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Q: Form-Based weblogic Authentication login Issue I am following this tutorial to create a form-based authentication. However when I try to login it fails and remains on the login screen. I've also looked at this tutorial and tried its web.xml but I can't seem to find what is wrong.
Also it does not seem to go to my login-failed.jsp when I enter the wrong username and password.
In addition on my weblogic server security realm there is a group called weblogic_admin I created a user with password and linked it to weblogic_admin.
Any pointers would be great!
logon.jsp
<s:form method="post" action="j_security_check">

      User ID / ID-utilisateur:
      <input type="text" name="j_username" maxlength="8"/>

      Password / Mot de passe:
      <input type="password" name="j_password"/>

    <s:submit value="Logon"/>

</s:form>

web.xml
 <security-constraint>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>ADMIN access</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        <http-method>GET</http-method>
        <http-method>POST</http-method>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>admin</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>

 <login-config>
    <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
    <realm-name>realm</realm-name>
    <form-login-config>
        <form-login-page>/logon.jsp</form-login-page>
        <form-error-page>/login-failed.jsp</form-error-page>
    </form-login-config>
</login-config>

<security-role>
    <role-name>admin</role-name>
</security-role>

<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

WebLogic.xml
<security-role-assignment>
    <role-name>admin</role-name>
    <principal-name>weblogic_admin</principal-name>
</security-role-assignment>

A: I can't see anything obviously wrong, but these things are notoriously finicky.
There is demo code for that tutorial in GitHub. If you can get the demo to work, you can play spot the difference, between your code and the demo, and work out what the problem is.


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Video: Journalists taken by Gadhafi's forces
Related: Freed New York Times journalists thought they would die in Libya
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Video: Gadhafi's inner circle crumbling?
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Once prosperous, Libyan city now bears many scars of war
Frederik Pleitgen and Jonathan Wald
Misrata, Libya (CNN) - Five weeks of battle and Misrata looks grim. Bullets have made Swiss cheese of buildings. Wreckage litters streets that are empty save opposition fighters desperately defending their city against Moammar Gadhafi's heavy armor.
The Libyan leader laid siege to the nation's third largest and most prosperous city after opposition fighters took control here. Just two hours east of Tripoli, it was the final rebel stronghold in the West.
Now it is a city of fear, uncertainty and human suffering.
International reporters had not been able to access central Misrata and many of CNN's reports were cobbled together from interviews with witnesses and doctors. That was until Wednesday, when CNN journalists were able to reach the city by boat.
The fishing trawler was commissioned by two wealthy Libyan businessman from England to carry 150 tons of food, medicine and other basic supplies. A heart surgeon on board said he wants to do everything he can to help: Libya is in "mortal danger" and he could not stand by without doing his share.
Gadhafi's tank-supported forces lob shells into Misrata from their encampments. Rooftop snipers take aim at civilians from the Libyan Insurance Company building, Misrata's tallest, on Tripoli Street in the heart of the city. A green flag flutters atop, signifying support for Gadhafi.
One Misrata resident says Gadhafi's men are going door-to-door evicting and terrorizing people. It's "utter madness," he said Thursday, fearing a massacre.
Bullets zing through the air. Tension hangs thick and heavy.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, speaks at an event on health care in the U.S. Capitol on March 31, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Gingrich is the founder of the Center for Health Transformation, which is dedicated to fundamentally transforming the health system. Gingrich met with about 20 freshman Republican members of Congress and discussed ways to repeal the health care reform law, which he calls "Obamacare." (Photo credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) - A woman who was dragged away by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's officials after telling journalists that some of his troops had raped her will finally be seen by journalists in the coming days, a government spokesman said Thursday.
Eman al-Obeidy will "hopefully" be visited by two or three female journalists by Saturday, Mousa Ibrahim said.
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But al-Obeidy's mother, Aisha Ahmad, told CNN Thursday that she still has not heard from her. Ahmad said she is concerned the government will portray her daughter in a negative light.

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Anybody Gonzaga Bulldog fans in here? They are playing right now in the Maui Invitational. Taking Chaminade to the woodshed at the moment and up by 29.
I know there's a lot of folks from Southern Alberta that like hanging out in the Spokane/CDA area and thanks to getting all the US network TV from there it kinda does feel like home when you're there.
Gonzaga won the consolation side of the Maui Invitational. Nice win over Arkansas to finish it off.
So many Bulldogs in Division 1.


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Kathrin Kroll-Ludwigs (* 1975 als Kathrin Kroll) ist eine deutsche Rechtswissenschaftlerin und Hochschullehrerin an der Fachhochschule Aachen.

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Kroll-Ludwigs studierte von 1996 bis 2001 Rechtswissenschaften an der Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, an der Universität Leipzig sowie an der Universität Genf. Im Jahre 2003 wurde sie an der Juristenfakultät in Leipzig nach mehrmonatigem Forschungsaufenthalt an der Golden Gate University of San Francisco mit der Dissertation Zwischen Vertragsfreiheit und Inhaltskontrolle: zur Frage der Wirksamkeit vorehelicher Unterhaltsverzichte. Eine rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung des deutschen und kalifornischen Rechts promoviert. Später arbeitete sie von 2005 bis 2011 als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Bonner Universität bei Nina Dethloff. Dort habilitierte sie sich unter Dethloffs Betreuung 2011 mit der Arbeit Die Rolle der Parteiautonomie im europäischen Kollisionsrecht. Sie erhielt die Venia legendi für Bürgerliches Recht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung sowie Europäisches Privatrecht. In diesem Bereich siedelt sich auch die Forschung von Kroll-Ludwigs an.

Kroll-Ludwigs war nach Lehrstuhlvertretungen als Privatdozentin an den Universitäten Mannheim, Freiburg und Halle in den Jahren 2011 und 2012 von 2013 bis 2017 Referentin für Internationales Privatrecht sowie Familien- und Erbrecht am Deutschen Notarinstitut (DNotI) in Würzburg.

Kroll-Ludwigs folgte 2017 einem Ruf als Professorin für Wirtschaftsrecht, insbesondere Gesellschafts-, Handels- und internationales Privatrecht an die FH in Aachen. Sie ist seit 2021 stellvertretende Gründungsdirektorin der Abteilung "Unternehmen und Märkte" beim Promotionskolleg NRW.

Kroll-Ludwigs ist mit Markus Ludwigs verheiratet.

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Die Habilitationsschrift von Kroll-Ludwigs zur Rolle der Parteiautonomie im europäischen Kollisionsrecht wurde in drei Fachzeitschriften besprochen. Gunther Kühne bescheinigt ihr dabei: "[...] im Werdegang einer wissenschaftlichen Disziplin gibt es immer wieder Denkansätze, die um der dialektischen Fortentwicklung willen einmal mit aller Stringenz und Konsequenz in die Diskussion eingeführt werden müssen, um der wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung neue Impulse  zu verleihen. Das Werk von Kathrin Kroll-Ludwigs kann diesen Rang für sich in Anspruch nehmen." Michael Stürner kommt bei seiner Besprechung zu einem ähnlichen Ergebnis: "Kroll-Ludwigs hat eine Arbeit vorgelegt, die geradezu lehrbuchartig die Grundlagen der Parteiautonomie beleuchtet. Über die Grundthese lässt sich streiten, nicht aber über die Notwendigkeit der Diskussion über die Rolle der Parteiautonomie als solcher. Denn sie wird der weiteren Entwicklung des Kollisionsrechts mit Sicherheit ihren Stempel aufdrücken." Christian Kohler schließt seine Besprechung mit der Einschätzung: "[...] auch wenn die Verfasserin nach alledem mit dem Gesamtkonzept einer grundsätzlich freien Rechtswahl im europäischen Kollisionsrecht über das Ziel hinaus schießt, sind ihre sorgfältig entwickelten Argumente und Anregungen – so zur Entwicklung einer Abschluss- und Inhaltskontrolle von Rechtswahlvereinbarungen – bedenkenswert und geben ernsthafte Anstöße für die weitere Diskussion über Grundlagen und Reichweite der Parteiautonomie im europäischen Familien- und Erbrecht."

