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Statin Use Associated With Increased Survival in Severe COVID-19
People who took statins to lower cholesterol were approximately 50% less likely to die if hospitalized for COVID-19, a study by physicians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian has found.
"Our study is one of the larger studies confirming this hypothesis and the data lay the groundwork for future randomized clinical trials that are needed to confirm the benefit of statins in COVID-19," says Aakriti Gupta, MD, a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and one of the co-lead authors of the study.
"If their beneficial effect bears out in randomized clinical trials, statins could potentially prove to be a low-cost and effective therapeutic strategy for COVID-19," adds co-lead author Mahesh V. Madhavan, MD, also a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Why look at statins?
Gupta, Madhavan, and the study's leadership group are cardiologists who cared for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the spring and summer of 2020 when the first wave of the pandemic swept through New York City.
"We observed that patients who got very sick and required hospitalization had high rates of hyperinflammation and clotting," says Elaine Wan, MD, the Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology and a cardiac electrophysiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the study's senior authors.
"As cardiologists, statins naturally came to mind," Gupta says. "In addition to their well-known cholesterol-lowering effect, statins are known for their anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and immunomodulatory properties."
Study analyzed data from electronic health records
Based on their observations, the authors looked at outcomes for 2,626 patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to a quaternary academic medical center in Manhattan during the first 18 weeks of the pandemic.
The researchers compared 648 patients who regularly used statins before developing COVID-19 to 648 patients who did not use statins. Patients in each group were matched so that there were no significant differences in demographics, comorbidities, or use of other medications at home.
50% fewer deaths among statin users
Among the statin users, 96 (14.8%) died in the hospital within 30 days of admission compared with 172 (26.5%) of patients who did not use statins.
When other differences among the patients were factored in, the researchers found that statin use was significantly associated with a 50% reduction in in-hospital mortality (within 30 days). Patients on statins also tended to have lower levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation.
Statin use was not associated with a statistically significant decrease in the use of invasive mechanical ventilation (18.6% in statin users vs. 21.9%), days on a ventilator (13.5 vs 12.8), or length of hospital stay (7 vs 7).
Comparison with other studies
Other studies and meta-analyses from China have also suggested a survival benefit from statins among COVID-19 patients. However, these results may not apply to patients in Western countries who generally have more cardiovascular disease.
The current study is one of the larger studies confirming the association. Smaller retrospective studies out of North America and Europe have found similar results.
Randomized clinical trials needed
Although the study compared closely matched participants and adjusted for other variables, as a retrospective analysis, unknown factors could explain the results.
"Only randomized controlled clinical trials can evaluate the benefits of statins in COVID-19 patients," says senior author Sahil A. Parikh, MD, associate professor of medicine and a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Several randomized trials are underway, including studies to determine if statins can prevent hospitalization in outpatients, and lower the risk of death when given to hospitalized patients.
One of the study's authors, Behnood Bikdeli, MD, a former cardiology fellow at Columbia now a fellow in vascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is leading a randomized clinical trial looking at the impact of statins in hospitalized ICU patients in Iran.
The study, titled "Association between antecedent statin use and decreased mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19," was published Feb. 26 in Nature Communications.
All other authors are affiliated with Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian unless otherwise noted: Timothy J. Poterucha, Ersilia M. DeFilippis, Jessica A. Hennessey, Bjorn Redfors (Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden), Christina Eckhardt, Behnood Bikdeli (Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Brigham and Women's), Jonathan Platt, Ani Nalbandian, Pierre Elias, Matthew J. Cummings, Shayan N. Nouri, Matthew Lawlor, Laruen S. Ranard, Jianhua Li, Claudia Boyle, Raymond Givens, Daniel Brodie, Harlan M. Krumholz (Yale), Gregg W. Stone (Icahn School of Medicine), Sanjum S. Sethi, Daniel Burkhoff, Nir Uriel, Allan Schwartz, Martin B. Leon, and Ajay J. Kirtane.
Competing interests of the authors can be found in the paper.


Analysis: From commercial to enterprise hubs, from smaller to bigger players, open source is gearing up to be the future of the data centre.
The use of open source to design, build and deploy software and even hardware infrastructure in the data centre seems to be an accelerating trend amongst companies in the hosting space.
Open source software revenues worldwide are expected to go beyond the $50bn barrier this year for the first time, according to Statista. By 2020, that value will rise to $57.3bn.
From companies like Facebook to Microsoft and colo Equinix, all the technology giants are somehow involved in the development of open computing products for the data centre. This is aimed at increasing interoperability, making services delivery smoother and more efficient.
The industry has seen in recent years the appearance of initiatives such as the Open Data Centre Alliance, OpenStack, Open Compute Project, openDCIM Foundation, just to name a few, that are driving the adoption of open source technologies.
The main advantage of open source is the fact that access is free. However, this gets counterbalanced by the fact that as its development is made, for example, by company/developer A, that does not necessarily mean it will entirely benefit end-user B as it will not be fully bespoke.
Nevertheless, open source has the advantage that it keeps evolving at a faster pace than many proprietary software products. In the end, open source is vendor agnostic.
Philip Dawson, VP research at Gartner told CBR that customers can choose to use open source and if they are working with alliances then that is the way for standardisation to become the de facto standard in the industry.
He said: "Clients want freedom of choice. What is a killer point here is when a client realises they need to put something into production; does the client do that with open source?
"Very few organisations will do this on distribution, support and stack distribution. A lot of this choice will include external providers, who need correlation to standardise how these things work together."
According to Lew Tucker, CTO of cloud computing at Cisco, new technologies are driving a virtuous cycle of innovation around the IoT, big data, cloud and software defined networks (SDN), which is transforming the data centre itself with open source.
Speaking of OpenStack, an open source software for creating private and public clouds launched in 2010 by Rackspace and NASA, he said: "There are many companies involved in OpenStack because we have an interest in making sure that the way this platform is designed in such a way that we can all use it and can be expanded for different use cases.
"Services is the way to think about OpenStack. Open source really allows everyone to deploy their own cloud."
In 2011, in collaboration with Intel, Rackspace, Goldman Sachs and Andy Bechtolsheim, Facebook took the lead on open source data centres and launched the Open Compute Project, an initiative to share the custom-engineered hardware technology in its data centre in Prineville, Oregon, US.
The project seeks to transform the energy efficiency of global data centres and has attracted companies such as Google, Microsoft, Equinix, IBM, Apple, HPE, Cisco, Panasonic and Schneider Electric that are now official members of the group.
Kevin Brown, VP global data centre strategy and technology at Schneider Electric, told CBR: "The Open Compute Project is an important forum for information sharing with our customers and manufacturers. This has led to new and unique approaches to simplifying the data centre, improving efficiency, and ultimately reducing cost.
"By arming data centre managers with an end-to-end Open Compute data centre architecture, including the physical and IT infrastructure, we can help them better visualise their final design."
Yet, the most recent example of open source expansion in the data centre space has been software start-up Mesosphere's launch of the world's first 100% open source data centre OS, together with 60 other technology companies, including Microsoft, HPE, Cisco and Equinix.
The DC/OS is a comprehensive platform for building, running and scaling modern enterprise applications.
Matt Trifiro, SVP at Mesosphere, told CBR: "DC/OS is the first true data centre operating system and it represents a new, modern model for building a deploying applications and services.
"Never before has it been so easy and so open to deploy large-scale distributed systems like Kafka and Cassandra (one click install). And never before has it been so easy for developers to build highly-scalable, robust applications build around containers and micro services.
"It is designed for large enterprises running DC/OS in production and adds enterprise-grade features like enhanced security, compliance and monitoring. Enterprise DC/OS is Generally Available and is at v1.7."
Another industry attempt at open source includes the openDCIM Foundation, a US based organisation that has released a free, web based data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) application named openDCIM.
The foundation says that its goal number one is to eliminate the use of spreadsheets in the data centre once and for all by provide complete physical inventory, for example, asset tracking. of the data centre.
The software has been all built on a MySQL database for report building, or export to other applications.
With the number of applications, specially created by the IoT, on the rise, data centres are being faced with new amounts of pressure and open source, which at the same time helps the industry come together through common grounds of development, might well be the answer to cope with all the billions of connected devices and services, from cars to computers, to banking apps and more.


