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Twinkle Khanna Celebrate Her 48th Birthday
Bollywood Actress Twinkle Khanna, who has appeared in the best films like Barsaat, Mela, Badshah, Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai, has turned 48 today. After marriage, the actress is away from films and earning big money from business and her books. Twinkle married sportsperson Kumar Akshay in the year 2001, with whom she has a son Aarav and daughter Nitara. Today, on the special occasion of the birthday of the actress, let us know some interesting stories related to her life-
Twinkle is the elder daughter of famous Bollywood actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia. Few people know that Twinkle's real name is Tina Jatin Khanna. Twinkle's birthday coincides with her father Rajesh Khanna's birthday, December 29.
After completing her studies from New Era High School, Twinkle wanted to become a Chartered Accountant, for which she also gave the entrance exam. But under family pressure, she joined the film industry.
Twinkle always had the problem of cross eye. Dharmendra cast Twinkle opposite Bobby Deol in the 1995 film Barsaat. Before this film, she had got his eyes operated. Even before the release of the first film, Twinkle had signed two films.
Twinkle first met Akshay Kumar during a photoshoot for Filmfare magazine. There was no TV at the shooting location in Calgary and no means to pass the time. In such a situation, Twinkle thought that why not pass the time with Akshay.
In Koffee with Karan, Twinkle had said, I had come out of a serious relationship at that time and was trying to get out of it. When I met Akshay, I thought why not start a non-serious time pass relationship. I thought this relationship would not last more than 15 days but both of us had become serious.
Both came back and got engaged, but as soon as Twinkle came to know that Akshay was in a relationship with Shilpa while living with her, she called off the engagement.
When Akshay proposed Twinkle, she was shooting for the film Mela. The actress was often lost in thoughts of Akki on the sets, which made her co-star Aamir very upset. When one day Aamir came to know about this, he lost his temper and was about to raise his hands on her. Somehow he controlled his anger.
When Akshay expressed his desire to marry Twinkle again, the actress put a big condition in front of him. The condition was that they would marry only if the film Mela flopped. Twinkle's films were not showing any special amazing, in such a situation, she left the decision of her marriage on the hit or flop of the film Mela. Eventually the fair flopped and the actress agreed to get married.
Before Akshay-Twinkle's marriage, actress's mother Dimple put a condition that both of them would have to be in a live-in relationship for a year before marriage. If there is no problem in this only then both will be able to get married. The couple got married on January 14, 2001, after living in a live-in for a year.
When Akshay and Twinkle got married, Akshay's career was not well at that time. The actor's 14 consecutive films had flopped. On this, Twinkle threatened him that if he did not give a hit film, she would not have another child. Hearing this threat from his wife, Akshay became serious about his career and started choosing good scripts. Even today the actor gives the credit of his success to his wife Twinkle.
In 2009, the couple was surrounded by controversies when Akshay got Twinkle to unbutton his pants during the Lakme Fashion Week. A social activist from Mumbai had accused Akshay, Twinkle and the event organizer of spreading obscenity. The couple was also arrested after the case was filed, although they got bail immediately. In 2013, the Bombay High Court had ordered an inquiry against both.
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A Battle for Global Values
From Foreign Affairs
Summary: The war on terrorism is not just about security or military tactics. It is a battle of values, and one that can only be won by the triumph of tolerance and liberty. Afghanistan and Iraq have been the necessary starting points of this battle. Success there, however, must be coupled with a bolder, more consistent, and more thorough application of global values, with Washington leading the way.
Tony Blair is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. TerrorismMiddle East THE ROOTS OF EXTREMISM Our response to the September 11 attacks has proved even more momentous than it seemed at the time.
That is because we could have chosen security as the battleground. But we did not. We chose values. We said that we did not want another Taliban or a different Saddam Hussein.
We knew that you cannot defeat a fanatical ideology just by imprisoning or killing its leaders; you have to defeat its ideas. In my view, the situation we face is indeed war, but of a completely unconventional kind, one that cannot be won in a conventional way. We will not win the battle against global extremism unless we win it at the level of values as much as that of force. We can win only by showing that our values are stronger, better, and more just than the alternative.
That also means showing the world that we are evenhanded and fair in our application of those values. We will never get real support for the tough actions that may well be essential to safeguarding our way of life unless we also attack global poverty, environmental degradation, and injustice with equal vigor. The roots of the current wave of global terrorism and extremism are deep. They reach down through decades of alienation, victimhood, and political oppression in the Arab and Muslim world. Yet such terrorism is not and never has been inevitable.
To me, the most remarkable thing about the Koran is how progressive it is. I write with great humility as a member of another faith. As an outsider, the Koran strikes me as a reforming book, trying to return Judaism and Christianity to their origins, much as reformers attempted to do with the Christian church centuries later. The Koran is inclusive.
It extols science and knowledge and abhors superstition. It is practical and far ahead of its time in attitudes toward marriage, women, and governance. Under its guidance, the spread of Islam and its dominance over previously Christian or pagan lands were breathtaking.
Over centuries, Islam founded an empire and led the world in discovery, art, and culture. The standard-bearers of tolerance in the early Middle Ages were far more likely to be found in Muslim lands than in Christian ones.
But by the early twentieth century, after the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment had swept over the Western world, the Muslim and Arab world was uncertain, insecure, and on the defensive. Some Muslim countries, such as Turkey, made a muscular move toward secularism. Others found themselves caught up in colonization, nascent nationalism, political oppression, and religious radicalism.
Muslims began to see the sorry state of Muslim countries as symptomatic of the sorry state of Islam. Political radicals became religious radicals and vice versa. Those in power tried to accommodate this Islamic radicalism by incorporating some of its leaders and some of its ideology. The result was nearly always disastrous.
Religious radicalism was made respectable and political radicalism suppressed, and so in the minds of many, the two came together to represent the need for change. They began to think that the way to restore the confidence and stability of Islam was through a combination of religious extremism and populist politics, with the enemies becoming "the West" and those Islamic leaders who cooperated with it.
This extremism may have started with religious doctrine and thought. But soon, in offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood, supported by Wahhabi extremists and disseminated in some of the madrasahs of the Middle East and Asia, an ideology was born and exported around the world.
On 9/11, 3,000 people were murdered. But this terrorism did not begin on the streets of New York. Many more had already died, not just in acts of terrorism against Western interests but in political insurrection and turmoil around the world. Its victims are to be found in the recent history of many lands: India, Indonesia, Kenya, Libya, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and countless more. More than 100,000 died in Algeria.
In Chechnya and Kashmir, political causes that could have been resolved became brutally incapable of resolution under the pressure of terrorism. Today, in 30 or 40 countries, terrorists are plotting action loosely linked with this ideology. Although the active cadres of terrorists are relatively small, they exploit a far wider sense of alienation in the Arab and Muslim world.
These acts of terrorism were not isolated incidents. They were part of a growing movement -- a movement that believed Muslims had departed from their proper faith, were being taken over by Western culture, and were being governed treacherously by Muslims complicit in this takeover (as opposed to those who could see that the way to recover not just the true faith but also Muslim confidence and self-esteem was to take on the West and all its works). The struggle against terrorism in Madrid, or London, or Paris is the same as the struggle against the terrorist acts of Hezbollah in Lebanon, or Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Palestinian territories, or rejectionist groups in Iraq.
The murder of the innocent in Beslan is part of the same ideology that takes innocent lives in Libya, Saudi Arabia, or Yemen. And when Iran gives support to such terrorism, it becomes part of the same battle, with the same ideology at its heart. Sometimes political strategy comes deliberatively, sometimes by instinct.
For this movement, it probably came by instinct. It has an ideology, a worldview, deep convictions, and the determination of fanaticism. It resembles, in many ways, early revolutionary communism. It does not always need structures and command centers or even explicit communication. It knows what it thinks.
In the late 1990s, the movement's strategy became clear. If it was merely fighting within Islam, it ran the risk that fellow Muslims -- being as decent and as fair-minded as anyone else -- would choose to reject its fanaticism. A battle about Islam was just Muslim versus Muslim. The extremists realized that they had to create a completely different battle: Muslims versus the West. That is what the September 11 attacks did. I am still amazed at how many people say, in effect, that there is terrorism today because of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
They seem to forget entirely that 9/11 predated both. The West did not attack this movement. It was attacked. THE NATURE OF THE STRUGGLE For this ideology, we are the enemy. But "we" are not the West. "We" are as much Muslim as Christian, Jew, or Hindu. "We" are all those who believe in religious tolerance, in openness to others, in democracy, in liberty, and in human rights administered by secular courts. This is not a clash between civilizations; it is a clash about civilization.
It is the age-old battle between progress and reaction, between those who embrace the modern world and those who reject its existence -- between optimism and hope, on the one hand, and pessimism and fear, on the other. In any struggle, the first challenge is to accurately perceive the nature of what is being fought over, and here we have a long way to go. It is almost incredible to me that so much Western opinion appears to buy the idea that the emergence of this global terrorism is somehow our fault. For a start, the terror is truly global.
It is directed not just at the United States and its allies but also at nations who could not conceivably be said to be partners of the West. Moreover, the struggles in Iraq and Afghanistan are plainly not about those countries' liberation from U.S. occupation. The extremists' goal is to prevent those countries from becoming democracies -- not "Western-style" democracies but any sort of democracy. It is the extremists, not us, who are slaughtering the innocent and doing it deliberately.
They are the only reason for the continuing presence of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is also rubbish to suggest that Islamist terrorism is the product of poverty. Of course, it uses the cause of poverty as a justification for its acts. But its fanatics are hardly champions of economic development. Furthermore, the terrorists' aim is not to encourage the creation of a Palestine living side by side with Israel but rather to prevent it. They fight not for the coming into being of a Palestinian state but for the going out of being of an Israeli state.
The terrorists base their ideology on religious extremism -- and not just any religious extremism, but a specifically Muslim version. The terrorists do not want Muslim countries to modernize. They hope that the arc of extremism that now stretches across the region will sweep away the fledgling but faltering steps modern Islam wants to take into the future. They want the Muslim world to retreat into governance by a semifeudal religious oligarchy.
Yet despite all of this, which I consider fairly obvious, many in Western countries listen to the propaganda of the extremists and accept it. (And to give credit where it is due, the extremists play our own media with a shrewdness that would be the envy of many a political party.) They look at the bloodshed in Iraq and say it is a reason for leaving. Every act of carnage somehow serves to indicate our responsibility for the disorder rather than the wickedness of those who caused it.
Many believe that what was done in Iraq in 2003 was so wrong that they are reluctant to accept what is plainly right now. Some people believe that terrorist attacks are caused entirely by the West's suppression of Muslims. Some people seriously believe that if we only got out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the attacks would stop. And, in some ways most perniciously, many look at Israel and think we pay too great a price for supporting it and sympathize with those who condemn it.
If we recognized this struggle for what it truly is, we would at least be on the first steps of the path to winning it. But a vast part of Western opinion is not remotely near this point yet. This ideology has to be taken on -- and taken on everywhere. Islamist terrorism will not be defeated until we confront not just the methods of the extremists but also their ideas. I do not mean just telling them that terrorist activity is wrong.