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Die Rolle der Parteiautonomie im europäischen Kollisionsrecht, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-16-151950-5.
 Zwischen Vertragsfreiheit und Inhaltskontrolle: zur Frage der Wirksamkeit vorehelicher Unterhaltsverzichte, Roderer, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-89783-409-5.
 Kommentierung: Vor § 1297 BGB (Einleitung Familienrecht); vor § 1297 bis § 1302 BGB (Verlöbnis); vor § 1353 bis § 1362 BGB (Allgemeine Ehewirkungen). In: Erman, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Handkommentar, hrsg. v. Harm Peter Westermann/Barbara Grunewald/Georg Maier-Reimer, Band 2, 16. neu bearbeitete Aufl., Otto Schmidt, Köln 2020, ISBN 978-3-504-47104-0.
 Kommentierung §§ 1835–1867. In: Münchener Kommentar zum BGB, hrsg. v. Hartmut Oetker/Roland Rixecker/Jürgen Säcker, Band 10, C.H. Beck, München 2022, ISBN 978-3-406-76680-0.

Weblinks

 Einträge für Kathrin Kroll-Ludwigs im Google Scholar
 Webpräsenz und Schriftenverzeichnis auf fh-aachen.de

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Rechtswissenschaftler (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (FH Aachen)
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Plaque on site. Photo by Aleisha Orr. Blurred as content may be distressing for viewers.
Renewed optimism for truth-telling at Wanneroo Mission Farm site
Aleisha Orr
Content warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
After years of what has been described as a "whitewashing" of the site's past, options are being considered for how best to acknowledge the place where WA's first Aboriginal Mission Farm was located.
Wanneroo Mission Farm was a place where Aboriginal children and young people were forced to live and work by white settlers away from their families in the 1800s.
All that acknowledges the site's history is a small plaque on the ground detailing that the mission was established in 1844 under the guidance of Reverend John Smithies — the namesake of the lakeside park in which the plaque now sits.
The only further detail on the plaque reads: "The aim of the mission purpose was to encourage Aboriginal people to learn agricultural skills".
It is understood to have been put there by the City of Wanneroo, but the site now falls within the City of Joondalup.
Noongar woman Casey Kickett raised the matter with the City of Joondalup in 2018.
"I saw the plaque and just noticed how sad it felt there," she said.
"It just doesn't fit right, I thought it was an oversight; if I brought it up, it might be addressed because surely the local government would not want to have this here, not that specific plaque with that wording.
"It's a whitewash of history and it pays no homage to the children or the families who lost their children."
Last year, after becoming frustrated at a lack of action, Ms Kickett started an online petition calling for the plaque's removal.
City of Joondalup CEO James Pearson said the plaque would be considered by the city's Reconciliation Action Plan Community Reference Group (RAPCG).
Ms Kickett is urging that the matter be dealt with in a timely manner.
"I know bureaucracy takes time but it's a story that is not being told and it's not as if we don't know what happened there," she said.
RAPCG chair Noongar Yamatji woman Sharon Wood-Kenney said through oral history storytelling, Aboriginal experiences and perspectives of the site had been passed down through the generations.
"I get why we need to change this, and I know the story I was told as a little girl and it wasn't positive. But I also know that I'm part of a process, where before we go making decisions, we want to set up transparent processes around how we go about effective community consultation on cultural matters for the City of Joondalup," she said.
"It's important because it is not just this one place, there is a Blackboy Park within the City of Joondalup, there are many more that are on our radar for name changes or dual naming."
Ms Wood-Kenney expects consultation sessions to take place in coming months and hopes a plan will be in place by the end of January.
She said the sessions would seek feedback on the plaque and would consider creating a healing space at the site.
"There are so many opportunities to make it a significant place for families, to pay tribute and recognise the people that were lost there, but it's really about truth-telling," she said.
Archaeologist and anthropologist Janet Osborne has looked at missions in WA as part of a PhD through The University of Western Australia.
"It's that common adage that victors write the history books," Ms Osborne said.
She explained there was a system in place in the Swan River Settlement at the time that when an Aboriginal child broke the law, and usually that was stealing food, they would be sentenced to go to Rottnest Island or diverted to missions.
At Wanneroo, girls were trained to be domestic servants and boys carried out agricultural labour.
Ms Osborne described it as "something a lot like slavery".
"If you ask the missionaries, they said they were interested in bringing God to Noongar people and they might have said they were trying to train these children to be useful economic units in colonial society," Ms Osborne said.
"But these children would never be integrated into colonial society because of their skin colour — they were locked into being a servant class."
Ms Osborne said it was hard to say how many Aboriginal people were forced to live and work at the site with no detailed records. She said some Aboriginal people at the Wanneroo Mission Farm would have died of influenza or tuberculosis.
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#deepweb | Top 10 AI/ML Stocks That You Should Buy In 2020
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As businesses continue investing in artificial intelligence and with the increasing applications it is finding in every sector, the trajectory of these lucrative stocks might never come down. If we look back at 2019, which seems like a long time ago already, companies across sectors have started integrating AI and have implemented it in their products and services.
Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Intel, NVIDIA have already been pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. This can be seen clearly when we can see that it has been estimated that AI spending will touch nearly $98 billion in 2023 which makes the CAGR for 2018-2023 forecast period 28.4%. Another insight shows that the AI market is expected to reach $208.49 billion by 2025 with a CAGR of 32.6%.
So it won't take an highly-intelligent bot to recognise that it would be wise to put AI and ML stocks on the watchlist. As we move towards the '20s, let's take a look at some of the hottest and most outstanding AI/ML stocks that you should be following this year.
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Since the advent of artificial intelligence and deep learning, the need for faster processes has increased, rather, exploded. NVIDIA generates most of its revenue from video gaming GPUs, but these GPUs are also used to make the deep learning tasks better than CPUs like Xeon processors. Though there was a dip in its stock in 2019, the revenue grew subsequently in the last two quarters with the development of new conversational AI platforms.
The new conversational AI platform boosted the GPU demand from hyper-scale customers, and its application will continue in 2020 with NVIDIA's rising stock up along with showcasing AI advancements in other markets including its new Shield TV devices, 5G networks, IoT devices and of course better GPUs.
NVIDIA's investments in other areas have put it on a long-term earnings growth rate of 9.4%. The Zacks consensus mark for 2020 earnings has increased by 4.1% to $5.56 per share over the past two months or so.
Baidu (BIDU)
Baidu is China's Google. The reason for its AI stock growth isn't just because it is China's largest search engine, but also because of its same interest in AI and other technologies. Baidu's interest also lies in technologies like cloud, smart speaker, driverless car market etc.
The essence of Baidu's AI ecosystem is DuerOS, which a voice assistant. DuerOS hit 100 million users in August 2019 and doubled to 200 million in January.
With China's government relying heavily on Baidu to boost its national AI efforts, the company has a long-term earnings growth rate of 2.3% and the estimated consensus for 2020 earnings improved up to 30% to $8.45 over the past two months.
Google (GOOGL)
Well, Google's name has to be here, not only because it owns the world's largest search engine, but also because of its substantial research and investments in artificial intelligence. Naturally, Google will be on every AI stocks watchlist. Google's massive ecosystem is a data hub or a gold mine for the AI developers. The sheer size of the data is used for its AI services and Google's AI tools to optimise its search engine. Google formed its 'Google Brain' team eight years ago for deep learning AI research. Google has AI-powered encryption tools, image enhancement tools, robotics projects, TensorFlow AI platform and custom chips for machine learning which gets integrated with all these services on an AI platform.
Over the past five years, Google has been showing an annual sales growth of 8.71%.
Box (BOX)
Box offers cloud management solutions for automation, security, and application development. The company provides clients with advanced AI and ML solutions through its Box Skills solutions program, which includes solutions like structure and extracts insights from information.
The company has a long-term earnings growth rate of 26%.
This company provides integrated as well as automated cybersecurity solutions that have been booting ML features for its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall. The FortiWeb Web Application Firewall works towards giving you better threat detection using machine learning. Alongside, other products and services are Fortigate and FortiGuard that leverage ML threat detection.
Fortinet has a long-term earnings growth rate of 14% and a Zack Consensus Estimate for earnings for 2020 of 11.5% to $2.71 over the past two months.
Keysight (KEYS)
Keysight provides electronic design and test instrumentation systems. Keysight's integrated models make use of ML technologies. The company's smart water project utilises ML's deep learning systems to detect contamination.
Keysight's long-term earnings growth rate of 9.1% and a consensus mark for 2020 improved to 6% to $5.19 over the past 60 days.
Synaptics (SYNA)
SYNA is no-blue chip AI stock of a company named Synaptics which in the designing and marketing is very similar to human interface solutions market such as touch screen controllers, touchpads for notebook computers, sensors for the mobile device.
The company utilises smart edge AI in its services. The company's audio smart offerings include fully integrated SoCs which have neural network acceleration, a proprietary wake word engine and advanced far-field voice processing. The company's consensus estimates for full-year earnings has moved to 86.70% higher over the past 90 days.
Commvault (CVLT)
CVLT is an AI stock from company Commvault which provides data management solutions for high performing data protection, management of information on complex storage networks, universal availability.
This company's ML algorithms and AI processes can also identify patterns and detect problems from file activity and change rates. This helps when a potential threat or issue is detected and is alerted to the clients.
CVLT has an excellent long term investment with a 1-year forecast of about $51.46 with currents price $45.95.
Micron Technology (MU)
With massive AI systems being excessively used, the demand for digital memory will increase in time as network and demand for internet also rise, which is good news for a company like Micron and individuals who are thinking of investing in Micron AI stock.
Micron is one of three leading producers of DRAM which feeds data to a processor. Along with applications like 5G, there is an expectation of demand for AI and memory demand. Hence there will be subsequent demand for DRAM.
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
Palo Alto Networks is a company like Fortinet, which provides cybersecurity solutions to a firm.
Palo Alto Networks introduced Cortex which is the industry's only open and integrated AI-based continuous security platform. Since Palo Alto's last earnings reports, its shares have added about 5.2% in that time frame outperforming S&P 500. During the first fiscal year 2020, Palo Alto reported earnings of $1.05 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus estimate of $1.03.
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«Памятник воинам Коктебельского десанта», Памятный знак в честь советских воинов-десантников — монумент в Коктебеле, посвящённый памяти участников тактического Коктебельского десанта ВМФ СССР (часть Керченско-Феодосийской десантной операции), высаженного с моря в Коктебельской бухте в ночь 29 декабря 1941 года. Коктебельский десант играл отвлекающую роль и был призван оттянуть силы врага от основного – Феодосийского.

