Delaying security patches is a huge risk. Michael Cobb explains how to build the business case for a formal patching program for a variety of systems.
a year, and even then only "critical" issues. What's the best way to make the case?
Data is the main target of any network attack, and poorly patched systems are a major attack vector for data theft.
However, patching a production database is a stressful process; database patches tend to introduce not only security fixes, but also behavioral changes. This is why so many administrators delay patching of databases that sit behind mission-critical or revenue-generating processes, even if they are known to be insecure. A case for more frequent database patching can include plenty of real-life examples of data breaches caused by unpatched databases, but key stakeholders will want assurances that more frequent updates can be accomplished without putting the business at risk. This is the part of the business case that will probably decide whether or not it's approved.
It is important to present a patch management program with robust change control processes that show everything eventually is covered. Explain the patch release process operated by the relevant database vendors and how associated vulnerabilities will be assessed; vulnerability criticality is key for calculating a patch's significance. The threat posed by a particular vulnerability may be within stakeholders' risk tolerance, and some patches won't be relevant to their environment. Be sure to show that there will be no need to install every available patch to alleviate stakeholders' fears of constant and excessive downtime. Also, aging databases that regularly cause problems whenever changes are made should probably be left on an annual patch schedule until they can be migrated or upgraded to a more robust system.
Maintaining a parallel test environment to deploy and test patches is critical, so a budget will be needed for this. Testing will better replicate the actual environment in which the patch will be deployed and help prevent issues in the enterprise. Consider using virtualization, as it offers the ability to deploy multiple test configurations to mirror live production environments without impacting or endangering the production database.
Plan how stakeholders will agree on a date for deploying patches so that all resources will be available and normal operations will be least affected. Schedule less urgent patches to be tested and deployed when time is available. It is also important to have a well-documented process to ensure tasks are executed in an orderly and predictable manner and that none are forgotten or left incomplete. Have ready contact lists of whom to reach and how in case a problem arises, and explain how the rollback or backup response plan will work.
Any case for improving patch management should look for increased funding. Database security is a specialist area, so these administrators need training to learn and do the job properly. Back in 2000, the IT Process Institute looked at what distinguished a high-performing and secure IT operation from a poor one. Needless to say, top performers allocated more budget to security as a percentage of total IT operational expense -- three times, in fact.
Does your organization have a formal patch management program?


Welcome to the house (again)!
First of all I am sorry that this blog has not been updated in a good while,but my mind and my concentration has been occupied with a totally different mind set. Which has been up and really down, and to get my self out of that I returned back to my record collection. What has been the healthiest choice ever!
Where my heart and my soul has been is in the last couple of months is inside the house of Kerri Chandler, and that house has been a mad hard job to get out of (and still is)!
Kerri Chandler is a legend, a myth and the most comfiest house ever. He has that cool grounded flair, and let's nothing come in the way for what he is feeling in the most sapphire like way. Hands down!
On this day I have listened to this super mix, and to be frank this techno/house mix has the diamond in the rock statement written all over. Why? Because when TIJO AIMÊ manages to be square in techno, rooted on the couch in the house and still has the soul on earth contact. It is no wonder that this a mix that will have heavy rotation over the following weeks to come – just to get below the surface in what he feels and thinks. What does he think?
So I hope you are enjoying the 2 for 1 offer – I hope! Whilst you are there, keep going on and on!
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Q: Howto send same post to mulitple servers and associate data with individual post I'm trying to send a post request to multiple servers (possible tanks to CORS).
To do that i have an array with the jQuery posts and register the same callback function for the individual done's like so:
var requestUrls = getRequestUrlArrayFromForm();
var companyNames = getCompanyNamesArrayFromForm();

cleanTable();
for(var i = 0; i < requestUrls.length; i++) {

  postings.push($.post(requestUrls[i],
    someXmlString
  ));

  postings[i].done(function( response , textStatus, jqXHR) {

    console.log(i); // the number printed here is always the same even for requestUrls.length > 1
    addToTable(companyNames[i], response);

  }).fail(function( jqXHR ) {
    // do something
  });

}

My problem now is that i want to remember some data associated to each individual post like in this example a companyName. But in the success function of the post i dont know which of thes n-post requests i am and so can not know the right index do access the correct value in my companyName array. And okay i guess its becaus of ajax's asynchronous behavior. But anyway this problem should somehow be solvable.
So is it possible to pass some data to the post object that is not send to the server but just remembered by the client and accessible in the done function-callback?
Thanks in advance.

A: The way you need to go is something like this
var requestUrls = getRequestUrlArrayFromForm();
var companyNames = getCompanyNamesArrayFromForm();

cleanTable();
var postings = [];
for (var i = 0; i < requestUrls.length; i++) {
    postings.push($.post(requestUrls[i], someXmlString));
}

$.when.apply($, postings).done(function () {
    for (var i in arguments) {
        addToTable(companyNames[i], arguments[i][0]); // the response
    }
});

As per OP comments, updated answer
var requestUrls = getRequestUrlArrayFromForm();
var companyNames = getCompanyNamesArrayFromForm();

cleanTable();
for (var i = 0; i < requestUrls.length; i++) {
    (function (i) {
        $.post(requestUrls[i], someXmlString).done(function (resp) {
            addToTable(companyNames[i], resp);
        });
    })(i);
}

you need to wrap it with closure.
sample working demo

A: How about something like this?
var requestUrls = getRequestUrlArrayFromForm();
var companyNames = getCompanyNamesArrayFromForm();

cleanTable();
for(var i = 0; i < requestUrls.length; i++) {

  $.post( requestUrls[i], someXmlString)
    .done(function(response , textStatus, jqXHR) {
        addToTable(companyNames[i], response);
    })
    .fail(function( jqXHR ) {
        // do something
    });

}

A: Maybe wrapper function will help:
var requestUrls = getRequestUrlArrayFromForm();
var companyNames = getCompanyNamesArrayFromForm();

cleanTable();
for(var i = 0; i < requestUrls.length; i++) {

    postings.push($.post(requestUrls[i],
        someXmlString
    ));

    postings[i].done((function(j){
        return function( response , textStatus, jqXHR ) {
            console.log(j);
            addToTable(companyNames[j], response);
        }
    })(i)).fail(function( jqXHR ) {
        // do something
    });

}

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This household cleaner is effective against coronavirus, EPA says
By Daniella Genovese
Bay Area shoppers stocking up on supplies as coronavirus spreads
Jesse Gary reports
Clorox's Pine-Sol Original Multi-Surface Cleaner was found to be effective against COVID-19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says.
The common household cleaner was added to the agency's growing list of products that are effective against SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, earlier this month after being tested by a third-party laboratory.
What scientists discovered was that the disinfectant was found to be effective against the virus with a 10-minute contact time on hard, non-porous surfaces, Clorox said.
With this new development, the company hopes the new "Pine-Sol kill claim will increase access to disinfectants that can help prevent the spread of COVID-19," said Chris Hyder, vice president and general manager of the cleaning division at Clorox.
RELATED: The FDA now includes 75 'toxic' hand sanitizers on its list of products to avoid
The company says the product should be applied with a clean sponge or cloth to hard, nonporous surfaces and should remain wet on the surface for at least 10 minutes before rinsing.
The EPA registration number for the product is 5813-101. It is listed under the product name Tuck 3 on the EPA's rolling list, according to Good Housekeeping.
The EPA's list now comprises over nearly 500 products that meet the agency's criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2.
All of the products listed must demonstrate efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, demonstrate efficacy against a pathogen that is harder to kill than SARS-CoV-2, or demonstrate efficacy against a different human coronavirus similar to SARS-CoV-2, the EPA said.
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Members of Parliament in the Committee of Lands and Country Planning headed by Hon. Rozaline Smith last Wednesday gave seven days ultimatum to three companies.
The companies include Fawaz Building Materials Enterprise, Shanders and son and Commodities Trading Coming for failing to appear before the committee.
This happened when the committee summoned the above companies and Environmental Protection Agency for the three companies to give reason why they have failed to pay their EIA to EPA.
The chairperson of the Committee Hon. Smith said if the fail to make the payment to EPA and also appear before the Committee within the seven days the Committee will order the arrest of the Executive Directors of the companies.
She said the Lebanese and the Chinese have total disregard for State authorities, noting that when they are invited or summoned to Parliament to attend State functions the usually sent their junior officers which is unacceptable.


