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In Islam, prophetic medicine (, ) is the advice given by the prophet Muhammad with regards to sickness, treatment and hygiene as found in the hadith. It is usually practiced primarily by non-physician scholars who collect and explicate these traditions. Prophetic medicine is distinct from Islamic medicine, which is a broader category encompassing a variety of medical practices rooted in Greek natural philosophy. In practice, prophetic medical traditions encourage not only following Muhammad's teachings, but to search for cures to various ailments as well. The literature of prophetic medicine thus occupies a symbolic role in the elucidation of Islamic identity as constituted by a particular set of relationships to science, medicine, technology and nature. There has historically been a tension in the understanding of the medical narratives of the hadith. Some are unsure whether to treat them the same as the prophet Muhammad's religious pronouncements, or as time-sensitive, culturally situated, and thus not representative of a set of eternal medical truths. This body of knowledge was fully articulated only in the 14th century, at which point it was concerned with reconciling Sunnah (traditions) with the foundations of the Galenic humoral theory that was prevalent at the time in the medical institutions of the Islamicate world. It is nonetheless a tradition with continued modern relevance to this day.

Overview
Prophetic medicine is sometimes casually identified with Unani medicine or traditional medicine, although it is distinguished from some iterations of these and from scientific medicine most predominantly by the former being specifically a collection of advice attributed to Muhammad in the Islamic tradition. It is important to note that medieval interpretations of the hadith were produced in a Galenic medical context, while modern-day versions of prophetic medicine treatments may include recent research findings to frame the importance of the genre. In the hadith, Muhammad recommended the use of honey and hijama (wet cupping) for healing and had generally opposed the use of cauterization for causing "pain and menace to a patient". Other items with beneficial effects attributed to Muhammad, and standard features on traditional medicine in the Islamicate world, include olive oil; dates; miswak as a necessity for oral health and Nigella sativa or "black seed" or "black cumin" and its oils. These items are still sold in Islamic centers or sellers of other Islamic goods.

Muhammad's firm belief in the existence of a cause and a cure for every disease is described in many hadith along the lines of the below:

This belief can be said to be a grounding philosophy of this otherwise loosely defined field, and is said to have encouraged early Muslims to engage in medical research and seek out cures for diseases known to them.

Recommendations

Black seeds

Abu Hurayra quoted Muhammad saying: "Utilize the black seed for without a doubt, it is a cure for all sicknesses aside from death." (Hadith Al-Bukhari 7:591)

Camel urine and milk

According to a hadith recorded in the 4th chapter (Wudu''') of Sahih al-Bukhari, Muhammad had used Camel urine to treat people:

The event has also been recorded in Sahih Muslim, History of the Prophets and Kings and Kitāb aṭ-ṭabaqāt al-kabīr. Henna
According to Hadith compiler Abu Dawood's work Sunan Abu Dawood, Muhammad had advised the application of henna in case of leg pain:

In Ibn Majah's Sunan ibn Majah, Muhammad has been described as using henna for external injuries:

Honey

The value of honey is traced to specific mention of its virtues in the Quran, an-Nahl (the Bees) and not just Muhammad. (Quran 68–69)

The Prophet Muhammad is quoted as, "Healing is in three things: cupping, a gulp of honey or cauterization, (branding with fire) but I forbid my followers to use cauterization (branding with fire)."

 Truffles
Truffles have been cited within multiple hadiths for eye medicine. The Prophet Muhammad refers to them as 'Manna' in many of these hadiths. The word Manna means a form of sustenance granted by a divine source; this is often referred to in the context of the food the Israelites received in the Hebrew Bible.

"Truffles are 'Manna' which Allah, the Exalted the Majestic, sent to the people of Israil, and its juice is a medicine for the eye"

Works

While the prominent works focused on treatment of the hadith related to health date from several centuries A.H., Sahih al-Bukhari and other earlier collections included these as well. 'Abd Allah b. Bustâm al-Nîsâbûrî's Tlbb al-a'imma, aggregating a legacy of several Shi'ite Imams, is widely considered to be the first known treatise on prophetic medicine, although it is rooted in a somewhat different cosmology. The canonical al-Bukhari corpus, divided into 97 books with 3,450 chapters, includes over a 100 traditions in its book, 76 loosely related to medicine, covering topics ranging from precautions against leprosy and epidemics to the forbidding of alcohol and suicide. The most notable works that still survive are attributed to religious scholars and largely not to Galenic physicians, although the latter are occasionally referenced.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya in the 13th century produced one of the most influential works about prophetic medicine in his 277-chapter book, Al-Tibb al-Nabawiyy. Al-Jawziyya deals with a diversity of treatments as recommended by Muhammad but also engages with ethical concerns, discussing malpractice and the hallmarks of the competent doctor. Ethics of medical practice continue to be an important marker of Islamic medicine for some. Al-Jawziyya also elaborates on the relationship between medicine and religion.

A theologian renowned for his exegetical endeavors, Al-Suyuti also composed two works on prophetic medicine, one of which was on sexual relations as ordered by Muhammad. Al-Suyuti's other manuscript divides medicine into three types: traditional, spiritual and preventive (e.g. dietary regimen and exercise). Along with Al-Jawziyya, Al-Suyuti also included commentary that spoke to dealing with contagion and thus was relevant to the Black Death in the Islamic world. Ibn al-Khatib also addressed the Black Death and his belief in the contradiction between hadith and science regarding plagues, which may have led to his execution by strangulation for "heresy", although the court dealing with the case never reached a conclusive statement, and the event was recorded to have been largely influenced by the enemies of Ibn al-Khatib.

Both of the works above also address bioethical issues of abortion and conception, issues that, like the idea of Islamic medical heritage as being holistic, continue to be important in constructions of modern Islamic identity. Other notable works include those of Ibn Tulun (d. AD 1546) and Al-Dhahabi (d. AD 1348).

 Iran post-1970s
Some clerics in Iran promote a controversial form of prophetic or "Islamic" medicine, based on sometimes rather unlikely quotations attributed to historic Muslim religious figures, and on Iranian traditional medicine.

Abbas Tabrizian, a prominent proponent, has faced official action for selling unapproved treatments; he has been widely criticized, and it thought to have few supporters. His burning of a copy of "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine", a medical reference book, was condemned by Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, who said that "insulting medical learning is against the spirit of Islam and Islam's call for [learning] science... Criticizing the content [of a book] is appropriate, but [burning] is an act of ignorance, and many libraries were set on fire based on wrong motivations in the past". Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, who runs Irans seminaries, also condemned the book-burning. Abbas Tabrizian was widely ridiculed for a suggestion that COVID-19 could be prevented by applying a cotton ball soaked in violet oil to the anus. The IRNA news agency reported that Abbas Tabrizian, who has often promoted his remedies as "Islamic medicine" in opposition to standard medicine, has also claimed that COVID-19 is God's revenge against those who had bothered him.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Morteza Kohansal, a follower of Abbas Tabrizian who visited the coronavirus section of a hospital in Iran without wearing protective gear, and applied an unknown substance he described as "Prophet's Perfume" to patients.

Using "Islamic medicine" has caused some Iranian clerics to delay getting standard medical treatment. Ayatollah Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani announced that he had been infected by COVID-19, but had cured himself, three weeks before being hospitalized. He died two days later. Ayatollah Haeri-Shirazi and Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi were both also said by their families to have long delayed seeking standard medical, using "Islamic medicine" instead. Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, who had been considered a possible successor Supreme Leader of Iran, died of cancer. His son Ala Shahroudi later said that "The so-called Islamic doctors had convinced my father to ignore what modern physicians said about his illness and how to treat it... My father underwent surgery in 2017. Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, secretly visited and advised him to ignore what the Islamic doctors say, and listen to the modern-day physicians... Nevertheless, my father ignored the leader's recommendation, and continued to trust the so-called Islamic Medicine experts."

See also
 Challenge of the Quran
 Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah
 I'jaz
 Iranian traditional medicine
 Islamic attitudes towards science
 Islamic views on evolution
 Islamic view of miracles
 Medical Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran
 Medicine in the medieval Islamic world
 Miracles of Muhammad
 Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
 Quran and miracles
 Traditional Chinese medicine

References

Further reading
 Ghaly, Mohammed, Prophetic Medicine,'' in Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (2 vols.), Edited by C. Fitzpatrick and A. Walker, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 2014, Vol. II, pp. 502–506.

