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NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Geography Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources
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Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources Class 10 Geography NCERT Solutions
1. Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which of these statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna?
(a) Agricultural expansion.
(b) Large scale developmental projects.
(c) Grazing and fuelwood collection.
(d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.
(ii) Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?
(a) Joint forest management
(b) Beej Bachao Andolan
(c) Chipko Movement
(d) Demarcation of Wildlife sanctuaries
2. Match the following animals with their category of existence.
Animals/Plants Category of existence
Black Buck Extinct
Asiatic Elephant Rare
Andaman wild pig Endangered
Himalayan Brown Bear Vulnerable
Pink Head Duck Endemic
Black Buck Endangered
Asiatic Elephant Vulnerable
Andaman wild pig Endemic
Himalayan Brown Bear Rare
Pink Head Duck Extinct
3. Match the following.
Reserved Forests Other forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities
Protected Forests Forests are regarded as most valuable as far as the conservation of forest and wildlife resources
Unclassed Forests Forest lands are protected from any further depletion
Reserved Forests Forests are regarded as most valuable as far as the conservation of forest and wildlife resources
Protected Forests Forest lands are protected from any further depletion
Unclassed Forests Other forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities
4. Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
Biodiversity means the quantity and variety of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Biodiversity is immensely rich in wildlife and cultivated species, diverse in form and function but closely integrated in a system through multiple network of interdependencies.
Importance of Biodiversity in human life:
(i) It has ecological, economic and scientific importance.
(ii) Species of many kinds develop a life support system from each other.
(iii) These affect the climate and ecosystem.
(ii) How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain
Many factors have caused the depletion of flora and fauna, out of which, man is the major cause for the ecological imbalance. Human activities have depleted our forests and wildlife resources.
(i) Expansion of railways, agriculture, commercial and scientific forestry is the major cause of depletion of fauna and flora.
(ii) Large-scale development projects have contributed to the loss of forests, like on river Narmada
(iii) Mining is another factor of deforestation. It has disturbed the natural habitat.
5. Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Describe how communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife in India.
Traditional communities in Indian forests rely heavily on forests for their livelihoods. As well as working with government officials in some areas to conserve forests, villagers themselves are preserving habitats and explicitly rejecting government intervention in many areas.
In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, villagers have fought against mining and destruction of forest by citing the Wildlife Protection Act.
The inhabitants of five villages in the Alwar district of Rajasthan have declared 1,200 hectares of forest as the Bhairodev Dakav 'Sonchuri', enforcing their own set of rules and regulations, They do not allow hunting, and are protecting the wildlife against any outside encroachments.
The Bishnois of Rajasthan are well known for protecting black bucks (chinkara), an endangered species, and herds of black buck, nilgai and peacocks can be seen as an integral part of the community and nobody harms them.
The famous Chipko Movement in the Himalayas led by local communities, especially women, successfully resisted deforestation in several areas. They have also shown that community afforestation with indigenous species can be enormously successful.
Traditional conservation methods are revived through the Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya.
The Joint Forest Management programme furnishes a good example for involving local communities in management and restoration of degraded Forests.
(ii) Write a note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
Conservation of forest and wildlife is necessary because it preserves the ecological diversity and preserves our life support system. The National Forest Policy outlines the following for protection, conservation and development of forests in India.
(i) Maintenance of environmental stability through preservation and restoration of ecological balance.
(ii) Substantial increase in forest tree cover through massive afforestation and social forestry programmes.
(iii) Steps to meet the requirements of wood fuel in form of firewood and leaf litter, fodder and minor forest products by increasing productivity of forests.
(iv) Encouragement of efficient utilisation of forest produce and optimum substitution of wood.
(v) Steps to create massive people's movement with involvement of women to achieve the conservation of our national heritage and minimise the pressure on existing forests.
For conservation of wildlife the following steps have been undertaken in India :
(i) Development of 88 national parks, 490 wildlife sanctuaries and 13 biosphere reserves.
(ii) Implementation of Wildlife Protection Act.
(iii) Protection of remaining population of endangered species by banning hunting, giving legal protection to their habitats and restricting trade in wildlife.
(iv) Project Tiger, Project Rhino, Project Elephant, etc, for protection of threatened species in their natural habitats, 27 tiger reserves have been set up under Project Tiger.
(v) Four coral reefs have been identified for conservatin and management. Many wetlands in the country are linked with river system.
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Spoken word artiest/woordkunstenaar/stadsdichter van Rotterdam: Derek Otte schreef zijn 2e boek en Jerry Ronda en Ik mochten het ontwerp verzorgen.
TOFLOF stands for Tough Love prenounced in Dutch with a heavy Rotterdam dialect. All the poems are about love. Not picture perfect love, but real love, his personal experiences with love. Tough, beautifull, sad, funny love with friends, family, lovers and society.
Style wise Derek realy liked the paintings of Edward Hopper. Especially his melancholic work, how he captures the lonelyness of a person in a big city. 'That's TOFLOF!' he said.
Because this book is basicly Derek's heart on the table we came up with the idea of an entire red book on the outside. Not only the cover, but also the sides of the paper. So when people see it, it's just this strange red block laying there. The name, the title, all the information on the cover had to be red as well, but we didn't want ink on the cover. We wanted the information to be carved in there just like all his TOFLOF experiences are carved in his heart.
The concept for the inside was to keep it minimalistic with a raw edge. We wanted every spread in the book to have 3 colors: off white, red and black. No matter what would be on the spread, all those 3, and only those 3 colors needed to exist on the spread.
The typography was very important for this book. It needed to have a certain vibe but be very readable as well. We took inspiration from old photographs of typography in the city of Rotterdam and matched that style for the headers. A typical vintage, lean and high, sans serif letterstyle. For the poem text we choose an opposite style, a serif. Opposites attract and a serif reads comfortable. To keep the book interesting we created a grid that allowed us to place the poems on different locations on the page. This way not one text spread looks the same!
Derek asked from the beginning to have illustrations in the book that would help give it that TOFLOF feeling. I always love the simplicity but at the same time complexity of 2 colored screenprints. Just simple rough shapes, puzzled together creating a stunning image. That was our inspiration and goal. Derek took us on a trip trough his personal hot spots in Rotterdam and we photographed it all. So many nice TOF places he knows, we could of made 50 illustrations! We ended up with 16, which was already way more work than expected, but I think it really adds to the book.
The whole book is binded with red thread, it literally is the read thread of his story running through the book.


Sunday, April 29th, 2018 at 4:10pm.
Boise is not a city of ancient and it is not a city of new. It is not a city of small or big. Boise is a city of several old and beautiful relics, buildings, and landmarks. The beginning of the city was a fort which then officially became a city in 1863. In today's world as well as in the early years the city expansion and industry has been fruitful. Although not every building of the old days is being used, the buildings are a great story of what the great and old metropolis of Boise is.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 at 9:13am.
It's all about the journey, not necessarily the destination. No matter your destination you want to make the most out of the summer. Boise, Idaho is the ideal place to take that journey. Here are adventures to definitely try on this summer's' journey.
The ideal place to cool off and relax while enjoying the beautiful scenery would be the floating of the Boise River. The river runs directly through Boise. There is even the opportunity to rope jump into the river about halfway down. It is fun to swim, float or just walk, bike, or run next to the river on the greenbelt.
Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at 11:13am.
Sunday, April 8th, 2018 at 11:11am.
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 at 8:13am.
In a city as old and as storied as Boise, there are bound to be many places of interest that could easily be of interest to residents or tourist alike. Although much of the Treasure Valley is in real estate-driven upheaval, there remains a lot of the Old Boise to be explored, and appreciated, if one is only willing to search in the right places. Relics from the State's earliest history as a mining state all nearby us constantly, reminding us of the grit and determination of Idaho's first American settlers.


