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What is the relationship between Cookies and Cybersecurity?
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Privacy is critical in every activity we do on the internet; keeping our personal information out of the hands of strangers is crucial for our protection. Cybersecurity refers to the act of preventing attacks on computers, phones, servers, data, electronic systems, and networks.
We all might have come across a popup or other type of warning concerning the usage of cookies. Some websites even let you choose whether or not to accept cookies entirely or in part. So, there's a fundamental question to be answered: is it safe to allow cookies? Before coming to that question, what exactly is a cookie? Let us see more about how cookies are connected to cyber security below.
A cookie (sometimes known as an Internet or Web cookie) is the name given to a message from a web server to a web browser. A cookie's primary purpose is to identify users and maybe produce tailored Web pages for them, as well as to save your site login information.
You may be requested to fill out a form with personal information such as your name, email address, and interests when you visit a website that uses cookies. This information is encapsulated in a cookie and transmitted to your Web browser, saving it for further use. Your browser will deliver the cookie to the Web server the next time you visit the same site.
The message is delivered back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. A web server has no memory; therefore, the hosted website you're watching stores a browser cookie file on your hard drive to remember who you are and your preferences. As a result of this message exchange, the Web server can use this information to offer you personalized Web pages. As an example, instead of seeing a generic welcome page, you might view a personalized welcome page.
A cookie will typically contain a text string containing information about the browser. A cookie does not need to know your location to function; it simply needs to remember your browser. Some websites use cookies to store additional personal information about you. However, you can only do so if you have provided the Web site with your personal information. Legitimate Websites will encrypt personal data contained in cookies to prevent unwanted access to your cookie folder by a third party.
The types of cookies are −
Session cookie − A cookie destroyed when you close your Web browser is a transitory cookie. The session cookie is only kept in temporary memory and is deleted when the browser is closed. Session cookies do not store any data on your device. They usually save information in a session identifier that does not identify the user directly.
Persistent cookie − A cookie retained on your hard disc until it expires (persistent cookies have expiration dates) or until you erase it is referred to as a permanent or stored cookie. Persistent cookies are used to capture personally identifiable information about users, such as their browsing habits or preferences for a particular website.
Cookies and Cybercriminals
The cookies themselves are risk-free. On the other hand, cybercriminals can use them to impersonate you online and access your accounts. Cybercriminals can spread malware and fool you into visiting dangerous websites by hiding code in stolen cookies. Cybercriminals can also employ cookies to make websites appear inaccessible to web browsers. When you return to a website, your web browser transmits a cookie to the website's web server, as previously indicated. Instead of sending one cookie to the web server, a cybercriminal can modify this cookie to send hundreds of cookies. When the cookie data exceeds the limit set in the connection setup, the server closes the connection. You will not access the website until you erase your cookies.
Cookies may potentially pose a severe threat to privacy. Marketing cookies have significantly advanced in their ability to follow users over time, from simple tasks like counting ad impressions, views, and clicks to limiting popups and retaining ad sequence. They may now perform user profiling/website preference tracking. With the majority of the top websites adopting large-scale third-party ad serving networks like Google's Adsense/Adwords, this has sparked a lot of debate and worry among online consumer privacy advocates, leading to the development of special legislation to prevent exploitation.
How to be safe with Cookies?
Cookies pose a security concern, but most online activity can avoid or minimize these dangers. Make sure you do the following to protect yourself from the more hazardous features of cookies −
When exchanging personal information, always be cautious. Cookies have the potential to communicate this information, so proceed with caution. Also, don't email any personal data if you're using a public computer.
In your internet browser, turn off cookie storage. This reduces the amount of data exchanged and may alter your browser's privacy settings.
There are browser add-ons that disable third-party software, such as cookie trackers, and keep your surfing data private.
Always keep anti-malware software up to date on your computer, as malware can masquerade as harmless cookies or enter advertising networks.
If a website requests you to accept cookies, and you're unsure whether it's legitimate, leave it right away.
So, how safe is it to allow cookies?
In a nutshell, yeah, of course, it is possible! Of course, cookies pose several security and privacy problems, but they may also be highly beneficial and are required by most modern websites. As a result, deactivating cookies is not an option.
The emphasis should be on ensuring that cookies are utilized safely.
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Modi 'chowkidar' of thieves, has insulted guards of Bihar: Rahul Gandhi
Punjab Update Bureau - Posted on April 20, 2019
Bihar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chowkidar (guard) of chors (thieves) and accused him of insulting the honest guards of Bihar by calling himself a chowkidar.
"Narendra Modi calls himself guard of the country but, in fact, he is a guard of Vijay Mallya, Anil Ambani, Mehul Chauksi, and Nirav Modi. Modi has given Rs 30,000 crore to Ambani. He has insulted the honest youth of Bihar who guards the nation," Gandhi said at a rally here.
Ambani has repeatedly refuted the charge.
He said, "The people from Bihar guard several banks across the country. A bank where the guard is a Bihari, there can never be theft in that bank."
Rahul alleged that Modi did not help the people of Bihar when the state was hit by floods caused by the Kosi river.
"He gave Rs 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani but did not give a single penny to the people of Bihar when floods hit Bihar."
Rahul said that people of the country will dislodge Modi in the ongoing elections. "Voters are about to tell him to go and hug Anil Ambani," he quipped.
"Wo to hai hi (that he is)," he said when some people started raising slogans of 'chowkidar chor hai'.
Gandhi reiterated his party's promise to probe the Rafale jet deal if they come to power.
He said: "The probe in Rafale case will soon begin. In the end, it will expose the names of two people — Narendra Modi and Anil Ambani. And they will be punished."
The Congress president said that BJP promised to give Rs 15 lakh to each Indian but did not fulfil. He assured that if the Congress is voted to power, 5 crore families will get Rs 72,000 per year under Nyuntam Aay Yojna, a poll promise of the grand old party.
"Narendra Modi has waved off the loans worth Rs 5.5 lakh crore of 15 richest people of India. If the government can give money to Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, why can't the Congress give some money to the poor," he said.
Congress' Ranjeet Ranjan is the sitting MP from Supaul Lok Sabha seat. The constituency will go to polls on April 23. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.

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Romney addresses concerns about Massachusetts's individual mandate for the first time.
LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney directly addressed the Obama administration's backhanded plaudits of his Massachusetts health care law Saturday, defending the law's controversial individual mandate for the first time and promising that it wouldn't impede an aggressive attack on the president and his health care policy.
"I will take [President Barack Obama] head on and aggressively if I'm the nominee," Romney told about 150 members of the Republican Jewish Coalition in town for their winter meeting.
Romney came to talk about foreign policy. But the crowd wanted to ask him about health care — and Romney's responses left him sounding more like a presidential candidate than at any time since his last campaign ended in 2008.
For weeks, the White House has gleefully pointed out the similarities between the Massachusetts law and the federal law, describing Romney as an inspiration for health care reform. Romney finally struck back Saturday. "If we get the chance to talk about health care, which would be fun, because he does me great favor by saying I was the inspiration for his plan," he said. "If that was the case, why didn't you call me? Why didn't you ask me what was wrong?
"I can't wait to have those conversations and I'll take it to him," Romney added.
And, Romney cracked, he's probably better off this time around. "Had I become the nominee [in 2008], then I'd have been the guy who lost to Barack Obama," he said.
Romney didn't mention health care during his approximately 20-minute speech, but it was the very first question from an audience member who wanted to know the difference between Romney's plan and Obama's, and if Romney would commit to repealing Obama's health care law.
Romney repeated his intention to allow states to opt out of the national law and he said he would work to repeal it. But he also offered an aggressive defense of the Massachusetts law's individual mandate for citizens to purchase health insurance — the first time this year he's addressed concerns about the section of the legislation that most riles movement conservatives.
"If somebody in your state who doesn't have insurance has a terrible automobile accident … we don't let them die in the street," Romney said. "Guess who pays for it? You. The government."
"We said, you know what, this free rider problem is a real concern," he added. "That concept led us to coming up with an experiment."
Before he took questions, Romney used sparse notes to walk through a list of critiques of Obama's "wandering foreign policy" — and he charged that Obama's inexperience has led to a series of American failures abroad.
"Given all that's been happening in the world, the tumult in the world… we picked a fine time to pick a president, a man who has no experience in the private sector, no experience in negotiations, no experience really in leadership," Romney said. "And the consequence of having someone learning on the job in the presidency has not been a pretty sight."
That inexperience has led to blunders at the negotiating table with Israel and the Palestinian Authority and with Russia, Romney said.
Romney also walked through a series of what he called foreign policy blunders in Honduras, Colombia and with Iran — but he made no direct mention of America's ongoing involvement in Libya, except to obliquely reference Obama's address to the country earlier this week.
"I don't think he understands that not all the leaders of the world have common interests or all the people in the world have common interests," Romney said, noting there are leaders who oppress and kill their people. "We are not like them, and we don't have common interests with them. We have common interests with people who seek and love freedom."


