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Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Select "Hardliner" As New Leader
By gmbwatch on	 May 27, 2012 Daily
Jordanian media has reported on the selection of a new leader for the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, described as a "hardliner." According to a Jordan Times report:
Jordan Times May 26,2012 AMMAN — Islamists have selected a conservative to head the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's largest decision-making body, securing conservatives' grip on the Kingdom's largest political force. Islamist officials selected on late Thursday Nawaf Obeidat, a longtime party insider and close ally of conservative overall leader Hamam Saeed, as president of the movement's 52-member Shurah Council, ending the eight-year reign of moderate Abdul Latif Arabiyat. Obeidat's victory comes weeks after Saeed narrowly retained his post as overall leader and conservatives pulled off a surprise sweep of the movement's five-member executive council. According to Islamist sources, Obeidat easily secured the victory after moderate and reformist camps withdrew their candidates in an ongoing protest over alleged irregularities in internal polls last month that saw Saeed defeat reformist candidate Salem Falahat by a two-vote margin. Islamist leaders did not deny ongoing tensions between so-called moderate and conservative camps, stressing only that despite differences, the movement's ranks are 'united' in their drive for greater political reform. 'As with any political movement or group, there are going to be differing opinions and views, and these internal elections were no exception,' Jamil Abu Baker, Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, told The Jordan Times. 'But now that members' choices have been made, we will stand united as set our strategy for the next four years.' With the movement's leadership posts filled, Abu Baker said the Muslim Brotherhood will proceed to tackle a series of 'pressing issues,' such as drafting an economic programme, internal administrative reform and the movement's stance on participation in upcoming parliamentary polls. Observers claim conservatives' rise to power comes as a direct response to a perceived lack of sincerity among decision-makers to carry out reform and the recent appointment of Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, which marked the end of a months-long warming of ties between Amman and the Islamist movement. While united on a majority of regional and domestic issues, insiders say conservatives and reformists remain divided over political participation, with moderates eager to take part in upcoming polls and conservatives insisting the movement holds firm to its previously announced conditions: constitutional reform guaranteeing the formation of elected governments and an elections law based on a proportional representation system.
In March, the Jordan Times had reported on the internal elections for the Jordanian Brotherhood's shura (advisory) council which, at that time, were described as a split between the so-called moderate and hardline factions.
Previous posts have reported on various extremist positions of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood including:
Praising Turkey's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador and calling on Jordan and Egypt to do the same.
Demanding punishment for those in Jordan who may have warned Israel about the terror attacks in Eilat.
Calling the French ban on full face veils "the beginning of a dangerous battle."
Suggesting that Israel might be behind a bomb attack on an Egyptian Coptic church.
Support for Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir, accused by the International Criminal Court of genocide in Sudan.
Support for marriage of girls at age 15.
Participation in incitement centered on the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Calling on Palestinians to begin a "Third Intifada."
Calling for martyrdom over religious sites in Israel.
Opposing a U.N treaty on the rights of women.
Supporting a boycott on goods produced by "enemies of Islam."
Calling for more suicide attacks against Israel.
Numerous posts have covered the ongoing struggles within the Jordanian Brotherhood.
Palestinians In Europe Conference Closes; Identifies A New European Intiative - 10:40 AM RECOMMENDED READING: "In Syria, America Allies With The Muslim Brotherhood " - 09:00 PM
RECOMMENDED READING: "Rise of Muslim Brotherhood Frays Saudi-Egypt Ties" - 09:00 PM U.S. Senator Kerry To Meet Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Presidential Candidate - 09:03 PM
RECOMMENDED READING: "New Republic: Media Gets Egyptian Candidate Wrong" - 02:25 PM KindHearts Charity Settles With U.S. Treasury Department - 09:00 PM Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Re-elects Hardline Leaders - 09:03 PM
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Leader To Speak At Dutch Muslim Brotherhood Event For New Converts - 09:00 PM RECOMMENDED READING "Syria's Muslim Brotherhood Rise From The Ashes" - 09:03 PM
Further Details On Dutch National Converts Day - 09:00 PM RECOMMENDED READING: "Awlaki Acknowledges His Radical Past" - 09:03 PM
Qaradawi Tunisian Visit Stirs Controversy - 09:00 PM Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Presidential Candidate Will Implement Islamic Law If Elected - 09:03 PM CAIR Offers Condolences On Death Its Former NY Director; Ghazi Y. Khankan Once Defended Hamas Suicide Bombings Against Civilians - 09:05 PM
CORRECTION: Qaradawi Tunisia Rally Was Scheduled For May 3 Not Yesterday - 04:00 PM Former CSID Board Chairman Appointed As IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies At George Mason University - 09:03 PM Global Muslim Brotherhood Announces Second European Initiative - 09:03 PM
Wagdi Ghoneim Accuses Israelis of Spreading Drugs and Aids In Egypt - 09:00 PM Rachid Ghannouchi Nominated for U.K. Think Tank Prize - 09:03 PM
Egyptian Presidential Candidates Vow To Review Peace Treaty - 02:44 PM Egyptian Cleric Declares Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Will Realize Islamic Caliphate; Calls For Millions To March On Jerusalem - 09:00 PM ISNA To Host Rachid Ghannouchi - 09:00 PM
Human Rights Groups Condemn Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Medical Convoys Over Female Circumcision - 09:00 PM International Islamic Relief Organization To Open New Overseas Chapters - 09:03 PM
RECOMMENDED READING: "Jamal Badawi: Enduring Link To ISNA's Radical Past" - 09:00 PM
Only One Waitress In Gaza - 09:41 AM IIIT And CSID Hold Panel With Tunisian Muslim Brotherhood Leaders - 09:00 PM European Muslim Brotherhood Lobby Group Announces 100 Parliamentary Signatures On Prisoner Petition - 09:03 PM
RECOMMENDED READING: "American Islamists Push Negative American Image" - 09:00 PM
U.S. Congressional Report Recommends Attorney General Sever Ties With CAIR - 10:56 AM
RECOMMENDED READING: "Qatar's Ties with the Muslim Brotherhood Affect Entire Region" - 09:00 PM AP Says Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood "Turns Righward" - 09:03 PM
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Denies Reports Of Female Circumcision Convoys - 03:33 PM 2nd Egyptian Presidential Candidate Now Said To Be "Moving To The Right" - 09:00 PM
Qaradawi Organization Raising Funds For Islamic Endowment - 02:03 PM RECOMMENDED READING "Keystone Cronies: State Agency Colludes with CAIR-PA" - 09:00 PM Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Website Posts Article Describing Israel As "A Cancer That Must Be Eradicated" - 09:03 PM
ISNA Hosts Conference Featuring Global Muslim Brotherhood Leaders - 09:00 PM Global Muslim Brotherhood Meets In Moscow To Issue New Terrorism Fatwa - 09:03 PM
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Organizations Hold Annual Conference - 09:00 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Muslim Brotherhood Canadidate To Face Former Prime Minister In Runoff Presidential Election - 11:30 AM Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Select "Hardliner" As New Leader - 09:03 PM
RECOMMENDED READING: "Reports Of The Muslim Brotherhood's Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated" - 09:17 PM
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Smart Farms of the Future: Making Bioenergy Crops More Environmentally Friendly
California, Carbon Capture, Energy, Farming/Growing, Federal Agency, Feedstock, Feedstocks, Field/Orchard/Plantation Crops/Residues, Government Resources, Infrastructure, R & D Focus, Resources, Sustainability
by Julie Chao (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Berkeley Lab launches three new projects to advance sustainable agricultural practices … The three projects, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), leverage Berkeley Lab's strengths in artificial intelligence, sensors, and ecological biology. They aim to quantify and reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture, including the farming of biofuel feedstocks such as corn, soy, and sorghum, while also increasing yield.
Crop-based biofuels have the potential to supply up to about 5% of U.S. energy demand, according to the DOE. Two of the new projects are part of the SMARTFARM program of DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This initiative aspires to make the biofuel supply chain carbon negative – meaning it removes or sequesters more carbon than it emits – which would greatly improve biofuel's benefits to the broader economy and environment. Scientists also hope that the increased productivity will have the effect of lowering costs and increasing farmers' income.
"How can we make this Earth work for 7 billion people?" said Michael Schuppenhauer, who is leading one of the projects for an industry partner, Arva Intelligence, a startup based in Park City, Utah. "If we can develop a pathway for farmers to have a better bottom line and help the environment, that's where everybody wins."
A third project is supported by a DOE small business grant and is in partnership with Arva Intelligence.
Gathering massive amounts of data
In the first project, researchers led by Blake Simmons, director of Berkeley Lab's Biological & Systems Engineering (BSE) Division, working with project lead, Arva Intelligence, will monitor five commercial farms in California and Arkansas growing corn and crops for straw. The farms will be equipped with state-of-the-art sensors to assess fertilizer, water, energy use, and crop yield, while monitoring towers registered with DOE's AmeriFlux network will measure emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane at subsecond resolution.
The environmental and emissions impacts of biofuel production — one of the largest consumers of grain crops in the U.S. — are well understood, but emissions and opportunities for improvements at the field-level remain unclear. The Arva/Berkeley Lab team is one of four selected by ARPA-E to establish validation sites to "ground truth" solutions for emissions monitoring, with a variety of crop species included across the teams.
The Berkeley Lab team is considering anaerobic digestion of crop residues, which are the parts of the plants left on the field after the food crop has been harvested, to biogas as a viable pathway for farmers. "Crop residues are actually the largest pool of readily available sustainable biomass that you can efficiently convert into biofuels and bioproducts," Simmons said. "We can use that as the feedstock. So, you're producing food and fuel and fiber from the same field and maximizing the carbon conversion efficiency on a per-acre basis. That is the reason why, ultimately, we believe this pathway has a much better eco- and carbon-balance than other pathways."
As part of the project, Berkeley Lab scientists will conduct atmospheric sensing of greenhouse gases, genomic analyses to characterize the soil microbiome, and life cycle analysis to determine the ratio of carbon input to output. The field experiments will generate massive amounts of data. Arva will use the data to build mathematical models and improve precision agriculture algorithms to help farms become carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative.
"The end products aren't just looking at greenhouse gas emissions," said Schuppenhauer, the project's lead for Arva, who is also a BSE affiliate scientist. "The end products will be things such as: How much fertilizer do we really need? If we can reduce the amount of fertilizer use by half or a quarter, that has implications on fossil fuel use, as it is used in fertilizer production."
ARPA-E awarded Arva $2.95 million for the project, of which $1.6 million will go to Berkeley Lab. In addition to Simmons, researchers from Berkeley Lab's Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, the DOE Joint Genome Institute, and the University of Arkansas are also involved.
Making sense of all that data
In the second project, also funded by ARPA-E, Berkeley Lab researchers led by Yuxin Wu will take in the data from the other ARPA-E SMARTFARM teams and develop a common standard for carbon accounting.
Currently, established low-carbon fuel markets can confer sizable financial rewards to products that are produced with low greenhouse gas emissions, bringing farmers as much as $100 per acre in additional revenue. Yet farmers lack a way to measure their carbon footprint.
"If you really want to put a price on carbon from biofuels production, you have to be able to accurately measure emissions of carbon and carbon-equivalents from each farm," said Wu, head of Berkeley Lab's Geophysics Department. "That could incentivize farmers to move away from resource-intensive farming, where they are driven to maximize yield by using more fertilizer."
But carbon accounting is no easy task. "Greenhouse gases are released by plant and root respiration, by the soil, by fertilizer use, and when you pump water or use machinery. It's a complex equation," said Wu. "And each farm operates in their own way. How we put together these very different datasets is a challenge."
ARPA-E awarded Berkeley Lab $1 million for the project.
A software system for farmers
Lastly, Berkeley Lab researchers, led by Nicola Falco and Haruko Wainwright, are partnering with Arva to develop machine-learning software to integrate DOE's environmental databases with local-scale monitoring and sensing.
The DOE databases and facilities – such as AmeriFlux and ESS-DIVE, a repository for Earth and environmental science data – provide critical datasets for understanding agro-ecosystem functions on the regional and national scales. These functions include greenhouse gas fluxes, evapotranspiration, and soil biogeochemistry.
In this project, the researchers will develop a scalable software system to couple the local-scale datasets – such as from sensors monitoring water, nutrients, and fertilizers – with the DOE datasets. "The DOE's databases and user facilities offer powerful assessments, yet they have been rarely used for ecosystem management," said Falco.
The software will be able to, for example, couple evapotranspiration estimates derived from Ameriflux with local soil sensors and drone images to provide information on water management practices. DOE has awarded Arva a small business grant of up to $200,000 for this project.
Berkeley Lab's efforts to leverage machine learning for sustainable agriculture started in 2018 on a farm in Arkansas. Falco and Wainwright have since developed a suite of algorithms, now available for licensing, to help farmers estimate sprout and plant density using images taken by drones. These estimates, in turn, enable real-time adjustments to boost productivity.
"Berkeley Lab has extensive expertise characterizing soil-plant interactions and other terrestrial ecosystem properties across scales," said Wainwright. "By working with Arva and its machine-learning capabilities, we hope to transfer our tools and knowledge more quickly for operational management."
Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest scientific challenges are best addressed by teams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and its scientists have been recognized with 13 Nobel Prizes. Today, Berkeley Lab researchers develop sustainable energy and environmental solutions, create useful new materials, advance the frontiers of computing, and probe the mysteries of life, matter, and the universe. Scientists from around the world rely on the Lab's facilities for their own discovery science. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory, managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
DOE's Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science. READ MORE
Why we can't count on carbon-sucking farms to slow climate change even though lots of politicians, environmentalists, and companies are eager to try. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review)
Croatan Institute is surveying regenerative grain & livestock supply chains for investment opps (Ag Funder News)
Excerpt from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review: Companies like BP, General Mills, Kellogg, Microsoft, and Shell have all announced plans or joined initiatives that will direct their suppliers to adopt the techniques or pay farmers who do so to obtain so-called offsets credits. These allow the businesses to claim credit for the carbon dioxide pulled out of the atmosphere, without cutting emissions from their own operations.
In addition, several venture capital-backed startups have set up soil offsets marketplaces that allow companies and nonprofits to purchase credits from farmers. Most notably that includes Indigo Agriculture, which has raised more than $850 million to date to build up its soil carbon business and other operations.