I mean telling them that their attitude toward the United States is absurd, that their concept of governance is prefeudal, that their positions on women and other faiths are reactionary. We must reject not just their barbaric acts but also their false sense of grievance against the West, their attempt to persuade us that it is others and not they themselves who are responsible for their violence. In the era of globalization, the outcome of this clash between extremism and progress will determine our future.
We can no more opt out of this struggle than we can opt out of the climate changing around us. Inaction -- pushing the responsibility onto the United States alone or deluding ourselves that this terrorism is a series of individual isolated incidents rather than a global movement -- would be profoundly and fundamentally wrong.That is why it is a mistake to ignore the significance of the elections in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The fact is that, given the chance, people want democracy. From the moment the Afghans came out and voted in their first-ever election, the myth that democracy is a Western concept was exploded. In Iraq as well, despite violence and intimidation, people voted, and not just a few, but in numbers large enough to shame many Western democracies. What these votes show is that people do not want dictatorship, neither theocratic nor secular. When the supporters of Saddam or Mullah Muhammad Omar dare to stand in elections, they do not win many votes.
Iraqi and Afghan Muslims have said it clearly: democracy is as much our right as it is yours. In embracing it, they are showing that they also want a society in which people of different cultures and faiths can live together in peace. This struggle is our struggle. Who is trying to stop those who want democracy? In Iraq, a mixture of foreign jihadists, former Saddamists, and rejectionist insurgents; in Afghanistan, a combination of drug barons, the Taliban, and al Qaeda. Their case is that democracy is a Western concept that is being forced on an unwilling Islamic culture. Every conspiracy theory, from its being the West's intent to seize Iraqi oil to the West's having designs of imperial domination, is repeated.
Some in the West even agree. Why are these reactionary elements fighting so hard? Because they know the importance of victory or defeat. Right from the beginning it was obvious to them.
Of course, there have been mistakes and unacceptable abuses of human rights on our side. But here in its most pure form is a struggle between democracy and violence. For sure, it is arguable that de-Baathification went too quickly and was spread too indiscriminately, especially among the armed forces. It is easy to forget, however, that the real worry back in 2003 was a humanitarian crisis, which was avoided, and that the pressure at the time was to de-Baathify faster. But the basic problem, from the murder of UN staff in August 2003 onward, has been simple: security.
The reactionary elements have tried to derail both reconstruction and democracy by violence. Power and electricity became problems not through indolence on the part of either Iraqis or the coalition forces but through sabotage. People became frightened because of terrorism and criminal gangs, some of which had been deliberately released from prison by Saddam just before his fall. These were not random acts.
They were and are part of a strategy. When that strategy failed to push the coalition out of Iraq prematurely, when it failed to stop the voting, the extremists turned to sectarian killing and outrage -- most notably the savage and blasphemous destruction of the Shiite shrine in Samarra. The extremists know that if they can succeed -- in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, or any other nation desiring to go the democratic route -- then the prospect of a democratic future for the Arab and Muslim world will be dealt a potentially mortal blow.
Likewise, if these countries become democracies and make progress, that will be a powerful blow against both the extremists' propaganda about the West and their whole system of values. In each case, the forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other nations are there to help indigenous security forces grow, support the democratic process, and provide a bulwark against the terrorism that threatens that process. In each case, full UN authority is in place. The debate over the wisdom of the original decisions, especially about Iraq, will continue. Opponents will say that Iraq was never a threat, that there were no weapons of mass destruction, that the drug trade in Afghanistan continues.
I will point out that Iraq was indeed a threat, as two regional wars, 14 UN resolutions, and the final report of the Iraq Survey Group showed. I will remind people that in the aftermath of the Iraq war, we secured major advances in tackling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, not least a new relationship with Libya and the shutting down of A. Q. Khan's nuclear weapons network.
I will recall that it was the Taliban who manipulated the drug trade and housed al Qaeda and its training camps. But whatever the conclusion to this debate, if there is one, the fact is that now, whatever the rights and wrongs of how and why Saddam and the Taliban were removed, there is an obvious, clear, and overwhelming reason for supporting the people of those countries in their desire for democracy. Since June 2003, multinational forces have been in Iraq under a UN resolution and with the authority of Iraq's first-ever elected government.
In Afghanistan, UN authority has been in place throughout. The crucial point about these interventions is that they were not just about changing regimes but about changing the value systems governing the nations concerned. The banner was not actually "regime change"; it was "values change." That is why I have said that what has been done, by intervening in this way, may be even more momentous than was appreciated at the time. The painful irony is that the extremists have a clearer sense of what is at stake than many people in the West do.
This is ultimately a battle about modernity. Some of it can be conducted and won only within Islam itself. But let us remember that extremism is not the true voice of Islam. Millions of Muslims the world over want what all people want: to be free and for others to be free. They regard tolerance as a virtue and respect for the faith of others as a part of their own faith.
This is a battle of values and for progress, and therefore it is one that must be won. If we want to secure our way of life, there is no alternative but to fight for it. That means standing up for our values, not just in our own countries but the world over. We need to construct a global alliance for these global values and act through it. Inactivity is just as much a policy, with its own results. It is simply the wrong one.
Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance that divides people against one another. Our answer has to be a set of values strong enough to unite people with one another. This is not just about security or military tactics. It is about hearts and minds, about inspiring people, persuading them, showing them what our values stand for at their best. Why are we not yet succeeding? Because we are not being bold enough, consistent enough, thorough enough in fighting for the values we believe in.
Simply to state it in these terms is to underline how much has to be done. Convincing Western publics of the nature of the battle is hard enough. But we then have to empower modern, moderate, mainstream forces in the Islamic world to defeat their reactionary opponents. We have to show that our values are not Western, still less American or Anglo-Saxon, but values in the common ownership of humanity, universal values that should be the right of the global citizen. Ranged against us are people who truly hate us. But beyond them are many more who do not hate us but do question our motives, good faith, and evenhandedness.
These are people who could support our values but who believe we ourselves support them only selectively. These are the people we must persuade. They have to know this is about justice and fairness as well as security and prosperity. That is why on a whole range of critical issues, we face not just powerful questions about our national interests but also vital tests of our commitment to global values.
If we believe in justice, how can we let 30,000 children a day die when those deaths could be prevented? If we believe in our responsibility to the generations that come after us, how can we be indifferent to the degradation of the planet? How can we have a global trading system based on unfair trade?
How can we bring peace to the Middle East unless we resolve the question of Israel and Palestine? Wherever people live in fear, with no prospect of advance, we should be on their side, in solidarity with them, whether in Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, or Zimbabwe. Wherever countries are in the process of democratic development, we should extend a helping hand. This requires, across the board, an active foreign policy of engagement, not isolation. And it cannot be achieved without a strong alliance, with the United States and Europe at its core. The necessary alliance does not end there, but it does begin there. Let me be quite plain here.
I do not always agree with the United States. Sometimes it can be a difficult friend to have. But the strain of anti-American feeling in parts of Europe is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we believe in. The danger with the United States today is not that it is too involved in the world. The danger is that it might pull up the drawbridge and disengage. The world needs it involved.
The world wants it engaged. The reality is that none of the problems that press in on us can be resolved or even approached without it. BEYOND SECURITY The challenge now is to ensure that the agenda is not limited to security alone. There is a danger of a division of global politics into "hard" and "soft," with the "hard" efforts going after the terrorists, whereas the "soft" campaign focuses on poverty and injustice. That divide is dangerous because interdependence makes all these issues just that: interdependent. The answer to terrorism is the universal application of global values; the answer to poverty and injustice is the same.
That is why the struggle for global values has to be applied not selectively but to the whole global agenda. We need to reenergize the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians -- and we need to do so in a dramatic and profound manner. Its significance for the broader issue of the Middle East and for the battle within Islam goes beyond correcting the plight of the Palestinians. A settlement would be the living, visible proof that the region and the world can accommodate different faiths and cultures. It would not only silence reactionary Islam's most effective rallying call but fatally undermine its basic ideology.
We must combat the ravages of poverty, famine, disease, and conflict, particularly in Africa, increasing our aid still further and stepping up our activity. Before the United Kingdom's presidency of the G-8, the group of leading industrial powers, in 2005, the issues of Africa and climate change were not high on the political agenda in London, let alone internationally. Now they are. This is due in no small part to the efforts of millions of people energized by the Make Poverty History campaign and Live 8, which played an extraordinary part in mobilizing civil society.
But just because the issues are at the top of the agenda now does not mean that they cannot easily slip down again. We must ensure that they do not. We must continue to mobilize the resources and the will to turn the commitments of 2005 into action.
I have seen that if there is real commitment by African governments to progress, then the people of Africa are quite capable of doing the rest. Which is why, no matter how desperate the situation looks or how insurmountable the obstacles appear, we have to maintain optimism that progress is indeed possible. We need to jump-start talks on trade. At stake, obviously, is our commitment to fighting world poverty and supporting development. But also in the balance is the very idea of using multilateral action to achieve common goals. If we cannot conduct a decent trade round, when it is so plain that our long-term national interests and the wider interests of the world demand it, this will be a failure with multiple consequences, all of them adverse. Europe's agricultural protection is a policy born of another age, and it is time to end it. But change in Europe alone is not the answer. The United States must also open up. Japan, too.
In improving access to nonagricultural markets, we look to leadership from Brazil and India. And we must agree on a development package for the poorest that includes 100 percent market access and aid for trade. Finally, the whole world needs to focus on the threat of climate change. Future generations will not forgive us if we do not pay attention to the degrading and polluting of our planet. We need a clear, disciplined framework for action, with measurable outcomes that all the major players buy into and that has at its heart the goal to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations and the planet's temperature.
I believe a clear goal and a strong framework would help spur the technology revolution we need. It is vital to give business the certainty it requires to invest in cleaner technology and reduce emissions. The United States wants a low-carbon economy; it is investing heavily in clean technology; it needs China and India to grow substantially. The world is ready for a new start. Washington can help lead it. In my nine years as prime minister, I have not become less idealistic or more cynical.
I have simply become more persuaded that the distinction between a foreign policy driven by values and one driven by interests is wrong. Globalization begets interdependence, and interdependence begets the necessity of a common value system to make it work.
Idealism thus becomes realpolitik. None of this eliminates the setbacks, shortfalls, inconsistencies, and hypocrisies that come with practical decision-making in a harsh world. But it does mean that the best of the human spirit, which has pushed the progress of humanity along, is also the best hope for the world's future. That is why I say this struggle is one about values. Our values are our guide. They represent humanity's progress throughout the ages. At each point we have had to fight for them and defend them. As a new age beckons, it is time to fight for them again.


