Dedicated Short Range Communications Gaining Momentum in the US
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There are many ongoing innovations in the auto industry that strengthen autonomous vehicle technology and road safety. One of these is Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), which is a one-way or two-way short-to-medium-range wireless communications capability. It allows for high data transmission in active safety applications. This technology allows autonomous cars to talk to and inform each other about the surrounding environment. In April 2018, Toyota announced its plans to begin deployment of vehicles that utilize Dedicated Short Range Communications by 2021.
Communication Model Types
Current automation systems in autonomous vehicles rely on cameras and sensors to analyze its surroundings. And while this has its benefits, it has limits in protecting motorists as it relies on visuals like humans do. Dedicated Short Range Communications builds on this visual foundation and uses information from other cars from different distances, essentially creating a wider and more informative driving landscape.
Toyota reveals its plan to deploy vehicles using Dedicated Short Range Communications in 2021
DSRC is based on Wi-Fi, and it has three different communication models that allow this autonomous vehicle technology to work. First, there is the V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) where cars and other motor vehicles pass messages to each other as a way of defensive driving. Ninety-two percent of Toyota's current line-up is equipped with V2V.
Second, there is the V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), which capitalizes on road infrastructure and features such as road signs and traffic lights. These systems communicate with vehicles to notify them of lane markings, speed limits, intersections, accidents, and road conditions ahead. V2I also allows autonomous vehicles to park by themselves in designated areas, and manage traffic on a larger scale.
Lastly, there is the V2X or vehicle-to everything communication. It is a combination of V2V and V2I which allows cars to communicate with other cars, bikes, and motorcycles, road systems, networks, even with pedestrians through their smartphones. This gives a more comprehensive awareness of a car's immediate and approaching environment.
Industry Momentum in Autonomous Vehicle Technology
In the US, the Federal Communications Commission allotted 5.9 GHz in the radio spectrum for connected transportation. Toyota will then make use of this frequency for its autonomous vehicles. It plans to integrate its own V2V communications system across its vehicle lineup within three years.
The Japanese automaker was actually the first to use DSRC-based V2V communications in Japan in 2015. To date, car brands like Toyota and Lexus have sold at least 100,000 cars with V2V capability.
Toyota's announcement of its DSRC plans points to its aim to be a global leader in autonomous vehicle technology. And it also seeks to convince other car manufacturers to head in the same direction to push the advancement of DSRC everywhere. The full benefits of DSRC can only be achieved once there is a significant number of vehicles equipped with the technology so they can talk to each other and manage a moving network of self-driving cars.
Dedicated Short Range Communications Vs. Cellular
Dedicated Short Range Communications' competing technology is 5GLTE cellular communication, and Volkswagen preferred to power its self-driving cars with 5GLTE. Cellular communication has its advantages for its interoperability, wider bandwidth, and increased cybersecurity.
5GLTE also operates from private cell towers instead of dedicated roadside systems by the government. It offers numerous advantages for other IoT (Internet of Things) devices and applications, so developing this whole network for cars is inevitable.
While both have their advantages and disadvantages, experts say they are more complementary than competitive. Perhaps autonomous vehicles could benefit from using both in their systems as a way to ensure the safety and of its systems and its passengers.
How DSRC Addresses Safety
Up until the invention of autonomous vehicle technology, traffic management has always been about saving people from road and highway accidents. Traffic control and emergency response teams are always present to address any road hazards and casualties. But now technology is allowing us to move onto a more preventive approach by allowing vehicles to make even more calculated and informed decisions than humans.
DSRC may just be more effective than sensors and cameras because it creates a broader perspective of its surroundings by understanding road and traffic that are not easily visible to cameras. It helps self-driving cars identify nearby and looming dangers and allows them to react accurately and accordingly. This, in turn, reduces the risks of collisions and accidents. Experts say this may be one of the most important safety innovations since the creation of seatbelts and airbags.
DSRC Concerns
Like with many comprehensively connected devices, privacy is a great concern. People would like to know that the vehicles will not compromise passengers' identities and personal information. There is also a concern that these autonomous vehicles might be hacked, which would compromise the safety of passengers and everyone else on the road. These cars must be impenetrable by hackers, and must continually develop ways to ward off any cybersecurity threats. Software developers and car makers must address these concerns before this technology becomes available globally. Recently, a hearing was held by the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to talk about how self-driving cars will affect US road infrastructure, and touched on the issue of human privacy.
And while it has safety concerns, Dedicated Short Range Communications proves to be a transformational technology that will greatly impact urban and rural societies all over the world. It provides a consistently intelligent way of commuting and operates with safety at the core of its innovation.
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Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan is an annual convention of Bengali literary personages of India, held annually. The first annual conference Prabasi Banga-Sahitya Sammelan was held in Banaras at Central Hindu Boys School in 1923 and was presided over by Rabindranath Tagore.
The love for Bengali literature and the language brought the eminent personalities in one stage.
The inauguration of the centenary celebration of the concluding ceremony of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan was held at Sister Nivedita University Campus on 25th December.
All the eminent personalities including Governor C V Ananda Bose, ex- speaker of Lok Sabha Meera Kumar, veteran actor Sharmila Tagore and noted Bikash Sinha graced the inauguration. Bose announced his wish to write a book in Bengali and release it in SNU.
For Satyam Roychowdhury it was a historic moment to be sharing the stage with such influential personalities, " I am delighted to host a galaxy of respected guests on the SNU campus. It's a historic day for all of us. The institution, which has been associated with names like Tagore, Atulprasad, Sen, Ashapurna Devi, and others, is 100 years old today. I cannot recall any Bengali organisation, which has crossed 100 years. It is indeed surreal that 100 years ago, a group of Bengalis in Kanpur felt the need to return to their roots and created a historic organisation like NBBSS. Today it is the same connection with the roots and the love for the Bengali language, which has kept this organisation alive for 100 years," he said.
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Top 10 Neil Diamond's Songs
We all know and love this amazing musician by many hits like "Sweet Caroline," "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," and "Solitary Man." Born in 41′ this golden man started writing songs when he was a student at New York University. He was pre-med, but he followed his love for music. Eventually dropped out in college and dropped in on our hearts.
#10. Longfellow Serenade
#9. Heartlight
#8. Play Me
#7. Forever In Blue Jeans
#6. Love On The Rocks
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#4. Solitary Man
#3. Cracklin' Rosie
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#1. Sweet Caroline
This song was Neil's second, number one hit in '74. It climbed up all the way to number five on Billboard's Hot 100.
The heartlight is actually the glowing heart of E.T. when he flies. This song was inspired by the sincere movie E.T.
This song was released on the Moods album in '72. This song is simply put " beautiful ". It is so beautiful It's hard to describe. It took 11th place on the Billboard Hot 100 of that year.
This song is not literal because Neil doesn't wear jeans that often. But this nice tune was once featured in Gat T.V. advertisement.
This song was written by Diamond for the film, which he starred in, "The Jazz Singer." The movie was a fail at the box office and shot down by critics, yet the soundtrack was a success and went up to number three on charts.
This song was inspired by the one and only Mozart's "Concerto number 21" for piano. One might say It is the most energetic track inspired by Mozart.
This classic N.D. hit makes It into our number 4. It was his first-ever single. It was recorded in '66 and issued before his album "The Feel of Neil Diamond," which makes it into the racks of music stores.
This lovely song was Diamond's first number 1 single. It was in the album "Tap Root Manuscript" which was released in '70.
We all know this one from the scene in the movie "Pulp Fiction" where John Travolta enters the house Uma Thruman for the second time to drop her back where she overdoses on heroin. It was released with the album "Just For You" in '67.
This is most people's favorite song by Neil Diamond. It was a song that shaped a generation and formed pop culture on a core level. And the number one goes to "Sweet Caroline."
