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The Death of Jiang Chen
"Good, I will be the first to make you suffer in pain. Also, I will draw your soul out so that you won't get another chance of being reborn for eternity."
An elder of the Desolate Family fluctuated his Qi and was prepared to launch a strike on Jiang Chen.
"Wait!"
At this moment, Bin Longtian stopped the elder.
"Bin Longtian, what do you think you're doing? Did you forget that half of your people also died in this little beast's hands?"
The elder looked over at Bin Longtian.
"This person must face his consequences no doubt, but in my my opinion, we'll attack him all at the same time to finish him off for good. After all, we do have the status of overlords. It would be demeaning to torture a brat to death with the likes of us and it would only bring our reputation down."
Bin Longtian expressed. Jiang Chen must die, but he disagreed with the others on using torturous methods as the way to kill him.
"Well, he's right. Let's do it together. We should just kill him immediately."
Dan Yangtian nodded, agreeing to what Bin Longtian had stated. Putting aside the matter of Jiang Chen's death, they were the respected figures of their families, they represented the pinnacle authority in the Pure Land. As such, reputation meant everything to them, otherwise they wouldn't have let Jiang Chen go back in Spiritual s.p.a.ce Mountain.
Two beams of light shot out of Jiang Chen's eyes indistinctly. He had already predicted that this would happen. He antic.i.p.ated that these people would want to save their face but they couldn't let him go again, so they must finish him off directly, and this was exactly what Jiang Chen wanted.
"Little beast, you are lucky today."
The elder of the Desolate Family gritted his teeth.
"Come on! A bunch of old men siege-attacking me, a junior? This is going to give you quite the reputation in the following thousands of years."
Jiang Chen looked confident and fearless.
"No more nonsense! Kill him!"
Desolate Yuntian yelled, unleashing all of his Qi completely while the other five experts also launched a powerful attack of their own. For a moment, the void was overwhelmed by the violent energy turning the battlefield into a maelstrom. Jiang Chen was completely submerged by the turbulent current. He disappeared from their sights and there were no signs of his Qi..
The six powerful experts had launched their full-fledge blow with the intent to kill. Even a great monstrous genius would perish instantly without leaving any trace.
"Haha! Bring it on! Eighteen years later, I will return and will still be the hero."
His voice echoed from the centre of the turbulent atmosphere, startling everyone.
"Jiang Chen!"
Gu Xuantian yelled, trying hard to get away from Shi Haotian, but there was no way he could get out of his sights.
"Gu Xuantian, your opponent is me. You will not be able save that brat's life even if you go there."
Shi Haotian sneered. He was a man with the same status as Gu Xuantian, one of the eight major overlords. Even though he wasn't confident in defeating Gu Xuantian, keeping him busy in the battle wouldn't be an issue for him.
Lang Xingtian and the great elder were also stuck in the battle with their adversaries, leaving them with no chance to save Jiang Chen.
"Haha! Jiang Chen is going to die for sure."
The people of the major six laughed with delight.
"d.a.m.n it! Totem Divine Seal, give me strength."
Big Yellow stormed forth. He couldn't bear to watch Jiang Chen die like this. At this grave situation when the six powerful experts had unleashed all of their energy simultaneously, he had no idea whether Jiang Chen would be able to escape or not, but he wouldn't bet on it. He must get Jiang Chen out of the turbulent force even if it means putting himself in danger and getting crushed.
With an earth-shaking roar, Big Yellow's body began to change, his physical size enlarged in one go, dragon horns sparkled on his forehead and the Totem Divine Seal hovered above his head. This time, Big Yellow was going all out.
"Big Yellow, stop!"
Kong Yang screamed. Every expert of the Demon Race was alarmed when they saw what Big Yellow was doing - he was going to burn his Divine Beast Bloodline to stimulate the Totem Divine Seal and obtain tremendous energy and power to save Jiang Chen.
However, the consequences would certainly be disastrous. He might even lose the Divine Beast Bloodline and the Totem Divine Seal after that.
"Big Yellow, don't do it! Don't mess up my plan!"
At this moment, Jiang Chen's voice suddenly reverberated in Big Yellow's ears. After hearing the word 'plan', he hastily stopped burning his Divine Beast Bloodline. The tidal Qi began to recede and the Totem Divine Seal went back into his body and his size and body returned to his original appearance.
*Eek…*
Everyone of them were stunned by the sudden change. They were baffled by Big Yellow's drastic change of action, and that all of their worries were in vain.
"What the f*ck! You almost make master dog fall into a state which I can't recover. b.a.s.t.a.r.d! I am going to bite your a.s.s off after this."
Big Yellow complained in a disgruntled way, but the worries on his face vanished. It seemed like all of these were within Jiang Chen's plan. Initially, he was frustrated that Jiang Chen became the prey to the bullies when he stood there waiting for the six powerful experts to strike, because this wasn't his style.
He now knew the motive behind Jiang Chen's actions, but he still didn't have a clue as to what he was trying to achieve, but there was one thing he was sure of - Jiang Chen had ways to protect his life. Even if he was struck by six powerful experts, they wouldn't be able kill him.
In truth, how could Jiang Chen be so easily killed?
*Hong Long…*
While countless of eyes were gazing at the scene, the entire void exploded completely. A giant hole was created in the sky, looking gloomy and frightening, with gusts of gruesome air current flowing out of it. The combined strike of six Sixth Grade Great Saints was no doubt enough to destroy the sky and earth.
Even the sky was broken apart, it was imaginable what would happen to Jiang Chen, especially since he was the center of their combined strike. I'm afraid that not even a bit of his remains would be left.
Thick smoke billowed, as huge flames blazed. The area was obscured by the rolling smoke. Everybody held their breath, gazing at the foggy battle scene, waiting to see the result.
Desolate Yuntian waved his large hand, hitting out a gust of air current that dispersed all the thick smoke. At the spot where Jiang Chen stood previously, there was nothing left except for the fractured void.
"Is he dead?"
"He must be dead. Everyone knows how deadly that strike was. Even the sky is broken. How could Jiang Chen possibly survive that?"
"Haha! Dead! Without leaving a single remain. That insane maniac has finally received the ultimate judgment."
The people of the major six got exhilarated when they saw that Jiang Chen was killed. To them, it was really delightful to witness the death his death.
"d.a.m.n it!"
"Oh G.o.d! That's a genius with an outstanding amount of ability. It's a pity. His future achievements would've been limitless if he remains alive."
"Not even the Heaven can help him. Relying solely on the strength of the Gu Family and the Demon Race couldn't save Jiang Chen ultimately."
The people of the Gu Family and the Demon Race looked hurt. The death of Jiang Chen was equivalent to losing a matchless genius. Their lament and anger weren't going change that fact. Anyhow, they had tried their best.
Six of them, including Desolate Yuntian had sealed off the whole void. Their divine sense swept through the area for a few rounds and found neither sign nor traces of Jiang Chen. Finally, they came to a conclusion that Jiang Chen was truly dead. He died under the full force of the blow just now.
Dan Yangtian doubted his ears and eyes.
"There is no question about it. He is dead. It is impossible for him to escape in front of us and we didn't find any traces of his escape even if he had done so. That blow just now was enough to fully pulverize him."
Desolate Yuntian said in confidence.
"He truly has profited for having instantly killed."
An elder of the Desolate Family said coldly.
"Alright, from now on, there won't be someone like Jiang Chen anymore in this world. We have suffered quite severely. We need some time to recover all of our losses."
Bin Longtian sighed. The Bin Family shouldn't have been involved in this conflict. Even though they had killed Jiang Chen and eliminated the scourge, the losses they suffered weren't tiny.
"You bunch of old men, don't you feel shameful for jointly attacking a junior?"
Gu Xuantian said, gritting his teeth. He had a feeling that a knife was cutting his heart when he thought about Jiang Chen's death. Not only because he was the future husband of Wu Ningzhu and that he had to provide an explanation to Wu Ningzhu. Back when Jiang Chen arrived in the Gu Family, they had developed a sincere and true relationship with one another. As such, how could he stay indifferent towards the death of Jiang Chen?
Unfortunately, his heartache could never change the fact that Jiang Chen was killed.
Lang Xingtian's face was full of grief. Despite knowing Jiang Chen for only a short period of time and despite the fact that Jiang Chen wasn't a member of the Demon Race, he had treated Jiang Chen as his friend during all the times they had been in contact.
"Humph! Gu Xuantian, Jiang Chen should've been dead earlier. Your families were trying to protect him, which was an impossible task. From today onwards, there won't be a person named Jiang Chen anymore."
Desolate Yuntian let out a cold humph and left with the people of the Desolate Family.
Then, the other five major families followed, returning to the Pure Land. Most of them had lost a lot of young talents, which only meant that they needed time to retrain and nurture another batch of experts. Now that Jiang Chen was dead, it was no longer necessary to continue the fight with the Demon Race and the Gu Family. During this period of time, the major six had suffered great losses due to Jiang Chen's existence and the other two families were instead getting stronger.
Only the people of the Gu Family and the Demon Race were left on the scene after the departure of the major six. Whether it was the higher ups or the underlings, all of them had viewed and treated Jiang Chen as their own, especially Gu Liufeng, Kong Yang and a few more. They owed Jiang Chen a life-saving kindness. When they saw how Jiang Chen died without having the ability to save him, it was a grief akin to losing their loved one.
Overwhelmed by sadness, they certainly didn't realize that Big Yellow, who was supposed to be grief-stricken looked ordinarily fine, like his normal self, as if Jiang Chen's death didn't affect him at all.
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The Syrian war has been, for good and often for ill, an incubator for developing new tools and strategies for digital conflict. OpenCanada asked five experts to give their perspectives on actors that they believe have been successful innovators in cyberspace. Whether any of these actors "win" the Syrian war, their digital strategies will likely be with us for a long time.
We asked the experts: Who's winning?
ISIS and other jihadist groups have inspired tens of thousands of young people to travel to Syria to fight or to support ISIS' efforts from abroad, in part by giving alienated people the social connections they lack elsewhere.