A grandmother has been arrested in Rome after allegedly selling cocaine and methadone through the window of her home in Rome.
The 80-year-old, nicknamed by the Italian press as 'nonna-pusher', or 'granny drug-pusher', took over her the drug-dealing business from her daughter, who is now in prison, the news website Unione Sarda reported.
She allegedly arranged for customers to come to her home and would exchange the drugs for cash through a window, the newspaper reported.
Police found cocaine, methadone, packaging materials and cash during their search of the home, which the woman shared with her 25-year-old grandson, who was also arrested as a possible accomplice.


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irishminis.ie :: Changing the club logo?
Post subject: Changing the club logo?
Post IMM 2017 there is a clear and positive association of the 3 Minis Logo with the IMOC. Would it worth considering capitalising on this association as change the club logo to incorporate the 3 coloured minis ?
The current logo was introduced post IMM'97 for similar reasons.
Another positive is that a lot of the club members have items with the IMM logo on it, so we will be seeing it at events from now on. A sew on patch with the new logo could be produced for those want to update jackets, etc, with dual logos.
Before someone else states it, originally I thought the 3 Mini logo needed enhancing as a bid logo as it did not state what an IMM was, eg. Irish Mini Meeting, Irish Morris Minis. My issue was not with the 3 minis but the wording below them.
But this is post the IMM, the brand has been established both domestically and internationally, so I think it is worth the club thinking about it?
Post subject: Re: Changing the club logo?
It's an interesting idea. Those of us in the club for donkeys years will remember the old club logo which just had the words Irish Mini Owners Club inside a diamond, green and no picture of a Mini. The IMM97 logo introduced more colour and morphed into the club logo as we know it today. Though even that logo has been modified over the years to improve the image quality of the red Mini.
Taking a look at the logos of the clubs that attended this year's IMM (click on the link below) and you'll see many clubs work their national colours, flag, or silhouette of their region/country into their club logo e.g. Mini Fun Club Belgium, Mini Clan, Donegal Mini Owners Club. Weirdly though, Mini Crew Zagreb from Croatia have got green, white, and orange Minis in their logo.
The 3-Mini tri-colour IMM2017 logo looked well and I wouldn't have a problem with it being incorporated into a new club logo.
I for one think, this is a very good idea.