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Beautiful shots – what a great place to ride… but jeez it looks steep.
Thanks Bill … fortunately the roads are really well graded so the bike climbs aren't too steep. And the tarmac is nice and smooth.
Another great travelog. We will certainly be trying the ascents & descents west of Lluc on our next visit. Thanks so much for the memories.
Thank you … I think we'll explore the south west corner more next time too. It looks really great.


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Despite the fact Soi 15 is in the very heart of the night life in Pattaya there is only one hotel on Soi 15 itself, the Green View hotel.
There are however many hotels and guesthouses in the vicinity and certainly within reasonable walking distance.
The hotels within easy reach cover all the star classes from Guesthouses to 5 star hotels. However the majority in the immediate vicinity i.e. Soi 14, Walking Street and 2nd road tend to be at the lower end of the scale.
The following hotels and guesthouses are the most popular close by. However you generally need to book these places well in advance as they fill quickly even in low season.
You can check room rates and availability by clicking each link.
Green View Hotel – the only hotel on Soi 15 itself.
Walking Street Guesthouse – as the name implies a guesthouse located directly on Walking Street itself.
W14 Hotel – new hotel located just around the corner on Soi 14 about 40 metres from the Take it Easy 2 bar.
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Suspect injured during shooting involving Littleton Police
Groundhog Day 2023: How many times has Punxsutawney Phil seen his shadow?
Colorado thaws out with more seasonal temperatures
Denver teachers union, district to have closed-door meetings with governor this afternoon
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment told the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Public Schools that it does not believe an agreement between the two parties can be reached at the rate things are going.
Author: Allison Sylte, Nicole Vap
Updated: 1:22 PM MST February 5, 2019
DENVER — Denver Public Schools and the teachers union will meet privately with Gov. Jared Polis in separate meetings this afternoon after the executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment sent a letter to both parties asking them to do so, 9Wants to Know has learned.
The meeting comes ahead of Polis's (D-Colorado) decision on whether or not to intervene in negotiations that have reached a philosophical impasse.
9NEWS is expecting to learn more about the meeting and will update this story when that information becomes available.
Should an agreement not be reached, Denver Public Schools could see its first teachers strike in 25 years.
"It is important for the CDLE to reiterate here what the governor has shared with each party privately, which is that the grievances of the last decade between the union and the district cannot be wholly resolved through these contract negotiations," the letter from CDLE Executive Director Joe Barela reads. "… moving negotiations forward seems highly unlikely, until both parties can get to a common starting point …"
The Denver Classroom Teachers Association first filed an intent to strike on January 8. Two weeks later, the district made a new offer, but the union claimed it was $8 million short and allowed its contract to expire with no agreement.
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Teachers overwhelmingly voted to strike on January 22, and the day after that, the district asked the state to intervene. Polis ultimately has until February 11 to decide whether to acquiesce that request.
The main points of contention between teachers and the district are a new pay structure and higher salaries. The district's latest offer has $20 million in new money for teachers pay, which it said would increase the average base salary by 10 percent.
Barela chided both the teachers union and district in his letter, saying "we do not believe a successful contract can be reached with the current lack of meaningful dialogue and negotiations."
"Last Thursday's negotiation turned into political theater at its worst," he wrote.
He said the state would be more likely to intervene if officials determined it was in a better place to resolve the dispute.
Barela also sent the union and district an analysis performed by the State of Colorado's Office of State Planning and Budgeting that he said outlines ways an agreement can be reached.
The district issued a short response to Barela's letter, saying they want to keep working on a compromise:
"We appreciate the state's work. We believe that it would be better for everyone to get to an agreement before a strike. The letter lays out areas where joint work needs to be done to get to an agreement; we would like to engage in productive negotiations to discuss these."
The union, however, expressed its displeasure with the state's characterization of the matter.
"[The] state's assertion that it was 'in a better place' to find a resolution is misguided," DCTA's response said. ""Denver teachers do not want the state to intervene in a strike because state officials cannot appreciate the full measure of concerns we have with the way DPS pays its teachers and [special service providers.]"
They agreed with a labor department analysis of cost projections and salaries that Barela provided, but the DCTA wrote every day that the state delays a decision on intervention is a day that "teachers are denied their right to strike."
"That is the only remaining tool at our disposal to fix the entire pay system that is hurting Denver students and driving down our competitiveness to attract and retain quality teachers," DCTA President Henry Roman wrote.
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Halloween weekend (31 Oct – 4 Nov): new scares added and TRICK OR TREAT cards handed out before going in….
The ultimate terror experience is back.
Get ready to step into the middle of the action and run for your life once more – by exceptional public demand, the heart-stopping, hair-raising Alien War is back, commemorating 20 years since it first opened at the venue in 1992.
Inspired by Alien set designer HR Giger, this completely redesigned show introduces new scares, twists and turns at every step, taking groups of brave explorers on a terrifying journey through the Arches' dark, dank and claustrophobic underground caverns, where some unusual artefacts and strange hieroglyphics have been unearthed.
Making its world premiere at the venue twenty years ago, when 100,000 terrified people scrambled for their lives, Alien Was the forerunner to the multitude of scare attractions now in existence. After running in London, launched by Sigourney Weaver, it returned to Glasgow in December 2008 as Alien Wars, taking in thousands of fans of the original as well as fresh new victims. Now's your chance to experience a new level of terror.
Just remember… in the Arches basement, no-one can hear you scream.
N.B. If booking in advance please be punctual or your slot may be delayed.
– Alien War tours run every 15 minutes from the Arches Box Office at 253 Argyle Street in groups of up to ten people.
– Alien War is a high energy promenade production: the audience will be standing, walking or running for the entire experience.
– Each show lasts approximately 15-20 minutes.
– Not suitable for pregnant women, people with a heart or respiratory condition, an extreme fear of the dark or confined spaces.
– Patrons enter at their own risk and there is no re-entry or re-admittance. Once admitted there are no refunds. Latecomers will not be permitted.
– Customers will not be admitted if they are intoxicated.
– This event will contain strobe lighting, theatrical smoke, low lighting levels and high sound levels.
– Each group will experience the show separately; it is not possible to meet up once inside the event.
– Some ground surfaces are uneven. We therefore suggest wearing flat soled shoes or trainers – strictly no heels or open-toed footwear will be allowed. Anyone wearing unsuitable footwear will be refused entry.
– There is a cloakroom provided in which we advise customers to leave jackets and bags.
– Any abusive or aggressive behaviour towards staff, performers or other customers will result in ejection from the performance and the premises.


Tait Communications is close to completing an audit of its systems, products and tools and has taken most of the necessary action to remove potential cyber threat from the Shellshock ("Bash" bug) that was identified yesterday.
Tait has completed work to apply patches to our internal servers.
The security of our client and partner information and systems is of paramount importance to Tait and we have rigorous security processes in place to ensure that we are able to respond quickly to cyber threats.
Our Security Incident Response team will continue to work on this issue until all threats are eliminated.


