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Interferons: In Vivo Effects
Mirza Naqi Zafar ( Zafar Research and Diagnostic Centre, Karachi. )
The pharmacological effects of Interferons have been studied mostly with human Leucocyte Interferons. They have a short half-life in blood whether given intramuscularly or subcutan-eously or Intravenously. Intramuscular injections result in peak blood levels after 2-4hours, lasting for 4-6 hours. With a dose of 2x10s IU/kg body weight, 100 U of Interferon activity/ ml of Plasma are maintained for 12 hours (Jordon et al., 1974; Arvin et al., 1976; Grecnberg et al., 1976). Human Leucocyte Interferon preparations with specific activity of 106 IU/mg protein (purity 0.Interferon protein) are well tolerated, what ever the route of administration. Side effects are dose related febrile responses; usually these are more marked with the initial injections. With daily doses >1.7xl05 IU/kg body weight, transient myalgia, chills and fever have been reported, also fatigue and malaise (Jordon et al., 1974; Arvin et al., 1976; Greenberg et al., 1976; Gutterman et al., 1981). Preparation with greater purity (>_107 IU/mg protein 1%-10% Interferon Protein) shows significant reduction in the severity of their adverse reactions and have allowed daily administration of 5xl05 IU/kg body weight (Gutterman et al., 1981; Weimer et al., 1978). However at higher doses other effects are observed which include leu-copenia, thrombocytopenia, hair loss and Diarrhea (Gutterman et al., 1981).
Antiviral effects of Interferons were reported initially in early sixties, where Interferon produced by cultured monkey cells inhibited "takes" in Volunteers vaccinated by small pox (Scientific Committee on Interferon, 1962). Vaccinia! Keratitis was successfully treated (Jones et al., 1962) and later human Interferon was successfully used topically against myxoviruses and Herpes simplex (Merigan et al., 1978; Sandmacher et al., 1976). Now there is evidence for systemic Interferon mediated protection against viral infections. Cancer patients receiving interferon as experimental antitumour therapy are protected from Viral infections (Strander et al., 1973; Ahstrom et al., 1974; Strander et al., 1976). For antiviral therapy, systemic administration of Interferon has been tried so far in chronic active hepatitis B and Herpes Zoster in adults and Variscella and Cytomegalovirus in children. Chronic active hepatitis has been selected for trials because several viral markers can be quantitated in patients sera. In one trial (Greenberg et al., 1976) where patients had circulating virus markers for 6 consecutive months, injections of Interferon elicited a dose related response. If given for 10 days the effects were transient while prolonged treatment showed longer lasting effects. In another trial early intensive high dose therapy (>_107 U daily) has resulted in suppression of all Virus markers and in progressive improvement in liver function (Merigan and Robinson, 1978). Controlled trials have been carried out with Interferon in cancer patients with Herpes Zoster. In these patients hepatic neuralgia subsided faster, cutaneous dissemination of lesions was lessened, visceral complications and the resulting mortality in patients was reduced (Merigan et al., 1978). In the new born Cytomegalovirus infections have been treated experimentally with Interferon (Arvin et al., 1976; O\'Reilly et al., 1976) and congenital CMV infection can be controlled by them (Merigan et al., 1980). Furthermore CMV is of great importance in transp lantations. Renal transplant patients often succumb to CMV induced Hepatitis, pneumonitis or mononucleosis. Also CMV induces immunosuppression and leukopenia which may result in bacterial and fungal infections. In renal transplant patients treated with Leucocyte Interferon, incidence of Virus excretion and viremia with CMV, Herpes Simplex and Epstein Bar Viresus was significantly reduced (Cheesman et al., 1979).
Majority of the studies ot systemic anti-tumour activity of Interferons have been clone with human leucocyte Interferon. It is presently being tested topically (Ikic et al., 1975) and systemically (Krim et al., 1980) against several human tumours. These trials are in various centres with Interferon from different sources but comparable titre (106-107 IU/ml) and specific-activity (105-106 IU/mg protein). The first trial with Interferon in cancer patients was started by Strander in 1972 on highly malignant tumours of the bone. Here treatment with human Leucocyte interferon starts immediately upon diagnosis, prior to surgery, with 3x106U im/day and continues for 1 month. The same dose is then given 3 times weekly for 17 additional months and then treatment is stopped. Strander has reported that 5 of 10 Interferon treated patients have remained alive and disease free after five years (Krim et al., 1980). Interferon trials have been carried out in cancer patients with Laryngeal and Bladder papilloma. Patients with recurrent Laryngeal papilloma were treated with 3x106U Interferon im, one, two or three times a week with no other treatment. In all patients complete regression occurred gradually over a period of several months (Krim et al., 1980). In patients with Bladder Papilloma, with doses of 4xl06U im 3-7 times weekly, complete regression was observed after 2-17 months of treatment (Krim et al., 1980). Several groups have under-taken clinical trials in Multiple Myeloma. In one-study patients receive 3xl06U Interferon daily and in another study by Gutterman two deses have been used 3xl06U or 9xl06U daily. Positive response was observed in both studies with complete remission in some patients (Gutterman et al., 1981; Gutterman et al., 1979). Small number of patients with acute and chronic Leukaemias have received Interferon therapy with suggestive evidence of response (Hill et al., 1979; Gutterman et al., 1970). Little work has been done on the effect of Interferons on solid Tumours. The first study has been by Gutterman on patients with breast Cancer. Two doses were used 3xl06U daily or 9xl06U daily. Patients studied had superficial metastases which allowed measurement of Tumour size. Regression was observed in soft tissues, in bone metastases and in marrow infiltration and Carcinoembryonic antigen levels decreased in responding patients (Gutterman et al., 1979; Borden et al., 1980).
These early studies using highly impure preparations of Interferons give evidence of their being agents for anti-viral anti-tumour therapy. The present methods of production arc adequate to support substantial clinical studies, however for efficient and economical production of Human interferons one has to exploit techniques of recombinant DNA technology (Taniguechi et al., 1969; Negata et al., 1980;. With these techniques the wide spread use of interferons therapy under economically feasible conditions is possible in future.
1. Alstrom, L., Dehlwitz, A., Strander, H., Carlstom, G. and Cantell, K. (1974) Interferon in acute leukemia in children. Lancet, 1:166.
2. Arvin, A.M., Yeager, A.s. and Merigan, T.C. (1976) Effect of leukocyte interferon in urinary excretion of cytomegalovirus by infants. J. Infect. Dis., 133 Suppl:A 205.
3. Borden, E., Dao, T., Holland, J., Gutterman, J., Merigan,T. (1980) Interferon in recurrent breast carcinoma. Preliminary report of the American Cancer Society Clinical Trials Program. Proc. AM Assoc. Cancer (abstr).
4. Checsman, S.H., Rubin, R.H., Stewart, J.A., Tokoof-Rubin, N.E., Casimi, A.B., Cantell, K., Gilbert, J., Winkle, S., Herin, J.T., Black, P.H., Russell, P.S. and Hirsch, M.S. (1979) Controlled clinical trial of prophylactic human-Icukocytc interferon in renal transplantation. N. Engl. J. Med., 300:1345.
5. Greenberg, H.N., Pollard, R.B., Lutwick, I.I., Gregory, P.B., Robinson, W.S. and Mcrigan, T.C. (1976) Effect of human leukocyte interferon on hepatitis B virus infection in patients with chronic, active hepatitis. N. Engl. J. Med., 295:517.
6. Gutterman, J.U., Blumenschcin, G.R., Alexarian, R., Yap,H.Y., Buzdar, A.V., Cabanillas, F., Hortobagti, G.N., Distefano, A., Hersh, E.M., Rasmussen, S.L., Harmon, M. and Peska, S. (1981) Leukocyte interferon induced tumor regression in human metastatic breast cancer, multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma, in Krim, Edt VG, Octtgen H, Stewart WE II (eds) New York, Rockerfcller University Press.
7. Gutterman, J., Yap, Y., Buzdar, A., Alexarian, R., Hersh, E., Cabanillas, F. and Grcenberg, S. (1979) Abstract (674) Leukocyte interferon (IF) induced tumor regression in patients (PTS) with breast cancer and B cell neoplasma. Proc. A.M. Assoc. Cancer, 20:167.
8. Hill, N.O., Locb, E., Pardue, A.S., Dorn, G.L., Khan, A. and Hill, J.M. (1979) Human Leukocyte interferon responsiveness of acute leukemia. J. Clin. Hematol. Oncol., 9:137.
9. Ikic, D., Bosnic, N., Smerdel, S., Jusic, D., Soos, E. and Delimar, N. (1975) Double blind clinical study with human leukocyte interferon in the therapy of condilomata acuminata, in: Proceedings of the Symposium on Clinical Use of Interferon. Yougoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, pp. 229-233.
10. Jones, B.R., Galbraith, J.E.K. and Al-Hussaini, M.K. (1962) Vaccinal keritilis treated with interferon. Lancet, 2:875.
11. Jordan, G.W., Freid, R.P. and Merigan, T.C. (1974) Administration of human leukocyte interferon in herpes zoster. I. Safety, circulating antiviral activity, and host responses to infection. J. Infect. Dis., 130:56.
12. Krim, M, Edy, V.G., Oettgen, II. and Stewart, W.E. (cds):Rcport of the Hnd International Workshop on Interferons. New York, Rockerfeller University Press, 1980.
13. Merigan, T.C, Reed, S.E., Hall, T.S. and Tyrrell, D.A.J. (1973) Inhibition of respiratory virus infection by locally applied interferon. Lancet, 1:563.
14. Merigan, T.C., in Krim, M., Edy, V.G., Oettgen, H. and Stewart, W.E. II (eds). Report of the Hnd International Workshop on Interferons. New York, Rockefeller University Press, 1980.
15. Merigan, T.C., Rand, K.H., Pollard, R.B., Abdullah, P.S., Jordan, G.W. and Fried, R.P. (1978) Human leukocyte interferon for the treatment of herpes zoster in patients with cancer. N. Engl. J. Med., 298:981.
16. Merigan, T.C. and Robinson, W.S. Antiviral therapy in HBV infection in, Viral Hepatitis, in Vyas GN, Cohen SN, Sehmidi R, (eds): Clinical Trials with Interferons as Antivirals. Philadelphia, Pronklin Institute, 1978.
17. Negata, S., Taira, H., Hall, A., Jhonsrud, L., Streuli, M., Eesodi, J., Boil, W., Cantcll, K. and Weissmann, C. (1980) Synthesis in E. coli of a polypeptide with human leukocyte interferon activity. Nature, 284:316.
18. O\'Reilly, R.J., Everson, L.K., Emodi, G., Hansen, J., Smithwick, E.M., Crimes, E., Pahwa, S., Pahwa, R., Sehwartz, S., Armstrong, D., Siegal, F.P., Gupta, S., Dupont, B. and Good, R.A. (1976) Effects of exogenous interferon in cytomegalovirus infections complicating bone marrow transplantation. Clin. Immunol. Immunopathol., 6:15.
19. Scientific Committee on Interferon (1962) Effect of interferon on vaccination in volunteers. Lancet, 1:873.
20. Sundmacher, A., Neumann-Haefclin, D. and Cantell, K. (1976) Successful treatment of dendretic keratitis with human leukocyte interferon. Albercht von. Giaefes Arch. Klin. Exp. Ophtalalmol., 201:39.
21. Strander, H., Cantell, K., Carlstrom, G. and Jakobsson, P.A. (1973) Clinical and laboratory investigations of man; systemic administration of potent interferon to man. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 51:733.
22. Strandcr, H., Cantell, K., Carlstrom, G., Ingimarsson, S., Jakobsson, P. and Xilsonne, U. (1976) Acute infections in interferon-treatcd patients with oesteosarcoma; preliminary report of a comparative study. T. Infect. Dis., 133 Suppl:A 245.
23. Taniguechi, T., Sakai, M., Fujji-Kuriama, T., Muramatsu, M., Kobayashi, S. and Sudo, T. (1969) Construction and Identification of a bacterial plasmid containing the human fibroblast interferon gene sequence. Proc. Jpn, Acad., 55:464.
24. Weimer, W., Schellekens, H., Lameijer, L.D.F., Masurel, N., Edy, V.G., Billiau, A. and DeSomer, P. (1978) Double-blind study of interferon administration in renal transplant recipients. Eur. J. Clin. Invest., 8:255.