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South Korea's New Gold Trading Platform May Lack Sparkle
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To much fanfare South Korea has announced it plans to set up a gold exchange in 2014 -- but analysts warned that it might be poorly timed, given weak demand for bullion amid the global economic slowdown.
The country's financial watchdog said on Monday that spot gold will be traded on its main bourse from early next year as the government is keen to boost transparency of gold trades and root out shady deals used for tax evasion.
The gold exchange will be set up in the first quarter so that individuals as well as institutional investors can trade bullion in the open market as they do stocks, the Financial Supervisory Commission said. It also added that local authorities would strengthen the clampdown on illegal deals through tougher tax probes.
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Government officials have pointed to gold buying as one of the most common ways used for tax evasion. About 100-110 tonnes of gold are traded in South Korea each year but more than half of the transactions are made illegally to avoid paying a 10 per cent value-added tax, the FSC said.
The move comes after the country's new president, Park Geun-hye, promised to strengthen tax collection through regularisation of the informal sector to boost welfare spending. Park promised to implement $119 billion of social spending over the next five years, without increasing public debt or most tax rates.
Government officials believe that the illegal gold trade could increase further as business leaders try to hide assets. Local authorities have strengthened their corporate tax probes since Park came to power in late February. The authorities said in May they had launched a probe into 23 companies and individuals suspected of tax evasion through shell companies in tax havens.
To encourage participation of individual investors, the trading units of gold will be as small as 1-10 grammes while 1kg of gold bar will be used for physical delivery, the FSC said. And the 3 per cent import tariff will be exempted on the gold traded on the exchange, it added.
Stocks, bonds, and financial derivatives are traded on the Korea Exchange. Although the country has a vibrant derivatives market for stock futures and options, the trading volume for gold futures remains very low.
Analysts were sceptical about the prospects of the gold exchange, saying it is an ill-timed plan. "Investor sentiment toward gold remains extremely weak, as no one expects gold price to go up any time soon," said Suh Ji-young, a researcher at Daishin Economic Research Institute. "Initial trading volume will be very low, although demand could recover in two to three years once the global economy recovers."
The precious metal dropped nearly 30 per cent from the start of the year to a low of $1,180 a troy ounce last month amid low inflation and the dollar's strength, although it has rebounded more than 10 per cent since to above $1,317 a troy ounce as fears of a rapid exit from monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve eased.
Suh also noted that regularisation of gold trade could actually reduce demand for the metal. "For many of the buyers, tax evasion was one of the biggest merits because gold allowed them to hoard wealth without paying taxes. Now that the merit is gone, demand will likely be reduced," she said.
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Code Civil is the new luxury fashion and lifestyle destination in Belgium. A two-stage opening: a pilot boutique in Knokke-Heist on the coast in the summer of 2018 before the flagship opens on the prestigious Avenue Louise in Brussels, in a splendid building of 1500m² and 4 floors dating from the mid-19th century, initially intended for a law firm. Beyond the simple concept store gathering the most prominent designers, from Courrèges to MSGM via Neil Barrett or Cédric Charlier, Code Civil is a lifetsyle destination at the antipodes of the cold and elitist luxury boutique, where you can dine, meet your friends, enjoy the services of a high-end concierge or get dressed up in the beauty lounge, organize an event and occasionally enjoy works of art.
The founder of the place contacted us in order to build with her her brand, her identity and her positioning from the very beginning, as close as possible to her convictions and the passion that animates her. We have imagined the name, Civil Code, in reference both to the initial occupants of the Brussels address, the lawyers, but also to the vocation of the place: redefining the laws of civil life, elegance and luxury.
We then built a visual identity based on an observation: traditional luxury, based on an indisputable heritage, can claim more grandiloquence and decorative elements. The new luxury, a reflection of our times, takes the complete opposite of what characterizes the luxury of the golden age of neoliberalism. We have developed a graphic language based on the juxtaposition, even the collision of the exquisite and the banal.
The logo is a dedicated monospaced typographic design with certain graphic subtleties, which give it a personality that is both raw and sophisticated. The graphic language is composed of a minimum number of visual elements; it is built solely on the basis of typographical compositions, a certain management of space and white circulation. The rest of the branding will be to discover at the end of the year when the Brussels address opens.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday, Feb. 1, said President Obama's $79 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation continues strong levels of investment for safety, the department's top priority, along with critical investments for infrastructure to generate economic growth and support livable communities.
"President Obama's budget builds on an historic first year for this Department of Transportation," LaHood says. "In addition to making critical investments in our nation's infrastructure, we jump-started high-speed rail across America, launched a campaign against distracted driving and proposed landmark transit safety legislation. This budget reflects our priorities and values by continuing to invest in safety, livable communities and an improved national transportation system."
LaHood says the budget promotes safety in a number of areas, starting with a new $50 million incentive grant program to the states to combat distracted driving. Since LaHood convened a national Distracted Driving Summit last fall, he has undertaken a nationwide campaign to put an end to the deadly epidemic.
The budget further advances traffic safety with $12 million to improve the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Five-Star Safety Rating System, which is used to rank the safety of new automobiles, and 66 additional personnel in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assigned to highway and vehicle safety issues.
Safety personnel will be added across agencies, with $7 million and 118 people for additional motor carrier safety inspectors; $1.4 million to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to continue carrying out their action plan to address pipeline and hazardous material safety; and $14 million for the FAA to hire 82 new safety and certification inspectors and safety technical specialists.
Aviation safety is a top priority, receiving $1.1 billion for NextGen air traffic control technology, an increase of $275 million, 32 percent, over the FY 2010 enacted levels.
The budget also places a strong emphasis on transit safety by including $30 million and up to 260 positions to support the Obama administration's Public Transportation Safety Program Act of 2009, which the administration proposed to Congress last year to ensure a high and standard level of safety across all transit systems.
Recognizing that a strong transportation infrastructure is an engine for future economic growth, LaHood says the budget establishes and provides $4 billion for a National Infrastructure Innovation and Finance Fund (NIIFF) to issue grants and loans in support of projects that provide a significant economic benefit to the nation or a region.
The budget includes an additional $1 billion for high-speed rail, coming on the heels of Obama's and Vice President Joe Biden's Jan. 28 announcement of $8 billion in Recovery Act funds for states across the country to develop America's first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service.
LaHood also highlighted the importance of livable communities and providing greater choices for transportation users through the integration of transportation, housing and commercial development decisions. The budget provides $527 million for livable communities by establishing an Office of Livable Communities, creating a program to improve local and state project planning and development capabilities, and funding programs that expand transit access for low-income persons.
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Debate changes coming; commission to add structure for 'orderly discussion'
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden traded barbs in a chaotic presidential debate on Tuesday. Here are five key takeaways from Tuesday's debate.
By: Sam Cohen
The organization that manages presidential debates says there will be changes made "to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues" at future debates this season.
The Commission on Presidential Debates released a statement Wednesday following the first presidential debate held in Cleveland.
The debate has been called "chaotic" and hard to follow. Trump's frequent interruptions of the Democratic presidential nominee defined Tuesday night's debate, with Biden frequently unable to complete a sentence.
The commission makes it clear the debates are "for the benefit of the American electorate," and they "will be carefully considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce those measures shortly."
Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News pleaded with Trump several times to allow Biden to speak uninterrupted, to no avail.
In their statement, the commission thanked Wallace, saying they are "grateful to Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last night's debate."
The Commission on Presidential Debates sponsors televised debates for the benefit of the American electorate. Last night's debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. The CPD will be carefully considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce those measures shortly. The commission is grateful to Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last night's debate and intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.
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730 More North Carolina Jobs Lost Under Governor McCrory's Watch: HRC & Equality NC Slam McCrory for Putting Discrimination First
RALEIGH - Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin and Equality North Carolina Executive Director Chris Sgro released the following statements after news broke today that North Carolina lost out on 730 jobs because Pat McCrory has refused to support the full repeal of HB2.
