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The Blogs: The best way to protect zookeepers? Eliminate zoos
The death of Uriel Nuri, a zookeeper at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is tragic. But it was not an isolated incident. It reflects a troubling pattern seen in zoos around the world. Just weeks earlier, a woman in Australia lost her arm after being attacked by a lion at Darling Downs Zoo, and a supervisor at Thiruvananthapuram Zoo in India suffered a serious head injury after being struck by a tiger.
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Investment Summary Net Operating Income (NOI) minus mortgage payments. Calculation: NOI - Mortgage Payments Monthly Cash Flow -$42 Capitalization Rate is a rate of return that compares the yearly Net Operating Income (NOI) to the market value. Calculation: NOI / Market Value Cap Rate 5.5% Annual Cash Flow / Cash Invested Calculation: Annual cash flow divided by initial cash invested. Cash-on-Cash Return -1.0% Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by total debt payments.
Modernization of animal testing
By Jason Baker The Food and Drug Administration has permanently removed its recommendation that companies conduct tests on animals to establish bone health claims for marketing food and beverage products sold in Taiwan. This is the fifth health claim regulation that the agency has scrapped clean of animal tests. Coming after a push from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and hearing from more than 28,000 PETA supporters, this decision exemplifies the global shift in animal testing.
Breaking Basta: Insights from Black Basta’s Leaked Ransomware Chats
During the period covered by the Black Basta leaked chat logs (18 September 2023 – 28 September 2024), we observed the following • We observed at least 47 cryptocurrency wallets associated with Black Basta, which we tied to the equivalent of $38 Million USD in transactions.
GRIT Ransomware Report: August 2024
Additional contributors to this report: Jason Baker, Ryan Silver, JP Mouton, and Grayson North In this month's report, we highlight the Ransomware group, Black Suit, the only ransomware group actively tracked as a " Rebrand" within our taxonomy and continuing the legacy of the preceding "Royal" group. The group appears to have begun operations under the Black Suit moniker in mid-2023 and has continued targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi environments.
GRIT Ransomware Report: July 2024
Additional contributors to this report: Jason Baker, Justin Timothy, Ryan Silver, and JP Mouton July 2024 yielded some answers to our ongoing questions about the future of ransomware, but also raised additional questions as the ecosystem continues to adjust to shakeups among its major players.
GRIT Ransomware Report: May 2024
Additional contributors to this report: Grayson North, Jason Baker May 2024 closed with an increase in overall victim volume, though deep review reveals that the increase was driven disproportionately by LockBit's 175 posted victims, accounting for 37% of the month's total.
An Analysis of Tactics and Techniques Attributed to Scattered Spider
Additional authors: Rui Ataide and Hermes Bojaxhi Executive Summary In early 2024, we identified a current affiliate of the RansomHub RaaS group as a former Alphv/Black Cat affiliate. We assess with high confidence that the same affiliate is a present or former affiliate of the Scattered Spider threat group, also tracked as UNC3944, Muddled Libra, Octo Tempest, Scatter Swine, and Starfraud.
GRIT Ransomware Report: April 2024
Additional contributors to this report: Nic Finn, Grayson North, Justin Timothy April 2024 presented as an outlier amidst the preceding two years of reporting, with notable impacts on ransomware's most prolific actors. Following their March "exit scam," Alphv, also known as Black Cat, is nowhere to be found. LockBit, the most prolific ransomware group for 30 of the past 33 months, has moved to the fourth-most active ransomware group by victim volume.
Increased Risks Among Immature Ransomware Operators
Summary. In recent years, cybercrime has become an increasingly familiar issue amongst cybersecurity professionals, with ransomware in particular commanding news coverage, government statements, and new regulations designed to stem its continued increase. Headlines detailing massive ransom demands and attention-seeking performances ensure that "ransomware" is a household term.
Opinion: How can we help combat loneliness among San Diego’s elderly? Here are some tips.
