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Satellite family: Sentinel missions
ESA is developing a new family of missions called Sentinels specifically for the operational needs of the Copernicus programme.
Each Sentinel mission is based on a constellation of two satellites to fulfil revisit and coverage requirements, providing robust datasets for Copernicus Services.
These missions carry a range of technologies, such as radar and multi-spectral imaging instruments for land, ocean and atmospheric monitoring:
Sentinel-1 is a polar-orbiting, all-weather, day-and-night radar imaging mission for land and ocean services. Sentinel-1A was launched on 3 April 2014 and Sentinel-1B on 25 April 2016. Both were taken into orbit on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Sentinel-2 is a polar-orbiting, multispectral high-resolution imaging mission for land monitoring to provide, for example, imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas. Sentinel-2 can also deliver information for emergency services. Sentinel-2A was launched on 23 June 2015 and Sentinel-2B followed on 7 March 2017.
Sentinel-3 is a multi-instrument mission to measure sea-surface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature, ocean colour and land colour with high-end accuracy and reliability. The mission will support ocean forecasting systems, as well as environmental and climate monitoring. Sentinel-3A was launched on 16 February 2016.
Sentinel-4 is a payload devoted to atmospheric monitoring that will be embarked upon a Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder (MTG-S) satellite in geostationary orbit.
Sentinel-5 is a payload that will monitor the atmosphere from polar orbit aboard a MetOp Second Generation satellite.
More information: Sentinel online
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Marie François Oscar Bardi de Fourtou, né à Ribérac le  et mort à Paris  le , est un homme d'État français, principal artisan de la tentative pour empêcher les républicains de revenir au pouvoir après la crise constitutionnelle du Seize mai 1877.

Partisan de l'ordre moral conservateur, proche des bonapartistes, il est un ministre à poigne, détesté des républicains. Lorsqu'il doit quitter le ministère de l'Intérieur en , son départ est le symbole de l'échec des conservateurs.

Biographie

Famille

Oscar Bardi de Fourtou est né dans une famille d'ancienne bourgeoisie originaire du Périgord qui possédait avant la Révolution Française, la seigneurie de Fourtou, à Celles, dans l'actuel département de la Dordogne.

Son ascendance directe est la suivante :

 François Bardi de Fourtou (1740-1801), était avocat, bourgeois de Celles ;
 Guillaume Bardi de Fourtou (1769-1844), était chanoine du chapitre de Périgueux ;
 Jean-Baptiste Bardi de Fourtou (1777-1862), était capitaine dans l'armée de Condé, chevalier de Saint-Louis ;
 François Bardi de Fourtou (1791-1879), était avocat, puis magistrat, procureur à Ribérac, conseiller à la cour d'appel de Bordeaux, officier de la Légion d'Honneur ;
 Adrien Bardi de Fourtou (1804-1862), était avocat à Ribérac.
Veuf très tôt, il se remarie en 1863 avec Alix Dereix de Laplane (1844-1915) qui lui donne six enfants : quatre fils et deux filles. L'un de ses fils, Albert Bardi de Fourtou (1866-1945), saint-cyrien de la promotion Annam (1885-1887), ex-général de brigade, devient chef départemental de l'Armée secrète à Nice. Il est déporté au camp de Neuengamme, où il est mort pour la France, le .

Un notable ribéracois

Appartenant à une famille bourgeoise du Ribéracois (Dordogne), Oscar Bardi de Fourtou appartient à une longue lignée d'hommes de loi. Son père, Adrien Bardi de Fourtou est avocat à Ribérac et son oncle, François fait une carrière dans la magistrature qui le conduit à la Cour d'Appel de Bordeaux. Cadet de trois enfants, il reçoit une solide formation au collège de Ribérac puis au lycée de Périgueux avant de passer sa licence en droit à la Sorbonne puis à Poitiers où il soutient sa thèse en . Il est inscrit au barreau de Ribérac en même temps que son frère aîné, Léonce et son père Adrien. En , il devient même bâtonnier du barreau. La carrière de la magistrature le séduit un temps puisqu'il occupe le poste de substitut du procureur impérial en  à Ruffec (Charente) mais qu'il délaisse pour se consacrer à la politique.

Carrière
La carrière politique d'Oscar Bardi de Fourtou commence réellement à la chute de l'Empire, non sans avoir été pendant cinq ans (1865-1870) maire de sa ville natale. Très intégré dans la vie locale, il se charge pendant son mandat municipal de faire renaître le comice agricole de Ribérac, abandonné à la fin des années 1850. En 1874, alors qu'il n'a plus de mandat ministériel, il poursuit son implantation locale et devient président du comice agricole d'Echourgnac, participant activement à la mise en valeur de la vallée de la Dronne et la forêt de la Double.

Député et jeune ministre de la République puis de l'Ordre Moral

Homme de qualité et présentant un certain sens de l'État, élu  de la liste conservatrice périgourdine en 1871, il est très vite remarqué par Adolphe Thiers qui l'appelle le  au poste de ministre des Travaux Publics. Plutôt bon gestionnaire, il sait réunir autour de lui un certain nombre de députés et de ministres qui lui donnent leur confiance et leur soutien dans la vaste majorité hétéroclite des parlementaires conservateurs. Profondément voué au service de Thiers, il demeure dans le nouveau gouvernement thiériste et devient le  l'éphémère ministre des cultes mais il suit le président dans sa chute le . Considéré comme un homme de dossiers, grand travailleur et fin politique, il se rapproche des milieux conservateurs qui soutiennent l'Ordre moral, inauguré par le cabinet Broglie en  auquel il n'appartient pas encore. Il entretient des liens réguliers et soutenus avec le président de la République, le maréchal Mac-Mahon qui l'invite souvent dans les diners à l'Élysée. Il tente alors d'abord sans succès en 1871 puis assez largement de conquérir un siège de conseiller général dans le département de la Dordogne et les habitants du canton de Verteillac lui accordent majoritairement leurs suffrages. Son implantation locale est alors solide et certains évoquent déjà l'arrondissement de Ribérac comme le fief de Fourtou. Ses fonctions ministérielles lui donnent encore plus de poids localement lorsque le maréchal l'appelle à devenir son ministre de l'Instruction Publique, des Cultes et des Beaux-Arts en . À la tête de ces différentes charges, il devient le décideur, celui qui réalise en un temps record et avec vigueur la chasse aux  enseignants qui refusent, par leur attitude, de servir l'idéologie de l'Ordre Moral. Il fait de même pour les prélats et les artistes. Ainsi, il se taille une réputation d'homme à poigne qui lui vaut les admirations des partisans et une haine viscérale des milieux républicains.

Alors que la crise ministérielle fait rage, le  , il est alors le seul à pouvoir remplacer le duc Albert de Broglie au ministère de l'Intérieur. Mais un différend avec les orléanistes et notamment avec le ministre des Affaires étrangères, le duc Decazes, conduit le Périgourdin à suivre  Pierre Magne, alors ministre des Finances, dans sa démission. Il quitte alors la place Beauvau le . Votant contre les lois constitutionnelles de 1875, il demeure l'un des hommes de premier plan sur lesquels la frange bonapartiste et dynastique espère bien empêcher l'installation définitive du régime républicain naissant à la faveur d'une entente constitutionnelle entre les républicains modérés et les orléanistes. Il fréquente souvent l'Élysée et garde toute confiance du maréchal Mac-Mahon. Loin de rester inactif, il intègre le conseil d'administration de la Compagnie d'Orléans en . Alors qu'il échoue à se faire élire au Sénat en janvier 1876 mais  il est réélu député de Dordogne au mois de février suivant. Il appartient alors à l'élite conservatrice du département de la Dordogne et l'une des figures emblématiques de la cause conservatrice nationale. Mais c'est son retour à la place Beauvau en pleine crise politique qui lui confère une très mauvaise réputation dans le panthéon républicain.

