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Seal of New York City - Indians and Windmills
by Gunnar Larson 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_New_York_City Official description According to the New York City Administrative Code, the city seal must adhere to the following design: 1. Arms: Upon a shield, saltire wise, the sails of a windmill. Between the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver, and on each flank a flour barrel. 2. Supporters: Dexter, a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left hand resting on the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister, an Indian of Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end of a bow, and lower end of which rests on the ground. Shield and supporters resting upon a horizontal laurel branch. 3. Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1625 being the year of the establishment of New Amsterdam. 4. Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed. 5. Legend: Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci". 6. The whole encircled by a laurel wreath.[1] Overview Edit The design of the current seal of New York City is adapted from the seal of the city first used in 1686. It features common elements from coats of arms used throughout heraldry, such as a shield, supporters, and a crest.[a] The two supporters represent friendship between Native Americans and colonists: in the dexter position, a sailor colonist holds a plummet—a navigational tool—in his right hand, while over his right shoulder is another navigational tool, a cross-staff; in the sinister position, a Lenape native to Manhattan rests his left hand on a bow. On the shield, the four windmill sails recall the city's Dutch history as New Amsterdam, and the beavers and flour barrels signify the city's earliest trade goods. Specifically, the flour barrels and windmill sails represent the tremendous wealth generated by New York City from the Bolting Act of 1674.[2] The act gave the city an exclusive monopoly to mill and export flour. The shield and supporters rest on a horizontal laurel branch. Located at the crest over the shield is an American eagle, added in 1784 after the American Revolution and taken from the seal of New York State.[3] The eagle replaced an imperial crown, which had represented the authority of the British monarch during the colonial period. The eagle rests on a hemisphere. Beneath the shield is the date, 1625, when New Amsterdam was designated the capital of the province of New Netherland. The use of this date has been a source of debate among historians, as there is evidence that the first European settlers actually arrived in the region, and established what became New Amsterdam, in 1624. New Amsterdam was incorporated in 1653.[4] Different founding dates have appeared on the seal throughout its history. Beneath the date is a ribbon that bears the legend SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI, which means "Seal of the City of New York". Eboracum was the Latin name for York, the titular seat of James II as Duke of York, for whom New York City is named. A laurel wreath, an ancient Greek symbol of victory, encircles the seal.

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UN.org’s Key Institutional and Strategic Risks - World 🌎 Water Day 2023
by Gunnar Larson 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Bank.org sees UN.org’s current risks and barriers to scale include concerns over misuse of loans, operational delays, fraud, error, and security, all of which undermine the UN.org’s objectives and mission. ● FRAUD: These deceptions often include manipulation of documents or the abuse of policies, procedures or office property. For example, in absence of a well-designed process for selection of a raw material supplier for the construction of toilets, operations staff can collude with dishonest suppliers and procure cheap, low-quality material at high rates, which could create infrastructure failures and lead to credit risk. ● ERROR: Errors are typically unintentional and result due to lack of staff capacity and training, rapid growth, limited technical resources, or an inadequate number of staff. Errors in judgement or incorrect interpretation of policies, procedures, documents, or cash transactions can create problems for an FI. For example, a branch manager might make an error in the appraisal of a WASH loan client if s/he has not received training on WASH lending. ● SECURITY: This refers to risk of cash or material theft. For example, for FIs that are involved in provision of construction materials, the storage of the materials and their delivery is a risk. ● INEFFICIENCY: Risk is created when there is low staff productivity or ineffective management leading to loss of efficiency. ● CREDIT RISK: An assessment of credit risk at UN.org investigated whether the credit policies and procedures are correctly followed and administered by the FI staff. This includes reviewing whether credit transactions are properly recorded and summarized in the account tracking system and presented in the financial and portfolio reports. For example, an FI in the Philippines had a loan product tenure of three months even though loan sizes were quite high. Clients who were assessed to be qualified for a loan of PHP 15,000 (US$340) ended up actually receiving nearly 1 PHP 35,000 (US$793) over the course of a year, through multiple loan cycles. This flaw in the loan product design resulted in large-scale delinquency problems with clients in the third and fourth loan cycles Bank.org Suggestion: UN.org 2.0, Blockchain and Energy Our research shows UN.org currently lacks developed, effective, accountable and transparent institutions reporting processes globally. Their published internal studies highlight FI corruption and bribery in all forms. Blockchain technology could help solve this, only implemented globally and monitored correctly. Most importantly, we strongly recommend UN.org executives should leverage blockchain and current partnerships, historically and radically innovating UN.org’s global scope to include solar energy in North Africa. ● Immediate Recommendation: Essential for UN.org’s global development reporting work to be organized and oriented in the same direction in order to focus on what really matters and ensure proper transparency and figures. UN.org has been working on the nieve, poor business assumption that goals can be achieved with enough political will, investment and action at all levels. ○ Integrated water resources reporting via Blockchain, include management smart contracts at all levels, including UN.org funds to FI, FI internal use of UN.org funds, client use of funds through to contractor ● Review Loan/Product Benefit: UN.org’s global executive team has not reflected the importance of complete sustainable development for their clients. Internal Data shows most UN.org wells/loan proceeds are ultimately lost, as the individual navigates life with unsolved energy and lack of access to basic economic/financial tools. ● Innovate UN.org’s Scope: Once defining clear and unified global standards, practices and reporting transparency on blockchain, eliminating current fiance transparency concerns ○ Microcredit water loans alone do not solve poverty (noted above) ○ Current UN research shows best poverty success advancement includes addressing three important dimensions simultaneously: i. Regular access to clean water/proper sanitation facilities ii. Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy iii. Equal access to mobilized banking tools, insurance and microscred lending