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George Strait headlines Hurricane Harvey relief concert
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Texas Ballet Theater presents Beauty and the Beast at Winspear Opera House through September 10. Photo by Steven Visneau
Undermain Theatre presents So Go the Ghosts of México, Part Two, playing through October 1. Photo by Katherine Owens
Sturgill Simpson will play at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie on September 8. Photo by Reto Sterchi
Demi Lovato will appear at the Fabletics store at Legacy West on September 9. Photo courtesy of Fabletics
Alamo Drafthouse will present a 30th anniversary screening of Robocop at Dallas City Hall on September 10. Photo courtesy of Orion Pictures
It's an eclectic weekend in and around Dallas, with events landing all over the entertainment spectrum. You can see one of three new local theater productions, listen to music ranging from the Beatles to contemporary country, meet a superstar singer-turned-designer, help raise money with one of the best Rangers of all time, or enjoy a classic Dallas-filmed movie at its actual shooting location.
Below are the best options for your precious free time Thursday through Monday. Don't like what you see? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.
2017 Cool Thursdays Series: A Hard Night's Day
Now that the weather is finally getting back to a manageable temperature, we can start enjoying outdoor activities again. The Dallas Arboretum will kick off the fall edition of its Cool Thursdays series with this concert by A Hard Night's Day, a great Beatles cover band. Attendees can bring picnics and beverages or purchase food items from some of DFW's favorite food trucks, including Not Just Q, Bellatrino, and dessert truck Shake Shack.
Theatre Three presents Cedar Springs or Big Scary Animals
The latest from Theatre Three is a homegrown story. An older white couple from the country unknowingly moves to the gayborhood in Dallas to be closer to their granddaughter. What begins as polite dinner conversation with their gay, multi-ethnic neighbors careens out of control, becoming a hilarious collision of race, sex, guns, and sports. The play will run through October 1.
Texas Ballet Theater presents Beauty and the Beast
It's already been a big year for Beauty and the Beast, with Disney releasing a "live action" version that earned big bucks at the box office. That makes it perfect timing for Texas Ballet Theater to launch its new season with a version of the classic storybook tale of Belle, the Beast, and the Beast's enchanted servants. The production will have four performances through Sunday at the Winspear Opera House.
Undermain Theatre presents So Go the Ghosts of Mexico, Part Two
One year after opening its 2016-2017 season with So Go the Ghosts of Mexico (part one), Undermain Theatre will open a new season with the second play in the three-play cycle. This one, about the U.S./Mexico drug wars, explores the extreme machismo of narco culture as shown through a cast of all women. The production will run through October 1.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Pops Series: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
Depending on your age, you might know George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue from Woody Allen's Manhattan or as the theme music in commercials for United Airlines. But no matter where you know it from, it's always a pleasure to hear it performed live. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra will play the work with 1997 Cliburn winner Jon Nakamatsu on piano, as well as other Gershwin pieces, at Meyerson Symphony Center three times through Sunday.
Sturgill Simpson in concert
Country/Americana singer Sturgill Simpson's career got a hot start, including multiple Grammy Award nominations for his first three albums. His most recent album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth, took home the Best Country Album Grammy, as well as a nomination for Album of the Year. He'll play at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie in support of that album, with Fantastic Negrito serving as opening act.
Fabletics at Legacy West presents Demi Lovato
To celebrate the relaunch of the Demi Lovato for Fabletics collection, Fabletics at Legacy West in Plano will host a special appearance by the Dallas native herself. Anyone who spends $50 or more on the Demi Lovato for Fabletics Collection will get to attend an autograph signing by the singer. The collection includes performance and lifestyle pieces with new design elements such as contouring waist straps, paint splatter camo, and vibrant heather prints.
Colin Hay in concert
Colin Hay has come a long way from his days as lead singer of Men at Work. That group's handful of hits led to a number of high-profile collaborations, including with Zach Braff for the TV sitcom Scrubs. Hay has released 13 solo albums over the past 30 years, including his newest one, Fierce Mercy. He will play at the Majestic Theatre.
ZZ Top in concert with Alejandro Escovedo
Let's try this again: One week after The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory had to abort its planned opening due to construction delays, it'll officially open to the public with this concert by Texas natives ZZ Top. The group, which is approaching its 50th anniversary, will play in support of its 2016 album, Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World. Alejandro Escovedo will be the opening act.
Uncork for a Cause with Adrian Beltre
Unfortunately, Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is out with an injury for the rest of the regular season. But you can get up close and personal with him and his wife, Sandra, at this event at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, which will benefit The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation. The event also will serve as the release party for Beltre's "3000 Hit" 2014 Sonoma Red wine; only two barrels of this limited-edition blend were bottled for Beltre's charity program.
Alamo Drafthouse presents RoboCop at OCP Headquarters
Alamo Drafthouse is marking the 30th anniversary of RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven's wild cybernetic vision of future of law enforcement, with a once-in-a-lifetime event from the real OCP Headquarters shooting location, aka Dallas City Hall. RoboCop himself, Peter Weller, will be on hand for a Q&A that'll get beamed into RoboCop movie screening parties across the country. The audience will get special props that help interact with the film, and there will be photo ops, food trucks, full bars with robo-cocktails, and the opportunity to watch the film at the site of RoboCop and ED-209's final showdown.
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Mandolin Orange in concert
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Chinese New Year Garden-to-Table Dinner
AT&T Performing Arts Center presents #HearHere: Captain Scott Kelly
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New Silent Films
Prêt-à-Poser
Gemini Plaza Hotel
Installing the Sacred
Apocalipsis cum figurizzZ
Asta Niesen is Dead
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A S T A N I E L S E N I S D E A D [ a s i l e n t m o v e ]
By Patrizia Carlota & Regina Fichtner
Music: Stephen Haben, Projections: Ana Carrusca & Daniel Ludwig
The silent film actress Asta Nielsen died in 1972 / A performer doesn't have a long life on stage / One of us has to die / Soon" are the first subtitles of the piece. Lady Pumpernickel [Regina Fichtner] and Miss Carrota [Patrizia Carlota] interact with projected texts and images found in silent films to create their own silent story on stage. The artists suffer from the tragedies of love & take advance of any grotesque opportunity to be loved by their audience... At the end there is just one open question: Who is going to die
Video Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msunp39C_ag
!With many thanks for the support of he Metropolitan University London during this production!
20/4/11 Blue Elephant Theatre / South London
7/5/11 Brighton Fringe Festival / Komedia Studio
7/7/11 Bernie Grant Art Centre / North London
17-21/7/11 Crisisart Festival in Arezzo / Italy
22+24/8/11 Hot Fringe at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern / London
3/10/11 The Cockpit / West London
9/11/11 London Metropolitan University


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What is  the closure of the set $A=\{(1/n,0)\; |\; n \text{ is natural}\}$ ?

