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This is one British Asian's POV after seeing Crazy Rich Asians the beginning of October. She's late to the game but in her defense, the London premiere wasn't until early September. This is a throwback to Crazy Rich from a British Asian perspective.
Here is a very short snippet of Ella's audio commentary.
It's an edited version of the submitted six-minute audio.
The full transcription (also slightly edited) can be found below.
So basically, yeah, I loved it. Really, I thought it was going to be cheesy in the beginning but no, it was really good, it was really funny…not "too much."
I really obviously identified with the British Asians. I loved Astrid! She was my favourite. She's so stunning!
I've just never seen a film like that before but yeah, obviously it's surprising that we haven't–considering that we know a lot of people who are Asian immigrants.
I can't remember which one it is exactly, but there was an interview of Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Michelle Yeoh, [Henry and Constance] and they were talking about–
Henry was talking about how growing up you're very torn between two very different cultures–[that are] polar opposites to one another.
And I think it's so nice now, that it's gained the traction that it deserves and that the generations [after] us will grow up to have this film to look up to and relate to because….I think it was Constance Wu who [said something like] "I feel–I wish when I was growing up I had films like this…."
It's crazy how long's it's taken!
I just loved it! I went and saw it with my British friend who moved here when she was five and it was really relatable for her too.
In a way, it really made me nostalgic.
My parents aren't that strict anymore but I can definitely imagine this: [how] in Asia, it's so rare for someone to live away from home because it's so true! (laughs) and in the movie, the quote: [putting] passion before family is so true.
In the past few years, I've definitely gotten lost….especially at uni, you definitely lose [time] thinking of your family and prioritizing them first because obviously, with the Philippines and some of my friends there, family is always the first thing.
Family is literally your blood, right? And you'll do anything for them.
I feel like because I've been selfish the past few years, the movie put things in perspective for me. It reminds you of your roots.
There's nothing wrong with putting family first.
There's nothing wrong with sticking to culture.
Because as [Auntie Eleanor] said in the movie, it was how she managed to maintain the life that they have. It's all about making sacrifices.
I definitely felt that your life should be about what drives you and what you're passionate about, but then again, it's also important to have the people that you love surround you, so I really liked that part of the story.
It was just so relatable. It was so so good and I get what the fuss is about now.
I can't wait until it comes out on DVD and I get to watch it again.
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Written by Terry DeBoer on 03 January 2022 . Posted in Local
This column is feature writer Terry DeBoer's look ahead at some of the area's faith-based entertainment/arts/enrichment opportunities in the next month. Here's a few for January:
Selah - The award-winning, inspirational trio presents a re-scheduled concert at 7pm Fri. Jan 14 at Ridge Point Community Church, 340 104th Ave. Holland. The singers' December 9 concert was postponed when vocalist Todd Smith tested positive for COVID. Selah's most recent album, "Step Into My Story," won a 2021 Dove Award. Other members include Allan Hall and Amy Perry. Doors open at 6pm. All tickets for the original date will be honored, and there are additional tickets for sale: $20 general admission, $35 dollars for select "artist circle" seating. Some VIP tickets also may be available. Visit https://www.itickets.com/events/457338
Latasha Morrison – The interracial and cross-cultural trainer for churches and ministries speaks on: "Be The Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation" at 12:30pm Mon. Jan 17 as part of Calvin University's January Series in the Covenant Fine Arts Center. Morrison addresses the issues of racial inequality and systemic injustice. The lecture is free and is shown via video link at several West Michigan churches. The address can also be accessed on demand from 2pm to midnight on the day of the event, which is in celebration of MLK Day. For more information visit https://calvin.edu/calendar/event.html?id=0848111a-febc-4c71-bf15-e4c2a32b5fd6&_ga=2.267464654.1367461803.1640875613-150901493.1640875613
Faithful Journey Quartet – The West Michigan-based Southern gospel vocal group presents a 10th anniversary reunion concert at 6:30pm Sat. Jan. 22 at Messiah Christian Reformed Church, 2900 Springdale St. in Hudsonville. The group includes veteran voices such as bass singer Dennis Deters and baritone Scott Roon. Among the special guests are several former Faithful Journey members, including Jim Visser of the Lowell area, currently singing in the Sojourner Quartet. There will be testimonies shared along with some note from the group's history. No tickets are necessary; a free-will offering will be received. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/Faithful-Journey-475005656357226
Author: Terry DeBoer
Terry is a journalist/feature writer for newspapers, magazines and websites, with a background in radio broadcasting. His usual beat is arts and entertainment, specializing in Christian/gospel music. A married father of two, he is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan Contributing Writer: West Michigan Christian News August 2011 – Present Feature writer: -Mlive.com (website and various newspapers) 1988– 2016 -Spotlight New Christian Music Magazine 1997-2008 -Church News Editor, Church Herald Magazine 2004-2009
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This is "Case: Oakhurst Dairy: Operations Management and Sustainability", chapter 10 from the book Sustainable Business Cases (v. 1.0). For details on it (including licensing), click here.
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Oakhurst Dairy is setting the standard for business and organizations in our state and throughout the country.
Maine US Senator Olympia Snow, quoted regarding Oakhurst Dairy's commitment to improving the environment.
Understand how operations management that incorporates sustainability principles can reduce costs and improve profits.
Describe how sustainable operations management practice can contribute to cost reduction and enhance a company's competitive position.
Highlight best practices for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in an industry.
Show how lean manufacturing principles can contribute to sustainable, effective, and efficient management of a company's carbon footprint.
Oakhurst Dairy's profitability has benefitted from the company taking a leadership role in addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US dairy industry.The authors wish to thank Clean Air Cool Planet (CA–CP) and Bob Sheppard, chief financial officer and vice president of the corporate program, for assistance and permission to use the Oakhurst Dairy Case Study, "Taking All the Right Steps: A Maine Dairy Reduces Its Carbon Footprint," as partial source material for this case. Oakhurst Dairy is a featured CA–CP Co-op Planet Corporate Partner. See http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/about/partners.php. In the process of its carbon footprint mappingProcess to identify and describe the level and intensity of carbon emissions for an activity, process, operation, enterprise, individual, animal, or other carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) activity or process. the company identified how to reduce its GHG emissionsPollution released by residential, commercial, and industrial facilities. and also identified innovative ways to improve operational efficiencies, reduce operational costs (mostly energy costs), and enhance profits.
Oakhurst Dairy has changed over time. The long established northern New England dairy company no longer owns any dairy farms. It makes its money by processing milk bought from dairy farms. It owns no cows. It buys its raw milk from local dairy farmers and sells its processed milk to grocery stores and retailers such as Walmart and 7-Eleven.
The company, under the Bennett family ownership, has become one of northern New England's largest independent milk processors. Oakhurst's approach is to build brand equity and increase profits over time. This has been supported by investing in operation management practices that reduce costs and increase brand awareness and loyalty with the dissemination of information about the company's practices that reduce its carbon footprint.
Oakhurst's sustainable business approach includes (a) senior management commitment to sustainable business practices in its operations and its supply chain, (b) integration of sustainable goals and practices in the company's business systems, (c) use of operating and financial reports and communications, and (d) monitoring of environmental results and implementation of continuous improvements.
This case will highlight how the company, by adopting sustainable business practices throughout its operations, saved more than $620,000 in annual fuel costs. These are savings that have contributed directly to Oakhurst's financial bottom line. This includes savings from a $343,000 investment in solar panels at two of its facilities, resulting in annual savings of $52,500 (at a fuel cost of $3.50 per gallon) and representing a 6.5 year payback period on their investment. With an estimated life of thirty years, the solar panel investment alone will save Oakhurst $1.2 million over the life of the solar panels and lower its carbon emissions by 176 metric tons annually.
Describe how the company was founded and how it operates as a family-operated enterprise.
Define how the dairy industry is organized and its larger context.
Understand that sustainability efforts have to be considered in the context of company organization and ownership and industry dynamics and conditions.
The founding family of Oakhurst, the Bennett family, has managed a successful dairy business based out of Portland, Maine, for ninety years. This is not a simple accomplishment. The dairy industry is dynamic and fiercely competitive, and Oakhurst has become the largest independent dairy processor in northern New England. The company is privately owned and as such its financial information is not publically available. Much of the information from this case is garnered from company interviews and a study of the company by Clean Air–Cool Planet (CA–CP)."Outreach and Education/Resources," Clean Air–Cool Planet, http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/climate_preparedness/outreach_ed.php.
Creation of business value through environmental stewardshipThe concept that we are entrusted with the care and protection of our planet. Promoting good environmental stewardship can be through safeguarding of our water and soil as well as other natural resources.
Psychographic-centered marketingAnalysis of consumer lifestyles to create a detailed customer profile. and brand equityThe premium that a company realizes from a product with a clearly recognized name as compared to its competitors. Companies can create brand equity for their products by making them easy to distinguish and superior in appearance and/or quality.
According to Oakhurst President William "Bill" Bennett, "We have been able to stave off being bought by maintaining a strong brand identity. People know what we do and what we stand for."J. Hemmerdinger, "Maine in a Bottle: Oakhurst Dairy Homogenizes Its Marketing Message," Portland (ME) Press Herald, January 9, 2011, accessed January 20, 2011, http://www.pressherald.com/business/maine-in-a-bottle_2011-01-09.html; the story was revised on January 10, 2011, to correct a reference to milk prices. According to the Maine Milk Commission, dairy farmers were paid a minimum of roughly $18 per 100 pounds of milk in November.
Co-owner of Oakhurst with his brother Stanley, Bill Bennett took on the role of president when Stanley was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the summer of 2010. Stanley had led Oakhurst Dairy since 1983 when he was named president after his father's retirement.John Richardson, "Oakhurst CEO Stanley Bennett Dies," Portland (ME) Press Herald, February 25, 2011, accessed March 5, 2011, http://www.pressherald.com/news/oakhurst-ceo-stanley-bennett-dies_2011-02-25.html.