L'homme du Seize-Mai

En effet, le  , il obtient à nouveau le poste de ministre de l'Intérieur, au sein du troisième gouvernement de Broglie avec une mission très délicate : empêcher les républicains de revenir en force à l'Assemblée nationale. Il utilise tous les moyens légaux jusqu'à forcer l'interprétation législative des textes coercitifs en matière de colportage et de désignation des candidats qu'il suscite la réprobation de l'opposition républicaine qui l'accuse de forfaiture. Il procède à une épuration préfectorale, remplaçant 62 préfets et presque tous les sous-préfets. Par ailleurs, 1385 fonctionnaires sont révoqués  Il pratique tout en la justifiant la candidature officielle, ce qui lui vaut la haine des républicains et la critique des plus radicaux chez les conservateurs qui estiment qu'il ne va pas assez loin dans les mesures prises. Son souci est surtout de maintenir la cohésion d'une majorité conservatrice chancelante à cause des ambitions bonapartistes désireuse de trouver chez Fourtou un des hommes du « coup de main » pour abattre même par la force la République.

Conforté dans son siège de député le  suivant, son élection est invalidée le . Provoqué par Gambetta à l'Assemblée, il se bat en duel avec lui quelques jours plus tard. Cette période est très difficile pour le ministre déchu car il est accusé d'avoir attenté à la vie du régime et s'il n'est pas avec les autres hommes du Seize-Mai condamné au bannissement et à l'exil, il est très vivement touché par l'acte de flétrissure que la majorité républicaine vote en , alors qu'il venait de reconquérir son siège de député de la Dordogne d'une manière triomphale et provocante au mois de janvier précédent.

Échecs et triomphes : les vicissitudes d'un vaincu

Les portes du Sénat s'ouvrent enfin devant lui en . Il est élu avec Alexandre de Bosredon, bonapartiste modéré, en remplacement de Pierre Magne et Paul Dupont, morts quelques mois plus tôt. Il intervient peu dans la vénérable assemblée si ce n'est pour régler des problèmes agricoles ou protester vivement contre les lois scolaires de Jules Ferry. Avec l'adoption définitive du caractère républicain voté en 1884, ses illusions de revoir un jour un descendant dynastique revenir au pouvoir s'envolent. D'une santé fragile , il accepte le régime mais décide de mener une opposition parlementaire vigoureuse contre la politique opportuniste. Il échoue au renouvellement de son mandat de sénateur en janvier 1885 mais perd aussi tout espoir de retrouver le Palais Bourbon en . Ses activités administratives à la Compagnie d'Orléans, son échec aux cantonales de 1886 le conduisent à s'éloigner de la vie politique active. Il garde cependant l'espoir de revenir aux affaires lors de la crise boulangiste. Même s'il n'aime pas beaucoup le général Boulanger, il espère devenir le leader incontesté de la droite périgourdine, manœuvrant pour imposer le bonapartiste Oswald Taillefer à la députation, en remplacement de Boulanger démissionnaire en . Les élections générales de 1889 lui offrent l'opportunité de s'imposer comme le chef des conservateurs et il retrouve ainsi son siège de parlementaire. Mais ce mandat doit être pour lui celui de trop car, dès le début, il sent que ses forces l'abandonnent et que ses affaires ferroviaires lui prennent de plus en plus de temps. Ses problèmes de santé le préoccupent et dès , il envisage de se retirer de la vie politique. En , il officialise sa décision en s'adressant une dernière fois à ses électeurs pour expliquer — en partie — les raisons de son départ. Il continue à officier au sein du conseil d'administration de la Compagnie d'Orléans et en devient même vice-président en . Mais deux attaques cardiaques le contraignent au repos. Alors qu'il vient de marier l'une de ses filles, Il s'écroule dans son domicile parisien le . Son corps est ensuite rapatrié à Ribérac, dans le cimetière municipal, où il repose dans le caveau familial depuis cette date.

Le jugement de ses contemporains et de l'historiographie républicaine qui s'y rattache ont été sévères pour ce ministre périgourdin. Bitard dans son Dictionnaire de biographie contemporaine française et étrangère publié en 1886 dit de lui : De sorte que l'homme qui, il y a quelques années, a fait tant de bruit dans un grand pays comme la France, est redevenu dans ce même pays un simple petit avocat de province.

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Ministre de la Troisième République
Ministre français de l'Intérieur
Député de la Dordogne (Troisième République)
Député de la première législature de la Troisième République
Député de la deuxième législature de la Troisième République
Député de la cinquième législature de la Troisième République
Sénateur de la Dordogne
Ministre français des Cultes/Affaires ecclésiastiques
Sénateur de la Troisième République française
Député à l'Assemblée nationale (1871)
Bonapartiste
Ministre français des Beaux-Arts
Ministre français des Travaux Publics
Ministre français de l'Instruction publique
Naissance en janvier 1836
Naissance à Ribérac
Décès en décembre 1897
Décès dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris
Décès à 61 ans

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All week I'm sharing recipes quintessentially Australian. January 26th marks Australia Day so in honor of the occasion & because I miss home, I thought it might be nice to do a little ode to my homeland through my recipes. Kicking off with a seafood starter – perfect enjoyed with an icy beer or your favorite chilled white.
A typical Aussie menu doesn't contain much in the way of deep-fried foods: fish & chips along with salt & pepper calamari are the two that come to mind. Salt & pepper calamari is generally found on bistro, pub & club menus. When served as a main meal instead of a starter, a simple mix of baby lettuce leaves, lightly dressed, is the norm.
Growing up in a city by the ocean, seafood was plentiful. We had a fishmonger ('Mike, the fish man' we called him) who'd come to our house every Friday with his van brimming with fresh seafood on ice. A burly Greek man, always smiling, he'd toot the horn to alert his customers to his arrival. The freshest fish & seafood – whole fish, fish fillets, crustaceans, molluscs…I'd get as excited about Mike's seafood as other kids got excited about the ice cream van. My love of seafood has never waned & it's generally the first thing I eat when I arrive back home – prawns, oysters, fish & salt & pepper calamari. Sadly, being land-locked, I don't have access to same day-caught seafood. I used these rings & tentacles I bought frozen & thawed. Not as good as fresh Aussie seafood but in a pinch these worked perfectly & were crunchy & tender.
In the mood for other Aussie inspired recipes? What about Lemon Oregano Seafood Salad? Or Luscious Lemon Tart.
Combine salt, black pepper, chili pepper & spice together in a small dish.
Place cornstarch & flour in a shallow bowl. Add half of the salt mixture & whisk to combine. Crack eggs into a bowl & whisk to break up. Working in batches, toss calamari in flour then egg then in the flour mixture again.
Heat oil in a large wok or pot over high heat until 350F. Deep-fry calamari, four batches in hot oil for 2 minutes or until crisp & lightly golden. Drain on paper towel, sprinkling each batch with some of the salt mixture. Keep warm in the oven but best when served immediately with lemon wedges & any leftover salt mixture.


