- After 9/11, the US implemented several new laws and policies that tightened restrictions on non-immigrant visas and increased scrutiny of applicants from certain countries. This led to higher rejection rates for visa applicants and prevented many foreign students, especially from China and Middle Eastern countries, from attending US universities. As a result, many physics and other science departments saw declines in international student enrollment and had difficulties filling teaching and research assistant positions. While departments aim to maintain admission policies, the visa issues have negatively impacted course enrollment and research abilities.
This document summarizes how malware can steal sensitive web information by exploiting Firefox vulnerabilities. It discusses how a malicious Firefox extension could intercept HTTP requests, parse them to retrieve usernames, passwords, credit card numbers entered by the user on various websites. The malware would collect these secrets into a list and send this list over the internet. It then describes some ways such a malicious extension could install itself on a victim's Firefox browser without their knowledge, including exploiting other software or extension upgrade vulnerabilities. It warns users to only install extensions from trusted sources and monitor their browser for unusual behavior.
This document discusses global climate change and its causes and effects. It provides data showing that 84% of California's greenhouse gas emissions in 2002 were from carbon dioxide, with transportation as the largest source. The average global temperature has increased 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. If emissions continue to rise, California temperatures could increase by 2.5-10.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The document outlines current international, national, state and local programs and policies to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Studies have shown that meditating for just 10-20 minutes per day can have significant positive impacts on both mental and physical health over time.
The document discusses the importance of warming up before playing golf. It recommends arriving at least 60 minutes before your round to allow time to stretch and do dynamic exercises. A proper warm-up routine increases range of motion, blood flow to muscles and joints, and prepares the body for the demands of playing golf. Specific stretches and exercises are outlined to warm up the legs, hips, back, chest and shoulders. The routine should be completed before practicing swings to ensure the body is ready for golf.
The document discusses the role of terminologies and ontologies in the context of electronic health records (EHRs). It describes how terminologies are used to standardize language for communication purposes, while ontologies aim to formally represent the structure of reality to enable machine reasoning. EHRs document information about specific patients and populations. Terminologies play an important role in making EHR data intelligible to other users, while respecting the distinctions between language, conceptualization, and reality.
The document discusses potential security issues with connected home devices and proposes a scenario called "Crazy Toaster" where a toaster or other networked appliance could be hacked to join a local network and become a security threat. It outlines steps to create a "Crazy Toaster Trojan" using UPnP and describes demonstrations of the SSDP denial of service vulnerability on Windows XP networks. The document concludes by discussing future hacking ideas and risks of interconnected devices and embedded systems.
Slide Show Export Compliance - Propertyguest66dc5f
This document provides an overview of export compliance requirements for US companies. It discusses the roles of the Departments of State and Commerce in regulating exports, defines key terms like defense articles and foreign persons, and outlines responsibilities for technical staff, licensing administrators, and empowered officials. It also covers processes for classifying, labeling and shipping exports according to ITAR or Commerce controls. The presentation warns that penalties for noncompliance can include heavy fines, loss of security clearances, and imprisonment, as recent cases involving large defense contractors demonstrate. Overall, the document stresses the legal necessity of following all US export laws and an organization's own compliance policies.
The document summarizes key items omitted from the Bush budget that would significantly increase long-term costs and deficits. It shows that the budget only covers 5 years and does not include the full 10-year costs of making Bush's tax cuts permanent, ongoing military operations beyond 2005, reforming the Alternative Minimum Tax, or transition costs for privatizing Social Security. Factoring in these omitted costs would dramatically increase budget deficits over the next 10 years.
This document summarizes how malware can steal sensitive web information by exploiting Firefox vulnerabilities. It discusses how a malicious Firefox extension could intercept HTTP requests, parse them to retrieve usernames, passwords, credit card numbers entered by the user on various websites. The malware would collect these secrets into a list and send this list over the internet. It then describes some ways such a malicious extension could install itself on a victim's Firefox browser without their knowledge, including exploiting other software or extension upgrade vulnerabilities. It warns users to only install extensions from trusted sources and monitor their browser for unusual behavior.
This document discusses global climate change and its causes and effects. It provides data showing that 84% of California's greenhouse gas emissions in 2002 were from carbon dioxide, with transportation as the largest source. The average global temperature has increased 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. If emissions continue to rise, California temperatures could increase by 2.5-10.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The document outlines current international, national, state and local programs and policies to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Studies have shown that meditating for just 10-20 minutes per day can have significant positive impacts on both mental and physical health over time.
The document discusses the importance of warming up before playing golf. It recommends arriving at least 60 minutes before your round to allow time to stretch and do dynamic exercises. A proper warm-up routine increases range of motion, blood flow to muscles and joints, and prepares the body for the demands of playing golf. Specific stretches and exercises are outlined to warm up the legs, hips, back, chest and shoulders. The routine should be completed before practicing swings to ensure the body is ready for golf.
The document discusses the role of terminologies and ontologies in the context of electronic health records (EHRs). It describes how terminologies are used to standardize language for communication purposes, while ontologies aim to formally represent the structure of reality to enable machine reasoning. EHRs document information about specific patients and populations. Terminologies play an important role in making EHR data intelligible to other users, while respecting the distinctions between language, conceptualization, and reality.