The Bennett family firmly believed that the well-being of their company and the US dairy industry were dependent on environmental stewardship. Oakhurst's proactive and interactive approach to reducing emissions has set the standard for best practices in the dairy industry. They have collaborated with interest groups, government agencies, industry competitors, and others in their sustainability efforts.See Clean Air–Cool Planet, Taking All the Right Steps: A Maine Dairy Reduces Its Carbon Footprint, http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/Oakhurst%20Dairy%20Case%20Study%2001272009.pdf. For the Oakhurst case and more information about Clean Air–Cool Planet (CA–CP), see http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/about and Innovation Center for US Dairy, U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment Progress Report: Sustaining the Dairy Industry for Future Generations, accessed January 9, 2011, http://www.usdairy.com/Sustainability/Pages/Home.aspx.
Stanley T. Bennett II was one of five third-generation Bennett siblings who were keeping their great grandfather Stanley Bennett's business alive by being a preferred supplier of natural, healthy dairy products. Before his passing, Stanley T. Bennett II noted, "The cows that supply us with our product literally eat and drink and breathe the Maine environment. We have a natural self-interest in keeping that environment pure. It's something we can market that our competitors can't."Clean Air–Cool Planet, Taking All the Right Steps: A Maine Dairy Reduces Its Carbon Footprint, http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/Oakhurst%20Dairy%20Case%20Study%2001272009.pdf. For the Oakhurst case and more information about Clean Air–Cool Planet (CA–CP), see http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/about.
Under Bill's leadership, Oakhurst has focused on ways to boost operational efficiency in the highly competitive dairy industry. With price pressure intense in the industry, success at reducing costs without sacrificing product quality and integrity could contribute to increased profitability. Finding ways to reduce energy, electricity, water, and sewage costs could enhance company profits at the same time it reduced the company's environmental impact and could enhance its favorable reputation with significant numbers of consumers.
On his brother's passing, Bill stated in the company's news release, "Oakhurst is where it is today because of Stan's leadership and foresight; he always kept an eye on the future. For a number of years, we've put a lot of thought into making sure we have a caring, experienced, and committed team in place; and this team will continue to lead us well into the future."Front Burner PR, "Oakhurst's Bill and John Bennett Well Prepared to Lead Respected New England Dairy," news release, February 25, 2011, http://www.frontburnerpr.com/uploads/oak_transition_feb2011_final.pdf.
Bill's brother John joined the company in 2004 as vice president of sales and marketing after owning and operating a successful wholesale seafood business on Portland's waterfront. Other members of the senior management team with years of service included their sister Althea Bennett-McGirr, director of customer service and consumer affairs (thirty years); Tom Brigham, executive vice president and chief financial officer (fifteen years); Paul Connolly, vice president of logistics and chief information officer (ten years); and Joe Hyatt, vice president of human resources and administration (thirteen years).Front Burner PR, "Oakhurst's Bill and John Bennett Well Prepared to Lead Respected New England Dairy," news release, February 25, 2011, http://www.frontburnerpr.com/uploads/oak_transition_feb2011_final.pdf.
Bill Bennett, reflecting on his brother's life and contribution to Oakhurst, stated, "The main reason we've been so successful over the years is because of him." Bill added that many of the recent steps the company had taken to decrease its carbon footprint, including purchasing biofuels from a local company that turns restaurant fry oil into biofuel and installing solar panels on the roofs of the company's various buildings, were because of Stanley Bennett II's leadership."Stanley T. Bennett II, Oakhurst Dairy President, Dedicated to Community," Forecaster (Falmouth, ME), March 1, 2011, http://www.theforecaster.net/content/pn-obitbennett-030211.
The challenge for Oakhurst management was to buck the industry trend toward large-scale dairy farming, processing, and distribution through consolidation of dairies while maintaining profitability. According to Bill Bennett II, "Twenty-five or thirty years ago, we were a big dairy in a sea of little dairies. Now we are a small dairy [processor]."J. Hemmerdinger, "Maine in a Bottle: Oakhurst Dairy Homogenizes Its Marketing Message," Portland (ME) Press Herald, January 9, 2011, accessed January 20, 2011, http://www.pressherald.com/business/maine-in-a-bottle_2011-01-09.html.
Like its counterparts across the country, Maine dairy farmers were finding it difficult to make a profit let alone stay in business. However, compared to its northern New England neighbors, Maine was losing its dairy farms at a lower rate as a result of Maine's innovative dairy stabilization program (see sidebar "The State of Maine's Dairy Industry").
In 2009, Maine's dairy industry generated more than $570 million annually for the state's economy, paid $25 million in state and municipal local taxes, and provided more than four thousand jobs. In the 1950s, Maine had 51,000 herds of dairy cattle. By 2009 it was down to 32,000 cows making 590 million pounds of milk per year (69 million gallons). By 2009 there were 315 dairy farms in Maine ranging in size from 10 to 1,700 cows. In the period from 2000 to 2004, Maine lost 106 farms. Maine has more than sixty milk processors. Six processors package fluid milk for drinking: Oakhurst Dairy, H. P. Hood, Houlton Farms Dairy, Garelick Farms of Maine, Kate's Butter, and Smiling Hill Farm Dairy. By far the largest was H. P. Hood with $2.4 billion in revenue and 3,000 employees in 2010. Dean's Foods, a National food and beverage company had revenues of $12.9 billion and lost $1.5 billion (2010). Oakhurst Dairy was the largest privately owned Maine dairy processor with 2010 revenues of $110 million and 250 employees.
Since 2004 the US dairy industry has been marked by two significant factors. The western United States has seen unimagined and unprecedented growth in total milk and average size of each dairy operation. This shift was the result of state and federal government policies that offer financial incentives in the form of tax breaks and subsidies to take unproductive land and convert it to animal agriculture, or convert land from one type of production to dairy production. Secondly, the cyclical "boom-and-bust" dynamic of dairy pricing has continued on a national scale and has become more erratic and extreme. Maine has continued to lose farms, but at a much slower rate than the rest of the Northeast. Some farms have gone out of business because of the age of the farmer or the fact there was no one to take over the farm. Most importantly, the economic impact of the remaining farms has not lost its influence on the state's economy. Many states have looked to Maine as an innovative leader in the dairy industry, first with the Northeast Dairy Compact and now with the Maine Dairy Stabilization "Tier" Program. Established in 2004, the "Tier" program provides a safety net during periods of historically low national milk prices. In contrast to the overall picture of New England dairy farming, Maine stands out and is considered a success story because of the 2004 dairy stabilization program. Since the start of the program, Maine lost 75 dairy farms, or 19 percent of the industry, in contrast to extreme losses in Vermont (52 percent) and New Hampshire (46 percent). The dairy stabilization program provides a payment from the Maine's General Fund directly to farmers when the amount that they receive from the marketplace for their milk falls below their cost of production. In Maine, the cost of production is estimated at $25 per hundred weight of milk, while the farmer can receive between $11 and $23 per hundred weight from the marketplace. If the price of milk is high, no payments are made. When it drops, the program assists the farmers. Since 2007, $30 million has been paid to Maine's dairy farmers through the tier program. According to Julie Marie Bickford of the Maine Dairy Industry Association compared to states without a milk commission, Maine is a relatively healthy dairy state.
Source: Sharon Kiley Mack, "Maine's Innovative Dairy Program Keeping Industry Alive," Bangor Daily News, October 29, 2011.
A strong commitment to sustainability requires visionary leadership, organization-wide action and commitment, and alignment of sustainability efforts to profitability and competitive advantage.
Sustainable business practices can improve operational efficiencies and company performance.
Sustainability efforts have to be considered in the context of market conditions and, in the case of Oakhurst, in the context of highly competitive and challenging diary industry conditions.
Go to YouTube and find videos on Oakhurst Dairy.
What market segment(s) are targeted in the videos?
What message(s) is Oakhurst delivering in their advertisements?
Why do customers buy Oakhurst Dairy products?
Does Oakhurst use endorsement in their advertising? If so, who is featured?
In one hundred words or less, describe the Oakhurst sustainable business model and perceived competitive advantage for doing business in the dairy industry.
Understand the social, political, and economic impact of climate change and global warming on the US dairy industry, specifically in Maine.
Understand the role of industry associations and collaborative networks in addressing industry and company environmental challenges.
Learn about carbon footprint mapping and life cycle analysis (LCA).
Industrial growth, deforestation, and increased consumption has exacerbated global warming and changes to the climate and will continue to do so. Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are often called greenhouse gases (GHG). Of the total GHG emitted annually in the United States, two areas in which Oakhurst have an impact—transportation fuels and agricultural byproducts—emit 14 percent and 12.5 percent of the total, respectively."Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector," accessed January 31, 2011, http://greenlifestyleideas.com/270/the-forgotten-greenhouse-gas-emissions.
There is mounting evidence, as reviewed in Chapter 2 "The Science of Sustainability", that heavy concentrations of GHGs have raised the earth's temperatures from 1.2 to 1.4 degrees in the last hundred years. Also of concern is the fact that eight of the warmest years on record occurred between 1998 and 2010."Climate Change," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed January 31, 2011, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html. Rising temperatures have already had adverse effects on climate, agriculture, and people. People and animals are affected by climate change through extreme periods of heat and cold, storms, climate sensitive diseases, and prolonged and increased levels of smog. Scientists considering the potential impacts of climate change in the northeastern United States have identified heat waves and prolonged drought as two significant threats to the dairy industry, as heat-stressed cows generally produce less milk.Clean Air–Cool Planet, Taking All the Right Steps: A Maine Dairy Reduces Its Carbon Footprint, http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/Oakhurst%20Dairy%20Case%20Study%2001272009.pdf.
The previously stated factors provided strong incentive for Oakhurst to try to reduce its GHG emissions, or carbon footprint. Acting on this concern would be in the interest of the dairy industry in Maine and beyond and society more broadly and was also consistent with the company's values in caring about the communities it served and operated in.
In December 2010, the Innovation Center for US Dairy published its first US Dairy Industry Sustainability Commitment Report. The report was a collaborative effort of leaders and experts in and outside the industry who joined together to "identify and deploy sustainability innovations that make good business sense." The report documented that the United States was the largest dairy producer in the world, producing annually 189.9 billion pounds of milk and that milk was the fourth highest dollar value agricultural product in the United States (at 8 percent of total receipts). It also identified that the dairy industry contributed 2 percent of the total US GHG emissions. Working with the Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas, the Innovation Center conducted the dairy industry's first national GHG life cycle analysis (LCA)A technique to assess each and every impact associated with all the stages of a process from cradle to grave (i.e., from raw materials through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling). LCAs can help avoid a narrow outlook on environmental, social, and economic concerns. This is achieved by compiling an inventory of relevant energy, material inputs, and environmental releases; evaluating the potential impacts associated with identified inputs and releases; and interpreting the results to help you make a more informed decision., or carbon footprintA carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event, or product." For simplicity of reporting, it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or other equivalent GHGs, emitted. study, of fluid milk.Innovation Center for US Dairy, U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment Progress Report: Sustaining the Dairy Industry for Future Generations, accessed January 9, 2011, http://www.usdairy.com/Sustainability/Pages/Home.aspx.
