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Data security in an age of questionable trust
By Andy Teichholz
Andy Teichholz
At the turn of the twentieth century, oil reigned supreme as one of the most valuable commodities, fueling incredible growth and propelling the economies of the world into a convergence of trade
Fast forward 100 years later, this once lucrative trading good that powered the automobiles, homes and common items we take for granted, no longer holds this same favoured position. Data, on the other hand, encompassing all of our information we regularly generate and distribute at an alarming rate is prompting government regulators and individuals to investigate and question how our information is used. Now more than ever, data has propelled ahead to become the most important "good". Its value and impact is immense with the capacity to empower the decisions and actions of individuals and entire organizations. In particular, in the retail sector, almost every electronic transaction and purchase is being recorded, along with the personal habits of billions of people the world over. Personal opinions, messages and thoughts are being shared at a pace that was previously unfathomable through various social media channels. The digital transformation of human activity has fast-tracked data and its insights into a realm of unparalleled value and endless opportunity.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation process has become further accelerated, making digital interactions between customers, businesses and employees vital to sustained productivity and service delivery. In this new world reality, many businesses and organizations now find themselves in a scenario challenging current practices and processes; products and offerings must scale rapidly within shorter time frames, sometimes in a matter of days or weeks, rapidly scaling from previous delivery timelines. The rush for many organizations to become digital-first is evident as remote work for millions of the global workforce has become the new norm. This new and evolving experience taking place within the digital realm has implications for data privacy and security. As more processes shift to digital, more data is generated, shared and sold. Now more than ever, data protection is critical, especially when it comes to consumer personal data.
With more media coverage and social media exposure, customers have become acutely aware of their rights and concerned about how their data is being protected. According to new research commissioned by OpenText, of 2,000 Canadians polled, nearly half (49%) stated they would pay more to do business with an organization that is committed to protecting their data privacy, with 40% of respondents stating they don't trust organizations to keep their personal data safe or private. When coupled with growing consumer expectations around data privacy, and the increasingly stringent regulatory environment governing how personal data needs to be managed, organizations must ensure that their data privacy systems can scale appropriately for a digital-first era.
The impact of data privacy reform around the world cannot be overstated. It set the standard for expanding consumer control over their data and rights, among other things, to understand how their data is being processed, used, and managed. Legislation such as, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Privacy Act – the former governing how private sector businesses can collect, use or disclosure of personal information in relation to commercial activities and the latter – governing Canadian privacy rights when individuals interact with or engage with the federal government are prime examples. While there are additional privacy laws in place by province, for example, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) that governs specific institutional obligations to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to the personal information of Ontarians and their general government records, the overarching trend is clear: technological innovation and increasing volumes of information are pushing the limits of privacy well beyond current regulatory standards and legal requirements. And as the amount and complexity of information grows, so do the risks and impact across all areas of an organization or institution.
Given these challenges, strong information management is the first step to achieving data privacy compliance. Organizations need to bring departments and teams together to reveal a more cohesive and all-encompassing picture of information management for both its structured and unstructured data. Businesses can benefit from incorporating enterprise content management software that allows them to manage the flow of information from the initial retention through to its eventual archival or disposition to reduce risk and address an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.
Organizations that fail to comply with data privacy laws risk losing the trust of their customers and ultimately their business. Executives and leaders must adopt technology that not only provides visibility into how they capture and secure data, but also provide appropriate opportunities to respond rapidly to customers' requests. In addition to implementing appropriate security measures, organizations should invest in comprehensive privacy management solutions that automate and integrate an organization's privacy policies with data privacy and protection principles. As a result, organizations will be in a better position to satisfy regulatory requirements, reduce the risk of reputational harm, and maintain customer trust.
Andy Teichholz is Senior Industry Marketing Strategist, Legal and Compliance, OpenText.
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Kompania graniczna KOP "Mikołajewszczyzna" – pododdział graniczny Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza pełniący służbę ochronną na granicy polsko-radzieckiej.

Geneza
Do czasu zakończenia wojny polsko-bolszewickiej, czyli do jesieni 1920 roku, wschodnią granicę państwa polskiego wyznaczała linia frontu. Dopiero zarządzeniem z 6 listopada 1920 roku utworzono Kordon Graniczny Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych. W połowie stycznia 1921 roku zmodyfikowano formę ochrony granicy i rozpoczęto organizowanie Kordonu Granicznego Naczelnego Dowództwa WP. Obsadzony on miał być przez żandarmerię polową i oddziały wojskowe. Latem 1921 roku ochronę granicy wschodniej postanowiło powierzyć Batalionom Celnym. W Nowym Świerżeniu rozmieszczono dowództwo i pododdziały sztabowe 2 batalionu celnego, a jego 1 kompania stacjonowała w Mikołajewszczyźnie.
W drugiej połowie 1922 roku przeprowadzono kolejną reorganizację organów strzegących granicy wschodniej. 1 września 1922 bataliony celne przemianowano na bataliony Straży Granicznej. W rejonie odpowiedzialności przyszłej kompanii granicznej KOP "Druskienniki" służbę graniczną pełniły pododdziały 41 batalionu Straży Granicznej.
Już w następnym roku zlikwidowano Straż Graniczną, a z dniem 1 lipca 1923 roku pełnienie służby granicznej na wschodnich rubieżach powierzono Policji Państwowej.
W sierpniu 1924 roku podjęto uchwałę o powołaniu Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza – formacji zorganizowanej na wzór wojskowy, a będącej w etacie Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych.

Formowanie i zmiany organizacyjne
Na podstawie rozkazu szefa Sztabu Generalnego L. dz. 12044/O.de B./24 z 27 września 1924 roku, w pierwszym etapie organizacji Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza sformowano 8 batalion graniczny , a w jego składzie 18 kompanię graniczną KOP. W listopadzie 1936 roku kompania liczyła 2 oficerów, 7 podoficerów, 4 nadterminowych i 82 żołnierzy służby zasadniczej.

W 1939 roku 1 kompania graniczna KOP "Mikołajewszczyzna" podlegała dowódcy batalionu KOP "Stołpce".

Służba graniczna
Podstawową jednostką taktyczną Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza przeznaczoną do pełnienia służby ochronnej był batalion graniczny. Odcinek batalionu dzielił się na pododcinki kompanii, a te z kolei na pododcinki strażnic, które były "zasadniczymi jednostkami pełniącymi służbę ochronną", w sile półplutonu. Służba ochronna pełniona była systemem zmiennym, polegającym na stałym patrolowaniu strefy nadgranicznej i tyłowej, wystawianiu posterunków alarmowych, obserwacyjnych i kontrolnych stałych, patrolowaniu i organizowaniu zasadzek w miejscach rozpoznanych jako niebezpieczne, kontrolowaniu dokumentów i zatrzymywaniu osób podejrzanych, a także utrzymywaniu ścisłej łączności między oddziałami i władzami administracyjnymi. Miejscowość, w którym stacjonowała kompania graniczna, posiadała status garnizonu Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza.