While visiting San Clemente this past week we met a very special couple. Mary and John MacDonald moved to San Clemente back in November 2011. They have found the pueblo, its people and the area most enjoyable and were kind enough to show us around while we were there.
Their interests include their patio garden, riding their bikes, enjoying the water and just having a great time with their new friends in Clemente. We hope to be seeing much more of them in the near future.
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well YES i liked this post! Mary and John are great people! If all extranjeros had their positive attitude and enthusiasm, there would be no more grumbling on the expat forums! they are walking ambassadors for 'expatriates,' and i am proud to call them my friends!!
can't wait to meet you as well!


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Human beings can be frightened…little animals…
At The Outdoorsman of Santa Fe, which bills itself as Northern New Mexico's largest firearm retailer, shotguns and ammunition were flying off the shelves.
"That rack is usually full of basic pump-action shotguns — all gone," salesman Jay Winton said last week as he pointed to an empty rack in the store at DeVargas Center. "People … want to defend their home from the ravening hordes that they're convinced are coming, so we're selling lots of ammunition, lots of firearms."
Winton said a couple came into the store about a week ago specifically talking about the coronavirus.
"They wanted to have a shotgun in the house for when the infrastructure collapses," he said. "Human beings can be frightened, dirty little animals when they get scared, and that's kind of what we're seeing right now."
Winton is no expert, but the professionals agree.
Two things:
1. This is excerpted from a long article about EVERYTHING associated with the confusion over COVID-19. This segment is just at the end.
2. You may as well understand I'm neither anti-gun nor anti-gun ownership. Before I moved West I lived in an area reknowned as the Arsenal of America. I grew up with firearms, My extended family always had someone working in gun manufacturing. Because of that history, I grew up handling guns, understanding use and abuse of firearms, respecting the need for required regulation of manufacture and ownership by consumers. That last bit is unfortunately missing in portions of the United States.
I'm still a gun owner. Used to love handgun target shooting. Haven't hunted in decades; but, I still own a few guns including a very nice 12-gauge shotgun. And people who buy firearms in a panic…governed by fear…scare the crap out of me!
The Pentagon decides on a new military handgun
Donald Trump Jr. holding a Sig Sauer MCX…brother Eric, 2nd from right
The US Army has confirmed that its new XM17 handgun is to be a 9 mm Sig Sauer model P320 and the contract allows the government to buy Sig Sauer's proposed XM1152 Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) and XM1153 Special Purpose (SP) ammunition and training rounds.
The long-running XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract, intended to replace legacy 9 mm M9 Beretta pistols, was awarded…with a total $580+ million maximum ceiling.
It is understood that Sig Sauer bested bids from Beretta, FN Herstal, and Glock, after Smith & Wesson and partner General Dynamics Ordnance Tactical Systems (GDOTS) had earlier been dropped from the programme. A total of nine bids were submitted, according to a separate Pentagon statement. The US Army declined to reveal the other bids…
The MHS programme, which is expected to reach full-rate production in 2018, could result in buying between 280,000 and 500,000 weapons for the army, navy, air force, marines, and US Special Operations Command. The army has said it wants more than 280,000 handguns…
I'm not commenting, today, on the predictable waste of dollar$ from the Pentagon. This project or any other is subject to the politics of our military-industrial complex – which has little to do with defense or sanity.
I grew up in the "arsenal of America" – in Connecticut. Where mass production was invented as an innovation to produce muskets for the American Revolution. Where firms like Colt, Winchester, Remington and Ruger got their start because of talented, trained and experienced machinists and designers. Natives and immigrants alike.
It was only my generation that ended the lineage of folks from my family who worked on firearms, from assembly lines to talented prototype gunsmiths who spent their lives designing fine guns for peace – or war.
The furor over Beretta's award years ago will not be matched over Sigg-Sauer getting this juicy contract. Their headquarters is in the US, nowadays – even though they're a subsidiary of Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe. And they love their friendship with the Trump family.
Body of Alien Savior found decomposing in parking lot
A man whose body was discovered decomposing in a Southern California parking lot last week was believed by his fiancee to be an alien from another world, who had arrived on Earth to save humanity…
It's the latest detail in a bizarre death investigation that involves a theory of extraterrestrial intelligence, intrigue — and a newly found arsenal of guns and ammo inside the man's home…
The ordeal started July 4, while Jeffrey Lash and his fiancee of 17 years, Catherine Nebron, were at a Santa Monica grocery store. According to Nebron's attorney, Harlan Braun, Lash suddenly fell ill and suffered a seizure.
Nebron and her employee, Dawn VadBunker, attempted to render aid.
"They worked on him for three hours, trying to revive him and then he died," Braun said, also noting that Lash had battled cancer for more than a year.
Once it was known the man was dead, though, Braun said Nebron placed the body into her vehicle in the store's parking lot and departed with VadBunker for Oregon. Lash's body sat in the SUV and decomposed in the hot Southern California sun for nearly two weeks.
According to VadBunker's mother, Laura, neither woman reported the death to authorities because they believed Lash was a half human-half alien being from another world who had come to Earth to save humanity. They also reportedly believed he'd been working secretly with the U.S. government, and that federal agents would soon come by to collect the body…
Upon returning to Southern California — and discovering that no government agency had come for her fiancé's remains — Braun said Nebron finally notified police…
However, at that point the ordeal took yet another bizarre turn.
Investigators were shocked themselves when they showed up this week at the couple's condo — and found more than 1,200 firearms, 6 tons of ammunition, and $230,000 — entirely in cash.
The Los Angeles Police Department is trying to sort out the case — but it's not yet known exactly why Lash died, why he had so many firearms, or how he amassed all that money.
"It does not make any sense, but it's probably a continuation of this fantasy world where he is a secret man which he is supposed to not reveal who he really is," Braun said…
It all seems clear to me. Obviously the alien planet Jeffrey Lash came from is secretly funding the NRA. The weapons, ammo and cash are simply the means of exchange between the planet's overlords and their underlings here on earth.
This has to be true. Certainly you don't think some ordinary nutball could acquire 1200 firearms and 6 tons of ammo without the help of extra-terrestrial powers.
Coppers bust possible Aurora copycat in workplace shooting threat
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A possible Colorado copycat, armed to the teeth and billing himself as "a joker," was arrested Friday after threatening a mass shooting at his Maryland workplace, authorities said.
Neil Prescott, wearing a T-shirt declaring "Guns don't kill people, I do," was busted at his Maryland home — where cops found a lethal arsenal of 25 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition…
Prescott, of Crofton, Md., made the threats Wednesday in two menacing phone calls to the Pitney Bowes offices in southern Maryland.
"I am a joker," he reportedly declared. "I'm going to load my guns and blow everybody up."
Prescott's violent remarks came after he was fired by the mailroom and software supply company and just days after last Friday's shootings in Aurora, Colo.
After his arrest, authorities recovered 25 weapons — including assault rifles and handguns — along with 40 boxes of ammunition stored in his home.
No charges were immediately filed in the case, and it was unclear how the suspect had assembled his arsenal…Prescott is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at the Anne Arundel County Medical Center.
I don't see anything in the photo that he couldn't buy legally – today.
Police seize blogger's guns after he endorses Tuscon shootings
After being notified of Arlington resident Travis Corcoran's controversial blog post in which he implied members of Congress ought to be shot, the Arlington Police Department (APD) has placed a suspension on his license to carry firearms and seized all of his weapons.
