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Tales from the SOC: The Simulated Attack
March 27, 2018 | Matt Kimpel
In today's world, understanding threats and how to avoid them are critical to a business's success. Last year, we saw an evolution in malware and attacks. Ransomwares like WannaCry made their debut; featuring worm-like attributes that allowed ransomware to self-propagate through a network, exploiting vulnerable machines and continuing the damage. We started to see attackers using more advanced automation in their malware and shiftier distribution methods to thwart defenses. In September 2017, we saw a supply chain attack against download servers that added a Trojan virus within versions of the popular CCleaner PC utility software. The download was undetected for almost a month and it is estimated that over 2 million users had installed it.
According to the US government, cyberattacks reportedly cost the US economy a $57-109 billion-dollar loss in 2016. Cisco reported in 2017 that 53% of cyberattacks resulted in damages of over $500k or more; 8% had damage totals over $5 million per incident. While costs are skyrocketing, so is the average timeframe for detecting cyberattacks. Multiple studies over the last several years have found businesses are averaging a three to eight-month time period before even detecting a cyber-attack.
We know the threat is real and the costs of a cyberattack can be exorbitant, so what can we do with all this information? As an MSSP, something we always recommend to our clients and prospects is practicing a multi-layer defense approach within their network. Multiple layers of security are an important part of detecting, preventing, and minimizing a business's exposure to a cyberattack. So many times, we have heard "I have good anti-virus and an expensive firewall; I don't need any other defenses." Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Preventive security is no longer enough; organizations must build a strong defense and use offensive practices to proactively head off potential intrusions.
In today's blog, we share with you a real-life experience and what we did to mitigate the threat by building a strong cybersecurity strategy.
Tale from Our SOC
Several years ago, we helped a client implement managed security services. The client's priorities were never focused on security, until they had hired a consulting company to perform a simulated cyberattack. The exercise shed light on their security shortcomings. It highlighted how the current controls they had in place failed during the simulated attack and what methods were missing from their environment, including: incident response, security awareness and systems capable of detecting these acts.
The Simulated Attack
When the simulated attack was started, they only used the organization's name. The first step was reconnaissance about this organization, where common tools like Google and LinkedIn were used to search for user email formats, website, and domain information. As the discovery phase progressed, IPs for VPN server access and email servers were identified. Based off the information they discovered, user lists were built, and a phishing campaign was prepared. The attacker ran vulnerability scans and methodical brute force tests to identify any weaknesses within the external services they had already identified.
The next step in the simulated attack was the phishing campaign. Now that the attacker had built a list of potential emails, they fired a phishing email off to the targeted employees. Many users happily signed into a deceptive website and entered domain credentials for a chance to win an iPad from HR – which made the attacker's job that much easier. Within about 15 minutes of work, they already had information that would let them dig deeper, without even attempting exploits against vulnerabilities that they had found during the discovery phase. The phishing website that was used was also packed with an exploit kit that allowed the attacker to obtain reverse shell access via PowerShell on users' computers – a popular tactic used by threat actors. Since a few users had connected the attacker into the environment, they were free to investigate the machines they now controlled.
As the attacker was unaware of who might have mentioned a suspicious email to IT, they had to act quickly. A simple reboot would kick the attacker out since the exploit was neither persistent nor installed. When the credentials were obtained, the attacker also used them to connect into the network via the organization's remote access VPN they had already discovered.
The remote access VPN had no additional authentication challenge other than a valid set of domain credentials. Working with the machines they had PowerShell access to, they eventually identified that one of users had local admin access to the workstation and there were at least six additional users who had signed into this workstation at some point. Utilizing their PowerShell access, several popular tools were used to determine encrypted cache passwords for a brute force attack.
Since the domain password policy only enforced six characters, they successfully decrypted all six accounts. Having no idea if these were current or expired passwords or what level of access these accounts held within the network, they started testing them against other machines that were identified from the remote access VPN. It was determined they had obtained at least one domain administrator account from the list. At this point the rest was history; the attacker was now free to move around to any device on the network with minimal resistance.
How to Prevent This Attack
So, what could have been done to prevent this from happening? What if this was a real attacker who had installed ransomware or some other type of malware? In this scenario there are several security practices that could have detected andor prevented this:
Let's start with the most obvious issue, the users. In this scenario and so many other experiences we have seen, organizational Security Awareness training is lacking. We have seen businesses wire tens of thousands of dollars to attackers via C-Level spear-phishing attacks to phishing attacks that leads to an intrusion. Keeping your staff aware of what to look for is very important. Another solution in this scenario would have been to use a spam filtering system capable of identifying phishing emails and flagging external emails. Providing a visual cue to a user such as [EXTERNAL] in the subject field can help head off many phishing attacks.
During the exercise, vulnerabilities were also found in some of their externally facing services. While the attacker did not need to exploit these, performing proactive Vulnerability Scanning would have identified missing patches and a hole within an existing patch procedure. Patch Management is an important practice that was also neglected here. While many companies practice patch management, having a patch procedure documented will keep you aware of what services are externally facing. Keeping those systems free from known vulnerabilities can lessen your chances of becoming a target.
During the simulated attack the threat actor utilized a remote access VPN to access the network. Multifactor Authentication (MFA) has become a standard for securing internet facing applications. If the attacker had faced a MFA enabled VPN, even with the known credentials it would have made it very difficult for them to continue with the attack without finding a more challenging method in.
Once the attacker was inside the environment they discovered that the client had a poor password policy and all users had local admin credentials to their workstations. The IT department was also using their own accounts which had domain administrator rights to perform basic setups and troubleshoot workstation issues. Since they had no password expiration and strong passwords were not enforced, their credentials were cached on the machines, which the attacker exploited.
While the client had data backups, it is important to note that if an attacker had used ransomware with data encryption abilities the client may have suffered a significant data loss. Having a robust and efficient Data Backup and Disaster Recovery system is an important layer of defense.
The main piece missing from this customer's arsenal of tools was a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution. A tool like AlienVault's Unified Security Management (USM) coupled with a knowledgeable MSSP would have enabled the logging and correlation required to identify many of the shortcomings in the tale above. I can never stress enough how important logging and correlation is. There have been countless times where we've seen clients who have had an intrusion; however they have no means of determining how the attacker got in or where an attack might have spread.
Following the exercise, company ownership made security a top priority. The organization worked with a consultant to implement security awareness training for their user base while assisting in building compliance-based policies and procedures that are now followed. The organization also now performs table top exercises in conjunction with our team to review scenarios and how they should respond.
Over the next year, we assisted in implementing numerous changes within the client's environment. We implemented our MDR solution (USM Anywhere) pulling logs from every corner of their network. We worked with them to install next generation firewalls that run malware, IPS, URL, DNS and geographically blocking. We implemented group policy changes to enforce stronger password and enabled the client to separate user accounts from admin accounts.
Once all of these changes had been implemented, another simulated cyberattack was performed. During the exercise, several users did input credentials that provided the attacker access, however with the improved security implementation; the attacker was forced to attempt an install of a tool on the client. The next generation firewall detected this intrusion and blocked it. Since this was unsuccessful for the attacker, they attempted to connect to the remote access VPN. The client had not yet implemented MFA, so the attacker connected again successfully. The difference here was the MDR solution was enabled and actively monitored. During the exercise we received three different alarms:
Brute-force attack alarm from a VPN user IP.
Alarm generated by the IPS, identifying a hacking application was blocked.
Several additional alarms related to the user's PC where anti-virus and logging identified an application attempting to be installed.
We executed the incident response plan: killing the VPN access, disabling the users' accounts and then escalated the information to the internal team. They were able to pull the affected machines off the network and the incident was contained. While the attacker had still gained access, quick response kept the incident from going any deeper. Over the next several weeks MFA was enabled on all external facing applications.
The simulated attack exercise is a great example of how an attacker can easily slip by traditional defenses and why layers of defense are required in your cybersecurity strategy. Each solution discussed above would have played a pivotal part in detecting and/or stopping the original attack. As we saw in the second attack, the newly added layers of defense were key in slowing down the attack, which ultimately kept the attacker from gaining any sensitive information.
Matt Kimpel is the Director of IT Engineering at Magna5, his trade is network security. Magna5 is a certified AlienVault Partner. Check his company out at http://www.magna5global.com/managed-security/
About the Author: Matt Kimpel
Matt Kimpel is the Director of IT Engineering at Magna5, his trade is network security. Magna5 is a certified AlienVault Partner and offers a full suite of managed security services from their 24/7/365 fully staffed Operations Center in Pittsburgh. Their services include managed detection and response, vulnerability scanning, patch management, firewall and IPS management, and data backup and disaster recovery. Check his company out at [url=http://www.magna5global.com/managed-security/]http://www.magna5global.com/managed-security/[/url]
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U.S. Oil Reserve Created for Supply Disruptions, Not Strictly Military Use
By Nora Macaluso
Posted on December 3, 2021 | Corrected on December 8, 2021
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was set up as an emergency source of oil to keep supplies flowing in the event of unexpected disruptions. It's not just designed "for when we get attacked and need the fuel to keep our Air Force in the air," as social media posts falsely claim.
President Joe Biden announced on Nov. 23 that the Department of Energy would release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, "to lower prices for Americans and address the mismatch between demand exiting the pandemic and supply."
Responding to Biden's action, conservative commentator Jesse Kelly falsely claimed in a tweet that same day that the SPR was intended strictly for military purposes, not to meet market demand.
"PRO TIP: The strategic oil reserve is for when we get attacked and need the fuel to keep our Air Force in the air," the tweet, which was shared widely on Facebook, read. "It's so your cities and towns don't get bombed into powder. With you and your family in them. It's not for when you get some bad poll numbers about high gas prices."
Though the reserve was established with national security in mind, it wasn't envisioned for use only in the event of war. Under consideration since the 1940s, the SPR was established in response to energy shortages created by the 1973-74 oil embargo. Then-President Gerald Ford signed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, or EPCA, in 1975, which declared U.S. policy to build a reserve of up to one billion barrels of petroleum.
The oil in the reserve — currently about 600 million barrels — is housed in four salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana.
Reducing the Burden on Consumers
The president may authorize a drawdown from the reserve in response to a "severe energy supply interruption," the EPCA states. The "interruption" may be a supply shortage which the president determines is "of significant scope and duration, and of an emergency nature; may cause major adverse impact on national safety or the national economy; and results, or is likely to result, from an interruption in the supply of imported petroleum products, or from sabotage or an act of God."
Since 1975, the reserve has been tapped by both Republican and Democratic administrations to alleviate potential shortages from unexpected disasters, such as hurricanes. In 2000, the Clinton administration authorized the release of 30 million barrels in response to a rise in home heating oil prices.
The Department of Energy, which maintains the reserve, posts information about previous sales and releases on its website.
The Biden administration's announcement that it would release 50 million barrels from the reserve was made in tandem with similar announcements from India, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. China also authorized the release of additional oil into the market.
The International Energy Agency noted the announcement, saying, "We recognize that the rise in oil prices is placing a burden on consumers and has added to inflationary pressures during a period when the economic recovery remains uneven and faces a range of risks."
"In this context, we respect the assessments and decisions made by individual IEA member and partner countries on how best to respond to the specific challenges and circumstances they each face," said the IEA, an intergovernmental organization that works with countries on energy security.
Countries have coordinated oil-reserve releases three times in the past, according to the IEA: ahead of the Gulf War in 1991; after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita damaged oil infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005; and when supplies were disrupted in 2011 due to the Libyan Civil War.
The IEA's website also notes that the release of oil reserves can help calm markets. "Even when stock releases do not occur during severe market events, the availability of IEA emergency stocks can help prevent panic reactions by market participants and reduce economic damage," according to the organization.
Release of Oil Reserve May Have Limited Effect
The idea that tapping strategic reserves will lower prices may work in theory, but the amounts the U.S. and its partners have in mind isn't enough to make a significant difference, said Greg Upton, associate professor at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies.
"I don't think the amount of oil that was announced to be released is really going to have a material effect on prices for consumers," Upton told FactCheck.org in a phone interview on Nov. 29. The total amount released by the U.S., India, China and South Korea represents "about 12 hours of global consumption," he said. "It's just not really enough to move the needle."
Oil prices, he noted, were relatively unchanged the day after the White House announcement.
The SPR "was meant to be a kind of energy insurance policy," Upton said. "It was really set up for energy security and supply disruptions" rather than to influence energy prices, he said.
But it wasn't set up solely for military purposes either, Upton said, noting that current inventory only equals about 54 days of U.S. production. National security, he said, "doesn't mean just for war."
Congress, under budget legislation, previously mandated the sale of 18 million barrels of reserve oil, and that amount is included in the 50 million barrels the Biden administration is releasing. The remaining 32 million barrels will go up for auction.
But since oil prices have declined and there are fees attached, there might not be many takers, said Troy Vincent, senior market analyst at the data analytics company DTN. Buyers in that so-called exchange solicitation have to return the amount of oil they take, along with a premium, during fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024, according to the Energy Department.
"As oil prices drop, the less incentive a commercial entity has to take that oil from the government and try to make a profit," Vincent said in phone interview with FactCheck.org on Dec. 2. "The market is telling them there isn't a demand for that."
U.S. gasoline prices fell in the last three weeks of November, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Yet the national average price of regular gasoline in the week ending Nov. 29 was about the same as a month earlier and $1.26 a gallon higher than a year earlier, EIA data show.
The recent price drop in oil wasn't a direct response to any government action, Vincent said. The White House announcement was "another straw on the camel's back," on top of news of the emerging omicron variant of the coronavirus and other world events driving down oil prices, he said.
In addition, the government is "slowly drawing down the inventory that's in the SPR on purpose," Vincent said. Because the U.S. has been producing more oil over the past decade, imports are much lower and there's not the need to keep as much in storage, he said.
"That's another reason [the release is] not seen as some great strategic threat to our military or economic resiliency," Vincent said. "We don't have to net import as much anymore because we produce so much domestically."
Correction, Dec. 8: We misstated the amount of oil currently in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The article now correctly states that there are 600 million barrels of oil in the reserve.
Editor's note: FactCheck.org is one of several organizations working with Facebook to debunk misinformation shared on social media. Our previous stories can be found here.
White House. "President Biden Announces Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve As Part of Ongoing Efforts to Lower Prices and Address Lack of Supply Around the World." Press release. 23 Nov 2021.
U.S. Department of Energy website. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Origins.
U.S. Congress website. Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
Stevenson, Richard and Neela Banerjee. "Clinton Approves Releasing Some Oil From U.S. Reserve." New York Times. 23 Sept 2000.
Greg Upton. Associate professor-research, Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 29 Nov 2021.
Troy Vincent. Senior market analyst, DTN. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 2 Dec 2021.
International Energy Agency. Press release, "IEA statement on US announcement of oil release." 23 Nov 2021.
International Energy Agency. "The global oil market remains vulnerable to a wide range of risk factors." Webpage updated 27 Nov 2019.
Azeez, Wale. "China is Joining the U.S. and Other Countries in Tapping Emergency Oil Reserves." CNN Business. 24 Nov 2021.
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Weekly U.S. Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)." Accessed 3 Dec 2021.
U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. "Summary of 50 Million Barrel Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve." 23 Nov 2021.
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the problem was started, when one of the Ev system mailbox for a specific Exchange server has been moved from that exhange server to another , since that the archiving options work exteremly slow for all the users that has mailbox on that exchange server, and based on technot found it on symantec ,one of the solution is to move the EV system mailbox back to the original exchange server but unfortunately that didn't solve our issue.
so please can anyone help me to solve this problem?
On the exchange server where the task is archiving from, create a new system mailbox. Make sure it has the necessary rights. for EV.
When created, stop the task. Open properties, goto settings, select new system mailbox, start task.
regarding to my issue, the EV version that installed on our servers is enterprise vault 10.0 and our exchange servers version are 2007 SP3.
so as you mentioned before, there are any impact of createing the new mailbox and selected as new mailbox,because we are now on production phase and there are alot of users that enabled thier mailboxes for archiving.
There is no adverse impact of creating new EV System mailbox for existing archiving task on same exchange server.
but please i need your advice to tell me about the necessary rights and permissions that should assigned to the new system mailbox that i will create.
as my knowledge, i need only grant the vault service account send as permission on the new system mailbox, do i need anything else.
i appreciate your support here,thanks again.


