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Thursday 04th of February 2021
The year is 2030. Former central bankers run all the governments in the world. Rates are negative throughout the world. @NorthmanTrader
The year is 2030 Central bank balance sheets are 200% of global GDP. Global debt is 500% of world GDP.
The year is 2030 The top 1% own everything. The bottom 99% are dancing on TikTok.
Fast Forward Will they have that moment of Epiphany?
Everyone looked at the price of Silver and concluded that "it's over." However, the flows into all Silver ETFs smashed its old record ($920M from Friday). Tuesday was over $1.5 billion of new money. @biancoresearch
This is the overaching Point. #TheSilverSqueeze is in the Physical Market and then transmission into the Paper Market.
Robert Frank Children with Sparklers in Provincetown Massachusetts, 1958 @deryainciderya
"When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice."― Robert Frank Mary with Pablo and Andrea, Mid 1950's @RabalFrancesco
"Life can be good, then you lie down, and stare up at the ceiling, and the sadness falls on you.Things move on, time passes, people go away, and sometimes they don't come back." - Robert Frank @leeisking2
Robert Frank, 1959 @RabalFrancesco
Happiness is]First sunrise after 40 days of polar night in Murmansk, northern Russia. Can confirm people are losing it on the snowy dance floor @theo_merz
Winter. Sunrise. Lenin. Another image of Yakutsk in Yakutia, Russia's Siberia @yakutia
The mood at the Kremlin @ASLuhn
"However much he pretends to be a great geo-politician, he'll go down in history as a poisoner. There was Alexander the Liberator, Yaroslav the Wise, and Putin the Underwear Poisoner," said Navalny. @tomescritt
[Putin is losing control of the Narrative] 22-JUN-2020 :: Whoever Controls The Narrative Controls The World
Putin's system was also ripe for export, Mr Surkov added. Foreign governments were already paying close attention, since the Russian "political algorithm" had long predicted the volatility now seen in western democracies.
"It was the first non-linear war," writes Surkov in a new short story, "Without Sky," published under his pseudonym and set in a dystopian future after the "fifth world war"
the Russian "political algorithm" [is scrambled]
This is another point: there is a threshold beyond which the incumbent can't go. Where that threshold lies will be discovered in the throes of the event
Russian court jails Kremlin critic Navalny as over 1,400 protesters detained #AFP Kirill Kudryavtsev @AFPphoto
BREAKING: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be held until Feb. 15 on charge of having illegally imported radios @AP
Saying that "military rule has returned in Myanmar (Burma)" is off the mark. The military never left to begin with and the celebration of democracy was totally premature and presumptuous. " @PNantulya
Global daily new confirmed #Covid19 cases have dropped 30% from their peak! @jsblokland [close to Peak Alump]
The Country Where Covid-19 is Becoming Covid-21 @umairh
This country that I'm talking about has already bred its own mutant strain of Covid
Now, though, in this country, mutant strains from around the world appear to be merging and converging. This country's existing mutant strain itself seems to be acquiring mutations from other mutant strains from other countries.
It has developed a particularly troublesome and dangerous mutation that lets the virus's spike protein hook into and attach itself much more strongly and stickily to cells that it infects. And so this mutation is vaccine resistant.
In the country I'm talking about, Covid-21 is now developing. Mutant strains from around the world are merging there, swapping mutations, or pushing one another to evolve faster and faster, in a kind of genetic arms race of lethality.
Those mutant strains are converging — to form one that's a) more infectious b) more deadly and c) vaccine resistant.That's Covid-21.
In Britain, the British Strain appears to merging with the South African and Brazilian Strains. Does that sound a little terrifying? It should.
Because if it's unleashed, will cause utter havoc for who knows how long. It will have added a pandemic to a pandemic.
We haven't even vaccinated the world against Covid-19 yet. So what happens now that Britain's breeding Covid-21?
When Covid hit, it's government trumpeted "herd immunity" in the absence of a vaccine — a recipe for mass death — and then quickly backtracked, and did…a whole lot of nothing.
Translation: Britain now has merging mutant strains of Covid, which are already on the way to becoming Covid 21.
That'd be worrying enough, but it also has an inept, unscientific, politically compromised half-way vaccination program that's literally the perfect petri dish for fuelling an evolutionary arms race: one that doesn't wipe viruses out, but just causes them to become resistant at light speed.
Bang! This is literally the worst case scenario for human beings — and the best case scenario for a virus.
The British government is gambling desperately, foolishly, incredibly dangerously, with the lives of its people.
They are currently guinea pigs in the world's largest and most dangerous social experiment.
You'd think that might have provoked some level of backlash — do you want your life to be gambled with?
Instead, the British government enjoys fairly stable approval ratings. All of that tells us two things.
One, the British government is either malicious, incompetent, or foolish, more so than any other in the world. Two, British people are really, really horrifically dumb.
But the stakes here are not about Britain. It's now a virtual certainty that variants fuelling the evolutionary push toward Covid-21 infect the whole country, because it's simply too late.
The British Strain is the dominant one in most parts of the country, obviously — and the South African and Brazilian Strains are now spreading in clusters, all of which, even more obviously, is how these strains are merging. The stakes here are about the world.
The world is shattering under the strain of Covid-19. Debt loads are being pushed to massive levels. Societies like America have been ripped apart. The poor world has no realistic way of getting vaccines yet. The rich world is bickering over them. What do you think a new strain of Covid is going to do?
Can the world survive another year, two, three in lockdown? Can the economy's shuttered shops? Culture's empty theatres and clubs? Society's distanced norms of isolation? Can you?
I doubt it. And I think the world knows it, because nobody is as incredibly stupid as Britain right now on the face of planet Earth.
I think when — not if, but when — Britain breeds Covid-21, the world will have to quarantine it hard, making sure not a single person is allowed to enter.
And in Britain, a failed vaccination program will mean that Covid goes thermonuclear.
Covid-21 is the biggest short term risk to our civilisation. I wish I could say: we didn't have to worry about it. But we do.
19-OCT-2020 :: Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent
"What is your general approach, in view of the mounting chaos in the country at the moment?" and replied:
Well, that's a judgment that you are making. I promise you that if you look at it from outside, and perhaps you're taking rather a parochial view at the moment, I don't think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting chaos.
The next day's edition of The Sun headlined its story "Crisis? What crisis?"
The 3 major variants, updated: @EricTopol
—Green= mutations shared between them
—A variant that combines B.1.1.7 plus E484K has been detected in the UK (@CovidGenomicsUK)
—The drop in efficacy for vaccines (B.1.351>>B.1.1.7) to date has not been seen for hospitalizations or deaths
The variant in Brazil, known as the P.1 (or B.1.1.248) lineage, has a potent combination of mutations. @TheAtlantic
Not only does this variant seem to be more transmissible; its lineage carries mutations that help it escape the antibodies that we develop in response to older lineages of the coronavirus.
That is, it at least has a capacity to infect people who have already recovered from COVID-19, even if their defenses protect them against other versions of the virus.
The ''warp speed'' Vaccine Roll Out is chasing the coat Tails of the Virus.
In our study, the viral load of index cases was a leading driver of SARS-CoV-2 transmission @TheLancetInfDis H/T @EricTopol
Why did the @WHO sit on the disclosure of 124 confirmed cases for months, only making it known through the backdoor of the ToRs in Nov 20. @gdemaneuf
16-FEB-2020 :: ―You can't get up to that level of cases if the epidemic started in Dec even if you pushed the reproduction high." -Fisman #NCP
Egypt Pound 15.71
Critical point for $GOLD. $1820-$1830 has been support for weeks, during which its done nothing but bounced and returned. @AdamMancini4
It needs to move now & recapture the 200dma at $1853 which starts the rally to $1890 then $1940. If it loses this area it likely needs another low to $1760
Chicken wing prices usually never go above $2 a pound. There at $2.72 now, thanks to a 50+% gain during the pandemic. @matt_townsend
United Arab Emirates record 3,977 #COVID19 cases yesterday even with 34 vaccination doses admistered per 100 people. @jmlukens
Countries w/ new record COVID-19 cases yesterday
#UAE: 3,977
#Honduras: 2,152
#Albania: 1,007
#Benin: 226
Picking Winners in the Riskiest Bond Markets Just Got Harder @markets
Discerning investors could eke more gains out of developing-nation bonds, but the bulk of the rally in the riskiest corners of the market may have passed.
The gap between spreads on emerging-market high-yield debt and global peers has narrowed from a record 470 basis points in May to 124 basis points, close to the 10-year average of 94.
Developing-nation high-yield bonds lost 1% in January, halting a two-month rally that handed investors returns of more than 8%.
Morgan Stanley prefers BB rated and stronger single-B bonds, urging investors to differentiate between credits by assessing borrowers' external funding vulnerabilities and prospects for reforms as the coronavirus pandemic pressures economies.
With oil prices rebounding, Fidelity International favors energy-linked borrowers such as Oman and Mexican oil producer Pemex.
"There is some value in selective BB rated names in emerging markets, but most of the spread compression and total return gains have already come and gone," said Paul Greer, a London-based money manager at Fidelity International, whose debt fund outperformed 90% of peers in the past three years.
"We have much less conviction on B or CCC-rated emerging-market credits with elevated cash prices," he said.
These include Costa Rica, El Salvador and Angola, which were among the biggest gainers in January.
There are other signs that the rally has matured. High-yield bonds in emerging markets have become the least remunerative to investors, and the riskiest, since May 2013, based on the option-adjusted duration on the Bloomberg Barclays gauge for the debt.
This measure of sensitivity to interest-rate changes has risen to 5.65%.
The last time it was that high, eight years ago, the index's yield rose 3 percentage points in as many months.
The yield itself has fallen to its 2018 low, evoking memories of the sell-off fueled by the U.S.-China trade war.
A surge in U.S. yields will probably cause sentiment toward riskier assets to sour.
While that is likely to happen in the event that the Federal Reserve pulls back its asset purchases or there's a faster-than-expected rise in inflation, that's at least "several quarters away," said Bryan Carter, global head of emerging-market debt at HSBC Global Asset Management in London.
"Although high-yield credit spreads are back to historical average levels, having recovered from the Covid-19 crisis panic period, we see room for spreads to enter a euphoric zone based on a Goldilocks combination of economic growth rebound, easy monetary policy and another fiscal stimulus from Congress," Carter said.
"This could last several months or quarters."
Even then, the manager prefers credits from Africa and in the Middle East that have been "mispriced" by expectations of new supply or the lack of recent market access, while avoiding sovereigns with debt-sustainability issues or untenable debt service levels.
A tidal wave of monetary support and optimism that coronavirus vaccine rollouts will sustain a global economic recovery, amid more than $16 trillion of negative-yielding debt worldwide, have emboldened investors to hunt for returns in riskier assets.
That enabled junk-rated sovereigns, including Turkey, Oman and Benin, to cushion the blow to their budgets from the pandemic by selling bonds last month that yield as high as 7.25%.
"That's been giving investors comfort that the market is open and there's time for countries to appropriately adjust policy," said Michael Cirami, a Boston-based money manager at Eaton Vance Corp., which oversees $583 billion.
But "there's always a concern about a liquidity event turning into a solvency event," he said.
Still, the riskiest of the risky has struggled to borrow. Laos, which was downgraded to CCC by Fitch Ratings in September, has yet to pull off a deal after last month reviving a bond offering that it had postponed in December.
