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The Executive Committee consists of a minimum of nine Directors that include: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Community Impact Chair, Resource Development Chair, Marketing and Communication Chair, Strategic Planning Chair & the immediate Past Chairman.
Duties and responsibilities include:
Have authority to act for the Board between scheduled meetings of the Board;
Supervise and evaluate the Executive Director who shall be responsible for the supervision of all other staff;
Be responsible for planning and ongoing assessment of work toward achieving United Way's organizational mission and desired outcomes;
Be responsible for ongoing evaluation of progress on short-term, intermediate and long-term goals as established by the organization's Strategic Plan.
Attend and actively participate in executive board meetings in even numbered months, (i.e. February, April, June, etc.).
Chair: Bret Carroll
Board: Jason Culpepper, Sara Goodman, Sena Lovette-Crafton, Reggie Rose, Marsha Joyner, Tom Anderson, and Mike Armstrong
The Governance committee is responsible for developing and supporting actions that maximize involvement of the Board and create continuous leadership for United Way. The Chairman shall appoint the members of the Governance Committee. Vice Chairman is the leader of this group.
To prepare priorities for board composition
To meet with prospective board members and recommend candidates to the board starting no later than August
To recommend a slate of officers to the board
To conduct orientation sessions for new board members and to organize training sessions for the entire board
To suggest new non-board individuals for committee or taskforce membership
Monitoring of board member attendance at full board meetings and committee and making any needed recommendations in response to attendance
Develop and implement, with the Board Chair, ways to maximize engagement of directors through attendance and participation in the Board, Committees, and other UW activities
Oversee and maintain "job descriptions" for Board and Committees
Responsible for the educating the Board of the United Way business model, policies and practices.
To deal with special issues; To investigate an unusual problem or opportunity, such as negative publicity in the newspaper, deep staff resentment against the executive director, an unusual grant opportunity or a possible joint project with another organization. To research the situation and report back to the board.
Board: Debbie Townsend, Jason Culpepper, Osmar Garcia, Sara Goodman, and Tom Anderson
Finance & Administration Committee
The Finance & Administration Committee shall consist of an uneven number of members, but not less than three (3). The committee is made up of members of the Executive Committee and may include other board members. All members must be board members. The Treasurer shall serve as chairman, and the committee shall stand accountable to the Executive Committee.
Monitors all financial aspects of the organization, including monthly income and expense reports, internal policies, investment performance, and ensures proper filing of all tax and related reports.
Approval and monitoring of annual operating budget
Shall present budget for approval no later than the May board meeting.
Development of accounting and other related policy recommendations
Establish guidelines for organizational expenditures, determine procedure for allocation of payments to funded programs, make investment decisions as to excess funds, and advise the Board of Directors on amount of reserve balance.
Shall recommend the amount of funds available for program funding for the coming fiscal year no later than the April board meeting.
Shall be responsible for ensuring an independent audit is conducted annually; ensuring that any corrective actions recommended in the audit are carried out.
To report to the board any financial irregularities, concerns, opportunities
To work with staff to design financial reports and ensure that reports are accurate and timely
To oversee short and long-term investments, unless there is a separate investments committee
To advise the executive director and other appropriate staff on financial priorities and information systems, depending on committee member expertise.
Chair: Sara Goodman
Board: Michelle Hoyt, Mary Etta Qualls, Debbie Townsend, Jason Culpepper, Bret Carroll, Erin Simpson, and Steve Presley
Community Impact Committee
The Community Impact Committee shall consist of such uneven number of members as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors, but not less than five (5). The Community Impact Committee leads the organization in transition to and implementation of the Community Impact organizational direction. The Committee oversees works in the four functional work areas of Community Impact: Community Assessment, Fund Distribution, Initiatives and Partnerships, and Programs.
Ensuring that United Way supports programs that have a positive, significant and measurable impact within the community.
In accordance with the Strategic Plan it shall determine organizational-level impact areas and desired outcomes.
Oversight of ongoing community assessment research
Making recommendation to the Board of Directors regarding community initiatives
Monitoring implementation of community initiatives
Establishing measurable community-wide goals
Tracking progress on community-wide goals
In coordination with the Finance Committee, it shall review the applicant organization's program budget and financials.
Disclosing any conflicts of interest
Attending and participating in all panel meetings including an orientation, Q&A session, site visits to agencies, and a final recommendation meeting
Studying and reviewing all program funding proposals and written information, in advance, and bring relevant materials to each presentation
Carefully evaluating and scoring the proposals under consideration
Keeping panel deliberations confidential
It shall serve as a study and evaluation committee to determine whether applicant organizations: meet the basic United Way criteria for eligibility as a partner organization; have sufficiently demonstrated a need for the program's services in the community and are financially viable; be a viable investment and admitted as a partner organization, funded or otherwise supported by United Way, and make recommendations to the full board as to the level of support.
To assist the Committee in its responsibilities, it shall receive written and verbal financial, organization and program information from all organizations approved for participation in the grant investment cycle. This information shall be the basis of support recommendations.
The Committee may also recommend and conduct impact challenge grants, or other special funding/support processes, including for programs administered by United Way.
The Committee shall monitor all funded programs to ensure they meet their stated outcomes. This shall be done through quarterly reports received from Community Partners currently receiving funding for their program(s). The Committee is responsible for recommending any changes to funded programs to ensure the desired outcomes and impact are achieved or submitting a request for additional clarification or information to supplement the quarterly reports.
Chair: Reggie Rose
Board: Debbie Townsend, Michelle Hoyt, Sara Goodman, Marsha Joyner, Osmar Garcia, Tom Anderson, Gary Logan, Susan McCoy, Mike Armstrong, Bret Carroll, Kelley Erstine, Eric King, Jay Myers, Erin Simpson and Steve Presley
Marketing & Communications Committee
The Marketing & Communications committee is responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing marketing strategies and communications programs that educate and involve selected audiences as well as the general community in supporting the United Way mission and strategies.
Develop a comprehensive marketing plan, including short and long-term goals. The plan will address both campaign and year-round marketing and communications strategies.
Using available local and national research to track economic patterns, trends in attitudes, and levels of understanding of key stakeholders about United Way.
Recommending specific local market research projects to the Board, as needed.
Developing a comprehensive marketing plan, including short and long-term goals. The plan will address both campaign and year-round marketing strategies.
Using available resources, engage in thoughtful discussion of marketing issues. Recommendations for any necessary action will be made to the Board.
Providing support for the specific publicity and promotional activities of United Way.
Demonstrating ownership of strategies associated with marketing and communications section of UWCA strategic plan. Responsible for ensuring implementation and follow-through.
Identify target audience segments and segment specific messaging.
Provide support for the specific publicity and promotional activities of the United Way.
Actively pursue marketing opportunities through multiple & diverse avenues i.e. newspaper, billboards, Facebook, paid ads, street banners, television, radio, campaign video and website.
Chairs: Marsha Joyner
Board: Sena Lovette-Crafton, Cate McConnell, Susan McCoy, Kim Slaughter, Kelley Erstine, and Eric King
The Resource Development Committee
The Resource Development Committee shall consist of an uneven number of members, but not less than five (5). It shall be charged with the responsibilities of establishing a campaign cabinet and conducting an annual fundraising campaign in support of the United Way agencies selected to receive funds. The Committee is responsible for the any special events augmenting the annual campaign resources for giving, advocating, and volunteering. The committee is responsible for promotion, public relations and education on the United Way and participating agencies throughout the year. In the event that a Resource Development Committee Chairperson selected and approved by the Board is not a Board Member the Board Chair has the authority to appoint a Chairperson as an ex officio member of the Board. The Chairperson would not be eligible to vote as Director of the Board.
Chairs: Tom Anderson & Mike Armstrong
Board: Kelley Erstine, Cate McConnell, and Osmar Garcia
The Financial Empowerment Committee
Community Needs Assessment Committee
The Community Needs Assessment Committee is responsible for assessing and increasing community awareness of the health and human service needs in Faulkner and Perry County, as well as assisting in evaluation of collaborative projects.
To further research and develop the upcoming community survey
To collect and analyze administrative data from the community at large including determination of what data to track over time.
Provide assistance to the project leader and workgroups on evaluation design, data collection, analysis, and presentation.
Determine need for additional community surveys.
To provide a central location to track surveying in the community to ensure duplication does not occur – serve as central point for timing of surveys.
To develop an annual report card of broad community indicators.
The Strategic Planning Committee
It shall serve as a study and evaluation committee responsible for:
Planning and ongoing assessment of work toward achieving United Way's organizational mission and desired outcomes;
Identification and evaluation of program opportunities and community building programs;
Monitoring of organizational progress toward achieving the Standards of Excellence developed by United Way Worldwide;
Developing and updating of Strategic Plan recommendations;
Ongoing evaluation of progress on short-term, intermediate and long-term goals as established by the organization's Strategic Plan.
This committee will include current members and may also include past board members and/or other community leaders. Ad hoc committees may be developed as needed.
It shall make its recommendations to the United Way Board of Directors for action.
The Personnel Committee
Drafting and/or revising personnel policies for board approval
Reviewing job descriptions
Establishing a salary structure, and annually reviewing staff salaries, and reviewing the benefits package.
Acts as a grievance board for employee complaints.
Special Event Committee
To coordinate the board's assignments on a particular event
CEO Transition or Search Committee:
To seek a new executive director, including recommending guidelines and a search process to the board, to take steps to help the new executive succeed.
Committee Descriptions (Revised December 2017)