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You may apply for a specific property. Estimated wait times vary by property.
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Online Consumer-Products Startups Finding Success Depends on Getting on Shelves
By Keith Good | Published: January 6, 2020
Last month, Wall Street Journal writer Sharon Terlep reported that, "American shoppers will buy almost anything online. But when it comes to household mainstays, from razors to tampons, the old-fashioned store still beckons.
"That reality is hitting some of the world's biggest consumer-products companies, which collectively have invested billions of dollars in startups in recent years that sold directly to consumers. Meanwhile, upstart brands are finding they must move into stores to compete outside of niche territory—for at least two reasons, executives and analysts say. Big retailers can give brands critical visibility, and consumers generally prefer buying household staples in a single shopping trip to enrolling in many subscription services.
"More than three years after Unilever PLC, the European giant behind Dove soap and Axe body sprays, paid $1 billion to buy Dollar Shave Club, the razor subscription service still isn't making money, according to people familiar with the matter."
The Journal article noted that, "Dozens of online consumer-products startups are finding their success depends on getting on shelves of Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and other traditional retailers. Even some celebrity-fueled startups have made the shift. Kylie Jenner's cosmetics brand, which recently sold a $600 million stake to Coty Inc., started selling in Ulta Beauty Inc. stores last year, although it didn't cite a reason for the move."
Ms. Terlep added that, "Some companies that sell online say demand is rising, and many brands that have moved into retail are increasing sales online as well. In addition to getting on store shelves, they are investing in TV and print advertising, finding they can't rely on social-media marketing alone.
"Online sales accounted for roughly 15% of the $3.7 trillion in U.S. retail spending last year, according to the National Retail Federation. Where overall retail spending rose 4.6% from the year earlier, online spending grew by more than 10%."
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Ekana Sportz City Pvt. Ltd. is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) tasked to develop, design, finance, construct, operate, maintain and transfer the sports infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the Concession Agreement entered between Ekana Sportz City Pvt. Ltd. and LDA. As per the Concession Agreement signed on 8th July 2014 two projects as under are to be developed in the 137 acres of land on the Southern Banks of River Gomti. The Sport Infrastructure Will Be Built In 71 Acres Parcel Of Land And Real Estate Infrastructure Development Zone Is 66 Acres.
The SPV will be responsible for designing, developing, constructing, operation & maintenance and transfer of the International cricket stadium and multi-purpose sports complex in Lucknow in accordance with the provision of long term concession agreement . Under this agreement the concession period will be of 35 years which implies that the special purpose vehicle ("SPV") will conduct the business of the sports hub for 35 years after the scheduled completion date, viz 25th feb 2017 to 25th feb to 2052.
Ekana Sportz City Pvt Ltd. is presenting a haven of deluxe residential dwellings in perfect concert with modern sports facilities in the city of Nawabs, Lucknow. "Ekana Sportz City", nestled in the lap of nature is to create a splendour of luxury spaces to include in its bouquet, sporting facilities of International standard along with the other essential needs to include Hotels, Shopping Malls, Education and Medical facilities. In this area of architectural opulence and spirit of sports will blossom Ekana Sportz City along the Southern banks of Gomti River an address of pride & elegance for not only the future residents but also for the citizen of Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh. 'Ekana Sportz City Pvt Ltd' is a consortium of two companies who are privileged to create this haven of joy and comfort promoting sports and health for all. The two companies who are jointly constructing this dream project are NCC Ltd. and GCC Pvt Ltd.
The state of Uttar Pradesh is having the largest population in the country and thus the requirements of sports facilities are also large. Accordingly, Department of Sports and the Government of Uttar Pradesh is working towards promoting excellence in sports.
It will play a critical role in accelerating the development of sports industry, excellence in participation and will take sports to the next level amongst the states of our country.
Special purpose vehicle /SPV is a legal entity (usually a limited company of some type or sometimes, a limited liability partnership ) created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives.


Terence Kongolo returns from his recent hamstring injury to start Huddersfield Town's Premier League game against Fulham tonight; 8pm kick-off at the John Smith's Stadium.
In total, David Wagner has made three changes to the starting XI that played at Watford in the previous game.
On the evening of his third anniversary at the Club, Wagner has reintroduced Kongolo after his three-game injury absence.
Florent Hadergjonaj also returns to the line-up tonight alongside striker Steve Mounié; it's the Benin international's first start since the home clash with Crystal Palace on 15 September.
Isaac Mbenza and Laurent Depoitre are substitutes tonight, whilst Erik Durm misses out with a slight groin problem.
Rajiv van La Parra has recovered from the illness that kept him out at Vicarage Road just over a week ago to take a place among the substitutes tonight, whilst Tommy Smith also returns. Collin Quaner and Jon Gorenc Stanković drop out of the match day squad.
Alongside Durm, Danny Williams (knee) is also unavailable tonight.


As well as sharing some of my own reflections and stories, I would love to share your stories of mediation and compassionate communication. If you would like to send stories you would like to share contact Terri through form on the contact page.
Choosing Non-Defensive Communication at the Copy Store, by N.A.
For Nonviolent Communication (NVC) articles, visit www.baynvc.org and www.cnvc.org.
For an article I really enjoyed on using NVC with children, visit www.baynvc.org, create an account (free), then in the COMMUNITY box, select ARTICLES, and select the article "Grabbing Our Way to Peace".
For Powerful Non-Defensive Communication articles, and summaries of Sharon Ellison's model, as well as tips and examples, visit www.pndc.com. There are several good resources under LEARNING ROOM, including ARTICLES.
For Restorative Justice articles, www.restorativepractices.org.


I will present QSFit, a new software to automatically perform the analysis of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) optical spectra. The software provides estimates of: AGN continuum luminosities and slopes at 5 different rest frame wavelengths host galaxy luminosities (for sources with z<~0.8) luminosities, widths and velocity offsets of 20 emission lines (Halpha, Hbeta, MgII, OIII, CIV, etc...) and luminosities of iron blended lines at optical and UV wavelengths. The purpose is similar to previous works on AGN spectral analysis, but the analysis follows a different approach: instead of focusing on a single emission line and estimate the continuum in the surrounding region, we fit all the components simultaneously using an AGN continuum which extends over the entire available spectrum. The whole fitting process is customizable for specific needs and data sources. We adapted it to analyze the SDSS optical spectra and ran the code over ~80,000 specra of Type 1 AGN at z<2. Our results are generally in very good agreement with those available in literature where the considered quantitites are directly comparable (e.g. the continuum luminosities). The emission line decomposition, however, strongly depend on the adopted algorithm, and the comparison of our estimates with previous results shows significant scatter. QSFit is our first attempt to provide a standardized way to analyze the AGN optical spectra in a similar way as other software (such as XSPEC) are used to analyze X-ray data. The ultimate purpose of QSFit is to allow astronomers to run a standardized recipe to analyze the data, in a simple, replicable and shareable way. Moreover, it allows users to fine tune the analysis for specific needs. The QSFit code will be released as free software under the GPL license. Also, all data in our AGN catalog, as well as the plots of spectrum with best fitting model and residuals, will be publicly available online.