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Samuel Fuller Collection: 4 Film Pack
Genre: Action / Adventure, Mystery / Suspense
One of the original outsider artists of American cinema, author, screenwriter and director Samuel Fuller never shied away from the shocking, taboo or just plain crazy. His movies and screenplays in the varied genres of war, Westerns, thrillers and neo-noir still have impact today, and his refusal to work within the confines of the studio system typical of the time means these four films are all unique gems worthy of any collection. Includes "Power of the Press" (Guy Kibbee. 1943/64 min), a Fuller-penned story about a corrupt publisher who gets away with murder; "The Crimson Kimono" (Glenn Corbett. 1959/81 min), written and directed by Fuller, about an intense and complicated love triangle between a witness and two cops tasked with protecting her; "Underworld, U.S.A." (Cliff Robertson. 1960/98 min), where director Fuller takes on the world of organized crime through a vengeful young man who's infiltrated a gang to find the man who killed his father; and "Scandal Sheet" (John Derek. 1951/82 min), based on Fuller's novel "The Dark Page," about a newspaper editor who may be implicated in the story his crime-beat reporter is about to break. B&w/NR/fullscreen.
Title: Samuel Fuller Collection: 4 Film Pack
Director: Samuel Fuller
Studio: Mill Creek
Attributes: 2 Pack