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Q: Linux netlink mutlicast routing updates My application should get netlink multicast route updates from kernel.
I did some research and found mutlicast uses different family:RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR
and group is RTMGRP_IPV4_MROUTE.
However if I use:
    sfd = socket (AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
    snl.nl_groups |= RTMGRP_IPV4_MROUTE

I dont get any updates.
But
    sfd = socket (AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
    snl.nl_family = RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR;
    snl.nl_groups |= RTMGRP_IPV4_MROUTE;

This give bind error", bind: Invalid argument
    sfd = socket (RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);

This give "Address family not supported by protocol" error
I'm not sure how to get updates from kernel for mutlicast routes.

A: copy-paste from earlier project I have:
    struct sockaddr_nl naddr;

    netlinkfd = socket (AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
    naddr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
    naddr.nl_groups = (1 << (RTNLGRP_LINK - 1)) |
                      (1 << (RTNLGRP_IPV4_ROUTE - 1)) |
                      (1 << (RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE - 1)) |
                      (1 << (RTNLGRP_IPV4_IFADDR - 1)) |
                      (1 << (RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR -1 ));
    if (bind (netlinkfd, (struct sockaddr *)&naddr, sizeof (naddr)))
    {
        error_foo();
        return;
    }

This one works for me receiving link, ip and routing table in general. (pushing me all the changes from this point of - if I want to receive the current status, I need to request them aswell). Try to have both ROUTE and MROUTE since you want multicast routing tables, but they might be merged into the normal routing table

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package org.elasticsearch.ingest.common;

import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
import org.elasticsearch.common.time.DateFormatter;
import org.elasticsearch.ingest.AbstractProcessor;
import org.elasticsearch.ingest.ConfigurationUtils;
import org.elasticsearch.ingest.IngestDocument;
import org.elasticsearch.ingest.Processor;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
import org.elasticsearch.script.TemplateScript;

import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.IllformedLocaleException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Function;

public final class DateIndexNameProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {

    public static final String TYPE = "date_index_name";

    private final String field;
    private final TemplateScript.Factory indexNamePrefixTemplate;
    private final TemplateScript.Factory dateRoundingTemplate;
    private final TemplateScript.Factory indexNameFormatTemplate;
    private final ZoneId timezone;
    private final List<Function<String, ZonedDateTime>> dateFormats;

    DateIndexNameProcessor(
        String tag,
        String description,
        String field,
        List<Function<String, ZonedDateTime>> dateFormats,
        ZoneId timezone,
        TemplateScript.Factory indexNamePrefixTemplate,
        TemplateScript.Factory dateRoundingTemplate,
        TemplateScript.Factory indexNameFormatTemplate
    ) {
        super(tag, description);
        this.field = field;
        this.timezone = timezone;
        this.dateFormats = dateFormats;
        this.indexNamePrefixTemplate = indexNamePrefixTemplate;
        this.dateRoundingTemplate = dateRoundingTemplate;
        this.indexNameFormatTemplate = indexNameFormatTemplate;
    }

    @Override
    public IngestDocument execute(IngestDocument ingestDocument) throws Exception {
        // Date can be specified as a string or long:
        Object obj = ingestDocument.getFieldValue(field, Object.class);
        String date = null;
        if (obj != null) {
            // Not use Objects.toString(...) here, because null gets changed to "null" which may confuse some date parsers
            date = obj.toString();
        }

        ZonedDateTime dateTime = null;
        Exception lastException = null;
        for (Function<String, ZonedDateTime> dateParser : dateFormats) {
            try {
                dateTime = dateParser.apply(date);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // try the next parser and keep track of the exceptions
                lastException = ExceptionsHelper.useOrSuppress(lastException, e);
            }
        }

        if (dateTime == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unable to parse date [" + date + "]", lastException);
        }
        String indexNamePrefix = ingestDocument.renderTemplate(indexNamePrefixTemplate);
        String indexNameFormat = ingestDocument.renderTemplate(indexNameFormatTemplate);
        String dateRounding = ingestDocument.renderTemplate(dateRoundingTemplate);

        DateFormatter formatter = DateFormatter.forPattern(indexNameFormat);
        // use UTC instead of Z is string representation of UTC, so behaviour is the same between 6.x and 7
        String zone = timezone.equals(ZoneOffset.UTC) ? "UTC" : timezone.getId();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder().append('<')
            .append(indexNamePrefix)
            .append('{')
            .append(formatter.format(dateTime))
            .append("||/")
            .append(dateRounding)
            .append('{')
            .append(indexNameFormat)
            .append('|')
            .append(zone)
            .append('}')
            .append('}')
            .append('>');
        String dynamicIndexName = builder.toString();
        ingestDocument.setFieldValue(IngestDocument.Metadata.INDEX.getFieldName(), dynamicIndexName);
        return ingestDocument;
    }

    @Override
    public String getType() {
        return TYPE;
    }

    String getField() {
        return field;
    }

    TemplateScript.Factory getIndexNamePrefixTemplate() {
        return indexNamePrefixTemplate;
    }

    TemplateScript.Factory getDateRoundingTemplate() {
        return dateRoundingTemplate;
    }

    TemplateScript.Factory getIndexNameFormatTemplate() {
        return indexNameFormatTemplate;
    }

    ZoneId getTimezone() {
        return timezone;
    }

    List<Function<String, ZonedDateTime>> getDateFormats() {
        return dateFormats;
    }

    public static final class Factory implements Processor.Factory {

        private final ScriptService scriptService;

        public Factory(ScriptService scriptService) {
            this.scriptService = scriptService;
        }

        @Override
        public DateIndexNameProcessor create(
            Map<String, Processor.Factory> registry,
            String tag,
            String description,
            Map<String, Object> config
        ) throws Exception {
            String localeString = ConfigurationUtils.readOptionalStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "locale");
            String timezoneString = ConfigurationUtils.readOptionalStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "timezone");
            ZoneId timezone = timezoneString == null ? ZoneOffset.UTC : ZoneId.of(timezoneString);
            Locale locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
            if (localeString != null) {
                try {
                    locale = (new Locale.Builder()).setLanguageTag(localeString).build();
                } catch (IllformedLocaleException e) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid language tag specified: " + localeString);
                }
            }
            List<String> dateFormatStrings = ConfigurationUtils.readOptionalList(TYPE, tag, config, "date_formats");
            if (dateFormatStrings == null) {
                dateFormatStrings = Collections.singletonList("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXX");
            }
            List<Function<String, ZonedDateTime>> dateFormats = new ArrayList<>(dateFormatStrings.size());
            for (String format : dateFormatStrings) {
                DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.fromString(format);
                dateFormats.add(dateFormat.getFunction(format, timezone, locale));
            }

