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For the Routing and Remote Access service, MPPE encryption strengths are configured on the Encryption tab on the properties of a remote access policy to use 40-bit (the Basic setting), 56-bit (the Strong setting), or 128-bit (the Strongest setting) encryption keys. Administrators should use 40-bit MPPE encryption keys to connect with older operating systems that do not support 56-bit or 128-bit encryption keys (this includes older Windows operating systems and operating systems from companies other than Microsoft). Otherwise, use 128-bit encryption keys. Encryption strengths for L2TP/IPSec connections use 56-bit DES (the Basic or Strong setting) or 168-bit 3DES (the Strongest setting).
The initial PPP payload is encrypted and encapsulated with a PPP header to create a PPP frame. The PPP frame is then encapsulated with a modified GRE header. GRE is described in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 in the IETF RFC Database and was designed to provide a simple, general purpose mechanism for encapsulating data sent over IP networks. GRE is a client protocol of IP using IP protocol 47.
PPTP is undoubtedly one of the fastest VPN protocols that are pre-installed in major operating systems and consoles. The only downside of PPTP protocol is its low encryption method that is a prime concern of VPN users who take serious notes on privacy. It supports 128-bit encryption that is somewhat less secure than other VPN protocols. However, if your goal is to use VPN for streaming then using PPTP is a way to go. PPTP protocol is also considered as the fastest VPN protocol because it is very easy to setup, and you can get high-speed VPN connection in just a few clicks and taps.
Protocol: When you're researching a VPN, you'll see terms like SSL/TLS (sometimes referred to as OpenVPN support,) PPTP, IPSec, L2TP, and other VPN types. We asked Samara Lynn, Lead Analyst for Networking and Small Business at PCMag, whether or not a user shopping for a VPN should shop for one over another. "SSL is what is commonly used these days. All of these protocols will provide a secure connection," she explained, and pointed out that most solutions are invisible to the end-user anyway. Strictly, each protocol has its benefits and drawbacks, and if you're concerned about this (specifically, PPTP vulnerabilities,) you're probably already aware of them. Most users don't need to be concerned about this—corporate users on the other hand, are probably all using IPSec or SSL clients anyway.
The biggest question that boggles every netizens mind when they're going about on choosing a VPN service for themselves is "Can a VPN make my internet faster than it actually is?" Well, the answer for this query is pretty simple, and that is…No, it doesn't. Logically speaking, it's like squeezing more juice out of a lemon that it already has. If your internet speed is 10MB, 20MB or 100MB, it can't be increased until or unless you get it upgraded from your internet service provider (ISP).
When security and speed go hand in hand, a definite argument will take place. It is to understand that everything has a price, and sometimes we need to adjust according to the conditions. When you connect to a VPN, you can't expect a high-speed connection (more than your ISP), as it passes different encryption layers for security. First, we need to understand that the use of VPN varies, and so as the speed and security. If you are primary reason of using VPN is to get access to foreign websites like Netflix, HBO, BBC iPLayer, Hulu, and others, then VPN speed will be your main concern. While if you are a torrent lover, and you want to keep your identity anonymous from NSA and copyright authorities, then privacy and security are your top concern.
Private Internet Access, or PIA, is one of the most visible, privacy-focused VPNs available. Because of its reputation and advocacy concerning online privacy and security, it has also been a Wirecutter staff pick. But whether you prioritize speed and performance or trust and transparency, our top pick is a better bet. If you find PIA attractive because of its low price, note that spending just a little more on TorGuard will buy you much better performance.
At $7.50/month and $58.49 for a year, they're obviously trying to move you towards their yearly program. We awarded the company points for Bitcoin support, and their money-back guarantee. We're a little disappointed that they only allow a 7-day trial, rather than a full 30-days. The company is generous, with five simultaneous connections. They also picked up points for their connection kill switch feature, a must for anyone serious about remaining anonymous while surfing.
Our runner-up is Hotspot Shield, which offers 500MB free per day, amounting to roughly 15GB per month. Like Windscribe, it didn't slow down our connections much. But Hotspot Shield admits that it partners with advertising networks and collects some user data. It also shows ads in the Android app, although the company says it no longer injects ads into websites displayed in a desktop web browser.
A powerful VPN service, SaferVPN is very useful in hiding users' IP addresses. It also allows access to blocked websites or safely share information. Privacy is also ensured as the service uses high security protocols. It offers a unique Automatic Wi-Fi Security feature which instantly activates a secure and encrypted VPN connection as soon as someone's device connects to an unsecured Wi-Fi connection — automatically protecting them from public Wi-Fi threats. Likewise, it features single-click applications for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Chrome.
StrongVPN has exit nodes in 43 cities, 20 countries, and supports PPTP, L2TP, SSTP, IPSec, and OpenVPN protocols–you'll be hard pressed to find a device you can't configure to use their service. There are no bandwidth caps, speed limits, or restrictions on protocols or services (torrenting, Netflix, you name it, they don't care). Additionally, StrongVPN maintains no server logs.
IP / DNS leak test – IPVanish does not suffer from any DNS or IP leak problems. This is a sign of the strong security and encryption protocols that IPVanish uses. As such, you can download torrents through IPVanish and rest assured that your IP won't be leaked. However, in spite of the solid security, I still wouldn't recommend going the torrent route with IPVanish for reasons highlighted below.
But even if you know who's behind your VPN, you shouldn't trust a free one. A free service makes you and your data the product, so you should assume that any information it gathers on you—whether that's an actual browsing history or demographics like age or political affiliation—is being sold to or shared with someone. For example, Facebook's Onavo provides an encrypted connection to Onavo's servers like any VPN, shielding you from the prying eyes of your ISP or fellow network users. But instead of promising not to examine, log, or share any of your traffic, Onavo's privacy policy promises the opposite. Covering the service, Gizmodo sums it up well: "Facebook is not a privacy company; it's Big Brother on PCP." Facebook collects information about your device, other applications you use, and even "information and other data from your device, such as webpage addresses and data fields." And the company "may combine the information, including personally identifying information, that you provide through your use of the Services with information about you we receive from our Affiliates or third parties for business, analytic, advertising, and other purposes." That means Facebook can collect anything it wants, and sell it to anyone it wants.
Compatibility – ExpressVPN is compatible with a wide range of devices and operating system. This includes Windows, OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS. In mobile phones and tablets, it is compatible with Android, iOS, Amazon Kindle Fire. It is also compatible with gaming and streaming consoles such as Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox One, and Roku. In short, I don't think there is any other VPN provider that has such a wide cross-compatibility with different platforms.
We contacted each of our finalists with simple questions about its service and troubleshooting. Most VPN companies provide technical support through online ticketing systems, meaning you'll need to wait for a response. This means that self-help support sites are even more important, because waiting for a reply while your connection is down can be frustrating. Response times to our support inquiries ranged from 20 minutes to a day.