1 kompania graniczna "Mikołajewszczyzna" w 1934 roku ochraniała odcinek granicy państwowej szerokości 20 kilometrów 330 metrów. Po stronie sowieckiej granicę ochraniały zastawy "Piastuny" i "Mosiewicze" z komendantury "Mohylno".

Wydarzenia:
 W meldunku sytuacyjnym KOP za okres od 11 do 20 listopada 1928 odnotowano: Patrol kontrolny zauważył podczas kontroli słupów granicznych przestrzelone godło państwowe na słupie granicznym nr 818.

Kompanie sąsiednie:
 3 kompania graniczna KOP "Kołosowo" ⇔ 2 kompania graniczna KOP "Siejłowicze" – 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1938

Struktura organizacyjna
Strażnice kompanii w 1928:
 69 strażnica KOP "Ługowate"
 70 strażnica KOP "Iłowo" (Iłłowo)
 71 strażnica KOP "Panie Kochanku"
 72 strażnica KOP "Połośnia"
 strażnica KOP "Folwark Truss"

Strażnice kompanii w latach 1929 – 1934
 strażnica KOP "Ługowate"
 strażnica KOP "Iłowo"
 strażnica KOP "Las Połośniański"
 strażnica KOP "Połośnia"

Strażnice kompanii w 1938
 strażnica KOP "Las Połośniański"
 strażnica KOP "Połośnia"

Organizacja kompanii 17 września 1939:
 dowództwo kompanii
 pluton odwodowy
 1 strażnica KOP "Las Połośniański"
 2 strażnica KOP "Połośnia"

Dowódcy kompanii
 kpt. Witold Gorczycki (- VIII 1939)

Uwagi

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Mikołajewszczyzna
Kompanie graniczne KOP rozmieszczone na granicy polsko-radzieckiej
Kompanie batalionu KOP "Stołpce"
Kompanie graniczne KOP w powiecie stołpeckim

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A home at a time, Oak Park looks to patch 'leaky' homes
'Better Planet' could start at your house, says Buchanan
by Stacey Sheridan November 30, 2021 November 30, 2021
Oak Park village hall
As part of the Oak Park village board's goal to combat climate change, the village has launched the "Better Homes, Better Planet" campaign to inspire residents to plan for a more sustainable future by linking them to information, resources and even financial support. Renters, landlords and homeowners are all eligible to participate in the program.
"We wanted to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to participate," said Trustee Susan Buchanan, who is a member of the ad hoc climate change group that recommended much of what is included in the campaign.
The campaign is intended to reduce the village's carbon footprint as a whole while also saving individual households money with lowered utility bills. Oak Parkers have a range of options to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, whether or not they own it. A full list of the programs and grant opportunities is available on the campaign's dedicated website: www.sustainoakpark.com.
Residents can sign up for a ComEd energy efficiency audit of their homes through the website as well. While being free of charge, energy efficiency audits are the first step in the process of making homes more sustainable. Due to the advanced age of much of Oak Park's housing stock, many homes in the village have a tendency to leak energy, said Buchanan.
"It doesn't make sense to put solar panels on a leaky house and generate energy that's just going to leak out of your 100-year-old house," said Buchanan.
The audit determines ways in which residents can prevent further leakage. It also includes the installation of free or discounted energy saving products such as LED lightbulbs, programmable thermostats and hot water pipe insulation, among other upgrades.
With each audit, ComEd consultants give residents personalized reports identifying areas to save energy and money. ComEd can conduct the audits in person or virtually, depending on the wishes of the resident.
"ComEd itself is looking to do more of these," said Buchanan. "They want to get out in communities and do these audits."
Once the audit is completed, residents can turn to the village for support in implementing sustainability measures in their homes. Two financial incentives have been created to assist residents who wish to live more sustainably, including the local energy efficiency grant program. The village is putting $420,000 from its sustainability fund toward the grant program.
Those who are approved for the grant are eligible to receive up to $10,000 from the village of Oak Park to cover all or part of the cost of improving the heating, air conditioning and weatherization of their homes. Sealing and repairing windows, walls and doors are among the eligible improvements under the grant, as well as properly insulating attics and pipes.
To encourage residents to tap into solar power, the village will cover 50 percent of the cost to install home solar panels up to $10,000 through its energy efficiency grant. A total of $225,000 from the sustainability fund will go toward the solar rebates program.
Equity, as well as sustainability, was prioritized in the creation of the "Better Homes, Better Planet" campaign. Those who meet a certain income level may also qualify for financial assistance beyond that offered by the village of Oak Park, such as the Illinois Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP.)
The LIHEAP block grant helps low-income renters pay for winter energy bills, ensuring they stay warm throughout the cold months. Undocumented workers are eligible for the LIHEAP as well, providing their income meets the eligibility requirements. Renters can apply for LIHEAP through the "Better Homes, Better Planet" dedicated website as well.
During her time on the board, Buchanan has advocated for the village to take climate change more seriously. With the creation of the "Better Homes, Better Planet" campaign and listening to the recommendations of the ad hoc climate change group, she believes the village of Oak Park is inching closer toward becoming a more sustainable community.
"I'm thrilled," she said.
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Xi Sends Condolences to Macron over Notre Dame Fire
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a condolence message to his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, after a fire ravaged the world-famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The Chinese president said that Notre Dame is a significant symbol of the French civilization and a great treasure of the human civilization.
Like the French people, the Chinese people were also deeply saddened by the devastating fire, Xi said.
China firmly believes that restoration will be carried out smoothly and Notre Dame will regain her splendor under the efforts of the French people and with support from the international community, Xi said.


