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Birkbeck academic receives £505,248 research grant for cutting edge research in European political economy
Professor Dermot Hodson has received the grant as part of Banking on Europe, a project co-founded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Fonds de la Recherche (FNR).
Professor Dermot Hodson, a Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics, has been awarded the grant by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. The funding is part of Banking on Europe, a Bilateral ESRC/FNR project co-financed by the Luxembourg National Research Foundation.
Professor Dermot Hodson will serve as Principal Investigator on the project and Professor David Howarth from the University of Luxembourg, a leading authority on European financial institutions, as Co-Investigator.
The aim of the project is to generate new knowledge among academics and policymakers about the evolution and accountability of pan-European public financial institutions.
Institutions with the authority to raise funds on financial markets to provide grants, loans or guarantees were part of the European Communities' early efforts in the 1950s to support the coal and steel sectors and regional development. Such institutions formed key elements of European responses to the economic crises of the 1970s, the reuniting of Europe in the 1990s and the euro crisis in the 2010s, and they are now pivotal to the EU's response to COVID-19.
The Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank, now the world's largest multilateral lender, has provided 25 billion euros in guarantees for European businesses hit by the pandemic. This is in addition to the 750 billion euros that the European Commission plans to borrow to help with the economic costs of COVID-19.
As pan-European public financial institutions grow in importance, they face calls for greater accountability to governments, parliaments and NGOs. And yet, there is limited political science research on either the evolution or accountability of these bodies.
The project's findings will generate new knowledge on: (1) the evolution and accountability of pan-European public financial institutions since 1950; (2) who is driving these developments and what this means for accountability; and (3) how accountable these bodies are in practice and how their accountability to governments, parliaments and NGOs can be strengthened.
Professor Dermot Hodson said: "This project is timely given public debates over how temporary responses to COVID-19 might permanently change the European Union. It is also relevant for understanding how Brexit will impact upon the UK's continued membership of the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the British government's search for a new relationship with the European Investment Bank.
"Banking on Europe offers value-added by fostering international collaboration on a topic of shared importance for the UK and Luxembourg, which are home to important pan-European public financial institutions. Our research will also inform debates about how a new generation of international public financial institutions, such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, can learn from Europe."
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Spiritual Psychology & Religion
Spiritual Justice in a Shrinking World
The Nature of Love
Critical Consciousness
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We live in the midst of historical changes of such pace and magnitude, that for the majority of people they are simply hard to grasp and relate to. Yet, however we name these changes for ourselves, I believe they are pointing us toward the emergence of spiritual justice in the context of a shrinking world, in which there is less and less of an opportunity to hide and deny the consequences of our choices.
Throughout the 20th century, we have seen a steady, albeit messy and painstaking process of tearing the veils of injustice on every level of human life. Patriarchal attitudes, gender oppression, racial oppression, rationalized domination and violence, the betrayal and destruction of war, greed and corruption in governance, the abuse of the very Earth that sustains us, all these forms of injustice have been increasingly revealed in the public eye. Yet, despite the growing knowledge and understanding of these realities, they still continue. As thousands of non-governmental organizations all over the world are working both locally and at the level of the United Nations to transform these levels of injustice, we, as individuals and professions, stand at a crossroad. In the words of award-winning international psychologist Tony Marsella,
Human survival and wellbeing is now embedded in a complex and interdependent web of economic, political, social, technical, and environmental events, forces, and changes. The scale, complexity, and consequence of these events, forces, and changes constitute an important challenge to our individual and collective wellbeing by confronting us with an array of complex, conflicting, and confusing demands and/or opportunities. Our response to this challenge – as individuals and as societies – will shape the nature, quality and meaning of our lives in the coming century.
What has deeply interested me as an educator, psychologist, and a woman, is the level at which we respond in seeking to establish justice.
There is wonderful work being done towards greater social and political justice in the world; efforts to protect democratic principles, autonomy, human rights; efforts to end discrimination on every level. There is equally important work being done towards economic and material justice, efforts to re-distribute resources, to overcome poverty, deprivation, and disease in socially-vulnerable populations all over the world. Then there is the work for environmental justice that is gathering momentum all over the planet, efforts to break down unsustainable habits of living and mindsets, and to educate toward sustainable use of resources on a shared and interdependent planet. There are also the efforts toward scientific justice, efforts to break down the domination of narrowly-understood empirical science over the domain of human knowledge and understanding.