            String field = ConfigurationUtils.readStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "field");
            String indexNamePrefix = ConfigurationUtils.readStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "index_name_prefix", "");
            TemplateScript.Factory indexNamePrefixTemplate = ConfigurationUtils.compileTemplate(
                TYPE,
                tag,
                "index_name_prefix",
                indexNamePrefix,
                scriptService
            );
            String dateRounding = ConfigurationUtils.readStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "date_rounding");
            TemplateScript.Factory dateRoundingTemplate = ConfigurationUtils.compileTemplate(
                TYPE,
                tag,
                "date_rounding",
                dateRounding,
                scriptService
            );
            String indexNameFormat = ConfigurationUtils.readStringProperty(TYPE, tag, config, "index_name_format", "yyyy-MM-dd");
            TemplateScript.Factory indexNameFormatTemplate = ConfigurationUtils.compileTemplate(
                TYPE,
                tag,
                "index_name_format",
                indexNameFormat,
                scriptService
            );
            return new DateIndexNameProcessor(
                tag,
                description,
                field,
                dateFormats,
                timezone,
                indexNamePrefixTemplate,
                dateRoundingTemplate,
                indexNameFormatTemplate
            );
        }
    }

}

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Bentley's OCTOPUS project aims to deliver e-powertrain of the future
Three-year OCTOPUS research project aims to deliver breakthrough in e-axle electric powertrains. Credit: Bentley Motors
Bentley Motors is now presenting a new research project that aims to transform electric vehicle powertrains, utilizing a fully integrated, free from rare-earth magnet e-axle that supports electric vehicle architectures.
Called OCTOPUS (Optimised Components, Test and simulatiOn, toolkits for Powertrains that integrate Ultra-high-speed motor Solutions), the project is funded by the British Department for Low Emission Vehicles and will be conducted in collaboration with Innovate UK.
The project follows the investigation that lasted 18 months, the conclusions of which indicate that the proposed electric drive system offers better performance than the latest permanent magnet motors. It should eliminate the need for both rare-earth magnets and copper windings, delivering a package both cost-effective and recyclable at its end of life.
In the OCTOPUS project, the drive design consists of a leading-edge motor, power electronics, and packaging transmission design, adding next-generation materials, manufacturing processes, simulation, and test cycles to deliver a full e-axle powertrain with unique levels of integration and revolutionary performance characteristics.
"With the industry, technologies, and cars changing faster than ever before, research projects such as OCTOPUS are crucial to deliver innovative technologies and overcome challenges for the next generation of mobility solutions," said Stefan Fischer, Director of Bentley Powertrain Engineering.
Bentley estimates that the new drivetrain for EV will be ready to go into the production model by 2026 – the same year as they will present their first electric car.
Electric Vehicles Provide Lower Carbon Emissions Through Additional Channels
Contactless high-performance power transmission in the kilowatt range
Volta Zero, a futuristic electric truck with 200 km of autonomy
Russia's Tu-160M strategic missile carrier made its first flight
New insight into the internal structure of the proton

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text:
Memories of Walton County lynchings linger nearly 67 years later
Christian Boone, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Even before his death, Roger Malcom's grandmother had begun making arrangements for his funeral.
The 1946 lynching of Roger and Dorothy Malcom and George and Mae Dorsey occurred in what was then a remote stretch of Walton County, 50 miles east of Atlanta. (AJC)
Malcom, 24, was being held at the Monroe jail, charged with stabbing a white farmer, Barney Hester. Although Hester would survive, it was clear to most of Walton County's black community that Malcom would not.
Dora Malcom had asked Dan Young, a Monroe mortician and one of the area's most prominent African-American businessmen, to tend to tend to her grandson's body. Young tried to reassure her that wouldn't be necessary to use hsi services, unaware that a group of white supremacists were already plotting Malcom's execution.
Five days later, on July 25, 1946, the mortician received a call from Walton County sheriff's informing him four bodies needed to be collected: Roger Malcom, Malcom's pregnant wife, Dorothy, and another black couple, George and Mae Murray Dorsey.
The group, ranging in age from 20 to 28, had been shot more than 60 times at Moore's Ford Bridge on the Walton/Oconee county line by anywhere from one to two dozen white vigilantes.
Loy Harrison, the white farmer and known bootlegger who had posted Malcom's $600 bond, told investigators he was driving the four sharecroppers home to work on his property. He never explained why he took the least direct route — a secluded dirt road just off the Atlanta-Athens highway.
Several carloads of men were waiting for them, according to various accounts. It was around 5:30 p.m., less than an hour since Malcom's release from jail. According to Harrison, a "big man in a double-breasted suit" gave the orders to kill.
"He pointed to Roger and said, 'We want that [racial epithet],' " Harrison said in an account later reprinted by Time magazine. "Then he pointed to George Dorsey, my [racial epithet], and said, 'We want you, too, Charlie.' I said, 'His name ain't Charlie, he's George.' Someone said 'Keep your damned big mouth shut. This ain't your party.'"
They dragged the couples from the car, sexually mutilated Malcolm and tied all four to a nearby tree. The shotgun blasts that followed echoed across the rural landscape like a fire sweeping through the thick reeds that grow along a river, according to one witness' account.
Eleven days earlier, Roger Malcom had gotten into a drunken argument with Hester, whom he suspected was having an affair with his wife. Hester, 22, was stabbed in the chest.
George Dorsey wasn't even in Walton County that day — he returned home from his service in the Pacific theater of World War II two days after the stabbing.
Word of the lynchings spread fast. Newspapers across the globe retold the grim account of what happened that Thursday afternoon on the banks of the Apalachee River. Some, such as the Afro-American in Baltimore, published photos of the dead bodies.
That two of the victims were women, and another a veteran, only fueled the outrage. According to Laura Wexler, author of "Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America," the White House received scores of telegrams — at the rate of one every two minutes — condemning the killings.
President Harry S. Truman dispatched 20 FBI agents to Walton County where they encountered massive resistance. Whites protected the killers while blacks were too afraid to talk.
"Even the best people of the county seem afraid to talk and can't help us," GBI director William E. Spence said at the time.
The FBI identified 55 suspects but none of them were ever indicted due to a lack of physical evidence.
Years later, it was revealed the FBI investigated suspicions that Eugene Talmadge, the three-term, segregationist governor of Georgia, sanctioned the murders.
Talmadge, according to FBI files released in 2007, visited Monroe two days before a closely contested Democratic gubernatorial primary. Malcom had stabbed Hester the day before, and Talmadge, the incumbent, allegedly met with his brother, George Hester.
In a memo to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the agent in charge of the Moore's Ford investigation said a witness told him Talmadge offered immunity to anyone "taking care of the negro."
The governor ended up winning Walton County by roughly 200 votes. Within a year, the FBI closed its investigation, and it would be another 46 years before new leads emerged.
"We got to the edge of the woods, and we saw all these people down there. Man, and they were just having a fight out of this world," Clinton Adams, 10 years old at the time of the shootings, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1992.
The sharecropper's son said he watched the men drag George Dorsey from a car, tie his hands, "and then they hit him over the head with a pistol barrel."
"Then these guys just walked up behind them and shot them," Adams said. "There were four shooters initially. Then, when they fell to the ground, these men just stood over them, shooting into the bodies and up in the trees."
Loy Harrison was among the shooters, he said.
Adams' account was later called into doubt by Wexler after she discovered several inconsistencies between his version and the FBI's findings. She later interviewed him and said details of his story had changed.
Now, more than 20 years later, another Walton County resident has come forward with information about the killings. Wayne Watkins, in a April 2013 interview with then-NAACP president Ben Jealous, said a relative, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was among the mob that killed the Malcoms and Dorseys. At least 5 of the men were still alive, Watkins said.
Substantiating his claims won't be easy, and heresay evidence isn't enough to bring the case to trial.


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La cumparsita è un celebre tango uruguagio del 1917 di Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.

Composta a Montevideo, ha acquistato tale popolarità da assurgere ad antonomasia del proprio genere, al punto d'essere chiamata Tango de los tangos (o Himno de los tangos), universalmente riconoscibile al solo ascolto delle quattro note della prima battuta del canto (re-do-la-fa♯).

Brano dalle innumerevoli trascrizioni e interpretazioni (secondo in questo solo a Yesterday dei Beatles), è ritenuto possedere un fascino in grado di supplire anche a un valore artistico tutt'altro che eccelso (Piazzolla lo giudicava addirittura il peggior tango che avesse mai ascoltato).