What cases like that of Abu Fatima make clear is that so-called "online radicalization" is not simply about a one-way consumption of terrorist propaganda. As researchers in the sociology of the internet have learned by investigating Wiccans in cybercovens, Christians engaged in online confessionals, and other religious communities online, the internet can change how individuals experience their faith. In particular, internet use can challenge notions of religious "authority," and can make it easier for people to find supportive and rewarding social groups. Unfortunately, both of these factors can also foster conditions for radicalization to violence.
First, as I have found by engaging with ISIS supporters online, social media has a "levelling effect" on discussions about orthodoxy, scripture and religious obligation. This follows the observation by Dawson and Cowan that, "the easy coexistence of so many different and openly heterodox views in cyberspace exposes the Net surfer to a more fluid doctrinal environment, one that has the potential to encourage individual religious and spiritual experimentation." In short, religious authority is de-institutionalized.
As a result, there are very young supporters of ISIS online who call themselves "alim" (scholar) and who opine on the Qur'an, Hadith, nullifiers of Islam, and orthodox belief, but who have absolutely no religious training. Islamic scholars or imams spend years learning to interpret these complex sources. Instead of turning to them, young people turn to each other. On platforms like Twitter, they discuss questions that are immensely complicated and deeply significant. This phenomenon of the "instant expert" can be liberating, but it can also make young people vulnerable to religious teachings that are stripped of nuance and context.
In fact, I have interviewed many supporters of the Islamic State who claim that the online space is more real than their real life. In this space, whether it's Twitter, Facebook or Telegram chat rooms, they build reputations, form friendships, take risks, and put their real selves out there. Social media enables individuals within certain subcultures to find each other, and develop a renewed sense of belonging and community like never before.
In other words, it is not simply the fact that ISIS produces propaganda that is compelling or persuasive – although they are very good at it – but that the jihadist community, sustained virtually, provides the social and emotional space for these messages to resonate. Many of these youth find a home online, and for some, like Abu Fatima above, it is the first time they have felt welcomed and understood.
These youth, whose very beliefs have been discouraged or criminalized in their societies, do not always feel secure in their "real life." Their friends as well as religious leaders worry that associating with them will invite scrutiny from law enforcement. Online, they find a global brotherhood and sisterhood which tells them that their sense of uneasiness and lack of belonging is to be embraced; that feeling like a fish out of water is a good thing because the water is polluted.
The Syrian conflict and the rise of ISIS have served as a catalyst, allowing these youth to come together for a common purpose, whether it is to get rid of the Syrian president or to help protect the so-called Caliphate. While much has been written about jihadist media output, and how the speed and scope of it has been forever changed by the internet, we should not lose sight of the very real emotional and social benefits experienced by youth in these online spaces.
Amarnath Amarasingam is a Fellow at the George Washington University's Program on Extremism. He tweets at @AmarAmarasingam.
The Syrian conflict is not at its heart a war between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, but on the physical and media battlegrounds the proponents of sectarian hate and apocalyptic conflict are gaining ground.
If any single group is 'winning' the Syrian conflict online, it appears to be the ideologues of division, religious intolerance and sectarian hate. Thousands of social media users post sectarian rhetoric and factional vitriol on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and online discussion forums. Many argue for the inevitability of an apocalyptic 'final' battle pitting Sunnis against Shi'ites and Alawites. But by framing the conflict as both primordial and unavoidable, they obscure the contemporary economic grievances, states' interests and geopolitical gamesmanship that are at play.
There is little doubt that the Syrian civil war has both inflamed and been fueled by sectarian rhetoric and religious conflict. That antagonism between different religious communities is not only playing out in the Middle East, but also in the wider Muslim-majority world and even among religious communities in North America and Western Europe. To address the war in Syria and the wider social and political upheaval, there will need to be some drawdown in these chauvinistic religious identities and vitriolic sectarian messages.
Sectarian narratives not only provide an "us versus them" frame for factions in the Syrian war, they are also used by groups to bestow a sense of sanctified historical legitimacy to their military actions.
Take the image above. The poster, used to rally Shi'ites to participate in the Syrian war, shows the seventh century Shi'ite hero and martyr Abu Fadl al-Abbas as he leads today's camouflaged militiamen forward under a blood red sky. Behind them is a shrine to the south of Damascus, the burial place of a Sayyida Zaynab bint Ali, a revered Shi'ite heroine, which they are set to defend. The modern militiamen, the poster argues, are the contemporary descendants of the Shi'ite hero of old. Just as he defended the 'true faith' in the past, so they must do so today. Similarly, ISIS and other sectarian Sunni groups seek to give the war a historical, religious and even existential importance. They paint a selective picture of historical Shi'ite perfidy toward Sunnis, and frame contemporary instances of Shi'ite hostility as being inevitable extensions of the past. The destruction of a shrine, as shown in the screen capture of an ISIS image below, thus represents triumph over an existential foe.
While sectarianism is important in the Syrian conflict, it is necessary to remember that the mass protests that led to civil war were not initially driven by sectarianism. The poor state of the economy, the unequal distribution of wealth, and years of political repression were the key grievances.
Rather than address these, the Syrian government doubled down on its divide-and-rule policies toward certain geographical regions and ethnic minority communities, including Isma'ili Shi'ites, Druze, Christian denominations, and Assad's own Alawite community. The government further magnified the sectarian divide by cracking down on protests with security forces that had a decidedly sectarian cast: both the upper ranks of the military and the vicious paramilitary forces known as the 'Shabiha' tended to be Alawite and the government continues to play off of the fears of Syrian Christian communities in a bid to gain their support.
Similarly, government opponents in the early days of the Syrian revolution included Shi'ite and even Alawite voices, but large swaths of the armed opposition has taken on an increasingly extreme Salafi Sunni disposition. This came about through the influx of foreign fighters and funding from Salafi organizations in the Gulf.
The sectarian divide has also been amplified by the geopolitical competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a conflict that itself is only partly driven by religious difference. Saudi Arabia funds sectarian Syrian rebel groups, while Iran and its allies claim that theirs is a war against "Wahhabis," Salafis, and "takfiris" (excommunicators of other Muslims). In truth, it is clear that the two countries are locked in a battle over political and economic primacy in the region.
But even as the clash of sectarianized religious narratives and identities increases, there continue to be divisions within and collaboration across sectarian lines. There is, in short, no clear-cut separation along "Sunni-Shi'ite" lines among actors in the Syrian conflict. For example, there are ongoing internal disputes among Sunni religious leaders and groups over who can claim to represent 'true Sunnism,' as became clear at a controversial conference of prominent anti-Salafi Sunni religious figures last month.
Similarly, Shi'ite Islamist groups involved in the Syrian conflict, despite their shared interest in keeping the Syrian regime in power and expelling ISIS from Iraq, also engage in competitions with one another for political, social and economic power.
Contradictions are also apparent in online images and narratives that portray the conflict's deep historical and religious roots. Competing groups claim that they are following in the footsteps of esteemed Muslim historical figures, but they often end up drawing on similar figures and stories that are revered by both contemporary Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
These contradictions and conflicts show that the Syrian war cannot be understood through a dualistic lens that reduces it to an 'eternal Sunni-Shi'ite battle.' Such narratives often obscure what is happening in the conflict and misdirect policy responses that seek to end the violence.
Amid great difficulties, local and international groups have used digital tools to bring aid and attention to Syria's humanitarian tragedy.
Syria's prolonged and bloody conflict extends beyond the physical battlefield into the virtual one. In the war-torn country, all major parties involved in this tragic war rely heavily on the internet to promote their own narrative, project power and mobilize supporters. Outside of Syria, foreign patrons and backers use digital platforms to support their military forces and allies on the ground, replicating the international proxy war in the cyber-space.
But the digital domain has not just been used by the warring parties and their allies: international and domestic civil society and humanitarian groups have also been active in the digital sphere.
After five years of bloody and prolonged war, the war has resulted in an unmitigated humanitarian catastrophe. To respond to it, humanitarian actors have had to develop new ways to provide assistance and to bear witness to the suffering of ordinary Syrians. While it might be going too far to say that these digital humanitarians are "winning" the Syrian digital conflict, their ingenuity and courage ought to be recognized.
Before describing some of innovations by humanitarian groups, let's be clear about what they are up against.
The work of domestic and foreign humanitarians actors in Syria is incredibly dangerous and difficult. Amid rapidly shifting battle lines, widespread atrocities, deliberate violence against civilians and overwhelming destruction of civilian infrastructure, Syria is probably the worst humanitarian emergency the world has witnessed in the past decades. What is more, as highlighted by the appalling September 19 attack on an aid convoy bound for Aleppo, the war has seen the systematic targeting of hospitals and humanitarians, along with deliberate withholding of humanitarian access by warring parties. This has made the delivery of aid especially complicated.
For these and other reasons, humanitarian organizations have struggled to get civilians the aid and the attention they deserve.
To cope with these challenging circumstances; many local and international actors have responded through innovative uses of the internet in general and social media in particular.
