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In Nursery we concentrate on 7 main areas which are in the EYFS Framework Curriculum. These areas are; Personal, Social and Emotional, Communication and Language, Physical Development, Literacy, Maths, Understanding the world and Expressive Art and Design.
Below the Framework is attached with further detail of how we teach and assess the children according to these areas.


It happens to all of us. We want to forgive someone and we find that we can't. All we can do is think about the wrong that has been done to us— and each time we do, we're as hurt and angry as the day we were betrayed.
If you're like most people, when you've been betrayed, every waking hour can be filled with your outrage. Every song or movie, every sunset, every time someone says the word "love" or "friendship", a switch flips inside you and there you are, once again, all worked up and upset.
People will spend years— or a lifetime— replaying and reliving the details of their injury, failing to recognize the toll it takes on their life.
Most of us learned to apologize back when we were in preschool and as far as I can tell, few people have upgraded their approach since then.
It can be reassuring to hear that, yes, a great majority of couples are able to not only survive, but eventually thrive in the wake of an affair. Yet for many, repair can, at first, seem beyond reach and forgiveness can seem all but impossible.


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The term hand luggage or cabin baggage (normally called carry-on in North America) refers to the type of luggage that passengers are allowed to carry along in the passenger compartment of a vehicle instead of a separate cargo compartment.  Passengers are allowed to carry a limited number of smaller bags with them in the vehicle, which typically contain valuables and items needed during the journey.  There is normally storage space provided for hand luggage, either under seating, or in overhead lockers.  Trains usually have luggage racks above the seats and may also (especially in the case of trains travelling longer distances) have luggage space between the backs of seats facing opposite directions, or in extra luggage racks, for example, at the ends of the carriage (train car in American English) near the doors.

Commercial air travel
Hand baggage allowance is a topic frequently discussed in the context of commercial air travel. On the one hand, passengers may want to have more of their possessions at hand during flight, skip the often time-consuming baggage claim process, and avoid the risk of having their checked baggage lost or damaged. On the other hand, safety concerns, takeoff weight limitations, and financial incentives (e.g. charging for checked bags) cause airlines to impose limits on how much and what passengers can take into the aircraft cabin. A large amount of hand luggage also slows the security screening of passengers, and can slow boarding as it takes longer to find space in cabin storage areas.

Studies have found that passengers often pause to retrieve cabin baggage during an emergency evacuation, despite instructions to the contrary in pre-flight safety briefings. This is not a new phenomenon, as it was observed during the evacuation of a Boeing 737 that caught fire in 1984. At least one passenger re-entered a Boeing 777 that crashed in 2008 to retrieve personal belongings. Video of the evacuation of a Sukhoi Superjet that caught fire on landing in 2019 clearly shows passengers on the emergency slides with large suitcases, raising questions as to whether this contributed to the loss of life. Remote locking of overhead baggage bins is being considered as a solution to the issue.

Allowances

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sets guidelines for cabin baggage/hand luggage/carry-on luggage size. As of 2022, the IATA recommends a maximum size of 56 cm × 45 cm × 25 cm (22 in × 18 in × 10 in), including protuberances like wheels, handles, and pockets.

The IATA guidelines are voluntary; the actual size and weight limits of cabin baggage imposed by airlines differ widely. In some cases they are dependent on the aircraft model being used, in other cases it depends on the booking class.

† Dimensions are sometimes listed as "linear", meaning that when added together, height, width, and length are not to exceed a certain total number.
  - Air New Zealand
  - Hainan Airlines

Business class, first class passengers and holders of high level mileage club members are often allowed to carry on a second bag of a similar or smaller size and weight.

On smaller sized aircraft, sometimes the hand baggage can be carried to the aircraft door, where it is collected by baggage handlers for stowing in the cargo area and returned to the passenger right after landing.

Security restrictions
Following the increase in restrictions imposed on flights from UK airports and to the US after the events of August 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, hand baggage on such flights was restricted to one cabin bag no bigger than 45 cm × 35 cm × 16 cm (17¾" x 13¾" x 6¼") effective since 15 August 2006. On 21 September 2006, the British Airports Authority advised that from the following day, the allowable size of the single item of hand baggage on outgoing flights from the UK would be increased to 56 cm × 45 cm × 25 cm (approx. 22 in × 17.75 in × 9.85 in), the IATA guideline size. Most UK airports still have a strict limit of one piece of cabin baggage per passenger, including business class.

European Union

A common regulation for cabin baggage restrictions was introduced on 6 November 2006 in European Union and in Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
 Restrictions on liquids:
 only liquids with max 100 ml (3½ fl. oz.) per piece
 all pieces assembled in a single zippable plastic bag of max 1000ml (1 quart)
 the plastic resealable bag must not exceed 20 cm by 20 cm (8" x 8")
 maximum of 1 plastic bag per passenger
 liquids include gels and lotions (shampoo, tooth paste), lip sticks, moist paper tissue, contact lens solution
 Exceptions:
 prescribed medicine of any size, non-prescribed medicine-only items
 baby milk and other items for infants
 nutrition for diabetes diet
 Restrictions on dangerous objects:
 weaponry, including imitations and sports utilities (e.g. archery)
 sharp objects, even small ones, including dart arrows and razor blades
 The recommendation allows for light knives and scissors with blades up to 6 cm (2") but some countries do not accept these either (e.g. nail care items)
 blunt objects, clubs and all larger sticks, including sports utilities (e.g. skateboard)
 inflammable objects, including ethanol, alcoholic beverage above 70%, some match sticks
 toxic chemicals, including pepper spray, liquid batteries, blood samples

United States
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has introduced a series of restrictions effective since 26 September 2006 under the name "3:1:1" for liquids.
 Restrictions on liquids:
 3.4 ounce or smaller of containers for liquids and gels (100 ml)
 1 quart-size clear plastic zip-top bag holding the liquid contents (approx. 950 ml)
 1 bag per traveler shown openly in the security bin
 the TSA guidelines explicitly accept the metricized portions of 100 ml / 1 liter as defined later in the European Union
 the list of exceptions for liquids (baby milk, diabetes diet) is identical to EU guidelines.

The TSA has additional restrictions for security searches: for example, the baggage should not be locked (except with a special luggage locks that TSA staff can open), gifts should not be wrapped, and shoes may be required to be taken off during body search with the metal detector. Food items in the luggage may be mistaken for dangerous material triggering an intensive search.

See also
 Suitcase
 Checked baggage
 Baggage allowance

Notes

References

External links
Carry-On Luggage Size Chart by Airline
Allowed cabin sizes per airline
Hand luggage size and weight restrictions by airline

Luggage

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Q: How to change default error search in Visual Studio 2015 While I was writing my code in Visual Studio 2015CTP I got error as below in ErrorList window:

Error  CS0117  'Console' does not contain a definition for 'ReadKey'

By clicking on CS0117 it redirects me to default browser and searches using Bing. As most of the time we use Google as a search engine, is there any way to make Google as a default search instead of Bing.

A: Simply redirecting the search provider probably won't work. We generate a search string that is tailored to work with a specialized search engine on the Bing side. Passing that same search string to another search engine probably will give poor results.
What you will need to do, instead, is define your own handler for the help event. This would extract relevant information from the error itself (such as error code, language, etc.) to create a generic search that would work with the provider of your choice. If this handler comes before the default handler, then you can handle the event and prevent the default (bing) search from executing.
The interfaces your need to implement are:
ITableControlEventProcessorProvider
This is a MEF export and should have the following attributes:
[Export(typeof(ITableControlEventProcessorProvider))]
[DataSourceType(StandardTableDataSources.ErrorTableDataSourceString)]
[DataSource(StandardTableDataSources.AnyDataSourceString)]
[ManagerIdentifier(StandardTables.ErrorsTableString)]
[Name("my custom event processor name")]
[Order(Before=Priority.Default)]

ITableControlEventProcessor
It is probably best to define a class that is derived from
TableControlEventProcessorBase (which provides default/no-op implementations for all of the events) and then explicitly handle the PreprocessNavigateToHelp(ITableEntryHandle entry, TableEntryEventArgs e) event by:

*

*extracting the useful data from entry

*creating a generic search to the search provider of your choice

*opening an instance of the browser

*setting e.Handled to true (to prevent the other help handlers from executing).

