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Opinion: President Museveni has given up on the UPE, should the public do the same?
St. Kitzo Primary School, Kabarole
"President Yoweri Museveni has implored parents who are financially sound to give their children a better education to guarantee a better future even it means taking them to Private schools" (NTV Uganda, 04.03.2018).
The pledges of yesterday is losing value for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the process and the service delivery doesn't matter, if it ever did. The Universal Primary Education was one of the brilliant moves he did and also got much more donor funding in the beginning of his Presidency. He introduced UPE in January 1997, as the time went the Government of Uganda invested more into the schools. As the Overseas Development Institute in February 2006, which stated: "The UPE programme has required a significant increase in public expenditure devoted to primary education. Total education expenditure increased from 2.1% GDP in 1995 to 4.8% of GDP in 2000, while the share of the education sector in the national budget increased from 13.7% in 1990 to 24.7% in 1998" (ODI – Policy Brief 10, Feb 2006). So the DFID sponsored brief are really explaining how the National Resistance Movement and President Museveni really used funds into the schools to make it happen. However, down the line the investments hasn't continued and the progress of the policy has lost value. Since they have not continued or hold into that standard.
"The President clarified that parents should feed their children and those who can't afford should take their children to Universal Education Schools which he insisted should not charge fees, while the capable ones can pay in private schools or 'big government schools'. "Universal Education Schools should not charge fees and parents must provide a meal for their children, called 'entanda'. Government has provided UPE and USE for poor parents and here it is free. Those who can afford can take their children to other government schools and private schools where they pay but no child should be withdrawn from school" he emphasized" (Opio, 2018).
When you hear the man who is the leader, whose been the President since 1986, been there 32 years. Saying if you want to give your kid a good education, send them to private schools. The ones who are poor can send their kids to government schools. Therefore, if you have money, you will care more about the future for your kids. Because we as a state has given up the Universal Primary Schools.
This financial year the state is using 10,87 % of the national budget in 2018/19, that is down 11,37% in 2017/18. Both years are really proving how little it is concerning how it was when the UPE was booming around the millennium. In those years the state used about 20% or more on Education. Meaning the means to build and upgrade schools where there, also for more staff and more equipment was there. This has been forgotten and deemed unnecessary by the state.
Already in 2006, the UBOS Statistical abstract stated this: "However, the education facilities including classrooms, teachers' houses and libraries have not matched the upsurge in the number of pupils. In 2004, provision of classroom space remained an enormous challenge. Table 2.2.2 shows that, only about half of the pupils had adequate sitting space" (UBOS, 2006). So the problems we are seeing today, is systemic from the mushrooming of schools and districts who built-up schools after the announcement of the UPE in 1997. I am not saying it is easy to keep the upkeep after the surge of schools, but if the state wanted them as a priority. They would have allocated funds to it over time.
Clearly, that part has gotten wasted and the state hasn't figured out that buildings needs upkeep, schools needs equipment and teachers needs salaries. I know all of that seems basic, but the deep understanding of that seems lost somewhere.
Since if you are seeing the numbers, the Education Ministry got 24,7% in 1998 and now in 2018 it get's 10,87 % of the National Budget. The schools has surged then and the budget is smaller, that meaning the more schools and teachers are getting significantly less funds for their operations. This is clearly the will of the state, as they are prioritizing other parts of government and not the schools. So the pledge before the 1996 Election is now being abandoned, the Ten Point Program point is being dismissed and the State showing disregard for its own system, as the rich can have their own. The poor can have lesser quality and the ones who care about their future can got to the private ones. Because of this I want to go back to 1996, because it says a lot, about why its like this today.
So, we are not going back to 1986 today, but 1996, when this happen:
"Given his earlier opposition to the idea, President Museveni's decision in March 1996 to make universal primary education part of his manifesto for the upcoming presidential election campaign represented a sharp break with existing policy. In a radio speech delivered on 27 March, Museveni promised that, if re-elected, he would implement a plan giving four children per family access to free primary education (the plan would also apply to orphans) (Radio Uganda 27.3.1996). This education promise was, however, just one part of an overall election manifesto that included pledges concerning liberalisation of the economy, road building, defence, and renewed East African cooperation. In fact, improvement in education was listed as only the fifth of seven bullet points on the back of Museveni's
published manifesto (Museveni 1996). Though free primary education was only one small part of President Museveni's initial election manifesto, during the course of the campaign it soon became clear that the promise to abolish school fees was striking a chord with the electorate. Ugandan officials from the period recall that several of Museveni's close advisors repeatedly sent messages to the Ministry of Finance after campaign meetings in order to emphasise how the UPE promise had been well received" (Stasavage, 2006).
We could see it was his own initiative, as the President knew what would strike a chord, making sure the kids was educated and had a better future. The same resonates today, but the state has forgotten that. They are not caring, they build a giant program, a big school system of Primary Schools, but not allocated or planned the upkeep of them. That is why the state of the schools are going down and the level of poor public schools is rampant. The districts and sub-counties are not getting enough to keep the schools in functions or even the buildings up. That is why we can find pictures of schools falling apart and looking like they we're forgotten the day after they finished building it.
From a report from the Ministry of Education and Sports in 1999 said this: "Uganda spent only US$8 per pupil in the early 1980s, and in financial year 1997/98 US$32.50 was spent per pupil" (…) " UPE is one of the surest means that will lead Uganda to the attainment of the Jomtien Conference (1990) pledge of providing basic education to our primary school going population. As we provide that ìminimum package of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes required by every person to enable him or her live as an independent, productive and effective citizen in a societyî the individual is empowered to meet her or his daily needs and aspirations, those of the community and the nation, which are focused on modernisation. Uganda is confident that by the target year 2003, Universal Primary Education will have been achieved for all its children" (Ministry of Education and Sports, P: 19, 21, 1999).
So in 1999, the State was hopeful, today in 2018, UPE is not for all children. Not if you listens to the words and the statement from Museveni. It's Private Schools for the wealthy and the UPE for the POOR. Therefore, Museveni is claiming to classes and two system, which is really demeaning to the ones going to the UPE schools. This is his fault that the schools are bad. He introduced the system, he made it and built it. However, he forgot to the upkeep. He forgot the pledges of the past, even the goals of his own ministry in 1999. It is nearly 20 years since or 19 years ago. Therefore, if Museveni has forgotten it is natural, I don't remember what I wrote a year ago. However, he promised this and used his Presidency to promote this. The UPE is one of the few grand achievements of Museveni. Even I can say that. But now its rotting and that is because the State has stopped funding it. It is their own decisions not upgrading or even maintenance of the buildings. It is weird that the NRM went into this, build this giant school program and had no plans for maintenance of the Schools or the Salaries of the teachers.
It is easy to start something, but when it continues, you needs to allocate, secure and also funds for day-to-day business. That is forgotten and today, Museveni has given it up. If not he doesn't care about the UPE he introduced officially in 1997 and pledged during the 1996 Campaign. I say that because, well they have gone from using over 20% of the yearly budget in the 1998 to around 2000, but now the state has allocated as little as 10%. So it the Primary Schools are neglected, because the State has decided to neglect them. It is because the state has built a lot of them, but not funds to maintenance of them. Museveni knows this, but doesn't say it. That is why the schools are for the poor, because the President even keeps the Government Primary Schools poor themselves.
I just have to ask the President, you used years and your time in the beginning of your time as President to build up the Universal Primary Education, have you officially given it up? Should the Ugandan population give it up too?