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But with that all still in mind too keep your booking options open you are best to book early. Late bookings will not have a lot of flexibility.
Learn the essentials of killing, skinning and gutting a sheep and then what to do with it when you get home!
We come to what, for many smallholders and self supporters, is the ultimate goal – feeding the family with the produce of your own holding. There is a great sense of satisfaction in tucking into a meal that's been wholly bred, reared, killed, butchered and cooked at home, particularly when the whole family has been involved at every step along the way.
Learn a quick, humane and (relatively) tidy way to slaughter and process deer and other small livestock.
Richard has been processing animals for over 20 years – sharing his experience and piles of tips along the way, you will learn a faster, cleaner way to process your animal. Then, once you get it home, the basics of cutting it up ready for the freezer.
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We just have one of those properties that floods and each time the rain comes it brings excitement for the children and dread for me. I have gotten use to it and it phases me less and less. What I do have is a nice lush lawn.
That leads me to expect the warmer weather and heavy rain will lead to good spring growth too fatten up your beef with ready for the freezer. Our lead time for beef is 3 weeks out, but I would think the diary will start filling especially with good growth and with the lead up to Christmas. So don't wait. Book now and secure your spot.


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Q: Tensorflow gradient wrt input I'm experimenting with recent ideas coming from adversarial training and I'm specifically interested in a loss function which includes the input. This means I would like to derive the loss function with respect to the input (not only the model parameters).
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I would love to hear your thoughts and methodology on creating a custom deep learning simulation with adverserial training.

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Boost launches #AskForHelp campaign to support Lancashire businesses through Coronavirus
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Lancashire's £6m business growth hub is refocusing its service to give worried business owners a place to turn to during the current Coronavirus pandemic.
The #AskForHelp campaign will include a dedicated helpline to advise companies in Lancashire about key business-related issues and connect them with experts from the public and private sector.
A dedicated hub will also be launched on the Boost website, giving the business community a place to go for the latest Government guidance, webinars and expert articles from Boost partners.
The aim is to provide practical guides and information to navigate the national business support offer during this time.
County Councillor Michael Green, cabinet member for economic development, environment and planning, Lancashire County Council, said: "We're all facing unprecedented uncertainty in the coming weeks and months.
"Boost has a successful and well-established focus on growth and start-ups, but in the current situation we've changed our focus to support businesses, as they feel the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
"There'll be advice available on how to support your business, but it's also vital to think about the wellbeing of your staff who are still working.
"And we'll keep updating our information as the situation changes, to pick up any changes to Government advice."
Boost is Lancashire's Business Growth Hub and is led by Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership), supported by funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The #AskForHelp service will be available to all Lancashire business owners. They can call to discuss all business issues related to the coronavirus outbreak including resilience, cash flow management, HR, tax and remote working.
Boost's team will advise where possible, as well as directing businesses to expert advisers across Lancashire.
Steve Fogg, chair, Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, said: "Since 2013, we have helped more than 6,000 business grow, but growth is now on the back-burner for the majority of Lancashire companies.
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"All companies will face the effects of this pandemic. That includes the strain on operations and finances but also the need for business owners to safeguard the mental wellbeing of their staff and also themselves. It's vital that those in Lancashire don't feel like they are alone. Pick up the phone to our advisers and ask for help."
Businesses can access the #AskForHelp helpline by ringing 0800 488 0057. They can access the #AskforHelp hub at boostbusinesslancashire.co.uk/askforhelp/.
Boost has received £3.65m of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is the Managing Authority for ERDF. Established by the European Union, ERDF funds help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.