A: There's no built-in support for switching the search engine used. It is, however, possible to create an extension that lets Google (and other) search engines be linked to instead, just as the Bing Developer Assistant extension did in previous releases of Visual Studio.
I'd point you to the docs with info on how to create such an extension, but they're not published yet. They're on the list of docs to be published around the time Visual Studio 2015 is officially released.

A: Another quick hack that I just made would be a browser script.
I used Greasemonkey to generally redirect searches from Bing to Google.
Because who the hell has ever chosen the former over the latter...
If you have Greasemonkey installed or other places to use a userscript, you can use
// @include     http://www.bing.com/search?q=*
var rex = /\?q=(.+)/;
window.location.href = ("http://www.google.com/#safe=off&q="+window.location.href.match(rex)[1]);

to always redirect from Bing to Google.
Not really a VS answer, but a work-around. And in my case, it seems just fine since I prefer Google.

A: You can change it by setting up a hosts entry to 127.0.0.1 for bingdev.cloudapp.net and use the IIS URL Rewrite module to redirect your request to google.
I went into more detail on my blog post here

A: I tried this comment above from Ondrej Petrzilka Dec 19 '15 and it works really well, thank you very much.

*

*Search and install this chrome extension
switcheroo-redirector

*Restart Chrome

*Click on the extension icon on top right of Chrome, then click Switcheroo.
Screenshot here

*Setup from: "www.bing.com/search?q" to: "www.google.com/search?q". [Screenshot here2

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Home News The leader of the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine paid UAH 550 million in taxes for 9 months of 2022
The leader of the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine paid UAH 550 million in taxes for 9 months of 2022
Pharmaceutical company Farmak paid more than UAH 550 million in taxes to the budgets of all levels for 9 months of 2022. In order to support the state, the enterprise paid the first amount of UAH 105.8 million in advance, immediately after the start of the war.
According to Proxima Research, as of November 2022, same as in pre-war times, Farmak is the leader of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market. The company suffered losses of UAH 1.5 billion due to the enemy destroying a warehouse with finished products and packaging materials near Kyiv. But at the same time, it decided not to use the tax deferral introduced by the Government of Ukraine for all enterprises that cannot pay them.
"The main principle that guides us in doing business is responsibility to the state, Ukrainians, our employees and partners. It is thanks to honesty and transparency that Farmak remains the leader in the pharmaceutical industry in Ukraine. Paying taxes on time helps us make a significant contribution to supporting the economy in times of war. Of course, we will continue to be a pillar and reliable partner of the state in this difficult time," said Volodymyr Kostiuk, Executive Director of Farmak.
Also, despite the war, the company opened a new site for the production of nebulized drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases, launched 11 new products on the market, and plans to release 6 more before the end of the year.
In addition, the enterprise provides powerful assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the population affected during the war. Farmak has already spent more than UAH 30 million on this.

