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Georgia Aquarium Reaches One Million Volunteer Hours
World's largest aquarium achieves major milestone
ATLANTA (November 13, 2012) – Reaching 'one millionth' of anything is no easy task. It is even more impressive when the achievement is measured in hours. Just a few weeks shy of the organization's seventh birthday, Georgia Aquarium has another reason to celebrate: its volunteer department has reached one million hours of contribution.
The accomplishment was a long time in the making. In preparation for its November 2005 opening, more than 1,000 volunteers were recruited, interviewed and trained. Since then, the volunteer program at the world's largest Aquarium has expanded exponentially, with volunteers outnumbering staff three to one. As of October 2012, Georgia Aquarium has welcomed nearly 5,700 volunteers into its program, which offers 250 functions in zoological operations, marketing, water quality, dive operations, guest interaction and more.
An inspiring aspect of the group is its diverse make-up. The volunteers span all ages, all backgrounds and in general, are from all walks of life.
"Many may assume that the majority of our volunteers are retirees, but that's not the case here. We have working professionals in the industries of medicine, science, journalism and beyond, who simply have a heart for educating our visitors on aquatic life, and quite frankly, have a passion for service. For that, we are grateful," said Alex Desiderio, director of training & volunteer operations.
The milestone is significant to the Aquarium for many reasons. The one million volunteer hours contributed over seven years of operation is equivalent to the work of 100 full-time employees. This allows Georgia Aquarium, a not-for-profit, 501c3 organization, to invest funds in education, research and conservation programs.
"With the dedication and support of our volunteers, they are just as vested in our successful operation as anyone else. They add to the Aquarium their passion, expertise and enthusiasm, which is absolutely paramount to our day-to-day functions" said Georgia Aquarium President and COO David Kimmel.
Equally inspiring is the testament that even in this economic climate people are still volunteering, which aligns with the Bureau of Labor Statistics' findings that volunteerism in the United States is on a slow rise. The Bureau's study notes that the volunteer rate in the nation rose by 0.5 percentage point between 2010 and 2011, equalling about 64.3 million people who volunteered through or for an organization at least once during that time.
Georgia Aquarium's volunteer program requires that its volunteers commit an initial 50 hours of training and continuing education. They are also afforded training from zoological experts where they learn the anatomy, habitats and key information of Aquarium species, along with Georgia Aquarium's Mission, Values and Vision. Most of the volunteers each complete 100 hours of service per year, which averages out to about eight hours per month.
"Being a Georgia Aquarium volunteer is rewarding in several ways; and they will tell you so," adds Desiderio. "There's always the opportunity to learn, but then there's also this dynamic network of individuals who become friends and begin to lean on one another for a variety of resources. For some, their volunteerism has led to permanent, paid positions here and quite honestly, connected them to jobs outside of the Aquarium."
Memorable moments shared by volunteers include stories that speak of the "energy and passion" of the group and the joy of wearing the Georgia Aquarium uniform.
"I'm certain I have at least a million memories from the past 7 years," said Richelle Weinstock, who has served as a volunteer since before the Aquarium's 2005 opening. "[One is] knowing for sure that I'd never learn the names of all the fish in Tropical Diver or Ocean Voyager [exhibits] until, one day, I did!" Weinstock was a trailblazer in establishing the Volunteer Voice newsletter, a publication specifically for Georgia Aquarium volunteers.
The volunteers' passion even expands beyond the walls of Georgia Aquarium. A volunteer-established organization, The Travelling Trevallies, organizes excursions to other aquariums around the nation where there are sometimes opportunities to assist in special projects. Past crusades have included whale shark research in Mexico, dock-building in South Carolina and coral preservation projects in Florida.
For more information on the volunteer program or how to become a volunteer for the Aquarium, visit www.georgiaaquarium.org or call 404-581-4000.
Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world's largest with more than 10 million gallons of water and the largest collection of aquatic animals. The mission of Georgia Aquarium is to be an entertaining, educational and scientific institution featuring exhibits and programs of the highest standards; offering engaging and exciting guest experiences promoting the conservation of aquatic biodiversity throughout the world. Georgia Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums. For additional information, visit www.georgiaaquarium.org


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Back to Journals » Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine » Volume 13
Identifying the Mechanisms and Molecular Targets of Yizhiqingxin Formula on Alzheimer's Disease: Coupling Network Pharmacology with GEO Database
Authors Zhang T, Pan L, Cao Y, Liu N, Wei W, Li H
Received 28 June 2020
Published 15 October 2020 Volume 2020:13 Pages 487—502
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/PGPM.S269726
Editor who approved publication: Dr Martin Bluth
Tingting Zhang,1,2,* Linlin Pan,3,* Yu Cao,4 Nanyang Liu,2 Wei Wei,1,2 Hao Li2
1College of First Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, ShanDong Province, People's Republic of China; 2Department of Geratology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 3Department of Chinese Medicine Literature and Culture, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China; 4Geriatric Laboratory, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China
*These authors contributed equally to this work
Correspondence: Hao Li
Department of Geratology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Email xyhplihao1965@126.com
Background: Yizhiqingxin formula (YZQX) is a promising formula for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with significant clinical effects. Here, we coupled a network pharmacology approach with the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to illustrate comprehensive mechanisms and screen for molecular targets of YZQX for AD treatment.
Methods: First, active ingredients of YZQX were screened for the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology (TCMSP) database with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) parameters. Subsequently, putative targets of active ingredients were predicted using the DrugBank database. AD-related targets were retrieved by analyzing published microarray data (accession number GSE5281). Protein–protein interaction (PPI) networks of YZQX putative targets and AD-related targets were constructed visually and merged to identify candidate targets for YZQX against AD using Cytoscape 3.7.2 software. We performed gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis to further clarify the biological functions of the candidate targets. The gene-pathway network was established to filter for key target genes.
Results: Forty-three active ingredients were identified, and 193 putative target genes were predicted. Seven hundred and ten targets related to AD were screened with |log2 FC| > 1 and P < 0.05. Based on the PPI network, 110 target genes of YZQX against AD were identified. Moreover, 32 related pathways including the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, apoptosis and the NF-kappa B signaling pathway were significantly enriched. In the gene-pathway network, MAPK1, AKT1, TP53, MDM2, EGFR, RELA, SRC, GRB2, CUL1, and MYC targets are putative core genes for YZQX in AD treatment.
Conclusion: YZQX against AD may exert its neuroprotective effect via the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, and ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. YZQX may be a promising drug that can be used in the treatment of AD.
Keywords: Yizhiqingxin formula, Alzheimer's disease, network pharmacology, mechanism, molecular target