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Have a little one with you? Then it's time to pack up the kids for a trip to BabyLand General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. Voted one of the Travel Channel's "Top Ten Toylands," BabyLand is situated on 650 acres in the North Georgia Mountains. The Southern style home is filled with Cabbage Patch Kids and will capture the imagination of your entire family. Best of all? Admission is FREE!
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Brasstown Bald, rising 4,784 feet above sea level, is Georgia's tallest mountain. Its incredible 360-degree view allows you to see Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina on a clear day. The changing seasons on Brasstown Bald offer visitors the opportunity to experience the wonders of nature for most of the year.
You'll have the opportunity to shop at our unique gift shop; tour a visitor center that focuses on Georgia history, geology and the natural world; and watch a 15-minute movie about the incredible changes to the Brasstown landscape during the year. You can hike to short but steep trail up to the top or take a tram ride for easy access.
Brasstown Bald is open daily (10am – 5pm) May through November. It's open December through April as weather allows, so be sure to call ahead.
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Brasstown Bald is not far from the towns of Hiawassee and Helen, Georgia, and only a few hours from Atlanta, which makes it the perfect place to visit on your next trip to Northeast Georgia. For mountain scenery and fall color, look no further than Brasstown Bald Visitor Center!
Hiawassee, GA 30528
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Their .6 mile guided Grapes and Ghosts Wine Tour takes guests to five different locations in Dahlonega's square where they will be able to taste wine while listening to stories about our town's distinctive history and haunted tales from each stop.
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The Historic Ghost Tour is a 1.3-mile guided tour of Dahlonega with approximately 10 or more stops. Stops include the historic courthouse; the square's popular café and most haunted restaurant, the Crimson Moon; the Fred Jones Building; historic residences around the square; a stop at the town's significant military university founded in 1873; a walk through Mt. Hope Cemetery, which includes veterans from every war and Dahlonega's most distinguished past citizens; and much more!
Boos and Brews Pub Crawl
The Boos and Brews Pub Crawl takes visitors through Dahlonega's captivating pubs and taverns. With a minimum of three to four stops, this guided tour will gives guests a relaxed and entertaining look into some of the town's most haunted and historic locations.
Dahlonega History Tour
Dahlonega is home to 2 residential areas of note, historic registered Hawkins Street and lovely, tree lined Park Street, as well as the Historic Square. Park Street features, Seven Oaks, the home of Willliam Pierce Price, founder of the University of North Georgia. The tour not only covers Dahlonega's unique history but features stories of the individuals and interesting characters who made our town what it is today.
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Dahlonega, GA 30533
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Funopolis Family Fun Center is the place "Where the Fun Begins and Never Ends"! Spend the day playing and enjoying the delicious food served at the cafe. There are attractions for all ages, including:
100+ Arcade Games
Bumper Boats
Mini Bowling
Mini Carousel
Carnival Rides (Tornado, Pirate Ship and more!)
40155 Highway 441 South, Commerce, GA 30529
funopolisfamilyfuncenter.com
Did you ever want to pan for your own gold and gemstones, right where the old timers found it in the early 1800s? Then visit the Gold 'N Gem Grubbin' mine and enjoy the fascinating history of our country's first major gold rush. Did you know that more goldwasmined in North Georgia than wasmined during the subsequent California Gold Rush of 1849?At Gold 'N GemGrubbin', you can pan for gold and screen for gemstones in the convenient sluices, which are located under shade trees with a view of the 7-acre lake. The trained staff will teach you the art of gold panning just like the old timers did it! The staff will be close by to help you identify your gemstones and evaluate them for cutting. You will be pleasantly surprised as you hunt for your treasure — your success is guaranteed!Gold 'N Gem Grubbin' is North Georgia's only commercially operating gold mine, and was formerly a productive part of the Loud Mine. It is said that prior to the Civil War, the Loud Mine supplied $2 million of the $7 million of minted gold bullion coins at the nearby Dahlonega Mint. At the time, the Dahlonega Mint was the only branch mint for the United States. After the Civil War, some gold mining resumed in Georgia but never gained the momentum it had previously.
Gold 'N Gem Grubbin' opened in 1984 so you could also try your hand at finding that elusive yellow treasure!
75 Gold Nugget Lane, Cleveland, GA 30528
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Gold 'N Gem Grubbin Mine
Visit Hillcrest Orchards, the most popular apple orchard and farm market in the North Georgia Mountains. Located near Ellijay, Georgia, in Gilmer County, Hillcrest makes a great fall day trip — it's only 1- 1/2 hours from Atlanta or Chattanooga.
Hillcrest is family owned and operated since 1946, and offers loads of fun for kids, adults and seniors. Pick your fun at the annual "Apple Pickin' Jubilee," where you can pick your own apples, milk a cow, watch live pig races, visit the petting farm, take a wagon ride through the orchard, visit the Moonshine Museum and watch live bands and cloggers on the Hillcrest Stage. You can also visit the playground and ride the giant slide down the mountain.
Come hungry because there's more food than you can hold! The bakery and ice cream parlor makes delicious homemade fried apple pies, apple cider doughnuts, apple fritters, pizza, ice cream, fried oreos, funnel cakes and fudge. Wash it all down with some fresh cold apple cider. There's also a grill fired up in the festival area for hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue and roasted corn. Be sure to try the chicken on a stick and grilled corn on the cob.
For great family fun, visit Hillcrest Orchards and the "Apple Pickin' Jubilee" this fall. Don't forget to bring your camera for great picture opportunities.
9696 GA 52, Ellijay, GA 30536
hillcrestorchards.net
Situated along the shores of Georgia's Lake Sidney Lanier, just 45 minutes outside of Atlanta, Lanier Islands features 1,500 scenic acres beckoning to families and corporate groups alike. Marrying luxurious resort amenities with the unparalleled natural beauty of North Georgia, a Lanier Islands vacation is one to be treasured long after your bags have been unpacked and your photos have been uploaded.
The sprawling grounds feature an assortment of pet-friendly accommodations, from stunning suites and family friendly ranch-style lakehouses to rustic campsites and splendid villas. After a perfect night of sleep, Lanier Islands offers a multitude of experiences for your enjoyment and exhilaration. Play a round of golf on the award-winning course, gallop through the woods by horseback, zipline through the trees on a guided canopy tour, cruise across the lake in a private pontoon, or explore a variety of dining options onsite. In the summertime, splash away at LanierWorld, and in the winter, discover the brand new winter experience: SnowWorld.
Whatever your reason for visiting Lanier Islands, Georgia, there will always be more reasons to return. Make yourself at home at the hotel in Buford, Georgia, and allow yourself to unwind and open up to the endless adventures that await. See you at the lake!
7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Gainesville, GA 30518
lanierislands.com
Mountain Fresh Creamery is a family owned business specializing in high-quality, all-natural, non-homogenized dairy products. We have our own farm, Glo-Crest Dairy, where the cows are cared for and pampered. Our milk is only from our cows and is minimally processed by vat pasteurization, so the cream still floats to the top and all the flavor and nutrients are intact! From our milk's cream, we make fresh churned butter and ice cream! Our ice cream is available year-round and can be enjoyed in hand-dipped cups and cones, containers or milkshakes. Locally grown and made products can also be found in our store. We've recently opened our doors to farm tours so that everyone may see what exactly goes on on the farm. For tour reservations and more info on our products visit us at: www.mountainfreshcreamery.com. We are located in Clermont, Georgia, just between Helen and Gainesville on Hwy 129.
6615 Cleveland Highway, Clermont, GA 30527
770-983-1MOO
mountainfreshcreamery.com
Mtn Fresh Creamery
The North Georgia Wildlife Park & Safari is the perfect place to take the family and visit with hundreds of animals. Get up close and personal with new animal babies and also meet some famous animals. You can have fun feeding a variety of rare, mini and unique farm animals. Pony rides and bottle feeding are always a favorite with the kids — it's a hands-on experience they'll never forget! Take a wildlife walk or a ride through the Park to view a wide variety of animals, including camels, zebras, water buffalo and more. One of the most popular attractions at the Park is the Camel Encounter. You can also sign up for Behind the Scene Tours, Sunset Tours, Starry Night Tours, Winter Wonderland Tours, Mommy & Me Days, Shadow a Zookeeper Day and even Zoo Camp! There's always something to see and something fun to do at the North Georgia Wildlife Park & Safari. Make plans to visit today!
2912 Paradise Valley Road, Cleveland, GA 30528
northgeorgiazoo.com
Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze is a 12-acre field of corn that has approximately 4 miles of trails, twisting and turning, and sometimes, coming to a deadend! Each year there's a new and challenging maze, with checkpoints so you can work individually or as a team. The maze is designed to be challenging, but still allow visitors to exit at any time that they wish. An average journey will take as little as 30 minutes to complete one maze, or as long as 2 hours to complete both mazes.In October, challenge yourself with the Haunted Maze (if you dare!) on weekends at dusk. You can also take a relaxing nighttime hayride through the farm and enjoy the beauty of the country night sky. The hayride ends at a cozy bonfire where you can roast marshmallows and sink into the calming crackle of true farm-style relaxation.
In addition to the maze, you can pick out a pumpkin in the Pumpkin Patch to take home — they come in every size, shape and color! You'll also find a variety of seasonal decorations, including Indian corn, corn shucks, gourds and mini pumpkins.
Visit Uncle Shuck's and start a new family tradition:
Explore the Corn Maze
Find Your Perfect Pumpkins
Shoot the Corn Cannon
Great Food and Fun
Goat Walk
4520 Highway 53 East, Dawsonville, GA 30534
800-OSHUCKS (800-674-8257) | 770-772-6223
uncleshucks.com
Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
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What follows is transcribed text from George Percival Scriven's Bohol Diary. The journal was written partly as a personal memoir and partly as a draft or notes for a book that he was planning on writing. Because of this, the journal jumps from a personal narrative to various drafts for paragraphs that describe the invasion and occupation of Bohol Island. The order and flow of Scriven's writing have been preserved.
In this presentation for the web, the diary has been divided into nine sections so that it is easier to view and retrieve via the net. The breaks are made arbitrarily at about every ten pages. They are not divided by subject matter nor were the original sections denoted by Scriven himself. You may proceed through the diary in order, or skip directly to a particular section via the links at the bottom of each of the web pages. The <angle bracket> symbols around particular words indicate that those words were in the margins or inserted outside the lines of the text. The words that appear crossed out here were crossed out by Scriven in the diary. In this transcription, word spellings were kept as they were in the original. The accompanying photos are not part of the Scriven collection, but were derived from other collections in the Duke University Special Collections Library.
I have been here, in the hospital I mean, sick with a fever six days now, and am beginning to feel really better this morning though weak. I seem to have had a pretty sharp attack of Dengue fever with a great deal of pain for two or three days and much weakness but thanks to skilful treatment and the great care of Dr. (Captain) C.L. Furbush, of the 44th Vol. Infantry, seem fairly in the road to recovery, which means a good deal to a man playing Robinson Crusoe -- with some two hundred others -- on this hitherto unknown island of the archipelago.
not unlike the head dress of the Breton peasants, with a stiff piece over the head like an Italian [illegible ] and a long white veil trimmed or embroidered at the edges, a picturesque garment, but goulish [sic ] as the shades of evening fall and a silent c[ ] comes moving down the street from vesper service.
of neighbors, hard as it seems that these people are not heartless to their own as there is reason to believe the case with many of the Malays. In fact their lighter color, larger frames and well nourished bodies, well developed and rounded limbs seem to indicate a better type than the skinny monkey like inhabitants of Panay, and the quantity of clothing worn especially by women, the more graceful flowing garments and set of the clothes seem to indicate a nearer affinity to European ideas amongst the Bojolanos than elsewhere in the Visayas.
At this time the great, if somewhat ill defined original Visayas Military District occupying the center of the Philippine group appears to have been curtailed by the occupation from Luzon of the islands of Leyte and Samar, cutting them off from the middle group of the archipelago and leaving the Visayas composed -- from a military point of view -- of Panay, Negros, Cebu <& Bojol> since Masbate was at this time a kind of no man's land and Paragua and smaller islands did not enter the count.
*Now of Bohol nothing really was known, the few poor books on the Visayas, like the maps, gave valueless outlines of doubtful facts; visitors to the island were infrequent, and their information vague, and trustworthy guides were not to be found. The island had been shut within itself for more than a year, and it was known to have its own government, its own laws, its police and its church; and it was known to have maintained its people from native aggression from without and to have maintained its republican state within the greater native Republic <for more than a year. It contained about a quarter of a million of people.
other islands of which we had seen only the shores and the mountain tops; and even in the Visayas, where the struggle for independence had lacked from the first the inspiration of the presence of the fitful Aguinaldo only Cebu, Negros and Panay -- besides insignificant Romblon -- had felt the hand and enjoyed the dollar of the American. However great activity was being shown by our troops and the time for the occupation of the important outlying islands, hitherto unnoticed, had come. An expedition from the north had taken possession of Leyte and Samar, cutting them off in a military sense from the great middle Kingdom of the Visayas & reducing that ill defined district which [originally?] occupied the center of the archipelago to practically the four islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Bohol, in addition to Masbate (whose time had not yet come) and Paragua, and smaller groups that were a sort of No-Man's Land.
On Panay, Negros & Cebu, troops had for months been stationed and governments established; but Bojol was an unknown land, and on March 14, Major H.C. Hale with companies B & C, 44th Volunteer Infantry sailed from Iloilo on board the transport Elcano to take possession of the island and to protect its inhabitants. This expedition I had the privilege of accompanying in connection with certain work of my [illegible] corps.