And now an influential California nonprofit, the Climate Action Reserve, is in the process of writing standards for soil carbon offsets, which would offer a stamp of approval likely to spur more people and businesses to buy these credits.
But there's a big problem: there is little evidence that carbon farming works as well as promised.
It's unclear whether the practices can be carried out over long periods and on a massive scale across the world's farms without undercutting food production. And there are significant disagreements about what it will take to accurately measure and certify that farms are actually removing and storing increased amounts of carbon dioxide.
These uncertainties further complicate the well-documented challenges in setting up any reliable carbon offsets program. Studies have frequently found these systems can substantially overestimate reductions, as economic, environmental and political pressures all push toward issuing large numbers of offsets credits. The programs can also create opportunities for gamesmanship and greenwashing that undermine real progress on climate change, observers say.
As Climate Action Reserve looks to ramp up the use of these credits, some fear the group is on the verge of creating a standard that may well invite such behavior. READ MORE
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At Senseon, we pride ourselves on developing technologies that will transform how the industry deals with cyber threats. Although Senseon's threat detection platform has been on the market for some time now, we recently released our threat response capability: Senseon Reflex. Furthering our mission to protect our customers in an evolving threat landscape, Senseon Reflex allows threats to be rapidly isolated on endpoints before they impact operations.
In writing this blog, I wanted to share the benefits of Senseon Reflex not just at an organisational level, but also for the individual members of security teams. Through a comparison with traditional single-point endpoint and network threat detection and response methods, I will show how Senseon Reflex augments analysts' abilities to protect their organisations, whilst at the same time makes their lives easier.
I myself have been an analyst for around a decade. During my time as a Security Operations Manager and Threat Discovery Manager, I deployed and managed multiple tools from many of the world's leading vendors, many of which were immensely frustrating to use. It has become my personal mission to develop capabilities that improve the lives of analysts and security professionals so that they can avoid the difficulties that I experienced and move beyond the limitations of conventional tools.
It is at Senseon that I get to see my mission become a reality.
I now have the opportunity to turn my frustrations into positive outcomes that provide analysts with interesting threat investigation opportunities, many of which continue to inspire me to love my role in cyber security.
Traditional approaches to cyber ai threat detection and isolation fall into two broad categories: network and endpoint. Some excel at isolating threats on the network layer, whilst others are dedicated to isolating them on endpoints. I'll first discuss network tools, and then move onto endpoints. It might get a bit technical, but bear with me, and I'll try to make it as interesting and as informative as I can!
So, the first thing to know is that there are two main categories of tools operating on the network layer: IDS and IPS. Whereas an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) is designed merely to detect threats as they enter an organisation, an IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) is designed to actually prevent them. In many ways, you would be right to think that this makes an IPS a lot more useful, but as we shall see this is not necessarily the case.
An IDS will not drop or manipulate traffic, and is in many ways quite limited. An IDS is often only deployed at a network's perimeter, making it ineffective at detecting malicious lateral movement within an organisation. Furthermore, IDS solutions don't protect devices outside of the network, making them ineffective for travelling workforces.
By only looking at traffic from one point of view, they can't build up the context necessary for accurate threat detection, meaning they have to err on the side of caution when creating alerts.
This has a knock-on effect for other parts of an organisation's security capabilities, as time is taken up investigating the false positives alerts they produce.
IPS solutions were created to prevent harmful communications. An IPS has greater capabilities than an IDS inasmuch as it can both detect threats and then respond to them. However, an IPS, being single-point like an IDS, suffers from many similar issues, such as not working for devices outside of the corporate network and raising far too many false positive alerts. The autonomous response capabilities of an IPS mean that its false positive alerts are far more damaging than an IDS false positive. Whereas an IPS will shut down a system, an IDS will merely create another alert. Since these devices are in-band, then every time a false positive is detected, the system will shut down and all communications will fail. Developers began to look at devices that would work out-of-band, which led to TCP resets.
TCP resets are, of course, useful for stopping TCP-based communications. The TCP reset packet, which claims to be from a legitimate sender, is sent to one of the hosts and asks for the connection to be reset. This causes the TCP to reset and restart, breaking the communication and forcing the hosts to re-establish the connection with a three-way handshake. Because TCP resets are out-of-band, they don't shut down an entire system.
Whilst not always guaranteed to be successful, TCP resets can be useful for isolating some threats on the network layer, particularly for devices that can't have endpoint agents installed on them, such as IoT devices.
There are a variety of ways that suspicious sequences within packets can be detected and result in a TCP reset. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices are utilised for very high speed traffic analysis, whilst a Switched Port Analyser (SPAN) port or network tap provides a copy of its traffic to a network traffic analysis system.
However, network traffic analysis systems can take a lot of time to ingest and analyse traffic, load into memory or write it to a database, run analytics, make a decision whether or not to block the connection, and then utilise a TCP reset. Even on the most high performing system, this may be an unacceptable delay, even in optimal conditions. This problem is exacerbated by global workforces.
Even if a company utilises the fastest corporate network connections and has a robust system architecture, there will still be additional delays in receiving data and sending out TCP resets due to the physical limits of how fast information can move over long distances.
Of course, whilst the clue is in the name, not every protocol in modern enterprises relies on TCP/IP. Consider UDP and ICMP traffic, which includes VPNs and DNS. These are extremely fast, connectionless protocols, allowing communications to be completed in milliseconds. TCP resets of course have no effect on ICMP or UDP traffic. It is also worth considering that today most web pages are loaded in under a second, a speed matched by most malicious communications, including malware connecting to a Command and Control server or downloading a payload.
In addition to suffering when traffic is particularly fast, TCP resets only provide protection when the target user is on the corporate network. Many corporate users will work outside of the traditional corporate network, for example, whilst travelling. TCP resets rely on sending spoofed packets that pretend to come from the source of the destination. However, many ISP filters prevent spoofed packets from being sent over the internet, which prevents TCP resets from working. Tools such as Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) or Bogon filtering are utilised for exactly this purpose. This means that customers who want to use blocking tools such as uRPF need to expose themselves to the risk that their TCP resets will not work as expected.
Finally, protocols such as IPSec that have been designed to prevent tampering end up stopping the TCP reset. Such protocols take steps to prevent external manipulation of TCP flags, meaning that if the communication uses IPSec, then TCP resets are unable to prevent communications. This ensures that attackers can't use TCP resets for malicious purposes, yet also prevents the legitimate purpose of TCP resets from being carried out.
With these points in mind, companies are likely to think that having TCP reset capabilities in every part of their network is rather risky, regardless of how devastating the potential consequences of an attack may be. Instead, companies might look towards an alternative approach that can lead to a more assured autonomous response.
Application isolation on the network layer is one such approach. This creates a safe space within which an application from the Internet can run, ensuring that any potential damage is limited to that specific, isolated, and virtualised portion of the system. One obvious example of this in action is the browser tab, which is easily destroyed after use. Some other vendors have commercialised this technology very well, and many security professionals are no doubt also familiar with the method whereby files are executed before reaching the endpoint within a sandbox.
While application isolation provides a good way of detecting attacks and protecting the user, attackers will always innovate.
Malware authors have long been aware of the need to detect these sandboxes, and have built in protective mechanisms to prevent their malware detonating should they find themselves in these environments.
There are advantages and disadvantages to having assured autonomous response capabilities on endpoints. Endpoint protection solutions come in two flavours: ones that identify and stop malicious processes before they execute, and ones that isolate, or 'sandbox', applications.
The first of these, those that can quarantine malicious programs generally, includes Endpoint Protection Protocol and AntiVirus. These look for known rules and signatures, such as snippets of code already identified as being malicious, or even use machine learning models to stop most of these executables before detonation.
The second is an application isolation tool that is based on largely the same principal as 'sandboxing' on the network layer, but is miniaturised and used on the endpoint device itself within specific applications. This can take various approaches ranging from separating each tab of a browser into its own separate isolated process, or even a step further by employing micro-virtualisation solutions that isolate applications within their own mini-virtual machine.
However, many versions of sandboxing at this level only work with very particular versions of hardware. The reliance on certain chipsets means that the sandboxing will occasionally not operate as expected, with the result that, regardless of its security capabilities in theory, it can be less than optimal at dealing with heterogeneous enterprise IT estates of varying different hardware types. This means that the underlying threat detection capabilities necessary for isolation aren't deployed widespread enough to guarantee full safety for an organisation.
The purpose of successfully deploying a modern autonomous response system is, of course, to have highly accurate detections beyond the capabilities of single-point tools. It is essential not to chuck out false positives and cause the autonomous response to activate when merely legitimate user or device behaviour has been detected. This is more difficult than it sounds, and we don't want to go back to the days when we tried to deploy legacy Intrusion Protection Systems (IPS) but quickly turned them off because of the disruption caused to our businesses.
I believe that we are moving into a future where highly accurate threat detection will support and augment already overstretched security teams.
We will see a platform that through its intelligent in depth understanding and knowledge of company environments will have the confidence and trust of security operations teams to carry out precision autonomous response actions on a business' behalf.
With threat isolation naturally relying on accurate, timely threat detection, the market is calling out for a new solution that looks across both endpoints and networks to build and develop a contextual understanding of threats. It was to address the issue of false positives overwhelming security teams that the Senseon platform was created, and Senseon Reflex is the latest development in our mission to make the lives of security teams easier. This is where it gets exciting.
Senseon Reflex was designed to tackle the industry's problems head on. The platform offers organisations a practical alternative to fill in the gaps left by traditional single-point endpoint and network solutions, which lack contextual awareness and as a result often make poor decisions about isolating threats. Senseon's AI-led threat detection and response technology isolates threats on the patient zero device, surpassing the capabilities of traditional intrusion detection and prevention systems that are hindered by their limited viewpoints.
Senseon Reflex is intended to meet present and future threats and to provide a framework upon which yet further solutions can be deployed.
We built the Senseon platform from the ground up to ensure that it has the solid technical foundations necessary for enabling better and more effective threat detection and response even as the threat landscape continues to change.
The platform autonomously isolates high velocity, high impact threats before they have a chance to cause serious damage within an organisation, and does so with great accuracy.
At the heart of the Senseon platform is an advanced system known as AI Triangulation. This technology blends together its senses across endpoints, networks, and Investigator Bots, enabling Senseon to detect even the most subtle and complex of threats. Senseon observes threats from multiple perspectives, pauses for thought, and learns from experience, enabling the platform to think and reason like a human analyst, and to automate the process of investigation.
Senseon Reflex builds on AI Triangulation's ability to accurately detect malicious activity. Conventional autonomous response tools that lack context or produce high levels of false positive alerts can be very damaging to organisations.
Just because a behaviour is unusual or new, does not mean that it is malicious and should be stopped.
Senseon Reflex's ability to understand context and differentiate between unusual behaviour and malicious activity ensures that the platform is able to isolate genuine threats without needlessly impacting legitimate business operations.
Businesses today face an unprecedented volume and sophistication of attack techniques that are capable of evading detection and crippling systems within minutes. Response time is critical, but traditional tools and human security teams are often too slow to respond. Senseon Reflex is a cost-effective solution that helps companies deal with the challenge of fast moving attacks by automating the process of threat response and taking appropriate action on behalf of their security team. In operation 24/7, Senseon Reflex works tirelessly to respond to threats, halting the progress of attacks before they become a problem, for example, by removing devices from the network.
The role of AI in threat detection and response has dramatically changed over the last five years. We are now at a point where this technology can provide real, tangible value to businesses and analysts alike. Traditional endpoint and network threat detection and response solutions made admirable attempts to utilise AI in protecting organisations against malicious actors.
However, innovative solutions must always be sought in order to stay ahead of constantly changing and adapting attacker techniques.
Senseon Reflex takes a different approach to its predecessors through its innovative ability to constantly adapt and stay ahead of the changing threat landscape. The platform's use of AI Triangulation enables it to automate threat response with great accuracy, ensuring only genuine threats are isolated and business operations aren't needlessly interrupted. Our mission is to build technology that will improve the lives of security professionals, something I hope you'll agree has happened with Senseon Reflex' autonomous response capabilities.
I look forward to continuing our work in expanding Senseon Reflex's autonomous response framework and building features that I hope will bring you as much pleasure as they bring me. I find nothing more thrilling than helping Senseon enhance its capabilities. Truth be told, Senseon is the product I wish I'd had whilst running SOCs in my past, and it's genuinely really exciting to be able to bring it to others.
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Brad is an expert in his field, with over a decade's experience conducting nationally significant cyber security investigations across the critical national infrastructure and telecommunications sectors. Drawing on his extensive industry experience and knowledge, Brad leads the threat analytics team at Senseon, and specialises in finding and uncovering advanced actors deeply embedded within clients' infrastructure.