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2 Designers Share the Décor You Should Ditch in Your 30s (and What to Invest In)
by Kelly Dawson
Kelly Dawson is a writer and editor who focuses on architecture, interior design, and culture. She regularly contributes to Architectural Digest's vertical Clever and Domino, and she's been writing for Dwell Magazine since 2015.
Amy Bartlam ; DESIGN: Jette Creative
Turning the big 3-0 comes with an almost palpable set of pressures. Unlike earlier milestone birthdays, the start of the third decade has traditionally symbolized a goal-post of adulthood, where careers and relationships and finances converge to either showcase success or hint at failure. There are plenty of arguments to the contrary, of course, especially since everyone's path is different. But even if you agree that this age shouldn't be filled with so many expectations, it's tough to shake the feeling that it should mean something.
So, instead of confronting the traditional pressures of 30, why not consider the more casual ways in which this new decade can feel like a fresh start? Updating furniture is one of the quickest and most fulfilling options, since you likely have at least some control over which furnishings come and go in your home. We asked two top designers, Jesse DeSanti and Katie Hodges, for their advice on which items to reconsider—for instance, a college futon and a ripped Breakfast at Tiffany's poster—and what to replace them with as you move past this birthday milestone.
Not only will this particular change in scenery make you feel like an "adult," but it'll also prove what this third decade should really be about: Embracing the person you are at this stage of life.
Jesse DeSanti, Creative Director and Owner of Jette Creative
Amy Bartlam
"There are so many reasons to update your home, but I think the main reason is so that your spaces age with you and not against you," DeSanti says. "Your home is a reflection of who you are and how you want to feel. You'll inevitably feel different as you get older and your needs change. I got married at 29, had a child at 30, and now recently bought a house at 35. Each of these is the reason I've had to or wanted to, update and invest in furnishings."
Items to replace:
Any temporary, cheap, and inherited items. "This is the moment to get things that will last a long time and hopefully grow with you," she says. "By purchasing a few key pieces and tossing out the old ones, you'll feel that your space is more representative of your current life versus your college dorm, your mom's old sofa, or your torn sheets."
An old mattress. "As you get older, your bed is more and more your friend," DeSanti adds.
Anything that's falling apart. "I love vintage and antique pieces and highly recommend them, but if they're falling apart it will bring your space down," she says.
What to invest in instead:
Communal pieces that make you happy. "A large sectional sofa might be it for some, while a large dining table might be it for others," DeSanti says. "These are the permanent items you can and should grow old with: Wood can be refinished if necessary, and a great sofa can be recovered. Invest in these items and you will enjoy your space more."
A solid mattress and comfortable bedding. "Gone are the days that you can pass out anywhere at any time and get a good night's sleep," she notes. "You spend so much of your time in bed that you should really enjoy it. It's also something my younger self had a hard time spending money on and now I'm happy to do it."
Cheap art. "Get rid of the posters and invest in some quality artwork," DeSanti says. "It will tell your story and brighten your space."
West Elm Alto 2-Piece Chaise Sectional $2700 $2200
Casper The Casper Mattress $600
Alexandra Nazari "Seaside" Limited Edition Art $170
Katie Hodges, Principal of Katie Hodges Design
"Entering your 30s is a new life chapter that's about living more intentionally," Hodges says. "These are often the years of job promotions, more meaningful relationships, and steering toward lofty future goals. Our home's surroundings affect so much of how we feel throughout the day. I've heard countless times how my clients' lives have improved after redecorating because, from the moment they wake up, their environment supports their lives. Thus, during this formative chapter of 'the 30s,' it's important to invest in things that make you feel good, rather than accepting what's free or cheap, just for the sake of it.
It's empowering to make changes in your life, and these decisions often have a domino effect of positive results."
Old upholstery. "Breakup with that hand-me-down sofa that has likely seen you through more than most of your friends," Hodges says. "It's at the end of its life-cycle and is dragging you down with it. Nothing you purchase can revive this dinosaur, and it's time to invest in yourself and think about what you like, versus what's free."
Futons. "Sure, they seemed impressively functional to have around at a certain place and time in your life, but there's nothing more outdated, or uncomfortable than a futon in a living or guest room," she continues. "If you have a studio space that can't accommodate both a bed and a sofa, opt for a pull out sofa that will look more tailored and sleek."
Kitschy picture frames. "Frames with adornments, quotes, and caricatures feel juvenile," Hodges says. "If you absolutely cannot get rid of your sorority rush stud-embossed picture frame, then at least keep it out of the main living area."
Haris Kenjar Photography
Matching towels. "Time to invest in a matching set, which will instantly elevate the look of your bathroom," Hodges notes.
A bed frame. "A mattress on the ground, or on box springs, is no longer acceptable in your 30s," she says. "The frame doesn't need to be expensive or fancy, but just that extra attention to detail will create a more sophisticated bedroom."
Matching silverware and dishes. "Stores like IKEA offer great matching sets that won't break the bank," Hodges says. "Opt for white plates and cutlery with simple, modern silhouettes—they make food look and taste so much better."
Parachute Waffle Towels Set $130
Anthropologie Rhys Bed $3600
IKEA 20-Piece Flatware Set, Stainless Steel $25
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Q: Android:getting place name from network provider I am building a GPS application which DO NOT USE INTERNET.so i cannot use APIs to obtain location.
I have already extracted latitude and longitude from network provider.
i was wondering if i can extract current place name from the network provider.By default a place name is displayed along with the network provider name(cell info display).I would like to extract it programmatically..can i do it

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i was wondering if i can extract current place name from the network provider

No, sorry.

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VoWW Interview #5 - Toy Edwards
For 35 years, the African American Parent Support Group (AAPSG) has advocated for the Black diaspora within West Windsor. This week, Voices of West Windsor covers its new President, Toy Edwards - a mother of 3 and an avid community representative. She talks about what the AAPSG does, how historical education can better represent the history of People of Color, and more.
(On the history of the AAPSG):
"The AAPSG has been in WW for 35 years. It was started by a group of concerned moms - Barbara Edmunds, Carol Delk, Jennifer Howard because they felt their kids were being mistreated in the school system and that there was power in numbers. They formed the organization so that African American kids and kids in the Black diaspora were afforded the same opportunities as other kids in West Windsor."
(On who in WW inspires her):
"I am a mother, first and foremost... I love folks like Karen Delk (past President of the AAPSG) who inspires me to keep pushing; keep up the fight... I'm inspired by my "supermom extrordinaire" Maya Kamath (President of Village PTA) - the "energizer bunny" who goes on for a thousand... and countless moms. I think this community has some great, great moms; some great, great people... doing great things."
(On how historical education can better represent the heritage of People of Color):
"We are so much more than slaves. There is such a vast history...We are inventors, creators, innovators. There is a larger breadth to African American stories... Everyone has a history and... we should do more of a deep dive to learn more. You have to take that historical walk to see - what we've been through shapes but we are but we're more than what you see."


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Mellow Mushroom has become one our staples for many reasons. First, they have plenty of booths – and oversized ones for our large crew! Ella has completely given up the highchair ever since she saw her baby cousin in hers and now thinks she can eat at the dinner table with the big boys. Falling out of the chair on a number of occasions has not deterred her. Second, they have one of those stuffed animal machines that can keep the kiddos entertained for those precious moments while we sip our beer and wait for food. Last night we fell even more in love with Mellow Mushroom because they had free face painting! This was not your average face painter, she is truely an artist. Check her out at www.bethanysbeautifulbodyart.com, the boys were beside themselves excited!
I'm wearing this jacket from lululemon, which I absolutely love.


The ACCESS Open Minds New Brunswick team is expanding their project; with funding from CIHR/SPOR and the GBF, and matching contributions from the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation, the 3 existing ACCESS Open Minds sites in New Brunswick are up and running (read more about them here!). Thanks to an important contribution of the Medavie Foundation, New Brunswick will be expanding to a fourth site this autumn.
Read the full Call for Expressions of Interest to be a Site for ACCESS Open Minds NB here, and please share this call for proposals widely throughout New Brunswick to encourage quality submissions prior to our program deadline of August 31, 2018.
Download the Application Form here. All additional requests for information and project proposals should be directed to the New Brunswick project secretariat via Krystelle LeBlanc (krystelle.leblanc@umoncton.ca).