The document discusses potential security issues with connected home devices and proposes a scenario called "Crazy Toaster" where a toaster or other networked appliance could be hacked to join a local network and become a security threat. It outlines steps to create a "Crazy Toaster Trojan" using UPnP and describes demonstrations of the SSDP denial of service vulnerability on Windows XP networks. The document concludes by discussing future hacking ideas and risks of interconnected devices and embedded systems.
Slide Show Export Compliance - Propertyguest66dc5f
This document provides an overview of export compliance requirements for US companies. It discusses the roles of the Departments of State and Commerce in regulating exports, defines key terms like defense articles and foreign persons, and outlines responsibilities for technical staff, licensing administrators, and empowered officials. It also covers processes for classifying, labeling and shipping exports according to ITAR or Commerce controls. The presentation warns that penalties for noncompliance can include heavy fines, loss of security clearances, and imprisonment, as recent cases involving large defense contractors demonstrate. Overall, the document stresses the legal necessity of following all US export laws and an organization's own compliance policies.
The document summarizes key items omitted from the Bush budget that would significantly increase long-term costs and deficits. It shows that the budget only covers 5 years and does not include the full 10-year costs of making Bush's tax cuts permanent, ongoing military operations beyond 2005, reforming the Alternative Minimum Tax, or transition costs for privatizing Social Security. Factoring in these omitted costs would dramatically increase budget deficits over the next 10 years.
The United States Energy Information Administration provides a map showing the major coal producing states in the US. Wyoming is the largest coal producing state, followed by West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas. The map uses shading to visually depict which states produce the most coal and allows users to view coal production data by state over time.
1. The document discusses export control regulations and associated problems for universities, outlining the purpose of export controls to protect national security, the economy, and foreign policy.
2. It notes increased scrutiny since 9/11 and concerns about open publication providing assistance to developing weapons of mass destruction, as well as information transfer through foreign students and scientists.
3. Key responsibilities for universities include being aware that export control regulations apply regardless of award references, determining if an export requires a license, and ensuring end uses and end-users comply with laws. Violations can result in fines and jail time.
This document discusses climate change science and ethical implications. It provides an overview of climate change observations and predictions, including increasing global temperatures and greenhouse gas levels. Projections include further warming, sea level rise, and more extreme weather events by 2100. Ethical issues discussed are responsibility for emissions and impacts, with developing nations most vulnerable despite contributing least to the problem. The document summarizes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments and Kyoto Protocol. U.S. policy rejects mandatory emissions limits unlike the Kyoto approach.
The document discusses the impact of climate change on the insurance industry and outlines initiatives by European institutions and insurers to address the issue. It notes that many insurance classes are affected by natural catastrophes whose losses have increased significantly in recent years. The document also summarizes initiatives by the European Union and reinsurers to implement emissions trading schemes, study impacts, and develop new risk assessment tools. It calls for partnerships between public and private sectors focused on prevention through mitigation and adaptation measures.
A survey of over 1,800 Iraqi households found that approximately 600,000 Iraqis have died since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The survey was conducted by Iraqi doctors who were trained in public health research methods and interviewed households across Iraq between May and July 2006. It estimated that over 80% of deaths were due to violence, including gunfire and car bombings, with most victims being men between the ages of 15 and 44.
The document provides information about an upcoming golf tournament being held by the Atlanta chapter of AIIM on June 16, 2006 at the Cross Creek golf course in Atlanta. The tournament will be a captain's choice scramble format with 50-75 golfers playing and prizes to be awarded. Directions and details are provided about registration, sponsorship opportunities, dress code, and format. Sponsorship levels including event sponsor, hole sponsor, closest to the pin sponsor are described.
The President of Iceland spoke at a global roundtable on climate change in New York. In 3 sentences:
People in northern regions like Iceland are seeing more noticeable effects of climate change, like melting ice and changing landscapes. The President invited the roundtable participants to visit Iceland to see firsthand how climate change is affecting the north and to learn about Iceland's success in utilizing geothermal energy. The President hopes to broaden the roundtable to include more political leaders to help influence nations' policies and long-term solutions to address climate change.
This document provides an overview of wireless networks and mobile computing. It discusses two aspects of mobility: user mobility which allows users to communicate anywhere anytime with anyone, and device portability which allows devices to connect anywhere to networks. It also covers examples of wireless and mobile technologies, applications of mobile computing like in vehicles and emergencies, a history of wireless communications pioneers like Tesla, and taxonomy and layers of wireless networks.
This document describes a robust visual tracking system for golf clubs during a swing using a single video camera. The system detects the club in each frame using background subtraction and parallel segment detection. It generates hypotheses for the club location and removes implausible ones. Tracking is done frame-by-frame using a maximum likelihood estimation technique over multiple frames to deal with detection errors. The system models club motion with a double pendulum model and separates the swing into upswing and downswing phases with different motion models.
