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CESR at 25: Achievements and Challenges in a Milestone Year
CESR's annual report for 2018 surveys the impact of CESR's work in a milestone year that marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of our founding as the first international NGO committed to bringing human rights to the struggle for economic and social justice. We also observed the more somber landmark of a decade of austerity policies taking root in two-thirds of the world's countries since the 2008 global financial crisis. These harmful policy choices have driven widening inequalities and ongoing rights violations, as documented in many of the places where CESR works. This report highlights the changes that we made in countries around the world, in international human rights and development spaces, and in the broader field of social justice activism which we serve.
Read the full report here
Throughout the year, we tackled extreme economic inequality as one of the most widespread threats to human rights of our time, waging the struggle on three key fronts: resisting austerity, promoting progressive tax policies and advancing sustainable development alternatives. We did this by conducting cutting-edge human rights and economic policy analysis and by working with diverse partners worldwide to hold governments and international institutions accountable for unjust fiscal and development policies. We also forged alliances with activists beyond the human rights movement, who also work for more equitable, sustainable and human-centered economies.
CESR led the way in assessing austerity's human rights impacts in places like Brazil and South Africa, achieving a victory with the restoration of universal healthcare access in Spain after eight years of austerity. We used powerful advocacy at international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund to call out the injustices of austerity, including the contradiction between the IMF's stated goals around women's empowerment and its austerity-fueling national loan conditions.
CESR provided leadership in several other areas. Long a leading human rights voice for progressive taxation that helps to reduce inequality and redistribute resources on the national and global levels, CESR spoke out against regressive tax policies in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, South Africa and the United States. CESR also spearheaded efforts to equip human rights defenders with innovative tools for monitoring economic and social rights and demanding accountability in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In Egypt, we worked with civil society groups to propose new metrics of development progress aligned with the country's economic and social rights obligations.
In 2018, CESR collaborated closely with human rights and development organizations, institutions and networks in more than a dozen different countries, developing partnerships that challenged the injustices of fiscal austerity, tax abuse and extractive development models. Our distinctive partnership model, which prioritizes mutual skills-sharing, collaborative research and advocacy methods, and jointly-branded publications, was highly valued by our collaborators. We also fostered much-needed dialogue on the ways in which the human rights movement can work in closer synergy with other movements striving for economic and social justice to confront common threats.
The 2018 annual report provides a vivid illustration of the range of ways in which CESR brings human rights to the struggle for economic and social justice. Rich with concrete examples of work that skillfully supports the recognition and enforcement of economic and social rights worldwide, we hope it inspires continued enthusiasm for employing human rights as a powerful tool for promoting social justice and human dignity.
Celebrating CESR's 25th Anniversary: Defending Human Rights in an Age of Inequality
CESR's 25th Anniversary Event Video Recap
CESR 25-Year Timeline of Achievements
Webinar | Defining a new economics: what role for human rights?
On Monday, November 9th, CESR will be co-hosting a webinar with the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and SECTION27 that asks: what role for human rights in defining a new economics?
Dialogue on Human Rights and Fiscal Policy in the constituent process in Chile
The October 14th dialogue discussed the importance of addressing fiscal discussions in Chile's constitutional reform process from a human rights perspective.
Webinar: Key Insights into Human Rights and Economic Policy Reform
CESR and the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre are delighted to co-host an online discussion on 'Key Insights into Human Rights and Economic Policy Reform' on Monday, October 26th.

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Q: Append variable at end of URL - PHP I want to append the variable $name to the URL http://google.com/script.php so that I can call the variable in another script.
How do I modify the following code without having those syntax errors?
Thanks.
Codes:
$name = $_GET['smsname'];
$call = $client->account->calls->create('+103632', $number,
        'http://google.com/script.php'
    );

A: Append it like so
$name = $_GET['smsname'];
$call = $client->account->calls->create('+103632', $number,
        'http://google.com/script.php?name='.$name
    );

And in the next page you can get it using $_GET['name']

A: Just concatenate it using .
$var1 = 'text'; $var2 = 'text2';
Concatenation = $var1.$var2;
In your case.
$name = $_GET['smsname'];
$call = $client->account->calls->create('+103632', $number,
        'http://google.com/script.php?name='.$name;
    );

But, you should validate $name for values, as in if it is empty or not.
Because, that code of yours will only works if if script.php?name= has a value, but if it is not, then you should be prepared to do something instead. like this:
ex: $name = isset($_GET['smsname']) ? $_GET['smsname'] : 0;
The above code pretty much says, if script.php?name= is set to some value, then assign it to $name else $name should be 0
The  : 0; part, is there to set a value of 0 IF nothing is set or if $_GET['smsname'] is empty. You can add anything you like there