Corcoran wrote and uploaded a post to his blog…following the Jan. 8 shooting of United States Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscan titled "1 down, 534 to go," suggesting the other 534 members of Congress should be next. In an interview with the Advocate after the post gained wide attention on the Internet but before police became involved, Corcoran compared his post to a joke made among a group of friends in a casual setting.
APD Capt. Robert Bongiorno said the department took his statements made in the blog as a credible threat and took precautionary measures. The weapons were seized Jan. 13.
"Officers took a large amount of weapons and ammunition. Currently, we are working with federal law enforcement partners and the case remains an active and open investigation," he said.
An "About TJIC" section of the blog suggested Corcoran may have owned around 10 guns. His license was issued out of Arlington.
Dipshit!
He tried to back away from the reaction to his crass idiocy – round one – by advising "while you are in the process of assassinating those 534 political leaders, it is important to aim very carefully so that you do not kill random people around them, as that would be wrong".
Now, he says, he was just joking – just like you would among close friends.
Research links rise in Falluja birth defects/cancers to US invasion
White phosphorus being used in Falluja
A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja has for the first time concluded that genetic damage could have been caused by weaponry used in US assaults that took place six years ago.
The research, which will be published next week, confirms earlier estimates revealed by the Guardian of a major, unexplained rise in cancers and chronic neural-tube, cardiac and skeletal defects in newborns. The authors found that malformations are close to 11 times higher than normal rates, and rose to unprecedented levels in the first half of this year – a period that had not been surveyed in earlier reports…
"We suspect that the population is chronically exposed to an environmental agent," said one of the report's authors, environmental toxicologist Mozhgan Savabieasfahani. "We don't know what that environmental factor is, but we are doing more tests to find out."
The report identifies metals as potential contaminating agents afflicting the city – especially among pregnant mothers. "Metals are involved in regulating genome stability," it says. "As environmental effectors, metals are potentially good candidates to cause birth defects.
The findings are likely to prompt further speculation that the defects were caused by depleted uranium rounds, which were heavily used in two large battles in the city in April and November 2004. The rounds, which contain ionising radiation, are a core component of the armouries of numerous militaries and militias…
The report acknowledges that other battlefield residues may also be responsible for the defects. "Many known war contaminants have the potential to interfere with normal embryonic and foetal development," the report says. "The devastating effect of dioxins on the reproductive health of the Vietnamese people is well-known…."
The United States has owned up to nothing to help the victims of that environmental poisoning.
The researchers believe that the figures understate what they describe as an epidemic of abnormalities, because a large number of babies in Falluja are born at home with parents reluctant to seek help from authorities…
"An epidemic of birth defects is unfolding in Fallujah, Iraq," said Savabieasfahani. "This is a serious public health crisis that needs global attention. We need independent and unbiased research into the possible causes of this epidemic.
RTFA. Having worked at thwarting the testing and development of DU weapons in New Mexico, I don't need to be convinced of the dangers of depleted uranium ammo. It's a pyrophoric metal that burns to dusty completion after ignition leaving it's deadly structure blowing in the wind.
Texas police seize Mexico-bound weapons cache
Laredo police say they made one of their largest weapons seizures in years after pulling over a truck laden with brand new assault rifles, bayonets and ammunition that they believe was headed to Mexico.
The seizure…came less then two weeks after Mexican President Felipe Calderon asked Congress to help stem the flow of guns from the U.S. into Mexico.
Acting on a tip from the Webb County Sheriff's Office, Laredo police stopped a vehicle containing 147 new, boxed assault rifles, 200 high-capacity magazines, 53 bayonets and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. One of the two men in the vehicle tried to flee, but was apprehended, said Laredo Police Investigator Joe Baeza.
Baeza said…it was the largest weapons seizure in a decade in the area around Laredo, which is 145 miles south of San Antonio along the U.S. border with Mexico.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the seizure, but Baeza said the presumption is the vehicle was heading to Mexico.
"Two Joe Blows aren't going to buy a bunch of weapons and it stops there," Baeza said. "We're pretty positive it was headed to Mexico."
Are you certain? They may just have been a couple of law-abiding NRA members on their way to target practice.
Somali quiz winners receive, guns, ammo, landmines
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The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists have been given weapons and ammunition as prizes.
Prizes included AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades and an anti-tank mine.
The quiz ran during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in the port city of Kismayo, and included questions about the Koran and Somali geography…
"The reason the young men were rewarded with weapons is to encourage them to participate in the ongoing holy war against the enemies of Allah in Somalia," AFP news agency quoted al-Shabab's Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq as saying at the prize-giving ceremony.
The winning team, from the city's Farjano district, reportedly won a rifle, two grenades, a landmine and office supplies worth $1,000.
But the runners-up did not go home empty-handed, taking away an AK-47 and bullets.
Has the Republikan Party considered doing this for best 19th Century slogan while waving tea bags?
Can't find ammo? Your flaky paranoid neighbors are buying it all!
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We'll be ready for the next wave of Iraqi invaders – which we're training
Daylife/Reuters Pictures used by permission
Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.
"In the last two months it's gotten very, very difficult to find ammunition," says Richard Taylor, manager of The Firing Line, a gun shop and shooting range in the Denver, Colorado, suburbs.
"There are a lot of rumors floating around that the present government would like to increase taxes on ammunition. I think [there is] just a lot of panicked buying going on…"
Two weeks ago, The Firing Line was forced to impose a four-box-per-customer limit on ammo. Before that, the shop was selling 10,000 rounds of 9 mm handgun ammunition a day…
Karl Roos, a physician, stopped by the range to do some shooting with his Smith and Wesson .357-caliber Magnum, using some rounds from his personal stock of ammo.
"I'm not too worried about things being banned or anything like that," he says. But he notes that many of his fellow gun enthusiasts are scared: "There's definitely a lot of fear…"
Responding to fear with guns and ammo is as American as baseball and apple pie. Politicians lead people around by the nose – with tales of what we should fear. The NRA recruits on the basis of fear. The Republicans are back to their early Bush mantra of fear – because they can't think of any other way to get votes.
And, though we often joke about fundamentalist wingnuts providing shock troops for the neocon brigade – fact is, it's only the fear-based flavor, the fire-and-brimstone nutballs, who wander far enough away from thoughtful Christianity to be seriously dangerous.
Troops use live ammo instead of blanks for "How to -"
Seventeen people, including a child left in a critical condition, were injured when soldiers fired live bullets instead of blanks during an open day display in Carcassone, France.
Fifteen civilians and two soldiers were injured in the incident, of which the details remained unclear, involving a demonstration by members of a marines parachute regiment of hostage liberation exercises, the regional authority said.
Four of the 17 were seriously injured, with two described as critical following "incomprehensible" scenes at the barracks near Carcassone, in the country's south-west.
According to local authorities, five children were among the injured.
This is more than an "Oops!". Combat weapons used on the audience during an exercise require a major screwup.