Formed in 2007, the Innovation Center represented an industry-wide commitment to identify best practices for lowering carbon emissions throughout the supply chainA supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources and raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. In sophisticated supply chain systems, used products may reenter the supply chain at any point where residual value is recyclable. Supply chains link value chains.. More than five hundred dairy stakeholders including environmentalists, academics, and scientists worked on the report. The study found that "the carbon footprint of a gallon of milk, from farm to table, is 17.6 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) per gallon of milk consumed."Innovation Center for US Dairy, U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment Progress Report: Sustaining the Dairy Industry for Future Generations, accessed January 9, 2011, http://www.usdairy.com/Sustainability/Pages/Home.aspx. Carbon emissions by supply chain participant are depicted in Figure 10.3 "From Farm to Table: Percentage of GHG Emissions from One Gallon of Milk" and Figure 10.4. Figure 10.5 "GHG Emissions Sources and Opportunities" summarizes GHG emissions by participants and some of the opportunities for carbon reduction. By far, the largest single source of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming from milk production are farm emissions, which contribute roughly ten pounds of CO2e per gallon of milk. And 85 percent of those emissions come from one source—cows.
Source: Innovation Center for US Dairy, U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment Progress Report: Sustaining the Dairy Industry for Future Generations, accessed January 9, 2011, http://www.usdairy.com/Public%20Communication%20Tools/USDairy_Sustainability_Report_12-2010%20(4).pdf.
The global demand for food is expected to double by 2050.Innovation Center for US Dairy, U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment Progress Report: Sustaining the Dairy Industry for Future Generations, accessed January 9, 2011, http://www.usdairy.com/Sustainability/Pages/Home.aspx. This growth will provide opportunities and challenges for the US dairy industry. The challenges for the industry include bringing milk to the consumer at competitive prices in a sustainable way when dairy prices are subject to economic cycles, changing weather patterns, and changing industry competitive dynamics.
Although the minimum wholesale price paid to farmers by milk processors is set by a complicated, government formula, milk prices constantly change across the full value chainInterlinked value-adding activities that convert inputs into outputs, which, in turn, add to the bottom line and help create competitive advantage. A value chain typically consists of (1) inbound distribution or logistics, (2) manufacturing operations, (3) outbound distribution or logistics, (4) marketing and selling, and (5) after-sales service. These activities are supported by (6) purchasing or procurement, (7) research and development, (8) human resource development, and (9) and corporate infrastructure. from raw milk to processed milk to milk at the grocery store. Among the factors affecting the cost to produce a pound of milk are feed cost, cow productivity (pounds produced per cow, per day), animal nutrition, genetics, and proper farm maintenance and housing of animals. For example, an increase in feed cost without a corresponding increase in cow milk productivity will squeeze farmer profits. It is not unusual to have milk production costs above the farmer's selling price. According to Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin, when total milk production costs are above the wholesale price, farmers are forced to take one of a few actions.Sara Schoenborn, "Stephenson Hopeful, Realistic about 2011 Dairy Outlook," AG Weekly, January 27, 2011, accessed January 20, 2011, http://www.agriview.com/news/dairy/stephenson-hopeful-realistic-about-dairy-outlook/article_fc01890d-cfda-5b25-a196-50ab45dbdaa1.html. These actions include the use of genetic engineering (putting human growth hormonesGrowth hormone (GH) is a protein-based polypeptide hormone. It stimulates growth and cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. in cow feed), investments in better cow management, culling out inferior cows, or going out of business.
Stephenson noted that weather and temperature abnormalities across the globe have dramatically affected not only the quality of feed but also the feed prices. In an industry presentation, he noted that recent changes in the La Niña pattern in the Pacific Ocean had affected weather around the globe and consequently feed prices and milk production. These changing weather patterns had raised feed prices, especially corn prices, in Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand. Stephenson concluded that businesses in the US dairy industry are going to have to rethink their business models in an increasingly volatile industry.Sara Schoenborn, "Stephenson Hopeful, Realistic about 2011 Dairy Outlook," AG Weekly, January 27, 2011, accessed January 20, 2011, http://www.agriview.com/news/dairy/stephenson-hopeful-realistic-about-dairy-outlook/article_fc01890d-cfda-5b25-a196-50ab45dbdaa1.html.
While a very small overall global contributor to GHG emissions worldwide, Oakhurst has successfully addressed its emissions in ways that have been beneficial to the company's profitability and reputation. This has been accomplished by installing solar panels, retrofitting the company's truck fleet, and using advanced rerouting software for its delivery trucks. With these efforts and others, Oakhurst has lowered its annual carbon emissions by more than one thousand metric tons and lowered its operating costs, primarily fuel costs, significantly. In periods of rising and highly volatile oil prices, fuel cost savings have been significant for Oakhurst. At the same time, its actions have reaffirmed the company's commitment to the environment and to consumers in Maine and beyond, which has been beneficial to its standing among consumers, particularly those who cared about the environment.
The large majority of milk consumers are most concerned about price, not carbon footprints. Reflective of this, Walmart and other large milk retailers are increasingly demanding lower pricing for the milk they get from Oakhurst and other milk processors. According to the Wall Street Journal, cutthroat tactics "are making a mess of the dairy aisle."John Jannarone, "Heard on the Street: Grocers Still Milking Dean Foods," Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502653780560.html?KEYWORDS=jannarone. The article reported that "grocery stores continue to use deep discounts to attract cash-strapped shoppers, sometimes selling milk at a loss."John Jannarone, "Heard on the Street: Grocers Still Milking Dean Foods," Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502653780560.html?KEYWORDS=jannarone. These practices and pressure from the retailers have forced milk processors to take drastic action in lowering the cost they pay for their supplies. Even Dean Foods, the largest milk processor in the United States, has struggled to pass on price cuts to their raw products suppliers, and this has resulted in significant financial pressure on the milk processors. The recent sharp increase in milk costs has caused dramatic drops in Dean's profits and stock price. Analysts were predicting further drops in Dean's earning in 2011, which could violate the company's leverage covenant with its banks and force the company into bankruptcy.John Jannarone, "Heard on the Street: Grocers Still Milking Dean Foods," Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502653780560.html?KEYWORDS=jannarone.
According to the Wall Street Journal, "Even if milk prices stabilize, however, grocers are unlikely to relax their aggressive pricing strategy. With unemployment elevated, consumers are highly sensitive to price. That has crushed profits at grocer SuperValu, which charges higher prices for a basket of goods than rivals Kroger and Safeway. SuperValu's shares have performed even worse than Dean's since the market trough in 2009."John Jannarone, "Heard on the Street: Grocers Still Milking Dean Foods," Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502653780560.html?KEYWORDS=jannarone.
One controversial strategy to increase productivity and cut costs per gallon of milk is the use of the human growth hormone rBST in cow feed. While the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of rBST in cow feed in 1993, the controversy was far from resolved. Some scientific studies have shown that milk produced this way is safe and has the same amount of proteins, fats, and nutrients as non-hormone-fed cows.Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) is a synthetic version of the bovine somatotropin (BST) hormone found in cattle. The use of rBST has met with some controversy from a variety of fronts, including the animal rights movement and some commercial dairy farmers. As a result, dairies that produce milk products without the use of rBST have begun indicating this on their labels. Though rBST has been banned in several countries, the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States has determined it to be safe to consume. See "What Does rBST Free Mean?," wiseGEEK, accessed March 3, 2011, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-rbst-free-mean. Other studies contradict these findings.
Oakhurst took a firm stand against the use of the hormone rBST in cow feed. In 1997, Stanley Bennett asked its farmers to sign an affidavit pledging not to use human growth hormone. In return they received financial incentives, and shortly after, Oakhurst began marketing its milk as free of the human hormone rBST. In 2003, Monsanto, the largest manufacturer of rBST, sued Oakhurst claiming that Oakhurst's labels deceived consumers by marketing a perception that one milk product is safer or of higher quality than other milk. At the time of the suit, Monsanto's worldwide sales revenue from rBST was $4.7 billion. Stanley Bennett countered that Oakhurst made no claim on the science involved with growth hormones.Drew Kaplan, "Monsanto Sues Oakhurst Dairy over Advertising," Health Freedom Alliance, June 18, 2010, accessed February 11, 2011, http://healthfreedoms.org/2010/06/18/monsanto-sues-oakhurst-dairy-over-advertising. He stated, "We're in the business of marketing milk, not Monsanto's drugs." After an intense legal battle, Oakhurst settled the suit. Bill Bennett recalled, "Although the fight with Monsanto was expensive, Stanley Bennett didn't waver. Stanley was very proud of our stand with Monsanto. We thought it was very important to be able to tell our consumers what was not in our milk."John Jannarone, "Heard on the Street: Grocers Still Milking Dean Foods," Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502653780560.html?KEYWORDS=jannarone.
Climate change and global warming can have significant impact on industry economics, including factor costs, prices, and profitability.
Reducing an industry's carbon footprint requires action by a host of stakeholders, including industry associations, companies, government agencies, nonprofits, educators, scientists, activists, and individuals.
The nature of competition in the dairy industry, and all industries, is constantly changing and driven by social, economic, technical, and environmental factors.
Addressing an industry's environmental and economic challenges often requires cooperation by industry players, governmental agencies, researchers, and community agencies.
Go to the US Dairy Industry's website, http://www.usdairy.com/Pages/Home.aspx, and read the 2010 Dairy Industry Sustainability Commitment Report. Why is the industry so committed to lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, especially given that only 2 percent of total US GHG emissions are due to dairy industry participants?
Is Oakhurst justified in paying farmers for not feeding their cows with human growth hormones?
Do you know your own carbon footprint? Go to the Nature Conservatory website at http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator and calculate your carbon footprint. Why is it important to know your carbon footprint?
See the sidebar "The State of Maine Dairy Industry." How would you characterize the economic health of Maine's Dairy Industry? Why have other states looked to Maine as an innovative leader in the dairy industry? What else might be done to help save Maine's dairy farms?