I'm from #Wisconsin.When I was in 7th grade or so, I was at a girlfriend's house and as we finished our ice cream and were about to go down into the basement for our slumber party, my friend's mom said, "I don't like black people, but Peppur, you're alright." That hurt my feelings of course, it also made me sick to my stomach. I knew it was wrong, but I was confused because it felt like some kind of a compliment that I was to say thank you for…which I may have actually done. That comment was all kinds of things, but what it really was, was honest.
Yesterday, we made America not necessarily great again, but we made America honest again.
For the people who have honestly had to bite their tongue, or feel marginalized by the masses or felt forgotten and ignored and wronged and stomped on and stolen from and cheated upon and looked over and have been really. really, bitter and angry for the past eight years or more, I hope they are finally happy.
I was happy when Obama won. I felt some kind of wonderful that I can't put into words. I hope some people feel that way today. It is a fantastic feeling. It makes you stomp in the streets and clap up clouds of hope and excitement. It makes you dance. I hope people are this happy.
I know I wear rose-colored glasses. The color keeps me protected from the truth sometimes but it also keeps me humane. It keeps me connected to people because I always try to see the good in them so that they in turn will see the good in me. I ran for Junior Class President and Senior Class President, and won. In Wisconsin. I don't know how many of my classmates had parents who were as honest as my friend's mom. I don't want to know. I do know that I have a lot of classmates and people in my life now whom I will and must still call friends who are finally very happy.
I'm not sure what to do with all of this. I feel sick to my stomach. I feel confused. Because something feels very wrong. It's true: the truth hurts. So, my glasses have been knocked off, and will probably stay off for awhile so that I can clearly watch America be really, really, honest again.
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"Midnight Sky" is een nummer van de Amerikaanse zangeres Miley Cyrus. Het nummer verscheen op haar album Plastic Hearts uit 2020. Op 14 augustus van dat jaar werd het nummer uitgebracht als de eerste single van het album.

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"Midnight Sky" is geschreven door Cyrus, Ilsey Juber, Jon Bellion, Alexandra Tamposi, Andrew Watt, Louis Bell en geproduceerd door Watt en Bell. Het is een uptempo nummer dat wordt vergeleken met het werk van Prince. De tekst is geïnspireerd door de scheiding tussen Cyrus en Liam Hemsworth en een aantal van haar andere relaties. Cyrus vertelt in de tekst haar kant van dit verhaal en stelt zich zelfverzekerd op. In een interview vertelde zij dat zij hoopte dat het nummer panseksualiteit zou normaliseren en dat men zich niet meer zorgen hoeft te maken dat hun echte ik niet geaccepteerd zou worden.

Op 4 augustus 2020 plaatste Cyrus een voorproefje van "Midnight Sky" op haar social media-accounts. Op 6 augustus werd een voorproefje uitgebracht als onderdeel van de lancering van Instagram Reels, dat de strijd aan moest gaan met TikTok. Op 14 augustus werd de single uitgebracht. Het nummer is geïnspireerd door andere vrouwelijke muzikanten, waaronder Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett en Debbie Harry. Vooral Nicks' nummer "Edge of Seventeen" was een grote inspiratie, en Cyrus nam contact op met Nicks om te vragen of "Midnight Sky" haar zegen kreeg. Enkele maanden na de uitgave van de single werd er dan ook een mash-up gemaakt tussen deze twee nummers, getiteld "Edge of Midnight".

"Midnight Sky" werd een wereldwijde hit. In de Verenigde Staten piekte het op plaats 14 in de Billboard Hot 100, terwijl in de UK Singles Chart de vijfde plaats werd gehaald. Het werd een nummer 1-hit in Schotland, Bulgarije, Hongarije en Servië, en kwam ook in Australië, Canada, Ierland, IJsland, Israël, Kroatië, Polen, Slowakije, Tsjechië en Wallonië in de top 10 terecht. In Nederland piekte de single op de zevende plaats in de Top 40 en op plaats 23 in de Single Top 100, terwijl in Vlaanderen de zesde plaats in de Ultratop 50 werd gehaald.

De videoclip van "Midnight Sky" is geregisseerd door Cyrus; het is haar eerste clip die zij zelf regisseerde. De clip werd uitgebracht op dezelfde dag als de single. Cyrus is te zien in verschillende ruimtes, waaronder een kamer gevuld met spiegels, een kleurrijke kauwgommachine en een neonachtige discoruimte. Zij draagt hierbij een matje, glittermakeup, een zwarte bodysuit van Chanel en zwarte handschoenen gevuld met edelstenen van Swarovski. De kauwgom zou volgens Cyrus staan voor de bubblegum popmuziek, waar zij zich lange tijd in gevangen voelde, en de discobol zou staan voor "kapotte stukken die weer bij elkaar zijn gevoegd om een geheel te maken". Het visuele gedeelte van de clip is volgens Cyrus geïnspireerd door artiesten als Pat Benatar en David Bowie. Cyrus was eigenlijk bezig met het maken van een andere videoclip toen zij het nummer "Midnight Sky" bedacht, samen met de clip voor dit nummer.