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"Subgroup Analysis of TWILIGHT Trial Patients With Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS) Who Underwent PCI Showed BRILINTA Monotherapy Reduced the Risk of Clinically Relevant Bleeding Compared With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT)"
New results from a pre-specified subgroup analysis of the TWILIGHT trial showed that BRILINTA (ticagrelor) monotherapy reduced the risk of clinically relevant bleeding compared to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) over 12 months in high-risk patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). According to Roxana Mehran, MD, professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiovascular research and clinical trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, "The finding that ticagrelor monotherapy was not associated with an increased risk of all-cause death, MI or stroke compared to continuation of DAPT in NSTE-ACS patients enrolled in TWILIGHT, a finding which was also observed in the overall trial cohort, is important given that there was also a reduction in bleeding in this cohort." According to Usman Baber, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, "These findings challenge the conventional paradigm for maintenance of aspirin as a long-term component of dual antiplatelet therapy in high-risk patients with NSTE-ACS."
— Roxana Mehran, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, The Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
— Usman Baber, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Randall Wayne Simmons, 61 of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side, on the morning of July 3, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Born in Rockland, Maine on April 24, 1959, he was the son of Wayne and Barbara Simmons.
He grew up in Florida, attended local Jacksonville schools and then moved to Maine in 1975. As a kid, he enjoyed coon hunting with his father and entertainment wrestling, which he still liked as...
He grew up in Florida, attended local Jacksonville schools and then moved to Maine in 1975. As a kid, he enjoyed coon hunting with his father and entertainment wrestling, which he still liked as an adult. He loved NASCAR, and going to the Wiscasset Raceway. He also enjoyed playing cards with Buddy and Josh, and anyone else who showed up to the table.
He was a jack of all trades; painting houses and doing odd jobs for people. For the last 19 years, he was a sternman for his cousin, Timmy Thompson.
Randy loved his family dearly. He is survived by his loving parents; sisters, Cindi Rodeffer and her children, Kyle & Cameron Rodeffer; Melanie Simmons and her children, Mike and Jillian Paradis; Missy Swartz and husband Larry, and their children, Anna Shoemaker and Christopher Swartz; and Angel Pitcher and her children, Kayla Wilshire & Keanan Pitcher; his son, Wayne Simmons; as well as many great nieces and nephews.
He will be sadly missed by his little dog Junior; his best friends Buddy and Chrissy; and his longtime friend, Juantia Simmons who took care of Randy during his illness.
Per Randy and his family's wishes, a private graveside service was held at Orff's Corner Cemetery in Waldoboro. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to American Cancer Society, One Bowdoin Mill Island, #300, Topsham, ME 04086,
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The apostles were called by our Lord to be witnesses of Him and to preach the gospel. They are Sts. Peter and his brother Andrew; James the Greater, and his brother John; Thomas; James the Less and his brother Jude (Thaddeus), cousins of Jesus; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Simon Zelotes; and Matthias, who took the place of Judas. The New Testament includes Paul, Barnabas and others, and these with St. Luke are celebrated as apostles liturgically (but Luke is not mentioned in the Canon of the Mass).
Donald Attwater in A Catholic Dictionary says: "The apostles were the first bishops of the Christian Church. Through them the bishops have ever since had the divine commission to teach all men and govern the Church in union with the representative of their chief, St. Peter, and the God-given power to confer the sacraments necessary to the salvation of souls and the continuance of the Church."
Each apostle has a traditional symbol of ancient origin which is recognized all over the world. Examples of the shields of the apostles with their symbols may be seen in the great Catholic cathedrals and even in non-Catholic churches. An excellent example of modern symbolism is The Twelve Apostles in the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, South Orange, New Jersey. Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, has a set of apostolic shields in stone which are among the best in America. Those carved over the main door of the First Baptist Church in Pittsburgh and in the Presbyterian Church in lndianapolis are also excellent. These are mentioned to assist Catholics in mixed marriages to answer objections to the symbolism connected with the saints.
To celebrate the feasts of the apostles we acquired a huge red candle made in Germany from an ancient Swedish mold. It bears the image and the symbol of each apostle. We light the candle on our dining room table on their feasts. The candle is expensive but will last for years (from LAS, see Abbreviations).
Symbols of the four evangelists can be traced to the beginning of the Christian era. The symbols most frequently met with are the four winged creatures mentioned in the Book of Ezechiel, as well as in the fourth chapter of the Apocalypse: a man, lion, bull, and eagle.
In the vision of Ezechiel these four living creatures formed the chariot upon which God rode at will over the earth; similarly Christ and His gospel are borne throughout the world by the four evangelists. Each of the chariot-bearers represented the acme of an attribute: wisdom, awe-inspiring fear, might, swiftness. But He who sat in the chariot borne by such creatures, He Himself must possess these attributes in an infinitely perfect degree. The gospel of Jesus is consummate wisdom, power, awe-inspiring and swift to accomplish its purpose of judgment unto good and evil. The traditional symbols for the evangelists retain their genuine significance when understood in this Biblical context.
St. Luke, a Greek physician and a Gentile (Col. 4:1-2), became a fellow-worker of St. Paul and remained with him until the great Apostle's martyrdom. Author of the third Gospel, Luke wrote the full account of the incarnation; he also wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
Father: The Lord and King of apostles.
All: Come, let us adore.
Father: Let us pray. We beseech You, O Lord, grant us to be aided by the prayers of St. Luke, Your evangelist, who for the glory of Your Name ever bore in his body the mortification of the Cross. Through Christ, our Lord.
The winged ox is St. Luke's attribute because of his emphasis upon the sacrificial aspects of our Lord's atonement, as well as upon His divine priesthood. The ox was a sacrificial animal of the Jews.
Dessert and decorations. The traditional book cake inscribed with the words Verbum Dei manet in aeternum (God's Word lasts forever) would teach children that the Gospel of the inspired evangelist will continue forever upon the earth. Decorate the cake with a small ox statue or icing decoration.


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Broj stanovnika: 50.300 (2003.).

Grad se prvi put spominje 1384., kada su Novgorođani sagradili ondje tvrđavu u svrhu poboljšanja obrane od Šveda. Nazivali su ju Jama ili Jamski Gorodok, prema finskom plemenu koje je ondje živilo.

Tvrđava je izdržala opsade teutonskih viteza 1395. i 1444. – 1448. godine.

Svršetkom livonskog rata, predana je Švedskoj, da bi ju opet vratili 12 godina kasnije, 1595.

Prema Stolbovskom miru iz 1617., opet je dopala Šveđanima, koji su ju preimenovali u Jamburg i razorili njena utvrđenja 1682. godine.

Carska Rusija 1703. zauzima grad za vrijeme Velikog sjevernog rata.

Pet godina kasnije, Petar Veliki je dao grad Aleksandru Menšikovu, kao ižorskom knezu.

Švedski oblik imena grada se zadržao do 1922., kada su ga boljševici promijenili ime grada, davši mu ime estonskog komunističkog vođe Kingiseppa.

Ne miješati ovaj grad s estonskim gradom Kuressaareom, bivšom Kingissepom (nom. Kingissepa).