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While Gaithersburg was once a rural farm town, today it has a large population and a suburban feel. Whether you live in a home dating back to the rural farm town days in 'Olde Town' or in a new development near the Washingtonian Center, if your home has a chimney it's a good idea to have it regularly inspected and cleaned by professionals. Homeowners across Gaithersburg choose All Pro Chimney for chimney sweep services.
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This level of inspection is also generally expected when there is a sale or transfer of property.
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Please join us on Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel for our upcoming Chapter PD sessions. This event contains four hours of ethical content.
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Sausthorpe Hall
The Grade II-listed Sausthorpe Hall was built in the late eighteenth century. It was then extended and remodelled in 1822.
Postcard published by W.K. Morton of Spilsby & posted in 1938.
Sausthorpe,
Sausthorpe, St Andrew
St Andrew's is a brick church built by Charles Kirk in 1842.
The building is Perpendicular in style with tall traceried windows throughout.
Sausthorpe, St Andrew, Charles Kirk, brick
The elegant tower and spire of St Andrew's - in the style of Louth St James - are a fine landmark here on the very southern edge of the Wolds.
Sausthorpe, St Andrew church
The tower of St Andrew's is of pale stock brick.
The pinnacles and flying buttresses are similar in style to those designed by Nicholson, e.g. at Biscathorpe and Haugham.
Sausthorpe, St Andrew, floor tiles
The floor tiles in the chancel.
Sausthorpe, St Andrew church, floor tiles
Sausthorpe, St Andrew, stained glass
Two windows in the south side of the chancel have stained glass from the Morris studio.
Their date of 1908 is after the deaths of Morris and Burne-Jones.
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Posted on December 7, 2017 by Delaware Gazette
Bypass helping traffic flow in Powell
By Joshua Keeran - [email protected]
The results of a post-construction summary of the Murphy Parkway Extension Project are in, and everything points toward it being a success.
"First and foremost, the good news is things seem to be working fairly well, and some of our results did show that," Doug Bender, a senior traffic engineer with EMH&T — the Columbus-based firm hired to conduct the traffic study following the completion of the roadway extension project in September 2016 — told Powell City Council on Tuesday.
Funded through a 1.8-mill bond levy renewal approved by voters in November 2012, the $2.1 million project set out to improve traffic flow along Olentangy and Liberty streets by extending the Murphy Parkway downtown bypass from its previous dead-end terminus south of Presidential Parkway to its present-day connection at South Liberty Street.
In a news release issued by the city prior to the opening of the extension last year, City Manager Steve Lutz stated, "Traffic has dramatically increased over the years, and we know our community is frustrated. The Murphy Parkway extension is a great step towards improving congestion along our main arteries in Powell."
The results of the post-construction study that centered around Murphy Parkway and surrounding streets, Bender said, show traffic volumes have adjusted as expected, speeds are similar, and the level of service remains stable.
"In general, I think we are seeing that traffic is kind of adjusting to the network and folks are choosing the most efficient and most comfortable way to get through the network," he said.
As for traffic volume levels, the study shows the number of vehicles traveling on Salisbury Drive has decreased and migrated to three other city streets: Presidential Parkway, Donerail Avenue, and Grey Oaks Drive.
According to peak p.m. weekday two-way volume data presented to council, traffic volume, as Bender said was expected, dwindled on Salisbury Drive from 402 vehicles in a 2014 study to 293 vehicles in the 2017 study. Traffic volume during the same time frame, however, increased on Presidential Parkways (52 to 109 vehicles), Donerail Avenue (18 to 25), and Grey Oaks Drive (94 to 135).
"What we are seeing is some of that cut-through traffic that was on Salisbury is kind of working its way through the street network the way we hoped it would," Bender said. "It has migrated to those other three streets kind of where it should be, so that's a good thing."
Using average weekday speed data collected in 2014 and 2017, since the new portion of Murphy Parkway opened, speeds have slightly decreased in both directions along Presidential Parkway, Grey Oaks Drive, and Murphy Parkway between Grey Oaks Drive and Donerail Avenue, Bender said.
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Q: Transformerless power supply I'm looking for building a power supply circuit that will convert 230VAC to 5VDC in order to power up an Atmega328P. I also want this to be as small as possible.
I know a transformer is one option but since I want to shrink it I was concerned about using a 5.1V zener diode.
Here is a schematic I found:

But how much heat will the the capacitor/diode produce? Is it more efficient to use a transformer instead?

A: If you're here asking about the basics of a line-connected power supply for running some hobby project, then you shouldn't be trying to do this at all.  This is NOT where you want to learn by experimenting.  The cost of mistakes are too high.  The results can burn down your house or electrocute you, or someone else.
If you need a little current at 5 V to run a microcontroller from, just buy the power supply, or use a USB power adapter. These things are cheap, small, and easily available.  Someone else who actually knows what they are doing has done the engineering to provide the 5 V safely.
The Meanwell IRM-01-5 is just one of many examples.  This one mounts on your PCB like any other part, only has a footprint of 1.3 x .9 inches (34 x 22 mm), puts out 200 mA at 5 V, works with line power anywhere in the world, and costs under $5 in singles.  Doing this yourself just doesn't make sense.

A: The other answers are pretty good, but we can still add a few nails to the capacitive dropper's coffin...