Nel 1998, la legge 16905 della Repubblica Orientale dell'Uruguay ha dichiarato La cumparsita «inno popolare e culturale» del paese sudamericano.

Storia

La data di composizione della Cumparsita è incerta: parrebbe collocarsi nell'estate del 1915-1916, o forse dell'anno seguente. Ufficialmente il tango esordì il 19 aprile 1917 al caffè La Giralda di Montevideo, eseguito da Roberto Firpo.

L'autore, un ventenne studente di architettura praticamente privo di competenze musicali, aveva appena superato un lungo periodo di malattia con febbre e allucinazioni; secondo la versione familiare trasmessa dalla pronipote Rosario Infantozzi, sarebbe stato proprio in una crisi febbrile che avrebbe udito «gli accordi» del tango, per poi chiedere di annotarli alla sorella maggiore che ne era in grado.

Rimessosi in febbraio, Matos presentò il pezzo ai colleghi della Federazione studentesca in vista del gruppo carnevalesco (in spagnolo comparsa, dall'italiano) che stavano allestendo: di qui la proposta di intitolare il brano La comparsita, titolo divenuto poi La cumparsita in omaggio alla pronuncia cocoliche di un amico.

Il successivo sviluppo della composizione è oscuro, tuttavia è certo che il pezzo ricevette un arrangiamento dal compositore argentino Roberto Firpo, che l'avrebbe poi eseguito in pubblico per la prima volta e che ricordò di avervi aggiunto frammenti di due suoi tanghi (La gaucha Manuela e Curda completa), ispirandosi nel finale al Miserere del Trovatore di Verdi. Tuttavia Matos pubblicò La cumparsita per Breyer Hermanos a proprio nome soltanto, rifiutando a quanto pare la proposta di Firpo di firmarla congiuntamente per lanciarla.

La cumparsita non ebbe bisogno di lanci, ma rischiò lo stesso d'essere presto dimenticata. Si trattava infatti di un pezzo solo strumentale, in un'epoca che privilegiava invece il tango in forma di canzone. Fu solo nel 1924 che due parolieri argentini, Pascual Contursi e Enrique Maroni, vi aggiunsero un testo, registrandolo sotto il titolo Si supieras e ricavandone enorme successo grazie all'interpretazione di Carlos Gardel. La circostanza contrariò molto Matos, all'epoca corrispondente dalle Olimpiadi di Parigi, che anzi rientrò in Uruguay e scrisse in fretta e furia un suo testo, senza però riuscire a imporlo. Si ritiene che per questo tango strumentale siano stati scritti almeno cinque testi, uno dei quali in inglese; tuttavia un lungo giudizio concluso nel 1948 riconobbe per originali solo quelli firmati rispettivamente Matos e Contursi-Maroni.

Successo e valore artistico
La cumparsita ha ottenuto un successo incommensurabile, se si considera il suo carattere di composizione amatoriale (benché completata da un professionista) e il suo valore artistico tutto sommato modesto; tanghi molto più pregevoli non hanno avuto la stessa fortuna e non possiedono la stessa attrattiva. Astor Piazzolla, che pure ne incise delle versioni, la giudicava «spaventosamente povera». L'osservazione del maestro si riferisce all'uniformità armonica del brano, che non si sposta mai dalla tonalità di partenza (sol minore), fondandosi tutto sui tre accordi base della medesima, contrariamente alla tradizione del tango che prevede almeno una modulazione in tonalità parallela, relativa o vicina.

Si sostiene peraltro che proprio questa semplice struttura, che sfrutta pur sempre una melodia varia e non uniforme (si compone di tre parti invece delle due tradizionali), si presti particolarmente a essere interpretata in modo originale da ciascun esecutore, mentre la sostanziale «monotonia» armonica avrebbe pur sempre favorito l'«orecchiabilità» del brano e quindi la sua vasta popolarità. Altri sottolineano l'attitudine del pezzo a permettere l'esecuzione di figure ritmiche come l'arrastre, di speciale importanza nel ballo.

Media
La cumparsita ha ricevuto un vasto sfruttamento da parte di radio, cinema e televisione. Se ne servì la trasmissione radiofonica di Orson Welles La guerra dei mondi (1938). Figura anche in una scena del film Viale del tramonto (1950), ballato da Gloria Swanson e William Holden, e in A qualcuno piace caldo (1959), dove a interpretarlo sono Jack Lemmon vestito da donna e Joe E. Brown. In Ti va di ballare? (2006) gli attori ballano sulle note di una versione remixata. Se ne ricorda anche un impiego comico in un episodio del Dean Martin Show, dove il pianista Victor Borge esegue un arrangiamento umoristico del tango con Dean Martin che suona le note del basso con il fondoschiena.

Controversie
Alle Olimpiadi di Sydney nel 2000 il team argentino sfilò sulle note della Cumparsita, causando un incidente diplomatico con il governo dell'Uruguay, che contestò l'uso del brano da poco proclamato «inno popolare e culturale» del paese.

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Collegamenti esterni

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These past few weeks have been such an "eye opener" for me. Its amazing what a dose of pure truth can do for one's life. It's also so amazing how so many people can have walked the face of the Earth for hundreds of thousands of years with the doors of pure power and greatness wide open for them, yet they're unable to enter because of what they don't know, about themselves and life… And they have NO IDEA what they don't know [Pause] … Now that's deep.
I write this post from a place of gratitude. From this place I am beyond thankful for all that life has brought my way, the greatness and especially the difficulties. I am thankful for the great philosophers that have come before us to help guide us in the direction of our power; those who have sacrificed their lives and freedom to make sure that eventually mankind reaches it's fullest potential, or close to it.
I was lucky to learn at an extremely early age that every single experience in life is nothing short of a lesson in this class called life. Either you look for the lesson to improve one's self, or continue to go through life making the same choices that lead to misfortune, poverty, and self-destruction.
I'm mostly thankful for the insane curiosity that I have of about life. I've probably been on what I like to call " a quest for evolution" since the day I was born. I've always had a strong desire to understand the intangibles of life so that I could operate at my best state. My quest for spiritual gain has brought me full circle to a state of peace and understanding, and an undeniable awareness of the power that I possess… the potential for POWER that every human being that ever lived has.
The road blocks that prevents one from their source of power typically present themselves when one decides that there is only ONE ABSOLUTE TRUTH in life (one way to live, one way to think, one way of doing something, one way to be…). The dangers of believing in absolute truth is that it shuts one off from the majority of mankind, and places them in a bubble. Belief in one absolute truth keeps those individuals stuck in a seemingly never-ending cycle because their desire to learn all but disappears (remember, they already have ALL of the answers to life in their possession, and that is their ABSOLUTE truth). We all know people like this, mostly because we all have been that person at some point.
What I now know for sure is that when you become closed off from continuing to seek wisdom and knowledge from all that life has to offer, you shut yourself off from your source of power. Open-mindedness and understanding is the only means through which one can levitate to heights of power and prosperity that all GOD's that ever existed intended for all mankind.
Life is a never-ending education, when you stop learning and trying to understand, you stop living, or become the living dead.
Its been almost three weeks since I've purchased this book, and believe it or not, I'm still reading it. But that's a good thing.
Each time I pick it up I come across sentences laced with concepts so powerful that I'm forced to give myself time to absorb them fully.
The thing is, when I'm drawn to concepts which give me a strong sense of enligtenment, I like to give myself time to think about them; to take them in enough to see how they could be applied to my everyday life. I like to put myself to the test because I have a strong understanding that knowledge alone is not power… but applied knowledge IS.
And so, thanks to Napoleon Hill, I am coming to fully understand "Power thinking and being." I believe that none of us are ever really far off from reaching our fullest potential, we just have to be open to new ways of channeling our energy and focus so that we can make room for new ways of being.
I must say that I am enjoying this part of my life because I have never felt so free to do and be all that I can imagine.
In other words, those who are in a position of power or sucess have attained it through their association or alliance with others who are on the same frequency of success and power, and have come together in harmony to form an energy so great that it cannot be denied by anyone or anything, not even the Universe.
This revelation is so profound that it pays wonders to be able to grasp and apply it.