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You take on the role of Mo The Great! Hero of many a heroic deed and slayer of many a not so heroic things in this 'pre-retro' style RPG. You must delve deep below thy town in the Cavern of Doom to defeat its evils and win its loot!
Cavern of Doom features 4 difficulty settings and a hidden ending for those who are stalwart enough to finish off all of its evil denizens. There is even a new game + for those who just can't get enough!
If you like classic dungeon crawling and graphics that just vaguely resemble things from a fantasy setting then you will love Cavern of Doom!
Thy town and thy castle!
Joe the bartender is a great ally.
Haha, this looks so cool. Okay, the graphics are in a special style and cool in that way, but it's the old-schoolness that seems to be more than awesome. I'll try it out.
Thanks everyone! And yes that's exactly how I wanted the graphics to look (all but the text boxes/text are in a 20x15 resolution!). The pics are a wee bit old but I'll try to get the updated ones up ASAP as some of the minor changes seem to work a little better.
Strategy guide is up in case anyone is stuck or looking for ALL the secrets and spoilers! Unless there are any nasty bugs reported I think I can finally stick a fork in this one (again).
Oh my god this is brilliant! How is it that a game can be so good yet so bad! You are very good at what you do.
Mega Pixel Shock. More pixel's style than in old games. That's freaky must download it.
I couldn't help playing it.
It looked retarded at first, but the only word that comes to mind now is... "EPIC"!!!
Where did I drop Doom II..
Since my main project doesn't show any time of being completed this year I thought I'd ask if anyone would like to see a sequel to Cavern of Doom. Been kicking around a few ideas and don't think it would take to long to put out a quality sequel and it might be a good break from more complex work.
Lemme know in the blog or send me a PM if you'd be interested in seeing what happened to Mo The Great after his epic conquests beneath thy town.
This... is awesome. I think someone else already said this (maia I think), but it reminds me of the old Atari and Calico console. I love it!
Oh I already have a plan for that ;) but primarily improved gameplay and more strategic depth me thinks. Plus a very .... strange... story.
Ok so after fooling around for a day I got a pseudo 3d engine working (think gold box AD&D games) for the sequel going and an intro. Depending on your knowledge of what ending (if any) you obtain from the first game the rest of the games story will be determined. In other words all of the endings including just plain dieing are possible cannon :).
Hopefully within a month I can finish enough to post up a game page and possibly at least a 'tech' demo in case anyone else wants to see how to make the above engine. This really has given me a great break from the main project in which I'm re-working all 24 characters at the halfway point as they become promoted... oye!


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Q: How to install Ubuntu 16.04 from winrar file I have downloaded an Ubuntu winrar file. How do I install it?

A: Is the file you found a .iso file? If it is, that's good! But don't open it with WinRAR. Instead, burn it to a DVD using software that can burn a disc image, or use Rufus to make a bootable USB stick.
Please be aware that there are different ways of installing Ubuntu, and some of them will erase everything on your computer, including Windows itself. Please make backups of all important files and read up on dual-boot setups, if that's what you're aiming for.

A: I don't know what you found as a winrar file.  The forms of Ubuntu 16.04 can be found at: http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/, or http://www.ubuntu.com/download.  I wouldn't trust something that you are finding somewhere else.
There are some net install options as you can see from the official download site.  The best way would be to download the iso and burn it to a DVD, then follow the GUI for the install.

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Q: How to increase the Sessions Limit in HAProxy I see in my HAProxy Statistics Report that
the Sessions Curr, Max, Limit all at 2000.
How do I increase the Max and Limit to more than 2000?

A: Use the maxconn

Sets the maximum per-process number of concurrent connections to <number>

Source: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/configuration-1.6.html#maxconn

A: It's the maxconn option, but not in the global section as @Ton Hong Tat mentions.

maxconn
  Fix the maximum number of concurrent connections on a frontend

Documentation for frontend max sessions:
https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.8/snapshot/configuration.html#4-maxconn

A: In order to increase maxconn.
edit haproxy with your favorite editor
under frontend http,  add following
  maxconn 4000
example as below
frontend localnodes
bind *:8080