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*The USB microcontroller programmer will strongly dislike being connected to mains voltage, so you need an isolation transformer or USB isolator for development... annoying...

*It burns power even when the micro sleeps. Like 1-2W for doing nothing, and it's a shunt regulated supply, so it has to be sized for the max current, incl. relays, LEDs, etc. Not environmentally-friendly.

*If you want it small to put it inside a wall outlet or switch, burning power in small places tends to make things hot

A: There are many problems with that circuit, of which the most important is it is not isolated from mains. A transformer will provide you with isolation. If you mount the Atmega in a plastic box, then it might be safe to use, but you will not be able to work on it safely, unless you use isolated equipment and are a careful engineer. You wouldn't be able to interface it to anything safely or easily either, at least not without using opto-couplers or something similar.
These days, it's far better to buy a small 5v plug-top power supply, isolated, ready made, high current output (1A/2A), waste of time to do anything else.
But if you want some critique of that circuit ...
C1 must be an X2 type capacitor. Mains will have large transients on it, often to 1500V. An X2 capacitor is rated to handle these safely.
R1 is far too big, and will get hotter than it needs to. Its only function is reduce the inrush current when first switched on, to below the withstanding of the D1 bridge. If they are 1N4004 class devices, able to take a 30A surge, then R1 could be as small as 10 ohms, though 100 ohms might be kinder. Check the single cycle surge rating of the bridge you are using, and adjust R1 accordingly.
R1 needs to be a high voltage type, most 'ordinary grade' resistors are 200v max. Alternatively, you can use several equal value ones in series to increase the voltage rating.
The efficiency, in output power per metered input power, is not too bad, as most of the input voltage is dropped across the non-dissipating C1, as long as R1 is not excessive, as it is here.
To put some actual numbers on it, C1 = 220nF at 50Hz (I assume, as it's 230v) will have an impedance of about 14.5k. Together with R1, their total impedance will be about 17.5k (they are in quadrature remember), giving an rms current at 230v of about 13mA. That will dissipate 1.7W in R1, and deliver an average output DC current of around 11mA. That doesn't sound much juice to power your Atmega, if you want to light any LEDs. With no load on the output, that will dissipate about 56mW in D2.

A: My grain of salt as a professional power supply designer engineer.
The issue is not on power dissipation or losses, but on safety.
This system will most likely not burn (you limit power trough capacitor, smaller = less power), but it is GUARANTEED to electrocute anyone touching our Atmega or any of its output.
If you really want to do it, you must make sure that

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*Your system will be fully encapsulated in a non conductive project box

*above project box has nothing mechanical going out : a wifi module is fine

*you never communicate using wire with your controller while plugged (people tend to forget that part).

Basically, anything metallic or conductive (cable, resistance or even an other capacitor) will be a safety risk. Risk in the sense that touching = life threatening injury.
If you are not trained with safety I can only recommend to go with a USB adapter (like already proposed). Using a transformer is possible only if it is qualified as a reinforced or double insulated (sometime wrongly named galvanic insulated) transformer.

A: Disregarding the safety issues, R1 should be 500 ohms at 1/2 watt.
  (It could be two 1,000 ohms at 1/4 watt in parallel.)
This circuit is very common in LED replacements for incandescent lamps.
I use "MB6S Bridge Diode Rectifiers" = 600 Volt 0.50 Ampere bridge rectifiers in this circuit.  (They are smaller than 4 X 1N4004s.)
(Average Rectified Output Current: 0.5A, Peak Repetitive Reverse Voltage: 600V, Maximum RMS Reverse Voltage: 420V; Maximum Working Temperature: +150 degrees C, Peak Reverse Current: 10uA; Forward Voltage Drop: 1V.
Remember anything (wires) connected to your micro-processor can have 120 volts on it/them.

A: If you really want to build your own power supply, consider using a common doorbell transformer, available at most hardware stores in the US. It will step down wall voltage to 10-16 Vac, isolate the secondary side from the wall, and save you the heat and expense of high-wattage resistors and zeners.

A: In your current design, the impedance of your capacitor at 60Hz is...
Zc = 1/(2*pi*60Hz*j*0.22uF) = -12057*j Ohms.
The other power lead has a 10K resistor.  The total magnitude of the combined impedance between the capacitor and resistor is...
|Z| = sqrt((-12057j)^2 + 10000^2) = 15.6k ohms
If we ignore the 1.7V drop in the rectifier and the 5.1V drop across the load then calculating the input current becomes much simpler and the answer will still be within a few percent of the real answer.
At 120Vrms the RMS current in the capacitor/resistor will be approximately...
230V / 15.6K ohms = 14.7mA RMS
The average current is...
7.7mA * sqrt(2) * 2 / pi = 13.3mA
This average current is also the max allowed load current to maintain regulation.  If your device draws more than 13.3mA then your 5V will drop out.
The capacitor will not dissipate significant power as it charges and discharges.  The power will be dissipated in the resistor and zener.
The power dissipation in the 10K resistor is approximately...
Wres = (14.7mA) ^ 2 * 10K = 2.16W
Without any load the power dissipation in the Zener is approximately...
Wzen = 13.3mA * 5.1V = 68mW.
Note that if there was a load then the load current would subtract from the current in the zener and the power dissipation in the zener would be less.
You have 10K on one of the power leads and a capacitor with 12K impedance on the other power lead.  If the user were to touch one of the leads then as much as 23mA RMS could flow into the user.
If someone touches a wire and 23mA RMS is flowing in it, it would be painful and they may be unable to let go of the wire.
An isolation transformer really is the way to go.  The size of a transformer shrinks a lot as the frequency of the input voltage goes up.  If you want the transformer to be small then chop the 60Hz into a few hundred Hz first.