Canada admits over 140,000 international students every year. Canadians place great importance on learning, and have developed a first-rate education system with high standards. Foreign students bring a rich culture to Canadian classrooms and play a vital role in Canada's future economy and work force.
To apply for a Canada Student Visa (study permit), students must first enroll and be accepted to study at a Canadian educational institution. Students who wish to obtain a Canada student visa may apply at the Canadian visa office that is responsible for their country of residence.
Foreign students who have applied for and been accepted into a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) may apply for a Canada Student Visa in order to come to Canada and complete the specific program for which they have been accepted. You must have received an acceptance letter from the designated institution which you plan to attend before you submit your application for a Canada student visa.
You must be able to prove that you have enough money to pay for your: tuition fees, living expenses for yourself and any family members who accompany you, return transportation for you and any family members who accompany you.
You must be a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record.
For more information on Student Visas (study permit), click here.
Students enrolled in a full-time program may work on-campus or off-campus without a work permit. Certain conditions apply, depending on the location of work, and type of program the student is enrolled in.
For more information, visit the Working while you study page.
Once you have graduated from an eligible program at a Canadian post-secondary institution, you may qualify to apply for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program. This program offers graduates a three year open work permit which will allow you to earn valuable work experience. You do not need to have a job offer to get an open work permit.
Additionally, Canada allows foreign students who have completed their studies in Canada and have gained a certain amount of work experience within Canada to apply for immigration to Canada under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
For more information, visit the Post-Graduation Work Permit page.
You may bring your spouse, common-law partner, and dependent children to Canada to be with you while you study. Your spouse or common-law partner will receive an Open Work Permit for the duration of your studies. The open work permit will allow your spouse or partner to work for any employer within Canada.
Spouses/Common-law Partners of International students studying in Canada are eligible to apply for an Open Work Permit which allows them to work for any employer in Canada in any job. The duration of the work permit will be the same as the spouses study permit (visa).
For more information, visit the Open Work Permit page.
If you currently do not have enough CRS points to be selected for PR, you still have the option to come to Canada and study. If you (or your spouse) enrol in a 2 year college or university program, the student can work 20 hours a week while in school, and full-time during school breaks (4 months a year during the summer holiday). The spouse of a student can get a work permit and work in any job in Canada. If you have children, they can accompany you and go to school in Canada for free. If you come to Canada and start a family while you are studying, your children automatically become Canadian citizens if born in Canada. After graduating from a 2 year program, the student and spouse can both can get a 3 year work permit to work in Canada.
Candidates that choose to study in Canada have many options to apply for PR. Their spouse can apply for PR through a PNP program after working in a skilled job for 6 months in Manitoba province or 1 year in Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, while their spouse is still in school. A student can apply for PR after they graduate if they have enough points, or they can work for 1 year and apply for PR under a PNP program or Canadian Experience Class.
The financial requirements to study in Canada starts at $16,000 for 1 person (first year tuition + $10,000 for living expenses), and for each additional family member that accompanies you to Canada, you must have an additional $3,000 per person.
If you do not have the funds yourself, you can get a letter from a family member stating their intention to support you financially, along with their financial documents.
Candidates who are eager to come to Canada with their family, should consider studying as an option. School programs typically start in September and January each year, but there are some programs that start every 2 months. Students can come to Canada 1 – 1.5 months before their program starts, and their family can accompany them.
There are many schools and programs to choose from; some have IELTS 5, 6 or 7 as a requirement for admission, while others only require a online test which can cost as low as $21 to take.
Our firm has many relationships with schools in Canada and we can help you find a school, apply to a program and gain admission. We will assist you with applying for a study permit, work permit for your spouse, and a student visa (or TRV visa) for your children, if necessary.
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I'm fifteen. I have some thoughts about aging.
(No. 73) Dove Williams talks about teen aging, defines "old", and contemplates the future of the world. Interviewed by their uncle, Stephen P. Williams
Let's amplify the gray rage
I've been reading How to Blow Up a Pipeline, a radical book by Andreas Malm. It persuasively argues for the benefits of aggressive, violent action to disrupt the petroleum industries that continue to fuel the unconscionable beatdown we are giving our planet. Its examination of how much agency we have makes me think about the passivity of aging culture. How we tend to focus on cosmetic surgery, wellness, retirement, and escape rather than the realities of living in a society that doesn't like seeing what happens to our bodies and minds as we get older.
I'm angry about it.
While reading How to Blow Up a Pipeline, I realized I've been holding back my feelings about how often aging people — all of us, from 21 to 121 — retreat quietly into senescence, without acknowledging our powerful potential to reform the world for ourselves and all the other people on the planet. If we wanted to, we olds could change the world for the better.
Instead, we accept media that depicts us as frail fools and useless tools. We are encouraged to look in the mirror and reject our honestly won decay with creams, interventions and affirmations. We get laughed at for having sex lives, and even for simply working out in public. Many of us hide because of this.
I'm tired of it.
I feel like shouting down the haters. Let's start rolling our eyes at the cliches. Let's reach out to younger people with friendship. Let's move forward together, useful and beautiful and very much alive. We can leap generations and stereotypes and share ourselves to make things more wonderful for all of the younger people who will — inevitably — fill our old shoes.
Any thoughts? Wanna start a movement? Leave a comment or send a note to stephen@stephenpwilliams.com
Self-centered fear is disposable
In the video below, Dove Williams asks me what it's like to know I only have one-third of my life left — at best. Very good question, Dove.
Confession: editing this video was, for me, a lesson in coping with self-inflicted ageism. The sight of myself on the video, at first, unleashed some real self-disregard. I had to breath deeply and let the fear and self-loathing I felt towards my neck wattle and my heaviness and my goofy hair become instead an amused acceptance of the fact that I'm 64 (and the camera was at a very bad angle!).
As I've said, I believe in facing the aging process head on, and accepting reality. But sometimes that's a hard belief to fulfill. At times I'm more afraid of other people (especially ex-lovers, writers I'm jealous of, ageless school friends) seeing me as an old person than I am of seeing myself that way. Clearly, I have internalized ageism. Hey, but I got through it, today. And so can you.
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In manufacturing, capital equipment such as an industrial oven plays a vital role in part production which makes maintaining equipment essential to minimizing downtime for repairs. Many companies are not completely aware of when their equipment is ready for maintenance, upgrade, or replacement which creates risk for lost production time. Companies can plan for success in maintaining their equipment by starting with proper installation and training of staff and continuing with a regular preventative maintenance program. In the sections below, we outline the benefits of using installation and training services for your new industrial oven.
Proper installation of your industrial oven is critical to ensuring that the new addition to your production line is providing you with peak performance from the start. Installation of an industrial oven entails the scheduling and coordination a range of items including unloading the oven, rigging cranes and operators, installation of roof-mounted components that have been removed for shipping, gas, and utility connection hookups, lagging and leveling of the oven. A turnkey installation takes the burden of these items off your shoulders. For a turnkey installation, factory trained technicians handle the entire installation process for your industrial oven, from the unloading to the verification of proper operation after installation.
Another installation service is a supervised installation of your industrial oven. This is a good choice for companies that have plant or maintenance personnel that can handle the installation work. During a supervised installation, a factory trained technician guides your personnel through the installation of your industrial oven to ensure that it is assembled and installed properly.
Wisconsin Oven's experienced service team provides a full line of industrial oven services including installation and training to help you keep your equipment operating at its best. Our aftermarket team strives to deliver complete customer satisfaction on every service project we undertake. The next blog in this series will cover the importance of a preventative maintenance program for your industrial oven. For more information on industrial oven parts or services, contact our aftermarket team at service@wisoven.com. For more information like the above, follow Wisconsin Oven on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter!