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Raiders at Broncos Game Preview
The Oakland Raiders travel to Denver to take on the Broncos in a divisional match-up at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on ESPN's Monday Night Football. The two teams will meet for their 17th Monday Night Football match-up with the Broncos leading the series 8-7-1. The Raiders, however, have the better of the all-time match-up 59-44-2.
"It's a tremendous rivalry. Obviously, these two teams, the history of these two teams goes way back," said Head Coach Dennis Allen. "It's always a heated battle. There's always a lot of excitement that goes along with this game and it's a fun game to be a part of, to be a part of the history, the tradition, of this rivalry. We're looking forward to continuing it."
RB Darren McFadden versus the Broncos in 2012.Photo by Tony Gonzales
The Raiders are fired up to face the 2-0 Broncos. "I think they're focused. I think they're ready and excited about the challenge," said Coach Allen.
The Raiders No. 1 ranked rushing offense will face the Broncos No. 1 ranked rushing defense. And the Broncos No. 3 ranked passing offense will face the Raiders No. 5 ranked passing defense. The game will feature a veteran Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback in Peyton Manning versus a quarterback making his fourth-career start in Terrelle Pryor.
Coach Allen will return to Denver where he was defensive coordinator in 2011. He knows the talent the Raiders will be facing. "There's no question about it that this is a really good football team that we're playing. They're solid in all areas," said Coach Allen. "They're exceptional on offense. They play very good defense, very tough defense. They run around to the football. They're really good in special teams, both in the return unit and in the coverage unit. It's a great challenge for us and we're looking forward to the opportunity."
Although the Broncos will be a tough challenge, everyone is up for the challenge, including Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie. "We're going to compete," said McKenzie. "We're not going to lay down and say, 'Okay Peyton, here, have at it.' We know what kind of quarterback he is. He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer. But, we're going to show up and we feel good about our chances of competing with those guys. I'm excited to get on that plane and get there."
The Broncos have scored over 40 points in each of their first two match-ups, including a seven-touchdown-pass performance by Manning in Week 1. Defensive Coordinator Jason Tarver welcomes the challenge.
"This is the ultimate. To be the best you have to beat the best. This is what you want. This is why you play the game. Monday Night Football against them doing something nobody thinks you can do? There's nothing better than that," said Coach Tarver.
The combination of Manning and WR Wes Welker, as well as WR Demaryius Thomas, poses multiple threats on the offensive side of the ball. "They've got three exceptional receivers that they play primarily, and the tight end, Julius Thomas, has come in as a receiving threat," said Coach Allen. "If you do too much to load up and stop the pass, they're able to run the football. They've got a lot of weapons on offense."
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DE Jason Hunter played for the Broncos for three seasons, and although some of the personnel has changed, he worked against the Denver offense in practice everyday. "They have a lot of good receivers that can catch the ball. They run some good routes. They'll be all over the field," explained Hunter. "They have backs that can catch the ball out of the backfield. They have a quarterback that manages the offense, so they are able to move the ball. We know they're going to make their plays, but we just have to stay focused in doing what we do and execute our game plan and everybody play hard and play violent."
Rookie CB DJ Hayden will be tasked with covering the Broncos talented receiver corps. "They're real good players and me, being in my first year, going against them is going to be a challenge for me, but I'm open to it," said Hayden. "I'm ready to go out there and compete and lock them down."
Hayden was not even eight years old when the Broncos current quarterback was drafted. Now, he will face Manning in a Monday night showdown. "It's a pretty big challenge. He's probably going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback so I think any time you go against a great quarterback like that, it's always going to be a tough challenge," said Hayden. "I'm ready to come out here and just make plays, compete."
The Raiders defense knows that in order to have success, they'll need to affect Manning. "We need to make sure that the pocket is the way we want it; not the way they want it," explained Coach Tarver. "That's another one that's hard to do against this team because they're outstanding at what they do. Those need to be right to affect him. We need to affect this quarterback so that he doesn't have the easy lanes to throw those completions—make it as hard as we can. He still finds ways to throw the ball complete, but we need to do those thing—our looks, our pocket mechanics, our angles of departure and our activations. When we're activated we need to be on our right lines and go from there."
Hunter and his defensive teammates have notched 9.0 sacks in two games, tied for first in the NFL. They want to continue that success when they face the 16-year veteran QB on the Broncos.
"Playing against him, you have to be focused. He knows what to do. He's a professional Hall of Fame player, so you definitely have to be on your 'A' game, real diligent, real detailed in our work," said Hunter. "We just have to make sure we know what he's going to do and we have to execute our game plan."
FB Marcel Reece gets the stiff arm ready to keep the Broncos defender away in 2012. Photo by Tony Gonzales
Hunter believes the defensive line has been successful thus far by giving it everything they have on each play. "Just guys flying around, being relentless. Guys are playing with a lot of passion, guys are excited," said Hunter. "Whenever you have guys doing that, we're going to have those opportunities to get to the quarterback and have big plays."
Coach Allen understands that Manning will make plays regardless of what the defense brings to the table; the key is limiting the number of plays.
"I think the thing that Peyton does is he knows where to go with the football and he takes what the defense gives him," said Coach Allen. "We're going to have to be sound in coverage and sound in our assignments and making sure we're doing the things we're supposed to do. He's going to get some completions. He's going to get some yards. They key is we're going to have to eliminate points as much as we can."
The Raiders offense will face a Broncos defense that ranks at the top of the NFL in several categories. "They're a well-rounded football team all over and they're well-rounded on defense. They do a good job against the run. They do a good job against the pass. They're at the top of the league in third down. They're at the top of the league in red zone defense. It's going to be a great challenge for us," said Coach Allen.
Pryor and his offense have spent the week studying film to be prepared. "The Denver Broncos defense, especially when you get in a situation like nickel or something like that, they bring a lot of different packages and are a sound, tough team," said Pryor. "And I think our offensive line is studying very hard, and I think they're going to give me a lot of time to sit back there. But obviously if it doesn't happen, I may need to react and understand the situation and make bright decisions in those moments."
K Sebastian Janikowski boots an NFL record-tying 63-yard field goal in 2011. Photo by Tony Gonzales
The young quarterback will be faced with challenges from the defensive line as well as the veteran corners. "I'm glad 58 [Von Miller] isn't playing. These guys are very sharp; they're sound, the outside guys, [Dominique] Rodgers-Cromartie, they're tough corners, they have tough safeties out in back," said Pryor. "Their front four is pretty good. [Wesley] Woodyard can run and is a strong guy, so it's definitely a challenge; the number one rush-stop defense versus the number one rushing offense. We're going to be running the ball and throwing the ball, so let's see what we can get."
Rookie TE Mychal Rivera has been an effective target for Pryor through the first two games. "The coaches are just coming up with some awesome game plans and really my preparation in practice is helping me," said Rivera. "Every day I'm coming into it with a new mindset and working really hard. I'm just happy with the small success I've had so far. I'm just trying to build on that."
WR Denarius Moore makes a move around CB Champ Bailey. Photo by Tony Gonzales
Rivera wants to build on his success on the line as well. "We have to be real physical. This is probably going to be the most physical game we've played yet," said Rivera. "We have to get all our communication, all our calls, right and just really know what we're doing out there, as well as the physicality."
The Broncos run defense has limited opposing offenses to only 40.5 yards per game. WR Brice Butler knows that means the wide receivers will have to be quick and ready on each play. "With those guys, they can get to the quarterback pretty quick so we have to protect up really good and get the ball out fast," said Butler. "Don't give those guys opportunities to gauge our tempo, gauge our speed of the game. If we go out there and focus on us and not them, I think we'll be okay."
Two solid special teams units will face each other as well, with Raiders K Sebastian Janikowski and Broncos K Matt Prater. "Special teams-wise, they do a great job in coverage," said Coach Allen. "Their specialists are really good. They've got a kicker that's got as strong a leg as anyone in the National Football League. Their punter does a great job. Trindon Holliday does a great job on returns."
LS Jon Condo remembers Janikowski's NFL record field goal of 63 yards in 2011, but he also recalls missed opportunities on the punt team over the past seasons. "The ball travels a little bit longer than it normally does. Last couple of years, Denver's gotten us. Two years ago they returned a punt, I think actually two punts, one in each game, so that's still sitting in the back of my head. And then last year they blocked a punt against us, so that's sitting right there," said Condo. "We have something to prove with them and they're a great, unbelievable team. There is so much can happen in the game, we just have to go out there and take each play at a time and to give ultimate effort as we go out there."
The players are excited for a rivalry game on Monday Night Football. The Broncos are ready to go. "That opponent this week on Monday night in front of all the players' peers, the coaches' peers and the whole nation is against the Oakland Raiders," said Broncos Head Coach John Fox. "It's a division opponent; our first one of the season. I don't think there's going to be any problems getting a team amped up for this one."
Manning is ready for the game, too. "You're playing the Raiders on Monday Night Football, it's a division opponent," said Manning. "It's the biggest game because it's this week's game but it's going into my 16th season or your second season, if you're not excited about the opportunity to play an NFL game then something's wrong with you."
The Raiders, veterans and rookies, are looking forward to the chance to play under the lights against a rival on national television. "It's going to be exciting. It's huge for us," said Hunter. "It gives us the opportunity for the world to see what the Oakland Raiders are about, see our passion, see how hungry we are, see how hard we're working during the week, trying to do things the right way. It's going to be great for the fans to see that, especially against a rivalry, it's great."
Watch the game on ESPN at 5:40 PT and follow along on Raiders.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Make sure to use the hashtag #MileHighShowdown to join the conversation.