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Big Role Uhuru is Set to Take in Raila's Campaigns; Showdown Looms as Coalitions Bill Tabled in Senate & Kalonzo's Decision After Reports of Reuniting With Raila
Others Trending Stories
On Tuesday, Kenyans were a frustrated lot after the country was plunged into darkness following a countrywide power outage that lasted for hours affecting all sectors of the economy.
The latest mishap from KPLC has reignited the debate on whether the troubled company should be the sole electricity distributor given that it is the third time in four years that Kenyans have endured a countrywide power blackout.
In 2016, a single monkey caused a nationwide blackout after falling on a transformer at the Gitaru hydroelectric power station resulting in the loss of 180 megawatts of power and triggering a power outage across Kenya.
A similar outage was reported in May 2020 following a fault on a high-voltage line transmitting electricity to Nairobi from the Olkaria geothermal power plants which resulted in overloading the other power generators countrywide.
Currently, KPLC only compensates for injuries and damaged kits but does not pay for financial loss as a result of being cut off the electricity supply.
Do you think KPLC should be compelled to compensate consumers for financial losses and death due to power outages?
And more crucially, should KPLC's monopoly in the distribution of electricity be brought to an end?
Meanwhile, here are the stories making headlines today:
Big Role Uhuru is Set to Take in Raila's Campaigns
With less than 8 months remaining before the next general election, several candidates have already expressed their interest in taking over from President Kenyatta when his term comes to an end.
ODM leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto have so far been identified as the leading candidates in the race which also includes Anc leader Musalia Mudavadi and Kalonzo Musyoka of the Wiper party.
Kalonzo's Decision After Reports of Reuniting With Raila
It has now emerged the decision Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka could have finally made his decision with regards to the approaching August general elections.
The leader is among those who have suggested that they will be going for the presidency, even as pundits like Herman Manyora say it will not happen.
Manyora has been saying that Musyoka, just like his fellow OKA chiefs, is in a holding yard-like alliance and will finally be headed towards supporting ODM leader Raila Odinga's fifth presidential bid.
Showdown Looms as Coalitions Bill Tabled in Senate
The stage has been set for a showdown following the formal introduction of the contentious coalition political parties bill in the Senate.
The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was tabled in the House during the special sitting on Tuesday, paving way for public participation, debate and vote.
Tags: #2022Generalelections, Coalition Bill, Deputy President Ruto, KPLC
Leaders Scoff at Ruto's Late Apology Over 'Madoadoa'; Mbadi Reveals Uhuru's Role in Forming Coalition to Kick Out Ruto & Murkomen Blames NCIC of Favoring ODM on Hate Speech
Uhuru Replaces Natembeya as More Commissioners are Transferred; Ruto Allies Locked Out of Uhuru's Meeting With Handshake MPs & Rift Valley Rebel MPs Tell Off Ruto Allies


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Steve Trussell
Executive Director, Arizona Rock Products Association
and Arizona Mining Association, Mining Advocate and Lobbyist
Steve Trussell received a B.A. and Master's Degree from Arizona State University and a Post Baccalaureate Degree from Ottawa University. He began his career in mining as a consultant for the Arizona Mining Association (AMA) as an advocate of the copper mining industry and later with the Arizona Foundation for Resource Education.
Trussell joined Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) in 2002 as Community Relations Director and became the Executive Director in 2007. He is responsible for the promotion and preservation of the sustainability of the rock & construction materials industry through active involvement with Arizona public officials on the policy, regulatory and community relations challenges facing the rock products industry.
In 2017, Trussell added to his responsibilities by becoming the Executive Director of the Arizona Mining Association where he showcases his advocacy for the mining industry and utilizes his skills in community relations, government affairs, regulatory processes and general legislative processes at the federal, state and local level.
He serves on several boards and committees including the Technical Advisory Board for the Center of Environmentally Sustainable Mining, the Governor's Regulatory Review Council, Executive Committee for the University of Arizona's Mining School and the Board of Directors for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Trussell has been nominated for two national instructor of the year awards, was inducted in the Minor League Football Hall of Fame, received the Adjutant General's Medal from the Arizona National Guard, has been recognized as Policy Leader of the Year at the Arizona State Capitol and was honored by the National Sand, Stone and Gravel Association as the State Association Executive of the Year. In addition, he has served numerous charitable organizations.
His greatest accomplishment is being married to and having the opportunity to support his amazing wife, Ashley.
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Senior Civil Engineer, WSP
2022 – MEDAL OF MERIT UNDER 40 RECIPIENT
Omar Smith holds a B.S Degree in Civil Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona. During his early years in school, Smith was convinced that structural engineering would be his career path. Through his internships during his junior and senior years, his focus switched to water resources engineering.
Upon graduating, Smith joined Castro Engineering in Tucson as a staff engineer supporting its Flood Control Section. He then moved to Knight Piésold's Tucson Office as a staff engineer, where he expanded his H&H engineering design skills and gained experience in three-dimensional CAD design, slope stability analysis, field engineering, construction quality assurance (CQA), and technical writing.
In 2012, Smith joined URS, later becoming AECOM via acquisition, as a Project Civil Engineer in their GeoCivil Department and was eventually promoted to GeoCivil Team Leader. He supported the mining, power, and flood control industries in South America and the Southwest U.S.
In 2019, Smith joined Wood as a Senior Civil Engineer in Phoenix supporting the Geotechnical Service Line. He manages the Phoenix Civil Design Team responsible for the design of mining related facilities. In September of 2022, WSP acquired Wood.
Smith is an active member of SME and its Tucson Section. He is presently on the SME Environmental Division Executive Committee, is the Environmental Division's Program Chair for the 2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo and is serving a 3-year commitment on the SME Structure and Governance Standing Committee. He has been involved with the SME Tucson Section for over 11 years, serving as Webmaster, Vice Chair, and as Chairman of the Section for 3 years, providing critical leadership during COVID. He presently serves as the Immediate Past Chair and Scholarship Chair.
Born in Yuma, Arizona, he lived his first years in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. When he was 6 years old, his family moved to San Luis, Arizona. Smith attributes his success to his humble upbringing, the guidance of his mother, and the constant support he has received from his family, friends, coworkers, and mentors. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his family, work on vintage Volkswagens, go camping, and visit a beach in Mexico on special occasions.


