently in production with The Highwayman. For more information, please visit www.thehighwaymanmovie.com.
As a currently licensed attorney (Colorado and New York), Darlene was in private practice from 1988-1999. She applies her legal expertise to the entertainment industry, including contract negotiation with distributors, foreign rights buyers, DVD manufacturers.
Darlene wrote and published the Handbook of Colorado Landlord & Tenant Law and the Writer's Pocket Tax Guide, as well as over a dozen articles. In addition, Darlene has written several screenplays, adaptations and novels.
David Jensen, head of The David Jensen Company, wrote and directed don't call me, a comedy about the worst job on the face of the earth (telemarketing), among other projects. David teaches the acclaimed workshop, New Producers Seminar, and coordinates screenplay contests and other programs.
Arnold R. Kaplan
Arnold R. Kaplan, Esq. is a securities attorney with approximately thirty years' experience. Arnie is a partner with the firm Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy, P.C. Not only is Arnie an experienced counselor in venture capital financing, business plans and private placements, but he is John's brother-in-law's brother-in-law. Such connections are invaluable.
Anthony Lauro
Anthony Lauro of Ecstatic Entertainment is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as computer software. Tony worked in Hollywood for several years before escaping the LA smog to move to Colorado. He brings both creative and business savvy to Stage One.
Kevin J. Morton
Kevin J. Morton is the principal of Morton Media Group. Kevin will be the Co-Producer for this project.
John "Sandy" Santucci
John "Sandy" Santucci is President/CEO of John Sandy Productions, Inc. JSP was the first production company to shoot "extreme sports" – people skiing off mountain tops and so forth.
JSP has won numerous Telly Awards, has many prestigious clients (such as Volkswagen), and owns an extensive video library of stock footage. Sandy's company is international in scope.
Help us Tell Stories
To learn more about Stage One Productions, Inc. or to contribute to Children of Sol Three, please contact us today. We look forward to making films that improve the lives of others!
Providing video and film production services to the following counties
Arapahoe County, CO
Adams County, CO
Douglas County, CO
Broomfield County, CO
Elbert County, CO
Park County, CO
Clear Creek County, CO
Gilpin County, CO
Denver , CO 80230
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Jan started his career as an armourer and prop maker before completing a degree at Wimbledon school of art in film, theatre and TV design winning The Vice Chancellors award.
He then gained invaluable experience working on the James Bond film 'The World is not Enough' as a model effects assistant to Brian Smithies (senior model technician) and 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' as a model maker, before moving into his chosen field of production design and art direction. Jan is a London based designer but has worked across the world on many award winning productions.
Emmy Award (Honorary): for art direction, 'Game of Thrones' Season 6
British Film Designers Guild Award Winner: Art direction 'Game of Thrones' S6
Art Directors Guild Award Nominee: Art direction 'Game of Thrones' S6
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HomeCarbon CreditsIMPT to Buy $54M Carbon Credits From Polygon-Powered Thallo
IMPT to Buy $54M Carbon Credits From Polygon-Powered Thallo
IMPT closed a deal to buy carbon credits worth $54 Million from Polygon blockchain-based marketplace Thallo.
IMPT is a global carbon-offsetting ecosystem that connects brands to individuals and businesses looking to cut their carbon footprint. Thallo uses blockchain technology to make it easier for buyers and sellers of carbon credits to find each other.
The deal will see IMPT buying carbon credits from Thallo with an estimated value of $54 Million over 10 years.
IMPT Sourcing Tokenized Carbon Credits from Thallo
Using the current market carbon prices, the carbon credit deal will help offset around 12 million tonnes of carbon over ten years. It's equal to the annual CO2 footprint of about 2.6 million people.
This partnership is a major milestone in developing the IMPT platform that will allow community members to convert their native tokens into carbon credits.
Remarking on the agreement, IMPT CEO Denis Creighton said:
"We are thrilled to partner with Thallo to source high-quality tokenized carbon credits for our protocol…Putting these credits into the hands of our community is the next step in realising our vision of building a global network of people who want to play their part in combating climate change by taking small actions in their everyday lives."
The agreement involves an initial 3-year purchase of €3.6 million worth of carbon credits. Then there's a Memorandum of Understanding for a long-term partnership over 10 years.
IMPT will purchase carbon credits from Thallo's diverse portfolio of project developers. These include both carbon removal and avoidance projects from 5 different continents. Each project helps reduce carbon emissions to fight climate change.
In a report last year, Thallo combined carbon project developer insights to identify challenges to scaling the voluntary carbon market. These include, in particular, verification delays that can bring 2.6 billion in losses to developers.
Bridging Unretired Credits Using Blockchain
The live, unretired credits will be bridged onto the Polygon blockchain via Thallo's 2-way bridge from existing carbon registries. These include the Colombian BioCarbon Registry.
Thallo's Two-Way Carbon Bridge allows companies and individuals to move carbon credits on and off the blockchain. This is crucial to avoid double accounting and preserve the integrity of the carbon credit.
This blockchain technology enables easy buying, selling, and retiring credits while ensuring transparency and traceability.
Information about the project, vintage, serial numbers, etc. are stored on-chain in the Thallo Bridge. This enables anyone to access this data at any time due to the public and distributed nature of the blockchain. And that's even if the registry system is not available.
The end goal of the bridge is to be a public, transparent ledger of all events related to the issuance and retirement of tokenized carbon credits.
Thallo's Two-Way Carbon Bridge Process
The deal with IMPT is the first use of Thallo's 'Bridging-as-a-Service' product offer. It allows Web3 companies to integrate carbon credits directly into their own infrastructure. It also helps Web2 companies by allowing e-commerce customers to offset the emissions of their purchases.
Thallo Co-Founder and CEO, Ryan Gledhill said:
"Thallo's ground-breaking infrastructure enables voluntary carbon market innovators to access an ever-increasing number of registries with a simple integration model…The market is one of the world's most impactful tools to combat climate change."
He added that IMPT's innovative model will continue to scale alongside Thallo as they attract more suppliers in 2023 and beyond.