История
В 1958 году в Коктебеле на месте гибели краснофлотцев был установлен памятник. В 1967 году он был разрушен штормом. В 1975 году к 30-й годовщине Дня Победы в Коктебеле (в то время — Планерское) был открыт новый памятник. Автором проекта стал феодосийский скульптор Борис Лец. Памятник был установлен перед корпусом пансионата «Голубой залив», недалеко от того места, где в канун 1942 года были похоронены погибшие краснофлотцы.

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Авторы скульптурной группы сосредоточили внимание на лицах как наиболее ярко передающих эмоции. Изображенные крупным планом на горельефах лица четырёх воинов выражают одновременно и решимость, и страх, и готовность на все ради Родины. Если долго вглядываться в эти лица, можно увидеть в них истории жизней погибших, почувствовать их непоколебимую решимость, в то же время, ощущение безысходности. Битва была проиграна, но подвиг тех, кто готов был отдать и отдал свои жизни, защищая Родину, останется в памяти людей навсегда.

Поэтесса Юлия Друнина посвятила памяти погибших стихотворение "У памятника".

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Climate Change and Int...
Climate Change and Intergenerational Well-Being
The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming
Edited by Lucas Bernard and Willi Semmler
Economics and Finance, Environmental, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Economics, Labor and Demographic Economics
11.2 A Two-Period Illustration
11.3 An Overlapping Generations Framework
11.4 Climate Change
11.5 Intergenerational Fiscal Policy to the Rescue
11.6 A Numerical Illustration
11.7 Conclusions and Next Steps
The Macroeconomics of Global Warming
Improving Climate Projections to Better Inform Climate Risk Management
Energy Balance Climate Models, Damage Reservoirs, and The Time Profile of Climate Change Policy
Economics of Environmental Regime Shifts
Policy Scenarios in a Model of Optimal Economic Growth and Climate Change
Adaptive Model-Predictive Climate Policies in a Multicountry Setting
Prospects of Tools from Differential Games in the Study of Macroeconomics of Climate Change
Fairness in Climate Negotiations: A Meta-Game Analysis Based on Community Integrated Assessment
Climate Change and Second-Best Abatement in a Multiregion World with Endogenous Growth
Global Warming and R&D-Based Growth in a Trade Model between Environmentally Sensitive and Environmentally Neglectful Countries
The Atmosphere as a Global Commons
The Social Cost of Carbon
Climate-Friendly Technological Change for Developing Countries
Renewable Energy: Models, Implications, and Prospects
Emission Trading Systems and Technological Innovation: A Random Matching Model
The Reality of Nuclear Power: The Fukushima Experience and Its Impact
Forecast-Based Pricing of Weather Derivatives
Employment and Output Effects of Climate Policies
Macroeconomic Effects of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policies with a Focus on Germany
Stabilization of Earth's Climate in the 21st Century by the Stabilization of Per Capita Consumption
Does the Kyoto Protocol Intensify Carbon Leakage to China?
Climate Thresholds, Weather Extremes, and Catastrophic Losses
Climate Impacts on Agriculture: A Challenge to Complacency?
The Legal Framework of Global Environment Governance on Climate Change: A Critical Survey
Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative of a Carbon Fee and Dividend
The Need for Sustainable Development and a Carbon Market: Avoiding Extinction
The problem of climate change is typically discussed as a problem of intergenerational tradeoffs. Typically, it is supposed that the current generations must make sacrifices today for the improved well-being of future generations. The case for climate change mitigation becomes a question of the balancing of current and future well-being, for example, according to a social discount factor. Though this approach is common, the perspective is too narrow. By using intergenerational fiscal policy, it may be possible to fund climate change mitigation with public debt, so that in effect future generations bear both the costs and the benefits of climate change mitigation. In this way, the social discount rate is not relevant. What is relevant is whether future generations would indeed be willing to pay the price of mitigation in return for reduced climate change. The current generation must act as a steward for future generations, assessing whether future generations would (or should) be willing to bear the costs of mitigation. If so, today's generation would undertake mitigation actions, while leaving future generations with a higher stock of public debt to service.
Keywords: climate change, intergenerational fiscal transfers, intergenerational well-being, mitigation, overlapping generations model, public finance, social discount rate
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, the Earth Institute, Columbia University.