Congratulations, Apple. The Mac is now popular enough to attract major attention from the bad guys.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you've probably heard about Flashback, a piece of malware targeting users of Apple's Mac OS X that's now estimated to be quietly running on more than 600,000 machines around the world.
That number, which came from Russian antivirus company Dr. Web earlier this week, was confirmed today by security firm Kaspersky. More than 98 percent of the affected computers were running Mac OS X, the firm said.
That's certainly a big number, but how does it stack up to past threats?
"It's the biggest, by far," Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at antivirus and computer security firm F-Secure, told CNET in an e-mail. "I'm afraid the malware-free times of Mac users are behind us permanently."
Separately, Catalin Cosoi, chief security researcher for antivirus-software maker Bitdefender, said the infection was likely the largest for the Mac so far this decade, but that there's no precise way to measure how many Mac OS computers have been compromised.
"600,000 represents around 12 percent of the Mac OS computers sold in Q4 2011," Cosoi said, "which means that if we count the number of Mac OS devices sold in the past three years, we can estimate that less than 1 percent of the Mac OS computers are possibly infected. On the other hand, if we look at the actual numbers and not at the percentages, the numbers look pretty scary."
The consensus among security researchers is that a threat this size has been long overdue for the Mac, in no small part because of the platform's growing popularity.
Apple has outpaced the growth of the PC industry for 23 straight quarters, according to data from IDC. While the company's iOS devices, like the iPhone and iPad, have not surprisingly seen much faster growth and overall sales in recent years, Apple also broke a Mac sales record in its last quarter, selling more than 5 million computers -- all of which were, of course, running the company's proprietary operating system.


If towboats and barges hurtled passed the average American on their way to work every morning, the industry would be better known. If commuters had to deal with failed locks the way they have to deal with congested freeways, political support for the river industry's infrastructure would be easier to come by. Instead, towing vessels and their crews go about their work in relative obscurity. The general public sees towboats and barges as historic relics from Sam Clemens' time and less so an integral part of the modern American economy. But towing vessels are far more than living history, as Craig Philip of Ingram Barge Company and Steve Little of Crounse Corporation can attest. Their companies' histories may span more than half a century, but both men are involved in bringing the industry to the attention of modern day America.
Ingram Barge Company (IBCO), today the largest carrier on the river by barge count, traces its heritage back to the 1800s, to Orrin H. Ingram who started with logging. In 1938, Orrin's grandson, Hank Ingram, started a petroleum refining company when demand shot up due to the war. The Wood River Barge Company was created on the Illinois River, near St. Louis, to transport the product. 1946 is seen as the official beginning of IBCO, when the company split and Hank Ingram took the barge business. In the late 50s IBCO operated seven boats and 24 petroleum barges. That number continued to grow in the 70s. But during the 80s, a glut of new barges came on the market because of an ill-considered tax incentive to build. At the same time, President Carter embargoed grain shipments to the Soviet Union in response to its military occupation of Afghanistan. Supply ballooned, demand was slashed and it was a tough time for everyone in the barge business.
But with the market depressed and companies failing, IBCO pulled ahead and started acquiring fleets. First vessels from Ohio Barge Line, then American Barge and Towing, Oil Transport, Chotin Transportation, System Fules, Arthur Smith and Georgia Transportation. In the 90s IBCO went on to acquire M/G Transport Company and Occidental Chemical Corporation. In 2002, IBCO acquired Midland Enterprises which included The Ohio River Company and Orgulf Transport. Today IBCO has about 4000 barges and 40 boats.
"I believe it will be acknowledges as the largest new construction project between a barge owner and a barge builder in our industry," Philip said.
Craig Philip became President and CEO of Ingram Barge Company (IBCO), in 1999. He joined IBCO in 1982, moving over from the rail industry after working for companies such as Conrail and Southern Pacific Railroad.
But Philip has become a strong advocate for the inland waterways industry. He has served as chairman of the American Waterways Operators, the National Waterways Conference and was involved in forming the Waterways Council. Currently he serves as chairman of the National Waterways Foundation.
Compared to Ingram's network of family history and diverse businesses, Crounse Corporation is a straight shot from George P. Crounse Sr. George Crounse worked for towing companies, the Tennesse Valley Authority and served in the Navy during WWII before he struck out on his own to build a better mouse trap — or in this case, a better towboat. The new boat he envisioned was a propeller driven diesel towboat, as opposed to the sternwheel diesel towboats used at the towing company he worked for after the Navy. While employed with the towing company, Crounse had worked with St. Louis Shipbuilding to build such a boat, but when the design was finally finished, the company didn't order the vessel. In 1948 Crounse put down a large chunk of his own money, and took out an even larger loan, and had the boat built himself. His first vessel, the M/V Alice, a single-screw, 500 hp pushboat, named after his aunt, was delivered by St. Louis Shipbuilding the next year. Beyond valuing a better and more efficient boat, Crounse valued Paducah, Kentucky as ideally situated at the confluence of the Tennesee and Ohio Rivers.
"I had learned earlier that the Tennessee is a side street and that the Ohio and Mississippi are the main highways," Crounse once wrote.
George Crounse ran his one-boat business from his home, chartering other boats when needed. The following year Crounse won a contract from his former employer, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and so the Alice and Crounse's second boat, the M/V Louise, began the company's long history of transporting coal. By the end of the 70s Crounse Corporation had a fleet of 28 towboats and 430 barges. Crounse was also known as a good man to work for. He endorsed unionization in 1955 and created the first company-union pension plan. He also instituted a 21-days-on/21-days-off schedule, as opposed to the 30-day shifts that are still common in the industry today.
But the 80s came for Crounse Corporation too, and besides the lowered demand for barges caused by the building glut and the Soviet grain embargo, Crounse had to deal with the national coal strike of 1981.
In 2007, Steve Little moved the company into its new corporate headquarters, a multi-million dollar LEED certified building, still located in the Paducah hub that George Crounse so coveted. The inland waterways are such an integral part of Paducah that the city changed the name of the street on which Crounse built its new headquarters from Second Street to Marine Way at Crounse's request.
Little also serves as Chairman of the Inland Waterways Users Board. "I have been very involved, along with other leaders in the industry, in trying to come up with a better business model for building locks on the navigation system," Little said referring to the work the users board has done with the U.S. Corps of Engineers on a proposed strategic capital plan for the agency. As if addressing government inefficiencies in infrastructure improvement projects isn't a big enough challenge, the industry also has to try to describe this effort to the public in a succinct and understandable way. Little uses the analogy of building a house.


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echo ">>>>> readmapping with Yara "
echo ">>>>> startdate "`date`
echo ">>>>> hostname "`hostname`
echo ">>>>> job_name "$JOB_NAME
echo ">>>>> job_id "$JOB_ID
echo ">>>>> $(basename $0) $*"

function usage {
echo -e "usage: $(basename $0) -k NGSANE -f FASTQ -r REFERENCE -o OUTDIR [OPTIONS]"
exit
}

if [ ! $# -gt 3 ]; then usage ; fi

FORCESINGLE=0

#INPUTS
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        -k | --toolkit )        shift; CONFIG=$1 ;; # location of the NGSANE repository
        -f | --fastq )          shift; f=$1 ;; # fastq file
        -o | --outdir )         shift; OUTDIR=$1 ;; # output dir
        -s | --rgsi )           shift; SAMPLEID=$1 ;; # read group prefix
        --recover-from )        shift; NGSANE_RECOVERFROM=$1 ;; # attempt to recover from log file
        -h | --help )           usage ;;
        * )                     echo "don't understand "$1
    esac
    shift
done

#PROGRAMS
. $CONFIG
. ${NGSANE_BASE}/conf/header.sh
. $CONFIG

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "programs"