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Q: Solving inequalities of trigoniometric function of multiple variables How does one solve an inequality such as the following:
$\sin^{2}(x+y) > \sin^{2}(x) + \sin^{2}(y)$
I can do this:
$(\sin(x)\cos(y) + \sin(y)\cos(x))^{2} > \sin^{2}(x) + \sin^{2}(y)$
$\sin(x)^{2}\cos(y)^{2} + \sin(y)^{2}\cos(x)^{2} + 2\sin(x)\sin(y)\cos(x)\cos(y) > \sin^{2}(x) + \sin^{2}(y)$
$2\sin(x)^{2}\sin(y)^{2} < 2\sin(x)\sin(y)\cos(x)\cos(y)$
The next logical step would be to divide out $\sin(x)\sin(y)$, but I think that causes problems if $\sin(x)\sin(y) < 0$

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Does Small Talk in Negotiation Offer Big Gains?
If you're looking to offer big gains, then don't discount the power of small talk in negotiation.
By PON Staff — on November 23rd, 2020 / Business Negotiations
According to conventional wisdom, small talk in negotiation builds rapport and gets both sides a better deal in the end. But in fact, the question of whether to engage in small talk can be highly context-specific. New York City investment bankers, for example, tend to be far less likely than Texas oil executives to engage in small talk at the outset of a negotiation.
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One Last Point About Small Talk in Negotiation
Even when you skip small talk at the outset of negotiation, always remain open to opportunities for making connections with the other party. Take the recent example of a diplomat who was negotiating a high-stakes treaty with representatives from another country. After more than a week of slow progress, the diplomat noted on a Wednesday that he would need to return home on Friday afternoon for an evening at the opera with his wife. Immediately, a connection was formed on two fronts: a shared dislike of opera and a shared interest in keeping spouses happy. This casual exchange altered the tone of the negotiation. The pace picked up, and the diplomat went home as scheduled on Friday afternoon—with a signed agreement in hand.
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The universities require such a LoR from a professor, isn't it?
How are your experiences on this?
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My professor told me today that he will assist me.
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SDGs Reflect the Kind of Outcomes that Earth Day Calls For
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a celebration that has evolved over the decades to underscore the need – and the right – for everybody to live in a clean, safe and healthy world. It is a vision that goes to the heart of efforts by Solutions from the Land (SfL) to make clear to all the role agriculture plays in not only ensuring a healthy food supply, but also making the world a better place to live.
The first observation of Earth Day took place in 1970, and with the vigorous and vocal support of Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who proclaimed it an environmental teach-in and proceeded to promote it across the country, it became a national phenomenon. In 1990, it went international and is now celebrated in more than 190 countries. Today, Earth Day represents efforts by hundreds of thousands around the globe to build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change and protect the Earth for future generations.
Almost as if to cement the celebration's historic significance, delegates from more than 120 nations on Earth Day 2016 signed the formal agreement that came out of the Paris climate negotiations four months earlier. And not surprisingly, through efforts by SfL and others, agriculture is playing a significant role in achieving the goals laid out by the Paris agreement.
Coinciding with SfL's pursuit of climate targets is the growth of agriculture's role in global efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 objectives born at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The SDGs represent universal benchmarks that can help nations meet the urgent environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.
A number of SDGs are inextricably linked to the agricultural sector of both developed and developing countries. Three high-profile examples – ending poverty, eliminating hunger and stemming climate change – are directly addressed by the scalable solutions agriculture has the potential to provide.
With the SDGs representing an urgent call to shift the world onto a more sustainable path, SfL vigorously promotes the role farmers, ranchers and forestland owners are playing in meeting them. Reflecting that commitment to the SDGs, SfL, working in partnership with the North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA), filed Tuesday its latest Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) submissions to global climate negotiators. Farmer-led work groups formulated 35 recommendations to improve livestock management systems, and 28 proposals addressing the socioeconomic and food security dimensions of climate change.
Among the issues covered within the topic areas are emissions and climate mitigation solutions, climate smart agricultural production systems, high quality protein, production and conservation systems, payments for ecosystem services, infrastructure and risk management strategies, among others.
Another weapon in the arsenal against climate change that SfL promotes in its submission to global negotiators is low- or no-carbon energy, which can be generated by our farms and rural communities. Wind, solar and geothermal power among the no-carbon options, and biofuels on the low-carbon side of the ledger, all contribute to multiple SDGs – they both reduce climate-changing emissions and, in the United States and increasingly across the world, provide much needed income to the critically important farmers, ranchers and foresters who provide the world with food, feed, fuel, fiber, energy and environmental benefits. This diversified income has become even more important in our own nation as producers and rural communities have lately taken a disproportionate economic hit, which is only worsening with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Everyone deserves to live in clean, safe, and healthy communities, which is why sustainable, clean energy and the workers and families that make up the sector are so important to our economy and our health. With more than 15 percent of the American clean energy work force facing the loss of their jobs, it is critical that this important sector of the economy get the protection and aid other U.S industries are getting from the White House and Congress.
The 50th anniversary of Earth Day provides an opportunity to thank and recognize farmers, ranchers and foresters for the for all of their contributions to our nation and the world – healthy food, renewable energy, rural economic development and a wide range of critically important ecosystem services. Going forward, SfL commits to proactively advocate for policies and programs that will enable producers to be at forefront of resolving food system, energy, environmental and climate challenges and achieving global sustainable development goals. SfL salutes and honors the men and women who deliver these essential solutions from the land.
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It's early, 4 am. It's going to be a good day, the darkness is a kind of blue.
A spooky mist is rising from the lake. As the sun starts to brighten in the east it gradually takes on a warm tinge. It is very cold but the wafts of mist promise the warmth of summer. The small cauldron of the lake is steaming into life this May morning.
Two swans slowly make their appearance. At first they move closer together as if in an embrace and then they head in different directions, one south, one north.
Out of the darkness the day fully arrives as usual and all the sleepyheads begin to emerge everywhere and greet their loved ones.
Most stunning photos of your early morning dawn.
Gosh, how lucky you were to see the swans gracefully come together.
What great shots, love the way those swans embrace just beautiful .
Wow,what wonderful photos I'm glad you were up early to capture it. The swans add an extra dimension it looks so magical.
Wow…..These photos are so magical and special.It would definitely be worth getting up at 4 am to see this!
You have reached some new heights here–I hope you include some of these shots in a gallery show sometime.
I expect to see my knight in shining armer riding out of the mist on his horse. Beautiful photos.
Twoje zdjęcia budzącego się dnia są wspaniałe, a łabędzie na tle tych obrazów wyglądają uroczo. Pozdrawiam.
Your photos of the waking day are great, and the swans on the background of these pictures look lovely. Yours.
swans that pass in the dawn – good title for a coffee table book of all your brilliant images. This sleepyhead appreciates your efforts!
Great photos of the mist… my favorite time of the morning. It creates the illusion that we are surrounded by nothing/no one, the air is cool, perfect time to plant and weed!
I love the second photo! Wonderful composition and atmosphere.


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If you're diagnosed with periodontal disease, Dr Longbottom may recommend periodontal surgery if the tissue around your teeth is unhealthy and cannot be repaired with non-surgical treatment. There are four types of surgical treatments that Dr Longbottom most commonly prescribes: Regenerative Procedures, Crown Lengthening, Soft Tissue Grafts and ridge augmentation.
Periodontal health should be achieved in the least invasive and most cost-effective manner. This is often accomplished through non-surgical periodontal treatment, including Perioscopy, scaling and root planing (a careful cleaning of the root surfaces to remove plaque and calculus), followed by adjunctive therapy such as antimicrobials, as needed on a case-by-case basis.
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This is the first in a series looking back at the stats from the 2011 regular season.
The Jets also led the division in passer rating allowed with an impressive 69.6 – the only team in the AFC East to be better than the 82.5 league average.
Perhaps as a result of their quality pass defense, the Jets saw opponents pass the ball 2.53% less frequently than league average. The Bills faced the lowest percentage of pass plays in the division -their opponents threw just 53.44% of the time. The Patriots faced passes most frequently, a combination of often having big leads and a porous secondary.
The Bills gave up touchdowns the most frequently, allowing opponents to find the end zone on 28.32% of their drives – significantly worse than the league average 20.99%.
The Jets had the clear cut best defense in the league and the Bills had the worst. The Dolphins and Patriots were both good in some ways and bad in others. Miami gave up about 1.5 fewer points per game, but also forced far fewer turnovers than New England and scored only 1 defensive TD to New England's 3. In adjusted PPG, the Dolphins defense was only .75 points per game better than New England. In my final 2011 defensive efficiency rankings, I had New England ranked slightly ahead of Miami on account of the Patriots' ability to create takeaways and score points.


