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As Maritime Cyber-Attacks Proliferate International Ports Warned They Are Particularly Vulnerable
Human Viruses are Not the Only Potential Killers Out There
WORLDWIDE – Although at first horrifying, the statistic revealed during a recent online forum by Robert Rizika, Boston-based Head of North American Operations at security specialist Naval Dome that cyber-attacks on maritime stakeholders had increased by over 900%in three years should not be that surprising.
Just about anybody with an internet connection and an email address will know how phishing scams and their ilk have blossomed in that time. Not only that but many are becoming ever more sophisticated, using the correct logos etc.as a key to successful entry. So Rizika's revelation that in 2017 there were 50 significant operational technology (OT) hacks reported on maritime associated companies, increasing to 120 in 2018 and more than 310 last year, with an estimate that 2020 will see over 500 is no real surprise.
The targets however, and presumably the potential for damage, and therefore presumably the rewards in terms of blackmail are huge. The NotPetya attack on Maersk cost the company $300 million plus and a lot of favours in terms of acquiring the vast quantity of new computers and servers needed immediately, reputedly the fact that one server in Africa had been off at the time was the only thing that rescued the company from complete meltdown and total loss of data.
Of course if faced with such a situation the obvious thing would be, as with any ransom situation, to simply pay up, which is what the thieves aspire to and at Christmas management at Albany International Airport decided it was safer to pay the Bitcoin ransom rather than stop all flights. Some attacks of course are simply malicious but all can have a real, and extremely damaging effect on people's lives. The Maersk attack was followed by other strikes, Clarkson, Svitzer and COSCO all spring to mind.
Speaking this month during the 2020 Port Security Seminar & Expo, a week-long virtual conference organised by the American Association of Port Authorities, Rizika said that since NotPetya attacks had increased at 'an alarming rate'. Recalling recent attacks, he told delegates that in 2018 the first ports were affected, with Barcelona, then San Diego falling under attack. Australian shipbuilder Austal was hit and that attack on COSCO took down half of the ship owner's US network.
When another major container line, MSC, saw its Geneva HQ 'hit' during lockdown in April it was able to close down selected IT systems for five days verifying that no data had been lost, enabling the company to minimise disruption and continue to operate with all global offices and terminals unaffected. This was unlike the attack on Toll in February which saw the logistics group have to suspend multiple operations across its network as the ransomware, a Mailto variant, was flushed from the systems.
Mailto is also known as Netwalker and seems to have appeared only late in 2019 in a curious parallel with Covid-19. The MSC case, which occurred at Easter and attacked the company's digital tools via its IT system, shows the benefit of intense staff cyber-security training in order to avoid infection spreading.
Recently a US-based cargo facility's operating systems were infected with the Ryuk ransomware, and last month the OT systems at Iran's Shahid Rajee port were hacked, restricting all infrastructure movements, creating a massive back log. Reports of this attack have gone some way in raising public awareness of the potential wider impact of cyber threats on ports around the world. Intelligence from Iran, along with digital satellite imagery, showed the Iranian port in a state of flux for several days. Dozens of cargo ships and oil tankers left waiting to offload, while long queues of trucks formed at the entrance to the port stretching for miles, according to Naval Dome.
Emphasising the economic impact and ripple effect of a cyber-attack on port infrastructures, Rizika revealed that a report published by Lloyd's of London indicated that if 15 Asian ports were hacked financial losses would be more than US$110 billion, a significant amount of which would not be recovered through insurance policies, as OT system hacks are not covered. Going on to explain which parts of the OT system, the network connecting RTGs, STS cranes, traffic control and vessel berthing systems, cargo handling and safety and security systems, etc. are under threat, Rizika simply said:
"All of them. Unlike the IT infrastructure, there is no 'dashboard' for the OT network allowing operators to see the health of all connected systems. Operators rarely know if an attack has taken place, invariably writing up any anomaly as a system error, system failure, or requiring restart. They don't know how to describe something unfamiliar to them. Systems are being attacked but they are not logged as such and, subsequently, the IT network gets infected."
"What is interesting is that many operators believe they have this protected with traditional cyber security, but the fire walls and software protecting the IT side, do not protect individual systems on the OT network."
An example would be the installation of an antivirus system on a vessel bridge navigation system (ECDIS) or, alternatively, a positioning system in a floating rig DP (Dynamic Positioning), or on one of the dock cranes on the quayside of the port. He continued:
"The antivirus system would very quickly turn out to be non-essential, impairing and inhibiting system performance. Antivirus systems are simply irrelevant in places where the attacker is anonymous and discreet. Operational networks, in contrast to information networks, are measured by their performance level. Their operation cannot be disconnected and stopped. An emergency state in these systems can usually only be identified following a strike and they will be irreparable and irreversible."
Where OT networks are thought to be protected, Rizika said this is often inadequate and based on industrial computerised systems, operating in a permanent state of disconnection from the network or, alternatively, connected to port systems and the equipment manufacturer's offices overseas via RF radio communication (Wi-Fi) or a cellular network (via SIM). Additionally as the maritime industry moves towards greater digitalisation and increases the use of networked, autonomous systems, moving more equipment and technologies online, more vulnerabilities, more loopholes, will be created.
"Hackers can access the cranes, they can access the storage systems, they can penetrate the core operational systems either through cellular connections, Wi-Fi, and USB sticks. They can penetrate these systems directly. There will be a whole series of new cyber security openings through which people can attack if systems are not properly protected. If just one piece of this meticulously-managed operation goes down it will create unprecedented backlog and impact global trade, disrupting operations and infrastructure for weeks if not months, costing tens of millions of dollars in lost revenues."
"One area we see becoming a major issue is cyber-induced environmental pollution. Think about it, you have all these ships in ports, hackers can easily over-ride systems and valves to initiate leaks and dump hazardous materials, ballast water, fuel oil, etc. There is a disconnect between IT and OT security. There is no real segregation between the networks. People can come in on the OT side and penetrate the IT side. We are actually seeing this now. Successful IT network hacks have their origins in initial penetration of the OT system."
It would seem that to ensure any company or group is as protected as it is possible to be requires a full understanding of both the IT and OT systems it operates and ensuring it has the most effective protocols in place to fend off specific attacks. There is simply no absolute protection against this type of crime, however it is how a cyber-attack is reacted to which can make the difference between a hiccup, and a disaster.
Now that such attacks have penetrated the sectors of the shipping industry that physically deal with the logistics involved there is a real danger to lives. Damaging a company's accounts computer may hurt, but causing cranes and their cargo handling systems to malfunction, or affecting the steering of a 20,000 TEU container vessel has the potential for untold costs in human and environmental terms, and the penalties should be commensurate to the crimes.

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Sarah Katsoulis (Milton (Nieuw-Zuid-Wales), 10 mei 1984) is een Australische zwemster.

Carrière
Bij haar internationale debuut, op de Gemenebestspelen 2002 in Manchester, eindigde Katsoulis als zevende op de 50 meter schoolslag. Tijdens de wereldkampioenschappen zwemmen 2003 in Barcelona strandde de Australische in de series van de 200 meter schoolslag. Op de wereldkampioenschappen kortebaanzwemmen 2004 in Indianapolis veroverde Katsoulis de bronzen medaille op de 200 meter schoolslag.

In Victoria, Canada nam de Australische deel aan de Pan Pacific kampioenschappen zwemmen 2006, op dit toernooi legde ze beslag op de bronzen medaille op de 100 meter schoolslag en eindigde ze als vierde op de 200 meter schoolslag. Samen met Fran Adcock, Jessicah Schipper en Melanie Schlanger sleepte ze de bronzen medaille in de wacht op de 4x100 meter wisselslag.