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Canada Recognize Crippling Effects of MCS by Helke Ferrie
Diana Fairchild's - Ask Flyana
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Besides losing our health, many victims of MCS have lost their jobs, their homes, their families, and their friends. Too many end up homeless and living out of their vehicles in some remote area. Some victims have been tragically murdered while other victims have tragically taken their own life. Many like our beloved Cindy Duehring have lost their life to complications from the illness after severe pesticide poisoning.
James McConaghie is an honors research student in environmental studies at Oberlin. He suffers from "multiple chemical sensitivity" disorder—James gets sick if exposed to certain synthetic compounds found typically in new carpets, paints, and adhesives. For health reasons, his classes in several buildings must be videotaped; he watches them elsewhere to avoid breaking out in hives. Click here to read full story.
The Tomato Effect - Film "In making this documentary, I've come to realize that recognition of this diagnosis would have greater consequences to the chemical industry than acknowledging that smoking causes cancer did to the tobacco industry."
No Safe Haven - People With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Are Becoming the New Homeless Though it's only recently begun to make headlines, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is not new: People have been reporting the symptoms of it on an increasing arc for the last 50 years, as our society has become more and more synthetic. Between 1940 and 1980, the production of synthetic organic chemicals increased from less than 10 billion pounds per year to more than 350 billion. In some ways, MCS is an allergy to modern life--a physical reaction to the common chemicals, ranging from detergents, pesticides, solvents and perfumes to foods and pharmaceuticals, that permeate our everyday existence. Less than one percent of the 1,000 new chemicals added each year have been tested for toxicity.
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The MCS community was one of the first groups to recognize and respond to The Toxic Aftermath of September 11th.
More Info on MCS
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - The Grisanti Report We have reached the age of modern living through chemistry or, as the TV ads said in the late 1940's and early 1950's (with their lab coats and test tubes), "Better living through Chemistry." What has happened in modern industrial society, however, is the misuse, overuse, and inappropriate disposal of chemicals.
Savvy Patients.com - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity The cornerstone of treatment for chemical sensitivity is avoidance. This will decrease total body burden, allowing recovery of the detoxification systems.
Skewed: Psychiatric hegemony and the manufacture of mental illness in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A detailed investigation into the psychiatric diagnosis of a range of illnesses which some have suggested are actually caused by chemicals. The book traces the chemical companies' arguments against their products causing illnesses, and it tracks the growth of the theory promoted by them that individuals who report symptoms of chemically-induced ill health have personality disorders.
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Video: "Slim Ryder" busted for killing hip-hop bodyguard Kurt Levias at Bluebird Theater
Michael Roberts March 17, 2014 8:50AM
It's one of the most shocking crimes in the Denver music community over the past decade — the slaying of 21-year-old Kurt Levias during a melee outside a Bluebird Theater hip-hop show in 2004.
Now, finally, an arrest has been made in the case: George Allen IV, who reportedly went under the nom de plume "Slim Ryder" — and who's been suspected of having committed the crime for years — has been busted and is being extradited to Colorado.
Photos, video and details below.
The facts of the case as presented by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are simple: On August 4, 2004, police responded to a report of a fight outside the Bluebird. Upon their arrival, they discovered a man later identified as Levias had been shot — and he died of his injuries a short time later. Later investigation revealed that Levias had been involved in an argument with a man that had spilled outside the venue — but that individual remained at large.
Of course, there's much more to the story, which was told on a 2010 episode of America's Most Wanted that provided some important tips, according to the Denver District Attorney's Office. (Unfortunately, the segment is no longer online.) But that program was likely inspired by a 2009 Denver Post piece that dug into the events of that fatal evening.
The show in question was part of the "Starterz in tha Game Tour," and among the featured artists was Twyla Rivers, who performed under the name Lady MEnace. She also happened to be cousins with Levias, who acted as her bodyguard.
One was needed. The paper reports that while Rivers was onstage, several women began taunting her sixteen-year-old cousin, Paris Landrum. Two older sisters quickly came to Landrum's defense, prompting a fistfight involving bodyguards from different groups on the bill. At that point, Levias, who'd been on the stage keeping an eye out for Rivers, jumped into the fray, too.
The battle continued outside the theater, with one observer suggesting that it lasted 45 minutes. But even after it ended, the aggression continued, with a man later identified as "Slim Ryder," striking one of Landrum's sisters. In response, Levias reportedly hit Ryder.
A moment later, Levias was on the ground — at which point Ryder shot him six times from point-blank range.
An indication of the esteem in which Levias was held: More than 1,000 people attended his funeral. However, Ryder remained at large...until this month.
By then, the Denver DA's office notes that clues had started to accumulate, with the San Diego office of Homeland Security Investigations developing new information last year. DNA evidence, likely provided by Ryder's shirt, which he's said to have ditched at the scene, ultimately led authorities to conclude that the alleged perpetrator was actually Allen.
A charge was issued in Allen's name earlier this month, but he remained at large until being taken into custody in Las Vegas this past week. He's expected to be extradited to the Denver area to face the charges against him soon.
In the meantime, the Post quotes Levias's mom as saying Allen has confessed to the crime.
Here's a tribute video to Levias posted in 2012.
Send your story tips to the author, Michael Roberts.
More from our Colorado Crimes archive circa July 2013: "Francisco Carbajal busted in cold-case strangulation of Julia Abarca."


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Leaders in Supply Chain and Logistics
#122: Ivanka Janssen, Chief Supply Chain Officer of Philips
Ivanka Jensen is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Philips. Ivanka is one of the most prominent supply chain executives in our network. She has had a long career across different facets of the supply chain in several companies across the fast-moving consumer goods industries and for the last three years, she has been leading the supply chain function for Philips. Discover more details here. Some of the highlights of the episode: How Ivanka started her career in supply chain by working 4 shifts and how her father told her decades ago the future is in SCMPhilips's shift to using AI and ML in planning and forecasting processes – and lessons learnedFive-pillar program of boosting S&OP processes – I learn, I adopt, I play, I ensure, and I enrichEfforts and initiatives that organizations can do to a more diverse work environmentFollow us on: Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wba8v7 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2WeulzX Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2w9YSQX Facebook: http://bit.ly/2HtryLd
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Mike Corbo became Chief Supply Chain Officer in 2011, the culmination of a lifelong Colgate career building our best-in-class capabilities across the globe. Previously he served from 2005 to 2011 as Vice President, Global Oral Care Supply Chain. Mike joined Colgate after graduating from...
#121: Transportation and Last-mile Space Investments by SoftBank
In this episode, we had Anna Lo and Jon Hong from SoftBank Vision Fund as our guests. Both of them have overseen investments in the logistics and transportation space from SoftBank. Discover more details here. Some of the highlights of the episode: What does Softbank look for in companies (and...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Secures Mexican President's Support in Saving Endangered Vaquita Porpoise
By Sofia Lotto Persio On 6/8/17 at 6:51 AM EDT
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) shakes hands with actor Leonardo DiCaprio as tycoon Carlos Slim (R) looks on during a meeting to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) commiting to protect marine ecosystems in the Gulf of California, at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, in this undated handout photo released to Reuters by the Mexican Presidency on June 7, 2017. Mexico Presidency/Handout/Reuters
World Leonardo dicaprio Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto Paris Agreement
Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio won increased commitment from the Mexican government to save the endangered vaquita porpoise, a marine mammal that could become extinct in a year's time.
DiCaprio met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Wednesday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding committing Mexico to strengthen its legislations surrounding fishing practices.
"Honored to work with President Nieto & Carlos Slim to ensure the future viability of marine life in the Gulf," DiCaprio wrote in a tweet on Wednesday.
As part of the agreement, the actor explained, a temporary gillnet ban put in place by the Mexican government in response to the vaquita crisis will be made permanent. The government will also commit new resources to increase enforcement efforts against illegal fishing and poaching, as well as promoting more sustainable fishing practices in consultation with local communities.
The tiny stubby-nosed porpoise, known as phocoena sinus or "vaquita marina" in Spanish, can only be found in Mexico's Sea of Cortez. As many as 30 animals die each year, with the population dropping from 60 in 2016 to around 30 in 2017, according to the WWF.
The porpoises, the smallest cetaceans in the world, get caught in nets as fishermen illegally chase the Totoaba macdonaldi fish, also an endangered species, and considered a delicacy in China.
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto presents an indigenous Huichol art piece to actor Leonardo DiCaprio in Mexico City in this undated handout photo released to Reuters by the Mexican Presidency on June 7, 2017. Mexico Presidency/Handout/Reuters
Pena Nieto also commented on the agreement signed with Slim and DiCaprio. "We have implemented a historic effort to avoid the extinction of a unique species, the vaquita marina, and to protect our ecosystem," he wrote in a statement shared on Twitter.
The Mexican president said his country feels responsible to preserve its great biodiversity in the face of climate change. "We are more committed than ever to meet the commitments of the Paris agreement and work together with other countries to this task," he wrote. "Joining forces always produces better results."
The Hollywood actor had petitioned the Mexican president last month, and Pena Nieto responded in a series of tweets on his account, renewing the country's commitment to protect not just the porpoise, but all endangered species.
A week later, Mexico's government devised a plan involving three trained dolphins to locate and capture the vaquitas so they could be transported to a marine sanctuary planned for the Sea of Cortez. Once inside a penned-off area to ward off natural predators, the experts will help them reproduce.
Trained Dolphins to Save Vaquita from Extinction
Mexican President Contacts Dicaprio on Vaquita Porpoise
The Vaquita Might Not Withstand the Rising Chinese Market for Totoaba Bladders


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Agilent Cuts Pay 10 Percent
By Jeff Baumgartner 06 April 2001
Instead of handing out pink slips in the mire of an economic slowdown,
Agilent Technologies Inc. said Thursday that it will temporarily reduce employee
pay by 10 percent companywide, claiming that the move will save it about $70
million per quarter.
The network-testing and monitoring-equipment company said it has already
slowed hiring and reduced discretionary spending after demand among its major
customers dropped dramatically over the past four to six weeks.
Agilent said the temporary pay cuts began April 1 for its 200 senior
managers, and they will affect the rest of its employees May 1. The pay
reduction will last through at least the third quarter, but, pending 'business
conditions,' it could be extended through the fourth quarter, the company
warned.
'We're trying to avoid across-the-board layoffs in response to cyclical
market conditions,' Agilent president and CEO Ned Barnholt said in a press
release. 'We value our work force, and we need to be ready to meet demand as
business conditions improve.''
In addition to the temporary pay cut, Agilent said it will not replace
positions lost through attrition, it will reduce its temporary work force and it
will limit travel to customer-related activities.
The company added that it will miss its second-quarter forecast, as it
expects to generate less than $2.9 billion during the period.
Agilent shares hit a new 52-week low of $27.76 apiece


