On U.S. President Donald Trump's 12-day Asia tour in November, he was served with state banquets in Japan, South Korea, and China. Though the menus were different, all were flavored with political seasonings.
On November 5, Trump arrived in Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe provided Americanstyle hamburgers for his lunch, made from beef imported from the United States. In July this year, Japan raised import tariffs on American beef, which has caused trade friction between Japan and the United States, so the reason that Mr. Abe used American beef for Trump's lunch was self-evident.
Following suit, South Korea planned their state dinner so it would tailor to Trump's tastes while exhibiting Korean features and demonstrating that the ties between South Korea and the United States are strong. Of the dishes prepared at Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House, the residential compound for South Korea's president, the most eye-catching one was the Emergency Ration Kit, an appetizer including corn porridge, a yam and pumpkin mixture, shredded burdock root preserved with salt, and fried lotus roots. In the past, these foods were a staple in Korea, used to see people through hard times. Now, the ingredients have become popular as health food.
A Cheong Wa Dae official said that the appetizer symbolized how valuable the ties between South Korea and the United States are, and shows that South Korea's economy has improved as a result of those ties.
One disputed dish on the menu was the shrimp, which was caught from an island (Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese) over which both Japan and South Korea claim ownership. In addition, a 90-year-old Korean female, Lee Rong-ju, was invited to attend the state banquet as a special guest. She was forced to be a "comfort woman" for Japanese soldiers in the Second World War. Trump embraced her at the banquet. Japan expressed their displeasure through a spokesman who said that South Korea should focus on cooperating with Japan to deal with North Korea instead of taking the opportunity to make such a political statement.
In an unprecedented move, the state banquet to welcome Trump to China was held in the residence of Qianlong, an emperor during the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795). This gave Trump a glimpse into the imperial lifestyle. To strike up an amicable atmosphere and demonstrate the close friendship between President Trump and the Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing displayed some videos filmed in Mar-a-Lago, where Xi Jinping was entertained by Trump during his visit to the United States in April this year, and included some videos of Trump's granddaughter Arabella, who sang in Chinese and recited Chinese poems.
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Apple's goto fail needs a massive culture change to fix
Apple may be shiny on the surface, but the recently revealed SSL security flaw means that something's rotten inside — or perhaps even poisoned.
By Stilgherrian for The Full Tilt | February 26, 2014 -- 02:18 GMT (18:18 PST) | Topic: Security
"If that Apple SSL thing happened to Microsoft, literal s*** would be pouring down on Redmond right now. Pouring," tweeted @explanoit on Monday. And, as Kyle Maxwell added soon after, "Gates would be holding public executions in the courtyard". Both of these people show signs of knowing a bit about security. Both are, at least metaphorically speaking, 100 percent correct.
Thousands of words have already been written about Apple's little coding oopsie, so I'll just summarise things before moving on to my key point: Apple seems to have a serious cultural problem.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication wasn't working in either iOS or OS X. A vast amount of software running on iDevices and Macs believed that their encrypted connections were connecting to the right place, and were being given the visible padlock of security, when they may not have been. Key SSL tests simply weren't being done. Apps could well have been connecting somewhere else — including to an impostor executing a "man in the middle attack", decrypting and monitoring users' data before re-encrypting it and passing it on to the correct destination.
It is of course hilarious that the actual error consisted of the repeated words "goto fail;".
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The legendary computing scientist Edsger Dijkstra wrote about the risks of the goto statement in programming languages way back in 1968, in his famous letter Go To Statement Considered Harmful — the text of which is available online, both in the original 1960s-style formatting (PDF) and more modern typography. "The go to statement as it stands is just too primitive, it is too much an invitation to make a mess of one's program," he wrote. Dijkstra instead promoted the discipline of structured programming.
Even though I was indoctrinated in structured programming, I don't think the goto is the real problem here. Anyone can screw up code with an ill-judged copy-paste or a slip of the mouse. We've all been there, right? Pointy-haired managers, think "reply all".
But Apple needs to answer some serious questions.
Why wasn't this broken code spotted by some sort of review process before it ended up in a software build? After all, this sort of mistake can even be picked up by various automated code analysis tools, let alone by human reviewers.
Why wasn't the failure picked up in the testing phase, before the software was published? After all, testing that each step in a security authentication process still works is kind of important.
Why was a patch for iOS released, thereby revealing the existence of the problem and giving security researchers good and evil the opportunity to reverse engineer it and see whether the problem also existed in OS X — which it did — before that operating system was also patched? After all, both operating systems are produced by the same company. Don't these people talk to each other?
I think we have some cultural problems here, folks.
The apparent lack of communication between the iOS and OS X teams is bad enough. But what's far more worrying is how such a serious error could have escaped detection — let's skip the more tinfoil-oriented explanation that it was a deliberate "mistake" to help the NSA, and a programming error gives Apple plausible deniability — and how the impact of the error is magnified by Apple's complete lack of transparency when it comes to security issues.
"For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available," says Apple. Which means it may know full well about unpatched vulnerabilities, but even if they're being actively exploited, you won't know about them.
Nothing must tarnish the image of Apple's pretty, pretty garden, even if beneath the surface it's rotten. Or poisoned.
That's why I agree with Eugene Kaspersky, head of Kaspersky Lab, who nearly two years ago wrote that when it comes to security, Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft. At the time, I called him a "glorious global megatroll" for that suggestion, but also wrote that Apple's supposed invulnerability is a myth based on ancient history.
Back when Windows was vulnerable to myriad viruses and worms, Bill Gates issued his Trustworth Computing memo and Microsoft completely re-engineered the way it made software. The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) methodology was the result. Windows was dramatically improved — well, at least from a security standpoint — so much so that the attackers moved up the stack and tore Adobe's products a new one.
Apple's goto fail is a clear sign that the magic garden needs weeding — or even a good dose of Agent Orange, rather than endless Kool-Aid. But the first step in fixing a problem is admitting that it exists, and Apple has yet to do that. It seems that when it comes to security, Apple still couldn't find its butt with both hands. Perhaps it should be using Apple Maps to help. No, wait.
Disclosure: Stilgherrian has travelled to US security events twice as Microsoft's guest, including a briefing on SDL. He uses a MacBook Pro, having been primarily a Mac user since 1985, and an Android phone.
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Troops Recover NPA Arms Cache in Bukidnon
BUNAWAN, Davao City - Nine (9) assorted high-powered firearms belonging to a beleaguered Communist Terrorist Group operating in the boundary of Davao-Bukidnon were recovered by the joint elements of the 89th Infantry Battalion under 1003rd Infantry Brigade and 103rd MICO in a remote area of Sitio Bibislig, Brgy. Gamot, Quezon, Bukidnon on Friday, September 18, 2020.
The recovered arms cache was a result of the revelations of alias "SARA", one of the wounded NPA members left to die by her fleeing comrades during an encounter with the 27th Infantry Battalion in Calinan District last September 9, 2020.
Subject NPA was rescued by the 27th Infantry Battalion and brought to SPMC by the 1003rd Infantry Brigade for medical treatment.
The Brigade has earned the trust and confidence of alias "SARA" because of the proper treatment provided to her.
The nine (9) firearms, all in operational condition consist of seven (7) M16 rifles, one (1) M653 rifle, and one (1) AK 47 rifle.
The firearms are now subject to documentation and processing to establish their origins.
For the period since the September 9 clash in Calinan District, Davao City, the NPA group had lost 16 firearms to the government troops.
It also lost seven (7) members who were either killed, captured, or surrendered.
The CTG has been known to notoriously imposing extortion and mass recovery activities across Davao City, Talaingod, Davao Del Norte, and parts of Bukidnon Province.
Brigadier General Nolasco A Mempin, Commander of the 1003rd Infantry Brigade, lauded his troops for their display of deep respect to human rights in reference to the capture and treatment of alias "SARA" and of the other NPA members that gave way to the successful discovery of the arms cache.
"We will be relentless in our mandated task as protectors of the people until lasting peace is finally established in all communities under our Area of Responsibility. We are calling on everyone to be committed and be part of the Culture of Security our local leaders are espousing," BGen Mempin added.
Source: Civil-Military Operations Office, 1003rd Infantry Brigade, Joint Task Force Agila, PA