mode http

default_backend nodes

maxconn 4000


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WEDNESDAYS WORDS
WEDNESDAYS WORDS is a new weekly installment that ranks the most interesting, intriguing books of the week (old, new, reissues, digital, etc). Contributors represent a variety of genres and sources. Each book includes Title and publisher blurb.
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Yes, I'm kicking this off with one non-book item just cause I thought it was pretty awesome looking. :). Okay, now onto the books!
The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia — its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the Russian film adaptation for an American release. Interest in the books here is now set to reach a fever pitch.
Set in modern day Moscow, Night Watch is a world as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov. Living among us are the "Others," an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. A thousand-year treaty has maintained the balance of power, and the two sides coexist in an uneasy truce. But an ancient prophecy decrees that one supreme "Other" will rise up and tip the balance, plunging the world into a catastrophic war between the Dark and the Light. When a young boy with extraordinary powers emerges, fulfilling the first half of the prophecy, will the forces of the Light be able to keep the Dark from corrupting the boy and destroying the world?
An extraordinary translation from the Russian by noted translator Andrew Bromfield, this first English language edition of Night Watch is a chilling, engrossing read certain to reward those waiting in anticipation of its arrival.
I caught a bit of the DVD, but not enough to really get a grasp of this 4 book Russian series. So interested enough to pick up the first book and give it a read.
Voyage: A Novel of 1896
Hayden's wonderful 1976 novel is a historical page-turner with a social conscience. The book compares the treatment of the rich and poor as it juxtaposes the journeys of the pampered daughter of a shipping titan and the crew aboard one of her father's hellish barks. (Classic Returns, LJ 11/15/99)
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"Violent, colorful… you keep turning the pages to find out just what in the name of God is going to happen next." –Boston Globe
"A book of savage beauty." –Boston Herald American
"A rousing epic… Big, muscular, profane, cynical, romantic." –Chicago Daily News
"A rare sort of sheer drive and vitality carries this novel… a raw fury about class distinctions and privileges… strangely refreshing in our blase age." –New York Times Book Review
"A story of extraordinary richness and power… Sterling Hayden here proves himself a master novelist. His prose is vivid and brawny, his characters come to individual life… At once a magnificent epic of the sea and a dynamic portrait of turn-of-the-century America." –Publishers Weekly
Painting With Light
Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton. Best known for his highly stylized film noir classics T-Men, He Walked by Night, and The Big Combo, Alton earned a reputation during the 1940s and 1950s as one of Hollywood's consummate craftsmen through his visual signature of crisp shadows and sculpted beams of light. No less renowned for his virtuoso color cinematography and deft appropriation of widescreen and Technicolor, he earned an Academy Award in 1951 for his work on the musical An American in Paris. First published in 1949, and long out of print since then, Painting With Light remains one of the few truly canonical statements on the art of motion picture photography, an unrivaled historical document on the workings of the postwar, American cinema. In simple, non-technical language, Alton explains the job of the cinematographer and explores how lighting, camera techniques, and choice of locations determine the visual mood of film. Todd McCarthy's introduction, written especially for this edition, provides an overview of Alton's biography and career and explores the influence of his work on contemporary cinematography.
Denim: From Cowboys to Catwalks: A Visual History of the World's Most Legendary Fabric
The story of denim is a tale rich in paradox. Cherished alike by cowboys and models, the fabric is at once a symbol of the counterculture and the raw material of a major industry. A simple fabric, dating back to 17th-century France, denim today is ubiquitous: Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood have pushed it into the forefront of high fashion; and Calvin Klein and Giorgio Armani have made it the basis for billion-dollar brands. This homage to the much-loved fabric delves deep into the archives to trace the origins and development of denim. It features rare pictures of icons wearing denim, like Marilyn Monroe and Steve McQueen, plus specially commissioned photos of rare and classic garments from the 1880s to the present day. It is complete with a glossary and a guide to valuable vintage items.
Even though like all of you I own denim clothes, I admit to until prepping for this post, being relatively ignorant of exactly what Denim was. I mean fabric content, is typically not on the foremost of my mind. I'm sure I picked up it was cotton in the many years of buying jeans, but if so only as background noise. With prepping for this post, it became actual consumed and recognized knowledge. So what is Denim? For those of you like me, ignorant of fabric content… Well, it's a uniquely American popularized byproduct of the slave-trade it's nothing more than an incredibly tough form of cotton weave. I admit to being intrigued enough, to want to learn more.
Eyes with Winged Thoughts: Poems and Photographs
From Booklist
Gordon Parks is remarkable: a Renaissance man who has mastered photography, filmmaking, and writing. The story of his life is certainly an incredible one, which explains why Parks has written a new memoir titled A Hungry Heart (2005). This collection of poems and photographs, however, will add yet another dimension to Parks' life story. From the resonant words and lessons of his parents to meditations on current events–terrorism, the tsunami, the war in Iraq–the poems are candid snapshots of Parks' emotional life. Words harmonize with landscape photographs and images of strangers walking through their lives without a sense of being observed. Transcending voyeurism, Parks' photographs reveal vulnerabilities of the human experience with grace and compassion. After all, Parks understands vulnerability and willingly displays it in his writing. In his 90s and still driven to experience what the world has to offer, and to express his response to it, Gordon Parks is an inspiration to us all.– Janet St. John
Gordon Park's was a renaissance man, in the highest definition of that word. Photographer, writer, musician, cowboy, director. And with his passing, the world lost one of the last adventurers, one of the last of a dying breed… called men. All his books, are highly recommended.
Face Forward
"Makeup should be fun, not fascist," celebrity makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin avers in Face Forward, his third book. One of the most adored stylists among fashionistas, entertainment divas, and high-society jet setters, Southern-born Aucoin arrived on the New York fashion scene in the early '80s, a period he ridicules for its '50s-era conservatism and McCarthyist us-against-them values. His career since has been motivated by the feel-good ideals of acceptance, diversity, and self-love, and the vain world of beauty has eagerly participated in his vision. While one may puzzle on how it is he finds fulfillment in an industry known for its superficiality and elitism, Aucoin's words are nonetheless infectious and the touches of his brushes inspired.
Conceived as an exploration of the past, present, and future of beauty, Face Forward is an ingenious showcase of the transformative, creative possibilities of makeup, with portraits of everyone from Julia Roberts to Sharon Stone, Martha Stewart to his mother, Thelma. His crafted visages range from minimal-application makeovers of friends to elaborate re-creations of such Hollywood icons as Audrey Hepburn (Calista Flockhart), James Dean (Gwyneth Paltrow), and Veronica Lake (shockingly, Martha Stewart) and such pop-culture personalities as Cher (socialite Alexandra von Furstenberg) and Siouxsie Sioux (Winona Ryder). The final pages present his ideas for looks to come, such as "Explorer," Mary J. Blige covered in eggplant body makeup with a rainbow of metallic eye shadows over her eyes and thickly glossed red lips; "Floralia," a freckled Lucy Liu resembling a sprite from A Midsummer's Night Dream; and "Venusian de Milo," Sharon Stone as an orange-haired, one-breast-baring sci-fi femme fatale. Throughout, Aucoin augments an already colorful book with step-by-step instruction, chatty commentary on each look and model, and riffs on such topics as friendship, politics (he repeatedly applauds the Clinton Administration for embracing diversity in the '90s), and the environment.
"Appreciating (even highlighting) individuality is one of the great things about makeup," asserts Aucoin, and Face Forward is a dazzling testament to that belief. For those who see the fun of makeup and are eager to experiment with the virtually unlimited possibilities of it, this book is a boon. –Rebecca Wright –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Okay I admit this last one is an odd choice. But I love that cover, plus we all have women in our lives that we can give this book to as a present. 🙂
The WEDNESDAYS WORDS column is a new blog feature, appearing (you guessed it!) every Wednesday. Come back next week to see which books make the list!
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How does transportation improve? It starts with a plan! The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (Broward MPO) is seeking input on its Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The UPWP is the MPO's budget, and lays out how the organization will spend federal planning funds over the next two years. The UPWP will set the framework for transportation planning by the MPO for the next two years.


You can access your student's grades and attendance online. This is a secure site and only you will have access to your student's information. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Nereida Guerra @ 503.565.4404 or email her.
For your convenience, if you have multiple children at Duniway, you will need only this one user name/password to access all of their records.
The Home Access Center is a great tool to help keep you current with your child's academic career as he/she is becoming more independent and responsible. We hope you take advantage of this new form of student/parent involvement.
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We have all been there, trying to lay dust sheets to protect the stairs from mud, paint and general debris. Our stair and hallway protection rolls are a great alternative to this. Made from recyclable materials this flexible and lightweight cardboard comes on a roll, making it easy to lay and position
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We have all been there, trying to lay dust sheets to protect the stairs from mud, paint and general debris. Our stair and hallway protection rolls are a great alternative to this. Made from recyclable materials this flexible and lightweight cardboard comes on a roll, making it easy to lay and position.
Ideal for protecting against dust and dirt, it will protect all types of floor covering, including carpet, vinyl, timber and concrete. Also it can be used to protect worktops and doors against dust.
It can be easily cut with a knife and can be secured with a general purpose adhesive tape.
Made from 100% recyclable materials and can be recycled after use, making this an economical and environmentally friendly product.
Comes in a roll 750mm wide x 50m long.


The Punk vs. Rockabilly Showcase kicks off unofficial SXSW with three rock-n-roll rounds of punk verses rockabilly! Team Punk will be represented by Hellfury, Pleasure Venom, and Prom Threat; whereas, Team Rockabilly will be repped by The Loch Ness Rockers, Danger*Cakes, and Texas T and the Shine Runners.
No wristband, no cover, and NO MERCY! This 9-year-running showcase is an unparalleled experience that helps define what it means to "Keep Austin Weird." With three rounds of music battles, the Punk vs. Rockabilly show will definitely captivate the crowd. Although all three rounds feature talented artists in their respective genre, Round 3 is sure to be hell fire as Texas T and the Shine Runners face off against Pleasure Venom! Both artists have produced new albums within the last year, so they should be bringing their latest jams to the competition. Pleasure Venoms' dark post-punk will be a great contrast to the rocky-folk tunes from Texas T and the Shine Runners!
Whether you're into rockabilly or if punk is more your style – the Punk vs. Rockabilly 9 performance is going to be a mean spin on the traditional local showcase, offering concert goers an unforgettable experience not to miss.


As her C2 was looking more and more tired, we decided to go car shopping, she had a specific car in mind and eventually that's what we bought. At first she wanted something quicker and bigger, she got looking at Scirocco's, Golfs, and even BMW 1 Series but that all changed when she clapped eyes on the 'frog'.
So we went up to Manchester, got there early had the first test drive of the day, got back and put our money down and signed the papers, which was lucky as 2 families took it out after us, and picked it up the following Wednesday. I was the lucky one to drive it home as it is an Auto, she wasn't that confident so got it back and went on a car park so she could get used to it.
Has anyone over 6 foot tried to sit in one of these?


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Barbarossa (Barberousse) è un film muto del 1917 diretto da Abel Gance.

Una copia del film è conservata presso la Cinémathèque française.

Trama
Un giornalista commette dei misfatti per essere il primo a darne notizia sui giornali.

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto nel 1917 dalla società Le Film d'Art. Venne girato a Bouches-du-Rhône, nel sud della Francia.