"There's still room to go in the high-yield space but it's really dependent by country," said Cirami.
He's sticking with Egypt, which has enacted sweeping reforms since 2016 and whose bond due 2050 offers "reasonably good compensation" with a spread of about 650 basis points over Treasuries.
CoViD19-ΛFЯICΛ: Update: Feb 3, 2021 - Confirmed: 3 595 023 (+ 14437) Actives: 401 567 (-10657) @NCoVAfrica
Update: Feb 3, 2021 - 09:45 am
Actives 22.75% below record high Print in January 2021
Update on the total number of #covid19 cases per capita reported by #African countries. Top 5 countries: #CapeVerde #SouthAfrica #Tunisa #Libya #Eswatini @BeautifyData
Update on the total number of #covid19 cases reported by #African countries. @BeautifyData
Africa is currently reporting a million new infections about every 39 days and has reported more than 3,599,000 since the pandemic began @ReutersGraphics
Malawi has seen its number of confirmed cases of the disease go above 23,000, including a total of 702 deaths as of Monday, according to Dr. John Phuka, co-chair of the presidential task force on COVID-19 @AP
The numbers appear relatively small in a country of 18 million, but the 14,000 active cases are many times more than the number of established hospital beds.
Officials are setting up makeshift facilities to increase the number of treatment units from 400 to at least 1,500, sometimes erecting tents on the lawns of hospitals.
Conflict levels in 2020 slightly decreased from 2019 in all regions except Africa. @ACLEDINFO
Because the pandemic is a unique development, we expect global conflict levels, loca- tions, and agents to increase significantly in 2021 — ultimately to a higher point than both 2019 and 2020.
One tweet is from @AbiyAhmedAli The other is from @Mi_Muentefering Minister of State at @GermanyDiplo @SMGebru
Ethiopia: At risk of multiplying conflicts stretching the capacity of the state @ACLEDINFO
With national elections scheduled for 5 June 2021, and the country gripped by several co-occurring conflicts, Ethiopia is headed towards a tumultuous year.
In addition to a costly occupation and the task of re- placing the political leadership of the Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration faces the daunting task of establishing security in many areas of the country.
The many conflicts across the state are less acknowledged in the international media, but each of these threats are associated with dire outcomes, including thousands of deaths, millions of displacements, and variable levels of disruptions to economic and political development.
Economically, investment has slowed as the future of the country is uncertain and large-scale farms and development projects have been the subjects of attacks by rioting groups.
Several conflicts are simultaneously occurring in Konso, West and Kelem Wollega, Gujji, Tigray, and the Oromo/Somali border area.
All have resulted in the death of hundreds and the displacement of millions.
Recent violence in the Sudan border region adds to the list (BBC, 3 January 2021).
The common thread linking these conflicts are the 'administrative contests' that have emerged as groups driven by ethno-regional nationalism seek formal recognition, authority, and territory.
The Amhara political elites have sought to extract significant concessions for their actions in Tigray and for their ongoing support for Abiy.
The deployment of federal forces into the regions of Ethiopia is a costly intervention.
Each operation both strengthens and weakens the government's hand: by gaining the control of territory and overtaking the political structure, concessions are made to those agents who will hold the areas for the government and in line with central directives.
These decisions, and the overall costs of securing territory, are long-term transactions by the government that trade some risks (e.g. direct violence) for others (e.g. the rise of local subnational autocrats and associated violence).
Although Abiy initially rode a wave of Oromo mobilization into office, his popularity has plummeted following the arrest of several popular Oromo opposition leaders and a series of violent incidents in 2019 that left the Oromia region engulfed in unrest (Al Jazeera, 19 September 2019).
Even more seriously, splinter factions of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) are actively engaged in an insurgency across remote areas of the Oromia region, launching violent operations against local government representatives and federal troops.
Ethiopia's position as a linchpin for security in the region means that violence occurring in the state will have consequences beyond domestic implications, affecting policy and conflicts across the Horn of Africa.
Analysis: Abiy's crown cracks ahead of Ethiopia election @AfricanBizMag
As those tensions risk fuelling a protracted guerrilla war in the north, Abiy could face significant challenges ahead of his June re-election bid.
"I don't think he's the person who can deliver that development. I don't think the regions want him to deliver or have the faith in him to deliver it," says Aly Khan Satchu, CEO of Investment Advisory firm Rich Management.
With 'the genie out of the bottle', Abiy is fast losing ground ahead of the poll, says Satchu.
"Everybody else is going to start wanting more freedom within the constitution. It's impossible for the state to manage a guerrilla war up there and at the same time manage to control the rest of the country. If he put more resources into Tigray he's going to lose more control of the other regions.
"There's no hope for him. If he has a fair election he will lose full stop.
Mozambique: No end in sight for the Cabo Delgado insurgency @ACLEDINFO
In Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province, an increasingly sophisticated Islamist insurgency, growing numbers of IDPs, and outbreaks of cholera as well as COVID-19 have combined to expose the government's capacity constraints in effectively countering worsening insecurity.
These constraints, along with insurgent incursions into neighboring Tanzania, are pushing the Cabo Delgado conflict into an increasingly internationalized theater.
Though the insurgents are predominantly comprised of local youth, an extremist Islamist narrative has resulted in cross pollination with Tanzanian extremists (The East African, 11 Au- gust 2018), and exposure to Somali and Congolese jihadi influences, including the Ugandan and Congolese rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (Mail & Guardian, 4 May 2020).
During 2020, ACLED records more than 1,600 fatalities in the province, more than three times the number of fatalities reported in 2019.
Insurgents also demonstrated an ability to operate across a large expanse of territory throughout the province, establishing an operational presence across 11 districts, from the northern district of Nangade to Ancuabe district in the south.
Militant operations have threatened critical infrastructure and undermined Mozambican territorial control.
In December, attacks were launched near Mute in Palma district, forcing Total to close its flagship liqui- fied natural gas (LNG) project.
The Sahel: Insurgency and fragile politics at the center of an unabated crisis @ACLEDINFO
As the Sahel crisis nears a decade, numbers of events and fatalities from armed, organized acts of political violence in 2020 surpassed 2019's full totals in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
This escalating trend continued for the fifth consecutive year.
"Positive news is in short supply for Angola's economy, as @StandardBankZA is now forecasting a sixth consecutive year of recession, despite support from the IMF. " @AngolaBriefing @FrontierAFR
Time to Big Up the Quaaludes
Chart_8 @IEAKenya
Zambian Currency's 42-Day Losing Streak Not About to End @markets.
A copper price that has climbed to almost eight-year highs has failed to stem the tide after Africa's second-biggest producer of the metal became the continent's first pandemic-era default.
It failed to make a $42.5 million payment on a $1 billion Eurobond in November, and the government stopped servicing most external commercial debt.
"In an attempt to reduce the volatility and devaluation seen during large parts of 2020, the Bank of Zambia has introduced some curbs on local foreign-exchange pricing which has helped to stem excessive volatility," David Willacy, a senior foreign-exchange trader at StoneX Group Inc. in London, said in an emailed response to questions.
"It is likely the kwacha will continue to depreciate in the absence of any new large dollar inflows, or debt agreements from the government."
The currency has weakened 9% against the dollar since September, but its depreciation has been more gradual this year after the government introduced regulations limiting dollar pricing variance for banks.
The Bank of Zambia has much greater control of the foreign-exchange market after legislation was introduced requiring mining companies, which account for more than 70% of export earnings, to pay taxes and royalties in dollars directly to the central bank.
Still, foreign exchange reserves have continued to slide and reached a near-record low of $1.28 billion by the end of October, according to the latest data from the central bank.
Continued kwacha weakness will place further pressure on inflation that's already breached 20%, and on the nation's debt metrics.
The country is scheduled for talks with the International Monetary Fund from Feb. 11 to March 3, and an agreement is crucial as holders of $3 billion in Eurobonds have demanded a deal with the Washington-based lender as a condition for agreeing to a restructuring of the debt.
That's unlikely to happen before elections scheduled for August.
The Bank of Zambia will continue to use all monetary and foreign-exchange intervention options to manage the volatility of the kwacha, Finance Minister Bwalya Ng'andu told lawmakers Tuesday in Lusaka, the capital.
It's also working with commercial lenders to increase liquidity in the foreign-exchange market, and changed rules to avoid volatility fueled by speculation, he said.
The central bank declined to comment.
Burkina Faso's tourism sector faces hardship with cancellation of @fespacoofficiel @RFI
Burkina Faso's hospitality sector is holding its breath after the cancellation of international events due to the coronavirus pandemic, signalling a significant loss of revenue for businesses in Ouagadougou.
Fespaco, the annual pan-African festival for cinema and television, was the latest event to be postponed this week over concerns about Covid-19.
Burkina Faso's hotel and tourism sector has been hit hard by the economic slowdown due to restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Hotel owners and restaurant managers were counting on international events to help keep them afloat and are calling on government support to help save their businesses.
"The sector isn't doing well and tourists haven't been coming for over a year now. These events were a source of revenues," Célestin Zoungrana, president of the Professional Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs, told correspondent Boudani.
The cancellation of high-profile international exhibitions, a major source of revenue for the country, has forced businesses to seek assistance.
Zoungrana urged the authorities to review the situation with business taxes and try to provide some kind of financial relief to companies facing challenging conditions.
An inter-ministerial commission has evaluated the impact on the hotel and tourism sector, but with the cancellation of Fespaco, the authorities must revisit this and make necessary adjustments, according to Zoungrana.
Fespaco is Africa's largest film festival and celebrated its 50th birthday in 2019. It attracts some 100,000 people each year, who see some 450 screenings.
Egypt Pound versus The Dollar Chart INO 15.711
Positivity rate creeping up this week and today's aggregated data from MOH stands at 4.8% @DrAhmedKalebi
We have seen a rise in positive cases from hospital samples referred to @LancetKenya_PLK This is very worrying.
Rich Kenyans triple dollar deposits in pandemic era. @BD_Africa
TheNortherner @alaminkimathi Muigai is either a genius or a darn lucky one. Look what he has got out of a mere handshake!
- He not only shut up his greatest critic, he got him to become his biggest sychophant.
A Political Wizard
Option finale. Borrow as much as you can squeeze the domestic markets . Crowd out the private sector , choke it to death. I might not be the next president , so why worry ? @haiyay
Four in 10 Kenyans (41%) say their personal living conditions are "fairly" or "very" good, continuing a decade-long improvement. The same proportion (42%) describe their living conditions as bad @afrobarometer
#PublicDebtFactsKE @IEAKenya
''An IMF Straightjacket Is a Fitting End''
Chart_10 @IEAKenya
Debt, virus and locusts create a perfect storm for Africa @TheAfricaReport
KQ882, Nairobi #Kenya to Guangzhou China, is suspended by #China aviation regulator 5 passengers were tested positive for #COVID19, meeting conditions for a "circuit breaker" suspension of flight route. @shen_shiwei