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Gemma Flynn is a New Zealand female field Hockey player. She participates for the New Zealand women's National Field Hockey Team, which is fondly called as Black Sticks Women. She made her debut for the Black Sticks Women sine 2008. She was part of the team for the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and also 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games as well. Gemma Flynn was the part of the New Zealand Women's Hockey Team, which won the Silver Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the Bronze Medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
She was also part of the Bronze medal winning team at the 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. In 2009, just after a year with the team, she also became part of the New Zealand Champions Challenge winning team in Cape Town, South Africa.
Gemma Flynn was born in Tauranga and is the youngest child of Rob and Michelle Flynn. She studied at the Tauranga Intermediate School and then in Tauranga Girl's College. Since January 2013, Gemma Flynn has been studying sports science at the Massey University on Auckland's North Shore. Gemma Flynn has been playing field hockey since she was just 5 years old.
She considers her debut for the Black Sticks Women as the highest point of her professional career. She has sacrificed her friends, holidays and early morning to become a professional field hockey player. As per Gemma Flynn, Di Weavers and her Mother are the most influential people in her life. Gemma Flynn admires Christian Cullen, Irene Van Dyk and Brittany Walker as sports persons.
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Home / Archives / Moviemaking / Other / The Irresistible Lure of the Heist: From Baby Driver to Logan Lucky, Why Do We Return to This Classic Genre?
The Irresistible Lure of the Heist: From Baby Driver to Logan Lucky, Why Do We Return to This Classic Genre?
By Daryl Lee on July 17, 2017
Looking for a summer getaway? You may have to steal it.
A couple of high-profile heists have promised summer pleasures this year. Steven Soderbergh, an old pro at the genre, returns to feature directing with the NASCAR-driven, self-described "hillbilly heist" Logan Lucky, while Edgar Wright's kinetic Baby Driver has already delighted audiences with its musical stylings. The social-security-sucks-so-let's-hit-a-bank Going in Style (a remake, by Zach Braff, of the 1979 hit) grossed a decent $81 million worldwide this spring.
And there's even more on the way. Women will break into the traditionally virile world in Ocean's Eight early next year (starring Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Sandra Bullock, Rihanna and more), and also in British auteur Steve McQueen's upcoming Widows, led by Viola Davis. Meanwhile, Robert Redford brings back some of the swagger of The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in David Lowery's upcoming The Old Man and the Gun, based on real-life heist genius Forrest Tucker.
Wright himself programmed a screening series called "Edgar Wright Presents Heist Society" at Brooklyn's BAMcinématek this summer (June 30 to July 23), and penned program blurbs for each title. His line-up ranges from black-and-white classics like Alexander Mackendrick's The Ladykillers (1955) and Joseph H. Lewis' Gun Crazy (1950) to modern takes like Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket (1996), Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998) and Sebastian Schipper's one-take-wonder Victoria (2015). Some of them—The Driver ("the ultimate car chase movie"), Reservoir Dogs (a "postmodern take on the heist film") and Heat ("riveting, existential crime opera")—were direct influences on Baby Driver, he told MovieMaker.
"A lot of crime movies that I really like have a strong 'crime doesn't pay'-type moral kicker at the end. Baby Driver starts with a dream of being a getaway driver and the nightmare of being a criminal starts to creep in," Wright said. The three-part structure of his new movie was also indebted to some of its predecessors: "the idea that there were revolving cast members in each gang. I could have three heists, and each had a different combination of crews. For each heist, the stakes got higher and the decisions that the characters had to make got tougher."
The point is: The heist movie has been one of the Dream Factory's staples for a long time. But why?
Channing Tatum, Riley Keough and Adam Driver lead Logan Lucky, Steven Soderbergh's latest rendition of the heist genre. Photograph by Michael Tacket / Courtesy of Fingerprint Releasing and Bleecker Street
Across its history the heist has been as hit-and-miss at the box office as some of its characters have at robbing banks. But for the last 20 years, it's had a pretty good screen run. When it does hit its mark, it mixes the diversions of a gritty gangster or war flick, a tense spy thriller, a con-man or buddy movie—even a puttin'-on-the-show musical. (Now, if only it could deftly steal a little eros from the romance genre; no offense to the masculine world of Michael Mann's taut procedurals, yet the job is often about a girl but not for the girl.)
What exactly are the enduring qualities of the heist? The genre reaches back at least to Edwin S. Porter's foundational Western The Great Train Robbery (1903) and Depression-era gentleman thief or gangster films like Raoul Walsh's High Sierra (1941). But it found its purpose in a nebulae of black-and-white thrillers (and a couple of comedies) that added the heist to a constellation of B-lot noir brilliance in the 1940s.
With international flair, it was born a transnational genre. Borrowing the spectacular modernist montages and double-cross narratives of the German and Jewish moviemaker Robert Siodmak, who escaped to Hollywood in the '40s (Criss Cross, The Killers), and coming of age in the social justice and working class sympathies of John Huston (Asphalt Jungle), the heist folded a noir tradition with German expressionist and French poetic realist pedigrees into smart Hollywood concoctions. It crossed the Atlantic for capers in the U.K., as Charles Crichton's The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and Alexander Mackendrick's The Ladykillers (1955) translated noir into Ealing Studios comedic intelligence. The same year war veteran Sam Fuller was shooting House of Bamboo on location in Japan (1955), the heist was ensconced on the Continent by Jean-Pierre Melville's magnificent Bob le Flambeur (1956) and the blacklisted American Jules Dassin's brilliant, brutal Rififi (1955)—the latter soon parodied in Italy by Maro Monicelli's Bid Deal on Madonna Street (1958). These high-profile heists only hint at the rapid individuation of this screen lure during the first years of post-war globalization—and the heist's social purpose as a vehicle to think about the winners and losers in a new world system of capital flows, changing values and disrupted societies.
The heist is nimble. Its basic elements provide flexible story lines and structurally complex human networks. It's an actor's paradise, a play within the play, roles wrapped within roles in con games and double crosses, often in ensemble casts. Crime sells, so it's a studio's dream. And it's a director's secret weapon, a vehicle for expressing dissatisfaction with studios that constrain artistic prowess, allegorized through genius criminals who fool the system.
Crime sells, to be sure, but why else would so many directors try their hand at it? Joel and Ethan Coen, Albert and Allen Hughes, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, Barry Levinson, David Mamet, Frank Oz and Guy Ritchie all have wanted a piece of the pie. If it's comfortable in the realm of thrillers, it shifts easily between the comical and tragic, between rural bank jobs (last year's Hell or High Water) and sleek Wall Street fine art forgeries (The Thomas Crown Affair), even fanciful urban documentary (2008's Man on Wire).
And, in every case, it's a confidence game, social commentary masquerading as diverting entertainment.
Heist heist Baby: Edgar Wright's Baby Driver takes classic heist ingredients and combines them with elements of a musical. Courtesy of TriStar Pictures, Inc. and MRC II Distribution Company
Heist movies are about a lot of things. They're about process, plans and precision—particularly those "best laid plans" that never fail to go awry. They're about the coup itself, pulling off the perfect caper, and the stark beauty of failure (to wit: Stanley Kubrick's The Killing). They're about balletic teamwork and the social cohesion of the crew that faces tremendous obstacles but also internal strains from race, class and political difference. Look no further than the race and civil rights tensions raised in Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise, 1959), The Split (Gordon Flemyng, 1968), Dead Presidents (Albert and Allen Hughes, 1995), or Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006). In one sense, heists are utopian, constructing a marginalized micro-society of misfits. (Where else could the Malloy brothers from Provo, Utah find a home but in Danny Ocean's team?) They're about gambles and risks, unfolding in places where risk-to-profit ratios are extreme—racetracks and casinos—or utility-to-investment seems outlandish—jewelry stores and art collections. Which is to say, they provide clever parables for criticizing the vicissitudes of capitalism writ large, the world of global finance that touches rural Texas in tales of economic blight and loss as well as China.
The heist accrues value in times of economic and social instability. It's about the money, only it's never about money. It values the tenuous bonds that tie individuals and small groups together when they are under social and economic duress, appealing to a sharpened sense of social inequities between the haves and have-nots. It re-imagines that complex of values that underwrite society—love, friendship, honor, loyalty and diversity against pure economic greed. So, in addition to providing the pleasures of any well-made genre film by a skilled practitioner, one of the genre's enduring appeals lies in wish-fulfillment: It offers social and economic alternatives to the status quo.
To Read More on the Heist Genre
Stuart Kaminsky, American Film Genres (Pflaum, 1974)
Fran Mason, American Gangster Cinema: From Little Caesar to Pulp Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002)
J.P. Telotte, "Fatal Capers: Strategy and Enigma in Film Noir," Journal of Popular Film and Television, 23.4 (1996)
Jim Leach and Jeannette Sloniowski, The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film (forthcoming, Wayne State, 2018)
Andrew deWaard and R. Colin Tait, The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape (Wallflower Press and Columbia University Press, 2013) MM
Daryl Lee teaches French literature and film at Brigham Young University and is author of The Heist Film: Stealing with Style (Wallflower, 2014).
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As part of PARKSFest 2017 - a series of free, open-air festivals taking place all over the Royal Borough of Greenwich - the Friends of East Greenwich Pleasaunce will be holding its 11th Summer Festival, a free afternoon of live music, art exhibits, outdoor crafts, sports, refreshments and entertainment for all ages on Sunday 11th June 12-5pm.
There will be an Art tent with an exhibition of paintings and old fashioned printing by local artists; live jazz, folk and rock 'n' roll music on stage; under 5s activities at The Bridge community centre including face-painting, forest school activities, arts and crafts and a bouncy castle; as well as sports activities for older children; a dog show and a wide choice of refreshments, from Pistachios Cafe and others!
There will be no entry charge, though donations are always gratefully received, and people are encouraged to bring a picnic if the weather is kind!