One day last year I wrote a limerick to fit with a cute picture I'd found and I posted it on my old blog, Christine's Reflections. Yesterday I thought of that poem and decided I'd post it again so I did a search of my blog and found the Post title: "Bad Hair Day." The title is there, the Likes and Comments are still all there — even the WordPress ad is there — but the post and image have disappeared!
Guess I'd better find my own stored copy. So I searched through my word processor and two flash drives looking for a copy and turned up Zilch. Nothing. I must have written it on an impulse, posted it, and not saved a copy. Foolish me!
I wondered if I could find that post by going through my blog's media file. Sure enough, the image I'd used for the poem was in my media library. It gave the attachment page as "Bad Hair Day" with the date and the link. So I do have a record that I posted it August 29, 2016. Clicking on the link got me back to that title — and the empty post.
This is the second time this year that I searched for a post and found the main part gone. I'd e-mailed the link for one of my short stories to another blogger back around April, he'd read it and commented. A couple of weeks later when I wanted to find that story again and pass on the link, I found the title, the Likes and Comments still intact but the story itself had disappeared. Thankfully I had a backup copy in my file storage.
So what happened to my posts? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I consulted the folks at Word Press and they say I must have deleted that post — which I definitely did not. I wouldn't have because I wanted to reblog them someday. Besides, when I've deleted posts before, everything is gone: the title, Likes, Comments. There's no trace it ever existed.
So either there's some glitch in my/their system and it slurps up post texts, or someone has snitched them. Not just copied, but totally removed.
I was ready to give up hope that my poem would ever show up again when I had a bright idea. My dear husband, bless his heart, subscribes to my blog — and he never deletes his incoming e-mails. I verified the date of the post, went into his In Box, searched through his e-mails for that day — and there was my poem! Sure, it's not anything brilliant, but we writers are quite attached to our offspring scribblings and don't want them disappearing.
Note to self: ALWAYS SAVE a copy! that's why DropBox and flash drives were invented.
Given my own experience I'd advise other bloggers: subscribe to your own blog and save posts when they pop into your In Box. That way you'll have a record of having posted this item if it should ever disappear and/or show up as someone else's work. Or partner with a blogger friend to save each other's posts, at least the poems and stories you may want to use again. Having a record could turn out to be very important.
It's against the law to help yourself to anyone else's writings and claim them as your own. This is THEFT and can lead to PROSECUTION. Everything posted on anyone's blog is automatically protected by international copyright laws; copying and saving someone else's work without permission — never mind complete removal! — is a crime.
Respecting someone's work, and giving credit where credit is due, is a basic human decency. Most bloggers are reasonable people and if you ask permission to copy something, assuming it's for some good purpose and you give them credit as author, they'll give it.
I've been watching my "people counter" quite intently for the past few weeks as the number of blog followers has crept up. Now it's time to celebrate the fact that my blog now has 1500 followers.
I want to welcome my newest followers and say "Thank you so much, everyone!" I appreciate every one of you who has been reading and following my posts! I know numbers don't say it all — but such a nice even number is surely cause for a little party, right?
I want to say a special thanks to those of you who have left comments. As you know, the readers' reactions and feedback, even when it's the corrective kind, is important to the success of any writer.
Your Likes, encouraging words and critiques are the reason I keep on posting in this sphere where so many folks want to share their thoughts.
Swallow in the Wind was deleted and the subscriptions to the other two blogs were beamed over here by the kind folks at WordPress. But the domain name christinecomposes.com will expire in August and I'm not going to renew it. Bit by bit I'll transfer all the content to this site.
Yesterday's Word Press prompt word was cusp. And yesterday I was on the cusp of a new blogging adventure at this fresh site. Starting over!
With the help of the champions at WordPress Support, I'm now over the cusp and into the fun part. Subscribers from both my other blogs have been switched over and this blog is now up and running. Joy, joy!
I know there are still a few glitches, like the missing sidebar with my Blogroll and Tag cloud. (If you readers see one, please let me know.) Hopefully those will be taken care of soon. I've scheduled a number of posts already, so the Categories tags above will soon fill up and we'll be in full swing. Please come back and visit again. And thanks to all my Followers for your patience during this change-over.


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from utilitybelt import dev_urandom_entropy, is_hex
from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
from coinkit import hex_hash160, bin_hash160
from coinkit.hash import bin_sha256

from .b40 import b40_to_bin
from .config import LENGTHS

def hash_name(name, script_pubkey):
    bin_name = b40_to_bin(name)
    name_and_pubkey = bin_name + unhexlify(script_pubkey)
    return hex_hash160(name_and_pubkey)

def calculate_consensus_hash128(consensus_hash):
    return hexlify(bin_hash160(consensus_hash, True)[0:16])

from coinkit import bin_double_sha256, hex_to_bin_reversed, bin_to_hex_reversed

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Congratulations to our many winter sport athletes who competed in multiple state events last week(end) and currently.
Gabby Spranger on the Balance Beam who had to withdraw from Vault due to injury.
Gabby gave it her best and did well representing the Warriors!
Some of our athletes are away at States now! Early word back is Josh may have placed well in the high jump but I will wait for official results. The remaining athletes will leave tomorrow morning for the bulk of events on Saturday. Good-luck!
Last night's TRIPLE OT guaranteed an automatic State berth for the boys basketball team. Details are being worked out for where first round action will be held; so stay tuned.
Tonight, the boys team will be playing for the Region C Championship title right here in our building!
Wakefield will be hosting Edison (for the 4th time this season) at 7:00 PM – Tickets are $7.00.
Congrats to all of our winter athletes for an OUTSTANDING SEASON!