Public servant. Real Estate Professional. Animal Rescue Advocate. Underdog Fan. Husband, Dad to Prince and Samuel, and Lover of Life!
I am an animal lover. Growing up I had neighbors that had golden retrievers and I became good friends with one- her name was Angel. Because my family wouldn't let me have a dog, I spent a lot of time with my neighbor's dogs and I vowed that when I was older I would adopt my own golden retriever!
Fast forward to 2005- I had my own home and knew that the time was right for me to adopt. I visited an Adopt-a-Thon for the Tennessee Valley Golden Retriever rescue and met my first adoptee- Berkeley. It was love at first site! Two years later we adopted a companion for Berkeley from the TVGRR, Betty Joe, and she was my second great love! In 2010 a street dog from Chattanooga joined our household, Michael!
As with all animals who come into our lives, the one certainty is that there comes a time when we must say goodbye. Cancer took Berkeley in early 2011, and Betty Joe and Michael passed away in 2015. The pain was very hard but the memories and love we shared were worth it.
I am a firm believer in the importance of animal rescue, having adopted 5 dogs into my family over the past decade. I can't imagine my life without these 5 family members who changed me for the better. Because of this I am committed to donating a portion of my real estate profits to supporting local Knoxville area animal rescues. Additionally, I am committed to working with these groups to advance their mission in our community. It's my small way of giving back to some great groups that make real differences in not only animals' lives, but also people's lives!
As an affiliate broker with Realty Executives Associates, I am not your typical pushy salesperson who is more committed to earning the "sale" than serving you and your needs. I personally have had bad experiences in the past working with real estate agents who were less than ethical, and this is something I strive to be the opposite of. On other areas of this site you'll see stories I've documented about those experiences and critiques I offer on how our industry falls short, and how I am different in my approach and ethics. Being a protector is my goal and something I strive for every day.
I moved here in 1996 to attend the University of Tennessee, and I immediately fell in love with Knoxville and all it has to offer. The people and our kindness to one another and sense of community are strong here and makes us one of the best places to live in East Tennessee and the United States.
After graduating in 2001 with a degree in Political Science and Sociology, I spent the next decade working as a community organizer and in various local political campaigns. This time strengthened my commitment to helping people and improving the world around me.
I have always had a strong interest in real estate and neighborhoods, and in 2014 I decided to pursue this passion by helping people through one of the most important and stressful items in a person's life – the buying and selling of one's home.
In 2017 I was re-appointed to serve as one of the 5 legislatively appointed election commissioners to the Knox County Election Commission, which is charged with overseeing the election process in Knox County. Its a job I am extremely proud of and take very seriously, as it is responsible for one of our most cherished rights as Americans- the right to vote.
I am a member of St. James Episcopal Church in North Knoxville. In my spare time I enjoy hanging with my husband Wes Knott and being a rescue "dad" to my two dogs Samuel and Prince! Additionally, If you think we'd make a good match working together, please give me a call!
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People going between 4 bldgs. Most just duplicating work of others or doing something that could have been consolidated into 1 trip by 1 employee. Company provided motorized bicycles and did not require training or the use of safety equipment.
Warehouse Manager not suited for the job. Consistantly wasted company money and resources due to poor planning and not undertanding how to run a department. Would assign duties then come and jump in front of you and critized your efforts.
Loved the management and people, left solely for what i thought was opportunity and some more money to support the family.
Every day was a new challenge which i enjoyed.
Working here was enjoyable. The company is full of intelligent people top to bottom. unfortunately i was laid off do to restructuring of a department but i did receive regular raises in the short time i was there.
Nice place to work, the whole crew is very friendly.
It's pretty laid back but not at the same time. I've learned how to use a deburr knife correctly and a CNC Saw to cut parts. Management is good, no complaints there. Co-worker's are awesome, everybody's a team player. The hardest part of the job is when we are crunched on time at the end of the month and need to ship inventory. I enjoy working, I like my job pretty much from start to finish each day.
Awesome people to work for.
Extremely professional and personable place to work.
A highly skilled, productive and competitive work environment, with a great ability to develop personal and professional relationships.
the management treats every employee with the up most respect and willing to help out in any way they can. Everyone loves to work at 5th Axis.
awesome place to work, learned a lot of new things, fast paced but slow at times, fun environment and coworkers, only downside is is that the owner said few weekend work days and it turned into him wanting me there every sat.
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Irwin Law: Criminal Procedure (Second Edition)
Chapter 3 - Search and seizure
E. Variations on the Hunter v. Southam Standard
Author: Steve Coughlan
Profession: Professor of Law. Dalhousie University
1) Administrative or Regulatory Searches.
2) Searches of Media Offices.
Although Hunter is the leading authority on search and seizure, both for setting out the minimum requirements for search with a warrant, and the rule that a search without a warrant is prima facie unconstitutional, it is not the governing authority in every circumstance. Slight variations of the rules, in two contexts, must be discussed: i) searches under an administrative scheme and ii) searches of press offices.
1) Administrative or Regulatory Searches
The Court has held on many occasions that Charter rights must be interpreted in a way consistent with the context in which they arise. This is equally true in the case of section 8, where the Court has held that the approach to section 8 rights as described in Hunter does not apply outside the criminal law context. On some occasions, the state's primary interest in conducting a search will not be to prosecute a criminal offence, but rather to enforce the rules of some regulated activity. In that event, the state may well have an interest in "the restaurateur's compliance with public health regulations, the employer's compliance with employment standards and safety legislation . . . the developer's or homeowner's compliance with building codes or zoning regulations [or] compliance with minimum wage, employment equity and human rights legislation."295Effective regulation of these areas may require surprise inspections or the examination of records, and, therefore, the Court has held that people engaged in these activities have a lower expectation of privacy in relation to those activities. Accordingly, searches and seizures that do not comply with the Hunter standards may nonetheless be reasonable under section 8.
On this basis, the Court has concluded that compelling a person to testify regarding predatory pricing procedures under the Combines Investigation Act,296or to produce various documents under the Income Tax Act297or the British Columbia Securities Act,298does not constitute
unreasonable search or seizure. Although possible prosecution could follow from engaging in the behaviour being investigated, the investigations and the offences are not criminal offences. Accordingly, a search can sometimes be reasonable, even if the Hunter protections are not in place.
The Court has at times recognized the importance of keeping this exception in its proper, limited place, so that it does not undermine the Hunter standards. In Colarusso,299for example, the coroner seized blood samples after a fatal traffic accident under provisions of the Ontario Coroners Act.300No judicial pre-authorization was needed for such a seizure. On the facts, it was clear that the seizure was just as much for the purposes of the police investigation into criminal charges as it was for the legitimate purpose of an inquest (the police transported the samples to the analyst, gave up their previous efforts to obtain a sample from the accused, and so on). The Court held that the evidence was not admissible in the criminal proceedings. Although no difficulty would arise in using the evidence in the context of an inquest "once the evidence has been appropriated by the criminal law enforcement arm of the state for use in criminal proceedings, there is no foundation on which to argue that the coroner's seizure continues to be reasonable."301Later, in Jarvis the Court attempted to distinguish more clearly when the different levels of Charter protection apply. In that case the accused was required to produce various information under the Income Tax Act,302a statute that the Court notes depends on self-reporting and, therefore, is especially dependent on the honesty of taxpayers. As a result, broad inspection and audit powers are necessary to maintain the integrity of the tax system. At a certain point, however, investigation as to whether a taxpayer has remitted sufficient funds to the government can become an investigation into whether that taxpayer should be prosecuted for an offence. Accordingly, the Court said, differing levels of Charter protection might be found within the same statute. As a general guideline, administrative officials must cease to use their broader