It's been quite awhile since I've written. In between helping my girl prepare for her year-end exams and vetting testimonials, three out of four of us were actually down with HFMD, which eventually caused my girl to miss one of her Chinese papers. Same paper she missed last semester – which means she has no Chinese results for the entire year! Amazingly, she's still recommended to do Higher Chinese again next year… haha..
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The Purifying Scrub activates in response to the BR. The fruit acids in the BR work with the plant oils in the scrub, dissolving the 'bonds' between the dead skin cells on your face to speed up skin renewal, leaving your skin looking clearer, smoother, and brighter. Use once or twice a week.
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Leeds-based tech firm Crisp has grown its headcount to 194, with 56 jobs being created since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March, in response to increased global demand for its services.
Crisp provides 24/7/365 early-warning risk intelligence for leading brands, global enterprises, and social media platforms. Crisp analyses billions of instigator and influencer signals from the open, deep, dark web, and closed messaging apps. Its real-time Digital Reputation Graph, which is trained on 15+ years of online harm
detection, discovers, tracks, rapidly alerts and removes harmful content.
The company's recent hiring spree has added headcount to an expanding expert global teamspecializing in linguistics, reporting, psychology, data protection, law, and regulation.
As more people have been engaging online during the pandemic, Crisp has seen demand for its services increase and, as a result, is on track to hit an annualised, recurring revenue of £26m in 2020, an increase of 60% from 2019.
The firm protects more than $4.5 trillion of combined market capitalisation for its customers. As a result, Crisp contributes to the safe, daily online experiences of over two billion users, covering an estimated 450 million children.
Kirsten Brumfit, VP of People at Crisp, said of the expansion in headcount:
"Increased demand through existing customers, as well as newly-onboarded customers, has led to a need to build a larger team at our global HQ in Leeds. We've increased team numbers in every department, with a large number of hires in Human Intelligence. With over 30 open roles presently being hired into, and looking ahead to 2021 with additional international expansion in our sights, the HR team will continue to be busy hiring. I've been delighted with how our team has pivoted to home working, and we've put extra focus on our remote induction process to ensure we keep that special culture that makes Crisp such a great place to work".
Adam Hildreth, CEO and founder of Crisp, commented:
"This has been a difficult year for everyone around the globe and we're pleased that we've been able to support our customers in gaining an early-warning advantage over the rise in damaging digital chatter brought on recently by these challenging times. Although we are global in outlook, we're a proud Leeds company and we're delighted to be contributing to the local economy by creating more highly-skilled jobs in the region".
Founded 15 years ago this month, a successful year has also seen Crisp recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in the north by its inclusion in the GP Bullhound Northern Tech Awards, Sunday Times Tech Track, and Tech Nation Future Fifty.
Feature image (Adam Hildreth on the right) provided by Paceline Digital.
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Leading Leeds-based digital solutions provider UX Global (UXG) has appointed a head of sales and marketing as the company looks to build on current momentum and pursue significant growth in 2021. Noel Kennedy has been recruited to the newly-created role at the Horsforth-based company, which designs, manufactures and installs digital, LED and retail displays for […]


WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 4, 2008 – The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a national conference and gala on March 10 and 11, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The event, titled AAPCHO's 20th Anniversary: Cultivating Traditions of Wellness will be held at the Washington Court Hotel.
The two-day conference, which is expected to draw more than 150 attendees, is designed specifically for health care professionals and Community Health Center (CHC) staff serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Session topics will touch on a range of issues including hepatitis B, environmental health, workforce shortages in CHCs, and increasing AAPI voter participation. The conference is capped off with a gala, celebrating the 20 years of milestones for community health centers serving the AAPI community, as well as the winners from OUR STORIES: Health and Wellness in the AAPI Community, AAPCHO's national essay contest.
The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations is a not-for-profit association of community-based organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration, and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States, its territories, and freely associated states.
AAPCHO was formed in 1987 by six community health centers primarily serving medically underserved AAPIs. The goal of these community health centers was to create an organization that served as a national voice that advocated for the unique and diverse health needs of AAPI communities and the community health providers that served those needs. In the past 20 years, AAPCHO has grown to represent 23 community health organizations that serve more than 350,000 patients.


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First digital music made in Manchester
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Computer scientists and engineers at The University of Manchester took part in the first ever recording of digital music in the early 1950s, it has been revealed.
Evidence of the achievement has come to light in the form of an astonishing audio recording that has emerged from the archives of the Computer Conservation Society.
The Ferranti Mark 1 computer – the immediate successor to the famous 'Baby' computer – is heard playing God Save The King, an aborted attempt at Baa Baa Black Sheep and finally a truncated rendition of In The Mood.
The recording was done during a visit to The University of Manchester by the BBC's Outside Broadcasting team in the autumn of 1951.
The Ferranti Mark 1 played a series of tunes for the programme Children's Hour – and after the recording had been completed, one of the engineers, Frank Cooper, asked if it would be possible to get his own copy of the recording.
He was told this could not be done due to copyright issues – but the BBC team agreed to make a separate, one-off recording on a single sided acetate disc of the Mark 1 playing three songs, which was then given to Mr Cooper.
The recording was later passed to the Computer Conservation Society and then taken to the National Sound Archive, where it was transferred to audio cassette.
The recording has been unearthed during the preparations for Digital 60 Day on Friday 20 June 2008 – the 60th anniversary of the birth of the 'Baby' or Small Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), which is the forerunner of all modern computers.
The Computer Conservation Society says it's not aware of any earlier recordings of computer-generated music.
'The Baby' successfully executed its first program in Manchester on 21 June 1948. That program was written by Tom Kilburn who designed and built the machine at The University of Manchester with the late Freddie Williams.
Chris Burton, a leading member of the Computer Conservation Society and the engineer who led the team who built a replica of The Baby in 1998, said: "The Mark 1 had an instruction in its order code called 'Hoot'. If a programmer used that in a program then the loudspeaker emitted a brief tone. It was used for warning about end of program. All Ferranti computers had the feature in one way or another.
"In 1948 the mathematician Alan Turing came to the University of Manchester and started using and working on the Mark 1. In 1951, Turing invited a friend of his called Christopher Strachey to write a draughts program for the machine. When it terminated Strachey had programmed it to use the 'Hoot' instruction in such a way that the machine played the tune God Save the King.
"Strachey was then persuaded to create a music program that could load and play any tune. Later, it became traditional for all Ferranti maintenance engineers to write a music program for each new type of machine."
In an introduction to the 1951 recording, the late Frank Cooper says: "At that time Alan Turing was in charge of the programmers and had in facts written a programmers manual. He sent a copy of this to a friend of his [Christopher Strachey] who was alleged to be a maths master at one of the better known public schools.
"The outcome of this was that [Stratchey] was invited to write a program and bring it up to Manchester and try it out on this brand new computer. In due course he arrived with sheets of paper and installed himself a tape punch and laboriously transcribed his program onto punch paper tape, which was the done thing in those days.
"He successfully accomplished this task and put the tape into the computer. It obviously worked, the program ran and to the astonishment of everyone in the room, the computer started to play the national anthem in a very raucous manner. We were all agog to know how this had been done."
"Eventually word got around that this marvellous computer – or the electronic brain as it tended to be called by the press in those days – and everyone wanted to hear this.
"One of the groups that came along at the time was a recording crew from BBC Children's Hour. In those days the machine wasn't all that reliable but we managed to get it working for the necessary four or five minutes for the BBC to make a recording of various tunes that had been written for the computer and they were all very happy."
For more information on Digital 60 Day on please see www.digital60.org.
An MP3 recording of the Mark 1 playing the songs God Save The King, Baa Baa Black Sheep and In The Mood is available
An MP3 recording of the introduction by Frank Cooper is also available.
A selection of images, video and audio is available to support coverage of Digital 60 Day on request.
For more information please contact Alex Waddington, Media Relations Officer, The University of Manchester on 0161 275 8387 or 07717 881569.