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You are bidding on a mint 2006 Bowman Signs of the Future autographed card of the Jets great rookie RB Leon Washington. Signed in blue ink and is card #SF-LW.
This is the card w Leon is accidentally giving the camera the finger, even though he was trying to do a sign that represented his home town. Because it looks like an obscene gesture, Topps is discontinuing the card, and replacing all of the existing ones with a new one making this card extremely rare. Forget the fact that he is emerging as a star rookie for the New York Jets. This card is awesome and will disappear.
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"In no way does Topps condone this type of behavior to be photographed for its trading cards and is deeply embarrassed that this photograph was not deleted in the early stages of the editing process," a company spokesperson says. "We apologize for this oversight and recommend collectors to return the card to Topps for a randomly chosen replacement autograph card from our 2006 Bowman football product."


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Home News Transcript News Transcript News Freehold Borough schools will provide health services for pupils
Freehold Borough schools will provide health services for pupils
MATTHEW SOCKOL, Staff Writer
FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has renewed an agreement with a health provider to ensure that the health and well-being of the district's pupils is maintained.
During a meeting on May 17, board members authorized the renewal of an agreement with the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc. (VNAHG). The agreement was initially approved for the 2019-20 school year.
Through the board's action, the VNAHG will continue to provide nurse practitioner services in Freehold Borough during the 2021-22 school year.
Freehold Borough was a successful applicant to the integrated health impact program to provide nurse practitioner services to pupils for 2019-20. The health services are for all pupils from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, according to district administrators.
Services will be paid for by the United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and the board agreed to provide matching grant funds in the amount of $10,000 to continue the program, according to the resolution.
The VNAHG will provide advance practice nurses for a maximum of 11 hours per week on school premises, providing healthcare services to pupils, maintenance of records and record keeping for services provided, providing workers compensation coverage and liability and malpractice insurance coverage for VNAHG employees, and ensure staff are licensed and qualified to provide the qualified services, and providing regular and periodic billing for services provided.
Healthcare services the VNAHG will provide include performing a limited number of school entry physicals; sports physicals and work physicals; assessment and episodic care for children as approved by a parent or guardian; teaching about medication and self-care; consultation with parents, staff and/or faculty regarding student health issues; and collaborating with other health professionals. according to the resolution.
The school district will provide a list of children needing services, providing support on days of operation, assuring appropriate liability coverage for its employees and facilities, and providing appropriate areas in the school for the provision of services.
There will not be any charge to pupils for the services. Although the services are sponsored by the United Way, the VNAHG may bill Medicaid for services rendered to students. The VNAHG and the district agreed the nurse practitioner's time will be provided at no cost to the district.
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Marblehead, Ohio facts for kids
Marblehead, Ohio
Aerial view of the Marblehead Lighthouse and surrounding parts of the village
Location of Marblehead, Ohio
Location of Marblehead in Ottawa County
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The Marblehead Lighthouse at the end of the Marblehead Peninsula and the entrance to Sandusky Bay from Lake Erie.
Marblehead is a village in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 903 at the 2010 census.
It sits at the tip of the Marblehead Peninsula, which divides Lake Erie proper from Sandusky Bay. In the summer, it is a popular vacation area because of its lake frontage, ferry service to the Lake Erie Islands, quality sport fishery, the nearby Chautauqua at Lakeside, and the Cedar Point amusement park.
Marblehead is also commercially important as a major limestone producer. The limestone is mined in nearby quarries and transported by conveyor belt to the Marblehead boat loading dock, where it is loaded on commercial lake freighters. The blocks of stone used to construct the Stannard Rock Light on Lake Superior were cut at Marblehead and hauled to the site from 1877 to 1881.
Marblehead is also home to a United States Coast Guard station, and to the Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Nearby, in Sandusky Bay, is Johnson's Island, a former Confederate officer POW camp during the Civil War.
Marblehead is located at 41°32′05″N 82°43′45″W / 41.534668°N 82.729119°W / 41.534668; -82.729119.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.31 square miles (11.16 km2), of which 3.31 square miles (8.57 km2) is land and 1.00 square mile (2.59 km2) is water.
1910 1,172 17.6%
1920 1,048 −10.6%
1930 1,027 −2.0%
As of the census of 2010, there were 903 people, 417 households, and 285 families residing in the village. The population density was 272.8 inhabitants per square mile (105.3/km2). There were 942 housing units at an average density of 284.6 per square mile (109.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.7% White, 0.2% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population.
The median age in the village was 55.7 years. 15.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.5% were from 25 to 44; 37.3% were from 45 to 64; and 28.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.7% male and 50.3% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 762 people, 332 households, and 239 families residing in the village. The population density was 268.9 people per square mile (104.0/km2). There were 973 housing units at an average density of 343.3 per square mile (132.7/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.90% White, 0.26% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.66% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population.
The median income for a household in the village was $46,528, and the median income for a family was $52,250. Males had a median income of $39,688 versus $24,545 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,184. About 3.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.
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Woman thrown from vehicle, killed in Warren County crash
By Daniel Susco
A woman was killed after being thrown from her vehicle in a Warren County crash.
At 12:08 p.m., troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol were called to a two-vehicle crash on state Route 28 near Morrow-Rossberg Road in Warren County, according to a release.
The OSHP said that on investigation, Kendra Gregory, 30, of Blanchester, was driving eastbound on Route 28 when she lost control of her vehicle.
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According to OSHP, she drove over the center line into oncoming traffic and crashed into another vehicle heading the other way, driven by John Cole, 69, of Goshen.
Gregory was thrown from her vehicle due to the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Medics took Cole to Bethesda North Hospital with serious injuries.
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La magnetite (Fe2+Fe3+2O4), appartenente al gruppo dello spinello, è il minerale ferroso con il più alto tenore di ferro (72,5%) utilizzabile industrialmente. È inoltre il minerale con le più intense proprietà magnetiche esistente in natura.