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Google Search Ends Its Support For Microsoft's Internet Explorer 11
When the internet was young, and people were just about to learn about the new World Wide Web, Microsoft was already on top.
YouTube Introduces 'Continue Watching' Feature From Mobile To Desktop
The internet has evolved, and information is no longer restricted to just text and the abundance of images, as audio, as well as videos, are becoming increasingly popular.
Flubot Malware Improvises Strategy By Adding More Tricks To Lure Victims
The most popular way to hack a device, is to first install a malware into it. After that, as long as the malware remains undetected, things should be easy for hackers.
To Compete Better, Clubhouse Adds 'Clips,' 'Replays,' And 'Universal Search'
Clubhouse is the popular social audio chat app. And things are improving over there.
As Promised, Samsung Starts Removing Ads From Its One UI Android Apps
Samsung has been among the most popular smartphone brand. And it plans to keep things that way.
Facebook Adds Cross-App Group Chat Between Instagram And Messenger
When chats on WhatsApp are straightforward, not so much on Instagram and Messenger.
Google Brings Its 'MUM' To Improve Its Search Engine's AI
Google Search has been synonymous with the internet. It's been there to provide answers to almost anything, in less than a second upon hitting the enter button.
'GriftHorse', The Aggressive Trojan That Steals From Millions Of Android Users
Another day, another threat. As long as money can be made, hackers will be there.
Google Wants iOS Users To 'Bring The Best Of Google To Your iPhone'
What Google's Android is that Apple's iOS isn't, is that the operating system is extremely customizable.
ERMAC, The Malware Capable Of Stealing From Hundreds Of Banking And Wallet Apps
Financial data is expensive, not only because it holds sensitive data, as it also access to money.