External links
U.S. National Library of Medicine: Prophetic Medicine
International Institute of Islamic Medicine

Medicine in the medieval Islamic world
Muhammad
Medieval Islamic world


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Zoo keeping
Been busy with everything that's related to going to college, and this is the first time i can catch up on received promos. And the very first email, i get this: Zoo Legacy by Zoo Legacy
Zoo Legacy by Zoo Legacy
All brilliant tracks, give them a good listen and then download them, because they are free. Enjoy! Proper post soon-ish, Alex.
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Surkin is back, that's all.
Surkin - Ultra Light (MRBL009) by Marble Music
Surkin - Orbital Motorway (MRBL009) by Marble Music
Surkin - Orbital Motorway (Voodoo Mix) (MRBL009) by Marble Music -Here
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Hey Finally ! Louis is back with a music video for Gimme Gimme ! Let's keep it funky with some brand new Jean Tonique.
Jean Tonique - TS 411 by Jean Tonique Oh and Controls is about to release an EP so here it is.
Controls - Forever Techno EP ( Out on VAMP Music Soon ) by Controls Very quick post, I'm very busy at the moment, but those were worth sharing ! Enjoy! -Here
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A Very Daft Update
Hey guys, it's Nite here with a quick update. I know for many of us hip-hop/house fans out there it has been a horrid week with Mehdi's Death and whatnot (trust me it hit me extremely hard),but don't despair, there is some good news! Daft Punk's new/old track from 1994,"Drive", has been revealed today, just less than an hour ago. Featuring on the Soma 20 year compilation album, which will be released on the 19th of September, The Rave-Ready track provides us with heavy synths and crunchy basslines that sounds like it should have been on Alive 1997.(EDIT):Here's a full length vid for the track. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Also,it seems Daft Punk is back in action, getting ready to (hopefully) make an album,the first(non-orchestrated)one in six years since Human After All. It also has been confirmed that they are currently collaborating with Paul Williams...Yes,that's right,THE creator of the Rainbow Connection Paul Williams. I could explain more in a nerdy squeal but you can read it more here Enjoy, Nite
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Look Who I Got to Talk To... [Revival]
In memory of DJ Mehdi, who sadly passed away today, aged 34.
Sheesh, some people are so hard to get a hold of. I mean, really, who does this guy think he is? Oh, he's DJ Mehdi? Acceptable. Wait...DJ FUCKING MEHDI?!
Yep. And here's a 4.7MB image which is totally going to raise my hosting prices and clog up my bandwidth, but I don't care. It's a new image of a music god.
Look at him. Just... just look at him. (Click for full size)
First, let me say it is an honor to even be speaking to you right now.
I've been a fan of yours for years and your music - along with other
tracks from Ed Banger Records - truly got me listening to dance music
(other than Daft Punk) and consequently led to the start of my blog. So
Well, pleasure is mine, thank you too.
Cuteness aside, let's start with some background info. Tell us about
yourself, including the origin of that name.
My name is Mehdi Faveris-Essadi. I'm a DJ and producer from Paris,
France. I've been working on various Hip-Hop and Electronic Music
projects since 1995. A while ago, when I was a fresh and new
beat-maker for french Rap bands, friend of mine wrote 'Produced by DJ
Mehdi' in the credits of a song I did, and it just sticked. I am also
one of the original artists from the Ed Banger Records label for which
I released one LP (Lucky Boy 2006), three EP's (I am Somebody 06,
Lucky Girl/Signatune 07 and Pocket Piano 08), and a remix compilation
called 'Red Black and Blue' (2009). I love art, food and sex.
What got you involved in that electro/dance music scene? Who are your
inspirations?
Meeting people got me into this. Glib'R from Versatile was the first
DJ to play some Chicago and Detroit classic tunes for me, around
1993/1994. He was running programs at this radio station named NOVA
here in Paris, and they were playing Hip-Hop, Electro and World Music
all the time, all mixed, which was quite unusual at the time.
Pioneering. Then I met the guys from La Funk Mob and Motorbass in
1996, on the production of MC Solaar's third album. Those guys opened
a whole new world for me with their instrumental EP's. Later, they
became very popular as CASSIUS. Last but not least, I met Busy P and
the Daft Punk crew in 97, right after the release of 'Homework'. P and
I became good friends, and when he left Daft to set up his management
company called HEADBANGERS in 2001, I immediately jumped-in. All these
people were, and still are, my main inspirations when it comes to
evolving and growing in the music field without losing my
particularities and background culture.
What was your first track? And under what name did you create that track?
I can't remember the first thing I ever composed. I used to experiment
a lot with my parents stereo equipment as a kid and I 've been
composing or sampling music since 1990 (I was 13 years old). The first
thing I 'recorded' was a rap demo with my cousins. I used to rap, too.
In 1994, my band IDEAL J participated in the soundtrack music to a
french movie called "RAI". The movie was a flop, but they still
released a CD of the music. That was the first music I ever got
As a solo artist, I used to print instrumental EP's on my own label
called ESPIONNAGE, in 1998, under the names CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS, ESPION
or ESPIONNAGE SOUND SYSTEM. That was before Ed Banger, but Busy P and
Feadz were already in the team.
If you could sum up your music in 4 words or less, what would you say?
If Kraftwerk were African.
How is life working with the Ed Rec crew? Is this the life you expected as
a child?
Life is good, thanks. It's all about making music and having fun.
Exactly what I hoped it to be as a teenager.
What are some other talents you have? And when/how did you discover these?
I'm an amazing jamaican Dancehall dancer, along with Gaspard from
Justice. We practice all the time. We won contests and stuff. I also
cook. If I could open a place where you could eat a Mehdi dish, and
dagger to the latest dub-plate, now that would be my ultimate goal.
Bongos, mainly. And a cowbell, sometimes.
What is your favorite aspect of being a musician?
I really like that Platinum frequent flyer miles card that I got from
Air France. It gives me that 'upper-class' feeling that I always
strived for. I still get the 'arab-looking-suspicious' search at
security though, but I also kinda like it. I keep it real, if you may.
What is your favorite song right now?
Right now, 'Man Of The Year' by DRAKE.
From the fans...
Hey guys, to quote Mariah Carey: "I love my fans".
What is your next big project with Ed Banger?
Working on a new haircut right now. Trust me, it ain't easy.
Where do you think electro is headed?
To the East brother, to the East.
Favorite VST Plugin?
Spankwire, hands down. Note: That's porn. lol. --Prez
Thanks so much DJ Mehdi, I look forward to hearing back from you soon,
Thank you Prez, my pleasure---
Mehdi.
Rock your blogging DJ's
http://djmehdi.coolcats.fr/
I've never laughed so hard. Touche Mehdi... touche. Well, we couldn't milk any secrets out of him, but hey, I made en effort! It was an honor, it really was, to just talk to him. Makes me feel so accomplished. *tear*
Alright, now some party favors. Here's DJ Mehdi's spin on Busy P's To Protect and Entertain. It's good, it's some of the best Hip Hop I've ever heard, actually. I frequently blast this stuff (along with the rest of Pedrophilia - EP when I'm driving.
Busy P ft Murs - To Protect and Entertain (DJ Mehdi 99Rap Mix) [iTunes]
And... a nice mp3 players chock full of Mehdi's new "Red Black & Blue," courtesy of his manager.
(Update: Player wasn't working anymore, so in it's place is the video for Signatune.)
Enjoy, I know I did.
PS - Can I let out a scream of excitement now? Yes? AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
RIP DJ Mehdi
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Warped Leftovers One
Looking back, there's been more than a few releases I was going to put into the Warped History posts, but then I remembered they weren't on Warp at the time of release. And that's why I'm here, because this stuff is too quality to leave un-posted.
AFX's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 was released on Belgian label R&S Records, and it's an amazing album considering when it was recorded (1985-1992, hence the title) and the fuzzy mix of analogue equipment, old school drum machines and swooping synths still sounds fresh today, and it was absolutely revolutionary at the time. Take for example Xtal. I love this track so much, the sampled voice flows smoothly throughout and those synths coming in at 1:50 kill me every time.
I've posted this next track before, it's a great example of the album's elements, being upbeat while remaining fairly chilled. and I dare you to not like that opening melody :).
I wouldn't say I have an overall favourite, but Ageispolis comes damn close. there's not much to say about it than what I've already said. Heavenly synths, low bass and so on, enjoy.
Moving into quasi-dancefloor territory is this track, the intro is something else, slowly leading you on until the drop happens. And it's bloody fantastic.
another great showcase of tech this one (listen, try and guess all the equipment!), it's what we've come to expect so far, only with a layer of acid drizzled on top. Gorgeous.
My final pick is a real testament to AFX's skills, managing to keep probably the most simple melody/bass/beats combo of the album fresh for about 7 and a half minutes. you'll have listend to it all before you know it.
And that's all from me, I know I haven't written alot about the tracks like I normally do but, as cliché as it sounds, I felt I didn't need to. It's a fantastic album (that and the tracks are hard to describe anyways :P). Also bear in mind this was recorded between 1985 and 1992, meaning the oldest tracks on here (only one I remember from '85 is Ageispolis) are TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD and he was only 14 at the time to boot. Like it or not, you gotta admit that's pretty amazing.
Beep Boop,
-Claude Van Foxbat
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Oh hi. I know that I'm not the only one who enjoys The Magician, so here are some goodies.
A new track that will be released October 3rd on Kitsuné, featuring what he does best... SYNTHS. Love that guy...
The Magician · The Magician Feat. Jeppe "I Don't Know What To Do" (Original)
This remix I totally forgot to post when it came out. Sorry :x
The Magician · Wolf Gang "Stay And Defend" (The Magician 'Caribbean Disco' Remix) ***FREE DOWNLOAD***