# save way to load modules that itself loads other modules
hash module 2>/dev/null && for MODULE in $MODULE_YARA; do module load $MODULE; done && module list

export PATH=$PATH_YARA:$PATH
echo "PATH=$PATH"
#this is to get the full path (modules should work but for path we need the full path and this is the\
# best common denominator)
[ -z "$PATH_IGVTOOLS" ] && PATH_IGVTOOLS=$(dirname $(which igvtools.jar))
[ -z "$PATH_PICARD" ] && PATH_PICARD=$(dirname $(which MarkDuplicates.jar))

echo "[NOTE] set java parameters"
JAVAPARAMS="-Xmx"$(python -c "print int($MEMORY_YARA*0.75)")"g -Djava.io.tmpdir="$TMP"  -XX:ConcGCThreads=1 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=1"
unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
echo "JAVAPARAMS "$JAVAPARAMS

echo -e "--NGSANE      --\n" $(trigger.sh -v 2>&1)
echo -e "--JAVA        --\n" $(java -Xmx200m -version 2>&1)
[ -z "$(which java)" ] && echo "[ERROR] no java detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--yara       --\n "$(yara_mapper --version)
[ -z "$(which yara_mapper)" ] && echo "[ERROR] no yara detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--samtools    --\n "$(samtools 2>&1 | head -n 3 | tail -n-2)
[ -z "$(which samtools)" ] && echo "[ERROR] no samtools detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--R           --\n "$(R --version | head -n 3)
[ -z "$(which R)" ] && echo "[ERROR] no R detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--igvtools    --\n "$(java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_IGVTOOLS/igvtools.jar version 2>&1)
[ ! -f $PATH_IGVTOOLS/igvtools.jar ] && echo "[ERROR] no igvtools detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--PICARD      --\n "$(java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_PICARD/MarkDuplicates.jar --version 2>&1)
[ ! -f $PATH_PICARD/MarkDuplicates.jar ] && echo "[ERROR] no picard detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--samstat     --\n "$(samstat -h | head -n 2 | tail -n1)
[ -z "$(which samstat)" ] && echo "[ERROR] no samstat detected" && exit 1
echo -e "--convert     --\n "$(convert -version | head -n 1)
[ -z "$(which convert)" ] && echo "[WARN] imagemagick convert not detected" && exit 1

NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK
################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "parameters"

# get basename of input file f
INPUTFILENAME=${f##*/}
# get sample prefix
SAMPLE=${INPUTFILENAME/%$READONE.$FASTQ/}

if [ -z "$FASTA" ]; then
    echo "[ERROR] no reference provided (FASTA)"
    exit 1
fi

# check library variables are set
if [[ -z "$EXPID" || -z "$LIBRARY" || -z "$PLATFORM" ]]; then
    echo "[ERROR] library info not set (EXPID, LIBRARY, and PLATFORM): free text needed"
    exit 1;
else
    echo "[NOTE] EXPID $EXPID; LIBRARY $LIBRARY; PLATFORM $PLATFORM"
fi

# delete old bam files unless attempting to recover
if [ -z "$NGSANE_RECOVERFROM" ]; then
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.stats ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.stats
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.dupl ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.dupl
fi

#is ziped ?
CAT="cat"
if [[ ${f##*.} == "gz" ]];
    then CAT="zcat";
elif [[ ${f##*.} == "bz2" ]];
    then CAT="bzcat";
fi

#is paired ?
if [ "$f" != "${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ}" ] && [ -e ${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ} ]; then
    PAIRED="1"
else
    PAIRED="0"
fi

#is paired ?
if [ "$f" != "${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ}" ] && [ -e ${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ} ]; then
    echo "[NOTE] paired-end library detected"
    PAIRED="1"
    READ1=`$CAT $f | wc -l | gawk '{print int($1/4)}' `
    READ2=`$CAT ${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ} | wc -l | gawk '{print int($1/4)}' `
    let FASTQREADS=$READ1+$READ2
else
    echo "[NOTE] single-end library detected"
    PAIRED="0"
    let FASTQREADS=`$CAT $f | wc -l | gawk '{print int($1/4)}' `
fi

if [[ ! -e ${FASTA%.*}.sa.val ]]; then
    echo "[ERROR] Yara index not detected. Execute yara_indexer first"
    exit 1
fi

THISTMP=$TMP"/"$(whoami)"/"$(echo $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
mkdir -p $THISTMP

FASTASUFFIX=${FASTA##*.}

#readgroup
#TODO check readgroups
FULLSAMPLEID=$SAMPLEID"${INPUTFILENAME/%$READONE.$FASTQ/}"
RG="--sam-rg \"ID:$EXPID\" --sam-rg \"SM:$FULLSAMPLEID\" --sam-rg \"LB:$LIBRARY\" --sam-rg \"PL:$PLATFORM\""

NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK
################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "recall files from tape"

if [ -n "$DMGET" ]; then
    dmget -a $FASTA*
    dmget -a ${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/"*"}
    dmget -a ${OUTDIR}
fi

NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK
################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "yara"
if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    if [ "$PAIRED" = "0" ]; then

        RUN_COMMAND="yara_mapper $YARA_MAPPERADDPARAM --threads $CPU_YARA --output-file $THISTMP/$SAMPLE$ALN.sam $FASTA $f"
        echo $RUN_COMMAND && eval $RUN_COMMAND

    elif [ "$PAIRED" = "1" ]; then

        RUN_COMMAND="yara_mapper $YARA_MAPPERADDPARAM --threads $CPU_YARA --output-file $THISTMP/$SAMPLE$ALN.sam $FASTA $f ${f/%$READONE.$FASTQ/$READTWO.$FASTQ}"
        echo $RUN_COMMAND && eval $RUN_COMMAND

    fi

    # bam file conversion
    samtools view -Sb $THISTMP/$SAMPLE$ALN.sam > $THISTMP/$SAMPLE$ALN.bam
    samtools sort -@ $CPU_YARA $THISTMP/$SAMPLE$ALN.bam $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ash

    # cleanup
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ALN.bam ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ALN.bam
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ALN.sam ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ALN.sam

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ash.bam

fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "add readgroup"

if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_PICARD/AddOrReplaceReadGroups.jar \
        INPUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ash.bam \
        OUTPUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ashrg.bam \
        RGID=$EXPID RGLB=$LIBRARY RGPL=$PLATFORM \
        RGSM=$FULLSAMPLEID RGPU="XXXXXX"

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ashrg.bam

    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ash.bam ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ash.bam
fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "mark duplicates"
# create bam files for discarded reads and remove fastq files
if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    if [ ! -e $OUTDIR/metrices ]; then mkdir -p $OUTDIR/metrices ; fi
    java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_PICARD/MarkDuplicates.jar \
        INPUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ashrg.bam \
        OUTPUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam \
        METRICS_FILE=$OUTDIR/metrices/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.dupl AS=true \
        VALIDATION_STRINGENCY=LENIENT \
        TMP_DIR=$THISTMP

    samtools index $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam

    #cleanup
    [ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ashrg.bam ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE.ashrg.bam

fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "statistics"

if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    STATSOUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.stats
    samtools flagstat $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam > $STATSOUT
    if [ -n "$SEQREG" ]; then
        echo "#custom region" >> $STATSOUT
        echo $(samtools view -@ $CPU_YARA -c -F 4 $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam $SEQREG )" total reads in region " >> $STATSOUT
        echo $(samtools view -@ $CPU_YARA -c -f 3 $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam $SEQREG )" properly paired reads in region " >> $STATSOUT
    fi

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $STATSOUT
fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "calculate inner distance"

if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_PICARD/CollectMultipleMetrics.jar \
        INPUT=$OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam \
        REFERENCE_SEQUENCE=$FASTA \
        OUTPUT=$OUTDIR/metrices/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam \
        VALIDATION_STRINGENCY=LENIENT \
        PROGRAM=CollectAlignmentSummaryMetrics \
        PROGRAM=CollectInsertSizeMetrics \
        PROGRAM=QualityScoreDistribution \
        TMP_DIR=$THISTMP
    for im in $( ls $OUTDIR/metrices/*.pdf ); do
        convert $im ${im/pdf/jpg}
    done

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/metrices/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.alignment_summary_metrics
fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "coverage track"

if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    java $JAVAPARAMS -jar $PATH_IGVTOOLS/igvtools.jar count $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.cov.tdf ${FASTA/.$FASTASUFFIX/}.genome
    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.cov.tdf
fi