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Security Researchers Confirm an Additional 7,500 Hacked MikroTik Routers Spying on Network Traffic
MikroTik is a Latvian company which was founded in 1996 to develop routers and wireless ISP systems. The company is predominantly known for its RouterOS software system. With distributors located all around the world, including the United States, MikroTik should ...
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PenTest Edition: Creating an Evil Twin or Fake Access Point Using Aircrack-ng and Dnsmasq [Part 2 – the Attack]
If you haven't already begun the initial startup, you'll need to go back to PenTest Edition: Creating an Evil Twin or Fake Access Point Using Aircrack-ng and Dnsmasq [Part 1 - Setup] and update Aircrack-ng and configure the dnsmasq configuration ...
thecybersecurityman	on 11 Aug 2018
PenTest Edition: Creating an Evil Twin or Fake Access Point Using Aircrack-ng and Dnsmasq [Part 1 – Setup]
Before I start, I hope you already have a great understanding of 802.11 networks! A "Fake Access Point (AP)" is a type of wireless network attack in which an attacker uses software to create a malicious AP that is live ...
PenTest Edition: Evade Detection Using Tor and Proxy Chains
"Goodluck, I'm behind 7 proxies." Hackers (or at least good hackers) hide their IP address so they can evade detection from security admins or security system logs, such as firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems. Every time we send information out ...
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thecybersecurityman	on 23 Oct 2019
Structured Query Language (SQL) is an ANSI standard language developed to communicate with a relational database. SQL is used by all major database systems, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, and so on. An Overview of SQL A Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) is used to manage relational databases, that is, it is a ...
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PenTest Edition: SQL Injection Attacks Using Both Burp Suite and Sqlmap
thecybersecurityman	on 1 Oct 2018
In this tutorial, I'm using BurpSuite to grab cookie information from a user and feed it into an SQL injection attack using sqlmap. To perform this test attack, I'm using the Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) as a SQL injection vulnerable web site/database. As a prerequisite, the reader should have at least a basic understanding ...
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PenTest Edition: Go from Beginner to Advanced with nmap
thecybersecurityman	on 27 Sep 2018
Network Mapper, otherwise known as "nmap," is a powerful open-source program, perfect for conducting reconnaissance and enumeration. Yes, nmap is well-known for this purpose and it's included in every whitehat-to-blackhat's toolbox for that very reason; however, I want to point out that it has many other uses as well. For instance, a network administrator may ...
The Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack: A Look at the Evidence We Have
Note: Much of this information comes from an official affidavit, The United States of America vs. Park Jin Hyok, also known as ("aka") "Jin Hyok Park," aka "Pak Jin Hek," (United States District Court for the Central District of Caliornia June 8, 2018). If you want to review the entire 179-page document, it's available at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1092091/download. The ...
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Installing Kali Linux in VMware Workstation Player (VMware Tools Included)
This tutorial will walk you through installing the latest version of Kali Linux as a Virtual Machine (VM) on VMware Workstation Player 14. I will also show you how to install VMware tools. Straight from the official Kali Linux Web site: Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security ...
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Home Gateway device security includes: - DEFAULT CREDENTIALS Change the default credentials that's pre-installed on the gateway device and remember strong password principles - DISABLE WPS The 8-digit WPS pin allows access to your home Wi-Fi network [SWIPE LEFT]. Due to it's 8-character count, it's easily cracked by hackers. It's likely disabled by default, but if not, disable it - WI-FI SECURITY A home Wi-Fi SSID shouldn't disclose the router's manufacture (e.g., Linksy's, NetGear, etc.). In addition, the encryption should be set to WPA2-PSK [SWIPE LEFT] or WPA3 (if available) with a strong, unique password - INTERNAL VULN SCANNING Perform internal vulnerability scans using tools like OpenVAS and Nessus Home. OpenVAS is free and comes pre-installed in Kali Linux. Alternatively, Nessus Home [SWIPE LEFT] allows users to can scan up to 16 IP addresses at high speeds with in-depth assessments. These tools glean a ton of information about the vulnerabilities on any network device - EXTERNAL VULN SCANNING Unless port forwarding for gaming or hosting an internal server, the gateway shouldn't have open ports on the WAN side. However, submitting your public IP address to www.grc.com/shieldsup is a great free tool to check for things like Windows file sharing and Common Ports vulnerabilities [SWIPE LEFT]. In addition, you can always audit your gateway device using nmap scans through a VPN - CUSTOM FIRMWARE The firmware installed on your modem/router is likely basic and provides little-to-no customization or security functionalities other than setting the firewall settings to low, medium, or high. But, if you want to configure security features, like VPNs, VLANs, isolate Wi-Fi, iptables, configure authentication servers, and enable traffic monitoring, then there are plenty of good custom firmware options available - I really like using DD-WRT(https://dd-wrt.com). [SWIPE LEFT] There are both free and paid versions that support the functionalities described above. To install this firmware on your home router/modem, you'd download the new firmware as a file, navigate to your router or modem's admin console, and then upgrade the device by uploading the firmware file
The American Institute on Router Safety published a report last year indicating that 60% of home routers/modems had medium-security vulnerabilities [SWIPE LEFT]. These include authentication bypassing, RCE, CSRF, stack-based buffer overflows, information disclosure, etc - A typical gateway home router and/or modem supplied by an ISP isn't secure by default (sometimes, for spying) [SWIPE LEFT]. This includes off-the-shelf routers at Walmart or Best Buy. As the name suggests, these devices are the "gateway" into a home network and should be a secure device. And yet, most lack practical security features - Consider that hackers actively target these devices on the Internet (e.g., VPNFilter, BCMUPnP_Hunter, and Mirai malware). If the gateway responds to external pings on the WAN side, then the gateway is visible on the Internet. It should be of no surprise to see a home router in a Shodan query - By default, gateway devices come with default login credentials to the admin console, and credentials for popular router/modem manufacturers are easily accessible via www.routerpasswords.com. A pwned gateway device leads to DoS, MitM attacks, DNS tampering, and other variants that expose web traffic - Wi-Fi also brings significant security issues, since gateways are often APs. A newly installed Wi-Fi network has a default network name, which broadcasts the router's brand via beaconing frames. Likewise, WPA and WEPS encryption are still available for backwards compatibility purposes, leaving layman users oblivious that their Wi-Fi can be easily cracked. WEPS- and WPS-enabled routers are still seen on an Airodump-ng and Wash command output in my neighborhood, thus it's still an issue - Firmware updates should be mandatory if they are critical or recommended, but users often neglect this. This is because manufacturers fail to update users to do so (unless registered via e-mail). This stems from the lax security built within. Even the pre-installed firewall lacks anything but a few customizable options because it's too complex for avg users - Part II discusses how to secure a gateway device from these vulnerabilities. What are some ways you keep your home router/modem secure?
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several compromised web sites that were commandeered for hacking iPhones in what looks like a strategic Watering Hole attack. The number of sites, region, or what the sites were is unknown, but simply visiting the site could be enough to exploit one of several iOS vulnerabilities and install a back door via spyware - The report disclosed 14 iOS vulnerabilities (including 2 zero days) that were being exploited through 5 privilege escalation exploit chains, which judging by the sophistication, sounds like a state-sponsored APT infiltration or government operation - Victims that were unfortunate enough to visit these web sites may have had their personal information sent to a C2 server, such as iMessages, photos, GPS location, WhatsApp, Telegram, and even Keychain data like passwords and tokens! Despite the major implications of destruction to data confidentiality, these malicious activities went undetected for two years; therefore, anybody running iOS 10 to the latest iOS 12 (09/2016 to Present) may have been impacted - What exactly were these vulnerabilities? A quick glance over Google Project Zero's "in-the-wild iOS exploit chain" reports shows a wonderfully detailed team effort to decipher a collection of iOS Kernel, Safari, and Sandbox escape vulnerabilities [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Thanks to the closed-nature of the iOS, there was no need for the spyware to hide its execution. What could have perhaps prevented it all? Better code review, says Google's security researchers - The team wants everyone to bear in mind that mass exploitation still exists, and with that fact, to behave accordingly. Although our phones are integral to our modern lives, it's important to know that once compromised, every action we take can be uploaded to a database and used against us [1] - [1] Beer, I. (2019). A Very Deep Dive into iOS Exploit Chains Found in the Wild. Google Project Zero. - [2] Beer, I. (2019). In-the-wild iOS Exploit Chain 1. Google Project Zero. - [3] Beer, I. (2019). In-the-wild iOS Exploit Chain 2. Google Project Zero. - [4] Beer, I. (2019). In-the-wild iOS Exploit Chain 3. Google Project Zero. - [5] Beer, I. (2019). In-th
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I know this has been covered by every major cybersecurity news site, but I like hacking Wi-Fi networks and this is a topic I'd like to start discussing in pieces. It's been a little over a year since the launch of the new WPA3 security standard for Wi-Fi and, as I mentioned prior to it's release, we'd see serious vulnerabilities within the first year . This likely stems from the notoriety gained by Mathy Vanhoef and his discovery of key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs) on WPA2 networks back in 2017. Although this wasn't the first weakness discovered in WPA2, it is by far the most serious with 10+ CVE identifiers . WPA2 has always been vulnerable to dictionary/brute force attacking, but this is assuming the password is very weak. KRACK, on the other hand, does not rely on password guessing. KRACK works against all modern Wi-Fi networks by exploiting a weakness in the WPA handshake mechanism, although some Wi-Fi-supported devices more vulnerable than others . KRACKs work by tricking the victim into reinstalling an already-in-use key during the WPA handshake, and as we know, the same key should never be used more than once. WPA3, however, prides itself on using the dragonfly (SAE - RFC 7664) handshake to address some of the weaknesses in WPA2. But, Vanhoef and his colleagues have already discovered various downgrade and side-channel attacks that exploit weaknesses in the new WPA3 standard. They coin these collection of attacks, "Dragonblood." Listed here are some attacks that affect home WPA3 Wi-Fi networks. . Vanhoef and his colleagues will be presenting their paper on Dragonblood at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy on 18-20 May 2020 in Oakland, San Francisco =================================== * CERT ID #VU871675: Downgrade attack against WPA3-Transtition mode leading to dictionary attacks. * CERT ID #VU871675: Security group downgrade attack against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake. * CVE-2019-9494: Timing-based side-channel attack against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake. * CVE-2019-9494: Cache-based side-channel attack against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake. * CERT ID #VU871675: Resource consumption attack (i.e. denial of service) against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake.
Back in January, I discussed a flaw in network security's perimeter model whereby splitting the entire network into architected, trusted and untrusted zones may not be the best solution to the current threat landscape. Great questions were brought-up before I took a 6-month hiatus from posting anything, which sets the topic for this post . ESTABLISHING TRUST CHAINS In a zero trust model, we establish trust chains, which build automated and scalable systems that operate in a trusted way. For instance, trust delegation in a zero-trust network can be demonstrated in a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), whereby the identity of devices, users, and applications can be verified in a chain of trust. Another example might be auto scaling in a cloud environment in which an established system is explicitly trusted to provision servers and build scaling plans that automate how different resources respond to changes in demand . AUTHENTICATION & PKI BASICS PKI uses the X.509 certificate standard. These certificate use a "public" key and a "private" key. A user's public key can encrypt its data, but the private key can decrypt it, and in vice versa. Likewise, the public key is distributed and the private key is held by the owner of the certificate. However, the private key can be stolen, which would destroy the trust of the PKI. Therefore, credential rotation (e.g., changing and renewing keys) and time-boxing keys is essential to prevent or mitigate key theft . CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES But, certificates by themselves aren't sufficient; They must be trusted. Certificate Authorities (CAs) establish trust as a trusted third party that endorses the validity of a certificate by digitally signing it. By trusting the CA, all certificates issued/signed by this CA are valid because they can be linked back to the known trusted CA, hence a trust chain . TO BE CONTINUED PKI tends to be confusing topic because it uses asymmetric cryptography as opposed to its more easier-understood counterpart, symmetric cryptography. Explaining the PKI cryptographic architecture and it's importance in zero-trust networks deserves its own separate post.
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How Many Arrests Have There Been In 2019?
How many arrests were made last year?
What is the number one crime in America?
What does Code 3 mean in police?
Are police quotas a thing?
What percentage of trials end in guilty?
Which of the following crimes has the highest clearance rate?
What is the crime rate in the US 2019?
How is crime rate calculated?
How many burglaries are there in 2019?
How many crimes are solved in the UK?
What percentage of arrests lead to convictions?
Do police have quotas for arrests?
Do police have quotas?
Which country has the highest conviction rate?
How many arrests were in 2019?
Why does Japan have a 99 conviction rate?
How many arrests were made in the US in 2019?
Nationwide, law enforcement made an estimated 10,310,960 arrests in 2018.
Of these arrests, 521,103 were for violent crimes, and 1,167,296 were for property crimes..
In 2018, the US murder rate was 5.0 per 100,000, for a total of 15,498 murders. In the United States, the number of homicides where the victim and offender relationship was undetermined has been increasing since 1999 but has not reached the levels experienced in the early 1990s.
Emergency/lights and sirenOther Codes Code 3 Emergency/lights and siren. Code 4 No further assistance is needed. Code 5 Stakeout. Code 6 Responding from a long distance. Code 7 Mealtime.
While traffic ticket quotas are not legally mandated, there is enough evidence to suggest they do exist in some law enforcement agencies.
90 percent"About 90 percent of the cases end with a plea bargain, and of those cases going to trial, about 90 percent end in a guilty verdict," he said. The feds are notorious for the length of time they prepare a case. Some take years.
In 2019, murder and manslaughter charges had the highest crime clearance rate in the United States, with 61.4 percent of all cases being cleared by arrest or so-called exceptional means. Motor vehicle theft cases had the lowest crime clearance rate, at 13.8 percent.
The 2019 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 366.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, and the estimated rate of property crime was 2,109.9 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate fell 1.0% when compared with the 2018 rate; the property crime rate declined 4.5%.
The 'ratio to VIC rate' is calculated as the ratio of a PSA crime rate per 100,000 population to the Victorian crime rate per 100,000 population. … For example, a ratio of 1 indicates that the PSA's crime rate is equal to the Victorian rate.
1,117,696 burglariesIn 2019, there were an estimated 1,117,696 burglaries, a decrease of 9.5 percent when compared with 2018 data. The number of burglaries decreased 29.6 percent when compared with 2015 data and was down 48.5 percent when compared with the 2010 estimate. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
The proportion of crimes solved by police in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level recorded, according to Home Office data. In the 12 months to March, 7.8% of offences saw someone charged or summonsed, down from 9.1% a year ago.
In the United States federal court system, the conviction rate rose from approximately 75 percent to approximately 85% between 1972 and 1992. For 2012, the US Department of Justice reported a 93% conviction rate.
Some police departments may set "productivity goals" but deny specific quotas. In many places, such as California, Texas, and Florida, traffic ticket quotas are specifically prohibited by law or illegal.
By police quotas, I mean formal and informal measures that require police officers to issue a particular number of tickets or make a certain number of arrests, often within a specific time frame.
As of June 2020, the United States had the highest prisoner rate, with 655 prisoners per 100,000 of the national population. El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Thailand, and Palau rounded out the top five countries with the highest rate of incarceration.
The FBI estimated law enforcement agencies nationwide made 10.1 million arrests, (excluding those for traffic violations) in 2019. The arrest rate for violent crime was 156.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the arrest rate for property crime was 343.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.
10.3 million arrestsThe FBI estimated law enforcement agencies nationwide made 10.3 million arrests, (excluding those for traffic violations) in 2018. The arrest rate for violent crime was 159.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the arrest rate for property crime was 361.2 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Conviction rates in Japan exceed 99 percent. Because Japanese judges can be penalized by a personnel office if they rule in ways the office dislikes, perhaps they face biased incentives to convict. … Thus, the apparent punishment seems unrelated to any pro-conviction bias at the judicial administrative offices.
There were over 10.08 million arrests for all offenses in the United States in 2019. This figure is a decrease from 1990 levels, when the number of arrests was over 14.1 million.
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Q: Create vue Permission denied I'm trying to install vue app using this command  "npm init vue@latest",
But the following error occurred with me, any help :(
Note : I tried many solutions like : chmod -R 755 .npm and sudo chown -R mostafa .npm but nothing changes