The best VPNs offer a solid balance of features, server location, connectivity protocols, and price. Some are great for occasional use, others are geared towards getting around the location restrictions companies put on their apps and services, and others are targeted at people who do heavy downloading and want a little privacy while they do it. Here's what you should look for.
Keeping the above mentioned factors for VPN speeds into account, we have compiled a list of fastest VPN services for 2018, and track records show that the list will remain valid well in to 2018. In addition to speed, we have also rated VPNs based on their exclusive offerings and packages, price, customer support and ease of configuration and VPN use.
All that being said, we currently name TorGuard as the fastest VPN service. It doesn't take the top spot in all of our tests, but has remarkably low latency and had the best performance in the all-important download tests. Fittingly, it offers many add-ons such as dedicated IP addresses that, along with its speed, will appeal to the BitTorrent users it is designed to protect.
A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network. Applications running across a VPN may therefore benefit from the functionality, security, and management of the private network.[1]
We have tested dozens of VPN providers in our quest to find the most reliable and fast secure VPNs. During our test, we found that a lot of VPN services falls short on the minimum speed benchmark requirements we have set. Hence we excluded them from our fastest VPN list. This doesn't mean that those VPNs are not good, but we aim to rank the ones that give top-notch VPN speed on the grounds of many factors. Below are the top 5 fast VPN providers that secured the position in our list of high-speed VPNs to use in 2018.
Free VPN services are generally subpar when compared to premium providers, or they're posited as a 'trial' version of the service. Most aim to retain their customer base by getting them to upgrade to the full-fat version, but a free version is still better than browsing without one. On the other hand, lots of free users also help to give a company legitimacy; especially if they're dropping down five star reviews like it's going out of fashion. Offering a solid free service is a great way to get some positive attention, and the market is fairly crowded.
Like ProtonVPN, the VPN service built in to the Opera web browser gives you an unlimited amount of free data per month. But its network download and upload speeds were awful (download speeds were 3 percent of the baseline speed), and it's not even a real VPN; it's just a browser-specific encrypted proxy service. (The OperaVPN mobile apps no longer work.)
Early data networks allowed VPN-style remote connections through dial-up modem or through leased line connections utilizing Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) virtual circuits, provided through networks owned and operated by telecommunication carriers. These networks are not considered true VPNs because they passively secure the data being transmitted by the creation of logical data streams.[3] They have been replaced by VPNs based on IP and IP/Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks, due to significant cost-reductions and increased bandwidth[4] provided by new technologies such as digital subscriber line (DSL)[5] and fiber-optic networks.
The VPN services market has exploded in the past few years, and a small competition has turned into an all-out melee. Many providers are capitalizing on the general population's growing concerns about surveillance and cybercrime, which means it's getting hard to tell when a company is actually providing a secure service and when it's throwing out a lot of fancy words while selling snake oil. In fact, since VPN services have become so popular in the wake of Congress killing ISP privacy rules, there have even been fake VPNs popping up, so be careful. It's important to keep a few things in mind when evaluating which VPN service is right for you: reputation, performance, type of encryption used, transparency, ease of use, support, and extra features. Don't just focus on price or speed, though those are important factors.


Each charter gave the immigrating company a territory and a license to regulate laws as long as it did not contradict the laws of England. The Colonial laws for murder, manslaughter, indenture, impressment, jury trial by your peers, habeas corpus et al, matured through the middle of the 18th Century and followed English common law practices. After all, most Colonial lawyers and judges were initially trained by lawyers from England. Each could have served well in the others court.
England was the most civilized nation in the Western Hemisphere, thanks to their "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 and subsequent Bill of Rights of 1689. From herein Parliament became the only authority in England to make laws. The King had been promoted out of the process. However, laws since the English Constitution seemed to work best for those in power, with land or wealth. One individual, both a Tory politician, professor, judge and jurist responded to the duplicity. As a result of the merger of written and unwritten laws, Sir William Blackstone wrote four volumes to help the common man navigate through the English legal system. The four volumes covered the rights of a person, of things, of private and public wrongs. Today they are referred to as Blackstone's Commentaries but were published as the "Commentaries on the Laws of England". The last volume was published posthumously in 1783.
During Blackstone's lifetime there were six million Englishmen[ii] and two million Colonists,[iii] yet more copies of his Commentaries were purchased in the Colonies than England. Short of the Puritan Bible, Blackstone's Commentaries were necessary reading for the common citizen to survive especially since the Colonies, Scotland and Ireland believed they were subjugated to second class citizenship. Along with a lack of representation in Parliament this unwritten second class status further divided the Colonies from its Parent.
Parliament outsmarted itself. The legitimate establishment of Colonial legislatures instead of representation at Parliament, opened the door to a natural and pragmatic interpretation of English law. While the practice of setting precedents in common law were the same here and there, the pragmatic decisions soon caused conflict. For instance, money was scarce in the Colonies. If a judgement was rendered against you there were "New World" standards or choices to satisfy the verdict. You could pay the fine, go to jail or become indentured to the plaintiff for three years or until you decided that options one or two were a better course. The three-year option was imposed by common law since many Colonist, particularly the young indentured, intransigent seamen and the poor had no hard currency. Then consider the conflict that did arise as the law was applied to the British military in Boston. If you joined a local militia generally you committed for a period of time limited by your family's ability to support themselves or the need to harvest. The British planned a military campaign that endured until they won or lost. If you left early were you a deserter? You can correctly guess the divergent views of the Colonist and British military. The requirement of the Colonies to purchase taxed English goods lead to smuggling on a wide scale. Would you have considered John Hancock a smuggler? His ship the Liberty was confiscated by British customs agents based on their interpretation of customs duties. John lost a great ship and 900 bottles of Madeira wine. By the way, the Liberty was converted to a British Naval frigate in 1768 and in July 1769, the Liberty confiscated two Newport Rhode Island commercial vessels. The locals boarded the Liberty, off loaded the British seamen, then sailed it to Goat Island and scuttled and burned her. That should clue you in to the inevitable conflict to come, both legal and military as judged by Englishmen of the same blood.
Early in the 18th Century numerous confrontations between the British military, Parliament and the Thirteen Colonies came about while each were interpreting law based on the same principles. Our blog on "The Rose", "These Colonist were a match for Parliament" and "Private Riley's Debt", will provide additional examples.
Our next blog will discuss the disdain that developed between the British military, the Colonial militias and citizens. Perhaps that ancient proverb described it best, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". In this case, Barely!
[i] A paraphrase of many entries from many historical interpretations both English and American now and then.
Roots of conflict : British armed forces and colonial Americans, 1677-1763 / Douglas Edward Leach.