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Best Genealogy Sites for Irish Research: IrishAncestors
A few weeks ago, FamilyTree Magazine published its list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2020. Surprise, I didn't make the list.😀 Of course, I jumped immediately to their category UK and Irish Sites and was disappointed. They listed only two sites for Irish research, The National Archives and The National Library. Don't get me wrong, these are two good sites, but there is so much more! I decided to write on what I thought were the Best Genealogy Sites for Irish Research. This will be a continuing series checking out one or two sites each week. If you haven't identified a locality in Ireland, you need to do that before most of these sites will be helpful. Click on "Getting Started" or "Finding a Locality in Ireland" above for more information. Here goes.
IrishAncestors
This is a site created by John Grenham, author of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, 5th edition and one of the best known Irish genealogists. It would be unusual if a day went by that I didn't use this site (it would probably mean that I wasn't doing any research that day). You will not find a record on your specific ancestor, but it will tell you what records are available for the time and place where your ancestor lived. When you arrive at the Home page for the site you're greeted with a beautiful picture of Ireland (which changes regularly) and a flashing cursor that invites you to type in a surname. What? Didn't I just say it's not for finding records on your ancestors? This will take you to a surname distribution of where in Ireland your name is found. If you have a common name, such as Daly, the dots will appear over all of Ireland. However, if you have an unusual name, such as Moughty, you may find the name isolated to a small area. The information used to create these maps is taken from Griffith's Valuation done between 1847 and 1864, but even if your ancestors left earlier, the chances are that some of the family remained behind. Note: I. had to modify the spelling of Moughty to Mughty as that was the spelling in Griffith's. There were only 4 families in all of Ireland with that name versus 3,865 Dalys. This page will also provide you in the upper right with all of the spelling variations of the name.
If you know the maiden name of the woman of a couple married in Ireland you might also be able to reduce the numbers. Hopefully at least one of the names is less common. Another way to reduce the number is knowing the County. One of John Daly's wives was Mary Kirrane. By adding a second surname (in the lower left of the screen) the number of possibilities is reduced and focused on only three counties, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. The Irish typically lived and married within their own parish or an adjoining parish. They were not mobile and would have had limited ability to meet people from other areas. Knowing that my Daly family was from Mayo, this reduced the localities to just three, all of which adjoined each other.
The left side shows the number of Kirraines by civil parish and the right side shows the number of Dalys
People are constantly posting on various assistance sites or asking questions such as, my ancestor came to the US (or other country) from Ireland in 1850 and I want a copy of his birth registration...where can I find it? I'm sure you all know that Civil Registration didn't start in Ireland until 1864, so that record doesn't exist. The next best record would be a baptismal record. Does one exist? Well first, you need to know the locality and approximate date. You then go to Irish Ancestors > Site Map > Civil Parish Map and select the county, then the civil parish where your ancestor was born. In the upper right, click on "Church Records" and find out the dates of extant records for the locality. Yesterday I was working on a family that was on the border of Westmeath and Longford. I was able to quickly take back one part of the family to 1804, but the other side only to the 1840s. It all had to do with when the records began for those parishes. Back in April I wrote a blog which includes a short video on how to do this.
There is so much more to this website. That upper right corner of the Civil Parish website also provides information on lots of other sources...census substitutes, estate records, local histories and journals, newspapers and graveyard inscriptions. The center section is a list of all of the townlands in the parish, and if you click on the name of the townland it will take you to Griffith's Valuation at AskAboutIreland.ie Click on 1901 or 1911 and it will take you to the census records for that area.
Another very valuable section is Placenames. A word of caution...you need to type it exactly or you'll get a "No Match" response. Having said that, you can get around this problem by using wildcards, a "?" to replace one letter or an "*" to replace multiple letters. Still not finding it? Try using just the first few letters with an "*" and the county name, then browse through the list. If the name has multiple words such as Ballycurrin Demesne and you type in only Ballycurrin without an "*" you will get a "No Match" response. Using the Placenames can be very helpful if you have a location from a record and your trying to find out where it is. I frequently say with surnames, spelling doesn't count, but that is especially true with locality names in Ireland. It may have been written down as the clerk or others heard it, not as it was officially spelled. Depending on the timeframe, it may not have been an official name or had an official spelling (the names were standardized in the 1830s) but our ancestors may have continued to use an old name reference. It may have been a village, rather than a townland or town and won't show up. When this happens, I google the name and then check a map for a nearby locality. If you're not familiar with Irish jurisdictions check out this blog which also explains how to use this facility at IrishAncestors.
There are 13 townlands or towns named Crumlin and notice that they aren't limited to 13 different counties. Mayo has two, but because John Daly had also referenced Claremorris on his Naturalization, I knew which one; it was in the Civil Parish of Kilvine, the Poor Law Union of Claremorris and the Registrar's District of Ballindine. Clicking on Claremorris will take me to a list of all of the townlands in the Poor Law Union and clicking on the Registrar's district will list the townlands in the Registrar's district of Ballindine. Clicking on Kilvine will take me to the Civil Parish page. I want to clarify here the difference between the Poor Law Union and the Registrar's district. When discussing the Poor Law Union I indicate that this jurisdiction is important because it became the Registration District for Civil Registration. Then what is the Registrar's district? Sometimes referred to as a Dispensary district, there were multiple Registrar's districts for each Poor Law Union. Your ancestor would go to the one that was local and register a birth, death or marriage and the multiple Registrar's would then forward a copy of the record to the Superintendent Registrar in the Poor Law Union where the records would be compiled and forwarded to Dublin to the General Registrar Office. What you see listed in the Civil Registration Indexes is the name of the Superindent's District or the Poor Law Union.
I try not to go over a 5 minute read, so I'll leave it there for this week. John Grenham allows 5 free requests to his site each day, then asks for a subscription. You can subscribe for a day (24 hours), a month or a year. I think this should be your first stop once you jump the pond back to Ireland (which means knowing the location).
Happy Hunting and Stay Safe.
Have you registered for the Celtic Connections Conference yet? I'm lecturing on Church Records, Civil Records and Griffith's Valuation. I'll also be participating in two Chat Session where you can ask questions. John Grenham will also be lecturing and doing a Chat. Registration is open.
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When it comes to the jobs, the issues around relocation are important, and those were what I was alluding to. It is important that HIAL engages with the unions and with workers in considering the policies in place that allow workers who are working under the new system nevertheless to continue to live in and contribute to our islands. That will not always be easy, but that is the work that we are expecting HIAL to engage in properly.
On some of the other concerns, safety issues have been raised with me directly, for example in Shetland. Those issues must be taken seriously. Loganair, the main airline flying in the Highlands and Islands, which is already operating under the system at London City, is supportive of the changes and the safety benefits that it says will be delivered. New air-traffic control procedures and the operation of such a centre will go live only following a rigorous assessment and approval by the Civil Aviation Authority.
I understand the concerns that are being raised—it is important to say that. There is a responsibility on HIAL and indeed on the Scottish Government to seek to address those concerns as we move forward.


