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George Stathakopoulos, Apple’s Vice President for Information Security told in a letter to the Senate and. This will be profitable for both the companies as it is the best interest of both companies and users would also like to make searches through Google than through any other search engine. On Sunday the Congress was briefed by Apple’s top security officer that they had found no sign of hacking attempt or other evidence that it had been penetrated in a sophisticated attack on its supply chain. It is reported that Apple will make somewhere from $3 billion to $9 billion from the deal that will make Google the default search engine of all the Apple devices which includes Apple’s Safari Browser, Siri Web Search, and anywhere else. I’d be the very first person to say that. In order to use, everyone in the office has to disconnect from the company WiFi so there is enough bandwidth to run the software. The video consistently lags and freezes or the call drops. What we’ve tried to do is come up with ways to help our users through their course of the day. What do you dislike about ooVoo Our office insists on using this video conference software and it is absolutely the worst. We have an intelligent tracker prevention. Look at what we’ve done with the controls we’ve built in. “I think their search engine is the best. In reply to the question asked, Cook, said that security and privacy measures are already available in Safari Browser while allowing the users to access “the best” search engine. In an Interview on HBO, Tim Cook was asked that why was he comfortable in taking billions of dollars from Google in order to make Google as the default search engine of Apple, despite wanting to protect the privacy of users. If you are US resident, you can download your copy of data from here.Despite criticizing Google on the way it handles users’ data, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook defended Apple’s deal with the search giant. This is a very good initiative taken by Cupertino based company as it explains the openness of the company to its users while at the same time it gains the confidence of its users by telling that what type of data it has on its users. The data mostly includes Full Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Address, and Purchases.Īpple has also said that it uses end-to-end encryption so, the content of your iMessages is not visible to Apple and as for Apple Maps, Apple uses random identifiers so, you won’t be identified individually when you will be using Apple Maps. This initiative was taken by Apple after Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation law that came into effect in May of this year and as Europe’s users can already access their data through privacy portal and Apple also introduced this to the US, so, users living in the US can know what type of data the company has about them. These are often available from the app store. Other operating systems: The latest ooVoo version from 2023 is also available for Android, Mac and an online version. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads. Great experiences don’t have to come at the expense of your privacy and security.” ooVoo can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Apple now allows its US users to download a copy of its data that the company has about you.Īpple announced about this on Wednesday when it stated on its website that users can download the data that Apple has about them from the company’s privacy portal. 'A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina'.The Data Center: The New Orleans Index at Ten.NOAA: Hurricane Katrina - A Look Back 10 Years Later.[Related Article: What If Hurricane Katrina Hit New Orleans Today?Īdditional reporting by Reference Editor Tim Sharp Additional resources While many of the tourist areas such as the French Quarter have recovered, there are still neighborhoods just a short ride from the city that are just gone. The number of housing units and business establishments had also fallen and by 2014 had not returned to pre-2005 levels. By 2014, it had climbed back to 1.252 million, according to the U.S. The New Orleans metro area's population had dropped dramatically, from 1.386 million in 2005 to 1.04 million in 2006. Ten years later, the region was still recovering from Katrina. For example, they have an e-mail and text message system called NolaReady that 13,000 residents have signed up for. The city of New Orleans has improved resident access to evacuation and alert information. The act also increases funding for Urban Search and Rescue teams and requires the establishment of a family registry within six months after a storm. The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act offers grants to help cities revise evacuation plans, includes provisions for better communication with non-English speaking people and those with disabilities and recognizes the evacuation needs of people with pets. On 2006, Congress passed an act to reorganize FEMA. The Army Corps of Engineers has rebuilt the levee system, making the barriers higher and supporting them with steel beams that extend as far as 65 feet (19.8 meters) below sea level. Government officials have sought to learn from the tragedy and implement better environmental, communications and evacuation policies. Commander Mark Moran, NOAA Corps, NMAO/AOC) Recovery and lessons learned The committee's final report was titled " A Failure of Initiative."įlooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. House of Representatives investigating the preparation, response and aftermath of the storm cited failures at all levels of government. Ultimately, a select bipartisan committee of the U.S. In 2014, he was convicted of bribery, fraud and money laundering committed while in office before and after Katrina and is now serving a 10-year sentence, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin came under severe scrutiny for not ordering mandatory evacuations sooner. Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was forced to resign, as was New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Eddie Compass. Many residents did not heed initial warnings to evacuate, putting a severe strain on rescue operations.