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by Matt Rode on 31st August 2017
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Jamie Mitchell is at a pivotal point in his life. Already established as the greatest paddler of all time, he has now successfully transitioned into a big wave surfing career.
He placed second and first in the last two tour events at Puerto Escondido and Nazare respectively (despite surfing with a broken sternum at Puerto Escondido), took first and second at the past two Big Wave Awards in the Performer of the Year category, and is rated second in the world coming into the back half of the 2017/18 season.
At 40-years-old, he owns his own paddleboard company, has a deck full of sponsors, and is happily established on the North Shore of Oahu with his partner Cassie and their two-year-old daughter. And in a few days, Cassie is due to give birth to the couple's second child.
Despite the fact that he is out of the water rehabbing a major injury, Jamie has just about every thing he could want in life, barring a world championship trophy—which is a very real possibility by season's end.
But a career like Jamie's isn't built on warm fuzzies. Instead, it's a product of hard work, a willingness to tolerate physical and mental suffering, and more scary moments than most people experience in a lifetime.
Jamie's a regular at Mavericks.
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After a rigorous mountain bike ride up Pupukea, I sat down with Jamie to talk about his recent decision to compete with a caved-in chest, the possibility of adding Mavs to the tour schedule, and his aspirations for a big wave world title.
That was a pretty radical decision to compete at Puerto with a freshly broken sternum. What sort of thought process went into that decision?
It was a tough decision. If you asked any doctor, they were all saying not to do it. But I feel like I have really good gauge on my body and what it can do.
Leading up to that week…the contest was on a Monday, and a week before it looked like the event might run, and I spoke with Cassie and she really didn't want me to surf.
She's never said that in her life to me, she's always trusted my judgment, but I understood where she was coming from this time, because I'd been in a hyperbaric chamber every day for three weeks, struggling through rehab.
But I had started swimming that week (two weeks post-injury), and I was feeling okay enough that I thought, "Well, in another week my body could recover more, and maybe I will be ready." I knew that if I didn't surf, there was no chance of winning the world title this year So I told Cassie to just give me four or five days to see how I felt. I was still doing rehab and swimming, and Cassie made me do some pushups to see if I could even get up on my board.
I spoke to my orthopedic surgeon with Cassie on the phone, and we went through all the scenarios. And then we had a real heart-to-heart, and I told her the reasons why I wanted to do it, and why I thought I could do it.
She brought up counterpoints, and we discussed it like any husband and wife would do. And we eventually decided that I would go to Puerto and see how I felt on the day, and if I felt up to it, I'd surf. And as it turned out, I did.
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I wanted to give myself every chance this year. You know, I worked really hard to get where I am on this tour, and I just turned 40, so I know I don't have another 15 years like the young kids. But I was coming off of a win at the last event that ran (at Nazare) and felt like I had momentum, and I wanted to keep that going.
I knew that if I didn't surf, there was no chance of winning the world title this year. Not that that is the only thing that matters, but I really wanted to make a push for that, and knew that getting through a few heats would be really important for points.
So I knew the risks versus the rewards, and did the math in my head, and then listened to my heart, and my gut feeling said that I could go out and pull it off. I knew that if I reinjured it, apart from a direct hit to my sternum (which would have been a fluke thing), I was only going to put myself back a few weeks at the worst.
I knew I had until October 15 to recover before the opening of the northern hemisphere season, so it wasn't just a crazy last-minute decision.
I really delved into it and dissected it. And it was obviously really painful, and I knew I was going to be in a lot of pain, and put myself back as far as rehab goes, but was that worth it? Was it worth it? Definitely. I made the final and took second Definitely. I made the final and took second, and maybe only put myself back a week or two in terms of rehab. It could have gone the other way, and I knew that going into it, but it didn't. I just went with my gut feeling, and ended up pulling it off.
You certainly did. You have a lot of momentum coming off of two major results in the last two events, and are second in the ratings with potentially two events left in the season. You must be looking forward to Nazare and Jaws, and hoping for a shot at the world title.
Yeah, definitely. You know, I still have some underlying issues with my sternum at the moment. I am doing some light swimming, some mountain bike riding, and some yoga. I can't do much cardio at the moment, due to a weird feeling in my chest that is taking longer than I thought to get to 100 per cent.
So I'm still limited in what I can do, but mentally I feel really good. We have another baby due any day, which will inspire me. And I feel good. I feel like I am in the hunt. Nazare and Jaws waiting periods start October 15.
Nazare tends to get the best swells in October and November, so hopefully that goes. And hopefully we get one of those early season Jaws swells and that can run too, and we can battle it out in three events and crown a champ.
Jamie and his family at the WSL Big Wave Awards.
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The way I see it, the more events the better. Obviously we can't sacrifice the integrity of the tour by running in sub-par conditions or small waves at Jaws or Nazare, but 15-20 foot at those venues is crazy.
So I feel like we will get at least one of those events, if not both. And then with the WSL announcing the potential of Mavericks this winter—that would be a huge boost for us as well.
I'm excited, and I just hope we run as many events as we can, and we get a couple of big, clean swells so we can go out and do our thing.
Thanks Jamie. That's what we are hoping for too. Good luck with your recovery and the birth of your baby. We look forward to seeing you back in the water soon.
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Tag: calvinistic methodist
Piper on Lloyd-Jones, part 1: "I was never the same again"
This is a transcript of the biographical message given at the 1991 Pastor's Conference on Spiritual Gifts and the Sovereignty of God, (Wayne Grudem [an Eau Claire native!] was the main speaker):
First a word about sources. They're almost out of these downstairs, but buy what's left. The 2 volume biography is where I got everything I know about his life, by Iain Murray, Banner of Truth. And then, these three books are my three sources basically for what I'm going to say, Revival, Crossway, Joy Unspeakable and The Sovereign Spirit [also titled Prove All Things], Harold Shaw Publishers in this country. [Joy Unspeakable and The Sovereign Spirit were published together under the title The Baptism and Gifts of the Spirit]. If you want a 20 page outline of his life Five Evangelical Leaders by his grandson, real fun book to read about Stott, and Lloyd-Jones, and Schaeffer and Packer and Billy Graham, little mini biographies. I hope you all have or will have Preaching and Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones I'm just going to dip into here for a few quotes that seem to me crucial. And, uh, this is the Bible. Which is in everything.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones The Preacher
In Preaching and Preachers, Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote, "Preaching has been my life's work … to me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and the most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called" (PP, 9). and even as I read it again, it makes tingles go up and down my back, because I have been privileged by God to be called to preach, I can't get over the awesome privilege of having been called by the living God to herald his truth.
Many called him the last of the Calvinistic Methodist preachers because he had Calvin's love for truth and sound reformed doctrine. He was thoroughly calvinistic and reformed, and on the other side fire and passion. For thirty years he preached at the Westminster Chapel in London. Usually that meant three times on a weekend, Friday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Most of his time then was spent getting ready for that as well as speaking elsewhere during the week. He said at the end of his career, "I can say quite honestly that I would not cross the road to listen to myself preaching" (PP, 4).
But most other prople who heard him did not share that opinion. J. I. Packer, when he was was 22 years old as a student heard Lloyd-Jones during the '48-49 years and said that he had "never heard such preaching." It came to him "with the force of electric shock, bringing to at least one of his hearers more of a sense of God than any other man" (FEL, 170). They did have a kind of falling out later on which is sort of sad, but Packer, never, never stopped praising Lloyd-Jones. Not to this day in fact I recommend the book by Samuel P. Logan called Preachers and Preaching, I believe, something like that and Packer writes Why Preach as the lead essay and it's dynamite and it's got more of Lloyd-Jones in it.
Many of us have felt this electric shock though we never knew him personally, though we can hear him on tape, if you want to, we felt it even coming through his books. I can remember as a student in 1967 going to Urbana with my fiancé Noel, and hearing George Verwer, as he always does, hold up a book and say, "This is the most important book that's been written" in whatever amount of time he says. And he held up in that time the two volume work by Martyn Lloyd-Jones' on the Sermon on the Mount and he said, "This is the greatest book that has been written in this century." well he had no right to say that, because he doesn't read all the books, but I said, "that is an amazing statement." I went home and in the summer of 1968 I read those 2 volumes through before I went to seminary, that was between college and seminary. and I was never the same again. I was primed for the theology I discovered at seminary by this awesome picture of the Lord. "the greatness and weight of spiritual issues" (The Preacher and Preaching, 7), is what Packer said very few men have been able to duplicate.
A Sketch of His Life
Just a real brief sketch of his life. His path to Westminster was unique. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, in December 20, 1899. Then he moved to London with his family when he was 14 and went to Medical School St. Bartholomew's Hospital, got his M.D. in 1921. his supervisor said he was "the most acute thinker that he'd ever known" (FEL, 56).
He had a profound conversion experience during the 1921-23 year, and his passion to preach just exploded so strongly that he left behind the medical career never to return in any official way.
He took a church in Sandfields, Aberavon , and married Bethan Phillips, January 8, 1926, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, over the course of their marriage. He stayed there I think about 12 years
And then he was in Philadelphia, preaching and G. Campbell Morgan was in the audience, sitting in the back, the pastor of Westminster Chapel, and heard this young man preach, and felt, "I must seek this man to be my associate at the Westminster Chapel" and he did seek him and through a series of events, got him to come, that was September 1939 and in 1943 G. Campbell Morgan retired and until 1968 the preaching pastor of Westminster Chapel was Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
He retired in 1968, worked on his writings for 12 years as well as speaking, and then died in his sleep March 1, 1981.