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HomeARTISTSVEXILLUM
VEXILLUM
Dario Vallesi : VOCALS
Michele Gasparri : GUITARS
Francesco Saverio Ferraro : BASS
Efisio Pregio : DRUMS
In ancient times, the "VEXILLUM" was the battleflag for battalions. It was one of the signals of the battlefield and a sign under which each one was gathering to fight.
It stands for the honor, the belief and the heritage of whom brings it.
With this idea in mind, Michele Gasparri created the band VEXILLUM (called at that time Shadow Vexillum) in 2004 in Pisa. As a represantation of his own passion and love for the celtic, northern and folk worlds, the scottish kilt became the uniform of the band, worn as a clan or a family would.
In the first years of the band life, there have been two DEMOs:
"Tales", 2005, where Michele was Guitar and Lead Vocals;
"Neverending Quest", 2008, where we can see Dario Vallesi stepping in as Lead Vocals.
In the following years Francesco Saverio Ferraro takes the baton as new Bass Guitar and the band moves towards the recording of their first full-lenght "The Wandering Notes" (2011), published under the Italian label MY GRAVEYARD PRODUCTIONS. The album shows guests as Alex Lucatti (Vision Divine, Deathless Legacy) at the keyboards and Fabio Lione (TL Rhapsody, Angra, Eternal Idol) on the track "The Traveller".
Thanks to this, the Vexillum earn their place onto "The European Frozen Tour of Angels" (2011) as opening act for Rhapsody of Fire and Visions of Atlantis, conquering the european stages and gaining the approval both from critics and the crowds.
After the tour, Efisio Pregio takes his place behind the drums. The new line up brings immediately to a new album, "The Bivouac", (2012) published by the German label Limb Music, and to a following touring season with Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, Orden Ogan and Freedom Call for the years 2012 and 2013.
With no time to lose, the band starts to work on the following creation, the metal opera "UNUM" (2015) published under Limb Music.
UNUM is a concept album, a new path and a challenge for the band. It is a story that grows from song to song, where Dario, as the main character, is on a journey where he met and interact with the other characters, played by the guest singers Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) as "The Sentenced", Chris Bay (Freedom Call) as "The Jester ", Maxi Nil (Jaded Star, ex Visions of Atlantis) came back as "Lady Thief", after being the voice of the Lady Flame in" The Oak and Lady Flame " on The Bivouac's track, and Mark Boals (Malmsteen, Iron Mask, Ring of Fire, Dokken, Labyrinth) as " The Hermit".
During the recording, and from that moment on, Francesco Caprina joins sides with Michele at the Guitars. The promotions of UNUM brings Vexillum on tour with Eluveitie, Skalmold and Freedom Call and get them to share stages with DGM, Sound Storm, Iron Savior, Finterforst and many mores on different italian and European Festivals.
With a solid line up and a new impact of sound and image, the Vexillum are proud to bring out on 2021 the new album "WHEN THE GOOD MEN GO TO WAR" published by Scarlet Records and anticipated by the Visual Video Clip of the single "When a Good Man goes to War".
2021 WHEN GOOD MEN GO TO WAR
2015 UNUM
2012 THE BIVOUAC
2011 THE WANDERING NOTES
ATLAS PAIN
BAND OF SPICE
BE THE WOLF
CELLADOR
CRYONIC TEMPLE
DARKTRIBE
ELDRITCH
EXCALION
FAKE IDOLS
MASTERCASTLE
MIDNIGHT SIN
MY REGIME
NATIONAL SUICIDE
NOVERIA
SCAR OF THE SUN
SINHERESY
ULVEDHARR
WHYZDOM
WILDESTARR


