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Ceptur Therapeutics Launches with $75M Series A Financing to Advance RNA Therapeutics Based on Proprietary U1 Adaptor Technology
Ceptur Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted oligonucleotide therapeutics based on U1 Adaptor technology, today announced the completion of a $75 M Series A financing. The round was co-led by venBio Partners and Qiming Venture Partners USA with participation by new investors Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund,...
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n-Lorem Foundation Partners with Alnylam to Expand Technology Access to RNAi Therapeutics for Patients with Nano-rare Diseases
n-Lorem, a nonprofit Foundation, discovering and providing experimental antisense oligonucleotide medicines to nano-rare disease patients for free, for life, today announced a new partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.. Adding Alnylam as a partner is another step in the creation of a broad network of partner stakeholders committed to treating...
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Alnylam to Present Full 18-Month Results from the HELIOS-A Phase 3 Study of Vutrisiran at the Société Francophone du Nerf Périphérique Annual Meeting
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the Company will present full 18- month results from the HELIOS-A Phase 3 study of vutrisiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis, at the Société...
Soleo Health to Administer OXLUMO™ for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1
Soleo Health, an innovative leader and national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, announced today it has access to OXLUMO™, managed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company. This access allows Soleo Health to administer OXLUMO to lower patients' urinary oxalate levels in children and adults with primary...
Alnylam Announces Preliminary* Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Global Net Product Revenues and Provides Additional Updates
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced its preliminary* fourth quarter and full year 2021 global net product revenues for ONPATTRO, GIVLAARI and OXLUMO and provided additional updates on the products' commercial launches. Preliminary global net product revenues for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 were...
Alnylam Announces Collaboration with Novartis to Explore Targeted Therapy to Restore Liver Function
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced a collaboration with Novartis to leverage Alnylam' s proven, proprietary siRNA technology to inhibit a target discovered at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, potentially leading to development of a treatment designed to promote the regrowth of...
Alnylam Announces Promotion of Dr. Akshay Vaishnaw to President
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced that Akshay Vaishnaw, M.D., Ph.D. has been appointed President. Dr. Vaishnaw joined Alnylam in 2006 as Vice President, Clinical Research with roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as President of Research and Development. In this new role, Dr. Vaishnaw will...
Alnylam to Webcast Presentation at 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that management will present a company overview at the 40 th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, being held virtually, on Monday, January 10, 2022 at 9:45 am ET. A replay will be available on the Alnylam website within 48 hours after the event. About Alnylam...
Alnylam Comments on FDA Approval of Leqvio®, the First siRNA (RNAi Therapeutic) Approved to Reduce LDL-C
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today highlighted the significance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration' s approval of Leqvio ®, the fourth small interfering RNA therapy approved in the U.S., and the first and only to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Alnylam scientists discovered inclisiran and published...
Alnylam Submits CTA Application for ALN-APP, an Investigational RNAi Therapeutic for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the Company has submitted a Clinical Trial Authorization application to The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the United Kingdom to initiate a Phase 1 study of ALN-APP, an investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting amyloid precursor...
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. is leading the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare genetic, cardio-metabolic, hepatic infectious, and central nervous system (CNS)/ocular diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach for the treatment of a wide range of severe and debilitating diseases. Founded in 2002, Alnylam is delivering on a bold vision to turn scientific possibility into reality, with a robust RNAi therapeutics platform. Alnylam's commercial RNAi therapeutic products are ONPATTRO® (patisiran), GIVLAARI® (givosiran), and OXLUMO™ (lumasiran) and Leqvio® (inclisiran) being developed and commercialized by Alnylam's partner Novartis. Alnylam has a deep pipeline of investigational medicines, including six product candidates that are in late-stage development. Alnylam is executing on its 'Alnylam P5x25' strategy to deliver transformative medicines in both rare and common diseases benefiting patients around the world through sustainable innovation and exceptional financial performance, resulting in a leading biotech profile. Alnylam is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.


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Jeremy Lin Second In NBA Jersey Sales, Ahead Of Kobe Bryant And LeBron James
By Jay King Apr 26, 2012, 1:33pm EDT
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Jeremy Lin has been out of the New York Knicks' lineup since March 24 with a meniscal tear in his left knee. But in case anyone forgot about Linsanity, a quick glance at the NBA's leading jersey sales provides a reminder.
Since April of 2011, Lin's jersey has sold more than anyone else's with the exception of Derrick Rose. Although Lin's gear was not even found in stores until he blew up overnight in February, he has sold more jerseys in the past calendar year than LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and anyone else who wasn't the 2011 NBA MVP.
Lin was present at the Knicks practice on Wednesday to participate in some "light jogging" and "slow-paced basketball moves," according to ESPN New York. He wore a brace on his surgically-repaired knee and coach Mike Woodson said the best-case scenario is that Lin returns in time for the conference semifinals.
Carmelo Anthony was fifth on the list, behind only Rose, Lin, Bryant and James. View the top 15 NBA jersey sellers here.
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HAUGHTON IMPACT STRUCTURE AND EVIDENCE OF PRIMITIVE LIFE
By Anushree Srivastava – Crew Biologist
Investigating the impact-induced hydrothermal gypsum deposits in Haughton Impact crater is one of my principal objectives as Mars-based scientist. With our Crew Geologist Dr Jon Clarke and our Earth-based scientist Dr Alfonso Davila of NASA Ames Research Centre and SETI Institute, I am conducting this study to understand the possibility of any preserved biosignatures in those hydrothermal sulfates. Haughton Impact structure was carved when a large rock collided with the earth about 39 million years ago near what we call now the Canadian High Arctic (75°22'N, 89°41'W). The 24 km diameter crater lies in Devon Island that is described as the largest uninhabited island in the world.
Impact craters have always been the hot spots for astrobiologists to look for the preservation of life via volcanic or hydrothermal processes and to establish an analogy for extraterrestrial sites where primitive life could evolve and preserved. The Miocene Haughton structure hosts the well-preserved history of impact-generated hydrothermal activity and sulfate crystallization. Gordon Osinski, Pascal Lee and Charles Cockell have extensively studied and documented the sulfate deposits of Haughton crater. Interestingly, they demonstrated the microbial colonization in sulfate crystals and those microbes further modify the structure of the crystal to find a favourable niche to survive. Those microbial communities were found to be grown in situ and identified primarily as cyanobacteria.
Figure 1: Cell structure of cyanobacteria growing in situ in gypsum crystals. (Parnell et al., 2005)
So, Dr Jon Clarke and I planned an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) to the site which is described as "impact supersite" by Gordon Osinski. The supersite is located near the middle of the Haughton crater and is about 10 km drive from FMARS. I intended to sample the sulfate deposits from the supersite to investigate any viable or fossilized signatures of life originated and thrived during impact-induced hydrothermal event in the past. We sampled gypsum-bearing evaporites from outcrops belong to the mid-Ordovician Bay Fiord Formation (39 mya). According to Thorsteinsson et al (1987) Bay Fiord Formation is mainly composed of limestone/dolomite and of argillaceous/silty and evaporitic nature. The Formation is divisible in four members and have been categorised as A to D. Only the member A consists of gypsum/anhydrite deposition.
Figure 2: Anushree and Jon on EVA investigating gypsum beds. (Image Credit: Paul Knightly)
Figure 3: Haughton Impact crater. Indicating FMARS and Hydrothermal Supersite. Sulfates are one of the prominent salt species that have been detected on Mars.