Abito cristallino
L'habitus più comune è quello ottaedrico seguito da quello rombododecaedrico. Spesso le facce rombododecaedriche sono striate secondo la diagonale lunga del rombo. La geminazione è comune secondo la legge dello spinello.

Origine e giacitura
La magnetite si forma quando l'idrossido di ferro si ossida in presenza di acqua.
Rappresenta il principale minerale accessorio delle rocce basaltiche (soprattutto quelle appartenenti alle serie tholeiitiche) ed è comune anche nelle rocce metamorfiche di derivazione magmatica o volcano-sedimentaria basica (es. nelle rocce delle sequenze ofiolitiche). Localmente può essere un minerale fortemente rappresentato anche in rocce di genesi pneumatolitica e in skarn. È anche un prodotto secondario della trasformazione dei silicati di magnesio e di ferro.
Principali Paesi produttori sono Russia, Brasile, Liberia, Mauritania, Norvegia, Svezia.
Giacimenti italiani si trovano in Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Sardegna, nell'isola d'Elba e in Sicilia.

Forma in cui si presenta in natura
Si presenta in cristalli neri, opachi, oppure in masse granulari o compatte.
È presente in piccole quantità nel corpo umano, dove è localizzata tra il naso e gli occhi, all'interno dell'osso etmoide.
La magnetite è facilmente riconoscibile all'interno di vecchi radiatori di riscaldamento (termosifoni) in ferro e ghisa ed è la responsabile del colore nero scuro dell'acqua che vi circola.

Proprietà magnetiche
La magnetite è il più antico materiale magnetico conosciuto: era infatti già noto agli antichi Greci e prende appunto il nome dalla città di Magnesia ad Sipylum, nei pressi del monte Sipilo, dove si trovava in grandi quantità. Il termine "magnetismo" deriva quindi dal nome del minerale, non viceversa. La magnetite è un materiale ferromagnetico. In particolare, si tratta di un minerale con comportamento ferrimagnetico (Ferrimagnetismo).

Proprietà chimico-fisiche
È un buon conduttore di elettricità
Lentamente e difficilmente solubile in acido cloridrico
Peso molecolare: 231,54 gm
Indice di fermioni: 0,01
Indice di bosoni: 0,99
Fotoelettricità: 22,14 barn/elettroni

Reazione di Schikorr

L'idrossido ferroso (in ambiente anaerobico) può convertirsi chimicamente in magnetite tramite un processo chiamato reazione di Schikorr:
3Fe(OH)2 + H2O → Fe3O4 + 3H2O + H2↑

Dal punto di vista chimico-molecolare Fe3O4 è costituito da ossido ferroso e ossido ferrico: Fe2+(Fe3+O2)2, un composto conosciuto anche col nome di Ossido ferroso-ferrico.

La formazione di magnetite viene indotta nei generatori di vapore con additivi alcalinizzanti e mantenendo il pH dell'acqua di caldaia sopra un certo valore.

Pseudosfaldatura
La magnetite non presenta sfaldatura ma in alcuni esemplari può accadere che si rompano in blocchetti di forma ottaedrica a causa del fenomeno della pseudosfaldatura.

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Voci correlate
Ematite
Geologia
Magnete
Magnetismo
Minerali ferrosi
Ossido di ferro

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Ossidi e idrossidi (minerali)
Minerali ferrosi

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