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Hon. Susan Emma Verney1
Hon. Susan Emma Verney was the daughter of Robert John Verney, 17th Lord Willoughby de Broke and Georgiana Jane Taylor.1 She married Edmund Temple Godman, son of Joseph Godman, on 11 June 1885.1 She died on 21 March 1941.1
From 11 June 1885, her married name became Godman.1
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Lt.-Col. John Godman1 b. 9 May 1886
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Edmund Temple Godman was the son of Joseph Godman.1 He married Hon. Susan Emma Verney, daughter of Robert John Verney, 17th Lord Willoughby de Broke and Georgiana Jane Taylor, on 11 June 1885.1 He died on 22 March 1894.1
He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)1
Child of Edmund Temple Godman and Hon. Susan Emma Verney
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Joseph Godman lived at Merston, Sussex, England.1 He lived at Park Hatch, Surrey, England.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1
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Edmund Temple Godman+1 d. 22 Mar 1894
Lt.-Col. John Godman1
Lt.-Col. John Godman was born on 9 May 1886.1 He was the son of Edmund Temple Godman and Hon. Susan Emma Verney.1
He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 15th Hussars.1 He fought in the First World War.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1 He held the office of High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1942.1 He held the office of chairman of Gloucestershire County Council between 1946 and 1956.1 He was chairman of Severn River Board in 1952.1
Hon. Mabel Verney1
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unknown daughter Verney was the daughter of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Lord Willoughby de Broke and Geraldine Smith-Barry.1 She died, unmarried.1
Olive Katherine Lloyd Lloyd-Baker1
Olive Katherine Lloyd Lloyd-Baker was born on 15 August 1902.1 She was the daughter of Captain Michael Granville Lloyd Lloyd-Baker and Hon. Blanche Verney.1
She held the office of Member of the Gloucestershire County Council between 1940 and 1948.1 She was county chairman of NFU between 1942 and 1943.1 She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Gloucestershire in 1943.1 She was county chairman of CLA between 1954 and 1956.1 She was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1958.1 She held the office of High Sheriff of Glocuestershire in 1970.1 She lived at Hardwicke Court, Gloucestershire, England.1
Audrey Pamela Lloyd Lloyd-Baker1
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Audrey Pamela Lloyd Lloyd-Baker was born on 8 May 1908.1 She was the daughter of Captain Michael Granville Lloyd Lloyd-Baker and Hon. Blanche Verney.1
Anna Margaret Geelmuyden Dreyer1
Anna Margaret Geelmuyden Dreyer is the daughter of Hannibal Dreyer.1 She married Harold Greville Hanbury, son of Lt.-Col. Basil Hanbury and Hon. Patience Verney, on 21 July 1927.1
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Surveillance capitalism and the state: Facebook devastated on multiple fronts as data theft crisis grows
Posted Mar 26, 2018 by Elliott Gabriel
Topics: Human Rights , Media
Places: United States
Originally published: Mint Press News (March 21, 2018) |
Facebook continues to face an unprecedented crisis of plunging share prices, investor lawsuits, calls for government investigations, and a consumer boycott following the revelation that a massive trove of user information was taken without authorization by right-wing political operatives who engaged in a campaign of "psychographic targeting" against U.S. voters.
The campaign was funded by far-right Republican mega-donor and hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and disgraced former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.
California-based Facebook, Inc. is reeling from the discovery, as well as from claims that it ignored the massive data breach despite knowing about it for two years. Beside raising hard questions about Facebook's policies regarding profile data, its retention and its use by private commercial interests, some are questioning whether the social media and advertising behemoth—or even the tech industry as a whole—can survive the storm of controversy. Even Twitter and Snapchat have seen their stocks tumble as rival Facebook takes it on the chin.
Following a long and conspicuous absence from the public spotlight, Zuckerberg finally emerged from hiding Wednesday—through a Facebook status update, of course—to calm worries and offer apologies for the abuse of data, explaining that Facebook "also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it." The message was a definition change in tune from the demand that users are at fault for not paying more attention to their unintelligible, boilerplate privacy settings, but his answer is also five days late and $57 billion short.
The company at the heart of the scandal is Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis and mass outreach firm funded by Mercer, where former Breitbart head and White House chief strategist Bannon served as vice president. The London-based company is an offshoot of Strategic Communications Laboratories or SCL Group, a State Department contractor founded in Britain with offices in Arlington, Virginia. SCL specializes in collecting and analyzing the data of foreign populations suspected to sympathize with militant groups or who reside in countries seen as rivals to the U.S.
While the company denies its wrong-doing, its own claim that "advertising is not coercive" is contradicted by its own Twitter banner that reads "data-driven behavior change." While a large chunk of internet users have learned to largely tune-out visual advertising—a phenomenon known as ad-blindness—savvy modern advertisers have learned to micro-customize their approach and package it in ways that shape themselves to the cultural, political, geographical and demographic profiles of target audiences—whether it be through catchy jingles, sarcastic memes or fake news of a "liberal" or "conservative" variety. It was precisely this "behavioral microtargeting" approach that Cambridge Analytica sold to prospective clients.
Mr. Wylie is a former contractor for, not a founder of CA. He is the subject of restraining undertakings to prevent misuse of the company's intellectual property. 4/8
— Cambridge Analytica (@CamAnalytica) March 17, 2018
Material that was vacuumed by the data firm through Facebook quizzes—which included detailed psychological profiles of unsuspecting users for the purpose of "behavioral microtargeting" web users—was then used by the campaigns of Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and a range of conservative Super PACs tied to Mercer, as well as the Brexit "Leave" campaign.
Facebook's present crisis is the all-too-predictable result not only of the storing of vast amounts of internet users' data by unaccountable corporate interests, but also of users growing acclimated to sharing their own data and that of their friends without giving informed consent about how the data is then shared, appraised and sold in the digital marketplace.
Given the inability or unwillingness of governments to regulate the corporate giants of the tech industry—let alone our collective failure to make sense of the end-user agreements foisted on us—it was only a matter of time before our data fell into the hands of political operatives who are part and parcel of the very same financial sector that spawned surveillance capitalism.
In a 2006 essay, author and scholar Shoshana Zuboff described the term as:
Surveillance capitalism [is] bred from the clandestine coupling of the vast powers of the digital with the radical indifference and intrinsic narcissism of financial capitalism, and its neoliberal vision that have dominated commerce for at least three decades, especially in the Anglo economies. It is an unprecedented market form that roots and flourishes in lawless space … [S]urveillance capitalism preys on dependent populations who are neither its consumers nor its employees and are largely ignorant of its procedures."
Watch | Cambridge Analytica: Whistleblower reveals data grab of 50 million Facebook profiles
Operation Mindfuck: Exploiting Facebook to 'target inner demons'
According to Christopher Wylie, a millennial whistleblower who helped construct the software, Cambridge Analytica was able to gather the data of 50 million users through the savvy manipulation of the social network in an "unethical experiment" meant to entrap people in a "web of disinformation."
Speaking to The Guardian's Observer, Wylie said:
We exploited Facebook to harvest millions of people's profiles. And built models to exploit what we knew about them and target their inner demons. That was the basis the entire company was built on."
The report by Observer details how Cambridge academic Aleksandr Kogan developed the app thisisyourdigitallife, which granted his company access to users' geographic data, likes, locations, gender, political data, ages, as well as a limited amount of data on users' friends. Around 270,000 people directly used the app, which required Facebook login for access but resulted in the sharing of friends' information.
Information was also collected from volunteers recruited through Amazon's crowdsourcing platform, Mechanical Turk. Turkers were paid a dollar to take a personality test on the pretext that the data would be used by academic researchers. Nearly $1 million was spent by Cambridge Analytica to harvest information, after which it was collected, stored, and shared among conservative campaign committees.
Wylie, a data analytics expert who describes himself as a gay Canadian vegan, eventually shared various emails, invoices, bank transfer records and other material with authorities in the U.K. and U.S. to drag "Steve Bannon's psychological warfare mindfuck tool" into the public spotlight.
According to the Observer, Wylie "had no clue that he was walking into the middle of a nexus of defense and intelligence projects, private contractors and cutting-edge cyberweaponry."
Businesses that make money by collecting and selling detailed records of private lives were once plainly described as "surveillance companies." Their rebranding as "social media" is the most successful deception since the Department of War became the Department of Defense.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 17, 2018
Mercer and Bannon allegedly described their operation as a military-style psy-ops campaign, which first targeted voters for the Cruz campaign before Cruz folded and Mercer threw his weight behind the Trump campaign in August 2016—at which point he installed Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway as top lieutenants and advisors to the former host of NBC's "The Apprentice."
Mercer also gave the reality television star a $5 million contribution, but Cambridge Analytica's vast trove of data may have been far more valuable to Trump's successful run for the presidency, especially when used alongside automated Facebook ads and voter files from the Republican National Committee.
Bannon, whose dramatic exit from the White House months ago was accompanied by a din of "Sloppy Steve" insults from the president, was most recently seen rallying white nationalists in France. Beyond his nationalist extremism, the former White House aide is known for his history of bare-knuckle, Machiavellian political maneuvering, which includes double-dealing, smear campaigns and dirty tricks. His lawyers claim that he was in the dark about the claims regarding Cambridge until the bombshell reports were released.
Commenting on the media firestorm resulting from the scandal—and the utterly obvious fact that our personal data is chronically misused by Silicon Valley—tech critic and author Evgeny Morozov tweeted:
Surveillance capitalism, enabled by data extractivism, is used to sell us junk products and offer free services. Good! Innovation!
Surveillance capitalism, enabled by data extractivism, is used to sell us junk politics. Bad!
Innovation wins.
Watch | Rebel Geeks – Give Us Back Our Data
A surveillance capitalism buffet for "the clients"
On Tuesday, a further layer was added to the scandal when it was revealed that military contractor SCL Group has had an open contract since February 2017 with the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) – for the purpose of "target audience research" and countering the propaganda efforts of ISIS.
The GEC—a counter-propaganda initiative by the State Department, established by the Obama administration first to counter ISIS online propaganda and then to counter alleged "Russian meddling"—was reported on by MintPress News earlier this month. In the words of Trump administration officials, the center's role is to use social media platforms to wage an "aggressive response to malign influence and disinformation (and) leverage deeper partnerships with our allies, Silicon Valley, and other partners in this fight."
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On SCL Group's website, the company describes its ability to give government and military clients the capacity to reach audiences in a "highly targeted" manner through behavioral change programs and reach specific audiences through "channels such as social media; and indirect channels such as third-party endorsements and network affiliations. Every campaign is measured and evaluated: we execute a truly quantifiable approach to engagement, which ensures maximum efficiency of spending."
Watch | The Power of Big Data and Psychographics
Offering campaign examples, the SCL website boasts of its role assisting public diplomacy and data collection efforts meant to combat "extremist recruitment across the South and South East Pacific;" its role helping to boost the credibility of Ukraine's pro-U.S. government in Kiev; its effort to stem "anti-social behavior" by Nepal's Maoist insurgents; social outreach and data acquisition efforts in Libya; and engagement efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Each campaign is noted as work on behalf of "the client," presumably governments aligned with U.S. corporate interests and foreign policy dictates.
Commenting wryly on the connection between Cambridge Analytica's psychological targeting operation and the SCL Group's ties to U.S. imperialism's attempts to "win hearts and minds" abroad, Morozov tweeted:
What barely comes through this story is that Cambridge Analytica and especially the SCL Group emerged, by and large, due to lots of Western government contract money targeting opinion change abroad—by means of social media. 'Public diplomacy 2.0' they used to call it!"
Since last Friday, SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica have been suspended by Facebook from accessing any platforms owned by the company. Curiously, even Wylie the whistleblower has been banned from accessing his profiles, including those on WhatsApp and Instagram.
Suspended by @facebook. For blowing the whistle. On something they have known privately for 2 years. pic.twitter.com/iSu6VwqUdG
— Christopher Wylie (@chrisinsilico) March 18, 2018
Adding further venality to the firm's reputation, former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix was caught on camera in a video released this week boasting about the use of illegal tactics in political campaigns, including blackmail and the use of "honeypot" schemes—pre-arranged encounters between sex workers and Cambridge clients' electoral opponents—as well as bribery offers, which are videotaped and subsequently used as compromising material or "instant video evidence of corruption."
Watch | Facebook loses $40bn in share value over user data scandal
Our outrage, Zuck's PR nightmare
In a step-by-step guide to blocking third-party Facebook "partners" from accessing personal information using the network's Platform API settings, tech watchdog group Electronic Frontier Foundation noted:
In addition to raising questions about Facebook's role in the 2016 presidential election, this news is a reminder of the inevitable privacy risks that users face when their personal information is captured, analyzed, indefinitely stored, and shared by a constellation of data brokers, marketers, and social media companies."
Faced with this devastating scandal, the social media corporation has responded with a haphazard mixture of denials, investor in-fighting, and silence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a founder and prominent public face of the social network, waited an excruciating five days before issuing any public comment in response to the scandal.
Critics have long accused Facebook of allowing little transparency despite the fact that it wields a monopoly-like power to mediate information access, while facing little to no accountability over how it uses its "gatekeeper" role and the data of its 2.2 billion users.
It is now expected that authorities in Europe and the United States will subject the company to a long-overdue round of deep scrutiny, causing a foreboding sense of anxiety among the tech giant's investors.
As recently as January, Zuckerberg sought to soothe the nerves of critical shareholders by offering a New Year pledge to fix Facebook's "issues" and help make the world a better a place by stressing the "deeply human" nature of the platform's communities.
Watch | Facebook to hold crisis meeting without Zuckerberg
On Monday alone, Zuckerberg's net worth has declined by over $5 billion while the company's share value plummeted by around $36 billion. According to the latest figures, Facebook's market value has fallen by 10.5% or $57 billion. Perhaps his New Year resolution should have included addressing the brewing storm resulting from his seeming lack of interest in securing user data—measures that may have saved him the humiliation of breaking his silence before furious consumers and Facebook shareholders on the verge of mutiny.
Either way, confidence in the social media giant is quickly fading, as investors and users alike wonder whether this is the tip of an iceberg revealing the depth and scale of data misuse by the public-private partners helming the U.S. digital economy.
The scandal should make clear to internet users the extent to which Silicon Valley—rather than simply big, bad Moscow alone—is culpable in the "hacking of U.S. democracy" and the "interference" in public life conducted by those who manipulate society to advance their own profit-driven interests.
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Just a day after Samsung's latest device matched Apple's largest iPhone 8 handset with an overall DxOMark score of 94, Google's newly launched Pixel 2 has now beaten both dual-lens devices with a score of 98, despite its rear-mounted single-camera design.
Its top scores in most of our traditional photo and video categories put it ahead of our previous (tied) leaders, the Apple iPhone 8 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, despite the Pixel 2 coming in lower in the new Zoom and Bokeh categories. The Pixel 2 is also a major step forward from the Pixel (which was our top scorer when it was released a year ago), moving from 90 to 98.
The reviewers praised the Pixel 2 for excellent video performance, scene reproduction, color rendering, and fast and accurate autofocus, highlighting in particular its "amazing" ability to render detail in both the bright and dark areas of difficult scenes.
The reviewers concluded that for just about any photo or video use case, the Pixel 2 recommends itself as the phone camera with the best image quality, with the exception of zoom and bokeh (including Depth and Portrait) that dual-camera smartphones such as the Apple iPhone 8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8 can provide. The Google handset was especially recommended for videographers, since it achieved the highest video score (96) for any device tested by DxO Labs.
The reviewers signed off by noting that their scoring system has "plenty of headroom" to go beyond 100, so we'll have to wait and see if Apple's iPhone X can break that ceiling when it's released next month.
You can read the full DxOMark Pixel 2 camera review and view all of the full-resolution images here. Do you agree with DxO Labs' assessment? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Honestly, all 3 phones produce amazing photos and videos. I love this competition; it forces Apple to keep innovating and breaking new grounds in the phones' photography segment.
Portrait mode with a single lens looks like its much nicer and more accurate than the iPhone with its dual lens.
The nuances that earn the "top spot" are irrelevant to 99.9999% of people.
I for one am very happy that Google has suddenly become a full-time hardware player. We all benefit from increased competition, and there are very few companies that can compete with Apple. What Google demonstrated yesterday has a lot of potential, and the AI developments are very exciting.
The original Pixel XL almost had me switch to Android. It was a close call, but I ended up returning it for 7 Plus. Unless Pixel 2 XL turns out to have issues, this might be the phone. The way Google Assistant works across the devices, and how good it is (and how fast it is getting better) is probably just as important long-term as what hardware was released. Bold move Google, welcome to prime time.
Your move Apple, and no, Face ID is not it.
I've cherished DXOmark but with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 review that received the very same score as the iPhone 8, yet had nothing like the ecstatic tone as in the iPhone review, and now Google showing their DXOmark top score already in the presentation before it's been launched, I'm starting to doubt they are uncompromised from being paid.
- Conclusion: "When all the tests are verified, the scores calculated, and the perceptual analyses discussed, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes out as an outstanding choice for the smartphone photography enthusiast." "The Note 8 breaks new ground as the first smartphone to achieve 100 points for its photo sub-score. With new devices on the horizon from several of the key innovators for smartphone photography, will the Note 8 be able to hold onto its top spot? Time will tell."
- Headline: "The best smartphone we've ever tested".
- Conclusion: "Overall, the Apple iPhone 8 Plus is an excellent choice for the needs of nearly every smartphone photographer. It features outstanding image quality, zoom for those needing to get closer to their subjects, and an industry-leading Portrait mode for artistic efforts. It is at the top of our scoring charts in nearly every category — and in particular, its advanced software allows it to do an amazing job of capturing high-dynamic range scenes and images in which it can recognize faces."
The Note 8 review is introducing doubts on whether it will hold its ground against forthcoming competitors, despite sharing score with the best smartphone they had ever tested, where that other review doesn't even bring up that other excellent smartphones exists and will come in the conclusion that many skip to.
And now the Google Pixel 2 used already in the presentation by Google, before it is even launched. That is, Google has handed out review hardware to DXOmark even before launch, they have seen it received a top score so that it can be boasted about in the presentation.
Of course, it is possible that Google was just plain lucky to happen to get a measly 4% higher score than the iPhone 8 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and that they would have had to change the presentation in the last minute if it wouldn't have been, but given the vastly different tone in the Samsung vs Apple reviews sharing exact same score I'm not so sure anymore.
The camera's fine but in real life these top phone cameras are roughly the same. The point of the Google phone is the AI. That's where it sets itself apart. In a vacuum Siri is inept. Compared to where Google is in mobile AI, Siri's downright pathetic. Apple's working hard on this and hiring good people, and they'd better; they're way behind in this area.
I hope you said the same when the 8x made number 1, there's a good chance you didn't.
NEWSFLASH: Your lives aren't that interesting people! Nobody wants to see what you are doing every second of every day. And people who are really "into" photography like so many on here claim get a dedicated camera to take pictures and hang out on photography forums.
To all those who are saying Google, Apple, Samsung et al. are paying DxO for a favourable score - there's not yet been one conclusive evidence to back up these claims. It's pure speculation. Seems like there's people out there who don't like seeing other devices get praise above their own choices and instead throw cheap accusations of 'they've been bribed'.
Have you heard Apple mention anything when they got top score ? Isn't weird that Pixel is the only phone from the top spots that had been tested before it was even announced?
It's not weird. In fact, it's more common than you think. Google clearly released test units to DxO for them to issue their verdict and DxO Mark score so that the score was ready to be announced and marketed at the keynote. It's more advantageous to boast about how great something is at a keynote and have evidence to support your claims than wait a few weeks until reviews start coming out when the hype starts to die down.
Many manufacturers, not exclusive to tech, hand out review units pre-release under an NDA. How do you think some top reviewers got their hands on the iPhone 8 / 8 Plus and were able to show you unboxing videos before it was released? And how were a lot of them able to release the reviews immediately on release day? Apple clearly gave them some test units for reviews and permitted them to release unboxing videos before release and release their reviews on release day to create interest.
It's a common marketing technique adopted across the industry to generate hype and interest.