The question that has emerged for me through my engagement with efforts towards all these levels of justice, is what underlies them all? I have been reflecting on the nature of spiritual justice, one that honors the reality of spirit in our lives, as it reflects on every level of our engagement with life. I keep pondering the fact that it is the lack of spiritual justice, a recognition of the nature and role of spirit in our lives, that continues to account for both structural, and inter- and intrapersonal injustice and violence.
Writings on the subject:
A Whole-Person Approach to Educating for Sustainability
Published in International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (2010)
Beyond Competing Identities and Ideologies: Building Resilience to Radicalization in a World in Transition
Paper presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Budapest, Hungary, March 2008; Published in NATO Science for Peace and Security Studies, Vol. 60, Home-Grown Terrorism: Understanding and Addressing the Root Causes of Radicalization among Groups with Immigrant Heritage in Europe
Mindfulness and the Integrated Life
Spiritual Psychology and Religion
"I take a spiritually-based approach to mental health, which I find is very effective in treating a wide range of human afflictions, from wide-spreading addictions, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders, to marital and relational dysfunction."
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Before anything else, you need a helmet so Buy Motorcycle helmets before you hit the road on the two wheels. Some places have not made this as a law although some have, but no matter the case, you should always wear a helmet because it helps you save your head and much more whether you crash or not.
Your face can be dragged on the pavement when you crash and you can imagine what you will see in the mirror when your face wasn't covered. Helmets also protect you from harsh weather like the rain and snow and it protects you from the dangerous UV rays.
Leather gloves are the second most important gear you need to wear when riding on your twos. Some will argue that jackets should come second but to me leather gloves are more important than a jacket. When you crash with your motorcycle flying through the air, naturally you will extent your hands to protect the rest of your body so if your hands are not protected you can break your phalanges , lose skin or the entire hand.
This too is an essential motorcycle gear as it keeps you warm when you ride. When riding you experience a lot of wind that causes cold especially when you are riding in cold weather. Even when it becomes too hot you still need to have a jacket on when riding.
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Home Movie Reviews 'Bridget Jones's Baby' : Movie Review
'Bridget Jones's Baby' : Movie Review
Two decades have gone by since the original bestseller that spawned two films, the 2001 romcom hit 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and its distinctively inferior and poorly received 2004 sequel 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' was released. And the passage of time has obviously not been kind to its lead stars Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger. So a dip into a brand that was well forgotten might not have been a great idea to start with. Especially since Hugh Grant categorically refused to have anything to do with it. But the studio heads were unfazed and had a neat way to circumvent that deficit.
In this third edition of the Bridget Jones series, Bridget is celebrating her 43rd birthday and is still single. Her one love Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) has moved on and married someone else while the other,Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) shows up as a corpse in a funeral that is attended by a bevy of hotshot young models and a few older friends and family. That memory was shown in a flashback while Bridget was reminiscing in her diary about her birthday celebrations that did not go as well as she hoped for. Just as Bridget had decided to concentrate on her career as a top news producer her love life comes back from the dead. She meets a dashing millionaire Jack (Patrick Dempsey) and has a fling with him and she also gets into the sack with her former lover Mark, while he is in the throes of a divorce. The result is a surprise pregnancy that leaves Bridget clueless about who the real father is. The contretemps here is mostly about how Bridget tries to find the identity of the real father while moving steadily towards a happily ever after.
Hopefully, this will be the end of a series that hasn't had as much success as the studio hoped for. This one though has enough smarts, tongue-in-cheek wit and reminiscent charm to keep the audience tittering in their seats.
The story of a middle aged woman and her attempts to cure the loneliness of singledom may be nothing new but it echoes back to the earlier Bridget Jones editions and delivers a progression in time that is quite befitting. Of course the demographic of the viewer that this film is targeted at has also shifted. The inclusion of Patrick Dempsey as Jack brings it a fresh infusion of testosterone and the caddish Daniel Cleaver is not missed as sorely as was expected.
The continuity is sloppy in places and the editing is not as sharp as was needed. The direction though is pretty much comedy enriching. The lead actors do a good job but it's really Emma Thompson as the Gynaec who is handling Bridget's pregnancy, who mixes it up and raises the game to a few laughs more. This exercise may not be as fresh and robustly energizing as the first salvo but it's certainly better than the previous one.