• Check on whether PPE is consistently present and actually utilized by the staff performing this function.
• Whether ventilation is adequate based on what is recommended for the type of agent that is being used to clean equipment.
• The effectiveness of storage and/or packaging of devices after disinfection as to not contaminate the cleaned items. Think about clean scopes touching the floor in the storage cabinet or respiratory equipment such as laryngoscopes lying around unprotected.
Involve your infection prevention staff in the evaluation of your current processes as well. It's also worth taking a closer look at the CDC's recommendations related to disinfection for infection prevention and the latest AAMI guidelines to see how your processes stack up.
In addition, review how you are cleaning equipment between patient use. Many times when I interview floor staff, I'm told that "disposable wipes" are used on thermometers, glucometers, stretchers and other reusable equipment but staff cannot speak to the correct process or "wet time" to effectively disinfect. It's important to know the manufacturers recommendations for the products you use. For example, one organization changed brands of these disposable wipes and went from a 2 minute to a 10 minute wet time. They didn't even realize it and staff were not disinfecting correctly. Some organizations have the Infection Control Committee approve all cleaning products to prevent this from happening as well as to limit the number of unapproved products from cropping up on the floors. I tend to see this happen in departments that don't order supplies through the centralized purchasing process such as the ambulatory areas. Products change and setting up a process of clearly understanding the manufacturers' recommendations regarding effective cleaning prior to purchase and their impact in the organization keeps everyone in sync.
You want to ensure that you are doing the right thing in preventing infections.
• Reporting of medication errors guidance.
These revisions were immediately effective so it's a good chance to review what CMS expects in these areas.
Medical Staff policies and procedures should address the types of practitioners that can order rehab services in accordance with your State law. Ensure that they are privileged by you to do so. CMS emphasized that all services received by the patient should have an order by the responsible provider, be provided by qualified individuals and be reflective in the patient's care plan. [§482.56 (b)(2)]. Once again, make sure staff competencies are current and appropriate, even if rehab is a contracted provider for you.
The responsible practitioner who orders respiratory care services must be privileged to do so as well. These privileges must be granted in a manner consistent with your State's scope of practice law, hospital policies and procedures, developed by the medical staff and approved by the governing body. The staff qualification criteria should be clearly defined. Of course, the medical record must demonstrate evidence of the respiratory services received.
• Identification and treatment of transfusion reactions.
Consider reviewing your policies' expectations, training received and documentation requirements in these areas to see if you pass muster. Too often, the link between all three aspects is broken. Specifically monitor patients who have had transfusions to see if the documentation meets your expectations including completed blood slips, vital sign monitoring, patients' reactions and staff competencies. Don't forget any staff that performs admixing of IVs.
CMS requires that hospitals define the circumstances for reporting drug administration errors, adverse drug reactions and incompatibilities including the circumstances and process for physician notification under its Pharmaceutical Services Conditions of Participation. Surveyors have been instructed to look at your policies and procedures, patient records and to conduct staff interviews about your process. The tricky part will be the use of staff clinical judgment about when not to notify the attending or covering physician such as a missed night time medication dose. Consider what resources are available for staff to make this determination especially if you don't have 24 hour onsite pharmacy coverage. Ensure that all these circumstances are covered under your quality program for reporting and evaluation in consideration of State requirements, even for those circumstances that didn't cause problems for the patients.
Those automated medication administration systems are great, right? Well, except for when all the nurses are standing in line for access to it while trying to beat the 30 minute window clock for timely medication administration. I have not met one nurse lately who didn't acknowledge that she or he was untimely in passing medications at the required times, especially with the morning medication pass and sliding insulin scale coverage. I recently spoke to one nurse who had a medication pass every half hour except one during her shift. This is a recipe for disaster and pretty consistent with the outcomes of the research conducted in 2010 by the Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP).
Everyone understands that in its Interpretive Guidelines, CMS has directed its surveyors to determine if drugs are administered within 30 minutes of the scheduled time for administration. [§482.23 (c) (1)] They have been especially diligent in reviewing this area while onsite. However, you control the scheduled times for medication administration since the providers generally order a frequency. Many times old policies hold the staff hostage to the times that are currently noted on the MAR even though practice has changed since they were last reviewed. A successful medication pass depends on a well thought out process for making it happen as expected.
You should be regularly monitoring your Medication Administration Records (MAR). Considering your daily staffing challenges in both nursing and pharmacy, look at what you can do to help yourselves to meet the requirements. For example, there is no actual standard that says you must immediately deliver a medication after it's extracted from your automated medication system. Your medication administration process, though, must ensure that the relevant components of the medication management standards are met. So, it is okay to pour medications and place them into a secondary dispenser such as a medication cart as long as the meds are properly labeled and secured between pouring and administration. This avoids the bottleneck at the dispensing machine but only addresses one issue related to medication administration. Take a good look at your practice considering the published guidelines from professional associations such as ISMP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
In September 2010 ISMP has issued its Guidelines for Timely Medication Administration. Simply put, it suggests that hospitals identify a list of medications that are "time-critical" to be administered such as immune-suppressing agents and short acting insulins where a delay would cause the patient harm. These medications must be given within the 30 minute window. In these instances, the MAR would state the scheduled time. Conversely, "non- time-critical" medications should have guidelines established such as the administration of them within 25 percent of the scheduled time. These can include daily, twice a day and more frequently than 4 hours apart medications which would have an allowable one and two hour window from the scheduled administration time. Target timeframes also need to be established for "loading" or first- dose medications.
A pharmacy and nursing team dedicated to evaluating and resolving these types of issues can be beneficial in keeping the medication administration timely. Get your medical staff on board with the issue and make sure that there are procedures for staff to follow to promote safe and timely administration of medications. ISMP is still collecting feedback on its guidelines before issuing a final position on this issue but it makes a lot of sense. You can comment via ismpinfo@ismp.org. ISMP also states that it is working with CMS to discuss the concerns of this rule on patient safety.
Two updates were provided by CMS recently regarding credentialing and privileging of telemedicine providers and health newborn orders if you aren't already aware of them.
On May 2, 2011 CMS announced an update to the Conditions of Participation regarding credentialing and privileging of telemedicine providers for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH). The new CMS rule allows for the credentialing and privileging of these providers by proxy or surrogate which was allowed by The Joint Commission when it held its statutory deeming authority. CMS regulations had previously required hospitals to grant individual practitioner privileges for those that were already credentialed by their remote entities. This meant that these practitioners could not provide care via telemedicine unless this process occurred at the recipient hospital. It added a huge burden on hospitals regarding the resources needed to execute this requirement especially if a large number of remote providers are involved in providing services.
In case you missed last October's CMS memo, you can initiate healthy newborn orders without an immediate physician's order upon the baby's arrival to the nursery. CMS clarified that there is an option available for a medical staff approved order set to be initiated for a healthy newborn (such as the Hepatitis B vaccine, prophylactic ophthalmic antibiotics and Vitamin K), as it is an example of timely and necessary care needed for the infant. The responsible provider must still authenticate the orders as soon as possible after their implementation though. So for all of you struggling to make the order happen prior to administration of the medications to the newborn, there is a CMS-approved solution for you. Attached is the CMS letter posted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
When CMS issued its memo updating the anesthesia interpretive guidelines mid January of this year, I'm sure that folks were hoping that the federal government was finally announcing it had gotten on the same page as The Joint Commission. But that was wishful thinking. CMS very clearly articulated that the regulation does not include moderate sedation in its definition of anesthesia services. However, in its 2011 hospital accreditation manual, The Joint Commission still notes that the relevant Provision of Care standards apply to both moderate and deep sedation as well as anesthesia services. So, if your organization is Joint Commission accredited, expect the surveyor to look for what they would typically examine under the anesthesia requirements for sedation patients including the patient pre and post assessment process. This includes who is training and determining competencies of staff administering moderate sedation and how these competencies are evaluated. Be prepared to address how you are assessing the quality of sedation and anesthesia care whether it's through the review of adverse event reports, the use of reversal agents administered or by retrospective chart review among other ways. It does not have to be a complex process but it still needs to be in place. Since anesthesia providers are contracted employees in many organizations, you need to speak to your organization's demonstration of anesthesia oversight for all sedation services provided as well. It's surprising how many staff still cannot confidently articulate their organization's process.
• You now have 30 days before the procedure date to collect information on a patient's anesthesia risk, potential complications, medical and surgical history and the development of an anesthesia plan. What's included in the 48 hour clock is a review of the medical history and a patient examination.
• The 48 hour time frame for the post anesthesia assessment to be completed is still in effect and needs to be completed by a qualified anesthesia provider. However, the post assessment does not have to occur prior to the patient's discharge. So, whether the anesthesia provider is clearing an outpatient pre-discharge from the PACU, making a home call post surgery or just reviewing the PACU or recovery area's nursing notes, it appears that all will meet the intent of CMS's directive in this area.