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MARS2013-Austria prepares for Mars: Morocco Mars Simulation
Between the 1st and the 28th of February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum, in partnership with the Ibn Battuta Center in Marrakesh, will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in northern Sahara, near Erfoud, Morocco, in the framework of the PolAres research program.
Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a well prepared field crew will further the preparation of future human Mars missions by conducting experiments mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other fields.
During the 28 day field simulation 20 experiments from 10 different nations will be conducted. In preparation of the field tests 23 tons of hardware will be shipped to Morocco. More than 100 people from over 20 nations and 5 continents will join efforts to take on one of the biggest mars simulations ever. During the mission more than 15 Gigabyte of data will be produced on a dayly bases and sent to the mission support center in Innsbruck/Austria using LTE by T-Mobile.
The MARS2013 Mars analog field campaign is designed to:
* study equipment behavior involving the simultaneous usage of instruments with the option of a human-in-the-loop (via the Aouda.X spacesuit);
* test life-detection or geophysical techniques, perform terrain tests for rovers and test concepts for high situational awareness of remote support teams;
* study northern Sahara as a model region for Martian deserts and extreme life; and
* serve as an outreach platform to enhance the visibility of planetary sciences.
All details, fotos and experiments can be found online:
http://www.oewf.org/cms/mars-2013-presseinformationen.phtml