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'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd tasted, all the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
I won't have a cookie, not even a lick; I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick. I won't have hot biscuits, or cornbread, or pie, I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry. I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore… But isn't that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot. Happy New Years to All and to All a Good Diet!
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'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibble, the eggnog I'd taste, all the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
I won't have a cookie, not even a lick; I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick. I won't have hot biscuits, or cornbread, or pie, I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry. I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore… But isn't that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot Happy New Years to All and to All a Good Diet!


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Jenness elected chair of SMGI Board of Directors
01.05.2021 Dean Rhodes Spirit Mountain Casino, Gaming, People
Andrew Jenness
Former Tribal Council member Andrew Jenness, 55, was elected chairman of the Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of Directors on Monday, Jan. 4, succeeding former Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno in the position.
Jenness holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and two master's degrees in Business Administration and Journalism, all from the University of Oregon.
Jenness has served approximately four years on the board: more than two years in the mid-2000s and since January 2020. The board oversees the operations of Spirit Mountain Casino, the Tribe's primary economic engine.
"I am honored and humbled to serve the casino and Tribe in this capacity and look forward to working with the casino management, the Board of Directors and Tribal Council as we support and guide our main economic engine," he said.
Jenness also served one term on the Grand Ronde Tribal Council from 1992 to '95. He also has served on the Grand Ronde Editorial Board, which oversees the editor of Smoke Signals, since June 2017.
His election as the first item on the Jan. 4 agenda and Jenness chaired the remainder of the meeting.
"I am an entrepreneur at heart and have started and managed several small businesses over the last 20 years," he added.
In addition to Jenness, current Board of Directors members include Tribal Council members Cheryle A. Kennedy, Kathleen George, Jack Giffen Jr. and Steve Bobb Sr., Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Mychal Cherry, Tribal members Matthew Kirkland, Lisa Watson and April Campbell, and nonTribal member Drew Mahalic, who is former chief executive officer of Sport Oregon.
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Ford invests $155 million in fuel-efficient engines
Ford Motor Co. announced on Feb. 26 that it is investing $155 million and adding 60 jobs at its Cleveland operations to build a new fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang, which has expected class-leading highway fuel efficiency of 30 miles per gallon on the highway and 305 horsepower.
The investment and jobs at Ford's Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 brings the company's investment in powertrain engineering and facility upgrades in North America to $1.8 billion to support its 2011 vehicle launches — with more to come, the company says. The total number of jobs being added as part of these investments is 1,260.
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ONE of Leeton's oldest groups is continuing to defy expectations, but help will be needed if 100 years of operation is to be met. This week the Leeton branch of Red Cross Australia celebrated its 90th anniversary with a luncheon, which was attended by a big crowd from not just in town, but the wider region. Leeton formed a branch in 1915 and this continued until it was disbanded in 1919. At that time, it was mainly concerned with putting together packages for servicemen in World War I. However, in August, 1928 a Mrs E Gerard called a meeting to form a Red Cross Branch in Leeton. Since then, the group has never looked back. Current president Enid Tuckett has been in the role for 25 years and a member for 42 years. "We haven't had one break in 90 years … there's been continual meetings since (the formation)," she said. "I think the Leeton community are aware we exist. "What I like most about being part of the branch is companionship and the idea that you are helping people who need it." RELATED The celebratory luncheon also included the presentation of service awards to Leeton members who have given many years of their time to the branch. The Leeton group continues to be active in the community often hosting raffles, catering at various functions and much more. However, Mrs Tuckett said she often wondered about the organisation's future. "I do worry about it, yes," she said. "We need more members. We're running out. "More young people would be nice." **** While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox every Friday at 6am from The Irrigator. To make sure you're up to date with all news in Leeton sign up here.
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Leeton branch of Red Cross Australia marks its 90th anniversary
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Leeton Red Cross party was 90 long years in the making | Video
WHAT A MILESTONE: The Leeton branch of Red Cross Australia celebrated its 90th anniversary on Tuesday. Photo: Talia Pattison
ONE of Leeton's oldest groups is continuing to defy expectations, but help will be needed if 100 years of operation is to be met.
This week the Leeton branch of Red Cross Australia celebrated its 90th anniversary with a luncheon, which was attended by a big crowd from not just in town, but the wider region.
Leeton formed a branch in 1915 and this continued until it was disbanded in 1919.
At that time, it was mainly concerned with putting together packages for servicemen in World War I.
However, in August, 1928 a Mrs E Gerard called a meeting to form a Red Cross Branch in Leeton.
Ninety years on, this group is one of the oldest in Leeton.
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Since then, the group has never looked back.
Current president Enid Tuckett has been in the role for 25 years and a member for 42 years.
"We haven't had one break in 90 years … there's been continual meetings since (the formation)," she said.
"I think the Leeton community are aware we exist.
"What I like most about being part of the branch is companionship and the idea that you are helping people who need it."
Leeton's Red Cross ready to celebrate
Red Cross members give more than time in Leeton
The celebratory luncheon also included the presentation of service awards to Leeton members who have given many years of their time to the branch.
The Leeton group continues to be active in the community often hosting raffles, catering at various functions and much more.
However, Mrs Tuckett said she often wondered about the organisation's future.
"I do worry about it, yes," she said.
"We need more members. We're running out.
"More young people would be nice."
While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox every Friday at 6am from The Irrigator. To make sure you're up to date with all news in Leeton sign up here.
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In GUI programming there is exist some very common problem - if some operation takes too much time the GUI will become unresponsive. For example, if you want establish connection with a server, or fetch some data from database or a large file, this probably will take some time and if you perform this operation in the main thread your GUI will stuck. In order to keep your GUI responsive you need to run long-running operations on a separate thread. So far, in order to open a new thread we used Thread class or BackgroundWorker. Starting from .NET Framework 4.0 we have a Task class for this purpose.
If you already switched to Visual Studio 2012 with Framework 4.5 then read my previous post - C# Async Programming Example in WPF (Async, Await).
If you still working with Visual Studio 2010 Framework 4.0 then this post is for you.
Today I'll show how to build WPF application with background thread using Task Framework 4.0.
Ok, let's say we have a WPF application with a button which triggers some long-running method.
Task.Factory.StartNew actually starts a mew thread. I specified GetResultFromServer as the one which will run in new thread. Inside ContnueWith block we put everything that should run after the GetResultFromServer is complete - printing the result and enabling the button. We don't use CancelationToken in this particular example, but its mandatory to specify it. We also must declare the TaskScheduler which tells to Task Framework what our GUI thread is, so it know when to run the the final update.