"With each passing day that Governor McCrory's discriminatory HB2 remains law the people of North Carolina continue to pay the price," said HRC President Chad Griffin. "North Carolina and its people are suffering under HB2, and yet Governor McCrory and his allies continue to defend the indefensible. Governor McCrory has proven he is unfit to lead this great state, and the majority of fair-minded North Carolinians will finally have a chance to make their voices heard on Election Day."
"What a travesty -- our state has lost 730 more jobs because of Governor McCrory's bad bill," said Equality NC Executive Director Chris Sgro. "HB2 puts LGBT people at risk for discrimination and violence and it's hurting all North Carolinians every day. Where are Pat McCrory's priorities? 200 days after he signed this bill, he still refuses to step up and fix the mess he made of our state. Shame on him for putting his politics above our economy."
Pat McCrory has refused to fully repeal HB2, despite massive economic fallout as companies concerned with protecting their consumers and employees have moved conventions, trainings, operations and productions out of state. Since Gov. McCrory and state lawmakers rammed HB2 into law, the outcry has continued to grow:
· The NBA announced it was moving the 2017 All-Star Game because of the failure of the General Assembly to repeal HB2, costing North Carolina an estimated $100 million in All-Star Game related profits.
· The NCAA and the ACC also announced they would stand up for the safety of their employees, players, and fans by moving championship games out of North Carolina due to the state's refusal to repeal its anti-LGBTQ HB2 law.
· More than 200 major CEOs and business leaders signed an open letter calling for full repeal of HB2 – including many of North Carolina's largest employers. More than 50 investment managers with more than $2.1 trillion in investments signed a similar letter.
· Major film studios and corporations, from PayPal to Deutsche Bank, have stopped investments in the state because of the new law's threat to employees and consumers. Conventions have withdrawn from the state, taking substantial revenue with them. Prior to the NBA and NCAA decisions, the Tar Heel State had already taken a hit of at least $329.9 million in lost business, and in taxpayer money used to defend the measure – including funding Gov. Pat McCrory's road trips to explain why he signed discrimination into law.
· Artists including Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Dead & Company and Cyndi Lauper have spoken out.
· In May, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in federal court, stating that HB2's state-mandated discrimination against transgender people, including government workers and students, violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Violence Against Women Act of 2011.
· Joined by 68 major companies, HRC filed an amicus brief in support of DOJ's effort to block some of the most egregious and discriminatory components of HB2.
· Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski called the bill "embarrassing" and North Carolina State University men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried said it "appalled" and "embarrassed" him.
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Make-A-Wish Launches Wishes Need Stars Like You in Conjunction with 40th Anniversary
April 29 marked the 40th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish Foundation, the organization that grants life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses worldwide.
After 40 years of wish granting, Make-A-Wish has proven time and time again that light can shine in even the darkest and most uncertain times. Make-A-Wish remains committed to delivering hope to wish kids and their families despite facing an unprecedented number of wishes waiting to be granted. As a result, Make-A-Wish is used April 29, recognized annually as World Wish Day, to launch Wishes Need Stars Like You – a new campaign that rallies the collective star power of everyday people and corporate sponsors who help wish kids and their families when they need it most. The campaign serves as the first effort under the multi-year When Stars Align strategy, intended to highlight the past, present and future stars who align their time, talents and resources to fuel the Make-A-Wish mission.
Both the new campaign and the overarching When Stars Align strategy were developed in partnership with Team One, the organization's pro bono brand agency of record. Make-A-Wish kicks off Wishes Need Stars Like You with the release of Lasso, a brand-new PSA. The PSA features a voiceover from actor and WWE Superstar John Cena, who has granted more wishes than any other celebrity wish granter, in addition to a special re-recording of "A Sky Full of Stars" from award-winning musicians Coldplay. The cast of the PSA includes current wish kids, wish alumni, volunteers and community supporters like Tony Adkins, a physician assistant at Children's Hospital of Orange County famously known as "the dancing doctor." There's even a cameo from Make-A-Wish co-founder Linda Pauling, whose son, Chris Greicius, inspired the founding of Make-A-Wish when his wish to be a police officer was granted on April 29, 1980.
"While on set for the new PSA, I had a chance to reflect on the growth that has taken place at Make-A-Wish since the founding in 1980," said Pauling. "All of us co-founders knew that we had tapped into something truly special when we granted Chris' wish, but back then, we would have never anticipated the wish would lead to an organization that would bring hope and healing to more than half a million children with critical illnesses worldwide."
A production team of more than 200 people supported the PSA in order to tell a compelling story that clearly and effectively conveys the essence of Wishes Need Stars Like You. Thanks to the generosity of Disney, the PSA was able to be filmed on the life-like neighborhood set of Golden Oak Ranch in Newhall, Calif.
The PSA and the overarching Wishes Need Stars Like You campaign center around the Make-A-Wish star that the public already associates with wish granting. Inspired by its logo, Make-A-Wish has created a glowing, blue version of the iconic star in the form of a glow-in-the-dark pin. The star pin is intended to be worn as a signal that everyone can be a star in the lives of wish kids and their families. Celebrities, influencers and supporters alike have already started to wear and share the star pin on social media with the hashtags, #WorldWishDay and #WishesAreWaiting. There will be other chances to display the star pin throughout the next year and the years to come, so people are encouraged to buy their own online. In addition, there is a digital version of the star pin available as a sticker to be incorporated into Facebook Stories or Instagram Stories.
"Wishes Need Stars Like You is a call-to-action to the shining stars all around us – the people and organizations who have the power to bring hope to children, families and communities who need it most. Together, they've helped Make-A-Wish transform countless lives over the past 40 years, but there's still lots more work to be done before every eligible child can experience the power of a wish," said Richard K. Davis, Make-A-Wish America president and CEO. Luciano Manzo, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish International, added, "Make-A-Wish is facing a situation unlike any other in our 40-year history. To ensure the next 40 years are even more impactful than the first, we are launching Wishes Need Stars Like You to help people recognize the power they have to be a shining star for wish kids because every child deserves a childhood."
Make-A-Wish will continue to recognize the 40th anniversary for the next 12 months. Between now and World Wish Day 2021, Make-A-Wish will shine a light on 40 years of wishes across the national and chapter social media platforms. In addition, many Make-A-Wish national sponsors will take part in the 40th anniversary alongside Make-A-Wish, including The Walt Disney Company, Macy's, GameStop, WWE, ABC Supply, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, American Freight, Avis, Brooks Brothers, Fairmont Hotels, Frigo Cheese Heads, Keebler, Lokai, Marquis Spas, NowMobile, Party City, Petland, Southwest Airlines, Subaru of America, Topgolf, Torchy's Tacos, Trusted Choice, and United Airlines.
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A hybrid cloud offering that Google launched last October in collaboration with Cisco is now generally available to customers of Google's cloud platform.
The Cisco Hybrid Cloud Platform for Google Cloud is designed to give enterprises a way to develop, deploy manage and secure applications across both on-premises environments and on Google's Cloud Platform (GCP).
Organizations can use the service to enable applications running in the cloud to access on-premises IT capabilities and applications running on-premises to take advantage of cloud infrastructure. Developers will be able to access cloud Application Programming Interfaces while cloud developers can access enterprise APIs and resources.
The flexibility enables enterprises to migrate workloads to the cloud at their pace, said Eyal Manor, vice president of engineering at Google Cloud in a blog Sept. 7. "Whether they're cloud-ready or modernizing their infrastructure on-premises, many businesses can benefit from a well-supported path that lets them move to the cloud on their own terms," Manor said.
According to Manor, the hybrid offering will allow developers to tap capabilities such as Kubernetes cloud container management technology, GCP service catalog and Cisco's portfolio of network and security configurations to develop apps capable of running optimally in hybrid environments. The idea is give developers a way to write applications once and deploy them anywhere using their choice of operating system, hypervisor, software, and management tools.