investigative powers, such as mandatory inspection or production of documents, "where the predominant purpose of a particular inquiry is the determination of penal liability," or, put another way, where there has been a "crystallization of the adversarial relationship."303Determining when officials have "crossed the Rubicon," as the Court puts it, depends on consideration of various factors, none of which is conclusive on its own. These include, in the income tax context, whether there are reasonable grounds to lay charges, whether the general conduct of the authorities was consistent with a criminal investigation, whether an auditor's files...
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ETH/BTC order book depth chart on a cryptocurrency exchange. The x-axis is the unit price, the y-axis is cumulative order depth. Bids (buyers) on the left, asks (sellers) on the right, with a bid-ask spread in the middle.
A digital currency exchange can be a brick-and-mortar business or a strictly online business. As a brick-and-mortar business, it exchanges traditional payment methods and digital currencies. As an online business, it exchanges electronically transferred money and digital currencies. Often, the digital currency exchanges operate outside the Western countries to avoid regulation and prosecution. However, they do handle Western fiat currencies and maintain bank accounts in several countries to facilitate deposits in various national currencies. Exchanges may accept credit card payments, wire transfers or other forms of payment in exchange for digital currencies or cryptocurrencies. As of 2018[update], cryptocurrency and digital exchange regulations in many developed jurisdictions remains unclear as regulators are still considering how to deal with these types of businesses in existence but have not been tested for validity.
The exchanges can send cryptocurrency to a user's personal cryptocurrency wallet. Some can convert digital currency balances into anonymous prepaid cards which can be used to withdraw funds from ATMs worldwide while other digital currencies are backed by real-world commodities such as gold.
The creators of digital currencies are often independent of the digital currency exchange that facilitate trading in the currency. In one type of system, digital currency providers (DCP) are businesses that keep and administer accounts for their customers, but generally do not issue digital currency to those customers directly. Customers buy or sell digital currency from digital currency exchanges, who transfer the digital currency into or out of the customer's DCP account. Some exchanges are subsidiaries of DCP, but many are legally independent businesses. The denomination of funds kept in DCP accounts may be of a real or fictitious currency.
Decentralized exchanges such as Etherdelta, IDEX and HADAX do not store users' funds on the exchange, but instead facilitate peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading. Decentralized exchanges are resistant to security problems that affect other exchanges, but as of mid 2018[update] suffer from low trading volumes.
In 2004 three Australian–based digital currency exchange businesses voluntarily shut down following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The ASIC viewed the services offered as legally requiring an Australian Financial Services License, which the companies lacked.
In 2006, US-based digital currency exchange business GoldAge Inc., a New York state business, was shut down by the US Secret Service after operating since 2002. Business operators Arthur Budovsky and Vladimir Kats were indicted "on charges of operating an illegal digital currency exchange and money transmittal business" from their apartments, transmitting more than $30 million to digital currency accounts. Customers provided limited identity documentation, and could transfer funds to anyone worldwide, with fees sometimes exceeding $100,000. Budovsky and Kats were sentenced in 2007 to five years in prison "for engaging in the business of transmitting money without a license, a felony violation of state banking law", ultimately receiving sentences of five years probation.
In April 2007, the US government ordered E-Gold administration to lock/block approximately 58 E-Gold accounts owned and used by The Bullion Exchange, AnyGoldNow, IceGold, GitGold, The Denver Gold Exchange, GoldPouch Express, 1MDC (a Digital Gold Currency, based on e-gold) and others, forcing G&SR (owner of OmniPay) to liquidate the seized assets.
A few weeks later, E-Gold faced four indictments.
In July 2008, Webmoney changed its rules, affecting many exchanges. Since that time it became prohibited[by whom?] to exchange Webmoney to the most popular e-currencies like E-gold, Liberty Reserve and others.
Also in July 2008 E-gold's three directors accepted a bargain with the prosecutors and plead guilty to one count of "conspiracy to engage in money laundering" and one count of the "operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business". E-gold ceased operations in 2009.
In 2013, Jean-Loup Richet, a research fellow at ESSEC ISIS, surveyed new money laundering techniques that cybercriminals were using in a report written for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. A common approach to cyber money laundering was to use a digital currency exchanger service which converted dollars into Liberty Reserve and could be sent and received anonymously. The receiver could convert the Liberty Reserve currency back into cash for a small fee. In May 2013, digital currency exchanger Liberty Reserve was shut down after the alleged founder, Arthur Budovsky Belanchuk, and four others were arrested in Costa Rica, Spain, and New York "under charges for conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business." Budovsky, a former U.S. citizen and naturalized Costa Rican, was convicted in connection with the 2006 Gold Age raid. A U.S. indictment said the case "is believed to be the largest international money laundering prosecution in history." More than $40 million in assets were placed under restraint pending forfeiture, and more than 30 Liberty Reserve exchanger domain names were seized. The company was estimated to have laundered $6 billion in criminal proceeds.
Following the launch of a decentralized cryptocurrency bitcoin in 2008 and the subsequent introduction of other cryptocurrencies, many virtual platforms were created specifically for the exchange of decentralized cryptocurrencies. Their regulation differs from country to country.
In February 2014, Mt. Gox, the largest cryptocurrency exchange at the time, suspended trading, closed its website and exchange service, and filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan from creditors. In April 2014, the company began liquidation proceedings. This was the result of a large theft of Bitcoins that were stolen straight out of the Mt. Gox hot wallet over time, beginning in late 2011.
By 2016, several cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the European Union obtained licenses under the EU Payment Services Directive and the EU Electronic Money Directive. The adequacy of such licenses for the operation of a cryptocurrency exchange has not been judicially tested. The European Council and the European Parliament announced that they will issue regulations to impose stricter rules targeting exchange platforms.
In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission maintained that "if a platform offers trading of digital assets that are securities and operates as an "exchange," as defined by the federal securities laws, then the platform must register with the SEC as a national securities exchange or be exempt from registration". The Commodity Futures Trading Commission now permits the trading of cryptocurrency derivatives publicly.
Among the Asian countries, Japan is more forthcoming and regulations mandate the need for a special license from the Financial Services Authority to operate a cryptocurrency exchange. China and Korea remain hostile, with China banning bitcoin miners and freezing bank accounts. While Australia is yet to announce its conclusive regulations on cryptocurrency, it does require its citizens to disclose their digital assets for capitals gains tax.
In early 2018, Bloomberg News reported the largest cryptocurrency exchanges based on the volume and estimated revenues data collected by CoinMarketCap. Similar statistics was reported on Statista in a survey by Encrybit to understand cryptocurrency exchange problems. According to the survey, the top three cryptocurrency exchanges are Binance, Huobi, and OKEX. Other data points in the survey included the problems that cryptocurrency traders experience with cryptocurrency exchanges and the expectation of traders. Security and high trading fees are the top concerns. The exchanges are all fairly new and privately held. Several do not report basic information such as the names of the owners, financial data, or even the location of the business. A study by Mistertango reported that 88% of cryptocurrency exchanges are in favor of regulation for operational certainly and price stability.
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Georgia WR Chris Conley debuts 'Star Wars' fan film
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Chris Conley's offseason wasn't like the normal D-I college football player.
Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver spent a majority of the last six months working hard to write, direct produce and edit a 'Star Wars' fan film set on the scenic Athens, Ga. campus.
A preview of the film was released in April, featuring some high quality special effects and a cameo from head coach Mark Richt. The senior wideout finally debuted the film over the holiday weekend and is available below in its entirety.
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Conley's original intent was to create a short light saber duel video, but the response from fans, friends and classmates was so positive that he decided to turn it into a film.