A: In order to install vue on your machine you must first have installed nodejs ( package manager node package manager ) to which the acronym npm refers, I leave you the linux commands under :
install :
sudo apt install nodejs

shows the installed version of nodejs :
node -v

After installing nodejs try relaunching the command to install vue
if you have already installed them try with this :
add write permissions to the study folder , and not to the mostafa folder , linux only assigns permissions to the folder in the chmod command and not subfolders, try these commands :
cd home/mostafa/Dowloads

sudo chmod ugo+w study

A: maybe you could try using the vue-cli like this:
npm install -g @vue/cli && vue create hello-world
If this wouldn't work then I'd suggest to reinstall node/npm
You should probably also make a clean installation of these tools so that you don't need to run such things as administrator

A: You need to have installed Nodejs, vue and create-vue.
sudo apt install nodejs
npm install vue@latest
npm install create-vue@latest

Now you can run the command to start the new project with Vue.
npm init vue@latest

A: Are you not being blocked by SELinux directives?
Try running the same command using your least privileged user (normal user).
And please avoid using the root user for everyday tasks.

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Du Cane, Edmund Frederick
by Peter Conole and Diane Oldman
This article first appearing as 'The Stormy Petrel – Edmund Du Cane of the Royal Engineers', Western Ancestor Vol 13, No 6 (June 2016), pp162-164, has been edited for this Website.
Lieutenant Edmund Frederick Du Cane of the Royal Engineers was one of the most talented of Sir Edmund Henderson's junior officers in Western Australia. Du Cane's finer qualities included high order intelligence, professional skill, personal charm and both artistic and literary talent. Less positive things emerged in the course of Du Cane's long and sometimes strife-torn career.
Edmund Frederick Du Cane [Hasluck]
Edmund Du Cane, a descendant of the Huguenot dissident Jean Du Quesne, was born at Colchester on March 23, 1830, just two years before his father Major Edmund Du Cane died. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in November 1846, graduated at the head of his class and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of Engineers at Chatham on December 19, 1848 followed by service in a company of sappers and miners from December 1850.
The Royal Sappers and Miners played a major role in the 1851 Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. Du Cane excelled as an assistant superintendent of juries in the enterprise. Over 270 RSMs received a medal from Prince Albert and an array of rewards and presents; 38 of these men were soon to leave for the Swan River Colony.
Du Cane and fellow officer Henry Wray accompanied sixty-five 20th Company RSMs leaving Woolwich on the Anna Robertson on September 9, 1851 arriving Fremantle on December 18. In the course of the voyage Edmund developed a talent for painting and drawing. Satirical caricatures became one of his trade marks in the colony. Letters to his mother give us the first inklings of another 'talent': one for writing entertaining and sometimes venomous chit-chat about other folk. For example, Bishop John Brady was very oily and sly, Colonial Secretary Sandford weak and gentlemanly and future police commissioner John Conroy not overstocked with principle I suspect.
Du Cane's first job in Western Australia involved an early 1852 expedition to check out conditions around Champion Bay. Governor Fitzgerald led the party and Du Cane took his artistic gear with him, with happy results for posterity. He was no Leonardo da Vinci but his sketches and water colours were always well done. After that adventure Edmund Henderson assigned him to duty as the engineering officer responsible for the Eastern Districts. Du Cane was based at Guildford and took care of the Avon Valley and Toodyay settlements. He spent four years in the area, creating and designing infrastructure and arranging tasks for the sappers and convict labourers who did the building work on public roads, barracks and bridges – not to mention a comfortable house for himself. He also acted as a visiting magistrate among the various convict stations of the district.
Du Cane House, Guildford [Hasluck]
He was happy at Guildford, as it ensured access to Perth social life, but tended to look down on many of the locals. In short Edmund was class conscious. As his biographer Alexandra Hasluck wrote: at this stage the young man loved himself not a little. Artistic endeavours were not neglected and Du Cane developed a gift for satire. It was just as well his daubs and sketches were not circulated back then: some were grossly insulting.
Du Cane's December 1853 report to Henderson on work on the Eastern Districts listed numerous achievements. By then he was supervising the work of sappers and miners, colonial prisoners, ticket-of-leave men and convicts. In passing it is worth noting that (like many colonists) he used his personal income to dabble in land investments, with mixed results. Edmund won promotion to 1st Lieutenant on February 17, 1854.
Romance entered Du Cane's life some time in 1854, possibly during a social event held at Henderson's house. He met Mary Dorothea Molloy, daughter of Waterloo veteran Lieutenant Colonel John Molloy and Georgiana, nee Kennedy, of the Vasse District. Edmund and Mary were married at St John's Church Fremantle on July 18, 1855. By all accounts it was a perfect match. The couple had a similar sense of humour and shared various intellectual pursuits. Edmund also admired and respected Mary's father, who stimulated the younger man's interest in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Crimean War was in progress and the army ordered officers Du Cane, William Crossman and mainly single RSMs back to England for active service. The group embarked on the Esmeralda on February 25, 1856. It was ironic that this was the very day the peace conference in Paris opened. After a short service of just over four years Du Cane left, never to return. Governor Arthur Kennedy had already sent a fine testimonial about him to the War Office in London, expressing a high opinion of his capacity, steadiness, energy and activity. Lieutenant Du Cane's time in WA showed him to be a young man of promise.
Du Cane's Fortifications at Staddan Point Battery & Bovisand Fort
Fortification Work
Du Cane spent the next seven years of his career designing and costing new defence works for key dockyards and naval bases in England, which resulted in the building of several major forts around Dover and Plymouth. His patron Edmund Henderson, who now held high rank in the prison system, kept an eye on him. During a dispute over current prison controversies, in 1862 Du Cane published a sarcastic article in the journal Bentley's Miscellany criticising Sir Joshua Jebb (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prison Systems) for maintaining a scheme for the propagation of vice. That piece of folly could have wrecked his career, but in the event Jebb died in June 1863.
Prison Reformer
Henderson succeeded Jebb as Chairman and also to the other vital positions of Surveyor General of Prisons and Inspector General of Military Prisons. He recruited Edmund for the Board as a Director and Inspector of Military Prisons at the same time: the young man spent the rest of his career in the civil service. However, he remained on the army strength, received slow but steady promotion from Captain up to Colonel and retired as an honorary Major General on the last day of 1887.
He later wrote this incredibly frank comment on his career: I have never done a day's ordinary duty during the whole of my (military) service having always been on some special employment. Edmund boasted that was probably a record and admitted asking for retirement so he could call himself a general. The conditions for conferring some honorary ranks were altered just one day later. Edmund drew no army pay while otherwise employed, just a civil service salary. He also asked for and often got special gratuities for work he did which exceeded expectations, improved administration and resulted in financial savings. McConville suggests his claims for gratuities were sheer avarice!
In 1869 Henderson was appointed Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police and the relatively junior Edmund Du Cane moved into all three of Henderson's former vital positions in the English prison system. He threw himself into a vigorous programme of reform, based on the humanitarian ideal that efforts to change criminals by offering them training and craft skills were better options than long-term incarceration. He also backed the Government of the day's decision to end endemic bad management in county and local borough prisons. The Prison Act of 1877 brought the prisons under central control. Du Cane was enabled to eliminate much of the waste and neglect and gradually reduced the rate of incarceration. Rewards came Edmund's way. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 1873 and then knighted four years later.
Artisans' Workshop Wormwood Scrubs – rehabilitation not punishment – a Du Cane innovation
A Legacy of Innovation
There is no doubt of his sincerity and good intentions and he went into print on numerous occasions, most notably in his 1886 book The Punishment and Prevention of Crime. Edmund also took an interest in criminology and was responsible for compilation of the 'Black Book', a huge annotated register of 12,000 habitual criminals. To balance that he worked hard to improve the lot of juvenile offenders (no locking them up in ordinary prisons!) and supported the use of scientific methods of crime detection, including finger printing. All told we can identify forty or more of his publications, including at least five books and many articles on a variety of topics, such as military history and antiquarian studies.
During the course of a prolonged official investigation into the prison system – which Du Cane largely evaded by taking 'tactical sick leave' and the like – he decided to retire as of March 23, 1895. Sir Edmund was not in disgrace and spent the last years of his very productive life studying, writing and indulging his love of art by way of painting excursions around Europe. Biographer Alexandra Hasluck pointed out that West Australian experiences conditioned his later career and led him to realise harsh confinement was no way to transform the lives of felons. Edmund Du Cane came to believe that punishment was less important than efforts at crime prevention and redemption.
All Saints Parish Church, Great Braxted
Edmund and Mary raised three sons and five daughters in their Surrey family home, all of them lively and intelligent; Mary Dorothea died in 1881. Du Cane married Florence Grimston, an army widow, two years later. He died of appendicitis at his London residence on June 7, 1903 and was buried in Great Braxted churchyard not far from the family estate.
Du Cane, E F Statement of Service, WO25/3913/221, National Archives, Kew.
Unpublished notes on the Du Cane family of Essex (British Library 1876).
Vetch, R H, Dictionary of National Biography (1912 supplementary edition).
Connolly, T W J, History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Vol II (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, London, 1857).
Hasluck, Alexandra, Royal Engineer:a life of Sir Edmund DuCane (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1973).
McConville, S, English Local Prisons 1860-1900 (Routledge, London and New York, 1995).
Du Cane, Captain E F, 'The Convict System in the Colonies', Bentley's Miscellany, May 1862, p.527.
Porter, W, The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol.2 (Longman, Green and Co, London 1889).
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BOCAUE--In an unpleasant sight on Monday night, players from both Gilas Pilipinas and Australia engaged in a bench-clearing brawl during their FIBA World Cup Qualifiers match at the Philippine Arena.
"It's an unfortunate incident. We don't want these things to happen. It's a little bit of an embarrassment," reacted SBP vice chairman Robbie Puno on the now infamous melee.
However, the former congressman claimed, "There was an attempt to disrespect us," recalling all the drama that took place before the brawl, from the removal of the decals during Sunday's shootaround to Daniel Kickert shoving Matt Wright during the warm-ups to Chris Goulding doing some trash talking to Gilas' free throw takers.
Despite the ugly events, Puno said, "I think we stood our ground. I'm proud of the Gilas Pilipinas boys for standing our ground and fighting for the Filipino people."
He added, "We can only hope to get some good out of it and say that we showed ourselves as a united team, a team that fights together and doesn't back down to anyone. So let that be a lesson to everybody."