For example, human rights and civil society organizations have invested in digital tools to more accurately map the dynamics of the ground, including by relying on crowd-reporting and satellite imagery to document attacks and their consequences. Humanitarian organizations have also improved their digital tools to help address the refugee crisis triggered by the Syrian war. These include an app to improve access to UN services for refugees, developed by Vancouver-based PeaceGeeks, and tools to improve coordination and data collection by actors on the ground. These tools are especially important in a context like Syria, where many international organizations cannot send their staff on the ground and thus rely on remote management, often requiring digital technologies to coordinate their efforts with local partners.
Humanitarian organizations have also mounted compelling digital campaigns to generate solidarity with Syrians, to raise funds and to pressure the international community to meet Syrians' humanitarian needs. For example, Kickstarter partnered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in a crowdfunding drive, and celebrities have gone to Twitter to encourage donations for civilians affected by the conflict. Many individuals and small organizations, such as NuDay Syria (profiled by OpenCanada in this series), have been able to raise and deliver goods almost entirely through social media like Facebook and WhatsApp.
This list of innovations could go on. Furthermore, while I've focused on the humanitarian sector, local and international actors that promote reconciliation and non-violence have also leveraged digital technologies to get their messages out.
So, while it is true that the digital space is used by warring parties to extend the military confrontation to the virtual sphere, it is also true that humanitarian actors have turned to digital technologies to raise and deliver assistance. Continued innovation in digital humanitarianism is thus important for Syria and for other complex humanitarian emergencies worldwide.
The Syrian conflict is not a "cyberwar" but a war with cyber in it. But at least one aspect may be indicative of future cyber-trends.
This is a difficult question, mostly because there are few definitions for what a cyberwar actually is. The notion evokes ideas of hundreds of uniformed hackers sitting in a dark room, sending code across the internet. But in reality it is not clear that a "cyberwar" is a thing that can actually exist in the Syrian context or elsewhere – at least for now.
A vision of cyber-war. Still from the 1983 film WarGames.
There are some novel elements to cyber as it relates to conflict. As David Betz and Timothy C. Stevens note in their book Cyberspace and the State, "cyberspace" is the only entirely man-made environment (if one forgets that such space is highly dependent on the very physical tubes and wires which enable the internet to function). Additionally, Eric Gartzke observes that "cyberwarfare is unique in that opponents who utilize the strategy are not limited by financial or physical constraints." This reduces the time and space it takes one actor to reach another whereas they may have previously been divided by territory. As such, the speed of conflict is potentially faster.
However, as the actual use of digital technologies in the Syrian war shows, cyber is best considered a tool, not a strategy, and not a separate domain of conflict. The use of cyber-tools thus far has not been transformative. State and non-state actors have typically used cyber-tools to enhance their existing capabilities and tactics, rather than creating new ones.
State parties to the conflict are reportedly using cyber tools in order to learn about the plans of their rivals and/or to target individuals. For example, it has been shown that actors allied with the Syrian regime have used malware to hack into the computers and social networks of Free Syrian Army activists and fighters' computers. Unfortunately, these and other hacks have led to the arrest and torture of many individuals. Nevertheless, this is essentially an enhanced form of traditional espionage conducted by all states in times of war. Similarly, states and state-backed groups are using cyber tools for the age-old practice of spreading disinformation and propaganda.
Additionally, non-state actors have used cyber-tools in a variety of ways, as other participants in this collection have described. Violent non-state actors have used social media to distribute propaganda, recruit fighters and facilitate the movement of people and supplies. Sectarian ideologues justify the use of violence to larger audiences. Humanitarian groups and activists use social media to fundraise, campaign and target assistance to those in need.
The threatened "wars" between a new species of actors, non-state cyber groups – such as Anonymous declaring war on the Syrian Electronic Army or the Islamic State – have not made a tangible difference in the overall conflict.
Overall, Syria is not a cyberwar, but a war with cyber in it: traditional activities are made easier and occasionally more public. Indeed, the tragic story for the people of Syria is that their lives have been ruined by physical, low-tech weapons like barrel-bombs and AK-47s and centuries-old strategies like the siege and starvation of Aleppo.
Yet, despite this cyber-skepticism, there are important implications to consider for the near to medium term. In particular, state-allied non-state actors like the Syrian Electronic Army are an interesting new dimension and may represent an emerging trend in cyber-empowered conflict. Such groups have used rudimentary cyber-tools to attack and assert control over the social media accounts of several major news organizations.
These state-allied or state supported hacking groups are becoming an important tool in the arsenal of states, because it can be difficult to prove who committed the attacks, and how they relate to governments. While they are prominent in the Syrian conflict, they also include the Russia-backed hackers who acquired and leaked files from the Democratic National Committee and several voter databases, and that mounted a widespread propaganda and disinformation campaigns. While these activities may not re-define warfare, they have proven to be a considerable threat to the U.S. election and may play an increasing role in hostilities in the future.
Stephanie Carvin is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.
The Islamic State's military successes may be reversed, but its branding campaign and social media strategy are innovations that are here to stay.
In the early days of the Islamic State's offensive into northern Iraq, Twitter was inundated by a mixture of combat photos and innocuous photos of ISIS fighters swimming in the ocean, playing soccer, hiking, eating Nutella and playing with kittens. Rather than being part of what CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello interpreted as a plot to lure young women to the Caliphate, these pictures instead constituted attempts by ISIS rank-and-file fighters to document their experience. While the existence of such photographs is not unsurprising – remember the iconic pictures of men playing hockey on the flight decks of aircraft carriers during WW2? – what is particularly interesting is that these pictures were almost entirely gone from the Twittersphere by late 2014.
This disappearance was only partly due to actions by Twitter, or to U.S. forces dropping bombs on ISIS fighters who carelessly forgot to disable the geotagging function on their camera. The crackdown was primarily part of ISIS' own media strategy, to centralize and standardize propaganda, and thus to improve the ISIS brand.
Twitter photo of French IS Fighter, Abu Muthanna, posing with jar of Nutella in Aleppo.
Since late 2014, ISIS media products have generally adhered to certain standards in quality, content and style in order to achieve uniformity or "brand recognition." ISIS has been able to do so because it can produce content "in-house," unlike most jihadi groups that rely on unofficial backers or "fans" to create supportive online content. While it might seem counterproductive to discourage fans, doing so gives ISIS several advantages. For instance, its official content is more easily recognizable as "genuine," and its messaging can be tied more tightly to changing organizational policies and aims.
While unaffiliated sympathizers of ISIS are discouraged from being content producers, they do play a central role in ISIS' social media strategy as content publishers, by re-tweeting or re-posting the material as widely as possible. Among other tactics, these unaffiliated sympathizers routinely engage in "hashtag hijacking," adding ISIS content to popular but unrelated hashtags which are trending at a given moment in time – like the World Cup hashtags. This strategy allows messages crafted by only a handful of ISIS propaganda agents to reach millions of Twitter users, including those who might not otherwise seek them out. The combination of unified and strategic messaging, combined with "crowd-sourced" dissemination, is a ground-breaking strategy with no clear precedent.
Although the use of unaffiliated sympathizers has recently attracted the attention of researchers and social media platforms, an effective response to this strategy remains unclear. A popular view is that social media companies should more thoroughly police messages on their platforms and remove those with jihadi content. For instance, last April Twitter updated its stance on abusive behaviour to include statements "threatening or promoting terrorism." However, reporting and banning accounts can only be a short-term solution as ISIS supporters often replace banned accounts within hours, quickly regaining their pre-suspension status. That being said, there is evidence that repetitive suspensions can hamper ISIS Twitter users, costing them valuable time and resources, and thereby diminishing the amount of jihadi propaganda on social media networks.
Leaving this entirely to social media companies is problematic as it would give these companies the power to control public knowledge and discourse. As the Arab Spring has shown, the democratizing power of social media comes from the fact that it's not censored by corporations or governments.
Interestingly however, none of the so-called "lone wolf" attacks in Western countries were perpetrated by individuals who were actively involved in disseminating ISIS propaganda. In fact, it may well be that distributing jihadist material is an alternate mode of participation for individuals who are unwilling to engage in actual violence. Sympathizers rarely, if ever, contribute both to terrorist attacks and online propaganda, as the former requires discretion and the latter seeks exposure. In this vein, while it appears that Canadian attackers Martin Rouleau and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau were consumers of jihadi propaganda, neither was involved in its dissemination.
In contrast, Aaron Driver was a prolific disseminator of ISIS propaganda on social media until he was subjected to a peace bond that prevented him from doing so by prohibiting him from using a cell phone or computer or accessing social media accounts. It was under these conditions that he allegedly turned toward direct violence.
Addressing unaffiliated sympathizers is crucial to reducing the online presence of ISIS and other terrorism-supporting groups. But rather than just silencing these sympathizers, efforts should instead focus on countering their narrative on social media. To achieve this, heavy-handed efforts by Western governments – like the now defunct Think Again Turn Away campaign by the U.S. State Department — will be ineffective because they lack credibility in the minds of most of their audience.
Jihadi narratives are better countered by more credible voices, such as repatriated foreign fighters from Syria, who can talk about their experiences and why they chose to return home. Ultimately, an effective response to extremist messaging cannot rely on silencing voices or presenting one-sided, government-issued monologues, but must promote an honest dialogue within targeted communities.