Op de wereldkampioenschappen kortebaanzwemmen 2008 in Manchester veroverde Katsoulis de zilveren medaille op de 50 meter schoolslag en eindigde ze als vierde op de 100 meter schoolslag, op de 200 meter schoolslag strandde ze in de series en op de 4x100 meter wisselslag legde ze samen met Rachel Goh, Felicity Galvez en Alice Mills beslag op de zilveren medaille.

Tijdens de wereldkampioenschappen zwemmen 2009 in Rome sleepte de Australische de bronzen medaille in de wacht op de 50 meter schoolslag, op de 100 meter schoolslag eindigde ze als vierde en op de 200 meter schoolslag werd ze uitgeschakeld in de series. Samen met Emily Seebohm, Jessicah Schipper en Libby Trickett veroverde ze de zilveren medaille op de 4x100 meter wisselslag.

In Irvine nam Katsoulis deel aan de Pan Pacific kampioenschappen zwemmen 2010, op dit toernooi legde ze beslag op de bronzen medaille op de 100 meter schoolslag. Op de 200 meter schoolslag eindigde ze op de zesde plaats en op de 50 meter schoolslag eindigde ze als tiende. Op de Gemenebestspelen 2010 in Delhi sleepte de Australische de bronzen medaille in de wacht op de 200 meter schoolslag, daarnaast eindigde ze als vierde op de 100 meter schoolslag en als vijfde op de 50 meter schoolslag. Tijdens de wereldkampioenschappen kortebaanzwemmen 2010 in Dubai eindigde Katsoulis als zesde op de 100 meter schoolslag en als achtste op de 50 meter schoolslag, op de 200 meter schoolslag strandde ze in de series. Op de 4x100 meter wisselslag zwom ze samen met Rachel Goh, Felicity Galvez en Emma McKeon in de series, in de finale veroverden Goh en Galvez samen met Leisel Jones en Marieke Guehrer de bronzen medaille. Voor haar inspanningen in de series ontving Katsoulis eveneens de bronzen medaille.

In Istanboel nam de Australische deel aan de wereldkampioenschappen kortebaanzwemmen 2012. Op dit toernooi legde ze, op de 50 meter schoolslag, beslag op de bronzen medaille, daarnaast eindigde ze als vierde op de 100 meter schoolslag en werd ze uitgeschakeld in de series van de 100 meter wisselslag. Samen met Rachel Goh, Marieke Guehrer en Angie Bainbridge sleepte ze de zilveren medaille in de wacht op de 4x100 meter wisselslag.

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Bijgewerkt tot en met 21 augustus 2010

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Externe links
  Profiel van Sarah Katsoulis op de website van Swimming Australia
  Profiel van Sarah Katsoulis op de site van het Victorian Institute of Sports

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Vivian Davis Figures (born January 24, 1957) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 33rd District in Mobile County since she was elected on January 28, 1997, to serve the remaining term of her late husband, Senator Michael Figures, who was the President pro tempore of the Alabama Senate. She was re-elected without opposition in 1998 and 2002.

Early life and career
Figures graduated from Williamson High School in Mobile, Alabama, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Science from the University of New Haven in Connecticut. She put herself through college by working at Yale University, and in a family owned grocery. She was attending the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama, when her husband's death forced her to discontinue her legal education. Figures has three sons. Her youngest, Jelani, played basketball on scholarship for Morehouse College from 2007 to 2011.

Figures is President/CEO of Figures Legacy Education Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the Mobile Area Education Foundation.  She is a past at-large member of the Democratic National Committee.  She was initiated in the Delta Theta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 2002.

Political career
Figures was elected to the Mobile City Council in 1993. In that capacity, she was known as a staunch community advocate. Early in her council career, she led the opposition to a proposed facility for burning petroleum-contaminated oil near downtown Mobile. As a council member, Figures was also the initial proponent of naming Mobile's new minor league baseball park for home run legend Hank Aaron, a Mobile native.

Following her husband's death in 1996, Figures ran for his seat in the Alabama Senate. She earned the most votes in the first round of the Democratic Party's primary election, with 47 percent, but missed the majority needed to avoid a runoff election. She defeated James Buskey in the runoff, before defeating Republican Gregory Ramos to win election to the state senate, and was sworn into office in January 1997. In the Alabama Senate, Figures serves as the chairwoman of the Education and Mobile County Local Legislation Committees. In the legislature, Figures may be best known as the perennial sponsor of a bill to ban smoking in indoor, public places statewide in Alabama. In the 2008 general session, the bill passed the Senate, was believed to have sufficient support to pass the House, and Governor Bob Riley had indicated he would sign it. The bill died when legislative filibusters prevented a final vote in the House. Figures was also instrumental in the passage of economic incentives that were critical in the location of a Thyssen-Krupp steel plant near Mobile.

Figures was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat that was held by Republican Jeff Sessions in the 2008 election, after winning the June 2008 Democratic primary with 64% of the vote. Aaron campaigned for Figures and hosted fundraisers in several Alabama cities. On November 4, she was defeated by Sessions with 37% of the vote to Sessions's 63%.

In November 2012, Alabama Senate Democrats selected Figures to be their floor leader for the next two year term. She became the first woman to lead either the majority or minority party in either house of the Alabama Legislature.

In April 2019, Davis Figures announced that she would run to be the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party. She dropped out of the race in June.

Davis Figures led the opposition to a bill restricting abortion, with a penalty of 99 years imprisonment for any doctor performing an abortion, and no exceptions for rape or incest. She proposed an amendment outlawing vasectomies, arguing that "there's no law on the books anywhere in this country that mandate[s] what a man can and can't do with his body, yet for us there are a number of them."

In 2021, Davis Figures' house in Toulminville, Alabama, was attacked by an unknown assailant. 23 shots were fired into her home, but there were no injuries as the house was empty at the time.