This Critical Patch Update contains 276 new security fixes across the product families listed below. Please note that a blog entry summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at https://blogs.oracle.com/security.
Please note that the vulnerabilities in this Critical Patch Update are scored using versions 3.0 of Common Vulnerability Scoring Standard (CVSS).
Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the products listed in the categories below. The product area of the patches for the listed versions is shown in the Patch Availability column corresponding to the specified Products and Versions column. Please click on the link in the Patch Availability column below to access the documentation for those patches.
For each administered Oracle product, consult the documentation for patch availability information and installation instructions referenced from the following table. For an overview of the Oracle product documentation related to this Critical Patch Update, please refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2016 Documentation Map, My Oracle Support Note.
Oracle products may have dependencies on other Oracle products. Hence security vulnerability fixes announced in this Critical Patch Update may affect one or more dependent Oracle products. For details regarding these dependencies and how to apply patches to dependent products, please refer to Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update July 2016 Availability Document, My Oracle Support Note 2136219.1.
The following people or organizations reported security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update to Oracle: Accenture TVM Prague; Adam Willard of Raytheon Foreground Security; Alexander Kornbrust of Red Database Security; Alexander Mirosh of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Alvaro Munoz of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Alvaro Munoz of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative; Ben Lincoln of NCC Group; Brian Martin of Tenable Network Security; Bruno Cirone; Christian Schneider; David Litchfield of Google; Devin Rosenbauer of Identity Works LLC; Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos; Jack Fei of FINRA; Juan Manuel Fernández Torres of Telefonica.com; Kasper Andersen; Matias Mevied of Onapsis; Matthias Kaiser of Code White; Matthias-Christian Ott; Nicholas Lemonias of Advanced Information Security Corporation; Nicolas Collignon of synacktiv; Reno Robert; Spyridon Chatzimichail of OTE Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.; Stephan Borosh of Veris Group, LLC; Stephen Kost of Integrigy; Steven Seeley working with Beyond Security's SSD program; Sven Blumenstein of Google; Teemu Kääriäinen; Ubais PK; and XOR19 of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative.
In this Critical Patch Update Advisory, Oracle recognizes Alexey Tyurin of ERPScan; David Litchfield of Google; Paul M. Wright; and Quan Nguyen of Google for contributions to Oracle's Security-In-Depth program.
For this quarter, Oracle recognizes Adam Willard of Raytheon Foreground Security; Cameron Dawe of Spam404.com; Jubaer Al Nazi - ServerGhosts Bangladesh; Karim Rahal; Latish Danawale of Pristine Infosolutions; Othmane Tamagart - APPBOX; Ramal Hajataliyev; Rodolfo Godalle Jr.; Shawar Khan; Tayyab Qadir; Vikas Khanna; and Winnye Jakeson for contributions to Oracle's On-Line Presence Security program.
2016-October-18 Rev 2. Updated score for CVE-2016-3504 and associated it with CVE-2016-5019.
2016-July-19 Rev 1. Initial Release.
This Critical Patch Update contains 9 new security fixes for the Oracle Database Server. 5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. 2 of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Database Server installed. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The score 9.0 is for Windows platform. On Linux platform the score is 8.0.
The following Oracle Database Server vulnerabilities included in this Critical Patch Update affect client-only installations: CVE-2016-3506 and CVE-2015-0204.
This Critical Patch Update contains 40 new security fixes for Oracle Fusion Middleware. 35 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
Please refer to My Oracle Support Note 2155256.1 for instructions on how to address this issue.
The fix for CVE-2015-7182 also addresses CVE-2015-2721, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-7181, CVE-2015-7183, and CVE-2015-7575.
The fix for CVE-2016-1548 also addresses CVE-2015-7979, CVE-2016-1547, CVE-2016-1550, CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2518, CVE-2016-4051, CVE-2016-4052, and CVE-2016-4053.
The fix for CVE-2016-3504 also addresses CVE-2016-5019.
This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for Oracle Hyperion. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 10 new security fixes for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. 7 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control installed. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The fix for CVE-2015-3237 also addresses CVE-2015-3236.
This Critical Patch Update contains 23 new security fixes for the Oracle E-Business Suite. 21 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 25 new security fixes for the Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite. 13 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 7 new security fixes for Oracle PeopleSoft Products. 5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 16 new security fixes for Oracle Siebel CRM. 6 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 16 new security fixes for Oracle Communications Applications. 10 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The fix for CVE-2014-3571 also addresses CVE-2014-3569, CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2014-8275, CVE-2015-0204, CVE-2015-0205, and CVE-2015-0206.
The fix for CVE-2015-5300 also addresses CVE-2015-7704, and CVE-2015-8138.
The fix for CVE-2015-7182 also addresses CVE-2015-7181, CVE-2015-7183, and CVE-2015-7575.
The fix for CVE-2016-0702 also addresses CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0797, CVE-2016-0798, CVE-2016-0799, and CVE-2016-0800.
The fix for CVE-2016-5455 also addresses CVE-2015-7181, CVE-2015-7183, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2016-1938, and CVE-2016-1978.
This Critical Patch Update contains 4 new security fixes for Oracle Financial Services Applications. 3 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 5 new security fixes for Oracle Health Sciences Applications. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 8 new security fixes for Oracle Insurance Applications. None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 16 new security fixes for Oracle Retail Applications. 6 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 3 new security fixes for Oracle Utilities Applications. None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 4 new security fixes for Oracle Policy Automation. None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
This Critical Patch Update contains 15 new security fixes for the Oracle Primavera Products Suite. 8 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The fix for CVE-2015-3197 also addresses CVE-2015-3193, CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195, and CVE-2016-0701.
This Critical Patch Update contains 13 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. 9 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
Applies to installation process on client deployment of Java.
This Critical Patch Update contains 34 new security fixes for the Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite. 21 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The fix for CVE-2016-3612 also addresses CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2109, and CVE-2016-2176.
The fix for CVE-2016-3613 also addresses CVE-2015-3193, CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0797, CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-2105, and CVE-2016-2107.
This Critical Patch Update contains 22 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL. 3 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The fix for CVE-2016-2105 also addresses CVE-2016-2106.


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COVID-19: First state prison inmate dies
The first state prisoner has died from COVID-19, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections Tuesday. The inmate's death marked the first COVID-19 death for Buchanan County and St. Joseph.
Posted: Apr 7, 2020 11:40 AM
Updated: Apr 8, 2020 11:51 AM
Posted By: Madeline McClain
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The first state prisoner has died from COVID-19, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections Tuesday.
The inmate's death marked the first COVID-19 death for Buchanan County and St. Joseph.
The inmate, a man in his mid-50s, died at a hospital on April 2, department spokesperson Karen Pojmann said.
The inmate tested positive at a Kansas City area hospital on March 19, and then subsequently tested negative twice, according to the director of the DOC Anne Precythe at a statewide news briefing.
After testing negative, the inmate remained in the hospital and did not return to prison before his death. Pojmann said he suffered from multiple serious medical issues.
Autopsies are not performed on people who died with COVID-19 and because of that, corrections officials cannot definitively say what caused his death.
KQTV has reached out to the Department of Health and Senior Services for clarification on why the death was listed as a COVID-19 death. We are waiting for the state's response.
The State has not released the name of the inmate
At this time, state officials have not released the name of the inmate who died.
In earlier communications with Pojmann, she said the man was in his mid-50s from the Kansas City area. He started his prison sentence in November 2019 at Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron before being transferred to Western Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center on March 4 for medical treatment.
As of Tuesday, officials say five MODOC staff members have tested positive for COVID-19
In total 5 DOC employees had tested positive including one employee of the Division of Probation and Parole serving the northwest Missouri area. A bulletin from Precythe to the MODOC staff said the employee had been treated at a local hospital.
Other staff cases occurred in Jefferson City, Kansas City, and St. Louis.
The fifth employee, who tested positive, worked at Algoa Correctional Center but has been on unrelated leave for 21 days, according to an April 3 MODOC bulletin. The employee had last entered ACC on March 12.
According to MODOC's website, there are no current COVID-19 cases inside any Missouri state prisons.
Coronavirus: Missouri state prison inmate positive for COVID-19
Inmate dies at Crossroads prison; autopsy to be performed
Inmate Death Unrelated to Prison Riot
BCSO identifies inmate who died of suicide
State lawmaker said Cameron prison won't let him inside to talk to inmates about conditions
Inmates claim WRDCC isn't separating positive COVID-19 cases
Triumph Foods worker dies of COVID-19
2nd Triumph Foods Employee Dies from COVID-19
Northeast Kansas woman's death under investigation after obituary states she died after getting COVID-19 vaccine


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Nina Grigoryan: X = nurturing leadership = good parenthood
X in Business (XiB) is a new platform that incorporates all things in BUSINESS! XiB provides an open-minded space to all corporations for sharing their wisdom and perspectives, which has mostly been denied in most platforms with social impact and focus.
X in XiB stand for the unknown in different business practices, let it be leadership, finance, HR, talent acquisition, change management, marketing, organizational development and so on.
This time XiB speaker was Philip Morris Armenia People & Culture specialist - the Supervisor capability building: Nina Grigoryan.
There is a proven statistic that leaders account for at least 70% of the variance in team engagement and heavily influence employee well-being. Adults need to realize that neither their children nor their employees belong to them; trust and empowerment are crucial pre-requisites for growing happy children and ensuring high employee satisfaction at the workplace. Nina will suggest on how to help ourselves as parents and leaders to start trusting and empowering.
To know more about Nina's experience, watch the video.
Hayk Haykyan: FORMULA OF LEADOSS
Hayk Haykyan about the leader and a boss combination - formula of LEADOSS
Natalia Mayorova: Never ask for empowerment
Never ask for empowerment, you ARE empowered, you just need to discover your might: Natalia Mayorova about revealing the inner power
The Leopard: The Mystical Beauty of the Armenian Highlands Returned
The King of the Armenian Highlands promenades around its kingdom, moving its giant paws, shifting from one leg to another. It soundlessly moves between the trees, listening to the whispers of the forest, leaving no trace of its presence. Very few people have encountered the animal from a close distance, as it chooses to stay away and live its life in privacy. Despite its secretive character, the Caucasian Leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica), a native of these lands, has earned the respect to be named King of Armenian Highlands. In the late 90s, the King left the mountainous area of Armenia, turning into a legend of our elders. Only in recent years, however, the situation appears to have changed. The Leopard has been spotted at several sites around the country: marking its trails in the north, chasing its prey in the south. The mystical beauty, they say, has returned to breathe a new life into the Armenian highlands.
XiB: REVEALING THE UNKNOWN
A new platform that incorporates all things in business, XiB, recently launched in Yerevan. Event was organized by Think Studio, a company that a few years ago brought TEDx Yerevan. XiB's first edition was dedicated to the topic of leadership and was presented by Philip Morris Armenia. Company's top management shared their personal experiences, perceptions and explore new paradigms of leadership practices...