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Softimage Announces Softimage 3D 3.7 Service Pack
August 5, 1997	 |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 1997 — At SIGGRAPH '97 today, Softimage Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., announced the fall arrival of the first Service Pack (SP1) for Softimage® 3D 3.7. With improvements in production workflow, interactive tools and mental ray
rendering, SP1 provides a significant feature upgrade to Softimage 3D 3.7. This Service Pack is also the first link to the new Softimage standalone rendering product, currently code-named "TWISTER." Due for release early next year, "TWISTER" is considered a major milestone on the road to the next generation of Softimage 3D, currently code-named "SUMATRA."
"This is another innovative step for Softimage," said Dan Kraus, product manager for Softimage 3D. "With SP1, we're introducing many features that will make production faster, while continuing to provide cutting-edge tools for the film, broadcast and game industries. SP1 is an important step forward toward our long-term vision for 'SUMATRA.'"
Leading facilities such as those of Digital Domain, Electronic Arts Inc., Fox Animation Studios, Industrial Light & Magic, R/Greenberg Associates Inc. (RGA) and Sega Entertainment Inc. provide regular product feedback to Softimage and are excited to see the many customer-driven features that will be added with the new Service Pack.
John Rix, technical director of advanced graphics at Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc. and a current Service Pack beta tester, commented, "Although this is just called a service pack, there are major enhancements to the workflow and the new features are charting the path toward 'SUMATRA.' Softimage is once again raising the bar for digital animation tools and leading the drive to the next generation of professional character animation."
Softimage 3D 3.7 SP1 Features
Softimage 3D 3.7 SP1 extends Softimage 3D animation tools – an industry standard for professional animation – offering even greater flexibility and more production convenience for animators. Improvements to Inverse Kinematics and Shader animation, as well as new selection and viewing tools, combine to provide unparalleled character-animation control.
The mental ray workflow has also been updated to provide quick and intuitive access to key rendering tools, such as volumetric lights, halos and other optical effects. A revolutionary new tool called RenderMap allows the prerendering of textures using all scene-rendering parameters, including mental ray shaders. Prerendering increases interactivity by precalculating all shading information and applying it to each object.
Softimage 3D 3.7 SP1 introduces full support for the Nintendo 64 games platform, providing the next set of tools necessary for professional game developers to create premier titles. Improvements to the integrated 2-D and 3-D paint, including texture manipulation and conversion tools, significantly speed the UV editing process. A detailed list of features can be found on the Softimage Web site, http://www.softimage.com/ .
"TWISTER" – The Next Step
"TWISTER" is a fully interactive, standalone rendering solution that combines the speed and power of the Softimage mental ray 2.0 renderer with the next-generation interface and architecture of "SUMATRA." Based on this new architecture, "TWISTER" is designed to work in conjunction with Softimage 30 3.7 SP1. The goal of the product is to provide a finishing and rendering solution that features next-generation rendering functionality while providing a transition platform for current Softimage customers to move to the new generation of Softimage products. "TWISTER" fits neatly into the Softimage 3D 3.7 SP1 workflow, providing an interactive tool set that complements and extends existing functionality. "TWISTER" is targeted for release in early 1998.
Delivered every quarter, Service Packs are designed to provide Softimage customers with maintenance agreements, quick and regular access to new features, performance optimizations, and new content such as textures, particle presets and motion capture data. The new Softimage 3D 3.7 Service Pack will be delivered at no additional cost to current Softimage customers with maintenance agreements. New customers will automatically receive both version 3.7 of Softimage 3D or the Softimage 3D extreme version and the Service Pack upgrade.
Available on both SGI and Windows NT® operating system platforms, version 3.7 is at the leading edge of hardware developments, fully optimizing SGI IRIX platforms and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based Intel Pentium Pro and Alpha RISC-based systems. The approximate price for Softimage 3D is $7,995 (U.S.); the approximate price for the Softimage 3D extreme version is $13,995 (U.S.). Upgrade pricing varies. Licensed users of Softimage 3D version 3.7 (both configurations) can license standalone mental ray rendering seats with prices starting at approximately $2,495 (U.S.) per seat. All products are available through the Softimage network of authorized resellers.
A complete list of Softimage 3D features, as well as additional information, can be found on the Web at http://www.softimage.com/ or obtained by calling Softimage at (800) 576-3846.
Softimage Information
Founded in 1986, Softimage develops software for media-rich applications including video, film, interactive games and CD-ROM applications. Products include Softimage 3D (high-end animation), Softimage Eddie (compositing) and Toonz (2-D cel animation). Additional information about Softimage and Microsoft can be found via the Internet at http://www.softimage.com/ and http://www.microsoft.com/ , respectively.
Softimage and mental ray are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Softimage Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft, Windows NT and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
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New Features Provided in the Softimage 3D 3.7 SP1
Selectability. Make objects selectable or unselectable.
Transparent Ghosting (Shade View). View ghosted objects that are shaded with points, lines, highlights, etc. visible on the back faces of the object.
Hidden Line Viewing Options (Shade View). View all shaded objects in a pseudo-hidden wireframe mode.
Grid Lock in the Schematic View. Lock element icons in position in schematic view.
Enhanced Rotoscopy View Mode. Choose between .pic files and SGI movie files for rotoscopy.
Editing Shader Fcurves. Access function curves for shaders (e.g., camera lens and output, light, material, volume, shadow, 2-D texture, 3-D texture, volume shader [atmosphere]).
New update options when manipulating Fcurves. Have an object update in another window while manipulating or editing its function curve.
Chain Behavior tool. Determine the behavior of a chain by specifying the general orientation of its resolution plane depending on a specific position of its end effector.
Mental Ray Workflow Tools
FXDirector. Quickly and easily create special optical and lighting effects, such as lens flares, volumetric lighting, star filters and slide projectors, using mental ray shaders.
ToonAssistant. Create inking and painting special effects that simulate cel animation.
Preview in a window. View a mental ray preview in a separate window.
Enhanced conversion from cylindrical/spherical textures to UV textures. Convert a cylindrical or a spherical texture map into UV coordinates without having to save a duplicated image on disk.
New supported shaders. Bionic_Volume, Bionic_Light, Bionic_Lens, Cptn Nemo, Cylindric, Dense, Dusty, EZ_Env_atmosphere, Frosty, Hot Stuff, Shadow Matte, Sprite, Static Cling, Strauss, Toon Wire, Toon Soft, Toon, TriSpec, XmasBall
New shader presets. EZ_Environment Atmosphere, Environment Horizon Night, Environment Horizon Day, Lens Flare
Games and Interactive Features
Nintendo 64 support
Polygon Attribute Editor. Specify Nintendo-specific rendering attributes on a per-polygon basis.
On-Target Viewer. View the animation of a Nintendo 64 exported scene (standalone viewer only).
Full support for Geometry, polygon attributes, Hierarchy Filtering, SRT and Animation, including Camera/Light Export. Exports the current Softimage scene in a format usable with the Nintendo 64 Development Libraries.
Nintendo 64 Development Kit. Includes all the files needed to compile the N64Export and on-target viewer tools and add custom functionality
3.0 API support. Export/Import/Viewer support for DirectX 3.0 file format.
H1500 support. Use this Ethernet-based device over a network.
Vertex color alpha painting. Define the alpha value for all vertices of each polygon.
RGB blending control. Control the brush alpha blending.