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From Korean Grandmothers to Sophie Koh: What OzAsia Festival 2018 will deliver on opening weekend
Published on : October 25, 2018 October 25, 2018 Published by : Christie Yip
Australia's biggest celebration of Asia will showcase the contemporary arts from across Asia and beyond right in the heart of Adelaide from today through to 11 November.
This year's OzAsia Festival will feature five world premieres, 20 Australian premieres and 22 events exclusive to South Australia. There will be over 400 activities, including more than 250 scheduled performances, 55 talk events, 34 film screenings, eight exhibitions and 66 workshops.
Here's what OzAsia Festival Artistic Director Joseph Mitchell has to say about the event "OzAsia Festival is Australia's leading international arts festival engaging with Asia. Audiences will experience some of the most exciting contemporary performance offerings from across the region."
Here are some must-see events on opening weekend!
Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn brings glitter balls, grooves and grandmothers to Adelaide with the Australian premiere of international hit Dancing Grandmothers from Thursday 25 October to Saturday 27 October. Everyday Korean grandmothers join an impressive lineup of professional dancers on stage, bridging the generation gap. For each tour, the choreographer brings a new group of 10 grandmothers from Korea who have never had the chance to leave the country before.
The Moon Lantern Parade returns this year, taking over Elder Park with an explosion of colour and lights this Saturday 27 October from 3pm to 9pm. With the largest venue capacity to date and 23 brand new lanterns, festival goers will have more vantage points to view the parade than ever before.
The Lucky Dumpling Market will serve the flavours of Asia with a wide variety of food trucks and free entertainment from local and international artists including Australia's Gold Fields and Sophie Koh (who kick off the program this weekend), Malaysia's Nading Rhapsody and The Philippines' Joey Ayala. It all takes place on the Adelaide Riverbank Lawns, running for the entirety of the festival, with free entry.
Lucky Dumpling Market Hours:
TUES – FRI 4.30pm until late
SAT – SUN Noon until late
(Closed Mondays)
Later in the festival, look out for Award-winning choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's acrobatic masterpiece Sutra, featuring a troupe of 19 Shaolin Monks (2-3 Nov). Chinese playwright and director Stan Lai's beloved modern classic Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (9-10 Nov) and the internationally acclaimed Syrian production While I Was Waiting (30-31 Oct).
For more details about the event, head to https://www.ozasiafestival.com.au/
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By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
|Published August 7, 2017
The Israeli judge who decided certain Arabs are predisposed to violence
Arab citizens with one parent from the occupied territories are more likely to commit acts of violence, an Israeli judge claims, in order to justify stripping the citizenship of Alaa Zayoud.
Israeli counter-terrorism police at the scene of an attack in East Jerusalem, June 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
An Israeli court revoked the citizenship of an Israeli citizen on Sunday, setting the stage for a constitutional challenge to a 2008 law that allows the state to strip citizenship from anyone convicted of terrorism-related crimes. Alaa Zayoud, who was convicted of four counts of attempted murder for a 2015 vehicular and stabbing attack, will be left stateless on October 31, 2017 if the ruling is not overturned. Zayoud's case is the first time the 2008 law has been used.
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By Amjad Iraqi | June 8, 2017
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By +972 Blog | March 26, 2017
But the case of Alaa Zayoud is about more than the revocation of one person's citizenship. It also dives head first into the myriad of statuses Israel assigns Palestinians living under its control, through which it determines what rights they have and according to which laws and standards to hold them.
In a 30-page judgment, Haifa District Court Judge Avraham Elyakim places Alaa Zayoud into a subset of Israeli citizens that was contrived by the Shin Bet; these people, he says, require more deterrence than the rest of the Israeli population. Thus he justifies the extreme step of revoking Zayoud's citizenship.
Adopting the Shin Bet's language, Judge Elyakim describes Zayoud, who was born in Israel to an Israeli-citizen mother and therefore automatically became an Israeli citizen at birth, as a "second-generation child of family unification." In other words, Zayoud's father is a Palestinian from the West Bank who was granted residency in Israel by virtue of his marriage to Zayoud's mother.
"Intelligence gathered in interrogations of 'second-generation children of family unification' shows that despite being born and raised as Israeli citizens, they still retain a Palestinian identity and they see the State of Israel as an enemy state that is in conflict with their people," Judge Elyakim wrote in his judgment, citing a Shin Bet expert opinion. By virtue of having family on both sides of the Green Line, he continued, such people are exposed to a culture that "doesn't reject" terrorism or violence against the Israeli public.
"Under such circumstances, 'second generation children of family unification' live with an 'identity tension' between different societies. That leads to Palestinian loyalty and nationalist triggers which increase their willingness to carry out acts of terror," Elyakim continues. Revoking citizenship as a deterrent, Elyakim says explicitly, is aimed exclusively at so-called "second-generation children of family unification" — to be used exclusively against them and to deter others within that group.
In other words, Judge Elyakim is saying that the bureaucratic process through which one parent acquires their residency determines how predisposed to violence their child will be. Therefore, we are to believe, that bureaucratic process justifies the use extraordinary punitive measures against the child, who was classified as such through no act of his own, in order to deter other members of that contrived subset of citizens from carrying out similar crimes. Elyakim goes on to admit that it is impossible to know if such deterrence works.
Illustrative photo of the Israeli Supreme Court, where two civil rights groups have said they will appeal the ruling revoking Zayoud's citizenship. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
That subset of Israeli citizens, whom Judge Elyakim describes as living with tensions between their Israeli and Palestinian identity, is all the more contrived when one considers that 45 percent of Arab citizens self-identify as "Palestinian" or "Palestinian-Israeli," according to a 2014 public opinion survey conducted by +972 Magazine's Dahlia Scheindlin.
Of course there is also a larger constitutional question at stake: can stripping anybody's citizenship ever be just?
The two civil rights organizations representing Zayoud noted that the Israeli Supreme Court, in rejecting the idea of stripping Israeli citizenship from Yitzhak Rabin's assassin two decades ago, ruled that criminal law is the method by which serious crimes are confronted and denounced — not by revoking citizenship.
Zayoud was already tried and sentenced to 25 years in prison for his crimes, wrote Attorneys Sawsan Zaher and Oded Feller, of Adalah and the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), respectively.
Furthermore, the civil rights attorneys wrote, vowing to bring the case to Israel's Supreme Court, "international law explicitly and unequivocally opposes the revocation of citizenship, as established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which Israel signed in 1961."
In earlier arguments, Attorneys Zaher and Feller emphasized the unconstitutionality of the 2008 law that authorizes the courts to revoke citizenship for "breach of loyalty" (terrorism) — an amendment they say is being applied in a discriminatory manner against Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The Israeli Interior Ministry has committed to granting Zayoud temporary residency instead of citizenship. But the renewal of that status is far from guaranteed. The ministry has revoked the permanent residency — a status far more secure than the temporary residency promised to Zayoud — of over 14,000 Palestinians since 1967.
Alaa Zayoud
family unification
Judge Avraham Elyakim
The redundancy of Israel's 'Jewish Nation-State Law'
An unwilling symbol of Israel's identity complex
Bill aims to strip citizenship, curb speech — a bellwether of Israel's Right
Israel's newest Supreme Court justice and rule of law in Israel
A rights-based discourse is the best way to fight dispossession
Klaas Vaak
This confirms what the UN stated in March: that Israel is an Apartheid state, i.e. a racist society committing the 2nd worst crime against humanity.
This is Good News
Strip the terrorists of citizenship.
Bruce Gould
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/03/barak-apartheid-palestine-peace
Ehud Barak, Israel's defence minister, last night delivered an unusually blunt warning to his country that a failure to make peace with the Palestinians would leave either a state with no Jewish majority or an "apartheid" regime.
His stark language and the South African analogy might have been unthinkable for a senior Israeli figure only a few years ago and is a rare admission of the gravity of the deadlocked peace process. (2010)
Firentis
Terrorists who take up arms against a country have no right to that country's citizenship.
The family reunification policies that brought in hundreds of thousands of Arabs that raise their children to hate Israel was fundamentally a huge mistake. The result is what we see now – second generation terrorists who try to murder out of their home-trained hatred of Jews.
Michael Omer-Man
Michael Omer-Man is the editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine and a regular contributor of both reporting and analysis. Prior to joining +972 he worked as the news desk manager for JPost.com.
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	 * @property {Class} classReference Reference to the current class
	 *
	 * This returns a reference that whatever the top-most sub-class is, which comes in handy when managing instances in static functions on classes that are designed to be extended.
	 */
	static get classReference() { return eval(this.name); }