And his fourteenth Magic Tape
The Magician · Magic Tape 14
Tracklist in the comments ! Enjoy! -Here
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She did not start out as a corporate PR person. Yet, just last year alone, she was featured 24 times on magazine article pieces (Glamour / Forbes), podcasts, major blog sites, and various speaking engagements.
If that is not enough, she also scored to be a regular contributor on HuffPost and Thrive Global. She accomplished this all by herself without hiring a PR professional.
What is the ROI from all of this?
2. She was able to quit her day job 2 months earlier than planned to turn this into a full-time business.
3. People stopped questioning her credibility, and as a result, her calls with prospects became much easier.
So, what is her secret?!
In this post, I'm going to share 5 major takeaways from Tara's presentation. So, read on!
#1: Clarity Comes from Taking Action.
It's okay not to figure it all out to start something. If you keep telling yourself, "I don't know if I'm ready. I don't have my sweet spot all worked out," you don't have to. You can figure it out as you go along by working to put yourself out there.
Tara is the living proof that a series of action truly can help gain clarity with your vision, direction, and purpose in your professional life.
She started her career as a nurse. While she took on night shifts, she was experimenting with other business opportunities to find the one that felt aligned with her superpower that inspires people. This was not an overnight success by any means. But, she kept going.
Eventually, she found a way to land a job that allowed her to work on her business at night. From there, she came up with a transitioning plan to be a full-time business owner. Amazingly, she was able to leave her previous day job 2 months earlier than she originally planned by narrowing her niche and getting more visibility for her coaching & consulting firm.
try new things, however small, each day.
Working to increase your visibility serves as good practice to push your business idea forward. It makes you think about how you could help others with what you already know and what you have experienced.
Tara has explored many avenues by investing in herself. Although she is a self-proclaimed introvert, she had built a large network of like-minded people by helping them through live events, social media, and diligent networking.
Each step she took, she discovered what made her excited, what worked and what didn't work, and how she can help people with what she naturally does well.
Instead, Tara believes you are ready for media exposure if you have an unique view or an approach to solve a problem for those who are a few steps behind you.
Unlike paid media (ads), earned media does not give you much control in terms of timing, topics, and angle. This is because journalists will take the information and package it to best serve their audience with value.
Because of this, you might be in for a surprise to see a finished product being different from what you anticipated.
What you need to keep in mind is that, regardless of what the outcome is, your role is to help readers or viewers with your expertise.
That is why even if a piece turned out to be slightly different from what you originally planned, you should be grateful for the opportunity to share your insights with a group of people you otherwise had no access to.
There are a few things you do have control over that will help minimize the gap between your expectation and a finished piece. That's explained under #4.
media professionals & readers / viewers.
Tackle your DIY PR project with this in mind. While you work on takeaway #3, 4 & 5, you will notice the difference in your results by being intentional about the value you are providing as opposed to focusing on getting yourself featured.
#3: Before You Pitch, Do the Frontloading Work to be Everywhere.
The important key Tara shared is to reverse-engineer the DIY PR journey.
Assume you get featured on a podcast or two, or you may be given an opportunity to guest-post on a major blog site where your prospects hang out, you want to be sure that they can find you elsewhere easily without having to do massive research on you.
In order to achieve this, increasing awareness of you and your services must start right now.
Tara shared how she was able to become a regular contributor to Thrive Global. They reached out to her because they saw one of her Facebook post. If you are consistent with your posts, an opportunity like this can happen to you!
"I know this sounds like a cliché, but quality over quantity, always," said Tara.
It can be FB Live or treating Instagram as your micro-blogging place so long as your direct your audience back to your website. This is because you don't want to keep all your content on borrowed platforms which you have no control over.
All social media platforms should be considered as "borrowed platforms." Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat…these platforms can change their rules and/or algorithm at any given moment.
What you don't want is to solely depend on these platforms to engage with your audience. If any of these go down or your account gets shut down, you will have no way of reaching out to your audience.
On your website, it's a good idea to have a valuable but digestible piece such as a checklist, a short step-by-step guide or a resource list that visitors can download by signing up on your email list.
You may have seen articles talking about how email marketing is dead, but it is still far from it. Email still is a good way for you to keep your audience informed with your offers.
Also, don't forget that this is an ongoing process. You should continue this effort while you are pitching.
One more thing – we did not go into this extensively at the event, but I want to be sure that, if you are a product-seller, you must prep your back end to handle additional orders and inquiries coming from being featured on media.
Believe it or not, some businesses ended up going out of business because they could not handle a sudden surge in orders by being featured on a national TV or a major podcast. Don't let that happen to you.
#4: Keep Timely & Valuable Topics in Your Pocket, Well in Advance.
One thing to keep in mind when it comes to media and publication is that they are always racing against deadlines. In general, everything happens fairly quick. On top of their editorial calendars, they are always on a lookout for major news and related topics to stay relevant for their readers and viewers.
As a start, keep a few topics that are unique and enticing handy.
This goes to show that prepping is the bulk of the work. Once you have a handful of good topics, you are equipped to handle "out of nowhere" requests without missing a beat. Being flexible and being available will be highly appreciated by media professionals.
From there, you have a much better chance of developing personal relationships with some of them so that you will be called back time and time again.
1. Avoid "course of knowledge" and have topics that are "broad enough" to appeal to a wider audience without getting too technical to meet readers or viewers at where they are.
2. Be sure to research what's popular on their sites or channels. If you monitor them closely, you will start to spot trends and patterns. You can easily see how many people shared an article or video. You study those.
3. Once you get the idea of what topics resonate the most with their audience, explore ways to make your topic better by offering a different viewpoint or a different approach to solve a problem and/or accomplish something.
As Tara mentioned, quality is important. But to take it one step further, when you are doing DIY PR, a combination of quality & timeliness is the winning formula.
"Timeliness" has 2 sides: One is that your topic is timely and something people are already paying attention to. The other is more about how fast you can get it ready for media or publications so that you get to be the go-to person when they are under the enormous time pressure.
Journalists, editors and media professionals are always exposed to an extremely demanding schedule.
What they value more than anything would be to make their lives easier for them to do their job. That's where this tip of "Give a Star Treatment" comes to play.
"This is like the biggest secret," said Tara.
Her immense success in being featured 24 times a year all comes down to this. She did everything she can possibly think of to make her media contacts' job easy.
1. Keep your email message short, clear, and to the point.
2. State why this is valuable to their readers/viewers up front.
3. Bullet-point how you plan to bring this value (summary).
4. Add any supplemental information about you that they can learn in your email i.e. a short bio, contact info and social media handles.
5. Pitch a specific topic that you want to be known for.
6. Follow submission guidelines unless you are prepared to take a calculated risk to stand out from the crowd, which may or may not reduce a chance of getting picked.
1. Don't make them work by inserting multiple links that they need to take extra steps to get to your info.
2. Don't pitch multiple unrelated topics just because you can cover them.
3. Don't be overly aggressive with your follow-ups. Do follow up but be courteous and be mindful of their schedule.
5. Don't use a script that is not customized for this specific contact you are reaching out to. Starting your email with "I love your show," & "I am a big fan" without being able to specify why and which one is your favorite is a sure way to get your email deleted.
Are You Ready to Tackle "Why Should We Hire You?" Objection by Being Recognized as an Expert?
If you made it through to this point, congratulations! You are ready to take a big step towards new opportunities to be discovered by people who are needing your guidance and expertise.
3. What kind of a mindset shift needed after you get featured & what you need to do?
4. Tips to build authentic relationships with media professionals that pros don't want you to know.
5. How to keep people coming back to your site after you capture their attention.
6. Why you should opt for good media training before appearing in front of a camera.
But, don't let FOMO take over your head space. You can head over to www.tararaebradford.com/join-the-list to receive weekly communication strategies and confidence tips in their inbox.
To tackle a project like this one, you want a good support system so that your journey will be a direct route to epic success. Tara will leave no one behind. She understands your worries, resistance, and hesitation while venturing out to a new world in business because she has been there herself.
Take a deep breath, and #GiveYourselfAPermission to be discovered. There are people out there who are longing for a solution and support that you can provide. Allow yourself to be discovered by them!