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Bearley Village and Gallery
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Bearley is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is about five miles (8 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon, bounded on the north by Wootton Wawen, on the east by Snitterfield, and on the south and west by Aston Cantlow. The western boundary is formed by a stream running out of Edstone Lake; it would seem that the land, now part of Edstone in Wootton Wawen, between the stream where it flows west from the lake and the road running east from Bearley Cross, was originally included in Bearley.
The land within the parish rises gradually from a height of 216 ft (66 m), in the north-west at Bearley Cross, to about 370 ft (110 m), at the south-east corner of the parish, and is open except along its eastern boundary, where part of the extensive wood known as Snitterfield Bushes is included in Bearley.
At Bearley Cross the road running west to Alcester and east to Warwick is crossed by the main road running north-west from Stratford-upon-Avon to Henley-in-Arden. To the south of the Cross and the station a road runs south-east from the Stratford road, passing the Grange and the Manor House, to the church. This seems to be the Saltereswey which in 1249 formed one of the limits of the demesnes of Bearley, the others being the high road from Stratford to Henley and the Lochamwey, which may be identified with the road, passing the Methodist chapel, connecting the other two roads.
At the 2001 census the population was 758, falling to 724 at the 2011 census.
A small gallery of images from the Village of Bearley.
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St. Mary Church Rear St. Mary Church Rear
Timber Framed House Timber Framed House
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https://swfhs.org.uk/index.php/image-galleries/bearley-gallery#sigProIdba12fee9fe
Please see the War Memorial Page for more pictures.
The name is first recorded as Burlei in 1086 and is from Old English burh + leah 'woodland clearing near a fortified place. Bearley is recorded in the Domesday Book where its 5 hides were split, 4 being held by William son of Courbucion who holds "in Bearley 4 hides. Land for 4 ploughs. In Lordship 1; 2 slaves; 9 villagers and 6 smallholders with 5 ploughs. Meadow, 4 acres; in Warwick 1 house which pays 8d. The value was 60s; now 40s. Ernwin and his mother held it freely." and 1 hide as part of the lands of Robert of Stafford " Alric holds 1 hide in Bearley. Land for 1 plough. 1 villager and 1 slave. Meadow 1 acre. The value was 20s; now 10s. He also held it (before 1066)". About 1175 this 1 hide was in the tenure of Hervey de Stratton, who with his son Richard remitted his rights therein to his overlord Robert de Stafford, grandson of the Domesday Robert who granted it to the Abbey of Bordesley.[2] Upon the Dissolution of the Monasteries it came to Clement Throckmorton who later sold it William Walter who passed it to Mr Fanshaw.
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Ghost Ship in Oakland. Ghost housing too
People live in substandard housing in Oakland because they probably had to leave San Francisco due to nosebleed housing costs, then found they couldn't afford anything legit in Oakland either. So they live in unsafe housing like the Ghost Ship.
Johnny at Granola Shotgun started buying rental properties in San Francisco and elsewhere years ago and blogs eloquently about housing shortages, costs of housing, and more. He lives in an apartment in a building he and friends jointly bought. Â He said the word is out among young people, don't even bother with San Francisco. It's just too expensive. A friend of his with rental property in Stockton says it used to rent to people who worked in Stockton. but now is mainly people who work in Oakland, which is a two hour drive each way. That means you work, drive, and sleep. Not much time for anything else.
There are engineers at Google making $150,000 who sleep in campers in the parking lot because why pay $3,000 a month for a one bedroom dump when Google has free meals and showers.
The Ghost Ship in Oakland  was beyond substandard, and it burned, killing dozens. But upgrading buildings like it to code would be hugely expensive and then those currently living in them would certainly no longer be able to afford it.
The landlord in this case was absent and unresponsive to complaints of a faulty electrical system and a general lack of safety. The tenants cobbled together all manner of make shift solutions for heating and cooking involving propane tanks and extension cords. Improvised stairs, sleeping lofts, and interior partitions resulted in a maze of dangerous spaces. The city of Oakland, which is perpetually low on funds and personnel, hadn't inspected this building for decades. (Ironically there's a fire station directly around the corner.) And finally, a dance was held at the Ghost Ship which filled the building with even more people, many of whom weren't familiar with the property's unusual twists and quirks.
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Q: npm mqtt module just keeps running without doing anything? I´m pretty new in the whole JS and node.js and npm thing and im trying to use a mqtt broker in a project I have for a class, so I installed the mqtt module from npm and to give me an idea of how it works I ran the example in the npm page but it doesn´t seem to work, it just hangs without ever printing the "hello mqtt" it says it should? im sure im missing something but i really don´t know what.
The code is:
var mqtt = require('mqtt')
var client  = mqtt.connect('mqtt://test.mosquitto.org')

client.on('connect', function () {
  client.subscribe('presence')
  client.publish('presence', 'Hello mqtt')
})

client.on('message', function (topic, message) {
  // message is Buffer
  console.log(message.toString())
  client.end()
})

the page I got it from is https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt
i also tried using my own broker but it also doesnt work.

A: This could be so many things, but the most likely is that you are failing to connect to the broker.
The sample code has no error handling at all so it's not going to tell you when it fails to connect. Try the following code which should tell you what's going on.
var mqtt = require('mqtt')
var options = {
  connectTimeout: 10000

};

var client  = mqtt.connect('mqtt://test.mosquitto.org',options)

client.on('connect', function () {
  console.log("connected");
  client.subscribe('presence')
  client.publish('presence', 'Hello mqtt')
})

client.on('error', function(err){
  console.log("error %j", err);
});

client.on('close',function(){
  console.log("client disconnected");
});

client.on('message', function (topic, message) {
  // message is Buffer
  console.log(message.toString())
  client.end()
})

I've wound the connection timeout down to 10 seconds from the default 30 so you can see it fail quicker.

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Q: How can I display both the text fields I have two activities say A1 and A2, they both have two edit text fields, one for the title and other for the story. When the user enters the text in activity A1, in both of these text fields, and presses the save button, the entry gets saved in a list view. Now when the user again clicks on the entry just saved, the title and the story should be displayed in the title and the story text field of the activity A2. I am getting the title in activity A2, but I can't understand why is the story part not getting displayed.
Here's the code for Activity A1, when the item was clicked.
static String title = "";
static String story = "";

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2, long arg3) {
    // here arg3 is the id of the item which is pressed
    registerForContextMenu(arg1);
    id_item_clicked = arg3;
    position_item = arg2;
    Cursor c = (Cursor) arg0.getItemAtPosition(arg2);
    title = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(DataHolder.KEY_TITLE));
    story = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(DataHolder.KEY_STORY));
    Intent i = null;

    // remove this toast later
    Toast.makeText(DiaryActivity.this, "TestClick", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    try {
        i = new Intent(A1.this,
                Class.forName("com.android.project.A2"));
        i.putExtra(ROW_ID, arg3);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    startActivity(i);
}

Here's the code for Activity A2, which displays the text in the two text fields:
EditText title_read, display_story_read;
private long rowId;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.readdata);

    // bundle receives the row id of the item clicked
    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();

    rowId = extras.getLong("row_id");

    setupVaiables();

    title_read.setText(A1.title);
    display_story_read.setText(A1.story);
}

The title is getting displayed, but the story part is not, please help me with this, I've been trying for like hours. And can someone tell me why do I get only a few replies to my questions?

A: Passing variables in such way is bad practice. You can pass variables via the intent:
i.putExtra(TITLE_KEY, title);
i.putExtra(STORY_KEY, story);

or get title and story from the database in activity A2, not A1.
Are you sure that story field was written in the DB? Check value of the story that you get, write it in the log or in the toast.