Every year, thousands of workers file claims after sustaining an injury or illness at work caused by a variety of factors, including the demands of the occupation itself. These claims do not necessarily have to involve a one-time accident that results in harm to the employee. In fact, they often include injuries and illnesses that develop over a greater span of time. If you developed an occupational illness, you have the right to pursue workers' compensation benefits that can assist you throughout your recovery.
Skin disorders: Occupations that demand workers to be outdoors for prolonged periods of time are at a high risk of developing skin cancer. Some of these high-risk occupations include roofers, construction workers, and agricultural workers. Additionally, skin diseases might also be caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. Workers who are often exposed to such dangerous chemicals include painters, cleaners, construction workers, and mechanics. Of course, these are not the only two types of skin disorders workers suffer from. Other common disorders include ulcers, skin inflammations, rashes, contact dermatitis, skin infections, and eczema.
Respiratory illnesses: Toxic chemicals can also cause respiratory problems for workers who are in an industrial setting or on construction sites, where it is common to breathe in dangerous chemicals on a daily basis. This can worsen allergies or cause ultimately fatal illnesses like mesothelioma. Other common respiratory problems that affect workers include pneumonitis, tuberculosis, occupational asthma, silicosis, pharyngitis, and chronic pulmonary disease (COPD).
Hearing loss: For those who work with or around loud machinery or in particularly noisy environments, there is a high likelihood that they will experience some hearing loss as they age. Even with the use of earbuds or earmuffs, it is not uncommon for employees in certain industries to suffer some accelerated hearing loss as a result of their exposure to noise. If you are experiencing hearing loss, in many cases, workers' compensation might cover the costs of a hearing aid.
Overexertion: Employees across a wide range of industries are all susceptible to these types of injuries. From duties that involve heavy lifting to repetitive tasks that put an intense amount of strain on specific muscles in the body, overexertion is among the top reasons for workers' compensation claims. Common overexertion injuries include shoulder and back injuries, hernias, ankle sprains, leg injuries, and joint injuries.
Musculoskeletal disorders: These types of complaints are often experienced by those in the healthcare industry, such as orderlies, nurses, and attendants. Most of these injuries involve rotator cuff disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, and back-related injuries.
If you developed an occupational illness, you are likely in need of vital workers' compensation benefits to assist you throughout this time. Unfortunately, employers and insurance companies often push back. At Smolich & Smolich, our Sacramento workers' compensation attorneys are dedicated to guiding injured workers throughout the claims process from start to finish. We believe that you should take this time to focus on recovering rather than on worrying about legal fees, which is why we work on a contingency fee basis. You will not owe us a cent until we win your case!
Contact our office today at (916) 571-0400 to schedule a free case evaluation with a knowledgeable member of our legal team.


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Le foreste pluviali di Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin sono un'ecoregione dell'ecozona indomalese, definita dal WWF, che occupa la parte inferiore dei versanti collinari della regione montuosa al confine tra India, Bangladesh e Birmania (codice ecoregione: IM0131), coprendo una superficie di 135.600 km². Situate nel punto in cui si incontrano i bioti del subcontinente indiano e dell'Indocina, in una zona di transizione tra le regioni subtropicali e tropicali dell'Asia, le foreste pluviali di Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin ospitano una ricca biodiversità. Il WWF la classifica come «eccezionale a livello globale» in termini di biodiversità.

Geografia
L'ecoregione è caratterizzata da una foresta pluviale semi-sempreverde che copre le pendici inferiori delle Chin Hills e dei monti Arakan nello stato birmano di Rakhine e in quello indiano di Manipur e le adiacenti Chittagong Hills nel Bangladesh, per poi proseguire a nord lungo le Naga e le Mizo Hills, coprendo la maggior parte degli stati indiani di Nagaland e Mizoram, e ad est attraverso la regione di Sagaing e lo stato Kachin fino al confine tra Cina e Birmania.

Le foreste pluviali costiere del Myanmar occupano le pianure costiere della Birmania a sud e a sud-ovest di questa ecoregione. Ad ovest, l'ecoregione confina con le foreste subtropicali del Meghalaya, che si estendono sulle Khasi e le Garo Hills, e le foreste pluviali semi-sempreverdi delle pianure attraversate dal Brahmaputra. Le foreste pluviali di Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin si estendono fino a 1000 m di altitudine attraverso la catena montuosa Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma e sono sostituite dalle foreste montane Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma al di sopra di tale quota. Dal momento che questa ecoregione si estende verso est fin nell'interno della Birmania, confina con le foreste decidue umide del bacino dell'Irrawaddy a sud, le foreste subtropicali del Triangolo d'Oro settentrionale a nord e le foreste subtropicali dell'Indocina settentrionale ad est. La pineta dell'India nord-orientale e Birmania occupa le zone più elevate delle Naga Hills lungo il confine tra Nagaland e Birmania, ed è cinta dalle foreste pluviali di Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin ad ovest, sud ed est.

Clima
Il clima dell'ecoregione è tropicale e umido, sebbene sia un po' più fresco di quello delle pianure adiacenti. Le piogge vengono apportate per lo più dai venti monsonici che soffiano dal golfo del Bengala, e alcune zone dell'ecoregione possono riceverne più di 2000 mm all'anno.

Flora

Nella foresta pluviale di Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin la comunità floristica principale è la foresta pluviale semi-sempreverde, che copre la gran parte della superficie intatta dell'ecoregione, vale a dire il 36%. Altre comunità floristiche sono la foresta sempreverde umida (il 5% della superficie totale dell'ecoregione), la foresta decidua umida tropicale (il 2%), la foresta temperata umida di montagna (il 2%) e la foresta di montagna subtropicale (l'1%). Il 19% dell'ecoregione è stato ormai convertito in campi coltivati e pascoli, e il 34% della superficie totale consiste oggi in aree degradate.

La foresta pluviale semi-sempreverde è dominata da alberi della famiglia delle Dipterocarpacee, tra cui Dipterocarpus alatus, D. turbinatus, D. grandiflorus, Parashorea stellata, Hopea odorata, Shorea burmanica e Anisoptera scaphula. Alberi appartenenti ad altre famiglie qui presenti sono Swintonia floribunda, Eugenia grandis, Xylia xylocarpa, Gmelina arborea, Bombax insignis, Bombax ceiba, Albizia procera e Castanopsis spp..