If you I can put the whole situation into one simple explanation: Museveni wanted to give the public a giant castle, he pledged to give the public that giant castle. He actually built the giant caste and made sure the public could use the castle. However, with time he didn't have the funds or the money to maintain the castle. The walls and barricades are failing, the walls are weaker, the structure needs fixing. The servants, the people who are inside the castle are not getting paid and even educated to keep the walls steady. So, the stones and the building are looking more like a ghost-town than a castle. Museveni could have had a castle, instead he has a rundown ghost-town.
There are too many UPE schools that are rundown without proper buildings, which has been neglected. The same has the teachers and the pupils, who them all are living through it. Their future is depending on it and they are forgotten. Now the President tells, the ones who can afford it should go to the Private Schools instead. The poor has enough with the UPE schools. That just shows how he has given up the 1990s project.
Isn't this a sign that you as a leader should have retired, since you have actually given up one of your achievements?
Opio, Sam Caleb – 'I'm going to fulfil all my outstanding pledges – Museveni' (04.03.2018) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/I-am-going-fulfill-all-my-outstanding-pledges-Museveni/688334-4327940-view-printVersion-27vqxt/index.html
Stasavage, David – 'The role of democracy in Uganda's move to universal primary education' (2005) Cambridge University Press
Ministry of Education and Sports – 'THE UGANDAN EXPERIENCE OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION (UPE)' (July 1999).
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Mzee have finally wiped out the opposition as he promised after the announced victory!
"I will wipe out the opposition completely in the next 5 years. NRM is going to be stronger" – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Let be clear, right after announced victory from the Electoral Commission and Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu, President Museveni said that he would wipe out the opposition and he has done it with passion and certainly soon done it as his duty. In a way to make sure that the Multi-Party system in the Nation is a flop.
The opportunities and the silver coined framed opposition figures in the Forum for Democratic Change are joining forces in the Shadow Cabinet to gain some estimated figures from the coffers of Parliament and play the parliamentary pawns that Mzee needs this term.
While the Uganda People's Congress are busy trading their soul with NRM, as they are getting two slots in the 81 size cabinet of 2016-2021. The rest of UPC under Olara Otunnu are distancing and in general might even create another branch, and party that becomes a new profile, since they don't want to be part of the NRM and Obote's son selling of inheritance to Mzee.
Uganda Federal Alliance have also sold their fortunes for a Cabinet position and is therefore silenced by the Mzee, as she the leader of the party want to serve him and also be a part of his established court.
The hardliners of FDC are either lingering in jail, detained, house-arrested or kidnapped by security forces as the rest of the party are playing hide-and-seek close to Yusuf Lule Road in Kampala. So the party of FDC is even into the half who wants to continue the defiance of Dr. Kizza Besigye, and the ones that are settling for the silver-coins with the lingering blood on it.
The Grand question is: where is the Conservative Party of Ken Lukayamuzi? They are not to be seen, JEEMA are they still out there? Justice Forum and their men who even have been besieged by the Police during the days of officiating Mzee; the smaller parties are totally silent or at a non-approach. Democratic Party and Norbert Mao have addressed concern and the initial connection with the shoot-out in Gulu, while that was not true and government made conspiracy, and with the newly dispatched Amama Mbabazi, the party should be stronger, though their lingering nothingness, proves that the ability that Mzee have had since leaving for his swearing in,
The Police Force monitoring and detaining, silencing and attacking the opposition, together with trading with weaker minded opposition have made the stalemate livable, as the mentor and ticking problem of Besigye, is going from court to court, and addressing charges after charges and even treason, as IGP Kayihura are paying criminals to be witnesses and uses all means, and even most brain-dead police officers to lie in court; like he did in Kasangati Court of late; when the justice had to listen to the testimony of the Police Officer who was a former colonel, but never been to the army. So the truth is that, as long as he doesn't have a voice, the men are walking around unsure of how behave towards the oppressive and militarized government of National Resistance Movement.
All of the Opposition parties are toothless right now, the Human Rights Organizations of Kampala are raided and nothing happens. People and activist are kidnapped, soldiers are being shot and killed in made up conspiracies, while colonels and sergeants are detained as well. The paranoia of the state combined with the militarized politics and police force are taken freedoms and taken all parts of the state. The Opposition is on life support… Who is out there to save it, as the big man Dr. Kizza Besigye is away and nobody else have the legitimacy or the charisma to fight the powers with peaceful means while Mzee uses every tactic in the book to destroy and conquer them. Something he has been successful with ever since election and the reaping results are happening now, as he 10th Parliament are soon in function and the government are soon departing into brown envelopes, as business is back to normal after a hectic year. Peace.
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Footage from the General Election of 1980 in Uganda (Youtube-Clip)
What do you think and does it sound similar, doesn't it? Back to the Future President Museveni Style! Peace.
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The 1996 election and the 2016 elections; staggering similarities of government party and actions towards the opposition! The difference now is Besigye VS M7; then it was Ssemogerere VS M7!
As President Museveni lost with no swagger in 1980 he later returned twice with armies to become the president in 1986. The 1986 where NRA took the power; that story knows all of Uganda well; what Uganda has forgotten is the tactics and ways of rigging the elections of 1996. Even Dr. Kizza Besigye was ready for somebody else in 1996. That says something as the NRM tactics was using levels of fear and tell the general public: "if you vote for somebody else then the Obote-Dictatorship will return!" There is something wrong with that picture as this should be the ushering of democratic values that was installed and promised in the 10 Point Program from President Museveni. This was also the Election that ushered in the Universal Primary Election (UPE) while has done certain things with educations and spreading schools around the country, after many years to many of them has been neglected and has shown that the promise and reform was easier then actually achieving quality school education under the NRM-Regime.
The democratic values and fair elections were not achieved in 1996. As the countless reforms says. The Western nations and International Organizations accepted the result as a positive move for Uganda, even with the malpractices and also because still at this time the world saw President Museveni as the new breed of leadership. He would go away from all the things he might have built later in his presidential career. 1996 Elections was "No-Party" election with a new Interim Electoral Commission who was far from impartial. Kind of what the Electoral Commission proves without any subtlety in today's election climate.
Besigye against Museveni candidature in 1996:
"Though Besigye was a National Political Commissar, minister and Museveni confidant, by 1996 – as his 1995 decision, and that of other officers like now Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza and the late Lt. Col. Serwanga Lwanga to oppose entrenching the Movement's monopoly of power in the constitution and the near-banning of political parties – the differences were public" (…)"However, it has now emerged that Besigye and other people in the NRM and army in 1996 were opposed to Museveni running as the Movement presidential candidate" (…)"In 1996 Besigye relented at the last minute to go and campaign for Museveni in Rukungiri. He appeared at no more than two rallies, and spoke at one. The very personal and acrimonious face off between the two men last year therefore arose from a feud that had been simmering for about 10 years" (COO, 2002).
How not to vote for Ssemogerere:
"The Constant refrain during Museveni's 1996 presidential campaign was that a vote for his opponents would cause a return to the past, the former dictator Milton Obote was waiting in Zambia to return to power if Museveni was defeated. One of Museveni's presidential election poster featured a picture of skulls and bones besides a mass grave in Luwero with the caption: "Don't forget the past. Over one million Ugandans, our brothers, sisters, family and friends, lost their lives. YOUR VOTE COULD BRING IT BACK"; another campaign advertisement stated bluntly: "A vote for Ssemogerere is a vote for Obote" (Bouckaer, 1999).