MASON CITY - The NIACC men's basketball team recently signed point guard Tahjay Blackmon, a 5-foot-11 inch from Waukesha, Wis.
Blackmon, who played at Waukesha West, averaged 15.0 points a game during his senior season.
Also recently signing with the Trojans were a pair of players from Naples, Florida (Rudge Hyppolite and Hollis Hardwick).
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Intuitive Tarot teacher, writer and the founder of Tarot for the Wild Soul, Lindsay Mack joins me on the show today. Lindsay is the creator of Soul Tarot, a way of interpreting and intentionally utilizing the Tarot as a tool for our soul's growth and evolution. It developed through her healing journey with complex PTSD and abuse. Lindsay is the host of the wildly popular weekly podcast, Tarot for the Wild Soul. Her podcast launched in August 2017, and has been downloaded over two million times since then. Her work with the Tarot has been written about and featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Refinery 29, Well + Good, Nylon, Medium and BUST Magazine.


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Third edition of Health of the Force report released, focusing on Soldier injuries, tobacco use
By Monica Bullock and Emily Briskin, Army Public Health CenterMarch 23, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Public Health Center recently released its third edition of the Health of the Force report. The report makes Soldier health and readiness information accessible to a wide array of stakeholders, including military medical professionals, Soldiers, and the larger community.As noted by U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the Health of the Force Report "highlights the Army's current population health successes that ultimately we, as an Army, can leverage across our camps, posts and stations, in support of the Army's number one priority, readiness."The report compiles information from military medical surveillance systems to illustrate health outcomes and health factors that affect medical readiness among Active Component Soldiers. Medical surveillance can inform programs to reduce and prevent illness and injury in Soldiers."Our Soldiers and their medical readiness are the foundation of our fighting force," said Dr. Amy Millikan Bell, APHC medical advisor and Health of the Force chairperson. "The report provides data for the overall Army and profile pages for each installation, so that installations can compare themselves to others. Commanders can understand their status in all areas and then improve the areas of weakness. Charts even provide information on how demographic factors such as age and sex can affect Soldier health."In his initial message to the Force, Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper offered that "readiness and welfare of our Soldiers, Civilians, and their Families will always be foremost." The conditions assessed in the report, including injury, behavioral health, sleep disorders, and chronic disease all have an immediate impact on Soldier medical readiness. Health factors, such as obesity, tobacco use, substance use, healthcare delivery, and air quality all affect a Soldier's performance and likelihood of developing more serious medical conditions.According to the Health of the Force report, injuries continued to be the leading cause of Soldiers being not medically ready. In 2016, the most recent year for which data are available, 52% of Soldiers experienced an injury, and among those affected, most experienced multiple injuries. The report provides various insights for understanding the burden of injuries on the Army community.The Army has recently focused on reducing tobacco use, including "tobacco-free living" initiatives. The decline in tobacco use among Active Component Soldiers from 28% in 2015 to 26% in 2016, as outlined in the Health of the Force report, demonstrates the possible effect of these programs and indicates room for continued efforts.Senior Army leaders are using the Health of the Force report to further understand the health of their communities and to improve the environment, infrastructure and nutrition on their installations. In addition to data highlighting challenges and successes, the report includes brief narratives describing the latest advancements in injury and disease prevention and mitigation. The report provides meaningful data for senior Army leaders to create cultural and programmatic change in support of the total Army's overall readiness and health."It's important to have data displaying that we have a fully functioning, healthy, ready fighting force," George White, Health of the Force product manager, said. "This data distinguishes between beliefs and facts so we can identify strengths and analyze vulnerabilities. Commanders want to know whether or not to execute a mission, so when weighing their options they need credible evidence on the current health of their unit."John Resta, director of the U.S. Army Public Health Center and Acting Deputy Chief of Staff of Public Health for the U.S. Army Medical Command, stated that "in support of total Army readiness, the Health of the Force report continues to provide meaningful data and information through rigorous research and analyses."Readers are encouraged to provide feedback or seek more specific consultative services by contacting the APHC Health of the Force team through the "Contact Us" button on the website: https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/campaigns/hof/Pages/default.aspx.
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Title: ISOLATION OF AN ACTIVE LV1 GENE FROM CATTLE INDICATES THAT TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN-MEDIATED INNATE IMMUNITY TO RETROVIRAL INFECTION IS WIDESPREAD AMONG MAMMALS
YLINEN, LAURA
KECKESOVA, ZUZANA
WEBB, BENJAMIN
GIFFORD, ROBERT
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TOWERS, GREG
Submitted to: Journal of Virology
Citation: Ylinen, L.M., Keckesova, Z., Webb, B.L., Gifford, R.J., Smith, T.P., Towers, G.J. 2006. Isolation of an active Lv1 gene from cattle indicates that tripartite motif protein-mediated innate immunity to retroviral infection is widespread among mammals. Journal of Virology. 80(15):7332-7338.
Interpretive Summary: Retroviruses are a type of widespread, disease-causing virus whose name comes from the fact that their genome consists of RNA, which is "retro-transcribed" into DNA after infection of the target cell. Examples of retroviruses that cause disease or decreased performance in cattle are the Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) and Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus (BIV). Retroviruses that affect humans include HIV, a member of a genus of viruses called lentiviruses that includes the BIV virus. Research in HIV has identified a cellular factor, called TRIM5a, that is a primary determinant of which species can be infected by particular types of viruses. TRIM5a was thought to be specific to primates, since it was found in all species of monkeys studied but not in biomedical model organisms such as mouse and rat. This manuscript describes discovery of the first non-primate TRIM5a-like factor, that is able to defend the host cell from infection by a range of different retroviruses including HIV. At present it has not been determined if the bovine TRIM5a activity is protective against BIV or BLV, but the work described is the important first step to identify cellular factors that may be involved in establishing infection in cattle herds. The effort to clone and sequence the bovine gene for TRIM5a in cattle was performed by the livestock genomics group at USMARC; all of the viral infection work including the HIV portion of the study was performed by the collaborating laboratory of Dr. Greg Towers in London, who researches HIV and related immunodeficiency viruses.
Technical Abstract: Lv1/TRIM5alpha (tripartite motif 5alpha) has recently emerged as an important factor influencing species-specific permissivity to retroviral infection in a range of primates, including humans. Old World monkey TRIM5alpha blocks human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectivity, and the human and New World monkey TRIM5alpha proteins are inactive against HIV-1 but active against divergent murine (N-tropic murine leukemia virus [MLV-N]) and simian (simian immunodeficiency virus from rhesus macaque [SIVmac]) retroviruses, respectively. Here we demonstrate antiviral activity of the first nonprimate TRIM protein, from cattle, active against divergent retroviruses, including HIV-1. The number of closely related human TRIM sequences makes assignment of the bovine sequence as a TRIM5alpha ortholog uncertain, and we therefore refer to it as bovine Lv1. Bovine Lv1 is closely related to primate TRIM5alpha proteins in the N-terminal RING and B-box 2 domains but significantly less homologous in the C-terminal B30.2 domain, particularly in the region shown to influence antiviral specificity. Intriguingly, some viruses restricted by bovine Lv1, including HIV-1 and MLV-N, are unable to synthesize viral DNA by reverse transcription, whereas restricted HIV-2 makes normal amounts of DNA. The data support the conclusion that TRIM protein-mediated restriction of retroviral infection is a more common attribute of mammals than previously appreciated.