The document discusses the risks of climate change, especially for small island states. It outlines that greenhouse gas concentrations are rising and global temperatures have increased over the past century. Small island states face risks from sea level rise such as coastal flooding, damage to infrastructure, and salination of freshwater supplies. Climate change can also exacerbate health issues like temperature-related illness, diseases spread by food and water, and vector-borne diseases. The document calls for health ministries to assess climate change risks and work with other agencies to implement adaptation strategies.
Climate change is causing increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. While scientists previously thought the oceans would absorb excess CO2, measurements have shown this is not the case. Increasing soil organic matter through practices like reduced tilling can help mitigate rising CO2 levels by sequestering carbon in the soil. As weather patterns change with climate change, crop choices and practices will need to adapt to impacts on crop yields and quality. Higher temperatures and CO2 levels can affect plant processes like photosynthesis, respiration, partitioning and mineral nutrition.
The document discusses the history of copyright and its impact on creativity and innovation. It notes that in 1774, the Donaldson v. Beckett case established the idea of a "free culture" by limiting copyright to a defined term, but that over time copyright duration has been continually extended to the point where it is now "life plus 70 years." The document argues that current copyright and technology laws have greatly restricted creativity and innovation by over-regulating uses and making every act a potential copyright infringement. It advocates for more transparent and freely shared creative works through open licensing models.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document summarizes David Hulton's presentation on using FPGAs for password cracking. It introduces several new password cracking tools developed since the last Defcon or Shmoocon conferences, including CoWPAtty for cracking WPA passwords, BTCrack for cracking Bluetooth PINs, and tools for cracking WinZip AES encryption and Apple FileVault encryption. It demonstrates that FPGAs can provide significant performance increases over CPUs for password cracking applications.
This document discusses malware kits and browser exploits. It describes how malware kits like MPack and IcePack work by using exploits to infect users and collect information. Various infection methods are outlined, like exploiting vulnerabilities, typosquatting domains, and spam emails. Code obfuscation techniques to evade detection are also covered, along with how to analyze obfuscated code. Specific browser exploits like the ANI vulnerability are demonstrated.
The document discusses various digital forensic techniques for analyzing a Windows system to uncover evidence. It outlines 10 different avenues of analysis including NTFS attributes, the registry, prefetch files, print spool files, the recycle bin, thumbs.db, event logs, internet history files, shortcut files, and system restore points. Each technique is briefly described with examples of how they can be used to answer questions about "who, when, why and how" on a system.
This document summarizes 7 years of development in Indian cyber law jurisprudence since the Information Technology Act came into force in 2000. It outlines various rules, regulations, and court cases related to cyber law. The document specifically discusses cases related to cyber pornography, accessing protected systems, tampering with computer source codes, electronic evidence standards, whether an ATM is a computer, and the place of electronic contracts. It analyzes several important Indian cyber law cases from 2000-2007 that helped develop the legal framework around issues like cyber crimes, digital forensics, and electronic records in court.
The document summarizes key aspects of Indian cyber law, including sections on cyber pornography, the Baazee case, protected systems, tampering with source code, digital evidence, and an overview. It discusses punishments for publishing porn, the findings in the Baazee case where obscene material was listed for sale, requirements for declaring systems protected, punishments for tampering with source code, and how digital evidence was used in the Parliament attack case.
This document summarizes David Hulton's presentation on using FPGAs for password cracking. It introduces several new password cracking tools developed since the last Defcon or Shmoocon conferences, including CoWPAtty for cracking WPA passwords, BTCrack for cracking Bluetooth PINs, and tools for cracking WinZip AES encryption and Apple FileVault encryption. It demonstrates that FPGAs can accelerate these cracking tasks by 1-2 orders of magnitude compared to software implementations on standard CPUs.
This document summarizes a presentation on hacking Web 2.0 technologies and web services. The presentation discusses security concerns with Ajax, including attacks like cross-site scripting and request forgery. It also covers fingerprinting Ajax frameworks, vulnerabilities in Ajax data structures and serialization, and defenses like validating data and avoiding client-side logic. Regarding web services, the document outlines methods for discovery, profiling, and attacks like injection flaws and insecure direct object references. It emphasizes the need for code analysis and filtering input through an IHTTPModule firewall module.
The United States Energy Information Administration provides a map showing the major coal producing states in the US. Wyoming is the largest coal producing state, followed by West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas. The map uses shading to visually depict which states produce the most coal and allows users to view coal production data by state over time.
1. The document discusses export control regulations and associated problems for universities, outlining the purpose of export controls to protect national security, the economy, and foreign policy.
2. It notes increased scrutiny since 9/11 and concerns about open publication providing assistance to developing weapons of mass destruction, as well as information transfer through foreign students and scientists.
3. Key responsibilities for universities include being aware that export control regulations apply regardless of award references, determining if an export requires a license, and ensuring end uses and end-users comply with laws. Violations can result in fines and jail time.
This document discusses climate change science and ethical implications. It provides an overview of climate change observations and predictions, including increasing global temperatures and greenhouse gas levels. Projections include further warming, sea level rise, and more extreme weather events by 2100. Ethical issues discussed are responsibility for emissions and impacts, with developing nations most vulnerable despite contributing least to the problem. The document summarizes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments and Kyoto Protocol. U.S. policy rejects mandatory emissions limits unlike the Kyoto approach.