Hold on to your hats, kiddos, Khloé Kardashian is also reportedly expecting her first child. Stick with us here.
TMZ, the publication that broke the news of Kylie Jenner's pregnancy, has reported that multiple sources have claimed the star is pregnant with her first child. Their sources report that the reality TV star is three months pregnant with her first child, and the father is her NBA star boyfriend of one year, Tristan Thompson.
The star has spoken about her desire to have a family with Tristan during episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Pregnancy rumours come courtesy of tabloids and gossip blogs every single day, though usually they turn out to mean absolutely nothing. However, considering Caitlyn Jenner confirmed the TMZ report about Kylie, there is a possibility that the news of Khloe's 'pregnancy' will also be correct. Plus, TMZ has a history of breaking stories that are real.
Despite all this ~potential~ news, fans have taken to Khloe's Instagram to comment on her latest ab-baring selfie. While plenty have offered up their congratulations, some have questioned why she isn't showing yet.
If the star is pregnant, we wish her the biggest congratulations! We'll keep you updated for her response.


New auditing requirements for Common Criteria Compliance (CCC) may cause more CPU consumption in SQL Server 2016 and 2017. This can be more noticeable for workloads utilizing many frequent, short transactions, such as those that involve tempdb. This behavior is occurring even when CCC is not enabled.
You have a highly transactional workload with a large number of Insert/Update transactions.
Your application performs frequent small transactions.
Your application relies heavily on tempdb, such as when the application uses INSERT INTO temp table consecutively in many separate transactions.
To enable the fix Trace Flag (TF) 3427 must be enabled only from Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016 SP1 to Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016 SP2.
Starting from Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 and for SQL Server 2017, the Common Criteria Compliance (CCC) must be disabled to enable the fix.