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Q: Can someone please explain an efficient indexing method for deep paging using ElasticSearch? I am still trying to understand the benefits of say, one index per month, vs one type per month in one index using ElasticSearch.
In our application, users may have over 500,000 records of data to page through (of their own related userID data, multiply this by thousands of users)- offering 10-100 documents at a time.  Collected data will be, say, UserData and TransactionHistory.
The  ElasticSearch pagination documentation, brings across the point quite well, on why for large amounts of data, it is best to create multiple indices:

To understand why deep paging is problematic, let's imagine that we
  are searching within a single index with five primary shards. When we
  request the first page of results (results 1 to 10), each shard
  produces its own top 10 results and returns them to the requesting
  node, which then sorts all 50 results in order to select the overall
  top 10.
Now imagine that we ask for page 1,000—results 10,001 to 10,010.
  Everything works in the same way except that each shard has to produce
  its top 10,010 results. The requesting node then sorts through all
  50,050 results and discards 50,040 of them!
You can see that, in a distributed system, the cost of sorting results
  grows exponentially the deeper we page. There is a good reason that
  web search engines don't return more than 1,000 results for any query.

As explained, this makes sense.
Would it be safe then to have UserData and TransactionHistory all in the same time-stamped index per month, or day or week, depending on the amount of data collected?
If so, does ES have a process for automatically creating new indices with those types based on a schedule and organize these based on, say folders (or only by naming convention?), or is the creation of these indices strictly controlled and maintained by your application software?

A: You can do index management at application side, either with some scheduler or just with proper index template + action.auto_create_index: false in config. In later case you can just index your document to non-existing index, creating its name in runtime (i.e. based on date) and it will be created on the fly.
Talking about UserDate and TransactionHistory, it's really based on data you will put in that indexes, index/request frequency, nested/parent-child relations (if any). In general, you can have single index for such data, as it seems to be pretty small. If its so, you can even duplicate this data in timerange-sliced indexes, if you need some relations. In general, its really similar to dimensions and facts management in data-warehouse approach.

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In Review: Country & Blues Rocker Jeff Tuohy Displays His Musical Diversity On New Album 'Hudson Delta'
Mattie Elliot
Hailed as a "daring and multifaceted performer" (Hartford Advocate) with a "high level of musicianship and songwriting expertise" (Amplifier Magazine), Jeff Tuohy's first full-length album since 2009, Hudson Delta, seamlessly blends genres and influences to create a collection of songs that range from Celtic shanty to country-rock anthem.
Tuohy's aptitude for the performing arts was realized at an early age, allowing him to constantly be involved in music and theater throughout his youth. He attended Boston's Emerson college to pursue degrees in both Theatre and PR/Advertising, all while releasing his debut album in 2005. Witnessing the downfall of a record deal and the economy in 2009 following his sophomore album, Tuohy notes: "I had a choice: make good on my professional degree, or double down on art. I chose the latter."
Hudson Delta is an explosion of authenticity, opening with a bang of a song in "Funeral Party." The song is a horn-filled bluesy-jazz spectacle with a serious Billy Joel influence. Tuohy's gravelly baritone vocals, a horn arrangement, and jazzy keys create a song that's definitely nothing short of a party. This jazz-rock sound carries over to the album's first preceding single, "The Devil's in New Orleans," a more mellowed-out track with a seductive voodoo swing. The mostly spoken-word track crescendos into a soulful declaration backed by a soaring horn section.
Tuohy's expert genre-bending continues throughout the record, emphasized once again on the album's other two anticipatory singles, "Murder in A Dancehall" and "Old Roads." The former starts out as a gritty, backwoods country tune, and its chorus flourishes into a steady reggae beat. Not the two most seemingly compatible genres, but Tuohy makes it work well.
"Old Roads" definitely has a more traditional pop-country sound, similar to Kenny Chesney or Brad Paisley. The song contains all the heartfelt storytelling of the genre, its accompanying music video telling a story of love and pride for one's hometown. This song is also where we are able to see how incredible Tuohy's vocal range is, hearing him let out a soulful belt in the song's last chorus.
Just when you think Tuohy can't combine any more genres, "Sea of Galilee" takes the listener by pleasant surprise. The country-song-meets-Celtic-shanty has an infectious, revelrous jive that makes you want to get up and dance. The song has a whimsical and theatrical element, yet it remains tasteful and fits with the record's overall vibe.
Hudson Delta's final track, "Click, Boom, Click," wraps up the album in a way that absolutely oozes with NOLA jazz. The song has a sultry swing, an extravagant farewell as Tuohy closes his 11-track journey with a crashing piano solo.
In terms of expressions, Hudson Delta is less of a melting-pot and more of a mixed salad of genres. Each genre Tuohy plays with is distinctly present, working excellently with one another to take the listener on a unique theatrical journey. The album is a diverse party, and upon its conclusion, we leave as most satisfied guests.
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I have a 1987 Honda Accord that's carbureted, its engine size is 4 cylinder 12 valve 2.0 L. the mileage (can't recall right now) the problem started 3 days after i bought the car. this is where the problem began, im on my way to get the car smogged. while on the highway out of nowhere i lost a considerable amount of power and the car begins to sputter and backfire every once in a while. What it sounded like the engine was fighting to deliver the power anytime i would floor it, but something is clogged up preventing the engine from GIVING me that power. so i replaced both the front fuel filter in the engine and the rear fuel filter located underneath the back driver side tire. I've also replaced the spark plug wires, seeing as one wire was bad the contact point INSIDE the spark plug boot connecting to the spark plug had come off the inside of the boot sticking to the spark plug. this had helped solving the problem only so much. Meaning: that the engine still sounded like the intake or exhaust was clogged somewhere. I Still could not get the car past 70 miles per hr. without the engine acting as if it were to JUMP out of the engine bay and run off. also when this problem occured it seemed as if my engine got hotter and my oil turned black almost instantly. but wait it gets better!!!!! The car would still start up everytime i went to go drive it, even WITH these symptoms. Then i guess it finally had enough. Meaning say roughly after a week and a half to two weeks after i started having these problems i go to take the car to get a new catalytic converter for smog reasons, I go to start my car up and it WILL NOT maintain idle!!!!! it would start up with a high idle for 30 seconds seem as if it was going to drop to normal idle, but instead of doing that it just dies on me. now its stuck doing that. i can get it started, but it just dies on me after barely running for less than a minute. I hope i have been thorough enough as well as detailed. i do have some mechanical experience already with cars. Just no experience with carbureted enigines, only fuel injected. My guess is that it has something to do with the fuel system but i could be dead wrong to. Please HELP!!!!!!
Many possible things still. I didn't see distributor cap and rotor on your list or missed it? Wish you'd waited for converter and checked for back pressure first.
Vacuum anything and anywhere to be checked and fixed. Lots of vacuum operated things on carb and diaphragms that must work properly. Clean it if you can while it's running too down intake holding RPMs up.
Carbs: Vacuum gauge could be handy and check timing. If low general intake manifold vacuum timing could be off or valve timing off which you don't want but need to know that too.
Start there and don't let it run lousy too too long as you'll harm converter.
Just thoughts of many possible things as said. If this seems original heck it's gotta go! You can't always see flaws in "secondary" items meaning anything that carries the high voltage of spark. Trick is to spray lightly with slightly salty water (darkness can help tons) and spray OUTSIDE of items and nothing should arc or show sparks OR make it run worse. Include coil in that. Don't spray wet inside a distributor of course.
Vacuum testing both for leaks and that certain vacuum items hold. You can spray but be careful of flash fire with carb cleaner at suspect items/areas for improvement in idle or making it worse indicates a problem spot or item.
Handy gadget is a pistol type vacuum pump with gauge so you can test and read plain vacuum with same tool. Not that expensive and handy - takes up no room really for what it can do.
I'm concerned with distributor at first. Just be careful not to break anything. Just looked it up. 3 screws may be a fight. Pick up some WD-40 at least and Q-Tip screw threads where you can. If that cap is loose there's trouble and may already have a broken screw and need help extracting a broken screw and can get into some bucks.
They hide the coil under it and that is pricey so just do your best not to break anything taking a look. Fleck off any white crust found gently and treat threads of screws with a dab of grease and connections. WD-40 fine or get dialectic grease which will last longer.