In the Bay Fiord Formation the gypsum was deposited through evaporation of seawater. Elsewhere in the crater gypsum is known to have formed as a result of the impact driven hydrothermal activity. Both the processes are considered to be analogous to the sulfate precipitation from the low-temperature aqueous fluid on Mars. So, any microbial life that was present in the brine could have found refuge in tiny fluid-inclusions of the gypsum crystals in the past or potentially left their marks in the depository layers while degradation. Hence, it is fascinating to explore the idea
of preservation of biomarkers in evaporite rocks.
Figure 4: Impact Supersite. (Image Credit: Dr Jon Clarke)
Figure 5: A. Gypsum veins at Hydrothermal Supersite in Devon Island (Image Credit: Dr Jon Clarke). B. Gypsum veins at the Endeavour Crater on Mars (Image Credit: NASA JPL/Caltech).
Further Readings:
Cockell, C. S., Osinski,G. R., Banerjee, N. R., Howard, K. T., Gilmour, I., and Watson, J.S. 2010. The microbe–mineral environment and gypsum neogenesis in a weathered polar evaporite. Geobiology 8, 293–308.
Mayr, U., de Freitas, T., Beauchamp, B., and Eisbacher,G. 1998. The Geology of Devon Island North Of 76°, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 526, 500p.
Morrow D. W. and Kerr, J. W. 1977. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Paleozoic Formations near Prince Alfred Bay, Devon Island. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 254, 122p.
Parnell et al 2005. Microbial Preservation in Sulfates in the Haughton Impact Structure suggest target in search for microbial life on Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI
Squyres et al 2012. Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars. Science 336, 570-575p.
Thorsteinsson, R. and Mayr, U. 1987. The sedimentary rocks of Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 411, 182p.
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Teen depression is one of the most common problems that's experienced by a large number of teenagers globally. It is a mental condition that affects a teenager 's thoughts, feelings, and behavior tremendously, so it's important to take professional help to feel better. There is little doubt that teenagers feel sad and anxious frequently, but those are general feelings and they shouldn't be misunderstood with teen depression – which is a highly debilitating mood disorder.
In other words, feeling sad or tensed is quite normal for teenagers, however, if these feelings stay consistent for months – it could mean you are suffering from teen depression and therefore you should seek right treatment for it as soon as possible.
The good thing is that you can get help for your problem to recover from it quickly. The moment you realize that you have a serious mental disorder, you should also accept the fact that help is available and you can get better if you work towards it religiously. In addition to that, it's also important for you to understand that you are not the only person affected by this condition.
When you suffer from this mood disorder you feel extremely anxious and helpless, which can lead to further problems as well, if you fail to take the right treatment. When you feel depressed you try to subside your feelings by relying on things like alcohol and drugs, which can, later on, lead to other mental conditions like alcohol and drug addiction.
A lot of teens who think that there is absolutely no solution to their problem, try to commit suicide. Therefore one of the best ways to deal with your problem is to understand that it can be fixed effectively if you are willing to work towards it. It's crucial for you to believe that no matter how anxious and hopeless you feel, you will always find a solution to deal with your problems.
If you really want to feel better, talk to your loved ones about your problem. Most of the times, teens feel that no one can understand their feelings, which is absolutely wrong. Your parents may behave a little rudely with you after seeing your behavior, but that only happens when they are unaware of your problem. So, if you need a valid solution, make sure that you discuss your depression either with your parents or siblings.
Your parents might not be able to give you sufficient time because of their busy work schedules, but once you talk to them about your problem they will surely offer you the right guidance. The moment you share your thoughts and feelings with someone you trust a lot, you will start seeing an improvement in your condition. Therefore, sharing your problem is very important for finding a perfect solution for it.
You enjoy a lot in the company of your friends, so make sure that you do not try to isolate yourself from them. Talk to those friends who are understanding and helpful, and who make you laugh all the time.
But at the same time, you should also make it a point to avoid those friends who keep criticising you. In addition to that, it's better to stay away from those who abuse alcohol and drugs.
It's important for you to reduce your screen time to feel good and relaxed. Keep your phone and laptop aside at least an hour before you go to bed because they affect your sleep. In addition to that, if you keep checking your social media accounts frequently, then it's high time to change this habit. People keep on posting positive things about themselves on their social media accounts, which could make you feel sad when you try to compare their lives with yours. So, it's better to avoid checking your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram account frequently.
Last but not least, take professional help for your problem. Find a good rehab center, wherein you can get proper treatment for your problem. Depression can be treated with Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A perfect combination of medication and therapy can improve your condition very quickly.
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Are you bogged down in old patterns of behaviour?
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"Why do people act the way they do?"
This is a commonly asked question when trying to understand behaviour. A much more useful and helpful question to ask is…
"What stops me acting differently, and what is blocking my ability to change?"
It can be very difficult giving up a behaviour that you may have been doing for a long time. It raises questions about the values or beliefs that underpin and maintain your behaviour. Besides, there may be definite short-term payoffs for continuing some behaviours right? These payoffs of course need to be balanced with the costs.
The pattern of abusive behaviour that Frank is expressing in the following story had others feeling afraid of him. His relationship was about to end and he was doubting his ability to change.
Frank (aged 35) tells his story…
Frank came home one day, distraught that his wife Jenny (aged 34) had walked out on him and gone to her mother. He was tearful, upset and desperate to be back with her.
"It all began when we were driving home from a family barbecue. Jenny was sitting in the back seat of the car with my sister, Mary. Jenny began to gossip to Mary about what had happened to one of our neighbours. I said 'Here we go again', or something like that. It was meant to be a joke.
Things went quiet in the car. When we got home a couple of hours later Jenny told me she was upset by my comments. I told her it was only a joke but she didn't believe me. Things were pretty strained for the rest of the night. The next morning I had to go away for work for three days. I hate going away because I don't get on with the rest of the crew.
I was looking forward to coming home. On arriving home Jenny told me her cousin was in town (they lived out in the country) and that she would really like to see her. I had just gotten home and here she was deciding her cousin was more important to be with than me!
I told her she'd have to hitchhike because there was not enough petrol in the car. Jenny became upset. At that moment I knew I had blown it. I said it was only a joke. Jenny brought up the situation of my previous joke in the car.
I felt cornered. The more I tried to convince Jenny that it was only a joke, the more heated the argument became. She just wouldn't accept my point of view. I got really furious and ended up hitting her, pushing her on to the floor, telling her she was stupid. I kicked her when she was on the floor. I told her to stop hassling me and to forget what I had said.
I walked down to the shop. When I got back she and the kids had gone."
At this point in the interview Frank became tearful…
Two days later, meeting with Jenny and Frank to hear more of the story, Jenny said she kept things from Frank so as not to upset him, tried to be pleasant to him when he was 'in a mood. She described becoming increasingly anxious when Frank was due to return home and how relief came when Frank went away with his work. Jenny described her life with Frank as 'like walking on eggshells'. Much of this was new information to Frank; he had little understanding of what was happening to others within his family.
Frank grew up in a family where abuse was common. He related a situation in which he saw his enraged stepfather break down the toilet door to get at Frank's mother, who was hiding within. As a young boy this had a profound impact on Frank. He tried to protect his mother, the result being that he often became the target of his stepfather's violence. Frank vowed and declared he would never be like his stepfather, but twenty years later he was aware that he was heading down a similar pathway. Frank feared that his own children were learning from him, and would carry on what seemed like becoming a family tradition of abuse. It became apparent that he carried around with him very firm ideas on how he should behave in relationships, and how men and women should be in relationships.