How the sentiment was during the campaign:
"Ssemogerere seems to have hugely underestimated the depth of fear and hatred for Obote and his party among the majority of Buganda. Virtually everyone interviewed who had voted for Museveni emphasized that they had voted in part to avoid any chance of a return to the violence and anarchy of the early 1980s. The effect of Ssemogerere alliance with UPC, however, does not seem to have been intimidating. Most people felt shift in sentiment against Ssemogerere in the last two months prior to the election. The Museveni campaign strategy of increasingly emphasizing the UPC and Obote connection towards the end of the campaign period was felt to been effective" (IFES, 1996).
Museveni used the laws to stifle Ssemogerere campaign:
"The Ssemogerere camp tried to set up branches in the country. This ran foul of the law against setting up party structures. The police constantly frustrated this method of trying to reach the voters. There was a simpler and more effective method used by the Museveni camp. It is simply to announce campaign task forces and groups for given locations. While Ssemogerere was attempting to organise by "structure", Museveni was organising by "process". The former violated the existing law; the latter did not. The task force approach recognises the criticality of patrons who mediate the delivery of the votes of their peasant flock. In this approach it is not direct contact with voters, which is not feasible in backward areas with all forms of barriers (language), but contact with the patrons who go through lesser nested patrons to reach the final voters. Yoweri Museveni set up a more effective patron–client campaign network than Ssemogerere's party structure approach" (Kotorobo, 2000).
How it ended:
"Hours after the Interim Electoral Commission (IEC) led by Stephen Akabway had announced provisional results on May 10; the IPFC candidate Ssemogerere dismissed them as false at a press conference at IPFC headquarters in Kabusu, Kampala. Ssemogerere said: "I cannot accept these results as valid". The New Vision, The Monitor, as well as the Crusader newspapers of the following day, quoted him as having said. "I have been a patient person in public life. I thought this was the best thing for this country. I have spent time with people I don't agree with for the sake of democracy. I have not known time before or after independence, when people of different political beliefs, religions and nationalities have come together for once. Now all this has been shattered by the stubbornness of [Yoweri Museveni] wanting to cling to power," he added. During the press conference, Ssemogerere also revealed 54 cases of malpractices recorded by DP across the country. The 64-year-old DP stalwart said rigging of votes included intimidation of voters by the State, use of pre-ticked ballot papers, use of fake voter's cards and doctored voter registers" (Mugabe, 2016).
Questionable freedom of speech during the 1996 campaign:
"The Government controls one television station and the radio station with the largest audience. There are three local television stations, three local radio stations, and five stations available by satellite. Uncensored Internet access became widely available through three commercial service providers in major cities, although its price was prohibitive for all but the most affluent noninstitutional users. Freedom of speech did not fare well in the context of the transition to constitutional government, including the presidential and parliamentary elections. Guidelines imposed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs prevented members of the former constituent assembly from addressing groups outside their constituencies. Electoral rules prohibited "campaigning" by presidential challengers until the official start of the campaign 39 days before the election. However, in their official capacity, President Museveni and senior members of the Government were free to travel throughout the country for months prior to the election. Rallies in support of all three presidential candidates suffered varying levels of harassment from thugs, in some cases resulting in physical injuries. It appeared, however, that such incidents were particularly directed at President Museveni's opponents. Yusef Nsubuga Nsambu, a leader of the Conservative party and a supporter of presidential challenger Dr. Paul Ssemogerere, was arrested in May and charged with sedition for his unflattering descriptions of President Museveni. He was released unharmed 2 days later" (U.S. Department of State, 1997).
Celebrating the victory:
"KAMPALA, UGANDA — Thousands of President Yoweri Museveni's supporters drove through the capital honking car horns and chanting "No change" Saturday to celebrate his first electoral victory" (…)"When Museveni was declared the winner on national radio Saturday, tens of thousands of his supporters poured onto Kampala's streets, chanting "No change" in the local Luganda language, blasting car horns, and waving branches and flags" (Bashor, 1996).
One reason why he won the 1996 Election:
"Not all NRM successes showed the system's popularity. The government manipulated small constituencies to gain beholden candidates in many special interest seats created by the 1995 constitution for women, youth, workers, the disabled and the army" (ICG, 2012).
Reports of malfunctions during the 1996 elections:
""The election drew a lower turnout than expected and suffered some logistical problems, but Ugandans generally avoided widely feared violence" (…)"Many of the country's 8.4 million voters stayed away from the polls, and in many districts, turnout hovered around 50 percent. Logistical problems also hampered voting. At numerous polling stations, Ugandans complained that their names were not on the list of registered voters. "We have waited for hours, and we cannot vote," said Patrick Nuwgaba, 20, surrounded by about 20 people who said they had been barred from voting. "We have our voter cards, but they say the numbers we have don't match the numbers they have for us." Despite those problems, calm prevailed around the country. Election observers reported, however, that in some pro-Museveni districts, especially in western Uganda, Ssemogerere backers had difficulty voting because of hostile crowds" (Buckley, 1996).
Questions about the victory:
"Within 24-hours of voting — and while the ballot papers were still being counted — the Inter Political Forces Cooperation (IPFC) backing the main opposition candidate Ssemogerere, announced that the constitutionally imposed "no-party" elections had been rigged" (…)"We have left it up to individuals to decide whether to stand," Ssemogerere told IPS. "The electoral process is wrong and its going to be wrong again. If anyone stands they should know it will be with those disadvantages." (…)"The IPFC's compromise decision was reminiscent for some people of the 1980 elections in which the UPC are widely believed to have cheated the DP of victory — leaving Ssemogerere open to accusations of legitimising the government when he then took up position as leader of the opposition" (…)"Museveni was backed by, and represented his Movement "no- party" system of government while Ssemogerere was supported by the DP and UPC alliance and represented a return to multi-party politics — a return which would have required a change to the constitution" (Bozello, 1996).
As we see about this Dr. Kizza Besigye and other opposition candidates get the same treatment that Dr. Paul Ssemogerere of Democratic Party in 1996. The vote-rigging, the issues with meeting people, with consulting the party members in the districts, the time for campaigning which apparently happens also before the pre-election period in Uganda in 2015. President Museveni doesn't only recycle pledges his Police acts similar in 2015 as in 1996. That should be thought of as he talks of that the Movement brings progress. If progress means the same structure that doesn't offer people freedom or liberty to discuss politics. Then it is NRM for you tomorrow. As the 1996 experience shows; there is a multi-party elections tomorrow, but the signs of 1996 looks strikingly similar, and the Police Force and Governmental institutions is structured to facilitate for the ruling party and funding his campaign while the opposition struggles with unleveled campaigning field that has been all through to the 18th Feburary polls. There is a certainty that Dr. Kizza Besigye has used smarter tactics than Dr. Paul Ssemogerere, but them both has fought the same monster which used the same style of campaigning in 2015-2016 as before the 1996, as he then gave 40 days campaigning as the districts was less, and the same now to the other candidates.
The fear used to intimidate candidates has been used in 2016. As even the security outfits has been deployed and both the army and Special Forces Command; they have been there following opposition and the police has target their trail as the Electoral Commission has given okay to their campaign trail in the start of the campaign in November 2015. This here shows the levels of fear and strong militarized politics that President Museveni feeds on; that has occurred through the whole campaign in the same way it did in 1996. That 2016 and 1996 looks so alike is staggering. The names of the other "actors" are different, but the end-game is the same. Though we hope that the people who are ready for change will see it as the old-man with the hat will do what he can to keep power; even if the people are ready for something else then his empty promises. Peace.
Bashor, Richard – 'In First Direct Election Since '62, President Wins Overwhelmingly' (12.05.1996) – Chicago Tribune.
Bouckaer, Peter – 'Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda' (August 1999).