Specific areas where enterprise can benefit from the partnership include orchestration and lifecycle management of applications; managing network security policy and application monitoring and better service management across hybrid environments the two companies had noted in October.
Customers will also be able to use Google's Apigee API management technology to let workloads running on-premise to connect to the cloud and tools from Cisco's Developer Center to write code for hybrid environments.
Manor pointed to several examples of how such capabilities can help enterprises. One use case for the hybrid offering is on-premise application modernization. Organizations will be able to take advantage of technologies such as Kubernetes to build and manage cloud-ready apps that they can run on Cisco's on-premise Hyperflex container-optimized infrastructure.
Similarly, developers can use the hybrid offering to implement new portable services and manage them centrally using the Istio open-source microservices management technology. Istio is designed to let developers use policy-based controls to discover, connect, secure and manage services in a distributed microservices environment. By using it organizations can deploy microservices in hybrid environments with built-in load balancing, service authentication and monitoring, according to Google.
The Google and Cisco partnership will also allow enterprises to more securely extend their Cisco security policies and monitoring to applications running in the cloud.
The hybrid Google and Cisco offering includes hardware software and cloud services components that organizations can purchase separately or together and customize it for their needs, Google has previously noted.
Vijayan is an award-winning independent journalist and tech content creation specialist covering data security and privacy, business intelligence, big data and data analytics.


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LARRY RYAN: Can El Maestro Unai Emery wake up sleeping Arsenal?
Unai Emery has set a mean stall out. On Arsenal's pre-season tour of Singapore, the team coach drove by the hotel from the airport and straight to the training ground. A signal of intent to his new players, perhaps, and certainly an instant contribution to the 'narrative'.
Word gradually slipped out of extra training sessions and that artificial fruit juice had been banned, a subtle hint that the galactico of nutrition Arsene Wenger had even let standards slip in the canteen.
And though Arsenal lost their opening games to Manchester City and Chelsea, Petr Cech's tangles with the ball at his feet served as a billboard advertising campaign that change was happening.
Proceeding through the 'instant impact' manual, Emery has even dabbled in bantz 101, answering a reporter's phone at a presser. And after a suggestion Mesut Ozil might fill the role, Aaron Ramsey soon found himself the ceremonial scapegoat every regime change needs.
Emery describes neatly the challenge facing a new gaffer.
"Being convincing is the most fundamental thing to coaching: the players have to believe in you. Whether they believe in you because you have won many trophies, because you are a great coach, because you are imposing, because everything you say ends up happening… whatever the reason may be, they have to believe in you."
In the 'project' manager era, time can be short to secure this unbelievable belief, as Emery's compatriot Julen Lopetegui has discovered in Madrid.
Fortunately for Emery, the things he's been saying have ended up happening. Arsenal embarked on a winning run against modest opponents, even if nobody is quite sure why they are now winning matches they might have drawn or lost last year.
But it is notable that previously hapless players such as Rob Holding are now parroting standard Emery phrases like "winning mentality", the title of the Spaniard's first book.
So Emery has safely negotiated phase one of his Arsenal stay. Likely defeat at home by Liverpool this evening may kick off a more challenging period, when he will have to convince the fans to believe in him too.
In the opening months of his reign, Emery has held one key trump card with the fans; the fact that he is not Arsene Wenger.
It has allowed supporters to rejoice again in beating lesser sides with beautiful goals, as though this is a new and exciting phenomenon at the Emirates. And it has damaged the business models of outlets of discontent such as Arsenal Fan TV.
It has given Arsenal fans back their hope, if perhaps not yet their belief.
Defeat at home by Liverpool would rebuild a familiar barrier between Arsenal and the top sides. And it would challenge Emery to match the achievements of the manager in the opposing dugout, who convinced fans with his personality even before he had a convincing team on the field.
In that regard, it remains to be seen if the eve of a meeting with Klopp was the best time to put it out there that Emery is prone to putting his players to sleep with his team talks.
That insight comes from another Emery book — an authorised biography by Romain Molina, subtitled El Maestro, published on Thursday.
Talking up Emery yesterday, Klopp provided a clue why all these books and manifestos are piling up from Europe's preeminent gaffers. "Not all Arsenal fans were over the moon when they heard it was Emery. But that's England a little bit, you want the poster boys."
When you're not Zidane Zidane, you have to put yourself on the posters, as Klopp's Anfield predecessor Brendan Rodgers once admitted. "I've had to create a brand for myself around my philosophy, because I was never a big player."
So this week, we learned more about El Maestro, how he likes to treat his players to long sermons, even reading them passages from whatever book is on his nightstand.
"A kind of seminar," testifies Juan Mata, who played under Emery at Valencia.
"I remember that once a player fell asleep," El Maestro admits, "and I didn't notice because I was so caught up in my talk.
"If not everyone listens, I couldn't give a damn because if there's just one player listening to me 100 per cent that's reason enough to give the talk."
There are echoes of Rodgers' towards the end of his Anfield reign in that theory. Scouring El Maestro's manifesto, there isn't the obvious sense of purpose that Klopp brought with him to Anfield.
One of the reasons I wanted to take on PSG is because they already have a well-defined idea of how to play, which gives them comfort," Emery has explained.
He has found something similar at Arsenal and he sells himself as the kind of flexible, pragmatic manager who can improve whatever setup he encounters through attention to detail.
Pragmatism may well be exactly what Arsenal need right now. But there may be another clue in El Maestro's teachings as to how he reportedly impressed the Arsenal board with a wide-ranging presentation, perhaps like the famous dossier that won Rodgers the Liverpool job.
"Unai Emery works with types of players, and not specific names," says Molina, playing sweet music to the ears of club directors in charge of tight pursestrings.
Klopp has learned that a 'type of player' will only take you so far, no matter how great your sense of destiny.
And there comes a time when you must wait, and pay, for the right player, if you want to close in on that destiny. Players such as Van Dijk and Allison and Keita.
In latter-day Wenger, Arsenal had a manager content to make do.
If Arsenal's willingness to make do continues, it may not matter very much how convincingly Emery sells his narrative. Arsenal fans may have to ask whether theirs is a club to believe in.
Emery has promised another book "which will look at what it means to compete". It remains to be seen if Arsenal are on the same page.
Euro plot hits fans
There was further encouragement for a potentially lucrative Arsenal future hanging on the coattails of the top clubs in yesterday's Der Spiegel story about a proposed European Super League.
While more excitable outlets reported the latest Football Leaks revelations as "shocking football", they will likely come as little surprise to anybody who has been hearing of an impending Super League as long ago as the early eighties and on the pages of Roy of the Rovers.
The dreams of the European powerhouses have thus far been daunted, but the ideal of a beautiful, closed-shop carve-up of all the game's wealth still persists.
As recently as last month, Der Spiegel reports, Real Madrid received an email discussing plans for a competition which would start in 2021.
It reportedly says the 11 'founders' of the European Super League would "not be at risk of relegation and would be guaranteed membership for 20 years".
Der Spiegel claimed the English clubs involved would be Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal.
With the other 'founders' reportedly exchanging clandestine discussions named as Real, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, PSG, and AC Milan.
Der Spiegel say that five 'initial guests', would be Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Olympique Marseille, Inter Milan, and AS Roma.
A gilded two decades free from relegation and the necessity to chase glory would certainly chime with Arsenal's business model.
It would be less helpful to Tottenham, even if the new White Hart Lane is completed in time for 2021.
They wouldn't be the only ones pressing their noses against the glass ceiling, should these plans come to pass.
As Football Leaks whistleblower 'John' put it: "The clubs are constantly talking about the Super League and how they can market all this shit even better and make even more money.
"But there's one thing they never talk about: The fans. About the people who made this sport great. What does a league like this, with matches being televised around the world, do with the spectators?"