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Review of Kate Pearce's "The Rebellious Rancher" and Stacy Finz's "Cowboy Strong"
by Chris Enss July 27, 2020
The Rebellious Rancher by Kate Pearce (Kensington)
The Rebellious Rancher by Kate Pearce (Kensington, $5.99).
After his father decides to leave the ranch to his older brother, usually calm, steadfast Ben Miller struggles to deal with his resentment. When he's invited to develop a trail-riding experience on the Morgans' dude ranch, Ben jumps at the chance. Soon he's assigned a mysterious client, an actress whose family secretly wants her removed from influences in L.A. Ben's determined to teach her to fend for herself, but he quickly discovers she's more than a pampered, pretty face.
Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz (Kensington)
Cowboy Strong by Stacy Finz (Kensington, $15.95).
Sawyer Dalton may be an investigative journalist, but he has no interest in the story of the sexy stranger who has invaded his barn's loft apartment on Dry Creek Ranch. After months on the road, he just wants to settle in, but according to his mother, publicist for the beautiful celebrity chef sleeping in Sawyer's bed, Gina DeRose needs a place to hide out until a scandal dies down. And Sawyer can never say no to his mother.
Reviewed by Chris Enss, COWGIRL Book Editor, and a New York Times best-selling author who writes about women of the Old West.
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Very random, but I think I was likely at that ball game you covered so long ago!
Enjoy the best part of your long journey, I am sure I will text you some mayhem!