Fauna

L'ecoregione ospita 149 specie conosciute di mammiferi. Tra questi figurano due specie quasi-endemiche, il pipistrello Hypsugo joffrei e il roditore muride Hadromys humei. Nell'ecoregione vivono varie specie di mammiferi rari e in pericolo di estinzione, come la tigre (Panthera tigris), il leopardo nebuloso (Neofelis nebulosa), l'elefante asiatico (Elephas maximus), il tameng o cervo di Eld (Rucervus eldii), il gaur (Bos gaurus), il goral dell'Himalaya (Naemorhedus goral), il panda minore (Ailurus fulgens), la lontra liscia (Lutrogale perspicillata), la viverra indiana (Viverra zibetha), la donnola dal dorso striato (Mustela strigidorsa), il reso dei monti (Macaca assamensis), il macaco orsino (M. arctoides), il macaco dalla coda di porco (M. leonina), il presbite dal ciuffo (Trachypithecus pileatus) e l'hulock (Hylobates hoolock).

Nell'ecoregione vivono 580 specie di uccelli, delle quali 6 quasi-endemiche: la quaglia di Manipur (Perdicula manipurensis), il garrulo schiamazzante screziato (Trochalopteron virgatum), il garrulo schiamazzante capobruno (T. austeni), il garrulo di palude (Pellorneum palustre), il garrulo scricciolo codalunga (Spelaeornis longicaudatus) e il garrulo scricciolo beccoconico (Sphenocichla humei).

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Abu Dhabi Festival > Events > POAN2 > International Mother Language Day
21 February, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
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In celebration of International Mother Language Day, and as part of the cultural programme held alongside the Portrait of a Nation II: Beyond Narratives exhibition, an esteemed panel of prominent cultural leaders, academics and calligraphy artists will explore the role of language in defining cultural identity, conveying emotions, and communicating ideas both through words and symbolic gestures. This thought-provoking panel discussion sheds light on the essential link between language, calligraphy and art in the context of culture and identity.
Talk is in Arabic language
Location: Portrait of Nation II: Beyond Narratives Exhibition, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
Date: 21 February 2022
HE Dr. Ali Bin Tamim
Chairman of Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, Secretary-General of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
HE Dr. Sultan Al Amimi
Chairman of Emirates Writers Union, Director of the Poet's Academy
Tagelsir Hassan
Calligrapher and Visual Artist.
Dr. Corinne Stokes
Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language at New York University Abu Dhabi, MA in Arabic Studies and Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from The University of Texas at Austin
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Activation space, Portrait of Nation II: Beyond Narratives Exhibition, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi


Big data is big news at the moment. The latest Yahoo! data breach, which affected data from over 500 million customers, continues to be discussed by press and public alike, while the role of big data in predicting and even influencing last year's US election brought the term firmly into mainstream awareness.
The applications of big data are as varied as they are complex, with big data being used to help candidates and parties win votes across the world, and big data even predicted by Forbes magazine to be able to take over a range of jobs in the future. It is likely to bring about changes in law enforcement (with big data already making an impact in helping to cut crime and save money when policing New Year's Eve in New York), alter the role of accountants, and influence the day-to-day activity of teachers and doctors.
Bearing in mind its wide-ranging importance to society in 2017, the attempts of hackers to steal big data and use it to blackmail companies is a hugely threatening tactic that needs to be at the forefront of online security management. Imperva, who specialize in helping companies keep big data safe and secure, have warned that with the growth of big data (with IDC predicting that there will be double-digit growth for big data and business analytics between now and 2020), comes a responsibility to ensure that big data security is carried out sensitively and comprehensively. To put it plainly, there is way more to lose if big data is not protected adequately.
It may seem unintuitive, but one means of helping to advance big data security and incident management should the worst happen, is by using information and trends gleaned by big data analysis itself. This symbiotic relationship could help companies make sure that they use any understanding of big data to keep the data they actually possess or make use of safe.
A big part of this relationship is learning the lessons from big data incidents to understand more closely the challenges that exist in securing big data environments. Many of these challenges come down to just one word: multiplicity. Let's take the multiple layers of big data environments as a case in point. Different layers perform different functions within the overall environment of the big data set. For instance, querying and interface options sit separately to top-level management tools, which in turn sit separately to the actual data storage.
Each layer has its own lifecycle and needs to be secured and guarded independently of the other layers while still fulfilling its role and purpose as part of a secure "whole" entity. Open-source framework Hadoop is a good example of this multiplicity, and lessons can be learned from the big data incidents that have affected Hadoop to inform big data protection in the future. With Hadoop, all data could well be encrypted on the platform, but if some of the key management elements are separated from the system and not adequately protected, this layer will remain prone to threats, rendering the entire system vulnerable.
The challenges faced by big data in 2017 are varied and complex, but learning lessons from big data incidents and using this new knowledge as a security weapon to help protect emerging big data sets is a virtuous circle that, with some practice, could well prove to be the turning point in the fight against cybercrime.


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Man Pleads Guilty to Scamming Google, Facebook
Rimasauskas is likely to be sentenced on July 24
The Google name is displayed outside the company's office in London, Britain. VOA
A 50-year-old man from Lithuania has pleaded guilty to scamming Google and Facebook into paying over $120 million for work that never took place.
According to a report in The New York Times on Monday, Evaldas Rimasauskas was involved in running a company that controlled several accounts at banks in Latvia and Cyprus.
Posing as Quanta Computer, a Taiwan-based laptop manufacturer, the phishing scheme netted $23 million from Google in 2013 and $98 million from Facebook in 2015.
"As Evaldas Rimasauskas admitted today, he devised a blatant scheme to fleece US companies out of $100 million, and then siphoned those funds to bank accounts around the globe," Geoffrey S Berman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement.
"Rimasauskas thought he could hide behind a computer screen halfway across the world while he conducted his fraudulent scheme, but as he has learned, the arms of American justice are long, and he now faces significant time in a U.S. prison," Berman was quoted as saying.
Rimasauskas, who was extradited from Lithuania to the US in 2017, faces up to 30 years in prison.
This photograph taken on May 16, 2018, shows a figurine standing in front of the logo of social network Facebook on a cracked screen of a smartphone in Paris. VOA
Rimasauskas sent fraudulent phishing emails to agents from Google and Facebook regularly involved in directing business with Quanta.
After the money was wired from Google and Facebook to the bank accounts in Cyprus and Latvia, Rimasauskas "caused the stolen funds to be quickly wired into different bank accounts in various locations throughout the world, including Latvia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary and Hong Kong."
Facebook said in a statement that the company had "recovered the bulk of the funds shortly after the incident and has been cooperating with law enforcement in its investigation.
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Google said in a statement to CNET that it had "detected this fraud and promptly alerted the authorities. We recouped the funds and we're pleased this matter is resolved".
Rimasauskas is likely to be sentenced on July 24. (IANS)


