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Sasser je počítačový červ, který se týká počítačů se systémem zranitelné verze Microsoft Windows XP a Windows 2000. Sasser se šíří tím, že využívá v systému zranitelné síťové porty (stejně jako některé další červy). Proto je obzvláště virulentní v tom, že se může šířit bez zásahu uživatele, ale je také snadno zastaven, když je správně nakonfigurován firewall nebo stažením aktualizací systému z Windows Update. Specifická díra, jíž Sasser využívá, je zdokumentována Microsoftem ve svém bulletinu, pro který byla oprava vydána o sedmnáct dnů dříve.

Historie a účinky
Sasser byl poprvé zaznamenán a začal se šířit dne 30. dubna 2004. Tento červ byl pojmenován Sasser, protože se šíří tím, že využívá přetečení vyrovnávací paměti ve složce známé jako LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) na dotčených operačních systémech. Červ prohledává různé rozsahy IP adres a připojuje se k počítači oběti především prostřednictvím TCP portu 445. Analýza Microsoftu naznačuje, že se může šířit také prostřednictvím portu 139. Několik variant tzv. Sasser.B, Sasser.C a  Sasser.D se objevilo během několika dnů (původní se jmenoval Sasser.A). LSASS zranitelnost byla opravena společností Microsoft v dubnu 2004 pomocí svých měsíčních bezpečnostních balíčků, právě kvůli červovi. Někteří odborníci na technologie spekulovali, že tvůrci červa použili reverzní inženýrství na patch Microsoftu k objevení chyby, která by jim otevřela miliony počítačů, jejichž operační systém nebyl aktualizován.

K efektům Sassera patří několikahodinová blokace družicové komunikace news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), USA Společnost Delta Air Lines musela zrušit několik transatlantických letů, protože její počítačové systémy byly infikovány červem. V severských zemích pojišťovna IF a její finští majitelé Sampo Bank se úplně zastavili a museli zavřít 130 kanceláří po Finsku. Ve Spojeném království měla pobřežní stráž zablokované mapové služby po dobu několika hodin a Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Post a Evropská komise také měli problémy s červem. X-ray oddělení na Lund University Hospital mělo všechny své čtyřvrstvé rentgenové stroje  vypnuté a po dobu několika hodin museli přesměrovat nouzové pacienty do nedaleké nemocnice. University of Missouri byla nucena "odpojit" svou síť z širšího Internetu v reakci na červa.

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Zpočátku se věřilo, že Sasser byl napsaný v Rusku toutéž osobou/osobami, které vytvořily další červ zmiňovaný jako MSBlast, nebo Blaster (kvůli mediím). Vazba byla indikována podobností kódu těchto dvou, ale dne 7. května 2004 byl zatčen za psaní červa 18letý německý student informatiky Sven Jaschan z Rotenburgu an der Wümme. Německé orgány byly vedeny k Jaschanovi částečně proto, že jim pomohly informace získané v reakci na nabídku odměny ze strany společnosti Microsoft ve výši US $250 000.

Jeden z Jaschanových přátel oznámil Microsoftu, že jeho přítel byl tvůrcem červa. Dále bylo zjištěno, že nejen Sasser, ale také Netsky.AC, varianta Netsky červa, byla jeho tvorba. Byly zjištěny další variace Sassera, Sasser.E, jenž byly objeveny v oběhu krátce po jeho zatčení. Byla to jediná varianta, která se pokusila odstranit další červy z infikovaného počítače, hodně podobným způsobem, jako to Netsky dělá.

Jaschan byl souzen jako mladistvý, protože německé soudy rozhodly, že vytvořil červa dříve než mu bylo 18 let. Červ sám byl vypuštěn na jeho 18. narozeniny (29. dubna 2004). Sven Jaschan byl shledán vinným z počítačové sabotáže a nelegálního pozměňování dat. V pátek 8. července 2005 dostal 21 měsíců podmíněně.

Nežádoucí účinky
Indikace infekce červa na daném PC  je existence souboru C:\WIN.LOG nebo C:\WIN2.LOG na pevném disku počítače, stejně jako zdánlivě náhodné pády s Lsass.exe na obrazovce způsobené vadným kódem použitým v červovi. Nejcharakterističtějším příznakem červa je časovač vypnutí, který se objeví v důsledku shazování lsass.exe červem.

Možná zástupná řešení
Sekvence vypnutí může být přerušena stisknutím tlačítka Start a pomocí Spustit a zadání shutdown -a. To přeruší vypnutí systému, takže uživatel může pokračovat v tom, co dělá. Soubor Shutdown.exe není k dispozici ve výchozím nastavení v systému Windows 2000, ale může být instalován z resource kitu systému Windows 2000. Je k dispozici v systému Windows XP.
Druhá možnost jak zastavit červa od vypnutí počítače je změnit čas a nebo datum na systémových hodinách na dříve. Čas vypnutí se prodlouží o tolik, o kolik byly hodiny nastaveny zpět.

Reference

Externí odkazy
 Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS04-011
 CVE: CAN-2003-0533
 Bugtraq ID 10108
 Read here how you can protect your PC (Microsoft Security page) - Includes links to the info pages of major anti-virus companies.
 New Windows Worm on the Loose (Slashdot article)
 Report on the effects of the worm from the BBC
 German admits creating Sasser (BBC News)
 Sasser creator avoids jail term (BBC News)

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Mistrust of Islam nearly three times higher than negative views of muslims
A recent survey in Switzerland shows mistrust of Islam is close to three times more prevalent than negative views of muslims.
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Every two years, Switzerland's Federal Statistical Office compiles a survey of attitudes towards people of different race, religion and nationality. The survey entitled: living together in Switzerland, asks a wide range of questions covering attitudes held towards different people and experiences associated with those differences.
More than 3,000 permanent residents of Switzerland between the ages of 15 and 88, selected at random across Switzerland's main regions, were asked a series of questions. Those questioned included Swiss citizens and foreign nationals.
One group of questions, which looks at attitudes towards muslims, shows a large difference between how the population views the faith compared to it's followers. In 2018, 29% said they mistrusted Islam, while 11% said they held a negative view of its followers.
The survey also looked at attitudes towards the jewish community. 9% said they held a negative view of this group. There was no separate question on attitudes towards the jewish faith.
Negativity towards muslims in Switzerland has declined since 2016. In 2016, 14% said they held a negative view of them. In 2018, the figure was 11%.
On the other hand the percentage declaring negativity towards the jewish community increased from 8% in 2016 to 9% in 2018.
Religious discrimination was ranked the fifth most frequent form of discrimination in Switzerland. First was discrimination based on nationality. 58% said they'd experienced this. Next were language or accent (27%), gender (19%), professional status (18%) and religion (15%). Skin colour (15%), socio-economic group (14%), age (13%), political opinion (12%) and ethnicity (11%) completed the top ten.
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Filed Under: Immigration, Swiss life Tagged With: Anti Semitism in Switzerland, Attitudes to Islam in Switzerland
Majin Yojimbo says
27/02/2019 at 23 h 30 min
Well, the Quran does start off by calling all non-muslims liars whose hearts are sealed – even though they don't know it. So yeah, good reason to distrust Islam and anyone who adheres to it.
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Accepted Frewen (Northiam, Sussex, 1588 — Bishopthorpe, Iorque, 28 de março de 1664) foi um sacerdote da Igreja Anglicana e Arcebispo de Iorque de 1660 até 1664.