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The Nest Guard (the main keypad hub of the Nest Secure system) already has a built-in speaker and microphone with the necessary hardware requirements. So the new feature is simply added via a firmware update. From there, you can treat it as a Google Home Mini, asking about the weather and executing routines.
There are some limitations, however. You still can't disarm the Nest Secure system using your voice, so you'll still use either a keychain tag or the keycode.
The update will begin rolling out today to Nest Secure users, and while these same users likely already have a Google Home, it'll be nice to have an additional unit in the house.
With Apple's forthcoming AirPower charging mat they actually did something very unusual: they announced the product before it was ready to go. It looks like it's coming out soon, so here's what you need to know.
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'It's nice to be appreciated' - Former Players' Association should thrive at Lincoln City
The FPA will be officially launched at this Saturday's home game against Accrington Stanley
Mark WhileyFootball writer
Former Lincoln City skipper Dean Walling on his hopes at the club's new Former Players' Association
It was great to be back Sincil Bank as a special guest for the Port Vale game recently.
I did a question-and-answer session in the Fan Zone before the game and was re-introduced to the crowd on the pitch.
Assessing Sean Raggett's Lincoln City future ahead of his departure to Norwich City
It's always nice to be appreciated and it was good to see a few old faces and get looked after.
As an ex player, that's what you want. Getting ex-players back together has never really happened at the club before.
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There have been times when I've come back and thought 'this is not my club' and I haven't really been looked after.
I captained the club to promotion but it was almost as if that had been forgotten.
But the club is making really positive steps forward and I'm there again on Saturday for the official launch of the Former Players' Association (FPA).
Again, it will be nice to see a few old faces and celebrate playing for Lincoln City.
Dean Walling was a key man for John Beck's Imps
There's no reason why the FPA should not flourish. After all, many former Imps players, including myself, settled in the area after their playing days came to an end.
I'm a Leeds boy but I've lived in the Lincoln area for more than 20 years now. It's a nice, quiet place to bring your kids up and you don't get the inner-city crime that blights areas of London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. I think that's why a lot of players end up staying in the area.
We really want to make a success of the FPA. The key thing is staying in contact with people which can be difficult as people change their contact details. It can be quite hard to track people down.
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I find it really interesting catching up with former players, not just from my era but from other eras.
Only recently I was talking to Tony Cunningham, who played for the club during the 1980s. He was telling me about playing with and against old-fashioned centre forwards likes Mick Harford – the tough guys of football.
You don't get players like that anymore because a lot of the physicality has gone out of the game. You can barely tackle anyone nowadays.
Saturday will be another good chance to reminisce about those times. It should be a great occasion.
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Lincoln City FCDespite having a rare Saturday without a game, Appleton intends to keep training as normal, and may even step things up
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Lincoln City FCDespite missing a number of players due to injury and Covid-19 issues, Lewis wasn't part of the squad for the Papa John's Trophy tie against Accrington
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Lincoln City FCChris Hughton says it is likely Johnson will remain with the Imps for the rest of the campaign
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Lincoln City FCNot a single invited team has made it to the quarter-finals after Tranmere Rovers defeated Leicester City U21s in the final last-16 tie


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Wall Street gains on boost from Alphabet, Netflix
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Wall Street's main indexes rose on Friday after Netflix kicked off the earnings season for growth stocks on an upbeat note, while Google parent Alphabet gained on news of job cuts.
Shares of Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) jumped 6.8% as the streaming company added more subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter and said co-founder Reed Hastings was stepping down as chief executive.
Netflix's quarterly update comes as the technology sector faces gloomy prospects due to rising interest rates and economic worries that have forced companies such as Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to lay off thousands of employees.
Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) was the latest to join the list as it said it was cutting 12,000 jobs on Friday. The company's shares rose 4.1%.
The gains made communication services stocks (.SPLRCL) the top gainer among major S&P 500 sectors, climbing 2.7% with information technology (.SPLRCT) in tow, helped by a 2.9% rise in Microsoft.
"Between Netflix and job cuts at Alphabet we have the sense that things may not be as bad as feared (for tech stocks)," said David Russell, vice president of market intelligence at TradeStation Group.
"Those layoffs are actually a potential positive. Big Silicon Valley firms are good at managing earnings and these layoffs create the potential for some interesting guidance going forward."
The utilities sector (.SPLRCU), generally known as "defensive", fell 0.6%.
Still, concerns about corporate earnings remain as the U.S. economy shows signs of a slowdown and recession worries increase.
Analysts now expect year-over-year earnings from S&P 500 companies to decline 2.9% for the fourth quarter, according to Refinitiv data, compared with a 1.6% decline in the beginning of the year.
Wall Street's main indexes ended the previous session lower after resilient labor market data renewed concerns the Federal Reserve would continue its aggressive rate-hiking cycle despite recent evidence pointing to easing price pressures.
Commentary from Fed officials has pointed to a terminal rate above 5%, while money market participants still bet rates peaking at 4.9% by June and see a 93.7% chance for a 25-basis point rate hike in February.
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker repeated on Friday his view that it's time to move to a slower pace of rate rises, while outgoing Kansas City Fed President Esther George said more evidence is needed to gauge a slowdown in services sector inflation.
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\section{Introduction}
A random telegraph signal (RTS) is a natural phenomenon frequently observed in nanoscale solid state devices when an electron tunnels into and out of a trapping defect due to thermal fluctuations \cite{kandiah89, ghibaudo02}. An RTS can be produced in a controllable way by trapping an electron in an electrostatically defined quantum dot \cite{lu03}. The fluctuating electron influences the conductance of a nearby quantum point contact (QPC)\cite{buttiker90}, resulting in a conductance signal which switches back and forth between two distinct levels, low when an electron is present and high when it is not, as shown in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (c). RTS are also produced in experiments which drive an electron to a low-lying excited state, and serve as a signature of single-electron excitation \cite{xiao04, yin13}.

While an RTS exhibits only two distinct conductance levels, each corresponding to a charge state of the quantum dot, it is possible that more than two quantum states participate in the fluctuation. For example, the electron has a spin state which cannot be directly observed; nevertheless this extra ``hidden'' state may influence the statistics of the electron tunneling events in a measurable way. An existing strategy for finding statistical evidence for such states in RTS data has been to compute the full counting statistics (FCS) of the electron transits \cite{gustavsson09, flindt09}. Such analysis can reveal hidden structure in the RTS if multiple RTS are analyzed simultaneously \cite{gustavsson06}. The FCS approach does not take advantage of all of the information available in the signal and is subject to biases due to event reconstruction errors (see Supplementary Material). In a previous paper some of us proposed an analysis approach based on the hidden Markov model (HMM), which fits a rate equation model to the system to determine transition rates \cite{house09}. Here we present an adaptation of that approach based on Markov-Modulated Gaussian Process (MMGP) models \cite{roberts08}. These models account for noise in the signal so that it does not bias parameter estimates. They do not assign a definite state to the system at each point in time, only a probability of each state, which makes them robust against noise in the signal and the effect of the finite bandwidth of the measurement channel \cite{house09}. The models we use are very general and could be applied to study other types of quantum states with energy spacings similar to the thermal energy, such as valley states in Si quantum dots or hyperfine states in donors with large hyperfine interactions, \textit{e. g.} Bi donors in Si \cite{george10}.