Windows 7 is out! The exciting new features, improved performance and fresh looks of the new system will sure make it a killer OS. However, the new looks mean updated graphical style, new images and icons used throughout Windows 7 tools and applications. What will this mean for you as a developer or a webmaster?
To make sure your sites or products look up to date and in line with the new Windows, you need to update their graphical style with new icons. Fortunately, Windows 7 icons are no different from icons used in Windows Vista. This time around, Microsoft has decided to use the style that's proven successful with the users. Regardless of the same style used in Windows 7 icons, there are many new images available in Windows 7 that were not there in Windows Vista.
A company at icons-windows7.com has taken the job to extract and collect all Windows 7 icons from the numerous applications, tools, and resource libraries found in Windows 7 and make them available online. Now, you can download Windows 7 icons to ensure your products look modern by matching their style against the style used in Windows 7 icons.
In order to create the complete collection Windows 7 icons, proprietary software was used to scan all executable files and DLL libraries found in Windows 7 in order to locate and extract all available Windows 7 icons. After that, the images were checked for duplicates, with repeating Windows 7 icons deleted, and only one copy of each icon left. The remaining Windows 7 icons were stored in a set of 430 Windows 7 icons, which is now made available to everyone for free download.
To ensure proper compatibility of your products, you can download Windows 7 icons and check them out. Download Windows 7 icons free and make sure you implemented the style right in your products or Web sites!