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Neurodegenerative
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Topics » Epilepsy
Distinguishing Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
Alicia Ciccone
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Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) helps to distinguish temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) from TLE without MTS. The findings, published in Epilepsia, validate the value of pre-surgical imaging in epilepsy evaluations.
The study, led by Karen Blackmon, PhD, of New York University, included 34 patients with TLE and 34 age- and sex-matched controls. MTS was confirmed through histologic evaluation of surgical tissue, resulting in 16 participants with TLE-MTS and 18 with TLE-noMTS.
Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFFs) in the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) resting-state fMRI signal, which is a marker of metabolic demand at rest, were averaged in 5 brain regions: the hippocampus, amygdala, and frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes. Volume and cortical thickness estimates were also taken for each region. The regions were labeled ipsilateral or contralateral according to seizure lateralization, and then compared across all 3 groups.
The researchers found that the TLE-MTS group had reduced fALFF in the ipsilateral amygdala and hippocampus while the TLE-noMTS group had slightly reduced fALFF in the ipsilateral amygdala but not the hippocampus. Ipsilateral hippocampal volume accounted for 37% of the variance in MTS status (P<.001) while fALFF contributed 10% (P=.021). Two cases of MTS were accurately classified by fALFF but not volume, while 3 were classified with volume but not fALFF.
In patients with TLE-MTS, fALFF with global signal regression (GSR) at the lobar level was reduced in the ipsilateral temporal and bilateral frontal lobes; fALFF was reduced in the bilateral front lobes in patients with TLE-noMTS compared to normal cortical thickness.
"In our cohort, ipsilateral hippocampal volume and fALFF independently contributed to MTS classification, each metric accurately identified both overlapping and nonoverlapping cases," the authors wrote. "This suggests that MTS patients without volume loss show functional abnormalities and that fALFF is sensitive to pathologic features of MTS that are partly independent from the well-established volume loss measure."
The authors noted that "it is possible that disease-related reduction in signal amplitude has minimal impact on temporal correlations. fALFF is correlated with local functional connectivity in healthy controls; however, it remains to be tested whether fALFF abnormalities in central hubs such as the hippocampus are associated with long range network dysfunction in TLE."
Reyes A, Thesen T, Wang X, et al. Resting-state functional MRI distinguishes temporal lobe epilepsy subtypes. Epilepsia. 2016; doi:10.1111/epi.13456.
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Yoshihiro Mizoguchi
National University Corporation Kyushu University, Division of Applied Mathematics
Websitehttp://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/search/details/K002201/index.html
A formulation of composition for cellular automata on groups
Inokuchi, S., Ito, T., Fujio, M. & Mizoguchi, Y., Jan 1 2014, In : IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. E97-D, 3, p. 448-454 7 p.
A linear algorithm for Brick Wang tiling
Derouet-Jourdan, A., Kaji, S. & Mizoguchi, Y., Sep 1 2019, In : Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 36, 3, p. 749-761 13 p.
Linear Algorithm
Class dependency of fuzzy relational database using relational calculus and conditional probability
Akbar, M. D., Mizoguchi, Y. & Adiwijaya, Apr 5 2018, In : Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 971, 1, 012001.
Formal equivalence classes model of fuzzy relational databases using relational calculus
Akbar, M. D. & Mizoguchi, Y., Dec 4 2017, Proceedings - 2017 International Conference on Applied Computer and Communication Technologies, ComCom 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Vol. 2017-January. p. 1-6 6 p.
Equivalence classes
Soft computing
Formalization of proofs using relational calculus
Mizoguchi, Y., Tanaka, H. & Inokuchi, S., Feb 2 2017, Proceedings of 2016 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, ISITA 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 527-531 5 p. 7840480. (Proceedings of 2016 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, ISITA 2016).
formalization
Formal proofs for automata and sticker systems
Tanaka, H., Sakashita, I., Inokuchi, S. & Mizoguchi, Y., Dec 1 2013, Proceedings - 2013 1st International Symposium on Computing and Networking, CANDAR 2013. p. 563-566 4 p. 6726962. (Proceedings - 2013 1st International Symposium on Computing and Networking, CANDAR 2013).
Mathematical analysis on affine maps for 2D shape interpolation
Kaji, S., Hirose, S., Sakata, S., Mizoguchi, Y. & Anjyo, K., Jul 29 2012, Computer Animation 2012 - ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium Proceedings, SCA 2012. Fellner, D. W. (ed.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 71-76 6 p.
On reversible cellular automata with finite cell array
Inokuchi, S., Honda, K., Lee, H. Y., Sato, T., Mizoguchi, Y. & Kawahara, Y., 2005, In : Unknown Journal. 3699, p. 130-141 12 p.
cellular automaton
Period lengths of cellular automata on square lattices with rule 90
Kawahara, Y., Kumamoto, S., Mizoguchi, Y., Nohmi, M., Ohtsuka, H. & Shoudai, T., Jan 1 1995, In : Journal of Mathematical Physics. 36, 3, p. 1435-1456 22 p.
Square Lattice
Properties of graphs preserved by relational graph rewritings
Mizoguchi, Y., Oct 2 1999, In : Information sciences. 119, 3, p. 289-299 11 p.
Graph Rewriting
Graph in graph theory
Rewriting Systems
Relational graph rewritings
Mizoguchi, Y. & Kawahara, Y., Apr 17 1995, In : Theoretical Computer Science. 141, 1-2, p. 311-328 18 p.
Binary relation
Relational structures and their partial morphisms in view of single pushout rewriting
Kawahara, Y. & Mizoguchi, Y., Jan 1 1994, Graph Transformations in Computer Science - International Workshop, Proceedings. Schneider, H. J. & Ehrig, H. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 218-233 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 776 LNCS).
Morphisms
Simple Graph
Hypergraph
Shortest path length calculation using graph transformations
Mizoguchi, Y., 2002, Proceedings of the 6th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, JCIS 2002. Caulfield, J. H., Chen, S. H., Cheng, H. D., Duro, R., Caufield, J. H., Chen, S. H., Cheng, H. D., Duro, R. & Honavar, V. (eds.). Vol. 6. p. 358-361 4 p.
Statistical properties of a quantum cellular automaton
Inui, N., Inokuchi, S., Mizoguchi, Y. & Konno, N., Sep 1 2005, In : Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 72, 3, 032323.
The number of orbits of periodic box-ball systems
Mikoda, A., Inokuchi, S., Mizoguchi, Y. & Fujio, M., Jan 1 2006, Unconventional Computation - 5th International Conference, UC 2006, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, p. 181-194 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 4135 LNCS).
Solitons
Uniqueness of Butson Hadamard matrices of small degrees
Hirasaka, M., Kim, K. T. & Mizoguchi, Y., Sep 1 2015, In : Journal of Discrete Algorithms. 34, p. 70-77 8 p.
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2015: looking back, looking forward
At Pig HQ, we're looking back at 2014, looking forward to 2015, and wishing a very Happy New Year to all!
In late summer 2014, The Pig Guide formed a brand new partnership, spruced up the website and devised a whole new Membership scheme for local businesses – hoorah! Pig plans for early 2015 include an initiative devoted entirely to local producers and specialist food and drink retailers, a Pig Producers market and food fair in the spring and a whole raft of unique Supper Club dates and collaborations for the diary – watch this space, Pig People!
Meanwhile, Bath-based food goddess Ping Coombes won the auspicious MasterChef gong, Sam Moody retained the Bath Priory's Michelin star, the Olive Tree at the Queensberry Hotel was awarded the highly-coveted gong for Best Wine List in the UK at the AA Hospitality Awards and Menu Gordon Jones won the Good Food Guide's Restaurant of the Year for the South West, all of which further endorsed the Heritage City as the jewel in the UK's foodie crown.
While had to endure waving a very sad farewell to The Kilted Chef, Market and Tambo Peruvian Kitchen, we welcomed Blunos, Ciao Ciao, Culture and Cure, Grillstock, the Scallop Shell, Ole Tapas, Pollocks of Bath, the Caribbean Kitchen, Bamboo Sushi, Turtle Bay, the Cowshed, glamorous refurbishments of the Huntsman and the Boater pubs and the return of La Flamma with open arms.
In 2015, Saw Close will change forever when the £14m casino, hotel and restaurant scheme (yup, two more restaurants, very likely to be chains) gets underway. Meanwhile, another 5m will be invested in the Colonnades site (adjacent to Pulteney Weir): leases for two massive restaurant sites are still up for grabs…


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Taiwan Arms Sales: Less Than Meets the Eye
By mediavigil - October 09, 2008
After more than seven years of waiting, there is reason to celebrate the final approval of a $6.4 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. Unfortunately, there is less to this package than meets the eye. Rather than addressing Taipei's deteriorating military balance against China's rapidly modernizing and expanding forces, these approvals provide gasps of new oxygen to Taiwan's aging defenses, which were starved of air initially by domestic politics and then, for the last year, by Washington's concern about Beijing's ire.
Indeed, for the most part, the sales seem to be designed around a new standard: providing no capability that Taiwan does not already have and about which Chinese protests will be perfunctory. For instance, the sale provides upgrades and repairs of existing systems and gives Taiwan new weapons to use against Chinese ground forces in the unlikely event that the People's Liberation Army decides to invade by way of Taiwan's beaches.
The White House also pointedly turned down requests to provide the two systems that Taiwan really needs to dissuade Chinese forces from an attack: upgraded F-16C/D fighter aircraft to maintain the air balance and design work on modern diesel-electric submarines that can challenge Chinese surface invaders.
PAC-3 Missile Defense
The sale does, however, provide one breakthrough: The Bush Administration's approval of 330 Patriot "Advanced Capability" missiles known as the PAC-3s. These missiles give Taiwan its first true defense against China's swelling short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) fleets--1,400 at last count--arrayed against Taiwan.[1]
Yet, even here, the Bush White House directed that Taiwan's initial request of 384 missiles be cut by 15 percent--for no military reason. Pentagon war-planners currently calculate the "kill rate" for PAC-3s against incoming Chinese Dongfeng SRBMs at about nine-in-10. They have also modulated operational doctrine from the older firing of two missile rounds at an incoming attack missile ("shoot-shoot-look") to a "shoot-look-shoot" tactic (fire one round at the incoming, check to see if the trajectory predicts a hit, and, if not, shoot the second round). This still means that the new Taiwanese PAC-3s can defend the island against only about one-fifth of a full Chinese attacking force at most.
War gamers also worry that Chinese sea-launched SRBMs attacking from Taiwan's Pacific Ocean side would still need a two-to-one PAC-3 defense ratio.[2]
With China's SRBM deployments expanding at a predictable 100-200 missiles each year (as they have since 1999), Taiwan's new Patriot ABM system is barely sufficient to defend one high-value Taiwan target. The rest of Taiwan remains absolutely vulnerable to Chinese missile attack. This is not even a minimal deterrent; it positively invites China to contemplate threatening massive missile bombardment of Taiwan as a cost-free tool of political coercion.
U.S.-China Partnership--at Taiwan's Expense
Taiwan is slowly being decoupled from America's network of security alignments in the western Pacific--partially because the Bush Administration has come to see China more as a security partner than as a competitor.[3] A case in point is the administration's promotion of the "North East Asia Peace and Security Mechanism,"[4] a continuation and broadening of a U.S.-China partnership on the Korean peninsula that has proven ineffective at enforcing the denuclearization of North Korea.
Of course, China is also seen as a partner in managing the global financial meltdown: There is no doubt the Bush Administration has a pronounced interest in further investment of Chinese massive foreign exchange reserves in the presently fragile U.S. financial system. Subsequently, during a warm telephone call to Chinese President Hu Jintao on September 22, President Bush "briefed" Mr. Hu on the financial "turmoil" and assured him that the "U.S. government took note of the seriousness of the issue." The Chinese president praised "positive trends in China-U.S. relations" and pledged "to continue our common efforts ... particularly on the Taiwan issue, to promote cooperative constructive relations."[5] The implicit quid pro quooffer of China's financial cooperation in return for U.S. cooperation on Taiwan was hard to ignore.
For an Administration that has insisted on "maintaining the status quo" in the Taiwan Strait, it is astonishing that the Bush national security apparatus has apparently determined that Taiwan can maintain such military "status quo" without major upgrades in capability.
While protesting the current offer, Beijing will take these latest White House decisions on Taiwan arms as the baseline for China's approach to the next Administration, demanding that the capability offered by future arms sales not go beyond that contained in the present package. Taiwan is the canary in the mineshaft: As it slowly decouples from the U.S. security network in the Pacific, we must expect that the rest of Asia will begin to question the value of American security guarantees and reexamine their own options.
The U.S. has a unique security relationship with Taiwan. Thirty years ago, fearing that executive branch diplomacy with Communist China would leverage a future president into abandoning Taiwan, Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which provides for arms sales to Taiwan, mandating that those decisions "shall" be "based solely upon ... the needs of Taiwan."[6] President Ronald Reagan also pledged that the U.S. would not consult with China on Taiwan's defenses.[7]
Congress assumed a major role in the shaping of America's strategy in Asia by passing the TRA. It--and the next American Administration--should strive to give full effect to those guarantees. Anything less will constitute an abandonment of American leadership that will not be lost on our friends and allies in the region.
by John J. Tkacik, Jr.
WebMemo #2098
John J. Tkacik, Jr., is Senior Research Fellow in China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
[1] See "Taiwanese Study Details China Missile Threat," Jane's Defence Weekly, April 15, 2008. "By November 2007, the PLA had deployed between 990 and 1,070 CSS-6 and CSS-7 short-range ballistic missiles" against Taiwan. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress, Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008, March 3, 2008, p. 2, at http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf (October 8, 2008). The number of Chinese missiles deployed against Taiwan (and Okinawa) has increased by 100-200 each year since the Pentagon reports were first published in 2001. For earlier reports, see http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/china.html.
[2] This information came in e-mail conversations with a PAC-3 specialist, dated July 5, 2008.
[3] Victor Cha, "Winning Asia, Washington's Untold Success Story," Foreign Affairs, November/ December 2007, pp. 98-113, especially p. 108.
[4] Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, "Afternoon Walk-Through at Six-Party Talks," transcripts from remarks given at the China World Hotel, Beijing, China, July 12, 2008, at http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2008/07/106959.htm (October 8, 2008). See also "Press Communiqué of the Heads of Delegation Meeting of The Sixth Round of the Six-Party Talks," July 12, 2008, at http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt/2649/t456096.htm (October 8, 2008).
[5] "Hu Jintao zhuxi tong Meiguo zongtong Bushi tong dianhua, shuangfang jiu zhongmei guanxi ji Meiguo jingji jinrong xingshi deng wenti jiaohuan yijian," Renmin Ribao, September 23, 2008, p. 1, at http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2008-09/23/content_107475.htm (October 8, 2008). See also "Chinese, U.S. Presidents Talk over Phone about Ties, U.S. Financial Turmoil," Xinhua (Beijing), September 22, 2008, at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/22/content_10091587.htm (October 8, 2008).
[6] Taiwan Relations Act Section 3302, United States Code Title 22 Chapter 48 Sections 3301-3316 (April 10, 1979).
[7] For a comprehensive look at President Reagan's policies, see Larry Wortzel, "Why the Administration Should Reaffirm the 'Six Assurances' to Taiwan," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1352, March 16, 2000, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1352.cfm.