Ethical implications of AI, and the risks that they bring on our society must be considered as new technologies are introduced.
Video: The algorithm is humanity's Frankenstein Awareness of the role of algorithms in social media is the first step toward taking control of AI.
The intersection of technology and society has created a new world filled with AI algorithms that determine everything from what we see on Facebook newsfeeds to the ads that we see online.
Learning how to navigate these potential hazards was the focus of a session this week at IdeaFestival 2017 in Louisville, KY. Emily Dreyfuss, senior writer for Wired, discussed the impact of AI algorithms and what we can do about it.
"What I'd like to do is tell you about how I, over the past couple of years, have come to the conclusion that the mantra that you're all familiar with, 'move fast and break things,' that animates Silicon Valley, has outlived its appropriateness," Dreyfuss said. "In looking at the world that we have created and that we're all living in today, I've come to the conclusion we need to rethink it because 'move fast and break things' has enabled us to move fast and lose control of our creations."
The abundance of information on our friends and co-workers that we can find on social media are one of the many obvious ways that technology is changing our lives and relationships. The less obvious ways are more invisible but permeate every aspect of our lives, including jobs and healthcare.
"I'm talking, of course, about algorithms. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, these are all pretty much the same thing," Dreyfuss said.
AI is awake and out there in many versions. Google's AlphaGo is an example, in that it was an AI that Google trained to play the complicated game Go. The game beat the world's best human player by using a move that no human player would have ever done, Dreyfuss explained.
"The computer was able to see into the future so much better than humans were, and it was the most brilliant and unprecedented game that had ever been won," she said.
An algorithm is, of course, a bit of code. It's a program that humans give parameters and the data that is fed to it is used within the rules that are set up. "The thing that's crazy about AI and crazy about AlphaGo, is that the people who created it have no idea where it came up with that move. They have no idea how it figured that out because algorithms and AI are not like my telepresence robot. They are not like the [Sony] Walkman. They move past us. They can do things beyond our own expectations. They are everywhere. Invisible to us," she said.
Wired Senior Writer Emily Dreyfuss at IdeaFestival 2017.
Other examples Dreyfuss shared include Microsoft's creation of a chatbot named Tay. Microsoft unleashed Tay on Twitter and within 24 hours, she was a Twitter troll of the worst kind, quoting Mein Kampf and behaving as an actual Nazi. Microsoft executives were so embarrassed that they removed Tay from Twitter within a day, Dreyfuss said.
The reason that Tay the chatbot became a Nazi was because she was interacting with humans who taught her that Nazis exist, and that harassment is a real thing. "This is how algorithms work. They don't exist without us, they're fed by us, which means that we imbue them with our own biases and our own values. We create them overtly to quote unquote, 'Make the world a better place.' That's what our technology is for. In the parent in that statement is our belief of what is good. So we put our values in there but we also put a little bit of our bias in there, and that's what happened to Tay," Dreyfuss said.
"That's the risk of algorithms. The fact is, the reason why that was happening is that Google had put somewhere in there, a rule that LGBT was something controversial. I think it turned out that they have a restricted mode for children, and they had defined gay content as risky, and so children shouldn't see it. Which meant that even a gay person doing a makeup video counts as too risky to be seen. Their algorithm was making the decision to remove that," Dreyfuss explained.
It's very difficult to go back and look at an algorithm and see where bias exists. This is why, when you create the rules and feed the data, you have to be extremely thoughtful, she said.
"Another prevalent bias in our algorithms right now is about to be really big because of the iPhone 8 that just came out. It's in computer vision, facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology is on iPads, it's on iPhones, it's really big in the new iPhone, and it learns by looking at pictures and faces. So it can know what human face is. But these algorithms will train on data that go way back in the history of photography, of Kodak and Hollywood, and that is a history of discrimination, where most of the faces were white. As a result of that, computer vision has a hard time seeing non-white faces. Computer vision is not biased. The human beings who even tried to create this technology are not biased, but the data they fed it is biased," she said.
Facebook's algorithms determine what content you see, and what you don't see. Following someone's page or liking a company's brand isn't enough to make that show up in your newsfeed if Facebook's algorithms have determined that you aren't interested in that update.
Earlier this summer, someone committed murder on Facebook Live. The video was live for hours, and people were furious that Facebook allowed it to be visible for so long.
"There's two answers to that. One answer is that, technically, Facebook's algorithm, though it is advanced, and though it makes these decisions about who your friends are and what it wants to show you, and how to add target things to you based on your demographic, it's not advanced enough to watch live video as it's happening," she said. And the second answer is that the problem with computer vision is that algorithms cannot tell a real gun from a fake video gun game.
The fake news of the 2016 election is another variable that has had a vast effect on society. Dreyfuss said, "Facebook has been accused of not being thoughtful about how it allowed fake news to be targeted to specific people who were voting in the 2016 US election. And at first, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said, 'I don't think that's a thing. I'm really not worried about it.' But, recently, when it was found that these proponents of fake news actually bought ads on Facebook that allowed them to directly target their swarms to certain voters in certain areas in America, Zuckerberg said, 'Whoa, okay, you guys, there's like, indisputable evidence now, we're going to do something to fix this.' And they added new reporting tools for fake news, and they are announcing a whole new team. They hired a ton of journalists to help and they really seemed to be taking it more seriously, especially in the wake of this news that happened last week, which showed that Facebook's algorithm, which is charge of how ads work."
"The thing to understand about Facebook is even if we love it because it lets us see where our friends from college ended up and see their babies, that is not really how Facebook makes its money. And Facebook doesn't really care actually, in terms of the bottom line about that. Facebook makes its money by putting ads in front of our faces, and we give Facebook a ton of details about our lives so that they can target the ads directly at us," she said.
"And this algorithm is found to have created a category to allow people to target directly to anti-Semites and every other kind of bigotry that exists in the world. The fact is why are these things possible? Because Facebook didn't know ahead of time that they would be. Facebook, when it says they reflect society, what that shows is that they did not look forward and think about how, if that's the case, how is our society then going to be empowered to abuse the tools they give us?"
We no longer live in the 80s, when "move fast and break things" only meant egos being damaged by failed companies. Now, breaking things means lives and democracies are being impacted and lost, she said.
Algorithms can tell anyone anything they want, as information can be tailored to be what someone wants it to be. Moving fast, innovating and thinking forward and thoughtfully is something everyone can do to combat the invasion of algorithms in our lives.
Turning off push notifications is one way to combat how algorithms impact our lives, since it is subconsciously stressful to hear your phone ping or vibrate and know you need to look at it. It can also be combated by being more thoughtful, especially in what is Tweeted or written on social media in the wake of a terrorist attack. Even a well-meaning tweet saying a terrorist attack is horrible is spreading fear, which is the entire point of terrorism, she said.
"There's all these ways to be a little more mindful. And on Facebook I think, just knowing when you log into Facebook, and see those adorable baby pictures...just being aware of the fact that this is a simulated, curated reality that you're not curating, that Facebook is curating for you, I think will help you to be empowered to hold technologists to account, because we are their customers. We are their users. Without us, they are not making products."


The Belgium federal prosecutor's office told ABC News that "there are elements that make us believe that it was a terror attack". A Brussels-based cell was involved in the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead in several locations.
Residents downslope of the region of fissures should heed all Hawaii County Civil Defense messages and warnings. Magma has drained from Kilauea's summit lava lake and flowed around 40km east underground, bursting out of about two dozen giant cracks or fissures.
In a statement the group's spokesman said after Egyptian mediation a "ceasefire agreement was reached with Israel to return to calm". Palestinian militants on Tuesday launched their heaviest mortar bomb barrage against Israel since a 2014 Gaza war and Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad camps in the enclave in response.
Howard County officials released 911 calls from Sunday's deadly flooding in Ellicott City . Howard County Police Department said Hermond was last seen near La Palapa, a Mexican restaurant on Main Street, at around 5:20 p.m on Sunday.
ET advisory that Subtropical Storm Alberto had top sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, and made landfall near Laguna Beach in the Florida panhandle. "Mike and Aaron were beloved members of our team, our family", Cogdill said. The accident happened on Highway 176 in Polk County while they were covering the impact of heavy rain in that area.
The Atlanta woman took a picture and posted it to Facebook before sending it back to the White House with all the corrections marked up. Mason raised issues including errant capitalization, redundancies, and a lack of specificity in the letter.
Hogan said the state would continue to provide assistance to anyone in the affected areas and make sure they followed all warnings. State emergency officials warn that those in the Ellicott City area remains indoors and stay off the roads until the storm passes, and said to refrain from standing around the area to watch rescues.
Russia's Roman Abramovich , the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, has been granted Israeli citizenship. He is a frequent visitor to Israel and bought a hotel in Tel Aviv in 2015 that reports say he has turned into a residence.


7 Irish pieces of art/craft are going to be displayed over the next few days.
The producers of these pieces have been asked by me, personally, to display a piece of their work.
The whole idea of this is to see if blogging can be an excellent way to advertise your work, and have a web presence if you do not already have a website.
These pieces may be available to buy through the designers own website, or by contacting them directly.
The main thing is to prove that this is a good, inexpensive way to have your work available for the world to see!!
Was there more traffic to the persons website? Was there direct contact? And ultimately was there any sales from the exposure?
The creative minds of these people will be putting together a little about the piece or themselves and using blogging to its fullest, letting you know a little background information!
At the end of October the offer from Paul O Mahoney will end and his 10 artists/crafts people will be selected to have a blog site built for them. The 10 designers will then be able to display their work and update the site as often as they want. All thanks to Paul who will give them all the tools to do this with ease.
The internet is the most amazing place! And what fantastic exposure for artisans who are, after all, busy with their craft,as they should be.
PS Paul is the most lovely and generous person, wouldn't you agree, Karen?
Yes, I can say that he has the patience of a saint, long may they last!
Some people are great on computers, but few are great at teaching…I have loved being a guinea pig!