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Sequel eyed after 'Godzilla' crushes box-office rivals
by Anousha Sakoui
Legendary Entertainment LLC is primed to commission a sequel to "Godzilla" following the film's roaringly successful debut at the box office, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
The movie's almost $200 million in worldwide ticket sales this past weekend makes a follow-up highly probable, according to the source, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified.
"Godzilla" opened with U.S. and Canadian ticket sales of $93.2 million to lead cinemas, researcher Rentrak Corp. said in an emailed statement on Monday.
"Godzilla" marks Legendary's second original big-budget production after the release last summer of "Pacific Rim." It now has the potential to become a recurring revenue source for the closely held production company led by founder and CEO Thomas Tull.
"It was a monster opening for 'Godzilla' with the numbers coming in well over expectations," said Paul Sweeney, a Bloomberg Industries analyst. "Hollywood has learned that these tentpole films have to play well at home and globally, and 'Godzilla' is the type of film that is embraced around the world."
Ticket sales for "Godzilla," featuring "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston in a new take on the 1950s Japanese monster classic, easily beat the $76 million estimate of BoxOffice.com.
Another researcher, Box Office Guru, had projected $68 million in sales. But the film, which opened globally over the weekend, has collected $197 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
Legendary conceived, developed and produced the movie, paying for 75 percent of the budget, while distributor Warner Bros. provided the remainder.
A total of $260 million from U.S. and Canadian theaters "seems like a safe bet," Phil Contrino, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com, said after seeing the domestic weekend tally. He had previously estimated $240 million.
The film cost about $160 million to make, according to Box Office Mojo. Studios typically split ticket sales with exhibitors.
"Pacific Rim," by comparison, was made for about $190 million and generated $101.8 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo. The film proved extremely popular in overseas markets — the take in China alone surpassed the U.S. — and it ended up with $411 million in worldwide ticket sales.
While that movie, which also featured lizardlike invaders from the sea, performed better overseas, "Godzilla" is shaping up to be a hit in the U.S. as well, increasing the chances that Legendary will push for a sequel.
"If this comes out and works well, we'll figure it out," Tull told reporters at a May 1 screening of the movie at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
"Godzilla" is the latest in a long line of TV shows and films that have tried to recapture the allure of the 1954 Japanese film, originally titled "Gojira," which focused on the postwar angst of nuclear Armageddon in its portrayal of a gigantic radioactive monster rampaging through Japan.
The 1998 Sony movie of the same name, starring Matthew Broderick, took in $136 million domestically and $379 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
"It's the ultimate monster movie," director Gareth Edwards told reporters at the May 1 event. Edwards' previous effort was the low-budget 2010 sci-fi movie "Monsters."
Unlike many big action movies, "Godzilla" registered well with critics. It garnered a 72 percent positive rating at Rottentomatoes.com, a review aggregator.
"The filmmaker makes good on his ability to conjure enormous scope and scale via clever staging and visual effects," said Peter DeBruge, international film critic at Variety.
The film is Legendary's second No. 1 debut of the year. The sequel "300: Rise of an Empire" collected $45 million in its debut in March. That movie, also produced with Warner Bros., had a budget of $110 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
Legendary made its name working with Warner Bros. on films based on comic-book heroes, including the Christopher Nolan "Dark Knight" films about Batman.
In July, it announced a five-year agreement to make movies and television shows with Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures, a deal that took effect after a pact with Warner ended last year.
"300: The Rise of an Empire" and "Godzilla" were already in production before the Universal deal was announced.
In the movie, Godzilla is pitted against two huge cockroachlike beasts that stir, bent on destruction, 15 years after troubling events at a Japanese nuclear plant.
Cranston plays a scientist who worked at the nuclear plant with his wife, Juliette Binoche, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is their son Ford, a naval officer and a bomb-defusing expert.
Global anxiety has shifted from nuclear annihilation to climate change and other issues in the 60 years since the original movie. That may weaken the new film's message, wrote A.O. Scott in The New York Times.
"You can detect a trace of wistful worry in his rampages, as if he had begun to doubt his own relevance," Scott wrote.
"Godzilla" faced only one other film opening in wide release: Walt Disney Co.'s "Million Dollar Arm.
The picture, starring Jon Hamm of "Mad Men" fame, tells the story of a sports agent's unusual recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play baseball in the U.S.
The picture, projected to take in $15 million, generated $10.5 million to place fourth in its debut. It received a 58 percent positive rating on Rottentomatoes.com.
Domestic sales for "Godzilla" were more than triple those of second-place film, "Neighbors," the returning movie from Universal Pictures, which took in $25.1 million this past weekend.
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Suspension of validity of passports of Mr. Nirav Deepak Modi and Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi
On the advice of the Enforcement Directorate, the Passport issuing authority in the Ministry of External Affairs has today suspended the validity of passports of Mr. Nirav Deepak Modi and Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi with immediate effect for a period of four weeks u/s 10(A) of the Passports Act 1967.
Mr. Nirav Deepak Modi and Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi have been asked to respond within one week as to why their passports should not be impounded or revoked under Section 10 (3) (c) of the Passports Act 1967. If they fail to respond within the stipulated time it will be assumed that they have no response to offer and the MEA will go ahead with the revocation.