Distribuzione
Il film uscì nelle sale francesi il 13 aprile 1917.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Film muti francesi
Film drammatici

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The recent HBO breach is now known to be much, much worse than the Sony content hack of 2014 or the more recent, financially motivated theft and premature release of Netflix' Orange is the New Black episodes. Even more disturbing than the volume and value of the HBO data exfiltrated is the hacker's motives remain unclear. It's possible major damage to HBO's internal operations is the goal.
Jimmy Sanders, head of information security at Netflix DVD, underscores that content producers and all other organizations face the same fundamental problem in today's threat climate: identify your most valuable information assets and protect them in the best way possible.
Leverage security standards like ISO 27001 to define what "security best practices" means for your organization. Then audit your key third-party vendors based on those expectations. The more risk a vendor presents, the more comprehensive the audit needs to be.
Now is the time to move beyond password authentication to provide clients with a deeper level of trust. You need to truly understand the needs and views of your client base to provide the right layers and models of security to balance user experience with risk mitigation. Options include everything from multifactor authentication to captchas to online security awareness education.
WannaCry ransomware is the perfect example of what will continue to happen as cyber weapons created for nation state level attacks are directed at your defenses, whether for financial or political ends. Few organizations have the budget or the expertise to counter these threats, but a holistic approach to controls, including vulnerability management, will minimize the damage and prioritize protecting what is most valuable.
Social engineering attacks will continue to escalate in frequency and effectiveness, leaving organizations vulnerable despite investments in firewalls, antivirus and so on. How would your business respond to a social engineering test? Once a threat is loose on your network and systems, are you able to identify it and quickly lock it down? A major emerging trend and investment focus is on strategies and controls for threat detection and response, to limit the damage once a breach has occurred.
Too few organizations focus on secure development. Frameworks like the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS), application penetration tests, and application threat modeling are crucial in determining and mitigating the risk that an application presents.
Security talent is scarce and expensive, leading more and more firms to explore the benefits of a virtual CISO to help with managing security efforts, driving the planning and implementation of policies and procedures, and otherwise ensuring they have a solid, cost-effective information security program.
Cloud services are a growing target for hackers and remain a major security concern for enterprises alongside the increased use of mobility and SaaS. Now is the time to get a handle on the risk that cloud services present to your organization, and develop guidelines, policies and procedures to address those risks.
To talk with an expert about some options and approaches that will make your organization more secure, resilient and mature, contact Pivot Point Security.
Interested in a checklist to see how ready you are for an ISO 27001 certification audit?
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Q: Confusion about different clobber description for arm inline assembly I'm learning ARM inline assembly, and is confused about a very simple function: assign the value of x to y (both are int type), on arm32 and arm64 why different clobber description required?
Here is the code:
#include <arm_neon.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void asm_test()
{
    int x = 10;
    int y = 0;

#ifdef __aarch64__
    asm volatile(
        "mov %w[in], %w[out]"
        : [out] "=r"(y)
        : [in] "r"(x)
        : "r0" // r0 not working, but r1 or x1 works
    );
#else
    asm volattile(
        "mov %[in], %[out]"
        : [out] "=r"(y)
        : [in] "r"(x)
        : "r0"    // r0 works, but r1 not working
    );
#endif
    printf("y is %d\n", y);
}

int main() {
    arm_test();

    return 0;
}

Tested on my rooted android phone, for arm32, r0 generates correct result but r1 won't. For arm64, r1 or x1 generate correct result, and r0 won't. Why on arm32 and arm64 they are different? What is the concrete rule for this and where can I find it?

A: ARM / AArch64 syntax is mov dst, src
Your asm statement only works if the compiler happens to pick the same register for both "=r" output and "r" input (or something like that, given extra copies of x floating around).
Different clobbers simply perturb the compiler's register-allocation choices.  Look at the generated asm (gcc -S or on https://godbolt.org/, especially with -fverbose-asm.)
Undefined Behaviour from getting the constraints mismatched with the instructions in the template string can still happen to work; never assume that an asm statement is correct just because it works with one set of compiler options and surrounding code.

BTW, x86 AT&T syntax does use mov src, dst, and many GNU C inline-asm examples / tutorials are written for that.  Assembly language is specific to the ISA and the toolchain, but a lot of architectures have an instruction called mov.  Seeing a mov does not mean this is an ARM example.
Also, you don't actually need a mov instruction to use inline asm to copy a valid.  Just tell the compiler you want the input to be in the same register it picks for the output, whatever that happens to be:
  // not volatile: has no side effects and produces the same output if the input is the same; i.e. the output is a pure function of the input.
  asm (""
        : "=r"(output)      // pick any register
        : "0"(input)        // pick the same register as operand 0
        : // no clobbers
    );


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Get the resources and training that your community needs to run a robust antibiotic stewardship program by joining a free, 12-month national project. Beginning December 2018, the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use will provide participating long-term care facilities with antibiotic use guidelines, expert coaching, online education, improvement tools, resident education materials, and more to help you prevent harms associated with antibiotics, such as Clostridium difficile . Participants also have the opportunity to earn continuing education credits. This program is funded and guided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and NORC at the University of Chicago. Please register for a one-hour webinar to learn how participation can benefit your residents and community.
We've gathered resources from four national initiatives to support your work on C. difficile and Antibiotic Stewardship. The tools, educational opportunities and other resources from these four initiatives are complementary, so mix and match to make the package that works best for you .
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Actor Dominic Chianese of Sopranos fame turns C. difficile into a hit Italian song and more in this introductory video.


Today, the Life in the Atacama (LITA) field testing team arrived at Cerro Paranal in the Chilean Atacama Desert. The LITA mission involves Honeybee Robotics' 1 meter LITA drill mounted on Carnegie Mellon University's Zoe rover in the search for microbes in the Atacama Desert. The team is staying at Paranal Observatory located on Cerro Paranal. For more information about the observatory, see this link: ESO Paranal. We will use the observatory as a home base during the field testing campaign.


Just a couple of things this week.
Please remember next week Friday the school will close at2 p. m. Friday will also be non uniform day as is the last day of school.
Could you send your child with a bag for life next week so they can take home all their learning they have done through the year.