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Tonight I'm staying in Wales and heading down South to the Brecon Beacons to talk to hill farmer and NFU Cymru environment and rural affairs advisor, Rachel Lewis-Davies.
We talk about her and her husband Bobby's incredible farming journey with many highs and lows along the way, Epynt Hardy speckled sheep, why the phrase 'Welsh hill farmers' is in the news so much right now, and much, much more.
We then go into how she first came across LEAF, what the organisation does, and how she initially got involved in 1991, and how it's changed and evolved in the 28 years she's been there, before discussing at length the incredible OPEN FARM SUNDAY. We talk about what it is, how and why farmers can get involved, with this year's event taking place on 9th June, and some of the incredible results they're seeing in the perception of UK agriculture.
Caroline's a legendary figure in British farming, and it was fantastic to talk to her tonight.
If you can't part with that old ??? Let Ray Bohacz show you how to make it useful again.
We talk about her early life in Lincolnshire, and how she initially trained to be a teacher, after studying music at university.
We then discuss how after realising that school teaching wasn't for her, she ended up in the Royal Navy, sailing all over the World, before eventually transferring to the Army, where she taught Arabic to soldiers deploying to the Middle East.
And we then go into her life on Fair Isle at length, how she got there, the challenges of Island life, her croft and sheep, how she's become a part of the community, and the importance of social media as a connection to the outside World.
Rachel's a real inspiration with how she's made a life for herself in such an amazing, unique place, and it was a real pleasure to talk to her tonight. Check it out folks..
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'Exchange Wechat Accounts' Is The Advice Of Coca-Cola Exec For Trump And Xi
'Make like Chinese businessmen and exchange WeChat accounts' is the advice for a solution for the ongoing trade war between the United States and China given by the Chinese head of one of the world's most iconic brands for US president Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to the advice of the Curtis Ferguson the President of Coca Cola for Greater China and Korea, the leadership style of Trump should be changed to adapt more to the Chinese model and should start talking using the messaging app so that the dispute can be ended.
"As all business is done in China, I'd probably suggest they exchange WeChat accounts and get on with this thing," Curtis Ferguson told the media at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China.
Even while announcing the imposition of new US tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion, Trump said on Monday that he is ready to hold direct talks with the Chinese Premier, whom he "respects". In a retaliatory move, China imposed tariffs on $60 billion of American goods.
Ferguson said that all business would be impacted by those hikes. He however said that the company would not be directly affected by the tariffs as of now except for increase in commodity prices.
He also hoped that there would be no boycott of American goods and products by Chinese consumers because Coca Cola is viewed more of a local brand than a American brand.
A huge amount of investment has already been made by Coca Cola in the Chinese market – the second largest in the world and the American brand has been operational in the market for more than 40 years now. There are over 50000 employees of the company working in 45 factories and offices in China and the research and development center in Shanghai which is the largest of the company in the world.
However, Ferguson says that there is along way to go fro Coca Cola in the Chinese market. At present, the market share of the firm in the Chinese non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink market is just 10 per cent.
"In China, we're well off the mark of where we have to be," Ferguson said. "We have a lot of catching up to do."
He said that to increase market share the company would have to change its product line to adapt to the fast changing tastes of the Chinese consumers. Coca Cola has ventured into the coffee market through its $1.5 billion acquisition of Costa which also has operations in China. Additionally, in order to make its health drinks more appealing to local consumers, the company is considering and experimenting with Chinese medicinal recipes, Ferguson said.
There are recent reports that the US company is now planning to expand its health drinks line outside of China also.
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*Now, concern remains about how depreciation of the peso must be stopped if it threatens with crossing the ceiling of the exchange rate band, something very likely to happen. Extending the intervention margins to $0.25 billion increases possible success for the current program; but unfortunately, does not guarantee it"
"It keeps being a better option to guarantee the ceiling with as much dollars as needed. A serious advantage would be that bets in favor for the Central Bank would rise"
"It is necessary to clarify that any new news implying lower chances of reelection for CAMBIEMOS may trigger another run and flight of capitals. The good thing is now the BCRA has achieved new tools to mitigate its impact"
"it is very important that given a new exchange run that pretends to surpass the ceiling of the exchange band, the BCRA put all the necessary reserves to remove the surplus pesos. If it fails, next run Will be on the Leliqs and deposits, which is an avalanche impossible to stop"
"Finally, if the BCRA made some sound announcement that it Will withdraw every exceeding peso any time it reaches the ceiling. Is that a guarantee for success? Unfortunately, not. However, it is clear that this is the bet with greater chances to keep credibility in the peso. If it is lost, there is no strategy good enough to avoid a new crisis, since there is no way to avoid disarming the Leliqs portfolio and a bank run. However, what is for sure is that the announced mechanism to face the run in the ceiling of the band has much less probabilities to be successful; because it proved to be useless in 2018 run and, in this occasion, the time that will be before fleeing the debt of the BCRA and the banks will be much shorter. Therefore, better cement the credibility of the monetary authority with time and forcefully"
"The Consumer Confidence Index, prepared by the "Centro de Investigación en Finanzas de la Universidad Torcuato Di-Tella" (Center or Research in Finance of Torcuato Di-Tella University)and that includes values from 0 to 100, reached in April 34.41 points in the national level, which implies a 1.1% fall compared to the result of the third month in 2019. Within the components of the CCI, the Personal Situation Sub-index fell by 1.3%, the Durable Goods and Real State Sub-index dropped by 19.6%, While the Macroeconomic Situation Subindex increased by 4.4%. In the territorial distribution, consumer confidence fell by 6.6% in the Interior of the country. However, it went up by 5.3% in the Capital City and by 0.6% in the Great Buenos Aires, always comparing to the previous month. In the distribution by income level, consumer confidence rose by 1.1% for the upper income sector and fell by 0.7% for the lower income sector, always compared to the previous month".
"Sales at shopping centers increased by 22.55%Yoy in February at constant values, decelerating compared to the 25.02% registered in January. Sales at current prices in February revealed by the survey of shopping centers reached $5.5 billion, that is 0.1% below the total value in January. On the other side, sales at constant prices of April 2016, in February 2019, reached $2.8 billion, which represents a 17.6% decline compared to the same month the previous year. Looking at the year-on-year variation, sales in shopping centers increased by 22.5%Yoy at current prices, decelerating almost by three percentage points since the 25.0%Yoy showed in January. When making up the different items, those with large increases were: "Perfumery and Pharmacy" by 57.6%; "Cloth and Sport Accessories" by 55.0%; "bookstore and Stationary" by 33.7%; "Clothing, Foot wear and Leather Goods" by 31.1% and "Others" by 30.0%.
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This was H1 2022 – Part 1 – The Fight Against Cybercrime
Pascal Geenens
After many long lockdowns, the information technology industry woke up to a new reality. Cyber crime was too widespread and heavily resourced. Hybrid architectures had grown too complex to be able to provide adequate defense, resulting in new larger threat surfaces.
To make matters worse, there was a lack of skilled security professionals who could pick up the pieces and close the gaps quickly. Cybercrime was the new pandemic, and it was growing year after year. Fortunately, parties that fight against cybercrime have formed an unseen alliance, without borders, across public and private partnerships, and governments and law enforcement agencies. Their actions might not always be as visible as the next record ransom payment or data breach, but they are making waves, sending messages, and getting noticed by the criminals.
This blog emphasizes the increased efforts and successes of law enforcement and the global security community in their fight against cybercrime. It's the first post in a three-part series that takes a thematic look at cyber activities from the first half of 2022. The second post focuses on the cyber events leading up to and occuring as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The third and final post in our series will cover events, attacks and heists beyond the cyber war.
Our first post starts in January 2022 with an arrest of one of cybercrimes most notorious gangs.
On January 14, Russian authorities announced the arrest of 14 members of the REvil ransomware gang, confiscating over $6,5 million, 20 luxury cars, computer equipment and cryptocurrency wallets. REvil emerged in April 2019 from the void left behind by the shutdown of the GandCrab operation. In less than a year, the gang became the most prolific ransomware group, collecting some of the highest ransoms from its victims. REvil's most publicized hit was the Kaseya supply-chain attack that crippled almost 1,500 businesses globally. The group, unable to negotiate with all victims individually, made a one-time offer for a universal decryption key to decrypt all organizations for a single sum of $70 million in Bitcoin. The Kaseya attacks prompted a harsh response from the US, with President Biden asking President Putin to take action against cybercriminals residing in Russia; if not, the US would take action on its own. After the Kaseya attack, REvil suspended its operations, only to resume two months later. The operators, however, were not aware of law enforcement breaching their servers before they suspended operations, and as they restored their systems from backup, the criminals also restored machines controlled by US law enforcement. The Russian FSB's action against REvil came after the US and international law enforcement organizations joined forces to identify and arrest members of ransomware operations. In November 2021, the US announced the arrest of Ukrainian national Yaroslav Vasinskyi, the REvil affiliate responsible for the Kaseya attack. The US authorities also seized over $6 million from another REvil partner, Russian national Yevgeniy Polyanin, who was believed to have deployed about 3,000 ransomware attacks. The same month, authorities in Romania arrested two REvil ransomware affiliates responsible for 5,000 attacks that brought them 500,000 euro from collected ransoms.
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On January 17, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and Schools Broadband, part of the Talk Straight Group, launched a new initiative to educate students who search for terms associated with cyber crime on school computers. The new initiative aims to divert young people away from criminality and was launched after cyber attacks designed to block access to schools' networks or websites more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) shows a 107% increase in reports, of students as young as nine, deploying DDoS attacks between 2019 to 2020. When students search for terms associated with cyber crime on school computers, students will get a warning message and will be redirected to the Cyber Choices website (www.cyberchoices[.]uk). The website aims to educate children of all ages about the Computer Misuse Act, cyber crime and its consequences.