When a Vehicle Pulls Out in Front of You Who is at Fault?
Idaho State Police investigated a car accident in Pocatello which occurred when a vehicle pulled out in front of another vehicle. The injury car crash occurred when a vehicle pulled out onto Highway 91 and was struck on the driver's side by the vehicle they pulled in front of. Both vehicles involved in the accident had two occupants. All four persons were taken to a nearby medical center by ground ambulance for evaluation of injuries. Highway 91 was blocked in both directions for about two hours while crews worked to clear the car accident. Many may question when a vehicle pulls out in front of you who is at fault. Here are some things you should know to clarify.
After a car accident, insurance companies will often be rather difficult to deal with. They may even deny that their insured was at fault for the accident. This is exactly why you need an experienced personal injury lawyer from Brent Gordon Law to handle your case. Some things you may do to determine who is at fault is to use the location of the damages on each vehicle to prove the other driver was at fault. Another method often used to determine fault is to consider the type of car accident your were involved in. For example, a broadside crash or "T-bone" accident should prove liability. In any case, make sure to hire a trusted and experienced attorney to fight for your rights.
The names and contact information of any witnesses.
Pictures of all the damages to vehicles as well as the scene of the accident.
Having these three things will greatly help to avoid allowing fault to be put on you.


It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
A social network isn't much good if people can't network. Accordingly, DataSciencester has a popular feature that allows members to send messages to other members. And while most of your members are responsible citizens who send only well-received "how's it going?" messages, a few miscreants persistently spam other members about get-rich schemes, no-prescription-required pharmaceuticals, and for-profit data science credentialing programs. Your users have begun to complain, and so the VP of Messaging has asked you to use data science to figure out a way to filter out these spam messages.
The numerator is the probability that a message is spam and contains viagra, while the denominator is just the probability that a message contains viagra. Hence you can think of this calculation as simply representing the proportion of viagra messages that are spam.


Effective Practice, Informatics & Quality Improvement (EPIQ) is an informal collaboration of academics and practitioners teaching and working in the fields of evidence-based practice, informatics and quality improvement at the University of Auckland. EPIQ was established in 2002 to facilitate the teaching and application of effective (evidence-based) practice, health informatics and quality improvement initiatives in the health and disability support sectors, regionally, nationally and internationally.
To date this website has mainly been used to host a series of teaching/learning tools to help students and practitioners develop their skills in evidence-based practice. These tools are based around a simple graphic frame called the GATE (Graphic Approach To Epidemiology) frame that we have developed.
The current versions of the tools can be found on the '2015 Evidence Based Practice and CAT Workbooks' page of this site. They have been completely re-written in 2015 in MS Excel as '2015 GATE CAT Workbooks' and were published here in October 2015. You will need MS Excel to use these workbooks. The previous versions of the CATs can be found on the '2013 CATs' page. We plan to develop complimentary tools to support clinical audit and quality improvement in the future.
EPIQ members undertake teaching and research that integrates evidence based practice, informatics and quality improvement. The teaching includes both post-graduate university courses and workshops designed for current members of health related professions. The research is mainly undertaken in routine clinical practice using web-based and other electronic tools to support evidenced-based practice while simultaneously generating data for research.
EPIQ runs half-day to two-day workshops (on request) in evidence-based practice (critical appraisal) and quality improvement.
Members of the EPIQ team have partnered with Enigma Solutions (link to www.enigma.co.nz) in the development of PREDICT, a web-based clinical decision support system that predicts patients cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and provides evidence-based recommendations on how to manage risk. PREDICT is used by several thousand general practitioners, practice nurses and hospital-based cardiologists in New Zealand. The PREDICT system is simultaneously a clinical tool for assessing and managing CVD risk and a research tool that stores a copy of each patients CVD risk profile. The EPIQ-Enigma group have also developed a related web-based quality improvement programme (the All NZ Acute Coronary Syndrome [ANZACS] programme). ANZACS-QI collects detailed data on patient status and management following admissions to hospitals for acute coronary events throughout New Zealand.
The research component of PREDICT and ANZACS are the basis of the University of Auckland-led Vasular risk Informatics using Epidemiology and the Web (VIEW) research programme. Patient data from PREDICT and ANZACS are regularly linked to hospitalisations, deaths drug dispensing and laboratory test results using an encrypted version of the national health index number, a unique and comprehensive national health identifier. Click on this link to learn more about Vasular risk Informatics using Epidemiology and the Web (VIEW).


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Efstratia (Effie) Kalfagianni is a Greek American mathematician specializing in low-dimensional topology.

Early life
Kalfagianni was born in 1965 in Greece. She lived on a small Greek island most of her early life.  She started getting into math as a sophomore in high school because of classes in  euclidean geometry and elementary number theory. Her teachers encouraged her to pursue math in college as well.

Education and Career
Kalfagianni graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in October 1987. After earning a master's degree in 1990 at Fordham University,
she moved to Columbia University for doctoral studies, earning a second master's degree in 1991 and completing her Ph.D. in 1995. Her dissertation, Finite Type Invariants for Knots in 3-Manifolds, was supervised by Joan Birman and Xiao-Song Lin .

After postdoctoral study at the Institute for Advanced Study and three years as Hill Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, she moved to Michigan State University in 1998. She was promoted to full professor in 2008 and received the MSU William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award in 2019.

Contributions
Kalfagianni works  in knot theory, three-manifolds, hyperbolic geometry, quantum topology and the interplay of these fields.

Kalfagianni is an editor for the New York Journal of Mathematics. She was also one of the editors of the book Interactions Between Hyperbolic Geometry, Quantum Topology and Number Theory (Contemporary Mathematics
Volume: 541, AMS, 2011) .

Book
With David Futer and Jessica Purcell, Kalfagianni is co-author of the research monograph Guts of Surfaces and the Colored Jones Polynomial (Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2069, Springer, 2013).  The monograph derives relations between colored Jones polynomials, the topology of incompressible spanning surfaces in knot and link complements and hyperbolic geometry.

Recognition
Kalfagianni was a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1994–1995 in 2004-2005 and in the Fall term of 2019.

She was included in the 2019 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society "for contributions to knot theory and 3-dimensional topology, and for mentoring".

References

External links
Home page

Publications

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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21st-century American mathematicians
American women mathematicians
Greek mathematicians
Greek women mathematicians
Topologists
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
Fordham University alumni
Columbia University alumni
Rutgers University faculty
Michigan State University faculty
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The Monmouth Raft Race, now in its 55th year, and founded by the Abergavenny Young Conservatives, was for very many years run by the Monmouth Conservative Association. Organisation of the race was ceded to the Rotary Club of Monmouth in 2003.
Originally it was intended to hold the first raft race on the River Usk. However they were advised that this was too dangerous for this type of event. The venue was altered to the River Monnow, with the start being at the Bell at Skenfrith and a finish at Monmouth. The Abergavenny Round Table decided to enter a raft, and in total there were 23 rafts. The Monnow was not the most suitable venue and there are no records of the winners and where or if they finished. However about £35 was raised and donated to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign
The 1966 race was moved to the River Wye with the start near Symonds Yat and finish at Monmouth Boathouse
Due to lack of start facilities and viewing points it was decided to look for a different course for 1967. The Whitebrook area was investigated for the finish. Hence the late Vic Cullimore's field was used. His great enthusiasm and support over the subsequent years has been continued to this day, by his family. In 1968 over £400 was raised for Tenovus and sponsorship of the rafts started, the first being Whiteheads Iron and Steel of Newport with catering by the local pub The Crown.
Charities supported over the years include Multiple Sclerosis Society, RNLI, Guide Dogs for the Blind, and currently St David's Hospice Care.
The raft race has only ever failed to take place on 3 occasions. Firstly at the time of the foot and mouth epidemic in 2001, secondly in 2008 when the river was in flood, and thirdly in 2020 because the Covid-19 pandemic.
In its heyday the race apparently fielded over 200 rafts, but in the seventeen years of Rotary 'ownership' it has grown from less than 40 to an average of 75 to 80 rafts.
Rotary organises the event with marketing help from St David's Hospice Care, and the entry fees and car parking charges pay organisations such as the Scouts, Guides, RNLI, Monmouth Festival Committee, Rowing and Canoe and Clubs, St John's Ambulance, Ross Rotary Club and the Severn Area Rescue Association for helping, with any surplus being added to Rotary funds for its local charitable commitments. The last 15 Raft Race events have raised a total of £329,181; £21,343 of which was raised in 2019.
In 2019, 75% of the total raised was donated to St David's Hospice Care and 25% to other charities supported by Monmouth Rotary Club.
St David's Hospice Care are such a good charity to work with that they have been chosen again to be major beneficiaries of the 2021 raft race on Sunday 5th September.