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Accepted era o filho mais velho do reverendo John Frewen, prior de Northiam, Sussex. A família parece ser originária de Worcestershire, uma vez que Richard Frewen, o pai de John Frewen, era filho de Roger Frewen, sepultado em Hanley Castle em 1543, e neto de Richard Frewen, oficial de justiça de Worcester em 1473.

Accepted Frewen nasceu em Northiam, e foi batizado em 26 de maio de 1588. A antiga casa em ruínas chamada de "Carriers", no lado oposto ao Brickwall Park, é tradicionalmente considerada o local de nascimento do futuro arcebispo. Supõe-se que John Frewen, seu pai, alugou-a de John White de Brickwall em 1583, quando foi designado para servir em Northiam, até ser transferido para a casa paroquial em 1592.

De acordo com o historiador Anthony à Wood, Frewen foi educado na escola pública de Cantuária, e dali transferido em 1604, aos dezesseis anos de idade incompletos, para o Magdalen College, Oxford, onde se tornou um bolsista. Obteve o grau de Bachelor of Arts em 25 de janeiro de 1608, e de Masters of Arts em 23 de maio de 1612. Foi eleito fellow no último ano, e, de acordo com a mesma fonte, tornou-se professor de Teologia no colégio.

Carreira acadêmica e eclesiástica
Em 1617 o Magdalen College lhe concedeu uma licença de um ano para se ausentar das atividades acadêmicas, e atuar como capelão de John Digby, o embaixador inglês na Espanha. John recebeu o título de Lorde Digby em novembro de 1618. Frewen parece tê-lo acompanhado em uma missão do rei Jaime junto ao imperador Fernando II na Alemanha em 1621. Em 24 de dezembro de 1621 foi-lhe concedido outro ano de licença pelo College para que Frewen pudesse atuar como capelão de Lorde Digby, credenciado pela segunda vez como embaixador para a corte de Espanha. Lorde Digby em 1622 recebeu o título de Conde de Bristol.

Frewen estava em Madri, quando o príncipe Carlos chegou em sua visita para discutir um acordo sobre seu casamento com a princesa Maria Ana. Vendo as tentativas espanholas para convertê-lo à fé romana, Frewen pregou diante dele as palavras de I Reis 18. 21, "Até quando coxeareis entre dois pensamentos? Se o Senhor é Deus, segui-o; se é Baal, segui-o", incitando-o a se manter fiel à doutrina da Igreja da Inglaterra. O príncipe ficou muito impressionado com o sermão, tornou-se afeiçoado a Frewen, e lhe presenteou com uma miniatura de sua imagem, que ainda está em posse da família.

Quando de sua ascensão ao trono, o rei nomeou-o um de seus capelães, colocando de seu próprio punho o seu nome na lista dos agraciados. Em 1625 Frewen foi nomeado cônego da catedral de Cantuária, e vice-presidente do Magdalen College, Oxford, no mesmo ano. Em 1626 foi eleito por unanimidade presidente do Magdalen em 24 de outubro, e em 16 de dezembro concluiu seu doutorado em Teologia. Em 1628 e 1629 foi vice-chanceler da Universidade de Oxford, e em 13 de setembro de 1631 nomeado deão da catedral de Gloucester.

Em 1635 foi nomeado prior de Standlake em Oxfordshire, e também de Warnford em Hampshire, dois benefícios eclesiásticos dados pelo Magdalen College. Em 1638 e 1639, a pedido do arcebispo Laud, o chanceler, Frewen novamente licenciou-se do cargo de vice-chanceler. Em 1642 foi o principal responsável por tomar emprestado dinheiro do Magdalen College e presenteá-lo ao rei para que este cobrisse despesas de guerra. Em relação a este fato, o Parlamento ordenou que Frewen fosse preso, mas ele ficou foragido, e não voltou para Oxford até que o rei retornasse para lá depois da batalha de Edgehill, no final daquele ano.

Arcebispo de Iorque
Em 17 de agosto de 1643 Frewen foi nomeado para a sé de Lichfield e Coventry, e em abril de 1644 foi consagrado bispo na capela do Magdalen College por John Williams, arcebispo de Iorque, assistido por outros quatro prelados. Em 11 de maio, ele renunciou à presidência. Em 1652 o Parlamento da Inglaterra declarou suas propriedades confiscadas por traição, e Oliver Cromwell, logo após, fixou um preço por sua cabeça. As proclamações, no entanto, o designaram como Stephen Frewen, e devido a esse erro conseguiu fugir para a França. Depois da Restauração, foi nomeado para o arcebispado de Iorque, eleito em 22 de setembro de 1660, confirmado na Abadia de Westminster, na capela de Henry VII em 4 de outubro, e entronizado por procuração em Iorque em 11 de outubro. Em 1661 foi presidente da Conferência de Saboia. Não há nenhum relato oficial da conferência por parte dos bispos; mas Richard Baxter descreve Frewen como um homem suave e pacífico, e que não tomou parte ativa no processo.

Frewen morreu em Bishopthorpe, Iorque em 28 de março de 1664, e foi sepultado na ala leste da catedral de Iorque, onde um suntuoso monumento com uma inscrição em latim foi erigido em sua memória.