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A: The closure of the set $A$ is $A\cup \{0\},$ which is the smallest closed set containing $A.$
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"Lies are lies": China denies conducting influence operations in Singapore … but what about its students here?
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Chinese new year lanterns in chinatown, firecracker celebration (Photo by Toa55 from Shutterstock.com).
"Lies are lies," said a spokesperson for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Singapore last Fri (19 Jul), just a day after an article by The Straits Times titled "Report flags how China conducts influence operations in Singapore" was published.
The article, which cited a recent report by the Jamestown Foundation, claimed that China carries out influence operations on Chinese Singaporeans via business associations, Chinese clan associations, cultural organisations and the Chinese-language media in Singapore.
The spokesperson emphasised that contrary to speculation regarding China's purported aim to exert Chinese hegemony over Singapore, China respects Singapore's identity as "a multi-cultural and multi-religious state" and "will remain committed to developing friendly relations with Singapore on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit".
Thus, claims such as those made in the Jamestown Foundation report, said the spokesperson in a statement, "are groundless and distorted from truth", as the aforementioned channels merely "reflect the amicable relations between the two countries and are attributed to the joint efforts by the two governments and all sectors of societies" including the economy, trade and society as a whole.
"The unique connections in history and culture between China and Singapore, a natural advantage in promoting bilateral cooperation, are unfortunately taken by someone as an excuse for attack, thus hurting not only China but also Singapore.
"Lies are lies. The more they are repeated, the more nonsense they are. This report is absurd, but the purpose is clear. That is to alienate the friendship of our two peoples and hinder normal exchanges between the two countries," added the spokesperson.
China becoming "increasingly assertive" as an emerging world economic and political powerhouse; evident in attempts to influence Chinese diaspora worldwide via conferences and study abroad programs: New York Times
The New York Times observed a phenomenon whereby China has grown "increasingly assertive in its efforts to appeal to the vast Chinese diaspora to serve the country's national interests and gain influence abroad" as it builds its reputation as a world political and economic powerhouse.
"Already, there has been evidence of the Chinese Communist Party's attempts to manipulate political activity among Chinese populations in countries like Canada, the United States and Australia," according to NYT, adding that "some scholars and former diplomats worry that this island nation could be an especially tantalizing target for the Chinese government's influence efforts" with an almost 75 per cent ethnic Chinese-majority population.
"In recent years, China has stepped up people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, helping to organize conferences bringing together overseas Chinese, arranging visits for Singaporean Chinese to their ancestral villages and coordinating study abroad programs and "roots-seeking camps" for young Singaporeans," NYT added.
Associate professor of political science at the National University of Singapore Ian Chong told NYT that "[a] more generous reading" of such arrangements is that they are simply "people-to-people exchanges", but "a more skeptical reading" would postulate that they are efforts by China to "exert soft-power influence" on Singapore.
While there appears to be no substantial documentation of China's alleged meddling in Chinese associations and clans in Singapore as stated by the Embassy earlier, reports on China's links with its students in Singapore have nonetheless surfaced.
Radio Free Asia quoted US-based "Chinese Godfather Xi Jinping" author Yu Jie as saying that more than half a million mainland Chinese students may serve as a gateway for the Chinese Communist Party to "wield influence on overseas university campuses", as many of those students are members of the government-backed Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs) worldwide.
Citing a Zhejiang Daily News report in Apr last year, RFA highlighted that the Zhejiang-based Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College has "established a number of temporary party branches overseas" for its students – including three "temporary party branches" in Singapore, Canada and New Zealand – to provide "full coverage" for the party's education and management of foreign students.
China-linked academics, possibly including former NUS professor Huang Jing, also part of Beijing's alleged "influence operations"?
Even China-linked academics working in Singapore have demonstrated possible links to Beijing as seen in the case of China-born US academic Huang Jing, who had served as director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, and as professor at the Lee Foundation Professor on US-China Relations at the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).
The Ministry of Home Affairs revoked the permanent residency status of both Huang and his wife Shirley Yang, and cancelled both of their entry and re-entry permits in 2017 under Section 14(4) of the Immigration Act after he was identified as "an agent of influence of a foreign country" who had "knowingly interacted with intelligence organisations and agents of the foreign country" to "influence the Singapore Government's foreign policy and public opinion in Singapore".
"To this end, he engaged prominent and influential Singaporeans and gave them what he claimed was "privileged information" about the foreign country, so as to influence their opinions in favour of that country. Huang also recruited others in aid of his operations," said MHA in a statement on 6 Aug that year.
While MHA did not specify the country Huang had allegedly co-operated with in said influence operations, it is of note that Huang is currently serving as the dean of the Institute of International and Regional Studies at Beijing Language and Culture University, which could further solidify the speculation around his alleged role in serving China whilst teaching in Singapore at NUS.
South China Morning Post reported Huang as saying on 17 Jun this year that he has "worked the whole year in Washington DC" where he considers his "home" to demonstrate that he is "not what Singapore implied" him to be.
"Right now, Singapore has not clarified which foreign country I work with, so I wanted to show that at least the US doesn't think I am working for whoever," he told SCMP on the sidelines of a forum held in conjunction with the 45th anniversary of Malaysia-China ties.
Beijing's links with its students in Singapore a cause for concern due to gov't sponsorship of students from China
The possibility of Beijing maintaining links with students from mainland China who are obtaining their education in Singapore may serve as a cause of concern, as the Singapore government courts international students to study mostly in local schools and public universities by offering scholarships, as well as permanent residency or even citizenship.
Through the Singapore Ministry of Education's Senior Middle School Scholarship (SM1) exam, which was established in 1991 with the aim of sponsoring mainland Chinese students to study in Singapore, around 300 Chinese students will be recruited from selected middle schools in various provinces in China, according to Baidu.
Under the SM1 system, students from a number of China's senior middle schools would be recruited to study in selected secondary schools in Singapore such as Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls' School – which were paired with their middle schools in China – from Sec 3 to JC 2.
More than 200 middle schools in China and a number of secondary schools in Singapore are included as a part of the initiative. The selection process is through a common 'SM1′ examination as well as interviews. Interviews are conducted by the schools' own teachers and principal.
Baidu reported that the living expenses of SM1 students are set at S$2,200 per year for the first two years, and S$2,400 per year for the next two years. The tuition, accommodation and food expenses are borne by MOE, and are not included in these living expenses.
Singaporeans ought to be wary of China's attempts to "assert the Chinese identity on multiracial Singapore": Former Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan
Former Chairman of NUS' Middle East Institute and former Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan last July emphasised the importance of maintaining vigilance against any threat of foreign influence upon the Singaporean identity, as he cited China's attempts to "assert the Chinese identity on multiracial Singapore".
Reiterating a point in a speech a month prior, which drew flak from China's Ambassador to Singapore Hong Xiaoyong, Kausikan suggested in his speech that Chinese influence operations aim to pull people abroad toward China's stance, thereby advancing Chinese hegemony and interests.
Pro-China entities frequently perpetuate the narrative that Singapore should be on China's side regarding the political war between the Asian giant and the US due to Singapore's racial demographic, which is predominantly Chinese, according to Kausikan.
Kausikan rejected the narrative, calling it a "simplified grotesque distortion of a much more complicated and complex reality".
"The system we have has to be continually defended. There will never be a time when you can say, 'Job done, we don't have to worry about it.' The best defence is if you are aware of it."
Kausikan also highlighted that the apparent spread of Chinese hegemony is not only confined to Singapore, but is also making ripples throughout Southeast Asia.
However, Kausikan also warned that it would be "foolish" for Singapore to cease any of its engagement with China.
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Nanotechnology Research Laboratories
Showing results 1 - 10 of 27 of research organizations in South Korea:
Ewha Womans University - Department of Chemistry and Nano Science
The Department of Chemistry & Nano Science offers a comprehensive program on the fundamentals of chemistry for students who wish to have a background for graduate study in chemistry as well as for students who want a professional job in related fields. The curriculum covers various fields of chemistry including analytical, physical, polymer, organic, inorganic, and bio- chemistry. It also provides an opportunity for research experience in the laboratory throughout the senior year.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology - Molecular Nanoelectronics Lab
Research on fabricating and characterizing nanostructures involving individual molecules, nanoparticles, nanowires, and their arrays and assembling these nano-building blocks into electronic devices.
Hanyang University - Organic Thin-Films Laboratory
The lab of Prof. Haiwon Lee deals with AFM applications, carbon nanotube synthesis and applications, and polymer synthesis and applications.
Incheon National University - Low Dimensional Multifunctional Materials Lab
The group's research focus is on the synthesis and application of one- and two-dimensional materials.
Inje University - M.S. Nano System Engineering
This program is offered by the College of Engineering.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Advanced Nanomaterials and Energy Lab
The group uses polymeric templating, electrospinning, nanomaterials synthetic techniques to explore novel and versatile synthesis routes for producing multi-dimensional nanostructures and various metallic, metal-oxide nanomaterials and nanoinks optimized for applications to energy, environment, and nanoelectronics.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Bio-inspired Nanoenergy Materials
The group conducts research on bioinspired materials relevant for energy-related nanomaterials.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Laboratory for Bio-inspired Nanomaterials
Research areas in Haeshin Lee's group are dealing with Design and synthesis functional biomaterials and inspired by mussels and geckos; Development of nano-carriers for a variety of pharmaceuticals; Development of new surface chemistry for material-independent surface modifications; Self-assembly of peptides and proteins; Protein folding in solutions; and development of new gecko-mimetic adhesives.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Nano Electronics & Energy Device Lab
The group does research on advanced CMOS technology, flexible semiconductor device, and thermoelectric power generator to bring about an innovation in the academic and industrial world.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Nano IC Technology Lab
The lab is involved in nanoelectronics research - "beyond silicon" - and works with graphene techniques and applications.
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Artist claims ownership of Nirvana smiley-face logo in ongoing Marc Jacobs lawsuit
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A third party has joined the ongoing legal battle between Nirvana and Marc Jacobs.
You may recall that, way back in December 2018, Nirvana LLC — an entity consisting of former band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, plus Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean Cobain — sued fashion designer Jacobs over his company's Bootleg Redux Grunge collection, which the band felt copied their signature smiley-face logo.
Following various files to dismiss and countersuits, the Los Angeles Times reports that artist Robert Fisher has entered the fray, claiming he was the one who originally created the logo.
Fisher, a former art director at Geffen Records, filed a motion seeking to be credited as the creator and copyright owner of the logo. Lawyers for Nirvana LLC have stated that Kurt Cobain is the design's author, but Fisher maintains he created it in 1991 as a "favor" to the band's management.
"Since I drew it, I want to be known as the guy that drew it. It's as simple as that," Fisher tells the Los Angeles Times. "I don't think it's fair that they try and take out a copyright and say Kurt did it."
Indeed, the exact story of the logo's creation has been blurry throughout the case — in depositions, both Grohl and Novoselic testified that they didn't know who first came up with it before Nirvana LLC "filed a declaration that all parties within the band's company agree that it was created by Cobain," the Times reports.
A lawyer for Nirvana LLC tells the newspaper that Fisher's claims are "factually and legally baseless."
A ruling on Fisher's motion is set to come in the next few months. Nirvana LLC's suit against Jacobs is set to go to trial in 2021.