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Iowa Republican Party preps for 2020 and its support of Donald Trump
"Usually, a year out plus out with an incumbent, it's not quite as exciting," Eric Bradstad said, adding thousands of supporters have reached out to them, asking how they can help.
Iowa Republican Party preps for 2020 and its support of Donald Trump "Usually, a year out plus out with an incumbent, it's not quite as exciting," Eric Bradstad said, adding thousands of supporters have reached out to them, asking how they can help. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/11/02/donald-trump-support-iowa-republican-party-des-moines-2020/4139706002/
Danielle Gehr, Des Moines Register Published 3:00 p.m. CT Nov. 2, 2019
With a year and a day until the 2020 election, Eric Branstad and other loyalists to President Donald Trump gathered in Des Moines on Saturday to demonstrate their support for the Republican leader.
"Usually, a year-plus out with an incumbent, it's not quite as exciting," Branstad said at the Republican Party of Iowa's headquarters, adding thousands of supporters have reached out to them, asking how they can help.
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House voted Thursday to approve the rules for a public Trump impeachment inquiry, following more than a month of House action and weeks of private hearings.
Trump supporters gathered at the Republican Party of Iowa headquarters as apart of a nation-wide campaign to organize to reelect the president. (Photo: Danielle Gehr / The Register)
Branstad, a Trump campaign strategist and son of former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, said support for the president has only grown since the last election. When asked about how trade war tariffs could affect Trump support in rural Iowa, Branstad said he thinks Iowa farmers know the necessity of Trump's stand against China.
He added if an agreement is reached that could mean a big boost for Trump in the polls.
"I actually think it's better than ever," Branstad said. "People are excited."
More: Iowa farm leaders warn Trump could lose rural voters unless he makes good on ethanol deal
The Des Moines event on Saturday was part of a test run of the Trump and Republican National Committee campaign's national effort to organize and activate, "tens of thousands of volunteers in all 50 states across the country" in a get-out-the-vote dry run, the Iowa party said in a news release.
The group was joined by Republicans around Iowa and the country for a "Stop the Madness" themed event, to gain more Trump support and challenge vulnerable Democrats' seats.
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When people in Montpelier talk about the state budget, more often than not they are referring to the General Fund. It covers almost every aspect of state government, and--aside from property taxes--the majority of taxes levied within the state go to support the General Fund. However, the General Fund represents about 30 percent of all state spending each year. Federal funds represent about 30 percent, as does the Education Fund. And there are numerous smaller funds. On the interactive pages in the State Spending section of this website, users can see how each of the funds supports various functions of state government.
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General Government - $144,300,686
Protection to Persons and Property - $295,944,197
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General Government $144,300,686
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Higher Education and Other $84,791,559
Natural Resources $94,969,240
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Transportation $663,168,481
Debt Service $71,791,440
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Residents' sit-in in protest against the drilling survey now underway in preparation for the construction of a new U.S. military base in the sea off the Henoko district of Nago City in Okinawa, marked its 100th day on July 27.
More than 600 people participated in a rally on the same day near Henoko Fishing Port to stop the construction of a new U.S. military base.
They resolved to preserve the rich nature for future generations and not to repeat the tragedy of war Okinawans experienced toward the end of WWII.
Speaking on behalf of the Japanese Communist Party, Kayo Soken, an Okinawa Prefectural Assembly member said, "Justice resides with us in defending the beautiful sea of Henoko. Our sit-in action will definitely influence all Okinawans and Japanese people."
At around the same time in Tokyo, a rally was held in front of the Defense Agency in solidarity with the Henoko event.