################################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "samstat"

if [[ $(NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_TASK) == "start" ]]; then

    samstat $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam

    # mark checkpoint
    NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.stats

fi

###############################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "verify"

BAMREADS=$(head -n1 $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.stats | cut -d " " -f 1)
if [ "$BAMREADS" = "" ]; then let BAMREADS="0"; fi
if [ $BAMREADS -eq $FASTQREADS ]; then
    echo "[NOTE] PASS check mapping: $BAMREADS == $FASTQREADS"
else
    echo -e "[ERROR] We are loosing reads from .fastq -> .bam in $f: \nFastq had $FASTQREADS Bam has $BAMREADS"
    exit 1
fi

NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK

###############################################################################
NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_INIT "cleanup"

[ -d $THISTMP ] && rm -r $THISTMP

NGSANE_CHECKPOINT_CHECK
################################################################################
[ -e $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.dummy ] && rm $OUTDIR/$SAMPLE$ASD.bam.dummy
echo ">>>>> readmapping with Yara - FINISHED"
echo ">>>>> enddate "`date`

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that some malarial parasites cause in blood cells.
from 57 Gambian children with mild malaria and 24 with cerebral malaria.
All the parasites taken from chidren with cerebral malaria formed rosettes.
20 of the 24 showed anti-rosetting activity.
but they can also act as 'rosette-busters' on existing clumps.
some people produce much more antibody to it than others.
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Tina S videos were among the first cover videos that I posted with commentary on this site. As, since that time, the number of her YouTube subscribers has exploded (710,571 as I write this), and as a devoted and enthusiastic fan base has developed, I think it is time to put down a few more thoughts. (Also, as might be expected, her videos are, by far, the most viewed videos on my site.)
Tina is 19 now and was barely 14 when she first came to my notice. In 2013, a friend sent me a link to Tina's "Eruption" cover with the words something like, "Man, you've got to see this!!" It was the first I knew of her, and I was immediately struck by the dynamic clarity of her playing and by her cool, almost fey, appearance; a combination, in fact, *not remotely like that of anyone else*. Who was this beautiful, enigmatic young lady with the cool casual manner and evident quiet depth of disposition? I immediately felt a vital kinship with her. Clearly, from that time to this many people have been struck in the same manner. (There is much more to music appreciation than simple admiration of technical skill no matter how astonishing it is. Resonances abound…always. It would be silly and dishonest to ignore them.)
Tina's covers are my favorite metal covers, especially among those of young guitarists. To me, they are distinctive and immediately recognizable. Her unique beauty of execution is second to none…period. A few people can't see my point-of-view, but the covers they point out as "better" don't have the power, beauty, and depth of Tina's to my mind and often they are "show-off" covers, usually by young men who think a few "badass" tricks are what makes great music. (A number of young folks have sent me videos of their versions of covers Tina has done with comments like, "See, that's how it should be done." It is generally embarrassing because these videos are usually 1) grim and flat or 2) full of common and ephemeral hormonal angst and fantasies of power manifested in tricks thought of by them as badassism.)
Whether or not it is your "thing", Tina is coming from the "classical" school of playing and musical development where it is important to learn and develop and where attention to detail is important…music as an art and a craft to study, to learn, and to shape and make beautiful and exciting. The rarity of young YouTube metal cover uploaders who come from (or take seriously) this powerful tradition of music may account for occasional blindness to the quality of her covers (which, however, really *are* deeply badass (feminine version) and magic mojo-enriched for those who can hear it! Tina has a rare knack of making people feel alive. Many people feel it and say so. It is not something to scoff at.)
Tina hasn't posted a YouTube video since August 2016. She is probably entering into another phase and level of making music (and she was in school part of the time). Let us hope her career will be in music…It is exciting to contemplate…, but it's her decision and her life. That there would be a long period of time in which to work toward a new career level in music after the incredible success on Facebook is not surprising to me, though naturally fans are impatient to hear something new from Tina. She keeps up her Facebook and Twitter sites with an occasional picture and comment, and Vigier Guitars continues to list her as a Vigier artist and to share her Facebook and Twitter posts (they, apparently, are enthusiastic about her)…and we shouldn't forget that Vigier presented her with a new "Rock Art" guitar last year. Yes, I think we will hear more from Tina.
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773 million email IDs, 21 million passwords for anyone to see in massive data dump
The vast dossier of login details appears to have been gathered from data stolen in many breaches
Tomáš Foltýn
Nearly 773 million unique email addresses and more than 21.2 million unique, plain-text passwords were there for the taking recently in a massive data dump that's been dubbed Collection #1.
The news comes from security researcher Troy Hunt, who runs the Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) site that enables people to check and also receive alerts if any of their online accounts may have been the victim of a known breach.
The stash of data was posted on file-sharing service MEGA and later also on an "unnamed popular hacking forum", said Hunt. It comprises more than 12,000 files that weigh in at 87 gigabytes in total.
"Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totaling 2,692,818,238 rows. It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources," wrote Hunt. This figure refers to raw data, before cleanup removed duplicate and junk bits.
Also as part of the cleanup, 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords were 'distilled' into 772,904,991 unique email addresses; along with 21,222,975 unique passwords available in plain text. As a result, this tally doesn't include passwords that were found still in their hashed form.
Importantly, anyone who got their hands on the cache can easily test the plain-text passwords against actual accounts. Approximately 140 million email accounts and some 10.6 million passwords were not known from past breaches.
New breach: The "Collection #1" credential stuffing list began broadly circulating last week and contains 772,904,991 unique email addresses with plain text passwords (now in Pwned Passwords). 82% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://t.co/BAa3rbgZo4
— Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) January 16, 2019
In addition, Hunt said that he recognized many actual breaches in the directory list, but noted that "it's entirely possible that some of them refer to services that haven't actually been involved in a data breach at all."
Either way, he added that his own older logins showed up in the cache, too, and that this old email/password combination was indeed accurate.
"In short, if you're in this breach, one or more passwords you've previously used are floating around for others to see," he wrote.
The takeaway?
Now that Hunt has loaded data from Collection #1 into HIBP, you are very well-advised to see for yourself if any of your email accounts, or an online account associated with your email(s), may have been part of a known breach (passwords can be checked here). If so, consider changing your password and making sure you don't reuse it elsewhere, which is where a reliable password manager can also help.
Also, you should also consider using two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever possible, as that's a very simple measure to help fend off account-takeover attempts. Frankly, you should be using it already.
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By Nancy McGill
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Ten veterans were honored during the Veterans Day ceremony at Thayer Central High School.
One by one, the veterans were named as students displayed their respective Quilts of Valor, a national project meant to cover veterans in love and gratitude.
The veterans were:
Dwight Pumphrey — He enlisted in the US Army Aug. 14, 1942 was honorably discharged Feb. 13, 1946 from Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He continued his service in the Army Reserves. Pumphery retired from the Reserves as a major June 13, 1979. He received the Bronze Star and European-African-Middle Eastern Service medal.