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Act of Kabarda 1805: the New Document About Zhankhot Kushiku, The Last Grand Prince of Kabardia, by Albek and Astemir Abazov
Authors: Albek Abazov, Astemir Abazov
Erciyes University (Kayseri, Turkey), Department of Circassian Language and Literature (2014)
Language: Türçe (Turkish), Русский (Russian) and English
Key words: Kabarda, duke, wali, 1805, land, piece of ground, guardian, Act, border, Shkeshkh, Baksan, Cherek.
The Circassian history reveals that Zhankhot Kushiku (1758 – 1830) was the last Grand Prince in Kabardian country. However, till now there is not a clear vision about the time when Zhankhot Kushiku was born, and about the year he was elected the Grand Prince of Kabardia.
An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire by Robert Sears
Sears, Robert
An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire
Embracing its Geographical Features, Political Divisions, Principal Cities and Towns, Population, Classes, Government, Resources, Commerce, Antiquities, Religion, Progress in Education, Literature, Art and Science, Manners and Customes, Historic Summary, etc., from the latest and the most authentic sources.
The book includes 26 detailed chapters with descriptions ranging from the Baltic Provinces to Russian Poland to Siberia to the Caucasian Provinces with scores of information on such topics as the wild animals of Livonia, the habits of the Russian nobility, the history of the Greek Church, the sources of the Volga River, Jews in the Baltic provinces, the suburbs of Warsaw, the mausoleum of the Khans, the Russian stove and double windows, ship building in St. Petersburg, Siberia as a penal colony and the imperial judicial system.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh by Hans Vogt (1963)
Title: Dictionnaire de la langue oubykh
Author: Vogt, Hans
Publisher: Universitetsforlaget
Place: Published Oslo
Publication Language: Fra
Hans Kamstrup Vogt (1 June 1903 – 25 September 1986) was a Norwegian linguist who specialized in the Caucasian languages, especially Georgian. He also did significant early work on the Kalispel language.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 1937, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters from 1957 and of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature from 1971.
Records collected by the Caucasian Archaeological Commission
Edited by: A.P. Berzhe
Publisher: Printing Press of the Chief Administration of the Viceroy of the Caucasus
Place of Publication: Tiflis
Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией
Под редакцией: А.П. Берже
Издательство: Тип. Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского
Место издания: Тифлис
Год издания: 1866-1904
Documents on the history of the Caucasus from the Xth century to 1862 were published on the initiative of the Russian authorities under the editorship of the chairman of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, Adolf Petrovich Berzhe (1828 - 1886). The 12 volumes contain a variety of information on the history of the peoples of the Caucasus: an Arab chronicle, firmans, gudzhars (charters) and other official records, mostly dating from the XIVth - the first half of the XIX century in the Georgian, Armenian, Russian, Arabic, Persian, Tatar and Turkish languages with translations into Russian, together with genealogies of local khans and sultans. Each volume also includes documents from the administration of successive viceroys of the Caucasus.
Journal of a residence in Circassia during the years 1837, 1838, and 1839 by James Stanislaus Bell (Vol. I & II)
Publisher London : Edward Moxon
London, 1840. This book contains color illustrations.
"Those of my readers who happen to have heard of the "Affair of the Vixen," will be already aware that my first visit to Circassia was induced by mercantile objects-the establishment of trade with the natives. On my second visit to that country I had the same objects in view, in consequence of the expectation then generally prevalent, that our Government would have enforced reparation for the seizure of the Vixen, thereby affording an opening for trade but the expedition was undertaken at the desire (as I was led to suppose) of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, intimated by the Under- secretary, Mr. Strangways, to Mr. Urquhart, then Secretary of Legation at Constantinople, who communicated it to and made arrangements with me."
A North West Caucasian Linguistic Reader by John Colarusso
From the Documentary History of the Caucasian War: Declaration of Circassian Independence by K. F. Dzamikhov
Dictionary of the Circassian Language by Dr. L. Loewe (1854)
Study of trade on Circassian-Abkhazian Black Sea in the years 1750-1762, by M. Pejsonel
Israel pledges $58 million for Druze, Circassian communities
A NEW HOMELAND The Massacre of The Circassians, Their Exodus To The Ottoman Empire and Their Place In Modern Turkey. By Fabio L. Grassi
Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko released on bail as defence claims rigged witness testimonies
Martin Kochesoko transferred under house arrest
Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria on drugs charges
CW's aim is to raise awareness of Circassian culture, history and contemporary politics in global academia, journalism and policy making circles to pave the way for "Circassian Studies" to be recognized as a constituent part of Caucasian Studies.
How Russian state pressure on regional languages is sparking civic activism in the North Caucasus by Mikail Kaplan
There and back: Circassians in Anatolia, by Jim Samson
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The Queen Anne Style, popular in America from 1880-1920, had its roots in the English style of the same name, spread through the use of pattern books and early architectural journals. Once it crossed the Atlantic, the style became distinctly American—particularly in its exploitation of turned wood elements and use of a variety of textures. The dominant features are an asymmetrical façade, frequent use towers or turrets, broad areas of shingles—often shaped, ornate bargeboards, and elaborate turned wood porch posts, balusters and newel posts. Predominantly wood frame, many of these houses would have been painted with multiple colors used to "pick out" various decorative elements. The floor plan of this style was typically irregular with rooms of varying size, often radiating off a large entrance area.
One of the most popular styles in American residential architecture, from the American Centennial in 1876 through the mid-20th century, the Colonial Revival Style draws from America's colonial past, particularly delighting in the decorative details and the symmetrical proportions of 18th century Georgian architecture, which was derived from Classical Greek and Roman architecture. The classic Colonial Revival house has a symmetrical façade with a central entrance, classical ornamentation, such as columns and pilasters, pediments over the doorway and either a side-facing gable or gambrel roof. Some later examples of the style derive inspiration from America's earliest buildings in the use of an overhang at the second floor and the use of casement windows and carved pendants. Whether grand or modest, the floor plans of this type of house reflect the balance of elements of the façade, with a central entrance hall and rooms, typically two, on either side.
Popular from 1890-1930s, the Tudor Revival style was inspired by "picturesque" elements of medieval English and European buildings. Some versions of the style replicated the half-timbering found during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras of England. Many examples exhibit elements associated with vernacular cottages, such as simulated "thatch" roofs and stucco exteriors, smaller proportioned windows–frequently casements with small panes of glass, curious elements such as "dove cotes" and prominent chimneys—often a dominant design feature of the facade. Many examples have asymmetrical facades, with a sweeping roofline, diamond-paned windows and ornamental stone or brickwork. With the Tudor Revival, the large central entrance "hall" of the Colonial Revival is typically replaced by a smaller entrance vestibule-often projecting from the façade. The plan may be irregular, reflecting the exterior placement of elements, or it could be quite balanced.
This was a truly American house type, popular from the late 1890s through 1930. It was essentially a cube—two stories with an attic, with either a hipped or pyramidal roof. Large dormers made the attic space a usable room. A large, welcoming porch typically extends along the full front. The façade is symmetrical with a central entrance, although there are variations with a side entrance. Windows are large and grouped, providing more light than earlier house types. The Four Square—less a style than a "type" was easily "accented" with architectural features from other styles—typically Colonial Revival and the Craftsman style.
The Arts and Crafts movement began in England in the latter decades of the 19th century and was popular in America from the 1900s through the 1920s. The Arts and Crafts movement included furniture design and the decorative arts, such as fabric and ceramics, and became a popular and distinctive method of building and living. In America, this movement was championed by Gustav Stickley, who built his home "Craftsman Farms" in Parsippany, N.J. in 1911. The Craftsman Style was the culmination of this movement in built form as it expressed the "hand made." The typical form of the Craftsman house would have a low-pitched roofline with wide, overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails or brackets. A mixture of materials, particularly the use of rustic looking rubble stone for foundations, chimneys and porch posts, was typical. The floor plan was new as well, and featured an "open" plan, where rooms could flow into each other, sometimes separated by a screen wall of columns or bookcases.
Many houses in the College Hill neighborhood are not easily classified into particular styles because the architect or builder freely combined elements of several styles within one building resulting in a quite exuberant design. In particular, a simple, rectangular house form with regularly placed windows, as in the Colonial Revival style, sometimes has elements from the Tudor Revival, such as a steeply pitched gable over the entrance or an exaggerated chimney stack used in a decorative manner on the facade. The American Four Square house type in particular lends itself to the application of elements of an architectural vocabulary associated with variety of period revival styles.