The spin states of electrons in semiconductor quantum dots are a topic of current research interest in part because of their potential application for storing and manipulating information in classical information systems \cite{zutic04} and quantum information systems \cite{hanson07, loss98}. A challenge in studying electronic spins in quantum dots is that the spin cannot be observed directly but must be converted to an electrical signal for measurement \cite{elzerman04, hanson05, petta05b}. In this Letter we demonstrate that spin-dependent single-electron dynamics measurably influence the statistics of electron transition timings in RTS of a GaAs quantum dot. By applying statistical models to RTS we detect this influence and study spin-dependent dynamics at smaller Zeeman energies within the thermal regime. Our analysis reveals a spin dependence in the tunnel-out rates of electrons in GaAs quantum dots, similar to previous experimental findings on the tunnel-in rates \cite{amasha08}.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=.95 \linewidth,keepaspectratio]{fig1composite.eps}\end{center}
\caption{(a) SEM image of the active area of the device. A quantum dot is formed in the region highlighted by the dashed circle, connected by a tunnel barrier to a reservoir of free electrons at the lower right. A QPC channel through the upper half of the device is used to monitor the charge state of the quantum dot. (b) Schematic of the chemical potential levels of the quantum dot and occupancy of states in the lead. Indicated are the chemical potentials $\mu^\downarrow$ and $\mu^\uparrow$ for spin-up and spin-down electrons respectively, the Fermi level of the lead $E_f$, the detuning $\epsilon$, and the Zeeman energy $E_Z$. The red curve represents the Fermi distribution of occupied states in the lead. (c) Example of part of one RTS data trace. (d) Most-likely state sequence reconstructed from a two-state model fit to the RTS shown in (d). (e) Most-likely state sequence from a three-state model fit. (f) Overall tunneling rates $\Gamma_{IN}$ (red circles) and $\Gamma_{OUT}$ (blue triangles) as a function of detuning, determined by the two-state model at $B=0$ T.}
\label{fig:fig1composite}
\end{figure}

The experiment was performed on a quantum dot formed electrostatically in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure, a device on which we have reported previously \cite{li12}. Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (a) shows a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the surface gates. The quantum dot is defined in the area circled in the image by negative voltages applied to the five gates LT, RT, LB, RB, and P. Gates Q, LT, and RT form a QPC channel for sensing the charges on the quantum dot. The experiment was performed in a $^3$He refrigerator operating at a base temperature of 240 mK. The quantum dot was tuned so that the tunnel barrier between LB and LT was completely closed and the barrier between RB and RT was adjusted so that the tunneling rate between the quantum dot and the lead to the lower right was smaller than the bandwidth of the measurement channel (30 kHz). The capacitive coupling strength of gate P acting on the quantum dot was measured to be $\alpha = 0.022$ eV / V by a Coulomb diamond plot. To generate RTS data sets, $V_P$ was tuned so that the chemical potential of the dot was close to the Fermi level of the lead for the $N=0 \leftrightarrow N=1$ electron transition so that one electron tunneled on and off the dot, leaving it empty when the electron tunneled out. Each RTS trace was sampled at 131.1 kHz and collected for 7.6 seconds. After each RTS was collected, the voltage $V_P$ was stepped to change the de-tuning $\epsilon$ of the quantum dot's chemical potential relative to the Fermi level of the reservoir, and another RTS data set was taken. Each RTS was then analyzed independently by fitting statistical models to the data as described below.

A diagram of the chemical potential levels $\mu^\downarrow$ and $\mu^\uparrow$ of a single electron with two spin states are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (b). The rates at which electrons tunnel in (out) of the dot are proportional to the fraction of occupied (unoccupied) states in the lead at the potential. When an external magnetic field $B$ is applied the potentials of two spin states are split by the Zeeman effect, resulting in different tunnel rates for the two spin states. The tunnel rates as a function of the detuning $\epsilon=\mu(B=0)-E_f$ are expected to obey
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:tunnelmodelin}
\Gamma^{\downarrow/\uparrow}_{IN}(\epsilon) = \Gamma^{\downarrow/\uparrow}_0 \exp[-\beta \epsilon] f(\epsilon \pm E_Z)
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:tunnelmodelout}
\Gamma^{\downarrow/\uparrow}_{OUT}(\epsilon) = \Gamma^{\downarrow/\uparrow}_0 \exp[-\beta \epsilon] [1-f(\epsilon \pm E_Z)] + \Lambda_{OUT}
\end{equation}
where $\Gamma^{\downarrow/\uparrow}_0$ are the gross tunneling rates for the two spin states, $f$ is the Fermi distribution, $E_Z=g \mu_B B / 2$ the Zeeman energy, $\beta$ a factor accounting for the energy dependence of the tunneling rates \cite{maclean07}, and $\Lambda_{OUT}$ a term which accounts for a small back-action effect on which we have reported previously \cite{li12}. The $\pm$ in these equations is $+$ for spin-up and $-$ for spin-down. The $g$-factor in GaAs quantum wells is $g=-0.44$. By applying an in-plane magnetic field $|B|>0$ the energy levels of the two spin states are split and the two spin states have distinct tunneling rates near zero detuning.

\begin{figure*}[tb]
\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=7in,keepaspectratio]{fig2.eps}\end{center}
\caption{Results of fitting a three-state MMGP model to two sets of RTS. (a)-(d): magnetic field $B=0$ T. (e)-(h) $B=3$ T. (a) and (e) show the model selection statistic $\Delta BIC$ as a function of detuning $\epsilon$. Negative $\Delta BIC$ indicates that differences between two spins are statistically significant. (b) and (f) Tunnel-out rates $\Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT}$ and $\Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT}$ extracted from the three-state model fits. Those detuning points for which the three-state model is selected are emphasized by filled symbols and 90\% confidence intervals. (c) and (g) Tunnel-in rates $\Gamma^\downarrow_{IN}$ and $\Gamma^\uparrow_{IN}$. (d) and (h) Spin-flip transition rates $W_{\downarrow \uparrow}$ and $W_{\uparrow \downarrow}$. Solid lines in (f) indicate fits of Eq. (2) to those data points where the three-state model was selected.}
\label{fig:splitrates}
\end{figure*}