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Intuit Informs TurboTax Customers of Account Takeovers
Posted on June 15, 2021 by Ben Canner in Best Practices, Featured
Financial software company Intuit recently informed customers of its TurboTax product of a series of potential account takeovers, allowing access to some personally-identifying information.
Intuit insisted in a breach notification letter to customers that the takeover attacks did not amount to a "systemic data breach of Intuit." Further, it noted that the threat actors obtained credentials through "a non-Intuit source."
We consulted with cybersecurity experts about the TurboTax Attack Takeovers. Here's what they had to say.
Kim DeCarlis
Kim DeCarlis is the CMO at PerimeterX.
"Account takeover (ATO) attacks are a major threat to any business. It is much simpler and lucrative to walk in through the front door of a digital business with valid stolen credentials than to look for holes in an organization's cybersecurity defenses. PerimeterX research found that between 75-85% of all login attempts in the second half of 2020 were account takeover attempts. Unfortunately, this was the case for TurboTax. Businesses need to be aware of signs that they've been attacked – including surges in help desk calls, spikes in password resets and inhuman user behaviors such as thousands of login attempts on an account in a short time period – and take appropriate action. Consumers need to make sure they are using different passwords on every site and locking down their credit reports as well."
Saryu Nayyar
Saryu Nayyar (she/her) is CEO of Gurucul.
"This is the holy grail for cyber-criminals and a nightmare for TurboTax customers. Armed with social security numbers and associated personally identifiable information (names, addresses, birth dates), criminals can quickly open credit card accounts (and a host of other accounts) and shop till they drop – all on the victim's identity. And the clean-up to clear one's name is painful and continuous for all the victims. This particular breach was avoidable in that credentials were stolen from other online services following past data breaches. It cannot be overstated that individuals must change all passwords following a breach notification. Credentials should never be reused. You absolutely need unique credentials for each and every service, especially those where you are transacting financial data."
Baber Amin
Baber Amin is COO of Veridium.
"Password reuse and its downstream implications are the key with what happened at TurboTax. Unfortunately, password reuse is still a norm, despite warnings, because as mere normal humans we have a limited capacity to remember passwords. Given the ever-increasing need to be digital in every aspect of our lives, many reuse passwords.
"The flip side of this coin is credential stuffing. Once a password is compromised and available, it can be used to impersonate actual real users.
"The best way to eliminate this vector is to eliminate passwords. No Password = no credential to stuff. The second-best way to eliminate credential stuffing is to add contextual multifactor authentication that is either dynamic based on risk or based on static rules. This is the cheapest way to thwart a credential stuffing attack. Either way points to either eliminating the weakest link or shoring it up."
James McQuiggan
James McQuiggan is Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4.
"This credential stuffing attack is highly lucrative. It provides access to personal information about the user, their tax information, and of course, their social security numbers for them and possibly their immediate family.
With over 8.4 million passwords in the wild and over 3.5 billion of those passwords tied to actual email addresses, it provides a starting point for cyber criminals to target various online sites that utilize accounts for their customers. If users set up accounts with the previously exposed passwords, they are making it easy for cyber criminals to steal their data.
Users should ensure they are using strong passwords or passphrases for all of their accounts and, where available, using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to protect and secure their accounts. This way, in the event of a password credentialing attack, it will reduce their risk of exposure to losing their sensitive, personal data."
David Stewart
David Stewart is CEO of Approov.
"Credential stuffing attacks, utilizing usernames/passwords extracted from unconnected data breaches, are one of the most common account takeover mechanisms. The simplest way to prevent such exploits is to ensure that usernames/passwords on their own are not enough to gain access to backend systems. Adding a requirement for appropriate and independently verified additional factors (eg 2FA, biometrics, app authentication) to gain access to your servers will make your business dramatically less likely to suffer account takeover attacks."
Purandar Das
Purandar Das is Co-founder and Chief Strategist at Sotero.
"This is an example of the cascading and long-lasting impact of data breaches. Data stolen from one or more organizations is compiled and then sold to criminals. While it is easy, in this case, to claim that there was no systemic breach it still puts a spotlight on the organization that was used to access account information. At the very minimum, dual-factor authentication would have prevented this issue. Longer-term organizations have to account for the fact the stolen data or user credentials is widely available. Accounting for that with dual-factor authentication or device-based access in the short term and ML-based authentication is a must. Passing the blame on to the consumer is not acceptable. It is just not feasible nor sustainable to push the onus on consumers to create and manage tens if not hundreds of passwords."
Thanks to these experts for their time and expertise on the TurboTax Account Takeovers. For more on protecting your employees' and privileged users' credentials, download the Identity Management Buyer's Guide or the Solutions Suggestion Engine.
Ben Canner
Ben Canner is an enterprise technology writer and analyst covering Identity Management, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, and Cybersecurity writ large. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He previously worked as a corporate blogger and ghost writer. You can reach him via Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Q: Existence of $(a,b)\in\mathbb{C}^2$ satisfying $(f)\cap\mathbb{Q}[x,y]=(x-a,y-b)\cap\mathbb{Q}[x,y]$ for irreducible f $\in \mathbb{C}[x.y]$ Prove that, if $f$ is an irreducible element in $\mathbb{C}[x,y]$, then there exist $(a,b)\in\mathbb{C}^2$ such that $(f)\cap\mathbb{Q}[x,y]=(x-a,y-b)\cap\mathbb{Q}[x,y]$.
The original question is, if $\pi:\mathbb{C}^2\to \mathrm{prime\ ideals\ of\ }\mathbb{Q}[x,y]$ is defined to be mapping $(a,b)$ to $\{f\in\mathbb{Q}[x,y]:f(a,b)=0\}$, prove that this map is surjective, which is an exercies in the Rising Sea. I ended up with the statement above.
My thought is, assume that $f\neq0$ (in which case we can find two elements $a,b$ that are transcendential independent, and $(a,b)$ will satisfy), and degree of $x$ in $f$ is not zero. Then we can find a root $a$ of $f(x,\pi+q)=0$, where $q\in\mathbb{Q}$ such that it is not a zero function. Then I guess the point $(a,\pi+q)$ will work, but I don't know how to prove it.