	/**
	 * @property {Class} classReference Reference to the current class
	 *
	 * This returns a reference that whatever the top-most sub-class is, which comes in handy when managing instances in static functions on classes that are designed to be extended.
	 */
	get classReference() { return eval(this.constructor.name); }

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @property {Object} services Object containing create, find, update, and delete properties that define RESTful service endpoints
	 *
	 * Templated URLs are supported using ECMAScript 6 quasi-literal tenplate syntax. See the MDN documentation for more information. See the demo application for an example implementation.
	 *
	 * Due to the lack of support for class properties in ECMAScript 6, properties have been defined in getters that merge with thier super functions.
	 *
	 * Below is an example of a standard override of services that merges with it's sub class:
	 *
	 *	static get services() {
	 *		return super.services.merge({
	 *			create : { method : 'POST', uri : 'https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=${term}', format : 'jsonp' }
	 *			,find : { method : 'GET', uri : 'https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=${term}', format : 'jsonp' }
	 *			,update : { method : 'PUT', uri : 'https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=${term}', format : 'jsonp' }
	 *			,delete : { method : 'DELETE', uri : 'https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=${term}', format : 'jsonp' }
	 *		});
	 *	}
	 */
	static get services() {
		return {
			create : { method : 'POST', uri : '', format : 'jsonp' },
			find : { method : 'GET', uri : '', format : 'jsonp' },
			update : { method : 'PUT', uri : '', format : 'jsonp' },
			delete : { method : 'DELETE', uri : '', format : 'jsonp' },
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes Attributes that will be used to hydrate a new model instance. See `hydrate` for more information
	 * @returns {Model} Deferred instance of the newly created model
	 *
	 * Creates a new instance of the model, and performs a save operation.
	 */
	static create(attributes){
		console.log('Model.create()');

		return this.hydrate(attributes).save();
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the Models that are found
	 *
	 * Finds and returns any available instances of the model.
	 */
	static find(attributes) {
		console.log('Model.find()');

		return this.__find__(attributes);
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the models that are found
	 *
	 * Finds and returns once or more instances of the model or throws and error if none are found.
	 */
	static findOrFail(attributes) {
		console.log('Model.findOrFail()');

		this.__find__(attributes).then((data) => {
			if((data instanceof Object && data != {}) || (data instanceof Array && data != [])){
				return data;
			}else{
				throw new Error('Could not find instance of Model in class Model');
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the Models that are found
	 *
	 * Finds and returns once or more instances of the model or creates a new instance if none are found.
	 */
	static findOrNew(attributes) {
		console.log('Model.findOrNew()');

		this.__find__(attributes).then((data) => {
			if((data instanceof Object && data != {}) || (data instanceof Array && data != [])){
				return data;
			}else{
				return this.hydrate(attributes);
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the Models that are found
	 *
	 * Finds and returns the first instance of the model or creates a new instance and saves it if none are found.
	 */
	static firstOrCreate(attributes) {
		console.log('Model.firstOrCreate()');

		this.__find__(attributes, true).then((data) => {
			if(data instanceof Object && data != {}){
				return data;
			}else if(data instanceof Array && data != []){
				return data[0];
			}else{
				return this.hydrate(attributes).save();
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the Models that are found
	 *
	 * Finds and returns the first instance of the model or creates a new instance if none are found.
	 */
	static firstOrNew(attributes) {
		console.log('Model.firstOrNew()');

		this.__find__(attributes, true).then((data) => {
			if(data instanceof Object && data != {}){
				return data;
			}else if(data instanceof Array && data != []){
				return data[0];
			}else{
				return this.hydrate(attributes);
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes Attributes used to return the models that need to be updated
	 * @param {Object} properties Properties that model instances will be updated with
	 * @returns {Array} Deferred instance of the updated or created model(s)
	 *
	 * Create or update a model matching the attributes, and fill it with values.
	 */
	static updateOrCreate(attributes, properties){
		console.log('Model.updateOrCreate()');

		this.__find__(attributes, false, properties).then((data) => {
			if((data instanceof Object && data != {} || data instanceof Array && data != [])){
				return data;
			}else{
				return this.hydrate(Object.assign(attributes, properties)).save();
			}
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Array} items Model instances to be deleted
	 * @returns {Boolean} Boolean expressing whether the operation was successful
	 *
	 * Destroys the model instances provided, and performs a delete operation.
	 */
	static destroy(items){
		console.log('Model.destroy()');