[iii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies slaves not counted.


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Belated Thoughts On A Positive Night
I haven't as yet quite managed to shake off the holiday cobwebs (the process usually lasts as long as it takes for Palace to fall back to the bottom of their division after an early flourish), so when returning from last night's unexpected treat I'm afraid that the attractions of food, drink and sleep proved too much. Consequently all I'm going to offer up are some reflections on what proved to be a thoroughly entertaining Charlton v Reading reserves match. I've no gripes at all about Sir Chris putting out the current second eleven (only wish we were allowed to do the same for the Johnsons thingy), nor even for shelling out £2 on the outdated programme; after all, that still leaves me £198 ahead on the season to date as the points from the first four games ensured I collected on the first bet with my friend (whether I see the readies is another matter as he's currently arguing that the bet involved us getting specifically eight points rather than eight-plus; I have the emails to prove otherwise).
So, what did we learn last night? First and foremost, that some footballing clichés (if not all clichés) usually have an element of truth. Never make a substitution when the opposition has a corner. Chris, that's any substitution. Replacing a centre-half when the opposition has a corner, even if the guy has picked up a strain, is just asking for trouble. I said as much when the move was being made and the resulting confusion let Reading back into the game and ensured a rather different final 15 minutes or so than might otherwise have been the case (although in truth they were enough chances at either end through the game to have kept us guessing; on chances I reckon we should have won 5-3). Second, can the fans please not encourage a sense of panic if and when we get pegged back (to date we've gone 2-0 up in each of the five games, extended the lead in one, held it in one, conceded but held on in two, and pulled back to a draw in one). It's a time for increased support but not suddenly groans at errors and outrage at refereeing decisions against us, all of which cannot help nerves on the pitch.
Third, as things stand we can be satisfied (in a number of cases more than satisfied) with the ability of those waiting in the wings to do a job when called on. Clearly we don't know whether there will be further comings and goings, with continuing doubts about whether Elliot, Francis and/or Benson will end up staying. Quite frankly in each case I hope they do. Last night I had Francis as my man of the match (I don't know if he was trying to impress the boss or someone else in the stands), while Benson took his goal very nicely and still looks to me like the back-up goalscorer in the event of Wright-Phillips not being available (I'm pleased we've signed Euell but am inclined to see him as another option rather than the one we turn to first if – perish the thought – BWP gets injured or suspended). We may now be well covered if Elliot does go, but if either of the others do we would need to bring in a replacement.
Individually, these are my comments (rather than any ratings) on last night's players:
Hamer – Sensible selection as Sullivan is something of a known quantity and it gave him the chance to show Reading what they'll miss. Looks big and strong and made a couple of outstanding saves. Only negative for me was some indecision and uncertainty with crosses.
Francis – I thought he was excellent. One very dangerous ball in was cleared behind wide of the goal, tackled well, and was key to our second goal getting forward. I haven't seen Solly so far this season, but on last night's display Francis should be pushing him hard.
Evina – Clearly a different option to the more reliable Wiggins. Reading seemed to target his lack of height and he did get caught out a couple of times by their winger in the second half. But undoubtedly offers something fresh going forward and as we saw can operate left-midfield (Solly came on late in the game). Only problem for him (and others) may be getting and staying match fit without reserve games.
Doherty – Impressed in that he played well and was up for the game, despite having to accept not being first choice, and seemed to have a positive influence on Mambo alongside him. We know he'll do a decent job as and when required.
Mambo – Undoubtedly positive as he gave every indication that he is maturing as a player. Didn't stand out, but for a centre-half that's usually a plus as it means no bad mistakes. If he continues in this vein he can be included as the fourth centre-back.
Bover – Interesting game for him, being asked to play wide left when I'm sure he'd rather be in central midfield. Part of the learning curve as he gets used to English League One football. No doubt he's one for the future, but not just yet. Struggled to get truly involved and in a league game would probably have been taken off sooner than he was, but did manage to end with a flourish, cutting in and hitting the post before going down with cramp.
Hughes – By accident I spoke to a Norwich fan at the start of the week and he was less than complimentary about his abilities. Looks set to play the role of Spring, who came in to play the role of Bryan Hughes – unlikely to be first choice but reliable when needed. Looked like a sensible addition as a squad player (especially if Alonso remains the invisible man).
Pritchard – Lively, enthusiastic, nearly scored. Hopefully will press the current central midfield pairing, although here too the absence of reserve games may not help his progression.
Green – Had the opportunity last night to show Powell that he should get the nod over Wagstaff and didn't really take it. Nearly scored with a couple of wicked corners (although presumably other clubs will pick up on that trick) but missed the target early on having cut back to open up the goal and wasn't all that involved through the game. I think we're going to have fun as the two wingers battle it out through the season to show who should be first choice.
Benson – Took his goal well, ghosting in late and undetected. For me our major vulnerability as of now is what happens without BWP and Benson is the best alternative natural goalscorer.
Euell – Good game against some big defenders and he too arrived in the box at the right moment to score. I'm not sure he signed up in anticipation of having to chase for 90 minutes, but it will have done him good. I felt years ago that converting him to an attacking midfielder was a mistake and having him around undoubtedly increases our options.
Anything else? Well, only to add that in the years to come there will no doubt be the question posed on sports and general quizzes 'what links the Italian towns of Longoio, Colico and Stresa?' The answer is that a certain daft English holidaymaker was in each to receive news of a glorious Charlton victory at the start of the 2011/12 promotion season. And I've got the embarrassing photos to prove it.
So that's it. While everyone else's mouths are starting to salivate and shiny new, full season tickets are waiting expectantly on the shelf (mine arrived almost by return post, before the cheque had cleared; the fools!), I'm obliged just as it's got hot in London to don jeans and cowboy boots plus a jacket which I'll never use and tote a bag full weighed down by Suzanne's spare shoes (and we are covering every possible angle here, just on the off chance that global warming hits over the next couple of weeks and produces either Saharan heat or Arctic freeze) to struggle across London and onto a train for France, before assuming my full donkey duties on Friday to pack a car full of all those not quite essentials and head off for Italy. With luck we'll be installed on the terrace (of a different sort) basking in Tuscan sun when the first texts confirming glorious goals and inevitable victory begin on Saturday afternoon. Without it we'll be stuck on an Alpine pass or struggling round an Italian supermarket as texts confirming the bursting of bubbles begin.