A MMGP is a statistical model with two parts: an observed signal (QPC current measurements) has statistical dependance on the state of an underlying system (the quantum dot). The state of the system is unknown and must be inferred from the signal. The state of quantum dot system is governed by the Markov equation
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:markov}
d\bm{p}/dt = \bm{p} Q,
\end{equation}
where $\bm{p}$ is a row vector whose element $p_i(t)$ is the probability of the system being in state $i$ at time $t$, and $Q$ is a matrix whose element $Q_{ij}$ is the instantaneous probability of transition from state $i$ to state $j$. For each recorded data point the signal $I_{QPC}$ is taken from a Gaussian distribution whose mean $\mu_k$ depends on the state of the system at the time of the measurement (proportional to the number of electrons on the dot); the standard deviation $\sigma$ represents the experimental noise amplitude. For a given RTS the model parameters $Q$, $\mu_0, \mu_1,$  and $\sigma$ can be estimated by the Roberts-Ephraim algorithm \cite{roberts08}. The number of states the model system must be selected in advance.

The simplest rate equation model which can describe a RTS is a two-state model which has one state with one electron on the quantum dot, \ket{1} corresponding to mean signal level $\mu_1$, and one state with no electron, \ket{0} corresponding to $\mu_0$. In such a model the transition matrix has the form
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:twostateq}
Q=\left ( \begin{array}{cc} -\Gamma_{OUT} & \Gamma_{OUT} \\ \Gamma_{IN} & -\Gamma_{IN} \end{array} \right )
\end{equation}
where $\Gamma_{IN}$ and $\Gamma_{OUT}$ are respectively the mean tunneling rates for electrons in and out of the quantum dot. Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (d) shows a state sequence reconstruction of the data in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (c) by fitting to the two-state model, as reconstructed by the Viterbi algorithm \cite{viterbi67}. The two-state model was fit to a sequence of RTS, each of which was taken at a different tuning of the quantum dot with respect to the Fermi level of the reservoir. The tunneling rates estimated by these model fits are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (f). $\Gamma_{IN}$ is high, and $\Gamma_{OUT}$ low, at negative detunings because the occupancy of states in the lead is high; as the detuning is increased $\Gamma_{IN}$ decreases and $\Gamma_{OUT}$ increases with the decreasing occupancy of states in the lead. The maximum $\Gamma_{IN}$ is approximately twice the maximum of $\Gamma_{OUT}$ because there are two electron states for the system to tunnel into, $\Gamma_{IN} \approx \Gamma^\downarrow_{IN} + \Gamma^\uparrow_{IN}$, while the observed tunnel-out rate represents an average of the two spin states, $\Gamma_{OUT} \approx (\Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT} + \Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT})/2$.

The two-state model captures the aggregate behavior of the electron fluctuations but not any more complicated dynamics that may be present. To allow for spin-dependent effects we also construct a three-state model, which has one state with a spin-up electron \upstate, one state with a spin-down electron \downstate, and one state with zero electrons \ket{0}. The form of the transition matrix for this model is
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:threestateq}
Q=\left ( \begin{array}{ccc} -\Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT}-W_{\downarrow \uparrow} & W_{\downarrow \uparrow} & \Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT} \\
W_{\uparrow \downarrow} & -\Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT}-W_{\uparrow \downarrow} & \Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT} \\
\Gamma^\downarrow_{IN} & \Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT} & -\Gamma^\downarrow_{IN}-\Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT}  \end{array} \right )
\end{equation}
where \textit{e.g.} $\Gamma^\downarrow_{IN}$ is the rate for an electron to tunnel into the dot in the state \downstate, $W_{\downarrow \uparrow}$ is the rate for a spin-flip transition from \downstate to \upstate, and so on. States \downstate and \upstate both correspond to the same mean QPC signal level $\mu_1$ while \ket{0} corresponds to level $\mu_0$. By fitting this model to an RTS we can extract estimates for the spin-dependent transition rates $\Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT}$, $\Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT}$,$\Gamma^\downarrow_{IN}$,$\Gamma^\uparrow_{IN}$, $W_{\downarrow \uparrow}$, and $W_{\uparrow \downarrow}$. Shown in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (e) is the most-likely sequence of states in the three-state model fit to the data in Fig. \ref{fig:fig1composite} (c). The model preferentially assigns the state \upstate to longer dwells of the electron on the dot and \downstate to shorter ones.

To determine whether the spin-dependent dynamics included in the three-state model are justified by the data or not, we compare the goodness-of-fit of the two models to each RTS by their Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) statistic \cite{kass95}. The BIC of each model is computed as $BIC=-2\log(\hat{\mathcal{L}})+K \log(N)$, where $\mathcal{\hat{L}}$ is the maximum-likelihood value of the model (evaluated by the Roberts-Ephraim algorithm), $K$ is the number of degrees of freedom in the model, and $N$ is the number of data points. For a given data set the preferred model is the one with the lower value of $BIC$. Under this selection criterion the two-state model (having fewer degrees of freedom) will be selected unless there is significant evidence in the data for the three-state model, as reflected in its higher likelihood. If the three-state model is selected we may confidently say that the RTS data is not adequately explained as a two-state system and that there must be a third state with unique dynamics present.