How to stop and start the Wireless Zero Configuration service in Windows XP?
1. Click the Start button, then click Run.
2. In the Run window, next to Open, type cmd.
4. In the Command Prompt window, type net stop wzcsvc.
5. In the Command Prompt window, type sc config wzcsvc start= auto.
NOTE: The [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS should be displayed.
7. Type net start wzcsvc.
8. Press the ENTER key.
NOTE: The Wireless Zero Configuration service was started successfully message should be displayed.
10. Press the ENTER key.


Anoka-Ramsey shot 51% (30-59) from the field, including 46.4% (13-28) from beyond the arc on Saturday afternoon in Fergus Falls. The Golden Rams defeated M State by the score of 85-73, improving the 13-10 overall and 6-4 in MCAC Southern Division play. M State goes to 12-11 overall and 5-5 in the conference.
Beau Nelson came off the bench to score 18 points for the visitors. Justin Castro recorded a double-double (18 points, 12 rebounds) and Jalen Dunlap was also in double figures with 14.
The Spartans featured a balanced attack with five players reaching double digits. TJ Martin (15 points, 7 rebounds), Samuel Priem (14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Kyler Newman (13 points), Aaron Solberg (10 points, 7 rebounds) and Alend Alemadi (10) led the way for M State. Martin LaFond added 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. The Spartans made 42% (25-60) of their shots, 34% (12-35) of their 3's and 73% (11-15) of their free throws.
M State will host Riverland in a 7:30pm contest on Wednesday night.


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(2) A public school employer shall give reasonable written notice to the exclusive representative of the public school employer's intent to make any change to matters within the scope of representation of the employees represented by the exclusive representative for purposes of providing the exclusive representative a reasonable amount of time to negotiate with the public school employer regarding the proposed changes.
(3) The exclusive representative of certificated personnel has the right to consult on the definition of educational objectives, the determination of the content of courses and curriculum, and the selection of textbooks to the extent those matters are within the discretion of the public school employer under the law.
(4) All matters not specifically enumerated are reserved to the public school employer and may not be a subject of meeting and negotiating, except that this section does not limit the right of the public school employer to consult with any employees or employee organization on any matter outside the scope of representation.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 44944 of the Education Code, the public school employer and the exclusive representative shall, upon request of either party, meet and negotiate regarding causes and procedures for disciplinary action, other than dismissal, including a suspension of pay for up to 15 days, affecting certificated employees. If the public school employer and the exclusive representative do not reach mutual agreement, Section 44944 of the Education Code shall apply.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 44955 of the Education Code, the public school employer and the exclusive representative shall, upon request of either party, meet and negotiate regarding procedures and criteria for the layoff of certificated employees for lack of funds. If the public school employer and the exclusive representative do not reach mutual agreement, Section 44955 of the Education Code shall apply.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 45028 of the Education Code, the public school employer and the exclusive representative shall, upon request of either party, meet and negotiate regarding the payment of additional compensation based upon criteria other than years of training and years of experience. If the public school employer and the exclusive representative do not reach mutual agreement, Section 45028 of the Education Code shall apply.
(e) Pursuant to Section 45028 of the Education Code, the public school employer and the exclusive representative shall, upon the request of either party, meet and negotiate a salary schedule based on criteria other than a uniform allowance for years of training and years of experience. If the public school employer and the exclusive representative do not reach mutual agreement, the provisions of Section 45028 of the Education Code requiring a salary schedule based upon a uniform allowance for years of training and years of experience shall apply. A salary schedule established pursuant to this subdivision shall not result in the reduction of the salary of a teacher.


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This summer, selected and finance accredited Fujitsu Authorised Partners can offer customers Fujitsu General's 'Cool Finance' promotion. Running from 3 October to 30 November 2017, customers who purchase a Fujitsu General Ducted Air Conditioning System can take up Cool Finance with no deposit, 0 per cent interest* for up to five years. This means that the customer can choose 24, 36 or 60 months interest free finance. In addition, Fujitsu General will again be offering a bonus two-year extended warranty# on top of the standard five-year full parts and labour warranty, subject to online registration by 30 March 2018.
As co-major partner of the Essendon Football Club, Fujitsu General Australia welcomed the opportunity to sponsor this year's AFL Grand Final Comedy Debate, held in Melbourne's Crown Palladium on Thursday 28 September.
Introducing the Fujitsu General anywAiR technology.
The new Fujitsu General Lifestyle wall mounted air conditioning units have a built-in wireless LAN interface allowing users to remotely control the indoor comfort of their home or office through the free, easy-to-use FGLair app. Customising individual room temperatures, turning units on or off and setting up timers can be done anytime, anywhere.
The 20th annual Fujitsu General Australia national conference was recently held on a cruise ship off the coast of Brisbane, with senior management sharing the brand's vision and strategies for the future, as well as reflecting on the previous years' success.
During a televised press conference from Etihad Stadium on Wednesday 24th May, Philip Perham, managing director of Fujitsu General Australia, announced the brand had renewed its contract with the Essendon Football Club until 2021.
Leading air conditioning manufacturer, Fujitsu General Australia, has announced the appointment of Philip Perham to the position of Managing Director, effective 3 April 2017.
The Fujitsu Free Money promotion launched by Fujitsu General in 2006 has evolved, providing consumers with even more compelling reasons to invest in Fujitsu General reverse cycle air conditioning this winter. Running from 1 March to 31 July, 2017 consumers who purchase a Fujitsu General reverse cycle inverter split system, reverse cycle inverter multi split system or reverse cycle inverter ducted system will receive a choice of reward to the value of $150, $200 or $400, depending on the air conditioning system chosen.
Fujitsu General is supporting a new generation of mechanical engineering students with the launch of its intern program in January 2017. Designed to provide students with a unique opportunity for on the job learning in the HVAC industry, this Fujitsu Commercial Academy initiative is the latest addition to the important employee training and development program Fujitsu has put in place within the last 12 months.
Australia's favourite air, Fujitsu General, offers homeowners its top six tips to ensure the air conditioning system performs at its best.
On Friday 9 September 2016, Australia's favourite air, Fujitsu General, celebrated the end of NRL South Sydney Football Club's season with a social day filled with football inspired activities.