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Tying the Leaves
by June Toher
I'm Rising
by Michelle G Stradford
Crescent City Moon
by Nola Nash
Not An Ordinary Death
by Sharon Scarborough
Blood of the Key
by Amanda Muratoff, Kayla Mansur
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The Watcher's Tale
by R. M. Wilburn
Bittersweet Tapestry
by Kevin O'Connell
The Dragon and the Rose Chronicles
by Robert M. Lorenz
The Silver Foxes
by Nancy Swing
Faithful Valor
by Isabella
Choose Again!
by Art Drentlau
Banzai's Unexpected Voyage
by Jane-Anne Hodgson
Brown Bear & Oofie Present: The Lost Identity
by Masami S.C.
A Weight of Reckoning
by C. S. Wachter
The Schoharie
by Diane M. Johnson
Contact Author - Diane M. Johnson
Diane is an award winning writer of multiple unproduced screenplays. She is also a script reader in her spare time. This is the novel that developed from one of her first screenplays. It was inspired by an actual bridge collapse that took place near where she grew up right around the time that she left home for Hollywood.
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A terrifying presence is out for revenge in the haunting supernatural thriller The Schoharie by Diane M Johnson. Until the erection of the Schoharie bridge in Fort Hunter, Joe Bonner was considered an upright young man. Soon after the bridge construction began, Joe started acting strangely. He was sabotaging work at the site, but maintained he wasn't responsible. Joe insisted he was being possessed by an entity resembling an Indian, and the Indian was the culprit for his malicious deeds. Joe's mental imbalance ultimately led to his infamous death. Thirty years later, Joe's son, Aaron, is still living with the stigma of his father's insanity and actions. When a flood ravages the bridge, Aaron is nearly a victim to the currents eighty feet below. Narrowly surviving the bridge's collapse, Aaron is standing next to the chasm where the structure once stood. There he witnesses a native in full dress standing on the opposite side. From that moment, the native spirit haunts Aaron, leaving him fearing for his sanity. The return of the phantom Indian once again causes havoc in the community. Is Aaron following in his father's footsteps or is there an ancient dark force punishing those who live in its territory?
The Schoharie by Diane M Johnson is an electrifying supernatural tale infused with mystery and suspense. With life and death hanging in the balance, the unearthly aura of the story draws the reader in at the opening of the story. Hints of sorcery and Native American history weaving in and out of the plot give the story an ominous quality that haunts the reader long after they are finished reading. With unique characters and an eerie backdrop, this is an excellent book to read on a dreary day and will not fail to raise goosebumps. It is an outstanding mystery novel that will delight those who enjoy bone-chilling mysteries with a supernatural flavor.
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Inspired by the events of April, 1987, when the I-90 Thruway collapsed because of the flooding of the Schoharie Creek in rural Central New York, The Schoharie by Diane M. Johnson is a supernatural tale that will give readers the creeps as they are enthralled by the spell of the story, turning from one gripping page to the next. When the bridge collapses, it takes so many lives with it and a volunteer firefighter, Aaron Bonner, almost loses his life in the incident as well. Now, Aaron claims to have seen a vengeful Indian spirit pull the bridge down.
This young man couldn't convince Sheriff Ben Harrigan, his girlfriend's father, that the spirit he saw might want more revenge. The sheriff thinks that Aaron, like his father before him, is suffering from a mental illness. But what if what he says is true? What if there is some supernatural power out to take revenge on the people of Fort Hunter? That is something the reader has to find out for themselves.
This is a well-written story, based on incidents that actually took place in 1987. Diane M. Johnson writes beautifully and she has the gift of pulling readers into the story, making them experience the emotions that the characters experience and painting a setting that is real in the minds of readers. I loved the crisp and tight prose, the author's excellent development of conflict, and the surprises in the story. The Schoharie is a well-crafted tale that will entertain fans of the supernatural genre, thanks to its realism and its memorable characters.
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The Schoharie by Diane M. Johnson is a supernatural tale that is based on factual happenings at Fort Hunter, New York. After thirty years, the Thruway Bridge that was built under tension and controversy collapses, and it takes with it several lives. A young firefighter, Aaron Bonner, barely escapes with his life and now claims that he saw a vengeful Indian spirit pulling down the bridge. But who could believe the wild tales of a young man whose father also showed signs of insanity. While the Sheriff refuses to believe the tales of his daughter's boyfriend, Aaron, he is quickly faced with happenings that indicate otherwise. Now, it's time for him to face the truth about Joe Bonner's insanity, the man who was there the moment the bridge was first built. Can he evade the evil that is about to befall his town and save it from peril?
Although it can't be classified as a normal horror, The Schoharie exudes the creepiness that excites fans of horror and has them spellbound and gripped by the throat. Diane M. Johnson knows how to weave a yarn that is delightful, a great story teller who crafts an array of compelling characters and explores them deeply, unveiling different layers of their personality. Aaron Bonner is one of my favorites and it is interesting to notice how a near-death experience awakens his supernatural senses. The story is well-plotted and beautifully paced, character-driven and emotionally intense, with a small town setting that is fitting as it creates the sense of mystery. I am not usually a fan of this genre, but I was utterly gripped by the story. A real delight!