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Time stood still for Jason. He wasn't even sure if he was breathing. From the edge of his vision, he could see Reyga staring at him in confusion. The three warriors watched him with expressions ranging from intrigued curiosity to wary suspicion. All of this was a footnote in the back of his mind as he tried to comprehend the fact that his father, now an old man, was standing before him in a world that wasn't their own.
For his part, his father seemed like he couldn't decide whether Jason was real or a hallucination. After blinking his aged eyes several times, he hesitantly reached out a trembling hand. As his fingers touched Jason's sleeve, the elderly Bennett drew a ragged breath that collapsed into a sob, and he drew his son into his feeble embrace.
"Dad? What are you doing here? How did you get here?" But even as he asked, a part of him realized that he wasn't alone in this world any more. Somehow, his father had found him. His arms slowly went around this frail, old man that his father had become, and he held to him tightly. In his father's embrace, the feeling of loss that he'd been holding at bay finally broke loose, and tears flowed down his face as well.
Eventually, they regained their composure and separated themselves. The elder Bennett, however, refused to release Jason's hand, as if afraid that if he let go his son would vanish once again.
He stared in at his father in shock. What? What do you mean 'divorced'? You were happily married three days ago! The word echoed through his mind. Divorced…divorced… His parents had always been the epitome of the "match made in heaven." He sank into a chair.
Jason was stunned. "Fif…" he breathed. It was hard to think. Fifty years? How could that be? He couldn't grasp what he had just heard and decided to set it aside for the moment. There were more important questions he needed answered. "Why did Mom leave?" he repeated.
Out of the corner of his eye, Jason saw Reyga stiffen, but he was too involved in his father's tale to wonder about it. He searched his memory, dredging through fragmented segments of his father's half-forgotten history lessons.
Jason shook his head, confused. "But I don't understand why you're so much older. How could you have come here thirty years ago, but not stepped through the rift for another twenty years?" he asked.
Before getting back on the road, they found an outfitter where they replenished their food and water. They rearranged the supplies so Jason's father could ride on one of the charnoths, and set out once more.
"This is a remarkable world, Jason, don't you think?" his father asked.
"The dimsai is truly amazing," the elder Bennett said.
He shook his head. "I don't know what you're talking about. I haven't seen any magic." Then he stopped. "Or have I?" He looked at Reyga.
"Why wouldn't the Circle want Jason to know about dimsai?" his father asked.
"I cannot say anything other than that we were unsure as to what kind of person Jason was. If he turned out to be an enemy, we did not want to reveal too much to him about our world," the Loremaster explained.
"Well, I may just have a few things to say myself to this High One," Jason replied.
"I know," Reyga said. "I am not altogether pleased with the situation myself. I thank you for your forbearance." He gave Jason a formal bow.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Jason muttered. Then, slightly embarrassed by Reyga's bow, he turned back to the trail.
In a blur, Gatlor and Calador drew their weapons and scanned the trees around them. Seerka's ears laid back, and Jason could hear a growl from deep in his throat. The Ferrin's claws were fully extended, and he looked ready to leap on the first thing that approached the camp.
Jason glanced around nervously, not knowing what to expect. The forest, so cheery with birdsong just a moment ago, now seemed threatening and dangerous in the ominous silence. He jumped as the sound of something crashing through the underbrush broke the stillness.
Before Lenai could answer, a raspy hissing sound filled the air, and the raiders burst from the woods around them. As the warriors raised their weapons, the girl took one step towards the approaching creatures and vanished.
Several of the charnoths were already tearing at the ground. One or two gave screeches that Jason could only compare to the sound of a hundred fingernails scraping across a blackboard. They got Jason's father down and into the center of the warriors and animals just as Jason heard the first clash of metal. He turned to see what was happening.
Gatlor, sword in one hand and long dagger in the other, was fighting a creature that looked part human and part reptile. The creature's scaly skin was a dark mottled green, almost black in some places. It wore dark leather armor, and carried a jagged-edged, double-bladed short sword in one clawed hand, and a thin black dagger in the other. Lizards with swords. Now there's something you don't see every day.
He pushed the thought aside, and watched as Gatlor countered the raider's attack with dazzling speed. The flash of sunlight on steel turned the warrior's parries and blocks into a blur of gleaming metal and leather. Then the creature sank to its knees, dark blood flowing from a gaping wound in its neck, courtesy of a blow almost too fast to see.
Jason turned to see how the others were faring. Calador had engaged several Trellin. He wielded a large axe in one hand, and an equally large maul in the other. The weapons swung like pendulums of destruction at the ends of the warrior's powerful arms. Whenever one of his attackers would move too slowly, a devastating blow sent the creature flying away to crumble in a motionless heap wherever it landed, viscid blood soaking into the grass and dirt below.
As Jason watched, another creature darted in from Calador's side. Its sword came down on the huge warrior's forearm with a force that would have severed an ordinary man's arm. Calador roared as his plate-like skin absorbed the blow. A back swing of the maul crushed the creature's skull. Blood began to flow from his arm, but he didn't appear to notice as he turned back to his other opponents.
The smell of blood and beast was thick in the air as Jason turned again. Fifty feet away, Seerka moved with inhuman speed and agility, growling and screaming like a mountain cat. As the raiders swung at him, he nimbly dodged their blows, or blocked them with his bracers, and then darted in and slashed at the creatures with his claws. The Ferrin's acrobatic jumps, blocks, and rolls were a mesmerizing exhibition in deadly skill and grace. There were already two Trellin lying in dark crimson pools at the feline warrior's feet, their faces and necks reduced to scaly tatters.
Tearing his eyes away, Jason saw that the charnoths were fighting as well. He watched as two of them attacked one of the raiders and dispatched it with a ferocity that caused him to turn his head in nausea.
A heavy blow knocked him to the ground. Head ringing, he looked up to see one of the creatures standing over him. Just as it began to raise its sword, a streak of yellow flew into its face. It stumbled back as it tried to dislodge the furious bundle of feathers and talons attacking it. Jason couldn't be certain, but it looked like the same bird that had landed on his shoulder when he and Reyga were on the forest path.
He rolled over and started crawling away on his hands and knees, when the bird's screeching stopped. A rough, booted foot in the small of his back pinned him to the ground. The pressure vanished, and he rolled to his back to see the creature standing over him once again. He saw the bird struggling on the ground a short distance away.
He tried to roll out of the way, but the creature's feet were on either side of him, preventing his escape. He could only watch as the sword began its fatal descent. Just as the blade was about to split his skull, a greenish-white flash of light stopped the sword inches from his face. He looked over and saw Reyga standing with his staff pointed at the creature, the crystal in the end of his staff glowing like a small emerald sun.
Then a shadow passed over Jason, and, with a bone-crushing thud, the creature was gone. He got to his knees in time to see that Calador had crushed the raider's chest with his maul, and was now bringing his axe down. Jason looked away quickly, but still heard the sickening crunch of the weapon striking home.
He looked to the other side of the battle, wondering where Lenai was. He saw one of the raiders stagger as if a weight had fallen on it, and then clutch at a jagged gash that ripped open across its neck. As the creature sank to its knees, Lenai appeared behind it, blood-covered dagger in hand. Her skin had flushed to a dark maroon, and the look on her face sent chills up his spine. She scanned the battle and vanished again.
He watched another raider stagger. This one had faster reactions than the first. Quickly, it reached up over its head, grabbed a handful of air, and slammed its invisible load into the ground. A cloud of dust flew up and Lenai appeared, visibly stunned. She rolled unsteadily to her hands and knees, shaking her head. Her back was to the Trellin, so she didn't see it approaching her, sword in hand.
"No!" he yelled, and with a speed that surprised even him, he charged toward Lenai and her would-be executioner.
Lenai looked up at him blankly. It was clear that she hadn't recovered her senses yet. As the raider raised its sword, Jason dove over her and hit the creature with a tackle that sent them both tumbling.
He jumped to his feet and ducked underneath the first swing of its sword, but he wasn't quick enough to dodge as the creature plunged the dagger in its other hand into his shoulder. He backed away, clutching his shoulder. As the raider moved toward him, raising its sword, the hilt of a dagger appeared sticking out of the side of its neck.
It staggered back, clawing at its throat. Jason turned to thank Lenai, but she was still on her knees trying to clear her head. He looked past her and saw Gatlor running toward them, one slot in his bandolier conspicuously empty.
Gatlor grabbed the front of the creature's armor. "What are you doing here?" The only answer it gave was a last gurgling hiss as it died in his grasp.
His sword clanged to the ground as he took an arrow from his quiver and nocked it in the bow that was suddenly in his other hand. He raised the bow and released the arrow. There was a hissing roar of pain as the raider fell to the ground, the arrow protruding from the back of its leg.
"Take him alive!" Gatlor barked, as Calador and Seerka went to retrieve the fallen creature.
He turned back just as Jason lightly touched the dagger. "No!" he snapped, grabbing Jason's wrist. "You must not remove the blade. We must get you to Lore's Haven at once. Loremaster Reyga!" he called as he turned away from Jason.
"I think I'll be okay," Jason said. "It hurts, but not as much as I thought it w—" He gasped and fell to his knees as liquid fire ran through his shoulder. It felt as if the dagger had become a red-hot brand piercing his flesh. As he struggled to catch his breath, the burning crawled from his shoulder down his arm, and then to his chest and neck. Fiery tendrils of pain spread to the rest of his body like magma flowing down a volcano. He collapsed to the ground and could do nothing but lie there, writhing in agony. It felt like his entire body was in a blazing furnace.
Spots danced in front of his eyes as the pain intensified even more. He turned his head and saw Reyga making mysterious gestures with his hands, and then the air shimmered in front of him. Past the shimmering, Jason saw a small blur of yellow rising toward the sky. He thought he should know what it was, but couldn't focus through the searing pain. He heard his father saying, "Jason. Jason, hold on." The last thing he felt was the Dokal warrior lifting him, then the pain became too great. With one final agonized cry, he blacked out.
A hooded figure stepped out from the concealment of the trees as the last of the party stepped through the portal. It watched the portal winked out of existence, then it slowly walked through the array of reptilian corpses on the ground.
"Well, and well, Gatlor. I see you and the others have not completely lost your fighting skills." Thin lips smiled underneath the hood. "No matter. This was merely a test. How interesting that Brusha is the pup's father." With a gesture, a portal opened up. "Aye, 'tis very interesting indeed." A moment later, the portal vanished, taking the figure with it.
Posted on April 5, 2017 May 3, 2017 by Dave WalkerPosted in Jaben's RiftTagged Fantasy, Jaben's Rift.