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Anne Ryan
About Anne Ryan
Anne B. Ryan B Ryan is a coordinator of Basic Income Ireland and a former chairperson of the Feasta board of directors.
Anne Ryan has written 4 articles so far, you can find them below.
Rumpelstiltskin, debt and economic liberty
"Modern historians have for the most part removed the ancient Near East from the mainstream of history. Modern economic systems have sanctified the payment of debt, but this is not some natural or God-given rule, rather a situation designed by financial elites," writes Anne Ryan.
debt economy household jubilee survival
May 23, 2019 Commentary, Discussion Paper, News
Why I put time and energy into advocating universal basic income
Anne Ryan argues that a basic income is essential in order to enable us to achieve a sane, humane and ecological society worldwide.
basic income commons privatisation tax welfare well-being
November 30, 2017 Basic Income Group, Commentary
Universal Basic Income: A brief overview of a support for intelligent economies, quality of life and a caring society
Basic financial security should be a right for all members of society, yet our present social-welfare system does not adequately support this right and has many other serious flaws. Anne Ryan explains how a universal basic income would increase everybody's capacity to cope with financial shocks and uncertainties far more effectively than the current system and how it would also improve general quality of life, while supporting many different kinds of work, with or without pay.
community money survival
April 17, 2013 Basic Income Group, Briefing Papers
Cultivating sustainable and ethical prosperity with basic income
This paper by Anne Ryan examines the role of basic income in constructing a dynamic, diverse and democratic social economy. 'Basic income' means a regular, sufficient and unconditional income, administered by the state and issued to every member of society. Ryan places basic income in the context of a wider framework of important reforms and believes that it could be implemented during the current crisis in Ireland.
December 18, 2012 Discussion Paper, News


One Headline A Day: Florida Off-Shore Drilling Yay or Nay?
Less than a week ago, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced a plan to make over 90% of National OCS program (Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program) available for OffShore Drilling. Now, the Trump Administration is exempting Florida from this plan after a high profile visit by Zinke to Tallahassee and a visit with with Governor Rick Scott, a Trump supporter.
Scott had been part of a bi-partisan group of Florida officials that were critical of the original decision to expand off-shore drilling. The decision to exclude Florida from expanded drilling has left political leaders from both parties asking, "Why Not Us" as reported in the Washington Post. This negative response from both parties adds one more challenge for Republicans in a mid-term election year.
ZINKE'S DRILLING MOVE HITS OPPOSITION: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is catching criticism from numerous corners over his decision late Tuesday to take Florida off the table for offshore drilling.
While Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) welcomed the quick action to protect waters near his state from drilling, officials elsewhere accused Zinke of political favoritism, and wondered if opponents in other states would get the same courtesy.
Scott is a close ally to the Trump administration, and is expected soon to announce his intent to run against Sen. Bill Nelson (D), a long-time drilling opponent. Florida's coasts also host Trump's "Winter White House," Mar-a-Lago.
Zinke said last week he'd consider allowing drilling near all of the nation's coasts.


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Q: chrome devtools extension: CORS issues on windows I'm building a chrome extension, where I add a panel in the devtools, from where I need to perform some ajax calls.
From what I read, I have to add my domain in the manifest.json permissions:
{
  ...
  "permissions": ["https://example.com/"]
}

And from within my devtools panel, I'm now able to perform api calls to the server.
Except that on chrome-windows, nothing works.
From what I could observe:

*

*osX, linux: as long as the domain is authorized, everything works fine

*windows: a pre-flight request is sent although the domain should be authorized. It then fails, and everything is blocked

Is there something I'm doing wrong here ?
Thanks,

A: Ok, without changing anything the extension seems to behave as expected now.
My guess is that there was some bug on chrome/windows that have been fixed since. Closing the question.

A: If you're having trouble with regard to CORS in chrome extension, check the Cross-Origin XMLHttpRequest guide. There's a Requesting cross-origin permissions which details how you can implement cross-origin permissions.
There's also a handy chrome extension app called Allow-Control-Allow-Origin which might help when testing xhr requests.

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Iran Says It Could Enrich Uranium to 20% Within Two Days
by TheTower.org Staff | 04.10.18 1:11 pm
On the occasion of its National Nuclear Day, Iran boasted that it could enrich uranium to 20% in just two days' time, if the United States would withdraw from the deal, the Associated Press reported Monday. The threat is an indication that the 2015 nuclear deal left much of the Islamic Republic's nuclear infrastructure intact.
The boast, which came from Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, was consistent with other claims from Iranian officials. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that in the absence of a deal, the United States "will see its impact within a week or less than a week."
The boasts that Iran would quickly return to an accelerated nuclear weapons program in the absence of the deal are consistent with claims made by other Iranian officials, and that the nuclear deal left much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure untouched.
Last August, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of AEOI said that Iran could enrich uranium to 20% in five days. The Associated Press reported at the time that "uranium enriched to 20 percent and above can be used in nuclear bombs."
A week before Salehi's boast, Rouhani threatened that Iran could advance its nuclear program to a level more advanced than it was before nuclear negotiations began in 2013, "not within months and weeks, but in a matter of hours and days."
Last week Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, senior fellows at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Council on Foreign Relations respectively, wrote in The Washington Post that Iran is exploiting the deal to modernize its nuclear infrastructure with advanced centrifuges in ways that would make detection of its nuclear weapons work much more challenging.
The deal satisfied two conditions that Iran needed to advance its nuclear weapons work: it lifted sanctions and it is also "permissive enough to allow the development of these machines."
The nuclear deal, Gerecht and Takeyh wrote, gives Iran "at least eight years to fully develop a new generation of centrifuges," to replace the thousands of first generation centrifuges it currently has installed.
Under Salehi's guidance, Iran is seeking to develop its more advanced centrifuges which can be used to create cascades that can enrich uranium to weapons-grade and "can be easily concealed in a warehouse, making them extremely difficult to detect."
The 2015 nuclear deal, like earlier nuclear deals Iran agreed to, will allow Iran to advance its nuclear weapons research.
Rouhani, who led Iran's nuclear negotiators with the West from 2003 to 2005, boasted in 2006 that he used negotiations with the Europeans to complete Iran's installation of equipment to convert yellowcake, a necessary step in the uranium enrichment process. He said that the negotiations created a "tame situation," which allowed Iran to finish its work at that time.
During his first campaign for president, Rouhani similarly boasted that rather than suspending Iran's nuclear program during his tenure as nuclear negotiator, "We were the ones to complete it! We completed the technology."
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President Trump has reportedly "pardoned" 5 mega-banks, undoing any punishments for fraud and corruption—extending a trend put in place by Barack Obama.
The Trump administration has granted Deutsche Bank a waiver from punishment stemming from a criminal conviction.
Trump's latest policies have even angered even his own supporters, with some theorizing possible collusion or that the whole thing could be a scheme to bail himself out of $300,000,000 in loans he owes to Deutsche Bank.
"Trump has been using Deutsche Bank since the 1990s, and Financial Times has reported that he now owes the bank at least $130 million in outstanding loans secured in properties in Miami, Chicago, and Washington.
There is some likely collusion going on between Trump admin and mega-corporations like @WellsFargo, @ATT and other banks.
Each announcing either $1K bonus or $15 min wage immediately after tax bill passage.
Trump is also alleged to have obtained a least $2.5 billion in loans from Deutsche bank, over the course of 20 years.
Deutsche is said to have been the only bank that was prepared to offer Trump loans, after his companies were faced with many bankruptcies.
All of these banks were involved in the LIBOR scandal (London Interbank Offered Rate), back in 2007.
The Deutsche Bank had plead guilty to fraud in court in 2015.
Although Trump's latest policy seems to contradict his promise of holding Wall Street accountable for their corruption, it's important to note that it may just be a temporary extension of a preexisting Obama-era policy, and does not necessarily reflect future actions.