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Five-time GRAMMY© nominee Hunter Hayes continues to find innovative ways to share music with his fans, this time creating a mini-movie set to roll out in three parts over the coming months. The series, titled "Pictures," began with Forbes sharing Part 1 todayand is set to his latest release "You Should Be Loved" ft. The Shadowboxers. Fans will have an opportunity to attend the movie's premiere early next year at Regal Cinemas in Nashville featuring a panel with the actors, director and screenwriter and a live performance from Hayes himself.
"'Pictures' is a totally new experience for me," Hayes told Forbes exclusively. "We've never done anything like this and I love how it takes you out of current reality and transports you to a different time and place entirely, where each song tells a piece of the story. With part one I'm only able to share the beginning, so I can't wait for the fans to hear the new music and watch as the rest of the story is told along the way!"
A passionate and avid supporter of music education in schools and a man the Los Angeles Times has dubbed a "guitar-prodigy," Hayes also recently teamed up with Samsung Electronics America, Inc., gifting $100,000 to the CMA Foundation to help jumpstart a renovation project updating the music room at Nashville School of the Arts. Hayes also collaborate with students on each stage, inviting the talented teens to show off their musical skills as part of his band during performances both on campus and at the Grand Ole Opry's 92nd Birthday Bash.
An ambassador for the school's music program, the country star will not only be restoring their guitar lab but also creating a working recording studio thanks in large part to generous partners. Once the build is complete, Hayes, with help from the CMA Foundation, will implement a masterclass series, inviting fellow industry colleagues, artists and friends to mentor students in the music program.
Information on the concerts or for ways to contribute to the build, please visit HunterHayes.com.
ABOUT HUNTER HAYES
Hailed as a "force to be reckoned with" by the Huffington Post, multiple-award-winner Hunter Hayes is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who roared onto the music scene with his 2x multi-platinum, No. 1 self-titled debut album and chart-topping sophomore album, Storyline, via Atlantic Records / Warner Music Nashville. With three No. 1 singles under his belt (the multi-platinum smash "Wanted," double-platinum "I Want Crazy" and platinum-selling "Somebody's Heartbreak"), Hayes continues to surprise fans with new releases such as "Rescue," which inspired his NSA school renovation and his latest, "You Should Be Loved." In addition to his GRAMMY nominations, the multi-instrumentalist has tallied over 40 award nominations and wins including the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Country Artist in 2015 and the CMA Awards' coveted New Artist of The Year trophy in 2012.
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ARTS & CRAFTS - PASCAL VAUCHER - Art and method
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Pierre M. Maillard
Some 27 years ago, at the end of 1986, Pascal Vaucher, a young gem-setter, had what he calls a "vision". But there was nothing mystical about this vision, despite the fact that the Beatles song "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" was perhaps playing in his head. On the contrary, it was a most pragmatic "vision" during which he saw all the possibilities that were offered by streamlining gem-setting in the watchmaking business.
Royal Blue Tourbillon Haute Joaillerie, Ulysse Nardin
Until then the gem-setter drilled each hole individually, adjusted the stone then folded the metal back to hold it in place. By streamlining this work, in other words by preparing the jewel holes systematically beforehand and calibrating the lots of stones, gem-setting could move from being an entirely artisanal activity to a semi-industrialised process. This streamlining would "democratise" gem-set products, in particular making gem-setting on steel possible, profitable and affordable. What at first seemed heretical has since become a major trend and we have lost count of the number of brands, including the most prestigious, who have followed it.
What seemed heretical has since become a major trend.
This first idea of streamlining gem-setting was the trigger that allowed Pascal Vaucher to work as a pioneer and build up a powerful structure that is now grouped under the generic name of Ateliers Pascal Vincent Vaucher, whose slogan eloquently summarises its approach: "Art and method". Under this "Ateliers" name, the Pascal Vaucher holding groups together a number of complementary businesses that can offer customers a fully integrated service, from sourcing the stones and preparing them up to delivery of the finished product, via design and production of the case and all the different types of gem-setting.
Jacob & Co. Grand Baguette 47mm
Polished 18-carat case in white gold invisibly set with 360 baguette diamonds (13.20 carats); five crowns invisibly set with baguette diamonds (3.50 carats); one central diamond (1.25 carats). Alligator strap with 18-carat white-gold tang buckle set with 44 baguette diamonds (2.00 carats). Four bezels invisibly set with 280 baguette diamonds (8.30 carats). Local time with four time zone dials for New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Paris; SuperLuminova hands with white hour markers; five sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment. Five Ronda calibre 1042 Swiss quartz movements.
The six different business units, which are housed under the same roof in the watchmaking suburbs of Geneva, are Swiss Made Settings SA, which brings together jewellers and gem-setters, Swiss Clarity & Cut SA, which supplies the precious stones for watchmaking, Les Emboîteurs d'Espace SA, which designs and produces the exceptional watch cases, Pascal Vincent Vaucher SA, responsible for the traditional watchmaking gem-settings and Tempora SA, which is responsible for the administrative, financial and logistical services, in other words the back office functions for the other units. To this remarkably coherent set-up we must also add SetGemFree LDA, a gem-setting operation in Portugal that is 51 per cent owned by Pascal Vaucher and Beroma SA, which also does watchmaking conceptions and implementations.
ART AND METHOD
This constellation-like structure (or facetted, to take the diamond metaphor), which has been built up over years of continuous development, is closely linked to one of the tenets of Pascal Vaucher, who likes to talk about his management style. It is a very horizontal management style in which the hierarchies are flat, based on competencies and professions that are divided into highly autonomous sectors with precisely defined responsibilities. He describes himself as an "integrator" between these different autonomous platforms and managers, just like his "Ateliers", which can offer customers their distinct services individually or join forces to offer a fully integrated service.
This management style is based above all on a person's individual skills rather than their position in the hierarchy. Pascal Vaucher is convinced that "not being dependent on a higher authority gives everybody a heightened sense of responsibility and autonomy", which better opens up avenues of research, collaboration and innovation. Along the same lines, a transparent and equitable profit-sharing scheme has been set up. Each month, the figures are presented department by department at an information meeting that is open to all. If there is a profit, a bonus that is in proportion to the figures but identical for everyone, regardless of their salary level, is paid every three months to each employee. In this way, everyone is directly implicated in the highs and lows of business.
A TOUR OF THE WORKSHOPS
But what are the competencies and perimeters of these different workshops exactly?
Nestled at the end of one of the numerous corridors in the hive of activity on several floors that make up the "Ateliers", Swiss Clarity & Cut has a place apart. Precious stones, white, black and cognac diamonds, jade and decorative stones are shown in display cases or wait their turn in the stock. Here we are at the heart of the stone trading and buying. But the stones are also cut here for some of the more audacious projects or for retouches on, for example, baguette diamonds. Unlike other precious stone trading offices, the criteria of Swiss Clarity & Cut are strictly horological in nature. Based on the setting plans submitted by the other workshops, this office supplies the required stones, round or shaped, to the strict tolerances required. Precious stones for use in watchmaking must be of a specific size whose regularity is essential. The office is very active on the markets, with a huge network of partners, in Asia and elsewhere, and only purchases stones of the highest quality, "without concessions but at a good price". This office also monitors the markets intensively so that it can also make proposals and suggestions in terms of colours and the choice of particular stones (they are currently working on a big project that we cannot talk about, but which is likely to make waves in the world of gem-setting).
Top: Swiss Clarity & Cut - Bottom: Les Emboîteurs d'Espace
Leaving this haven of treasures, we move on to Les Emboîteurs d'Espace. This unit deals with everything to do with the case, in particular precious metals and high added value pieces. The computer-aided design and construction processes here focus mainly on the creation of case elements (some of which are among the most complex), bezels, (the most common component to be set with precious stones), base plates for dials to be fully paved or set with stones, oscillating masses and buckles. The workshop can even design specific cases from scratch, from a unique piece to a small series of 100, such as the highly complex case of the incredible Grand watch by Jacob & Co., which consists of multiple elements, each encased in each other (see the photo). This case required more than 60 hours of machine programming alone. The machines, indeed. They are just next-door in the mechanics workshop where 15 people work in production. Compared with the machines one usually sees in watch factories, what strikes us here is the extreme diversity, from the gigantic CNC machine that can work "on the six sides of a cube" to the most modest tower. The size and variety of this machine park highlights the quest for diversity that prevails at Les Emboîteurs d'Espace. Highly specialised tasks, as well as the ability to machine in any possible configuration from a bar or flat piece of metal means that the workshop can offer a case-making service that can meet any requirement. This is also where the essential work of mechanically preparing components for their setting is carried out. The polishing and testing stations are also found in this workshop.
COMPETENCIES AND GEM SETTINGS
The gem-setting itself is the responsibility of the Atelier Pascal Vincent Vaucher. This is the very heart of the profession. This workshop deals with no less than five million stones per year, or between 300,000 and 400,000 per month. Once they have been received, checked and classified to 2/1000ths the stones are passed on either for entirely manual or mechanical setting.
It is this highly streamlined form of gem-setting, started 27 years ago, that has made such a big contribution to pushing the boundaries of gem-setting beyond that of exceptional pieces alone. When the components to be set arrive here, they have been mechanically prepared and they arrive with their setting sheet. On this plan, the different hole sizes to be set are indicated by different colours. Each of these colours corresponds to a small box that contains the stones that have been sorted and checked. The setting is then just a question of assembly – but assembly that requires a skilled hand, since the gem-setter has to place the stone in the pre-machined hole (sometimes having to adjust the CNC work by hand) before refolding the material to hold the stone.
Left: Pascal Vincent Vaucher, Swiss Made Settings - Right: The Dragon and the Pearl of Wisdom Automaton, Parmigiani
Each of the 585 scales of the Dragon's body, made of natural jade (green, white, yellow and red jades), are designed, cut and then set one by one in the precise form required. The claws and whiskers are made of solid white gold, the eyes from rubies and the tongue from carnelian. The pearl of wisdom is a solid white gold sphere set in a cameo of precious stones including white diamond, ruby and orange and yellow sapphires. The base is cut from a block of rock crystal. It took more than 5,800 hours of work and the involvement of the most prestigious artisan craftsmen, from the sculptor to the goldsmith, the gemmologist to the gem-cutter, the jeweller to the setter, the visualiser to the designer to the clockmaker.
Activity here can range from setting simple round diamonds to high-end gem-setting, which can be partially mechanised or entirely manual. But right next-door there is another unit, Swiss Made Settings, that does ultra high-end jewellery pieces. Here, the work is done by file, cutting to fit the stones to be set. The rhythm is by no means the same. Asked about a piece laden with baguette diamonds of all sizes, the setter admits that he sets one or two, or in the best possible case three or four, stones per hour!
Beroma, which the Ateliers Pascal Vincent Vaucher recently took control of, is specialised in production management and focused on the finished product. It specialises in technical designs, management of production, management of external stocks and assistance with setting up production for new brands. These competencies are perfectly complementary to the various offers of the "Ateliers" and allow them to offer even better integration of production and product management operations. Not forgetting Portugal-based SetGemFree LDA, 51 per cent owned by the "Ateliers", which allows the group to diversify its gem-setting operations even further.
Without method, there is no art, we could say.
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BOVET and the art of engraving
The art of GUILLOCHAGE
ANGULAR MOMENTUM & MANU PROPRIA the capital difference
Damascus steel by GOS WATCHES
ROGER W. SMITH - the watchmaker's apprentice