You are not alone if you are having difficulty getting telephone and verbal orders authenticated within 48 hours. As consultants, we often are asked how to comply with the requirements when physician coverage changes frequently such as when a practitioner issues a verbal/telephone order and then is either off duty or not on call for a period of time outside of the 48 hour window. This leaves the order unauthenticated or not validated, resulting in a lot of frustration on the part of staff as well as a non compliance citation. All the little "sign here" sticky flags is not going to get the order co-signed in these circumstances. Under requirement §482.24 (c)(1)(ii), CMS allows for another practitioner who is responsible for the patient's care to authenticate the verbal/telephone of the ordering practitioner. In addition, if it is within the scope of their practice and the patient is being followed by them, qualified licensed practitioners, such as a physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP), may validate licensed practitioner's verbal orders. The endorsing practitioner must have knowledge of the patient's care and is really acknowledging that the order is complete by co-signing it. You also should review whether your Medical Staff rules and regulations or policies prohibit an alternate authenticator. In other words, you don't want to push it if your organization or medical staff specifically doesn't allow it.
This is a temporary allowance expiring on January 26, 2012 when, supposedly, more electronic records will be in place. So, unless your state prohibits this option, make it a part of your hospital's policy to help with compliance in these types of situations. Of course, this is not a guarantee for success but it has improved compliance in hospitals that have implemented this process. Proper validation includes not only the signature but the date and time as well.
In its January 12 Online newsletter the Joint Commission announced that it was making standards changes in order to remain compliant with its CMS-awarded deeming authority. Some are being surveyed very soon so be aware of the changes.
In response to a Presidential memorandum of last April directive of hospitals' visitation efforts, CMS has added new regulations (located within CoP Patient Rights §482.13(h) (1, 2) for hospitals and Provision of Services §485.635(f) (1, 2) for critical access hospitals) effective January 18, 2011. CMS is requiring hospital and critical access hospitals to ensure the full and equal visitation rights of individuals consistent with patient preferences. This includes access for visitation and the designation of a support person for the patient. The patient must be informed of this right and be fully participative in designating who can and can't visit if possible. By the way, CMS accepts oral designations from the patient regarding this "support person". Here's the link to the Federal Register if you missed it: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-29194.pdf. With over 7,600 responses to its public comment, expect some awareness of these changes from the community.
Pursuant to this change, The Joint Commission announced that it is moving up the implementation date of two previously approved EPs in its Patient Provider Communication standards. (Remember that they had an estimated implementation date in 2012). Beginning, July 1, 2011 EPs 28 and 29 will be effective under the RI.01.01.01 standards. These EPs are "A" scoring categories and focus on access of a "support individual" to be present for the patient as much as possible while prohibiting discrimination. This is especially applicable when these advocates are not part of a historically typical family grouping. Hospitals should review current written policies on visitor access and restrictions to make any modification taking note of how incapacitated patients' rights to visitation will be handled.
In the interim, these new CMS CoPs will be scored under the existing Joint Commission standards located in RI.01.01.01 EPs 1,2,5,6 and LD.04.01.01 EP2 (which is the general meeting licensure requirements) beginning February 18, 2011.
Changes to the fire safety equipment and building standard, EC.02.03.05 were also announced by The Joint Commission effective July 1, 2011.
• Under EP2, valve tamper switches must be tested quarterly, which is up from the previous semi-annually testing frequency bringing Joint Commission standards up to CMS expectations.
• EP25 was added to provide a summary of the specific elements required to ensure compliant documentation of the fire alarm and water based fire protection systems' maintenance, testing and inspection activities.
Expect to see these changes "officially" published in a future issue of Perspectives. Having lost its statutory or "written into law" deeming authority, The Joint Commission is now required to comply with all CMS changes directly even though they have been trying to minimize the number times that standards updates are processed in a given year.
If you read the January issue of the Joint Commission's Perspectives, you might have been as confused as I was regarding some of the new language in the public release of information policy since it was different than what is published in the 2011 standards manual. What caught my attention was that it appeared The Joint Commission would be reverting back to a previous practice of posting all Requirements for Improvement (RFI) on its website beginning in 2011. Under the revised, approved policy regarding public information, new language referenced the posting of RFIs for organizations that undergo a survey resulting in an accreditation decision. The old policy (located in the Accreditation Process chapter of the manual) noted posting of RFIs only for organizations with accreditation decisions requiring certain follow-up surveys. (You'll recall that The Joint Commission went away from the practice of posting all RFIs about six years ago.) If this were indeed true, it would be a major change in position from its current practice and one that would make Joint Commission accredited organizations more prone to detailed public scrutiny of its compliance performance.
In communications with Joint Commission staff this week to clarify what was written, it was confirmed that the new language was not intended to signify a change to its current policy. My conclusion drawn from the new, approved language was simply, well, incorrect. Knowing that developing clear, concise language is a focus of Joint Commission, it seems that there are still instances where clarifications are required from its staff in order to be better understood by its customers.
By the way, the policy is inclusive of all Joint Commission certification programs such as heart failure and stroke as well.
The FAQs are dead. Long live the rationales.
Did you notice a significant change in the Universal Protocol (UP) recently? No? We're not surprised. Most of us missed the fact that The Joint Commission removed the UP FAQs from their web site. We've been told that there is no intention to re-post the FAQs, relying instead on the UP rationale statements in the Accreditation Manual to clarify the position. Greeley has been thinking about this and working with some clients to understand the implications of this change. So, let's take a collective step back and see what's required for simple procedures now that the FAQs are gone.
Before 2010 the Universal Protocol (UP) applied to surgical and non-surgical invasive procedures that placed the patients at risk. Back then, we used to tie the UP with the notion of informed consent: it applied only when informed consent was required. But the 2010 version of the UP says nothing about risk. It now applies to all procedures (both invasive and non invasive). Before they were taken down from the website a few months ago, the FAQs still exempted venipuncuture, peripheral intravenous lines and similar procedures. It now appears that these type and other simple procedures are covered under the UP. Does this mean that there needs to be a time out before a phlebotomist takes a blood sample? Not really. Let's think about this a little more before jumping into the deep end of the pool.
The right patient is verified before every procedure. In complex settings such as the operating room the procedure is verified and re-verified a number of times such as in scheduling, pre-surgical assessments and when placing the patient on the procedural table. Verification for simple procedures is a matter of checking the patient's identify with the order for the procedure (e.g. PICC line order or lab slip). As always, two separate means of identification are used. So, common, safe practice should account for the pre-procedure verification process for all procedures, from venipuncture to cardiac bypass.
Some (not all) simple procedures involves only one person. The FAQs used to clearly require a pause by the provider for one-person procedures. This requirement is not quite as clear now that the FAQs are gone. But let's assume that a one-person time out is really required. If you review standard UP.01.03.01 carefully you will note it's really written for the operating room (even though it is applied to other settings). What does a one-person time out look like? The "team" is one person, so active communication and reconciling differences is not an issue. So as long as the provider verifies the patient, the site and the correct procedure prior to starting, the required time out seems implemented.
I don't think we'll miss the FAQs. Frankly, we'd love to see a little more clarity in the UP itself, but we feel that most organization will be able to use the UP's Elements of Performance and Rationale Statements to craft simple, efficient processes that will protect patients while eliminating meaningless operational and paperwork overhead.
What do you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
To the disappointment of many I'm sure, AORN has not changed its position and does NOT endorse the home laundering of scrubs, cover jackets and hats. Studies showed that home laundering is not as effective in decontaminating scrub type attire. Home laundries are also not monitored for safety, consistency or quality which allows pathogens into the home and the community and puts patients at risk. This includes those homemade or staff-centric hats of team logos and other themes which, by the way, should be laundered daily.
Specific recommendations were reviewed on how to appropriately wear scrubs such as buttoning up the warm up jackets and wearing the sleeves down to tucking in too-loose tops into the waist band of the pants in an effort to avoid drag as well as the shedding skin onto the procedural area.
Scrubs should be changed if leaving the building or going outside – such as for lunch or smoke breaks.
Cover-ups such as lab coats that are not cleaned regularly contaminate the clothing underneath and should be laundered frequently if not daily since the cuffs and pockets contain the most pathogens.
Hats or bonnets should cover all the hair and scalp so the hair in front of the ears. So, no bangs and no sideburns are allowed peeking out of the hair covering.
Shoes that are cloth, without non-skid soles or have perforations in them like those popular colored ones in the market are not recommended. Simply put, only a few types of shoes protected against total penetration of falling objects such as scalpels and those included leather types such as sneakers, suede with a certain type of lining and others made of hard rubber.
It was made very clear that the wearing of any bracelets should not be allowed since they slide up and down the arm and rub against the skin. Earrings also had a high bacteria count so anything that can't be contained under the head covering shouldn't be worn in these areas. The dangle earrings have to go and all necklaces must be tucked within the scrub attire. How many of you are removing your watches for the handwashing and scrubbing?
Those made of porous materials aren't allowed because they can't be properly cleaned or disinfected.
With the popularity of lanyards for holding identification, it's not surprising that they show greater bacteria than the regular type badges. The dangling aspect also poses a hazard risk of getting tangled up on equipment or being clutched by patients. Badges should be cleaned regularly when soiled and your manufacturer can recommend how to do it.
The teleconference addressed the correct way to wear and remove masks, the importance of cleaning stethoscopes and the merits of utilizing approved laundering facilities. Supposedly the webcast will be posted on the AORN website so that those who would like to listen to it can access it on demand.
This latest release of information is sure to generate a lot of discussion especially in hospitals where cutbacks have necessitated implementation of some of the current practices. However, the data was pretty telling. I'd suggest you take a look at your current practices and do a gap analysis to what is recommended. It will not only better support your position if you need to involve your leadership in making changes but it is the right thing to do in the name of patient safety.