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Globally, the number of smart watch unit shipments was estimated at 41.5 million in 2017 and is expected to reach 110.38 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 18.02%, during the forecast period (2018-2023). Smart watches are the new trend in the digital market and rapid advancements in Integrated Circuits (IC) technology is expected to propel further growth in the market. The world has already recognized the importance of mobile communication systems and this factor provides an additional surge for the growth of the smart watches market. The potential in the smart watches market is high, as several wearable companies, such as Catapult, Apple, and others are actively engaged in this segment, competing fiercely in a relatively niche market segment of consumer wearables. Virtual SIM card might change the face of mobile internet access. The integration of IoT technology can further enhance the capability of smart watches, where one device can serve all the purposes rather than multiple apps and devices. Technologies, such as 3D printing are helping the growth of the smart watch market. GPS and geo-tagging capability, biometric, and smartphone autonomous functionality are some exclusive features of the smart watch.
The meteoric rise in demand for wireless sports and fitness devices is widely considered as one of the major drivers for the growth of the smart watches market. Currently, the use of smart watches among cyclers, runners, gym-goers, swimmers, and athletes is increasing rapidly, owing to their wide range of monitoring capabilities. GPS tracking, which can help track the distance, elevation climbed, and measure pace, is a key feature in a majority of smart watches, which attract athletes and climbers. Heart rate monitoring is a common feature in smart watches, which can monitor automatic, continuous wrist-based heart rates. Smart watches can easily track steps, calories burned, floors climbed, hourly activity, stationary time, and activity time.
Additionally, multi-sport modes and automatic tracking features are available in certain smart watches. The wide range of features mentioned above serve as testament to the increasing use of smart watches. However, the presence of a large variety of smart watches with different sets of features, allows end-users to choose a smart watch that suits their requirement. Moreover, there is a large pool of smart watch apps in the market. Thus, the market is experiencing a healthy surge.
North America has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the technology industry, having a sizeable impact on the economy, health and employment opportunities in the region. Smartphones and cellphones have become indispensable for the growth of various industrial sectors. Various critical infrastructure components in North America completely depend on digital systems to perform their missions. The digital technology industry provides the foundation for information exchange in all the sectors, including healthcare, and retail. Additionally, IoT is predicted to undergo massive growth in the coming years, and mobile technologies play a vital role in enabling the industrial growth. The advanced industries sector is highly metropolitan and varies considerably in its composition and depth across regions.
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Approximately 50 to 80 % of online content articles are in English. Building links for English-based sites is a challenging task. What about international websites and blogs? Search engines operate locally and internationally. A search query in Google will provide different results for the same keyword in Google.nl, Google.es, and Google.co.uk. If you wish to setup an international site and build quality links, you should learn a few things about SEO and find the best backlink building strategy for your web business.
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To begin with, you should submit your website to local directories. Each country possesses its own web directories. You may also contact small business partners and present your products or services in exchange for a listing. Analyze your competitors and find out where they may be getting links from. Remember that not every links are created equal. Add your site only to probably the most relevant directories.
Join business organizations within your country. A number of them may offer free advertising space, and some might have member directories where you can submit your site. Write articles and press releases associated with your niche. Send those to newspapers, online magazines, and article directory sites. Incorporate a link to your web page inside the authors bio box. Article writing and submission and press release distribution are powerful marketing tools that can generate huge visitors to your web site and help you to get relevant backlinks.
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Should you be looking a top quality backlink building service, hire a professional. A business that focuses on link wheel SEO, press release distribution as well as other services can promote your website locally and globally. Do proper research and locate an expert who is current with the most recent link-building techniques.
Backlink building is important for your web business. From commenting on blogs to exchanging links and posting on forums, there are numerous techniques for getting quality backlinks to your site or blog. Inbound links are a key component in the way search engines value an internet site. Search engines use the quantity of links that a website has as among the main factors for determining a website's popularity. Getting relevant backlinks ought to be a top priority during your search engine optimization strategy.
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It is far from enough to possess a large number of backlinks; they must be quality links. Online search engine spiders use a lot more than 200 quality indicators to determine whether or not your blog is sufficiently good to be displayed in search results. Building backlinks is a slow and tedious process. However, it really is definitely worth the effort since the quality of backlinks can determine the prosperity of an internet site.
Building Quality Backlinks is extremely crucial if you need to achieve success in SEO. However, lots of people tend not to learn how to do this perfectly. Unlike one page content optimization which appears easy because you have got all the decisions on your fingertips, backlinking will require that you rely on other people's work. This is because the backlinks will usually be on another page and direct targeted traffic to your page. This means that you simply will not remain in total control over the whole process.
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 Amanda Kernell (* 1986), schwedische Regisseurin
 Frank Kernell, Pseudonym von Samuel Holland Rous (1864–1947), US-amerikanischer Sänger, siehe S. H. Dudley (Sänger)
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Do supernovae influence Earth's weather?
Cosmic rays flung out from exploding stars have an impact on our weather. New research in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark, involving DARK scientist Jacob Svensmark, has found that ions in Earth's atmosphere produced by supernovae are seeding clouds.
This is a breakthrough in the understanding of how cosmic rays from supernovas can influence Earths clouds and thereby climate is published today in the journal Nature Communications.
The study, in which Jacob Svensmark of the Dark Cosmology Centre at University of Copenhagen, participated, reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic cosmic rays raining down through the atmosphere, helps the growth and formation of cloud condensation nuclei – the seeds necessary for forming clouds in the atmosphere. By changing the ionization in the atmosphere, the number of cloud condensation nuclei changes, and thereby the properties of clouds. More cloud condensation nuclei mean more clouds and a colder climate, and vice versa. Since clouds are essential for the Solar energy reaching the surface of the Earth the implications are huge for our understanding of why climate has varied in the past and also for future climate changes.