We do have a pressing need to hit the ground running this season. It comes in the form of two bets I've struck with an Irish friend (he is not an Addick, so knows nothing about football other than that Dean Kiely and Mark Kinsella were true gods). A sporting bet between friends is normally a mutually respectful way of testing differing opinions (I did win one such with another friend as a result of which I own every shirt he has and will ever have, which gives me the option of taking the shirt off his back if I wish each time we meet, or just requesting him to send them in the post; trouble is he's crafty and wears shirts you wouldn't wrap your dog in). A bet with this friend is a usually futile attempt to try to scale things down to something within the realms of reality which ends up being an attempt by both parties to screw as much as possible out of a recalcitrant and belligerent opponent (with balances seldom settled as he refuses to acknowledge how much in debt he is over previous unpaid bets). Well, he does make his living as a day trader. Having been cruelly robbed in a Wimbledon bet, I gained revenge with the Open (two of his three picks didn't make the cut and he didn't have the gumption to select another Irishman as the third). And now I've well and truly got him. He thinks a new team will take time to gel and doesn't realise we've signed 15 worldbeaters (and counting).
The first bet, £10 at 20/1, requires us to get eight points or more from our first four games. As we're going to get 12 that's £200 in my bank. The second, for £10 at 25/1, requires us to get 13 or more points from the first six. As we'll have 12 in the bag after four, it's the proverbial candy from a baby. With a prospective £450 coming my way, the season ticket cost is more than covered. This friend's hedging strategy amounts to perpetually doubling up on ever less likely related bets to try to head off the big pay-outs (I believe Nick Leeson tried something similar and feel I should inform the Irish equivalent of the FSA, although they have other irrational exuberance-related issues to worry about at the moment). With that in mind, I have declined his latest offer – £10 on Charlton to win the league by 10 points or more at 50/1. The prospect of raising his exposure to £950 was tempting, but by the time we're confirmed as champions by such a margin he will no doubt have deleted the emails and done a runner.
As the first four games will have been completed before I return to Blighty (and the first six will have run their course before I actually get to see one as confirmation of an early September Amsterdam trip has ruled out Sheff Wed for me), I see the money I will be due as a welcome home present. In the interim I hope he's stocking his piggy bank and the players realise just what is resting on their early performances. (And for those inclined to feel sorry for me over my enforced travels, a birthday card from Suzanne was a photo of a bottle of recently recommended Lirac waiting for me in Lyon.)

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Back when my daughter was just three years old, we drove by a horse farm on the way to our cottage. Eventually, we started stopping at the farm as the owner would let her sit on a pony, and I would walk her around the property. The first time we did this, the owner thought she wouldn't even last 10 minutes, yet an hour and a half later I was still going around the farm!
We continued visiting the farm, until they closed up (they've since reopened under new management), and her interest and love of horses has continued to this day.
One day, last year she asked if we could go horseback riding somewhere in the city, and after some research, we found a small facility known as Claireville Ranch, located at the Claireville conservation area in Brampton.
The ranch is located in a beautiful area, has about 25 horses and very pleasant and knowledgeable staff. The ranch provides pony rides for kids, trail rides, private trail rides, and riding lessons. The ranch doesn't take reservations, but trail rides go out on the hour. An hour long trail ride costs $35.00 (however there are discount coupons online), which is one of the more inexpensive costs that I've come across.
When I first discovered the place, my daughter wasn't old enough to ride on her own, so I took her on a pony ride involving me once again walking her around the facility. Fast forward two years, and a few weeks ago, she asked if we could go back again. She's older now, so she's able to take a trail ride by going on a horse herself. Despite the beautiful weather and crowd on the weekends, when we got to the ranch, they had space for us on the next trail ride. After signing the waiver, being asked if we wanted to rent a helmet (I suggest this), and paying, we had a few minutes to hang around, grab a cold drink, and enjoy the area. Just before our hour was to begin, we were directed to our horses, the saddles were adjusted, and we headed out onto the trail.
We had a leisurely ride and about midway through, one guide asked if we wanted to go faster. Unlike many trail rides which only go slow, we were allowed to gallop at a steady pace for a short time.
During this recent visit, as well as our previous ones, the staff were all extremely friendly, polite, and knowledgeable, and perhaps most importantly….had safety as their primary concern. Our group of about 10 riders and two guides had a great time, and despite some sore muscles, I'm looking forward to going back again. After a quick stop at the snack bar, we were on our way back to our place, which wasn't more than a half hour drive away. For a fun and relatively low-cost way to do something different in the city, consider visiting Claireville Ranch!


Now in its ninth year, a unique summer research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) designed primarily for rural students with limited resources is proving that talent has no zip code.
Aspirnaut is a STEM "pipeline" for diversity. Over the past eight summers, it has provided research experiences to 200 high school and undergraduate students.
Nearly 90 percent of high school participants come from rural areas. Sixty percent of all participants are from families with limited incomes. More than 40 percent are members of groups underrepresented in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) including African-Americans and Native Americans.
Eighty percent of the first 100 high school students in the program have graduated and nearly all have gone onto colleges and universities across the country. Many of them are the first in their families to do so.
Eighty percent of those in college are majoring in STEM fields, compared to 30 percent of college students nationwide. Seventy percent of former undergraduate Aspirnauts are now attending medical school or are pursuing Master's or Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences.
According to the Hudsons, the program's holistic approach and its long-term engagement with participants are key factors that enable it to outstrip national norms.
The Aspirnaut program provides six weeks of an intensive research experience for high school students and 10 weeks for college students. Forty hours a week is spent in "guided discovery," learning with the help of mentors how to craft significant research questions to answer.
Participants log 10 hours each week in "professional discovery" activities including instruction in communication skills, prep courses for general and organic chemistry and medical and graduate school entrance exams, and distinguished speaker luncheons that help them connect with potential mentors.
Another 10 hours per week is spent in "individual discovery" — one-on-one career planning, introduction to psychological skills, a seminar on unconscious bias and social activities — to help participants meet life's challenges.
Billy Hudson, whose research has advanced understanding of the molecular basis of kidney disease, calls the program a form of "time travel." Participants "acquire knowledge and skills six to eight years ahead of their classmates on which to make decisions about their lives," he said.
After they leave the lab, participants are contacted regularly by the Aspirnaut team and encouraged to use resources and mentors long-term.
"The Aspirnaut mentors and staff are deeply invested in the success of participants," said Julie Hudson, who is also vice president of Medical Center Relations and an anesthesiologist by training. "They're going to help with next steps as well as long-term strategy.
Last week during an international workshop at VUMC sponsored by the American Society for Matrix Biology, the high school participants displayed posters and gave oral presentations describing their summer research projects.
In early August the undergraduate participants will present their research findings at a national conference in Bethesda, Maryland, hosted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK has helped support the Aspirnaut program since 2009.
Also this summer the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor launched the first pilot Aspirnaut program outside Vanderbilt. Two high school students and a college student spent six weeks on campus.
Roger Cone, Ph.D., a former Vanderbilt department chair who directs the Life Sciences Institute and who organized the pilot program, is now seeking funding to continue it next summer.