By contrast, sadly, too little attention has been paid to an insidious long-run campaign of persecution by the Iranian authorities against the staff of the BBC Persian service. It is marked by cowardice and a lack of humanity.
As they stand, the facts are shocking. Unable to get their hands on BBC Persian's London-based staff, Iran's police intimidate their relatives inside Iran.
They freeze their assets, which has the effect of preventing them buying and selling property. They confiscate passports, which denies them a chance to travel. They arrest them arbitrarily, interrogating them for hours at a time and often detaining them for days in prison.
Rahimpour's father was interrogated in 2013 by police trying to discover where she and her husband live in the UK. Then a year-long travel ban was imposed on her parents, which prevented them from visiting their grandchild. It says something for Rahimpour's bravery that she refuses to back down.
She is aware of despicable threats to some of her colleagues. One was told that the authorities knew where she lived in the UK and that it was possible her son would be killed in a road accident. Unsurprisingly, some people have left the service in the face of such pressure.
"Most, however, have persevered. They know their efforts are appreciated because so many people watch BBC Persian TV. Despite an official ban, some 13 million Iranians, about one in five of the population, watch the output, which includes arts, drama, entertainment and sport as well as news.
"It's the existence of the channel, its popularity inside Persian living rooms, that draws official fire," says Tarik Kafala, controller of BBC World Service Languages. The TV service was launched in 2009, which happened to coincide with the beginning of the regime's crackdown on journalism.
A lawyer acting for the BBC, Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, concedes that the harassing of journalists and accusing them of espionage or terrorism is a tactic employed by many despotic countries.
But she argues that the BBC Persian case is different, mainly because of "the unprecedented collective punishment of journalists".
Then there is the collective punishment of people connected to them, whether family, friends or, in the case of journalists, their sources. Thirdly, there is the willingness to take action across national borders.
Fears of what Tehran might do appears well founded. Two months ago, Iran was accused by the Dutch government of directing two political assassinations in the Netherlands. The victims were Dutch nationals of Iranian origin. For Gallagher, these allegations suggest that there is "a very grave risk here to individual journalists".


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I will fight to remove the photo tool from this legislation because I think it will become a national ID. We already know the federal government is rife with false positives on the no-fly list and the National Instant Check system for gun buyers. Why would we be foolish enough to think that a massive database of all citizens would not have the same problems on a grander scale?
We have a Second Amendment that must be protected. We also have a Fourth Amendment that must be protected. Citizenship means that the government is supposed to protect our rights, not take them away. We must have stronger borders, but there's no reason we can't have better security while respecting constitutional limits and liberties.
In the past week, we have witnessed examples of the Obama administration spying on the media and Internal Revenue Service discrimination against Tea Party free speech. People around the world always have dreamed of emigrating to America, the Land of the Free. It is our job to make sure our country stays that way.
If you haven't yet, call your Senators and ask that they Stand with Rand against the National ID. Also, don't forget to sign your "No National ID" petition today!


Did the 45-year-old actor just get engaged?
On Tuesday morning (April 16, 2019) the American Sun-Times reported Kevin Connolly and girlfriend, to be shopping for engagement rings.The couple was seen closely eyeing some pricey bling in a couple of major jewelry stores — especially major diamond baubles that could only be described as the kind usually slipped on a woman's left-hand ring finger.
On Wednesday, Kevin Connolly's rep said "no comment" when asked whether the 45-year-old actor was tying the knot.


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Jazz Pianists
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An award-winning pianist, composer, arranger. Had the honor of playing a British anthem for Princess Anne. Performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena before an audience of thousands. Playing solo and in a duet with his mother...
The Music Boutique - Piano/Jazz/Strings
INSPIRED MUSIC FOR EXCEPTIONAL MOMENTS! We approach every event with the same thought: People Remember Great Live Music! We love bringing a client's vision to life – for the most important moments OF their lives. Wheth...
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My name is Dan Kader and I am a passionate musician who loves to perform for others. I am very comfortable in front of any size audience and can tailor any performance to fit the customer's need. I always show up on ti...
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I am a solo "one man band" piano/keyboard player and singer. I play a variety of styles, from jazz and old time blues to rock & pop piano. Types of gigs: * Private parties * Bars/clubs/restaurants * Senior/assis...
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Experienced and professional, Benjamin plays all styles including Jazz, French, German, Italian and especially Rock & Roll. Notable appearances include American in Paris on Broadway (jazz) Bastille Day with the John Be...
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Hi! I am a fantastic award-winning pianist/composer/ author! I have thousands of songs in my repertoire! I am professional and very friendly! I am all about making sure that you and your guests are having a WONDERFUL TIM...
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** Currently appearing on HBO 2022 ** Performed on VH1's Oktoberfest ** Featured in The WALL STREET JOURNAL ** Performed 2018 at CARNEGIE HALL on piano ** Played at Derek Jeter's retirement party. A beautiful blend of...
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I started on the Hammond organ as a young man and learned some of the basics. This is where I developed a great fondness for the American standards. At the age of 12 I became interested in the piano and began classica...
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Getting to Know Flint From A to Z
George McIntyre Published: August 5, 2021
Google Street View, Getty Images, Sheriff Christ Swanson via Facebook, Google Street View
Everyone seems to have an impression of Flint, but do they really know what we're all about? The Flint Water Crisis put our city in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons, and if I had a nickel for every time someone has opined about the Buick City based solely on watching 'Roger & Me,' well, I'd have a lot of nickels.
So if you're about to move to the Flint area, or if you've lived here all your life, take a look at what Flint has to offer from A to Z.
And we'll admit right up front that we had to stretch a little in order to cover 'Q' and 'Z.'
Whether you're new to the area or have lived here all your life, here's a look at what Flint has to offer, from A to Z.
Peek Inside Don & Patsy Lou Williamson's Beautiful Davison Home
This breathtaking home in Davison belonged to former Flint Mayor Don Williamson and his wife Patsy Lou Williamson who owned several car dealerships in the area. Their custom-designed home was built in 2010 and sits on 19 acres on the Potter Lake Peninsula. The main home is about 3,800 square feet and there's a stunning guest house on the property as well.
Songs That Mention Michigan
We've put together a list of 50 songs that mention Michigan. Take a look and see how many you've heard! If you've heard all 50, congratulations, you're a true Michigander.
Source: Getting to Know Flint From A to Z
Filed Under: flint a to z
Categories: Flint News, Michigan News
No Mask, No Service — Michigan Businesses Voluntarily Reinstating Masking Policies [VIDEO]
Michigan Health Dept. Issues New COVID-19 Guidelines for the Upcoming School Year
Did You Know There's An Alligator Sanctuary Right Here in Michigan? [VIDEO]
'Full House' Actor to Get Street Named After Him in St. Clair Shores
Several SE Michigan Counties Now at 'Substantial' Risk for COVID-19 as Cases Tick Up Once Again
Dave Chappelle to Require COVID-19 Tests in Order to Attend Michigan Shows
What Can You Expect From Michigan State Football This Year?
Genesee County Fair 2021- Entertainment and Grandstand Events
Swartz Creek Schools Leave Masking Decision to Families


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Fort Benton teen publishes debut novel
Fort Benton student publishes debut novel
By: Cade Menter
FORT BENTON — Emerson Giese, a senior at Fort Benton High School, is many things: a three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, and track), a member of the National Honor Society, and president of student council.
Aside from her success as a student, she has now published her own debut novel titled "The Miserable Lives of the Perfect Ones."
The adult fiction story came to life as she entered her senior year. The process of completing the story took two years, but she developed the idea during her freshman year of high school.
"You get this divine inspiration at first," Giese said. "Your chapters are coming easy because you're doing the basic concepts and outlines. After that, it's just work you have to do. It feels more like a job and something that you just need to do and push through to get your final product. I enjoyed it a lot, but it was very difficult to find the job and motivation to continuously write about this certain thing. I had to research and find information outside of my experience."
The novel is geared toward teenagers, and focuses on how expectations set by peers, teachers, and parents can affect the way people perceive each other and themselves.
Emerson Giese: "The Miserable Lives Of The Perfect Ones"
Gieson explained her reasons for writing the novel.
"My parents always wanted me and my siblings to find our own passions, and then do something physical with those passions," she said. "This book was my passion project for me. The idea of it wasn't anything that I took from my life. It was something that gradually came to me, and I found that it wouldn't fit in a short-story form, so I decided to write a book to further my passion and get to know the process, and I really enjoyed it."
She added that the title of the novel was something that naturally came to her.
Giese said, "I figured if I could stem off of that, and shape the characters around this concept of being perceived as 'perfect,' but truly being 'miserable.'
The novel was released on December 4th, 2022, through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Giese credited her dad for his help and knowledge throughout the process of writing the novel and getting it published.
Fort Benton Public Schools superintendent Jory Thompson has known Emerson since she was in first grade.
Thompson noted, "Emerson is one of those students. She's an achiever, she succeeds, she's goal-oriented, she's driven, she's visionary. She knew enough early on that publishing a book is something that would help her where she wants to be with college, goals and so-forth. She's one of those great successes in life and will continue to do that."
As far as Giese's future, she would love to be a writer. However, she doesn't view it as a "realistic thing." Right now, she plan to go to college and major in English. After college, she hopes to work for a publishing company, with the possibility of writing more books.
"I definitely want books to be a constant part of my life," she said. "I'm very passionate about writing and reading. I definitely want that to happen, but if it doesn't, I'm thinking of probably going into environmental law and doing something with that."
EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH EMERSON
Extended interview with author Emerson Giese