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IMEI je zkratka z anglického termínu  International Mobile Equipment Identity. Jde o unikátní číslo přidělené výrobcem mobilnímu telefonu.

Čísla IMEI mobilních telefonů mobilní operátor ukládá do registru mobilních zařízení (EIR). Po nahlášení krádeže mobilního telefonu operátoru je možné zablokovat zařízení s daným IMEI, takže jej v příslušné mobilní síti nelze používat.

IMEI je patnáctimístné číslo, které lze zapsat ve formátu ZZnnnn-MM-nnnnnn-X. První skupina je tzv. type approval code (TAC) uvozený dvěma číslicemi kódu země (ZZ). Druhá skupina (MM) je kód výrobce (viz níže), třetí skupina je sériové číslo telefonu. Poslední cifra (X) je využívána pro kontrolní součet (Luhn algorithm / modulo 10).

Formát IMEI je tedy následující:
 TAC - Type Approval Code (6 číslic z toho první dvě jsou kód země)
 FAC - Final Assembly Code (2 číslice - kód výrobce)
 SNR - Serial Number (6 číslic - sériové číslo telefonu)
 SP - Spare (1 číslice - kontrolní součet)

Na většině mobilních telefonů lze IMEI zjistit zadáním kódu *#06#.

Kontrolní součet
Poslední číslice je kontrolní; vypočítá se Luhnovým algoritmem.

Výsledek je doplněk do násobku 10, tedy ? = 8 a IMEI je tedy 490154203237518.

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 http://www.numberingplans.com/ mezinárodní číslovací plán a nástroj na analýzu IMEI
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Chicago Bears offense, Andy Dalton, Allen…
The only time the Bears failed to score points in the red zone came on the game's opening drive. On third-and-1 from the Rams' 3, Cole Kmet was penalized for a false start. Pushed back five yards, Dalton's pass intended for Darnell Mooney was deflected and intercepted in the end zone.
"The key is just our execution down there," said right tackle Germain Ifedi. "A couple of times we shot ourselves in the foot …
"It was an encouraging start the way we were able to move it versus a really good defense, a really sound defense that's been really good for a long time. [We've got to] just keep working at that, but [there were] definitely some things to build on. [We need to] really hit it hard and be critical at the same time but also know that we did do some good things that could really bolster us going forward. It is a long season."
No one is happy or satisfied with the Bears producing only 14 points. But there were some optimistic signs on offense that provide hope for the future.
"The No. 1 encouraging thing is just being able to move the ball, creating first downs," Robinson said. "We didn't convert on some fourth downs. But … I think everybody, when the ball was in their hands, made some plays. We just have to kind of fine-tune some stuff and capitalize on some of the other opportunities we have."
Intent on getting the ball out of Dalton's hands quickly against superstar Aaron Donald and a ferocious Rams pass rush, the Bears' game-plan involved throwing short passes. But that doesn't necessarily mean the offense won't employ more of a vertical passing attack versus other opponents.
"I think that we have the players to be able to do it," Robinson said. "And I think when you look at guys' histories that are here who are able to make those plays, we have that. For me, that's Week 1. [We're] putting that behind us, obviously making corrections and things like that. I think we have all the players and playing ability to be able to do that."
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