In other words Frank had a blueprint in place about how relationships and the people in them should act.
Unfortunately for Frank, Jenny had a different blueprint. Frank's blueprint was based on issues of entitlement, expectation and the control over others. This certainly didn't help his relationship with Jenny and their children. Separation was fast becoming the only viable option. Frank's story was not an isolated incident in his relationship. Jenny had experienced Frank's abuse and violence many times before. Frank was not a bad man and like most men he was confused about hurting the people he cared about most in the world.
If you recognise something of your own difficulties in Frank's story, check out the post about 'Developing a new rule book for men.'
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Ken McMaster (MSW Hons, CQSW, MANZASW) has a thirty year history working at the cutting edge of intervention work with men who are violent and who sexually abuse.
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Matt Williams (BTcLn, NCALNE) has a 15 year history working within the social service and criminal justice sectors as a trainer and program developer.
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DTS Webinar Recap: We've Got a Problem — An Introduction to z/OS® Dumps and Debugging Tools
In large enterprises, the most complex and mission-critical business applications are entrusted to z/OS because of its unrivaled security and reliability. In any complex environment, however, unexpected errors and unplanned failures are bound to occur. When they do, there is an immediate need to understand the problem, find/fix the root cause, and prevent future errors. If you can apply automation to the remediation, you might classify as a Mainframe Champion, as defined in the latest BMC Mainframe Survey.
Fortunately, z/OS programmers have access to a large set of debugging tools, including dumps, traces, log records, and more. The ability to leverage these tools, particularly system dumps, is an important part of a programmer's job description and a daily workflow.
As with all operating systems, z/OS is unique in both its ability to debug and the way debugging is performed. This was the focus of our November educational webinar, presented by DTS CTO Steve Pryor.
While it is a vast subject, there are aspects of Dumps and Debugging exclusive to z/OS, which is where Pryor spends most of the hour-long session. In-depth examples can be found in the slide deck from the presentation, available for download here.
What can an ABEND Tell You?
ABENDs (abnormal terminations) are of two types – User ABENDs (generated from an application or utility) and System ABENDs (caused by an error performing a system-related function). Debugging user abends requires an understanding of what the program is trying to do and what condition is indicated by the user abend, as specified in the program or utility documentation. System abends occur when a system function, such as obtaining virtual storage or other resources, fails, or when an instruction cannot correctly be executed. Typically, application programmers are called upon to resolve user abends, while system abends are addressed by the system programmer or storage administrator.
Most abends will be accompanied by a formatted dump, placed on either a SYSUDUMP or SYSABEND dataset, or for a larger system-related problem, a SYSMDUMP dataset . Many abends are related to supervisor call (SVC) instructions. In these cases, the last two digits of the abend code will identify the SVC. This can be a useful clue as to which type of system function failed and how to attack the problem.
In addition to SVCs, Program Exceptions indicate that the CPU cannot continue operation due to a problem with the instruction being executed. Program exceptions can be identified in many different ways, which are also covered in the webinar.
Common Error Types
What are the most common error types encountered in z/OS? From addressing errors and data errors to instruction errors and others, such as timing, loop and wait errors, each is identifiable if you know what you are looking for.
While an ABEND is a "hard" error, errors such as "incorrect output" are logic errors, which are more difficult to debug and require more in-depth knowledge of the application.
You've Identified the Error – now What?
Once the source of the error is known, what tools are available? The most common are discussed in the webinar, what they do and what to expect from them. This includes a brief conversation about sending the dump to IBM when necessary.
At closing, Pryor recommends a number of reference materials available and the types of issues covered in each.
More about Dumps and Debugging Tools in our webinar: "We've Got a Problem: An Introduction to z/OS® Dumps and Debugging Tools" is a 60-minute informative and educational look at an important topic in the mainframe space. If you weren't able to attend, you can view it on-demand and download a copy of the slide deck used in the presentation by using this link.
DTS Software Announces Day 1 Support for IBM® z/OS® Version 2.5 for Its Product Portfolio of Mainframe Storage Management Solutions
RALEIGH, NC, (PRWEB) OCTOBER 13, 2021 – DTS Software, a leading global mainframe storage automation and systems administration software vendor, today confirmed immediate compatibility of all its products with IBM®'s latest z/OS® V2R5 release. IBM announced the release in July 2021 and made it GA on September 30, 2021.
IBM z/OS powers the IT engine of the largest, most complex, business-critical IT environments in the world. DTS Software has partnered with IBM for decades to supplement its products with crucial capabilities that customers leverage in these enterprise IT environments. DTS products complement IBM's scalability and performance with storage management solutions equipped with automation to ensure the availability of services to required service level agreements.
"DTS Software products are built with the IT system interoperability and solution flexibility to facilitate day-one support for IBM, every release," said Steve Pryor, DTS Software CTO. "Additionally, because of our deep experience with the z/OS operating system and z/OS storage, clients find DTS solutions are some of the most critical components of their system software stack."
IBM's release of z/OS V2R5 enables innovative development to support hybrid cloud and AI business applications. This is accomplished by enabling next-generation systems operators and developers to have easy access and a simplified experience with IBM z/OS, all while relying on the most optimal usage of computing power and resources of IBM Z® servers for scale, security, and business continuity. To learn more about the latest z/OS release, visit the z/OS homepage: https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/zos.
No special considerations for the IBM z/OS change are needed other than upgrading your DTS Software products to the most current DTS Software version 7.1. DTS customers may visit https://dtssoftware.com/support for additional assistance or questions about the new z/OS version.
IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, N.Y. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 375,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. Just completing its 22nd year of patent leadership, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across 6 continents. For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com.
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DTS Software, LLC is recognized worldwide as a leader in enterprise storage management technology. Specializing in products for z/OS, Hitachi VOS3 and Fujitsu MSP operating systems, DTS Software products provide superior functionality and features that allow managers and users to more effectively utilize their investment in storage systems. The company was founded in 1991 and currently has over 1,000 customers in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Far East. For more information, visit https://dtssoftware.com.
DTS Software Announces TechChannel Hosted Webinar: 'Aggregation without Aggravation: When Putting More Log Data In Your SIEM is a Good Thing'
Mainframe storage management provider DTS Software is slated to sponsor a TechChannel webinar on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, featuring guest speaker Reg Harbeck and industry expert Steve Pryor. The event will focus on storage event awareness and why the metadata from it is a must-have for better security and compliance visibility.
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DTS Software, a leading global mainframe storage management software vendor, today announced sponsorship for a TechChannel (https://techchannel.com) webinar titled, "Aggregation without Aggravation: When Putting More Log Data in Your SIEM is a Good Thing" on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT.
More data is not always better where InfoSec is concerned. We'll explain why storage-event awareness and the data from it is a great addition to your SIEM events for better security and compliance visibility.
High-profile cyber breaches continue to make headlines in spite of the log data available to security analysts. The indicators are there, but how do you make sense of the vast amount of data to see the cyberthreat on the horizon and take a proactive stand on protecting the data?
This webinar will focus on mainframe storage management events that can be added to the mix of SIEM event data currently collected and correlated to unearth the full cyberthreat picture across your enterprise. The general indicators of cyberthreat in storage are mostly file integrity management or FIM related, but FIM is difficult on the mainframe. IBM® z/OS® ESMs (External Security Managers – RACF, CA ACF2, and CA Top Secret) are the standard for SYSLOG data on the mainframe for security and a great start, but some events are not tracked by these facilities. Experts Reg Harbeck (Founder of Mainframe Analytics, Ltd. http://www.mainframeanalytics.com) and Steve Pryor (DTS CTO) will shed some light on leveraging dfSMS events alongside other SIEM event data to give a fuller picture of threat vectors zeroing in on your most precious IT asset, your mainframe.