Have them watching at home via umpteen different TV subscriptions, the clubs undoubtedly hope.


ROONEY READY FOR MANAGERIAL STEP UP
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Louis Saha is certain that Derby County manager Wayne Rooney is ready to move to the next level in his managerial career. Louis Saha talked about a managerial step up for former Manchester United teammate Rooney in a chat with Genting Casino. According to him, Rooney has what it takes if he moves up to the Premier League.
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Derby County boss Rooney has been seriously linked with the vacant managerial job at Merseyside club Everton. Rooney is not a stranger to Everton having come through the academy at the club before making his bow as a professional footballer in the colours of the club. The English football icon also returned to the club for a second spell towards the end of his football career. Rooney was at Everton before he moved to D. C. United in the MLS (Major League Soccer).
On Rooney being linked with the managerial job at Goodison Park, former Everton striker Louis Saha said he's ready for the role.
Rooney has impressed in his first managerial role at Derby County and he has kept the focus on the pitch despite the distractions off it. The Rams were slammed with two separate points deduction last year. Derby County were given a 12-point deduction for entering into administration at the start of this season before an additional nine-point deduction followed after the club breached EFL rules. Rooney has been able to lead his team off the foot of the table in the English Championship despite the two points deduction.
Everton are on the search for a new manager after Rafael Benitez was sacked on the back of the 2-1 away defeat against Norwich City last weekend. Club legend Duncan Ferguson has been placed in an interim capacity for the upcoming matches. Apart from Rooney, the likes of Frank Lampard and former manager Roberto Martinez have been linked with the job.


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As to what is meant by land ownership in the full modern sense, the question may not have arisen, or it might have come in gradually sooner or later, as agriculture came more and more into prominence. Why grieve for the immortals? These things are an extension of one's idea of humanity. Yet we may talk crisis until our brains reel; we may say nothing of the weather. If a freeman kill a slave let him likewise pay to the _parentes_ xl pence and two 'muffles' and a capon. shipwrecked on an island essay about myself Still, if we wish to improve on Walker Miles in this way, the remedy is in our own hands; and more, we shall often find that some of the greatest moments of our line are his. We were cordially welcomed in by a young peasant (a soldier's wife) with a complexion as fresh as the winds, and an expression as pure as the mountain-snows. But dynamism is not anxious so much to arrange the notions in the most convenient order as to find out their real relationship: often, in fact, the so-called simple notion–that which the believer in mechanism regards as primitive–has been obtained by the blending together of several richer notions which seem to be derived from it, and which have more or less neutralized one another in this very process of blending, just as darkness may be produced by the interference of two lights. Lang says of Theocritus may be as truly said of Carducci: "There is nothing in Wordsworth more real, more full of the incommunicable sense of nature…. I wanted to see Brunet, but did not. There seems no reason why a similarly improved terminology should not some day be introduced into the ordinary modal language of common life. Celatos Veneti nobis transmittere libros Cedite: nos aliis, vendimus, O Veneti. (Tit. This was quite intelligible, for it referred to the long run. The face that has once held communion with the Most High, or been wrought to madness by deep thought and passion, or that inly broods over its sacred or its magic lore, must be 'as a book where one may read strange matters,' that cannot be opened without a correspondent awe and reverence. [Sidenote: The gradations of rank in the family.] The King of course stands at the head of the list with a cro of 1000 cows. The clause does not mention to whom the payments are to be made, whether to the l?t himself or, as in the case of the freedman, to his late owner or lord. Nothing in the world is so remote, so pensive, so musty-fragrant of long ago, as the antique City churches where the dead are the only congregation; where the effigies of Rahere the founder, Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, John Gower, and our old friend Stow are awake, in their scattered neighborhoods, to make the responses; and where the voices of the daily choir, disembodied by the unfilled space about, breathe ghostly four-part Amens, to waver like bubbles up and down the aisles. I venture to say that this form of entertainment, besides being far cheaper than existing forms, would produce results in the way of intimacy-statistics beyond the wildest dreams of present-day organisers, and everything which Lord Tennyson so beautifully prophesied in that speech at the end of the _Princess_ would be accomplished. Pan, as the name imports, represents the universe, about whose origin there are two opinions, viz: that it either sprung from Mercury, that is, the divine word, according to the Scriptures and philosophical divines, or from the confused seeds of things. So, also, we find that at Cyprus the women who devoted themselves to the good goddess walked about the shores of the island to attract the strangers who disembarked. John Preaching in the Wilderness_, by Guido, is an extraordinary picture, and very unlike this painter's usual manner. Subsequently Mrs. The old Roman, Pilate, who was apparently an educated man, clever and not bad at heart, though weak in character, could neither understand nor elucidate the cause of the strange struggle which took place before him. It takes the following form,–'You have no right to be surprised, for nothing remarkable has really occurred. But how shall a man struggle with materialism? _L._ What was your opinion of the 'Last Judgment' itself? Also, it stirreth in them industry, and especially of this kind, to watch and observe the weakness of others, that they may have somewhat to repay. According to the authorities which he there quotes it would seem that in about one birth in 5500 the mother was of the age of 50 or upwards. The issue of so auspicious a match is left, in _The Tempest_, as in the _Conference of Pleasure_, to the imagination. and the analogy of other tribal custom seem to warrant the conclusion that here also the _three proximiores_ on the paternal and the maternal side were originally not three persons next of kin, but the three _parentill?_, _i.e._, according to Brunner, the descendants of the grandparents, the great-grandparents, and the great-great-grandparents of the slayer on both the paternal and maternal sides. ?onne bi? But it was not exactly so, for, according to s.
Myself essay about an shipwrecked on island. In reply to a letter from this writer he promised to make a correction if a second edition of his large and interesting biography was called for. He indeed learned to see the finer qualities of nature through the works of art, which he, perhaps, might never have discovered in nature itself. Now, whilst 240 of the former would equal the pound of the _nova moneta_ of Charlemagne, and of later Anglo-Saxon reckoning, 240 of the _curt_ pence or scripula would equal the older Roman pound or half-mina-Italica. No period was so likely to have originated it as the earliest, when the foundations of the national life were laid. The Venetians may still live to be old, but they do not paint like Titian! They are, however, beautifully grouped, with various and expressive attitudes, and remind one, by their half antic, half serious homage, shipwrecked on an island essay about myself of the line— 'Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.' They are laden with baskets of flowers—the tone of the picture is rosy, florid; it seems to have been painted at 'The breezy call of incense-breathing morn,' and the angels over-head sport and gambol in the air with butterfly-wings, like butterflies. For being as a plant that cometh of the lust of the earth, without formal seed, it hath sprung up and spread abroad more than any other kind. When they were all drawn up in battle-array, in the scene near the beginning, which Sheridan has copied, it presented a very formidable aspect indeed, and the effect was an historical deception. It fills a gap, but nothing more. Dominice passionis trium partium notabilium sermo preclarus domini Gabrielis Biel supranotati. Tacitus adds, that the care of house and lands and of the family affairs, was usually committed to the women, while the men spent their time in feasting, fighting, and sleeping. " V. West's productions; and in all that relates to composition, and the introduction of the adjuncts of historical design, it shows, like his other works, the hand of a master. A dark landscape (by the same hand) in a corner of the room is a proof of this. The one tends without any irregular variation towards a fixed numerical proportion in its uniformity; in the other the uniformity is found at last to fluctuate, and to fluctuate, it may be, in a manner utterly irreducible to rule. Dowse says that the only explanation of this entry that he has heard is that it was suggested by Bacon's behaviour in the Essex case. And as the actions of life, and the determinations of the will, depend upon the understanding, they are distracted as much in opinion as in will; and therefore judge very inconsistently, or contradictorily; and see, as it were, Thebes double; for Thebes being the refuge and habitation of Pentheus, here denotes the ends of actions; whence they know not what course to take, but remaining undetermined and unresolved in their views and designs, they are merely driven about by every sudden gust and impulse of the mind. Where the gentile organisation is established the duty of revenging private injuries is confined to the other members of the common gens. cit._, p. These are known to numismatists as silver pence of the _Sceatt_ series. 'True,' says Mr. 120. Dowse. His own moral weakness stopped Coleridge; but Erasmus might have uttered with Sidney: "My life melts with too much thinking." Socrates, it will be remembered, "corrupted the Athenian youth." Not one of them he moulded or breathed upon, except the transient pupil Alcibiades, turned his hand cordially to the practical, or ramped in the civic china-shop. The marks and the ores remained, but the old division of _ores_ into ortugs or staters had long ago disappeared. Men's thoughts are much according to their inclination;[412] their discourse and speeches according to their learning and infused opinions; but their deeds are, after, as they have been accustomed; and, therefore, as Machiavel well noteth (though in an evil-favored instance), there is no trusting to the force of nature, nor to the bravery of words, except it be corroborate by custom.[413] His instance is, that, for the achieving of a desperate conspiracy, a man should not rest upon the fierceness of any man's nature, or his resolute undertakings, but take such a one as hath had his hands formerly in blood; but Machiavel knew not of a Friar Clement,[414] nor a Ravaillac,[415] nor a Jaureguy,[416] nor a Baltazar Gerard;[417] yet his rule holdeth still, that nature, nor the engagement of words, are not so forcible as custom. (ss. From the windows of our room we could see the young people of the town walking out in a fine open country, to breathe the clear fresh air, and the priests sauntering in groups and enjoying the _otium cum dignitate_. All those years, those years of ours and the world's, wasted in prison on casuist industries, he had been at large with the wind, he had been playing!