Borzello, Anna – 'UGANDA-POLITICS: 'Where-To-Now' Conundrum For Opposition' (16.05.1996) – Inter Press Service
Buckley, Stephen – 'INCUMBENT LIKELY WINNER IN UGANDAN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE' (11.05.1996) – Washington Post
Katorobo, James – 'The Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 1996' (2000)
Mugabe, Faustin – 'How free and fair was the Uganda 1996 election after 10 years of rule by the political party of the National Resistance Movement?' (30.01.2016).
International Crisis Group (ICG) – 'UGANDA: NO RESOLUTION TO GROWING TENSIONS' (05.04.2012).
International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) – 'Uganda: Long Term Observation of 1996 Presidential and Legislative Election (May-July 1996).
Onyango-Obbo, Charles (COO) – 'Besigye Opposed Museveni's Bid in 1996, And Set Off Movt Demons' (15.12.2002) – Daily Monitor
U.S. Department of State – 'Uganda Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996' Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, (January 30, 1997).
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Highlights from Innsbruck: The 15th International Passive House Conference
I have just returned from the annual Passive House conference in Innsbruck, which included around 1200 architects and builders from some 46 countries. The Passive House approach has truly become global. While fresh in my mind, I have tried to summarize—in no particular order—some highlights below. A long post, but there were some 40 presentations!
More sophisticated designs. As European architects get used to manipulating the requirements of the Passive House modeling software, there is an increasing amount of variety in the designs they are producing. Design has evolved well beyond the "simple German box." I saw schools with large arrays of skylights over gymns and public spaces, apartment buildings oriented with the long axis facing west, and buildings of all shapes and sizes— all being features that once seemed deal-killers in passive house design. Yet today architects have found ways within the program to compensate around these features. Such is the beauty and flexibility of the approach.
You can't get to Net Zero without going through Passive House. Not unless you have no budget constraint concerns. A number of the presentations demonstrated that unless you bring your building envelope up to Passive House levels of efficiency, the additional renewables required to get to Net Zero become cost prohibitive.
"Nearly Zero" Buildings. A new European directive onenergy performance of buildings requires all new buildings to be 'nearly zero-energy' by 2020. With this in mind, Europeans are moving to the next frontier: the Energy Plus house. In this approach, buildings are built to Passive House levels of performance, then through the use of renewables (primarily photovoltaics tied back into the grid), they are taking these buildings to the point that they net an annual surplus of energy. The City of Hannover, for example, has already begun Zero:e Park, a three phase project to build 330 homes that meet the Energy Plus requirement. With careful zoning guidelines that ensure maximum passive solar orientation and solar gain, they otherwise impose no design restrictions upon architects and developers beyond the performance standard of Energy Plus. Programs such as these will surely be studied carefully by Arlington County and other jurisdictions that are now planning for model energy developments incorporating the Passive House approach.Photovoltaics often make more sense than solar thermal panels—even for solar hot water. The arguments:
PV panels maintain the same efficiency relative to solar exposure year round, while solar thermal efficiency drops significantly in winter months.
Solar thermal panels become decreasingly efficient as the array grows larger due to increasing system temperatures and storage areas. There is no comparable drop-off of efficiency for PV.
Annual maintenance costs for solar thermal are significantly lower than plug-n-play PV's. These costs should be included in any comparative cost analysis.
PV panels can be much more efficient at making hot water when tied to heat pumps, which have the added versatility of providing air conditioning in the summer months.
Over time solar PV panels will continue to improve in efficiency, yet solar thermal panels will remain more or less at present levels. This should be a consideration in long-term planning.
I am sure there will be many who will take issue with these arguments. I'm happy to share the abstract of the presentation with anyone interested, so that they can weigh the evidence for themselves.
Advances in Retrofitting. Techniques for the retrofitting of existing buildings, both on the inside and the outside of the exterior walls, are continuing to develop.
We saw examples of historic structures that had been insulated completely on the inside, leaving exterior walls restored to their original look.
In another case, a historic structure with a stucco finish had an insulation applied to exterior walls and roof, with a new finish identical to the old; only the building was now 3% larger, but enlarged in scale with the original building!
We saw another building which had been insulated on the exterior with vacuum insulated panels (VIP's). These prefabricated panels are made up thin outer layers (+/- 3/8") of XPS foam for protection and middle layer (1") of vacuum panel. These panels are incredibly efficient and get about 8 times the efficiency of EPS, cellulose and fiberglass. But they cost approximately 2.5x as much as those. In this case, the building was carefully measured beforehand and panels made to the exact shapes required.
On the tour following the conference we saw two schools that had been retrofitted to Passive House standard. In one case the work involved a complete gut and restoration of the existing building. The other left the interior of the school largely intact and the exterior insulation and new mechanical system were installed over two summer vacations and school was never interrupted. Heating and cooling costs were cut over 90% for a budget I derive from the architect's numbers to be about $50/sf.
Realizing the importance of retrofitting existing building stock, the Passive House Institute has come with a new standard addressing retrofits: the Passive House EnerPHit Standard. Because built-in thermal bridging issues and the inability to address foundation issues make it impossible for many existing buildings to achieve the Passive House performance standard, this alternative standard evaluates buildings on a basis of the component parts of the PH standard: air infiltration, ventilation systems, envelope insulation, but allows a somewhat higher level of annual energy use per square foot. So while it remains at bottom a performance standard, it also incorporates a prescriptive approach to the key building components.
New Products. We also saw the range of products made specifically for the Passive House market continue to expand.
There is increasing competition in the window market, with a new generation of lower cost windows with thinner frames that meet the highest PH window rating. And the number of companies jumping into the Passive House market continues to grow. Energate, one of the very best, has purchased the H Windows factory in the US with plans to begin building their windows in the US. At present they are selling their German-made units in the US at basically the price they charge in Germany (discounting shipping costs) as a way of growing the US market.
More companies are making combination ERV/heat pump/hot water units— the so-called "magic boxes" — designed specifically for the Passive House market. They are quite expensive, but may be competitive when you consider they replace your heating and cooling unit, your ventilation unit and your hot water tank. Some may be available in the US as soon as next year.
More companies are jumping into the market for slab and basement wall insulating systems. And they are truly systems— made up of modular blocks as well as sheet goods. The blocks are assembled to create the formwork for exterior footings, and to contain the underslab insulation. A crew lays these out in a matter of hours in the manner of Lego blocks, then drops in the steel reinforcing and then is ready to pour concrete. The walls are subsequently erected with insulating concrete forms (ICF's), also assembled like Legos. The difference between these and US-made ICF's is that they are made asymmetrically, with a smaller amount of insulation on the interior face and a larger amount of insulation on the exterior. The purpose of this is to allow the building to take greater advantage of the thermal mass of the concrete than the US systems do. This is particularly important for Passive Houses where summer cooling is a factor.
New Studies on Comfort and Air Quality. Several presentations brought out new studies on interior comfort and improved interior air quality in Passive Houses, all of which bore out earlier evidence of significantly higher performance in these areas for Passive Houses. CO2 levels and indoor relative humidity levels were consistently lower, and user evaluations of overall comfort were consistently higher, often in the 90% range.
The Growing American Presence. The US was represented this year by over 50 people, including 10 students from Miami University. This is a jump of about 500% from the 2009 conference. In addition, three Americans, Carley Coulson, Graham Irwin and Virginia's own Adam Cohen, presented papers on their projects.
The conference proceedings should be available soon from the Passive House Institute.

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Ukraine war: drones are transforming the conflict, bringing Russia on to the frontline
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Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg spoke recently of his fear that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control into a full-blown confrontation between Russia and the west.