On January 17, Europol announced that law enforcement authorities seized and disrupted 15 servers hosted by VPNLab.net in a coordinated action in Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom. VPNLab.net offered encrypted communications and internet access to support criminal acts such as ransomware deployment and other cybercrime activities. VPNLab.net was first established in 2008.
On January 22, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested the administrator of the UniCC carding forum and one of the members of the Infraud cybercrime cartel. Three other suspects were also detained and placed under house arrest. Andrey Sergeevich Novak was the administrator of UniCC, a forum where threat actors gathered to buy or sell stolen payment card data. On January 12, the site announced that it would voluntarily close down, citing the administrators' intention to retire, and advised users to withdraw their funds within ten days. At the time, blockchain analysis company Elliptic estimated that the site had made at least $358 million in cryptocurrency, from the sale of stolen cards, since 2013 when it launched.
In February, the master decryption keys for Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware operations were leaked on BleepingComputer's forums. A forum member, claiming to be the developer for all three operations, pointed out that it was a planned leak and not linked to recent arrests of affiliates by law enforcement. The alleged ransomware developer added that none of the team members will ever return to ransomware and that all source code for their ransomware was destroyed. The Maze group was considered one of the most prominent ransomware operations since it began operating in May 2019. The group quickly rose to fame as they were the first to use data theft and double-extortion tactics. After Maze announced its shutdown in October 2020, they resurfaced soon, rebranded as Egregor. In February 2021, several affiliates of Egregor were arrested in Ukraine and the group disappeared. The Sekhmet operation launched in March 2020, while Maze was still active. Fourteen months later, the decryption keys for these operations were leaked.
In May 2018, the FBI sinkholed an alleged Russian state-sponsored DDoS botnet comprised of hundreds of thousands of routers and network storage devices named VPNFilter. The botnet was attributed to Sandworm, the alleged Russian cyber military unit of the GRU, the organization in charge of Russian military intelligence. On February 23, CISA published an alert covering a new Sandworm botnet, Cyclops Blink, replacing the previous VPNFilter botnet. Cyclops Blink was discovered in June 2019, targeting WatchGuard Firebox firewalls through professionally developed malware that used a modular structure and was believed to be capable of launching DDoS attacks. The command and control infrastructure (C2) consisted of 26 servers, 13 residing inside the US. In March, the FBI conducted a court-authorized operation to disrupt the two-tiered global botnet by issuing a series of commands to its C2 servers that would wipe bots from compromised devices and take down the C2 servers themselves.
On March 23, the Lapsus$ hacking gang announced on their Telegram channel that a few members were on vacation until March 30, 2022. One day later, the City of London Police announced the arrest of seven people between the ages of 16 and 21 in connection with an investigation into the notorious extortion gang Lapsus$. They had all been released under investigation as inquiries remained ongoing. Amongst them was a 16-year-old boy from Oxford, England, operating under the pseudonym White, and he was accused of being one of the crew leaders. Lapsus$ was a group of criminals that leaked several high profile victims' source code and internal documents. During the first three months of 2022, the group leaked the source code, code-signing certificates and employee credentials from Nvidia; breached Microsoft and leaked 37GB of source code from an Azure dev ops server, including 90% of the source code for the Bing search engine; breached Mercado Libre, an e-commerce company; released the source code of Samsung Galaxy phones and Samsung company data; breached Ubisoft, Okta and T-Mobile's systems; and dumped 70 GB of sensitive data from Globant. The group was first noted in December 2021 after they breached the Brazilian Health Ministry computer systems. The group's Telegram channel was used to announce data dumps and to recruit accomplices. As of March 2022, the channel had nearly 50,000 subscribers. The group also posted polls asking their channel members about which organizations they should target next. The group's tactics to obtain access to victims' corporate networks included acquiring credentials from privileged employees. These credentials were obtained through recruitment or hacking victims' employees, leveraging methods such as SIM swapping. Subsequently, Lapsus$ would then use a remote desktop to obtain and exfiltrate sensitive data, followed by extortion of the victim organization with threats of disclosing the data. A rival and former associate allegedly disclosed the identity of the group's mastermind. On March 30, the Lapsus$ Telegram account announced that they were officially back from vacation, leaking 70GB of data from Globant as well as the admin passwords for the company's Confluence, Crucible, Jira and Github. The group also announced a new chat group on Matrix in case their Telegram account was to be seized or banned.
On April 5, the Central Office for combating Cybercrime (Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität or ZIT) and the General Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) seized the servers of the world's largest illegal darknet maketplace, "Hydra Market," located in Germany. Hydra was a Russian-language platform selling narcotics, documents and data since 2015. Approximately 17 million customer accounts and over 19,000 seller accounts were registered on the marketplace. Its sales amounted to at least 1.23 billion euros in 2020 alone.
On April 9, the Russian FSB detained a hacker in Crimea for launching DDoS attacks, on the order of Ukraine, against Russian media outlets and financial institutions. The 29-year-old Yalta resident, who worked as a systems administrator, installed a program on his work computer that conducted DDoS attacks against the websites of Sberbank, RBC, Interfax, Lenta.ru, RIA Novosti and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The detainee faces five years in a Russian prison.
On April 12, the US Department of Justice announced the seizure of the RaidForums website on February 25 and unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums' founder and chief administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho, aged 21, of Portugal. RaidForums was a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data. Coelho was arrested in the UK on January 31. When RaidForums went offline in February, it caused confusion in the community as it was unclear why it was taken down or who was responsible. Just three weeks after RaidForums was seized, on March 16, an actor named pompompurin, who was previously highly active on RaidForums, launched a new community called BreachForums. BreachForums aims to be an alternative to RaidForums. "If RaidForums does ever return in any official capacity," pompompurin wrote, "[BreachForums] will be closed and its domain will redirect to [RaidForums]."
On April 13, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced it has taken legal and technical action to disrupt a criminal botnet called ZLoader. ZLoader was made up of devices found in businesses, hospitals, schools and homes around the world, and run by a global internet-based organized crime group, operating a malware-as-a-service platform designed to steal and extort money. Ryuk was one of the ransomwares that was distributed through the platform. Ryuk is known for targeting health care institutions and extorting payment without any regards to the patients put at risk. Microsoft obtained a court order to take control of sinkhole 65 domains that were used to grow and control the botnet, as well as an additional 319 domains that were dynamically generated by the malware through a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and leveraged as a fallback, in case the hardcoded domains would be compromised. Microsoft identified Denis Malikov, living in the city of Simferopol on the Crimean Peninsula, as the developer of a component to distribute ransomware in the ZLoader botnet.
On April 29, in an interview, Doug Witschi, the assistant director for cybercrime and threat response and operation at Interpol, told The Register: "We're not going to be able to arrest ourselves out of this problem. We need to work as a global community on this challenge." As cybercriminals become more sophisticated and their attacks more destructive and costly, private security firms and law enforcement need to work together, adding that "Cybercrime is such a global threat, unlike transnational organized crime."
"We're not going to be able to arrest ourselves out of this problem. We need to work as a global community on this challenge."
On May 2, the British police, at the request of the Romanian authorities, arrested a UK teen for his involvement in Russian attacks on websites in Romania. The suspected person, a Romanian resident in the UK, was found to be supporting the activities of a Russian crime group, allegedly Killnet, by providing translation services for criminal material from Russian into Romanian.
On May 12, Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, a 28-year-old from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to traffic in unauthorized access devices and computer passwords. Tolpintsev was taken into custody by the Polish authorities in Poland on October 2, 2020, and extradited to the United States. Tolpintsev pleaded guilty on February 22, 2022. Between 2017 and 2019, Tolpintsev sold thousands of server credentials via a dark web site "Marketplace" and made at least $82,648 from the sales. Tolpintsev controlled a botnet to conduct brute-force attacks and boasted that his botnet was capable of breaking the login credentials of at least 2,000 devices per week.
On May 16, a criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in New York, charging Moises Luis Zagala Gonzales, a citizen of France and Venezuela, also known as "Nosophoros," "Aesculapius" and "Nebuchadnezzar." Zagala, a 55-year-old cardiologist residing in Venezuela, was the creator of the ransomware software "Thanos." As alleged, the multi-tasking doctor treated patients; created and named his cyber tool after death; profited from a global ransomware ecosystem in which he sold the tools for conducting ransomware attacks; trained the attackers about how to extort victims; and then boasted about successful attacks, including attacks by malicious actors associated with the government of Iran.
On May 19, the United States Department of Justice announced the revision of its policy regarding charging violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The policy, for the first time, directs that good-faith security research should not be charged. Good faith security research means "accessing a computer solely for purposes of good-faith testing, investigation, and/or correction of a security flaw or vulnerability, where such activity is carried out in a manner designed to avoid any harm to individuals or the public, and where the information derived from the activity is used primarily to promote the security or safety of the class of devices, machines, or online services to which the accessed computer belongs, or those who use such devices, machines, or online services."