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Prioritisation processes for public research and innovation in the energy area
– An international survey
The present report summarises the extensive material from studies of a number of different countries' processes for prioritising research and innovation efforts in the energy area. What our analysis reveals is that both fundamental considerations and practical approach vary widely.
South Korea, Switzerland and to some degree also Canada are examples of countries that have an established process for drawing up energy research and innovation (R&I) programmes, where clear, transparent routines have been put in place and the decisions that are made can in principle be traced to objective bases and considerations. Canada has come a long way as regards broad public support, for example through open communication channels on the Internet. Informal influence may of course play a part but this can be assumed to have somewhat less impact than in those countries where the processes are not as well developed, for example Japan, Denmark, Great Britain and to some degree the USA. In these countries, the prioritisation processes are more random and in particular with regard to overall focus and direction there is great scope for informal influence via informal channels.
A few general observations are:
Trade and industry and academia are well represented in consultation processes in all countries, both as regards defining challenges and problems and proposing concrete measures and projects to meet these challenges.
In several of the countries, prioritisations are largely made by officials at government ministries and agencies/authorities. The analysis of Germany describes for example how about a hundred officials with extensive "silent knowledge" and extensive networks consult each other and sometimes disagree on where the money should be invested. The informal contacts that these officials and other players have, is a central element of the prioritisation processes. This is also largely true of Japan.
Most of the countries have made broad analyses of what the future will look like for both the energy area and the development of society in general. In Finland, both Tekes and the Academy of Finland work systematically with analyses of the future as their starting point. Germany made broad analyses of energy trends up to 2050 in preparation for the country's sixth energy research programme. This is also an important basis for prioritising in energy R&I in the USA, Japan, Canada and South Korea.
One shortcoming that most countries suffer from is a lack of distinct processes for evaluation and learning. Naturally, learning takes place at the level of the individual, and to a certain extent at player level, but regarding the Research and Innovation system as a whole few countries systematically transfers experiences from earlier efforts to design a policy for the future.
Prioritisation processes for public research and innovation in the energy area – An international survey
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I'm out of space here, but please feel free to come back and ask me any other questions you may have about your trip, Jennifer. I'm always here to help.