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You Didn't Win the Powerball Lotto, Now What?
OK, I admit it. I got swept up in Powerball Fever and bought a ticket. And…I lost. And so did you. Bummer.
Wait a second. I can make this a good thing.
Greg, I love your enthusiasm but losing $1.5B is not a good thing. That's like saying Jar Jar Binks was a good Star Wars character.
I hear you, (and please don't ever make me think of Jar Jar again) but you didn't lose that money, you just didn't win.
What would you do? Not just what things you would buy, but what you would do? The answer to that might just give you a peak into what you're most passionate about.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can pay for some awesome experiences. Go!
You lost, now what? What if you could still do most of the things on your list? Are there ways you could do that?
When you get sure on your what and your why, the how begins to appear. You will be shocked at all the ideas that pop into your head when you begin to focus on this. I have seen it happen countless times in my life.
You don't have to take a huge leap, quit your job, and risk everything to follow your dream. You can start with baby steps and transition to it.
Time keeps ticking by no matter what we do. In a year you will either be exactly where you are right now, or you will be a year along your journey to your extraordinary life.
You have all the time you need to do what you were born to do. Don't waste it.


The new GrubHub Help Experience introduces brand updates as well as features and tools to improve the GrubHub customer care experience. Diners are now able to more easily navigate solutions to their concerns through categories, reach a customer service rep through a chat client, or call the help line. Diners are also able to see enough relevant information, such as their recent order status, to aid in help conversation. This agency and helpfulness reduced the high call frequency problems of our care department.
I was the lead product designer for this project, which introduced live chat to our help experience and significantly decreased call traffic, where at highest, traffic between calls and chat is an even 50/50 split.
For years, GrubHub as a company was focused on migrating both Seamless and GrubHub brands to new, more stable, and sophisticated engineering architecture. Last year, migration reached success, but this meant rethinking and redesigning some core experiences from the now legacy web experiences to match our new brand and product experience. One such redesign was of the GrubHub help experience. Previously, a help page with FAQs and a number to dial customer service, we saw an opportunity to produce a more sophisticated experience as well as remedy the customer care department's high call volume via this new architecture, providing a real time chat client, as well as this redesign effort.
Given the importance of the new help experience, for various stakeholders (engineering and customer care departments), Josh (product manager) and I were keen to coordinate pre-kickoff meetings. The pre-kickoffs would allow me to understand the needs of our customer care department, the engineering limitations and constraints, as well as getting feedback for design iterations.
This was a really collaborative effort. As I would explore the problems, think of solutions, and design, I would keep in close communication with engineering, product management, and members of the care department through HipChat and email, in addition to our pre-kickoff chats. It was important to do this given that some of our team members, such as Elaine and Brian, were working from our Chicago office. However, I would add that this allowed me to design in an agile fashion that worked with our sprint.
In addition to needing a help experience for our migration, we had to provide an improved help experience. The legacy GrubHub contact us site had a lot going on with it — there wasn't a clear visual hierarchy of information and there weren't too many paths a diner could follow to remedy their qualms.
It took about three iterations for the help chat and help landing, as well as two iterations for the active order status component of the help experience.
On my first pass, I was focused on establishing a hierarchy to the information — reducing noise and showing information, such at the appropriate levels of prominence for the diner with relation to context. The legacy help page required a higher learnability of the diner than needed. Diners had to scan the entire page to get the information they needed. They also had to consciously categorize their concerns as either order changes or a particular issue with their order. This meant the possibility of making a wrong choice for the sake of contacting or some feelings of paralysis. In addition, data, such as phone numbers, weren't presented in means that gave the best affordances or legibility, such as presenting the numbers in dashes to aid in legibility as well as the browser being able to trigger a call to the number via a tap or click.
I considered a hierarchy that could allow diners to read less, understand the option, as well as the scope of options that they have, via a row system with iconography (at the left), explanations (center), and clear action buttons (right).
In terms of chat and call features, I was focusing around making it clear that the features and information were understandable and noticeable. There was also center copy and items, such as the 24/7 availability, that I followed from the care departments requirements.
Given that we had implemented a Facebook login, I started exploring identity within the help chat via a profile photo icon for the diner, as well as their name, while keeping a limited identity for the help associate. Much of the visual treatment for chat, I felt was something that could respond well to devices — going from popup window on desktop to a full canvas view on mobile, mimicking the feel of a native chat client.
After the first pass, the stakeholders from the care department, myself, and the rest of the team reviewed the implications, feasibility, and other concerns. The design direction was in order, but the care department wanted to explore possibilities to remedy their high call volumes through either less emphasis on the customer call phone line or hiding the number entirely.
3. Balancing both, but making the phone number only accessiblyviathe diner making the choice to choose to call instead of live chat.
Upon review, it seemed that the third approach was the most well received.
In following this path, I started to see more affordances, particularly via interaction design, for selling the diner on live chat, as well as being more intentional with our display of the phone number.
The particular interaction series that we arrived at was one where in hovering over the phone icon, a popover appears by the chat bubble to encourage the diner to try live chat, but revealing the phone number when the phone is clicked. For mobile degradation, we reduce the popover to an expanded accordion interaction.
After the final revision of the contact-us page, the scope increased to include the Active Order Status, a widget from the legacy site used to provide recent order details for reference in help scenarios. I approached this as a matter of information design, where we could have a design with clear data groupings and better legibility for the diner's needs.
The new help experience has been a major success. As a product team, it was a great example of cross functional collaboration across the company and offices. As a product offering, the new help experience significantly decreased call traffic, where at highest, traffic between calls and chat is an even 50/50 split. It would be nice to see help experience that goes beyond a contact page and takes in more varied contextual experiences. I think considering how new features and user experiences lead to help experiences will be a big step in the future. Possibilities could occur through a more nuanced site-wide messaging framework as well as navigation.


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In November we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from late 1968 through 1971, and this time we're looking at what was happening the week of January 15 through 21 during those years.
Our M.O. Dr. Steve Jarvis has just had a 2 page spread article on Scientology in "GP", the Medical Doctors' journal in the UK.
It is a splendid article, pointing up Scn's role in psychosomatic medicine.
The magazine asked for an article, three MDs in Scn submitted them. Dr. Jarvis's article won. Copies will be mailed to all parliaments.
Coronet magazine in the US printed an article by me, preceding it with a SMERSH write up.
However, the article calmly made nothing of the attack and reader opinion is that it will do us a lot of good.
January 16: LRH explains an important concept.
The factor of income-outgo is that one must have more income than outgo for an org to live at all. This is the primary thing that ECs and staffs overlook. It is the only thing really that can wipe out an org.
This fact is not real to the DK area or Sweden even yet. FP Ed No. 1 has to be done in an org to see how much it costs to run it and how much income is the minimum it has to make, Regardless of stat pattern rises and falls, if the GI never gets up to org cost then the org will go broke and cease to exist. The Cash-Bills graph is more important than the GI alone.
DK should now be running, since reorg, on less outgo than income.
ASHO in November ran t less income than outgo (loss of $3,000) which is why there is an effort to combine AsHO and AOLA.
In management this factor — the income-outgo ratio — is just something that can't be ignored as it can destroy an org and is, by experience, the only thing which can. It is also the hardest thing to get across to ECs. One has to increase income to exceed outgo and also decrease outgo so it is less than income — both actions are usually necessary.
I doubt there is a more important management datum than this. Or one which is more consistently ignored in orgs.
January 19: Ethics is madly out on the planet.
I see the crew appreciates all the sunshine. So do I.
I've reviewed program summaries of all Aides except 4. Things are not too bad. 1969 was the year of Out-Ethics. In 1970 I trust all SO members will wear their ethics hats. Every SO member has one.
Every time we ease up or drop Ethics we get horrible problems and stats. It can be plotted on the Int GI.
Fact is Ethics is madly out on the planet. Definition of some Earth wog leaders — somebody who is trying to get even with everybody else. Definition of psychiatry: the government's method of getting even with the insane.
The ship is doing excellently well and I am proud of all of you.
By FO No. 301 a Condition of non-existence is assigned to any member of the ships company that obstructs a child from doing his or her work, deprives the child of his possessions or his job.
This applies to all cadets and Middies as well.
If we all begin to travel in the same direction we will get there an awful lot faster and with a lot less collisions.
January 19: You will not only clean those bilges, but enjoy doing it!
The most delightful fellow you ever want to meet is the fellow who is doing what he is posted to do.
It would be wonderful if we had a few more!
At this stage of reorganization it may look scrambled here and there.
And people then doing what their title says they do.
After working several weeks to get them on post and several days to get them assigned to auditing and several more to get them assigned pcs, I am able to announce that actual bona-fide Dianetic R3R Triple is available in the HGC.
Anyone not on some other major rundown who wants some case gains is invited to apply.
This is real Dianetics, not Kokomo Coaudit brand where the course "supervisor" went on vacation as soon as the SO Dianetic Supervisor Missionaires left in '69.
Sessions lately given here have been blowing minds.
Our 13 year old star Dianetic auditor Jo Albert hung on for six hours on one session day before yesterday and changed the pc's whole life. Secret of her success? She does flubless commands. It's real Dianetics. You should try some.
Confront of Mest and work causes valence shifts and a run out of past non-confronts.
Aside from medical reasons such as colds or flu there will be no more isolations. Instead, the person is placed on a transfer routing form.
I don't know, the thought of some 13-year-old interrogating me with the same questions, over and over for six hours straight while I'm holding the cans on an e-meter in a ship tossing in the Mediterranean just doesn't sound like my idea of a good time. But whatever it takes to clear the planet, I guess.