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Volleyball team sweeps Tritons
Makayla Hopkins // November 5, 2016
After a tough loss against Sonoma State, the Chico State Volleyball team came out with intensity against the UC San Diego Tritons and closed the game in three sets Nov. 4. Despite the many errors, first-year...
Volleyball faces back-to-back losses
Kenta Mcafee // September 12, 2016
The Chico State women's volleyball team competed in the second and third rounds of the Division II West Region Volleyball Showcase on Sept. 9 but lost 0-3 in both games.The losses snap the 'Cats four-game...
Chico State answers student questions about upcoming strike
George Johnston // April 5, 2016
Chico State has spoken on what the university plans to do during the California Faculty Association strike. In a mass email sent by Drew Calandrella to students, the vice president for student affairs...
Kinesiology department talks about Chico State's new president
Chico State has a new president. Dr. Gayle E. Hutchinson was announced as president of Chico State earlier this morning at the CSU Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach. President-select Hutchinson...
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Improved layout for C++ API and UnigineScript documentation.
A new convenient and handy structure.
Highlighting of the matching words.
Redirection to the part of the text where matching words were found.
An opportunity of searching only in the specified categories.
Advanced syntax operators and modifiers for the smart search.
Loading of node (.node, .world), material (.mat) and property (.prop) files is performed in a separate system thread now, in addition to async content streaming. Material and Property managers are now thread-safe. It is possible to fine control loading queue by organizing files in groups and settings individual weights inside them (the same system as engine.filesystem.loadFile() has). Use node_delete() (include unigine.h from the script to make it available) for complete node removal from the RAM.
A new object called WorldLayer is implemented: it starts to automatically load the node in the background beginning with the specified distance. A sample of WorldLayer usage can be found in the data/samples/worlds/layer_00 folder.
The NodeSector node has been completely removed.
A set of world node streaming functions (both sync and async) has been added into Unigine::World C++ interface.
Engine can stream files and images from packages (.ung,.zip, Android assets) now.
A new Unigine::FileSystem C++ interface has been implemented. This interface contains File System related functions and can be used for background file and image streaming (the previous File System interface declaration has been removed from the Unigine::Package interface).
A non-linear filmic HDR correction has been added. It is activated by render_use_filmic console variable. Filmic correction provides better image quality.
A shader parameters control has been added intoObjectDynamic. Now it's possible to pass named shader parameters into the object and receive them in shader.
It's now possible for ObjectDynamic to disable hardware instancing while rendering, which can be useful for some customized objects.
All materials now have a normal map Scale parameter.
The field_mask material has been removed from the grass_base material. The Field node specifying the field mask can be used instead.
MATERIAL_DOWNSIZE_BACKGROUND_FILTER/SCALE options have been renamedMATERIAL_DOWNSIZE_ALWAYS_FILTER/SCALE.
MATERIAL_DOWNSIZE_FILTER/SCALE options have been renamedMATERIAL_DOWNSIZE_GREATER_FILTER/SCALE.
New DOWNSIZE_FORWARD_FILTER/SCALE options have been added. This mode allows the user to use the object geometry as a background layer for composing, so there will be no problem with all the depth sorting problems. These options are designed for complex water rendering on mobile devices.
More flexible angle configuration for the mesh_paint_base material. The current lobe size has been doubled.
ZNear and ZFar clipping plane parameters for the Reflection material have been removed, camera values are used instead. A Distance parameter has been added, it sets maximal rendering distance from the camera.
A new material parameter called Light blending has been added. It forces the current material blending mode onto light rendering passes.
A new Radius parameter has been added to the volume_shaft_base material. It allows the user to set the volume radius.
WidgetSpinBox attachments of WidgetEditLine will be always in their correct positions.
set/isItemHidden() methods for WidgetTreeBox class have been renamed:set/isItemFolded(). The old set/isItemHidden() method is used to hide the items without removing from the WidgetTreeBox class.
The set/isItemHidden() method has been also added into the WidgetListBox class.
WidgetListBox and WidgetTreeBox widgets now have set/isItemSelectable() methods for advanced selection control.
WidgetListBox and WidgetTreeBox widgets will fire clicked and pressed callbacks on corresponding mouse actions.
An ASCII text validator for text edit widgets has been added.
A bug with incorrect mouse cursor position (when it is out of the screen) of the ObjectGui has been fixed.
Linux-specific Interface plugin issues have been fixed.
The Gui::getColor() method has been renamedGui::parseColor().
A global color multiplier has been added into the whole GUI system. It multiplies the GUI color with another specified color.
New methods,set/getColor(), setting/getting the color have been added to the WidgetVBox,WidgetGroupBox,WidgetWindow, GUI and Flash classes.
A sample of the color multiplier usage can be found in the data/samples/widgets/color_00 folder.
Flash splash screens are always scaled vertically and will not change their aspect ratio automatically. To keep the correct aspect ratio, ActionScript logic is required.
Flash splash screen is cached to remove the file loading before loading of each world.
Image-based splash screens have been replaced by Flash-based ones in the engine.
Flash player now loads bitmap characters on a loading stage in a different way: they are uncompressed on demand only. This has increased the loading speed.
Correct Arial font loading without respect to upper and lower case has been implemented.
getUpdateTime() and getRenderTime() functions which return update and render time values have been added.
A bug affecting calling wrong Flash functions from the engine interface has been fixed.
Added a support of the Flash 11.2 visible flag.
A global color multiplier has been added to the Flash interface as well. WidgetFlash class colors will be affected by it.
New interfaces, PlayerDummy andNodeReference, have been added. A sample of handling PlayerDummy node can be found in the source/samples/Api/Players folder.
A new Sound interface with base sound functions has been implemented.
Functions with variable arguments count are now available. A sample of their usage can be found in the source/samples/Api/Stack folder.
New interfaces,Timer, Thread andAtomic lock, responsible for time counting, parallel threads and threads synchronization respectively, have been added. A sample on the Thread interface can be found in the source/samples/Api/Thread folder. A sample on Atomic lock interface has been renamed and now can be found in source/samples/Usage/NoData folder.
Added Variable methods for external class memory management, including the Variable::releaseExternClass function, that unregisters an external class from the script without handling it's address.
An access to the current interpreter stack has been added, see source/samples/Api/Stack for more details.
JPEG data sources are now scanned very fast (only headers are read).
A new method called Package::clone() has been added. It creates a clone of the Package, so the loading can be done in several threads.
Several methods for stereo parameters configuration have been added to the Render interface:Render::set/getCameraThreshold(),Render::set/getStereoDistance(), Render::set/getStereoRadius() andRender::set/getStereoOffset().
Configuration files can now be loaded, saved and flushed from the API.
All the add* methods ofObjectMesh, ObjectMeshDynamic and ObjectMeshSkinned classes will return the index if they were added properly.
Interpreter is thread-safe now. It stores thread instances in the per-thread Map. So multiple Interpreter invocations can be called in same time from different threads.
Added abstract virtual function declaration in C++ style:( = 0).
The support for Interface class has been added. It works similarly to C# and Java classes.
Introduced "UnigineScript Tips & Tricks" thread on the developer.unigine.com forum for useful code snippets.
The clone() method has been changed. Now it returns the reference on the base type (cloned pointers require the class_cast operation).
A new swap() method has been added for swapping objects of the same type saving the pointers. This method will be helpful with stable object pointers on undo editor operations.
Safe callback removing forNodeTrigger,WorldTrigger,PhysicalTrigger, Body and Joint classes has been added.
A new function named class_release() has been added. It removes all the references to the external class, thereby removing even the smallest memory leaks.
The typeinfo() member function returns the string with all of the array elements.
append() and remove() functions with additional arguments are useful for advanced vector copying and removing.
A merge() function has been added. For vectors, it adds one array to another; for maps - adds one map to another considering the keys: if such a key already exists, it won't be added.
The is_null() function is helpful for comparison operation with null when the user class equal operator is defined.
The get_thread() function will help to determinate a current thread identifier. All the non-threaded code has -1 thread identifier.
A new "super" keyword has been added. "this" and "super" keywords can be used for non-virtual function calls. A super.foo() function calls base foo() function of its own derived class.
All the write functions of the Stream class will return 0 or 1 values depending on the operation status.
A script cache will never be saved if there is no input source code.
An additional cache flag has been added into engine.world.loadNode() function. It is enabled by default.
The engine.editor.clearBuffers() function has been renamedclearBindings(). This function is a thread-safe for multiple invocations from different hardware threads.
Rendering/Physics/Game/Sound/FileSystem statistics counters have been exported into UnigineScript, see the corresponding functions in engine.* libraries.
The Async class can call user defined functions in the separate thread.
A global script callback named "destroy" has been added. It's called when user changes a video mode or destroys the graphical content. This callback recreates and precaches some of the resources.
Migration to iOS 7.0. and XCode 5.0 has been made.
iOS applications restore the sound after the incoming call is over.
iOS applications save a configuration file in the Documents folder without respect to the current project name.
iOS runtime now knows the device model number for correct device identification.
Android runtime can stream all of the resources from assets folder without any rendering stalls.
Exception handling and RTTI options have been removed from iOS builds, the performance was significantly increased as the result.
Android builds use the ARM NEON instructions by default.
Alignment linking warning when using Theora compression format on iOS has been removed.
Build scripts for Android target on Windows host have been added.
All of the engine managers will check file modification time for resource creating when the UnigineEditor is loaded. It will remove an issue with wrong "old" mesh loading when file was modified after loading it inside the engine.
The DecalDeferredMesh object projector now recalculates normals with respect to the new geometry in the UnigineEditor.
User plugins can add additional tabs into the Nodes window. UnigineEditor saves the tab number for different node types separately.
A bug with the loosing of the Nodes window focus after it moved up or down has been fixed in UnigineEditor.
ImageDDS is able to create new Cube, 3D or 2DArray images with the -t parameter. A new -z parameter for depth specification has been added.
A bug with the node property reassign on property name editing has been fixed.
MeshUpgrade tool has been renamed MeshImport. This tool can translate outdated meshes into the new format as before, but it also supports importing of such formats as .3ds, .lwo, .obj, .bsp, .md5 etc. It also can convert meshes into the specified file formats.
ImageView and FlashView tools can be closed on ALT+F4 under Windows.
USC-based script, translating mesh object into DecalDeferredMesh object, has been added. It can be found in the source/tools/Interpreter/scripts/world/mesh_to_decal.usc folder.
Texture-based node handles have been added, so now they are displayed with icons of the appropriate type. All intersection-less nodes have been switched to the texture based handlers.
References to resources outside the data directory will be saved relatively to the data directory.
Custom exception implementation has been added for iOS, Linux and Windows platforms.
All render and sound manager memory limits can now be configured via corresponding console variables:render_manager_meshes_memory,render_manager_textures_memory, sound_manager_sample_stream_memory andsound_manager_sample_static_memory. Render manager limits are now declared in percents of the total GPU memory.
Mesh and skinned mesh files are automatically reloaded during the file modification, if a mesh has the same amount of surfaces and the same name (for skinned meshes, the amount and location of bones must be the same too).
Property libraries are unloaded without crashes.
All of the C++ export templates now have an identifier that can be used for multiple groups external info export.
AppPanorama plugin will export HAS_APP_PANORAMA script define and simple API to control the size of the edge blending border.
A WorldTrigger touch mode has been fixed.
All player shapes have been initialized as non-continuous.
A new console variable called world_show_players has been added. It shows all of the world players:PlayerActor,PlayerDummy, PlayerPersecutor andPlayerSpectator.
The MeshSkinned class is now safe for bones, frames and surfaces injection.
A plugin for the Razer Hydra 3D controller has been added.
Wow, that was a huge update! More to come next month, stay tuned.