The document discusses the impact of climate change on the insurance industry and outlines initiatives by European institutions and insurers to address the issue. It notes that many insurance classes are affected by natural catastrophes whose losses have increased significantly in recent years. The document also summarizes initiatives by the European Union and reinsurers to implement emissions trading schemes, study impacts, and develop new risk assessment tools. It calls for partnerships between public and private sectors focused on prevention through mitigation and adaptation measures.
A survey of over 1,800 Iraqi households found that approximately 600,000 Iraqis have died since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The survey was conducted by Iraqi doctors who were trained in public health research methods and interviewed households across Iraq between May and July 2006. It estimated that over 80% of deaths were due to violence, including gunfire and car bombings, with most victims being men between the ages of 15 and 44.
The document provides information about an upcoming golf tournament being held by the Atlanta chapter of AIIM on June 16, 2006 at the Cross Creek golf course in Atlanta. The tournament will be a captain's choice scramble format with 50-75 golfers playing and prizes to be awarded. Directions and details are provided about registration, sponsorship opportunities, dress code, and format. Sponsorship levels including event sponsor, hole sponsor, closest to the pin sponsor are described.
The President of Iceland spoke at a global roundtable on climate change in New York. In 3 sentences:
People in northern regions like Iceland are seeing more noticeable effects of climate change, like melting ice and changing landscapes. The President invited the roundtable participants to visit Iceland to see firsthand how climate change is affecting the north and to learn about Iceland's success in utilizing geothermal energy. The President hopes to broaden the roundtable to include more political leaders to help influence nations' policies and long-term solutions to address climate change.
This document provides an overview of wireless networks and mobile computing. It discusses two aspects of mobility: user mobility which allows users to communicate anywhere anytime with anyone, and device portability which allows devices to connect anywhere to networks. It also covers examples of wireless and mobile technologies, applications of mobile computing like in vehicles and emergencies, a history of wireless communications pioneers like Tesla, and taxonomy and layers of wireless networks.
This document describes a robust visual tracking system for golf clubs during a swing using a single video camera. The system detects the club in each frame using background subtraction and parallel segment detection. It generates hypotheses for the club location and removes implausible ones. Tracking is done frame-by-frame using a maximum likelihood estimation technique over multiple frames to deal with detection errors. The system models club motion with a double pendulum model and separates the swing into upswing and downswing phases with different motion models.
The document discusses the risks of climate change, especially for small island states. It outlines that greenhouse gas concentrations are rising and global temperatures have increased over the past century. Small island states face risks from sea level rise such as coastal flooding, damage to infrastructure, and salination of freshwater supplies. Climate change can also exacerbate health issues like temperature-related illness, diseases spread by food and water, and vector-borne diseases. The document calls for health ministries to assess climate change risks and work with other agencies to implement adaptation strategies.
Climate change is causing increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. While scientists previously thought the oceans would absorb excess CO2, measurements have shown this is not the case. Increasing soil organic matter through practices like reduced tilling can help mitigate rising CO2 levels by sequestering carbon in the soil. As weather patterns change with climate change, crop choices and practices will need to adapt to impacts on crop yields and quality. Higher temperatures and CO2 levels can affect plant processes like photosynthesis, respiration, partitioning and mineral nutrition.
The document discusses the history of copyright and its impact on creativity and innovation. It notes that in 1774, the Donaldson v. Beckett case established the idea of a "free culture" by limiting copyright to a defined term, but that over time copyright duration has been continually extended to the point where it is now "life plus 70 years." The document argues that current copyright and technology laws have greatly restricted creativity and innovation by over-regulating uses and making every act a potential copyright infringement. It advocates for more transparent and freely shared creative works through open licensing models.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document summarizes David Hulton's presentation on using FPGAs for password cracking. It introduces several new password cracking tools developed since the last Defcon or Shmoocon conferences, including CoWPAtty for cracking WPA passwords, BTCrack for cracking Bluetooth PINs, and tools for cracking WinZip AES encryption and Apple FileVault encryption. It demonstrates that FPGAs can provide significant performance increases over CPUs for password cracking applications.
This document discusses malware kits and browser exploits. It describes how malware kits like MPack and IcePack work by using exploits to infect users and collect information. Various infection methods are outlined, like exploiting vulnerabilities, typosquatting domains, and spam emails. Code obfuscation techniques to evade detection are also covered, along with how to analyze obfuscated code. Specific browser exploits like the ANI vulnerability are demonstrated.
The document discusses various digital forensic techniques for analyzing a Windows system to uncover evidence. It outlines 10 different avenues of analysis including NTFS attributes, the registry, prefetch files, print spool files, the recycle bin, thumbs.db, event logs, internet history files, shortcut files, and system restore points. Each technique is briefly described with examples of how they can be used to answer questions about "who, when, why and how" on a system.