19, 20. It would then be the latter which would by comparison be regarded as 'not always a ground of disbelief,' whereas in the case of the former we should then have it maintained that it always was so. Such also may have been the case with the Chinese and the lighter Polynesians, who are now nearly dolichocephalic.[229] Throughout all the regions where these peoples are found there would appear to have been an indigenous long-headed stock, which has more or less nearly absorbed the brachycephalic element, which was introduced long ages ago from the vast regions of Central Asia, and which, for want of a better term, may be called Scythic. Most persons, we may presume, would receive the statement of the naturalist in this latter case almost as readily as in the former: whereas when the same story came from the unscientific observer it would be received with considerable hesitation. And it will retain nothing of it if it is merely the conscious translation of a movement of molecules; for, just because this movement is translated into the sensation of pleasure or pain, it remains unconscious as molecular movement. 1907, Jan. If one could sneak off with one's disappointment in one's pocket, and say nothing about it, or whisper it to the reeds, or bury it in a hole, or throw it into the river (Arno), where no one would fish it up, it would not signify; but to be obliged to note it in one's common-place book, and publish it to all the world, 'tis villainous! The sounds of the bell certainly reach me one after the other; but one of two alternatives must be true. Si servus ingenuum occiderit et culpa ingenui fuerit hoc, de fuste aut dextrali aut dubio aut de cultello fuerit interemptus, ipse homicida parentibus tradatur, et quidquid faciendi voluerint habeant potestatem. I do not think that this ultimate hesitation, if understood rightly, diminishes in any way from the interest of his writings: but it does suggest that there may be awaiting him a certain paralysis of endeavour. 'There's no such thing;' but hatred has its phantoms as well as fear; and the English traduce and indulge their prejudices against other nations in order to have a pretence for maltreating them. It is also the vilest affection, and the most depraved; for which cause it is the proper attribute of the devil, who is called "The envious man, that soweth tares amongst the wheat by night;"[123] as it always cometh to pass that envy worketh subtilely, and in the dark, and to the prejudice of good things, such as is the wheat. He is a fountain of honor, which should not run with a waste-pipe, lest the courtiers sell the water, and then, as Papists say of their holy wells, it loses the virtue. Dowse, unless I much misunderstand him, himself confesses. The _New Atlantis_ of Bacon was another state of this kind. The King's smith shipwrecked on an island essay about myself in his smithy forging a weapon, and the outrider forcing a way for the King through a crowd, might very easily through carelessness or in the excitement of work cause the death of another. Printed at Venice. II WALKER MILES When Macaulay's New Zealander has finished his meditations on London Bridge, and comes to sum up the history of this country, he will, if he is a wise man, have something to say on the subject of names. I have indicated the new chapters and sections by printing them in italics in the Table of Contents. Sed ubi inter _nepotes aut pronepotes_ post longum tempus de alode terr? Let a man have a turn and taste for landscape, she whispers him that nothing is truly interesting but the human face: if he makes a successful _debut_ in portrait, he soon (under the same auspices) aspires to history; but if painting in its highest walks seems within his reach, she then plays off the solid forms and shining surfaces of sculpture before his eyes, urging him to combine the simple grandeur of the Antique with Canova's polished elegance; or he is haunted with the majestic effects and scientific rules of architecture, and ruined temples and broken fragments nod in his bewildered imagination! That is twice 80 solidi if he leave an heir. The Elgin Marbles give a flat contradiction to this gratuitous separation of grandeur of design and exactness of detail, as incompatible in works of art, and we conceive that, with their whole ponderous weight to crush it, it will be difficult to set this theory on its legs again. There was a dead child painted at the bottom of it, which Sir Joshua Reynolds afterwards disliked, and he had the canvas doubled upon the frame to hide it. The landscape opposite to it (in the same room) by Albert Cuyp, has a richer colouring and a stronger contrast of light and shade, but it has not that tender bloom of a spring morning (so delicate, yet so powerful in its effect) which the other possesses. Gif bana o?byrste, twam manwyr?um hine man forgelde ? 'If two men,' says Buffon, 'were to determine to play for their whole property, what would be the effect of this agreement? _Shakespeare and his Critic, Brandes._ 1900. _Apollo and Daphne._ Not equal to the rest. Belief, and the need of belief, are strong as love, as death.
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Last night (25th Feb, 2016) saw the broadcast of a British first.
No, not titillation, not exploitation or even a late-night frapfeste; but the ground-breaking turnaround of a programme supporting kink and fetish.
The Great British Sex Survey was flawed but ultimately fantastic: I can't recall another show asking us to mostly celebrate people's kinks as courageous and inspirational as opposed to keeping kinksters at a safe distance to be watched and entertained by.
Indeed, this was the first sex education show of it's kind ask us to follow our sexual calling instead of suggesting we might also need to get some help, just in case. Special praise must go to psychologist and presenter Phillipa Perry (wife of Grayson) for embracing so much diversity and daring to explain it all to us in a palatable form.
What was interesting was the mix of straight sex affiliations plus kink.
Let's get this straight, straight people, kink makes us go eurrghh or uh-oh. Just a little bit. There's a bit of the unknown, a shiver of fear, distaste, uncertainty. I'm not convinced sex toys or threesomes make us feel so off-kilter. They don't necessarily require a reassessment of our personality. Kink and fetish practice does.
This is not to knock the show.
We'll get to my minor quibbles, it's just that, as taboos melt into stuff everyone tries at least once, it seems the mainstream world can only bring itself around to a kink mindset only through the window of 'dirty sex', hedonism, taking our clothes off or being Cosmopolitan-carefully wild. Although it was amazing to see the formerly taboo Watersports in at No.9 on their survey list (and computer-animated as little plastic people pissing on each other), I would have liked to have seen five minutes spent talking about anal play and strap-ons (and it's widespread integration), instead of slipping them in to the BDSM category. Did you feel what I did there?
So how did the programme misfire?
Well it needs to be said The Great British Sex Survey was mostly brilliant, especially people trying to guess the sex toy. But here for example is where calling it a sex survey while presenting it as a kink show might have a benefited from one more production meeting. You have to ask, is a humbler a sex toy or a BDSM device? Am I being pedantic when you think that sex toys are generally designed to get people off? A humbler is a ball-stretching, prevention tool (see slide-show), so the opposite in fact.