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War and Tolstoy
Posted on 09 Sep 2013 by Frank Moraes
On this day in 1657, the German Baroque composer Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer was born. He is thought to be one of the best composers of his time. Unfortunately, very little of his work has survived. Here is Chaconne, a very impressive piece for harpsichord:
The great scientist Luigi Galvani was born in 1737. He did a lot of stuff, but he is remember for only one thing. And it is about the coolest "man" thing ever done. He took a dead frog's legs and applied an electric spark to them. And the legs twitched. This is actually very important. It showed that there were electrical signals in the body. But at this point, we mostly know it from grammar school science fairs and this really cool scene from Frankenweenie, which unfortunately, I had to create because no one seems to agree with me about what scenes are most important in films:
Film producer and lyricist ("Singing in the Rain") Arthur Freed was born in 1894. Novelist James Hilton was born in 1900. He wrote the novels Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Actor Cliff Robertson was born in 1923. The creator of the C programming language and one of the developers of unix, Dennis Ritchie was born in 1941. And the great singer and songwriter Otis Redding was born in 1941. He was only 26 when he died, but he still left a lot of great music. There isn't a lot of video of him available. Here he is doing doing his own song "Respect," which is still my favorite version:
Actor Hugh Grant is 53 today. Comedian Adam Sandler is 47. He seems to be incapable of doing anything but really stupid work now, regardless of how much talent he surrounds himself with. And actor Henry Thomas is 42.
The day, however, belongs to one of the greatest writers ever Leo Tolstoy who was born in 1828. Now obviously, I've never read him in Russian. But his voice comes across pretty clearly in translation. And Anna Karenina is amazingly affecting—literally a sob story for the reader. As a person, he doesn't seem to have been so great. Paul Johnson referred to Tolstoy as "God's elder brother." I'm afraid that does sum him up, but Johnson (a conservative apologist for just about every atrocity ever) has little room to talk.
Happy 185th birthday Leo Tolstoy!
It is in the 90s even as I write this. And what song has been going through my mind all day? The Carpenters' "Rainy Days and Mondays." I don't think much about The Carpenters. They certainly created finely crafted music with Karen Carpenter's beautiful voice. And boy did they work with great people. On this song, we have Joe Osborn on bass and Hal Blaine on drums. It was co-written by Paul Williams (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (music), who are not exactly underachievers.
At one point in my life, I probably would have brushed the song aside as so much sentimental nonsense. But it really is more than that. It's got a great old AABA structure with a really strong refrain. And Jack Daugherty's production is just perfect for the song. It builds in intensity rather than volume with some very nice background vocals during the bridge. I think it compares well to the modern "wall of sound" where no emotion is ever allowed to leak through.
Now, of course, it seems that everything The Carpenters ever did is even more bittersweet than it was at the time because of Karen Carpenter's unfortunate end. I do wish she were alive today: old, fat, and working a cabaret stage in Las Vegas. Oh well:
My favorite of their songs is Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett's "Superstar." I don't think it is as well written as "Rainy Days and Mondays." In particular, I don't like the disjointed transition from the verse to the chorus. And to be fair, the original Delaney & Bonnie version deals with the transition much better and is generally a better version of the song. But I like The Carpenters' version because it is plays the naivete way up. This includes changing the original lyric "I can hardly wait to sleep with you again" to "I can hardly wait to be with you again." Very Biblical!
Anyway, since you have probably heard The Carpenters version too much anyway, here is the Delaney & Bonnie version:
And it is now down into the 70s as I write this.
Will US Back Syria Deal?
Most people don't know it, but the original phrase was, "Be careful what you wish for US Secretary of State John Kerry, you might just get it." Okay, it wasn't really, but it should have been! While in London, a reporter asked if the Assad government could do anything to avoid an attack. Kerry took the bait and replied, "Sure. He could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week—turn it over, all of it without delay and allow the full and total accounting. But he isn't about to do it and it can't be done." Au contraire, you empty headed animal food trough wiper!
Within 5 hours, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov put just such a proposal together and gave it to his Syrian counterpart. And Syria said that they welcomed the proposal. Lavrov said, "If the establishment of international control over chemical weapons… makes it possible to avoid strikes, then we will immediately get to work with Damascus."
Of course, we will have to see. After all, in Kerry's original statement there was not only the firm statement that Assad wouldn't do it but that it can't be done. And such statements are typical of people like Kerry. They want to go to war but they also want to seem like they are being forced to do so. The United States will likely claim that they would love to accept the deal but unfortunately, they just can't trust that all the chemical weapons are gone. There might be one microgram somewhere. According to Reuters:
White House officials made clear their skepticism of the workability of the Russian proposal. Syria is a battleground where access for foreign experts would be dangerous. And it would be very hard to verify whether all sites had been sealed.
What's more, the administration is working the other side. Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said, "It's important to note that this proposal comes in the context of the threat of U.S. action and the pressure that the president is exerting. So it's even more important that we don't take the pressure off and that Congress give the president the authority he's requested." So maybe Russia shouldn't broker this deal because it will send the wrong message to the Obama regime!
Even more obvious, the rebels hate the idea. A rebel commander said, "It is a trap and deceitful maneuver by the Damascus regime and will do nothing to help the situation. They have tons of weapons hidden that would be nearly impossible for international inspectors to find." How exactly he would know that, I can't say. But I find it particularly interesting that he said it would do nothing to help the situation. I'm sure that's true… from his perspective. My understanding is that the rebels are losing this war and an attack by the United States may be their last best chance to win the conflict.
Meanwhile, the administration continues its bellicose rhetoric. Kerry continues to make outrageous statements that he can't back up. He said that during is (brief) time in the DA's office, he had successful prosecuted cases with less evidence than he has against Assad. Well, that may be. After all, poor people are convicted of all kinds of things that they didn't do. But one would think that the case for going to war would be a little stronger. Instead, the administration just keeps pushing more deceptive intelligence. On all 5 of the Sunday talk shows, White House Chief of State Denis McDonough repeated the same line about how no one has refuted the intelligence. That's true, but most people also don't find it that compelling. Just like for the Iraq War, the administration is massaging the intelligence to deceive.
But this proposal by Russia could really be good. In addition to stopping a bombing campaign, it would get rid of a large stockpile of chemical weapons. That's a win-win from my perspective. What we are going to find out is if Obama really wants to go to war or not. If the speculation is right that he simply painted himself into a corner, he will use this opportunity to get out of an attack. If he really does want war, he will find a way to kill this proposal. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say during his media blitz the next two days.
Journalism: Where Truth Does Not Matter
Have you heard about the free Amazon smart phones? On Friday, Jessica Lessin (the temporary location of a new technology news website) published a story, Amazon Wants to Offer Its Smartphone for Free. Who Will Follow? That's not a totally ridiculous idea. Amazon doesn't seem particularly interested in making money right now; they are only interested in crushing every other business on the planet. But it turned out that not only would other companies not follow, even Amazon won't.