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No Thanks: Bunnell Votes 4-1 to Return Old Courthouse to the County, Citing Costs and Liabilities
April 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments
Bunnell doesn't want it after all. (c FlaglerLive)
Less than five months after proudly accepting ownership of the old Flagler County Courthouse as the anchor to the city's civic and economic revitalization, the Bunnel City Commission Monday evening voted 4-1 to return the building to the county commission. The stunning reversal culminates months of doubt and disappointment about the building on city officials' part as they discovered a structure in more serious disrepair than the county had let on—from a leaky roof to mold to absent wiring—and tallied far more expensive bills ahead than the city could afford, if it were to keep the building.
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"As your city manager, I recommend that the smart thing to do now is to give it back to the county and let's start going down a different avenue," Larry Williams told commissioners before the vote. "I do not think we can afford this. I think it was understating how we would have to raise taxes to pay for this." Commissioners Bill Baxley, Elbert Tucker, John Rogers and Bonita Robinson, serving in her very first city commission meeting after her March election win, voted to return the courthouse. Mayor Catherine Robinson dissented. ("I still feel like we didn't have all the facts and figures to make the decision," Robinson said.)
The rejection is an indication of how far the political pendulum has shifted in Bunnell, where just last year, under a different city manager (Armando Martinez) the courthouse acquisition was all but taken for granted. Martinez's firing and the March election, which ratified and solidified the political shift that led to his dismissal, along with the new finance director's analyses of the city's dire balance sheets, buttressed commissioners' will to revers course. The rejection also again puts the old courthouse's fate in doubt as neither city nor county want to bear its financial liability. The county spent close to $1 million either for repairs or to maintain the building since it was vacated eight years ago.
"I am very disappointed," County Commissioner Barbara Revels said. "While I have not seen the reports Bunnell commissioned I felt Flagler County had studied the building extensively and was comfortable that it was worth rehabilitating." Future uses of the building will depend on who may be interested in it, though it's likely that a cost-benefit approach will be part of the county's calculations, Revels said. "But it is a shame so much time has been wasted since the City asked to own it all."
Baxley tried to stop the city from acquiring the building in November, then led the charge to return it since. He was critical of the county for essentially dumping the building on the city, after itself finding that it would not house the new sheriff's headquarters there. "They spent almost $1 million in trying to figure out how to do it, and they never could come up with a solution, never could put anything online, so that they could make this building operable, so they could use it and quit going in the red on it," Baxley said. "So the next best thing they could do is let's get rid of it. So where did they get rid of it? Bunnell. And our pocketbok is nowhere near what the county's is, and there's no way we can afford to do this building."
Tucker said the city has no money to accomplish repairs. "I haven't changed my mind since the last meeting, except for perhaps getting the county agree to give us an unrestricted deed to this building so that we may have some more options," Tucker said. "At the moment our options are very limited as to what we can do with the building." He estimated that Bunnell would have to increase its taxes by 30 percent to shoulder the burden of the courthouse repairs. Tucker is not interested in raising taxes to that end.
"I agree with Mr. Tucker, we can't afford it," Williams said. "You can't get the price low enough where we can afford it. I don't think any of us sitting up here knew that there was a mold and mildew problem that existed in that building. I don't think any of us up here knew that that thing leaked the way it did," and it seems every time that Mick and I go bak there, there's more leaks. We definitely didn't expect leaks coming in the hallway the last time we were there, because it didn't leak there before." Mick Cuthbertson is the city's community development director. The potential for employee lawsuits over mold and other potential sick-building-syndrome issues would be prohibitively expensive for the city, Williams said.
Cuthbertson analyzed the roof-repair option as one example of the maze of difficulties the city would have to navigate. It's a rubber roof—cheap to install, but leaky and prone to frequent breakdowns. Replacing it would cost $600,000 to $650,000. But the annex roof was installed in 2007, the old courthouse portion's roof was installed in 2009, too recently to replace entirely. Despite being relatively new, "they leak," Cuthbertson said. While no one is recommending a complete re-roofing, he could not find a warranty on the new roofing jobs the county commissioned in 2007 and 2009. That means continued repairs down the line, though for now the county has been shouldering those costs.
For Bunnell, the end of the courthouse option means the city's offices must continue to squat around the city until a different option emerges. Some of those offices are at the county's and school board's Government Services Building. The county commission has been losing patience with Bunnell's presence in those spaces. Michael Barr, a member of the committee Williams delegated to study the city's courthouse options, seized on that issue to remind commissioners that regardless of where or how the city plans to have its own offices, it will have to find new money to pay for those offices—just as it would if it were to occupy portions of the old courthouse.
Barr, who has business interests in Bunnell, and developer Mark Langello, another member of the committee, have been pushing hard to keep the courthouse in Bunnell's hands, and advocated to that end Monday. Langello said he's not wedded to the old courthouse, but that returning it was premature, as hard numbers outlining precisely what it would cost the city to occupy still have not been crunched. But it was an indication of how far the city commission had soured on the building that despite lengthy presentations and comments by Barr and Langello, the commissioners had no questions and no comment for them. But Charles Gardner, the Bunnell appraiser and another member of the committee, spoke in favor of Williams's position.
More than a half-dozen additional people—some of them Bunnell residents, some not—addressed the commission, most of them against the acquisition. "If this was good for the county the county would be holding on to it, they would not be giving it to Bunnell," Hutch King, the former county commissioner said. "It's a money pit, guys."
Pete Young, a Bunnell resident, a former Bunnell city commissioner and a current state trooper, said: "If anybody in this room would love to have the courthouse, it would be me, because I have a lot of history in that courthouse. I was sworn in 40 years ago as a law enforcement officer by Zep Edmunson, in that courthouse. I was married, I got my marriage certificate in that courthouse. I adopted my two daughters in that courthouse. So if anybody would love to keep that courthouse, it would be me. I live here in Bunnell. But, when I was a commissioner, I was all excited about occupying that courthouse, at least being partners with the county, and that's what I thought we were going to be, is partners with the county, and hopefully maybe partners with Palm Coast and Flagler Beach." He said the city should give the building back, "start all over," but turn the courthouse into a countywide project, essentially supported by the county and all its cities.
Tucker, the commissioner, summed up the commission majority's position moments before the vote. Tucker had voted in November to accept the building. "I made a mistake when I made a motion to accept that," Tucker said. "If I knew then what I know now, I would not have accepted the courthouse." He said the building will always be a money pit.
m&m says
Good choice Bunnell.. It would have been a money pit.. Maybe the county could move back in and get rid of the money pit hey're in.
Steve Wolfe says
The county commissioners knew it was a money pit. Even a cursory glance gives that impression. Wasn't the courthouse a gift to sweeten the pot for the old hospital purchase? And who wants to see whether the hospital building is a dump, too? I think that's a great follow up topic for Flagler Live.
Smart thinking says
Now the county needs to keep our money in their pocket and put the Sheriff's operation center in the old courthouse rather than invest in the old hospital. The Sheriff belongs in the old courthouse anyway—the building is already there!!! Use it!!!!
Wolley Segap says
my prediction is the next thing we'll be told is that the old hospital will have to be knocked down due to its condition and a new building needs to be built. Who made money on the sale of that property other than its owners? Its the only reason I can think of as to why that property was jammed down the taxpayers throats when otherr options were available.
If then county commission felt the building was worth rehabilitating, why was it no longer an option for the Sheriffs Office? Why was a building that is almost beyond repair offered up instead? The county had the old courthouse….but they had to purchase a dilapidated hospital building. Why?
Such a valid point. Someone needs to answer as to why they didn't use the money spent on the old hospital ( picture appears next to the word money pit in the dictionary) to repair the Courthouse. It seems that it would have been the ideal resolution.
Really? says
"because it politics man, politics"
Jan Reeger says
The County did not dump the Courthouse on Bunnell. They WANTED it. They BEGGED for it. They rejected other ideas for housing of city offices in Bunnell. Now, they need to get creative and find a viable way to make it work.
confidential says
Because they use other people's money and on top we pay them close to 50,000 a year to goof up big. Can't even imagine how many additional perks form appreciative developers.
Dennis McDonald says
The reality of a 50,000 square foot building for a small City of 2700 residents has been recognized by the Bunnell City Commission. These commissioners did a quick turn around on a money pit delivered by former BOCC Chairman McLaughlin.
The question to ask on the condition of the HISTORIC Old Court House is how does a County asset get in this condition ? Would we as individuals who build a new home and leave our former residence to fall into such disrepair ? Conclusion…We have the wrong people at the wheel and these same people are going to oversee the jail and sheriffs projects ? Hold on to your wallets !
As a final consideration we need to ask how did we arrive at this waste of Our tax dollars. My opinion after participating in the public process is that certain commissioners wanted to remove the Old Court House from consideration as a Sheriffs HQ. so that the Old Hospital could be inserted as a prime option. At the August 2013 Workshop meeting where after 4 hours of debate mostly all was about the Old Hospital. It was obvious by one hour into this workshop which way this was going. At around five PM they called a special meeting of the BOCC and bought the Old Hospital for $1,230,000. To say that this was a stupid move to buy more uninhabitable Bunnell square footage is being kind. When I weeks later inquired of McLaughlin the reasoning when we already owned and spent over a half million to use the Old Court House he told me "that building is a liability, we need to get rid of it". If it was a liability we should have put it up For Sale "as is" but never have given it to Bunnell who has NO financial ability to shoulder a 50,000 square foot renovation.
Put this property in the private sector where it would be on the Tax Roll and not sucking the public dry.
Dennis McDonald
Wolley
It's called politics and the good ol boys network. Chiumento and company had to get their pockets full before the reduced tax rate could be detected and this wonderful choice of putting the Sheriff in the old courthouse could be realized after it was already given to the city. Why do you think Nate McLaughlin was campaigning so hard to get it off the county's hands for his good buddy Jim Manfre who wants everyone to think he has no input? Exactly, it was to get his good buddy Jim Manfre in new digs at the old hospital site after the old courthouse got dumped on the city of Bunnell knowing the city couldn't afford it. It makes alot of sense to get the new section of the old courthouse up and operational for Manfre. A whole lot more sense than it does to reconstruct the old hospital for Manfre. The longer Coffey and company lets it sit vavant and intentionally deterioriate the more it will cost to restore it. The county should have had a plan in place before they ever moved out of it!! Absolutely a waste.
I sure am proud of our new Bunnell commissioner Bonita Robinson for being on the ball to know this was a bad move for the city, and to vote to return it to the county!! Now the county needs to get to work on putting Manfre in the new section in the back and tell Manfre to make it work—it doesnt matter if Manfre wants single level or not. People in hell want ice water.
Bethechange says
How anyone born and raised in Florida cannot realize that an unairconditioned building here would not have mold issues may not be thinking clearly enough to hold an office which necessitates clear thinking!
Bunnell Resident says
Tear it down! It has no value anymore. Even if it were historically significant you would think it would have been kept in good condition rather than allowed to fall into such disrepair. Build a new city hall in the same location. Move all city functions there and quit leasing crappy offices all over town. Plan some space for a few retail stores and an eating establishment or two and lease them out at a profit. Try to locate a few extra tenants such as any state or federal agencies needing local office space, again leasing to them at a profit. Steel Buildings can be very attractive and cost less per square foot than other types of new construction. Just my two cents….
honkeydude says
If it looks like poo.
Smells like poo.
Why in the world would anyone want to take it for free and eat it?
Just because its free doesn't change what it is…
The Building was rejected by FORMER Sheriff Fleming….. It has already been planned to give to the City when Sheriff Manfre came on-board. There is a lot of information missing about costs of restoration… some of the Commissioners at the City just did not want to hear it and Williams isn't up to the challenge of finding grant monies that are out there, don't care what he says about there not being any…there is, he is just not up to that challenge! The City should have hired the guy that got the votes (before they changed the rules) – young guy willing to grow with the City, up to challenges and not looking for the limelight!!!
Joseph Pulitzer says
David O'Brien for Sheriff !!!!!
KB63 says
Thank you City Commissioners for giving it back. In the years before they moved out the employees complained of allergies, asthma, etc. – it was a huge liability with health issues 10 years ago. Now it has sat empty for 7 (?) years. The County wasn't interested in fixing anything in downtown Bunnell, they let a beautiful building go to waste. I do believe the purchase of the old hospital over the Courthouse is some kind of behind closed doors deal and someone put alot of money in their own pockets from it. None of it makes sense.
Meanwhile, I see six full size palm trees have been planted along the main entrance to the old building.
Since when does an white elephant need six palm trees?
This is a historical Bunnell building. As far is my concern has been vandalized…for the status I saw it last time. Was in good shape and functioning.
What about getting some grant for preservation has a historical and able functional structure?
What about the one's that have greatly benefitted in this county form a committee along with the local wealthy and raise the funds needed for its repairs and preservation? What they need to sell back to Chiumento, is the old hospital and not the beautiful vintage structure old court house! What about this county starting to hold some events to gather funds to repair "our old court house" and that will then promote the chances to receive some historical preservation grants! C'mon elected officials in this county!
Have a little love for our roots borned in that court house!