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Microsoft signs cloud deal with Chinese Linux provider
The pact with China Standard Software aims to provide interoperability between Hyper-V Open Cloud and the Chinese company's Linux server product, with patent protection for CS2C's customers
By David Meyer | August 23, 2011 -- 10:54 GMT (03:54 PDT) | Topic: Legal
Microsoft has joined forces with a Chinese Linux distributor, China Standard Software, to jointly develop and sell mixed-source cloud-computing products.
A deal between the two announced on Monday aims to make it possible to run China Standard Software's (CS2C) KeoKylin Linux Server products on Microsoft's Hyper-V Open Cloud architecture. The companies said they have also signed "a mutually beneficial customer legal covenant agreement".
"Through this collaboration, we seek to support our joint customers in China with solutions for the cloud, which will help them build upon their existing operational investments, yet also allow them the flexibility to capitalise on strategic opportunities that may arise during this period of expansive change and growth," Simon Leung, chief executive of Microsoft Greater China Region, said in the statement.
Microsoft and CS2C will sponsor a joint virtual technology lab in Beijing for development and testing purposes. Specifically, the lab will "focus on the certification of CS2C NeoKylin Operating System on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, creating Microsoft Systems Center management packs for CS2C NeoKylin Operating System application workloads, and incorporating support for CS2C NeoKylin Operating System within the Hyper-V Cloud architecture", the companies said.
The Chinese software provider will also join the Interop Vendor Alliance, set up by Microsoft in 2006 to promote interoperability between Microsoft systems and other companies' software and hardware.
Linux-based products
Although the partners did not give more details about their "mutually beneficial customer legal covenant agreement", it is likely that this is a similar agreement to that struck between Microsoft and many other companies that sell Linux-based products.
Microsoft maintains that Linux infringes on a variety of its patents. Although it has never publicly identified the patents in question, the software maker has successfully got many Linux-using companies to pay out, or risk opening themselves and their end users up to legal action.
In July, Microsoft renewed a lucrative deal with Suse that ensures roughly the same kind of server system interoperability described in the CS2C deal, with legal protection for Suse and its customers.
Fu Boning, the deputy director of the China Ministry of Agriculture's Information Center, said in the statement on Monday that users were "glad to see co-operation between different operating system providers". He added that "with more and more collaboration from vendors, the customers' entire information system will be better protected".
As with many Western tech companies, Microsoft is keen to tap into the Chinese market, which is the largest in the world. In July, the software firm signed a major co-operation pact with Baidu, which will see Microsoft supply results for English-language queries on the Chinese search provider's site.
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Home Gaming League of Legends
Wild Rift Patch 4.0 Preview: Release Date, New Champions, Update
by Jenny Garcia
in League of Legends
Riot Games has disclosed the impending League of Legends 4.0 Preview content. A ton of exciting new game improvements are included in the upcoming major update, including two new champions, a vast number of skins to collect, the return of a classic game mode, and gameplay adjustments that might completely shift the meta.
Additionally, the champion Nami-themed Ranked Season 8 premier skin award has been made public. Graves will appear as a supervillain in the following Wild Pass skin reward. It has also been revealed. Fans can anticipate a skin line with a new year's theme thanks to the Wild Rift Patch 4.0 update.
When will the 4.0 Wild Rift Patch Be Released?
Who are the New Champions ?
Zoe, The Aspect of Twilight
What can players anticipate from the upcoming Wild Rift Patch 4.0 update?
The 4.0 update for Wild Rift is scheduled to be released on January 12th (UTC). This information was divulged in a post that appeared not too long ago on the game's official Twitter handle.
Riot Games disclosed this information in their most recent patch preview, which indicates that the significant upgrade would be published right before the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Alongside introducing new champions, there will also be the release of events and skins that are themed after the event.
It has been announced that the Wild Rift Patch 4.0 update will include two new champions.
In the world of Twilight, Zoe is known as the Aspect of Twilight, the personification of change, inventiveness, and mischief.
She is known as a burst mage and can spam teleportation skills and deal tremendous burst damage. She can also take advantage of the spells and enchantments cast by other players, making her highly unpredictable.
Zeri, the Spark of Zaun, is a champion markswoman who, when equipped with a shield, is granted an increase in her base movement speed.
She is highly nimble on the battlefield and can sprint up barriers to get away from her pursuers more quickly.
Riot Games has hinted at a great deal of intriguing new content that will be included in the upcoming significant patch release. This includes adding two new Wild Rift champions named Zoe and Zeri, reintroducing the All Random Ultra Rapid Fire (ARURF) game mode, a skin for the Ranked Season 8 competition, and rewards for the Wild Pass Season 11 competition, and a great deal more.
Players may also expect a Lunar New Year event, guaranteeing significant benefits for those who engage in the next event. This event is expected to take place sometime in the future. Fans will need to keep their eyes peeled for additional developments in the future because Riot Games has not yet disclosed all of the information regarding the forthcoming event.
Checking through the official patch preview provided by Riot Games will provide players with a rundown of the content that will be included in the upcoming version 4.0 release for Wild Rift.
Also read: Why Do People Play Dota 2?
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Lloyd Pike is a retired teacher whose 32 year teaching career began on remote Pass Island, located off the Connaigre Peninsula on Newfoundland's Southwest coast. On one particular dark night Lloyd experienced a disturbing encounter with the "old hag." Danielle Barron was born and raised in St. John's, is an avid reader and has had multiple experiences over the past seven or eight years with the old hag. We discuss sleep paralysis and the old hag, Lloyd and Danielle's experiences with Herself, fortune telling, reading tea leaves, mediums, and other superstitions and folk beliefs.
Listen in to this week's Living Heritage Podcast, if you dare!
Photo: Old Hag doll by Designs by Janet, available at The Rooms gift shop.
Loved this episode! I remember when I took Diane G's belief class at MUN -- she told us not to read the book The Terror That Comes in the Night (Hufford) before bed because students reported experiencing the Hag after reading it!