Ukraine war: fears that Belarus might invade on Russia's side are growing
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Ukraine: the complex calculations that will decide whether Belarus enters the conflict on Russia's side
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Teaching Roots and Research at the University of the Philippines
One of Southeast Asia's oldest surveying schools is promoting the use of geospatial technologies and thriving in the digital age.
When Louie Balicanta walks inside the high-ceilinged corridors of Malcolm Hall on his way to teach land surveying, he knows how much responsibility rests on his shoulders. Not only is he an assistant professor at the Department of Geodetic Engineering of the University of the Philippines, but Balicanta is also its current chairperson, managing 400 students and two dozen faculty members in this 83-year-old learning institution.
Members of the Geodetic Engineering Department.
"Our vision in the department is to be recognized as a global geomatics engineering institution," shares Balicanta with pride. He is a geodetic engineer and holds a master's degree in urban planning. "We aim to continually improve our resources—and that includes our faculty, non-teaching staff, and facilities—so that we can better serve our society."
The department's beginnings coincided with a time when new lands in the Philippines were being opened. In 1925, it started as a training school for surveying that offered a two-year associate course during the American colonial period.
Engineer Louie Balicanta is chairperson of the Geodetic Engineering Department.
"Land surveying was one of the initial aims of the establishment of the surveying school," Balicanta says. Professors were trained in the U.S., and they came back to teach in the country. "Scholarships were provided by the American government so that graduates would be later employed by the Bureau of Lands as surveyors," he adds.
In 1937, the four-year geodetic engineering curriculum was officially introduced, succeeding the original two-year surveying course. Decades later, in 1964, the Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry was established.
"This truly paved the way for the department to do geodetic training, research, and extension," says Balicanta.
Now, not only is the Geodetic Engineering Department one of Southeast Asia's oldest existing surveying schools, it is also leading the way in the Philippines and in the Asian region to promote the use of geospatial technologies in and outside of the classroom. Its graduates are recognized for their skills and can be found working around the world. Even xyHt magazine's prestigious annual 40 under 40 award has taken notice: since 2017, five of the department's former students are laureates.
What makes this feat striking for an octogenarian surveying institution is that the department has achieved all this despite the usual financial challenges that beset most public universities.
What's their winning formula? I talked to five professors to learn more about how they keep their academic program relevant in the geospatial digital age. Here are my takeaways.
Adaptive Approach to Learning
With the rapid evolution of technology, universities must make sure that their academic programs are focused on developing the capabilities of their students. Doing so guarantees that they can meet the current and future needs of the communities that they serve.
"Geodetic engineering education is influenced by the fast-changing technology; thus there is a need for us educators to provide strategies to cope with this rapid change," says Balicanta. "To make our academic program relevant to the changing needs of the modern times, our curriculum undergoes revision every five years."
He then shares something noteworthy that other institutions might learn from: "When we revise the curriculum, it includes consulting with industry stakeholders through networking."
Another important part of the learning process is the ability of teachers to teach. I talked to John Louie Fabila, lecturer of geodesy and one of this year's xyHt 40 under 40 professionals, and he shared with me his teaching approach.
"I try to balance between teaching theories and hands-on activities," Fabila says. "Bombard students with just theories and you lose them early on. So, I try to first provide easy practical activities to get the students hooked on the topic, then later I inject the theories, and afterwards I allow them to do intensive activities that require more critical thinking."
Known for giving witty lectures, Fabila shares that he is still learning how to become an effective educator. "I guess what works for me is contextualization and humor. Teaching theories in isolation rarely works, so I try to connect it to something tangible like its practical use and its importance in the industry," he says.
"I then add humor because it diffuses the monotony of being in the classroom. If I made you smile a bit and roll your eyes over the silliest jokes, that means you're still listening to my lecture, right?" he says with a big grin.
Ariel Blanco, professor of GIS and one of xyHt's 40 under 40 honorable mentions in 2017, has a different teaching approach.
"I would like my students to be lifelong learners," Blanco says, believing that students learn in different ways and paces. "Over the last 22 years of teaching, my approach has evolved from simply teaching theories and doing practical work to a mix that now combines group discussions, interviews, exploration walk, and online courses."
Although mixing learning techniques may work for some, Jak Sarmiento, who teaches graduate courses on geodesy and GNSS, believes that similar attention should be given to the basics. "I'm going against the general trend of an applications-based teaching so I intentionally focus on strengthening the students' scientific fundamentals."
Engineer Jak Sarmiento teaches graduate courses on geodesy and GNSS. Below: Students operate a total station for their surveying class.
Sarmiento believes that it is important for students to be fundamentally grounded. "Everybody can learn to manipulate a software, but not everyone can understand the theories behind the knowledge built by the pioneering men and women of geodesy."
The same holds true for Erica Elazegui who teaches surveying and mathematical methods. "I always tell my students that our goal in class is to understand the most basic concepts so that when we go further to complex lessons, it would be easier for them. Also, I try to teach them how to be resourceful, practical, and time-efficient through practical activities," she says.
Like Elazegui, Blanco also believes that more than just teaching and learning new technologies, an effective teacher helps students develop and enhance their character, integrity, and empathy.
"For me, you become an effective educator if you are able to inspire and enable students to apply the geospatial approach and tools. Learning geodetic engineering is geospatial enablement!" he shares.
Students operate a total station for their surveying class.
Nurturing Strong Research Collaborations
One of the common themes during my conversations with the professors is the department's solid research background through local and international collaborations. The University of the Philippines consistently ranks as one of the best in Asia, and it has a strong research tradition. The Geodetic Engineering Department is keeping that tradition alive.
"We have created research groups and laboratories in the last years, and we plan to establish more," says Blanco, who has been involved in remote sensing and lidar research projects. "One of the most noticeable changes in the department is the strengthening of our research and development capabilities. Also, we have a greater drive to connect with our counterparts in Asia."
This drive to collaborate with international counterparts has been fruitful. Since 2014, the department has been actively working with Japanese researchers and local institutions in the development of micro and nano satellites, particularly in calibrating their remote sensing payloads and in the processing of geodata.
Three of these satellites have since been launched into space and are now capturing useful geospatial data for the country. Another xyHt 40 under 40 awardee in 2018, Mark Tupas, is involved in these research activities. He leads the design of the data processing, archiving, and distribution sub-system for the ground receiving station of microsatellites.
Balicanta shares that their participation in building satellites is their most important research activity to-date. "The two space-related research projects, the DIWATA and STAMINA4SPACE programs, have provided an opportunity for department to develop microsatellites."
"We are now involved with the management of the Philippines' space assets," adds Sarmiento.
The department is also leading the country in its use of lidar technology to monitor natural resources and natural disasters from space. Just this year, it has released Asia's first open-access lidar data to aid in reconstruction efforts after the eruption of Taal volcano, one of the world's smallest active volcanoes.
"The DREAM/PhilLiDAR is the biggest research project in the history of the country," shares Sarmiento. "I led the lidar data acquisition team which was composed of young engineers and scientists. We accomplished something that many people thought we couldn't do," he adds.
However, while most of the research projects are on geomatics, Blanco emphasizes the unique and important role of surveying in these activities. "Be it traditional or modern, we have strong foundations on surveying. This distinguishes our work from other similar projects," he says.
Keeping Its Roots in Surveying
How does traditional surveying fit in the department's curriculum as more advanced geospatial techniques become more available?
"Geodetic engineers in the Philippines are the only professionals mandated by our country's law to do land surveying; thus the department can not and will not forgo teaching traditional surveying topics," shares Balicanta.