		// Handle the parameteres and construct uri based on destructured assignment

		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
			Utility.request(
				this.services.delete.uri,
				this.services.delete.method,
				this.services.delete.format,
				attributes,
			).then((data) => {
				resolve(
					this.hydrate(
						this.filter(data)
					)
				);
			}).catch((error) => reject(error));
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {*} data Data returned by the find function
	 * @returns {Array|Object} Processed data from the find function
	 *
	 * Designed to be overridden, this allows raw data returned from a RESTful `find` method to be be processed before being sent `hydrate` for instantiation. See the demo application for an example implementation.
	 */
	static filter(data) {
		console.log('Model.filter()');

		return data;
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Array|Object} data Data needed to instantiate new model instances
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Newly instantiated model/models
	 *
	 * Instantiates a model/models based on the data provided. This is called immediately after `filter`.
	 */
	static hydrate(data) {
		console.log('Model.hydrate()');

		let result;

		if(data instanceof Array){
			result = [];

			for(let item of data){
				if(item instanceof Object){
					result.push(new this(item));
					//result.push(new this.classReference(item));
				}
			}
		}else if(data instanceof Object){
			result = new this(data);
			//result = new this.classReference(data);
		}else{
			throw new Error('Cannot hydrate model from a non-object in class Model');
		}

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * @static
	 * @param {Object} attributes An object containing properties that correspond to the attributes in the templated RESTful URL, if not overriden by custom functionality
	 * @param {Boolean} isSingle An optional boolean that defines whether one or many models are returned. Defaults to false.
	 * @param {Object} properties An optional object containing properties that need to be be updated in the model(s) returned. Defaults to {}.
	 * @returns {Array|Model} Deferred instance of the Models that are found
	 *
	 * Internal function that finds and returns any available instances of the model.
	 */
	static __find__(attributes, isSingle = false, properties = {}) {
		console.log('Model.__find__()');

		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
			Utility.request(
				this.services.find.uri,
				this.services.find.method,
				this.services.find.format,
				attributes,
			).then((data) => {
				let filtered = this.filter(data instanceof String ? JSON.parse(data) : data);
				let whittled = ((isSingle || filtered.length == 1) && filtered instanceof Array) ? filtered[0] : filtered;
				let merged = Object.assign(whittled, properties);

				resolve(
					this.hydrate(merged)
				);
			}).catch((error) => reject(error));
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @constructor
	 * @param {Object} attributes Attributes needed to instantiate new model instances
	 * @returns {Model} Instance of the model
	 *
	 * Constructs the model instance by merging the attributes with the new model instance.
	 */
	constructor(attributes) {
		console.log('model.constructor()');

		Object.assign(this, attributes);
	}

	/**
	 * @param {Object} attributes Attributes that will be used to hydrate a new model instance. See `hydrate` for more information.
	 * @returns {Model} Deferred instance of the newly created model
	 *
	 * Updates the model, and performs an update operation.
	 */
	update(attributes){
		console.log('model.update()');

		Object.assign(this, attributes).save();
	}

	/**
	 * @returns {Model} Instance of the saved model
	 *
	 * Performs a save operation.
	 */
	save() {
		console.log('model.save()');

		// May need to implement a check to see whether create or save would be better...

		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
			Utility.request(
				this.services.update.uri,
				this.services.update.method,
				this.services.update.format,
				attributes,
			).then((data) => {
				resolve(this);
			}).catch((error) => reject(error));
		});
	}

	/**
	 * @returns {Boolean} Returns a deferred boolean indiciation whether the model was delete sucessfully
	 *
	 * Deletes the instance of the model.
	 */
	delete() {
		console.log('model.delete()');

		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
			Utility.request(
				this.services.delete.uri,
				this.services.delete.method,
				this.services.delete.format,
				attributes,
			).then((data) => {
				resolve(true);
			}).catch((error) => reject(error));
		});
	}
}

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Q: I think my book's solution to this symmetric matrices problem is wrong? I'm working on a problem in my book that asks us to say whether the matrix on the left in the link below is symmetric, and I think my book's answer is wrong. Can anyone confirm?
http://calcchat.com/book/Elementary-Linear-Algebra-7e/7/3/3/
I know that the matrix isn't symmetric, but the transpose of the matrix on the left DOES equal the matrix on the right, even though they have a "does not equal sign"...right?

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I agree with Isaac, red oak stains pretty well. If you go too dark it can really make the grain pattern strong, perhaps that is what is turnin people off on this. As for a work bench, I would not hesitate too much on red oak if that's what was available to me.
And with the scraps from the bunk beds comes my first end grain cutting board! Just took the cutoff from the panels, trimmed to size and glued up.
Completed the installation of the bunk beds over the weekend! I think they turned out pretty good. Very solid, as expected. There are a few flaws, but nothing that others have noticed. Well I take that back my wife actually pointed out to me that the posts on the bottom bunk headboard you can see that it is a glue up, since one board was light and one darker on both posts, so I should have put the 2 darker ones together etc. I think the kids like it, and hopefully it lasts until their kids can use them someday.
I thought I took a picture of the route I ended up taking on the head/foot boards, but apparently I didn't. I ended up doing two at a time and just screwed into the bottom of the posts through a sheet of plywood, and set that on the saw horses. Worked great until I got heavy handed with the spray on the big head board and ended up with some sags to sand off and redo. I still ended up getting the bed done and in place the day after Christmas. Along with Santa bringing the girls their new bedding they were pretty happy with the new set up. Now onto building the bookcase and desk sides, some rails and a ladder so I can bunk them!
Last coat going on the rails. Now I need to figure out how to rig up 4 head/foot board for spraying.
Bottom bunk Ready for the finishing to begin!
All the head/foot boards done, ready for finish. And I even have one thing that looks like a bed! That will be the top bunk. I need to shift focus a bit though and get finish on all of these parts so that I can put the beds to use over the Christmas break. They won't be bunked, but should be fine setting on the floor for a bit while I finish the casework for the bunking.
Switch gears from panels for the bookcase and desk sides back to the headboard and foot boards. I added some shape to the top rail in them, just to lighten things up a bit, going to be bulky enough. Then got the joinery plunged in, using the Domino. Then I got all of the vertical slats for the head board and foot boards roughed out, just need to cut them to length and plunge a bunch of domino in those Some of these have some awesome grain, guess that's what you get when the slat all came from the off cuts from the bigger panels. all the fun grain is around the knots and the twisty parts of the boards.
Had a full week off work and found some time to get into the shop. Between deer hunting, Thanksgiving and daughters' birthday there wasn't nearly as much time as I had hope for, never is. Lots more milling and getting panels for the bookcase and desk ends of the bed. This maple is really hard stuff and I have run a ton of it through the joiner and planer, and I am impressed with the Shelix heads. You can feel a bit of a wave to the board, but they come out so smooth and it has handled the bits of gnarly grain very well. I probably would have went through 2 sets of OEM blades on the planer for this material. Next is to add some shape to the top boards on the head and foot boards, then get the head and foot boards put together. Any reccomendations on bed hardware? I have purchased these http://www.leevalley.com/us/Hardware/page.aspx?p=65401&cat=3,40842,43730&ap=1 for ease of use, but now I am seeing that I can't get the bed rails centered on my posts like I want with these (too thick on rails and too thin on posts). Maybe I need to step up to these? http://www.leevalley.com/us/Hardware/page.aspx?p=67916&cat=3,40842,43730&ap=1. Then I get to figure out how to mortise these 75" long rails.
I recently upgraded both my Jet 6" joiner and my DeWalt 735 planer to Shelix cutter heads. Overall they are performing great, excellent finish and durability so far. I have run pile of hard maple through and no nicks on the blades etc. Noise reduction is great too, wife even noticed it from upstairs (shop is right under the living room) Does seem to draw a bit more power I would say. I have an issue with the planer tripping the breaker upon start up, well really it starts fine, feed a board in and part way through the cut it trips the breaker, reset and go rest of the time with no issues. If you have an idea on what might be going on there that would be great too. Biggest complaint on the planer is that I seem to be having more chips escape the dust collection. I am just running a little 1 stage, 1 hp delta collector with a bigger filter bag on top. I don't run any ducting, just a single hose (Rockler dust right extendable hose) to the tool. I know this isn't the best collector, but between it and the fan on that planer expected it to keep up better. I end up with a pile of chips on the floor on both sides of the planer. In feed side its just chips that come out as the board feeds in, especially at the end of the board. Out feed side is a bigger pile and these are chips that get pushed out be the next board. Am I just under powered for these smaller chips on the Shelix head? Seems like I might be getting more airborne small particle dust too, but that is hard to judge. Any one else have similar experience or any possible solutions/improvements?
DeWalt 735 planer, just upgraded planer and joiner with Shelix heads.
Gluing up the stock for the bed posts. I didn't get pictures but there is some cool looking grain on some of this. Unfortunately the finishing plans I have in mind won't really do much to highlight this. Just planning on a water based poly on it, for speed of spraying and simplicity.