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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
)

// Method is an enum for methods of solving a nonogram puzzle
type method int

const (
	boxesAndSpaces method = iota
	forcing
	glue
	joining
	splitting
	punctuating
	mercury
	numMethods
)

func (m method) String() string {
	var txt string
	switch m {
	case 0:
		txt = "boxes/spaces"
	case 1:
		txt = "forcing"
	case 2:
		txt = "glue"
	case 3:
		txt = "joining"
	case 4:
		txt = "splitting"
	case 5:
		txt = "punctuating"
	case 6:
		txt = "mercury"
	default:
		txt = "Undefined!"
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", txt)
}

// Master
// Inbox is the channel that the workers will send update to
// Outboxes is a list of channels that workers will listen on to receive updates from the master
// Puzzle master instance of puzzle
type master struct {
	Collect    chan move
	ID         int
	Inbox      chan move
	Jobs       chan method
	MoveList   []map[string]int
	Mux        sync.Mutex
	NumWorkers int
	Outboxes   []chan move
	Puzzle     nonogram
	Workers    []worker
}

func (m *master) Manage() {
	fmt.Println("Master is managing.")
	go m.processInbox()
	go m.aggregateMoves()

	fmt.Println("Starting workers")
	for _, w := range m.Workers {
		go w.Work()
	}
}

func (m *master) processInbox() {
	for mv := range m.Inbox {
		//fmt.Printf("[Master] Recieved move: %s\n", mv)

		if m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] != empty {
			if m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == maybeFilled && mv.Mark == maybeFilled {
				// confirmation -> set as filled
				mv.Mark = filled
			} else if m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == maybeCrossed && mv.Mark == maybeCrossed {
				// confirmation -> set as crossed
				mv.Mark = crossed
			} else if (m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == maybeFilled || m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == filled) && (mv.Mark == maybeCrossed || mv.Mark == crossed) {
				// contradiction -> set as empty
				mv.Mark = empty
			} else if (m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == maybeCrossed || m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] == crossed) && (mv.Mark == maybeFilled || mv.Mark == filled) {
				// contradiction -> set as empty
				mv.Mark = empty
			}

			//send move to workers
			for id, outbox := range m.Outboxes {
				tmpMove := move{mv.Mark, id + 1, mv.X, mv.Y}
				outbox <- tmpMove
				m.Collect <- tmpMove
			}
		}

		// apply move to master
		m.Puzzle.Board[mv.X][mv.Y] = mv.Mark
		m.Collect <- mv
	}
}

func (m *master) aggregateMoves() {
	for mv := range m.Collect {
		m.Mux.Lock()
		//fmt.Println("master.aggreagateMoves() has control.")
		m.MoveList = append(m.MoveList, mv.Map())
		m.Mux.Unlock()
		//fmt.Println("master.aggreagateMoves() gives up control.")
	}
}

func newMaster(n nonogram, numWorkers int) (m *master) {
	m = &master{}
	m.Collect = make(chan move, numWorkers)
	m.ID = 0
	m.Inbox = make(chan move, numWorkers)
	m.Jobs = make(chan method, numMethods)
	//for i := 0; i < int(numMethods); i++ {
	//	m.Jobs <- method(i)
	//}
	m.Jobs <- boxesAndSpaces
	m.Jobs <- forcing
	m.NumWorkers = numWorkers
	m.Outboxes = make([]chan move, numWorkers)
	m.Puzzle = n
	m.Workers = make([]worker, numWorkers)
	for i := 0; i < numWorkers; i++ {
		m.Workers[i] = newWorker(n, i+1, m.Inbox)
		m.Workers[i].Jobs = m.Jobs
		m.Outboxes[i] = m.Workers[i].Inbox
	}
	return
}

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The University of Wyoming in Laramie has a fine collection of maps and atlases. The Wyoming State Engineer's Office at Cheyenne has a large library of technical maps.
The Family History Library has a few maps of [[Portal:Wyoming|Wyoming]]. These show trails, roads, forts, migration routes, and other features. Atlases that describe Wyoming's progression from Indian lands through various territorial designations are on Family History Library film 002083.
The Family History Library has a few maps of [[Portal:Wyoming|Wyoming]]. These show trails, roads, forts, migration routes, and other features. Atlases that describe Wyoming's progression from Indian lands through various territorial designations are on Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=002083 002083].
=== Web Sites ===
The Family History Library has a few maps of Wyoming. These show trails, roads, forts, migration routes, and other features. Atlases that describe Wyoming's progression from Indian lands through various territorial designations are on Family History Library film 002083.
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
http://www.uwyo.edu/
www.familysearch.org
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/wyoming.html
http://www.libraryspot.com/state/wy.htm
Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States -- http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.html
Retrieved from "https://paas-loadb-dhtaff8ujtdt-1826058300.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wyoming_Maps&oldid=92669"


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Q: Open GUI as admin I'm new to linux and I'll try not to make this ranty but is there an easy way to open a GUI app as sudo?
Is it asking for much for the context menu to have "Run as sudo" or at the least "Open in finder" so I can see where it's installed?
I figure I can run sudo, gksu, gksudo or all of the above if I can hunt down the location.
Is there some tool to make this simple task easier? The program below seems to be getting some permission denied problem when run regularly.