The United States Department of Justice announced a major policy change under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and directs that good-faith security research should not be charged.
In May, an international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries resulted in the takedown of one of the fastest-spreading mobile malware to date. Known as FluBot, the Android malware was spreading through fake SMS messages sent on behalf of parcel delivery services. After a victim clicked the link, they were redirected to download an Android app disguised as the app from the parcel delivery service. The malicious Android application leveraged the phone's contacts to spread further and was known for stealing banking and cryptocurrency credentials. First spotted in December 2020, FluBot gained traction in 2021 and compromised a vast number of devices worldwide, including significant outbreaks in Spain and Finland. Members of the FluBot crew had been arrested in the past, but FluBot persevered and its center of gravity moved to other countries. This time, the authorities announced that the FluBot infrastructure is under the control of law enforcement, putting a stop to the destructive spiral.
On May 28, the Večer newspaper reported that Matjaž Škorjanc, who already served his almost five year prison sentence for creating the Butterfly Bot, will go on trial again after the Constitutional Court annulled the 2013 guilty ruling and two higher-instance court rulings, returning the case to the Maribor District Court for retrial. The malware program Butterfly (mariposa in Spanish) Bot, created and sold by Škorjanc to various individuals and groups, was leveraged by the Días de Pesadilla (DDP) Team to create the Mariposa botnet. The Mariposa botnet, first discovered in December 2008, was mainly involved in password stealing and denial-of-service attacks. Before the botnet was dismantled in December 2009, it consisted of 12.7 million devices, making it one of the largest known botnets. After the authorities seized the botnet in 2009, the operators were able to take back control. In February, 2010, the members of DDP team were arrested. In July 2010, Škorjanc was arrested for the first time but subsequently released due to lack of evidence. Škorjanc was arrested again in October 2011 and found guilty in December 2013. The FBI issued new charges and warrants against Škorjanc in 2019.
On May 31, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that they had seized the domain weleakinfo[.]to and two related domain names IPStress[.]in and ovh-booter[.]com. The WeLeakInfo website provided its subscribers a search engine to query a database filled with information, illegally obtained from over 10,000 data breaches and containing a total of seven billion indexed records with names, email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, and passwords. IPStress and ovh-booter offered denial-of-service attack services, also known as booter or stresser services. Until the day of the announcement, IPStress[.]in figured as the (only) official partner on the website of the IT Army of Ukraine. After May 31, IPStress.in was replaced on the website by a new partner, "Hosting Ukraine."
On June 7, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the seizure and dismantling of SSNDOB Marketplace by the IRS and FBI in cooperation with authorities in Cyprus and Latvia. SSNDOB Marketplace consisted of a series of websites (ssndob[.]ws, ssndob[.]vip, ssndob[.]club and blackjob[.]biz) that listed more than 20 million social security numbers for sale, generating more than $19 million usd in sales revenue.
On June 13, the operator behind the 'DownThem' DDoS-for-Hire service was sentenced to two years in prison. Matthew Gatrel, a 33-year-old man from Illinois, was convicted last year for running the downthem[.]org and ampnode[.]com services. The services allowed thousands of paying customers to launch more than 200,000 DDoS attacks. DownThem sold subscriptions allowing customers to launch DDoS attacks. AmpNode, on the other hand, provided bulletproof server hosting running servers that could be pre-configured with attack scripts and lists of vulnerable reflection and amplification services that were leveraged to launch volumetric DDoS attacks.
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On June 15, BleepingComputer reported on an International law enforcement operation codenamed 'First Light 2022.' The operation, led by Interpol with the assistance of the police in 76 countries, focused on social engineering crimes involving telephone deception, romance scams, business email compromise (BEC) scams, and related money laundering. The operation lasted two months between March and May 2022. It resulted in 1,770 locations being raided worldwide; 3,000 suspects identified; 2,000 operators, fraudsters, and money launderers arrested; 4,000 bank accounts frozen and $50 million worth of illicit funds intercepted. Amongst the highlights were a Chinese national who defrauded 24,000 victims out of $35,700,000.
On June 16, the US Department of Justice, together with law enforcement partners in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, announced the takedown of the infrastructure of a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS. The RSOCKS botnet provided proxy services that would anonymize the origin of internet traffic. The RSOCKS botnet initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices, but later expanded into compromising additional types of devices, including Android devices and conventional computers. The Russian cybercriminals operating the botnet claimed that it comprised millions of devices worldwide. There were legitimate proxy services that provided IP addresses to their clients for a fee. Typically, these proxy service would use IP addresses leased from internet service providers (ISPs). RSOCKS, however, offered its clients access to IP addresses assigned to devices that had been hacked. A cybercriminal who wanted to utilize the RSOCKS platform could navigate to a web-based storefront to rent access to a pool of proxies for a specified daily, weekly, or monthly time period. The cost for access to a pool of RSOCKS proxies ranged from $30 per day for access to 2,000 proxies up to $200 per day for access to 90,000 proxies. Once purchased, the customer could download a list of IP addresses and ports associated with one or more of the botnet's backend servers. The customer could then route malicious internet traffic through the compromised victim devices to mask or hide the true source of the traffic. It is believed that the users of the RSOCKS proxy service were conducting large scale attacks against authentication services, also known as credential stuffing, and anonymizing themselves when accessing compromised social media accounts, or sending malicious email, such as phishing messages.
On June 18, Paige Thompson, also known as "erratic," was convicted and found guilty of wire fraud, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and damaging a protected computer. The jury acquitted her of other charges, including access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer, obtained the personal information of more than 100 million people from AWS hosted servers in a data breach that prompted Capital One to reach a tentative $190 million settlement with affected customers and was fined $80 million by the Treasury Department for failing to protect sensitive data. Thompson's lawyers claimed that she was looking for vulnerabilities to patch. Still, the Federal prosecutors noted that she did not just steal the data, but also planted software on the servers which she unlawfully accessed to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrency.
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Looks like a very wet and stormy night ahead for Alabama, with drenching rains, lots of lightning… But, more and more it appears the threat for organized severe weather is fading across parts of central and SE Alabama. Still, though, we could see some very impressive rainfall totals. And, as the tornado watch expires across west and central Alabama…a new tornado watch is in effect across SW Alabama until 2AM, as far north as Dallas and Wilcox county. However, for a lot of us the severe weather threat is greatly diminished.
Meanwhile, drenching rainfall totals will continue across Alabama tonight causing flooding in spots.
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Power Magnetics, Inc. Celebrates 45 Years as Recognized Leader in Rugged, Customized Solutions for Energy Industry
High-performance, industry-lauded transformers, AC reactors and DC inductors are suited for the world's most extreme conditions for global energy and mining companies
Power Magnetics, Inc.
TRENTON, N.J., April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Magnetics, Inc. (PMI) recently celebrated its 45th anniversary as the recognized leader in design and manufacturing of the industry's highest-performance and most reliable custom transformers, AC reactors and DC inductors. "Power Magnetics has just completed its latest strategic plan and we are in the process of implementation as we look towards significant growth over the next few years," said Carl A. Bannwart, the company's president.
The Power Magnetics, Inc. team builds transformers and reactors that are deployed in some of the world's most extreme conditions for global energy and mining businesses. The company is seeing an increasing demand for single and three phase trap reactors, particularly their single phase harmonic trap reactors which are being deployed in the world's harshest environments. (PRNewsFoto/Power Magnetics, Inc. )
"We are seeing an increasing need for our single and three-phase trap reactors. Particularly, the single-phase harmonic trap reactors are in high demand, and they're being deployed in the harshest environments in the world: deserts, extreme altitudes nearing 15,000 ft., ocean platforms and the arctic circles. These are in power conditioning applications for oil and gas, mining, solar, wind, communications, and renewable energy industries. We tend to get the call from customers when there is a need for an extraordinarily rugged product, and the cost and feasibility of replacement in the field for these type of units is prohibitive."
"We are re-inventing ourselves as we adapt to a changing market," said David Leis, Power Magnetics' National Sales Manager. "Even with the current economic softness, PMI continues to expand into new markets, including those in the energy-related industries. With the products we manufacture being used in the most extreme conditions, in the most remote regions on the planet, and meeting the toughest specifications by being produced to the highest standards in existence, I think you can say we are a 'world-class' manufacturer of reactors and transformers!" he said.
"We are pouring resources into additional training to improve our quality program, as well as strengthening leadership and management training," said Bannwart. "It's important to place emphasis in these areas for the future of the company," he said. Power Magnetics, Inc. is also converting to a new ERP system and continuing to move towards the automation of certain systems to enhance customer service and responsiveness, already well-regarded in the industry.
About Power Magnetics, Inc.
Power Magnetics, Inc. is the recognized leader in design and manufacturing of the industry's highest-performance and most reliable custom transformers, AC reactors and DC inductors. Since 1968, we have built custom magnetics for our global customers, some of the largest companies in the world, which exemplifies the three pillars of our philosophy: Innovation, Engineering and Endurance. Power Magnetics' motto, "Built Like the Brooklyn Bridge," is reflected in the quality of its products. www.powermagneticsinc.com
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This project is a showcase for [IBM's Personality Insights Service](https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/personality-insights.html) offerend on the [Bluemix Platform](https://console.ng.bluemix.net/docs/). The service enables deriving the author's personality based on the author's texts. For instance, one could use [tweets of someone](https://personality-insights-livedemo.mybluemix.net/) as a text source.