Side note: you can construct intent from the class:
Intent i = new Intent(A1.this, A2.class);

In this case you don't need try..catch block.


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Tackling decoherence via weak quantum measurement and quantum measurement revers
演讲人: Yoon-Ho Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
地点:FIT 1-203-5
Decoherence, often caused by unavoidable coupling with the environment, leads to degradation of quantum coherence. For a multipartite quantum system, decoherence leads to degradation of entanglement and, in certain cases, entanglement sudden death (ESD). Tackling decoherence, thus, is a critical issue faced in quantum information, as entanglement is a vital resource for many quantum information applications including quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and quantum metrology. In this talk, I will describe a new approach for tackling decoherence by making use of weak quantum measurement and quantum measurement reversal. Unlike projection measurement in which the quantum state is irreversibly collapsed, weak quantum measurement only slightly perturbs the quantum state and it is possible to reverse the measurement so that the pre-measurement state is recovered probabilistically. I will first discuss an entanglement protection scheme in which weak and reversing measurements are used to effectively circumvent even ESD-causing decoherence. I will then discuss how this effect can be combined with the delayed-choice concept, leading to delayed-choice decoherence suppression in which the decision to suppress decoherence on an entangled two-qubit state is delayed until after the decoherence and even after the detection of a qubit.
[1] "Protecting Entanglement from Decoherence using Weak Measurement and Quantum Measurement Reversal" Y.-S. Kim, J.-C. Lee, O. Kwon, and Y.-H. Kim, Nature Physics 8, 117 (2012).
[2] "Experimental demonstration of delayed-choice decoherence suppression"
J.-C. Lee, H.-T. Lim, K.-H. Hong, Y.-C. Cheong, M.S. Kim, and Y.-H. Kim, Nature Communications 5:4522 (2014).
[3] "Experimental realization of a delayed-choice quantum walk"
Y.-C. Jeong, C. Di Franco, H.-T. Lim, M.S. Kim, and Y.-H. Kim, Nature Communications 4:2471 (2013).
Prof. Yoon-Ho Kim received Ph.D. in quantum optics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA) in 2001. He then held the prestigious Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA). Since 2004, he has been on the faculty of the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea. His recent interests include weak quantum measurement in quantum information, multi-photon quantum systems, quantum/ghost imaging, and atom-photon interactions. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for Optics Express and as an editor for the Journal of the Korean Physical Society.


Malai is a Hindi word which means Cream & koftas are made out of shredded paneer and our choice of vegetables smashed & deep fried along with added masalas. They both are made separately but while serving both are combined together and so it is known as Malai kofta. There will be very few Indian restaurants that will not have this dish in their menu list. Malai kofta is a very rich & famous dish from northern parts of India & are made during any occasions or festivals at home.
Take a vessel & add all the chopped vegetables. Cook vegetables in pressure cooker without adding water in vegetables or else you can microwave the vegetables for 8 to 9 mins. Remove cooked vegetables & allow it to cool.
After cooling, smash the vegetables nicely to a fine paste. Add all the items mentioned under Ingredients for making koftas except bread crumbs & bread.
Take a bread slice & dip it in water. Remove water completely from the bread. Smash it & add to the kofta mix.
Nicely knead the kofta mix to fine dough. It will be little bit sticky. Don't worry. You can make 20 equal lemon sizes round balls or else oval shape balls of your choice.
Heat oil in kadai for deep fry. Roll the kofta ball into bread crumbs & nicely spread bread crumbs all over the kofta. Dip it in hot oil for deep fry. When it turns brown in color from all sides, remove it to a plate wrapped with paper towel. Similarly you can make the rest koftas. Keep it aside.
Paneer Kofta is ready to serve hot with masala chai or else even as starter for evening dinner.
Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter cumin seeds. Add chopped onion & sauté well till the onion turns transparent. Add ginger – garlic paste & little salt & sauté for 3mins.
Then add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder & garam masala powder & sauté till nice aroma comes. Cook in low flame.
Then add chopped tomatoes & sauté well till oil oozes out from sides.
Add warm milk & bring to boil. Low flame & cook for 3mins.
Make fine paste of cashew nuts & pour it into the gravy. Cook for 1min.
Add fresh cream, sugar & salt as per taste. Cook in low flame for 5mins.
Place the Paneer kofta balls in a dish. Pour the kofta gravy above the koftas. Garnish with grated cheese or paneer.
Malai kofta is ready to serve. Goes well with Butter naan, Roti, Chapathi & Fried Rice.


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The Guidance Department provides academic as well as personal support services to students in all grade levels. In today's world, schools need to take an active role in helping students succeed academically and grow spiritually by providing resources for personal development and life skills.
Guidance counselors help students identify their aptitudes, interests, educational abilities and needs in order to set appropriate goals. In junior and senior years, students are assisted with the college application process and provided with current financial aid and scholarship information. Cabrini High participates in the Archdiocesan College Night and invites universities for lunchtime visits, giving students the opportunity to meet with representatives from many colleges and universities across the country. A Career Day is held each year to expose students on all grade levels to different career options.
The Students Against Drugs and Alcohol Club, moderated by the counselors, provides students with current drug and alcohol information and sponsors school-wide prevention activities throughout the year.


When I upgraded my PC from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, my Logitech G430 USB gaming headset continued to work just fine. But recently I decided to reinstall Windows 10 fresh and found my headset would no longer be recognized within the Device Manager as the device appeared under "Other Devices" with an exclamation point. I searched and searched and all I could find was people advising to use the 3.5mm jacks instead. This isn't a solution. But I eventually found one.
Installing previous versions of the Logitech Gaming Software.
Uninstalling all disconnected Logitech and USB devices from the device manager.
Updating the driver in the device manager by pointing to "C:\Program Files\Logitech Gaming Software\Drivers".
Nothing seemed to be working. Then I decided to use Procman to see if there were any log files. Eventually I found this log file, C:\Windows\INF\setupapi.dev.log. Inside the log file I found sections which ended with "[Exit status: FAILURE(0x00000002)]". Directly above these failures would be a reason such as file could not be found. As I sifted through the sections I finally came across an entry which quoted "Driver package references a missing external file 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\USBAUDIO.sys'". I tried looking for the "USBAUDIO.SYS" file manually and couldn't find it. I checked another Windows 10 computer and the file was there. I have no idea why this file was missing but I copied "USBAUDIO.SYS" to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers" on the affected machine. Then I launched the device manager, right clicked the headset and selected Update Driver. I browsed to "C:\Program Files\Logitech Gaming Software\Drivers" and voila, my Logitech G430 Gaming Headset started working again.
I did run into one more issue. I could hear a hiss which turned out to be the Microphone. I checked if the option "Listen to this device" was checked but it wasn't even though I could hear the feedback. To resolve this right click the audio icon in the task bar and select "Recording Devices". Right clicked the Logitech G430 Microphone, select Properties, and then select the Listen tab. Check the box "Listen to this device" and then hit Apply. Then immediately uncheck "Listen to this device" and his Apply again and then click Ok. The feedback should be gone now.