Key points to be addressed:
The background of SIEMs and of mainframe storage event awareness
Which storage management event logs can be leveraged to reduce regulatory and compliance risk for data security
Which storage events are critical for cyber forensics, a critical component of many data governance regulations
How to pass along valuable storage management knowledge to the new wave of mainframe storage managers who are growing up in regulated data protection environments (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, FISMA, PCI DSS, SOX, other)
Guest speaker Harbeck is a mainframe industry expert and IBM Champion for Z mainframes who has worked in IT and mainframes for more than three decades. During this time, he has consulted, presented, written and taught courses on mainframe-related matters worldwide, and is heavily involved in the mainframe ecosystem.
"It's easy to forget that storage is part of pretty much everything that is subject to security and regulations in IT," said Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics Ltd, Reg Harbeck. "If you don't have dynamic and historical insights into relevant storage behaviors, you don't have a complete security or compliance picture."
The webinar will also feature DTS Software's CTO, Steve Pryor, who will provide a few practical use cases for a storage-management security approach and discuss how this method can advance mainframe business enablement and avoid violating a multitude of regulations.
"Policy rules are obviously good to help keep you out of regulatory and compliance hot water, but also in a less publicized fashion, they can help save money," said Pryor. "We're helping to elevate policy rules above a simple email and incorporate them into the client's technology stack."
As large enterprises continue to negotiate the mainframe skills gap, next-generation mainframe professionals have much to learn about the storage management tools they use in addition to a myriad of other non-traditional applications and infrastructure computing concepts dating back to the 1960s. But for both new and experienced mainframers, their work is often more focused on technology than strategic business enablement. This webinar will demonstrate how to use storage policy to advance security, compliance, and automated management to improve business services delivery today and into the future. To learn more about this upcoming webinar or to register, visit https://hubs.la/H0NGgbh0.
TechChannel and DTS Software July 2021 Webinar Details:
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When: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. CDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Reg Harbeck, Mainframe Analytics chief strategist / Steve Pryor, DTS Software chief technology officer
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DTS Software Announces the Availability of Latest Release of its Storage Control Center Suite of IBM® z/OS® Storage and System Management Products
DTS Software announces the general availability of release 7.1 of the Storage Control Suite of storage and system management products with improved support for the latest z/OS version 2.4.
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DTS Software, a leading global mainframe storage management software vendor, today announced the latest release of the Storage Control Suite (SCC) for z/OS. Since its founding in 1991, DTS Software has continually provided sophisticated, high-quality systems software to meet the needs of data center managers and systems and storage administrators. Release 7.1 builds on this tradition with numerous enhancements in functionality, usability, and reliability for its mission-critical role in the IBM mainframe environment.
"We're pleased to make this major release of our storage management software generally available to customers on Feb. 1," said DTS Software Chief Technology Officer Steve Pryor. "Seven dot one brings a host of new functions to complement the latest enhancements to IBM® DFSMS including dataset encryption, a relevant topic given the high-profile cyber breach in the U.S. in December of 2020, and support for the most recent (2.4) and future release of z/OS."
The latest 7.1 release includes several enhancements and features requested by the DTS Software user community. Release 7.1 introduces several new policy rules environments and variables including encryption, RLS, tape, new environments, and more. All maintenance fixes for DTS SCC version 6.1 have been incorporated into source code and updated, plus more easily readable documentation with more use-case examples is included. The new release will be GA on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 and will be downloadable directly from the DTS Software support site which you can visit at https://www.dtssoftware.com/support/. Older releases of SCC will continue to be supported as long as practicable, including on older z/OS releases. DTS recommends running the most current release of both SCC and IBM's z/OS.
There are additional DTS Products included in version 7.1 that have enhancement updates. Read more below.
Allocation Control Center provides installations with flexible policies to provide standards for creating, using, and deleting datasets, job execution parameters, tape and disk device management, and more.
Allocation Control Center Monarch Enhancements
ACC is renamed to ACC Monarch with an emphasis on systemwide standards enforcement
Improved GDG-base standards enforcement
IDCAMS DELETE and dataset OPEN enhancements
Improved TAPE subpooling and device selection
Space Recovery System effectively eliminates production and test out-of-space errors while providing improved dataset and disk volume utilization.
SRS Enhancements
New "timed retry" space error recovery technique
SMS Storage Group overlimit warnings and actions
Critical Resource Early Warning Policy Rules
SMS Debug and Audit provides tools that give the storage administrator a more complete understanding of their environment, including ACS routine logic tracing, ACS testing, and SMS construct validation.
SMS Debug and Audit Enhancements
SMS Configuration Audit Trail and ISPF interface
Updated ACS Test Case Generation
Reporting on Used/Unused SMS Constructs
Easy-Exit provides installations with centralized policy rules for all major z/OS subsystems, including JES2, DFSMShsm, FTP, RACF (including password and passphrase processing), batch job execution, TSO logon, and more, without the need for assembler-language skills.
Easy-Exit Enhancements
New environment – TSO SUBMIT command exit to enforce policy rules for submitted jobs
New environment – z/OS console command exit to enforce policy rules for console commands
New environment – support for module fetch and LLA exits to assist with COBOL V6 migration
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DTS Software is slated to host a customer and partner interactive online forum on January 26 where the mainframe storage management solutions vendor will share their knowledge on the latest IBM enhancements for SMS and DFSMS and also discuss DTS Software development plans for 2021 and beyond.
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I think hes mad at me.
We took him to my parent's place with us for the holidays. He has a room to himself, his heating lamp and everything is with him. Hes warm.
Other than the fact that I keep finding his food dish knocked onto the floor with food spilt all over the place and he tried to bite me a few days ago when I tried to take him out of his room. I give him fresh food and water every day.
Is there any possible way to get a very upset and stubborn iguana to eat when he hasn't eaten anything in about a week? Do I have to wait this out until we return back home where he will be comfortable? My vet said that stubborn iguanas can go several weeks without food if they wanted to, but they do eventually give in.


PalmSource, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the availability of two Palm OS Cobalt reference designs running on TI's industry-leading OMAP platform, including the OMAP730 GSM/GPRS processor and OMAP850 EDGE processor. These reference designs enable wireless handset OEMs and ODMs to quickly create low- cost, high-performance Palm Powered smartphones for use on GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks.
I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!
When you have a "family jewels" showing like this, someone has already been first to make that "example" a product. Time to niche this one up.
RE: I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!
Where have you got this Samsung information from? Is this a joke or true?
1,000 hours of talk time.
If there's an award for vaporware (software category) of the century, Cobalt would take it hands down. Geez ... stop doing your pea**** dance and get it to bat, Palmsource.
PalmSource isn't (entirely) to blame for its EtherOS fiasco.
Naw, I think Apple Pink project is the biggest piece of vaporware that ever existed. When the execs found out that the demos were just HyperCard and a bunch of header files, the s**t hit the fan good.
Is based on OMAP I read. That phone is the most elegant smartphone based on Palm OS. Perhaps with OMAP the hardware can be reduced.
Has anybody tested that phone yet?


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Author: Paul Usiskin
Language: Engliah
Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
He thought he'd seen everything.
But his new investigation tells him otherwise.
In the third Chizzik Saga, Dov Chizzik, head of the Justice Ministry's Police Investigations, meets his most complex investigation yet.