Such is the case that in terms of technical support to professional surveyors in the country, Balicanta says that the department is actively involved in the modernization of the Philippine Geodetic Reference System (PGRS).
"What we do is to introduce new methods using current technology in doing long-standing land survey methods such as location and area determination," he adds.
Sarmiento maintains that there has not been a change of focus from traditional surveying to current geospatial topics. "Surveying is, and forever will be, our core competency," he says. "What happened was an expansion of our competencies as we built our research capacities for the past ten years. We don't sit still."
Fabila agrees. "I would not say a change of focus away from surveying, but rather an accretion of topics that people are starting to realize what we geodetic engineers can do."
Yet, the current crop of students seems to be shying away from traditional surveying. Could it be because of the pervading public perception that geodetic engineering is just all about land titling and land surveys?
"This is indeed a challenge in terms of encouraging kids to take up geodetic engineering. We must strengthen our information campaign and be more aggressive in showcasing its relevance to current affairs. Social media works," shares Sarmiento.
Elazegui agrees. "Most students assume that we only do traditional surveying. They are surprised during our course orientation that we also teach mathematical methods, programming, remote sensing, and GIS," she adds.
She has also noted that there has been a huge change of focus from traditional surveying to other geospatial topics, especially when students choose their undergraduate thesis topics. "They commonly pick topics under GIS, remote sensing, and photogrammetry," she says.
Indeed, GIS remains a popular course among students of the department; just ask Marion Ordillano who is on her last year as an undergraduate.
"My favorite subject is GIM 175 or 'Geographic Information Systems: Theory and Applications.' Out of all the other major course subjects I have taken, I genuinely enjoyed it a lot. It's satisfying to see that I can easily make spatial representation of any data," she shares.
Students seem to get excited when they see the how geodetic engineering encompasses the whole gamut of the spatial data life cycle, from Earth data acquisition, spatial data organization and management, to geoinformation visualization and analyses.
I asked Ordillano what she plans to do after graduating, and her response was positive about her future prospects.
"I see myself working for the government, may it be in projects here in the department or in the country's National Mapping Agency. But I also want to go abroad, to Australia, and save up for an NGO or a foundation that I want to start," she says confidently.
Like most public universities, the department is facing its own challenges in teaching geodetic engineering. "We can go head-to-head in terms of skills with other countries, but we need more classrooms. We need more labs. We need more equipment. We need more faculty positions," says Sarmiento.
Despite these challenges, he is still hopeful. "We keep moving the game forward. We have the highest number of faculty members with post-graduate degrees in the department's history, but we need to be able to keep them."
As for their graduates, Balicanta shares his pride in the quality of geodetic engineers whom they have produced. "We are proud of our graduates. Maybe their competitiveness is brought about by the department's conscious effort to train our students to be leaders who will provide socially relevant solutions to our country's problems."
As I end the interview with Balicanta and the other professors, he tells me that teaching geodetic engineering is really not just about learning how to use technology. "It is important that we must teach our students the principle that any spatially related problem can be solved using geomatics. With this, our graduates can go and do things beyond the more traditional land surveying applications."
Luisito Pernia is the department's equipment custodian, shown here with a total station ready for students to use.
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Which of the following is covered under Crime Insurance Policy Coverage?
Inscribed, printed and Written documents
Money and Securities
Source: TIPTON, Harold F.& KRAUSE, MICKI, Information Security Management Handbook, 4th Edition, Volume 1, Property Insurance overview, Page 589.
Which of the following computer recovery sites is only partially equipped with processing equipment?
hot site
rolling hot site
warm site
cold site
Correct Answer: C
A warm site has some basic equipment or in some case almost all of the equipment but it is not sufficient to be operational without bringing in the last backup and in some cases more computers and other equipment.
The following answers are incorrect:
hot site. Is incorrect because a hot-site is fully configured with all the required hardware. The only thing missing is the last backup and you are up and running.
Rolling hot site. Is incorrect because a rolling hot-site is fully configured with all the required hardware.
cold site. Is incorrect because a cold site has basically power, HVAC, basic cabling, but no or little as far as processing equipment is concerned. All other equipment must be brought to this site. It might take a week or two to reconstruct.
OIG CBK Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning (pages 368 – 369)
What is called the probability that a threat to an information system will materialize?
The Correct Answer: Risk: The potential for harm or loss to an information system or network; the probability that a threat will materialize.
Source: KRUTZ, Ronald L.& VINES, Russel D., The CISSP Prep Guide: Mastering the Ten Domains of Computer Security, 2001, John Wiley & Sons, Pages 16, 32.
To be admissible in court, computer evidence must be which of the following?
Decrypted
Before any evidence can be admissible in court, the evidence has to be relevant, material to the issue, and it must be presented in compliance with the rules of evidence. This holds true for computer evidence as well.
While there are no absolute means to ensure that evidence will be allowed and helpful in a court of law, information security professionals should understand the basic rules of evidence. Evidence should be relevant, authentic, accurate, complete, and convincing. Evidence gathering should emphasize these criteria.
As stated in CISSP for Dummies:
Because computer-generated evidence can sometimes be easily manipulated, altered , or tampered with, and because it's not easily and commonly understood, this type of evidence is usually considered suspect in a court of law. In order to be admissible, evidence must be
Relevant: It must tend to prove or disprove facts that are relevant and material to the case.
Reliable: It must be reasonably proven that what is presented as evidence is what was originally collected and that the evidence itself is reliable. This is accomplished, in part, through proper eviden
ce handling and the chain of custody. (We discuss this in the upcoming section
"Chain of custody and the evidence life cycle.")
Legally permissible: It must be obtained through legal means. Evidence that's not legally permissible may include evidence obtained through the following means:
Illegal search and seizure: Law enforcement personnel must obtain a prior court order; however, non-law enforcement personnel, such as a supervisor or system administrator, may be able to conduct an authorized search under some circumstances.
Illegal wiretaps or phone taps: Anyone conducting wiretaps or phone taps must obtain a prior court order.
Entrapment or enticement: Entrapment encourages someone to commit a crime that the individual may have had no intention of committing. Conversely, enticement lures someone toward certain evidence (a honey pot, if you will) after that individual has already committed a crime. Enticement is not necessarily illegal but does raise certain ethical arguments and may not be admissible in court.
Coercion: Coerced testimony or confessions are not legally permissible.
Unauthorized or improper monitoring: Active monitoring must be properly authorized and conducted in a standard manner; users must be notified that they may be subject to monitoring.
decrypted. Is incorrect because evidence has to be relevant, material to the issue, and it must be presented in compliance with the rules of evidence.
edited. Is incorrect because evidence has to be relevant, material to the issue, and it must be presented in compliance with the rules of evidence. Edited evidence violates the rules of evidence.
incriminating. Is incorrect because evidence has to be relevant, material to the issue, and it must be presented in compliance with the rules of evidence.
Reference(s) used for this question:
CISSP STudy Guide (Conrad, Misenar, Feldman) Elsevier. 2012. Page 423
Mc Graw Hill, Shon Harris CISSP All In One (AIO), 6th Edition , Pages 1051-1056
CISSP for Dummies , Peter Gregory
In which of the following phases of system development life cycle (SDLC) is contingency planning most important?
Development/acquisition
Operation/maintenance
Contingency planning requirements should be considered at every phase of SDLC, but most importantly when a new IT system is being conceived. In the initiation phase, system requirements are identified and matched to their related operational processes, allowing determination of the system's appropriate recovery priority.