The results of three-state model fits to a series of RTS with applied magnetic field $B=0$ T are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:splitrates} (a)-(d). Fig. 2 (a) shows the difference in BIC between the two-state model and the three-state model. At every detuning point the two-state model is selected ($\Delta BIC$ is positive), indicating that there are no statistically significant spin-dependent effects. This is expected, since with no applied magnetic field the two spin states are degenerate and should have the same tunneling rates. Fig. \ref{fig:splitrates} (e)-(h) show the same results taken with applied magnetic field $B=3$ T. In this case, at moderate negative detunings the selection criterion favors the three-state model ($\Delta BIC$ is negative). It is in this region where the two tunnel-out rates $\Gamma^\downarrow_{OUT}$ and $\Gamma^\uparrow_{OUT}$ are different and there are a large enough number of electron transitions observed to make the difference statistically significant. At positive detunings most of the electron transitions involve the spin-up state and  there are not enough instances of the spin-down state to make its rates distinguishable. At large negative detunings the tunnel-out rates become small and there are relatively few transitions to either state. Because of the nature of the way the tunnel rates influence the RTS statistics, the individual tunnel-out rates can be measured with greater accuracy than the tunnel-in rates (see Supplementary Materials). In this experiment the spin-flip transition rates $W_{\downarrow\uparrow}$ and $W_{\uparrow\downarrow}$ were too small to measure, but an upper bound can be placed on them as shown by the confidence intervals in Fig. \ref{fig:splitrates} (h). All of the uncertainties are statistical and could be reduced by taking longer RTS traces.

\begin{figure}[tb]
\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,keepaspectratio]{rates_vs_b_figure.eps}\end{center}
\caption{(a) Gross tunnel-out rates for the two spin states, $\Gamma_0^\downarrow$ and $\Gamma_0^\uparrow$, as a function of applied magnetic field. These were determined by fits to the rates extracted from a series of RTS such as shown in Fig. \ref{fig:splitrates} (f) for $B=3$ T. (b) Ratio of the gross tunnel-out rates for the two spin states, $\Gamma_0^\downarrow/\Gamma_0^\uparrow$, as a function of applied magnetic field. The tunneling rate for spin-down electrons decreases relative to the spin-up tunneling rate as the Zeeman energy difference between the two states increases.}
\label{fig:rates_vs_b}
\end{figure}

The solid lines in Fig. \ref{fig:splitrates} (f) represent fits of Eq. \ref{eq:tunnelmodelout} to the tunnel rates for each spin, using only those data points where the three-state model was selected. The same analysis was applied to similar data sets taken with applied magnetic fields from $B=1$ T to $B=8$ T. At $B=1$ T the Zeeman energy splitting ($2 E_Z = 25 \microev$) is comparable to the thermal energy ($k_B T = 21 \microev$), and the spin states are distinguishable in this regime (see Supplementary Materials). The gross tunneling rates $\Gamma^\downarrow_0$ and $\Gamma^\uparrow_0$ extracted from these fits are plotted in Fig. \ref{fig:rates_vs_b} (a) as a function of magnetic field, which shows that for $|B|>0$ the overall tunneling rate for spin-down electrons is smaller than that for spin-up, even after accounting for the Fermi distribution of occupied states in the lead and the energy dependence of the tunneling rate. This difference in tunneling rates increases as the magnetic field is increased and the ratio of the tunneling rates of the two spins, $\Gamma_0^{\downarrow} / \Gamma_0^\uparrow$, plotted in Fig. \ref{fig:rates_vs_b} (b), is seen to decrease monotonically with increasing $B$ as reported by Amasha, \textit{et al}. \cite{amasha08}. The spin selective tunneling effect may be due to an enhancement of the $g$-factor of the electron in the lead to which the electron is coupled, but it is still not well understood \cite{stano10}. Here we are able to see the effect primarily in the tunnel-out rates instead of tunnel-in rates, and at lower energies than previously reported.

In order to verify that there are no additional states participating in the electron fluctuations we used two additional models: a model containing one one-electron state and two zero-electron states (an unphysical model according to our interpretation), and a model containing two states for each electron number (four states total). In every case, the BIC for these models were greater than for the models described previously, indicating that there is not significant evidence for state configurations other than those we addressed.

In summary, we have described a technique for analysis of RTS and detecting structure the underlying system such as a difference in tunneling rate for two different states of a quantum dot with the same electron number. We used this technique on data obtained from a GaAs quantum dot and detected an extra ``hidden'' state at negative detunings when a magnetic field is applied. We identified the extra state in this system with the spin of the electron because its behavior is consistent with Zeeman physics in the presence of an applied magnetic field. The approach is very general and could be used to study other effects in RTS that cannot be observed directly, such as other spin configurations, valley states, or hyperfine states. Because RTS occur at the thermal energy scale, this type of analysis can reveal such effects happening at smaller energies than other experimental methods. The same type of modeling could also be applied to detect hidden structure in quantum jumps, which have the same statistical nature as RTS \cite{sauter86,vijay11}. In the future the classical MMGP model can be extended to apply to fully quantum mechanical processes, which will allow an experimenter to estimate quantum coherent effects in stochastic processes \cite{housedissertation}.