"We need programs like this so that we generate adequate numbers of people to go to medical school and provide high quality health care to all parts of the country," Cone said. Increasing the number of people in STEM careers also helps the nation compete on the global stage.
Over the years, the Aspirnaut program has developed several "strategic partnerships" with high schools from Maine to New Mexico, and with Kentucky's Berea College, which provides work-study opportunities for students with limited resources.
One partner, KIPP Delta Public Schools in Helena, Arkansas, has sent more than 20 students through the Aspirnaut program. KIPP operates college-preparatory schools in underserved communities in several states. "The trajectory of these kids is just fabulous in college," said Amy Charpentier, KIPP Delta's chief academic officer.
Since 2013, 14 Native American participants have completed Aspirnaut summer programs. Of the eight who have graduated from high school, six have majored in STEM fields in universities including Vanderbilt, said Dee Sabattus, director of Tribal Health Program Support for Nashville-based United South and Eastern Tribes (USET).
"Having students knowledgeable in the STEM arena is going to be extremely valuable to our continued growth and development as Tribal Nations," said USET Executive Director Kitcki Carroll.
"We are hopeful that all of the Aspirnaut students will pursue post-secondary education. We are confident the program will be a valuable learning experience they can build upon. As our Native students eventually make their way into the workforce, we are hopeful they will find ways to give back to their Tribal Nation communities," he said.
This summer's contingent included 19 undergraduates from as far away as Nigeria and the Ukraine and 15 high school students from Arkansas, Florida, Maine, Mississippi and New Mexico as well as Tennessee.
The high school students included Halima Ibrahim, a rising junior at STEM Preparatory Academy High School in Nashville who aspires to be an astronomer, an archeologist, a historian, a physicist, a marine biologist, a writer, a doctor, an inventor — and a sailor.
Xavier Shackelford, from tiny Marianna, Arkansas, spent two summers as an Aspirnaut before completing his bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Arkansas in 2016.
This summer he was an Aspirnaut research assistant while preparing to work on his master's degree and begin a teaching job at a KIPP school in Nashville.


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Finland and Sweden Keep Marching On
26 décembre 2022 Ukraine, Infoguerre
Russia's unprovoked and illegal military invasion of Ukraine and the genocidal way of Russian warfighting were the final straw that set off an intensive public debate on national security in traditionally militarily non-aligned Finland and Sweden.
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Despite the Kremlin continuing its attempts to obstruct Finnish and Swedish NATO accession and intimidate decision makers and citizenry of those countries, the accession process continues to move forward.
Russia's unprovoked and illegal military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February and the genocidal way of Russian warfighting were the final straw that set off an intensive public debate on national security in traditionally militarily non-aligned Finland and Sweden.
Finland and Sweden keep marching — EUvsDiSiNFO
In spring 2022, as a result of this political debate, Finland and Sweden decided to initiate the process to become full-fledged NATO members. Later on, these decisions led to Finland and Sweden receiving invitations to become NATO members at the alliance's Madrid Summit on 29 June. Only a week later, on 5 July, alliance members had already signed both countries' Accession Protocols. This development kicked off the ratification process in all member states. Fast forward to now and 28 out of 30 alliance members have ratified the accession protocols.
Throughout the process, we have monitored and reported on pro-Kremlin disinformation targeting this topic, including adding example cases of disinformation to our online case collection.
One of the striking features of Kremlin propaganda has been its near-complete disconnect from reality and intended target audiences abroad.
Kremlin propagandists' talk that countries like Finland and Sweden are puppet states directed by external powers just reflects the Kremlin's ill-advised views on the sovereignty of nations. In their warped view, only a few strong countries are truly sovereign in the global playing field of geopolitics.
The second clear line of disinformation narratives has been the Kremlin's aggressive take on the accession process. Several versions of this aggressive stance have appeared.
At first, disinformation was all about trying to deter the two countries from applying for membership with potential harsh consequences, such as weapons targeting. After that, disinformation tried to convince the citizenry of these countries that they are joining an aggressive military bloc hostile to Russia. Most recently, talk has adopted an aggressive tone about revenging the Kremlin's apparent feeling of being 'betrayed' with military means. Kremlin propagandists have also tried reaching wider audiences by attempting to paint Finnish and Swedish NATO membership as a somehow destabilising act in the Baltic Sea and Arctic region.
The hot empty talk by the Kremlin and its mouthpieces has only managed to play a part in further galvanising popular support for NATO membership in Finland and Sweden. It has also made sure that these countries continue to invest in their national defence in coming years, with Finland a good example. Furthermore, more and more evidence has emerged in the public realm about the poor performance of so-called Russian 'elite' units against determined Ukrainian defenders. A fact that has surely been noted both in Helsinki and in Stockholm.
As their last remaining measure, we have witnessed the Kremlin's disinformation machinery trying to capitalise on the ongoing ratification process in Hungary and Türkiye, the only two alliance members states left to ratify Finland's and Sweden's accessions to NATO.
By resorting to flat-out flattery, like in the case of Türkiye, or making suggestive claims of foreign interference in the decision-making of these two countries, Russian propagandists have attempted to influence and obstruct the ratification process.
Despite Russian efforts, it seems highly likely that both Finland and Sweden will become full alliance members in 2023.
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Missing Flight MH370 has proved better than most other events that news stations will cover what sells even if it means the coverage is excessive to the point of hurting those directly impacted by the news.
Thanks for the concern, but CNN's Martin Savidge says he's not looking to escape from the Canadian flight simulator where he has spent much of the past two weeks testing theories on what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Savidge and his "co-pilot," Mitchell Casado, are the most visible symbols of CNN's blanket coverage of the story of the missing airplane. They have logged so much airtime reporting from the fake cockpit that the hashtag #freemartinsavidge appears on Twitter.
"I hope he is getting up to stretch his legs," one person tweeted. Another bored viewer is obsessed with flight instructor Casado's fashion sense, posting several pictures of him in different plaid shirts.
Despite spending a series of 12- to 18-hour days in the cockpit, the Atlanta-based Savidge said he's still excited about his open-ended assignment. "In a horrible tragedy, I'm at least blessed with a good place to report from, to try and bring some clarity," he said.
CNN initially sought to rent a real 777 airplane for its coverage, but found it impossible. Individual airlines were also reluctant to make their simulators available. So CNN arranged time with the company uFly, from Mississauga, Ontario, near the Toronto airport, which has a simulator that is the same model of the plane lost in Asia.
Savidge, who had been vacationing in Australia when the plane went missing on March 8, was sent to Canada for one day on March 14 and returned home for the weekend. The response to his reports was so positive, CNN sent him back on March 17, and he's been there since. Other media organizations have sought to use the simulator but CNN blocks them by keeping it booked (the company won't say how much this is costing).