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package org.optaplanner.core.impl.domain.common.accessor;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A {@link MemberAccessor} based on a single read {@link Method}.
 * Do not confuse with {@link ReflectionBeanPropertyMemberAccessor} which is richer.
 */
public final class ReflectionMethodMemberAccessor implements MemberAccessor {

    private final Class<?> returnType;
    private final String methodName;
    private final Method readMethod;

    public ReflectionMethodMemberAccessor(Method readMethod) {
        this.readMethod = readMethod;
        readMethod.setAccessible(true); // Performance hack by avoiding security checks
        returnType = readMethod.getReturnType();
        methodName = readMethod.getName();
        if (readMethod.getParameterTypes().length != 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The readMethod (" + readMethod + ") must not have any parameters ("
                    + Arrays.toString(readMethod.getParameterTypes()) + ").");
        }
        if (readMethod.getReturnType() == void.class) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The readMethod (" + readMethod + ") must have a return type ("
                    + readMethod.getReturnType() + ").");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return methodName;
    }

    @Override
    public Class<?> getType() {
        return returnType;
    }

    @Override
    public Type getGenericType() {
        return readMethod.getGenericReturnType();
    }

    @Override
    public Object executeGetter(Object bean) {
        try {
            return readMethod.invoke(bean);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot call property (" + methodName
                    + ") getterMethod (" + readMethod + ") on bean of class (" + bean.getClass() + ").", e);
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("The property (" + methodName
                    + ") getterMethod (" + readMethod + ") on bean of class (" + bean.getClass()
                    + ") throws an exception.",
                    e.getCause());
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String getSpeedNote() {
        return "slow access with reflection";
    }

    @Override
    public boolean supportSetter() {
        return  false;
    }

    @Override
    public void executeSetter(Object bean, Object value) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    // ************************************************************************
    // AnnotatedElement methods
    // ************************************************************************

    @Override
    public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass) {
        return readMethod.isAnnotationPresent(annotationClass);
    }

    @Override
    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {
        return readMethod.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
    }

    @Override
    public Annotation[] getAnnotations() {
        return readMethod.getAnnotations();
    }

    @Override
    public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations() {
        return readMethod.getDeclaredAnnotations();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "method " + methodName + " on " + readMethod.getDeclaringClass();
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Killingsworth is the eighth studio album by The Minus 5, released on Yep Roc Records in 2009. The album was a collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band The Decemberists.

Track listing
All songs written by Scott McCaughey, except where indicated
"Dark Hand of Contagion" (Timothy Bracy, McCaughey) – 3:23
"The Long Hall" – 3:04
"The Disembowlers" – 3:10
"The Lurking Barrister" – 3:05
"It Won't Do You Any Good" – 1:50
"Vintage Violet" – 2:40
"Scott Walker's Fault" – 3:08
"Big Beat Up Moon" (McCaughey, Willy Vlautin) – 3:11
"I Would Rather Sacrifice You" – 2:58
"Ambulance Dancehall" – 2:51
"Gash in the Cocoon" – 3:57
"Smoke On, Jerry" – 3:13
"Your Favorite Mess" – 2:18
"Tonight You're Buying Me a Drink, Bub" – 2:51

Personnel
The Minus 5
Peter Buck – 12-string guitar, mandolin, Fender Bass 6
Scott McCaughey – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, Farfisa, Mellotron
John Moen – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians
Jenny Conlee – piano, pump organ, accordion, organ
Chris Funk – banjo, autoharp, marxophone, dobro
Tucker Jackson – pedal steel guitar
Colin Meloy – lead vocals on 7
Nate Query – upright bass, electric bass
The She Bee Gees – backing vocals
Little Sue – backing vocals
Annalisa Tornfelt – fiddle
Ken Stringfellow – backing vocals
Ezra Holbrook – drums
Steve Turner – electric guitar
Rachael Blumberg – drums
Mike Coykendall – bass, backing vocals
Kurt Bloch – electric guitar
Dave Depper
Adam Selzer

References

External links
Yep Roc's release statement

Killingsworth at Rate Your Music

2009 albums
The Minus 5 albums
Albums produced by Peter Buck
Yep Roc Records albums
The Decemberists
Cooking Vinyl albums


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M'sia to join forces with Brunei for anti-terrorism, special forces training
Friday, April 1st, 2022 at News
Hishammuddin also welcomes them to join the trilateral pacts in safeguarding the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas
by ANIS HAZIM / pic by BERNAMA
MALAYSIA is planning to further explore its defence cooperation with Brunei, particularly in joint exercises on anti-terrorism and special forces training, according to Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (picture).
Hishammuddin said defence ministers in both countries came to the agreement after the bilateral meeting at the Defence Services Asia and National Security Asia 2022.
"We will also explore the possibility of increasing the number of Royal Brunei Armed Forces personnel under Malaysia's United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon," he told a press conference yesterday.
He also welcomes Brunei to join the trilateral between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to safeguard the waters of the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas, subject to approval by the Sultan of Brunei.
From the bilateral meeting with Indonesia, he said they agreed to convene the General Border Committee Malaysia-Indonesia meeting in July 2022 to discuss the progress of joint border posts.
"Malaysia will also study the Bandung model in developing our own domestic defence industry," he said.
For the Philippines and Singapore, he said the bilateral meeting also reaffirmed the strong cooperation and long-standing relations between the two countries.
"We looked at the arrangements that Singapore and Malaysia have had in the past with regards to securing the security and the safety of the Malacca Strait," he noted.
According to him, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand are considering creating another court for the Malacca Strait.
"The Malacca Strait patrol is ongoing and we have another initiative 'eyes in the sky'. If we can institutionalise that into — like what we did with the trilateral — then I think we will incorporate what we already have to ensure strict security in this new structure," he added.
From the bilateral meeting with Maldives, he noted that Malaysia will provide more training seats to the Maldives Armed Forces as well as discussing their proposal to have a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation with Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Defence Ministry has not unveiled the highly anticipated Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) bid winner.
Notably, Hishammuddin said a decision will be made together with RMAF, Finance Ministry and the Economic Planning Unit.
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Thailand's worse-than-China bad-loan ratio seen nearing peak, says Fitch
Fractious political environment even after GE15, says fund manager
Thailand's Full Reopening in Doubt With 10-Fold Covid Surge
Indonesia signs up with Sinovac for Covid-19 vaccine
Friday, April 1st, 2022