Īfter initially receiving praise from then-president George W. Critics blamed an aging and neglected federal levee system and a slow state and local response following the disaster for the high loss of life and damage. The rescue and recovery efforts following Katrina became highly politicized, with federal, state and local officials pointing fingers at one another. According to The Data Center, an independent research organization in New Orleans, the storm displaced more than 1 million people in the Gulf Coast region. It was one of the largest displacements of a population since the Great Depression, according to the NOAA. Thousands sought refuge in the New Orleans Convention Center and the Superdome, which were overwhelmed. The National Guard was called in to help with evacuations. Ultimately, 80 percent of New Orleans and large portions of nearby parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters did not recede for weeks. Army Corps of Engineers, causing extensive flooding throughout the New Orleans region," said Sandy Rosenthal, the founder and director of the advocacy group aimed at educating people about the catastrophic flooding in New Orleans in 2005 and a known critic of the Army Corps. "The surge exposed engineering mistakes in the levees and floodwalls designed and built by the U.S. A large storm surge ranging from 10 to 28 feet devastated coastal areas across southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi. (Image credit: NASA) Storm impactĪs Katrina made landfall, its front-right quadrant, which held the strongest winds, slammed into Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, devastating both cities. The flooding in New Orleans nearly a week after Hurricane Katrina hit, taken by NASA's EO-1 satellite on Sept. 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But on the fourth night of Hanukkah, they both gave tzedakah to help repair the world.” The end result is that you learn a lot about each night of Hanukkah, but not in a way that feels teachy. To settle things once and for all, they have a competition: Who can have the world’s best Hanukkah? Weissman then proceeds to do this clever little pairing of each activity that Nora or Noah does that’s different on each of the eight days, but in the end they both always end up doing the same thing. They talk on the phone all the time but they also find one another’s Hanukkah experiences to be utterly backwards. In this story you have cousins Nora, living in New Zealand, and Noah, living in New York. My sole regret is that I encountered it as late in the year as I did. With apologies to all the other Hanukkah books out this year, behold my absolute favorite!! It is rare for me to put a holiday book on both my Holidays list and my Best Picture Books list of the year, but that’s just how good this little book by Weissman and Hoffmann is. Probably, and I mean this truly, the best Yom Kippur picture book I’ve ever seen. And while I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and the art (which is top notch!) I really enjoyed the fact that having given up free meals throughout the book, the wolf gets to feast and feast at the story’s end. The book centers on a Big Bad who follows the Jewish tradition of t’shuvah, returning to his best self on Yom Kippur. And for good reason too! The story focuses on a Big Bad Wolf, not too dissimilar from the one you’ve seen in the book series/movie Bad Guys. I actually spotted this cover across a distance of at least ten feet and was instantly drawn in. And Apples & Honey Press did not disappoint. Now as I was traversing the halls of the Annual American Library Association Conference this past June I made a point to sniff out all the smaller publishers of children’s books to see what goodies they might have to display. In the pantheon of great Yom Kippur picture books, few feature wolves in sleeveless plaid. Ideal for the kid who wants something scary/not scary for the season. And yes, you guessed it, the one who gets the handkerchief is most definitely the mouse (but not, to my surprise, by scaring her). When a mouse challenges the baddies to get the handkerchief of a young woman who’s just moved into the proverbial neighborhood, the race is on! Trouble is, this is a Donaldson/Scheffler heroine of a particularly calm and collected disposition. A witch, a ghost, and a troll compete between themselves to be the scariest (a plot not wholly different from another 2023 title, Benita and the Night Creatures by Mariana Llanos). This actually would a rather nice Halloween storytime title, if you were so inclined to include it. Now is this book up to Gruffalo standards? Since I’m not a #1 Gruffalo fan, my answer would most certainly be yes. It was the shock of my lifetime to travel to the Bologna Book Fair this past March and discover that Axel Scheffler is, in fact, German. Hey, The Gruffalo isn’t a worldwide sensation for nothin’, after all. Nutmeg, water chestnut, butternut squash and shea nuts are not tree nuts (the term “nut” does not always indicate a tree nut) and are generally well tolerated by tree nut-allergic individuals. Although the Food and Drug Administration labels coconut as a tree nut, the vast majority of tree nut-allergic individuals also tolerate coconut without difficulty, since coconut is not truly a nut, but rather a fruit. They also usually tolerate macadamia nut and pine nut, which are also both seeds. 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As your first combat phase ends during your turn, if one or more creatures you control have aggressive, you have another combat phase before your second main phase.If something refers to "each basic land type," it includes Cloud.Īggressive (During your turn, there is an additional combat phase after the first, and only creatures with aggressive may attack during it.) If so, and you're instructed to choose a basic land type, you may choose Cloud. " This is true only during a game using Mystery Booster playtest cards. The artwork is provided by Wizards of the Coast staff-from the incredibly talented to the incredibly available.Īs you may notice, playtest cards have varying levels of seriousness. These cards are an unprecedented peek inside an early stage of the design process, so the cards aren't set in a normal Magic frame, they haven't undergone rules scrutiny, and Play Design hasn't tested them rigorously for balance. This last card is a specially designed playtest card straight from Magic: The Gathering's design files. Go to /Rules for a complete list of formats and their permitted card sets and banned lists.