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Spontaneous symmetry breaking
physical phenomenon in which the vacuum expectation value of a field is not invariant under a symmetry of the action, so that a symmetry present at high temperatures is broken at low temperatures
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a spontaneous process of symmetry breaking, by which a physical system in a symmetrical state ends up in an asymmetrical state. In particular, it can describe systems where the equations of motion or the Lagrangian obey symmetries, but the lowest-energy vacuum solutions do not exhibit that same symmetry.
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We investigate the possibility that radiative corrections may produce spontaneous symmetry breakdown in theories for which the semiclassical (tree) approximation does not indicate such breakdown. The simplest model in which this phenomenon occurs is the electrodynamics of massless scalar mesons. We find (for small coupling constants) that this theory more closely resembles the theory with an imaginary mass (the Abelian Higgs model) than one with a positive mass; spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs, and the theory becomes a theory of a massive vector meson and a massive scalar meson.
Sidney Coleman and Erick Weinberg: (1973). "Radiative Corrections as the Origin of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking". Physical Review D 7 (6): 1888–1910. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.7.1888.
The observed CP violation is assumed to be due to the spontaneous symmetry-breaking mechanism; the Lagrangian is CP invariant but its particular solution is not. The general classification of such theories when coupled with different unified gauge models of the weak and electromagnetic interactions is given. All such theories lead naturally to a basically milliweak CP noninvariant solution. The possibility that for most weak transitions the result may resemble a superweak theory is analysed, and possible experiments to distinguish these two different types of theories are discussed. Detailed calculations for various CP violating amplitudes are carried out for a generalized Georgi-Glashow model.
T. D. Lee: (1974). "CP nonconservation and spontaneous symmetry breaking". Physics Reports 9 (2): 143–177. ISSN 03701573. DOI:10.1016/0370-1573(74)90020-9.
Quantum electrodynamics is studied analytically in a quenched, planar approximation in four dimensions. At sufficiently strong coupling, chiral symmetry is broken spontaneously and the corresponding pseudoscalar Goldstone boson is observed. This phase of the theory is governed by a novel ultraviolet fixed point which requires the mixing of four-fermion interactions with the electrodynamic interactions.
C. N. Leung, S. T. Love, and William A. Bardeen: (1986). "Spontaneous symmetry breaking in scale invariant quantum electrodynamics". Nuclear Physics B 273 (3–4): 649–662. DOI:10.1016/0550-3213(86)90382-2.
The Ward-Takahashi identities for scalar electrodynamics in Fermi gauges are shown to imply a homogeneous first-order partial differential equation for the effective potential involving only the gauge parameter and the external scalar field. Spontaneous symmetry breaking is consequently a gauge-invariant phenomenon. Also observable quantities, including masses, physical coupling constants, and S-matrix elements, of a theory with spontaneous symmetry breaking are found to be invariant, if a change in the gauge parameter is accompanied by a suitable change in the ground-state expectation value of the scalar field. The generalization to a non-Abelian gauge theory is briefly indicated.
N. K. Nielsen: (1975). "On the gauge dependence of spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories". Nuclear Physics B 101 (1): 173–188. DOI:10.1016/0550-3213(75)90301-6.
There is nothing mysterious about spontaneous symmetry breaking. There are many examples in physics. Hold a drinking straw between the palms of your hands and you have a physical system that can be described by equations possessing rotational symmetry. Press your palms together and the straw bends. The symmetry is broken. You cannot necessarily predict how the straw will bend; it could bend "up," "down," "sideways," or in any other direction. This unsymmetrical situation, however, is the stable solution of perfectly symmetrical equations.
Stephen Webb (25 May 2004). Out of this World: Colliding Universes, Branes, Strings, and Other Wild Ideas of Modern Physics. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-387-02930-6.
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ANZ has today announced its collaboration with cloud-based HR platform Employment Hero, offering ANZ customers free access to the market-leading software.
The Employment Hero platform manages the entire employment life-cycle for small-tomedium sized businesses. It combines HR software, scheduling and payroll tools, performance management and employee benefits, and financial services into a user-friendly Human Resources Information System.
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"This platform contains everything an employer needs to recruit, manage, pay and engage their workforce in a simple cloud solution."
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Ong and I went to go look at getting new cell phones today. It is just my humble opinion that one must be insane to pay $100-200 for a cell phone. There is no magic voodoo or electronic greatness that can possibly justify paying that kind of money — particularly for something that so disposable.
A cell phone has unfortunately become a basic necessity. Your phone goes everywhere you go. And why? Again my humble opinion, the cell phone is designed to make it so you never have to think or have a moment to yourself. If you are have having a thought, you can quickly call someone to discuss something mindless and worthless. Or better yet, you can be interrupted to escape the truly urgent.
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Q: Explorer.exe hanging up Every time I login into my computer (Win 7 x64) its stuck at the wallpaper, and I have to wait about 30 minutes until the explorer.exe decides to run.
What I've tried so far:

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*I don't have access to Ctrl+Alt+Del to manually execute, so that's not an option

*Win+R won't run either

*Full scanned for malware with HitmanPro

*Ran SFC

*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon - Shell value (with explorer.exe) is correct.
Any ideas please?

A: Sorry, no points to be able to comment here yet.
Guesses:
- extremely large thumbnails.db (and desktop 'loads' those from this cache)
- desktop icons with netshares that take long time to respond (but this should be limited by some registry setting...)
Advice:
Since you can run SFC, then you could probably download Process Explorer (produced by Microsoft Sysinternals team, freeware), and kill/restart Explorer or record the whole boot process with for example Process Monitor (add it to Windows autostart), and diagnose the problem thoroughly.


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Qualifikation
Nachdem Australien mit Jahresende 2005 aus dem ozeanischen Fußballverband austrat, qualifizierte sich die Mannschaft erstmals über die Qualifikationsspiele der AFC, der Qualifikationsspiele des asiatischen Fußballverbandes, für die Weltmeisterschaft in Südafrika.

Aufgrund eines Freiloses über die ersten beiden Runden stieß Australien erst ab der dritten Quali-Runde in den laufenden Bewerb hinzu. Dabei setzte sich die Mannschaft in der Gruppe 1 gegen Katar, den Irak und China durch und stieg zusammen mit dem Gruppenzweiten Katar in die nächste Runde auf.

In der vierten Runde wurde abermals in Gruppen gespielt, jedoch wurden die Mannschaften in nur zwei Gruppen zu je fünf Teams aufgeteilt. Wie schon zuvor war Australien ein weiteres Mal in der ersten Gruppe vertreten und setzte sich dort klar gegen Japan, Bahrain, Katar und Usbekistan durch. Nach acht absolvierten Spielen konnte Australien sechs Siege und zwei Remis verzeichnen und qualifizierte sich zusammen mit dem Gruppenzweiten Japan für die Weltmeisterschaft.

Dritte Runde

6. Februar 2008:
Australien – Katar 3:0 (3:0)

26. März 2008:
China – Australien 0:0

1. Juni 2008:
Australien – Irak 1:0 (0:0)

7. Juni 2008:
Irak – Australien 1:0 (1:0)

14. Juni 2008:
Katar – Australien 1:3 (0:1)

22. Juni 2008:
China – Australien 0:1 (0:0)

Vierte Runde

10. September 2008:
Usbekistan – Australien 0:1 (0:1)

15. Oktober 2008:
Australien – Katar 4:0 (2:0)

19. November 2008:
Bahrain – Australien 0:1 (0:0)

11. Februar 2009:
Japan – Australien 0:0

1. April 2009:
Australien – Usbekistan 2:0 (0:0)

6. Juni 2009:
Katar – Australien 0:0

10. Juni 2009:
Australien – Bahrain 2:0 (0:0)

17. Juni 2009:
Australien – Japan 2:1 (0:1)

Australisches Aufgebot
Nationaltrainer Pim Verbeek nominierte ursprünglich 31 Spieler, neben den 30 auf der provisorischen Meldeliste stehenden Akteure gehörte auch Eugene Galekovic als Reservekeeper zum Trainingsaufgebot. Einen Tag nach dem Testspiel gegen Neuseeland strich Verbeek am 25. Mai mit Scott McDonald, Nick Carle und Jade North drei Spieler, das restliche 28 Spieler umfassende Aufgebot flog zur Vorbereitung nach Südafrika.