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I touched a PC, and I liked it !
I was going to blog today in anticipation of the Microsoft Vista ad campaign starting next Thursday featuring Jerry Seinfeld. I was prepared to note the irony of hiring an eye wateringly expensive shill, whose show remains a icon of the 90s, for Windows, a product that is in danger of remaining…an eye wateringly expensive icon of the 90s.
At least Beverly Hills 90210 is attempting a comeback.
A rumor that HP is reinventing its corporate branding led me to notice its campaign for its line of Touchscreen PCs. Not that ATMs, kiosks, cash registers, phones (and soon car dashboards ?) aren't already on top of this game. But the HP Touchscreen PC is sleek, big, black, and, well, you may never go back. More importantly, its expensive. So I think the TV ads get it about right for something innovative, targeted at affluent people, or at least those who think they are.
But check out the Learning Videos. These are the product demos for Touchscreen PCs. If any of you have worked on a product and had to show it to an uninitiated crowd, you know that ads, marketing literature and 20 bullet point slideware aside, the demo is the single most important proof point to your audience of the value of your work. Its the elevator pitch, the turning point, the denouement, the inflexion point all in one pivotal moment. I remember feeling this most strongly having to demo a proof of concept website for online banking way back in early 1996 (the zenith of the Seinfeld era!) to a London bank's great and glorious. The demo included an animated Java applet that showed a credit card gracefully flipping over as the user logged in. Ot at least that's what it did 7 times out of 10. The other times it ungracefully hung the browser. Nailbiting times.
(By the way, even the worst behaved applets will no longer be able hang the browser, as I may have mentioned before.)
Great examples, for me, of online product demos include the iPhone product demos (simple and clear, though I do think the black turtleneck's best work as garment-symbolizing-cutting-edge is behind it now). Also Microsoft's excellent demo videos for its Surface technology (except for the moment at the end of the meal where the otherwise happy group of diners is able, using Surface Technology on the very table from which they ate, to split the bill down to the last penny (and in v2, beyond ?), based on exactly what each one ordered. Rather than, in my opinion, the more civilized non-technological approach of splitting the bill equally. Microsoft products could finally, I suppose, silence the age old cries of 'But I only had the soup !').
But back to HP and the TouchScreen PC demos.
Genre-wise, here, we are close to Home Shopping Network territory. The presenters are perky and fluid. The repartee, though inevitably forced at times, is continuous and engaging. But they battle with a panoply of low production values. No industrial or minimalist backdrops here, presenters and TouchScreen PC alike battle unsuccessfully for visual spectrum with a 50s diner cum aquarium backdrop themed with a range of shades of the new (?) corporate blue and an inexplicable red, both jacked up to persiprational levels of hue. Two cameras ought to be enough to allow the viewer to engage honestly with both the product and the presenter. This would require eye contact with the presenters and a clear shot of the product for a large proportion of the time. But sadly we get neither. Instead we cut away too quickly from the product only to find ourselves watching the speaker talking to the other camera. This kind of style can work in addition to traditional full frontal face shots in order to create a more rounded, dimensional view of the speaker. But here the salespeople are never allowed quite to meet your eye. I add to my litany of complaints patchy sound quality and the total is an exposition that, rather than let it shine, just gets in the way of the product. The worst crime in the book, as all of us who have ever had to do a demo know.
Demo presentations in need of much more than a touch up.


@beermeister Good counter. That's a reasonable take on seasonality, and what's important to buyers. Shall we take 2014 month by month, quarter by quarter in 2014, and argue about what the numbers mean and their implications for buyers and sellers?
If we're all trying to understand what's really happening in the market, can we agree to throw out what happens between March 1 and ______, when the media runs front page stories about bidding wars, and industry cheerleaders hype bidding wars $100K over asking price as they did in 2013?
Can we further agree that full disclosure and balanced reporting on stats and underlying threats or strengths is important for informed decision making?
Maybe I haven't had enough caffeine, so can someone compare the two links below? Do you see the same thing I do? If so, why does the Boston Globe report on November 2013 sales and year-over-year prices, but NOT month-over-month price movements?
In contrast, doesn't this repetition of words in the Globe coverage give the impression that prices are still rising?
What do you think will happen when December 2013 prices released in the next 10 days, and pending prices for January 2014 are released in a month? Shall we meet offline as we've done with Bubble Hours in the past to discuss, present arguments and engage in civil debate about the housing market, whether signs point to a Bull market or Bear? Real Estate Cafe is eager to continue experimenting with an "unconference" format to engage and inform homebuyers.
Towards that end, do you have predictions for 2014; and given this Redfin research, what advice would you give to potential homebuyers about buying this year versus waiting for prices to fall?