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Q: How to translate function names in the Django admin? When using list_display as described under http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.list_display you can not only display fields but custom callables as well:
def colored_name(self):
    return '%s %s' % (self.color_code, self.first_name, self.last_name)
colored_name.allow_tags = True

And then use it like this:
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'colored_name')

Since first_name and last_name are normal fields we can just translate them like that:
first_name = models.CharField(_('first name'))
last_name = models.CharField(_('last name'))

So the question is:
How can I translate the name of my function? Where do I put my _('colored name')?

A: The example on the page that you linked to shows that the callable can have an attribute short_description, which is the string used as the title of the column. I haven't checked, but I strongly suspect that if you set that to a translatable string then it will work.
def colored_name(self):
    return '%s %s' % (self.color_code, self.first_name, self.last_name)
colored_name.allow_tags = True
colored_name.short_description = _("Colored Name")

A: it's a function (a "callable") so the correct syntax should be
list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', colored_name)


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Human Design says that before you came here, your soul decided who it wanted to be. The moment we are born we are already living as our highest self.
In order to embody this Highest, most powerful self you don't need to figure out how to become anything other than what you are – rather, it's about unbecoming and unlearning all the things we were told we had to be in order to be loved, accepted or worthy. Underneath all this conditioning, from a soul level, you already your highest self. You just need to shed the layers to get back to being the very essence of you- this is what we call deconditioning.
I hope this video serves you well and provides you with the tools to decondition, so you can live the life you were designed to live with ease and abundance.


As exhibited at Gallery Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
Materials: 4x25 l. water containers, seawater, 4 aquarium heaters, photograph from the collection of the water in Mexico.
Dimension: 120x120x240 cm. (dimentions vary).
Acquarium heaters are warming up 100 liters of seawater collected in the south of Mexico. From here it has been transported to Denmark where it now simulates the conditions of a hurricane as a hurricane configures when water is 26 degrees celsius. The water near the equator is the foundation from which every cloud formation originates. This is because of the heat in this area of the Earth as the heat causes an enormous evaporation of water whereby clouds take their form and also where hurricanes are an inevitability. Placing the elements of this awe-inspiring and also destructive natural phenomenon in Denmark is equally poignant and pointless.
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Series 1: Family and Personal Papers, 1919-1971, n.d. (0.4 cubic feet), contains materials of a personal nature, arranged alphabetically by subject. Except for two folders of photographs, all materials are textual documents. Information in these files tends to focus on Congressman Kersten; however, three files center on other individuals: Charles Kersten, Sr. (father), George Kersten (son), and Arlo McKinnon (law partner).
Series 2: Campaign Papers, 1946-1956, n.d. (0.8 cubic feet), documents Kersten's six election campaigns for the U.S. Congress. Files are arranged chronologically by election and then alphabetically by subject. At the end of the arrangement is an undated folder of election publicity and a folder of political notes from throughout Kersten's time in Congress.
Series 3: Speeches, 1946-1970, n.d. (0.4 cubic feet), contains copies of public remarks delivered by Kersten during and after his service in the U.S. Congress. The speeches are arranged chronologically.
Series 4: Legislative Files, 1947-1954 (0.8 cubic feet), contains constituent correspondence on a variety of matters as well as subject files arranged alphabetically. Furthermore, the series contains files on particular legislation in which Kersten played a role -- these files are arranged chronologically by the date of the proposed legislation.
Series 5: House Committee on Education and Labor, 1946-1954, n.d. (0.8 cubic feet), documents Kersten's work on this important committee, especially during his first term in office, when he investigated communists in labor unions. Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Of particular value are files of incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Series 6: House Select Committee on Communist Aggression Files, 1951-1955, n.d. (1.0 cubic feet), documents Kersten's service as chairman of this committee, originally called the House Baltic Committee. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject. The series contains a large amount of written testimony by Ukrainian witnesses. Of special note are two folders of photographs, one of which contains extremely graphic depictions of alleged communist atrocities.
Series 7: House Committee Hearings and Reports, 1947-1948, 1953-1955, 1957 (2.0 cubic feet), contains bound, published reports and proceedings from the congressional committees on which Kersten served. They are arranged by committee.
Series 8: White House Consultant Files, 1955-1956 (0.2 cubic feet), documents Kersten's service as White House Consultant on Psychological Warfare from June 1955 through January 1956. Most of this series consists of informational memoranda prepared by Kersten for his direct superior, Nelson A. Rockefeller, who was Special Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs.
Series 9: Subject Files, 1943-1972, n.d. (2.0 cubic feet), are arranged alphabetically by subject. Much of this material pertains to Kersten's career after 1955, when he was a private attorney and yet a public supporter of anti-communist causes. Of special note in this series are several files on Richard M. Nixon, whom Kersten first met when both were freshman congressmen. The files contain a significant amount of correspondence between Kersten and Nixon, particularly from the period 1955-1960. The series also contains files associated with Joseph R. McCarthy: these seem to consist mostly of informational documents borrowed from Senator McCarthy's office. Also included in this series is an unpublished (and untitled) book-length manuscript about communism believed to have been written (or co-authored?) by Kersten in the late 1950s.
Series 10: Press Clippings, 1940s-1960s, n.d. (0.8 cubic feet), contains newspaper articles mentioning Kersten and his work. They are arranged chronologically. Oversized clippings are stored in a separate box. Also included in this series are a few clippings from the communist press, highly critical of Kersten.
Series 11: Audiovisual Materials, 1953-1954, 1957, 1959-1960, n.d. (4.0 cubic feet), consists of reel-to-reel audiotape recordings and a few motion picture films. Most of the audiotapes contain testimony gathered in London and Berlin in 1954 by the House Select Committee on Communist Aggression. The witnesses seem to be refugees from captive nations in eastern Europe.