To showcase the capabilities of the service, we developed a web application that allows a user to browse the personalities of her favorite movie characters, compare them, and search for similar movie characters. To test one's knowledge of movie characters, we further developed a quiz that asks the user to find a similar character to a given character. The characters' personalityies are provided by the Personality Insights Service. The text required for these analyses was extracted from movie scripts by parsing them and extracting the sentences said by each character in a movie.

This project was developed by five students of [Technical University Darmstadt](https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/). Access to the Bluemix Platform was provided by IBM. The project was presented at [CeBIT 2017](https://www-05.ibm.com/de/cebit/en/).

## Contact
* Tobias [@Thylossus](https://twitter.com/Thylossus)

## Repository
This repository contains the complete source code of the Movie Character Insights application. The code for the client is located in the *Client* directory.
The *Server* directory contains the application's backend (directory *api*) as well as the data processing pipeline and the evaluation scripts (directory *Tools*).

## Links
* Personality Insights
  * Home: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/personality-insights.html
  * Personality Insights Basics: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/personality-insights/basics.shtml
  * Personality Models: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/personality-insights/models.shtml
* Technologies:
  * Node.js: https://nodejs.org/en/
  * Python: https://www.python.org/
  * React: https://facebook.github.io/react/
  * Material UI: http://www.material-ui.com/
  * Mongodb: https://docs.mongodb.com

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Hilaturas LM is a company that at present one dedicates to the manufacture and commercialization of wools and threads for labors. It possesses an antiquity of more than 50 years in the textile industry, having happened for several names. It began with the generation previous to the current one, in a beginning dedicated to the manufacture and later to the manufacture and sale of industrial threads. After some incursions in the manufacture of articles of point, in the year 2007 it began in the world of the wools for labors. The company has his facilities in Barberá del Vallés (Barcelona) in which it possesses the intermediate and final process of the manufacture of threads, wound, packaging and sending of the goods, simultaneously of the final quality control of the product, guaranteeing this way the final result.
Our clients are principally shops of wools for labors, haberdasheries and craftsmen. 80 % of our products is made of Spain. To contact the company, in: ovillos@ovillos.com or in the telephone 937180413.
In the paragraph OUTLET the articles of promotion are finally of manufacture, and in "OFFERS, INFORMATION " (in the top part of the web), are announced the discounts and special offers.


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Q&A with Kathalynn Turner Davis
Kathalynn Turner Davis is the author of the new memoir Kiss Me, Swami: The Spiritual Education of a Beauty Queen. She is a life coach, psychotherapist, and actress. She lives in Los Angeles.
Q: You've said that you were motivated to write Kiss Me, Swami after a therapy session where you discussed some anecdotes from your time in Hollywood. Can you say more about how this book came to be?
A: My therapist was fascinated by all of my adventures and gave me an assignment to write them down. This was really the beginning of the book, 10 years ago. Up until then, it never occurred to me that my life was something anyone would want to read about.
I had done some academic writing in graduate school but I had no real experience or skill when it came to the art of storytelling. So, I signed up for a beginner-level memoir writing class at Gotham Writers in Manhattan. This is where my love for writing began.
Kiss Me, Swami started out to be a collection of light, funny anecdotes; however, in taking a second look, I realized that I hadn't painted a full picture of myself and my life. The book then took another course. I wanted to reach people on an emotional level, as opposed to just being fun and entertaining.
I knew I would need to expose myself in an entirely different way. I was raised that polite people didn't air their dirty laundry. As much as I still wanted my family's approval, I felt I had to risk it and write the truth.
It was challenging for me because the most important thing to me was to infuse the stories with spiritual lessons--as it was also important to me that the book maintain an overreaching theme of spiritual growth. The answer of course, was everywhere--as truly, every moment contains at least a thousand hidden spiritual lessons!
Q: You write about various people you met over the years, in Los Angeles and New York City. Which of them had the greatest influence on your life?
A: Garry Marshall had the greatest influence on me in L.A. He and I became good friends and remained good friends until he died in 2016. Garry believed in me and my talent. He also understood the meaning of family and supported me in every choice I made.
Stella Adler was the person who influenced me not only in New York, but throughout my life. Stella did a number of things for me; however, one of the most important things was she taught me to watch people closely, as they'll let you know who they are, sometimes with just a word or a sentence. This advice served me not only when I was an actress, my work as therapist/coach, but in my personal life as well.
Garry and Stella were gifts in my life. Two of the most brilliant and talented people I have ever had the privilege of knowing.
A: In a dream!
I dreamt that I was in the presence of a great swami, and listening to him talk of spiritual things, all I could think of was how I wanted to kiss him. I said, "Kiss me, swami, kiss me." He did--and it was a great kiss.
In my rudimentary analysis of the dream, I figured it to be symbolic of the fact that I'd spent so much of my life searching for the one who'd validate and fulfill me. I looked for a prince to make me happy or an enlightened being to heal and give me answers and transform my life. I discovered, however, along the way that through all the sadness and madness, there was no prince or "swami" coming to rescue me but that the power always resided within.
If I learned anything from all the princes and frogs, swamis and stars, teachers and enlightened ones in and out of my life, it is that by looking within would I find that the elusive acceptance of myself and trust that I would, in the end, be enough.
Q: What do you hope readers take away from the book?
A: Kiss Me, Swami is a combination memoir and spiritual growth journey. I hope people will come away from reading it feeling entertained, but also having gleaned some insights and tools with which they'll feel better equipped to handle some of the challenges that come into their individual paths.
A: At the moment I am thoroughly enjoying riding the Kiss Me, Swami wave, as it has provided me a perfect excuse to travel, which you'll learn from the book is one of my favorite things.
I have found the literary community to be so supportive and full of fascinating people. I am grateful to officially be able to call myself a part of it. In addition, I am continually kept busy working with clients in my coaching practice and contemplating a follow up to Kiss Me, Swami.
A: All the good stuff is in the book! I hope you'll enjoy it!
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Running Time For Star Wars: The Force Awakens Finally Revealed
By Josh Wilding @Josh_Wilding 5 years ago
A lot of information about Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been revealed this week, and now yet another unanswered question has been addressed courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Talking to the publication, director J.J. Abrams confirmed that he locked the movie at midnight on November 3rd, 2015, with editing now complete.
However, special effects need to be finalized and one last scoring session with John Williams is also on the cards before Star Wars: The Force Awakens is officially completed. As it's already been edited though, Abrams was happy to confirm that the running time is going to be 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Blockbusters which stretch beyond two and a half hours tend to feel a little bloated, so this is a decent length. Many fans would no doubt be happy to watch a three hour cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but that wouldn't make good business sense, especially as that would limit the number of screens it can play on in theaters.
Starring original cast members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker and franchise newcomers, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong'o and Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to be released on December 17th.
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py-IoticAgent is the Python language client for Iotic Space. It enables a suitably authorised and authenticated Python program to connect to the space to share data - and to "find and bind" to receive data from other things.
It's designed to work in parallel with the UI at the Iotic Labs Developer Portal, so you can instantly see results from your agent code.
Synchronous - where your code blocks until the system has done what you asked before returning.
Asynchronous - a more advanced style where your code doesn't block, since it issues commands and does other work before finally waiting on events that show the commands are complete.
Once the agent's installed, the Agent documentation should get you started.
You will need a free Iotic Space developer account to get credentials for the agent's .ini file.
The online Agent documentation can also be built locally if you prefer.
This requires pdoc so run pip install pdoc if needed.
Run the make_docs.sh script to generate the docs.
This agent requires Python 3.2+ or 2.7.5+ (with ssl module capable of TLS v1.2).
All examples use Python 3 commands but these should also work using the Python 2 equivalents.
This works on most Linux and BSD systems (see below for macOS), installing from PyPI. You may be able to omit the sudo if you have a user-installed pip.
For Python 2, use sudo pip or pip2.
Now you can head to our getting started doc, which provides a simple 3-line 'minimal script' to check everything's working.
If you do not have Python development headers and a C toolchain installed, this might produce warnings which can be safely ignored.