This document summarizes 7 years of development in Indian cyber law jurisprudence since the Information Technology Act came into force in 2000. It outlines various rules, regulations, and court cases related to cyber law. The document specifically discusses cases related to cyber pornography, accessing protected systems, tampering with computer source codes, electronic evidence standards, whether an ATM is a computer, and the place of electronic contracts. It analyzes several important Indian cyber law cases from 2000-2007 that helped develop the legal framework around issues like cyber crimes, digital forensics, and electronic records in court.
The document summarizes key aspects of Indian cyber law, including sections on cyber pornography, the Baazee case, protected systems, tampering with source code, digital evidence, and an overview. It discusses punishments for publishing porn, the findings in the Baazee case where obscene material was listed for sale, requirements for declaring systems protected, punishments for tampering with source code, and how digital evidence was used in the Parliament attack case.
This document summarizes David Hulton's presentation on using FPGAs for password cracking. It introduces several new password cracking tools developed since the last Defcon or Shmoocon conferences, including CoWPAtty for cracking WPA passwords, BTCrack for cracking Bluetooth PINs, and tools for cracking WinZip AES encryption and Apple FileVault encryption. It demonstrates that FPGAs can accelerate these cracking tasks by 1-2 orders of magnitude compared to software implementations on standard CPUs.
This document summarizes a presentation on hacking Web 2.0 technologies and web services. The presentation discusses security concerns with Ajax, including attacks like cross-site scripting and request forgery. It also covers fingerprinting Ajax frameworks, vulnerabilities in Ajax data structures and serialization, and defenses like validating data and avoiding client-side logic. Regarding web services, the document outlines methods for discovery, profiling, and attacks like injection flaws and insecure direct object references. It emphasizes the need for code analysis and filtering input through an IHTTPModule firewall module.
This document discusses and compares classical and legitimate techniques for evading intrusion detection and prevention systems. It provides examples of using legitimate techniques like altering the command sequence and exploiting flaws to evade detection of an attack on the Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability MS03-046. Legitimate techniques are more effective than classical methods at evading IPS/IDS because they focus on exploiting weaknesses in how the applications and protocols are analyzed rather than just obscuring network traffic patterns.
Varun Sharma from Microsoft India identifies 5 common authentication and authorization flaws in web applications:
1. Custom authentication is implemented instead of using proven system methods.
2. Rule-based authorization is not considered, with authorization relying only on disabling UI elements.
3. Input validation only checks for blacklisted characters instead of whitelisting allowed values.
4. Cryptography is improperly implemented without understanding what security mechanisms provide.
5. Applications are vulnerable to denial of service attacks from excessive automated requests.
The document is an invitation to the Northern Region Golf Day, a 4-ball stableford competition to be held on September 20, 2007 at Woodham Golf & Country Club. It provides details about the golf course, the day's schedule including registration, tee times, and a carvery dinner, as well as a booking form and cancellation policy. Players can choose to play or attend as non-players, and teams will be made up of 4 golfers with scoring based on the best 2 scores.
The document is an invitation to the Northern Region Golf Day, a 4-ball stableford competition to be held on September 20, 2007 at Woodham Golf & Country Club. It provides details about the golf course, event schedule including registration, tee times, and prize giving dinner. The cost is £44 + VAT per player and £20 + VAT for non-players. A booking form is included for attendees to register and provide payment details in advance of the event.
This document advertises a charity golf tournament called "Swing with the Legends" that will take place on August 27, 2007 at Port Jefferson Country Club. The event will include 18 holes of golf with a former major league baseball player, lunch, refreshments, contests, and a dinner buffet. Sponsorship opportunities ranging from $5,000 to $2,500 are listed, with various benefits included depending on the level. Proceeds will support charities including the Sachem Little League Challenger Division and the Tim Crowley Scholarship Fund.
Golfers who are members of the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce can save $9 on 18 holes of golf at any of the four golf courses in Lake City, Minnesota. To receive the discount, members should call ahead to reserve a tee time and then present the invitation upon check-in at the course. The four courses included in the offer are The Jewel Golf Club, Lake City Golf, Lake Pepin Golf Course, and Mt. Frontenac Golf Course.
The document summarizes the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence program for golf at Richard Huish College. The 2-year program provides intensive golf coaching and practice, alongside academic courses, to develop young golfers' technical, tactical, physical and mental skills for a potential career in golf. Students split their time between golf activities, BTEC/A-level courses, and an NVQ in sports performance. Successful applicants are skilled golfers committed to further development. The program prepares students for careers as golf professionals or instructors, or further education such as PGA qualifications or university degrees.
This document discusses several topics related to marketing to golfers:
1) The growing women's market in golf and the youth movement with nearly 400% growth in girls ages 5-17 playing golf in the past two years.
2) Golf travelers being more affluent than non-golf travelers, with golf travelers having a median household income of $83,471 compared to $51,700 for non-golf travelers.