DefenseCode released an advisory in which researcher Leon Juranic details security issues related to using wildcards in Unix commands. The topic has been talked about in the past on the Full Disclosure mailing list, where some people saw this more as a feature than as a bug.
There are clearly a number of potential security issues surrounding this, so Mr. Juranic provided five actual exploitation examples that stress out the risks accompanying practice of using the * wildcard with Linux/Unix commands.
The issue can be manifested by using specific options in chown, tar, rsync etc. By using specially crafted filenames, an attacker can inject arbitrary arguments to shell commands run by other users – root as well.
By using tar with these options, a specified action can be used after a checkpoint. This action could be a malicious shell script that could be used for executing arbitrary commands under the user who starts tar. "Tricking" root to use the specific options is quite easy, and that's where the wildcard comes in handy.
Running tar cf archive.tar * on a folder with these files seems pretty straightforward and benign.
drwxrwxrwx. 2 user user 4096 Oct 28 19:34 .
drwx——. 24 user user 4096 Oct 28 18:32 ..
The problem arises if the user created a couple of fake files and a shell script that contains any arbitrary command.
By using the * wildcard in the tar command, these files will be understood as passed options to the tar binary and shell.sh will be executed as root.
The advisory in question details other similar exploitation methods. Also, around the same time when Mr. Juranic informed us about his work, another researcher posted to the Full Disclosure mailing list a similarly themed research focused on exploiting wildcards.
Is there a workaround? To quote the most upvoted post on a recent Reddit thread regarding wildcard exploitation: "./* Done".
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LOS ANGELES, (March 3, 2015) Latin American influential political, business leaders and academics will gather at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on March 6, 2015, to discuss the region's economic and social prospects as well as market growth and opportunities at the 2015 Latin American Business Conference.
This year's theme, "Latin America: Leadership, Society and Globalization," will explore the development of Latin America through three lenses: leadership in business and government spheres, the societal demands of a burgeoning middle class, and the globalization of Latin American companies.
The conference will address the role of women – since 1970 eight of 29 women elected as heads of state around the world have come from the region, yet when it comes to women in business, Latin American women are underrepresented. It will also examine how the growing middle class can become a catalyst for inclusive growth and how the region's growth, previously characterized by demand for its natural resources is now also driven by the rise of non-commoditized industries.
"Any assessment of Latin American markets must recognize the complexities of the histories, politics and economies of the region," says UCLA Anderson Dean Judy Olian. "The LABA conference offers an important platform to discuss key forces shaping business growth in various Latin American countries including policies governing trade and deregulation, the globalization of Latin American companies, and the growing middle class."
The Honorable Liliana Ayalde, Ambassador of the United States to Brazil, will be giving the keynote address. Ambassador Cecilia Nahon, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the United States will be joining the panel on Leadership – The Role of Women.
Martin K. Breidsprecher ('98), Chief Operating Officer, Azteca America, Inc.
The event is organized by UCLA Anderson's Center for Global Management and the Latin American Business Association, in partnership with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Conference sponsors include City National Bank, the Port of Los Angeles, Mercury, UPS and UCLA's Latin American Institute.
The Latin American Business Association (LABA) is a student-run organization that represents a mixture of MBA candidates, faculty and UCLA Anderson alumni from around the world who share a passion for Latin America. The group's interests in Latin America include the diverse cultures and traditions, the languages and people, and the unique business opportunities the region presents.
The Center for Global Management prepares UCLA Anderson students to understand, shape, and succeed in the complex world of global business. The center provides conceptual frameworks through which to view various regions and economies, and through various academic, immersion and experiential programs instills in students the necessary global social, intellectual, and psychological competencies to become truly global citizens.