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SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 31 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria will provide 860 million levs ($ 498.2 million) of support to local businesses hit by rising electricity prices, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said.
"Right now, companies are struggling to recover their energy bills and electricity distribution companies are struggling with great struggles that can affect the price for households," Petkov said in a video file posted on public broadcaster BNT's website on Thursday.
Petkov said the funding is part of the already planned support package for energy companies announced earlier this month. The funds earmarked to support the energy crisis will reach around 2 billion levs for the period October 2021 to March 2022, quoted BNT Petkov.
Last week, the Ministry of Energy proposed to provide around 1.5 billion levs by the end of March 2022 for energy companies that had been damaged by the rise in electricity prices. as well as electricity suppliers for their technological costs, announced the Ministry of Energy at the time.
Earlier this month, parliament decided to freeze the prices of electricity, central heating and water for households at the current level until the end of March 2022 in order to ease the pressure of rising energy costs in the winter months.
The state ESO, together with the electricity grid operators CEZ Distribution Bulgaria, EVN Bulgaria and Energo-Pro Varna, warned in a joint statement earlier this month that a moratorium on electricity price increases could lead to the collapse of the entire energy system and the Bulgarian economy.
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City Research Online - 'The body is a battleground for unwanted and unexpressed emotions': exploring eating disorders and the role of emotional intelligence.
'The body is a battleground for unwanted and unexpressed emotions': exploring eating disorders and the role of emotional intelligence.
Emotional difficulties have been observed in individuals with eating disorders across awide range of studies, including poor interoceptive awareness, confusion of emotionalstates and difficulties with emotional language. Literature has linked these difficultieswith emotional functioning as being an important factor related to the core aetiology ofeating disorders, however limited knowledge exists to how this impacts on professionalability to engage patients within treatment as a result of such dysfunction. Using aqualitative design this paper explores how facets of Emotional intelligence (EI) arerelated to the experience of an eating disorder. The study sampled a total of 32participants with either a professional background working with eating disorders (n=25)or participants with personal lived experience (n=5), with a number of the participants(n=13) identified as having dual roles. The findings of the study show that aspects of EIsuch as emotional regulation and lack of an emotional language are considered to beat the core of the onset and maintenance of these disorders. Additional aspects ofemotional awareness and expression were found to be related to treatmentdisengagement and difficulties. Building on previous literature, this paper found suchemotional deficits as a transdiagnostic issue rather than specifically anorexia nervosa.Furthermore, such dysfunction was seen by professionals to have a considerableimpact on therapeutic relationships and successful treatment. These findings provideinsight into the potential applications that EI may have in addressing aspects of theeating disorder to create better outcomes for treatment and intervention models.
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Helios Version 12.3.9 Release for Enterprise
November 6th 2012 -
Scheduled for Release on November 7, 2012 after 1:00AM EST
This is a routine scheduled version release containing completed feature enhancements and bug fixes.
Users Effected:
This release will affect users of Helios Version 12 Enterprise.
Required User Action:
There should be no user action required for Enterprise users in order to update to this release. The Helios Auto-Updater will receive and apply any required file changes. The Helios Application may need to be closed and restarted in order to complete the update. The Auto-Updater may need Administrator access to the Operating System in order to complete and needs to be run on each workstation. If the Auto-Updater is not running on one or more workstations, you may download it here: https://smartfile.gohelios.com/ftp/fetch/066396cb-bdbf-40d4-8a19-3ad018f93f66/
Helios Version 12.3.9 Release is a routine scheduled version release containing the accumulation of completed feature enhancements and bug fixes. It will be applied to the Enterprise Network as part of the scheduled overnight maintenance routine to begin on Tuesday, November 6 into Wednesday, November 7. Maintenance affecting the regular operation of the Helios Application will not begin until after 1:00AM EST (10:00 PST) in order to avoid impacting subscribers during scheduled operating hours.
A prompt will appear when a client profile is searched with a message warning that the credit card on file for an active EFT has an expiration date that is within the next 30 days. This will provide an opportunity to capture the new credit card information at the earlier opportunity in order to prevent any interruption in the membership billing profile.
New options have been added to the System Defaults option which allow the Payment Methods presented at the End of Sale to be customized. Payment methods or card types that you do not accept can be unchecked to prohibit these methods from being used. The options also include payment card types acceptable for EFT enrollments.
A new option has been added to the System Defaults which allows you to require fingerprint verification in order for the client to use Prepaid Dollars.
New features have been added to the Sales Code option which allows the Sales Code to override package settings when selling a package. By double-clicking on a Package that is linked to the Sales Code in the Packages Bought box, a dialog box will appear with options that are found in the Package/Membership option including the quantity, days valid and flex start options. Check the Override box for these settings to supersede the settings defined in the Package/Membership option. This feature was actually released in 12.3.8.11000.
A new feature has been added to the Sales Code option which allows you to define limits on the age of an expired package that is allowed to be renewed. By double-clicking on a Package in the Renew Packages box, a dialog box will appear which allows you to specify how old the package can be before renewal of an expired package is no longer an option. This feature was actually released in 12.3.8.11000.
Feature Enhancements:
The Reports Module has been modified to launch in a separate application window in order to allow you to toggle between the Reports screen and the Point of Sale screen. There is a 20-minute time-out which will log out the Reports module if it is unattended.
The Backoffice Module has been adjusted to include a 20-minute time-out instead of the previous 5-minute inactivity time-out.
The EFT Management Module has been changed to use Backoffice EFT Module instead of a separate EFT Application Module. The options remain the same – this is simply a step taken to maintain a uniformity of the user experience and reduce the need for duplicate development efforts.
The Role Descriptions in the Access Management module have been revised to provide better designation of the Role's function. Reporting Roles include the report category, i.e. Sales/Sales by Sales Code indicating that the role applies to the Sales Code report under the Sales category versus Management/Sales Code which indicates that the role applies to the Sales Code report under the Management Category. File Roles include an indicator whether the role will have access to location-specific data or global data which can affect other locations in the group. For instance, access to the Gift Certificate (Location) role will only affect the file associated with the assigned location whereas access to the Sales Code (Global) role will affect the file associated with the assigned location and locations which share the sales codes. Modifications to Global Files will affect other locations as well as the assigned location.
The Client Information Area City address field has been modified to permit the punctuation character ' (apostrophe) as it relates to some city names.
The Client Information Area Work Email has been removed. The Home Email field will remain the default email. In the event that an email address exists in the Work Email field and no email address is stored in the Home Email field, the Work Email will be displayed as the default email.
The ability to search for a by sales code by the code description has been added to the F11-Product and F12-Service search windows.
During EFT Enrollment, the payment option will default to credit card OR if the data presented includes an expiration date then the payment option will be reverted to credit card automatically. This will prevent a credit card being accidentally stored with the payment option indicated as a checking or savings account or vice versa and then the EFT draft failing to process the payment.
The EFT Downgrade logic has been improved to allow the current EFT membership rate to remain in effect for another month if the downgrade code is used after the cut-off date. The new EFT membership rate will commence with the following month's draft. During this period, two EFT billing profiles will exist – the former profile with an end date set to the day before the draft following the next draft and the latter profile with a start date on the day of the draft following the next draft.
The Client ID, Cell Phone and Email address fields have been added to the available merge fields for contracts and release forms.
When clients are on the Wait List, the option has been added to select a specific room number from the wait list and the next client waiting for that room number or bed type will be selected automatically. If the client was added to the Wait List by the TAN code then the time will be issued to the timer automatically; if the client was added to the Wait List manually, the client profile at the Point of Sale screen in order to put the client into the desired room.
The Bed Test option has a new option to test individual room numbers or all rooms.
The Sales Code option has a new option on the Operations screen of Product Sales Codes called Prompt for Inventory. When this option is checked, the sales code will prompt the employee to scan or select the appropriate inventory item from a list. If the inventory item field in the Sales Code contains a list of inventory items, the list presented to the employee will be limited to only those items; otherwise, the entire inventory list will be presented to the employee at the Point of Sale.
The Backoffice Client Profile view has been improved to show expired packages.
A new report has been added which reflects the usage of Point of Sale Referrals. A Point of Sale Referral is generated when the Track Referral option is checked in the Sales Code Operation options.
The EFT Draft Summary Report options have been expanded to include a View Rejects option.
Maestro Card types will be recorded as MasterCard types in order to include these cards in EFT drafts. Prior to this fix, Maestro Cards were represented by their own card type but this card type was not included in EFT draft processing.
The beep associated with pressing the Enter key to advance to the next field has been removed.
The image gallery has been fixed to limit access to images which are only available corporate-wide.
The Wait List has been fixed to understand case sensitive bed type key letters. This is the case if the number of bed types is greater than 26 which requires the use of upper-case and lower-case key letters. Previously, the Wait List only recognized upper-case key letters.
The Sales Code Description field has been limited to accept only 25 characters which is the field limitation. Previously, more than 25 characters could be entered but the entry would be truncated to only store the first 25 characters.
The EFT Rejects database has been fixed to prevent deleted rejects from inadvertently being 'revived' and subsequently resubmitted with a future draft.
There are no known issues resulting from this release.
Helios Technical Support can be reached at 317-554-9911 or support@gohelios.com.
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This book focuses on the development and set-up of fibre Bragg grating (FBG) and no-core fibre (NCF) sensors. It discusses the properties of the sensors and modelling of the resulting devices, which include electronic, optoelectronic, photovoltaic, and spintronic devices. In addition to providing detailed explanations of the properties of FBG and NCF sensors, it features a wealth of instructive illustrations and tables, helping to visualize the respective devices' functions.
Dr Suzairi Daud received his Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.Sc. degrees in Physics from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Laser Center, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research and Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He has authored/co-authored numerous technical papers published in international journals, a research book, and four book chapters. His research interests include fibre Bragg gratings, fibre sensors, fibre lasers, optical solitons, nonlinear optical communication, and nanowaveguides. Further, Dr Daud is a member of the IEEE Asia Region, Malaysian Institute of Physics, and Malaysia Optics & Laser Technology Society.
Prof. Jalil Ali received his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1990. At present, he is affiliated with the Laser Center, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research and Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as a Professor of Photonics. From 1987 to 2010, he held numerous faculty and research positions including the Dean/Director, Bureau of Innovation and Consultancy. He has authored/co-authored more than 300 research papers for international journals, 11 books and several book chapters. His main areas of interest are photonics, optical solitons, fibre couplers, nanowaveguides, and fusion energy. Prof. Ali is the UTM's delegate member for the African-Asian Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT). He is also a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), Source Path Isolation Engine (SPIE), and the Malaysian Institute of Physics.