3) The power of golfers as travelers, with golfers being more likely than non-golfers to take 5+ domestic trips per year and golf travelers spending $87.4 billion on travel last year, nearly twice as much per person as non-
The Awty Dads' Club held their 3rd Annual International Golf Classic at Sweetwater Country Club on November 7, 2005. They thanked generous sponsors who contributed to the success of the event, including a Hole-in-One Sponsor, Lunch Box Sponsor, and Drink Cart Sponsor. First place went to Russ Mahan's team with a net score of 39.8, second to D. Chrusciel's team at 43.0, and third to J. Wiggins' team also at 43.0. Patrick Vedrenne won closest to the pin and longest drive.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
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1. Non-Immigrant Visas after 9/11
National Security and Visa
(28% Rejection)
12
Restrictions: Saving the
Applicants/Acceptances
(31% Rejection)
10
US Science Enterprise 8
(Millions)
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4
Irving A. Lerch
The American Physical Society 2
lerch@aps.org 0
9/11/01-9/11/02 9/12/02-9/11/03
Applicants
Time Period Acceptances
AIP Pub. Number R-437 June 2003
Physics Students From Abroad in the Post-9/11 Era
• In numerical terms, Chinese
• After decades of steady increases
students were by far … commonly
… the population of foreign
students entering graduate denied entrance. … Chinese, along
physics programs has declined with middle eastern students, felt
noticeably in the past two years. the greatest impact.
• In the past year, two-thirds of the
two- • Many departments report major
PhD-granting departments, and
PhD- effects on course enrollments, and
enrollments
almost half of the Masters
on their ability to fill openings for
departments, report that …
RA’s and especially TA’s.
foreign students …were unable
to attend because of visa • Most departments are
difficulties. maintaining their current
admissions policies for now.
• Overall, it appears that about 20%
of admitted foreign students were
at least initially prevented from
attending in the fall of 2002.
What do the personal tragedies portend for
Visa Problems for Delegates to the International
the international and domestic enterprises?
Symposium in Lepton Photon Interactions
Fermi Lab
• Students prevented from returning from foreign
At LP-1999 held at Stanford, 12 of 16 invited meetings or after attending to urgent family
business (many denied or delayed at the outset).
Chinese citizens and 7 of 25 invited citizens
• Colleagues unable to pursue major long-term
of the former Soviet Union attended. At
research owing to visa restrictions.
LP-2003 only one of about 20 invited
• Colleagues subjected to summary imprisonment
Chinese and 5 of 20 invited Russians for minor violations of immigration laws.
attended. Almost all of Russians who did • Colleagues denied or delayed visas to attend
attend traveled with multi-entry visa or meetings.
were already in the US. • Colleagues at risk in authoritarian states denied
sanctuary.
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2. Executive Orders/
Laws Consequences
Advisories/Directives LISTS
•1994 Foreign Relations •Holds consular officials
Security Act liable if terrorists slip in.
Visas Mantis and Visas Condor
•VISAS Mantis •Technology theft/WMD
Directives from the Secretary of State
Proliferation
•1996 INA •Defines criminal penalties
• State Sponsors of Terrorism list (Cuba, Libya,
for consular misconduct
Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan and Syria)
•VISAS Condor •National Security/Extends
• Non-Proliferation Export Control Posts (China,
watch to certain countries
India, Israel, Pakistan, and Russia
-Country Groups
• Visas Condor List (classified countries list)
•2002 Enhanced Border •Imposes border control (INS)
Security and Visa Entry on DHS
• Technology Alert list contains 16 categories
Reform Act
(munitions, warheads and projectiles, nuclear,
•Terrorism List •7 nations special scrutiny missiles, aircraft and missile propulsion, navigation
and guidance, chemical engineering and
•Export Control Posts •Prevent proliferation
biotechnology, remote imaging and reconnaissance,
•Technology Alert List •Military and Economic
advanced computers, materials, cryptography, lasers
and directed energy systems, acoustic and sensors
•2002 Patriot Act •SEVIS, Consular Authority
technologies, marine technology, robotics, ceramics,
split (State/DHS)
high performance metals and alloys)
•Everyone between 16 and 60
•May 03 Memo Expanding
personal interviews •previous clearance irrelevant
Special Scrutiny May 3, 2003, State Department Memo to Embassies: BORDER
SECURITY - WAIVER OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE
FOR NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS - REVISION TO THE
REGULATIONS
• The first group of individuals subject to Special Registration
included:
• the visa interview is a crucial tool—in many cases the key tool—in determining
– Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, or Syria visa eligibility. … we have revised substantially the Code of Federal
• The second group of individuals subject to Special Registration Regulations and … guidelines on when personal appearance and interview can
be waived for nonimmigrant visa applicants. This is the next step in preparing
included:
for the eventual fingerprinting …
– Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North
• the requirement for personal appearance for nonimmigrant visa applicants can
Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, or Yemen
in general be waived by a consular officer only for a person who the consular
• The third group of individuals subject to Special Registration officer concludes presents no national security concerns requiring an interview
includes: and who: (5) Is an applicant who within twelve months of the expiration of the
applicant's previously issued visa is seeking re-issuance of a nonimmigrant
– Pakistan or Saudi Arabia
visa in the same classification at the consular post of the alien's usual
• The fourth group of individuals subject to Special Registration
residence, and for whom the consular officer has no indication of visa
includes: ineligibility or noncompliance with U.S. immigration laws and regulations. …
– Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, or Kuwait Let me emphasize strongly, however, that consular officers are not required to
not
waive interview in such cases.