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At our Blues and Songwriting program at Teen Living Programs, clients will explore the basics of blues music, including the origins of blues, 12-bar blues, and blues poetry as a means of creating their own music and lyrics rooted in blues traditions. Participants will also learn the basics of using audio editing software and recording equipment to create their own loop-based songs inspired by stories from the participants themselves. Participants are encouraged to use Fifth House Ensemble musicians to perform in the songs as well.
The emphasis at Teen Living Programs is on client inclusion. There are often many voices that will contribute to a song, and all of the participants will contribute to the final project in their own unique ways. Our goal for this residency is not just to create songs, but to give the participants the opportunity and the knowledge to distribute their forms of artistic expression to the world. The residency concludes with a presentation for other clients and Teen Living Programs staff, where the participants will tell the stories of how their songs were composed.
This Graphic Score Residency gives students the opportunity to engage in the compositional process without having previous musical knowledge. Students will learn how to create unique visual representations of sound and be able to justify their choices, using musical terminology. The compositional and visual processes serve as tools for emotional expression, further explored by integrating Social Emotional Learning components into the curriculum. The culminating project trains confident public speaking skills and performance. Team work on the final project mirrors the model of chamber music collaboration set forth by the two teaching artists in each visit.
At Deborah's Place, the participants will create Blues poetry and musical pairings in the Blues style to be performed live, accompanied by Fifth House musicians. Participants will learn about rhyme schemes, how to recognize and create iambic rhythms in both poetry and music, the chords needed to make a blues song, and the rich history this musical genre draws from. The participants will direct Fifth House musicians to play as they choose, and it is our goal to provide them with the tools to engage in a fully collaborative project. The creative process will be spread out over five visits in which participants learn some of the musical basics, such as hearing and identifying tempo, dynamics, and articulation. Participants will also learn about different musical styles from jazz to classical, poetic tools such as rhyme and rhythm, and even public speaking skills. The women of Deborah's Place are encouraged to find their own voice through their creative work which cover such a variety of topics as the empowering journey from homelessness to self-sufficiency, or the struggle with family troubles, and solutions for how to overcome it.
To augment its current documentation and evaluation methods, Fifth House Ensemble has partnered with Loyola University Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) researchers to lead the evaluation of residency programs. One of the most vibrant collaborative research centers in the country, CURL creates innovative solutions that promote equity and opportunity in communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan region.
Deep synergy exists between CURL's participatory research process and Fifth House's civic practice model. Collaboration is at the center of both groups' work, as new projects are developed side-by-side with external partners from diverse disciplines, utilizing the assets and expertise of all parties to produce meaningful results.
The focal point of Fifth House Ensemble's partnership with CURL is to create responsive evaluation methods for arts-integrated and civic practice work in the field of art music.
Mindfulness – staying in the moment and engaging with your surroundings.
Participants are fluid and spontaneous, view residencies space as safe, constructive and peaceful, and work through reactive and proactive decision making processes.
Empowerment – believing you are a valuable member of society and have the ability to cause and/or create change.
Agency – having the ability to respond in the moment and express one's ideas.
Participants step to up responsibilities (ex. redirecting focus, volunteering for tasks, etc.), resist teaching artist or curriculum with intention, and give live performances.
Creativity – engagement and flexibility in the presence of obstacles.
Participants actively participate in the residency, stretch beyond their comfort zones, and use the residencies to engage with social and personal problems.
Collective Decision Making – a collaborative process where group members come together and work toward a common goal.
Participants ask questions within residency sessions, work in small groups (ex. dyad and triad tasks within residencies), and use team preparation work for performances within the residencies.
Fifth House Ensemble and CURL have completed one full year of this project, and have incorporated initial findings into the project plans for 2017-2018. The second year of evaluation is currently underway.
Fifth House Ensemble is supported in part by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, the Arts Work Fund, the MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.


From 'Pong' to perceptual coding, the convention will offer insight on industry technology and trends.
"Evolution of Video Game Sound" — From the discrete-logic build of "Pong" to the multicore processors of modern consoles, video game audio has made giant strides. This panel, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3, will address the challenges of landmark game platforms, techniques used to maximize the audio experience, the dynamics leading to modern video game soundtracks, and where the game audio experience is heading.
"The World's First Audio Recordings: Their Recovery and Restoration" — During a lunchtime keynote by Dave Giovannoni of First Sounds, on Friday, Oct. 3, Giovannoni will discuss how First Sounds, an informal collective of audio engineers and historians, recently corrected the historical record and made international headlines through its successful playback of a phonautogram made in Paris, 17 years before Edison invented the phonograph. The technical challenges in the recovery and restoration of these primitive, nearly accidental audio recordings will be presented.
"Perceptual Audio Coding — The First 20 Years" — Who could have imagined in 1988 that everyone would be clamoring for pocket-sized devices with MP3/AAC perceptual audio decoders? What made this possible and where is this going? This Friday panel will present an overview of the technology, address the consumer market evolution from niche to necessity, and discuss where the field is headed.
For a full schedule of AES panels, workshops and presentations, visit www.aes.org.
Registration information and the exhibitor list for the 2009 AES Convention in New York are now online.
The popular daylong workshop on surround-sound presentation will be offered immediately prior to the AES convention.
Annual technology convention combines displays, demonstrations, tutorials and technical presentations on the state of the art in audio.
The conference will address audio technology issues and techniques for digital broadcasting as part of the October AES convention.
Broadcast and Streaming Chairman David Bialik is designing programming centered on audio issues involving new technologies for the broadcast segment.
The battle has been joined, with mobile devices, wireless microphones and other technologies still in development fighting traditional broadcast signals for bandwidth. AM radio could be the first to fall if not protected by the FCC.


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To Karen Brown, art is all about seeing the world differently, and using art to express feelings about the environment as it is experienced. Art is, therefore, the vehicle used to interpret responses to everyday life. Brown's work is inspired by architecture, colour, reflections, and the play of light on various surfaces. Her influences include the 20th century Abstract Expressionists of the New York School and The Bay Area Group.
Growing up in Montreal and travelling extensively, Brown moved to Calgary to raise a young family. She studied Interior Design at Mount Royal University, then subsequently worked in design, special events, and developing a boutique hotel. After returning to ACAD to study art (2008-11), Brown now paints fulltime and continues to take studio classes to augment her practice.
Brown is a founding member of the art group ab-straKt 373, which produces two exhibitions a year, successfully rotating artwork through several venues in Calgary and Edmonton. Brown was instrumental in the group's successful application to the Works Festival (2011, 2012) and mounting three shows at the Northern and Southern Jubilee Auditoriums.
Brown collaborated in the two person show, GULP (2015), and held a solo exhibition, STIX, at Elevation Gallery in Canmore (2016). She currently produces one show a year and participates in several group shows. Selected recent exhibitions include: Group Show, Mountain Museum and Archives (Olds, 2014); Solo Show, Britannia Wine Market (2013); Group Show, Bissett School of Business (Mount Royal University, 2013); Group Show, From 6 Till 7, Holy Grill and Calgary ARTwalk (2012).