Baker is owner of Home Instead offices serving San Diego and Hemet. He lives in Hemet. In the sunlit streets of San Diego, beneath the facade of a city vibrant with youth and activity, lies a silent crisis affecting our older adults. With 13.8 percent of San Diegans aged 65 and older, it’s crucial to address the pervasive issue of loneliness, a condition impacting more than one-third of adults in this age group on a regular basis.
GRIT Ransomware Report: January 2024
Additional contributors to this report: Nic Finn, Grayson North, Jason Baker January saw a decrease in ransomware activity relative to the operations tempo observed throughout Q4 2023. This decrease is consistent with historical norms, and mirrors a similar slowdown observed in January of 2022 and 2023, both of which also followed heightened Q4 activity from the preceding year.
GRIT Ransomware Report: November 2023
Additional contributors to this report: Nic Finn, Grayson North, Justin Timothy, Ryan Silver November 2023 closed with an increase in posted ransomware victims relative to a quieter October, but in keeping with an overall higher rate of victims consistent since March.
ChatGPT-4 and Human Researchers Are Equal in Writing Scientific Introduction Sections: A Blinded, Randomized, Non-inferiority Controlled Study
Specialty Please choose I'm not a medical professional. Allergy and Immunology Anatomy Anesthesiology Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes and Endocrinology Emergency Medicine Epidemiology and Public Health Family Medicine Forensic Medicine Gastroenterology General Practice Genetics Geriatrics Health Policy Hematology HIV/AIDS Hospital-based Medicine I'm not a medical professional.
Leveraging Strategic Communications for Ransomware Response
Additional contribution to this blog from Jason Baker, Threat Intelligence Consultant If you've found this blog because you're currently experiencing a ransomware incident, reach out to the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) immediately to engage and assist with your ransomware response. Executive Summary The unfortunate reality is that far too many organizations are becoming victims of ransomware attacks.
GRIT Ransomware Report: July 2023
Additional contributors to this report: Jason Baker, Grayson North, Justin Timothy July revealed several interesting changes in trends, with an observed increase in number of active threat groups, impacted industries, and impacted countries, despite a considerable decrease in activity attributed to seven of June's top ten threat groups.
GRIT Ransomware Report: May 2023
Additional contributors to this report: Jason Baker, Nic Finn During the month of May, GRIT observed an increase in the number of ransomware victims compared to April 2023. However, the most prolific ransomware groups, including Lockbit, Alphv, and Royal, exhibited either a reduction or stagnation in their number of victims posted. Despite this trend from established groups, the overall impact of ransomware remained significant.
GRIT Ransomware Report: April 2023
Additional contributors to this GRIT report: Grayson North, Nic Finn, and Drew Schmitt Following a relatively active March-resulting in 451 affected organizations observed across 24 ransomware leak sites-GRIT observed interesting movement in the ransomware landscape in April.
GRIT Ransomware Report: February 2023
Additional contributors to this GRIT report: Grayson North, Jason Baker, and Drew Schmitt Compared to January, February showed a heavy increase in ransomware activity in reported victims and the countries affected, but overall trends in victims, group activity, and targeting remained largely the same. The most notable change was the increase in victim count by the Lockbit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group.
In the face of sea level rise, NOAA helps endangered Hawaiian monk seals find higher ground
Honey Girl (Part 1) One calm morning on O’ahu, Hawai’i, wildlife veterinarian Dr. Michelle Barbieri received a phone call. It was November 2012, her second month on the job, and a scrawny monk seal had just hauled out on a beach with a wire leader—a short length of metal wire that attaches fishing line to a baited hook—tangled up in its mouth. Along with a team of expert monk seal responders and scientists, Dr. Barbieri drove out to evaluate the starving animal.
Civet Cats Suffer for Vile Kopi Luwak Coffee
Democracy operated on twin principles of Truth and Trust. From 10,000 years ago to the 21st Century human societies evolved from particularized and selected trust circles to generalized and universalistic trust spheres which are the backbone of democracy. From authoritarianism to democracy human beings expanded their circle of trust from a particular community to a global community. Autocrats established heated rhetoric that favor some ethnicity, ideology, or racial superiority.