• These in addition to the Technology Alert Post countries
US-VISIT Program
US-VISIT (United States Visitor and Immigrant
Status Indicator Technology) Program
• The US-VISIT system … information will
be stored in databases maintained by
automated entry/exit system to, DHS and the Department of State as
part of an individual's travel record.
• Collect, maintain, and share
information, including biometric • The information in the US-VISIT system
identifiers (fingerprints, photos), will be available to inspectors at ports
through a dynamic system, on foreign of entry, special agents in the Bureau of
nationals …
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Enhance traffic flow for individuals (ICE), adjudications staff at immigration
entering or exiting the U.S. for
services offices, U.S. consular offices,
legitimate purpose …
and other law enforcement agencies.
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3. Troubles for Students
Reaction of colleagues:
• Caution: Due to recent changes to U.S. immigration law, travel
outside of the United States may have severe consequences for
aliens who are in the process of adjusting their status, extending
extending
“This is an Orwellian nightmare. If a visit their nonimmigrant stay, or changing their nonimmigrant status.
Upon return, these aliens may be found inadmissible, their
to Fermi Lab implies fingerprinting, I'll
applications may be denied, or both. It is important that the alien
alien
stay at home.” obtain the proper documentation before leaving the U.S.
– Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS
• A critical document is the U.S. visa stamp in your passport. It is
German colleague currently at FNAL important to remember that obtaining a new visa stamp is never
guaranteed. Now, more than ever, it is possible that you may
experience delays at a U.S. embassy or consulate, regardless of
your country of citizenship.
• If you changed to F-1 status in the U.S., you will need to apply for
an F-1 visa to match your new F-1 status for reentry into the
U.S. A new F-1 visa cannot be issued in the U.S.
IPASS or Something more Viscous?
of approximately 30 million foreign visitors who enter
•
the US each year, roughly a half million come as
students on F, M and J visas. And approximately
175,000 of these come to study science
jointly directed by State and Homeland Security (visa
•
authority is now shared between the departments)
will be advisory only with no direct authority over the
•
issuance of visas since the law imposes such authority
on State and Homeland Security
will evaluate candidates for visas whose course of
•
study might give them information or skills that are
quot;uniquequot; to the US and its closest allies and which
information or skills could be used against the US
quot;Patriot Lawquot; has already authorized the
•
implementation of the Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (SEVIS) to monitor those who
come to the US under the Student Exchange and
Visitor Program (SEVP). The Patriot Act has also
imposed a two-tier review system over consular
officers
Needed Changes The DoE Labs: A Case in Point
• Time limits for security reviews for visiting students and
scholars (those subject to Visa Mantis and Visa Condor
scrutiny).
• Modify application of 214(b) for J-1, F-1 and B visa
J- F-
applications by scientific students and visitors.
• Classify as quot;returning scholarsquot; all employees, students
and long-time visitors supported by government funds
long-
(DoE, NSF, NASA, etc).
DoE,
• Extend parole by Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services of the Department of Homeland Security to
students and scholars.
• Consular officials should not be held liable for such post-
post-
hoc charges as “criminal negligence.”
• Widen the visa waiver program to provide for extended
visits for J-1 and H-1B scholars and their families.
J- H-
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4. Weapons and non-weapons Operations: A Sketch The International Connection: A Sketch
Snapshot: DOE Weapons Operations
The 3 weapons laboratories--Los Alamos, Lawrence
Percentage of Budget: Roughly $6 billion, a third
of the Department’s $18 billion FY99 budget. Livermore and Sandia--received some 6,398 foreign
Allocation of Weapons-Related Budget: visitors or assignees (stays from 30 days to 2 years) in
Defense Programs $4.4 billion
1998 including 1,824 visitors from sensitive countries.
Nonproliferation/Nat. Sec. 0.7
Fissile Material Disposal 0.2
In addition, employees traveled to foreign laboratories or
Naval Reactors 0.7
scientific conferences encompassing 5,799 trips to include
Number of Contract Employees: 34,190
Number of Contract Employees Per Lab 1,814 trips to sensitive countries.
Los Alamos 6,900
Sandia 7,500
Result: enhanced access to the 70-75%
L. Livermore 6,400
Pantex 2,860 unclassified work needed to progress in weapons-
Oak Ridge (Y-12) 5,500
related research, open scientific research, and
Kansas City 3,150
cooperative international programs.
Nevada Test Site 1,880
SOURCE: DEPT. OF ENERGY FIELD FACTBOOK, MAY 1998
The Introduction of More Restrictive Measures
• New classifications for material already in the public
domain.
Science and
• Special identity badges for foreign nationals. Globalization
Technology
• New restrictions on access to unclassified facilities.
• Attempts to place non-classified facilities under
restrictive controls.
• Increased dependence on procedures of doubtful value--
ie, polygraph testing.
Science and
• New and more draconian classification procedures that
Technology for
threaten to restrict the distribution of scientific
National Security
information.