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Legal Landscape
The Definitive Guide: CBD Legality Across Europe [2020 Complete Edition]
Europe's legal landscape is less than straightforward. From various countries with legal medical cannabis to varying degrees of legality when it comes to hemp-derived CBD, to 44 different countries and 44 different regulations, not to mention pets.
CBD is sold in many different forms:
CBD Creams
CBD Isolates
CBD Cosmetics
If you've wondered what's legal, what's not, and what the varying degrees of legality across Europe are, you've come to the right place.
As one of Europe's most trusted places to buy CBD online, you better believe we've done the research, due diligence, and talked to the right people to know precisely what you can do and can't do across Europe!
In this Definitive Guide to CBD Legality Across Europe, we will expand on these key points:
Where CBD Is and Isn't Legal
The 3 Major Challenges for CBD Legality
CBD is labeled a Novel Food by the European Food Safety Authority
Hemp with less than 0.2% THC is legal across Europe, with some exceptions
CBD is legal in France only in isolate form (containing 0% THC)
5 Things to Know Before Buying CBD in Europe:
Know the country you are in. As we have explored, laws above CBD vary considerably from country to country in Europe. Before traveling with CBD and/or purchasing it, make sure that you review the laws.
Know the brand you are buying. Every brand has different standards and levels of compliance. Ask the vendor you are buying from to provide a Certificate of Analysis on the product to ensure quality and safety. The CoA's will often include a list of ingredients and testing verification.
Read reviews. One of the best ways to ensure the quality of a product is to lean on past consumer experiences for guidance. If you see that a product has received multiple bad reviews, it is best to avoid it.
Check for THC content. Be cognisant of the THC content in the product you are consuming. Cannabis products are sold around Europe, like in the Netherlands, and taking a high-THC product will result in unanticipated psychoactive effects.
Buy hemp-based CBD. Some brands have elected to dilute cannabis extract to pass as hemp oil. This is cheaper, but lower-quality and lower-safety because it requires chemical processes to achieve. Verify that the product you are buying is derived from hemp-based CBD.
What is CBD? How is it different from THC?
At first glance, the chemical composition of Cannabidiol (CBD) and Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are identical; that is because they nearly are. While both molecules have an atomic weight of 314g/mol and molecular formulae C21H30O2, where THC contains a cyclic ring, CBD includes a hydroxyl group. This subtle difference in how the atoms inside the molecules are arranged, as shown in this video, is what allows THC to cause a high, while CBD does not.
When you consume THC, the cyclic ring allows THC to mimic anandamide perfectly. By binding on with the CB1 receptor, THC causes a psychoactive effect or what is more commonly known as a 'high'. The CBD molecule, however, is different in shape due to the hydroxyl group and therefore does not fit into the CB1 receptor causing a psychoactive effect.
Education is the key to dispelling common myths and misconceptions about CBD, and ultimately will be the key to mass adoption across the world. The first step is to answer the most common questions about the two compounds.
As we have discovered, CBD and THC are, in fact, available in both compounds. Hemp is commonly defined as all cannabis plants with less than 0.3% THC, meaning THC is less associated with hemp even though it's found in trace amounts. Farmers and scientists continue to modify the genetic makeup of hemp to create a crop of hemp that contains zero THC.
On the other hand, marijuana has a variety of Indica and Sativa strains that contain a range of THC and CBD content. Formally, marijuana is any cannabis strain with over 0.3% THC – but marijuana is known to contain up to 35% THC in some cases.
Where is CBD Legal?
Europe is a rapidly expanding market for CBD, making up 35% of the global hemp-derived CBD market. With more and more consumers wanting to try CBD, it is essential to understand the laws and regulations surrounding the product before making your purchase.
Industrial Hemp cultivation is entirely legal across Europe, but this does not mean that CBD products are legal everywhere. This is because industrial hemp is cultivated for many other purposes, aside from the extraction of CBD.
The cultivation of Hemp is used for a variety of applications, including apparel, animal feed, insulation, and paper. Hemp is considered one of the most versatile crops humans have even grown at scale with so many different applications. In 2020 alone, Hemp growers have sold $1.5 Billion worth of the plant in Europe, and this number will continue to grow. As European countries begin to adopt less stringent laws about CBD, the demand for Hemp will continue to rise.
The sale of CBD products is legal for recreational use in every EU country except Slovakia and Lithuania. Slovakia is, in fact, the only country in the European Union to completely ban CBD (making it entirely illegal).
Where the CBD laws in Europe become more complicated is surrounding the THC percentage that is permitted and who exactly can purchase CBD. The general consensus across Europe is that CBD products need to have less than 0.2% THC to be sold legally. This is the case in all of the following countries:
The important thing to note here is that standard industrial hemp, when cultivated, has 0.2% THC inherently; therefore, pure hemp-based CBD rarely exceeds the commonly accepted limit of 0.2% THC.
CBD Laws In Every Country
In this section, we are going to briefly address the CBD laws in each country in Europe.
ADVANCED NOTICE: These are not to be taken as legal recommendations. Please consult legal counsel before buying CBD in regions labeled 'Legal Grey Area.'
Status: Legal
In the United Kingdom, CBD is legal as long as the percentage of THC is less than 0.2%. The UK's Food Standards Agency has taken the recent EFSA' Novel Food' designation for CBD to define its own CBD laws. The FSA has given a deadline of March 31st, 2021, for all CBD companies to submit a novel food application. This requires companies to provide a list of ingredients and testing credentials for their products. CBD companies are welcoming this as a positive landmark because it allows for legitimacy for their industry in the UK. It also provides some much needed legal clarity for CBD in the UK. The only catch: CBD is illegal when it comes to pets in the UK, unless prescribed by a veterinarian.
Status: Illegal
No cannabis products are allowed in Albania, including CBD.
No cannabis products are allowed in Andorra, including CBD.
No cannabis products are allowed in Armenia, including CBD.
CBD is illegal in Austria, since 2019, because the government claims the sales are uncontrolled, and the products are not clearly defined.
Status:Legal Grey Area
The country has not made a clear distinction on CBD's legality, best to avoid in this region.
Cannabis reform has been discussed in Belarus for years, but nothing has been solidified. CBD sales are not approved.
Status: Legal Grey Area
Belgium has had many legislative changes over the last few years when it comes to CBD. CBD oils can be purchased after a prescription has been provided by a doctor.
Bulgaria overruled the Novel Food designation of the EU, despite being an EU member nation. The cultivation, distribution, and consumption of CBD is legal in Bulgaria.
CBD Isolate is legal, anything with more than .3% THC cannot be sold.
Cannabis products are legal, with less than .2% THC.
CBD cannot be marketed as a food ingredient, but is deemed non-psychoactive and is therefore legal for purchase.
Although some stores sell CBD by using legal loopholes, it is not widely approved.
CBD isolated is legal, as long as there is .0% THC.
Both cannabis and CBD are illegal.
In Germany, it is legal to buy CBD both online and in stores as long as the THC concentration is less than 0.2%.
CBD products are legal with less than 0.2% THC.
Products can be purchased online, but legality is unclear.
Hemp cultivation is legal with less than 0.2% THC, but the purchase of CBD products is not clearly defined.
Avoid purchases of CBD products that are not isolated (i.e., more than 0.00% THC).
CBD was legal for purchase with less than 0.6% THC, but in May 2019, the supreme court of Italy banned it unless bought in a licensed pharmacy with a doctor's prescription.
Prohibited to be sold as a nutritional supplement.
Anything with less than 1% THC technically is considered legal.
Legal with less than 0.3% THC.
CBD sales cannot contain more than 0.05% THC.
North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia)
Status: Legal (Medical)
CBD oil with less than 0.2% THC is available in pharmacies.
Must have a doctor's prescription.
It must be derived from industrial hemp with less than 0.2% THC.
Status: Legal (Medical/If imported)
Doctor's prescription required.
CBD is legal with less than 0.2% THC.
CBD laws are becoming more strict, leaning towards becoming illegal.
CBD is legal, with less than 0.2% THC.
CBD from hemp and with less than 0.2% THC is legal.
Most contain 0.0% THC.
Must contain less than 1% THC.
THC limit is not defined, but recommend limiting to 0.2%.
3 Major Legal Challenges for CBD
Before we delve into the specific legalities of CBD in each country in the EU, it is important to create a 30,000ft picture of the legal landscape. CBD faces 3 major hurdles in Europe:
The Novel Food Regulations
Different Regulations In Each Country
Different Languages In Each Country
1. The Novel Food Regulations
Earlier in 2020, The European Foods Safety Authority (EFSA) designated CBD as a Novel Food ingredient. This designation applies to all foods that were not commonly consumed before May 1997, essentially encompassing all new food and foods from new sources. In short, this means is that food must be:
Safe for consumers
Properly labeled, so as not to mislead consumers
If novel food is intended to replace another food, it must not differ in a way that the consumption of the novel food would be nutritionally disadvantages for the consumer
What this means is within European Union countries, hemp-CBD companies should adhere to all these standards. However, Novel Foods is not definitive and obligatory, which complicates things further as EU countries don't technically need to follow it.
What some countries are implementing, take, for example, the UK, and the FSA (Food Standards Agency), are requiring that the CBD industry submit, by March 31st, 2021, a valid novel food authorization application. Only companies with products within this application process and following all guidelines, will be allowed to continue selling.
It's important to note that not all CBD companies on an individual basis will have to apply, but certainly, all raw ingredient suppliers must meet and pass all requirements. Basically, a CBD product will have to prove its raw materials safety and stability. A novel foods application will clearly outline all uses for the product, effectively making it safe for consumers.
Countries in the EU are by design left to make decisions independently – and this includes CBD.
2. Different Regulations In Each Country
EFSA's novel food designation is not mandatory for countries in the EU to follow, which has both positive and negative outcomes for CBD. On the positive side, more liberal countries have the freedom to set open policies about CBD within their own borders. However, with 27 countries in the European Union and 44 countries on the European continent, there are 44 independent sets of regulations.
With each country implementing its own guidelines and regulations about 'important, manufacturing, testing requirements and distribution,' navigating CBD's legalities can be challenging. This puts an additional onus on consumers, salespeople, brands, and cultivators to know what the laws are in their respective jurisdictions. Not only can this be costly, but it can also lead to unintentionally breaking the law. The most challenging distinction for both consumers and manufacturers is the THC content of a CBD product.
Consumers can be impacted by this in many ways. For example, a person traveling from the UK (where CBD is legal with less than .3% THC content) to France (where CBD is legal only with 0% THC) with a CBD product may unknowingly be carrying an unpermitted product when they arrive! In other countries like the Netherlands and Switzerland, CBD with up to 1% THC is legal. The point is, the regulations vary a lot from country to country. When traveling across country borders with CBD, make sure to plan and prepare in advance by knowing what the laws are.
3. Different Languages In Each Country
There are 24 official languages designated in the EU, presenting a variety of challenges for hemp-CBD manufactures, distributors, and consumers. This exaggerates the 2nd problem (Different Regulations In Each Country) because it makes it more challenging for people to understand and interpret the array of regulations.
Consumers need to have the ability to understand what they are buying. In a booming industry like CBD, consumers become more vigilant with understanding the product before trying it; additionally, consumers need to have access to as much information as possible without having challenges with language barriers.