Will Oremus at Slate reports today that on Sunday, the site currently named Jessica Lessin printed a second article, Amazon: No Phone Launch "This Year" and "Would Not Be Free." Well, that clears that up!
Oremus is very kind regarding the mix-up. And understandably so! People make mistakes. And maybe Amazon was thinking about releasing a free phone but when it went public, they pulled back. But there is something problematic about the idea of getting two stories out of a nonevent. For example, I could publish an article with the following headline:
Amazon Wants to Invest Millions in Frankly Curious
And then two days later I could publish:
Amazon: No Investment in Frankly Curious—Whatever it Is
Of course, it is necessary to have a reputation to destroy with such stunts. Certainly Jessica Lessin and the author Amir Efrati have that. But it isn't clear that their reputations are damaged, much less destroyed. It's because everyone pretty much agrees that journalism is little more than a game. I might not agree with that when it comes to politics and wars. But when it comes to technology reporting, it's hard to care. It has become little more than an industry of professional cheerleaders for various corporations.
Florida Arrests All… Except for Murder
George Zimmerman was arrested on some domestic assault charge. Whatever. I've always felt he was kind of an idiot. But I was very interested in what the Lake Mary police spokesman Zach Hudson said about Zimmerman's detention. "Anytime we have anybody suspected of doing anything, we place them in investigative detention until a complete investigation has been done." What a difference 5 miles makes!
You see, when Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, he was in Sanford, Florida. That's 5 whole miles away. Apparently, in Sanford, anytime they have anybody suspected of doing anything other than murder, they place them in investigative detention. What's more, in Sanford, they do criminal background checks on the victims, not the perpetrators. But mostly, they just assume that if you killed someone, he must have had it coming.
I'm glad to see that in Lake Mary they take policing more seriously. Or do they? After all, George Zimmerman didn't kill anyone this time. Maybe if he had stood his ground against his wife and killed her, he wouldn't be in jail. "She was banging my head against the colander and I felt threatened!" We won't know until George Zimmerman kills again. Check back here for updates!
New Van Gogh Sunset at Montmajour
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam unveiled a recently discovered Vincent Van Gogh landscape painting from 1888—two years before his death. The painting is named Sunset at Montmajour and it is entirely typical of Van Gogh's generic landscapes. I think the discovery is really interesting, because I would never have thought that works by him would be sitting around. The Van Gogh Gallery previously provided the following answer to the question, "I [have] an original Vincent van Gogh Painting that I [found]. Do you know how much it is worth, or how I can find out?"
If it truly is an ORIGINAL Vincent van Gogh painting that you or someone else has found the price would be outlandishly high. It would be one of the greatest lost paintings ever found.
This begs the question, "Is this one of the greatest lost paintings ever found?" Personally, I'm not so sure. Bearing in mind that I'm not much of a fan of Van Gogh, I don't much like the painting. I mean, it's okay, but nothing to get excited about. The clouds are kind of interesting, but above all, the painting isn't composed well. And indeed, Van Gogh wrote in a letter that the painting was a failed attempt.
But the story of its loss is really interesting. Apparently, Theo Van Gogh owned it at his death. It was sold a few times, eventually ending up in the hands of a Norwegian collector. At some point, he was told that it wasn't a Van Gogh, but rather just a copy. So he stored it in his attic where I assume it was eventually found. The Van Gogh Museum spent the last two years researching it.
So this is all quite exciting. Too bad they didn't discover another Modigliani. We could use a few more of his.
The Well Regulated Blind Militia
Yesterday, the Desmoines Register published, Iowa Grants Permits for Blind Residents to Carry Guns in Public. It is a fairly long article, but there really isn't much more information in article than there is in the headline and the subtitle that reads, "Sheriffs and advocates are divided on whether that's a good idea." I'm divided on the issue myself. On the one hand, these are blind people—with guns. On the other hand, are they really any more likely to be idiots than sighted people?
It seems to me that society has already decided this issue. We don't allow the blind to drive cars—both for the public safety but also for the safety of the blind person. So if the society decides that guns should not be carried around by blind people, that seems pretty reasonable given our social norms. Then again, I'm not keen on limiting people's rights. And it isn't that hard to imagine cases where a gun could be used effectively by a blind person. (It would seem that a taser would be just as effective, however.)
What I find interesting in all this is that guns in general are not treated like cars. In order to use a car, one must get training and pass a driving test. No such requirements are applied to using a gun. You just leave the gun store and accidentally shoot and kill your son. I think the problem is that we don't perceive guns as the dangerous things they are. They just sit there doing nothing until quite suddenly they explode a projectile with often tragic consequences. For example, the guy who killed his 7-year-old son in the gun store parking lot was experienced with guns. But he apparently didn't think there was anything wrong with having a loaded 9mm handgun sitting around his autistic child.
With public carry permits, the situation is better. Most states require some kind of training. And Iowa is no exception, "but that requirement can be satisfied through an online course that does not include any hands-on instruction or a shooting test." I think that gets to the heart of the problem. Our pathetically weak gun laws and almost nonexistent proficiency requirements are not just a fluke. They are the result of ideologues pushing for laws that make gun ownership and use as simple as possible.
From a broad social standpoint, blind people walking around with guns just doesn't matter—there are not many of them. But what bothers me is that legislatures think it is a good idea to provide such liberal gun laws that we are even discussing whether it is a good idea for completely blind people to walk around with loaded guns. I would prefer that we be much more careful about who we allow in public with guns. An armed society is not a polite society.
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This research guide is intended to provide an overview of English-language materials that address Nepal's series of earthquakes in April and May 2015, as well as the ongoing responses and repercussions of those events on all of Nepal's individuals, institutions, and regions. The guide provides reference linksto students, faculty, researchers, and community at UBC and the general global public. However, some resources require personal or institutional subscriptions to access them.
We are also collaborating on a searchable digital library database with a related project led by Professor Michael Hutt entitled 'After the Earth's Violent Sway: the tangible and intangible legacies of a natural disaster'. The database will be hosted at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), at the College of London.
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July held a bumper crop of watched movies – six total with two films viewed in the theater. That has got to be a record of some kind for me. Even though that many movies are great for reaching my goal, properly reviewing each and every one is not a possibility. Time is a precious commodity in the Whimsey household at this moment. Instead, I'll just share the highlights (and lowlights) from each movie and call it a day. Yes, I'm wimping out. I know it and I own it. But, it's my party and I can be a slacker if I want to.
Spider-Man and Brave were by far my favorites of the month. I anticipate that I will be doing some repeat viewings of both of those films. I would also watch Witness for the Prosecution again. I'm surprised at how much I am enjoying some of the older classic films. So, at this point I have 30 movies under my belt and only 20 more to go. That should average out to four movies a month. This challenge is a marathon, not a sprint, and I'm right on pace to finish by December 31, 2012. If only there were a gold medal for me at the end. It's the only way I'll ever earn one.
Any classic movie suggestions for me?
Thanks for the suggestion. The only thing I've seen Olivia de Haviland in is Gone with the Wind. It might be time to broaden my horizons.
Have you seen any Akira Kurosawa movies?
I have not. Do you have any suggestions?