Instead of creating graphics, Savidge said it's valuable to show what instruments like the transponder that are talked about in news reports actually look like and where they are located in relation to a pilot.
Mostly, they use the machine to simulate what might happen under certain scenarios. This week, he asked Casado off-air to show what might happen to a 777 if it ran out of fuel. It proved horrific: lights flashed, alarms sounded, the nose pointed skyward while gravity pulled the plane down. It fell backward toward the ocean.
"Even though it's simulated, it's quite awful to see … we made a pact that we would never, ever show something on the air like that," Savidge said.
CNN has been criticized — mocked, even — for spending hour upon hour talking about the plane. The latest came Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "Let's build a cockpit!" said that show's Mika Brzezinski, before turning to MSNBC's favorite story: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's bridge scandal.
CNN's motivations are obvious. Since its extensive coverage began, CNN viewership is up 84 percent over what it had been before the plane went missing, the Nielsen company said. During that same period, Fox News Channel's audience has increased 2 percent, while MSNBC is down 11 percent.
"The amount of coverage seems to be in relation to the amount of interest and the amount of interest seems to be incredibly high probably because all of us have some theory as to what might have happened," said Savidge, who's now recognized on the street as "that cockpit guy." His own theories have fluctuated. Savidge once believed it was an accident but now thinks Flight 370 was taken down intentionally.
On Twitter, one viewer wondered if Savidge has spent more time in a plane than George Clooney's character in "Up in the Air." Savidge said he thought he would never spend as much time in a 777 as his 19-hour trip back from Australia, and now figures he's logged enough hours in the simulator that he's effectively repeated that trip several times over.
Often, when the cameras are off, Savidge takes some informal flying lessons from Casado. The simulator's computer can show the approaches to some 24,000 airports; Savidge said they've tried 83, including one in the Himalayas reputed to be the world's toughest.
Don't expect him in a real captain's seat quite yet, though.
David Bauder can be reached at dbauder@ap.org or on Twitter@dbauder. His work can be found here.


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Dominica ( or (listen); Kalinago: Wai'tu kubuli; French: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: Dominik), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, the overseas departments of France, Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French imported enslaved people from West Africa to Dominica to work on coffee plantations. Great Britain took possession in 1763 after the Seven Years' War, and it gradually ... [Подробнее]
Dominica ( or (listen); Kalinago: Wai'tu kubuli; French: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: Dominik), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, the overseas departments of France, Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French imported enslaved people from West Africa to Dominica to work on coffee plantations. Great Britain took possession in 1763 after the Seven Years' War, and it gradually established English as its official language. The island gained independence as a republic in 1978. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Island of the Caribbean" for its natural environment. It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, and in fact it is still being formed by geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and it is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The Sisserou parrot, also known as the Imperial amazon and found only on Dominica, is the island's national bird and featured on the national flag, making it one of the only two sovereign nations whose official flag features the color purple. The country is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the Non-Aligned Movement.
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Q: Why does Ubuntu send log info into GNU Screen? I have several Terminal windows open. Inside one of those terminals, I'm running GNU Screen with multiple "tabs". Inside one of those tabs (the one that's active), sometimes logging info appears, e.g.
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdc" lost interfaces

Why is that happening? If Ubuntu is anxious to show me some logging info, why that particular terminal and GNU Screen tab?

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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Boosts Efficiency and Cost Savings With IBM Virtualization Technology
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) today announced that the medical center's deployment of IBM virtualization technologies is saving significant IT infrastructure costs and improving productivity, while maintaining high service levels. Virtualization allows customers to increase efficiency by dividing a server into smaller parts or by pooling smaller, individual machines so they can perform as one larger system.
UPMC, a $6 billion integrated health care enterprise, is the largest employer in western Pennsylvania and one of the most renowned academic medical centers in the United States. With 43,000 employees, it comprises 19 hospitals, a network of other care sites, an insurance division, and international and commercial ventures. The IBM virtualization effort is enabling UPMC to accelerate the implementation of its electronic health record system across its extensive network while developing more powerful clinical tools to enhance patient care.
UPMC is a national leader in implementing electronic medical records. The large amount of information generated by these systems requires a powerful, flexible IT infrastructure and an enterprise-wide approach to effectively manage storage, computers, memory, network bandwidth and disk input/output. As a result, UPMC is in the process of replacing HP and Sun Microsystems technology with IBM to create an on-demand data center. UPMC's new data center includes IBM servers, storage and software that feature industry-leading virtualization technology to consolidate and simplify the management of its IT infrastructure.
"Virtualization isn't an option, it's a necessity," said Paul Sikora, vice president of IT Transformation at UPMC. "Considering that IBM and UPMC are only midway through this transformation project, the results have been impressive. We have already proven that standardization, along with aggressive implementation of virtualization, yields unprecedented productivity and efficiency."
In the last five months, UPMC has begun to use the virtualization capabilities built into IBM's AIX operating system. As a result, the same staff is supporting 150 percent more server capacity, while the amount of space required for the servers has been reduced by almost 40 percent. This was made possible by standardizing on IBM hardware and operating system and fully utilizing IBM's and VMware's virtualization technology.
In the first of a four-phase benchmarking study commissioned by UPMC, Health Industry Insights, an IDC company, estimated that savings already identified in the IT transformation project will conservatively range from $18 million to $22 million over the next three years. That includes costs avoided for new hardware, maintenance, floor space and staffing.
"As the enabling technologies mature, server virtualization is rapidly moving from leading edge to mainstream in many industries. But in health care, there are still very few cases of successful early adoption on the scale of UPMC's effort," said Marc Holland, Health Industry Insights program director of provider IT research. "We believe that there are significant economic benefits to be achieved from virtualization, and this landmark effort is one that other provider organizations should closely monitor."
"Companies are continuously evolving, and we are constantly striving to provide our customers with the most innovative technology to meet business needs," said Rich Lechner, vice president, virtualization at IBM. "UPMC is a prime example, leveraging IBM's virtualization technology to deliver innovation that matters to quickly adapt to a changing market, provide high availability for every application and save administration time. UPMC's experience is a testament to the business benefits that can be achieved through the implementation of a virtualized, dynamic infrastructure."
UPMC is using IBM virtualized servers and storage, as well as IBM management tools to help simplify the management of the total infrastructure. The most recent virtualization deployment is on UPMC's UNIX systems. The UNIX applications were migrated to AIX and standardized on four IBM System p5 595 servers. To accommodate the new application for outpatient electronic health records and stay within budget constraints, UPMC used IBM's Advanced POWER Virtualization (APV) for the majority of its System p5 servers to more effectively utilize the available processors. APV allows micro-partitioning to share adjustable fractions of a CPU across partitions, as well as a dynamic load distribution across the CPUs and memory.