He must rescue the government from a violent threat to its authority, days before a crucial election.
Four Palestinians take over the home of an Israeli family in a non-violent role play and force them to live in a tent in their back yard for a week, with minimal food and water.
This sparks a series of brutal revenge kidnappings and murders. Dov must discover the mastermind behind them, and find the perpetrators, to save seven young Palestinian hostages.
But his mission comes at a heavy price.
The two people he loves and cares for the most, become targets.
And the stakes get higher.


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Georgia's Defensive Reign of Terror
See how this year's NFL Draft QBs have done against the Championship Dawgs.
Through the last two seasons, Georgia is 29-1.
Their offense, led by Stetson Bennett, has certainly done an impressive job. Bennett gets little to no love for being an NFL Prospect due to his age, size, and overall skillset. However, he has proven to be a mental giant. I still don't think he is going to get drafted in the top half of the draft, but I am very impressed by his numbers. That being said, this article will not be about offense as much as it is about defense. We will talk about all of the other QBs in this draft class and just how nasty the Dawgs treated them when they met.
The stats in that graphic are pretty ridiculous. To put the QBR (which is actually less than 60) into terms, Arkansas QB posted a 59.4 vs Georgia in 2021. He had 0 TD passes, only 65 yards, and was sacked 4 times. Between the last two seasons, the Dawgs have totaled 76 sacks and 26 interceptions to just 21 touchdown passes. They have been the closest thing to an NFL defense that any college QB has faced. Quite literally.
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The 2021 National Champs saw 5 men drafted in the 1st Round of the 2022 Draft:
#1 Travon Walker EDGE
#13 Jordan Davis DT
#22 Quay Walker LB
#28 Devonte Wyatt DT
#32 Lews Cine S
The 2022 National Champs have at least 3 1st Round potentials: Jalen Carter DT
Nolan Smith EDGE
Kelce Ringo CB
When I think about the status of a 1st Round Draft Pick, I think about someone with strong potential to start as a Rookie, meaning they were NFL caliber players through their last year in college. I think that is what the story tells from the last two seasons in Athens.
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Speaking of 1st Rounders, one of the leading questions going into the NFL Draft is "How many quarterbacks will go in the first round?". My short answer, with a much longer article coming in a few weeks, is three.
A fun question to digest in this moment: How did the 2023 NFL QB Class do against Georgia?
Another short answer: not good...with two exceptions.
Before we get to the exceptions, let's talk about the stinkers. Here are all of the QBs who will get drafted in 2023 and have played Georgia in the last two seasons:
Bryce Young
CJ Stroud Hendon Hooker
Will Levis
Max Duggan
Anthony Richardson
Bo Nix**
Bo Nix has elected to go back to Oregon for another season, but I wanted to talk about him because he has been very high on my list over the last few months. In fact, in my QB Rankings at the end of November, I had Nix at #2 in this class. The Ohio State fans lost their minds on my Instagram post. We will get to their guy, who sure proved me wrong, later in this article.
Nix played against Georgia this year for Oregon and last year for Auburn. Neither outing went well. At all.
2021 Lost 34-10 55% Completion 0 TDs 1 INT 38.7 QBR 4 SACKS
2022 Lost 49-3 57% Completion 0 TDs 2 INTs 58.7 QBR 0 SACKS
Nix was one of four QBs who played Georgia in each of the last two seasons. Here is how the others did:
2022 Lost 42-20 49% Completion 1 TD 0 INT 45.1 QBR 3 SACKS
2021 Lost 30-13 76% Completion 2 TDs 0 INTs 85.9 QBR 3 SACKS
2022 Lost 16-6. 65% Completion 1 TD 1 INT 84.3 QBR 1 SACK
Hendon Hooker
Obviously, Max Duggan did not have a good night last night.
Lost 65-7 64% Completion 0 TD 2 INT 49.2 QBR 5 SACKS
I have been a huge fan of Duggan all year, but I knew he was in trouble when I watched the Kirby Smart interview after Georgia snuck a win away from Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoffs. He was clearly upset with how his team had played. He ensured they would be much better in their next game. I believed him.
You've seen the average QB output and the stat lines from a handful of the best QBs college football had to offer this year. It was not pretty. However, there was one exception that, for good reason, stunned me to my core. CJ Stroud dominated the best defense in college football. I had Stroud on my Top 5 list in September and October, but a dismal November pushed him to #6 for me. He had failed his greatest test by getting handled by Michigan at home. I knew how good Georgia's defense was, so I was expecting him to do just as bad or worse than all of the other QBs I mentioned in this article so far.
He completed 67.6% of his passes. In Georgia's last 30 games, that ranks 4th.
He threw 4 TD passes. That ranks 1st.
He had a QBR of 94.1. That ranks 2nd.
He led the Buckeyes to score 41 points. No team scored more in this span.
He threw 0 INTs. Only 10 other QBs can say they faced UG and didn't get picked in the last two seasons. In my opinion, he had the best performance out of any QB in any Bowl Games/College Football Playoffs.
CJ Stroud desperately needed to put good tape out there before the draft, and he got an A+ on the hardest test imaginable. Mad respect.
**I posted this on IG after the first round of CFP**
Bryce Young actually never played Georgia in 2022, but he played them twice in 2021. It is a debate for the analysts as to which defense was better between the two seasons. Both were dominate to say the least.
Alabama handed Georgia their only loss in the 2021 SEC Championship. Heisman Trophy Winner Bryce Young was making his last case for that award, and it was a strong one. He launched 3 TDs and ran one in himself. The Dawgs couldn't sack him even once. He had a QBR of 98.1, which was the best QBR in the two year span. The Crimson Tide also scored 41 points in this contest, winning 41-24 to claim the conference title.
However, the 2021 Dawgs got the last laugh, as they faced Alabama again in the National Championship. They figured out how to handle Bryce Young in that matchup, sacking him four times and picking him off twice. Georgia won 33-18.
At this time last year, we were already talking about all the holes Georgia had to fill. How can a team see 5 NFL caliber players leave their defense and maintain greatness? Apparently, Kirby Smart knows what he is doing. More of those Dawg Defenders are heading to the draft, but more are sitting back, waiting to get their names in the headlines.


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DOJ seeks forfeiture of $1 billion linked to Malaysia state fund
By Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:58AM
The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint Wednesday against assets allegedly bought with money looted from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
More than $3.5 billion was misappropriated from the fund, the DOJ said.
It filed the 144-page complaint in federal court in Los Angeles.
The forfeiture action targeted about $1 billion in assets located in the United States, the UK, and Switzerland. The assets include mansions and penthouses, a $35 million executive jet, and artwork.
The DOJ said the assets are "traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from 1MDB."
In February, Singapore seized a large number of bank accounts linked to a money laundering investigation involving the Malaysia state investment fund.
And in May, Singapore shut down the local operations of Swiss-based BSI Bank and named six bankers suspected of possible criminal conduct in connection with the handling of the Malaysian government fund.
It was the first time the Monetary Authority of Singapore had closed a bank since 1984.
1MDB is chaired by Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Wednesday's DOJ lawsuit didn't name Najib.
The suits named his step son, Riza Aziz, as a "relevant individual" in the case.
The civil complaints also named Low Taek Jho, also called Jho Low, a private businessman, and two Abu Dhabi government officials -- Khadem al-Qubaisi and Mohamed Ahmed Badawy Al-Husseiny.
Riza Aziz is part owner of Red Granite Pictures, a movie production company that funded The Wolf of Wall Street. The DOJ filed forfeiture claims against the royalties from the movie.