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U.S., 2018, 127 min, 2K DCP, Dir. Denys Arcand, Rated R, French with English subtitles, Sony Pictures Classics
The Fall of the American Empire
"An ingeniously contrived mashup of film noir melodrama and Ealing Studios comedy." – Joe Leydon, Variety
Pierre-Paul, an intellectual with a PhD in philosophy, has to work as a deliveryman to earn a decent living. One day, while delivering a parcel, he gets caught in a hold-up gone terribly wrong; two dead and millions in money bags laying on the ground. Pierre-Paul is confronted with a dilemma: leave empty-handed or take the money and run? The new film by Denys Arcand, the Oscar-winning director of The Barbarian Invasions, takes a witty yet touching look at the predominance of money in a society where all other values seem to have crumbled.
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The Game Room
By Peter Cohen
Macworld | PT
Bigger Planet Starbase Defender
Aspyr Media Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
MacPlay Activision Anthology: Remix Edition
Feral Interactive Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Skunk Studios Sveerz
Feral Interactive XIII
Freeverse Software ToySight
In Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Aspyr answers the question that has tugged at many a Mac user's soul: Which side of the force would you choose? Jedi Academy is the sequel to Aspyr's excellent 2002 game, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Like its predecessor, Jedi Academy is a 3-D action game that puts you in the battle between light and dark sides of the Force -- but it has some important differences. For one, Jedi Academy is not focused on Kyle Katarn, the Jedi-turned-mercenary-turned-Jedi who was finally redeemed in Jedi Outcast. Instead, Katarn serves as your mentor after you crash-land on the jungle moon where Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy is located.
In Jedi Academy, you are Jaden Korr, a Jedi initiate learning to master the ways of the Force -- and the decisions you make will determine whether you master the light side or the dark side. You're tasked with discovering what happened to Master Luke's journal, which disappeared after an attack on the Academy, and with learning about the mysterious Cult of Ragnos, which threatens stability throughout the galaxy.
At the game's start, you choose from a variety of species, genders, and appearances for your character. You also get to design your own lightsaber by selecting a hilt style and a blade color. Unfortunately, these choices have no bearing on the story that follows.
Although game play follows a linear progression, it's not a straight narrative; you decide which missions you'll go on. When you complete missions successfully, you'll receive points that you can use to further hone your Jedi skills -- a nice change from the previous game, which assigned new skills to players. You can develop light or dark Force skills; for example, you can learn to do mind tricks ("These are not the droids you are looking for"), or you can learn how to choke your enemies to death ("I find your lack of faith disturbing"). All the skills come in handy throughout the game -- however, you won't amass enough credit to master them all. This eventually sets you up for a climactic final battle that changes depending on which side of the Force you're playing.
In another nice touch, Jedi Academy lets you play around with weapons, vehicles, and other stuff from the Star Wars movies. For example, you can ride a tauntaun -- the shaggy, ill-mannered, bipedal critter that Han Solo rode across the snowy wastes of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back -- or operate the controls of an AT-ST -- the armored miniwalker the Imperials used on the forest moon of Endor in Return of the Jedi. These test rides aren't a part of the game's main story line, but it's fun to play with the stuff you fantasized about as a kid.
Jedi Academy moves at a faster pace than Jedi Outcast did. In the process, it sacrifices a bit of character and plot development. My heart bled for Kyle Katarn -- he suffered tragedies that seemed almost Shakespearean. By comparison, Jaden's Academy experience seemed more like an episode of The O.C. with lightsabers.
Multiplayer gaming is exciting and fun in Jedi Academy -- it's much better than that of Jedi Outcast. There are new multiplayer game modes, such as Siege and Power Duel, as well as the classic modes found in Jedi Outcast (Free for All, Duel, Team Free for All, and Capture the Flag). If you decide not to play online, you can go solo on your own machine by populating your miniserver with computer-controlled Bots.
Jedi Academy runs well, but the Quake III Arena technology it's based on is getting long in the tooth. Although character animation and detail are fine, the scenery and environments -- especially open, outdoor areas -- lack impressive detail. John Williams's music loops do a lot to help heighten tension when they need to, and they provide familiar ground for Star Wars nerds like me.
Panther users should download the latest patch for Jedi Academy from Aspyr's Web site.
It's gratifying to see companies such as MacPlay feed the nostalgia of old gaming fogies like me. In its retro game collection, Activision Anthology: Remix Edition, MacPlay gathers more than six dozen games originally developed for the now ancient Atari 2600. Using the power of modern emulation -- as well as some truly superfluous bells and whistles -- Activision Anthology lets you relive the glory days of swinging Pitfall Harry across an alligator-infested pond. The only thing that's missing is the stiff one-button joystick.
The collection provides a good cross-section of the Activision games that were once available for the Atari 2600. Though some of these games are probably better left in the past -- Skeleton and Dragster, for instance -- many others, such as Freeway (Activision's answer to Frogger) and the Pitfall and River Raid series, are certifiable classics. What's more, you even get to play some games that never made it onto store shelves.
Activision Anthology revels in retro flavor. Its interface takes you back to the early 1980s, to a bedroom complete with a walnut-veneer TV and a boom box. While you play, you'll listen to pop music hits from the era -- eight songs from notable talents such as Flock of Seagulls and Billy Ocean. Thank goodness I could turn it off; the second or third time "Eye in the Sky" by the Alan Parsons Project fired up, I started to get a bit testy. I'll stick with my own iTunes library, thanks.
The games all run well. But the developer, perhaps worried that the old-school graphics wouldn't hold the interest of modern audiences, has expanded the game play with new OpenGL modes, which unlock as you play. These modes -- which project the games on spinning cubes, warp images, add motion blur, and so on -- don't augment the game play in any way and mainly succeeded in angering me.
Activision Anthology's system requirements are surprisingly steep: a 400MHz G4 or better machine with a 16MB 3-D video card. That's much higher than Stella, a public-domain Atari 2600 emulator I've played. I expect that part of the difference lies in the OpenGL modes that made me grind my teeth.
The Bottom Line It's fun to go back and play the games that gave you your first thumb calluses. But the developer's attempts to jazz up these classics with some modern flair fall flat.
Everybody Loves Rayman
Platform games are one of the most popular forms of console gaming. These action adventures let you navigate a character through a 3-D world, jumping across hazards, beating up bad guys, collecting goodies or power ups, and more. It's rare that they come to computers, though, and rarer still that one shows up on the Mac. But thanks to Feral Interactive, Mac gamers can now test their mettle on a hugely popular platform franchise -- Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.
Rayman, for the uninitiated, is a wide-eyed, big-nosed cartoon character whose begloved hands and giant besneakered feet don't actually touch his body. Rayman lives in a strange, otherworldly place called the Crossroads of Dreams, which is occupied by creatures both fantastic and silly. The game's storyline goes something like this: André, a Lum with megalomaniacal delusions, has raised an army of Hoodlums -- Lums dressed in what appear to be potato-sacks and wide-brimmed hats -- to take over the world. There's only one problem: Rayman's friend Globox -- a big, blue, googly-eyed critter -- has accidentally swallowed André, and now the Hoodlum army is after him. It's up to Rayman to rescue Globox and to somehow stop the attack.
To that end, you'll navigate more than 50 levels, including bonus levels that unlock when you complete certain tasks. The environments Rayman and friends find themselves in are a feast for the eyes: swamps, deserts, mountains, forest glades, and huge mechanized monstrosities. The extravagant graphics have an almost dreamlike luminescent quality befitting a place called the Crossroads of Dreams.
Like many console converts, Rayman is easier to play with a game pad, although you can make do with the keyboard and mouse if you have to. The game offers plenty of flexibility in customizing video and audio settings, so you can optimize it for your hardware needs.
I did run into a bit of trouble with Rayman. Audio cues, such as comments from Rayman's buzzing buddy Murfy, occasionally came through in staccato bursts. Feral hadn't posted any fixes or updates at press time.
You can download a demo of the game from Feral's Web site.
The Bottom Line Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is a rare find -- a 3-D platform game that runs on the Mac. In addition to offering fabulous production values, the game is a lot of fun to play. It'll make a nice addition to your collection if you haven't already played it on another system.
On the surface, Sveerz, a new release from Skunk Studios, looks like a lot of other action-puzzle games -- as colored objects descend, you must group and remove them before the growing pile reaches the top of the screen. But here, fortunately, is where the similarities end.
Sveerz adds a challenging twist to the action-puzzle formula by incorporating music into the game play. In Sveerz, music is more than just repetitive background filler -- it's part of the action. To make the colored blobs (the "Sveerz" of the title) disappear, you must match sequences of flashing colors and sounds. (It's reminiscent of Hasbro's classic electronic game Simon, which challenged you to mimic flashing red, yellow, green, and blue lights.) Add to that a timer and two-player support, and you have an extraordinarily addictive and fun game that's also great at parties.
The game offers four modes: a fast-paced arcade mode that uses short sequences of colors and a tight time limit; a memory mode that tests your skills at remembering long sequences; a puzzle mode that challenges you to strategically connect combinations of Sveerz and clear the board; and the most challenging mode of all -- Rhythm mode. In Rhythm mode, you not only have to remove the Sveerz in the correct sequence, but also must replicate the rhythm with which the sequence is sung to you. It's like playing the popular Dance Dance Revolution arcade game using your mouse instead of a dance pad.
When you're finished, Sveerz records your name and remembers your high score. It also offers the option of going online to compare your best scores with those of other Sveerz players worldwide.
I did run into a few minor problems. The game insisted on installing itself in my Applications folder, forcing me to manually drag it into my Games directory instead. And despite choosing Smooth Singers as my Voices option, I always ended up with the Sveerz Tones when I started a new Arcade game. However, I was able to change this option once the game started, so it was a minor annoyance.
The Bottom Line Sveerz is a unique addition to the puzzle-game genre. It's definitely worth the time it'll take to download it and try it out -- especially if you're looking for a fun party game.
Bigger Planet may not be the most prolific game developer on the planet, but it has a knack for making really nifty games. Now the developer has self-published a new shareware title called Starbase Defender, which harks back to the good old days of coin-op gaming.
While Starbase Defender borrows a bit from arcade classics such as Missile Command, Rip-Off, and others, it's certainly not stuck in the past. With 3-D graphics, interesting effects, and an electroclash soundtrack, this game has a modern flair while winking back to that classic era for inspiration.
In Starbase Defender, you're charged with protecting six glowing Cores, which are essential to the survival of your station. Alien ships are, of course, hell-bent on stealing them. And if the aliens grab all six, the game is over.
To fend off the invading hordes, you have an arsenal of three swiveling cannons, as well as shields that can withstand direct hits from missiles and other projectiles. When the fighting gets particularly tough, you can activate your Nova weapon to temporarily slow down your opponents and to give yourself a bit of a breather.
But you won't rest for long. With 18 different bad guys and 70 waves of attack culminating in an epic confrontation with the alien fleet's admiral, Starbase Defender will keep you on your toes. The pace of the game ramps up quickly after the first few levels. In fact, some gamers may have trouble keeping pace.
Starbase Defender is an odd contradiction. Although it sports extremely simple game-play mechanics -- basically you're just pointing and clicking on points in the sky -- it requires some deft skill. You have to time your shots just right by tracking where each ship is going. And you must simultaneously make sure your defenses don't get pummeled by incoming bombs and protect inbound ships. It's quite a juggling act, and it's not for the faint of heart.
The Bottom Line Starbase Defender is a fun mix of old and new. While it may not hold your attention for hours, it's a great pick-me-up with lots of challenge.
FIRST LOOK: XIII
Feral Interactive really hit the ground running in 2004 with several new game releases, and even more are promised in the next few months. One of the most interesting games waiting at the starting gate is XIII, a first-person shooter with a conspiracy-laden plot worthy of an episode of Alias or 24.
XIII's roots actually lie in a decade-old French comic-book series of the same name. In the game, you're the purported assassin responsible for the death of the president of the United States. Though you definitely have the assassin's face, you can't remember a thing -- not even your identity. All you're sure of is that the roman numeral XIII is tattooed on your chest, and that you're really good at killing things. Can you uncover the plot before you're silenced forever?
The game's story line is entertaining, and it's suspenseful enough to compensate for the fact that there's not a lot new here in the way of action. Borrowing liberally from the comic book's look-and-feel, XIII trades hyper-realistic 3-D graphics for the cel-shaded design of a graphic novel. The results are both unique and refreshing. The game also features voice talents of celebrity actors such as David Duchovny from The X-Files, Batman's Adam West, and hip-hop star Eve.
XIII supports multiplayer gaming online or over a LAN. Feral has even managed to include some multiplayer content that was previously available only in the game's console releases -- a little extra taste that our PC counterparts didn't get.
In February 2004's Game Room, I previewed a beta version of ToySight. This offbeat game collection works with the iSight (or any FireWire camcorder) and lets you use gestures to control what's happening on screen. ToySight is now out, and it's definitely worth a look -- it's also a great way to make your Mac the focus of your next family game night or party.
Classic arcade game with an updated look
Becomes challenging too quickly
New multiplayer modes
You can choose which path to take
Story lacks the depth of its predecessor
3-D engine is getting a bit creaky
Lots of classic console gaming for nostalgia buffs
Cheesy music and superfluous special effects mar the game play
The first appearance of a well-known console license on the Mac
Fun to play
Occasional audio glitches
Musical, colorful game with great party potential
Clunky installer
Problematic options
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package admin