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Items Gypsy love keysheets.
Gypsy love keysheets.
Billy Rose Theatre Division
White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936
Smith, Robert B. (Robert Bache), 1875-1951
Image ID g99f192_002
Series II. Musicals
White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936 (Librettist)
Smith, Robert B. (Robert Bache), 1875-1951 (Lyricist)
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1956-002
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1956-002. MWEZ 16532 p. 35 + MWEZ 16543 p. 132, 133
Albro, Arthur
Bickel, George, d. 1941
Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Zigeunerliebe
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e382d40-c5ba-012f-c3c1-58d385a7bc34
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Gypsy love keysheets." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-5ea0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Gypsy love keysheets." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 21, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-5ea0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1911). Gypsy love keysheets. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-5ea0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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package transports_test

import (
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"strings"
	"testing"

	"github.com/matiasinsaurralde/transports/marshalers"
)

const ChainTestBasicChainingError string = "Couldn't match Request URL field after chaining"
const ChainTestMarshalerCountError string = "A chain should have at least two Marshalers"

func init() {

	url, _ := url.Parse("http://whatismyip.akamai.com/")

	request = http.Request{
		Method: "GET",
		URL:    url,
		Proto:  "HTTP/1.0",
	}
}

func TestBasicChaining(t *testing.T) {
	chain, err := transports.NewChain(
		transports.DummyMarshaler{},
		transports.DummyMarshaler{},
	)

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	output, err := chain.Marshal(&request)

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	outputRequest := output.(*http.Request)

	if outputRequest.URL != request.URL {
		t.Fatal(ChainTestBasicChainingError)
	}

}

func TestChainingWithSingleOrNoMarshalers(t *testing.T) {
	chain, err := transports.NewChain(transports.ProtobufMarshaler{})

	if err == nil || chain != nil {
		t.Fatal(ChainTestMarshalerCountError)
	}
	if strings.Index(err.Error(), transports.ChainSingleMarshalerError) < 0 {
		t.Fatal(ChainTestMarshalerCountError)
	}

	chain, err = transports.NewChain()
	if err == nil || chain != nil {
		t.Fatal(ChainTestMarshalerCountError)
	}
	if strings.Index(err.Error(), transports.ChainSingleMarshalerError) < 0 {
		t.Fatal(ChainTestMarshalerCountError)
	}
}


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Home > Newsroom > Press Releases > 2018 Press Releases > Brook and Independent Health Forge Strategic Partnership
Brook and Independent Health Forge Strategic Partnership to Bring Augmented Intelligence to Chronic Disease Management
Seattle, WA (June 12, 2018) – Brook, a leading digital health platform for chronic disease management, and Independent Health today announced a strategic partnership to provide enhanced resources to help its members self-manage their care and make the best decisions about their health. In addition to collaboration on technology development and delivery of new services, Independent Health is participating in Brook's round of financing. With Independent Health, Brook has completed a seed round of $4m from a group of investors. President and CEO, Michael W. Cropp, M.D., MBA, will also join the Board of Directors of Brook.
Brook, a Seattle based digital health company, is developing a personal health assistant technology that provides simple, impactful, data driven support – with medical and health services professional coaching – to help individuals manage diabetes and other chronic conditions. Independent Health, headquartered in Buffalo, has about 380,000 members, and is known for its innovative health-related products and services, which enable affordable access to quality health care.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases and conditions are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems:
As of 2012 about half of all U.S. adults — 117 million people — had one or more chronic health conditions. One in four adults had two or more chronic health conditions.
By 2014, 40% of adults 40-49 years old and 37% of adults older than 60 years old were obese.
Seven of the top 10 causes of death in 2014 were chronic diseases. Two of these chronic diseases — heart disease and cancer — together accounted for nearly 46 percent of all deaths in the United States.
Eighty-six percent of the nation's $2.7 trillion annual health care expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions. These costs can be reduced.
From 2012 to 2017 the cost of diabetes increased 26%
In 2017, the cost of diabetes was $237 billion in direct medical costs and $90 billion in reduced productivity. The largest contributors to the cost of diabetes were higher use of prescription medications beyond diabetes medications ($71.2 billion) while medications and supplies to directly treat the diabetes were about half of that ($34.6 billion).
New Innovations: Assisting with the management of chronic conditions
"Our partnership with Independent Health is ground-breaking for individuals seeking to manage their chronic diabetes condition, and it is equally exciting for medical and health care professionals. Independent Health is a great partner for Brook because of its innovative approach to providing the best medical and health services to the community. Independent Health is sharply attuned to the fact that consumers want to be empowered in a "light weight" fashion – an approach that can be done at their convenience and, most importantly, one that is highly personal to them. Today, technology can help personalize treatment using a process that can be customized and flexible," said Oren Nissim, Co-founder and CEO, Brook.
Independent Health is dedicated to providing its members with tools, resources and benefits to better manage their health. This includes being one of the first health plans in the country to offer a nutrition benefit that rewards members for buying fresh fruits and vegetables. The company also established a wellness program, called FitWorks® Rewards, for all of its small group and individual members to help keep them motivated and to stay on track with their health by offering monthly rewards that can be used for a variety of health and wellness goods or services.
In keeping with this strategy to engage its members in their health, Independent Health worked with Brook in 2017 on a pilot program to provide its digital personal assistant to help Independent Health members with diabetes better manage their health via a smartphone.
"Due to the overwhelming success of the initial pilot and how well it was received, we have partnered with Brook to expand the capabilities of its digital personal assistant to help more of our members with chronic conditions," said Dr. Cropp. "One of the key actions needed to improve the quality and efficiency of health care is providing individuals with programs, services and resources to make better, more informed health choices; Brook aligns perfectly with this effort."
How Brook Works - Augmented Intelligence
Brook combines the collection and assessment of data with the opportunity for human connection and conversation via its specialist expert team. The goal is to empower people to have complete control over the management of their condition, turning it into a natural course of action and behavior. The technology allows for easy data collection, and capability of turning the information into insights for people to make impactful decisions about their heath.
Utilizing mobile sensors, Brook tracks and interprets critical data such as activity and sleep, and runs a powerful routine analysis engine that quickly captures diabetes and behavior data. Brook than combines and connects the use of a chatbot with a human expert team. This unique process is Augmented Intelligence - to provide people with a 24/7 support for their successful diabetes management.
Educating Consumers and Medical Professionals
"Diabetes is a condition that stays with you every day. To live with it requires patience, and people with diabetes must make countless small decisions on a daily basis. People with chronic conditions need solutions to help manage their health better. What's exciting about Brook is that it can help people – every day – remain engaged in the management and oversight of their condition. Brook is charting a new course for diabetes management," said Dr. Irl Hirsch, Head of Medical Advisory Board, and University of Washington School of Medicine.
Adds Nissim: "Because of opportunities with data analytics and machine learning, Brook can specialize in Augmented Intelligence: empowering people to do more at home and making recommendations that are highly personal to focus on what the patient needs in the moment. Our mission at Brook is to empower and inspire people to live their lives without the burden associated with managing a chronic condition. We look forward to working with individuals and medical professionals from across the country to educate people about this self-managed service."
About Brook
Brook is your Personal Diabetes Assistant and your companion for personal empowerment and intelligent support.
Brook provides simple, savvy, data-driven support to help you stay in a healthy blood sugar zone. The company believes in progressive empowerment for better living with diabetes and other conditions. For more information, please visit: www.brook.ai.