Money diverted from 1MDB was also used to buy luxury real estate, pay gambling expenses at Las Vegas casinos, and purchase more than $200 million in artwork, including a van Gogh drawing, the DOJ said.
The real estate included a penthouse in the Time Warner building in Manhattan.
The alleged offenses occurred from 2009 through 2015, according to the complaints.
Switzerland and Luxembourg have also opened money laundering investigations into 1MDB.
The DOJ set up the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative in 2010 to take away safe havens for kleptocrats and their stolen money. This is the biggest forfeiture action since the initiative started.
Richard L. Cassin is the publisher and editor of the FCPA Blog. He'll be the keynote speaker at the FCPA Blog NYC Conference 2016.
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One wonders why DOJ has made Malaysia its poster child for this initiative: Mexico is so much closer and corruption there is directly related to the safety and security of American citizens.
July 20, 2016 | Michael Deal
For what I have known, to move a sovereign wealth fund, it requires many procedures and steps to follow. Apparently there have been many leaks, doors and windows were wide open to siphon off $1 (one) Billion whilst all known and unknown people were normally conducting their daily routines.
It boggles my mind to understand when $1 (one) Billion was invested in nearly 20 institutions, where were those Compliance Officers in these institutions. Setting aside the fact that there were no Compliance Officers, how these transactions could have passed thru Attorneys of repute both nationally and internationally, Public Accountants acting as External auditors, National and International Bankers, Brokers, Consultants without knowing basic question of "source of funds", KYC procedures, and their origin. Where were those due diligence procedures? Were they set side as these professional saw "Opportunities"?
Surely every professional involved in these $Billion must have had field days, bonuses and lots of "pats" on their backs?
Every time I see these kinds of "Management Overrides", it reminds me of a caption I learnt decades ago: "Never mind the quality, feel the width".
July 22, 2016 | Subash Murray


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At Scotland Yard, Inspector Grant has a reputation for being able to pick them at sight. Now he is in hospital, knowing that no amount of good behaviour is going to make this anything less than an extended stay. Yet his professional curiosity is soon aroused. In a portrait of Richard III, the hunchbacked monster of nursery stories and history books, he finds a face that refuses to fit its reputation. But how, after four hundred years, can a bedridden policeman uncover the truth about the murder of the Princes in the Tower?


A good actor plays his part, but he doesn't get lost in his part. He can't even begin to think he is the character he is playing. On the other hand, he still embraces that role with a tremendous amount of love and gives everything he's got to play his character. But he doesn't get lost in the part and start to think he is in fact Van Gogh, or Napoleon, or the President of the United States.
Similarly, you — the soul —are playing a character. And you must always be aware of that.
I am not David Aaron. I am a soul. I play the character David Aaron. I play the role of a short red- headed rabbi, founder The One, an author of several books. I may come back in a different life and play another character.
Another way of putting this is to compare your character to a garment. Your garment is never your essence. The clothes you wear are not you, they are on you. Similarly, your character is not your "self." So you must never confuse the two. You must know the difference.
You do not have a soul. You are a soul. But you have a character. And you–the self– are a soul, a part of God – the Soul of all souls, the One Self shared with all.
The key question in your search for true identity and self worth is what do you choose to identify with? Do you identify with your character?" Or do you base your identity on your service to the One Self of all?
Great artists have confided in friends that they have looked at their own work on the gallery wall and wondered "Where did this come from?" Writers, composers, sculptors, have expressed the same thing. Bob Dylan was asked "How do you write your music?" And he said, "I put my pen on the page and I know it's going to be alright." Go to school to learn how to do that.
I met a famous screenwriter who told me that everyday before he writes he says a little prayer "Please, God, use me." He explained that none of the films he wrote he wrote. Rather he experiences himself as only the typist in service of the true Writer. He sees himself as a tool for a God and believes that God is writing through him.
I told him that he was right about the good films but the bad ones are his.
Creative inspiration can sometimes be a very faint hint to the dynamics of prophecy. When the Torah says, God speaks to a prophet, it does not mean like a person speaks to another person. The prophet must transcend his character, free the soul and thereby bond and commune with the God –the Source of all self; the One Self.
The Torah teaches us that Moses was the greatest prophet ever. This is what God said about Moses, "If there shall be prophets among you, in a vision shall I, God, make Myself known to him, in a dream shall I speak with him. Not so My servant Moses, in my entire household he is the trusted one. Mouth to mouth do I speak to him, in a clear vision and not in riddles….' (Numbers 12:6-8) Moses sometimes reached prophetic peaks where God would even speak out of Moses' mouth. This is apparent in number of places in the book of Deuteronomy where Moses talks about God in third person and then suddenly pops into first person. Here is one such example, "It will be if you hearken to My commandments that I commanded you today, to love God, your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I shall provide rain for your land in its proper time, ……. I will provide grass in your fields for your cattle and you will eat and you will be satisfied." Obviously it is not Moses who will provide rain, at this prophetic point God is speaking through Moses.
When we take a brief look at Moses' early life, we begin to see the roots of his amazing ability for transcending his character and living in humble service of God's wisdom and words. Moses was born to an Israelite family during the time of their bitter oppression by the Egyptians. King Pharoah issued a decree to kill all the Israelite baby boys. In desperation, Yocheved put her new born baby in a basket and placed it among the reeds at a banks of the Nile river. Thanks to providence, the princess of Egypt comes along and finds this abandoned baby, names him Moses and takes him home. Ironically she ends up hiring Moses' real mother to nurse the child so Moses grows up knowing he is an Israelite and yet receiving the royal upbringing of an Egyptian prince.
Moses, however, was a restless soul and wanted to share in the suffering of his brethren who were enslaved by the Egyptians. The first day he goes out of from being isolated in the palace he sees an Egyptian beating an Israelite. Without hesitation he kills the Egyptian to save the Israelite. Realizing the implications of what he had done, he quickly hid the body and returned to the palace. You would think after a day like that he would just stay put and never go out again. However, the very next day Moses goes out. This time he sees an Israelite about to beat another Israelite. He is shocked.
"Why would you strike your fellow?" he asks.
It's just after these painful words of Moses that the Torah narrates his first encounter with prophecy— the vision of the burning bush. This is no coincidence. Imagine the identity crisis of this man. He was an Israelite but rejected by his people. He was the prince of Egypt but now a wanted fugitive. He once enjoyed royal status living in the palace of the king of Egypt and now he is a simple shepherd grazing in the desert. Here is a very lonely man. He has no real identity. However, it's precisely his being stripped of his identity that freed his soul to bond with God. This identity crisis, the abandonment, loneliness and alienation freed Moses soul from getting lost in his character, identifying with any persona, and thereby freed him to only identify with God.
Most spiritual journeys start with an identity crisis. It is God's gift to us; to awaken us to the truth that only the One Self we share with all people – is the source of our individual self-worth. As a soul we know that the only role worth playing is a humble servant of the One Self; a vehicle for bringing oneness, love and godliness on earth.


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Late 1960's: Howard County before CJC
In 1967 there were two dozen Jewish families and no synagogues in Howard County. Many of us were attracted to settle in Columbia because of Jim Rouse's vision of an inclusive community to be a "garden to grow people."
1970's: CJC's beginning:
We formed as a grassroots synagogue; everyone knew each other and there was a high level of participation. By choice, there was no Rabbi or paid staff.