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ChainUP's One-Stop Exchange Compliance Solution Meets Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Standards
By TechBullion PR
Singapore, 1st May, 2020 – Leading blockchain technology provider ChainUP has collaborated with Bplus and BitSG Labs to launch Singapore's first legally compliant cryptocurrency exchange solution. The one-stop service solution adheres to MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) standards, Singapore's official financial regulator.
Established in 2017, ChainUP currently has eight developed product lines – whitelabel crypto exchange solution, blockchain cloud media, wallet system, situational awareness system, mining pool, public and alliance chains, liquidity and broker systems. It has created three independent brands – BitWind, an exchange liquidity provider, EXUP, a financial derivatives platform, and HiCoin, a crypto wallet solution.
Customizing development systems for exchanges, the new ChainUP technology solution targets compliance requirements to meet MAS standards. They have also implemented upgrades in these areas – AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC (Know Your Customer), local government audit reports/API, fund storage and withdrawal, remodeling of its underlying storage solution for wallets. ChainUP provides blockchain technology services to over 500 global customers, where 300 of these are exchange clients.
ChainUP: Past Success and Rich Industry Experience
With exchange compliance dominating regulatory discussions everywhere, it is clear that this industry topic will be a future trend. ChainUP points out that besides its legal component, compliance is also a test of technicality. ChainUP stands out when compared with other compliance providers in the market, with clear advantages of past success and rich industry experience. Although Japan is known for being extremely strict with compliance regulations, two of ChainUp's exchange clients managed to obtain local licenses with ChainUP's compliance solution. In Singapore, a group of ChainUP customer exchanges managed to get on the exemption list and their license applications advanced to be reviewed by MAS, using the ChainUP compliance system solution.
Compliance licenses are now in high demand, especially for certain countries – the United States, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Malta, Thailand and Kazakhstan. Many exchanges get their licenses from Estonia and Switzerland, however, they do not really run their operations from there. Whilst an important market, the cost of being compliant in the United States is very high. Japan has a strong localized culture and is not really friendly to non-native exchanges. Regulatory hurdles like very strict audits that require long approvals are typical of Japan's rigid bureaucratic administration.
Singapore: Favorable Landscape for Long Term Compliance Development
General industry consensus is that the Singapore landscape is favorable for long-term compliance development for exchanges. The city state has a relatively open legal policy making framework that prioritizes efficiency. Internationally recognized as a reputable venue to conduct business, Singapore can also aid in the globalization and branding of a company.
Furthermore, compliance is both costly and challenging, especially in the case of licensing applications. The ChainUP, Bplus and BitSG Labs collaboration provides a complete setup in Singapore that offers a one-stop shop exchange compliance service. This naturally brings about cost reductions and efficiency in compliance processing, not to mention a variety of value-added services on the table. Some of these services include incubation for exchange compliance, community marketing support, quality industry resource sharing, professional consultation services, global media services and support for Singapore as a core location incubator, amongst many others.
The new offering from ChainUP, Bplus and BitSG Labs supports exchanges to take-off with regulatory compliance.
About ChainUP
ChainUP is a leading blockchain technology solution provider in the world. It owns eight well-developed product lines: digital currency trading (financial derivatives), wallet, situational awareness, public chain and consortium blockchain, mining pool, blockchain cloud media, liquidity, broker, and has constructed an industrial closed-loop from technology service to traffic and traffic commercialization. So far, it has served 300+ exchange clients, 100+ digital wallet clients, 150+ liquidity service clients, which include 50+ million users in over 20 countries from Asia, Europe, America and Oceania. The team members behind ChainUP have worked in top blockchain or internet companies and institutions in technological development and operation management, and are highly experienced in the blockchain industry. It has obtained several rounds of investments from well-known top institutions in the industry, such as Morningside Venture Capital, Joy Capital, Node Capital, Albatross Venture, Taoshi capital, amongst others.
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Here's what to expect from Warren Buffett during Berkshire Hathaway's first virtual annual meeting
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc
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This year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting will be like no other as investors look for insight on how the conglomerate will move forward from the coronavirus pandemic and what its future holds.
The meeting will be held Saturday but, unlike previous years, there won't be a crowd of shareholders swarming leaders Chairman Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger with questions. Instead, the meeting will be held virtually, the questions answered will have been previously submitted and Munger will not be there.
This year's meeting comes at a critical juncture for Berkshire. Shareholders want clarity about Berkshire's leadership moving forward and with its massive cash pile, many owners are wondering whether the "Oracle of Omaha" has found some attractive investments amid the pandemic plunge in stocks.
"Cash is not paying anything right now, so it behooves to take some of this capital and deploy it," said Greg Womack, president of Womack Investment Advisers, which owns Berkshire stock.
What will Buffett do with his massive cash pile?
Berkshire was sitting on more than $120 billion in cash at the end of last year. Buffett said in his 2019 letter to shareholders he was looking to make an "elephant-sized" acquisition but noted that valuations were too high.
In 2020, however, the coronavirus outbreak sent stocks tumbling from record levels into a bear market, lowering valuations. The S&P 500 dropped more than 35% from its record high on Feb. 19 to a low reached March 23. The broader-market index, however, then rebounded by more than 28% from that low.
Buffett has used declines like this to make moves in the past. During the 2008 financial crisis, Buffett made special investments in Goldman Sachs and Bank of America.
But Buffett has remained unusually quiet this time around.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Munger said Berkshire is being conservative during this pandemic.
"We're like the captain of a ship when the worst typhoon that's ever happened comes," Munger told the paper. "We just want to get through the typhoon, and we'd rather come out of it with a whole lot of liquidity."
But Womack thinks some of that cash can be reinvested in some of Berkshire's existing holdings, given how much they have fallen. "As far as looking at what they own and what value could be out there, financials are a big area," he said.
Bank of America shares are down more than 30% year to date while Goldman Sachs has fallen 22%. Wells Fargo is down over 48% for 2020 and JPMorgan Chase has lost 33% of its value. American Express is down nearly 30% year to date.
Cathy Seifert, an analyst at CFRA Research, thinks it may be prudent for Berkshire to keep some "dry powder" given its large insurance and reinsurance businesses and the potential losses to those businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Berkshire is also an insurance company, and what we have is an insurance event right now," Seifert said. "Berkshire also has a very big reinsurance business."
"Something that doesn't tend to be top of mind, but maybe should be, is what's their degree of exposure to the pandemic within the reinsurance business," Seifert said.
Insurance losses from the coronavirus outbreak could range between $32 billion and $80 billion across some classes in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, according to broker Willis Towers Watson. That would surpass the claims total from the September 11 attacks.
To be sure, UBS analyst Brian Meredith thinks Berkshire's coronavirus risk is "manageable."
He added that Berkshire's cash hoard "and strong balance sheet will enable it weather the economic downturn better than most companies, in our view, and potentially afford it opportunities to utilize its cash to make acquisitions at attractive prices."
Greg Abel takes stage with Buffett
Questions over who Buffett's successor will be are also mounting ahead of the meeting, especially since Munger, 96, will not take shareholder questions alongside Buffett and instead he will be joined by Vice Chairman of Non-Insurance Operations Greg Abel.
"I'm assuming we're starting to see some changes take place with Mr. Abel stepping up in [Munger's] place," said Womack of Womack Investment Advisers. "It makes sense. At some point, you have to start handing the baton off."
Womack noted Abel appears to have been groomed to take over in recent years.
Abel, 57, was promoted to his post in 2018 and even answered some questions at last year's shareholder's meeting. Prior to that, he served as Berkshire Hathaway Energy's chairman and CEO.
His promotion — along with him answering questions at last year's meeting — were seen as hints by Buffett that Abel was in the running to succeed Buffett, who is now 89 years old.
"I would say you look to Greg as the person who is going to be taking over Berkshire's chairmanship at some point," Womack said.
—CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.
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Одним из аспектов национал-социалистического режима, существовавшего в Германии с 1933 по 1945 годы, была последовательная зелёная политика.

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Идеология набравшего во второй половине XIX века популярности в Германии народного движения испытала на себе влияние тогда ещё молодой науки экологии (примечательно, что Эрнст Геккель, создатель термина «экология», был сторонником евгеники). Тема «гармонии с природой» стала довольно важной для движения. Как писал историк Питер Штауденмайер, «в условиях триумфа промышленного капитализма мыслители-народники (Volkisch thinkers) проповедовали возвращение к земле, к простоте и целостности, созвучной чистоте природы».