Baron Chak Bindrmon stormed through the halls of his own keep. His jaw was clenched so tightly that his lips were as white as his hair, and his hands were balled into fists so hard that he could feel his short nails digging into his palms. He was walking fury, and he was headed toward his only child's room to teach the boy some sense.
Chak had recently returned from his journey to Fremlow City, the ducal seat of Welspeare. Every three years, the Duchess of Welspeare required that all of her barons travel to her castle to deliver their taxes in person; the other two years, traveling tax collectors handled those duties. Chak had put his time in Fremlow City to good use: he had secured a promise of marriage between the only daughter of Baron Groon Durening, Millicet, and his son, Aldan. The union would benefit Bindrmon greatly, since Baron Durening had been eager to secure the marriage of his daughter, who was almost thirty.
The only hitch in the plan was Aldan himself. Chak had just told his son of the wedding plans, whereupon Aldan had defied his father and declared that he loved another and would not honor Chak's hard-won agreement.
Chak intended to do something about that.
He reached the door of his son's room and slammed his open hand into it with all of the strength of his fury behind it. It wasn't barred, and the latch snapped like a twig, letting the door swing open and crash against the wall behind it. Baron Bindrmon stomped into Aldan's room to find his son standing by the fireplace, staring at a simple, metal candlestick on the mantelpiece. Aldan's only visible reaction to his father's entrance was the tension in his shoulders; he didn't turn around or verbally acknowledge the baron.
Chak stood silently for a moment, waiting for Aldan to turn around. He almost didn't recognize the candlestick at first, but even when he realized what it was he refused to let himself be deflected from his purpose. He recalled giving a pair of candlesticks like that to his wife, Cyorsa, shortly after their marriage. They had enjoyed pride of place on their dinner table every evening until the fever claimed her life a dozen years previously. He had ordered them removed from his sight and had ceased to think about them.
It didn't surprise him that Aldan had rescued one from wherever they had been stored. Chak knew that the boy was too soft by far to be a fit heir. He was going to have to take further measures to toughen his son up. Maybe the marriage would help.
Aldan shuffled himself around to face his father, reluctance in every motion he made. The sullen look on his face was more suited to a thwarted child than someone of his score-and-two years.
"I love another, father," Aldan repeated in a stronger voice. The sullen expression he wore was deepening into anger, but Chak wasn't paying attention.
"I love a barmaid, father, and Tillna is her name. And it is better I love her than all the well-bred women you could bring before me. I have her heart, father, and she mine," said Aldan Bindrmon with some of the conviction that his father used.
Aldan raced out of his own room. Chak watched him go, his son's outburst ringing in his ears. He reached out to try to grab Aldan's arm but failed because he couldn't unclench his fist fast enough, so tightly had it been held.
Baron Bindrmon stood reflecting on his son's words for quite a while. Eventually he came to the realization that Aldan didn't know what he was talking about. Chak had guided his son gently, tutoring him for the job he would someday have. It wasn't easy being baron; Aldan would see that some day, and he would thank his father for the lessons he had learned.
And as far as his son's final declaration went, Chak intended to make sure that Aldan turned out to be wrong.
Several bells later, two stablehands arrived at the door to Baron Bindrmon's private chambers. Talss, the tall thin one, knocked tentatively. Lhewin, the tall stocky one, fidgeted. Neither of them knew what the baron wanted, but it wasn't normal for servants to be summoned like this, and they were both very nervous.
Talss remembered. He and four other stablehands, Lhewin included, had convinced Brerk, the second son of Baron Shaddir, that he didn't want to marry Millicet, thus opening the way for Baron Bindrmon's arrangement. Talss wasn't proud of it, but he had done his duty to his baron and his barony, and had received a Round as payment. He wondered who the baron needed frightened away this time.
The two stablehands shook their heads. Chak shrugged and continued, "He seems very attached to her, or at least the idea of her. He has utterly rejected what I want, what you helped me get: his betrothal to Durening's daughter. He will not be swayed by words, and he's my son, so rough handling is out of the question. But I've thought of something else.
"Tillna. If she leaves town, and tells no one where she is going, then Aldan won't be able to use her as an excuse to refuse Millicet. I want you two to make sure that Tillna leaves. One way or another, she should be out of this barony as soon as possible, preferably out of the duchy entirely. I'm asking this of only the two of you as I don't think it would take five to scare off one little barmaid.
"I know that this is an unusual thing to ask of you, and I understand that you may not feel it is a worthy thing to be doing. I ask that you remember two things. First, you are once again aiding your barony, as Millicet's dowry will benefit Bindrmon greatly. Second, to salve your consciences, I will pay you each a Crown now, and a Crown when she is gone.
Talss had done some very questionable things in the service of Bindrmon, including taking care of Flitchin, the stablehand who had tried to flee the baron's service on the way to Fremlow City. But for some reason, Talss found this request to be much more shocking. He didn't know why, unless it had to do with the fact that he was being asked to intimidate a woman. Shaddir's son Brerk had at least stood a chance against the five sent to persuade him to break off his betrothal. How could a barmaid defend herself against even two grown men?
"Two Crowns?" Talss heard Lhewin ask. He looked over, and saw the wide eyes of avarice on his friend's face.
He grabbed his coin and held it tightly in his hand. The cold weight soon warmed up, so that all he could feel were its edges against his palm. As its presence seemed to diminish the longer he held it, he wondered whether two Crowns were really enough to salve his conscience.
Aldan walked into the Boar-Ring Inn and went right to the bar. "Oablar, my usual room," he said, throwing coins down.
The proprietor of the inn handed him a key, and scooped up the coins. "I'll let her know when she arrives that you're here, my lord," he said, the hint of a leer in his voice.
Aldan didn't see Oablar nod as he climbed the stairs. He spent the next several bells thinking, even though he knew the answer to his problems. There was only one thing he could do, and he needed to do it as soon as possible. He didn't want anything to happen to his one chance to make his own decision. He might be destined to be baron, with all the responsibility that entailed, but he didn't have to be saddled with a wife he didn't know or love. His father would come to understand eventually; understand or, at least, accept.
Third bell after dark had already rung when Aldan went back down the stairs. The taproom of the Boar-Ring was bustling with activity, and both Aivney and Tillna were busily crossing the room taking orders and delivering drinks. Aldan just watched Tillna work for a bit, knowing that soon she wouldn't have to earn her own way any longer.
Everything was perfect, except for one thing: the Menagerie, that group of young lords who hated him for abandoning their company, sat at their usual table laughing and shouting and leering at both barmaids. Aldan didn't particularly want to do this in front of them, but he knew that they wouldn't be leaving until well after derk, and he didn't want to wait that long.
He stepped off the stairs and over to the edge of the bar. Fox glowered at him from the Menagerie's table, but Aldan ignored him. Tillna saw him and hurried over. They hugged, and when Aldan kissed her he made sure that he kissed her lips.
The sixth bell of night was close to ringing when Talss and Lhewin entered the Boar-Ring Inn. The taproom was almost deserted, with only the four young men of the Menagerie occupying their table in one corner of the room, near the bar. They were quiet, seriously studying the tankards in front of them with the intensity of the very drunk. Both barmaids were gone; Aivney to her home, Tillna upstairs with Aldan. Oablar stood behind the bar polishing leather mugs.
The two baronial stablehands walked over to the bar, frowning and stumbling slightly. They had spent a great deal of time arguing back and forth back at the keep about whether they should really do as the baron asked, and what kind of tactics they should employ. Ale had been consumed during their conversations, but not enough to make them drunk. Not very, anyway.
Eventually, they had decided that they wanted to see Tillna in person. Unaware of the number of bells that had already passed, they left the keep and strolled through the deserted town only to find that there were no women at all in the Boar-Ring.
Oablar drew their drinks and said, "Don't settle in, straight? I'm wantin' to close soon." Talss and Lhewin lifted their tankards in acknowledgment, and staggered to the nearest table.
Talss was talking more loudly than he intended, and he was overheard. Fox's head lifted at the mention of 'baron' and he paid a fuzzy attention to the two men dressed in the livery of the Bindrmons at the next table.
"Easy money, Talsh," agreed Lhewin.
Unnoticed by the stablehands, Weasel's head had also risen from its drunkard's droop, and he listened in on the conversation too, drawn by the name of the barmaid. Owl was asleep over his drink, and Bear … well, Bear was giggling into his hands again.
Fox took Bear's full tankard of ale and threw it in his own face. The jolt sobered him up somewhat, and he dried himself off a bit with Owl's cloak.
"Greetings!" Both Talss and Lhewin started when the red-haired young man appeared across the table from them and spoke. Neither really noticed the wet hair or the heavy odor of ale coming from him.
Fox's grin had nothing merry about it. "I think that I and my friends over there can help you. Please, let us take this burden onto our shoulders. We'll gladly ensure that Tillna is gotten rid of, and the marriage plans of Aldan Bindrmon are altered permanently.
The stablehands rose, shook Fox's hand, and left, even though he had come to their table. Fox looked over at Weasel, who grinned a wicked grin back.
Fox was walking through Beeikar's marketplace the next morning. He was happy to finally have an excuse to deal with Tillna, and so strike a blow against Aldan the Rat. He didn't think it would be difficult for the Menagerie to frighten one woman enough to get her to run away. It would be even better if she proved stubborn about it; he owed her a slap or two — at least — for the way she had been treating him recently.
At the edge of the market, Fox noticed that a gypsy had occupied one of the stalls set up there. His colorful clothing was very distinctive, but Fox thought he would have known the man's origins even without the patchwork raiments; the swarthy features and full, black beard were equally distinctive, he thought.
Fox looked over the wares for sale. At one end of the counter were some poorly-made daggers and short swords, meant for flashy display and not for use. Next to the weapons was what seemed to be half of a stone sculpture of some kind. It had been circular when whole, and the inner two-thirds of the flat upper surface was covered by intertwining bands of silver, gold, and glass. Around the rim were carved two birds of prey next to each other and a cat.
Fox touched the sculpture, setting a finger to one of the carved birds. He jerked his hand back as if he had been bitten, but after shaking his finger and looking for a mark he seemed to forget all about the strange sensation and the sculpture at the same time.
Fox's attention shifted to the carved wooden figures and boxes arrayed next to the stone fragment. Figurines of people and animals, and animals dressed as people, were all of the highest craftsmanship, with crisp, clear detail. Fox looked for carvings that represented him or his friends, but there were no foxes or fox people, or any of the other Menagerie animals at all. The closest he came was a rat-woman dressed like a ship's captain, but that only made him frown, and he moved on.
Then, he saw the box. It was about eight hands square, and on the lid was carved a stylized representation of a falcon. The bird looked just like the ones on … on … no, he hadn't ever seen falcons carved like that before. The sides of the box were carved with wavy lines — no, they were woven loops, like hair, or braided bread or … or bread, straight.
The falcon was carved so that to view it properly, the box had to be resting so that it looked like a diamond, not a square. Fox worked the tightly friction-fit lid off and discovered that the inside of the box was round.
Those three things came together and, with a flash of interwoven bands, falcons, and a cat behind his eyes, Fox got an idea. A wicked — no, an evil idea. He liked it. He knew that the Menagerie would like it too. He paid for the box, and went to tell his friends about the change in plans.
"No, love, she ain't been in," Aivney said distractedly as she served ales to a table full of bargemen while dodging their pinching fingers.
In the depths of the night, four figures, completely muffled in robes and hoods, carried a long, narrow bundle between them to the banks of the Renev River. Faint chanting could be heard as the bundle began to sway between them, and suddenly it was flung into the rushing water. It bobbed for a moment, the dark stain in the center seeming to fade as the bundle absorbed water. Then it vanished from sight.
The anonymous figures stood staring after the vanished bundle. One staggered for a moment, as if on the rolling deck of a ship. Another, the largest, lifted its arms to its hood, and giggled.
Presently, the four turned and walked back into the darkness.
Aldan climbed the single flight of stairs to the upper floor and walked to the back of the hall. He knocked on her door, and it swung open. Suddenly apprehensive, Aldan walked in.
He half expected to find the room bare, but it wasn't. Tillna's belongings filled it, making it hers. Only one thing seemed out of place: on the narrow table next to the door was a large package, wrapped in cloth. Hanging from the cord that tied the cloth together was a small piece of parchment on which was painted the badge of Bindrmon.
Aldan took the package and stepped further into the room. He sat down and untied the cord, letting the white cloth fall away from what it wrapped. This revealed a carved wood box with a falcon on the lid. It was heavy and well constructed, and he examined the carvings around the edges and on the top. He turned the box so that the falcon was upright, so that it sat on its corner and looked like a diamond. The box was beautiful, and the falcon was just perfect, but something was making him uneasy about this. Was it some kind of farewell gift from Tillna? If not, who had left it? The falcon might indicate some kind of connection to the Menagerie, but they only called him Rat now.
Nervously, he, tried to lift the lid from the box, but it wouldn't budge. He tried harder, finding indentations at each corner that allowed him to get a grip on it. He felt it start to move finally, its friction-fit ceasing to resist. As the lid lifted, the first thing he noticed was the smell. He had hunted enough to know that iron tang: blood. He moved the lid aside, and was confronted with contents so bizarre that he had no idea what he was looking at. Hair, blond hair was all he could see at first, golden hair coiling around and filling the round insides of the box. Except in the middle, where a lump of reddish-brown and slightly grey meat rested, roughly oval, slightly thicker at the bottom than the top.
He was dumbfounded. What was this? What did it mean? By chance, he noticed that there was something inside the lid. He glanced at it, and saw that it was a parchment with very neat, precise writing on it.
Lifting the lid, he read the writing and learned all he needed to know, and much more than he had feared.
dearest, I hope that this reassures you.
You have my heart, Aldan Bindrmon.


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