Producers also need to be aware of who products are being sold to. There are additional costs to ensure that packaging matches the languages spoken in the country the products are being sold in. Belgium is an example of where this issue can get more complicated than you might expect. Despite the country having a population of 11 million, it has 3 official languages: German, French, and Flemish. A producer of any product being sent to Belgium needs to have those three languages on the label.
Brands, marketplaces, and sellers need to be conscientious of who they are selling to, ensuring that they provide accurate and coherent information. It is paramount to focus on educating the consumer about CBD, and brands and sellers have the most direct line of communication with the end buyer. This puts an additional onus on these people to ensure the correct information is provided in the appropriate language.
Cannabis Legality
The destiny of THC and CBD are somewhat intertwined. For more information on their specific relationship, check out our article here. Apart from North America, Europe is the most liberal place in the world when it comes to the cultivation and sale of Cannabis (and, more specifically, CBD).
The map above shows that 29 countries in Europe that have legalized medical cannabis in some form. Although this is not the same as CBD, it is an essential demonstration that Europe is willing to create an environment that encourages the growth and development of blooming industries. CBD has a lower legal threshold than THC, and as the cannabis market continues to evolve, we expect that hemp-based products will lead the way in market adoption.
We can clearly show that the adoption of CBD across Europe is progressing rapidly in recent months. In fact, the late 2019 infographic above shows that at that time, 58% of CBD consumers only tried CBD for the first time in the last 6 months. Of these consumers, 74% reported a positive impact on their quality of life from trying CBD, and another 23% experienced a neutral effect.
In all, 16% of adults living in Europe had tried CBD at that time. All this points to the fact that Europe is adopting cannabis (and mainly CBD) at a continental scale. From a legal perspective, as the demand for CBD rises, regulators will continue to develop more liberal legislation that will expedite the growth of demand in the industry.
Another distinction that needs to be made here is between hemp and marijuana. This often can be confusing and is important to understand when making CBD purchase decisions.
Our friends at www.medium.com have designed a perfect analogy to help people understand the relationship between cannabis, hemp, and marijuana. Characterizing cannabis as either hemp or marijuana, as the diagram shows, would be the same as describing fruits in the citrus genus as either sweet or sour. Although being sweet or sour may be a characteristic of these fruits in the citrus genus, it does not encapsulate all the types of fruit under that branch. The cannabis genus contains dozens of strains, including Sativa, Indica, and Ruderaus.
Here We have highlighted two products which contains low THC. This is perfect if you are located in region with tighter restrictions.
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News of Members
Thread starter nfd2004
Congradulations goes out to site member "kfd274" (Kevin D) on the recent marriage of his daughter Aileen who was married in Philadelphia on September 28, 2013. Aileen is currently a General Counsel with The Philadelphia Eagles. I understand that they will be living in New Jersey.
And for those who didn't know, Kevin, a retired school principal, and his wife, recently moved from Long Island to the Boston area. I had the pleasure of showing Kevin around the Providence, RI area this past summer. He bought me chow and it wasn't McDonalds. We went to the area known as "Federal Hill". It's not Arthur Ave (Bronx), but rather Atwells Ave - Providence. If you're ever in the Providence area, there's some great Italian restraunts there.
Congradulations Kevin D. (kfd274). And hopefully, my friend "fdny1075k" will be able to post a few pictures for us.
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mikeindabronx
nfd2004 said:
Congradulations to All
Bill... did you take him under the Pineapple ?
mikeindabronx said:
Mike, you know EXACTLY where I am talking about. That big pineapple is still there (Atwells Ave near I-95)
fdny1075k
Bill, here's the pictures you asked me to post of Kevin D.(kfd274) and his beautiful daughter on her wedding day.
grumpy grizzly
Just did 35 on 9-30, hope they can pass us! Best wishes to all!
Thanks Emmett (fdny1075k).
Those pictures are great.
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fdny1075k said:
Aileen looks like she's a pretty happy girl.
Congtatulations to Kevin and his family.
Great Italian restaurants on Federal Hill, Providence.
Congratulations to all.
Heard what I considered to be an interesting story from site member "svd385" (Steve D.) during our most recent Get Together.
Steve was working at the World Trade Center in Basement Level 6 during the first WTC bombing. I believe that was in February, 1993 (?).
While I was in the firehouse in Connecticut watching bits of this on the CNN News, Steve was trapped down in that lower level parking area for about four hours before he was able to get out. He was also one of about 1,000 individuals to recieve some injuries from this bombing.
Steve D. was also once an Auxiliary firefighter with Engine 96 in the Bronx. When he moved to New Jersey, he joined one of the volunteer depts where he had been a member for several years. As a member there, Steve fell through a stairway causing injury to his legs and back. He landed on his feet while wearing full turnout gear including his air pack.
I hope Steve will add to this story if I forget anything or make any corrections if need be. Many of us that know Steve, aka "svd385", consider him to be a good friend and a great guy.
svd385
We were initally told by the PA that it was a transformer in the path tubes. We found out what had happened when my wife called me and wondered why we were still there and told me of the bombing. Our node was located in the B6 level of tower 2. The explosion was at the B4 / B3 ramp in the parking garage. I seldom talk about this, it just kind of slipped out ... all I did was check on the other employees in offices we had on the 32 and 56 floors of tower one and then got excorted out by a PA cop whom I got the impression from that he didn't like a few things I explained to him ...
On a tragic day in April, 2013, two bombs went off in the streets of Boston as the Marathon was taking place. For one woman named Rose Ann Sdoia she would pay a very steep price for being an innocent bystander. She would loose her leg and have to go through months of therapy learning to walk again.
On that day, as the first bomb went off, some Boston Firefighters were in the area. Of course they immediately headed in the direction of those injured. Then a Second Bomb went off much closer. One firefighter named Mike Materia ran to the aid of this woman who was still conscious but bleeding from her injury. Her leg had been severed. A belt was used as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. That firefighter attempted to wave down passing ambulances responding to the first bombing with no success. He stayed with her not knowing if a third or fourth bomb would go off. He was finally able to get a police van where she was put into and transported to the hospital. Firefighter Materia rode in that van with her as she struggled to remain conscious from her life threatening injury. Firefighter Materia was able to keep her alive as he talked to her and held her hand.
Today, Rose Ann Sdoia, the woman who lost her leg, is demonstrating to the world how she is moving forward with an upbeat positive attitude despite what she has had to endure. She now travels telling her story. She is a role model for each and every one of us.
And Firefighter Mike Materia, the firefighter that rode with her in that police van holding her hand and keeping her alive, is the son of our site member "mack". A frequent contributor to this site.
"macks" son Mike, also served three tours in Iraq with the Special Forces before going on the Boston Fire Dept. He now travels often with the woman who is so grateful to him for saving her life. They have become a couple together.
Today there is some talk of making a movie. But the story of Rose Ann Sodia and Boston Firefighter Mike Materia is not a movie but a TRUE story of a role model and a hero.
For those of us that know "mack", we know what a really a great guy he is. He has given me a personnel tour of some firehouses, a military base, and places of interest in the Va/DC area. He himself a West Point graduate with two masters degrees. A retired high ranking Army Officer. He has a very high respect for firefighters, and I'm pretty sure, all of us that know him, have a pretty high amount of respect for him also.
Thanks for all your contributions to this site and THANK YOU for all you've done for me and all the others. For me, I consider it an honor to be your friend. And I hope some day I will be able to meet your son Mike and Rose Ann.
STAjo
Thank You, 'NFD', for this Great Story !
And of course, Our Own Hero Mack:
Thank You, Sir, for your years of Dedicated, Committed Service, to Our Nation, and, 'Our
Community' here on this site.
And, Congratulations & Many Thanks, to your Wonderful Son Mike ! What an
Outstanding Example of Courage, Sacrifice and Dedication to Service ! Bravo ! 'Staj.'
Guess they are right, the acorn does not fall from the tree. thank you for your service, and to your son for his. And between u and me, thanx also for your help. Son is now an Illinois State Trooper. Where do we find those who will go in harm's way for us!
Where have they been ?
Our good friends, and my Connecticut neighbors, "johnd248" and "bxboro", where have they been ?
Well, Johnny D has been sucking up some warm sunshine over in France or someplace like that. All while we freeze our butts off here. But from what I hear, "he's doing fine" and should be home soon. Just kind of forgot about his friends here while he enjoys himself.
"Bxboro", well for my Brother Connecticut Firefighter it is not quite the same story. No warm sun for him. While he is not at the firehouse, he is out in the cold delivering oil so others can be warm. Enjoyed a chicken pam dinner with him and the other brothers at the firehouse the other night. He calls it; "The Squad 41 Special". (his brother a member of Sqd 41).
And for those who are not aware, for "fdce54" the count has begun for his days to retirement next November. For now, he has been working a lot of hours out there in the cold too. But no more cold nights for him after that. "Hang in there Frankie D, it's your LAST winter". Then you'll be able to do NOTHING for society, every day, like so many of us here.
johnd248
Yes, Johnd248 went to France for two weeks, yes I am back, and yes already responded to two MVAs and a working chimney fire. Didn't get to visit any fire stations although I wanted to; saw some fire engines on the road, not responding. All quiet in wine and cheese land.
Welcome home; glad you had a safe and enjoyable trip.
manhattan said:
I agree. I've known John for a long time. I like to joke around with him because he is really such a great guy. We were probably in our 20s when we rode the same fire trucks together. Now, well, lets just say that was a pretty long time ago.
And for those who don't know, John also has a son who is a Lt on the Fairfield, (Ct) Fire Dept.
I think "G-man" might appreciate this.
Any idea of what member of this site had his picture on an eight cent postage stamp back in 1973.
Well, the FDNY War Years were rolling along. The fire activity was non stop. There were second sections and parts of New York City were looking like a War Zone.
While working as a letter carrier in Westport, Ct there was word that a new series of ten stamps were coming out to celebrate the change from what had previously been referred to as the US Post Office, to now, the US Postal Service. A photographer and artist from a Westport shop was picked to do this job. He would follow the various jobs done by the post office for about two weeks. Then design a series of ten stamps from the hundreds of photos he took.
From Letter Carrier to Clerks. From Rural Carriers to Supervisors. And those working the loading platforms and conveyer belts. One of those that he followed around for the day was a young walking letter carrier. The letter carrier he followed around liked the job, but all the guy talked about was being a fireman. And he told this photographer how he spends his days off chasing fire trucks in New York City.
This is a picture of that eight cent stamp of a young letter carrier that wanted to be a fireman. I believe the stamps came out in April, 1973.
http://www.mysticstamp.com/viewProducts.asp?sku=1497
Sure looks like NFD2004, aka Willy D, about 75 lbs lighter and 40 years younger.
There was a Stamp made from a photo in Vietnam of a Soldier jumping from a helicopter that was a few feet off the ground ....that Soldier later became a FF in ENG*324 ..... his Son is now a FF in 324...... an enlargement of the stamp is in a frame on the kitchen wall.