For its Intel-based servers, UPMC will deploy VMware's Virtual Infrastructure 3 to consolidate more than a thousand physical servers to just 20 IBM System x servers. By leveraging virtualization technology, UPMC will consolidate more than 50 virtual servers on each physical Intel-based server. The end result will be significantly improved manageability and system uptime for application users. In 18 months, when this transformation is complete, the utilization rates of the servers are expected to increase from the current average of 3 percent per server to nearly 80 percent. The consolidation effort is also designed to reduce costs while enabling better service to the end users of Linux and Windows applications.
Already, UPMC has consolidated its storage infrastructure into three enterprise-wide storage pools through the use of IBM's storage virtualization solution, SAN Volume Controller (SVC). SVC has significantly increased utilization, flexibility and management.
To help simplify management of virtualized servers across the system, UPMC has chosen IBM's Systems Director Family of products. UPMC is one of the leading organizations that is integrating its physical and virtual platform management -- server, storage and network management -- and then deploying a unified enterprise software layer on top with IBM Service Management offerings from Tivoli.
For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com.
For more information on UPMC, visit http://www.upmc.com.
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Up-date Javan Leopard Release Program (Dec. 2014)
Published December 8, 2014 | By caracal
With mixed feelings we will give you another up-date about our "Javan Leopard Release Program" in cooperation with Wanicare Foundation and Cikananga Wildlife Rescue Center, who work hard for the leopards on ground level and provide "our" three leopards Sawal, Ciemas and Dimas in the Release Program a (temporarily) home in the Rescue Center.
The sad part is that as for the (future) releases there's unfortunately no real news to tell. It is after all Indonesia we are talking about and the situation is very difficult. But though the main mission in our (co)-project will at any time be an eventual release of the leopards, we are forced to think further now. There's some progress though in some way which we like to share with you and we have made an alternative plan to focus on while "waiting" for the first possible release. As of course the individuals that are waiting in captivity, hopefully temporarily, which is what we still strive for, deserve the best of welfare. Good news is that Forestry Department finally understands the need to take action to protect the Javan leopard species.
The end of October there was a meeting at the Taman Safari Zoo in Bogor discussing the future of the Javan Leopard with several organisations, and to try and set up a plan to avoid extinction in the wild of the species. Different options were discussed like building a new sanctuary especially for the Javan leopard. In addition, there will be intensive research done to the wild population, as for numbers, where they live but also possible data for the release of leopards on Java, or how new areas can be improved and prepared for new leopard populations to be released. Taman Safari Zoo in Bogor (pretty good for Indonesian standards) wants to start a breeding program for the Javan leopards and they are about to start a studbook. They asked one of the three males that we have in our release program and we were asked if Dimas would be a good male to move there. He is in the rescue center longest of all three males, but due to age and condition the other two males Ciemas and Sawal will be the first two to be released if it comes to that in the near future. The enclosures at the zoo are a lot bigger than the ones at the Rescue Center, of course not only being there for the leopards. All surplus or injured wildlife, like monkeys, rodents, reptiles, etc. find their way to the sanctuary. It is so sad that the human population keeps growing but the habitat for all these animals, every piece of nature, is decreasing rapidly. The sad reality of today.
The relocation to a zoo (even though a better one than the average one) who would start a breeding project for captivity instead of sharing our mission to release individuals in the wild again, was not something we in WCW could live with. So, Willemijn from Wanicare paid another visit to Tasman Safari Zoo to come to the same conclusion. The plan is now to construct better and bigger enclosures for the resident males and for any leopards that will be brought in again after a conflict with humans in their natural habitat, to avoid them ending up in a zoo that already happened as the wildlife Rescue Center didn't have any space anymore. Indonesian zoos, also Tasman Safari, is offering photo sessions and similar activities with cubs and young animals for money, so this is something we will never agree to.
Constructing better enclosures doesn't mean this is now main aim, as for both Wanicare Foundation, Cikananga Wildlife Center and Wild Cats World this will at any time be a Release Program. So the mission will always be future releases, but also to conserve the species. We cannot lose the Javan leopard like nature already lost the Javan tiger. Not if it is up to us. For all activities of course lots of funds are needed, so we would be grateful to any kind of financial support, which will be used for either feeding the leopards, constructing the new enclosures, medical treatment if necessary but also tracking collars and the investigation and other work on ground level to make future releases possible.
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ATM Safety: Make sure no one is looking over your shoulder when you enter your debit card's PIN at an ATM or point-of-sale terminal. I recommend the "two finger method" where you point two fingers at the ATM keypad, but only press with one. This makes it nearly impossible for someone nearby to discern your PIN while you're entering it. You should also be wary of "skimming" devices at ATMs and gas pumps, which can be used to steal your card information. See All About Skimmers to learn how to identify these devices.
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Your suggestion to memorize account numbers and passwords is a lovely thought, but only useful for people far smarter than me. I just looked at the list of businesses I do business with and it comes to 69. I'm to memorize 69 unique passwords and account numbers and keep them all straight? Get real!
A very good and timely article, Bob Rankin.
When you go on vacation and you plan on using your credit card, let the bank know before you leave town. I have had my credit card number stolen 5 times and someone has charged over $30,000 on it. If you stay in a hotel/motel, the people know you are out of town and they go shopping. The same applies to renting a car. That is why it is good to ask your credit card company to notify you if there is a charge. Also when you go to purchase gasoline away from where you live and you are using a credit card, you'll need to enter your zip code at the gas pump. I worked in collections and frauds for a number of years. I could write a book on the subject. Also if someone calls you and claims to be from your credit card, never except their call, it could be a fraud. Instead all the phone number on your card and ask to speak to the frauds dept.
... never accept their call, it could be a fraud. Instead call the phone number on your card and ask to speak to the frauds dept.
I have recently got into an argument about domain names. I registered a domain name with a .scot extension and the whois reflects all my personal information including my E-mail address, telephone number (even although this is ex directory), and my full address plus postcode.
I requested my personal details to be removed which I have had done with my other domain names for security, but the Registry people (ICANN) refuse to allow this. Their argument is that this is for security that the name registered is easily retrievable and checked.
I am a personal user and publish web sites as a hobby on different subjects. I have purchased this domain name in good faith but the situation is that my name etc. will now be plastered all over the Internet for all to see. I will not be using this domain name unless the situation changes. Security - what security. Disgusted user.
What next Credit Card users information.
Re: ATM Safety: Thanks for the "two fingers" idea and the link about skimming devices.
Would it help to change my pin number? What steps should I take with my account if I suspect there WAS a skimmer? Thanks.
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I use Credit Karma. They charge nothing, monitor my credit report, and let me know if there are any changes on my report. Am I missing something here?