U.S. Special Operations Command Holds a Change of Command Ceremony
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton assumed command of U.S. Special Operations Command from outgoing commander Gen. Richard D. Clarke during a change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center today. General Fenton previously served as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command in Fort Bragg, N.C. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III officiated the ceremony and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley was the honorary guest speaker.
Saving the Ocean, part 2
This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break. In part one of this series, we focused on South Tarawa, the densely populated main island in the Kiribati group. In this episode, we head even further east into the Pacific – to Abaiang; an outer island originally home for many of the people who have migrated to South Tarawa. Shark fishing holds a special place in Kiribati culture.
Plastics, sharps diabetes waste require conscious disposal
April 22, 2021 5 min read Save Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Healio interviews Disclosures: Baker reports no relevant financial disclosures. Heth reports she is an employee of Abbott. McIntosh and Taylor report they are employees of Dexcom. Healio was unable to confirm relevant financial disclosures for Hughes before publication.
Don’t throw money at a failed zoo
Some of the hardest conversations I have with my 8-year-old son are when he asks me questions that I have no answers for. One that hits particularly close to home is when he asks me why the Manila Zoo—a facility that has caused so much suffering and that has failed animals in every way—hasn’t closed its doors for good. The only answer is that there really isn’t any justifiable reason.
Baguio should focus on bountiful attractions, not zoo
This is regarding the report “Baguio eyes P400-M zoo” (2/2/21). Building a zoo to bolster biodiversity is akin to chopping down trees to save forests. Collections of animals in an inherently artificial environment do nothing to foster the public’s connection to the natural world or cultivate respect.
Ramaphosa is selling off South Africa’s iconic wildlife - and it needs to stop
By Jason Baker At his Phala Phala game-breeding operation, Ramaphosa breeds and sells animals to be gunned down by tourists who have more money than morals JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 9, 2020/ — By Jason Baker Should the president of South Africa be trading in protected species and pocketing huge sums of money from their deaths?
Believe Memphis Academy's New Partner Gives Big
Jason Baker is a native Memphian and a Choose901 guest writer. He serves as the Director of Development and Marketing at Believe Memphis Academy, working to close the education achievement gap through the generous efforts of individual and organizational community partners. “If you want something different, you have to do something different”. This is an age-old saying that people typically apply to health and fitness, career, and various other avenues in life.
What we eat, and the next pandemic
Seeing the current lockdown across the Philippines makes me want to pull my hair out. Not just because it’s disruptive, but also because the signs that an outbreak like COVID-19 would happen have been so clear. Seventeen years ago, when SARS first made headlines, I locked myself in a cage in Hong Kong to illustrate the way our taste for animal flesh contributes to animal-borne diseases.
How Did the Panda Cross the Planet? Bei Bei's Trip from Washington D.C. to China
In some ways, it’s a miracle that giant panda cubs are born at all. Female giant pandas only ovulate one time a year, for about 24-72 hours. That’s it. If a female panda doesn’t become pregnant during that time, she will have to wait an entire year for another chance. Giant pandas are typically solitary animals in the wild, only coming together to breed. That doesn’t help a great deal with the reproductive process, either.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 5:44 p.m. CT Oct. 10, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside. As a major in the Air Force who has flown combat missions against the Islamic State, I have seen firsthand the capability of Kurdish fighters.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 5:44 p.m. CT Oct. 10, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside. As a major in the Air Force who has flown combat missions against the Islamic State, I have seen firsthand the capability of Kurdish fighters.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 5:44 p.m. CT Oct. 10, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside. As a major in the Air Force who has flown combat missions against the Islamic State, I have seen firsthand the capability of Kurdish fighters.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 5:44 p.m. CT Oct. 10, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside. As a major in the Air Force who has flown combat missions against the Islamic State, I have seen firsthand the capability of Kurdish fighters.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 5:44 p.m. CT Oct. 10, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside. As a major in the Air Force who has flown combat missions against the Islamic State, I have seen firsthand the capability of Kurdish fighters.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 2:01 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. United States military servicemembers’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been, and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside.
I fought alongside the Kurds. The United States can't abandon our fierce allies to Turkey.