Some members brought strong Jewish backgrounds, as well as willingness to experiment. The interfaith concept, which was part of James Rouse's vision for Columbia, was important to members; and being located in the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center with non-Jewish congregations, as well as Jewish congregations, was part of CJC's identity.
There was strong identification with being an unaffiliated congregation and crafting our unique community.
Although leadership in the earliest years was dominated by men, increasingly women participated actively and became leaders.
Liturgy and practices were innovative. We made our own High Holiday prayer book called "Old Blue," and every family made their own b'nai mitzvah prayer book. We combined traditional worship and contemporary additions, including the Beatles' music.
New structures were created to fill new needs: the Community School was founded for the children of several congregations, and Mishpacha Groups were formed.
The lay-led Chavurah was begun and has remained active, creative and strong to the present. Talented and creative members produced events, like a fabulously successful production of "Fiddler on the Roof."
Rabbi Martin Siegel, our first Rabbi, was hired with a "covenant," not a contract, expressing our values of community.
From the beginning, there was a strong emphasis on learning, including adult education. For some members, all this development created a congenial community and they stayed; for others, CJC was a way-station and they found a better fit elsewhere.
1980's and 1990's: Growing pains and innovation
The other congregations withdrew from the Community School and it became the CJC School. We acquired additional leadership – Associate-Rabbi Bob Saks, and Jerry Kiewe, the Principal of the School.
Rabbi Siegel retired, and we had two Rabbis for the next few years.
Cantor Jan Morrison became the first paid Cantor; she provided a sense of stability and beautiful music.
Members provided much volunteerism and self-sacrifice. A special example was the formation of the Chevra Kadisha, which continues today, providing the rituals to those who have died while comforting our mourners.
There was a growing sense that we were a strong and enduring community, celebrating many happy life cycle events and supporting sad ones.
2000 and 2001: Continued maturation as a synagogue
There was increasing recognition that we needed to define our identity and to become affiliated with one of the Jewish denominations. This led to the big decision to become a Reconstructionist congregation, which created the question of whether to retain "Old Blue" (our unique prayer book) or to replace it with the Reconstructionist prayer book, which – after much consideration – we adopted.
Rabbi Sonya Starr was hired. She provided stability in leadership and a new sense of direction. She brought an understanding of organizations and culture change, and she continued to develop and emphasize learning for all ages.
The culture was still informal with an emphasis on creativity and experimentation, but with greater predictability.
Interfaith marriage was a big issue for some members. CJC aspired to being a welcoming congregation for all families, including interfaith couples. We adopted a policy that there will always be at least one clergy on staff who will perform interfaith weddings.
The Green Team formed to explore and support environmental challenges, including building rain gardens.
Growth in the school brought young families.
The Fair Trade Gift Shop was created reflecting our values.
2002's – 2009's: More new initiatives
It was a time of turmoil and discovery; some members left and there was an active effort at recruitment. Shifts in other congregations provided new members for us.
With Rabbi Starr's leadership, we studied Sacred Argument and created a platform and a policy to guide our discussions of political subjects. This process made it possible for the Tikkun Olam Committee to take political action on issues like homelessness, marriage equality, plastic bags, domestic violence, and immigrants – "Welcome the Stranger."
We created new ways to enhance and explore our spiritual life, including the B'Yachad Service, adult B'nai Mitzvah, L'Dor V'Dor service, and 2nd night Passover Seder. We won a Blaustein Grant to support bringing 6th-8th graders, who were unaffiliated with a synagogue, into the B'nai Mitzvah preparation process.
In 2004 CJC purchased a rare Torah, which we believed was rescued from the Holocaust in Poland. A dedication ceremony included a parade to the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, a service and a joyous party.
Adult education continued to be important and we had the first of several Adult B'nai Mitzvahs.
2008 was Rabbi Starr's Sabbatical and Rabbi Greene joined us for the year.
After a search, we contracted with Gabriel Bass in Jerusalem to customize a beautiful portable ark for our Torahs; it was delivered in 2009
The L'Atid Fund was created to give members the opportunity to invest in the future of CJC. The campaign ran from High Holy Days until Chanukah each year, and those members who contributed at least $360 yearly were invited to meet at special social and learning events.
2010's – Present:
We received a Horizon Grant, which supported our enhancing activities regarding "Aging with Grace."
We celebrated Rabbi Starr's Bat Mitzvah to honor her thirteen years with CJC.
The Klezmer Band was formed.
We took trips to Israel in 2010 and in 2012, which was an interfaith event.
After much study, we adopted a Sustainable Dues Structure in which members make pledges.
Our beloved Cantor Jan Morrison retired.
After engaging congregants in a year-long exploration about the attributes we sought in a new cantor, we hired Cantor Ben Kintisch.
Among many innovative contributions to the congregation, the Cantor formed the Shabbat Shalom Band, which performs at many services and events.
The Themes and Challenges of Our Story
"Wherever you are in your journey, you are welcome here" (CJC's tag line on our website and materials).
CJC is a unique synagogue that is deeply tied to the history and values of Columbia.
There has been a strong spirit of open-mindedness, inclusion, and participation since the beginning.
Our Jewish values guide our governance and our activities.
Our relationship with clergy is less hierarchical and more collaborative than in many congregations.
CJC continues to evolve and grow. We are constantly trying to find new ways to express our Jewish identity through Tikkun Olam, cultural and artistic expression, and spiritual experience in our intergenerational, multi-faceted ritual practice.


Don't make any major changes in the first year . . .
When I'm leading a grief support group for spouses, I always include an open-ended "check in" time. I invite participants to share what has recently happened: did they have a question, was there a good/bad experience during the week, or a hopeful/hurtful encounter with a friend? Whatever they want to talk about, we talk about it. Their needs always trump my plans.
I've seen many traumatic deaths.
Most were on television or in a movie theater. But I also "killed" thousands in video games until ceasing to play all violent video games after the Columbine High School massacre in April of 1999.
As a kid enamored with cowboys and western films, there was always a good guy confronting the villain. The soundtrack thundered with edgy music. Shots were fired. There might be a close-up of a drawn pistol, smoke curling from the barrel like a chimney in winter. The bad guy would tumble to the dusty street, as a dead as . . . well as dead as an actor could be while lying stock-still on a movie set. There was rarely blood. While there are earlier examples, director Sam Peckinpah's mythology-bending The Wild Bunch (1969) dramatically changed death in the western. Gallons of "blood" were spilled in the climactic shoot-out between the bad guys and the bad guys.
We've all seen terrible deaths.


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Is eBay Eliminating Last-second Bidding?
Post subject: Is eBay Eliminating Last-second Bidding?
I just went on eBay to place a bid on an item and the format has changed. I had to enter a bid and hit Continue; the next page said Confirm Bid. There was no countdown by the second to the end of the bidding; I only got a message that my bid was not high enough. Is eBay cracking down on last second bidding? I don't use Snipe so I couldn't say if that works or not. Is this another ploy to get bidders to bid higher?
Post subject: Re: Is eBay Eliminating Last-second Bidding?
Back when I used the bay (many years ago), I kept two windows open, one with the pending bid and the other with the sale and countdown clock.
Use a sniping service. Bid once, and be done. No having to schedule/wait/ponder/enter higher bids. Just enter your max bid, and let the service win it for you.
Note: there are many sniping services - I'm sure they are pretty much all alike. esnipe is the one I used with a considerable amount of success.
I haven't had any problems bidding with but a few seconds to go. Just did it (and got outbid) two days ago, in fact.