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Der Topf-Teuerling oder Bleigraue Teuerling (Cyathus olla) ist ein Pilz aus der Gattung der Teuerlinge.

Aussehen

Die Fruchtkörper sind 0,7–1,2 cm hoch, verkehrt eiförmig bis zylindrisch, im unreifen Zustand mit einem grauen Epiphragma verschlossen, die Außenwand ist fein behaart. Die Peridie zeigt zuletzt am Ende der Reife meist nach außen und ist innen glatt und (blei)-grau bis braun. Die ellipsoidischen bis eiförmigen, 11–12 × 7–8 µm großen Sporen befinden sich in grauen, linsenförmigen, 2–3 mm breiten Peridolen.

Ökologie

Der Topf-Teuerling kommt als Saprobiont meist außerhalb des Waldes in Feldern, Gärten und Trockenrasen auf Holzstückchen oder Resten von Gräsern und Kräutern vor, häufig scheinbar auf der Erde wachsend. Besonders gern wächst er auf Rindenmulch. Der Topf-Teuerling ist annähernd weltweit verbreitet, in Europa kommt er vom Mittelmeergebiet bis Irland, Schottland und Mittelskandinavien vor.

Bedeutung

Die Art kommt als Speisepilz nicht in Frage und hat keine wirtschaftliche Bedeutung.

Literatur
 German Josef Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Andreas Gminder, Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württembergs. Band 2: Ständerpilze: Leisten-, Keulen-, Korallen- und Stoppelpilze, Bauchpilze, Röhrlings- und Täublingsartige. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0.

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Learning about residential schools in elementary grades 'non-negotiable,' education minister says | CBC News Loaded
Learning about residential schools in elementary grades 'non-negotiable,' education minister says
Despite the recommendations of hand-picked government advisers, Alberta elementary school students will learn about residential schools in a new curriculum, the education minister says.
Alberta government under fire for curriculum recommendations from advisers
Janet French · CBC News · Posted: Oct 22, 2020 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 22, 2020
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange tells reporters at the legislature the new provincial elementary school curriculum will include residential schools. Documents obtained by CBC show the government received advice to remove those lessons from the early grades. (Olivier Periard/CBC)
"We are absolutely committed to facing reconciliation and to ensuring that the truth about residential schools, about that content, is in our K-6 curriculum. That is non-negotiable," Adriana LaGrange told reporters at the legislature on Wednesday.
However, she wouldn't say at what grade level she thinks those lessons should start.
Leaked documents obtained by CBC show that advisers recruited to revise drafts of the incoming K-4 social studies curriculum crossed out any references to harm done to Indigenous people by European settlers.
Education experts slam leaked Alberta curriculum proposals
In the documents, an unidentified adviser writes that negative effects of the arrival of Europeans in Canada is "too sad and upsetting" for fourth graders. The documents suggest students begin learning about them in Grade 9 or high school.
The adviser, or advisers, also say lessons should cover residential schools in the broader context of "harsh schooling."
"The ugliness of Dickensian schooling, boarding schools, 19th-century discipline methods and residential schooling that applied to some Indigenous kids can probably best be saved for later when learners are more mature and less emotionally vulnerable to traumatic material," the documents said.
The documents also said the problems of residential schools applied to "a minority of children."
The recommendations are counter to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action, which compelled all schools to teach children in all grades about residential schools, treaties and the contributions of Indigenous people.
"It deliberately misrepresents what teaching about residential schools was all about. It wasn't just about harsh schooling," Sen. Murray Sinclair, the former chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, told CBC's Edmonton AM.
"It was about the fact that there was a sense of racism about the whole way the policy about Indigenous people was being handled at the time."
Curriculum experts familiar with the province's process say the suggestions are a huge departure from where work was heading before the United Conservative Party was elected in 2019.
This summer, the Alberta government hired 17 advisers to review existing drafts of a new curriculum and provide suggestions. The social studies adviser is Chris (C.P.) Champion, a history writer and former staffer to Premier Jason Kenney when he was a Conservative Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. He is currently a visiting fellow at Queen's University.
LaGrange's press secretary has previously said Champion was one of several people who authored the leaked social studies documents.
LaGrange would not say which of the recommendations she plans to include in the new curriculum.
"Advice is advice," she said. "No final decisions have been made."
Other suggestions a 'major loss' for francophones: scholar
The Opposition NDP called for the government to fire its advisers.
NDP Indigenous relations critic Richard Feehan says the UCP government should fire its curriculum consultants that are making recommendations he says are racist. (Olivier Periard/CBC)
Indigenous relations critic Richard Feehan said the government knew what kind of advice it would get when it selected its consultants.
"You always bring people to you who you think will give advice you think you will take," Feehan said. "In this case, they seem to have brought people to them who seem to have this racist attitude toward Indigenous people."
Also missing from the suggested curriculum are any references to the history of francophones in Alberta, said Raphaël Gani, a PhD candidate who is studying francophone perspectives in the province's social studies curriculum.
"For francophones, it's a major loss," Gani said.
The current social studies curriculum was written alongside francophone and Indigenous contributors, he said. None of that collaboration is evident in the draft of recommendations, he said.
"The dream is now over," he said. "To work as equal partners is not the way this program has been made."
The Alberta Teachers' Association issued a statement saying the organization has lost faith in the government's curriculum redesign process. The United Conservative Party government previously tore up an agreement that made the association a partner in writing curriculum.
The recommendations are "regressive and inappropriate" and highlight the risk of cutting teachers out of the process, the statement said.
LaGrange said working groups of subject-area experts, which include teachers, will have a chance to review curriculum proposals later this fall.
She said she will release the elementary school curriculum to the public in early 2021.
Janet French
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Janet French covers the Alberta Legislature for CBC Edmonton. She previously spent 15 years working at newspapers, including the Edmonton Journal and Saskatoon StarPhoenix. You can reach her at janet.french@cbc.ca.