Įach Mystery Booster-Convention Edition booster pack contains fourteen reprints, plus one other card. Most of its cards are not legal in the Standard format, and many are not legal in the Modern format. Inclusion in the Mystery Booster set doesn't change what formats a card is legal in. Go to to find an event or store near you. Mystery Booster-Retail Edition booster packs contain an additional 121 cards that appear only in premium, and Mystery Booster-Convention Edition booster packs contain an additional 121 playtest cards. The Mystery Booster set contains 1,694 cards of equal rarity that appear in booster packs. To celebrate Magic's history, each card is printed with the Planeswalker symbol in the lower-left corner but is otherwise unchanged from its previous printing. 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The Release Notes include information concerning the release of a new Magic: The Gathering set, as well as a collection of clarifications and rulings involving that set's cards. Note: Mystery Booster: Convention Edition's 2021 return to WPN stores featured several changes, including the removal of some cards and new artwork for others. France, the United States and other European nations have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into shoring up Niger’s army and the coup has been seen as a major setback. Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, supported by Algeria, though mot a member of regional bloc, stand defiantly against any military moves to restore the previous government. The West African regional bloc has imposed stringent sanctions, finding a peaceful solution to the deepening crisis, yielded little with no clarity on the next steps. The region needs sustainable peace, social and economic development and stability. Instead of waging and further deepening conflicts, the executive leadership of ECOWAS has to focus on its original and core mandate of economic development, regional integration and poverty eradication in West Africa. It is manipulated by external powers and ordered by Washington and what is more executing instructions and directives from imperialists-minded powers who have, so far, imposed their own rules. Throughout these several years ECOWAS has failed the entire West African region. These groups of political thoughts have simultaneously condemned the Abdourahamane Tchiani-led coup d’état in Niger that toppled the constitutionally-elected government under the leadership of President Mohamed Bazoum. In the spectrum of Africa’s population, and of course are still talking the restoring the democracy, about returning civilian head government, about constitution that stipulates the governing principles. Besides that, in the academic circles, political scenes and civil society organizations have together strongly condemns ECOWAS’ belligerence in the region. Within the context of the changing political situation, the emerging new order or appropriately the taking just a glimpse of the evolutionary processes and trends, many external leaders have called of modern forms of resolving the crisis, but through military intervention. Subsequently, Niger has now severed ties with Nigeria, Togo, France, its coloniser, and the United States. Ultimate failure to comprehend the neocolonial goals of foreign powers has deep created cracks in ECOWAS.Ībdulsalami Abubakar headed the regional bloc and travelled to Niamey for diplomatic talks to resolve the crisis amicably, but was unsuccessful, but only reiterated it could resort to military intervention as a last resort. Narratives further described ECOWAS poor knowledge and acceptance of the main objectives of and reasons for the military’s appearance in political scene in the Republic of Niger, a West African States controlled by the United States and France. Several narratives further pointed to the fundamental facts that the crisis has the potential to escalate into either a conflict across West Africa, and Niger, situated in the Sahel region, occupies a pivotal position not only in terms of terrorism and violent extremism within western Africa but also within a continent that has emerged as a global focal point for terrorist activities and Islamic extremist violence. The overarching combined narratives of the growing crisis, mass demonstrations in support for the military and the uncoordinated plan for military intervention are explicit signs of weaknesses on the side of ECOWAS. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the 15-member West Africa’s main regional bloc, is seemingly loosing its decades-old credibility in attempts to reinstate Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum. He represented the word "raisin bread" (as in "Ray's inbred"). In 2004, Redden made a guest appearance on Blue Collar TV, playing a car repairman named Ray in a "Redneck Dictionary" skit. Burton located Redden in Clayton, where he was part-owner of the Cookie Jar Café, and also worked as a cook and dishwasher. Burton was intent on getting Redden, as he wanted him to play the role of a banjo-playing "welcomer" in the utopian town of Spectre. Redden next appeared in Tim Burton's 2003 film Big Fish. The film was recorded in and around Clayton, Georgia, and many people recall it as a mixture of Deliverance and First Blood. The hidden banjo player was shown playing in the bar-fingered " clawhammer" style, while the banjo heard on the soundtrack was played in three-finger " Earl Scruggs" style, using finger picks.Īfter Deliverance, Redden was cast in Lamberto Bava's 1984 film Blastfighter. The scene was then shot with carefully chosen camera angles to conceal the player, whose arms were slipped around Redden's waist to play the tune. Boorman felt that Redden's skinny frame, large head, and almond-shaped eyes made him the natural choice to play the part of an " inbred from the back woods." Because Redden could not play the banjo, he wore a special shirt that allowed a real banjo player to hide behind him. He portrayed a banjo-playing "local" in the film's famous "dueling banjos" scene. Stalmaster recommended Redden to director John Boorman-though Redden was not an albino child, as Boorman had requested-and Redden was cast. Career Īt the age of fifteen, he was discovered by Lynn Stalmaster, who was scouting for the movie Deliverance. Redden was born in Rabun County, Georgia, on October 13, 1956. He played Lonnie, a banjo-playing teenager in north Georgia, who played the noted " Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger ( Ronny Cox). Billy Redden (born 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as a backwoods mountain boy in the 1972 film Deliverance. |
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