Source: SWANSON, Marianne, & al., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST Special Publication 800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems, December 2001 (page 12).
And The Official ISC2 Guide to the CBK, Second Edition, Application Security, page 180-185
Which of the following questions is less likely to help in assessing an organization's contingency planning controls?
Is damaged media stored and/or destroyed?
Are the backup storage site and alternate site geographically far enough from the primary site?
Is there an up-to-date copy of the plan stored securely off-site?
Is the location of stored backups identified?
Contingency planning involves more than planning for a move offsite after a disaster destroys a facility.
It also addresses how to keep an organization's critical functions operating in the event of disruptions, large and small.
Handling of damaged media is an operational task related to regular production and is not specific to contingency planning.
Source: SWANSON, Marianne, NIST Special Publication 800-26, Security Self- Assessment Guide for Information Technology Systems, November 2001 (Pages A-27 to A-28).
A contingency plan should address:
Potential risks.
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Residual risks.
Identified risks.
All answers are correct.
Because it is rarely possible or cost effective to eliminate all risks, an attempt is made to reduce risks to an acceptable level through the risk assessment process. This process allows, from a set of potential risks (whether likely or not), to come up with a set of identified, possible risks.
The implementation of security controls allows reducing the identified risks to a smaller set of residual risks. Because these residual risks represent the complete set of situations that could affect system performance, the scope of the contingency plan may be reduced to address only this decreased risk set.
As a result, the contingency plan can be narrowly focused, conserving resources while ensuring an effective system recovery capability.
Source: SWANSON, Marianne, & al., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST Special Publication 800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems, December 2001 (page 7).
Under the Business Exemption Rule to the hearsay evidence, which of the following exceptions would have no bearing on the inadmissibility of audit logs and audit trails in a court of law?
Records are collected during the regular conduct of business.
Records are collected by senior or executive management.
Records are collected at or near the time of occurrence of the act being investigated to generate automated reports.
You can prove no one could have changed the records/data/logs that were collected.
Hearsay evidence is not normally admissible in court unless it has firsthand evidence that can be used to prove the evidence's accuracy, trustworthiness, and reliability like a business person who generated the computer logs and collected them.
It is important that this person generates and collects logs as a normal part of his business and not just this one time for court. It has to be a documented process that is carried out daily.
The value of
evidence depends upon the genuineness and competence of the source; therefore, since record collection is not an activity likely to be performed by senior or executive management, records collected by senior or executive management are not likely to be admissible in court.
Hearsay evidence is usually not admissible in court unless it meets the Business Records Exemption rule to the Hearsay evidence.
In certain instances computer records fall outside of the hearsay rule (e.g., business records exemption)
Information relates to regular business activities
Automatically computer generated data
No human intervention
Prove system was operating correctly
Prove no one changed the data
If you have a documented business process and you make use of intrusion detection tools, log analysis tools, and you produce daily reports of activities, then the computer generated data might be admissible in court and would not be considered Hearsay Evidence.
HARRIS, Shon, All-In-One CISSP Certification Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2002, chapter 10: Law, Investigation, and Ethics (page 676).
Which of the following statements pertaining to the maintenance of an IT contingency plan is incorrect?
The plan should be reviewed at least once a year for accuracy and completeness.
The Contingency Planning Coordinator should make sure that every employee gets an up-to-date copy of the plan.
Strict version control should be maintained.
Copies of the plan should be provided to recovery personnel for storage offline at home and office.
Because the contingency plan contains potentially sensitive operational and personnel information, its distribution should be marked accordingly and controlled. Not all employees would obtain a copy, but only those involved in the execution of the plan.
All other statements are correct.
NOTE FROM CLEMENT:
I have received multiple emails stating the explanations contradict the correct answer. It seems many people have a hard time with negative question. In this case the Incorrect choice (the one that is not true) is the correct choice. Be very carefull of such questions, you will get some on the real exam as well.
SWANSON, Marianne, & al., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST Special Publication 800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems
A prolonged high voltage is a:
A prolonged high voltage is a surge.
From: HARRIS, Shon, All-In-One CISSP Certification Exam Guide, 3rd. Edition McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2005, page 368.
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Rob Cross proudly clutches the William Hill World Darts Championship trophy. Picture courtesy Lawrence Lustig/PDC
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Published: 22:09 Monday 01 January 2018 Updated: 14:44 Thursday 04 January 2018
Rob Cross completed a sporting fairytale by winning the 2018 William Hill World Darts Championship.
The St Leonards thrower produced an outstanding performance to see off 16-time world champion Phil Taylor by seven sets to two in the final tonight (Monday).
Rob Cross celebrates after hitting an important dart in the final. Picture courtesy Lawrence Lustig/PDC
It's an extraordinary achievement from Cross, who was playing in his first World Championship and only last year was working as an electrician.
The 27-year-old's remarkable 107.67 average was the third highest ever recorded in a World Championship final. He landed 11 maximum 180s and hit three outshots of 140 or more.
Cross got off to a splendid start, winning both of the opening two sets 3-1 and the third set 3-0.
In the opener, he checked out 84 in two darts to win the first leg and after Taylor held throw in the second, Cross hit two 180s en route to a 12-darter in the third leg. Cross then hit 171 and finished 47 in two darts to clinch the set.
Rob Cross at the oche with Phil Taylor in the background.
Aided by a 180, Cross broke Taylor's throw at the start of the second set and then finished 68 to go 2-0 up. Taylor held throw in 14 darts to pull a leg back only for Cross to hit a superb 167 checkout - his highest of the tournament - to hold throw in 12 darts and seal the set.
Another 180 helped Cross hold throw at the start of the third set and he reeled off five consecutive treble 20s en route to an 11-darter in the second leg. Cross continued his amazing standard with a 153 checkout to lead by three sets to nil.
Not to be outdone, Taylor checked out 151 to hold throw at the start of the fourth set. After Cross narrowly missed the bull for a 127 outshot, Taylor broke throw for the first time to lead 2-0 and in the next leg checked out 80 in two darts to get his first set on the board.
Taylor narrowly missed double 12 for a nine-darter at the beginning of the fifth set and Cross hit 83 in two darts to steal the leg. Cross produced an 11-darter, featuring another 180, to break throw in the next leg and then held throw in 14 darts to win the set 3-0 for a 4-1 lead.
Cross won the opening leg of the sixth set in 11 darts and the second leg in 13, hitting 180s in both, to leave his average touching 110. After Taylor landed a 123 outshot for a 12-darter to hold throw in leg three, Cross checked out 84 in two darts to claim the set 3-1.
The first three legs of the seventh set went with throw. After Taylor missed the bull for a 161 checkout in the fourth leg, Cross - averaging more than 70% on his doubles - finished 93 in two darts to win the set 3-1 and lead 6-1 in sets.
Aided by a 12-darter in the second leg, Taylor kept his slim hopes alive by winning the eighth set 3-0 as Cross averaged less than 100 in a set for the first time in the match.
But it merely delayed the seemingly inevitable as Cross took the ninth set 3-0 for a life-changing victory. After a 13-dart opening leg and a 177 in the second, Cross closed out the match in style with a brilliant 140 outshot.
Cross, nicknamed Voltage, won six matches in all to clinch the title, beating world number one Michael van Gerwen in an epic sudden death leg semi-final and then Taylor - the greatest player of all time in his last ever match - in the final.
As well as claiming the £400,000 first prize and the Sid Waddell Trophy, Cross earned a coveted place in the 10-man Premier League, which will run from February 1 until May 17.