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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa
The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders was established by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights with the adoption of Resolution 69 at the 35th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 21st May to 4th June 2004. The mandate calls for the Special Rapporteur to:
seek, receive, examine and act upon information on the situation of human rights defenders in Africa;
submit reports at every ordinary session of the African Commission;
cooperate and engage in dialogue with Member States, National Human Rights Institutions, relevant intergovernmental bodies, international and regional mechanisms of protection of human rights defenders and other stake holders;
develop and recommend effective strategies to better protect human rights defenders and follow up on his/her recommendations; and
raise awareness and promote the implementation of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in Africa.
The mandate was renewed through Resolutions adopted at the 38th Ordinary Session in 2005, the 42nd Ordinary Session in 2007, the 46th Ordinary Session in 2009 and the 49th session in 2011.
Compendium on the legal protection of human rights defenders in Africa
Policing of Assemblies Training Manual
Final communique of the first meeting of the Study Group on Freedom of Association in Africa
Report of the Study on the Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa
Report of the Study Group on Freedom of Association & Assembly in Africa
Principles and Guidelines on Human and Peoples' Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa
Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa
Fact Sheet # 1 on Reprisal in Africa
Cotonou Declaration on strengthening and expanding the protection of all Human Rights Defenders in Africa
Statement of Madam Reine Alapini-Gansou, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa
Call for papers: Reprisals against human rights defenders in Africa
Press release on the first training workshop for Portuguese-speaking human rights defenders on "African human rights systems and mechanisms" with special emphasis on freedom of association and assembly
Press Statement on the First Meeting of the Mandate Support Group of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa, for the Promotion and Monitoring of the Effective Implementation of the Guidelines on freedom of association and assembly in Africa
Press Statement on the recent arrests and detention of about 200 members of opposition parties following the protests of 26 January 2019
Press Release on the Promotion Mission to the Republic of South Africa
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Press Release on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Space in the Arab Republic of Egypt
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Press release on the dismissal of charges against the human rights defender Mr. Justus Orishaba Bagamuhunda
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Press Release on the arrest and detention of Human Rights Defenders in Egypt
Press Release on the Human Rights Situation in the Kidal Region in Mali
Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa on the arrest of Mr Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Mr Bheki Makhubu
Press Release on the implications of the anti-homosexuality Act on the work of Human Rights Defenders in the Republic of Uganda
Press Release on the Implication of the Same Sex Marriage [Prohibition] Act 2013 on Human Rights Defenders in Nigeria
Statement on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Djibouti
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Press release on the assassination of the Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi
Declaration on the arrest and detention by the police and ill-treatment suffered by women human rights defenders in Sudan
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Communique on the release of Mr Ibrahim Abdias Abdinur, journalist and human rights defender in Somalia
Communique on the release of members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement In Mauritania (IRA)
Joint Press Release on the Visit of the United Nations and African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Special Rapporteures on Human Rights Defenders in Tunisia
Press Statement on the Release of Human Rights Defenders in Sudan
Press Release on the Release of Mohamed Smain in Algeria
Press release on the detention of four staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Libya
Press release on the judicial harassment of Mohamed Smain, Algerian Human Rights Defender
Press Release on Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Democratic Republic of Congo
Press Release on the Liberation of Mauritanian Journalist, Mr. Hanefi Ould Dehah by the Mauritanian Authorities
Press Release on the Decision to Suspend 13 International Humanitarian Organisation and the Closure of 3 Non-Governmental Organisations in Sudan
Press Release on the Situation in Cameroon
Assassination of human rights defender, Floribert Bwana Chuy Bin Kositi
Enforced Disappearance of Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Press Release: Assassination of the journalist and human rights defender Serge Maheshe
Press Release on the Situation in Zimbabwe
Press release to welcome developments in Somalia
Press Release on the Situation in Côte d'Ivoire
Press Release on the Alleged Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in Zimbabwe
Press Release on the Harrassment of Mr. Jean-Paul Noël Abdi
Press Release on the Detention of Mr. Benjamin Luanda Mitsindo
Press Release on the Situation in Guinea
EXTENTION OF THE DEADLINE OF THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS on intimidation and reprisals Annual report of the ACHPR focal point on reprisals in Africa
Resolution on the Drafting of an African Declaration on the Promotion of the Role of Human Rights Defenders and their Protection in Africa - ACHPR/Res.432(LXV)2019 #432
Resolution on the Electoral Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - ACHPR/Res. 411 (LXIII) 2018 #411
Resolution on the Establishment of a Group to Support the Mandate of the SRHRD and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa for the Promotion and Monitoring of the Effective Implementation of the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa #406
Resolution on the Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa - ACHPR/Res.381(LXI)2017 #381
Resolution on Measures to Protect and Promote the Work of Women Human Rights Defenders - ACHPR/Res.336(EXT.OS/XIX)2016 # 336
Resolution on the Renewal of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.315(LVII)2015 #315
Resolution on Extending the Scope of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.273(LV)2014 #273
Resolution on the Drafting of Guidelines on Human Rights and the fight against Terrorism - ACHPR/Res.274(LV)2014 #274
Resolution on the Renewal of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.248(LIV)2013 #248
Resolution on the extension of the deadline for the study on freedom of association in Africa - ACHPR/Res.229(LII)2012 #229
Resolution on the need for a study on the situation of women human rights defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.230(LII)2012 #230
Resolution Appointing Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.202(L)2011 #202
Resolution on the Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.171(XLVIII)10 #171
Resolution on the Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.149(XLVI)09 #149
Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.119(XXXXII)07 #119
Resolution on the Renewal of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.125(XXXXII)07 #125
Resolution on the Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.83(XXXVIII)05 #83
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With rapid increase in the use of social media apps, fake news has gained the power to sway and shape public opinion and alter reality. As most students get their information online, it is imperative to teach them the necessity of verifying sources and spotting fake news.
A recent study by Stanford University showed that most middle-schoolers are unable to differentiate between real news and fake news. Nearly 7800 students were interviewed of which 82% couldn't identify the news they came across. The findings of the study makes it all the more important for students to be aware of fake news.
Here are some steps that the teachers can take to help students understand the difference between real news and fake news.
Create a lesson plan explaining what fake news is and encourage source credibility testing. Initiate a discussion that will help students understand what they need to pay attention to while evaluating the news.
Educate the students on the potential hazards of using fake news and media manipulation by using activity cards. The teachers can initiate this activity by showing fake images or reading fake news to the students. The students can then share their opinion on what they thought sounded fake and what sounded real. By taking up this activity, students will not only understand to differentiate the news, but will also develop awareness skills and knowledge about things around them.
Create an outline and form strategies on how to comprehend and evaluate fake news. Conduct class activities on how to form questions based on the information given. Such strategies will not only help the students to think but will also improve their understanding of facts.
Impart skills needed to make your students 'News Detective' and help them to detect the characteristics of a fake news. Critical thinking plays a key role when it comes to identifying news. By developing critical thinking, students will be able to differentiate between real and fake news.
Enhance the students' critical thinking and literacy skills by using case studies as an example. This will help them understand the large degree of influence that the social media has and how it shapes the reality.
Prepare questionnaires that question the likelihood of whether a piece of information is real or fake. This helps the students identify and get a better understanding of fake information, thus making them aware of how to analyse fake information.
With children spending more time online, it is essential for them to be taught about real news and fake news, and what to believe and what not to.