Выросшие в XX веке из народного движения национал-социалистические партии закономерно сохранили «зелёные» положения в своей идеологии. НСДАП не была исключением. Многие из её лидеров (в том числе Адольф Гитлер, Герман Геринг и Генрих Гиммлер) были энвайронменталистами, поддерживали права животных и сохранение видов. Гитлер, по сведениям из дневников Геббельса, был вегетарианцем и выступал против антропоцентрической картины мира, утверждая, что люди не являются чем-то качественно высшим по отношению к другим животным; также Геббельс упоминал о намерении Гитлера запретить скотобойни в Рейхе по окончании Второй мировой войны.

Идеологически необходимость защиты окружающей среды обосновывалась ценностью крови и почвы: нацисты стремились к сохранению чистоты и того, и другого. Нацисты отвергали антропоцентрические основания для защиты прав животных, утверждая, что благополучие животных имеет ценность само по себе.

Национал-социалисты ещё до прихода к власти предпринимали попытки реформировать законодательство Веймарской республики в «зелёную» сторону. В частности, в 1931 году депутаты Рейхстага от НСДАП внесли предложение запретить вивисекцию, однако оно, как и прочие «зелёные» инициативы, не было поддержано другими парламентскими партиями.

Защита прав животных
21 апреля 1933 года, почти сразу после прихода к власти, нацисты приняли несколько законопроектов, ограничивающих права граждан на убийство животных. В частности, запрещалось умерщвлять животных без анестезии.

Нацистская Германия стала первой страной, запретившей вивисекцию. Соответствующий закон вступил в силу 16 августа 1933 года. В связи с его принятием Герман Геринг заявил, что все, кто «считают, что с животными можно обращаться как с бездушной собственностью», будут отправлены в концентрационные лагеря. Впрочем, 5 сентября того же года была принята поправка к закону, разрешавшая университетам и исследовательским центрам проводить вивисекцию, если на то есть научная необходимость, если будет получено соответствующее разрешение от министерства внутренних дел и если животное будет полностью обезболено.

24 ноября 1933 года был принят другой закон, Reichstierschutzgesetz («закон о защите животных»), установивший множество новых запретов, включая запреты на использование животных для съёмок фильмов и общественных мероприятий в тех случаях, когда это может причинить боль животному или вред его здоровью, на насильственное кормление домашних птиц и на разрывание бёдер живым лягушкам.

23 февраля 1934 года прусское министерство занятости и торговли постановило ввести обязательное обучение защите животных, начиная с начальных классов.

Генрих Гиммлер предлагал полностью запретить охоту на животных, однако, поскольку охота играла важную роль в немецком народном хозяйстве, да и массово отказаться от мяса немцы готовы не были, его предложение было отклонено из практических соображений. Тем не менее, охота и рыбалка в Третьем Рейхе строго регулировались, и малейшие нарушения жестоко карались. Известен случай, когда рыбак был отправлен в концлагерь за то, что разделал лягушку.

3 июля 1934 года вступил в силу новый закон об охоте (Das Reichsjagdgesetz), который ввёл существенные ограничения на охоту. Также новым законом было создано , основной задачей которого было обучение охотников принципам этичной охоты. Вступление в общество было обязательным условием для получения охотничьей лицензии.

Нацистская Германия стала первой в мире страной, принявшей специальные законы, направленные на защиту волков.

В 1934 году в Берлине прошла международная конференция по правам животных.

В 1938 году нацистское правительство ввело защиту животных в качестве предмета для изучения в университетах.

Защита лесов и другие «зелёные» меры
Немецкие нацисты создали первые в Европе заповедники, а также обеспечили беспрецедентный уровень государственной поддержки экологически безопасных методов ведения сельского хозяйства.

В 1936 году в Германии была развёрнута масштабная кампания по лесоразведению.

Влияние
Все законы о защите  основаны на законах, принятых в Третьем Рейхе.

См. также
 Савитри Деви — национал-социалистическая активистка, известная защитница прав животных
 Экофашизм