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
)

type CreateAllCertsOptions struct {
	CertDir    string
	SignerName string

	Hostnames util.StringList
	NodeList  util.StringList

	APIServerURL       string
	PublicAPIServerURL string

	Overwrite bool
}

func NewCommandCreateAllCerts() *cobra.Command {
	options := &CreateAllCertsOptions{}

	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "create-all-certs",
		Short: "Create all certificates for OpenShift All-In-One",
		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
			if err := options.Validate(args); err != nil {
				fmt.Println(err.Error())
				c.Help()
				return
			}

			if err := options.CreateAllCerts(); err != nil {
				glog.Fatal(err)
			}
		},
	}

	flags := cmd.Flags()

	flags.StringVar(&options.CertDir, "cert-dir", "openshift.local.certificates", "The certificate data directory.")
	flags.StringVar(&options.SignerName, "signer-name", DefaultSignerName(), "The name to use for the generated signer.")

	flags.StringVar(&options.APIServerURL, "master", "https://localhost:8443", "The API server's URL.")
	flags.StringVar(&options.PublicAPIServerURL, "public-master", "", "The API public facing server's URL (if applicable).")
	flags.Var(&options.Hostnames, "hostnames", "Every hostname or IP you want server certs to be valid for. Comma delimited list")
	flags.Var(&options.NodeList, "nodes", "The names of all static nodes you'd like to generate certificates for. Comma delimited list")
	flags.BoolVar(&options.Overwrite, "overwrite", true, "Overwrite existing cert files if found.  If false, any existing file will be left as-is.")

	return cmd
}

func (o CreateAllCertsOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
	if len(args) != 0 {
		return errors.New("no arguments are supported")
	}
	if len(o.Hostnames) == 0 {
		return errors.New("at least one hostname must be provided")
	}
	if len(o.CertDir) == 0 {
		return errors.New("cert-dir must be provided")
	}
	if len(o.SignerName) == 0 {
		return errors.New("signer-name must be provided")
	}
	if len(o.APIServerURL) == 0 {
		return errors.New("master must be provided")
	}

	return nil
}

func (o CreateAllCertsOptions) CreateAllCerts() error {
	glog.V(2).Infof("Creating all certs with: %#v", o)

	signerCertOptions := CreateSignerCertOptions{
		CertFile:   DefaultCertFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
		KeyFile:    DefaultKeyFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
		SerialFile: DefaultSerialFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
		Name:       o.SignerName,
		Overwrite:  o.Overwrite,
	}
	if err := signerCertOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if _, err := signerCertOptions.CreateSignerCert(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// once we've minted the signer, don't overwrite it
	getSignerCertOptions := GetSignerCertOptions{
		CertFile:   DefaultCertFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
		KeyFile:    DefaultKeyFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
		SerialFile: DefaultSerialFilename(o.CertDir, DefaultCADir),
	}

	for _, clientCertInfo := range DefaultClientCerts(o.CertDir) {
		clientCertOptions := CreateClientCertOptions{
			GetSignerCertOptions: &getSignerCertOptions,

			CertFile: clientCertInfo.CertLocation.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  clientCertInfo.CertLocation.KeyFile,