Als letztes der 32 teilnehmenden Teams gab Australien am 2. Juni das endgültige Aufgebot bekannt, neben Galekovic wurden die Perspektivspieler James Holland und Tommy Oar, denen Verbeek nur Außenseiterchancen eingeräumt hatte, sowie Shane Lowry und verletzungsbedingt Rhys Williams nicht in das Endrundenaufgebot berufen. Während Williams zur weiteren Behandlung umgehend zu seinem Klub nach England zurückkehrte, verblieben die restlichen vier Spieler bis zum Turnierauftakt mit der Nationalelf. Am 6. Juni reiste Ersatztorhüter Brad Jones aus Südafrika ab und sagte seine Turnierteilnahme kurze Zeit später ab, nachdem eine Krebserkrankung seines Sohnes bekannt geworden war. Nach einer Sondergenehmigung der FIFA wurde für ihn Galekovic in den Kader berufen.

Vorrunde

In der Vorrunde der Weltmeisterschaft 2010 in Südafrika traf die australische Nationalmannschaft in der Gruppe D auf Deutschland, Serbien und Ghana. Die Australier legten bei ihrer zweiten WM-Teilnahme in Folge einen Fehlstart hin. Mit 0:4 gegen Gruppenfavorit Deutschland gab es die zweithöchste Niederlage aller Vorrundenspiele. Zwar zeigte man sich danach gegen Ghana erholt, doch das 1:1-Unentschieden erwies sich letztlich als zu wenig, denn trotz eines Sieges im Abschlussspiel gegen Serbien kam die Mannschaft aufgrund des schlechten Torverhältnisses auf Platz 3 der Tabelle und schied aus.

 Sonntag, 13. Juni 2010; 20:30 Uhr in Durban Deutschland –  Australien 4:0 (2:0)

 Samstag, 19. Juni 2010; 16:00 Uhr in Rustenburg Ghana –  Australien 1:1 (1:1)

 Mittwoch, 23. Juni 2010; 20:30 Uhr in Nelspruit Australien –  Serbien 2:1 (0:0)

Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise

2010
Australien

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Q: StorIO observeChangesInTable, can i get updated rows/items with it? StorIOSQLite has interesting method observeChangesInTable(). And When I saw it I thought that it would observe changes in given table and return list of updated items.
But it just returns updated table name. Why would I need an updated table name? I can just subscribe to hole table to be notified about an update
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Please explain what is the point of observeChangesInTable() method. And what is the best solution for my problem.

A: With your approach you're actually doing a query to the db and only then reacting to the change.
With StorIOSQLite.observeChangesInTable() you can react on changes in the table without doing any queries to the db. This is much much cheaper and should be used in situations when you need to do a debounce() or window(), filter() etc and only then make actual query to the db.
Hope that helps!


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St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh
St Michael and All Saints is a city centre church of the "high church" tradition located at Tollcross which draws its congregation from throughout the city and beyond. The focus of our worship is High Mass, celebrated at 11 am each Sunday. The average size of the congregation is around 50, excluding the servers and choir, and members of the congregation stay afterwards for coffee and to socialise with each other.
We are continually attracting an increasing number of families with small children and we provide weekly children-focussed activities during school term time. We also encourage young children to receive communion and take an active part of the liturgy of the church.
Sunday: Low Mass 8:00am; High Mass 10.30am
On occasional Sundays, Choral Evensong & Benediction 6:00pm
In addition to the services shown below, Morning and Evening Prayer are said in Church daily at 7.30am and 5.30pm respectively, except on Mondays and on days when the church is otherwise in use.
Tuesday: Low Mass 8:00am
Wednesday: Low Mass 11:00am
Thursday: Low Mass 6:00pm
Friday: Low Mass 10:30am
First Saturday in the month: Low Mass and Rosary 12:30pm
Revd Martin Robson – Rector
Revd Malcolm Aldcroft
Revd John Penman
Address: 26 Brougham Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9JH
St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh website


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Cartoon activists: Meet some of Ireland's best
by Ciara O'Loughlin
When most people hear the word 'activist' they think of an individual who leads marches, makes posters, knocks on doors, writes tweets and shares blog posts. However, cartoon illustration is also an extremely powerful tool that can be used as a form of activism. Here are some of Ireland's best...
Ciaraioch
A Twitter sensation, Ciara is most commonly known for her fantastic feminist cartoons and coverage of the repeal of the eighth referendum. Ciara is very modest and says she doesn't consider herself an activist.
"I don't really consider myself an activist as I don't think I've done nearly enough work for that, but I've been lucky to be able to work alongside some wonderful campaigners who dedicate huge amounts of their time and energy to causes I care about, too. For me, any art or cartoons I've produced on particular issues have been an attempt to share what I've learned from them along the way and try to get that information to even more people"
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Ciara has always had a love for drawing and has been doodling since 'Draw with Don' was on the Den. When she was in UCC she began drawing topical and political cartoons for the student newspaper and magazine, and once she finished college she started posting her work online.
It's one year since Ireland repealed the eighth amendment, and it is no doubt cartoons like Ciara's, which were shared on social media, contributed to this success. 'Undecided' was one of Ciara's favourite pieces of hers for the campaign, as she said it helped her to clarify a lot of questions that she met while out canvassing.
"It seemed to help others when it was shared online, too. And at the end of the day, that was the ultimate point - get the right information out there and help people to change things for the better. And I think - I hope - we did".
Donal Casey
"I would like my political satire to expose foibles right across the political and social spectrum."
Donal Casey is an illustrator and cartoonist who also works as a lecturer. As a teenager in the 1980's, he says all he wanted to be was a cartoonist, however, it wasn't exactly a smooth ride. He has now been drawing cartoons professionally and consistently for 15 years and has been creating political cartoons regularly for around 12 years.
Although he has created an abundance of political cartoons, Donal doesn't consider himself an activist as such. He explains that he thinks the public space is full of loud and angry views, especially online, and that he prefers to express his views on a smaller scale.
"I would like my political satire to expose foibles right across the political and social spectrum, but in my experience people often only really react positively to a political cartoon when it confirms a view or bias that they already have. I like it when a cartoon causes people to laugh. I also love the aesthetics of cartooning and really appreciate and enjoy a well-crafted cartoon"
Laura McHugh
Laura uses satirical illustration to highlight social, economic and environmental issues. She has been drawing since she was a child and began to create illustrations in college seven years ago.
"In college, I began exploring feminism and consumerism with my work, I then chose a degree course which had a strong focus on socially engaged art and design and then started focussing my work solely on issues I was passionate about, ranging from climate change to austerity," she said.
The talented illustrator believes that art is an incredibly important way for her to communicate her ideas and that she would consider herself an activist.
"An image can deliver an instant message with such power and poignancy, and hopefully help people see something from a different perspective"
Luke Warm cartoons (Mark Nesbitt)
Mark's political cartoon work kicked off when he was working as a civil engineer in Botswana in the early 1990's. Over there, he had a weekly political strip called 'Fence Sittin' in Mmegi newspaper.
At the time, apartheid was still in place over the border in South Africa and there were limits to political comment; in the time he was there two other expatriate journalists were given 24 hours to leave the country. Mark used the pen name 'Luke Warm' which he has used ever since.
"While I wouldn't consider myself an activist, over the years I have drawn for many campaigning publications, do like to sound off about things I don't agree with and have from time to time followed this through with action. Most recently I ended up out in Lesvos as a volunteer spotter for Refugee Rescue trying to help protect migrants making the crossing from Turkey, which paradoxically actually followed on from my drawing the strips below"
It's no surprise that it can be difficult to make a living out of being a political cartoonist. Mark says, like everything in the media industry, it is due to the abundance of free news and cartoons available on the internet.
"It is becoming increasingly difficult to get paid work published in newspapers, magazines or even online. So far these Brexit cartoons have had plenty of Like's on my own Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts but that's as far as it's gone".
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The UFC today officially announced several bouts for February's UFC 127 event in Sydney, Australia.
Announced earlier today were the main and co-main events: B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch and Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera.
Rounding out the main card will be George Sotiropoulos vs. Dennis Siver, Kyle Noke vs. Chris Camozzi and Carlos Condit vs. Chris Lytle. All three bouts were previously reported by Heavy.com.
Two preliminary card bouts have also been announced: Australian (and former Heavy.com blogger) James Te Huna takes on Alexander Gustaffson, while heavyweights Anthony Perosh and Tom Blackledge will face off.
More bouts have been finalized for UFC 127 in February, including all main card bouts.