Примечания

Нацистская Германия
Охрана окружающей среды

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Grievance Procedures for Full-Time Faculty
Grievance Procedure Overview
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT assists faculty members in finding informal solutions to problems they face in the workplace. The staff of the union routinely meets with faculty members to discuss and explore ways to resolve issues of many kinds. If resolution is not achievable through informal efforts, faculty members are advised as to whether the issue(s) in question are cognizable through one of the two negotiated grievance procedures and/or whether other avenues are available.
If you have questions and/or need information in general about university practices, policies or rules, you can find assistance by contacting our office. We will attempt to answer any questions you may have.
Rutgers AAUP-AFT is only authorized to pursue grievances on behalf of its members under the collective bargaining agreement with Rutgers, the State University. It does not provide members with lawyers or legal advice for the pursuit of outside discrimination claims. State and federal laws provide individual avenues separate from the union-negotiated contract to pursue claims of violations of anti-discrimination laws. Consult this "FAQ's Concerning Discrimination and the Law" for information about your rights and obligations under state and federal laws.
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Working Conditions and Grievance Department has three staff members: B.J. Walker, Damon Fillman, and Wendy Asreen. The Chair of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT Litigation/Grievance Committee is appointed by the President.
You may contact the staff representatives for assistance either by telephone (732) 964-1000 or e-mail: B.J. Walker bjwalker AT rutgersaaup.org. Meetings are by appointment only.
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These charts show Rutgers non-tenure track faculty salaries in comparison with other comparable education professionals and in relation to the cost of living.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty Contract Proposals, February 2013
The NTT bargaining team's initial set of proposals given to the RU administration's team on February 14, 2013.
Media Advisory, Sept 13, 2013: Rutgers One Solidarity Action for NTT Faculty
This document is the media advisory sent out about the Rutgers One contract campaign solidarity action with the NTT faculty before the football game on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Student activist, Marios Athanasiou, is quoted: "If teachers are being treated this poorly, what kind of education do we think we're getting?
Barchi: "Non-tenure track faculty are not throwaways," Audio Clip from July 11, 2013
At the July 11, 2013 Board of Governors meeting, President Robert Barchi said, "We need 175 to 200 more tenure-track faculty…. The non-tenure track faculty are not throwaways…"
Listen to the brief audio clip here.
Non-Tenure Track News: They're Still Not Making This Easy
During the September 20 bargaining session, the Rutgers University administration team again failed to engage in serious negotiations.
Rutgers One Solidarity Action for Rutgers NTT Faculty Today
Today, September 27, 2013, starting at 12:30 PM, Rutgers One activists are demonstrating in solidarity with non-tenure track (NTT) faculty in front of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Ave Campus in New Brunwick where the universitu's president, Robert Barchi, will address the University Senate at 1:10 PM.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty Annotated List of Better Policies at other Universitites, 2013
This document is a selected annotated list of employment policies for full-time, non-tenure track faculty prepared by Rutgers AAUP-AFT in preparation for bargaining. Last updated, January 2013
Wright State University Contract, 2013
This document is the Agreement (contract) from Wright State University, negotiated by the AAUP-WSU faculty union, for non-tenure track eligible faculty, ratified by union members on September 17, 2013, and signed by the WSU administration and the faculty union on September 20, 2013.
RU Student Assembly resolution for NTTs
RU Student Assembly solidarity resolution with NTTs
NTT Faculty News: Allies and Other Necessaries
One last chance to gather names for the petition in support of non-tenure track faculty. I hope your name is there already, Colleague. But has your mother signed it yet? The person across the hall? Clerk at the cash register? Time to muster up. The petition–on paper, if you want, or electronic, as you prefer–is available.
NTT Petition PDF for download
Download this petition and gather signatures. Education your family, friends, students, and colleagues about the effort to improve working conditions for full-time faculty who work in jobs that are not tenure-eligible. Return the signed petition to the union office at 11 Stone Street in New Brunswick.
Media Advisory: Rutgers Faculty Denied Opportunity to Address the Board of Governors
AAUP-AFT Media Advisory about the Rutgers Board of Governors (BOG) refusing to allow the chair of the NTT Bargaining Team, Ann Gordon, to address the members of the Board at its December 3, 2013 meeting.
Petition Delivery in Support of NTT Faculty, December 3
Petitions were delivered to the Board of Governors and President Barchi on December 3, 2013 in the continuing effort to move the administration to settle the contract for NTT Faculty. See the text of the petition here.
NTT News: What Just Happened?
Nearly everyone of the NTT faculty in the non-clinical titles will be affected in some way by the changes that the administration (at long last) agreed to last week. Read the Memorandum of Agreement. Attend meetings that the Rutgers AAUP-AFT will schedule and vote in January, when all members of the union will be asked to approve the settlement.
Tentative Memorandum of Agreement RE: Non-Tenure Track Faculty
This document is the tentative Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding the Non-Tenure Track Faculty, 2013.
Read the tentative Memorandum of Agreement RE: Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Read the tentative Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding the Non-Tenure Track Faculty at Rutgers. This MOA is subject to membership approval by voting.
NTT Memorandum of Agreement, January 31, 2014
Union members voted to approve this Memorandum of Agreement for Non-Tenure Track Faculty on January 24, 2014.
Contract Update #7: Reclaim Rutgers on Thurs, Oct 23
Your participation in the contract campaign is making a difference. This past Thursday the Barchi bargaining team came back with an economic proposal that was 0.5% over their initial offer (see details of the bargaining positions in this News post).
Oct 23, 12:30pm: All Unions, All Campuses, All Out!
Walk out / Speak out #ReclaimRutgers
Reclaim Rutgers Day October 23, 2014
click link above to see photos of Reclaim Rutgers Day
Contract Update #8: Time to Spook Old Queens
Last week's Reclaim Rutgers Day of Action was a huge success. We need to keep up the pressure on management until we get an acceptable contract offer, so it's time to "spook" Old Queens in honor of Halloween.
NTT Faculty News: Contract Negotiations and the NTT MOA
RU management has treated many NTT faculty with disrespect for far too long. It is time for economic justice. We're fighting for improved salaries in the current negotiations underway.
Contract Update #9: Some Progress, But We Deserve More
We believe it is a positive sign that this week our team is finally bargaining directly with Dr. Richard Edwards, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chancellor of the New Brunswick campus. We're encouraged by their move to have someone at the table with academic credentials and a much clearer understanding of what faculty and TAs-GAs actually do.
Dr. Charles Haberl, Rutgers Not Prioritizing Instructional Resources
View Dr. Charles Haberl's interview with NJTV News Anchor Mary Alice Williams, November 4, 2014
Stand Up and Be Counted: Indoor Rally and March to BOG Tues, Dec 9
Member action is key to winning fair contracts!
NTT faculty members organized and won these improvements through a campaign that resulted in the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). The new procedures became effective January 2015.
Short Form for NTT Faculty
The "Short Form" policy document that guides the review process for reappointment and promotion to the rank of "Assistant Professor" for non-tenure track faculty, both Library and non-Library. Effective January 1, 2015.
NTT Library Academic Promotion Instructions
The "Academic Promotion Instructions" that apply to Non-tenure Track Library faculty at the rank of "Associate Professor" and above.
NTT Academic Promotion Instructions for Non-Library Faculty
The "Academic Promotion Instructions" for Non-tenure Track faculty at the rank of "Associate Professor" and above who are not employed by the University Libraries.
01/29: Information Session on the Full-Time NTT Faculty Contract to be Held in the Proteomics Building
Session focused on the NTT evaluation, reappointment, and promotion procedures
Faculty and Graduate Student Employees Win a Fair Agreement
Members have voted to ratify the new Agreement!
NTT Reappointment and Promotion Procedures Now Available
Success for NTTs!
Faculty and TA-GA Contract Ratified by 97%
Solidarity continues for other unionized employees still in negotiations or those just starting.
Frequently Asked Questions about the NTT MOA
The Rutgers AAUP-AFT provides these general guidelines based upon the University/AAUP-AFT Memorandum of Agreement regarding non-tenure track faculty. These guidelines are provided for general informational purposes and the information provided herein may not apply or be advisable in all circumstances.
NTT MOA FAQ - PDF
This PDF contains Frequently Asked Questions about the full-time non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty's 2014 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which created new job titles and career pathways for faculty who work full time off the tenure track.
Non-Library Non-Tenure-Track Faculty FAQs on Promotion Procedures
This PDF is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the procedures for promotion of non-library faculty who have a non-tenure-track appointment. These questions refer to procedures that are applicable to NTT faculty members at the rank of "Associate Professor" and above.
NTT Faculty Personnel Grievance Procedure
This document contains the sidebar agreement to develop an appropriate grievance procedure for NTT Faculty who are denied reappointment. A committee will be created upon ratification and develop the procedure before Commencent 2015.
RU Unions Have Launched a Joint Healthcare Insurance Survey
An important survey about health insurance options has been sent to full-time faculty and TA-GAs at Rutgers as part of a project with other RU unions. Contact us, if you do not see the email with a link to the survey.
Full-Time Faculty Non-Tenure Track Rights/Benefits
The agreement between Rutgers University and the AAUP-AFT guarantees the rights listed below for full-time, non-tenure track faculty.
Library Non-Tenure Track Faculty FAQs on Promotion Procedures
Library Promotion Instructions for Non-Tenure Track Faculty (PINs):
One of the first and most important things you can do to prepare for an evaluation is to understand the procedures related to promotion. Read carefully the Promotion Instructions and understand your responsibilities – they are clearly set forth in the Instructions.
Full-Time Faculty: Check your Check
Across-the-board and retroactive salary increases should have been applied to full-time faculty paychecks in May 2015. Click above to see more information.
New FAQs for Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Reappointment and Promotion Procedures
In anticipation of questions and concerns related to these new reappointment and promotion procedures (and a period of adjustment as units put into place the structure for these new procedures), we've developed a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Non-Tenure Track Faculty.
Time to Implement the New Contract for Full-Time Faculty
Monitoring of each step of the new Agreement for full-time faculty continues--and new issues emerge related to the July 1 salary increases.
Full-Time Faculty Contract
Victory! Defend what we've gained, fight for more.
Full-Time Faculty: Clarification on approaching merit considerations
The 2nd year of the Agreement for full-time faculty is a merit-based salary increase. The evaluation process will begin Fall 2015 and salary awards will be retroactive to July 1, 2015
Merit Awards and Departmental Criteria
Year Two of the Agreement for Full-Time Faculty is a salary increase via a 2% merit pool. More details here.
Rutgers Faculty are grappling with the impacts of the Responsibility Center Management (RCM) budget model.
Rutgers Faculty Pass Resolution on December 14, 2015
Rutgers faculty oppose use of Academic Analytics in academic and employment decisions
Merit Raises and Equity
Misconceptions cleared up - research, teaching, service, and equity are to be considered in the Year Two salary increase merit process underway.
More related to the defense of Prof Jasbir Puar's academic freedom
On February 26, 2016, President David M Hughes sent the following message to our members who are full-time faculty and teaching assistants-graduate assistants. The Executive Council and President Barchi both independently reaffirm commitment to academic freedom.
Dear Colleague,
Contract for Full-Time Faculty Tenured/Tenure Track/Non-Tenured/TA/GA
Current contracts for Tenured/Tenure Track/Non-Tenure Track/ TA/GA
Merit Award Announcements and Payments for 2015-2016
Rutgers central administration says that full-time tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure faculty will be informed of the FCP merit awards on May 27
Full-Time Faculty Salary Increase Information
Salary increase details in this news item - July 15 and July 29 are critical paydays!
General FAQs on NTT Reappointment and Promotion Procedures
This PDF is the best place to start in order to obtain an overview of the procedures for the evaluation of full-time, non-tenure track faculty for appointment, reappointment, and promotion. Below are the contents of this PDF.
FAQs: NTT Reappointments and Promotions
Non-Tenure Track (NTT) FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about reappointment and promotion procedures.
Update on Ethics Armor
The union reached an agreement with RU management to change a section of Ethics Armor that intrudes on faculty privacy and freedom. The next step is for the State Ethics Commission to approve the change.
New tiered health care network plans offered during October 2016 open enrollment
Changes made now will take effect on January 1, 2017. New tiered health care network plans and a direct primary care pilot program may save you money, but employees should read the fine print!
Next Round of FCP Considerations & Analysis of Last Round
Read the news about the 2017-18 round of consideration for a salary increase under the Faculty Compensation Program that is beginning now for tenure-track and non-tenure-track full-time faculty
Survey in Progress: Salary Equity for Female Faculty
All Rutgers faculty, full time and part time, as well as grad student employees are encouraged to take this survey!
New Brunswick Election for Officers and New Brunswick EC Reps 2017
Rutgers AAUP-AFT Officers
Secret Ballot Election Conducted by USPS (Regular Mail)
Ballots are sent via the regular USPS to the home address the union has on file. Follow instructions that come with your ballot materials. Return Ballot no later than 3pm on May 1, 2017 to Rutgers AAUP-AFT, 11 Stone Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Meeting with SAS Deans
More pressure needed to schedule extraordinary SAS faculty meeting on admin reorg!
Health Care Bulletin for Members of the State Health Benefits Program
Some Things to Know for 2018: New RU Wellness Incentive Pilot, No Premium Increase for the First Time--in Forever! And more.
All out for October 20 SAS Special Meeting on Reorganization
Faculty and staff mobilized for October 20 SAS special meeting on staff reorganization
Victory for Faculty Governance!
SAS reorganization halted! An elected committee will review SAS staff support issues.
Non-Tenure Track Salary Data
Summary by Department
Summary by Unit
Summary by Combined Unit