Just a word of precaution about placing a freeze on your Credit Bureau accounts. When I first read this article, I did place a freeze on all three. But, alas, in cyber world anything that can go wrong will! Not long after, I changed utility companies and they needed (?!) my SSN to run a credit check (?!), but my accounts were frozen, and when I attempted to unfreeze them I could not, and the company would not without a great deal of hassle. On the one hand we are forced to have our credit score checked seemingly by everyone, yet on the other hand, attempting to protect our credit information is a royal pain.
Bob, good article. I have had five frauds. You mention getting the annual credit reports, which is setup for three reporting firms. There is a FOURTH: Innovis Consumer Disclosures, Box 1689, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-1689, Phone 800-540-2505, https://www.innovis.com/ They also give you one free annual report.
My calendar is set so that I request one of the four annual reports every three months.


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Overcrowding Crisis Hits BARC
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Craig Malisow | April 16, 2010 | 1:43pm
The Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care is packed to an "unsustainable" level, so if you've been thinking about fostering or adopting, get thee to the shelter, stat.
The facility "has experienced a drastic increase in the number of animals turned into the shelter in the previous two weeks," according to a press release. As of today, BARC has 878 animals -- it was only designed to shelter 550.
Spokesman Chris Newport says warmer weather usually causes increases, especially of cats, but this latest wave has also brought in a higher number of dogs.
The shelter had a total intake of 184 animals Thursday; the average daily intake over the last two weeks was approximately 100 animals.
Besides the warmer weather, Newport attributed the spike in part to what he said was an improved image of BARC in the media. (We're assuming that doesn't include Hair Balls).
"We've just generally been more visible...we've had some good stories going around, where it's perceived generally as a more functional organization now," Newport told us. "So we're kind of a victim of our own success generally, and people are more aware of it. So when they see stray dogs, we get a lot more contacts now than we used to."
BARC is open for adoptions from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. today, and from noon to 4 p.m.over the weekend. Animals are also available at the weekly Galleria Remote Adoption event, in front of Gap Kids, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Also, the Homeless Animal Partnership Initiative is holding a Family Pet Festival Saturday at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, from 11 a.m.-4p.m. (The church is located at 1656 Blalock Rd).
There's always a need for BARC animals to find good homes, but right now it seems especially urgent. So quit your yappin' and go get yourself one of the best friends you could ever have.
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When Falkirk completed their 14th summer signing today with the capture of Louis Longridge from Dunfermline Athletic it brought the number of new faces registered by the ten Ladbrokes League 1 clubs since the window opened on June 10th to a staggering 95 according to the stats on the SPFL website.
Our opponents last Saturday on opening day Airdrieonians lead the way with sixteen newcomers, Dumbarton one behind on fifteen.
As mentioned above Ray McKinnon has recruited fourteen players at Falkirk, while Stranraer, this Saturday's visitors to Station Park sit on the eleven mark, Raith Rovers one behind on ten.
The 'Loons' sit in sixth place in this particular table on the eight-player mark at present, with East Fife having recruited seven and Clyde six.
Promoted Peterhead have to date brought in only four new faces, a similar number having been signed on by Stewart Petrie at Links Park.
It is our near-neighbours Brechin City who lead the way overall,, Barry Smith has had to work tirelessly over the close season to re-build a squad ravaged by two successive relegations, seventeen new signings having been made in total at the Glebe with scope for a loan or two to come.
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I'm having a problem with one of my VT4 SP1 workstations (bundled with Lightwave 8). If I use my fireGL with "regular" radeon drivers (Catalyst) I get some display problems with Lightwave 8, particularly lines not redrawing correctly and selection areas not appearing. However, if I try to use ATI's fireGL NewTek Certified drivers somehow Lightwave becomes mucked up and reverts to Discovery Edition, despite the rest of the toaster software functioning correctly. Am I missing something? Please help before I lose all my sanity!
Thanx in advance for any and all replies.
That sounds as if it's mucking with your Rainbow drivers in that mode.
Perhaps install the ATI drivers that work, and put the Rainbow Sentinel drivers on afterward?
Does the toaster version of lw 8 work with rainbow drivers? I'll try to install them monday morning.
Fixed it! In case anyone stumbles upon the same problem, the problem arises when attempting to upgrade the drivers AFTER installing VT4 and it never goes away even if you uninstall every upgrade after that. Apparently it only works if you upgrade drivers BEFORE installing VT4, so a word of caution for all those planning on updating drivers, be prepared to do a full system install to update your drivers.


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Oso the brave! A dogs tale.
Our wonderful boxer, Oso (son of Chato) has hilarious and adorable quirks. He's an oaf with a handsome face, an unruly tongue, and great personality. He and the cat, Gatito, usually are best buddies, curling up together for their afternoon siesta and hanging out with our guests.
That all changed when Oso noticed the cat slinking around the bird cage. For some reason the cat decided the birds looked interesting, not sure why as he never really cared much in past. Well, Oso was having none of it, he chased Gatito up the stairs and then stood sentry by the birds. Each time Gatito dared to come back down he was summarily chased back up the stairs. This went on all afternoon!
This could have been just a game between the cat and dog but Oso seemed to be taking his care of the birds pretty seriously.


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Christmas during COVID-19 means 10 weekend Masses in Brookfield
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There will be 10 Christmas weekend Masses at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield, an effort to keep capacity low to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Many of us have made reservations for a restaurant or event, but how about church? It seems places of worship are starting to try and manage the large crowds as we approach the holidays.
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, church has looked different at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield.
"We have hand sanitizing stations at all of our entrances," said Father Aaron Laskiewicz, associate pastor. "Our hospitality team has a spray bottle for Communion. People here wear masks. The hospitality team makes sure that between families, six feet is maintained."
With every other pew roped off, capacity has been reduced.
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"This church can hold about 900, 950 pre-COVID, and right now, we are maxing out at about 250," Father Aaron said.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day usually boast the highest turnout. Between the buildings, nearly 1,600 parishioners attended services in 2019, so accommodations are being made at St. Dominic church, like many others.
"While some parishes have done reservations and things like that, we will have 10 Masses over Christmas weekend," said Father Aaron.
While an online video shows the protocol for those attending in person, Mass will be live-streamed for folks at home.
"A lot of the holiday traditions won't be the same, which is very difficult," said Father Aaron.
Despite the circumstances and changes, Father Aaron says one thing will remain consistent.
"God isn't gone," he said. "This is the time, more than ever, we rely on our faith because faith is the cure for fear."
Now is the time to check with your place of worship about holiday arrangements so you can plan accordingly.


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Especially now. Especially in today's environment where consideration for others isn't common practice and saving a few dollars is more important than collectively saving a bunch of lives. We are the Love, hope, positivity and change we seek.
DON'T DO IT. MOVE ON.