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Tom Price and Sons conduct CPR courses on site or at our premises.
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to provide CPR to a casualty in line with the Australian Resuscitation Guidelines.
The HLTAID001 Provide CPR course is for anyone seeking to learn the skills and knowledge required to perform CPR in line with the ACR Guidelines and applies to all workers who may be required to provide CPR in a range of situations including community and workplace settings. It is suitable for people in paid employment and members of the general community.
This course supersedes HLTCR211A Perform CPR.
There are no pre-requisites to enrol in this course. For more information contact TPS for details.
Numerical ability to estimate safe weights for manual handling and to perform the correct ratio of CPR compressions to breaths for 2 minutes (5 cycles of 30:2).
Samples of the course theory guide and assessment requirements are covered in our pre-enrolment materials and are available from our administration team.
Systems are in place for RPL pathways. Learners who already hold a current HLTAID001 qualification and are seeking refresher training prior to their 12 months expiry may apply for an RPL pathway. For more information contact TPS regarding eligibility.
This course is conducted via a 4.5 hour face-to-face workshop in an off-the-job environment. Learners participate in class room based theory discussion, learning and assessment before undertaking practice opportunities followed by practical assessments.
All theory and practical learning and assessment activities are completed within the half-day workshop. There is no pre-reading or course work required.
The course covers the following skills and knowledge which are essential for demonstrating competence in this unit.
Providing an accurate verbal or written report.
Students who successfully complete this course will be issued with a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment in HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Q. How long does the HLTAID001 Provide CPR certificate last?
A. The Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines recommend that HLTAID001 Provide CPR be re-qualified annually.
Q: I already have my HLTAID001 but it is about to expire. Do I need to do the full 4.5 hour course again or can I do a refresher?
A: You may apply for an RPL pathway if you hold HLTAID001 and it is still within the 12 month validity period. Contact our administration team to discuss evidence requirements and suitability of RPL.
Q. My CPR certificate has expired but I have been involved in a few incidents at my work and I think I still remember everything. Can I apply for RPL?
A:You can apply for RPL if you believe that you already hold the required knowledge and skill to demonstrate competence in the unit, even if your old CPR certificate has expired. Contact our administration team to discuss evidence requirements and the suitability of an RPL pathway.
Q. I'm not currently working but I want to learn CPR to feel confident at home and when I'm out in the community. Is this course suitable for me or is it only for people in the workforce?
A. Our 4.5 hour class based workshop covers all theory and skills required to preform CPR in a workplace or community setting. Our trainer/assessor is a skilled facilitator with current industry skill and can contextualise the training and assessment activities to suit workplace or community settings depending on the needs of learners. All learners in this course must complete an incident report to be deemed competent in this unit regardless of whether they are in the workforce.
Q. I need a CPR certificate for my new job interstate. Will this course be suitable?
A: HLTAID001 Provide CPR is a nationally recognised course, which means that a Statement of Attainment in HLTAID001 Provide CPR will be recognised anywhere in Australia.
Q. I need first aid as well as CPR. Does this course cover basic first aid?
A. No. This course occurs only covers CPR. If you would also like to learn basic first aid treatments then you can enrol in our HLTAID003 Provide first aid course, which covers CPR as well as first aid treatments.


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Emilio "Emil" Anthony Ciccotelli (1929–1998) was a Deputy Chief and Chief of Detectives for the New York City Police Department. He also served for a time as Head of Security at Yankee Stadium, and as a professor of criminal justice at Iona College. He is most widely known for his role in the reduction of influence and power of the five major organized crime families in New York City in the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as his close work with future mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani in catalyzing a congressional investigation of organized crime syndicates. He died in August 1998 at the age of 69. He is buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Westchester County, New York.

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1929 births
1998 deaths
Burials at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)
New York City Police Department officers
Iona College faculty


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Q: colums alignement in JQuery Datatable (th width and td width are not the same) My problem is when a cell of my table is too long (the text fit in several lines) the width of my header and the width of the rest of td are un-aligned...that's strange. Any idea?
there is my call function:
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                        "bJQueryUI": true,
                        "bPaginate": false,
                        "bAutoWidth": true,
                        "sScrollY": "500",
                        "sScrollX": "90%",

                        "bScrollCollapse": true,

                        "sErrMode" :  'throw',

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A: If you want to have fixed columns table why don't you switch off bAutoWidth and set column with for each column like in this example: http://live.datatables.net/#javascript,html,live


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The Bizarre 1920s Harley-Davidson That Was Never Sold To The Public
By Matt Salter/Dec. 8, 2022 8:38 pm EST
We start our tale with a caveat. Technically, Harley-Davidson made its Model 17 8-Valve Racer available for purchase starting in 1916. At the time, the Federation of American Motorcyclists was the governing body of two-wheel racing in the US (via American Motorcyclist). FAM required all racing bikes to also be available to the public.
But the legendary motorcyle company didn't intend for them to be on the roads. As such, it came up with a simple fix for offering a bike they didn't really want to sell: It priced the 8-Valve Racer at a staggering $1,500 — roughly four times the price of comparable bikes, per MCNews. By way of comparison, at the time, the same amount of money could have rented two New York City apartments for over a year (via Country Living). The price and a limited run kept the 8-Valve Racer racing instead of providing the public with daily rides. And MCNews reports fewer than 50 were ever built.
What was so special about the Racer that Harley-Davidson wouldn't entrust it to potential customers? The answer is both simple and gamechanging, representing the formation of a market strategy that would inform the motorcycle business for years to come.
The fastest thing on two wheels
Daniel Hartwig/Wikimedia Commons
The exclusivity of the 8-Valve Racer was about speed. Harley's first major foray into racing prioritized speed over absolutely everything else, emphatically including ease of use. An account in Drive Mag described it as a demanding ride even for someone used to hitting triple-digit speeds. Unleashing that power on the streets in the early 1900s would have been dangerous.
The design paid off in spades, however. The Racer became Harley-Davidson's showpiece — a savage competitor that made the company's name in racing and caused people to buy its more user-friendly offerings. The Racer's reign began as a 1916 entry to the Dodge City 300-mile, the era's motorcycling equivalent of the Indy 500. The Racer dominated, winning with ease. Further victories followed. In 1921, the Racer would set a world record as the first motorcycle to win a race with an average speed above 100 mph. It repeated its success at races throughout its history, collecting its final wins in the late 1920s (via Motorcyclist Online).
At present, only a handful of 8-Valve Racers are known to still exist. In 2015, a model sold in Australia for A$600,000, currently about $407,000 U.S. dollars (via Shannons). It's a characteristic end for Harley's first great flex, an 8-valve racing nightmare that devoured the cement and wooden–board tracks of the early 20th century.


Massport officials have filed the 1999 Logan Environmental Status and Planning Report (ESPR) with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA). The document provides a snapshot of activity levels at Logan in 1999 as well as a status report on the planning, design and construction of airport projects. The ESPR also assesses existing environmental conditions and tracks Massport's mitigation commitments.
The ESPR reflects a decrease in aircraft operations and an increase in passenger volume with Logan serving over 27 million passengers in 1999. The data also shows that regional airports are growing faster than Logan Airport. During the period of 1996-1999, the regional airports grew by 13 percent while Logan grew by only 2.5 percent. In 1999, regional airports accommodated 38 percent of New England's air passenger demand. The ESPR also shows that high occupancy vehicle (HOV) ridership to Logan increased by 5 percent over 1998 levels. Overall, HOV ridership increased to 6,539,285 passengers in 1999. Boston ranks second in the use of public transportation to a major airport in the United States.
The ESPR Executive Summary is available on the Massport web site www.massport.com and at local libraries. Massport has a standing commitment to meet and consult with citizens and affected constituencies in addition to federal, state and local agencies. A MEPA consultation session is scheduled for January 23, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. at the Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston. There is a public comment period for the ESPR through February 7, 2001. Anyone wishing to comment on the ESPR should contact the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs/ MEPA Office, File EOEA # 3247.