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Q: How to increase performance of a process which loads products list from database with C#? I have a ASP.NET Web API and there is ProductsController in it. And also there is GetProducts() method to load all products from database. Normally, I load all records at once to return. But I don't think that it is good idea. Because if there will be more than thousand records it will take more time to load them.
My question is: How can I increase performance and decrease time for this operation?
P.S.: I have 1 table and 9 columns in it.
Thanks very much for your attention.
My question is not about any error.

A: There's a number of methods, on mentioned in the comments is to implement pagination.
You also mentioned you have 9 columns, so only selecting the columns you need requests instead of all of them.
Assuming you're using an ORM like Entity Framework, the biggest mistake I see is where people call ToList() on a DbSet... which is the easiest trap to fall in out of anything else, as calling ToList() prior to paging will mean the operations you define on the entities thereafter will be performed in memory as opposed to it executing as a SQL statement. So thing like .Skip() ,Take() or your Where clauses should all occur before executing your query by calling ToList().


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Opening night of the Dallas International Film Festival 2017.
The 50th anniversary screening of BONNIE AND CLYDE at the Dallas City Performance Hall with Academy Award-winning actress, Faye Dunaway, was in attendance to accept her 2017 Dallas Star Award presented by the Dallas Film Society. Please excuse the shaking camera at the beginning.


The leaves are slowly browning and beginning to fall, Starbucks have begun serving spice pumpkin latte's, and the nights are creeping in...that means only one thing - Autumn! Autumn and Winter are my favourite seasons, they hold all of my favourite things; Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays, Snow, Hats, Gloves...Oh the list is endless! Here's a few things I'm excited about buying/wishing for this season.
1) A Clockwork Orange Fleece Jumper - Out Of Print Clothing. 2) Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters Remix. 3) Italo Calvino - If On A Winter's Night A Travleller. 4) Will Christopher Baer - Godspeed. 5) George R.R. Martin's Tales Of Duck & Egg.
It's simply not fall until Starbucks starts busting out those pumpkin spice lattes. Loving the Droog fleece jumper!


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What goal would really be complete without some self-reflection on what was actually accomplished and learned? I wrote a bit about the genesis for this website in my welcome story, and about my 2018 goal of posting one photo per day to Instagram. Now, I'm done! So what did I learn?
Probably my biggest takeaway was this - Photography is difficult. It takes a lot of time and effort. It's easy to look at someone online you admire and wish you could take beautiful photos, write eloquent essays, create immersive videos, etc. like them. But what you don't see is the immense effort they're likely putting in.
The story behind the photo above really illustrates the point.
Usually when I get my work schedule for the month, I start doing some light planning for fun things to do in the various cities I will be visiting. Schedules and plans can change, but it's nice to have some ideas ahead of time. This particular month, I had a short stay of around 18 hours in El Paso. I had been before, but don't get to visit often. I knew about White Sands and had been looking for the chance to see it again. I made a plan to pick up a rental car after I landed and to spend the afternoon wandering around the dunes. On the way to El Paso, however, I started to come down with some kind of flu-like symptoms. I debated scrapping the trip and spending the day in bed, but wanting to make the most of my short time, I decided to press on. When I arrived it was overcast and the weather forecast called for rain - not ideal. I went to the hotel, dropped off my overnight bag, and packed up my camera gear. I grabbed a quick breakfast and got on the highway to White Sands. It's about an hour and a half drive out of town and down a desert highway to get to the dunes. I had barely made it out of the city when I felt my breakfast trying to make an untimely exit from my body. The flu-like symptoms were worsening. I pulled over on the highway and threw up. Feeling a little better, I decided to keep driving.
When I arrived at White Sands it was completely overcast and just a gloomy day in general. Even in less than ideal weather, White Sands is still a beautiful place. I found a spot to park, strapped on my camera backpack and started off for a walk across the dunes. The sand here is white gypsum, it feels cool even on a hot day, and is softer feeling than most beach sand. Walking away from the road I quickly realized that it would be easy to get lost. I walked a straight line across the dunes, towards the mountains in the distance to avoid getting lost.
Then, a few hours later, the clouds parted. In the span of a few seconds, the gloomy day transformed into magic. Streams of light cascaded down onto the dunes, illuminating them and creating a wonderful layered effect. Turning around towards the sun I saw a mother and her son also walking the dunes. In the distance they looked like some kind of exotic desert-dwelling people. I raised my camera and framed up what would be one of my favorite photos of 2018. As the sun set lower, the clouds dissipated more and I stayed in the park until after dusk walking around and taking photos.
It's easy to look back on this photo with the desert-dwellers and think that I got lucky. In a sense, I did, and many times good photographs are taken out of luck. But I think a closer examination of the circumstances reveals all of the actual work - the rental car, the long drive, pushing through the sickness, the lost sleep, the patience with the weather. And this is what I mean when I say that photography is difficult. Good, quality photos don't just come to you. You have to get out and find them. There may be elements of luck involved too, but they take effort. For this, I'm happy that I committed to posting a photo a day in 2018. It forced me to get out and experience my surroundings, to do more and see more while taking all of those photos.
If you followed along in 2018, thank you! I really appreciate the people who told me they enjoyed seeing my photos throughout the year. Even though I am done posting daily, I'll still be out there photographing in 2019, hopefully more than ever. Look for more stories soon, and in the meantime, follow me for regular updates, and please consider subscribing below to receive periodic emails with my latest stories.


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