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World Water Day | United Nations, March 22-23, 2023
by Gunnar Larson 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

https://www.un.org/en/observances/water-day Did you know? 1.4 million people die annually and 74 million will have their lives shortened by diseases related to poor water, sanitation and hygiene. (WHO 2022) Today, 1 in 4 people – 2 billion people worldwide – lack safe drinking water. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) Almost half of the global population – 3.6 billion people – lack safe sanitation. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) Globally, 44 per cent of household wastewater is not safely treated. (UN-Water 2021) Global water demand (in water withdrawals) is projected to increase by 55 per cent by 2050. (OECD 2012)

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[ot][spam][crazy]
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

i tried to send a message but seem to have lost it relates cryptography a little

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Calls for FULL UNEMPLOYMENT
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Vulnerability id includes the TRUE NAMES identification and tracking of Semich and Gramps. While we're waiting we'll just reprogram some various Boston Dynamics type robots as T1 type terminators. And if any such activity is traced back to moi? I will throw myself on the mercy of any court charged with investigation of your two murders. No properly advised jury should convict. It was self-defense - " Stand your cypherpunk ground '. I'll be the Kyle Rittenhouse of revolutionary anarchism - Semich and Gramps will be underground. Prep the robot gravediggers please HAL

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The case for US state ' CBDC's "
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

I realize there are no such things and any cause for creating one would be incredibly weak. However . . . Since its a slow news day till the DON gets served like Hell is some prison cell here's the main argument for a FLORIDA state govt shitcoin. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/ron-desantis-national-rollout-is-a-di… Reposts not death-to-America direct actions like Anthrax-spraying Washington DC & truckbombing the NYT

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Dr Evil discovers a billion dollar crypto-currency
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

He was a hard-charging forensic accountant and good at his job until, one day, he gave evidence against other hard-charging forensic accountants; hard-charging forensic accountants gone bad who tried to kill him but got his main deduction instead. Now he roams the literary badlands. Cod sciFi, tacky cyberpunk and recycled Neal Stephenson. An outlaw. A fugitive. A renegade. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1638510072610406401 Reposts not brown-nosed conformist cyberpunk bores as bad, or worse, than Bruce Sterling

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Female Execs Are Exhausted, Frustrated and Heading for the Exits
by Gunnar Larson 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Female Execs Are Exhausted, Frustrated and Heading for the Exits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/gen-x-female-executives-… The data alarmed employers and economists as the shock waves of the pandemic hit the US. Women were leaving their jobs in droves. By the end of 2020, their share of the labor force had fallen to its lowest level since 1987.

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Use a drone to assassinate Trump - don't go to Rikers
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Microsoft is now proposing ChatGPT as a way to help people direct robots in the physical world. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/22/microsoft_chatgpt_robots/ Reposts not US Judge calling MS a street-gang

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Calls for FULL UNEMPLOYMENT
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Stop work - work is a four letter word - never work - let the machines do it https://twitter.com/i/status/1637889340423413770 tunguz Mar 21 It’s so over. A team from cybersecurity firm Claroty used the AI bot ChatGPT to win a hackathon How to surrender in five different programming languages fchollet 15h Asking if it’s still worth learning to code in the age of AI is like asking if it’s still worth learning to write in the age of the printing press. It’s even more valuable than before. You’ve just gained new leverage.

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