Still, I loved the way the show championed diversity, we do that here.
But employing the Road Drill dom was probably ill-advised, his use of pro-nouns telling. And his 'for show' drill, the size of something you'd use for digging up tarmac, made Perry laugh. Indeed, the bloody thing with it's bollard-sized rubber donger, was laughable. He talked of fear, she agreed. Then she said that BDSM was safe (with consent), which is a conflict.
The truth is this:
BDSM is not safe. That's why the Road Drill dom said it scared people. The truth is, even with safety, sanity and consensuality we can only endeavour to make BDSM safer. Let's say that a different way.
BDSM can only be made safer, there are no guarantees it's 100% safe.
Have you got it yet? If you think about it, this explains why BDSM practitioners in the know recoil when you kill the vibe with 'health and safety' advice (and I've had my share of such accusations thank you) and why kink-haters are repulsed. Yes, the Road Drill dom knows, fear is the key, and fear is, hey, healthy and safety inducing.
Perry also seemed to believe, as many psychologists do, that people who practice kink are transferring negative experiences from their childhood and making them controllable by sexualizing them. I wouldn't say it's strictly 'transference', although I know Philippa Perry didn't actually say this. But the problem I have with it even as an intimation is that if we were to use instead the word 'transformation' as a less-negative, less-connected-to-the-past definition, we're still 'connecting' dots just to 'explain kink'.
There are plenty of victims of childhood trauma who didn't go on to be kinky, probably more. And many kinksters I know are not so gauche to connect their sexual practice to say, their parents' shortcomings or past pain. All I'm saying is that this age-old transfer theory comes across cod and is ultimately a moot point. I personally think perves tend to be simply more conscious of their needs:
Here is a quote from my breakdown of my much-copied Fifty Shades analysis, in relation to El James' linking her character Christian Grey's past to his perversions, from myth-bust No.43/50: "...only the receptive kink explorers are investigating, harnessing (literally!) and learning to control adrenaline rushes at their behest, in a consented-to environment: the exact opposite of negative and traumatic situations of yesteryear. Yes, in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the outland interests of kinksters are 'potentially problematic'. But this is because fetishists and BDSM practitioners (and all manner of sadist, masochist, sub, dom/domme, top, bottom, mistress, master and slave) have not just had more experiences, and are not the only ones open to new experience, they've actually been more conscious of experience happening (the aforesaid receptive element)."
It was wonderful that Phillipa Perry expanded her mind too and gamely got into a vac-bed. But she did it a bit like it was a children's party, with the Road Drill Dom master monitoring, who to be fair – and having hung up his Road Drill – kindly cleaned and dried the latex bed for her.
Perry then entered the rubber sheets a) fully-dressed, while b) working (journalistic piece-to-camera) while c) not entering a 'scene' with the dom or d) at least trying out any sensory play. It didn't live up to her expectations, she said. Well, no surprises there then: a reminder, eh-hum, *clears throat: that these are sexual practices.
But in celebration of sexual difference, even the worms guy had a special place.
Albeit the Ch4 default outrageous sketch. And once you saw the worms guy doing his thing (or or in reality, the worms doing his thing) then you could never unsee the worms guy doing his thing. Interesting how they left a lot of other things left still unshown. And we've discussed extreme stuff here too.
Such is the nature of journalism and the minefield subject of kink: You're not going to please everyone with a programme about individual sexual or perverted pursuits. It's not easy, yet Perry and Ch4 have not only made life slightly easier for many chasing their deviant dreams, they've helped show that kinksters actually set the standard for bravery, self-emancipation and human happiness.
Take care and kink well


The continued global battle against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Chu-Xia Deng1,2,
1. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Biological Sciences
2. Chair Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
✉ Corresponding author
Deng CX. The continued global battle against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Int J Biol Sci 2021; 17(6):1440-1442. doi:10.7150/ijbs.60639. Available from https://www.ijbs.com/v17p1440.htm
Since the initial identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the cause of the viral outbreak near the end of 2019, over a year has passed. As of writing, Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread over 219 countries and territories, infected more than 126,852,304 people, and caused at least 2,782,183 deaths as of March 27, 2021 (Table 1).
Comparison among COVID-19, SARS and MERS.
Name of Disease
(Name of Virus)
Coronavirus Disease-2019
(SARS-CoV-2) *
Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS-CoV)
Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome (MERS-CoV)
Total cases (Death) during outbreak 131,910,867
(2,865,921) 8096 (774) 2499 (861)
Fatality rate 2.2% 9.6% 34.4%
Major Symptoms Fever, cough, shortness of breath, and difficult to breath, pneumonia Fever, cough, sore throat, muscle pain, lethargy,
headache, diarrheal, shivering, and breathing difficulties fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, vomiting, and abdominal
Likely animal hosts Bats, pangolin Bats, civet cats dromedary camels
Incubation period, days (range) 3.0 (0-24.0) 6.4 (2-10) 7 (2-17)
Male:female ratio 1.06:1 1: 1.25 1:2.52
Major routes of transmission Respiratory aspirates, droplets, contacts and feces Respiratory aspirates, droplets and contacts Unprotected contact with infected dromedary camels or infected people
Countries and territories 219 29 27
*Updated by April 4, 2021 based on information released by World Health Organization, and also modified from Deng, CX [1].
The COVID-19 pandemic affects all age groups with its highest peak in the world of over 800,000 infected cases per day in January 6-8, 2021. A steady decline was observed in February, dropping to 305,334 infected cases/day on February 15, which was correlated with the increasing usage of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. However, the daily infected cases started to increase again in March, reaching the record high in several countries. Thus, although the vaccines represent a powerful weapon to fight with the pandemic and prevent its spreading, many factors could affect their efficacy. In this special issue, we have organized 18 articles, which share our understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 from various angles.
Several articles discussed the current status of vaccines and addressed specific questions about the types of vaccines and clinic trials, as well as their safety, effectiveness, or possible side effects [2-5]. Herd immunity through vaccination is the major expectation to prevent the SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the emergence and wide spread of genetic variants could potentially undermine vaccines' efficacy. Guo et al. summarized the current understanding on five notable genetic variants, i.e., D614G, Cluster 5, VOC 202012/01, 501Y.V2 and P.1, and discussed the potential impact of these variants on the virus transmission, pathogenesis and vaccine efficacy [6]. Ning et al. focused on the progress of therapeutic COVID-19 antibody development and application, as well as related problems and challenges, suggesting new strategies and solutions [7]. Chen et al. discussed the effectiveness of the use of antibodies against multiple inflammatory molecules and pathways especially in the patients of acute kidney diseases [8]. Cytokine storm is the most striking immunopathology of advanced COVID-19 that is attributable to the deficiencies in immune regulatory mechanisms. Wang et al. discussed the possible role of CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell in the immunopathogenesis of COVID-19. They reviewed and summarized the emerging concept of Treg-targeting therapies, including both adoptive Treg transfer and a low dose of IL-2 treatment, in the therapeutic treatment of COVID-19 patients [9]. Several articles also discussed the application of other therapeutic approaches against COVID-19, including siRNA to reduce the expression of key viral genes of COVID-19 [10], Glucocorticoids [11], and Hydroxychloroquine [12]. Fung et al. found that NSP5 is a main protease of SARS-CoV-2 that suppresses type I interferon production by preventing nuclear translocation of phosphorylated IRF3 [13]. This finding provides the rationale for combinatory therapy using type I IFNs and NSP5 inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2. Wen et al. analyzed the structure of SARS-CoV-2 and identified some potential protease inhibitors for suppressing the virus [14].