			User:      clientCertInfo.User,
			Groups:    util.StringList(clientCertInfo.Groups.List()),
			Overwrite: o.Overwrite,
		}
		if err := clientCertOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := clientCertOptions.CreateClientCert(); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		createKubeConfigOptions := CreateKubeConfigOptions{
			APIServerURL:       o.APIServerURL,
			PublicAPIServerURL: o.PublicAPIServerURL,
			APIServerCAFile:    getSignerCertOptions.CertFile,
			ServerNick:         "master",

			CertFile: clientCertInfo.CertLocation.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  clientCertInfo.CertLocation.KeyFile,
			UserNick: clientCertInfo.SubDir,

			KubeConfigFile: path.Join(filepath.Dir(clientCertOptions.CertFile), ".kubeconfig"),
		}
		if err := createKubeConfigOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := createKubeConfigOptions.CreateKubeConfig(); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	for _, nodeName := range o.NodeList {
		serverCertInfo := DefaultNodeServingCertInfo(o.CertDir, nodeName)
		nodeServerCertOptions := CreateServerCertOptions{
			GetSignerCertOptions: &getSignerCertOptions,

			CertFile: serverCertInfo.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  serverCertInfo.KeyFile,

			Hostnames: []string{nodeName},
			Overwrite: o.Overwrite,
		}

		if err := nodeServerCertOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := nodeServerCertOptions.CreateServerCert(); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		clientCertInfo := DefaultNodeClientCertInfo(o.CertDir, nodeName)

		nodeCertOptions := CreateNodeClientCertOptions{
			GetSignerCertOptions: &getSignerCertOptions,

			CertFile: clientCertInfo.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  clientCertInfo.KeyFile,

			NodeName:  nodeName,
			Overwrite: o.Overwrite,
		}
		if err := nodeCertOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := nodeCertOptions.CreateNodeClientCert(); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		createKubeConfigOptions := CreateKubeConfigOptions{
			APIServerURL:       o.APIServerURL,
			PublicAPIServerURL: o.PublicAPIServerURL,
			APIServerCAFile:    getSignerCertOptions.CertFile,
			ServerNick:         "master",

			CertFile: nodeCertOptions.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  nodeCertOptions.KeyFile,
			UserNick: nodeName,

			KubeConfigFile: DefaultNodeKubeConfigFile(o.CertDir, nodeName),
		}
		if err := createKubeConfigOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := createKubeConfigOptions.CreateKubeConfig(); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	for _, serverCertInfo := range DefaultServerCerts(o.CertDir) {
		serverCertOptions := CreateServerCertOptions{
			GetSignerCertOptions: &getSignerCertOptions,

			CertFile: serverCertInfo.CertFile,
			KeyFile:  serverCertInfo.KeyFile,

			Hostnames: o.Hostnames,
			Overwrite: o.Overwrite,
		}

		if err := serverCertOptions.Validate(nil); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if _, err := serverCertOptions.CreateServerCert(); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	return nil
}

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Israel announces more than 1,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
Israel is planning to build more than 1,300 more homes in the occupied West Bank. The number adds to some 2,000 approved in August and increases fears for an already elusive peace process.
A housing project in the West Bank settlement of Modiin Ilit
Israel on Sunday announced plans to build an additional 1,355 homes in the West Bank, on top of a previously announced figure.
The move adds to concerns that increased settlement building would damage the viability of any Palestinian state, hampering hopes for peace in the region.
What is planned?
The newly announced homes are to be constructed in seven settlements, according to a statement from the Ministry of Construction and Housing.
The largest construction project, 729 homes, would be in the already existing town of Ariel, in the northern West Bank.
"After a long period of stagnation in construction, I welcome this tender. I will continue to maintain Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria," said Housing Minister Zeev Elkin, using biblical-era terms traditionally used for parts of the territory occupied by Israel.
Some 475,000 Israeli Jews live in settlements in the West Bank on land that Palestinians claim as part of their future state. The United Nations and most member states, including Germany, consider the settlements illegal and a violation of international law.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who formerly headed a settler lobby group, opposes Palestinian statehood. He has ruled out formal peace talks with the Palestinian Authority during his term of office.
State viability called into question
Member of the Israeli parliament Mossi Raz, from the left-wing coalition party Meretz, was quoted by the Times of Israel as saying that the "building of settlements outside of Israel harms Israel."
Hagit Ofran from the anti-settlement group Peace Now said the expected approval of new homes this week would complicate any efforts to create a Palestinian state.
Palestinians — who seek to establish their own state in the West Bank — see the building of more settlements as an obstacle to peace as part of a two-state solution.
They say the building of more and more homes will increasingly make any nation unviable.
Hanan Ashrawi on Conflict Zone
Plans for some 2,000 new dwellings had been announced in August, prompting concern over the expected approvals this week from the United States.
State Department spokesman Ned Price called on Israel and the Palestinians to "refrain from unilateral steps that exacerbate tension and undercut efforts to advance a negotiated two-state solution."
A policy pursued over decades
Israel exercises partial administrative control over the territory, where some 2 million Palestinians live, since the Six Day War of 1967.
Every Israeli government since then has pursued the settlements in the West Bank and the annexation of East Jerusalem.
However, construction has accelerated in recent years under former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The settlements already house some 700,000 people.
rc/sms (AFP, EFE, dpa)
This text was modified on October 25 to more precisely reflect attitudes of the international community and corrected to note that Israel exercises only partial administrative control over the territory.
Related Subjects Israel, Fatah, West Bank
Keywords Israel, West Bank, Naftali Bennett, peace process, two-state solution, settlements
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On the 27th of January, volunteers by MTN staff visited the area of Solea that was adversely affected by the disastrous fires of last summer, and participated with enthusiasm in the reforestation of the plot 16, in cooperation with the services in charge.
This effort is in fact the practical contribution by MTN to the rehabilitation and conservation of our country's natural wealth, which re-enforces the contribution of 10,000 euros that the company offered for the reforestation of the affected area. We remind you that this effort started out with the game «Oh Yellow Trees!», which MTN created on its Facebook page during the Christmas period, through which the company had pledged to offer 1 euro for each participation to the game. The game successfully gathered 10.000 entries bringing the amount donated by MTN for the reforestation of the Solea's area to 10,000 euros.
This volunteer action by MTN employees proves once more that for an organization such as MTN, its human resource is its driving force. MTN, with its continuous volunteering initiatives, constitutes an excellent role model of an active corporate citizen.


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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Lake Superior State forward Alex Williams announced Sunday that he was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Windsor Express of NBL-Canada. Williams is one of three Lakers playing professional basketball.
Maria Blazejewski '13 recently finished her third professional season in her fourth country. She scored 12 points in Puerto Rico's all-star game on Sept. 19. Forward Devin Daly '16 just started his rookie season in Denmark, and center Eric Menk '96 continues his celebrity status in the Pilippino League though he has not been picked up by a team in 2016-17.
Williams begins training camp in Windsor on Dec. 12. Last winter, the highly regarded shooter and defender played his rookie season for Soles de Ojinaga of the Mexican Chihuahua League, where he averaged 21 points, four rebounds and four assists per game.
Blazejewski ranked second in scoring and eighth in rebounding in the Puerto Rican League (BSNF) last summer. She averaged 20.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and three assists per game. She played her first two professional seasons in the Czech Republic, and last winter averaged 14.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game for Grunberg of Germany's DBBL North League.
During the Puerto Rican all-star game, Blazejewski was surpassed in scoring only by NCAA Division I standouts Ali Gibson (Oregon State), Tierra Henderson (UCLA), Kayla Thornton (UTEP) and Alexis Hornbuckle (Tennessee).
Daly's squad, Team FOG Naestved, consists of mostly first-year pros and is off to a 2-5 start. So far, the athletic playmaker is averaging 9.0 points and 3.4 rebounds while playing 26:53 per game.
"We are starting to come together as a team and play more consistently over the past two games," Daly said.
Menk, 42, played the previous two seasons for the Alaska Aces after spending most of his professional career with the Barangay Ginebra Kings of the Philippine Basketball Association. Known in the PBA as "Major Pain," the 6-6, 220-pound veteran was waived by the Aces after contributing 3.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season.
When he was with Genebra, Menk was a four-time PBA champion and the 2004-05 PBA most-valuable player. He last averaged in double figures in scoring in 2009-10 and has a professional career average of 11.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Menk can be followed on his web site, ericmenk.com.