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1.Knowledge: understand and know to use –ed and –ing participles; know how to make requests.
2.Skills: practice speaking, writing and other skills.
3.Attitude: show positive attitude to learning, and express friendships, be aware of grammar.
– –ed and –ing participles.
Bài 2. Look at this stall. Describe the goods for sale. Use the past participles of the verbs in the box.
Bài 3. Work with a partner. Use these words to make and respond to requests. A check (√) means agree to the request a cross (X) means do not agree to the request.
Bài 4. Work with a partner. Look at the pictures. Ask questions and give suitable responses. The information on page 100 may help you.


Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Building a new home can be a challenging feat without the right team of professionals to assist you along the way. The McCarley Group has specialized in new construction / contract to build for over 10 years. Jackye McCarley has worked with many of Atlanta�s premier custom home builders in her 25 year career. Additionally, Christopher McCarley has assisted in contracts to build with clients from the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves as well as many local homeowners and investors. All new construction contracts are drafted on the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders New Construction purchase and sale agreement.
Meeting with the right builder can be paramount to your overall experience. The McCarley Group takes pride in listening to their client�s needs, determining the style of home desired as well as offering helpful opinions that have been learned over the years from working with hundreds of families. From your first call, to moving into your custom dream home, The McCarley Group will be available each step along the way.
Having a builder available to offer lot advice is a priority. You must know your building envelope and can determine easily by reviewing a survey and defining the setbacks on all sides of the property. Many gated communities will also have a design and review board that will approve all architectural floor plans and will have minimum square footage requirements as well as material requirements. The McCarley Group has custom built homes in Sugarloaf Country Club, The River Club, St Marlo Country Club, The Manor Golf and Country Club, Winthrop Park, Shadowstone on the Lake and much more!
After you have determined and narrowed down your floor plan, as well as selected your preferred builder, the construction process will begin. Many homes with at least 5,000 square feet (not including the basement) will take approximately nine months to construct. Remember, this is just a general quote. Weather and topography can cause some delays along the way.
Selecting your appliances and lighting will also be an important part of your building process. Many builders will have a professional vendor and showroom for you to browse through. You will be given an appliance and lighting allowance that will be used to select products � negotiating your allowances may be something you will want to discuss. Again, having an agent who has contracted to build many times before will be tremendously helpful to you along the way. Discover the McCarley difference and contact The McCarley Group today with any further questions regarding new construction / contract to build. Offices are located in Duluth and Johns Creek as well as the St Marlo Sales Center.


An collection-themed activity is held in Panjiayuan flea market for students in Chuiyangliu district in Beijing, Oct. 27, 2014. The traditional culture lectures were given through photos, real materials, projects and seminars. Considering the characteristic of junior students, the teachers let the students get a touch of traditional Chinese culture through painting, paper cutting, printmaking, clay, carving and drawing opera facial mask. The purpose of the activity is to let students know of essence of traditional thoughts and ethics.


Laws forbidding the harassment of cyclists could make it into the statute books if plans in Mississippi and Los Angeles come to fruition – following in the wake of similar legislation passed in other US states and cities in 2009.
Mississippi cyclists have been pushing for such bike-friendly legislation for three years, and next year they anticipate success at last. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, a similar law seems to be making steady progress ahead of a crucial vote in January 2010.
If passed, the Mississippi bill will give riders protection from harassment by motorists, but it will also set out responsibilities for cyclists, such as using hand signals, having the proper equipment (ie. lights) and not riding more than two abreast.
One criticism of the proposed law is that it would fail to define a legal minimum passing distance – something that is already in force elsewhere in the US (see below).
Los Angeles City Council's transportation committee has also been considering a 'bicyclist anti-harassment ordinance', which is likely to be voted on in January 2010.
Across the US, pro-cycling laws have been bolstered in several other states this year. In May, the Colorado Bike Safety Bill was passed, which made harassing cyclists – harassing is defined as 'projecting any missile', and that can be an object or substance – a Class 2 misdemeanour and requires motorists to give cyclists 3ft of clearance when passing.
The legislation says cyclists must ride as far right as they feel is safe, and may pass one another or ride side-by-side if they are not impeding normal traffic movement.
The town of Columbia, Missouri also passed anti-harassment laws in 2009. In addition to the 'missile' offence there are also laws relating to threatening behaviour, sounding a horn or shouting and any other conduct that 'creates a risk of death or serious physical injury' to a cyclist. Harassment here is classed as a Class A misdemeanor.
For those not familiar with US law, misdemeanors are a lesser form of criminal offence (felonies being the more serious). However, Columbia's Class A misdemeanor offence carries a stiff fine or up to a year in jail.


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Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 Longlisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction 2021 'A book of pure fineness, exceptional.' - Diana Evans, Guardian 'A taut, sharp, funny book about being young now. It's brutal-and brilliant.' - Zadie Smith Edie is just trying to survive. She's messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting. No one seems to care that she doesn't really know what she's doing with her life beyond looking for her next hook-up. And then she meets Eric, a white middle-aged archivist with a suburban family, including a wife who has sort-of-agreed to an open marriage and an adopted black daughter who doesn't have a single person in her life who can show her how to do her hair. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscape of sexual and racial politics as a young black woman wasn't already hard enough, with nowhere else left to go, Edie finds herself falling head-first into Eric's home and family. Razor-sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Guardian, New York Times, New Yorker, Boston Globe, Literary Hub, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Time, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, NPR, O Magazine, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, Town & Country, Wired, New Statesman, Vox, Shelf Awareness, i-D, BookPage and more. One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of 2020
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