Start your mornings off right with a hearty Southern breakfast at The Old Mill Restaurant. This Pigeon Forge restaurant was named one of the top breakfast places in the nation, so you know you're in good hands when you visit. Breakfast isn't the only meal you can enjoy here, though. It serves up a delicious lunch and dinner as well!
The Pancake Pantry was the first pancake house in Gatlinburg and continues to draw in visitors with its real butter, fresh whipped cream, and made-from-scratch pancakes. If you're not in the mood for pancakes, try some of their farm fresh eggs, waffles, or golden butter-fried hash browns. It's one of the best places to enjoy your first meal of the day!
Warm up with some fresh apple fritters and a hot bowl of soup when you dine at the Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant! This restaurant is a top spot for every meal. Visit for dinner and try their Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings or Momma's Country Meatloaf. You can't go wrong whichever meal you choose!
There are so many things to do in the Smoky Mountains it can be hard to fit everything into one weekend. That's why we've come up with some of the top things to do in the winter that you want to make sure you don't miss out on!
From Christmas lights to snow-covered mountain tops, there is always a sight to be seen when you take a vacation to the Smoky Mountains in the winter. Take some time to drive down the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg Parkways to see more than 5 million twinkling lights and Christmas displays! Or if you want to brave the cold, go for a hike to see frozen waterfalls and the mountains glistening in a white snow. Make sure to bring your phone or camera to capture the beautiful scenery.
If you want to slip away from the winter weather for a few hours, visit Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies! This aquarium is one of the top in the country, and it's not hard to see why. Not only can you see all your favorite aquatic animals, you can interact with them too! Touch a jellyfish and stingray, feed a sea turtle, waddle with penguins, and so much more. It's a fun and exciting indoor activity for the whole family.
Ober Gatlinburg is a winter wonderland! Hit the slopes for hours of fun skiing, snowboarding, and even snow tubing, If you've never skied or snowboarded before, don't let that stop you from having fun in the snow. Ober offers lessons that will make you feel like a pro in no time! You can also go ice skating or enjoy other activities like the Ski Mountain Coaster and Ice Bumper Cars.
When you visit for the weekend, stay in a Smoky Mountain cabin! Not only does it provide a warm and cozy place to relax, but you'll have incredible views right from your deck. Soak in the bubbling hot tub, curl up in front of the fire, or cook a meal in the fully equipped kitchen. Some of our cabins come with bonus amenities to make your stay even more special, like theater rooms, pool tables, and even indoor pools! Cabins in the Smoky Mountains offer the best location — a short drive from all the excitement but far enough away for you to enjoy privacy.
Start planning your weekend vacation in the Smoky Mountains today! Browse all our Smoky Mountain cabins and book your stay.


I grew up in Winters, but moved to Davis after college while working as a reporter for the Winters Express. I've also lived in Monterey, Madrid, Chicago and San Francisco. I launched the local online news site Davis Patch in June of 2011, but began a job at the UC Davis One Health Institute in June of 2013. (Here's my goodbye-Patch letter). I live in an apartment near downtown with my wife, Bianca and our son Noah.
- @Daubert: It's doing really well, especially with young people who may never subscribe to a newspaper. I think many of those people would otherwise miss out on local news, because it's not always the sexiest stuff and it rarely hits their social media feeds. Davis Patch makes that happen, and it serves as a bridge to the newspaper, the wiki, and trippy stuff like this, on occasion. It's doing well with other groups as well, but it seems to be most useful for that group. Thanks for asking. (I've tried to do my part in adding valuable content to the wiki along the way. My editing has come in waves, though).
Looks like Sac Biz Journal says Dutch Bros is expanding in the Sac area, starting with Davis and Citrus H. Not sure if it's a full-on purchase, or just a takeover of a few francises.
##  Before enabling a community alert consider if it would be better as a Featured Page or Event.  Community alerts are ultra-high profile emergency notices regarding very time sensitive and temporary items such as boil water orders, weather alerts or a missing child.  Try to keep them limited to items that the people living in Davis should all be alerted to, no matter who they are.  Think of it as the Wiki emergency broadcast system.
We should all slow down sometimes, I'm sure. 37 people were fired from Patch the week before I was hired at UC Davis. 400 people were laid off two months later. Safe to say: I'm glad I got off when I did, and I really like what I'm doing at UCD.


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Q: How to use None in FrameTicks in ListPlot FrameTicks are plotted all round the frame, but I only want them on the left and bottom.
ListLinePlot[Prime[Range[400]*800],
  Frame -> True,
  FrameTicks ->
    {{{49, 4}, {97, 8}, {145, 12}, {193, 16}, {241, 20},
      {289, 24}, {337, 28}, {385, 32}, {433, 36}, {481, 40}},
     {{-1000000, "-1m"}, {0, "0"}, {1000000, "1m"},
      {2000000, "2m"}, {3000000, "3m"}}}]

Adding None breaks the plot.
ListLinePlot[Prime[Range[400]*800],
  Frame -> True,
  FrameTicks ->
    {{{{49, 4}, {97, 8}, {145, 12}, {193, 16}, {241, 20},
      {289, 24}, {337, 28}, {385, 32}, {433, 36}, {481, 40}},
     None},
     {{{-1000000, "-1m"}, {0, "0"}, {1000000, "1m"},{2000000, "2m"}, {3000000, "3m"}},
     None}}]

However, the same syntax works in Plot.
Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10},
  Frame -> True,
  FrameTicks ->
    {{{{-1, "-1y"}, {0, "0y"}, {1, "1y"}}, None},
     {{{0, 0 °}, {Pi, 180 °}, {2 Pi, 360 °}, {3 Pi, 540 °}}, None}}]

Is there a way to use None in ListPlot?
I am using V10.4.

A: Try this form...
ListLinePlot[Prime[Range[400]*800], Frame -> True,
 FrameTicks -> {{{{-1000000, "-1m"}, {0, "0"}, {1000000,
      "1m"}, {2000000, "2m"}, {3000000, "3m"}},
    None}, {{{49, 4}, {97, 8}, {145, 12}, {193, 16}, {241, 20}, {289,
      24}, {337, 28}, {385, 32}, {433, 36}, {481, 40}}, None}}]

Where I've swapped the order around and nested the two axis' ticks into lists with a None at the end.

A: Example
ListPlot[data, Frame -> True, FrameTicks -> {{True, False}, {True, False}}]

Note: data is some arbitrary data you want to plot


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angular.module('travis-wall')
    .controller('WallController', function ($scope, $routeParams, $interval, $location, TravisRepository) {
        'use strict';

        $scope.user = new User($routeParams.username, $routeParams.token);

        var _redirect = function () {
            $location.search('token', null);
            $location.path('/');
        };

        var _wall = function () {
            TravisRepository
                .get($scope.user)
                .then(function (repositories) {
                    if (!repositories.length) {
                        _redirect();
                    }

                    $scope.user.repositories = repositories;
                }, _redirect);
        };

        _wall();

        var _interval = $interval(_wall, 15000);

        $scope.$on('$destroy', function () {
            $interval.cancel(_interval);
        });
    });