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Here's how Europe could look in 2022
Europe faces some of its greatest challenges since WW2
Image: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Brought to you in collaboration with the Atlantic Council
This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform
Sixty years after the Signing of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, Europe now faces its greatest challenges, and possibly its sharpest turning point, since the Second World War, argue the authors of Europe in 2022: Alternative Futures.
The analysis by Mathew Burrows and Frances Burwell of The Atlantic Council believe the possibilities for Europe range from a rebirth to disintegration. What they argue is highly unlikely is "a strong leap toward greater EU-wide integration – as was sometimes the outcome of earlier crises".
The report was written before the French Presidential elections. And while the dramatic effects of a victory by Marine Le Pen's Front National were not realised, the underlying challenges facing Europe remain.
Putting the analysis into its current context, co-writer Matthew Burrows said, "As in the US, distrust of establishment parties and politicians is at an all-time high in Europe. The elections in US, Germany, France and the UK showed a deep dissatisfaction with traditional political leadership. Disaffection happened even though the Western economies have all been improving.
"Publics are worried about the future. Some polling has shown that Americans and Europeans don't think their children or grandchildren will have a better life. That's a terrible indictment of the current system in the West.
"There are widespread fears that in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, emerging technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence will take away jobs. There has also a growing cultural foreboding about US or Europe no longer being the same—too many immigrants is a big theme underlying such concerns, particularly among conservative voters.
Europe's shrinking workforce is expected to be a drag on the economy
Image: Source: Eurostat, European Population Projections, base year 2013
Burrows added, "There's little trust in political or economic institutions. Resentments about bankers doing much better out of the 2008 financial crisis are also still around. My key worry is that political leaders and parties in US or Europe won't be able to calm those fears. There's a lack of thinking in political circles across US and Europe about how to renew politics and respond to all the rapid changes and voters sense it."
Europe—and especially the European Union (EU)— will face challenges that push it into entirely new directions, the authors believe.
Several of those challenges are already clear: the unresolved financial problems, as Greece continues to struggle with its debt crisis and Italy and France face financial challenges. The effects of Brexit, the rise of political extremism and the influx of large numbers refugees, all happening against a background instability on Europe's borders add to the mix.
Even if it manages to muddle through these crises," the authors write, "by 2022 it be a different place, with altered institutions and policies."
The question is whether these changes will happen gradually, moving Europe towards greater integration and stability, or whether the crises the bloc has faced have been a fundamental shock to the European system, and require fundamental change in response.
What happens in Europe between now and 2022 is also of serious strategic importance to the US, which has seen its European allies as "partners of first resort", say the authors; this has either been through NATO or coalitions of the willing. Economically, too, Europe is the US's biggest trading and investment partner.
The authors identify a number of megatrends, including a rapidly ageing population, lagging economic growth, and a shrinking part of the global economy; security challenges from the east and the south, as well as a serious increase in terrorism.
Share of world GDP, current prices, PPP. Source: IMF, 2016
Key domestic uncertainties surround economic reform, the control of external borders and the integration of migrants. Elsewhere, questions remain over the UK's ongoing relationship with the EU, whether extremist on the Left or Right will gain power.
Main migration routes to Europe from Africa and the Middle East
Image: Source: International Centre for Migration Policy
External uncertainties include the question of whether the US will continue to engage with Europe, the western Balkans will return to instability, whether Turkey will move closer to Russia, and what relationship Europe itself will develop with Russia.
The authors outline five potential scenarios, based on the interaction between the megatrends facing Europe and the key variables.
1) A revitalized Europe in which current proposals designed to grow the European economy lead to revitalization and growing public support for the EU.
2) A slow-growth Europe with reform efforts stalling and growth slipping; youth unemployment and inequality remains high in some countries, migrants are poorly integrated, and greater fractures develop between core and periphery states in the EU.
3) Nationalists in charge? By 2022, right-wing nationalist parties have won national elections. Cross-border cooperation among these governments has grown, allowing them to challenge the EU principle of freedom of movement, and key element of the single market and the Eurozone.
4) Russia launches an offensive. It renews aggressive support of Ukrainian separatists, and takes advantage of riots in Kalinigrad to threaten Baltic NATO members. Europe struggles to remain united in its approach to its eastern neighbour.
5) The US disengages from Europe. It remains a NATO member, but rarely engages with the EU, preferring to deal with individual states, and, especially with the UK, despite Brexit. Simultaneously, Russia exerts greater influence in Europe, while Turkey moves farther away.
For almost 60 years, the story of Europe has been one of increasing expansion and closer union. The authors argue that, while this process has not faded entirely, new economic and geopolitical drivers make it hard for Europe to continue as it has done without major adaptations. As Europe has lagged other regions economically, they believe, its social contract is under threat.
In the age of globalization, governments are blamed for not ensuring the same quality of life citizens have come to expect, the report says. If the EU is to survive intact (minus the UK), it must be more responsive to the growing insecurity surrounding it and growing in the lives of citizens.
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The Technology Of Cirque's Spectacular KÀ
One of the most breathtaking theatrical productions on the planet – I feel perfectly safe making that claim – turns five years old this month: Cirque du Soleil's KÀ.
If you haven't yet seen KÀ, Cirque's resident production at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, put it at the top of your list for your next visit (better yet, plan a visit right now just to see it). Its combination of artistry, athleticism and technology is staggering, and will leave you gasping with disbelief and wonderment.
Even if you've seen other Cirque shows, you've seen nothing like this. (If you want a sneak peak, watch the trailer or see an excerpt from "G4 Presents "Inside KÀ by Cirque du Soleil.")
A Bit About KÀ
Uniquely among Cirque shows, KÀ follows a narrative. Its depicts the coming of age of the fraternal Imperial Twins, "through their encounters with love, conflict and the duality of KÀ, the fire that can unite or separate, destroy or illuminate."
While the only spoken dialog is a brief scene-setting narration at the top of the show, the storyline is nonetheless clearly communicated through the music, sets and the artists' performances. In addition to the daring acrobatics we've come to expect from Cirque, KÀ prominently includes Capoeira dance, puppetry, projections and martial arts.
And the technology that drives the show? It merits as much acclaim as the performers and creators.
We recently got the chance to meet KA's technical director, Erik Walstad, who treated us to a backstage and booth tour, and gave us an up-close and personal look at the state-of-the-art technology, much developed exclusively for the show, that makes it run.
For the fanciful, inventive 'O,' which opened at Bellagio in 1998, Cirque's artistic geniuses replaced the stage with a 1.5 million gallon water tank. That allowed Cirque to explore new performance realms, such as synchronized swimming and diving, and to reimagine familiar ones. The artists performing on the Russian Swings, for example, have much more latitude when they can "land" in water, as opposed to on their feet.
The Russian Swings sequence from "O." Photo: Veronique Vial Costumes: Dominique Lemieux.
With KÀ, rather than replacing the stage with something else, Cirque simply got rid of the stage. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Where the stage should be is a vast open space, referred to within the company as the "Void," that extends five stories below the theater level and some 10 stories above it.
Audience members see plumes of fire bursting out of the Void as they take their seats and await the show's start.
Even before taking your seat, you know right away that this is no ordinary production as flames emit randomly from the Void where the stage should be.
About halfway down into the Void, looking up at the house. Notice the technician above and to the right of the green column, peering down from stage level.
From within the Void a combination of two primary stages and five further "lifts" appear and disappear as needed. The boat used in the "Storm" sequence, pictured below, is raised to stage level by a lift, but the artists alone create the boat's motion by rocking and rotating it.
Photo: Tomas Muscionico. Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt.
The Tatami Deck
The first main stage, the "Tatami Deck," is a 30-foot-square platform in the back of the void that extends forward and retracts on cantilevered sliders. "Think of it," Walstad likes to say, "as the world's largest kitchen drawer."
The breathtaking "Slave Cage" sequence takes place on the extended Tatami Deck. Photo: Tomas Muscionico. Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt.
The Sand Cliff Deck
The second, the "Sand Cliff Deck," is a magical 25 by 50 by 6 foot stage which swirls up, down, and around by means of a hydraulic gantry crane. Think of the gantry crane as a 72-foot tall "H" facing the audience. The Sand Cliff Deck sits on a pivot atop the cantilevered arm extending horizontally from the cross-bar of the H. The crossbar can slide up and down the height of the H, taking the stage with it, and the stage can revolve 360° on its pivot.
To give you an idea of the Sand Cliff Deck's mass, notice the technicians standing under it in the photos below.
The Sand Cliff deck, resting at stage level...
... and being raised and rotated in preparation for video calibration.
Is that all? Heck, no.
The Sand Cliff Deck tilts from 0 to 110° on the end of the arm. That means that the stage, at a mere 80,000 pounds, can be spinning at up to two feet per second, either flat or tilted at an angle, with artists clambering across it, as it's raised or lowered. For the climactic Battle scene, the performers fly up and down the completely vertical Sand Cliff deck on winches, controlling their movements via wireless joystick.
In the climactic Battle sequence, the Sand Cliff Deck is completely vertical and raised above stage level. The audience views the scene as if from overhead. Photo: Tomas Muscionico. Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt.
Just for fun... what the Sand Cliff deck looks like from behind and below stage when it's completely vertical for the Battle and other scenes.
Lights and Sound
The technology doesn't stop there.
KÀ features an enormously complex lighting design. All but a few dozen of the show's 3,300 lights are fixed instruments. They're checked every show, and any refocusing they need has to be done while the show is running. That's not the easiest way to do things, but it would be too costly and time-consuming to refocus that many lights in show conditions without an audience.
Just a few light instruments... This is a section of the "Post and Beam" structure, which extends from both sides of the stage nearly into the lobby. In addition to being decorative and establishing an ambiance for the show, it serves as a set piece from which the artists perform before and during the show. Photo: Tomas Muscionico Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt.
In addition to the lights, the shows employs incredibly sophisticated video projections which combine CGI and human input which turn the performance space into something approaching a movie screen. To create the interactive projections that follow an artist's movement, an infrared-sensitive camera pointing at the stage captures the artists and their movements, which are tracked by a computer.
Additionally, the surface of the Sand Cliff area is essentially a giant touch-screen that can determine the precise position of each artist. The information gathered from them influences the mathematical parameters of any number of worlds that are then re-projected onto the deck, using a program designed exclusively for the production. Depending on the scene, the Sand Cliff Deck can look like an ice-covered mountain, a battlefield littered with arrows, and much more.
Three video projectors are used to cover the deck, and they're calibrated before each show.
Calibrating video projections onto the Sand Cliff deck
As with every other Cirque production, sound and music are an integral part of the show. KA uses a live band, which occupies two sound studios immediately below and behind the stage. Each of the musicians and singers is onstage for at least part of the show, so they perform in makeup and costume, even though they spend most of the show out of sight.
One of the two KA music studios
To fill the 1,950-seat KÀ Theatre with sound takes 524,150 total watts of amplifier power pumping an intricately layered mix of sound effects and music to 4,774 loudspeaker drivers in 2,139 cabinets. In addition, every seat in the theatre has two speakers built into its headrest that allow sound effects to be targeted, manipulated and customized to any of 16 seating zones.
To make all this work, technical director Walstad oversees a crew of nearly 200 technicians, 100 of whom are working during KÀs ten weekly shows. That's right – the techies actually outnumber the performers (of which there are about 75 per show).
In the booth with KÀ technical director Erik Walstad
You've probably surmised by now that this isn't the kind of Cirque show that can tour to a city near you; you need to go to Las Vegas to see it. As someone who's seen it half a dozen times – and paid for each of those tickets myself – I can't recommend it highly enough. Happy 5th birthday, KÀ. I look forward to seeing you again soon!
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Visit the KÀ website (tickets and additional information about the show).
Watch the KÀ trailer.
Watch an cxcerpt from "G4 Presents "Inside KÀ by Cirque du Soleil"
Arlene's career has spanned film, television and web production, artist development, content creation, and senior management for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike. She is currently the head of the Las Vegas offices of advertising agencies 87AM and Allied Integrated Marketing, which represent a number of prestigious resort, entertainment and hospitality clients both on the Strip and in Downtown and suburban Las Vegas
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Wow – so jealous you got to go backstage! Ka and O are my favourites – and I like how they've updated the Ka staging over the years.