Ivan Ayers — He enlisted in the US Army April 6, 1951 and was honorably discharged in Breckenridge, Ky., March 27, 1953. He received the Army of Occupation medal.
Kenneth Eggers — He was in the US Navy from June 5, 1951 until June 24, 1955. He then entered the Naval Reserves. Eggers was the recipient of seven medals, Good Conduct, Korean Service, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service, China Service, Navy Occupation Service and National Defense Service.
Dale Johnson — Johnson's military records could not be located. Daughter Deb Pope said her father thinks he enlisted in October of 1951. He was stationed at Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif. He was most likely a staff sergeant in the Air Force during the Korean War. Johnson was honorable discharged May 21, 1955.
Wilfred Mussman — He was inducted into the US Army Jan. 29, 1953 and was honorably discharged from Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 24, 1954 as a sergeant. He entered the Army Reserves and served for another eight years. Mussman was presented with the United Nations Service medal, National Defense Service medal, Korean Service medal, Good Conduct and Overseas Bar.
Robert Bacon — He enlisted in the US Marine Corps Feb. 21, 1952. He was stationed at Barstow, Calif and was honorably discharged Feb. 20, 1954. He moved on to finish his education at Peru State College and received his teaching and coaching certificate, educating for 35 years with 25 of those years at Hebron High School.
The sixth grade class of 2023 honored Bacon for his contributions to country and education.
Lawrence Traudt — He entered active duty May 8, 1953 and was honorably discharged April 23, 1955 from Fort Carson, Colo., as a corporal. To complete his eight-year committment, Traudt entered the Military Reserve. He received the Good Conduct and National Defense Service medals.
Roger Retzlaff — Retzlaff went into the US Army May 15, 1969 and after being honorably discharged, he served in the Reserves until May 14, 1975. He received eight medals, National Defense Service, M-16 Marksmanship, Sharp Shooter, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign, Combat Infantry Bridge, Army Commendation and Overseas Service.
Kathryn Retzlaff entered the US Army Quarter Master Service July 5, 1968. She was discharged Feb. 5, 1972. Kathryn then entered the Army Reserves. She was ordered back to active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Aug. 20, 2004 to Oct. 11, 2005. A partial listing of her awards include the Meritorious Service, Joint Service Commendation, U.S. Army Commendation (third time), U.S. Army Achievement, U.S.A. Good Conduct, Army Reserve Component Achievement, National Defense Service, Vietnam Service, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Armed Forces Reserve, non-commissioned officer and professional development award, Armed Forces Reserve medal with Mobilization Apparatus, Army Service ribbon and Global War on Terror Service.
Shawn Winans — He entered the US Army Aug. 24, 2000. He was a tanker with the 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, 34 Armored Regiment and later moved to 1st Battalion, 34 Armored Regiment, where he volunteered for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He landed in Kuwait Sept. 9, 2004. While on patrol, the Humvee he was riding in came into contact with an improvised explosive device.
Winans was medically discharged and received a number of awards, Purple Heart, Army Commendation, Army Achievement, Army Good Conduct, National Defense Non Commissioned Officer's Professional Development ribbon, Army Service ribbon, Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver T bar and Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver W bar.
The Quilts of Valor were made by 4-H quilters, Ro Bratton for Pumphery, Kathy Retzlaff for Roger Retzlaff, Traudt's daughter and sixth grade students for Bacon.
Also honored was teacher Anne Heitmann by Superintendent Drew Harris.
She was called to the stage and honored as the 2015-2016 American Legion Middle School Teacher of the Year.
In 2014, Heitmann was part of local fundraising for the Korean War Veterans Honor Flight to Washington D.C. That effort raised $4,200.
Heitmann again helped with fundraising for the Vietnam War Combat Veterans Honor Flight, calling the project Operation Airlift 2.0.
Students were fully engaged in the project and raised over $8,000 and paid for nine veterans to participate in the flight.
Veterans and students were featured on 10/11's Lance's Journal and the project received many letters from veterans who attended the flight event.
Heitmann was nominated for Middle School Teacher of the Year by Glenn Fischer and the Hebron American Legion Post 180. The State Legion selected Heitmann out of a pool of Nebraska teachers.
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In another of President Obama's new "get tough" moves, he, via executive order, got rid of one of the many bad laws that made up the Bush legacy. Today, No Child Left Behind is history.
President Obama unveiled the most significant changes to U.S. education policy in a decade, using his executive authority to give states more flexibility to opt out of some provisions of the controversial No Child Left Behind program that was a signature initiative of President George W. Bush.
"We can't let another generation of young people fall behind," Mr. Obama told an audience of education leaders in the East Room of the White House.
Mr. Obama expressed frustration with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have bickered about the best way to improve the increasingly unpopular program championed 10 years ago by Bush and liberal Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy. Mr. Bush signed the law in early 2002 at an Ohio high school in the congressional district of House Speaker John Boehner, who was then chairman of the House panel overseeing responsible for education.
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We found ourselves in a situation near the top of Act Two where the lighting was a little out of synch. Jenny Price, playing the Ghost of Christmas Present, calmly found a pool of light upstage and we carried on with the scene. What a pro! She is always fully present in a scene, and a delight to work with.
This is our third time doing a show together I think, though my memory is not what it used to be. Humbug! We performed together in Beauty and the Beast in 2006 and Les Mis earlier this year. I know that the arts, and Keyano Theatre Company (KTC) in particular, have meant a lot to Jenny. So, I decided to dive in and find out a little bit more.
How has this theatrical adventure differed from some of the others?
I'm always excited to start a new project with KTC. Each show that I've had the good fortune to be involved in is a completely new experience. Every director has such a different approach and I have particularly enjoyed working with Jacqueline. She has such a positive energy and leaves so much room to explore and evolve your character.
What do you think of the current state of KTC and the fact that almost half of the cast are experiencing their first production?
I feel like this is a very exciting time to be a part of the Keyano Theatre Company. The last two shows I have been involved with have been filled with new and incredibly talented people. It's wonderful to see that the KTC is engaging new company members and is staying relevant and new in our rapidly changing city.
Why do you love community theatre?
I love community theatre because it creates this environment where people who would typically have never met come together to create something incredible. We always form this bond that transcends age and occupation. In a very short time we will disperse and return to our regular lives but we will always have this shared experience binding us together.
Apart from your own scenes, is there a scene in A Christmas Carol that you look forward to watching and/or hearing every night?
I just love the scene where the twins come to Scrooge's office seeking a charitable donation. Jennie and Constance are just fantastically hilarious. I'm looking forward to hearing an audience respond to their scenes.
What role does a supportive family play in this process?
I couldn't do theatre without the support of my family. I don't just mean my husband and kids, either. We truly raise our kids in a village and our extended family is always a really important support for us whenever I am involved in a show. I am so grateful to my whole family for allowing me to live out my passion for performing.
A Christmas Carol previewed last night to a large, appreciative audience who gave us one of the warmest standing ovations that I've ever experienced. We open this evening, and yes, there are some tickets still available for all performances. But don't wait too long to get yours. We landed on the front page of the Fort McMurray Today this morning, which could inspire a run at the Box Office. The audience is the final and most important ingredient in this magical experience.