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I wanted it more: Taumalolo
By Chris Kennedy, National Correspondent, NRL.com
Mon 11 Sep 2017, 10:24 AM
North Queensland Toyota Cowboys match-winner Jason Taumalolo has declared his game-breaking try was the result of him simply wanting it more than the four Sharks defenders who couldn't stop the big man muscling the Steeden to the turf.
At the back end of a phenomenal season – one in which the 2016 joint Dally M Winner has taken his already absurd game to new heights – Taumalolo produced possibly his best performance yet.
The season's top metre-eater galloped to a match-high 259 metres with eight tackle busts and a crucial try. He ran more in post-contact metres – 109 – than half the players in the match ran for total metres.
But critically, with his team desperately needing some inspiration at 14-6 down with less than 20 minutes remaining, he used every ounce of his brute strength to back into the Cronulla line and somehow scrape the ball along the turf despite Matt Prior, Andrew Fifita, Jayden Brailey and Valentine Holmes doing their best to hold him up.
Count the number of defenders he beats - huge effort!#NRLFinals #NRL pic.twitter.com/DwqqKJF2IU
— NRL (@NRL) September 10, 2017
"I think I just wanted it more than they did," Taumalolo told NRL.com after the game.
"They're a hard side to crack defensively; most teams go around Cronulla but I was pretty determined to try and get that ball down and eventually found a way to score."
Taumalolo said he took it as a personal challenge to bring a physical mentality against Cronulla's fearsome pack.
"The Cronulla forwards, they're big, aggressive, real physical forward pack," he said.
"I came in with the mentality that I wanted to be physical and take them head on through the middle. I definitely went out there and the rest of the boys followed suit and we gave the Cronulla forward pack a good run for their money.
"Being a finals game, obviously 'Gal' (Paul Gallen) and Fifita are a crucial part of Cronulla's go-forward.
"If we could limit them we could limit the opportunities that [halves] James Maloney and Chad Townsend can have so I went in with that mentality where I wanted to take them head on and we did that, we limited their halves and some opportunities and on the back of that some great defence too from the boys."
Seasons 2017 has been a big ask for the Kiwi lock; with senior prop Matt Scott ruled out for the year early on, Taumalolo has attempted to absorb Scott's early-set bash-and-barge role while still backing up for momentum carries and offloads to keep his side rolling.
It's led to him producing the ridiculous average of 205 metres gained per game. Not only is it the most of any player, only Sunday's rival No.13 Gallen (183 metres per game) is anywhere close in terms of forwards with Bulldogs lock David Klemmer next at 167 per week.
"It's been a pretty busy year with Matt Scott out," Taumalolo said in a masterful piece of understatement.
"I'm not saying a lot of people rely on me but I've put up my hand to take it upon myself to try and get the team going forward. I try my best every week and [Sunday] was no different."
Taumalolo's fellow match-winner, halfback Michael Morgan, remained in awe of his teammate's ongoing feats of endurance.
"He's an absolute freak," Morgan said.
"He knows how important he is to this side so that's what's good. When he knows we need something he'll take it upon himself to do it and he did that."
Cowboys coach Paul Green also appreciated Taumalolo's efforts.
"In big games he's really stepped it up in the back end of the season in particular," Green said.
"It's a bit of a sign of his development as a player and his standing in the playing group, he's starting to see himself as that forward leader as well and he was unbelievable."
Taumalolo could be forgiven if he had winced just a little at the 78th minute Ethan Lowe penalty goal that consigned the players to 10 minutes of extra time but the chance to steal the win meant he knew he had to lift for another big effort.
"When we got the ball back [after the goal] I knew the game would go overtime," Taumalolo said.
"It was a bit of an arm wrestle there at the start. We were the first team to flinch at the start with a silly forward pass but the boys held themselves with a great defensive set, fought our way back in to try and get some momentum and eventually got that field goal."
The lock credited the spirit across the whole squad to stay in the fight when few gave them a chance.
"We've had that side of us as a team, even with 'JT' (Thurston) and Matt Scott [out injured]."
Those two injured superstars – who both travelled with the team to Sydney and were in the Allianz Stadium sheds to share in the victory – continue to help out the rest of the players with encouragement and advice and it rubs off, according to Taumalolo.
"We showed a lot of character. Everyone showed up and had each other's backs, that's what we pride ourselves on as Cowboys players and I'm just proud of the boys' efforts tonight," he said.
First published on NRL.com.


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Daniël Cornelis (Niel) Steenbergen (Steenbergen, 18 april 1911 – Oosterhout, 8 maart 1997) was een Nederlandse beeldhouwer, tekenaar en medailleur.

Leven en werk
Steenbergen volgde opleidingen aan de Kunstnijverheidsschool in Tilburg (1929-1932), het Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen (1932-1934) en de Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (1935-1938). Zijn eerste opdracht, een buste van Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater (1937), dankte hij aan de bemiddeling van zijn leraar Jan Bronner. Steenbergen was actief als beeldhouwer, medailleur, tekenaar en edelsmid. Hij werd, als opvolger van zijn leraar Gerard Bourgonjon, docent aan de academie in Tilburg. Hij maakte onder andere oorlogsmonumenten, vrije beelden, altaren, preekstoelen en doopvonten. Hij heeft voor vijf Nederlandse bisschoppen de pontificalia (staf, borstkruis en ring) gemaakt.

Net na de Tweede Wereldoorlog richtten hij, Dio Rovers en Gerrit de Morée de Vrije School voor Beeldende Kunsten op (de latere Academie St. Joost). Hij werd benoemd tot lid van de Brabantse Provinciale Commissie voor oorlogs- of vredesgedenktekens, die de minister van Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen adviseerde over de plaatsing van oorlogsmonumenten.

Steenbergen was aangesloten bij een aantal kunstenaarsverenigingen, waaronder de Noord-Brabantse Vereniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars Jeroen Bosch te Breda (1947-1955), de Brabantse Stichting voor Beeldende Kunst en Edelambacht (1958-1965), Arti et Amicitiae en de Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers. Steenbergen won diverse prijzen: de Academieprijs België (1935), de gouden Prix de Rome voor Beeldhouwkunst (1938), en de gouden medaille op de Biënnale Salzburg (1956). In 1989 ontving hij de Provinciepenning Noord-Brabant. In 1973 werd hij benoemd tot ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en in 1976 tot ridder in de Orde van Sint-Gregorius de Grote.

Werken (selectie)
Buste Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater (1937) in Middenbeemster
grafsteen voor de Onbekende Brabantse Soldaat (1948) in het oude Willibrorduskerkje te Waalre
Judith met het hoofd van Holofernes (1952), oorlogsmonument in Breda
Oorlogsmonument Halsteren (1953), aan gevel van de Sint-Martinuskerk in Halsteren
Heilig Hartbeeld (Oostelbeers) (1956)
Oorlogsmonument Helenaveen (1956)
Sint Hubertus (1957) in Amsterdam
Oorlogsmonument Steenbergen (1958) in Steenbergen
Airborne-monument (1959) in Veghel
Bevrijdingsmonument (1959) in Helmond
Willem van Duivenvoorde (1963) in Oosterhout, Lukwelpark
Abraham (1967) in Oosterhout, Slotpark (Abrahamhoek)

Galerij

Literatuur
 Kam, W. van der (1999) Niel Steenbergen. Schepping in beelden.. Breda: Uitgeverij De Geus.

Externe link
 Stichting Niel Steenbergen en Oosterhout

Nederlands beeldhouwer
Nederlands edelsmid
Nederlands medailleur
Nederlands tekenaar

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Q: How to rerrange the context menu of Nautilus? I want to move my Refresh button to the top. How can I do it?

I'm using Nautilus Action Congif Tools and nautilus -q.

A: You'll need to change the application source code and rebuild it from scratch. GTK applications compiled from source code to machine language like Nautilus rarely provide a mechanism to change menu layouts on the fly.