4.14 Windows New York Conference for Children Education Mission will be held for one week at Promise Church starting from October 10 (Friday) to October 16 (Thursday). More than 1000 leaders in over 100 countries and about 300 domestic ministers will be gathered together at the conference sharing about their ministry during the last five years with the theme of "Toward the Best Practice" to present a more effective way of ministry. We ask for powerful prayers and devoted service from the saints who impressively served in the 1st and 2nd New York conference.


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Niki Lauda, Formula One legend dies at 70
May 21, 2019 1:53 am by taso
A legend of motoring, a pilot, died at 70. Niki Lauda died, five months after his transfer to a hospital, with a heavy form of flu.
The news of the loss of the legend of Formula 1 was broadcast confirmed by the Austrian News Agency.
Niki Lauda won three times the title of world champion, two with Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and one with McLaren in 1984.
In 1976, F1's legendary pilot starred in a tragic accident, resulting in a great deal of deformity on his face and burdening his health.
At the beginning of 2019, Niki Lauda was transferred to hospital just a few months after the lung surgery. The legendary pilot was on holiday to Ibiza, and from there was hurriedly transferred to a hospital in Austria.
A few hours before his death was known, he allegedly had been transferred to a special clinic in Switzerland for hemodialysis.
Niki Lauda had been twice kidney transplant in 1997 and 2005.
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OpenSSF seeks Security Community Individual Representative for Governing Board
By Jennifer FernickOctober 7, 2020September 20th, 2021Blog
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is accepting nominations for the Security Community Individual Representative seat on our Governing Board. The nomination period is open until October 23 2020, after which voting will occur, to conclude on November 5 2020. In this post, we would like to provide some additional information about the role, including its' activities and our rationale behind creating this position. At the bottom of the post, we share a link where nominations can be submitted, as well as contact information.
What is OpenSSF?
The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the security of open source software (OSS) by building a broader community, targeted initiatives, and best practices. Current initiatives are linked to from our GitHub page.
The OpenSSF was established on the premise that security researchers need a mechanism to allow them to collaboratively address methods needed to secure the open source supply chain. It recognizes that security researchers across the globe within organizations have common interests and concerns. OpenSSF facilitates sustained dialogue and project work among private entities, foundations/nonprofits, individual contributors, and academia.
What is involved in serving on the OpenSSF Governing Board?
Governing Board members are responsible for the overall organization and funding of the OpenSSF. Some activities in which they participate include things like:
establishing criteria for membership and dues
overseeing business and community outreach
adopting and maintaining policies and procedures
establishing advisory bodies, committees, programs and councils to support the mission of the OpenSSF
approving a budget and fundraising proposals
publishing use cases, user stories, websites and priorities to help inform the ecosystem and technical community
voting on all decisions or matters coming before the Governing Board
Governing Board (GB) members typically spend 2-3 hours per month preparing for and attending a monthly Governing Board meeting. Many GB members choose to spend additional time in Governing Board related committees which could include strategy, finance, and communications committees.
Like all Governing Board seats, the Security Community Individual Representative seat is unpaid and is held on a volunteer basis, generally as a complement and component of an individual's primary employment within the industry. As outlined in Section 3 of the OpenSSF Charter, the Security Community Individual Representative will serve a one year term (i.e.: until August 2021), coinciding with the OpenSSF Member Representative elections.
More details about the Governing Board and general organization and operations of OpenSSF are available in the OpenSSF Charter, which should be considered the authoritative document about this role.
Additional OpenSSF governance information can be found on GitHub.
Rationale for Security Community Individual Representative Governing Board seat
When drafting the original Charter for OpenSSF, one thing we were keen on was the prompt introduction of dedicated seats to diversify the perspectives and professional experiences of our Governing Board. Ultimately this included adding and reserving a seat for a representative from a Nonprofit organization or Academia ("Associate Member Representative"), as well as adding and reserving a seat for an individual from the broader technical community who could help bring further perspective ("Security Community Individual Representative").
Perhaps a bit of a misnomer, the "Security Community Individual Representative" is a dedicated seat for an individual from the open source software maintainer community and/or the security community.
We envisioned that such a seat would be filled by a nominee who showed a longtime dedication to the open source software ecosystem and/or is someone from the security community who has expertise in areas like application security and vulnerability management. We imagined that such a candidate probably would not work at any of the organizations of which the founding members of the OpenSSF GB are members/employees, is likely to have played a fundamental role in the development and maintenance of one or more large or critical open source projects, and/or has worked on securing software at scale through research, engineering, or other security roles, and could help us to ensure that decisions we make and security initiatives we support are a net positive for maintainers, their projects, and the OSS ecosystem. The intention behind the role was to better represent the range of perspectives, backgrounds, needs, and motivations amongst OSS maintainers and security researchers, including individual contributors, and to ensure that a person with this viewpoint would have a dedicated "seat at the table" within OpenSSF governance to help us broaden the range of feedback, ideas, and expertise that would be represented at the Governing Board level.
It should be noted that these are merely some suggested criteria, and anyone who feels they would make a great community rep for an organization focusing on OSS and security is warmly welcomed to apply. By no means are the items listed above a hard requirement for nomination
Nominations for the Security Community Individual Representative seat will be open until October 23 2020, and voting will take place until November 5 2020. See nomination instructions below. Once the nomination period closes, voting will be open to members of the openssf-announcements@lists.openssf.org mailing list. Click here to sign up for an OpenSSF mailing list.
Nominations (including self-nomination) can be submitted to the form below (Due October 23rd 2020):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd61bqfR_siMDvWlCC4s3jKxaVAVbOIIrt9_EwDqZ23VPmMlQ/viewform
To share feedback with the OpenSSF Governing Board, please complete this quick form. Additionally, learn more about how to get involved here.
[Editor's note: This post was updated October 7 2020 to add clarifying language around desirable qualities for a nominee]


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Q: How in bat-file copy copy files from one source to only unique folders every time I copy? I work in Windows 7. I copy from flash-stick to computer multiple times. I need bat-file to check if a folder with a certain name exists and if exists create a folder the same name but increased index every time and copy files from flash to this unique folder. How to make checking and increasing in bat?

A: The following piece of code will loop until the new folder name has a number on the end that is higher than all the other folders. It will then make the new folder and copy all your files from your old folder to it. You only have to change the folder names.
@echo off
:loop
if exist "newfolder%number%\" (
    set /a number=%number%+1
    goto :loop
) else (
    mkdir "newfolder%number%\"
)
copy "oldfolder\*.*" "newfolder%number%\"

I am not quite sure what you were trying to do, because you provided no code, however I hope this will work for your needs.


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Q: Where is the best place to set Visible property of a ButtonField as it does not have OnPreRender? I am extending the ButtonField DataControlField and I want to set its .Visible property inside this extension.
As it does not have OnPreRender method like other Asp.Net controls, Where is the best place to set .Visible property? Which method? CreateField?

A: Typically visibility can be set at anytime before the Render event.
Depending on what logic you're trying to implement I'd suggest looking at the ItemDataBound event for whichever data-bound you're working with.
Perhaps if you could be more specific about what you're trying to achieve and why you're setting the visbility I can help further.