Jason Baker, Opinion contributor Published 1:01 p.m. CT Oct. 9, 2019 | Updated 1:25 p.m. CT Oct. 9, 2019 The Kurds have been a reliable partner for the United States. Betraying them now risks undermining all our progress against the Islamic State. U.S. military service members’ worldviews are shaped by the jobs they do, places they’ve been and comrades in arms they’ve fought alongside.
World Rabies Day: Have your pets spayed
The faint crying noises emanating from a garbage-filled mausoleum at the cemetery may have sounded like spooky specters to some. But a kind passerby suspected that the sounds had a more earthly explanation. After combing through the mountain of trash, he found the source: two tiny orphaned kittens. He took them to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), and we vaccinated and neutered the siblings before placing them together in a loving home.
An attack on NATO is an attack on peace
By Jason Baker Saturday, May 4, 2019 | 2 a.m. After centuries dominated by constant wars between states, the end of World War II brought about more than seven decades of “big peace” and no wars between great powers. This past week marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, which has been instrumental in this long peace.
U.S. Must Support NATO – InsideSources
After centuries dominated by constant wars between states, the end of World War II brought about more than seven decades of “big peace” and no wars between great powers. This past week marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, which has been instrumental in this long peace.
What the Government Shutdown Says About Our View of Service – InsideSources
The partial government shutdown is leaving 800,000 federal employees unpaid. In a society where civil-military relations are increasingly strained, this issue has laid bare a bigger issue: As a nation, we revere military service while discounting the service of federal workers. Federal workers are no less servants of the nation just because they don’t wear a uniform. They take an oath to the nation just like the military.
Abuse in mohair industry not just a few bad apples
Shearers are paid by volume, not by the hour, so they're driven to work quickly and carelessly, says the writer. Picture: Peta Your article "Peta's shocking video could ravage local mohair industry" (11 June) includes several misleading statements about PETA's recent mohair exposé. As much as Mohair SA would like to portray the kinds of abuse that take place in its industry as the acts of a few "bad apples", they aren't.
How Can the US Military Do Its Best If It Isn’t Given a Clear Mission?
The current Authorization for Use of Military Force pre-dates my commission by 5 years, and is still the same one that remains in effect in my 12th year of service. A 17-year-old authorization being stretched to justify military action is not what I would really argue constitutes a well-defined strategy or mission for servicemembers. This will be even more true in a couple short years when force is being carried out by those not even born when the authorization was signed.
French Airship Company Tries A New Design
French Airship Company Tries A New Design Text size: By Mary Grady | March 31, 2018 A number of companies have tried a range of variations on the traditional airship in recent years, attempting to combine the simplicity of buoyant flight with new technology to create marketable aircraft — so far, with limited success.
Opinion: County must keep fighting Trump administration on immigration
Santa Clara County government has a wide range of responsibilities: roads and transportation, parks and libraries, housing and public health, public safety and disaster preparedness. With the Trump administration running the federal government, we must recognize another critical core service: fighting to protect our residents. We must stand with those resisting the daily wrongs inflicted by Washington.
Opinion: County must keep fighting Trump administration on immigration
Santa Clara County government has a wide range of responsibilities: roads and transportation, parks and libraries, housing and public health, public safety and disaster preparedness. With the Trump administration running the federal government, we must recognize another critical core service: fighting to protect our residents. We must stand with those resisting the daily wrongs inflicted by Washington.
King Tut Antiquities Take Flight in World Tour
The only way to transport King Tut’s trove of treasures is through painstaking care and precautions. As the official logistics provider of the Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition, FedEx transported 20 crates filled with almost 32,000 pounds of priceless artifacts more than 7,500 miles. Ancient relics are incredibly sensitive to humidity and temperature.
Assessment of the Factors Leading to the Recruitment of Violent Extremists | RealClearDefense
Jason Baker is an Officer in the United States Air Force, with a recent deployment supporting the fight against the Islamic State. Jason is also an M.A. candidate at American University’sSchool of International Service. He can be found on Twitter @JasonBakerJB. All opinions in this article are those of the author and do not represent the official positions of the United States Department of Defense or United States Air Force.
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