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List of Universities in Bayelsa State
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There are four(4) Universities in Bayelsa State, of which one Is a federal university and three are state-owned.
Bayelsa State is a state in southern Nigeria in the center Niger Delta district, between Delta State and Rivers State. Its capital is Yenagoa. The language communicated here is the Ijaw language as well as the Igbo Language in certain regions like the Ogbia region and so forth; in any case, however like in the rest of the states in Nigeria, English is the official language. The state was established in 1996 from some portions of Rivers State and hence, it is one of the most up-to-date conditions of the Nigerian organization.
Universities in Bayelsa State
The following are the list of Universities in Bayelsa State. These universities have delivered probably the smartest students in Nigeria, and a ton of students are as yet coming up from the colleges. They include:
Federal University in Bayelsa State
Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa
Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa is a Federal University in Bayelsa State. The Federal University Otuoke (FUO) is one of the Federal Universities laid out by the Federal Government of Nigeria in February 2011 in the perception of the need to connect the extraordinary split between the instructively advantaged and hindered segments of the country, particularly in regions where colleges were deficient. Located in the peaceful and secure Otuoke Community, at the core of the oil-rich Niger-Delta locale of Bayelsa State.
The University Mission is the age, spread, safeguarding, and utilization of information. The vision of the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO) is to acquire and keep standing as a top-notch college that moves every one of its students to accomplish the most elevated levels of scholarly and self-awareness, advance practical turn of events, as well as contribute deliberate and moral support of the country and Mankind. The University aspires to accomplish this through its basic beliefs caught as FUO L-I-K-E-S: Learning, Integrity, Knowledge, Excellence, Service, and Scholarship.
The University offers both Graduate and postgraduate programs. The Federal University Otuoke Postgraduate School offers courses prompting the honor of postgraduate diploma, Master and Doctorate certificates in programs in the Humanities, Management Sciences, Science and Social Sciences.
Admission requirements for Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa
Getting admitted into an Undergraduate Program in Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa (FUO) is essentially under 2 procedures which incorporate the UTME entry and the Direct Entry.
Admission requirements through JAMB
Candidates should have reached the age of 16.
Candidates should have no less than 6 (six) "Cs (Credits)" grades in their O'level result (s). This should incorporate the English Language, Mathematics, and three different subjects connected with their course of study.
Candidates should score no less than 180 in the JAMB UTME assessment
Not more than ONE sitting outcome is acknowledged for entrance into the Federal University, Otuoke (FUOTUOKE)
Candidates should pick the right subject mix for their courses.
Finally, applicants should meet the specified cut-off marks for their courses to acquire entrance into the college.
Admission requirements through DIRECT ENTRY
Candidates should have five (5) Credits in their O'level result. This should incorporate English Language and Mathematics. Nonetheless, two sitting outcomes aren't permitted.
Candidates should have likewise arrived at the age of 16.
Candidates are supposed to get the JAMB Direct Entry form from JAMB to apply.
Candidates ought to have any of the following certifications: OND, ND, NCE, IJMB, Cambridge A level, BSc, HND, ICAN
Faculties in Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa
As of now, The Federal University Otuoke operates Six Faculties and 26 completely certify programs viz:
Faculty of Social Science
State Universities in Bayelsa State
Bayelsa state seems to be a unique state because there are three(3) state-owned universities in Bayelsa State. Below is the list of State Universities in Bayelsa state;
Niger Delta University Yenagoa
Niger Delta University is a State University in Bayelsa State. Niger Delta University (NDU) is a Bayelsa State government-funded University that is situated on Wilberforce Island (an island of extraordinary noteworthy importance) around 30 kilometers from Yenagoa – Bayelsa State capital. The Niger Delta University was Established in 2000. The University logo mirrors the riverine and petrol rich milieux of the State, while the Vision and Mission are summed up in the saying (Creativity, Excellence, Service). The biodiversity of the broad encompassing scene opens potential open doors for different cooperative examination exercises.
Since academic exercises began in the 2001/2002 session, the college has developed from admission of 1039 students to a flourishing populace of more than 20,000 students and 3518 educational and non-academic staff with the primary grounds and a College of Health Sciences grounds in Wilberforce Island and a satellite grounds lodging the Faculty of Law in the State capital. Niger Delta University, equip students with the chance to completely change themselves in a well-disposed climate.
Their academic and non-academic staff are establishing a helpful scholastic climate zeroing in on the improvement of the capacities of students. The current twelve faculties provide multiple open doors. Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, Yenagoa.
Programs offered at Niger Delta University
The University currently runs the following programs;
Part-time program
Preliminary Study
Admission Requirements for Niger Delta University(UNDERGRADUATE)
Getting admitted into an Undergraduate Program at Niger Delta University (NDU) is essentially under 2 procedures which incorporate the UTME entry and the Direct Entry.
Candidates must have at least 5 credits in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE/GCE) Ordinary Level Credits in a limit of 2 sittings.
Candidates should pick the right JAMB subject mix for their course.
Candidates should score at least 160 in the JAMB UTME examination to be offered entrance into the Niger Delta University.
You should pick NDU as your First Choice of Institution.
You Must Participate in NDU POST UTME/SCREENING to be considered for admission if any for the year.
Candidates should have arrived at the age of 16.
Candidates must have up to 5 credits in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE/GCE) Ordinary Level Credits in at least 2 sittings.
Candidates should have 'A' level/IJMB passes in two subjects that are connected with their area of study.
JUPEB/A' Level passes in Related subjects.
Degree (First Class/Second Class Upper) in related fields for your course of decision.
Direct entry candidates are expected to buy the NDU Direct Entry structure through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) And NDU Portal.
Admission Requirements for Niger Delta University(POSTGRADUATE)
To be considered for admission into the Post Graduate Certificate program, applicants ought to;
Have five credit passes in not multiple sittings in any of the following examinations;
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level Examination
West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE),
National Examination Council (NECO), National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), or their counterparts
Meet the different departmental registration requirements
Faculties in Niger Delta University
Faculty of Agricultural Technology
Faculty of basic medical science
Faculty of Environmental Management
University of Africa Toru Orua, Bayelsa State
University of Africa, Toru-Orua is a State University in Bayelsa State. The University of Africa is a non-profit public advanced education establishment situated in Toru-Orua, Bayelsa. The University has branches in the following location(s): Bolou Orua. The University of Africa was established in 2016. The University of Africa is formally certified and accredited by the National Universities Commission, Nigeria.
University of Africa (UAT) is a small coeducational higher education establishment. University of Africa (UAT) offers courses and programs prompting formally acknowledged higher education degrees such as pre-bachelor certifications (i.e diplomas, certificates, associate or foundation degrees), and bachelor's degrees in a few areas of study. This advanced education foundation has a specific confirmation strategy in light of selection tests and students' previous academic records and grades.
UAT likewise gives a few academic and non-academic offices and administrations to students including a library, accommodation, sports offices or potentially exercises, scholarship or financial aids, as well as regulatory administrations. Prof. Kingston Nyamapfene Is currently the Vice-chancellor of the University of Africa Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State.
Admission Requirements for University of Africa Toru-Orua
Candidates should be 16 years before applying.
Candidates should have no less than 6 (six) "Cs (Credits)" grades in their O'level result (s).
Candidates should score 180 in the JAMB UTME examination.
Departments in University of Africa, Toru-Orua
Educational management
Hotel management and tourism
Bayelsa Medical University
Bayelsa Medical University is a State University in Bayelsa State. Medical University (BMU) is a specialized clinical college established to raise yields of expertly skilled staff in the multi-disciplinary investigation of medication and partnered clinical sciences that are equipped for recognizing well-being needs and moves of society and proffering answers for such issues for the prosperity of humanity..
Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) is committed to advancing greatness and administration in clinical science through schooling, exploration, and arrangement of medical care that will propel the psychological, physical, and profound prosperity of individuals from all over the world. Bayelsa Medical University was established in August 2018 by the Bayelsa State Government. Bayelsa Medical University fees range from (300000-600000 Naira).
The vice Chancellor of Bayelsa Medical University is Prof. Ebitimitula Nicholas Etebu.
Admission Requirements for Bayelsa Medical University
Candidates must choose Bayelsa Medical University as their first choice when applying for UTME
Candidates must score 140 above in their UTME. However, the 140 cut-off mark does not apply to all faculties.
Candidates must have at least five (5) credit passes in SSCE/NECO/NABTEB in the relevant subjects at not more than two sittings.
Applicants with the relevant certificates such as B.Sc/HND/ND/NCE/A'Level (IJMB, JUPEB, and Institute of Baccalaureate) Certificate may be considered for admission by Direct Entry.
Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) also accepts/admits students from other universities with the appropriate CGPA through Inter-University Transfer.
Faculties in Bayelsa Medical University (BMU)
Faculty of Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Above are the list of Universities students can apply for admission to in Bayelsa State. Although for now, Bayelsa State has no private University, only one federal institution, and three state Owned Universities. So it's left for those interested in obtaining a degree in a University located in Bayelsa to choose from the list given above.
How many Universities are there in Bayelsa State?
Four universities exist in Bayelsa State, of which one belongs to the federal government and three belong to the state government.
Is Niger Delta University a federal University?
Niger Delta University is a state-owned University. It Is located In Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State in the southern part of Nigeria.
What is the cut-off mark for the University of Africa?
The acceptable UTME Cut off Mark to gain admission into UAT is 180. Candidates should have made the University Of Africa Toru Orua their first choice in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Does Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa write Post UTME?
No, candidates seeking admission into Federal University, Otuoke are not screened with Post UTME/aptitude test exams.
Anambra state also has some universities you can consider seeking admission to. Check out List of Universities in Anambra State.
God'sgift is a freelance writer with years of experience in different niches. She has worked on different platforms where she creates engaging content. As a writer on scholarsrank website, she researches and creates educational writeup that appeals to the targeted audience.


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