A Trademark or Service mark can be one of the most valuable assets that a business owns. If not properly protected, or if misused by its owner, the value of that asset can be lost. Proper protection can include registration with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as one of our clients was pleased to learn.
Various legal provisions protect the name under which a company does business or sells its products or services. But that protection can be augmented by registering the name as a trademark or service mark with the USPTO or with the various states in the name is used.
A client had registered its name as a service mark with the USPTO a few years ago. It recently learned that another company was offering the same services using the same as our client's registered mark. A cease and desist letter to the infringer brought a quick apology and a termination of the infringing use, just as the trademark laws provide. Without that prior USPTO registration, time-consuming and expensive litigation could have been required to terminate the infringing use. And without a prior registration, depending on the circumstances, it might not have been possible to terminate such an infringing use at all.
Registration of a trademark or service mark with the USPTO gives the owner significant legal remedies against an infringer, including the ability to collect tripled monetary damages and to have the infringer pay the owner's legal and litigation fees. The threat of that double remedy is usually sufficient to persuade an infringer to promptly cease its use of the infringing mark.
Likewise, you don't want to be an unintentional infringer, possibly liable for tripled damages. Before selecting a new name for a business, product, or service, contact your BPBS attorney to be sure you won't run into a problem and to register it properly. If you have questions about trademarks, service marks, and how to protect them, call BPBS attorney Joseph Jaap at 721-1350 to review your options for how best to protect your marks.


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Another Exploratory Hike-a-Bike To The Whitecaps For A Better Look At Little Ass Valley
"In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man...in spite of real sorrows." Emerson
Okay, so you've had an intermission, a couple of photo-posts with a smattering of words that required little to zero neural synapse. Unfortunately, vacation's over. Time for another episode of our continuing saga-turned-soap opera, "The Old and The Restless" (insert organ music here).
Previously on The Old and The Restless:
Mark continues to fixate on turning an out-and-back "Beyond Tower Arch" hike into a cross country trek that loops back to camp.
To further this end, Mark and Bobbie ascended The Whitecaps—those high-rising, vanilla ice cream cone-like formations—in order to provided a raven's eye overlook of the consternating confusion of fins, hoodoos, bobble-heads, and the network of chaotic "Weight Watcher" corridors full of traps that lay in wait beyond Tower Arch (insert organ music).
The view from a previous Whitecap recon hike revealed an unexpected Big Ass canyon and a walls of seemingly impenetrable Whitecaps and chasms hat shield from view Mark and Bobbie's previously attained exit point Beyond Tower Arch as seen at in the far left of the above photo, near the base of distant Bobble-heads in a separate "Little Ass Valley."
Mission Statement: For whatever reason, be it curiosity or OCD, Mark was determined to extend a recent Beyond Tower Arch hike—to re-navigate a slender fissure lined with "Wall Street" buttes, "Statue of Liberty" hoodoos, anthropomorphic Bobble-heads, a not-for-acrophobes "Crack," over/around house-size boulders, and various other impediments that would signal "Dead End" to even the dumbest of Geezers—into a cross country Loop Hike, come Hell or high water. It's been too dry to spit lately in the high red desert, leaving scant chance of "high water," which pretty much leaves "The Old and Restless" with "Hell" to pay.
Meantime, Rv pal Chris, another "Old and Restless" soul, arrives in Camp Klondike and gets dragged into Mark's nightmarish obsession.
Uh, hey Chris, you up for a little bike and hike recon adventure?
He takes the bait. The hook is set.
Of course Mark fails to mention the long, low gear grind from valley to whitecap recon...a good 1500 feet of elevation gain, not to mention the push/carry your bike up the "Stairway To Heaven, which in this case translates to the aforementioned "Hell." As my beloved Ozark Mountain Daredevils sang, "If you want to get to Heaven, you got to raise a little Hell."
Chris, with a "WTF?" look on his face :)
Cranking up endless slabs of slanted sandstone, Mark went into "Motivational Speaker" mode: Hand in there Chris. Just remember, I promise it'll be worth all the blood, sweat and gears.
During rest breaks Mark explains the whole point of his madness: Bobbie and I need to gain a raven's-eye view of the landscape north of Tower Arch...so we can better assess the probability of pulling off a cross country loop-hike Beyond Tower Arch (insert organ) and, of course, back to camp.
Sweat pouring, eyes stung blind from last night's full pound of pistachios (burp),they overcome the slanted slabs and bikes are stashed at the Arches boundary fence.
It's just a short hike, Bobbie says, which means nothing because she always says that when it going to be a death march.
But the Whitecaps are otherworldly, Mark reassures.
Chris, on the teetering on the edge if disbelief and Big Ass Valley.
It's a dead end...a sheer drop into Big Ass Valley. Maybe we can find a way around or over to that other string of Whitecaps, says Chris
As with the last time Mark and Bobbie were here, standing on the edge of Whitecaps that overlooked Big Ass Valley and a series of Wall Street whitecaps that blocked both their view of, and/or passage to, Little Ass Valley.
Not one to accept defeat, Chris led the Old and Restless geezer gang on a bouldering exercise...a risky test of the relationship between strength and IQ among the aging. Chris reasoned that that the better the position, the better the view (the sheeple nod in agreement).
So, following his lead, they clambered closer to Little Ass Valley via a disconnected string of Whitecaps...toward a place from which Mark could evaluate with some degree of assurance the "ifs," "hows," and, more importantly, "how far," this cross country trek might turn out to be.
Seat-of-the-pants, Whitecap by Whitecap, they figured out as they went how to overcome the near vertical gaps that separated the string of white knobbed ice cream cones.
Jump, Bobbie! Kidding...KIDDING!
When "seat-of-the-pants" is not a metaphor...
A few "white knobs" later, they were treated to brilliant bursts of color and, remarkably, given the string of sunny warm days since the last rain, pools of Tinajas. The farther they went, the more into view and focus Little Ass Valley became. This just might work...if they can get back.
This was truly a huge knob...Shoulda brought the Frisbee!
Getting closer to Little Ass Valley...one more Whitecap ought to do it.
But be careful, pal...
There's got to be a way...
Not that way, Chris...
Alas. The next Whitecap was beyond the group's collective comfort zone...like, way beyond!
They settled, plopped pooped asses down for a lunch of power bars while overlooking Little Ass Valley. Much better!
Scanning, Mark was able to find the "exit" corridor that had led him and Bobbie to the edge of Little Ass Valley. It didn't look near as little from down there. They followed sandstone "catwalks" that invariably left them "cliffed-out."
But from their new Whitecap vantage point, Mark discovered that the drainage to Little Ass Valley was separate from the neighboring Big Ass Valley, and that they wouldn't have to deal with the "Big Ass" chaos that comes with "Big Ass" namesakes after all. Too many obstacles...really big obstacles.
Mark could also see that Little Ass Valley appeared hike-able...Just a matter of considerable trial and error route finding.
Rock Hopper Bobbie
Time to get down off the Whitecaps...light reflecting like a mirror...and into some shade.
As if they hadn't had enough, Bobbie and Mark opted for the Long Way home via UFO, a trail they had yet to ride. Chris was more than ready for the downhill he had worked so hard for.
See ya at camp!
UFO...one of Klondike's many singletrack trails
Mark and Bobbie.
A special thanks to our just-as-curious, Old and Restless friend, Chris 🚲
Juliet Maurer April 27, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Love it. Woop his butt! Haha
Terri Reed April 27, 2019 at 6:28 PM
I'm always relieved to get an email notification of your blog because . . . (huge sigh) you're alive to write about it!!!!
What a great day of exploring. By the end I belonged to that other group "The Old and the Tired" Chris
The Padre April 29, 2019 at 9:08 PM
Gorgeous Photos Of This Beautiful Adventure. Well Done