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7.5 Delivery Driver
Last updated 13 days ago
You will work as part of a 2 man driver team, installing our customers dream sofas into their homes. This won't just be a job for you, it will be the start of an exciting career as a driver, if that's what you make it.
You will know the ins and outs of health and safety and be sure to follow company policies & procedures at all times. Your team will know everything you need to know about company products and be keen to keep building on your knowledge with regular in house training & development. You will inspect all products on delivery, and you will be provided with full training to support you and your team member should there be any issues on the day.
What you'll be doing
As part of a two man team, delivering & installing sofas in to our customers homes
Carry out daily inspections of allocated vehicle and equipment informing the line manager of any defects/missing items immediately
Comply with all driving laws as defined by the government and all company policies and procedures
Fully understand and adhere to the rules and regulation of the EC driver hours, tachograph and road transport directive
Proactively and effectively communicate with the customer to confirm delivery in accordance to the company's policies and procedures
Efficiently deliver allocated customers orders in a safe and secure manner to meet the customer's needs
Assist in the accurate loading and unloading of vehicles to comply with the company's policies and procedures
Maintain up to date and accurate product knowledge to insist in the installation of all products
Skills/experience .....
Physically fit as the role involves a lot of heavy lifting
Positive & 'can do' attitude
New potential colleagues must hold the following driving credentials:
Digi Taco Card
7.5T Licence
No more than 6 penalty points
Sofology benefits
A great basic salary & a very generous team bonus
Learning & Development,
30% discount across the group & 15% for friends & family
High street Discounts with 100's of great brands
Contributory Healthcare
Your Lawyer
Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues & your household
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
A little about sofology
Founded over 30 years ago, we're true sofa specialists. So much more than just a piece of furniture, we know that a sofa is the one thing that truly turns our customer's houses into homes.There's a lot at stake when it comes to guiding our customers to make the right choice for them - that's why our customer journey is unique in the sofa market. That means no 'ends next Sunday sales.
We think choosing a new role and choosing a new sofa have a lot in common. Your old one feels comfy, you're used to it, and you know exactly where you fit. But a new job - or a new sofa - holds so much potential. Pick the right one and you'll never look back. You want to feel comfortable, but with enough going on to keep you right on the edge of your seat. Our team is always growing, and we're constantly shuffling up on the sofa to make room for the newest member of the Sofology family.
Sofology
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Scotland's next census will ask about sexuality and gender identity
By Dan ONeil
For the first time ever, questions about sexuality and transgender status or history will be asked in Scotland's 2021 census.
The Scottish Parliament unanimously approved the changes to the Census Bill on Wednesday (June 12).
The bill will make changes to the 1920 Census Act and allow these questions to be asked for the first time, on a voluntary basis with no penalty for not answering them.
The exact wording of the questions is yet to be finalised.
Scotland will become the first country in the UK to ask its population about their trans status or sexuality.
"Including these voluntary questions will give public bodies vital information to help them meet the needs of Scotland's lesbian, gay, bi and trans community. Gathering data on LGBT communities in Scotland is an important step towards building a society where LGBT people are truly accepted, everywhere and by everyone," said Colin Macfarlane, director of Stonewall Scotland, in a statement.
"We look forward to continuing to work with the National Records of Scotland to ensure that the 2021 Census represents a positive step forward for LGBT equality," Macfarlane added.
Ahead of the debate on Wednesday, trans activists held a demonstration outside the Scottish parliament.
At the demonstration, Vic Valentine of the Scottish Trans Alliance said, "For the first time we will be able to get good data on the number and situation of trans and LGB (lesbian, gay and bisexual) people in Scotland via the new voluntary questions."
Fiona Hyslop, the culture, tourism and external affairs secretary, said, "It is widely accepted that there are currently data gaps on sexual orientation and trans status.
"Including questions on these demographics in the census will provide valuable data for public service planning purposes and will help public bodies meet duties under the Equality Act 2010."
A non-binary sex option was originally included, The Times reports, but later removed.
Joan McAlpine, the Scottish MSP who chaired the committee that rejected the idea of including a non-binary option under the census's question about sex, said that allowing people to say their sex is not male or female would cause "confusion."
A non-binary sex option could have been used by Scotland's intersex population.
It's estimated that 1.7 percent of the population have some form of intersex variation – which can manifest in hormones, chromosomes, genitals, or reproductive organs not all conforming to male or female norms.
This means that intersex people are as common as red-haired people.
Right now, babies born with intersex variations have their genitals operated on in the UK, by the NHS, so that they can be assigned male or female.
McAlpine wrote in The Times that women would be erased "as a biological sex class" were a non-binary sex option to be included.
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So, I feel like I have been in hibernation or something. Not exactly sure what has kept me from posting - other than having a sinus infection for months that I didn't realize was a sinus infection until I got on antibiotics and now I'm feeling a bit better! Well then there was the months of driving around trying to find one of the college daughters an apartment in her new college town. And once the apartment was found there was the furnishing of the apartment, thanks to generous friends and thrift stores, and of course the moving of all these things plus the stuff she already owned. Exhausting.
Anyway, I'm back! I hope!
I have written four posts over at The Printed Fabric Bee about Sun and SunLESS printing. The first post is up and the rest of the posts will pop up on September 20, 23, and 27, 2016. I am giving away these lovely fabrics, some wonderful Mistyfuse and a mini Goddess Sheet, so be sure to hop over and leave a comment on each post for four chances to win this prize!
I love what you are doing, it is inspiring. I have tried sun printing and loved it although I used only leaves and ferns for resist. I have yet to try inorganic shapes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!


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2019 new research in Driving Flying Car Technology
By arooj zaib January 3, 2019
A new study of driving flying car technology, whether they are swooping in providing packages or affecting the victims in the destruction zones. And in this result driving flying car robots of war which can get importance in the future. This driving flying car technology study said robots can move and fly together without colliding. Robots can offer benefits beyond traditional fly car concepts at the sci-fi lore. The ability to fly and walk is common in nature. For example, many birds, insects, and other different animals can do.
With similar expert robots can fly over the bars of the ground or walk underground. But at the moment, the robots that are good on one's way of transportation are usually worse in others. By studying a Robot flying car Brandon Araki, author of a Robotics leader in the Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Laboratories at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the colleagues said in his new study.
Monkey Driving Flying Car:
Researchers already named the "Flying Monkey" robot, which could run and fly similar to grasp items. However, researchers had routes to take flying monkeys; in other words, it is not a safe way. Now, these scientists have developed flying cars that can fly through parking places, landing pads and no flying zones and walking through a simulated city. Researchers said, apart from this, these drones can move independently without bumping together. "We can find our safe way to our cars," told Araki. The researchers took four to eight router "quadcopter" and put two small motors with wheels at the bottom of each drone, capable of driving them. In a simulation, robots can fly for about 295 feet (90 meters). Robots can run up to 826 feet (252 meters) before batteries run.
Driving is efficient than flying:
The researchers developed an algorithm that assures that the robot does not collapse each other. The small city is made of daily things, roads are made by a piece of cloth and for buildings, pieces of cardboard are used. All the drones successfully achieved from the starting point to the end of the track. Researchers said driving devices increased the weight to each drone. Thus reducing a bit of battery life, could reduce the distance nearly 14 percent by the maximum distance. Nevertheless, the scientists said driving is more efficient than flying, due to the extra weight to overcome relatively small losses in performance in flight. The most important impact of our research is that the vehicles that fly and run include their ability to be more efficient and more useful than their vehicles.
Conclusion of driving flying car technology:
Scientists warned that the fleet of an automatic flying car is never coming soon. The current system of drone attacks is not quite strong enough to actually take people. Nevertheless, these experiments with Quadcopter help in helping the "different ideas of flying cars".
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Shatrughan Sinha revealed why he joined Congress party ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday said that Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal wanted him to join their respective parties but he decided to go with the Congress as it was a national party in the 'true sense' and was also advised by 'family friend' RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Sinha, who won the Patna Sahib seat back to back in 2009 and 2014 parliamentary polls said an important factor behind joining the grand old party is that the Patna Sahib seat has gone to the Congress quota in the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) seat sharing and he had said that whatever be the situation, the constituency for him to fight the polls would be the same.
"Many people like (TMC chief) Mamata Banerjee, (SP president) Akhilesh Yadav, and (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal among others, wanted me to be in their party. But I had to come to this place because I had said that whatever be the situation, the location will be the same," Sinha added.
Sinha, in an exclusive interview to PTI, said that it was "painful" for him to leave the BJP with which he has had such a long association, but was disturbed at the treatment meted out by the party to its stalwarts such as L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha. Notably, the BJP has not fielded party veterans in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
After the denial of ticket from Patna Sahib, disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha met Rahul Gandhi last week and is set to formally join the Congress on April 6. Sinha had also showered praise on Congress' promise of a minimum income guarantee scheme 'NYAY' under which Rs. 72,000 will be given to 20 per cent of India's poorest families every year.