Ariana Reines's Tumblr has been moving and inspiring me lately, in all-caps. I'm on my lunch break. Magic Molly immolated her Tumblr, it seems, which is a bummer but I understand and even appreciate the gesture. "In 1970 John Baldessari cremated nearly all the paintings he had created between 1953 and 1966." I don't think it's an outrageous comparison. I look forward to reading Molly's future work.
Still haven't read either of the colossal and megafun-looking and much-commented-upon recent Elif Batuman essays: LRB/McGurl/MFAs and NYT Magazine/Kafka. Ben Jones posted a Kathy Grayson–style blog post. I am in a transitional period of my life, self-imposed. There is a weird and bitter ex-marital drama that I'm pretty sure is real unfolding in the comments section of an old blog post. I don't know either of the parties involved.
if you don't know them,then how did you get,the peace tapes?
I think "my" Peace Tapes are different from his.


Physics isn't about out-of-this-world things like flux capacitors and trips across the eighth dimension: it's as in-this-world as you can get. It's a fascination with all the little things that our world does, such as ice crystals growing on a spider web on a signpost (pictured above). Imagine for the moment that you've been transported to a surreal world where everything works a little differently than you'd expect, or at least takes you by surprise. At first, you can't help but notice the clam-flowers, circular rivers, and trees made from holes in the sky. But if you spend a long time there, those idiosyncrasies could become the new normal: there's a danger of taking it for granted.
Have you ever noticed rainbows in your icewater? Or the musical chords an underpass makes when the wind blows through it? Have you ever heard a staicy radio suddenly become clear when you touch it, and thought, "Those radio waves are coming in through me!" There's nothing eccentric about turning the glass to see how the light goes through it, and it's not too weird to hold a cat up to the radio, just to see what will happen. This is the essentially human act of doing physics: it's as natural and as relevant to our lives as the study of water would be to fish.
Cutting-edge physics research in the seventeenth century was a lot like these examples: that's the time when research was just starting to be organized into controlled experiments. This era conjures images of Galileo at the top of the Tower of Pisa, dropping two balls of different weights and saying, "See? I told you so!" Actually, he rolled the balls down inclined planes and repeated the experiment enough times to accumulate confidence. As a stopwatch, he put water in an elevated bucket and let it pour out. He and many other natural philosophers were building the methodological techniques that make results reliable, yet the impetus to do so was still based on this human curiosity about the world that we find ourselves dropped into.
As the boundaries of the communal knowledge grew, the experiments became more intricate and the ideas about what they mean became more subtle. At some point in the early twentieth century, the physics community broke off from the general intellectual community in the sense that non-physicists no longer believe that they know what physicists do. It became magic.
It's easy to see why: that was when physicists started making outrageous claims about basic philosophical concepts like space and time curving and bending, about objects existing and not existing simultaneously, and then backing up those claims with demonstrations like atomic bombs, lasers, and microelectronics. Nevertheless, what physicists do today is fundamentally the same kind of activity as turning a glass of icewater to see where the rainbows come from. The world we were born into happens to be a strange one, but what might we have expected instead?
The only real separation, then, between a physicist's knowledge about the universe and a layman's is depth. That's okay: it's fine for a doctor's knowledge about bodies to be deeper than mine, but I still want to know a little about how my body works. The idea that physicists can build huge instruments to study nature and then say, "It's too complicated; you wouldn't understand," is like sailors mounting an expedition to new continents and returning only to say, "You'd have to see it for yourself." I think it's part of a physicist's job to tell the wonders of yonder shores.
This website is a personal account of what I've learned and what I'm learning about the idiosyncrasies of our world. As a teenager, I read lots of popular books on relativity and quantum mechanics and was dying to find out about this stuff for myself. What I found was more comprehensible and more amazing than they made it out to be. It's true that much of what I learned could only be fully communicated in the language of mathematics, and most people don't have the mathematical background to communicate that way, but what stuck with me the most in my travels were new metaphors and pictorial representations of the phenomena. That's what I want to share with you.
After all, even a formal mathematical model is a metaphor. Some of its aspects communicate the truth of what it represents and others would be misleading if taken literally. The classical mechanics I studied with such sweat and labor as an undergraduate communicates important truths about big things, but can't be taken literally at the quantum scale of atoms and electrons. And even the most state-of-the-art model of microphysics, the Standard Model, is itself expected to be inapplicable at very small scales.
The most important part of using metaphors, whether mathematical or whimsical, is knowing how they apply and how they don't. As long as we do that, there's nothing disingenuous in me saying that nuclear fission reminds me of hard liquor. It's just less detailed than a scholarly lecture would be.