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Battle Box Fort Canning documents the last day before the fall of Singapore. The main attraction is the wax figure displays of Gen Percival and his command staff as they meet for the last time. The display is much better than the one in Sentosa. The figures look harried, gritty and one can feel the morbid end coming. The uniforms and equipment details are very authentic and well researched.


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ThingTweet - What is minimum Response Time I should expect ?
I'm using a digital input connected to a ESP8266 to connect to ThingSpeak. I have then used ThingTweet to post tweets when the digital input status toggles.
The digital input is monitoring a reed switch on an electrically operated gate which I'd like to monitor the open/closed status.
Question... What is the minimum response I should expect keeping mind that the gate may only be open for say a minute. Where is the time delay being introduced?
You should be able to drastically improve your performance time if you set up your own monitor instead of twitter. You can use MQTT subscribe to get rapid feedback on a channel status.
Here is an example showing publish and subscribe for MQTT on ESP8266.
You can use the subscribe part to monitor the gate status, but you will have to use another device at the monitor point. There are MQTT clients that will run on a cell phone, but I would use another ESP connected to a OLED display. You can use the callback function to update the screen.
I have been able to achieve sub second response time averages using MQTT subscribe.
It would be interesting to know if you get an additional performance gain using MQTT publish to update the gate status. If you feel like implementing it in two parts, please let us know what you get after implementing each part, or just let us know MQTT helps ypur application.


Looking for a fun improv warm-up with some character-building tools?
"Everyone think about someone you know really well. Think about their tics. How do they talk? How do they stand? What do they do with their hands?
"Acting is a series of tics." In our most famous examples of "good acting," a la Buzzfeed and the like, what's credited is what the actor does while doing what the script says. Brando stroking the cat or washing his face. Pitt literally chewing during conversations. We know our loved ones' tics, and respect them enough to play them real. I love entering stage and choosing to talk/act like someone I know well. It's a fast way to jump into a rich character.
A character without an emotional perspective is a caricature. We know our acquaintances' chacteristics; we know our "friends"' behaviors and we know our loved ones' patterns of emotional behavior. The funniest moments in this exercise come when a player explores something their person cares about.
You can build your character off of one choice. Their posture. Something they always say. How they react. Something they react to. Start with one choice – commit to it – and you'll find the rest. Our subconscious knows our loved ones.
"Everyone think about a celebrity impression they can do. It doesn't have to be a "good" impression, just a committed one. Again, think about their tics. Again, your impression can be built on just one thing. How do they talk? How do they stand? What's a famous line?
"Now, think of a regular old occupation. Fry cook. Carpenter. Surgeon. Doesn't matter.
One line can fuel the rest. In a show where each improviser played one character throughout, I was given the suggestion of a German. I didn't want to do "angry nazi" and I struggled to think about a German accent. And then I remembered Val Kilmer's "It's so early; let's get some coffee" character from The Saint. And I was set for the show. An impression – however, terrible – gives us a quick filter through which to engage our scene.
Contrast is fun. Think of a high status person confined in a low status job – Liam Neeson suffering stupid people behind a theater's popcorn counter. Or a withdrawn person in a commanding job – Mitch Hedberg, say, launching a battalion. Now, coming up with one thing out of the ether in-the-moment is a success, coming up with a contrasting thing too can be asking too much (outside of this exercise). But A) try it, it's fun and B) after your scene partner has come up with one thing, you can endow them with the contrasting thing.
"Everyone think about an animal. Go around the circle and say what animal each player was thinking about. Now, shift left; each player has the animal of player on their right. Go around the circle and review players' new animal. In this round you are going to personify that animal. This isn't Richard Scarry – you are not a humanoid animal – you are a human with the animal's characteristics. Posture? Voice? Facial expression?
"Now, think about something you personally care about. Anything – as long as you feel about it.
Again, Contrast is fun. A mouse squeaks about predatory lending. A jackal cackles about meditation. Enjoy here and try it on stage too.
A vulnerable character can make a hard truth more palatable. You can rip into a political party and if you act like a duck while doing it members of that party might tolerate it. They might even laugh.
We can find ourselves in strange places. In class, Jessi Schmale got "giraffe." Thinking about how she'd personify the animal and what she cared about personally led her to enter the circle, stretch herself tall as she ate greens and talked about how she only ate healthy because delicious bad-for-you food didn't sit well with her. If she was given llama, she might have talked about her love for yoga.
Enthusiastic acceptance of an endowment is fun for everyone.
"One at time, in no particular order, each player will enter the circle and create five characters. Try using the learnings of previous rounds. Pick a posture. Engage an environment. Endow yourself. Then speak a line of dialogue in that character's voice. Then everyone else also assumes that character and speaks that same line. Then the player in the circle does a new character and then everyone on the circle mirror. Repeat. After her/his fifth character, the player in the circle says, "One," in that fifth character's voice. And everyone else mirrors the delivery. Same with "Two" and so on to "Five" – all in the voice of that fifth character. Then a new player enters the circle, and the exercise resets.
Instead of counting "One" to "Five" all as the fifth character, try going back through each previous character – one for each number.
You each have a wealth of characters you can do.
You can each do each other's characters.
Looking for more Character/Acting fun? Check out Cafe Scenes and try them with Dave Johnson's Twist.