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Criminals Modified ASUS Live Update Utility to Deliver Backdoor to 1M People
March 26, 2019 | David Bisson
Digital criminals modified the ASUS Live Update Utility to deliver a backdoor to approximately one million people.
According to a blog post published on Securelist, Kaspersky Lab first detected the supply chain attack named "Operation ShadowHammer" on 19 January. Bad actors staged this campaign between June 2018 and November 2018 against the ASUS Live Update Utility, software which comes pre-installed on all ASUS machines. This tool enables ASUS computers to automatically receive updates for BIOS, UEFI and other applications from the manufacturer.
Kaspersky Lab counted 57,000 users of its security software who installed the backdoored version of the ASUS Live Update Utility distributed in this campaign. The Russian security firm couldn't arrive at a total number of users affected by the attack using its numbers alone. Using what it saw, however, it postulated that Operation ShadowHammer infected more than a million users.
Following its discovery, the security company notified ASUS about the attack campaign on 31 January. The computer manufacturer responded by acknowledging the events of Operation ShadowHammer on 26 March—a day after Kaspersky Lab's report came out. As quoted in the company's statement:
A small number of devices have been implanted with malicious code through a sophisticated attack on our Live Update servers in an attempt to target a very small and specific user group. ASUS customer service has been reaching out to affected users and providing assistance to ensure that the security risks are removed.
ASUS also explained that it's implemented several security measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again as well as issued a fix in version 3.6.8 of the Live Update software. This updated version is available for download here.
Looking back at its research, Kaspersky Lab figures that the campaign was so hard to detect because the trojanized updaters came with signed legitimate certificates from ASUS. These code-signing certificates are important for companies in that they help identify which updates and machines should be trusted. Unfortunately, it's this very same functionality that makes code-signing certificates important targets for digital attackers.
Kevin Bocek, vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence at Venafi, knows this preference among digital criminals all too well:
Hackers continue to exploit the power of machine identities every day. Like Stuxnet, attackers steal or take over code-signing certificates to make their malware trusted. Everything from Telsa cars to Boeing airplanes to your laptop use code signing to establish which apps, drivers and updates are trusted. This is the extreme power that hackers want to be completely trusted and it an even allow them to evade threat protection systems.
The problem, Bocek explains, is that the protection of code-signing processes commonly falls to developers who are not prepared to defend against attacks. At the same time, most security teams may not even know their developers are using code signing. This lack of visibility is concerning, as code-signing certificates are likely to grow exponentially over the next few years amid the rise of mobile apps, DevOps and IoT.
Given these risks, organizations need to invest in a solution that can help them inventory their encryption assets and monitor them for signs of abuse.
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"I Ate My Generation" originally "I Hate My Generation"
"Another Song About The Drain" originally "Another Song About The Rain"
"Another Song About The Train" originally "Another Song About The Rain"
"Another Song About The Brain" originally "Another Song About The Rain"
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Get it? Polly-want-a-cracker (a parrot's typical catchphrase)! I had to use three music acts (two soloists, one band) to get this.
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"Another Song About The Rain"
Wind of fate, his pride must lose.
Wind of fate has pried us loose.
Being with you girl is like being alone.
Being with you girl, like being low.
And a case of the craps.
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"Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)"
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"Hey Bret (You Know What Time It Is)"
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"I Move Arts" originally "Movie Star"
"I Move Tars" originally "Movie Star"
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The Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales, has concluded that the trustees of the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain (see 'Notes to editors') were responsible for serious mismanagement in the way they disposed of the charity's London property in 2010.
The regulator has today (30 March 2017) published a report of its statutory inquiry into concerns about the sale of the charity's property at Belgrave Square. The Commission received information that the property was sold on for £21 million by its new owners, shortly after the charity had disposed of it for £6 million in December 2010.
The Commission first became aware of this in 2013, over 4 years after some of the events took place. The Commission's report concludes that the trustees failed to fulfil their legal duties and responsibilities towards the charity, and that 'the failures and breaches were not minor or technical in nature' but 'amount to basic and serious mismanagement'.
The report criticises the failure by the trustees to obtain a report from a surveyor who was suitably qualified as required under charity law for a disposal of this type. It finds that the trustees failed to seek independent specialist advice about how to ensure the charity would benefit from a possible post-sale increase in the value of the property if a change in the use of the property and/or enfranchisement was secured, as happened here. The inquiry's view was that the charity should have known that a commercial company would only purchase the property if it had good reason to believe it would secure enfranchisement or successfully negotiate a change of use. The inquiry also concluded that the trustees failed to take proper account of concerns raised by the charity's solicitor before the sale was completed.