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Civitas Learning offers a cloud-based predictive analytics platform and applications designed to help colleges and universities monitor and support student engagement, persistence and graduation. Echo360 is a teaching and learning platform that lets students take time-synchronized lecture notes, ask questions, review lectures, build study guides, flag confusing content and collaborate with peers and faculty during and after class, according to information from the company. Instructors can access this data about student behavior and use it to gain more information about the teaching and learning process in their classroom.
With this partnership, colleges and universities will be able to tap into Echo360's real-time classroom insights and apply that data to the Civitas Learning predictive analytics system to view a more complete picture of student engagement and other indicators of student success.
"Combining historic and student profile data with real-time classroom activity, gives institutions more actionable insights to help each individual student on their path to success," said Fred Singer, CEO of Echo360, in a prepared statement.
Further information about the partnership can be found on the Civitas Learning and Echo360 sites.


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It Takes a Child (Part 2 of "All About the Lie")
I watched the second half of the Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah Winfrey over the weekend, and I'm glad I did. I found what I was hoping for in all of this–a drop of humanity in someone the man himself even describes as arrogant, dishonest, and defiant. It came in the 36th minute, when Armstrong retold the story in what was, for me, the most defining moment of the entire interview: telling his 13-year-old son, who had been defending his dad to kids at school, "Don't defend me anymore."
Armstrong welled up and had trouble breathing and speaking. The pain of disappointing his son, the fear of losing, really losing, what matters most in life, the love and respect of your child, overwhelmed him. As well it should.
The moment made him human. Had he told that story in the rather unemotional, nonchalant, less-than-forthcoming way he did in Part 1, Armstrong's interview would have amounted to no more than a shoulder shrug for most people.
You could see the enormous weight being removed from his being. You could feel the painful catharsis in revealing what must have been a gut-wrenching, heart-twisting father-to-son exchange.
Forgetting sport for a moment, I can only hope it was an authentic first step in what is going to be a taxing healing process, perhaps even more difficult than recovering from cancer was. At least mentally and emotionally.
But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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As colonists moved across the American map, it was local Militia companies which saved the day. All homesteaders, aged 21 and above, were required to become part of a militia which protected the community from Indian attacks, and later, from the British (and their Indian warriors). A small fort was erected which consisted of a stockade fence, ramparts, and an armory. Everyone bore arms for the purpose of protecting the families against wild animals and Indian attacks. They hunted and fished to survive. During the early days of our country, the Militia was supported by local residents. Should you discover an ancestor did fight in a war, yet was called "captain" or "colonel", their participation in the Militia was the source of that rank. It is a good idea to research county militia records to learn more, usually kept at the State Archives.