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Big Draft in the Windy City
Will this year's NBA draft put the wind back in ailing teams' sails?
by Gerry Brown
Almanac: Pro Basketball
Almanac: College Basketball
Nothing, save Michael Jordan coming out of retirement, can change an NBA team's fortunes faster than the annual college draft, which brings hope to forlorn fans from sea to sea.
You don't have to look far to see how big an impact a draft pick can have. San Antonio won the draft lottery in 1997 and picked Tim Duncan first overall. Just two seasons later, after 32 years of falling well short, San Antonio won its first NBA title this season.
In the early 1990s, the expansion Orlando Magic had two top picks —Shaquille O'Neal in 1992, and Chris Webber (whom they immediately traded for fellow draftee Penny Hardaway) in 1993— and were in the NBA Finals by 1995.
Of course, just because a player is taken early in the draft, it's no guarantee of success. Several highly touted college players have struggled at the next level and never fulfilled their lofty expectations. Pervis Ellison (1989), Ralph Sampson (1983), and Joe Barry Carroll (1980) were all taken first overall in the draft, but went bust in the NBA.
And the draft is not a foolproof fix for a franchise's failures. The Sacramento Kings, for example, have had a lottery pick for nine of the last ten years without seeing much improvement. The Kings, who may finally be on the upswing, seem like they might have struck gold with 1998 pick Jason Williams, but it's still too early to be sure.
It is with this knowledge of how risky the draft can be that we look at this year's crop of incoming prospects.
Who will be taken first?
Unlike some other years, when everyone knew who the top pick was going to be, 1999 holds an element of mystery. There are several options for the Chicago Bulls, who won this year's draft lottery for the top pick just one season after losing the greatest draft pick of all time, Michael Jordan (taken third by the Bulls in 1984) to retirement.
The Bulls, who fell back to earth with an audible thud after winning six titles in eight years, may choose not to pick at all, but trade their pick to another team for a player and a lower pick. Rumor has it that Toronto may offer forward Tracy McGrady or guard Doug Christie and the fifth pick for the number one pick.
The Bulls, who originally thought they might take Rhode Island's Lamar Odom, are now reconsidering. Odom is considered by many to be the best overall prospect but his recent actions (i.e. unsuccessfully trying to back out of the draft and return to URI for another year, not submitting to a draft physical, and not working out for many clubs) have teams skittish.
Maryland guard Steve Francis is also a potential Number 1 pick. The explosive scorer didn't dominate in the NCAA tourney, but his talent is unquestionable. Elton Brand has an outside shot at going first as well. Last season's college player of the year at Duke is solid, but not as dynamic as Odom or Francis, and the Bulls want to still be selling tickets three seasons from now.
Who will be a future Hall-of-Famer?
It's kind of silly to try to predict which draftee might have a Hall of Fame career in the pros, but silliness has never stopped us before. A Mississippi high school kid, Jonathan Bender, may have the biggest upside in the draft. He's already done something big, breaking Michael Jordan's scoring record with 31 points in the McDonald's All-America game in March.
Is Bender, a 6'11" forward, a shoo-in for the Hall? Certainly not yet, but get back to us in 2010.
Who will be the next Pervis?
First of all, there may never be another Pervis. But who has the biggest bust potential? Duke's Corey Maggette is the NBA prospect of the month, and while he is unquestionably a great athlete, that is not certain to translate into a great NBA career. The benches of the NBA are filled with great athletes.
Maggette will probably be a top five pick, but his lack of a proven perimeter game could hamper the 6'6" forward's career growth and make him wish he had that degree from Duke to fall back on.
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1999 NBA Season Recap: The Spurs' Record Year


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FERC Proposes to Revamp its Market-Based Rate Policies and Procedures
June 23, 2014 Blog Posts By: Stephen J. Hug Energy Legal Blog®
On June 19, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NOPR") proposing to revise its standards for evaluating applications to sell energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates, as set forth in Order No. 697 and subsequent orders. FERC's revisions have two primary goals: (1) to streamline the horizontal and vertical market power analyses that public utilities are required to submit when filing an application for market-based rate authority or a triennial market power update; and (2) increase the transparency of information that sellers report to FERC as part of the market-based rate process, including the seller's affiliates and corporate structure and its interest in generation and transmission assets. Horizontal and Vertical Market Power Analyses FERC proposes significant changes to the horizontal market power analysis that sellers must include in their market-based rate filings. Currently, when applying for market-based rate authority or filing a triennial market power update, a seller is required to submit two indicative screens, a wholesale market share screen and a pivotal supplier screen. The screens focus on the amount of uncommitted capacity owned or controlled by a seller and its affiliates in a relevant market, and sellers are permitted to deduct any capacity committed under a long-term contract of one year or more when preparing the screens. Failing the screens creates a rebuttable presumption that the seller and its affiliates have horizontal market power in the relevant geographic market. However, for sellers that fail the screens, but are located in an ISO or RTO ("RTO"), the Commission's prior practice has been to allow the sellers to obtain or retain market-based rate authority by relying on the RTO's Commission-approved monitoring and mitigation measures. In order to allow sellers to address horizontal market power issues in a streamlined manner, FERC proposes to eliminate the requirement to submit the indicative screens in two circumstances:
First, sellers located in an RTO market may rely on the Commission-approved monitoring and mitigation to prevent the exercise of market power in lieu of submitting the indicative screens; and
Second, if all the generation capacity owned or controlled by a seller and its affiliates in the relevant markets is fully committed, the seller may explain that its capacity is fully committed instead of submitting the indicative screens.
If adopted, FERC's proposal would significantly reduce the filing burden for market-based rate sellers. By allowing sellers to forego the indicative screens in favor of relying upon RTO monitoring and mitigation, FERC's proposal would essentially eliminate the indicative screen requirement for all sellers located within such markets. Similarly, FERC's proposal to eliminate the screen requirement for sellers that do not have any uncommitted generation capacity promises to elevate substance over form by recognizing that such sellers cannot exercise horizontal market power, thus eliminating the "purely mathematical task" of preparing the screens in those circumstances. FERC also proposes to eliminate the requirement that a seller provide information on sites for generation capacity development as part of its vertical market power analysis when submitting an application for market-based rate authority or a triennial market power update. Additionally, FERC proposes to eliminate the requirement that sellers file quarterly land acquisition reports. FERC noted that since adopting this requirement, it has not received a single complaint or allegation that a seller's control of such sites created a barrier to entry. Reforms to Increase Transparency In addition to streamlining the horizontal market power analysis, FERC also proposes several changes that appear to enhance FERC Staff's ability to assess corporate affiliation, the jurisdictional assets held by a public utility and its affiliates, and the total capacity located in a particular market. Among other things, FERC proposes to:
Require sellers to report all long-term firm purchases of capacity and/or energy when preparing the indicative screens and asset appendices, regardless of whether the purchase gives the seller or its affiliates control of the capacity, in order to assist FERC Staff in "siz[ing] the market correctly" and "ensur[ing] consistent treatment of long-term firm sales and long-term firm purchases."
Require sellers to provide an organizational chart, similar to that required of FPA Section 203 applicants, depicting their affiliates and upstream owners when filing applications, updated market power analyses, and notices of change in status.
Require sellers to submit the indicative screens and asset appendices in an electronic spreadsheet format that can be searched, sorted, and accessed using electronic tools.
Establish a comprehensive searchable public database of information submitted by sellers in their asset appendices.
Other Changes and Clarifications The NOPR also includes several other significant proposed changes and clarifications, including to:
Clarify that a seller must file a change in status whenever the seller or its affiliates acquire generation that would result in a cumulative net increase of 100 MW or more in any relevant market since their last market-based rate filing, even if the seller has not previously studied the market where the generation is located.
Propose that long-term purchases of energy or capacity be included when assessing whether a seller has met the 100 MW threshold triggering a change in status.
Clarify that while sellers may employ the conservative assumption that there are no competing imports when preparing the horizontal market power analysis, sellers must include any uncommitted capacity that they and their affiliates can import into the relevant market.
Revise the regulations to codify a distinction in determining category seller status for power marketers versus power producers.
Clarify that the accounting and reporting waivers typically granted to market-based rate sellers do not extend to certain requirements applicable to licensed hydropower facilities.
Redefine the default geographic market for independent power producers with generation capacity in a generation-only balancing authority area ("BAA") so that the default geographic market will be the BAA of each directly interconnected transmission provider.
Provide additional guidance on FERC's website as to how a corporate family may submit a single, joint master corporate tariff.
Clarify how to study Simultaneous Transmission Import Limit and submit such information to the Commission.
Comments on the NOPR are due within 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. A copy of the NOPR is available here.