Although the trustees told the inquiry that there was a financial imperative to dispose of the property and there was only one prospective purchaser, the report concludes that the trustees failed to conduct proper due diligence into the buyer of the property, a shell company with no assets.
There were mitigating factors as to why further regulatory action in the case was not appropriate, including a retrospective valuation of the property subsequently obtained by the charity that could be argued as being supportive of the 2010 sale price. Also, the Commission did not find evidence that the trustees, or anyone associated with the charity, derived unauthorised private benefit from the sale or any indication of bad faith on the part of the buyer, and the main person who authorised the disposal is now deceased.
Harvey Grenville, Head of Investigations and Enforcement at the Charity Commission, said:
One of the purposes of publishing inquiry reports is to ensure other charities have the opportunity to learn the wider lessons.
This case highlights that disposing of charity land can involve complex arrangements, which charities need to be careful about and obtain proper professional advice on. But even for simpler deals, it's a reminder of why it is so crucial that all charities and trustees understand the basic duties set out in our guidance, 'The essential trustee'.
These duties include trying to get the best deal for your charity and complying with the specific legal requirements that apply in charity law when selling or leasing charity land or property. The law in this area is designed to ensure that a charity's assets are protected and that when disposing of charity assets it is only in the best interests of the charity. We have developed more detailed guidance on disposing of land, which we strongly recommend charities refer to and use.
The Commission's report sets out wider lessons for charities to learn from the case. The full report is available on GOV.UK.
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Cloudy skies ahead: LA is suing the Weather Channel for selling user data
Forget following the weather report, this app is following you!
The city of LA is suing the Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM, for secretly mining and selling user location data with the extremely popular Weather Channel App.
Stating that the app unfairly manipulates users into enabling their location settings for more accurate weather reports, the lawsuit affirms that the app collects and then sells this data to third-party companies.
"For years, TWC [the Weather Channel] has deceptively used its Weather Channel App to amass its users' private, personal geolocation data—tracking minute details about its users' locations throughout the day and night, all the while leading users to believe that their data will only be used to provide them with 'personalized local weather data, alerts, and forecasts'," the lawsuit alleges.
Citing a recent investigation by The New York Times that revealed more than 75 companies silently collecting location data (if you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a read), the lawsuit is basing its case on California's Unfair Competition Law by stating that the use and sale of user location data is both "fraudulent and deceptive."
Why location data is a heated issue
The ability to pinpoint a person's exact location at any given time isn't just scary, it's dangerous. When your location is broadcast, you have no control over who can see it. Every movement, every mundane task is traced and logged. Even simple events like visiting a doctor, going to church, and more all become exposed with most of us never realizing it.
This type of privacy infringement could inadvertently expose a person's political affiliation, sexual orientation, religion, and more.
"Think how Orwellian it feels to live in a world where a private company is tracking potentially every place you go, every minute of every day," Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer said. "If you want to sacrifice to that company that information, you sure ought to be doing it with clear and advanced notice of precisely what's at stake."
Setting the stage for future injunctions
We allege the #WeatherChannel app monitors where users live, work, and visit, 24 hours a day, as well as how much time users spend at each location.
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— LA City Attorney (@CityAttorneyLA) January 6, 2019
While the business practices behind the Weather Channel app's alleged collection and sale of user data may be illegal, it's not unusual.
Companies like Facebook and Google routinely mine your location data, and while world leaders may eventually start cracking down on how companies collect and profit of your privacy (or lack thereof), there's currently no real incentive for them to stop.
This lawsuit hopes to fine the Weather Company up to $2,500 for each violation of the Unfair Competition Law. With more than 200 million downloads and a reported 45+ million users, this could quickly become a sizeable sum.
But more than that, it could help set a precedent for future cases. As one Reddit user rightly pointed out, "A win here would translate into a much easier time getting other apps to stop doing that, because the law would be more clear on the practice."
Don't trust the weather(man)
IBM has been quick to defend their stance, stating "The Weather Company has always been transparent with use of location data; the disclosures are fully appropriate, and we will defend them vigorously."
And while the Weather Channel's Terms of Service does include a blurb on selling your location data, it's not included within the Weather Channel App. Users need to manually search for the policy online and then parse through the convoluted ToS to see how their geo-location data is being sold for profit.