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Heisman Watch: Week 12
Story posted November 14, 2019 in CommRadio, Sports by Charlie Knezevic
An exciting week of action sets up a heated race for the Heisman Trophy as the end of the college football season draws near. Week 11 featured controversy, close finishes, and a heated rivalry that might have sealed the trophy's winner. Let's take a look at the Heisman rankings heading into Week 12:
1. Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
Joe Burrow is the clear Heisman favorite at this point after leading the now-ranked-No. 1 LSU Tigers over Alabama 46-41. Burrow threw for 393 yards and three touchdowns in a game where he completed 79.5% of his throws. The senior also gashed the Crimson Tide run defense for another 64 yards on the ground. At this point, the Heisman is Burrow's to lose after he solidified his résumé with a big win over one of the most highly touted defenses in America. Look for Burrow to finish the year off strong to ensure that the Heisman is his, as LSU travels to play Ole Miss this weekend.
2. Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
Despite the loss, Tagovailoa did all he could to keep his team in the game. In his first game back from a knee injury, the junior threw for 418 yards and four touchdowns. However, Tagovailoa also had two crucial turnovers, a fumble in the red zone and an interception right before halftime. Although Tagovailoa looked dominant, the Heisman voters will give the edge to Burrow the rest of the way, as his team came out victorious in the offensive battle between LSU and Alabama. This week, the Crimson Tide travel to Starkville to taken on Mississippi State.
3. Jalen Hurts, QB, Oklahoma
The Sooners may have eliminated themselves from playoff contention, as they almost lost a close game to Iowa State, but Hurts is not at fault. The transfer still leads the country in total touchdowns, as he found the end zone five times in the 42-41 victory. Hurts also added 273 yards in the air and 68 yards on the ground. Hurts will continue to do all that he can to make up for the Sooners' struggling defense. Oklahoma takes on an undefeated Baylor team this weekend.
4. Chase Young, DE, Ohio State
The sophomore pass rusher was kept off the field against Maryland this past weekend, as the NCAA continues to look into Young's suspension for accepting an unapproved loan. The suspension certainly hurts Young's case for the Heisman, as he has a chance to become the first defensive player to win the award since Charles Woodson in 1997. The edge rusher is expected to miss one more game but return to action on Nov. 23 when the Buckeyes face off against Penn State. Young can only watch this week as his teammates take on Rutgers.
Outside looking in:
Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon: 2,329 passing yards, 24 passing touchdowns, 2 interceptions
Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State: 1,859 passing yards, 37 total touchdowns
Charlie Knezevic is a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact him, email charlieknez@gmail.com.
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The kingdom, the power and the glory - Clifford D. May
by Clifford D. May
-- this country's rulers have adopted a plan to reform if not transform their kingdom -- the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia is changing. When government officials here tell you that, you take it with an oversized grain of salt. But when Saudi human rights activists say the same, you pay attention.
"Baby steps" is how one bright young woman phrases it. She has studied abroad and recently become an attorney, one of only about 120 women admitted to the bar in this gender-segregated country.
Female attorneys in Saudi Arabia can practice only family law. But, she believes, over time other doors will open. "There is at least an acknowledgement that we need to evolve," she adds. More than that, this country's rulers have adopted a plan to reform if not transform their kingdom -- the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds.
Self-interest is generally the sturdiest pillar on which to build. King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and other royals -- in particular, the young and dynamic deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud -- understand that their extraordinary wealth and that of their country derives from a single source: the oil being extracted and sold to industrious peoples abroad.
When that oil runs out, or when competing means of producing energy diminish its value, what is to prevent the desert from reclaiming Saudi Arabia's palaces and mansions, its wide boulevards, its Rolex, Armani and Porsche outlets, its gourmet restaurants and elegant mosques?
Who will pay the salaries of the 6 millions Saudis (out of a total of 20 million) who now hold not-terribly-demanding government jobs, along with the 10 million foreign "guest workers" who, for a relative pittance, do the work Saudi citizens don't want to do? Nor is it inconceivable that competition for shrinking resources could lead to the kinds of conflicts now raging elsewhere in the region.
The blueprints for Saudi reform were unveiled last year under the title Vision 2030, which includes the National Transformation Program. Within less than a generation, subsidies and government jobs are to be trimmed, corruption and bureaucracy effectively combatted. A fast-growing private sector is to give rise to new industries and jobs. People would be freer -- which is not to say they would be free.
Rather, Vision 2030 imagines Saudi Arabia becoming "a tolerant country with Islam as its constitution and moderation as its method. We will welcome qualified individuals from all over the world and will respect those who have come to join our journey and our success." In other words, Saudi Arabia is to become a startup nation instead of a pump-out kingdom.
For that to happen, the economy, culture and, not least, the state religion -- an austere interpretation of Islam commonly known as Wahhabism -- will have to loosen up a bit. Last year, the Mutaween, the Saudi religious police -- enforcers of dress codes, gender apartheid and mandatory observance of prayer times -- were stripped of their power to arrest. Today, they may only observe and report transgressors to the regular police.
Among the country's foreign workers are at least a million Roman Catholics who are prohibited from establishing churches or praying in public. But the authorities now tend to turn a blind eye to small groups worshipping in their homes. Granting permission should not be confused with guaranteeing rights. "If even 10 people are in my home," one Christian worker says, "there is a fear that there will be a knock on the door."
Internationally, too, changes have occurred. During the 1980s and 1990s, Saudi Arabia took what many here now acknowledge was a giant step in the wrong direction. Following Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and, that same year, the siege of Mecca, a bloody uprising by what might be called ultra-Wahhabis, members of the royal family felt compelled to demonstrate their commitment to jihad. Billions of dollars were spent to build mosques and madrassas overseas and to send infidel-hating, terrorism-inciting clerics to preach and teach in them.
Among the results was al-Qaida, which one Saudi intellectual candidly called "a Frankenstein's monster." Many Americans have not forgotten that 19 of the 22 "violent extremists" who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001 were Saudi citizens. Do some wealthy Saudis continue to fund jihadists? Almost certainly. But American diplomats believe the government is now out of that business.
Though Israel is a neighbor most Saudis view with little sympathy, the continuing carnage in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan and other reaches of the Islamic world seems to have made an impression. Few sophisticated Saudis still call the Jewish state the root of all evil. They are acutely aware that the Islamic Republic of Iran poses an existential threat to both nations. And officials from both nations are now said to be quietly cooperating on intelligence and security.
The royals also are taking pains to encourage the powerful Wahhabi establishment to moderate and adopt a more liberal interpretation of Shariah, Islamic law. These efforts have not been entirely successful. Jews and Christians continue to be denounced from some Saudi pulpits. Atheists are viewed as terrorists. And the textbooks used in schools here and abroad have not been completely purged of passages intended to inspire animosity toward nonbelievers. The best one can say is that there has been some improvement.
If Vision 2030 succeeds, Saudi Arabia will become more prosperous, more stable and less brutally repressive compared to most Muslim nations of the Middle East. The Saudis would work closely with Americans and others to oppose jihadists and to frustrate, perhaps even defeat, Iranian imperialism.
Reform, like politics, is the art of the possible. At this fraught moment in history, is there a realistic alternative that would not be substantially worse for Saudi Arabia, the U.S., the region and the world?
Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times.
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