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Heritage Bankshares, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Net Income and Record First Six Months Net Income; Declares Dividends
Heritage Bankshares, Inc.
NORFOLK, Va., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Bankshares, Inc. ("Heritage"; the "Company") (OTCBB: HBKS), the parent of Heritage Bank (the "Bank"), today announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first six months of 2012.
The Company's net income for the second quarter of 2012 was $541,000 compared to $591,000 for the second quarter of 2011. This decrease in net income was primarily attributable to a non-recurring $87,000 pre-tax gain on the sale of investment securities during the second quarter of 2011. The Company did not incur any gains or losses on the sale of investment securities during the second quarter of 2012.
Net income available to common shareholders was $522,000 for the second quarter of 2012, an increase of $42,000, or 9%, over net income available to common shareholders of $480,000 for the second quarter of 2011. Earnings per diluted common share were $0.22 for the second quarter of 2012 compared to $0.21 for the second quarter of 2011.
The Company's net income for the first six months of 2012 was a record $1,172,000, an increase of $21,000 over the net income of $1,151,000 for the first six months of 2011. For the first six months of 2012, the Company's earnings per diluted common share were $0.47 compared to $0.36 for the first six months of 2011, an increase of $0.11 per share, or 30.6%.
Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Overview. The Company's pretax income was $750,000 for the second quarter of 2012, compared to pretax income of $879,000 for the second quarter of 2011, a decrease of $129,000. This decrease is attributable to a decrease in net interest income of $96,000 and an $87,000 decrease in gain on sale of investment securities that were only partially offset by a $31,000 reduction in noninterest expense. Our effective tax rate decreased from 32.8% in the second quarter of 2011 to 27.8% in the second quarter of 2012.
Net Interest Income. The Company's net interest income before provision for loan losses decreased by $96,000, comparing the second quarters of 2012 and 2011. Our average loan portfolio increased by $500,000 from $215.7 million in the second quarter of 2011 to $216.2 million in the second quarter of 2012, while our average investment in securities available for sale and other interest-earning assets (excluding loans) increased by $25.2 million, for a net increase in interest-earning assets of $25.7 million comparing the two quarters. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased by $16.7 million from the second quarter of 2011 to $170.8 million in the second quarter of 2012, resulting primarily from a $16.1 million increase in average interest-bearing deposits. The average yield on our interest-earning assets was adversely impacted by lower yields on loans and an increase in the average balance of investment securities and other interest-earning assets, which was only partially offset by a decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. As a result, our interest rate spread decreased 38 basis points from 3.96% in the second quarter of 2011 to 3.58% in the second quarter of 2012, and our net interest margin decreased 48 basis points from 4.29% in the second quarter of 2011 to 3.81% in the second quarter of 2012.
Provision for Loan Losses. Provision for loan losses was $35,000 and $11,000 for the quarters ending June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Noninterest Income. Total noninterest income decreased by $40,000, from $245,000 in the second quarter of 2011 to $205,000 in the second quarter of 2012. This decrease is primarily attributable to an $87,000 gain on sale of investment securities in the second quarter of 2011 that did not recur in the second quarter of 2012, partially offset by $52,000 in income from bank-owned life insurance in the second quarter of 2012 that did not occur in the second quarter of 2011.
Noninterest Expense. Total noninterest expense was $2.069 million for the second quarter of 2012, a $31,000 decrease from the second quarter of 2011, primarily due to a $38,000 decrease in compensation expense.
Income Taxes. The Company's income tax expense for the second quarter of 2012 was $209,000, reflecting an effective tax rate of 27.8%, compared to income tax expense of $288,000 for the second quarter of 2011, reflecting an effective tax rate of 32.8%. This reduction in effective tax rate was attributable to increases in tax-exempt interest income and other non-taxable income.
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders. Because of qualified loan growth, the dividend rate on our SBLF program preferred stock was 1.00% for the second quarter 2012, compared to a composite 5.26% rate on our TARP preferred stock for the second quarter of 2011, resulting in a decrease in dividends on preferred stock of $92,000 in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011. Net income available to common stockholders was $522,000 for the second quarter of 2012, compared to $480,000 for the second quarter of 2011, an increase of $42,000, or $0.01 per weighted average diluted common share.
Comparison of Operating Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Overview. The Company's pretax income was $1,633,000 for the first six months of 2012, compared to pretax income of $1,712,000 for the first six months of 2011, a decrease of $79,000. This decrease resulted primarily from a $115,000 decrease in net interest income and an $87,000 decrease in gain on sale of investment securities that were partially offset by a $24,000 decrease in noninterest expense between the two six month periods. The Company's effective tax rate for the first half of 2012 was 28.2% compared to a tax rate for the first half of 2011 of 32.8%.
Net Interest Income. The Company's net interest income before provision for loan losses decreased by $115,000, comparing the first six month periods of 2012 and 2011. Our average loan portfolio decreased by $200,000 from $216.8 million in the first half of 2011 to $216.6 million in the first half of 2012, while our average investment in securities available for sale and other interest-earning assets (excluding loans) increased by $21.0 million, for a net increase in interest-earning assets of $20.8 million comparing the two six-month periods. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased by $15.7 million from the first half of 2011 to $169.1 million in the first half of 2012, resulting primarily from a $16.4 million increase in average interest-bearing deposits. The average yield on our interest-earning assets was adversely impacted by lower yields on loans and an increase in the average balance of investment securities and other interest-earning assets, which was only partially offset by a decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. As a result, our interest rate spread decreased 28 basis points from 3.97% in the first half of 2011 to 3.69% in the first half of 2012, and our net interest margin decreased 39 basis points from 4.31% in the first half of 2011 to 3.92% in the first half of 2012.
Provision for Loan Losses. Provision for loan losses was $35,000 and $11,000 for the six months ending June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Noninterest Income. Total noninterest income increased by $36,000, from $430,000 in the first half of 2011 to $466,000 in the first half of 2012. The primary factor in this increase was a $117,000 increase in income from bank-owned life insurance in the first half of 2012, which was partially offset by an $87,000 gain on the sale of investment securities in the first half of 2011 that did not recur in the first half of 2012.
Noninterest Expense. Total noninterest expense decreased $24,000 to $4.149 million in the first half of 2012 from $4.173 million in the first half of 2011. Decreases in compensation, professional fees, marketing, FDIC assessment and other expenses totaling $144,000 were offset by increases in occupancy and valuation allowances on other real estate owned of $58,000 and $52,000, respectively.
Income Taxes. The Company's income tax expense for the first half of 2012 was $461,000, reflecting an effective tax rate of 28.2%, compared to income tax expense of $561,000 for the first half of 2011, reflecting an effective tax rate of 32.8%. This reduction in effective tax rate was primarily attributable to an increase in tax-exempt interest income and other non-taxable income.
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders. After the impact of dividends on our preferred stock, net income available to common shareholders was $1.105 million for the first six months of 2012, or earnings per diluted common share of $0.47, compared to net income available to common stockholders in the first half of 2011 of $841,000, or earnings per diluted common share of $0.36, an increase of $264,000, or $0.11 per diluted common share. This increase in earnings available to common stockholders is primarily attributable to qualified loan growth which resulted in a 1.72% dividend rate on our SBLF program preferred stock in the first half of 2012 compared to accelerated accretion of the discount on outstanding TARP preferred stock and the associated dividend rate of 5.26% in the first half of 2011.
Financial Condition of the Company
Total Assets. The Company's total assets increased by $37.0 million, or 13.4%, from $276.3 million at June 30, 2011 to $313.3 million at June 30, 2012. The increase in assets resulted primarily from a $30.3 million increase in our aggregate cash, securities available for sale, interest-bearing deposits in other banks and federal funds sold, together with a $5.0 million increase in bank-owned life insurance.
Investments. Securities available for sale increased by $8.9 million to $32.3 million at June 30, 2012 compared to $23.4 million at June 30, 2011. Certificates of deposit, interest-bearing deposits in other banks, and federal funds sold increased by a total of $21.5 million, from $16.5 million at June 30, 2011 to $38.0 million at June 30, 2012.
Loans. Loans held for investment, net, were $216.0 million at June 30, 2012, an increase of $1.3 million, or 0.6%, from our loan balance of $214.7 million at June 30, 2011.
Asset Quality. Nonperforming assets were $1,805,000, or 0.58% of total assets, at June 30, 2012, compared to $1,732,000 in nonperforming assets, or 0.63% of total assets, at June 30, 2011. Other real estate owned consisted of a bank branch site that we no longer plan to utilize and one additional property obtained through foreclosure proceedings against one borrower.
Deposits. Total deposits at June 30, 2012 were $272.4 million compared to $235.9 million at June 30, 2011, an increase of $36.5 million, or 15.4%. Core deposits, which are comprised of noninterest-bearing, money market, NOW and savings deposits, increased by $55.1 million, or 29.4%, from $187.4 million at June 30, 2011 to $242.5 million at June 30, 2012. Noninterest-bearing deposits increased by $17.9 million to $104.9 million at June 30, 2012 and, as a percentage of total deposits, increased from 36.9% at June 30, 2011 to 38.5% at June 30, 2012.
Average total deposits increased by $27.7 million, or 12.0%, from $231.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 to $259.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012. Average core deposits increased by $40.2 million, or 21.9%, over the comparable six-month periods. Average noninterest-bearing deposits increased by $11.3 million from $84.1 million in the six-month period ending June 30, 2011 to $95.4 million in the comparable period ending June 30, 2012. As a percentage of total average deposits, average noninterest-bearing deposits increased slightly from 36.3% at June 30, 2011 to 36.8% at June 30, 2012.
Borrowed Funds. Borrowed funds decreased by $1.2 million, from $2.9 million at June 30, 2011 to $1.7 million at June 30, 2012.
Capital. Stockholders' equity increased by $1.5 million, or 4.0%, from $35.4 million at June 30, 2011 to $36.9 million at June 30, 2012, primarily from an increase in earnings. The Company purchased and retired 30,000 of its own common shares late in the second quarter of 2012, of which the excess cost over par was allocated to additional paid in capital and retained earnings.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period financial statements to conform them to the current period presentation.
The tables attached to and incorporated within this release present in greater detail certain of the unaudited financial information described above.
On July 25, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a $0.06 per share dividend on our common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 17, 2012 to common shareholders of record on August 6, 2012.
The same day, the Board of Directors also declared a dividend on the preferred stock issued in connection with our participation in the SBLF program. Specifically, the Board declared a cash dividend of $19,500.00, which represents the expected amount of the dividend next payable by the Company under the SBLF program based on its applicable level of "Qualified Small Business Lending". This dividend shall be payable and paid on October 1, 2012 to the holders of the SBLF preferred stock of record on September 18, 2012 (currently the sole shareholder of record of the SBLF preferred stock is the Secretary of the Treasury).
Heritage is the parent company of Heritage Bank (www.heritagebankva.com). Heritage Bank has four full-service branches in the city of Norfolk, two full-service branches in the city of Virginia Beach, and one full service branch in the city of Chesapeake.
The press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements address future events, developments or results and typically use words such as believe, anticipate, expect, intend, plan, forecast, outlook, or estimate. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Heritage's actual results, performance, achievements, and business strategy to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance, achievements or business strategy expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such actual results, performance, achievements and business strategy to differ materially from anticipated results, performance, achievements and business strategy include: general and local economic conditions, competition, significant increases in capital requirements or other significant changes in regulatory requirements, customer demand for Heritage's banking products and services, and the risks and uncertainties described in Heritage's most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Heritage disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
At June 30,
Cash and due from banks
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
Federal funds sold
Total cash and cash equivalents
Certificates of deposit in other banks
Securities available for sale, at fair value
Loans, net
Held for investment, net of allowance for loan losses
Held for sale
Accrued interest receivable
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank, at cost
Stock in Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, at cost
Premises and equipment, net
Other real estate owned
Bank-owned life insurance
Noninterest-bearing
Interest-bearing
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Other borrowings
Accrued interest payable
Preferred stock, no par value - 1,000,000 shares authorized:
Fixed rate cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series A,
0 shares and 7,497 shares issued and outstanding at June 30,
2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively
Fixed rate cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series B,
0 shares and 303 shares issued and outstanding at June 30,
Senior non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series C,
7,800 shares and 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30,
Common stock, $5 par value - 6,000,000 shares authorized;
2,275,891and 2,303,108 shares issued and outstanding
at June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively
Discount on preferred stock
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
Interest income and fees on loans
Interest on taxable investment securities
Dividends on FRB and FHLB stock
Interest on federal funds sold
Other interest income
Total interest income
Borrowings
Total interest expense
Provision for loan losses
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
Noninterest income
Service charges on deposit accounts
Late charges and other fees on loans
Gain on sale of investment securities
Income from bank-owned life insurance
Total noninterest income
Noninterest expense
Furniture and equipment
Taxes and licenses
FDIC assessment
Loss on sale or impairment of other real estate owned
Income before provision for income taxes
Preferred stock dividend and accretion of discount
$ (19)
$ (111)
Net income available to common stockholders
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic
Effect of dilutive stock options
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted
OTHER SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(in thousands, except share, per share data, and ratios)
Annualized return on average assets (1)
Annualized return on average common equity (2)
Average equity to average assets
Equity to assets, at period-end
Net interest margin (3)
Per common share
Earnings per share - basic
Earnings per share - diluted
Dividends declared per share
Common stock outstanding
Asset quality
Nonaccrual loans
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
Total nonperforming loans
Other real estate owned, net
Total nonperforming assets
Nonperforming assets to total assets
Allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period
Loans charged-off
Balance, end of period
Allowance for loan losses to gross loans held for investment, net of unearned fees and costs
(1) Return is defined as net income, after tax, before preferred stock dividend and accretion of discount divided by average total assets.
(2) Return is defined as net income, after tax, before preferred stock dividend and accretion of discount divided by average common equity.
(3) Tax equivalency calculations have been included in the computation of net interest margin and net interest spread.
SOURCE Heritage Bankshares, Inc.