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Neil J. Rubenking Authentic8 Silo Authentic8 Silo completely insulates your browser from malicious websites and also manages your passwords. You can use it on Windows, Mac, Ubunto, or iOS (iPad only).
Authentic8 Silo
By Neil J. Rubenking
April 8, 2016 1:54PM EST
Local browser is completely insulated from all Web-based attacks. No local traces of Web activity. Masks IP address. Includes full password manager. Two-factor authentication. Brute-force hack protection.
No Android support. More expensive than dedicated password managers.
Authentic8 Silo completely insulates your browser from malicious websites and also manages your passwords. You can use it on Windows, Mac, Ubunto, or iOS (iPad only).
When government entities need to keep information really, really secure, they keep it on computers that have no connection to the Internet. This air gap technique can be extremely effective (as long as nobody sticks a random USB drive into the protected computer). Authentic8 Silo puts a similar security gap between your computer and the websites you visit, and also functions as an effective multi-device password manager.
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I'll be focusing on Silo for Individuals, which costs $10 per month. Silo for Teams, aimed at businesses and enterprises, doesn't have a fixed price. As with many enterprise-level products, you contact the company and negotiate a price based on your needs, the number of users, and so on.
Silo looks like a browser, quacks like a browser, and acts like a browser, but it isn't one—not really. All of the actual Web browsing takes place on Authentic8's servers. Your local Silo client establishes an encrypted connection to those servers. When you click a link or enter a website address, the local client passes along your request to the server. The server communicates with the websites and transmits an already-rendered Web page back to the client. What you see in Silo is like a picture of the page; you're not directly connected.
If you have any doubt as to whether all browsing really, truly takes place on Authentic8's servers, just load up your favorite speed test website in Silo. Speedtest.net (owned by PCMag's parent company Ziff-Davis) reported about 50Mbps download speed in Chrome, which is about the best my office connection ever gets. When I ran the same test in Silo, it reported an off-the-charts 940Mbps!
Using Silo is similar in some ways to using a VPN service. Your Internet traffic is encrypted between you and the VPN server and, as with Silo, your visible IP address is that of the server. Authentic8 has servers in 18 locations around the world, and the administrator for a business installation can choose which endpoint's IP address to use. As an individual user you don't get to choose, but your actual IP address is still hidden.
Note, though, that when you're connected through a VPN, your local browser is still doing all the processing of incoming traffic, and is thus still subject to attack by malicious websites. When you're running Silo, malvertising, drive-by downloads, and other Web-based attacks just can't reach you.
Note that this is a different approach from local hardened browsers like Epic Privacy Browser or the Safe Pay browser in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2016. These products work hard to isolate the browser from other local processes. Silo doesn't have to do that, as the actual browsing takes place elsewhere.
Silo leaves no local traces of your browsing activity. And because your account information lives on the server, you can access your account from any device. Well, almost any. Silo supports Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, and iOS (iPad only).
Getting Started With Silo
Your first step is to sign up for a free 30-day trial. There's no requirement for a credit card number; it's really free. After you sign up, the site recommends installing the local client specific to your operating system. Getting the client downloaded and installed took me just a couple of minutes.
There are a few more initial steps. You must define a PIN of at least four digits, to protect your account. You can also choose to require phone-based two-factor authentication every time you log in, or just when you log in from a previously unknown device (the latter is recommended). You can also choose to receive your two-factor code via phone call or text. That's it; you're ready to roll.
When you first launch Silo, it encourages you to create shortcuts for your online accounts in six categories: Finance, Shopping, Travel, Insurance, Health, and Other. Clicking one of the categories opens a list of websites matching that category. You simply click a site, enter your username and password, and save the result. When you click the icon that appears in Silo's left-side dock, it navigates to the site and logs you in.
Silo's list includes over 1,600 known sites. The presence of a site on the list means that Authentic8's engineers have either verified that it uses a standard login technique or captured details that allow Silo to handle its nonstandard login. In many cases, you'll be asked for details very specific to the site. For example, when you add Virgin America it asks for your email or frequent flyer number. A similar feature in LogMeOnce Password Management Suite Ultimate covers more than 4,000 sites.
You don't have to pick from the list if you don't want to. As with Dashlane 4, LastPass 4.0, and most other password managers, you can just log in as usual and allow Silo to capture your credentials.
If the site you've chosen has a nonstandard login and is not on Silo's list, it may not be captured correctly. Some products, among them Sticky Password Premium and RoboForm Everywhere 7, have the ability to capture all data fields from an oddball login page. Silo doesn't, but there's a button to report login trouble and, if you're lucky, get the site added to Silo's list.
You can roll up the left-side dock to get it out of the way, or expand it into a larger panel that shows all of your saved logins. Clicking an icon launches and logs in to the website. If you want to make changes, you must click the gear icon to put the dock in editing mode first. That threw me off at first; I tried to right-click for editing and wound up launching the site instead. You can pin your most-used icons to the dock, so they'll appear even when it's squeezed down to one column.
Silo does handle password-change events. However, in testing I wound up creating a new saved login rather than updating the old one. Specifically, I had entered an old password for Gmail, so it was rejected. When I submitted the new password, Silo presented a list of Google-related logins for me to select. Choosing Gmail got me a new login. It seemed a little awkward, but this isn't something that should happen often.
As noted, Silo is much more than just a password manager. It's a whole secure browsing environment. That being the case, it's not too surprising that the password manager component omits some of the bells and whistles found in dedicated password utilities. Silo doesn't attempt to import or export passwords, or to fill Web forms with personal information. It doesn't include a password generator, secure sharing, or an actionable password strength report. If you really need these features and don't care about secure browsing, this may not be the right product for you.
Dealing With Downloads
When you're surfing the Web, your browser is constantly downloading pages of HTML code, images, and so on. As noted, all of these cached files reside on the server. But when you actively choose to download a picture, video, or other file, that's a different story.
With most browsers, clicking on a downloadable file simple captures it to your Downloads folder. Silo instead brings up a window called Storage Manager. You can choose to save the file on your 5GB Temporary Drive, in which case it vanishes when you shut down Silo. Or you can download directly to your computer. From the Storage Manager you can also move files between the computer and the Temporary Drive.
A couple of other storage options are only available to users of Silo for Teams. My Drive is a personal cloud drive that you can access from any device when you're logged in to Silo. You might also have access to one or more cloud drives shared by your team.
Security Specialties
I mentioned that during the setup process you must create a PIN to unlock Silo itself. The pin can be from four to eight digits long; I strongly recommend using the full eight digits.
Now, an eight-character password composed all of digits would be pretty terrible protection for your secure browser. A hacker could brute-force that kind of password in no time. Could, that is, if authentication were a simple matter of submitting the password for verification.
Silo's authentication routine is unique. You never enter the PIN itself. Rather, you look at the on-screen PIN pad and type the letter displayed above each digit. After each digit, you get a new random collection of letters. On an iPad, it's a tad different—you tap out your PIN code in digits, but the numbers shuffle position after each tap. In either case, there's no fast way for a hacker to try all combinations, and no way for a shoulder-surfer to memorize your PIN.
I times the login process and found I could connect to the server and log in with a four-digit PIN in about 20 seconds. At that rate, a very patient hacker could run a manual brute-force attack, trying all 10,000 possible four-digit PINs in less than six hours. Except that Silo won't allow it. After three wrong attempts, the Silo login shuts down, requiring a new connection to the server. After three such shutdowns, it locks your account. At that point, in the unlikely event that you somehow locked yourself out, you have to contact tech support and prove that you really are you.
But what about the other face of security, protecting your own data? It's all very well to say that your browsing traces are encrypted on Authentic8's servers, but what's to stop the company itself from data-mining your details, or selling them? I asked Authentic8 CEO Scott Petry for his thoughts.
Petry explained that an administrator for the business edition could supply a proprietary encryption key. That way even if hit with a subpoena, Authentic8 couldn't decrypt the data. Individual users don't have the option of using a proprietary key, but the company's policy firmly forbids any access to customer activity logs without permission. Even with customer permission, it takes two employees to enable access. In any case, as Petry pointed out, if you used an ordinary browser your ISP would have access to all of the same information. I'm satisfied.
Silo for Business
As noted, I'm not attempting to review the business-oriented Silo for Teams, but I'll briefly report on some of its amazing capabilities. The key here is that all browsing through Silo actually takes place on Authentic8's servers. That means an administrator has unbreakable control over exactly how the product is used.
To eliminate all possibility of users picking up malware on the Internet, the admin can disable downloading to the local computer. Users can still download a personal file to the Temporary Drive, and even upload an edited version from that drive. But nothing reaches the local machine. Worried about users copy/pasting sensitive corporate information into personal email? No problem; the administrator can disable use of the clipboard.
To avoid the possibility of inappropriate Internet use on the job, an admin can impose Web filtering restrictions. The admin can also impose policies such as when two-factor authentication is required, and even impose fine-grained control like permitting downloads but forbidding uploads.
It gets wilder! A security researcher using Silo can thoroughly mask more than just the IP address. The Silo browser can present language and time zone characteristics to match the spoofed location. By manipulating the user agent string reported by the browser, the researcher can give the appearance of connecting from a specific browser or device type. Want to tell the world you're connecting from an iPad running Chrome? No problem!
At the RSA Conference earlier this year, CEO Petry showed me how the company uses Silo for its own outsourced payroll and HR systems. Workers can click a half-dozen icons to open the company's secure websites, but they can't see or change the login credentials. They can't surf to any other websites. Silo gives them everything they need to do the job, and not an ounce more. As you can see, there are many possibilities for Silo in business.
Much More Than Passwords
At $10 per month, Authentic8 Silo is probably too expensive to use merely as your personal password manager. But if you also want to browse without risking malware attack, surf without giving away your IP address, and protect your passwords with crazy-tough authentication, it may be just the thing you need.
If you don't want or need that added security, if what you're really looking for is just password management software, our Editors' Choices are LastPass 4, Dashlane 4, and Sticky Password Premium.
Bottom Line: Authentic8 Silo completely insulates your browser from malicious websites and also manages your passwords. You can use it on Windows, Mac, Ubunto, or iOS (iPad only).
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