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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity.Core;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Metadata.Edm;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.DataClasses;
using System.Linq;

namespace DragonSpark.Windows.Entity
{
	public static class MetadataHelper
	{
		readonly static Dictionary<Type, EntityType> EntityTypes = new Dictionary<Type, EntityType>();

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the entity meta data.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityType.</returns>
		public static EntityType GetEntityMetadata<T>( this ObjectContext context ) => GetEntityMetadata( context.MetadataWorkspace, typeof(T) );

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the entity meta data.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="workspace">The workspace.</param>
		/// <param name="entityType">Type of the entity.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityType.</returns>
		public static EntityType GetEntityMetadata( this MetadataWorkspace workspace, Type entityType )
		{
			lock ( EntityTypes )
			{
				if ( !EntityTypes.ContainsKey( entityType ) )
				{
					var type = ResolveType( workspace, entityType );
					EntityTypes.Add( entityType, type );
				}
				return EntityTypes[ entityType ];
			}
		}

		static EntityType ResolveType( MetadataWorkspace workspace, Type type )
		{
			try
			{
				var result = (EntityType)workspace.GetType( type.Name, type.Namespace, true, DataSpace.CSpace );
				return result;
			}
			catch
			{
				var namespaceName =
					workspace.GetItems( DataSpace.CSpace ).OfType<EntityContainer>().First().BaseEntitySets.First().ElementType.
						NamespaceName;
				var name = type.AssemblyQualifiedName.Contains( "EntityFrameworkDynamicProxies" ) ? type.BaseType.Name : type.Name;
				var item = (EntityType)workspace.GetType( name, namespaceName, true, DataSpace.CSpace );
				return item;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the hierarchy.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="target">The target.</param>
		/// <returns>IEnumerable<EntityType>.</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<EntityType> GetHierarchy( this EntityType target )
		{
			var result = new List<EntityType> { target };
			var current = target.BaseType as EntityType;
			while ( current != null )
			{
				result.Add( current );
				current = current.BaseType as EntityType;
			}
			return result;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates the key.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="TContext"></typeparam>
		/// <typeparam name="TId"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <param name="id">The identifier.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityKey.</returns>
		public static EntityKey CreateKey<TContext, TId>( ObjectContext context, TId id ) where TContext : EntityObject where TId : struct
		{
			var type = GetEntityMetadata<TContext>( context );
			var list = new List<EntityKeyMember> { new EntityKeyMember( new List<EdmMember>( type.KeyMembers )[ 0 ].Name, id ) };
			return CreateKey( context, typeof(TContext), list );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates the key.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <param name="values">The values.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityKey.</returns>
		public static EntityKey CreateKey<T>( ObjectContext context, params object[] values )
		{
			var type = GetEntityMetadata( context.MetadataWorkspace, typeof(T) );
			var list = new List<EntityKeyMember>( type.KeyMembers.Select( x => new EntityKeyMember( x.Name, values[ type.KeyMembers.IndexOf( x ) ] ) ) );
			return CreateKey( context, typeof(T), list );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates the key.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <param name="entityType">Type of the entity.</param>
		/// <param name="pairs">The pairs.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityKey.</returns>
		public static EntityKey CreateKey( ObjectContext context, Type entityType,
			IEnumerable<EntityKeyMember> pairs )
		{
			var name = string.Concat( context.DefaultContainerName, ".", context.DetermineEntitySet( entityType ) );
			var result = new EntityKey( name, pairs );
			return result;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Extracts the key.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <param name="target">The target.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityKey.</returns>
		public static EntityKey ExtractKey( this ObjectContext context, object target ) => ExtractKey( context, target.GetType(), target );

		/// <summary>
		/// Extracts the key.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
		/// <param name="type">The type.</param>
		/// <param name="target">The target.</param>
		/// <returns>EntityKey.</returns>
		public static EntityKey ExtractKey( ObjectContext context, Type type, object target )
		{
			var metadata = GetEntityMetadata( context.Initialized().MetadataWorkspace, type );
			try
			{
				var pairs = ExtractKeyValues( metadata, target );
				var result = CreateKey( context, type, pairs );
				return result;
			}
			catch
			{
				return null;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Extracts the key values.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">The type.</param>
		/// <param name="target">The target.</param>
		/// <returns>List<EntityKeyMember>.</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<EntityKeyMember> ExtractKeyValues( EntityType type, object target )
		{
			var dictionary = target as IDictionary;
			var targetType = target.GetType();
			return ( from property in ConvertProperties<EdmProperty, EdmMember>( type.KeyMembers ) let value = dictionary != null && dictionary.Contains( property.Name ) ? dictionary[property.Name] : targetType.GetProperty( property.Name ).GetValue( target, null ) select new EntityKeyMember( property.Name, value ) ).ToList();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the properties.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="TTo"></typeparam>
		/// <typeparam name="TFrom"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="members">The members.</param>
		/// <returns>IEnumerable<T>.</returns>
		internal static IEnumerable<TTo> ConvertProperties<TTo, TFrom>( IEnumerable<TFrom> members ) where TTo : MetadataItem
			where TFrom : MetadataItem
		{
			var result = from member in members.OfType<TTo>()
				select member;
			return result;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the properties.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="members">The members.</param>
		/// <returns>IEnumerable<T>.</returns>
		internal static IEnumerable<T> ConvertProperties<T>( IEnumerable<MetadataItem> members ) where T : MetadataItem
		{
			return ConvertProperties<T, MetadataItem>( members );
		}
	}
}


A resolution appropriating to certain accounts for the benefit of the Arena, Planning Commission, Medical Examiner, Justice Information Systems, County Clerk, Information Systems, Metro Action Commission, Register of Deeds, Law, Historical Commission, Finance, Elections Commissions, Public Works, Parks, Administration, and Juvenile Court Departments the amount of nine million one hundred and twenty three thousand and one hundred and seventy six dollars ($9,123,176) from designated fund balances and undesignated fund balances of the general fund of the General Services District, and increased revenue sources.
Whereas, the Metropolitan Council desires to appropriate to certain accounts for the benefit of the Arena, Planning Commission, Medical Examiner, Justice Information Systems, County Clerk, Information Systems, Metro Action Commission, Register of Deeds, Law, Historical Commission, Finance, Elections Commissions, Public Works, Parks, Administration, and Juvenile Court Departments the amount of nine million one hundred and twenty three thousand and one hundred and seventy six dollars ($9,123,176) from designated fund balances and undesignated fund balances of the general fund of the General Services District, and increased revenue sources.
Section 4: That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.


What's better than having people to hang out with in Paris that share the same passions and joie de vivre? Our Monthly Coffee Meet up – that's what!
JANUARY COFFEE MEET = January 24, 2019 at Glow on the Go!
Read our review of this uber-cool wellness coffee shop in the Marais.
Seats are limiied to 12 people so please send me an email to confirm your spot, DM on instagram or Facebook.
Love you all, and super excited to see your faces at the end of the month! 2019 is going to be so magical.
To reserve your spot sign up to our private Coffee Meet up Page!
The concept of the meetups is to meet new (and old) people in Paris, ask questions, chit chat in a casual setting with other creatives over good coffee. It's always fun, authentic and full of tips.
Don't be shy – really everyone is welcomed. Paris can be a daunting place, outside of what we see on pretty Instagram photos and we have a real talk about how to have your best Parisian Life like the photos on social media but also how to just be a better you.
Our last meet up we touched on so many topics and I've shared your photos in the Facebook group.
Also there is a facebook group for the meetups here.