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The city of Dubai; famed for its glitz, glamour and high luxury, has set yet another record, and, in the process, has further cemented itself as the world's one-stop destinations for feats of architectural brilliance and aesthetic ingenuity!
Sunday marked the grand unveiling of the 75-story Gevora Hotel, which at 356 meters and nearly quarter of a mile tall, is now officially the tallest hotel in the world! It has just about pipped the nearby JW Marriot Marquis which stands only a meter shorter.
The gargantuan hotel was officially opened to the public on Monday evening and guests can expect to be treated to the sublime luxury that we've come to expect of any hotel in the UAE, albeit with the added novelty of witnessing the spectacular views that some of its higher floors will provide.
The Gevora aims to combine European practical knowledge and know-how with the true essence of Middle Eastern hospitality. Through doing this, it aims to create an experience that is unlike any other! Indeed, with 528 rooms – including 232 deluxe rooms, 265 one-bedroom and 31 two bedroom apartments, you certainly can't say that there is dearth of space. It also houses a main pool, a baby pool, a jacuzzi, a health club, a fully equipped spa, and five restaurants; one of which is located on the top floor of the hotel. In a show of added panache, guests will enter the hotel through revolving doors coated in solid gold!
If all this wasn't enough, the hotel's proximity to Dubai's primary commercial hubs make it the ideal place for business and trade to take place. The World Trade Center, Financial Center and Business Bay are but a few important locations for industry in Dubai and all of these are located relatively close to the Gevora! We can't wait to see what the future holds for this phenomenal looking hotel!
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#include <common.h>
#include <dm.h>
#include <syscon.h>
#include <asm/test.h>
#include <dm/test.h>
#include <test/ut.h>

DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;

/* Base test of system controllers */
static int dm_test_syscon_base(struct unit_test_state *uts)
{
	struct udevice *dev;

	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device(UCLASS_SYSCON, 0, &dev));
	ut_asserteq(SYSCON0, dev->driver_data);

	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device(UCLASS_SYSCON, 1, &dev));
	ut_asserteq(SYSCON1, dev->driver_data);

	ut_asserteq(-ENODEV, uclass_get_device(UCLASS_SYSCON, 2, &dev));

	return 0;
}
DM_TEST(dm_test_syscon_base, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);

/* Test system controller finding */
static int dm_test_syscon_by_driver_data(struct unit_test_state *uts)
{
	struct udevice *dev;

	ut_assertok(syscon_get_by_driver_data(SYSCON0, &dev));
	ut_asserteq(SYSCON0, dev->driver_data);

	ut_assertok(syscon_get_by_driver_data(SYSCON1, &dev));
	ut_asserteq(SYSCON1, dev->driver_data);

	ut_asserteq(-ENODEV, syscon_get_by_driver_data(2, &dev));

	return 0;
}
DM_TEST(dm_test_syscon_by_driver_data, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);


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Lord of Discipline
Adam Cayton-Holland August 24, 2006 4:00AM
Rory Vaden does not believe in luck. More than anything else, he believes in discipline. It's his mantra, his ethos, the single factor responsible for everything that he has achieved so far in his young life, and for everything that he will achieve. In a blog entry on www.disciplinedynamic.com, his site dedicated to "Empowering today's youth to achieve by exposing them to the laws and techniques of personal Discipline," Rory, a 24-year-old "motivational humorist," discusses success: "The reality is that you got to where you are by Discipline. By paying the price, by doing what others were not willing to do. NOT because you were chosen, lucky, fateful, or somehow deserving of worship."
Luck has nothing to do with it.
So it's ironic to find Rory hooping it up in the latest commercial for the Colorado Lottery, the Holy Grail for those who believe in luck. In a thirty-second spot championing the lottery, Rory crosses over, dribbles through his legs, smiles for the camera, then busts a jump shot -- only to see the basketball burst into a cluster of decorative ribbons, each meant to symbolize the advantages that Colorado recreation receives as a result of the lottery.
"It's interesting that you bring that up," Rory, who's represented by Donna Baldwin Talent, says of the commercial. "Because the modeling and the acting has tied into my life really well. It's given me a reason to stay disciplined. I take it very seriously, but I don't take myself seriously at all. I think it's hilarious; it's the most cliche, I'm-going-to-be-famous-someday thing ever, but there's a lot of value to learning the industry and how it works. There's also value in it for me, because I'm learning to get comfortable in front of the camera. And that's necessary, because if all my plans work out, I'm going to be spending a lot more time in front of the camera."
Those plans are numerous. Rory would love to have his own HBO comedy special. He'd like to star in a couple of movies and then get behind the camera and direct a few. He wants to write a book and become a world-famous, Tony Robbins-like guru. But what he intends to focus on for the next half-dozen years is changing the trajectory of young lives.
"I want to give young people something to aspire to that is different than what they see in TV or pop culture," Rory says. "Because I think that is what I'm supposed to do. The world is ready for a role model who is not a rock star, who is not an athlete, who is not a reality-show baby. The world is ready for a young person who believes in values, who believes in hard work, who believes in God -- a person who makes it cool to be disciplined. I'm like a conduit for a message to pass, and the message is discipline. I'm not so great, I'm not so special, I have not done anything to deserve the talent I've been given, but I feel it is my responsibility to use it. I'm uniquely positioned to do something that the world really needs."
But before he can discipline the world, Rory Vaden must do something for himself: win the World Championship of Public Speaking in Washington, D.C., on August 26.
I go to the gym everyday. I don't eat fast food, drink soda, or eat candy. I've never had a cigarette and I've never touched a drug. While I do drink occasionally, I've never thrown up from alcohol abuse because I don't get obnoxiously obliterated.
At the same time I've never used money from my parents to pay for school, never been in trouble with the cops, and almost never gotten a grade below an A-, ever.
But I'm also not a nerd or a goody two shoes. I have an MBA, I have my own business; I am a speaker, a fitness model, and a stand up comedian. I'm not anti-social or prude, I'm just Driven and Disciplined. I am willing to make sacrifices that many people are not.
-- from Rory Vadens blog
Early on, Rory learned that if he wanted something out of life, he had to go out and get it himself. Born Rory McLaughlin in Boulder in 1982, Rory was raised mostly by his mother, Tessie Gale, and his older brother, Randy. Rory's birth father, a verbally abusive alcoholic, was in and out of the picture, and drifted off for good when Rory was five. His mother worked several jobs at a time to support her family. But rather than limit his options, she always encouraged Rory to chase his dreams.
"It was hard," Tessie says. "He had father figures, but he didn't have a father. But Rory came out of my womb kicking and screaming, always pursuing something, and from the time he was an infant, he wanted to do karate."
Adam Cayton-Holland
Contact: Adam Cayton-Holland
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