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Q: Debian VIA driver problem my system is
motherboard - k8v-vm ultra
vga compatible controller - k8m890ce/k8n890ce[chrome 9] via technologies
downloaded via driver for the debian lenny system from
http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/drivers.jsp
and the driver file is
http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/via_linux_cn896&k8m890&p4m900&vn896_kernel_source_ig_v0.82.gz
the driver was installed successfully according to the instructions given in the downloaded source file
the max resolution of 1920x1080 on my acer h235h is got when via is specified as the driver in device section in xorg.conf, but when the x loads the mouse cursor becomes invisible
i need help to get the mouse cursor visible.

A: I had encountered d same problem.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome
In the above link solution is provided for openchrome driver.
U can try it for via driver.
Try
Option "SWCursor" "true"
in device section of xorg.conf
This solved my problem and should solve yours too.
To know more about hardware cursor and software cursor check the documentation in www.x.org

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London: Consuming a Mediterranean diet can lead to a longer, healthier life, says a new study.
According to the scientists, the combination of fruit and vegetables, nuts, legumes, olive oil and a glass of wine can help reverse the ageing process by slowing down the damage to chromosomes linked to ageing, and offer a health advantage, staving off killer diseases, the Daily Express reported.
The study analysed data on 4,676 healthy middle-aged women, and found that Mediterranean diet had anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, that stops the shortening of telomeres, which is associated with lower life expectancy and a greater risk of age-related diseases.
However, none of the individual dietary components was associated with telomere length.
The diet has a host of health benefits, including slashing the risk of death and chronic diseases from heart conditions and Alzheimer's to cancer and diabetes, and Gaynor Bussell, a dietitian and public health nutritionist, said the research showed that there were no "superfoods" and maybe not even foods that were good or bad.


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Winchester Police Help Parents Find Drugs 'Hidden In Plain Sight'
By Chris McKinnon December 11, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Filed Under:Chris McKinnon, Drugs, opioid crisis
BOSTON (CBS) – The opioid crisis has made headlines across Massachusetts, but many parents are still completely unaware that their kids are at risk, or already doing drugs. There are often clues to that drug use all over the home, hidden in plain sight.
It's a message Winchester resource officer Sgt. Dan Perenick wants parents to hear. "Risky behaviors, that's what we want folks to be aware of," he said.
With the help of the Winchester Coalition for a Safer Community, Perenick and town activist and volunteer Dot Butler, put together a display at Town Hall of a typical teenager's bedroom and all the places they can hide drugs and drug paraphernalia.
On the cluttered desk sits a stapler that once opened reveals a joint lying in the spot where the staples go. There is also a mouse with a hidden cover that when removed reveals a small digital drug scale. Instead of pencil shavings, marijuana fills a manual pencil sharpener. There are highlighters, flashlights and pens, all with hidden pipes as well as soda and water bottles with compartments used to hide drugs.
Marijuana hidden inside a stapler (WBZ-TV)
According to Perenick, the exhibit this fall was designed to teach parents where to look. "It was an eye-opening experience for a lot of parents," he said.
It's an experience Lori Gonsalves of Taunton wishes she had back in 2013. "I had a young, athletic son with a great future in front of him," she said. Instead, her son, Corey, lives with a serious brain injury suffered during a heroin overdose.
Now the whole family speaks to high school students about the dangers of doing drugs. "If I knew all that I know now, this wouldn't have gone as far as it did and maybe I could have nipped this in the bud right away," she said.
Looking back, Lori now remembers signs of his drug use around the house that she didn't pick up on at the time. She recalls noticing everyday items that turned out to be things Corey was using to prepare heroin. "I noticed one of my serving spoons in my kitchen was gone."
Corey and Lori Gonsalves (WBZ-TV)
She also noticed her son's room was full of Q-Tips. "I thought, oh he's keeping his ears really clean." She would later learn those Q-Tips are used to filter out impurities from the heroin before it is injected.
Experts like Perenick and Gonsalves tell parents not to be afraid to search your child's room and learn about all the possible places to look for risky behavior.
Gummy bears could be soaked in alcohol so the teen can eat them during school or other events. Dryer sheets can be used to create filters to mask the smell of marijuana so kids can smoke in their rooms without producing the powerful odor. Lots of empty water bottles in a child's room can also be a sign of trouble. "That could indicate dry mouth from taking medications like Ritalin, Adderall and ecstasy.
Corey's life has changed forever. The former college student and gifted athlete now needs help to dress, eat and bathe. He is also legally blind and is unable to read or even operate a cell phone. He now focuses his energy on educating kids about the dangers of drug use.
Lori considers herself lucky. Most people in Corey's situation don't survive. She hopes their work together will spare other teens and their parents the horrors of drug addiction. "Standing there as a mom and watching your child get the last rights is absolutely heart-wrenching," she recalled of the night she thought she was saying goodbye to her son.
The town of Winchester plans another public display of their "Hidden in Plain Sight" exhibit next year. Other communities have offered similar programs to help educate parents.


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Emirates Group reports record profit for financial 2015
The Emirates Group today announced its 28th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion, ending the year with record profits, and in a strong position despite the global and operational challenges during this period.
During the 2015-16 financial year, both Emirates and dnata achieved new capacity and profit milestones, as the group continued to expand its global footprint, and strengthen its business through strategic investments.
The Emirates Group posted an AED8.2 billion (US$2.2 billion) profit for the financial year ending March 31st, up 50 per cent from last year.
The group's revenue reached AED93 billion (US$25.3 billion), a decrease of three per cent over last year's results, and the group's cash balance increased strongly to AED23.5 billion (US$6.4 billion).
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline and Group, said: "Emirates and dnata delivered record profits, solid business results, and continued to grow throughout 2015-16.
"Against an unfavourable currency situation which eroded our revenues and profits, an uncertain global economic environment dogged by weak consumer and investor sentiment, as well as on-going socio-political instability in many regions around the world, the group's performance is testament to the success of our business model and strategies."
He added: "Our on-going investments to develop our people and to our enhance business performance, enable us to react with agility to the new challenges and opportunities that every year brings.
"In 2015-16, the group collectively invested over AED17.3 billion (US$4.7 billion) in new aircraft and equipment, the acquisition of companies, modern facilities, the latest technologies, and staff initiatives.
"These will build on our strong foundations, extend our competitive edge, and accelerate our progress towards our long-term goals."
The group's employee base across its more than 80 subsidiaries and companies increased by 13 per cent to over 95,000-strong representing over 160 different nationalities.
"Looking at the year ahead, we expect that the low oil prices will continue to be a double-edged sword – a boon for our operating costs, but a bane for global business and consumer confidence.
"The strong US dollar against major currencies will remain a challenge, as will the looming threat of protectionism in some countries.
"However, we enter the new financial year with confidence, backed by a robust balance sheet, solid track record, diverse global portfolio, and international talent pool.
"We will continue to evolve and grow our business profitably, and work even harder to meet and exceed our customers' expectations," said Ahmed.
In line with the overall profit, the group declared a dividend of AED 2.5 billion (US$681 million) to the Investment Corporation of Dubai.
The full annual report can be seen here.
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