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Better representation of minorities and diversity in popular culture is crucial. Illustration by (c) Reset Fest Inc, Canada
Real Life to Reel Life: People Reveal the First Time They Felt Represented Onscreen
'Hollywood movies made me aware of the distinction in representation.'
The Re:Set Team
Movies like "Black Panther," "Crazy Rich Asians" and shows like "Atypical" and "Special" have been celebrated for broadening representation in the globalized media. For people of colour and those with special needs and disabilities, seeing themselves represented authentically without repeatedly relying on stereotypes and tropes, was once a rarity. However, there is still a lot of ground to cover in terms of meeting the desperate need for more diversity. Working towards better representation is crucial as it plays an important role in the creation of people's self-image and perception of different communities. To better understand the magnitude of this impact, we asked people from across the world to recall the first time they remember feeling represented or could relate to a character on screen.
Angel Nduka-Nwosu, 20, writer and activist, Nigeria
For Angel Nduka-Nwosu, bloggers were her window to representation. Photo courtesy: Lade Falobi
"The first time I clearly remember [feeling represented] was earlier this summer when Enkay Ifeonu, a plus-size blogger opened up [about the intimate details of her life.] She calls herself "Big Chief" and [I related] because usually Igbo (an ethnic group native to parts of Nigeria) women are not allowed to call ourselves chiefs without our father's or husband's permission. I call myself a chief now. #Bowdown. I don't know, but [it] feels like when someone is fat, plus size or whatever label [is trending] these days, they are not allowed to be as confident as Chief Enkay. But, [the change in representation] makes me feel extremely happy.
"We are continually juggling multiple identities."
Stereotypes do exist, [women from my community] who are plus-sized or were brought up outside, i.e Lagos or Abuja are not allowed to [just] 'be.' We are continually juggling multiple identities such as being Igbo in a Yoruba (an African ethnic group native to parts of Western Africa) place or being Igbo in predominantly northern places.
As for representation, first and foremost, I want [to see] more Igbo women like me raised outside the ancestral lands. More stories of Igbo women succeeding in Nigeria who don't have to leave to flourish."
Hara (Last name withheld on request), 22, administrative manager, United Arab Emirates
"As a kid, the only mainstream movie I felt like I could relate to was 'Aladdin.' Princess Jasmine didn't really look like me, but she was a character to whom I could relate to the most. It wasn't until I was older that I understood the subtle [and not so subtle] racist representations in the film, but I still love it.
I grew up watching Egyptian cinema with my father, so I saw people who were Arab and spoke Arabic, and lived a life that was familiar to mine. It wasn't until I was older and started watching Hollywood movies that I became aware of the distinction in representation.
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Lately, I have been seeing more people like me. Whether it's women of colour, Muslims wearing the hijab, or Arabs in general. I also feel like we are starting to be better represented even though there are still plenty of movies and shows that still portray us poorly. Especially after 9/11, the media has played such a [huge] role in portraying Muslims and Arabs as terrorists. My Arab and Muslim friends living in the United States were especially conscious of this growing up. I only came to understand the severity of it and its consequences after moving [to the U.S.]."
Srinidhi (Last name withheld on request), 29, gender and disability justice advocate, India
Srinidhi hopes that more Indian women living with chronic illnesses and disabilities will share their stories. Photo courtesy: Srinidhi
"Honestly, I'm not sure I still feel represented on screen as a chronically ill and disabled woman. The times I do feel represented are when I read personal essays or memoirs by them.
It is truly important to have representation because it can shift the very core of our identity. Books have been my saviour and I return to non-fiction over and over to find safety and [feelings of] home. I hope to see more Indian women [living with disabilities and chronic illnesses] talking about our lives and our histories and share our wisdom."
Giovanna Stefanutto, 22, student, Canada
"My ethnic identity is very spread [being Korean-Italian], so it's hard for me to feel represented. In terms of my Korean side, [I felt represented when I watched] 'Kim's Convenience,' a Netflix show about a Korean family living in Toronto. It adds a fun essence to the very strict Korean culture.
[I relate to it] because seeing the characters interact with each other is a lot [like] what I saw at home with my mom. The mom in the show reminded me a lot of mine. It gave me some more perspective on how and where my mom was raised.
There's definitely more Asian actors [in movies now], it's growing and people like it. I [would] love to see more diversity, I want different faces, cultures, music, bring it all!"
Kayla Smith, 22, student, United States of America
Kayla Smith hopes to see more diversity in the representation of people with autism. Photo courtesy: Kayla Smith
"The first time I felt represented in the media is the movie called 'Power Rangers.' The blue ranger is a black person [with autism.] It was awesome to have someone who [was] like me. Most of the time I see myself [represented] as either black or autistic or female, but not altogether as a black woman [with autism].
People like me [aren't seen in] the media that much, but it is [getting] better. The stereotypes about autism are [often] negative where they're shown as being weird or having difficult social skills. I think that the media always shows white autistic guys. I wish it reflected the real diversity in the autistic community [with more women and people of colour].
The representation of black people in the media is [often] negative too. The stereotypes I noticed [revolve around] black people being criminals or being in gangs. I wish [the media] showed more positive things about black people, especially black women."
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