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TWICE announce new English-language single, out in September
South Korean girl group TWICE have announced plans to release their first full English-language single later this year.
READ MORE: TWICE talk new mini-album 'Taste Of Love', its tough recording process and their favourite songs to perform
On June 25, the girl group shared the news via their official Twitter account. In their announcement, they revealed that the single would drop on an unnamed Friday this September. "More to come, stay tuned for TWICE," read the tweet.
? Breaking Announcement ?
?TWICE's
First Full English Digital Single?
Global Release on a Friday of September ?
More to Come, Stay Tuned for TWICE ❤
9월, TWICE의 첫번째 Full English Single이 발매됩니다. ONCE 여러분들의 많은 관심 부탁 드립니다 ❤
— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) June 25, 2021
Although TWICE have previously released English-language tracks, the upcoming release will mark their first official English single. In 2020, the girl group had released English-versions of their singles 'More & More' and 'I Can't Stop Me'. They also dropped their first original English track 'What You Waiting For' as a B-side on their 2019 Japanese-language album '&Twice'.
TWICE recently made their comeback with the summer-ready single 'Alcohol-Free' from their latest mini-album 'Taste Of Love'. Earlier this week, the nine-member act scored their first-ever top 10 spot on the Billboard 200 with the new project.
'Taste Of Love' debuted at number six, making them the second-ever K-pop girl group to achieve achieve a top 10 position on the chart. This comes after BLACKPINK reached number two with their first full-length album 'THE ALBUM' last year.
Meanwhile, TWICE member Tzuyu is set to release a cover of 'ME!', originally by Taylor Swift and Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie. The cover is scheduled to arrive on June 28 and is the latest addition to the girl group's 'Melody Project' series, where the individual members of TWICE release song covers on the group's YouTube channel.


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Q: Plotting a map with matplotlib basemap - horribly slow Plotting a very, very simple map of only europe in matplotlib / basemap takes so much time (around 10 seconds!). This is just unreal!?
Setting of resolution is only "l" (low).
Here is the very simple code:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap

m = Basemap(projection='stere',lon_0=5,lat_0=90.0,rsphere=6371200.,\
        llcrnrlon=-25.0,urcrnrlon=72.0,llcrnrlat=26.0,urcrnrlat=65.0,resolution='l')

m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.2)
m.drawcountries(linewidth=0.2)
plt.savefig('/var/www/map.png')

I need to plot hundreds of these maps every 2 hours. This would be impossible? :( Only idea is: Create an empty Basemap and try to draw boundaries with a shapefile.
Regards,
John


DOS Games Ring - This webring contains the best sites about DOS games. These are classic computer games that are still fun to play today!
This webring contains the best sites about DOS games. These are classic computer games that are still fun to play today!


Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Supports LEO's Haven — TPG, Inc.
On a recent rainy Saturday morning, members of the Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club descended upon Chanticleer Park in Live Oak armed with clippers, rakes, and shovels. In good cheer, despite the inclement weather, they spent several hours hauling wood chips, trimming trees, and installing a LEO's Haven educational sign.
It was only the most recent show of support from the Sunrise Rotary Club for the community campaign underway to build LEO's Haven at Chanticleer Park, Santa Cruz County's first inclusive playground. Inclusive playgrounds are specially designed so children of all abilities can play side by side while learning vital lessons of compassion, awareness, and acceptance.
In addition to installing a LEO's Haven sign at Chanticleer Park, the Sunrise Rotary Club chose LEO's Haven as the charitable beneficiary for their 2016 Firecracker 5K/10K Race, provided an $8,300 grant to purchase educational panels for the main play structure, and will support the playground with their annual club bike ride in 2017. They are also recruiting other area Rotary clubs to support LEO's Haven.
Karen Gosling, past club president, explains why the Sunrise Rotary Club is committed to LEO's Haven. "I am so excited our club has taken this opportunity to get involved with this project. It fits in completely with the ideals of Rotary, including helping to build communities and support our youth. The energy and focus of the community organizers behind this is incredible. It's a remarkable example of what can be accomplished when passionate, committed people get together.
"There's a lot to be done, but it's just waiting to happen, and here it is happening, right now," said current president, Mary Alsip.
If you would also like to be involved in the efforts to build LEO's Haven at Chanticleer Park, please visit the project website at santacruzplaygroundproject.org for more information.


LONDON SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS Explain how the modern corporate have managed change in the present scenario By: ARUN MANTOOR Student Id: LSSPGB33122 Course: PGDBM leading to MBA 2009 Professor: K. RAJA Introduction: In the modern organization change process an important aspect for the survival of its business. Change is the process which is applied for the organization development, these changes are not similar in nature, some are planned and some changes keep on happening in nature.
The particular change is accepted as an exception, there is no change in ongoing aspects. Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. Change management (or change control) is the process during which the changes of a system are implemented in a controlled manner by following a predefined framework/model with, to some extent, reasonable modifications. Change Process: Besides understanding the change process, educators also need to become more skilled in its use.
As Miles (1986) and Fullan (1991) have demonstrated, the change process consists of a series of three overlapping phases: initiation, implementation, and institutionalisation. The initiation phase is about deciding to embark on innovation, and of developing commitment towards the process. The key activities in the initiation phase are the decision to start, and a review of the organisation current state as regards the particular change. The lists of factors at this stage are: The innovation should be tied to a local agenda and high profile local need • A clear, well-structured approach to change • An active advocate or champion who understands the innovation and supports it • Active initiation to start the innovation (top-down is OK under certain conditions) • Good quality innovation. Change management is done by many independent consultants who claim to be experts in these areas. These consultants manage the changes for their clients. They manage changes or help client make the changes or take up the task themselves to make the changes that must be made.
An area of change that needs attention is selected and certain models, methods, techniques and tools are used for making these changes that are necessary for organization. Immediately after change process is being successfully implemented it is the duty of change management to check that the change which is implemented is maintained under the available financial resources so that the organization may not bankrupt with the change implemented or the change which is made is success full in fulfilling the organizational goals.
In case of technological change leader should give the clear cut idea of the new technology by training the people, and informing them about the improve in quality and quantity by adopting the new technology. Recession: Many professionals and experts around the world believe that a true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters. The roots of a recession and its true starting point actually rest in the several quarters of positive but slowing growth before the recession cycle really begins.
Marketing is a set of process for creating, communicating, and delivering value to the customers. Market is an sensitive issue and can by certain factors such as political, economical, social, business, technological and some of the foreign forces. Strategic planning is required to acquire market share. The objective of organizational development is to improve the organization's capacity to handle its internal and external functioning and relationships.
This would include such things as improved interpersonal and group processes, more effective communication, enhanced ability to cope with organizational problems of all kinds, more effective decision processes, more appropriate leadership style, improved skill in dealing with destructive conflict, and higher levels of trust and cooperation among organizational members. These objectives stem from a value system based on an optimistic view of the nature of man that man in a supportive environment is capable of achieving higher levels of development and accomplishment.
Essential to organization development and effectiveness is the scientific method inquiry, a rigorous search for causes, experimental testing of hypotheses, and review of results. Taking an example of an organization which adopted change process for the successful achieving of its organizational goals. If we take an example of the biggest retail store TESCO. It is the largest retail chain its main aim is to satisfy the customers for what they are spending.
It was started as one branch and being spread all over the England with number of branches by fulfilling the customer needs it follows an organizational strategy and implemented them successfully for achieving its goals. According to the change external business environment it has implemented a change process like online shopping for the customer convenience shopping the employees in the organization were unlike to this process, then the change management has motivated the people of the organization they have employed new staff for this change by giving them training.
Management's responsibility is to detect trends in the macro environment as well as in the micro environment so as to be able to identify changes and initiate programs. It is also important to estimate what impact a change will likely have on employee behavior patterns, work process, work process, technological requirements and motivation. Management must assess what employee reaction will be and craft a change program that will provide support as workers go through the process of accepting change.
The program me must then be implemented, disseminated throughout the organization, monitored for effectiveness, and adjusted where necessary. Organization exists within a dynamic environment that is subject to change due to the impact of various change triggers such as evolving technologies. To continue to operate effectively with in this environmental turbulence, organizations must be able to change themselves in response to internally and externally initiated change. However, change will also impact upon the individuals within the organization.
Effective change management requires as understanding of the possible effects of change upon people. And how to manage potential sources of resistance to that change. Change can be said to occur where an imbalance between the current state and the environment is. Factors that Resist Change: * Every organization will have their own restrictions on their own working capital. So by advertising and making some promotional activities always will becomes a challenge. * Understanding customers requirement at all times becomes a challenge. Organizational requirements do change with the global recession which includes employees cost cut measures. * On-time delivery of project deliverables as per project plan may not be possible all the time. * Timeliness to tasks to respond are some of the factors that some time it has resist to change. * Fear of change is contagious. People around you are afraid of change and transfer this to you. This is most frequently done by relating the worse case impacts of change. * Management emphasizes cost savings over productivity and satisfaction of employees.
The employees begin to look around and see that cost savings can only really come about in staff cuts. * In some situations people were not properly trained in their current jobs so that they have more resistance to change. In many business units if, during the interview, it is found that they have done the same or similar work for another firm, they are hired and placed in a department. CONCLUSION: In big large multiproduct, multi location hierarrchial entities, typical of one modern organizations.
The challenge in organizational and informational design is to balance the benfits and costs from the decentralized decision making- benefits and costs that are a function of an organization particular resources, constraints, and oppurtunities. Significant organizational change occurs, for example, when an organization changes its overall strategy for success, adds or removes a major section or practice, and/or wants to change the very nature by which it operates. It also occurs when an organization evolves through various life cycles, just like people must successfully evolve through life cycles.
For organizations to develop, they often must undergo significant change at various points in their development. That's why the topic of organizational change and development has become widespread in communications about business, organizations, leadership and management Organizational change should not be conducted for the sake of change. Organizational change efforts should be geared to improve the performance of organizations and the people in those organizations. Therefore, it's useful to have some understanding of what is meant by "performance" and the various methods to manage performance in organizations.


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Researchers mapping more of Lake Huron in northern Michigan
NOAA says researchers hope to discover more shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Researchers mapping more of Lake Huron in northern Michigan NOAA says researchers hope to discover more shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/05/09/lake-huron-mapping-shipwrecks/39464281/
Associated Press Published 12:00 p.m. ET May 9, 2019
The wreck of the S.S. Clifton sits on the floor of Lake Huron. (Photo: Undersea Research Associates)
Alpena – Government researchers are using sonar to map the bottom of portions of Lake Huron.
The Alpena News says the work is underway off Presque Isle County. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partners are operating a vehicle from a mobile lab on shore.
NOAA says researchers hope to discover more shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The marine sanctuary's boundaries were expanded in 2014 to 4,300 square miles. Research coordinator Stephanie Gandulla says only 20% of the lake bottom within the sanctuary has been surveyed.
The public can see the autonomous vehicle Saturday in the Thunder Bay River. The work ends May 17.
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This painting was painted in August of 1940 after she and Diego Rivera divorced in 1939. She didn't finish this painting until the year of 1943.
This painting is also know with two other names: "Diego in My Thoughts", "Diego on my Mind" and "Thinking of Diego".