The authors thank M. Y. Simmons for valuable discussions about this manuscript. This work was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office (w911NF-11-1-0028). MGH acknowledges support from the UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship. The authors from USTC acknowledge support from the National Fundamental Research Program (Grant No. 2011CBA00200), National Natural Science Foundation, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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One thing I love about being self employed is the freedom to go to the movies anytime I want. Just today, Keith and I got the kids off to school then headed to the movies for $5 Tuesdays, to see The Darkest Hour. It took us long enough, right? We were glad one of our theaters was still playing it, but then I came home to an email from Disney, with their slate of new Disney movies for 2018! I couldn't keep the news to myself and decided to share the exciting year in movies, with you!
I never miss a Disney movie at the theater and am truly excited for this year's slate of movies. I'll give you a brief rundown of what's coming, and then I want to hear which movie you're most excited to see!
February 16, 2018 – BLACK PANTHER (Marvel Studios)
March 9, 2018 – A WRINKLE IN TIME (Walt Disney Studios)
Meg Murry is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who just wants to fit in. The daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg's younger brother, Charles Wallace, but she has yet to realize it for herself. Complicating matters is the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Murry, which has left Meg devastated and her mother broken-hearted. Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin to three celestial beings (Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who) who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they embark on their formidable quest. Travelling via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering, they are transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil force. To make it back home to Earth, Meg must face the darkness within herself in order to harness the strength necessary to defeat the darkness rapidly enveloping the Universe.
May 4, 2018 – AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Marvel Studios)
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War" brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
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Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.
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Everyone's favorite family of superheroes is back in "Incredibles 2" – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of "normal" life. It's a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack's emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they're all Incredible.
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From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: "Ant-Man and The Wasp." In the aftermath of "Captain America: Civil War," Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.
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In the heartwarming live action adventure "Disney's Christopher Robin," the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and loveable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it's up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.
November 2, 2018 – THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (Walt Disney Studios)
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney's new holiday feature film "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" is directed by Lasse Hallström and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic tale.
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December 25, 2018 – MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Walt Disney Studios)
In Disney's "Mary Poppins Returns," an all new sequel with a fresh sensibility that celebrates the spirit of the original, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Emily Blunt ("The Girl on the Train," "Into the Woods") stars as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure and Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Hamilton," "Moana") plays her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London. "Mary Poppins Returns" is directed by Rob Marshall ("Into the Woods," "Chicago"). The screenplay is by David Magee ("Life of Pi") and the screen story is by Magee & Marshall & John DeLuca ("Into the Woods") based upon The Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers. The producers are Marshall, DeLuca and Marc Platt ("La La Land") with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer and the music is by Marc Shaiman ("Hairspray") with songs by Shaiman and Scott Wittman ("Hairspray"). The film also stars Ben Whishaw ("Spectre") as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer ("Hugo") as Jane Banks; Julie Walters ("Harry Potter" films) as the Banks' housekeeper Ellen; with Colin Firth ("The King's Speech") as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank's William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep ("Florence Foster Jenkins") as Mary'seccentric cousin, Topsy and introduces three new Banks' children played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and newcomer Joel Dawson. Angela Lansbury appears as the Balloon Lady, a treasured character from the PL Travers books and Dick Van Dyke is Mr. Dawes Jr., the retired chairman of the bank now run by Firth's character.
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Ransomware Attacks Increase and Demand Bigger Payouts
An increasing number of cities, hospitals and businesses are being attacked by ransomware, by which bad actors shut down the victim's computer network until a ransom is paid. Up until now, these attacks have been hard to measure since many of those impacted quietly paid the ransom without notifying any authorities. Security firm Emsisoft just reported a 41 percent increase in ransomware attacks between 2018 and 2019, with 205,280 businesses and other groups submitting evidence of such intrusions in 2019.
The New York Times reports that, according to data from security firm Coveware, "the average payment to release files spiked to $84,116 in the last quarter of 2019, more than double what it was the previous quarter." That figure jumped to $190,946 in the last month of 2019, "with several organizations facing ransom demands in the millions of dollars."
According to security experts, these numbers don't reflect "the true cost of ransomware attacks, which have disrupted factories and basic infrastructure and forced businesses to shut down." "Anything of value that is smart and connected can be compromised and held for ransom," said McAfee chief technology officer Steve Grobman. "If critical infrastructure systems are held for ransom, what is our policy going to be for dealing with those?"
A few years ago, ransomware attacks were largely targeted against individuals but that's changed. The Coast Guard, for example, reported that, in December, a cargo transfer facility (in an unidentified location) shut down for 30+ hours after attackers took control of "the industrial control systems that monitor and control cargo transfer and encrypted files critical to process operations."
New Orleans was "one of dozens of cities hit by ransomware over the last year," which are "still conducting many operations on paper," NYT adds.
Although public sector organizations accounted for only about 10 percent of all victims, according to Coveware, "cities appeared to be high on the target list because they are among the only victims who have to report the attacks." One month after Travelex, the company that supplies currency to banks, was targeted by a ransomware dubbed Sodinokibi or REvil, "Barclays and several other banks are still unable to make foreign currency conversions for customers."
The BBC stated that the hijackers in this case demanded $6 million. But even smaller companies are targeted, such as the 10-person, two-doctor medical office Brookside ENT and Hearing Services in Battle Creek, Michigan. One of those doctors, William Scalf, noted he was "suddenly retired" when he was unable to recover medical files via a $6,500 ransom demand.
The FBI stated that an online portal received 1,493 ransomware reports in 2018, but noted it is likely "artificially low," lacking reports from other sources including field offices. "What we find most concerning is that it causes not just direct costs, but also indirect costs of lost operations," said FBI cybersection chief Herbert Stapleton. "We certainly view it as one of the most serious cybercriminal problems we face right now."
Topics: Banking, Barclays, Cities, Coast Guard, Coveware, Currency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Emsisoft, FBI, Hackers, Herbert Stapleton, Hospitals, Infrastructure, Law Enforcement, McAfee, New Orleans, Ransomware, REvil, Security, Sodinokibi, Steve Grobman, Travelex, William Scalf


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These changes in New York unemployment figures indicate that the reason that NYS unemployment figures have improved because fewer individuals have been eligible to receive NYS Unemployment insurance. At the same time, however, there were nearly as many layoff events in the month of July as there were in the previous three months, leading to almost as many individuals making an initial claim for NYS unemployment insurance in the month of July as there were in April, May, and June 2010.


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First submitted Thursday, 19 April 2018 at 10:21:49 by David J P Stanworth.
Sent for publication in The Ringing World on Thursday, 19 April 2018 at 10:22:33, and printed in issue 5584.