Xue et al. have studied 289 COVID-19 patients and found that krebs von den lungen-6 (KL-6) could diagnose the severity of COVID-19 (AUC=0.862) and predict the occurrence of pulmonary fibrosis (AUC = 0.741) and irreversible pulmonary fibrosis (AUC=0.872). Based on this data, they concluded that KL-6 could be used as an important predictor to evaluate the severity of the secondary pulmonary fibrosis, which commonly occurs in COVID-19 patients [15]. The study involves SARS-CoV-2 itself needs to be carried out in biosafety level 3 laboratory, which prevents the participation of many scientists. Chen and Zhang discussed the construction of pseudotyped viruses based on different packaging systems, current applications, limitations, and further explorations. As the pseudotyped viruses lack certain gene sequences of the virulent virus, they can be investigated in biosafety level 2 laboratories, providing a useful virological tool for the study of SARS-CoV-2 [16]. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to aid in various aspects of the COVID-19 crisis, including epidemiology, molecular research and drug development, medical diagnosis and treatment, and socioeconomics. Huang et al. reviewed the clinical applications of machine learning and deep learning, including clinical characteristics, electronic medical records, medical images (CT, X-ray, ultrasound images, etc.) in the COVID-19 diagnosis and therapeutic treatment [17]. Liu et al. presented a global landscape for the seven coronaviruses known to infect humans. The information provides a strong intellectual groundwork for the ongoing development of therapeutic agents and vaccines along with a deeper discussion of intellectual property rights under epidemic conditions. Notable technological issues related to human coronaviruses include pharmacochemical treatment, diagnosis of viral infection, viral-vector vaccines, and traditional Chinese medicine [18].
As the infected cases and deaths are still increasing, preventing the virus from spreading is still necessary to protect most people, especially the ones with existing conditions. In this regard, Tai et al. discussed in detail approaches that were implemented by the China government to suppress the virus spread by considering the unique characteristics of this virus and the paths of the virus transmission. Both the pros and cons of these strategies will also be analyzed. The experiences and lessons learned during the virus-fighting in China, expectedly, will be a useful source of reference for other regions in overcoming the threat caused by the COVID-19 virus [19].
We believe that the information of this special issue should facilitate the continued global war against the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. This unbelievable disaster will be remembered and the lessons will be learned and converted into challenges and opportunities in the post-pandemic era to guide the development of our world, especially in global health systems, medical education and the responsibilities to prevent the occurrence of similar events.
This work was supported by the Chair Professor Grant (CPG) CPG2021- 00021-FHS.
The author has declared that no competing interest exists.
1. Deng CX. The global battle against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Int J Biol Sci. 2020;16(10):1676-1677 doi:10.7150/ijbs.45587
2. Yang Y, Li W, Zhang Q, Zhang L, Cheung T, Ng CH, Xiang YT. Should people with severe mental illness be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccination?. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1443-1445 doi:10.7150/ijbs.57750
3. Park JW, Lagniton PNP, Liu Y, Xu RH. mRNA vaccines for COVID-19: what, why and how. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1446-1460 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59233
4. Kwok HF. Review of Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials - A puzzle with missing pieces. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1461-1468 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59170
5. Bai W, Cai H, Liu S, Liu H, Qi H, Chen X, Liu R, Cheung T, Su Z, Ng CH, Xiang YT. Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Chinese college students. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1469-1475
6. Guo S, Liu K, Zheng J. The Genetic Variant of SARS-CoV-2: Would it matter for Controlling the Devastating Pandemic?. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1476-1485 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59137
7. Ning L, Abagna HB, Jiang Q, Liu S, Huang J. Development and application of therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1486-1496 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59149
8. Chen J, Wang W, Tang Y, Huang Xr, Yu X, Lan HY. Inflammatory stress in SARS-COV-2 associated Acute Kidney Injury. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1497-1506 doi:10.7150/ijbs.58791
9. Wang Y, Zheng J, Islam MS, Yang Y, Hu Y, Chen X. The role of CD4+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the immunopathogenesis of COVID-19: implications for treatment
10. Wu R, Luo KQ. Developing effective siRNAs to reduce the expression of key viral genes of COVID-19. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1521-1529
11. Yang R, Yu Y. Glucocorticoids are double-edged sword in the treatment of COVID-19 and cancers. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1530-1537 doi:10.7150/ijbs.58695
12. Chen Y, Li MX, Lu GD, Shen HM, Zhou J. Hydroxychloroquine/Chloroquine as Therapeutics for COVID-19: Truth under the Mystery. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1538-1546 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59547
13. Fung SY, Siu KL, Lin H, Yeung ML, Jin DY. SARS-CoV-2 main protease suppresses type I interferon production by preventing nuclear translocation of phosphorylated IRF3. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1547-1554
14. Wen L, Tang K, Chik KKH, Chan CCY, Tsang JOL, Liang R, Cao J, Huang Y, Luo C, Cai JP, Ye ZW, Yin F, Chu H, Jin DY, Yuen KY, Yuan S, Chan JFW. In silico structure-based discovery of a SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1555-1564 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59191
15. Xue M, Zhang T, Chen H, Zeng Y, Lin R, Zhen Y, Li N, Huang Z, Hu H, Zhou L, Wang H, Zhang XD, Sun B. Krebs Von den Lungen-6 as a predictive indicator for the risk of secondary pulmonary fibrosis and its reversibility in COVID-19 patients. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1565-1573 doi:10.7150/ijbs.58825
16. Chen M, Zhang XE. Construction and applications of SARS-CoV-2 pseudoviruses: a mini review. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1574-1580 doi:10.7150/ijbs.59184
17. Huang S, Yang J, Fong S, Zhao Q. Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of COVID-19: challenges and perspectives. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1581-1587
18. Liu K, Gu Z, Islam MS, Scherngell T, Kong X, Zhao J, Chen X, Hu Y. Global landscape of patents related to human coronaviruses. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1588-1599 doi:10.7150/ijbs.58807
19. Tai L, Wong K, Wang L, Di Lj. From impossible to possible: the lessons from the control of recent COVID-19 outbreaks in China. Int J Biol Sci. 2021;17(6):1600-1612 doi:10.7150/ijbs.58906


Spelunker HD
+ Combo Co-Op
Spelunker HD Coming Stateside with 6 Player Online Co-Op
Video 9/18/2009 at 8:00 AM by Nick Puleo 4
Spelunker HD is already available on the Japanese PlayStation Network, and the remake of the classic NES game has garnered some fairly solid buzz. Now we have word that the game will be making its way stateside, along with the included 6 player online co-op mode!
If you never played the original, the game is a mix of platforming and puzzles set in underground caves filled with snakes, ghosts, and of course precious gems! The HD version looks gorgeous with completely redone graphics, but it will also contain a mode that allows you to play with the classic graphics.
We've posted the Japanese trailer below - which plays out a bit like a Japanese gameshow. Seriously, how can you not get excited for this after watching? The game is currently priced at around $25 in Japan, so hopefully we'll see a bit of a discount when it reaches the rest of the world.
Thanks seshat for the tip!
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Breaking Into Startups: How Divine broke the cycle of recidivism to become a leader in criminal justice reform
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When people are released from prison, it is often hard for them to reintegrate into society because of their "criminal" history — even when they have been in prison for a "non-violent crime."
To that end, finding a job is almost impossible when a company runs a background check, and the recently "freed" person is forced to return to crime in order to put food on the table.
That cycle is called recidivism, and today our guest Divine talks about how he broke through.
Folks may have already read the story about how Divine met Ben Horowitz, which is certainly impressive, but this episode talks about Divine's environment growing up. His decisions led to making $200,000 a month at 19 years old, and eventually landed him in prison.
Afterward, he learned about how important education is to break the cycle of recidivism and how private corporations are benefiting from mass incarceration. Divine also reached out to learn what tech leaders are doing for criminal justice reform and more.
If you are someone who was formerly incarcerated, or if you know someone seeking to start over after incarceration, Divine lays out a playbook to go from incarceration to innovation.