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Top 10 E-Mail Providers
Free email services remain the center of web activity, driving communication for work and personal use. From social networking update alerts to the sending and receiving of documents, email has truly become a necessity for modern correspondence.
Arguably the best free email services available to date. Gmail is heavily integrated with its Google applications and the Gmail Labs team is constantly adding new features that enhance its service. While newer than most other free email services, Google was an established tech company prior to launching its email service and already had other applications with which it could be integrated. This resolve to provide access to cloud computing through cross-app cooperation gives
Yahoo Mail:
Yahoo Mail search is one of the most useful features when it comes to tracking down messages. Automatic filters help one sift through search results, giving one-click access to documents, senders, and more. Yahoo is also looking to make its email service more socially aware to allow one to better connect with other Yahoo users via your email inbox. Connected with many of Yahoo's other applications, ones email persona can be tied with much of the other Yahoo activity which could ultimately spread across the social web. Other tools for speedy organization and inbox skimming have been introduced with recent Yahoo Mail updates giving users more professional ways in which to use Yahoo for their emailing needs.
Acquired by Microsoft, it has undergone several updates since it first emerged on the scene. As such, it features integration with other landmark Microsoft products such as Outlook. Security and anti-spam measures ensure that messages are only accepted from known senders. This leaves a good amount of manual management from the user however, as they need to confirm messages from new senders.
This wasn't always free, but it is now. As a long-standing company in the email business, AOL has a lot of familiarity and experience in dealing with email. Its ability to keep up however, still falls short. On the organization side, AOL could use a little innovation to improve features like folders and labels.
Inbox:
This is a solid free email service that comes with a lot of features and 5GB of storage space. Security is good but it lacks a phishing filter and access via IMAP is not available. Other features include typical standards such as calendar, notes, and notifications but the service also comes with games and ecards. Unlike most free email services Inbox.com doesn't display advertisements while viewing the email.
Fastmail:
This free email service is ad-supported, comes with 10MB of storage, a maximum file size of 10MB, and a mail storage quota of 10MB. Its free account doesn't include email forwarding, POP3 access, and the address book storage is limited to 100 contacts. Upgraded email plans include more storage space, greater access, and no advertisements.
A free email service that includes unlimited storage space, great security and spam protection, and the ability to access the email messages from the mobile phone. One can choose from over 250 different personal email address domains, customize the look of the inbox with various skins as well add email apps. The free email plan also comes with a calendar, address book, and online chat interface but does not offer IMAP or POP3 access. Paid email plans offer more features and access minus the hassle of annoying advertisements.
Lycos Mail:
Used to be a free email service provider but now charges $19.95 per year to give users 5GB of storage, POP3 and IMAP access, spam filtering, and anti-virus support. Other notable features include domain and address blocking abilities and no ads.
Care2:
An environmentally conscious business that provides free email service as well as other things. Care2 donates 5% of its earnings to various nonprofit organizations. It free email plan comes with 5GB of storage space, 10MB maximum file size for attachments, anti-spam and anti-virus filters, POP3 access, auto-replies, spell-check, address book for contacts, and personalized webmail names.
Zenbe:
A next generation email service that integrates the social web and collaboration tools to take plain old email to the next level. It offer a 30-day free trial for all email service plans and access to their Share Flow collaboration service that allows one to connect and share files and comments with their team. Zenbe Mail comes with calendars, Postini spam and virus protection, and it allows you to use your own domain.
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OHCHR Reports Unprecedented Violence Against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
February 15, 2017 IJRC Asia, children, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, equal protection, extrajudicial executions, family, freedom of religion, health, immigration & asylum, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, migrants, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system, women's rights
Rohingya in Rakhine state in Myanmar
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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently published its findings from over 200 interviews with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that described severe human rights violations against Rohingya in Myanmar since an October 9, 2016 attack on the police in Myanmar's Rakhine state. See OHCHR, Report of the OHCHR mission to Bangladesh: Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016 (2017), at 3. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has expressed deep concerns about the unprecedented violence against the Rohingya Muslims as the interviews demonstrated the grave extent of human rights violations taking place in the region, including killings, beatings, the destruction of property, rape and sexual violence, and enforced disappearances, among others. According to the report, the systematic abuses perpetrated by the State may amount to crimes against humanity. See id. at 9, 42. [OHCHR Press Release]
This latest report complements earlier reports that confirmed human rights abuses against Rohingya in Myanmar, including discrimination based on religion, deprivation of liberty, violations of the rights to health and education, and trafficking, among other abuses. The OHCHR had previously recommended preventative measures to the State as well as conducting thorough investigations of alleged human rights abuses. See UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, UN Doc. A/HRC/32/18, 29 June 2016.
October 9, 2016 Attack
According to the OHCHR, security forces in Myanmar may have killed more than a thousand Rohingya Muslims since October 2016; this figure refutes estimates from military personnel that placed the death toll at hundreds. [Reuters] After the attack on police in October, the area in Myanmanr's Rakhine state was closed, preventing humanitarian aid workers from entering and restricting the freedom of movement of those inside the area. See OHCHR, Report of the OHCHR mission to Bangladesh Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016, at 7. Security forces began to conduct operations in the area starting in October and running through January 2017. See id. at 7-8.
Human Rights Abuses and Violence Since October 9, 2016
According to information gathered, a majority of witnesses observed extrajudicial killings, beatings, the destruction of property, and disappearances. See id. at 9. The report documented systematic indiscriminate deaths due to random firing and use of grenades, targeted killings of prominent Rohingyas, deaths due to burning of houses, and accounts of the killing of new borns and other children. See id. at 14-19.
The deliberate destruction of property, including hundreds of houses, schools, markets, and mosques, targeted structures and areas based on ethnicity and religion. In some instances, individuals were forced to destroy their own homes and property. Security forces and Rakhine mobs also destroyed food and food sources, such as paddy fields, and looted Rohingya houses. See id. at 31-36.
The report cites that more than half of the female victims had reported instances of rape or sexual violence, and nearly half of all victims reported a family member had been killed or disappeared. See id. at 9. The report documented violations related to torture, including, rape, gang rape, and other forms of sexual violence, such as invasive body searches. Women and girls, including those as young as 11, reported being raped violently sometimes in front of other women or family and experiencing mental and physical health consequences after, such as depression and abdominal pain. The OHCHR also gathered stories of women and girls who died as a result of gang rape. See id. at 20-24.
Other forms of reported torture included physical assault via bamboo sticks, gun butts, metal rods, and body parts, among other tactics; application of stress positions for periods of time ranging from one hour to three days; and psychological torture, including forcing victims to watch family members be abused. See id. at 25-28.
The OHCHR interviewed individuals who also reported a lack of access to medical care; beatings, stabbings, and shootings; discrimination based on ethnicity and religion; and restrictions on freedom of movement and the ability to work. See id. at 9, 31, 35.