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The last few days in NYC have been harrowing and humbling for everyone, but especially for those living in low-lying areas. Many have lost their homes, many have seen valuable possessions destroyed, and tragically for some of the unluckiest- Sandy took their lives and the lives of loved-ones. The city will be digging-out of the carnage for months- there is widespread destruction to the whole infrastructure of this town. Once again New Yorkers' sense of security and well-being has been massively jarred.
One remarkable thing I think most everyone in the city has witnessed though was the quiet heroism of the nurses, doctors, firemen, police and others that literally kept the city from descending into total chaos and even more pronounced tragedy.
One particularly moving example for us all (pictured above from the Associated Press) was the specter of nurses manually breathing for babies being evacuated down nine flights of stairs from the neo-natal intensive care center when the back-up generators at NYU's Langone Hospital failed. They literally pulled 20 of the most fragile and vulnerable human lives in this city from the abyss. And that was just one story among countless others that emerged over the last several days.
Once again, as was the case over a decade ago, it was the unheralded salt-of-the-earth folks whose grim heroics bore us up in some of the darkest hours New Yorkers have experienced. For these folks, it's just "what we do"- for the rest of us- we can only be awed and eternally grateful.
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City Hall Web
Mayor Greeting
Plenaries & Budgets
Telephones of interest
Interest Websites
Useful Data
Guides and Brochures
The Major Festivities
Porrat de Sant Blai EN
History of the Sant Blai's Porrat
Àngel Domínguez Pottery-Museum
Rob House
Artists' Meeting
Calvary-Chapel
The Architecture of Water
Àngel Domínguez Pottery
Archaeological Vestiges
The Serpis River
The Calvari-Ermita protected area
The Tossalets
The Racó de Porra
Water Route
Roads of Sotaia
Potries town route
Entrearrels
Portal of Transparency
1.- ARCHITECTURAL SITE DESCRIPTION:
The chapel is located at the top of a small hill, 137 meters high, south east of Potries. The Potries Subsidiary Legislation designates its surroundings as protected areas, due to their environmental and scenic value.
A steep path flanked by cypresses shapes the Calvary, and allows the ascension from town to the chapel. It is a cobbled and stepped path with a very accentuated slope. In the upper part, the path is forked and curved until reaching a semicircular square located in front of the chapel building. This square is all surrounded by a masonry railing, with limestone slabs on its top, and it forms a wonderful balcony over the surrounding fields with magnificent views.
It was built by the townspeople under the direction of architect Carlos Spain in the mid-19th century, although there had been a small construction previously, housing the image of Christ since 1799. That is what Fernando Garrigós, a Piarist and pedagogue from Potries, tells us in a booklet published in the last century, entitled: "Septenary annals and joys to Christ Our Lord crucified in the miraculous image venerated in the Calvary chapel in Potries".
The chapel of the Santíssim Crist de l'Agonia.
In the chapel we can see, on a small scale, the neoclassical architectural models that extended during the first half of the 19th century following the premises dictated by the Sant Carles Academy in València. The works began in 1854, year in which, according to popular legend, Christ saved the town from a cholera outbreak, and they were extended beyond 1861, since in this year the town council decided to transfer the Christ image to the Sants Joans church in order to complete the chapel. On the facade there is an inscription of 1865, as the possible year of the chapel's completion.
The building's floor plan is a 15 meter squared panel, with the proper temple occupying the central part, and two longitudinal sections attached to the sides of the temple. The temple plan presents a Greek cross arrangement inscribed in a rectangle, a sanctum, and an atrium or foyer in the front. Externally, the chapel has a compact aspect, smoothed out by the games that architectural volumes create outside, corresponding to the original distribution of inner spaces.
The facade shows a sober and elegant neoclassical conception, where the symmetrical layout of external openings alleviates its robustness and creates a delicate set of solids and openings, lights and shadows. The naves are covered with barrel vaults and transverse ribs, and the crossing has a cupola over an octagonal drum with pendentives.
Architectural elements dominate over decoration. The paintings inside the chapel are the work of the painter Luís Téllez-Girón i Belloch. It is also noticeable the central niche in the main altar, which houses the image of the Crist de l'Agonia, an 18th century polychrome carving.
THE CALVARY:
The Calvary ascent towards Potries chapel.
In the 15th century, the first Calvaries with their corresponding Stations of the Cross started to emerge in Europe, although in our land they were mainly developed in the 18th century. These Calvaries reproduced at local level the path Jesus walked during his passion, from Pilate's palace to Golgotha. Thus, Christians who could not pilgrimage to the Holy Land, could have instead their sacred path at home. The path of the Calvary usually consists of fourteen stations, normally decorated with ceramic panels depicting different scenes of the Passion, where the faithful can stop to reflect and pray.
The Calvary of Potries consists of a set of solid-brick small constructions of rectangular base and about two meters high, aligned with the cypresses that flank the cobbled path towards the chapel. These constructions appear topped with elegant voluted pediments crowned by a cross, all elements made of pottery fired in the brickworks of the Aznar family in Potries. All of them have a frontal ceramic panel describing each scene of the Calvary.
This calvary existed already in the late 18th century, since we have documentary records stating that a new chantry was built in 1799 to house the image of the Crist de l'Agonia. During the Civil War (1936-39) the ceramic panels were destroyed, and they were all replaced in 1954, on the occasion of the Christ centenary, when the stations got their current aspect.
One of the Stations of the Cross in Potries.
Year after year, the neighbours of Potries descend in procession along the Calvary, carrying the images of the Crist de l'Agonia and the Divina Pastora. Potries major festivities begin with this traditional and picturesque Processó de la Baixà (Descent Procession), in the last days of August, although formerly they were celebrated in October. The images remain in the parish church until the last day of festivities, when they are returned to the chapel, in the Processó de la Pujà (Ascent Procession).
2.- SANTÍSSIM CRIST DE L'AGONIA AND THE FESTIVITIES:
Bautista Fuster and his wife Teresa Morant dwelt in Potries at the end of the 18th century. Amongst their few possessions they retained, with that kind of veneration that families felt towards objects inherited from their parents, an alabaster image of the Crist de l'Agonia (Christ of Agony). Bautista Fuster died on June 27 and his wife on November 14, 1799, succumbing to the terrible disease of tuberculosis. Following the customary concerns of the time, they got rid of every piece of furniture in the house, including the image, in order to burn them and prevent an epidemic.
Tomás Jiménez, born in Caravaca and neighbour of Potries, wishing to save this image of Christ, asked the people in charge of the burning. Concerns were so deep, that he only could get the image after quite some time of begging and struggling. The Mayor persuaded him not to take it home, so they finally decided to place it in the last station of the Calvary. Pious Jiménez, helped by his wife Josefa Castillo, managed to build a small chapel to house the image.
The works of the current chapel did not start, however, until the year 1854, a year marked by a terrible outbreak of cholera, a disease that has affected so deeply our region. Despite its topographical situation, Potries was allegedly the first place affected. People began asking to take down the image, and the priest benevolently agreed to this pious demand. After a few hours all the neighbours gathered in the parish church, where an important prayer of penance was to be held. They marched then in a procession through the streets shouldering the image, led by the priest, who carried a ragged rope around his neck. The faithful followed their example, and during the procession expired the last victim. Faith had saved them and the protection of the Holy Image was evident. So the new works began, despite the obstacles presented by the terrain and the general scarcity.
None of this scared the City Hall and its major contributors, who in a meeting held on October 15, approved the formal continuation of the works. Each neighbour became a pawn, and poor and wealthy contributed to the culmination of the work, finishing in twelve years a magnificent work without more resources than the faith of the people and their goodwill.
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