The Next 50 National Security
• Complex management schemes that further dissipate Years: N
Pioneering
lines of responsibility and authority. the Endless
W E
Frontier
• Impose security regimens on non-weapons labs. The
“tier system” is now dead. S
7000 Terrorism in 2001 6291
6000
5000
Casualties
4000 3044
3000 Wounded
Dead
2000
471 451
1000 180
60 90 42 62 17 3
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Africa Asia Latin Middle Western North
America East Europe America
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6. Natural sciences and engineering
Why U.S. Leadership Will Be Challenged doctoral degrees
• More nations are acquiring high-end innovation
high- Europe Data not
accurate before 1989
capabilities with concerted investment in
research and development (R&D) and technical
talent. Other nations are acquiring fast-follower
capabilities to rapidly commercialize innovation
originating elsewhere.
• The supply of scientists, engineers and
technicians is growing substantially faster
abroad than in the United States.
• The U.S. first-mover advantage in information
technology (IT) is diminishing with aggressive IT
investment and deployment overseas.
Correlation between Federal R&D expenditures and bachelors’ student
a handful of critical factors are highly and
production in the physical sciences, math, and engineering 1953 to 2000
positively correlated with the success of a nation’s
innovation system, including:
• the size of the labor force dedicated to
R&D and other technically oriented work
• the amount of investment directed at R&D
• the resources devoted to higher education
• the degree to which national policy
encourages investment in innovation and
commercialization
The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity:
Findings from the Innovation Index--1999
Growth trends in scientific and technical
Changes in share of Federal Academic
publications by region: 1986–99
research obligations, by field: 1990-99
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7. Scientific publications: regional share of world output International coauthorship of scientific papers
Globalization of U.S. industrial Industrial R&D spending flows of U.S. and
R&D foreign affiliates, by world region: 1998
1997 Rand Study by C.S. Wagner:
“International Cooperation in Research and Development:An Inventory of
Productivity and Telecommunications
U.S. Government Spending and a a Framework for Measuring Benefits”
[http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR900/NR900web/MR900.sum.html]
Productivity gain of a group = gain contributed by each new partner
- the costs and impediments
~$3.5 billion distributed through government programs
74% of which goes to promote collaboration in science.
P1(n) = g1n(n-1) - c1n2(n-1)
C scale of equipment or investment is large I I
∑ P1( ni ) + g2 ∑ ni P1( n j ) − c2 I ( I − 1)∑ ni
C P2 ( n ) =
project is global
C unique expertise is located elsewhere i =1 i≠ j i =1
C mission of funding agency is to support
Pk = g I I P − c I I
2 3
international cooperation k k k −1 k −1 k k −1 k
ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY OF SELF-ORGANIZED B. Drossel, “Simple Model for the Formation of a Complex
COLLABORATIONS Organism,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 82, Number
25, 21, June, 1999, pages 5144-5147
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8. Productivity of
large and small
Productivity
collaborating
of small groups
groups--dependence
on large group
connectivity
Productivity Productivity as
of large groups a function of small
group connectivity
Conclusions:
Productivity of 5
small groups of
optimum size • Small groups with relatively high
connectivity costs may still make
significant contributions
• It is possible to achieve alliances which
improve total productivity without
incurring excessive connectivity costs
Productivity of 5
small groups of low • It may be possible to avoid “stratification”
productivity
of telecommunities based on access
Instruments Impeding Free Exchange:
The Dangers to the National Interest
The U.S. Armamentarium
• Stifle vital international exchange
Visa denials
– non-defense research
– Sensitive Countries List
– defense-related research
• Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, China, Iran, Iraq, – visitors programs
Syria, etc…
• Impair University and lab productivity and morale
– Critical Technologies
– create suspicion and resentment
• Dual use, encryption, combat boots, etc… – institutionalize racism
– Economic and Military Embargoes • Impose cosmetic solutions while ignoring the real threat
• Cuba, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, etc… – focus on ethnicity rather than deed
– Economic Proscriptions – failure to implement meaningful reform
• Risk for illegal immigration • Denigrate standards of justice and equal protection
– National Security • Sacrifice the future
• Risk of stealing our secrets – recruitment
– Criminal – loss of experienced researchers
• Wants to come to do evil – declines in appointments and visitors
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9. S&T impacts on National Security
National Security Trends • Enhanced robustness of infrastructures
• Monitoring of WMD and associated activities
• Threats come from smaller states, sub-national
• Process engineering to remove hazardous intermediates
groups and/or coalitions of these
• Assessing the implications of S&T innovations and
• Defense base is increasingly a commercial revolutions
industrial base • Interdiction of distributed networks
• Threat technologies will be based upon • Intel tools to detect, warn, diagnose and interdict
commercial off-the-shelf products (COTS) • Living with and managing complex systems (stable and
unstable)
• Law enforcement & weapons controls will be
• Understanding and public discourse on national security
weak in fragile & failed states
• Micro- and nano-scale self-replicating systems
• Compelling ideologies likely to be destabilizing
• Engineered biological threats
• Security alliances and trade alliances form new
• Cognitive science and mind control by external means
base of emerging security architecture
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