Reports indicate that religious practices have been restricted. Family members have not been able to perform burial rituals for their relatives. The army killed religious students and scholars. See id. at 35-36.
Testimonies purported that the Myanmar security forces, or Rakhine villagers in tandem with security forces, perpetrated the violence. See id. at 13. The eight most affected Rohingya villages were Boro Gozibil, Keyeari Para, Zambinnya, Nichapro, Chali Para, Choto Gozibil, Rabillya, and Wabeg. See id. at 37-38. The OHCHR report estimates 66,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since October 2016, and another 22,000 Rohingya are internally displaced. See id. at 42.
Based on the testimonies gathered, the report observed that the strategy of security forces in the region resembled that of past counter-insurgency efforts to "cut off rebel forces from their four main support sources (food, funds, intelligence, recruits)" as a part of a "calculated policy of terror." See id. at 41-42. According to the OHCHR, the attacks must be viewed as a part of an ongoing, widespread pattern of discriminatory policies targeting Rohingya on the basis of their ethnic and religious identity, which the report stated has in other contexts been described as ethnic cleansing. These actions likely, the report said, indicate the commission of crimes against humanity. See id.
While Myanmar's military-controlled government transitioned to a civilian government in 2016, the military continues to hold significant influence with a quarter of the seats in parliament. See UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, para. 6. Rohingya Muslims, a minority ethnic group that is not recognized by the State, make up the largest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar, and live predominantly in the Rakhine State. See id. at para. 3. Human rights abuses against Rohingyas have been observed by the OHCHR since 1992. See id. at para. 25.
Other members of the population of the Rakhine state deny that the Rohingya have a distinct ethnic heritage, culture, and religion and have ties to Myanmar. See id. at para 9. The OHCHR notes that Rohingyas have been cast as "illegal immigrants," and that decades of discrimination in the form of religious intolerance and incitement to hatred has intensified since 2012. See id. Access to justice for Rohingya is limited in light of widespread corruption in Myanmar, language and geographical barriers, and the fear of reprisal. See id. at para 12. Even before October 2016, the Rohingya experienced discrimination based on ethnic and religious identity, deprivation of nationality, deprivation of liberty and life, sexual and gender-based violence, and inadequate access to healthcare. See id. at paras. 21-42.
In an earlier report, the OHCHR called on the government to address the systematic human rights violations against the Rohingya. The OHCHR recommended removing discriminatory policies, restrictions, and laws; condemning incitement to hatred; investigating alleged violations of human rights abuses impartially; facilitating a peace process; and pursuing reforms to strengthen the rule of law in the region, among others. See id. at paras. 65-81.
Rohingya have fled Myanmar to escape persecution and also are susceptible to trafficking. See id. at para. 11. With a large population of Rohingya in Bangladesh, the State recently expressed its intention to reinstate a plan that would relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island, Thengar Char, which routinely floods, and has been described as uninhabitable. [Guardian]
Human Rights Obligations of Myanmar and Bangladesh
Myanmar is a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Those human rights treaties obligate Myanmar to protect the rights to non-discrimination; to be free from violence, including sexual and gender-based abuse; to be free from trafficking; and to obtain and retain nationality equally with others, among other rights. It is also a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) and the Geneva Conventions. See OHCHR, Ratification Status for Myanmar; ICRC, Myanmar.
Bangladesh is also a party to several international human rights treaties. It is a State party to the Convention against Torture (CAT); the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD); the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers (ICMW); the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Protocols on the sale of children, child protection and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict; CEDAW; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and CRPD. See OHCHR, Ratification Status for Bangladesh. Several of these treaties impose an obligation on Bangladesh to protect against torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
For more information on international criminal law, and rights associated with citizenship and nationality, life, and immigration, visit IJRC's Online Resource Hub.
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What was Jabba's status among other Hutts?
So we know that Jabba the Hutt was leader of a vast criminal empire. In fact, according to Legends canon, Jabba's organization was apparently the Outer Rim equivalent of Black Sun, or nearly so. He was certainly powerful enough that Black Sun's leader, Prince Xizor, considered Jabba to be one of the only two individuals that posed a threat to his position (the other being Darth Vader). We also know that Hutts in general respect wealth & power, with such things determining a Hutt's status within the social ranks of Hutt society.
What we don't know, however, was where Jabba fit within Hutt society. Given his wealth, power, and influence, you'd think Jabba would be fairly high up the social ladder. However, Jabba resides on Tattooine, which is quite some distance from Nal Hutta (the Hutt homeworld), and does not appear to be one of the ruling Hutts in their society. In fact, the only Hutts we see Jabba interacting with are Durga - the other Hutt on Tattooine - and Jabba's uncle/aunt on Coruscant. In both cases, the other Hutts defer to Jabba. However, in both cases, the other Hutt falls within Jabba's personal sphere of influence.
What exactly is Jabba's position/rank within Hutt society, and is he considered any kind of leader or official figure to the other Hutts?
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IIRC, he was a member of the council of Hutts, making him one of the highest ranked of the species. – Rogue Jedi Sep 25 '15 at 18:46
@RogueJedi - interesting. If you can find something to support that, it'd make a great answer – Omegacron Sep 25 '15 at 18:47
Didn't other Hutts consider him a bit of a perv because of his fondness for humanoid slave girls? – Nu'Daq Sep 25 '15 at 22:27
I find it hard to imagine a Hutt on a ladder. – Mr Lister Sep 26 '15 at 9:23
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During the Clone Wars, Jabba was the leader of the "Grand Hutt Council." The Council ruled the entire Hutt Clan and the Hutt Cartel.
Jabba was also the leader of the Council in the Legends continuity.
Additionally, he was the leader of the Desilijic clan, one of the most powerful Hutt Kajidics.
So Jabba was in fact a very highly ranked Hutt.
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He was also the son of a very influential Hutt, mentioned in the Clone Wars series... can you remember which Hutt that was? He contracted the Jedi to save baby Jabba from ?Assaj? Or was it Jabba's son that needed saving... guess I need to re-watch the series :-) – TylerH Aug 22 '16 at 16:13
@TylerH Jabba was an adult during the Clone Wars.He had the Jedi find his son, Rotta. – Rogue Jedi Aug 22 '16 at 17:00
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The third segment of the solid waste episode of Chronicle, the Boston TV news magazine, opens with some pretty grim statistics about the state of waste disposal in Massachusetts. As WasteZero's Stephen Lisauskas explains, landfill space is quickly dwindling in Massachusetts: while there were more than 300 landfills operating in the 1980s, there are only 7 today. And even those that are still open are not always a safe bet, in terms of safety and the environment, as Kirstie Pecci from the environmental advocacy group MASSPIRG points out: "Inevitably, landfills always fail." Pecci cites contaminated ground water and surface water, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, as some of the greatest problems. "There are a lot of negative health effects around landfills," she says.
As the Chronicle piece shows, all the garbage we throw away isn't only a financial burden on our communities, but it can also put people's health at risk. Knowing that makes efforts to create less trash in the first place more important than ever.
Great article! Thank you for the post. As a resident of Somerville, MA, it makes me very concerned about what we are doing to mitigate risks. As a 20 something living in an urban area, I think a huge part of the community education must be directed towards the millennial generation. While my generation my say we are the greenest generation, research shows that when convenience goes against recycling, convenience always wins.
If you all are looking for some targeted material regarding millennials and recycling, I'd be happy for you to include/link to the following: http://www.trashminimizer.com/trash-minimizing-tips/millennials-recycling-habits.
Hi Jess – Thank you for your feedback and for sending through the link with information about millennials' recycling habits. Will give it a detailed read.