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The Past Always Echoes the Future
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Sabri Atman
Member: Jul-13-2015
Dec-04-2016 at 00:14 AM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)
Sabri Atman - Seyfo Center
An Interview with Sabri Atman
by Nineb Lamassu, United Kingdom.
Source: Zinda Magazine, October 5, 2004
Damn you Armenian infidel! Swore the teacher, and turned around to the board to continue teaching. The eighteen-year-old Armenian infidel just happened to be sitting next to a classmate whom he had never known but one that could not keep mute. Even at such an early age, Sabri stood courageously, and said: "excuse me sir, are you implying that all Armenians are infidels and if so, do you think that would be correct?" The fuming teacher turned to Sabri, slapped him for his audacity, and tried to ridicule him with discriminating and vulgar remarks but Sabri kept screaming defiantly: "you are a racist, and a fascist!
This was not the first time that Sabri was confronted with such an injustice, and definitely not his first objection to the appalling tactics, of the dominant Turkification policy in Turkey.
Before migrating to Istanbul, Sabri, like many Assyrians used to live in a remote Assyrian hamlet near Nesibin. As a result of Ankara's Turkification policy the Assyrian name of this village was changed to an alien Turkish name.
When Sabri first saw the signpost on the side road identifying his village by its new Turkish name, he escaped the strong grip of his mother's hand, and ran forth bursting with anger, and tears: kicking the sign post with all the force a kid could source from his inner natural strength.
After a while he sat down where he had successfully managed to knock the wooden signpost down, weeping, sobbing and whispering, "this is not the name of my village, why change something so beautiful", as if he was in a deep and private conversation with humanity's consciousness.
Those that have known Sabri Atman will attest that nothing has changed in his character, not only he has devoted his life to help built a world based on justice and equality but he is perceived by many as a noble example of patriotism, and a man of principles. The more one gets acquainted with him the more one appreciates his beliefs. When it comes to the issue of Seyfo, many perceive him as a colossal bank of resources, information, and motivation. He has travelled all over Europe lecturing on Seyfo, meeting with both Assyrians and non-Assyrians, and government institutions to lobby for the recognition of Seyfo.
I feel he has an agenda, which seems he was born to fulfil. He has a natural charisma that he is well aware of, and he exploits it to influence, and transform our youth into matured activists.
He has successfully managed to form an ethnically diverse network of academics, scholars and activists, who share a common ideology and stand on the same platform advocating Seyfo's recognition.
"excuse me sir, are you implying that all Armenians are infidels and if so, do you think that would be correct?
...you are a racist, and a fascist!"
I first came across Sabri Atman's name in a progressive bookstore in Istanbul. On one of their top shelves, I saw two of his books called "Asurlar Suryaniler" (Assyrians Syrians) and "Mezopotamya Ozlemi" (I Long for Mesopotamia). I had not yet had the pleasure of his acquaintance or known that he was an Assyrian but it sure felt good to see books on Assyrians, in the heart of Istanbul.
He has now completed his third book "59 Answered Questions on Seyfo", and he is negotiating with various publishers for its release. This pioneering research will be published in English first and maybe in Swedish and Turkish later.
During his recent visit to London, he shared some of his thoughts with me, and I was delighted to have had the opportunity to ask him the following questions:
Q: Why is it important for the Assyrians to work towards recognition of Seyfo? Many believe it is a thing of the past, and we should divert our concentration on other topical issues; which are of vital importance for our survival as a nation.
If we were to study and analyse any particular phenomena, we will not be able to conclude with objective results, if the historical background and the environment that shaped its present form were not taken into account.
All the challenges we face today as a nation that strives to survive another day, are direct results of Seyfo. Take the name issue for example or the fact of why we are living in the Diasporas at a time, when our heritage is being wiped out in our ancestral lands.
We need Seyfo recognised and an apology for the suffering, and terror we continue to endure, not only for the sake of the Assyrians but also for the general interest of Turkey, its people and international peace. In today's world, we all strive to assure that no genocides are perpetuated. But how are we to do that if those genocides of the past are not recognised and condemned. Remember: those who condone the past are condemned to repeat it.
Q: What is Turkey's official stance on the Genocide issue?
The official ideology denies that such atrocities ever took place. The right wing extremists simply ignore the facts and propagate an absurd theory to back up their denialist manipulations.
Then there are the so called liberals, this group does not go further than labelling Seyfo as a tragedy without any present relevance, and one that must be left for historical research. Their usual maxim is: the Ottomans perpetuated Seyfo, and today's Turkey should not be held responsible for those terrible actions taken during that phase.
But they can not simply wave the responsibility off to the Ottomans. Many prominent members of the Committee for Unity and Progress (1) like, Mustafa Kemal, Ismattin Ono and Jalal Bayar later became the founders and vanguards of today's state of Turkey, these individuals were tremendously proud of Turkey for being an extension of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey has inherited all the wealth and riches amassed by the Ottomans through the annihilation of the Assyrians, Armenians and the Greeks, and by confiscating their property and holdings. If the state of Turkey can so easily disassociate herself from the actions taken during the era of the Ottoman Empire, then Turkey should also not inherit the riches which were seized during that period of her history.
We all will be appalled if Germany was to say "Yes, the Holocaust did take place but we can not bear responsibility for what was perpetuated by the Nazi regime."
Only a minority are ashamed of this epoch of their country's history. They address the issue coherently, and earnestly. They are not afraid to voice their opinions both in and outside Turkey. Although this persecuted minority are few in number but we must respect their heroic actions. We must liaise with this group, and help Turkey to come to terms with her past. Only then, and then only, will Turkey be able to step towards true democracy.
Assyrian Youth Running a Marathon in Europe in 2004 for Seyfo's recognition
Q: Why do you think the Armenians ignore Seyfo, and always portray the genocide of 1914 as that of the Armenians only? And how do you think we should promulgate Seyfo in light of such denial from our co-victims?
First of all, two wrongs do not make one right, I do not agree with some Assyrians who believe, we too should do the same. Nobody who has researched the Genocide, and is genuine and sincere, can deny and ignore the fact that we all: Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks shared the same terrible fate.
Yes it does hurt when we read books and articles written and published by certain Armenian scholars, who would have certainly come across some documents on the Assyrians. Yet, not only do they ignore them but they also deny them a sentence or two. However, we must understand this is not the mentality of all Armenians. For example, Mr. Ara Sarafian who is a renowned academic, and the director of Gomidas Institute, and Sterndale Classics (2), has reprinted "The Treatment of The Armenians Under The Ottoman Empire" which is often called "The Blue Book" inclusive of the segments on the Assyrians, which by the way were excluded from some editions.
A few months ago, together with some friends, we tried very hard to have an opportunity to meet with some Dutch members of parliament. When we finally met with these parliamentarians, I spoke of Seyfo, as the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks. Yet, the second morning I read in a certain Armenian news bulletin which enjoys a large circulation: that the Armenian genocide had been debated in the Dutch parliament without any mention of the Assyrians, or the Greeks. Of course it hurts, I mean I was an Assyrian, I could have debated the genocide as that of the Assyrians only but knowing this would not be ethically, and morally right, I mentioned the Armenians and the Greeks also. I mean the least the editors of this particular Armenian news bulletin could have done, is to have mentioned the Assyrians once, at the very least in their article.
Once again I remembered an incident I read about which had taken place in Diyarbakir during the genocide. The army had gathered all the villagers to be massacred and their women and children deported. The soldiers were mocking a particular Assyrian priest with a peculiar barbarity. The crowds protested but they were beaten and told: if you want to put an end to this episode, then one of you must sacrifice his life to save this priest of further ridicule. Yes, it was an Armenian who stepped forward to save this Assyrian clergy. We should not forget such a stance or that of Mr. Murad Artin, a Swedish parliamentarian of an Iraqi-Armenian descent, who brought the case of the Assyrian genocide to the fore in the Swedish Parliament.
Q: Do you think that our political parties, institutions and organisations are doing enough when it comes to Seyfo?
Many have done a lot but not enough! An annual event does not suffice to gain recognition.
Most of our organisations forget all about Seyfo, and only remember it when they draw near to the 24th of April, and most of their initiatives do not seem to be pre-planned. This simply does not give us any credibility.
We lack proper documentations, we know they are there we just have to source, and present them to the public and the international bodies.
If we are truly serious about Seyfo, we must work harder in rendering our research, and influencing the world opinion.
It can be done it is not impossible; we just need to be more committed in our cause.
I believe that there has been tremendous progress during these few last years, especially amongst the youth, and this is a sign of a natural phenomenon.
The first generation of the Holocaust survivors for example, were too traumatised to do anything about what they had suffered. Their children, however, struggled for its recognition. Hence it is the responsibility of our youth who have inherited the suffering of their parents and grandparents to confront this issue of paramount importance.
Ittihad Ve Terakki: the then ruling government and the architects of the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek genocide.
To find out more about Gomidas Institute, you can visit their website. They have excellent books related to the Armenian and Assyrian genocide. www.gomidas.com
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