In the end, it comes to down to whether this is yet another case of deceptive privacy ploys. Fortunately, these underhand data-mining tactics could soon change: the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is set to go into effect in 2020, would make it harder for companies to blindly profit off customer data. And in Europe, the GDPR is already changing how companies handle privacy.
Regardless of how the lawsuit plays out, it should serve as a reminder that no app or service, no matter how innocuous it may seem, should be trusted openly. Your privacy is priceless, and it's essential that you protect it.
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Press-release | Iwata and Taipei, September 11, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, President: Yoshihiro Hidaka) and Gogoro Inc. (Headquarters: Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Founder and CEO: Horace Luke) announced today that they have begun a study towards collaboration in the electric vehicle (EV) business in the Taiwan market.
This collaboration relates to Gogoro's development and manufacturing of electric scooters for Yamaha and sharing of the battery-swapping system, and signing a formal contract is anticipated this year. Yamaha will design Yamaha-branded electric scooters based on Gogoro production vehicles, with production handled by Gogoro. Sales of new Yamaha electric scooters in the Taiwanese market will be carried out through the sales channels of local subsidiary Yamaha Motor Taiwan. Market launch of the first model is planned for the summer of 2019. Sumitomo Corporation, a business partner of both Gogoro and Yamaha Motor, is playing a key role in this collaboration.
A user changing their battery at a Gogoro battery-swapping station
Takuya Kinoshita, Chief General Manager of Motorcycle Business Operations, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
"This collaboration with Gogoro in the Taiwanese market will not only increase the mobility options of our customers, but we believe that sharing leading-edge battery-swapping system enables embracing the challenge of creating a new mobility service market."
Yamaha Motor first entered the Taiwanese motorcycle market in 1966, and currently sells 290,000 motorcycles per year (2017 results), predominantly models produced at Yamaha Motor Taiwan. Yamaha Motor Taiwan also manufactures and sells the E-VINO electric scooter, and exports it to Japan. Development functions are carried out by Yamaha Motor Research & Development Taiwan, which mainly develops scooters for the Taiwanese market. Through this collaboration with Gogoro, Yamaha Motor aims to promote expansion and enhancement of its product lineup – which also includes gasoline-powered models – in the Taiwanese market, as well as increase user convenience by utilizing Gogoro's network of battery-swapping stations for the new electric scooters.
Horace Luke, Founder and CEO, Gogoro Inc.
"Gogoro was founded as an open platform innovator utilizing energy network infrastructure to spark the smart city transition in megacities. We are honored to collaborate with Yamaha to take a major step forward towards our goal."
Gogoro first entered the Taiwanese scooter market in 2015, and is rolling out a new electric motorcycle business model through its in-house manufactured electric scooters and battery-swapping stations, where depleted batteries can be easily changed for charged ones. The battery-swapping stations are being installed by Gogoro Energy Network. Gogoro currently has more than 750 GoStations in Taiwan and is expected to have more than 1,000 by 2019. Since launch, the Gogoro Energy Network has made more than 17 million battery swaps. Through this collaboration, Gogoro intends to increase its production volume of electric scooters.
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B.A. Chinese studies, Paris VII, Denis Diderot B.A.
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, INALCO, Paris, France
M.A. Art History and Archaeology, Sorbonne Paris IV, France
Ph.D Anthropology Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Dr. d'Alpoim Guedes is an archaeologist who uses ancient plant remains to understand how human subsistence strategies changed over time and computational modeling to understand the impact of climate change on past human societies. Her primary region of focus is the Tibetan Plateau, where she directs a multi-disciplinary, National Science Foundation and National Geographic funded excavation project in the Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan Province, China.
In her lab, Dr. d'Alpoim Guedes analyzes archaeobotanical remains from a wide variety of world regions with a particular focus on Asia. Current research themes in our laboratory are the study of the origins and spread of agricultural systems in East Asia, South Asia, Thailand and the relationship between changing climate and changes in subsistence systems.
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Wikimedia UK and JISC join forces for World War One editathon | the Wikimedia UK blog!
The history of the World War One inevitably attracts a great deal of attention and interest, especially on Wikipedia. That's why Wikimedia UK and JISC teamed up for our first WWI edit-a-thon at the British Library last month.
The editathon brought together academic experts and editors of Wikipedia (Wikipedians) to create and improve Wikipedia articles on WWI. The aim of the event was to increase coverage and make the information as accurate, consistent, wide-ranging and up-to-date as possible, as well as building bridges between Wikipedian and academic communities.
The Wikipedia page about World War One attracts approximately 7.3 million page views per year – 597,945 for the month of June 2012 alone. Other key articles attract impressive numbers of readers, such as the Treaty of Versailles (114,190, ~1.4m/year) and the Battle of the Somme (56,071, ~680k/year).
The event resulted in 33 new or improved articles. This was just a start, as the process raised a debate about the content itself and the wider issue of academic engagement with Wikipedia and its educational and research benefits.
As successful as the event was, it's just a beginning. The legacy of this event is more than accurate content on a key topic – which in itself shouldn't be under-estimated – but wider academic engagement with Wikipedia, which can establish a model for the future.