I think you got that message because a snipe bid came in while you were trying to bid. The snipe was likely higher than what you were attempting to bid, or your bid wasn't high enough compared to that snipe bid based on the minimum bid increment. For instance, you try to bid 50.01 after the snipe bid came in at 50.00 - you would need to likely bid 51.00 to be allowed to outbid them.
I had to enter a bid and hit Continue; the next page said Confirm Bid.
I've been having to do that procedure for years.
I still see the countdown timer. Do you have something on your computer blocking it?
I just went to one auction and it seems to be back to normal, in other words, the window with the 3 bid amounts and the space for your selected bid. eBay may be experimenting with something new, which usually means another disaster in the making.
The timer works ok for me,but sometimes it takes a few seconds for their system to catch up. I've had their site tell me I lost to someone else's bid,only to find out seconds later I won. One time a sale was coming to an end. I entered my bid, which was the same price as the "buy it now" price. Big mistake. With only seconds left their system rejected my bid,sending back the Why don't you select the "Buy it now" option. I lost my bid,even though it was the same amount. Just goes to show their software isn't perfect. But I probably shouldn't have waited to the last second anyway. Unfortunately ut was a radio I really wanted.
I had the same experience with an auction the other day in the final few seconds when I entered my bit and hit continue. I got a different type of pop-up window than I was used to seeing and it caused me to lose the item because I ran out of time before I could figure out what it wanted me to do. I've since bid the same way on other auctions and have not had that strange encounter again.
It happened again yesterday to me; I had to bid more than I normally would in an attempt to win the auction (I did). I think eBay is experimenting in getting buyers to bid more; can't think of any other explanation. This will drive me away from items I don't really have to have. Maybe another classic example of eBay shooting themselves in the foot. Not the 1st time, and it won't be the last.
I don't understand the need for sniping service. I have never used it, so I need some 'illuminating' on sniping.
If I decide that $75 is all that I want to pay for a certain radio and I bid $75 well before the auction ends, what can a sniping service do to help me win the bid?
I snipe by myself 99% of the time.
Recently I wasn't going to be near my desktop when a particular auction ended early in the morning, so I bid the night before, and was the top bidder at I think $31, with my hidden reserve at $81. Now if I had bid with 5 seconds to go, I most likely would have won at that price. However, the person I outbid then later laddered me up, two bucks at a time, to $79 before he quit. I've never used a sniping service either, preferring the thrill of the last second bid, but in that case, it woulda come in handy. Then again, only the second time in 20 years that that's happened.
Not much. The simple fact is that whoever bids more is going to win the item, regardless of how the bid is entered.
Most people use sniping servers because they prefer a clandestine approach to bidding, and sniping at the last second (or 2 or 3) won't show one's hand. They also like to try to keep bids as low as possible until the very last few seconds, then it's a sniping war.
If I want an item and see a bidder is going to win it with say 6-7 seconds to go and all I [probably] have to do to get it is go the next increment above what I originally decided was my max, I would be tempted to go for it and win, after waiting so long for the auction to end and risking not seeing another one like it for a long time, possibly many years.
Snipers obviously are hoping everyone else has set a max lower than theirs. A lot of people who use sniping services will set theirs up days in advance and not even bother to watch the auction, just let the thing slip their bid in on the last 2-3 seconds. Obviously, with this lackadaisical attitude, it won't bother them much if it turned out they got beat by a small amount of money; they set their max and that's that, no budging, no caring.
Personally, I prefer to be involved, rather than "set it and forget it", so I login and watch the countdown. It's more fun for me. If I really want the item and it looks like nobody is going to bump the bid up in the last few seconds, I'll do so, and often win. I think sniping servers are especially popular among business owners (resellers), since they can't really watch tons of auctions at the same time, but the server can bid on all those auctions at the same time if need be.
An alternative to sniping services is eBay's proxy auto-bidder, but the problem there is, it bids continuously up to your max, it doesn't wait till near the auction end, so you definitely show your cards by using it.
There's a well-known sales tactic in selling sail boats called "Two foot-itis." A prospective buyer comes in looking for an 18-foot day-sailer, and the sales guy slowly sells them on the benefits of a 20-footer. So the buyer leaves, pondering all the great things a 20-foot boat can do that an 18-footer can't. The next time the buyer comes in, they've sold themselves on a 20-foot boat. Now the sales guy starts talking up all the great things about the 22-footers, that a 20-foot boat simply can't do. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It's the same way with eBay auctions. You're bidding against a person who thinks they're willing to pay up to $100 for this radio. You know you're willing to go to $150. If you put your $150 bid out there early, then when they put in their $100 bid, they are instantly over-bid. Oh, too bad, thanks for playing.
But now they have 5 days to think about it, and eventually they decide, well, obviously, they were wrong about their $100 valuation, because someone wants it more than that. They only have to bid $105 to get a 2nd shot at it. So they try it. Oop, outbid again. Darn. Think about it some more. Do they want to try $110? It's only $10 more than they were thinking originally. Not gonna break the bank. Maybe $120 would lock it in?
By the end of the week, they may have nibbled themselves all the way up to and over your max bid of $150. Now it's your turn... How bad do you really want it? Is it worth $160 to you?
You can avoid all that if you put your bid in so close to the final bell, that no-one has a chance to react. The guy who put in his $100 bid gets over-bid at $102.50, and that's where the auction ends. You just saved at least $52, by not giving him time to ponder. $52 is a whole 'nuther radio.
Proxibid and other auction sites have a scheme that skirts the final bell effect, and makes an online auction much more like a live auction. It's called the 2-minute extension. An auction doesn't close until it's gone 2 minutes with no bids. I actually like those auctions a lot. It doesn't give you 5 days to mull it over, but at the same time it eliminates the benefit of sniping. Most of the action happens near the end of the auction, but you are assured of the chance to respond, so you don't have to rely on a dubious proxy auto-bidder.
Back to the original topic, I just live-sniped an auction yesterday, and it worked the way it always has. I suggest first upgrading your browser to be sure you have the latest version, then log out of eBay, clear all your cookies, cache and history, and log back into eBay. It could simply be that eBay has some weird stuff cached on your machine that's causing the odd behavior. I've experienced that with eBay in the past, and cleaning things up usually helps.
Proxibid and other auction sites have a scheme that skirts the final bell effect, and makes an online auction much more like a live auction. It's called the 2-minute extension. An auction doesn't close until it's gone 2 minutes with no bids. I actually like those auctions a lot. It doesn't give you 5 days to mull it over, but at the same time it eliminates the benefit of sniping.
And conversely, as a sniper, I don't like Proxibid. I had one instance on another collecting website with a 2 or 3 minute extension for final bids where I had to go toe to toe with another maniac like myself, and it cost me dearly to eventually become the winner.
I don't understand why anyone would 'like' something that will frequently make what you're buying wind up being more expensive than it otherwise might. When I'm bidding on something on evilBay, I'm doing so because I want the item, not for fun or excitement. In light of that, as a buyer, I want to pay as little as possible for that item. Sniping is the best way to do this, as it doesn't give those incremental bidders time to jack up the price trying to outbid you. You may still be outbid, but it won't be 'death by a thousand cuts' as someone ratchets their bid up over and over again by a dollar or two.
When you're watching eBay for a particular item the decision to engage a strategy pretty much depends upon what the item is doesn't it? What if something you've been searching hard for years appears and you know you can't let it get away?
What if something you've been searching hard for years appears and you know you can't let it get away?
Then you bid really high and pray your pockets are deeper than the rest. An insanely high bid placed early on will still win, unless the other people involved are crazier.