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Q: Search for Pattern in Text String, then Extract Matched Pattern I am trying to match and then extract a pattern from a text string. I need to extract any pattern that matches the following in the text string:
10289 20244

Text File:
KBOS 032354Z 19012KT 10SM FEW060 SCT200 BKN320 24/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 CB DSNT NW T02440172 10289 20244 53009

I am trying to achieve this using the following bash code:
Bash Code:
cat text_file | grep -Eow '\s10[0-9].*\s' | head -n 4 | awk '{print $1}'

The above code attempts to search for any group of approximately five numeric characters that begin with 10 followed by three numeric characters. After matching this pattern, the code prints out the rest of text string, capturing the second group of five numeric characters, beginning with 20.
I need a better, more reliable way to accomplish this because currently, this code fails. The numeric groups I need are separated by a space. I have attempted to account for this by inserting \s into the grep portion of the code.

A: grep solution:
grep -Eow '10[0-9]{3}\b.*\b20[0-9]{3}' text_file

The output:
10289 20244

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*[0-9]{3} - matches 3 digits

*\b - word boundary

A: awk '{print $(NF-2),$(NF-1)}' text_file

10289 20244

Prints next to last and the one previous.

A: awk '$17 ~ /^10[0-9]{3}$/ && $18 ~ /^20[0-9]{3}$/ { print $17, $18 }' text_file

This will check field 17 for "10xxx" and field 18 for "20xxx", and when BOTH match, print them.

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How To Conduct Hardware Penetration Testing
written by RSI Security May 14, 2021 June 24, 2021
Penetration testing is one of the most innovative and powerful practices businesses can use to optimize their security. This form of "ethical hacking" uses an excellent offense to strengthen the defense, simulating an attack and studying all moves the hacker makes to stop them in the future. What's more, penetration testing can be leveraged for nearly any element of your architecture, including hardware penetration testing to analyze all physical, connected devices.
Given its potential, all companies should have penetration testing (pen-testing) on their radar. However, a common misconception about penetration testing is that it's only applicable to relatively intangible elements of your security architecture, like networks and servers. In reality, this could not be farther from the truth. This guide will explain how to apply pen-testing to hardware by:
Breaking down the three primary approaches to all penetration testing of any system
Applying each of these approaches to hardware pen-testing across three examples
By the end of this blog, you'll better understand how penetration testing can help optimize your company's hardware, with multiple samples of how your test can work.
Penetration Testing 101: Three Approaches
As noted above, penetration testing involves allowing — and, in fact, inviting — a simulated attack on your security systems to study the attacker's behavior. There are several approaches to pen-testing, which we'll detail below, but the process generally comprises:
Reconnaissance, or gathering relevant information on the institution to be attacked
Identification of critical cyber assets, weaknesses, and other intelligence for planning
Strategizing for the initial attack, mapping out which vulnerabilities to exploit and how
Implementing the attack and attempting to gain control of all systems, resources, etc.
Exiting, ideally without leaving a trace, and preparing a report to address weaknesses
The three primary approaches to pen-testing are external, internal, and hybrid. All utilize the steps above, with differences in the attacker's starting position. Let's take a close look at each.
Approach #1: External Penetration Testing
An external penetration test, sometimes referred to as a "black box" or "black hat" test, begins from a position of relative ignorance. Once permission is granted, the pen-tester or hacker starts from outside your systems, usually with little or no privileged access to data on your security measures, assets, personnel, or anything that would facilitate the attack.
These external pen-tests are designed to simulate an attack from an unknown threat vector. In terms of activity measured, they tend to focus on the early stages of an attack — what the hacker or team of hackers does to initially get inside your systems.
Approach #2: Internal Penetration Testing
In contrast, an internal penetration test, also known as a "white box" or "white hat" test, begins from an informed position. The pen-tester starts from inside your systems with privileged knowledge of your cybersecurity systems, infrastructure, or personnel. This could be complete information, where the hacker starts with all security access. Or the hacker can start with partial information. White hat testing closely resembles hackers that are current or former employees.
These internal pen-tests are designed to simulate insidious attacks from an individual known to the company but not known as a threat. In terms of activity studied, they tend to focus less on entry points than on what the attackers do once inside: how quickly they seize complete control.
Approach #3: Hybrid Penetration Testing
Finally, a hybrid penetration test often called a "gray box" or "gray hat" style test, will begin from somewhere between the ignorance of an external test and the informed stance of an internal test. The attacking team will negotiate a mid-point custom-tailored to the attack your company hopes to emulate and study.
These hybrid attacks are the most customizable, with the ability to study an attack from any potential source and any intentional focus. Likewise, your institution can customize the activities to identify anything from attack points to weaknesses left behind.
Optimizing Penetration Testing for Hardware
Hardware pen-testing, sometimes called hardware security testing, involves subjecting select pieces of your organization's IT infrastructure to some combination of the testing approaches detailed above. Most often, a hardware penetration test focuses on "Internet of Things" (IoT) devices, which includes all smart and internet-connected devices in your network, such as:
Desktop computers and laptops connected to networks via wired and wireless connection
Smart phones, tablets, and handheld computing devices connected to the internet
Printers, fax machines, and other internet-connected electronics
Hardware pen-tests traditionally focus on hardware within a defined area. But, given the prevalence of cloud and mobile computing solutions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, they may also focus on devices used in the new work-from-home environment.
Let's take a look at three hardware pen-test strategies, following the approaches from above.
Example #1: Black Hat Hardware Pen-Test
A hardware penetration test that originates from outside your systems, with little to no knowledge of them, is an attack leveraging a password cracker. This is a standalone piece of software or multi-faceted approach that enables attackers to identify weaknesses in identity and access management in your company. Surveillance begins with a probe and analysis of account and credential management. Then, once a weakness is identified, the attack starts.
Hackers may launch a multi-tiered attack, beginning with research about privileged users' accounts to guess passwords without needing to steal or crack them. Failing this, they may initiate a social engineering scam to trick users into giving up their credentials unwittingly. If this also fails, hackers may attempt to crack passwords, steal them, or find another attack vector.
Example #2: White Hat Hardware Pen-Test
An example of a hardware penetration test that originates from within your company's systems or from a position of privileged knowledge about them is an attack using a network sniffer. This is an approach that leverages numerous technologies, along with an attacker's position within a network, to collect various information being trafficked across it. Attacks using this method may be launched by recently dismissed former-employees whose login credentials are still active.
The attack may begin by simulating the position of this disgruntled former employee, passively monitoring information on the systems from the position of privilege until enough intelligence is amassed to launch a full-scale takeover of the entire system architecture.
Example #3: Gray Hat Hardware Pen-Test
Finally, a penetration test that originates from a mid-way point between complete ignorance and privileged intelligence or access leverages a port scanning capability or technology. Like a network sniffer, a port scanner seeks to identify information about a network and its weak points, and it's typically used by an attacker with incomplete or limited information or access to the network in question: the attacker begins with a foot in the door, so to speak.
Depending on the negotiation with your pen-testing team, the actual starting position and focus can vary. The attacker can simulate elements of both a black hat and white hat attack by using a social engineering scam to gain insider access, then slowly collect information to inform their moves toward total control. The more control, the more specific insights and preventative power.
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Pen-testing is among the most innovative and powerful methodologies to optimize your overall cyberdefenses. However, it is also incredibly complex, and pulling it off requires extremely fluid communication with your pen-testing partner.
RSI Security offers a robust suite of pen-testing services, including internal and external hardware penetration testing and a host of other solutions tailored to your security needs. Contact RSI Security today to get started!
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