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Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi: शरदचंद्र गोविंदराव पवार; born 12 December 1940), popularly known as Saheb, is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Defence and Chief Minister of Maharashtra and currently serves as Minister of Agriculture, Government of India. During his tenure as Minister of Agriculture, there have been farmer suicides in excess of 15,000 per year, totalling over two lakhs since 1997. The figure for 2012 is expected to be higher due to the shortage of rainfall. Sharad Pawar has stated on record that he believes that the rate of farmer suicide in India is a 'normal thing'.
Pawar is from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He leads the NCP delegation in the Lok Sabha, representing his constituency of Madha in Maharashtra. He has a prominence in national politics as well as regional politics of Maharashtra, although marred by frequent corruption allegations.
Pawar also served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2005 to 2008. In 2010, Sharad Pawar became the International Cricket Council president after England's David Morgan.
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Depraved Northampton child predator jailed for 30 years
Keith McFadden abused victims aged between seven and 15 over a 23-year period
Keith McFadden abused young boys after grooming their families (Image: Northamptonshire Police)
A Northampton paedophile who used the dark web to share indecent images of the children he sexually abused has been jailed for 30 years. Keith McFadden, 57, of Abington, was uncovered by Northamptonshire Police, the FBI, and the National Crime Agency as a prolific sexual abuser of children.
Earlier this year the monster, previously of Abington, was convicted of 33 counts of sexual abuse against boys. During the nine-day trial, jurors were told how the abuse had taken place over a 23-year period between 1996 and 2019 and involved six victims - all aged between seven and 15.
McFadden had groomed the victims' families, embedding himself within their lives and making him appear invaluable to them. He then went on to isolate and sexually abuse his young victims, as well as taking indecent photographs of them which were then distributed on the Dark Web.
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These photographs came to the attention of international law enforcement, including the US's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
An investigation was launched and the victims and McFadden were subsequently identified by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Northamptonshire Police.
A warrant was executed at McFadden's home address and he was arrested and later charged.
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He continued to protest his innocence at court, but the jury saw through his lies and he was convicted.
At Northampton Crown Court on Friday (March 11), he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Detective Chief Inspector Johnny Campbell, said: "I am really pleased to see such a lengthy sentence handed out to Keith McFadden because it demonstrates the gravity of his offending and just how dangerous and depraved he is.
"He has shamelessly and repeatedly displayed no remorse for his actions, going so far as to put all of the victims in this case through a trial and forcing them to relive their abuse, despite the overwhelming evidence against him.
"But the survivors of this abuse stood up in court and bravely confronted him. Thanks to their courage, justice has been served.
"Though they will never get over what they have endured at McFadden's hands, I hope they feel some sense of closure at this conclusion of this case and the fact that the man who did this to them is going to spend a very long time staring at the four walls of a prison cell.
"Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank DC Lindsey Leslie and DS Tom Curlett-New for their investigation into Keith McFadden.
"This has been a lengthy and complex case involving multiple victims and witnesses but they have shown unwavering tenacity, determination and care throughout, resulting in this 30-year prison sentence."
At the conclusion of sentencing, DC Lindsey Leslie and DS Tom Curlett-New thanked the victims in this case for their support of the investigation and their courage at court.
Northamptonshire Police takes reports of sexual assault very seriously and will always treat reports of this nature with the confidentiality and sensitivity they deserve.
If you have been a victim of sexual assault, whether recent or non-recent, please come forward and call us on 101 or use their online reporting tool here.
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NSX chief engineer hints at hotter Type R version
Jan 14, 2015 at 10:36am ET
Acura NSX chief engineer Ted Klaus has already hinted a more potent Type R version is in the works.
The paint hasn't even dried yet on the second generation Acura NSX and already the car's chief engineer is talking about a higher specification version which will likely be sold with the Type R suffix. Speaking to Auto Express in Detroit at NAIAS, Ted Klaus said "I think everyone who loves cars wants to see a version that we say is pure red", adding that the original NSX was initially silver first before "moving towards red later."
Needless to say, an NSX Type R is still at least a couple of years away as Acura hasn't even released the full technical specifications of the standard version. They did say it has a combined output "north of 550 bhp" and will carry a starting price of around $150,000 in United States where it's scheduled to go on sale this summer. The 2016 Acura NSX will cover the 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) sprint in less than four seconds and according to Ted Klaus the model's competitors are the Porsche 911 Turbo, Audi R8 V10 and the Ferrari 458 Italia.
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