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We help to shape and influence aviation regulations worldwide
Our clients benefit from latest regulatory thinking and insight as a result of our extensive experience in the development and amendment of Civil and Defence Aviation Regulations. We remain one of very few consultancies in a position to shape and influence aviation regulations. Major regulatory projects we have been involved in include:
Development of complete regulatory system for the Isle of Man Government during the establishment of the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry
Participation in EASA and European Defence Regulatory Working Groups
EMAR Development
MAA Safety Management Assurance Development
Civil Aviation Regulations: Isle of Man Aircraft Registry
Baines Simmons developed a complete regulatory system from scratch for the Isle of Man Government, during the establishment of the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry in 2007. This project included the establishment of a regulatory philosophy, policy, detailed technical requirements, processes, forms and certificates in compliance with relevant ICAO SARPs. A highly successful and innovative approach was taken with the blending of both pragmatic yet compliant regulatory standards and a new focus on 'customer service'. The establishment of competencies to deliver on this vision was a key challenge and highly influential in the success of the registry since its formation.
Shaping regulations through Regulatory Working Groups
The company regularly participates in both EASA and European Defence regulatory workshops, working groups and the NPA process and a number of our constructive comments have been reflected in resultant rules. Despite the nature of Baines Simmons' business, our thought leaders continue to exert considerable influence in the formation of new regulatory thinking, most recently in the areas of performance-based oversight, defence continuing airworthiness subjects and Human Factors/Safety Risk Management.
Defence Aviation Regulations – EMAR Development
Baines Simmons is working with the European Defence Agency (EDA) to provide specialist advice and guidance to its Task Force 3 in the drafting of the final European Military Airworthiness Requirement (EMAR), setting standards for the management of Continuing Airworthiness for military aircraft across EDA's 27 participating member states. This follows our successful collaboration with the EDA in the development of EMAR 66, defining a framework for a common set of aircraft maintenance personnel training and competence requirements for the harmonisation of military aircraft maintenance licensing.
Working in partnership with the EDA allows us to inform the development of this pivotal element of the airworthiness system and to play a role in positively affecting the airworthiness of military aircraft of the Member States for decades to come.
The EMAR M project is managed by Director, Bob Simmons and supported by Principal Consultant, Tim Drinkwater and a team of continuing airworthiness specialists who are familiar with both the EASA rules as well as the military operating environment. Tim draws on his extensive regulatory knowledge and experience gained during his time as a Senior Airworthiness Surveyor with UK CAA, where he led the oversight of major commercial operators, maintainers and manufacturers.
The picture shows Bob Simmons, founding Director of Baines Simmons seated alongside the EDA's Principal Airworthiness Officer, Jan Plevka (left) with Tim Drinkwater (rear left) and Colonel Pierre-Laurent Borras (Task Force 3 Chairman) at the project launch meeting on 11th December 2013.
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Bob is a co-founder of Baines Simmons. He is a creative and technical aviation safety expert who brings his passion, experience and problem-solving strengths to bear across a wide spectrum of client aviation safety-related subjects. He provides insightful strategic and technical leadership support to client regulatory and airworthiness engagements. Bob's ambition is to design and build world-class products and services that make real positive contributions and impact on aviation safety improvement.
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Bob joined the Royal Air Force in 1978 before becoming a civil licensed aircraft maintenance engineer, qualified on a range of Boeing, Airbus and Douglas aircraft. He served as a UK CAA Senior Airworthiness Surveyor with responsibility for Continuing Airworthiness policy and implementation in the UK. He is an Incorporated Engineer with the Engineering Council, sits on the Airworthiness Technical Advisory Committee of the I Mech E and is a trustee of the International Federation of Airworthiness.


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3 – If nothing is due today, look at your upcoming projects and deadlines. Determine which ones are going to be time consuming, which ones are going to be easy or possibly by the ones you are dreading doing. For me, I tend to work on those items that are due right away and then those that I dread so that I can be rewarded with the fun ones.
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Peter Reed –conocido como Pete Reed– (Seattle, Estados Unidos, 27 de julio de 1981) es un deportista británico que compitió en remo.

Participó en tres Juegos Olímpicos de Verano, obteniendo en total tres medallas, oro en Pekín 2008 (cuatro sin timonel), oro en Londres 2012 (cuatro sin timonel) y oro en Río de Janeiro 2016 (ocho con timonel).

Ganó ocho medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Remo entre los años 2005 y 2015, y tres medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Remo entre los años 2014 y 2016.

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The Honey bees children were very excited about the arrival of the new sofa in their room this week. The children have loved having an area to sit and chill out. They took some time to sit and look after their babies in comfort.
Dexter was the first to try on the handcuffs….
All of the children had their finger prints taken. The children were all very happy to meet the policeman and they had lots of fun trying on all of the items of uniform. They enjoyed having a chat with the policeman and learning about all of the very important jobs that he does. Lucca said 'One day my gonna be a policeman'.
We had a brilliant day at the farm, we saw goats, sheep, cows, a very big pig and much more!!
We went to the market in Garston on Friday morning to choose some fruit and vegetables to eat in nursery. The melons were very heavy!
Some of the worker bees children had a cookery session with Maureen the nursery chef. They prepared a lovely fresh salad that will be served with lunch today. The children thoroughly enjoyed the activity and they all took it in turns to slice the salad. Maureen had lots of fun too!
The Bumble bees children went to the shops today to buy some salad for lunchtime. They picked some cucumber and tomatoes and Tilly helped to scan the items at the check out.
The children in Bumble Bees had a lovely trip to the park where they played on the swings, roundabout and slide. They went in the 'turtle bus' and enjoyed the lovely weather we have been having. We hope to go again very soon!
A big thank you to all of our parents who came along to our last PPA meeting! We had such a good turn out and parents came up with some great ideas! We shared the way in which we monitor children's progress and the parents found the outcome useful to further their child's learning at home. I will keep you posted on dates for the next meeting, please feel free to come along!
We have purchased a new nursery mobile phone this month for parents to use to communicate with nursery! We have found this very useful so far and we are getting lots of positive feedback from parents. Please feel free to text or call the nursery mobile on 07975682773 during the day.
Day trip to farmer teds!
The children in the bumble bees went on a very special trip in our new mini bus this week, they went to farmer teds! The children absolutely loved their day out and we had very tired babies coming back to nursery after such a busy day!


when everybody looks happier than the one who was graduating.
all I brought was my slippers, and I was the ONLY ONE who wore slippers at the convo.
Embarrassing myself is just not enough, now I dragged my family along. Whee!
Had lunch with cousin and she dropped me off before my family arrived.
My little brother spotted me from far, ran to me and told me that he thought I was Rosmah.
I have no idea how to react anymore.
So happy to find Udders there! Dream came true no need to go to the ulu mall.
Udders ice-cream is irresistibly yummy please go try it yourself.
South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy.
it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments.
I have been good friends with nature lately.
Breathe in, breathe out. I feel so close to you right now.
Wore this floral dress on purpose hoping to blend into the flowers.
Oh I so wanna try this cafe!
But I'm grateful enough that my dad loves taking photos, all I have to do is pose.
A mysterious world veiled in mist; entirely different from the Flower Dome.
waterfall showcases plant life from tropical highlands up to 2,000-metres above sea level.
On Cloud Walk overlooking Marina Bay, ahhhh breathtaking.
And some Crystal Mountain and Science earth core thing that I'm not interested in.
On our way out; People cycling to sunset and pretty Singapore flyer.
I was drop dead gorgeous tired when I took this picture.
Long day ended with these trees that shine with music.
Can you paint with all the colors of the trees?


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